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Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
These averages include all games placed
to date
Players— j G. IAB.I R. | H. |Av,
Harbison, ss. . . . 50 (167 19 48 257
Becker, p 'lo]. 21 1 ' 6 .286
Alperman, 2b. . 105 394 55 10b ’69
Bailey, If. . . . 105 364 66 97 26<
Graham, c 48 144 16 38 .264
Callahan, cf. . . . 63 246 25 60 244
Agler. 1b 42 135 23 33 244
McElveen. 3b . 109 392 46 90 230
fleynolds. c. ... .j 8 23 3 4 174
Brady, p. . . . . ~ 18 55 2 9 .164
Sitton, p 22 32 9 8 .153
Lyons, rs 13 35 3 3 .086
Waldorf, p 6 17 0 0 .000
Wolfe, utility ... 3 8 0 0 000
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta in New Orleans. ’
Memphis In Birmingham
' hattanooga in Mobile
Nashville in Montgomery
Standing of the CuQ>.
W. L. P C W I. I’.C
B ham. .66 41 .6)7 C nooga. 50 51 .495
Mobile . 61 50 .550 N’ville. 48 56 .462
N. Or. 53 50 515 Mont. 48 58 453
M'mphis 51 52 •495 Atlanta .42 61 .408
Yesterday # Results.
New Orleans 10. Atlanta 4
Chattanooga 3. Mobile 1 (first game.)
Mobile 2, Chattanooga 1 (second game 1
Birmingham 4. Memphis 1 (first game.)
Memphis 2, Birmingham 1 (second
game 1
Montgomery 2. Nashville 1
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Columbus in Albany.
Columbia in Macon.
Jacksonville in Savannah.
Standing er tne Clubs
W. 1. p ’ I W. I. PC
S van'ah 23 14 .622 I Macon 20 20 .500
C'bus. . 24 15 .615 Albanv .16 24 .400
J’Ville. . 22 17 .564 | Col’a. . .13 28 .317
Yesterday s Results.
Savannah 2. Jacksonville I.
Columbia 4. Macon 0.
Columbus 3. Albany 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
Games Today
Chicago in Washington.
Detroit in New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. PC. W L. PC
Boston .73 34 .682 Detroit. .54 55 .495
Wash. . 66 42 .611 C’land. . 51 56 .477
PMIa. .63 43 .594 S. Louis 35 71 .330
Chicago .52 54 491 N. York 32 71 .311
Yesterday's Results.
Cleveland 3. Chicago 1,
Only one game scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today.
Chicago in Boston.
Pittsburg in Brooklyn.
Cincinnati in Philadelphia.
Standing o' the Clubs.
W, L P C W. L. P C
N. York 73 29 .716 C’nati. . 48 57 .457
Chicago 67 36 651 S. Louis 47 59 .443
P’burg. .60 40 .600 Br’klyn. 38 67 .362
Phlla . 50 49 .505 Boston . 28 74 .275
Yesterday's Results.
Chicago 10, Bdston 7.
St. Louis 8. New York 6.
Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia I.
Pittsburg 5, Brooklyn 3.
TY COBB.’THOUGH HURT.
PLAYS EXHIBITION GAME
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Aug. 13.—The
Detroit Americans stopped off here to
day on their way to New York and
defeated the Syracuse State league
club 3 to 1.
Ty Cobb played in left field despite
the fact that he has a bad leg. is suf
fering from a hard cold and has a
minor, though painful, knife wound in
his shoulder received in Detroit when
was attacked by thugs on the way
to the train.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Detroit 000 000 012 — 3 10 1
Syracuse .... .000 000 001 — 163
Works and Kocher; Onslow, Sitton
and Knotis. Time, 137. Umpires.
Quigley and (Teary.
BRITTON LANDS AT WILL.
BUT CAN’T FINISH SMITH
NEW YORK. Aug 13.—Sporting men
who saw Jack Britton. the Chicago light
weight. defeat Eddie Smith, of New York,
on points in (heir ten-round bout at Madi
son Square Garden last night, said today
that thev believed all records for the
number of blows struck in ten rounds had
been broken.
For 30 minutes Britton looked like a
human pinwheel so rapidly did bis arms
fly. It seemed impossible for him to miss
Smith, but his punches lacked power to
put the "Yorkville Iron man” away.
COLUMBUS PLANS FIELD DAY.
COLUMBUS. GA.. Aug 13.—August
29 has been set apart for Field day
for the Columbus baseball team. In
addition to the regular scheduled game
of ball between Columbus and Macon
on that day. a program is being ar
ranged for other exercises. Excursion
trains will be run Into Columbus.
GIANTS PLAY AT GOSHEN.
BUFFALO. N. Y„ Aug. 13.—The
Giants will stop at Goshen, Ind., this
afternoon for an exhibition game.
THORPE NOT TO PLAY.
BOSTON, Aug. 13.—James Thorpe, rite
Oklahoma Indian, who won the all
around athletic championship of the world
at the Olympic games, denied that he had
signed to pitch for the Pirates. He says
he will return to Carlisle Indian school
this Tall.
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Natural Swing Main Requisite to Good Battin?
Unfaltering Eye and Confidence Also Needea
By John (“Chief”) Meyers.
The Giants’ Great Catcher, Who Is
Batting at a .355 Gait.
A TCI hear the crowd calling:
1 j( "('ome on, now, old boy—line
'er out!”
You see the man on base dancing
off
You know the club needs a run
to win.
You watch the pitcher winding
HP. glimpse the ball flashing to
ward you. draw back your bat—
swing.
"Crack!”
You feel the sharp, collision, hear
lie tell There it goes! a hit! a
hit- Then you’re off to the limit
"f your legs and lungs, getting as
.you turn first the prettiest snap
shot view a base-player can want
io see your teammate scurrying
acioss the plate: the enemy's out
fielder just overtaking the little
white speck away out on the green
grass. And you realize that you're
good for second base, maybe third.
I fell you there's nothing so dear
10 a ball player's heart as a hit;
especially a long hit; best of all, a
hit with men on bases.
I have been fortunate enough
his tear to be hitting considerably
better than (he average batsman.
I have had the satisfactory experi
ence of driving in runs a good
many times. My work has stood
somewhat above the magical .300
which all players crave.
So I think perhaps I may be
qualified to write a little bit about
batting for the benefit of the fans
who love a hit—telling some imper
sonal things first.
’What does a man need to be a
good hitter?" is a question I have
often been asked.
Must Have Natural Swing.
First, he should have what is
called a free, natural swing. That
does not mean a twist of his whole
upper body, nor a heave of his
shoulders, it means enough strength
and pliability in his arms alone to
be able to maneuver a bat high or
low. level or on an angle, and to
swing it hard enough to drive the
ball, having met It, powerfully and
swiftly..
Second, he needs a good, unfal
tering eve to follow the ball from
the instant it leaves the pitcher’s
hand until it is close Upon him—
and an eye that telegraphs its mes
sage instantly to his arm muscles.
Third, he ne?ds confidence. He
needs to know this one thing: That
in a "pinch”—where a hit means a
run—the opposing pitcher an,d out
fielders are more worried than he
is. Some players never learn that
lesson. They feel that they’re "in
the hole.” not the other club. But
the good batter learns it and never
forgets it —makes his opponents
know it, too.
Here’s a recent illustration: On
our last visit to Cincinnati the
game was almost over. We were
two runs back: needed three to win.
McGraw sent in Harry McCormick
to bat for the pitcher, with three
men on bases and two out. ,
Now, there's a fellow who had
been sitting on the bench all sea
son. doing nothing. The fans—even
some of the players—began to ask:
"What is HE for? Do they really
pay that man regular money?”
Shows Nerve in Pinch.
But up he went to the plate, say
ing as he started: “1 guess that
bunch out there are worried some.”
He had all his nerve with him. and
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on the third ball pitched cracked
out a long two-bagger that gave
us three runs and the game.
Harry’s whole season on the
bench had been paid for by that
one job. He had the confidence —
McGraw knew it—that’s what (in
answer to the questions) McCor
mick had been given regular money
for. When the goods were needed,
he delivered them.
For my part. I made batting a
study. 1 haven't succeeded just be
cause I’m a big, husky fellow that
can swing a heavy war club. What
success I have won has come
through hard, constant work.
When I first joined the Giants I
watched the other fellows at bat
ting practice. One, in particular,
impressed me. That was Al Brid
wcll. He was constantly getting
the pitchers to serve him balls in a
certain place where it was hard for
him to lay a bat on them. 1 asked
him why.
"I’m trying to overcome a weak
ness, Chief," he said. "After a while
I’ll be able to hit those balls."
That struck me as a mighty good
idea. 1 began to ask the pitchers
in practice to throw them to my
weak point. (I'm not going to tell,
even now’, what that was.) 1 found
the system a wonderful help I Im
proved—slowly, of course, but
steadily. And I'd advise other
players to try it, Instead of calling
for a ball they can slam to the
edge of the lot.
I don’t ask for the easy ones—
even now in practice, although
I've been batting pretty well. I
want the tough slants.
A plan for improving the eye,
which I've recently worked on. is
this: I try to "tick" the ball—to
hit it on its lower edge so that it
will foul back to the screen; or to
"top” it—strike it on its upper edge.
That takes pretty close watching
of the sphere; but I find I can do
it almost every time And it gives
my eye splendid training for fol
lowing the ball so that 1 can hit it
on the nose w’hen I want to. in a
game.
I have been often asked which I
would rather bat against, a right
hander or a left-hander. Give me
the southpaw any time. I think
most right-hand hitters will agree
w’ith me. Because of his delivery,
the right-hand hitter can see the
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ball quicker and therefore follow it
longer.
It was a left-hander, though, that
gave me most trouble this year
Rube Benton, of Cincinnati. When
I first faced him this season, he
struck me out twice in succession
simply fooled me and stood me on
my head with a curve ball, that
looked awful bad as it came up.
but broke in and over the plate.
Since then. I’ve learned to move up
a step and wade into that ball.
Another tough fellow I’ve faced
is young Jimmy Lavender, of the
Cubs. The boy who broke Rube
Marquard's long winning streak.
There's a wonderful fellow for a
newcomer. He "mixes them up”
a great spitball, a good curve and
a fine fast one—as well as the most
experienced stars in the league
And he “outguesses" the most of
the hard hitters almost as well us
Matty.
Marty O'Toole Lacks Control.
O'Toole, of the Pirates, is a dif
ficult pitcher for any tnan to bat
against. If he could only control
that quick-breakjng spit’ter of his,
he'd be one of the best the game
ever saw. Rut he hasn't learned
yet to get them over.
Other pitchers I have learned to
have great respect for are Earl
Moore, of Philadelphia, who has
remarkable speed and curves;
Alexander, of the same club, with
similar goods; and Nap Rucker, of
Brooklyn, with great control and
curves with amazing sharp breaks.
If Rucker were only working with
a hard-hitting, winning club behind
him, more people would wake up
to what a good pitcher he really is.
Some of my friends have sug
gested that in this article I tell
something about my collection of
bats. 1 am a "hug" on bats, and
so my collection may be interest
ing.
Gets Bats Personally.
When I w’ant a bat. I go person
ally to a certain factony w here they
are made. Then I pick out the
rough piece of ash, just as it has
come from the tree. My early life
and perhaps the knowledge in
herited from my Indian forefathers
has made me an expert on wood.
Then I watch the latheman
turning the wood into shape; stop
him every once in a while and
"heft” the club, and never let that
bat out of my sight until it is a
finished article. That may all
sound foolish; but I'd never carry
a bat to she plate that I hadn’t
seen developed out of a rough piece
of wood.
M hen I was a kid I used to see
the old Indians of my t'ibe giving
their bows a neculiar treatment.
I hey would rub the bows down
with a big. heavy beef-bone. This,
they told me. closed with the oil
from the bone and fragments of
the bone itself, the pores of the
wood That strengthened it and
prevented it from clacking, at the
same time polishing the surface.
So when I got into the ball game
I thought this "The bows brought
their living to those old fellows.
My bats bring my living to me. So
I’ll give them the old beef-bone
treatment." And I still do it
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PLAYED END THREE YEARS
ATHENS. GA.. Aug. 13.—The Uni
w.eisity of Georgia's football prospects
for the coming season received a se
vere blow a few days ago when, in a
personal letter to a friend here, Butler
Parrish, star end for the past three sea
sons, announced that he would not re
turn to college.
Parrish is rated one of the best wing
nun Georgia ever had. and his loss
will be an almost irreparable one. com
ing at this time, wfien end material is
so scarce at the university. No reason
is assigned for Parrish’s failure to re
turn. as he had completed the work of
the junior class and was in line for a
diploma at the close of the 1913 ses
sion
It is also probable that Georgia fvill
lose the services of Harrell, the fresh
man tackle who put up such a good
game last season. He too has an
nounced that he will probably not re
turn.
JACK WHITE GETS HIS
FROM FRANKIE RUSSELL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. Aug. 13
Frankie Russell, a local scrapper, today
has a newspaper decision over Jack
White, of Chicago, as a result of last
night's ten-round, no-decision bout.
It was a tame fight, with little doing
at any stage of the game.
By losing last nights fight. White
forfeited his match for next Monday
night at the same < lub with Joe Thom
as, another local fighter
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