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Pennant Race Is Getting Better Every Minute
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Pelicans Look Dangerous, and So Do the Crackers
• By Percy H. Whiting.
rpHE pennant race In theSoiith-
I ern league is getting better
and better every minute, if
It gets much belter right away, 1t
will be bo good we can't comfort
able stand if. At sunset Friday
night the difference between the
leaflets and the tail - ruder' had
been rut down to 199 points Or,
to reduce it to terms of "games
won and lost," if Birmingham
should lose 12 games while Nash
ville was winning 13 the now tail
•nd Vole would pass by one point
the now loading Barons. *
A lead of 12 1-2 games looks Im
Bressivo, but It isn't when you con
sider that the league Ims yet to
play 632 tor 56 per cent) of Ils
scheduled 1.120 games.
With the teams bunched in a
heap like this, anything is liable
to happen any old time. Just al
present the Cracker team, which
stands second hi the second divi
sion. la still slightly less than 9 full
games behind the leaders. If the
Crackers can put in a solid week
of real winning, they will be up in
the chase
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txT'TCH New Orleans’ That’s go
»V i ng ;o ho the ri In th<>
Southern before long. It was only
a few weeks back that the PelvoHns
were wallowing in the depths
Now they are second, less than five
full games behind the leaders
Slowly, but with awful certainty,
that Dutchman has been strength
ening his team. He has added a
player here, peeled one off there,
and taught a third how to play ball
until now he has a grand organi
sation tlf course, the Pelicans
arc no team of marvels. As h mat
ter of fact, the Southern league
clubs this year are not especially
strong, anv of them Bitt that s
what makes the race interesting,
if is possible for any chib in the
bunch, with a little real strength
ening. to get Into the chase.
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t»H \T Erskine Majer will be "wel
* come to our city 'is too obvi
ous to need comment. The famous
S issors" has never been accorded
am too thorough a trial with the
Cracker club. This year and last
he looked like the best man who
was turned loose. Mayer won 12
games and lost 2 this year/ has
pitched a no-hit game and has gone
great guns If he can keep any
thing 'lke that stride In the South
ern. it will be all off with the oppo
sition.
The only weakness of the Crack
ci club now seems to ho in the
pitching staff If tnc hex men can
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It’s the very last word
’WT • ■ .as regards really
bay it Good
IDchDAfif Ginger Ale
B 1 1 IH 1 n Ye., we make that good
A A AAA LEMO-LI ME you get at
. the ball park and all stands
perform as well as the rest of the
team, the Crackers are going to
the top. But somehow the box men
don’t seetn to be pitching well.
Dessau wasn't any too good yester
day; Brady seems a very uncertain
performer; Atkins is unlucky or
something Sitton let probably the
steadiest of the lot.
C't.ME local enthusiasts have a
** scheme for giving a eash prize
to the Atlanta player who does the
most tor his team this season. 11
Isn’t a bad scheme, either Possi
bly it runs foul of the salary limit,
but we think not* There would per
haps bo some hard feeling among
the players as to which man was
really entitled Io the credit and the
cotn, but usually one man stands
out on a team above all others and
fs, therefore, entitled to the emolu
ments
Here is the proposition as sub
mitted:
Gentlemen: Being fans of the
"dyed-in-the-wool" variety and
particularly so when ft concerns
the Atlanta baseball team, we be
lieve we have decided on a plan
that will make errors a novelty
and home runs, two baggers, hair
raising fielding stunts and the like
commonplace and consequently
give us a pennant contending
team We believe the fans of At
lants will give their hearty co
operation to the raising of a bonus
by popular subscription to be do
nated to the player on the Atlanta
team (excepting the manager!
who, in the opinion of three Judges
to he selected. Is the most useful
man to the team
Our idea is to select a commit
tee of three baseball statisticians
and experts, one from each of the
local papers, to act as the above
mentioned Judges, who shall de
cide. beginning with the next
games at home and continuing
through the remainder of the sea
son. which player shall receive the
bonus, said Judges to take Into
consideration every phase and fea
ture of such player’s work and
conduct on the field.
Now, you gentlemen may know
of a still better plan, or at least
have some improvements to sug
gest In this one. but we confidently
believe that any plan similar to
this will be popular w ith the local
fans, and must Inevitably arouse
a good bit of enthusiasm and ri
valry among the members of the
team How does the proposition
appeal to you’’ if you think well
of it and care to give It the sup
port of your column, we would
like to make the following sub
scriptions :
W. H H. J3.no
T H D 1 00
G K C 1.00
W H HESTER.
G F. CROOK.
T B DAVIES
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THE AIT.ANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATERD \Y. JUNE 22. 1912:
THE Crackers are lucky tn being
able to land Agler. From what
everybody says, this man Is a hum
mer. He Is at least a Class AA
player and ought to shine In this
company. If Harbison continues
his groat hitting and fielding and
Agler Ilves up to bls advance no
tices, the Cracker team ought to
be a wonder. The Infield and the
outfield, as they will stand when
Agler Joins, should equal th° best
In the league
SEMI-FINALS TODAY IN ’
McMichael cup event
The tournament for the J, C Mc-
Michael cup is narrowing right down
and by tonight the affair will be re
duced to two mon in each division. The
results yesterday were:
First Flight.
First Round— -W. F. Spalding defeat
ed Dr. F. Holland. 1 up.
Second Flight.
Semi-Finals —D. Jemison defeated J
T Nfc.holsom. 6 up and 5 to play.
Third Flight.
Second Round—-W. C. Warren de
feated N. P. Broyles, 3 up and 2 to
play; 1.. H. Beck defeated C. M. Sci
pios by default; R. Ek Richards defeat
ed H. G. Butler. 5 up and 4 to play.
Semi-Final Matches.
The following are the semi-final
matches to be played:
First Flight—T. B. FAa\ vs. W C.
Holleyrnan, C. P. King vs. W. F. Sprat
ling.
Second Flight—B. M. Blount vs. win
ner of Thornton-James match.
Third Flight—G. W. Adair vs. W. C.
W arren, L. H. Beck vs. R. E. Richards. I
tommy McMillan, hit
BY BALLIS BADLY HURT
BALTIMORE. June 22. — Shortstop
Tommy McMillan, of the Rochester
Hustlers, was so badly Injured here in
a recent game by being lilt In the jaw
with a pitched ball by' Dixie Walker,
that he will be out of the game for
several days.
He is in the Union Protestant in
firmary with a fractured Jaw, which
the physicians say is not serious. The
accident happened in the. fourth in
ning. McMillan was unconscious for
more than half an hour after being hit.
CORNELL AND COLUMBIA
FAVORITES IN REGATTA
POUGHKEEPSIE, N Y.. June 22.
With the big Inter-collegiate regatta
but one week away the crews here are
putting In their last day’s training.
Early next week the tapering process
will begin and the men will be let down
to just enough work to hold their form.
Columbia’s stock is steadily climbing
and experts figure that the New York
eight will go into the big varsity race
an even favorite with Cornell.
EJoblom Is back at his place hi the
Wisconsin shell. Timo rows were again
on the program for today. Tomorrow
the men will rest.
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DOUBLE-HEADER
TO DAY WILL BL I
VICIOUS BATTLE
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June 22
With the score In games still standing
one and one for the series, thanks to a
tie game yesterday, the Crackers and
the Ixtokouts hook up in a contest, to
day that will rival in violence the Tro
jan war nr a Republican convention,
particularly the latter.
The thing is a double-header, as
both managers, Smith and Hemphill,
believe that the get something on each
other by playing the full nine innings,
the affair will last from lunch time to
sundown.
1 Vedder Sitton, the Cracker star at
present, and Luckless Tommy Atkins
are slated to httrl for the locals For
Bill Smith. More and Coveleskie will
probably mount the hurling rostrum, so
to speak.
Yesterday’s encounter at Lookout--
ville made the Taft-Roosevelt unpleas
antness look like a peace pact. From
early afternoon till black dark they
’ argued, wrestled, struggled, "cussed
and fit.” And when it was all over the
score stood 7 to 7. And the whole aft
ernoon was wasted, so far as the stand
ing of the clubs was concerned. Neither
team advanced any farther in the time
they played than the Republican con
vention, with the committee on creden
tials out.
There was excitement, though, and
plenty of it. And the fans who turned
out—and there w-ere several of thorn
had the time of their cold, gray-lives.
It was nip and tuck, not to mention
- nock and neck, up to the ninth. The
Crackers then had a lead of 6to 4 At
that point Dessau’s foot slipped, as It
were, and some husky big-sticking
brought home two Lookouts and tied it
up. Nothing daunted, the Crackers
made one in the ninth. And so did the
Lookouts. The Crackers goose-egged
in the eleventh, and so did the Look
outs.
Then the umpires took a hand and*
Chairman O’Toole banged with his
gavel and declared the doings off for
the day.
McGRAW TRIED TO PUT
TRICK OVER ON CHANCE
• CHICACO. June 22.—Frank Chance,
who trusts McGraw so implicitly that
he doesn't let his players drink water
when they are playing on the Polo
grounds, for fear ft is doped, now
charges that the rubber provided for
the visiting pitcher to work on is not
the legal distance from the plate.
Chance tumbled to this the last time
lie was in New York, and had all his
pitchers stand a full three feet behind
the plate while the warm-up was in
progress.
Chance is non gently breaking the
news to the other National league man
agers.
Johnson Refuses to Box Flynn in 17-Foot Ring
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Challenger Says He Would Fight in a Barrel
By Ed. W. Smith.
(The Georgian's fight expert, who
has been selected to referee the
Johnson - Flynn battle.)
EAST LAS VEGAS. N. M.. June
22.—They’ll have to rebuild
their arena out on Eighth
street before Jack Johnson will
consent to do battle in It with Jim
Flynn two weeks hence.
The ring Is altogether too small
to suit the champion of the world.
He looked over the measurements
of the ring I submitted to him and
then shook his head sadly. "I
wouldn’t think of It at all,” he said,
as he handed back the slip. “It
looks to me as if they built that
ring, or intended to have it to suit
Flynn's style of boxing, or fighting
or w'hatever you may call it.
"From the looks of things you're
the only one that ■gave me a
thought in the matter, for 1 wasn't
consulted at all.”
Taking a trip out to the new
arena yesterday morning I ran a
tape line over the unfinished ring
and discovered that it was exactly
nineteen feet from post to post in
side. It looked horribly small to
me. I asked the foreman in charge
of the work what he figured would
be the size of the fighting space
when the (ring w’as completed.
“It will be seventeen feet six
Inches from rope to rope,” he re
plied. Knowing this might start
an argument and figuring that it
would be better to have all of the
row of this sort settled right now,
I submitted the measurements to
both men.
If the ring is to be enlarged it
must be enlarged now before fur
ther work on the seating arrange
ments is done.
In another three days the place
will be so far completed that any
changes will be out of the ques
tion.
Flynn M/ants Three-F°ot Ring.
We saw Flynn first, as he works
earlier in the day than Johnson.
“How big would you like to have
the ring for this scrap'.”' Jim was
asked. “About three feet, if I hqd
my way.” was the confident re
ply of the fireman. “As a matter
of fact It doesn't matter a rap to
me how big the ring Is.” he con
tinued. “I’d Just as soon fight him
in a barrel as not, or they can
make it regulation twenty-four
foot if they please. Any old thing
for me.” Merely another indi«i
tion of the superlatively confident
spirit being displayed by the Pueblo
man.
With Johnson it was a different
story—vastly different. When he
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: JOHNSON INSPECTS RING;:
: SAYS IT’S TOO SMALLiHE:
: SEES PLOT TO “GET” HIM:
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• LAS VEGAS, N. M„ June 22. •
• The fight is °n again, off again •
• and on again. Although no offi - •
• oial promise has been made to the •
• promoters, it is now generally •
• believed that Governor McDonald •
• will not interfere. Both fighters •
• continue training, Johnson has •
• protested because the ring is much •
• smaller than is contemplated by •
• Marquis of Queensberry. •
• Johnson harbor* the suspicion •
• that some one in the Flynn camp •
• is responsible for the small ring, •
• which, he figures, would increase •
• Flynn's chances of winning. Flynn •
• prefers rough, rushing tactics, and •
• Johnson, after a wary inspection, •
• rejected the first set of plans pro- •
• duced for the ring. The matter •
• will be settled today. •
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sized up the measurements of the
ring he became positively mournful
over them. "It won’t do,” he said.
"They should have consulted me
about it in the first place. Now.
as a matter of fact, Td Just as soon
fight Flynn or any other man tn
the world on an electric wire as far
as fighting fs concerned. It matters
little to my style of battling,
whether the ring is big or little. If
I can win In a big ring I can win
In a small one or vice versa, but
it hurts me to think that they may
be trying to ‘put one over on me*
In this matter.
Johnson Is Cautious.
"No. sir, I must insist that the
ring be at least twenty feet inside
'of the Inner ropes. You under
stand what I mean. I want twen
ty feet of boxing space and a good
ledge on the ring so that a man
will not step out of the ring or
over the edge of it and hurt him
self."
The upshot of the whole thing
was that Watson Bums, Johnson’s
chief trainer, will go out to the
arena today with some of the news
paper men and inspect the place
thoroughly. His judgment will be
accepted as final by the champion,
but from what Burns said last
night it looks certain that they
never will accept the ring In its
present shape.
Burns is something of a sticker
for the regulation in all things.
The rules, he says, call for a ring
of twenty-four feet or as near that
as ft Is possible to have it. He
wants a twenty-foot ring, the same
as the champion himself and In
tends to carry his point, Judging
from the snap of Ms Jaws while
he was talking about It.
It is supposed that a small ring
would favor Flynn to a consider
able extent. He Is the rushing type
of fighter, constantly crowding hie
opponent and trying his best to
keep on top of him at all times.
The smaller the space tn which the
fighting is done the better for him,
for a small ring gives an opponent
a slimmer chance of getting away
from the bulldog-like rushes of the
Pueblo man.
Johnson, on the other hand, being
g defensive fighter and cautious to
a degree, is supposed to be favored
by the larger space in which he
has to work with an opponent and
by the same argument his chance*
Os making a good fight would be
lessened by the smaller ring.
At least that Is the most logical
way of figuring tt out.
The articles of agreement, signed
in Chicago, do not mention the else
of the ring. They simply state that
the contest Is to be decided under
Queensberry rules, which In turn
state the regulation ring to be
twenty-four feet “or as near that
Rise as practicable.” The Johnson
party naturally behoves that, m
there Is nothing but space whom
the arena is built, the ring can
be made regulation size just as well
as not.
Governor Still BHent.
Governor McDonald again disap
pointed the local business men who
am interested In the big doings of
July 4 He didn’t appear at all. as
expected, and no word was received
as to when he will be here. But tt
is certain that he is to pay I,as
Vegas a call within a week's timer.
Instead of the governor came
Fred Fornoff. chief of the mounted
police of the new state of New
Mexico and real Westerner, one
would expect to see holding a posi
tion of this kind. The chief Is a
man weighing 250 pounds and with
an eye that looks right through
one.
The chief said he was here for a
twelve-hour stay only, but found
time during the afternoon to visit
both camps. Flynn was the only
one of the principals that he saw,
however, as Johnson was not In
when he called. The official was
well pleased with Flynn's appear
ance and after watching him at his
work for a full hour decided that
he must be in the best of shape to
stand the gruelling that he lays out
for himself every afternoon'. He
saw Flynn in several of his scraps
hi Ig>s Angeles and thought Jim
looked better now than at any time
he saw him on the coast.
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