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Obsolete Baseball Must Go if
Crackers Are to Make Showing
By Percy IL Whiting.
TO KiLmwal# all the weekneee-
ee that have combined to
pct the Crackers tn last
ptaoe flits year would require more
Tntwmee than a comb has teeth.
One of the big can»»s of flabbiness,
under the HamphQl regime. wtw the
use of ancton' methode.
A lot of plays that are accepted
as the real thing by a lot of base
ball managers are bogus anyway
One of the poorest moves tn ba««
ball, for example. ts the constant
use of the "pltch-onf ar "waste
bril." The pttch-oirt is usually em
ployed e-£ther to break up the hlt
and-runor to catch a man stealing.
A nr! it Isn't worth a continental
cuss unless somebody has actually
caught the signals of the oppoeltkm
anti really has reason to suspect
that the hit-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 tire pitch-out. The ba.ll 1s
thrown well away from the batter
and at such a height that the catch
er can easily get ft away on Its
journey to second to intercept the
runner. It's fine buwtnwee to see
a catcher gives the signals of the
opposition, call for a pitch- out and
throw the rnrtncr out by a mile. But
a ccnatant etsoceewivm of pitch-outs
on whkrfli nothing happens makes a
—trthwr took tike a tx>.<b acai worse
gttD they put the pitcher tn the hole,
©vary wantr ball ts a 'Ym.ll’' against
tbs pitcher And no jrftvher living
bas •o great control that he cares
to pt*r#i any mrrre “bwliw" than he
has to,
Tito oerF* la bet1 < rrtegatod
to Cbe discard.
Another play that can be worked
too ranch Is the sacrifice Tito play
terft worth s hang unless the gamo
t» in such shape that one ran In
worth a Then, sometimes,
the sscrtfVoe is a good play. It can
easily be overttone. A good, live
tesn doesn't use the sacrifice on an
■arwrege of once a game.
Another poor piny that Is seen all
too often in ths Southern league la
this business of taking a wild wal
lop at the bail host because a run
ner to going down from first. The
man who first mid that that was
always good baseball had freak no
tlons. It always costs a strike. if
It doesn't connect and ts It doss
It to s htt mor« likely to cause a
double play than anything else
Give Runner a Ohance.
Said John McGraw recently
"The hit-and-run isatt right and
we play it often -but w e try to tn
sen ft at the proper time If one of
our fast men has a btg lead cn the
pitcher, and anybody can see that
he already has the base stolen our
batsmen have brains enough to let
him alone and lei him have hts
steal. Then you have several other
chances to hit, and the man n
second won't have so far to travel
on your drive,
"We have some 100 runs tm>r>
than any other club. How many
of tlie extra runs were gained by
extra stolen bases" Probably tm- •
quarters. That's the answer'
r TTernsheim
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' P op l ° Rjcttr\
One reason why the Giants hove
stolen bases Is because the Giants
are fast and because the batters
have used their lieads and have en
deavored to protect the base run
ners—not by taking 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 uh 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 tn use the system that Is best
under the circumstances.
♦ • •
‘T’HE recent adoption of the re
■*■ 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
big leagues who takes a player
from the Southern will have to pay
$1,500 for him. Here are the draft
prices: $2,500 for each player se
lected from Class AA. J 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
tor each player selected from
Class D.
It looked at fl ret 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
that It ts unlikely that there will
be any lessening of the drafting
business
Makes Contract More Binding.
One novelty of the new agreement
t» 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 to reserve an Aniployee as
there was no compensation for the
reservation. The new contracts
w 111 provide that 75 per cent of what
a man receives is for his services ami
25 per cent for the privilege of re
serving him. FJmlnent lawyers arc
of the opinion that this change has
patched up the hole In the oldA’on
tracts and that the now ones are
legally binding.
Another good point in the now
agreement is the provision that
every player who is to be 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
llkelv that all really deserving play
ers will be kept In the big ring
and that nobody will be farmed
except such players as have n”
chance of making good In fast com
pany
PATHFINDER PLUGS ON.
I,< M'ISVILLE KV . Aug. 6. At a
late hour lasi night the pathfinders for
the . national tour rem hed Louisville,
having made m ord inn for one day
over count’y ro ids In their Flanders
electric coupe The distance traveled
as 12S mill's tow .nd New Orleans, but
I 14*. miles were actually covered, as the
I party became lost in th darkness.
I Ev< ry .'lass of r.-ad w.m struck by Olli
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PRE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1912.
World’s Greatest Southpaw Tells How He Trains and How He Lives
MARQUARD SMOKES LITTLE,DOESN’T DRINK AT ALL
By “Rube’’ Marquard.
x RECEIVED a letter the other
1 day from a bunch of youngsters
half a dozen of 'em signed it—
asking me how I put In my time
during the baseball season when I
am not actually pitching—that Is,
they want to know how I train;
w hat I eat when I sleep, and so on.
They evidently have an idea that
my method of living has some bear
ing on my pitching—and I presume
It has. in away
I am only too glad to answer
them, although I don't imagine
that my dally existence varies
greatly 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 hut very few players
who ever drink to excess. 1 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 pretty 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 ft 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 sot course of training be
cause my ordinary work keeps me
in form I try to maintain a sys
tem of exercise In winter, and of
course. 1 go through the usual form
of hard training in the spring
Takes Walk Before Breakfast.
I got up about S 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 ent plenty of fruit, eggs and
toast. I have made it a rule never
io out meat during the hot weather.
Another thing I never drink cof
fee at any time, not even for break
fast. My morning drink is a pecu
liar one Iced tea 1 report at the
Po|o Grounds at 10 o'clock This is
McGraw's iron-clad rule, and it
mu«t be followed by all the play
ers.
Has No Time For Lunch.
Sometimes I loaf around the club'
house for an hou or so. and then 1
go right back to the hotel. 1 sit
around half an hour or so resting,
but I eat no lunch and haven't for
a long tiling That is the general
title among all ball players. I guess
Some may have a bow l of soup and
< rnekers at noon, but for the most
part they eat nothing between
b eakfast 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. 1 spend the time Just as the
fans sei me every day —batting the
ball around. In fact, even when I
know 1 am to work I limber up
gently by tossing the ball and hit
ting fungoes.
Aft, t the gatng I have my show
■l piling,'. and then 1 again re
in 1 n io the hotel this time for my
• v. n.iig niea I ti. st sit mound for
■ in ii's to g \e my stomach a
test mu then 1 <a whatever 1 fee!
I iK" having "Xi'-ntlng meat.
1 in in b . bet w ven lit; 30 and
Rube Gives Some of His Secrets of Success
Fie doesn't dissipate. “No real ball players dissipate,” be
says. •
Fie smokes and chews tobacco, but advises youngsters
against it.
He doesn't eat a.ny meat in summer.
He doesn't drink coffee, even for breakfast. Iced tea is his
breakfast beverage.
lie 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
1 was glad when it was over Os
course. If I ever get another chance
to try for the record I’ll do It, but
1 urn not keen about it.
"Fans Curious," Ho 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 hn- •
man nature as applied to base
ball, and I've got a different per
spective of things.
When 1 was on my big run 1
used to get rafts of letters from
the fans Most of them were big
boosts. They were all "with me,”
as they said, anti th y gave me ad
vice as to how to pitch and w hat
to pitch. Then when 1 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
teanw parth-ulary the Philadel
phia club tFsed 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 RINGSIDEI
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Able to get onlt a draw after a slow
20-round fight with Tommy Murphv on
the coast Saturday Abe Attell showed
plainly that be is not the Abe who for
years was the marvel of the ring. While
he had what shade there was. he did not
show anv of his old-time cleverness
♦ • •
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 Boston Tar Baby, at Syd
ney. N S W . Saturday Langford won
all the way and the referee's derision was
loudly cheered The bout was a 20-round
affair
• • *
A letter from a person at Dennison.
Texas, says that he is the original , Ki<i
McCoy and that the McCov under arrest
in London, charged with complicity in a
jewel robbery, is a brother. McCoy says
he secured several fights for his brother,
one of them with George «'arpentier. and
that he allowed him to tight under his
name
• •
’l'l e rumor that Tommy Rourke and
\ Balzer bad patched up grievances and
that the <-rafts 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 •
get a rest before the world's series.
We went into the series last fall a
little stale and drawn from the
fierce campaign in tit? 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 I. ague days— 'Smoky”
Joe Wood, the Boston star right
hander. When 1 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 I 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. 1
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 hint this last spring
in an exhibition game at Washing
ton. We each pitched six innings,
and the Giants took Walter. Os
course, be 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 O'Rourke had an in
terview in which big Al wanted Totnmv
to manage him again. However, the pug
v anted no contract attached to his end
of it. O'Rourke turned down the offer
because I’alzer was unwilling to use the
old contract.
• • •
Carl Morris out of the game * Not yet.
'The former White Mope is again seeking
mutches in New York Morris sh\s he is
keen for another < rack at Jim Stewart,
but that he is willing to meet anv of the
big pugs
• • •
Jimmy <’labby has signed articles of
agreement to box six rounds with Ted
Jasper at Hammond. Ind some time in
the near future.
• • •
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 todav or to
morrow and will start working imme
diately
• • •
Monte Attell and Benny <’have? liavr
been matched for a 20-iound engagement
at Trinidad. Colo No date ha< been set
for the bout
Jerry Dalton and Harr’ Wade are the
headliners on the boxing ard at Indian
<po|is tonight The box« 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 ®o value to the team
sitting around t'hicago, he grabbed
his fishing tod and went after the
denizens of the deep. And before
he departed President Murphy told
him that if he saw any promising
young ball play ers 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 lie removed
his cap. Then lie saw that he was
bald.
♦ ♦ ♦
• iT_J E v.n't do." said Brownie to
** 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 'ike Jini
a my Archer?" querivd Ibe president.
"Well. 1 wouldn't say that, but
he sure has a strong arm ami a j
true one."
"You say he is fast on tile
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 aggnssi\e." an
swered Brown.
"Then, what *is the matter with
him'.’" demanded Mr. Murphy.
"He's bald." answered Brownie.
"Then he's an old man?" queried
the AVest 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 has 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
some day. Remember Jack Ryan?”
Quite well," from President
M urphy.
» • ♦
“I J 5- "as 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 then exter
nal applications and simple cleanliness would be a mr-X f .
But the trouble is always in the blood which has become unhellthl”
diseased, and keeps the sore open by continually disch" nng ft th
impunUes and infectious matter with which the circulation °s fill V
Salve., washes, etc ,uay cf „«e the place to .eXovlX ’S'
but the blood is not made purer by such treatment
and soon the old inflammation and discharge will
JaJUIHRgk rehirn and the sore be as bad or worse than before
•“““Vorw.ll removing the place hv surgical SpenX n
iC O a cure; the cause still remains in W
I land the sore is bound to return. S S S heals oH
W/*°re? by going down into the blood and r’niovn,u!
Z S es s’s g ti rrasw ?■ 1; ar * res P o^'>’e f-«
tio e n P and in Ulis' wavS^’ lhe
S. S. S. enriches this
anyuied£l b advice TUr” emir" 00^ S ' aml
THE SHIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
batter and all of that sort of thing,
when tlie 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
lie put his big milt 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."
of course. Brow nie hasn't the last
word in the matter. Said catener
wHI be looked over by ontnof tb«
Cub regular scouts. It
ty that he will not ferraaAi jjaJ
if he is purchased.
♦ • *
Vol' think that Hr, wtofci’s story
1 of Jack Ryan an exaggera
tion But ball p’ayt-rs toftab ly
an touchy <-on rrning tbA* hair
or la 1. of i;. Ts y fig’ins Ctat t.'ie
moment a man begins to Itoto ids
n w ill think he ts get -
ting old. And the fans don't like
< 'll ba l ! players. If they ate 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 1:1m. With the result that a
decidedly high forehead sometimes
beeoim s a might.' tou - i-
tion with a ball player.
BILL SMITH WILL NOT
LEAD CRACKERS AGAI!
Th. rumors, coining from Chattanooga
that Bill Smith is to manage the Atlant
team next season, are causing som
amusement here.
It will not happen unless the basebk.
association changes hands.
Tlie present owners of the franchise di'
not get along with Smith. They couldn
agree, somehow, on business methodi
So they let Bill out the year he won »
pennant. Tlfat the.' will take him baci
now is highly improbable.
That Bill will not manage the Chatta
nooga club next year is probable.
locals"haven-t bought
WEISER OF CHARLOTTi
The report emanating from Charlotte
N. C . that the Cracker club has bough
"Bud" Weiser, an outfielder, for $1,251
was news at baseball headquarters.
"We did dicker for the man." said M.
Callaway this morning, "but we neva
came within a thousand miles of agree
ing on terms We may buy Weiser even,
tually but certainly not at their presen.
price."
VOL PLAYERS REPORT
NASHVILLE, TENN.. Aug. ft.—Jul
Haley, former Brooklyn outfielder. Is ext
pected to report hero today front Id?
home mar Montgomery. Ala. Waivert
have been a-ked on Harry Storch. Pitch
or Jimm.' Most, of Toledo, reported ves*
terday.