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THE CHARLOTTE EVENING CHRONICIxE, FEBRUARY 6, 1909. JM J. JEFFRIES IS 1, Sportt'j STILL CHAMPION FIGHTING SPIRIT IN NATIONAL GAME Was Never Beaten After Securing the Belt and Did Not Give It Away Johnson is Only Champion of Aus tralia and England Championships Since 1719. Inevitable That There Should be Disagreement Between Aggressive, Lave Players, But Rowdy Tactics No Longer Allowed Some Interesting Incidents. BY BIUj EVANS. 4. Rowdy tactics no longer have any Slace on the ball field, but there ls no getting away from the fact that trifling arguments are one of the com ponent parts of the sport. When players no longer express any kind of disapproval over decisions of the umpires when players fall to forget that when the game is on friendship Is for the time forgotten, then will baseball begin to lose some of its popularity. The aggressive ball plaj-er. the play er who has his heart In the game and J out to win. Is bound to disagree on many of the close plays that are al ways sure to go against his team. "While no fan likes any action that borders on the rowdy, still he likes the player who Is full of pepper and ginger, and -who Is ever ready to stand up for his rights, but to do it In a gentlemanly way. The ball field would soon become a mighty tame place if no argument ever featured say of the thousand and one close plays that are bound to come up each season. There never will be a perfect um pire, an arbitrator who will render perfect decisions on every play, a .Judge of play who will always meet with the approval of the crowd. If there was such am an, no president in answer to their arguments, still most of them delight to mix things up with Sir Timothy just to near mm turn loose some of his copyrighted line of talk. During the same series in New York, Tim and Jim Delehanty got Into a little argument that Tim has never quite forgotten. Delehanty was at the bat and had two strikes and two balls on him, when Chesbro sent up a fast one that Catcher Kleinow thought was a strike.' Tim thought otherwise, called it a ball and made the count stand two and three on Delehanty. "On the square. Tim, I don't see how you could miss that one; it was straight and fast and right over the heart." said Kleinow. "It didn't look good 'to me," re sponded Tim. The ball was wide of the plate, in fact I'm so positive that it wasn't a. strike that I'll leave the argument to Delehanty." Imagine Tim's feelings when Dele hanty responded: "You were wrong. The ball was right over the heart of the plate. If you couldn't see that one right you must be blind. Of course, Kleinow laughed with much glee over the reply, wlille Tim simply boiled over with indignation and For a Moment was Speechless, but he finally came back strong and won out. Well, if I missed that one accord- The recent statement by James J. Jeffries that he never gave away the. title of heavyweight champion, but took it into retirement with him, has caused no end of discussion among followers of pugilism. Those who were present at the Hart-Root fight, when Jeffries is said to have handed over the title to Hart, still Insist that Jef fries stated positively after the .fight that he was still the heavyweight champion of the world. If this is a iact, therefore, Jeffries is the holder of the title, and Hart, Tommy Burns, and Jack Johnson have been masque radingv under the mistaken impression of the sporting fraternity. If Jeffries did not give his title to Hart, then Burns when he defeated the latter, could not have won it. It appears that Burns, not holding the American championship, defeated Moir for the English title and Squires for the Aus tralian title, but did not fight John son, the negro, for the championship of the world. Though Johnson beat iJurns to a pulp, he cannot rightfully lay claim to such a title, especially as Jeffries, unbeaten, says he never re linquished it. Johnson, perhaps, can call himself the champion of England and Australia, but he cannot be recog nized as the champion of the world until it is definitely known that Jef fries will refuse to make a match .vith him and will remain permanent ly in retirement. It is not Intended to detract from the real worth of Johnson as a pugi list, but to set forth the tangle in the heavkweight class as it exists at pres ent. Juffries is supposed to be In re tirement, and while he remains there Johnson Is recognized as far and away Che best heavyweight pugilist in the rmg. By many experts it is Denevea hat Johnson can defeat Jeffries if the latter ever consents to fight the big negro, while others are positive in iheir arguments that the boilermak ly refused to fight Joe Walcott, the Giant Killer who was welterweight i hampion, and gave as a reason that he had tackled Jackson in a 61-rounci draw. Corbett also refused to meet Fitzsimmons until public opinion end ed in his downfall. In addition to re fusing to make a match with Peter Jackson, John I Sullivan avoided Joo Groddard when the latter challenged him in Australia. Fitzsimmons met all comers and never drew any kind, of a line. Going back to the early days of pugilism, Sam Austin, sporting editor of The Police Gazette ha!s compiled a list of heavyweight champions from 1719 down to the present time, as fol lows: 1719 Figg. 1730 Pipes and Greeting. 1734 George Taylor. 1734 Jack Broughton. 1750 Jack Slack. 1760 Bill Stevens. 1761- George Meggs. 1765 Bill Darts. 1769 Tom Lyons. 1772 Henry Sellers. 1780 Jack Harris. 1785 Jackling Tom Johnson. 1790 Big Ben Ryan. 1792 Mendoza. 1795 Jackson (retired.) 1803 Jem Belcher. 1805 Pearce (Game Chicken.) 1808 Gully. 1809 Tom Gribb received a belt, not transferable, and a cup. 1824 Tom Springs received four cups and resigned the title. 1825 Jem Ward received a belt, not transferable. 1838 Deaf Burke claimed title. 1839 Bendigo (W. ' Thompson) beat Deaf Burke, claimed champion ship and received a belt from Jem Ward. 1841 Nick Ward, brother of Jem. beat Caunt, February 2d. Caunt beat Nick Ward and received a belt by Charlotte "I 'may not have any ready cash, but I ought to get through on my good looks." of getting a ride. The automobile capital of. the na tion is $187,000,000, and the automo bile industry gives employment di rectly to 108,000 people and through elated trades to 100,000 more. 'Arrangements for the Savannah Challenge trophy race in March are L-eing held off by the Savannah Club pending final decision regarding the races at Daytona, Fla., and in Cuba. nuM hA able to rav him the salary I ithat he would be able to command. Ing to your way of thinking, Mr. Del- er, reducing 40 pounds to be fit in the subscription. It was transferable. It's also a question if such a man ehanty, I'd advise you to strike at the space of six months, can easily regain 1845 Bendigo beat Caunt and got next one ii it's witnin a root or tne i nis wonderful iorm ana trim me- con- i me ueit. would meet with favor among the fans. Think of all the fun and satisfac tion a lot of fans get out of blaming the defeat of the home team on the umpire. Every, umpire gives the plays as he sees them and to the very best of his ability. Every Umpire Will Blake Mistakes will make a lot of them but still he doesn't make half as many as he is blamed for. In these days of modern ball, where An excellent method of protecting brass work for the winter is to sat urate cheesecloth with clarified light mineral oil and wrap it about the parts. to plate, as I certainly don't Intend miss any more on you." How good the next ball really was no one but the trio knows, but it's history that Delehanty was struck out. . Few managers have anything on Joe Cantillon when it comes to telling an'umpire what he thinks of his work and getting away with it without drawing a notice of ejectment. Joe,. in his day, was regarded as one of the the hitting la light, the work of the best umpires in the business. He has umpire plays a very important part in the . game. Contest after contest was won and lost in the various leagues last year by one run; and. in many instances, certain decisions of the umpire played prominent parts in the outcome of the game. Thus the umpire was, on many occasions, the deciding factor. It is only natural that after the home team has lost a game by a single run, and that tally was made possiblV by a decision of the umpire, which Vent to the visitors, that they seek relef in blaming the arbitrator for" the downfall of their favorites. Maybe he was to blame, and then again, maybe- he wasn't. In most cases if the decision went against the !home team the ump was a robber; but if it favored the home boys then the man in charge of the game was pro nounced a cracking good arbitrator. It's an old story, has been the same since the game originated, and per haps always will be. .The umpire by his duties is bound to be the fall guy for his mistakes as well as those of others. Naturally, with so much depending on the many decisions the Judge of play is called upon to make, it is really surprising that there are not more arguments than really take place. Despite the fact that the um pire always wins; despite the fact that "the player seldom gains any advan tage through his kick; despite the fact that it often results in his ejectment from the game if he Gets Too Demonstrative," etill the fans relish a certain amount of excitement that comes from clashes between player and umpire and play er and player. While few players have ever gotten anything but a smile from Tim Hurst j profited byexperience and knows how to say things and still keep his standing good. One of the American League staff of umpires will never forget a cruel thrust Cantillon -hurled at him during a game at Washington last year. It cut in deep, but really offered the um pire little excuse for tagging Joe for the club house. On the afternoon in question Wash-: ington was playing , Detroit, and the game was a battle royal, with every thing close on the bases. Most of the decisions, according to Cantillon, were going against him, and while he want ed to express his Disapproval in Forcible Terms. still he was afraid, fearing banish ment from the game. After a partic ularly close play at third that went against the Nationals, Cantillon stop pea at the plate and engaged in a hot argument with the man who was working the game. Cantillon's actions failed to please a spectator who, strangely, was a friend of the umpire. "What's the matter with you. Can tillon, you used Jo be an umpire and ought to know how to behave to wards one," was the greeting that came to Joe as he neared the bench It was just the cue he had been wait ing for. When I umpired, that's what 1 used to do, not four flush," was Can tillon's reply in tones audible all over the field. Then he ducked under the cover of the bench. The laugh was on the ump. and al though he looked daggers in the di rection of the Washington bench, Cantillon escaped with his scalp. While Joe had a trifle the better of that bout, the final decision 13 sure to go to the umpire concerned THE PEDESTRIAN GETS POINTERS . . Each Year the Great Auto Show is Visited by More and More Innocent Pedestrians Articles of Inter est to the "Initiated. New York, Feb. 5. With civlliza Ion divided into autoists and inno 'cent. Jumping pedestrians, the pw jtiestrians have begun to take an Inter est in the great annual auto show in 2tw York. The "pedestrians corner of the ehow Is highly interesting. The. auto show people don't take any great pains to give information regarding their wares to Inquiring pe destrians, la fact, a worried and earnest-looking pedestrian,- who went cibout inquiring for "perfumed gaso line," was threatened with ejection If ,'Jie didn't stop making the exhibitors 'laugh. The autoists, it seemed, took -his question as a joke. The horn department is visited by many pedestrians. One of them hears these horns and sirens, but rarely sees them. They won't blow them for you; it's against the rules of the auto show. Autoists don't like to hear horns, anyhow. But neither do you, eo you Just look. Here's a chime that costs $35. It Is operated by the exhaust. Its chime is aweet and sounds like the first chord In "Nearer My God to Thee." This automobile horn is so suggestive it makes you feel creepy. There is another, a whistle, that blows the whole scale while you are feeatlng It for the curb. . . "You can hear it two miles." boasts a big. fat man about his make of thorn. "If they (meaning the inno cent pedestrians) hear this, they will never forget it." If they don't hear it oh, well, you mustn't think of funerals at automo bile shows. There is one jigger, the most effi cient of all. that works in a fashion directly opposite to the principle of the telephone. When you talk into a phone you vibrate the' disk. In -this aewert noise contraption a little cog 1,.ack of the ik. vibrates it about Sft.009 times a second. The Vlsk - is hard steel and about the size of a pie plate. The mouthpiece would ac commodate your hat. This construction was shown in the basement, so the man tooted it just a tiny wee bit. It sounded like a giant grunting with the colic. Whether the innocent pedestrian would die. easier under a good heavy machine than by being frightened into a death fit by one of these Is a question. There is also some lovely French horns that cost from 512 to $35. They are just like band horns, but they play only one note, and a perfumery bottle bulb takes the place of Gaston's lungs. A new form of goggles are of in terest to the pedestrians' department. There is no glass imtbiem; they are a solid sheet of steel, pressed to meet the shape of the face and eyes. In them are tiny crevices, through which the auto driver may peer. With these new goggles the driver's face is en tirely hidden from the pedestrian In fact, it looks like a steel mask. Thus the innocent pedestrian is deprived of the pleasure of seeing the chauffeur smile pleasantly after the pedestrian has scampered awkwardly to the curb. New forms of tire, too, are shown. The makers don't have to lie about them, for these tires spoke"1 for them selves. There are some tires that will stamp into the person of the innocent pedestrian the name of the maker and the machine, thus securing an adver tisement that will extend even to the mourners. " . . A little advertlsing'man who is also a pedestrian, was put out of the build ing for suggesting that a tire ought to be made that would stamp on the vic tim "So-andrSo's auto, made especial ly In sizes for undertakers -and coro ners," thus securing, at the psycho logical moment, the attention of a new field of professional men. ? queror of Burns in easy fashion. Has Clear Title. Jeffries, it is declared by numer ous students of ring matters, Is one of the few champions who have a clear title to the world's champion ship. He won this title when he de feated Robert Fitzsimmons, for he had previously knocked out old Peter Jackson, the champion of Australia, while Fitz had beaten Corbett, who won the American title from John L. Sullivan and the English title from Charley Mitchell. , John Li. Sullivan, by the way, was never champion of the world, in spite of the fact that he was frequently hailed as such. He refused to fight Peter Jackson for the title and was unable to beat Mitchell, then cham pion of England, in the memorable championship battle at Chantilly, France. When Sullivan fought Jim Corbett he was simply champion of America, having won the title from Paddy Ryan and defended it success fully against Jake Kilrain. Corbett had fought a draw with Jackson, which did not entitle him to a just clafrn for the Australian champion ship, but after beating Sullivan, Gen tleman Jim put Mitchell away and ?ot the English title. Fitzsimmon3 .vas the recognized middleweight champion of the world when he knocked Corbett out, and as he had beaten Jim Hall, who had previous ly trimmed Robert In Australia in a "queer" bout, he was immediate ly hailed as the champion heavy weight of the world, the title Jeff took away from the Cornishman at Coney Island in 181L9. When Jeffries was supposed to have given his title to Hart, the latter soon made a match with Tommy Burns, who won on a decision in twenty rounds. Burns was under the impres sion that Hart was the title holder, so he lost no time In proclaiming himself the champion of the world. Not in Jim's Class. Jeffries made no protest all this time except to say that Burns was not In his class and therefore could. not have a match; also that Johnson was barred because of his color. After Burns had double-crossed Philadel phia Jack O'Brien, and got a decis ion over him In twenty rounds, the sporting world .began to recognize Burns as the best heavyweight in the ring with Jeff in retirement, so that Tommy went to England, still pro claiming from the housetops that he was the real thing. This was after he had knocked out Squires, the lemon, in a punch and thereby had annexed the Australian title. After that he beat Moir, Palmer, Roche, Smith and Squires twice more, while he was per sistently ignoring the challenges and the forfeits posted by Johnson to bind a rrtatch. Yet Burns is no more de serving of criticism because he turned Johnson down than is Jeffries, who drew the color line before he retired. In either instance it was a case of a champion refusing to fight a challeng er, something that was unheard of in olden times, when a title-holder had to fight or forfeit. Johnson is the only man that Jef fries ever refused to meet as cham pion. But Jeff once decided to tackle the weak-Jawed Steve O'Donnell in a ten-round bout after the boilermaker had twisted his thumb in a vain at tempt to stop Bob Armstrong, a ne gro, in a similar bout the same even ing. Corbett while champion positive- 1849 Tass Parker beat Con Parker for 100 a side and the champion ship. 1850 Perry, the Tipton Slasher, af ter his fight with Paddock, claimed the title. 1851 Harry Broome beat Perry and won the title. 1853 Perry again claimed the title. Harry Broome, after having forfeited 200 to him in a match, retired from the ring on August 1st. 1857 Tom Bayers beat Perry for 200 a side and the new belt. I860 Tom Sayers retired after his fight with Heenan, leaving the belt for competition. 18 60 Sam Hurst, the Stalyb ridge Infant, beat paddock. Both claimed the title of champion. The belt hand ed to Hurst. 1861 Jem Mace beat Hurst. 1862 Jem Mace beat Tom King for 200 and the belt. 1863 Tom Kine beat Mace and claimed the belt, which he subse quently gave up, declining to meet Mace again. Mace again claimed the belt. 1865 Joe Wormald beat Marsden for 200 a side and the belt, both hav ing claimed the championship. Belt handed to Wormald.. Forfeited 120 to Mace, who again claimed. 1866 Jem Mace and Joe Goss, a draw 200 a side and the belt. 1867 Joe Wormald received for feit from E. Baldwin, 200 a side and the championship. Baldwin absent. Wormald claimed belt. 1867 Jem Mace and Baldwin, a draw, 200 a side and the champion ship. Belt in abeyance. 1868 Wormald and Baldwin a draw, 200 a side and the title in America. 1869 McCoole beat Tom Allen in America for championship of the world. 1872; Mace and Joe Coburn fought a draw for 500 a side and the cham pionship. . 1882 John L. Sullivan defeated Paddy Ryan for the championship of America at Mississippi City, London rules, 9 rounds. 1885 Jem Smith beat Jack Davis, 100 a side and the championship of England. 1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith, a draw. 1889 John L. Sullivan beat Kil rain for 510,000 a side and The Po lice Gazette belt Richburg, Miss. 1889 Jem Smith and Frank Sla- vin, a draw, 500 a side and the cham pionship of England. 1891 Fitzsimmons defeated Jack Dempsey for the middleweight cham pionship of the world. 1892 James J. Corbett beat John L. Sullivan for the charrtpionship of America in 21 rounds. Purse $25,000. 1897 Fitzsimmons won title from Corbett in 14 rounds. 1890 Jeffries won world's title from Fitzsimmons in 11 rounds. 1899 Jeffries defeated Sharkey, challenger for the title in 25 rounds (decision.) 1902 Jeffries defeated Fitzsim mons, challenger for the title, in 8 rounds. 1903 Jeffries defeated Corbett, challenger for the title, in 10 rounds. 1906 Jeffries retired. Title void. 1908 Tommy Burns defeated Squires of Australia, Moir of England and Roche of Ireland; was knocked out by Jack Johnson, colored, in 14 rounds. Largely as a result of agitation by the local motor club, Wilmington, Del., wHl spend about $250,000 on street paving next year. The Savannah Automobile Club has decided to devote the proceeds from the Grand Prize race to advertising that city. ' .SEE USFORL 0 The decision of the Automobile Club of France to abolish the Grand Prix this year has provoked consid erable comment on the part of the English papers. Most of them look upon the decision as an unfortunate one, the general argument being that it is not a wise policy for France to give up the struggle in the automobile racing field without any attempt to wipe out the defeats for the last three years. The Morning Post sees in this de cision an attempt upon the part of the French club to escape from the di lemma caused by repeated defeats, but the writer hopes that firms which have not hitherto raced and the few foreign firms which always do race, will come forward and send in the necessary forty, entries. The Autocar considers that the sporting committee of the club has not acted fairly espe cially towards the people of Anjou, who have been led to subscribe money and to make arrangements for the contest on the strength of the promi ses of the committee. The Autocar ascribes the attitude oC the French club to fear of the smaller French makers, who are known to be particularly clever at building engines of 130mm. and un der, and who might very easily come to the front in a contest this year. It thinks that under the circumstanc es it would be a bad thing for the British Automobile Club entirely to abandon racing as at present suggest ed, and there is an excellent opportu nity for organizing an international contest on the Isle of Man. REACH BASEBALL U SOUTHERN j HARDWARE COMP'Y I California's good roads movement, which received a setback by the action of the voters of Santa Barbara coun ty in refusing to authorize a bond is sue of $1,250,000 to aid the construc tion of a through t road from San Francisco to Los Angeles, has received fresh impetus through a plan said to be favored by-Governor Gillette, for a system of State roads somewhat along the lines of those in Massachu setts. It is said the Governor is con sidering a recommendation to the Legislature favoring an issue of bonds amounting to $18, 000,000 for State roads. NOTES OF INTEREST TO AUTOMOBILIST. In using calcium chloride as an an ti-freezing solution, care should be taken that it is chemically pure, and that it must not approach in density up to the saturation limit, considering boiling point of water as the prevail ing temperature. A 10 per cent, solu tion is generally all that is needed. A clause to exempt the Insurance companies from having to pay on au tomobile policies where the accidents occur between midnight and 6 a. m. is recent proposal due to the results of joy riding mishaps. A number of underwriters have prepared statis tics on the subject. Members of the Lancaster Automo bile Club have become volunteer road Inspectors in order to make sure that the Pennsylvania State law is being obeyed by the local officials in charge of the highways near their city. When misfiring occurs, do not take it for granted that the battery voltage is low and Connect up another in se ries, for the trouble may be from quite another cause, and you are only risking damaging the colL ,.- - " Denver, CoL, is to Join the ranks of show cities. This display will be held T February 16th, 17th and 18th. There will be 16,000 feet of exhibition space and excursion rate on raildlads from various parts of the State. v Approximately 20,000,000 tons or blast slag are produced annually in the United States, most of which is a total waste. Slag has been used very slightly as a road building material for the reason that-it is exceedingly difficult to maintain a well-bonded surface. The office of public roads has during the last year inaugurated ex periments in the buildings of roads of slag in combination with tar and as phalt preparations, along original lines. It is hoped, that these experi ments will-not only open the way for a more general use of slag as a road material, but that the addition of bi tuminous binders will result in much progress in the development of dust- less roads. - r- - - "REGULAR REPUBLICANS" STILL CONTROL GEORGIA MI'M"M''""'h'M - ''r' K, This is the time of year when the chauffeur is tenderly attentive to his radiator and blankets it when the car Is standing still, and it is the time also when the man with the air-cooled car is especially arrogant. This Was Evidenced by Confirmation of Sibley to Succeed Himself at Milledgeville. WASHINGTON, FEB. 5. The con firmation yesterday afternoon by the Senate of the appointment of James L. Sibley to succeed himself as post master at Milledgeville, is regarded here as another indication that the "regular .Republicans" continue to A Chicago motorist finds that th pro is a very marked tendency on the Dart I contrl the patronage of Georgia. Of the Village blacksmitha tn talu nrk rthe business of making repairs toau- lomooues. "liarage and horseshoeing" is a sign he encountered. Indianapolis has a canine motor phobe in the form of a bulldog which persists in taking possession of motor cars in their owners ahspnofl nnmmv. ing the seats, apparently in the hope and otner ' old line Republican lead- eral days ago, and he was confirmed 'yesterday without opposition. Warren Edwards, vice chairman of the Georgia Taft clubs, was an ap plicant for the position and had the active support of Clark Grier, presi dent of the jclubs, who is now here. Sibley has given universal satisfac tion at Milledgeville, had the support of many of the best citizens and was recommended also by Walter Johnson CASTOR I A Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Washington Once Gave Up to three doctors; was kept In bed for five weeks. Blood poison from a spider's bite caused large, deep sores to cover his leg. 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No mattfr. how far you've traveled on the road to success or n matter how far you have to travel, there is no bookyou can read, no page in this paper that will freshen yoitf snirit of enterprise and civ'vnn riipTi ar.rmrate kno' - J- O J , L edge of the opportunities that actually exist and W are actually open to you' now, as the offers you will nfl in the classified ads in The Chronicle. Dear Mr. Munnimaker, care The Chronicle Classified Columns. Through a little Munnimaker" Classified Ad in The cle I beat the auctioneer and cot a better Drlce on my chlnery and tools. Yours truly, -, MACHINIST ChronI Write Mr. Munnimaker, care of The Chronicle, 'phone him, No.- 78- whenev er you need anything. or
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