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: Obsolete Baseball Must Go if
Crackers Are to Make Showing
By Percy TL Waiting.
TO er.LnwnUr all the weeklies*-
«• that have combined to
put the Crackers In last
this year would require more
vnfrmwi than a comb has teeth.
One of the big caugee of flabbiness,
under the Hemphill regime, was the
use of ancient method*.
A lot of plays that are accepted
an the real thing 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 "pttch-out" or "waste
ball.” The pttch-out 1s usually em
ployed either to break up the hit
and-runrtr 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
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 the pftch-out. The ball Is
thrown well away from the batter
and at .such a height that the catch
er can easily get tt away on Its
journey to second to intercept the
runner. It's fine brgrtnees to see
a catcher guess th* signals of the
opposition, call for a pttch-out and
throw the runner out by a mil*. But
a constant ■ucre«*trm of pitch-outs
on whiicb nothing happens makes a
esstoherr took Hke a boob and worse
•tm they put th* pitcher tn the bole.
®**ry wuarte ball ts a "balf against
the ptttahrr And no pitcher living
baa to great control that h« cares
to ptfath any men* "balls" than h«
haa to,
Th* “pMc-b out" w being relegated
to Cbo dlaoard.
AiMtfbgr play that can be worked
too rnnsnh to the sacrifice The play
iatft worth e Natig th* gam"
ts in mdb shape that one run ts
worth a fbrtun* Then, sometimes,
«»* saxwince is a good play. It can
■net!/ be onrtone. A good, live
team doesn't use the sacrifice on an
■wsrage of once a game
Another poor play that is seen all
too often in the Southern league is
this business of taking a wild wai
top at the ball just because a run
ner > going down from first. The
mart who first said that that waa
always good baseball had freak no
tions. ft always costs a strike, if
it doesn't connect- and if tt does
It to I bit mor* likely to cause a
double play than anything else.
Give Runner a Chance.
Said John McGraw recently
"The hit-and-run is al! right, and
we play it often —but we trv to in
sert tt at the proper time If one of
our fast men has a big lea.fi on the
pitcher, and anyboflt can see that
he already has the base stolen, our
batsmen have brains enough to let
him alone and let him have his
steal. Then you have several other
chances to hit, and the man on
second won t have so far to travel
on your drive.
"We have some I<ii> runs more
than any other club. How many
of the extra runs were gained by
extra stolen bases" Probably three
quarters. That's the answer!
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Ono reason why the Giant* have
stolen bases Is because the Giants
ar* fast and because the batters
have used their heads 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
i» 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 fa 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.
♦ • •
THE 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 ha<
been raised. Now any club In the
big leagues who takes a player
from the Southern will have to pay
f 1.500 for him. Here are the draft
prices: $2,500 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 th*
prices of real players going up so
fast tt is unlikely that there will
be any lessening of the drafting
business
Makes Contract More Binding.
One-novelty of the new agreement
ts 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 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 hts services and
25 per cent for the privilege of re
serving him. Eminent lawyers are
of the opinion that this change has
patched up the holo 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 be sent out
of either league must be waived
both before he is allowed to drop
to any lower classification. This
a 111 in a measure make it more
likely that all really deserving play
ers will be kept tn 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.
LtMISVILLE. KY. Aug. 6.—At a
late hour last night the pathfinders for
the national tour reached Louisville,
having mad" a re< ord run for one day
over country roads in their Flanders
electric coupe The distance traveled
wtts 13S miles toward New Orleans, but
It’, miles were actually covered, as the
party b<<ame lost j n the darkness.
Every rias- of road was struck by Offi
cial Pathfinder Westgard.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1912.
IVor/d’s Greafesf Southpaw Te//s How He Trains and How He Lives
MARQUARD SMOKES LITTLE,DOESN’T DRINK AT ALL
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By Ku be 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 baseball 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 method/>f living has some bear
ing on my pitching—and I presume
It has, In away.
I am only' too glad to answer
them, although 1 don't imagine
that my daily 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. 1 never drink at all.
and I know* hut very' few players
who ever drink tn 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 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 it down as a
genera! 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 ordinary work keeps me
in form. I try to maintain a sys
tem of exorcise in winter, and. of
course, I go through the usual form
of hard training in the spring
Takes Walk Before Breakfast.
1 get 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. 1 have made it n rule never
to eat meat during the hot w eather.
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 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 1
go right back to the hotel. 1 sit
around half an hour or so resting,
but I eat no Junch- and haven't for
a long time That Is the g< net a
i ule among all ball play ers, I guess
Some may have a bow l of soup and
< rackers at noon, but for the most
part they eat nothing between
bieakfast and supper.
I base 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 sec me every day- batting the
bill around In fact, even when I
ki;ow 1 am to work I limber up
g' ntly by tossing the ball and hit
ting funpoes.
After the game I have my show
i or plunge, and then 1 again re
turn to tin hotel this time for my
evening mea' Ili st sit around for
:'ai minutes to give my stomach a
test, and then I eat whatever I feel
ilk" h.t vmg <-x< • ■ t>t ing meat.
1 am ill b>a; between lh;3(t and
Rube Gives Some of His Secrets of Success
He doesn t dissipate, “Xo real ball players dissipate,” he
says.
He smokes and chews 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 1(1 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
t Hat'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 1 did the physical effort, and
1 was glad wben’it was over. Os
course, if I 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 curfous 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 th' y gave me ad
vice as to how to pitch and what
to pitch. Then when 1 lost my
first game aftei making a run of
nineteen straight. 1 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 get only a draw after a slow
20-round tight with Toninn Murphy on
the coast Saturday Abe Attell showed
plainly that he Is not the Abe who for
years was the marvel o f the ring While
he had what shade there was, he did not
show anv of his old-time cleverness.
♦ * ♦
■luck Britton, th«* Hhidigu lightweight,
has been signed for a ten-round encoun
ter with labile 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 decision was
loudly cheered The bout was a 20-round
affair.
• * •
A letter from a person at l>ennison.
Texas, says that be is the original "Kid"
McCoy and that the McCoi under arrest <
in London, charged with complicity in a
jewel robbery, is a brother McCoy save
he secured several tights for his brother,
one of them with George Carpentier, and
that he allowed him to tight under his
name
• •
The rumor that Tommy O Rourke and l
\l Palzer had patched up grievances ano ;
that the crafty one would again manage
trying to win for their twn club
by upsetting me. After the run
was broken they let up. but while
it was on they' had a great time
w ith me. And J 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 that 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 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 ■» 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 tiie 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. I
don't believe Joe ever beat me.
Johnson Entitled to Reputation.
If the Giants should run against
Washington and 1 should happen to
hook up witit 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, of
course. lie wasn't in as good form
then as he is now. but I could see
why he lias 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 tn which big Al wanted Tommy
to manage him again. However, the pug
santel no contract attached to his end
of it. O'Rourke turned down the offer
because Palzer was unwilling to use tin
old contract.
Carl Morris out of the game’' Not vet
l he former White Hope is again seeking
matches in New York. Morris sacs he is
keen fol another crack at ,11m Stewart,
but that he Is willing to meet anv of the
big pugs.
• • •
Jimmy flabby has signed articles of
agreement to box six rounds with Ted
Jasper at Hammond. Ind . some time in
alie near future.
• • •
Frankie Russell has started tratmng for
his ten-round scrap with Jack White in
New Orleans. August 12. White will ar
rive from the coast either today or to
morrow and will start working imme
diately
• • •
Mont? Attell and Benn> Chavez have
been matched for a 20-round engagement
at Trinidad. Colo. No date has been set
for the bout
• err.' Halton and Harry Wade are the
headliners <>n the boxing .-ard at Indian
apolis tonight. The boys are scheduled
to mix it for ten rounds.
Is* ' I
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 graWbed
his fishing rod and went after the
denizens of the deep. And before
he departed President Murphy told
him that if he 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 oft
the bases, cover a lot of ground in
going after foul halls and clout
fairly well. Brownie was taken
with the catcher until he removed
his cap. Then he saw that he was
bald.
* * *
•‘I—I E won't do," said Brow nie to
* 1 President Murphy as they
discussed the youngster.
"You say he can hit'.’" queried the
president.
"He sure can hit,” answered
Brownie.
You say lie 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 be fight?" queried Presi
dent. Murphy.
"He's mighty aggressive," 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 West Side magnate;
"No, he isn't. That is. lie isn't
so old that lie 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
someday. Remember Jack Ryan?”
"Quite well," from President
M urphy.
♦ * ♦
<*[TK was catching witli the Car
dinals when I was pitching
there. I was in a real pitchers’ bat
tle one afternoon. Had the score
tied in tile ninth.- w ith the usual
trimmings, two and three on the
’
Chronic Ulcers Mean Bad Blood
„ al a P "x: d :^^ s l rxs!x? b ix I c f ro '’ ic «tw.
But the trouble is alway sin the b odl whSl & C ” ratlVe trea tment
diseased, and keeps the Sore bv and
impurities and infectious matter with which the 1; "i"?- ’ nt -° Jt the
Salves, washes, lotions, etc., may cause the nite f c is filled.
.It may cause tne place to scab over temnonrilv
but the blood is not made purer by such t J / '«
s ores by going down into the blood ami ° '
“MBT HonaSn X' Xd° «» I”" 1 ”
s. S; s. . his S
coming the bad effects of a chronic ulcer Rn.Tt- c L nature in over
any medical advice tree Tuc " "21 ' *" n Scrcs a '" l I’lcers an.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.
batter and all of that sort of thing,
when the batter hit a foul a mile
high. No catcher should ever miss
a foui 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 hail 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 tiiink this fellow
will do.”
Os course. Brow nie hasn't the last
word in tile matter. Said cah-.imr
will be looked over by onto of th*
' 'uh regular scouts. It 1»-»*e«iain
ty that he will not be fetwwa* pgi
if he is purchased.
• • *
Y'»r think that BmwWs «tory
of Jack Ryan an exaspera
tion'.' But hall players «gMtoii'v
are touchy concerning thdb hair
<>r lack of it. They figure the
moment a man begins to lav bis
hair the fans will think he ts 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 toucl»»
lion with a ball player.
BILL SMITH WILL NOT
LEAD CRACKERS AGAII
The rumors, coining from Chattanooga
that Bill Smith is to manage the Atlant
team next season, are causing som
amusement here.
li will not happen —unless the basebai
association changes hands.
The present owners of the franchise di
not get along with Smith. They couldn
agree, somehow, on business method!
So they let Bill out the year he w’on .
pennant. That they will take him bad
nnw is highly improbable.
Thai Bill will not manage the Chatta
nooga club next year is probable.
LOCALS HAVEN'T BOUGHT
WEISER OF CHARLOTTi
■flip report emanating from Charlotte
’ that the Cracker club has bough
"Bud" Weiser, an outfielder, for $1,251
wa news at baseball headquarters.
“Wc did dicker for the man," said M.
Callaway this morning, "but we nevei
came within a thousand miles of agree
ing on terms. We may buy Weiser even,
tually hut certainly not at their presen,
price."
VOL PLAYERS REPORT.
Nashville, te.nn , Aug 5 ju<
Daley, former Brooklyn outfielder Is ex,
pected to report here today from hit
home near Montgomery, Ala. Waiver:
have been a-’ked on Harry Storch Pitch
er Jimmy V' , st, of Toledo, reported yes.
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