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ErDITLD S FARNSWORTH
WE’UPSET IN
MAJORLEAGUES’
PENNANTHUNTS
By Damon Runyon.
BASEBALL has away of in
variably upsetting all prog
nostications The only sure
thing about the game Is that It will
always be different from what Is
expected. After the hairline finish
In the National league last season
it was generally believed that the
1912 race in the older organization
would be a thrilling affair, while
the American league campaign was
figured as simply an uninteresting
parade, with the Athletics in the
band wagon showing the way.
Many fans believed that the
Giants were lucky in winning the
pennant in the National and that
the Phillies, the Pirates and the
Cubs would give them a terrible
battle this season. They also be
lieved that the Athletic band would
run its opponents off their feet,
early in the game and have the
pennant cinched early in the sea
son.
Hard Fight in Younger League.
In other words, it seemed certain
that the National league would
again afford ail the excitement,
while the American league race
would be tame and uninteresting
Conditions are just reversed.
While most people arc engaged in
figuring out just how far the
Giants will win, the Johnsonian
organization has settled down to a
hand-to-hand struggle with six
clubs in the melee.
John J. McGraw's club Is now
believed to have better than a 2-
to-1 chance of repeating in the Na
tional league, while It was hardly
even money at the close of the
1911 season. Connie Mack s dele
gation was considered a cinch at
any odds to win another pennant
In the American league this year,
particularly after the world's series,
but now in the merry month of
June it is believed that he will have
the fight of his life to overhaul the
White and Red Sox. He may do ft
—probably most fans believe 'he
will—but a strong element of un
certainty has entered into the mat
ter.
Phillies Big Disappointment.
It Is a remarkable upsetting of the
“dope." The Phillies -supposedly
the Giants’ most dangerous foe
after last season —are nowhere.
The McGraw machine is far out tn
front and the only other new sen
sation of the National league—the
Cincinnati Reds—faded early.
Pittsburg and Chicago are coming
very, very slowly; probably too
slowly to do them any good, while
the other clubs are running to
form.
In the American league there
have been two distinct surprises—
the White Sox ahd Washington.
The Red Sox are living up to the
winter books, as they were always
fig’ tred in the fight for the job of
runner-up. at least. Cleveland did
not do as well as expected, and De
troit has failed to justify the win
ter prophecies Meanwhile, the
champions of the world are lagging
along and showing but little of
their 1911 form It may be argued
that they lagged last season, too,
but with such delegations as the
vari-colored Sox out in front, it
behooves the champs to be up and
doing—for this is the middle of the
merry month of June
WAIVERS ASKED BY TIGERS
ON MULLIN AND SUMMERS
DETROIT. June It The Detroit Amer
ican league baseball club, it was learned
today, has asked waivers on George
Mullin and Eddie . Summers, veteran
pitchers and stars of season past Sum
mers has been in poor health, and it is
claimed Mullin has been indifferent.
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Diamond News and Gossip
Catcher Lemon, discarded by a brace of
Southern league clubs, no sooner reached
the Texas league than he busted a hand
and can't earn his pay. He only earned
part of it in the Southern
• • •
In his last KO trips to the plate George
Paskert has made 24 hits.
• • •
The Tri-State league makes more fran
chise changes than the Southeast Ar
kansas league and is a close second to
the Kitty. The Altoona franchise has
been transferred t<» Reading You all
know why. It was due to our old friend.
"1 of p whicji, being interpreted means
lack of patronage.
« • •
There are several clubs in the South
ern league suffering from that same
"1 of p ” complaint.
* • •
The Columbia. S. C.. team has bought
four players from the Cincinnati team.
But not the Beds Nixie. The I’. S.
league thing.
* • •
“Red” Keating, who fizzled with Al
bany. has been signed by Jacksonville.
* • •
Every time the Mobile team wins as
many as two games in a row the Gulville
scribes swear the team has just struck
its stride
• • •
Wild Bill Donovan is doing a little
scouting among American association
dubs for the Detroit team
The Southern league has a grand lot of I
road teams this year Only two of the •
eight clubs have non more games at .
homo than away frrom home The Crack- |
ers have played nearly a hundred points ,
bettor on foreign soil than at Ponce De-
Leon.
• « •
Cy Watson, the man who recently
pitched a no hit no-run one base-on-balls
game for Houston, has only managed -to
win five out of his ten games this 'ear
Scouts for the Browns are looking into
his case, but he hopes with luck to be
saved from any such misfortune
• • •
Luck and Bad Umpiring Wreck Cubs
Chance. ' says a Chicago headline They
could have reversed to read, “Wreck
Chance’s Cubs ' It is ever thus- when
you are losing
• • •
The I'nlted States league may be con
tinued with four clubs this season And
then again it may not be continued at all.
• • •
Peaches ' Graham will go to Toronto
if waivers are secured.
• ♦ •
<)’Da> would have claimed Pelty for
the Beds if Washington had waived on
him Hank ’ thinks Pel tvs arm is all
right, but that he needs a new team.
• • •
Reumiller. ex Cracker shortstop who
has been playing nhenomenalb good ball
f<»r the phenomenally had Louisville team,
is out n-'W with a broken thumb.
• • •
Herman Schaefer, as his baseball abil
it\ slips away, replaces it with new
vaudeville stuff lie now does an imita
tion high wire act along a chalk line that
is said to be funny enough to make
“Slivers swallow his make-up
• * •
The other day Schaefer was sent in to
hat for John Henrx As the giant catcher
walked to the bench Schaefer grabbed
i him and holding him b\ the band, turned
to the stands and announced:
“Ladles and Gtiitlofvon: Allow me to
introduce to you Mr Henrx He Is the
i gentleman I am to hat for*
Whim S< hacfvr walked to the plate Um
pire Bills Evans asked him who he was
i hatting for
“XL yelled S. la. ter. “Who. ME '
1 Who am I. batting for ’ I’m batting for
< Xvreise
Constant shifts of plaxvrs Ipive hurt
’ Tigers this yea/ They have never
(tiled down into a real tram yet
QUITS TEAM BECAUSE HE
COULD NOT ROOM ALONE
MAC'iX. GA Jme 17 Because the
; proprietors of a local hotel, wno are also
owners of the Ma. on ball club, refused
t • gi ■ e him a room to himself at a less
late than was charged the other pla\*»r«».
Shortstop i. hn Cook has quit the team
All of the plaxer stoj at the hotel, and
*wo are asdpned tn a room
Conk wanted to be by himself at half
the price charge,’ two players tor a room,
,nd when this was denied him be de
clined to play with the air longer.
Pre Aden’ E«heridg€ says he will be sus-‘
' ut-ntied indefinitely.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, TTNE 17, 1912.
League Schedule Hands Atlanta Awful Lemon in Short Saturday Games
KAVANAUfiH COULD HELP SOME, BUT NEVER WILL
By Percy 11. XV hi ting.
* SK any baseball man what Is
ZA the best baseball town in the
Southern league and he'll tell
you "Atlanta." Ask anybody in
Atlanta what city is getting all the
tytirst, pf thia year's schedule and
every year's schedule, and they'll
give you the kame' answer, "At
lanta."
Os all punk arrangements ever
inflicted on the public this schedule
that makes Atlanta the victim of
six-inning games on Saturday aft
ernoon is the most outrageous. The
Standard Oil Company never in
flicted anything worse on a com
petitor.
WHOSE fault is it? Not the lo-
* cal association's surely, for
the directors put up an elegant yell
against it. But they had one vote
against seven, 'the local associa
tion has been protesting for years
hgainst an arrangement that neces-
1 sltated short Saturday games. And
| all it has achieved was some ex
ercise for the lungs.
The Southern league is responsi
ble primarily and thejeague sched
ule committee secondarily And.
since the main cheese of the sched
ule committee is President AV. M.
Kavanaugh, it is likely that he is
the ring leader in unloading such
an imposition on the best baseball
city in the league.
* * •
A TLANTA gets short games on
- * Saturday so that the teams
playing here can get awky in time
to play Sunday games. It so hap
pens that the big Sunday towns —
Memphis. MoSilo and New Orleans
are reached by trains that leave
Atlanta early in the evening, so
early that, teams playing with the
Crackers must get an early start
in order to catch them.
The whole rotten arrangement
arose from the obsession of the
Southern league that the money it
makes on Sunday is a little better
than the money made on week
days. And the league will delib
erately cripple its sixtduy-a-week
cities for the benefit of those which
play Sunday ball.
it; HAT'S to be done about it?
•’ It's too lite to change the
schedule this year and it would be
impossible to get a majority in At
lanta's fax or. anyhow.
title thing that could be done
Mould be to wail this silly rule
that the game must be called one
hour before train time. Waiting
automobiles could hurry players to
either station in 15 or minutes.
It would cost visiting teams a
shade more and it would he duced
ly unpleasant tor the visiting play
ers to have to dress on the train.
But It seems to us that the added
expense and the added trouble
would be more than justified by
the f<v t that the fieoVle of Atlan
ta would a little more baseball
for their moi.- v.
These early game? are hurting ■
Atlanta's attendance.
Another liiinX that rould be. ch ne
would be to instruct the umpires to
V They" could ' increase the speed of
any game-a good 25 per cgnt., .if
they only would. By playing these
games at very top speed. and by
keeping them going until 20 or 30
minutes of train time it ought to'be
possible to play a full game ever\-
Saturday afternoon. *
The baseball fans do not so much
mind the early start. What Is
• hurting the attendance is the fear
of the fans that they will not see
a full game, even if they go
Os course Saturday’s game was
particularly short because the rain
just before game time made a
slight delay in starting necessary’.
A game that starts at 2; 15 is all
wrong. Three o’clock is not bad.
Very probable 3:30 would be the
ideal game time in Atlanta in mid
summer. But -:15 is too early.
Doubtless early starting of Sat
urday ball games have cost the
Atlanta Baseball association three
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Saturday's Game
These averages Include Saturday’s game
with Memphis.
Players - ! G-JAB/ R _H Av.
r i), p 11 32 I 11 344
Hemphill, cf 49 191 24 61 318
Bailey. If. 53 190 35 54 .284
Donahue, c 15 43 5 11 205
O’Dell, lb 4 r ‘ 170 26 43 2a3
Alpertnan. ss 53 206 29 51 24<
O’Brien. ss.-2b 50 168 19 41 .<*44
East. 2b 41 130 11 29 223
Graham, c 17 45 4 1 10 222
Sitton, p 10 23 1 5 21 «
Atkins, pi 10 26 2 n 19-
'T !■ o ' TH
i HOW THEY PAIR OFF
for McMichael cup
The following are the pairings in the
three flights of the golf tournament for
the J. C. McMichael cup:
First Flight.
T B Fax vs. 1 L. Grave?
C. Knowles vs <" .1 Holditch.
D R. Henry vs. XV. C Holleyman
T. J McGill vs. .1. S. Raine, Jr.
C. P King vs H. U. Moore
XX’HHam Richards vs. T P Hinman.
R P Jont> vs XX . F. Spalding
Dr. F Holland vs <’ E Corwin
Second Flight.
C. Angler vs D. Jemison.
.1. P W ebstar vs H P Thorn
G \ Nicholson. Jr . vs. G A Howell.
.1 D Osborn vs XX’. R Tichenor
P. Adait vs. 13 M Blount
R \ Palmer vs H L Hopkins
A Tb 'rnton vs. J U McMichael.
J. AL’ 'r«* vs E R Janies
Third Flight.
W L Hudson vs T A. Hammond.
J XX Pearce vs G XX* Adair
N K Bro> les vs XX XX <'unningham.
A XX’ Hodnett vs XX 'Warren
L H Beck xs .1 L' EK?
C. M Seiple vs. XX F Unshaw.
Stott Hudson v> H G Butler
C. S Davis vs K. E Richards
OFFER JOHNSON 530.000
TO BATTLE JEANNETTE
I.AS VEGAS. June 17.—John Arthur
Johnson 1s certainly a lucky man. The
Eren< h boxing promoters, through Vic
tor Brey er, have cabled an offer of SSfl,-
00fl to the champion it he will fight Joe
Jeannette rm rounds in the fair ■ ity of
Faris, And that’s3o. n( kf goes whether j
Lil Artha wins, loses or draws.
or four thousand iron men in' the
last two years,
♦ ♦ *
. 'T' HERE is small chance of ma
terially bettering conditions
this year. President Kavanaugh
is, of course, too busy with the task
of running Little Rock to give any
attention to the Southern league.
Witness that when Nashville was
about ready to drop out of the
league, which would have be«n the
severest blow that had fallen since
the league was organized. Presi
dent Kavanaugh couldn't, waste the
time to go over and look out for
things himself. He sent his sec
retary. Small thanks are due the
league's chief executive that the
tangle was straightened out as well
as it. was.
Because the league president is
getting his fat salary for giving the
league his moral support only,
which some of us believe isn't
worth the price paid, no remedy is
is sight right now.
Whether the future will offer any
improvement can't be determined.
The anti-Atlanta forces of the
Southern league would be in the
majority if the matter of giving
the Gate (Tty a square deal with
the Sunday- ball towns came for a
vote at the next schedule meeting.
President Kavanaugh, who will, of
course, be elected president again
next year by a 'doting and misguid
ed following, will make the sched
ule and if past schedules can be
taken as a criterion he can be
counted on to give Atlanta all the
I worst of it.
That ulcer can be cured
y 'our case is no worse than what
these people had.
Yet see how quickly 8.8.8.
cured them.
“I was down three years with an
ulcer on the leg." writes Mrs. Marie
Cooper of Mobile, Ala. "I used only
three bottles of 8.8 B. and it did me
more good than fifty-six bottles of
another remedy. Those who knew my
| condition and saw what 8.8.8. did for
me were surprised.”
Mr. R. J. Irving of Center Point,
Texas, writes: "I had a bad sore leg
which I could not get cured. I had the
best physicians; and tried various rem
edies. All failed until I used 8.8.8.
Now my leg is cured entirely and gives
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Miss Florence King of Atlanta, Ga.,
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I money trying to be cured. Since using
i 8.8. B. the foot has healed up. All in
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These are only three cases out
of thousands, which 8.8.8. has
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Any good druggist will supply
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it.
I’oar money back if 8.8.8.
1 fails to help yoa
BOXING
Late News and Views
Joe Mandot is certainly training hard
for his bout with Willie Ritchie in New
Orleans June 24. Joe boxes daily with
ambitious youngsters who are willing to
don the gloves with the Southern champ.
> • •
.Tim Flynn is now down to 195 pounds.
The fireman will probably enter the ring
against Johnson at this weight.
* ♦ ♦
Johnson will probably weigh 215 pounds
when he faces the Pueblo fireman. Al
though he will have some weight on the
white man, Flynn says his speed will
even matters up.
• • •
Governor Donald says the anti-betting
law will be strictly enforced at the John
son- Flynn fight next July. Many fans
antfeipated open betting.
♦ • •
The Gowanus A. C., of New York, will
hold its last fight two months from to
day, when M illie Fitzgerald and Al Mc-
Coy will mix It in a ten-round bout
• « •
Now* that Al Palzer has clinched the
match with Bombardier Wells for June
28 he is working out every day in order
to he in the best of condition when he
enters the ring against the Englishman.
LONG SHOT CAPTURES
$37,200 FRENCH DERBY
PARIS. June 17.—The Prix du Jockey
club, the French derby at the Chantilly
course, was won by a rank outsider,
Prince Murat's Friant 11., at 32 to 1 Au
gust Belmont s Amoreux 111., quoted at
6 to 1, finished second, and Compte De-
Berteux's Ukase 11.. at 17 to 1, was third.
TV. K. Vanderbilt’s Sightly finished fourth,
but Didlus, also a Vanderbilt entry, ran
unplaced.
The French derby is a three-.vear event
at one and one-half miles. It is worth
this year $37,200. Seventeen horses
started. Friant won easily by two
lengths.
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ON SAME ID
By W. J. Mcßeth.
NEW YORK, June 17.—1 n this
sordid age of business a man
who wilfully closes his eyes
to an opportunity 'or doubling his
profits is usually regarded as a fit
candidate for the ‘white house on
the hill." They may be born every
minute —but they are not so dense
as to stumble across a bundle of
yellowbacks without taking the
trouble to pick it up.
Al! of which is apropos of the
local baseball situation. Frank Far
rell has the privilege of playing
on the Polo grounds in the future.
President Brush is willing to share
the beautiful Brush staudium w.ith
his rival promoter. The sentiment
springs from no philanthropic in
stinct on the part of John T. He does
not intend to welcome the competi
tor as a hallowed guest. With him
it is a plain business proposition
and consequently entails profit to
himself.
Brush stadium, the most gor
geous. monumental tribute to or
ganized baseball, was conceived
affer the old wooden stands at the
Polo grounds had been burned in
the spring of 1911. Erected of re
inforced concrete and steel, the
edifice proved correspondingly cost
ly. Before the foundations were
laid Brush estimated a 1750.000 ex
penditure. It comes from excel
lent authority that the sum even
tually proved far greater. For un
scrupulous under-officials —perhaps
the number -hould be held to a
singular—taking advantage of Mr.
Brush's poor health, let out con
tracts irrespective of bids at self
profit and consequent disadvantage
to the owner of the Giants.
Yet, calculating the. cost of
Brush stadium at no more than
$750,000, we find Brush with a
gigantic financial proposition on
his hands. That sum, at the low
rate of 5 per cent, would earn
$37,500 annually. Before building
his remarkable plant it was nec
essary for the boss of the Giants
to take out a 30 years lease on his
grounds from the Coogan estate.
The rent is said to be $40,000 a
year. Wherefore, before he makes
one cent profit on his investment
Brush must clear $77,500 each sea
son. That sum doesn't cut a great
figure to a promoter blessed -with
such an aggregation as McGraw's
championship Giants. Yet there
haye been years—and they may
come again—when the Polo
grounders found little in the treas
ury after paying salaries, travel
ing expenses, rent and office held
for a dull campaign.
Farrell pays SB,OOO yearly rent
for the Hilltop. He got the prop
erty. when it was practically val
ueless. on a ten years lease. It
cost him considerable money to
convert a huge boulder into a
playing field, so his rent altogeth
er has not been -as modest as the
lease figures would imply. Mr.
Farrell s lease has almost expired.
It is up to him to move, tor the
landlord will not listen to sane fig
ures. The property that was made
valuable by the occupation of the
American league team a
mighty fine real estate
Brush has offered to rent his
stadium to Frank J. Farrell. By
such an arrangement both the
Giants and Highlanders would util
ize the historic Polo grounds. Such
a plan would be quite feasible, for
there have been no local major
league conflicts for some years. It
is said that Brush is willing to
lease his grounds for half the rent
he pays, s2n.nno a year.