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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
RACING STARTS SATURDAY
OVER CHARLESTON TRACK

CHARLESTON, s. G.. Jan 24.-Anoth-
er big delegation of racegoers arrived in
Charleston today to be on hand for the
opening of the ffty-dve- day meeting at
Palmetto Park, which begins on Satur-
Gay. Among them We're several LAYERS
who are familiar with the Eastern sys-
tenn, which Ring Manager Oscar Holder
mas decided TO adopt for this meeting
II looks as If there will be a dozen or
htteen layers in line for the opening dav
The two-Near- old races here this win
ter promise to be interesting contests
Collectively the Youngsters are a better
looking lot than those that raced at Pal
metto last winter This morning about
70 were at the barrier taking their les
sons in breaking
me first two-year- Old race will be run
on Monday next 1t is a dash of two
furlongs
William p. Burch is purchasing stall
lions for the United states Government
lie already has options on 1--WE. and an
officer of the War Department win be
here on Thursday to pass ON them Mr.
Burch reports that his son Preston who
recently returned TO France. will train
for W. A Chandler and George p Eus-
us this year Mr.. La Montague has dis
posed Of all but three of his horses. ana
the latter have been turned over for the
season G. II. Chenault has arrived from
Kentucky 70 look over his string here
He VIII remain for a couple of weeks
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
Charleston Entries

FIRsT-Three year olds and up Pa'Fss
Eubanks 100, Samuel r. Myer w. p
publican 1903, John Furlong 1Oi, Milton d Z
l04, Sherwood 104, Prince Ahmed "'
NolthOrpe Ill, Carlton G. Ill,
SECOND-Three year olds, purse 8 5oWi.
selling, 81 furlongs: XFarces w, f6i
Worth 80, Counterpart lOl, Gap6eTp ose.
ELLA Crane 1903, Clothes Brush lo@, pro Bro.
burg l04, Kinmundy l04, Jaquin u.s. KING
gressive l04, Guide Post 107, Chlljoh w
l0S. Also eligible: xMattie i. a.
THIRD-Three year Odds and up p uor :
$500, selling, furlongs; xCommll92lnn5tlo 1
Touch 80, xDipper SO, xViley 30, AH GoH
100, Coreopsis 100, xFatherola, =, ~ W. iS,
Cap 1906, Towton Field 107, GIN Ilop rton
Coppertown ITO, Black Chief ~ ~ ~
Virgins 113, Spohn ia, Leamence .s,ss
FOURTH-Argyle Hotel hand!Cap's fur.
year olds and up, $1,000 guaraan.l'e5.g, .is rs,
longs: Jack Kellogg 92, SyI[Gesluiiib5licsn
Royal Tea 104, Milton b. lO4, kgeplaeS iOs,
los, T. Nj. Green 1O7 PRINCE AEna,,gb Hill
i24. -''' 90 wa 49,.
FIFTH-Four year olds and up r!r n,
$500. selling, furlongs XLittle ~ finn
XIV. Powers 101. New River W. Zen fOe.
l06. Silicic 1906. Camel l09, Hailod5s" ,.TTovton
Ragman 1903, Question Marx Ivy,
Field III. rse
SIXTH-Four year olds and up 5afs Is,
$500, selling, furlongs, ~ ai,,t tbra-
Lucky George 1902. Miss Jonah WA 104
sion l04. XHeretic 104. Greclan bg ral-
XMontagnie 104. Cheer Up 100 Eu,by tOa
Inns l07 Floral May l0s, Glenn beav's
Apprentice allowance of pou'N
Weather fair; track fast
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
YELLOW JACKETS
SHOULD HAVE
SWELL NINE

TECH is going to have a cork
ing good baseball team this
year. That is. they will il
the players can get away with
their studies. Coach Heisman has
the material, and if the faculty can
be satisfied with the candidates
lessons, then everything is going 10
be all to the merry out at the
Flats.
Of course, a serious blow was
dealt the team when the famous
Holland brothers left Tech.
Captain Montague is back in
great shape and expects to clean
up this year Goat" Holiday will
be back on the first sack, with a
fellow from Stone Mountain,
named Amason, close on his trail.
This Amason is six feet two inches
and has been known to hit in the
three-fifty division for three years
running.
At second, sid" Holland the all
Southern boy, viii be out, but Ed
gar Montague will put in a strong
bid for his old place.
Stabler will again be given a
workout at short, but he will have
to move around if he expects to
hold the place while Jack Donald
son, Of City league fame is still
in school
At third is where only one man
has been tried out for the past
four years. That was Cap Hol-
land, one of the best college third
basemen that ever put on a uni
form. For his place, "Scrappy'
Moore, Badly" Glover and kid"
Clay will be the chief contenderS.
Both Glover and Moore have good
prep school records. while Clay has
scrubbed it for two seasons
"Ros' Drake, the Griffin boy
will not be back this year and he
will be missed in the outfield, but
McLin. Fielder, Brown, Harrington
and a few others will be there for
places, with perhaps Montague,
Attridge can fill the catcher's place
in expected style.
The team that will take the field
in Techs first game may line up
thusly: Attridge, catcher; Pitts
pitcher; Holiday. first base; ANA
son, second base; Donaldson, short
stop; Mooren third base; McLln
left field; F. Montague, center
field, and Fielder. right field.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
Knockout Brown and Abel Scrap at Auditorium
New York Lightweight Favored to Win Battle

Fort Oglethorpe reports are true
he will be absolutely fit for the
struggle with Brown.
Ticket Sale Large.
The advance sale of tickets, by
actual count, overtops anything
ever before known in Atlanta; and
with 5O-cent seats plentiful and the
top prices 50, the crowd that sees
Jake Abel and Knockout Brown
mix is likely to set new records.
The militia companies have made
elaborate preparations for policing
the halls and for keeping all spec
tators In the sections for which
they bought tickets.
Special invitations have been
sent out to state and city officials
and military men, both regulars and
volunteers, and a number of nota-
bles will attend. A good delegation
is coming over from Chattanooga
to root for Jake Abel and to bet on
him; and there will be an excep-
tionally large representation from
nearby cities
Preliminary Boys o. K.
The preliminary boys were all ex-
amined today by DR.. Louis c.
Roughlin, the club physician, and
were all pronounced in perfect con-
dition. The first pair of them will
be hustled into the ring at exactly
$50 tonight and the other braces
viii be trotted out as fast as pos
sible, SO that there will be no de-
lays in getting down to brass lacks
the Brown-Abel scrap.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
Likely Lot of Lnfielders Here

all the positions on the team were
filed and he was shunted out OF
the league.
Last year Balenti played won
derfu hall for Chattanooga. He
hit .2SS, which was mighty good
for an infelder And he fielded
better than he hit
Baenti is a great. strong piece of
a man. He can stand right up un-
der the guns and beat down the
hardest sort OF wallop. He is a
glutton for work, q man of good
habits and good disposition. The
st, Louis Americans need good
men. They can hardly afford to
pass up such man as Balenti.
It HE Cuban, Rafael Almeida,
hasn't more than an even
chance of sticking They gave him
pretty good try-out at Cincinnati
last spring, before they sold him to
Birmingham. He showed SO well
in the Southern, especially after he
first broke in that they have called
him up for another try-out. He
isn't likely to last until July.
Almeida has everything but dis
position He has played superla-
tive ball in Atlanta. He hit ire
mendously we'll last year, especial
~ at the start. on local soil his
fielding was, save for one lament
able game. excellent, and his throw
ing to first better than anything
that has been seen here since
Charley Babb and Scotty Walker
were ins their prime.
Somehow Almeida did not man
age to field as well in other cities
as he did in Atlanta. Only one
Southern league regular third base
man flelded worse.
Almeida is unfortunately iudif-
ferent.
He comes from a real Castiuian
family, has enough money SO that
he doesn't have to wonder about
his three squares and doesn't care
whether he plays or not. In conse-
quence he is likely to declare holi-
day on any old Cuban saints day
and forget to report to the park
If Almeida ever sohers down and
gets 10 understand the responsible
ities Of his job he may make good.
He will hardly do it this year
WHY it was that even tho St
" Louis Browns fen for Dee
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24

boy is a hitter-one of the real, old
natural hitters' you are always
hearing about On the other hand,
he is NOT an inflelder
If that wonderful handler of men,
Frank Chance. can transform Har-
bison into an outhelder he may
make a useful citizen After get
ting a look at his official batting
average the New Yorks gave him
contract and he signed. He will
so to Bermuda. If he hits there as
he usually does Frank Chance will
find it mighty hard job to get rid
of him. For Chance will need
those bingles
I ASTLY, Clancy-Irish Clancy.
of the Pels. Well. he's a lively
little lad, who doesn't hit the ball
often, but who hits it hard. 1t is
hard to believe that he is a big
Lacquer. He may grow up into one.
But he has a lot of growing com
ing TO him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
-Four Of the Six Infielders "Sent Up" Have Chance
Johnston and Balenti Are Certain to Make Good
BY Percy H. Whiting.

a CUBAN, an Indian, an Irish
~ man couple of ball play
ers and Dug" HARRISON
that's the full count Of the South
ern leagues inhelders sent up last
fall.
Almeida was the Cuban, Bslenti
the Indian. Dee Walsh the Irish
man (and some Indian, tool The
other two Just plain residents of
the United States, are Clancy and
Doc Johnston. HARRISON doesn't
really BELONGINGS an outhelder at
heart
OF the whole bilin" not one
~ seems to have a better chance
of sticking than Doc" Johnston,
the yellow headed lad from Chat
tanooga.
Johnny Dobbs. himself Chetta-
noogan. found doc" playing ball
on the lots Of Chattanooga. That
was less than half a dozen years
ago,
Dobbs was driving by a baseball
lot one afternoon on the way to his
dairy. A crowd Of three quarters
grown boys were playing ball.
Having nothing but time, John
pulled up his horse and sat back to
watch the lads play. After bit he
pricked up his ears, popped out his
eyes and became all attention. Two
minutes later he had hoped from
his buggy and was asking the
name Of the big mouthed, two
headed chap who was playing first
base
A year later Dobbs had signed
the lad and he was playing first
base for the Chattanooga team, then
of the South Atlantic league. That
was in 1909 DOC" batted 1923 that
year and stole 80 bases. He looked
so good that Buffalo bought him.
But he didn't show anything in the
Eastern league and was sent back
to Chattanooga. and even there he
did not regain his stride that year.
Last year. still with Chattanooga,
Johnston played good ball and bat
ted .25S
1t was not until this year, how
ever. that Johnston really came to
life. He was half the brains and
-eighths the noise of the New
Orleans club He fieded well and
hit 307 for the season.
Johnston is every inch ball
player
He is speedy. alert. boisterous, "a
nice hitter. no great base runner,
and all in an a mighty good player
Doc" reported TO Cleveland at the
end Of last season and showed so
much stuff that he virtually won
his position then If he can con-
tinue hitting his future is certain
A SIX Bill Smith the best player In
the Southern league last year
and he has just one answer: Mike
Balenti"
why, that guy has EVERY
THING. He lacks just one slight
thing -base-stealing ability But
he has speed and courage and /
believe he can learn to steal
VIII he stick. WILL HE STICK
Win glue STICK"
Balenti is "A fun blooded Indian.
His home is in Calumet. Okla
Right now he is following his In
dian instinct and is Wanderine
around Alaska
Not very much is known of Ra
lenu.S carly days. The Atlanta
club owned him once-as they did
ltgFnargC sF I.e
sensations. but he reported late
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
GEORGIA CLASS TEAMS
PLAY SAT. FOR TITLE

ATHENS. GA, Jan "a THE senior
class football team of the University Of
Georgia defeated the freshmen. "a 10 0,
ana the juniors defeated the sophomores,
The seniors meet the juniors and the
freshmen tackle the sophomores .SatIr-
day afternoon on Sanford field for The
deciding game of the interclass series.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
OHIO MAY PUT KIBOSH
ON SUNDAY BASEBALL

Il, C,,olLUMB,JS,. OHIO, Jan. 24.-The sun
iect of fight in The ohio Iegisia f Sup-
senator S,,iil Beman has given notice that he
WI introduce a bin restoring the penal
s aes OF me law IS effect prior to two years
day. ''' WI GUN
AS a substitute for Sunday baseball he
wGiaa make Saturday afternoon half
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
BY Left Hook.

II NOCKOUT BROWN, of New
n York, and Jake Abel of
Chattanooga, the former
with two victories over AID VOL
CAST to his credit, the latter with
a wonderful showing against Joe
Mandot scratched up on his record,
viii engage in ten rounds of manly
pickering tonight at Atlanta's Au-
ditorium- Armory.
This bout might have considera-
BILE bearing on the lightweight prob
lem. If Jake Abel should win it
he would beat the man who is to
battle Joe Rivers next month-the
man who, If he beats Rivers. will
be entitled to a fight for the cham
piohship.
The betting, and there is plenty
of it going on at the places where
gentlemen of sportive inclination
gather, is all in favor Of Knockout
Brown. The most popular bet seems
to be even money that Abel does
not last the limit.
Abel Doesn't Need Guardian.
This isn't the best bet in the
world from the Brown end. It is
true that once in long, hard ca
reer Abel was knocked out. But
the man who did it could not come
back and repeat once in a thou
sand tries. In preparing for this
bout Abel took off something like
ten or twelve pounds i'm a week
and so weakened himself that he
was sick and i'm bed the two days
before the engagement He went
into the ring in poor condition and
was an easy victim. Even then
he was not knocked out, but the
affair was stopped as he was SO
obviously getting the worst of it,
Save for this one occasion Abel
has never been even I'm trouble in
battle. and even when he has lost
he has finished strong.
So amy wild wagers that Abel Will
be knocked out prematurely are
poor investments. Knockout Brown
has a terrible punch, of course, but
Jake Abel is terribly clever, and
there you have it,
a considerable amount of money
has been posted on the preliminary
bouts. The soldiers of Fort Nc
Pherson have bet all Of the coin
that is coming i'm on February 3
ON the Bernstein Carol affray,
which is for the lightweight cham
uionship of the regiment.
Bernstein seems to have a slight
edge Of favoritism but nothing
wide
Brown Takes It Easy.
Knockout Brown put i'm q com
nArnIiNnIN nnint luN N-.etnran- IL
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
M'GO0RTY-HICKS BOUT
IS FINANCIAL FROS7

NEW YORK. Jan 24.-Eddie McGoortv.
middleweight champion. who got a IS GOO
guarantee 70 fight Mike Gibbons and who
'soldlered' during the fight. thereby los
ing his POPULARITY in this section. drew only
lt55 for beating Freddie Hicks Wednes-
day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
8R00KL YIN TEAM BECOMES
AN ALL SOUTHERN AFFAIR

NEW YORK, Jan 24.-The addition of
i've recruits from various Dixie leagues
mas made the Brooklyn National league
club an almost all Southern" team.
Cutshaw is the only regular who did
not come from below the Mason and Dix
on line
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
SN0DGRASS, THE COSTLY
MUFFER, GETS A RAISE

NEW YORK, Jan. 24-Fred snoderass
Mno mage the $4,000 'muff' in the mai
saIae OF the 1912 worlds series +odav
signed 1913 Giant contract wbicb LIZ
Tor nice salary increase. ''''S
,,,SSi1ORT STOP BUSH SIGNS.
~ hOlT, Jan. 24.-ShortstoD Riisb 80
NE Detroit American league hasabai n
''"o' mas signed his 1913 contract.
GE5ORGlA PLAYS AUGUSTA
~ HENS. GA, Jan. 2l-The iTnivar-
slty Of Georgia basket BAN lean NH
pay the Augusta team here tonight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
RIVERS SAYS CROSS CAN
NOT FACE HIM 5 ROIIMnS

80, ~" AN1ELtS, Jan. 24-"If | meet
Leach l.e Cross again III bet 81 900 that t'J 6e
Won Won be on his feet at the end Of the
R RIsR round lid declared Joe Rivers, the
DAY from his New York bout with cross
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
FACTS AND FIGURES
ABOUT CONTEST AT
ARMORY TONIGHT

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Brown, of q
New York, and Jake Abel, of Chat q
tanooga. q
Weight Limit-135 pounds at q
o'clock. q
RuIes-Straight Marquis of 4
Queensberry, clean breaks. q
Referee-Harry Mathews. q
Preliminaries-Arthur Worthy 4
Q and Young Sam Langford, four 4
rounds; Bernstein and Carroll, six Z
rounds for lightweight champion Z
ship of Fort McPherson; Kid q
Young and Mayer Prizes, eight Z
rounds. q
Prices-5o cents to So. q
Place-Auditorium -Armory. &
Time-8:3 80 p. m. q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24

element.
Abel took a hard work out yes
terday Notice was served on
Abel's manager, Max Abelson, that
Jake must be absolutely down to
weight, and the Chattanoogan went
at the job in earnest He will
surely be safely under the limit
when he steps on the scales this
afternoon. Abel will be in At
lanta in good time today. and if
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
LONG LARRy HAS sIcNFn

q, CINCINNATI. Jan 24-John Iarr,l
Mclean, the erStwhle Cincinnati catcher.
signed a contract here today with the
St Louis National league team for next
season
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24

FRANK BAKER SIGNS ,onns
PHILADELPHIA Jan n irtsci.
"Home Run agG'OV Frank Baker the ,,r s,I
hold-out, has signed his Athlete o''
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-24
PHILLIES WILL TRAIN AT
SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.

PHILADELPHIA Jan 24-The phila-
dclPhta club, OF the National league, will
train at southern Pines, y. G..
The squad will leave here February "a.
the same day the Philadelphia Americans
depart for san Antonio, Tex
A. A, c. PLAYS IN BIRMINGHAM.
The Atlanta Athletic club basket ball
Tor Birmingham, where they win play
the athletic club ~ that place that night.
TWO MORE CRACKERS sign.
Pitcher BausWciu and Ontfelder Dave
callahan have signed their Atlanta con
tracts.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-03-06
OF
N0XI0US PLANTS
Annoyance and Loss From
Weeds May Be Overcome by
Spraying or Moving.

IL farmers would see to 1t that no
weeds would have place on their
farms, and IL fence rows and road
sides were kept free of any weeds,
the annoyance and loss from weeds
would soon be overcome. But this is
not all that keeping down weeds will
do, There is nothing that forms such
a good harbor for the large number
of orchard and field insects as weeds:
weeds. carry many such insects
through the winter. We can rid our
selves of the weed nuisance by spray
ing or by moving them down and
burning them.
This again calls to mind the fact
that insect destruction would be ma
terially lessened If all weeds. filth and
rubbish in and around orchards were
cut now and burned. You will more
than save the cost of doing 1t by
making insect control and fungus dis
eases less difficult each year Why
cannot we have clean farm move
ment and have cleaner and better
farms, free from weeds and free from
such insects as harbor or go into win
ter quarters In weeds?
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-03-06
On the Value Of Rare Old Coins

Around practically every battered
old coin treasured In the pocket of a
baggy pair of pants" philosophically
remarked the Erratic Thinker, there
hangs a hallucinatory halo in the
form of tradition that there is a
large premium on it and that it will
fetch considerable sum over and
above its face value. Nobody knows
the size of the premium, who makes
the offer or how it is to be collected,
but the faith, as. answering as the
justly celebrated Laws Of the late
Modes and Persians and as beautiful
as 1t is pathetic, exists, that somehow,
somewhere, some sweet when, that
faithful old coil will bring its owner
a considerable fortune. This markedly
resembles the faith of the average old.
fashioned party man that at some
time his favorite congressman, for
whom he has rooted and voted and
rent his raiment, will do something for
him.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-03-06

to. What would 1t profit me to marry
case of chronic grip like that, sweet
heart? If he is worth million, which
don't doubt In the least, you can rest
assured that he'll never be rated at
nine hundred and ninety-nine thous-
and, nine hundred and ninety-nine on
account of his wife's extravaganza.
When he repeats that little clause In
the marriage service about endowing
the blushing bride with all his world
ed. No, beloved, II | were to marry
for mercenary considerations, I'd pick
horny-headed structural iron work
or, with q good-sized life and accident
policy, who'd turn over his weekly
pay check to me every Saturday night,
and leave the question of beer money
to my sense of justice. Mr.. Stintwell
has been looking out for the main
chance so long and hard that he's suf-
fering severely from eye strain. Did
you know he had invited me to go
with him to see the subtreasury
Il should think that would be very
interesting" said Aunt Jane.
Extremely so," agreed Mrs. Merri-
wild, sarcastically. Il suppose they let
you feast your delighted eyes ON bars
of gold bullion and let you hold mil
hon-doilar bill in each hand. That
would be almost as satisfactory as
gloating over your husbands rating in
Bradstreet just after he's emitted a
stentorian roar because somebody has
left the light switched on In the bath
room. But he means kindly, and
think he Intends to pay my carfare
both ways. Only I'm not going"
You will have your own way of
course, my DEAR" said Aunt Jane, hat
1t seems to me that II gentleman
pays q lady marked attention with
the obvious design of matrimony, and
is so wealthy as to be above suspicion
Of any mercenary motive, the object
of his admiration might be reasonably
assured of liberal treatment"
1T depends on the gentleman who is
paying the marked attention, dearie."
replied Mrs. MsrTiwid. IF the gentle
man is not liberal gentleman and
the lady has to employ pneumatic
drill and stick Of dynamite to jar a
nickle loose enough to wrench away