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6 The Georgian’s Sport Page Atlanta Grabs Two Pitchers From Detroit Club Crackers Attempt to Strengthen One Weak Spot I By Percy H. Whiting. ATLANTA has grabbed two pitchers from Detroit. They s are Sperry and Caviile. At least that's the red-hot tip now in i Circulation. | These two men have been at De- I trolt’a farm, which is at Providence. Owing to the large number of K,, young pitchers that Hugh Jennings F has gathered together in an effort to get a few to help him out in hie pennant chase, he was able to over stock the Providence team, and ' when these two men went on the ’ market the Cracker club made a | grab at them. They will join the team at Once. • • • JUST off an unoccupied pedestal in the Baseball Hall of Fame. A bust of President Boatwright of the Virginia league belongs there. President Boatwright is the only ' league official ever heard of who actually made any progress dn forc ing umpires to hurry ball games. He has cut the average length of a I baseball game 21 minutes in his ’ league. I Now, this doesn’t mean that he has given the fans 21 minutes less of baseball action. It means that he has cut 21 minutes waste out of the games—which is scientific management applied to baseball! Ninety-five per cent of all ball games take too long. All the real playing, all the action, all the baseball could be packed in less time. All that would be necessary would be to cut out the lost mo- , tion. I The real possibilities of high pressure baseball have twice been demonstrated by the Atlanta team. Once they played a ball game in . what was then the record time of 44 minutes Later they cut that , time to the present world's mark of 82 minutes. Both games were high-class con . teats. None of the players made ,an effort to get out They played the game for what it was worth, ■' but they cut out the fiddling, the X" time killing, the lost motion. .■ • Hardly more than half of an or dinary ball game is action. The S test is mere stalling The pitchers are the worst offenders. They have ■ • been babied and mollycoddled until ! they figure they aren’t attracting I • the right amount of attention un- I less they fiddle around a half mln : ute or so every time they pitch the ball. Pat Flaherty showed us something /if the possibilities of |> pitching. He never appeared to •> s hurry, except on his famous quick returns, hut he never wasted a sec j ond. When the catcher threw him the ball he took his position, swung and pitched. Would that all pitch ers would do .the same. There is time lost by the teams when they change sides There is time lost by batters in taking their places at the bat. especially at the first of the innings. There is time A lost in arguing with umpires. This lost time ought to be cut out. Considered as ah amusement en terprise. a hall game is an athletic pantomime. Now, imagine a pan tomime on the stage In which the characters spent fully half their time stalling, doing nothing. It would be a frost. A pantomime, to be worth a hang, must, be full of action. The same is true of a ball game. The fault for the sloppy condi tion of things in every league lies primarily with 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, game that lasts over two hours sor 1 nine Innings is a pest.. With a little conservation of time it would be possible to play an' ball game in an hour and a half. If the g, fans want more baseball, let's cx n tend the game to ten or eleven in- E,. nlngs. If two hours of baseball is Lg needed to draw the folks and give thelm their money's worth, tine * business! But let’s pack ten or eleven innings of baseball into it. * * * i rpHA'i' Vedder Sitton lacks a -L whole lot of being ready for a • » release was demonstrated by Sat- E urday's game in Chattanooga, which the Crackers won. 5 to 2. /• He made the Lookouts look like U pren leaguers and had things com ing his way fast. O’Brien, tor whose head the fans have called so loudly, had another good day. He made two hits, one i a twobagger. CREAKING of ■* Brt. r. here . -he main reason that he is .<••’" or. the team: He's Hemp- : s "kind of a ball player." The local manager doesn't go by book records "I f don't care how a player looks on paper.” says the Io -ai b h.-’i bos». A “That's the poorest t.-t in t world. I've seen lots of men v. hos< records wire firn- who •0.-.-.-n’t worth a hang to a team A good fielding record m. i, that a player hasn’t lao. n chances. A good batting record may mean that 6. a man has been sacrificing a team f to his own person.-! iver.igcs. 1 want a p.ay< r playing for m- every I minute I want to know that he is doing things my way I want tn know that his wh.-h- oh; , . j n while he is on the field is to pull the stuff the way 1 want t pulled. k, Give me fifteen men f.. th-t I kind of 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 play made contrary to his judgment in away to "show up" the man who ordered it. He does hie 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. ■ * w \IZHEN bell 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 game. 3. Their pitchers may- work so badly- as to cost the decision. 4. Their opponents may field su perlatively well. 5. fir the defeat may be due to a combination of all these things. An analytical study of the Crack er averages, compared 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 weak pitching of their hurl ers, and secondarily- to the weak fielding'of the Crackers. Taking up the primary cause, the following figures are offered: In the game’s the Crackers have won 1 SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Atlanta in Mobile. Memphis In Birmingham, Chattanooga in Montgomery. Nashville in New Orleans. Standing of the Clubs. W 1., PC W. L. P C Mobile 14 8 .636 Atlanta 9 9 500 B ham II 10 583 Mont . 912 429 M’mp’is 10 8 .556 N’ville . 711 389 C’nooga .10 8 .556 N. OTanss.7 14 .333 Yesterday’s Results. Birmingham 5. New Orleans 0. Chattanooga 3. Montgomery 2. Mobile 3, Atlanta 2. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Macon. Columbus m Columbia. Jacksonville in Savannah. Standing of the Clubs. W 1. I’C W L P C. S’van’h . 9 3 .750 Macon 6 8 429 Albany. 9 3 750 Columbia 310 .231 J’Ville . 10 3 .714 Columbus 211 154 Yesterday's Results. No games played. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Washington in Philadelphia. Boston in New York. Standing of the Clubs. W. L PC W L. P C Chicago .13 6 681 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 N York 412 .250 Yesterday’s Results. Detroit 3. St Louis 2 Chicago 2. Cleveland 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Brooklyn in Pittsburg Philadelphia tn Cincinnati. Boston in Chicago. New York in St. Louis. Standing of the Clubs. W L. P C W. L PC. C natl . 14 3 .824 P'burg ..7 10 412 N York .11 4 733 Brooklyn .6 9 400 Boston 8 8 500 I’hila 5 .357 Chicago . 8 9 471 St. Louis .5 12 .294 Yesterday s Results. Chicago 6, Pittsburg 2. Cincinnati 11, St. Louis 9. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Columbus in Minneapolis. Toledo in St Paul Indianapolis in Kansas City, Louisville in Milwaukee. Standing of the Clubs. W I P C W L. P C dumb sl6 7 696 I.’vllle 811 421 M spoils 14 6 700 K city . 813 '3Bl Toledo .’2 8 600 M w’ukee 713 350 St Paul .11 11 500 I a polls .7 14 333 Yesterday’s Results. Minneapolis 5. Columbus 4 Indianan- i:s 2. Kansas Citv 1. 1 Toledo n, St. Paul 1. : Milwaukee 7. Louisville 2 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Piovu-tnce in Baltimore Newark in Buffalo. Jersey City in Toronto. Standing of the Clubs w. 1. P C W L PC 1 • ’ ’> io 1 71 t Toronto 5 7 417 .’■•n.’.ro 7 4 ’•36 Toronto ..5 8 .385 P.ut’ il-'- : 5 .M". Newark ..5 8 385 i F’dence 7 5 583 Montreal .3 8 '273 Yesterday s Results. Jersev City 2, Montreal 1 Rochester 5, Newark 1. Providence 6. Buffalo 2. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 6, 1912. they have batted .283; their oppo nents have batted 194. In the games Hemphill's men have lost they have hatted .254 and their op ponents have batted .295. Now, the batting average of .254. made by the Hemphlllites in the games they lost, was not low enough to ac ■ count for the defeats. You'll never win straight games from a team that is batting 254 So glance at the batting of the Crackers' oppo nents in the games the Crackers have lost. It is .295. Such batting as that, better considerably than the husky Crackers have made in the games they have won. indicates that the Cracker pitchers have wabbled Th-- fiJeding of the Crackers in the games they have lost ha.-, on the average, been bad. It was 927. compared with .968 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. These are dull figures, doubt less, but they Indicate that with the pitching dead wood cut away and with the ream shaken down to nor mal 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. t r* 'X! ■ X X;X' DR. NAT THORNTON. Such hopes as Atlanta has of winning honors in the Southern tennis tournament this year eQjiter largrely on Dr. Nat Thornton. This man, a former Southern champion, 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, hut this year he is going in a little stronger for tennis and if he is able to carry out his present plans he will make a big hid for the championship of the South in the tournament that will be played at East Lake in July. PUNK FIELDING IN ONE INNING COST DECISION MOBILE. ALA., May 6.—Even the best of baseball teams will pull a bad inning once in awhile. The best team in the world can put on more, dub stuff sometimes in one short spasm than they will pull again tn 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 h» 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’. 1 Pittsburg In Cincinnati. Chicago in Cleveland Heading in Richmond Washington m New York, Standing of the Clubs. W L PC W. L. P C Reading 3 (> 1:000 P'ttsb'g 3 2 .600 R’hm nd 3 I 750 W’gton .1 3 250 I Chicago 3 1 .750 N York 0 3 .000 I C'nnati .3 2 .600 C vela nd 0 4 .000 j Yesteroay’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 S 600 H’sburg 8 9 471 N O'ns 12 9 ,571 J cksori .9 10 .474 V’ksb’g 10 '■ ,52’> G’nwood 7 13 ,350 Yesterday’s Results. Vicksburg-Jackson; rain Only one game scheduled SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Bessemer m Rome, Selma in Gadsden Anniston in Huntsville. • i Standing of the Clubs W L. P C W. L PC I Selma. .10 5 .667 H’tsville 77 .500 | Rome .86 ,571 Aniston 7 8 1 B seiner 8 7 .533 Gadsden 310 231 Yesterday’s Results. No games played OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. Boston Americans 4, Baltimore .. i FINISH OF A PUZZLING SERVE BY LOCAL STAR < w 4 to Xj . Tv InT / ■ Z. ’X ’A / i” wL J <2L g|U .. K LyT Y 3 MElhb- < A w / f a/ rtWk- •’■ Z z'wßf igfflMfc. 3 . J I he took was at a heave that was a. mile wide. 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 bad 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 fame 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 < t'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 failing to make a play at first and throwing to the plate when no body wajs 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. E-u’t Worth in Beaumont. Dallas in Houston. Standing of the Clubs. W D B C w L. P.C Waco. .13 s .619 H’uston 11 11 .500 Austin .12 10 .545 S. A nio 10 10 500 , H urn'nt 10 9 528 G’v’ston 910 574 Dallas .12 11 522 F Wth 715 .318 1 Yesterday's Results. Dallas 5. Fort Worth 0. San Antonio 3, Houston 1. Beaumont -Galveston ram Austin-Waco; rain VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Lynchburg n Newport News Norfolk in Roanoke Richmond in Danville, Petersburg in Portsmouth. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P.C VV. L. P C. I’tsm th- 3 627 N News 77 500 1 NorinJk ,6 1 .000 Danville 6 6 too Psburg .6 5 .545 R'hmond 5 8 385, R anoke 7 6 .538 L’hburg 4 7 .364 i Yesterday's Results. No games played. The Bijou has a reputa tion for furnishing a great show every week at bargain prices. i White City Park Now Open k ' \ J / V PWv I YESTERDAY’S GAME Mobile— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Maloney, cf. .. ..-.3 0 1 0 0 0 Starr, 2b 3 0 0 2 2 0 Walsh, ss. 3 11 0 3 0 Johnson. If 4 1 0 4 0 0 Rohe, lb 3 0 0 13 0 0 Paulette, rs. 3 1 2 4 0 0 Garfiella, 3b 2 0 0 1 2 0 Dunn, cX ■ 3 0 1 3 1 0 Campbell, p 3 0 1 0 3 0 Totals 27 3 6 27 12 0 Atlanta— ab. r. h. po. a. e Bailey. If 3 1 0 1 0 0 Ganiev, rf4 1 2 2 0 0 Hemphill, cf 4 0 0 3 0 0 O'Dell, lb 3 0 0 12 1 0 Alperman, 3b. 3 0 1 0 2 0 East. 2b 2 0 0 2 6 0 O’Brien, ss4 0 11 1 0 Kerr, c 3 0 0 3 2 0 Johns, p. 3 0 0 0 11 Totals 29 2 4 24 13 1 Score by Innings: R. Mobile.ooo 000 30x—3 Atlanta .200 000 000—2 Summary: Three-base hit, Paulette; sacrifice hits. Maloney, Starr. Alperman: sacrifice fly, Gardella; stolen base. Bailey; struck out. by Campbell I. by Johns 4. bases on balls, off Campbell 4. off Johns 1; passed balls. Kerr 2; double plays. East to O'Dell. Time of game. 1:45. Umpires, O'Toole and Fitzsimmons. GEORGIA PLAYS 2 WITH • WASHINGTON AND LEE ATHENS, GA . May 6. —The University of Georgia baseball team will play its first home game in ten days on Monday, when it ties up with the fast Washington and Lee university team. The teams play Monday and Tuesday. CAROLINA ASSOCtATION. Standing of the Clubs. W 1.. F C W. L. P C Sp burg 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'nvilie .2 6 .250 Yesterday’s Results. No games played. 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 I from rheumatism. catarrh. kidney, liver, stomach or blood trouble, do realize that there is a cure for them. The Health Teaciter has given you daily the names.and addresses of peo ple who have been using th* Quaker Herb Extract and Oil of Balm, and are either cured or greatly benefited. Now when you read daily about your neigh bors arid friends who repeat the great good they have received, how can you still be skeptical? If you are in doubt about what 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. "Well, 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 scrap 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. ♦ ♦ • Jimmy Britt is in receipt of an offer to box Knockout Brown, in Madison Square Garden, New York. May 17. Britt has not fought since 1909. There will be no $1 seats at the Johr£ son-Flynn fight in Mexico next July. The prices will range from $5 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. * * * 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. Jimmy Gardner was an easy- winner over Howard Baker in Denver a few nights ago. • • • Pete Shaughnessy, who fractured his I right forearm In a bout with Jimmy Per ry here a while back, has fully 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 winner 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. 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 any of the Southern college clubs this year. Alab&ma has the better record. Coach Graves’ crew has not lost a game this season, and beaten all 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 tw-irling a great article of ball, and they promsie to make it ex tremely- interesting for the Alabamans when they meet. Buying Trusses I ■I * ' J j TYING a truss is easy enough Bj but deserves a little thought. * Rupture is too serious tc leave to guesswork. You should get the truss that fits exactly. In our truss department we have not only the scope of stock, styles and sizes, but an expert who knows which is best and how to fit a truss I exactly. Private Fitting Rooms it our Main Store, Second Floor, quiet and apart from the general business. Men and women attend ants. 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