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O’Dell Slated for First Base, Sykes for Utility;
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Hemphill Will Stand Pat With* Present Pitchers
By Percy H. Whiting.
AL O’DELL is the Crackers’
regular first baseman. Earl
Sykes, the Cracker first
sacker last year, will be carried on
the bench as utility first baseman.
If any outfielder or infielder is hurt
Al O’Dell will be sent to fill his
place and Svkes will go to first
base.
Os course this arrangement,
hinges on O'Dell's ability to show
more strength on first base than
Svkes can. And right now the
former third baseman is on proba
tion Os course, if he does not
show un as well as Sykes, he will
go to the bench as utility man and
Sykes will return to first.
Thus far O'Dell has shown such
ability at first that Manager Hemp
hill is delighted with his work, and
it appears that he is to be At
lanta's regular first baseman this
year. .
Despite the fact that Dessau has
a bad arm and has been
until he comes around, despite the
fact that Ira Hogue has not been
abl . to show Southern league form
and S eems slated for a release, and
notwithstanding the report that
Miller is to be released. Charley
Hemphill has issued a formal de
nial that he is after any pitchers.
That seems to mean that he be
Moves Atkins, Johns. Paige, Dessau
and Sitton will do for a regular
pitching staff this year. For it Is a
cmch that it is now or never with
Atlanta in the matter of getting
pitchers. The big leaguers will
finish cutting down in a few days.
And after they have finished, get
ting pitchers is as pleasing and
simple an operation as cutting eye
teeth. *
SIGNAL stealing is getting a lot
of publicity these days.- As a
matter of fact, the "honest kind" is
no new thing. Teams have been
trying it all the time and getting
away with it occasionally for years.
By "honest” signal stealing is
meant the variety which a player
in the game acquires while watch
ing the opposing catcher and pitch
er, dopes out for himself and passes
on to the batsman. That sort of
signal stealing is all in the game
and as much a part of It as trying
to guess the signal for the hit-and
run used by the opposing batsmen.
Owing to the obfusticatlon of
affairs by the highly cultivated and
nor 3 -so accurate magazine writers
on naseball subjects the public has
been asked to believe that inside
baseball” is a tremendously com
plicated thing and that the “sig
nals” used in the game are as mys
terious as the secret code of the
United States navy—•which, in the
language of the "true lovers.”
"they ain’t.”
It doesn’t take any Sherlock
Homsean brain to pipe off the sig
nals by which the catcher indicates
to the pitcher what sort of a ball
he wishes thrown.
These signals are as simple as a
picture puzzle. Most of them are
made by the catcher, by placing the
Angers of his ungloved hand against
his glove. A closed hand might
mean a fast ball, one finger a “pitch
out,” two fingers a spit ball, the
snapping of the fingers a drop and
so on through the list of a pitchers
repertoire
Now, naturally enough, if you
can get In a position where you
can see the signals of the opposing
catcher it will not take you long to
find out what they mean. If "two
fingers against the glove” is fol
lowed by a.palpable pitch out
and goodness knows there is noth
ing on earth more palpable, unless
It is an uppercut or a kick in the
shins —it doesn’t take a. professional
"signal thief’ long to diagnose the
sign.
About the only way that a catch
er can guard against signa! stealing
is either to make his signals in such
away that they can be detected
only by the pitcher, which would be
difficult; or to change his code
often enough to cross the opposi
tion. which would likewise be dif
ficult.
For all of which reasons, and a
few more, signal stealing Is no
deep-dyed villany and. no great
trick.
Otto Jordan, for one, has always
been pretty clever at guessing the
signals of an opposing team. Eu
gene DeMontreville. in his South
ern league days, was another
shrewd one at it.
With all the clever lads there are
in baseball, it is a wonder that
there isn’t more of ft done.
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AND while we’re on the subject it
might be worth while noting that
when you read that the "catcher
signalled for a high one” you are
probably reading fiction. It is very
rare that the catchers in this
league bother to signal for a high
one or a low’ one. They notify the
pitcher what kind of a throw they
want, whether curve, fast one, slow
THE BASEBALL CARD
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta in Mobile.
Chattanooga, in Montgomery.
Memphis in Birmingham.
Nashville in New Orleans.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C. W. L. P C
Mobile . .15 12 .625 Atlanta. .10 10 500
Cnooga .12 8 .600 Mont. .9 14 .391
B'ham .15 11 .577 N. Orl ns. 814 .364
M'mp’is .11 9 .550 N’vllle ..7 12 .368
Yesterday’s Results.
Atlanta 10. Mobile 7.
Birmingham 3. Memphis 0.
New Orleans 77 Nashville 3.
Chattanooga 8. Montgomery 7.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Macon.
Columbus in Columbia,
Jacksonville In Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L PC W. L. PC
Albanv. 11 3 .786 Macon ..6 10 .375
S'van’h. .10 3 .769 Columbia 411 .267
J’ville . .10 5 .667 Columbus 312 .200
Yesterday's Results.
Albany 8. Macon 6
Columbia. 7, Columbus 6.
Savannah-Jacksonville, no game, rain
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Chicago in Washington.
St. Louis in New York.
Detroit in Boston.
Cleveland in Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L. PC. W. L. P.C.
Chicago 14 6 .700 Phila. .. .9 8 .529
Boston . .11 7 .611 Detroit 912 .429
Wash .10 7 .588 St. Louis .6 12 .383
•C'land . 9 8 .529 N. York .4 12 .250
Yesterday's Results.
Boston 5. Detroit 4.
Chicago 1. Washington 0.
All other games off. rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Boston in Chicago.
Brooklyn in Pittsburg.
New 7 York in St Louis.
Philadelphia in Cincinnati.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L PC. - W. L. PC.
C’nati. .14 4 .778 P'burg .8 10 .412
N York .13 4 .765 Brooklyn .6 9 .400
Chicago 10 9 526 Phila. ..6 9 400
Boston ..8 10 .444 St. Louis .5 14 .263
Yesterday's Results.
Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 5.
Chicago 9. Boston 4.
New York 6. St. Louis 2.
Brooklyn-Pittsburg no game. wet
grounds.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Columbus in St. Paul.
Toledo in Minneapolis.
Louisville in Milwaukee.
Indianapolis in Kansas City.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L. P C.
M anolis .15 6 .714 K. City. .10 13 .435
C’lumb’s 16 8 .667 L’ville .8 12 400
Toledo . 12 10 .545 M'w'ukee 813 .381
St. Paul .13 11 .542 I'apolis. .7 16 .304
Yesterday's Results.
Columbus 3, Minneapolis 3.
St. Pau! 9, Toledo 6.
Kansas City 12. Indianapolis 5.
Louisville-Milwaukee no game, rain.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAY 8, 1912.
one, pitch out or what not. But
they leave it to the pitcher to put it
high or low as he pleases.
Another thing fans .overlook is
that the average club even in this
league passes battery signals back
to the outfield. This is usually
done by the second baseman. The
reason for this is that the pitcher’
can, in a measure, “make the batter
hit where he wants him to." That
is. a fast cn“ on the outside is like
ly to be hit to a certain field, a slow
one to another and so on through
the list. This is useful to the out
fielders only when they know what
is to be pitched. The second base
man, by passing back word what
ball is to be thrown to the batter,
notifies the outfielder thereby to
which field the ball is most likely to
go and enables the fielder to “lay
for the batter.”
All of which being true, which
most of it is. don’t be surprised or
grieved that players are stealing
signals. It isn’t a very heinous
crime. It isn’t even a very hard
trick.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Baltimore in Montreal.
Newark in Buffalo,
Jersey City in Toronto
Providence in Rochester.
Standing of the Clubs
W L. P.C W. L. P C.
J. City. .11 4 .733 Roc'ster. .77 .500
BTtlmore 9 4 .692 Newark . 6 9 .400
Buffalo. . 8 6 .571 Toronto ..5 9 .357
P'dence . 77 .500 Montreal 310 .231
Yesterday's Results.
Jersey City 4. Toronto 3.
Buffalo 10. Newark 4>.
Rochester 9. Providence 6.
Baltimore 7, Montreal 3.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Lynchburg in Newport News.
Norfolk in Roanoke
Richmond in Danville.
Petersburg in Portsmouth.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C W. L. P C.
P’tsm'th 6 4 .600 P'sburg .7 6 .538
Roanoke 8 6 .571 Danville 7 6 .538
N. News 9 7 .563 K’mond .5 9 .357
Norfolk .6 5 .545 L’hburg 4 9 .308
Yesterday’s Results.
Danville 2, Richmond 1.
Roanoke 3. Norfolk 2
Newport News 6. Lynchburg 1.
Petersburg 3, Portsmouth 1 (13 innings).
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Meridian in Hattiesburg
New Orleans in Greenwood.
Only two games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P W. L. PC.
M ridian 13 9 591 J’ckson 10 11 .476
N O’ns 13 10 .565 H'sburg 10 11 .476
Vsburg 11 10 .524 G'nwood 814 .364
Yesterday's Results.
Vicksburg 10, Jackson 7.
Greenwood 10, New Orleans 2 (first
game).
New Orleans 3, Greenwood 0 (second
game).
Hattiesburg 3, Meridian 1.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Greensboro in Anderson.
Snartanburg in Winston-Salem.
Greenville in Charlotte.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L. P C
Sp'burg .7 4 636
C’rlotte .7 4 .636 G nsboro 4 7 .364
A'derson 6 4 .600 G'nville .3 7 .300
Yesterday's Results.
Greenville 4. Charlotte 3.
Winston-Salem 4, Spartanburg 3.
Anderson 3. Greensboro 2.
UNITED STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Cleveland in Chicago.
Cincinnati in Pittsburg
New York in Washington.
Richmond in Reading.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P.C W. L. P C.
Reading 4 1 .800 C'nnati .3 3 .500
Rhmond 4 2 .667 W’ngton 1 3 .250
P'ttsburg 3 2 600 C'veland 1 4 .200
Chicago .3 2 .600 N. York 0 3 .000
Yesterday’s Results.
Reading 5, Richmond 1.
Only one game played.
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Riverside M. A. 3. G. M. C. 1.
Clemson 4. Auburn 3.
Georgia 3. Washington and Lee 0.
White City Park Now Open
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
This is the way Manager Hemphill’s
Crackers are hitting after yesterday’s
game:
Player. G. AB R. H. Av.
Hogue, p . . . 2 6 2 3 .500
Hemphill, cf. . . 20 80 15 30 .375
Ganiev, rs. . . . 12 41 8 13 .317
O’Dell, utility. . 18 62 9 19 .306
Paige, p. ... 4 11 1 3 .273
Alperman, 3b. . . 21 77 11 21 .272
Kerr, c 19 64 6 16 .250
Miller, p 9 16 4 4 .250
O’Brien, ss 15 57 6 14 .246
Bailey, If2P 70 19 17 .243
Sykes, lb 20 67 11 16 .239
Graham, c. . . . 5 9 0 2 222
Dessau, p 5 14 0 3 .215
Sitton, p 3 6 11 .167
East. 2b. .... 12 35 3 5 143
Johns, p .... 6 11 0 0 .000
Atkins, p. 3 7 0 0 .000
THOMAS’ SINGLE IN NINTH
WON GAME FOR CLEMSON
CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. C., May 8
Clemson took the second of the series
from Auburn here yesterday in another
close game. The score was 4 to 3. The
contest was featured by the work of
both pitchers and the base running of
the Tigers. Thomas won the game in
the ninth inning with a single to right.
heavy-hitdnFcuban
BOUGHT BY BARON CLUB
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., May 8 —Third
Baseman Almeida, of the Reds, has
been purchased and will-be in Birming
ham today. Birmingham paid $3,000
for the Cuban player. Last year in 29
games he batted .313. At that rate he
ought to "bat a million’,’ tn the South
ern. He fielded .890.
MEMPHIS BUyTcATCHER
WHO FAILED AT ’NOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 8
Catcher McDonough has been sold to
Memphis. McDonough’s catching has
been superb, but his hitting has been
light this season.
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A THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
RESCUED FROM MONSTER
This is one of the most remarkable
caA«>s on record. This little child, only
a trifle over three years old. for the
past year and a half has had one con
tinuous fight for life. He has had sev
eral bilious attacks, at times almost
dying, and was taken with the mumps.
Before he was over that he got the
measles. Not alone were these enough,
but he had this monster sapping the
very life blood out of his body. Al
though the child was nothing but skin
and bones, the careful attention of the
mother and aunty, as the mother re
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John Paul Jones Will Not Start at Olympic Meet!
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Fleet Cornell Man Discards Fame for Fortune
ITHACA. N. Y.. May B.—Jahn
Paul Janes. Cornell s phenom-
ena! distance runner, does not
intend to go to the Olympic games
this summer, even if he is selected
by 7 the American Olympic selec
tion committee He has been re
garded as certain of making the
team, and was considered by every
body to be America’s standby In
the distance events in Sweden. But
Jones states that the trip would
seriously interfere -with his busi
ness this summer.
"I would like very much to go
with the team if the committee
should choose me,” Jones declared
today, when questioned on the mat
ter. “But it would mean losing the
whole summer’s work, and I do not
wish to do that. I expect to make
s2oo'or S3OO this vacation, and that
will be a big help fur my next year
In college.”
As Jones Is working his way
through Cornell it Is natural that
the prospect of such financial as
sistance would appeal to him even
more than the chance to win glory
as a world's champion. In this case
Jones discards fame for fortune.
Jones likew’ise intends to aban
don competition and the possibility
of future laurels after graduation,
which will be in June, 1913.
"I mean to quit the game for
good after leaving Cornell,” he said
when asked about this, "so I shall
not enter any athletic club. I ex
pect to go Into the engineering pro
fession, either as a mechanical or
an electrical engineer."
If Jones persists in his plans, he
will thus voluntarily give up the
crowning triumph of a world’s
championship at the Olympic
games, the most coveted achieve-
an employee of the Georgia Railway
and Electric Company at the trouble
station on Piedmont avenue, and he
will cheerfully answer questions in re
gard to this case, as he feels to this
child as if it were his own.
In order to show the sincerity of the
Health Teacher toward this child's
case. Mr. Geary will tell you that the
Health Teacher suggested to him to
try and get the child strengthened up
before giving it any treatment for
worms, but the child kept going down
until it was necessary for quick work,
and here was where Quaker Herb Ex
tract did the work quickly, completely
and without starving, dieting, but ail
the time building up the weak, run
down system. Now. this monster will
be explained and all different worms
ment in the field of athletics, and
one easily within his grasp. And
in a year the world will see, the
close of the most remarkable ath
letic career of recent times, a ca
reer that began only a few years
ago as a school boy.
When Jones was asked in regard
to this famous mile whether he
had ever felt that he had the race
In hand during its progress, he
smiled: "Only at the end. I didn’t
let up till the very finish.
“But this wasn’t the hardest race
of my career, though Hanavan, of
Michigan, made it the fastest race
I've ever had. I’ve run some of my
hardest' fought races up here In
Ithaca, in practice with my team
mates Abel Kivlat did not force
me to exert, myself in our race last
summer, but he was not In very
good condition.
"After winning that mile at Cam
bridge I did not take any especial
rest in preparation for the half
mile later, and had only the usual
rubbing down Os course I entered
the half mile with increased confi
dence. but I did not care particu
larly about winning or making a
new record. I was satisfied with
getting the mile.”
“Do you intend to better these
records in the intercollegiate cham
pionships this June?"
"No; I shall simply go out to
win.”
So far this season Jones’ most no
table success was in winning again
the intercollegiate cross-country ti
tle. This was the first time any
athlete had ever duplicated premier
honors in this event. Before the
race there had been much specula
tion as to whether Jones could
break Ehls precedent.
"On the day of the race I wasn’t
that have been expelled by children and
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thinking of the hoodoo,” Jonas
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as anxious as one usually Is when
competing on a team.”
HOGUE, FARMED. SUBJECT
TO IMMEDIATE RECALL
Pitcher Ira Hogue, the big right-hand
er, will be turned by the Atlanta Baseball I
association over to the Spartanburg club.
The arrangement with Spartanburg wilr
be that Hogue can be recalled without no
tice at any time. This means that if ths
Cracker pitchers get going bad and Horuej
is going strong they can take him away
from Spartanburg at the drop of a hat.
VANDY MAY SEND 20 TO,
S. I. A. A. TRACK MEET
NEW ORLEANS, May B.—Vanderfj’K,
university will send 20 athletes to Tulane!
for the anual S. I. A. A meet. Six en-4
try blanks have been asked for by thel
Clemson university track team This)
team is the present championship aggre
gation of the South, and has won the
meet three consecutive years.
COLLEGE TENNIS EVENTS
POSTPONED UNTIL TODAY'
Owing to the hard rain Tuesday after
noon the Southern Intercollegiate tennis
championship matches were postponed un- 1
til today.
MOOSE PLAY FAIRBURN.
The ball club of the Loya! Order 0$
Moose will make its first road trip Sat
urday to Fairburn, Ga. Here is the
line-up the Moose will use: First base.
Woodw 7 ard; shortstop. Bartlett; catch-*
er. Paries; second base. Ison; left fields
Smith; center field, Barnes; third base,
Dukes; right field, Askew; pitcher.
Golden; pitcher, Baxter; pitcher,
White; utility, Roberts. Almond.
FRANK RELEASES MAPLES,
NEW ORLEANS, May B—Mantgawj
Charley Frank, of the New Orleans club.:
has released Pitcher Maples to the Fori)
Worth club. '
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