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TJTF ATLANTA ULOKtilAN AND NEWS.
SITS MEYERS
By John (Chief) Meyers.
(Star Catcher of the Champion New
York Giants and one of. the leading
sluggers of the National Leagued)
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
is not liable to flivver and sputter
out before many, many years of use
fulness.
Demaree is to-day Just about the
best ytfung pitcher in the business.
That is putting it pretty strongly. I
will admit. One must not overlook
Jtieh class as that boasted by .Joe
Boehllng, the sensational southpaw of
Washington. Boehllng is doubtless a
frahd pitcher. . He has shown it by
Betting a record of eleven straight vic
tories for the season before he met
defeat.
0 ? Naturally, I am not familiar with
this work—he is in a different league.
But ! .would go broke that he pos
sesses no more stuff than Demaree,
I i. tjor knows how to use to better ad-
•* Vantage his natural endowments.
Demaree Forces Recognition.
Griffith, hounded ’ by misfortune,
wap forced to take a chance on the
\ recruit. It is to the credit of Joe
p that he won. his spurs.
But Demaree forced recognition
through pure class alone. He so im-
^ „ pressed McGraw that our very able
^manager from almost, the very start
f of the season assigned the- youngster
’ to the same consideration as a regu
lar to.sser.
a That fact in itself Is the highest
M praise It is not McGraw’s wont to
|f accept a green man as a regular. His
time-honored custom—and it has pro-
% duced wonderful results—has been .to
1 cultivate talent through observation
of “inside - ” baseball from the bench,
r Outside of Demaree there are praeti-
§|, cally no exceptions to this rule.
Demaree needed* no further school-
, Ing when he came to our club. He s
one of those very, very rare young
y men possessed with the head of an
kf old man He seems to have shed his
I* youth in his boyhood days. He is a
very clos^ student of thp 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—is better verged in the strength
and weakness of opposing batsmen.
Much of his knowledge A1 has gleaned
“ from perwrifar observation. A great
store he has laid in from conversa
tion with teammates.
, ‘ Demaree is the closest approach to
Mathewson I have ever seen. In
f many respects he resembles the “Old
Master.” Like “pig Six-.” - he is* pos
sessed of a beautiful delivery—one
H from wh’ich the ball cOtues right on
■ . top of the batsman before* he sees
■ It. For a youngster of his limited ex-
l perience, Demaree possesses a change
Wk H of pa-ce that is truly phenomenal. But
|*j\ono of his greatest attributes is con-
I■15x01.
V This very important adjunct of the
| pitching ark is usually acquired only
v after long years of experience. Dem-
< aree possesses it at the very begin-
Hr ning. Were he equipped physically
B as nobly as was Mathewson' when
■ "Big Six” broke into the big show. I
i should predict for A1 every bit as
Vbrilliant a future.
■try Demaree is a pitcher who will last
for many, many years. He may never
be able to shoulder the same amount
of work that Mathewson has per-
ft formed.. But he will* come through.
m triumphantly in the great majority
rot of his starts, because he pitches as
H? much with his head as with his arm.
Be. When in easy going he depends upon
K| his support. Only when absolutely
B necessary does he employ all the cun-
iv ning at bis command.
Master at Changing Pace.
B I said before that Demaree is p
If master at changing pace. His con-
I'y'ii trol is well nigh perfect. Add to this
a good curve ball and a fine turn of
speed and you will see he has quail
fleations of worth possessed by very
few recruits.
Furthermore, he holds runneD* to
k 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
i to hug the cushions. They do not
I know when he is going to throw to
first, and those few he has caught
• have been nailed flatfooted.
Demaree is verv easy on his catch-'
er. He throws what is known in
I
baseball parlanc-e as a "light'' ball
ij" It is not hard to handle. Beoause of
M the known quality of steadiness Al's
'?teber can always be in a position
to "throw well. This, with his afore
mentioned deceptive delivery, puts the
Ibaae-runner at a distinct disadvan
tage.
Wonderful
Blood Remedy
Brings Health to a Host
of Sufferers
The remarkable
action of S. S. S.
in the blood is giv
en impetus by a
letter received
from Earl C.
* Cook, 708 South
Center St., Bloom
ington. III. He
says, “I suffered
several months
an(J t°° k treat r
^WL ment here, but ob-
C ' . tained relief only
for a few days at
a time. Becoming
doubtful of re
sults, I quit the doctors, and there
was marked improvement from the
ttart. I used thirteen bottles of S. S.
S. and was entirely, cured. My blood
was in a dreadful condition, and 1
' can not thank S. S. S. enough for my
wonderful recovery*”
This preparation stands alone
.among specific remedies as a blood
• purifier, since it accomplishes all that
was ever c.laimed For mercury, io
dides. arsenic ahd other destructive
mineral drugs, and yet it is absolute
ly a purely vegetable product. These
fact? are tfrought out in a highly in
teresting book compiled by the’medi-
* cal’ department of The Swift Specific
Co.. 102 Swift Bldg., Atlanta. Ga. It
Is mailed free.- together with a special
’ letter of advice to all who are strug
gling with a blood disease.
Get a bottle of S. S. S. to-day* of
your druggist. Lt will surprise you
with Its wonderful • action in the
blood.
At That, the Way Some Guys Talk About Coin Would Drive You Dippy
By “Bud” Fisher
Polly and Her Pals
Copyright, 1013, International Ne^ra Serri^.
All Pa 1 lad to Do Was Walk In
Packey McFarland Praises White
‘5 More Lbs. and He’d Be Champ’
Bv Packey McFarland.
C HICAGO; ii-L., Aug. 5.—.Five
pounds in weight is the only
thing, that stands between
Charlie * White and the lightweight
championship. J firmly believe that
Charlie to-day can take either Ad
Wolgast Johnny Dundee or any other
boy weighing around 128 or 180
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. 1 have boxed
with Charlie- several times, and can,
truthfully s:;\* he packs th$ hardest
wallop of any .boy I have ev^r 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 1 White'and myself would be
the greatest of all battles. Charlie’s
big handicap now is his weight. Wil
lie 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 the
morning, which would bring him into
the ring around 138.
Charlie Weighs Only 128.
Now. Charlie never weighs more
than 128 in condition. I know this to
be a* fact, as ,1 boxed .with him four
days before he went to box Britton at
New Orleans on July 4, and he tipped
the beam at 127.
I also told Nate Lewis a 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
hatj White signed to box Owen I
nearly cried. I 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. TJiey 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 assertion. I
lost the match and $5,000. Morin
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.
White 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 iristead
of on the neck in the seventh round, it
would have been good night, with
Britton's* claim for a chance at
Ritchie’s‘crown. Luckily Charlie hue
his hand landing the wallop, and had
to do the rest of the milling with his
right member.
Charlie After Britton.
When OharMe returned from thi*
match he begged .Lewis tb.get him
a return engue«fnent Lewis, how
ever,' told Charlie to wait until 1 *-
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
evert staggered him. A badly cut lip
caused blood to flow from Charlie’s
mouth and made it look bad to the
ministers around the 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 against him.
Blow Travels Four Inches.
Yfs. if Charlie White had five more,
pounds In weight he would be light
weight. champion of the world. If
the lightweights were fighting at 13*.
pounds ringside, Charlie White would
be an even money bet against the
bes*t 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 I would box any heavyweight
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 ground. There has
been much rivalry for peaces on the
officers' team, and there 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 and Milton
Wise. All are experienced 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
are 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 29^4 seconds. The former rec
ord of 30 seconds wag made by H.
Hutchins and had stood since 1884
WELLS CAN LICK SQM EBODY.
LONDON, Aug. 5.—Bombardier Wells,
the English heavyweight fighter,
knocked out Pat O’Keefe, welterweight
• hampion of Ireland, in the fifteenth
lound of a bout held in the Blackfriars
District last night.
IRE OFF F
THIS SEASON
By Sam Crane.
N EW YORK, Aug. 5.—There has
not been a season in my re
membrance dufing which so
many pitchers have been out of com
mission on account of lame arms as
this.
Now, why is.it?
I. do not think it is due to anv
peculiarity of the weather this year
that has been different from other
years, but there surely must be some
reason for it.
As for the Yankees, their arm trou
bles came in the early months of the
championship season, and just at th.
•time. too. when their inability to get
into proper form counted most dis
astrously. It was, in fact, failure of
his pitchers* to get into shape that
placed Manager Chance fn the posi
tion where he could not escape the
taif-end place.
It is reasonable to presume that the
spring training in Bermuda was the
chief cause of the Yanks’ pitchers’
’failure to "get there.’’ The sudden
change from the enervating climate
of Bermuda to the bleakness of an
early spring in New York surely tie !
up the arms of the Yanks*.
Russ Ford has told me that hlsarm
never felt better than when he left
Bermuda to sail for New York, nqd
others of his fellow pitchers say tilt
same wf their wings.
Will Not Train at Bermuda.
Now. lt has taken thfe Yanks' box-
men. until midsummer to round into
shape. It therefore required lots of
hot weather to enable them to re
cover their true form. None of them
has been overworked Keating, being
young and strong, was not so much
influenced by the sudden change of
climate as was older pitchers of his
team, and he did great work at the
start, but Bermuda as a training
place appears to have been thrown
Into the discard.
A S' to Walsh, of the White
Fox. it 9'cms to md -that his
slump is because he has been over
worked. Walsh in the heyday of his
youth and physical prime was a
'‘horse’’ for work, and he loved it.
He couldn't go in the box enough to
’suit himself, and the managers who
had hitn in charge, taking advantage
of his youthful ambition and willing-'
rres« to further their own ends, sim
ply worked the youngster.to death.
It was Walsh’s splendid physique
that enabled him to stand the ter
rible strain he was put to so long
It is a pity that all pitchers of the
caliber of- Walsh. Brown and others
did not have the head of our great
Giant. Christie Mathewson. Johnson
is a star performer still, but he ha^
not been in the business nearly as
long as Matty. •
RED SOX BUY SHORTSTOP.
BOSTON. Aug. 5.—The Boston Red
Sox have purchased Jimmy Cooney, the
shortstop of the Worcester team of the
New -England League He wifi report
to the World’s Champions at the close
of the New England League season.
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Eddie Hanlon uml Mike Saul are still
wrangling over the weight question for
their coining bout on August 13. Billy
Lutz, 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.
Big Race at Motordrome To-night
-I* • *!* v • *r* *!*•*!* *r • v *1* • *!* *!*• v
Richards and Graves to Clash
Kid Ruff, local featherweight, is 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 F’rank
Moran, claims that all the big fellows
are side stepping his protege. A1 raiser
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 Copjmission passed one of those fool
rules which, in effect, was that then
should not l>e over 10 pounds difference
in weight below the heavyweight class
How about the Beecher At tell go?
Frank Loughrey. the Eastern welter
weight, has been engaged by a Boston
club* to meet “Wildcat’ Ferns in about
two / weeks’ time.
A Milwaukee promoter has offered
Knockout Brown, of New York, a guar
antee of $3,50(r to box Ad Wolgast oh
I^ahor 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.be staged on the coast The
pair are hilled to clash in a 30-round
set-to in Tom MoCarey's arena on Au
gust 11. Following this bout comes the
heavyweight affair of August 22 be
tween Jess Willard and “Bull" Young
“If Young Abe Attell is seeking action
in the padded ring. T will sign tip for
a match at once,’’ chirped Kid Brooks
after reading Attell's challenge in The
Georgian the other day. Brooks says
the sooner Attell signs for the match
tha 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 Saul
Ritchie and Wolgast, two fighters,
side bet of $25,0<TO and a purse of steen
millions. Can't tell whether it’s the
heat or not, but the press agent is
earning his coin f*>r 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 Hoofeier City, and is a big
card there
Jack 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, hut George will he a lucky party
if he is on his feet at the end of the
tenth.
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., club drop
ped in the day the Browns arrived,
and »aid he knew two pitchers and i
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 dub in Bos-
H AS Tex Richards’ days of su
premacy over the motorcycle
demons* at Atlanta at the pres
ent time come to dn 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. Rich
ards says that Morty took him bv
surprise last week, as he underrated
the speed of Graves’ new machine.
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.
Ftovall did have a pleasant after
noon with Rill Coughlin, the old De
troit star who is managing « club in
the Tri-State League. Rill .-till pla\H
once in a while, and says managing
in the minors is no slouch job
Wanted Elmer Brown.
Stovall, by the way, is greatly dis
appointed that Elmer Brown got
away. "I told Mr. Hedges," he said,
“when Brown was sent to Montgom
ery last year that he should send him
with a at ring attached, and he led m*;
to believe that Brown went out that
way.
“La«*t year he was not exactly right
physically, and could last for only six
or seven innings. In thai time h**
showed everything, but he would blow
up.
"1 have follewed his work carefull.v
this year, and I understand he ha»
been leading the Southern League.
“I considered him too good a man
to get away, and I was disappointed
w hen shown clippings that he was go
ing to Brooklyn. We need good righ’-
handed pitchers, and 1 am pure, from
what Brown showed and from his
record thi -A year he w as just the mar
to strengthen our staff next season.
Nobody Consulted Stoval.
“However, I was not consulted t*
the matter. It may be that the club’.*
scouts have dug up a world-beater it
this Manning.
“I know nothing of him. but I do
know that I would like to have had
Elmer Brown back next season, and I
know he would have been a lot of use
to our club.”
"T T will be a different story to-
1 night,” void Tex yesterday. 9 “l
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 Hassle event of the
local season. In the same race will
be “Tex” Richard-. Swartz, Lewis and
Lockner They are all ready for the
sound of the gong, and some race 1 1
should be. The distance in the final
of the Sweepstakes will be tan miles.
THKRE 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 bugs. /
Here is the complete program:
First Event.
Motordrome Purse—Three 1-nvle
qualifying heats: final 2 miles. First
heat. Graves, Swartz and Shields.
SA:pnd 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 Shields. Distance, 3 miles. Best
two heats i|| three. •
Fifth Event,
Final of Motordrome Purse, 2 Miles
—First in each trial heqt and second
man In fastest trial heat.
Sixth Event.
Special Match Race—Second heat
between Glerfn and Shields.
Seventh Event,
Atlanta Sweepstakes—Two 1-mile
trial heats 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, match
race between Glenn and Shields.'
Tenth Event.
Final. Heat-'Atlanta Sweepstakes, 10
Miles—First and second men in each
trial heat and third nVan in fastest
trial heat to start.
TETTER
Tetferlrie cure* tetter. Reafl what Mrs. V. C.’
McQuiddy, EatiII. Springs. Tepn. hays
I had a s.yere c:»se of tetter on both
hands and I finally flot helpless A leading
physclan knew of no oure. I decid'd to give
Tetterlne a trial. To my utter surprise and
satisfaction *it worked a speedy cure.
Use Tetterine
It Hires eczema. erysipelas, itching <
i piles, ground itch and all akin maladies. <
50c at druggists, or’by mall.
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Two other'good battles are scheduled
for this week Jtm Flynn is carded to
take on Gunboat Fmlth In a ten-round
engagement at NeW York Friday, while
on the same day'-Bob McAllister and
Sailor Petroskey are hilled to go o^er
the twenty-round route at Frisco.
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Two great tours Best and West;
special train*, exclusive ships, all ex
pense paid; best hotels. On August 9
Southern Merchants’ Tour (free to
merchants) visiting Cincinnati. In
dianapolis. Chicago, Milwaukee and
Lake Michigan. An eight-day ex
pense-paid trip for only $49.76 (ticket
good for thirty days), August 16. Our
great 6,000-mile circle tour of Cin
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Falls. Great Gorge. Toronto. Thou
sand Islands, Montreal. Boston. New
York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City,
• Washington, Baltimore and Savan
nah, with steamer trips on lakes,
river and ocean An eighteen-day
expense-paid trip tor only $88 85
(tickets good for thirty days, with
stop-overs). Special trains on both
tolirs leave Atlanta, Birmingham.
Chattanooga and Knoxville. • Limited
and select party ’Special cars for
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