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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FKiDAY, BEFTEMEEK 27, 1907. 10 SPORTING | PAGE I ALL THE DOPE OF THE BIG SPORTING WORLD IS HERE i EDITED BY IP. H. WHITING I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. All of the final unofficial average and standings of the South ern League are out at last and we may as well take a day off and dope out an All-Southern League team, using only the fig ures as a basis for awarding positions. We did this once before and picked an All-Southern that was weird in the extreme. No claim is made that this “Dope-All-Sonthern” represents the best team in the league. We are already on record about that. But it will be of some interest (to us, anyway) to know how near the figures will give us to what we picked and to what the others selected. It may be well to mention that the batting and fielding aver ages of all the men who played regularly—note the regularly, tho occasional offenders werj not noticed—were put down, under the positions. Then the man with the best average standing was se lected. Of course in cases where it was clo&e the man who had the good batting average and the poor fielding average, got the call over the man with tho good fielding average and the poor batting average—for, as we have mentioned previously’ and often —in the last analysis it takes hits to win games. And now here goes for the *“All-Dope” team:. The catcher* present a problem right at the jump. The three who fielded best—Sweeney, Massing and Owens—batted under .250, while the three who batted best—Hardy, Wells and Sea- baugb—fielded poorly. Seabaugh, with a batting average of .200 and a fielding aver age of .976, seems to have the best average of the catchers. Hardy, who fielded only .064, would have to get second place on the strength of his .300 batting average. It’s a cinch doping out your first baseman. Meek, who led the league in batting, fielded fifth among the regulars. His aver ages were: Batting .322, fielding .981. The only other first bnseman with a decent braco of averages was Lester, who batted .269 and fielded .971. Sabrie led the first basemen at fielding, but batted only .218. Second base is a pussier. Page, of Little Rock, batted tho best—.270—and fielded the worst—.942. Tho choice seems to be between James, who batted .254 and fielded .948, and Jordan, who batted .248 and fielded .962. Of the two, Jordan’s average ap pears a shade tho. better. On averages nlone, no player stnnds out very prominently ns the "real thing” third baseman. On tho strength of so good a fielding average as .974 and a batting average no worse than .267, Cross is placed at third. McElveen, of Nashville, as the best bat ter of the lot, swatting .268, but he fielded poorly—only .914. Atz is best liked at short, though Ball docs not miss it much. Ball batted .297, but fielded only .921. Atz batted not quite so well—.285—but fielded .956, leading all short stops. A careful study of tho batting averages brings home with a ilap tho fact that the outfielder* did not do the batting this year. The only outfielders who appear among the first 25 arc Pnskert, J. Manning, Molesworth and Daley. Three of the four arc left fielders. , , As is entirely fitting, Paskert gets the award for left field. His averages—.286 and .968—seem to be a Bhado better than J. Manning’s, though the Memphis star “hit ’em out” .273 and fielded .983. As a matter of pure mathematics "Gladys” Molesworth beats out George Winters and wins the job at center field. And it is not a bad pick, for cortainly “Moley” played a nice game this year with a very poor team. Becker gets the call for right field among those who played regularly in the “far corner.” He batted .262 and fielded .957. His fielding was below par, but his batting gives him the job. Doping out your pitchers strictly on a basis of games won and taking only performers who figured in more than 12 games, you get Castleton, Guese, Zeller, Cristall and Gnskill. Of course no reasonable man would pick "Prince” Gnskill, for his arm went dead before the senson closed and he was no bet ter for all practical purposes than Weems, who lost 15 games this season, ana Turner, who lost 20. However, we aro not using judgment*—just figures, and wo ■ have given you what the figures show. Regulars and Yannigans Will Clash at Tech Park This weather It fitting to b« the real thin* for football, and the Tech team* ought to ha able to hit It up at top »ihhh1 In the game Saturday. The Hegulara and the Yannlgana wUl meet at Tech park, aud while the game will be more or leaa of a practice aerlmmage, admlaalon will l*e charged and a fairly good crowd will doubt* leaa turn out. The probable llna-up follows: RECRUITS. MeFall, Bell, r.-g Malhott, I. Hurt. r. t..*.. Johnson, I. t Mice, r. Roblnaon. I. • E. Smith, q Kmi>raon, r. h. tower. 1. Smith Ightown ne«, f. Davie, . .. Luck, 1. t. Hill. r. e. Robert, I. e. Ilnrhnnnu. q. Kofer, r. h. .........Hlmmona, I. h. Adnmaon, f. b. Abou Ben Longshot By W. F. KIRK. Abou Ben Long«hot—msy his tribe Increase— Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace. And saw an angelic one at hla right hand. Pounding a typewriter to beat the band. "What are you writing. Bo?" Ben l.ong«hot said. The angpllc typist turned his haloed head And thus made answer: "I nm writing hers The men that beat the races every year. I've written four. Including Mr. Gates— There are but six In the United States." "And am I one?" Ben Longshot then did purr. "Nix," said the angel, “and you never were! "Then," replied Longshot, "while you're writing here. Write me ae one who'll beat them all next year." The angel wrote, and beat It. The next eve He came again, and pulled from out his sleeve A list of suckers dwelling Bast and West, And lo. Ben Longsh”t's name led all the rest. —New York American. THREE VANDERBILT FOOTBALL PLAYERS HASLOCK. Here le a man who has hnd two years' football experience on the Vanderbilt scrub team, but who lias never played ‘regularly until tills yrnr, on account of parental objections. CUT LEAD TO SLIMWHISKER Athletics Have It .0002 Over Their Nearest Rivals. Philadelphia and Detroit won again Thursday and the American League race Is just as wide open as ever. Thursday's victory put Detroit only .0001 behind the Athletics,.and for nil practical purposes the teams are again lied. Chlrngo apparently took the count In the lust few games, for the Box have put themselves Into n hole that It will take a - regular "Atlanta finish” pull nut of. Just nt present the Chicago team Is three and a half full games hehlnd Philadelphia and three full gunios be hind Detroit. Of course a lend like than CAN be overcome—as Atlanta proved—but It Is hard to do It—with the Athletics and Tigers going at their present clip. want ml mi Saturday. Standing of the Clubs. . 137 ■18 i blcagn . . Cleveland . . Now York . , Boston . . , 81. Isoula 142 Wnshlugtoo 139 . . 143 . . 140 . . 143 National. CLUBS— Played Won. Lost. P. C, Chlrngo ....... 143 102 41 .71! Pittsburg 142 87 K .61! Now York 144 81 63 .56; Philadelphia 138 75 63 .34! Brooklyn 142 64 78 .451 Cincinnati 143 60 83 .42f Ronton 141 54 87 .38! St. Loula 143 45 98 .31! WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. American. Chicago at Bouton. Sf. Lonla at Now York. Cleveland nt Wntdilngtou. Detroit at Philadelphia. Here la the captain, right end and punter of the Vanderbilt team. I Jin “ TOM MAY STAY IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE Manager Fisher, of Shreveport, Will Try to Dodge St. Louis Draft and Manage Pirates Again. BARONS TO CAN VAUGHN Corcoran, M. Cross, Powers and Strang Are Of fered Job. HENRY WILLIAMS. This youngster played corking good football with Gordon lost year and this year Is likely to win a place as halfback on the Commo dore team. THURSDAY’S RESULTS. Detroit S, Itoaton 5. Cleveland 8. Now York 0. St. Lout. 2, Washington 1. National. Pittsburg B, Itoaton 4. New York-fit. loula, rain,. MANAGER WEBER SUES SON-IN-LAW New York, Sept. 17.—John P. Weber, former theatrical manager, well known on the Great White Way, haa brought a suit In the supreme court against hla son-in-law. Owen Dewitt, wealthy real estate broker, of Rochester, N. Y.. to recover 8250,000 damages. Weber alleges that Dewitt, not satisfied with the possession of his daughter, haa alienated the affections and compan ionship of hla wife, Emma Weber. SOMETHING DROPS IN "PHILLY" TODAY Detroit opens in Philadelphia Friday afternoon. And now comes tha tug of war. a Datroit and Philadelphia are tied for first placa in th. American League pennant race. have been winning sv.ry gams and keeping things tied up. But now one team or the other is ;e ‘ ant annas will took- a n/vid Recently both teams certain'to forgo’ahead, and the team which wins the majority of the pres- But now one team sr the othsr is certain to forge ahead, and the team which wins the majoi rise will look a nrwut dul like a pennant winner. To us anyway. Detroit plays Friday,'! Saturday and Monday io Pannaylvania’s slowest and wickedest city. Tom Fisher, manager of the Shreve port learn this year, will make an effort to get his draft by the St. Louis club lifted and If he can he wilt manage the Shreveport team next year. Before the Southern League season ended It was announced that Fisher would again manage the Pirates. Later It was officially "promulgated" that he had been drafted. Later still It was again stated that he would manage Shreveport. To straighten out the matter the sporting editor wrote to Fisher and asked him about It. Here Is Ills reply: “Shreveport, La., Sept. 23. ■Friend Percy: "Yours of the Z0(h Inst, received and will any that I have been drafted by St. Louis, but Captain Crawford wants me to remain with him and I am going to St. Louis next month and try and have the draft lifted from me. "If I can draw my draft from St. BURNS READY FOR JOE GANS Memsic’s Backers Have Lit tle Confidence in Their Man. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 27.—Indica tions are that one of the largest crowds that ever paid to see a light In Los Angeles will be In attendance at the Parlflc Atljletlo Club tonight when Joe Gans anil Memslc (Jimmy Burns) dome together In (heir twenty-round light for the lightweight' 'championship. The advance sale has been enormous and the reservations extra large. Trained 'to the minute, and two pounds under weight, Mesmlc laid around his cottage yesterday and took matters easy, knowing that his train ing was over and that everything pos sible had been done to put him lr con dition to tight the'battle of his life. He went on the road in the morning for a tlve-mtle run. Tommy Burns Is not over enthuslas tic over his boy’s chances. "There Is just one way for him to tight Gans, and that Is by keeping on top of the cham pion all the time,” said Tommy, “and that's what I am going to make Memslc do. One thing I will not stand for. That Is to have Gans'using his paw ing tactics, and reaching out with his one hand nnd pushing the other into his opponent's face.” GanH did not work yesterday. He Is at weight. Louis I will manage the club again, which no doubt I will. Will let yoji know later on.. Wishing you luck. "Your friend, "THOMAS FISHER." A 30c want advertisement In The Georgian for a collector and forty-one people answer- ed It before 10 o'eloek the next morning. A 40c box of Wiley's candy free with every 30c want ad on Sntnrdny. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 27—While the directors of the Birmingham Base, ball Association have not elected as yet a successor to Manager Vaughn there la hardly a doubt but that an other man will have the Job when an- other spring comes. In assuming this position, the direc tors are not seeking to do Manager Vaughn an Injustice. They are free In their declaration that .Manager Vaughn Is a good baseball man and they do not, In the slightest degree hold him responsible for the miserable showing of the 1907 Barons, and former pennant winners. But believing that It Is beat for the sport In Birmingham that a new manager be clinaen, the di rector* arc preparing to find that new man, much needed. To that end several steps have been taken. The Job was tendered Irvin Wilhelm, star pitcher of the local team but he declined for personal reasons' At present four strings are out. Offers have been made to and are being con sidered by Tommy Corcoran, Cincin nati shortstop; Monte Cross, Philadel phia Athletic shortstop; "Doc" Pow ers, Philadelphia Athletic catcher, and Sammy Strang Nlcklen, New York Na.' tional outfielder. It Is a safe proposition that one of the above mentioned quartet will pilot the 1908 Barons to the pennant, which the association thinks It will win. 260 Shoe Lastert Strike. Brocton, Mass., Sept. 27.—Two hun dred and sixty lasters went on strike More Sports On Page 15. “Emmons for Quality.’ », .. , __ next morning. „ 40c box of Wiley's candy free with «m/ 30c want ad on Saturday. RUDDY LANDS IN NATIONAL Southern League’s Best "Umps” Gets Job From Pulliam. Exceptionally Handsome Are the Emmons Fall Suits Go where you may, no matter where, in cities ten times as large as Atlanta, look through the stocks of the loading clothiers, you won’t find any better—and ten to one you won’t find as good a showing of clothing as this. Rich and handsome patterns, smart and attractive models, perfect fitting and beautifully made, make the Ennnons showing of clothes for fall and winter one that should attract every well-dressed man in Atlanta and surrounding territory. There’s a pattern and style here for every man, from the youngster who demands tho “loudest” to the old gentleman of quiet taste. ' But come and see for ydurself—look or buy, as you like. Men’s Suits, $13 to $40 Youths’ Suits, $10 to $25 Top-Coats, - $15 to $40 Single and double-breasted Sack Suits in dozens of smart models, made of pure woolens in the new wood Browns and Champagne and Olive Green shades, blue and black undressed Worsteds, Cheviots, Serges and black Thibet. Umpire Frank Rudderham, of the Southern League In 1906 and 1907, has clamped down on a National League Job. The dope on "Buddy’s" great work In the Southern League reached the eyes and ears of President Pulliam and Monday he lent to Providence and aaked the genial umpe to call on him. This "Ruddy" did and he waa at once ordered v* report at Pittsburg for work. L. We Are Sole Atlanta Agents for Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes. 39 and 41 Whitehall St.