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Gulls Make Semi-Final Appearance Here Today
Wrecked Train Almost Saved Locals Yesterday
By Percy 11. Whiting.
MiKE FINN'S Gulls will make
their jiemi- final appearam e
in Atlanta this afternoon,
providence and the weather man so
willing. and will attempt to acquire
one more game. The final struggle
between the two teams is set for
tomorrow afternoon. That game
by the way. will he called early.
And speaking of that it is about
time all games were started ear
lier. Yesterday the contest was
called at the end of the seventh be
cause of darkness Os course, it
was an exceptional day and the
lowering clouds hurried night along.
Rut the days are materially shorter
now than they were a month ago.
and so short that a 3:30 start
would he the proper prescription.
Continuing a little further along
this tack, it might be suggested
that everybody is ready to take
back any kind things said about
Umpire Stockdale's ability to hutiy
up a ball game. He let yesterday s
contest lag until it was a crime.
Both teams lojtfed disgracefully,
and Stockdale did virtually nothing
to hurix them along
• ft ♦ •
cpHE Mobile team figured in a
* modest little railroad wreck yes
terday meriting. When they wore
about 30 miles from Atlanta, the
engine hauling their train took a
hop off the track and messed things
up a lot. They were a little too
far from \ttnnta for walking, and
they didn’t happen to have their
automobiles with them. It looked
as though there would be no ball
game .lust at the very nick of
titm < wandering freight train
hove in sight It hooked onto the
stranded passenger engine, haul'd
it 'back on the track, and the Gulls
were abb to reach Atlanta under
then own power, a- it yvete.
if the Gulls hadn't been able to
rea n Atlanta yesterday, it would
have saved Atlanta a ball game --
for the time, at least For the
Gulls hung defrat all over the lo
cals. the score being ti to 2. The
Crackers played a useful fielding
game, but couldn't hit Cavet. while
the Finnites mashed the pulp out
of the best offerings of Johnson.
Stick work won the game. It was
one of the all too numerous occa
sions this year when the <'racket
team had a chance to win with air
tight pitching—and didn't get it.
• • ♦
SOMETHING happened yesterday
that deserved swift action by
empire Stockdale
That was a short but loud out
burst of profanity by Cavet Stock
dale had just awarded somebody
a base on balls, and Pug' didn't
like it. So he cursed loud enough
to be heard in the press box
which is some loud. Cavet should
have been yanked and fined for this,
but he wasn't even reprimanded.
Audible profanity isn't allowed
on Southern league fields. Possibly
Stockdale doesn't know this. if
not. he will shortly learn
ft ft ft
A ND w hile w e are critic ising. it
might not be amiss to s.iv some
thing about the matter >f
changing pitchers. Yesterday John
son was allowed to stay In the box
for Atlanta until the game was
hopelessly lost. With • 'avet going
good, and the score as one-sided as
a loan shark contract, the Crackers
couldn't have won in a thousand
years of trying. And at this stage
of the game Johnson was yanked
out and Sitton substituted. Tin
South Carolinan pitched a useful
game, but he couldn't win it by
himself—even if he did make one
heroic try.
There is a lot more trick to this
changing of pitchers than the av
erage fan dreams of. But one
thing is a elncli. It doesn't do any
good to change them after a game
Is lost. This can be demonstrated
mathematically. So what's the use?
* • ♦
’ HAT’S the use of anything this
*’ xittr ' Inevitable answer:
"Nothing!" The only bright spot
in all the gloom is to look forward
to next year.
Anent this talk of Bill Smith for
manager of the Crackers next sea
son we have only to say that if wo
made a practice of betting (which
wo don’t) we'd pawn the family
jewels tlf there were any family
Jewels t to het a little at 2 to 1 that
William Andrew Smith will never
manage th<; local baseb ill team so
long as the frani hlse is owned by
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company No chant e. Absolutely
none. To take Bill Smith back the
G. R. and P Co. would have to
back down, admit that they wire
F FODDER FOR FANS
Bolt Riggs, ex-Cracker. who sprung a
fiat wheel at Houston was paid off for
the season and sent home. Bob was just
as tickled as though he had worked it
out
ft ft ft
The Highlanders, who ure after every
thing .that isn’t nailed down, are said to
be dickering for luck Kns. star of the
Texas league
♦ « •
Pitcher Robinson, of the Glanta, may try
out m the outfield next season. An in
jured shoulder has lessened his pitching
usefulness.
Th IM Baseman Medkiff. <»f San An
tonio, will soon join the Highland chib.
He was bought a couple of weeks ago.
« « «
Ralph Savidge has been canned bx the
Reading club and is out of a job. He
looked like a world l»eatpr when he “went
up His last game in the Southern, be
fore leaving for a big league try-out. was
played in Atlanta
• • •
The Phillies are said to be trying to
make a trade with Toronto for Bill Bind
ley
ft ft ft
They are reminding t’Minie Mack now
that he once owned Jimmy Lavender but
“couldn't see him." Colonel McGillicud
dy s eye wasn't working ver\ well that
dax or the day he canned loe Jackson,
either
I p in Buffalo ibex have an amateur
league which numbers one team none of
whose members are over 12 years. and
another made up exclusively of players
50 years old or older
« * *
A player presented himself at the De
troit club house the other dax , alleged
that he was a pitcher and wanted a job.
Bill Donovan looked him oxer and then
announced that. “He has a wind-up like
a steam windlass ami a shoot like a sky
rocket.”
♦ • •
Pressed further Donovan admitted that
he "Looks a little like Mullin, has a sloxx'
ball like Works, stands like Jean Dubuc
; and perspires like loe Lake
Whereupon said Hughie. ''l'll send that
I box right to Providence There are three
! players on that club xvho didn’t come from
Detroit and the fans are suspicious that
we are holding something back on them
» • a
\-ha! Another manager for Brooklyn!
i This time it’s Arthur Irwin, scout for the
j 11 ighla nders
Walter Johnson has allowed 163 bits
QUALIFY TOMORROW FOR
PERRY ADAIR'S TROPHY
The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic chib
will play for the handsome trophy offered
by Perry Adair next This trophy Is one
of the handsomest offered each year and
is a three year affair, a player having to
win it three times for it to become bis
personal property
The qualifying round will he played to
morrow. the players qualifying from
scratch Th. first and second rounds of
match play must be played by August
10. the semi-finals by August 17 and the
finals by August IS.
FLOYD KROH RELEASED.
LOUISVILLE KY . Aug. '• Floyd
Kroh, ptti hi r of the local American as
sociation team, lias been given his un
conditional release by Owner Grayson.
Failure to keep in condition is given
as the reason for the southpaw's re
lease Kroh camt to Louisville from
tiie Chicago Nationals, and last y..ir
was suspended on tin sum. grounds
that caused his release yesterday.
illE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912.
w rong, that their way of doing busi
ness is wrong, trfat they don't
know their own minds two years in
succession. <if course, nominally
the manager for next year will be
named by the directors of the At
lanta Baseball association. But it
is quite certain that the directors
w ill not name anybody not consid
ered desirable by the high officials
of tlii Georgia Railway and Power
Company. And the G. R. and P. Co.
has Rill Smith listed among their
"undesirables.”
Os course, it would be quite pos
sible for Bill Smith to finance the
thing among his friends, buy the
franchise and thus secure the man
agement. That has been talked this
xear ami might easily happen. In
that ease the "Dandy Little Mana
ger" (title invented V>y Otto Jor
dan I might return triumphantly to
Atlanta. But not otherwise. No
chance at all.
i and 54 bases on balls in 31 games this
season.
fail fashion learned to pitch just in
time to patch up a wavering pitching
staff at Washington. "If we win a pen
nant.' says Griffith, "it will be in a large I
» measure due to Cashion's great work?"
' » . .
”< >1(1 Sam" <’rawf<»rd claims tn be only i
32 years old He has been playing it
years at the same old stand.
* * m
I hex say that the Giants give their
worst support to big Jeff Tesreau and the
only time he has a chance Is when he,
pitches a shut-out Set they are counting
on him strong in the world's series.
• • •
» I’he Columbus team of the American as
» sodation has decided not to sell a play
er this year, though it has had many
offers It will take a chance of losing
; one by draft and will hang onto the rest
for use next year.
• • •
> Eddie Gram has one awful batting
weakness, hut if doesn't trouble him
much, lie just wilt hit at a hall that it '
dropping down right on top of the plate. 1
■ '>f course lie misses them all. But then
no pitcher can throw that ball on purposer
and if he could no catcher could handle i
it. So they don't feed it to Eddie verv i
. often. ' '
ft ft ft t I
As a trainer of emotional actors J. Me-
(Ira xx has no equal llp has his men soli
I highlx developed noxv that when a ball
I comes splitting through the plate with a J
tu ck of steam behind it his players jump I
back and assume that “Great-heavens- i
i! nearly killed-nje” expression that oft
en fools the umpire into calling a perfect'’
I strike a "ball." | <
i <‘ld Dan Brouthers is the dax watch-!
* man of the Polo grounds Yes. he played ! i
baseball once
. . .
M the Polo grounds the general rule. I
' “(’lose decisions favor the winner" hash
been changed to “Clpse decisions favor ,
' the xx inner if the Giants are winning " !
» * ♦ j i
Larry Doyle, of the Giants, has driven I <
* in more runs than any other man in the | •
1 National league
*« • •
Martx O'Toole and “Ham” Hyatt, of
the Pittsburg team, are both good golf- |
ers. The fact that Barney Dreyfus presi- I
* dent of the club, is an ardent golf bug. 1
makes the Pirates the greatest golfing or- '
ganization in the big leagues though the
H Athletics are not far behind
_ j
McLaughlin to play
WILLIAMS FOR TITLE
■ NEW YORK. Aug 9. In his semi- ,
final, M. E. McLoughlin proved himself i
master of his fellow i ' ilib, ni in, T. C. i
' Bundy, in the New York state tennis 1
tournament lu re this year, and won his '.
place in the final and championship ,
round. He will play R. N Williams. I
who recently won the national Clay 1
court and Pennsylvania state titles, and 1
. who defeated \V. M. Hall, rated tenth on ,
the national list. ,
WANT TO KILL OPTION.
BiiSTON, Aug —Claiming that he
I could get a largyi sum than ss.mm, at
.which price the New York Americans
. ha\e an opt on fol the purchase of Rax
|H Keating, pitcher foi the Lawrence.
■ N'-w England league club. Joseph I’
Sullivan or tht Lawten< e
'jclub, lias b’oug it a hill in equity in tin j
■>u hert seeking to pre ven t
a ratifii ation of the sale.
"Let No Guilty Man Escape," Piped His Honor
M WRTER IS
HITTING .740 IN
I CITY LEAGUE
A THENS, GA., Aug 9.—What
AA local baseball fans believe to
he a record in amateur base
ball has been hung up by Bob Mc-
Whorter, the sensational football
and baseball star of the University
of Georgia, who has been playing
with the Y. M. C. A. team of the
City league.
Tn the games played to date, Mc-
Whorter has batted for an average
of .740, and in this repertoire is in
cluded four circuit smashes, three
triples and five two-baggers. At
the fielding and base running game,
Boh has also shown to great ad
vantage. having covered the center
garden 1n 'faultless fashion and has
stolen twelve bases in the last eight
games.
By these figures don't judge the
City league to be a boob organiza
tion. for, on the contrary, it is one
of the fastest little leagues In the
country, its teams being made up
of ex-college stars, among whom
are Morton Hodgson, Julien and
Will Erwin. Wed Brown, Johnny
NorJhcutt. Erank Anderson. Kid
Brannen and other well known ath
letes of the University of Georgia.
McWhorter, it is said, has re
ceived overtures from two >r three
big league clubs, hut there is no
chance for the vbfg boy" to break
into professional ranks before he
completes his course at the uni
versity, which will be two years
hence,
1
The Big Race
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 398 167 .420
SPEAKER 415 166 .400
JACKSON 389 146 .375
COLLINS 368 121 .329
LAJOIE .251 78 .311
For the first time in many days. Ty
Cobb failed to get a hit yesterday. He
was at bat three times. As a result he
dropped back three points. And while
T. Raymond was slumping. Tris Speak
er leaped into the .400 class by secur
ing two safe swats in four attempts.
The Boston slugger is only 20 points
behind the "Georgia Peach” now. Jack
son secured two hits in three trips to
the plate yesterday, while Lajoie got
one in the same number of times up.
The Athletics didn't play yesterday and
therefore Collins “stood still.”
SAYS JOHNSON AGREES TO
BOX LANGFORD AND McVEY
CHICAGO, Aug 9. —Aiderman Al
Tearney today said that Jack Johnson
had agreed to tight Sam Ijtngford and
Sam McVey in Australia under cer
tain conditions, as yet not complied
with bj Promoter W. H. Mclntosh.
“Johnson told representatives of Mc-
Intosh that their offer of $40,000 for
fights with Langford and McVey would
be acceptable to lilm provided he were
given $5,000 for training expenses and
three round-trip tickets to Australia,
anil provided that SIO,OOO were depos
ited with me," Tearney said. "He chose
me as stakeholder beeapse I had guided
him in business investments. I have
no connection with promoting the
fights.
After Johnson had issued his ulti
matum Mclntosh's representatives came
to me for references. That is the last
1 heard of the proposition." Johnson
i efused to affirm the report that he
would re-enter the ring.
GOODMAN AND HENRY GO
SIX ROUNDS TO A DRAW
\l'R<)R.\, \uk 9 Panny i
man and Prince Henry fought six fast
rounds to a draw here last night Good
man tarried the tight to Henry in ever\
round.
Big League Players Form Protective Union
Ty Cobb Row With Spectator Starts Movement
By W. J. Mcßeth.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. —Profes-
sional baseball players of the
major leagues have organized
a mutual protective association.
Dave Fhiltz, former star outfield
er of the New York American
league club and now a lawyer, is
president of the new organization.
It Is the first time, since the Broth
erhood days, that the playing fra
ternity has been united in common
principle, and, while as yet mem
bership is confined to athletes of
the National and American leagues,
it is purposed ultimately to take
into the fold every active member
of the many minor leagues working
under the present system of organ
ized baseball.
The Mutual Protective Associa
tion of Baseball Players was per
fected last Sunday at the office of
Mr. Eultz. The preliminary meet
ing had been held two weeks ear
lier. At that time the American
league players pledged themselves
to the new cause. It but remained
for the National league players last
Sunday to fall into line to assure
the success of the venture.
Every National league club was
represented either in person or by
one or more of its players or
proxy. There had been a. full rep
resentation of American league per
formers two weeks earlier. By mu
tual consent of the players of both
major leagues, Mr. Fultz was elect
ed president. As such he was em
powered to draw up articles of
constitution which will be ratified
within the next couple of weeks
and. when approved, made public.
No Idea of Unionism.
According to Mr. Fultz, president
of the new organization, there is
no idea of unionism behind the
project. Interviewed last night,
Mr. Fultz appeared somewhat reti
cent in discussing the plans of the
players. He finally consented to
outline very briefly the purposes of
i the newly formed asociation.
"The ball players are not antago
nistic toward the present form of
baseball government." said Presi
dent Fultz. "There Is no menace
intended toward the National Com
mission. But it is felt that great
good w ill come of the players hav
ing proper representation in the
court that governs them. Players
have no voice in National Commis
sion matters, nor have they hope of
being represented in the supreme
court of baseball. While the integ
rity of the National Commission is
above reproach, it is felt generally
among the playing fraternity that
the ordinary laymen do not meet
with the consideration of the great
star.
The small fry is timorous about
asserting its rights; it feels appre
hensive of the power of the mag-
&
Uh
I Aged to a rare mellowness I
I a might)' good inde and lasting I
I DRUMMOND I
NATURAL LEAF
CHEWING TOBACCO
Copyright, 1912, National News Ass’n.
nates. who can easily sidetrack of
fenders to the minor leagues.
“The primary aim of the new as
sociation is to enforce the validity
of contract upon both contracting
parties—the magnates as well as
the players. There are other minor
points at issue, but none of them
at all serious. Frankly, the new
movement, far from being a menace
to the peace of organized baseball,
should, by bringing promoters and
, players very much closer together,
result tn very great good to all
concerned in the national pastime."
An Echo of "Strike.”
The new protective association is
an echo of the "strike" in Phila
delphia of the entire Detroit Amer
ican league club. Hughie Jen
nings’ veterans went out in sympa
thy with Ty Cobb, suspended in
definitely for attacking a spectator
at the Hilltop for alleged abuse.
At the time the Detroit Insurgents
endeavored to promote a protective
fraternity, but without success.
Ever since the players have been
working on the quiet.
Dave Fultz should prove a good
president, as he is a capable law-
DORAN BEATS LESTER IN
SIX ROUNDS ON FOUL
MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA, Aug. 9.
Pat Doran, the Australian heavyweight,
was awarded the decision in the sixth
round of his fight with .Jack Lester, of
( leelum, Washington, the ex-heavyweight
champion of Australia, on a foul last
I? j \ Lester was disqualified after he
had been repeatedly warned not to use
the kidney punch.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
WILL CLASH ON OCT. 26
< OH MBl S, GA,, Aug. 9.—Announce
ment was made yesterday afternoon that
the annual football game between the
I nfversity of Alabama and the Univer
sity of Georgia would be played in Co
lumbus October 26. Interested parties
have been at work for the past several
weeks arranging for the game, but the
university authorities did not come to
terms until yesterday afternoon.
“/f It's at Hartman's, It’s Correct"
Electrifying “Remnant” Sale
111 $5.00, $4.00 and <QJ O zl C
$3.50 Men’s Oxfords Nr
The size range is broken, but if you can find
your size you'll get the best Shoe bargain of the
year.
Tans, Gun Metal. Vici and Patent Leathersall
the best styles of the season— C? O /I C -
while they last, choice N - Z-* » O
All Straw Hats l 2 Price
August reductions are in effect throughout the
store.
| Underwear, Neckwear, Hosiery,
HI Shoes, All at Radical Reductions
Manhattan Shirts Now Reduced
Six Peachtree Street (Opp. Peters Bldq).
"If It’s Correct, It's at Hartman’s"
By Tad
yer. as well as an experienced base
ball man. If he fills the mission
outlined in his interview it yvill be
his duty to see that great and small
receive common justice at the hands
of baseball law.
Until the new organization is
ready to make known its plans and
purposes in full some apprehension
may be felt among the powers.
But if the scheme is as simple as
intimated there appears no reason
for worry over the future of the
national sport.
BAN JOHNSONNOT
AGAINST PLAYERS’
PROTECTIVE UNION
CHICAGO. Aug. 9.—President B. B.
Johnson of the American league is not
opposed to a baseball players' protective
association, which was outlined at a
recent meeting in New York ofhnajor
league players.
Johnson said today that a union mod
eled on the lines of the labor unions
probably would not be tolerated, but he
saw no reason why players shoulfl not
have an organization to proceed along
legitimate lines as "boosters" for the
game.
NEW ORLEANS SECURES
CRACK BRISTOL HURLER
BRISTOL, VA.. Aug. 9. The Bristol
• club of the Appalachian league has sold
! Pitcher N. A. Cullop, star twirler of the
> local circuit for the past two seasons, to
[ New Orleans; Pitcher J. W. Walker to
. Cleveland. Ohio, and Outfielder V Y.
> Sloan to Kansas City.
Cullop xvas sold for $2,000 and Sloan for
SI,OOO. President Barnard, of Cleveland,
was here and closed the deal for Walker,
who reports September 5. Cullop reports
, to New Orleans this week and Sloan to
| Kansas City September 5.
SOUTHPAW FOR WHITE SOX.
PORTLAND. OREG . Aug. 9 -The
• fourth big major league pitching sale
of the 1912 Northwestern league season
, took place when Ed Watkins, owner of
, the Tacoma Tigers, sold Ben JHiint. his
. big southpaw, to the Chicago White
> Sox for fall delivery. Hunt brought
close to $3,000.