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Jim Buckley Insists His Heavy
weight Charge Is Not Eckblard,
a Dane or Norwegian.
WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA
Fighter Is Not Perturbed Over
Muddle—He Considers It a
I
Good Joke.
By W. W. Naughton.
S AX FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—The
manager of a champion pugilist
- nas many annoyances to contend
with, and Jim buckiey, who acts as
guide, philosopher and maker of
i matches for Gunboat Smith, is not
immune from irritating experiences
by any means.
One of the things which is disturb
ing Buckley’s equanimity at present
is the attempt on the part of cer
tain well meaning but misinformed
Minnesotans to make a Dane or Nor
wegian out of Jims pet heavyweight.
It seems a number of the oldest
settlers in Milaca, Minn., have de-
i(k‘ij that Gunboat is a member of an
m-ient family named Eckblad. They
,.\( seen Gunboat's picture in the
{ papers, and they are not to be denied.
They have heard that Gunboat has
iici’i* affidavit that he is not the
(i they are after, but they look
I : mii tliis a* nroof as strong as Holy
\ i t tiML he is really the guilty party.
! . y believe \t is the proud and
.g.itv EckblaT spirit, with which
.< \ ure so well acquainted, that is
, img Gunboat from admitting that
u. v <ii the ancient family could en-
- in anything so sordid and sav*
, s boxings
Pester Manager Buckley.
They are pestering Buckley with
. assuring him that it is not a
i ■ «»f mistaken identity, and urging
i.n t«i bring tile Gunner to Milaca,
Mat the fatted calf may be killed
uni bonfires lighted on the head
lands.
‘Wouldn’t that get your alpaca?”
>uul Buckley, flourishing the most re
in' communication received from the
.Milaca folks. “Why, Gunboat is. not
• ■ ended from the Norsemen by a
long shat. His ancestors usen’t put
h sea in them canoes with big fig
ureheads. No, sir, they handled pikes
in the Irish rebellion.
When this talk of Gunboat being a
Norwegian, or whatever it is, first
ame up, I went to Philadelphia to
"k up the Tecord of his birth. And
here I found that Smith's father was
n Irishman named Smyth, and his
mother an Irish lady named Mary
Campbell. Gunboat himself was born
in Philadelphia, so that those good-
natured but misguided folks in Min
nesota are barking up the wrong
tree.”
incidentally, Gunboat himself isn’t
perturbed in the slightest over the
muddle. He considers it a good joke.
"He’ll be different after I've taKen
him on a tour of Ireland and have
•shown him the green hills where his
forefathers dwelt,” sard Buckley.
Then he’ll take pride in the fact that
he's Irish and will object to being
oiled anything else.”
English Boxing on Wane.
It’s a ticklish subject to tackle, but
just the same there’s food for thought
• s the fact that Georges Carpentier,
'he best fighter- in France, has de
feated Bombardier Wells, the best
lighter in England, for the second
time.
It’s a notably sad commentary on
die pugilistic status of Great Britain,
'or the country referred to is the
r.idle of ring sport, where as it was
•o' a few years ago when “Johnnie
I'rapaud” was believed to know noth
ing of jolts and uppercuts with the
m j.tion of such as were delivered
"'ith the feet.
It certainly is not a case of—
"111 fairs the land, to hastening ills a
prey,
Wh r. wealth accumulates and men
decay.”
1 '■ the wealth isn’t evenly enough
distributed in the tight little isle to
'M i- energies to flag No, sir, the
[ inch of necessity is sharp enough in
England to keep the faculties keyed
U P in all lines of competition, and
toat’s what renders the situation less
case to understand.
Neither can it be that boxing has
‘•Mguished through want of recog-
r 'iti<<n and support, for England is
cue country where men in high places
" ite the fostering of manly art,
n<l w here, in the army and navy, at
rate, Queensbury tourneys are
1 ' d at stated intervals.
Cling to Old Notions.
Whatever the cau-e of England’s
mw rating as a pugilistic power at
H’f-sent, it seems as though it is a
Question on which “The Thunderer”
r The Daily Mail might invite cor-
'espondenee. We, for one, would like
!o _ ;< ee the subject threshed out by
bunking men who are on the ground.
In this connection a noted English
"•ting authority said not so long
• fm that what militated against lat-
' ' • y English pugilists was the fact
!n 'U they were too academic in their
notions, and that what held good in
| dug a quarter of a century ago
Vas j of no avail now.
No less a personage than the no
torious Jack Johnson once said:
If Jem Mace were living to-day
3n d battling up to his best standard
" would have his head knocked from
ms shoulders in a couple of rounds.”
Ns the straight left was the best
® Pr °w in the Mace quiver, and as
jockey McFarland and Jimmy Clab-
1 two exponents of the straight
‘ r k lead the successful U xers of to-
it isn’t easy to see that John-
ns argument was sound.
what’s the matter with British
Pugilists, anyway?
Bob Perry Winner
Of 300-Mile Motor
Race in Savannah
SAVANNAH. GA.. Dec. 27.—Bob
Perry, of Urbana, Ill., Excelsior, rep
resenting the manufacturer, won the
300-mile Grand Prize Race over the
old Vanderbilt course here to-day.
His time was 5:22:8. This was at
the rate of nearly a mile a minute
for the entire 300 miles.
C. H. Sudduth, of Bluffton, Ind.,
turned a complete somersault in the
first lap, but stayed in the race.
George Porter, of Savannah, broke a
leg In the third lap. G. C. Adams,
of Savannah, suffered a broken ankle
In the fourth lap.
RACING
RESULTS
THE OUTFIELD
Dave Robertson Is One of Nine
Gardeners to Try for Regu
lar Job in 1914.
BESCHER SURE OF A BERTH
Burns Also Appears to Have a
Strangle Hold on Place in
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Steal Away,
106 (Sumter), 50, 20, 10, won; Mol-
sant, 111 (Nathan), 9-2, 2, even, sec
ond; Henotic, 111 (Frasch), 5, 5-2,
4-5, third. Time, 1:17 1-5. Judge
Monck, Eaton, Auto Maid, Terra
Blanco, l^ady Orimar, Bertis, Gag-
nant, Theo Cook also ran.
SECOND—Five and one-half fur
longs: Miss Gayle, 108 (Obert), 4,
8-5, 9-10, won; Bulgarian, 106 (Tur
ner), 16, 5, 3, second; Harebell, 103
(McTaggart), 9, 8-5, 3-5, third. Time,
1:10. Laura, Trade Mark, Lady In
nocence Squealer, Ruby Hyams also
ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Viley, 106
(Neander), 10, 4, 2, won; Hearthstone,
109 (Deronde), 15, 6, 5-2, second; Pre
mier, 111 (Turner), 4, 8-5, 4-5, third.
Time, 1:16 3-5. Daddy Gip, Sylves-
tris, John Marrs, Pluvious, Bat Mas-
terson also ran.
FOURTH—Mile and 20 yards:
Feather Duster, 107 (Buxton), 2, 7-10,
out, won; Linbrook, 100 (McCahe**),
20, 10, 2, second; Colonel Ashmeade,
108 (Turner), 2, 1, 2-5, third. Time,
1:48 2-5. Craokerbox, Duquesne, Mer
ry Lad also ran.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Monocacy,
fl2 (Buxton), 1-2, 1-5, out, won; Cop-
pertown, 110 (Pickett), 7, 2, 7-10, sec
ond; Deduction, 114 (McCahey), 8, 2,
7-10, third. Time, 1:16 2-5. Yenghee,
Robert Bradley, Royal Tea also ran.
(SIXTH—Mile: Frank Hudson, 110
(McTaggart), 13-10, 3-5, 1-5, won;
Toddling. 104 (Ward), 10, 3, even,
second; Earl of Savoy, 105 (Deronde),
12-5, 3-5, 1-4, third. Time, 1:43 4-5.
Also ran: Mattie L., Harcuurt, Jim
Gaffney, Queen, Tom Holland.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Fool of For
tune, 103 (Moore), 15, 6-5, 5-2, won;
General Warren, 93 (Neylon), 4-5, 1-4
McGraw Outfit.
J
By Damon Runyon.
)HN J. M’GRAW has gone into the
outfielder business on a consid
erable scale. With the acquisi
tion of Robert Bescher, the speed
marvel, the Giant leader has one of
the largest stocks of right, left and
center fielders in the big leagues.
A recent Invoice discloses the fol
lowing nine gardeners: Fred Snod
grass, John J. Murray, George Burns.
Robert Bescher, Dave Robertson,
James Thorpe, Claude Cooper,
“Sweet” Piez, Joe Harrison.
If necessary, Mr. McGraw can put
none but outfielders op guard. Be
sides the parties named above, he
has Arthur Shafer, who is an out
fielder or a third baseman, accord
ing to circumstances. Then there is
young Mr. Merritt, who has been
farmed out to Sir Mique Finn at
Memphis for future reference, and
there is also Mr. Theodore Goulait,
who has also been turned over to
Sir Mique for conversion from a wild
and woolly hurler to an outfielder.
Otherwise. John J. McGraw is just
about half out of gardeners.
It is said that Mike Donlin, now
engaged in touring the world with
Mr. McGraw, is to be employed as a
pinch hitter, vice Handsome M. Mc
Cormick, resigned. Mr. Donlin is an
outfielder at heart. Whatever may
happen to the Giants in 1914, it is
likely that there will always be some
one around to pursue the festive fly
balls.
Bescher as a Regular.
It is practically certain that Bobby
Bescher will be a regular, and there
Here's Chicly Evans, Greatest Amateur
Golfer, Finishing a Tremendous Drive
This famous golfer is spend
ing a few days in Atlanta as
the guest of George Adair, and
is laying on local courses.
Capt. Weaver Plans
Ten-Hour Walking
Match for Atlanta
Captain Homer Weaver is planning e
ten-hour walking match at the Audi
torium-Armory during the latter part of
January. He is busy these days trying
to line up the best pedestrians in the
South, and if he is successful will sure
ly stage the event.
In reviving this old sport Captain
Weaver is to T>e congratulated. It is one
of the cleanest and most exciting events
when properly run ever held. It is sure
to prove a howling success under the
able management of the genial captain.
Frank Baker Wins
Over Jeff Gaffney
In 15-Round Bout
Frank Baker, the clever featherweight,
returned from Savannah last night,
where he shaded Jeff Gaffney in a fast
15-round bout. Although Frank was
forced to give away several pounds, he
had little trouble in piling up a big
margin on points. No decision was ren
dered.
Baker is anxious to meet some boy
here in the semi-wind-up to the Whit-
ney-Welsh fight on January 6.
PHIL RAYMOND TO MICHIGAN.
SAGINAW, MICH., Dec. 27.—Phil
Raymond, the 170-pound plunging full
back and punter of the Arthur Hill
football eleven, is going to Michigan,
but he will not be eligible for the var
sity eleven until three years. Raymond
is going to take another year’s work at
Arthur Hill and then enter the uni
versity. He is 18 years old and with
two more years’ growth before he is
eligible should be a great candidate for
Maulbetsch’s position.
out, second; Stevesta," 110 (Kirsch-1 Is little chance tor any one to beat
baum), 5, 8-5, 4-5, third. Time. 1:13.
Rip Van Winkle, Auntie Curl, Ada
Kennedy, Round Up, Tom Knight.
Harwood also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Ask Ma,
105 (Ford), 8-5, 7-10, 2-5, won; Nifty,
105 (Robbins), 6, 2, even, second;
Lady Rilley, 105 (Riddle). 8, 3, 3-2,
third. Time, 1:12 4-5. Also ran: Am
ity, Daylight, Zenotek, John Hart.
THIRD—Five and half furlongs:
Herpes. 105 (Feeney). 3, even, 1-2,
won; Commendation, 110 (O’Brien), 7,
5-2, even, second; Zulu, 109 (McMar-
tin), 4, 6-5, U-S, third. Time, 1:06.
Christmas Daisy, Blaze B, Nila, Ed B
and King Elk also ran.
FOURTH—Six furlongs: Royal Dol
ly, 105 (Kirschbaum), 9-2, 2, even,
first; Parlor Boy, 110 (Benton), 3,
even, 1-2, second; Mack B. Eubanks,
105 (Groth), 6, 2, even, third. Time.
1:12. Seneca, Amon, Gold Finn, New
Haven and Uncle Ben also ran.
ENTRIES
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—All ages, purse $300, selling. 6
furlongs: Silicic 112, El Fall 112. Floral
Crown 115. xLady 'Orimar 107. Ada 97, l
xAl Jones 95, Question Mark 112, xWillis
106, Concurran 115.
SECOND—Two-year-olds, purse $300,
selling, 5 furlongs: Mike Cohen 100, xEI
Mahdi 110, Belle Terre 103, Sonny Boy
112, xDalley Waters 104. A1 Jones 103,
Single Ray 103. xBelle of Normandy 95,
Bulgar 109, xMiss Roseburg 95, Charles
Cannell 106, xl^ady Innocence 98, xMar-
tin Lou 98.
THIRD—All ages, purse $450, selling
handicap, mile: Merry Lad 108, Cock-
spur 104, Col. Cook 110. Kinmundy 110,
Jabot 105, Servicence 104. Mycenar 104.
Napier 98, Earl of Savoy 102.
FOURTH—Meggett handicap, all ages,
purse $450. 6 furlongs: xCelesta 106,
Tarts 115, Samuel R. Meyer 113, Carlton
G. 109, L. H. Adair 104. Lochiel 106,
Shackleton 108, Old Ben 98.
FrFTH—All ages, purse $300. selling.
6 furlongs: Lord Weils 115. Stelcliff 112,
Sherlock Holmes 115, .John Marrs 112,
xAnn Tilly 107. Right Easy 111, xAgnler
111, Correopais 112, Pluvious 115, Else
where 112.
SIXTH — All ages, purse $300, selling,
mile and 20 yards: xCutlan 109. xMi-
chael Angelo 112. xCaraquet 94. xCamel
112, Puck 114. xPatty Regan 89. xJudge
Monck 109, Barn Dance 114. Roisseau
114, Woodcraft 114, Schaller 112.
xApprentlce allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track slow.
JUAREZ ENTRIES.
FIRST-- Selling. 2-year-olds, 6 fur
longs: xEd Luce 97, xTheodorita 100,
Requiram 103. Paw 105. Christiphine
105 xSosius 105. xGipsy Love 106. Lillian
K. 107. Sir Harry 110.
SECOND—Selling. 3-year-olds and up,
mile: xRetcnte 94, xColl 97. xMlaml
97, xMary Emily 97. Marie Coghill 97,
Jack Jaxson 102, Free Will 102, Lord
Elam 102, Dutch Rock 111.
THIRD—All ages, Puebla Handicap,
7 furlongs: Osaple 92. Transparent 93,
Voladay, Jr.. 98. Truly 102 Mannasseh
103. John Reardon 110. Mlmoroso 112,
xxDorothy Dean 103. xxInjury 116.
xxJ. W. Fuller entry.
FOURTH—Two-year-olds, the Texas
Futurity 6 furlongs: Meshach 108. Dr.
Baily 10$, Little Will 110,* xxxJaniel 110,
xxxProspero Son 113, Manganese 117,
Redpath 118.
xxxH. A. Beckham entry.
FIFTH—Selling. 3-year-olds and up,
5(4 furlongs: xLittle Birdie 98, xParnell
Girl 100 Tildy Wolffarth 100. Peter
Grimm 102. Visible 105, Vernice Rico
105. Eva Pad wick 105. Little Jane 105,
xOrimar Lad 107, Bright Stone 107,
Ramsv 108 Edmond Adams 108. Ilex
111, Doc Allen 112, Sir Alvescott 112.
SIXTH—Selling. 3-year-olds and up,
mile and a quarter: CorcTie F 97, Sir
John 101, xKelsetta 101. Sugar Lump
. 103.
xApprentlce allowance.
J Weather clear; track fast.
George Burns out of his job. Mc
Graw regi rds the St. Johnsville boy
as one of the greatest youngsters
that has come into the big league in
years.
In all the recent talk of Giant
trades it was noticeable that the
name of John J. Murray was never
mentioned, so it would appear that
the “Rifle of Right Field” will be
on the job in the shade of the big
bull sign next season.
Fred Snodgrass is apparently the
gent who is entitled to worry. There
is no doubt that the Californian was
offered in some of the recent Giant
dickers for other players, but as none
of the proposed trades in which his
name figured were carried out, Snod
grass will probably be retained. Mc
Graw has always had a mighty hign
opinion of Fred, and the black-haired
native son has the advantage over a
left of players in that he can switch
around and play in various positions
very well.
He is not a bad first baseman by
any means, and he may eventually
wind up there. However, he has not
yet been beaten out of his center-
field job, so it is a little early to spec
ulate on his future.
Robertson Has Chance.
Davy Robertson, the Southern
slugger, must also be conceded a good
chance for a regular job on the
Giants, if he can hit anywhere near
ag well in the big league as he hit
with Mobile last year. Davy was
originally a left-handed pitcher, and
it is said that his hurling arm has
entirely recovered from a football in
jury that destroyed Robbie’s pitching
effectiveness, but it would take a lot
of sensational twirling to offset the
ability to hit above .300 and steal
more than 50 bases on the run of a
season.
McGraw is notoriously averse to
using a youngster Inexperienced in
big league wiles as a regular, how
ever, so Davy will probably just be
carried along for seasoning for at
least a year, and his position will be
determined later.
Jim Thorpe's status seems to have
been definitely settled in McGraw’s
mind. James is an outfielder, or he
is nothing. It is said that the cele
brated Indian is developing rapidly
on the world tour, and he may have
to he considered In the springtime
battle for regular situations. As for
Claude Cooper, it seems likely that he
will be filed away somewhere In the
sticks for seasoning, if McGraw can
get him out of the league. Harrison
and Piez are probably in Claude’s
class In that respect, but you never
can tell.
Though he Is rich in outfielders,
McGraw is almost poverty-stricken n
point of inflelders. The passing of
Herzog leaves him with only Eddie
Grant and Milton Stock for utility
purposes, and Milton has not yet
demonstrated that he is a big leaguer.
There have been rumors that Eddie
is to be sent to Mique Finn at Mem
phis. Anyway, McGraw will prob
ably dig up another infielder of expe
rience as soon as he gets back.
There is a difference of opinion
among the fans regarding the trade
with Cincinnati. Some think Mc
Graw got a shade the worst of it,
while others believe he stung Gari
baldi Herrmann. Working as a reg
ular. Hartley may turn out to be a
marvel, but McGraw has enough
catchers without him, and there
seemed little prospect that Grover
would ever hit enough to displace the
others. Meyers has spoiled McGraw
for anything but a slugging back
stop, and that is the reason he has
taken on Elmer Johnson, of Omaha,
a heavy-footed fellow, but a mights
walloper.
Evans is play
ing in top-notch
form these days
and is giving
local players,
including such
cracks as Mr.
Adair and
Stewart
Maiden, the
Athletic Club's
professional, a
merry time. Ke
is a wonderful
driver, plays an
excellent iron
marvel with
shot, and is a
the mashie.
Evans is very
popular in At
lanta. He
trained here a
few years ago
for the open
championship
of France. He
won that tour
nament and de
clared after
ward that his
great victory
was due to the
fine “prep
ping” he had
at the East
Lake course.
BUI STRICT,
OF KID
Success of the Developer of Pitchers
for the National League Cham
pions Lies in the Pact That He
Knows How to Cheer Up Squad.
^ I SHE best baseball
| this country is Bi
Kilbane Eager to
Knock Out Attell
CLEVELAND. Dec. 27.—'When Feath
erweight Champion Johnny Kilbane
starts training for his 20-round bout
with Abe Attell, slated for San Fran
cisco. February 22. he will use the
heavy hag more than ever before, for
he means to train for hard hitting, es
pecially with a view to winning a de
cisive victory over the ex-champion.
He is determined to stop Abe within
the limit.
There is no question about Kilbane s
ail around improvement since bis last
session with Attell. He is stronger, and
has much more confidence in himself.
He realizes that he can hit hard when
the occasion demands it, and, being
familiar with Abe’s style and general
ability, he knows that he has nothing
to fear in the coming contest.
This does not mean that Johnny will
sacrifice his speed for hitting power,
nor will he take any foolish chances.
He knows Attell is a crafty general,
dangerous at every stage of battle, lie
outboxed the former champion before
and can do It again, and he means to
send full steam into his blows in the
coming bout.
Archer Mistook Auto
Radiator for Rabbit
Jim Archer is the "goat’' In the cham
pion hunting story of the season. The
Cub catcher leads all competitors in the
•’Mistaken” league. His unerring aim
and erring judgment put him and his
fellow huntsmen in a fine fix. dim was
hunting recently in the vicinity of
Boone, Iowa. With some friends he
motored into the country and, coming
upon a likely looking spot, left the ear
to pick up a few rabbits. After prowl
ing around in the brush for a while
Archer thought he saw a cotton tail.
He gave the object both barrels, then
saw his mistake.
For some unexplainable reason he
had mistaken the auto for a rabbit.
The shot pierced the radiator in a dozen
places Long after darkness fell Archer
and his companions were busy whittling
match-size pieces of wpod to plug up
the sieve-like radiator, previous to mak
ing a start for home. Archer deserves
p prize for a perfect imagination.
HENRY TO COACH AT HOCKEY.
AMHERST. MASS., Dec. 27 John
Henry, catcher of the Washington
American League baseball team, has
been appointed coach of the Amherst
hockey team Henry, who was grad
uated from Amherst in lt'10. was promi
nent as a hockey player while in col
lege.
Hugh Jennings Was [Tommy Murphy Is
Hot After Manager Only Real Vet Left
Berth in Brooklyn
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. It leaked out
during the National League meeting in
New York that Hughey Jennings, man
ager of the Detroit team, of the Amer
ican League, came within an ace of
landing the Jot) as manager of the
Brooklyn team.
The*story goes that Jennings got the
idea that if lie were badly wanted in
the National League Detroit would let
him go. Hence he made certain under
ground overtures to Charles 11. Ebbets.
The Brooklyn president was willing to
hear what he had to say, and Jennings
telephoned him from Manhattan that he
would visit Ebbets Field right away. He
hung up before he could be choked off.
What made the situation embarrass
ing for Ebbets was that in the office at
the time was Bill Dahlen, who had not
been officially informed that he was to
go, and who entertained hopes that he
would be reappointed. Ebbets slipped
the word to Ed McKeever, who was also
present, and McKeever headed off Jen
nings. Ed proved a good scout, and
held up Jennings, who was ih an auto
mobile. They went to a restaurant and
talked business. That talk continued on
and off for ten days.
Meanwhile, Manager John J. McCraw,
of the Giants, is said to have been
tipped off about Jennings’ negotiations,
and to have determined to put Wilbert
Robinson in his berth. Wherefore, says
the story, McGraw and Robinson faked
a quarrel and McGraw released Robin
son, so he would be at liberty to bor-
gain with any club that might need a
manager. Ebbets heard that Robbie
was a free agent and made a deal which
put Robinson in charge of the Dodgers
for next year.
BOYS ON LONG “HIKE. - '
CHICAGO. Dec. 27.—Three Chicago
boys will start Monday morning early
on a walk from this city to San Fran
cisco. Their names are Lou Myers. Ed
ward Kane and William Kane. They
expect to complete the trip in seven
months.
When one recalls that Tommy Mur
phy has seen three champions in his
division come and go it begins to dawn
on you just how Wonderful a fighter
the little Harlem lightweight has been.
Tommy was fighting when Joe Gans
was champion, and lie saw Bat Nelson
and Ad Wolgast win and lose the title,
ami still he is in the game and many
believe fighting better than ever.
Murphv was in the ring when Young
Corbett. Jimmy Britt, Eddie Hanlon,
Benny Yanger and scores of other great
fighters were in their prime, yet he
alone remains of the lot to-day. And
during all those years he never got the
opportunity to fight for the lightweight
title. True, Tommy was a feather
weight during the first half dozen years
of his ring career, but even at that
time he never had the chance to get to
the top.
FEDS MAY GET DENVER STAR.
LINCOLN, NEBR., Dec. 27.—Third
Baseman Quillin, of the Denver pen
nant winners, in the Western League,
has declared he will jump to the Chi
cago Federals unless he is pedmitted to
play next year with the Lincoln club.
prospect in
Brooklyn, and
if I ever get a chance to
handle a club, that's the one I’ll pick.”
When Wilbert Robinson made that
remark one day near the end of last
season it ought to have tipped us off
that there was something in the wind,
writes Bozeman Bulger, the Eastern
baseball expert, but he followed it up
by saying: "And I believe Bill Dah
len will have a good club there yet if
they let him alone."
Though he has acted in the capaci
ty of captain of several teams. “Bob
by,” until now, never had a chance
to realize his one ambition. He al
ways has wanted to be a manager—
to see if his theories would work out
when put on a practical basis.
In one respect Robinson has an
advantage over all the managers, and
it was for that particular ability that
McGraw first engaged him. This fa
mous old catcher, by a kindly tap on
the shoulder of a player or that
straightforward look out of the eyes,
can do more to keep a lot of young
athletes in the proper spirit for play
ing than all the rules for discipline
put together. He Is not a disciplina
rian in the sense that McGraw and
Frank Ghance are. They have a way
of making a player fee! sheepish for
having played had ball, while “Rob-
by” condoles with him and then sud
denly makes him forget it.
“Bobby” had been going South with
the Giants for two wrings before he
was really engaged as a coach. His
engagement came about in a peculiar
way and by accident It so happened
that T was entrusted with the mes
sage that brought him to the Giants
in times of trouble.
Giants Needed “Robby” in 1911.
In the fall of 1911. when the Giants
had gone West on their last trip with
a chance to win the pennant, they
had played so hard at Pittsburg that
their uniforms were torn to shreds
from sliding and their nerves were on
raw edgf*. McGraw was alarmed.
They had Just lost the first game to
the Cubs and the nervous strain had
been so great that they suddenly
flunked.
“The man we need right now is old
‘Robby,’ ” said McGraw, In the hotel
lobby one morning. “I told Latham
to wire him to come over and take
the rest of the trip with us. He’d put
this gang in good humor.”
About that time Latham walked by
and McGraw asked him if he had sent
the message.
“I left it here last night with the
clerk,” said Latham.
"Well, I bet he didn’t get it,” re
plied McGraw. “He hasn’t answered.
Say. you newspaper boys, go and fix
up a message to him. will you?”
The gang got together and we put
a little more in the telegram than
McGraw had suggested. It read thus:
“Come on first train and go in for
the big finish. Team Is about to go
to pieces through worry. Come along
and help straighten out their nerves.
They won’t even play poker.”
We signed McGraw’s name to the
message and “Bobby’s” smiling face
wag in Chicago within 24 hours.
Helped Giants Win Flag.
“What’S the matter with you,
Chief?” he said to Meyers, w’ho was
looking very drawn. "You are work
ing too hard. Now', out out this
training and come with me.” He
thereupon took the Chief to the bar
and make him take a hooker of bran
dy. He then escorted him to a show.
Noticing that Marquard was in the
dumps, he also took him along, after
giving him, on the quiet, a bottle of
ale. The next morning “Robby”
started a pool tournament, and** at
noon took Fred Snodgrass and I‘Ted
Merkel out to look at some new
styles In clothes.
Within another 24 hours the Giants
were like a lot of schoolboys. They
forgot their troubles .and won the
third game. After that it was a
triumphal journey all the way back to
New York—a romp every minute.
Bobby’s wonderful personality and
chummy ways had done the trick. So
appreciative were the boys of his ef
forts that they gave him a good big
chunk of their World’s Series prize
money. After that “Robby” was per
suaded to give up his business in
Baltimore and stay with the club all
the time.
“Robby” has other good traits aside
from his ability to keep the athletes
in the proper spirit. For Instance, ho
Is the inventor of the portable homo
plate, which he sincerely believes has
done more to help wild pitchers than
anything in baseball. He had a thin
piece of rubber cut tlie exact size and
made the same color as a home plate.
This he rolled up and carried in his
pocket, except when a youngster was
warming up. As the fan knows, Mar-
guard was very wild for a time. He
would pitch all right in practice, but
when ii came to pitching over the
plate he would go wrong again.
Great Trainer of Hurlers.
“Robby” took his patent home plate
out in a corner of the field every
morning, and, no matter where Mar-
quard warmed up, he had to pitch
over that plate. When the season
started the Rube had as good control
as anybody. After that every young
pitcher had to pitch over that plate
until “Robby” was satisfied he had
control.
During the spring training reason
his system is to take four or five
pitchers out and warm them up si
multaneously. They all take turn
about throwing the ball. In the meal
time McGraw has a practice gamo
going on the diamond, with a change
of pitcher every two innings. As soon
as “Robby” has a pitcher going right
he motions to McGraw- and the young
fellow Is sent to the box. In that way
the whole squad is worked into a reg
ular game. But if one of them fails
to get control that day, he Is not al
lowed to pitch to the batters unitl he
does get it.
Charley Ebbets made a wise move
in getting Robinson as manager. He
is old enough not to be antagonistic
to the young fellows, and his knowl
edge of the game Is so well known
that the players will respect it. Tn
other words, when he tells them a
thing, they will realize that he knows
what he is talking about. In this
respect Jake Daubert would not have
found the going easy.
It is a peculiar coincidence that
neither Hughey Jennings nor Wilbert
Robinson, though great stars in their
days, was lucky enough to get the
management of a club until after they
had been out of the big league ceveral
years.
Uhlan Makes Last
Public Appearance
Uhlan. 1:58, holder of the world's
record and the only trotter that has
beaten 2:01 without the aid of a wind
shield. lias made his last public ap
pearance in harness, according to re
ports from I^exington, Ky.. where ho
trotted a mile with running mate in
1:54%.
His owner, C K. G. Billings, of New
York, has decided it is said, to retire
him from the trotting turf and here
after use him as a saddle horse.
Uhlan Is a big. strong, handsome
fine fronted black gelding, with riding
shoulders, a strong back, plenty of ac
tion and a disposition which should
make him almost a model horse for the
saddle.
Uhlan is nine years old. and, begin
ning as a four-year-old. the gelding has
made marks that can not be appreciated
to the full extent at this time.
The more important world’s records
credited to Uhlan are:
Record—Hitch. (Age.
Time.
J 4-mile- sulky
9
27
Vfe-mile—wagon
7
:56 *4,
One mile—sulky
8
1:56
One mile wagon
8
2:00
Mile (trot, mate) wagon..
8
2:03V2
Mile (run mate) wagon...
9
1:54*4.
.Mile <% in. tr.)—sulky
7
2:02 s*
4-year-old gelding—Bulky..
4
2:07
5-year-old gelding—sulky..
5
2:02'*
Gelding in race-sulky
5
2:03
Two-heat by gelding-sulky
5
(2:03 Va
(2:049*
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