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And right now the former third baseman is on proba tion. Os course, if he does not show up as well as Sykes, he wilt 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 suspended until he comes around, despite the fact that Ira Hogue has not been able to show Southern league form and seems 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 lieves Atkins. Johns, Paige, Dessau and Sitton will do for a regular pitching staff this year. For It is a cinch 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 obfustication of affairs by the highly cultivated and none too accurate magazine writers on baseball 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 fingers 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 pitcher’s 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 signal 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 it done. • * « 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 C'nooga 12 8 .600 Mont. .9 14 .391 B’ham . .15 11 .577 N. Grins. 8 14 .364 M'mp'is .11 9 .550 N’ville ..7 12 .368 Yesterday’s Results. Atlanta 10, Mobile 7 Birmingham 3, Memphis 0. New Orleans 7, Nashville 3. Chattanooga 8, Montgomery 7. SOUTH ATLANTIC, Games Today. Albany in Macon. Columbus in Columbia. Jacksonville in Savannah, Standing of the Cluba. W. L P C. W. L P C. 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 m New York. Detroit in Boston. Cleveland in Philadelphia. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P C. Chicago .14 6 .700 Phila. .. .9 8 .529 Boston . .11 7 .611 Detroit .9 1.2 .429 Wash 10 7 588 St. Louis .6 12 .333 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 York in St. Louis. Philadelphia in Cincinnati. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P C 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. PC W. L. PC M apolis .15 6 714 K City. .10 13 435 C'lumb’s 16 8 .667 L’ville. . 812 .400 Toledo . .12 10 .545 M’w’ukee 8 13 .381 St. Paul .13 11 .542 l apolls. 716 .304 Yesterday’s Results. Columbus 3. Minneapolis 3. St. Paul 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 thej' leave it to the pitcher to pitt 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 one 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 B'ltimore 9 4 .692 Newark . 6 9 .400 Buffalo. 8 6 .571 Toronto. .5 9 .357 P’dence .77 .500 Montreal .3 10 .231 Yesterday’s Results. Jersey City 4, Toronto 3. Buffalo 10, Newark 5. 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 Cluba. 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 R’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 <l3 innings). COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Games Todsy. Meridian in Hattiesburg. New Orleans in Greenwood. Only two games scheduled. Standing of the Cluba. W L P. W. L. P.C. M ridlan 13 9 .591 J’ckson 10 11 .476 N O’ns 13 10 .565 Hsburg 10 11 476 V’sburg 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. Spartanburg in Winston-Salem. Greenville In Charlotte. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P C Sp'burg .7 4 .636 M.-S’lem 5 6 .455 C’rlotte .7 4 .636 G nsboro 4 7 .364 A’derson 6 4 .600 G'nvllle .3 7 .300 Yesterday’s Results. Greenville 4. Charlotte 3. Winston-Salem 4, Spartanburg 3. Anderson 3, Greensbdro 2. UNITED STATES LEAGUE. Games Today. Cleveland in Chicago. Cincinnati in Pittsburg New York In Washington. Richmond in Reading. Standing of the Cluba. W. L. P C W. L. P C. Reading 4 1 .800 C'nnati .3 3 .500 R’hmond 4 2 667 f W ngton 1 3 .250 P’ttsburg 3 2 .600 C'veland 1 4 .200 Chicago .3 2 . 600 N. Y'ork 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 SO 15 30 .375 Ganley, 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. ... t 19 64 6 16 .250 Miller, p 9 16 4 4 .250 O’Brien, ss 15 57 6 14 .246 Bailey, If 21 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 THOMaFsTnGLEJN NINTH WON GAME FOR CLEMSON Clemson college, s. c.. May s. Clemson took the second of the series from Auburn here yesterday in another close game. The score was 4to 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-HITTING CUBAN BOUGHT BY BARON CLUB BIRMINGHAM. ALA., May B.—Third Baseman Almeida, of the Reds, has been purchased and will be in Birming ham today. Birmingham paid $2,000 for the Cuban player. Last year in 29 games he batted .313. At that rate he ought to ’’bat a million” in the South ern. He fielded .890. MEMPHIS BUYS CATCHER WHO FAILED AT ’NOOGA CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May B. Catcher McDonough has been sold to Memphis McDonough’s catching has been superb, but his' hitting has been light this season. WE SPECIALIZE QL'ALITY FL’RNISHINGS! BREAK GLOVES Socks Shirts Ties Underwear The kind you Our SOCKS, Our Shirts In Ties our Underwear in for instance,are show pat stocks are lead- short cut, R1 ’ r supreme va 1- terns, fabrics ing the field of light weight, h / 7 ole price tor ues. 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Al though the child was nothing but skin and bones, the careful attention of the mother and aunty, as the mother re sides with her brother. Mr. John Geary, of Beaver Side station, on the river car line, Hollywood road. Mr. Geary is John Paul Jones Will Not Start at Olympiac Meet +*-r +•+ *r.*+ •?••!• +•+ 4-»4« Fleet Cornell Man Discards Fame for Fortune ITHACA, N. Y., May B.—John Paul Jones. Cornell's phenom enal distance runner, does not intend to go to the Olympic games this summer, even if he is selected by 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 for 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 ca.-e Jones discards fame for fortune. Jones likewise 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 tel! 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 all 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 Hana van. 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 Kiviat 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 th" 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 this precedent. “On the day of the race I wasn't that have been expelled by children and people right here in Atlanta at Coursey A Munn’s drug store. Is it any wonder the people are talking about the won derful work that the Quaker remedies • ire doing'' T ook at the hundreds of little children that were restless in their sleep, screaming out, almost scared to death, grating of teeth, breath bad, especially tn the morning, picking of the nose, biting of the nails, fever flushes on the cheeks, in a weak, run down condition. Many have expelled worms, but if there is no worms the medicine is 'composed of herbs, roots, barks, berries, leaves, gums and blos soms. They are harmless to give to an infant or a delicate woman There's no mineral or chemical poison That's what you are giving your children, or thinking of the hoodoo," Jones j stated. "1 felt no more nervous .4 than the year before. I was only > as anxious as one usually is when 1 competing on a team." | | YESTERDAY’S GAME | s. MOBILE .AB R. H. PO. A. E. Maloney, cf 4 1 13 10 ?, t . a r r £ . - b 3 2 11 3 M | Jacobson. If 5 1 2’l 0 ■ I Rohe, 1b..3 0 1 10 0 1 Paulette, rs 5 11 1 o , i Gaidella, 3b 3 0 1 2 0 0 Dunn. ■ 1 o 0 2 2 B'l Aance, c 2 I 0 4 2 0 Burleson, p 1 n o 0 0 0 Logan, p n o 0 0 0 0 < Rowan, p 3 0 0 0 1 01. ••Campbell 1 a o o o 0 8 Totals 34 7 8 27 10 1 f ATLANTA. AB RH. PO. A. E. fl Batlev, If 2 11 1 o 0'• > Gantey, rs 5 11 0 0 OfC Hemphill, cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 O Pell, lb 5 11 15 0 0-ft Alperman. 3b 5 1 2 1 3 O ’’ Fast 2b 3 1 0 2 2 1 « L Brien, ss 4 2 1 0 4 0 Graham, c 0 o 0 1 2 0 "-J- Kerr. c 4 1 2 7 10 '• Atkins, p 1 0 0 0 0 1 •Sykes 11 1 o 0 0 ■: ’< Miller, i 2 a 1 0 1 0 1 Johns, p n o n o o o Totals .35 10 12 27 13 3 •Batted for Atkins m fourth. ••Patted for Dugan in fourth. Score hv innings: '< Mobile 022 000 030— T * Atlanta 000 800 200—10 | Summary; Home run. Ganley; two-- base bits. Bailey. Paulette. Hemphill, K Kerr. Starr: sacrifice bits. Dunn. Rohe; stolen base. Malone? : hits, off Burleson 4 aui in three and one third innings, 1 run. off Dugan 4 In two-thirds inning. 7 runs, oft v ; Rowan 4in five innings. 2 runs, off Atkins I 4 in three innings. 4 runs, off Miller 4 in five Innings. 3 runs, off Johns 0 in one in ning with no runs: struck out, by Burle- § son 1. by Rowan I. by Atkins 2, by Mil ler 3, by Johns 2: baser- on balls, off Bur- 5 leron t. ,-ff Dugan 1. off Rowan 2. off At- i kins 3. off Miller 4; hit by pitched ball, i.'a by Rowan <East): double plays, Kerr to O’Dell. Maloney to Rohe Time. 2:30. j Empires. O’Toole and Fitzsimmons. a. ... ' ' taking yourself, when you see the gen- ? uino Quaker Herb Extract. Don’t let 3 any one tell you this or tha tis just as good. You must realize that you never M saw such results as have been made by F Qua kt ■ Herb Extract and Oil of Balm, j See rhe hundreds of people who suf- |1 feted with stomach trouble, rheuma- '* tism, catarrh, kidney, liver, in z z ti ••■>, .catarrh, kidney, liver, indigestion. -iS •on. 'ipation, that have been cured. | gem- that have long given up al! hope of ever seeing a well day again. Quaker Extract. « for $5.00. or 3 for J $2.50; Oil of Balm. 25c. or 5 for SIOO. $ We prepay express charges on all or- .2; ders of $3.00 or over. • al! toda'- at Coursey & Munn's drug store, 29 Marietta street, and obtain 3 these wonderful remedies. 9