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17 D riEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, Ua, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1913. Mathewson, Lajoie, Wagner and Plank Refuse to Join Down-and- Out Class—Football and Pugilism Also Must Have Youth. By Frank G. Menke, N EW YORK. Dec. IS.—It all de- pends on the sort of athlete referred to—that’s the answer 10 question: “At what age is in athlete at his best?’ In baseball an athlete usually reaches his prime around 25. and goes into the discard around 30; in boxing the limit ranges from 20 to "°iL in ^ footbaI1 u ,s f rom 17 to 28, r. ith the crest around 20; but ther? are exceptions to these rules as there are exceptions to all the rules. u alter Johnson, the whirlwind wirier of the Senators, has just turned 25, and looks good for ten years more in major league society. ALF 0bb ’ of the D *troit Tigers, and Eddie Collins, of the Athletics, are ar °un£ 27, and, barring accident, ought to be cavorting on the big league diamonds for ten years more. The same is true of Joe Wood, the Boston twirler, now 24; "Tris” Speak er, the Boston outfielder, now 29; Joe Jackson, the Cleveland slugger, who is around 25, and Jimmy Archer, the Cub catcher, who already has reach ed 30. Old Players in Game. Mathewson, of the Giants, now is 33, has been in the big league for thirteen years and is still one of the greatest twirlers that ever stepped zo the mound. Eddie Plank, the port- side flinger of the Athletics, is 37, has been many years in service and still is a star of the first water. The national game does not boast of two better infielders, two grander sluggers than Lajoie, of the Naps, and Wagner, of the Pirates. Wag ner is 40 and has mingled in nig league battles for seventeen seasons. Lajoie is about two years the junior of the Pirate, and has been in major leagues for fourteen years. What’s the answer? First, that these four men are among the great est natural ball players ever born. And the second part of the answer is that they have kept themselves in condition through the years—have lived straight, clean lives, have taken care of their physical selves and so have survived the legions who have come and gone during the past sev enteen years. In tennis there i9 no real age boundary. Just now it looks as if youth has the call because Maurice McLoug'nlin, the Californian, and na tional champion, is only 23. and R. Norris Williams, second, is the same age. These two, with their two team mates, who won the international tennis championship, averaged around 23. But, in rebuttal, Wilding, the great New Zealander star, who de feated McLoughlin, Is well into his thirties, and many of the greatest tennis players in America and in Eu rope are over 30, and some are near ing the 40 mark. No Age Limit in Golf. In golf it is the same as In tennis. Ouimet, the American open cham pion, is only 20. Travers, one of the greatest goifers in the country is 26. Most of the Amer’can stars are either under 23, or only slightly over it. But in England it is somewhat different. Vardon and Ray, that wonderful pair, are nearing the grandfather age. Hil ton, the English amateur champion, is over 40. and J. H. Taylor, open champion, is 43. Football calls for youth, and the gridiron gladiators seem at their best around 20 and 21. Before that age the player has not arrived at his full development; usually after it the strenuous game exacts its toll and after a player reaches 23 or 24 his effectiveness is gone. Youth Has Call in Pugilism. Youth has the call in pugilism, with the fighter at his zenith around 25. There are many fighters who are un der that age; even a number of champions. But they do not reach their full power until that time. And socn after that they lose it—and lose i: rapidly. Kilbane, the featherweight champion, is under 25; so is Ritchie, the lightweight champion. Gunboat Smith, the leading “white hope,” is only 25. and most of the “hopes” either are under or of that age. Paekey McFarland is 24. Jeffries was in his prime at 25. Jack Johnson, however, was well in h s thirties when he won the cham- rionship from .Jeff. Sam Langford is far over 30. Fitzsimmons won the championship after 30. In pony polo, perhaps, the most strenuous of all games; the youth and middle-aged shine forth from the cluster of stars. England’s great team which visited here last summer aver aged over 30. So did the American tram. But the substitutes for both aggregations were mere youths, bril liant players, but given no chance be cause it was felt that their presence on vthe teams would break up the combinations which had played to gether for a number of years and thus developed *», wonderful bit of teamwork. Hurlingham Club Admits Its Team Must Play Dashing Game as Do Americans if It Expects to Win the International Trophy in 1914. Sam Harris Faces 'Gossip’ Charge by Milwaukee Club MILWAUKEE, WIS., Dec. 13.—Sam Harri», manager of Kid Williams, the ^Baltimore claimant to the bantam title of the world, faces prosecution under Wisconsin’s new gossip law for talking too much to Chicago newspapers about the financial condition of a Milwaukee fight club which holds his forfeit for Williams’ appearance here the last of this month in defense of his title. Har ris, before leaving Milwaukee after Williams fought Dick Loadman, of Pittsburg, here, signed a contract for Williams to tight Patsy Brannigan, also of Pittsburg, and pouted a $500 forfeit with the local club. Later, however, other clubs bid higher for the match and Harris tried to recover the forfeit money, charging that the club Vhich had the forfeit was on the point of bankruptcy. For this charge in Chicago the local club Involved threatens suit for dam ages under the State gossip law and will also take measures to have Wil liams barred from fighting in Wiscon sin, New York and Louisiana, where there are boxing commissions, under the inter-State agreements which makes a boxer who violates his agreement in one State ineligible to appear in an other. The gossip law. however, will be the chief point of attack against Harris, and he has been warned to take back his remarks about the solvency of the local promoters or stand suit. The The gossip law affects all persons who untruthfully talk about other persons’ affairs and is to individuals what libel laws arc to newspaper publications. Cbance and Mack Use Different Tactics On Baseball Field NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—Every major league baseball player has his pecu liarities. Connie Mack keeps score, and makes note of all t:ie bad plays. He tells his men about their faults the next day when the meeting is called at the hotel, when the club is on the road, and in the clubhouse when at home. Frank Chance tells the boys about the plays as they make them on the lot. The New York men will never forget Chance on a few occasions during the past season, when he told one of his outfielders where he got off. lx. was crurlng a game in Cleveland with a man on first base. Olsen hit the ball to the shortstop. The latter had no trouble in stopping the “pi'l,” but in his anxiety to make a double play by touching second, then throw ing to first, he missed the middle bag, and also lost the man at first. “What are you trying to pull off out there?” shouted Chance from the bench. “Why, I was trying to make a double play,” answered the shortstop. “Let me tell you something.” said the manager. “You keep on making double plays like that and you will double-play yourself to Kalamazoo.” BigG Cures in 1 to B days unnatural dischargee. • Contains no poisons and may be used full s t r e n gth absolutely without fear. Guaran teed not to stricture. PreTents cont-ri-n_ WHY NOT CURc YOURSELF? At Druggists, or by parcel post. $1. or 3 bottles $2.75. Particulars with each bottls or mailed on reauest. •"HE* VS CHEMICAL COMPANY <SUK2»ti. O. Sporting Food 1 ~Bj> a«ORO« *. PNAI JOE TINKER. Joe Tinker was a manager who al most ran a team; To win a big league pennant was his long and lasting dream. But he signed with Garry Herrmann. He knew the game from soup to nuts and fought from bell to bell; He fought his owner all the year, and fought his owner well. But he signed with Garry Herrmann. He couldn’t win for Herrmann with a thousand years of work. For a manager is sat on and becomes a common clerk When he signs with Garry Herrmann. The sole cause of the split between Messrs. Tinker and Herrmann was that Joe wanted to be a manager, whereas Garry wanted a messenger boy. We often hear of ivory displayed by ball players, but it is infinitesimal be side the ivory exhibited by get-rich- quick gents who own baseball clubs. As a result of Joe Tinker’s retire ment, approximately 90 per cent of our baseball scribes have picked Fielder Jones to fill the Job. The other 10 per cent must have been en joying their day off at the time. Reports from Paris indicate that Jack Johnson is a strong exponent of wrestling. We also have extraordi narily warm weather in this vicinity. Connie Mack has signed another In dian, despite the fact that he has the Indian sign on anything connected with or appertaining to baseball. PUGNACITY. “You great big bum!” the fight fan yelled Beside the ring where flghis are held. "You great big bum, get in and scrap And slam this geezer on the map! You stall around like some big rube And wallop like a hopeless boob! Why, 1 could climb through them there ropes And clean you both, you poor old mopes"’ He ambled home at 2 a. m. His wife arose and said, "Ahem!” His fighting blood had beat it hence And he resembled thirty cents. Physically, John K. Tener Is big enough to be a white hope, but men tally he is not that small. BIX IN HI Good Bouts Are Being Arranged by Local Promoters for the Gate City Fans, S OME corking good boxing mills are being arranged for Atlanta fans, and right after New Year's it is likely that the cream of the lightweights will display their stock-in-trade here. Arrangements are now being made whereby Ad Wolgast, former light weight champion of the world, will fight Frank Whitney or Charley White about the middle of January. Wolgast has announced his willing ness to box here if the proper induce ments are made. Paekey McFarland will also come to Atlanta during the winter boxing season. If Paekey will make any reasonable weight Jack Britton says he will battle the stockyard champion here on a winner-take-all basis. Britton claims that McFarland tip ped the beam at 1B0 pounds when they met in Milwaukee the other night. > Charley White, who was shaded by Johnny Dundee in New Orleans a fortnight ago, wants to meet Dundee again and local promoters are figur ing on rematching this pair. Leach Cross also wants to come here. Cross and White would prob ably furnish the greatest fight ever held in the South, and this scrap may be arranged within a few days. CRICHTON ELECTED CAPTAIN BETHLEHEM, PA., Dec. 13—Hirry A. Crichton, fullback, was yesterday elected , aptain of the Lehl#i University football team Crichton Is also cautain of the baseball team. M’lNTYRE LOOKS FOR TEAM. CHICAGO. Dec. 13.—Matty McIntyre, former White Sox outfielder, who wa< with the Providence team last sum mer, is seeking to manage a minor league team next year. BERRY TO HEAD SWIMMERS. CHAMPAIGN. ILL., Dec. 13.—Edward H. Berry, of flak Park, was appointed manager of the llliinois swimming team on its proposed Eastern trip in Febru ary. Sixty-seven Horses Enter $20,000 Derby MONTREAL, CANADA, Dec. \ — The entries for the $20,000 interna tional derby of the Dorval Jockey Club of Montreal closed with 67 horses en tered, including nominations by many of the most prominent owners on the American continnent, and the success of the event seems assured. The winning owner will receive $16,000 in Canadian gold, the owner of the second horse $2,000, the owner of the third one $1,500 and the owner * f the fourth $500. It will be the rlch- est race ever run in Canada. Two Dozen Preparatory Contests on Ante-Season Schedule of New York Americans. By W. ,T. McBeth. N EW YORK. Dec. 13—Frank Chance’s Yankees will next spring engage in the most pre tentious training schedule ever at tempted by that club. The regulars of the New York Americans are billed for an even two dozen preparatory contests, the majority of them with clubs of sufficient class to make the big leaguers extend themselves. In many respects the plans mapped out by Chance, made possible by the fact that his club will train at Hous ton, Texas, are similar to those ob served by John J. McGraw the past several years. Within a week after the club goes into camp both first and second squads will be sent out to ad jacent towns on Saturdays and Sun days for real trials. These regulars and colts will alternate, the second team on Sunday supplanting the Sat urday stand of the first squad. Six games will be played by each of these clubs before the journey northward. The Kilties will leave Texas Sun day, March 22, beating it home by way of Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta. Charlotte, Richmond, Norfolk and Baltimore. Two games each are booked at Richmond and Norfolk, so that the athletes should be pretty well acclimated, on their return. Once back, the real tuning-up processes will be in order. Prior to the opening of the regular | campaign five games will be played with Broqklyn and two with the Phil adelphia Nationals. Sprinkled among these interleague clashes are single games with Jersey City and Balti more. The complete training and ante- season schedule follows: Saturday, March 7, Beaumont. Texas (first team), and Houston, Texas (second team): Sunday, March 8, Houston (first), Beaumont (sec ond) ; Saturday, March 14, Houston (first team), Galveston (second team); Sunday, March 15, Galveston (first), Houston (second); Saturday, March 21, Houston (first team), Beau mont (second team); Sunday, March 22, Beaumont (first), Houston (sec ond); Tuesday. March 24, Memphis, Tenn.; Wednesday, March 25, Bir mingham, Ala., March 26, Atlanta; March 27, Charlotte, N. C. (with Buf falo. International); March 28 and 30, Richmond; March 30, Norfolk (second team); March 31, Norfolk, MORPHINE WHISKEY AND TOBACCO; Habits Cured Without Pain; or Restraint at Cedarcroft Sanitarium, Lebanon, Tenn. The photograph at the left shows Wolgast shooting a left to the body, with the right ready to follow to ttie same spot. At the right the “Michigan Bearcat’’ is shown shift ing, one of his favorite methods of at tack when at range. Va. (first team); Wednesday. April J. Baltimore, Md.; Thursday, April 2, 3 and 4. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn; Sun day, April 5, Jersey City; April 7, Brooklyn, at Bro Klyn; April 8 and 9, Phlilies. at Philadelphia; Friday, April 10, Baltimore, Md.; Saturday, April 11, Brooklyn, at Brooklyn. N EW YORK, Dec. 13.—An inter national polo match is assured for next year. The Hurlingham Club has challenged for another series, dispelling all doubts that England would not send over a polo team for m xt year. The Am* ri.-.;n Polo As sociation has gladly received the challenge of the foreign club, and only Lhe selection of dates remains to make the playing of the spectacu lar games a certainty. The decision of the Hurlingham Club to make another try for the polo cup means that old John BuL, profiting from the lesson learned last year, is going to send over a team thoroughly equipped to play the game In the American fashion. England sadly confessed after the last series that her system of playing polo against the Yankees would never do. The visiting team repre sented the pick of the British army. The English ponies were picked with great care, and before the games were considered the equal of the American mounts. The Duke of Westminster had spent a fortune de fraying the expenses of the team, and John Bull complacently sat back lo await victory. m • * T HE Britons’ excellent form In 1 practice games made them a logi cal favorite for the big matches. The defending four, after many changes, wasn’t considered nearly as strong as 4he foreign aggregation. But the Englishmen, playing along strictly scientific lines, received a rude shock in the very first contest. The Amer icans, dashing and aggressive, like so many wild cowboys, literally swept the foreigners off their feet. It’s only too well known how Larry Wa- terbury charged through the entire Briton four for frequent trys at goal. These dashing tactics triumphed over the more conservative playing of the challengers. The second game was a repetition of the first. It was more evenly con tested, simply because the foreigners speeded up their game. It was a long time before England could be come reconciled to the fact that its wonderful polo team had been de feated. ‘My word, it Isn’t polo those Yaa- kees play; it’s only running races,” was the favorite expression of the English critics commenting on the series. After carefully weighing the subject, many came to tb~ belief that after ail the American style was su perior. and if England was to win at polo her team must follow the ex ample of tne American* md not re ly entirely on scientific blocking and passing. Therefore, it is but reason able to expect that England will send over a quarrel next year that will be capable of putting up a slashing game, sacrificing conservatism for speed and aggressiveness. • • * p RACTICALLY the same defending team that successfully repelled the invasion of the Englishmen last sea son will try the field next year. The only possible exception will be the loss of Captain Whitney, who recent ly announced his retirement from the sport. The Big Four leader partici- | pa ted in the last series against his will, but now declares he'll never play in another. Great as is his loss, there are two qapable substitutes to fill his position. Either Louis Stoddard or Malcolm Stevenson can be added to the de fending combination without impair ing its strength. The two Water- bury brothers, already in training fos* the polo season, will be available foi" next season, as well as Devereux Milburn. the greatest polo player in (he world, according to British. Judges. Stoddard is a first-class for ward, while Stevenson is a back but slightly Inferior to the powerful MIN burn. But whether Stoddard or Stevenson “makes” the Big Four. Its will be a formidable combination that} Engalnd’s team will tackle In 1914. Commission Should Provide Good Gloves For All Ring Bouts NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The boxing commission has not overlooked very much In its effort to uplift the boxing game, but there are a few things which, might yet be remedied which will im prove it. The writer has reference now to thm use of old boxing gloves by the pre liminary boys. These gloves, used onca to cover the hands of the performers In a star bout, are little short of deadly weapons when they are put on the flstH of the youngsters. Soaked in blood and. water after a bout they are laid out to dry, and when the next evenings erv- tertainment is offered these old gloved are pulled out and used. For the main bout new gloves are always provided. The preliminary lads, who know not so very much of the art of self-defense, tear aftefi each other, each intent only on landing blows on his opponent. None of them can be expected to be a Paekey McFarland in the art of evading pun ishment. They take what is sent them, and when they dodge a blow it’s usually by the greatest luck. When those water and blood soaked gloves are landed, against one of the boys a great Injury, one which may remain for a lifetime, is apt to be inflicted. A cauliflower ear. a flattened nose, cut eyes, and split lips are some of the things which may be expected. And then the boy has hi9 mark of a fighter. He goes around with his “badge” and is frowned on by enemies of the sport, who have some real evidence to declare brutal the game of boxing. And it T s all due to the use of these old gioves. Other dangers lurk in the soiled glove, at d it’s up to the commis sion to demand every club manager to provide new gloves for each and every bout he stages. This, no doubt, would prove a big boom for the manufactur ers of boxing gloves and a bit of a hardship for the club manager, but to the future of many a young man it may mean much. . LOUISVILLE SELLS PLAYER. 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