Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, August 30, 1912, HOME, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text8 worn ' EDITED Jy W. S FARNSWORTH BRADY WILL DEAL HIS BRAND TH LOOKOUTS CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Aug. 3ft. —Brady and Priest will be the opposing mound men In the second game of the series between the Crackers and Look outs. The fact that Atlanta lost yesterday has not discouraged the Gate City warriors in the least, and for the first time in weeks they dis played some fighting spirit this morning as they lounged around the hotel. They are confident of win ning today, again tomorrow, and thereby cop the long end of the The Lookouts captured the first gam*- of the struggle yesterday by a••-ore of Ito 1 The home team s Polish battery Covaleskie and Gid do. proved altogether too good for Whitey Alperman’s misfits It was toe Lookout’' first vielo \ in ten games too. Johnson Pitched Wwll. Lyman Johnson hurled for the Crackers, and really hurled a very useful game, but errors cropped out in his sttppor. at critical times, and when the Ixtokouts mixed some timely hits with them, runs were scored , The Crackers were a trifle too daring on the base lines, and wrWild probably have scored inor< than one run had they not attempted to stretch hits or go an extra station on an error, good pegs cutting them down. Joe Agler offended twice In this respect. Harbison once. The inteiest In the game was in tense, and when it was seen that the rival butters were twirling just about the same brand of baseball, the fans sat back and waited for something to break The some thing was the Atlanta support Bailey's Work Feature. Harry Bailey’s great running catches in left field were easily the feature of the game. He made a critical error on a fly by Coyle, but hr robbed Mickey of an extra base hit a few Innings later, and electri fied the crowd by racing to the flag pole in left center and capturing Gray's long drive that looked good for a homer Coyle's first base play was the feature from a Chattanooga stand point The Crackers counted their only tally in the second inning. McEl veen beat out a slow roller to third; Reynolds walked Humpty was forced at third on Callahan's roller Wolfe kicked in with a timely blnglo and Reynolds scored Barr's Double Costly. In their half of the same Inning, the Lookouts scored the runs that really won the game With one gone. Gldilo drew a ticket. Cova leskie was retired by Callahan after a hard run in deep center Coyle flew to left, but Bailey dropped it and both hands were safe. Barr cut loose with a two-sacker, on which the two runners counted. With one gone in the sixth. Giddo walked Covaleskie forced him at second. Harry went to second on a wild pitch and counted when Coyle drove out a single, in the seventh, again after one was gone, a man walked. This time it was Balenti. Moran went out. but Jordan kicked in with a single that sent the chief home ward. HANDSOME BOY BREAKS TRACK RECORD AT MACON Macon. GA.. Aug 30 The trotting record for a Georgia track was broken here by Handsome Boy. owned by G. H Kscob. of Athens, when he made the mile in 2 in the third heat The previous record was held by Lecco Wilks, owned by Dan O’Connell, of Macon, and was made at the state fair here last year. A crowd of 1.000 people attended the opening of the three days' race meet yesterday afternoon and saw two good even’s The 2:20 trot was won by Handsome Boy. in three straight heats, his time [ 2:12*4. Veteran. owned by Morgan Thompson, was second Clement. J. T Morton. Gray owner, third, and Frank lin, S. Wise. Atlanta, owner, fourth. In the free-for-aJI race for a purse of ?150. Joe Wilks, owned by Dampier, of Valdosta, was the winner in two straight heats. Nellie Gentry, ban O'Connell, Macon, owner was second, and l-uly White, C H Escos. \thens, owner, was i third The time was 2 16 < JIMMY BRITT PLAYS JOKE ON BROADWAY NEW YORK. Aug 30. W ill,, a .-mis sors grinder «a« busily .ngagi<l it: sharpening cullerx opposite the .Mile pole hotel. Jimmy Britt, the «x prize fighter, sauntered up to a group of men in the lobby, cast a casual glam . across the street and said “Holy smoke, but that's a dandx make-up." "What do you mean?" some one in quired. "Why,” Jimmy replied in a confidt n Hal way. "that’s Billy Burns the de tective 1 used to know him In San Francisco No make-up can fool m- Instantly the group took life, and in a few minutes the whole bunch wa« across the stren They told others, and m did Jimmy, Pretty soon the scis sors grinder was playing to a gallery of about fifty people, while Britt looked on from across the street. L Meanwhile Detective Burns was strolling down the boardwalk at Atlan- K Cl,y - Billy Smith, Crackers’ New Manager, Snapped on the Job THE POPULAR “BILLY” '<7l"' SERVING UP SOME ' 0F HIS BEN . DERS To HIS BATTERS y'lrfX' ’ A . yb- T DURING PRACTICE 'SW W" V GAME. By/ '• ZSkSsw 4. ■ WET b k if Vi&r •■•'fejk v I’ ''Wk.--uu F * ( Sr \ Ik. "••■'/ I* j ", 11 wBHBr /w LOOKING OVER A CONTRACT ~f t. * *vhsnr ». .. I BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip The Delehantys wore the greatest of baseball families Four out of five broth era were sent to the big leagues. The rtf th played baseball 'l'he father was lames Delehanty. Sr. a Cleveland me chanic. The boys were I'd, Tom, Frank. Joe and Willie. The greatest Bd His most famous feat was that of knock ing four home runs out of five times at ba t. • • • Almeida has been directed to report to the Red team at the close of the Southern league season and will play his first game in New York He and Marsans are ex pected to draw out the entire Cuban colony in the metropolis • • • I’oubt has arisen about the Ciants' round-the-world trip Several of the Giant players have decided they do not want to go and some question has arisen over McGraw s ability to finance it • • • The Browns will send three men to Montgomery in return for first pick on the Montgomery team next vear The men Dobbs is to get are said to bo First Baseman Joe Kutina, Pitcher Charles Roy Broun and Outfielder Pietro Comp ton • • • Pitcher Schultz, of the Savannah team, who has been bought by the Giants, will report in New York just as soon as the Sally league post-season games are over • • • Minneapolis recently won six games in three days from Indianapolis There’s one other team tn the world In Atlan ta's class • • ■ It is .said that Claude Derrick did not take kindly to being traded to Baltimore. But, shucks, that did nt get him anything. • ♦ • Oh. yes. here’s a new solution of the managerial problems at St. Louis ami Brooklyn Bresnahan is to be traded to Brooklyn for Nap Rucker and Zack NVheat And Miller Huggins Is to man age the Cardinals Maybe • • • They're going to run a special train from Youngstown for the world’s series Jimmy M<Meer's trends in the Mahon ing valley are Just bound to see his Red Sox perform Jud Dale\ has been called to his home in Montgomery by the death of his only child, a little- son born this summer • • • Here D the way tin- clubs finished in the first half of the Sally league season: CLVBS Won L< ' P.O Jacksonville 3t, 17 k7:» Albany 31 I j Savannah si i Macon -,-K 2’.» 473 I t'olumbus . 25 30 455 Columbia is 35 324 • • • ’l ee reason Bf nir M<Cay let up in his race for the Sally league pennant was that the owners of the Albany club w ere selling off all his stat players and then kicking bpcar.se he wasn't winning the pennant • • • \shevill.- is plugging hard for an all i North Carolina league and wants Gre« tis - boro and Charlotte in it. • * * Count out Mobil. It would take a miracle now forth. Gulls to cop Thev are more llkelj to pop • • • Also award Ins' place to \tlanta The, Crackers could not pa-s a given point much less Chattanooga I’realdent William Gracson of the la.uisvlll. . !:,! i. , • i , ■ i(iWn an offer of Jbi.t'W lor 1 is outi t THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1912. Players Bill Smith Has “Sent Up” Al Orth, pitcher, star with Philadelphia and Xew York American team many years. Dolan, infielder, several years with Louisville in old 12- clnli league. Ollie Pickering, sold to Louisville, afterward with Cleve land Spiders. Dan McGann, first sacker, sold to Boston, afterward first baseman ol Xew York Xational World's Champions. George Xill, second baseman, sold to Cleveland, where he stuck several years. Al Xewton. noted southpaw, sold to Louisville, and later with Xew York Americans. Gilroy, pitcher, sold to Washington. Dummy I aylor. sold to Xew York Xationals, for which club he pitched many years. Bernard, outfielder, sold to Boston Americans. Paul Sentell, shortstop, sold to Athletics by Maeon. Kussell Ford, Xew York American's star pitcher. Box Castleton, pitcher. Xew York .-Xmericans. Cincinnati Xationals. Ed Sweeney, catcher. Xew York American’s star receiver. Rube Zeller, pitcher, sold to Xew York Americans, now dead. Dodo Paskert. outfielder, sold tfrCineinnati. now with Philadelphia Xationals. Bob Spade, pitcher, sold to Cincinnati, and a star for one season. Jimmy Archer, star catcher of Chicago Cubs. Sid Smith, sold to. Athletics, afterward with Cleveland, now with Columbus. Williams, catcher, now with Boston Americans.* "Rube’ Benton, pitcher. Cincinnati. "Hub" Xorthern. outfielder. Brooklyn. Bob Higgins, catcher, Brooklyn. Ro.x Moran, sold to Brooklyn for fall deliverv. FIVE MATCHES SHOT AND WON AT SEAGIRT RANGE RH-'I.E RANGE SEAGIRT. N J. X UK 30 l-’lvr mutches w ere deckled jestndav .it the Seagirt shooting tour nament. Sergeant Perri S. Schofield, of Massachusetts, won the Nevada tro phy match: the field and staff of the Third Infantry, New Jersej National Guard, won the cavalrr team match: the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver club, of New York, won the revolver team match A I’ Lam. of \, w York won the a’l-eomei- squadded military ■natch: .1 II Snook, of <>hi. won th* 1 ! all-comers squadded rapi<l-tii< match. Shooting condition.- were excellent. Slmplif) home. ipartment, room seek- i ling tn saving time, temper and tramping I I ' consulting riu Georgian Rent Bulk - , tin I ZIMMERMAN HITS BALL ON LINE FOR 425 FEET CHICAGO, Aug 30 Helnie Zim merman. third baseman for the Cubs and leading batsman in the National league, hit what is said to be the long est home tun ever made on the local grounds m the game with St. Louis here It was Zimmermans fourteenth home drive this season and was made .when one man w argon base in the first inning The ball struck the lower left-hand cornet of the score board in left field, near the club house, and exports on long drives estimated that the ball I traveled 425 feet before striking th» I board. Last Spark of ■ Cracker Hope Now Extinguished •Fa 4 n-ad- •!•••{• •:•••? Smith’s Men Did It, But Nobody Blames Bill j-j rj -tt-m • • Smith, sorely wounded by the pros- lo\ I (‘Fey H. \\ lilting. pect of finishing worse this season IF ever a faint hope existed that than ever before In his managerial the Crackers might take a fall history. For in the seventeen years out of Chattanooga, pass the he has been a manager he has never Lookouts and escape the ignominy' before finished worse than sixth, of finishing last, that hope is dead And only three times before has he —dead as a petrified pterodactyl. finished in the second division. It was assassinated yesterday aft- • * * ernoon when the Lookouts downed A COUNTERPART of Bill Smith's the Crackers handily in the first managerial career has proba- game of the series in Chattanooga, bly never before been known in I to 1. baseball. Certainly its equal is not And thus is there another added to be found in minor league history, bit of solace to the feelings of Bill In the first place. Bill started in A. \ /* V® THWWIa xv, ■■ffw Ji ir ii '-x^.F' \ • -lit aX ' wSSSSiB v >XVr JWB - jfIHH i . v_fWWli v: U >? €;A'7’ WATCHING A PITCHER WARM UP. Inews from ringside) Jack Dillon, who was scheduled to box Cyclone Johnni Thompson in Memphis Labor day, has wired the club he will not be able to tight on that date owing to an injury However, many fans believe it is simply a case of cold feet, as Dillon re cently ran out of a match with K. O. Brown. » • • Joe Sherman Is training-hard for his eight-round encounter with Harry Tren ilall at the Southern Athletic club in Memphis Labor da> This will be a real trvout for Sherman and he will be given several good mateties provided he defeats Trenda II • * • Buffalo will have several good bouts on da,\. Jumbo Wells meets ‘ < hie Round” Davis. k t» Brennan fights Jack Barrett and .limm\ Duffv will be stacked up against Bobb.' Wallace in what should be one of the best shows staged in that city this year. * * • Patsy Kline has improved so rapidly that many believe he will succeed Johnny Ktlbane as featherweight champion. The latest victim to fall before the little He brew was Kid Lenny. wh<> lasted four rounds of a scheduled ten-round bout.; staged at Newark a few nights ag- • Terr.v Mitcheh and Joe Gans are booked for a ten-round tight at the Surf Avenue Opera bouse at Coney Island tonight • • Willie Purcell and Young \ttell are both training hard for their ten-round engage ment in Cincinnati Labor day. These two boxers recently stirred up much trouble in boxing circles in the Ohio citv by sign ing to b< \ a 1 several difft rent clubs on the same date Articles have been signed by Cyclone Johnny Thompson and IMdie McGoorty for a ten-round fight to be staged in Cin cinnati September 16. ’Thompson was original!.' matched with Jack Dillon for a Labor day bout at Memphis, but Dillon was injured while training and will not be able to appear. • * * Johnny Kling, the boxer who was kick ing up such a' howl because he could not get any one to fight him. lias at last secured a match He is booked to meet Harry Trendall in St Louis September 14. Patsv Brannigan and l-'iankie Burns have been practically matched for a ten round bout to lie staged in Cincinnati uii September 5. • • • Leo Kelly, who defeated Dan Cullen in Memphis recently, is wanted b.v many dubs for a Labor day engagement. Kelly I is paid a weekly salary by his manager for boxing and the manager runs all the risk of galmbling on the gate receipts. RITCHIE INJURES ARM: HOGAN FIGHT IS OFF SAN ERANCISf’O. Aug. 30. —The fight scheduled betw. n 'One-Round’ Hogan an,l Wi'i > Ritchie lightweights, for s pteinbe :i. has been called off on account of .in injury to Ritchie’s arm received in training. e ttoau atm answer trie Want Ads tn The Georgian A good ri b- tor every individ ual who reads Make it vmiv rule and y. q will be more prosperous and more contented. as a manager at the tender age (speaking from a baseball slant) of Stranger still, he secured his first job as manager when he had been playing baseball but two years. Imagine starting "Dug” Harbi son or ''Kid” Howard off next spring as a manager. Yet they have had two years experience and they are nearly the age of Bill Smith when he started. Perhaps more marvelous still, this Ohio kid bumped right into a hot race in the Virginia league and as manager of Lynchburg he finished second. The next year, his fourth in baseball and his sec ond as manager, he won a pen nant. Some managers have been In baseball twenty years without having the good fortune that came to Bill Smith his second year out. In all, Bill Smith has won five pennants in seventeen years. • * • ttERE is Bill Smith's complete A record as a manager, giving the year, the team, the league and the positions that Bill's team fin ished : 1895 — Lynchburg. Virginia, sec ond. 1896 — Lynchburg. Virginia, first. 1 897—Norfolk. Atlantic, third. 1898— Ottumwa, Western associ ation, fourth. 1899 — Knoxville, independent. 1900— Albany, New York State, third. 1901— Davenport. Three Eye, tltird. 1902 Davenport. Three Eye, fourth. 1903 — Greenville. Cotton States, third. 1904 Macon. South Atlantic, first. 1905 — Macon. South Atlantic, first. 1906 Atlanta. Southern, third. 1907 Atlanta, Southern, first. 1908— Atlanta. Southern, sixth. 1909 Atlanta, Southern, first. 1910— Buffalo. Eastern, fifth. 1911 — Chattanooga, Southern, fifth. • • « A NOTHER record that Bill holds is all his own and is one that nobody will contest with him. Wil liam has, beyond all question, con sumed more tobacco during the playing season than any living manager. Bill hasn’t any fixed amount per day or per game. But he comes to every game provided with two lib eral-sized plugs. If his team is a winner all the way, he will just nib ble the edges of one of them. If it is a close contest he will eat most of both of them. It would be a fair estimate to say that Smith ruins one plug of to bacco a game and one more during the course of the day’s business. Now. in the last seventeen years Smith has witnessed or played in something like 3,000 games, count ing spring exhibitions, post-season affairs and the like. On a basis of two plugs of tobacco a day, this means that he has worried away close to 6,000 plugs during the playing seasons. Placed end to end, these plugs would measure 500 yards—over a | quarter of a mile. | Stacked on top of each other, they would rise to a height of 166 | feet. They cost an aggregate of S3OO. Their weight was approximately 750 pounds. As a tobacco fiend, Smith stands unequaled. It is his prize dissipa tion. And he goes to it strong. » • » chanter in Rill Smith's career Is drawing to an end. It hasn’t been a particularly pleas ing On October 1 he will turn over a new page, take hold of the team that brought him his greatest glory and set out on a voy age of two years duration—with the destination Pennantville—but with reefs, ledges, hurricanes, pi rates and half a million sorts of trouble between him and his tenta tive terminus. The Big Race Here is the newest dope on how the "Big Five” batters of the American league are hitting: PLAYER- AB. H. P.C. COBB 455 187 .411 482 194 - 403 JACKSON 461 170 .369 E^VAic s 432 146 338 LAJOIE 328 105 ,320 Tris Speaker fell off a fraction over two points yesterday when he failed to connect more than once in four at- Collins was up four times and didnt secure a blooming hit. He lost three points thereby. Cobb, Jackson and 1 Lajoie didn't play, as Detroit and Cleve. land did not participate in battle. BROOKLYN CLUB TAKES IN NEW STOCKHOLDERS BROOKLYN, N Y.. Aug 30 -It was announced today that former Aiderman S V McKeever and Fl. J. McKeever. Brook n contractors, had purchased stock in the Brooklvn baseball dub President l-hi’dts needed .apftal to complete the new F.bbetts field and the McKeeve:« joined with hint in his venture The amoubt of their investment was not disclosed, hut at an election of offj '■ ’"'veever was made vice pres ident. < harles H Ebbetts, Sr., retains i iintrol and continues as president, with H’nri Memeus treasurer and C. H Eb. Letts, Jr., secretary.