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SPEAKING OF THE BASEBALL WAR RAGING, GEN. SHERMAN HAD THE RIGHT DOPE
| Willie Ritchie Admits He Was Beaten, but Says the Pictures Showe That He Won. Whad’ye Mean, Won?
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Officials Predict That Entrants forl
the Many Different Events ‘
Will Reach 10,000. ‘
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THLETICS at the Panama-Pa-
A cific International Exposition
promise to be the greatest ever
held in the history of the world Tne
program which is being arranged by
the exposition offic iale is the most
gigantic ever attempted by an expo- ‘
gition, country, assoclation or group.
The total number of entries which
will be received and the number of
athletes who will compete promise to
exceed by far the number of entries
which have been recelved for any n
ternational meeting, not even except
ing the modern Olvmpic games, The
exposition afficials predict that the
number of entries received will be at
least 10,000
At the convention of the Amateur
Athletie Union of the United Stales
held in New York City during No
vember, 1913, it was unanimously
voted to award all of its national
championships to the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition These
champlonships are the blue-ribbon
events of the athletic world
A Modern Pentathlon.
The International Olympic Commit
tee, which controls all Olympic games,
recognizes just what the Panama-}Pa
cifie International Exposition will do
for sport throughout the world, and
has conferred upon the exposition the
right to hold the modern Pentathlon,
which is the first time that it has
been awarded outside of the Olyfpic
pAames, l
For the first time America 18 to
have the Decathlon, one of the classle
events that were the features of the
Gireclan and Swedish Olymplic games
The famous Marathon race, which
originated In Greece centuries ago,
will he rerun, with the greatest long
distance men in the world as com
petitors.
The exposition will bring together
for the second time In the history of
the United States the strong men o
the world, who will compete In the
dumb-heil and welght-lifting contests
Every city of the United States tha!
maintains playground activities will
be extended an invitation to send o
team to demonstrate the type of
work being done for the boys of
America. Representation 18 also ex ‘
pected from every public school ath
letic league in the United States.
Week of Irish Sports.
1t is planned to devote a week to
Irish sports and pastimes, consisting
of tootball, dancing, hurling and ath
lotics. Swedish gvmnasties and ati
leties will probably be glven a weex,
and it is expected that Germany will
send to the exposition a team to glve
an exhibition of the German type of
gymnastic work Arrangements are
now being made to have the German
Turners exploit their type of mass
work and exhibition drills.
Special endeavors are now being
made through the Secretary of War
to have assigned to San Francisco for
competition during army week de
tachments from every fort in the
United States It is planned to have
‘try-out in the diiferent military
gections f the ountr te select the
most expert The program for .\rnvyl
week will be made up of drills, exhi
bitions and competitions
During navy week it is planned to
ATTrang: nternational contests he- |
tween the crews ¢ foreign n\\»\\-ul
and our owr Just what the final
program will consist of will depe mll
upon the time f arrival and mobil
zation of the different battleships In
the harbor
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Jump, Says Gilmore
BALTIMOR] fuly 18 —President
James G re f the Federal League,
{s authorit) wrin statement that
Honus lLobert f the Phillies, will play
thire £y the Baltimore Terrapins |
next ye 1l ficials would |
nake r mment last night on the an
sla ) er 1 Quakers |s naat
\vorably disposed toward the new
eague J
Chinese Qui 1
shinese Quit Pony
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ORIB familiar sight on the streets of
oenix a een driven X of
he discoverad that S poR s
vegelable man was being Infringed upo
Ly the faster teams of the city market
men, he went his petitors one het
ter by purchasing a Wilhy ittty truck
& Lee Len drives the truck on daily
nown as &af the Mmost Drosperons
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STUDEBAKER AT EXPOSITION
_Space of 5,000 square feet has been
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the Pan-American Exposition for ar
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Cqmme;gialig}l Rules Baseball
Sifle @ Loagoes MEWON
Meyers Suggests Peace Treaty
By ‘“Chief’’ Meyers.
(Star Catcher of Champion Giants.)
66 HAT'S the trouble with
W baseball this season?”
This came from an ener
getic fan the other day, 1 say en
ergetic because he uses as much
physical energy in rooting for the
(ilante as any other man I have ever
known.
“It seems to me {t's an off year in
more ways than one,” he continued
“There is an atmosphere of unrest in
the grandstands, an apparent discon
tent among the players, an over
abundarnce of form reversals and a
shocking falling off in attendance. Is
it all due to the invaslon of the Fed
eral League?"
“The Federal l.eague is hut ane of
the results,” was my anawer to the
fan. "“The cause I 8 too much com
mercialism.”
And I'll tell you what T meant by
my answer.
Baseball, In go far as Mr. Fan is
concerned, is a sport. Mr. Far foots
all the hills of the game by the ad
mission fee which he pays at the
gate, and he is interested in baseball
only as a sport, and 18 entitled to have
it gerved up to him as such
The intrusion of the commercial end
of the game {8 objectionable to him,
when the sporting end {8 the loser
thereby. In other words, Mr. Fan
pays his money to see bhaseball, and
the best hrand of baseball. If this is
Players Use Mercenary Spirit
To the Detriment of Baseball
IT can all be traced back tc the
greed of the magnate, but the
greed of the player, which followed,
is hardly the lesser evil. The seeds ni"
Murphyism had borne their abomina- |
ble harvest long hefore Murphy was
forced out of baseball. And many of
the playera have caught the mercena
ry spirit and are using it to tholr!
private advantage and the detriment
of the game. |
Into this breach of dlscontent the!
Federal League thrust {tself, and the
breach was widened. Organized baso
ball, jealous of its long-enjoyved mo
nopoly, declared war on the new
comer, and the player seized the op
portunity to demand war prices for
his wares. On all sides it ils a case of
extremes. There {8 no neutral ground.
Treaty Only Remedy.
The remedy is simpla. It is a mat
ter of getting together by those, an
equitable adjustment of the differ
ences, the signing of a peace treaty
which will accord to each his rights
Also this agreement must guaran
tee the right of others, Including Mr
I'an, Neither the magnate nor the
player has anything to lose by such
action. In truth, it means thelr sal
vation,
And such action {s not so dificult
as it might appear. Concesslons could
be made graciously by all concerned.
But as long as selfishness and stub
bornness and bias are the ruling ele
ments there can bhe no compromise,
and the game will continue to suffer
Mr. Fan does not object to the ad
vent of the Federals, and this i 5 .ne
good thing for organized baseball to
remember. He welcomes any organi
zation which gives promise of fur
nishing a standard brand of the
gama. He will patronize that league
which givea him what he wants.
‘Comiskey Acknowled |
comiskey Acknowltedges
Federal Raid Has Hurt
: eaera ait as fur
) Baseball receipts have fallen off heavily and three major leagues
lig vear will make less monev than two did last year., 'i‘h:s statement
{ was made recently by Charles A. Uomiskey, president of the Chicag) (
5 Americans. Comiskey declared that the public was weary of the wran
{ glings and contract-jumping talk and of the emphasis on salaries, which
. had thrown into the background the sporting features of the pastime
“Minor leagues will suffer the same as the majors” said Comiskey
2 “1t {8 all due to contract jumping and the demoralized condition of the
players. There is no use trying to hide the true state of affairs The
public sees the true condition of the game, even more quickly than the
players. It has been the plavers, alded and abetted by club owners and
their agents, who have brought bageball to the condition prevailing at the
present time
‘lt there is room for three lea~ues, well and good The gate re
ceipts will tell the story. The plavers have a right to get more money
if they can, but not at the expense of their consciences in jumping their ¢
Contracts, {
“It is not so much a question of losing money as It is of keeping ¢
»up the standard of the game If that is lowered the public will de- !
! sert it"™ }
AAR A i A s i e S S A o b B A i sel
Nicolls May Never
Play Golf Again
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 18~
Gilbert Nicolls, the professional goifer
of Wilmington and former Metropolitan
titleholder, may never be able to play
golf again X-ray photographs taken
at the hospital where he has been con- .
fined since last Sunday as the resuli of
a motor car accident, show that @is
right kneecap is split
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Pitcher Ainsworth
FORT WAYNE. IND, July 18 Earl
Afnsworth, pitcher on the Fort Wayne
Cewn~al League club, at one time a
membe of the Bodton American League
team, has undergone an operation for
appendicitis at a local Thospital 3N
probably will be out of the game for|
the remainder of the season.
not glven him, he becomes o disin
terested that he finds other things
more entertaining than a visit to the
ball parks.
Also Mr. Fan i very fickle, He has
been known more than once to trans
fer his allegiance. But this s his
privilege, because baseball belongs 1o
him and he can do with his own as he
sees fit,
He may be on such terms of inti
macy with Mr. Michael Donlin as (0
address him from the grandstand as
Mike. But this same fan is most cer
tainly more interested in seeing the
game Mr. Donlin make good as a
pinch hitter or in right fleld than ae
{s in the figures of Mr. Donlin's sai
ary, and the same thing applies to
me and every other player in the
league.
Baseball is too big to be seriously
affected by the conditions responsible
for its present state. It may be re
tarded for years, but it is bound 9
come into its own again, and the only
sufferers will be the manager and the
player. And they will have no one Lo
blame but themselves.
It is true, there is an apparent lack
of baseball interest on the part of the
public, which manifests itself in de
creased attendance at the games. 'Ot
course, there have been big crowds on
some of the days this season, but
these have been few. There is a de
pression in the baseball mz ket. The
artistic end of the game is overbal
anced by the commercial end, and Mr.
Fan is interested only In the artistic
end.
Neither does he object to a reason
able profit for the magpate who
finances the sport, nor is he particu
larly interested in the wage of the
player. But he does object to the
continued wrangling and everything
eise which interferes with the quality
of baseball, whether it be the avarice
of the club owner or the excesslve de
mands of the man on the diamond.
Lose Faith in Jumper.
Under existing conditions, Mr, Fan
feels that he is the wronged person,
and hig patlence has been long-suf
fering. He wants harmony hetween
{the bench and the box office. The
contract jumper shocks his confidence
in the honesty of the game, and con
ditlons which make contract jumping
possible rob him of baseball absolute
‘!y on the lewel, and this is the foun
~dation upon which the game rests.
. Mr. Fan is weary of too much base
ball commercialism. He is Impatient
w’th the apparent unrest among the
players and indifference on the dia
mond. He is demanding his right to
be allowed ‘) put some rea! enthusi
asm into his rooting. He is becom
ing the real factor in this baseball
war—in fact, he has always been the
real factor.
I belleve that the players would be
the first to enter a peace agreement.
Many of them know that many of the
salaries now paid are excessive and
that a reaction must come. Few clubs
in either of the two major leagues
have not felt the ravages of the pres
‘ent baseball strife, The Glants have
'suffered less, perhaps, than any other
club, This has much to do with their
leading the league and their conse
quent large number of loyal follow
ers
But Mr. Fan won't be satisfled until
‘(ha warring elements c:ase warring
and play ball.
Hoppe Champion for
1 ears to C
20 Years to Come
Charles Peterson, the St. Louis bil.
liard expert, says that Willle Hoppe will
be champion of all that s worth being
champion of in the billlard worid for
twenty years to come
They simply can not beat him at
anvthing.” says Peaterson. “He has the
class and despite his honors and pros
perity is willing to work hard. He prac.
tice aily
8 habits are his Dbest asset, and
he I 8 a champion clear through."
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AEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. GA, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1914
Atlantan Returns From European
_Tracks to Fight for American
Championship.
EW YORK, July 18-—~Bobby
N Walthour s still breaking bi
cycle records, although he has
been in the game 22 years. He has
ghown followers of the motor pace
game at the Brighton Beach Motor
drome that he is now in his best
form. He recently won a 30-mile
motor-paced race in 38 minutes 39 1-5
geconds, which will stand as a new
American record made behind a mo
tor without windshield. |
When hLe set the new mark ati
Brighton his performance Wwas re
ceived with wonderful enthusiasm,
and many of the old-timers who
rooted for the Southern star at the
beginning of his career led the cheer
ing for his performance. Last week
he made another record when he
traveled ten miles behind motor pace
In 12 minutes 4 2-5 seconds.
Walthour, like all the other pace
followers, has heen in many acci
dents. Oniy last fall at Cologne,
Germany, he saw two bicycle riders
snd Gus Lawson, brother of Iver
Lawson, killed in a motor-paced race
in' which Lawson was pacing Gui
nard, the world's champion.
At the present time there is graited
on Walthour the skin of three differ
ent persons. Three times in falls on
European tracks he lost 8o much cu
ticle that the surgeons found it nec
essary to resort to grafting skin from
some o‘her person in order to make
the rider’'s wounds heal. Each time
Say “RED ROCK” Say it PLAIN
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Like a Breeze from the Mountain—
Like a Plunge in the Briny—
The Ginger Ale Supreme Makes You
Independent of Summer Heat
When You Get Within Hailing |
Distance of Store, Stand or Re
frigerator Flying the
Flag of Refreshment. Rflm
NOW READ THE FIRST LINE OVER AGAIN
WHEREVER DRINKS ARE SOLD
The RED ROCK COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS ATLANTA, GEORGIA
LEMO-LIME is another of our thfrst quenchers.
For sale at the Ball Park, Stores and Stands .
Walthour had them advertise for a
‘man willing to sell a portion of hls‘
cuticle. He says that more than 100
men answered the advertisements. }
. Several times the heavy leather
‘head guard which he wears when
riding has saved him from sustain
ing a fracture of the skull. Three
times he has sustained a fracture of
‘the collarbone by falls on the track,
and he says the minor accidents have
‘been 80 many that he has lost all
track of the number. Despite all thlsv‘
'the veteran has never wavered. Al
‘way.n he has been vne of the mont‘
popular riders because of his fear
lessness, which, combined with his
wonderful stamina and cunning, has
put him at the top. ‘
Walthour is now facing the su
preme test of his life. He has come
back to the United States to fight for
the first time in eleven years. Against
him he finds George Wiley, the pres
ent champion, who is a young man,
and Clarence Carman, the boy from
Jamaica, L. I, who is showing his
heels to all of them this year. Car
man {s not yet 23 years old. It is a
battle between a courageous and re
sourceful veteran and a youth who
possesses all the necessary attributes
of a world's champfion.
services of the schoolboy pitching phe
‘nom of the season. His new boy hurler
Milton Warren, of the Raven High
‘Schnul of Youngstown, Ohio, is said to
‘be the best of the young pitchers in the
'Middle West, and his record is such that
‘he is expected to hold his own in the
American League.
‘ Out in his home State he is said to be
'a wonder, and his forte is sirike-outs.
There will be a change, however, when
he faces. such sluggers as Ty Cobb, Joe
Jackson, Tris Speaker and a few other
of’the star batters of Ban Johnson's cir
cuit.
Warren is only 17 vears old, 'stands
6 feet 2 inches and weighs 175 pounds.
Kraenzlein Is Given
Extended Vacation
Speclal Cable to The American,
RERLIN, July 18.—It is announced
that Alfin Kraenzlein has been granted
a long vacation by the Imperial Olympic
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Committee. He will return to America.
The members of the committee say
Kraenzlein asked for a vacation to at
tend to private affairs. He will return
to Berlin late in the year.
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Real “Yellow Peril”
] SAN FRANCISCO, July 18.—The
University of California baseball team
ihas just returned from a Hawallan tour
in which they won six of twelve games
layed. They reported the hardest team
& beat was the All-Chinese club.
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