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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03

-Emslie, O'Day, Johnston or
Moran-are incapacitated by illness or
injury.
thinner first achieved note as a
catcher while in the Hudson League,
a New York state organization. From
there he went to Cleveland, o., and
with the famous "old guard"-Pat Te-
beau, Ed Mexican, Cy Young, George
Davis, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy McAleer,
"Chippy" McGarr, Jack O'Connor,
Cupid" Childs-and made the Forest
City big place on the baseball map.
He was a catcher par excellence, and
one year caught over two-thirds of
the games played by Tebeau. From
there he went to Louisville and Pitts
burg. where much of the success of
Barney Dreyfuss' young pitchers was
due to his coaching.
Last year he managed the Philadel-
phia Nationals, but had poor material
and achieved no success. He retired
voluntarily from the management and
quit the game as a player.
Next to "Popp' Arson, he held the
record for continuous service in fast
company. having been a member of
the big leagues for twenty years.
He was the first president of
the Ball Players Protective Asso-
citation.
The nickname, big Chief" was be-
slowed on him when Sockalexis, the
Indian player, Joined the Clevelands.
The newspapers called the Clevelanders
Indians" and, as thinner seemed
to be the especial guardian of Sock
alexis. he was called the big
Chief"
But with Zimmer's passing as an ao-
tive ball player only two of the old
Clevelands are left in the harness in
the big league-Cy Young. of the
Boston Americans, and Jack O'Con-
nor, of the st. Louis Americans.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
GRANEY DEFENDS
HIS DECISION
HAS REPLIED TO CoRBETT.
SAYS CORBETT UNDOUBTEDLY GOT
ALL HE WAS ENTITLED TO.

Britt Carried the Fight to His OPP
pOnent All the Time and Forced
the Champion to CIinch, as Me-
Govern Did Graney Says He
Would Like 10 See the Men Meet
AgRin-Answers COrbett's Charges
That lis Was Interfered with in
the Clinches.
Eddie Graney has made a reply to
the attacks that have been made on
him by Corbett and his admirers for
the decision in the contest with Jim
my Britt. Like the worm, Graney
has turned, and told his critics just
what he thought Of the mill. His
statement follows:
II realize that it is bad form. from
a sportsman's standpoint, for ref
has been so much talk by the people
against whom / decided in the recent
fight between Jimmy Britt and Young
Corbett that l feel it incumbent upon
me to explain my position.
IF 1 live for ten years, or for 100.
nothing will convince me that l did
not render just decision when / gave
the fight to Britt.
81 think that it is generally rec
ognized that l am thoroughly familiar
with the practical side of the ring
game. Now, so far as my honesty is
concerned, / don't think II is neces-
sary for me to speak upon that point.
As to punching in the clnches-that Is
the only argument that l have with
Young Corbett, whom l consider a
good fellow and a thorough sports
man.
Britt Did the Forcing.
During Friday nights fight Britt
did all the forcing. At times he COM
PEELED Corbett to clinch. l did not
compel them to break for the first
fourteen or fifteen rounds. After that
1t became practically a wrestling
match in spots; neither of them had
both hands free. Therefore, accord
ing to the rules under which they
Fought, they could not punch in the
clinches, and, when I told them to
break they would not break, and the
only time l forced them to break was
when they were wrestling or holding.
"Corbett, while unjustly criticising
me, has said that / grabbed his hand
from the rise side: or, rather, that in
breaking the clinches interfered with
his right. II / interfered with Cor
belts right hand, ds he claims, must
have also interfered with Britts left,
which is his best hand.
Had Separated COrbett before.
"corbett said that I never separst-
ed him during the clinches of any of
his other fights. This is not true. In
the fight with McGovern Corbett was
forced to clinch just as he did with
Britt. Both Bri ttand McGovern cut
out the pace for Corbett.
Il sincerely hope that Britt will give
Corbett a return match in the near
future. He ought to give Corbett first
chance. ! hope they will select some
good California referee. There are
quite a few here; but If they are
afraid of the native SON l think it
would be a good idea to import an out
side referee"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
GEORGIA MAY MEET
AUBURN IN MACON.

Negotiations Pending for Annual
Football Game to BE Played There.
The Georgia-Auburn Thanksgiving
day football game, which has been the
feature of intercollegiate sport in At
lanta for the past eleven years, will
probably be played in Macon this
year.
The action of the City Council Of
Atlanta in forbidding the playing of
baseball or football at Brisbine Park
rs responsible for the probable change.
The managers of the two college
teams have been negotiating during
the past few days with prominent Ma
conites, and inducements will be Offer
ed by the Central City people to Sc
cure the game, which has always been
a big drawing card.
Georgia and Auburn are virtually
forced out of Atlanta by the action of
the City Council, as the Tech Athletic
Association has a lease on Piedmont
Park and will meet Cumberland there
next Thanksgiving Day. There is no
other available athletic park in At
lanta, and Georgia will probably aban-
don Atlanta as field for athletic en-
deavor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
SOME FAN FOOD

It's now up to Uncle Alb to explain
how it happened.
The showing made by the Jays yes
terday makes the South Atlantic Lea
que look good. Reports from the sat
of war convey the intelligence that
Charlie Boyer administered the lemon
and settler to Abner shortly after the
guns ceased firing.
Dad says he wants one chance at
the Colonies before they go back to
the Scrapital City
There will be great doing down in
Jaytown to-day when the Colonies and
the Jays line up for the rubber.
King Kelly has succeeded in sign
ing Jack Robinson to be one of his
backstops during the coming season.
The ALL Savannah team that will line
up against the Pathfinders next Satur-
day will be a strong aggregation. A
number of the men were out for prac-
tice yesterday. Jim Ballantyne will do
the receiving, and will add much to
the effectiveness of Harmon's pitch
ing.
Tom Mcnamara is umpiring the
series of games between the Atlanta
and Jacksonville teams. He will prob
ably come to Savannah to umpire
some of the games here before the
season opens.
The results of the hard work that has
been put in on the Bolton Street Park is
now beginning to show. The outfield
will soon be finished. The old drain
pipe was taken up and a new one put
IN its place, with a slightly different
location.
Con Strouthers will rot have his
team report until next Monday on ac-
count of the cancellation of dates for
exhibition games.
Billy Smith says he has a star in
Lefty Whipple. In the game with Mer-
GER Whipple caught the fans from the
start.
The fans will have great fun down
IN Jaytown to-day when the final
game between the Jays and A. Pow
ellis Colonies is played.
President Boyer will return from
Jacksonville tonight.
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time to witness the races to-day. She
left Atlanta some time ago to join her
husband.
In winning the races in France Wal
thour broke all previous records, both
for five miles and the hour record, and
was behind the latest motors that could
be built. He said that at no time did
they go fast enough for him, and he
could have clipped several more sec
onds from the records. If he is sue
cessful in winning all six of the match
es that have been arranged for him.
he will undoubtedly be entitled to the
title of champion of the world. In
winning the six-day race he practical
ly won that title, for all of the crack
riders from this, and other countries
participated.
According to his contract Walthour
will be free on May /, and he will i'm
mediately return to this country. He
has made no plans so far for the fu-
ture, but has expressed himself as be-
ing anxious to go into some business
not fraught with so much danger as
that of following the flying motors.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
MCGUIRE AND WHITE MATCHED TO
GO 20 ROUNDS WEDNESDAY, NIGHT
Tom Corcoran's Trainer and Jeffords' Sparrins
Partner Will Battle

Articles of agreement were signed
yesterday between George Mcclure,
former sparring partner Of Jim JEFF
fords and Gunner White, Tommy Corr
coran's trainer, before that popular
local welterweight met with the acct
dent that cost him one of his feet.
The men will meet in twenty-round
go at the Savannah Athletic Club at
catch weights.
The match between the men has
been pending for some time. but Me-
CURE would not agree to the weights
until yesterday. White weighs nearly
twenty pounds more, but MCGUIRE has
finally made up his mind to give this
handicap, believing that he can de-
liver the goods even against the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
MERCER UNIVERSITY TEAM
DEFEATED GEORGIA In A
GREAT GAME AT MACON.
RAGGED FIELDING OF THE RED
AND BLACK TELLS THE TALE.
PITCHING OF SULLIVAN
WAS ALSO DISASTROUS.
BAPTIsTS MADE FIVE RUNS IN THE
FIRST TWO INNINGS

And sullivan Gave Way TO Anderson
in the Box-The Latter Pitched n
Great Game, But Was Too Badly
Handicapped to Win-Fast Field
ing and Good Base Running of the
MerceFians Were Features-May-
nard Pitched "a Great Game for
Mercer.
Macon, Ga, April I'm the pres
ence of over 1000 people the Mercer
University baseball team defeated the
University of Georgia nine by score
of to l at Central City Park this
afternoon.
Almost equally displayed in the
grand stand were the colors of the
university boys, red and black, and
there was the usual rivalry which
characterizes the annual contests be-
tween these two colleges.
From the start it looked like Mer-
GERS game. Four times the red and
black tried for tally, but the splen-
did pitching of Maynard, and the al
most faultless support, would not per
NIT OF Il tally Until the nItn inning
when the Georgia boys finally got a
man across the pan. Much encoura G.
ed, but handicapped by a score of FIVE
runs against them, the varsity boys
struggled on, but were never able to
add to their first tally.
Mercer started off with a rush,
scoring two men in the first and three
more in the second inning. In the
third Sullivan, who had been hit free
", was taken out of the box and An
derson substituted. Anderson pitched
a magnificent game and the wearers of
the orange and black We're unable to
score but one more run.
The fielding of the Georgia boys was
ragged, six costly errors being charged
up to them. while they We're credited
with only three scattered hits.
When the last man had been put out
on the varsity side the widest en-
thusiasm prevailed. Coach Belts said
that the result of the game was no
more than he had expected and that
the Mercer infeld was the fastest in
the South. The playing of Stakely at
second was of the championship or
der
The Georgia boys left tonight for
Athens. The score by innings follows;
R.H.E.
Georgia .......0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIL
Mercer .2 8 0 0 OIL 0x-6 4 2
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
BASEBALL.

Cornell, 6; Annapolis. 3.
Lafayette, IL; Maryland Athletic
Club, 5.
Georgetown, 1; Princeton, o.
Columbian, 10; Gettysburg, IA.
st. Johns College, 10; Virginia Mil
ttary Institute, ..
At Augusta, Ga.-Brooklyn (Nation-
als), 6; Buffalo (Easterns), 3.
At Richmond-Lehigh University, 49,;
Richmond College, II.
At Durham. N. C.-Trinity, A. SYRIA
cuse, 0.
At Montgomery, Ala.-Boston (Na-
tionals), 5; Montgomery (ten in
nings).
At acksonville-Atlanta South
erns), o; Jacksonville lSouth Allan
tics), 8.
At Greensboro, N. C.-University Of
North Carolina, 6; University of Mary
land, 7.
At Birmingham, Ala.--Birminsham
4; Auburn College. 0.
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odds.
Both men have been In training for
some time and will enter the ring
in prime condition. White was
matched to meet Cub White here In
a twenty-round go just before the
Philadelphia boy went away, but for
some reason the match was called on.
White has engaged in many hstio
events, and was successful in four out
of five contests in which he particle
pated in in Norfolk while serving on
one of the government ships. He Is
powerfully built man. weighing
about 100 pounds.
Mcclure has a splendid record, and
has fought draws with such men as
Jack Ryan, who defeated Herman Mil
Ter; Bobby Thompson and Billy Far
rem. The preliminary event has not
yet been arranged.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
M0WATT NO BRITT.
Young Corbett whipped the Chicago
Conductor.

Conductor.
Chicago, April 2.-"Young Corbett"
was given the decision over Tommy
Mowatt, the fighting street car con-
ductor of Chicago. after six rounds Of
fast lighting at the Waverly Athletic
Club tonight.
Determined to win by knockout IL
possible. Corbett started after Mowatt
at the beginning Of the first round and
endeavored in every possible way to
bring the contest to a speedy end.
Mowatt appeared timid at first. and
the Denver man had things all his
own way during the first three min
utes, but from that time on Mowatt
stood his ground and snapped punches
with the former champion. Although
the latter invariably had the better of
each rally, still Mowatt reached Cor
bett with powerful right swings to
both body and jaw. Corbett was the
stronger of the two, however, and
Mowatt was compelled 10 break ground
In nearly every rally.
Corbett had the better of every
round with the exception of the third.
In that period Mowatt reached Cor
belts jaw with numerous left and right
uppercuts, and the Denverite wore a
serious look as ne went to his corner.
During the next three rounds, how
ever, Corbett steadily gained the up
per hand and undoubtedly would have
finished his opponent had the contest
been little longer.
The winner was challenged by Neary
of Milwaukee, KID Goodman of Bos-
ton and Abe Attell of San Francisco.
In a contest before the Corbett-
Mowatt fight kid" Goodman of Bos-
ton knocked out Joe Galligan OF Chi
cago in the sixth round.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
"BlG CHIEF" THINNER
GETS HIS REWARD.
Twenty-One Years Catcher, He Is
Appointed an Umpire.

Twenty-One Years Catcher, He Is
Appointed an Umpire.
big Chief" zimmer, for twenty
one years a worker in the diamond
vineyard, has played his last game.
And his twenty-one years of service
is to be rewarded-they're going to
make him an umpire.
Twenty-one years catching inshoots
and outshoots and lodging charley
horse!" and now he'll be catching other
things as an umpire. Republics may
be ungrateful, but baseball magnates-
never!
There is, however. this salve of COM
fort for the old chap-he is not to be
a regular umpire. He's to be the fifth
wheel in the National League STAFF.
There are not so many things coming
to the odd members as TO the regu-
lars,
He is to be the general substitute
umpire, serving when one Of the four
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
TECH WAS TOO HARD
FOR FLORIDA BOYS.
Game Played in Atlanta. With a
Score of Ii to o.

Game Played in Atlanta. with a
Score of 13 TO o.
Atlanta, April 2.-The Psychological
baseball team defeated the Florida
State College team from Tallahassee
at Piedmont Park here to-day by
score of 13 to 0.
The features of the game were the
pretty bunting and hard hitting of
Tech The Florida team could do
nothing with the Georgians and never
got beyond third base.
The batteries were: Tech, Day and
Woodward; Florida, Sheets and Whit
ner.
Score by Innings R.HE.
Tech ...1210O01 3-13 IA 3
Florida ..,......0 0 0 0 o 0 0 90 81
Summary-Three-b hits, eager;
Tech; two-base hits, Woodward and
Richards of Tech; struck out, by Day
II, by Sheets s.; earned runs, Tech, 10;
stolen bases, Tech II, Florida g.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
FOYER PICKS LITTLE ROCK TO
WIN SOUTHERN LEAGUE PENNAN7
Memphis Is Totally Out of
the Race.
Gays He Believes

rsident Boyer of the South Allan
Lasue believes that Little Rock
Vim the pennant in the Southern
,S sase during the coming season and
- @a' Memphis win be hopelessly out
Of the ace.
loyer was secretary and bust
m'nager OF the Atlanta club last
~ ald knows all of the players In
sa,. southern League personally. He
ina on paper the men that have
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03

been signed on the Little Rock CLUB
during the coming season are almost
the pick of the entire league with a
staff of pitchers that are almost in
vincihle.
Mr.. Boyer believes that the Pelcans
will make much better showing TINS
wear than they did last, and will GER
talnIy finish up in the first section. At
lanta's chances are considered about
the same as last year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
YALE BEAT VIRGINIA.

Norfolk. Va, April 2.-Yale defeated
the University of Virginia to-day by
batting rally in the fifth and sixth in
nings. Score: R.H.E.
Yale ............0 000120 ix-4 10 q
Virginia ........1 o 0 o 0 0 Oil 3 1
Observation-Disclosures and Winslows
Cracraft and Munger.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
DARIEN WON MATCH.

Defeated the Jacksonville Golf
Team Id to o.
Darien, Ca. April 1.-The Jackson
willie Country Clubs golf team was de-
feated here to-day by the Darien Golf
Club by a score of IA to 0. 1t was a
big surprise to the Darien team, as
they considered the Jacksonville team
stronger. The Country Club team was
materially strengthened by Ferris,
who Joined the team here, and played
second. He did not play in Savannah
FRIDAY. The score was as follows:
Darien. Jacksonville.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
FOUR SHARED GOLF PRIZES.

An interesting handicap match of
golf was played on the links of the
savannah Golf Club yesterday after
noon. There were ten entries of whom
the following four made the best scores
and divided the prizes, which consisted
OF golf balls:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03

Ianta, O. Hits: Atlanta. 2; Jackson
vile, 7. Errors Atlanta, 8; Jackson
villa, 2.
Persons won his own game. He was
at the bat four times, got three hits. one
a two-bagger and made two runs.
Struck out by Persons, 8: by McCay,
10. Two-base hits, by Persons and
Mellor. Passed balls, Clark. Left OH
bases: Jacksonville, 8: Atlanta, 8.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03
JACKSONVILLE SHUT THE COLONIES
OUT IN A FAST GAME YESTERDAY
PERSONS ONLY GAVE UP TWO
SCRATCH HITS TO ATLANTA
SLUGGERs.
POWELL A BIT SORE
OVER HIS DEFEAT.

He Is High in His Praise of KeIIy's
Best of the south Atlantic League
Teams VIII Have to Hustle to
Keep I'm Front of Him-Tribe or
KeI Was JubiInnt Last NiGht-s1ase
Game of the Series Will Be Played
To-day Before a RecOrd-BreaI<ing
Crowd.
Jacksonville, Fla. April 2.-AbnsT
Powell's Colonels played a remarkably
fast game to-day, but they failed to
score against the Jacksonville South
Atlantic League team. Persons was
more than a puzzle. He was an enig-
ma to Powelrs men, yielding but two
hits, with one Of them a scratch.
Jacksonville put the best line up she
could muster out of the ragged end OF
her league team, which has arrived to
take a hand in the pennant winning
contest.
The feature Of Jacksonville's playing
to-day as it was yesterday. was her
steady work at all stages of the game.
While not as fast as Atlanta, she had
only two errors and the fielders were
remarkably fast In getting away from
the ball when they had landed.
IL was one of the best games Jack
sonville has witnessed. and while Alb
ner Powell is sore because of his first
shut out, he paid high tribute to King
Kellys bunch. The line up was as
follows:
Jacksonville: Atlanta:
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-24
RUSSIAN LIBERALS BUSY
Agitation for Constitution Is Pressed
by Meeting of Zemstvos' Rep
reSentativeS.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 22.-Today ma
mark a red letter IN the Russian calen-
dar. About 100 representatives of the
provincial ZeInStvos assembled private
ly this afternoon with the ayowed pur-
of presenting to Emperor Nicholas.
through E2tcrior Minister Sviatopolk-
Mirsky, a truthful picture of the inter-
nal conditions of Russia, coupled with
communications pointing out in plain
terms the necessity for calling a legally
empowered constituent assembly 10
a direct voice in the government.
The word constitution" however, win
sc carefully avoided.
The liberals have been greatly ex-
cited by the developments of the last
Few days. A meeting was to be held at
he Duna, or the city hall, but at the
asst moment official auspices were re-
used, the mperOr withdrawing his
s0nsent. The radicals and some student
organizations had planned a sympa-
thettc demonstration in front Of the
.Duna, in favor OF ending the war and
alling a national assembly. but with
Jhe place of meeting Of the Zemstvos'
representatives secret, demonstrations
Vili probably not occur.
At MOSCOW popular demonstrations
occurred owing 10 Ihe refusal OF the
authorities to authorize an Official
Meeting OF the Zemstvos' representa-.
ives here.