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THE ATLANTA OEOROTAN AND NEWS
Bringing Up Father
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By “Chick” Evans.
C hicago, ill., July 30.—The
Western has come and gone,
and we have a new and very
representative champion. Wood has
played golf of championship quality
for many years, and has been finalist
in the Western three times and once
in the National. His friends—and
they are legion—are delighted that,
after years of trial, his fine golfing
skill is fltttingly rewarded.
The surprise of the tournament was
the playing of E. P. Allis III, of Mil
waukee, and he has certainly* made
himself a big star in the golfing
firmament. He was almost the whole
show at Homewood, and certainly did
4f remarkably well. In consequence,
much interest was taken in an analy
sis of his game. Golfers I consulted
were unable to decide whether he had
good golfing form or not. It was
easy to be seen that he has been
playing for a long time, for his game
w'as developed during the era of the
»„ hook, and he plays every shot with
that addition, except his puts. This
is an excellent way of playing, when
it goes right, but without constant
practice it has many dangers. Allis
plays all his shots* off his right foot—
that is. the position of his ball is
nearer the right foot than the left,
a stance not seen very often. His
swing was not too full, but of a
strong, even, full length.
Approach Puts His Best Shot.
His best shot is an approach put,
and I am glad to see that he uses an
iron putter rather than a barred cen
ter-shafted type. Not only does ho
put his approach put so close that it
is impossible to miss the next one,
but he frequently holes it. His put
ting stance is a good one. but known
a long time. He puts both elbows
out along the line of play, he hangs
his putter well and he does not in
dulge in the needless habit of nut
ting the blade in front of the ball.
Mr. Allis’ next best shot is his ap
proach shot, which he plays with a
pitcher, a club with a rounded bot
tom and a loft, between a iftdfc’hie
and a niblick. Strange to say’, he hooks
this shot with a turn-over of the
head and gets splendid results. The
rest of his game is fair. He has lit
tle confidence in wooden clubs, and
his long irons have too large a hook
to be reliable. He knows little about
bunker shots, but had little ufc’e for
this knowledge at Homewood; also,
his shots ou* of the long grass are
not good. These shots will come
in time, and his golf future looks
rosy, indeed.
Possessing an ideal ~'dfir ~ tem
perament and an abundance of
“nerve” and every thoroughgoing
sportsmanlike —* lity, a ohamnion-
shi* of nation-wide importance may
not be far a wav from him. His nam?
must be added to the ten or twelve
National possibilities this year.
Tco Many Good Golfers Absent.
From a golfing standpoint, the
tournament last week was not very
strong. It is true that there were
good golfers there but the play’ers
who qualified did not comprise all of
the very best players in the West.
There were too many absentees. The
best golfing round was a 72. and the
best two rounds were Ned’s medal
play, 72 in the morning against me
and an easy finish for the eame score
in the afternoon. The scores ran be
tween 75 and 80. rather than below
75. The weather, the golfer’s best
friend or worst enemy, was perfect.
SHELTON BEATS NEELY
IN WESTERN TOURNAMENT
■ CHICAGO, July 30.—John C.| Neely,
of the Wanderers’ Club, one of the
favorites In the Western tennis tour
nament, was defeated by Robert Shel
ton, of Texas, one of the doubles
champions of the South, Neely won
the first set 6-4, and defaulted on
the third. Shelton took the second 6-3.
W. T. Hayes defeated A. L. Green,
Western intercollegiate champion, 6-2,
6-2.
Miss Gwenaolin Rees, of Minneapo
lis, Central Western champion, won
an easy victory over Miss Elizabeth
Moore, of Chicago, 6-1, 6-1, in the
women's singles. Miss Rees and Miss
Carrie Neely, of Chicago, are consid
ered leading candidates for the wom
en's Western title, now held by Mrs.
Thomas Bundy, formerly May Sutton,
of San Francisco. Miss Neely won
from Miss Elizabeth Bruce, 6-2. 6-1.
Neither Mrs. Bundy nor Maurice
McLoughlin, Western champion in the
men’s singles, who is now in F.ng-
land, will be on hand to defend their
titles so the winners in the tourna
ment finals will assume the cham
pionships by default.
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LONDON, July 30.—An anonymous
letter appearing in The Standard to
day declares that the English compet
itors in the Davis cup tennis matches
were the better all-round players, but
that the Americans won the trophy
because McLoughlin had mastered
and concentrated his play on a smash-
ji-jcr service, in which sny number of
English players could have equally
perfected themselves.
"Thus the cup was won. the letter
continues, "bv a trick, though a per
fectly’ legitimate trick within the
rules, which does not further the best
interests of lawn tennis, and unless
this smash service is barred like the
spot stroke in billiards, tennis is with-
ing measurable distance of death.
CHICAGO FOLLOWS LOCAL
EXAMPLE IN MARATHON
CHICAGO. July 30.—A 26-mile
Marathon race will be the feature of
the card at the Riverview Motordrome
to-night, it being the first even of its
kind ever scheduled for decision at
the North Side track. Wiley Gibson,
of St Louis, who holds the Marathon
race record of 19:45. will ride against
the field, which will be composed of
4 Mike Caffarella, Kenneth Verrill. \1
Savalak, George Meyers and Ed Har-
, mer.
D ON’T be surprised if thi9 com
ing campaign you read of Pat
rick McFarland butting into
the heavier fellows’ game.
For unless the authorities govern
ing the execution of the mailed fist,
whoever they are, move the weight
beam of the lightweight class, that is
what will happen.
McFarland learned while in train
ing for his ten-round contest with
Jack Britton that he can take the
measure, inch by inch, of middle-
weights. Eddie McGoorty, one of our
most prominent 158-scale artisans,
worked out with Packey for the Brit
ton go. The black-haired and Sven-
gali-orbed Irishman, gave Ed a box
ing lesson every day of the jousting.
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N OW. McGoorty is accredited a
clever gentleman, the cleverest
in his department outside of Gibbons,
and a stiffer hitter with his left. He
can feint out an opening and drive
his punch in ahead of an opponent al
most as well as anybodv. and he
knows the counters. Still McFar
land, ring parlance adopted for the
moment, “made a monkey out of him.”
While working out for the Britton
festival, Packey likewise learned that
the fat does not leave his body as
readily as it used to. for the reason
that there’s not much fat on him. An
ounce over a certain small amount
and he is removing solid flesh. A
good trainer will not allow his man to
train off s^lid flesh except under rare
cireumPtanees. puch as when a big
forfeit must be saved.
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P AUKEY did not train hard enough
for Britton, or rather did not give
himself enough time to reduce to the
prescribed figure. It does take time
in Packey’s case. As a consequence,
when he got in New York, he had to
resort to the Turkish bath to make
the weight and he went into the ring
registering in the neighborhood of
140, with a yellow look on his face
and circles underlining his eyes.
McFarland has not been a legiti
mate lightweight fod two years nr
over. But he is a smart fellow and
has been getting away with more
stuff than any boxer in the profes
sion. He has had pounds on most
every man he’s boxed for many* a
day. More power to him for doing
it, but the end probably came in the
Britton affair. The public saw how
big he was. and now he will Indeed
have to show some sharp tactics to
get on with any more lightweights.
What’s more. I don’t think Packey
wants to. He’s taking on more
muscle.
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T"HP' hardest task McFarland far s
1 is that of making weight. He
does not do this often—only when
the coin is thick and tawny—but
there’s no doubt he considers it in
the light of a crime, for who wouldn’t
If he were as wealthy as Packey and
as high in his chosen trade. It is
not the fighting that’s distasteful to
these veterans: It’s the training.
It’s not hard to detect the close
of Packey’s tirade among the light
weights. He can’t get on with Rit
chie. for he’s too big. He has
whipped Britton, Gross and Murphy,
so there is not much show for hkn
there unless he wants to undergo
the agony of again making a low
weight and I surmise he is past that
stage.
There’s a load of money in the
bigger divisions for Packey Mack,
without as much e*ffort as his “light
weight” affairs call for, and he has a
noble chance for the halo of the
middle ranks. Packey wants to be
called a champion before he leaves
fistic warfare—another authorized
fact—so the zodiac seems to point to
an enlargement of activity for the
stockyard star.
DANVILLE HURLER WORKS
NO-HIT SHUT-OUT GAME
DANVILLE. ILL.. July 30.—Harry
Chapman, pitching for the locals, shut
out Bloomington yesterday without a
hit. Danville winning 5 to 0. This is
the first time this feat has been ac
complished in the Three I Lt ague this
season.
No Place to Stage Mixed Match
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Promoters After Best White Man
Bv Ed W. Smith.
C HICAGO, ILL., July 30.—They are
saying a lot of sarcastic things
about the white hopes just now
becau>*e one or two of them made
the statement when Sam Langford
landed in this country that they had
put up the bars and would not meet
a colored fighter. • Jess Willard, out
on the Pacific Coast, is credited with
the statement that he would have
nothin# to do with the black fighter,
and Arthur Pelky, Tommy Burns’
gladiator, is said to have given ut
terance to 8omthing along the same
order These statements caused many
.‘•porting writers to say mean things
about the “whjte hopes.”
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IT is a queer situation. It can be
A summed up in this wise: The
white man is roasted and toasted for
declining to have anything to do with
the blacks. Yet not one of the men
who are saying these unkind things
about the white men could find a sin
gle place in America where a match
between a big white man and a star
black could be staged! There is no
suich place on the map. So why .should
there be a howl because the whites
decline to mingle? If Willard or Pel-
kv agreed to take on Sam Langford
they couldn’t find a promoter any
where who would stage it.
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A LMOST as soon as the announce-
ment was made that Langford
was on his way back looking for a
lot of trouble. ,the subject of mixed
matches came up. and they were
promptly tabooed in the chief boxing
centers. New York was one of the
first to put the ban on, and Cali
fornia followed in a hurry. In most
of the other spots where boxing 1.*
tolerated, and is not protected by any
State law. it would be the next thing
to suicide for a promoter to suggest
such a thing as a mixed match, es
pecially with such a man as Lang
ford engaged. Why, then, with no
chance of any such matches in sight,
comes all this talk about this one or
that one being afraid?
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XHERE are enough blacks to go
1 around, and there is only one
chance for them. That is to battle
among themselves and settle the
question. They say Langford isn’t
what he was. that Jack Johnson has
passed his best day. that Jeanette is
there strong, and that McVey, etc.
With the black heavies placed the way
they are. there should be little trouble
in getting a .‘settlement among them-
selvec. During the trouble the white
heavies can settle their own conten
tion among themselves, and every
body will be satisfied.
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THE first of these white contests
*■ will be flashed in New York Au
gust 5 between Jim FIVnn. of Pueblo,
and Gunboat Smith, of Philadelphia.
Jack Curley, who Is handling Flynn’s
affairs, very truthfully and tritely re
mark “They may be a bad lot.
these big white fellows, but there
must be a best man among them.
That’s what we want to try and un
cover.” There is every reason to be
lieve that the public will become in
terested if we ever succeed in get
ting, a “best man,” one who stuck out
as Luther McCarty did when he met
his unfortunate end.
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B UT 'there isn’t now and won’t he
for a good long time any de
mand by the public for mixed
matches. The public was taught a
severe lesson in the last big mixed
match, and there doesn’t seem to
be any hankering for a repetition, or
even the possibility of a repetition of
suejj an affair as that at Reno in
1910.
■SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Atlanta at Mobile (two games).
Chattanooga at Birmingham.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. (• Pc. I W. L Pc
Mont. 59 40 .596 Chatta. 49 47 .510
Mobile 61 44 .581 , M’phls. 50 56 .472
B’ham. 53 46 .535 Nash. 42 57 .424
Atlanta 50 45 .526 • N. Or. 34 63 .351
Tuesday’s Results.
Birmingham 4. New Orleans 3.
Chattanooga 2, Montgomery 2 (six
innings, rain).
Nashville 2. Memphis 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Detroit at Washington.
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
Standing of the Clubs.
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C’land.
Wash’n.
Chicago
66 28 .702
58 38 .604
55 40 .579
51 49 .510
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Boston 46 46
Detroit 40 59
S Louis 39 62
N. York 29 62
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Macon at Charleston.
Albany at Columbus.
Savannah at Jacksonville.
Standing of the Clubs.
W I„ Pc.
Col’bus. 19 10 .655
Sav’nah 16 11 .593
J’ville. 14 14 .500
W. L. Pc
Albany 14 16 .467
Chas’n. 14 17 452
Macon 10 19 .345
Tuesday's Results.
Jacksonville 6, Savannah 5.
Charleston 4. Macon 2.
Columbus 2, Albany 0.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Cordele at Thomasville.
Valdosta at Way cross.
Amerlcus at Brunswick.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L
Cordele 15 11 .577
T’ville 14 11 5«0
B'wick. 14 12 .538
W. L. Pet.
Valdosta 12 14 462
Am’eus 12 15 .444
W’cross. 11 15 .423
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319
Tuesday’s Results.
Philadelphia 2. Detroit 0.
Washington 2. St. Louis 1.
Boston 5-2. Chicago 3-0.
Cleveland 6-6, New York 3-2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at C.ncinnati.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L.
N. York 65 27
Phila. 53 34
Chicago 48 45
P’burg. 45 46
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W. L Pet
Br’oklyn 42 45 .483
Boston 39 61 .433
C'nati. 37 59 385
S. Louis 36 58 .381
Tuesday’s Results.
Brunswick 4, Amerlcus 0.
Way cross 7. Valdosta 4.
Thomasville 4. Cordele 2.
GEORGIA ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Gabies Wednesday.
Talladega at Opelika.
Gadsden at I^afJrangc.
Anniston at Newnan.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L Pet | W. L. Pet
G’den 43 31 .581 L'G’ge 35 38 479
Newnan 38 34 ..v.:8 Annis'n 34 40 459
Opelika 38 36 .314 I Tal’dega 33 42 .440
Tuesday's Results.
Gadsden 10 I aGrange 2.
Opelika 8. Talladega 0.
Anniston-Newnan. rain.
• Sporting Food
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ABSENCE.
“Absence moke* the heart grow
fonder:
That is whit / tong for you."
Thus o lore sick poet warbled
W hen his chicken up and blew.
Absence makes the fan grow fonder
When the team is far away,
And is burning up the circuit.
Winning pastimes every day.
Itut when things are breaking badly
And the team goes on the blink.
Absence makes the fan grow fonder
1—DOX’T—THJXK !
Quoth Charlie Somers, the well-known
baseball Impresario: “Few of the major
league clubs will show a dollar profit
this year.” We notice Mr. Somers and
his fellow Impressarios sellina out, do
we not?
We note that Sam Langford is match
ed to fight some mysterious person
whom he does not know. We might also
say that said fighter's relatives will not
know him when Sam has finished the
job.
It is said that red-headed men have
great executive ability. Likewise it is
rumored in England that red-headed
men can play lawn tennis.
While we look upon tennis as con
siderable pastime, we do not hesitate
to say that a snapshot of a woman play
ing that game would never win a prize
In a beauty contest.
Washington fans are raising a fund to
buy a loving cup for Walter Johnson,
and It is rumored that seven American
League managers are raising a fund to
retire him on a pension.
Ad Wolgast having parted with Tom
Jones, it might be said that he has lost
his voice.
In view of the success of Napoleon
Lajole after every session on the bench,
It would be advisable for Frank Chance
to bench his whole team every other
day.
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E. WALSH.
The little old spittrr is on the fritz
And feeble and weak it floats,
\o more like a shot through the air
it flit8
To rapture the foe men's goats.
Time was ivhen his little old arm was
new
And he was a strong young geek.
And they never gave him a thing
to do
Hut work seven days per week.
It is true, as the papers say, that Pal
Brown Is off for Australia. In fact, Joe
Woodman will vouch for the statement
that any fighter who goes to Australia
Is off.
SPEAKING OF LEFTY RUSSELL.
Lives of pitchers all remind us
We ran kill our pitching arm.
And a few short years will find us
Hitching hag upon the farm.
MIDSEASON MUSINGS.
The melancholy days are come,
The saddest of the |(ear,
When baseball trams go on the bum
And not a fan to cheer.
Whon fans no longer rise to shout
And often rise to jeer.
And managers are trying out
Recruits to use nr.rt year.
When Ray Schalk is chased out of the
game for protesting a decision there is a
general suspicion that the said decision
could not have stood up under the pure
food laws.
Sam Langford and Joe Jeannette are
said to have been matched. We were
about to add the word "again,” but we
considered It unnecessary.
The fact that Carl Morris knocked out
A1 Benedict reveals the sad fact that
you can always find something worse.
Clarke and Conzelman Selected
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Two Games With Gulls—Perhaps
By Joe Agler.
M obile, ala., July *o.—One-of
the hardest rains I ever saw
spoiled our chances of cleaning
up on the Gulls yesterday, or maybe
it spoiled the Gulls’ chances for
cleaning up on us, the way things
have been going lately.
Anyway, about ten minutes before
time for the game to be called, the
bottom fell out and there never \v..s
a chance for the game. We, are going
to try to Wind up the full series by
playing two games this afternoon.
Clarke and Conzelman will do the
pitching for our side, with Chapman
and Dunn back of the wood.
The team will present a new link
up, and may net work very smooth
ly at first. But at any rate the
Crackers will go into the rest of the
campaign without cripples. Holtz, the
new outfielder, will play in right this
afternoon, Manush will be at third
and the captain, Wallop Smith, will
play second.
Wally, by the way, is a proud fath
er to-day, and he Is about the proud
est I ever saw*. He got a telegram
yesterday afternoon late that Wallop
Junior, weight 9 pounds, had arrived
at the Smith home in St. Louis and
was stopping with his mother.
Wally Immediately converted his
home run of the day before into
cigars and all the boys were smoking
on him last night.
We will be mighty glad to get back
home, if only for three days, and our
friends will have a chance to look
over Clarke, Love and Holtz, who
have joined the team since it left
home.
BE ERECTED IN HONEST OF ALL
PDNGEDELEON SPORT CANIES
S D sure are those who are pro
moting the exhibition polo game
at Fort McPherson a week from
to-day that the game will prove a
success that they are planning for a
permanent club and grounds.
It is not unlikely that the club will
be located on Ponce DeLeon avenue,
Just opposite the baseball park. This
wbuld be an ideal spot. It wouldn’t
cost a heap of money to tear‘down
the old amusement buildings that now
“decorate” the grounds.
Would Bo an Ideal Spot.
The club would surely prove a suc
cess if locatel there. It would be only
a fifteen-minute ride , on the street
car, and the members could easily get
out there after business hours, enjoy
an hour or two of playing, and still
be home in time for dinner.
The backers of the polo venture
have aD*o looked over a stretch of
land out Peachtree Road, not far
from Buckhead. Another desirable
location would be at the Speedway.
The track could be torn down. There
is an ideal clubhouse there now,
while the grandstand would surely
be a marvel to witness a polo match
from.
Game Sure to Be a Success.
There Is no doubt about the game
next Wednesday being a success.
Everybody Is talking about it. The
Capitol City and Athletic clubs will
turn out en masse. It if* not un
likely that these two foremost clubs
will form teams for a match a few
weeks later.
The Fort McPherson team, which
comprises four lieutenants, captained
by Lieutenant Hornsby Evans, is hard
at work training. Tom Weaver.
Lamar Hill. Dr. J O. Seamons. who
will play on the All-Southern team,
will start practising to-morrow.
Two crack players from South Caro
lina are expected to arrive Friday to
help the All-Southern- In their at
tempt to down the soldier boys.
iVOULD you give 25 cents for a good
job? Place a “Want Ad” in The Geor
gian and get one.
Tuesday's Results.
New York 1-3, St. I»uis 6-1.
Philadelphia 7. Pittsburg 4.
Cincinnati 6. Brooklyn 5.
Boston 9. Chicago 1.
Virginia League.
Petersburg 1. Newport News 0.
Roanoke 7, Portsmouth 4.
Richmond 8. Norfolk 4.
Carolina Association.
Winson 6 % Charlotte 3.
Durham 4. Greensboro 3.
FLY CASTERS TO ORGANIZE.
Atlantans interested in fly and bait
casting are to meet Friday night, August
1, 8 o'clock, at the Yancey Hardware
Company, Peachtree street. All Inter
ested in the sport are invited to be pres
ent and participate in the organization.
Fly and bait casting clubs are in exist
ence all over the country, and tourna
ments are held. Chicago, Denver San
Francisco all have clubs and on© of the
most interesting sights of the New York
and Boston Sportsman Shows is the
casting tournaments. Prizes are of
fered for distance and accuracy.
PROTECT WEAK EYES
Are your eyes «aslly reddened by
sun, wind or dust? Our scientiflcallv
fitted lenses will < orrect the predis
position.
Oculist service at optician prices.
L. X. HUFF OPTICAL CO.
Two Stores:
70 Whitehall. 52 W. Mitchell.
Adv.
L OF SCABS
Wh»t could be more pitiful than the rondl-
ll<m told of in this letter from. A R. Aeery.
Waterloo, N T
We have been ualnf your Tetterlne. It'a
the beat on earth for tkln aliments Mrs.
S. C. Hart waa a slfht to see. Her face
a mass of scabs. Tetterlne has cured
It.
Cured by Tetterine
Tetterlne cures ecjsema, around Itch, ring
worm aud all skin troubles. Its effect U
magical .
50c at druggists, or by mall.
8HUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. UA.
By Billv Sunday.
Old-Time' Ball Player and World-
Famous Evangelist.
E verywhere i go i am asked:
“Are you still interested In
baseball?”
You might as well ask a Califor
nian. "Do you love the sunshine?” or
ask an old ex-fire horse, “Do you re
member the sound of the gong?”
Baseball is and always will be loved
and honored by the American people
as long as It Is kept clean and free
from gamblers and crooks and from
the taint of suspicion that it’s not on
the square. It is on the square, al
though a bunch of lobsters have tried
to cast h cloud over the game.
I don’t believe the game is any
faster to-day than twenty years ago.
1 do not believe the players are any
classier or speedier than in the past.
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r T*HERE are some fine twirlers in
* the game, but I will put old John
Clarkson. Amos Rusle or Charlie Rad-
bourne up with any of the pill sling-
ers of to-day. Why, when any ot
these old sports cut loose in the box
all you could see was a white streak
going over the plate, and the tem
perature would drop three degrees as
the ball shot past.
They double-columned the fact that
Ty Cobb scored from second base on
an infield hit. Why, Bud, I pulled off
that same stunt two times in one se
ries over twenty years ago. I used
to go around the bases in fourteen
seconds from a standing start. It’s
the player who has plenty of gray
matter and passes up the booze who
keeps in the spotlight.
SAYS HEDGES
S T. LOUIS, MO., July 30.—Presi
dent R. L. Hedges of the
Browns returned from a trip to
Montgomery. Ala., -last night, with
Branch Rickey, the club’s secretary,
and the announcement that he had
exercised his ©ption on Pitcher Ed
Manning and bought Outfielder Wal
ker, of the Montgomery team.
Still another player from the same
club may be obtained before the close
of the reason. The Browns paid $4,000
for Walker, who is esteemed the best
asset on the club, in the fielding de
partment.
Doesn’t Want to Buy Club.
President Hedges, when asked if he
had closed a deal to buy the Mont
gomery club, said he had not.
“Furthermore. I don’t expect to.
The club is a loser, and worth noth
ing. Montgomery Is a town of 40.000
persons, half of whom are negroes.
The team has never been a money
maker, and In my opinion can never
be made a paying investment. For
the sake of a place to send my play
ers, I might have bought the club,
but the price was laughable.”
Incidentally, Hedges took occasion
to deny the rumor that has been go
ing the Southern rounds that Man
ager Johnny Dobbs, of the Montgom
ery club, would be made manager of
the Browns.
Dobbs Will Not Lead Browns.
“Dobbs •« the smartest man in the
Southern League to-day,” declared
Hedges. “He could be manager of
any one of four teams if he cared to
accept the Job. But as* for his com
ing here, you can dismiss that from
your mind.
“Dobbs, however, is a better major
league manager than half the men
now in charge of big clubs to-day.”
President Hedges stated that he ex
pected to go to Indianapolis Satur
day. He wants to look over the play
ers of that club. Hedges will also
take a peek at Niehoff, of the Louis
ville club. ^
Secretary Branch Rickey departs
to-day for a tour of the bushes in
search of good-looking baseball ma
terial.
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