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■ME ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWSi SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1911,
At Last, the Grand World’s Championship
Between the Giants and Athletics Begins
GEORGIAN’S DOUBLE PA
When If Comes to the Sunfield
Neither Player Is Anything Extraordinary
Murphy Has an Edge on Murray
Fullerton believes that Athletic fielder is best in the garden.
He certainly can bat better, but let that Murray get on first
and he is sure to steal a base or two.
By HUGH 8. FULLERTON.
Right Held and tint base, during the
.•arly decades of baseball, were the
two Joke positions of the game. Any
one could play them—as they were not
supposed to do any fielding except on
rare occasions. The epoch of right field
hitting and the development of the
hit and run transformed them Into two
of the vital positions on the team.
Tet oddly enough, neither the Ath
letics nor the (Hants possess a strong
right fielder. One discovers In study
ing the two leading teams of the world
that Mack and McUraw appear to have
about the same Ideas regarding out
fielders. no matter how much they may
differ on the other departments of the
game. They appear to think If a player
can hit hard and la a good run pro
ducer his fielding and throwing need
not be of the best.
Neither Jack Murray nor Murphy Is
a good outfielder from the defensive
standpoint, altho In fact Murphy has
a shade on Murray In everything ex
cept base running. Murray being a
perfect type of the McGraw style of
ball player after he reaches flrst. He
la strong, a fierce slider and carries the
weight and the speed to break his way
thru defenses to the base.
Danny Murphy Is a strange kind of
ball player. He Is nfie of the type that
never has been considered a star and
never will be. I doubt now If any
major league rlub would try to buy
Murphy If Mack were to put him on
tha market—unleas It would be some
tail-end club that needed hitting
•trength. Yet. for Philadelphia ho has
been and Is now a geod ball player.
He exactly fils Into Mack’s scheme •of
things, and while Mack himself has
at times been dissatisfied with other
members of his outfield and hla tried
out candidates both for center and left
field, he never haa wavered aa to Mur
phy.
- ’ Play* Battera Wall.
Murphy Playa Battere Wall.
Murphy plays the Philadelphia right
field In wonderful style, altlio he la
not so strong on foreign grounds. lie
ran get almost anything Inside the wall,
and he plays batters with rare Judg
ment. He Is a veteran, and wlae with
the wisdom of long experience. Ho
throws well for a man who haa been
In active harness for years, he makes
Plays when they count, and In retriev
ing halls hit down the foul line and
cutting down two and three base hits
he Is a wonder on the home field. Tou
know If a ball goes down the right field
foul line at Philadelphia and twists
bnses, and if It rolla down to the plcl
gate It often means a home run. Mur
phy aeems to poetess an uncanny knack
of getting tho ball either before It hlte
the stands or of knowing the anglae
so well that he hold* runners at first
or second on hit* that get past visitors
for two or three bsse*.
Murray Is a dashing, uncertain kind
I>r outfielder. He hna a lot of speed,
hut does not start after line drives as
■lulckly as some, frequently losing them
because of his slowness In atartlug.
Nor does he seem to handle hlmaelf
well In a sun field as does Murphy.
He can throw hard and far, but lacks
Also undoubtedly Murphy le his su
perior In playing for batters and In
playing with the outfielders on hits be
tween fields.
That Is a point 1 wanted to bring out
before. I do not believe there Is a team
In the country that compares with the
Athletics In chasing long hits. The
outfield aeems drilled perfectly, and ona
never sees the Athletics waste a sec
ond In deciding which fielder shall chaaa
and which shall relay the ball back.
They gain valuable tricks In that way
and frequently hold a fast man at third
base who would have taken a home run
agatnet a less well drilled outfield.
The Giants, It appears to ms, are un
finished In that part of tha game. I
have seen Snodgrass and Devore and
Snodgrass and Murray hesitate several
times this season and loos a lot of
ground and tlma because two men were
trying to reach the ball, 'and when It
got past, the one who chafed was off
to a bad Mart. This was particularly
noticeable In the Cub-Giants series
CHAMPIONS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
the Polo ground* were rebul
fenslve work I think Murphy a more
valuable and a more finished ball play-
On do-
Athletics 8trong*r at Bat.
In batting Murphy has far and away
the belter of the argument, even de
ducting from hla batting average and
making allowance for the difference In
balls used.
Murphy's official record this year will
•how him hitting about .MS—and con
sidering the fact that he Is a hitter
of terrific power and a "clean" up
driver, hla retard Is remarkable. Pitch
ers who oppose him declare he la ona
of tha hardest men to fool and one of
the most dangerous pinch hitters In
the business. Hs Is one of the kind
of players who bring home the runs
when they are needed, and when a
long By means a run Murphy delivers.
He Is a steady hunter, and altho I
haven't the figures, I believe he will be
high In number of sacrifice files as wall
as In sacrifice bunt*.
Murray la a Mrong long-driving hit
ter, piling up an average of about .285
for a normal season, .altho he slipped
down ten points or so on this year’s
Ur
work. He la an uncertain quant
a hitter, dangerous and likely (o clean
up with a long hit, but ha la not hard
to fool when the pitching Is good, and
strikes out frequently. He makes few
sacrifice hits and does not appear to
bunt reliably.
But on tho bases Murray has far and
away the hotter of the argument. He
can and does run the basest and runs
them hard and well, which exactly fits
Into McGraw'a plan of campaign. He
has stolen this season nearly 60 bases,
while Murphy, altho on first bate much
oftenar, hasn’t stolen half as many. The
comparison between the two men seems
to show Murphy a stronger and more
reliable all-around player, conceding
his opponent all the dash and fire of
attack claimed for the New York team.
Perhaps some of that fire will bo need
ed when the Giants get against aa cold
a proposition as Mack and his Ath
letics
AVIATRICE COMES TO ATLANTA
NEXT WEEK WITH MADAM SHERRY
Football Gosj
By INNI8 BROWS
A short time since short
paid In these columns to
Yost and hla style of footw
fnrt tVBN mail* tn mU
fort
factor tha Wolverine grids*
had been In tha develop®,
game In the South and ®y
by pointing out not only hi,
success aa an Instructor of
but Instances of similar n
tainsd by disciples of hla
successes have been brillE
Influence powerful and sidZ
There It another factor?
of overcharging comblnatii 1
that go to make up the -
of a great American «ch£i,
unique and worthy of noth,
realm of football. Referent*;
tho Carlisle Indian team. *
tha wards of Uncle Sam!
gate yearly In a little
town to receive Instmotta
manners and methods ofa
fne. brethren ‘ a
face brethren.
In the football flrmamatu
In other spheres, there areVS
titles which may bo depondS
lated from year to year
may be counted on genetui,
up at the end of the iea*o n
best claim to a champion
sometimes Harvard or Pri'-^
nose her out. or even p e ^T
ting that eohedulea genenSi
the Rad and Blus from uni
strong claim. Llkowiao p,~
be figured to put It over Cm
In and year out, tho tho Ithacu
to have all tha best ol the 7 ™
the two teams meet
Tha vletorloua Philadelphia American league baseball elub, who will play a aeries with' the New York National league baseball club for the world's
~ "*— — ' “ ”■ “*- " Murphy, Derrick, Lord, Kreuse. Canter row, Bonder, Coombs, Plank, Mack, Davis, Mar-
championship. Top row (left to right), Collins, 8trunk, Me Inn**,
row, Thomas, Hartsel, Oldrlng.
This law, however, dou not
the delegations to which cxr.
like to refer as "the wUr ns
tin, Danford, Livingston. Bottom
that la to say, tbs Indian u,
moat part "darl ‘ - •
CHAMPIONS OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
'k horser jj a
When the beat In the Usd in M
to tackle tha red men, fan k
a feeling of grave doubt ute
coma, whloh obtains
gam*. For this foreboding
there Is cause—good and sufih
Ask any football t
bug wbk
trickiest team In the country,!
out hesitation, he will till rot
Indians are ahead of the (tj
respect Seek the opinion ol
ones as to tbs speediest.
The New York National league baseball elub, tha winners of tha National league pennant for 1911
’* — “ Wilson, Anus, Oavlin, Mpthswson, Wilts* and Har .
Herzog, Msrkls, Maxwell, Crandall, Paulstt* and Faust.
Doyls, Davor*. Fletcher, Burns,”Hennetsy (mascot), Wilson, Anus, Devlin, Mothewson, Wilts* and Hartley. Bob
grass, Murray, Latham,,Bsoksr, McGraw (manager), “
Reading from left to right, top row, Me
ttom row (left to right), Meyer*, 8nod
■ rauard,
i, Sn '
Comparative Stiength of Athletics
and the Giants Told in Figures
Atlanta will have tta flrat peek at a
genuine avlattice next week when Miss
Ada Meade comes here aa prlma donna
in "Madame pherry.” Miss Meade has
the nerve and haa already made sev
eral flights. She has declared her In
tention of applying for a pilot's license.'
rid*, despite the protests of George W.
Lederer. one of her managers.
.Miss Meade made her first night In
Lexington during the recent Blue Grass
fair. Lexington Is Miss Meade's home
and her frlenda protested against her
making the trip.
Accepting the Invitation of J. A
McCurdy, the aviator. Miss Mende
stepped Into* his biplane and milled
above the fair grounds several times,
while her friends expected every min
ute to see her dashed to the ground
fil
ecror
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ATHLETICS.
Player and Position. O. A.B. R. H. P.c. PO. A. E. P.C. 2b. 3b. hr. sh. ob.
Mrlnnis. first base .. 124 472 79 1S1 .380 940 103 2.1 .9(9 22 10 2 II 22
t'oilIns. oecond base.. 130 4S4 lie 174 .8(0 3M ISO 24 .952 24 10 1 19 21
Halter, third base ... 147 589 94 198 .237 208 275 35 .932
Harry, shortstop 126 435 74 109 .250 2(6 884 42 .920
Lord, loft field 122 566 92 177 .312 271
old ring, rent or field.. Ill 481 82 142 .297 221
Murphy, right Arid . .*138 500 101 162
Thomas, catcher
I«app. catcher ...
Bender, pitcher .
Coombs, pitcher
Hunk, pitcher ..
Morgan, pitcher
Krause, pitcher
Davis, tnflelder
artNel, outfielder .
Strunk, outfielder .
Livingston, catcher
Mori
Doyle, second bus*
Herzog, third Nunj
Fletcher, shortstop
Devore, left fleld .
Snodgrass, center field 148
Tech and Tennessee to Clash
Atlanta’s First Real Football This Season
In Gridiron Battle at Ponce
nnuu(iniw, iniiri licit! liu ms
Murray, right Held .. 122 4(9
.. son, catcher .....
Mathewson, pitcher
■utnAri pftgher u
\Y line, pit .her ....
Ames, pitcher ....
Devlin, Inttelder .
Becker, outfielder
Hartley, catcher ...
Drucko, pitcher
COMPARISON OP ATHLETICS' AND CHANTS' PITCHERS.
NEW YORK.
O. W. L. SO. BE. H.
Mat-quart! 44 24 ( 214 112 224
Crandall . 40 13 6 26 52 194
Mathewson. 45 25 13 1(4 41 209
Wilts* ... 29 14 10 •» 37 1(2
Ames .... 31 8 0 100 M 114
SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL.
8ou^h.
Tech vs. Tennessee at Atlanta.
Alnbapui vs. Georgia at Birmingham.
Auburn vs. Clemson at Clemaon.
Tulane vs. L. S. I. I. at New Orleans,
la. 8. U. vs. State Normal at Baton
Rouge.
Wake Forest vs. Roanoke nt Wake
forest.
Maryville vs. Mooney at Maryville.
Bewanee vs. Anderson at Seuanee.
Mississippi A. A M. vs. Charleston at
Charleston.
Vanderbilt vs. Rose Poly at Nashville.
Mercer vs. Citadel at Savannah.
Davidson vs. Lenoir at Davidson.
Texas vs. Southwestern at Austin.
Virginia vs. 8warthmore at Char?
lottesvllle.
North Carolina vs. Bingham at Chapel
Mill.
Arkansas vi. Drury at Fayetteville.
East.
Yale vs. V. P. I. at New Haven.
Harvard vs. Williams at Cambridge.
Princeton vs. Colgate at Princeton.
Penn vs. Villa Nova at Philadelphia,
t’cnujll vs. Penn State at Ithaca.
Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross at Han
over.
Brown vs. Bowdoln at Providence.
Carlisle vs. Georgetown at Washing
ton.
Syracuse vt. Rochester at Rochester.
Lafayette vs. Gettysburg at Easton.
Navy va W. A J. at Annapolis.
Army va. Rutger* at West Point.
Bates vs. Exeter at Exeter.
• West.
Chicago va Purdue at Chicago.
Indiana vs. Franklin at Bloomington.
Wisconsin vs. Grlnnell at Madison.
Nebraska va Kansas Aggies st Lin
coln.
Michigan vs. Michigan Aggies at
tnslng.
Illinois vs. St. Louis at Urbans.
Wabash va. DePasr at CrawfordevUle.
Denver va. Utah at Denver.
Ohio Stats vs. Wisconsin Reserve, at
Cleveland.
Kentucky Stats va. Miami at Oxford, j
loss vs. Morulngetde at Iowa City.
Northwestern vs. Illinois Wssloyan
st Chicago.
Atlanta will see Its first real foot
ball of the 1911 season Saturday after
noon at Ponce DeLeon park when the
heavy Tennessee team clashes with tha
Jackets. Altho the Tennesseeans are
heavier by tan pounds to tho man than
Tech'a team, the dope favors the Jack
ets, and that only by a shade.
It le ,-afe to eay that neither team
will have anything like a walk-over.
lanta confident of taking the game, and
tho defenders of tha gold and white fire
equally confident.
The Tennesseeans arrived Friday
night, and are located at the Aragon
hotel With them came Z. T. Cleven
ger, coach; J. T. Brown, chairman of
the athlstlo council; Joe Baker, city
editor of The Knoxville Journal and
Leonhardt and Haten, student football
fans.
Here are tho line-ups with which th*
teams will begin the game at 1 o’clock:
Tech.
Sanches ..
Elmer ....
Leuhrman
I,neb
Position,
... Left End .
Left Tackle .
.. Left Guard
Center.
Means Right Guard .
Sinclair .... Right Tackle
Black Right End .
Coleman .. .Quarterback
Tannss
.... Carroll
Haley
Qaua*
.... Glesler
.’. McGuire
Kelly
... Brand
(Captain)
.... Fonda
Tompkins
Goree Right Half
Patterson .... Fullback .
(Captain)
Tanneasee brought tha following men
aa substitutes: Murrell, Rubin, MO'
Tribune, and Messrs. Hahn, Swan, Ball, Clure, Pritchett, Lockett and Donelson,
TECH IS NOT OVERCONFIDENT
Tech Flats, OeL 14.—A very light
workout was given th* varsity squad
Friday afternoon. Coach Helsman did
not car, to risk anyone getting hurt
on tho eve of the game. One or two of
th, regular, have slight apralna, but
on the whole, tha team Is In fine condi
tion.
Tennessee la also In fine trim, conse
quently there should be a batU* royal
Saturday afternoon.
Tennessee will probably ontwelgh the
Jackets by ten pounds to the man, but
Tech Intends to make up for this by
are very uneasy about
aborigines again get I
tlon. These opinion* and belief
without foundation and an
results of the natural mtke-t
Indians. Above all things, I
do little squabbling In a .
attend to the bustnss at hast
continually on the Jump. I
people are disciples of the !
the man who saws wood and a
lng Is rather liable to do a
slderable execution, whether
football or otherwise engag'd.
For a number of years th#
have been held In high esteex
akin circles, said esteem htr
engendered by frequent vleti
the best In the East. Inclndlni
and Pennsylvania, tho they Hi
Yale or Princeton. Occaitoa
make a sally Into Western I
generally they trek back u
Alleghenies with the waw
whatever glory le to be o»
soundly threshing th* both
moths of th* West.
Closely conneoted with tin
and an Important factor In t)
Iron auccessaa Is Coach Gin
To say that Pop Warner 1s I
successful man that ever t-
football destinies of ths is
school Is stating tho propoild
ly. This fact Is doubtleia l
plained by two reasons—Hr*
Is a No. 1 good coach,
that be has bsen In chargs Is
was aver any other man r
understands hla proteges
It was back tn tha 1st* cJM
Pop wont to take charge st CS
Pop wont to take cnarge uu<
had Just finished a seasos si
where he Instructed the km r
squad for a season. II* » u
for several seasons, and t«s
to taka a similar position «t
Hs stayed there only * shot*
ever, and Anally drifted bta
lisle, where hs has been t—
sines.
As evidence that th# Bed
to be watched by their oppoa
minute of th# gams, a few *
which they have been knows
given herewith. It has bees
seasons since tha rules penal
to taka a ball after It htd b
over his goal Un# by th* 1
thereby scoring a touchbs*
calmly out with It, aa tho md
to kick out. It was a pfi 1
member of the Carlisle tas
leisurely out under such
til h* was practically clear *
player, then dash down to* *
touchdown. Result; Thsrojj*
vide that the referee skis
whistle as soon as ths dew*
who receives ths ball *l*nl«J
he proposes to run tho ball out
-
he proposes to run we m
It down for a touchbaek.
Again, tho rulee provide ™
may ba put In play w * t
either by the center sneppW'■*
kicking It forward on the
very seldom that team*"**
latter, yet the Indian* fr*J»
tbs trick, and genemlly »* *
substantial sains Hi
lt for aubstantlal gains. — ^
Indians were the flrst to m
ball trick In tha East, end ri ■
were they with It that a toe«»
they
scored on Harvard. „
On tha point of adaptln* ™
to a now style of play lh *!]
wonder*. In th#
....... taama hfln nW 1 '® •**
Tima was when the Phillies made thei That th# National league Is weak In
Giants stand from under, Inst times have I catchers Is one explanation that has been
changed and It wasn t hard for New York I offered of the base stealing performances
to defeat them In the lest tew games, lot the men of McGraw.
S. They 1
they are weaker than formerly, and
that Tennessee Is stronger.
The etudent body la doing everything
they can to help out. The band wifi
be on hand, and the yell leaden have
been working hard all the week. The
fellows In the dormitory have been
practicing some new Tech songs. They
are corkers, uhd should enliven the
game to a great extern
Patteraon haa bean shifted to fitfllslvo capital out of
back on account of hla bucking pow- th* Indians showed up wi
— - - cated long double pm* S
which was a forward bear*’Jj
yards down tha Held,
failed to pan out *uco«w»l
However, the successfulI
and fake plays ha* by no mj
the only medium of success-
the Red Men. On the otber^
have furnished some of lh *£J
the game. As linemen.
very few teams had
Ital out of tbs ft
ere. He should make a powerful
plunger from this position. Black and
Thompson are fightln;
place at right end.
itlng for Pat'e old
GENERAL MANAGER WANTED-
The New York Giants have not lost a
series this season to any of th* other
cluba la th* Natlooal league
Concern acting as distributor for North Carolina fur a medium price
car, with sub-contracts more than covering Its allotment, desires manager
for Its business. WU1 occupy December 1 a 116,000 garage building, new
and modern. Prefer man of experience In the sals of care on a distribut
ing basis and In handling agencies. Applicant must be of good habits,
furnish satisfactory references and give bond. Manager will have sol*
charge of business. A man of energy, ambition and IDEAS wanted. State
■alary and present employer, state age, whether married or single
Address P. O. Box 648, Charlotte, N. C.
have had anythin*
Poarce brother*, Beml*
tha latter nlnetlee ,
were the terrors of Ea«Z
circles. At the eame time i
■on was probably the b-st
In th* game. With f R
low used to Are them
or n-yard Un# with a
precision. And It «
day, tho ha la ct
lucrative vocation ot t*** ■
Pittsburg at pr»»« nt -„
...II thnaA nhenOIIKnal
riuiBuri m ,
pull off those phenomenal
ne.
Quarterback Seneca
ajnSSSd^flS
brilliant ptayere, !"<’ \
been Walter Camp* c ;
American quarter on* f ' urt
years later little Frank « ,
was a sensation amcn< ta-