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6 [ G'ClaA?’ SKO® 5 WffiT 1 ,EDITED W 9 FARNSWORTH Sil K IJ.Ut H ClWy S DIVOT*C(? Suit of That Everything Was Running Smoothly Copyright, 1912. National News Ass'n By Tad ( evicTCTVi (ALfCK-mMiDERj?) E a/chE I { "°Xor C,U5 > ' /HO - HO-3 ( the | ABOUT THE . V_ J ' / look rat THE f "" HEE-HEE' I MUST 0E \ THAT I ASKED . GUV / , HA-HA- \ | JOR 6 AT ME Vo o TO | | X£JS ( V O ( J 1 TO 3«w».- , (G B ® D OJd /'I JFk t® k *W> Ml. jfOX ? JSgHßareßa - ff ■' rW’ ■.-js i rl iTn 1 --WWW glffi M i | 1)5 __ * c^s.- <^Z^ s ==^=y s> _- u ‘ f '■ ■™T=a» ~" —J ■ 2>; - 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. HUMORS IN THE BLOOD When the blood becomes infected with any unhealthy humor the effect is shown by some definitely marked disorder like Eczema, Acne, Tetter Pso riasis, Salt Rheum, etc. Humors get into the blood usually because ’of -in inactive condition of the system. Those members whose duty it is to exnel all refuse matter do not properly perform their work, and an unhealthy ac cumulation is absorbed into the blood. Then instead of performing its ® natural function of nourishing the skin the circula tion irritates and inflames it because of its impure condition. A thorough cleansing of the blood i= the only certain cure for any skin disease; external applications can only give temporary relief SS S goes into the circulation and drives all humors from the blood, and in this way makes a permanent and complete cure in every form of skin trouble S. S. S. supplies the blood with the nutritive qual ities necessary to sustain the skin and preserve its natural texture and perfect appearance S S S cures Eczema. Acne, Tetter, Salt Rheum, and all other skin eruptions or diseases. Book on Skin Diseases and medical advice free. * TFF SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. C,A. 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.