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KIRBY'S JUMP
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Stars at Half Price Paid by
Organized Baseball.
By O. B. Keeler.
HE jumping of Larue Kirby from
the Mobile Gulls to the §St.
Louis Feds is a matter for some
censideration. It has several angles.
For one thing, it is certain to prove
a sad thing for Briscoe Lord’s club
in its pennant fight, which the Gulls
were pushing with a vigor gratifying
to the Mobile fans. The loss of Kirby
at this stage of the game will have
the same effect that Harry Wal
chonce's jumping would have on the
Crackers; or the loss of Knisely to
the Barons; or of Jacobsen to the
Lookouts; or—well, just pick out the
leading slugger of any Southern
League club, and deduct him from
the line-up, and Lee what it means
Kirby is a good outfielder and a
prodigious walloper., Manager Lord is
a walloper himself; but his value
with the stick will be diminished by
the absence of that other big bat,
with its terrorizing effect on the
pitcher and its resultant encourage
ment to all the rest the Gulls' at
tacking party. |
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A LL this is very sad for the Gulls;
much sadder than for the other
clubs, if you want to take a selfish
view of it. But there is another les
son in Mr. Kirby's defection, and 1t
has to do with the big leagues and
the growing power. .of.the .Federals
to harry the powers that be and make
things generally sticky and warm and
uncomfortable for them.
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THE lesson is pointed. Several big
league clubs were considering Mr.
Kirby. It was openly gossiped that
the Cubs were after him. It was a
pipe that the big fellow would go up
at the end of the year; probably by
sale; if not, certainly by draft.
But Mr. Kirby preferred the Feds.
Why? Let us hazard.a.n explanation,
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LET us assume that the Cubs, cr
some other big league club, de
sired Mr. Kirby sufficiently to shall
out $6,000 or $B,OOO for him. This
would have been very flne for the
Mobile club. But Mr. Kirby would nat
have fondled a cent of that $6,000 or
$B,OOO. He would have got a fairly
decent boost in pay and a try-out.
That is all. If he made good (a tick
lish business, by the way) he would
gradually have made more money.
Quite gradually. .
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IT is said that the St. Louis Feds
induced Mr. Kirby to jump by put
ting $4,000 in his hand and paying
him a big league salary, right off tha
reel. Thus the bargain was advan
tageous both to the St. Louis Feds
and to Mr. Kirby. The St. Louls
Feds paid only half what a big leagua
club would have had to pay for Mr.
Kirby; and Mr. Kirby got the same
salary, plus $4,000 in his hand.
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Ul"(’).\' this very basis is founded the
ability of the Feds to go out and
2et good ball players. Half the
amount that a big league club In or
ganized baseball would have to pay
for a star makes a very handsome
bonus, which the said star must re
gard with much affection when placed
in his own name at the bank. That
{s human nature. So it comes about
that every now and then a star, or
a prospective star, is torn from the
moorings of a contract which gives
him about as many rights as a Geor
gia Senegambian 50 years before the
origin of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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MAINLY through the excessive
cockiness of Ban B. Johnson, or
ganized baseball scorned to combat the
the Feds on their own basis; that i,
to outbid them for every player cf
worth, and beat them from the fiell
by preventing them from getting hold
of any star ball players.
“Ignore them,” snorted Ban.
And now h: is having a pretty
lively time doing it.
The time is likely to become liv:-
lier.
Organize Gun Club
The sportsmen of Rutledge have or
ganized the Rutledge Gun Club with the
following members:
George M. Dunn, M. B. Jones, Thos.
Peacock, L. M. Studdard, R. W, Wal
lace, W. W. Whitaker, J. L. Porter, W,
B. Wallace, P. R. Stovall, F. N. Tuggle,
R. E. Wallace, Jr., Nick Johnson, 5 J.
Avret, W. C. Adair, D. E. Hanner,
Cooper Morris, J. C. Wallace, W. W,
Ballard, W. A. Mitchell, W. P. Dennis,
¥. E. Wallace, E. A. Hawkins, J. C,
Richter, E. L. Adair, W. E. Barker, W,
1. Shackelford, Wallace Morris, D. A.
studdard.
The following officers have been
clected:
J. C. Wallace, president; W. W. Bal
lard. vice president; R. W. Wallace, sec
retary; Thomas Peacock, treasurer;
George M. Dunne, field captain.
The club will have its first shoot, fol
lowing a big barbecue, in a few days.
Kirby has just jumped the Mobile club to play
with Miner Brown's SBt. Louis Federal League
team. He played wonderful ball with the Gulls
this season and his loss may cost Brisco Lord
whatever prospects he had of winning the South
ern League pennant this year.
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during the last visit of the Mobile Cammes - R
team at Poncey Park. ‘‘Abie’’ \;r:\?.
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tographer, anxious to get a good
action picture of Kirby, stood at =7
the player's left as he took a %%«3
wicked swing at one of Dent’s g N
fast balls. The big outfielder, il RS
who has just jumped to the Bt. . - ‘%* By 3
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swing that the bat flew complete- | ' AW RS& 0 .
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directly for Mathewson's camera, — . )
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that he is, stood his ground and ) g oamw 2
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SPORTING COMMENT
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By Ed W. Smith.
ELL, after reading all of
W the different and varied
accounts of that awful
London thing between Smith and
Carpentier, have you doped it all
out to your own satisfaction?
Have you decided in your mind
which was the game man of the
pair?
It appears to me that game
neses cut much more of a figure
in this battle than it has in any
other we have had to discuss of
this importance in: a long time,
just as we forecast that it might
three days before the contest.
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PERSONALLY, | believe that
Mr. Corri was a bit hasty in
making a decision in the manner
that he did. It is my bellef that
had he stopped affairs for a few
moments, calmed himself and
those about the ring and then
ordered the thing to go on, that
he would have saved himself
endless worry and the world an
almost ' endless ‘argument. For
arguments over this thing will
go on until a new generation has
sprung up.
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WAS he pushed or did Gun
boat hit him? may become
one of the world's leading ques
tions from now on. Fortunately
for the peace and comfort of the
folks here at home, London is a
long way off, and the noise lis
going to die down just naturally,
for the very good reason that
cable tolls are high and the gos
sip is not going to percolate this
far to any great extent.
. . .
THIS item of gameness in a
fighter's make-up is a strange
thing. Do you believe that game
ness can be inculcated into a
man even in the face of indubi
table facts that he wasn’'t born
game or had early in his fight
ing career showed unmistakable
signs of being of a saffron hue?
It has been demonstrated in a
number of cases that it is not
only possible, but entirely prob
able.
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WE HAVE a shining light, for
example, in Jack Jhonson.
You can readily figure that John
son must have been a mighty
game man that Fourth of July
afternoon in 1910 in Reno, Nev,
to walk calmly into the ring and
whip Jim Jeffries, for which feat
his life had been threatened in
advance. Yet this same negro
wonder quit as cold as a mack
erel in Chicago in the first battle
he ever had. “I was hungry that
night,” Johnson said afterward
in explaining it, “and a hungry
man is not exactly responsible
for what he does.”
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LATER Johnson was accused
of dogging It in Galveston,
Texas, when he boxed oJe Choyn
ski. But after he got to be a real
good one he never thought of
such a thing, showing that it can
be overcome.
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O NE of the games men that
ever lived—in fact, T always
regarded him as the very gam
est | ever saw—was Eddie “Kid”
Carter, of Brookiyn, a one-time
famous mdidleweight. I saw him
cut into ribbons by Joe Choyn
ski in the first two minutes of
boxing. He was blinded and
bleeding like a pig and as grog
gy as a man could well be with
out falling on his face. Yet in
the next minute he swung a right
to Choynski's jaw and complete
ly knocked the skyrockety Joseph
out of time.
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B UT history tells us that this
same Carter quit cold in the
first three battles of his career.
Yet he got over the trait won
derfully and later came to be
known as one of the real bull
dogs of the ring. .
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T HESE cases show that a yel
low trait can be and fre
quently is eliminated from a
fighter's make-up after he gets a
little more confidence in himself
and comes to know more of the
game.
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White Is En Route
For Azevedo Battle
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.-—Charlie
‘White, the lightweight boxer, who is to
meet Joe Azevedo next month in a
20-round bout, telegraphed to Promter
James W. Coffroth from Wels, Nev.,
saying that he is on the Overland train,
and will arrive to-day.
Although Coffroth doeg not care to
admit it, the telegram was a relief to
him. Since White boxed Stanley Yoa
kum in Denver a week ago, the promoter
has had no idea as to the Chicago box
er's whereabouts, and he was a bit wor
ried. White will have more than two
weeks to get into condition for the Aze
vedo go and Coffroth i 3 satisfled now
that he knows where his man is.
MoNEYo;é LOAN
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HARRY MAY
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THNE ATLANTA GRURGIAN AND NEWS
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McLoughlin, Bundy,
Williams and Behr t
Defend Davis Cup
NEW YORK, July 23.—Official an
nouncement was made last night that
M. E. McLoughlin, R. Norris Willilams
T. C. Bundy and Karl H. Behr would
comprise the American team to defend
the Dwight F. Davis international ten
nis trophy. j
The nominations were made by R. D,
Wrenn, G. T. Adee and H. W. Slocum
In addition to the cup regulations.
Maurice E. Mcl,ouinlin. 23, of San
Francisco, was twice holder of the na
tional singles championship, and with
Bundy holds also the titles in doubles.
R. Norris Williams 11, 23, of Philadel
hia, was second in the singles on the
Fmernanona] team last year.
Karl H. Behr, 29, of New York, first
heldgoa place on an international team
in 1907.
Thomas C. Bundy, 34, of Los Angeles,
played on the Davis cup team of 1911,
as partner of R. D. Littlee He is the
joint holder wiffi McLoughlin of the na
tional doubles championship. The Amer
jcan team that recaptured the cup last
year was composed of McLoughlin, Wil
llams, Harold H. Hackett, captain, and
W. F. Johnson.
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Ritchie Coming With
“Movies" to Show H
ovies" to Show He
Was “Robbed” of Title
CHICAGO, July 23.—Willie Ritchle,
who lost his lightweight title to Freddie
Welsh by Referee Corrt's decision, sailed
yesterday with Manager Leonard Hicks
from England on the Vaterland. Willie
will bring a set of films of the Welsh
bout and will ask the Government au
thorities to allow a private exhibition
of the movies to show local newspaper
men that the decision by which he lost
the title was unjust.
Ritchie plans to come direct to Chi
cago after landing In New York,
AMATEUR RESULTS.
Cairo, 4; Coolidge, 2.
Eastman, 13; Americus, 1.
Warwick, 19; Acron Pond, 3.
Douglas, 7; Plains, 6.
Elberton, 3; Athens, 0.
Eastman, 3; Cochran, 2,
Washington, 8; Waynesboro, §.
Dawson 3; Montezuma, 2.
Tifton, 4: Hawkinsville, 4 (eleven in
nings; darkness).
Carrollton, 2; College Park, 1. |
Our first shipment of Johnson’s
Shock Absorbers was completely
sold out befote the goods arrived
and our second shipment, now
on the way, has been more than
half sold.
Many who bought a first set have
ordered duplicates for other cars.
If you want a set of these wonderful
Johnson's Shock Absorbers
from this Second Shipment you had better place your order to-day—right now,
by telephone—with your auto supply man, for we are selling them faster
than we can get them from the factory. They are placed on your car abso
lutely without obligation for a TEN-DAY TEST and after trying them WITH
OUT PUTTING UP ONE CENT you can return them and you will OWE noth
ing. The point is, these absorbers do such wonderful work that they actually
sell themselves.
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ENNCASED
Cross Working Hard
For Tillman Battle
~ LOS ANGELES, July 23.—Leach
Cross went tearing through another
hard day's work yesterday at Jack
Doyle's Vernon camp, preparing for his
bout with Johnny Tillman at the Vernon
Arena next Tuesday. I.each says he
will be ready by Sunday and he had
enough pep vesterday to sprinkle over
the whole country.
Tillman added Johnny Frayne to his
training camp. When asked as to what
he thought of Tillman Frayne sald he
was very strong, clever, had a stinging
kick in eithér hand and Is hard to hit.
. Joe Rivers expects to be able by Sat
urday to befxln light work for a battle
Aurust 11 with the winner of the Cross-
Tillman bout that Is set for next Tues
day.
LABRY LOSES TO KELLY.
EVANSVILLE, IND., July 23.—Kid
Lnbr{(. of this city, lost the decision to
Joe elly. of St. Louis, here in the
seventh round, after he had broken his
right hand last night. 5
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Coyle Latest to
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Jump to Outlaws;
Feds After Knisely
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., July 23—
The rald of the Federal League on the
Southern I.eague clubs continues.
First Baseman Coyle, of Chattanooga,
will go to the Indianapolis Federals
after five days’ notice to his club, and
it became known to-day that the out.
laws are flirting with Outfielder
Knisely, of Birmingham,
Pugilist England Is
Dead From Ring Go
MAIDENHEAD, ENGLAND, July 23.
Pugilist “Bill" England died to-day as
a result of injurles suffered yesterday
in a fight with Soldier Eggleston. The
fight was stopped by the gn)lce in the
fifth round, when England had been se
verely punished. He collapsed after
reaching his dressing sroom and re
malined unconscious until he died.
C. Kraft Now Goes.
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To N. Y. Americans
NEW YORK, July 23.—President Far.
rell, of the New York American League
club, announced to-day that he had pur
chased Clarence Kraft, over whom a
threatened strike impended early yes
terday, from Charles Ebbets, of the
Brooklyn and Newark clubs. He stated
that Kraft, who now is in Providence
with the Newark Internationals,
would report here to-day. The particu
lars of the transaction were not stated.
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Washington 0. K. Site
For Army-Navy Game
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Approval
for the proposal that the annual foni
ball game between the army and
navy be played next autumn in Wash
ington was given by Secretary Gar
rison, the chief of engineers of the
army and the public military com
mittee. The athletic associations of
the military and naval academies
have not yet passed on the mgtter,
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