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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. “Correct Dress for Men.” Essig Bros. Co.===August Clearance Sale 33J Per Cent Discount for Cash Our entire stork 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 nieres. Cheviots, Worsteds. Homespun, Crash. Sumar Cloth, Mohair, Blue Serges. Black and Blue Unfinished Worsteds. $15.00 Suits now SIO.OO pi iir ernrir ciiitc $18.50 Suits now'.... $1235 . DLIJt dtKut bUI 1 b $20.00 Suits now $13.35 sl2 $22.50 Suits now $15.00 $25.00 Suits now. $16.65 A " ew lot -i ust received, and at $27.50 Suits now $18.35 pi -T I‘e 1 ‘ e ,|U ° ted ab( ? ve ~ they oonnn o L., ' Vll > n °t remain m stock one. Va - $30.00 Suits now $20.00 , les ff „ ara „te W l. (1...,.1 $35.00 Suits now $23.35 of sizes. ■ We take inventory on August 15. and want tn rinse out our entire stock of summer goods before that date. This is your opportunitv. To buv dependa ble merchandise and save money. All Straw ESSIG BROS. CO. [No Goods !|| “Correct Dress*for Men” Charged <it 51*00 26 Whitehall Street Reduced Prices / . _■ . « •■■■■MlMl 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.