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THE BANNER, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1913. PAGE THREE THEY SURE BURN AUTO LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID DURING THE YEAR 1912. FIVE EACH DAY—One for every fifteen policies. Of all fire losses THREE OUT OF FOUR ORIGINATED WITH THE CAR ITSELF. Uoston Automobile Insurance Company, pioneer in automobile insur ance. We represent it. LIPSCOMB & COMPANY Dh.n. too Fire Ins. and Real Estate. The Coolest Spot In Athens is leopard's Barter Shop, 181 Thomas Street. Only expert tonsorial artists employed. Try us. Shave 10c. WILL LEOPARD, Proprietor COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ATHENS, GEORGIA A HOME COMPANY OF CHARACTER AND CONSERVATISM ERWIN & COMPANY, Agents IBS COLLEGE AVENUE Facts Worth Telling Tbe high standing of the GEORGIA NATIONAL BANK Is equally due to tbe absolute safety It assures for funds deposited, tbe prompt and careful manner in wblob every account Is bandied and tbe personal Inter est shown to each depositor, thereby assuring him that his Interests are Identical with those of the instltu- • tlon. Tbe policy of the bank la as liberal as Is consist ent with sound banking, and In each separate depart ment tbe most up-to-date methods are employed. Insur ing exactness and the greatest dispatch In tbe handling of all business intrusted to 1L We respectfully solicit your account. Georgia National Bank JOHN J. WILKINS, Prc*. THOS. P. VINCENT, Vice-Pre«. W. P. BROOKS, Cashier J. C. CHANDLER, Asst. Cashier. ESTON EPPES, Asst. Cashier. BUSH GREAT LEAD OFF MAN. His Crouch at Plate Makes Him Hard Mark For Pitcher. Doni«» Bush. th«» |h*|»|ht.v little De troit shortstop, luittod only .‘JIU last year, and yet players to a man elahn he Is the greatest lead off batsman ip the Amerlean league. Detroit s.-iil.os figured out that Dnnio drew |lo bases mi balls in Ids games last season, and that is more passes DAVIS GUP DEED NEEDSJjEVISION If France Wins Tennis Trophy Trouble Is Expected. BOARD COURTS THE CAUSE. ONE BACKSTOP IDEA IS LIKED Managers Want Lone Man to Co Most cf Work. PITCHERS HAVE FAVORITES. Photo by American Press Association. DOME BUSH, DETROIT'S STAR SHORTSTOP. than any other player off the opposing pitchers. It’s Donie’s crouch that makes him one of the hardest marks In baseball to put the ball across the pan for. Ty Cobb told some of his fellow players that if Donie would only spread his legs farther apart as he stood at the plate and combined that with his crouch to make himself a shorter mark there would hardly l»e a pitcher in the league who could pitch to him. Advertise your wants. Frenchmen Prefer Play on Place of This Sort, and There Is Nothing In Regulations to Prevent Them From Demanding It. While the Knglisti tennis committee which is in general charge of the ar rangements for the coming Davis cup series has shown a generous spirit in the interpretation of the de«*d of gift which governs competition for the trophy, it is the opinion of some of the leading tennis players in this country that steps should be taken leading to a revision of the terms of the document. Close scrutiny of the deed of gift re veals the fact that there is vagueness in many of the clauses, the meaning of which should be made clear beyond all question. It has been discovered, for instance, that should France succeed in winning the coming international series there would lie nothing in the regulations to prevent that, country from demanding that challenging nu tlons play on a board floor instead of on turf. There are some conservative tenuis critics who believe that this loophole would be equivalent to giving France perpetual possession of the Davis cup. M. Deciigis and A. II. Gobert, the two French cracks, are splendid play ers u|M»n a turf court, but upon boards it is doubtful if any two men in the world can compare with them. For some reason, perhajw the temperamen tal titties'* of the nation for a fast and exciting species of play, the French are particularly good at floor tennis. If France should come through the coming IhivU cup series successfully there would b«* nothing in the Davis cup deed of gift to prevent that nation from asking all contesting nation: play on Ixiuul* in 1014. This is but one of the op|*ortunities for clashing interpretation* of Davis cup regulations that are rev ed by a »-l»*>«* study of the docuut r □I==1E HI 01 The v lid. f oi- ta k unis chan THE ATHENS SAVIN6S BANK “Conservative” “Safe” The adjectives above are, wo be lieve, applicable to this bank, and we feel that they afford ample ground upon which to sland when we invite your patronage. In claiming "Conservatism" we des- seribo a trait a habit—a method of < ond < t or action—anil refer to the record as justifying tlie claim. Our success has not been through the me dium of hazardous ventures, but has come by the slow accretion of reason able profits--the process .-sending over a period of t wo decades or more. So. the habit of caution has become fixed, and we may, with full assur ance, assert that our methods are "Safe." 4 per cent Interest, compounded semi-annually. Is allowed on Savings Deposits. Capital ond Profits, Ji70.000.00. M. STERN, M. G. MICHAEL, President. Vice President. G. A. MBLL, Cashier. m granted that the xx.ul. piouship HUM fall e:i< ! the Fnglish speaking nations is fast coming t.. a . Ids,, i bibert and Deeugi won the Fngli-h doubles champlon-hi] in 1!• 11 Belgium. Sweden. < ba nian. iii*I Swit/.i rl.-md are fast de\ eloping •rack phi\efs Before very i .any years have pas some one of these nations is going coiue through and capture the Da cup. Before this happens the deed gift governing competition for tha trophy should be iu<»ditied or .-mend in such a xvax that the meaning of ea clause would be unmistakable Tlu is no question but that the spirit Davis .-up play '-alls for tennis on turf courts, but it is much better t.» li the sjHM-ili.-utioi.s cl.Mr. eso,H-i:,||y v there is any chain e. howexer slight the trophy coming into the |m»^»*v* • if the Freti'-h. Deciigis. who is one «»f the be<1 f ers oil the continent, is net the kirn let pass the titiiitx for a.lvant: g. which p'a.N on iH.ariN would gi\. When Deciigis loses a mat. h h been known to hurl his racket the slat for h jEEIG E3E j dressing room wee times he has refit with men who I When victorious I* kissing Ids partner personality goes, either in Kttghiml nent. g loudly. SeVel to shake hall e defeated him * in the habit < tecltu's. far : not over |*opitl: upon the coir GOLF “PRO” TO BE ENVIED ‘Chick” Evans Says Professional H-. Easy T.me. •rdii of ess an individual to be enxi.'d. I..*.-: tbroiigliotit tin* s«:miiM-i I-.* pia> - .la i the “greatest »:ii.v in the world thereby enjoyi:.g -mi^uine and fiv> air to his heart’s content The shift to a winter berth is. t' south also is pointed out as someth!! not to be overlooked, and then the i doubtable (’hick goes on to show tl many opportuniiics f.»r making mm,* eneountensl by the “pro.” In conch sion. ho adds that the average pro tv slontll Is not well t*» d»». and he eoti<|i ers this the more remarkable eottside !ng that most of them are Scottish. There are many professionals in com fortable circumstances, but while jobs pay well it is bard sledding ji others. Asa general thing the •‘pros' today are much more thrifty than the lot that came here a dozen years ago. Weilman Good Batting Pitcher. Lengthy Weilman. the Browns* lofty hurler. is developing into a second Otis Crandall. He is the best batting pitch or the team has had since the passing of I>ode Criss. N. B. A. Recognizes Duckpin Knights. Tbe National Bowling association has recognized the duck nud candle pin games. The national is the eastern governing body. YOU ARE TO BLAME If you don’t pick up some money on real estate. IT ONLY TAKES GOOD BUYING and a little waiting before you can turn a profit. We are offering something special in the way of a nice business corner lot 113x175. Let us show you this attractive offering. UPSCOMB & COMPANY Phone 109. Real Estate and Fire Insurance. They Like to Have Certain Receivers Handle Their Shoots—is Hard to Se cure Efficient Catcher to Work Ma jority of Games. Any one who turns back the musty pages »»f baseball history and notes ly cannot fail m discover that nearly all the pennant winners of pre ious years have had one catcher on their roster who has done the bulk of the receiving through the previous sea m. Sullivan enught the most games for the Chicago White Sox when they cop ped in 1 tmt». Schmidt was king bee re- »r for the Detroit Tigers in 11H>7. Ivling was the man most prominent be hind the bat when the Chicago Cubs turned tbe |K»nuntit winning trick in 190S. Gibson did the heavy work throughout MOD. the year Pittsburgh came out first. Meyers was the whole show in 1011, when the Giants won out. This fact leads immediately to the question as to whether or not it is bet ter for one catcher to do nil the work or to distribute the receiving equally among three or four men. The one ea teller for all games theory, hard as it is on the inau who is suited- uled to work every day. seems from the stam!|H»int of experience to be the best. Still, there are arguments both ways. One side contend** that to have one player work all the time tends to wreak liuvoe with the club if lie should be hurt. Again, this side maintains that some receivers handle one pitcher better than they do another. Lastly, it Is deelurcd that .‘at.-liiug day after day wears a man out. Ippolietits of this side reply to the first argument to the effect that it rarely happens for mu* . atelier doing the bulk of th - work to be out for a very long title and that the other nt.-hers :ir * \%**ll nl.V t»» take care of the haek'doppiug until tlu* best tun unes Intel.. To the second .-.'mention the answer made that if a catcher is a good man lie should he able to handle all shoots, come from whomsoever tl may. They illustrate this with the case of Walter Johnson, whose effe tiveuess was said to be doomed with the release of Charley Street. Yet. when Str.*et was released to New York. John Ilenry did just as well, and of late Kddie A in-unit h is handling him in fine style. Thirdly, it is dec la ml that catching every day hasn’t worn out any star to any great extent yet. the majority of receivers In'ing physically able to eu dure hard work. Both sides have able contentious. There have been instances in the his tory of the game, undoubtedly, when the absence of a star backstop, from injury or other cause, lias rendered ineffective the pitchers, everything be lng restored to equanimity when the veteran donned the “stuff’* agaiu. There have been instances. too* when pitchers seemed to have worked bet ter with a particular catcher Iwhiutl the plate And there have been illustrations where hard work lias killed a good catcher. There are some who always will maintain that Johnson's terrific shoots, handled un.-oniplainitigly day after day by Street, finally broke the former Washington star backstop’s great endurance and were the cause of his being *.111 to New York, wltenc he later drifted to the minors. It is an ..pen fact that intielders work most successfully when there l a man handling tlu* pitcher’s shoot: tin ti fi.lt* a .-..nlidetn .• born of stca.lx tinuous xx.u k week in and \\ - They know where lu> \\. .-h n ba lk points te or tx failings, flight though they may and are on the l.'.'kotit for them. The same principle seems to apply to a catcher as it does to an intield. r him self. If the latter is disabled in any xvav the substitution of a utility man tends to demoralize the team play. Taken all in all. it seems that the one catcher contenders might have the lK*st of it. for. backed as it has been by ex perience and by strong contentions from big leaguers who surely ought to know, the successful manager Is the one who employs the least number of men behind the bat during the course of the season. TINKER IS STEADY PLAYER. WINGFIELD’S After clothing has been made as perfect as possi ble—with fabrics, tailoring and fit above and beyond criticism-then tbe thing that distinguishes one make from another is STYLE. You can’t measure style, nor feel it, ■BBC | US- nor define it. But if you can SEE it in a garment, it’s there. FITFORM WINGFIELD’S “The Shop of Quality” RICH PATTERNS IN WALL PAPER are peculiarly suitable in hallways, and'these we are prepared to supply and “hang" in great and pleasing vari ety. Larger effects are permissible— even desirable—in hall decorations, and we request your taking an early view of what we have to offer. Natur ally the best designs go first. I also carry neatest tints and colors In paints for all purposes you can always get suited. JOHN L. ARNOLD. 163 Jackson SL UNTON SPRING WATER CO. For pure water drink Linton Spring Water. Pure water la most re freshing drink, and la essential for your Health. Your Doctor will recom mend this water. Every precaution Is taken, and we guarantee every bot tle to be fresh and pure. LINTON SPRING WATER CO. Phone 504 Athens, Ga.~ ORR’S SCHOOL Spring Term Opens Jan. 6, 1913 No deduction for absence unless providential’and protracted for at least one-fourth of a month. S. P. ORR Johnny Hayes Boy Scouts* Trainer. Johnny Hayes Ins been appointed of ficial athletic trainer of the American Ill.y Scouts of New Jersey. Plays In About Same Number of Game* Every Year. A strange thing is the record of Man ager Joe Tinker of Cineinnutl. He gets into almost exactly the same tram her of games year after year and is dis abled for about the same number of off dnys each season, flack In 11*04 Joe played 141 games. In 1808 be played 143 games. Ill 1811 he was In 143 bat tles, and In 1812 he took part In 142. One season .loo was out for thirty games or so with appendicitis, hut In ten campaigns ho never has been In less than 11" <-r mure than 111 con tests-a enrl'.'is and uni pie !'i ideal re old. Are you glad to have a new Ice Plant in Athens? If'so, call 521, when your Book is out and we will send you one, or our representative will call. ATHENS ICE COMPANY The New Ice Factory DAVIS, ADKINS & CO. General Contractors and Builders Office 108 Shackelford Bldg., Athens, Ga. Phone 427 and 696L SODA BOTTLE BURSTS AND MAN LOSES EYE (Special to the Banner. 1 Commerce. Bn.. May 14.—While L. .1. Farabee was opening a bottle of soft drink in his grocery store >■• St rday morning, the bottle burst front gas pro-.-'.ire at: I h- lost libs its way through the ball of the eye and punctured and lacerated the flesh In the region of the eye. Mr. Farabee was taken to a sanitarium, where the hall of his eye was removed. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly •n , foi.lS , n ,, .l„.l MM tonic. (.RoVIfSTASTI-t.li-tl V>NU drive. : t
