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BASEBALL ■KIT CLOSE OUAHTERSWINS GO FOR PERRY RUTE strength alone won a decision for Jimmy Perry over Jack Robinson at the Gate City club. The bout went the ten rounds scheduled and neither man in any danger of being knock ed out at any stage of the milling. / A long left hand, which Robinson seldom failed to land at range, gave the boy from Chicago the best of the boxing, but that let him out. Every time Perry got in close he '——.-would work both hands to the body until Robinson tightened up like a x clam. Perry announced before the fight that he. intended going East after bigger game after he finished with Robinson. On the showing he made last night he would prove a mark for such men as McGoorty, Moha and Gibbons. It was by far the worst fight he ever put up in this city. Peny forced the fighting all the way; he landed the heavier punches and the cleanest ones, too. Robin son kept popping away with a left Jab that didn't have enough sting to it to break an electric bulb. And that is the only punch he uncorked al! during the mill. The first three rounds belonged to Perry. In the fourth Robinson's left hand won him the spasm. The fifth and sixth were even. In the seventh Perry hooked two hard lefts to the Jaw and thereafter during the session Robinson did nothing but stall and hold on. Perry was every bit as tired as Robinson in the eighth and there was nothing but wrestling and clinching in this session. The ninth belonged to Robinson, becattse he outboxed the Pittsburger, although neither man landed a blow that counted for much. The final round was oven. Roth boys were over-anxious. During the first part of his session Robin son got his left hand working pret tily, but during th» latter part, Jimmy brushed the southpaw leads away and worked in close. At the bell he was pounding Jack's body good and plenty. All the fancy work was executed by Robinson, and this caused his ' admirers to believe he earned at least a draw. Rut the ,eal fight ing was all done by Perry. Another fight between this pair would, undoubtedly, draw the big gest house that ever attended a mill in Atlanta. In the semi-windup Spider Britt stopped Johnny Herndon in three rounds. "YESTERDAY’S GAMES~~ FIRST GAME. B’HAM— ab. r. h. po. a. e, Martan. 2b 5 2 0 0 3 0 Messenger, 1f.... 3 3/ —-2 2 0 0 Johnston, cf 5 zs 3 1 0 o AlMeida, 3b 4 2 3 1 o 1 McGllvrav. 1b... 4 1 3 8 0 1 Mcßride, If 5 1 2 1 0 0 Ellam, ss 3 11 4 5 0 Yantz. c 5 0 1 8 1 0 Boyd, p 4 0 0 0. 1 o t'arroll, cf 10 12 0 0 Totals ...1... .39 13 .16 27 10 2 ATLANTA— ab. r, h. po. a, e. Bailey If 4 0 1 2 0 0 Ganley, if. ..*... 4 11 1 0 0 Hemphill, cf 4 11 2 0 3 Aiperman, 3b.... 4 110 10 O'Dell, lb 4 0 0 9 0 1 East. 2b 3 1 0 3 3 0 O'Brien, ss 4 0 0 1 3 0 Donahue, c 4 0 2 8 2 0 Johns, p 0 0 0 0 0 n xSvkes 1 0 0 0 0 0 Miller, p 1 0 0 1 3 0 xxGraham 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 6 27 14 3 xßatted for Johns in third. xxßatted for Miller in ninth. Score by innings: R. Birmingham 106 012 021 —l3 Atlanta 000 300 100- 4 Summary: Two-base hits—McGil vray. Messenger. Three-base hits—El lam, Aiperman. Double play Donahue to O'Brien. Innings pitched—Ry Johns 3. with 9 hits and 5 funs. Struck out Ry Bovd 8, bv Miller 2, by Johns 1. Bases on balls—Off Johns 1, off Boyd 2. off Miller 3. Sacrifice hits —Messenger. Ellam, McGilvray. Stolen bases —Me ” “Bride. McGilvray Almeida. Carroll. Passed ball —Donahue. Wild pitch Johns. Hit by pitched ball —By Miller. Ellam. Time, 2:30. empires. Hart and O'Toole. SECOND GAME. B'HAM— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Marcan, 2b 2 1 0 1 3 0 Messenger, r 5.... 3 0 1 2 0 0 Johnston, cf 3 0 1 3 0 0 Almeida. 3b 3 11 6 0 0 MeGilvrav, 1b... 3 1 2 7 0 0 Mcßride. If 3 o 11 0 n Ellam. ss 3 0 1 4 2 0 Di Igor, c 3 0 0 2 1 0 Hardgrove, p... . 3 0 11 3 0 Totals 26 3 8 21 9 0 ATLANTA— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Bailey, if 1 0 0 2 0 0 Ganley. rs 2 I 0 '1 0. 0 Hemphill, cf 3 0 2 5 0 0 Aiperman. 3b.... 2 0 0 2 1 0 O'Dell lb 3 0 0 11 0 East. 2b 2 0 0 3 1 0 O’Brien, ss 3 0 2 2 2 0 Graham, c. 2 0 0 1 2 0 Sitton, p 2 0 0 11 0 Totals 20 1 4 21 8 0 Score by innings: R- Birmingham l"0 200 o—3 Atlanta W 661 o—l Summary: Two-base hits—Hemp hill, Hardgrove. Home run -McGilvray Double piavs East, unassisted; Mar can to Ellam to McGilvray Struck out -Rx Hardgrove 1 Base< on ball- Off Sitton 1 off Hardsrow 3 Sao rifi- e hits Aiperman Ball' x Stolen base McGilvray ball Gra- ham. Time, 1.20 Umpires, O'Toole and ’ Hart. * I'LL GOME BACK, SAYSCHDUNG; DOCTORING ARM By Denton T. Young. AOLI, OHIO, May 29.—1 am not through with baseball yet, and I hope to round out my career as a major leaguer and baseball player for all time in old Boston. I know that my statement that I was withdrawing from the Bos ton Nationals and coming back to my farm has been taken as mean ing that I have said farewell to baseball. But, while it is true that my arm is sore and weak, still I can not make myself believe that it has outlived its usefulness. And I have hopes that I will sound to before long and win enough games for Boston to land the team in the first division. First Time Ever Had Lame Arm. A sore arm is something decid edly new to "the old man.” In all my experience on the diamond I never was troubled with a sore arm until this spring. I can’t recall do ing anything different than I have been doing each spring for almost the past quarter of a century. If I thought my arm had "run its race,” I would be the first to tell Manager Kling. I do not want to take anybody's mqney under false pretenses. I feel confident that it is only a cold in my arm which I contracted this spring, and it per sists in hanging on so long that it has become annoying. However, I intend to convince myself as .0 the truth about my arm and plan,to consult "Boneset ter” Reese at Youngstown within a day or two. If he tells me my good right arm is no more I will wire Manager Kling that he need not look for “Old C'y" to join his team again, for it would be useless for me to have my heart in the game without the necessary strength and cunning in my arm to follow the dictates of my heart. In intend to remain at my Paoli farm and enjoy a sort of vacation for a couple, of weeks. Probably I ought not to say "enjoy," as. 1 want . to be frank when 1 say lam great ly concerned about my arm. Os course, I realize that I can’t go and pitch forever. But it was my ambition in life to pitch for a quarter of a century. I felt certain that with such a rec ord in the big leagues no other t.wirier would ever equal it. Don't misunderstand me. and think that I Just wanted to "hang on” and round out 25 years of serv ice as a major league pitcher. Not me. I hoped to complete a quarter of a century and he as useful to my team in the twenty-fifth year as I was in my most balmy days. It would indeed be a feat of which any pitcher could well feel proud to pitch for 25 years and then after it was all over turn to. his final year and say, "Well. I won more games than I lost, and now I am satisfied to retire from the grand old game." A Word to Boston "Fans.” What has to be. must be—that’s all there is to it. But, boys, it will be hard on me if I have to quit. 1 have loved the grand old game as the one big thing in my life. It was dearer to me than everything else. Next to my parting with the sport itself is that I will have to separate from my thousands upon thousands of friends and admirers in Boston and New England. They are the fairest and squar est of all the "fans” in the coun try. They have been mighty good to “Old Gy" in the last decade of service I have seen there with the American and National league teams, and I wish I could have them al! here with me on the farm to tell them how much I really care for them and appreciate their many kind acts. OH TO LOAi ON DIAMONDS ANO JEWELRY S t r 1 c t ly confidential. Unredeemed pledges Ib diamonds for sale. 30 per cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul A May ) 11 1-2 PEACHTREE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Hank Bldg Both Phones 1584. WE BUY OLD GOLD Heimsheim enuine- PERCY H. WHITING \l W W NAUGHTON. TAD, DAMON RUNYON. . \\NJJ H M WALKER-. S?FFsTnxS 7(Q CHARLES DRYDEN * w SMITH. ♦ - • El I&JNJNLI3) LOCALS DROP TWO IN DRAGGY DOUBLE HEADER By Percy H. Whiting. Then something startles it. In a flash it is off. Down the road it goes, the buggy rattling and sway ing along behind it. And all Heck couldn’t stop itl Well, it was exactly that way' with the Birmingham team yester day. Nothing could have headed it. The Barons are usually staid and sober enough. But yesterday was their skittish day. And they' sure skitted. They tore round and round the bases, through a deadly long afternoon, with the Crackers waiving their hands and shouting. "Whoa, boy; whoa,” at the top of their lungs. And it did about as much good as it would to say, "Fie, fie!” to a Malay when he started to run amuck. The result of the whole sad af fair was that when the long shad ows began to fall athwart the bat tle-scarred field, which they even tually did, to the extreme relief of all, the Barons had acquired two more games, scores 13 to 4 and 3 to 1. The brunt of the Barons’ rush ing attack fell on the Cracker pitchers. And the full responsi bility of the defeat was theirs. Not an error wa’s made that cut any' material figure in the sad, sad to tals. The Crackers kicked the ball around a hit in the first game, but the slaughter was directly trace able to the fifteen hits for nineteen bases and the four bases on balls, not to mention the one wild pitch, that were given up by the Cracker hurlers. • • * -pHE mistake of trying to play double-headers of the full eighteen-inning variety was never more clearly demonstrated than yesterday. Os course, owing to the depressing length of the first game it was possible to play only seven innings of the second game, or six teen innings in all. But they took from 2:30 to 6:30 o'clock, and it was too much. If the players had known that two seven-inning games were be fore them, they would have gone at the thing with a rush and got “Cerrect Dress lor Men” New Summer Shirts gs p M fl P? I mIObII ! 3 I ''J jW V-H -s ujßtV Q-' ■■ IJ w' * * - - ■■ x. w’.' •• Wxjiii ■ ■ Jm ll'- J&pp .’ 1 k | “qTAR SHIRTS” violate W all the old traditions in patterns, but none of tke old traditions in good values. Sec some of the striking, new novelties. $1.50, $2, $2.50 and up Essigßros.Co. “Correct Dress for Men” 26 Whitehall St. FHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAY 29, 1912. Cracker Pitchers Are Helpless Before Barons, Who Run Amuck ID you ever see a staid, old 1 buggy horse run away? It begins by feeling frisky. both of them out of the way fast. But when they were confronted with two nine-inning contests, they knew that they would have to go to dark, anyhow, so they asked them selves: "What’s the use of hurry ing?" And, there being no answer except one in the negative, they didn't hustle. They just loafed along like a lot of old cows in a shady pasture lot on a hot summer afternoon, and the game dragged like a foreign missions sermon at dinner time. This nine-inning double-header stuff is going to be felt in the box oflii e. Every man, woman, child and yaller dog at the park yester day was gorged on baseball before the affair was over. They showed it by beginning to depart soon aft er the first game ended. They not only had enough for the day, but enough for the week. A double header like that of yesterday elimi nates the enthusiasm from every person who sees it. And its ill ef fects will be felt at the box office all the rest of the week. If there is a logical reason for playing nine innings in double headers. we haven't heard it ad vanced. There isn't any especial reason why a game should go nine innings, anyhow. It is an entirely arbitrary matter. It might as well be eight innings or ten, as far as any logical reason goes. And for any manager to maintain that his team has a better chance to win in nine innings than it has in seven is ridiculous and demonstrates that he overlooks the fact that the two added innings give his opponents just as good a chance to change the results as it does his own team. tIMMY JOHNSON, whose work J has been one of the sensations -of the Southern league this season, pulled something on the Crackers yesterday. He scored from first on a single. Do you get that? From first on a one-base hit! Os course, if the scorers had eared to be vicious they could have given Walter East an error on the play and not been far wrong. With Johnson on first, Marsans, the dem on Cuban, singled over second. It was a hit-and-run play and John- Baseball Birminghm is. Atlanta THURSDAY PONCE DELEON PARK GAME CALLED AT 3:30 SANTAL-MIDY (m) Relieves io 24 Hours Catarrh of the Bladder All Drugtrtets Beu.are of Counterfeits SANTAL-MIDY < 5c ® 5c > Wwk ■■i| /jfjH wLIZ Delicious—Refreshing IN BOTTLES-ICE COLD I AT THE GAME “Call the Boy With the Khaki Coat” son started with the windup He passed second as the ball did, reached third when Hemphill start ed the ball home, and then raced it for the plate. East relayed the pill and his throw was way toward third base, instead of being right at the plate, as it should have been. The result was that Johnson had a chance to slide to safety. It was grand base running and Johnson deserved it. At the same time if East’s throw had been even fairly good. Johnson would have perished at the platter. ’ ♦ • • J JOHNSON wasn't the only man ' who pulled an odd play yester day. Please credit R. Almeida, of Cuba, with one. For he pulled a wild throw to second and then backed himself up on it. It was in the seventh inning of the first game. East had walked and O'Brien grounded to Almeida. The Cuban fielded the ball handily, but threw low to second and the ball got by Marcan. who dashed in to force East at second. The sphere hit the bag and rolled on toward right field, with nobody to field ft. Like a flash. Almeida set sail for it. And before Marcan or Ellam or Messenger could get to it. the gent from the Red Republic had swooped down on the pill and man aged to hold East at second It isn't every day in baseball that a baseman backs himself up on a wild throw to another base. S Summer Comfort Absolutely Depends Upon thinness and roomy fit of your “furnishings.” J Ours are out to conform to the body’s shape, but not to bind, tighten or limit physical freedom. ? hirts ties / 1 f>( d° rs to sracp your Suit j n “stunning” color effects in i |\\ 111 and harmonize with your C'ra- Knitted Silks, SI.OO to $3.00. ' \/v \\l VatS ' P lfl dcd. and Woven Silks 50c up. Wash UII J \ «'th soft Cuffs and Collar, Ti es , white and colors. 50c. minfeffnp S IOO t 0 $ 5 00 ' WP SOCKS UNDERWEAR ir'" , '4 'tistinffuished colors, tex- In ganae-weight, sleeveless knee EyJn/fe'/A tiires and make, double, inter- length Suits, 50c a garment. LA woven heel and toe. reinforced One-piece Suits, sure of fit, Iw Parks=Chambers=Hardwick I " I COMPANY E Peachtree | JACK DILLON KNOCKS OUT HUGO KELLY IN 3 ROUNDS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 29. Jack Dillon is a step nearer the middle weight title today following his victory over Hugo Kelly here last night. Dil lon put Kelly down for the count in the third round. Kelly, evidently in good condition and fighting carefully, was no match for the local lad. who went into the battle like a whirlwind, evidently de termined to win in the shortest possible time.' FERGUSON AND KENNEDY BATTLE 10-ROUND DRAW BOSTON. May 29.—Sandy Ferguson will not have to go back to the Ice wagon for several months at least. Chelsea’s esteemed citizen held Tom Kennedy. New York's "white hope," to a ten-round draw at the Ptlgram A. A. last night. JIMMY CALLAHAN SET DOWN. CLEVELAND. OHIO Mav 29.—Man ager Callahan, of the Chicago Ameri cans, today received notice from Presi dent Johnson, of the American league, of a three days suspension for Calla han's run-in with Umpire Westervelt during the Chicago-Detroit game last Saturday. U. S. SENDS 460 ENTRIES. NEW YORK, May 29.—James E Sul livan, secretary of the American Olym pic committee, has cabled 460 entries of United States athletes to Stockholm for the international game this sum mer. The largest number of entries was sent for the 400-meter run for which 40 names were forwarded. Crackers* Batting Averages, Including Yesterday*s Games PLAYERS— g. ab. r. h. p. c. Donahue, c 4 12 1 5 .417 Hemphill, cf 39 152 22 51 .336 Sitton, p 7 15 1 5 333 Dessau, p 7 20 0 6 .300 Aiperman. 3b40 153 27 42 .274 O’Dell, 1b36 125 18 34 .272 Bailev, If4o 140 29 37 .264 Ganley, rf3l 107 18 25 .233 Sykes, 1b26 78 11 18 .231 O’Brien, ss34 125 13 27 .216 East, 2b30 94 7 19 .202 Graham, cl 4 35 4 7.200 Paige, p 8 25 2 5 .200 Miller, pl 4 27 4 5 .185 Johns plO 20 3 3 .150 Atkins, p 7 18 2 2 .111 GIANTS PLAY TEAM OF NEGROES; ARE MOBBED NEW YORK, May 29.—N0 more of that dear Paterson for the Giants. The National league champions journeyed over there Tuesday top lay a team of colored players, and. after battling to a 3 to 3 tie, were mobbed as they quit the field in disgust over an umpire's de cision. All kinds of missiles were hurl ed at the Giants, including fifty-seven kinds of ancient vebgetables. as they attempted to get into their carriages Every man had 1.000 per cent average fielding the numerous articles hurled at them. Josh Devore made a wonderful catch of a tin can. leaping high out of the carriage and pulling it down as it was headed for the hackman's dome. 7