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X-tuei AriiABTA uJiiUKLtJLAJN ajnu iNiliVV8. FRIDAY, SEPTEifBER 20, 1907.
TWO GEORGIA PLAYERS=RUCKER AND COBB—PICKED ON ALL=STAR TEAM
A VETERAN PLAYER
DUNN AND DONAHUE NAY BE
DRAFTED BY ATLANTA TEAN
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 20.—Joe Dunn, catcher, and William Donahue, outfield
er, local players, with the Evansville team, are home, and it is stated on good au
thority that they will be drafted by the Atlanta team. They were recommended by
Outfielder Slake.
COBB AND RUCKER PICKED
ON MERCER'S ALL-STAR TEAM
N. Y. Globe Expert Gives
Positions to Two Geor
gia Boys.
Hsr, is Cy Young, the pitcher, who h*» been at it •avantacn yeara,
but who admits now that the gam* is getting too fast for him. (Charity
Frank, plaaaa taka notice.)
[not NEWS, BUT VIEWS ]
The heated atmosnhere, em minting from Little Rock to the
effect that the Atlantn' Baseball Association may be fined if it can
be proven that it paid the players a bonus for winning the pen
nant, will not cause local fans any sleepless nights.
In the first place the question is one between the league di
rectors and the baseball association. And ns such questions do
not havo any bearing on next year’s pennant race, they arc con
sidered by funs as purely academic.
The charge that the local association paid pitchers for win
ning games against Memphis toward the close of the pennant race
is denied.
Whether certain over-enthusiastic fans did make such pay
ments remains to be proven. And if proven it does not cut nny
material ice.
By SID MERCER.
They're here—the "one beet bet" lieeo
bull correspondents.
With the race nettled In the National
Iecafftic and four tennis declared ont of It lu
the Atnerlcnn Longue, the fall style of Ini ac
ini II correspondence runs largely to selec
tions of Ail-Natlotial and All-Anierlcnn
tennis.
It la rather hard to make selections that
III be universally accepted for the reason
int this season has not been marked by
the rise of nny new pitching wonders to
ilace Mnthewnon and Drown, both of
--jom have been relegated to the Arma
ment In which twinkles several other
ntars. And It la over battery positions that
arguments rise.
Following nre samples of letters whleh
are clogging that large part of the dally
mall which rcachea the sporting editor's
team and who for an All-American? From
these two select the liest men In their
respective positions. Yours truly,
“II. A. R.”
“flportlng Editor The Globe— Dear Sir:
Will you kindly select what you consider
the best teams that ran be picked from
Itoih leagues, nml which of the two would
you consider the hotter? Yours truly.
“ROBERT I1KMKHTEH."
This Is g task which should lie approach-
od with fear and trembling. Itnsebnll crit
ics nre supposed to
otherwise tne dally
mind that If you do not agree with the
critic that bin brain has.become softened
from hearing uncomplimentary opinions of
himself, malted In by vnrloua shipping
clerks and office workers who aeo a game
once a week and, therefore, are able to
use calm Judgment. However, we will
tnke a chance.
As mentioned preTlonsly. the lack of das
you must submit to yards of statistics,
which always prove you to lie a bush
league chooser. For that reason, the writer
will Incorporate In his selections the names
of the best right and left-handed pitchers
In each lengne. It Is only his humble
opinion, so la* slow to condemn him.
These selections are made according to
the Individual ability of each man. No
claim of team work Is made. Probably
neither of them could win a championship.
Here goes:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Player.
Cobb ....
Stone ...
Jour*
I.jiJob‘ ...
Turner
Chase ...
Collins ...
Hull!ran ,
KMilan ..
Render ..
.. left Add .
center Acid .
second base .
... short stop
.. Arst laise ..
.. third base ..
.... catcher .,
.... pitcher ...
... pitcher ....
Club.
Detroit
... .St. Louis
Chicago
.... Cleveland
.... Cleveland
... New York
. Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
, Phlladelphli
Leads Off Batting Order
With Cobb—Boosts
Rucker.
iiipii limit* piri’iiKiii ui irmii n«’ii. ,«-uihi
and Stone good free hitters; Jones and
Chase can bunt and sncrIAee well; Lnjole
well placed to drive In runs. Same for
Turner and Collins. Little choice lietween
Collins nnd Coughlin, of Detroit, for third
base. Former find liest' season since 1903
this yenr. Hitting better than Coughlin
lately. White, of Chicago, not so consistent
a winner ns Killian this season, though he
has liecn good. Ixits of good rlght-bnmters
this season. Donovnti, of Detroit, nnd
Smith, of Chlcngo. might lie given In place
of Render. Walsh has been a disappoint
ment.
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
rer. Position. Club.
•rninn ...... aeeoud base Rrooklyu
ce left Add Philadelphia
iley right Acid Rrooklyu
Hoffman center Acid Chlcngo
Devlin third base New York
Wagner shortstop Pittsburg
Tenney Arst bnsc Heston
Kllng catcher Chicago
Rucker pitcher ........ Rrooklyu
llrow-n pitcher Chicago
this season Alpcrmnn must lie considered
■qiifti If not superior to Kvctw of Chi-
. ~„-J. He Is a good limn to lead off. as he
Is a good wnlter, nnd Is also a long-distance
hitter. Magee ran do anything—hunt or
slug-sand Is a greet bnse-rnnner. LnMiley
feet I ve. Hoffman Is n close rival of Magee
as the best nil-round outfielder In the Na
tional League. Roth have great throwing
arms. Hoffman Is not n long hitter, but
I mils np frequently with timely hits. Dev
lin Is ensllv the liest third baseman, nnd
of coarse Wagner Is a universal choice.
The Arst Imtsinen of the American—Gansel
nnd Tenner—are the liest pair, nnd Tenney,
being a left-hander, has something on John,
llnrker Is by far the 1 test left-handed
pitcher In the National League, though It
Is only bis Arst season In fast company.
Drown hns been a steady winner up to
the Inst two or three weeks. Like the
ofher Chlcngo players, he has let down now
that the |>cnnniit Is won, hut during the
Job.
ALL-STAR TEAM.
Player. * Clnb.
Cobb, right Aeld Detroit (A)
Hnffninii. renter Aeld Chicago IN)
Chane, Arst base New York (A»
Magee, left Aeld Philadelphia <N>
Lnjole. second bane Cleveland (A)
Wagner, shortstop Pittsburg IN»
Devlin, third base New York IN|
Kllng. catcher....;.... Chicago (St
Drown, pitcher Chlcngo (N
Itucker, pitcher Rrooklyn (N>
Remark*—Many chances for arguments
here. National longue seeina to bnve a bit
the liest of It, Hoffman, Cobb nnd Mngee
great trio of hnrd-hlttfng, good base-run
ning, and Aur Adding nnd throwing young
sters. For the Arst time In ninny seasons
Willie Keeler falls to get a place. Selec-
tlona nre made on this season’s perform
ances, Labile and Wagner only unanimous
choices.* No American League pitchers
seem to bnve anything on Drown and
Rucker ns lending right and left-handed
pitchers.
Strange ns It may seem, the All-Ameri
cans seem to slightly outclass the All-Na
tionals, though National League players are
In the majority In the nll-atnr team. You
•'IMtys your money and you taken your
choice.”—New York Globe.
But here comes Another academic question: Is it good sports-'
mansbip to pay pitchers to beat your closest opponents in the
race!
Maybe it is. Maybe not.
Last year the cold lay-down of certain teams euehcred Atlan
ta out of second place. If fans stalled off such a catastrophe by
slipping Birmingham nnd Montgomery pitchers something,,maybe
they did wrong—maybe not. It is a question of pure and simple
baseball ethics—and one which we arc willing to hear discussed.
If money had been offered to Memphis players, say, to throw
games, that would have beeu dirty baseball.
But the other proposition—well, we nre open to conviction.
INDIANS PLAY LIKE JOKES;
GAME AT PIEDMONT A FROST
The baseball game at Piedmont park
Thursday afternoon between the Cher
okee Indians from North Carolina and
the Carter & Gtlleeple baseball team
was a Joke pure and simple. The
bunch of Indians who played at Pied
mont Thursday didn't know the gamo.
Hence the laughs.
At the outset of the contest the fans
believed that the Indians were fooling
with the Carter & Gillespie team and
that later they would play as they were
capable of playing.
But alas! there was nothing to that
old gag. In about three Innings the In-
‘ dlans showed they were ignorunt of the
great national game. It Was not the
poor Indians' fault. Doubtless they did
their best. Even at the Indian game of
lacrosse they did not shine.
The bunch of "Injuns” now' In At
lanta reminds one of a covey of farm
hands. They would doubtless 4 do good
work on some farm.
The Indians* third baseman, whoever
he was. greatly amused the crowd In
the bleachers. Time and again he
would be called over by the sun gods
and would leave his post of duty to
talk with the bleacherltcs.
At the beginning of the game one big
Indian was sent in to catch for the
Cherokees. He did his best at back
stopping and doubtless would have been
a dead *injun'' ere this time today had
he remained behind the plate. Hut a
kind young gentleman (not an Indian)
offered his assistance as a backstopi>er
and the offer wag accepted by the In
dians* manager.
"Rip** Greene twirled for the Carter
& Gillespie team and he had the In
dians guessing with dewdrops and the
like. He would throw' the ball as easy
as he possibly could and then the In
dians could not hit It.
The fanatics seemed to enjoy the
game, whether the Indiana could play
nre not. Everyone in the stand laughed
themselves hoarse. Time and again the
Indians would get hit with the ball In
trying to catch It.
It was no fault of the Carter St Gil
lespie team that the Indians were
brought to Atlanta. Just where the
blame lies Is uncertain. It has been
found out that fnsteud of the regular
baseball team coming, that a bunch of
dubs came Instead. It had been ad
vertised that the great Lloyd Owl. the
champion Indian pitcher who had been
bought by the Philadelphia Americans
for a try-out next spring, would bo with
them, nnd that Tommie Wildcat, the
great bn*© stealer, and Tom I-ongboat,
the champion runner of the world, long
distance or otherwise, would also be
along, and the public was bilked.
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O PA8KERT*S POUTS O
0 WORRY NOBODY. O
O O
O The fact that Paskert passed up O
O Cincinnati and would not report O
O to the Red team does not seem to 0
O cause the Cincinnati people much O
O uneasiness. 0
O Not© this from The Enquirer: O
0 One recruit who railed to show 0
O up yesterday was George Paskert, 0
0 who passed through our fair city 0
0 en route from Atlanta to his home 0
0 In Cleveland. He refused to re- 0
0 port here at present because he 0
O has not been handed any of the 0
0 purchase money by the Atlanta 0
0 club. Well, there are only nine- 0
0 teen more games to play, so per- 0
0 haps we can worry along without 0
O him. Take care of yourself. O
O George. 0
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O New York, Sept. 20.—Roscben, 0
O peerless sprinter among the thor- 0
O oughbreds of America, Is dying 0
O of blood poisoning. His tempera- 0
O ture early today had reached ISS. 0
O David Johnson, hfs owner, and 0
O Frank Wler, hla trainer, have 0
0 slight hope of hts recovery. 0
O The champion’s illness Is due to 0
0 a stone bruise. During his last 0
0 race over the Bheepshead Bay 0
O track, which he won easily, he 0
O picked up a stone and this cut and 0
O bruised one of his legs so badly 0
O that blood poisoning set In. 0
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TALK OFOUTLAW LEAGUES IN SOUTH;
SEEMS TO BE TALK-THAT'S ALL
There Is much talk of a new outlaw
league In the South, but It Is not being
taken seriously. If a new league could
be formed which w'ould have no com
petition it would have a chance. A cir
cuit made up of Atlanta. Birmingham.
Memphis, Chattanooga. Lexington and
Covington might do some good. But It
would have no earthly hope against the
w ell-organised, well-protected and well-
patronised Southern Longue.
The Southern has trouble enough
pulling Its weaker members through
every year ana a new outlaw league
would have considerably more trouble
than It could stand.
Hacked by unlimited capital—maybe
a million or so—the league might have
a chance of wearing out the Southern.
But If there Is less than a million be
hind It Its backers might better put
their money In the savings hanks or
somewhere where It would be safe.
Not so long ago a bunch of Atlanta
men talked of buying a South Atlantic
League franchise and putting a Sally
team In Atlanta In opposition to (he
Southern League team. This project
went even as fur ns a canvass of the
town, nnd a meeting.
Whether the people behind the
scheme knew that to carry It through
they would have to outlaw the Sally
Leugue and fight all organized ball Is
not known, but anyway the scheme
went dead before It came to anything
worth talking about.
Tip to the fans—go out and see Lis
ter before he has got acclimated. Ob
serve his display of ginger—the kind
young fellow*, pick tip in the minor
leagues. Take a peek at him before the
rest of the Naps, by precept and exam
ple, have taught him to drag himself
around the ball field with -his head
hanging over on his stomach nnd his
feet scraping the dust off the grass as
he hauls them along after him. See
him before he has learned that really
great, high-salaried ball players deem
It unbecoming to frisk about and yell
and cut up capers.—Cleveland Press.
"Kid” Wells, the little Nashville
catcher, played Monday with the Wap-
akoneta team against the Cincinnati
POOR OLD BILL.
Standing of the Clubs. I
American.
ULURU- Played. Won. Lost. I*. C.
•hllndelphltt 132 52
Detroit 135 M 55 .$96
Chicago 13S SO 58
Cleveland 138 78 60
New York 134 64 70
llostnu m 58 SO .430
8t. Louis 137 58 79 .423
Washington 133 44 89 .331
NationaL
CLUBS— * Played. Won. Loat. P. C.
Chicago 137 96 39 .715
Pittsburg 134 81 53 .$06
New York 135 78 57 .578
Philadelphia 139 71 59 .546
ltrnoklyn 135 63 80 .412
Cincinnati ...... 136 56 80 .412
Boston ...... 132 50 82 .379
St. Louis 135 40 15 .296
THURSDAY’S RESULTS.
American.
8t. Louie 2. Cleveland L
National.
Pittsburg 4. RpMtkljn 3.
Cincinnati #. Chicago L
States' .late l«:
Charley Frank at New Orleans.
Billy Smith at Atlanta.
Mike Finn at I.lttle Rock.
Charley Babb at Memphis.
Johnny flobbs at Naahvllle.
Ed Lewee at Shreveport.
Nobody plrked for Birmingham, but
Vaughn alated for the can.
John Malarkey or Bernle MeCay at
Montgomery.
• DAN GOES SOME. I
Knlamnzoo, Mich., Sept. 20.—Don
Pnteh paced a mile here yeeterday "at
2:01 1-4 on a poor track, at the opening
of the Great Western circuit.
Thi. i. Matt McGrath, the giant hammer thrower of th. New York
Athletic Club. Recently he wrested the hammer-throwing champion,
.hip from John Flannigan.
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TECHCANDIDATESLOOK
LIKE A HUSKY OUTFIT!
have" a football team this fall. you
ought to drop nut there ‘home fine aft
ernoon nnd have a look at the practice.
If you arc a Tech man It will be very
cheering. If you are from Georgia It
will make you a trifle leary of the
prospects.
For one thing, Inst year's regular,
look bo much better than they did last
year. Sweet. Robert. Luck. Hender-
aon, Snyder, iluchannn and the rest all
seem materially heavier and larger.
And the new material looks right.
The writer did not know one new man
from another, but a dozen of them
looked big ns Vanderbilt material and
strong as a .pair of oxen.
And the way the 'crew ran twice
around the field and then went through
one of Conch Helsman’s "setting up"
and "wearing down” drills showed the
whole aggregation to be marvelously
lit for this time of the year.
Nothing much In the way of extra
strenuous work is being done. When
Coach Helsman was asked Thursday,
’What Is new?" he replied, "Hard
work."
But what he Is putting the teem
through now Is not a circumstance i
what ho will give them later. And i
the old men know It.
About thirty men are working every
day and attending the Helsman lec
tures on football. When college o|*ni
this number will doubtless Increase I
fully seventy.
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O
a DIXIE STARS WILL
<i TAKE INJUN8’ PLACE. 0
0 • 0
O The manager of the Cherokee
O baseball and lacrosse teams wishes
O it announced to the public that
0 he thought he had a ball club.
0 Now that he has found h|s mis-
0 take he has arranged for the
0 ter & Gillespie team and the Dixie
0 Stars to,play baseball Friday and
0 Haturday afternoon* at Piedmont.
0 Before each game the Indians will
0 play lacrosse and do a war dance
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WILLIAM BERNHARD.
This I stlie Clevc lund pitcher who
was batted out of the box 1 hursday
afternoon In Cleveland by St.
Louts. The Dead Ones p-on 2 to 1.
Rhoades finished out the game.
The 3t. Louls-CIcveinnii game
was the only one played In the
American League Friday, and It
made no material change in the
league startling.
Nationals, made two hits and a run
out of four times at bat, made one er
ror out of nine chances and allowed one
passed ball.
The Cincinnati Enquirer said of the
Kid:
Kid Wells, who caught for Wapa-
koneta, was with Nashville this season
and has been drafted by the St. Louis
Americans. He looks a bit light to
handle the speedy deliveries of Bill
Dlneen and Jack Powell, but the lad
certainly can hit some. He got two
pretty singles and came within an Inch
or two of getting a couple more.. He
also throws accurately and handled
himself very well behind the bat.
Talk of changes In management
throughout the Southern League Con
tinues to be beard. The Naw Orleani
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