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Gulls Make Semi-Final Appearance Here Today
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Wrecked Train Almost Saved Locals Yesterday
By Percy H. Whiting.
Mike Finn's guii« win make
their semi-final appearance
in Atlanta this afternoon,
providence and the weather man so
w illing, 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 bo 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 < loads hurried night along.
But the days are materially shorter
now than they were a month ago,
and so short that a 3:30 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
I'mpfre Stockdab s ability to hurry
up a ball game He let yesterday's
contest lag until It was a crime.
Both teams lopfed disgracefully,
and Stockdale did virtually nothing
to hurry them along
♦ ♦ *
epHE Mobile team figured In a
* modest little railroad wreck yes
terday morning W hen 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, 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
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
rea. n Atlanta yesterday, it would
have saved Atlanta a ball game—
for the time at least. For the
Gulls bung defeat all over the lo
cals. the score being t> to 2. The
< "rackets played a useful fielding
game, but couldn't bit Cavet, while
the Finnltes 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
• * *
qC.METHING happened yosterdav
that deserved swift action by
Umpire 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,
hut he wasn't even reprimanded.
Audible profanity isn't allowed
on Southern league fields. Possible
Stockdale doesn't know this. If
not. he will shortly learn
♦ • *
A ND while we are criticising, it
might not be 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
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 cinch. It doesn't do any
good to change them after a game
Is lost. This can be demonstrated
m ithematically. So what’s the use?
• ♦ ♦
\ \ ’ 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 <'lackers 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 tliat
William Andrew Smith will never
manage the local baseball team so
long as the franchise is owned by
the Georgia Bail way and Power
Company, No chance. Absolutely
none. To take Bill Smith back the
G. R. and P. Co. would have to
back down, admit that they were
| FODDER FOR FANS
Bob Riggs, ex-Cracker. who sprung a
fiat wheel at Houston was paid oft' for
the season and sent home Bob was just
as tickled as though he had worked it
out
• « «
The Highlanders, who are after every
thing that Isn'l nailed down, are said to
be dickering for Jack Ens. star of the
Texas league.
• • •
Pitcher Robinson, of the Giants, may try
out in the outfield next season. An in
jured shoulder has lessened his pitching
usefulness.
Third Baseman Medkiff, «»f San An
tonio. will soon join the Highland club.
He wrs bought a couple of weeks ago.
• ♦ *
Ralph Savidge has been canned by the
Reading club and is out of a job. He
looked like a world-beater when he “went
Up. His last game in the Southern, be
fore leaving for a big league trv-out. was
played in Atlanta
• ■ *
The Phillies are said to be trving to
make a trade with Toronto lor Bill Brad
ley.
• • •
The.' are reminding Connie Mack now
that he once owned Jimnn Lavender but
"couldn't see him." Colonel McGillicud
dy s eye wasn't working very well that
day or the dav he canned Joe Jackson
either
I p in Buffalo they have an amateur
league which numbers one team none of
whose members are over 12 years, ami
another made up exclusively of players
50 years old or older.
...
A player presented himself at the De
troit club house the other dav. alleged
that lie was a p tcher and wanted a job.
Bill Donovan looked him over and then
announced that. "He has a wind-up like
a steam windlass and a shoot like a sky
rocket.”
• ♦ •
ITussrd further Donovan mlniittpcl that
h<* “Looks a little like Mullin, has a slow
ball like Works, stands like Jean Dubuc
and perspires like Joe Lake."
Whereupon said Hughie, Til send that
I I'o' right to Providence There are three
payers on that, club who didn't come from
Detroit and the fans are suspicious that
I we are holding something back on th»un.
* * *.)
i \-ha! Snot her manager for Brooklyn!
! Hus t’me it’s \rthur Irwin. scout for the
11 ighlanders
Walter Johnson has allowed 163 hits
QUALIFY TOMORROW FOR
PERRY ADAIR’S TROPHY
The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic club
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 tor it to become his
personal property.
The qualifying r..und will be payed to
morrow. the players qualifying from
scratch The first and second’ rounds of
match play must be plaved bv August
16. the semi-finals by August 17 and the
finals by August IS.
FLOYD KROH RELEASED
LOUISVILLE KY. Aug. 9. Floyd
I Kroh. pitchei of the local American as
sociation team, has been given his un
conditional release by Ownei Gravson
Failure to keep in condition is given
ns the reason for the southpaw's re
lease. Kroh cam, to Louisville fro n
the ' ’hicago Nationals, and last year
I was suspendt <1 or, the same grounds
that caused his I-... ast yeaterday.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912.
wrong, that their way of doing busi
ness is wrong, that they don't
know their own minds 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 Pow'er
Company. And the G. R. and P. Co.
has Bill Smith listed among their
"undesirables.”
Os course, it w'ould 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 otherwdse. No
chance at all.
i and 54 bases on balls in 31 games this
" season.
t ♦ ♦ •
Carl Cashion learned tn pitch just in
tune to patch up a wavering pitching
staff at Washington. “If we win a pen
nant. says Griffith, “it will be in a large
) measure due to (’ashion's great work.”
» ♦ ♦ ♦
“Old Sam” (’rawford claims to be only:
32 years old. He has been playing 11
years at the same oid stand.
• * *
I boy 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.
• • a
► The Columbus team of the American as-
• sedation has decided not to sell a play
er (his year, though it has had many
otTers. It will take a chance of losing
i one bv draft and will hang onto the rest
for use next year.
• • »
» Eddie Grant has 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 misses them all. But then
no pitcher can 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 J. Mc-
Graw has no equal. He has his men so
highlx developed now that when a ball
I conies splitting through the plate with a
neck of steam behind it his players jump
back anil assume that “Great-heavens
it -nearly-killed-me" expression that oft*
en fools the umpire into calling a perfect
I strike a “ball."
• • ♦
i Old Dan Brouthers is the day watch- •
■ man of the Polo grounds. Yes. he played *
baseball once
• • •
At the Polo grounds the general rule, i
“Close decisions favor the winner” has .
been changed to “(’lose decisions favor
• the winner If the Giants are winning.”
* • *
Larry Doyle, of the Giants, has driven I
• in more runs than any other man in the I
1 National league
• ♦ ♦
Marty O’Toole and “Ham” Hyatt, of
, the Pittsburg team, are both good golf- |
ers. The fact that Barney Dreyfus presi- 1
-1 dent of the club. Is an ardent golf bug.
! makes the Pirates the greatest golfing or
ganization In the big leagues though the
!* Athletics are not far behind.
McLaughlin to play
WILLIAMS FOR TITLE
1 NEW YORK, Aug:. 9.—ln his semi-
1 final, M. E. McLoughlin proved himself
master of his fellow Ualif,»nian. T. C.
, Bundy, in the New York state tennis
, tournament here this year, and won his
place in the final and championship
round. He will play R. N. Williams,
1 who recently won the national Clay
court and Pennsylvania state titles, and
, who defeated W. M. Hall, rated tenth on
the national list.
WANT TO KILL OPTION.
' BOSTON. Aug. 9.—Claiming that he
could get a larger sum than 35,000, at
" ch price the New York Americans
lia\< an option foi the purchase of Ray
■l'l Keating, pitcher for the Lawrence,
X‘ " England league, club. Joseph P.
'iSmlivan. director or the Lawrence
I' iiib. has brought a hill in equity in the
■ i|" ' T court here seeking to prevent
a ratification of the sale.
OUTER IS
HITTING.74O IN
fl GITT 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
CJty league.
In the games played to date, Mc-
Whorter hasxbatted 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.
Bob has also shown to great ad
vantage. having covered the c,enter
garden in 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. rtn 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 Andersen, 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, but there is no
chance for the "big boy” to break
into professional ranks before he
completes his course at the uni
versity, which will be two years
hence. .
Fhe 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 1 67 .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.—Alderman Al
Tearney today said that Jack Johnson
had agreed to tight Sam Langford and
Sam McVey in Australia under cer
tain conditions, as yet not complied
with by Promoter \V. H. Mclntosh.
“Johnson told representatives of Mc-
Intosh that their offer of $40,000 fol
fights with Langford and McVey would
be acceptable to him provided he were
given $5,000 for training expenses and
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. 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
refused to affirm the report that he
would re-enter the ring.
GOODMAN AND HENRY GO
SIX ROUNDS TO A DRAW
AURORA. ILL*.. Aug 9 Danny Good-|
man and Prince Henr\ fought six fast
rounds to a draw here last nighL G<»o<i
man carried the tight to Henry in everj ’
Big League Players Form Protective Unioi
Ty Cobb Row With Spectator Starts Movemen
By 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 ultimatelv 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
for the National league players last
Sunday to fall into line to assure
the success pf 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, when approved, made public.
No Idea of Unionism.
According so 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.
The small fry is timorous about
asserting its rights: ft feels appre
hensive of the power of the mag-
a W
I Aged to a rare mellowness I
I a mighty good taste and lasting I
I DRUMMOND I
natural leaf
CHEWING TOBACCO I
nates, w'ho 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. Hughfe Jen
nings' veterans went out in sympa
thy’ w’ith 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 Eester, of
<-Jeeliirn. TV ashington. the ex-heavyweight
champion of Australia, on a foul last
Jiight. Eester was disqualified after he
had been repeatedly warned not to use
the kidney punch.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
WILL CLASH ON OCT. 26
COLI MBUS. GA.. Aug. 9.—Announce
ment was made yesterday afternoon that
the annual football game between the
Umversity of Alabama and the Univer
sity of Georgia w’ould be played in Co
lumbus October 24. 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
$5.00, $4.00 and A C II
$3.50 Men’s Oxfords i
The size range is broken, hut if von ran find
your size you’ll get the best Shop bargain of the
year.
Tans. Gun Metal. Viei and Patent Leathers—all
the best styles of the season— (h *") ai— II
while they last, choice II
All Straw Hats 1 2 Price
August reductions are in effect throughout the
store.
Underwear. Neckwear. Hosiery,
Shoes, All at Radical Reductions I
Manhattan Shirts Now Reduced
S,reel ,Opp - Pet «rs Bldgy.
If If 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.
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 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 J. W. Walker to
Cleveland, Ohio, and Outfielder V Y
Sloan to Kansas City.
Cullop was sold for $2,000 and Sloan for
SI,OOO. President Barnard, of 'leveland
was here and closed the deal for Walker’
who reports September 5. Culloo reports
to New Orleans this week and Sloan to
Kansas City September 5.
SOUTHPAW FOR WHITE SOX.
PORTLAND. OREG., Aug. 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 Hurt his
big southpaw, to the Chicago White
Sox- for fail delivery. Hunt brought
close to $3.000.