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12 ®OMM srcw ©fflO * IWIWW LPITLD & W. 9 FARNSWORTH Slllc lIClt llaW\f S lI)iVOTC(J Suit The Judge Then Struck the Pavement copyright, nn. National New; ______ ——> —— - . - . f - . I ITT - k-o—; ■ -Hr <x??CO fV' ' I JTCTHeK. \AM ' H El? 4? !r7U7U'\ \ , r <3& ‘ jK= - / 4 I yJ'sW' \ mT/WTI ( I'MASouT \Nu J,, fc= ' s **yi VJTT>< -"*' za te. ' s' ss’iUfc \ pSjjj \IP Stß> tf' / fIKS w <c A 4w OSr r ia > 7 L Hsßßw X- ' -fel__^—lFS l ll' 1 < ■= \ fe^-,--=-< '~ = F = ?- S. Z —ZjaJL&i •= / 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 I 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. I ■il'P'W-Wir “• .. _ ,1 1.. ~~~Ti'*’' —— t ' i C ■■T,. »..«ii»n«S!»SiSS55«ff MM T »!i ~ - l—** '** ww' >- 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. | Chew DRUM ■ The mellow miU tierw I ■ soothing natural leaf I I helps ihe man who | I mufn be accurate Only I I takes 3 little piece. I Idruhmond NATURAL LEAF I CHEWING TOBACCO I 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- U’(3’S-L7 WttiTBMALLSL T Have You a Boy I AVlio s Goins to Graduate Or take any part in the Commencement exercises—-or even he a mere looker-on? There are many such—-and they naturallv want to he dressed appropriately and cor rectly. Our Blue Serge Suits Are winning the admiration of the Youths if who want the hest fahrics—truest colors— • ■ most stylish models and hest fitting garments in Atlanta. All sizes for every age^ —all prices from $lO to $25 for Youths —ss to $lO for Boys and Men s sizes from—sl2 to S3O. Anything the Boys need for the closing of school—or vacation wear—you 11 find in hest grades and correct styles at Eisemanßros. I 11-13-15-17 Whitehall St. , * By Tad 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.