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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-20

Mr.. Louis Ruechlein and Miss
Irma Eckstein. two of Jasper's
nopular young people will be
married in st. Joseph's church
newt Tuesday morning.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-20

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
3 2MU1Te ,,dJEFf
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TALK shows Well Chicago has interest
in them The Windy City could kick in with about five
tries Charles Comisey has Benz and White in the Ban
Johnson freefor-a Charles Webb Murphy MITCHELL
Pierce and Smith in the Tom Lynch freefor-aIl
The principal entries in the big follow:
JOHNSON FREE FoR-ALL.
Entere
Benzwhe Comskey driver Calahan
Griffith
white
Wood1s,-Red
LYNCH FREE-FOR-A ALL.
Position.
Clarke Reds
(owne 49,.
driver Tinker Pitcher
Pierce driver, Evers . Pitcher
smith cubs Gown
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
FODDER FOR FANS

Ellis Johnson, a recruit pitcher of the
White SoX club, has developed pneumonia
and was unable to make the trip to the
coast. He may not get around before
the league season opens, which is some
tough on recruit.
Well, anyhow Charley Ebbetts has
signed six of his 81 players.
Jack Law, the old Southern league first
baseman who is writing baseball now
under the title ',A1Leaguer'D Is strong
Bausewain. He says he will create a dis
turbance.
Memphis is after an outhelder from
the American association.
Billy Phyle, who started something
once in the Southern league that he was
a long time stopping, will be an umpire
this season in the Pacific Coast league.
Roy Castletons old-out against com
ing to the Southern league is ridiculous
He says he fears typhoid and wants to
stay on the Pacific Coast. Yet, stats
tics show that there were more cases of
typhoid in the Pacific Coast league last
year than there have been in the South
ern in twelve years.
Abe Martin says: Next t bein' a
baseball fan, Their hain't nothin' as re-
munerative as bein' a chicken fancier."
The only real uncertainty about the Cub
lineup for this season is as to whether
Corridor or Bridwell will play short
Davy Jones kept in condition all win
ter by running ten times around the
block before breakfast
A recruit canned this month is in hard
luck. He can't say the old players framed
II up on him.
One hundred years ago today in base
ball-Theo Breitenstein signed his first
contract
Massachusetts fans are fighting hard for
Sunday baseball A bill has been sub
mitted to the legislature which provides
that % per cent of the receipts of all
Sunday games shall go to charity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
BOXING
News of the Ring Game

Although he was stopped by Joe Riv-
ers, Knockout" Brown made big hit
in Los Angeles by his great showing
match the boys
Dan Morgan, manager of Brown, is
anxious to let his boy box here again.
and would like nothing better than to
meet Jake Abel on winner take all
basis. And If 1t is a draw, the money
can go to charity" wires Morgan.
Jake Abels sudden and lucky rise to
fame was given an awful bump when
Mickey Sheridan trimmed him.
Sheridan and Joe Mandot may be
signed for ten-rounder at the Apditor-
ium- Armory two weeks after the Nelson
Whitney go,
seas by this time. Bat wired before he
left New York that he had planned to
fix up gymnasium on the boat so as to
prepare for the Whitney mill.
Joe Rivers received $6,O42 for fighting
Brown thirty minutes. And now a New
York club has offered him $500, with a
Cross again This is S11, 542 for one hour
of work in the ring.
And only a few months ago. as a sort
er of tamale husks, Rivers used to make
all of SO per week.
Tommy Walsh writes from New Orleans
that frankie Russell has regained his
nerve and is fighting like a champion
again Russell is going to meet Bud
Anderson, the latest Coast sensation, in
a twenty-round go in Los Angeles, on
March s.
The semi windup at the Auditorium
Armory March may bring together the
sparring partners of Nelson and Whit
ney
Battling Minor is hanging around the
village and is anxious to hook up with
anybody. He would like nothing better
than to meet the winner of the Whitney
Nelson go, or Joe Thomas.
Joe Thomas has returned to New Or
leans, but his hustling manager. Joe
Golden, is still in town. He is going to
stay over to challenge the winner of the
Nelson-W Whitney scrap.
Jim Jeffries is quoted in a Los An
geles paper as saying that Rivers knocked
Brown down the first time with a lucky
punch. And It was. that blow that caused
Henry Norton, promoter of the Or
pheum theater shows, is working hard TO
arrange a top-notch card for his next
performance, which will probably be on
March II.
Tommy O'Keefe and Joe Thomas may
be NortOns next main bout. A lot of
class to both boys and a swell mill would
sure be the result.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
CRACKERS GET
REMNANT DAY.
WITH bARONS

n TLANTA is going to get
~ Flag Raising Day" in Biz
mingham. Paste this predic-
ton in your hat rim Rick Wood
ward, honorable owner Of the Bar
ons, and Manager Molesworth have
informed certain local b. b. author
tiles that such is their plan now
And great will be the joy at the
local headquarters The day they
raise the pennant in any town the
biggest crowd of the season nearly
always turns out. Hence the Crack
ers are in for a lot Of extra sugar"
1t is probable that the Birmingham
club will declare "Pennant Day" on
the opening day of the first Allan
birmingham series in Baron
vile.
President Baugh of the cham
pion BarOns, has been requested by
every club in the circuit to save
"Pennant Day" for them But the
Woodward Wordsworth Baugh trio
have decided that Atlanta will be
the lucky club, although they
haven't announced it officially yet.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
By Frank Whitney.
m not much at this writing
game, no fighter is except that

TN not much at this writing
game, no fighter is except that
celebrated author, Battling
Nelson, but l don't mind cutting in
on his game if 1 only have to tell
how l train. For that's one thing
I've got pretty we'll in mind.
THE first thing 1 think about be-
fore I start training for a fight
is a good rest. This is as impor-
tant as anything. If man starts
training for one fight right after he
finishes former one he Is likely to
go stale. l always rest as long as 1
can.
For tenrOund fight | usually
train hard for from seven to ten
days. 1t all depends on my oppo-
nent.
Now, when I am to meet a man
as tough as Nelson I get the earliest
start can. am already in train
ing for old Bat which is a commit
ment willingly pay him. | know
ne is bad medicine and [ am going
to be fit to take it.
From the day l start work until
the day before the battle | pursue
the same tactics.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
SCHOOLBOY NE 9GS, 4YD

The, prospects for winning aggrega =
tion this year at Georgia Military acad-
envy are only fair, but Coach Griffin
hopes to develop something within few
weeks. There are only three old men
back: Brown, catcher; Babb. third base,
and Hardman, who did the fiinging for
the team last year
The Georgia Military academy pitching
star looks very promising. Hurley, OF
Florida, did stellar work. before coming
also al f f0Fged Nh a academy Ttohnor
ing Tor nrst base and has all the ear
marks of good first-sacker. Welsh
and Davis are after base No. 2.
They have little Cuban out at Col
lege Park named Solano, who will make
them all travel if they expect to Ali
the shortstop position He is quick and
agile and possesses the right kind of
whip.
Like so many Of the prep. schools in
envy bunch is weak with the stick.
The boys will have a fine playing field
as soon as it is worked over a bit. De-
spite the frost in the air lately, Coach
Griffin has had the men working out the
past week.
They have some likely looking track
material at Georgia Military academy
TINS year, and will enter team in, the
at Piedmont Park. Sifford, their crack
Splinter did the hundred the other day
in 10 2-5. which is going some for a
that a little later in the season, when
this lad rounds into form, he will be
doing the century in ten seconds fiat.
Legendre and Tribble are good distance
men, Harway looks good in the pole
vault. The crack weight men Of the
school are Griffin and Porter.
the lot.
Marist college commenced baseball
practice last Wednesday. They have
good facilities for developing a good team
out there-a fine diamond and good
coach.
The services of George Harrison, last
years star slugger and second baseman,
Will be sorely missed this year. George
is at Georgia, where he is working hard
to- land the keystone job. He has a
shown well in practice.
They have four old men back in school
this year at Marist. They are Allen,
CheeVes, Roberts and Callahan. These
men are all intielders and are a pretty
speedy aggregation.
The men who are trying for places are
Mann, ca tcher, Roberts, Wrigley and Cal
lahan pitchers; Larry, first base: Har-
rison and Cheeves, second base, and Tull
shOrtstop,
Allen seems to have third base cinched
while the outfield lineup is very un-
certain just now.
Peacock has two. baseball coaches
Professor Harden, of Davidson college
and Professor Patterson, who was a for
mer Vanderbilt player. They are both
experienced men and are well acquainted
with inside baseball.
Although but two of last years team
are back, there Is wealth of new ma
terial on hand al Peacock
For pitchers, Peacock will have Sans
and Mangum. Sans is a rangy chap.
with wind-up like Smoky Joe" Wood
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

Jim Thorpe, Wilbert Robinson and Jeff
Tesreau went duck hunting last Sunday
at Marlin. They returned with one rab-
bit and refused to state where they
bought IT.
McGraw expects Tesreau to pitch SO
games this season. Mugsy win need him,
too. for 1t seems doubtful if Marquard will
report.
In the first practice game at Marlin
Jim Thorpe nearly knocked John Nc
Graws head off with a wild heave. John
didn't say anything but he looked whole
volumes
Snodgrass has notified the Giant leader
that he can not report at present as he is
too busy defending a breach of promise
suit
Tilie Shafer has bought an automobile
and doesn't show the slightest indication
of any desire to report at Marlin,
The 1913 record for strike-outs goes to
Scott of the Warrenton. n. c.. team, He
made the mark in a game against the
Warrenton High school and won the con-
test, l to 0.
A couple of former euthern league
frvG GS o a4d R on Ign
Newark team. Gaskill is probably all in,
but Aitchison, who did so well for Mont
gomery last summer. should star.
Ping Bodie reported to the White Sox
the day they landed at PasOe Robes.
His excess of avordupois indicated that
Ping hadn't worried even once all winter.
Zimmerman has patched up, his row
with ]. Evers and there's peace Once more
at the Cub camp-which makes it easier
for Henle. Johnny was never the man
to get the worst of a wrangle.
Roy Walker, the Nap pitcher, is a hold
out hut don't Censure him. Blame the
man who runs the Jail.
BY way of going into training Percy
Wilder manager of the Jacksonville club,
has steTled himself TO eschew soda water,
turkey and pie.
Before COME Mack started his players
South ne gave them the sharpest lecture
Of his whole career, suggested that they
cut out frivolity and play ball from the
start. No more late getaways for your
Dick Hoblitzel has gone to West Baden
for a few weeks to timber up. Later he
win report TO the Reds at Mobile,
Memphis and New Orleans get 80 games
at home and II on the road this season.
The Turtles have one batch Of 81 con
secutive games without an off day The
Crackers have but one off day all season.
but 1t is not as hard on the Crackers for
they do not play Sunday games at home
as the Turtles do.
II Chattanooga and Nashville get sun
day bah next season, as is highly posi-
Bile, Atlanta and Birmingham will be the
only non Sunday towns in the league
The Cotton States league has been able
to sign only one umpire thus far this sea-
son-whiCh is fair enough considering the
way Cotton states players and fans treat
the arbiters.
Rick Woodward claims that il is harder
for the Barons to win al home than il is
for any other club. The opposing teams
always play better ball In Birmingham
than any whore else. according to Wood
ward. It's nice to kid yourself with this
stuff, too. especially when YOU have a PEN
| nant that hasn't been hauled up yet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
WILL BUCK
RULES;TOCARRY
70 MEN 70 DAYS
TITLE ROCK, ARK, Feb. 26

7 TITLE ROCK, ARK, Feb. &c.
I'm going to carry twenty
men for the first twenty days
of the season, and if the league
doesn't like it, it can lump it." This
was the utterance Of Mike Finn
here today
The manager Of the Mobile team
stated at the Southern league meet
ing in Chattanooga that the Ma
tional association rules allowed all
Glass A teams to exceed the regu-
lar limit for the first twenty days
of the season, and also after August
20, and sprung a bulletin to this eff
feet. The other moguls were doubt
fuk then if Mike could make it
stick. but he says he will give it a
trial
I'm going to find out" says
Mike, eff the National association
rulings aren't stronger than the
league rules. | can't afford to cut
down until I have to, because I
want to try out all my young play
ers."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
TECH PULLS SURPRISE BY
DEFEATING MERCER FIVE

MACON, GA. Feb 26.-Tech's basl,et
pail team sprung the surprise of the col
iege season when it defeated Mercer last
nlsht by the score of 25 to 16 in a game
IN Whlch they appeared to excel in every
department OF play over the Baptsts, who
won won from them a short time ago in
from start to finish e+--S
While the Mercer five appeared not to
De able for some reason to get in their
clare that the game they put up was the
poorest In several years, 1t was also
acknowledged that the Yellow Jackets
! played hard and fast.
In individual work, Porter and Brad
ley showed to advantage on the Tech
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
ELEVEN EXHIBITIONS
SCHEDULED FOR VOLS

NASHVILLE, TENN, Feb. 26.-The
Nashville club will play an unusually
short exhibition series this year, partly
because few big league clubs are going
North by way of Nashville: partly be-
cause the early start of the Southern
league makes it out of the question.
Here are the games already sched-
uled;
March 20, 21-Athletics.
March "a, %, 26-Chicago Cubs.
March q, 2S-Vanderbilt.
April l, 2 3-Columbus
April 4-Toledo.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
CHAPMAN GETS $1,000
BOOST, BUT WANTS MORE

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Feb 26-Ray
Chapman, sensational shortstop of the
Cleveland Maps, is a hold-out He has
not signed his contract and says he will
not unless he gets more money
Ray admits that he has been offered
$1,000 more than Toledo paid him last
year. but asserts it is not enough
Chapman is at his home at Herrin Ill
He will not be allowed to go South to
the Maps training camp until he signs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
Whitney Tells How He Trains
For His Battles; He's Working
Overtime for Nelson Sua
By Ia,

7 M UP every morning at o'cOsI
sharp. AS soon as I am dress.I
l eat breakfast. Most folks wouldn't
think it was much of breakfas
though, for it consists of one al
ange.
Then Professor" Todd nv traisl
er, and 1 get on our mptorcycaJ
AS far as I know this stunt \
motorcycle training" is a new oDl
We jump the machines and nd
way out into the country somsI
where. We leave the boats" \
some farm house and cut right Cd
for the woods on the run. vi
usually cover five to eight miles \
q gO-as-you- please gait, runniDI
and walking as we feel like It.
we happen to run across some md
chopping wood or digging we ID
ways butt in and try our hands 4
it. in order to exercise every muscI
in our bodies. I'd hate to tell yo1
how many trees | have cut dow
Then we beat it back to town d
the machines, get a good rub and
eat a light lunch. / usually stick l
cereals at this time. Shredded whed
is my favorite. Then after we Cd
we lie down and take bit Of
rest.
D ROMPTLY at 2:3O we go TO ia
gym" Here we go through
regular routine of training, as fol-
lows:
Punch the bag ten minutes
Jump the rope for ten minutes
Work the pulley machines I'd
ten minutes.
Work the back exerciser, Wrs'
exerciser and stomach exerciser I: |
five minutes each.
Push and haup' q guess you
call It wrestling) for ten minutes
Box four hard rounds.
And let me tell you, we baI
HARD. OF course we have speci
ten-ounce gloves. that I had ma.
to order. and this keeps us iron
being all knocked to bits And
encourages us to hit hard and \
let out full tilt.
When this work is over We get
shower and a hard rundown Fia
an alcohol and witch hazel nix
ture. and beat 1t back to the hota
A T about $50 or O'Clock we tai
supper. And It's the only RAJ
meal of the day. 1 usually ha"
steak with potatoes or rice Bl
Todd is strict vegetarian all
doesn't touch any sort of meat III
der any circumstances. But not N
me. l Ike large slab Of s'eaA
But at that, l don't eat much.
l believe fighters should be Ilsn
eaters and they ought to eat sIoV4
By 10 o'clock every night am
bed, which gives me nine hours u
good sleep. Il
| believe that l nave worked ou
q good system of training and o.|
that all boys training for ls.|
round bouts or less could folio" Y
their advantage.
You know for yourself II }1
have followed my battles here w1
l always enter the ring in CON-
ton. | think this Nelson VIII 1|
me exactly right on the nlgh.
March 8. II I'm not, it viii no' Y!
for any lack Of trying.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
SENATORS GET COLLINS,
BUT NOT TILL NEXT YEAR

NASHVILLE, TENN, Feb. 26-Wn-
son Collins, star halfback and pitcher
'Of Vanderbilt university, will go to
Washington after college closes to talk
over with Clark Griffith the matter of
joining, at some time in the remote flu
ture, the Washington club
Collins swears that he will not take
up professional baseball until the end
of the 1914 college season, but at that
time he will doubles plaster his name
on a Senator contract.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
THOMPSON BROTHERS WILL
SIGN AND REPORT MARCH 10

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Feb. 20
Carl and Homer Thompson, the former
battery of the University of Georgia
team. have agreed with Manager
Wordsworth, of the Birmingham team.
for their seasons remuneration and
win soon sign contracts.
The Thompson boys live at Spring
City, Tenn, near here They will re-
port to the Barons March TO-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
UTAH REPRESENTATIVES
VOTE FOR BOXING BILL

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Feb. 26.-
A bill legalizing boxing and creating a
was passed by the Utah house of repre-
sentatives yesterday afternoon.
The bill is similar to the New York
Jaw except that it makes the limit. ,fif-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
GEORGIA 5 ENDS SEASON
WITH TWO CINCHY GAMES

The University of Georgia basket ball
team will close its season this week
with two games, one on Friday and
ANOTHER on Saturday night
Friday night the Red and Black five
plays Tech at the Crystal Palace This
Is return engagement Georgia won
the game played in Athens recently by
the score of 70 to r.
On Saturday night Georgia plays Au-
burn In Auburn. At Athens recently,
score of SO to IL
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
MILLER GOES IN PIRATE
FOLD: THREE MEN "OUT"

PITTSBURG, Feb. 26.-Jack Miller. the
Pirate first baseman, has signed his con-
tract at his home in Kearney. ~ J. 1t
was expected to be received here today
Byrne, Hendrix and Carey are now the
only Pirate holdouts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

tom SHARKEY is in earnest
L about going back to the "a
cific coast He does not care much
for Frisco and says Los Angeles Is
TOO far from the rolling waves, so
he will try San Diego, where he can
step outside his wet goods empo-
rum and Whit at the salt breezes
and listen to the music OF the
breakers. There are so many street
cars running about the streets IN
New York that the thunder of the
sad sea waves is drowned ana ne
pines for quieter place. He also
would like to include fight club IN
his collection of enterprises II he
goes to San Diego.
JACK O'BRIEN, the confessing
kid, announces that he is going
extensively into the business of de-
veloping champions. He has his lit
tie brother, Young Jack, who has
made quite q record for himself IN
the last year, and now has taken
Harry Ramsey. the middleweight
under his wing. O'Brien claims that
Ramsey is coming champion, due
to arrive soon, and wants to send
him West. Jacks ability to fix
things I'D satisfactorily in the
matchmaking line is too well known
to require communication, but 1t
is unlikely that he win get any
great encouragement for the pres
ent to go West.
WE read that Johnny Coulon, the
w "cheesiest of all cheese cham
pions," is tired again. Said tired
feeling is doubtless due to the de-
mands Of kid" Williams for set
Element of the bantamweight cham
pionship. Coulon has been too tired
to settle that argument with any
body worth while for these many
years past He has now wired to
Promoter Tom McCarey that his
physician has advised him not to
box again for two months, and that
he will have to rest until April be-
fore he can think of meeting VII
liams.
/ the Lives Of Great Men We ran
across a chapter mentioning the
fact that Dan Morgan, manager of
Knockout Brown, entered an anna
teur boxing tournament back in the
eighties. Dan only entered. for he
didn't last fifteen seconds. That's
the reason he does only the talking
for his hghters.\
I = any one doesn't believe the
waves Of tho Gulf Stream are
higher than the Alps he can get q
bet by communicating with Frank
Chance. the Yankees manager. who
is now in Bermuda. Francois knows.
Tor he crossed the stream on his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
SEYMOUR AND CARDIGAN
DESERT HOLD-OUT CLAN

mour, outfelder of the New York and
Cincinnati teams, of the National league,
Tor many, years, has been signed by the
Boston National league club.
Catcher Carrigan, of the local A,neri
can league team, signed his contract to-
day. Carrgan is to receive a higher sal
airy than last year
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
ALAGA LEAGUE HOLDS
ORGANIZATION MEETING

TALLADEGA., ALA, Feb. 26.-The
Georgia Alabama league will be perma-
nently organized to succeed the South
eastern league at a meeting called for
this city for today.
At this meeting officers will be elected
a constitution and bylaws adopted the
schedule committee appointed and the
league opening and closing dates decided
on.
The teams in the league are Talladega.
Gadsden, Newman, LaGrange, Opelika and
Admission.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
j. 3. DERosIER DIES.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Feb. 26-J. B.
Derosier. holder of all the motorcycle rec
ords from 3o to 100 miles, died at his home
here last night He was 80 years old
Derosier's death was the result of in
turies sustained during a racing meet I'm
Los Angeles last summer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

Peacock's basket ball season 10 NOT
quite over with yet, as they still have
game to play with Marist college.
Peacock expects to have a representa-
season. " ~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

way to the training camp. His
heartfelt wish is that they extend
the dual system to that isle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

I = any one doesn't believe the
waves Of the Gulf Stream are
higher than the Alps he can get
oct by communicating with Frank
chance the Yankees manager who
is now in Bermuda. Francois knows.
for he crossed the stream on his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

Although he was stopped by Joe Riv-
ers, Knockout" Brown made a big hit
and Promoter McCarey is trying to re,
match the boys.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26

Allen seems to have third base cinched
while the outfield lineup is very un-
certain just now.