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By W. S. Farnsworth.
HAL (’HASE, greatest of all
first basemen, believes tho
Crackers made a ten-strike
when they landed .foe Agler. In
replt to a telegram I sent him yes
terday came the following wire:
New York, June 19, 1912.
W. S. Farnsworth, The Georgian.
Atlanta. Ga.:
Agler is as good as any big
league first baseman playing today.
Hemp deserves big boost for land
ing him. HAL CHASE.
During Chase's term as manager
of the New York Americans last
season he went over to Newark one
Sunday to get a line on Agler.
That same night the Yankees pulled
out for Boston. The writer ac
companied the team to the Hub.
In trying to unearth a story for
Monday's paper 1 asked chase
what was doing
"Say. I just saw a big" league
first baseman In Newark today." he
exclaimed "His name is Agler and
he is playing for Joe McGinnity. If
I continue for the next few years
as manage, of the Yankees and
find that 1 am slowing up around
that opening peg I am going to
land this fellow."
Being the best first baseman
that ever wore the small mitt.
Chase’s opinion of Aglet sure
counts for a heap
• • •
Al IKE MURPHY Is a great
1 trainer of athletes He is
in charge of the Yankee Olym
pic athletes who are now sail
ing for Stockholm. But it seems to
me as though he Is working the
men too strenuously on board the
good ship.
Champions who have crossed rh
ocean in the past rarely r ■ s • ■ ■ t •
much work on the ship. They ( lain,
it was hardly protluetivr of good
results on their arr'it ,1 on the other
side Arthur Duff't . the world's
champion sprinter- I'm years, cross
ed the pond many times. He says.
“My experience in competing in
foreign games been that ship
training for running abroad, com
bined with foreign climatic condi
tions, prevented the best form be
ing shown in the contests The
hard board running, with the lurch
and tossing of the ship, knotted the
tnusrlr - so that it took days io get
rid of rh- •■Hurley horse.' Usually
the custom w.i- to get in perfect
condition before tackling the long
trit, and thin spending the time
principally In long walks until the
arrival on the other side."
Mike Murphy. however, has his
own views on the subject, and a«
be has mini, good tn tin- past, ir ■
not up to me to iritieish him
ITN LESS some wirstiii corm .
forth with the necessary build,
stamina and the ability to solve a
defense for the dead \ toe bold.
F r ank Gotch will for many years
have a strangle grip in tire wres'■
ling title
What looked to he as near a
championship bout as could be
found was the recent match be
tween Gotch and Americus at Bal
timore. The Humboldt farmer
however, had a cinch in winning,
and by no other method than hrs
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pet toe hold. Americus, reputed
the cleverest light-heavyweight in
the world, could not solve any way
to get away from this gulp. And
if he couldn't do it there is no
other grappler who can.
• ♦ •
'ptlE fact that Hughey Jennings
has asked waivers on George
Mullin probably doesn't amount to
anything more than to wake up the
fat irurler. It doesn’t seem possi
ble that the Detroit club would
part with their mainstay of so
many years
Mullin simply has taken on a
grouch of late and has not been
pitching his best ball. Now that
he realizes that he Is on the mar
ket he will probably brace up.
it is an old trick of clubs to a«K
waivers on men who arc not deliv
ering their best brand. Quinn and
Vaughn, of the Yankees, were In
the same boat last fall, bul wh»n
the newspapers announced that
waivers had been asked. both
braced up and pitched corking ball
t hereafter.
NO MORE EASY SUNDAY
COIN FOR BALL PLAYERS
NEW YORK. Jump 19. Otlv ials <»t
both thp National and American
leagues have begun an inv- <t iga; ion
of charges that members of the New
Ymk and Brooklyn teams have been
playing Sunday baseball here in >utni
professlonal teams under a sinned
names
It is alleged that from sl"n io
is regularly paid to the big league
stats for theii service b\ st ml-pro
fe'sional teams here and in suburban
towns. On several occasions it is
said star pitchers on the payrolls of
the local major league clubs have
worked on Sundays for as much as
S’J.iO, <»nl> to fail utterly when vailed
upon io enter the box the next day
by theii regular employers
The first move. It is -aid. will be a
sweeping order prohibiting players un
der contract to organized clubs from
accepting offers from send professional
managers.
CHARLEY WHITE LOSES
BOUT WITH SHUGRUE
NE w YORK. June 19 The vic
torious Eastern campaign of t'hurley
White, the sensational little Chivagt
featherweight, has received a check at
the hands of Young Shugrue. of Jer
S, A ’’Uy Shugrue outpointed White
In a spirited ten-round bout at the St.
Nicholas Athletic club Tire 6.000 fight
fairs who saw tire contest were treated
at tim*- to boxing of championship
caliber.
HATCH IN OLYMPIC RUN.
<"HI('AG<>, June 19. Sidney Hatch,
local Marathon runner of national rep
utation, Win be sent to Stockholm to
< ompetc in the Olympic games by the
residents nf River l-’orest, the suburb
w here Hatch resides,
I runner was chosen ns a supple
mentary candidate bv the Olympic
committee, but elected to remain at
home rather than pay his own ex
penses, one of the conditions to the
supplemental berth Hatch wflls.rH next
week.
REPORT NEW RIFLE MARK.
NEW YORK. June 19. Report of a
new world's record in rille shooting
has just reached this city from Ayr
shire. Scotland The record was made
by Sergeant Martin, of the British
army Firing at 900, i.ooo H nd LHIO
yards, he made an aggregate of 222 out
of a possible points At 1,001) yards
Martin scored 15 bull's-eyes in succes
sion
DR ROLLER WINS MATCH.
DALLAS. TEXAS. June 19 Dr. B.
| I . Roller, of Seattle, w testier, won two
straight falls from Yussift' Hussane.
the Turk. hero. The first fall came
at the end of one hour ami thirteen
minutes and the second In 31 minutes.
ATTELL VS. MURPHY AGAIN.
SAN FRANt'lSt'<>. June 19 Abe At.
tell and Tommy Murphy have b.-r-n
matched to tight twenty rounds at Daly
City on July 4. They are to enter the
ring at 133 pounds
YALE DOWNS HARVARD.
NEW HAVEN. <’GNN. lune 19 -
Yale defeated the Harvard baseball
team here. 9to 6. Both teams showed
to poor advantage in pitchers.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 19. 1912.
If Takes Confidence to Win Ball Games—That's About All Senators Have
IF CRACKERS GET NERVE BACK WIGHT WIN RAG
By Percy 11. Whiting.
WINNING baseball games is
partly a matter of pitch
ing and hits and partly a
state of mind. You can know as
little about psychology as a dog.
about doggerel and still have a pret
ty clear hunch that when a team
gets the winning bug in its bonnet
it's hard to boat—and that If it
gets tn a losing notion it can’t win,
just merely for dubbing 'em away.
Look at the cases in point
Washington and Atlanta.
The Senators have about as much
license to he yvfnnlng timpsteen In
a row as a 9on-to-1 shot has of
winning a race, only less.
Why. drat that team, it ought to
go to a lunatic asylujn, cn masse,
as It were, just for the crazy way
it is "goolng” up the American
league race
Look at the team It's virtually
the same old collection of misfits
that has been the laughing stor k of
civilized baseball for years. Look
at the pitching staff: Walter John
son and a collection of eleventh
raters. Look at the manager: Griz
zly old Clark Griffith, who hasn't
been able to create even a faint
flutter in either league since Jack
Chesbro was a kid—and goodness
knows thal was several years back.
What's the matter with Wash
ington ?
There isn't but one answer: Gone
plumb crazy.
They have got Into a winning no
tion They've hit a streak. They
can't lose for winning The old
psychology st'ulY is getting in Its
deadly work They think they are
whiners. Normally it would he a
bum think, but they are getting
away with It. And once let a team
of one-legged men get to thinking
that tjobody can beat them and
they are likely to win a world's
i hampionship.
• • •
r pHE Atlanta team Is playing th*
same shot with a reverse Eng
lish, is hooking instead of slicing
this psychology stuff, as It were.
They are obsessed with the losing
habit and can’t seem to shake it
off
It would take a thousand years to
convince me that therp isn't a win
ning combination in the players
Hemphill has on hand. It's a first
division ball club right today.
The addition of Russell and Bra
dy has strengthened the pitching
staff, provided the last games
pitched by the pair are to bp taken
as a criterion Dessau. Sitton and
Atkins will win three-quarters of
their games with a fighting, zippy,
confident team behind them. Hemp
hill is bound tn be able tn work
out a good infield from the mate
rial on hand. The outfield Is strong,
(specially now that Daxe Callahan
seems to have got his stride.
All the (’racket’s need now is a
little of that hop-stuff that started,
off the Washington club on it<» mad
career If the players can recover
from their grouch, get a little con
fidence and got in the winning spir
it. there will be nothing more to it
• • •
'VHE Southern league rvreers are
1 nearing the half pole. Ami It's
i great struggle. Any time the
field Is bunched so it can be cov
ered with a ,200-point blanket
there's a rare in progress. Here is
how the contest in rhe Southern
sizes up
Birmingham Running nicely,
with Jockey Molesworth riding as
If each post were his last one.
Couldn't do any better under pun
ishment. It all depends on the rest
of the field. If anything challenges
loud, there will be no answer.
Mobile—A "hop" horse, running
strictly on the "tea." When the
dope dies out —good-night. Has a
wise jockey who is riding as though
he feared his horse would die under
him.
New Orleans —Under whip and
spur has managed to get up in the
pictures. Was crowded at the start,
sulked and appeared beaten. Un
certain nag. May or may not.
Chattanooga—Strictly a “roarer."
It had a lot of early speed, but no
telling where it get it. Is wheezing
badly now and owner is tearing up
his tickets. The jockey is a rough
rider, but he can’t club this one in
ahead.
Memphis—Moving along steadi
ly, a little too far back. Jockey
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Sammy Strang Nicklin is back from
Paris, where he had his voice manicured.
The fact that he has been practicing with
th* (Pants may mean that when his voice
was thoroughly manicured there
much left of it.
* ♦ ♦
Ray Caldwell of the Yanks has a stiff
arm and may go to Bonesetter Reese for
treatment
* * •
Same old storj Ed Sweeney lias a
busted hand and is in no trim to catch.
Ed is a grand catcher, but very fragile.
♦ • ♦
Chance has his suspicions of McGraw.
He doesn't let his ball players drink water
while they are playing on the Polo
grounds.
And all the while we supposed that this
trick of “plzening" the opposition was
strictly bush league.
• * *
The Cardinals and the Dodgers have
talked trades. Bresnahan wants to get
rid of George Ellis. “Rebel'' < >akes and
Miller Huggins. Ebbets couldn’t see how
any of ’em would help his team any,
which was surely some knock.
• • ♦
Rowland Howell, the Louisiana pitcher,
made an awful debut with the Cards. He
was allowed to pitch to two men. He
walked both on nine pitched balls. Then
he went to the club house
• • •
“Ex Manager Wallace is to quit the
Browns,” says Rumor.
“Not me," says Wallace.
“He will not." says President Hedges.
He shall not,” says Manager Stovall.
And he doesn't.
• • •
Washington newspaper men have been
explaining the wonderful playing of the
Washington club by saying that Griffith
seems to have a hypnotic influence over
the men Oh. well, that’s as near as any
explanation will ever come. But say, Ire
must have developed it recently
• • •
"Names don't win ball games," say the
Washington players. No. But then, give
us names like Walter Johnson, Rube Mqr
quard. Ed Walsh. Ty Cobb. Tris Speaker.
Joe Jackson, and we’d win a few
• • •
Kid Elberfeld hasn’t played any ball
this season and it niaj be some time be
fore lie can do the Montgomery club any
real good.
* • •
Speaking of "the Kid." if Dobbs let Mc-
Elveen go because he was an anarchist
I and a disorganizer and then took on El
berfeld, he didn’t better himself a lot.
• • •
The Battle (’reek team won fifteen
straights in the Southern Michigan
league
♦ ♦ *
Well, by heck, whiskers have broken
• back into baseball - but it was way back,
j They are being sported bj a player
named Gravelie with the Gladstone team;
of the Upper Peninsula league
• • •
Pitcher Wells, of the Green Bay team,
has won seven straight games this season
And then there’s Marquard
Jean Dubuc has a slow hall that is
voted the best in the American league.
A nervous batter swings twice around be
fore the leather even gets to the plate
• • •
Wilbert Robinson, the Giants' willowy
coach, lias trained down to 350 pounds,
but has hung up there
• * •
U*inie Zimmerman is a wit While he
was suspended he sat in the press box.
Larry Doyle, passing b\. called in. “What
paper ar* you on ’" Whereupon Heinie
< ame back with, “I'm on Lynch's Bulle
tin."
♦ ♦ •
The Manattan team of the Central Kan
sas league has three Indians on its line
up Hoag. Smith and Yfurie. The only
name lacking now is that of Hugs Ra\
mond. the original Indian of baseball.
■ « *
M Demaree has pitched three shut-outs
against the Pelican team this season.
The Pels have piled up a batting average
of I‘JG in games he has worked.
• • •
Gleischman. of the \nderson team, is
leading the Carolina association with an
average of .378. Harbison hammered the
ball JBR while he was, with Spartan
burg
• • •
Brent, of the Winston-Salem team, has
batted .092 in 22 games
* « •
The Naps are playing Nap-like ball now
and Harry Davis is selecting some hand
some cans, but before he applies them
will probably round up Kenneth Nash,
third baseman of Brown university. Ray
(bapnian. short stop of Toledo, and Ray
Spencer, the Pelican outfielder
• • •
The Highlander? thought they had
Pitcher Ray Keating, of Lawrence, for
knows his business, but can't seem
to get his mount going right. Will
be heard from.
Atlanta—.lust getting straight- •
ened out after lot of accidents. It
has the stamina to maintain a rush,
if it can once get going right.
Jockey has steadied the mount
nicely and should be a contender
still.
Montgomery—All in.
Nashville —A dust eater. En
tered merely to fill out the race.
$7,000, but the deal has hung up and Law
rence now has better offers.for the man.
a * a
Hughey Hearne, the. old Baltimore
catcher, will probably get the manager’s
job with the Troy team.
a • a
"Brick” Mclnnes, brother of "Stuffy,"
is captaining a high school team now.
Doubtless when he is graduated Connie
Maek will gather him in. Two to one
"Brick" has signed an Athletic contract
already.
• • •
It is sort of a coincidence that the
South should develop two Tommy McMil
lans. Both were college players. Both
were infielders. Both have gone in for
professional ball. One is our own Tommy,
now with Rochester. The other is the
Tommy that Charlotte has just grabbed
from South Carolina university.
Eppa Rixey, the Virginia player who
signed a Philly contract, had better offers
from other clubs than he got from the
Dooin crew But somehow he fancied the
Phillies.
• , •
Many complications have arisen In
baseball because of the death of players.
The Vancouver club sold a player named
Lockwood to th< Boston club, paying
down S6OO of the promised $2,000 Lock
wood was later sold to Sacramento, but
lie died before, he. reported. A'ancouver
wanted the rest of its $2,000, but the na
tional commission turned down their re
quest It was ruled that Boston was not
required to pay the remainder of the
money because the club had had no
chance to try out the man.
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
These averages include yesterday's dou
ble bill at Nashville:
Players— | G. |AB.| R. I H. Av.
Harbison, ss 3j12 I 2 3 .667
Dessau, p 11 32 4 11 .344
Hemphill, cf 52 |205 ' 25 65 . 317
Bailey, If 56 1204 36 59 .289
Donahue, c 17 I 51 7 14 .274
Callahan, cf 14 165 6 17 .262
O’Dell, lb 52 1179 28 46 .257
Alperman, 2b 56 220 32 54 .245
O'Brien, ss 50 108 19 41 .244
Graham, c 18 48 4 11 .229
McElveen. 3b 61 224 31 5t .228
Sitton, p 10 23 1 5 .217
Russell, p 2 5 11 200
Atkins, p 1 11 30 I 3 6 1.200
Brady, p 4 14 0 t 1.071
MUTUELS SHORT-CHANGE
MAN-BUT PAY IT BACK
LEXINGTON. KY.. June 19.—That
the bettor Is carefully and absolutely
protected under the pari-mutuel sys
tem, now operated on Kentucky race
tracks under the direction of the state
racing commission, was illustrated the
other day when Prof. Rocco Grella, di
rector of Grella's band, received from
Secretary G. D. Wilson, of the Ken
tucky Racing association, S9O. which
was due Prof. Grella as a mistake in
change when he made a bet during
the recent spring race meeting.
Prof. Grella placed a $5 bet on the last
race of the meeting and handed the
cashier what he thought was a $lO
bill and the cashier gave him the $5
change. Later when he went to pay
off his band, which was playing at the
track. Prof. Grella found that he must
have given the cashier a SIOO bill in
stead of $lO. He was not sure, how
ever, but Immediately notified Secre
tary Wilson of what he thought was
the error. Yesterday he was noti
fied bv Mr Wilson that S9O awaited
him, as such overbalance had been
found by the finance committee in clos
ing up the books of the spring meet
ing
CREWS FINISH WORK.
NEW LONDON. CONN., June 19.
This was final practice day for the
Yale-Hurvard rowing teams, which Willi
clash in their annual struggle on the
Thames on Friday. Tomorrow starts
will be practiced and the teams will
toss for position. The members of both
varsity eights are in excellent physical
condition.
INEWS FROM RINGSIDE
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Harry Brewer is scheduled to box eight
rounds with Kid Johnson, a welterweight,
in St. Louis Friday night.
Bombardier Wells Is training at Rye
Beach, N. Y„ for his ten-round fight with
Al Palzer in New York city. Wells says
if he defeats Palzer he will have earned
the right to meet Jack Johnson for the
title.
• • •
Freddie Andrews has trained hard for
his match with Ben Borgardus at Janes
ville, Wis., tonight.
• • •
Jack Britton, who is now looked on as
one of the best lightweights in the busi
ness, will probably be matched with Jack
Goodman for a bout in New York some
time this month.
• • •
Leach Cross is the latest one to side
step Britton. Maybe Leach thought there
was money enough in slamming second
raters around without taking any chances
wnth Britton.
• • •
Mike Gibbon will receive $2,509 for a
ten-round fight in Buffalo July 4 If Jim
my Clabby returns from abroad In time to
train he will be Mike's opponent, but in
case he doesn't K. O. Brennan will prob
ably be sent in against the St. Paul boxer
Willie Ritchie and Joe Mandot will en-
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a • •
Eddie Murphy has been made a 9 to 10
10 favorite over Matty Baldwin in their
12-round scrap in Boston tonight.
a a •
By defeating Tom Kennedy in New
York the other night Jim Stewart earned
the right to meet Luther McCarthy. It
is likely the two will be matched for a
mill on July 4.
• « •
The Steve Ketchel-Harry Donahue bout
scheduled for Peoria June 17 was post
poned until tomorrow so as to give Dona
hue a little more time to train.
* • .
K. o. Brown has at last decided to for
sake Gotham and go West to seek a fort
une. The no-decision fighter has signed
up for a July 4 date in San Francisco.
His opponent has not been selected as yet.
• * *
The French fight promoters have cabled
Jack Johnson an offer of $30,000 for a
30-round match between the champ and
Joe Jeannette. And the "dark champ”
gets the SIO,OOO win. lose or draw.
• • *
If Joe Rlverif defeats Ad Wolgast for
the lightweight title July 4 it is likely he .
will be unable to hold it longer than a I
year, as the little Mexican is growing so
fast he ■would have to relinquish the title.