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Ww. - // / igfWp-■* x ' |pQ ( C Li. f ii»- x _ - ' fOok jnygC-^Bualwi - U C \ -ga.| —3 *A y^/z/ ’-Zt. _r=s— — <J| I '"*■ RW, -■ y ‘ llj _ Hi 'M-m '~ if —•_! ste»rr Tech Prospects Are as Gloomy as a Graveyard •l-»-i- v»t -!•••!• 4"*4* •>•+ 4-*4* 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.