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FODDER FOR FANS |
Williams, of the Billikens. out of his
lost three limos up fifed once to each of
the Cracker outfielders.
• * »
The fire which broke out in the bleach
er-' in yesterday’s game threatened for
awhile to be serious, hut the park fire de
partment, armed with extinguishers, soon
Put out the blaze.
• * *
O'Brien’s catch of Wares hot liner in
the eighth resulted In a double play. If
there had been no outs a triple play
would have been probable. Pete came to
hat immediately after the play and re
ceived a “hand” from the crowd.
*■ ¥ •
'Dessau's work was spectacular in every
department yesterday. Out of four times
up he made three hits He did well on
•fielding difficult bunts, and pitched a
.consistent game.
* * »
llarry Wolter’s hum log has proved,
under recent X-day and other sorts of ex
aminations. to be troubled with a Potts’
fracture: whatever that is. If he kets
•back in the game by the middle of Au
gust he will be lucky. (The “he” in ihi
c ase referring to Wolter, not-Potts»
« « •
By losing I hroe out of four to Mobile
the Chattanooga team has slumped down
-a little nearer where it belongs.
* ♦ *
Williams, the Billiken outfielder, was
in the Western league last season.
♦ * *
The Rods' lead in the pennant rare
' didn't last long this time something like
Jt hours, in fact. Then Marquard got
cm. Now the Giants are out in front
Pm not far.
a • •
\ oss, former Mercer player, seems to
have broken in well with Macon. 11< was
a star tn yesterday's game.
« « •
Danzig. the Montgomery first baseman,
is six feet five incite-; tall, which is vir
tually the altitude of James Claudius
Fox. once first baser for Atlanta Up hit
nearlv .300 in the Coast league lasi year.
Dom Mullaney, umpire baiter and gon
oral terror to civilized baseball, is work
ing out daily with the Jacksonville tram,
’i.-.t «>nce he managed. Hr isn't looking
for a job as a player, though. What I >orn
wains to be is an umpire. And may
reaven protect and spare the league that
Acts him.
- Connie Noojin. formerl.x with the Co
j nubia. S. <’. club, has turned up in
Greenville and grabbed a job.
♦ * •
Clark Griffith wants io gci Eddie Holin-
I orst for the Washington club llarry
Davis. however, prefers to ship the ex-
Cracker to Toledo, xx here he can get him
:* be needs him.
* * *
■ Josh Clarke recently canned by Kansas
Cttv. placed previously with the Toledo.
Columbus and St. Patil clubs of thet
American association He is now trying
to get on with some United States league
team.
Willis Rittler, former Nashville infield- 1
er, who failed w ith Cleveland and later I
wi'tli Toledo, seems to have got his stride |
• ii the Pacilic coast and is going great :
guns. , , t
New York has welcomed the Cleveland
team with warmth and has discovered
' that. • though they may forget the names
ofthe Nap placers from day to day. they
are all'friends of 11. Davis and H. Davis
is a brother member of 11. Wolverton in
the Trouble Turn Verein.
* » *
Russ Ford's efficiency is believed to
have been increased 25 per cent b, the
return of IM Sweetiey to active baseball.
[Johnßuskin
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buy a “John Ruskin.” If yours is a 10c. cigar we want. : /
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Don't be entirely guided by what
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not cost you any sacrifice In of tobacco,
cigar quality The "John workmanship
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The former Cracker catcher is the only
living man who has ever had any luck
catching the former Cracker pitcher
• « »
•You never can tell about Russ Ford
lie’s such a comedian. The other day in
a grime in New York he stole second
cleanly on Tod Easterly and when the
peg t<» second went wild he circled the
bases This is Ford's third stolen base
since he has been in the major leagues.
• * •
Josh Clarke, Fred’s brother, recentlx
vanned out of the American association,
hail a chance for a job with the Pelican
club, but declined with thanks.
• * *
Rube Waddell is suffering from a rush
of old red eye to the pitching arm and
his baseball days arc numbered.
<r ♦ ♦
San Antonio released “Vinegar Bill
Breitenstein to make a place for Seitz,
the former Cracker.
» * *
Frank Manush will get a try-out with
Cleveland as soon as his broken leg is
healed. It was planned to use him at
third early this season on the Nap club,
but to try out the question of getting him
out of the league waivers were asked on
both Manush and Bronkie. They were
secured on the former, but not on the lat
ter, so Manush was let out to Toledo, in
stead of Bronkie
♦ ♦ •
“Hank' Butcher, forinei Pelican, is
soon to be released by the Cleveland club
and Charley Frank is trying to get him.
Don't anybody in Georgia overlook the
good work of one Georgia boy m the big
leagues Colonel I. Wingo of the Cardi
nals. That la<J is catching most of the
games for Bresnahan's team and is bat
ting .341.
♦ • •
A Newark. N J . departmem store, is
offering tickets to the I'. S. league for
sale at cents for the regular 50-cent
variety.
WILL CONVERtTaJOIE
INTO FIRST BASEMAN
l'i iSTO.X. Ala. 21 .—Napoleon Lajoie
is to finish his great major league ca
ll ir ns a first baseman. Starring for
' - :tr- ami years around the territory of
the middle cushion fur the Cleveland
Naps and the old Phillies, Hie marvel- i
ous Frenchman is to unit second basing
to fill a weak spot for his new boss.; .
Harr.' Davis.
Lajoie will be just as brilliant a per- I
former on the initial pillow as m ~as
been nt second. Really, ho is not get
ting his first schooling as: a first base
man tliis spring, for two years ago.
when George Stovall was injured. Nay
|t-‘ '• hard at the cw job and suc-
ceeded so well that he returns there to
. .... sun s ol ..tot all.
PAIGE INELIGIBLE FOR
10 DAYS: AFTER THAT?
Piggy Paige. Atlanta pitcher, has
taken the place on the < •rackets' in
eligible list just vacated by Frank Des
sau. Paige is out of condition and
Manager Hemphill hopes that lie will
be able io get in trim in the ten days
allowed. If he does not he will be
.-■old or released. If he doits Manager
Hemphill will try to get the unanimous
consent of the league for his reinstate
ment.
FITF, \TT,.\vti - loi'iil AN ANU \WS- TUESDAY. MAY 21. 1912.
Frank Dessau Comes to Life and Crackers Win
Contest Is Full of Errors, Fires, Fits and Fun
By Percy H. Whiting.
r |", HERE'S nothing that cheers
? up a ball game like variety.
and nothing, except a variety
show, that usually has less. You
tan go to ball games sometimes foi
years without seeing any thing but
hits, runs, errors, great plays and
occasionally a free sighs.
But yesterday's ball game had
stuff to it. It had more side is
sues. than a politician has grafts.
For one thing a fat man fell down
a flight of stairs. Now there isn't
anything put on in vaudeville that's
any funnier than a fat man skid-,
ding down a flight of steps. Fran
cis Wilson lias used it in a half
dozen shows, and he's only mod
erately plump
Then there was a fire. It broke
out in the bleachers and snapped
and crackled like blazes, until the
fat man got to it. The firesort of
led up to the fat man incident.
When the blaze broke the fat man
grabbed a fire extinguisher around
the waist and rolled down rhe stairs
w ith it. He said he alway s went to
a fin- that way Also he put it
out.
Somewhat previous to that one
of rhe official Purveyors of Pop, one
of the khaki-coated ones, chucked
a fit of some subtle sort. And like
any small boy who pulls anything
sensational he pulled it on the top
tow of the bleacher.-. It wasn't, the
ideal place for a fit and so the boy
bumped down, row after row, un
til he got to the bottom, where he
BILLIKENS ARE NOT FOR
SALE: NOT CHEAP ANYHOW
MONTGOMERY. AI.A.. May 21.--
President Charles B. .Tones, of the
Montgomery Baseball association, de
clares that there is no truth in the
reports that a deal is being negotiated
to dispose of the Montgomery fran
chise to Nashville, thereby letting the
Nashville franchise shift to Little Rock
He says that the Montgomery Baseball
association is not going to sell the Bil
liken franchise to anybody, and that
Montgomery fandom may rest assured
of that.
Long before this year's Southern
league season began, there were ru
mors of a probable disposal of the
Montgomery franchise, but the owners
of the loca' club have denied that any
thing tangible was in sight, although
Richard Tillis, who controls the ma-
.iority of the stock, admitted at one
time that he would take $20,000 for the
franchise.
ROHE AND LELIVELT GO
FROM MIKE FINN’S CLUB
MOBILE. ALA.. Maj' 21.—Manager
Finn tide a can n a couple of vet
erans this morning when he released I
George Rohe, hero of a world's series j
and former Pelican, and Bill Lelivelt. |
former Billiken.
Lelivelt looked like a great pitcher i
two years ago. but rheumatism ruined '
him.
YOUNG DYSON BEATS
GRIFFIN IN 15 ROUNDS
PROVIDENCE. R. 1., May 21.—Chas.'I
Griffin, lightweight champion of Aus- ;
tralia. was defeated by Young Dyson, a
local boy. hero in a fifteen-round bout J
Dyson outfought the Australian in I
eve.' j one of the fifteen rounds and j
sent him to the mat. with a hard swing. >
in the sixth stanza. Dyson did most
of the hitting with body punches.
JORDAN IN ATLANTA TO
REST UP HURT SHOULDER
Otto Jordan. Chattanooga captain I
and second baseman, is in Atlanta for I
a short visit. Jordan is suffering with j
a dislocated shoulder ami will be tin- j
able to play for three weeks at least.
ENGLISH SCRAPPER ILL:
BOUT WITH GIBBONS OFF
NEW V<)RK. Mas 21. 'The bout bo
j tv«>rn Sid Burn”, nf Hngland. anH Mike
.Gibbon . of St Paul, which ws to have'
i hror hr|d it. Mad r*»n Square Garden i<>
nichi ha been HO'iponed • . i
■ <•( '•lnos- in thr Fmgl i. lima i._
flnished it out. Then ‘the Grady
ambulance came and got him. He
wasn't much hurt and will resume
the purveying of pop this after
noon
• • ♦
/\ H. y es. and there, was a ball
game, a rip-snorting affair
that the Crackers won 5 to 1.
It was a good game, even if the
errors were painfully plentiful.
For one thing it. was fast. There
was no foolishness and no procras
tination about it. The men just
played along and from umpire s an
nouncement io last out it consumed
only 94 minutes
Before it was ovei .1. Dobbs
doubtless regretted that he ever
let the Montgomery club vole to re
instate Frank Dessau. A couple
of weeks ago Dessau's arm popped.
Frank didn't know what was the
matter with it. except that when
he tried to curve a hull the blam
ed thing wouldn't curve and tin
arm hurt like a toothache. So he
came back to Atlanta and his le
tirement to the ineligible list was
announced. Then followed X-ray
examinations, plain examinations
and fancy examinations. After a
bit the atm began to come around
and President Callaway asked ibe
league for unanimous consent to
reinstate Dessau II was given and
the man was put back in good
standing
Dessau celebrated his return by
pitching a great game of baseball
In the fits', six innings he allowed
but a single hit—a single single,
TIMERS’ WATCHES MUST
HAVE NEEDED MENDING!
GAINESVILLE. GA., May 21. In the
fi°ld day exercises of Riverside Mili
tary academy yesterday afternoon at
■ Brenau park the 100-yard dash was
run in the brief lime of 9 seconds, bor
dering if not equaling a world record.
This race was won by Senior Mitchell.
The time of the junior 100-yard dash
was Hi seconds and was won by Cadet
Holloman.
| PAT DONAHUE ARRIVES:
CATCHER KERR DEPARTS
i'atchet Donahue, the new Cracker
i backstopper. has arrived in Atlanta.
John Ke ' whose place Donahue
' takes, has left for Williamsport. Pa., to
report to Ills new Hub.
| iMlgHr
Yes—you buy something
more than a marvelous auto
mobile when you buy the
Ford. No matter where you
are---nearby you’ll hll d a
I ord service stat ion. There’s
something better than a guar
antee back of the Ford---and
we’ll sell seventy-live thou
sand of them this year.
All Fords are Model T’s—all like except
the bodies. The two-passenger runabout
costs $590 —the five-passenger louring cat
$690 —the delivery car S7OO the town
car s9oo—l', o. b. Detroit. complefely I
equipped. Gel latest catalogue from
Ford Motor Company, ill Peachtree
Si.. Atlanta, or direct from Detroit fac
tor.'.
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as it were. Then in the last of the
sixth the t'l ackers romped aw ay
with the decision and after that,
like the wise old head that he is.
he let up and put just enough on
his delivery to stick ahead. It was
an impressive game. If Dessau
can keep up work like that he will
bn the most effective pitcher in the
league.
I F the Billikens weren't so <-x
--' tensively turned up at the far
end in feet they would prob
ably score more runs. They run
to feet more than any ball club
that has played in these parts In
years Ganzig's extremities are
wonderful to behold, and a. full
sized calf is killed every time a. shoe
is made for him. Don't miss 'em if
you go to the park today.
There were several occasions
when a little hot-footing might
have been useful, especially in the
ninth inning when ft look three
clean singles and a sacrifice fly to
score one man. This man was
"Humpty" McElveen. "Mack" sin
gled. went to second on Elwert's
single, to third on Ganzig's single
and homo on Coles' fly out to
Bailey, There is something wrong
with base running like that
« • •
'J' H E Crackers won their game
by plastering three hits on
top of three Billiken errors in
the sixth inning. Alperman. Gra
ham and Dessau did the hitting
Coles. Bills and Elwert contributed
the errors Ganley. Hemphill. Al
perman. ti Brien and Graham
scored the runs It was a fine in
ning and when it was over the
game was cinched.
The affair was a satisfactory
game to Atlanta fans. The team
made errors, but it was a ball club
every minute. The players took
advantage of all opportunities on
the bases, hit in the pinches and
played a strong defensive game
Alperman was the only infielder
who escaped an error, but none of
the bobbles hurl a bit.
Alperman distinguished himself
by' stopping with his shins a batted
hall that was coming for to carry
his legs clear away . The average
infielder would have fled to shelter,
but Whitey whirled right into it,
look the ball full on the shins and
then didn't even wince.
|NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Johnny Dundee will box ten rounds
with Packey Homrney in New York to
night. if Dundee is returned the victor
he w'HI be matched with Champion John
ny Kilbane, the bout to be staged in
Gotham some time in the near future.
• ♦ •
Matt Wells trained Rid Burns for his
fight with Mike Gibbons at the Garden
Athletic club, New York, tonight. Burns
has worked hard for this match, as be
realizes that a victory' over Gibbons will
mean a fortune for him.
« • •
For rendering a decision in the recent
Jim Stewart-Gunboat Smith bout in New
York the boxing commission has revoked
the National Sporting club's license and
also the license of Referee Patsy Haley.
♦ • •
Willie Ritchie is so pleased over his
four-round draw with Ad Wolgast that
he is now' trying to draw' the champion
into a ten-round affair Ritchie says
that if be could not stop Wolgast in a
ten-round bout he would at least give
him a good beating
• • •
Boxing promoters at Gary. 111., are ar
ranging to stage a ten-round return
match between Packey McFarland and
Eddie Murphy. Although Packey' de
feated Murphy in a. ten-round clash at
South Bend last winter. Eddie put up
such « good fight, that the fans are
clamoring for a return bout
• • •
Tint Hurst, referee and umpire, who
has been sick for some time, has fully
recovered and will again be in charge of
the Garden Athletic club
• * •
Hugo Kelly and Jack Dillon are sched
uled to box len rounds in Indianapolis
May 28
• » *
The proposed bout between Johnny Kil
hane and K O. Brpwn is held up be
cause of a squabble over the division of
the purse. As Champion Kilbane thinks
he should receive the lion s share, while
Brow n differs with him
• • •
Bob Molta and Eddie McGoorty, the
two best lightweights in the business,
will meet in a ten-round affray in New
York May 28
• • •
Tommy Kilbane will try to extend the
fMiiily fame tomorrow night when ha
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• • •
Johnny Kilbane recently admitted that
the left Jab Is his most valuable assat.
However, the champ said he did net de
pend on any one punch
Jack Johnson Is gradually getting him
self down to weight. At. present tho
champion tips the beam at about 225
pounds, but says he will get down much
lower before time comes for him to leave
for Las Vegas.
• » a
.Timmy Perry and Jack Robinson
started training this morning for their
ten-round clash at the Gate City Athletic
club May 28.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE. r
Standing of the Club*.
W. L. P C W. L. P C
B ham.. 22 16 .595 Atlanta. .15 1.7 46f
Mobile . .21 1.6 .568 Mont. . .16 19 457
C’nooga. 1.7 14 .548 N. OTs. t 4 18 .438
M phis. .18 15 .545 N’vllle . .11 20 .355
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L. P C
1 Albany. .17 8 .680 Col’bus. .12 14 462
, J ville. . 18 9 .667 Macon ..9 1.7 346
S'va ah. 14 10 .583 Columbia 719 .269
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of the Club*.
W. L. P.C. W. L. P C
Chicago 22 8 .733 Detroit. .14 15 .483
Boston. .17 10 .630 P'dlphia 11 13 .458
("land 14 II .560 N. York .7 17 .292
W*ton. . 14 13 .519 St. Louis 719 .269
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Club*.
W. L. PC. W L. P C
N York 20 6 .769 S. Louis 13 IS .415
C'nati. . .22 7 .750 Brooklyn 916 .364
Chicago .13 14 .481 Boston. 10 IS 357
P'burg. ..11 13 .458 P’delphifc 917 344
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