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I GROMAK CBBO * ffl®F EDITED W. 9 FARNSWORTH * | WM| | H I HI Sillc Hat Harry's DIVOrCC Suit The J ud 9 g Was ™ Such Good Humor, Too copyright, 1912. National News Assn. ££y Tad ( BEV SVOGe 7M£H£S ' lUfiOOVGtANO W>\ AleV SAS WOO CAmT RJUOGgA f ARE WCO TME TJVVGE \ X \ mjßew Sitting alone y \ gz-ant at her. anwselp- \ acm > I ivtene - thw/k in. 60 ovek. ) i 3ust res. like - / . of tvs dails ( intHe court- \ \ .xr-jQ TRW TO MAie H£T- — y /<m <TH SO me ni CE CMi CK- / BETTHIS OWE A BEAR.— / I'*a WRITING SoB StoFF-| —FX ' umjf THOSE GIRLS j ' I '- W AAQR-NiNfr- J GEE VIPE THE JCEHEKy / / I BACK THtTLE CAK > ———— — r k or/ HER - WEA, 00 • < ( TEAR. TEKKLER. J \ o ch-ATTE?- / Jb\'" X I I ' f' k. wtK-e MOM J Q,< ? 1 .SECOND ‘ " ' i y -iWK <v j r-« iQlo /f>O ill I fei _W _<X Atkins Hope of Crackers in Second Struggle With Barons Birmingham, at.aJuly 26 < Acting Manager Whitey Al perman announced today that he has "primed" Tommy At kins for this afternoon's perform ance with the Barons. Thomas has had a good, long rest and should be able to give a good ac count of himself against the league leaders. Molesworth had not de cided up to noon which one of his hurlers he would send to the mound. The locals had no trouble annex ing the opening game of the series from the Crackers yesterday, when they cantered home to a 6 to 2 victory. The only feature of the game was the batting of Agler and the all-around offensive work of Johnston. Foxen was effective in al! pinches except the first, and it is probable that had his support been perfect all the way, the Crackers would not have scored. In the first inning. Agler singled and Bailey walked. They advanced FODDER FOR FANS Birmingham players charge that Fle harty intentionally beam'd Ellam the other day in Birmingham. Bimiingtiam papers say that after Fleharty felled his former teammate he laughed and tossed the ball around as though he had done something worth while. Joseph Allison died In Philadelphia the other day as a resuit of a baseball injury. While playing in an amateur game he ran a splinter in his hand, tetanus set In and he died. • • ♦ Birmingham is beginning to be thoroughly worried by the rush of the Mobile team. This is the first time the Barons have been challenged this year and the Smokeville scribes don't know how the home club will answer. Ralph Savidge Is through Charley Hum., manager now of the Reading team of the Tri-State league, lias let him go because he couldn't git into condition • * ♦ Some batters, when they hit, never make anything but singles; with others the normal hn is for three bags. Wilson, of the Pirates, is one of those natural three-base hitters He has made 22 for that distance this year, which is just double the number of two-baggers he l.as hit. Larry Hoyle is a two-base hit ter. He has four times as many doubles as triples to his credit. Old-timers say that the world has never produced faster men on bases than Jimmy McAleer, Billy Hamilton. Dick Cooley and Tom Browne, but that in the old days the players wore satisfied to get over to first fast and stick there Now all alert base runners are trying to pinch off extra bases and thus put their speed to better advantage Pitcher Vic Miller, of the Waco club, ran nine straight recently before they got him. • • « < inly one umpire. Frank Newhouse, who started the Texas league season, still re mains with the circuit They've just canned Van Sycle for his feat of whipping Joe Gardner Eddie Collins, in a signed article, has positively declined to write any obituaries for the Athletics as yet He still believes they can overhaul the R<»l Sox • • • Umpire Kelly, of the Sally league, has just been ten bones for playing f»oker with ball players It was a nickel imit game at that, • • • Two clubs in the Sally league are vio lating the salary limit the brutes. ♦ ♦ ♦ Heinle Zimmerman's marvelous batting streak is explained Uharh•> Murphv of fered 11 Z a diamond stick pin if he would beat 300. And Heinle is bent on sticking Uholly, with the chances excel lent. • • • The Cotton States league is on the verge of quitting It has never been a money maker and now between rain and floods it is losing vigorously. It will be lucky to see the first of August. • • • Well, something refreshing at last. The Michigan State league reports at tendance good and all clubs prosperous New York fans are beginning to call to mind that Cape Cod oysters and switchel are at their best in • wtober Also they are beginning to reserve their rooms in Boston. * « * "McGraw took the Ciants to Texas and put them through the hardest course of sprouts a club »-vei knew. because lie » xpe< b‘d a hard tight,” observes a New York scrihe, ’ and now some folks are darned mean enough to criticise him for his precaution. • • • Marty Hogan, of Youngstown, has been on an infield out, and scored when McElveen singled to left. The Barons came back strong, however, and shoved enough runs across to win. Marcan opened with a single, hut was forced by Messen ger, the latter taking second; Al meida went out at third when Mc- Bride hit a drive to third which was too slow to be handled. Mcßride stole and McGilvray walked. Johnston’s single scored Messenger and Mcßride, and Mc- Gilvray and Johnston scored when Carroll heat out a hit to second. In the third. Almeida opened with a single, hut Mcßride instead of sacrificing hit into a puny double, Alperman to Agler. McGilvray doubled and went to third on Johnston's short single. The latter stole second, Carroll hit to Alperman, and as a result of Agler holding his foot off the base, the runner went safe at first and McGilvray and Johnston counted. Johnston scored from second twice on drives that did not go out of the.diamond, this perhaps be ing the finest work of the day. made manager of the Zanesville team. He succeeds Jack Pender. • • • The most popular tonsorial wrinkle in the big leagues this season Is the "999” or "onion” hair cut. • ♦ ♦ The Reds would like to consolidate their shortstops. Esmond can field, but can’t lilt; McDonald can hit, but can't field. The St. Paul club has had a lot of offers for "Kid” Arthur Butler, but has refused to sell. It prefers to exchange him for players. • • • Fred Clarke is to retire as manager of tlie Pirates next year and Billy Murray is to succeed him. Oh yes. merely a ru mor. It came from Chicago. ♦ * ♦ St. Paul has sold Pitcher Forest Thom as to Sioux City Another slump for "Old Doctor" Thomas. • • » Adrian C. Anson has issued a predic tion that Hie Giants will win the Nation al league pennant. It sure takes the old boys to pull the clairvoyance stuff • • w ' Kitty'' Bransfield has taken on an awful contract In agreeing to lead the Montreal team Billy Lush made a frost of it. Jiggs Donahue has never been himself since bis wife sued for divorce, and Is now suffering from melancholia and is under medical treatment. • • • \V. H Watkins, former owner of the Indianapolis and Springfield, Ohio, team*, has sold out his last baseball interests and will retire from the game. He has been connected with the sport in one /ay or another since 1879. • • • Papers in Montgomery are charging empire Fitzsimmons with killing base ball in Montgomery; though they ought t<> know’ that it was dead before ever Fitzsimmons broke Into the league • • a Larrx Lajeune has made 16 home runs this season. We'd like to see his murk for bone-headed plays. • • • Some wisike wrote a story the other day, claiming that no real ball player ever came out of Brooklyn. And now Willie Keeler is sore. • a a Harry Wolverton says Ty Cobb Is worth $ Im).000 to any major league ball club "Put SIOO,OOO on one side. Ty Cobb on the other and I’d take Cobb," says Wol verton. "He's Worth more than several major league teams I might mention - but won't." • « a "Latest advices on Heinle Zim's mis hap deepen the mystery, writes Charley Dryden. 'lt is said he bit into an *egg sandwich that had a bone in it. Even the hens are cheating these days." • • • They say that al! Jerry Downs does Is to stand up to the plate and look red headed It’s a snap Jack F 'iirnier has been released by the White Sox to Montreal Callahan kept him in the game ns a hitter ami when he quit hitting it was all off • • • It seems as though the national com miss ..n w <s taking on a full grown job In agreeing, in effect, to collect al. pri -1 vale debts among ball players McAdams of tb. Galveston Hub owed ''Slim" Sal lee S7O and wouldn't pay. The commis sion ruled that McAdams would Iffive to ' pay or quit baseball It's lucky for the ■ commission that Arlie Ijitham and "Hug " Raymond are out of the fold • • • llub» < (hiring says that Amos Strunk is the fastest man in baseball today and bi Lievis that he is faster than Craig of i Olympic fame. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1912. Playing Leaders Have Not Been Successful Here in Atlanta LOCAL TEAM PROBABLY NEEDS A BENCH MANAGER By Percy 11. Whiting. IT'S quite possible that Atlanta will have to come to a bench manager before the team can win another pennant. The Crack ers may get there with a player manager, but there's no denying that all their luck In the past came when the director of their destinies was playing a thinking part only. Yesterday’s game at Birmingham presented a strong argument in fa vor of a bench fnanager. It hap pened through a luckless chance that on two occasions, with John ston and McGilvray on bases, Car roll grounded to Alperman. Both times the ball got past the new Atlanta manager. Both swats were called hits by the official scorer, though others called them errors. Both times both runners scored. As the final score was 6 to 2, It would be more than possible for Alper man’s players to say that his near errors cpst the game. Baseball players are like school boys In a lot of ways. They need firm handling and it must be by some one for whom they have en tire respect. Just so soon as school boys begin to think they know more than the teacher a riot is due. Just as quickly as ball players get a hunch that they are playing better ball than their manager a lot of his authority slips away. • • • ATLANTA’S playing managers have not been successful. Each has had his weak points. Jordan could field perfectly, but couldn't hit. Hemphill could hit, but couldn't throw. Any time either of them criticised one of his play ers he took a chance of having something handed right back to him about his own weaknesses. The only Atlanta manager who could win a pennant was Billy Smith, and he won both his from the bench. The second he found that he was skidding as an out fielder he canned himself on the spoj and took up his work from the bench. There he was immune from criticism by his players. • ♦ • » BENCH manager has all A the advantage. Sitting apart from the game, he can better judge the players and the play. There Is nothing to interfere with his judgment. The players have no come-back if he criticises them. And as the bench manager has ever been our notion of a real man ager, so Connie Mack is our ideal of a bench manager. The Connie of today, n great player once, is merely a mass of brains now, on the top end of a tall scaffolding of bones. He directs his players from the bench. He makes no noise He criticises no players. He gives orders quietly and he scores the game He is, in truth, the brains—Air perhaps better still, the brain center —of his team. Os course, barring miracles, the Atlanta club Isn't going to dig up any Connie Macks. At the same time it is perfectly possible that it may come again to a bench man ager. And in the meantime we’re all pulling ourselves sideways for Whitey Alperman and hoping against hope that he'll he able to lead the Crackers out of the Cellar and keep them out. • • • <"pHE Crackers will have a good A chance to shake themselves together next week and the week after, for they will be home for a series with the southern division clubs Here are the games of that home stay: With New Orleans, July 29. 30. 31. With Birmingham, August 1,2, 3. With Montgomery, August 5, 6. With Mobile. August 8,9, 10. Os course, there are some post poned games to be played off with these clubs, too. So Alperman will have two solid weeks of basebail at home in which to whip his team into trim Then he has to take them out again Into the south. rjOES it break in on you that the baseball season of 1912 is beginning to draw to an end? Os course, there is a lot of it to nin yet, but the closing Isn’t so far oft as it was in mid April—nst by a thundering sight. When the southern division clubs come up into the northern division beginning next Monday they will be playing their last engagements out of their own section. When the New Orleans club bids us good bye on Wednesday night we have seen the last of it for the season, and the same is true of the other clubs from the far south. When the Crackers go into the southern division for their next invasion they wind up their games with the clubs of that section for the sea son. For almost exactly a month the Crackers will battle steadily with the clubs of the southern di vision. After that they clean up a few series with th ■ clubs of the northern division and then it's all over but waiting for the world's BILLIKENS SEND LOWRY BACK TO ST. LOUIS TEAM MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 26 Pitcher Lowry, who has been with the Billikens a week, has been turned back to the St. Louis Browns. He is regard ed as a “comer,” but just now is not sufficiently seasoned for Southern league trotting. Manager John Dobbs declared today that he has equally as strong a club as any other city in the league, outside of the hurling department. "If I can get two more dependable pitchers,” he said, "I feel certain that we can finish in the first division, de spite hard breaks of luck and the mishaps that have befallen us this year. I have a line on one good pitcher whom I expect to annex in a day or two. Other branches of our team stack up well with any of the clubs in the league.” JACK DILLON DEFEATS CHIP IN FAST BATTLE INDIANAPOLIS. IND., July 26 Jack Dillon outpointed George Chip, of Madison. Pa., in a ten-round bout last night. It was a fast, clever fight, with Dillon the aggressor all the way. Chip never had a chance, but made a good showing. In the eighth. Dillon floored Chip with a clean cut right to the jaw. Chip was in good shape before the count, however, and was fighting hard at the bell. In the ninth and tenth Dillon went at his man like a whirlwind. He had Chip going in the tenth but the latter managed to hold on. and Dillon was not •able to deliver a knockout. CLARKE AND GOUCLET GET NEW BIKE MARKS * SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. July 26. Two world's bicycle records were broken here. "Jackie" Clarke reduced the one-third mile professional against time from 33 4-5 t 0.33 seconds, and Al fred Goullet cut his own one-mile hu man-paced professional against time record from 1:46 1-5 to 1:39 3-5. using seven pacemakers. HOLD SHOOT NEXT WEEK. MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 26 Capital City Gun club will hold its an nual tournament at the club range at Pickett Springs on August 14 and 15. In the neighborhood of 75 shooters will participate In the contest and there will be professionals and 'amateurs In attendance from Alabama and other Southern states. SDr. Hughes SPECIALIST Nerve. Blood and Skin Dleeaeea I treat successfully all private diseases, Kidney, Bladder and Prosta-tlc Trouble, Blood Polson (in herited and otherwise), Piles, FlstuU and Nervous Debility I give 60S suc cessfully I cure yon or make no charge FREE examination and con sultation. Hours 8 a m. to T p tn ; Sundays 10 to 1. Call or write DR. J. D. HUGHES, Opposite Third National Bank. 16‘ 3 N. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. championship. Beginning next Monday, the Crackers have 4b scheduled games left out of the 140 which faced them at the start of the season. Twenty-one of these games are scheduled for Ponce DeLeon, nine teen for the road. ♦ • • 'T' HE usual order of things is •* changed fit this year's sched ule. Instead of playing the final series of the season at home, as has been the custom for years, it will be played on the road. Which reminds me that when the tentative schedule was announced one of the directors of the local club said: "We shall certainly have to have that rearranged so that we get the last series at home. Why, if we are plh’ying for the pennant those three games will net us a million dollars.” The way things look now. it isn’t likely to make so much difference, even if the Southern league didn’t grant his request. SITE IS SELECTED FOR AEROPLANE CHAMPIONSHIP CHICAGO, July 26. —Selection of a site for the world’s championship aero plane race was made yesterday by the Aero Club of Illinois, and a fund of $15,000 set aside to improve the ground under the course, provide safely for aviators and add security to the posi tions of the spectators. The site is ten miles southwest from the heart of the city. The course will be made 4.14 miles in circumference, necessitating 30 laps to cover the re quired distance of 124.28 miles. The field will provide space for 240,- 000 spectators. The course, 400 feet wide, will be surfaced to permit aero planes traveling up to 100 miles an hour to alight with reasonable safety, it is announced, and spectators will be kept an additional 200 feet back from the course. MOOSE CLUB TEAM TO PLAY SOUTHERN SHOPS The Moose club and the South, rn Shops teams of the City league, who are tied for second place in the league standing, will tie up in a game tomor row afternoon al Ponce DeLeon park, and this will settle that position. The two teams number on their ros ter some of the best players in local amateur circles. The battling is sure to be good. MASTERS THIRD JUDGE. MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 26.—A. M. Masters, of Jacksonville, 111., has been selected as the third judge of the Southern field trials that will be held at Leetohatchie. near Montgomery, be ginning December 9. The other two judges previously announced are Frank M. Detiraffenreid, of Selma, and W. A. Blount, Jr., of Pensacola. 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 Savannah Merchandise Broker Picks Rattling All-Star Team HERE is an all-star team picked by a merchandise broker of Savannah, Max Guthman, of the firm of Haas-Guthman Com pany. Here is what Mr. Guthman has to say about his team: "In right field we have Ty Cobb, ‘the Georgia peach,’ who Is consid ered by everybody the greatest of living ball players. He possesses every quality that goes to make up a first-class ball player. "In center field is Tris Speaker, the star of the Red Sox. He is the nearest to Cobb in the big leagues today. He Is an excellent batter, a daring base runner and a sure fielder. "Joe Jackson In left field is a first-class player. Although this is but his second year in the big leagues, he shows himself to be fully qualified for the position. “Hans Wagner at shortstop is the backbone of the Pittsburg tedm. He has practically led the National league for the past seven years. Although he shows signs of going back, he has a few years left yet. "Frank Baker is a tower of Strength to the Athletics. He is the clean-up naan and is a fine slugger. His drives in last year’s world series will never be forgot ten. "On the keystone sack we have Nap Lajoie. Last year he came only a second to Cobb for the bat ting honor of -the American league. This year he has been out part of the season on account of injuries, but is still up among the leaders. "Jake Daubert, the star first base man of the Dodgers, is a wonderful fielder and covers a world of ter ritory. He is an excellent batter, NEWS FROM RINGSIDE Packey McFarland will fight ten rounds with Eddie Murphy, at Kenosha, Labor day. Grover Hayes and Freddie Welsh have been matched to box twelve rounds at Winnipeg, August 5. • • • Charley White and Jack White, each with a win over Owen Moran to his credit, are out after the featherweight title. Both boys are camping on Johnny Kil 1-ane's trail in an effort to secure a cham pionship match. Johnny Kilbane is still after Ad Wol gast for a match. The featherweight champion says he will meet the Michi gan "Wildcat” and will post a side bet on the outcome of the contest. • • • , It. is very likely Owen Moran will an nounce his retirement from the ring be fore very long. • • • Oscar Williams, who defeated Harry • Savannah Fan Picks: •This All-Star Team: • • Cobb Right Field « • Jackson .. Left Field • • Speaker Center Field « • Wagner Shortstop • • Baker Third Base » • Lajoie Second Base * • Daubert First Base * • Meyers, Archer Catchers * • Johnson, Rucker Pitchers * • Mack Manager * ••••••••••••••••••••••••«» too. “ ‘Chief Meyers, the star catcher of the New York Giants, has come into prominence during the past few years. He is a natural hatter and leads his team with the stick. His arm is feared by every base stealer. Archer, of the Cubs, is sec ond only to Meyers. He is a fair batter, but is a fine general. "Walter Johnson, of the Wash ington team, last year led the American league in strikeouts. He has a cool head and knows the gatne from A to Z. “Nap Rucker is the king of the southpaws. If he was with a first division team he would have a chance to show himself. “Connie Mack, as manager, is a fine general and takes an Interest in his players. He knows baseball in and out and is the greatest leader.” (bona your »electioi4s of your all star team to the Sporting Editor, The Georgian.) Forbes at Paducah, Ky., a short time ago, is now looked on as a coming cham pion in the bantamweight class. • • • Out on the coast they are banding to gether to give Willie Ritchie a era'at at Ad Wolgast for the lightweight cham pionship. By "they” are meant the E ‘ moters and fight fans. It is likely, l ”” champion and Ritchie will be mateneo t a a 20-round contest before many moons. Joe Thomas and Jack White have been practically matched for a go at the 1 - leans A. C. In New Orleans some time « the near future. If Thomas refuses ' meet the Westerner, Frankie Russell w.i be given the match. • * * Johnny Dundee will leave for the ''”st shortly. His first stop will be at Orleans, where he will meet son:. boy in a ten-round contest. He wn. ' • hike on to Los Angeles, where he vision of a championship battle " Johnny Kilbane on Labor day.