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Smith Will Be Both Manager and Acting President of Atlanta Balt Club
WHOLE WORKS TO BE TURNED OVER TO NEW MOGUL
By Percy H. Whiting.
THE Atlanta Baseball associa
tion certainly timed the deal
with Billy Smith to a real
nicety. If the announcement that
Bill was coming back had been
postponed until the end of the sea
son. the fans of Atlanta would at
present be committing suicide by
ones and twos, or else renouncing
baseball.
The team of today Is the most
hopeless thing that ever stepped on
a baseball diamond. The only
bright spot In all the gloom is the
knowledge that Bill Smith, "a real
manager, as he has proved tight
here in Atlanta, will be back on
the job next spring, for a two-year
try at getting the Crackers out of
the depths.
The present Crackers are out for
a world's record. They seem to be
trying to see how many games they
can lose just as quickly a possi
ble. The St. Louis Browns and
the Boston Nationals never had
anything on this bunch of Crack
err. Their playing, especially on
the road, is a horror.
But cheet up. Bill Smith is com
ing. And that means a first divi
sion team to a certainty, and it isn't
a bad bet that Bill will give At
lanta a pennant before his two
year contract expires.
• « •
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going to let Bill run the team his
own sweet way. They will turn it
over to him. tell him to spend the
money, and then they'll go off about
their business, leaving Bill with a
fine line of credit and the promise
of unlimited backing
One of the reasons why Bill
Smith was selected, according to
Vice President Charles Nunnally,
was that he could take all the re
sponsibility and all the routine off
the shoulders of President I’rank
BOTH UMPIRES INJURED
IN GAME AT PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG tug ‘-’l. In the dou
ble-header lie:. yesteidav between
Pittsburg and Brooklyn. Umpires Bren
nan and Owens were botji Injured in the
first part of the first gam., and two
players were called upon to act the
rest of the first game, and all of the
second. As far as is kn >wn this is the
first tim< both umpires hav< been hurt
In a major l< igue gam< , The two
teams split th. double-he...1.r.
Umpire Brennan, during the first
inning of the fit-t game sliced mat
second base, injuring bis km cap. I m
pire Owens, who was behind the bat.
was hit by a foul tip off ,la.-k Miller -
bat in the Second inning of the same
game, his breastbone being broken.
It was then decided b> t . tt magers
of both teams to its. play.ts , urn
pires. Catcher Phelps, of Brooklyn, and
Hyatt, ut
were called upon to a. t. and umpired
the rest of the afternoon
Umpire Owens was un on- ions when
taken to the hospital. Physicians, it is
said, will have to ust to as-
certain the extent of his injur . s I'm.
pire Brennan Is not so seriously hurt
WOLGAST TO MEET WINNER
OF RIVERS-MANDOT FIGHT
EOS ANGELES. Aug. 21 Tom
Jones, manager for \d W. -t. stated
today he would leave for Chicago .
September 1 Jem s veriii* d the r. i
that Wolgast and Al I irland w. r<
matched lot ten rounds the .
Athletic club In New York ou Septcm
ber 2". Jones said he and \V dgast
would return to Los Angeles ftei th
fight and be h . : to t ,l
art ♦ winner of the Rive .- Mat.,
fight for a Thanksgiving t<
BRANNEN QUITS GEORGIA:
WILL GO INTO BUSINESS
ATHENS. Aug 21 Kid Brannen
University of th <c . i
tip- (B.sl ,
director of athletics at Georgia .Mllitui'
college has resigned hie jxmiiion and
will go into business with his lather
Arthur K Maddox assistant football
coach st the Unlver-il-. of Georgia, ha
been chosi n to sm■■ eed Brann* ti and
has accepted the position MtlddoX ivlt
for MBledgevllls this morning
Callaway. It has been a tolerably
strenuous season for Major Calla
wny. Neither Hemphill nor Alper
man knew the first tiling about the
Southern league or about manag
ing when they took over their Jobs.
As a result, a world of the routine
work f"ll on President Callaway’s
shouldeYs.
Nobody outside of-baseball head
quarter.s begins to suspect the
amount of routine work that must
be done, the immense amount of de*
t Hl drudgery that is involved in the
Job of buying and selling play rs,
drafting, trading, waiving, and in
the little ordinary every-day af
fairs of a hall club.
Just consider, though: There is
tie Atlanta i lull, with its own es
tablished way of doing things. This
in turn is owned by the Georgia
Railway and Power I'ornpany, with
strict rules for the handling of
financial matters. Then the Atlan
ta eltfb i.s a part of the Southern
league. This organiza tion-Is gov
erned by a comjilleated code which
!i is been the outgrow th of eleven or
twelve years of rule making and.
worse, it is governed bx precedents
end customs that have never been
reduced to writing at all. The
Southern league, in turn, is a mem
ber of the National Association of
Baseball Chibs, with its set of rules
and its well cstabiished procedure
for handling all eases. Then if the
local club has anx dealings with a
Illg league, that's another story
again. Eor the big leagues have
still .tiiotliei form .of govet'nnp'm
and a dill, rem equipment of rules
and procedure. \nd above them all
hovers the National Baseball Com
mission, the supreme court of base,
ball, hedged around by more rules
titan the supreme court of the
I'nited states and without any
constitution to work by.
Vmt have our word for It any
body who takes over the Job of
I he Big Race
Here's how the "Big Five" of the
American league ate hitting the ball,
the averages including yesterday’s
games:
PLAYER- AB. H. P.C
COBB . 427 175 .410
SPEAKER 447 179 400
JACKSON 429 161 .375
COLLINS 405 137 .338
LAJOIE . 292 91 .312
Tris Speaker sure is closing in fast on
Ty Cobb for top batting honors. There
is only ten points separating them to
day. Cobb fell off a fraction over a
point yesterday, by securing only one
hit in four times up. Speaker, on the
other hand, gained almost two full
points. He garnered two safe swats m
three trips to the plate. Joe Jackson
lost a point. He pounded forth two
hits in six attempts. After hitting like
a demon for three weeks. Eddie Col
lins took a slump. In the double-,
header the Athletics lost to the White
Sox, Collms only managed to connect
once in eight times up. Five notches
d'd he drop back therefore. Lajoie was
‘ a bit off on his feed. too. as he only
connected safely once in six chances.
CHARLEY EBBETS TURNS
DOWN OFFER FOR CLUB
XIAt ViiltK Aug 21- Tw.. i'in. ,nn.. 11
IbgHeliall i.u>.- who came to New York this
w. .I. wuh proposals tor the purchase of
"mg hiier. st m the Hr.-n Xa
tui' .lyu. <lul. will a|.|..it emlv Im,, i,,
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THOMAS TO MEET THOMAS
I LOS ANGELES, Aug .1 Jnnim
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PRE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AVGUST 21. 191‘z.
president of a baseball association,
especially with a green manager
working under him, earns his pay.
* • *
A LI- this detail work of the South
ern association is nuts for Bill
Smith. ‘He has been in the league
for six years. He helped make some
of the rules and he helped establish
■oine of the tireeedents.
This fall the v hole works will be
turned over to Hill Smith. Presi
dent < 'nll.nviiy will reserve the right
to sign checks. The rest of the du
ties and the honors of the job go to
Bill Smith.
The board of directors proved
this year that the\ would not in
terfere witli their managers. They
gave Charley Hemphill all the rope
in Hie world anil he went out and
hanged himself. managerially
speaking. Not until he had proved
that lie was utterly unfit for the
place did they take a hand. Then
all they did \\j.s to "can" him.
Since Alperman has had the job he
has had full sway. It was up to
him to make or break the team.
Next year Bill Smith's authority
and power will be even greater.
President Callaway will turn over
to him not only all the duties of
the manager's job. but most of those
of the president as well. Major
Callaway will act in a sort of finan
cial advisory capacity.
In effect. Bill Smith will be both
president and manager of<he club.
The board of directors will merely
<• K. what he does and pat him on
the back when lie wins game's.
♦ ♦ *
TV HIS new arrangement w ill suit
I Bill Smith. H. 's a .400 hitter in
Hie Hard W ork league. \ll lie asks
is to be | t alone. He'll do the
re-t and do it right. He doesn't
ask anybody to shoulder the blame
in . ase lie fails. He wants to do
. all the work and is willing to di t -
I vide the credit.
But wall Ii iiim make things hunt!
BUNDY SICK: TENNIS
MATCH PUT OFF A DAY
NKW I >i 'I'T R I . lug :‘i Os the 159
as|.jrHiiis : the national law n tennis
' ch.Jti'!■ unship in singles who w»re on the
, enir\ list Mon<la\ but 35 remained in the
running when play cl >sed \est(*r<ia>. \i-
• though two matches was run off yester
<ia.\ (licit were no unexpected results
an<l the survivors are considered the pick
■ of \meriian tennis players.
I Tin- national championship in doubles
■ was to have bet n decided yesterday, but
I'homas «’ Bundx. of Los Angeles, one
• • I the challengers, xleveloped a slight ill
. in i" and ihe title holders. Rayinond I*.
tard, of New
! > ork. generouslx” requested a day’s <le
-1 Instead of the doubles event the c<>ni-
• mittec immediately staged a lively < on
to-: m singles between former Champion
\\ Ilium I Clothier, of Philadelphia, ami
i idw ir.l P. learned. <»f Summit. N J.
r Clojhier wen in straight sets.
he last rail for delinquent entries was
made tt noon, ami among those against
I whom a default was recorded was former
t’hamphm Reals <’ Wright, of Boston
1 ' mie ;ds of i I ’nited States Iw n
i I ennis association today cabled the Brit-
> ish .msociation that America would not
be ••■presented in the trial matches for
‘ I V I>U ' ‘ hnernational cup. now held in
I New Zealand.
BAN JOHNSON ISSUES
HIS RELEASE BULLETIN
i; ’ -\iig ..i l-aihire to report
J i.' the M -ntgmm-15 club . f th. Southern
j e-.i-.'m resiuted in suspension tor <’. |{
I Hi-we. a ci!, her whom iln St Louis club
.Jecentix sold, according to (he offn i.d
; bulletin ci the American league, made
public today. Among th< releases an
| noum ed w erv:
I undMel-lrpd Al ' S ' in ’ ’’ VX:,S ' ■ | ’ ayl ' ,r
j I" St Louis, by Montgomery. C.us \Vi|-
) hanm. by r- isiol. < mttieldeC Sloan bv
- Maysville |<y . Pitcher Wellan
t To Detroit. b\ Vickaburg. Patrick M<
< la) • •■
T - Cleveland, by \nderson. S <’ Er
i nest \ \\ o|fv
f 'l'” Washington. b\ <'hiittanooga. <»ur-
, . tieldei Moran
I Tn Rosinn. by Reauinont, Texas. Pitch
( I »•! Martina and Brant
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INFIELDER HALLINAN
BOUGHT BY MEMPHIS
' MEMPHIS. TENN \ U g 21 An
> ; iP-.iiioMiiri f w a made today b\ President
l iiink R C Irman. of tl.« Mcinpbm •
» fb. Ht. ~i |. „ , (m: >
'•iii. d inn. Lio HaHinaii fron (he St
|L .I. \ii l( q uh ILilliiutn will n port at
New < m Ivans tomorrow
CRACKERS PUr
BEHWAY GfflE
IN WHILE
Birmingham, ala,, Aug. 21.
The Crackers will offer
themselves for slaughter again
this afternoon at Rickwood park.
Having been beaten to a pulp in
two games, they have lost all hope,
and the Barons look like a 1 to 10
shot in the final game of the series.
The score of yesterday's farce
was the same as the day before, 11
to 3. The Crackers were outclassed
from start to finish, and looked
more like a Class 7. outfit than a
Class A team.
Young Johnson was hit* to all
corners of the stadium, two home
runs, a triple and three doubles,
added to six singles, being aggre
gated off his delivery.
Entirely outclassed, the Crackers
were easy. Plough allowed a run
in tile first inning and then after
the Barons had counted eight times
ift the first three sessions he mere
ly toyed vith the visitors as a cat
plays with a captured rat.
The' only feature was the ease
with which the Barons slammed out
the pellet to all corners of the lot.
Every Baron save Mfirean and Mc-
Bride landed safely once or oft
en er.
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
I lies*.' averages include all games
played to date:
Players. G. A.B. R. H. Av.
Harbison, ss. . 57 196 23 56 .287
Alperman. 2b.. .1 12 .423 57 114 .270
Bailey, If. . . .m 3X7 70 104 .269
Aghf. lb 47 156 27 41 .263
Becker, pl 2 27 2 7 .259
Graham, c. . . . 52 160 17 40 .250
Callahan, cf. . , 70 272 26 67 .246
McElveen, 3b. . .116 423 47 94 .222
Sitton, p’’> 58 11 10 j 72
Reynolds, c. ... 1 I 36 4 6.167
Brady, pl 9 5s 2 9 .155
Johnson, p. . . . 5 9 0 1 .111
Wolfe, utility . , 7 19 2 2 .105
Lyons, rs 20 60 3 5 .OX3
Waldorf, p. . . . 7 18 0 0 .000
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Late News and Views
The AleMahdn brothers, promoters of
the St Nicholas Athletic chib in New
'i ork, are going ahead and making prep
arations for the staging of a ten-round
tight between Joe Jeannette and Jack
Johnson next month However, the wise
ones around Gotham do not believe the
commission will allow Johnson to appear
in that city. The state athletic commis
sion will meet some time this week and
unless (he ban is lifted , ‘lal" Arthur will
not be allowed to box in New York
ITankh Russell, the New Orleans fav-
. n iraining hard for his ten-round
contest with Joe foster, in New Orleans
Monda\ night. If Russell defeats Coster
lie should have little trouble getting
matches with some of the best 128-pound
ers in the Hast.
» • »
Jinimv Johnson, who is majiaglng liar
r\ Thomas, has left the coast with his
tighter and will go to New Orleans, where
Thomas will be matched with some of
the l<»«al talent
• « •
1 p'k Harrison, the English heavy
"t:gi. in<4 Eddie Morgan, the bun-
■ 1 n oi Wales, are In
New Vork seeking matches with some of
the hauling pugs Morgan will probably
he usitvi.sl with Johnnx t'oulon within
'hr next few days and Harrison maj he
pitted .'gainst the winner of (lie Eddie
M.<h><>rt>-Bob Mobil bom, scheduled for
Ufbor da>
Eieihlle W .Ush show e.l his old time
h'V.'tn.-ss when hr defeated Jack Knight
<1 Wmi peg Canada. < few nights ago.
Th.' English ■ liainpion won all the way.
but his blows lacked ihe steam to put
Ins opponent away
• • »
Sles.n •( Mllu.tukvr 'ought
• Ttirihv 1 01 h« -m nt Chicago a ion-round
l«i»au at Dubuque, lowa, a feu days ago
South Is Barren of Big League Timber as 1912 Season Closes
SMALLEST CROP IS SHIPPED TO MAJORS THIS YEAR
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
WHILE Messrs. C. Frank, B.
Smith and C. Molesworth
are engaged in their three
cornered joint debate as to the rel
atTve strength of the Southern club
that probably will win the title in
1912 and the teams that were
awarded pennants in 1910. 1907 and
a few other years ages and ages
ago. the fact stands out in favor of
the contention of Messrs. Frank
and Smith that not one single star
is being sent to the major leagues
from Dixie this season.
In fact, of the eight or ten dozen
ball players who have worn South
ern league uniforms this season,
there is hardly one that looks good
to become even a lesser luminary
in the major league firmament.
There is hardly one that has looked
better than his fellows of this
league.
The most potent proof of this
FODDER FOR FANS
There is much rejoicing in New York.
The Yanks will probably not finish last.
« • •
Cobb says that Walter Johnson has
more speed than Joe Wood. "When Wal
ter is right," says Cobb, “you can't see
'em."
"And when you can't see ’em you can't
hit ’em.”
• • *
Chance has purchased Fred Toney from
Louisville on the off chapce that Freddie
can help him tn the pennant dash.
** * /
When Tommy McMillan left the Roch
ester ti-am to join the Yanks he was bat
ting an even .300 and was leading the
league with 44 stolen bases.
* • •
Jack Grim, the Storm King of the Vir
ginia league, has given up at -Newport
News and has passed from the game He
was a quaint character, with an uncanny
attraction for trouble.
• » ,
Paul Davis succeeded Grim at Newport
News.
• • «
Ross Helm, former Southern leaguer, is
now known in the Texas league as Rufe
Holmes. He changed his name for luck,
after winning a recent game, and the
change stuck.
* • «
Artie Hofman has reported to the Pi
rates. but he's a dissatisfied young gen
tleman He wants salary while he was
sick and Dreyfus doesn’t want to give It
to him. Barney claims that Murphy
should pay the amount. Doubtless the
wrangle will go to the commission.
* , »
The world's championship blight hasn’t
fallen on J. F. Baker. Starring in "the
series" put Rohe, Altrock. Isbell, Adams
and Delehanty on the blink, but J. Frank
lin continues to maul the old pill around
the .350 mark.
• • •
Brooklyn has passed up Hot Springs,
Ark., as a training camp. President Eb
bets has not selected his camp for next
spring, but it will not be "the Springs."
• * *
Extra- New Orleans papers of Satur
day quote Smith as denying that he is
I coming to Atlanta. Beats all how long
1 the principals of such a deal are in get
ting onto the real facts. Maybe he ad
' mits it now.
Bill Smith says that the 1910 Pelicans
were better than the 1910 Barons. Sure.
And a picked team from both of them
couldn’t have held up their end with the
1907 Crackers.
• ♦ •
Chattanooga fans are said to favor Sam
Crawford for manager next year above
Jordan. That's satisfactory to Atlanta
fans and probably will not ruin Otto’s
disposition. Jordan is needed In Atlanta
to round out the firm of Smith, Jordan
Ar Co.
• • •
oh yes, another man who says the
Southern league this year is slower than
It has been in three years is Carleton
Molesworth. manager of the Birmingham
team, that is winning the pennant in the
Southern league.
• • •
Detroit will draft Albert Basham, the
catcher, from the Clarkesville team of
the Kitty league
• • •
Brown Keene has been ill and has not
been playing regularly with the Indian
apolis team
« « «
The best $2,000 worth of ball player in
the Southern league thin year was Rafael
Almeida This man was offered broad
cast spring Rick Woodward was
the only man who had the gatneness to
grab hftn He has done more than any
other man toward winning the pennant
for the Barons
• • •
Tom Foxen a pitcher, who has been in
the Southeastern, may be signed by I.ou
Castro to finish out the season at Ports
mouth
• • •
Birmingham t« trying tn spring that old
t»unk ibout a post-season series with the
American a»xo l |atlon pennant winners
fact is that whereas in other sea
sons every man who witnessed
eight ball games during the year
picked all-Southern teams, this
year’s all-Southern selections have
been as rare as the honest man, the
dinosaurus and the dido.
If the Southern catchers were
gone through with a fine tooth
comb, nothing would be harvested
that looks like a real ball player.
The Barons probably will win the
pennant, and they will 40 it with
two catchers that could never have
stuck through the season with a
tail-end club in years gone by.
And they are a pretty fair crite
rian of the backstopping strength
of the league.
Demaree No Youngster.
The pitchers show nothing more
remarkable. Demaree may stay up,
but Demaree is far from being a
youngster. He came South with
Jimmy Ryan in 1908, and he has
been pitching indifferent ball ever
since until .this year, when he
A little ten to one is herebv offered that
the series doesn’t come off.
* • «
Kalamazoo has signed a new pitcher.
His name is Remark, Felix J. Remark.
♦ ♦ •
One thing the new ball players’ league
will demand will be a minimum wage of
$2,000 a year for all players.
• • ♦
Next to Joe Wood. Hugh Bedient de
serves the most credit for the showing of
the Red Sox. Hugh was just fresh from
the bushes this spring, but he has man
aged to win almost twice as many games
as he has lost.
• • ♦
The White Sox has not recalled from
Lincoln Shortstop Berghammer, who was
tried out by the Barons this spring.
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L——_PHONE— Hours—a to 7. Lady Att^ndant.
By “Bud” Fisher
really seems to have developed
something, but few of his most ar
dent admirers look for him to per
form any wonders In the large
arena.
Young Clarence Smith, the pop
purveyor that Molesworth devel
oped this year, may come around In
time’. In fact, in view of his ten
der years—he is but eighteen—he
stands better chances of making
name and fame than the Mobile de
mon. When you are through with
these two, the curtain can descend.
Doc Johnston will never remain
long in Cleveland. He is fine Class
"A” timber, but his classification
will not go higher, Paulet may also
“come,” but he will never be a Dau
bert.
Almeida has had his fling in the
big league. He will probably be
recalled, but he’ll never stay up.
He'll go back to bed in a Class "A"
berth. He can’t get a ground ball
to his left. His disposition is indif
ferent. and these two things will
overcome his natural ability as a
hitter.
Wares May Make Good.
Wares, of Montgomery, may fill
in pretty well In the Browns’ in
field, but that isn’t whooping 'em
up to any considerable degree, and
of the outfielders Jimmy Johnston
Seems certain of staying for a while,
with the possibility that Stengel can
grab a berth with Stovall.
But where are the Jacksons, the
Speakers, the Oldrings, the Dau
berts. the Fords, and Archers, and
Sweeneys that were once produced
so prolificly? They are gone from
these diggings. Maybe with proper
cultivation another year will pro
duce once more one of these banner
crops.