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Ban Johnson Greatest Chief
Organized Baseball Ever Had
By W. J. Mcßeth.
ATE" YORK ,lun» 4 Organ
IXI izeri baseball owes much to
Ran Johnson The advent
of his American circuit into major
league ranks marked the dawn of a
new era in the government of the
national pastime From the phaos
~ of war was built the principle of
~ gpy,ernmrnt whl< h now controls th* 3
X" great summer sport For much of.
'hr this good Johnson must he thanked.
, r Tet within the past two weeks he
rendered a service to the cause he
represents which makes any earlier
effort appear trivial
Out of Tx Cobb's attack on a
Hilltop spectator during Detroit’s
visit to New York arose the most
serious situation which has con
fronted organized baseball since the
peace pact was signed ton tears
ago
When the Detroit players walked
out. Ran Johnson xx a on his way
from Boston to Cincinnati He was
apprised of the miitlm when he
reached Albany It was by far the
most serious situation that ever
had confronted the man who fram
ed the destinies of the American
league Instead of rushing helter
skelter to Philadelphia, the hot
bed of revolution. Ban continued
placidly on his way to Cincinnati
In the meantime he had the wires
hot. sounding the < lub presidents
of hfs league to see If they would
stand behind his action By the
time he reached Cincinnati he was
assured of the hearty co-operation
of his colleagues. That was all he
wanted.
Johnson Had Commission.
In Cincinnati were gathered to
gether all the National league
magnates to celebrate the dedica
tion of August H-'irm in's new
baseball plant Johnson got into
conference with his two associates
of the national commission. Tom
Lynch and August Herrmann
Thev fullv appreciated the delicacy
of his position He told them he
meant to fight the revolution to the
death Thev realized that if organ
ized baseball gave an inch of
ground It was the end of peace and
order established through years of
patience and h irmonx Johnson
was assured of the hearty . .> oper
ation of th® national commission
Then he Jumped right into the
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You'll have your “inning”
---if you take your outing in
a Ford. Twill give you the
largest measure of satisfaction
-—at the least expense. And
should accident befall, you’ll
find Ford repairs near-by.
There’s scarcely an American
hamlet that hasn't a Ford
service station.
Seventy five thousand now Cords go into
service this season proof <>f tlnir one
qnaled merit The price is s.>9ti for the
roadster, $690 for the five passenger ear,
and S7OO for the delivery car complete
with all equipment, f <>. I> Detroit Latest
catalogue from Cord Motor Companv. 11l
Peachtree St., Atlanta, or direct from De
troit factory.
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nonrne himself in turn issued
an ultimatum. He told tho rebel
Timers that th°y would have to
play or be “blacklisted” f°r life He
told them he would attend to
Cobb's (Asp after his own fashion.
And in a half hour’s talk he con
vinced Prank Navin, president of
the Detroit club, that he must stick
with the rest of the American
lea cun promoters as he always had
stuck.
Navin got aboard the band wag*
on of organization Ho stood to
lose a quarter of a million dollars
worth "f plavers by defying the
mutineer. 1 Rut still he told them
lie would stick by the ship and take
what substitutes hl- colleagues
• -ould spare. Threatened with the
“blacklist” and deserted by major
league rivals upon whose sympa
thies the striking Tigers had count
ed. there was nothing left but to
make the best of a bad bargain
W hen Navin promised to pay the
fines, his warriors fell over one an
other in their to embrace
an opportunity that would let them
back Into the fold with some,show
of remaining grace.
It may he quite true that Rati
Johnson did not turn the coup sin
gle-handed Rut should he not In
given the lion s share of credit ’ In
what other league has a president
so much power over the promoters?
Players Were the “Goats.’*
Now that the trouble is over, few
believe Detroit’s players so dearh
love T\ Cobb that thej' went out
In sympathy for him. It looks more
like a wholesale conspiracy by the
profession. The Detroit players
simply proved the “goats.” »They
beloved that all the American and
National league players would hold
out in sympathy In fact, an effort
was made to form a players pro
tective association. When It fell
through the Tigeis saw the\ were
in bad. They made the mistake of
taking too much for granted Had
the union first been formed it is
dnubjful if organized baseball
ould have survived the shock at
bast, without the trouble and ex
pense of the bitterest war of his
tory.
CHARLEY WHITE IS FAVORITE.
NFW VOEK, lune 1 (’barley White,
the highly touted Chicago featherweight,
rules favorite over Young Shugrite, of
Jersex City. whom h* will meet in a ten
round bout at the St Nicholas Athletic
club tonight White is anxious tn get a
match with (’hampion Johnny Kilbane, he
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS. TUESDAY. JUNE 4. 1912.
“Piggy” Paige Goes to Montgomery and So Does Johns-Later
RUSSELL HAS DISAPPEARED; LOCALCLUB WORRIED
By Perry H. Whiting.
PIT<HER "PIGGY " PAIGE has
been turned over to the
Montgomery club and Pitch
er Harold Johns will go to the
same place, “Lefty" Rus
sell reports to Atlanta.
But Russell has disappeared
The local association is worried
half sick and is bunting up wires
trying to locate the $12,000 wonder
and to get him here in time for the
New Orleans series.
In response to urgent wires. Man
ager Connie Mack announces that
he’s blessed if he knows where
Russell Is. He states that Rus
sell seemed pleased to go to At
lanta and that he accepted money
for his transportation. Mack
states that he heard that Russell's
wife was sick and that he sus
pected perhaps “Lefty” had gone
home.
The local association, acting on
Mack's tip. has wired Russell at
his home. Hagerstown. Md.. but as
yet has received no reply.
Owing to Russell's non-appear
ance, Johns will be brought to At
lanta with the Crackers and nil!
be held until the eX-Athletlc re
pNl'tS.
East will eo. of course, as soon
ap Coleman reports The Memphis
club will probably take him.
• * •
E* VERY team in the Southern
y league has played nearly one
third of Its games, and it is high
time somebody was picking an all-
Soutbern league ball club
We will not inflict our personal
opinions op anybody, however, but
will pick one of these automatic
"all-Southerns," selecting the play
ers of the various positions who
show the best batting and fielding
averages.
As always happens a lot of the
players realix most valuable don't
credit for it. for some man who
is a bit more flashy and a lot less
useful shows the best averages.
If you were picking the two best
ratchets of the Southern league
and had a million guesses you
would hardly light on McAllister,
of Montgomery. and Elliott. of
Nashville. Yet. they are batting
first and second among the catch
ers of th« league and fielding sixth
and eleventh, respectively. The
other hackstoppers who arc fl rid
ing better arc batting so much
worse as to be out of tbe running
(of course only those players who
have been in a good proportion of
tbe games are counted).
Your all-star Infield turns nut to
be this rather surprising aggrega
tion: Abstain, first base. Marcan,
second bas». Mmelda, third base,
and Ellam. shortstop
Guessing the outfieldwould not
b« so hard Hemphill, Schweitzer
and Williams get the call.
• • •
THE catchers in the Southern
league this year are a rather
ordinary lot. useful enough, but not
highly ornamental. McAllister and
Elliott, the best <n the lot on aver
ages. are both batting fairly well,
but neither Is a wonder at fielding,
and Elliott is especially off
Tbe league will have to go some
if it is to send up any Archers or
Sweeneys this year.
The most notable figure in the
all-Southern infield is Almeida, the
Cuban He is batting like a man
bereft and fielding and throwing
well besides If be tends to busi
ness he will probablv finish out the
season with the best showing to bis
credit that ev> r a Southern league
third baseman made
Xbstetn. batting 324 and well up
in fielding, has it n'l to himself
among the first bascir lie I- get
ting to be ."it old-timer now and he
nex »r xva- a deep or a speedy
thinker, even in his best days But
he evidently v-tains some of his
skill at the ineih.tnir.il put of the
Wares of Montgomery, on the
-iringth of lit-, .‘go batting and his
.x V lb n> fiCdiu. - - Mild -. allx ki. k
tu al short or .t-toiid, but he ha.
not played either position enough
to qualify him for consideration.
With Wares out of the way. Mar
can. of the leaders, is easily the
best at second base. He leads the
regulars at hatting and is fourth at
fielding.
The shortstop job is a toss-up
among Ellam. McElveen and Ba
lenti. The last named is batting
.243, the other txvo at .240. Balenti
is fielding seventh among the reg
ular shortstops, which knocks him
out of tbe running, and as the other
txvo are tied in hatting, and as El
lam leads a fraction In fielding he
is entitled to tbe honor. The mar-
Name. Position. Club.
McAllister, ('., Montgomery
Elliott, c.. Nashville
Absteln, lb.. Memphis
Marcan, 2b.. Birmingham
Ellam. as . Birmingham
Almeida. 3b. Birmingham
Hemphill, cf . Atlanta
Schweitzer, cf., Memphis
Williams, cf.. Montgomery . .
Totals 1,
[_ RACING ENTRIES
BLUE BONNET ENTRIES.
FIRST Selling. 2 year olds, 5 fur
longs. Sand Hog 102, Michael Rice
111. Boss 105, Sand Man' 111, Fatty
Grub 105, “Orowoc 97,.
SECOND Province owned 3 year
olds and up. mile: Salian 111. Von
Laer 114. Kind Cash 94. Irvin P. Diggs
111, Tee Max 106, t'loff Stream 92, In
spector Lestrade 94.
THIRD - Seiline 3 year olds and up,
5 1-2 furlongs: Turbine 105, Arany 102.
Lad.x Irma 116. Miss Felix 10S. •Rye
straw 109. “Napanick 114. Dominick
10S. 10S. Ruble 113. *Sal Volatile 103.
Toy Roy lio.
FOURTH Three year olds and up,
mile: Mediator 111. Kermak 111. Platt-
Glass 119. Fro- Legs to?, ylambala 111.
FIFTH Wilson cup. steeplechase. 4
year olds and un. 2 1-2 miles: Tuekola
149. Wlckson 154 Waterloo K 130,
aAnnum 135. aßuckthorn 135. (aMc-
Lennan entry.)
SIXTH Selling. 3 year olds and up.
5 1-2 furlongs: Coonex K. 110, De
lightful 97, Edith C 107, Planutess 107.
King Avondale 113, Scarlet Pimpernel
112, "Rlagg 105. Mindora 112. Anavrl
114. Jim <> 102. Ridgeland 102.
SEVENTH Selling. 3 yeai olds and
up. mile anti an eighth Bertis 107. Tb°
Golden Butterfix- p>7, *Onrlco 84. Golden
Treasurer 104. Seconke 107, M. Camden
107. Naughtx- Dad 107, Bit of Fortune
112
“Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear: track fast
I ATONIA ENTRIES,
FIRST —2 yeai olds, 5 furlong 3.
Obesson 106 The Grader 106, Pericles
SECOND Selling. 2 year olds. 5 fu r -
SECOND -Selling, 2 yearolds, 5 fur
longs General 103. Po>lx Worth 105,
Dorlon 107. Counterpart 107, Ralph
Lloyd 112. Yorkville 112.
THIRD -Selling. 2 year olds. 6 fur
longs: Tommie Thompson 105, Sir Giles
10.,. Bonanza 106. Detour 106. Mark A
Mayer 107. York Lad 107. Chartier 107.
Sayville, 109. Yanker 110. Millo 116.
Captain ißravn 110, Sickle 111.
FOURTH Handicap, 3 year olds and
up. 6 furlongs Helmet 107. T. M
Greene 109, Grover Hughes 111. The
Manager 111.
FIFTH 3 tear olds and up, 1 mile
Cov I,ad 93. Presumption 96, Ruckhorn
101, Princess Callaway 108, Roiling
Stone 108. Bell Horse 110, Sand Hill 113
SIXTH Selling, 3 year olds and up.
1 3-16 miles: Sister Florence 85. Steeple
jack 90. Darkness 90. < olonel Brown 90.
Belfast 102. Hannis 106 Feather Dus
ter 106. Consol' 3 106. Bottles 106. Spin
dle 106.
Weather cleat ; Pack fast
MARLBOROUGH ENTRIES
FIRST About 5 furtongs, selling.
Gold Check Ito. Court Jester 102. Exe
cutant 100. si'ense 110, Tallahassee 109
Hlhernica 11''. D-'tin. - 109. t b 1
Spears 112. Dora M ’ utz 100. District j
Attorney lio
SECOND Five furlongs sr-lltne ;
Susan 109. Gollyyyog io-.'. *(tonno Bee
105, Top Rod-: 109 (’bristmas Daisy
100 Miss Stannel 100. “Hannah l.ouise
]OS, Royal Onyx 11.'. Sir Edward 11 3
Jean W agm 114.
I’H IRD Si»■»-ph- ho ■ • short < opr:--
Virginia 1 'reaper 13i>,. 13; Racewdl 130.
I.m ien 13,'., Ennis l<-’ -n Ila Hart. --m
143
FOURTH Mlle and a dxteenth
"Warn' : Griswell 110. Henotit •'!
“Harx, y I' 1"X. Grar-ia loa Red Jacket
9i Mollie S Ini'. Gift a«. Gohlen 1
tl 110
fifth “ ' img I ' fu> I'" K
mg Siuirixl 11b. Fontl pv. Mi--. M ■-
gin. however, is about as wide as
an emaciated whisker.
L I EMPHILL leads all the outfield
** ers of the league at batting,
but. on th p strength of five errors,
is twenty-first in fielding. How
ever, five errors do not count, yvhen
overbalanced by 54 hits, and the
local manager has a place cinched.
Schweitzer, who hats .312 and fields
second among the regular outfield
ers. goes on the list, and so does
Williams, of Montgomery, the man
John Dobbs picks as the most
promising young outfielder in the
Southern league this year. Here
are the figures on this team:
ab. h. pct. po. a. e. net.
. 39 11 .282 60 11 2
. 82 23 .280 140 39 2 .949
.142 46 .324 379 14 3 .992
.149 37 248 78 92 6 .966
.129 31 .240 97 113 17 .925
. 60 26 433 18 31 1 980
.163 54 .331 78 5 5' .886
.141 44 .312 65 3 1 985
.141 44 .307 56 4 2 977
1,046 316 .302 971 312 39 .970
ments 100, Adolante 102. Even Tide 100,
Toniata 118, Gallnda 111, Lucille R.
110.
SIXTH -About 6 furlongs, selling
Goodaere 115, Tackle 115. Gold Cap
115. Third Rail 115, Duke of Bridge
water 115. Argonaut 118, Geo Turner
115, Rinda 113, Rubla Grande 113.'
SEVENTH Selling. 5 furlongs
“Fort Worth 106. .“Hilda's Sister 115.
Ethel Brune 110. Muskmelon 109. Me.riz
110. Loyal Maid 110. Naughty Rose 110.
Shreve 105, Bertmont 112. Tom Holland
112 .
“Apprentice allowance claimed
JOS, F. RAINE, JR„ WINS
DR, T.P, HINMAN TROPHY
The Dr T. P. Hinman trophy was
won by Joseph F. Raine, Jr., when he
defeated Dowdell Brown in the 36 holes
finals. 2 up and 1 to plaj. At the end
of the first eighteen holes Mr. Raine
stood 4 up Mr. Brown squared the
match at one time after brilliant uphill
work, but could not bold back his op
ponent.
Richard Palmer captured the second
flight cup by defeating W. F. Spalding.
5 up and 4 to tplay.
H. G. Scott won the third flight cup
by defeating J. Q Burton. 6 up and 5
to play.
The fourth flight cup was captured
by E. H. Barnet by default
PELICANS SELL LEMON
FOR FORT WORTH TEAM
NEW ORLEANS. June 4,—Manager
Charley Frank has sold Catcher lee
Lemon to th<* Fort Worth club of the
Tex a 9 league.
There is much speculation as to
who will take* hi« place nn the Pelican
nluh, hut the )n< al baseball office can
give no information
JEM DRISCOLL STOPS
FRENCH CHAMP IN 12 RDS.
T.DNDON. June 4 Jem Driscoll, the
featherweight champion of England, last
night knocked out the French champion.
Jeon Poesy The fight was before the
National Sporting club and went twelve
rounds.
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New Orleans Club Should Win
High Honors in Golf Tourney
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Juno
4.—Play In the eleventh
annual tournament of the
Southern Golf association began
this morning with the qualifying
round on the course of the Chat
tanooga Golf and Country club.
More than 150 golfers started.
The players who return the 64
lowest scores today will qualify to
play 18 more holes Wednesday
morning. The players out of this
64 who return the 32 lowest scores
will constitute the championship
flight, and will begin match play
Wednesday afternoon.
Both team and low qualifying
score will be decided in the play of
this morr'ng and Wednesday.. The
New Orleans team, rompossd of
Leigh Carroll. W. P. Stewart. Nel
son Whitney and Reuben Bush, Jr.,
is a strong favorite for team hon
ors and undoubtedly has the prize
cinched, while the loxx score prize
is almost certain to go to New Or
leans also.
Atlanta's chances for distinction
in team play are entrusted to G. W.
Adair. H. C. Scott. W. T. Tichenor
and F. G. Byrd. This is considered
a strong team but hardly as for-
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midablc as that r«*pr*?»nting Naw
Orleans.
New Orleans golfers are rank
favorite? for the individual cham
pionship honor Stewart, Whit
ney. Carroll and Schwartz, all
champions of the S. I. A in their
day. are all considered possibilities,
while Rush is still being backed by
local golfers at odds of 5 to 3
against the entire field. The young
ster showed remarkable form in
the last two tournaments and la
considered this year to he greatly
improved in form. Sherwood, the
Memphis professional and a shrewd
golfer, however, is a strong believer
In Schwartz, who won the first
championship ever given by the S.
G A.
An interesting figure in the tour
nament will be Ted Coy, the famous
Yale gridiron athlete « ho made his
debut in a S, G. A. tourney to
day. Coy's driving has attracted
attention
Tbe annual meeting of the asso
ciation will be held at the club
hnu=e at 8 o'clock tonight H. F.
Smith, of Nashville, will, of course,
be re-elected. Montgomery xvants
next year's tournamen’ and the ap
plication of the Alabama, city is re
ported to looked upon with favor
by many of the governing authori
ties.