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Smith May Take Charge of Crackers Labor Day
Jordan to Return if He Doesn’t Lead Lookouts
By Percy H, Whiting.
HOW about getting Billy Smith
to take over the Atlanta
team before it return*
home? The plan has been suggest
ed to the directors of the Atlanta
Baseball association Os course
the directors don't admit yet that
they have arranged things with
Billy Smith, but they want him and
he wants to come and there are no
strings tied to him, so it ought to
be tolerably easy.
Also, don’t be surprised if he
lakes over the teain on Septem
ber 1.
The local directors are utterly
disgusted with the showing of the
team since Alperman took It over.
They admit that "Whitey" has
tried hard pnd they like him as a
man and as a ball player, but they
don’t see any especial reason why
the team under his management
should lose 95 per cent of Its games
Os course, now that the news is
out that Smith Is to have the team
next year, Alperman’s hold over
the players will naturally lessen.
Ro a new deal Is advisable
* * •
T T is believed by the local dlrec
tors that President O. B. An
drews will be delighted to let Billy
Smith out any old time It is pre
sumed that he Is going to put El
berfeld in Smith’s place, anyhow, so
there is everything to be gained
and nothing to be lost by turning
Smith loose It will save him some
salary and it will enable the new
manager to take hold of the team
and to study out Its needs with a
view of plugging the holes next
season If Smith stays with the
Lookouts it will be a mere matter
of finishing out the season any old
way
If Smith can be secured to take
hold of the team by September 1
there will be a lot of advantages
He can study out the situation and
make plans for next year He can
look over the new material care
fully
And think of the crowd that
would greet him if he should make
his re-entry into Atlanta on Rep
tember 2. which is Labor day .
• • •
T T NLESB the Chattanooga club
makes < ttto Jordan the man
ager for next year Billy Smith will
almost inevitably have him back
here playing second base in 1913.
Smith knows what he owes to
Jordan’s help in winning two pen
nants for Atlanta Jordan was
captain of the team both years
And Smith pronounced him the
best second baseman in the world
The directors of the local club
know (to their moderate sorrow)
how popular Jordan is They want
him for sure
President Andrews of Chatta
nooga. will surely be willing to let
Jordan go. provided he does not
keep him as manager Jordan and
Elberfeld are both In effect candi
dates for the management If El
berfeld is given the jot) lie will
naturally not want Jordan on thi
team.
From Jordan's standpoint to.
change would be ide. ott*. h.>*
said that he would rather .apt,.in
the Atlanta team than n. i >g. th.
Chattanooga team o that -
report, anyway. This i* Jordan'*
home and he wants to play with
the Atlanta club.
Os course nobody is going t.
stand in Jordan’s way If he can
get the job of manager in Chatta
nooga It is the biggest thing that
can fall to his lot. and Bill Smith
will be the first one to congratu
late him. as he did when Jordan
succeeded him as manager in At
lanta. But if be doesn’t land that
job it is almost a ten to one bet
that he will be back here at sec
ond base next spring
• • •
» SI) what Os Alperman? Well,
Zx it s a good bet he will stick, as
suortstop or as third baseman. Vi.
If Jordan does not return, he will be
kept as second baseman. Probably
he will be made field captain, too,
In that event.
Alperman has no designs on the
Job of manager He didn't ask for
it. But It was offered him—and the
iob of manager, like the nomina
tion for the presidency, has never
been declined. So ‘'Whitey" will
no doubt give up the position
gracefully and will return to the
ranks with a light heart. For,
while nobody ever refused to try to
be a manager, nobody ever had any
fun managing a tail-end team.
Alperman has played good ball
for Atlanta. When John Ganzel
gave him up he thought he was
squeezed dry of baseball useful
ness Ganzel is a wise old fox and
Isn’t giving up any players while
they are worth a hang But his
judgment slipped on Alperman.
The old boy came to Atlanta, liked
the town, the climate, the team,
the people and hr has played good
ball He should make a useful
member of next year's team.
• • •
'pHE delight of Atlanta fans over
the nc'Hs that Smith is coming
back to manage the team is inspir
ing. The Shold the little manager
had on Atlanta fans was marvel*
FOP DE R FO R FANS
Pitcher ('ook, who recently hurled a
one-hit gamp for Columbus against Min
neapolis Is the same man who tried out
with the Naps under the name of Win
chell He was playing college ball then
and covered up his real cog for that rea
son.
• ♦ ♦
’Hugh McMurray, the ex-Atlanta Crack
er, 1s playing shortstop for the Syracuse
team now
• • •
Infielder Nattress. of the Syracuse team,
recently reminded Umpire Arlie Latham’
while a game was in progress, that he
(Latham > had been owing him (Nattressi
the sum of sl2 for ten \ears Where
upon Latham fined Nattress $lO That’s
a fine way to collect a debt
The Cubs are out after hurlerslf they
can get a couple of good ones thex max
win xet
* • •
A Boston amateur team has a pitcher
named Asbeston. <»o on now and get
funny
• • •
I he Cincincys may be Reds, but noth
ing like a team made up of ’ Red" l>ooin,
“Hed" Wingo. ”Red“ Ames. Marty
< l Poole, “Red" Klllifer. ’■Red" Downs.
•Red ’ Smith, “Red" Murray and “Red"
Corriden.
• • •
Tris Speaker’s mother, who is visiting
him now. says that her boy should have
been a mechanic She wants him to quit
baseball, and to go home and live on the
farm This idea makes an intense hit
i with Jimmy McAb»er.
Nexv Orleans paid SI,OOO for Pitcher Cul
l<»P Bristol must have thought pretty
xvell of him. for thex signed five men to
take his place
• • •
Major league drafting begins on \u
gust 26
• • •
President O B Andrews, of the Chat
tanooga club. Is scouting through the big
leagues, looking for castoffs
• • •
Rax Morrison. < apiain of the 1912 base
ball team at Vanderbilt, and jierhaps the
most brilliant football player the South
♦ \**i developed, was married Tuesdax to
Miss Julia Clifton Goar, of Birmingham,
i Ala Morrison win coach the baseball
Mild football teams at the Branham and
Hughes team of Spiing HUI. Tenn,
through the coming school season
• • •
If, as has been published in 50 papers,
’••i itfllL s know h .fge of pitchers explains
Washington’s success - what explains tits
awful showing wilt. (Cincinnati and the
New York Xmerii ans ’
♦ • •
A misdirected letter < aused the blow
up of the Sharon team of the Ohio and
Pennsylvania leagu* In the letter was a
check for SSOO. in pavment for Outfielder
>•5111 Mien, sold to Washington. It was
misdirected to Sharon, Ohio, instead of
Sharon. Pa. If it had come on schedule
t would have tided the Sharon team over
to the end of the season. It didn’t, hence
the blow up.
• • •
Brooklyn has sent Cx Barger bark to
New ark
♦ • •
Whx. bless us. if the sedate (thio and
Pennsylvania league hasn’t turned out
low and invaded Pittsburg If memory
serves this is the second attack on Pitts
burg this xeata
• • •
A (Pain up in ,X. « BruiiMWi, k ha-> sold
two player* to hig league elubs P J
Duggan to the Wlotr Sox and David
Brown, former Bates vollege plater to the
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. ibiz.
loub —and still Is. It was not only
title to the fact that he grave the
fans a pennant winner, but to the
added fact that he played the los
ing hand in an unpopular gatne for
supreme baseball power in Atlanta.
The famous Heisman-Smith con
troversy is history now and should
not he raked up. But the fans
were on Smith's side, whatever the
merits of the case were, and they
will welcome Smith back with ex
tra rejoicing on that account.
• • •
'THERE is hardly a fan in At
-1 hint a now who doesn't believe
that Atlanta is set for a success
ful season next year.
The baseball association, hacked
by the Georgia Railway and Power
Company, is going to turn loose
money as it has never turned It
loose before. Smith will be given
the word to "go the limit"—and
Smith surely knows how to spend
the coin to advantage.
The early settling of the question
of a manager for next year was a
grand move by the baseball asso
ciation. It has revived waning in
terest and it has demonstrated that
the baseball association is going to
give Atlanta a ball club next year,
led by the manager the Atlanta
fans tvant
tvell. yon know who gets all the college
players.
• • •
Bob Bescher has bought an automobile
• • •
Pitcher Ad Brennan, of the Phillies, who
had diphtheria, is out of the hospital, but
he lost a lot of weight and will hardly be
ablt» to work again this year.
W it bin the week big league papers have
printed three interviews which, boiled
down, read as follows:
• • •
J. McGraw “The pennant a cinch.’’
F Chance "They’re helpless—the Cubs
cop in a canter."
B Dreyfus: “The Pirates will win the
National league pennant “
Obviously somebody is either wrong or
misquoted.
• * •
Portsmouth is dickering for a player
named PaploskL
• • •
\sheville is trying to net the Anderson
franchise of the Carolina association, and
If it <loes will put on continuous baseball
for the rest or the season, the Carolina
association team playing there while the
Appalachian tram Is on the road.
« ♦ •
Johnny Evers has become so pugnacious
lately that it is suggested he must have
been vaccinated with tiger’s blood.
• • •
The Reds are complaining that they are
handicapped by paying on a man-sized
grounds while other clubs are allowed to
play on abbreviated tlelds. The Atlanta
club has al wax s suffered with the same
handicap.
* * •
Lefty James, of Toledo, has pitched 26
successive innings xvithout having a run
, scored behind him That makes the going
easy for Lefty.
• • •
They’ve moved Tommy McMillan’s re
porting time un one dax He is now due
to join Wolverton’s team on August 19
• j •
, Clark Griffith saxs that he's afraid he
w ould <lie if hr quit bas» ball He claims
that, after 25 years of tension, it will be
Impossible for him ever again to let down
* * •
Mrs Rube Marquard. who once led a
, happy life as Madge Maguire, of New Or
leans. has secured a divorce from Rube,
i This is the third divorce episode in George
I I'M ward's life
It will be noted by press agents that
Murph.x and Chance both viciously attack
the Giants and McGraw in print just be
-4 foie ihr Giants were due to open a series
j in Chicago Poor publicitx man. that
» Murph.x
Pitcher Ered Heebe has been ordered to
pax back the $166 he overdrew from the
I Phillies. Ered tried to prove that he lost
, the coin when he went from Philadelphia
• to Buffalo, but the national commission
4 wasn't convinced
f• • •
»| Pitcher Griner, of the Cleveland club,
r former Mooney school football and base
> ball player, has gone to join the Cardinals.
THOMAS 10 TO 7 CHOICE.
LOS ANGELES. Aug 16 Finishing
touches xx ere applied tn their training
tasks today bx Featherweights Ha rx
i Thomas and Frankie Conley and both
x\ ill take things easx from now until
thex entm the Vernon tins for their
1 twenty-round contest on Saturday as
(1 ernonn Thomas is favorite in the bet
€ ting at odds of 10 to 7.
118-PDUND BOYS
MY STJRT NEW
BJNTffICUSS
By Ed. W. Smith.
I— >ROM the looks of things right
H now in the bantamweight
class the division will be split
up during the coming fall and the
men claiming membership) will sub
divide into two bands.
One of these will be headed by
Johnny Coulon. who claims 11«'
pounds as the real bantamweight
limit. He won’t have a great deal
of company.
The other squad will be made up
of men who insist, for reasons de
cidedly palpable, that 118 pounds
is the real international limit for
the bantamweight class. There are
some good men of international
reputation In this bunch.
The announced coming of Le
doux, the French champion, threat
ens to make the split in the ranks,
which, at that, always have been
more or less torn over the weight
question.
It is said that Dan McKetrlek
will bring over the little Frencher
for a shot at the best of them in
this country. But. alas, Ledoux can
not or will not do better than 118
pounds, which weight he made for
Digger Stanley, the English star, in
their recent international combat,
won by the Parisian.
Since the English authorities on
pugilism have stipulated 118
pounds as the bantamweight limit,
and their word goes in Europe,
Ledoux claims to have excellent
grounds for his position.
Old Argument Up Again.
Os course, when he lands here, if
he comes, the fans will want to see
him hook up at once with Coulon,
but that old weight question is apt
to prove the drawback to such an
affair. Then it will be that boys
like Jimmy Walsh, of Boston, an
international scrapper of repute;
Frankie Burns, the Jersey lad who
is an established and acknowledged
factor in the bantam class; Johnny
Hughes, claimant of the English ti
tle. to say nothing of a horde of
Eastern lads, will band together
and by agreeing to keep the ban
tamweight limit at 118 pounds con
trive to keep the fighting pretty
much among themselves.
Burns Can Do 116 Pounds.
According to Tommy Walsh, his
manager, Frankie Burns is willing
to make a weight of 116 pounds at 6
o'clock tor Coulon for a ten-round
battle, and would do 116 pounds at
the ringside only for a long con
test that might involve the title.
But at the same time he would be
delighted to meet the French star
or any of the others at 118 pounds.
Walsh is In the same fix.
It appears that Ledoux's defeat
of Digger Stanley, the English star,
got him a great reputation In Eu
rope. and he is regarded over there
as the real wonder. But it must
be remembered that Burns trimmed
Stanley eighteen months before
that happening, so he Is entitled to
just as much credit as the Parisian
is securing.
N. O. Wants Big Tourney.
New t trleans is talking of giving
a big winter tournament that will
bring together all of the greatest
of the little fellows, who are ex
tremely popular down near the
delta.
Whether this is started or not,
th> same old weight argument is
going to be rehearsed to the fullest.
I'p Baltimore way they have Kid
V\ illiams, a 116-pound lad, who is
regarded as the real whale of the
class. He is a slammer for fair,
and the predictions are frequent
that he will down any of them,
including Coulon. before the winter
is over H s a short block of a
hoc. only nineteen years old. but
I with a middleweight kick on eithet
side. Ideal sjinposium. isn't it?
Johnson Wise in Fighting Jeannette 10-Round Go
Win Will Give Him Chance to Escape Finish Mill
By W. S. Farnsworth.
SEVEN times have Jack Johnson
and Joe Jeannette battled. Four
of these were no decision af
fairs. Once the referee rendered a
draw verdict aftejj ten rattling
rounds. Once Johnson was declared
the winner in fifteen rounds. Once
Jeannette earned a decision on a
foul in the second round.
Jeannette has never been knock
ed out. Outside of Johnson's one
victory over him, Joe has lost to
but two men—Sam Langford and
Sandy Ferguson. After losing to
the Chelsea Joke Jeannette stop
ped him in eight rounds. And he
and Langford have clashed so many
times to an even break that the
record books have been unable to
keep an account of all of ’em.
• • •
| F the above dope doesn’t make
Jeannette a worthy opponent for
the champion, then listen to this:
Time and again Johnson has admit
ted that he fears Jeannette more
than any other fighter, not except
ing that demon slugger. Langford.
Time and again Johnson has re
fused to sign up with Jeannette in
a battle over a route. Finally, when
offered $25,000 and half the moving
picture receipts, for a „ten-round
|news from ringside
Terry Nelson was in town looking for a
match a few days ago, but when he found
the game was dead here he announced
his intentions of going to Jacksonville,
where the game is flourishing at present.
• * • _
Bombardier Wells in an interview a few
days ago said Al Balzer was the only first
class "white hope" in America He prob
ably thinks this as Balzer is the only real
pug he met while in this country, and he
got his a plenty in that battle
♦ * ♦
Frank Mantel! Is back in New York
once more after fighting seven 20-round
bouts on the coast. Mantell will be
matched with some of the best boxing
talent In the East.
* • •
Jimmy Coffroth is negotiating with Abe
Attell and, Johnny Kilbane for a 20-round
battle at Frisco, September 9. Attell
has agreed to the match, but Champion
Kilbane has not come to terms. However.
Coffroth thinks he will be able to stage
the bout.
♦ • *
Vic Hansen and Montana Dan Sullivan
mix it for 20 rounds at Coalings. Cal., to
morrow night. This will be Sullivan'S first
match this year and as lie has trained
hard for this bout he should win.
• • •
Jack Britton looked like a human pin
wheel when he was fighting Eddie Smith
in New York the other night. According
to newspaper men who witnessed the
tight. Britton often gave Smith five or
six blows without receiving one in re
turn.
• • •
Two bouts are scheduled for next Sun
day at Stumpf's island, in the Mississippi
near Dubuque. Clarence Forbes will go
ten rounds with Freddie Andrews, of
SEMI-FINALS REACHED
FOR PERRY ADAIR TROPHY
Match play continues on the five
flights of the golf tournament for the
Perry Adair trophy at East Lake.
The matches played yesterday were
as follows:
First Flight.
Second Bound G. 11. Atkisson de
feated E. T. Winston. 4 up and 3 to
play; G W. Adair defeated C P. King,
4 up and 3 to play.
Second Flight.
Second Round - H. 1,. Dix defeated J.
O. Burton, 5 up and 4 to play ; W. J.
Tilson defeated W. O. Marshburn. 4 up
and 3 to play.
Third Flight.
Second Round—R. P. Jones. Jr., de
feated J S. Raine. Jr., by default: J. C.
Harris defeated R. P. Jones, by default.
Fourth Flight.
Second Round—H. G. Butler defeat
ed S. Hard. 2 up and 1 to play.
Fifth Flight.
Fi st Round—J. J. Hastings defeat
ed R. M. Clarke. 5 up and 3 to play .
Second Round—('. P. How ard defeat
oil H A. Tigner, 4 up and 2 to play . H
1.. Graves defeated W. C. Barnwell. 3
Up and 1 to play.
mill, he assents. So. on or about
September 25, whenever the New
York promoters are ready, he and
Jeannette are to struggle.
The $25,000 and half the "movie”
money, of course, are big induce
ments. But. believe me, Johnson, a
shrewd business man. has figured
even further. He knows he can
outbox Jeannette in ten rounds, and
do it handily, too. He will probab
ly pile up a big lead on the New-
York negro. And later, when
Jeannette will challenge for a fight
over a championship distance,
Johnson will be able to crawl out
of such by claiming;
"Oh, 1 gave Jeannette a good
beating in New York. He and I
wouldn’t draw anywhere now. No,
I don’t consider him at all.”
Therefore the coming ten-round
fight in Gay Gotham is going to
furni.At a fine young loophole for
Champion John Arthur Johnson.
He will then only have Langford as
a real contender, and, as in the
past, will keep on saying that
Langford is too small and that
the public doesn't \yant such a
match.
* * •
ttERE an* some of the reasons
II why Johnson doesn't want to
tight Jeannette over a route:
1. Jeannette can stand an unlim-
Milwaukee. and Steve Ketchell will meet
Young Erlinborn, of Denver, over the
same route. Boxing contests are held on
the island every Sunday and have been
attended by hundreds of fans from all
nearby cities.
♦ ♦ ♦
Billy Bibson is going to stage a heavy
weight show at the Garden A. C.. in
New York. Monday night. Some of the
best white heavies in the East are on
Monday s card. The main bout will he
between Luther McCarthy and Jesse Wil
lard. while another ten-rounder will he
between Jim Savage and Tom Kennedy.
Fred .Lucas, who has a newspaper de
cision over Johnny Dundee, is trying to
get a match with Patsy Kline, the win
ner to be given a chance at Johnny Kil
bane for the featherweight title.
♦ ♦ •
Dallas, Texas, is the latest city to un
earth a white hope Frank Beverly, a
member of the Dallas tire department, is
the hope’s name, and he is th€ j largest
to be sprung on the public yet. Beverly
is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 246
pounds. He is matched with ('’ass Tar
ver for a bout io be staged at Clovis,
N. M., August 29.
* ♦ ♦
The fighting game was revived at Rich
mond a few days ago when Jack Dillon
knocked out Bill Donovan in the fourth
round of a scheduled ten-round contest.
Mike Gibbons will be seen in Gotham
again before many moons. This time
Mike will be accompanied by his kid
brother. Tom. Young Gibbons is a mid
dleweight. and is said to be almost as
clever as his brother. The Gibbons
brothers should have little trouble in se
curing matches in the East as middle
weight material is plentiful there.
WOLGAST AND McFARLAND
TO BATTLE OCTOBER 27TH
CADILLAC, MICH. Aug. 16.—After
months of negotiations Ad Wolgast l .
champion lightweight pugilist, and Emil
Thiry. of Chicago, representing Packey
McFarland, last night signed articles
for a ten-round no-decision fight be
tween Wolgast and McFarland before
i the Madison Square Athletic club, New
Yotk, on October 27. Wolgast’s mana
ger, Tom Jones, i- In California ami the
champion took charge of his own end of
the negotiations.
The terms provide that Wolgast’s
i share will be $15,000 with a controlling
interest share of the pictures. Mc-
Farland is to get 17 1-2 per cent of
the receipts and ten pet cent of the
picture money.
Wolgast consented to allow McFar
land to weigh in at 135 pounds at 3
. o’clock.
GROVER FOR LOOKOUTS.
CHATTANOOGA TENN. Aug Hi
The Chattanooga Baseball club has
bought Pitcner Grover from the Mays
ville. Ky . team, in the Blue Glass
league Pittsburg was tftet this young
■ pitch) t. and offered »i.)Min. mu Chatta
nooga got him for sl.2'io.
ited amount of punishment and can
recover from a blow faster and
better than any fighter in the game
today.
2. Johnson knows that Jeannette
does not fear him and therefore
will fight at top speed.
3. Johnson’s best blow' is an up
percut—-both right and left. Jean
nette is not a rushing fighter and
stands erect. It will be impossible
for Johnson to use an uppercut ex
cept when in a clinch on Jeannette.
4. Johnson’s best blows, including
the uppercut, will be of little use
to him. for Jeannette is a bear on
the defense when in close.
5. Jeannette's best blow (and, for
that matter, about his only' blow)
is a left jab, which is lightning
fast. And with it Jeannette can
beat Johnson to the punch every
time. '
» » *
JOHNSON’S seven lights with
J Jeannette were before Joe beat
Sam McVey in 49 rounds in Paris,
April 17, 1909. But that fight in
France has caused Johnson to ap
preciate what a wonderful scrap
per the New York negro really is.
On February 20. 1909, Jeannette
and McVey fought a terrific 30-
round draw in Paris. During the
early rounds McVey made a chop
ping block of Jeannette, but from
the 25th round on Joe came back
strong and all but knocked Samuel
out. He immediately challenged
McVey to a finish fight.
McVey agreed, after being given
about all the money there was in the
house. So on April 17 they fought
the greatest fight ever witnessed
east of the Atlantic ocean.
For forty rounds McVey made a
punching bag out of Jeannette,
knocking him down 29 separate
( and distinct times. But in the 41st
round McVey began to tire—tire
from punching Jeannette so hard
and often. And right there the
tide of battle changed.
From then on through the 48th
round Jeannette jabbed the totter
ing McVey from rope to rope.
When Sam went to his corner at
the end of the 49th, he was prac
tically out—out .from exhaustion.
The minute’s rest did him no good,
and tvhen the bell rang for the
start of the 50th round his seconds
tossed in the sponge as a token of
defeat. He couldn't get off his
stool.
]VT’ VEY ,s now and always was a
harder puncher than Johnson.
Jack knows this. And. believe me.
this is going to keep him from ever
fighting Jeannette in a finish fight
He figures that if McVey, who
landed his hardest and flush time
and again, could not stop the New
Yorker, then he realizes he can not.
All of which proves that J Ar
thur Johnson Is advise champion.
’ the longer Johnson puts off
fighting Jeannette for the cham
pionship oveY a route, the worse it
is going to be for him; that is. if he
ever fights him --it all. And for
th)- simple reason that Jeannette is
a clean liver an<l ft family man who
has no bad habits, while Johnson is
exactly Jeannette's opposite.
11l ten founds it’s Johnson in a
walk, but i h a llllis(l hattle
nette would carry our hank roll and
the family jewels.
NEW SIX-CLUB LEAGUE
ABOUT TO ORGANIZE
WAYCROSS. GA., Aug. Ik.-There
now set ms to be no doubt t hat a first
class league that will include Bruns
wick. Waycross. Valdosta. Americus
Cordele and Other Tifton or Fitzgerald
will be formally organized at a meet
>ng that will be held in this < ity some
time in October.
Even city named has bcm well rep
' • nted this .cur i»\ p^nfp.^sional
oi strong lot al teams. and th
demand for bas-ball i- ,-i-ch as w ii: .jus
tify a season at least three months.