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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, OCTQBKK 10, i:>U7.
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WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL STILL “WHOLE SHOW”
• EDITED BY
!P. H. WHITING
! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
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When thp writer piped it off that the eight managers in the
Southern League during the past season would be back next sea
son it was evident that his dope was tangled.
The confirmation of the rumors that Harry Vaughn will not
be with Birmingham is a starter. Then it is a cinch that Tom
Fisher, who belongs to St. Louis, anyway, will not be back with
the club if the Shreveport franchise is transferred to Mobile.
' There has not been half as much said about this proposed
transfer around the league as will be before long.
Just what it will mean is uncertain.
As the matter stands now the Shreveport franchise has been
conditionally secured by Mobile. This act will have to be rati
fied by the Southern Lenguc, the Cotton States League and the
National Commission before it “goes.”
But right now the chanbes look good.
Shreveport is about ready to quit. Mobile is a good town
and should make more money for all hands and the league than
Shreveport ever did!
But how about Little Rock ?
That burg has no plnee in the league unless Shreveport is
there. It is out in t he howling wilderness and the only thing
that made it possible was the fact that teams going to and from
it from New Orleans could break the jump in Shreveport.
So if Shreveport goes Little Rock will have to or the South
ern will have the lop-sidedest circuit in America.
As a town Little Rock con well be spared from the circuit.
The poor support for everything but an almost pennant win
ner and its inaccessibility mnke it none too desirable.
But the greatest regret over the withdrawal of Little Rock
will come because it will probably cost the league its president.
Judge Knvanmtgh has gone on record that he will leave the
league if Little Rock disposes of her franchise.
Just why he should is not entirely obvious. Perhaps he
would be an even better and less biased official if his home tenm
were not represented in the organization.
But if Mr. Kavnnangh persists in his determination to with
draw along with Little Rock it is not likely that the league will
keep Little Rock on his account, provided Shreveport goes.
The league is made up of business men and they will not
send their teams hundreds of miles out of the way nor waste thou
sands of dollars of useless mileage in order to keep any man ns
president.
While no man who knows as much of baseball and baseball
laws as Judge Kavannugh can possibly be secured right at the
jump, plenty ot satisfactory men can be rounded up—Lowry Ar
nold for example—and Judge Kavanaugh’s place can be filled in
a most satisfactory manner.
We’re for the Judge as long as he wants the place, but not
with any Little Rock string tied to his coat tails.
SEVER VS. REULBACH
• IN TODAY’S BIG GAME
THE STAR OF THE BASEBALL WORLD
This is Hughey Jennings, manager of the Detroit team, the remarkable
baseball general, who “whipped his players into shape” and made the club a
pennant winner. You can readily see what Jennings has in his head.
Chicago, III., Oct. 10.—With one game
nlready tabbed to their credit, the Cube
look much the better for the series.
Many are predicting now that De
troit will win but one gome. Some say
two and other* soy It will take the ecv.
enth game yet to decide the series.
One gome won Is a lot when a team
has to win but four In order to get the
Me title. But there are a lot of Tiger
enthusiasts a* well oe those who are
called careful critics, who declare that
the Tigers will yet win out from tho
Cub*.
Just what these claims are based on
we can not clearly see, for It appeals to
us that they have extended themselves
to thn limit In the first two games and
have locked up nothing. They hnve
used up their two best pltchere. Their
one great twlrler, ‘'Wild mil" Donovan,
woe held to a tie. Their next best,
George Mullln. was rudely beaten. They
have one mediocre left-hander nnd one
crippled left-hander yet to try against
Chanco's men. and It I* hard to see how
either one of them Is going to put over
a victory, unless the reisirt* ns to the
crippled one, Killian, are stretched nnd
he Is In condition. Then he might put
one over on the National Leaguers.
Cobb For Sale
Once For $25
Ed Rnnslck, the Cincinnati manager,
Who had charge of the Augusta (tin.)
team when Detroit trained there last
spring. I* very enthuataatlc over the
Tiger*' chance In the world's series.
Speaking of the work ot Jennings and
hie men. Ranslck last night said:
"The whole South la Interested In the
Detroit*. The Southerners ndinlre Jen.
nlngs for the plucky light he has made
and want to see him carry off the ban
ner. Ty* Cobb, one of the star out
fielders Of the Detrolts. Is a Georgia
boy. bla home being at Uoyston In that
state. When the Detrolts left Augusta
they were in the pink of condition, and
that's why they mode such a splendid
showing. Jennings used to put all his
players over In the left held and then
make them chose over to right Held,
where all the fungo hits landed. This
woe something new In the training line,
as all the other managers placed the
fielders In the regular positions, and nil
they had to do was to take a few steps
to catch the ball. Cobb, who Is now the
leading batter of that organlxatlon. was
once offered for sole for the large sum
of lit. with no takers.''—Cincinnati En
quirer.
Rube Waddell will remain In Phila
delphia next winter. He will do an
afternoon and evening stunt at a 6-
cenr theater, entitled "Monday, the
Thirtieth" or "When a Man Gets His.”
In Philadelphia the baseball scribes
call Connie Mock by his right name,
Cornelius McGIlllcuddy. They also
speak of nailing the pennant to the
mast and write about “Joy being In the
heart of every devotee of the national
game.” This Is what the editor* call
"hot stuff."*
Lejeune, the long-distance thrower,
used to be a catcher. A habit of throw
ing to center Held to catch a runner at
second hose may have furnished the
excuse for making him a fielder.
Detroit has the champion trio of run
getters in Jones, Cobb and Crawford.
On the other hand the Cubs can go
Into battle every day for weeks to come
and strike just ns hard ns they have In
the first two days of lighting. They
have two or three more twlrlers just us
strong aa Overall and Pfeleter and they
expect to put Johnny Kltng In the game
every day.
Slever Is the man announced by Man-
nger Jennings ns the twlrler today, and
he Is the mediocre one of the staff. Ho
Is a left-hander with erratic manners
nnd has been known to slip over a bit
of sensationalism once in awhile. He
will have to do It today If he expect*
to whip the Cub*. He ha* a peculiar
mixed style of delivery that would fool
the batters of any club, nnd when he
has control of that style he gemrally
wins. Ho flings them from every point
from the top roach abpve his head to
the heel of his shoe.
Against him Manager Chance will
likely put “Big Ed” Reulbach, the er
ratic one of the Cubs, and here It can
also be said. If Ed has control of the
ball and Is light he Is almost bound to
trim the American Leaguers, while at
the same time he may tic badly whip
ped himself, because he Is one of those
pitchers that sometimes heaves the
game away In one Inning.
J. Baker Accepts
McCrea’s Offer
{(porting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
McCrea's so-called challenge In your
paper of October 7 Is a bluff. If Mc-
Crea will deposit a forfeit of >600 reol
money with you I will cover the amount
and arrange to shoot him a match for
>1,000 a sldo at .Savannah. Ga., next
Monday.
JOHNNY BAKER,
With Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
Montgomery. Ala., Oct. 0. 1907.
Tho Detroit papers are now run
ning baseball stories on the front page.
They call the Tiger* "tlges" and run a
life stxe photo of Hughey Jennings' face
every day or two. Take It altogether,
tho village Is quite excited.
The National commission threatened
to multiply the natural uncertainty of a
world's series by making Tim Hurst
one of the umpires.
But they did not carry out the threat,
CLOUD WAS RE-ELECTED
MAYOR OF CRAWFOROVILLE.
Special to The Georgian.
Crawfordvllle. Ga., Oct. 19.—At an
election for municipal officers Wednes
day the result showed no change In the
present mayor and council. The pres
ent officers are: Hawes Cloud, mayor:
W. C. Chapman. C. H. Golueke, C. W.
Gee and C. W. Caldwell, councllmen.
FAIR CLOSES CONTRACTS
FOR MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS.
Special to The Georgian.
Droxton. On., Oct. 10.—The Broxton
Exposition Company has about closed
all contracts for Its midway and about
completed Its race program for the btg
fair, which opens here October 29 and
lasts five days. The management Is
advertising the fair very extensively
and big croa-ds from all over south
Georgia are expected In attendance.
SUPERIOR
BETTER WORK
THE SECOND
AND
ON BASES GAVE
GAME TO CHICAGO
Johnny Kling Showed Up
Detroit Catcher in Hot
Style.
By JAME3 CRUSINBERRY.
Chicago, Oct. 10.—Johnny Kling, tho
Cub** wonderful catcher. Is likely to
bring the champlomhlp of the world
here thl* year. I am going to predict
right here that when the *erie* Is all
over, If the Cub* have the four victo
ries tabbed up to their credit, they will
have Johnny Kling to thunk for It more
than any other one player on the squad.
He I* wonderful. He ataved off defeat
In the opening game nnd saved the
second encounter, so that the Cub*
were able to get off In the lead In the
fight.
Kltng'n throwing, hi* judgment nnd
hi* ability to steady the pitcher In tight
place* hnve been the wonder and ad
miration of . thousand* of spectator*
who hnve watched the two encounter*.
Kling *o far outcln**©* the Detroit
backstop* that they look weak nnd
unfit for major longue ball. In the first
two battle* the Detroit boys have tried
to put up some of their daring ba»e
running trick* that they have worked
on the teum* of the American League,
and they have been most severely
bumped. Kling ha* picked off the
speediest runners of the Tigers with
the accuracy of n sharpshooter. It
is hard to sit up In the grandstand
or the bleachers and realise just what
this has meant to the Cub team.
It. has probably won one game for
them nnd saved them from defeat In
the other.
Putting It another way. It might be
said that the Detrolts* inability to atop
Chicago base runners from stealing
has cost them the game each day.
When one thinks that It Is possible for
a single player to be of so much con
sequence In a series for the baseball
championship of the world, it Is easy to
understand why one man can command
such an enormous salary for Just play
ing ball.
The Cubs are now off In the lead
with the first real game tabbed to their
credit by a score of 3 to 1. In most
departments of the game the Tigers
have proven the equals of the wonder
ful fighting machine built up by
Frank Chance. But In the catching
the West Side bunch has one great
drive-wheel that Detroit can not du
plicate, and the wheel Is the one best
bet In the entire machine, and seems
likely to roll the Cubs Into the cham
pionship.
Six times In the past two days Kling’s
arm has picked Detroit base runners off
the bags. Beside* thl», Kling has been
perfect In his backstopping and has
held the pitcher steady in tight places.
His Judgment In selecting the kind of
ball to be thrown Is about faultless.
Next to Kllng's ability to nip the De
troit base runners, the one thing that
seems likely to shove the Cubs to the
front is their own achievements on the
bases. They have stolen eleven base*
in the first two encounters und the De
troit backstops have been powerless to
nip them.
Kling was also a factor in ths hitting,
a* well as the stealing, nnd certainly
proved the “Johnny on the Spot** of the
series. After his hit In the second In
ning yesterday he made the complete
circuit and scored, but was forced In
from third when MuMJn failed to get
the ball over the plate with the base*
Both Pfeister and Mullin
Made a First-Class
Showing.
ty of speed, but It took him four in
nings to get his control just right.
The Tiger rooters nnd supporters
were severely shocked by Mullin'* los
ing his gnme, for they had counted on
this ons sure a* their very own. In
nddltlon to his line work n* a pitcher,
Mullln Is a great hitter, hut he was too
badly used up from the strain of pitch
ing to such foxy batters nnd failed
miserably every time he attempted to
bat.
The score:
Chicago.
Slagle, cf. . .
Shecknrd, If. .
Chance lb. . .
Steinfeidt, 3b.
Kling, c. . .
Evers. 2b. . .
Schulte, rf. .
Tinker, **. .
Pflester, p. .
Totals . . . ,
Detroit.
Jones, If. . .
Schaefer. 2b.
Crawford, cf.
Cobb, rf. . .
Rosaman, lb.
Coughlin, 3b.
Payne, c. . .
O'Leary, e*. . .
Mullin, p. . .
Total* ... .32 1 10 24 15 2
Summary: Two-base hit, Sheckard:
three-base hit, Rossman; sacrlilcc hits,
I Sheckard, Ptlcster: stolen bases, Payne,
Slugle (2), Chance, Evers. Tinker; dou-
! ble plays. Tinker to Chance (2), Craw-
Iford to Schaefer: left on bases, Detroit
t 5, Chicago 7; bases on balls, off Pfles-
I ter 1, off Mullln 3; base on errors, Chi
cago 1. Detroit 1: hit by pitcher, by
Mullln (Steinfeidt), by Pflester (Cobb);
struck out, by Pflester 3, by Mullln 5.
Time of game, 2:17. Umpires, Sheri
dan and O'Day.
BILL KIRK’S COLUMN
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By Wm.-F,
One year ago last spring, while the
Giants were training In the Routh, the
writer accompanied the team to Nash
ville, where they were scheduled to play
three exhibition games with the Nash
ville boys.
The night before we returned to
Memphis the Cornell College baseball
club arrived In Nashville to play a
spring series and registered at the ho
tel where the Giants were stopping.
During the evening the college lads
got together In the hotel parlor and
began singing their football and base
ball songs,, roaring out the choruses In
true college style. The Giants, among
others who were guests of the hotel,
formed an Interested audience and ap
plauded the youngsters after each glee
club effort.
“Now. boys,” said a red-headed chap,
who seemed to be their leader, "sing
that jolly song about ‘When the Big
Red Team Takes the Field.'"
The boys sang It. and the red-headed
leader listened approvingly.
"That's Bplendld, boys," said he, after
the applause had subsided. “Now give
the ladles and gentlemen that ripping
college yell."
The boys made good and received
another hand.
"That was very satisfactory, fellows,"
KIRK.
said the red-headed songmaster. "Let
us adjourn for the evening."
The boys filed out, and the songmaa.
ter headed for the corner where w*
were sitting. He rushed up to Man.
ager McOraw. shook hands and said'
"Well, well. Mac! How's the old dog"'
It was Hugh Jennings, the Cornell
baseball coach. The moment that the
college boys left the room Hugh drop,
ped his college ways and was once
more the Jennings who set Baltimore
on Are In the days of the second "Big
Four," McGraw. Jennings, Keeler and
Kelley. Once more he was the Hugh
Jennings whose wonderful shortstop
play made his name a thing with which
to conjure In baseball circles—Hugh
Jennings, the crab; Hugh Jennings, the
lighter.
The euccees of Jennings during the
current season does not come as a sur
prise to those who know the man and
his brains, l’he same ability to adapt
himself to conditions which made him
first a scrappy professional shortstop
and then a genteel college coach, has
boosted him in one short season to the
highest pinnacle of baseball greatness.
A thorough gcntlemnn off the baseball
field, an aggressive fighter on the base,
ball Held, and a red-blooded athlete
first, last and all the time, he has
come to his own. and those who know
him best are not surprised.
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(By Pegseut Piffle, for The Bugle.)
To know that merit will wlnl
If the tenm wins out that I pick to lose.
O, what a wonderful struggle It Is,
Between the Cubs and Detroit;
One of them must get first honors and
bliss,
The other must surely get holt.
It would be a shame and a sin.
(Editor’s Note.—Mr. Piffle has been
released and will no longer contribute
to The Bugle. His work has been de.
terloratlng steadily, nnd the above
poem Is the last straw.)
HEISMAN IS TRYING
NEW MEN ON’VARSITY
Just Notes
COUGHLIN.
Here is the captain and third
baseman of the Detroit team.
full.
Jack Pfeister, the only veteran
southpaw the Cubs have, did hand
somely In the box for the home team.
Left-handed pitchers are, as a rule, ef
fective ngalnst the Tigers, because they
bother Sam Crawford. The btg slugger
was unable to connect safely even once
with Pfeister** benders. Rossman was
the only batter on the Tigers who was
not one bit bothered by the flne pltcb-
ine.
George Mullln pitched beautiful ball
after the fourth Inning. He bad plcn-
On Jimmy Callahan's Chicago team
Is a player who, It Is said. Is aston
ishingly prolific In excuses for mlsplnys
of his own making. Not long ago he
muffed a fly. "Well, how'd It happen
this timer’ asked Cnllahan, when the
team came In from the field. "Why,"
said the player, “didn't you see? Just
before the ball got to me a double wind
hit It."
President Ban Johnson, of the Amer
ican League, has secured ex-Govemor
Johnson, of Wisconsin, to proeecutq the
bottle thrower of St. Louis, who In
jured Umpire Evans last Sunday.
Charlie Dryden, of the Chicago Tri
bune, Is having lots of harmless fun
at Jakey Atx’s expense. Mr. Dryden
accuses Jake of writing to his frau
asking for >75 so as to cut a wide swath
riding In rubber neck wagons.
A wise (?) morning paper baseball
The preliminary practice work that
the Tech football players got was
peaches and creaA to what Coach
Helsman Is putting the bunch through
these days. "I've got bumps all over
me," Is a very popular chorus among
the football players these days, and
sprains, bruises, black eyes and a few
such are strictly In order.
For the Tech football team Is cer
tainly being whipped in shape In a
hurry.
From 4 o'clock until so late that a
white-painted football has to be used
the Tech squad 1s sent over the Jumps
and the going Is very fierce from tho
time the men get on the field until they
drag their weary bodies to the dreeslng
rooms.
Wednesday Coach Helsman had no
less than sixty men on the Hold, and
nt one time two games were In prog-
res*. with fifteen men on a eide In one
game.
The 'varsity was given Its usual
scrimmage with the scrubs. And It
was a game for keeps.
Snyder was at center, as usual. Clyde
Brown, Davis, Henderson and G. Smith
were at their regular places In the
line. But Wilcox got a work out at
one end, opposite to "Chip" Robert, ami
Jones, Fitzsimmons, Buchanan and
Sweet composed the back field. Cap
tain Sweet, whose leg has had him on
the shelf for some time, was back In
the game and playing brilliantly. This
shift put a number of notables on the
second 'varsity—Luck, Hightower,
Emerson and Adamson—and this ag
gregation was stronger than usual.
Coach Helsman states that the line
up used against Dahlonega will proba
bly be very much like that which
played against Gordon, although the
exact arrangement Is uncertain at pres
ent.
VANDERBILT TEAM HERE
ON WAY TO NAVY GAME
The Vanderbilt football team arrived
In Atlanta Thursday morning on Its
way to Annapolis for the game with
the Navy Saturday.
Grantland Rice, the well-known
sporting editor of the Nashville Ten
nessean, Is accompanying the team,
and says the men are In first-class con
Maryville Bumped
In Clemson, S. C.
Clemson, 8. C„ Oct. 9.—Clemson de
feated Maryville here yesterday after
noon by a score of 34 to 0. The local
team showed' up In far better form
than In the game against Gordon, ami
had the Tennessee players at Its mercy
at all times.
editor Informs his readers that Jake
Atz Is a member of the Athletic club.
Where Ignorance Is bliss, oh, what's
the use.—New Orleans States.
Fielder Jones Is accused of being so
rich that he doesn't care what hap
pens. We'll take a chance thnt If
Fielder has accumulated some he wants
more and wants It much.
Philadelphia raised a rooters’ asso
ciation on the prospect of the asso
ciates being admitted free. What a
gang we could get to follow our band
> a proposition like that.
The Philadelphia Ledger allows with
a touch of show of concern, that the
Athletics' lead did not allow for any
quiet reposes. A contest that doesn't
allow for reposes Is something terrible
to Philadelphia.
It has been quite thoroughly demon
strated to "Cy” Hickey that a swell
shape and a handsome face don't hold
a candle In public esteem to a cracker-
jack pitcher.
Up In Cleveland a fierce slutke-up Is
doped out for the Nape.
According to the present crop of
"Info,” Joss, Liebhardt, Thellman and
Berger will be depended upon for most
of the pitching next year. Bernhard,
Hefs, Clarkson and perhaps Rhoades
are slated for the can. Lattlmore and
Graney, two new southpaws, are count
ed on to help some next year.
Bill Bradley and Stovall will be
dropped out of the Infleld. Perrins Is
likely to fill Bradley's shoes and the
first-base Job Is open. Bernik and Clark
will again be the standbys behind the
bat
With this aggregation Larry Lajole
hopes to down the hoodoo that has
camped on his trail so long—and so
hard.
dltton. Bradley Walker, a former Vir.
glnia gridiron favorite and afterwards
captain of the University of Nashville
eleven, Is with the party and will ref
eree the big game.
The team wont to Ponce DeLeon soon
after arrival and spent an hour or two
In a fast work-out before leaving for
Annapolis.
“DOWN WITH
B., JOHNSON"
This is Now Battle Cry of C.
Comiskey, White Sox
Mogul.
Chicago, Oct. 10.—Charles Comiskey.
the White Sox magnate, declared war
on Ban Johnson, president of the Amer.
lean League, before a crowd of over two
hundred at the Auditorium Annex.
Comiskey denounced the executive of
the league In no uncertain terms, par
ticularly blaming him for the fact that
Jake Stahl, the former manager of the
Washington club. Is now an outlaw, and
alleging double dealing on the part of
Johnson. He contended that he ha* the
votes of the Boston and Washington
clubs. In addition to his own. against
Johnson, and hopes to obtain the aid of
Cleveland In defeating Johnson for the
presidency of the American League.
MERCER MUCH 8TR0NGER
THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Oct. 10.—When the Uni
versity of Florida meet* Mercer Uni
versity on Saturday afternoon at the
Central City park the Florida boy* will
And that Mercer has a much stronger
team this year than last.
Following la the Mercer line-up for
Saturday’s gar'ne:
Left end, Melton; left tackle. Bell-
Poole; left guard, Scogln; center, Bus
sell; right guard, Underwood; right
tackle, Parker; right end, Farmer-
Spurllne; quarterback, Jameeon-Sut-
ton; left halfback, Lnndrum-Mallary-
right halfback, Newman; fullback
Shaw (captain).
Beside* the above line-up. Mercer
has six strong subs, who are fast turn
ing Into good material under the eye ot
Coach Schencker.