THE SPORTING WORLD
fans Marvel At
Jimmy Callahan
» S. FARNSWORTH)
' ily 22.—Baseballdom
comeback” of Jimmy
Ions career on the dia-
• . inflelder and outfield-
r «rs away from the big
. tiirn> to the Chicago
1 - batting and fielding
he did when he was
in his prime, eight
have tried to come
such former stars as
.lirnrp.y Collins, Bobby
but not one of
liver the goods on their
'1^‘nt In fast company,
•ver. has upset all dope
from being a Dr. O.^ler
: aeo v.ifh the New York
' r.if.ht ago and watch-
^ ’Tyin?: closely. I had
. ’ ;.t'- years ago and I now
lUside of his throwing,
as -nod as ever. His arm,
i"" ? fo be very weak and
nil back out toward him
o hit in that direction
*y it. On clouts to right
l ing Bodie usually covers
' is not quite as fast on his
■ e wn~ In IP'M. either, but
; :ut out five bunts down the
line In the series against
nkees and he certainly did
e,ravel, too, and if he could
:f .^’>out ten more pounds I am
' he would be able to get
f . T just as fast as ever.
^ still th^ same worker on
. hard hit drives that start
' :.-ugn they were going over
arks. He has a keen eye and
; \'h a ball going over his shoul-
• ;^ily as he can a fly that he
•a. e to move a step for.
>■ ’ 1 find it much easier to
lia d arive than one where
n my tracks,” says Callahan,
fton drop those easy ones be-
ou get careless and take them
rr\iiahan after the final game
Yankpes and asked him to
autobiography to me. Now
written many interesting!
■ article.', and while he refus-'
' anything to me, he sat |
! ; tvpi?writer and with the
: :■ $7." re-write man punched
- fMIo'.s: I
(’it;;':ally from Fitchburg,*
V l.i . hould be a circumstance-
make that little village the fu- j
■^Iccca of poets, historians and,
' ' prs. I was born just 37 years
in ♦he quiet scenes of Fitch-
c’- w. throve and learned the
•^rnce between a hi" league ball
;i p ate of corned beef and cab-'
unMl I was about 21 years of.
a
\fter an initial experience in the
■ '?Me: I I hmined a job with
1 i .c', .md bail all my plans ar-
;i ii I. .'id rush to glory in
f ' . .ni’- . 1 didn’t get it. With
l.r.rdl' a ♦rial 1 was flung out on my
head, so to speak, and my dream of
ciorv xxfts given a reverse English
’ me ’Ired.
]'■ •' »he i nsfl'all cranks of to
ne^ tn’ P hiladelphia once turn-
'.o".n. : experience has
.e m^ slow to ever condemn a
rrt player. A manager should nev-
r >-'('* a youngpter for the old war-
■ ’iOuT first giving him a thor-
v\\
■d 'rhla. T have been told, has
> sorry that I didn't stay
ut I am '-'lad they canned me-
• " that I inlght now be anchored
rify T\here the grass can be heard
' ! rr rhr‘‘»ugh *he busy hours of the
".'I whpre I he Ideals of the na-
Bre ( nflned -o a pound of scrap-
' i ■n'^'^’’cooked squab.
.; in K'tnsas City after leav-
The Slumbprburp, made good and
‘ q :!*e a pet with the fans of that
Kansas City Is all right—nice
‘ ?own and a live baseball centre,
ely I was drafted by Chicago,
evo'* a young candidate for big
- honors was made useful it was
! *urtng my first year on the Chi-
I pitched, and also played
*^cond, third, short, right, center
‘. ft fields. The only thing I
^ do as to catch, and, at that,
j d often warm up the pitchers
the game. It was probably
j h an oversight of Captain An-
.. * '.at I was not seat to catch a
^ some years I remained with the
ro club, and then, seeing a
t ) better myself financially. I
d ro Charley Comiskey. While
' :rd€d .Tim Hart and the National
tp people with respect and es-
! hnd better opportunities with
ifan LeaguP- When Clark
. 'to New York to manage
. I was made manager of
.'OX.
.. trouble arose and I bought
tn'iged a semi-pro team in Chi-
o culled the Logan Squares. But
: -:pv offered me big money to
' ♦o his club this sprin:? and I
While I don’t thln'^ I am
d - I was seven or eigtt years
• II 1 believe there Is a lot of
’’ left In me.”
.lere sure Is. Here this veter-
lopiug the pellet around the
und making catches in right
the W'hite Sox as good as
I' Arthur Irwin, Yankee
‘A ho really deserv- i:e credit
iTi^arthlng Jimmy. V. 1 Rog-
■ vvn#>d the Phlladeliih rlub he
Ir'Ain up to Fltchbiu i > look
‘ho voung pitcher who ;'ul been
' consistently for a .snmi-pro
up there In Massachusetts. Ir-
a.' “erufk” on the kid and signed
n the spot. It certainly was a
IV when the Quakers let Calla-
ro Aithou: giving him a decent
;n is a credit to baseball. A
i !ng follow, who pays atten-
■ r,.(body’s business but his own
• i= always ready to give aid
■ « nefd'd.
does'H f have to play baseball
m Not by a long shot. He
• i fat ;ankroll. and could live
th rer-t of his days on its In-
luit he loves the game and says
that he will never grow too old to play.
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SPORT GOSSIP.
(Columbia, Record, 21st.)
George Magoon put on exhibition
ihursday afternoon a team that nre-
sentPd several new faces as well* as
some old faces in new positions. Hugh
Sweeney who played third base on the
two previous trips that the Savannah
club has made to Columbia this sea
son. was stationed at first, a position
^hich he filled all last season. As
formerly Magcon wjis at second and
Wnitn>an at short but Brown was a
ne^vcomer who held down third. "Tv”
»-'obb” Gardner, who was with the In
dians when they first came to Elm-
'v^ood this year but who was mlssins
on their second visit, is again in the
left field. Hessler has been seen here
before in center as well as • PeQ”
Mur:'h in left. Magoon’s club looked
classy even if they did lose the game.
The infield were responsible for the
three errors accumulated by the In
dians, two of which were made by
W ortman and one by Brown. Both of
these young fellows are playing their
first year in professional bail—in fact
Brown is playing his first month as
a professional. It is easy to see that
he is inexperienced and nervous when
compelled to stack up against the
“old heads ’ bur it is also quite appar-f
ent that once this stage fright wears
off he will be a valuable player. At
the bat the little fellow did well and
the manner In which he handled him
self created much favorable comment
In the stands. It looks as if Magoon
has picked up two pretty good men in
Brown and Wortman and a pair that
w^lll likely be heard from next year.
Angle Moran, the pocket edition um
pire who ofllciated throughout Thurs
day’s game, had a rather stormy pas
sage at both Bill Clark and George Ma
goon took exception to several of his
decisions. At that Moran is well liked
here even though several of the fans
took a few pet shots at him from the
shelter of the grand stand. He slapped
a $5 fine on Hugh Sweeney before the
game had progressed far and threaten
ed several other Indian braves during
the contest.
The Cripples To
Make Race Fast
(By MONTY.)
New York, July 22.—When, all the
American League teams get their crip
ples back into the line-up the race is
likely to be much better and closer
than it is today. Seldom has every
team been hit by injuries and sickness
as has been the case this season.
Detroit has been running along well
to date, but has felt the absence of
its hard hitting first baseman. Cainor.
This stellar player was one of the
leading swatters of the Tigers, and his '
absence has been felt, even though '
Delahanty has been playing a first-1
class game at the initial sack. The'
team will gain greatly in offensive
work when Cainor is back on the job
for good.
Cleveland has been without the ser
vices of its grand, good Larry Lajoie. 1
Without him the Xaps are not the!
same. His fielding is equal to that of’
any other infielder in the business. His j
battings needs no comment. When he
is back at the job Cleveland will be j
a much more formidable aggregation |
than it has bsen in the past few;
v.'eeks. j
They had hard luck down at Phila-'
delphia when the world champions had j
both Barry and Collins out of the line-1
up at the same time. In fact they
were so crippled that the White Sox
cleaned up the whole series on them
when they invaded the Windy City.
Now Collins is out of the game with
a bad shoulder.
Chicago has also had its tough go
ing. At present the Sox are without
the aid of the new star in the short
stop field, Corham. W’^hen Ford bean-
ed this recruit here he broke up the
already shattered infield, which has
worn the Chicago colors this season,
for McConnell early in the season
suffered a sprained ankle. Even Qpl-
lins, the new first baseman, has been
out of it several times this season
from injuries. If anything happened
to the Sox outfield one shudders to
think where Chicago would land.
Then the Yankees! With Hal Chase,
sterling hitter, first baseman and lead
er, out of the game for a considera
ble period this had an ill effect on the
team; in fact the Yankees have scarce
ly recovered from the disaster to date.
They are, however, going along better
now.
Washington lost heavily in the sick
ness which overtook Walter Johnson,
its best pitcher and one of the best
who ever broke into baseball. He is
not up to snuff today, gjid the season
is well advanced, too. The Sonatora
have banked heavily on W’^alter—had
hoped to work him at least every
fourth day and sometimes every third
game. But they were without his per-
foimances a long time, and he is not
winning as consistently now as last
season.
Purtell has been the ill member of
the Boston Red Sox and Wagner, the
corking fhort stop, also was out of it
a good long time. Bill Purtell h:ad
been expected to cut up all sorts of
capers around third base, but the Red
Sox have had to be content with using
another man there. In fact, they are
so hard pressed John I. Taylc- is
scurrying aroimd for another third
sacker. In the swap last season Chi
cago seems to have gotten the better
of it, as the Sox are playing Lord at
third regularly, while Pitcher Smith,
who went to Boston in the deal, is no
longer with the team and Purtell is
practically out of it.
So it seems that of all the eight
clubs, St. Louis is the only one which
has been free from sickness and inju
ries—But the Browns are hopelessly
last. This is the one squad which
does not seem to be up to snuff this
season, despite frantic efforts by Man
ager Bobby Wallace and the owners.
DOINGS IN BIG SHOW.
LIGHTWEIGHTS AFTER WOLGAST
EXPECT TIGERS TO DRAW AHEAD.
Just what will be the outcome of
the recent decision of the league di
rectors in reducing the player limit
to 12 men remains to be seen. Does
it spell the departure of John Coveney
and John Kunkle from the ranks of the
Comers? It is to be hoped not. Cov
eney is at present under suspension
owing to injuries and Kunkle is filling
in. It is certain that Bill Clark will
not part with one of his pitchers and if
the Boss ComeF has to trim his squad
it is more than likely the pruning will
start with the catching department.
After kicking up a cloud of dust of
large dimensions It develops that Au
gusta is still in the slough of financial
troubles as they have not come
through with certain obligations to
the league, and to which they agreed
the fulfillment of. In fact it is not a
at all certain that the Tourists will con
tinue as a member of the Sally family.
For all of their reorganization and talk
of $5,000 subscriptions coming in, the,
old franchise over there is still liang- the steak
Four lightweights who are after Ad Wolgast’s championship crown.
On the left Is Freddie Welsh, the Englishman who has gained the next chance at the Milwaukeean and will
clash with him In Los Angeles on next Thanksgiving Day. In the cen'ler is Matty Baldwin, another British
er, who holds a decision over Welsh and declares that accordingly he should have first crack at the cham
pionship. Above, at the right, is Knockout Brown, who claims precedence because of his two victories over
Wolgast In short-distance bouts in New York and Philadelphia. Below is Packey McFarland, the Chicago
mauler, considered by many to be the greatest little man in the ring today. The trouble with McFarland in
the past has been his refusal to make the weight demanded by Wolgast, who insists that his opponents come
strictly within the lightweight limit.
All four of these boys stack up as first class ringsters, but the question Is: can any one of them knock the chip
off Wolgast’s shoulder and get away with it.^
Five Lightweights
After Wolgast*s Scalp
(By W. W. NAUGHTON.)
San Fi-ancisco, July 22.—The pen
is mightier than the sword.
This Is a gem of wisdom that crops
up every now and again and fades
aw’ay unchallenged.
Now we have Freddy Welsh, British
Queensbury exponent, who is eager to
prove that the squash is mightier than
ing by a slender thread.
W’ilmington has been trying to
jimraie its way into the South Atlantic
stronghold for some time and it is not
impossible to expect to see that city • after the fight with Moran, all the
represented in the league before many guests with one
Freddie is to be Ad Wol^ast’s next
opponent in a championship fight to be
held Thanksgiving Day at Los Ange
les. Freddie is a vegetarian. At a ban-
quent given by Wolgast the other day
suns have come and gone. What Wil
mington has to offer in the way of at-
exception regaled
themselves on milk-fed chicken, terra
pin and Virginia ham. The exception
tendance figures we do not know, but was Freddie W^elsh, and as some one
of this we are sure—thev could do no r^niarked. he appeared to be pecking
worse than the miserable attendance at the table decorations. His piece de
records which Augusta has hung up.) resistance was a sheaf of watercress.
But there’s one objection to the Wil-I Freddie intends to tram for Wolgast
mlneton proposition, it will materially on strict vegetarian principles. Freddie
increase the mileage of the South At
lantic clubs. Nothing can be done or
forecasted—just sit still in the boat
and let the future take care of itself—
that seems about the only policy open.
M’INNIS is A REAL JEWEL.
Besides saying that the Athletics
will win the pennant, Grantland Rice
of the'New York Mall, who is not
puffed, but who pops out hot shot from
his guns, gets right up in meeting
to talk as follows about one Stuffy
Mclnnis:
“As an average proposition, Injury
of star players may affect a ball club
vitally and upset the dope.
“Btit this feature will never affect
the Athletics as long as they carry
a guy by the name of Stuffy Mclnnis
on the pay roll. ^
Collins: he isnt
says he has been a “vegetarian” eve
since he began fighting and that if he
ever strayed from the path he had
marked out for himself, it was be
cause he could not obtain the food he
desired. In training camp it is dif
ferent. Freddie always has a pur
chasing agent who explores the near
est market for Brazllllan nuts, rosy
cheeked apples and succulent lettuce.
He resents the Imputation that, be
cause of his notions of diet, he will
be able to manage with a vegetable
cook instead of a high salaried chef.
Freddie says he thrives better and
fights better on bloodless viands.
W”elsh points out that while he is
always spoken of as an English o:
W’elsh fighter, he learned the trad
of the ring in the United States. Heri.
is the way Freddie tells the story o:
his pugilistic life:
“I was taught boxing at school in
Mclnnis Isn’t a Collins; ne ism country, but I gained all my ex-
a Baker, a Barry of a Davis. He Is i perience on this side of the water,
something more. He Is Collins, Baker, j Anything I know of professional pug-
Barry and Davis in a lump. j ilism was learned in America. I had
“Tf anvthing happens to Baker or my first professional engagement In
irrv Mack has Mclnnis; If anything Philadelphia on Dec. 21, 1905. I have
■ ' modeled myself after the best of the
men that I have met. At first I was
Imbued with the notion that the only
way to box w^as In the old English way,
the straight from the shoulder.
“They don’t fight that way over
Barry, Mack has .
happens to Collins, Mclnnis is still
there. If DavIs Is out of It, who jumps
in any plays first like a Chase and
Daubert combined but the waged
the diamond?
“Some day Mack may ose j ija.ve discovered. I have
tire Infield In ^ „ Mclnnis ' not changed my ideas as to the bene-
be no worry as long as Mr. boxing as tought In my own
Is In camp. , 1 country, but when in Rome it is ad-
"And through it all he ° i disable to do as the Romans do. 1
with a paltry .400 average up at oa , learned to blend the English or-
injects twenty tons of i thodox style and the un-orthodox style
Into the program, and i^^^o the mixeu American ring and as a con-^
metaphorical teeth of a 100-degre^ i ^t home with al-,
-unburst continues to frivol and revei ^ boxer I may be;
whl'e the bubbles are popping In [ against.”
! Freddie thinks Ad W’olgast a won-
“When a ba%l club can lose a brace ^^^ful little ringman, but at the same
-J Tiinno*^ forward at believes that Freddie "\Velsh car
ries as many guns as the Wisconsin
wllcat.
dilemma when he covers up and think
that it is up to them to begin leading.
I do not know, of course, that it Is
that way. Wolgast, as the champion,
shouldn’t lay back and wait for his
adversary. I know that I won’t be
embarrassed If he takes to stone-wall-
ing and covering up. He has as much
right to make the pace as I have and
if he is thin-skinned and can put up
with being reviled by the spectators
on account of his indisposition to start
the ball rolling, there is no reason
why I should become sensitive and be
gin leading just because Mr. Wolgast
wants me to.
“Once blows are exchanged. W^ol-
gast is in his element. He is all there
in inside work. I have made a study
of this kind of fighting and I am by
no means convinced tliat Ad. is bet
ter at it than I am. I think I am
as resourceful as he is and I possess
as many changes of style. If I find
that he is my master at close fighting,
ril scon change off to some other
method. I know Ad. Wolgast and
have knoT.'n him during all his fight
ing career. W'e started in at the bus
iness about the same time and I have
seen him fight quite often.
“Of course you can’t always tell how
things are going to turn out, but this
I do know—that it was the ambition
of my life to box Battling Nelson when
the bane was champion. I could not
bring Nelson to terms and in the
meantime Ad Wolgast got the chance
and proved himself to be a better man
than the Battler. When Wolgast gain
ed the title I mad up my mind to chal
lenge him at the first opportunity. I
kept this thing in view and now that
I have Eecured a match with him, I feel
as though I had achieved something I
had been working for and hoping for.
“When I feel that way about It, It Is
the best evidence that I am not haunt
ed with a suspicion I am going to lose.
It may sound like boasting, but I do
net think there is a man living who
can beat me at my own weight. The
only mistakes I made were when I
allowed my opponents to come In sev
eral pounds above my notch.
BOSTON DOVES WILL BE SOLD.
of stars and then Pl^nge forward
swifter speed than ^'^er what the Ho^
tel Bill are you going to do about it
7*vfTu iiappen to be in the way? “They say Wolgast can force any
-^^Lre’s" only one answen BUher kind of_an opponent to l--n ^
jump for your life or get run over.
The Yanks tried both schemes and
start fighting,” said W^elsh. “Judging
from what has happened in his fights
me close friends there is good reason for looking at it
it is said today to j that way but it seems to me most of
of the deceased are ab opponents feel themselves in a
Identify the remains. vy
JIMMY AUSTIN
Jimmy Austin, third baseman of th5
St. Louis Browns, who is putting up
a rattling good game despite the de
cadent condition of the rest of the
team, which is securely ensconced
in the cellar position of the Ameri
can League. Austin is one of the
most brilliant fielding third basemen
in the game.
New York, July 21.—Rumors of the
proposed sale of the Boston National
league baseball club were strengthen
ed last night by the fact that the own
er, William Hepburn Russell, held a
long conference here last night with
“Neb” Hanlon, the former Baitimore-,
Brooklyn and Cincinnati manager, in
which it is understood Hanlon made
proposals to purchase the Boston club.
At the meeting were also Manager
Fred Tenney and another stockholder
m the Boston club, but it was r.'.’t
admitted after the meting that any
thing had been decided upon.
Mr. Russell w'ent back to Boston on
a trip which Is said to be for th,e
purpose of reaching a finel understand
ing with other stockholde/.j of th3
team befor© action is taken.
Dope favors the Tigers to Increase
their 5 1-2-game lead over the Athletics
during the next three or four days,
Jennings’ crew opens a series with the
New York Yanks, who are at present
going rathe:’ badly, while the Athlet
ics open in Chicago against the White
Stockings, who are always dangerous
on their home grounds,
EVERS QUITS FOR FIVE WEEKS.
Boston, July 20.—Johnny Evers, sec
ond baseman of the Cubs, is a sicK
man. When his team left for Philadel
phia last night Evers did not go
along, but Instead went to the Adirou-
daks in quest of health. Evers has
agreed to lead the simple life for at
least five weeks, and if improved at
that time he might s^ttempt to resume
active work at second base.
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The one-hit game pitched by Wood
of the Boston Red Sox against the
St. Louis Browns was the fourth this
season in the majors. The others to
accomplish the feat are Mpore and
Fromme in the National, and Coomos
in the American. It was agains. St
Louis, also, that Coombs twirled his
lone safety battle.
Mobile Register: “Rowdy’’ Elliott,
the peppery little Baron backstop who
had a day of rest yesterday, was
chased from the coaching lines in the
early part of the game for kicking up
too much noise before a runner got on.
“Rowdy” and Fitzsimmons chewed the
rag a while, but finally made up. The
Barons had lots of encouragement
with several hundred Birmingham
fans in the stand, who had come on the
excursion. They made themselves
heard, too, as long as the tie lasted,
but after the eighth inning not a man
occupied a seat in the stand who
v.'ould admit he was from Birmingham.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: That
“Bush league” life in the baseball bus
iness is far from a paradise is the opin
ion of Bill Parrott, a Memphis boy who
has just returned home holding an
“unconditional release” as an alibi for
his last two months’ service and after
having been a member of two leagues
nov/ disbanded and almost a member
of a third.
Parrott started the season as catcn-
er for the Fort Smith club, In the west
ern association, and after several up
sets early In the season that league
disbanded, and according to Parrott,
still owes him for value received.
From Fort Smith Bill drifted to the
El Dolado club of the Kansas State
league. After going .'long nicely for
about a month the water began to
grow rough and that league gave up
the voyage. For part of his services
with El Dorado Parrott received his
unconditional release.
Secretary Farrell of the National
Association has sent out a bu’i.etin
showing the classification of the minor
leagues according to the^ thirteenth
census. There are five leagues in CIuls
A; eight In Class B; six In Class C.
and twenty-eight In Class D, making
a total of torty-seven leagues in the
National Association.
BIG NEWSPAPER PLANT
SOLD AT AUCTION.
Cincinnati, O., July 22.—The Com
mercial Tribune, a morning newspaper,
with all Its equipment, was sold at
sheriff’s sale today to Francis T. Hom
er, a Baltimore attorney, for $420,000.
Mr. Homer, said he represented him
self. “But I hope to interest others
later,” he added.
The sale followed a Judgment ob
tained by the Union Savings Bang
Trust Company, of this city, as trustee,
for $250,000 and one by Francis T.
Homer, for $196,000.
The property was appraised at $350,-
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