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SimiNISTRf
WHILE EIINT
Richmond, va„ Aug i».
Emmett Key Perryman Is not
going to let the lure of rue
cess as a t wirier in big league btuse
bell Interfere with hte clerical ern
bttlona. Perryman Is the young
ster who was Imported into Vir
ginia baseball circles from Georgia
last season by the Danville chib.
Thia year he la 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 SI,OOO He is a big,
rangy chap with worlds of speed,
and wh«n given proper support
nearly always wins hla game,
"Y«s. lam 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 I am still worth something
to him, ITI be ready to aoeonnno- ,
date him. However, I propose to
teach a oottple of years or so dur
ing the winter seasons, and then
I’ll proltably go over to Vanderbilt,
at Nashville, to prepare my seif for
the Methodist ministry. What will
happen after tliat I can’t say just
now. I always did want to be a
preacher, and I believe I’d make
(Something of a go at the oatling."
Perryman is a son of the iate
Jtemee U Perryman, of Rockmart,
Oa. member of the North Georgia
confwence for many years. Since
entering college t>« has developed
marked talents ae an orator and
debater and also as a student.
Baseball has always been his fa
vorite apnrt and when not twirling
tor an Emory class team he put
In most of hie opera time playing
semi-professional bnh in the Crack
er state, until he came to Virginia
Several of bis brothers are also
passionately fond of the game. D.
H. Perryman, his eldest brother,
who la principal of the high school
at Marshallville, Ga, is now pitch
ing for the Gainesville teem dur
ing the summer season
When his tenni Is in Richmond,
Perryman spends most of hte nights
into hl» books Just now
he is doing some French parallel
reading. He rooms with Doo Ay
ers, also a member of the Rich
mond twirling staff, who came out
of the \irglnia mountains near
Hillsville two years ago to take a
medical course here
NEWS FROM RINGSIDEI
Battling Keffe has canceled all bouts
that are scheduled for the next feu
months. Not that he has anv engage
ments, but he's canceled them There's
a good reason Keffe «« boxing with
his pet bulldog when he smashed the
doggie plumb on the left eve Two sec
ends later the Battler missed a par' of
his right rand So of course h.e -an t
fight until his hand mends
• • •
Charley White will have a chanc. to
avenge his brother Jack when the t'hl
cago lightweight meets .foe Rivers Ar
rangements have been practically com
pleted for a ten-round scrap between
Charley and the Mexican to be staged at
Kenosha some time next month
• ♦ •
Articles were signed Friday /or a six
f . . .
Kansas Cltj. and Toriimy O'Toole a!
Philadelphia September 20
T>an McKetrick lias received largo of
fers to take loe Jeannette to \ustralia
for a series of fights in the fall. Dan
has not ac epptcMl the offer yet and will
probably talk it over with 100 before
cabling an answer.
• • •
Imnotf put an end to f’atsv
k’ g sneak deft eting
Milin in Ntw Y<rk rt entlj. Kline wat
LOOKOUT FUNS
GLAIMI UMPIRES
ME NOT ON JOB
C, HATTANOOGA, TENN., Aug.
13.—Local fans are blaming
the umpires of Pater Kava
naugh’s staff to a large extent with
the Jiatleasneßs and apathy which
have been exhibited by both the
home and visiting clubs upon many
occasions at Audrewa field
The 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 laxneaa of the umpires In stim
ulating and accelerating the ac
tion of the players and consequent
ly the speed of the games has been
far more exasperating to local pa
trons.
Dtiiing the lest series with the
Pelicans this laxness was extreme
ly apparent, and both teams loafed
to and from their positions in a
manner which gave the frays the
appearance of mere exhibition con
tests. One noticeable and unnec
essary delay caune when the receiv
ers were either at bat or on base
when the last out occurred. Under
these conditions an actual delay of
four minutes occurred during the
time that the receiver was donning
his shin guards and other parts of
his panoply. Os course, some delay
In such a case t s necessary, but the
slowness employed by the Pelican
receivers, Angermeler and Halgh, ’
especially was most exasperating to
the stands
Another privilege allowed by the
umpires and one that lends the
fraya the appearance of mere per
functory affairs was the sojourn of
home Havers upon the visiting
bench end vice venea. Os course,
the stands do not think that the
players are mortal enemies, but the
eight of them mingling on the field
of battle and laughing and joking
during the progress of the frays
lends the battles an air of levity
and indifference which greatly sub
dues their piquancy and sharpness.
If the umpires would force the
players to trot to and from their
positions, remain upon their own
b«ich»s and assume any way se
riousness and determination to
win, the battles would draw far
more pntronn<e
McFarland and wolgast
MAY FIGHT IN NEW YORK
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—Unless Tom
Jones breaks in and spoils plans Pack
ey McEarland and Ad Wolgast will
meet in New York before the Garden
Athletic club In a ten-round clash on
October 3
looked on by many as a coming champion '
until his defeat by Dundee
• « •
Montana” ben Sullivan is finally to
get a c.«kt at some middleweight He
la matches with Vic Hansen for a 20-
round contest to be staged at Taft Cal
August 17. The winner of this light wili
be matched with Sailor Petroskey
* « •
io k Britton is keen for a match with
, ” 1 roes rhe Xew Yorker savs
l.tsich Cross Britton claims that
I . gets through pummellng him
Vtheii . loss was offered a go with Brit
ton he said he would think it over Ac
■ ' tiling to lack s manager this means he
won t box Britton.
• • •
'ai k r lining and .lack Mct’arren have
.igt-id t" meet In a six-round bout at
1 Imadelphla August It: McCarren is
Being managed by Philadelphia Jack
t> Brian apd is considered a comer
.• • •
loss,' Willard, the cowboy White hope
is matched with <;ien t’oaklei f.u a ten
round bout at l-'ort Wayne Labor Pay
l-.ddte Mctloorty wtll f'e seen tn the 1
ring for tin- first tint. sim. his >u|x (
i bps gem er ’ ‘ng,s| JO it lien he meets I
I eniiii) Gavagun at Cleveland •
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 13. 1912.
Giants Flickering; Cubs Are Now Only Seven and One-Half Games to the Bad
CHANCE’S TEAM HAS GAINED .161 IN TWO MONTHS
By Percy H. Whiting.
«’■ | SHE National league race Is
getting somewhat thrilling
The Giants lost again yes
terday. The Cubs and the Pirates
again won. And this morning the
Giants' lead over the Cubs has been
cut to 65 points—or a mere 7 1-2
games.
This Is a. long lead, put 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 Cubs.
3. That two months ago their
lead was .202 over the Cubs.
4. And that the New York team
has the following games yet to
play:
At Chicago August 16, 16, 17.
At Rt. 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.
Brooklyn 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 art 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 —Ofctober 3. 4. 5.
Look over the list. Then consid
er that the Giants have but three
real pitchers, anyway. One Is the
now erratic Marquard, another the
faltering Mathewson and the third
T.-sreau, 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, Includ
ing postponed affairs. They will
surely have to go some.
w • *
J T’R a queer thing about Ty Cobb.
*• He just will get on the tirst 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
s2.">o 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 .810 this season against
Walsh. Lange * Co. Os course.
.310 Is fair hitting—but not for
Cobb. The Red Sox. as might be
expected, rank right next to their
white hosed brethren in 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 the pitchers of the
decrepit St. Louis Browns. They
aTe 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 an idea of
what the Peerless Georgian is doing
against the opposition this .tear:
Opposing Team— A.B. H. Ave.
Boston 44. 16 .364
Chicago 42 13 .310
Cleveland 66 25 .379
New York 41 17 .415 ■
Philadelphia 17 7 412
Si Louis 73 35 .479
Washington 15 6 .400
• • •
ixAI.E GEAR, the elongated <»ut
fh ldv! who was well "known In
the Southt rn league for several
>• irs amJ who has since been man
aging with various but usually tol
• «’• g »<»d suwe>> in various ml- •
n<»i i- ivlH a pretty good one.
Last year Gear eopped the pen
nant in the Texas league for Aus
tin. This year he was giabbed by
the Topeka (jlub as manager.. He
had a fine ground keeper at i.us
tln. 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 ns
FODDER FOR F?xNS
The last time Walter Johnson went In to
pitch for Washington Kid Gleason yelped
from the third Itese coaching line, "watch
us knock out of the box this promising
young pitcher”—which they didn’t.
* * *
The American association continue* to
kid itself that 1t Is nearly a big league
Columbus has just given up $5,000 (some
of It In real money, no doubt) for Out
fielder Middleton and Pitcher Ellis, of the
\5 Ichita team
• • •
For more reasons than one we suggest
Atlanta as the place for Chartey Carr’s
winter school for ball players
• ♦ ♦
Harry Billiard, once well known in the
South, has lost out a.s a member of the
Columbus pitching staff
• ♦ ♦
Ralph (’apron has hooked on at St. Paul
and has gotten away to a fast start.
That’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 Cumiskey 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.
• • *
Cleveland doesn’t care where It goes for
ball players Bob Gilkes has just landed
Pitcher Hayes. He comes from the Ed
monton duh. of the Western Canada
league
• * «
• 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 wav
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
loose from his moorings, which was a
little negro boy. and careened around the
infield, kicking up his heels 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.
♦ ♦ ♦
If Ganzel over gets the pennant cinched
in the International association he will at
once turn Tommj McMillan over to the
Yankees But he will never let the wee
Atlantan go until it is.
* ♦ «
lack Kerr, ex-Cracker, is hitting ’em a
mile with Wilmington The other day he
Fhe Big Race
Here’s how, the “Big Five" of the !
American league are hitting the ball,
■the averages including yesterday's j
games:
PLAYER A.B. H. P.C,
jCOBB .... 402 168 .418!
SPEAKER .... 427 171 .400:
JACKSON 405 156 .385 I
COLLINS 382 127 .332
LA JOIE 266 81 .305
Lajoie and Jackson were the only
members of the ' Big Five" who played
yesterday. Each made one hit. Jack-
Son out of four times at bat, Lajoie out
of three times at bat.
tn 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.
1 don’t know what that means yet.”
made four swats in a row At that the
records showed him a trifle under
.300 for the season.
• • •
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 be
human to watch them slip without yelp
ing some.
* • •
Jimmy McAleer may buy the Youngs
town team for a farm. If he does, this
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 batting order.
The team has been going pretty strong
ever since.
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JORDAN SAYS
SLIDING INTO
FIRST 15 BUD
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Aug.
13—Is sliding into 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 base runner does not gain
time in sliding into first," says Jor
dan; 'he loses bv 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
s 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 PIAY
PELICANS TODAY
AND THEN REST
NEW ORLEANS, LA., Aug. 13.
Today’s game is the Crack
ers' last in New Orleans this
year. Tomorrow and Thursday the
Crackers take a good, long-drawn
loaf. They will probably decide to
spend their time In New Orleans,
for there is more excitement here
and no more heat than In Mobile.
They will, probably itiove over to
Mobile on Friday, when they open
a three-game series.
Yesterday's £ame, the third in a
row the Crackers have lost to New
Orleans on this trip, was a fright.
Errors were numerous, but Bill
Wagner pitched ketter ball and de
served the decision.
"Doc” Johnston spiked Agler in
the fourth inning and time was
taken out while Joe's wounds were
dressed. Tht> Cracker was only
slightly hurt an<f returned to his
duties after a few minutes. Three
umpires, President Kavanaugh and
a fewLspectators were present.
Frank Rudderham, who worked
, Sunday, let Stockdale and Hart la
bor while he for once was privi
leged to criticise the indicator men
from the stand.
It was a wild hitting game. Every
one of the locals hit safely except
Haigh and every Pelican counted
a run except Hendrix. Johnston
starred with the stick, while Spen
cer showed a liking for Brady’s
brand that he had not manifested
in a Jong titpe. Catcher Graham
led the visitors in batting.