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CRACKERS TO MEET COLLEGE NINE; PITCHER MONTE PRIESTE IS SIGNED
Bunkum Morris in Best Condition,
. . .
Zippy King Was in Good Shape
When He Reported.
By HENRY VANCE.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss., March 18
With the first exhibition game of the
Crackers only a day or 8o away |
Messrs, Higgins and Mayer find that
their men are not in the best of
shape to play it. Most of the men
have been in camp but a few days
and the showers, however light that
they may be, hit town almost dalily.
Witseut a hot sun the Cracker chiefs
are afraid to let the wessers cut loose
with all they have in stock.
‘ The first game {8 not an ‘lmpor
tant affair, anyway, and the chances
are that the champions will take
things easy, even though a large
bunch of townspeople are expected
to turn sut for the game. The af
fair has been hooked with a college
outtit and Higgins says lre can't even
remember its name.
MORRIS IN GOOD SHAPE.
‘Bunkum Morris, rookie pitcher, 1s
probably In better shape than any
of the hurlers and Bunkum is ready
to put some stuff on the ball. He
came to camp more than a week ago
with Bob Higgins, and admitted yes
terday that he had worked out a
few days at his home in Buford be
fore he started South with the club.
Morris also stated yesterday that
he has seen professional service be
fore, having worked in the Georgla-
Alabama League, where he served his
fork-handed offerings prior to the
entrance of the U. £ into the Euro
pean struggle.
Zippie King is another Cracker who
is in pretty good shape. King came
South ahead of ths rest of the bunch
and the start he got on the rest of
the fellows is beginning to tell.
I thought I'd seen King before, just
as soon as I lamped him at work
on the greensward In uniform.
“Didn’'t you try out with Moley In
Birmingham once?" 1 queried.
“Sure, I tried out over there In
1916." he renlied.
KING IMPRESSED MOLEY.
King was a raw voungster at that
time, making his first stab at pro
fessional Baseball, but even though he
was green he impressed Moley with
his wonderful flelding antics. The
chubby Baronial chief at that early
stage of the lad's career admitted
;‘Y;nt he would keep him if he could
.
Since then King has learned to hit,
He pastimed with the Columbia out
fit in the Sally League Jlast year
and clonted the apple for a 290 av
erage. He came to camp full of con
fidence this snring and the Cracker
hosses admit that he's going to make
a formidable fight for the shortstop
ping job. / _
Other infielderas who are trving for
bherthe are Flohr, Brenner and Suggs,
The latter is a brother of Johnny
fuges, the Cracker pitcher. and he
played semi-pro ball around his home
fn Alabama last year. Flohr and
Prenner were recommandad ta Cholly
Frank bv the veteran Rilly Carpen
ter, Billy touted the lads highiy and
Frank decided to give ‘em a trial
Flohr can play either short or third
and Brenner i being used at first
haga at nresent
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
thonght that every candidate for a
Cracker job will be on hand with the
possihla excention of Outfielder
Herndon, who has gained nermission
from Boss Frank to report for duty
Jjate in the training season. Hern
don gave the promlse that he would
work out at his home and he In con
dition for work when he reported
Columbus Team Is
Winner Over Braves
ALBANY, Ga., March 18.—~Tha Co
umbus American Association base
ball team, hera for spring practise,
went over to Dawson for an exhibi
tion same with George Stallings' Bra.
ton Braves, in training at Columbus,
Ga., and defeated the big leaguers 3
to 2. The game was ona of the best
exhibition games ever seen in this
section,
Home runs by Hank Gowdy and
Mulrennan. the Columbus pitcher,
featured the offensive slde of the
game, while Terry Turner’s remark
able fielding for Columbus was the
outstanding feature. The teams play
again in Albany this afternoon. The
score by innings:
R.H. E
Columbus . . . .200 010 0008 8 1
Woston . . . . .010 001 000—2 9 O
Batteries: Mulrennan, McQulillen
and Hartley: Oascher, Fillingim,
Gowdy and O'Neil. Umpires—Pech
ous and Eayers.
Frank Welch, Albany
Boy, With Athletics
ALBANY, Ga., March 18 Local
®aseball fans were pleased at the an
nouncement of the line-up of Connie
Mack's Team A, which contains the
name of Frank Walch, an Albany boy
as centerfielder. Welch led the Vir.
ginia League in batting last season
and the Athletics late lats season
When the Athletics play In Atlania
geveral local fans are planning to
up and see Welch in action
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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 soll ¥ri
day to put on the flnishing touches
for hig battle next Tuesday night with
Benny,.‘ Valger, the famous feather-
W(-Is'h“r who climaxed his sensational |
rise to the top ‘the other night with |
& victory over Johnny Kilbane, |
Lawler will bring with him I§is
manager, Joe Levy, and they will spe
to it that Jack is in perfect conditién
when ‘2O enters the ring with the
champion's conqueror. This Is e
greatest opportunity ever offered the
Omaha streak, and if he succeeds 'in
beating tlte French flash then he will
be in line for bouts with the other
great fellows in the feather class,
x‘md of course, accumuate a small for
une,
HIS GREATEST CHANCE.
Though Lawler fought Young
Chaney, Johnny Dundee, Benny Mc-
Neil and Dick Loadmann here, those
bouts were not half £0 important as
this coming clash, for Lawler will be
meeting the man who 13 looked apon
as the sugeessor tp Champion Kil
bané, Valger badly outpointed the
Cleveland vetersn a few nights ago,
and it is the consensus of opinion
among the HEastern experts that
Benny is a far better fighter, and
will be the next kingpin.
However, he must overcome a great
obstacle in Lawler. Tho 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 arvive i this city Sun
day.
Stanley Meeghan, the ilttle Irish
fighter, has been matched with Bat
tling Barnett of Walk Miller's stable,
Their hout will precede the main
event and will go ten rounds or less.
Both Meeghan and Barnett are good
hitters and it is not certain that this
engagement will trave! the full dis
ta .ce.
l A six round preliminary will open
the show,
lALL STAR CARD PLANNED. |
Promoter McDonald will stage an’
all-star poxing card week or go after
| the coming show, and he will have
| booked some of the best talent in
E!hv eity, ineluding Stanley Meeghan
and either Freddie Boorde or Young
| Jack Sharkey. Meeghan and Boorde
;hx\‘e fought twice, each getting a
jecision, and fans here are anxious
' to see them meet again
‘ Rddie Hanlon, whose shoulder is
improving rapidly now, probably will
| be given a chance with Larry Avera
|as his opponent Fddis was billed for
the last entertainment, but a dislo
imm-n of his shoulder prevented the
t bout,
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! Harry Frazee {8 having & nice time
these days He has more trouble than
Job had with his epidemic of pimples
| Between handling ball players and
%H‘)Aul to settle law suits Harry will prob
| ably favor the theatrical business
] Frazee is probably hoping that no one
i in Gloucester or Bluffton, Ind., has prom
{ ised either Btuffy Melllis or Everett
Scott & ralse or a bonus. “llt's great,"”
| says Frazee, “'to have these other fellows
:!H-f‘lu’ ng your money for you.'
3,000 Palm Beach Fans
See Yanks Beat Reds
PALM BEACH, Fla, March 18 —Three
thousand persons vesterday saw the New
York Yankees trim the werlid's champion
Reds, 7 to 2, in the third game of their
series, making 2 to 1 wins for New York.
Roush got one hit and it was a three
bagger. The Reds returned te their train
{ing grounds at Miami and will have to
| work hard to get in form for clubs that
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AT PHILADELPHIA—Fred Fulton won from Bartley Madden in a
slow six round bout.
AT DETROIT—MeI 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 Parry 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.
Brown in four rounds.
AT QUINCY, Ill.—Marty Henderson beat Tony Caponi in ten
rounds. ¢
AT FORT WORTH-—Jimmy Hanlon of Chicage knocked 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,
Billiard Champ |
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{ DAVENPORT, lowa, March 18—
gßulph Greenleaf, world's pocket bxl—l
{liard champion, broke a Middle West |
| record yesterday when he went nut!
with an unfinished run of 100, scor-|
ing a victory over Jerome Keough by
125 to 27 in an exhibition game. The
game required only four innings.
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Jim Thorpe Says He's
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1 Through With Gridiron
AKRON, Ohio, March 18.—Jim Thorpe
will not play professional foatball next
fall The world's greatest athlete made
this announcement yesterday, while here
signing his baseball contract with the
AXxron International League Club.
~ Thorpe deciared he intended confining
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homea
Jack Farmer, Old
! Yol, Comes Back
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" NASHVILLE, Tenn., March. 18—
' Jack Farmer, former Vol nad Pitts
lburx Pirate, who played last season
i\\uh the Portiand club of the Pacific
| Coast T.eague, has been s‘.gned..by the
| Vols. The club has been working on
|the deal all season and secured him
;throup:h the Detroit Tigers, who got
{ him from Portland.
{ Farmer hit 297 in the Coast League
| last year and is counted on to DbDe
|among the top of Dixie's slugging ag
| gregation this season.
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'hl. athletic ability to baseball in the fu
ture and feared if imjured in football he
lmlxht ruin his chances in the national
pastime.
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Damask, Whitney
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NEW ORLEANS, March 18 Har
rv Pavne Whitney's Damask was the
winner of the $5,000 Louisiana Derby
at Jefferson Park Wednesday after
noon An odds-on choice of the
strongest type, his victory was indi
cated by the quotation o 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 is
probably the most improved colt in
the three-vear-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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Sewell, Alabama
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New Orleans Pels
UNIVERSITY, Ala,, March '.—~—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 ceollege 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 Southern
IL.eague team in tho past two years.
Jim Boone and Z.ena Styles, of last
vear's champion Atlanta club, alsol
hail from Alabama.
Sewell has had quite a bit of ex
perience as an infielder, and is a
star of the first inagnitude. 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 Birminghc n clubs,
of the Southern League, and £t. Louis,
Cieveland 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 Xen Scott’s “Thin Red Line,”
and starred in most games he played.
Mackmen Pound Card
Hurler, but Lose, 9-8
M'ALLEN, Tex., March 18.—Branch
Rickey's men took' another game from
the Athletlcs 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 fleld.
Sherdell traveled the entire route for
the Cardinals and while the Mackmen
gathered fourteen hits, he managed to
keep them fairly scattered.
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By CALLAHAN
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ine-ups of Y.W.C.A.
and Savannah High
i The Y. W. C. A. senlor basketball
‘team and Savannah High girls meet
on Wesley Memorial court Saturday
Inight 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 High has
‘won in every game, played this year
‘and the “Y. W.” team holds pormn’-‘
'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 olit. When Referee
',Jne Griffo reached the count of seven he
smiled and told the referee that he had
ltwc more to go, but at the count of ten
he was still sitting on the canvas looking
lat Griffo. Root evidently lost track of
the count.
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Bob Higgins Announces Line-up
for Exhibition Game-~Boone’s
Leg Coming Around.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss, March &4
Monte Prieste, for a couple of years
with the Memphis club and also a
star in the International League sev
eral years ago, later getting a try
out with the Brooklyn Dodgers, has
a contract to play with the Atlanta
Crackers the coming season.
Sammy Meyer announced this
morning that Monte had come to
terms with the local outfit and was
expected in town any day now. |
Monte was out of baseball l{-sst
summer refusing to report to he
Memphis club. The Chick outfit re
fused to give him his release, and &s
a result he played a few independemnt
games last summer. This winter he
got his unconditional release and wis
a free agent., He signed with the
Atlanta club,
THIRD SACKER REPORTS.
Third Baseman Millwedge, who
made guite a rep witl? an army team
and was with the same army outfit
with Suggs, reported for work this
morning. Millwedge is a husky bo
and Cholly thinks well of him. é
The Crackers held a good, lohgh
practice yesterday. The sun was not
out, but it was warm, and some good
work was gotten in. They play their
first practice game with the local col
lege team here Saturday. A game
‘was booked for Sunday with a New
Orleans semi-pro outfit, but has been
called off because of the fact that
Mayer and Higgins didn't feel as if
the Crackers were in good enough
‘shape as yet to battle for nine in
‘nings.
~ Higgins stated this morning that he
‘'would probably use the following
line-up in the Saturday game with
the collegians:
Powell, catcher; Brenner, first
base; Flohr, second base; Millwedge,
third base; King, shortstop; Gene
Suggs, left field; Moyer or Craigg
center field, and Joe Guyon, righ
field. b
He did not state the batting order.
Bunkam Morris, Bull Durham, two
left-handed recruits, and probably a
right-hander will be used if the game
goes for nine innings.
With the arrival of Millwedge in
camp this morning, the Crackers’ list
was about completed. Prieste, out
fielder Herndon and Third Sacker
Damrau are yet to come. Herndon
will not report to camp here, but
Damrau and Prieste are expected any
day.
BOONE'S LEG IMPROVING.
Daniel Boone, who has been trou- -
bled with a bum leg, due to an op~
eration before coming to camp, hob
bled to the home plate and hit fun
goes yesterday. Daniel says the
wounded member is coming along
nicely, and that he will be ready to
get started on conditioning his arm
in three days now.
“Slats” Ledbetter is rounding into
shape nicely anw, and the big right—‘
hander said today that his arm was
not the least bit sore. “T'll be ready
to piteh the full nine innings inside
of a few days,” said Slats, optimis
tically, and then added: ‘“But I hon
estly believe I've developed a char
ley horse in my right leg.”
Bob Higgins laughed and said: “Be
careful of the old leg, Razor; I am
counting on you stealing lots of bases
this summer.
Cliff Wheatley of the Constitution,
and Morgan Blake of the Journal,
reached town this morning, running
the newspaper total to three.
Semifinals Reached
In Women’s Tourney |
NEW YORK, March 18.—Miss Caroms
Winn of New York was numbered among
the semi-finalists in the women's national
indoor tennis tournament today as a re
sult of her sensational victory over Miss
Leslie Bancroft of Boston in the fourth
round. Miss Helene Pollak, New York;
Mrs. Ingo Hartmann, Lake Champlain
lvhumpion, and Miss Edith Sigourney of
Boston, were the -other semi-finalists.