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QPORTING IDfiOFS
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
FTank Carrell, owner of the New
York American league team. Is very
likely to separate himself from the
amount needed to purchase the
Crackers. If he does Hemphill will
be the high tnuck-a-muck in this
village.
All this talk that Hemp Is to be
ousted as manager Is cheap, loose
lingo. He will not be ousted, but.
very likely, advanced from plain
manager to the presidential chair
as well.
Crank Farrell has no farm. He
wants one. The writer knows that
he has looked wltU 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 $1,500 to Comlsky to get
him away so he could come here
All of w r hich looks as though
Farrell has been figuring on land
ing the local club and franchise for
some time. Hemphill stands O. K.
with Farrell. So good that in case
the Yankee club had failed to land
Harry Wolverton as manager Hemp
would have led the New York club
this season.
• « •
IT sure would be a great thing for
Atlanta to have a big league
owner secure the local franchise.
A 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 al pres
ent * a farm for a big league team
New Orleans has second call over
Toledo on Cleveland Toronto has
first claim on Brooklyn. Nashville
getting the others. Detroit sends
most of their men to Providence,
Chattanooga being next in line
Now. stop and think what it
would mean to Atlanta to get first
• call on the Yankees' players At
present Rochester gets the prefer
ence over the Crackers, but Far
rell does not own a cent of stock
in the International league lead
ers He wants a farm, and Atlanta
is very likely to be his property
next season.
So don't be surprised If C. Hemp
hill in 1913 will have to be address
ed "President and Manager.''
• • •
j T begin* 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.
Tt has been the gossip of the
American league for several sea- .
sons that Detroit would win "If
they had the pitchers." President
CC C NATURE’S
0.0.0. PERFECT TONIC!
Something more than an ordinary tonic is required to restore health to
a 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.
In 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
8 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
everv age. S. S. S. rids the body of that tired, worn-out feeling so common
at this season improves the appetite and digestion, tones up the stomach,
-with nleasing effects on the nervous system, and reinvigorates every I
portionJf P th.Xdy. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA I
Navin has found to his satisfaction
that his young hurlers deliver bet
ter than his high-priced veterars.
Hence, he really intends to get nd
of Mullin and Summers
Mullin has been with the Tigers
since 1902. When in fotmj hr Jias
been the equal of any pitcher in lhe
league, but in only one season of
the eleven has he kept in condi
tion. That was in 1909. In 1907,
when Detroit won their first pen
nant, he won less than half his
games, though he worked in a great
many more than any other pitcher.
This spring he roundet; into form
early but went out again just as
quickly. His last few games nave
been poor exhibitions. It was his
turn to work today.
Summit’s went to Detroit in 1908
and had a good season, and in Sep
tember of that year lie pitched and
won a double-Header against the
Athletics, allowing them but one
run 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
other.
YOUNG may go back to Bos-
V* ton. Not as a ball player, but
as manager of the sporting goods
line in one of the Hub’s biggest
department stores He has been
offered the job and can write his
own contract.
In Boston. Cy Is bigger limn ibe
mayor. He oan have anything in
the antiquated city for the ask
Ing.
SECOND ROUND OF MATCH
PLAY IN ALL FLIGHTS
The second rounu of match play in
the three flights for the J. C. Mc-
Michael golf cup must be played todav
over the East course of the At
lanta Athletic club. Today is the time
limit set for the playing.
Here are the results of some of the
matches in the first round of the three
flights played Wednesday:
First Flight.
W. F. Spalding defeated R i' Jones,
2 up and 1 t oplay.
T. P. Hinman defeated W. M. Rich
ards, 5 up and 3 to play.
J P. Webster defeated H P. Thorn
8 up and 7 to play
Second Flight.
J. D. Gsborne defeated W R Tiche
nor by default.
H. J. Hopkins defeated R A. Palmer
by default.
Third Flight.
G. W. Adair defeated J. W Peaice,
6 up and 5 to play.
W. C. Warren defeated A. W Hod
nett, 7 up and 6 to play.
L, H. Bech defeated J 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
LAWRENCE. MASS., June 20.—The
New York American league team has
closed its option on Pitcher Keating,
of the Lawrence club. The option did
not expire until July 20, but Vice Pres
ident Arthur Irwin of the New York
club watched Keating strike out ten
New Bedford batsmen yesterday and
closed the deal.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
«••••••••••••••••••••'•••••
; Crackers Pay SI,OOO
• For Infielder Harbison •
: With Heap of Joy :
• "Good-bye, thousand dollars!” •
• That will be the tune of the At- •
• lanta 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 he 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 leaguer is batting .667 •
• and his fielding, while not notably •
• good, is enough above the average •
• to make his position safe •
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[baseball
Diamond News and Gossip
— I
The Highlanders have decided to hang
on to Carl Thompson. ex-Georgia pitcher,
tor awhile longer, at least. Wolverton is
inclined to like his work.
• • *
They <io give ihese ball chibs such
uni.pic end original names. For instance,
tbe.i are now calling the Washington
team the Climbers.'”
This originality extends even to the
nicknames of players. example. "Sis"
Hopkins, of Chattanooga
• • «
The Pelicans, who couldn’t win from a
southpaw early in the season, are trim
* mlng portsiders in almost every game
. now. However, they haven’t met "Lefty”
Russell yet
1 The Pelicans have discovered Gardella's
weakness They yell " Black Hand” at
j him a few times and he always sees
red and plays punk.
• • «
Somebody opines that the United States
league will wind up in the United States
> courts
• • ♦
Pittsburg fans say there Is only one
brain in the entire Giant outfit and that if
McGraw ever sprains a ligament in his
bean It will be alt off with the New York
ers.
The Cincinnati club of the United
, States league is going to move across the
river to the Kentucky side. The attend
ance certainly can’t be any worse there.
Newark, the Brooklyn farm, has to take
any players that Brooklyn can't use. That
ought to give them an awfully strong
team! The Internatlonalers recently got
Second Baseman Fisher, who was sick
. and couldn’t do anything for Brooklyn.
• » •
Arthur Irwin says that outside the
Giant. Pirate and Cub teams the National
, leaguers are bushers.
« • V
Billy Murray. ex-Phlllie manager, is
tickled blue with his job of scouting for
the pirates. "It has managing beaten to
a pulp,” says Bill. It was on Murray's
recommendation that Dreyfuss coughed up
$22,500 for O'Toole.
i. * .
.McGinnity paid SSOO for Pitcher Barbe
, rich, used him two weeks, didn’t win a
game with him and then released him out
right. Based on a proportionate valua
tion Marquard would be worth $67,000,000
: bones.
Hans l.obert has been able to discard
his crutches Rut he is still a long wavs
from being right, as might be expected of
a gink who busted a knee pan It Is
doubtful if he will be of any use this
, season ».
• • •
Hank O’Day says that he’s going to fire
some pitchers that can’t get the ball
across the plate unless they carry It. No
j names mentioned—-but Rube Benton
iducked.
• • •
George Stovall now has his players go
j ing so strong that he believes the Browns
I will finish in seventh place
■ • •
Civilization has reached a high state in
! the international league. The other day
Joe McGlnnlty had to be held to keep him
| from knocking I’mpire Jack Doyle's block
off And then the Newark fans poked
I rocks and bottles at Doyle
• • *
Del Gainers, of the. Tigers, is loose
I again and liable to fetch up anywhere
That boy is a romp when be starts to
hitting
c • •
Waller Johnson won six out of the Sen-
I ators" first sixteen straights
...
A hunk of baseball wisdom from the lips
; of Deacon Phillippi "There's always one
■ | more game to win.”
• • •
Poor Richmond Is in hard luck The
fans can't stand for Class C baseball and
Ithe outlaw stuff la a joke, though the.i
try bravely to hide that fact from them
selves. 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 CHANGE HANDS
By Percy 11. Whiting.
i 7~ OU have to go out of
Y town to get the news of
your own ball club,” says
a diamond proverb. For instance,
witness the yarn from Nashville
that Hemphill Js going to quit, the
fake from New Orleans that the
Cracker team is torn by internal
riots and the tip from Nashville
that Charley Frank is out to buy
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 with the results, so
far as the standing of the club in
the race is concerned, is confident
that Hemphill has the right stuff
in him and that in time he will be
gin crawling right up the ladder
again.
• • «
"pHAT 'internal dissension" storv
is always sprung on every
down-in-its-luck team. And usu
ally there is just enough truth to
it 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 blazes. 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
the report that the Atlanta camp
is torn to bits is the fact that Man
ager Hemphill is 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.
What's the result?
Why, Hemphill is tolerably hard
on his men. If. as was charged, he
fined Piggy Paige for "kidding” on
the bench, it is pretty well iru line
with the trend. Baseball is no
"kid” with Hemp. He's in deadly
earnest and he means that every
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 are 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, is con
siderably • easier to believe. The
Crackers are likely to go on the
block at the end of this season.
They' were on the market last fall
and were all but sold.
The Georgia Railway and Power
Company undoubtedly feels it a
trifle beneath the dignity of a $57,-
000,000 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 you 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 franchise de
pends strictly on his backing. If
he has the money and is willing to
spend it. he’ll got the franchise.
And if he does he will give Atlanta
a great ball team, for there was
never a man in the South who had
the trick down any finer. He
would undoubtedly retire as an
active managed 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 to be the best
in the Southern league. Os course,
$40,000, 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 case of the local com
pany no such feeling Iras been en
gendered. This corporation, sup-
MONEY TO LOAM
ON
BIAMONDS AMD JEWELRY
S t r I c t ly confidential.
Unredeemed pledges la
diamonds for sale. 30 per
cent less than elaewhera
MARTIN MAY
(Formerly of Schaul *
May.)
11 1-2 PEACH REc ST.
UPSTAIRS
Absolutely Private.
Opposite Fourth Nat.
Bank Bldg
Both Phones 1554
W£ SUY OLD GOLD
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 ail the unsavory
advertising that comes when a bail
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 it. And in our
day we’ve done our share. We
cherish the notion, however, that if
the local club changes hands, times
will come in the future when local
Jans 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 Eord-wise.
Seventy-five thousand new Fords go info
service this season—proof of their une
qualed merit. The price is $590 for the
roadster, $690 for the five-passenger ear
and S7OO for the delivery car—complete
with all equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Latest
catalogue from Ford Motor Company 311
Peachtree St., Atlanta, or direct from De
troit factory.
By Hal Coffman
Crackers’ Batting <
Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
These averages Include yesterday’s game
with Chattanooga:
Players—| G. |AB.| R. | H, |Av.
Harbison, ss 4 17 2 10 .588
Dessau, p 11 33 4 11 .344
Hemphill, cf 53 210 26 68 .324
Bailey, If 57 209 38 62 .297
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, ss,| 50 |IOB |l9 41 .244
Alperman, 2b 57 224 33 54 .241
McElveen, 3b 63 229 31 58 .231
Sitton, p 11 26 1 6 .222
Russell, p 2 5 11 .200
Atkina, p H 80 3 6 .200
Brady, p 4 14 0 1 .071
McCarthy fails to show
CLASS IN PHILADEPHIA GO
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.—Local
fight fans saw Luther McCarthy, of
Springfield, Mo., the newest “white
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. K
SELMA WINS FIRST HALF T
OF SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE
ANNISTON. AI*A., June 20.—The
first half of the Southeastern league
came to a close yesterday. Selma win
ning 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 1-912 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 won the
1912 baseball series from the Crimson
in straight games. Yesterday’s game
was cleanly played before a large class
day crowd.