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FTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1913,
All the News of the Boxing: World on These Pa^es
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Maroon Athletic Director Forced
by III Health to Turn Over
Part of His Duties.
C HICAGO, ILL*, Auf, IB.—Untvsr-
■ity of Chicago football athlete*
will face a nrw ooaohlng sy»-
tem whan they taka up their 1918
duties, according to the statement*
of Maroon leader* who have been fig
uring out the possibllltAe* of the com
ing season. The Midwaylte* declare
that Coach Stan will shelve a part
of his labors for the flr«f time In year*
and place *more responsibility and
importance on the shoulder* of assist
ants.
Coarflt Htagg has given out no of
ficial statement of his Intentions re
garding the coaching so far, but cir
cumstance* hAve shaped themselves
so that there will be Mttle. If any,
oholce for the director A Maroon
lewder dose to the athletic works at
the Midway declared yesterday that
Coach Stagg wonld not run the
ohances of a permanent break in
health, such as he has faced for the
last two years. He will delegate some
of the Important Maroon football
mafterw to Ms aide.
Stagg Not to Quit Duties.
The situation, the Maroons beTleve,
will mean the first tangible sign of
Coach Stagg'# gradual dropping of
a part of hi* heavy dirties, which
he has refused to give up since he
started the Msroon athletic depart
ment In the early nineties It will
not, however, mean that he 1s to
become merely a figure head, as was
suggested at the Midway last spring
He has told his friends that he will
not Joln-the “down and outers** In this
manner. ^
With Coach Page to act as assistant
fhothall teacher and another former
Maroon slated to train the freshman
team Btagg wf!l have the nucleus of
a coaching staff of ability. Clark
Sauer has been prominently men
tioned as a possible assistant coach,
but he has not yet been appointed.
It Is probable that Stagg will think
fit to appoint still another helper to
attend to a part of the things he has
been accustomed to handle himself.
With the resignation of John Dlns-
more, the business manager, compli
cating the work of the department,
Stagg will have to devote a part of
his time to office work until Dlns-
more’s successor become® familiar
with his position.
Coach Stagg's health Is not a sub
ject for Immediate concern, according
to the latest news from Colorado.
Stagg writes that he will be back
September 1, or a few days thereafter,
without fa 11. He has kept quiet re
garding his physical condition, but
It hi no weret that he will have to
be more careful than usual 1n order
to avoid a return of hla nervous
trouble, which has kept him away
since Christmas.
Many Improvements Made.
Meanwhile, the Maroon managers
have been adding improvements to
Marshall Field so fast that the direc
tor will hardly recognise hla camp
when he sets foot on the Midway. In
addition to the 1300,000 concrete
grandstand and fence at the field.
$7,600 worth of extra Improvements
have been acquired within the last
few weeks, and the fans are raising
the question whether or not the lux
ury of their surrounding* will have
a good effect on the gridiron heroes.
The biggest feature of the new
decorations Is a system of new cement
sidewalks around the field. The work
men have parked a wide spaoe be
tween the wall and the sidewalk, so
that the mrtelde of the field will have
a "back to nature" appearance a*
soon as the grass seed has sprouted.
The gymnasium lawn has been re
made to bring the building and Its
surroundings up to the olaes of the
Held.
Coach Btagg will alao find a brand
new running track when he arrives
The track was started last spring,
but was not finished at the close of
the track season. The Mldwavltes
have been practicing on It recently
and the laborers have succeeded in
getting K Into as good condition ae
the old circle, which was one of the
best In the country* The new affair
ooet $2,000.
Agler i* good
at, hunting—
see illustration
—and then leg
ging it down
to first so fast
that his sacri
fice may turn
out a hit.
photo* on
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Giants Use Options
On Three Pitchers.
Manager McGraw Recalls Goullat,
Smith, Perryman and Robert-
son from Minors.
NlEW YORK. Aug 23 —The policy
of John J. McGraw, manager of the
Giants, to maintain s high-class
pitching staff at all hazards Is re
flected irr hla manner of exercising
options on the minor leagues prior to^
the drafting season. Of four athletes
recalled from the "bushes’* to the
Giant training table all oune to the \
Polo Grounds as approved tos-ers*
Theodore Ooulalt, Wilkesbarre; F.
C. Smith, Scranton, and Perryman.
Roanoke, are still listed as tossers
Robertson, of Mobile, used to be a
southpaw, but on account of a foot
ball accident was converted into an
outfielder He Is one of the be*t hit
ters and base runners of the South
ern League.
The Yankees and Dodgers have each
recalled but one performer. Pitcher
Carl Thompson, at present with At
lanta. comes back to Frank Chance
from Atlanta, where he enjoyed a very j
line year Charles H. Kbhets has re- j
called Outfielder "Hub" Northen from j
Toronto.
FLYNN TO BOX COX.
CHICAGO, ILL. Aug JT—"Doc"
Krone, manager of Jim Cox, is author
ity for the statement that his t an has
bfMB rnatohed to tiuht Jim Flym
l.Abor Day. "Doc" says he has Jack
Curley's word that Flynn will box aid
that Kenosha or Milwaukee will get the
bout.
RADER IS SENT TO LINCOLN.
LINCOLN, KERR.. Aug. ”” i»re>
Ident Jones of the 1> « Nr. WVs .
rl^f-ague club announce’ the
tlon of Infelder Donald Rader, • f t
Chicago Vmerlcar Pad.
lv purchased by Ch>«;o lrom the Pc
dleton, Oreg., club.
CLARK GRIFFITH CAN, THANK
JOE YEAGER FOR GANDIL
WASHINGTON. Auff. 23.—Had It
not been for the advice which Joe
Yeager, a veteran on the Montreal
team, gave to Griffith regarding Chick
Gandil, it is doubtful If the star first
baseman would now be a member of
tin Nationals or not.
When Griffith started out to get
Gandil he naturally wanted to satisfy
himself as to his ability before he
forked over a lot of money. He found
that there was a variance of opinion
among the players and managers of
the International League as to how
good a player Gandil was. He finally
consulted Yeager, who at one time
had played for him in New York, and
Yeager was a strong booster for Gan
dil. saying that he was the best firs*
bast man he had ever seen. Yeager’s
! pruivo decided Griffith and Gandil was
purchased.
The deal has proved one of the best
‘ I the Washington club has ever figured
I in. and the clubs—and there were
, | many after him—who allowed him to
. j come here have had reason to re-
- ! gret that they did not boost the price
i the Montreal club receiv ed for him.
“A mighty sweet first, baseman,” is the way
Billy Gilbert, Giant scout, in town last week
sized up Joe Agler, playing his last year with
the Crackers, so far as can tie figured out at this
juncture. Joe goes to the Jersey City Club of
the International League next year, but Billy
Gilbert has a hunch that the ‘‘sweet first base-
man” will be working for Frank Chance before
the end of the coming season.
Joe looks ’em
over as care
fully as any
batter in this
man’s league.
M'Aleer Pays Tribute
To Browns’ Pitchers
Red Sox President Believes Stovall’s
Hurling Staff Is Best
In League.
BOSTON. Aug. $S.—A queer con
dition exists 1n Boston. Think of
16,000 people going tb see a National
League game here, with a few thou
sand the maximum at the American
League grounds.
Recently the Braves held a "Maran-
ville" day in honor of the clever lit
tle shortstop. Over 15,000 people at
tended. The Rod Sox have been draw
ing comparatively nobody.
President Jim McAleer of the Red
Sox, fell on easy ways last season
when hiv derived a pennant his first
year as a magnate, but this soason
the going is mighty rough.
"I wish I had the Browns' pitch
ing staff and had them all season,”
said McAleer. “The Athletics would
not now be leading the American
League race.
"The Rrowns have the best staff in
the league, and could pitch any ordi
narily good club Into a pennant. Of
course, the Athletics can get along
without much pitching, because they
have a wonderful run-making ma
chine. but jus*t put Weilman, Hamil
ton. Mitchell, Luverenz and Baum
gardner. to say nothing of the second
string men, with a hard-hitting ball
club and then watch their smoke.’
One Ball Used
During an Entire
Game in Chicago
Heavy Hitting Contest Required but
One Sphere for Whole Nine
Innings.
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—A remarkable
feature of a recent Cineinnati-Chl-
eago contest in the National League
was that only one ball was used dur
ing the entire play, in spite of the
fact that fifteen runs were scored and
It was a heavy hifHng game. Before
the game starts the umpire in charge
Is always provided with three new
' balls, one of which goes Into play at
I once, while the other two remain in
his pockets until called for.
At the close of the contest Umpire
O'Day still hud two clean balls in hla
pockets, not having thrown out a new
one during the entire nine rounds
Hank said this was a record for him
in all the years he has been umpiring
Manager Tinker kept the ball which
was In plav throughout the game a3
a memento of the occasion. It was
pretty badly battered, but was still
in shape for further action.
BRITISH TEAM SEEKS CASH.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—An appeal fir
$500,000 with which to adequately
provide for the British team that is
to be sent to the Olympic games m
Berlin in 1916 has just been Issued.
It is signed by Earl Grey, Lord Har
ris, aide-de-camp to King George;
Lord Roberts, Lord Rothschild, Lord
Strdthcona and the Duke of West
minster.
BROOKLYN BUYS BRADY.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Aug. 23.—
The Brooklyn club to-day purchased
Pitcher Brady from the Oshkosh club
of the Wisconsin-Illinols League, but ,
the price was not given.
Capital Pans Won’t
Pay $100,000 for Cobb
Proposition to Buy Tigers' Star Out
fielder for Senators Falls
on Deaf Ears.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—A short
time ago local baseball fans donated
$1,000 to Walter Johnson, the Nation
als' star twirler. On "Johnson Day,"
when the donation was presented, the
management raised the' ante in the price
of seats. To-day an ambitious fan pro
posed ths subscription of $100,000 by
Washington to purchase Ty Cobb from
the Detroit club. Here follows some of
the comment* on this proposition:
"Nary a rod after being stung on
Johnson Day."
"Such a oovrtt of procedure wffi
‘queer* the team In Washington.".
"There’s a limit to the local support
of Griffith’s climbers and It falls short
of begging $100,000 for them."
“The originator of this proposition
must be the owner of the club. He
ought to be investigated."
Langford on Johnson’s Trail
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Tar Baby’ After World’s Title
Primeval Blood of Redskin To Be
Pitted Against University Pale
face—Cowboys Also to Run.
C OLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.
Aug. 28.—What promises to be
a eeneatlonal feature of mara
thon to be staged as the opening
event of the Shan Klve In the Pike’s
Peak region next month is the pros
pective comparison it will afford of
the trained college athlete against
the Indian, for the Indications are
that the primeval blood of the red
skin will be pitted against the sinew
of the college paleface, and the en
durance feature of the latter when
measured with that of the fleet Utea
will be of world-wide Interest
So keen Is the enthusiasm expressed
In the event that already, with the
dates of the Shan Klve nearly a
month away, entries are coming in.
The Pike’s Peak region Is alive with
college blood this season, and at so
cial events and on their outings the
subject of the Pike’s Peak marathon
Is the absorbing topic of conversa
tion. That many of the oollege ath
letes from the East who are spending
the season In Colorado Springs and
Manitou will prolong their stay in
order to compete In tne event 1s Indi
cated from expressions received from
a number of them.
• • •
T HE cowboys as well as the In-
. dians are coming to the Pike'*
Peak region from all sections of the
West for the Shan Klve, and both, it
Is expected, will be represented in the
marathon entries. The details that
are being arranged assure the clean
est kind of sportsmanship, and more
than a score of local entries are prom
ised.
“It i« not too early to begin to train
for the race,“ was the opening sug
gestion In a list of "don-'ts” which
have been given as being the advice
of world-famous trainers and whi?h
are herewith oopled:
• • •
TYON’T wear light clothing In an out-
U door race during the fall or win
ter. It is important to keep the blood
warm at all times.
Don't allow a trainer or handler *o
throw buckets of water on you while
In competition. It is absolutely un- i
necessary and a detriment.
Don’t wear gntkd'd shoes in a mar- ,
athon raoe, either indoor or outdoor.
Always wear a well-fitting shoe, al- j
most a tight one.
Don't in practice run yourself to a
standstill. Make your practice a
pleasure.
Don’t extend yourself unless in ac
tual competition. In practice always
have a reserve and stop when you feel
tired or Indisposed.
Don’t smoke and don't drink Intox
icants.
Don’t let anyone give you “dope” in
a race.
Don’t think of starting In a mara
thon race unless you have had several
weeks of preparation for It.
Don’t In the winter time take cold
baths; they shock the system and are
of no value*
Don’t try to have a regular diet
when training for a marathon race
eat what you get at home and eat
plenty.
By Jack Conway.
BOSTON, MASS.. Aug. 23—Sam
Langford, the greatest fighting ma
chine the ring has produced in re
cent years, will have a good chance
to win the world’s heavyweight cham
pionship if he can secure a bout with
Jack Johnson. The “Tar Baby" Is
training dally in North Reading in
order to fit himself for a strenuous
campaign In the squared enclosure
which he Is confident will lead up to
the title honored by Fltssimmons,
Corbett, Jeffries and the other great
est fighters.
The writer made a trip to Lang
ford’* training quarters at North
Reading yesterday to see the mighty
negro battler work out. Sam Is box
ing faster and hitting harder than
ever before.
Trains at Red Hill Farm.
Langford’s camp has been pitched
at Red Hill Farm, in North Reading.
This estate Is owned by Byron Chan
dler and includes 160 acres. Chan
dler purchased the property for Grace
Larue, his second wife, who was fa
mous as the wearer of the “$10,000
costume.**
As the writer approached the estate,
accompanied by Joe Woodman, Lang-
ford’s manager, he was struck by the
homelike appearance of the place.
Woodman said that Langford always
liked to be In the country and is
never so happy as when away from
the bright lights and bustle of the
city.
The main house was empty, but 1n
the Dutch room, which is In the rear,
there seemed to be plenty of excite
ment. The scene was such as one
might expect to see In the training
camp of any champion fighter when
he Is taking a day off.
Langford was seated In a big arm
chair telling stories to those around,
him. He looked and acted like a
schoolboy on a holiday and amused
his hearers with tales of his travels
around the world. Sam never had a
great deal of schooling, but he has in
herited a keen sense of humor which
would do Justice to a star comedian.
Had Consumed the Blueberries.
Langford seemed pleased that his
audience had been increased by two
and continued with his story-telling.
We told Sam that we knew he had
Jim Corbett nailed to the mast In th«*
amusing game, but that we were anx
ious to see him box.
It was then 3 o’clock In the after
noon and Sam did not care a great
deal about putting on the mitts. He
had covered eight miles on the road
early in the morning and had plough
ed up quite a large tract of land. Be
sides this he had picked several quarts
of blueberries. An|d. according to
Langford, this Is not the easiest thing
in the world to do, especially when
you eat the berries as fast as you
pick them.
The big fellow finally consented to
put on the gloves and have a little
sport at the expense of his sparring
partners. His first opnonent was Phil
Schlossberg, "heavyweight champior>
of Uncle Sam's navy.*’ Schlossberg is
a veteran fighter and a good one, too.
He Is fast and strong, and gave Sam a
good work-out for three rounds
Langford looked i^tter than he ha s
at any time before. When he sailed
for Australia two vears ago he weigh
ed 170 pounds. He now scales 186
pounds and is as strong as a youno
moose.
Winds Up With Jack Read.
He danced around Rchlossberg like
a panther, jabbing him with his left
hand and crossing his right for
Sehlossberg's Jaw with the speed of
a featherweight. Sam. of course, did
not stop Rc-hlossberg. but he landed
some ripping smashes
Rc-hlossberg la very fast and a stiff
puncher. He made the "Tar Rahv”
fight at a merry pace throughout the
three rounds.
l^angford’s legs have grown larger
during the past two years while the
muscles of hks beck and chest are
more powerful than they formerly
were.
After boxing three rounds with
S-ohlosFberg, Pam took on Jack Bruno,
the amateur light heavyweight cham
pion, for two rounds. Bruno Is a
game, willing boy and gave Langford
a strenuous workout.
Jack Read was the last boxer to ex
change punches with Langford. Read
Is the Australian lightweight cham
pion and Is a .typiool fighter. He Is
fairly fast on his feet, but does his
best work at close quarters. He
rushed at Woodman’s battler as
though he were only a bantamweight
and landed several solid smashes.
Langford did not try to hit Read
hard, as the purpose of his boxing
with the Australian Is to develop
speed. Sam ended his day’s training
by tossing around the medicine ball
for ten minutes.
We were anxious to find out if Bam
liked the boxing game as he used to.
"Do you like to fight T**
Sam grinned and. lighting a cigar,
said;
Me like to fight, sah? Guess you
don’t know me. I fight Just so I
can travel all over the world and
get plenty of hard knocks? Dl*
poor old fellow Is Just crasy to
fight. Of course, it keeps the meals
coming regularly and dat Is the
chief thing.
I done make $170,000 fighting,
but I have spent most of it
traveling from place to place. I
have got about $35,000 In real es
tate now and I guess dat will keep
me out of the poorhou*e when
I gets old.
And den you know old Samuel
will make some more dough be
fore he goes to the boneyard.
I will keep fighting for some
years. I will den stick around the
ring some more Just for f the fun
of it. like I used to stick around
and listen to the dice rattle after
I was cleaned out in. a dice game
in years gone by.
"What do you think of Gunboat
Smith 7” This was the next ques
tion fired at Langford. He replied:
I have never seen "Gunboat”
Smith box, but I am “sure I can
beat him, ’cause they tell me he
is not a good boxer and will go
down to the mat If hit hard
enough. And, gosh, somehow or
other, I always manage to wallop
’em good and hard. Perhaps it is
’cause I am a regular fighter. Dat
Is my father was a fighter before
me. He was a constable in Wey
mouth, Nova Scotia, and could
knock out any man in the city.
Hi* Father a Heavy Fighter.
My old gent was a Mg fellow.
He was six feet two inches tall
and weighed about 200 pounds.
He was one of the fighters in the
first bout I ever saw. There was
a big guy by the name of Mc
Carthy, who was a regular bully.
He tried to put one over on the
old gent and he just got up his
temper and shines his badge and
goes out and knocks out McCar
thy with a couple of wallops.
"Porky Flynn is a great fighter,’*
we ventured. Sam snarled:
Flynn! He talks too much. He
says he beat me in Australia, hut
it’s not so. I stopped him in four
teen rounds, and will do the Job
quicker if I ever meet him again
in the ring.
"Porky” Is a powerful, clever
chap and one of the best of dese
white hopes, but I sure will beat
him if we ever meet. "Porky” is
a fine Spanish athlete. He speaks
a heap of what a great fighter he
is. but I know he is not in my
class.”
"Tell us about Johnson,” said
Woodman. This drew the following
from Sam:
Oh, dat big fellow was a great
fighter. But I think he is done
for. He beat me in Chelsea when
I was only a heavy welterweight
and he was a heavyweight, but I
sure did give him a great battle
and almost knocked him out
If I get another date with John
son I will flatten him sure. Don’t
forget die either.
Langford will begin his new Ameri
can ring campaign as a real heavy
weight by battling "Porky”- Flynn at
the Atlas A. A. August 26. Arrange
ments for the match have almost been
completed. After his bout with Flynn,
Sam will show in a Boston theater
for a week. He will then go to New
York, where he will meet John Les
ter Johnson in a ten-round whirl.
Johnson has fought Jeannette, but
should be easy picking for Langford
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