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Crackers Showed ‘Come-Back’
Stuff Yesterday—Keep it Up
By Percy II Whiting.
THE Crackers have, in sstheir
old age, developed a wollop.
Maybe it’s only a convulsive
switch or an aggravated death
wriggle but it did the business for
Col. Johnny Dobbs' ball club yes
terday afternoon.
In about 90 per cent of the games
this season if the Crackers got off
to a bad start they never see day
light again. If they ever got into
extra innings they always lost.
They did not have as much come
back to them as Jim Jeffries' little
toe.
In yesterday's gome—ft may have
been due to the change in manage
ment or it may have been due to
the weather —the Crackers made a
wretched get-away -and then won
the game. The start was as de
pressing as a dirge. The Blllikens
got to Brady and the Cracker In
field threw a fit and altogether it
looked like a repetition of the old,
old story.
, Whether “Whitey’' got the team
' together or whether they just same
to life themselves history does not
necord, but it does mention that it
was Manager Charles A. Alperman
who drove out the home run, with
two on bases, that turned the tide.
» * »
T F the Crackers have developed a
* little recuperative power, a lit
tle of the old come-back stuff and
a wallop they will yet run one
two-three in the Southern league
race. It's a good race yet. Only
180 points separate the leaders from
the tall-enders —and the Crackers
aren't the tall-enders today. Os
course the Atlanta team is 16 full
games out of the league leadership.
But it is only six games out of the
first division and only one and one
half behind the Volunteers, who are
immediately above them.
If Alperman can keep the Crackers
running as they ran yesterday, he
wins a steady job as manager and
Atlanta has a ball team all.
» ♦ *
OVERAL requests lately for in
formation about the life and
battles of Pat Donahue, the slim
Irishman who is playing such cork
ing fine ball behind the bat for the
Crackers, leads to the belief that
there may be some interest in his
history. Pat was born in Spring
field, Ohm. on November 8. 1884.
His first experience was with the
Utica team His big league experi
ence was with the Red Sox and the
Athletics. Here is a full record of
his batting and fielding career:
Year City Pos. G.P. A.B. F.A.
1902 Utica, c 54 .164 .939
1903 Utica, c 79 .111 .983
1904 Utica, c 96 .264 .976
1904 Utica, c 96 .264 .976
1905 Utica, C 94 .228 .980
1906 Portland, c. o f 2b 90 .233 ••
1907* Portl'd, lb. 3b. e.. 163 .226
1908 Boston, c 35 .198 .959
1909 Boston, c 61 .239 .982
1910 Boston & Phil., c. 20 .133 1.000
1911 Memphis 43 .204 .943
♦Traded to Boston for Danzig
and Madden.
••Fielding average as catcher not
given; as outfielder. 961; as sec
ond baseman, .981.
•••As first baseman, 973; as third
baseman, .905; as catcher, 984.
• ♦ ♦
a N old-time ball player uncork
** ed this cuggestion on me the
other day. Said he:
“We need schools for coachers.
In the course of a season more
bones w ill be pulled by men coach
ing at first and third than In all
the other possible places. They
are usually costly bulls, too. There
isn't anything in the world more
sickening than to s<a man drivi
out a magnificent three bagger and
then be touched out by ten feet at
the plate because some leather
headed coacher motioned him to
try for it. Ii requites accurate
Judgment and often quick thinking
to coach on the bases. And de
spite this fact managers often put
their dullest men on this job, and
at best make it a rule to send out
pitchers for the work. And pitch
ers are obviously the men in the
world least likely to have accurate
judgment about plays.
"A coacher often has some of the
most complicated sorts of problems
to figure out. A man is on first,
the batter hits safe. It may be
anything. The runner comes dash
ing to third, the outfielder is mess
ing up the fielding a bit. Then,
all in a second or two, the coacher
must figure a dozen things, among
them the score, the speed of the
base runner, the throwing ability of
the outfielder, the eourtge and clev
erness of the catcher in touching
out runners at the plate and a half
dozen minor matters like that. Is
it any wonder they sometimes gd
wrong?
The Cracker coachers have been
immoderately weak this year in
using the right judgment about
making plays. Not improperly un
der the new regime there will be
an improvement In thie respect.
Alperman himself Is a wonder at
coaching on the bases and every
where else, and he may introduce
some new tactics.
* • •
HE financial troubles of the
Nashville club are to be re
gretted, and if the worst befalls and
the Nashville franchise is trans
ferred to Little Rock it will be a
crime against baseball and against
civilization,
Nashville is plenjy big enough to
support a ball team In any minor
league in the country. It has the
people and it has the enthusiasm.
The Rock City turned out. for one
historic game, the largest crowd
that ever saw a contest in the
Southland. In years past the fran
chise lias been a paying institution.
A niggardly policy for several suc
cessive years got baseball in a bad
way. When the franchise changed
hands there was an Improvement
! hut not enough money was turned
loose to give the town a winner.
Attendance has been way off there
of late and with the team sixth and
likely to drop lower no immediate
improvement is looked for.
If the ball club should fall in the
hands of some strong backers it
would be a big thing for Nashville.
To let the franchise go to Little
Rock would be a black eke for
Nashville and a body blow at the
Southern league. One can’t but
admire Little Rock's gameness in
bidding steadily for a Southern
league franchise, but the fact re
mains, and always will, that the
city is too small and too remotely
located ever to be a desirable part
of the Southern circuit.
M. REED. JR.. ATLANTAN.
BATTING WELL IN “3-1”
Milton Heed. Jr.. Atlantan, and gradu
late of Joe Bean’s school of baseball ai
Marisi college, is the king pin batter of
the Three-1 Hague this year. He is play*
••ng with the Springfield. 11l . team and in
a recent series at home he maintained a
learn batting average of .500
\Vhvn Reed first went to Springfield he
injured his e\ < with a flying pebble and
it was a long time before it came around.
N< w that it has. he is smashing the ball
Re»<i. early in the season, chased one
hall play» r into the bleachers for calling
Im uncomplimentary names and since
then has had the warm friendship and
support of his teammates.
Heed stands ace-high with Governor
Denoon and his familx in Springfield and
is cmmbnnng the social and baseball ends
of his profession as few men could do.
ANDERSON SELLS WOLFE
TO CLEVELAND CLUB
ANDERSON. S. C, July 26.—An
nouncement w, - made today that the
\nderson club hi the Carolina assocla
tion has sold Pitcher Ernie Wolfe to
th* Clevelam' Americans. The price
was not made public. Wolfe will re
port to Cleveland Septemlx r 2. at the
(lose of the Carolina league season.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JULY 25. 1912.
ATKINS TO HURL
OPENING GAME
INBAOONVILLE
BIRMINGHAM, July 25.—Tommy
Atkins is slated to do the hurling for
the Crackers in the opening game
against the Barons here this afternoon.
Tommy pitched a corking godd game
against the Pelicans last week, and
Acting Manager Alperman is confident
that he will repeat today.
Yesterday's' victory over the Billi
kens has put a heap of confidence in
the Atlanta bunch and they sure are
a cockey bunch today. They feel sure
that nothing will stop 'em now from
getting into the first division.
The Atlanta team won the final game
in Montgomery to the tune of 9 to 6.
It was a slugging affair in which
Brady outlasted Aitchison and Lowery,
the latter a collegian the Blllikens have
just secured.
The <'racket's were to the bad up to
the fifth inning, when hits, including
homers by Alperman and McElveen,
gave them six runs, which cinched the
game.
JONES WILL PROBABLY
QUIT AS BILLS’ CHIEF
MONTGOMERY. ALA., July 25.—1 t
is duite probable that, after the close
of the present baseball season, Charles
B. Jones .Will retire from the presiden
cy of the Montgomery Baseball asso
ciation. It is his intention now to quit
the game, and he will resign unless
conditions are such that he could leave
the association.
Mr. Jones says that there is too much
worry to being president of the organ
ization. and it is especially so for him
because he has his other official duties
in connection with the street car sys
tem to look after. While he likes the
excitement, he declares that it has
caused him several gray hairs this
year, and he doesn’t care to become
prematurely old.
SOX RELEASE FOURNIER
TO MONTREAL BALL CLUB
NEW YORK. July 25. Jack Four
nier. first baseman recently with the
Sox. will no longer bid for that posi
tion against Rollie Zeider. Manager
Callahan has announced the release of
Fournier to the Montreal club of the
International league.
'Die sale of Fournier did not come as
a surprise, fpr the big Frenchman has
not been hitting recently. He was put
on first base to strengthen the club's
batting, but he fell into a bad slump
and Callahan decided to take him out.
NEW SCOUT FOR DETROIT.
BUTTE, MONT., July 25.—Charles
McCafferty, manager of the Butte club
of the Union association, has quit the
team and announced that he had ac
cepted the position of Western scout for
the Detroit Americans.
CLEARANCE SALE OF SECOND-HAND CARS
ALSO ALL DEMONSTRATORS
Every second-hand and demonstrating car must be sold. A rare chance to pick up some
bargains. Following is a partial list of what we have. '
1 1911 Maxwell, 4 Cylinder, 2 passenger runabout.
1 1911 Maxwell, 4 Cylinder, 4 passenger touring car.
1 1910 Maxwell, 4 Cylinder, 5 passenger touring car.
1 1910 Cadillac, 4 Cylinder 4 passenger touring car.
1 1910 Rambler, 4 Cylinder, 5 passenger touring car.
1 1910 Rambler, 4 Cylinder, 7 passenger touring car.
1 1909 Thomas, 4 Cylinder, 7 passenger touring car.
1 1912 Columbia, 4 Cylinder, 7 passenger demonstrator.
We will gladly demonstrate any of these cars upon request. If you are in the market for a
used car, this is your chance.
UNITED MOTOR ATLANTA COMPANY
380-382 Peachtree St. Bell Phone Ivy 1980
The Judge's Wife Doesn't Seeir to Understand
The Big Race
Here is how the “Big Five’’ In the Amer
ican league are hitting right up to date:..
Player— |A, B. H. |Aver.
Cobb 339 i 142**l .419*
Speaker 357 139 . 389
Jackson 350 ! 128 ! .366
Collins 319 108 339
Lajole 216 72 I .333
Cobb and Collins didn't play yesterday,
as their respective teams were idle. La
jole Is still out of the game. Speaker
made one hit in three trips to the plate,
while Jackson secured only one safe swat
in five times up. Both fell off a trifle
thereby.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
. .
Well, Wolverton has gone clear to the
Phillies for a recruit (Beaver) —and still
the Yankees lose.
* • «
Jacksonville has a ball player named
Whitterstorter. Several big league scouts
are after him. They say he's a rip
snorter Baseball writers have pared his
name down to Whitter.
■ ■ «
Atlanta has been rated the “joy club"
of the Southern league. Columbia of the
Sally league. Both are always last or
thereabouts.
• • •
If all the hall clubs go to Cuba this
year that are talking about It there will
be more players than fans on that fair
island this winter. The Jacksonville club
Is the latest to lay plans for the trip.
• • •
St. Louis says that Arnold Hauser of
the Cardinals has shoved Mike Doolan
of the Phillies off the map as the best
fielding shortstop in the game today.
« • «
“The homing instinct is strong in the
Browns.” says L. C. Davis. "They rise
up, circle around a couple of times and,
bingo! Back to the cellar."
• ♦ ♦
Al Demaree, bought by the Giants for
fall delivery, has pitched in five extra in
ning games this season. They have
ranged in duration from 11 to 18 innings
—the average is nearly 16—and he has
won all but one.
• • •
Kin Hubbard says that the Indianapolis
fans display vitality that was never ex
ceeded except by Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• • *
The Jersey City franchise is oh the
market now for $30,000. And dorl't bid
$25,000 unless you want it. Which goes
to show that the International league
isn’t such a marvelous organization, de
spite its class AA ranking.
• • •
The ball players' protective association
will soon be a reality, even if little is
being heard ahput it yet. A meeting was
held last week to discuss plans for or
ganizing it.
• • •
McGraw says. "You can have your
Cobbs, your Lajoies, your Chases, your
Bakers and all the rest, but I’ll take Hans
Wagner for mine as the greatest ever."
Eddie Ainsworth, of the Senators, sel
dom calls for a "waste ball." He’s al
ways willing to take his chances with the
runner on anything pitched. They don’t
steal much on him, either.
• «
Bobby Byrne and Ed Koney are retir
ing from business. Their billiard parlor
has been sold and they will stick exclu
sively to baseball for the present.
Derrill Pratt has been nursing an in
jured finger. They say he’s a fair nurse.
• • *
•lack Lelivelt, who has been in Atlanta
with both the Washington and Rochester
clubs, will probably be signed by the
Yanks, along with Tommy McMillan.
Jack is slow, but useful.
TOW O'KEEFE
LOSES TO GROSS
IN ONESIDED GO
NEW YORK, July 25.—Leach Cross
had little trouble in defeating Tommy
O’Keefe, of Philadelphia, who has been
fighting with success in the South, in
a ten-round mill at the St. Nicholas
Athletic club last night. O’Keefe put
up a game battle, but was outclassed.
In the semi-final between Johnny
Dundee, of New York, and Young Ty
Cobb, of Philadelphia, it came to an
abrupt end in the first round when
Cobb dislocated an ankle and slipped
to the floor helpless. Cobb was sub
stituted for Patsy Kline, of Newark,
who was unable to go on.
In the preliminary Phil Cross. Leach’s
brother, won easily over Battling Hur
ley, of Passaic.
JIMMY PERRY TROUNCES
B!G WALTERJVIONOGHAN
The following was printed in The
Pittsburg (Pa.) Leader on July 22:
“Walter Monoghan, “pride of Law
renceville,’’ was unmercifully walloped
and battered by Jimmy Perry at the
Southern club last night. Perry al
lowed Monoghan to take a lead, and
then started his deadly wallops. A
right to the left eye in the third round
closed Monoghan’s peeper, and in the
fifth session the right lamp was prac
tically put out of commission. Mono
ghan's face resembled a piece of raw
beef, while Perry showed scarcely a
mark, although he took a few solid
Swipes. Monoghan used rough tactics
at times, but the clever Perry came up
smiling every time and far outclassed
the slugger. Monoghan weighed 161
pounds, while Perry was down close to
the 145 mark.”
HANS WAGNER GREATEST
OF ALL PLAYERS—McGRAW
PITTSBURG. July 25.—Before leaving
for Cincinnati John McGraw, manager of
the New York Giants, paid his respects
to Hans Wagner, of the Pirates:
“The most wonderful ball player who
ever lived.” is the estimate placed on
Wagner by McGraw. “The big Dutchman
played great ball against us. Players may
come and go. but Bonus seems to go on
forever and to keep getting better. He
has class that no other player possesses.
You can have your Cobbs, your Lajoies.
your Chases, your Bakers and all the rest,
but I'll take Wagner as my pick of the
greatest.”
SOUTHERN SHOPS TO
TACKLE MOOSE CLUB
Although the Atlanta team will he out
of town Saturday, there will be a game
of baseball played at Ponce DeLeon park.
The Southern shops nine and the Moose
club’s team will clash. The game should
be a good one. as the winner of the con
test wltl play the Inman Yards team for
the league championship.
Copyright, 1912, National News Ass’n. By Tad
Hugh Cardoza’s All-Star Team
Sure Would Set a Red-Hot Pace
By Hugh L. Cardoza.
(Manager Forsyth Theater.)
IN picking my all-star team,
Cobb and Jackson are selected
because they are without ri
vals, and Jones is placed in the
other garden position, despite the
fact there is another outfielder as
great as he, for the simple reason
thkt my left fielder would be a
world of value in leading off the
batting order. If it wasn’t for
Fielder’s great leading-off ability,
I Would have given Tris Speaker
the job.
The infield, I think, is superior to
any that could be collected, even
though there may be other players
who have shown more In the past.
I am sure that Collins will never
go back, while the other three men,
particularly Barry, have displayed
wonderful improvement in every
series that has been played this
season.
Ask any major league ball player
who he thinks is the greatest in
fielder now playing, and he will
tell you Jack Barry. He Is not a
flashy performer, but he covers a
hehp of ground, both to his left and
to his right. And there never was
a better pinch hitter, either.
At first, Daubert is a comer.
Right now he may not be as spec
tacular as Hal Chase, but he is
more consistent, and in a year or
two will be better than the Yan
kees’ first baseman ever was or
ever will be.
Meyers and Bresnahan are with
out equal, in my opinion. They are
McLAUGHLIN WINS HUB
TENNIS FROM LARNED
BOSTON, July 25.—Maurice E. Mc-
Loughlin, of San Francisco, won the
Longwood lawn tennis singles tourna
ment by defeating E. P. Larned, Sum
mit, N. J., in the challenge match for
the Longwood cup, in straight sets.
The scores were 6-4, 6-2. 6-4.
As the result of the match the Long
wood cup goes out of the Larned family
for the first time in ten years.
It was the first meeting in any large
tournament of McLoughlin and E. P.
Larned, and the latter proved no match
whatever for the Pacific coast star.
Larned fought well at the opening
of the third set, but McLoughlin’s pace
was too fast. Throughout the three
sets, in which 28 games were played,
only seven went to deuce.
I"" 1^ ■■■*"
Even the fop would not buy
a hundred pound coat,
simply because it looked
well. Superfluous weight
in an automobile is ever a
source of danger, expense and
discomfort. The Ford is the
car of the millions and the
millionaire, because it is
light, right and economical.
More than 75,000 new Fords into service
this season—proof that they must be riprht.
Three passenger Roadster $590 —five
passenger touring car $690 —delivery car
S7O0 —f. o. b. Detroit, with all equipment.
Catalogue from Ford Motor Company,
311 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, or direct
from Detroit factory.
: Hugh Cardoza Would j
• Back This Ball Team •
• Cobb Center Field »
• Jackson Right Field •
• Jones Left Field •
• Daubert First Base •
• Collins Second Bass e
• Baker Third Base •
• Barry Shortstop »
• Meyers, Bresnahan Catchers 9
• Johnson, Marquard Pitchers •
• Crandall Utility •
• McGraw Manager •
both valuable to pitchers, thor
oughly know the strength and
weakness of batters, and the best
base runners dread seeing either
of them behind the bat. AVith the
wagon tongue both are hard, time
ly hitters. Very seldom do they fall
down in the pinch.
The two best pitchers that ever
decprated the mound with their
presence are Marquard and John
son. I consider Marquard the great
est of all southpaws, while John
son is the best right-hander in the
game today.
This team with Crandall, with
his hitting and ability to pitch, play
the outfield or the infield as utihy
man, would surely give a worthy
account of themselves against any
combination.
Under McGraw's management,
there would be nothing to it, be
lieve me.
PLAY FOR PRESIDENT’S
CUP NEXT AT EAST LAKE
The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic
club will play for the president's cup
in the next tournament. This :.- a
yearly tournament and much interest :s
always manifested in the event.
The qualifying round will be played
Saturday, the players qualifying ac
cording to their net scores and tie club
handicaps applying all through the
tourney. As many flights as fill will be
played.
The first and second rounds of match
play must be played by August 2. tee
semi-finals by August 3 and the finals
by August 4. The finals in the fii' :
flight will be at 36 holes, in the other
flights at 18.