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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
BRA5SIE SHDI
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By “Chirk” Evans
C hicago, ili,, June 2—The
brassio shot is becoming more a
thing: of the past, and by a bras-
#*ie phot I mean any shot after the
te© shot has been played that is too
long for the Irons. Donald Ross says
that three-shot holes are really only
names now. Years ago before the
advent of the rubber-cored balls the
brassie was a very important club,
but since the coming of the new ball
its use for the second shot has con
stantly decreased among the more
skillful players.
It may be explained for the benefit
of those new to the game that a brae-
eie is really a well-lofted driver with
brass-covered sole. Sometimes it is
shorter than the driver, but that is a
matter of individual choice. As the
ball lies close to the fair green and
it is not teed up like the driver
it is easy to understand that the
brass sole is intended to prevent the
club from being injured by the rough
ground underlying the fair way. I
appealed to Tom Rigelow, the well-
known golf authority, for a detailed
explanation of the origin of the club
and I found the information very in
teresting.
“At a certain length from the tee
at a certain hole at Ht. Andrews,”
said Tom. “there was a gravelly out
cropping.” In consequence the wood
en club used for the second shot
had to be constantly repaired. At
first the club was mended with a bit
of ram’s horn, but it was finally de
termined to shoe the new club, as
Tom expresses it, to avoid the neces
sity of frequent repair. Then some
one tried a brass plate covering the
entire sole, and as thiH was much more
durable the innovation at once be
came popular and lasting.
Brassie Once Useful Club.
In the days of the gutta-percha
ball the brassie was very useful. In
those days bogey was figured at 175
yards for a drive and 150 for a brassie,
and a player getting home on a 325-
yard hole was playing remarkable
golf.
Of course there always was a bras
sie shot on those 325-yard holes and
when winds were a little unfavorable
three bras?»ie shots of good length
and direction were needed to help
out the drive. It is hard for us to
realize a time when the taking of four
wooden shots of the well-hit kind was
necessary to reach the green.
With the change in balls came long
er shots and bogey distances moved
up. Holes of 400 yards were reached
with a drive and a good brassie, and
at the present moment there are few
holes in the country of the recog
nized long-hole length, 600 to 600
yards, that cannot be reached with a
drive and a brassie. This means that
different irons have supplanted the
brassie on nearly all distances of
460 yards or so. and there are few
holes now’ over that length.
So while the brassie could formerly
be used on perhaps rixteen out of
eighteen holes and then often more
than once, it is now used probably
only once or tw r lce on the round.
Sometimes on the few long hol^s
w’here one can u*e a brassie there
are bunkers guarding the green and
the player will find it much safer to
play short with an Iron Instead of
trying to place a brassie shot Just
over the bunker.
It’s the Driver and Spoon Now.
One can play round after round on
Chicago golf and use no brassie at
all. Even on the windiest day It
may not be needed more than three
or four times and many players now’
carry only a driver and a spoon.
Necessarily the decreasing use of
the brassie is developing n corre
sponding uncertainty in playing It,
and perhaps it is to counterbalance
this weakness that some players are
adopting it in the place of the driver.
They claim they ran get just as far
and it keeps them in practice with
the club for use on the fair green:
yet, on the other hand, I have seen
several players use a driver on the
fair way.
The wooden clubs give advantage
to the strong, but they lack the deli
cate accuracy of the irons, and It Is
the desire for this accuracy joined to
shorter holes and longer balls that
is depriving the brassie of all its
legitimate use.
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Leaves Path of Ruin
ORLANDO, W. VA.. .Tunc 2—Orlando,
a town in the southern part of Lewis
County, at the Junction of the West
Virginia and Pittsburg division of the
Baltimore and Ohio Road and the Coal
and Coke Railroad, was the center iof
a disastrous cloudburst Ian- Inst night
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and It is feared there was loss of nr,.
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Coke and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads
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NEW YORK. June 2.— Dr. Friedrich
F. Friedmann, discoverer of the turtle
vaccine for tuberculosis, to-day an
nounced that he will sail for Germany
next week in consequence of the action
of the New York Board of Health in
barring his cure here.
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j] Quick Knockout No Sign of End
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Many Stars Put Away in Opener
Jack Londons new story,
‘' The Scarlet Plague, ’ ’ begins in
the American Monthly Magazine
given free with every copy of
the Sunday American.
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42 North Broad Street.
By Dill Bailey
C IICAQO. ILL.. June 2.- “Silk”
O’Boughlin, American Leagu*
umpire, declares that Albert
Russell, the Sox southpaw, has bet
ter control than any lefthander who
ever broke into the American League.
“He’s going to be a great pitcher,”
said O’LfOUghltn. “Not only has he
control, but he has a lot of stuff
on the ball. But his control is the
thing that makes a hit with me. I
do not believe that I ever saw a young
lefthander who had the control that
he has.”
And Russell has control for the
reason that he warms up in a way
different from almost every other
pitcher in the league. Russell works
for control from the moment that he
gets the ball in his hand until the
final warmup.
Can Place Ball Well.
“Four at your w : aist,” he will say
to the catcher. Then he will pitch
four at the w r aist. It doesn’t matter
so much whether there is anything
on the ball. His first idea is to get
those four at the waist.
"Now at the knees,” Russell will
say.
Then he pitches four at the knee.
He pitches just as carefully as if
there was a man at the plate and lie
wanted to break the ball at his knee.
"Now at the shoulders,” he will fol
low.
And four are shot at the shoulder.
It’s control that he Is after. He
has an idea that his speed and his
curve ball are with him always and
that it is the control which will
make or break him in the contest to
come.
Bender Givqs Tip.
Chief Bender, the star Indian of the
Athletics, is another pitcher who
warms up that way. And it was
from Connie Mack’s Indian that Bus
sell got his idea. When the Ath
letics were in Texas in 1912 Bender
was instructing some of the San An
tonio youngsters how to warm up
and he insisted that the only way to
do was to try for control.
Some youngster who was coached
by Bender saw the good point
of it at once. That isn’t the way
the ordinary- pitcher warms up by
any means. He just throws the ball
in the general direction of the plate.
His idea is to start pitching easily
at first, then putting mine and more
speed on until his arm is in condi
tion to permit him to put everything
he has on the sphere.
But it’s control first with Russell.
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ZOOTE BEATS M. ATTELL.
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. June
2.—Ad Zoote, of Stockton, Cal., was
given the decision over .Monte Attell
at the end of a twenty-round bout
at Midvah last r.ight. Both fighters
weighed in at 118 pounds.
By Ed. W. Smith.
iHICAGO, ILL., June 2.—When
that foolish old K. O. crashes
into a man's jaw in the opening
round of a glove battle and the recip
ient goes crashing, to the floor for a
full count the public at large is prone
to sympathize with the beaten man
and at the same time remark sad
ly that another fighter has been shov
ed into the discards We take the'
case of Jeff O’Cunr.ell, the little Eng-
• sh fighter, who was disposed of in
a trifle over two minutes by Matty
MrCue in Racine the other night. Af
ter that was all over the crowd al
most to a man had O’Connell in the
“Has Been” class and a fit subject
for the old m^n’s infirmary.
* « •
OUT does it always work out that
way? A glance through ring his
tory indicates quite to the* contrary,
for some of the best fighters of this
and other days lnve had the K. O.
punch hung on them in the first round
and have lived it down in grand style.
It doesn’t always follow that one
knockout makes a man passe, espe
cially the quick knockout in which
little or no i umshmont is inflicted
The real telling knockouts are those
»hat come after dozens of rounds ot
grueling work !n which the beaten
man gradually is worn down and is
so v<-eakei.ed at the finish that his re
sistance is entirtly gone. Almost
without exception the man receiving
“his” in the first round gets over it
quickly.
* ♦ *
TAKE the rather startling case of
* Jack McCormick and his sudden
knockout of Kid McCoy over at the
Star Theater on the North ir'ide years
ago. McCoy got lancy with the bur
ly McCormick, who swung a right
hand off the flo3.' and landed along-'
side the speedy kid’s jaw. McCoy
went out as cold as a salted mackerel
and didn’t know’ where he was at 3
o'clock the next mornirg. Ye; Mc
Coy took McCormick a f w weeks af
terward and gav*j him the lacing of
his life and afterward seemed none
the worse for tiie quick defeat.
* • •
IJ EM EMBER, don’t you. that Joe
Guns knock? l out Frank Erne in
|Vne punch one Line? Yet it never
injured Erne’s chances much and he
turned out afterward to be one of the
world’s greatest boxers.
• * *
AND then there was the case of
^ the ancient Peter Maher, the Dub
lin brewery product. Peter bloomed
unfailingly like the bay tree and came
tack as popular as ever after every
defeat. Bob Fitzsimmons sat him on
his haunches for the full count down
m Mexico, ending it in the first round.
So did jo© Goddard, treating Peter
the same way in the same round. But
Peter got over it ar.d earned piles
and piles of money afterward.
• • •
A TARY1X HART, the Louisville
middleweight, was knocked as
stiff as a board by “Wild Bill” Han-
rahan in one round with a swing on
the jaw. They =*a1d at the time Mar
tin would never amount to anything
after that. But oidn’t the Kentucky
plumber go out West later on and best
Jack Johnson in a twenty-round go?
At least Hart was given the decision,
no matter what the merits of the
case might have been. It has been
said it was a clear steal, but the fact
that Hart even went twenty rounds
with Johnson shows that the Karra-
ban punch had no lasting effect upon
him.
• * •
Q SBAH GARDNER knocked Harry
^ Forbes out in cne round, but Har
ry came right back after that and
wmn th-* bantam weight title until
Frankie Neal came along and took it
away from him. Tommy Burns hung
cne on Bill Squires in the first round
and later beat him in thirteen. But
Bill was quite useful after that. Ed-
(iie MoGoorty knocked out Dave
Smith of Australia and Jack Harri
son, of England, both champions of
their countries, in a round each with -
in a week of each otter, yet neither
of these men is out of the game by a
long way.
# * *
T OOK jit the case of “Flatbush Tom-
knocked him kicking in a single round
and so did Knockout Brown, yet Tom
my has returned and orly the other
day he defeated Ac. Wolgast in twen
ty rounds. So you see It < oesn’t do
to pronounce a man out of the game
too quickly.* They DO come back and ;
in the iucst unexpected manner.
Three Young Bandits
Nabbed After a Raid
, -NEW YORK. June 2.—Three boys
each less than 17 years of age, are
under arrest to-day as bandits, who.
with pistols in hand, invaded the Tro
jan Athletic Club last night and lined
up fifteen young men for rob
bery. Several of the victims who
refused to hold up their hands were
punched in the face.
In all the young bandits got nearly
$300 w’orth of jewelry and money.
WIFE SLAVER PURSUED.
LEXINGTON, KY., June 2.—Armed
and vowing vengeance, relatives of Mrs.
l^ee Meece are scouring the mountains
of l’ulaski County to-day. searching for
Meece, who last night murdered his
wife They had sep>arated. Jealousy is
said to have prompted the killing.
HILL STREET SCHOOL WINS.
The Hill Street School triumphed over
Capitol Avenue. 27 to 9. in a slugfest
Friday. \Yinburn and Gastrell did the
heavy clouting. The winners scored
seven runs in the second and nine in the
fourth.
WINS PANAMA TITLE.
PANAMA, June 2.—Abe Holhmder-
sky. a former New York newsboy,
last night won the heavyweight
championship of the Panama Canal
Zone from Jack Artega on a foul in
the ninth round.
THEY GOP FLSG
C LEVELAND, OHIO, June 2.—
One hundred thousand dollars in
cash is the bonus that Cleve
land business men are reported to
have offered the Naps if they can
bring the pennant of the American
League to this city.
The fact has not been advertised
in Cleveland and will not be until all
of the money has been subscribed.
But the Cleveland ball players have
been told that there is every reason
to believe that the full amount will
be donated. One of the players told
Manager Callahan, of the White Sox,
that the winning of the pennant by
the Naps would mean the enrichment
of every man on the team by $4,000.
They figure 25 men in on the division
should the plan go through and the
Naps should win.
• • •
XHIS would he the largest purse
* ever split by a baseball club, and
that regardless of whether the Naps
were victorious in the world’s cham
pionship .series or not.
Incidentally this may reveal anoth
er reason why those Cleveland play
ers are battling so hard for every
game. Winning a pennant is a w’hole
lot. ,It means a pari of the world’s
s>erie9 money, but add $100,000 to the
sum to be won in the big series and
you have a purse that almost any
fellow would strive with might and
main to win.
* * *
THAT the men are fighting hard to
1 win that pennant is a certainty,
(’lark Griffith, manager of the Sena
tors, went out of town claiming the
Naps were playing “dirty” oall to
win. There has been nothing to in
dicate that in the games between the
Sox and the Naps. But the Sox do
know that the Cleveland lads are
show ing considerable more fight than
they ever have before.
*Poe LandmarkSite
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NEW YORK, June 2.—Kings
• bridge Tavern, a landmark of 100
• years’ standing and a resort
• where Edgar Allan Poe used to
• wait for his manuscripts to come
• back from unappreciative edi-
• tors, is about to give way to the
• march of progress.
• It is on the site of what will
• be the new American League
® baseball park next summer, at
® 226th Street and Broadway, and
• a gang of laborers has taken
• possession of the old tavern as
• a shelter for themselves and
• their shovels.
® Efforts of Poe’s admirers to
• preserve the old tavern for its
• historical interest failed.
•
RAFAEL ALMEIDA WANTS
TO BECOME A PITCHER
TOLEDO GETS DAVY JONES
FROM MANAGER CALLAHAN
CLEVELAND, OHIO, June 2.—The
Sox yesterday heard that Davy Jones
would be with them no more. They
weren’t a bit surprised. They ex
pected it and were interested only
in knowing where he was going. Nor
was there any surprise expressed
when told that he had been sent to
Toledo.
When Shaller made good Jones
was doomed. Callahan took Jones
from Detroit only that he might pro
tect his outfield. The South Side
manager wasn’t either long or strong
on fly chasers and isn’t yet, so far
as that goes. So when waivers were
asked on Davy he grabbed him.
GASTON TO ST. LOUIS.
COLUMBUS. GA . June 2 — Dave
Gaston, who has been a bone of con
tention in the Sally League fur
past several months, and whom Co
lumbus wanted this season, is on his
way to St. Louis, where he goes to
sign a contract with John O’Con
nor's team in the Federal League.
CINCINNATI. May 31.—Rafael Al
meida. the Reds’ Cuban fielder, is
practicing pitching and thinks in
time he will get to be quite a hurler.
He is working out every day with
Kling and Brown, w^ho are giving
him the benefit of their expert advice
and coaching.
Almeida says that all he needs is
practice enough to insure his having
control. He claims that his curve ball
will fool the cleverest hitters if he
can get it over. That’s a big “if”
with a whole lot of pitchers.
BRITISH GOLFERS WILL
BE HERE NEXT AUGUST
NEW YORK, June 2.—Edward Ray
and Harry Varden, the present and
former open golf champions of Great
Britain, respectively, will be in this
country as early as the middle of
August, according to w r ord received
at the Shawnee Country Club.
The famous 1 Britons will make their
first appearance in this country as
competitors in the Shawnee tourna
ment, August 22 and 23. Later they
are expected to go to the Pacific coast
to give an exhibition match, receiving
$2,500 each.
LEAVE FOR GOLF TOURNEY.
COLUMBUS. GA., June 2.—A team
composed of L. D. Hill, Dr. G. S.
Murray, Joe Methvin, Charles Hick
man, Marshall Morton and C. E. Bat
tle will go over to Montgomery, Ala.,
to-morrow to be ready for the open
ing of the annual Southern Golf As
sociation tournament in that city
June 3-7. They will represent the
Country Club of Columbus.
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GRIFFITH MAKES BET.
WASHINGTON. June 2.—Man
ager Griffith has bet Ray Morgan
and Walter Johnson a ^uit of clothes
apiece that he would not speak to
another umpire on the field in any
championship game.
“CHICK" GANDIL TO MOVE.
WASHINGTON, June 2.—Chick
Gandil, of the Senators, has decided
to take up his residence in Washing
ton immediately upon the close of
the baseball season. Gandil lived for
years in Louisiana.
By Ed W. Smith
C HICAGO, June 2,—Though Luth-
er McCarty, tne powerful
young boxer w r no dropped dead
in the Calgary arena last Saturday,
was a care-free, indifferent young
man on the surface: he was sensi
tive to criticism and read all the sto
ries that were written about him with
the deepest attention. He never said
much about the criticisms that were
heaped upon him in the East because
of Billy McCarney’s unpopularity with
certain people there, but that they af
fected him keenly is well known to
his close friends. As a matter of
fact, McCarney is outspoken in say
ing that McCarty never was the same
after their recent campaign in the
East, during which the pig Nebraska
athlete was roasted severely.
“I’ve seen McCarty in tears after
reading some of the unjust and un
true things that were said of him,”
McCarney told me a couple of days
after the contest that resulted in such
a hideous manner.
“I won’t say exactly that this has
tened his end, but I do know that he
grieved deeply over the cruel things
that were printed, especially in the
East. While training for the Frank
Moran bout in New' York some of
the worst things imaginable, and all
of them absolutely without founda
tion in truth, were printed about him.
“For instance, it was sent out over
the country broadcast that we had
been ordered to leave a New' York
hotel because Luther walked through
a corridor with nothing on but his
fighting togs and a bathrobe on his
way to and from the arena. There
wasn't a particle of truth in the story,
yet until right now’ I never took the
trouble to deny it.
“The hotel people were indignant
and wanted to make a statement, but
I couldn’t see it. The proprietor told
us when we were leaving we could
always return there and be welcome.
“That’s merely a sample of the out
rageous yams that drifted into the
papers. All of them affected the boy
keenly, and he would grieve for hours
over them. He worried a lot.
“There never was a grain of fear
in this man’s make-up. He was a
bundle of courage and liked the honor
of the thing above all else. He was
none too careful of his money and
spent it freely, but not in w’hat might
be called a foolish manner.”
NATIONAL COMMISSION
REINSTATES PERRYMAN
CINCINNATI, Junp 2.—Rafael Al-
Baseball Commission nas ceclared I’layei
E. K. Perryman, of the New York Na
tional League club, to be in good stand
ing. The player stated that he did not
report to his club this spring owing
to his desire to complete his college
course and therefore no penalty was in
flicted
LED0UX ARRIVES; WANTS
GO WITH JOHNNY C0UL0N
NEW YORK, June 2.-jCharley
Ledoux, the French bantamweight
champion, who arrived here yesterday
from France, wants bouts with Kid
Williams, of Baltimore, or Johnny
Coulon, the champion.
Pimples Should
Be Watched
; May be Means of Absorbing
Disease Germs in Most Un
expected Manner.
HILTON RETAINS TITLE.
£T. ANDREWS. SCOTLAND, June
2.—Harold H. Hilton, of the Royal
Liverpool Golf Club, won the world's
amateur golf championship, beating
Robert Harris, of Acton, England, by
six up and five to play over a 36-hole
eoursh. This is the fourth time Hil
ton has held the title.
FAST TIME BY DREW.
BANGOR. MAINE, June 2.—The
timekeepers gave Howard T. Drew,
the Springfield, Mass., runner, a mark
of 9 3-5 seconds in the 100-yard dash
which he won at the games of the
Old Town Athletic Association yes
terday.
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