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Bill Schwartz Confident He’ll
Land Vols in First Division
Nashville, tenn„ Aug. 10.
Having added materially to
the pitching and batting
strength of the Volunteers by the
addition of Pitcher Jimmy West,
of Toledo, and Outfielder Jud Da
ly, of Brooklyn. Manager Schwartz
Is now confident of landing in the
first division before the curtain falls
on the 1912 Southern league race.
Nashville has been playing a
splendid game of ball during the
past month and a half and
Schwartz now seems to have a will
balanced machine. During the re
mainder of the season the Volun
teers can be expected to give a
good account of themselves with
every team tn the circuit tn their
fight to land in the upper four.
Mobile, and Birmingham, the two
leading teams of the league, are
the only ones the local fans con
sider out of Nashville’s reach.
Following West's three-hit game
against the Pelicans here Wednes
day it was demonstrated that
Nashville has another winning
pitcher to depend on for the rest of
the season and all of the twirlers
are now going good, with the ex
ception of Teddy Bair, the spitball
hurler, who was one of the sen
sations of rhe league last, season.
Bair Slated to Go.
Bair hasn't the "stuff" this sea
son that made him so formidable
In 1911 and it Is highly probable
that he will not return In 1913.
His spitters have lost their "break"
and he is forced to fall bar k on his
speed and head, which is not
enougli to pull him through a win
ner.
In Rudolph Summers, the Cen
tral league southpaw. Manager
Schwartz has the leading pitcher
of the league at the present time,
and it is probable that he will be
called to Hie big leagues before the
season is over. Summers lias been
FODDER FOR FANS
The Boston Fled Sox have only two reg
ulars who are batting over .300; Speaker,
of course, and Gardner. However, the
club has a team batting average of .279.
That will be useful against the Giants.
• * •
■Polly" Parritt, the best pitcher of the
rort Worth Hub. has been sold to Los
•Angeles
W ith Leach and l>ifield going great tor
nadoes for the G ibs, with Artie Hnfman
sick and King ('ole suspended by the
Pirates it becomes evident that Frank
;Chance is entitled to the title of the
Peerless Trader
•
' Louisville has secured 11 southpaw
named Clemmons lie hails from Buffalo
Center. lowa
» ♦ ♦
Says L. C. Davis, Despite his many
.campaigns neath the blistering sun Plank
shows no signs of being warped."
If. as has been alleged. “They never
oome bach." the Cracker outlook Is ghast
- They ve "been away a couple of
years now It will probably take at least
an injunction to restrain them from this
• finishing lust stuff
• *
They nearly had a riot in a recent Ath
letics-Brown game. When J inmv Austin
was scoring from third Catcher Lapp put
his mask on the middle of home plate to
annoy Jimmy. It annoyed him. lie
picked up the mask ami threw it as tal
as he could. Words followed anti blows
were promised when empire Hart cut in
and ended It.
For two years the Detroit team was
lucky to w,n three games a season from
the Highlanders. This year they have
taken out of 11. Which show’s that
jinxs die and goats return—sometimes.
» » »
•lust byway of doing something origi
nal. Manager Hank Ramsey, of the Troy
team, will take a club of New York State
league players to Cuba this fall.
* * A
•limmj M*'Aleer has shown that bo
learned something about managing a ball
club by managing one. Since he has
been presi ent of the Boston Red Sox he
has left the management entirely to
Stahl. And Stahl has done the rest.
Bem? nnned by Nashville seems to be
» V n S. hwartz fired I’lu her
the backbone of the team and has
won considerably, despite the poor
showing or the team at the first of
the year. Earl Fleharty seems to
have discarded his “bean ball”
since he injured Ellam at Birming
ham and is pitching fair ball with
out it. There is no denying, how
ever, that it was his chief asset
during the first part of the season.
He and Charley Case can be de
pended on to win a majority of
their games during the remainder
of the season.
Manager Schwartz would be fool
ish to entertain any high aspira
tions for this season, but he is
bending all of his efforts toward
getting a winning team for 1913.
From the present outlook, every
member of the local team will be
back next season, with the proba
ble exception of Summers, who
has a chance to stick in the big
leagues.
Brooklyn May Want James.
Manager Schwartz, is sure to re
turn, and Lattimore. Lindsay and
Perry will be back for infield jobs.
In the outfield Harry Welchonce,
one of the leading hitters of the
league; Jud Daly, Del Young and
Jesse James will return, unless
James Is recalled by Brooklyn at
the end of the present season. All
of these men are good hitters and
fast fielders and base runners and
there is no doubt but the local out
field will be a strong one when the
1913 season opens.
it is probable that Schwartz will
begin a hunt for a hard hitting
third baseman and second sacker
during the winter, since Lattimore
is not a very good batsman and
Ferry is liable to have one of his
annual slumps at third. With two
more fast infielders and a good
pitching staff, the locals look for
midable for the coming season, al
though it is far advanced
Brandt he went to Texas and pitched a
. tourteen-inning no-hit game Neely was
» turned over to Clarksville the other day
and his first time out pitched a no-hit
game. The speed of the company may
have had something to do with it.
• • •
i Lavender is a great p.tcher in the Na
tional league this year, but the\ sax he
is the most amazingly bad batter that
baseball history ever recorded.
• • *
. Connie Mack keeps right on signing col
legians. His latest acquisition is Robert
i Stevenson, great football ami baseball per
former at the University of Minnesota.
* ♦ *
Johnny Siegle has shown such class as
> manager in the Southeastern league this
xvat that he is really entitled to another
try in fast vompany this time as a mo-
; gul.
c
They are wishing a lot of managers on
Chattanooga for next season. One of the
r latest is Norman Elberfeld. They might
do worse but they'd have to go some
f ...
1 Dolly Stark Is butting :140 with Buffalo
Baseball critics are waking up to the
fact that one factor in John McGraw's
success is the use of intelligent poachers
i at third. Many a game is wone or lost
I I right there.
> 1 ...
‘ I Theodore Goulait. recently grabbed
! . from Springriel,l by Indianapolis, is the
‘ I strike-out king of the year. He has
1 fanned 156 men in 130 Innings, averaging
I better than a strike-out to an inning.
...
Oh yes. another collegian recently
’ i grabbed by Connie Mack was Peter Blg
' , ler. of Juniata college. It must have
11 taken some scouting even to find that col-
, i Shucks another prevarication punc
‘ lured President Gaffney denies that he
will let Kling out and put Jennings in
his place
...
7 Barney Dreyfuss fa trying to land Jim
I Thorpe. the world's greatest all-round
t- athlete Jim played great ball at Car
'■ list, and if he takes care of himself may
’ i become a grand big league performer.
Gordon Mel niff, who has been playing
“ I W'itb Anniston, has taken a job with Co
rl lumbus. Ga
lIIK ATLA.VTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1912.
Crackers Get Away This Afternoon for 16-Game Trip; Will Visit 6 Cities
THIS JAUNT IS PART OF 1913 TRAINING SEASON
By Percy H. Whiting.
f | TODAY’S game, if there is any
| game—which looked highly
improbable as this went to
the typewriter, but quite possible
as it goes to press—-ends the home
stay of the Cracker club. Rain or
shine, the Crackers depart on an
early train for New Orleans this
afternoon, to be gone until Sep
tember 2.
Here is the schedule of the
Crackers’ road trip:
At New Orleans August 11. 12, 13.
At Mobile August 16, 17, 18.
At Birmingham August 19, 20, 21.
At Montgomery August 24, 25.
At Nashville August 27. 28.
At Chattanooga August 29. 30, 31.
It’s a pretty tough row to hoe,
all right, by a tail-end team. But
there's this about it —the club has
nothing either to gain or to lose.
And Manager Alperman will be
able to work his players around
any old way and to get a corking
good line on their possibilities.
The coming trip will really be a
part of the 1913 training season.
Manager Alperman knows that
nothing he can do in the way of
winning games for the rest of this
season will make any difference
and that the main chance is to find
out as much as he can about bls
men. For next season will soon be
rolling around, with a new deck
and a new deal.
* ♦ •
THE baseball situation doesn't
1 furnish a peculiarly alluring
proposition for next year. It is to
be hoped that the Georgia Railway
and Power Company will hold the
franchise. They don’t have to. If
they eared to make the price rea
sonably low they could sell it.
However, they have shown them
selves such good spenders and such
game losers that Atlanta Is not
likely to better itself by a change
in ownership.
it is tc be booed also that the
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
These averages include all games
played this season:
Players. G. AB. R. H. Av.
Becker, p g 20 1 6 .300
Harbison, ss. . . 46 150 18 44 .293
Alpertnan. 2b . .101 379 54 101 .267
Bailey, If 101 351 64 93 .265
Graham, c. . . . 44 133 15 34 .256
Callahan.' If. . . . 59 232 24 56 .241
Agler. lb 38 119 19 28 .235
McElveen. 3b. . .107 385 45 89 .231
Sitton, p 21 50 9 8 .160
Brady, p 17 51 2 7 .137
Lyons, rs 9 23 2 3 .130
Reynolds, c. . . . 7 19 2 2 .105
Waldorf, p 5 14 0 0 .000
Duggleby. p. .2 5 0 0 .000
REPORT THAT DAUBERt
IS TO LEAD DODGERS
NEW YORK. Aug. 10.—Manager Bill
Dahlen of the Brooklyn National
league baseball team. Is to be deposed
In favor of Jake Daubert, the star first
sacker, according to a persistent rumor
in baseball circles here' today. Al
though Charles F. Ebbets. president of
the Brooklyn club, denies that the
change is under contemplation, the ru
mor came from a reliable source, and
adds that the change will take place at
the end of the season.
JOE JEANNETTE STOPS
GRIFFIN IN 3 ROUNDS
SCRANTON. PA.. Aug 10— Joe
Jeannette was an easy winner over
Hank Grirtin here last night. This was
Jeannette's lirst appearance since he
claimed the world's heavyweight title,
and he made good by stopping Griff
in three rounds. A right hand smash
sent Griftin through the ropes and he
was all in. The referee stopped the
bout.
G. R. & P. Co. can prevail on the
present board of directors to serve
another year. Constant changes in
the board are bad. There is a
world of technical information that
those who serve as heads of a base
ball association must know. It
takes a year at least to become
really familiar with the duties and
the “technique” of the job. The
present board has served as well
as anybody in the world could. If
they can be prevailed upon to be
“it” for another year it will be
helpful.
♦ • *
THE big question that the board
* of directors must face is that
of naming a manager. The wretch
ed position of the Cracker club
since Bill Smith left has been, in
a large measure, due to the man
agers. Otto Jordan is one of the
best men the sun ever shone on.
But Otto doesn't happen to be a
manager.
It isn’t any discredit to a man
not to be a manager. He might
make a fine president of the Unit
ed States or an excellent king, and
yet be a punk manager. Being a
successful manager is a peculiarly
complicated calling. If a man fails
at it he fails, and that ends it. As
“Barney” Bernard, of the Cleve
land club, remarked the other day,
“There have only been a few man
agers in the world, anyway—and
most of 'em are dead."
Hemphill was considerably worse
as a failure than anybody else At
lanta ever had, because he couldn’t
keep either himself or his men in
line. And yet it looked at the first
of this season as though Hemphill
was the ideal manager. He was
experienced, intelligent, earnest,
respected by his former team
mates, on terms of friendship with
big league managers. But he failed.
It is up to the baseball associa
tion to select a man who can take
the backing given a mogul here in
Atlanta and manufacture a ball
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Jack Dillon, the Hoosier middleweight,
and Harry Lewis were matched yester
day for a ten-round tight at the St.’ Nich
olas A. C., of New York. Labor Day.
* • ♦
It was a disappointed crowd that
watched Jimmy Barry and Porky Flynn
go twelve slow rounds in Boston Tuesday
night. Although Barry has been dubbed
us the only real "White Hope" by Jack
Johnson, lie failed to show, and lost the
decision to Flynn, who also made a poor
impression on the fans.
Jack White will rule a 7 to 5 choice
over Frankie Russell when they enter the
ring for a ten-round engagement at New-
Orleans Monday night.
• ♦ •
Ray Temple. Milwaukee lightweight,
will train with Mike Gibbons In the fu
ture. The little 133-pounder has trained
with Mike before and believes he will be
able to cope with any of the men in his
class after working out with Gibbons for
a while.
♦ • ♦
Robbie Robidou, who was matched to
box tn Memphis Monday night, is very
111 ami will not be able ’to appear. This
necessitated a change In the boxing card.
George Kitson, his own manager and a
promoter in Nashville, meets Tickle San
ders. while Lew Ryall will hook up with
Young Al Delmont.
♦ • *
Sam Langford is looked on as heavy
weight champion of the world by Hugh
Mclntosh, the Australian tight promoter,
laingford has whipped both McVey and
Jeannette, while he gave Johnson a good
tight when he only weighed 150 pounds.
Since Johnson ran out of his scheduled
match with I-angford. Mclntosh has
picked the Boston Tar Baby as the title
holder.
♦ ♦ ♦
Kkl Kansas, of Buffalo, and Battling
Mantel!, of New York, have been matched
for a bout at Buffalo next Tuesday
Monte Dale and Jack Martin will fight in
one of the preliminaries
• • ♦
Hilly Papke was at Keokuk. lowa, a few
days ago looking over a restaurant with
a view to purchasing it. Papke will sail
for Europe next month, where he has a
couple of matches carded.
* • *
Billy Gibson, matchmaker of the Gar
den A. C . New York, hnc wired Mike
club out of it.
Can Alperman do it?
Blessed If we know.
Blessed if ANYBODY knows.
He hasn’t done anything with
the shattered remains he inherited
from Charley Hemphill. But then
John McGraw, or Connie Mack, or
Charley Frank, or Jawn Ganzel—
all tolerably successful managers,
in their humble way—would prob
ably not have done one whit better.
The question that the baseball
association must decide is: Car.
Alperman take a lot of good mate
rial next spring and make a win
ning ball club out of it?
After they’ve answered that one,
they must ask themselves: “If not,
who can?”
There are always plenty of can
didates. Probably one out of every
hundred candidates would make a
passably good manager. Probably,
one out of every ten thousand is a
“real manager.”
» » »
THE trouble about this manager
r business is that it takes two
or three years for a man to be
come a manager, no matter what
his natural ability is. That rather
adds to the complications, as may
be observed.
• ♦ ♦ I
| T may be said in conclusion that
the Crackers got away with a
game yesterday—and they did it
with no less a pitching authority
in the box than Al Demaree, Giant
to-be and the highest priced man
ever sold by a Southern league
team. More than that, they did it,
despite the fact that Al allowed
only two hits. A little wildness by
the Gull in the first Inning, a lucky
hit, a flicker in the Infield and a
steal of the platter by Bailey, gave
the Crackers three runs and they
needed no more. Brady pitched
excellent ball and deserved what
he got. He allowed hits, all right;
but when times got troublesome he
steadied down neatly.
(.ribbons an offer for a September fight
with George Carpentier.
4 « «
Although Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is
cre< Bt for the development of
his kid brother. Young Jack O'Brien.
r>.e had little to do with the training of the
young lightweight until recently. It was
against the wishes of his people and also
his brother that “Young Jack" had to
labor against to achieve the fame he has
gotten in the past year, "Philadelphia
Jack wanted his brother to study law
but the young pug found he could earn
more money boxing than making speeches
in a court room.
YACHTS IN FIRST HEAT
OF INTERNATIONAL RACE
< Hit AGO, Aug. 10.—Skippers and
crews of the sloop Patricia of the Roy
al Canadian Yacht club at Toronto and
the Mfchicago of the Chicago Yacht
club were at work early today putting
finishing touches on their vessels be
fore sailing the first heat of the race
for the Great Lakes international cup.
The boats were scheduled to cross the
starting line on a ten and a half-mile
triangular course at 11 o'clock.
The race marks the beginning of a
water carnival In which both sailing
and motor boats will take part.
It will take five days to fight out the
battle for the Great Lakes cup. The
yachts will sail twice around the tri
angular course on the first, third and
fifth days. On the second day they will
sail an eighteen-mlle windward route
and on the fourth day an elghteen-mile
leeward course.
Captain Norman H. Gooderham, of
Toronto, will handle, the Patricia and
Ogden T. McClurg, of the Chicago
Yacht club, will be skipper of the
Michieago. The Canadians have won
the race twice; the Americans four
times.
WELSH TO FIGHT KNIGHT.
WINNIPEG. MAN.. Aug. 10.—Fred
die Welsh. British champion, and Phil
Knight, of Kansas City, fight twelve
rounds here August 20
Rube Marquard Will Clean Up
$35,000 if Giants Cop Pennant
By James Clarkson.
THAT baseball can make real
fortunes for owners of major
league clubs has been dem
onstrated time anti again. That it
can do almost as well for ball play
ers is about to be proven by Rube
Marquard, this year's sensation in
a pitching way. Ability and appli
cation are requisites when it comes
to making money, but the combi
nation possessed by Rube—ability
and luck—is the happiest.
That Marquard has ability few
can doubt after his feat in winning
nineteen straight victories. No one
outside of New York will admit
that he is the best of the game's
left-handers. The general opinion
is that the other famous southpaw.
Rube \\ addell, in his best days,
outclassed the New Yorker in me
chanical effectiveness, and that
Rucker. Plank, White and Sallee
have been or are just as good as
McGraw s Rube. But the general
public overlooks the fact that sev
eral of Marquard’s triumphs were
flukey, that he has been hit hard
and that his shut-out victories have
been scarce. And the general pub
lic is what counts in a money
sense.
Lucky To Be With Giants.
Rube Is lucky in that he is pitch
ing for New York instead of Bos
ton, St. Louis or Brooklyn. He is
lucky to be with a winner with a
team of heavy hitters, which makes
victories easy for him. Nothing but
the Giants’ downfall in the race for
the pennant can prevent Mar
quard's malyng more money than
ever was accumulated before in a
single year by a ball player. If
the Giants repeat and then capture
the world’s championship, so much
the better. But if they only suc
ceed in getting the National league
flag and if Marquard can pitch one
good game in the big series his for
tune is made.
In the first place, there is his
salary. Because of the fact that
he was of very little use to the
Giants for three years, the chances
are that his annual stipend is not
more than $4,500, if it is that much.
But there will be a bonus this year
for him amounting to at least
SI,OOO. Then, New York sporting
men have promised to reward him
for his great work, and it is safe
to say he will be. presented with at
least another $2,000 by them. In
addition, he will be g’iven an au
tomobile, whether he is chosen as
the National's most valuable man
or not. If the sporting writers do
not elect him his friends will. The
world’s series split will net him
either $2,700 or $3,500, depending on
the Giants’ success or failure.
$22,000 in Vaudeville.
And then comes the real money.
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On the best of authority it is
learned that one of the vaudeville
syndicates has offered Marquard a
22 weeks engagement at a weekly
salary of SI,OOO. This offer holds
good only if New York wins the
pennant, so you may rest assured
that at least one member of the
Giant pitching staff is pulling
against the Cubs.
If the Giants hold their lead to
the end, Marquard’s earnings for
one year will easily reach $35,000.
If they win the big title, he will
make more than that. Further
more, he will be in a position next
spring practically to name his own
terms. Let Rube’s luck, or part of
it, hold out for another season or
two and 4t is safe to say that his
baseball career will mean at least
SIOO,OOO to him. Marquard is still
a young man, and if he takes care
of himself there is no reason why
he should not last seven or eight
years more. He can not hope to go
on as long as Mathewson has, for
he hasn’t the ability to conserve his
strength when it is not needed.
This is undoubtedly Rube’s best
year, and it is up to him to make
the most 'of it.
In Minors Six Years Ago.
Six years ago Marquard was
pitching for the Canton club in 1 lie
Central league at the princely sal
ary of $125 per month. Every
batter in that circuit had a whole
some respect for him, but the al
most unanimous verdict was that
he would never “stay up” in the
big show because of his awkward
ness and his weakness in fielding.
In those days Rube never dreamed
of the good foitune awaiting him.
He was content to go along win
ning a big majority of his games
and taking his frequent scoldings
from mates and manager. Yes.
Rube was "bawled out" just as oft
en in the bushes as he has been
since McGraw took hold of him,
and it was undoubtedly his early
teaching that made him take Mc-
Graw’s abuse so calmly.
Well, as every one knows, he
came up, was sent back and came
up again. He. isn’t graceful nor a
good fielder today, and there are
those who say he would be out
plowing but for his luck, but he is
getting more money than an over
whelming majority of us and he
has taken enough verbal punish
ment to deserve it.
JOHN WILLE KNOCKS OUT
ELLIS IN THIRD ROUND
NASHVILLE, TENN.. Aug. 10.—John
Wille, Chicago heavyweight, knocked
out Fred Ellis, of San Francisco, last
night, in the third round of u sched
tiled eight-round bout. They furnished
a fierce scrap while it lasted.