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Players Who Failed Here Have Made Good There
By Percy 11. Whiting.
rpHK marvelous pitching per
I formance of Bill Lelivelt when
he hurled a (Shut-out for Min
neapolis against Toledo lias brought
up the old question, "How much
faster is the American association
than the Southern league?"
BID I/oltvelt. you will recall, had
plenty of chances in the Southern
league He was a fine, big fellow,
with a cheerful disposition. But
great snakes, he couldn't pitch. If
they'd paid him ssou for each vic
tory in the Southern, instead of a
regular salary, he wouldn't have
made a living And then, after a
short spell down In the Virginia
league, he turned up In the vaunted
American association and pitched
perhaps the greatest game ever
seen in that league The no-hit per
formance wasTtll the more remark
able because the Minneapolis team
is one of the slowest fielding teams
In the world, and several of the
players don’t cover any more
ground than lies under their shoe
leaf her.
Os course, the mere fact Hint Rill
T,ellw.lt was a Joke in the South
•rn and a hero in the American as
sociation doesn't prove anything
about the relative speed of the two
organizations. Rut when you think
of the number of Southern league
cast-offs who have gone to the
American association and made a
big hit. the thing is somewhat sug
gestive.
Another failure in the Southern
who went from the Montgomery
team to the American association
and made good was “Doc” Thomas.
Atlanta can furnish a couple of
samples tn Al Bnvmtflor and Bill
Viebahn Al Is playing In Ixjuls
vllle. and ia rated one of the beat
shortstops In the league. Viebahn,
(after falling tn Atlanta, went to
Nashville and did likewise. Then
the big lad went to the association
and made good, ©tramples could be
multiplied all day,
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'THE real proof that the American
association la a vastly over
rated organization Is the fact that
it tins sent so few good players to
the big leagues
The players who were sent up
last fall and who are still being
tried out aren't considered here
Many of them, like Marty O'Toole,
still have us in doubt They may
be good, but It can’t be demon
strated But counting out last fall's
crop, the American association
hadn't sent anything notable to tin.
big show since Rube Marquard, Do
nfe Bush, Joe Wood and Chief Mey -
ers went up.
In 1909 the association sent up
only two worth mentioning Jim
Vaughn and Amos Strunk Ami Jim
isn’t so much while Amos had to
attend Cornelius McGillicuddy s
School for Deserving You w Ath
letes tor several years la fore he
really learned the game
In 1910 the association s. m ,p a
mass of players. But Hunter failed
with Pittsburg. Dave Altiz< '
couldn't show enough to nter. -•
Cincinnati (and, goodness kt -
the Reds aren't particular’i K
who went to the Nap- didn ; ii.p.
any wonder Hartly, who was -ent
to the Giants, hasn't bee" In .nd
from since; Schardt. who went ■
Brooklyn, could win but fix • of
twenty game-. Richter tend Doy
went to the Cubs, but Richter wo.
not used except as a relief pitcher,
and Doyle, after showing promise,
died.
In two years, theiefoie, only foul
American association play it.-, even
partly made good, and today Si i link
is the only real star of the lot, and
he has just baicly arrived.
NOTH ER proof of the amazing
weakness of the American asso
ciation lies in the very small num
ber of really great players devel
oped in recent years by the organ
ization.
Take, for example, the Baseball
Magazine's All-American baseball
teams of 1910 and 1911 :
1910. 1911.
i 'hase lh < 'hase, lb.
Lajoie, 2b. Collins, 2b.
Devlin, 3b. Raker, 3b.
Wagner, ss. Wagner, ss.
Magee, If Clarke, If
Speaker, cf. Cobb, cf
Cobb, rs. Jackson, rs.
Gibson, c. Bresnahan, o.
Archer, c. Doofn. c.
Walsh, p. Meyers, c.
Mathewson, p. Thomas, c.
Coomb*. p Mathewson, p.
Bender, p. Johnson, p.
Johnson, ,p. Alexander, p.
Gregg, p.
Rucker, p.
Walsh, p.
Yon will notice quite a mess of
Southern leaguers there Speaker,
from Little Rock; Archer, from At
lanta; Jackson, from New Orleans,
and Rucker, from Atlanta, not to
mention that distinguished gradu
ate from the South Atlantic league,
Col Opel Tyrus R. Cobb, once of Au
gusta.
How many of the 31 players
named are American association
players'.’ Just one, “Chief Meyers.
I hat surely makes the American
association look strong! Not!!
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-pHE trouble with the American
* association Is one that tho
Southern league must guard
against too many old-timers. They
have recruited from big league dis
cards for so long that they are
suffering from two complaints—too
largo salaries and too poor players.
You cant get an ox-big leaguer
cheap. They always want about
twice what their services are worth.
Though their ability has sunk be
low the major league standard,
they Still demand major league sal
aries And. of course, they are
worthless as investments, ns their
playing ability is constantly lessen
ing and there is no chance that
they' <an ever be sold again for
anything like what they cost
The day of the old-timer In base
ball is waning He has been the
real goods for years. Now mana
gers and club owners are waking
up to him.
Old-timers have made the Amer
ican association a Joko They made
the Atlanta team of this season a ,
crime They have slowed down the
Southern for years
The South Atlantic league this
rear took the matter In its own
hands and barred the old-timers.
It was believed that by doing this
they would develop a world of good
young players It can't be said
that the Sally has developed a lot
of wonders this year. Hut one sea
son does not prove anything The
mogul.- of the league claim that
they are well satisfied with tile ex
pertinent. Celt,duly it should work
better than the plan of storking up
with old-timers This i- the dav of
. tile young man in baseball.
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-p II i : p( rform mee of Andrew
Sockalexis in the Olympic Mara
thon slatted folks to wondering if
he ■■ • i • .< relation of I ,ouis So< ka -
lexis the man whose career was
th, shortest <nd the most brilliant
m er i eeorded
As a matter of fait. Andrew is a
cousin of Louis. They belong to
the same tribe They are men of
tin same I'hy-i, al stripe. Hut ask
one of tile old tiibe-imn on tin
Penob-c q ies. nation about them
and they w ill s ,i\
"Andri w s■ k tttrt g 1 boy
Louis S' a k - ugn ' "
For Andrew is a youth vl per-
riTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1912.
sect habits, while Louis ruined a
career that might have been bright
er than Ty Cobb's, with white
lights ami what goes with them.
It was recently reported that
Louis Sockalexis. a “ghost of his
former self," was "tunning a ferry.”
As a matter of fact, Sockalexis,
now a 200-pound. fat. lazy Indian,
is living on the Penobscot reserva
tion, near Oldtown. Me., doing
nothing. He isn't in poverty, for
the tribe is a ward of the state of
Maine and is kept on the safe side
of poverty.
It takes an old-timer to remem
ber. Sockalexis In his prime. "Doc"
Powers discovered him and started
him at Holy Cross. He was a won
der there, and big leaguers fell over
themselves trying to get him. Pat
Tebeau landed him for Cleveland,
and he made more than good.
Never In baseball history was there
a debut like his.
Sockalexis was at his height until
the first pay day. After that he
quit being a "good InJun.” The
lights were too bright and the booze
too red He couldn’t stand the
pressure. For a while they man
aged to keep him fairly well in
line. But one night, in trying to
get out of a second-story window' to
escape a guard, he broke his ankle.
He never got in real condition after
that.
Now he 1s only’ a big. fat, lazy
Indian, who smokes, eats, smokes,
sleeps and smokes.
But he knows and the world
knows that he might have been
the greatest ball player of all time
if he had but kept the control over
his appetites that he did over the
ball. "Wildness" ruined him.
CRACKERS PLAY OFF
POSTPONED GAME
WITH PELS TODAY
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 14 The
Crackers have a chance of winning a
game here after all. The scheduled
series was closed yesterday with four
straight victories for the Pelicans, but
Charley Frank decided this morning
that h» would play off a postponed
game between the teams this after
noon
Whitey Mperman plans to work Ved
dor Sitton tills afternoon, while Frank
announced early that either Weaver ot
Swindell would do the box work for the
home team.
This will be the Crackers' last per
formance here. Tomorrow will be an
off dav for them, but on Friday they
open In Mobile with the Gulls
The score of yesterday s nightmart
was 8 to 1. Lyman Johnson, the
Crackers' latest addition to the pitch
ing staff, was slammed good and hard.
On th. other hand. Nick Cullop. mak
ing bls debut in a Pel uniform, held the
Atlanta bat.■ - saft at ail stages
Take Your Choice
By William F. Kirk.
I know lull BeckerVs outlook isn't any
iliing but grim
That Whitman and lii-» workers have no
thought of sparing him
I know the ex-lieutenant, sitting sadlv m
Ilfs cell.
Is brooding o er the many things lie shall
or shall not tell
Dear reader, you may lake your choice,
don't mind what others sav;
Rut I d ii si as soon be Hecker as'l.e Man
ager o Day!
In d.-ar old Cincinnati, where thev war
bled in the spring.
I' l * .ruing "f flags and ■ iiampions while
limn team was on the wing.
o'Day wa- crowned with laurel wreaths
s" numerous and green
Tit." when he took hi- hat off not mi.
stray i rcss ■ mild hr seen
; But oti. the way th* y pan him now ! Vnd
that s why I say
: lb- 1 ' 1 " I’rst ; ,s sen bt Becker as be
I Manager O'Day!
I H ARBISON GETS ONLY*
:one PUT OUT while:
: PLAYING FIRST BASE:
* • Dug Harbison played first base •
• for the Crackers yesterday, Joe •
• Agler being laid up, and he prob- •
• ably created a new record. He •
• secured only one putout and had •
• no assists. In nearly every game •
• the first baseman receives almost •
• as many putouts as the other •
• eight players combined. Harbison •
• had his lone fielding chance in the •
• first inning. After that he did •
• nothing but watch his teammates •
• put out the vicious Pelicans.
• It has been said that Jiggs Don- •
• ohue. while playing first base with •
• the White Sox, went through a •
• game without being credited with •
• a single putout and having only •
• one assist, but the record books •
• fail to show it. •
• •••oeiseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeea
KNOWLES HAS
EASY VICTORY
IN 2D ROUND
Here are the results of the matches
played to date tn the five flights for
the Perry Adair trophy at the East
Lake course:
First Flight.
First Round—E. T. Winston defeated
H C Moore, 2 up and 1 to play; C.
Knowles defeated C. E. Corwin, 3 up
and 1 to play; A. H. Lippold defeated
J. B.
Jemison defeated C. W. Phillips, 6 up
and 4 to play. G. W. Adair defeated
H ■ Block. 6 up and 4 to play; W. R.
Tichenoy defeated R. G Blanton. 1 up;
C. P King defeated W. F. Spalding. 5
up and 3 to play.
r Second Round—C Knowles defeated
A. H. Lippold, 4 up and 3 to play.
Second Flight.
i First Round—R. E. Richards defeat
j ed J P. Callaway, 3 up and 1 to play;
r P H. Whiting defeated J. W. Bach
man, 1 up; J. O, Burton defeated C. A
Thornton; 6 up and 5 to play; W. O.
{ Marshburn defeated J. O. Smith, by
I default; W. J. Tilson defeated J. Moore
. 1 up 20 holes; J. D. Eby defeated E. G.
Otttey, 1 up 20 holes. T. B. Fay de
feated C. M Sciples, 3 up.
Second Round P H. Whiting de-
4 feat cd R. T. Richards, 2 up.
Third Flight. r
p First Round—W. M Markham de
feated H. P Nicholson. 2 up and 1 to
* play ; H. J. Hopkins defeated W. Al
’ friend. 1 up 19 holes. J. D. Raines, Jr..
' defeated L H. Beck. 1 up 19 holes; R.
P. Jones, Jr., defeated A. A. Doonan.
5 up and 4 to play; R F. Jones de
feated T H. Latham, by default. L. D.
Scott defeated T. A. Hammond. 2 up.
Dr T P Hinman defeated E. D Dun
can. 2 up.
‘‘ Second Round H. J Hopkins de
feated \\ . Markham, 2 up
Fourth Flight.
- First Round J. M. Beasley defeated
A W Hodnetl. i> up and 4 to play
.1 i' Michael defeated C G Lip
- ' fold. ■> up and 1 to plux . C Angiei
I defeated II M. Ashe, 2 up and I to
; I'luy : E 1. Fleming defeated W A
I Jackson 5 up and 4 to pl iy ; S Hard
| defeated S. C W illiams. 2 up; H. <
[Butler defeated P. Adair. 1 up; J. C.
' I Thompson defeated T. I. I’ooper. 5 up
u'and 4 to play. W F. i’pshaw defeated
i M Saul, 3 up and 1 to play.
II I Second Round-W'. F I’pshaw de
• seated C. Thompson, 4 up and 2 to
' Play.
Fifth Flight.
Second Round H L, Graves defeat
ed \V. C. Barnwell.
e MOOSE TO PLAY BELL.
The Southern Bell team will try to
5 put .1 crimp in tile Winning streak of
th< Moose e ui> Saturday afternoon at
' |l o'clock. When these two teams meet
lot Ponce DeLeon The Moose team ha-
“ ' - ■ nd are tied for flr»t
. : ' . in the ,<m Hem le.ium. A good ;
game is confidently expected. |
Fast Red Sox Have No Startling Lines of Play
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Boston Team Is a Perfect Balanced Combination
By Damon Runyon.
IF the Boston Red Sox win the
American league pennant, as
now’ seems probable, it will be
a victory of a steady, beautifully’
balanced, practical baseball ma
chine—a machine that has few
fancy trimmings in the way of
stars, no startling new lines of of
fense or defense, and no vast
amount of color —but which is a
great organization, take it by and
large
It is a machine that early in the
season Impressed Atlanta observers
with that indefinable something
which is as definite in ball clubs as
in individuals —known as “class.”
It was generally conceded through
out the baseball world that the Red
Sox had a chance to beat the Ath
letics for the„ championship, al
though few really expected them to
do It. The belief was general that
the Mack aggregation was a shade
stronger than the Stahl collection,
but ft was also generally predicted
that the Bostonians would be the
runners up.
The position of the Sox is due to
no flashy’ run at any stage of the
race. It is due to a steady, inter
minable grind; they got away well
up, and they’ have remained there.
They’ had the ball players —which,
after all, count heavily.
Change Comes With New Owners.
It is a team that Is "due.” It
has been gradually rounding into
championship form for several
years. Jim McAleer, the new pres
ident of the club, does not believe
the change in management had
any effect—that the Sox would be
out in front If the old regime had
remained—but the fans are not
likely to coincide with this vietv,
except in so far as the team leader
is concerned. If other managers
had had the same support being
accorded Jake Stahl, the club, as
now constituted, would probably be
right where It is at present, but not
until the general management
changed was that support forth
coming
Tt is not a young club. It is not
an old club. It is about half and
half. If the Giants meet the Sox in
the big series they will have no
great advantage over their Boston
rivals in point of experience. True,
the Giants have played in a rvorld's
series, but even at that a majority
of the Sox have been campaigning
longer than most of McGraw’s men.
Fellows like Tris Speaker. Joe
Wood, Carrigan. Stahl, Gardner,
Hall and Wagner are no/callow
kids in baseball.
Stahl was born in Elkhart. Ind.,
on April 13, 1880. which makes him
about the youngest of the big
league leaders. He was a great
football player at the University of
Illinois under the famous coach and
scout, George Huff. He has played
at Boston. Washington and New
York, managing the Senators in
1906, during which time they made
the sensational spurt that brought
him the title of the "Born Leader. "
Stahl did not make tile Rod Sox:
lie had no part in assembling, or
even in welding together, the ma
chine as it now stands- lie Is es
sentially the driver of a perfected
team -but he must be given all
credit for the skillful manner In
which he has performed his duty.
The ball players now under
Stahl's control were picked up by
the men who preceded him. The
team was theie. and ii seems rea
sonable to that it would
have threatened to win the Ameri
can league pennant with any man
ager of ordinary Judgment at the
helm and yet Jake Stahl is the
man who is turning the threat into
• i certainty, and to Jake Stahl must
be given proper acclaim.
i In eumpiling an all-star club,
picked from the members of the
two major leagues, a majority of
experts and fans would probably
Include just two members of the
Boston Red Sox. They are Tris
Speaker, outfielder, and Joe Wood,
pitcher. There are half a dozen
players in each department of the
game who would likely’ be selected
over any other members of the Sox
for the respective positions. In
% Speaker and Wood, however, the
Sox have two men who could hard
ly be omitted from any unbiased
aN-star pick.
Speaker Is undoubtedly one of
the greatest outfielders in the world.
Some rank him the equal of Ty
Cobb—all place him at least sec
ond only’ to the Detroit wonder.
Speaker is a great hitter, a great
base runner and a great outfielder.
Apparently he has no weakness.
As for Joe Wood, his record
speaks for itself. He is the Math
ewson of the American league.
Many fans place him first among
the right handers of that organi
zation, although that claim will al
ways be vigorously disputed by-
Walter Johnson. They call the
Kansas City boy “Smoky Joe,” be
cause of his wonderful speed. He
is a heady pitcher, who, like Math
ewson. makes a study of his oppo
nents. His delivery is not wholly
unlike that of "Big Six.”
One of Greatest Outfields.
Speaker, Harry Hooper and Duffy
Lewis furnish one of the best out
fields, if not the very best, in the
big leagues, because of the almost
perfect balance. There are numer
ous other individual outfielders
who would be chosen ahead of
Hooper and Lewis, but whether
there are any two gardeners who
would be selected above this pair,
outside of Speaker. Cobb. Milan and
Jackson, for practical team pur
poses. is another question. As it
stands today the Boston outfield
apparently’ outclasses any in either
league, but with any one of the trio
removed It is a different proposition.
Neither Hooper nor Lewis is a
star slugger, but each is a wonder
ful thrower and a good fielder.
Each is comparatively slow on the
bases.
Stahl Adds Strength to Club.
Jake Stahl is not generally re
garded as a great first baseman.
He is not considered in the same
class with Hal chase, Jake Dau
bert, Fred Merkle or Stuffy Mcln
nis, and yet he has played great
ball for the Sox this season. Pos
sibly the Sox might have done Just
as well with another first baseman
of equal ability in mere ball play
ing on the bag, and Jake on the
bench, but there is no denying that
the presence of the leader in the
line-up adds to the balance.
Steve Yerkes i s not a great sec
ond baseman. Certainly he would
not be classed by many’ fans with
Collins, or Doyle, or Knabe, or
Johnny Evers, and yet he is a
greatly improved ball player this
year, who is constantly going a long,
and w ho has held up his side of the
infield beyond criticism.
Charley Wagner, the Boston
shortstop, is liandicntqs-d by ills
name, strange is that may seem.
Hi- lias long been one of the best
men on tile Boston club: but some
how lie never gets proper credit
for his work, and many believe that
it Is largely due to the fact that
he wears the same name of the
greatest of them all—Honus Wag
ner. the Demon Dutchman.
Yet Charley would not be picked
over Donie Bush or Jack Barry, or
several others that might bo named.
He is no youngster. McGraw had
film ten y ears ago. and John I. Tay
lor insisted on him being tried out
at short in 19"7.
Gardner Plays Well at Th,rd.
Pat Donov m alwavs "'aiim'd
lti.it Larry Gardm. I would do bet-
ter at third base than at any’ other
position on the diamond, and Larry
was finally placed there, to fulfill
Pat’s prediction. He has always
been a high class ball player. He
is a strong hitter, and a quick
thinker, yet he. too. might he
placed behind Lord. Baker, Foster
or even Zimmerman.
The Sox are well fortified behind
the bat with Bill Carrigan, Cady’
and Nunamaker. the latter two of
the most promising young back
stops in either league t'arrigan
came from Holy Cross, where he
was picked up by one of Taylor’s
scouts, and was developed at To
ronto by Joe Kelley. Nunamaker
was developed from a raw young
ster who was not considered good
enough for the Chicago Cubs, while
Cady came from Newark this spring
almost ready made. In this one de
partment, the Sox are practically
on equal terms with any club n the
league.
As for the pitchers, the name of
Joe Wood leads all the rest. The
writer has a peculiar admiration for
Smoky Joe,” and may be a bit
biased, but it is his belief that Joe
is the man the Giants have to beat
if they hook up with the Sox in
the world's scries, although Char
ley Hall may have to be reckoned
with. Hal] discovered a kink in his
arm a few months ago. and when
that was removed he turned in and
pitched the Sox into the lead, in
collaboration with Wood.
Ray’ Collins is a good young left
hander, not yet a Rucker or a
Plank or a Marquard, perhaps, but
a youth with the world before him
Hall is better, than the average
this year. His experience is some
thing to be considered.
Buck O'Brien is a spit-bailer of
the type of Marty O’Toole There
are days when he seems to be a
star and days when he is decidedly
a busher. He is pretty wild for ‘a
young man who may- have to face
patient waiters, but there is no
question about his future.
RIVAL GOTHAM CLUBS
HOT AFTER J. JOHNSON
CHICAGO, Aug 14. —Billy G lb<nn
the Garden Athletic club, and Jess Me
Ht’al 0 New NiCh °' aS
rival .New I ork promoters, both arrival
m Chicago tixiay i n ana ate 3 t ’ te 3
Jack Johnson for a La bor Da P v ‘
Lil Arthur declared last night that he
was not particularly- interested in which
one got to him first Both J P
ahke to him. he s ß aid h ij “
feetly wflllng to box for either or both
provided they , met his price
While the promoters are here thev will
endeavor to sign Packey McFarlan,t
Ad Wolgast for ten rounds in New York
X’Cre Ad ls 10 -eet the promot-
DUNDEE AND BROCK GO
12 FAST ROUNDS TO DRAW
t'LEVELAND, OHIO, Auk 14 i i
•>-'•7. “I N- York. an<i £ a 't
' L ’welve rounds in ih<»
Lu a park arena last nlght
Hoti) boy S fought HR,, wildcats all u ,
way During il, e opening rounds and in
an up to the closing round. Dundee had
thv better of the milling.
In the last one. however, B lOC k made
“ T' 1 "- ,!nish a "<l vlearly earned the
-ch mor:X n ver r :Mong D ra ndee ’
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SMiTH AND FLYNN MIX
IN NEW YORK TONIGHT
■''* >RK. Aug 14
-ill furnish x.w York risth Nport'n'Xr
.' 7' '■ pnbl,al "f -'alifornia. me'
bout a. v" S "' n - ;1 "'h-ronnd
Smith's deeurve oVgX\vhi t b
x*
'I 'he best hght heavyweights j,, the
cvun’iy. He is favorite in the betting.