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-MTNDAY, FEBRUARY T.
DOINGS OF THE DAY IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
Fisher Has Resigned; Count
Castro WiH Manage Team
Atlanta Man Has Been Or
dered To Report and Has
Been Expected Since Sat
urday Afternoon.
Manager Newt Fisher of the An
Bust a Baseball club has resigned. He
will be succeeded in the management
of the team by Count Castro of V.-
lnata, whose acceptance of terms
with the Augusta club has been told
of in The Herald.
It. is given out that Mr. Fisher re
signed with the understanding that
as he had been out of the game for
several seasons, and as the club had
to have -a playing manager, it was
problematical as to his succeeding
in the capacity, and he felt it his duty
to the club to get" out and allow them
free rein in the selection of someom
about whose ability to play in the
games there was no doubt
Some thought had been given to
this for a considerable time as the
season approached more closely, but
Mr. Fisher’s friends wore hopeful
that it would be arranged so that ho
co, Id continue to have control of the
team. Then the chance to sign Mr.
Castro came and Mr. Fisher under
standing the situation, resigned.
Mr. Castro has teen ordered to re
port in Augusta, and he was expected
here Saturday afternoon or night. He
is probably arranging his affairs in
Atlanta however and will be hero in
a few’ days.
spsiniTOwts
The resignation of Manager Fisher
of the Augusta baseball team marks
the passing of a pioneer in baseball
in the South. Mr. Fisher’s record is
one of which he well may be proud,
and It must be cheering to him to
be able to lock back on a career
in the national game, often beset with
talk of manipulation and sharp prac
tice, and to know that his name has
been free from any breath of scandal
during the many years he has been
connected with it. We do not know
what Mr. Fisher’s future plans are.
Whatever he may do, w'hether in the
game or out of it, whether in busi
ness walks private life, he has
our best wish<S*and those of the fans
of Augusta.
Mr. Fisher figured prominently in
the formation of the Southern league.
In fact, with Charlie Frank, he led
in the move to make the Southern
organisation. Mr. Fisher took the
Nashville franchise at that time, and
•won the pennant the first year. He
held on to the franchise in the Ten
nessee city until three years ago,
when he relinquished it. This was
at the time the league went from
class B into class A, and most of
the teams were transferred from pri
vate ownership to that of stock com
panies or syndicates.
Mr. Fisher demonstrated during the
time he owned the Nashville franchise
that he was a good manager in more
ways than one, and amassed a bank
roll which must be comforting to him.
While he has been in charge in Au
gusta he has done much to prepare
the way for a successful season, as
well as doing a great deal of work
in beginning and carrying to a suc
cessful end the making of the first
grass infield in the league. Other im
provements at the park are also to
be placed to his credit.
Mr. Castro, who assumes the man
agement, is well known in the world
of sports. He has the distinction of
being a cousin to ex-president Castro
of Venezuela, who has been very
much In the spot* light of world af
fairs recently. Mr. Castro, or "Count
Castro,” as he is familiarly called by
admirers over the baseball world, how
ever, has qualities of his own which
have made him popular wherever he
has been known. He has had a wide
baseball experience, having played
with Baltimore in the Eastern league,
Philadelphia of the National league,
Columbus of the American Associa
tion, and Atlanta in the Southern.
Count Castro will enliven things in
this league. He was known while
with the Atlanta club as the clown
of the Southern league. As a coach
he has a national reputation. He can
infuse more ginger Into hre teammates
than most anybody we know of, and
has the great Arlie Latham’s record
of his palmiest days backed up into
a corner and hollering for a let-up.
Manager Castro’s acquaintances
among the big leaguers and among
baseball players generally will be of
great service to the Augusta club. He
Is known to have a .number of first
class men on the string, and will pull
it for Augusta. His coming to the
team therefore will not only strength
en it by his playing, but will be of
great assistance on account of the oth
er strength he will be able to add
to it. It behooves the fans to get
together and give him a first-class
eend-off and make his administration
successfvfl by their co-operation.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. fudge, of At
lanta, are stopping at the Albion
hotel fer an extended stay. They are
well known in Augusta, and will visit
numerous friends while In the city.
HEW TITLES FOR
PRIZEFIGHTERS
■ ■ ■ MHI »
New York Evening Jour
nal Advocates a New
Classification For tke
Fugs.
What ore the proper classes among
boxers? asks the New York Evening
Journal.
What is the r/eight In each class?
Should weight be made at the ring
side or some hours before the fight l
Who are the different champions,
today?
Who are the best man in each class
since boxing became as much a na
tional institution as it is today?
There are some questions that
have been bothering fans for many a
day.
All over this country and in Eng
landMhe original home Of fisticuffs
these questions are being asked and
answered in many different ways.
There are but five different ques
tions and each draws about 50 dis
ferent answers.
In response to hundreds of do
mands the Evening Journal today,
after long and hard search through
pugilistic histories, and after talking
the matter over with many of the
leading authorities of the present
day, prints the following list of the
classes in which fighters should be
divided, with the weights of each di
vision:
Paperweight, 105 pounds.
Bantamweight, 116 pounds.
Featherweight, 122 pounds.
Heavy Featherweight. 128 pounds
Lightweight, 133 pounds.
Welterweight, 142 pounds.
Light middleweight, 150 pounds.
.Middleweight., 158 pounds.
Light heavyweight, 165 pounds.
Heavyweight over 165 pounds.
Gives Every One a Chance.
These classes give every man in
the game a chance to stay in the
class naturally belongs in and
does away with the unfortunates who
are just too heavy for one division
and too light for the one above Joe
Choynski, for instance, had to fight
heavyweights and at that just missed
getting to the top of that division.
He was far from heavy enough to
meet Maher, Sharkey and Jeffries,
yet he fought these men and put up
great contests.
Championship Weights and List of
Champions.
Classes and Present
Weights. Champions.
Paper, 105 J. Coulon
Bantam, 116 Yoyung O’Leary
Feather, 122 Abe Attell
Heavy feather, 128 .. .. J. Driscoll
Light, 133 Battling Nelson
Light middle, 160 J. Gardner.
Middle, 158 S. Ketchei
Light heavy, 165 .. .. S. Langford
Heavy, over 165 J. Johnson
The best champions in their respev
tive classes were: Jimmy Barry, pa
per; George Dixon, bantam; Terr;'
McGovern, feather; Young Corbett,
heavy feather; Joe Gans, light; J.
Walcott, welter; Jack Dempsey, light
middle; Fitzsimmons, middle; J.
Choynski, light heavy, Jeffries, heavy.
ATHLETES SMASH
WORLD^RECOBDS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New
York. —Two new world’s records were
established Saturday night at the an
nual Indoor games of the Irish Amer
ican Athletic club, at Madison Square
Garden.
The Irish American Ath]e*t« club
furnished the athletes who made the
figures. In the contest for throwing
the 56-pound weight, Patrick McDon
ald sent the missile 31 feet 8% inch
es. The best previous figures were
31 feet five inches, made by John F.
Flanagan, of the Irish American A.
C., five years ago. In the four mile
tun Thomas J. Collins, of the Irish
American club, won cleverly from
Fred Bellars, of the New York A. C.,
by about thirty yards, and both of
them beat the old mark of 20 min
utes 11 1-5 seconds, made by George
Bonhag, of the Irish American A. C.,
a year ago.
The timers caught Collins at 19
minutes 53 1-5 seconds, and Bellars
at 19 minutes 56 seconds.
ROOT m FOLGER
WON SIX-DAY RACE
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The six-dav,
eight hour-a-day bicycle race, which
Btarted In Convention Hall here last
Monday afternoon, was won Saturday
night by Root and Fogler, who. In the
48 hours, rode 1,113 miles, 7 laps.
Root finished for his team.
Kramer, Moran’s partner, finished u
wheel length behind Root. Mitten,
Bardgett's partner, finished a few feet
behind Kramer.
A BUNCH OF THE BANG TAILS AT SAVANNAH
Snapshot of racing at
Thunderbolt track, Savan
nah. The upper picture
shows a. good field lined up
at the Barrier. The lower
picture shows a scene at
the homestretch.
EDS 111 THE
». UMOLS
What is the Matter With
Our Lightweight Fight
ers ?
(BY JEFF THOMPSON.)
NEW YORK.—What is the matter
with our little fighters? Unless
something is done pretty quick, it
seems certain that more than one of
the world’s championships will go
back to England. First comes Jem
Driscoll and in a ten-round bout
makes Johnny Marto look like a pre
liminary fighter in a cheap show, and
Owen Moran takes Harlem Tommy
Murphy’s measure with grace anil
ease. If these little titles are to be
saved from the British lion, some
thing must be done.
Perhaps the bill which is to he In
troduced in the New York legislature
to make boxing a compulsory part of
the public school curriculum will
solve the difficulty. Dr. Phillip O’Han
lon, coroner’s physician, is the fathor
of the bill, and his idea is not so
much to preserve the titles as to
knock out Kid Tuberculosis, who
comes pretty near being all-round
champion In certain parts of New
York.
"Did you ever see a man of ro
bust health —a man with real red
blood In his veins—who objected to
boxing?” asks Dr. O’Hanlon, by way
of argument.
"No, sir!” he says, answering his
own question. "The only men who
raise a kick against boxing as a sport
and as a healthful exercise are those
anaemic men, who. would rather sit
around and watch a sewing contest
than to go out and breathe fresh air
and enter into games that require the
use of nerve and muscle. The
whole-souled, red-blooded men who
are the backbone of our nation never
object to boxing.
“Many of our great law-makers and
our presidents have been admirers
of the manly art, and if it Is good
enough for them it is certainly good
enough for us. We expect to pass
this bill, and I feel confident the min
ute we have boxing installed in our
public schools as one of the regular
courses the dreaded fatalities of tu
berculosis will decrease more than
fifty per cent.
Dr. O’Hanlon has performed autop
sies on no less than 1,000 persons
during his fifteen years’ experience In
New York, he says. Of the deaths
from tuberculosis he says that 80 per
per cent of the victims contracted
the disease from not knowing how to
breathe.
"We want no more of these chick
en-breasted, pale-face boys in our
schools,’’ says Dr. O’Hanlon, "and we
have got to teach them how to
breathe. You would be absolutely
amazed to know how few of these
schoolboys know how to take a real
deep breath and expand their lungs.
Many of them have never had their
faces flushed from exercise that they
took voluntarily. Most of the games
do not Interest them, but I believe
they would all be Interested in box
ing.
"Boxing is particularly good for the
schoolboy, because they ure compell
ed to breathe rapidly during the
three minutes with the gloves. Dur
ing the one minute of rest they arj
naturally forced to take deep breaths.
That gives their lungs the chance
for which they have always waited
ft will make them healthy. A heal
thy body is no feeding ground for
tuberculosis.”
If this bill goes through, in a few
yeays New York may be expected to
lick the world in the ring.
LIVE BUSINESS LOCALS.
A column of shopping Items should
be of Interest. There Is one In to
day’s paper. New goods and attrac
tive prices.
THE AUGUSTA HXSiiLK
JOHN L. WILL RESURRECT
SOME FOSSILS OF THE RING
SEATTLE, Wash. —Having dipped
generously into about everything else,
John L. Sullivan is about to launch
himself Into occult(sm. The one time
champion of all the “champs” Is plan
ning a resurrection or a materializa
tion of some other psychic stunt, and
as a result, be declares, the pugilistic
ghosts of other days will be conjured
to do their turn for a little time as
they- did it in the days of the green
sward and tho skin-tight glove.
It. has been something like a cen
tury and a half now since the Boston
boy laid Paddy Ryan low, at Missis
sippi City, Miss. To be accurate, it
was Feb. 7, 1882, that tho Boston boy
laid away Ryan and the question of:
tho championship brought down out '
of the air.
It was a few years later that Jake
Kllratn was planted on the same to- j
boggan, and between that time and
this there has been many another
good man sent on his way to the place
where all good mitt-men go, via the,
same route.
It Is these ghostly shadows of the'
past, that Sullivan would bring back i
into the theater of events, that pres- j
ent generations fought when nothing ;
save pistols were barred and the anvil j
was considered a legitimate weupori ‘
of offense.
It is in Seattle that Sullivan plans
this wholesale revivification of th«
dead ones. He has arranged with th«
directorate of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa
eific Exposition for a concession on
tho “Pay Streak,” and there he will |
set up a" ring of the old days—not a
ring with a velvet carpet on the floor
and a lot. of sofa pillows stuck
around, but a real turf ring, with a!
rock or two here and there, to make
it feel homelike, and with iho fouri
YOUNG CA TCHERS HA VE FINE
CHANCE IN COMING SEASON
Ball players who acquire fame in
certain positions come and go in
cycleß. One year there will be a
galaxy of pitchers above the average.
They may be distributed among four
or five clubs, but their merit will
stand forth above their fellows.
Another year there may be three
or four first basemen bet ween whom
Ihe most exacting critic would find it
hard to discriminate. Another sea
son may find the position of third
base or shortstop guarded above the
average strength.
Strangely enough, however, when
there is a marvelous Increase in abil
ity on the part, of jdayt rs at some one
position it will be found that another
is short of the strength which is
needed to bring the strength forth
the winning possibilities of a nine a;
its best.
Take this season for example. How
many managers there are In the ma
jor leagues who would hardly make
an arrangement of aome kind to se
cure catchers of the best caliber.
The good catchers of the season to
come stand forth so prominently that
the novice can count most of them
on the fingers of one hand. To he a
good catcher does not mean a man of
mechanical perfection. There arc
several of those. There art- players
who can stand behind the bat day
afar day and perhaps not have a
passed ball in a week, and during
that time be able to catch a fair
posts jerked from a farmer's fence,
with the nails left In them There
will be no cozy corners, says John
L., for principals or seconds. And
through the ropes will go those ptigs
of tho other day—and some of a
later day, who still are good fighters.
I Charley Mitchell, traditional rival of
| (he Boston lnd, is in with Sullivan on
the deal, and stranger things could
j happen than that these two should
I get together l In the Into autumn of
j their careers to settle that, long moot
ed question—lhey came near to a mill
| only a pair of years ago.
Sullivan has also pulled Jake Kll
rain out, and Poter Maher, "cham
pion of Ireland,” it Is always an
nounced, will repeat that celebrated
Mexican experience of hi*. JoeChoy
inski, one of the greatest old ones,
who still lays claim to a punch, will
be another, and there Is many a
man In llßtlana who remem
bers the time Choylnskl and Jim Cor
bett went up San Francisco bay on a
barge to have it out.
“1 forgot my gloves,” said Joe when
the barge came to anchor.
“Take these," said Corbett, "and
cut the fingers off them.” And he
pulled from his pocket a pair of driv
ing gloves with beautifully sewed
silk welts down the backs of them.
An hour later those same welts had
made the bank clerk's face look life
an unimproved Hamburger steak. It.
was only the foolish or uninformed j
who after that said Garbett had tho
streak in him.
"If Corbett Isn’t, here, the rest, of
the old guard will be.- an even score
of them—and It will be such a show
as will touch the hearts of the right
ones, and be a lesson to these today
chaps who settle their differences!
with cream puffs at twenty paces.
share of the base runners who try
to steal bases,
When it conies to directing the
play of the nine, however, and keep
ing a careful eye on the field, when
it comes to studying batters so that
i heir knowledge shall be of assist
ance to the pitchers, and when it
comes to noting Ihe peculiarities of
base runners, in order to divine their
intentions of stealing bases they ure
wofully deficient.
The young catchers In the minor
leagues who will have Ihelr Inning on
the session of the opportunities ot
their lives. There are managers of
six major league clubs who are In the
market for the first youngster who
shows that has the catching Instinct.
Every minor league nine of the
season of 1909 which Is successful In
developing a catcher of promise may
expect to lose him, either by pur
chase or through the system of draft
ing, before the season of 1!)I0 begins.
There has been no similar dearth of
first-class catching material for five
or six years. <
The St. Louis Americans realized
the weakness of their team last year,
and this season have tried to fortify
It behind the bat by securing Criger,
Should Criger last no longer than an
other season, because of his physi
cal condition ne Is likely at that time
to have Increased the winning power
of the team.
WANTS
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Store, 593 Broadway
GENUINE "ASPIRIN” 5-GRAIN
Capsules filled 10c per dozen.
Tailoring
ANDKR.HON FENDELL TAILORING
Co., for (he best cleaning and press
ing. Phone 523, 311 Jackson St.,
Augusta, Ga. F7c
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR MERRY
Widow Flour. F7c
Valentine Post Cards
PRETTY ASSORTMENT OF VAL
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Augusta Trunk Factory, 861 Broad—
Wrong side street. M. M. Cleckley.
Oysters
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Oysters received daily. Marks Gro
cery Co., 1023 Broad St. Phone 1095.
F9c
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SOME .SPLENDID SECOND-HAND
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ihey last. L. J. Henry, Remington
Dealer. Fine
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Vienna Hat Factory, 815 Mclntosh
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Wood and Coal
DON'T FORGET E. F. SHEALY FOR
the best JeJUco Coal, Black Jack
Oak and Yellow Heart Pine, any
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OooH Furniture
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grade furniture and ah furnishings
for Ihe house, from the parlor to the
kitchen, all on eaay payments or for
cash, 1224 Broad street, Augusta, Oa.
F7c
Antique Furniture
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drawers, mirror, tea and card
tables, workstanrt. fiddle-back chairs,
Sheffield trays, door knockers, etc.
M L. Watson, 413 Jackson street.
F7o
Rimington Typewriters
A FEW 1908 MODEL MACHINES,
some slightly used. Special prices
to close out. L, ,1. Henry, Rem Ing
ton Dealer. Fl3c
Good Cheap Typewriters
MACHINES OF DIFFERENT
makes, taken in exchange for Rem
ingtons, at 122.50 to $45,00. L. J.
Henry, Remington Dealer FUlc
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY T.
WANTS
WANTED SITUATION.
Male
YOUNG MARRIED MAN WANTS
work of any kind; must have em
ployment and can furnish references.
Address "Work,” care Herald.
f6xx
PORTBR: A COLORED man DE
sires a position as porter or driver.
Apply Jno. Moore, 1425 Plequet Ave.
f6xx
CASHIER: a position want
od bj a young lady as cashier or
to assist in office work. Address
Competent, care Herald. F9x
WANTED SITUATION—
Female
HOUSEKEEPER: A WHITE LADY
desires a position as housekeeper or
any kind of house work. Apply 603
Watkins St. fa**
110USEGIRL: A COLORED WOMAN
desires posttlon as houseglrl or
nurse. Apply Pauline Brown, 666 Fen
wick Bt. Wll
EXEPBRIENCBD WHITE LADY
desires position at once as travel
ling companion or hotel housekeeper,
or linen mistress. Can furnish heat
of references. Address ’’Alone,” care
Herald. F7j
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WE GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION
!o mail orders and ship same day
order is received and you get. pure,
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a cake. You should see it to appreci
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Soap at 4c Is a world beater. Yea,
we sell Seamless Hot. Water Botttea,
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one is -thoroughly guaranteed. Send
to tis for one of our complete price
lists, showing you what you save by
buying of us and every article that,
goes out of our store Is thoroughly
guaranteed fresh, pure and Under all
the pure food laws.
Tires
I CARRY A FULL LINE OF BABY
carriages, automobiles and tricycle
Urea always on hand and experienced
men to put them on for you. Give
me your order. Jno. F. Brickie, 22.1
Campbell street. ’ F7e
Free Rent.
MO RENT; NU HIGH SALARIED
men; cheapest place In town to
buy Shoes. J. P. Saxon, 1465 Broad
street. J24c.
Artistic Mantels
HARDWOOD MANTELS THAT
will adorn any room In the house.
See us before you place your order.
Augusta Builders Supply Co. F7c
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Widow Flour. F7O
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Sore, 593 Broadway
GENUINE "ASPIRIN” 5-GRAIN
Capsules filled 10c per dozen.
Shoes
31.50 WILL BUY THE BEST OLD
Lady Comfort for the money at .T.
P. Saxon. jgfe
Notice
I HAVE SECURED THE AGENCY
of the Merry Widow brand of self
rising flour, which I will recommend
to bo on<! of the best and moet eco
nomical (lour to be obtained on ac
count. of being ready for uee and al
ways uniform. My warehouse for dis
tribution of this flour Is located on
R. R. track. R. J. Bates, Distributor.
FI 4c
Ureka Lime
I FOR BRICK WORK AND PLASTER
Ing. Whitest, purest, strongest.
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I Augusta Builders Supply Co. FT#
Shoes
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Locks and Keys
IF YOUR LOCKS NEED REPAIR-
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A New Sensation
TAKE NOTICE, .1. HENRY BULL.
tailor and renovator, has Just been
established where you can get. your
old suits renovated equal to new. A
specialty of ladles’ work. Phone 2289.
No. 218 Sixth St. Augusta, Ga
F7p
Tires
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Gres always on hand and experienced
men to pu» them on for you. Give
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IF YOU WANT YOUR HORSES
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gives his personal attention to a'.l
horseshoeing and clipping, do not for
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Ellis fit, F7c