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Club Without a HUSKY Catcher Is Handicapped
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Grand Line-Bucking Wins Game for Billikens
By Percy H, Whiting.
THERE’S a world of football
mixed up in a lively base
ball game. And-most of the
defensive work must be performed
by the catcher. When the players
begin to stream across the plate the
catcher is in the unenviable posi
tion of the linesman in a foot bail
game'upon whom the attack is cen
tered. Every play that Is made
goes right across his usually pros
trate body.
It is largely because the catcher
has such a rough Job that only big
men are really successful at the
work. One thing that made Sid
Smith a wonder was«the fact that
he had played football as well as
baseball at college. Nothing pleased
him more than to stand up at home
plate and let some big husky run
Into him. He could usually spill
the said husky all over the lot, and
the rumner that could make Sid
Smith break ground would have
needed the size of an elephant
combined with the speed of a deer.
This may seem somewhat be
side the point, but it isn’t. It
could be demonstrated that the
Crackers lost yesterday's ball game
at least sixteen different ways,
which they did. But if Catcher
Graham had been a busting big lad
and capable of standing the impact
of a huge body hurled at him hard,
the defeat might have been stalled
off.
The Ursa two runners (Bills and
Gribbens) who .scored In the fate
ful eighth inning, when the game
was tost, made their runs over
Graham. Os course, if Bailey and
O’Brien- hadn't booted one each it
would tw’t have been necessary for
Graham to play any football. But
the errors were made and with
men on bases the <'rackets tight
ened up. Aitchison. the third man
up for the Billies, was fanned for
the third successive time. McAlis
ter, who batted for Stingle. ground
ed to Ekst. This man threw quick
ly to tlw plate and Graham got the
ball and set himself for the shock
of meeting the oncoming Bills. The
Montgomery player came Into the
platte like a madman, and he caught
Graham right in his midst. The
Cradker catcher spun round, spilled
overt and dropped the ball. One
run wpis across and the score was
tied. followed at bat and
the previous play was repeated to
the last wretched detail. except
that Gritbbena didn’t hit Graham
squarely to spill him. but
neverthehyss landed on him hard
enough to'knock the hall out of his
hands.
Those two<plays beat the Crack-
ers
• • •
rHE eighth inning of yesterday’s
game was made notable by the
fact thatt five errors were made
before It ended. Graham had to
have errors for dropping the ball
both times he wrw hit. Gs course,
morally he wasn’t to blame, for the
players w ho bui.nped into him were
larger than he and had all the ad
vantage of momentum, mass and
general preparedness. But under
the inexorable scoring rules the
plat had to be explained somehow
and there was no way except to
give Graham a brace of errors.
Then. In addition to the bobbles of
Bailey and O’Brien, Alperman made
one. Whitey's was so entirely ex
cusable that it was really hardly
an error. Ganzlg hit an awful wal
lop his way that only a miracle
could have enabled him to stop.
A-fter the error flurry set in Tom
my Atkins, who, up to that time,
had pitched one of the best games
of his career, became disgusted
witSt the waj- things were going
and. eased up materially. The Bil
lies (responded with a flurry of hits
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and before they were through they
had piled up seven runs.
• • •
JOHNNY DOBBS must have de
veloped a mistaken hunch that
he could acquire Tommy Atkins’
nannie over the loud noise route.
Anyhow, he gave the theory a
workout and he expended more en
ergy than any man on his regular
line-up. He took a place in the
coaching box. formed his hands
into a rather large megaphone and
hammered right at Atkins by the
hour.
Maybe this was what gave At
kins a grouch, but probably not,
for he seemed to have it before the
game started at all. He growled
like a sore-toed grizzly during the
practice period, and when the do
ings began he quarreled with the
umpires and with his teammates.
And the madder he got the better
he pitched. He paid no more atten
tion to Dobbs’ yapping than to the
gurgling op the sewer, and he was
'clearly set for a shutout when his
team blew awav behind him.
. . .
rHE Crackers are frequently beat
en. but they never quit. In the
ninth yesterday, w-ith the score 7
to 1 against them, they sprang a
rally. Os course, they didn't do
much but allow the Billikens to
cun amuck, but that took some
baseball sense. Two errors, a base
on balls, a wild pitch and a hit by
Sykes, who was stuck in to bat for
Atkins, made things look interest
ing, even if two were gone before
the hit and O’Dell's run developed.
However, Aitchison proved the
master in the end, and by fanning
Bailey ended the rally and the
ga me.
• • •
i F the Crackers hadn’t kicked
*• away the game and if the At
lantans had won. as they deserved
to, 1 to 0, "Whitey” Alperman
would have been due a batch of
credit. He scored Atlanta’s first
run. It was In the second and he
was the first man up. He went
up with a hunch that he could get
on without hitting, and he did it.
After the count on him was threc-
YESTERDAYS GAME"
Montgomery. ah r. h. po. a e
Stingle, rs 3 0 2 4 I 0
Wares, 2b3 2 I 3 2 0
McElveen. ss... 5 113 11
Elwert. 3b 4 0 I 0 2 0
Williams, rs 3 0 0 0 0 0
Danzig, th 3 0 0 10 11
Bills ls-cs 4 1 2 2 0 0
Gribbens. c... 4 2 1 4 2 1
Atchison, p 3 0 0 I 4 0
x Me A Hist er I 0 0 0 0 0
Coles, If I 1 0 o 0 0
Totals 34 7 X 27 13 3
Atlanta ah. r. h. po. a. e
Bailee, If 5 0 1 2 0 1
Ganley. rs 3 0 0 1 0 0
Hemphill, of 4 0 17 0 0
Alperman. 3b 3 1 0 0 2 1
O’Dell, lb 3 I 2 5 0 0
East. 2b 4 0 1 4 2 0
O'Brien, ss 4 0 I 1 0 2
Graham, c 3 0 0 7 3 2
Atkins, p 3 0 0 0 3 0
xxSykes ,1 0 1 0 0 0
Totals *33 2 7 27 10 6
x-Bat ted for Stingle in eighth; xx-bat
ted for Atkins in ninth
Score by Innings. R
Montgomery 000 000 052—7
Atlanta 010 000 001 2
Summary Home run Wares Double
plays Stingle to Danzig Struck out B\
Atkins 7. by Atchison 3 Bases balls
Off Atchison 4. off Atkins 1. Sacrifice
hits Wares. Ganley. Atchison Wild
pitches—Atkins 2. Atchison.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Baltimore in Rochester >
Providence in Montreal
Newark in Toronto.
.Jersey City in Buffalo.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. P.C W L. P C
J. City 16 10 .615 Toronto 10 12 455
R'ch’ter. 15 10 .600 M’treal 10 !3 435
B'more. 13 10 545 Newark 914 391
Buffalo. 12 11 .522 P’dence . 8 14 264
Yesterday's Results.
Montreal 4. Providence 0
All other games postponed, rain.
THE ATL\YT< ’
and-tw'o he gave a noble example
of the nearly lost art of "fouling
'em off." This practice has fallen
into disuse since the days of the
foul strike, but Alperman made
good use of it. Every good ball that
came along he spoiled with a foul.
He must have ruined a dozen
strikes before Aitchison weakened
and slid a ball over. Alperman
let It go by, the umpire called It
and Alperman scampered Jo first.
O’Dell and East followed with sin
gles and Alperman scored with the
run that ought to have won the
game—but which lacked such an
awful lot of doing it.
—"uikhli ini )\ • I !
CRACKERS MAY LAND
GRIFFIN FROM BRAVES
John Griffin, better known as "Hank"
or “Texas," who pitched for Atlanta in
1910, but who has since then been in
the National league with Chicago and
Boston, may again become a Crack
er.
Griffin has never had quite enough
to make him a big leaguer but for all
that he is a wonder. In 1908 in Fort
Worth he led the Texas league. Out
of 32 games he won 23. The following
year Atlanta got him but farmed him
in Augusta, where he did only pass
ably well, winning 13 and losing 9 with
a team that won 64 and lost -49. The
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Game* Today.
Mobile in Atlanta
New Orleans in Chattanooga
Nashville in Birmingham.
Standing of the Club*.
W. L. PC W L. P.C.-
B barn .23 15 .603 Mont. . 17 19 .472
Mobile .21 16 .568 Atlanta 16 18 .455
C nooga. 17 14 .618 N o l’s 14 18 438
M’phis. 18 16 .545 N’ville. ..11 21 .344
Yesterday’* Result*.
Montgomery 7, Atlanta 2
Birmingham 4. Nashville 0.
No other games scheduled.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Columbia.
Columbus in Jacksonville.
Savannah in Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. PC W L P C
Albany. IS 8 ,692 Colbus. 12 15 .444
J’ville. 19 9 679 Macon .10 17 870
S’nah. . 14 11 .560 Columbia 720 .259
Yesterday’* Result*.
Jacksonville 4. Columbus 2.
Macon 4, Savannah 3.
Albany 5. Columbia 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in New York,
St. Louis in Philadelphia.
Detroit in Washington
Cleveland in Boston. *
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P C W L. PC.
Chicago 22 9 .710 Detroit. 16 15 500
Boston 18 10 643 P’dphia 11 14 440
C land . 14 12 .538 N York 8 17 .820
W’lon 14 14 .500 St Louis 8 19 .296
Yesterday's Result*.
Boston 3. Cleveland 1.
New York 9, Chicago 8.
Detroit 2, Washington 0
St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Boston in Pittsburg
Brooklyn in Chicago.
New York-in Cincinnati
Philadelphia in S» Louis.
Standing of the Club*.
W. I, P C W L. P C
N York .21 6 ,778 St. Louis 19 19 .406
C'nati. .22 8 733 P'd’phia 10 17 370
Chicago .14 14 .500 Brooklyn 917 .34,6
P’burg .12 13 480 Boston . 10 19 .345
Yesterday’s Result*.
Pittsburg 14. Boston 9.
Philadelphia 7. St. Louis 6.
Chicago 5. Brooklyn 4
New York 6. Cincinnati 3
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Columbus in Louisville
Toledo in Minneapolis
Only two games scheduled.
Standing of the Club*
W. I, P C W L P.O
Cl mbus 22 13 629 St. Paul 17 20 .459
M'apolis 20 13 .606 M'w’kee 12 IS 400
Toledo 20 14 588 L’ville 11 21 400
K City IS 17 .514 I’apolis 11 20 .355
Yesterday’s Result*.
Toledo 12, Columbus 11
Louisville 6. Indianapolis 0
Kansas City 8. St. Patti 5
Minneapolis-Milwaukee, no game. rain.
RICE LEADS MERCER TEAM.
MACON. GA. May 22—Howard Rice
has been elected captain of the Mercer
bail club for 1913.
“Tex” Griffin, Who May Come to Atlanta
of,.’ . ... > MMBn
F . ■ : Jr
Crackers brought hint back and used
him in 23 games tn 1910. He won 11
and lost 12. The club that season won
75 and lost 63. Despite this not over
impressive showing the Cubs grabbed
him.
Griffin has never had enough work in
the big leagues to show what he could
do. Yet despite the fact that he hasn’t
won any games to speak of he has con
tinued to look so good that nobody had
the heart to let him go.
Now, however, there is a likelihood
that Boston will I urn him loose and if
the Braves sell Griffin Atlanta is likely
to buy him.
UNITED STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L. P.C.
Reading 11 3 .786 W’ngton 6 8 .429
R’hm'd 10 5 .667 C’nnati 6 8 .429
P'sburg 9 6 .600 Cvpland 6 8 .429
Chicago 8 6 .571 N. York 111 .083
Yesterday's Results.
Reading 7. Washington 3.
Richmond 7, New York 4.
Pittsburg 7. Chicago 4
Cincinnati-Cleveland; postponed.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Galveston in Fort Worth.
Beaumont in Austin.
Houston in Waco.
San Antonio in Dallas.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C \V. L. P.C
H’uston 24 14 .632 Dallas 16 20 .441
B’umnt 20 15 .571 Austin 16 20 .44 1
Waco 31 16 .568 F. IV'th 16 21 .432
S. An'io 19 20 .487 G'vest’n 15 20 .429
Yesterday’s Results.
Houston 4. Waco 2.
Dalias 2 San Antonio 1
Fori Worth 6. Galveston 0.
Austin 11. Beaumont 6.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Lynchburg in Norfolk.
Richmond in Portsmouth.
Newport News in Danville.
Petersburg in Roanoke.
Standing of the Club*.
W L. P.O W. L. PC.
Norfolk 13 9 .591 N. N'ws 13 13 .500
P'sburg 13 11 642 R'hm'd 12 12 .500
P'sm'th 10 9 .526 D’nville 10 13 .435
R’noke 12 12 .500 L'hburg 914 .391
Yesterday’s Results.
Newport News 3, Danville 1.
Petersburg 4, Roanoke 0.
Richmond 6. Portsmouth 2.
Norfolk 4, Lynchburg 3.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Winston-Salem in Anderson.
Greenville in Greensboro.
Charlotte in Spartanburg.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. EC W L P C
C’rlotte 15 7 .682 G'nsboro 913 .409
A'ders’n 14 8 .636 G'nville 7 13 .350
Sp'burg 13 9 .591 W.-STm 617 .261
Yesterday’s Results.
Greenville 5. Greensboro 4
Anderson 3. Winston-Salem 2.
Charlotte 9, Spartanburg 0.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE
Games Today.
Greenwood in Vicksburg.
Jackson in Hattiesburg
Meridian in Yazoo City
Standing of the Clubs
W L P W L PC
M'rid'n 21 13 618 J'ckson 17 17 .500
V'ksb'g 19 14 576 H'sb'rg 16 18 .471
Y City 18 17 .514 G'wood 12 23 .343
Yesterday's Result*.
Vicksburg 8. Greenwood 3.
Meridian 2. Jackson 0.
Hattiesburg 6. Yazoo City 5.
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Rome in Selma.
Huntsville in Gadsden.
Bessemer in Anniston.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C. W L P C
A'nistn 18 10 .643 H’sville 13 14 .481
Selma 17 II 607 B'semr 12 16 .42.'
Rome 14 13 .519 Gadsden 8 18 .308
Yesterday's Results.
Gadsden 7. Huntsville 3.
Selma 4. Rome 3
Anniston 4. Bessemer 0.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1912.
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Knoxville in Asheville.
Johnson ('ity in Morristown.
Bristol in Cleveland.
Standing of the Clubs.
XV. L. r.C \V. L. P C
Bristol 5 2 .711 J Citv 3 3 .506
K’xville 5 3 .625 Aheville 2 4 .333
M’town 4 4 .500 C’veland 2 5 .286
Yesterday's Results.
Bristol 5. Cleveland 0.
Johnson City 1. Morristown 3
Knoxville 4. Asheville 0.
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AD AND PfiGKEY
TD MY IN N Y.
IF ODIN IS DID
By Sol Plex.
CHICAGO. May 22 Ad Wol
gast and Packey McFarland
are closer to a match this
morning than ever before, unless
it be when that Milwaukee sheriff
kept them apart last September.
Tom Jones and Emil Thiry, the
managers of the men, conferred on ~
the matter of a ten-round fight
between their famous charges yes
terday. Jones and Thiry have con
ferred many times before and long
and bitter have been the disputes.
But this time everything was as i
calm as the old mill pond. When
they separated it w-as understood
that Packey and Ad would fight it
out in New York between June 1
and June s—provided Wolgast gets
what he wants in a financial way.
"It’s up to the New York pro
moters now," said Jones, after the
talk. "Wolgast and McFarland
will agree on all terms in five min
utes if I get what I ask in the
way of a guarantee and percent
age. There will be no trouble on
the weight. We’ll be lenient with
Packey. Al! we ask is money
enough, and I guess-that is what
the McFarland bunch desires, too.
"Don’t let anybody tell you that
Wolgast is not as good as ever.
In my opinion, he is better than
before his appendicitis operation,
and you know that is saying a
whole lot. He simply toyed with
Ritchie and Daniels because I re
fused to let him cut loose. They
were just test bouts. From now on
he’ll be sent in to win as quickly
as he can.
"Wolgast will fight once a week
from now until next Thanksgiving
day, if I can get a lucrative match
for him each week. I would like to
give him three short fights in the
next ten days. He won’t travel far
ther than ten rounds with anybody
until he meets Rivers.
“Wolgast gets 50 per cent of ths
gross gate with Rivers, as well as
a big guarantee. He won’t make*
less than $20,00(1 off that fight.'
Will he win? The Mexican will
be as soft for him as Moran '""y—
and Owen could not hurt Ad. Just
watch Wolgast clean up the light
weights in the* next, few months.
He’s a real champion, that boy."