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10 GECISM STOW (OOP BWKrS* LDITLD 4z W S fARNSWORTH Jeff Can t Get the Graft Situation Off His Mind :: ;; ;; ;; By “Bud” Fisher "- Z_ ” [7-- > j : Vi-.r York! ~ ' r " X HeLLO.AfUTT, GCT > OF (T - WHfXT K<Nt) OF A VIRGINIA 5 Z I T PAiO A 'l \ THS FLOINtK Al a*V I \ A FUX*t H: rpJcpF^'- it« I 1 • • soe_e < ' r —. . XnX* “v~ J "•**' (? uwtwwtwowl .Zx [ sousxcee >y - , <J , SPKINGAJOKC 4AMP \T T O N\E ’ \ i T - V | W£Uu,»T \ lßto Wx _ ! Mr' W#/ w i j WdT , ■ ' H fiM ■ /n\ —<■ m |’sb€f - Southern League as Fast as American Association + •-;• +•+ ■!•••!• •!••+ •!-••!• •’•••? 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, • • « '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!! * • * -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. • * « -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 "r»-b -J-e-b .J.»+ -J-e-b 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 ’ J" ■- > 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.