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BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip 1 "" ■ ■ I Metz, of San Antonio, leads the Texas league batters, with an average of .326. Cy Forsythe, the man the Crackers nearly ’. s ri ßht near the top with .309. Ihe leading pitcher of the league is E. Moore, of Galveston, who has won 19 and °?A s Pf- Ens is the fading run getter, wll n 74. • • • “I don't care how many .300 hitters you have, n takes pitchers to win,’’ says Con nie Mack. He’s probably known that a long time, but it's being borne in on him mighty strong this season. Chief Meyers swings the biggest bat used by a baseball player. It weighs 60 ounces. Hans Wagner wants a lot of wood in his bat. but doesn't care especial ly what it weighs. Harry Lord uses the smallest bat of any big league player. Frank Schulte uses a medium-sized bat, but the weight must all be in the hitting end. Eugene Packard, the great American association pitcher, can swat as well as hurl. In one game the other day he made three singles and a home run « * • N A. Cullop. the new pitcher bought from the Bristol club of the Appalachian league by the Pelicans, will report to Charley F'rank August 10 for a try-out. When the Yazoo City club expired by t equest of the Cotton Slates league there were sighs of relief at New Orleans. The club didn’t prove a great money-maker. Mike Finn has sold Catcher Vance to Roanoke. • ♦ 4 Al Moulton, of the Memphis club, has a torn ligament in his knee that may keep him from playing much more base ball this season. More hard luck for the Turtles. • » • Mighty few bona fide sales of players by the Southern to big league clubs have been recorded this season. Demaree, Walsh and Moran are among the few men who were readily bought for delivery in the big ring * * « Weiser, the Charlotte player, bought by the Crackers, has just made his 100th hit A club in Wilmington, Del., uses a leg less pitcher. His name is William Sailer. He lost both legs in a railroad accident and uses artificial ones. * * • King Cole has quit. He is now camping near Bay City, Mich., and he has admit ted to friends that he has only slight hope of ever regaining his old form ... Lou Castro has a new third baseman named Brothers. With the season near ing its end The Count is still strengthen ing. Charley Murphy says that If he can dig up just one more Lavender, he'll make the Giants hustle yet for that pennant. Clyde Milan, the Tennessee player with the Senators, has stolen over a half again more bases than Cobb. A youth took a maiden out to a recent White Sox game. It was early and a couple of dozen White Sox players were engaged in batting practice, whereupon, said the maiden. "Why, Fred. 1 thought a team had only nine men." • ♦ • The Cubs' only chance in the National league race—if they have a chance—is that their equipment of pitchers numbers Lavender. Richie. Liefield, Reulbach. Chenej and Brown; while the Giants have only Marquard, Mathewson and Tesreau. The Giants will play a shade more than 50 more games this season if weather condi tions are normal • * • Thirty-five extra inning games have been played in the National league this season, twenty-six in the American • * • Here is exactly what Mike Finn got for Al Demaree: $7,000 in money. Gene Pau let, money back on Gardella and first cal! on Jacobsen next year. .The Mobile club has surelj' been lucky about sending up stars. It has Zack Wheat. Bill Lelivelt, Frank Allen. Dee Walsh and Al Demaree to its credit. * • « Temperance pays in baseball, Yet there is said to be one major league man ager who often says to his men before a game, "Two kegs if we win. only one if we lose"—and buys accordingly. No, his team isn’t leading the league. • ♦ • Baseball players say that the major ' league infields are rolled so hard that a ■ double-header jars them like falling out • of a tenth story window. ♦ • • There are no great third basemen in the. big leagues now men like Jimmy Collins and Bill Bradley. Harry Lord is rated about the best of the lot. • * * Joe Jackson is said to get hut $3,000 a year. It is just barely possible that low salaries may explain the Naps' continued low standing * * • Cincinnati papers say that Ruhr Ben ton could be as good a man as Rube Marquard if he would only wake up and get a little ambition. * * • John James, a Philadelphia amateur player, was recently killed in a ball gime. He was stealing second when a thrown ball hit him in the head. He died at the hospital the night after the accident hap pened. * « • Manager Jess Tannehill has released Shortstop Bierman and signed al Newn ham for the Chillocothe team. If the Crackers finish in last place again next year we favor abolishing the South ern league. • • • Somers spent $48,000 for players for the Naps last year and worked four scouts. This year he will spend $50,000 and has worked five scouts. • ♦ * The Washington team has maintained a scouting force of one and has spent SIO,OOO or so for players. And now look at them. The Big Race • ■ I Here's how the “Big Five" of the American league are hitting the ball, the averages including yesterday’s games: PLAYER— G. A. B. P. C. COBB 395 167 .423 SPEAKER 411 164 .399 JACKSON 386 144 .373 COLLINS . ... 368 121 .329 LAJOIE 248 77 .310 Cobb only secured one hit in four times up yesterday. Speaker gained a bit by having a perfect average. He was up twice and made two hits. Jack son only got one safe swat in three at tempts. Collins had a good day, garner ing two hits in three trips to the plate. Lajoie failed to connect in two at tempts, CATCHER WELLS BACK IN CRACKER UNIFORM Phil Wells, the Crackers' second catcher last season, who was farmer! to the Gadsden team in the Southeastern league this season, under an optional agreement, has been recalled by the local association, as the Southeastern league has busted up. While the Atlanta team is not in need of a catcher, Wells will be carried along until he can be placed with some team for the rest of the season. If no place is found for Phil, he will be carried along with the Crackers until the season closes, and then be disposed of. Here's How Crackers Are Hitting the Ball Right Up to Date These averages include all games played to date: Players. g. ab. r. h. av. Becker, p. .. . 8 20 1 6 .300 Harbison, ss. .44 144 42 .292 Alperman. 2b.. 99 375 54 100 .267 Bailey, If.. .99 347 62 92 .265 Graham, c. .. 43 130 15 34 .261 Agler, lb. . . 36 112 18 27 .241 Callahan. If. .57 226 24 56 .248 McElveen, 3b.105 379 45 88 .232 Lyons, rs. . . 7 18 2 3 .167 Sitton, p. . .20 48 8 7 .146 Brady, p. . .16 49 2 7 .143 Reynolds, c. . 6 17 1 2 .118 Waldorf, p. . . 5 14 0 0 .000 Duggleby, p. . . 2 5 0 0 .000 Howard. Util. 1 2 0 0 .000 KID HOWARD'S ARM BAD: IS GIVEN HIS RELEASE “Kid" Howard, the popular little col lege player, who was with the Atlanta team part of last season and also who was tried out part of this season, was given his unconditional release this morning. Howard has been given every chance to make good by the local association, but the Kid could not get his arm to come around. In fact, it seemed to get worse in place of bet ter, and for the last few days he has been unable to throw the ball across the infield. Unless his arm gets bet ter, Howard may never be able to play ball again. However, his arm should find itself after he has rested up for several months. THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Toaav. Mobile in Atlanta Ponce DeLeon park. Game called at 4 o'clock. Birmingham in Chattanooga. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. I' C. W. L. E C B ham. 65 39 .625 C'nooga. 47 50 485 Mobile • 58 48 .547 N’ville. .47 54 465 N. Or. 49 48 .505 Mont. . 45 57 441 M’mphis 49 49 .500 Atlanta 41 56 423 Yesterday's Results. X tlanta - Montgomery, off day. Memphis 2, Mobile I. Nashville 2. New Orleans 0 (first game.) New Orleans 3. Nashville 1 (second game.) Chattanooga-Birmingham, rain. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Savannah in Albany. Columbia in Columbus. Jacksonville in Macon. Standing cr tne Clubs \V. L P C VV. L. P C. Sav’nah 21 13 .618 Macon 18 19 .486 C’bus. . 21 14 .600 Albanv ’. 15 22 405 J’ville. .22 14 .611 Col a. . 11 26 .297 Yesterday's Results. Alban.x 11, Macon 3. Columbia 2. Jacksonville 1 < first game.) Jacksonville 7. Columbia 2 (second Cohim bus-Savannah, rain AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Today Philadelphia In Chicago. Washington in St. Louis. Boston in Detroit. New York in Cleveland. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C W L P C Boston 71 33 .683 Detroit. 53 52 .505 Wash. . 65 39 .625 ("land. .46 57 447 Vhila. 60 42 .588 S. Louis 32 67 .323 Chicago .51 50 505 N. York 32 70 .314 Yesterday’s Results. Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 2. Detroit 7. New York 0. Washington 10. Chicago 1. Boston 4. Cleveland 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Cincinnati in Boston. St. Louis in Brooklyn Pittsburg in New York. Chicago in Philadelphia. Standing o' the Clubs. W. L P U \V. L. I’ C N. York 71 27 .725 C’nati. . 47 54 465 Chicago 63 36 .636 S. Louis 44 58 .431 P burg .58 38 .604 B’klyn. .37 64 .366 Phila .48 47 .505 Boston 27 71 27S Yesterday’s Results. Pittsburg 7. New York 2. Philadelphia 4. Chicago 1. Brooklyn 8. St. Louis 7. Cincinnati 11, Boston 3. HEF?NSHEIM JX Correct Proverb Solutions Picture No. 11 Picture No. 12 FOR JO I w.sretw l <' 7A C^ (J2?‘ FEX.LQW.S ITfrK C--V / Srtß rtK’ ® fc£ v f I LAXtNG FO*s I I Zx2<sk YOU AROUND I owe ) <-• TH ECORNt« T)5 >6< A V tfcOCK y y&S&jty WITH A / ( SLUNG SHOT / / ex llil rrira m I Il ih. I V VYtt I#. IL-JT k > OSB fflll \ WIEmI / -Jw IJH A lireai bodies move slowly Forewarned, lorearmed THil ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, 1912. GIANTS MUST HUSTLE, SMS N. I, EXPERT By Sam Crane. NEW YORK, Aug. B—This season with ■ the Giants has been ex ceptional. for the reason that they have broken old records and made new ones with startling frequency, ana with such spectacular effects *hat local fans have been kept in a state of ex pectancy from the very sta t of the' championship race until the present in teresting situation. The race is not over, either, by any means, and is liable to bring forth other sensations before the last garnet are played on Sunday, October 6 next. The Giants still have an 8 1-2-game lead on their nearest rivals—the Cubs —showing that the latter have not been able to gain hardly any on McGraw's team since .tune 13 wnen the Cubs played their last game at the Polo grounds of their first visit here Still, it must be taken into consider ation that the Cubs have improved in their playing since that time, two months ago. when they first com menced to flash as possible contenders with the Giants. The latter have hard ly kept pace with the Cubs, either, al though the record of an 8 1-2-game lead appears to show it. On July 4 McGraw had his playefs fifteen games in the lead over Ips near est opponent, and It is since then that the Giants have fallen off more than the Cubs. Four defeats by the Chance crew out of five game.-, played in Chi cago on the Giants' last trip there, and three out of four at the Polo grounds more recently, gave the Cubs their big gest lifts, and they are playing just the style of ball now that still keeps them in the Giants' danger zone. The latter can not afford to let up a particle in any series they play from now on. They can not even hold the tail-end Boston Braves too lightly, because the Cubs have the feeling Imbued in their scrap py minds that they are going to beat the Giants out. and they, in conse quence. will fight from the drop of the hat in every game they go Into. The Giants do not want to get it into their noodles that their lead is "lead piped” until it is absolutely cinched as enough to win beyond the shadow of a doubt. MARTIN MAV X' ' 19y 2 PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES , BASEBALL F R I DAY Atlanta vs. Mobile PONCE DE LEON PARK. GAME CALLED 4 O’CLOCK CORSYTH ) T # drv723« ■ Atlanta’sßosieslTheaier ) Toright 8:30 Marshall P. Wilder Next Week ETHEL GREEN - n McWater# & Tyson— ’ ® " Gordon Eldrid A Co. — WORLD Three Yoscarys. Van Deri Koors-Armstrong & Ford DANCERS! Cross and O'Brien Go Ten Fast Rounds To Draw in New York NEW YORK, Aug 8. Roth Young' Jack O'Brien and Leach Cross today | claimed victory as a result of their ten- j round boxing contest at St. Nicholas [ rink last night. Fight fans who saw [ the contest were divided in their opin- ' ions. Some declared for Crofts, others ‘ for O'Brien, while still others thought j that the boys had fought to a draw O'Brien, who is not yet 19 years old. J showed himself a marvel of speed, and at tfaTies had the New York lightweight guessing by his fast work. In the fourth round Cross tried to put the Philadel phian away and went after him hard, but Jack stood up and saved himself. Johnny Dundee beat Patsy Kline, of j Newark, N. J. In the semi-windup. COBB MAY DEMAND $45,000 FOR NEXT THREE YEARS! DETROIT. Aug. B.—This is Ty Cobb’s! last year under the $27,000 contract which he signed three years ago with the Detroit club. Before the great play er dons a uniform next spring he will I have to be signed to a new agreement. ; and it is needless to say that this will I call for, decidedly more salary than he is at present drawing. Cobb is mum on the subject: only to I say that if he plays next year he will | be well paid. While there is nothing authentic about it. it is asserted that he proposes to demand a three-year contract which calls for $45,000, a fig ure by no means exorbitant when his ability as a play er and his drawing pro clivities are taken into consideration. Annual Mountain Excursion SOUTHERN RAILWAY Saturday, August 17 $6.00 Asheville. N. C. $6.00 Lake Toxa way, N. C. $6.00 Hendersonville, N. C. $6.00 Hot Springs, N. C. $6.00 Tate Springs, N, C. $6.50 Bristol, Tenn. Final limit September 1. Three trains to Asheville. 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