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COLUMN
By W. S. Farnsworth.
DON'T be surprised if Charley
Hemphill Is president as well
as manager of the Crackers
next season. The local club is on
the market, or will be at the end
of the present schedule. And one
Frank Farrell, owner of the New
York American league team. Is very
likely to reparate hintself from the
amount needed to purchase the
Crackers If he does Hemphill will
be the high muek-a-muck in (his
village
All this talk that Hemp is to be
ousted as manager is cheap, loose
lingo He will not he ousted, but,
very likely, advanced from plain
manager to the presidential chair
as well
Frank Farrell has no farm. He
wants one. The writer knows that
he has looked with. longing eyes on
Atlanta as the proper spot to de
velop his youngsters. He gave up
fifteen hundred cold iron men to
let Hemphill come here this sea
son Fifteen hundred being the
waiver price in the big leagues. The
White Sox claimed Hemp Farrell
gave up $1.50(1 to Comlsky to get
him away so he could come here
All of which looks as though
Farrell has been figuring on land
ing the local club and franchise for
some time Hemphill stands <I. K.
with Farrell. So good that in case
the Yankee club had failed to land
Harry Wolverton nr manager Hemp
would have led the Now- York club
this season.
• • •
IT sure would he a great thing for
Atlanta to have a big league
owner secure the Imai franchise.
X minor league team backed by a
big leaguer is sure to be a win
ning one. inasmuch as tney can al
ways get players on short notice
when they are needed.
NoJsouthem league club m 11 ■
ent <• a farm foi a big league vam
New Orleans ha« second call <>• »r
Toledo on ''leveland. Toronto has
first claim on Brooklyn Nashville
gettlntr the other', Detroit sends
most of their imii to Providence,
t'hattanooga being next in line.
Now. stop and think what it
would mean to Atlanta Io get first
' a'l on the Yankees' player.'- At
present Ro<ji>"dri gets the prefer
ence over the Crackers hut Far
rell does not own a i e.nt of stock
In the International league lead
er- He wants a farm and Atlanta
Is very likely tn he his property
next season.
So don't be surprised If '.' Hemp
hill in 1913 will have to be address
ed "President and Manager."
• • «
, tT begins to look after all as
* though Detroit intends to part
with Mullin and Summers The in
side story is that the management
of the Tigers Is gettin- tired of
paying fancy salaries to men who
do not deliver.
It has been the gossip nf ibe
American league for several sea
sons that Detroit would win "if
they had lite pitchers." President
cC © NATURE’S
0.0.0. PERFECT TONIC
Something more then »n ordinary tonic is required to restore health to
» weakened, run-down system; the medicine must possess blood-purifying
properties as well, because the weakness and impurity of the circulation is
responsible for the poor physical condition. The blood does not contain
the necessary quantity of rich, red corpuscles, and is therefore a weak,
watery stream which cannot afford sufficient nourishment to sustain the
system in ordinary health. A poorly nourished body cannot resist disease,
and this explains why so many persons are attacked by a spell of
sickness when the use of a good tonic would have prevented the trouble.
It S. S. S. will be found both blood-cleansing and tonic qualities combined.
It builds up weak constitutions by removing all impurities and germs from
the blood, thus supplying a certain means for restoring strength and
invigorating the system. The healthful, vegetable ingredients of which
S S. S. is composed make it splendidly fitted to the needs of those systems
which are delicate from any cause. It is Nature’s Perfect Tonic, free from
all harmful minerals, a safe and pleasant acting medicine for persons of
every age. S. S. 3. rids the body of that tired, worn-out feeling so common
at this season, improves the appetite and digestion, tones up the stomach,
’ with pleasing effects on the nervous system, and reinvigorates every
portion of th* body. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
Navin his- found to his satisfaction
'lia' hi:- young liurlers deliver bet
ter Hum Ills high-priced vetcrai s-.
Hence, he really intend,' to get rid
of Mullin and Summers
Mullin has hen with tie- Tiger
since 1902. When in form lit has
Imen the equal of any pitcher in t Im
league, but in only one season of
the eleven has Im kept in condi
tion. That was m 1909. In 1907.
when Detroit won thelt first pen
nant, he won less than half his
games, t hough he worked in ,i gloat
many more than .any other pitcher.
This spring hr iciind u into fqim
early but went out again just as
quickly. His last few gained nave
been poor exhibitions. II was his
turn to work today.
Summers went to Detroit in 1908
and hud a good season, and in Sep
tembei of that year lie pitched and
won a double-header against the
Athletics, allowing them but one
tun in nineteen innings Evidently
he worked himself all out, for he
has pitched few good games since.
This year he has pitched but one
full game and two innings of an
ot her,
• » ♦ ♦
YOUNG may k<> back to Bos
ton. Not a.® a ball player, but
as manager of the sporting good?
line in otle «»f the Hub’s biggc?!
department stm< Ik has hveii
offered the job ami ran c. » »his
own contract.
In Boston, < y is higget tlua th< j
mayor. He can ha\e an.\ li.ng in
the antiquated city fm ih»*
ing.
SECOND ROUND OF MATCH
PLAYJN ALL FLIGHTS
Tim second round df match play in
the thiee flights for the .1 C. Mc-
Michael golf cup must be placed todav
over the Hast I,akc course of th" .u
lanta Athletic club Today is the tiim
limit set for the playing.
Hero ate (lie results of .mm of the
matches in the first round of to., three
flights played Wednesday :
First Flight.
W F. Spalding defeated It. F Jom s.
up .:wt I t oplay.
T P. Hinman defeated XX M Rich
ards. 5 up and 3 to play.
J. P. Webster defeated H I'. Thorn
8 up and 7 to play
Second Flight.
J. D. Osborne defeated W. R. Ticbo
nor bv default.
H .1. Hopkins defeated R X Palme;
by default.
Third Flight.
G. XX Adair defeated .! XX Pearce,
fi up and 5 to play.
XX <‘ Warren defeated A. XV. Hod
nett. 7 up and fi to play
I. H Beeb defeated .1 D Eby. 2 up
and 1 to play.
H G Butler defeated Scott Hudson,
1 up. 20 holes •
YANKEES GIVE $7,000
FOR PITCHER KEATING
I~\ Wfll'.Ni'E. MASS,, Juhe 20. The
New York American league team has
closed Its option, "tt Pitcher Keating,
of the laiwrenee club. The option did
not expire until July 20. but Vive Pres
ident Xrthur Irwin of the New York
club watched Keating strike out ten
New Bedford batsmen icsterday and
closed the deal. ’
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEY’S. THURSDAY. JUNE 20. 1912.
2 Crackers Pay SI,OOO •
• For Infielder Harbison •
; With Heap of Joy ;
• Good-bye. thousand dollars!" •
• That will he the tune of the At- •
• la,nfa baseball office in a day or •
• two. and it will be a joyful lay, •
• For the money will go as the pur- •
• chase price of Infielder Harbison •
• —and he appears worth it. •
• The Crackers bought Harbison •
•on a week’s trial. If l-je made •
• good the Crackers paid the thou- •
• sand for him. If he fell down he •
• went back to Spartanburg. It was •
• on this very deal that the presi- •
• dent of the Spartanburg club •
• balked and he would not have •
• gone through with it if he had not •
• been forced to do so by the na- •
• tional commission. •
• Judged by the way Harbison has •
•■ cinched his place, the Spartan- •
• burg man need not have worried. •
• The bush leaquer is batting .667 •
• and his fielding, while not notably •
• good, is enough above the average •
• to make his position safe •
• ,
[baseball
Diamond News and Gossip
■' Hr Highlander., liavp decided to hang I
yn io < arl Thompson. rx-Georgia pitcher, I
for i while Imigci. at least. Wolverton is
Hi' ' tied to bl-p his work.
• • «
I'liey do give these ball clubs such
uninee and original names. For instance,
thej . are now .-ailing the Washington
team "the (’limbers."
• • •
I his originalitv extends even to the
nicknames of players. For example, “Sig”
Hopkins, «»f Chattanooga.
• • •
I hr Pelicans. who couldn't win from a
southpaw carl? in Khe v rasop, are trim
mlng pm tsiders in almost every game
non. However, they haven't met “Lefty”
Russell yet
• ♦ •
The Pelicans have discovered Gardella’e
weakness They yell Black Hand’ at
him a fru times and he always sees
red and pla> s punk.
•- • «
Somebody opines that the United Slates
league «ill wind up in the United States
court”.
Pittsburg fajis say there is nnh one
brain in the entire Giant outfit and that if
McGraw ever sprains a ligament in his
bean it nHI he rll .iff with the New York
ers.
Ti-e Cincinnati club of the United
States league is going to move across the
river t<» the Kentucky side The attend
ant r certainly can’t be any worse there.
* ♦ ♦
Newark, lb* Brooklyn farm, has to take
an? players that Brooklyn can t use. That
ought to gi\r them an awfully strong
team' The Intern itionalers recently got
Second Baseman Fisher, who was sick
and couldn’t do anything for Brooklyn
Arthur Irwin says that outside the
Gian’. Pirate and Cub teams the National
leaguers are hushers z
• • •
Bill.v Murray. ex-Phlllie manager. is
tickled blue with his job of scouting for
the Pirates “It has managing beaten tn
i a pulp,” says Bill It was on Murray’s
l recommendation that Orevfuss coughed tip
I $22,600 for <»Toole
♦ * •
1 MrGlnnit' paid SSOO for Pitcher Barbe
rl<’h. used him two weeks, didn't win a
! game with him and then released him out
i rigiu Based <»n a proportionate \alua--
; Hon Marquard would he worth $67,000,000
bones.
Ilans Lobert has been able to discard
his crutches. But he is still a long ways
<rom being right, as might be expected of
j aink who busted a knee pan It is
dqubtful if he will he of in> use this
season.
• • •
Hank <»!’«? sa'g that he's going tn fire
some pitchers that can't get the hall
t across the plate unless they carrj It No
■ names mentioned but Rube Renton
• lucked
• • •
ce»»rge Stovall now has h»s players go
. ing so strong that he believes the Browns
will finish in seventh place
<iUzatton ba rea- hed a Htgh state >n
fhr International league The other dfl>
toe McGlnnltx had tn he held to keep hint
from knocking Umpire .lack Hoyle's block
off. \nd then the Newark fans poked
nicks and bottles a* T‘o\ 1e
« « •
I 1 »cl Gainers, of the Tigers, is loose
: again and liable to fetch up anywhere
Tnat box »s r romp when he starts to
hitting
Walter loh neon won six out of the Sen
ators' first sixteen straights
• • a
\ hunk of baseball wisdom from the lips
<»f I'racon Philllppi: ‘There’s always one
I more game to win.”
Poor Rmlwmnd is >n hard luck Ibt
fans , an t stand for class c baseball and
th* outlet stuff is a Joke, though the?
| try bravely to hide that fart from them-
Isehe Might try organizing a city
league.
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If Charley Frank Is After Local Team Something Is Going to Happen
CRACKER FRANCHISE LIKELY TO CHANCE HANDS
By Perry 11. Whiting.
\ T fiavc to go out of
Y town Io get the news of
your own hall club." says
a diamond proverb. For instance,
witness the yarn from Nashville
that Hemphill is groing to <|tiit, the
fake from New Orleans that the
Cracker team is torn by internal
riots and the lip from Nashville
that Charley Frank is out to bux
the local baseball franchise.
The talk about Hemphill was too
silly for notice. Charley Hemphill
is no quitter. He’ll ■ see this
Cracker team through this season
if it drops through to China
which it Isn't going’to do. Hemp
hill's middle name is "Stick." The
baseball association, while not en
tirely satisfied nith the results, so
far as the standing of the club in
the race is < oticcrned, is confident
that Hemphill has the right stuff
in him and that in time he will be
gin crawling right up the ladder
again.
• « •
PTIAT interna! dissension'' storv
1 Is always sprung on every
doun-in-its-luik team. Xnd usu
ally there is just enough truth to
il to justify the rumor. A team
that is losing steadily Is a collec
tion of grouches The men get sore
at one another, on themselves and
on the fans. Their digestions go
all to blaz.es. Their livers get out
of whack. Their dispositions are
wrecked. And. of course, there Is
dissension, and plenty of it.
Another thing that lends color to
'he report that the Atlanta canip
is torn to bits is the fact that Man
ager Hemphill 's a disciplinarian
of the stiffest sort. Baseball has
ever been a serious matter with
Hemphill. He isn't playing for the
fun of the thing. He isn't playing
for the mere money. It's his life
work. And he intends to make
good or know why not.
XVbat's the result ?
Why. Hemphill fs tolerably hard
on bls men. If. as was charged, he
fined Piggy Paige for "kidding" on
the bench. It is pretty well In line
with the trend. Baseball is tin
"kid" with Hemp. He's in deadly
rarprst and he means that ever.'
man on his club shall be. Natural
ly that means more or less kicking
among the men and a lot of. talk
by those who arc let out and who
want to register a knock before
they depart and afterward.
But there isn't any more dissen
sion on the Atlanta team than
there would be on any team, kick
ing around in the second division
under a manager who has staked
everything on making a showing
with his club and wno Is naturally
a rigid disciplinarian.
• < •
■pHE third report, that Frank is
* after the local franchise, iscon
iderably easier to believe. The
Crackers are likely to go on the
block at the end of this season.
They were »n the market last fall
and were all but sold.
The Georgia Railway and Power
Company undoubtedly feels it a
tiiflo beneath the dignity of a $57,-
000,009 organization to be fooling
with any side line which has as
uncertain, an earning power as a
baseball club—even the Atlanta
baseball club. If you owned a gold
mine yon wouldn't personally fool
with the pop privilege. Well, it's
the same with the Georgia Railway
and Power Company. Nixie on
such stuff for them.
Whether Frank stands any
chance of getting the francjiiset.de
nends strictly on his hacking. If
be has the money and is willing to
spend it. he'll get the franchise
And if he does he will give Atlanta
a great ball foam, for there was
never a man in the South who had
the trick down any finer. He
would undoubtedly retire as an
active manager and handle the club
as president.
If Frank doesn't buy the club, it
is entirely within the possibilities
that somebody else will. The local
franchise is known Io be the best
in the Souti'ern league, (ts course,
340,000. the price asked for the fran
chise last year. Is mighty stiff, even
for a good franchise. Absolutely
nothing goes with the document
except the players and the bless
ing of the Georgia Railway and
Power Company. And in these days
of baseball's uncertainty in the
Southern league $40,000 for any
franchise-and-players proposition
is a lot of money.
• « «
IF the Georgia Railway and Pow
er Company does quit as owner
of the Atlanta franchise and the
Cracker team, it will mark the
termination of an alliance between
capital and sport that has seldom
been equaled In baseball’s history.
Public service corporations are usu
ally despised affairs And when
one adds to its possibilities of un
popularity by running a ball club
as a side line, it stands a chance
of being hated with a depth of
animus most awful to contemplate
Yet in the ease of the local com
pany no such feeling has been en
gendered. This corporation, sup-
MONEY TO LOAN
ON
DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY
Strictly confidential.
Unredeemed pledges tn
diamonds for sale. 30 par
cent less than elsewtiera
MARTIN MAY
(Formerly of Schaul *
May )
II 1-2 PEACH REE ST.
UPSTAIRS
Absolutely Privata
Opposite Fourth Nat.
Bank Bldg
Both Phones 1084.
WE SUV OLD GOLD
Th«ngs To Worry A&ooT
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posedly as soulless as a keg of
nails, has proved itself a dead game
sport. It has spent money like a
Pittsburg millionaire in getting
ball players. It has given Atlanta
a ball park that, when it was built,
was the wonder of the minor
leagues and better than many ma
jor parks, and that now ranks with
the best. It gave the fans a good
street car service to the park. It
put the running of the club in the
hands of men who were competent
and enthusiastic fans as well. It
has taken its gains without com
ment and its losses (and they have
had some stunners) the same way.
The big advantage of having the
Atlanta franchise owned by a .big
corporation is that Atlanta has
been relieved of all the unsavory
advertising that comes when a ball
club is always on the point of quit
ting. There has never once been a
yell from the owners of the Atlanta
franchise.
Os course, this is the unpopular
attitude for one to take. The fans
aren’t happy unless somebody is
knocking the ball club and the as
sociation that owns il. And In our
day we’ve done our - share. We
cherish the notion, however, that if
the local club changes hands, tijnes
will come in the future when local
fans will look back at the "good old
days.'
In the meantime, the Atlanta
Baseball association has plenty of
money to spend for ball players
and is spending it. with results that
threaten to be satisfactory.
You can’t judge a man by
the power of his lungs—
neither can you judge an
automobile by what printers’
ink says about it. By every
test you can impose the Ford
will demonstrate its economy
and worth to you. You
can’t be car-wise until you
are Ford-wise.
Seventy-five thousand new Fords go into
service this season—proof of their une
qualed merit. The price is $590 for the
roadster. $690 for the five-passenger car.
and S7OO for the. delivery car—complete
with all equipment, f. o. h. Detroit. Latest
catalogue from Ford Motor Company. :’»] 1
Peachtree St., Atlanta, or direct from De
troit- factory.
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
These averages Include yesterday's gams
with Chattanooga:
Players—| O. |AB.| R. | H. |Av.
Harbison, ss 4I 17 2 10 .588
Dessau, p 11 32 4 .11 344
Hemphill, cf 53 210 26 68 .324 ,
Bailey, If 57 209 38 62 .297 ' J
Donahue, c 17 51 7 14 .274
Callahan, cf 15 70 8 19 ,271
O’Dell, lb 53 184 29 48 .261
Graham, c 19 53 5 13 .245
O’Brien, ssl 50 1108 jl9 41 .244
Alperman, 2bl 57 224 33 54 241
McElveen, 3b 63 229 31 53 231
Sitton, p.I 11 26 1 6 222
Russell, p 2 5 11 .200
Atkins, p 11 30 3 6 .200
Brady, pI 4 14 011 .071 ’
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McCarthy fails to show
CLASS IN PHILADEPHIA GO
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.—Local
fight fans saw Luther McCarthy, of
Springfield, Mo., the newest "white t
hope,” in action last night, and were
not enthusiastic today over his chances
against Jack Johnson. McCarthy boxed
six time rounds with Tim Logan at
the National Athletic club last night,
without showing the form which re
cently won for him against Carl Mor
ris.
SELMA WINS FIRST HALF
OF SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE '
ANNISTON. ALA., June 20.—The
first half of the Southeastern league
came to a close yesterday. Selma win- t
nlng the final game from Anniston, and
thus taking the championship. The ,
second half starts tomorrow.
Here is the standing for the first
half.
Won. Lost. Pct.
Selma 32 22 .593
Anniston 30 24 .556
Rome 26 26 .500
Gadsden 24 28 .462 .
Huntsville 24 29 453 >
Bessemer 23 - 30 .434
VICKSBURG IS WINNER IN
COTTON STATES LEAGUE .
JACKSON, MISS., June 20.—The .
first half of the Cotton States league ‘
season of 1912 ended yesterday with
Vicksburg the winner of the half-sea
son pennant. Yazoo City was second
and Meridian third. Vicksburg had a
percentage of .633. thirty-eight games
won and twenty-two lost.
The second half of the season will be
gin today.
YALE AGAIN DEFEATS
HARVARD;SCORE 5 TO 2
CAMBRIDGE. MASS.. June 20. -Top
ping Tuesday’s 9 to 6 victory at New
Haven with a win yesterday over Har
vard by a score of 5 to 2, Yale w in the
1912 baseball series from the Crimson
In straight games. Yesterday’s game
was cleanly played before a large class .
day crowd.
10 .588
11 .344
68 .324
62 .297
14 .274
19 .271
48 .261
13 245
41 .244
54 241
53 231
6 .222
1.200
6 200
1 .071