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Tech Prospects Are as Gloomy as a Graveyard
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Three Regulars Out of Thirteen Coming Back
By Percy 11. Whiting.
IVING the press .< truthful
1 -w- and tactful estimate of
the Tech tentn in the first
week of September. '■ said Coach
Heistnan this morning when tackled
for information, "offers two alter
natives —both alarming
"On the one Hand." he continued,
"if we tell the exact truth and say
that only three varsity men of last
year are coming back, what hap
pens? Well, all the hoys that ate
wavering between Tech and* some
other college get blue funk and go
to the other college.
"On the other hand, if we dodge
yte main facts and touch things up
in a spirit of optimism, alleging
that while we have many gaps to
till, we have some wonderful men
to fill them, we naturally make a
sorry showing. Ami then the
friends and alumni, who aren't fa
miliar with this sort of strategical
publicity come round and want to
know 'why tin thundei we haven't
got a team.’ "
“It happens this year, though,"
said the Gridiron Wizard, “that out
prospects arc so blamed bad that
we couldn't hope to disguise the
fact, and therefore we admit it.
Here it is in a nutshell
“Tech has three varsity men com
ing back, a couple of near-varsity
men—and nobody tn sight to fill the
gaps.”
And. having thus launched forth,
he recited many facts
• • •
IIS a ii’iv met cvnai y world. If a
'.it. men who were regarded a.-
"v; ■sit: nun" last your have "gone
f.om heme.' At least, one has
been gradual d Some have ac
quired Jobs, otheis have gone back
to w ork. iit he’ > have quit.
All that i.- b it of it, left of hist
yen!'.- gallant, albeit somewhat
battered, "thirtien" is (or "are," it
doesn’t matter o m.i these three
wa i t iers i cooni 'em):
11 euhiman. a guard, too light.
2 l.oeb, . , -it . \ ery much too
light
" ' ook. i Iml*'. too light last
ye. . vastly too light under this
jc; . s rules
If you can va’l that a nucleus
(and you hav« <n\ \\<> d for it n lot
of cola go i cspondcnts v ill he
doinu it for the n. xt month) you’re
\v« !coim t<» Bit it's a inighi\ flab
by one to build a huskx eleven
around —an eleven which will be
able to cope with <he tremendous
teams that Georgia and Auburn
wilt put out this yeai.
• • •
’T’lt some colleges the loss of a
slather of men would moan
little, but some vigorous recruiting
But not so with Tech.
The dickens of it is. out at the
Flats, they haven'' any induct -
ments to offer
• • •
TT s a very . world If a
1 coach approaches a prep school
star and asks him to i nine to a col
lege the star is likely to Inquire
"What's there in it foi me?"
In fact, there have been historic
cases when stars have so inquired.
Os course, they don't expect a
salary, none except the coarse ones
But then they'd like a sehola shlp
Also, they ought to have a Job.
They could represent a laundry or
a clothing store or something like
that. And of course, they would
expect a salary for doing that and
would rather not work for it.
Tech hasn't any such indue.
ments. When a tnan wants t<>
know what's in it for him the b< st
they can tell him is that it's a tine
college and that the climate is s.i
lubrious and there'll be a banquet
In it for the team at the end of the
sea«on.
Its course It has ben rumored that
certain plutocratic alumni have at
various times helped some desert -
ing youths through Tech. Rut it
has never jirovea. And, judged by
the class of raw material that
Coach Heisman has had to work
w iih every t ear, llm alumni wore
blamed poor scouts.
All of which explains why Tech
doesn’t have any brilliant prep
school stars at any time and why
must of file real players were men
who were developed out of real
students by a couple of years hard
work on lit' scrub team.
Which leads us up to considering
what men t'oach Heisman will have
to fill those heforcmentioned gaps.
• • •
DiHI.ED down, here's about the
offering:
Hutton \ near vai«lty man last
year. Too light and none too f ist.'
Clever little player with plenty of
intelligence, but no brillinney of
performance. Will be tried <>ui at
end or quarter
Fax Montague—This man has
been three sears at Tech and has
placed < otklng good baseball He
Ims played in . lass games only. Is
a grand athlete, weighs 172. is tol
erably fast, though no whirlwind.
I'oaeh Heisman believes that by
about Thanksgiving he will have
this man developed into a player
and lie will lie graduated next
spi Ing
Colley—H. scrubbed last year
I- a good athlete and a great gym
nast. but knows little football as
.vet. He weighs Imt 160. but has
a tine frame and may be built up
in weight He will be tried at end.
Reifsneider This man has play
ed soup class hall and made his
mark there He had a brother who
was quartet back at Annapolis a
tew years ago. This lad is too light
l.’.i. I>ut should grab a place.
McDonald—This is a Decatur
man. I'oaeh Heisman is relying on
him to take Patterson's place as
punter on the team. He is a play
er of vast prominence He is cer
tain of a position on the eleven
Logan—This lad hails from Sa
vannah He is the fastest man in
[news from ringside
\ <»utig Dyson, wbo Is known as the
« .41 li» i w eight champion of New England,
has Just returned to this countrs after
a suet esstul tour of Eujtipe Dyson had
three lights in dear England ami it took
’iim less than three rounds to store each
t hi- opponents awa.\ rhe little fighter
j lias been taking on weight reeenth and
n*'v plans to graduate into the light
weight < lass
• • •
Hughes Rodden and Larry Lundy are
scheduled to box ten rounds at the Rnval
Athletic club In Brooklyn today
* • •
George Kirkwood advanced a step
I further toward tin* featherweight cham-
11 ip a few nights ago bj knot king
i lout k in the sixth round of
i sehrduled ten round bout in New
. York.
• • •
I..ldie Met ;oort\ will not quit training
after his tight w ith i >ax e Smith In New
| >«uk tonight, but will do light work to
: keep in condition for his scheduled tight
; with Leo Houck in Boston September 17.
<'liarli.‘ Miller and .lim I’lvnn have
trained hard and are in the best of con
dition for their 20-round scrap at Shu
I'rancisco t<»da\ according to advices
from the coast ITynn knows a defeat at
’he hands of the former motorman would
mean ruin for him. while Miller knows a
win over the Pueblo man would give him
much publicity and « higher position in
ihe heavyweight division.
• « ■
.foe Sherman, whose voice will ever
have a husky ring as a result of the
holler be has set up of lale that he is as
U'""! md better than Joe Mandot. may
Lavr his ambitious voting hopes nipped
J 1 i• »• I U'l toda.x w hen h< meets Harry
Trrndall in Memphis Much interest is
<. ntt-red on this fight because Trendall
won a newspaper <!eeisn»n from Mandot
in St. Louis some time back
• » ■
H .rri Singer. Geoi K i» Brown s
sparring partner, is billed to tight \rt
Magirl In Springfield today.
• • •
l a lure to trait: properly lost P.ai Tent
ph a match with freddle Welsh at Wtn
j nlpeg t.'.iai I'ravd, Mulkern. manager
i of Temple, i.u.ked Itay over and on tind
: tig him to b<- i poor < ,-ndition sent
| the Hub n t| ..t his fighter would
1 be unable to appear
liaj Brofisvn .nu Hany Biv-wei haw
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1912.
Tech. BUT he weighs only 135
pounds. If speed can win a place
under the new rules this man will
land. Coach Heisman figures that,
under the new rules, no team can
succeed which hasn't six speedy
men. Btit they should have weight,
too.
Thomasson—This tnan was near
ly a regular last year. He was used
quite a bit at end after Elmer was
hurt and Sanchez was shoved in
at taekfe. He has played on the
scrub team for several years and
is a fair man. He weighs, however,
only 155 pounds.
Clements—He was a* scrub last
year and has played good class
ball. Like all the rest, he is too
light.
♦ ♦ ♦
QI'ESTKiN Isn't -that lay-out
enough to ma|ce >lf loyal Tech
men throw up their hats and give
three loud groans? Answer: Yes,
It is.
And then some.
■ls you look it over you will note
two things, two direful things:
1. The Tech team of 1912 will be
absolutely devoid of stars—as star
less as a rainy night,
2. That there isn't any weight
anywhere.
This year’s football calls for a
lot of fast men and a lot of
men. Tech lias neither.
There isn't a man who can ad
vance the ball. Patterson is gone.
Goree lias deserted. They were the
only notables last year. And they
are gone.
In their place are a lot of light,
earnest, determined, intelligent
young men, who will be most ex
cellently drilled In the science of
football, according to Heisman
They will know a lot about the
game before the season is over, and
they will be able to play well, ac
cording to their physical ability
But a winner? Well, not against
Sewanee. Auburn and Georgia—not
unless there are miracles worked.
been matched by the St. Louis A. C. of
St Louis, to bix ten rounds In that city
September 4. Brewer and Bronson met
recently and the former gave the Hoosier
lad quite an argument.
The Pilgrim A. of Boston has wired
Packer McFarland an offer of $5,000 to
box Jack Britton twelve rounds in that
city some time in the noir future
HEMPHILL’S SUSPENSION
ANNOUNCED IN BULLETIN
CHICAGO, Sept. 2. President t’hlv
ington, of the American association, to
day announced the following contracts
and releases since August 10:
Contracts.
Bt Columbus—John \ Klmbeli
By Indianapolis Archer E. Riley,
Walker Wentz, Wilbur Cliardt. Blown
Keene.
Bv Kansas I’.o Lee Tannehill, K
M. Mears, New York.
By l.ouisvillt Charles. \a iiamiing
ham. Robert E ("lemons. Guy Bedger.
I. B. Laudermilk.
B\ Milwaukee A Braun
By Minneapolis—Janies C Delehanty
(19121, James C Delehanti (1913 i W
‘ ,1. l.ellvelt.
By St. Paul -Raymond R Thomas.
George t". l-’uerk
By Toledo B H Middleton, Elbert
. El Bs
Releases.
Indianapolis to Springfield, Brown
| Ke< ne
I Kansas City to Paris Texas. Moo e.
Louisville to Ch cago Nati tnals. Gro-
I ve; l.owiierinilk and I’t ei Tonei
Toledo to ('leveland. Ftetl Carisch; u>
New <»•. !. .in-. Abb dt Alii -
Suspensions.
<' umbus ("hat I - Hempiii!:. Hani
Billiard.
I Indi, napolis R o A.-hens, It, i
l.otiisvilh Lewis Loudermilk
Al wnukec James Breen, L> uc.
JOE HOLER BEST
IN LEAGUE, SATS
SCHWARTZ
N’ ASHVILLE. TENN., Sept. 2.
While the Crackers were
playing in the Dell during
the early part of last week Nash
ville fans were noticeably im
pressed with the work of Joe Ag
ler, who was seen here for the first
time since the Cubs came through
on ther spring training trip. The
Atlanta first sacker’s fielding was
the sensation of the series of four
games, and It is the general opin
ion here that he will make a good
man for Clark Griffith at Wash
ington next season, if he can pick
up a little in his hitting.
One of Agler’s chief admirers is
Manager Bill Schwartz of the
Nashville team. The Nashville
leader played against Agler in the
O. & P. league several years ago,
when Joe was just getting his start
in the world, and believes him to
be one of the greatest fielding first
sackers in the country.
"If Agler could hit .300 or better,
he would be the most sensational
first baseman in the world,” said
Manager Schwartz, after the At
lanta series. "There is no greater
fielding initial sacker in the busi
ness, unless it be Hal Chase, and 1
am not sure that the Yankee star
has anything on this youngster.
Agler can reach balls that other
players would find Impossible, be
cause of his unusual ability to field
as well with one hand as with both.
Swats Swacina was considered a
star because of his ability to stop
badly thrown balls with but one
hand, but he can not compare with
Agler in this department. Agler
combines all of the ability of a
shortstop on ground balls and has
an unusually good whip. Anything
that comes within his reach is as
good as dead as far as the batter
is concerned.”
Bill Schwartz, being a first base
man himself, knows what it takes
to make up a star at this position.
Last season he led all of the first
sackers of this league and also the
American and National leagues in
fielding, but seems destined to
yield the palm to Agler this season.
Red Sox and Giants
Dusting Other Teams
Entering the Stretch
new YORK. Sept. 2—With eight
games scheduled in each big league to
day the final month of baseball was
put into full swing with all indications
favoring the Giants as the' pennant
winners in the National league and the
Boston Red Sox in the American.
The final drive opened with Boston
, Icven full games ahead of Washing
ton and. thirteen games ahead of Phil
adelphia. The Giants rested on a five
game margin with Chicago, the only
serious contender, second.
N w i ork fans took hope from news
fr..m St. Louis that Jimmy Archer, one
o! the best backstops of the Cubs, had
injured himself in yesterday's game.
" while form indicated New York
and Boston to be the winners in their
respective leagues, a freak break could
still upset .ill calculations during the
present month.
If Boston should break even in its
r maining 30 games, the team would
finish with a record of 102 victories and
32 defeats, a record which would make
< victory a practical certainty. Ender
such conditions. Washington would
hat e to win 26 out of the remaining 28
games and the Athletics would be com
pelled to win 30 out of their remaining
31 games.
Th- present w. ek can make in break
t 1 Giants. They have ten games in
six ays. svi.ii in Philadelphia on four
Slice tssile dais. In isos the Phillies
beat the Giants out of tlte pennant, and
there may be another Coveleski" hid
den somewhere in Dooin's aggregation.
By breaking even, tie Giants would
. lose the season with 100 victories and
chiiago would hale to win 22 of thei:
remaining 32 games.
Murray’s Come-Back Proves He Is a Game Player
+•+ +.+ +-+ + . + +>+ +e+
His Brilliant Work Has Landed Giants on Top
By W. J. Mcßeth.
OUTFIELDER JACK MURRAY
of the Giants is a bright ex
ample of what pluck and de
termination will do In the face of
severest hostility. Murray is today
one of the idols of the Polo
ground. He is by far the best out
fielder of his team and one of the
very most valuable men working
for McGraw. At the beginning of
the present season “Red Jack” was
a dead one in the estimation of the
"bugs." The enthusiasts were rid
ing his neck, rough-shod, crying
lustily for his scalp. And all be
cause the fiery thatched young
right gardener had fallen down in
the world's series with the Ath
letics.
In the lamentable world’s series
of last fall Murray was little worse
than any of his fellows. In fact,
if the Giants had won out, he would
have been accorded a big hero. But
defeat was embittered by the
FODDER FOR FANS
Jack Frill has been sold by Clnoin
nati to Buffalo. Jack only wriggled
into the Red records once and that was
with a winning game So he quits with
a pitching average of 1.000.
• * •
Artie Hofman and Barney Dreyfuss
have made up their financial difficulties
and Artie is playing now and then for
the Pirates.
• • •
Ham Hyatt and Marty O'Toole, of the
Pittsburg team, took part in a golf tour
nament while they were at Cincinnati
• • •
The world's record for stolen bases
got a sickening wallop when they' flashed
the figures made by Ollie Nicholson, of
the Salem. Ind., club, of the Frankfort
Blue Grass league. Ollie purlbined 108 in
115 games.
• • •
"Life is just one ’crucial series' after
another.” The Giants.
* • «
The Yankees won 13 out of 18 on their
last home stay, which shows a slight im
provement.
• * •
The way the Jacksonville team
worked for the pennant in the Sally
league was a proof of the innate square
news of baseball. The Jacksonville team
won the pennant in the first half of the
season. If they had won It in the second
half there would have been no post-sea
son games, and the Jacksonville players
would have been cut out of quite a bunch
of extra money. Despite this they plugged
along manfully and play ed as hard as any
club for the second half pennant.
♦ • »
The Highlanders did not play a morn
ing game today because they did not
want to conflict with the Labor day pa
rade. They’ play the double-header at
the Polo grounds this afternoon.
• • «
Allen, of Brooklyn, recently made six
hits out of twenty-eight trips to the
plate, and only one of the swats was a
single. •
• • •
Some of the men passed up at various
limes by the Browns were Jackson,
Northern, Griggs, Killifer and Corriden.
If they had them all now the Browns
would be almost a ball club.
• • •
Charlie Schtnidt, former Detroit catch
er, now with Providence, is out with a
challenge to fight any ball player for
the pugilistic championship of the na
tional game. Larry McLean Is thinking
of taking him on.
• • •
Outfielder Zinn, who was nearly a
Cracker this spring, refused to go to
Rochester when ordered there by Wolver
ton. He was, therefore, suspended, and
bred Smith, from Brockton, was sent in
his place
• • •
Roger Bresnahan hasn’t made but one
bad trade since he has been in baseball.
Here's the list Traded Byrne to Pitts
burg for Barbeau and Storke; traded
Beebe and Storke to Cincinnati for Hug
gins. Oakes and Corriden: traded Charles
to Cincinnati for Mowrey; claimed Evans
from New York via waiver; drafted Haus
er from Dubuque; purchased Wingo from
Greenwood, S. C.. for SSOO.
• * •
New Orleans papers say that Rudy
Summers, the pitcher sold by Nashville to
Brooklyn and later sold by Brooklyn to
Chicago, is a victim of tuberculosis. If
(his is true. Murphy is partly paid back
for turning the two invalids, Hofman and
Cole, over to Pittsburg
• • •
An investigation is being conducted by
Ban Johnson of the recent suspension of
Morris Rath, of the White Sox, by I’m
lire Westervelt Westervelt claims that
Rath assaulted him Rath claims that
h- didn’t even know why be was put out
of the game. The other White Sox are
willing make affidavit that Rath was
not even nea~ the scene of the encoun
ter It begins tn look as though Wes
tervelt doesn't know WHO hit him
• • •
< <»rding to Charlo Dryden’s essen
tially truthful writings, John Evers is in
thought that Murray had failed to
get a single hit In the six games
played. Ha didn't fall to make an
error, and that's where the rub
came In. To make it worse for
"Red Jack,” he was up any number
of times In the pinch; that brought
out hie sticking weakness all the
stronger.
Had to Hustle in Spring.
It was freely hinted after the
world's series that McGraw would
ent adrift from Murray and. In
deed, Jack himself expected the ax
even after the club assembled for
spring practice ht Marlin. Instead
of sulking, however, he got out and
hustled all the harder against the
youngsters who were trying to
break Into his preserves. If Mc-
Graw had entertained any Idea of
sacrificing "Red,” the notion was
soon lost. Murray* proved one of
his best men right from the start
of the year.
It Is doubtful If there Is any bet
ter thrower than Jack in organized
receipt of a postal card from a laundry
asking why he doesn t have his uniform
i washed. John wrote back and said the
i season closed October 6.
« • •
Steve Evans says the new athletes with
i the Cardinals use a gallon of Ink per
i day writing picture cards to their folks.
This Is Important if true.
• • •
No excursion was run from Birming
ham for the Mobile game Sunday. This
was because of an agreement between
the railroads and the large manufactur
ers. In years past Sunday excursions
! would run out with thousands of laborers
and run back with a handful. As a re
sult. industrial plants were crippled.
Hence the agreement—and no excursion
Tom Dorhan Is some pitcher. He
works for Kewanee, of the Central asso
ciation—and he 'works hard His last
game was a no-hit no-run affair, with
Hannibal as the victim. He has won
fourteen straight, xnd twenty-two out of
the last twenty-.oree.
• • •
Roger Bresnahan is trying to get the
: national commission to put the kibosh on
women in baseball. He says skirts have
, no place In the business end of the game.
There's one ball player on the Chinese
university team that is barnstorming
i through America. His name is Ayau, ano
he's a shortstop. They say he looks like
a laundryman and players like a Wag
ner. Several big league clubs are after
him.
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
I
These averages include all games
1 played to date:
Player— g. ab. r. h. p. c.
Harbison, ss 69 242 27 68 281
Bailey, 1f123 429 78 120 :280
• Alperman, 2b. .123 463 61 123 .279
Agler. lb 59 197 34 53 269
; Callahan, cf 82 314 29 80 254
Graham, c 58 179 17 44 :246
McElveen. 3b. ..128 462 50 107 233
i Becker, p 15 35 2 7.200
> Reynolds, c 20 62 2 12 194
Wolfe, utility ... 14 38 5 7 184
1 Sitton, p 27 64 11 10 156
i Brady, p. 22 69 2 It 159
Lyons, rs 25 78 3 7 090
Johnson, p 7 14 0 1 071
■ Waldorf, p 9 23 0 1 .043
HORSE RACES AT THE ROCK.
THOMASTON, GA„ Sept. 2.—ln or
' der to better advertise their town, the
' citizens of The Rock, in the northern
1 part of Upson county, have organized a
trotting association and will hold free
for-all races. They have a magnificent
i half-mile track and on September 5 will
> have an all-day racing event, with a
’ big freefcarbecue. Over 40 entries have
j been listed and large purses offered for
the winners.
RACE AT ELGIN NEXT YEAR,
f ELGIN. ILL. Sept 2. —Preliminary
plans for toad races over the Elgin
! course to be held In August. 1913. have
i been completed. The Chicago Auto
. mobile club has already signed a con
! tract with the Elgin Road Race asso
ciation agreeing to take charge of the
meet next year. The race promoters
are jubilant over (he last day of the
recent meet, which brought out the
1 biggest crowd ever seen at a race here.
baseball. The American league has
some wonders—Hooper, Speaker
and Lewis, of the Red Sox. have
deadly arms one and all; Ty* Cobb
Is possessed of a good wing, and
so is Joe Birmingham, of the Naps.
Maybe some of these can retirn
the ball to the plate from a deep
field as quickly as "Red Jack,” bit
not one of them will make as maiy
accurate pegs in ten trials.
His deadly accuracy has male
Murray the terror of all oppostg
base runners. Even fast men ha
itate about going from first to thrd
on a hit-and-run play if the tie
essary blngle goes into Murray's
yard. Still fewer will attempt o
score from second on a hit to righ,
while a sacrifice fly in Jack’s ter
ritory has to be about twice a
long as to any other section of tie
pasture. The uncanny accuracy f
Murray’s wing Is responsible fr
this. He can whistle the ball wifi
rifle bullet velocity from almost air
part of his playing territory rigl l .
to the plate, more than nine time
out of ten. This Murray has prove
to the satisfaction of all his op
ponents, and now they give himi
wide berth.
Is a Hard Luck Player
Murray is a good, game fellox
He has proven as much this seasa.
Anybody under the hammers of te
bleachers who can go out and male
the fans doff their sky-pieces n
admiration has to be possessed f
great gameness as well as gret
merit. Proably the best way y
explain “Red’s” former shortcom
Ings is to refer to him as a hat
luck player. When he hit safe!
Invariably there would be no on
on the sacks. When he fanned th
bases were generally full. Whe
he booted one it let In a run o
two; usually they were the fata
runs that decided the pastime.
But this year is a new page it
Murray’s history. He apparent!}
has outlived the little idiosyncra
sies of the past. He has been on
of the main cogs of McGraw',
champion pacemaker, and if a sec
ond pennant Is unfurled at th
Brush stadium, no one will hat
had a greater part in bringing it t<
New York. Murray is playing th«
game of his life. He is one of the
best pinch hitters on the team. He
is one of the best base runners.
Both defensively and offensively he
has had more spectacular achieve
ments than any other Giant. This
season he has won more games for
his club and lost fewer than any
of his fellows. In short, he has
generally been at his best in tha
pinch.
On the Job in Pinch.
The most beautiful part of Mur
ray's work this year is that he is
supreme in emergencies. No out
fielder has cut down more runners
at the plate. No gardener has In
stilled more respect on the part of
base runners in the matter of tak
ing chances of advancing on long
flies. No fielder has taken more des
perate chances when the game
hung in the balance. It takes
nerve to play for what appears
an almost impossible out when a
failure at that out means a long
hit. But “Red” has never hesi
tated about accepting the greater
responsibility. He has lost some
games by taking long chances in
stead of playing safety, but for
every game he has blown he has
saved several. The fans appreciate
this fact.
Murray kept the Giants in the
thick of the fight when his asso
ciates were stale and almost ready
to give up the ghost. His sensa
tional work against the Cubs saved
the Giants from complete annihi
lation in the last series in Chi
cago. Had he gone the way of the
rest of McGraw's slipping legion,
nothing could have prevented the
final trip through the west devel
oping into an utter rout.