Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19

Johnson will be the name that
u keep umpires and official
scorers of the American
sagra busy the coming season try
NO To- roighten it out. For the
am. Johnson Cor Johnston) out
,sns. the smiths, Jonses and
B-oan- although there is still
good-,,zad representation of
Browns In the league.
There were five Joneses in the
American league in 1907. Today
,5ero is only one. In 1907 the ST.
roufs Browns had Tom Jones on
erst base He finished his career
o., Deroiter. In the same city
we're Dayy Jones and Bumpus
rones e. pitcher, The White Sox
had Fielder Jones. greatest of all
NJ the famous family of that name,
while the Washington team had
charley Jones, the first American
sasue player to reach home from
second on a sacrifice fly
This wear Ban Johnson's circuit
contains seven men by the name OF
rohnson or Johnston. OF this num-
her chicago has four. One is named
walter. aud ne also is a pitcher.
Walter already has gone to the
Southwest to begin training, which
evidently signifies that he's going
after the peerless Washington
.Vmlers honors. He comes from
Racine. Wis.
Another Johnston who will wear
white hose the coming summer is
Jimmy. a brother of Doc Johnston,
of tne Maps. Jimmy is an out
folder and halls from Birmingham.
The Mans heard Of him two years
ago but as he seemed a little weak
with the stick. they decided they
did not want him. Other Johnsons
belonging to the tribe of Comiskey
are George and Ellis Johnson.
George is pitcher, while Ellis
plays shortstop.
st. Louis boasts of a player with
a similar name in ]. 7, Johnson,
ate Of Montgomery.
In Cleveland there is peppery
Doc Johnston, and continuing on to
Washington we come upon the most
nustrious Of all the players of that
name, unless it be Ban B. himself,
IN Pitcher Walter Johnson.
Altogether this makes seven
members Of the family playing in
.he American league, and if we
add the name of the president Of
the organization it will swell the
.ota, TO eight.
Zoe RIVERS, the sensational
= Mexican lightweight, has hopes
of stopping Knockout" Brown
when they clash in a twenty round
contest at Vernon, Cal, on Wash
ngton's birthday. Rivers realizes
that If he can decisively defeat the
boni-hairod Dutchman from New
York that he will have an excellent
chance to secure a match with Will
Tie Ritchte for the lightweight
championship of the world.
There is no denying Rivers right
% be c)assed among the leading
'53-pouHders in the world. His
great record in itself speaks vol
ones Joe is only twenty years of
age and has been performing in the
squared circle since he was seven
teen years of age.
In Brown, Rivers will meet a
strong. willing fighter. He is per
Maps the best advertised boxer in
The ring today. *. O." is not
hampton and yet he has made al
most as much money as some of the
title holders.
yhe OF the reasons why Brown is
so popular is because he very sell
"oo stalls He is continually
.iFryIng the fight to his opponent
ana refuses to retreat. even after
"e mas been punished severely.
inc buchanan, however, lacks
0h'Sa, and will not be able to hold
IT'S own with such a classy per-
former as Rivers has proven him
'.i To be Brown is also a ten
ROUND artist and he may not be able
W. stand the fast pace over the
Marathon route.
| J" FEI;hNT ball players have
W'.n individual mannerisms and
''.a'tnr0stics. Some are decided
eccentric while others are mere
.' victims Of habit or supersti-
aoas WMms.
'" ''o character in baseball was
. '.e'e Brodie, who played center
. ' Tor Ned Hanlon's Baltimore
IVY "aen that bunch was winning
,.. - 7.o5io should happen to strike
..', .N "a game he would abuse him
.,.,, ,'. TWO or three innings. one
co.,, .9'' MIN saying to himself: