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10 GOSltf SPOTS CCOWM® * HWRW LPITLD W. 9 FARNSWORTH , the SPORTING IDITORV COLUMN By W. S. Farnsworth. NEW YORK fans, arc claiming: that Rube Marquard now holds the record for straight wins On Frida', when hr defeat ed the Hestons, he wa' credited with his -Ixteenth victor' Rut he still has three games to garner in a row before he reaches the high mark. John I.uby, in 1890, while a mem ber of the Chicago National league club, won twenty straight games Amd still all of the Gotham papers claim that when Marqttard passed fourteen straight, the .joint ecord of ®d Reulhac.h and Jack Cheebro, the lanky southpaw won for him self a crown The following extract from Sporting Tjife nf August 21. 1909. Is of much Interest on this topic: "During the past week Pitcher Renlbach. of the Chicago National league dub, aroused universal Imer eat when he reached his fourteenth straight victory, thus equaling the record made by Pitcher Cheshro, of the New York American team In 1904. and which 1s the best record at the present pitching distance of 6014 feet from the home plate Tt was hoped. In National league circles at least, that Renlbach would surpass Che? bro’s record, and perhaps even enual John Ruby's high water mark, which has stood for nearly two score years, but the Giants destroyed that hope on Saturday, August 14. when they low ered Reulbach’s colors, after fourteen straight victories "Reulbach thus remains tied with Chesbro for the record at modern distance, and John I.uby remains In possession of the supreme record twenty straight- made in 1890, In which year that remarkable pitcher «180 led the National league batsmen with the great average of 942 for 30 games This pitching record was made under the old distance of 50 feet and a 584x4 box. which, as ex perfence has demonstrated, was real ly less advantageous to the pitcher than the present distance, which per mite much better curves, without perceptible effect on speed nr change of pare. “In this connection we must once more call to order some Chicago ertt les. who will persist in crediting Me Cormick, of the old Chicago team, with a record of 24 straight victories 1n 1886 and who last week once more sent this misinformation broadcast over the country. McCormick did not pitch In 24 consecutive victories, in FODDER FOR FANS Over in Portsmouth. Va , they axe going to have a “Dollai Day" at the ball park If vou k)ck In it's a dollar, even for bleacher rests The kicking will prob abb not be extta good Orth Collins, who lost out ae a manager tn the Cotton States league, alleges he has a job with Minneapolis Bat boy. maybe ♦ • • Bill Beirhard i»tlU lirf et<ht of the wme men playing far him that st a Had the season His only changes have been 1n the pitching staff ♦ * • Why even m the Routh Atlantic league thev ar? beginning to call their games at 3:30. They must have a cook problem down there, too Johnny Rates has a slight Charley horse and Larry McLean Is nursing h lame foot Except for that and the tact that the Reds < an't m ball games everything Is going all right In the camp of O'Day "Irish' Cahill has jumped the Orlando Fla., team "To many mosquitoes and alligators down there " chirped "Irish" as he heat it for Indiana • • ■ Catcher Waring, of the Terre Haute team, recently jumped into the stand and thrashed a spectator This sort of stuff. If continued, will be tine for the ball pla\ - er? Rut it will play hr.-k with attend ance When in Evening Dress your Shirt Frc nt must radiate Whiteness It does, if we hiuiitiert Un We give pavticulHf ati< n tjon to linen for <lr< ss u n White ties white vesG etc.. that we lamni r lo.>\ like new. Your laundrx can't 20 wrong if we do it. We call and deliver. 1 rio Laundry & Cleaning Co. I'hojp . t v 1099. 109] . Atlanta.- 1099. "Hr sterilize all uiir u'orl(. JFSG or any other vear. arid n**v«»r ap proached I.uby\ record of 20 - freight, a feat which even the great Rad bourne mver equaled McCormick’* record in ISRO wap fifteen straight vic forles, uhkh performance he had n«t equaled before IRfl*», and never ap~ prnarhed after that year, which wa ~ the best nf Ids career Why Ru< h a persistent effort should be made to rol> dead Ruby of the wonderful rec ord nf a very short professional career is as mystifying ns it is disgraceful." • ♦ • epHFTRE U some question In ■ whether Marquard did win nun of the sixteen victories he <l;ihns In the eame between the Giant and < üb« <>n June 12. the Rub*-’ was taken nut in the eighth inning: tn allow Shafer Io bat. New York Rented two runs In inni’ig. winning the game. 3 to 2 Nwv York papers credited Mar guard with the victory, on the ground that although "New York was behind when Shafer batted for Marquard, when Crandall went in the locals had forged In the front " Gater tip- Gotham papers defended this position by claiming that Mar guard had left the game in such a shape that the Neu York team could win it All nf which raises th* interest fug question of the limit to he pet determining when and when not games are "1n happ to win/’’ How few runs will have to be made In games of this sort? it may as well he ten as the two needed in the game under discussion. By section 2 of rule 28, dealing with substitutes. Marguard was out of the game an soon as Shafer was sent up tn bat. and surely common senne would dictate that a player on<e out of the game could have no influence whatever on what hap pened in that game after he left it It ha« been generally the custom in oases of the kind to charge the pitcher with neither defeat nnr victory, but tn simply put him on record a? having hern taken nut. The whole situation seem? to have been brought about bv undue haste of New York scribes to give Marquard a modern-day record. Still, a few days later. John Heyd lor, who Is official statistician of the National league, decided to award this doubtful victory to Mar qua rd. Helnie Zimmerman gave up a plumber’s, life to take-up baseball ♦ • • Johnnv Kling wants a change in the baseball rules which shall provide that club presidents are out for interference * • • John Ward says that baseball hasn't Improved any In 20 vears Possibly he refers io the kind his team plays • • • John Daly from Savannah has joined the Jersey City team «• • • Add leagues in distress New York < 'onnecticut • ♦ • Jack Warner, after losing a peck of money with his team, that started at Kingston, moved to Poughkeepsie and ended in the ditch, has paid off his play era and unit Yes, it was in the N Y <’onn. league. J Hank Robinson is lhe best fantan player of the National league Jimmy Williams is to retire after this season IK is doing well with Minneap olis. hut he has been fifteen years in baseball, has plenty of mono and is going to drop out • • • Sime A rile Ixithan has been canned .and Charles Faust has jumped, the Giants have tn depend virtually on their own strength to win games. • * • Roy Radabaugh. ex-t’raeker and ex Billiken, has hooked up with the Win Fton-Salem team and ought to be a won- • ♦ * Wallace has been plaxmg marvelous hall since he has dropped the manager ship of (be Browns The relief must be Intense • • • It seems improbable now that Tom tic McMillan's jaw was broken when he was hit by a pitched ball the other day How ever, <» make mailers certain', an X-ra> examination u ill be made • • • Wp knew it A fan has gone crap over the Reds’ slump Yes of course, a Cincinnati fan They committed him to the hin>-house because, he thought he bad been signed to pla\ short for <>'l>a\ The thought was enough to drive any body craz\ GIANTS OUT TO BREAK "GAMES WON" RECORD ' NEW YORK, .lune 24. Managi r Mr- Graw of the Giants, believe?. his team this year will hold up a imw major league record for games won. The record now Is held up by the Chicago National club, which won lit- games in Itinfi The Boston Nationals were the tii-t to win more than too cham pionship game?-. when they captured 11'2 in 1592. I’lu New York team had Hlfi vie tori in ISi'l inn 105 In IOC, The * l>i-.-go t'lth- after tin-li record break ing p< rformani-e in I'imi won 107 in It'ilT and 104 in 1910 The I’ittsburgs i <t in game, in l nos The Ph Imiel|>|i- ,s 11,,. ,mly Amer ican ii ague champions to pa - the < en ' try mark 'IT -y won 10'j gaums in rl'i and 105 last year, when the New York Nationals finished the season with ■' Victories to tin It credit. WOLGAST LOOKS FIT. Ills ANGELES. Jun, .'I \d Wol ga- t appeared to he in the l-.e-t of con dition today and in good shape to enter Upon the strenuous grind of regular > training for tin l-’mirth of Julv go with Mexican .toe Rivets. He demonstrated to an immeii'- , loud of hp al fandom ye tir-lay hi ability at hast to lough It vigorous-? tot light rounds. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. JUNE 24. 1912, Stars of Former Olympiad, Who Compete Again Under Stars and Stripes (b « \iFv> - •** V?® jft iflHa&A \ ® '■ ■ t -’I L-w«, Lz - i mwy" |b>> -C-T - F isl lr w Jfc« - ' ’ I\ 3» r - / vLfl < ‘bv .pita \ ' r:. || —■ i MELVIN SHEPPARD. FRANK C, IRONS. , , RALPH ROSE, bpi rivd trona anrt r,ns» rll<i fu'l sharß toward rapturing the Olympic honors for 52 4-5 seconds, the former mark being 1 minute 56 seconds. His time for the 1.500 metres was this country in the Olympiad at London four years ago and next month they are expected ti minutes 3 2-5 seeconds. the former record standing at 4 minutes 5 2-5 seconds. Irons won more than hold their own again. In the last games Sheppard won the 800-metre run and the the runn,n ® broad Jump and also established an Olympic record. He jumped 24 feet 6 1-2 I 500. metre event oet a hllrhliw »e.. tu .< Inches. The record was 24 feet 1 Inch. Rose, the giant Californian, placed the 16-pound shot. l.Mitmetn event, establishing new ( ecortis for ea< h. Hi s time in the 800 was I minute p „ t t 0 the credit of this country with a put of 46 feet 7 1-2 inches Battle for Southern Tennis Title Starts Here Next Week By Percy H. WMting, rp HE tennis season is closing j right in The Mg doings are on In Augusta this week and a bunch of Atlantans are play ing In the annual championship there. This tennis tournament Is always a big thing In the sleepy town of Augusta, and Atlanta play ers always cut a prominent figure. One week from today the South ern championship will start on the courts of the Atlanta Athletic chib fit Fast Lake. Just what the tennis committee will have to offer in the way of stars for this event can't be told now. but it has a. keg of money on hand to pay expenses and such, and will get some stars here or know why not if the tennis committee Is look ing for the real star of the season it ought to round up Gustave F. Houchard, for he is the king pin tennis player of the year. Already Touchard has won the Bronx championship and the Englewood Field chib's chief prize, and got to the challenge round at Chevy Chase, where he lost to Conrad Doyle, present Southern champion The list of tournament winners of 1912 In the North follows: Bronx Championship at the Bed ford Park Tennis Chib Gustave R. Touchard; runner up. Theodore Roosevelt Pell. The Army Cup at Chevy Chase I onrad B. Doyle; runner-up, Touchard. New York Lawn Tennis Club trophy Wylie C. Grant, runner up, JS. Howard Voshell. A mackassin Club Trophy Fred erick (’. Raggs, runner-up. Joseph » H. Condon. New England Championship at the Hartford Golf Club Fred H Harris, runner-up, Frederick C. Inman Nassau and Queens Counties Championship at the Great Neck Hills Country Club 1,. Milens Burt, runner-up, Walter L Pate Cedarburst Cup at the Rock away Hunt Club -Theodore Roose velt Pell; runner-up, Karl Rehr Englewood Field Club Cup Gustave F. Touchard; runner-up, Lyle E. Mahan Pennsylvania State champion ship at ths Merlon Cricket Club R Norris WTlfam* - rnrrner up, O. P. Siverd. • • • Hti: live in hoi-c (even If a faint one) that some dev the South - Lawn Tennis association will cut ou this rot of o;>enlng its tour naments to the world and will make it a strictly Southern event. The people who run the tourna ments say. "Oh, we have to have-a famous star or two hum the l-'.asi to create inli'rest. If we don't have them we will not get any attend ance and if we don't get the crowds how arc we to pay for the sending of the Southern doubles winners to play for the national title.’’ Now, It may be that the people go out to see a couple of famous Eastern stars play, but to the best of our recollection the most inter est that Atlanta over felt in tennis was back In the good old days when Nat Thornton and t'owan Rogers were the big men in singles and w hen Grant and Thornton and the Rogers brothers (of Knoxville) were the main guvs in the doubles. It'.- just the same in tennis that it I ; in baseball ' The crowds w ant to see a close match. They don't care so much for the notables We look forward to the day when the. tournament w-iil be limit ed to members of Southern clubs only. Then, if the tennis commit tee has some money- to spend for expenses, let it bring to Atlanta some of the Southern stars. We’d like to see some of those famous Texas players. There are always a few Virginians who might he. "In duced." Let the committee scour the South for star Southern play ers. Bring them here and there would be a hundred tight matches, instead of a sorry walk-over, as there is when a star or two from outside is brought here. • • • ANOTHER reform, we hope, for though there seems even less reason for hoping. Is that some day somebody will reform the foot fault rule at the local tournament. It's a pitiful sight to see the. foot faulting when a Southern tourna ment is in progress. Nine players out of ten 1n the tournament start their serve with their toe on th* line Some of them hitch forward from an inch to a foot when they serve. Occasionally, right in an important match, with an official in charge, you will see a man start a serve with his foot clear across the line and tn the court. The officials say, “Oh. well, we don't punish any little uninten tional violations of this rule." • AH right; then where will you draw the line? Ts it Is all right for a man tn serve with his foot half across the line, why isn't it right for him to go all the way across the line? And If he goes all the way across, why can’t he go to the net tn serve? If you want to know, the real reason for this wretched condition is that the big tennis men of the club, the men who ought to set the style for play that is in accordance with the rules, are about the worst offenders in the foot-faulting. We promise to have a good bit more to say afiout this subject when the tournament gets under way. provided the rule is not bet ter enforced than In the past. We'll try to let everybody know that the rule Is being violated, who is doing it, and what officials are allowing it. Maybe that will wake up somebody who will do something—though, as we admitted befoie, our hopes are not running very high. QUALIFY ON SATURDAY FOR CUNNINGHAM PRIZE The qualifying round for the W. W. Cunningham golf trophy will be played by the golfers of the Atlanta Athletic duh over the East Lake course on Sat urday. AH players will ryialifv from scratch. ' In the match play rounds which will follow shortly thereafter, the players will play with their club handicaps. As many flights as filled will be played. The first and second rounds of match play must be played by July 5. the third round by July 6 and the finals by July 7. In the first flight the finals will be at 36 holes. HOPPER WINS RICH CHASE. PARIS, June 24.—The Grand Steeple chase de Paris, run over the Autehull course, was won by M. Gerlaln's chest nut colt Hopper, with Gasten Dreyfus' Sea Lord second and James Hennes sy's Pyrrhus third The steeplechase, valued this year at $28,600. with a’pleee of plate added, resulted in one of the most interesyng races in years. DOUBLE BILLEOR CRACKERS TODAY MEMPHIS. TENN.. .Tune !4. The Crackers mingle with the Turtles in a double-header here this afternoon. Sit ton will probably oppose Kissinger in the first game, while Dessau and Mer ritt are slated to do the box work in the closing stanza Rain prevented the game scheduled here yesterday, hence the double bill this afternoon. The first contest will start at 2:30 o’clock. First Baseman Agler is expected to join the team here today or tomorrow. He will probably not get into action un til the. Crackers return home Wednes day. however, as he will need a rest after a long train ride. Pitcher Mayer will not join the Crackers for some time yet, if at all. Portsmouth refuses to turn him back to Hemphill, and the Atlanta club must wait until Secretary Farrell of the na tional association rules where the hurl er belongs. Crackers* Batting AveragesJncluding Yesterday's Game The averages include games played to date. Players - - | G. |AB.| R. I H. [Av. Harbison, ss * I 32 I 4 I 13 1.406 Dessau, p 12 I 36 | 8 I 12 1.333 Hemphill, cf 57 226 I 27 ' 74 '.328 Bailey, If 81 <224 I 42 i 68 1.304 O'Dell, lb 57 1199 | 32 i 53 1.266 Alperman. 2bl ST >236 ; 34 I 59 1.249 O’Brien, ss 1 51 |169 | 19 | 42 1.2-49 Donahue, p 19 157 7 14 .246 Callahan, rfl 19 I 86 1 10 I 21 1.244 Graham, cI 21 I 62 I 7 i 15 1.242 McElveen, 3b.I 67 |245 | 33 I 56 .229 Sitton, p1 11 I 26 i 1 j 6 1.222 Atkins, p| 12 132 317 1.219 Brady, pI 6 i 19 | ID 2 1.105 ROY MORAN NOW LEADS LEAGUE IN STOLEN BASES The base running in the Southern league this season has been very poor, in the main, though there are a few players who have a fairly good aver age on the paths. Roy Moran, former Cracker and now left fielder of the Chattanooga- Look outs. is the leading base stealer of the league, both in the number 'bf bases stolen and In percentage Hero are the leading base stealers of each team, including the games played Friday, June 21: Players and Teams. G. SB. P.C. Moran. Chattanooga ... 61 31 .508 Johnston, Birmingham. . 62 25 .403 Johnston. New Orleans . 60 23 .383 Maloney, Mobile 69 22 .319 Callahan. Atlanta .... 61 17 .279 Netzel. Memphis 59 16 .271 Stengle. Montgomery . . . 61 16 .262 Perry , Nashville 60 9 .150 WOMEN GOLFERS PLAY SECOND ROUND TODAY With a lead of two point? at" the con clusion of the first day of play, the At lanta team of women golfers w ill today play the Nashville team the second round. • The teams arq playing 36 holes of Nassau. 18 having been played on Sat ti rd ay. Dr. A. W. Stirling has offered a hand some silver loving cup for the victori ous team. A low medal score match will also bo played. The Atlanta team is Mrs T. B. Paine, Miss Alexa Stirling. Mrs. N. R. Broyles, Miss Mae O'Brien and Mrs. R. P. Jones. The Nashville team Is Miss Jeanette Ackion. Mrs A R Newell. Mrs E W. Daley. Mrs F. H Seymour and Mrs. Rogers Smith. Matty Still Premier Hurler, Claim of Big League Batters By Damon Runyan. HOW long will Christy Mathew son last as a big league star? The permanent passing of old Cy Young from the big league leaves hut a single man believed to have any sort of chance to equal the famous Ohioan’s pitching rec ord. and already fandom is looking at that man askance. Every time "Big Six" Joses a game nowadays the question is ask ed: "Is Matty going hack?" Lit tle attention is paid to his win nings. Gotham is accustomed to seeing him win; it is only when h» drops a gam* that he attracts attention. Some contended that Matty's curves are not breaking in the old way. and that he Is slowly but surely retrograding, hut you can't get ball players to take any stock In that theory. A poll of the big league would probably’ reveal the interesting fact that* the players themselves still believe that “Big Six” is the premier boxman of the time. As a matter of fact, the ques tion of Matty's efficiency will prob ably not be settled in any one, or perhaps, even two seasons, when it is settled. Supposing he should show a decline thls^year —It might be merely one of those periods to which every ball player is subject —an "off" year—and next season he might show a complete reversal of form. Mathewson is now 31 years of age. He began pitching when he was nineteen years old, and most of his pitching has been in the big league. Yet at 31 he is spoken of by the average fan as a decrepit old man—“Old Christy Mathewson.” To equal (*y Young’s record. Mat ty would have to keep going for the next ten years at better than average speed. The man who will very likely de- fA DOG ON GOOD COAL Best Grade Lump $4.75 High Grade Lump $4.50 High Grade Nut - $4.25 Until July 15th, and for Cash Only THOMAS & HARVILL U. ph °-‘ B -" ““A «« S: FOR SALF” = ] : Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar, IMMEDIATE Creosote, Road Binder, rhc-i iucdv Metal Preservative Paints, DELIVERY Roofing Paint and Shingle Stain. Atlanta Gas Light'Co. termine the question of Mathew son’s efficiency when the time comes is Mathewson himself. Those yvho knorv the big blonde believe that he will eventually drop baseball of his own volition and drop It the moment he is con vinced that he is slipping. Still, a ball player is never able to tell with th« same degree of certainly as his manager when the slip has com me need. Matty has been husbanding his strength for some years past. In any game he pitches, the hitting is likely to be plentiful especially by the opposition, as the big fellow de pends much on his support. In some of his games this spring, when that support has failed him. and runners have thronged the base line. "Big Six" has opened out and pitched with all his old wizardry’. He is not much of an early sea son pitcher, but beginning late he usually winds up figuring in a ma jority of the contests engaged in by the Giants, particularly if the race is close. This season McGraw is able to give his famous star more rest between games than ever be fore. The rise of th* Marquard star lias given the leader of the Giants considerable leeway in his pitching staff. Heretofore, in time of pel’ll, when a pitcher was going bad the lank figure of the blonde right-hander could always be seen in the out field warming up. and the cry “Mathewson now pitching for New York” was a familiar one to the Polo ground crowd. It will be a sad loss to baseball when Matty quits, but it will be a sadder loss to the Giants. Mathewson certainly’ still has al! his wonderful control, and con trol has been one of the secrets of his success. You will find, on con sulting his record last year, that he gave but 38 bases on balls in 45 games, of which 29 games were started and completed by’ the big fellow. Ho was charged with but two wild pitches in all that service. Marquard gave 106 bases on bails in the same number of games. Matty nltched and delivered ten wild pitches. Alexander, for in stance gave 227 bases on halls.