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■musks ♦AWUpSWW* — —- THE ATLANTA OFOT?OT \N T A XT) NEWS, — O PQf pq Silk Hat Hi irry’s Divorce Suit • • • w • • • • The Defendant Brings a Present to Reno Ruth Copyrltht. 1913. International New# Service. lurnurji 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. • m • 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. • * • 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. I( HELLO HAPgy ' I \klHCJi£. VA (T4 RUTH'S &UTHD*V : AN| I’kA n to r K!« rg; G-tE. d+ats TOO o AD - I'M PLAT- HALiETMP CxOT A 3iTue-V- NO SiR A wiCK-E 1 - ) qjtU. 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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. A wonderful magazine given FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. 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 N' 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. T The rest of the team Is strong enough, with a wonderful catching staff. w ] 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. 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