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THE ATLANTA dEORflTAN AND NEWS.
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SHIS MEYERS
By John (Chief) Meyers.
(Star Catcher of the Champion New
York Giants and one of the leading
sluggers of the National League.)
A L DEMAREE is, to my mind,
one of the most picturesque
characters in baseball. He Is
but a colt, yet he is one of the chief
resources of the Giants. His career
has been meteoric—as professional
baseball careers go—yet It Is one that
In not liable to flivver and sputter
out before many, many years of use
fulness. »
Demaree Is to-day Just about the
best young pitcher In the business.
That is putting it pretty strongly, I
will admit. One must not overlook
such class as that boasted by Joe
Boehling, the sensational southpaw of
Washington. Boehling Is doubtless a
grand pitcher. He has shown it by
wetting a record of eleven straight vic
tories for the season before he met
defeat.
Naturally. 1 am not familiar with
his work—he is in a different league.
But I would go broke that he pos
sesses no more stuff than Demaree,
nor knows how to use to better ad
vantage his natural endowments.
Demaree Forces Recognition.
Griffith, hounded by misfortune,
was forced to take a chance on the
recruit. It is to the credit of Joe
that he won his spurs.
But Demaree forced recognition
through pure class alone. He so im
pressed McGravv that our very able
manager from almost the very start
of the season assigned the youngster
to the same consideration aw a regu
lar tosser.
That fact in Itself Is the highest
praise. It Is not McGraw’s wont to
accept a green man as a regular. His
time-honored custom—and it has pro
duced wonderful result®—has been to
cultivate talent through observation
of “inside” baseball from the bench
Outside of Demaree there are practi
cally no exceptions to this rule.
Demaree needed no further school
ing when he fame to our club. He is
one of those very, very rare young
men pos®essed with the head of an
old man He seems to have shed his
youth in his boyhood days. He is a
very close student of the game; he
never forgets to profit by experience.
Knows Batters' Failings.
No man In our club—with the ex
ception of the grand old master, Mat
ty—i s better versed in the strength
and weakness of opposing batsmen.
Much of his knowledge A1 has gleaned
from personal observation. A great
store he has laid in from conversa
tion with his teammates.
Demaree is the closest approach to
Mathewson I have ever seen. In
many respects he resembles the “Old
Master." Like “Big Six,” he is pos
sessed of a beautiful delivery—one
from which the ball comes right on
top of the batsman before he sees
it. For a youngster of his limited ex
perience, Demaree possesses a change
of pace that i-s truly phenomenal. But
one of his greatest attributes is con
trol. „ .
This very important adjunct of the
pitching art is usually acquired only
after long years of experience. Dem
aree possesses It at the very begin
ning. Were he equipped physically
as nobly as was Mathewson when
“Big Six” broke into the big show. I
should predict for A1 every bit as
brilliant a future.
Demaree is a pitcher who will last
for manv. many years. He may never
be able to shoulder the same amount
of work that Mathewson has per
formed. Rut he will come through
triumphantly in the great majority
of his starts, because he pitches as
much with h’s head as with his arm.
When in easy going he depends upon
his support. Only when absolutely’
neepfysarv does he employ all the cun
ning at his command.
Master at Changing Pace.
I said before that Demaree Is *
master at changing pace. His con
trol is well nigh perfect. Add to this
a good curve ball and a fine turn of
speed and you will see he has quali
fications of worth possessed by very
few recruits.
Furthermore, he holds runnerp to
their bases very well. He hasn't
caught a great many of them nap
ping. Yet his delivery is so puzzling
that they are always fooled and forced
to hug the cushions. They do not
know when he is going to throw to
first, and those few he has caught
have been nailed fiatfooted.
Demaree is very easy’ on hl« catch
er. He throws what is Known n
baseball parlance as a light ball.
It Is not hard to handle. Because of
the known quality of steadiness A1 s
catcher can always be in a position
to throw well. This, with his afore
mentioned deceptive delivery puts the
base-runner at a distinct disadvan
tage.
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By Packey McFarland.
C hicago, ill.. Aug. 5.—Five
pounds in weight is the only
thing that stands between
Charlie White and the lightweight
championship. I firmly believe that
Charlie to-day can take either Ad
Wolgast. Johnny Dundee or any other
boy weighing around 128 or 130
pounds and stop him.
Furthermore. I will say that if the
lightweight limit was 133 pounds
ringside. White would have a great
chance to cop the title. I have boxed
with Charlie several times, and can
truthfully say he packs the hardest
wallop of any boy I have ever met.
This may sound a little boastful, but,
nevertheless, It is true.
If I could give Charlie my excess
poundage—that is, the added weight
that keeps me from being a legiti
mate lightweight—I think a battle
between White and myself would be
the greatest of all battles. Charlie’s
big handicap now is his weight. Wil-
lle Ritchie, the present title holder,
can not make 133 pounds ringside.
If White were to meet Willie, the lat
ter would make 133 pounds In thii
morning, which would bring him Into
the ring around 136.
Charlie Weighs Only 128.
Now. Charlie never weighs more
than 128 in condition. I know this to
be u fact, as I boxed with him four
day® before he went to box Britton at
New Orleans* on July 4, and he tipped
the beam at 127.
I also told Nate Lewis & year ago.
when Charlie left to box Owen Moran
that his protege would surely defeat
the Englishman. At that time I had
a match pending with Moran on 'he
coast, and when Lewis told me he
had White signed to box Owen I
nearly cried. 1 was to get $5,000 guar
antee to box Moran, but I knew White
would beat him and rob me of the
bout. Many of the local sporting
men laughed at me when I told them
Charlie would beat Moran. They told
me that Charlie was too light and
all that. But I knew Moran was
making 133 ringside, and Owen was
taking White lightly.
Charlie stopped Moran In nine
rounds and proved my asi’ertion. I
lost the match and $5,000. Moran
never has been any good since that
fight, and I don’t think he ever will
amount to much again. That left
hook of Charlie's will take the heart
out of anyone
Whits Has Stiff Punch.
When Lewis matched White with
Britton. I told Nate that White’s only
hope was to stop Jack. It was a
good match at that, as Charlie has a
good chance with any of them, and
had everything to gain and nothing
to lose. And. believe me, if Charlie
ever caught Jack on the jaw instead
of on the neck in the seventh round, it
would have been good night with
Britton’.* claim for a chance «t
Ritchie’s crown, Luckily Charlie hur f
his hand landing the wallop, and had
to do the rest of the milling with his
right member.
Charlie After Britton.
When Charlie returned from the
match he begged Lewis to get him
a return engagement. Lewis, how
ever, told Charlie to wait until
took on a couple of pounds. During
the entire eighteen rounds of milling
in the recent Britton-White go. the
former never even floored White
Charlie told me that Britton never
even staggered him. A badly cut lip
caused blood to flow from Charlie’s
mouth and made it look bad to the
ministers around ^he ringside, and
they appealed to the Sheriff to stop
the bout.
Now, can you Imagine a boy weigh
ing 128 pounds fighting Jack Britton
at 138 and putting up the battle he
did. Jack is one of the leading claim
ants to a match with Ritchie, and is
also one of my greatest rivals. Yet
Charlie to-day would be nearly an
even-money bet agninst him.
Blow Travels Four Inches.
Yes, if Charlie White had five more
pounds in weight he would be light
weight champion of the world. If
the lightweights were fighting at 133
pounds ringside, Charlie White would
be an even money bet against the
best of them. He has the one big
advantage over all the 133 pounders
to-day. He has the punch, and it
only travels four inches. If I had his
wallop 1 would box any heavy weight
In the world to-day. Take my tip
and watch this boy's rise in the next
year.
All Set for Polo
Match To-morrow
The Atlanta polo four await with
interest the announcement of the
quartet representing the Seventeenth
Regiment, which will meet them in
the first polo match ever put on in
Atlanta, scheduled for to-morrow at
the big parade around. There has
been much rival**} for places on the
officers’ team, and toer© probably will
be a long list of substitutes left over
when the final selection is made.
The Atlanta squad is composed of
Captain J. O. Seamans, Albert S. J.
Tucker, E. M. Landrum fw* Milton
Wise. All ar© experienceu in the
game.
Preliminary to the match there will
be gymkhana events—wrestling on
horseback, a mounted tug-of-war,
and other equestrian sports and ex
hibitions. The officials for the match
ar© Colonel M. E. Carthew-Yorstoun,
referee; Robert F. Maddox, timer;
Wilmer L. Moore, scorer; and James
R. Gray and Clark Howell, goal
judges.
AUSTRALIAN HANGS UP NEW
MARK FOR 300-YARD RACE
MANCHESTER. ENGLAND. Aug. 5.
—Jack Donaldson, of Australia, world’s
champion sprinter, broke the 300-yard
running record at a professional athletic
meet here yesterday, covering the dis
tance in 29% seconds. The former rec
ord of 30 seconds was made by H.
Hutchins and had stood since 1884
WELLS CAN LICK SOMEBODY.
LONDON. Aug. 5.—Bombardier Wells,
the English heavyweight lighter,
knocked out Pat O’Keefe, welterweight
1 champion of Ireland, in the ufteenth
round of a bout held in the Biackfriars
District last sight.
C HICAGO, ILL., Aug. 5.—Johnny
Evers, manager of the Cubs,
started to weed out several
of his veterans yesterday when he
announced the disposal of Ed Rcul-
bach, for years a West Side star, and
Mike Mitchell, outfielder.
Reulbach was traded to Brooklyn
for Eddie Stack. The latter is a for
mer Chicago semi-pro t wirier and
has pitched fairly good ball for Dah-
len’s crew. Reulbach has been an
in and outer all season. When in
form he is one of the greatest hurlers
in the country.
Waivers were asked on Mike
Mitchell, but Fred Clarke, of the Pi
rates, refused to allow him to go to
the minors. He will probably be used
regularly in center field or may be
kept as a pinch hitter. Ward Miller
will be used in left field for the Cubs.
HOT SCRAP EXPECTED WHEN
FLYNN AND SMITH HOOK UP
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—If there is not
a real slugging match at Madison Square
Garden next Friday night there will
be a good many fight fans badly dis
appointed. With Jim Flynn and Gun
boat Smith to provide the slugging, it
is hard for any one to believe or even
suspect that there Isn’t going to be a
fight.
Two better men for the job would he
hard to find So far as condition goes,
botn men are fit and ready for the gong
The consensus of opinion favors Flynn,
and while there isn’t much money being
wagered on the result the probabili
ties are that Flynn will rule a favorite
in whatever betting there is.
SENSATIONAL TWIRLER
SIGNS WITH WHITE SOX
ASHLAND, WIS., Aug 5—Jack
Doyle, for the Chicago White Sox, to
day signed up Quardars, the sensa
tional pitcher of the Ashland baseball
team.
Edward Herr, of the St. Louis Na
tionals. made an ineffectual attempt to
g#*t Mm two weeks ago. Quardars’
every day stunt is to strike out from
twenty to twenty five men.
TOMMY RYAN, 43 YEARS OLD,
INTENDS TO “COME BACK’
SYRACUSE. N. Y . Aug 4. - Tommy
Ryan, the former welterweight cham
pion. to-day began road work for his
“come back" ir. the ring this fall and
winter. Ryan is 43 years old.
He declares that he can beat ary
middleweight whom he has seen box in
the past two years, and says that he
will go after the 158-pound title
RED SOX BUY SHORTSTOP.
BOSTON, Aug 5.—The Boston Red
Sox have purchased Jimmy Cooney the
shortstop of the Worcester team of the
New Phi gland League. He will report
to the World’s Champions at the close
of Urn New England League season.
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Eddie Hanlon and Mike Saul are still
wrangling over the weight question for
t*-ei r * coming bout on August 13. Billy
i u17. manager of Hanlon called at The
Georgian Sporting Department yester
day and stated that he would let Eddie
make 138 pounds at 4:30 for the Fight
ing Hebrew. He is now waiting to hear
from Mike.
• * a
Kid Ruff, local featherweight, la after
bouts with some boys in his division.
Ruff says he is particularly anxious to
get on with either Kid Young or Charlie
Lee.
• * *
Dan McKetrick. manager of Frank
Moran, claims that all the big fellows
are side stepping his protege. A1 Palzer
has been offered a date with the Pitts-
burger, but he is holding out for more
money.
* • *
Kid Williams. of Baltimore, and
Frankie Burns, of Jersey City, may be
matched for a 20-round go on the coast.
Tom McCarey is after the match for a
September date.
* * •
Some time ago the New York Box
ing Commission passed one of those fool
rules which. In effect, was that there
should not be over 10 peundu difference
in weight below the heavyweight class.
How about the iieecher-Attell go?
• * •
Frank Loughrey, the Eastern welter
weight, has bet
club to meet
two weeks' time
Big Race at Motordrome To-night
*1*#*1*
Richards and Graves to Clash
H
ten engaged a Boston
“Wildcat Ferns in about
A Milwaukee promoter has offered
Knockout Brown, of New York, a guar
antee of $3,500 to box Ad Wolgast on
Labor Day Danny Morgan, acting for
Brown, has accepted. Wolgast Is now
being sought by the Brewer City club.
* «■ •
Johnny Dundee and Jack White will
be the principals In the next boxing
show to he staged on the coast The
pair are billed to clash in a 20-round
set-to in Tom McCarey’s arena on Au
gust 1L Following this bout comes the
heavyweight uffalr of August 22 be
tween Jes. Willard and “Bull” Young.
* • •
"If Young Abe Attell Is seeking action
in the padded ring, T will sign up for
a match at once. chirped Kid Brooks
after reading Audi's challenge in The
Georgian the other day. Brooks Hays
the sooner Attell signs for the match
the better.
• * *
Terry Nelson is seeking some trouble
with the padded mitts again. Terry is
particularly wild to get a certain gen
tleman, Mike Saul, into the ring with
him. Nelson says he will make any
weight suitable to Raul.
* # •
Ritchie and Wolgast, two fighters,
side bet of $25,000 and a purse of steen
millions. Can't tell whether it's the
heat or not, but the press agent is
earning his coin for the way he bats
them out. Jack Robinson and Danny
Morgan, take notice.
• * *
Jimmy Murphy, the Chicago newsboy
boxer, has been matched to box Mickey
Sheridan in a ten round go at. Terre
Haute, Ind . on Thursday night. Mur
phy recently knocked out Danny Good-
man in the Hoosier City, and is a big
card there.
• • •
lack Dillon, claimant of the middle
weight title, will trade wallops with
George Ashe at Winnipeg. Man., on Fri
day night. They are scheduled to go 15
rounds, but George will be a lucky party
If he is on his feet at the end or the
tenth.
• * •
Two other good battles are scheduled
for this week Jim Flynn is carded to
take on Gunboat Smith in a ten-round
engagement at New York Friday, while
or. the same day Bob McAllister and
Sailor Petroskey are hilled to go over
the twenty-round route at Frisco.
N EW YORK, Aug. 1.—Manager
George Stovall has departed
from hitherto to yon In search
of talent. A friend of his connected
with the Wilmington, Del., dub drop
ped in the day the Browns arrived,
and said he knew two pitchers and a
catcher who can hit.
Stovall is not so keen for the pitch
ers, but he most surely would like a
receiver who can swat the pill. Hence
he departed for Wilmington In search
of the Juvenile phenom. He will look
him over carefully and make recom
mendation to Colonel Hedges', who
has said he will join the club in Bos
ton
Manager Stovall did not get a
chance to see the Wilmington phe-
noms perform, as an adult rain broke
loose just as he arrived at the Dela
ware ball yard. Hence $5 worth of
perfectly good expense money was
wasted on a vain mission.
Stovall did have a pleasant after
noon with Bill Coughlin, the old De
troit star who Is managing a club in
the Tri-State League. Bill still plays
once in a while, and says managing
in the minors i? no slouch job.
Wantad Elmer Brown.
Stovall, by the way, Is greatly dis
appointed that Elmer Brown got
away. “( told Mr. Hedges," he said,
“when Brown was sent to Montgom
ery last year that he should send him
with a string attached, and he led me
to believe thaJ Brown went out that
way.
"Lawt year he whs not exactly right
physically, and could last for only six
or seven innings, in that time he
showed everything, but he would blow
up.
“I have follewed his work carefully
this year, and i understand he has
been leading the Southern League.
"T considered him too good a man
to get away, and I was disappointed
when shown clippings that he was go
ing to Brooklyn. We need good right-
handed pitchers, and I am mire fror
what Brown showed and from h
record this year he was Just the m
to strengthen our staff next season
Nobody Consulted Stoval.
“However, I was not consulted
the matter. It may be that the club
scouts have dug up a world beater i
this Manning.
"I know nothing of him, but I d<
know that I would like to have had
Elmer Brown hack next season, and I
know he would have been a lot of us* 1
to our club.”
AS Tex Richards' days of su-
premacy over the motorcycle
* demons at Atlanta at the pres
ent time come to an end? Morty
Graves thinks It has, and says he will
prove it to-night when the pair clash
at Jack Prince’s Motordrome.
Local fans had their first chance to
see Morty on his new machine last
week, and those that were present
know what happened. Graves defeat
ed Richards by a nose in the only race
they clashed In, and is out to prove
that it wasn’t a fluke.
On the other hand. Richards thinks
he is still king of the demons who
are spending their time here. Rlch-
irds says that Morty took him by
surprise last week, as he underrated
the speed of Graves’ new machine.
• * •
“J T will be a different story to-
1 night,” «aid Tex yesterday. "I
am going to let my machine out at
full speed, and If Morty beats me, he
will have to break some record. I
have my machine in perfect shape,
and Graves will be the most surprised
man on the track when the race is
over.”
Graves will ride in the Atlanta
Sweepstakes, the classic event of the
local season. In tlv* same race will
be “Tex” Richards. Swartz, Lewis and
Lockner. They are all ready for the
sound of the gong, and some race *t
should he. The distance in the final
of the Sweepstakes will be ten miles.
• * *
'T'HERE will be two heats to the
1 race, with five men in each event.
In the second. Renel, Shields. Glenn,
Luther and McNeil will compete.
A special match race between Glenn
and Shields and the Motordrome
purse and other events are to be put
on. so one can readily see that some
real sport Is to be handed the motor
cycle hugs.
Here is the complete program:
First Event.
Motordrome Purse—Three 1-m'le
qualifying heats: final 2 miles First
heat. Graves, Swartz and Shields.
Second Event.
Second Heat Motordrome Purse-—
Lockner, Richards, Luther.
Third Event.
Third Heat Motordrome Purse—
Renel, McNeil, Lewis, Glenn.
Fourth Event.
Special match race between Glenn
and Shielda Distance, 3 miles. Best
two heats In three.
Fifth Event.
Final of Motordrome Puree, 2 Miles
—First in each trial heat and second
man In fastest trial heat.
Sixth Event.
Special Match Race -Second heat
between Glenn and Shields.
Seventh Event,
Atlanta Sweepstakes—Two 1-mlle
trial heat* and 10-mile final. First
heat, Graves, Richards, Swartz, Lew
is, Lockner.
Eighth Event.
Second Heat Atlanta Sweepstakes^
Renel. Shields, Glenn, Luther, McNeil,
Ninth Event
Third heat, if necessary, mate!*
race between Glenn and Shields.
Tenth Event.
Final Heat Atlanta Sweepstakes, 10
Miles—First and second men in each
trial heat and third man In fastest
trial heat to start
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