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CRACKERS NOT IN BEST OF SHAPE FOR FIRST EXHIBITION GAME OF SEASON
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Bunkum Morris in Best Condition.
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Zippy King Was in Good Shape
When He Reported.
By HENRY VANCE.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.,, March 18.
With tha first exhibition game of the
Crackers only a day or so away
Messrs. Higgins and Mayer find that
theie men are not in the best of
shape to play it. Most of the men
liave been in camp but a few days
and the showers, however light that
they may be, hit town almost daily.
Without a hot sun the Cracker chiefls
are afraid to let the tossers cut loose
with all they have in stock.
The first game is not an impor
tant affair, anyway, and the chances
are that the champions will take
things easy, even though a large
bunch of townspeople are expected
1o turn out for the game. The af
fair has been hooked with a semi
pro outfit from New Orleans and
Higgins says he can't even remem
ber its name.
MORRIS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Bunkum Morris, rookie pitcher, is
probably in better shape than any
of the hurlers and Bunkum is ready
to put soma stuff on the ball He
came to camp more than & week ago
with Bob Higgins, and admitted yes
terday that he had worked out a
few Adays at his home in Buford be
fore he started South with the club.
Morris alse stated yestgeday that
he has eeen professional service bo
fore, having worked in the Georgin-
Alabama League, where lio served his
fork-handed offerings prior to the
entrance of the U. 8. into the Euro
pean struggle.
Zivpie King is another Cracker who
is in pretty good shape. King came
South ahead of the rest of the bunch
and the start he got on the rest of
tha fellows is beginning to tell
I thought ll'd seen King before, just
As roon as 1 lamped him at work
on the greensward in uniform.
“Didn't you try out with Moley in
Pirmingham once?” 1 queried.
“Sure, I tried out over thers in
1916,” he replied.
KING IMPRESSED MOLEY.
King was a raw youngster at that
time, making his first stab at pro
feasional baseball, but even though he
wag green he impressed Moley with
his wonderful fielding antics. The
chubby Baronial chief at that early
stage of the lad’s career admitted
:Imt he would keep him if he could
it.
Since then King hasg learnad to hit.
He pastimed with the Columbia out
fit in the Sally league last year
and clouted the apple for a 290 av
erage. He came to camp full of con
fidenae this spring and the Cracker
bosses admit that he's going to make
a formidable fight for the shortstop
ping job.
Other infielders who are tryving for
berths are Flohr, Brenner and Suggs,
The latter is a brother of Johnny
Buggs, the Cracker pitcher, and he
played semi-pro ball around his home
in Alabama last year. Flohr and
Brenneér were recommended to Cholly
Frank by the veteran Billy Carpen
ter. Billy touted the lads highly and
Frank decided to give 'em a trial
Flohr can play either short or third
and Brenner s being used at first
boame at present.
ONE OUTFIELDER IN CAMP,
With only one gardener in camp
the outfield has not begun to shape
up as yet. It is early, though,/ and
by the start of the new week It is
thought that every candidate for a
Cracker job will be on hand with the
§ou_lhle excention of Outfielder
erndon, who has gained permigsion
from Boss Frank to report for duty
Jate in the training season. FHern
don gave the promise that he would
work out at his home and he in eon
dition for work when he reported.
Columbus Team Is ;
Winner Over Braves
ALBANY, Ga., March 18.—~The Co
fambus American Association base-
Dall team, here for spring practise,
wwent over to Dawson for mn axhibi
tion game with George Stallings’ Bra
4on Braves, in training at Columbus,
Ga., and defeated the big leaguers §
to 2. 'Nr game was one of the best
exhibitioh games ever seen in this
mection.
Home yruns by Hank Gowdy and
Mulrennan, the Columbus piteher,
featured the offensive side of the
W" while Terry Turner's remark
@ fielding for Columbus was the
eutstanding fenture. The teams play
again in Albany this afternoon. The
score by innings:
R H. R|
Columbus . . . .200 010 000-—3 8 1!
WPoston . . . . .010 001 000—2 9 0
RBatteries: Mulrennan, MeQuillen
and Hartley: Oascher, Fillingim,
Gowdy and O'Neil. Umpires—Pech
eos and Fayers, |
Frank Welch, Albany
Boy, With Athletics
ALBANY, Ga., Mach is.-local
baseball fans were pleased at the an
nruncement of the line-up of Connie
Mack's Team A, which containg the
name of Frank Walch, an Albany boy,
as centerfielder. Weleh led the Vir
ginia League in baftting last season
and the Athletics late late sSeason.
When the Athleties play in Atlanta
weveral local fans are planning to xo
up and see Welch in action.
On Dlamonds, Watches and
Personal Property. Great
values in unredeemed ar
ticles A spec alty in
Trunks and Leather Goods.
United Loan Assn.
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R.O.T.C. Shooters
The tentative schedule of the Geor
gia Tech R. O, P, C. rifle team has
been given out by its manager. The
echedule is arranged for the locals
to play other R. O. T. C. units of
Southern colleges.
The schedule followa:
Florida Unliversity, Gainesville, Fla.,
March 20.
John B, Btetson University, De
Land, Fla.,, March 20,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au
burn, Ala., March 27.
Emory Unlversity, Atlanta, Ga.,
March 27.
North Georgia Agricultural College,
Dahlonega, Ga.,, April 2.
Wofford College, Spartanburg, S,
C. Aprl 3,
Misl]flliévl)i A. and M College, Agri
cultural College, Miss., April 10,
Clemson Agrictural College, Clem
son, 8. C. April 10.
South Carolina University, Colum
bia, 8. C., April 17,
The Citadel, Charleston, 8. C., April
17.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tenn., April 24,
Little Rock College, Little Rock,
Ark., April 24,
~ The matches with Auburn, Emory,
lWofl'om College and I.ittle Rock Col
lege have been definitely planned.
The following officers have heen
elected by the Tech Rifle Club: J. M,
Slaughter of Meridian, Miss., presi
dent; C. A. Mcßee of Watkinsville,
Ga., vice president; A. A, Black of
lakeland, Fla., secretary; M. O.
Berry of Columbus, Ga., treasurer;
Capt. A. I. Pendleton Jr, executive
officer.
Harry Frazee Has Busy
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Time With Tracks, Etc.
Harry Frazee is having a nice time
these 3nyl. He has more trouble than
Job had with his epidemic of pimples.
Between handling ball players and
trying to settle law sults Harry will prob
ably favor the theatrical husiness,
Frazee is probably hoping that no one
in Gloucester or Bluffton, Ind., has prome
ised elther Stuffy Mclllis or Everett
Bcott A raise or a bonus. “It's great”
saya I'razee, “'to have these other fellows
spending your money for you.'
3,000 Palm Beach Fans
See Yanks Beal Reds
PALM BEACH, Fla., March 18- --Three
thousand persons yesterday saw the New
York Yankees trim the world's champion
Reds, 7 to 2, in the third game of their
serien, making 2 to 1 wins for New York
Roush xot one hit and it was a three
bagger. The Reds returned to their train.
ing grounds at Miami and will have to
work hard to get in form for clubs that
have had more training
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Semifinals Reached
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NEW YORK, March 18-Miss Carome
Winn of New York was numbered among
the semi-finalists in the women's national
indoor tenmis tournament today as a re
sult of her sensational victory over Miss
Leslle Bancroft of Boston in the fourth
Tound, Miss Helens Pollak, New York
Mrs Ingo Hartmann, Lake Champlain
champlion, and Mins Edith Sigourney of
Boston, were the other zemi-finalists
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Hughie Jennings Orders
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Full Speed’ for Tigers
MACON, Ga, March 18 -~Manager Jen
nings of the Tigers, ordered ‘‘full speed"
for his players today following the inter
ference with yesterday's gdume by a rain
atorm, The Tigers and Boston HBraves
begin their exhibition tour Tuesday, and
Jenunings will avall himself of the reman
ing time here In letting all rookice show
thelr worth
Herzog Plays, but
Angels Beat Cubs
PABADENA, Cal, March 18 -—~The Cubs
were trimmed in a regulation game here
yesterday by the Los Angeles Angels. The
store was 4 to 2 Buck Herzog played
through six innings, despite his trussed-up
rupture
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[lndian Regulars Give
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‘ NEW ORLEANE, March 18.~The In
dian regulars stepped nto the dAeliveries
Los Cykowsk a 4 Nishaus yesterday and
won the Hecision nver the Yannigans n
the first game of the series hy a score
of 9 to 0
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d\T PHILADELPHIA—Fred Fulton won from Bartley Madden in a
slo®W six round bout.
AT DETROIT-—Mel Coogan, substituting for Johnny Dundee, won
a popular decision over Johnny Mendelsohn in ten rounds.
AT PHILADELPHIA—Danny Frush, Baltimore, knocked out Artie
Root, Cleveland, in the fourth round of a scheduled six round bout.
AT CANTON, Ohio-Jack Britton, the welterweight champion, out
pointed Jack Perry of Braddock, Pa. in twelve rounds.
AT SAVANNAH, Ga.~Young Denny fought a twelve round draw
with Jimmy Duffy.
AT DAYTON, Ohio—~Harry Greb beat Tommy Robson in twelve
rounds.
AT CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa—Harvey Thorpe beat Sailor Freedman
in ten rounds.
AT ST. PAUL, Minn—~Mike O’'Dowd beat Augie Ratner in ten
rounds and Harry Hills knocked out Kid Johnson in one round.
At KENOSHA, Wis~Ted Jamieson won on foul from K. O.
Brown in four rounds.
AT QUINCY, lll,~Marty Henderson beat Tony Caponi in ten
rounds.
AT FORT WORTH-—Jimmy Hanlon of Chicago knecked out Bobby
Waugh at Fort Worth in the last round of a twelve round bout.
AT SALT LAKE-—Johnny Fisk, Rock Island, knocked out Willie
Wise, Salt Lake, in the second round of a scheduled six round bout,
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| DAVENPORT, lowa, March 18.—
' Ralph Greenleal, world's pocket bil
;li:u\i champion, broke a Middle West
record yesterday when he went out
i\\'ith an unfinished run of 100, scor
| ing a victory over Jerome Keough by
1256 to 27 in an exhibition game, The
| game required only four innings.
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! NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 17.-—
‘,Tm-k Farmer, former Vol and Pitts
|burg Pirate, who played last’ season
'with the Portland club of the Pacific
' Coast League, has been signed by the
' Vols. The club has been working on
| the deal all season and secured him
| through the Detroit Tigers, who got
him from Portland |
Farmer hit 297 in the Coast League
| last year and is counted on to De
among the top of Dixie's slugging ag
gregation this season.
his athlet Ability to baseball in the fu
| tute and fearea if imjured in football he
might ruin his chances in the national
pastime, ‘
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Damask, Whltne(g'o
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Louisiana Derby
NEW ORLFEANS, March 18~—Har
ry Payne Whitney's Damask was the
winner of the $56,000 Louisiana Derby
at Jefferson Park Wednesday after
noon. An odds-on choice of the
strongest type, his victory was indi
cated by the quotation on tap against
him. Bulletproof was second and
Breadman third,
Damask will in all probability be
the principal Whitney colorbearer in
the Kentucky Derby, the $35,000 fea
ture to be decided at Churchill Downs
a couple of months hence. This s
probably the most improved colt in
the three-year-old division and while
he went into winter quarters with a
fair sort of renown, it was not until
the racing at New Orleans that he
forced his way into racing’'s limelight.
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New Orleans Pels
UNIVERSITY, Ala., March i ~Joe
Sewell, star second baseman and cap-‘
tain of the University of Alabama
baseball team, today confirmed the
rumor that he has been signed by
Johnny Dobbs, of the New Orleans
Pelicans.
The college star will not report to
the Pels until the end of the college
season. He will be the third Crimson
player to be signed by a Souxhern|
League team in the past two years.
Jim Boone and Lena Styles, of last
year’s champion Atlanta club, also
hail from Alabama. |
Sewell has had quite a bit of ex-!
perience as an infielder, and is a
star of the first magnitude. He - as
picked on several All-Southern base
ball teams last spring, and in the
summer pastimed with the Westfield
Barons of Birmingham, which team
tied the Atlantic Steel Company for
the Southern amateur title.
He has received offers from several
professional teams. He stated that
the Atlanta and Birmingham clubs,
of the Southern League, and St. Louis,
Cleveland and Philadelphia clubs, of
the National League, have all made
him offers, |
Sewell is also a football player of
note, He played all last year with
Coach Yen Scott’s “Thin Red Line,”
and starred in most games he played.
Mackmen Pound Ceord
Hurler, but Lose, 9-8
M'ALLEN, Tex., March 18.-~Branch
Rickey's men took another game from
the Athletics yesterday, 9 to 8. All the
veterans of the Cardinals are showing up
fine, Heathcote copping three hits.
Blades, a recruit, was tried at second,
while Bogart was played in left field.
Sherdell traveled the entire route for
the Cardinale and while the Mackmen
{athered fourteen hits, he managed to
eep them fairly scattered.
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By CALLAHAN
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Line-ups of Y.W.C.A.
d S h High
The Y. W. C. A. senlor basketball
team and Savannah High girls meet
on Wesley Memorial court Saturday
night at 8 o'clock. Atlanta’s basket
ball enthusiasts will be given an ex
hibition of a game played by girls’
rules by two teams that have never
played anything but girls’ rules. The
players say they will demonstrate in
their game that skill wins in basket
ball, rather than rough and heavy
work, '
The two teams that will match
their skill have good playing records
to their credit. Savannah H,?h has
won in every game played thie year
and the “Y. W.” team holds pergma
nently the pennant for the girls’ sen
ior league of Atlanta.
The line-up for the “Y” team will
be: Forwards, Peggy Launius and
Dorothy Weber, guards, Dorothy
Fischer and Jane Reiley; centers,
Gertrude Reiley or Isbal Dew. Miss
Lucy Adams is coach.
The Savannah High line-up will
be: Forwards, Elizabeth Inglesby and
Inez Helfish; guards, Mary Byers and
Marie Bargeron; centers, Anna Beck
man and Ruth Helfish. Freda Ren
froe is side center and Annie Laura
Connor side guard.
Artie Root Stopped
By Frush in Fourth
PHILADELPHIA, March 18.~Danny
Frush of England dropped Artie Root of
Cleveland for the count of ten in the fourth
round here last night before the National
Sporting Club. It was the main bout,
Root was knocked out When Referee
Joe Griffo reached the count of seven he
smiled and told the referee that he had
two more to go, but at the count.of ten
'he was still sitting on the canvas looking
‘at Griffo. Root evidently lost track of
' the count.
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Benny Valger Arrives Sunday for
Bout Here Tuesday Night,
Meeghan vs, Barnett, ~
By GUY BUTLER. %
Jack Lawler, the pride of Omaha,
will set foot upon Atlanta soil Fri
day to put on the finishing touches
for his battle next Tuesday night with
Benny Valger, the famous feather
weight, who climaxed his sensational
rise to the top the other night with
a vietory over Johnny Kilbane.
Lawler will bring with him his
manager, Joe Levy, and they will see
to it that Jack is in perfect condition
when he enters the ring with the
vhampio;;s conqueror. This is the
greatest opportunity ever offered the
Omaha streak, and if "1¢ succeeds in
beating the French flash. then he will
be in Jine for bouts with the other
great fellows in the feather class,”
and of course, accumuate a small for
tune.
HIS GREATEST CHANCE.
Though Lawler fought Young
Chaney, Johnny Dundee, Benny Mi-
Neil and Dick Loadmann here, those
bouts were not half 5 important as
this coming clash, for IL.awler will be
meeting the man who 1s looked upon
as the successor to Champion Kil
bane. Valger badly outpointed the
Cleveland veteran a few nights ago,
and it is the consensus of opinion
among the Eastern experts that
Benny is a far better fighter, and
will be the next kingpin.
However, he must overcome a great
obstacle in Lawler. The latter looms
up as a formidable barrier to the
featherweight throne, and if Benny is
successful in doing away with Jack,
then he will be entitled to be called
the greatest feather in the land.
Valger will arrive in this city Sun
day.
Stanley Meeghan, the little -Irish
fighter, has been matched with Bat
tling Barnett of Walk Miller's stable,
Their bout will precede the main
event and will go ten rounds or less.
Both Meceghan apd Barnett are good
hitters and it is not certain that this
engagement will trave! the full dis
ta..ce.
A six round preliminary will open
the show. .
ALL STAR CARD PLANNED.
Promoter McDonald will stage an
all-star poxing card week or so after
the coming show, and he will have
booked scme of the best talent in
the citv, including Stanley Meeghan
and either Freddie Boorde or Young
Jack Sharkey. Meeghan and Boorde
have fought twice, each getting a
flecision, and fans here are anxious
to see them meet again,
Eddie Hanlon, whose shoulder is
improving rapidly now, probably will
'be given a chance with Larry Avera
'as his opponent. Eddie was billed for
the last entertainme:t, but a dislo
cation of his shoulder prevented the
;buut, >
Middle West Basket
Tourney Is Under Way
CHICAGO, March 18.—Nearly a dozen
Statgs were represented in the second an
nual Middle West basketball tournament,
whieh started here today at the University
of Chicago.
\ Today’s schedule of games was as fol-
OWS:
Coushatta High School, Shreveport, La.,
vs, Kalamazoo, Mich.
St. Mary’s, Winona, Minn., vs, Cedar
Rapids, Towa, Academy.
Altoona, Pa., vs. Stivers High Bchool,
Dayton, Ohfie.
' Moundsville, W. Va., vs. Macomb, IIIL
Hyde Park High School, Chicago, V&,
Central High School, Minneapolis.
| Crawfordsville, Ind., vs. Central High
School, Peoria, I,
Oakpark, 111., vs. Erie, Pa.
'l‘ol|’-“‘|,«:m(‘:1r:fi: Mich., vs. Woodward Tech.,
Macomb, 111, Academy vs. Wingate, Ind.
Lane Tech.,, Chicago, 111., vs. Clendenin,
W. Va,
Fond du Lae, Wis.,, vs. Boone, lowa,
. .
San Antonio vs. Giants
In Charity Game Today
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 18.—The
Giants will meet San Antonio in an exhi
bition game here today for charity.