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By »T. W. Heisman.
U NTIL last week It had been Ion*
flnce I had seen a game of either
football or baseball between any
of the preparatory school teams of the
State. But on the 19th and 20th last
I slipped down to Milledgeville to see
the Georgia Military College team of
that place lock horns with the team
from the Riverside Military Academy
of Gainesville.
Well, I witnessed both games, and it
won’t take me long to say that they
were good games, splendid, both of
them. There was fast, clean fielding,
excellent base running, fair batting,
fine pitching and considerable inside
baseball. Riverside won both games,
each by a score of 2 to 0. The pitch
ing of all four hurlers, Williamson
and Haines for Riverside, and Camp
and Gheesling for G. M. C., was im
pressively good, and it averaged in ef
fectiveness but little below the aver
age of what the college teams showed
this year, if any. Riverside seemed
stronger with the stick than G. M. C.,
which was, perhaps, the principal rea
son why they got away with the big
end of the scoring.
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N OW, I had heard more than one
rumor to the effect that the Riv
erside team was made up of a bunch
of “ringers.” Among others the Wake
Forest players had given me solemn
assurance of this. Recalling that
Wake Forest has since been black
listed for having three profes
sional players on its roster this now
strikes me as a good place to giggle.
(It will also be remembered that the
Riverside team held Wake Forest to
a 6-6 tie game).
Quite prepared was I, therefore, to
see on the Riverside line-up a bunch
of matured men, some of them giving
every evidence of life among profes
sionals, most of them omitting sul
phurous language every time they
opened their mouths, chewing tobacco
like demons and putting up a brand
of baseball few college teams in the
country could hope to duplicate. Did
I see these things? No, none of them,
and nothing like it. In the first place
they were clearly and indubitably all
young boys with one possible excep
tion, and he not over 21 years of age.
They all dressed neatly and in excel
lent taste. They, talked like your av
erage well behaved and schooled
Prep. They played surprisingly good
ball for such youngsters, but nothing
like what professionals, even in Class
D, play. I tell you they were BOYS,
nothing else.
What is a “ringer?” Any one of a
lot of things makes a “ringer.” True,
they may still have been ringers in
the sense that they were not bona fide
students, were at Riverside only to
play ball and never to study; but
don’t believe that for one minute:
they didn’t look the part. As for
ever having played in professional
leagues, or ANY of them ever hav
ing received any but the most trifling
recompense for any past playing, that
was even more unbelievable.
No, they have a very well balanced
nine, they field, hit, and run bases
fairly well, are strong in the box and
are weak in no department of play;
they are full of “pep," are in good
physical condition, have nice team
work, stick to their work and never
lose confidence in their ability to win
the game—and that’s how they do
win, and that’s all And that’s how
they won 19 straight games this
spring without losing one.
This is really a very extraordinary
achievement, and Coach Frank An
derson deserves an extraordinary
amount of credit for the wonderful
showing of the team. It was he who
taught them their team play and in
side ball; he who kept up their fight
ing spirit after he had generated it,
and he who has made them very
largely what they are. It 1r undenia
bly a jim-dandy young team. But I
don’t believe they are ringers.
• • •
X HE G. M. C. boys were a'.so a nice,
1 clean-looking lot, and they play
ed (food steady ball. Ir. two Innings
only out of 19 played did Riverside
succeed In scoring on these hard
working lads. Except In hitting they
showed no inferiority worth mention
ing to the Riverside team.
I desire to express my very warm
admiration for the clean and sports-
manly conduct of the G. M. C. cadets
and their friends and rooters. The
very best of order prevailed at all
times on the field, and their treat
ment of the Riverside team was, so
far as I could observe, not only Just
and courteous but such as befits the
honored guest. The work of Umpire
Lamar Ham. an old Georgia player,
■was excellent, and no word of fault
finding or bitterness was ever ad
dressed within my hearing either to
him or to the visitors by the G. M. C.
players or any of their supporters: it
was fine conduct and good sport all
around.
G. M. C. has a very pretty campus,
and the main building of the school
is the old Georgia State Capitol: It
Is a handsome and very substantial
edifice still.
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T STOPPED off at Barnesvllle,
•* hoping to see the rained-out game
of the day before played off between
Florida and Gordon Institute. In this
I met with disappointment, as the
Florida team had gone home; but 1
enjoyed a visit of a few hours there
nevertheless.
Gordon also has a very fine athletic
field, and several very handsome new
buildings. Lieutenant Riley, the for
mer star West Point guard, had all
the boys looking spick-and-span, and
their military drill was much more
than worth watching. The athletes
I was so fortunate as to meet were a
remarkably fine looking set of fellows
•who seemed to measure right up to
college standards in both stature and
outlines. And, by the way. I have
Just read that their splendid catcher,
Everett Bankston, whom I was hop
ing might come to Tech, has receiv
ed an offer from the Pittsburg League
team. This will give ar. Idea of the
class of the athletes they are devel
oping in our Georgia preparatory
schools.
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—JACK PRINCE.
ARRT GLENN, this local
boy, will make one of the
greatest board track riders
in the world; you watch what 1 say.’’
So says Jack Prince. Inventor of the
board track, who knows more about
Yaxslng on edge” than any other liv
ing man.
Glenn made hla real exhibition de
but Wednesday. He had been flirt
ing with the track for several daya.
His first time out he wabbled about
on It like a drunken sailor—and wab
bling at 65 or 70 miles an hour is a
dangerous pastime. Glenn’s racing
machine, ordered some week* ago, has
not come yet. so he haa not been
doing much at the track.
Wednesday afternoon five or six of
the world's best board-track racers
were tuning up their machines and
getting ready for the big tournament
next week. And a crowd of 6,000 or
S.000 board-track cranks were watch
ing the free exhibition that goes on
every afternoon. For nothing at all,
the crowd was seeing fancy riding
by the best in the business But even
then they were not satisfied.
"Harry Glenn; we want Harry
Glenn," they shouted,
Glenn Forced to Ride.
There was not a chance to an
nounce to all of them that Harry's
racing machine had not come. And
finally the cries became «o Insistent
that "Smiling parry” mounted a road
machine and. grinnt. - happily, set out
for his first real attempt at speed on
the treacherous banks.
No veteran rider could have han
dled the track with greater ease. He
circled It at the pole and he took It
high, he rode fast and slow; but never
was there a slip or any show of In
experience. And round after round
was greeted with thunderous cheer
ing. That Glenn le a tremendous lo
cal favorite was never better dem
onstrated.
Glenn deserves It, too. Never has
more Intrepid dirt-track rider shown
himself to the public than Harry, and
he has won the crowds by his courage
and cleverness.
Lad's Success Is Sure.
When Glenn was riding, the ex
perts gathered at the paddock and
discussed his work. And it was not
long before all agreed that his future
In the racing game waa assured. He
has many times shown his courage
and cool-headedness In races, and
now that he has shown that he can
"ride the boards" as well, there Is
nothing to It but a big showing for
Smiling Harry" Glenn around the
Southern circuit of tracks.
If Glenn's racing machine arrives
In time, he will probably try his luck
In the first race meet, set for one
week from to-morrow.
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Sporting Food
By QBOBOS B. PMAIB
A PLEA.
(Inspired by C. Webb Murphy.)
“Knock, if you will—I have no
dread—
But keep my name in typeT* he said.
The only fault to be found with the
Msnly Art of Self-Defense Is that It
sometimes bsck fires.
One lesrns from the public prints thst
Mr. Zbvszko still Insists that he can
throw Mr, Qotch. Some of these for
eigners never Qet any sense.
The fracture of a wrestler’s dome iiv-
dlcates that even a billiard ball Is not
Immune.
There Is a move afoot to eliminate
hammer throwing from track meets.
Messrs. Evers, Tinker and Chance are
In favor of a move to eliminate same
from the pastime known as baseball.
those Cleveland persona. It behooves
Mr. Birmingham to fracture a few more
of hls athletes’ limbs.
SPANISH
REFERRING TO A
ATHLETE.
(By the Miller of Osgood.)
(Brine a Contribution.)
“Ladies ana gents!'* the Parker
cried,
“We'll icin the flag with games to
spare !**
Oh, please sir, tie your hull brute
outside!
You can't win games tpith heated
air.
If the Calgary affair wifi only put a
orlmp In the white hope market, It will
not have been fought In vain.
One Johnny Evers, pugilist, makes hls
appearanct In our mloat. One W. Klem,
umpire, will teatlfy that anybody with
that name Is a fighter.
Tommy Leach Is the only Cub out
fielder who Is hitting In the .300 class.
All of which goes to show the value of
young blood.
Reports come from Virginia, Minn.,
that Rube Waddell has disappeared
again. Virginia, Minn., fears that he
may come back.
George Stovall Is back In the game,
ft Is rumored that he now chews cotton
Instead of tobacco.
SHAME.
Full many a man is filled icith bitter
shame
And bears men make a tyncord of Ms
name.
Put never one who hung his head
so loir
As one I icitnessed m a baseball
game.
With bases filled, they called him to
the fore;
He whiffed when but a hit would tie
the score.
And as hr journeyed benchward
from the plate
It must have seemed a hundred
miles or more.
WOLGAST BACKS HOPPE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.—Ad
Wolgast. who is reported to have lost
heavily in hls last few bets on prize
fights, to-day Is said to have placed
a large bet on Willie Hoppe to beat
Frankie Burns when they meet next
month.
CHRISTY MATHDIOTS
BIG LE/
LEAGUE GOSSIP
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EW YORK, May 29.—One of the most Important series of tile season begins at the Polo
Grounds to-day, when the Giants and Phillies, now leading the leagne, meet to play four
games In three days. This will be a real test of the Quakers, who have been setting a
terrific pace ever since the race began.
The games are going to be largely a question of pitchers, and the Giants’ twlrlers win
be thrown against the finest staff In the league in this series. It is the pitching the Quakers
have been getting that has kept them up in the race so far, and It will be pitching that must
stop thorn. When McGraw traded three Giants to Cincinnati last week, he was looking ahead to these games,
which he realized would be critical and might have a direct bearing on the final result of the season. He needed
good, reliable twlrlers to work In these battles. Now he has Tesreau, Fromrae and Marquard. Doubtless, they
will meet Seaton, Alexander, Chalmers and Rlxey.
r T Is not only the actual result of
this series which will count, but
the effect the outcome will have on
the hearts and playing of the plung
ing Phillies. If the Giants can stop
them with a jerk we will start
them off on a long road tour without
the Idea that rhey are Invincible, and
we will send them away with Pitts
burg as their next stop, except for
one game at home wtth Brooklyn.
They will encounter some more excel
lent pitching and a club that has been
vastly strengthened within the last
two weeks when they meet the Pi
rates. Rut should the Quakers take
these games In New York or the ma
jority of them, they would still retain
the notion that they cannot be beaten,
and doubtless would go stampeding
through the West at a great rate, In
creasing their lead to dangerous pro
portions. It would also have the op
posite affect on the New York club,
which Is about to leave for Its swing
through the West. Therefore, It Is
easy to see that the series is an Im
portant one.
The Quakers are going to put forth
the best that they have against us
for two reasons. One Is that there
never has been any too much good
feeling between the two teams, and
the other is that every club In the
league is always eager to beat the
Big Town boys, and especially the
champions of the league.
That Is the reason the Giants con
stantly meet the best pitching, where
as some second-rate club gets second-
rate twlrlers.
• • •
T HE Philadelphia club Is still play
ing at top speed, while the
Giants are not themselves yet. Our
hitting is not timely, and the fielding
Is uncertain. Demaree, who showed
so well at first, has not entirely re
covered from a strained back, another
reason why the coming of Fromms
was timely. The Phillies are likely
to make a good bid for the pennant,
provided Dooin can keep the team In
condition and the regulars can steer
clear of Injuries. The lack of capable
substitutes Is what will probably drag
the Quakers hack. The pitching
staff, however, should keep the club
a factor In the race right up to Sep
tember.
The Philadelphia sprint Is not the
same kind that Cincinnati sprang
last year, to my mind. There is more
backbone to the Philadelphia club,
and the team Is a good one as far as
the first string men go. Give It a lead
of a few games and It’s going to be
a long chase catching Dooln’s crowd.
They can then afford to slump and
recover. What the team does on this
long road trip will give some tndl
cation of how it is going to finish, be
cause most of the games It has played
to date have been at home. ThLs will
be a real test They play twenty
three of their next twenty-four games
on the road.
A
SIDE from actually strengthening
trade with Cincinnati displayed con
siderable wisdom on the part of the
New York manager In another direc
tion. The bad weather of the first
part of the season has piled up a
long string of double-headers for
later along, and double-headers eat
Into pitchers faster than a high-
priced automobile does Into gasoline.
The Giants now have eleven double-
headers slated, and, In order to work
a reliable pitcher every day, McGraw
will need four or five twlrlers In
service all the time. By the addition
of Fromrne, he has enough talent to
start a reliable performer In each
game, In spite of the double-headers,
when Demaree gets back In shape.
• • •
DROOKLTN has apparently begun
•*-) to slip back through the league.
I look to see the club finish no better
than fourth, because two teams are
bound to come and pass the Su-
perbas. These are the Giants and
Pittsburg, and I don’t figure the
Dodgers any way to beat out Phila
delphia. The pitching staff appears
to lie slipping some now. and the ln-
flelders are not playing the game they
were when the psychology of the win
ning streak was on the whole team
and carrying It up through the league.
• • •
HE Cubs have faded, but should
get a revival of form on their
return to the home diamond. The
Improvement In pitching would mean
an Improvement of the team, because
It Is weak twirling that has been
continuously holding the club hack.
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The rest of the team Is strong enough,
with a wonderful catching staff.
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HEN the Eastern clubs Invade
the West next week, the first
real test of the Easterners will occur
In comparing them with the West
They waded through the Western
teams In the late Intersectional se
ries, and the question now is whether
or not they can repeat the perform
ance away from home. The St Louis
club made the best showing of all the
Westerners in the East and, with
Brooklyn and Philadelphia, has been
the surprise of the league. Two good
pitchers have been holding the club
up In the race, and a team that was
regarded before the season as a com
petitor wtth Brooklyn and Boston for
last place has shot to the front and
Is crowding a lot of ua for the first
division.
(Copyright 1918, by the MoClure News
paper Syndicate.)
LEACH CROSS DECISIVELY
WALLOPS TEDDY MALONEY
NEW YORK, May 29.—Leach Cross
Is one step nearer his ambition for
a chance at Champion Willie Ritchie
to-day. He disposed of Teddy Ma
loney, of Philadelphia, decisively In
their bout at the SL Nicholas last
night.
Phil Cross slugged his way to vic
tory over Paddy Sullivan, who was
substituted for Johnny Marto.
VOLUNTEERS GET CHICK
SMITH FROM CINCINNATI
NASHVILLE, TENN., May 29.—
Manager Tinker, of the Cincinnati
Reds, has sent Pitcher Chick Smith
to the Nashville club.
The addition of Smith will give the
Vols two southpaws. Pitcher Dye, a
right-hander bought from Canton,
Ohio, has reported and will probably
be used in the series with Mobile.
I TITLE IF
SICE ERSES
J rM FLYNN, who moot* Jim Sav
age at the Auditorium-Armory on
June 18, Is going, to claim the
white heavyweight championship of
the world If he wins here. The fol
lowing letter from Jack Curley, man
ager of the “Fighting Fireman,” re
ceived to-day, explains Itself;
"New York, May 27, 1918.
"Sporting Editor The Georgian;
“Atlanta, Ga.
"Dear Sir;—
"Dear Sir—Jim Flynn wDl
claim the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world If he
defeats Jim Savage In your
city on June 18. He has beaten
every white man In the world, bar
ring Luther McCarty, and has is
sued challenges to Gunboat Smith
and Jess Willard. Neither, how
ever, wants to exchange wallops
with my man. I will challenge Ar
thur Pelky for Flynn just as soon
as the latter Is ready to fight again.
"Very truly yours,
“JACK CURLEY,
“Manager of Jim Flynn.”
M'LEOD THROWS AJAX.
LOS ANGELES, May 29.—Dan Mc
Leod, a veteran wrestler, defeated
Tony Ajax, of this city, winning In
straight falls.
“PRICE HAS NOT QUIT
LOCAL CLUB,”—CALLAWAY
President Callaway, of the Atlanta
Baseball Association, denies the story
printed to-day that Southpaw Gilbert
Price has quit the local ball club.
According to Callaway, Price re
ported for practice tMs morning and
will appear in uniform this after
noon, ready to twirl If oalled upon,
"I know nothing of the rumor that
Price Is to quit our club and enter
business,” said Callaway, "and It he
wag I certainty would know It hy
this time.”
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