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PERRTMAN WILL
STOOL MINISTRY
WHILE! GIANT
Richmond, va. Aug 1.1.
Emmett Key Pirryman Is nut
going to let the lure of suc
cess a- a twirier in big league base
ball interfere with his clerical ;nn
bltions. Perryman is the young
ster who wits imported into Vir
ginia baseball circb from ib orgl i
last season by the Danvilli club.
This year he is playing with Rich
mond. but if all goes well he will
Join McGraw's Giants at the close
of the Virginia season, early in
September
He was recently sold to that ag
gregation for $1,009. He is a big,
rangy chap with worlds of speed,
and when given proper support
nearly always wins his game
"Yes. I am going with McGraw,"
he said: “but that won't keep me
from finishing my course at Emory
college Oxford. Ga. I have already
had two years there, and unless the
unexpected happens I'll return to
college in October and capture a
Ph.B next spring Then if McGraw
thinks 1 am still worth something
to him, I’ll be u ady to accommo
date him. However. 1 propose to*
teach i couph of years or so din -
ing the winter seasons, and then
I'll probably go over to Vanderbilt,
at Nashville, to prepare myself for
the Methodist ministry. What will
happen after that 1 can't say just
now. I always did want to lie a
preacher, and I believe I’d make
something of a go at the calling."
Perryman is a -on of the late
James I. Perryman, of Rockmart.
Ga.. member of the North Georgia
confcrmi e for many years. Since
entering college he has developed
marked talents as an orator and
debater and al-o as a student
Baseball has always been hi- fa
vorite sport, and when not twirling
for the Emory :iukN g.iti-m In put
in most of his spall' time pl lying
semi-professional ball tn the ('rack
et state, until he clme to Virginia.
Severs! . f his brothers an- also
passionately fond of the game. D.
H. Perryman, '.i- eldest brother,
who is principal of tin high school
at Marshallville Ga., is now pitch
ing for the G.-tine-villo team dur
Ing the summer season.
When Ins t< am In Richmond.
Perryman sp nils nm-t -.f his nights
digging into hl.- book- Just now
he is doing sotm I Tench parallel
reading. He rooms with Doc Av
ers, also a meuiber of the Rich
mond twirling -raff, who cam. out
of the Virginia mountains near
Hillsvllh two years ago to take a
medical course here.
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Battling Keffc I . . In , .|. .1 all bouts
that are scbcido.! for :hc next few
months Net that I • has ant vngag«
ments. but he's ■ •<1 then Tl-er.
a good reason !<.>'. «a b. \mg w l'l
his pet bulldog v-.r h. ■■■ .ashed I
• ■ . ■■ . rw<> Si
onrls later the Haiti.t missisj par
his right rand So of
fight until his hand in, n.l-
• • •
Charlev White will have a chance •
avenge his brother l ick w »•’; t l . <
cago lightweight mee’s Joe Rivers \
rangements have b< < n < i. • • alh .
pleted for a ten-round s rat«
Charley and the Mexican ho staged
Kenosha some tirro nex month
Article* worr signed Frida v f r a- x
found contest between T.»mm> D \ *
Kansas City, and Tommy < i’T' "ie at
Philadelphia S* pt ember 20
• • •
Jack Dillon will he a bus? pug f.» r th€
next few weeks <>n August ’ * Tack
meet; Bill Donovan • not Pitt het 1 >--r •
van. though, at Richmond •»n l.i’> •
Day he is scheduled to tight Willie Leu
in Gotham
• ♦ •
. .Johnny Bundle put tin .nd to Pats'
■ Kling's long winning strr-ak Io defenting
1 him in New York recently Klint war .
IMOHT FANS
W WIRES
HRENOTONJOR
(05 HATT.ANOOGA TENN., Aug.
13 Local fans are blaming
the 111 it pi 1 < s of Pat. r Kay a
- staff to .1 large extent with
the listlessness and apathy which
have been exhibited by both the
home ami visiting < lulls upon many
occasions at Andrews field.
Tlie mistakes of the arbiters tn
decisions which have been many
and numerous are not the greatest
evils of which they have been guil
ty in practically destroying the
piquancy and snap of the contests.
The laxness of the umpires In stim
ulating and accelerating the ac
tion of the players and consequent
ly the -peed of the games has been
far more exasperating to local pa
trons.
During the last series with the
Pelicans this laxness was extreme
ly .Ippari-nl, and bmlx t< ims lAafed
to and from their positions In a
manner which gave the frays the
ippeaiam i of more exhibition con
tests. One noticeable and unnec
essary delay came w lien the receiv
ers were either at bat or on base
when the last out occurred, t'nder
these conditions an actual delay of
four minutes oicurred during the
time that the receiver was donning
his shin guards and other parts of
his panoply , of course, some delay
In such a case is necessary, but the
slowness employed by the Pelican
receivers. Angermeier and Halgh,
especially was most exasperating to
the stands.
Another privilege allowed by the
umpires and one that lends the
frays the appeatanee of mere per
fuftetory iflairs was the sojourn of
home players upon the visiting
bench and vice versa. Os course,
the stands do not think that the
players are mortal enemies, but the
sight of ihem mingling on the field
of battle and laughing and joking
during the progress of the frays
lends the battles an air of levity
and Indifferene. which greatly sub
dues their piquancy and sharpness.
If the umpires would force the
1 players to trot to and from their
positions, remain upon their own
benches and assume any way se
riousness and determination to
win. the battlesf would draw far
more patronage.
McFarland and wolgast
MAY FIGHT IN NEW YORK
t'Hlt'AGt'. Aug. 13. I’nless Torn
Jont - bri -.,s in and spoils plans, Pack
ey MeEariand and \d Wolgast will
meet in N. w York before the Garden
Athletic club in a ten-round clash on
< h’tobt-r 3.
looked on Io many ns a coming champion
until hi:- deteat by Dundee
• • •
"Montana" Hun Sullivan is finally to
i"• 1■" 1 ■" ' ham iat some nitddlewolghi He
- m u ’nd with Vie Hansen for a -o.
round contest to be sttig.il at Taft Hal
'tgust I. Tile winner ..f this fight wili
In matched with Sailor I'etroske.t
• • «
lack Britton Is keen for a match with
J' ' . ' ’'" s 1 * New Yorker savs
l oach w ill linx . to work on his ..w n t.-.th
when be gets through pommeling him
I on i ross was offered a go with Brit
on ht said he would think it over \c
" '• -'t-g i ■ lack's manager this means >).■
won t box Britton
• ♦ •
’■vk D'r.nmg . nd Jack MvCarren have
’ n a s x-r-Hind bout at
■ '■■■’;» \ugust li M<('arren i«
Ui raged b\ Philadelphia Jack
Brien and Is considered a corner
• • •
'• sse \\ illard, the cowboy white hope."
is matched with Glen r’oaklex for a ten
round bout at Fort Wayne Labor Day
Id-.u M< g >ort\ will be s-.cn in the
r '”*’ ’'• first time suf, pi s July 4
'’ * ■ ' ’’ ’ :u.:st _'i. wb» n he nyuets
I 1 vtnnii Catalan at Cleveland.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXB SLEWS, TUESDAY. AUGT’ST 13. 1912.
Giants Flickering; Cubs Are Now Only Seven and One-Half Games to the Bad
CHANCE’S TEAM HAS OAINED .161 IN TWO MONTHS
By T’prcy H. Whiting.
rpHE National league raeq is
J getting somewhat thrilling.
The Giants lost again yes
terday The t'ubs and the Pirates
again won ■ And this morning the
Giants' load over the t'ubs has been
cut to 05 points—or a mere 7 1-2
games.
This is a long lead. But con
sider:
1. That two weeks ago the Giants
had a lead of .101 over the Cubs.
2. That one month ago their lead
was .170 over the t’ubs.
3. That two months ago their
lead was .262 over the Cubs.
4. And that the New York team
has the following games yet to
play:
At Chicago August 15. 16, 17.
At St. Louis —August 18, 19, 20.
At Pittsburg—August 22. 23, 24.
At Cincinnati--August 26, 27.
Brooklyn at New York—August
29. 30. 31.
At Boston September 2,2, 3.
At Philadelphia—September 4,5,
6. 7.
Brookly n at New York—Septem
ber 9.
St. Louis at New York—Septem
ber 10. 11, 12. 13.
Chicago at New York—September
14, 16, 17.
Cincinnati at New York—Sep
tember 18. 19. 20.
Pittsburg at New York -Septem
ber 21, 23, 24.
Boston at New York—September
26, 27. 28.
Philadelphia at New York-—Sep
tember 30, October 1, 2.
At Brooklyn—October 3. 4. 5.
Look over the list. Then consid
er that the Giants haven’t but three
real pitchers, .♦nyway. <>ne is the
now erratic Marquard, another the
faltering Mathewson and the third
Tesreau, a good pitcher who al
ways gets poor support, Wiltse is
all in. Ames is yellow.
Watch out for a big race in the
National. The Giants must have
nearly 50 games to play, consider
ing postponed affairs. They will
surely have to go some.
* * *
I T’S a queer thing about Ty Cobb.
1 He just will get on the first page
oftener than any other living ball
player. Witness the stabbing inci
dent in Detroit It is entirely evi
dent that Cobb plans to keep before
the public strong enough, so that,
when he , makes his demand for
$15,000 a year, he will get it. And
he'll be worth it, too, and a better
investment at the price than any
$250 a month man ever signed
Speaking of Cobb, it’s an odd
fact but the Chicago pitchers have
departed with his batting goat. He
has hit only .310 this season against
I Walsh. Lange * t'o. of course.
.310 is fair hitting but not for
Cobb. The Red Sox, as might be
expected, rank right next to their
white hosed brethren tn troubling
the mightiest batter of the Ameri
can league. At that he has hit
364 against them Another thing
that might be expected is that
Cobb has done his healthiest swat
ting against th. pitchers of the
decrepit St. Louis Browns. They
are peaches for him. to the tune of
a .479 batting average.
Here Is Ty Cobb's batting record
against the various clubs this sea
son, not absolutely up to date, but
nearly enough to give in idea of
what the I’eerb ss Georgian is doing
against the opposition this year:
Opposing Team— A.£3. H. Ave.
Boston 44 14 .364
Chicago 42 13 .310
Cleveland 66 25 .379
New York 41 17 .415
Philadelphia 17 7 .412
St Louis .. 73 33 479
Washington 15 6 400
* * *
j-xALE GEAR the elongated out-
* ' fielder who was well known tn
! tile Southern league for several
years and who has since been man
aging with various but usually t.d- I
I eiably g >od success in various ini- |
nvr leagues tells a pretty good one.
EDITLD S FARNSWORTH
Last year Gear copped the pen
nant in the Texas league for Aus
tin. This year he was giabbed by
the Topeka club as manager. He
had a fine ground keeper at f.us
tin, a man named James Danbury.
When Gear pulled out for Tope
ka he shanghaied Danbury, and a
couple of days later “Dan" was pol
ishing the countenance of the Tope
ka diamond, to the. great satisfac
tion of Gear.
When Tom Iglehart. the presi
dent of the Austin club, missed
Danbury, he suspected what had
happened. So he sat down and
wrote one of the most remarkable
letters of baseball history. It read
as follows;
“Dear Sir—No doubt you are ig
norant of the fact that you have
violated a contractural agreement
with the Austin club by leaving us
FODDER FOR FANS
The last time Walter Johnson went in to
pitch for Washington Kid Gleason yelped
from the third base coaching line. “Watch
us knock out of the box this promising
young pitcher* which they didn’t.
* ♦ ♦
”1 he American association continues to
kid itself that it is nearly a big league.
Columbus has just given up $5,000 (some
of It in real money, no doubt i for Out
fielder Middleton and Pitcher Ellis, of the
\\ ichita team.
• ♦ •
For more reasons than one we suggest
Atlanta as the place for Charley Carr’s
winter school for ball players.
♦ * *
Harry Billiard, once well known in the
South, has h>-t out as a member of the
< olumbus pitching staff.
• * *
Ralph (’apron has hooked on at St. Paul
and has gotten away to a fast start.
I hat s his custom, but he doesn’t hold his
speed.
• • •
Little Rock is tired of figuring in the
capacity of “wolf’’ for the Southern
league.. Every time attendance slumps in
the Southern league the club owners be
gin to shout “Wolf, wolf! We’re going to
sell the franchise to Little Rock.” They
worked it in Montgomery. Mobile and
Nashville and every time somebody came
through with enough money to save the
club.
* •
Charles Comiskey spends a world of
money each year for recruits. What he
spent last fall wasn’t wasted, for he se
cured Rath, Weaver and Benz.
X « * *
Cleveland doesn’t care where it goes for
hah players Rob Gilkes has Just landed
1 it< her Hayes. He comes from the Ed
monton club, of the Western Canada
league.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Chattanooga team will play ex
hibition games in Pensacola August 14 and
15. The Pensacola club has repeatedly
tried to get Atlanta to play there, but the
Cracker club has had about all the base
ball it could stand right in the Southern
circuit this year.
* * *
You can't tell a ball player by the way
he starts. Four joke players at the start
were Marquard. Merkle. McGraw and Jen
nings.
« * •
In a recent game at Norfolk a horse
belonging to a mounted policeman broke
l<‘- -p from his moorings, which was a
little negro boy. and careened around the
Infield, kicking up his heelA and charging
at the players The hit-and-run game be
came very popular on the instant and
when it ended the players had all de
parted, leaving the nag a clear field.
* • •
If the Giants lose many more games this '
month McGraw will recall Charlev Faust.
e * «
If Ganzel ever gets the pennant cinched
in the International association he will at
once turn Tommy McMillan over tn the
Yankees Rut he will never let the wee
Atlanta go until it is.
♦ ♦ ♦
Jack Kerr. ex-Cracker. is hitting ’em a
mile with Wilmington The other day he
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The Big Race
Here's how the "'Big Five" of the j
American league are hitting the ball. I
the averages including yesterday's:
games:
PLAYER. A.B H. P. C . '
COBP 402 168 .418!
SPEAKER 427 171 .400
JACKSON 405 156 .385
COLLINS 382 127 .332
LAJO| E 266 81 .305
Lajoie and Jackson were the only
members of the "Big Five" who played I
yesterday. Each made one hit. Jack- |
son out of four times at bat,.Lajoie out
of three times at bat.
in this manner. I would have you
understand that you were under a
contract, duly promulgated, to keep
grounds for Austin. You may cer
tiorari if you will, but the baseball
powers will sanction your suspen
sion. Austin has not waived claims
upon you. I beg to inform you
that you are hereby suspended, finis
electum.”
About three days after Iglehart
mailed this letter he received one
from Danbury, postmarked Topeka.
All it said was:
“Dear Mr. Iglehart—lf that is the
way you feel about it. I will come
back on the next train."
And back he came.
When questioned about it, he ad
mitted he was "sure scared."
"What got me back, though,” he
said, “was that 'finis electum’ part.
I don’t know what that means yet."
made four swats in a row. At that the
last records showed him a trifle under
.300 for the season.
♦ ft •
The loyalty of the White Sox fans, long
a marvel, is flickering. The Sox got such
a good start this year that it wouldn't he
human to watch them slip without yelp
ing some
• * *
Jimmy McAleer may buy the Youngs
town team for a farm. If he does, tins
will be the last year there of Bill Phil
lips, the old Pelican twirler, as manager.
Sam Martina, brother of Joe who tried
out as a pitcher with Atlanta, has been
bought by the Beaumont club of the Tex
as league from Eugene Demont's Yazoo
City wreck.
* * •
Connie Mack's much advertised shake
up consisted of making Jack Barry the
first hitter, sending Rube Oldring to left,
benching Maggert and shoving Lord down
to seventh place In the hatting order.
The team has been going pretty strong
ever since.
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JORDAN SAIS
SLIDING INTO
FIRST IS BAD
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Aug.
13—Is sliding info first base
on close ones a good play?
Most fans, and especially minor
league ones, say yes. They argue
that it gives the runner the ad
vantage of at least a second and
also shows the slider to be pos
sessed of the proper pep and fight
ing spirit. Two men. each repre
sentative in his capacity* in the
Southern league, however, con
demn the play as a poor one. These
two men are Otto Jordan, admit
tedly one of the best all-round
players who ever donned a South
ern league uniform, and Frank
Rudderham, since Carpenter’s de
parture, the dean of the umpiring
staff.
"A ba,se runner does not gain
time in sliding into first," says Jor
dan: "he loses by it. In running
the body is carried well forward
and the leg advanced as much as
possible to take the bag. When
the runner slides, however, he must
slow up and bring both feet to
gether before he can throw him
self forward for the slide. In doing
this he loses a whole step. No man
can slide directly from his stride.
He must stop and bring his feet
together.
"The belief that sliding helps a
base runner arises from the fact'
that It is universally employed as
an aid in sliding into the other
bags. It is an undisputed fact that
a slide into second or third is ab
solutely indispensable. But bear this
fact in mind, the runner hits the
dirt not to help him beat the ball
to the bag. but to evade the tag. A
man can steal second or third when
the ball beats him a full second, but
at first he must actually beat the
ball.”
CRACKERS PLAY
PELICANS TODAY
AND THEN REST
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Aug. 13—Today s
game is the Crackers last in New Or
leans this year. Tomorrow and Thursday
the Crackers take a good, long-drawn loaf.
They will probablj' decide to spend their
time in New Orleans, for there is more
excitement there and no more heat than
in Mobile. They will probably move over
to Mobile on Friday, when they open a
three-game series.
Yesterday's game, the third in a row
the Crackers have lost to New Orleans on
this trip, was a fright.
Errors were numerous, but Bill Wag
ner pitched better ball ami deserved the
decision.
"Doc" Johnston spiked Agler in the
fourth inning and time was taken out
while Joe’s wounds were dressed. The
Cracker was only slightly h'urt and re
turned to his duties after a few minutes.
Three umpires. President Kavanaugh
and a few’ spectators were present.
Frank Rudderham, who worked Sunday,
let Stockdale anad Hart labor while he
for once was privileged to criticise the in
dicator men from the stand.
It was a wild hitting game Every one
of the locals hit safely except Haigh ami
every Pelican counting a run except Hen
drix. Johnston starred with the stick,
while Spencer showed a liking for
Brady's brand that he had not manifested
in a long time. Catcher Graham led the
visitors in batting
DONOVAN KNOCKED OUT IN
HIS BOUT WITH DILLON
RICHMOND, IND., Aug. 13.—Jack
Dillon scored a knockout last night in
the fourth round of his match with Bill
Donovan, of Buffalo.
Donovan wbnt to the floor three times
and in the fourth Dillon sent him down
for the count.