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Gulls Make Semi-Final Appearance Here Today
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Wrecked Train Almost Saved Locals Yesterday
By Percy 11. Whiting.
M iKE EINN'S Gulls will make
their semi-final appearance
in Atlanta this afternoon,
providence and the weather man so
willing, and will attempt to acquire
one more game. 'I he final struggle
between the two teams Is sit for
tomorrow afternoon. That game,
by the way. will be tailed 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 t loads hurried night along.
But the days are materially short, r
now than they were a month ago.
and so short that a 3:80 start
would be 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 hurry
up a ball game He let yesterday’s
contest lag until it was a crime
Both teams loafed disgracefully,
and Stockdale did virtually nothing
to hurry them along.
ep HE Mobile team figured in a
1 modest little railroad wreck yes
terday morning. When they were
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 Atlanta for walking, ami
they didn’t happen to have their
automobiles with them. It looked
as though there would be no ball
game. Just at the very nick of
time a wandering freight train
hove in sight. It hooked onto the
stranded passenger engine, hauled
it back on the track, and the Gulls
were able to reach Atlanta under
their own power, as it were.
If the Gulls hadn’t been able to
reach Atlanta yesterday, it would
have saved Atlanta a ball game
for the time, at least Eor the
Gulls hung defeat all over the lo
cals, the- score being 6 to 2. The
('rackets played a useful fielding
game, but couldn't hit Cavet, while
the Einnltes 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.
qOMETHIN
O that deserved swift action by
Empire Stockdale--and didn t get
it. 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
hat e been y anked and fined for this,
but he wasn't own reprimanded.
Audible profanity Isn't allowed
on Southern league fields. Possibly
Stockdale doesn't know this. If
"not, he will shortly learn
• • •
A ND while we are < ritlcising. it
** might not ire amiss to sav some
thing about the matter of
changing pitchers Yesterday John
son was allowed to stay in the box
for Atlanta until the game was
hopelessly lost With Cavet 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. The
k South Carollnan pitched a useful
■ game, but he couldn't win it by
r himself—even if he did make on>
heroic try.
There is a lot more trick to this
ehanging of pitchers than th< av
erage fan dreams of But one
thing is a cinch. It doesn't do any
good to change them after a game
Is lost. This can be demonstrated
mathematically. So what's the use?
* * ♦
\I7 HAT'S the use of anything this
year? 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 we
made a practice of betting (which
we don't > we'd pawn the family
jewels (if there were any family
Jewels) to bet a little at 2 to 1 that
William Andrew Smith will never
manage the local baseball team so
long as the franchise Is owned bv
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company No chance. Absolutely
none. To take Bill Smith back the
G. R. and P. Co. would have tn
back down, admit that they were
[ FODDER FOR FANS
Bob Biggs, ex-Cracker. who sprung a
flat wheel at Houston was paid off for
the season and sent home. Bob was fust
as tickled as though he had worked It
out.
• • •
The Highlanders, who am after every
thing that isn’t nailed down, are said to
be dickering for Jack Ens, star of the
Texas league
• • •
Pitcher Robinson, of the Giants, may try
’•ut in the outfield next season. An in
jured shoulder has lessened his pitching
usefulness.
Third Baseman Medklff, of San An
tonio. will soon Joll the Highland club.
He was bought a couple Os weeks ago.
• ♦ ♦
Ralph Savidge has been canned bv the
Res ’.ing club and is out of a lob. He
looked like a world-beater when hp “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 Brad
ley.
• • •
They are reminding Connie Mack now
that he once owneti Jimmy Lavender but
“couldn’t see him.” Colonel McGillicud
dy's eye wasn’t working very well that
day or the day he canned Joe Jackson,
either
• * •
1 P in Buffalo they 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.
• « •
\ player presented himself at the De
troit club house the other day. alleged
that he was a pitcher and wanted a job
Bill Donovan looked him over and then
announce*! that. “He has a wind-up like
a steam windlass and a shoot like a sky
rocket.”
• • •
Pressed further Donovan admitted that
he “Looks a little like Mullin, has a sk>w
ball like Works, stands like Jean Dubuc
and perspires like Joe Lake.”
Whereupon said Hughie. “I’ll send that
b- \ l ight t«> Proviilence. There are three
players <»n that dub who didn't come from
Detroit and the fans are suspicious that
we are holding something back on them
♦ ♦ •
\ ha' Another manager for Brooklyn'
This time it's Arthur Irwin, scout for the
11 ighlanders.
• ♦ •
Walter Johnson has allowed 163 bits
and .’>4 bases on balls in 31 games this
season.
QUALIFY TOMORROW FOR
PERRY ADAIR'S TROPHY
The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic club
will play for th** handsome trophy offered
b> Perry Adair next This trophy | s on e
of the handsomest offered each year and
IS .1 ihr.■*■•*. ar affair, a player having to
win it thre* times for it to become his
personal property.
The qualifying round will be played to
morrow. the players qualifying from
s< rat* h i'he first and second rounds of
mat h plat must he place.l bt August
I*. the semi-finals l v August it an.l the
tinals by August 18
FLOYD KROH RELEASED.
Li U’ISVIL|.E, KY, Aug Flovd
Kroh, plteher .if the local American as
sociation team, has been given his un
conditional ideas* by Owner Grayson
I allure to keep in condition Is given
as the reason for th* southpaw’s re
i'.us. Kroh inn to Louisville from
J the Chicago Nationals, and last year
"as - isp<: ■ same grounds
ti nt caused his release yesterday.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912.
"Let No Guilty Man Escape," Piped His Honor
wrong, that their way of doing busi
ness Is wrong, that they don't
know their own inlnds two years in
succession. Os 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
will not name anybody not consid
ered desirable by the high officials
of the Georgia Railway and Power
Company. And the G. R and P. Co.
has Bill 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
year and might easily happen. In
that case the "Dandy Little Mana
ger" (title Invented by Otto Jor
dan) might return triumphantly to
Atlanta. But not otherwise. No
chance at all.
Nick Altrock has won the pool cham
pionship of the Washington club from
Nick Altrock.
• ♦ ♦
Carl fashion learned to pitch Just in
t,ln £ to P at <-'b up a wavering pitching
staff at Washington. "If we win a pen
' nant, says Griffith, “it wdll be in a large
measure due tu Cashion's great work."
♦ ♦ •
“Cid Sam” Crawford claims to be only
3- years old He has been playing 11
years at the same old stand
They 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. Yet they are counting
on him strong In the world's series
• The Columbus team of the American as
sociation has decided not to sell a play
er tiiis 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 Grant lias one awful batting
weakness, but It doesn't trouble him
much He just will hit at a ball that it
dropping down right on top of the plate.
Os course he missel them all. But then
no pitcher van throw that ball on purpose
and if he could no catcher could handle
it. So they don't feed it to Eddie very
often
• ♦ •
As a trainer of emotional actors .1 Mc-
I Graw has no equal. He has his men so
: highly developed now that when a ball
cornea splitting through the plate with a
neck of steam behind it his players lump
back and assume that ‘ Great-heavens-
■ it-nearly-kllled-me" expression that oft
en fools the umpire into calling a perfect
! atrlko a "ball "
Old Dan Brouthers is the day watch
man of the Polo grounds Yes, he placed
baseball once.
...
At the Polo grounds the general rule,
' "Close decisions favor the «Inner" has
been changed (o "Close decisions favor
■ the winner if the Giants are winning."
i • • •
1 Larry Doyle, of the Giants, has driven
in more runs than any other man in the
league.
♦ • «
Marty O'Toole and "Ham" Hyatt, of
' the Pittsburg team, are both good golf
ers The fact that Harne? l>re.\fn« presi
dent of the club. Is an ardent golf bug.
1 makes the Pirates the greatest golfing or
; ganlzation in the big leagues though the
I Athletics are not far behind
I DELUGE OF DIAMONDS
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
> NEW YORK. Aug 9. lmports for
1 July broke all records in the value of
• diamonds, pearls and other precious
I stones received in New York. Figures
> compiled by Examiner William B.
i Treadwell at the Appraisers’ Stores
show a total of $5,547,116. or nearly
i twice the value of gems brought in
j during an average month. In July of
• last yea: which was considered a good
• month, the value of gems imported
reached $4,475,985.
WANT TO KILL OPTION.
I BOSTON, Aug. 9—Claiming that he
could get a larger sum than $5,000. at
which price the New Tork Americans
hav. an option for the pun has* of Rat
i H Keating, pitchei so- the Lawrence.
New England 'eague club Joseph P
i Sullivan, a director of th.- l*awrence
. üb, has brought a bill in equity In the
sup* r. ■ court here seeking to prevent
a ratification of the sale.
M'WHOHTER IS
HITTING.74OIN
fl CITY LEAGUE
Athens, ga., Aug 9.—what
local baseball fans believe to
be 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.
In the games played to date, Mc-
Whorter has batted for an average
of .740, and In this repertoire is \fii
cluded four circuit smashes, three
triples and five two-baggers. At
the fielding and base running game,
Bob has also shown to great ad
vantage. having Covered the center
garden in faultless fashion and has
stolen twelve bases in the last eight
games.
Ry 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
Northcutt. Frank Anderson, Kid
J 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, but there is no
chance for the “big boy” to break
into professional ranks before he
. completes his course at the uni
i veraity. which will be two years
J hence.
—1
The Big Race
Here’s how the "Big Five” of the
J 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
i 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-
I 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."
t SAYS JOHNSON AGREES TO
BOX LANGFORD AND McVEY
CHICAGO, Aug 9.—Aiderman A!
Teamey today said that Jack Johnson
bad agreed to fight Sam Langford and
Sam McVey in Australia under cer
tain conditions, as yet not complied
with by 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 him provided he were
given $5,000 for training expenses and
1 three round-trip tickets to Australia,
and provided that SIO,OOO were depos
ited with me." Tearney said. "He chose
me as stakeholder because I had guided
him in business investments. 1 have
no connection with promoting the
’ tights.
"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
refused to affirm the report that he
would re-enter the ring.
GOODMAN AND HENRY GO
SIX ROUNDS TO A DRAW
AURORA ILL. Aug !* Danny Co.hl
man and Prince Henry fought six fast
rounds to a draw here last night tlo.al
man carried the tight to Henrv in evert,
round
Big League Players Form Protective Union
Ty Cobb Row With Spectator Starts Movement
Bv W. J. Mcßeth.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9. —Profes-
sional baseball players of the
major leagues have organized
a mutual protective association.
Dave Fultz, 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. Fultz. 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
Jpr 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 by
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, tvhen 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
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 will 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.
Tlte small fry is timorous about
asserting its rights: it feels appre
hensive of the power of the mag-
■ Aged to a rare mellowness I
I a mighty good tasse and lasting 0
I DRUMMOND I
NATURAL LEAF
CHEWING TOBACCO
Copyright, 1912, National News Ass’n. By Tad
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 in 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
Cleelurn. Washington, the ex-heavyweight
champion of Australia, on a foul last
night. Lester was disqualified after he
had been repeatedly warned not to use
the kidney punch.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
WILL CLASH ON OCT. 26
COLI MBI S. GA.. Aug. 9. -Announce
ment was made yesterday afternoon that
the annual football game between the
I niversity 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 <<ime to
terms until yesterday afternoon.
“/f It's at Hartman’s, It’s Correct”
Electrifying “Remnant” Sale
$5.00. $4.00 and /I C .
$3.50 Men’s Oxfords
The size range is broken. but if yon can find
\onr size you II get the best Shoe bargain of the
year.
'I ans. Gun Metal. Vici and Patent Leathers all *-j
the best styles of the season— Ct? O -1 f*
while they last, choice
All Straw Hats ’ 2 Price
August reductions are in effect throughout the
store. ' ,
i Underwear, Neckwear, Hosiery,
Shoes, All at Radical Reductions
Manhattan Shirts Now Reduced
Six Peachtree Street (Opp. Peters Bldq).
If It s Correct, It’s at Hartman’s”
yer. as well as an experienced base
ball man. If he fills the mission
outlined in his interview it will be
his duty to see that great and small •
receive common justice at the hands
of baseball law.
I’ntil 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 JOHNSON NOT
AGAINST PLAYERS’
PROTECTIVE UNION
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—President B. R.
Johnson of the American league is not
opposed'to a baseball players' protective
association, which*was outlined at a
recent meeting in New York of major
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 should 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 .!. W. Walker to '
. Cleveland. Ohio, and Outfielder Y Y.
. Sloan to Kansas City .
Cullop was 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
I Kansas City September 5.
SOUTHPAW FOR WHITE SOX.
PORTLAND, OREG.. Aug. 9. —The
1 fourth big major league pitching sale
of the 1912 Northwestern league season
. took place when Ed Watkins, owner of ,
the Tacoma Tigers, sold Ben Hunt, his
big southpaw, to the Chicago White
Sox for fall delivery Hunt brought
close to $3,000.