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BRADY WILL OEM
HIS BRAND ID
LOOKOUTS
CHATTANOOGA, TENN Aug.
30.—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 w arriors in the least, and
fnr the first time tn weeks they dis
played some fighting spirit this
morning as they lounge 1 around th<
hotel They are confident of win
ning today, again tomorrow, and
thereby cop the long end of the
series
Th. Lookouts captured the first
game of the struggle ' sterday by
a score of 4to 1 The home team's
Polish battery. Covaleskle and Gid
oo. proved altogether too good for
Whitey Alpertnan's misfits. It was
tne Lookouts’ first v let try in ten
games, too
Johnson Pitched Well.
Lyman Johnson hurled for the
Crackers, and really hurled a very
useful game, but errors cropped
out in his support at critical times,
nnd when the Lookouts mixed some
timely hits with them, runs were
scored
The Craekera were a trifle too
daring on the bast lines, and would
probably have scored more 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 tw ice in
this respect. Harbison once.
The interest In the game was In
tense. and when it was seem that
the rival hurlers were twirling Just
about the same brand of baseball,
th" 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
he 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 ths
feature from a Chattanooga stand
point.
The Crackers counted their only
tally in the second inning. McEl
veen beat ont a slow roller to
third; Reynolds walked. Humpty
was forced at third on Callahan’s
roller. Wolfe kicked in with a
timely binglo 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. Giddo drew a ticket Cova
leekie was retired by Callahan after
a hard run in deep center. Oovle
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 Covaleslcie 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 I
here by Handsome Boy. owned by G. II 1
F> cos, of Athens, when he made the mile i
in !:UH in the third heat The previous
record was held by Leceo 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’ rare meet
yesterday afternoon and saw two good
events
The 2 20 trot whs won by Handsome
Boy, in throe straight beats, his time
2:l2b< Veteran, owned by Morgan
Thompson, was second; Clemont, J. T.
Morton, Gray owner, third, and Frank
lin, S. Wise. Atlanta, owner, fourth
In the free-for-all race for a puree of
1150, Joe Wilks, owned by Darnpier, of
Valdosta, was the winner tn two straight
heats Nellie Gentry, ban O'Connell,
Macon, owner, was second, and I>ady
White. C. H Escos, Athens, owner, was
third The time was 2:15%.
JIMMY BRITT PLAYS
JOKE ON BROADWAY
NEW YORK. Aug 30. Will • a scis
sors grinder was busily engaiad tn
sharpening cutlery opposite tin Metro,
pole hotel, Jimmy Britt, the .x-prize
fighter, sauntered up to a group of men
In the lobby, cast a casual glance across
the street and said:
"Holy smdke, but that’s a dandy
make-up.”
"What do you mean?” some one in
quired.
"Why,” Jimmy replied in a confiden
tial way, "that’s 'Billy Burns, the de
tective. I used to know him In San
Francisco. No make-up can fool me.”
Instantly the group took 'if. . and in a
few minutes the whole bunch was
across the street. They told, others, and
so 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.
Meanwhile Detective Burns was
strolling down the boardwalk at Atlan
tic City.
Billy Smith, Crackers’ New
Manager, Snapped on the Job
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Diamond Mews and Gossip
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The Delehantys were the greatest of
baseball families Eour out of five broth
era were sent to the big leagues. 'I ho
fifth placed b&Bftbflll The l.'Hli. I Wfl
James Delehanty, Sr., a Cleveland me
chanic The hoys were Ikl, 'l’om. Erank,
Joe and Willie. The gjofilesi was Ed
His most famous feat was that nf knock
ing four home runs out of five times at
bat.
• • •
Almeida has been directed to report to
the Red t«am at the close of the Southern
league season and will play his first game
in New York He and Mursans are ex
pected to draw out (he entire Cuban
colony in the metropolis
• • •
Doubt has arisen about the Cianta*
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 year The
men Dobbs is to get are said to be Eirst
Baseman Joe Kutina, Pitcher Charles
Roy Brown 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 in 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 didn’t get him anything.
♦ • •
Oh. yes. here’s a new solution of the
managerial problems at St Bouts and
Brooklyn Bresnahan is to be traded to
Brooklyn for Nap Rucker and Zack
Wheat. And Miller Huggins Is to mam
age the Cardinals
Maybe
• • •
They’re going to run a special train
from Youngstown for the world's series
Jimmy McAleer's friends In the Mahon
ing valley are Just bound to see his Red
Sox perform.
Jud Paley has been called to hts home
In Montgomery by the death of his only
child, a little son born this summer.
• • •
Here Is the w iv the clubs finished in
the first half of the Sally league season.
< ’LI *bs Won I *OBI P.C
Jacksonville 3»i 17 K 79
Albany 31 25 *534
Savannah 31 28 .525
Macon 26 29 473
Columbus 25 30 .455
Columbia IS 3S .324
• • •
The reason Bernie McCay let up in his
ra» « for the Salix league pennant was
that the owners <f the Albany club were
selling ..ff all his star players and then
kicking because he wasn’t winning the
pennant
• • •
Asht-vlllc is Mugging hard for an all-
North ' arMina league, and wants Gre. ns
boro and Charlotte in it
Count out Mobil. It would take a
miracle now f.. r the Gulls to cop Thev
are more likely to pop
Also award last place to ttlanta The
Crackers could not pass a given point,
much less ci>attut;, oya
• * •
President Wililan Grax-.n of the
IxiuisvlUe club. rt. ntly ;urr.d down an
offer of Ivi.ttOU for his outfit
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 30, 1912.
Players Bill Smith Has “Sent Up”
Al Orth, pitcher, star with Philadelphia and New York
American team many years,
Dolan, infielder, several years with Louisville in old 12-
elnb league.
Ollie Pickering, sold to Louisville, afterward with Cleve
land Spiders.
Dtm McGann, first sacker, sold to Boston, afterward first
baseman ot Now York National World's ('hampions.
George Nill. second baseman, sold to ('leveland, where he
stuck several years.
Al Newton, noted southpaw, sold to Louisville, and later
with New York Americans.
Gilroy, pitcher, sold to Washington.
"Dummy Taylor, sold to New York Nationals, for which
club he pitched many years.
Bernard, outfielder, sold to Boston Americans.
Paul tsentell. shortstop, sold to Athletics by Macon.
Kussell Eord. New York .American’s star pitcher.
Roy ( astleton. pitcher. New York Americans, Cincinnati
Nationals.
l-.d Sweeney, catcher. New York American’s star receiver.
Rnbe Zeller, pitcher, sold to New York Americans,
now dead.
"Dode Paskert, outfielder, sold to Cincinnati, now with
Philadeljthia Nationals.
Bob Spade, pitcher, sold to Cincinnati, and a star for one
season.
Jimmy Archer, star catcher of Chicago Cnhs.
Sid Smith, sold to Athletics, afterward with Cleveland,
now with Columbus.
Williams, catcher, now with Boston Americans.
‘‘Rube" Benton, pitcher, Cincinnati.
“Hub” Northern, outfielder. Brooklyn.
Bob Higgins, catcher, Brooklyn.
Roy Moran, sold to Brooklyn for fall delivery.
FIVE MATCHES SHOT AMD |
WON AT SEAGIRT RANGE
RIFLE RANGE SEAGIRT, N
Aug. 30.—Five matches were deckled
yesterday at the Seagirt shooting tour
nament. Sergeant Perry S. Schofield,
of Massachusetts, won the Nevada tro
phy match; the field ami staff of tlie
Third infantry, New Jersey National
Guard, won the cavalry team match;
the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver club,
of New York, won the revolver team
match. A P. Lane,-of New York, won
the all-comet- squadded military
mate’h. J. fl. Snook, of Ohio, won the
all-comers squadded rapid-fire match ‘
Shooting conditions wa re excellent
Simplify home, apartment, room seek
ing by saving time, temper and trumping
by consulting The Georgian Rent Bulk
tin. I
'ZIMMERMAN HITS BALL
ON LINE FOR 425 FEET
CHICAGO. Aug 30.—Heinie Zim
merman. third baseman for the Cubs
and leading batsman in the National
league, hit what is said to be the long
est home run over made on the local
grounds tn the game with St. Louis
here. It was Zimmerman's fourteenth
home drive this season and was made
when one man was on base in the first
inning.
The ball struck the lower left-hand
homer of the score board in left field,
near the club house, and experts on
long drive s estimated that the ball
t.ave’ed 42a feet before striking the
I board.
Last Spark of Cracker Hope Now Extinguished
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Smith’s Men Did It, But Nobody Blames Bill-
By Percy 11. Whiting.
IF ever a faint hope existed that
the Crackers might take a fall
out of Chattanooga, pass the
Lookouts and escape the ignominy
of finishing last, that hope is dead
—dead as a petrified pterodactyl.
It was assassinated yesterday aft
ernoon when the Lookouts downed
the Crackers handily in the first
game of the series in Chattanooga,
4 to 1.
And thus is there another added
bit of solace to the feelings of Bill
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Jack Dillon, who was scheduled to box
Cyclone Johnny Thompson in Memphis
Labor day, has wired the club he will
not be able to fight 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.
V • «
Joe Sherman is training hard for his
eight-round encounter with Harry Tren
dall at the Southern Athletic club in
Memphis Labor day. This will be a reaJ
• tryout for Sherman and he will be given
several good matches provided he defeats
Trendall.
Buffalo will have several good bouts on
Labor day. Jumbo Wells meets “One
Round'' Davis. K. O. Brennan tights Jack
Barrett and Jimmy Duffy will be stacked
; up against Bobby Wallace In what should
. be one of the best shows staged in that
1 city this year.
« V •
I Patsy Kline has improved so rapidly
that many believe he will succeed Johnny
; Kllbane- as featherweight champion. The
latest victim to fall before the little He-
1 brew was Kid Lenny, who lasted four
, rounds of a scheduled ten-round bout
staged at Newark a few nights ago.
• • •
Terry Mitchell and Joe Gans are booked
for a ten-round tight at the Surf Avenue
I Opera house at Coney Island tonight.
• • •
Willie Purcell and Young Attell are both
. training hard for their ten-round engage
ment in Cincinnati 1 :ib : v Thus. wo
I boxers recently stirred up much trouble
, In boxing circles in the Ohio city by
ing to box at several different clubs on tl.c ■
same date. >
Smith, sorely wounded by the pros
pect of finishing worse this season
than ever before in his managerial
history. For in the seventeen years
he has been a manager he has never
before finished worse than sixth.
And only three times before has he
finished in the second division.
• • *
a COUNTERPART of Bill Smith’s
managerial career has proba
bly never before been known in
baseball. Certainly its equal is not
to be found in minor league history.
In the first place. Bill started in
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Articles have been signed by’ Cyclone
Johnny Thompson and Eddie McGoorty
for a ten-round tight to be staged in Cin
cinnati September 16. Thompson was
originally 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, has at last
secured a match. He is booked to meet
Harry Trendall in St. Louis September 14.
• • •
Patsy Brannigan and Frankie Burns
have been practically matched for a ten
round bout to be staged in Cincinnati on
September 5.
♦ ♦ »
fjeo Kelly, who defeated Dan Cullen in
Memphis recently, is wanted by many
clubs for a Labor day engagement. Kelly I
is paid a weekly s»|ary 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 FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—The
tight scheduled between "One-Round''
Hogan and Willie Ritchie, lightweights
for Septembe 9, has been called off on
account of an injury to Ritchie's arm
received in training.
tread ana answer the Want Ads in The
Georgian. A u > ..1 rule for every individ-
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you will be more prosperous and more
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as a manager at the tender aga (
(speaking from a baseball slant) of
25.
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 tw o 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 cama
to Bill Smith his second year out.
In all. Bill Smith has won five
pennants in seventeen years.
• * •
ITERE is Bill Smith’s complete
1A 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.
1897 Norfolk. Atlantic, third.
1898— Ottumwa, Western associ
ation, fourth.
1899 Knoxville, independent.
1900— Albany, New York State,
third.
1901— Davenport, Three Eje,
third.
1902 —Davenport, Three Eye,
fourth.
1903 — Greenville. Cotton Statea,
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 NOTHEJR record that Bill holds
is all his own and is one that
nobodj’ will contest with him. Wil
liam has, beyond all question, con
sumed more tobacco during the
playing season than any Itvlng
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 aw’ay
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 wmuld rise to a height of 166
feet.
They cost an aggregate of 3300.
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. •
* * •
ANOTHER chanter in Bill Smith’s
career is drawing to an end.
It hasn't been a particularly pleas
ing chapter. 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 ‘
SPEAKER 482 194 ,403-i
JACKSON 461 170 ,369 t
COLLINS 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-l
tempts. Collins was up four times and'
didn’t secure a blooming hit. He losti
three points thereby, Cobb, Jackson and!
Lajoie didn't play, as Detroit and Cleve-1
land did not participate in battle.
BROOKLYN CLUB TAKES
‘ IN NEW STOCKHOLDERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.. Aug 30.—1 t was
announced today that former Aiderman S.
\V. McKeever and E. J. McKeever, Brook
lyn contractors, had purchased stock In
the Brooklyn baseball club. President
Ebbetts reeded capital to complete the»
new Ebbetts field and the McKeevertl
joined with him in his venture.
The amount of their investment was
not disclosed, but at an election of offi
cers E. J. McKeever was made, vice pres
-1 idem. Charles H. Ebbetts, Sr., retains
I control and continues as president, with.
| Henry Modicus treasurer and C. H Eb
betts, Jr., secretary.