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aCWAN STOW ' EDITED jy W 9 FARNSWORTH■__ CHAMPIONS WHO WILL FIGURE IN OLYMPIC GAMES :: :: :: :: By Hal Coffman €reen«® HoßOtt H»<sm Jump 6»n. e4 m. /*W£-W fc ' - u , TO , ltJj _ u < ii^, ~ - - -, ■ .1, i; 4 V *' “■ I’7 YW Abc-l K’^ A ' r wX \ \ ■*w s If 1 jß* ®FF 1500 £■ A’^g®^4^r / x ' X/UX 'W 'J ' 3 HIM. 55 % S« c - N _/ / / \ a / T- —r T£a #• J ' I 'OfQPORTINCi ffflOK? 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. t>cKC '* lK ’PtSC.'J* Imßowm* i 156 FT **• ■k< f IW f W 1/ / poke, > 5-- X ‘ ' ft. orBSbF 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 r HttvoH 'W / t jvQ o 1l ~ ... ■ "■■' 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 ’ \ t 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