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Obsolete Baseball Must Go if
Crackers Are to Make Showing
By Percy H. Whiting.
TO •numerate all the wtekMM-
M that have combined to
ptrt the Crackers in last
P**» Thbt year would require more
mftrrnee than a comb has teeth.
One of the big cauac« of flabbiness,
under the HwmphQl regtate, wae the
use of anolent methode.
A lot of plays that are accepted
as .the real think by a lot of base
ban managers are bogus anyway.
One of the poorest moves tn base
ball, for example, Is the constant,
use of the "pitch-otrt" or “waste
ball." The pitch-out is usually em
ployed either to break up the hit
and-run «r to catch a man stealing.
And it isn't worth a continental
cuss unless somebody has actually
caught the signals of the opposition
and really has reason to suspect
thal the htt-and-run or the steal is
to start on the next ball pitched.
Fine! If You Know Signals.
if the catcher knows positively
that the base runner will try to
steal on the next ball, he signals
for the pitch-out. The ball is
thrown well away from the batter
and at such a height that the catch
er can easily get It away on Its
journey to second to tnteroept the
runner. It's fine business to see
a catcher guess the signals of the
opposition, call for a pttch-out and
throw the runner out by a mils. But
a constant snooession of pitch-outs
cm whirlb nothing happens makes a
oatrher took tTk» a boob—and worse
•KTI they put the pitcher in the bole.
Bhmry waste ball Is a “baJT' against
the pitcher And no pitcher living
bee so great control that lw> cares
to {fltdh any train* "balls" than he
has to.
The "'pitch-oat" ks being relegated
to th* discard,
Atodtberr ptay that nan be worked
too ranch is the sacrifice The play
tatndt worth a hang unless the game
!• 10 such shape that one run Is
worth a fortune. Than, sometimes,
the ■aertfic.e is a good play. It can
easily be overdone. A good, live
team doean'T use the sacrifice on an
awwmge of once a game.
Another poor play that Is seen all
too often in the Southern league is
this buetnees of taking a wild wal
lop st the bail Inst because a run
ner ts going dnwn from first. The
mxr who first said that that was
always good baseball had freak no
tions. ft always coats a strike, if
It doesn't connect - and if tt doss
ft ta s Mi mors likely to cause a
double play than anything else.
Give Runner a Ohance.
Said John McGraw recently
“The hit-and-run is all right and
we play it often—but we try to in
sert ft at the proper time If one of
our fast men has a big lead on the
pitcher, and anybody can see that
he already has the base stolen, our
batsmen have brains enough to lot
him alone and let him have his
steal. Then you have several othot
chances to hit, and the man on
second won't have so far to travel
on your drive.
“We have some 100 runs more
than any other club. How many
of the extra runs were gained by
extta stolen bases'.’ Probably tin, '
quarters. That's the answer!"
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Ona reason why the Giants have
stolen bases is because the Giants
are fast and because the batters
have used their heads and have en
deavored to protect the base run
ners—not by talcing a wild wal
at the ball every time a man was
going down but by doing what the
situation seemed to call for. There
is a theory that by hitting when a
man goes down there is a swell
chance that he can get to third. It
has been proved by the Atlanta
club this year that the batter was
a lot more likely to hit into a double
play.
To win ball games a club must
use Judgment as well as speed. A
varied system of attack is neces
sary. No one scheme is best. To
fool the opposition a man must
“mix ’em up" and must have the
head to use the system that is best
under the circumstances.
• • ♦
'F HE recent adoption of the re
-1 vised national agreement isn't
of especial interest to baseball fans,
though it Is to ball players and club
owners
For one thing, the draft price has
been raised. Now any club In the
Mg leagues who takes a player
fropi the Southern will have to pay
$1,600 for him. Here are the draft
prices: $2,600 for each player se
lected from Class AA; $1,500 for
each player selected from Class A;
$1,200 for each player selected
from Class B; $750 for each player
selected from Class C, and SSOO
for each player selected from
Class D.
It looked at first as though this
increase in the price of drafted
players would materially cut down
the number drafted, but with the
prices of real players going up so
fast it is unlikely that there will
be any lessening of the drafting
business.
Makes Contract More Binding.
Cine novelty of the new agreement
Is that it attempts to strengthen the
contract. There has always been
a legal flaw in the old reservation
clause of the contract, on the
ground that an employer had no
right th reserve an employee as
there was no compensation for the
reservation. The new contracts
Will provide that 75 per cent of what
a man receives Is for his services and
26 per cent for the privilege of re
serving bint. Eminent lawyers are
of the opinion that this change has
patched up the hole in the old con
tracts and that the new ones are
legally binding.
Another good point in the new
agreement is the provision that
every player who is to he sent out
of either league must be waived by
both before he Is allowed to drop
to any lower classification. This
will in a measure make it more
likely that all really deserving play
ers will be kept In the big ring
and that nobody will be farmed
except such players as have no
chance of making good in fast com
pany.
PATHFINDER PLUGS ON.
LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug, fi. -At a
late hour last night the pathfinders for
the iiattonal tour reached Louisville,
having made a ii.cord run for one day
over country roads in their Flanders
electric coupe The distance traveled
was Ids miles toward New Orleans, but
145 toiles «, e actually covered, as the
party beam, lost In the darkness.
I !v. ry Class Os r ..ni , .st I tick by (ttll
< ial Pathfinder Westgmd.
PHP: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1912.
Wor/d’s Greatest Southpaw Tells How He Trains and How He Lives
MARQUARD SMOKES LITTLE,DOESN’T DRINK AT ALL
By “Rube” Marquard.
I RECEIVED a letter the other
day from a bunch of youngsters
—half a dozen of ’em signed it —
asking me how I put in my time
during the basebalf season when I
am not actually pitching—that is,
they' want to know how I train;
what I eat; when I sleep, and so on.
They’ evidently have an idea that
my r method of living has some bear
ing on my pitching—and I presume
it has, in away,
1 am only too glad to answer
them, although 1 don’t imagine
that my dally existence varies
greafly from that of any other ball
player, pitcher or otherwise. You
will find that they all live by rule
during the playing season—early
hours, careful eating, and the sim
ple life generally.
First and foremost I want to say’
that dissipation Is rapidly becoming
almost unknown among ball play
ers, especially during the season.
Personally. I never drink at all,
and I know but very few players
who ever drink to excess. I know
of no member of the Giants who
does that; they are the cleanest
living crowd of young fellows ever
banded together.
The idea that a man can not dis
sipate and continue in the big league
is prett.v firmly’ planted in the minds
of all who enter fast company
nowadays. A manager no longer
wants that kind of players. He fig
ures life is too short to bother
with them.
Leave Off Tobacco, Too.
I use tobacco to a greater or less
extent—both smoking and chewing
—but I wouldn't advise any young
ster to follow my example, because
he can Just as well do without it.
Certainly it doesn’t help him.
While most ball players do smoke
or chew, you can lay it down as a
general proposition that there is
less drinking among them than
any other single class of young fel
lows
During the baseball season I
have no set course of training, be
cause my ordjnary work keeps me
in form. I try’ to maintain a sys
tem of exercise in winter, and. of
course. I go through the usual form
of hard training in the spring.
Takes Walk Before Breakfast.
1 got up about 8:30 o'clock every
morning, and take a walk before
breakfast. I walk fifteen or twenty
minutes, at an ordinary gait, and
then return to my hotel. For break
fast I eat plenty of fruit, eggs and
toast. I have made it a rule never
to eat meat during the hot weather.
Ahother thing—l never drink cof
fee at any time, not even for break
fast. My morning drink is a pecu
liar one—iced tea. I report at the
Polo Grounds at 10 o'clock. This is
McGraw’s iron-clad rule, and it
must be followed by all the play
ers.
Has No Time For Lunch.
Sometimes I loaf around the club
house for an hour or so, and then i
go right back to the hotel. I sit
around half an hour or so resting,
but I eat no lunch —and haven't for
a long time. That is the general
title among all ball players, I guess.
Some may have a bowl of soup and
i lackers at noon, but for the most
part they- eat nothing between
bieakfast and supper.
I have to be back at the park by
2 o'clock and dressed and on the
field at 2:30. Then, unless 1 am to
work. I spend the time Just as the
fans see me every day—batting the
ball around. In fact, even when I
Know I am to work 1 limber up
gently by tossing the ball and hit
ting t'ungoes.
Aft.: the game 1 have my show -
■ i or plunge, and then I again re
turn to the hotel this time for my
• vening meal 1 (li st sit a ound for
minutes to give my stomach a
!■-: and then I eat whatever 1 feel
;:k>- ha ' ng -x. • ntlng meat.
1 am in bed between 1t',30 and
Rube Gives Some of His Secrets of Success
He doesn t dissipate. “No real ball players dissipate.” he
says.
He smokes and ehews tobacco, but advises youngsters
against it.
He doesn’t eat any meat in summer.’
He doesn’t drink coffee, even for breakfast. Iced tea is his
breakfast beverage.
He does not eat any meal in the middle of the day.
He keeps in condition in winter with regular exercise.
He always takes a brisk walk before breakfast—and then
doesn’t eat much.
Here is his daily schedule: Up at 8:30. takes 20-minute
walk, eats light breakfast, reports at park at 10. loafs around
club house until noon, eats no lunch, reports at park at 2. eats
supper after game, goes to bed 10:30 or 11.
11 o'clock every night. Although
there is no hard and fast rule on
the subject, McGraw expects every
man to be in bed by midnight, and
that’s where 12 o’clock will prob
ably find every member of the
Giants during the season.
When I was having my long run
of nineteen victories I had a hard
time sleeping. As I have said be
fore. I felt the mental strain more
than I did the physical effort, and
I was glad when it was over. Os
course, if ever get another chance
to try- for the record I’ll do it, but
I am not keen about It.
“Fans Curious,” He Says.
The fan is a curious creature in
many’ ways. I love him. of course,
because he is responsible for base
ball, and. consequently, responsible
for me. but I've had many a laugh
studying his moods. The “roasts”
I used to get were a serious mat
ter to me when I was trying to
break in, but I’ve since come to
have a better understanding of hu
man nature as applied to base
ball. and I’ve got a different per
spective of things.
When I was on my big run I
used to get rafts of letters from
the fans. Most of them were big
boosts. They were all "with me.”
as they said, and they gave me ad
vice as to how to pitch and yvhat
to pitch. Then when I lost my
first game after making a run of
nineteen straight. I got barrels of
letters from the same people
"bawling me out.”
The players on the opposing
team* —particularly the Philadel
phia club —used to try hard to
"get my goat" during my record
run. They'd say some rough things
from the coaching lines, but they
were only using what is recog
nized as a legitimate method of
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Able to gel only a draw after a slow
20-round fight with Tommy Murphy on
the coast Saturday Abe Attell showed
plain!} that he is not the Abe who for
years was the marvel of the ring. While
he had what shade there was. he did not
show any of his old-time cleverness.
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Jack Britton, the Chicago lightweight,
has been signed for a ten-round encoun
ter with Eddie Smith in New York. The
bout will be staged within two weeks.
Britton is also matched with Eddie Mur
phy for a fight at Boston. August 27.
• • •
Many women were among the specta
tors who saw Sam McVey go before Sam
Langford, the Buston Tar Baby, at Syd
ney, N. 8 W Saturday Langford won
all the way ami the referee’s decision was
loudly cheered The bout was a 20-round
affair.
♦ • •
A letter from a person at Dennison.
Texas, says that he is the original 'Kid”
McCoy and that the McCoy under arrest
in London, charged with complicity in a
jewel rubbery, is a brother. McCoy says
he secured several fights for his brother,
one of them with George Carpentier, and
that he allowed him to fight under his
name.
• •
The rumor that Tomnv <> Rourke and
Al Palzer had patcheel up grievances and
that the crafty one would again manage
trying to win for their own club
by’ upsetting me. After the run
was broken they let up. but while
it was on they had a great time
with me. And I had quite a time
with them, too.
Out to Cinch Pennant.
Naturally all the members of the
Giants, are hoping to get the pen
nant sewed up as soon as possible
this season in order thal they may
g£t a rest before the world's series.
We went into the series last fall a
little stale and drawn from the "
fierce campaign in the National
league, while the Athletics had the
advantage of freshness. A lot of
the boys could stand a good deal of
rest right now.
If we should again win the Na
tional league pennant and meet the
Red Sox, I may have the pleasure
of hooking - n with an old friend
of my minor league days—" Smoky"
Joe, Wood, the Boston star right
hander. When I was with Indian
apolis. in the American association,
Joe was with the Kansas City
Blues in the same league, and
many a time we had a battle. Joe
always had a wonderful lot of
speed, and 1 had a bit of the same
thing then. We'd just cut loose
with plain smoke and would wind :
up every game we fought with ten
and twelve strike-outs apiece. I
don’t believe Joe ever beat me.
Johnson Entitled to Reputation.
If the Giants should run against
Washington and I should happen to
hook up with Walter Johnson, it
will not be my first fuss with him,
either. I met him this last spring
in an exhibition game at Washing
ton We each pitched six innings,
and the Giants took Walter. Os
course, he wasn't in as good form
then as he is now, but I could see
why he has such a great reputation
as a pitcher. He is entitled to it.
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the big •hope" turned out to be untrue.
However. Palzer and D’Rourke had an in
terview in which big Al wanted Tommv
to manage him again. However, the pug
wanted no contract attached to his end
of it. O'Rourke turned down the offer
because Palzer was unwilling to use the
old contract.
• • ■
Carl Morris out of tiie game.’ Not yet
The former White Hope is again seeking
matches in New York Morris says lie Is
keen for another crack at Jim Stewart,
but that he is willing to meet anv of the
big pugs
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Jimmy t'labby has signed articles of
agreement to box six rounds with Ted
Jasper at Hammond, ind . some time in
the future.
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Frankie Russell has started training for
his ten-round scrap with Jack White in
New Orleans, August 12. White will ar
rive from the coast either toilav or to
morrow and will start working imme
diately.
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Monte Attell ami Benny Chavez have
been matched for- a 20-round engagement
a: Trinidad. Colo. No date has been sei
for the bunt.
.lerr\ Dalton and Harry Wade are the I
headliners on the boxing card at Indian- |
a polls tonight. The boys are scheduled
to mix it for ten rounds.
Miner Brown, Scout, Turns Down
: Bald Catcher; Likes ’Em Hairy
By Bill Bailey.
Chicago, ill.. Aug. 6.—Mor
decai Brown. Cub pitcher,
doesn’t like a bald-headed
player. Especially when he is a
catcher. Mordecai, you know, isn't
with the team in the East. His
ankle is still in bad shape. He
sprained it in sliding into second
some time ago and still limps and
carries a cane. Since Mordecai
could be of no value to the team
sitting around Chicago, he grabbed
his fishing rod and went after the
denizens of the deep. And before
he departed President Murphy told
him that if lie saw any’ promising
young ball players while he was on
the road to let him know.
Well, Brownie returned and re
ported. He was watching one of
the teams in a minor league town
not far distant from Chicago and
was taken by the work of one of
the catchers. The fellow could
throw like a shot, pick men off
the bases, cover a lot of ground in
going after foul balls and clout
fairly well. Brownie was taken
with the catcher until he removed
his cap. Then he saw that he was
bald.
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• ‘T_T E won't do," said Brownie to
11 President Murphy as they
discussed the youngster.
"You say he can hit?" queried the
president.
"He sure can hit." answered
Brownie.
' You say he can throw like Jim
my Archer?" queried the president.
"Well, I wouldn't say that, but
he sure has a strong arm and a
true one."
“You say he is fast on the
bases?" queried the president.
"He looked fast and he sure did
get around lively after foul balls."
"Does he fight?” queried Presi
dent Murphy.
“He's mighty aggressive," an
swered Brown.
"Then, what is the matter with
him?” demanded Air. Murphy.
"He's bald.” answered Brownie.
"Then he's an old man?" queried
the West Side magnate.
"No. he isn't. That is. he isn't
so old that he couldn't catch for
many years. Lost his hair when he
was mighty young. Some sickness
or other."
"Then, what lias his baldness to
do with it?" queried Mr. Murphy.
“A whole lot to my notion. I
don't like a ball player who hasn't
got a lot of hair. Especially a
catcher, who I will have to pitch to
someday. Remember Jack Ryan?”
"Quite well," from President
Murphy.
♦ ♦ ♦
OTTE was catching with the Car
dinals when I was pitching
there. I was in a real pitchers’ bat
tle one afternoon. Had the score
tied in the ninth, with the usual
trimmings, two and three on the
Chronic Ulcers Mean Bad Blood
If outside influences were responsible for chronic ulcers th™ » ♦
nal applications and simple cleanliness would be a = t V ea . exter '
But the trouble is always in the blood which Ins becon J 1 ?
diseased, and keeps the sore open by contiimalVy discEin^' 3 T
impurities and infections matter with which' the' eir™i F l -° c the
Salves, washes, lotions, etc., may cause the"place to scab “
but , the blood is not m «de purer 'by such Tea?" 17 ;
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J*?™ b y going- down into the blood ami ’ Ca S °' d
WllJJl J tlle impurities and germs which -oJ 1 ren '" v "’S
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coming the bad effects of a chronic ulcer Book on s 1 nat , urc in over I
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 1
batter and all of that sort of thing,
when the batter hit a foul a mile
high. No catcher should ever miss
a foul ball. It was rather windy
that day and Ryan went after it.
Gust of wind caught his cap and
removed it just as he was about to
make the catch. He was bald. But
he didn't want everybody to know
it. Just then some fellow In the
stand howled for him to put his
cap on; that he was half un
dressed. Ryan was so flustered that
he put his big mitt on top of his
head to cover his baldness and let
the ball fall. That batter hit a
homer, and. since we didn't score
in our part of the inning, we lost
the game. No. sir: I'm against bald
catchers. Don't think this fellow
will do.”
Os course. Brownie hasn't the last
"ord in the matter. Said catcher
will be looked over by the
Cub t egular scouts. Ic
ty that he will not be fetort pal
if he is purchased.
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■VOL’ think that Browed etory
of Jack Ryan an exaggera
tion? But ball players MSftCTv
are touchy"Seoncerninft hair
or lack of it. They figure *b* the
moment a man begins to leer liis
hair the fans will think he Is get
ting old. And the fans don't like
old ball players. If they are play -
ing great ball, it's all right. But
let one of the bald fellows make a
few bad plays and the fans are
after him. With the result that a
decidedly high forehead sometimes
becomes a mighty toucli>opposi
tion with a ball player.
BILL SMITH WILL NOT
LEAD CRACKERS AGAI!
The rumors, coining from Chattanoog*
that Bill Smith Is to manage the Atlant,
team next season, are causing som
amusement here.
It will not happen —unless the baseba.
association changes hands.
The present owners of the franchise di
not get along with Smith. They couldn'
agree, somehow, on business methods
So they let Bill out the year he won i
pennant. That they will take him bad
now is highly improbable.
That Bill will not manage the Chatta
nooga club next y ear is probable.
localsThaven't bought
WEISER OF CHARLOTTi *
The report emanating from Charlotte
N. < that the Cracker club has bough'
"Bud" Weiser, an outfielder, for $1,25(
was news at baseball headquarters.
"We did dicker for the man," said M.
Callaway this morning, “but we neve
came witbin a thousand miles of agree
ing on terms. \\ o may buy Weiser even*
tually—but certainly not at their presen
price."
VOL FLAYERS REPORT
NASHVILLE, TENN . Aug 6 _J U ,
Daley, former Brooklyn outfielder Is ex.
peeled to report beta todav from hit
home rear Montgomery, Ala. Waiven
have been a-’ked on Harry Storch. Pitch
er . hnimy \l est, of Toledo, reported yes.
terday. J
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