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12 i GEOiIM SKIS' COSEM Dffl ®IIJ LPITLD W. S FARNSWORTH _ -J I I~J Clt CLTTy*S Suit The Judge He Should Know Copyright, 1912, National News Assn T. Cid I _ X. F ” ■ ... “ ' ' C | DUN MO \ r *AHT A MAM PuT { LETS gUM P ] , _ / THE- HOR'iL \ ~ ON HIS fllO'N<sr- Z- — —\ \rO rrS CORNER J I THINK ITS ) z—- Z < ’ " ' ~S / COMES I I ci-on-tes vnithquT* / ha-ha- n. I ano see \ / old rumistv ( /FTIS t* I / 'ya i \ KetsTVCK'/ ) teSn 3e/N c^ 0&€ J v I f \ \ k \ Peas O, A —liL ,v '^■ OSSitk L , S'", . '“zzz 81-<B <w- -? xiw-< Hemphill Picks Veteran Team To Play Atlantans’ All-Stars These Teams Would Put Up a Great Game Charley Hemphill s Veteran Consensus of Local Baseball Team. Fans. Pat Teheau .. Manager Connie Mack Manager Emmett Heidrick Center field Ty Cobb Center field Jesse Burkett Left field Tris Speaker Left field JA/illie Keeler . . field Joe Jackson Right field Jimmy Collins . . Third base Frank Baker Third base Bobby Wallace .. .. Shortstop Hans Wagner Shortstop Bobby Lowe Second base Eddie Collins Second base Fred Tenney First base Hal Chase . First base Martin Bergen I c..,!™ Chief M «y e r« I C.enh.r. Jack O'Connor • Catchers Jimmy Archer I Catchers Cy Young J Walter Johnson 'j Bill Dineen ' Christy Mathewson I Jack Powell . Pitchers Nap Rucker . Pitchers Jesse Tannehill ) Rube Marquard ) HERE are two teams that would put up a rattling good argu ment on the diamond. One consists of old-timers, and is picked by Charley Hemphill, who has been playing ball for over fifteen years; the other is the consensus of Atlanta tans, who have sent in selections to The Georgian. Starting comparison Pat Teheau was the greatest oi man agers a dozen or so years back, and Connie Mack is verily the wisest of the present-day leaders. Pretty hard to give a shade either way there. Cobb, Speaker and Jackson would form an outfield that has never been equalled. But Burkett, Heidrick and Keeler were won ders in their best days. Still, Cobb, Speaker and Jackson would probably drive in more runs than Hemphill's garden men. Chase. Collins. Wagner and Baker would form the greatest infield now playing the game, according to the consensus of Atlanta fans, but this combination hasn't a bit of an edge on Tenney, Lowe, Wallace and Collins. Archer ami Meyers ate undoubtedly the greatest pair of catch ers working behind the bat today, but Bergen, one of the greatest snap-throwers that ever lived, and heady Jack O'Connor were every bit as good in their day. Young, Dineen, Powell and Tannehill were almost unbeatable when they were in their prime. And the same can he said today of Johnson. Mathewson. Rucker and Marquard. All in all, these two teams stock up pretty evenly. Lt is hard to tell which would be the favorite. IRA HOGUE. EX-CRACKER. I SENT TO SAVANNAH CLUB Ira R, Hogue, the big pitcher vho looked so good this spring when Char ley Hemphill was working out his 1 twirling prospects, but who was farmed out to S; c.rtaiiburg after a lot of tough luck trial- has been passed on to the Savannah dub Hogue's ixpetiema w ith Spartanburg was similar to th,.; with Atlanta, He looked good lik< the be t young pitch er in the league but It. couldn't win games. over in the Sally league h> will play with a temi that is leading the league, and may have a lot better luck CRACKER CLUB MAY BUY WHITEY'S KID BROTHER Ed Alperman, "Whitey-'' younger brother, may be bought by the Cracker club within the next few days “Kid" Alperman has been playing With K.-wane. in th. Central associa tion. and ha« been showing lug stuff then H< is only 19 years old. but this 1> his third . eat in profe-slonal ball. •nd he is going strong, Chari-) | ink has been after hint ail this season but has been unwilling to pay the pri.•• asked for him. WOLGAST MUST BE KIDDING. CHICAGO, Aug. 1 Evident!? there is a cross of signals somewhere in tin Wolgast-McEarland Garden \thh tie club battle. From Milwaukie Wolgast wiles that his match with Mcl'wiland is on and that he is to get $22,500. Bil ly Gibson stated in New Vink that the best ’hi will give Is $20,000 for the match, the tighter- to split tuts as the) See fit. Tom Jones manager of W<>l - wires from Los \ngeies that Ad is juat kidding somebody. HOWARD IS HERE. BUT MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY D. A Howard, the Cracker infielder who has been on the Cracker suspend ed list, has reported in Atlanta and Tommy Atkins will be placed on the in. eligible list to make an opening for him. At that there is some doubt about whether or not Howard will be allowed to play. He was suspended when Washington turned him back to Atlan ta. and doubt exists whether or not he can be used again this season, owing to the stringent rules in the Southern against using suspended players. Atkins may be placed as manager of the Hopkinsville club of the K. I. T. li. gue. ONE-ROUND HOGAN WINS OVER TOMMY McFARLAND SAN ERA NCISCO, Aug I. One- Round Hogan today has a new victory added to his record. He gained a deci sion in his fifteen-round bout with Tommy MeEarland nt Dreamland last night Tin- contest went the limit and was devoid of knockdowns, although Mel'. i ■ land was staggered several times. In the early part of the bout it looked as though Mcl'arland might prove the winner He kept rushing and sending in bod) punches, but weakened after the fifth round. SOUTHERN LEAGUE HEAD PAYS VISIT TO ATLANTA \i M Kavanaugh. president of the Southern leaguv is in Atlanta on his annual trip around th. circuit Pre-ldent Kavanaugh has been in N .shville trying to unravel the baseball tangle there. VOLS SELL M'DONALD NASHVILLE. TENN tug 1 Te Nashville baseball club today an nounced th. sal. of Third Baseman Joe M. Donald to Topeka. Kans , tn th. Western h-ague THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1912. Ford Fears Hub Slugger Every Bit as Much as He Does '"Georgia Peach” SPEAKER JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COBB IN PINCH I By W. S. Farnsworth. RUSS FORD fanned Tris Speaker In the ninth inning of a game between the Red Sox and Yankees last season when the bases were chocked. As he jogged over to the club house to take his shower Ed Sweeney, who had been doing the backstopping, remarked: "Say, kid. I'm glad that Cobb wasn't in Speaker's place just now." "Well, why not?” asked Eord. "Why not! Why not!” fairly _ shrieked Sweeney. "Because he Is the worst man tn the country In the pinch.” "Don't know about that,” replied Ford, "Say, Ed, If you were go ing to commit suicide which build ing would you leap from, the top of the Singer or from the tower of the Metropolitan?" "What the dickens has that got to do with Speaker and Cobb?” asked the big catcher. "Oh, nothing, only either ‘Brodie' would be sure death. And It is the same for n pitcher with either Speaker or Cobb up tn the pinch. One Is Just as had as the other.” wound up Ford as he turned on the shower. • • • 'THAT is how Ford compares Speaker with Cobb. And it Is mighty good dope, too. Cobb, as great a hitter as he Is, isn't one hit better in the pinch than the Red Sox’s great hitter and outfielder. Having paved the way. we will now endeavor to give the fans a line on Mr. Tris Speaker, of Hub bard City. Texas. • ♦ ♦ I T was April 19, 1888. that this young man first saw the light of day. in quaint Hubbard City. When he was eighteen lie started playing professional ball, having attracted attention on town pas tures and back lots from the time he was old enough to throw the five-ounce pellet. His first engagement was with the Cleburne club of the North Texas league. This was In 1896. He alternated as pitcher and out- I I i . ''ll wholesome I IWOnl w IJI I to ~ I I gtodVyot —Piously cooling keep it in five quenches the cents your I at the I ice box * s thirst I ball I all L _[ game I What Speaker Has Done in American League Batting. Fielding. Year. G. AB. R. H. TB. 28. 38. HR. P.C. 28. SH. Poe. PO. A. E. P.C. 1908 31 118 12 26 34 2 3 . .220 2 3c. f. 37 8 0 1.000 1909 143 544 73 168 241 26 13 7 .309 35 17 c. f. 319 35 10 .973 1910. 141 538 92 183 252 20 14 7 .340 35 12 c. f. 337 20 16 .957 1911 141 510 88 167 251 34 13 8 .327 25 17 c. f. 297 26 15 .956 *1912 99 385 87 152 227 38 8 7 .395 35 3 c. f. 249 21 7 .978 fielder, having a fielding average in the former position of .94 5, while his percentage for the latter was .990. In all he took part in 84 games, clouting the pellet to the tune of 269. In 1907 Speaker cast his lot with the Houston team, of the Texas league. He played in 118 games, batting .314 and fielding .948. At the close of the season a scout out from Boston signed Tris and Out fielder Whitehead, also of the Houston club. Tris took part In too few' games with the Red Sox that fall to figure In the averages, but he looked promising and in the spring of 1908 he was taken to Lit tle Rock on the training trip. But Tris wasn’t quite "ripe” for select society and John I. Taylor decided to leave him with Mike Finn, who was then piloting Little Rock. The clever Mike saw that Speaker had the makings of a won derful ball player and soon devel oped him. Tris played sensational ball here in the Southern league that season and easily led in bat ting. He was “repurchased” by Boston that fall, Taylor giving Finn SSOO for him, which is about one-fiftieth part of the sum which would be de manded for his release today. The Southern league official figures show that Speaker took part in 127 games with Little Rock, batting .350 and fielding for .967. In finishing out the season with the Red Sox Speaker played in 31 games, fielding perfectly and bat ting for .220. The following sea son (19091 saw Speaker installed as the regular center fielder of the Red Sox. He played in 143 games, batting for .309 and fielding for 973. He improved his batting average to .340 in 1910, but fell away slightly in his fielding, his figures for defensive w’ork being but .95. In that season he scored his greatest number of runs, hav ing 92 to his credit, though there can be little doubt that he will greatly exceed this mark before the close of this season. In 1911 Speaker fell away in both batting and fielding, his fig ures being .327 and 956, respective ly, but then last year was one of the unsuccessful of the Red Sox, and Speaker slumped slightly with hfs team mates. This season Speaker's averages have risen even more rapidly than of the club, which is now leading the American league by what looks like a pennant margin. His average of runs per game in 1910, his best previous year, was but .653; his average for this sea son, up to date, is .924. indicating the development of a scoring abil ity of nearly half again as great as In his best previous year. His aver age of base hits per game is 1.53 for this season as against 1.29 for 1910. His fielding shows similar im provement over his work of 1910. It is 27 points better and in the number of chances accepted aver ages 2.82 as against 2.53 in 1910. His averages accepted in 1909, when his fielding average was but one point less than his average for this year, were but 2.47 per game. His 1911 average was 2.29. MAHER WINS AGAIN. GOODWOOD, ENGLAND, Aug I. Danny Maher, the American jockey, cap tured another race here today, when he piloted Day Comet in first in the Prince of Wales stakes. Doris, with Wootton up, was second, and Hornbeam, ridden by Foy, third. Locals Play Leaders 5 Games In 3 Days; Double Bill Today By Percy H. Whiting. THERE’S a lot of talk in cur rent baseball literature about the “acid test.” Well, the real thing Is nothing com pared with what the Crackers must go through In the next three days— if the elements don’t providentially interfere. It’s more like the test they had for witches in the good old days. They threw the accused in a kettle of boiling oil, and if she survived she wasn’t a witch. The boiling oil stuff will be only a little worse than what the Crack ers must go through In playing five games In three days with the league leaders. According to Man ager Alperman’s schedule, he will play two games today, two tomor row and one Saturday. And they w’ill be some struggles. One thing about the Crackers — they have had a hunch all the sea son that the Barons were sort of "luck leaders” and that a good stiff game would get their number any old time. The last time the Bar ons were here the Crackers beat them a doubleheader and had Fox en beaten in the third game when it was rained out. The Crackers still have their festive nanny, as far as the Barons are concerned, and will play their heads off to beat the league leaders. Yesterday’s double bill with the Pelicans was rained out. Just as the teams were ready to get away, a terrific rain and wind storm hit the park, and baseball for the day w’as off. The clubs got into the last half of the first inning when Umpire Breitenstein announced that there would be nothing doing •for the afternoon. Bill Duggleby had started the game for the Crackers, and Mana ger Alperman was highlj' pleased with his looks. Bill has been trou bled for a long time w’ith a bad knee that interfered with his work. • but that has come around all right. "I believe,” says Alperman, “that Bill is in the best shape of his ca- reer and that he will pitch better ball for us than he ever pitched for anybody. He certainly knows all about pitching, and that’s help ful." Alperman was also tickled with Lyons, his new outfielder from the Kitty league. “That fellow has been hitting ’em a mile,” says Alperman, "and I think he can do it In this league. He’s full of ‘pep,’ too, and you can hear him yelling his head off in the outfield when a game is on.” With “Kid” Howard back in the infield, the Cracker team is going to look a different organization than it does now. A lot of bunts are being beaten out now that Howard w’ill handle with ease, for he is quicker than a flash at fielding. If his wing is in shape so that he can burn them over to first, the Crack er infield is as good as anybody's. Agler at first, Alperman at second. Harbison at short and Howard at third will form an infield that would be hard to equal in any minor lea.gue. The outfield Seems certain to be shaken up a good bit before long. What with Lyons and McElveen both due to get a trial, there is likely to be some crowding before the final arrangement is decided on. Bailey, of course, has his job cinched. Anybody is welcome to right field. Whether anyone can displace Callahan at center is not certain. Dave is off a shade in his hitting, though he is likely to come around any old time. Tn other de partments of the game he is with out a superior in the South. MANDOT BOXES TWO MEN MEMPHIS. TENN., Aug. l.ljoe Mandot, New Orleans lightweight, made his final appearance In a ring be fore he tackles Joe Rivers on Labor day at Los Angeles, when he boxed two boys four rounds each last night. Leo Boux was Mandot’s first opponent Robby Robidou, of St. Louis, went the. last four rounds. Mandot. although a bit heavy and slow from a month’s idle ness. played with his tiny opponents the entire distance.