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■ STUDYMINISTRY
WHILE J GIANT
Richmond, va., Aug i», -
Emmett Kay Perryman 1» not
going to let the lure of suc
cess as a twirler In big league base
ball Interfere with his clerical am
bitions. Perryman Is the young
ster who was imports.! into Vir
ginia baseball circles from Georgia
. last season by the Danville club
This year ha la playing with Rich
mond, hut if ail goes well he will
join MoGraw's Giants at the close
of the Virginia season, early in
September.
He was recently sold to that ng
gregatlon for JI,OOO 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, <3a. I have already
had two yean there, and ttnleaa the
unexpected happens I'll return to
college In October and capture a
Ph.B next spring Then if McGraw
think* I am still worth something
to him. I'll be ready to accommo
date him. However, I propose to
teach a couple of years or so dur
ing ths winter seasons, and then
Hl probably go over to Vanderbilt,
at Nashville, to prepare myself fbr
the Methodist ministry. What will
happen after that J can't say Just
now. J always did want to be a
pavacher, and I believe Fd make
something of a go at the calling."
Dairyman U a son «f the late
James U. Perryman, of Rockmart.
Ga.. membar of the North Georgia
conference for many yeara. Since
entering college he has developed
marked talent a a« an orator and
debater and atao as a student.
Basebnll has always been his fa
vorite sport, and when not twirling
for an Emory class team he put
In moot of his spare time playing
seml-pytnfeesiona! ball In the Crack
er state, until he came to Virginia.
Prveral of bls brothers are also
passionately fond of the game D.
H. Permnon, hla eldest brother,
who la principal of the high school
at Marshallville. Ga, is now pitch
ing for the Gainesville team dur
ing the summer season.
When hla team ia In Richmond.
Perry-man spends moat of hta nights
digging into ht* books Just now
h« la doing some Prench pttvallol
reading. He rooms with Doc Ay
era, also a member of the Rich
mond twirling staff, who came out
of the Virginia mountains near
Hillsville two years ago to take a
medical course here
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE]
Battling Kefti> has canceled aJI bouts
that are scheduled sot the next :.•«
months Not that he ha* any < uguge
ments. but he's canceled them There's
a rood reason. Kefi'e was boxing with
his pet bulldog when he smashed ti e
doggie plumb on the left eye Two s..
ends later the Rattler missed a pari ..f
his right rand So of course he ■an t
fight until his hand mends
• • •
Charley White will have a .rance to
avenge nis brother Jack when th, <"i i.
cago lightweight meets Joe Rivers Ar
rangements have been practical!'.
pleted for a ten-round scrap betw.-en
Charley and the Mexli.n t>.- staged .<•
Kenosha some time next month
• • •
» Articles were signed I'Hduj !..i a . x
found contest between Tommy I 1 x.m,
Kansas City, and I'ommy < ■ I at
Philadelphia September 20
• • •
Dan McKetrick has received large
fers to take Joe Jeannette to Austr.i
for a series of tights in the fall Hun
has not accepted the offer in.: will
probably talk it over with Joe bet re
cabling an answer
Johnny Dundee put an »nd I ato
Kling’s long winning streak b' deft ting
him in New York recently. Kline was
LOOKOUT FANS
CLAIM UMPIRES
ARE NOT ON JOB
I
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Aug.
13. Jxica.l fans are blaming
the umpires of Pater Kava
naugh’s staff to a large extent with
the listlessness and apathy which
have been exhibited by both the
home and visiting clubs upon many
occasions at Andrews field.
The mistakes of the arbiters in
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 speed of the games has been
far more exasperating to local pa
trons.
Duiltig.the last 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 came when the receiv
er 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 ts necessary, but the
slowness employed by the Pelican
receivers, Angwrmeler and Halgh,
especially was most exasperating to
the stands
Another privilege allowed by the
umpires and one that lends the
fray s the appearance of mere per
functory' affairs was the sojourn of
home players upon the visiting
bench and vice versa Os course,
the stands do not think that the
players aiv mortal enemies, but the
sight 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
benches and assume any way se
riousness and determination to
win, the battles would draw far
more patronage
McFarland and wolgast
MAY FIGHT IN NEW YORK
CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Unless Tom
Jones breaks In and spoils plans, Pack
ey McFarland 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" Dan Sullivan is finally to
get i chance at some middleweight. He
Is matched with Vic Hansen for a 20-
tound contest to bo staged at Taft Cal
August 1. I >ie winner of this tight will
be matched with Sailor I’etroskey
• • •
Jack Britton is keen for a match with
each < ross The New Yorker savs
Israeli Cross Britton claims that
when hi gets through pummeling him
When < ross was offered a go with Brit
ton he said he would think it over. Ac
< irding to .lack's manager this means be
won t box Britton
• ♦ •
Jack Denning and Jack .Met’arren liaxe
o’?'."! /'’meet ill a siv-ioutid bout at
Ili iladelphia \ngi>wt lii Mei’arren Is
being managed b> Philadelphia .lack
O Brien and Is considered a comer.
• • •
Jesse Willard, th. cowboy white hope "
is matched with Gier foaklei foi a ten
round bout at Port Wayne Labor Day
I’.ddie MetJoorti will be seen in tlie
'ring for the first time since his .lull I
: engagetm nt Vigust 2<> when lie
I Pommy Gavagan at Cleveland.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND VEWB. 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 11, Whiting.
71 MIE National league race is
j 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. 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 Cubs.
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.
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 Nejr 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, 5a
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
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, includ
ing postponed affairs. They will
surelv have to go some.
• ♦ *
I T'S a queer thing about Ty Cobb.
‘ 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 plhns 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
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 lAmeri
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
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 an idea of
what the Peerless Georgian is doing
against the opposition this year:
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 .41!
St. Louis 78 35 479
Washington 15 6 400
• « «
rxAI.E GEAR, the elongated out
-4-" fielder who was well known In
the Southern league for several
years and who has since been man
aging with various but usually tol
erabjt good success in various mi
■ nor leagues, tells a pretty good one.
EDITED 9 FARNSWORTH
Last year Gear copped the pen
nant in the Texas league for Aus
tin. This year he was gtabbed by
the Topeka club as manager. He
had a fine ground keeper at f.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-
I 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.
♦ ♦ *
The 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) for Out
fielder Middleton and Pitcher Ellis, of the
Wichita team
• « •
For more reasons than one we suggest
Atlanta as the place for Charley Carr's
winter school for ball players.
• ♦ •
Harry Billiard, onoe well known in the
South, has lost out as a member of the
Columbus pitching staff
* * ♦
Ralph Capron has hooked on at St. F’aul
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 ex’ery time somebody came
through wtth enough money to save the
club.
♦ • •
Charles Comtskey 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
I itcher 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 got Atlanta to play there, but the
Cracker club has had about alt the base
ball It could stand right in the Southern
circuit this year.
♦ • •
Tou can't tell a hall 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
nt the players. The hit-and-run game be
came yer> popular on the instant and
when it ended the players had all de
parted. leaving the nag a clear field
* • A
If the Giants lose many more games this
month McGraw will recall Cha Hey Faust.
♦ ♦ ♦
If Ganzel ever gets the pennant cinched
in the International association he will at
once turn Tommy McMillan over to the
Yankees. But he will never let the wee
\tlantan go until it Is
• ♦ •
.lack Kerr, ox-Cracker, is hitting 'em a
mile with Wilmington. The other day he
p— —————
The Big Race
Here's how the "Big Five” of the
American league are hitting the ball,
the averages including yesterday's
games:
PLAYER. A.B. H. P.C.
I COBB 402 168 .418
SPEAKER 427 .171 .400
I JACKSON. 405 156 .335
I COLLINS3B2 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.
In this manner. I would have you
understand that you were under a
contract, duty promulgated, to keep
groupds 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.
* • •
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 buv 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 shafte
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 ffi
MING INTO
FIRST IS 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 show's the slider to be pos
sessed of the proper pep and fight
ing spirit. Tw’o 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
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 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 slices, however, he must
alow 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 hifn beat the ball
to the bag. bnt 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 PUT
PELICANS TOOM
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 mj 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
Wagner pitched better 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. The Cracker was only
slightly hurt and returned to his
duties after a few minutes. Three
umpires, President Kavanaugh and
a few spectators were present.
Frank Rudderham, who worked
Sunday, let Stockdale and HarJ. 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
Halgh 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 long time. Catcher Graham
led the visitors in batting.