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Crackers Kre Short of Work, But Are Coming Around All Right
PELS PLAY LIKE WILD MEN AND WIN HANDILY
By Percy H. Whiting.
|(T F today I know what's
1 the matter with ua," said
Charley HempMU before yes
terday** 3-4 defeat, "It’s beoanse
w need more work. Pome teams
do better with occaalwnal reeta but
the Atlanta team thle year needs
■even Kames a week, every week,
to keep tn shape. We have pitch
er* who need work to be good. The
bad weather lately has kept us
from sret ting right."
This is offered as the Extenuat
ing Ctrcumstanoe, which Is anoth
er title for our old friend. Colonel
A. N. AJIM.
The Crackers lost, but they k*t a
good fame, a corking game as far
ns fielding stunts went. The Peli
can fielders went "plum crazy" and
pulled stuff that ought to land them
In Milledgeville. Spencer, for ex
ample, went twice up the right
field bank after balls, and once he
fell down, balanced on one shoul
der. caught the ball, rolled over
down the bank, but HSJIJD THE
BALK
Any team 1a hard to beat when It
1s going like that, but 1t 1s especial
ly hard to stop When it has a pitch
er working as Ducky Swann was
working yesterday. This lad. who
is as old as he Is small, and »« con
fident »• he ie old. had the Crack
ers feeding from his mitt.
Maybe It was the old “pygmy
pitcher hoodoo," varnished up and
put 1n running order for the 191?
eea*cm. Tn years poet the Crack
era could drub the big guy a. and
the bigger they were the harder
they feU; but the little ones were
Jinks Gordon Hickman, no bigger
than a ealf-respecting flea, used to
make the Crackers look like Jokes
And now along comes. Swann,
who fa little larger than Hickman
and probably « good Mt older, and
he hande the locals t—ne of the
cM-flme stuff.
The Crarkem sent their smallest
jdtfiber, Ttimnrv Atkins, ngatnsl the
Fefcerrs, but It was of no avail
Atkina pttched a first-class ganxe
If It had not been for one error he
would have held Frank's men to
two runs, and that's surely all you
can reasonably ask of a pitcher. It
hag been Tommy’s curse for years
that hie ten ms wouldn’t make any
. runs for him and the hoodoo seems
still to hover over bls head.
• • •
J T seemed odd not to see Mann
ager Hemphill In the game
The manager explains his absence
from the line-up aa follows
" What chance have 1 got to break
In. with all of them hitting the way
they are” J can’t afford to break
up a good combination, besides, 1
want to give Ear! Sykes some
work. What good 1s a utility msn
If he doesn’t get a chance to do
something now and then? They
are all doing all right and I may
stay out several days”
That’s what Hemphill says
MONEY TO LOAN
ON
DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY
S t r 1 e Uy confulentlaL
Tin rod earned pledges >■
diamonds for sale. 20 per
cent less than elsewhere..
MARTIN MAY
(Formerly of Schaul &
May.)
11 1-2 PEACHTREE ST.
UPSTAIRS
Absolutely Private.
Opposite Fourth Nat
Bank Bldg
Both Phones 1584
WE BUY OLD GOLD
Bi s J Friday
Atlanta »s. N. Orleans
PONCE DELEON PARK
Game Called 4:00
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:"PRIZE COMPETITIONS ’
:IN SERIES between:
: CRACKERS AND PELS :
• •
• Al O’Dell won the prise for the •
• most brilliant play in yesterday’s •
• game, on the strength of his fly- •
• Ing catch of Johnston's liner in the •
• third. •
• Harry Bailey is the only Crack- •
• er who scored a point for the •
• Maier & Berkele prize He made •
• the hit that drove in the Crack- •
• ers’ only run of the day •
• Pykes and Knot are tied for the •
• leadership for the Parks-Cham- •
» bars-Hardwick Company prize, •
• which goes to the man who makes •
• the most hits. Each made two •
• yesterday. •
• Walter East has the leadership •
• in the long-hit contest, for the •
• George Muse prize, with a terrific •
• three-bagger. •
• Tommy Atklne put a 7-frit, 4- •
• strikeout, no-bases-on-balls game •
• to his credit for the !ait Brothers •
• prise •
• All contests except that for the •
• most brilliant play, which was de- •
• elded yesterday, will go for the •
• whole New Orleans series •
• •
••••••••••••••••••••••••a*
What we think Is that "Hemp”
will be back in a couple of days.
• • •
'pHE Bhriners added much to the
internet In the day’s doings—
especially the Arab patrol This
body, attired in uniforms which
are the gayest of the gay in color
and design, marched through the
[baseball I
Diamond News and Gossip
George Stovall, the Browns’ man
agor. mafle his big league debut In 1904
And after all these years he has sunk to
hi# present low station.
• • •
When Bert Schotten was hit on the
head by a fly to the outfield the other day
h appeared to amuse Germany Schaeffer
When the next man came to bat the
comedian yelled: “Hit 'em over the
heads. Don't kill anybody ’
• ♦ •
Fred Clarke 1a after Vmplre Klein, and
all because of his continued yelp that ihe
Umpires of the National are giving Ex-
Imp O Dav the beat of It. He claims that
when he asks umpires to investigate the
legality of an opposing pitcher's position
they laugh at him. but that when O’Day
asks the same thing the umpires hound
his pit< hers for hours It s really awfully
tragic
♦ • •
President Fielder Jones isn’t having any
ton smooth a time with his Northwestern
league Tacoma has just died out as a
ball town and Jones has a franchise on
his hands
• • •
Kerr, with a batting average of
dB9. is right around the top with the
Tri Slate league hitters He caught his
first five games without an error
Jake Dan bort has walloped in with a
suggestion that walls which placers may
run into wlien chasing foul balls be pro
tected b\ wire screens a foot or so from
the obstruction He figures that this
would aa\e players from such injuries as
that which Hans Lobert acquired.
• • •
Honolulu is rhe wildest baseball town
on the map Chinese and Japanese teams
play and the feeling is torrid Fans camp
all night on the field to be in time for
good seats Xhnut 2,000 is an average
crowd for a week day game and S.OOO on
Sunday
• • •
You can prove that the sacrifice la a
great pla.' by the Sox. who lead the
ttm-rican league in using It. and that It
isn’t by the Giants, who have made less
than nnt other team in the National.
• • •
You don’t see the name of that esti
mable old German. Hans Wagner, in the
papers so often these days, but the old
lad continues to wallop the ball better
than SOO and to field like a fiend
• • •
■ Brady will probably twirl his first game
■ for the Crackers on their home grounds
When Dawson" came to bat in the
second he was recognized as George
Ilohe. the former Mobile first sacker
Either the scoreboard was ba lie. I or
George is a "ringer."
Callahan s files to right in the first and
third innings looked good for extra base,
hits, but excellent fielding bv spem eh
made them outs and saved the game for
the Pels
THE ATLANTA GEOPGTAN ANT) NEWS. THTRSDAY. JUNE 6, 1912.
ztreets, headed Tty a hand, before
the game, and then, just before the
umpires called, "Play ball." they
gav’e an exhibition of plain and
fancy marching and a sabre drill
that was a wonder.
Then came Illustrious Potentate
John Hynds, who threw the first
ball. And be It said, to the lasting
honor of Illustrious Potentate
Hynds. he threw a vastly better
first ball than the average.
By no stretch of imagination
could an umpire have called it a
strike—if Johnston hadn't obliging
ly hit at it. it wasn't even near.
But it didn’t roll along the ground,
nor did It sail over the catcher’s
head, which was out of the ordi
nary.
One special feature of the day
was the fact that the Shriners had
offered |ls to the Atlanta player
who made the most brilliant play.
Al O’Dell won it tn a canter and he
didn’t waste any time about doing
it. It was In the third inning, when
Johnston hit a hard eemi-llner out
O’Dell’s way. Al ran for it awhile
and then flew a bit. When he had
reached an attitude of six feet or so
he stuck out both hands, grabbed
the ball, fluttered a bit in mid air
and slowly settled back to earth.
It was worth the sls.
• • •
uTZ-ID” DONA HITE was one of the
bright lights of the game.
He didn’t hit any and his fielding,
while excellent, was not brilliant.
At throwing, though, he was a won
der Four Pelicans tried to steal and
four Pelicans failed miserably. Ev
ery throw was sent away fast and
was winged to exactly the right
spot, Hnigh. the New Orleans
catcher, also threw well and per
formed creditably.
Fboxing
Late News and Views
L_
Luther McCarthy and Al Kaufman have
been practically matched for a fight in
San Francisco June 26
Howard Morrow- has refused to box Ed
die McGoorty at Benton Harbor July 4.
as he wants to stay at Las Vegas and
witness the Johnson-Flynn scrap
• ♦ *
Frank Moran and Harry West will mix
In a ten-round affair at Columbus June 7.
• • •
The twenty-round bout between Joe
Jeannette and Sam Langford, scheduled
for Los Angeles July 27, has been called
off. as latngford will be detained In Aus
tralia on account of a lawsuit pending
there
* • •
Tommy Goodman was disqualified by
the New York boxing commission for
stalling In a bout with Jack .McHenry at
Albany last week
• • •
Eddie Murphy and Ray Temple have
been matched to fight ten rounds at Gary
Ind, June 14.
• • •
New York boxing promoters are ar
ranging to stage a ten-round fight be
tween \d Wolgast and Willie Ritchie if
they can get the champion to agree to
reasonable terms.
Packer McFarland and Frank Brennan
are scheduled to box in Muskegon Mich
tonight.
• • •
Chief of Police Young, of St ixniis. has
issued an order that will stop boxing tn
that city However, promoters believe
they will be able to resume boxing again
in the fall.
Matt Wells ts scheduled to box Bobby
Wilson at I'tiea tomorrow night
• • •
K O Brennan and Honev Melhslv will
box ten rounds in Baltimore June 10.
Jim Corbett says Tommy Ryan has no
equal in the world as a trainer.
• • •
George Brown and Jack Dillon will mix
It in Columbus tomorrow night.
The proposed bout between Eddie Mur
phi and Matty Baldwin, which was to be
staged in Boston, has fallen through
Pat While and Dan Ridge will box in
Brooklyn tonight
• • •
Joe Rivers w ill begin bard training next
week for his bout with Wolgast m Los
, Angeles July 24.
MRS. BARLOW WINNER.
ST. MARTINS, PA. June 6 -.Mrs.
Ronald H. Barlow , of the Merlon Crick
et club, today won the women’s East
ern golf < hantpionship She went out
on 43 and came In 46, a total of 91
strokes for the IS holes.
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday*s Game
These are the Crackers’ batting av
erages, including yesterday’s game:
Players. G. AB. R. H. Av.
Dessau, p 9 27 2 9 .333
Hemphill, cf. . .42 163 23 54 .331
Donahue, c. . . . 9 27 4 8 .296
Sitton, p 8 18 1 5 .278*
Alperman, 3b.. .46 179 29 48 .268
Bailey, If 46 164 31 43 .262
Sykes, lb 30 89 14 23 .258
O’Dell, utility . .42 145 21 37 .255
Brady, p 1 4 0 1 .250
East, 2b 36 114 10 28 .246
Graham, c. . . .16 39 4 9 .231
O'Brien, ss . . .40 146 17 33 .226
Callahan, cf. . . 4 17 1 3 .176
Atkins, p r 9 24 2 4 .167
Johns, p 10 20 3 3 .150
ASSORTED FIST FIGHTS
ENLIVEN GAME AT TULSA
TULSA. OKLA.. June fl.-Four fist
fights, the ejectment from the grounds
and jailing of the umpire apd the fainting
of a ball player who was in the grand
stand served as a prelude to yesterday's
game between Tulsa and Okmulgee, of
the Oklahoma State league. It was ladies'
day. too.
First some one questioned the sobrietj’
of Umpire McKee. Then came a fisticuff
between the umpire and Owner Bleckley,
of the Tulsa club. Bmps McKee came
out second best, but had sufficiently re
covered when Manager Gardner, of the
Okmulgee team, who is under suspension
and who. McKee alleges, assaulted him
after yesterday's game, came on the field
to engage him in battle. At this stage
spectators swarmed on the field, and Mc-
Kee was carried bodily into the dressing
room under the grandstand, where two
Oktnulgeeans acted as his opponents in
bout No. 3
■a In the absence of the umpire, two spec
tators were selected as umpires, and the
game started. It had not progressed far.
however, before McKee was on the field
again, and exchanging blows with Man
ager Price, of Tulsa This fray was at
its height when Shortstop Black, of Ok
mulgee, fainted
Four policemen put an end to hostili
ties by arresting McKee. Tulsa won the
■ game. 4 to 1.
HORRINE CLEARS BAR
AT 6 FL 8 1-4 INCHES
NEW YORK. June S.—George Hor
rine, the Stanford university athlete
who is here practicing for the interna
' tional Olympic games, today expressed
the opinion that he would be able to
duplicate the record-breaking high
Jump which he accomplished yesterday
, at Travers Jsland in a tryout when he
I leaped over a bar 6 feet 8 1-4 inches
above the earth.
Although this beats the world’s rec
ord. it can not be regarded as a new
world’s mark, because it was not made
, in an athletic competition. Horrine's
I previous mark was 6 feet 7 inches.
I
: WOLGAST TO INSIST ON
133 POUNDS RINGSIDE
l UHICAGO. June 6.—Light weight
Champion Ad Wolgast. while in Chica
go last night, declared he would follow
‘ the example set by Battling Nelson and
• Joe Gans while they held the title and
insist that hereafter all challengers for
the championship would be required to
make 133 pounds ringside.
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: Lines to the Lowly
By William F. Kirk.
J •
i How sleep the brave who In the spring
Aspired to honors stellar.
And now, in spite of everything
Are resting in the cellar?
I Boston and Brooklyn, do not cry.
Though your home fans may roar.
The Giants can't jump through the sk\
And you can't Journey lower.
• * •
A battered man lay dying on a sultry
summer day
! The choicest kind of day to die. if one
must pass away.
1 A comrade knelt beside him and sau
his life-blood ooze
* (I hate to write this parody, but baby
needs some shoes).
The comrade asked his fellow fan.
"Why do you want to perish, Dan"”
The dying rooter raised his ksad and
t whispered with a whln»
I "I was born In <’incinnati—Cincinnati
on the Rhine."
— >.
George Adair Trims Schwartz, Medal Winner; Byrd Also a Victor
| ATLANTANS MAKE BIG SHOWINfi IN HOLE EVENT
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. June
6.—The second round of the
championship flight and the
first round of the first, second,
third, fourth and fifth flights of the
eleventh annual tournament of the
Southern Golf association began
this morning. H. M. Block, of At
lanta, and A. M. Post, of New Or
leans, Inaugurated the day’s play
promptly at 8:30 o’clock. The
weather was cloudy and rain
threatened.
At the meeting of the association
last night Montgomery was chosen
as the place for the 1911 tourney.
In the matter of officers H. F.
Smith, of Nashville, was re-elected
president and J. C. Ryan, of Nash
ville. secretary. George W. Adair,
of Atlanta, was unanimously re
elected vice president.
The new board of directors is as
follow’s: H. F. Smith. Nashville;
George W. Adair, Atlanta; Leigh
Carroll, New Orleans; R. H. Baugh,
Birmingham; D. M. Goodwyn,
Louisville; E. D. Thomasson. Chat
tanooga; A. S. Mallory, Memphis;
W. C. Redding. Macon; W. A. Gun
ter. Montgomery.
A resolution was adopted to the
effect that a!) members of the as
sociation should adopt the U. S. G
A. method of arriving at handicaps.
Schwartz Wins Medal.
A tremendous surprise was
sprung yesterday morning when
Albert Schwartz, of New Orleans,
winner of the first Southern cham
pionship, held in Nashville in 1902,
makes hot
days coo 1
In Bottles—lce Cold at
the ball game.
IT’S
SIMPLY
D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S
“Call the Boy with the Khaki Coat”
turned up the winner of the low
score prize. He was second on
Monday, with a 78. but it was pre
sumed that Rube Bush, who had a
stroke on him, could hold the lead.
He failed to do it. however, and
Schwartz’s 79 yesterday morning
gave him the low score medal, with
a total of 157.
Yesterday afternoon the first
match rounds were played, and
some surprises resulted. George
W. Adair, of Atlanta, defeated Al
bert Schwartz In a great match.
3- Another former champion
went down tvhen Brooke, of New
Orleans, bested Leigh Carroll, of
New Orleans, one up. Another sur
prise came when Arch Henderson,
a Birmingham golfer, who is short
on form, but long on results, trim
med H. G. Scott, of Atlanta. Two
former champions met when Gaines
played Whitney, and naturally the
latter won, 6-4. Stewart, of New’
Orleans, the present title holder,
downed W. R. Tlchenor, of Atlanta,
4- F. G. Byrd, of Atlanta, a for
mer champion, defeated D. S. Hen
derson, of Chattanooga. 4-3. As
the men defeated in the first round
of the championship flight form the
first flight. Atlanta kicks into that
division with a pair of great play
ers, W. R. Tlchenor and H. G.
Scott, either of whom should be
good enough to win.
Results in First Round.
The results of the match play in
the first championship round fol
low:
Adair defe.ated Schwartz, 3-2;
England defeated McAfee. 3-2;
Brooke defeated Leigh Carroll, 1
up; Henderson defeated Scott, 1
up; Wright defeated ’Weaver, 1 up;
Edrington defeated Spurlock, 6-5;
Crawford defeated White. 1 up. 19
holes; Whitney defeated Gaines,
6-4; Bush defeated Davidson, 4-2;
Ward defeated H, T. Wilson, 1 up,
19 holes; Webb defeated E. H Coy,
3- Stewart defeated Tiehenor,
4- Byrd defeated D. S. Hender
son, 4-3; Selden defeated A. Stew
art. 6-4; Baugh defeated Daley,
5- Rowan defeated Bouden, 1 up.
The Atlanta golfers who got in
other flights were H. Block, second
flight; C. V. Rainwater and T. B.
Paine, third flight; R. E. Richards
and Paul A. Wright, fifth flight. ;
DANVILLE QUITS WHEN
GATE RECEIPTS SLUMP,
DANVILLE, VA, June 6.—-At a meet
ing of the stockholders and directors of
the Danville Athletic club it was unan
imously decided last night to surren
der the franchise.
The franchise was lurned over to J.
O. Boatwright, president, of the league,
who will endeavor to place it with Suf
folk.
The team left here last night to play
at Petersburg, according to schedule,
and will continue to play until some
city is found to take it.
Baseball in this city has been a losing
proposition since the beginning of the
season and latterly, with constant re
verses and poor gate receipts, it be
came apparent that the local club could
not weather the storm.