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Atkins Hope of Crackers in
Second Struggle With Barons
Birmingham, ala, July 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.
FtSxen was effective in alt
pinches except the first, and it is
probable that had his support been
, peifeet all the way, the Crackers
would not have scored.
In the first inning. Agler singled
and Bailey walked. They advanced
FODDER FOR FANS”!
' 111..- —1 - J
Birmingham players charge that Fle
harty Intentionally beaned l-’.llam the other
day tn Birmingham Birmingham papers
say that after bleharty felled ills former
teammate he laughed and tossed the ball
around as though he had done something
worth while. i
Joseph Allison died in Philadelphia the
other day as a result of a baseball injury
While playing In an amateur game )m
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
Baiui, manager now <»f the Reading team
of the Tri-State league, has let him go
because he couldn’t get into condition.
• * *
Some batters, when they hit. never
make anything but singles, with others
the normal hit is for three bags. Wilson,
of the Pirates, is one of those natural
threo-base hitters He hits made 22 for
that distance this year, which is just
double the number of two-baggers he
Las mt. 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 titan Jimm.t
McAleer, Billy Hamilton. Pick Cooley and
Tom Browne, but that in the old days
the players were satistied to get over to
first fast and stick there Now all alert
base runners are try ing to pinch off extr.i
bases and thus put their speed to better
advantage
Pitcher Vic Miller, of the Waco club,
ran nine straight recently before they got
him.
. * •
Only one umpire. Frank Newhouse, who
started the Texas league season, still re
mains with the circuit. They've just
canned Van Syele 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 Bed Sox
• • •
Umpire Kelly, of the Sally league, has
just been fined ten bones for playing
poker with ball players It was a nickel
limit game at that
• • •
Two clubs In the Sally league are vio
lating the salary limit the brutes
• * •
Heinie Zimmerman's marvelous batting
streak is explained t'lmrlex Murphy ot
sered H Z a diamond stick pin If he
would beat 300. And Heinie is bent on
sticking Cholly, with the chances excel
lent
• • *
The Cotton States league is <»n the vorgr
of quitting. H haw never been a n ■ ney
maker and now between ram and iloiwis
it is losing vigorously. It will Im lucky
to see the first of August.
• • •
Well, something refreshing at last.
The Michigan State league re]><»rts at
tendance good and all clubs prosperous
New York fans are beginning to call t<>
mind that Cane Cud oysters and swlt< '♦!
are at their best in (tet-.bet Also t‘.e\
are beginning to reserve their rooms in
Boston.
“McGraw took the Giants to Texas an 1
put them through the hanies' coiitjm ■ !
sprouts a club ever knew. because he
expected a hard tight. observe- a New
York scribe, “an'i now sonw folks are
darned mean enough to criticise him for
his | recant ion
• * •
Murty Hogan. of Youngstown, has been
on an infield out, and scored when
McElveen singled to left.
The Barons cumr buck strong,
however, and shoved enough tuns
across to win. Marcan opened with
a single, but. was forced by Messen
ger, the bitter 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 Mi -
Gilvray and Johnston scored when
Carroll beat out a hit to second.
In the third, Almeida opened with
a single, but Mcßride instead of
sacrificing hit into a puny double,
Alperman to Agler. McGilvray
doubled and went to third on
Johnston's short single.
The fatter stole second. Carroll
hit to A iperuwn, and as a its lilt of
Agler holding his foot off the base,
the runner went ,-afe 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 nu>st 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
hit; 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
ihe Pirates next year and Hilly .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 <’. Anson has issued a predic
tion that the Giants will win the Nation
al Hague pennant It sure takes the old
hoys to pull the clairvoyance stuff.
• • •
“Kitty - ' Bransfield has taken on an
awful contract in agreeing to lead the
Montreal team. Billy Lush made a frost
of it.
.liggs Donahue has never been himself
since his wife sued for divorce, and is
now suffering from melancholia and is
under medical treatment.
• • •
\V. II Watkins, former owner of the
Indianapolis and Springfield, Ohio, teams,
has sold out his last baseball interests and
will retire from the game, lb' has been
connected with the sport in one way or
another since 1579.
• • •
Papers in Montgomery are charging
Empire Fitzsimmons with killing base
ball In Montgomery; though they ought
to know that It was dead before ever
Fitzsimmons broke into the league
■ U
Larry Lajeune has made 1K home runs
this season. We'd like to see his mark
for hone-headed plays.
• • •
Some wisi-ke wrote a story the otlt*r
Jot. claiming that no real ball player
<\er came out of Brooklyn. And now
Willie Keeler is sore.
■ • •
Harry Wolverton says Ty Cobb is worth
xU‘O.O9O to any major league hall club
“Put SIOO,OOO on one side, Ty Cobb on
the other and I'd take Cobb,” says Wol
verton “lies worth more than several
major league teams I might mention
but won't.”
• ♦ *
“Latest advices on Heinie Zim's mis
hap deepen the n ■ story," writes Charley
Dryden. “It is said iie bit into an egg
sandwich that had a bone in it. Even
the hens are cheating these days,”
« • •
'l’l • y say that all lorry Downs does is
to stand up to the plate and look red
headed. It's a snap.
.lack F' Utnier has been released by the
White Sox to Montreal Callahan kept
nim in the game as a hitter and when he
quit hitting it was all off
• ♦ •
It s* tuns as though the national com
mission was taking on a full grown job
in agreeing, »n vfYeet. to collect all pri
vatedob’s among ball plovers McAdams
of tin’ Galveston club owed ‘Siim ' Sal
lee S7O ami wouldn't pay The commls
* sioii ruled that M< Xdains would have to
pay or quit based.ill It's lucky for the
■ commission that Xrlie Latham and
■'Bug'” Raymond are out of the fold
Rube Oidring >avs that Ainos Strunk
is the fastest man in baseball today and
holier* - tl at 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 plating a thinking part only.
Yesterday's game at Birmingham
presented a strong argument in fa
vor of a bench manager. 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
-rnan's- players to say that his near
errors cost 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.
• * »
ATI.XNT.VS playing managers
have not been successful. Each
has had his weak points. Jordan
could field perfectly, hut 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 Bill)
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
spot and took up his work from the
bench. There he was immune from
criticism by his players.
• ♦ ♦
\ BENCH manager has all
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
conn -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, a great player once, is
merely a mass of bains 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 —or perhaps better still, the
b ain 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
age.
Ami in the meantime we're all
pulling ourselves sideways for
Whitey Alperman and hoping
against hope that he'll be able to
lead the Crackers out of the cellar
and keep them out.
• * *
•pHE Craik s will have a good
1 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 a.e some post
poned games to be played off with
the«e clubs, too. So Alperman will
have two solid weeks of baseball at
home tn which to whip his team
into trim Then he has to take
them out again into Mie south.
JJOES it break tn on you that
the baseball season of 1912 is
beginning to draw to an end? Os
course, there is a lot of it to run
yet, but the closing isn’t so far off
as It was in mid April—not by a
thundering sight.
When tfie 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 t'rackers 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 t' > 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 ,
Billikons a week, has been turned back '
to the St. Louis Browns. He is regard
ed as a "comer,” hut 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
tlte hurling department.
"If I can get two more dependable
pitchers.” he said, ”1 feel certain that ,
we can finish in the first division, de
spite the hard breaks of luck and the
mishaps that have befallen us this
year. 1 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.
Ja 'k 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
('hip with a clean cut right to the jaw.
Chip was in good shape before th§
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 w as not
able to deliver a knockout.
CLARKE AND GOULLET
GET NEW BIKE MARKS
SALT LAKE CITY, CTAH. July 26
Two world's bicycle records were
broken here. "Jackie” Clarke reduced
the one-third mile professional against
time from 33 4-5 to 33 seconds, and Al
fred Goullet cut his own one-mile hu
man-oaced professional against time
record from 1:46 1-5 to 1:39 3-5. using
seven pacemakers.
holdTsHoot 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.
Dr. Hughes
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16 1 j N. Broad St.. Atlanta. Qa.
championship.
Beginning next Monday, the
Crackers have 40 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.
* * «
THE usual order of things is
1 changed in 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 w hen 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 playing 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
he 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 seasonable 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 Southern
Shops teams of the City league, who are
tied for second place in the league
standing, will tie up in a game tomor
row afte noon at 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 he held
at Leetohatchie. near Montgomery, be
ginning December 9. The other two
judges previously announced are
Frank M. DeGraffenreld, 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.
11911 Maxwell, 4 Cylinder, 4 passenger touring car.
11910 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.
11910 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 marke’ f< • 9
used car, this is your chance.
UNITED MOTOR ATLANTA COMPANY
380-382 Peachtree St. Bell Phone Ivy * 98 °
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 bail 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 team.
He has practically ted 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 man 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 vear 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
Par-key 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 aftej- Ad Wol
gast for a match. The feathyweight
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
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• t
• Savannah Fan Picks:
• This All-Star Team:
• Cobb Right Field »
• Jackson Left Field •
• Speaker Center Field •
• Wagner Shortstop •
• Baker Third Base e
• Lajoie Second Base »
• Daubert First Base •
• Meyers, Archer Catchers #
• Johnson, Rucker Pitchers «
• Mack Manager »
• s
too.
“ 'Chief' Meyers, the star catcher
of the New York Giants, has come
into prominence during the past
few years. He is a natural batter
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
game 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 in’ercst
in his players. He knows basehall
in and out and is the greatest
leader.”
(send your selections of your all
star team to the Sporting Editor, Ths
Georgian.)
Forbes at Paducah, Ky.. a short tim
ago, is now looked on as a coming chan ■
pion tn the bantamweight class
« • •
Out on the coast they are handing to
gether to give Willie Ritchie a cra< ’ 1 *
Ad Wolgast for the lightweight cham
pionship. By "they” are meant the
moters and fight fans. It is Hi'C l . ,
champion and Rit/rhie will he match
a 20-round contest before many met
Joe Thomas and Jack White hay beer
practically matched for a go at the
leans A. C. In New Orleans some -me m
the near future. If Thomas refit- .
meet the Westerner, Frankie Russell
be given the match.
Johnny Dundee will leave for the '
shortly. His first stop will be at • (
Orleans, where he will meet son,
bov in a ten-round contest. Hr '''' a
hike on to Los Angeles, where be s.
vision of a championship battle '■
Johnny Kilbane on Labor day.