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Giants' Great Catcher Does Not Approve of Umpire Baiting WIRING AN ARDUOUS TASK,' SAVS CHIEF MEYERS By John (Chief) Meyers. BASEBALL umpires are, one and al!, martyrs to profes sional sport. Every man's hand is against them. It’s the old proposition of trying to serve many masters. What pleases one side is bound to “peeve” the other, and " hat may seem fair and square to both teams is as likely as not to raise a belch from the stands. I‘ have never yet felt so low-down, cussed mean as to deny the arbi ters my whole-hearted sympathy; still, few—mighty few—of them always command my wholesome re spect. I suppose it is simply one of the necessary evils of the game that sets apart an official as a marked man. An axiom of our profession classes the umpire with the Indian. He is no good alive. And he hap pens to be very much in the flesh from about the second week in April till the middle of October. “There is no such thing as a good umpire," says McGraw. "All are had, only some are worse than others.” That sentiment is not original with the leader of the Giants. It is the creed of every manager and ac tive diamond athlete. A long experience has taught me that these common “burglars." these "second-story men." ply their art by daylight only. From the time the last out is made- of an afternoon till the first ball is pitched the following .day you couldn't find a finer lot of all-round good fellows. No player can deny that off the diamond they are clean-cut. square, wise, brainy and tactful men. In every conceivable manner they are a credit to the game. Is it not possible that’some of their official .faults may be mis guided virtues? No Good Ffom Kicking. I do not deplore remonstrance on tiie part of the nontenants, so long as it is confined to proper, st ortsmanlike channels. Kicking ov<. decisions never yet has gotten anybody anything. Yet no player of red blood with the interests of his team at heart can submit cheer fully to what he considers even the slightest injustice, when, perhaps, th. game hangs in the balance. I know that I can not. I pride myself on the fact. But I always try to present my objection as in offensively as the heat of the situ ation will permit. Personally, I have little use for rowdyism, and I think that my readers will agree that my record has been a very clean one. There is one thing that makes me sore as a boil—flghing mad all over. That is the player who tries to saddle his'faults off on the um pire. I have found out that it liss to a player’s best advantage to help as far as he can an umpire in the per formance of his duty. I never have any trouble working in front of a small man like BFIly Klem. I could v< ry easily obscure his view, may be, if I tried. But if I were so un fair 1 shouldn't expect fairness in return. I give him every possible advantage, kt eping low and as much of my body out of his line of sight as I can. There is no one I would sooner work with than Klem. He is my ideal of an umpire. He is reason abb-. willing to pay attention to a si r sibl< aigument, and possessed of si .md judgqient. He never loses h ; - bead, and has the faculty of taking the best position to see a play properly. Klem is never pre i ipitate in his decisions. He does not call a play until it has been m ule and he is certain of its prop er judgment. Let us take the matter of calling balls and strikes. The arbiter be hind the plate .is stationary. He sets-himsclf in such a position that he can see the ball from the time it leaves the pitcher's hands until it hits the catcher's glove. All he nt i ds is experience and good eye sight. Now, with the batter it is differ ent. He unconsciously loses the location of the plate, for he is not stationary. He sways in or pulls back; he steps forward or shifts in. In delivering the ball the pitcher loses his gauge. The catcher alone of all the players is properly quali fied to judge a .ball that seems to cut a corner, and often he, through having to shift at the last instant, is fooled as well as the batter. With base decisions it is some what different. Some few specta tors may be in line with a base, so as to have a proper gauge on a e < Wilton Jellico Coal $450 PER TON Place Your Order Before Advance JELLICO COAL CO. 82 Peachtree St. Both Phones 3668 play, and occasionally in a better position than the umpire. But only when th.e qfficial has been caught unawares. There is no excuse for an umpire not being right on the spot, unless a try Is made for some thing not expected. And when he is close and in good position an umpire has the advantage over every one else on the field or in the stands. It is true that in case of a double play sometimes he has to take snap judgments, for it is impossible, al ways, in such cases, to keep the line of vision unobstructed. Yet even then an umpire is about three times as close and in three times better position to judge properly than any of his assistants, no mat ter where they may be seated in the stands. Few Qualified to Judge. As to close decisions on stolen bases, the runner, the receiver of the throw and the umpire are the only ones qualified to enter any ar guments. Often, when it looks from the stands as if a baseman has "ridden” a runner into the bag, he has missed him entirely. Maybe he has put the wrong hand on him; maybe he has fumbled mo mentarily, or dropped the ball. A NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Boston in Pittsburg. New York in Cincinnati. Brooklyn in Chicago. Philadelphia in St. Louis. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P C W. L P C N York 81 34 .706 C'nati. . 55 63 .466 Chicago .75 41 .647 S Louis 52 65 .444 P'burg. .68 49 .581 Brk'lyn 43 74 .368 Phila. . 56 58 .491 Boston .35 81 .302 Yesterday's Results. Cincinnati 5. New York 0. Brooklyn 12, Chicago 3. Pittsburg 5. Boston 4 I first game.) Boston 8. Pittsburg 4 (second game.) Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Baltimore in Toronto. Providence in Buffalo. Newark in Montreal. Jersey City in Rochester. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C. W. L. P C. Roch. .*74 48 .607 .1. Citv .59 67 .468 Toronto 76 50 .603 Buffalo. 57 65- .467 B'more. 63 55 .516 M'treal .56 70 .444 N'wark. 60 63 .488 P'dence 51 74 .408 Yesterday’s Results. Toronto 10, Baltimore 3 (first game.) Toronto 3, Baltimore 2 (second game.) Providence 5. Buffalo 4 (first game.) Buffalo 8. Providence 3 (second game.) •Terse) City 4, Rochester 2 (first game.) Rochester 6. Jersey Citv 3 (second game.) • Montreal-Newark, rain. Texas League. Houston 6, San Antonio 5. Beaumont 3, Galveston 0. Austin 8, Waco 3. Dallas-Fort Worth; off day. Special Clearance Sale Nlen s, Boys ana Children s Fine Summer Footwear To clear our shelves of all Summer Oxfords, we ve applied prices sufficiently low to move them in a hurry. Blacks and Tans, Button or Lace, in all leathers. Tomorrow: Men’s $6.00 Oxfords for $4.75 Men's $5.00 Oxfords for $3.85 Men’s $4.00 Oxfords for $3.05 Men’s $3.50 Oxfords for $2.75 Extra special prices on all broken sizes and lots. $3.50 to $5.00 values for $1.65 Boys’ $3.50 Oxfords for ’ $2.85 Boys’ $3.00 Oxfords for * *52.45 Boys’ $2.50 Oxfords for $2.10 Boys’ $2.00 Oxfords for $1.65 Extra special prices on broken sizes and lots .One line Boys’ Oxfords to close at 85c One line Children's Skrappers ... 40c << For entering school, mothers will find this an excellent opportunity to shoe the little tots well at a mere trifle. Eiseman Bros., Inc. 11-13-15-17 Whitehall St. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TEESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1912. crafty player may sometimes fool an official by picking up a muff if "he can cover the miss with his own body or that of his rival. 1 know that I have been given the best of it through a quick Stab-un der a prostrate runner at the plate for a ball that had been jarred from my clutch. These are little things that the stands do not appreciate, and that, as a result, the honest umpire must suffer in silence. While Klem is my ideal umpire. I think that Owens will be his equal in a very short time. He is cer tainly batting about .400 his first year out. To my mind, Owens and Brennan form a rattling good team. Owens is a very firm fellow and decided in bis stand. There have been very few kicks on him so far. The veteran, Bob Emslie, is one of the best officials in the game for base work. Hie long experience makes him familiar with each team's style and he is always in a good position. I think that, as a whole, the Na tional league umpires. The credit of above the average. The credit of this, belongs to Thomas J. Lynch, president of the league. He is the McGraw of the umpire school and he will not tolerate Incapability. CAROLINA ASSOCIATION. Games~?oday. Charlotte in Spartanburg Winston-Salm in Anderson. Greenville in Greensboro. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P C A'ders'n 62 41 .602 Sp'b'rg 52 50 .510 C'rlotte 56 45 .554 G sboro 47 54 465 W.-S’m 57 46 .553 G’nville 33 71 .317 Yesterday’s Results. Greensboro 6. Greenville 4. Anderson 6, Winston-Salem 0. Spartanburg 6, Charlotte 1. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Richmond in Newport News. Norfolk in Petersburg. Portsmouth in Roanoke. Standing of the Clubs. W. I. P C I W. L. P.C. P'sb'rg 72 46 -.610 R’hm'd 60 59 .504 R'anoke 57 51 .528 P’sm'th 48 58 .453 Norfolk 59 57 .509 I N. N’ws 45 70 .391 Yesterday's Results. Roanoke 7. Portsmouth 1. Norfolk 5. Petersburg 3. Richmond 2. Newport News 0. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE, Games Today. Knoxville -u Asheville. Johnson City in Morristown. Bristol in Cleveland. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P < | W. L. P.C Bristol 52 35 .598 I C’v’l’d 42 43 .494 K’xville 49 41 .541 . A’eville 39 51 .433 J. City 43 42 .506 < M'town 36 49 .424 Yesterday’s Results. Knoxville 4. Asheville 0. Morristown 4. Johnson City 3. Cleveland 10. Bristol 3 (first game). Bristol 2, Cleveland 0 (second game). KID WILLIAMS WINS OVER 1 KID KELLY IN NINE ROUNDS | <NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—Kid Wil- ■ liams, of Baltimore, whose ambition is 1 to meet Bantamweight Johnny (Toulon I 'in a championship battle, is a step nearer his goal today as a result of his victory over Kid Kelly, of New Or leans, at Madison Square Garden last night. Referee Billy Joh slopped th - in the ninth round because Kelly was too far gone to continue. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Atlanta in Nashville. Mobile in Montgomery. Chattanooga in Memphis. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C. W. L. P.C. B hatn. .73 47 .609 M’mphis 55 61 474 I Mobile .69 51 .575 C'nooga. 53 60 .469 iN. Or. .63 53 .543 Nash. . 52 64 .448 | Mont. . 58 61 .488 Atlanta .44 70 .386 Yesterday’s Results. Mobile 7, Montgomery 0. Others postponed. , SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Today. Jacksonville in Albany. Columbia in Savannah. Columbus in Macon. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P.C w. L r C Sav nah 31 19 .620 Macon .24 27 471 C'bus. .30 20 .600 Albany 19 32 .373 J’ville .30 21 .588 Col a.' . 19 34 .358 Yesterday’s Results. Jacksonville 3. Albany 1 Savannah 12. Columbia 1. Macon 5, Columbus 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Chicago in Boston St. Louis in Washington. . Detroit in Philadelphia. Cleveland in New York. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P C « W. L P C Boston .82 37 .689 Detroit .56 66 459 Wash. .75 46 .620 ("land. .52 66 .411 Phila. .'.72 46 .610 N York 41 75 .353 Chicago 60 58 .508 S. Louis 38 82 .317 Yesterday’s Results. Chicago 4, Boston 2. Washington 6, St. Louis 3 (first game.) St. Louis 4, Washington 3 (second game.) Cleveland 8, New York 8. Philadelphia 5. Detroit 2. | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Columbus in Kansas City. Toledo in Milwaukee. Indianapolis in St. Paul. Louisville in Minneapolis. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. PC. i W. L. P.C. M apolis 92 47 .662 ! M'w’kee 64 71 .474 C'bus. . 87 51 .631 s. Paul 62 79 440 Toledo .80 56 .588 L’ville. 51 84 .378 K. City 65 70 .481 I I'apolis. 49 92 .348 Yesterday's Results. Minneapolis 17. Indianapolis 3 (first game.) Minneapolis 3, Indianapolis 1 (Mcond game.) St. Paul 4. Louisville 2. Kansas City 11. Toledo 8. Columbus 4, Milwaukee 1. Cotton States League. Greenwood 2, Columbus 1. MARTIN MAYxJ' I ' 191/2 PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS I STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y X. FOR SALE /A— ** 1 nj FrT 1 05 apj k < I<' S -MaN F. N T rrR E < S 1 ’1 of the most obstinate cases guaranteed in from C r 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment required. $ t Sold by all driinffietfl. 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The exception is Jim Driscoll, featherweight star of Great Britain, and undoubtedly the greatest boxer living, little or big Starting - with the big fellows, we are told that Bombardier Wells al ready is making pteparations to desert his native land again and take his second flyer among the Yankee swatters. He is hoi let- of the Lonsdale belt and having failed signally to get on a match for the title on the other side is coming back to look for a little revenge for the beating that Al Palzer handed This Set, $3,50 U A $ B 7 I I Jr /K 4 ■'>- *1 soli V y. jr- “• /i »M S, t Jj Ml'- yjff 0 # T*- w I tfi isSfefSlW'.«•’ ill And Six Premium Coupons Cut From The Georgian (SEE PAGE TWO) These sets have proved a wonderful surprise to readers of i'll Is GEORGIAN who have taken ad vantage of our offer. See the Sample Sets in our office window The Atlanta Georgian Premium Room 20 E.Alabama St. Correct Proverb Solutions Picture No. 43 Picture No. 44 f.t iTv- ; chat A'N'r TUG —, a' HORiE Ji - [7- - ~~~r.JOW 00 - rTIM » Ycp-rNn.N ; L_L'Li£-i- -T ( A « OON’Y fa VO«» I \ W ■ JI j ol] Every man doth his own business best. New made honor doth iorget men’s names. him recently. Then there is Jack Ha rison, middleweight champion of the Bri tons. We are told that Jack surely is some shakes and that he will ’ make a majority i.f the American boys sit up and take notice the first time he starts in to exchange punches with our lads. He is re ported to be an abnormally clever fellow with a good wallop on either side and as game as they make ’em. Later on Eddie Morgan, the greatest little man England has produced in years at 116 pounds, will be with us, anil Jim Driscoll Is sure to follow. He’s the boss of the joh at from 122 to 128 pounds and will be looking for the scalp of one J. Kilbane before he has been in tlie country more than fifteen minutes. Thomas Is Olympic Champ. And then, too, Harry Thomas, amateur champion for seveial years and winner of the Olympic boxing class in 1908 at 122 pounds, is here now. and though a thorough-going American because of his long stay here, is still spoken of as an Eng lish champion. Strangely enough, one manager ha- con,died all of these stars from the British isles but Wells. His name Is Jimmy Johnson, and he is one of the bright young men of the game. Jimmy passed through the city with Harry Thomas, the young English boxer, on his way from Los Angeles to New York. Jimmy has been campaigning out thrre for three months, having originally taken Owen Moran to the coast for several important engage ments. Owen didn't make good, however, because of a series of un foitunate accidents and went back home. Johnson stuck out there with Thomas and had the pleasure of seeing the little Briton make good after he had lost a decision to Jack White, of ebicago. in a twenty round mill. Thomas licked Frankie C'oniey of Kenosha and would have stuck there but for the scarcity of opponents for him. 7