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14 TH£ CHASLOTTE MEWS JANUARY 29 1911 IN THE SPORTING WORLD A. Disagreement Of Richardson's On Present Ball (By HARDIE RICAHRDSON.) And Charlie Kbbots says baseball 1e In Its infancy! I dli’agreo with liini. It WOP a I'Ffity hiPty ohick away back In IsS'i. Why you should have heard t.h© roar that shook the four corners ot the bapchall Hrmamrnt when the sale of the “Hig Pour” leaked om. Talk of excitement: The bottom fallins out of Wall s=treei would I>o a mere cir- ruu!"tanc'. Kvery fan in the country tat up niRhts »?peculiitins on whrther or not the gipantir d‘'al would be sanc tioned by the aMthorit'os and rival base-bnii macnates cha -lined at the «oup that had i^>'on pulled at tln'iv rxjion?-'' f’ueht ai Irun to annul the tlansaoatiun as ma^n itf>s today would fi^ht ti> £;atherin»r to- e»'tlu‘r Cobb, Ln'joie, W acncr and Col lins. (»n*‘ Sundav aft*Tnor.n in August in til' tlrst uedse was inserted whifh ui'.** e^‘'n^uail^ to pry the "Bij? F'our iti'-ie froiii lUifialo. A man bom I had nev^r In’fore seen strolled to tlh- l/M'iedo Hot' 1 In St. Louis and Jinked 'M fither Kicliwdson or Dan V happipned to be lO- hi he iiilkt'd t) us both. He ^aid (H* A C W H. Wiitkins and that h«- \v',.'ivd tu M'*-ure o r services for orteroii tei’.ptiui; s;ilarie5. .-o '• u.ptin^ thn' we decided at once T ’ t'epf Tli* 11 e ’m-Tc.‘5ied that \\i‘ an.l n-'v c fn'^a^ed also, to ;i.-s ;re the nf entire in- !-• !d. With a I'ntni!.'*'' from us thai we V . I'f’ i;.. f. Dots ';' in c'.s-' tl'o deal ii . withi :it a liifch Watkins de- f P. i:d t'T ? :i a ;u ii t;;, • m; ■ ’.'•’I’ir 'h; fotii- 1 )• t r^'it. t«i p ii' ■ , I ii; . V itiii'd ;i. !'lval in BufTa- \va.' \V;,tkin>. lie ?:)id u' • k iv. Straiijs and .Me.'Sr'--. .■'Hi! M-M.i-f, Di' Th-* Kdison- .. u.'.ili ao:'* iii:';iny hiiu to r ■ to lal'.v bu'i- ^^^iue^U'd I ' nil hand. It Uni^ to 'I'iv. 11 t’.ie (iuartet ■ iue r'ufl';;l ' club T!ie Detioit or-ople agreed ' s. i f'lul' 111'’ I'alaucc of ■- ; it ’1'.. i;- own oxi);'nse. day we settled , ' . 'ii- v»ith Buffalo (on.riiv,’. A ' ack was waiting ,.,rr> V.' 1' ii dW-d in and hur- \ iM’i'i'.eci in De- r ’. ' ^ (>• lOA ir,^ moininp:. X«*w .. 3 • ■ ■ ’ ' 'liar day. }ui tiie . ; • : ' ■ ■ 'i 'd iireceded . , I-.'!'■ iy rof’.vieu to ";'l' 'n;e if any «U us t ' I '^aric r r:ipa. X Y.. nnd : I 'A . !;o t in D»^- Ti'". ’;iv w.’iv i-,) the train ca: i r v.-Im h;ind-~d iv;e ii'vtl . iivf-k', ] v.as fiom - i' fMi jnut Iphii", anrl ■■ -i- '\\ an I !.p no'ice. !t • n >-ift .• \\ I’f-n I K ached f .1 1I-: 't'.t? tiif' Det'(;ii offi- t a !i;;-tii\ railed 'h \( V,- Voi.\. i v,‘ve f "111 !ioi/* rs to those Ifft , • il;- :)e'i.nt office and I!" . ' 1 ■ ’ii. in Tlu.' .av« d the day I'oi- 'ir. Ri.j-rs. wl'.o was !?■ '!i* i .t-'-iin ' h;:d (if^flared nfiUi* - appro:^'!^^! no:' 'Ml or for pi. yers aiter 'I'lU. !f- I,.]- wa- a siunner 1' . iili-d hi ■: '*■*. I ie was ii‘- ;i(‘i'u.-ed Mi, ,\hilon*'y. ■ i;: d D' l i i.it f.r havinvr 1 ni * d States mails. ,M« anv. ,’i’r» ii;o j)»>Troii p«-opic were oUii.i. i'iW r ; ''io . >vI , •niii; w nt of tlie fishing. But he caught -Particular Ned” if the meals were not ready when the clock struck. It was on this trip that the party danced on the brink of eternity. Also it was one of tho few occasions upon which Dan Hrouthers waxed eloquent and to the )>oint. Eeight of us were across the St. Clair Fl^ts in a catboat in a blow. There was not room for all to be seated, bul standing or sitting every one had to work like a Trojan to bail out the water to pr»'vent us from be ing swamped. Those who couldn’t find tin cans or buckets took their hats. The waves were breaking in. on and over us. This stage setting made Dan Broilthers’ speech all the more melo dramatic. Said big Dan. •1 will sell my life for $100 if any one will guarantee to deliver it to my wife." There were just seven more in that boat willing to take the same chance. Detroit had some hall team after the standing of tho “Bis; Four” was estab- lirhed. In the spring of ''6 we took a training trip to Savannah. Ga. W. H. Watkins was manacer and one of the best under 'whom I ever played. We had Charlie iiennett and Hall catch ers; “Uidy” Baldwin, [..arry Twitch- ell and Gat;:ein. pitolierr.; Brouthcrs. first baso: Sam Crane, second base; Wliite, third base: Rowe shortstop; Ned Hanlon, centre tield; Sam Thomp son. right field and myself left field. We went from Savannah to Atlanta to plr?y three game.'. We won the first :wo v.ithout nouble. In the sixth in ning of the final game the score stood 7 to 1 aeainsT us. Purcel! was man aging Atlanta and abont this stage of the game he came to me and said; "We’.l. we have you today all right.” "You can’t tell.” I replied. “If this bunch ever gets :-tarted there is no tolling v.'hen it will stop.” And in the seventh it did start. b&-5e on ball? was followed by three home runs, tive triples and any num ber of singles and doubles scattered in. On my third time at bat in that inning. Klly, who was jntching for At lanta. said: ‘ Don’t you fellows want anv one to make a living but your selves?” in ••r \l ■Hint 1 't !!,!• *. Vnt f*.r I'. • . • ■ ;.i- 'li. n r.;n 1 .. ( )• . i ll-, A'.i ll t > Hi ,:t. -I. II.;-I.-I '% ll (' , ‘ • 1' til f d ‘I •'n’li”, iili I.’-' '.vhopi inn' gott^m if ’ i» t'!- f'ii > ' f-t Ik'-S'ritielits .'‘■'Uie .V . .I.id: D:r:'-^“ si.ipplied iis with i: . Hmin'iniiifjii. 'i;l !»ev boors and .’,'.514 taf'Mp 'I'MiUiaii .\('Wi)iiry ■d his hpnd;:onv' ' a'-lti a? our dis- '.'il. rhe yacht was well -'tockod :,i «•'! marn'd and wp .-et, ont up,on I rxipnfled duck shontin" and fishing if). We Irt tlio cool, do most of the Had Thirty-seven \^eddmgs at Once Paris. .Ian. —Thirty-seven very [i( . aresiiue weddings were celebrated simultaneously a few days ago in the old church of Ploiigasiel. in Brittany. The brides and bridegrooms all wore Btitranv clothes—the husbandr: in purple jackets, rich with embroid er;., three waist coats (white, green, and red), wiili silver buttons, worn one above the other, and iilack cloth I'.'eef'lies ot the "bloomei ’ type round thf-ir waists they wore silk scaifs of l.rilliani colors, and on their head.s I he broad Briton hats with velvet bows and silver clasp.=:. Tiie brides each wore four petti coats of brilliant colors, beautifully 'embroidered blue silk aprons, and an immense white Breton cap. •\ftor the weddings a banquet to 400 guests was served in the public square and dancing to Breton bagpipes and niandolines went on till dusk. Xoi the least curious thing about the thiit\-seven village weddings cele brated altogetiier is the fact that most of thp Itrides and bridegrooms were related. There were eight Kervallas married toda.v, six Corres, five Le Galls, five Kordoncuffs, four Vigouroiix. two Cannes, two Pages, and two Rillants. The sorrier you can be for some- ihing you have done the better it would be if you had been sorry before you did it. mmHiiisgi Many Negroes To fight Fot Championsh 7 WO PROMINENT EASTERN SKATERS. The large photo is that of Phil Kearny, of Pittsburg, the Eastern all-round champion; and the small picture is that of Edmund Lamy, America’s champion amateur ice skater. In the short dashes and the quarter mile, half mile and two mile events. Lemy has repeatedly displayed his superiority over other skaters. 7 urf Writers Get Revenge on Moncrief Park tX'; (By BERT E. COLLYER.) Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 28.—The turf scribes who have dared to tell the truth about racing and its condiict at Moncrief Park, and as a consequence have been persecuted, and more re cently subjected to a most infamous “kangaroo,” experience^ a twinge of satisfaction during the past week, w'hen it w’as learned that the turf gov erning bodies throughout the United States had returned the “authorized re port” of the secretary of that bright, omnipotent, immaculate organization, the S. J. C. One turf body, it is said, did not even dignify the ruling with an answer. Aside from the fact that the action of the race solons throughout the country has made pertinently plain the correct status of the “one man power,” on the racing horizon, the ac tion also tends to relieve the minds of the poor horsemen, many of whom claim, they have been unjustly ailed against ubder the Curley Brown regi me, and w'ho until now were of the belief, that such rulings w'ould be taken cognizance of elsewhere. Of course the attitude of the Cana dian Racing Association toward Brown and his conferers, was never in doubt, becauso it is a well known fact that when Brown made overtures to the Canuck organization, one year ago, for recognition, he was met with cold, dignified and sphinx-like silence. This left but one inference, that Brown was presona non grata in Cuuckland. That this percolated well has been borne out in the rulings at the local track, the most recent of which was the at titude towards .Tockey Wilson, whose case w'as passed upon by the execu tive of the Canadian Racing Associa tions and w'ho sustained the lad. The local officials evidently saw otherwise. That the Canucks never did attempt to curry favor with the local magnates was well illustrated when Pons, Brown’s partner, was heavily fined at Windsor, for participating in a se rious contravention of tlie rules of racing. brings to mind that Vincent Powers, also Bell, and probably one or two other riders will seek fame and for tune abroad, during the forthcoming season. Bell, will, it is said, accom pany James McCormick to Germany wliere the latter is chief trainer of the extensive Weinberg establishment. In the penny postage, McCormick has undoubtedly engaged the biggest find since Walter Miller. Possessed of that that very rare quality, in these days, “a fine pair of hands,” the youngster succeeds in getting more out of an unwilling horse than any one since the peerless Sloan. What is more. Bell has the happy faculty of being capable of whipping witli either hand, and is one of the strongest finishers at this track. Powers is probably the most doubt ful quality of all. The latter expe rienced a sunstroke w^hile “on the road” at Empire City, July 4, last, from which he has never fully recov ered. The lad, who is at present wnth his parents in New York, attempted to get into riding shape during the fall meeting at Lexii;gton, but gave up the arduous task. Pow'ers. it is said, now weighs in the neighborhood of 130 pounds. The two-year-olds tincovered to date are an specially fine lot of wiiich the Chinn stable has more than held its ow’n. The Kentuckians started the year off with a. rush, w inning the first tw^o daslies, the first with a Col. Cook, a w'ell conformed son of Previous, and . the second with Rose of Jeddah, a ‘ stockily built daughter of Cesarion. Both are well mannered, though the colt appears by far the better rac ing prospect. j Dick Williams, the Blackwell horse-! man, has also a well broken string, while from a view'point of size, at least two of them looked more like fully de veloped three-year-olds than two year olds. It will be remembered that this qtiestion was raised about a couple from this same stable one year ago—j notably Deceivable. A much mooted! question in turf circles is: “When does ' Williams begin to calculate the age of his w^eanlings and yearlings?” Hoppe Will Continut His Billiard Playing r P/.CKY MaoFARLAND. Paeky MaeFarlandi th# clever Chicaago lightweight, who recently knock- md out Jack Goodman, of New York, in the fifth round of their 10- round bout before the Fairnriont Athletic Club, of New York. Mac- Farfand clearly outclaeeed the New York boy, and In the fifth round put ovtr tho sleep producer with a right to the jaw. Jockey McCahey, whose splendid horsemanship, is .lust now the talk of the course, has supplanted Bell as the leading winning rider. The latter is at present out of the saddle with a bro ken collar l)one. Jockey Butwell who will go abroad in April to ride for Ck)unt de Lazeroff, the Russian turf man, is second on the list. Butwell has grown heavy of late, and this has militated against his chances of ac cepting many mounts. Butwell’s Rus sian engagement covers one season from April 15, to Nov. 15, Iiiclusive. Goose Is another lad that has shown good horsemanship during the meet ing. The latter is a bang-up fourth. Musgrave, generally characterized as the “king of money riders,” has done considerable ground duty of late. Speaking of Butwell’s engagement EUGENE B. ELY. Eugene B. Ely, the Curtiss aviator who alighted in his aeroplane on the deck of the United States bat tleship Pennsylvania in San Fran cisco harbor the first time the feat has performed In the history of aviation. New Y’ork, Jan. 29.—W’illie Hoppe, billiard champion of the world, and his bride of a few' weeksc, w-ere much ex cited over a recent report that he had announced his retirement from the game because of the objections of his wife and father-in-law'. The story w’as that Thomas W. Walsh, a wealthy dry goods manufac turer of this city, with whose pretty daughter, Alice, young Hoppe eloped in December, insisted on his son-in-law withdrawing from professional bil liards to go into the drj^ goods busi ness, and that the champion was giv ing up the game for love. Young Hoppe today admitted tUat, wliile he was perfectly w’^illing to do anything in the world for love, matters had not yet reached a stage where he has to decide between love and billiards, not to mention dry goods. And, incidentally, it may be mentioned that Willie, who is not quite twenty- three years old, makes about $25,000 out of billiiards, and it takes a long time for a beginner in the dry goods business to reach tliat income. “We are going to Europe in a month or two,” said Hoppe, “and I expect to play a series of matches witS the French champions, Vignaux, Cure, Cassignol and Addorgan.” By W. W. NAUGHTON. San Francisco. Jan. 28.—“Lest we foi’get a good deal lias been written and said lately about “hopes” of the white race in the pugilistic line. It all conies of the over-weepiug desire to Iccate a pale race capable of subduing one Jack Johnson, and it almost looks as though those who wish to see the supremacy in fisticuffs restored to the Caucasian race are overlooking the fact that Johnson is not by any means the only dark sheep in the fighting fold. There are enough colored heavy weights in sight to form a drill corps or tour the country as a Georgia niin- £trel show if boxing should fall into disfavor. In addition to Johnson we have the two Sams—L*angford and McA'ey, Joe Jeannette and the new man, Hank Griffin. And that looks like an ace- high spade flush. Of this bunch, of course, Johnson is best. For second choice Sam Lang ford would probably receive the pop ular vote, although from the way the light-heavy, Hank Griffin, is coming on. it looks as though Sam has a for midable rival for the distinction of be ing the next best in the colored pha lanx. Sam McVey is big and muscular and when he left the hospital shores v.as not regarded as the possessor of any particular degree of class. He has, how'ever, gained a world of experience and the confidence which is born of experience, by years of milling in the French capital. It stands to reason that he must have improved to a con siderable extent and that he would prove a hard nut to crack for any of the budding hopes of the white race, j Joe Jeannette, who is a much light- * er man than McVey, once bested big Sam in a contest in Paris; and as Jeannette has been defeated a couple of times since then by Sam Langford there is justification for classing Lang ford higher than either McVey or Jeannette. ■\^Tien all is said, the colored heavies pi’esent a big front and if they w^ere to form a union for the purpose of pre serving the championship of the ne gro race the bravest of our “hopes” w'ould admit that the task of recaptur ing the title is not quite as easy as it might at first appear. A glance at the pugilistic band of hope as it is at present doesn’t w^ar- • rant the belief that a white man is to stand for the champion in the very near future. With Tommy Burns doubtful as to his ability to take up j the game again. A1 Kaufman is the , one on whom the sporting public I places the most reliance. Al, how-' ever, has not displayed any symptoms of w'brld-beating capacity after six years of professional fighting. He is big, brave and bony, but as a boxer he is anything but« brisk. We could get a better line on him probably if his long threatened match with Sam Langford could be brought to a head and carried through. ; Tommy Burns is anxious to take up the activities of the ring again, but he is the proprietor of a game knee and is not sure as yet whether his crippled leg will stand training. Burns was al- w^ays a conscientious worker, and by the same token, a capable fighter, and if he decides it is safe to go ahead with his plans for re-entering the ring he will probably prove that he can hold his own with any of the other whites w'ho have designs on Johnson’s laurels. It mav" be though, that Burns will never be quite as good as he was be-, fore he lost his title to Johnson. Af- ! ter that affair he fell into flesh and it is a notorious fact that very few ring men have ever got back to their original form after taking off the weight that accumulates during a long period of idleness. Bill Lang, by w^hom promoter Hugh D. McIntosh places such store is not thought extra w'ell of by the sports of this country, while Jack Lestlter the novice w^ho has been • Tommy Burns, is \lu\e be':' middleweight. Carl IMorris. tlK- Okhihnu v.'ho is cutting soniov, i-.ai has not lieen put to aii' ... ; as yet. While his v, oi ;., ,,o ,'n' considered satisu.ctov v.'ho believe tlia: ii.;' . . bright for him think i: ; . to send iiim against i,ai:-,:.. son at this siaire of t;u‘ - For ibat luailcr. V' has in hand the flp'ci.,:' hope —and tboio are quit of them—ii o:' his new heavvM-oiuai , the front slowly and no’ tempt too much ip ^ is a v.’ise preoaiuion pn>h;!^ causes one's mind to , rock-ribbed, stour-;if^i,rTrd did not require hal'> i’.i^ Take Tom Sluirkfy, T;;: . or the smooth from ir day and was fichtina- ch;;:,-, ■ nervt. In a nuasuro .l^ni .i",. ])erien-"^'S was c’ne sa;ii. , . too. in the cas(^ or Cu.- These huskies iiad ir> tjikp from the smooth from iht' ment thy embariird in i,nv, they rounded their careers shape, even thou'rii they v tiated into rhe lay-^U'rios ..f game by the t>edintr bo, iip The main purpose of tlii . to show (hat as liic stand:; tliere is ne.-n! lo" ('V man's hope tliai cuu be i.>c jiarison between die v.l'in black will make 1'. apiiarvni t skinned heavywei.cl'ts p fore the public are iioi inf«M whites. Transfer Pvlai!. fi}-. to li e Tim.. Tampa. Fla., Jan. 2'^;.—.Li and his associates wiso have -. control of the local rarin;: v':: . this morning made formal . o;' the property to Sam Siephrn. a which is composed of v.'cll n w'estern racing men. Tho nf".v n,:.,. agenient will take hold MmMay. the same officials and stewards rem;h 'ru. The reason for the change w::.', -he desire of some of those in coauol to retire. NOTED BASKETBALL COACH, Harry A. Fisher, whose abilities as a . basket ball coach hsvc esrned tinn a nation-wide Intercollegiate rep.- tation. Fisher is a former Columbia basket ball player, and was -..onsid ered one of the greatest forwards in the country. For several years he has been coaching the Columbia squad, which, under his gu;dai^:e have never finished lower than sec ond place in the Intercoliegiate League. NEW 1911 MODEL Automobiles Now On J^xhibitlon. Rambler Automobile Company Fourth and Tryon Sts., Charlotte, N. C. Gieenville Club After Pressley For Manager “Buck” Pressley, *he hustling first sacker of the Roanoke Tigers, is | wanted by the Greenville club In the Carolina Association as manager. The fact, however, that Manager Shaugh- nessy, of the Tigers, is swinging on to! Pressley, seems to indicate that his first sack will be looked after In its' usual skilful manner. Pressley was ■ regarded about the best first baseman ; in the circuit last year, and he ought' to be even better this year. For two seasons he led the intial sackers, field-! ing at .995 last season and .991 in 1909. In 1909 he batted .250 and last year his record was .249. Greenville missed a good man when the team there slipped up in its effort to land Pressley. Vulcanizing Auto Tires Don't throw away the or damaged tlr*s. At sma!i cost we can make them give you another ye?r e ■•rvice. A full line of Auto Tires in S:ock. Relay Manufacturing Company South Tryon St. Charlotte, N. C JUST Buie C a CODDINGTON, 209 S. Cburcli St
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