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Crackers Have Played Cinches
Thus Far; Sunday They Begin
.On Toughest Teams r s League
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By Percy H. hiring.
A little woolly lamb could hold
its own pretty well in a pen
of similarly undersized
“vnolly iambs. But when you turn
Yaid 1. w. lamb loose in a den of
'■avenous lions you tind out mighty
*\uick about his scrapping ability.
’ Leaving Atlanta out of the dis
cussion. for the present, on the
[rounds that it is a doubtful quan
ity, we can divide up the rest of
"jit Southern league t«n ways
r 1. Geographically—into northern
‘iubs, Chattanooga. Nashville and
iemphls; southern clubs. Birming
ham. Mobile. Montgomery and New
jprleans
2. Zoologically—into little, woolly
%jnb«—Chattanooga. Nashville and
■ Mlemphis; ravenous lions—Bir
7-iflingham, Montgomery, Mobile and
<ew Orleans.
,* In other words, leaving Atlanta
hit, the tough clubs are In the
-outhern division this year, the
'inches in the northern. And thu
ar the Crackers have played only
'torthern clubs —the 1. w. lambs.
' - On Sunday comes the beginning
b'-f the real fight For the locals
‘ nvade the real jungle of the league
;nd match teeth, claws, b its, tricks,
risdom and speed with the man
taters.
, If the Crackers can h<>ld their
-wn in the southern section of the
.ircuit this trip it will be most en
souraging.
j With a team In bad condition be
cause of the bad weather through
he practice season, and torn to
pieces by constant changes, with a
f’ am that has been held back by
(yak pitching, the Crockets have
nanag-d to get an even break in
■’lie games in the northern section.
Mathey can hold that .500 perront
irajfe through the coming trip Into
Kite southern division, when .the
Birmingham. Montgomery. Mobile
Cnd Orleans teams ate tackled,
readv tn jump back
|KjK, with the players all in trim,
’•■-a /team shaken down to normal
J the pitchers in good order and
(l games right and left.
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jB too bad about Pete O’Brien'.
Pete has been read off the team
baseball writers and baseball
B. So shockingly against film
I, i th<» s'-ntiment that the only
| I'ns that keeps him on the club,
Iffle only thing, is the fact that
, Manager B .-mphlll wants him.
| I, When you <*ome to think of it.
j'tough, that's about all f t'Brii it
* eefls to hold the iol>.
tfOttr personal opinion j. that
|<tf -unphill has better men on his
l<»n<h than Pete O'Brien. But ten
Ljßars of experience at writing liase
ojß.ll has taught us a couple of
Doing Active
York Now For Battle
With Flynn For Title
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May Jack Johnson,
w’ofld's. hi’tiyv welsjlit • hampion pu
;®t, hit the turnpike a; his first bit
'fjwork. .for.. tbv. .cbuiupionsbip fight
.wi Jim Flynn at I.as Vegas, New
ißiico, on- • Independent e day., Jolm
.<’» did eight miles at a fast Walk
>'jwi a few short jogs Interspersed. He
i Wed-up a little stiff and sore, tmt in
Jjther week the lameness will disap-
if onirarv to the schedule mapped out,
champion did no boxing. He was
jij 4 after ills run and avowed that
would not don the gloves until next
II
M Bjnsor. weighs 225 pounds stripped
K ty. H> ■' ' ■ -
nt fifteen pounds by May Jo. when
J leaves here for t (;>■ battleground
*1 Sbtpects to jump into the arena
;'1 Flji’nn weighing around 210
IDEM TOURNEY NEARS
END: "SEMIS" SATURDAY
ste semi-final matches in th< wmari
jnament for the Maiden trophies will
flilayed tomorrow In the first flight
■ Harrington plays’ Miss 1 >ruinnion,l
■ Miss Stirling plays Mrs Broyles In
■JSfea ted eighth flight Mrs. .'nine
Ms; Mrs. Frederick and Miss Black
Hs Mre. Gude.
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DIAMONDS ANO JEWELRY
S t r t c t ly confidential.
Unredeemed pledges tn
diamonds for sale. 30 per
cent less than elsewhere.
MARTIN MAY
(Formerly of Schaul A
May.)
1! 1-2 PEACH I REE ST.
UPSTAIRS
Absolutely Private.
Opposite Fourth Nat.
Bank Bldg
Beth Phones 15H4
WE BUY OLD GOLD
f “The Biack Veil”
W | By Dr. John E. White
al Sunday Night at Second Baptist Church
things, and one is that it is a waste
of time to try to manage a ball
club, l.et the manager manage the
club, say we. We’ll take the games
as they came and handle them for
what they are worth. But we will |
waste neither time nor space in
telling Manager Hemphill how to
conduct his affairs
It Is reasonable to suppose that
Hemphill knows more about the
capabilities of O'Brien than you or
Ido And if he didn't have good
reason tn think that Pete is the
best man for the job he surely
wouldn't keep him. He doesn't ow e
Pete anything.
Hemphill has been playing ball
for sixteen years. It is currently
reported that he knows something
about the game. He says that
O'Brien Is tlm best man he has for
the shortstop job Who are YOl’
to hack your Judgment against
Hemphill's? It is a cinch that he I
has more at rigk than you have. If
he fails as manager in -Atlanta he Is
mighty nearly out of baseball. He
Mt’ST make good. He knows It.
And. knowing it. he has staked bis
reputation on Pete O'Brien as the
best man for the shortstop job.
(P S. Poor old Pete "nil got a
single and a double yesterday and
fielded sensationally!)
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THE report, coming from I’hat
tartooga, that Walter Miller Is i
for sale, was no great surprise Mil
ler was awfully good last yen-. He
hasn’t been good this year. Cutting
down time is near and somebody
must be lelea.-ed. Naturally the
man who has been doing the poor
work is the man who may reason
ably expect the < n
Another report from Chattanooga
(hat O’Dell might hr tried at first
base sounds interesting. Last year
'•Dell batted 278 and stole 34
bases. Sykes batted .258 and stole'
20 bases. Thai mikes O'Dell ap
pear somewhat the stronger man
offensively it j s pretty nearly a
cinch that O'Dell would field the
position nil tight. Ho has the height
and the reach.
Sykes and O'Dell are both valu
able men. it seems a shame to
have either of them off the club.
However, when we get a team so
good that men like Sykes and
o'Dell b tig In the balance we
might to be in the chase for the
pi nnant.
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J7 VERY team that won in the
, ’ Southern league yesterday
scored six runs. So did every team
th it won iti the I'nited States
league The following other t> mis
nisy won with six runs yesterday:
'lbany. Ci. New Y«-vk Nationals,
Pittsburg. Boston Americans, Jer
sey City. Dallas and Meridian.
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Papke Sends Leech
On His Way Back to
F Pounding Pavement
NEW York May 3. Bilh Leech, hold
er nf manj amateur titles, who quit the
New V «*rk police force t<» become a pugil
istic realized his mistake today
as he sadly reviewed the rv-nis «»f last
night. Leech's professional debut was
made with former Middleweight Chani
pnin Bill} Papke as an opponent at the
National Sporting Hub.
After the ex-cop had been knocked
dowh twice in the first round and three
times In the second his seconds threw up
the sponge Leech max go back to the
force
CURLEY EXPECTS $150,000
GATE AT TITLE BATTLE
< 'Hli'AtH i. Mu 3. That the gate of
the Juhnson-Fijnn fight will bring the
prom.lters .tlMi.lion was the statement
of Jack Curley Just before leaving <'hf
e.igo fm I.as Vegas with Jim Flynn.
Hetuils of tbe seating .it the arena have
been worked out. according to I'urley,
and the prices to be charged range
from $25 to sll>.
I'nliki the Reno tight, there will be
no ssl> seats, and there will be no $5
sears Ever? Seat is to b, reserved, i
Tin sl<) variety will be those fartlierest j
from tin i, na Th. arena is to be I
modeled after that built for the eham- ]
pionshii go at Ueno It will seat tip- !
prdximafcly in.nnu p< upb-.
JACKETS AND AUBURN IN
SECOND BATTLE TODAY
j. In one of the best aam, .. ~f t)i,. !
lege sgison, tin Yellow Jackets defeat - I
cd ~ by the . 1.-s. .-.gore of 3 to _• :
jin the tils: pari of th. ninth t looked i
as though Auburn would ti< tin score,
but timelj- fielding and a strikeout ,
saved the day fur the home collegians. ’
Auburn will play In -, t ' lie and to
morrow. It has gotten to be a habit?
with Auburn to take the football gam.
annually from I'. .h, but tin Jackets '
are determined to turn the table: ami
capturt a goat on th. diamond at least. I
CAPONI MEETS GORMAN.
■ H.ITT AN<>l GA. TI-INN Mac .1.
Tom- t'lpoiit id ,i... Gorman hie.
been m.ltche.', to figtlt llete May 1.1.
White City Park Now Open
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND FRTDAY. MAY 3, 1912.
The Georgian’s Sport Page
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SWELL POLE VAULTING
BY LOCAL SCHOOL BOYS
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HARGRAVE
(Tech H. S. Star)
Perry Starts Work
For Devlin Battle
At Gate City Club
Jimmy Perry returned from Chat
tanooga this morning and started in
work at once for his bout with Tommy
Devlin', the hard-hitting Philadelphia
boy. at tin Gat, t’ry club next Tues
day night. Perry beat Fighting Char
ley Kennedy all the way over in Chat
tanooga, but tile referee called it a
draw.
"I would have kii" ked Kennedy out
had he stood up ami fought clean,, " said
Jimmy. (tut lie was wrestling, butt
ing and running all the time. I un
derstand that Ifivlm is a great mixer,
who is always fighting. Well, if this is
so. I will be able to show at my- best
against hint.”
Perry will do only light work for the
Devlin match, as lie is already in tine
condition. He worked hard for the
Kennedy scrap ami is only a pound or
two ever the weight he is to make for
the Quaker.
ALABAMA PILES IT UP
ON TENNESSEE'S TEAM
1 MVERSITY. ALA. May 3. Alabama
defeated Tennessee easily yesterday 11
to 1.
E'”t i’niu'ic.- m a r*'W by ibe Knoxville
batters prevented the game from being a
slnu out. The contest was characterized
io superb fielding by the Alabama team
Joplin, especial!', at short held eontrib
uthig a lion s share of spectacular work.
Two 'is! double plavs by the Alabama
inth’M enlivened ma ters.
r o(l3' s game < -Deludes Alabama's con-
D - s . n iht i.'-mc ground until after the
V.Hide’hilt < next Friday and Sai
uda\ whfi th* two teams will battle for
i‘-X' ; 't om •! ship in Nashville.
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HOLTZENDORF. (B. H. S. Champion)
These photographs were snapped by Staff Camera Artist
Mathewson and show the vaulters going over the bar. They
were snapped at Marist college during the meet of the At
lanta Prep league.
Inside Baseball Wins First
For Crackers in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA. TENN . May
3.—ln all the fine little points
that combine to make a fin
ished ball club the Atlanta team
excelled the locals here yesterday.
Also in the btg things, such as
making hits and runs, they were
better. And the Hemphillites won.
6 to 2.
This game was the fourth test in
the Youth-and-Age stakes. Bill
Smith, it will be recalled, after be
coming disgusted with old-timers
op the strength of their poor work
for him last season, announced this
year that he wanted nothing but
kids. Os course, in the face of that
announcement, he got Jordan and
Moran, But in the main the club
is made up of mere infants. Hemp
hill. on the other hand, has the old
est team that ever piayed in the
Southern league. The average age
of the Lookouts was probably hard
ly over 22. The average age of the
Crackers must have been close to
32. The contest was one between
veterans and kids And the vet
erans won. However, thus far this
season the Lookouts have won two
games and the Crackers two. so
there isn't anything conclusive re
corded yet.
At inside baseball and at head
work the Crackers had all the ad
vantage their age entitled them to
and then a bit more. The Lookouts
were constantly tricked In the
first inning, after Bailey had walk
ed, Ganiev bunted him to second.
Then Hemphill made most elabo
rate preparations tn hunt. McDon
ough fell for it, came way in. and
couldn't get back in stop
Bailey when he stole third. It was
a cold-blooded trick, and Hemp
hill made it count by singling im
mediately thereafter.
In the seventh the <'racket’s
nearly got through with one of
their famous relays from the nut
field. With Evans on secorid.' Co-
I veleskie bit a terror to left field.
Bailey fielded it briskly, and threw
j to A'permar..- Whitey made-a great
'White Sox Best Looking Team in West’—Dryden
4>»-F +•<■ -r«-r '-.••i*
Ts They Sting Horsehide, Nothing Can Stop ’Em’
By Charles Dryden.
CHICAGO, May 3.—Jeems Cal
lahan loitered about a down
town hotel wearing a wad of
tobacco inside his face and an ex
pression of pennant winning de
termination on the outside of -ame
face. Why not? There Is nothing
in th£ West that seems to class
with the 'White Sox. and the East
ern athletes are having troubles of
their own.
Over in Detroit the other day
Callahan was interviewed by Tiger
scribes and he predicted a first
division berth for the local lads.
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peg to the plate and all but nipped
the speedy Evans at this point.
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The extreme modesty fory which
James John is noted alone prevent
ed him from splitting the world
series money by the Fourth of July.
We hate to see a cuss belittling
himself, but modesty will, prevail,
particularly at this time of year.
It would be more like it to split
the purse by the last of June. Some
of the lads need the money and are
already drawing on their pros
pects. This is the season for fun
ny shirts with safety pins in the
collar, and the classy members of
the Sox entourage must live up to
their pictures in the public’prints. .
Leading ■ citizens of Detroit are
puzzled to know why the Tigers
should be creeping along in the
middle distance while the Sox are
out in front leading the bunch.
Certain of the experts claim that
Hugh Jennings has quit using his
head. When he was a student at
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Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday‘s Battle
This is the way the Crackers are hitting
through yesterday 's game.
Players r~77\~8 R 7T Aw
Hogue, p. | i ti 2 3 750
Hemphill, cf 15 59 i:t 2s 425
Ganley. rs 7 24 2 .375
Wells, c 2 3 1 t 71.33
<>l 'eil. 3b. 15 s'i S 16 .320
Paige. i>.... 3 71 2 :<•(
Alpertnan. 3i> lit 53 in 1G .271
Sykes, lb 16 59 9 15 .261
Sitton. |i 2 I 11 .250
East, 2b 7 20 1 5 .250
Kerr. c. 15 40 5 12 .2 15
Bailey. If, ~ 16 ~3 16 13 .225
G Rrien. S" 10 37 3 8 .216
I>essau. p t It 0 3 215
Miller, p 7 it 1 3 215
Graham, c .3 6 1 .167
Howard. 2b 10 34 4 I .118
Johns, p : 4 S 0 0 .Ono
Phelan, lb 110 0 .000
Atkins, p 2 ‘t 0 0 .000
DILLON 6-TO-5 CHOICE
OVER KLAUS TONIGHT
NEW YORK, May 3. -A personal feud
will be fought out tonight when Frank
Klaus, of Pittsburg, Haimant to the mid
dleweight championship, and Jack I‘illon,
of Indianapolis, Ind., < ollide in a ten
round battle at Madison Square Garden.
Despite the fact that KlamS gm. a de
cision over Dillon in their right In t’ali
fornia recentlj. the Hoosier rules a 6 t<> 5
" favorite. Sam Austin, who refereed the
McFarland-Wells bout, will be the third
man in the ring.
Cornell the boss professor advised
Hugh to use his head, and he did,
hut not in the way the professor
indicated. Edward Walsh, who
docs not love Mr. Jennings like a.
brother, avers that the only way
Hugh could use his head was to
dive into an empty swimming tank
and crack the crown of the said
bean. This is a line of bunk used
only on the ball field, and to com
bat it Jennings declares the Walsh
family once stole the steeple off a
church and would have taken the
basement only the watchman
, chased them away.
Sox Pitchers Best in Years.
The real story is that the Sox
<ire crowning the pill and the Ti
gers are not. Not in years have
the Sox pitchers shown such
promise, and while they are show
ing it opposing teams have no
more chance titan a snowbail at
the Isthmus of Panama,
Let Ty Cobb come up and whiff
a couple of times, and the pepper
oozes out of Wahoo Sam Crawford.
The Tigers must hit to win, and
they are not doing it in the pres
ence of the Sox. Callahan has*com
piled the best hitting team In
years, and if the lads keep up their
liek there is nothing 'to stop them.
The best hurlers in the Nap and
Tiger stables tried it and the Sox
kept on going.
Joe Benz Acquires Fame.
Ij'aseball fame spreads fastew
than smallpox or spinal meningitis.
Joe Benz had forgotten the swell
game he pitched at Cleveland un
til a fine looking gent in a plug' hat
tackled him at the park yesterday.
Joe w as warming up near the stand
when the gent approached him.
“Are you the Benz from Bates
ville, Ind?" the stranger asked.
The great pitcher said he was.
Docs your paw run a meat shop
there?"
“Surest thing you know ." replied
Joe.
"I know him well," the stranger
chuckled. "Many is the time I have
seen him drive his meat wagon
past my house, and I have bought
liver from him, too.”
"Fine,” said Joe, and the con
versation ceased. It does not do to
grow too familiar on meat wagon
acquaintance, and Mr. Benz is a
stickler for Indiana etiquette.
, ATLANTA SELLS HOWARD
TO WASHINGTON TEAM
I>, Austin Howard, resident of Wash
ington, D. <'.. former Cornell third
- bn:.eman and utility man for the At
■ lanta I’iub part of last year and thus far
; this season, has been sold to the Wash
’ ington club.
I Howard's arm has been in bad shape
> this year and Hemphill found himself
J unable to handle the man. So he turned
» him over to the Washington club, which
! has hankered for him-all this season.
i “RAJAH” ONCE OFFERED
HALF-MILLION FOR CARDS
ST. LOI’IS, May 3. That Roger Bres
i nahan once offered SIOO,OOO for the St.
) Louis Nationals' baseball park and Hub
• came out bore yesterday in the hearing
of the action by which Mrs. H. H. Brit
ton hopes tn prevent E A Steininger
from voting the stock of Mrs. Britton and
her mother at meetings of the club In
answer to a uues’’.on as to the value of
the plant Mrs Britton quoted Bresna-
I han s offer.
M'INTOSH TO OPEN N. Y. CLUB.
NEW Y"RK. May 3. According to a
. well-grounded report in sporting circles,
Hugh Melntnsh. the Australian fight pro
moter, is soon m invade the boxing fiHd
in this city. Mclntosh is winding up his
affairs in the antipodes and is said to be
preparing to start a big boxing club here
; in opposition to the Garden Athletic Hub,
which ha 1 -- a lease on Madison Square
Garden. M» intnsh promot' d the Johnson
' Burns fight when Jack Johnson won the
heavyweight title.