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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1913.
American Polo Star
Is Seriously Injured
D. L. Milburn Falls In Practice Match
at Westbury, N. Y.—May Be
Out of Title Game.
Virginian Hopes to Rank Along
With the Other Dixie-Born
Celebrities.
WESTBURY, N. Y., May 31.—D, L.
Milburn, one of the stars of the Amer
ican polo team, while playing in
practice match to-day with the oth
er members of the Meadow Brook
four, who were opposed by a strong
quarte of the Rockaway Club, fell
and was seriously injured. He was
kicked about the head and chest. The
injuries may put him out of the
championship game on June 10.
WAS FAMOUS FOOTBALL STAR
DAVE ROBERTSON, GULLS’ HEAVY SLUGGER,
WHO IS SENS A TION OF THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Robertson was “farmed”
to the Gulls by the New
York Giants, and it is a cinch
that “Muggsy” McGraw
will recall him to the Polo
Grounds this fall. He is
proving every' day that he
belongs in fast company.
Is College Graduate and Will
Study Medicine in Winter Till
He Gets Degree.
I F Dave Robertson keeps going with
the willow at his regular clip, he
is going to lead the old Southern
League in hitting, as sure as you're
a foot high. .
And if he does, he will be one of the
few men in the game’s history who
ever lead a league of Class A caliber
his first full year in professional base
ball.
In his heart Robertson hopes to put
Virginia on the map along with Geor
gia, South Carolina and Texas, and to
do for his home State what Cobb, Joe
Jackson and Speaker have done for
theirs.
At that it will be no surprising
thing, for Robertson has been a bear
cat at everything he ever tackled and
shows no signs of taming down any
as he advances in age.
T~> OBERTSON began to edge onto
x ' the sport pages of the South
about four years ago. He was a stu
dent at the North Carolina Agricul
tural and Mechanical College then and
took to football. He took to it strong,
be it added.
The lad is a whale for size—broad
heavy and speedy. They looked him |
over the first time he turned out for
practice and remarked:
"Ah, we have a halfback."
A.nd so it proved. Few better ones |
have ever been known in Dixie.
Robertson was the largest part of
the North Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical .team as long as he played.
Tali, strong, fleet of foot and cour
ageous, he was a bad man on offense
or defense.
* » *
\J7HEN the baseball season rolled
vv around the first year Robert
son was in college, he turned out for
practice.
"What can you do?” they asked
him
"I try to pitch a little,” said Dave.
And after what he had shown them
at football they took him at his word
and made a pitcher out of him. He
proved a corking good one, too. He
had the size, the strength, the head
and the curves.
But all the time he was pitching he
did not forget to hit.
In professional baseball the pitchers
usually consider it beneath their dig
nity to hit. But in the colleges this
does not hold, and many a college
team has batted a pitcher near the
top of the batting list, instead of in
the inevitable last position of the pro
fessional club.
Robertson’s college hitting was tre
mendous, and that, combined with his
pitching, attracted the attention cf
Giant scouts. In the spring of IS 11
McGraw sent a man to see Robertson.
Dave was wrapped up in college sport
and was not interested in professional
offers. But McGraw’s men began
dangling such attractive offers before
him that he opened negotiations.
Finally, it was decided that he should
sign his contract then and not report
until a year later.
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T HEN came Robertson’s hard luck.
In the fall of 1911 In a game be
tween North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical and Bucknell, Robert
son suffered a broken shoulder. This
put him out of football, and when
baseball rolled around again he was
still in bad trim.
However, Dave joined the Giants
after the college season ended, and
on June 20 was stuck in his first
game. He made only an ordinary
showing, but managed to hang on as
utility infielder.
* * *
T HIS season Robertson, turned over
by Jawn McGraw to his Hiber
nian friend Mike Finn, has been hit
ting the ball in wonderful style. Bar
ring the famous Alabama kid, Tommy
Lons, who has been giving him an
awful chase, Robertson has had the
league lead ail to himself. He hits
the ball very hard, seems to have no
hatting weakness and looks like a
great slugger. If he continues his
present clip, he is sure to get a berth
with the Giants through the practice
season next spring and may make
good.
...
R OBERTSON comes from Ports
mouth, Va., where his family re-
sides now. His father is a merchant.
They were Scotch folks originally, but
have lived in America for generations.
It Is Robertson’s plan to attend the
Richmond Medical College in winter
and he hopes in time to take a degree
of M. D. Then, when liis baseball
i days are over, he will take up the
practice of medicine. Ho Is a man of
fine education and with a bright
mind, and will be successful in his
; professional career.
REDS HAVE STRATEGY BOARD.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 31.—The
i Cincinnati team now has an “ad-
| visory board” in every game. Tinker,
Kling and Brown compose the board,
and their councils are marked by
; much discussion as to the best way
' to bring the team up to date.
AHLGREN WINS MARATHON.
LONDON, May 31.—AUlgren, of
i ® Sweden, to-day won the international
Si marathon race at Stamford Bridge.
| His time was 2:36:06 3-8.
■ LOOKS LIKE SAFE PREDICTION.
John Ganzel, manager of the
1. Rochesters, ventured the opinion last
§ f week that the present Brooklyn team
ft would finish in the first division.
Navy Crew Defeats
Columbia. Oarsmen
PHILADELPHIA, May 31.—The
greatest surprise of to-day’s Ameri
can Henley, rowed on the picturesque
Schuylkill River, was the defeat of
Columbia by the Navy. Only two
weeks ago Columbia beat the Mid
dies in the easiest fashion on Carne
gie Lake.
Navy, howevr, had improved won
derfully. This crew rowed an en
tirely different stroke, showing 39 to
the minute, where formerly they
rowed 46. To-day the Navy showed
a long swing fore and aft instead of
their accustomed short body swings.
Their watermanship had improved
wonderfully, it was evident. Colum
bia was just as good as ever, which
magnified the credit due Coach Glen-
dig, who had shown such wonderful
results in such a short time.
Navy beat the pistol and had half
a length on Columbia in the first ten
strokes. At the first quarter Navy
had increased the lead to three-quar
ters of a length. When Columbia cut
loose a quarter of a mile from the
finish she crept up on the midship
men. The service school answered
with a sprint whii caught Columbia
at a disadvantage, as this crew was
on the inside course, nullifying at
least half a length on account of the
ungle of the finish. As it was, Co
lumbia was beaten by a scant five
feet in 6:33.
WALTER JOHNSON WAS
ALWAYS THERE WITH ZIP
CHICAGO. May 31.—Five years ago
Pocatello was playing Weiser. two
rival Idaho teams. Higginbotham,
later of the Cubs, was pitching for
Pocatello, and Jacques Frounier, now
of the White Sox, was catching. The
tWirier of the Weiser squad was a
Voung chap named Walter Johnson,
now doing time on the Washington
Senators.
“Believe me, Johnson had as much
speed as he has to-day,” said Frou
nier, after Le had faced Walter the
other day. “He shut us out that day,
1 to 0. and it was? some game. I’ve
batted against him several times since
that date. In fact, he hit me on
the arm last season and nearly ended
my playing days for me. But I don’t
believe he’s much better now than
he was five seasons ago up in Idaho
country."
GANDIL AMD PLANK ARE
NOT BEST OF-FRIENDS
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Chick
Gandil and Eddie Plank are not the
best of friends. Somehow or other
these two players do not care much
for each other, and ine.v never fail
to show their feelings when both are
in a game. Gandil to date ha9 the
laugh on Plank, for he always hits
his offerings hard, —
Bv Thomas J. Halpin.
(Quarter-Mile Champion of the Unit
ed States and Canada.)
C AMBRIDGE, MASS., May 31.—
The University of Pennsylvania
won the thirteenth annual in
tercollegiate track and field meet held
in the Harvard Stadium to-day by a
score of 24 points. Harvard was sec
ond with 21 1-2, and Michigan third
with 19. The remaining colleges fin
ished in this order:
Cornell fourth, 17 1-2; Dartmouth
fifth, 14 1-2; Yale sixth. 10 1-2; Wes
leyan. 10; California, 10; Princeton,
6; Columbia. 4; Brown, 3; Pennsyl
vania State, 1; Syracuse, 1.
The surprise of the meet was the
unexpected strength of the Harvard
team, for it was not thought possible
that the Crimson would finish better
than fourth. Harvard picked up a
few points in the various events and
Cable’s win in the hammer throw
helped materially.
Jackson lost 2 points for the Crim
son by being disqualified for toppling
over three hurdles
Jones was the great star of the
meet, for he not only defeated Taber,
but cut a second off his former record
In his last appearance on the track.
The one-mile race, which had been
heralded as one of the greatest races
in the history’ of track athletics, lived
up to all that has been said of it.
Jones not only won this race, but
broke his own world’s record of
4:16 2-5 by a whole second. He cov
ered his last quarter in 58 1-5. Ta
ber took command at the end of the
half-mile, with Jones at his heels.
At the three-quarters Jones shot by
Taber, who was content to stay at
the Cornell captain’s heels. Every
stride found him pulling away from
the field, and with 100 yards to go,
Jones electrified the crowd by un
corking a marvelous burst of ©peed,
literally flying over the ground, and
was over ten yards in the lead when
he hit the tape.
Taber was second, in 4:16 2-6. P.
S. Harmon, of Dartmouth, who had
come through with a great sprint,
was third, in 4:18 4-5.
Lipplncott equaled the record for
the 220-yard dash by covering the
distance in 21 1-5 seconds.
Wendall also equaled the Intercol
legiate record for the low hurdle race
after running the high hurdle event
an hour previous. He covered the
220-yard low hurdle race in 23 3-5
seconds. He was also the largest
point ©corer in the meet, as he was
the only athlete able to win two
events.
Patterson was a winner by inches in
the 100-yard dash. Reller, of Cor
nell. forced him to do 9 4-5 seconds
for the century. This also equals the
intercollegiate record. The race was
the most spectacular of the meet, as
Reller opened up a lead of two yards
in the first 50.
Jones was forced to bow to defeat
in the half mile, when G. E. Brown, of
Yale, jumped him in the vecond lap
and opened up over 10 yards. Jones
tried hard to win, but fell short by
two yards.
at the left shows
Robertson round
ing third, in the
center hanging
out a long hit, at
the right making
a perfect throw to
the plate.
BASEBALL SUMMARIES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
Atlanta at Nashville.
Mobile at Memphis.
New Orleans at Montgomery.
Standing of the Clubs.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LFAGUE.
Games Sunday.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc.
Mobile. 33 19 .635
N’ville. 25 22 .632
M’phis 24 22 .522
Atlanta 24 23 .511
W. L. Pc.
Chart.. 23 24 .489
Mont... 23 24 .489
B’ham 22 23 .489
New 0.15 32 .319
W. L. Pc.
J’ville. 18 20 .474
Ch’ston.13 25 .342
Albany 12 24 .333
Saturday’s Results.
Montgomery, 6; Atlanta, 2 (six
nings; rain).
Birmingham, 4; New Orleans, 1.
Mobile, 11; Nashville, 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
Detroit at Chicago.
St. Louis at Cleveland.
Standing of the Clubs.
in-
Saturday’s Results.
Albany, 7; Charleston, 6.
Columbus, 6; Macon, 1.
Savannah, 12; Jacksonville, 0
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Gameg Sunday.
No games scheduled.
du^d.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. A- J c. .
Phila.. 28 10 .737 I
Cl’land 29 12 .707
TV’ton. 22 17 .564
Ch’go.. 24 IS .558 I
W Pc.
Boston 16 22 .431
St. L. 18 28 .391
Detroit 17 27 .386
New Y. 9 28 .243
W. L. Pc
V’dosta.18 9 .667
C’dele. 15 11 .577
T’ville 13 13 .500
W. L.
W’crossl3 14
B’wick..ll 16
Am’cus.10 17
Saturday’s Results.
Cleveland. 5; St. Louis, 4.
Philadelphia. 12; New York, 2.
Chicago, 3; Detroit, 2 (eleven innings).
Washington, 5; Boston, 4 (eleven in
nings).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
New York at Cincinnati.
Chicago at St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc.
Phila.. 22 11 .667
B’klyn. 21 15 .583
New Y.20 16 .566
Ch’go.. 20 20 .500
W. L. Po.
P’burg 19 20 .487
St. L.. 19 22 .463
Boston 14 20 .412
Cin’ti.. 15 26 .366
Saturday’s Results.
Pittsburg. 3; Chicago, 0.
Cincinnati, 6; St. Louis, 2 (first game).
Cincinnati, 8; St. Louis, 0 (Becond
game).
New York, 3; Philadelphia, 2.
Brooklyn, 2; Boston, 0 (first game).
Brooklyn, 8; Boston. 3 (second game;
ten innings; darkness).
American Association.
Indianapolis, 7; Toledo. 6.
St. Paul. 7; Minneapolis. 6.
Milwaukee, 7; Kansas City, 1.
Columbus, 4, Louisville 3.
Saturday’s Results.
Valdosta. 8; Waycrosn, 1.
Americus, 6; Brunswick, 2.
Thomasvllle, 3; Cordele, 3 (ten ihnings;
darkness).
International League.
Baltimore, 5; Providence, 4 (eleven
innings).
Newark, 11; Jersey City, 2.
Rochester, 1; Montreal. 0.
Buffalo, 5; Toronto, 3.
Federal League.
Indianapolis, 4; Pittsburg, 3.
St. Louis, 14; Chicago. 5.
Covington, 11; Cleveland. 9
Virginia League.
Richmond, 3; Petersburg, 1 (first
game).
Richmond, 3; Petersburg, 0 (second
game).
Roanoke, 4; Newport News, 3.
Portsmouth, 11; Norfolk, 4.
Carolina Association.
Winston-saTem, 5: Asheville, 4.
Greensboro, 3; Charlotte, 2.
Raleigh, 11; Durham, 5.
Cotton States League.
Pensacola, 7; Columbus, 0.
Clarksdale. 9; Selma, 1.
College Games.
Navy, 14; Army. ?..
Vale, 4; Princeton, 3.
Cornell, 4; Pennsylvania, 3.
Extra Cars Will Be
Run to Motordrome
A special car service from Five
Points to the show grounds will be
put on Sunday afternoon to carry
out the crowds which will go to
see Jack Prince’s new motordrome
and to hear the band concert which
will be given from 3:30 to 6 o’clock
in the afternoon.
Manager Hudson has arranged wjth
the police department for a good
showing of bluecoats there Sunday
afternoon to keep away any undesir
able element and to preserve order.
No riding will be done, but the
track will be in apple-pie order, the
machines will be out where the people
can look them over and the drivers
will be there.
Saturday afternoon about 4:30
o’clock Manager Hudson will have a
bunch of riders on the track, and with
the “90-degree boards" in place and
the wire netting completed above that,
there i© no limit to the speed possi
bilities of the afternoon. After that
workout, there will be nothing further
doing in the way of racing until Mon
day afternoon.
COAST HAS NEW MEXICAN
FIGHTER IN AD ZOTTE
SAN FRANCISCO. May 31.—Tilt-
coast has another Mexican fighter
who threatens to become a cham
pion in his class before long. Sammy
McClintic, local fight manager, asserts
that there will be two Mexicans hold
ing world's championship titles with
in the next year. He thinks that
Rivers will eventually climb to the
top of the heap in the lightweight
division and that Ad Zotte will tako
the featherweight title away from
Johnny Kilbane, providing, of course,
the latter fights him.
McClintic asserts that Zotte is or.e
of the gamest bovs he ever saw and
cites a number of instances in which
Zotte won his battles on his courage
alone. Zotte is 18 years old, well-
mannered and intelligent and can
flgh with both hands in whirlwind
fashion. He is ready to fight any
122-pound boy in- the world, Kilba..e
of course, preferred.
Three-I League.
Bloomington, 7; Danville. 2.
Springfield, 9• Decatur. 5.
Dubuque, 7; Davenport, 1.
Peoria, 9; Quincy, 6.
Central League.
Fort Wayne, 1; Grand Rapids, 0.
Springfield, 8: Evansville. 4.
Dayton, 3; Terre Haute, 0.
Tornado Nightmare
Montgomery. ab. r.
Walker, of.
Wares, 2 b. . .
Gribbens. 3b.
Sloan, rf. . .
Kutlna, lb. .
Jansen, If, . .
Knaupp. s*. .
Donahue, c. .
Bagby, p. . .
Totals . . .
Atlanta.
Long, If. . .
Welciionce, cf.
Alperman, 2b.
Bailey, rf. . .
Smith, 3b. . .
Bisland. hs. .
Agler, lb. . .
Dunn. c. . .
Price, p. . .
Chappelle, p. .
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Hundreds, Fearing for Lives, Run on
Field and Throw Themselves Down
for Protection From Wind—Crack
ers Jinxed Out of Another Game.
By Percv H. Whiting.
W HIRLING down out of the north with a fury of a thing
gone mad, carrying before it a dust cloud that mounted
to the skies and tinted the clouds a sickly yellow, a tor
nado raked through Ponce DeLeon ball park about 4 o’clock yes
terday afternoon, flattening down signboards and causing a panic
that for a time threatened serious results.
The Crackers and Billikens were fighting vigorously to end
the first game of what was set for a double-header. About the
third inning clouds began to pile up in the north and northwest,
and occasional broad flashes of lightning split the sky from side
to side and from end to end. At first the storm approached slowly,
and the spectators divided their attention between the shrilling
game and the impending storm.
Suddenly the northern sky
darkened and then turned an
ominous yellow.
Atlanta folks know what a
yellow sky means.
It has preceded every dam
aging blow of the city’s history.
It means that a tremendous
wind has whipped the dust
mountain high.
As the storm bore down the
bleachers cleared in a flash and
the fans crowded into the stands
or stood in the alley ways, poised
to run wherever seemed safest.
Finally, after a few tense sec
onds, the storm hit. There was
a crash as huge metal sign
boards were crumpled like tis
sue paper, and startled cries
arose 1 from the women and child
ren huddling in the stands.
* * *
T7«>R a few minutes there was no
1 rain, but a terrific dust tornado.
And steadily the wind increased in
violence until it assumed cyclonic
proportions. The players, unable to
stand against it, threw themselves full
length on the field. Hundreds of fans,
seeking safety anywhere and disre
garding the rain that soon began to
fall, followed the example of the
baseball men and dashed on the field,
where they threw themselves on the
ground.
For minutes and minutes the situa
tion was tense. The big wooden
stands rocked and swayed in the wind.
The rain, increasing in violence,
raked the stands from end to end.
The spectators huddled in the far
back part of the stands, ready to
break for the entrances in case the
danger became too imminent. Had
a timber cracked there would have
been a dash for the entrances and a
panic of serious character.
But gradually the wind subsided a
little and the storm developed into a
severe thunder storm, which did lit
tle to relieve the anxiety of the many
hundreds of feminine fans who had
gathered to while away what appeared
sure to be a warm, pleasant after
noon.
To add to the complications the se
verity of the storm made It neces
sary to cut off the current in the trol
ley wires, and there was no chance
to leave the park. It was nearly 5
before the cars began to roll, and well
on toward 6 before the crowds were
able to 'work their wav out of the
park and to drag their moist and ter
rified selves homeward.
Totals .
Score by innings:
Montgomery 022 200—6
Atlanta HO 020—4
Summary: Three-base hits—Price,
Welchonce. Double plays—Knaupp to
Kutlna. Innings pitched—By Price 3.
by Chappelle 3. Struck out—By Bag'
by 2, by Chappelle 8. Bases on balls
—Off Bagby 1, Price 5, Chappelle 1-
Sacrifice hits—Wares. Jansen, Agler
Stolen base—Jan»*en. Wild pitch—
Bagbv. Hit bv pitched ball—By Price
1 (Walker). Time—1:29. Umpires—
Wright and Pfenninger.
TINKER AND HERRMANN
OPEN WAR ON MURPHY
CINCINNATI, June 2— Garry
Herrmann, president of the Cincin
nati baseball club, and Manager Joe
Tinker yesterday opened fire on
Charles W. Murphy, boss of the Cube,
hnd let go double barrels. The at
tack was based on Murphy’s attempt
to get some of the Reds in exchange
for men he calls Cub youngsters and
which the Cincinnati crowd declare
are practically old-timers. In an in
terview here Joe Tinker said:
“I suppose,” remarked Tinker, "that
Murphy includes in the list of hie
youngsters he would trade, A1 Brid-
well, Tommy Leach, Otis Clymer and
Roger Bresnahan. Murphy came to
Mr. Herrmann a short time ago and
tried to get one of our best pitchers
and $5,000 for Good, an outfielder, who
is warming the Cub bench. We want
good men in trading. Wo, of course,
laughed at the proposition. I still
think we will beat out the Cubs.
“Murphy has crippled his ball club
and he cannot make it play ball by
issuing claims or knocking President
Herrmann and his former players.”
President Herrmann agreed with
every word of the statement of Man
ager Tinker.
MEREDITH BEATS KIVIAT
IN THREE-QUARTER RUN
NEW YORK. June 2.—Although track
condition and strong wind bothered the
athletes at Celtic Park, there were two
notable performances by runners. J. E.
Meredith, of the University of Pennsyl
vania. the world’s one-half mile ama
teur champion, went out of his distance,
and defeated Abel Kiviat. of the Irish-
Aqierican Athletic Club, by inches in a
special three-quarter-mile run in 3:08.
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
BUYS STUDEBAKER CARS
After a long scries of tests in which
many American and foreign cars com
peted, the Canadian Government has
bought a fleet of Studebaker ”25”
roadsters for the use of Dominion of
ficials at Regina and in the service
of the Northwest mounted police.
STUDEBAKER IN RUSSIA
WINS COVETED MEDAL
At Warsaw’s recent Sporting and
Industrial Exhibition a Studebaker
“25” was the winner of the coveted
medal. Russians make their automo
bile ©hows a competitive test o!
beauty and merit.
LEAGUE TO MEET.
The Grocers’ and Butchers’ Baseball
League will hold a meeting at 97 Peach
tree Street Wednesday night, June 4.
Several firms in the above lines are ex
pected to join. Rogers Grocery Com
pany has billed a practice game for
June 11.
T HE game, so rudely Interrupted by
the storm, was enough in itself
to bring on a cataclysm.
If ever there was a jinxed per
formance it was that one. The Crack
ers ought to have won it sixteen
different ways. But instead they lost
it to Montgomery, 6 to 4.
Here’s the way It ran—think it
over:
in the second inning, with Gilbert
Price going strong and Pat Wright,
the league’s worst umpire, behind the
plate, two of the first three batters
in the inning were really struck out.
Everybody present knew it except
Wright.
We seldom try to umpire a game
for anybody, having sufficient to do
in keeping the score, and not desiring
to cut in on anybody’s graft. But we
break a good rule this time to re
mark that Pat Wright was WRONG.
Well, that sort of got Price to
flickering, but he had a chance to
come back in the third. He had let
a couple “on” with none out, when
Sloan popped up a little fly to Long.
Tommy had to run in a mile for it.
but as it was high he had plenty of
time and there was also an opportu
nity for Agler and Prico to line up
with Dunn in position to stop the
throw from the outfield.
The fly was so ridiculously short
that Walker, who was on third, didn’t
even make a bluff of coming in. In
stead. he stood by the third bag and
watched Long’s perfect throw sail in.
Agler, eager to be useful, ran out
to meet it. But it hopped by him.
Dunn made a grab at it and it eluded
him. Price dived for it. but it passed.
On it rolled, clear to the stand, and
Walker, seeing nothing to detain him
at third, dashed in home.
If the thing coming in from the out
field had been a rabbit or an eel it
would be possible to explain the
thing. But how a spherical piece of
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