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PERCY H. WHITING
SPORTING EDITOR '
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By PERCY H. WHITINO.
Apropos of your advocacy of the “three-ball” rule, on the
ground that It will help hitting and enliven the game, why not
suggest also the following changes, which, It seems to me, would
more directly contribute to this end and more feasibly?
Why not take the pitcher out of the batting order? -
Why not. Instead of totally abandoning the foul-strike rule,
make the foul strike a half-strike until there are two strikes on
the batter?
Why not have the umpires enforce the rules against, delaying
the game, such as Is done by the losing team before the fifth in
ning when a train Is to be caught or rain la Impending and after
the fifth Inning by the winning team?
Why not Inculcate in the professional baseball player the pride
In hls profession that will make him always play the beat he
knows bow, regardless of the score or the time or the weather
or the attendance?
Why not give the man who make first on a successful sac
rifice hit a stolen base instead of a hit?
THE HUMAN QUESTION MARK.
I
You have my permission to take the pitcher out of the bat
ting order.
Probably it would make the game better. It’s a sickening
sight to see a pitcher bat. It iR usually worse to see him run
bases. The exceptions are hardly numerous enough to make the
rule good.
The question of why pitchers are poor hatters has frequently
been discussed. They don’t care, for one thing. They don’t get
to bat often enough to be in practice for another. For a third,
they are generally so exhausted by the effort of pitching that
they are in no condition to pull off the trying task of swatting
’em out
With the pitcher out of the batting order there would be a
few more hits to a game, a few more runs as a rule, and we
would not have a feeble exhibition every time the tail of the bat
ting order was reached.
The foul strike rule as it stands is not so bad.
It would be a shade too complicated to talk about half
strikes; would be kind of jarring to have a strike and a half on
a batter, wouldn’t it!
There is no doubt but that the average umpire is remiss to
the limit about forcing teams to keep moving when they are de
laying the game. The rules say: “A forfeited game shall be
declared when a team usea tactics palpably designed to delay the
game.”
But umpires don’t like to forfeit games and the crowds don’t
like to see them forfeited.
There might be a rule which would provide that the manager
of a team should be fined $25 and the players delaying the game
$5 each for EACH INNING of delayed play. ]
Guess that would make ’em hurry a bit.
Umpires are a trifle prone to excuse themselves by saying
that the delay was not palpable. But this is absurd. The raw
est of fans can tell in a second when a dilatory policy is de
cided upon.
There are few things more soporiferous if your team is
ahead and more irritating if it is behind than the slow baseball
that prevents a legal game being played in the time nllowed.
The inculcation of pride into a professional ball player is a
little too large a contract for us.
But as a general proposition ball players DO have a lot of
pride about their playing and most of them do their best most
of the time.
It just doesn’t happen to be human to do your best always;
and this aide of the millennium there isn’t going to be any way to
make the average player on a down-and-out team do nnything
but loaf through the games. This fault of doing your worst
when you are losing is not confined to hall players. It is a fault
of the human race as far as we have observed it.
It wonld seem absurd to give the man who tries to sacrifice
and then beats out the bunt a stolen base. lie has accomplished
what he tried to do and is entitled to the greatest reward that
the scorer can give to a ball player, to wit: a hit.
Y. M. C. A. SECOND TEAM WINS
FROM STONE MOUNTAIN BOYS
Ths Yoons Men's Christian Asso
ciation second team waltsod Into ths
assTssatlon representing Stone Moun
tain Thursday nlfht, at the Youns
Men'e Christian Association gymna-
slum. and when the final ecore wae
counted It stood » to 9, with the Young
Men'e Christian Association team flying
the it.
The game was hard fought from
start to finish. The boys from Stone
Mountain put up a good, clean, scrap
py article of basket boll, end at all
times showed the never-glve-up spir
it.
The Young Men'e Christian Associa
tion team gave a fancy exhibition of
how ths gome should be played, passing
the ball with a precision that showed
herd practice end plenty of It. For
the Young Men'e Christian Association
every man deserves special mention.
The work of Forgason at forward
and Jones at guard was especially good.
For Stone Mountain. Dosler and Hal
ley each played firat-class basketball.
The line-up follows:
Young Men's ChrlsUan Association.
Forwards, Captain Fargoson, Cheatham
and Wright.
Center, Phillips.
Guards. Jones and Avary.
Stone Mountain.
Forwards. Captain Dosler and Cay.
Center, Woodruff.
Guards, Bailey and Evans.
Referee Hudson, of the Athletic Club
team.
Timekeeper, Harvey.
SHAUGHNESSEY TO COACH AGAIN;
CLEMSON ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
Special to The Georgian.
Clemion College, S. C., Dec. 20.—The
executive committee of the Clemson
College Athletic Association has se
cured the services of Coach Shaugh-
neescy for another baseball and foot
ball season.
Coach Shaughnesssy was vary suc
cessful with both teams during the post
season, especially In consideration of the
fact that this was hls first year with
the Clemson athletes.
The winning of the Thanksgiving
game from Tech sent Bhaughnessey
stock considerably to the bull elds of
the market. Tech had bettor sit up
and take notice, for Bhaughnessey will
have a better team next year than he
put out this year.
Quarterback Lee Is the only senior
who has been regularly on tho team
this year. He will likely graduate In
June, but there Is a possibility of hls
returning for post-graduate work. If
he does, he will be on the team In all
probability. Caughinan, who played
fullback most of the year, will also
graduate In June, but Robbs has been
playing fullback and can drop right
Into Caughman's place. Warren, an
other senior, played substitute end. but
as both McFadden and Colea will re
turn next year, those places are ns well
filled as the yhave ever been at Clem
son.
Clark, at center: D. C. Britt, right
guard: F. Fleming, left guard; It. T.
Gaston, left tackle: R. H. McFadden.
right end: S. Coles, left end; C. M.
Robbs, fullback; T. S. Allen, right half,
and E. Wyndham. left half, are all pret
ty sure of returning next year.
There are several good men who have
been playing for a year or two as sub
stitutes who will make good ‘varsity
material. Odom baa played at guard
very successfully; W. H. Hanckle has
also played on ‘varsity at halfback, as
has Turner and others. Then there
are scrubs galore from which to draw.
T. S. Allen has been chosen to cap
tain the 1908 football team. Allen Is
very popular with the men of the team,
as well as with the student body In
general, and will make a splendid lead
er for the 'varsity.
A. C. Lee has been chosen captain of
the baseball team for 1908. He Is the
best batter on the Clemson nine, and
la also a fine fielder. No better se
lection could have been mode for tho
captaincy of the team.
W. W. Kirk. 1908. has been elected
manager of tho baseball team, with B.
E. Wolff, 1901, as assistant.
Jack Spratt has been chosen captain
of the track team; D. M. Tracer, man-
-ger, and W. A. Robinson, assistant
manager. There was much Interest
taken In track athletics last spring,
and there Is Indication that there will
be even greatei 1 Interest this coming
spring.
Manager Kirk has arranged the fob
lowing schedule for the baseball team.
March 28—Clinton, at Clemson.
April 8-4—Tech. In Atlanta.
April 9—S. C. University, at Clemson.
BILL BERNHARD MAY
MANAGE NASHVILLE
Bill Bsrhard of the Cleveland club Is
being mentioned os a Nashville men
ager. Grant Rice, of the Nashville
Tennessean, says of "Big Bill:"
Bernhard Is probably the most popu.
lur ball player now In captivity. If a
vote were taken It's better than an
even bet that he haa more cloae friends
In either of the two big leagues than
any other member. No one that evei
knew Bill could help from liking him.
He doesn't flirt with the suds himself,
and he Isn't the kind of man who would
stand for any one on hls club ming
ling with tho booze.
Every season when the Cleveland
slab corps Is sent South, Bernhard Is
given active charge of the squad, and
the esteem In which he Is held can be
seen from a remark made to the writer
by Charley Somers, the Nap owner, a
year ago this winter: "Bill Bernhard,”
said he, "can stay with the Cleveland
club as long as he wants to—even It he
Isn’t able lo pitch two gnmes a sea
son. He’s a good man to have on the
club on account of the good Influence
he has on the rest of the team, even
If unable to work.”
The big slabman was r.abbed by
Cleveland when Lajole came with the
club In 1902, and while not the hurler
he was two years ago, Is still good
enough to go the distance In Dixie,
where the cllmntt would soon bring
hlnv around.
That certainly Is a fine collection of
exhibition games that Billy Smith has
corralled for next spring.
Provided he gets those three with
Macon that he wants he will have his
week days packed full from March 12
to April 7, Inclusive.
That will give him twenty-one games
In which to try out hls men and a week
for final practice before the opening of
the Southern League season and the
big flag raising In Ponce DeLeon park.
Smith has received the papers In the
Becker transfer and Jess Is now the
property of the Atlanta club, with no
strings tied to him at all. '
Jimmy >Ryan has first call on Char
ley Murphy's discards from the Chi
cago Nationals and ought to gather In
some good players from the cham
pions. He has also been promised a
player or two by Dovey of the Boston
Nationals.
Ryan Is going to discard Phil Nadeau
pnd Noah Henltnr. Good chance for
somebody to pick up a couple of fairly
goifil fielders. Nadeau Is to be sold this
winter and Henline In the spring un
ite proves unexpectedly good.
BIG “BROTHER BATTERY”
SIGNED FOR NASHVILLE
April 11—Furman, at Clemson.
April 16—Ersklne, at Clemson.
April 18—Wofford <?). at Clemson.
April 23—Newberry, at Newberry.
April 24—Furman, at Greenwood.
April 25—Ersklne, at Due West.
April 30—Wofford, at Spartanburg.
May 1—Trinity. In Charlotte.
May 2—Trinity. In Charlotte.
May 8-9—University of Georgia, 3
games, in Athens.
■May 14—Open, at Clemson. f
May 14—Newberry, at Newberry.
Clemson has fair prospects for a good
baseball season. Captain T. H. Bis-
sell will be missed behind the bat and
at the bat, but "Pat" Wylie caught
many of the games last year, and
proved himself a good player. He will
likely.fill the catcher's place. Tommy
Robertson has played out hls time In
college, having played at Clinton be
fore coming to Clemson. He ts one of
the best all round players Clemson has
had. He will do valuable service this
year os assistant coach.
Farmer, who was a freshman last
year, but who nevertheless made good
os pitcher, will be found at hls old post
In much better condition. Strlck Coles
will likely be on first base again, and
"Doc" McFadden will be In the field.
D. Lf Blssell will not likely get to hls
old place at third base on account of a
bad shoulder that does not yield to
treatment.
There are many new men who are
taking much Interest In the baseball
prospects and who will make efforts
to land on the 'varsity nine.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 20.—Nashville
may have a "brother battery" for next
season—that Is, If two youngsters Just
signed make good with the locals.
They are George and Harry Her and
they have been playing fact ball In
southeaet Missouri. George le the
backstopper and Harry the boxman.
Each one Is highly recommended. They
live at Festus, Mo., and have defented
teams all around that section of the
aountry. George Is described as a
giant, standing well over six feet, a
heavy hitter, possessing a great whip,
and It Is claimed that rarely Is a base
purloined on him. Harry Ker, the
twlrler, Is said to have wonderful
curves, terrific speed and a puzzling
under-hand ball.
But these two are not all. President
Kuhn nas just signed another outfield
er. This man also played ball In south
east Missouri with the Ker brothers.
Ware Evans Is hls name and he Is said
to be more than a six-footer. Hr.
weighs 196 pounds, Is a left-handed
hitter and Is described as being “swift
as a deer."
President Kuhn has, therefore, some
eleven pitchers coralled. Including those
reserved. Signing the new ones, how
ever, who have no: yet shown what
they can do In fast company. Is, of
course, a matter of experiment, as
Nashvlllo and nthor clubs have had to
license youngsters time nnd again who
created sensations In minor company.
In a few days the work of preparing
plans and specifications for the con
templated Improvements at Athletic
park, wilt be put under way. It la
proposed to double the capacity of the
grandstand, put In better seats and
likewise greatly Increase the seating
capacity of the bleachers. Another !m.
prnvement contemplated Is that of
raising all the seats above the level
ot the street, giving spectators a bet
ter view ot the diamond and outfield.
This plan will also give more room, for
under the grand stand and bleachers
It Is proposed to put seats and give
lounging and smoking accommodations
for the men.
Jack Owsley, Yale's head coach In
1905, Is officiating at most of the big
games on the coast
Foster Rockwell has gone to Cali
fornia, where he and Sam Morse will
engage In raising oranges.
Northwestern Is counting on having
an eleven next fall. Columbia, too, will
probably swing In line.
One of the great New York pa
pers devoted eighteen columns to the
Yale-Harvard game. Wonder If that
will make Mr. Eliot' friendlier to the
great sport?
Joshua Crane keeps claiming that
one of Yale's touchdowns was due to
an error on the part of the officials,
who gave the Ells one more down than
was coming to them.
Harvard's pet cry at the Yale game
was, "Are we downhearted? No!"
That's some of Comedian Frank Dan
iel's stuff. A Yale cheer leader an-
swrede It with, “Ought they to be?"
And a thousand voices answered.
Yes!"
Marc Catlln Is to stick as Iowa's
coach. Kirk will probably be the.new
captain.
They have It down East that Michi
gan may be on Princeton's schedule
next year. *
Rprlngflchl. Ohio, the town which present-
(I to baseball Illlly Smith anil some others,
Donohue, brothers of Jins, were purchased
last fall by the Huston Americans. Danny
Bhay Is still a member of the New York
—‘ ; player* sre: laiuls Rapp,
wiia uniiiuiuir, Billy Smith, manacer ot
Atlanta; Joe Collins, outfielder of the eeme
teem; Joe Rlekert, with New Orlenne; Joe
Dunn end Wllllnm Donohue, with Evens*
Title; King Kelly and Roy Clark, with Fort
Wayne; John Malnrkey. manager of the
Macon (Ga.) cluh: ntcher Henry Harley,
of Augusta; l'ltcher Isirry llcckel and
Catcher Stuhhe. with Macon: Mnrtla Nye,
with Montgomery: Ray Wolfe, with Tecum-
a»h. Mich. Pilcher Jack Dolan haa several
offers, but hns not signed. Ite may appear
In the role of a manager next year.
HEAVYWEIGHT FLEET
GOING AROUND THE HORN.
New York, Dee. 20.—The great
heavyweight fleet of side-steppers Is
going around the horn.
Right around.
The Battleship Burns, Gunboat
O'Brien. Cruiser Molr, Torpedo Boat
Kaufman and Battleship Squires. No
•tops, strange tft say.
One or two of the big ships stopped
at Port Johnson for coal, but It Is
such a dangerous harbor that they were
sunk and never heard of again. The
Cruiser Fitzsimmons and Battleship
Flynn both went under.
The new fleet will not atop there, but
win go right around It.
THE SEASON'S END
Or "THE RUN HE NEVER MADE.
■ By Grantlsnd Rice.
(A drama of college life In one act that will appeal most to the favorefi
r Ill-favored few—who have been through the same.)
The lost cheer dlea—the white chalked fields lie dim.
But memories now of one more campaign done—
The moleskin aults are packed—mementoes grim
Of many a fall and many a brilliant run—
The curtain’s down; the crowds have filed away,
The scene has charged unto another play.
Up In hls dormitory room a solitary and lonely figure with rumpled wi.
and listless eye—the great halfback sits a dejected and disconsolate figure.
For two festive, fleeting months he had been the Ido! of hls collen
mates, and everywhere hls footsteps led his shadow cast a heroic milling
along the purling sward of hls pathway. - ' i
Ha had but little time for study—save a few Jabs here and there to
deliver a sufficient quantity of goods to keep afloat—and now at last h«
finds hlmseir.faclng the first term exams. .
He wrestles a few seconds with hls Calculus, and is hammer-locker in
a Jiffy. He spars with Horace, and Is kuocked out In legs than two brief
rounds. He lines up against Psycholog)- and Is, scored upon In the first teg
seconds of play.
And then as a last resort he lights hls pipe, and with feet upon ths
table, sits back to think and map out hie line ot work. As the smoks
wreaths curl up through the room, the anxious look leaves hls face—fig
the scene has changed again.
And this Is the line of work he then proceeds to map out;
A wild cheer rings across tile field—a tumult rends the air—
And answering shout comes rolling back—tfn thousand streamers Hate—
An Interval of parley, then—the whistle shrieks aloud-
The kick-off booms, und then a hush descends upon the crowd.
Hie girl Is sitting In the stands—the halfback's heart beats high.
He secs her wave a well-loved flag against a sombre sky—
The fight Is for the championship—and he who wins this game
Will always hold the highest niche within the hall of fame.
The hush la broken-—shout bn shout resounds on every hand—
The rival cheering- mingles with the music of the band—
The fight Is on. The combat grows. The battle moves along
While every play Is greeted with a cheer or college song.
And then. Just at the battle's close—there comes the same old dream—
The same that all have dreamt who e'er were on a college team;
For ninety yards he darts and ducks and dodges, till at last
He falls aerbss the line, and then—he knows the dream has passed.
The picture fades; hls pipe Is out. He rubs hls half-closed eye
And turns again to Calculus and Logic with a sigh—s
But even as he turns the leaves, he finds the dream has stayed—
The picture of hls longest run—the run he never made.
. ■ —Nashville Tennessean.
BRITT A FROST.
James E. Britt, the Columbus of
the ulna bone. Has a horrible frost In
Honolulu, where he went for. a rest
with the California ball players. James
gave a show-; the other night there at
one of the play houses, during which he
told storlss and gave a boxing exhibi
tion. After the expenses were taken
out the house amounted to 31.69.
COOLEY WINS FIGHT.
Oakland, Cal., Dec. 20.—Freil Cooley
won from Tat Bearden last night la
the fourth round of what was sched
uled to be a six-round bout. Cooley will
get credit for a knockout, hut It li
charged that Bearden "quit.”
KID SCHALER WINS.
Sacratnento, Cal.. Dec. 20.—Kid Scha-
ler knocked out Billy Snallham lost
night in the ninth round with a right t»
tho Jaw.
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