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racwAH skwqwbb * lea asn EDITED fy FARNS-WORTH Jeff Must Have Caught Somebody’s Bait Mv-rr.i-ve ; '.- rr . W w LAKt butsopovno i ”'» f'sh 'vt- / Got one , '5-..22*.. z -h“^ D 22^ 7 wr/ -• - 5 UEI / W? rjfc lKk\ -SSL ‘W*- ~ .;-Z>«*.4fit--v F?=-- '^-l-.-. ■. ~; jMWSiM ■ *--jy»'‘w,«- e? ——— [|M \_ & \. : mF iTT "ZT'tffwi' !l ‘- u ™"---•■■F -J--*J\y.Jiili[j HhyM|r' k_&ji - [I- - i. *-, . - f< \ "■ ' ' \^ s ~*~ ~~ r ~-: ~~~ 'I ’ ~ —'~ —— _ l \V ' Si ~" * —•— —• 1 —-— ~ ■■' ■ 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. • « • 0 ' 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,, : " ■ ■ -•.■ I'oinie.l \ -atetn, n; ■ i hiirle- II I'.bbeits. Jr |.r.-sl.|ent of ‘ , ' ' ' ' '' ‘ lurrt ihel >. xlgetan not tm • ■' J* Jum now ti.is> building ■ J." "(HI bus. ball park, amt 0ff!,..,;- o f . ' '' i'' ‘ ot THOMAS TO MEET THOMAS I LOS ANGELES, Aug .1 Jnnim John*..n tnan ig. t of I'. at It. tw . q-m I H UT> Thomaa, who von ovw En.nk . < ('..11k I .It \ . 1...1. , < t i 111 dll I I . ept. d a mat. h f i- < naig. t..i I. L bo>' d.'V mN' < * ■ ■ .i - Ha rj I lioin. ini will tin«t J ■ T| ii., 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 t I —__ 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 ~boxTng — 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. H NO EXCUSE for the man who uses 11 :|| bad judgment in selecting his cigars. |g Is there any reason why you should B | 3fa spend 10c. for a cigar, when you can K buy a JOHN RUSKIN for 5c.? gUtql Full, npe, matured, big mild ci~ar. The Havana amTl tobacco used is the choicest grown. After your first K tjg smoke of a John Ruskin, you'll buy them by the jU-WI BFn-lJ box. Each box contains a profit-sharing voucher. If I M Bjfg Ask your dealer about the John Ruskin the next l|TT| time you buy a cigar. grFl |fl4Ja I. LEWIS CIGAR MFG. CO., Newark, N. J. ESj HI ISB 4be Largest Udepeadeat Cin«r lictorr i« the World M Z '"fi |§|| E. L. ADAMS &CO J Atlanta J, N. HIRSCH j Distributors jffl k H An ■■ m BBM * wff SE Kk- a . '» Dr. E. G. Griffin’s ’ Over BROWN & ALLEN'S D RUG STORE, 24/ 2 WHITEHALL ST. $5 Set of Teeth $5 completed day ordered 22k Gold Crowns, Special Bridge Work, .GAj AII Der,lal Work Lowest Prices. | 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.