The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-16


they say, that as soon as his thsatri-
cal contract terminates, on July IL,
he win post a $4,000 forfeit and sign
articles for fight with Jack John
son. In the last few months there
has been much discussion as to the
failure Of Jeffries to post his for
felt, and this failure has ELECTED
much criticism. Replying to this, JEFF
tries says that his theatrical contract
would not permit him signing articles
to fight any one, and for that reason
he has refused to post forfeit until
his stage work is finished.
Women are taking more and more
interest in baseball Not only are Ia
dies days growing In favor, but there
is q larger general average of femi-
nine attendance through the rest Of
the week. Not only that, but they
are picking up more and more about
the game, how 1t Is played: Its besl
players, and even the complex Ian.
guage of our great national pastime.
independence week proved q
bad one for small sporting ventures
in the south, the Arkansas Baseball
League and the projected 21-day Pa
ducah race meeting both having been
abandoned for the season. President
Ridder of the Arkansas league declar-
ed that attendance has taken per-
pendicular drop with every team be-
hind and going deeper"
The Southern amateur record in
discus throwing was broken at New
Orleans, when r. Ludlamp Of the
Phoenix Athletic Club of New Or
leans made throw Of lis feet.
Sporting men In the east are of
the opinion that Stanley Ketchel and
Billy PRpke must engage in another
fight to conclusiyely demonstrate the
superiority Of one over the other. Ac-
cepting the story that KetchePs hand
was broken in one of the early rounds
In the battle In California many of
his admirers, who were anxious
TO bet 2 to / on him, admit he
did not make the showing which was
expected. The result of the battle
has already had a perceptible effect
fight. Ketcheps fine showing vita
philadelphia Jack" sOBrien, and the
fact that O'Brien had fought Johnson
to draw, induced his supporters in
the east to offer even money on
Keschel. But around in New York,
now, the odds have changed with
Johnson carrying the long end.
When Martin Sheridan started in
the 100-yard dash, the first of ten
events for the national all-around
championship, which he won at Gel
tic Park, he weighed 295 pounds. At
ter staggering over the line in the
mile run, the last event in the ordeal
Of strength and endurance, he weigh
ed 1874 pounds, loss Of II pounds
In $50 minutes. Within five hours
Sheridan had regained ten pounds Of
the weight lost, although he had eat
en- only one light meal In that time.
Doctors who are authorities on the
condition of athletes say Sheridan s
loss of weight In such short time Ii
extraordinary and attribute 1t to nerv-
Gus exhaustion and the intense ex-
citement Of the competition. Perspi-
ration, too, was responsible for con-
siderable of the weight lost.
AL Kaufman may be substituted for
Stanley Ketchel as an opponent for
Jack Johnson in the bout proposed
by Jim Coffroth for the coming fall.
Coffroth Is not pleased with Ketch-
els showing against Papke, as he
thinks the Michigan man should have
shown his supremacy more strongly.
Deprived OF professional baseball
for the rest of the summer, Charles
Ton, s. c., fans are preparing to graf
ify their desire for the national game
by patronizing amateur games. Strong
teams from the Fort Moultrie garri-
son at SullivanAs Island, from the
marine barracks and ships at the navy
yard and the Y. NJ. G. A. at Charleston
promise plenty of good amateur
league BAH.
Although the new South Atlantic
League schedule for the second sea-
SON gives Macon but 81 home games
there is no complaint coming in that
city, as Macon had more home dates
Ia the first season that she had on
the road. This balances the account,
although some of the fans are won
dering why ii is that Chattanooga
draws eleven series at home and the
Peaches get but seven.
Alleging a debt due by the Sea Gull
Baseball Company, Charleston soft
drink company, obtained a writ Of
attachment against the property of the
Baseball Company, and everything
that the team left behind was seized
by the sheriff. The home uniforms,
bases, home plate and lot Of tickets
we're taken possession of by deputy
sheriff.
In the eighth inning of game be-
tween the Charlotte and Spartanburg
teams of the Carolina Association,
Pitcher Abercrombie of the latter
team, threw the ball at Umpire But
Ter, who was standing to his rear,
after disputing a decision The two
men then clinched and players OF
both teams rushed out on the dia.
mond The Charlotte men went to