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ATHLETIC .CLUB WINS BY MARGIN OF ONE POINT
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Guard Shoots Winming Basket
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lanta 23, Birmingham 22,
IRMINGHAM, Jan. 2.—Atlanta
won the closest and hardest
fought basketball game ever
ployed on a local ecourt, where the
Birmingham Athletic Clud's five|went
down in defeat before the team of the
Afianta Athletic Chub by the narrow
margin of 23 to 22,
B was anybody's battle until #he
st thirty seconds of play, when Oli
wer, the clewur Atlanta guard, made a
dazziing overhead shot for the bas
¥et which landed squarely and torn
ed defeat into viotory. His team was
a point behind up to the time.
Strupper did not play, much to the
' d@sappointment of the local fans, who
crowded the hall in hopes of seeing
the famous Tech athlete in action.
They soon forgot their regret, how
ever, when the teams clashed in play
that was fast, furious and as evenly
mateched as two fives could be.
The lineup:
B.A.C. (22) AJA.C. (23)
Montgomery .. Forward ... Sullivan
Gillam.. .. .. Forward .... ....Bass
Baker .. .. .. Center .. .. .. Cocke
Waldron. .. .. Guard .. .. ..Oliver
Laughinghouse.. Guard .. ..q.Bryan
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Leave Bleachers, Get
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Into Game,’ Ngw Slogan
%y International News Service.)
NE YORK, Jan. 25.—" Get out of the
bleachers and into tbotsmo?"
This is the slogan of United States
Lawn Tennis Association, as expressed by
the wice president, Julian 8. Myrick. It
+» is a slogan that means big things for
tennis if- its purpose is realized
During the last few years tennis has
grown by leaps and bounds. BEvery year
it galns more followers, and the real
tennis enmu-iw& who starts playing the
game at a te age, keeps on chasing
the little white pill until well along in
life.
Pennis is a game for both young and
old, and a pastime for both sexes. The
establishment of national championships
for boys, giris, men and women has given
it great popularity. It is estimated that
in the United States alone more than
3,000,000 people play tennis, and the game
is still growing. There is only one sport,
baseball, which has more active follow
ers, ahd bascball is« primarily a mascu
line pastime.
Vice President Myriek recently urged
the officials of the National /Collegiate
Athletic Association to foster tennis to a
greater extent in the colleges of the coun
try. “Make tennis a major sport,” was
the substance of his plea. But in urging
this he also asked that the colme ath
letic mentors tdke steps to broalen the
gam# and extend its scope to all students.
Make it a free-for-all and provide the
means for all students to play it, he
urged.
One of the strongest arguments in
favor of the continued ftowth of tennis
was seen at Forest [Hills last autumn,
when Vincent Richards, fifteen, boys’
ghwampion of the United States, played in
the open singles. He had previously been
on the team which won the .national
[ doubles championship. « The same week
saw the inauguration of the father and
son and veterans' champlonships. In the
latter class several players participated
who have seen the spus of fifty sum
mers,
To Formulate Plans
For Grant Monument
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—~The proposal
made by Captain Harry McCormick to
erect a monument to the memory of Cap
tain Eddie Grant, former Philadelphia and
Giant star, who died fighting in France,
has met with the favor of baseball men,
and a committee of three is now being
formed for, the purpose of arranging for a
material {ribute to the valor of that
splendid soldier who embarked upon the
Great Adventure this day last fall in the
Argonae Forest. The committee will con
sist of President John A. Heydler, of the
National League; Captain McCormick, who
has been m:«'n;u*(-d from the army, and
John MeGraw, “
b These ‘men will take the matter in hand
and will decide what in their opinijon, is
the best site for the monument, the most
desirable form in which it may be cast and
the method to be pursued in the raising
of the funds for it. It is certain that
| they will have the whole-hearted support
of every one in baseball--clubowners, play
ers and fans
Captain Grant represented in every way
clean-hearted, courageous American man
hood. He wis a credit to his profession,
and baseball was the better for having
possessed him. He died like the man
that he was, and over his fl‘flv‘. as over
that of that famous British explorer
whose body rests In the ice floes of the
Antartic, might be inscribed: “'Here lies
& very gallant gentieman.”
Kearns Declares He
Was Double-Crossed
NEW YORK, Jan. 2b.--Jack Dempsey
had & negro sparring partner named the
Jamalea Kid when he was preparing for
his recent fight with Billy Miske in
Philadelphia. Miske also had a colored
sparring partner named Jack Thompson.
Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey, and
Jack Reddy, mentor of Miske, became em -
blofled in an argument over the merits of
the two negroes, So to settle the matter
they were matched to box one of the
pretiminary bouts to the Dempsey-Miske
affair, and Kearns and Reddy wagered
SIOO on the result.
The bet was to be pald on the decision
of Dan Lyons, the nowspaperman of this
city, provided the bout went the fall dis
tance. Thompson outweighed the Ja
maica Kid. However, the bout was pretty
even until the fifth round, when the Ja
maica Kid auit,
Kearns holiered murder when the Kid
declined to continue, and refused to settle
the bet He claimed that he had been
double-crossed,
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Cubs Book Exhibition
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) GGames With Blues
CHICAGO, Jan, 25.--Becretary Johnny
Seys, of the Cubs, announced the closing
of contracts for two exhibition games at
Kansas City April 19 and 20, the final
tuning-up contests the National League
champions will engage in before the pen
nant race starts. Half a dozen far western
ethies are anxious to see the Cubs in their
préfiminary trgining and have written for
exhibition datos -
EBBETS GETS
THO PLAER
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By GUY BUTLER.
HARLES EBBETS, the Squire of
Flatbush, hag frequéntly been re
ferred to as a miser, a man who
will hold onto his coin regardless of
what transpires, but his latest action
may quiet his knockers for a while.
The squire up and let Jake Daubert,
his glugging and brillant-fielding first
baseman, go to the Cincimati Reds, and
didn’t demand a nickel of cash in the
bargain, ’tis said. He obtained two
players, Tommy Griffith, once with th
Brawes, and Shortstop Kopf, an old
Athletic, in exchange for thé veteran.
Jake would have held his job with the
squire until he couldn't get mu
it had not been for a bit of 1 ü
ble the player had with the club recent
ly. The trouble was anert unpaid sal
‘atan!ly the m“lllro couldn’t retain a
‘player that had lured him _into_ the
courts, so it had to be done. Vice Pres
ident John J. McGraw, of the Giants,
wWas nnc!:x for the lanky firstbaseman,
with a large enough to choke an
ox. The Squire of Flatbush couldn’t
see a br‘nfin roll of bfll(‘; for fie needed
good players, so Garry Herrm
?mflem of the Cincinnati Reds, m
ncidentally, chairman of the National
Commission, which has recently been
holdn:"b':he center of the spotlight, in
thence of Manager Mathewson,
made a trade with the wily Squire.
Scarcely a soul in the world expected
Daubert to go to the habitat of Garry
Herrmann, and the trade means’ that
Ha{fhue. the other grand firstbaseman
of the National League, who belo;\gs %0
the Reds, and who was suspended to
ward the close of the season by Mana
ger Matty for alleged gambling and bet
ting against his own club, and a flock
of other things, is to be let out. What
could a club do with a brace of great
firstbagemen like Hal Chase and Jake
Daubert? They're too good at first bage
to be shifted to another position, and
the rules won't allow a team to play
two firstbasemen at one and the same
time. It would be a crime to keep eith
er of them on the bench.
McGraw is not entirely satisfied with
the way Walter Holke handles the first
base job, and probably will replace the‘
youngster with a seasoned veteran.
Hal Chase is the man he is now seek
lryng, and the deal should be closed short-
Crimson Cries for MHaughton.
Percival D. Haughton, president of
the Boston Braves, and formerly coach
at old Harvard, may renew his con
nections with that famous institution of
learning within a brief spell. The Har
vard students and athletis association
are trying to persuade the famous coach
to return to his first love.
Percy is insthe Brave ball club up to
his neck, and there a possibility of
his severing all connections with the
baseball club, and going back to foot
ball He eeached the Crimson athletes
for nine years, winning 71 out of 82
games played, and tieing four. For the
past three years, Percy has been with
the Braves.
Old Harvaru is anxious to wipe out
that 6 to 3 defeat handed her by Yale
in 1916, and” nc hetter man could be
picked for the job than Mr. Haughton,
one of the greatest football coaches in
the world, whose stay in baseball proved
unsucctssful.
The Irish Actor.Boxer.Cave Man.
Al Llppei the hustling fight man*er,
springs a lot 'of new stuff in his latest
press agent story about Fred Dyer,
welterweight champion of Australia.
Mr. Lippe deserves a vot~ of thnks fro
| the sporting editors for his kindness i
furnishing us some real live, spicy
stuff about his maunler. We haven't
space for Mr. Lip~ ‘s entire article,
but will show you a few exmrfts from
it, which mlzhfmrrove interesting.
He starts thusly:
‘““Probably the most versatile boxer
today is Fred Dyer. His life's hMor'y‘
so far, if written, would read like a
volume from Richard Harding Davis
and there is copy enough around Dyer
to fil a page or more. The rank and
file of the sporting fraternity know
only that Fred Dyer hails from Almg
lia, where he is reconized as the we r!
champion, and that he is a very clever
boxer and musician, Tt is more than‘
they know of most boxers, but t is only
a tiny part of interesting facts con-‘
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‘ the Tech High basketball quintet wich is holding first piace in the local prep league. The,
players are, left to right, first row, Mumford, Captain Bennett, Markeles, Cole; second row, War
ren, Williams, Gaston and Coggins. Coach Enloe is the man standing. l
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ÜBURN, ALA., Jan. 25.—The Au- ‘
A burn Plainsmen, with their regu
lar line-up on the floor and nlll
of the men in good shape, buried the
Camp Benning bagketball team under a
63-to-9 count here tonlfht.
It was a walk-away, all of the Auburn
fiayers showing up well FKloyd, Barks
and Hahn shot goal after goal, and the
soldiers vvese dlzgyTt:._t the lend of the
game. ade an app played great
ball at the guard®-
The line-up:
AUBURN. Position. C. BENNING
TR coosansoeras BN cirseses CRRNIND
BEEEE «covvonessse Ty cracesnsve CUPHEP
Hahn .....cc000.... C, .Stewart, Adams
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ecerning the Actor-Boxer as*he is shown
in England and Australia.”
“He expects to meet Ted Lewis soon,
and if he loses he will continue fight
ing and entertaining as he is doing now
which is another interesting side of this
boxer's career and accomplishments
The fans seldom let Dyez %zt out of the
ring after he finisheg ut until he
slnfs a song and plays his ukelele,
which is strapped on the gost in his
corner a sort of charm he believes in.
Dyer is a sweet singer and a clever fel
low with Hawaiian instruments. He hag
been on-the best circuits of Great
Britian, and is known in London and
Parisian music halls as the Actor-
Boxer."”
“Dyer’s right name is O'Dwyer. Hlg
father was a“rough but good-natured
|lrishman and his mother a sweetfaced
Welsh woman of refined taste and man
ner.
The wind-up brings you te your feet:
“Dyer has been on the seven seas
and on all continents. He is a young
man in uge, but old in world experience.
He has the refiniement of a blue blood,
the gentleness of a woman, the nature
and tem&emment of an artist, except
when it in the prize ring, where ho‘
has the fighting spirit of a cave man.”
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1919.
iPal Moore in Three
: Battles This Week
E’ HICAGO, Jan. 25.—Pal Mcore,
§ C Nate Lewis’ sensational ban
s tam and the conqueror of
2 England’s famous Jimmy Wilde, is
: going to make three tough fights
i in six days this week. Nate thinks }
{ Pal should have plenty of workg
{ before he sails the Atlantic to meet |
! Wilde again and is seeing that he |
{ gets it. i
¢ Lewis and Moore left today for |
! Buffalo, where on Monday night
. Pal meets the rough Dick Load-é
¢ man over the ten-round route. Fri- |
day night Moore will be over in §
Baltimore traveling twelve rounds E
to a decision with Young McGov- |
{ ern. The very next evening—Sat- |
! vrday—in Philadelphia Moore will !
§ be called on to step six roundl?
$ with Joe Leonard, é
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Fulton Boys Tackle
Boys’ High on Tuesday
After an unsuccessful attempt to beat
down the Tech High team, Fulton High
will make an effort to conquer the hated
rival of the Smithies Tuesday afternoon.
The teams are scheduled to meet on the
court of Boys High.
Commercial plays at G. M. A., and Pea
cock meets Manist for the cellar cham
plonship,
Seminary Meets Fulton
Girls’ Team Monday
Fulton High Schools girl¥ basketball
tram meets the Washington Seminary five
Monday afternoon in a game postponed
from Yast Friday. It will be played at
Fulton,
Three games are billed for Friday afte
ernoon in the Girls’ League. Fulton meets
Kirkwood, Marietta takes on College Park,
and the Seminary girls play at Decatur,
Winner for
Tech Hi
AINESVILLE, GA., Jan. 26.—Tech ‘
High defeated Riverside here to
night.
Riverside led during the first half of
the game by 15 to 10. and maintained
the lead to within five minutes of the
tlose of the game.
Barchen was taken out during the last
half for rough playing and his place
was taken by Ham. Dudley played a
good game for Riverside, and Mumford
featured for Tech High.
The College Park girls played the
Gainesville girls before the boys' game.
The Gainesville girls defeated the vis
itors, 9 to 3. |
The line-up: ‘
Tech Hiagh. Position Riverside,
aennelt verinsss Lo Fooos.. ... Dudley
Mumford ....... L._F.....Barchen, Ham
SRR s shsisniny Oh sirvsnanas WONHGY
COIIING ..ovivive B Qiciassees. DOWING
WRLED ot oscssis 1o G o sovovess BOIGUES
Referee—Pope. ‘
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Decatur High Boys
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Will Meet Any Teams
Decatur High School boys, after perfect.
ing a basketball organization with' Hugh
Clement as eaptaln, Saturday hurled a
free-for-all challenge at the world, so to
speak, the particular world being com
posed of basketball teams in and around
Atlanta.
A game has been arrainged for Monday
with a team from Kirkwood.
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Rain Prevents Boys’
. .
High Game in Newnan
NEWNAN, Jan 26.—The basketball
game scheduled here today between Boys'
‘High and Newnan High was poscponel on
‘nocount of rain, the comc being outdoors,
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Manager Charley Frank Will Mail
Papers to All Players Who
Want Tryouts.
ITHIN a week or so things will
W begin to hum in baseball cir
cles throughout the country. At
lanta will not be exempt, for President-
Manager Charley Frank and Secretary
William Andrew Smith will put tgeir
heads together thig week, get up all of
the names of the men who have signi
fled their deésire of a trial with the
Crackers, and mail out the contracts for
the 1919 season.
About 22 or 23 men will get their
papers from the Crackers, and shortly
we will begin hearing from the holdouts
The season for the latter is already qn
in the major leagues.
All of the clubs in the Southern
League will gend out their contracts
within a couple of weeks
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Yankees Sign Baldwin,
Coast League Catcher
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—8arl D. Baldwin,
a backstop drafted last year by the Yan
kees from the Portland club, Pacifie
‘Loagu., dropped into the cage of Harry
Sparrew. This amazed Sparrow, for he
was busy all the past few months trying
to get in touch with Baldwin. Baldwin is
only back a few days from the other side,
where he fought with the 144th Artillery.
He came over from Camp Merritt, from
which spot he expects toe be mustered
out shortly.
The recruwit is built along husky lines,
standing 5 feet 10 inches high and weigh
ing 182 pounds. He is considered to be a
cateher of exceptional ability. He was dis
covered by Clarence Rowland in 1915 when
playing on the High School team eof Oak
lJand. Rowiand sent him to the Peoria
club of the Three-1 League. He played
with Tacoma in 1916, and then went to
Portland.
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National League In
Need of Backstops
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Minor league
managers who have promising % young
catchers for sale would do well to seck
a market for them in the National
League, for last season there was a dearth
of good backstop material in the semior
major organization. With few excep
tions, the clubs were handicapped by lack
of good men, one of them thus retarded
being the Giants. Neither Bill Rariden
por Lew McCarthy played up te his usual
standard, and neither could be depended
upon to deliver a hit when bhits counted
for most. John McGraw has one good
youngster on his list, George O'Neill, the
talkative kid from St. Louis, who Wwas
farmed out to Memphls last spring. If
he is made of the right stuff he will be
given an excellent opportunity to land a
berth for himself at the training camp
Inexl spring.
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Night Practice Being
.
Held at Kansas Univ.
LAWRENCE, KAN. Jan. 25.—850 busy
has Coach W. O. Hamilton, of the Univer
|n|ty of Kansas, become in athletics that he
| found it necessary to hold basketball prac
tice at night in order to devote more time
to the track team. Heretofore the eve
nings have been sacred to study—or co-eds
’ —-put now the fair sex and books must give
way to work for the basketeers.
Young Jake Schaefer
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| Trims Welker Cochran
rgaarlntem-ticn-l News Service.)
r EW YORK. Jan. 25.—Young Jake
Schaefer overwhelmed Welker Cochran
in today's play, winding up the big bil
liard match at Dalyv’'s with a total score
for the day of 600 to his opponent’'s 342,
and a grand total of 3,600 for Schaefer
iu,nd 3.056 for Cochran,
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S~
Georgia Beats
M \‘
THENS, GA, Jan. 25.—-(‘-eorgh‘
A romped on Macon Y, 61 to 20, in
» /a whirlwind game tonight, win
ning on almost perfect teamwonk. Geor
gia ran all gver and all around Macon
from the frst. outclassing them in ev
ery way.
Cod%, Pound, Anderson and Mott made
brilliant individuai play, and Morgan,
for Macon, jid some pretty work.,
Georgia’'s team played like a machine
and Macon was helpless. Georgia took
the lead in the first half when Ander
son made the frrst field goal after a
series of perfect passes. The first half
;wan hotly contested, ending, Georgia
17, Macon 11. .
Macon put “H a game fight, and Mor
gan played 'brilliantly, but to no avail
against he practiced passing of the
Red and Black.
With Mott back in the line-up and
a week more of practice, Georgia
seemed much stronger than against Au
burn.
Summary:
GEORGLIA (61). Pos. MACON Y (20)
00% G3F oo vibivs B P nsicoions v, DS
Bountd (O 8 .... L¥ ..., Mog{an (li‘
Anderson (16) .... C. ........ Grace (8
Cheves (3) ...... RG. ..... Blling
WO (8) ke T @ covviiiiny D
Referee, Jones,
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William Wettleaf Wins ‘
» .
Big Pinehurst Shoot
PINEHURST, N. C, Jan. zs.—wu.‘
liam Wettleaf, of Nichols, Towa, a 21-
yard man, won the midwinter cham- |
pionship at Pinehurst today on the}
shoot-off of a triple tie in the midwin
ter handicap. Waettleaf tied at 96 with
P. H. Willey, of Dansyille, N. Y, 18‘
yardg, and Henry Hengler, of Aberdeen,
Miss., a 16-yard man. |
Wettleaf brake all 200 on the shoot
off. Frank S. Wright, of Buffalo, won
the high amateur average contest vnh‘
the remarkable total of 445 out of 450
targets. Dr. A. H. Aber, of Drapesburg,
Pa., was a close second at 440,
The Southern gunners came in for a
good-sized slice of the $3,065 distributed
as prize money among the 36 guns, who
brof(e 90 or better in the midwinter
handi 3
Hencfigr. Misgissippi gunner, who tied
for first position at 96, carried off S3OO.
Other Southern guns who broke into the
money were Thomas J. Alycock. of
Jack.son:illé, and R. P. Earle, of An-}
derson, 8. C.
The following is a list of the South
ern contestants:
R. P. EBarle, Anderson, 422, 17 yards,
9%t 3. % Chlpley‘ Greenwood, 419, 20,
84; D. A Deen® Jacksonville, 418, 20,
87. George M. Collins, Due West, m.
20, 72; R, G. MeCants, Ninety Six, s
20, 86; TV T. Todd, Caronaca, 406, 20, ?"s;
S. Shefftall Jr., Jacksonville, 400, 20,
83; Isaac Andrews, Rpartflnpurg. 388
J. R, Cothran, Atlanta, 383; W, J. Btod
dard, Atlanta, 363, 16, 84; Thomas J.
Aycock, Jacksonville, 18, 91; Henry
Henster, Aberdeen, Miss., 16, 96,
Great Catch Robbed :
Roush of Bat Honors
A wonderful catch of a difficult fly ball
deprived Ed. Roush, the Cincinnati star,
of the batting elampiénship of the Na
tional League. And what is more remar
kable than that is the fact that Ed. Roush
made the catch himself and did not have
the hit taken away from him, It was
one of the most freakish happenings in all
baseball history.
The other day President Heydier nvnrd-!
ed the batting honors for the past season
to “Zaeh” Wheat, of Brooklyn who hit
335. Southworth, of Pittsburgh, l;a!t(-dl
higher than that-—.34l—but only plnyod:
In sixty-four games, Roush ranked next |
with ,333, just two points behind Wheat,
Bill Phelon, the widely known Cincin
nati scribe, points out the unusual play by
which Roush robbed himself of the cham
pionship.
The apparent impossibility of this hap
pening makes the incident remarkable. If
Roush had muffed the fly or let it drop
untouched he would have led the league
in batting.
“During a game against St. Louis, with
a Cardinal runner on third, Roush tore
in for a short, fast-dropping fly., He got
hold of the ball, but stumbled, went to
his knees, and lot it get out of his hands.
By a marvellous, lightning grab he got
the ball before it touched the ground, and,
rising, threw to third bhase, whence the
Cardinal runner had started for the plate.
Roush claimed a double play on the ground
that the runner had left before the ball |
was caught, and Hank O'Day, the umpire,
susfained the claim,
\ “But the rules say that a runner can
‘nh.rt from a base after a fly ball has
‘been ‘momentarily held’ Jack Hendricks,
manager of the Cardinals, promptly pro«
tested the game on the ground that Roush
‘had momentarily held the ball before he
dropped and recovered it. The St. Louls
clatm was disallowed, the game and all
that had been donpg therein, went off the
records. And, as it happened, Roush had
made two hits out of three fimes at bat
that afternoon. e lost the hit and with
those hits he lost the champlonship and
the honor of leading the league two years
in succession”™
i .
Famous Oriole Four
|
\ Hold Managers’ Jobs
| NEW YORK, Jan, 25.—Stars of the
famous Baltimore Orioles of twenty-five
years ago will contribute one-fourth of
the mansgerial brains that will figure in
the major league penant races this year,
With the recent oppointment of Willlam
“Kid” Gleason as manager of the White
Box, the Baltimore alumni association,
quartette’” is complete John MeGraw,
Wilbert Robinson and Hugh Jennings, who
were teamnmates of (llesson on the famous
Baltimore champlons of 1894+97, are the
three other members,
. _The pow mann}“or of the Pale Hose
‘Mtcmfl for Ned Hanlon's Mom ARETe
gation. Robinson was first cher on the
team. McGraw the third, baseman, and
Jennimgs the “only" shortstop, The fact
that this quartet is holding down big
league managerships today upholds the
contention that the old Orioles were a
orainy and capable outfit, and as Gleason
son says, ‘“‘a veritable team of managers. ™
Today, after twenty-five years, Gleason
and Jennings are destined to mateh their
baseball brains in & pennant race, while
McGraw and Robinson will figure once
again as rivals in the senior major league,
While there is an element of mystery
in Charles Comiskey's action in dethron
ing Rowluhx:d ufndhoh‘vonurgufiluun to the
managership of the Sox, om 18
that the Chieago ctub 3111 find ln:l’"u'n‘;
der the wing of ome of the smartest men
in baseball. Gleason is said to have had
a b'lg share in helping Chicago to the
world’s championship in 1917 and Comis
:l cvidently attributes she olubs success
' A TR RO AR AT
FIRING LINE, FINANCE,
WANT ADS,
=3 SPORTS.
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|
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Showed Remarkable Aptitude *for
Sport and Was Persuaded to
.
« Go After Title. ;
.
By JAMES J. CORBETT.
} NE of the little known facts ecom
cerning the career of Freddie
Welsh is that he took up boxing
not with the idea of adopting it as a
mnrnrelsion, but
§ T WW 4 merely to save him
hE “i 4 gels from a con
gß --i,"f'_ : sumptive’'s grave
§ s = W Welsh was born
. , £ iin Pontypridd,
(S ™ 3t wales, on March 5
T '-Qf»‘.‘.;shasn. the son of a
g N jon
f»-“ ¥ j#’ i . prosperous auction
§ % e '*:Z(-er. In his early
& £ K iteens his health
i SR iwas poor and his
§ R i parents consulted
¥ Y various physicians
d concerning him,
b ;4 Each declared that
‘ 3 Freddie probably
¢ ¥ wouldn’t live until
] ol he was 20, but con
soied them with the
suggestion that life
PrASSTaER A m ight be prolonged
if Freddie was semt to some warm,
health-giving climate. California was
suggested—and Freddie was sent to
America and ticketed through to the
Golden West, -
Arriving there Welsn sought counsel
from some eminent physicians.
“Go in for athletics of some kind,™
they advised. “Don’'t attempt anything
too violent at first. Go easy. Choose
some sort of sport as a starter that will
interest you and yet doesn’'t make too
great a demand upon your strength.”
Welsh had never had a boxing glove
on in his life, but the ring game had
appealed to him from his earliest boy -
hood. So he enrolled in a gymnasium
and as soon as he had succeeded In
building up his strength a little bit
through gymnastics and calisthenics, he
sought a gymnasium boxing® instructer
and took lessons.
Welsh showed ramrknhl:r:gfimde for
boxing. The man who tut began to
insist that Freddie embark in the pro
fessional end of the game. Freddie fin
ally yit;:xea and mingled in his first
!pro!ossi al engagement in 1905 -when
he. _was nineteen years old. .
l A rather tough ‘“ham’an” warrior
i named Young Willlams was delegated
lm try him out. Willlams lasted just
lithree rounds with Welsh and never once
{during the entire session of battling was
he able to lay a glove upon the shifty
Welshman—who then fought as a feath
erweight, That success so oncourafod
Welsh that he made a match a few
weeks later with Johnny Kelly, and
whipped him decisively. Then followed
a knockout victory over Eddie Fay in
five rounds.
The rise of Welsh in the pugilistic
ranks from then on was somewhat sen
sational. He quickly emerged from the
{preliminary class and began fighting In
main bouts. He took on all of the tough
men in the Kast and West and when he
had cleaned up the aspiring feathers,
he began tackling lightweights, even
though he had to “spot” them from stx
to eight pounds.
Late in 1906 a ecablegram apprising
Welsh of the iliness of his mother caused
Ihlm to return to Wales. Soon after he
arrived In (reat Britain, fight promot
lera, having heard of his American suc
cess, sought Welsh's seévvices. Freddie
accepted a match with Seaman Hayes
and fought his first battle on English
#oil on February 13, 1907, Hayes out
weighed Welsh nearly 15 pounds but
Freddie whipped him in six rounds
Freddie then aceéepled other engage
ments—and in all of théem he was a
winner. Soon ‘England was as enthus
lastic about him as were the Americans.
| Freddie in those days was a “knock 'em
(dead’ fighter, one with a rr-all{ power -
Iful wallop and he sent one foe after
| another to dreamland.
Many meu who saw Welsh in action
| through 4306, 1906 and 1907 insist that
Welsh could drive a blow just about as
hard as ninety per cent of the sluggers
of his time,
. Freddie’s hitting power has demon-
I.l'B.'ued in London in the latter part of
907
A few weeks previously Welsh had
stopped Joe White in 36 rounds. This
caused the supporters of Freddie to com
ment profusely on his hitting power.
‘l"‘rlonds of White took exception te this
attitnde and an argument followed.
Those who were lauding Welsh finally
boasted:
““Welsh can whip any two mem that
you fellows can trot forth--and do it on
the same night and imthe same ring and
in less than 20 rounds.'’
| The White followers accepted the defl
and then it was up to Freddie to make
good Welsh showed no hestitancy in
tackling the job and made a side bet
of $260 that he would accomplish the
’frivk Wiiite's friends selected Gunner
| Hart, welterweight champion of the
British Navy, who outwelghed Welsh
18 pounds, and Arthur KEllis, another
champion, who had it on Freddie more
than 10 pounds In bulk,
It looked like an almost impossible
| task for a featherweight to dispose of
' a welterweight champion and a 138
pounder champion in less than 20 rounds
| but Welsh accomplished it without
much effort. He battered Hart into sub
mission during the 3rd round and then,
almost without a rest, took on Elis and
stopped him In five rounds.
The performance of Welsh that nifN
stamped him as a man of real hitting
‘mwor, Welsh, had he so willed, might
ve continued as a knockout phenom
for many years. But he conecluded that
the better plan was to eonserve his enes
wrlen 80 as to last the maximum dis;;.::
in the ring. And so, from then on,
die contented himself with finm
rnnm—a program that was ex
or him because I'reddie remained a top
‘notcher from 1%07 until Benny Leonasd
knocked him out—for the first time jn
his career—ten years afterward
. g 3
Virginia Falls Before
’
Powerful Navy Five
ANNAPOLIS, MD., Jan. 26 -—-Bhowing
some new kinks in passing and pllyllfln
a high pace, the midshipmen won their
twelfth consecutive vietory at basketball
by defeating University of Virginia Reoh
this afternoon by 67 to 16,
The Navy started with a sertes of passes
which quite took the visttors off their feet.
m‘xcrunmnnu first hadt,
00l he b e by, PTG,
thrown the Moo by Pettway,