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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
BOXING
News of the Ring Game

Harry Pollock. who is handling the af-
fairs of Freddie Welsh, the English cham
pon writes that Fred will make one more
fight in England before coming to this
country
Welsh is to box Young Basham in Lon
don this week, and will sail a few days
later for these shores in quest of a match
with Champion Willie Richie.
Word has been received here from Sam
Harris, manager of Kid Williams, the Bal
timore bantam, that he has signed for a
May match with the winner of the Campi-
Burns set-to in Los Angeles this month.
Williams will start for the coast the lat
ter part Of April. The Baltimore boy Is
matched to box frankie Conway in Phila-
Jack Curley, manager of Jim Flynn,
says he has received an offer of SO 900
for Flynn to meet Gunboat Smith in New
York Write your own answer of ac-
ceptance.
Jack Britton handed Johnny Krause a
neat lacing the other night in Philadel-
phia Danny Morgan is certainly raking
In the money for his protege. Also for
himself
81 will fight no more opponents unless
my manager says So" says Bonn bardier
Wells, the British heavyweight champion.
now that he has walked up from his re-
cent go with Gunboat Smith.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
Marty O'Toole, $4,000 Beauty,
No LemOn--COld Facts Prove He
Has Made Good With Pirates

pitcher was responsible In the
first list O'Toole stood twenty sew
enth. having won Is and lost II
eleventh, ahead Of Camnitz, Alex
ander, Cheney, Adams Suggs,
Richie Lavender, Moore, Reulbach,
Brennan, Perdue and Harmon; but
In Heydlers list he Is responsible
for but SO runs. an average Of
2.72 per game, He was hit 237
times. walked 150 batters and
famed $50, made two wild pitches
and hit two batters
over anxiety to make good, be-
cause Of the press agenting and
high price he brought; bone head
ed base running by Pittsburg, lack
of timely hitting and the fact that
every club saved its stars to pitch
against him-these things militat-
ed against O'Toole
What He Was Up Against.
To illustrate: on July / he op-
posed Lavender and for eleven in
nings not a run scored. Pittsburg
made six hits, the Cubs five In
the twelfth inning Schultz hit
fly over Dulln's head The ball
rolled through a gate, opened for
the first time since Forbes field
was built. and Schultz scored.
June II O'Toole opposed Mar
guard and lost. 5-4, in eleven in
pyrua TD;tt-h,,~or o,,tbft NJ VII
two TO one, O'Toole contributing
two doubles and a single The pa
pers declared bone headed base
running defeated O'Toole."
July 10 Marquard again beat
him, 5-4 New York made four
hits, Pittsburg ten. The winning
run was questionable and the game
was protested without avail.
Records show O'Toole pitched
splendidly He should have won so
per cent Of his games. His sup
port was often lurid, there was
little hitting behind him and he
contantly faced the pitching class
Of the league.
Clarke was criticised for using
O'Toole against stars like Math-
ewson. Marquard, Cheney and
Lavender. but Martyrs work sat
isfied the manager that with a 1T
tie hitting and the thought Of that
$22,5 check dimmed by time.
Pittsburg viii have one Of the
games greatest pitchers in O'Toole
this sea son.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21

ming SO doggone many games, has been in
.\ashNllle recently, looking over players
for his Akron club. Seigel is To be head
farmer for Schwartz this season.
Two ex- Southern Ieaguers. Knoll and
tepe, VIII play on the Evansville team
TINS year Knoll is the mana ger
The Reds have been offered a training
camp at Havana for use next spring
The Reds are practiclng on this play:
With men on first and second the runner
on first leads way of and draws throw
then lights out for third The thing
worked well enough against Mobile But
II might not so in the National
Mike Finn lost a bet to Joe Tinker on
the question OF whether the PLAYERS in
an average. than those of the big lea CUES
Finn said the Southern leaguers avera ged
younger-and afterwards admitted that
they didn't
Charley Sturr, OF the Cincinnati team.
has won the long, short and middle dis
lance snoring championships, and can
put et-pound snore further than any
living athlete.
~ EPps RiXey is stnl a hold-out on the
a petition has seen started by Chfca 20
fans. asking Charley Murphy To nav
Archer what he demands Soc year.
George Phair holds that, after egnfing
mosquitoes In Tampa for a month. the
Cubs can look a flock of Giants in fha
face and burst into careless lawfter.
Tubby Suauser is rsrort.f ,e
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21

The athletes at Boys High are planning
10 hold a boxing and wrestling tq our a.
good wrestlers and clever boxers In the
school. A great deal of enthusiasm is
being shown in these lines Of sport.
| SmyIey. the promising first baseman
Of the Boys High team was hit IN the
eye Yesterday while practicing at Pied
mont park. He may not be able 70 play
with the nine on Saturday.
There will be no preliminary meet Of
the Boys High track candidates this year
There are just about four men for each
event, and they will all enter in the
High school meet April Is.
! Manager Jones, of the Boys High tennis
! tournament, says there will be at least
| fifty entries in the meet which is being
| planned. The Atlanta Athletic club Will
decide at the next meeting whether the
| boys can use the East Lake tennis courts
Ross Haines, last years pitching phe-
| nom at Boys High, Is now doing the
hurting for the Riverside academy nine,
and from all reports he is making good
with rush.
Boys High has great array of track
athletes this year. Abe Armstead, IN
dies; Rosser, in the high jump; Little, In
the mile and half-mle runs, and Spur
lock and Reynolds in the dashes
The bad weather is again hamperlng
| the baseball and track athletes Of the
prep schools Two practice games that
we're to have been played yesterday had
; TO be postponed until this afternoon.
Here is the schedule Of the Georgia NIL
uary academy baseball team for this sea
son: March 26, Marist; April l, Tech
High school April s, Peacock; April IS,
school. April 29, Marist May 6. Tech
High school; May l3, Peacock,
Marist and Georgia Military academy
are the only schools in the prep league
that have their own baseball diamonds.
All of the scheduled games between prep
league teams will be played on one or
the other OF these fields. Next year Tech
High will have a field of its own. The
hill at the rear OF the school is being
cut down for the school, but the field will
not be in playing order before the season
is finished
The Boys High baseball team will play
Its first game of the season with the
Decatur city team, at Decatur, Saturday.
Manager Armstead has not yet decided
on the lineup.
The four classes at Boys High have
organized baseball teams and will start
an inter- class tournament early next
month. Inc lineup or the senior team
will be Wallace catcher. Rosser first base,
Neuschalten second base, Smyley third
base. McDougal pitcher, Sans shortstop.
The outfeld will be picked from Little,
Jones, Calhoun, COtney and johnson
A double header was played in basket
ball yesterday afternoon at Tech High
school between the freshman and fresh
man c classes. Both contests were won
by the h class, which ties them for sec
Ond place in the tournament with the
sophomore b class.
The first game was a walk away for
the b class, 20 to 2. Enloe and Durough
scored nearly all the points for the win
ners. The score OF the second game was
IL TO g.
The standing Of the teams I'm the tour-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
Prep League
News and Notes.

The athletes at Boys High are planning
10 hold a boxing and wrestling tourna-
ment this spring There are number of
good wrestlers and clever boxers in the
being shown In these lines Of sport.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
ATHLETICS STILL AFTER
COLLINS: TRY0UT TO-DAY

NASHVILLE. TENN. March eli
Despite Wilson Collins refusal to sign
contract rendered him by both Clark
Griffith and Connie Mack, the willy
leader Of the Athletics has not aban-
doned all hope of getting the Commo-
dore star on his club for try-out this
spring
This was evidenced by a conference
held here yesterday between Collins
and Catcher Ira Thomas. acting under
instructions from Mack. The Athletics
receiver will make a trip out to Van
ierbilt day and work with Wilson
TO see what sort of STUFF he has If
he shows major league caliber it is
highly probable that a contract will be
offered the fleet Commodore.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
TTOT SPRINGS. ARK. March
q - barney Dreyfuss
gtprgf"

II q Barney Dreyfuss
stung!"
Marty O'Toole loses another
game"
How often in 1912 did these
words decorate sporting pages in
big black head letter type?
How often did the fans say.
Just as thought"
These million dollar stars never
make good"
"O'TOole's a bloomer and Bar
ney's stung, stinged, stang!"
The average fan doesn't analyze.
Superficial examination is enough
for him. Probably IL a vote were
taken in fsndom, the majority
would decide that O'Toole failed
to make good" in 1912. and this
would prove the genus fan a poor
observer.
Your fan seldom goes beyond the
fact. II the home team loses no
matter how well played the game.
It IL rotten" II the team wins.
II is great game"
O'Toole Did MAKE Good"
Cold analysis proves O'Toole
made good" Manager Clarke and
owner Dreyfuss, Of Pittsburg. are
content. They would have liked
To see him do better, but his 1912
work speaks large for a great 1918
season.
Sy Coiogy played a winning hand
against O'Toole last year Had he
Joined the Pirates minus the bIa-
tsnt publicity. the chances are his
record would have formed the
ground work for even the fans 10
build great hopes upon for 1918
Too much boosting proved 4
knock TO O'Toole. The efforts of
scribes to outdo each other in laud-
Ing the youngster who cost so
much money did him more harm
than il they had dipped their pens
in vitriol. The S22,5OO check was
the blow that killed OToole. Mar
~ was press ACCENTED to death.
Only a pitching average OF 600
would have satisfied the faus-and
probably they would have growled
II every game was not shut
out
Race Ahead of Lavender.
secretary John Heydler in 1912
made TWO tables Of National league
pitchers. one showed games won
and lost The other showed the
runs per game for which each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
POOR GRADE Of
MANAGEMENT
KILLED MANDOT
By Bob Tarleton.

THE poorest sort of manage
ment is all that kept the
South from having a light
weight champion Of the world in
the person of Joe Mandot the
French baker boy In my opinion,
Joe was coming along at top
speed and would certainly have
won the title had not a few serious
blunders by his manager been
made.
MaRdot trimmed Joe Rivers de-
cisively in 20 rounds, right aft
er Rivers had given Wolgast the
fight Of his life and was being
proclaimed a champion.
Then they sent Joe against
Wolgast over the ten-round route
at New Orleans. Mandot won a
newspaper decision. which was
concurred in by Ed w. Smith, Of
Chicago, one Of the worlds most
eminent sporting authorities, who
refereed the fight
Right here the bone in the head
instead of the brain of his man
ager began to work Here was
Mandot, right in line for a whack
at WOlgast over the Marathon
distance and a chance for the title.
Wolgast was going back. There
were a number OF lightwelghts who
could have taken Ads measure al
that time.
BUT does Joe's manager go after
Ad? Oh, no. He grabs a fight
with Rivers. Now, what could he
get out of it except a few dollars?
Mandot had already beaten Rivers.
He couldn't climb higher by beat
ing him again.
They allowed Richie to grab
Wolgast and sent Mandot against
the Mexican. Richie got a title
and Mandot got a beating. II
wasn't such a beating that hurt
him a whole lot, though. It was A
fairly even affair and Mandot lost
little prestige.
= TILL his manager sidestepped
AAlN tdl bONS ana look on
Leach Cross. There was nothing
to be gained by fighting the New
York dentist and there was every
thing to lose Cross is the hardest
right-handed hitter for a light
weight in the world to-day If he
happens to land, somebody hits the
mat.
WELL, he happened to land on
Mandot Now. II Joe ever
does come back-and mighty few
Of them do-hes got a rocky road
ahead of him
He's a great little boy. | un-
earthed him myself down in the
Jackson Square district and han
died him until / had to report to
my ball club. / may not he a BiIv
Delaney, Tom Jones or a Nolan.
but. believe me. I'd have never put
that kid through the fool campaign
that has put him among the
might have beens"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
Grim ink Is on Job Early
Smiths Team Victim Of
Series Of Real MiSfOrtune

TIME Jinx is on the Crackers
trail. The hard-luck kiddo,
who combined forces with
John Barleycorn in hammering the
Crackers into last place last year,
has put in his appearance and
seems fit for another gruelling sea-
son. Glance over the list of acct
dents to date:
l. Ed Donnelly regarded as a
certainty for the pitching staff and
touted by Bill Smith and Whitley
Alperman as a wonder refuses to
report and quits baseball.
2. Rain and tornadoes interfere
almost constantly with practice.
8. AL Nixon gets a leg stove up.
4. Tommy Long gets a wallop in
the bean that puts him out for
awhile
s. Just when the Atlanta infield
gets going right, Joe Agler tears
off part of a finger and muses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21

The standing of the teams in the tour
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21

things all up.
6. Three players continue to hold
out vigorously, though they are all
on hand and practicing when they
can.
7. An unusual number Of sore
arms appear, owing to the wretch.
ed weather, the continued damp.
ness and the fact that there has
hardly been a single day dry
and warm enough for a real work.
out.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21

Harold. of Georgia Military college. is
pitching great ball this year. In an
eleven thinning game Wednesday with the
Atlanta Medical college he allowed but
four hits and struck out fourteen men.
The game was called at the end Of
2 to 2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
klLsANE LEAVES FOR COAST,

CLEVELAND. OHIO. March 2i.SJohn
ny klbane, featherweight champion. ac-
companied by his wife and two babies
his manager. Jimmy Dunn, and his
sparring partner, Cal Delaney, left here
Yesterday for Los Angeles, where he will
train for his fight with Johnny Dun
dee, a Vernon, April Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10
THE MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY

"The municipal university is COM
paratively new in this country, and its
development will be watched with in
terest," said DR.. P. P. Claxton, United
States commissioner Of education, in
discussing the University of Cincin-
natl. There are certain significant
things about this city university that
tend to show how valuable such an in
stitutiOn may be to a community.
Consider the student body. Seven
ty-nine per cent Of those in the college
of liberal arts are residents OF the city,
and they have lived in Cincinnati an
average Of 13 years. Nearly half of
the students were born in Cincinnati.
A recent inquiry ELECTED the informa,
ton that 81 per cent of the students
lacked the means to attend a univer-
sity outside the city. Thus the uni.
versity is providing higher education
10 residents of the municipality who
could secure it in no other way
Something ike % per cent of the
students are fatherless. OF the faith
ers Of the others, less than one-fourth
are in the so-called professions. Over
three-fourths are in non-professional
commercial, or mechanical pursuits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10

AS further indication Of the class
reached by the university, S5.5 per
cent Of the male students have follow
ed gainful occupations before coming
to college, and "A per cent of them
work regularly during the year for a
part OF the time. 1t is to men and
women such as these that the Univer-
sIty OF Cincinnati is extending its OPP
portunities, by cooperative courses, by
day and evening classes, and in many
other ways.
Although the municipal university
may be more or less Of novelty in
this country, it is by no means so
rare abroad. Anyone who has studied
at Leipzig knows that the university
in that city is not merely a great Ger
man university, but is first and fore
most the University of Leipzig-a mu-
nicipal institution. The city Of Ham
burg has Just completed plans Tor a
city university on large scale. Like
wise many of the newer English uni
versities, while national in their aims,
nevertheless endeavor TO meet very
directly the special needs of the in
dustrial centers in which they are 10.
Gated. and are to that extent municip-
al universities"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10
a PROPERLY NAMED PARK.

In addition to the beautiful parks
OF pretenrious dimensions. such as Lin.
coin, Jackson and Garfield. which
have made Chicago famous. they have
adopted there a comprehensive system
Of smaller parks which are TO serve
as breathing places for the people of
the oongested sections.
In that city there is one patriotic
citizen. who, Ike William jackson OF
Rock Island. has devoted his time and
energies and influence 10 the new
scheme OF park development That
the Chicago citizen who has thus &C.
complshed something for his city is
90 b. httingiy honored and mis- name
han I'd down 10 future generations in
C-Erssrion With a work OF life couse-
Grafton. the following taken from the
report Of the proceedings OF the board
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10
PECULIAR HORSES.
They Have Little Hair and Eat Butter
and Sugar With Flour.

They Have Little Hair and Eat Butter
and Sugar With Flour.
the greatest popularity OF the Tur-
koman breed Of horses IL their hair.
Iessness. They have naturally very
little mane. and what they have is al
ways carefully cut of. Their skin is
very soft and thin. Colonel Stewart in
Through Persia In Disguise" tells Of
the great care taken Of these animals.
They are never tabled. but picketed
in the open. They are, however. wRrm-
ly clothed. First the TuTkoman puts
over his animal a thick felt body COW
ering Of the size that an English horse
wears. Over this be fasteDs an I'M
mense piece Of felt that covers the
horses ears and bis whole body down
to his hooks. This clothing he keeps
in place with q long roller, which Is
passed three times round the horses
body.
The Turkoms Ms feed their horses
when IN camp on barley or chopped
straw and give them -four and Sleeps
tail fat OF clarified butter when ther
are going to call on them for great e1-
ertion. | myself IN India have often
given my horses a pound each Of -four
and cosrse sugar and half q pound of
clarified butter made into balls when |
have ridden them far and wanted them
to go on again. The horse easily d.
gests this ration. and he - ready to
start sooner than II q feed Of corn is
given him. 1t is also supposed to give
great strength
TurkOmans give their horses almost
anything they eat themselves. Al
though hardy in respect Of feOd. the
horses require a good deal of care as
TO clothing. for fine coats and delicate
skins make them very susceptible to
caIdA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10
EFFECTS OF TITANIC DISASTER.

EFFECTS OF TITANIC DISASTER.
Near the first anniversary OF the
sinking OF the Titanic are two events
strongly effective Of the influence Of
that memorable disaster for greater
safety in ocean travel.
The huge EaterIand. launched this
week al Hamburg. will carry SO life
boats, and 20 OF these can be launch
ed from either side Of the ship and
can accommodate the whore capacity
Of the vessel in human freight. No
list Of the ship can put out Of COM
mission half the boats.
The reconstructed Olympic starts
on its first voyage with an outer shell
10 take the force and damage Of such
a glancing blow as wrecked the Ii,
tanic and leave an inner shell to keep
II afoat. 1t was held unsuitable be
fore this reconstruction. It is now
called unsuitable, but carries more
than double its old number Of life
boats in Difference to the truth Of bit
ter experience as against the Claims
of marine architects.
So passes the modern myth OF the
sea. There is no such thing as an IN
sinkable ship. But at what cost tc
human life has the Illusion been shat
I tered
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10
CThe Bellman.)


Ever since mans imagination found
expression in literature, spring has
been limned in the figure Of a CO
quette. And small wonder, we ex-
plain, as we are compelled once again
10 endure the tantalizing probation
which ushers in the glad, recurrent
miracle. While we catch our breath,
April, bewitching, maddening blend Of
tears and laughter, never sure, ever
promiseful, comes tripping by and
with q blithe bow at last, lets in the
scented magic and the divine foretaste
Of the full summertide that goes I'M
der the name Of May.
Strange it is, TOO, how spring, teas
ing us thus yearly. and known in all
her ways. can yet keep back so much
of surprise and offer so greatly of
variety that her coming bids our
pulses beat and our eyes dilate as be
fore a bit Of legerdemain. The mere
Instructive boy turns livelier and mer.
rier, the gaffer in the sun feels at his
withered heart a touch that warns
like wine The farmer rejoices as he
sows his seed, and remembers Ben
Franklins word that he, of all men
has an occupation the freest and mob
lest, since he looks alone to nature and
natures God.
And the man Of religion points q
moral from the season by the parable
of re-birth, and speaks with the more
7 assurance Of the resurrection and the
+ life
/ Modern thought inciines to consider
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10

OF West Chicago Park commissioners,
bears testimony:
'Inasmuch as it was under the presi-
dency Of Hon. Bernard A. Eckhart
G905-190S), that the small park move
ment received its first great impetus,
1t being due to his persistent efforts
and untiring zeal and ambition on be
half Of the people of the West side
that the first small park bond issue was
obtained and the first three small
parks were created as a result there,
Of, we believe It 10 be distinctly fitting,
as mark Of recognition and appreci-
alton, that small park No. l, the first
Of our new small parks, be designated
Bernard A. Eckhart Park"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10
Life on Earth.

The question OF the first appearance
OF living things Is Of perennial interest,
although tantalizingly uncertain. Pro
feSsor q Frederick Wright has now
estimated that life has probably exist
ed on the earth for 24.eOoOOO years.
but that It cannot possibly have begun
as long ago as 100000 years. Mans
antiquity cannot he says. be less than
10000 years. while It need not be more
than 1900. The evidence that man
appeared in tertiary tine is regarded
by our authority as very doubtful. and
the Post-tertisry sge has been a rela-
lively short period. while the known
facts OF human development ean be
amply accounted for nv $500 years of
time before the historic record begzn.
New York Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-10

There's a song in the ripples that play
On the cleaning sands all day.
II you care to hear Il:
There's a song in the breeze that blows
And song in the stream that flows,
II you care to hear il;
There song that Is sung by the grass
To the little earth people below.
To the tiny winged people that pass
In their airy trips to and fro
II you have the spirit
To hear It
There's song in the wires above
That's song Of hope or Of love,
II you care to hear It:
There's a song in the roar from the street
That is gentle and soothing and sweet,
II you care to hear il:
There's a song in the whir Of the wheel.
There's a song in the shafts, as they
roll
In the clang Of the sledRe on the steel
Is song that is joy to the soul
II you have the spirit
To hear ii.