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Predicted on April 17 That Cobb
Would Join the New
York Club.
By W. S. Farnsworth.
A S it Is a habit with sporting
writers in the South to come
out with a big story whenever
their prediction* come true, we cheer
fully wish to announce that we were
Arm to predict that Ty Cobb would
become a Yankee.
We printed in The Georgian on
April 17 the following story:
Ty Cobb is going to wear New
York American League spangles.
On the face of matters, it
doesn’t listen good, but about
three months ago Ban Johnson,
high mucK-a-muck of the Ameri
can League, dropped off in this
burg for a couple of hours. B
B. J. came down to this neck of
the woods to look over an inland
off the Savannah coast. He and
C. Comlskery. White Sox franchise
possessor, wanted said isle to Ash
and hunt on.
Yours truly paid Mr. Johnson
a call at the Piedmont Hotel.
The topic of interest in b b. cir
cles at the time was the report
that Francois Chance wan to affix
his J. Hancock to a New York
contract. I asked Ban about it.
"Cinch the Yankees will get
Chance. I Axed the thing nil up
myself.” So spoketh B. Byron.
And his chest swelled a couple of
inches as he spoke the "I.”
"Farrell is going to have a win
ner. too," added the $25,000 per
president. ‘J believe he will have
the greatest player in the world
with him if a deal that is pending
goe*« through."
1 was inquisitive, hut Ban would
go no further. And trying to get
a bit of news out of him when he
doesn’t care to give it Is like try
ing to tear your teeth through
an Athens steak.
Rut right now everything points
Cobb’s way.
The American League simply
has got to get a team in New
York that can compete with the
Giants. Gotham is the National
League stronghold. Ran Johnson
is a wise gazink He never over
looks a bet. With Cobb and
Chance both in New- York, Me-
Graw and his bunch would have
to divide prestige with the Amer
ican League team.
Now. isn’t it likely that there
is a perfect understanding be
tween the player, the Detroit
owner. Frank Farrell and Ban
Johnson ?
Fay Defeats Ellen
In Finals for Davis
& Freeman Trophy
Playing in great form. T R Fay won
the Davis & Freeman trophy yesterday
in the Anal round of the big golf tour
nament on the Atlanta Athletic Club
course at Fast I^ake, defeating .1. A.
Ellen in a grand battle that went the
entire thirty-six holes to reach a de
cision An idea of the class Of golf
played may be gained from the fact
that the last round of eighteen holes was
played In $2 and 83 strokes by the con
testants.
This Is Mr. Fay’s first win of the
handsome trophy, which has been W’on
at various times by '’Tick'* Tlchenor,
Hamilton Block and F. G. Byrd, the lat
ter having won it twice. To become
permanent property, the cup must be
won three times.
In the secoi.d flight. .1 (1. Darling de
feated H C. Moore, 3 up and 2 to play,
in a close and well-played match. Mr
Darling's trophy also is a handsome cup.
The third and fourth flight finals were
decided Saturday
Seven Ball Leagues
Close Season To-day
Seven baseball leagues will bring their
seasons to a close to-day with double-
headers
Here is the list: South Atlantic, Ap
palachian. Canadian, Central, Kitty,
Michigan State and Northern
There are several other leagues that
close their season with the end of the
present week *
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Great Races To Be Staged at Drome To-night
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Pursuit Event is Feature of Good Program
T
“>HE management of the Atlanta
Motordrome Is to give the local
motorcycle fans a real treat
to-night. The pursuit race Is to be
added to the regular program Sev
eral of the fastest rider 4 * will be on
the track at one time In this event
and the fans should certainly witness
a great race.
Usually the first races of the week
have been held on Tuesday night, but
plans were switched so as to give
the fans a chance to nee some sport
on Labor Day night. The races are
to be know n as the Labor Day Sweep-
stakes and a record-breaking card
is expected to see riders start to
night.
Local fans have never before had
tin* opportunity of seeing the famous
pursuit race. The riders have their
machines in good shape now and it
would not be surprising to see some
new record hung up.
Four riders are to be put on the
track at the same time In the pur
suit race, one rider starting as soon
as his opponent has a good start
As there is a great deal of rivalry
between the local npeed demons It is
a safe bet that the winner will have
to go at his best to finish in front.
Besides the pursuit race several
other Interesting events are to b.
pulled off. There will be the South
ern Championship, the Sweepstakes
and a special match race between
Graves and Richards.
Hill Stoddard, local fan. has agreed
to give a handsome loving cup to
tlte rider who thrice wins the South
ern Championship at the local trnek
The cup is to be known as the "Stod
dard i/.ed Trophy.”
The cup Is one that anyone would
feel proud of winning, and the speed
demons can be counted on to race
as they never have before In order
to come out a winner. In all, the
ra<es to-night appear to be the best
of the season and some real excite
ment should be given the fans.
Following are the summaries:
Southern Championship.
(One-mile heats, two-mile finals,
25 points for first, 15 for second and
10 for third.)
First Heat—Swartz, Graves, Lewis
and Glenn.
Second Heat — Luther. Richards.
Lockner and Ronel.
Special Match.
(Rest two out of three, one, two
and three-mile heats for a side bet
of $50.)
First Heat—(One mile)—Graves vs.
Richards.
Final—Southern Championship.
Sweepstakes.
(French point system, 10 for first,
8 for second. 3 for third: Heats, two,
four and six miles.)
First Heat—Two Miles—Lockner.
Renel, Swartz, Luther, Lewis and
Glenn.
Second Heat—Four Miles—Sweep-
stakes.
Third Heat—Three Miles—Special
match race.
Third Heat—Six Miles — Sweep
stakes.
Colored Drivers to
Race in Big Meet
Everything is in readiness for the
automobile, motorcycle and bicycle meet
to be held under the auspices of Big
Bethel Church at the Speedway to-day.
The races will continue through Satur
day.
The events will begin promptly at 2
o’clock every day and an admission fee
of 10 cents will be charged. There will
also be a midway with fifteen different
attractions.
In the 100-mile automobile race a
Stearns, a Flat, a National, an Everett,
an E. M. F. and some added starters will
compete for a cash prize of $100 to the
winning driver.
There will be a footrace once around
the 2-mile track, bicycle and motorcycle
races. Cash prizes are hung up in every
event.
Costello, the only colored aviator in
the world, will make flights at the
Speedway every day and will race
against automobiles.
Football Work Starts at Tech Field Tuesday
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Coach Heisman Should Have a Corking Team
F OOTBALL practice starts Tues
day at Grant Field for the Tech
squad, when all the preliminary
training and coaching will be gone
through before the opening of col
lege, when the real grind begins.
The new' field is rapidly being
rounded into condition, and by the
time of the first game will be in first-
class condition. The new concrete-
stadium is being rushed and that,
too, will be in readiness for the first
game The first unit of the stand is
up and will hold about 2,500 people.
Bleachers will be erected alongside of
this for this season until the rest
of the stadium can be completed.
Tech’s pro-fipects are far from
Had Crackers Started Spurt Sooner, Local Club Would Have Copped Pennant
BILLY SMITH NEARLY EQUALS BERNHARD’S FEAT
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
H AD William Andrew’ Smith and
his Crackers started their sen
sational spurt to the wire at
the quarter pole Instead of w'alting
until the stretch, William Andrew
and the Crackers would have per
formed a feat that has been done but
once before in the history of Judge
Senator President Kavanaugn’s cir
cuit It would have been the case of
a club’s rising in one brief year from
cellar to the top rung of the per-
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Fine Prospects for ‘Cotton States’
W ITH the advent of the present
week—the last before the be
ginning of the big Cotton
States tennis championship}*—there
is evident in Athletic Club circles,
ami among all the tennis fans in the
city, a disposition to get into hot
arguments as to the outcome of both
the singles and the doubles events.
t<> begin with, one pair of rivals
an«l grand tennis cracks will be found
in Carleton Smith and Nat Thornton,
and local fans find difficulty in imag
ining any foreign experts wresting
the final honors away from these
players, both of whom are at the top
of their game.
In the doubles Bryan Grant and
Ed Carter are paired, and the com
bination is one of a stability too
well known to require comment. But
Mansfield and Smith, and Orr and
Ramspeck—the latter fresh from tri
umphs at Augusta will be on hand
with a word to say before the matches
get to the finals stage.
The Cleveland Naps moved half a
game nearer the Athletics by conquer
iiig the St. I-rouis Browns Within a
week the Naps have succeeded in reduc
ing the lead of the Athletics from 9V*
games to 7.
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Twenty-two hits Mere made in Sun
day's slugging match between the White
Sox and the Detroit Tigers, the Tigers
winning the game
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The National League went through
yesterday's schedule without a forfeited
game The Reds slammed the Cardi
nals twice and the Cubs beat the Pi
rates.
Not counting purchases by the draft*
ing process on September 15 the New
York Yankees hkve spent $50,000 for
new players this season who will help
Manager Frank Chance make up a
strong baseball team next year.
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Legal Adviser Branch Rickey, of the
St. Louis Browns will succeed George
Stovall as manager within two weeks,
according to an authoritative report
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It is said that formal charges will he
brought by President H. N Hempstead,
of the Giants, against Manager Dooin,
of the Phillies. for the latter’s un
bridled talk after Saturday's forfeited
game in Philadelphia. It is charged
that Dooin made the assertion in Hemp-
^stead’s presence that the New York
^ants could buy the umpires."
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The Boston Braves who tackle the
plants to-day have been greatly
strengthened since their last apear-
ance at the Polo grounds.
SENATORS ORGANIZE GOLF
TEAM IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1 -Golf has
forced the more weighty problems of
statesmanship temporarily out of the
minds of Senators. Rumors that lead
ing and boastful golfers of the House
were crowing of their prowess on th“
Chevy Chase and Columbia Club links
led golfing Senators to perfect the
Senate Golf Association, which will
soon be "ready for all comers.”
Senator Saulsbury has been the ac
tive figure in bringing together th<j
golfing enthusiasts, who include many
of the leading men of both parties.
Here is the roster of officers and di
rectors of the new association, as giv
en out by Senator Saulsbury:
Honorary president. Vice President
Marshall; honorary secretary, Senator
Gallinger; president. Senator O’Gor
man; vice president, Senator Cum
mins; treasurer, Senator Lipoitt; sec
retary. Senator Hitchcock; executive
committee. Senators Pittman. Bris
tow, Townsend. Walsh and Ransdell;
manager. Senator Saulsbury; captain
of team. Senator Hollis
Former Senator Jonathan E.
Bourne, as ex-officio member of the
Senate association, wi" aid in the
management of the team He is a i
expert player and defeated President
Taft on several occasions.
But it must be remembered that
Lee Allen Brooks, of Birmingham, the
present champion, will be present to
defend his title; while Brooks and
Bartlett, the crack Birmingham team,
will be entered In the coming tournev.
The new date—September 8. the
latest ever selected for a tennis meet
here the fact that it i* the big ten
nis event of the year in Atlanta, and
tlie class and number of the players
entered, all combine to arouse a most
unusual interest in the approaching
tourney, and It is probable that some
of the greatest assemblies ever seen
at the famous red clay courts at Earn
Lake will be on hand to watch the
play in every round, from preliminary
to finals.
Frank Reynolds has been charged
with the Important post of chief ref
eree. which a ■•urea spectators and
players of w ell-handled matches.
Out-of-town entrants are sending
their names to C. Y. Smith, 608 Wal
ton Building Atlanta.
BOXING TOURNEY BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1.—It is pos
sible that a boxing tournament be
tween the professional boxers of the
West and those of the Middle West,
or between New York State and Wis
consin. will be arranged next winter.
Some of the boxing fans have sug
gested such a tourney now that the
sport is legalized in both New York
and Wisconsin.
The Western section, or rather the
Middle West, could put forth some
pretty good men in a tourney of any
kind, having Eddie McGoorty, Jimmy
Clabby and Jack Dillon for middle-
weights; Packey McFarland. CharMe
White and Pal Brown for ligh -
weighta, with Ray Temple to draw on
if necessary: Mattie McCue in the
featherweight class. Ray Bronson and
Billy Walters In the welterweight
class, and Young Mahoney and John
ny Coulon for the bantams
centage ladder.
Bill Bernhard turned the trick for
Nashville In 1908, and strange to say,
he did it after the Vols had finished
in eighth place for tw r o successive
years.
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IT is strange that the feat Is not ac-
* complished more frequently. Of
course, taking a cellar major club to
a pennant is a different thing, but
in the minor league, where clubs are
practically built anew each year, it
would seem far from Impossible for
the team of lowly standing to rise to
the sublimest heights in a twelfth-
month.
But it’s evidently a pretty tough
Job. If it were not It would be done
m ire often.
The first pennant of the rejuvenated
Southern League was won in 1£01 by
Newt Fisher at Nashville. He re
peated in 1902.
Charley F*rank won his brackets
with Memphis in 1903, but Frank had
been well up in the first division the
year before and had a team of vet
erans in a circuit that was far from
being as strong as it is to-day.
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L EW WHISTLER took what Frank
left in the Turtle City in lt04
and galloped in with the honors, but
Frank left him much of his pennant
winning bunch.
Frank had builded well In New Or
leans that year and had his club in
third place at the end of the sea
son. He came back in 1905 and just
breezed in, though his club was driven
from home by the last yellow’ fever
epidemic.
ARE YOU LOOKING for results? The
Want Ad pages of Hearst’s Sunday
American and Atlanta Georgian fill the
bill. —*
ALL TELEPHONES lead to Hearst’s
Sunday American and Atlanta Geor
gian Want Ad Department via both
phones 100.
WOULD YOU BUY a good automobile
cheap? The automobile columns of
the "Want Ad" section carry a Hat of
automobiles and accessories.
Harry Vaughn had made a good bid
for Birmingham in the closing year
of 1905 and in 1906 came along and
won a pretty race.
Atlanta had been comfortably close
up when Vaughan won and under Bill
Smith’s capable guidance came in
with the Crackers' first pennant *n
1907. That year John Dobbs had the
Nashville club and finished a miser
able last, despite capable manage
ment. Bill Bernhard was put in charge
in 1908 and, with the fine nucleus
of a ball club left by Dobbs and a
little loosening of the Nashville purse
strings, won in a hair-raising finish
from New Orleans, the odds-on
favorite.
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LD Bill Smith had been right up
^ fighting all year and was in ex
cellent shape to come'back in 1909.
And he did. winning in a grand race
with Nashville and New Orleans as
the principal contenders.
Frank had a great organization in
1910 and won with ease, although
crowded at times by the Barons, who
had taken on new life with Moles-
worth as manager and Rick Wood
ward is owner of the club.
He repeated in 1911 after a thrillir g
finish with Dobbs’ Montgomery club
and the Barons. That year the
Crackers finished a sorry eighth.
The Barons had been building for
three years and came along for the
championship in handv style in 1912
and won handily, though driven once
or twice by Mobile, which gave in
dications last year of the strength it
has shown this year. The Cracker?,
it will be remembered again, finished
as low as they could without drop
ping out of the race
And now’ it seems that the runner
up Gu!l9 of 1912 are to be the cham
pions of 1913, but the Crackers under
Smith have put up a remarkable bat
tle. considering the fact that Hemp
hill left Billy nothing but Alperman
and Agler.
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I F Smith had won, more credit would
have been due him than was due
Bernhard for his remarkable 1908
ra?e. For Dobbs had left Bernhard
a ball club, or the basis of one, while
Hemphill left Smith nothing.
gloomy, despite the fact that only six
of the varsity will return and an
swer the call of the gridiron. Among
these are Captain Homer Cook, the
star halfback of last year’s team;
Loeb, the plucky center; Means, a
lineman; Fielder and McDonald, half
backs. and Thomasson, who played
end.
With these men as a nucleus.
Coach Heisman has a number of last
year’s scrubs w r ho will make a strong
bid for first string honors. %
Those that showed up best as
scrubs last year and look good for
this year are Rainey. Trawick, Lang.
Moore, Lucas, Beard, Goree, Reif-
snider. Crutcher, the Montague broth
ers, Edgar and Tyler, and the Gard
ner boy-s. These men played last year
under the watchful eye of Assistant
Coach Alexander and developed great
ability and, with last year's experi
ence, should do well.
A h)st of new material is expected,
but at this early date not much is
known about their prospects. Several
prep school stars have signified their
Intentions of entering the college,
but until school convenes for the win
ter session not much will be learned.
It is expected that Coach Heirman
will lay especial attention and stress
on kicking ability this year. Mc
Donald, of la^t year’s varsity, showed
up wonderfully during the season,
and this year should win great hon
ors with his boot. He is young, will
ing toi learn and has great ability,
his trusty toe gaining lots of ground
for the Jackets last fall.
Tech has not had a good kicker
since the days of "Lob” Brown back
in 1907, and with the aid of a regular
toe artist, coupled with the fighting
spirit of the Jackets, a winning team
should be turned out.
The varsity men of last year who
Middle Division Sadly Run Down
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BASEBALL SUMMARY
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Game* Monday.
New Orleans at Atlanta, morning a*.d
afternoon Morning game at 10:45. Af
ternoon game at 3:30 o’clock.
Mobile at Chattanooga (two games).
Memphis at Nashville (two games).
Montgomery at Birmingham (two
games).
Standing of the Cluba.
W L. Pc 1 W L
Mobile 80 51.611 Mont. 66 62
Atlanta 76 56 .673 M’phls. 62 68
B’ham. 69 63 .523 N’ville 57 74
Chatt.. 65 61 .516 New O. 43 82
Sunday 1 * Result*.
New Orleans. 3; Montgomery. 2.
Nashville. 11; Memphis. 3
No other games scheduled
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Game* Monday.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn (a m. and
pm.) ,
Boston at New York (a. m. and p. m.)
Cincinnati at Pittsburg (a. m. and
P. ra.)
Chicago at St. Louis (a. m. and p m.)
Standing of the Club*.
W L. Pc. W L. Pc.
New Y. 83 38 686 B’klyn. 52 66 441
Phila . . 69 46 .600 Boston.. 52 66 .441 |
Chicago 67 56 .544 Cin nati 52 76 .406
P’burg. 64 56 .533 St L.... 45 80 .360
Sunday's Results.
Chicago. 10. Pittsburg. *.
Cincinnati. 10-8 St L.uis. 5-2.
No others games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
St. Louis at Detroit (a m. and p. m.)
Chicago and Cleveland (a. m. and p
m.)
Washington at Philadelphia (a. m.
and p. m.)
New York at Boston (a. m and p. m.)
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pc. W L. Pc.
Phila... 81 41 .664 Boston. 59 61 .492
Cle’land 75 49 .605 Detroit 54 71 .432
Wash... 69 52 .570 St. L. .. 48 81 .372
Chicago 65 61 .516 New Y.. 42 77 .353
Sunday’s Results.
Detroit. 5; Chicago. 4.
Cleveland. 9; St. Louis, 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Charleston at Columbus (two games).
Albany at Macon
Jacksonville at Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pet ! W. L. Pet.
Sav'nah 34 24 .586] Albany . .26 31 .456
J’ville. . 32 26 .552 Ch’ston.. 25 30 .455
Col’bus 31 26 .544 1 Macon 22 33 400
Sunday's Results.
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No games scheduled
Texas League.
Waco. 5: Dallas. 2.
Fort Worth. 3; Austin. 0.
Houston. 5; San Antonio, 0.
Galveston 6; Beaumont, 5.
Federal League.
St. Louis, 6; Cleveland. 1
Chicago. 4; Kansas City. 3
No other games scheduled
International League.
Montreal. 8; .Jersey City. 5
Montreal. 7; Jersey City. 2
Newark. 1: Providence. 0
No other games scheduled.
By W. W. Naughton.
I N deploring the lack of high-class
heavyweights at the present time,
the fact that th e middleweight di
vision is even worse run down than
the class above seems to have been
overlooked. Jimmy Clabby, Eddie
McGoorty, Jack Dillon, Frank Klaus,
Billy Papke and Mike Gibbons are
recognized as the best of the lot. Pic
ture, if you can, what Stanley Ketchel
in his prime would have performed
had the six of them been shoved into
the ring for him to dispose of, one
after the other. Or, sadder still,
imagine if you can any of the six
before Bob Fitzsimmons when the
freckled one was in his prime.
Papke was once a great fighter; but
it is not what you used to be. but
what you ar e to-day in pugilism.
Billy is stringing along on the
strength of his past reputation, and
at that is about as good as any of
them, slowed up even as he is. In his
prime he could have beaten the bunch
in less time than it takes to tell it.
He is the only one of the six possessed
of a real knockout wallop, or rather
did possess one when he was in his
prime.
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UYILLON and Klaus are roughhouse
fighters, whose ring actions more
resemble barroom squabling than
scientific boxing. They are tough,
game to the core and hit fairly well,
but are almost as devoid of science
.as it is possible for men to be w r ho
have engaged in* boxing as a profes
sion for years. Neither is hard to hit.
Before either Ketchel or Fitzsimmons
they would have been punching bags.
Klaus once boxed Ketchel. but that
was after the great Grand Rapids
fighter grew careless, began to de
cline and did no more training than
to reduce weight by a hair cut and
shave.
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C LABBY' and McGoorty are clever.
fast and tricky, but neither hits
hard enough to have even so much as
slacked the pace of such fighters as
Ketchel or Fitzsimmons. Gibbons is
fast and clever, but only looks good
against third and fourth raters, seem
ing to choke when staked up against
real class. There are a number of
reasons to believe that he is not as
game as a man should be if he ex
pects to adopt boxing as a profes
sion. The writer is of the opinion
that Joe Gans and Jack Blackburn,
lightweights, when in their prime,,
could have disposed of the best men
in the middleweight division to-day,
and that Welterweight Joe Walcott
could have beaten them easily, even
despite fifteen or twenty pounds dif
ference in weight.
Great Johnson
Suffering From ,
Lame Shoulder
B OSTON, MASS., Sept. I.—Wal
ter Johnson, the great pitcher
of ths Washington Americans,
Is suffering with a lame arm. It de
veloped to-day that Johnson has been
working with 4iis shoulder, which
pains him whenever he delivers the
ball. He contracted it after that fif
teen-inning game, which ended in a
tie, with the St. Louis Browns sev
eral weeks ago. and since then has
been winning his games without ever
having to extend himself. Johns Dn
to-day was asked about the story that
his arm w’as sore and he replied:
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Y^ES. it is It has been paining
1 me ever since I worked in that
fifteen-inning tie game against St.
Louis. At times it pains so badly that
I want to quit, bu' am stalling along
because I do not want the opposing
players to know that I am not right.
I have surprised myself by winning
the games I have been in, for I have
been far, far from right.
are not expected to return are LeHer
mann, last year’s captain, who grad
uated; Hutton, Stegall, “Scrappy"
Moore, Colley and Fax Montague, who
is Ineligible this year owing to hi*
playing time being over.
From now on the practice will con
sist mainly of getting Into fit physi
cal condition, kicking, falling on the
ball and such preliminary tactic*
before the regular season begins.
McTaggart Is
Jockey King
In Year’s Time
N EW YORK, Sept. 1.—From mes-
f*enger boy to the top rung of
the racing world in less than
a year Is the record of "Little John
ny” McTaggart, who is without a
doubt the very best American Jockey
sporting the silks in this country.
“The Kid,” as little Johnnie is
called at Saratoga, Is a brother of
Jockey Tommv McTaggart. This
time last year he was chasing his
legs off running messages for a New’
York telegraph company.
Johnnie got his first real chance at
the recent Belmont Park meeting,
where he piloted to victory August
Belmont’s horse Mission. At Sara
toga "The Kid” had four mounts and
won with three.
• * *
T N the history of racing it has never
1 been recorded where a boy made
such a rapid and brilliant rise as this
little Jockey, whose actual measure
ments would scarcely overtax a yard
stick
A decade or more ago the racing
slogans were. "Follow Sloan,” or "Fol
low Miller." To-day the cry is, "Back
the Kid’—meaning Johnnie McTag
gart, of course. Jeff Livingston. R.
F. Carman, August Belmont and R.
T. Wilson, Jr., are all after his serv
ices.
• * •
C AM HILDRETH, the foremost in
^ America, who has just returned
from abroad to take charge of the
Belmont stable, declared after seeing
McTaggart ride that the youngster
was the best rider of his inches the
turf world has ever known.
The little jockey is only 17 years of
age and can ride at less than 90
pounds. He is under coriract to
Hugh Penny, a former star rider of
the West. Jeff Livingston offered
Penny $10,000 for the “Kid’s” con
tract. He was told he couldn’t have
the boy for twice that amount.
Palzer and Moran
Ready for Big Bout
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—All is in read
iness for the ten-round bout to be
staged here Wednesday night between
A1 Palzer, who comes from Iowa, and
Frank Moran, of Cleveland, Ohio.
| Both men are in prime condition and
each la confident of victory. The win
ner will most likely get a chance to
I swap wallops with Gunboat Smith, who
is hailed as the best man in the whit#
heavyweight division.
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