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‘Come Back* of Heine Wagner
Has Put Boston Team on Top
By W. J. Mcßeth.
THE name Wagner is not to
fade from the list of top
notch ball players for a while
yet. The immortal Honus has not'
yet gone back far enough to cure
pitchers of ague when he goes to
bat. and'Boston has another Wag
ner who is leading the speed boys
in their dash for the American
league flag.
"If Heine Wagner’s arm comes
back into shape, we will have a
baseball team worth talking about—
Wagner is the only problem. If
be’s Wagner, we may beat ’em all;
If he isn’t, I don’t know just what
we’ll do.”
President McAleer of the Red
Sox made the comment before the
Red Sox started on their training
trip this year. Then he observed:
“This Wagner fellow is a Won
der. Last fall he was discouraged.
His arm went bad and he was
afraid it would never come back.
1 met him in the fall, told him to
take it easy, forget about his trou
bles and work himself gradually
into shape. I told him we’d stick
by him until he was his old self
again. Now, we’ll wait and see how
it comes out.”
\Vagner’s arm did come back: It
is better every day of his life, and
around “Heine” Wagner now re
volves a team that has beaten
everything in the American league
and looks like it might wear well
the title of the world's champions
this tall.
Wagner is the pivot of the Red
Sox leaders. He is the key of the
infield, and. without a stone wall
infield, or something like one. the
Red Sox could never have ap
proached first place. There is no
doubt Wagner today is far and
away the best shortstop in the
American league.
Red Sox Have Best Outfield.
The Red Sox have had the best
outfield in the league—probably the
best in the world—for a long time.
Last year the pitchers did not work
up to championship form and the
infield was a patch work all season.
Wagner’s arm went bad and he had
to play second base, when he played
at all.
A second division team result-
THE BASEBALL CARD
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Game* Today.
Birmingham in Chattanooga.
Mobile in Memphis.
New Orleans in Nashville.
Standing of tr>e Club*.
W.LPt’ W 1. PC
B'ham. .65 39 .625 Cnooga. 47 50 .485
Mobile . 58 47 552 N'ville. .46 53 .465
N. or. . 48 47 .505 Mont. . 45 57 .441
'MTnphis 18 4li .195 •Atlanta .41 56 .423
Yesterday’s Results.
Atlanta 6. Montgomery 3.
Birmingham 8. Chattanooga 2. ...
Nashville 8. New Orleans 0.
Mobile 6. Memphis 2.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Macon.
Columbia in Jacksonville.
Savannah in Columbus.
Stand'ng or toe Clubs
v i, p c W. L I r
Sav nah 21 13 .618 Macon . .18 18 .500
.I Ville. .21 13 .618 Albany. 14 2. .389
C'bus. . 21 14 .600 C bia. . .10 .5 .286
Yesterday's Results.
AI ban v 8. Macon 3.
Colurtibus 10, Savannah 1.
Jacksonville-Columbia, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Washington in Chicago.
Philadelphia in St. Louts.
New York in Detroit.
Boston in Cleveland.
Standing of the Clubs
tv I. PC W. L. PC.
Boston . <0 33 .680 Detroit . ok ;2 .500
Wash. .64 39 .622 Cland 46.>6 .151
I’hila. . 59 42 .554 N. V ork 32 66 .32,
Chicago 51 19 .510 S. Louis 32 69 .317
Yesterday’s Results.
Philadelphia 5. St. Louis I.
Detroit 6. New York 2
Chicago 2. Washingion 1.
Boston 5, Cleveland I. *
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Cincinnati in Boston-
St. Louis in Brooklyn
Pittsburg in New York
Chicago tn Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
VV L. P C W. L p c
■; York 71 26 .732 Cin'nati 46 54 460
Chicago .63 35 .643 S. Louis 44 57 .436
p'burg 57 38 .600 Br'klyn. & 64' .360
Phlle 47 47 .500 Boston -7 ,0 2.8
Yesterday's Results.
Brooklyn 7. St. Louis 4
Pittsburg 7. New 1 ork 2.
Philadelphia 6. Boston 1.
Cincinnati 6, Boston 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Milwaukee in Indianapolis.
Kansas City in Toledo
Minneapolis n Louisville.
St. Paul in Columbus.
Standing of the Clubs.
VV. L. P C W- L. P C
M apoiis 76 40 .655 S Paul 52 66 .452
C’bus 72 43 .626 M w kee oO 63 442
Toledo 70 45 .610 L’ville. .43 70 379
K City 56 57 496 I apoiis 42 7, 303
Yesterday's Results.
Milwaukee 5. Indianapolis 2
Columbus 10. St. raul 9 H 2 innings.'
Kansas City 5. Toledo 0.
Minneapolis 9, Louisville a.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today.
. Meridian in Jackson.
Vicksburg in Yazoo City.
Columbus in Greenwood.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P C W b. PC
> "kuh k 28 15 603 G'nwood 22 1. 064
C'mhus 23 16 590 Jackson 20 19 513
M'idian 22 15 595 Y City 533 132
Yesterday'* Results.
v ■ ksb'irg Jackson 2
Greenwood 2, Columbus 1 <l3 innings)
ed. This year the pitchers are
going good.” Wagner is himself
again and the infield—with Jake
Stahl back in harness —finishes the
championship baseball outfit.
Wagner is the man who adds to
the team just what was needed to
win the pennant,. His return Jo
form has given the other infielders
confidence. They are the ballast;
he is the driving power. «
Shortstop is the hardest place to
play on the diamond. Wagner is
here, there, everywhere. Draw a
line just back of the pitcher's box
straight to the first-second base
line, then carry it over around sec
ond out into center field about 75
feet, then across the outfield to a
point outside the left foul line, then
. in and around the position occu
pied by Larry Gardner, and you
have Wagner’s territory.
Wagner Fearless Player.
Wagner is fearless. He is one
of the few who pay no attention to
Ty Cobb's steam engine, feet-fore
most dives, for instance. In the
Detroit series Wagner calmly sat
before the bag and waited for Cobb
to slide in. Ty was out.
’Heine" has evolved a play that
gets the runners off second, even
when they take short leads. He
and Joe Wood are particularly suc
cessful with the play.
This is "Heine” Wagner in the
field. At bat he does not hit in
the .300 class, but he is a very time
" ly swatter and advances base run
ners more frequently than his av
erage would indicate.
He is sure at the “hit and run"
game, connecting even when he has
to fling his club at the ball to stop
a "pitch-out.” Catchers frequently
think they detect the “hit and run"
signal, whereupon they order the
pitcher to throw wide, so as to fool
the batter and catch the base run
ner. Wagner reaches for these and
hits them.
On the bases he is speedy and
alive to advance himself and the
others. He is daring and nimble
footed.
But, above all. it is Wagner’s
"baseball brains” that couilt. He
is one of’ the quickest thinkers in
the game, taking advantage of op
portunities that other and slower
wits would not comprehend until it
was too late.
INTERNATIONAL league.
Games Today.
Toronto in Jersey City
Montreal in Providence.
Buffalo in Newark.
Rochester in Baltimore.
Standing of the Clubs
tv. i.. r i- w l. p c
Roch. 62 43 .552 Newark. 53 54 .495
Toronto .58 47 .552 Buffalo . 48 56 .481
B’more. .55 46 .545 P’dence. 45 59 .479
.1. City .55 53 .509 M’trcal. .45 63 .417
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Yesterday’s Results.
Rochester 5, Baltimore 2.
Jersey city 4. Toronto 2.
Providence 10. Montreal 2.
Newark 7. Buffalo 6 (first game.'
Buffalo 6, Newark 2 (second game.)
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1912.
The Big Race
The huskiest batters in the American
league all poled the ball a bit yester
day. Here is the present standing of
the five in the race for topmost batting
honors:
Players. G. AB. P.C.
COBB 391 166 .425
SPEAKER 409 162 .396
JACKSON 383 143 373
COLLINS 365 119 .326
LAJOIE 2.46 77 .313
Nap Lajoie did the most efficient
batting yesterday, with two safe ones
out of three times up. Cobb made but
one hit, but as he was charged with
only two times at bat he pulled up a
point in his average. Speaker made
but one hit out of five times up and lost
four points in his race with Cobb. Col
lins. like Speaker, made but one hit.
DAVE SMITH IS COMING
ACROSS OCEAN TO FIGHT
LONDON. Aug. 7.—Dick Klcgln. the
New York promoter who helped to
popularize pugilism in France, sailed
on the Cincinnati with Dave Smith, the
Australian middleweight. who will
tight McCarren "Philadelphia Jack"
O’Brien’s protege at Point Breeze this
month. This is the Australian’s Hist
visit to the United States, but after
the tight with McCarren he will try to
get bouts with Eddie McGoorty and
Cyclone Johnny Thompson.
Smiths chief claim to consideration
is his victory over Billy Papke in Aus
tralia, although, in the second battle.
Papke knocked him out. Smith is
young and strong, has a punch known
as "the patent extension” and Is
thought to have championship mak
ings.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Richmond in Norfolk.
Portsmouth in Newport News.
Roanoke in Petersburg.
Standing of the Club*.
. . W. L. p C. I w. L. P.C
Psbrg 62 37 .636 P’sm’th 42 45 .483
Norfolk 50 46 .521 I R’htn’d 46 51 .460
Ranoke 43 45 .489 | N. N'ws 39 55 .415
Yesterday's Results.
Petersburg 6. Roanoke 1.
Richmond 4, Norfolk 0.
Newport News 1, Portsmouth 0.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
• Greensboro in Spartanburg
Charlotte tn Winston-Salem.
Greenville in Anderson.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C I W. L. P C
A’ders'n 52 33 .612 | Sp’b’rg 39 46 456
C’rlotte 49 35 .583 1 G’sboro 38 46 458
W.-S'm 48 40 .545 | G’nville 30 56 .349
Yesterday’s Results.
Greensboro 6. Charlotte 0.
Anderson 6, Spartanburg 4
Winston-Salem 7. Greenville 4
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Asheville 1, Morristown 0.
Bristol 1. Johnson City 1
Cleveland 7, Knoxville 0
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Os World’s Distance Runners
OF all the heroes of the great
Olympic meet of 1912 —and
they were by no means few
it is an unquestioned fact that
Hannes Kohlemainen "f Finland
stands in the position of the most
remarkable individual performer.
Heralded previous to the meet as
a very remarkable distance runnel,
Jt required only his remarkable ex
position of distance covering in
three events, the 5.000. 10,000-meter
and gross-country runs, to say
nothing of capturing first place in
the 3.000-meter relay for his team,
to settle beyond a shadow of a
doubt his right to the title of best
individual performer.
At the same time, another point
stands out very strongly in his con
nection. nothing more or less than
that he is the greatest distance run
ner of all time. A strong state
ment. but when his performances
are analyzed they stand out so
clearly when compared with the
champions of old and modern times
that few will be found to dispute
the point.
There was a giant in the old days
in W. G. George, a man who could
start in every event on the English
championship program and win
them all on the one day; but
George had nothing like the picked
men against him that Kohlemainen
had to contend with.
Following George came Shrubb,
who wiped out all George’s records
from two miles up and set new
standaids for the world which have
defied all attacks for eight years. It
is Shrubb’s record that must be
compared with lite Finn’s in order
to find out which is entitled to the
palm.
Forced But Once.
In only one race was Kohlemai
nen forced to run his best to win.
That was in the 5.000 meters, where
he met another great long distance
man in Bonin of France. Kohle
mainen, previous to this race, had
run the heat of the 10,000-meter
race on Sunday »and the final at
that distance on Monday. On Tues
day he had. to run his trial of the
5.000, meeting Bouin in the final on
Wednesday. The Frenchman had
stayed out of the longer race, and
thus had been able to key himself
up for-the 5,000. In spite of his
previous exertions. Kohlemainen
won in 14 minutes 36 3-5 seconds.
The 5.000 meters is 189 yards over
three miles, and for three miles
Shrubb holds the world's record of
14 minutes 17 3-5 seconds. If Kohle
mainen had been able to finish his
race at three miles, there Is no
doubt that he would have taken at
least 25 seconds off his time which
would have made his record for the
distance 6 seconds faster than that
made by the Englishman, who has
been a model for all distance men
for a decade.
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IN A FIVE-INNING GAME
• ’Hh’AGo. Aug. 7.—Srfm Crawford,
a pitcher for the Chicago Giants, estab
lished what is believed to be a new
baseball record when he fanned fifteen
men in a five-inning game between the
Giants and Coal Citys at Braidwood.
111. The score was 4 to I for the
Giants, the tallv beimr made when
Catchei Green let the third strike es-
cape him. the man going tn second on
it and scoring a moment later when
Green made a high throw to nail him.
The extra man to bat went nut on a
grounder, pitcher to first base.
The same clubs followed with another
five-inning game in which Crawfo-d
fanned twelve men. making 27 in the
ten innings. No hits were made in
either game, the extra men in the sec
ond game going out on grounders to
third and second base and a fly to cen
ter. No bases on balls were issued in
either game.
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