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Atlanta Grabs Two Pitchers From Detroit Club
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Crackers Attempt to Strengthen One Weak Spot
By Percy H. Whit mu.
A TLANTA has grabbed two
Z-X pitcher? from Detroit. They
are Sperry and Caville. At
least that's the red-hot tsp now in
circulation.
These two men have been at De
troit's farm, which •.- at Providence.
Owing to th' large number of
young p’t' h' - - that Hush Jennings
has gathered toother in an effort
to get a fe« to help him out in his
pennant chaso . he i * as able to over
stock the Prrvidence team, and
when those two men went on the
market th* Cracker club made a
grab at them.
They will join the team at once.
• • •
JUST off an unoccupied pedestal
in the Bac.ebali Hal’ of Fame.
A bus' of President Boatwright of
the Virginia It ,gie belongs there.
President Boa’’.n ight is the only
league oft Vial ex er heard of who
actually mad, any progress in forc
ing umpires to hurry ball games.
He has cut th< average length of a
baseball game 21 minutes in his
league.
Now. this doesn't mean that he
b.-i. given the ' ms 21 minutes less
of baseball action. It mean- that
he has i ut 2! minutes waste out of
the fPiic? > Jicb is scientific
management .ippli' d to baseball!
Ninety-five per cent of al! ball
games • i ■■■ too long. AH the r< il
playinc. all the action, all the
baseball could be packed !n less
time. All that would he nec -ssary
would be to cut out the lost mo
tion.
The real possibilities of high
pressure base! il have twice been
den, .ns'r.ited by the Atlanta team.
Once they played a ball game in
what was then the record time of
44 minutes Later the’ cut th it
tim< to the present world's mark
of "2 minutes.
Both games wert high-' l.iss con
tests. None of the player made
an effort to get out. They played
the game for what it was worth,
but they cut out the fiddling, the
time killing, the lost. mmi'iii.
Hardly more than half of in or
dinary ball game is action. The
rest is mere stalling. The pitchers
are the. worst offenders. They have
been babied and mollycoddled until
they figure they aren't .attracting
the right amount of attention un
less thev fiddle arot.mil a half min
ute or so i ' cry time they pitch the
ball. Pat Flaherty showed us
something of the possibilities of
pitching. He never appeared to
hurry, except on his famous quick
returns, but he never wasted a sec
ond. When the catcher threw him
the ball he took his position, swung
and pitched W ould that all pitch
ers would do the same.
There Is time lost by the teams
when thev change sides. There is
time lost by batt'rs in taking their
places at the bat, especially at the
first of the innings. There is time
lost in at going with umpires.
This lost time ought to be cut
ou’.
t'onsidered as an amusement en
terprise, a ball game Is an athletic
pantomime. Now, Imagine a pan
tomime on the stage Im which the
rhra 'ers spent fully half their
time stalling, doing nothing. It
would be .a frost A pantomime, to
bi worth a hang, must be full of
.-'tup Th' sinu is true of i ball
game.
Thi fault f' r the sloppy condi
tion of things in every league lies
primarily tilth the league presi
dent. If he would Instruct his um
pires to hurry games, they would
do it. If the umpires hurried the
players, they would cut out a lot of
lost time.
A garni that ’ ists over two hours
for nine innings is i pest. With
a little conservation of time it
w "ild 1" pi ible io p i' any ball
game in an hour and a half. If the
fans want m”i" basehall, let's ex
tend the garni to ten or eleven in
nings. If two hours of baseball is
needed i" draw tee folks ind give
theim their money’s worth, fine
business' But let's pack ten or
eleven Innings of baseball into it.
• • •
•■pH AT Vedder Sitton ’acks a
* whole lot of being ready for a
relcose was demonstrated by Sat
urday's game in ‘'hattanooga,
which the Crackers won. 5 to 2.
He made the Lookouts look like
pren leaguers and had things com
ing his way fast.
O’Brien, for whose head the fans
have called so loudly, had .mother
good day. He made two hits, one
a twobagger
C PEA KING of O'Rri • h»r- s the
main reason that he is still on
the team. He's Hemphill's 'kind of
a ball player." The lo< <1 manager
doesn’t go by book records. I
don’t care how a player looks on
paper," says the local baseball boss.
"That’s the poorest test in th.
world. I've seen lots of men ii Ims.
records were fine who weren't
worth a harg to a team A good
fielding record may me; ti that .<
player hasn't taken choices \
good batting record may mean that
a man has been sacrificing a , n
to his own personal averages. \ I
want a player playing for me every
minute. I want to know that he is
doing things my way. I > ant to
know that, his whole object in life
while he is on the field is to pull
the stuff the way I want it pulled.
Give me fifteen men playing that
kind or ball for me and I don't give
a hang about their records.”
O'Brien is the kind of ball player
Hemphill likes. He isn’t playing
for personal records. He doesn't
attempt a plav made contrary to
his judgment in a wav to "show
up" the man who ordered it. He
does his level durndest If at any
time his best falls below what
Hemphill considers the standard
of the team, he will be dropped.
Until that time comes he is a cog in
the Hemphill machine.
IS THEN ball players lose a game it
’’ may be due to many things:
1. They may bat poorly enough
to deserve it.
2. They may field poorly enough
to cost the gam<*.
3 Their pitchers, may work so
badly a» to cost the decision.
4. Their opponents may field su
perlatively well.
5 Or the defeat may be due to a
combination of all these things.
An analytical study of the Crack
er averages. . ompared with those
made by their opponents in games
against the local team, indicates
that the defeats the crackers have
received have been due primarily
to the w of k pitching of their httrl
er>. and secondarily to the weak
fielding of the Crackers.
Taking tip the primary cause, the
following figures are offered: In
the g.mes the Crackers have won
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta In Mobile
Memphis in Birmingham
Chattanooga in Montgomery.
Nashville in New Orleans.
Standing of the Clubs.
WLI’C W L P C
Mobile i| 8 6.16 Atlanta a 9 500
R ham .14 10 .583 Mont 9 12 429
M mp'is 10 8 550 N’ville. .7 11 389
j C"nooga 10 3 .556 N (»Tans.7 14 .333
Yesterday’s Results.
Birmingham 5, New Orleans 0
Chattanooga 3, Montgomery 3
Mobile 3. Atlanta 3
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Mamn
Columbus in Columbia.
Jacksonville in Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P C W L P C.
S’vanh . 9 3 750 Macon 6 8 429
Mbany 9 3 750 Columbia 310 .231
.Lville 10 3 714 Columbus 2 11 154
Yesterday s Results.
Xo games placed
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
W ashington in Philadelphia
Boston in New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
IV. I. P C w L. PC
Chicago 13 6 684 Phila .9 8 .529
Wash .10 6 625 Detroit 9 11 450
Boston .10 7 588 St Louis 6 12 333
C land 9 8 529 X York 4 12 .250
Yesterday's Results.
Detroit 3. St Louis 2
Chicago 2. Cleveland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Brooklyn in Pittsburg
Philadelphia in Cincinnati.
Boston in Chicago.
New York in St Louis
Standing of the Clubs,
w L PC W L. r c
C’natl. 14 3 824 r burg 710 412
N York 11 4 733 Brooklyn .6 9 400
Boston 8 8 500 Phila 5 9 357
Chicago 8 9 471 st Louis .5 12 .294
Yesterday s Results.
Chicago 6. Pittsburg 2
Cincinnati 11. St Louis 9.
AMERICAN ASjOCIATION.
Games "day.
Columbus in Minneapolis.
Toledo In St Paul
Indianapolis m Kansas City
I. •ulsville in Milwaukee.
Standing of the Clubs.
w L F C W L. P C
(. lumb sl6 7 H >fi I-. v>He g 401
M spoils. 14 <5 70i' K City .8 13 "I?!
Toledo 12 8 .600 M w’ukee 713 350
St Paul .11 11 500 I apolts 714 3.M
Yesterday's Results.
Minneapolis 5. Columbus 4
Indianapolis 2. Kansas Citv 1.
Toledo 5. St Paul I
Milwaukee 7. Louisville 2.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Providence m Baltimore
Newark in Buffalo.
Jersey City in Toronto.
Standing of the Clubs
IV. L P C IV L p.c
.’ City 10 4 714 Toronto 5 7 417
' B'ltlmore 7 4 .636 Toronto 5 8 385
iffalo ' 58 3 New irk 5 g
1 denee 7 5 .583 Montreal .3 8 *273
Yesterday's Results.
•Terse’.' City 2 Montreal 1.
I Rochester 5, Nev ark 1
| Providence 6. Buffalo 2.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND S'EWS: MONDAY. MAY 6, 1912
they have batted .283. their oppo
nents have batted .194. In the
games Hemphill’s men have lost
they have batted .254 and their op
ponents have batted .295. Now, the
batting average of .254. made by
the Hemphillltes in the games they
lost, wa: not low enough to ac
count for the defeats. Youjtl never
win straight games from a team
that is batting .354. So glance at
the batting of the Crackers’ oppo
nents in the games the Crackers
hair lost. It is .295. Such batting
as that, better considerably than
thr husky Crackers have made in
the games they have won. indicates
that the Cracker pitchers have
wabbled.
The flleding of the Crackers in
the games they have lost has, on
the average, been bad. It was .927,
compared with..96B in the games
they won. In the games the Crack
ers won their opponents fielded
.942, while.in the games the locals
lost their opponents fielded .953.
Those are dull figures, doubt
less, but they indicate that with the
pitching dead wood cut away and
with the team shaken down to nor
ma! it will win its share of games.
It has the offensive strength and
has proved it. A batting average
of 267 for the team is something
that wins games.
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DR. NAT THORNTON.
Such hopes as Atlanta has of winning honors in the
tennis tournament this year center largely on Dr.
Xat Thornton. This man. a former Southern champioq, is*
prevented by the practice of his profession from playing much
tennis. But he manages to get in enough to perform spec
tacularly in all tournaments in which he engages. For the
last couple of years he has given almost no time to sport,
but this year he is going in a little stronger for tennis and if
lie is able to carry out his present plans he will make a bis
bid for the championship of the South in the tournament that
will be played at Fast Lake in July.
PUNK FIELDING IN ONE
INNING COST DECISION
MOBILE, ALA., May 6.—Even
the beat of baseball teams
will pull a bad inning once
in awhile. The best team tn the
world can put on more dub stuff
sometimes in one short spasm than
they will pul! again in a solid week
of playing
Atlanta had one of those bad in
nings yesterday. With the game
apparently sewed up, the Crackers
two runs to the good and Johns
working like a steam engine, there
wasn't but one way for the visitors
to lose, and that was by some field
ing foolishness. And that's how
they did it.
Walsh opened the inning with a
drive to O'Brien. It was so hot
that the scorer called it a hit. but
O'Brien should have had it. Then
Kerr pulled one. When Walsh
started to steal second he juggled
the ball and finally didn't get it
away at all. Then Jacobson tried
to strike out. but the third wallop
UNITED STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Pittsburg in Cincinnati.
Chicago in Cleveland
Reading in Richmond
Washington in New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L F C W. L P C
Reading 3 0 I 00<i T ttsb g 3 2 .600
R'hm'nd 3 1 750 W gton .1 3 .250
Chicago 3 1 750 N York 0 3 000
C'nnatl .3 2 .600 Cveland 0 4 .000
Yesterday's Results.
Cincinnati 8. Pittsburg 6
Cleveland-Chicago, postponed: rain.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L P W L PC.
M'ridlan 12 8 600 H'sburg S 9 471
N Ons 12 9 571 J ckson .9 10 .474
V'ksb'g 10 9 .526 G'nwood 713 .350
Yesterday's Results.
Vicksburg-Jackson: rain.
Onh one game scheduled.
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Bessemer in Rente
Selma in Gadsden.
Anniston in Huntsville
Standing of the Clubs
W L. I' C. W. L. F C
Selma 10 5 667 H’tsville 77 500
Rome . 8 6 571 A'niston 7 8 467
B se-mer $ 7 .533 Gadsden 310 .231
Yesterday's Results.
No games played
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Boston Americans 4, Baltimore 2.
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he took was at a heave that was a
ide. Kerr again failed to stop
the ball, Jacobson got to first and
Walsh to third. Rohe filed out.
but Johns weakened under the
strain of had support and Paulette,
the ex-Giant, delivered with a
three-base hit and scored when J.
Dunn hit a single.
After that flurry the Crackers
settled down again, but the set
tling came too late. Campbell pitch
ed like a winner from that point
onward—in fact, his only flicker
came in the first inning.
Manager Hemphill made a trial
of Al O'Dell at first base. And Al
both made good and didn't. He
fielded his position without error
and made one sensational stop.
Also, he pulled one egregious bone,
in falling to make a plav at first
and throwing to the plate when no
body was trying to score. So it
will take another trial or two to
find out whether he will do at that
position.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Austin in Galveston.
Waco in San Antonio.
Fort Worth in Beaumont.
Dallas in Houston
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P C. TV. L. P.C.
TVaco. .13 8 .619 H'uston 11 11 500
Austin .12 10 .545 S A nio 10 10 .500
Bum'nt 10 9 .525 G'v'ston 910 574
Dallas .12 11 .522 F. W'th 715 .318
Yesterday's Results.
Dallas 5, Fort TVorth 0.
San Antonio 3. Houston 1.
Beaumont-Galveston: rain.
Austin-Waco; rain.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today
Lynchburg in Newport News.
Norfolk in Roanoke.
Richmond in Danville.
Petersburg in Portsmouth.
Standing of the Clubs.
W.L.PC. W L. PC.
P'tsm'th 5 3 .625 N. News 77 500
Norfolk .6 4 600 Danville 6 6 .500
P'sburg .6 5 .545 R'hmond 5 8 .385
R anoke 7 6 538 L'hburg 4 7 364
Yesterday's Results.
No games played.
The Bijou has a reputa
tion for furnishing a great
show every week at bargain
prices.
White City Park Now Open
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X 7
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS
BEGINS TODAY AT LAKE
The sixth annual tournament of the
Southern Intercollegiate Tennis asso
ciation will be started at the East Lake
courts of the Atlanta Athletic club
this afternoon.
E. V. Carter. Jr., tournament winner
last year and president of the associa
tion. is managing the meet. E. S.
Mansfield will referee. The present
champions, E. V. Carter, Jr., and the
Carter brothers, will not defend, as the
champion was graduated last spring
and is no longer eligible.
The entries follow:
Singles—University of South Caro
lina, G. \V. Waring: Georgia Tech, R.
T. Antonv, C. I. Collins, H. J. Hall, H.
H Hallman, J. D. ?/cCarty, Jr.. T. H.
Williams; University of Georgia, Good
win. Frank Carter, Cohen. Roy Lan
ham, T. S. Brand.
Doubles —G. W. Waring and E. S.
Waring. Universitj- of South Carolina;
C. I. Collins and H. H. Hallman. H. J
Hall and R. T. Antony. J. D. McCarty
and T. H. Williams, Georgia Tech;
Frank Carter and Cohen. Brand and
Lanham. University of Georgia
GEORGIaTpLAYS 2 WITH
WASHINGTON AND LEE
ATHENS. GA.. May 6.—The Universit'
of Georgia basebaji team will play its first
home same in tefi days on Monday, when
it ties up with the fast Washington and
Lee university team. The teams play
Mondaj- and Tuesday.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. F C W. L. P C
Sp’burc 6 3 .667- W.-Sal’m .4 .5 .444
C'rlotte .6 3 667 G’nsboro 4 5 .444
A'derson 4 4 .500 G’nville .2 6 .250
Yesterday’s Results.
No games played. I
THE GOOD WORK
STILL KEEPS UP
Every day brings the one good report
of "I am feeling better every day."
The day has come when the people
>f Atlanta who have been suffering
from rheumatism, catarrh, kidney,
liver, stomach or blood trouble, do
realize that there is a cure for them.
The Health Teacher has given you
daily the names and addresses of peo
ple who have been using the Quaker
Herb Extract and Oil of Balm, and are
either cured or greatly benefited. Now
when you read daily about your neigh
bors and friends who repeat the great
good they have received, how can you
still be skeptical? If you are in doubt
about tvhat you read, write or phone
Perry Says if Devlin Will Mix
Tomorrow’s Go Will Be Pippin
JIMMY Perry is not a bit upset
over the swell reports that
have been going the rounds
about Tommy Devlin, who min
gles with James at the Gate City
club tomorrow night.
"They say Devlin is a great mix
er with a stiff kick,” piped Jimmy
this morning. «“We!l, that is just
the kind of a man I like to do battle
with. I believe I can whip any man
who comes to me. If Devlin will
only fight, I assure the local fans
that they will witness the best
scraj? that has ever been staged in
the city.”
Both Perry and Devlin will wind
up their training today with a few
miles of road work. Devlin is al
ready down to weight—l4s pounds
—while Perry is about a pound
over the mark. But Jimmy says he
BOXING
Late News and Views
Al Kubiak, who has appeared in bouts
here several times, has retired from the
ring. In the future Big Al will be seen
on the streets of Philadelphia in a po
liceman’s garb Kubiak passed the civil
service examination six months ago. but
was just recently sworn in.
• • *
Reports from Chicago say that Packey
McFarland and Ray Bronson have been
matched to box ten rounds in Indianapolis
May 29.
• • •
Jl-mmy Britt is In receipt of an offer to
box Knockout Brown, in Madison Square
Garden, New York, Maj- 17. Britt has
not- fought since 1909.
• * •
There will be no JI seats at the John
son-Flynn fight in Mexico next July The
prices will range from 35 to $25.
• • •
In reply to Wolgast’s statement that
Battling Nelson had squandered all his
earnings the Battler says as he has SIOO,-
000 in the locker and $160,000 in real es
tate.
• • e
Reports from the canal zone confirm the
rumor that the fight game is flourishing
there. To see a few coon farces and a
six-round bout costs the fans $3.
• • ■
Jim Flynn Is on his way to train for his
45-round fight with Johnson July 4.
Jimmj’ Gardner was an easy winner
over Howard Baker in Denver a few
nights ago.
• • •
Pete Shaughnessy, who fractured his
right forearm in a bout with Jimmy Per
ty here a while back, has fullj’ recov
ered and will reassume ring activities
May 10. when he will’box Art Magirl, at
Tulsa, Okla.
Abe Attell is peeved over his failure
to battle Wolgast in a four-round bout.
Abe offered to meet Ad on a wtnner
take-all with a side bet of $5,000. How
ever. the lightweight champ selected Wil
lie Ritchie for his ’’tryout" bout.
COLLEGE TITLE DECIDED
BY VANDY-ALA. BATTLES
NASHVILLE, TENN., May 6—The
Southern intercollegiate baseball title will
be decided Friday and Saturday, when
the Vanderbilt team and the University
of Alabama tie up in a series of games
These two teams have made the best
showing on anj' of the Southern college
clubs this year
Alabama has the better record. Coach
Graves' crew has not lost a game this
season, and beaten al! the best college
teams in the South, including Texas,
Mississippi. Agricultural and Mechanical,
Tech, Tennessee, Clemson and Tulane
Vanderbilt has been coming to the
front with leaps and bounds. Collins and
Herrin have been twirling a great article
of ball, and they promsie to make it ex
tremely interesting for the Alabamans
when they meet.
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can take this off in an hour.
It should be a good scrap. Perry
has never failed to give satisfac
tion in any of his bouts here, while
Devlin has a draw with Ray Bron
son and victories over Grover
Hayes anS Jack Britton.
Young Fitzsimmons and Johnny
York will meet in the semi-windup.
The?- wil' tip the beam at 150
pounds aid both are sluggers pure
and simile. In one four-round
event Spder Britt meets Ben Lang
ley and n the other Dixie Kid and
Arthur Jridges, colored boys with
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