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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 - } 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. “Correct Dress for Men.” Essig Bros. Co.===August Clearance Sale i 3$ Per Cent Discount for Cash I Our entire st nek of Men's and Young Men's fine Suits must be sold—and sold quickly—nothing will be reserved. Two and three-piece Suits in Cassi meres. Cheviots, Worsteds, Homespun. Crash. Sumar Cloth, Mohair, Blue Serges. Black and Blue Unfinished Worsteds. $15.00 Suits now SIO.OO Di |ir rrnrr CITITC $18.50 Suits now $12.35 BLUt btKut SUIIS $20.00 Suits now $13.35 C 1 J Q C $22.50 Suits now. : $15.C0 . 1 $25.00 Suits now $16.65 A new lot -’ ust re, *eived. and at $27.50 Suits now $18.35 pi -n‘ e 'C ab ? ve f!2.35 they oonnn c-..;* "’ill not remain m stock long. Va - Sorts now $20.00 „ PS Go „ (1 ( t $35.00 Suits now $23.35 of sizes. We take inventory on August 15. and want to close out our entire stork of summer goods before that date. This is your opportunity to buv dependa ble merchandise and save money. All Straw ESSIG BROS. CO. floods atS “Correct Dress for Men” Charged at sl*oo 26 Whitehall Street I Reduced Prices ||| i———— 11 11 • ■ • _____ ■■■■*■■mbmkbm ■■■■■■■■■■■rHMwaraNmnuN'WMMMManHr' 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.