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18 A 'PI AH n H WHITING VWNAWHIDhi, TAD, V BAs iwMll jb-f BOAuinO w» Because Star Hurters Are Out T ech-Georgia Game T oday W ill Be Nip-and-Tuck Performance Ry Percy 11. Whiting. Georgia team has arrived. I The Tech team has been hei > righi along. The crowds are here The enthusiasm is here. The weather is here tand not bad at the time of writing*. There’s nothing to it hut big doings at Tech park this afternoon when the baseball teams of the University of Georgia and the Georgia School of Technol ogy mingle in the first contest of a three-game series for the cham pionship of Georgia, and for the honor and glorification of Georgia's greatest colleges. Georgia-Tech games occupy a lit tle niche, all their own. in the ath letic calendar of the South (if cal endars have niches, which we can't provet. There are a thousand rea sons - historical, geographical, prac tical and sentimental--why-tigor gia-Tech games make a tmider noise in the South than any other sort of amateur engagements, draw bigger crowds, indeed louder rooting and stir up more people in bigger towns than any other ath letic contests. • ♦ • THE coming Tech-Georgia games J ought to he interesting beyond the normal for one reason—the teams are not as badly overbal anced as usual in pitching strength. College teams, and especially Tech and Georgia, have in years passed usually had pitchers that outclassed the rest of the players. This meant pitchers’ battles, with few hits, few men on bases and quiet doings gen erally. Old-timers recall the fa mous duels between "King " Stilli- . van and "Mikado" Lafitte, and the pitching feats of Harry Harman, "Rube" Redfearn and Frank Ander son for Georgia, ami Erskine May er. Kid Collier. Chip Robert and Doe Wilson for Tech. This year a combination of fate, the S. 1 A. A. and the Georgia fac ulty has remedied that condition. Tech's famous streak of pitchers has pinched out. They don't have ’em any more nt Tech. At the first of each year now it is the custom of t'oaeh Heisman to look over the available material, grab three or four husky chaps who aren’t par ticularly needed elsewhere and tell them: ''Now, you boys are the pitchers this year." Usually the boys will deny it ve hemently. Hut that doesn't get them any thing. "You are big. strong and other wise useless to the team. Mr. Heis man informs them. "Therefore, go and learn to pitch." Which they do. At Georgia this year they had two,of the most brilliant pitchers of Southern college history. One was •••••••••••••••••••••••••a • ‘With Thompson Out • : WeShould Win*-Sloan: • 4 • By Carl Sloan. • • TECH CAPTAIN. • • Tech is ready for the game and • • fit to give our Athens friends a • • great battle. With Carl Thomp- • • son out of the game we should • • win today. Every man has trained • • hard for this game and they are • • confident of pulling out a victory. • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a Carl Thompson. The other was Kid Wilder. Just how good they are can be guessed from the fact that Thompson will report to the New York Americans after the sea son is. over and Kid Wilder has had a Brooklyn contract all but shoved down his throat. The S I. A. A. got to Wilder, on the charge that he had played professional hail. The Georgia faculty fixed Carl Thompson for unexcused ab sences. • The report on Thompson's case is this . He. « ith his broil-,er and oth ers, went last week on a house par ty. They forgot to invent any spe cious excuse for thei absence and when yanked before the faculty Carl didn't have a half-decent alibi. HEALS O. O. O. SORES AND ULCERS S. S. S. heals Sores and Ulcers in the very simplest way. It just goes right down into the blood and removes the cause, and the place is bound to heal because the impurities and morbid matters which have been the means of keeping the ulcer open are no longer absorbed from the blood. External applications of salves, lotions, plasters, etc., can never produce a cure because they do not reach the source of the trouble. At best they can only allay pain or reduce inflammation; such treatment is working on symptoms and not reaching the cause. Every nutritive corpuscle in the blood is weakened or infected, they cannot nourish the fibrous tissue around the place, but instead they constantly discharge into the flesh around the sore a quantity of impure, germ-laden matter which gradually eats into the surrounding healthy tissue and causes the ulcer to enlarge. Since impute blood is responsible for Sores and Ulcers, a medicine that can purify the blood is the only hope of a cure. S. S. S. has long been recognized as the greatest of all blood purifiers, possessing the qualities necessary to remove every impurity from the blood. While curing the sore or ulcer S. S. S. brings about a healthy condition of the flesh by supplying it with rich, tealtby blood, --.nd thus makes the cure permanent and lasting. Book or) tores and Ulceto ami anv medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA ••••••*••••••••••••••••••» :‘We Just Must Beat • : Tech*—*Kid*Brannen: : By “Kid” Brannen, Z • GEORGIA CAPTAIN. • • We just must beat Tech. That • • is all there is to it; even if we are e • not in our best shape. Bedding- • • field is just rounding - into form, • • and he certainly ought to make • • Heisman's lads hustle before beat- • • ing him. I guess I will have to e • work one of the games in the box, • • and while I have not been pitching • • much this season. I hope I can • • give a good account of myself. • •••••••»•••••••••••••••••• His brother, Homer, made a better showing and was reinstated. But Carl is said Io he out for the series. So Tech and Georgia are both without sensational pitchers Both colleges have good enough men. but their hurlers haven't anything bet ter than an even break with the batters, and it will be nip and tuck. • • • 'T'HIS change in affairs probably gives Tech a slight edge on the series, but nothing notable. Both clubs have made good showings this year. The Red and Black team, which played a tough schedule, won 12 games, tied two and lost four. The Tech nine, which didn't take on any cinches, lost but one series this year, and that an inconclusive dou ble-header to Vanderbilt. The Georgians have the advan tage in hatters. Bob McWhorter, the sensational football and base ball player; Hutcheson and Bow den, of the Athens club, are all bat ting over .300. For Tech only .Harry Holland has topped those, figures. This advantage In batting held by Georgia is likely to be evened up by Tech's superiority in team play. The Jackets have this year one of the best teams that the South has ever seen in the matter of team play, and there are many profes sional clubs which know less base ball. The game is utterly beyond dop ing. So is the series. In years past Tech has had all the luck. The Tech games have always been jinx affairs for Georgia. If the Athenians had a twenty per cent advantage they would dub it away. But lately this condition has been remedied. Both teams are in bitter earnest about it. They will win if it Is within the bounds of human possi bility. • • • T'xEFEATING Tech will mean more to f-'rank Anderson, the Geor gia coach, than perhaps any man in the world. And all because it cost Coach Anderson his pitching arm to beat Tech just one game. It happened back in 1902. Ander son was alternating in the box and at second base for Georgia. In the deciding game of the Tech-Georgia series Georgia used Jack Bower, known familiarly as "Right" Bower. This chap showed good form until the ninth inning. Then, with Geor gia only two runs to the good. Bow er blew and filled the bases with nobody out. The Red and Black didn't have another pitcher. An derson had just pitched a game and was in no shape. But somebody had to stop Tech. "Aw, well, i'll pitch.” said An derson. “What's an arm—against Tech?" Into the box he went and it is doubtful if tlte annals of Southern baseball record such an inning of pitching. He struck out three men in succession, retired the side, saved the game and the series. But it killed his arm. He never pitched again. BOSTON TO HANG ON TO OTTO HESS I'INt'INNATI. May 16, The Boston National league club exercised its Op tion on <>tlo Hess, a former major league pitcher, who has been with the New Orleans Southern league team a number of years. The price of the op tion is SI,OOO. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY. MAY 16. 1912. HERE'S HUBERT, WHO IS TO PITCH FOR TECH B M a w ©a— \\\\\ ■'■'''i ' * \\\\ ~ W\ ' w I \\\\\ ik. zz // A? .-/• 1 // "Mt ? // wv / - // / // < ‘ /A /a, » v • **\\\ \\ \ v- Whotp’vei' the Tech team gets hard up for a pitcher, which is frequently, they always trot out Hubert. And he is some considerable of a hurler. He can work three or four times a week, and rather enjoys it. • In addition to being durable, he is tremendously efficient, and ranks as one of the best of col lege pitchers. M'FARLAND HAS CINCH IN WALLOPING ERNE Philadelphia, pa.. Mayi«.— Paekey McFarland, the Chi cago whirlwind, had an easy time heating Young Erne, of this city, jn six rounds. The Windy City lad led in every session, out boxing and nuthitting the local pride all through the battle. McFarland was al his best. He was as fast as greased lightning and he punched liaid and clean. A long, straight left seldom failed to miss Ei lie's face and this advan- FIRST OLYMPIC TRYOUTS IN NEW YORK SATURDAY NEW YORK. May 16. Tile best all around athletes in the East and middle West will compete in the track and field meet at Celtic park Saturday aft ernoon. This will be the first Ameri can try-nut fm the international games at Stockholm. <>n account of the death of George Bonhags father, the famous distance runnei has quit training, and it is like ly that he will decide not to attend the intel national games. Samuel Cordon, of the Vesper Boat club of Philadelphia, will be the only American oarsman who takes put in the Olympic rowing contests As it is. Gordon may be left out. for his entry was not mailed until yesterday. The lists (.lose May 26 As a result of the slowness of ships between this country and the Scandinavian peninsula, the entry may get there too late. WOLGAST AGREES TO LONG FIGHT ON COAST IN JUNE S\ N ER * XCISCt 1 May Hi. P.o. muter Coffr, antiounei s tli.it Ad Wm gast agreed to a twenty-round tight in San Francisco some tlific in June. Cof fioth is looking for a suit ible (qqionept for tin champion, and is , onsidermg matching Jack Britton and Willie Ritchie sot a bout this month, the win ner to get the June date w ith Woigast. Ritchie says he will postpone his pro posed trip it' suitable terms are ot - fried him fora twenty-round bout with \\ olgast. TRAP SHOOTERS” ELECT WADDELL AS PRESIDENT D»LI MRCS. Max !♦» A’ a meeting •»( representatives. <»t Georgia gun clubs IjeM ’n this. fity. the Georgia State Trap Shumers' association was organized with gun chih . from ten cities as charter mem ’.•crs The sen chibs which were repre sensed in the organization are thosf \tl«nta.\ Augusta Xlban.'. X meric us 1 ” I -mbur Daw.'-ou. F/w Savan- nah and Warm Spring' Georg* It Waddell. «?f Columbus. was ♦ it' te*i presiden l : \. 1 Hill. of Dawson. 1 \i« r president, and Henrx R Crowell, of Columbus, secretary-treasurer. tage was usually followed up with rights, either to the head or body. At infighting McFarland was im mense. Every time the men got into close quarters Paekey would work both hands to the stomach and wind until Erne hung on for his young life. In the final round McFarland traveled at top speed and the final bell was sure sweet music to Erne's cars. He was tired and leg wearx and hardly able to climb through the ropes. DARTMOUTH WINS AERO MEET FROM CORNELL ITHACA. N Y. May IB That times arc changing and that old tilings are giving place to new. was demonstrated here when Cornell and Dartmouth held the first dual college aero meet ever put on in the I'nited States. The Dart mouth club won, 2 1-2 to 1 1-2. Dartmouth used a Whittman glider, and the t'ornell mon used a biplane, with mechanical controls. The Dartmouth biplane was used for the first time, and rose to a height of Sb feet, but the operator lost control of his machine ami fell to the ground, suf '■■■ring slight damage. The t'ornell biplane No. 1 made a re mio kable exhibition, fly ing 350 feet and landed within 20 feet of the finish mark Tb.e t'ornell monoplane traveled ap proximately <OO feet, and at turn s rose 50 feet in the air. GEORGIA MEN EXTEND INVITATION TO TECH ATHENS. GA.. May 18. —ln a roil ing 'Georgia spirit" meeting, held by the student body at the chapel of the university. tile following message was unanimously adopted to be transmitted to Tech: "To tile Student Body of Georgia Tech. , A tian: a : "Whereas, the physical directors of our . spei tive schools have seen fit to have the last two games of the Georgia ; Tech baseball series played in Athens, we. the student body of the university. I extend to you a cordial invitation to at. tend these games here. The city and j the university are wide open to you, anti ’ we pledge ourselves to do every thing in jom power to make you have an enjoy able time." OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. I ivimsyl' inia s. Lehigh 0. wilPams .’. Princeton 0 Brown Y?l* 1 I Sewanee 2. Mercer '1 'first game xi»rcer . Sewanee 0 'second game). , Harvard 8, Syracuse 2. HOW TECH AND GEORGIA SIZE OP TECH. CARL SLOAN—The captain of the Jacket nine plays center field. He hails from McDonough, Ga., and peeped at Stone Mountain. This is his fourth yet r in college and his third year on the varsity. Last year he won a place on the all-Southcrn baseball team and bids fair to <'o so again this yeai’. His specialties are base running and bat ting. HARRY HOLLAND—This third baseman needs n<> introduction to those ’’vs ’ ' ■ , w ... Z N. \\ £ • \ \ ■ zwlt :r A \ \ Av \?N * // »••••••••••••••••••••••••« y Pk nj"— / •Georgia Coach Says:j : ‘We Are Here to Win’; • By Erank Anderson, 2 • ' GEORGIA COACH. '• • • We capie to Atlanta with just • • one thought in mind —and that is, • • of course, to be the victors, not • • only in the series but in this first • • game. Our team is badly torn • • up, and I myself am in the air as • • to whom to play, but you can just • • look for one thing, and that is that • • Georgia will play the very best • • they know how. • • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Atlanta in Birmingham. Memphis in Mobile. Nashville in Montgomery. Chattanooga in New Orleans. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C. W. L. P.O C'nooga .16 10 .615 Mont. 14 16 .467 B'ham . .19 13 .594 Atlanta .12 14 .462 M'mp'is .16 12 .571 N Or’ns .11 17 .393 Mobile . .17 15 .531 N'ville ..9 18 .333 Yesterday’s Results. Birmingham-Atlanta, rain. New Orleans-Chattanooga, rain. Memphis 1, Mobile 0. Montgomery 3, Nashville 2. SOUTH ATLANTIC, Games Today. Albany in Jacksonville Columbia in Macon. Savannah in Columbus. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. PC. TV. L. PC. Albany. .15 6 .714 '"bus. ..9 13 .409 J'ville . 16 7 .696 Macon ..815 .348 S'vann’h 13 8 .619 C'bla. . .5 17 .227 Yesterday’s Results. Jacks, nville 3. Columbia 1. Albany I. Savannah 3. Columba. 9, Macon 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games. Today. Chicago in Boston. St. Louisin Washington. Detroit in Philadelphia. Cleveland in New York. Standing of the Clubs. W L. P C W, L. PC. Chicago .31 6 ,778 Detroit. ,13 14 .481 Boston .16 8 667 Phila .10 12 .455 (’ land .11 11 500 N York .6 15 286 Wash . .12 12 .500 St. Louis. 6 17 .261 Yesterday's Results. Boston 2. St. Louis 1. Washington-Cleveland, rain. Philadelphia 8. Chicago 6. Detroit 8. New York I, NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. New York in Pittsburg. Boston in Cincinnati. Philadelphia in Chicago. Brookly n in St. Louis Standing or the Clubs. W L P C W. L. P C N York .18 4 sis St. Louts.lo 11 .385 C'nati. .19 5 792 Boston.. 915 .375 Chicago .12 12 .500 Phila ..7 13 .350 I' burg ..9 12 .429 Brooklyn. 714 .333 Yesterday's Results. New York 4. Pittsburg 3, Chicago-Philadelphia. rain. Cincinnati 4. Boston 3. St. Louis 10. Brooklyn 1, SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Rome in Selma. Gadsden in Bessemer. Huntsville in Anniston Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W I. PC. Anist'n 1 4 9 .609 H'sville 12 10 .545 Home 13 9 591 B'semer 10 13 .435 Selma 13 10 .565 Gadsden 516 .238 Yesterday's Results. Anniston 2 Selma o. Huntsville 2. Gadsden 1. Bessemer-Rome; rain. BOUT TO TEST JUAREZ. EL PASO. TEN AS. May 16.—Jack Herrick. Chicago middleweight, has been matched for a 45-round go with "Kid” Mitchell, a Mexican fighter, to be held at Juarez May 24. El Paso pro moter- - are behind the match. It is the fi- tof a number of big fights that they plan to stage in Juarez if this battle i a success. v who have followed college athletics. He is an Atlanta boy and is now playing his fourth year on the team. He has made all-Southern twice and many coaches speak of him as the best col lege ball player in the South. MURPHY POUND—He holds down the left fielder's job. He came to Tech from G. M. ('. at Milledgeville. This is his second year on the team. His work this year has improved over that of past years, he notv being one of the surest hitters on the squad. J. B. McLlN—This youngster plays •••••••••••••••••••••••••• : 'lt Will Be a Royal j : Struggle'-Tech Coach : • • • By J. M’. Heisman, • • TECH COACH. • • • • Our team is in as good condi- • • tion now as at any time this sea- • • son. While Georgia is picked by • • more experts. I look for a close • • game today. But whichever team • • is returned the winner, I am sure • • it will be only after a royal strug- • • gle. May the best team cop with • • the element of luck barred. • • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* MERCER AND SEWANEE SPLIT DOUBLE-HEADER MACON. GA., May 16. Mercer and Se wanee broke even here In the double head er. Sewanee winning the first 2 to 0 and Mercer the second 7 to 0. Both games were seven-inning affairs. Moses pitched both games for the Baptists, giving up four hits in the first and two in the sec ond. Gordon was on the mound for Sewanee and in the first game did not give up a single hit. COBB CLIMBS INTO STAND AND THRASHES SPECTATOR NEW YORK, May 16.—The New Y’ork Americans' ball park, the scene of recent riots, umpire-baitings and other festivities of like order, was treated to a rare surprise yesterday when the irre pressible Ty Cobb climbed into the grandstand and hammered a spectator, it was charged that the fan made rough remarks to the Georgia Peach. WILL RUN “TECH TRAIN” TO ATHENS ON SATURDAY A special train will he run to Athens Saturday to accommodate the crowd that will go down to see the final Tech- Georgia game. Already more than 300 tickets have been engaged and a crowd of nearly 500 will probably be rounded up to attend the festivities. The train will leave Athens probably about 7 o'clock Saturday afternoon. THOMPSON BOYS WILL REPORT TO YANKEES ATHENS, GA., May 16.—Carl and Homer Thompson, the sensational bat tery which added to Georgia’s baseball strength so much up to this date, will report to the New York American team for a try-out late in June, when the tyam visits Detroit. It is said that Brooklyn has offered Wilder a contract also. GWYNN HENRY, SPRINTER, WANTS TO WIN IN JUMPS If Gwynn Henry is successful in making the American Olympic team because of his speed on the cinder path be will not be satisfied with competing only in the dashes for the United States. Henry thinks he Is a broad jumper of some ability and intends to he entered in that event also if possible. In a recent trial be did It feet 3 inches in his first attempt at the standing broad jump lie cleared 22 feet in the running broad jump with out any practice and expects to improve in both of these events. TOMPKINS FOR HUNTSVILLE. HUNTSVILLE. AI.A.. May 16.—Man ager Riggs of the Huntsville baseball team announced last night that Charles Tompkins, a heavy-hitting pitcher who played here last year and was sold to Memphis near the close of the season, will report here for duty on June 1. Bernard, of Memphis, has found that he will not need Tompkins, and Riggs is delighted to get him back. . JASPER REPORTS TO REDS. CINCINNATI. May 16. Henry Jas pei. a pitcher, who has been with the Anaconda team, has reported tn the Cincinnati baseball club for a trial. MOBILE GETS JIM CLARK. ST. LOUIS, May 16—Outfielder Jim my Clark, of the St. Louis National team, was released outright to the Mobile team today and Pitcher Bob Ewing was unconditionally, released. right field and plays It well. He comes from Tallahassee. This is his second year at Tech and on the team. He is a good hitter and has a wing that is hard to beat. FAX MONTAGUE—He hails from B. H. S., Atlanta. The big receiver of Tech has improved greatly in his hit ting and base running and his pegging to bases keeps the runners glued to the bags. Fax is playing his second year on the team. “SHAG” HUBERT—He came from Augusta High school, this year making his fourth on the Tech squad. "Shag" has risen from a mediocre twirler to one of the dependable kind. He fields his position well and his headwork has saved Tech many a defeat. He will piobably twirl today’s game. KENDALL FIELDER—This man cuts his capers around the short sta tion. He comes frorp Cedartown. This is Ills first year bn the varsity. He Is one of the fastest men in college ball. SID HOLLAND—Sid is the greatest second baseman seen at Tech in many yeyrs. He is an Atlanta boy. playing two years at Peacock before coming to Tech. He is a good hitter and the surest fielder on the team. “GOAT” HOLLIDAY—He Ig a spec tacular first baseman and is an Atlanta boy. He has starred in the past for the Boys High school. This is his first year in college. While a little weak at the bat, his work at the initial cushion is little short of miraculous. PITCHER EUBANKS—This man Is the Jackets’ second hurler. He came here from K. M. I. and has the goods. If he is right it will take some team to beat him. This is his first year at Tech. GEORGIA. TIMON BOWDEN—Catcher. He is playing his second year on the Geor gia team, holding down first base last, season in nice form. He is a sopho more, one of the leaders of his class. Prepared at Locust Grove, where he starred behind the bat for them for three years. Also one of the best men on the football team. Is a steady, consistent catcher and hitter, but only fair on the bases. His home Is at Locust Grove. CARL HUTCHENS—First base. Naturally a, catcher, but has been filling in nicely on first. This is his second year at the university, he having been a sub catcher on the 'O9 team. He is a son of the Hon. Rufe Hutchens, the Underwood campaign manager, and lives at Cedartown. A good hitter and a good fielder, though he is playing at a position that is strange to him. Lead ing the team in extra base hits CLIFF "KID” BRANNEN—Captain, second baseman and pitcher. Probably the most popular player on the team. Has been a mainstay of" Georgia in the box for three years previous to this one, and has been filling in very ac ceptably at second this year. His home is at Statesboro, where he is the town's most famous citizen. Is a good bat ter and fielder. Member.of the senior class. HOMER THOMPSON—Shortstop. Was last year the best college catcher in the South, but has been shifted to short this year, thus breaking up the famous Thompson brothers battery. Has been in college three years, and made the team his first year. Home is at Spring City. Tenn. I B a poor batter, but a brilliant fielder, and one of the best men on the team on the bases. KID RlLEY—Shortstop. Home at Fort Valley. Second year in college, but first on the team, he having been a prominent member of the scrubs last year. Is the smallest man on the team. Fast and a good fielder, but only a fair batter. JULIAN ERWIN Sub second base man. Captain Brannen's understudy, is only a freshman, having been cap tain and a star of the Athens High school team last year. Good fielder and good batter. His home is in Athens. LEON COVINGTON—Third base. Senior and is the "dark horse" of the team. Has been in college four years, but only this year showed sufficient baseball merit to win him a place on any team. Lives at Cartersville. He has been one of the football .stars for the past two years, and was the un successful candidate for captain last fall. Good hitter and fielder. RUCKER GlNN—Left field. Was the star of the team last year, but has not been batting as well this year. Best man on the team on the paths, hav ing stolen home on several occasions. Is a brilliant fielder. His home is at Rovston. 808 M'WHORTER -Center field. One of the best all-round athletes Georgia'has ever produced. Is leading the team both in hitting and in fielding. Now batting over .400. He is the one who was mainly responsible for Geor gia’s victories over Tech in football for the past two years. A sophomore, and is playing his second year on the team. Very fast on bases, notwith standing his ISO pounds. Prepped at Gordon. "LITTLE JUD" TWITTY—Right field. Second year in collide and first on the team. Has been playing at shortstop, but seems to be a better out field. Good hitter and fielder, and fust on liases. CARL THOMPSON—Pitcher Han been Georgia's star twirler for the past three years. Fanned 22 men in one game this year, and has been pitching wonderful ball all the time. Is his third year in college. Home at Spring City. Tenn., and is said to be the best college twirler in the South. It is commonly reported that he and his brother Homer, the catcher, are under contract with the New York Americans, though tile' deny it. BE DDI NG Fl ELD—Pitcher. He Is the tallest man on the squad, being six feet five. Has a world '>f curves and sneed. but has suffered this year from lack of control. Home is in Alabama, where he played on a prep school team. First year in college.