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Marquard's Brilliant
1912 Pitching Record
April. Opposing Team. Score.
11 Brooklyn 18-3
16 Boston 8-2
20 Brooklyn 4-3*
24 Philadelphia 11-3
May.
1.. Philadelphia 14-4**
3 Philadelphia 6-211
7 St. Louis 6-2
11 Chicago 10-3
16 Pittsburg 4-1
20 Cincinnati 3-0
•Marquard relieved Tesreau; the
latter gets credit for victory.
**Marquard pitched seven Innings,
being relieved by Druce. Score was
11 to 0 when Rube retired.
fMarquard pitched nine innings,
with the score a tie. Mathewson re
placed him in the tenth inning and
the Giants lost. Matty being charged
with the defeat.
McWhorter diamond boss
PEACOCK GRIDIRON CAPTAIN
ATHENS, GA., May 23.—80 b Mc-
Whorter. the best athlete who ever
played at Georgia and an all-South
ern man in baseball and football, has
been elected captain of the Georgia
baseball team. It was a close race be
tween McWhorter and Homer Thomp
son. the catcher-shortstop.
Hal Hutchens, the catcher-first base
man. was elected alternate captain on
the fourth ballot, after a hot race.
The reports emanating from Atlanta
that McWhorter was captain of both
baseball and football teams is a joke.
Peacock, a guard, was elected over "Hob
McWhorter last fall and will serve this
year. It would have been out of the
question for McWhorter to hold both
captaincies, as such a thing is against
the rules of the athletic association.
McWhorter will doubtless get the foot
ball captaincy before his college ca
reer ends.
CHICAGO CLUB RAISES
SI,OOO FOR OLYMPIC MEN
CHICAGO, May 23. President t’lta-.
J Webb, of the Illinois Athletic club,
has notified Everett Brown, chair
man of the Chicago Olympic commit
tee, that the organization has raised
enough money to enable him to promise
sl.OllO for the'American team.
Two checks of SIOO each have been
received by Mr. Brown, one from Pat
rick Brennan, head of the Independent
Packing Company, a former athlete,
and the other from John J. Lawler, a
cattle broker al the stock yards.
Two or three students of the Univer
sity of Illinois v ill be enabled to go to
Stockholm by the fund now being raised
by the alumni.
Honk! Honk! They are
going by—-seventy-five thou
sand of them—a procession
thousands of miles long—and
all new Fords. Don’t watch
them go by. You’ll join the
army of the matchless Ford
_„if you but bring yourself to
understand the true economy
of this wonderful car.
All Fords are Model T's all like except
the bodies. The two-passenger runabout
costs s.*>!lo the five-passenger touring car
SCi9O the delivery car S7OO- the town
car SOOO f. o. b. Detroit, completely
equipped. (let latest catalogue from
Ford Motor Company, 311 Peachtree
St.. Atlanta, or direct from Detroit fac
tory.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
There is no truth to the rumor that
Travers, the strikebreaking pitcher, will
continue with Detroit.
• • •
Ducky Swann and Joe Stanley, the
players just secured by Charley Frank,
are not by any means newcomers in
the league. Swann used to pitch for
Shreveport, in the earlier days t>f the
league. Stanley played for Frank a
few years back.
• * •
The Sacramento ball club will go to
Honolulu this fa*ll and perhaps to Ja
pan.
* • •
Ed Wllbern. who financed the trip of
the All-Stars a year ago last fall —the
trip that didn't take place—says that
Ty Cobb is the only placer of the 36 to
whom he gave SI,OOO checks who has
not returned his. Wllbern has writ
ten Cobb 30 letters about it, but hasn't
been honored with a reply as yet.
• * •
Dave Shean. the infielder secured by
Louisville from the Chicago Cubs, who
refused to report, has been traded to
the Boston Nationals for Outfielder
Jones. He was originally secured by
Chicago from the same team.
• « •
Heinie Reeves, Harvard catcher, ac
quired a broken leg the other day when
his spikes hooked up with tbe plate as
he was sliding home in practice.
■* * «
Catcher Donahue made his first ap
pearance in a regular game yesterday
with the Crackers, and gave a good
account of himself. There's a chance
that he will prove a valuable addition.
* * *
Jacobson, Mobile's one slugger, struck
out the first two times he faced Johns,
but came across with a hit the third
time.
* » »
Maloney, the Gulls’ center fielder,
batted w ell yesterday. He made a hit
the first two times up. The third time
he nearly beat out one to O'Dell. The
fourth time he fizzled, popping to East.
♦ ♦ ♦
Harold Johns made two hits out of
three times up yesterday. He now' has
three hits to his credit for the season.
* * *
i’aulet, the Mobile first baseman. got
three unassisted putouts on grounders.
He handled them all neatly.
• • •
“Laddy” Link is the best southpaw it
the American association this year.
GOOD-NIGHT, U. S. LEAGUE!
NEW YORK. May 23. After H brief
and stormy careel. the new United
States league of baseball clubs Is re
ported to be perilously near the rocks.
A break has be‘*n expected at Cleveland
for some time and today word was re
ceived from that city that the Forest
city Ball and Amusement Company had
surrendered its franchise.
THF. ATLAXTA <eopgia:N AXT> XF.WS- THURSDAY. MAY 23. 1912.
With Johns Going Great Guns Crackers “Romp”
East’s Hits and Alperman’s Runs Decide Game
By Percy H. Whiting.
That a pitcher Isn't the whole
defensive strength of a ball
club was demonstrated in
Tuesday’s game when, despite he
roic pitching by Tommy Atkins,
his teammates errored the game
away.
But that the pitcher is a tre
mendously important part of the
team’s defensive strength was
shown with equal brilliancy and a
much more satisfactory score (to
wit: Atlanta 3, Mobile 1) in yes
terday’s game. For Harry Johns
just naturally refused to let the
Crackers lose it, though they made
several passes in that direction.
Centerfielder Maloney, the first
man who faced Johns in the first
inning, was safe on a hit. Then
came an error on the next ball hit
and Maloney went on to third. The
next play was a sacrifice fly and
Maloney scored If it had not been
for the error Maloney would never
have passed first base. For after
the fly-out the next two men were
fanned.
Evidently Johns realized that the
only way to win a game was to win
it single-handed, and with good
courage he went out after it. From
that time on neither the miscues of
his teammates nor his own mis
takes made any difference. He just
plugged along and refused point
blank to let another Gull fly home
ward.
Johns w as not without assistance
in an offensive line. In the sec
ond the Crackers tied it up with
hits by Alperman and East and a
sacrifice by O’Dell, not to mention
an error by "Baby Doll" Jacob
son, the gigantic Swede, who plays
left field for Mike Finn's team.
Alperman, who scored the tieing
run in the second, scored the win
ning tally in the sixth.
Hemphill opened that inning w ith
a single, Alperman forced him at
second. Singles by O'Dell and
East did the trick. A base on balls
and a sacrifice fly sent O’Dell home
and ended the scoring
It will be noted that the infield
veterans. Alperman and East, did
much of the damage. East’s first
hit drove home the run that tied
it. His second sent home the tally
that won.
MIKE FINN has brought quite a
ball club with him to Atlanta.
He calls it his Congress of the Na
tions. It numbers Irishmen. Ger
mans. Americans. Swedes. Arkan
sawans, Italians. Scandanavians
and Welshmen. And Mike himself,
as is well known, is French.
It is a tolerably useful ball club,
too. Dunn and Starr are a couple
of wise heads, and the latter is a
particularly useful man. "Baby
Doll” Jacobson Is a young giant,
hut an awful whacker and a com
ing player. Paulette, the new first
baseman, was a high school boy in
Little Rock a year ago this spring.
Finn sent him to the Giants, where
he stuck until the other day. He
looks so good the Giants still have
a string tied to him. He has Just
taken Rohes place at first and
seems likely to be a big success.
Os course the big man of the Mo-,
bile club is Al Demaree. When
Johnny Dobbs introduced the man
to the league he said: "Now watch
this fellow. He doesn't look like
a pitcher. I don't care a hang for
his form. But he's a pitcher. And
he'll set this league ablaze."
It took a good while for Dobbs’
prediction to come true, but It has
come at last. Demaree Is the best
pitcher in the Southern And it
isn't all luck either.
Said Umpire Fitzsimmons yes
terday: "Don't Ist Demaree sur
prise you, for he really has the
stuff. 1 was amazed the first time
I worked behind him this year.
He has a fast ball that fairly
climbs. He has good curves, too,
and nothing but nerve."
Demaree surely doesn't look the
big pitcher of the league. That
queer motion that J. Dobbs apolo
gized for the first year Al played
in the Southern is still there. He
hurls as though he were muscle
bound. But there is no discounting
his efficiency. He's there.
Manager hemphill is an
elusive person and this elusive
ness has been a source of some
trouble to the newspaper men of
Atlanta. The complaint took a new
turn yesterday. In the first inning
of the game Hemphill was caught
off first on a snap from the. pitcher.
When this happens to the usual
ball player he pretends he was try
ing to steal second anyhow and Is
tagged out at the bag.
But Hemphill, as has been as
severated previously, is elusive. He
•objects to being pinned down.
YANKS LIKELY TO MAKE
HOME AT GIANTS' PARK
By W. J. Mcßeth.
NEW YORK, May 23.—Ameri
can league baseball at the
picturesque Brush Stadium,
Polo grounds, will be seen for the
first time on Memorial djiy, on
Thursday, May 30.
The New York Highlanders will
entertain the world’s champion
Athletics at the local National
league grounds both morning and
afternoon on this important holi
day. At least President John T.
Brush, of Ihs Giants, has extended
the courtesy to Frank J. Farrell,
the owner of the Yankees, and
those on a position to be properly
informed declare that the generos
ity will be accepted in tty* spirit
with which the offer is made.
At the present time the two
major league clubs of this city are
on the most friendly terms. All the
old rancor of war days has passed.
The covenant was permanently
signed and sealed when Frank J.
Farrell turned over to Mr.'Brush
his Hilltop field in the spring of
1911, after the old stands at the "
Polo grounds had been destroyed
by fire. At the time Mr. Brush
was overwhelmed with gratitude.
Ever since he has been anxiously
awaiting an opportunity to repay
the kindness.
It is believed that the Memorial
day courtesy of Mr. Brush is sim
ply the first step towaid consoli
dating the local major league in
terests. so far as playing equip
ment is concerned. It would not be
at all surprising if both leagues
utilize the Polo grounds after the
present season. The lease on
American League pa i k expires in.
1913. The inuch-talked-of new
park at Two Hundred and Twenty
fifth street and Broadway has not
HORINE AND CRAIG TO
COMPETE AT HARVARD
It is settled that George Horine, the
Stanford university high jump record
holder, will show* at the Olympic try
outs at the Harvard stadium. June 8.
So will Ralph t'raig. The two have sig
nified their, intention of competing at
a set of games, to be held by the
Eaton A. <’.. of Toronto, Canada, on
June 1.
Craig America's fastest sprinter,
joint holder with Bernie Wefers of the
100 and 220-yard records will make
his bid for the team at Cambridge In
stead of Evanston, 111., in which dis
trict he lives.
whether it Is for an interview’ or
a tag-out. So he galloped up and
down the line. And as he galloped
the Mobile players gathered and
the ball was tossed back and forth.
Now the scoring rules require
that each man who handles a bail
on which a put-out is made must
get an assist. Ordinarily it is
easy to get the assists properly al
lotted. for an experienced scorer
Jots them down as they are made.
However, as this Is the first time
Mobile has ever played in Atlanta,
as most of the players are new here,
and as the press i>ox is a long ways
from the line between first and
second, considerable confusion
arose over the question of who in
the dickens had handled the ball
anyhow during the progress of the
run-down. It took the arbitra
tion commission of the press box at
least five minute? of careful fig
uring to decide who had been in
the play and then the award was
made on the liberal basis of giving
everybody an assist on general
principles. And al! beeause of the
amazing elusiveness of Hemphill.
materialized. In eighteen months
nothing has been done. It would
be almost impossible to have a
modern plant upon the site by the
spring of 1914, even if the work
were to be started immediately.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Gams* Today.
Birmingham in Memphis.
Mobile in Atlanta
Nashville in Montgomery.
New l Orleans in Chattanooga
Standing of the Clubs.
W L PC W L PC
B’ham . .23 15 .603 Atlanta. 17 18 .486
C’no’ga 18 11 .503 M’gntry 18 19 486
M'phTs. 11l 15 559 N Or .14 20 112
Mobile. .21 17 .553 N'ville. .It 22 .333
Yesterday’s Results.
Atlanta 3. Mobile 1.
Chattanooga 11. New Orleans 6.
No other games scheduled.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albani in Savannah
Columbus in Columbia
Macott in Jacksonville
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P C W L P C
J’vllle. . 30 9 690 CTbua 12 16 429
Albany. .18 9 .667 Macon. .11 IS .379
S’van’h. 15 12 .556 C’lumbig S2O .286
Vesterday’s Results.
Jacksonville 1. Columbus 0
Macon IS. Savannah 1 Hirst game..
Savannah 4. Macon 0 <second game.
Columbia I, Albany 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago In New York.
St. Ijouis In Philadelphia
Detroit in Washington
Cleveland in Boston.
Standing of tbe Clubs
W. 1. PC W L PC
Chicago 23 9 719 Detroit 15 16 184
Boston. 19 10 655 P'del .12 1 4 462
Cland 14 t 3 .519 N. York 818 308
Wash. . .15 14 .517 St. Louis 820 286
Yesterday's Rssolts.
Boston 9. t’leveland 0.
Chicago 11. New York 4.
Washington 5. Detroit 4
Philadelphia 8, St. Louis 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Boston tn Pittsburg
Cincinnati In St. Louis.
Standing of ths Clubs.
W. L PC w l. PC
N York 22 6 786 S Louis 13 20 .394
C'natl 22 9 710 Phila 11 17 393
Chicago 15 if 517 Boston It 19 367
P’burg .12 14 462 Brooklyn 918 .333
Yssterdsy’s Results.
Boston 3, Pittsburg 0
Philadelphia 3. St Louts 3.
Chicago 10. Brooklyn 6
New York 6, Cincinnati 1.
BOXING
Late News and Views
The arena at lj«s Vegas in which the
Johnson-Flynn match will be staged next
July will have a seating capacity of 17,-
151 people.
• • •
Frankie Burns has signed articles to
box Young Solsherg ten rounds before the
Royal Athletic club,in Gotham May 39
Harry Trendall. who defeated Joe Man
dot a few weeks ago. is going after some
of lhe best lightweights in the business.
If Trendall Is returned the winner over
Frank Whitney when they meet a' St.
Joseph some time this month, he will be
matched with some of the topnotchers
around New York.
• • •
Johnny Kilbane's father is rapidly re
gaining his eyesight and may be able to
witness the next tight his son takes part
in. Johnny's father has been blind for
twelve years
« • •
Jack Johnson will be accompanied to
his training camp at Las Vegan by a col
ored chef and several rag time singers.
Some class to "LIT Arthur."
♦ • •
Jim Corbett says Johnson's threat to
retire Labor day Is only a bluff 10 draw
large purses. Corbett says the champion
is too wise to retire as long as the pub
lic Is clamoring for a match between him
and the "white hopes."
• * •
Bill Nolan must be getting results. Abe
Attell has not been seen In Frisco since
his departure with Nolan to train on the
latter's ranch.
** • I
New Orleans boxing promoters are ar
ranging to match Frank Plcato with
either Ray Bronson or Paul Kohler
• « •
Jim Jeffries Is the richest ex-prize
fighter in the world
• • •
Billv Flochf. the famous referee, has
taken Pal Monre under his wing and is
seeking bouts for his lightweight. Roche
is a persistent chap ami will probably se
cure several good matches for bis pro
tege.
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• •
• LABOR OFFICIALS WANT •
• BASEBALL UNIONIZED •
• •
• WASHINGTON, May 23.—0 f!- •
• rials of the American Federation •
• of Labor will make an effort to •
• unionize baseball as a result of the •
• “strike" of the Detroit Tigers. •
• "Should the. players file applica- •
• tion for a charter.” said Seere- •
• tary Morrison of the federation, •
• "the matter would be referred to •
• the executive committee for ac- •
• tion. It would determine wheth- •
• er baseball players could be ad- •
• mitted into the federation. There •
• is, however, a question of doubt in •
• my mind. We protect the wage- •
• earner and would have to con- •
• sider the classification of the play- •
• ers. It depends on that decision. •
• Are they to be classed with doc- •
• tors, lawyers, scientists and pro- •
• fesslonals or with the wage-earn- •
• er?" •
• •
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STEWART, GOLF CHAMP. TO
DODGE 1912J0URNAMENT
NEW ORLEANS. DA.. May 23.—The
Southern golf championship, now held
by W. P. Stewart, of the Audubon club
of thia city, will be played for this sea
son at Chattanooga
Since last season Champion Stewart
has fallen off much in his playing, ow
ing to lack of practice, so that it is
pretty certain that he will not be one of
the contenders for the 1912 cup. A
number of the Audubon golfers will en
ter the tournament. If the list Includes
Reuben G. Bush. Jr., and Nelson Whit
ney, as seems probable, the champion
ship may again be held here.
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