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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27

An edict has been Issued BY Manager
BlrminEham OF the Maps, stating that
he'll fine any pitcher $50 for working
ing out IN the infeld and laeing the
iame wings and ether casualties al
ready.
Cutshaw. the Dodgers regular Sec
ond baseman. is settling a terrific pace
in the swatting line down in spring
training quarters It's nothing out OF
the ordinary for CutshRw to lace out
three or four bingles a day He's as
sured Of his Job for the coming season.
1f hgures count for anything. then
Charley Herzog, leader OF the Ciney
Reds. ought to have a good hitting
team the coming season. He has three
youngsters on his roster who hit over
500 and one who compiled a batting
Larry Chappen. II reports from the
Coast are true, Is IN grave danger OF
losing his leg lie is the player Sc
cured by owner Comiskoy Of the White
Sox for $4,000 Larry rubbed the skin
on his foot while breaking in a new
pair Of shoes, and as a result blood
poisoning set in.
Lefty Lelheld formerly with the
Pirates and Cubs, IS more than satisfied
with his new berth with the Seals OF
the Pacific Coast League. For awhile
Il was thought that Lefty would fail
to report. but finally responded to the
call for a bit OF training.
Joe jackson, star outhelder Of the
Cleveland Maps, Ia to receive neat lit
tie bonus Il he hits 400 the coming year.
He will also set so much u he swats
over ST6. and so much providing hts
elouts the pill forAa batting average Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
'CHLOROFORM
PUNCH NEW
EGGERS BLOW
This Is the Wallop That Is Sehed-
uIed to Knock Out Jimmy
Grant,
BY Left Hook.
hLORoEORM punchlp
That's what the chstta-

That's what the Chstta-
nooga scribes are caption
ing the right-hand wallop OF Knock
out Eggers.
-ssssers is the New York bantam
weight who battles Jimmy Grant at
the Orpheum Theater nest Tuesday
night
He is training at the foot OF Look
out Mountain for his scrap, and yes
terday over 100 OF the boxing fans
in Handsome Harry MeCormick's
village journeyed out TO his camp to
watch him work.
He took on three sparring partners
for three rounds each. He stopped
two OF them In the third round.
One Of the newspaper men asked
him what he CALLED that X. o. punch
he carried In his off-side mltt
That's the 'chloroform punch :"
replied the husky, hard-smiting lad
from Gay Gotham.
And II is this punch that Ill stop
Jimmy Grant with" announced Egg
gers.
But while Eggers Is working on
this knock en- dead" punch little
Grant is going along training faith
fully with Jimmy Perry at the Busi-
ness Mems Gymnasium,
1t seems that the winner OF the
Grant Eggers bout Is TO meet Kid
Williams, Johnny Coulons bitterest
opponent, a Weekb r ten days later at
The Orpheum Theater, Both Grant
and Eggers, therefore. are working
their hardest TO get IN condition II
sure means a heap for the victor OF
next Tuesday nights mill
Seats went on sale to-day a. Tum-
lin Brothers stores and The Rex.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
st. Louis Americans
Rout Vols, Is to 4

NASHVILLE, TENN. March 27-The
ST. Louis American League first team
defeated the Nashville Southern League
club yesterday by score of 10 to in
a farce game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
Auburn Nine Plays
Yellow Jackets at
Grant Field To-day

The Tech Yellow Jackets and the Au-
burn team lock horns IN the first IL a
three game series this afternoon at
Grant Field.
ttes ntaes nnn cs,S, INV spn
win stage double bill Saturday after
noon.
Both teams have lost a number Of
last years stars. and appear TO be about
evenly matched IN strength The real
edge will lie with the team that pre-
sents the superior pitchers In the three
battles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
Killifer Comforting
With the Phillies

PHILADELPHIA. March William
who jumped 10 the Feds and then
jumped back again, ls here To-day for
conference with President Baker, OF
the Phillies, and the clubs attorney
kilifer Is seeking advice regarding
Washington yesterday, asking that he
appear in the Federal Court at Grand
Rapids. Mich. and show cause why he
should not be enieinod from playing
with the National League.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27

$50 ioo has never failed to hit more
than the last mark mentioned. hence
seems sure OF carrying off one Of the
sums
Hal Chase, White Sox FIRST sacker.
has been cutting quite d notch In trsin-
ing quarters out ON the Coast. Hal has
been fielding an OF yore, while his hit
ting Is also picking UP a bit
Frank Glhooley. for whom Frank
Farrell, president Of the New York
Americans. paid $4,000 to Montreal,
will, in all probability, hold down right
neio position this year. He has been
selected by Manager Chance as tenn
porary adjunct to the old guard.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
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PNGSIDE,naBLFACHFRS
KID ELBERFELD
III b lore to think
~ And all the that PANIED
Your timely punch and Hustlng Hork,
Ind hmm foDOhf IN heDff he hand
KID ELBERFELD.


timely husling Uore
Aud hOw fought beat the band
And, Then, hare think about
fhc heared em 70 The stand
sNoDcRAss third base and Merle hrs
Of the Giant nheld would be solid rock-just about
MoRAW REMARKED THAT the English losing their yisor
saying about his saying It, Vigor hardly covers it.
COACH NcKALLs. OF PENN making prohibiting
gumchewng the candidates would
to pick the who intended by Nature for foune
rowing races.
AT THE RISK appearing sport hardly refrain
from hoping that Mr. Wdng will continue tennis around the
Mediterranean until he for the Davis Cup series stale
SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE done
We waiting they would Ouimet Travers
and figured handing them good pannng either Then they
crossed us BY putting both Of them at scratch
THE EDITORIAL PAGE paragaphes the lucky just
as we poor ghs are losing W. Murphy our greatest hope Colonel
Roosevelt and Affinity Earle coming back for them
PITCHER clcoTTE MUST be piker signed only
of the largest" salaries in the American League
ISN'T SURPRISING Tnre shaer gray hairs
When yongsr takes Mcaw and Latham down to second base
them the ball you have to figure
that he getting off remarkably light when he with few
hairs
Court the Pore decision He rules that Netherlands
utterly mprope but that Packey not fight in that
State
THE CANNING Murphy the signing Of Maty
blows the Feds observes agile for b. He should have
added the failure Of the Polo Grounds burn this winter and
refusal Asac cholera fearful walops
nothing of the continued good health Of the Athletic infed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
Bv ]. w. Heisnlan.

a COUPLE OF weeks ago l re-
~ ceivedg a letter asking my
= opinion on the following case:
The batsman had just been award
ed his base on balls. The succeed
Ing batsman Immediately after
stepped into the batter's box, and
the opposing pitcher. being equally
In a hurry to get washed up for sup.
per, promptly delivered the ball to
him. which ball said batter smote
Justify for a fair hit. whereupon the
fielder, also being in q bigger rush
than the base-on.balls, go-as-you-
please pedestrian sojourning toward
FIRST base. threw him out as well as
the man who hit the ball, thus ring
Ing up two fares on one transfer.
Curry What should honorable UNI
pire think to have made large deci-
sion?
OF course there Is nothing In the
rule book about such unheard-of and
bad-form proceedings; II there were
there would be little discussion over
the affair. Such being the case 1t
must be left to the common sense
Of the umpire. as IN all other cases
III al &hAllEc NH0iN Inv AulCc w ANl
cover the point. And the common
sense OF It would be that the bats
man awarded the four balls must
get on down to first base In a rea.
sonable length OF time; otherwise
he forfeits his exemption to being
put out
INaE fact that the next succeeding
4 batsman had stepped into the
batter's box has absolutely nothing
TO do with the case; for no can not
prejudice the precedingArunner In
his right and tito TO hrst base. I
am aware there Is usually a lot Of
calling TO the batsman 70 get out of
his box whenever he has made a
foul, in order to allow the base run
ners time 10 so back and touch the
base they left when the foul was
made, but there ls nothing whatever
In the rule book compelling them to
do so. And II they did not get out
Of the box, and the opposing pitcher
we're to deliver the ball 10 the plate
before the runner had had a reason.
able time to get back and touch the
base behind him that runner would
have the right to start running for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27

ward again right from where he was
whether the batsman hit or did not
hit the ball served up in such haste
by the pitcher. (Proviso to Sec. 10
OF Rule 56.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
scAALk our nE nAmE

Los ANGELES, March 27-The White
Sox list of cripples was increased to-
day by the addition Of Ray Schalk. the
SENSATIONAL catcher, who was spiked
above the knee in yesterdays game. He
VIII DO unable to play for month. Red
Kuhn will fll his place.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
Wally Smith Helps
Senators Beat Phils

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Dooln's
Phillies were helpless in the opening
exhibition game yesterday between
crults, and the Senators won easily, 6
to "Wally" Smith, the Atlanta re-
cruit, led at bat with three hits.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
Results.

AT Lynchburg, va.-Pittsburg Fed.
eral League. II; Virginia Christian
College, 3. (Six innings.)
At Chapel Hill, N. University
Of North Carolina, 1; William and
Mary College, 0.
At Columbia, S. C.-Brooklyn Fed
eral League team, "a; University of
South Carolina, 1.
At Lexington, Washington
and Lee, 4; Lafayette, 0.
Virginia Wesleyan, 4.
At Raleigh--Agricultural and Me-
chanical Of North Carolina, 8; West
Oak Ridge, 2; Davidson College 0
III innings.
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GsoAz4Gt2H0aCOLLEOE
HEISMANS8 f1l1THE

ward again right from where he was,
whether the batsman hit or did not
hit the bali served up in such haste
by the pitcher. (Proviso to Sec. 10
OF Rule 56.)
" the same way base runner who
has overrun first base after hit
ting the ball can not be put ont until
he has had reasonable length OF
time In which TO come back to first
after overrunning The rules do not
say just how much time a runner
shall have In any OF these three
cases; and that is why It all must
be left to the Judgment Of the UNI
pire. OF course II the runner going
down to first, in the special case un-
der discussion, stopped to have a
chat with somebody, or wanted to go
TO the bench and get a chew of to-
bacco before going on about the
business Of the day, or walked down
like snail, he might In the opinion
of the arbiter be consuming an al.
together unnecessary and unreas-
enable amount OF time, in which
event he would have the right to let
the above.described play stand as it
TRANSFERRED
A YEAR or two ago batter in
\ some big league game, hap.
pening to get up to the plate at the
commencement of au inning in
record time, took the notion into his
head to clout one Of the luscious
peaches the pitcher was floating up
to his catcher while In the process
of limbering over few before the
official had ordered play to resume.
He whacked the sphere for three
bases; but the umpire shook his
head and called him back 70 start IN
an orderly manner. In a. word, II
was a question for the umpire to
say when and how long the ball
should stay dead. and when L might
be brought to life again and the
game so on.
do not know what the umpire
ruled In the particular case In which
this question recently came up: but
of course he could make his decision
either way. and fortify his position by
simply stating that In his opinion the
batsman either had or had not had
enough time to got TO first when the
succeeding play was pulled of.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
College Games
To.day's Games.
Auburn vs.. Tech at Grant Field.

Auburn VS.. Tech at Grant Field.
Clemson VS.. Georgia at Athens.
North Carolina VS.. West Virginia,
Wesleyan, at Chapel Hill.
Wake Forest VS.. Horner at Wake
Forest
Virginia vs.. Amherst at Charlottes-
vile.
Mercer VS.. Gordon at Barnesville.
Alabama VS.. Howard at Tuscaloosa.
L. S. U. VS.. Jefferson at Baton
Rouge.
Mississippi vs. Mississippi College
at Clinton.
Mississippi A. and M. vs. Maron at
Starkeyille.
sewanee vs. Morgan at sewanee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
5000 See Mackmen
Defeat Raleigh, lO-l

RALEIGH, N. c.. March 2s.-Three
thousand rabid fans yesterday saw the
Athletics defeat Earl Maclks Raleigh
club, of the Carolina League, 10 to l.
Score: R. HE
Athletics ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IL 3
Raleigh ...........,........ 1 8 5
Batteries: Bush, burning, Sehang
and Lapp; Myers, Yon. Evans Riley
and Perkins
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04

CHAIRMAN

1t Wouhd not be fitting to permit
this election season to pass without
a word of reference to the work
which has been performed by the re-
publican state chairman, Frank H.
Sprague, of Grafton. Mr.. Sprague did
not seek the position Of chairman.
He had no political ambitions. He
would have preferred very much to
devote his time to his BUSH ess, do his
voting like any other citizen, and let
it go at that. He yielded at last to
the urgent solicitations of others, and
accepted the position, and under his
highly efficient supervision a most sat
isfactory and successful campaign has
just been brought to a close.
The election of every candidate on
either state or congressional ticket
must be a source Of great satisfaction
to Mr.. Sprague, who has been charg-
ed with the general management of
the campaign, and it is most crafty
ing to all Who are interested in the
maintenance of the republican organ
ization as a virile and efficient force
in the state. But more a been ac-
complished in this campaign than the
election Of candidates. There has
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04
NERVOUS FOLLY.

over in Nosth Portal, just across
the Canadian boundary, the popula-
ton was Mortified on Sunday morn
Ing to find a German flag flying from
the flagstaff on. the government Gus
toms building. Immediately there
began an active, and excited search
for the "spies" who had placed the
flag there. No ,spies were found, but
IL impossibilit.' of finding them
seA>med for a time to- add fuel to the
fire. and it is so Id that it would have
gone hard with anyone who had even
the general appearance of a spy:
Them. after a while, people began
to come to their senses. Someone
suggested that instead of the flag hav-
ing been raised by German spies, it
had been placed there by quite HARM
less persons as a Halloween joke.
The excitement subsidized, the search
for spies was abandoned, and no harm
was done.
It is difficult. for those who have
not passed through the experience to
conceive the possibility of such a
,senseless display Of nervousness That
there are Germ an spies in Canada Is
quite probable. The German system
of espionage is pretty thorough. and
it is not likely that there is any large
section of the possessions of any of
the allies in which there are not per-
sons in the pay of the German gov
eminent, collecting information, for
warding it when they can. and other
wise making themselves useful to the
government which employs them.
But government spies do not. as a
rule. seek to attract attention to
themselves. They do not travel with
brass bands, nor make speeches. on
the street corners. nor raise the flag
of their country v e the enemy's Gus
tom house. If our friends at NSorth
Portal had stopped for a moment to
think. they would have realized that
In the very nature of things the rails
ing of the German flag in this in
stance must have been done by some
person other thar a German spy But
in times Of excitement people do not
stop to think.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04

been set up in the state of North Da-
kota a standard of efficiency, sound
judgment and moderation in the man.
agement Of a political campaign
which must have a beneficial influence
on future campaigns in the state.
Contrary to the practices so often
followed, Mr. Sprague has acted on
the conviction that the same rules
which apply in the intercourse of cit
liens with each other in their other
relations ought to govern in the man.
agement of a political campaign. He
has accordingly confined the work Of
his office to the legitimate issues Of
the campaign, has avoided offensive
personalities Of every kind, has coun
tenanced no attacks On the candidates
Of other parties, and has concentrated
his effort on the affirmative side Of
the campaign-and he has shown that
this method can be made to win. If
any or all of the republican candi-
dates had been defeated, Mr.. Sprague
would have had the consciousness that
every proper effort had bee made for
their success, and there would have
been no regrets with reference to the
methods followed. AS 1t is, with all
the candidates elected. victory is ac-
copied with qualification, of course.
but with no gloating over the defeat
ed, and with no occasion for the ex-
istence OF any bitterness in the minds
Of those who fell short of success.
The judgment of those who insisted
on the acceptance of the position of
chairman by MI. Sprague is amply
indicated.
A word may be said about the sup
port given Mr.. Sprague in his work.
Alone, one man could have done lit
tie. But the chairman in this CAM
paign has had the hearty support and
cooperation, not only in the degree
of force put into it, but in the tenn
per in which this work was %prosecut-
ed. of earnest and capable men in all
sections of the state. The judgment
of the chairman as to method has ap-
pealed to them as sound. and they
have supported him with a will. Con-
gratulations to everybody.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04
MEX1Co's LAND PROBLEM.

New York Times: The institution
of an equitable tax on land in Mex
leo would compel the holders of mil
lions Of unimproved acres to sell at
whatever price and on whatever
terms they could get. The agrarian
problem must be settled this way. and
doubtless would have been on the ac-
cession of Madero to the presidency
il so many of his relatives and friends
had not been OF large tracts
of land upon which they were UNI
willing to pay taxes and which they
were determined to hold. Carranza's
plan to solve the land problem is to
seize all lands to which the holders
cannot show a Just title and distrib-
ute them among the people. This
sounds we'll, but 1t would not work
well. Titles cannot be proved or dis
proved offhand, and a method Of dis
t1:bution among the people at the
present time with no existing govern
ment to control it would be difficult.
1t is reported that the convention
at Aguascalientes has adopted the Ay-
ala plan of the apastistas, which Is
simply general confiscation. Many Of
the largest holders hold incontestable
titles which date from the era of Cor
tez. Probably the report is prema-
ture. The wrongs inflicted on the
small land owners Of Morelos in the
thirty years of Fictitious peace are
not to be lightly set aside, but Zapa-
ta's right to constitute himself the
champion of Morelos is doubtful. His
methods have been those Of the BAN
dit and the murderer. But Villa and
his friends have formed an alliance
with the southern rebel, and Villa
has shown no disposition toward in
justice of late. On the contrary, his
aim seems to be to restore law and
order as quickly as possible. and we
are constrained to believe that he will
countenance no general confiscation,
which. starting with land ownership,
would soon involve foreign debts, and
would ~perpetuate the warfare. There
are men of sound mind taking part
in the deliberations in the city of
hot waters. and it is we'll not to jump
at conclusions in regard to their out
come. The appointment of q provis-
ional president will clear the air.
Meanwhile Carranza remains in au-
thority at Mexico City. and his child
ish behavior daily indicates his lack
Of capacity. He was but a feeble
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04
I NyQsU:R S CHI 90 L

He sed. If we get Davey Milliken to
go with us Short-Leg Milliken, the
truant ofhser will not touch US, Davey
being his SUM-" So thay menshoned
1t toDavey & he went. Thay was hav-
wing a very plessunt time hiding
oaver behind Griggsy's stoan wall
WHARF nobody could see them, when
Grtggsy's dog CHASED them out, Il the
ferst persun thay run into was old
Short-Leg. Phil was going to run but
Bull. sed. "Doant moove, when. he sees
Davey Is with us he woant motifs us."
SO thay stood thare grownd. But in
sted Of not notissing them Short-Leg
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04
BY PAUL WEST.
ILLUSTRATED by Moser.)


Oanly % days moAr to Thanksgiv-
wing! Fatty Believes was CHASED by
a turky gobbler this moaning, & Fat
ty says 1t was becawse the gobbler
sean him looking at him. :aac
Fashun N0at, r.
Gen Hicks. Lilac Grimes, Maude
Muldtnkey & Pansy Cook calm to
school this moaning with black Aspou,
on thare faices, & Lance Bogert .toald
Miss Palmer she had oughter see dare
derty faices. Miss Palmer had Gen
come up to the platform & sed:
What is hat on yore faice, Gene
vieve?" Gen sed 1t. was cortplaster.
Miss Palmer asst her IL she had q pim-
pei or anything & Gen sed no, it was
a beauty spot. Then Miss Palmer
maid her & all the uther gerls go in
the dressing room & wash thare faices
of.
Abowt. That War.
Andy Anderson was making in
kwiries aboWt that war oaver in Yur-
rup to Q which side he would ate
on. He asst Blinky Hammond abowt
it & Blinky sed as fur as he could
gather abowt everybody oaver thare
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04
STEADY, BoYs:"

In the letter of a British private.
written at the front in France or Bel
GUM. reference is made to the man
customed to. the incidents of battle.
and that 500 the officers STEADY,
boys!" is scarcely necessary.
There is a world of suggestion in
the little story. One imagines on the
battle line young men, many of them
under fire for the first time, with the
shells of the enemy bursting around
them. The experience is a new and
strange one, and one cannot wonder at
some tendency to finch, especially as
there must be no movement until the
command is given. The fire of the
enemy must be received for the time
without being returned. and the men
away. The commander Of each little
unit knows his men. and he knows
what is required of them. Cool, quiet
and composed, he speaks, STEADY,
boys" Steadiness is just then the
thing most supremacy needed. There
must be no excitement, no violent dis
play of enthusiasm. nothing but just
to stand steady. And then, when the
time comes. having remained steady,
the company is ready for whatever
duty it may be called upon to per-
form.
1t is not difficult to arouse enthu-
siasm. In business. in the church. in
civic affairs, in our political relations,
it is always easier, as it is on the bat
tlefield. to get men to make a charge
than it is to get them to stand fast.
Men thoroughly warmed up to their
work are ready for anything in the
line of furious activity: They will
charge a breastwork, organize a civic
reform, kick a corrupt ring out of Of
flee, or do any one of a thousand
things calling for immediate action.
But without the quality of steadiness
much of the beneficial effect of this
activity is lost.
There is such a thing as making a
charge too soon. There is such a
thing as springing a charge program
at an ~inopportune moment. In ev-
cry relation of life it is we'll to heed
the Injunction. STEADY, boys" To
stand firm and mistaken Is as much
a part of winning a battle as to make
a glorious charge.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04

figure until Villa pushed him forward
during the excitement which followed
the Benton affair, but he was at least
an unknown quantity" Now that he
has had his opportunity, he has fall
ed. and there are now no longer any
der in Mexico.