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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. * * « 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. . 2 1 3 . 2 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 . 3 .17 ab. . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 ’ 3 . 2 2 ! i . i .23 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 Continued on Page 3, Column 1. I l