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Whiting'. 4 4 IV ING ( 'l*- |»" -- * irutl N; and t.r tfn’ the Tech tonm in the first w ok of Srptenib* r.” said < h>a< i; Ib isman this in<v nlng xx hrn in* k ■ c for inforina: ion. "oft • i - i v * ’ ■ nativ< s l><»! h ala i ming “< »n the one hand.” In < ontinu« *l. “if up toll th( exact truth ami sa\ that onix tlii« • varsity nu n of U-. y« a are coming bark, what hat pens" Well, all the boys that un wavering between T« * h and ’im other college get him funk and go to th»- other coll* g< “On the other hand, if we dodg the main facts and touch thing u in a spirit of optimism a -king that while we have maia gap- to till, we have some xxoq ■ : r men to hi) them. x\ * nature ■ * ■ sorry showing. And then the friends and alumni, xxf. <n fa milial with this sort of st..i’.'g > •. public! tx come round and want to know why the thunilc we haven’t got a 1 eam.‘ " "It happ ns this \<ar, though.’ said the Gridiron Wizard, "that our prospects are so blamed bad > it w o couldn't hop* to disg uis* i • fact, and therefore we admit it. i Heit it is in a nutsh* li “Tech has three varsity men com ing back, a couple o c near-varsity men—and nobody in sight to fill the gaps.” Ami. laving th u- Pun* iinl foi i i;. he ’ *•* lied m.i nx i.u (s. • • • I ■S.< \ \ me: c> 011 \ w orld If* | •t * I Ul' Ii •• ho WPt »• I< :’ i I ded '■- be n gradual' u >*» tie have a* - qil '*'*! ,i-’b'. oiiii > ha .• • a* back to x\ oi k ■ •! In i s h i x ■■ quit. \ll I . ! .. . o' 11, hit o! ;• <1 ye«.!*.' g• ■ nt. albeit somewhat ba ter* : 1 i : ■ n’ - <*> "al e.” it dot sn’t rati i to im • tins, three w a i iors (• oiin i .mi ] I -uh: man. a gu ’ I. too light. 2 1 <»••!•. i .* nt . x i x much to.* light x ■ • . \.* ' A '. i* light under thi ■ \ , s u br- il you <an i t t i nu *us ia nd \ou h i\ < > w•» lull a lot of colleg* io’ : t >p*ind<‘Uts will be lining it for ' i> m xt montlu xou’ie xx •!< <>m* to I'.'jt it’s i might v flah h\ 0 • to Im. d am l<\ - * x n around *n ♦ •\ • n w hicb w ill be aide to cope witn <!'•• tremendous teams that Geoigia an’ Auburn wid put out thi \* a ‘ ’ T slather of men woui m*an little, hut some \’g ■ 1 • i I<< : mt tug ’• But not so wit h I « h The dickens of o is mit at the Elate, thex hax.n.: m\ induce ments to otY* I s ■ star and asks him to clone to a > 4- 1,. K . the star is : . h to Inuui:. ■ Wh.it s there :■ it I'"' iu< In fact, titer.- hate been instoii. ca-*-s when stars hate so mqui-ed t>f course, they . .n't e\|.eet a salary, none except y>. . .ars. on. s Hilt then they'd like h - u. a -lap Also, they ought to Inn. a J.>b, They could represent a luun.hy or a clothing store or something like that. And of course, they would I expect a salary for doing that and would rather not ork f>r :t. Tech hasn't any such indm e ments. When a man wants to know what's In it for him th. I» - they can tell him .s t> . a s nne college and that the ciiinat. is sa luhrions and there I be a banqm t it. it for the team at the end of the e.-a-on < >f i ourse it has ben minor, d that i-Mtatn plutocratk alumni have at ■4 \ - ■ ■ im youtl - through To. Hu j tin- < l.i-s <»f raw material that * <> i' h ll«-isHiai> h is had to work with • ver\ \< ir. the alumni were blatm d poor scouts. All of which explains why Te<h doesn’t have an\ brilliant pr* |> school slats at an\ time and why most " f tin- r«*jil pl ivers were men who vi’C’ developed out of real students b\ a • out h of y<*ars hard w i k «»n llm scrub team. Which leads us ip to considering w h.'t n n <’oaeh Heisman w ill have ’ till those b< foi emiuitloned gaps. ♦ • * down Imre's about th* off* Hng. Hutton \ mat vai itx man last >eai. Too light cmi none too fast. <’l«-\er little plaxer with plenty of int< lligem e, but no hrillianw of pet sot •- .■ nc< \\ ill b< tried »»ut at * nd or quartei Fax M6ntague— 'I’lils man has been lhi cc \i,i r at Tech ind has played corking good baseball. He his pl ived in class games only. Is a grand athlete, weighs 172, is tol- * tabl\ last though no whirlwind, t’oach Heilman believes that by about Thank nixing Im will have this nian «l< \ eloped into a player and Im will be graduated n*\i -»• ihu Colley—H< s<rubbe<l last yeir I- 1 v ’ •<; ithh t» and a gnat g.vm nast. but knows little football as '»'l lb weighs hut Uhl. but has a tine ftainc and max be built up in weight Ile \x ill lie tried al end. Reifsneider This man has plax - 'd sonm class hall ami made his mnr.k theia He had a brother who "•'s ’inarl* rback at Annapolis a few years ago. This lad is too light I 1 : hui should grab a place. McDonald—’This is a Dp( a m mam (‘oach Heisman is relying on “ini to take plate as p intci on the team Ileis a plax - ei of vast prominence. He is cer tain of a position on the ( leven Logan—’This lad hails from S.i --' »nn th. lit is the fastest man in NEWS FROM RINGSIDE, ' "ung Dyson. who is known as the mi weight champion of New England, returned to this eountr, after i sue. essful lour of Europe Dyson had Hirer tights in dear England and it took ess than three rounds to stoie each i his opponents awn, The little lighter ■' been taking on weight recentl, and now |ilans to graduate Into the light weight class. • ♦ * Hughe) Rodden and Larry Lund) are • 1 ■ e.l to box ten rounds at the Real Athletic club In Brooklyn today • • • Vanced < step f.’itiiiv the featherweight chant- I’ a t. w night: ago bx knocking •■it I’miimx Houck n the sixth round of ten-round bout in New York • ♦ • I d lit McGoort) will not quit training after his tight with Dave Smith In New York tonight, but will do light work to p,rr|i in condition for his scheduled tight with Leo Houek m Boston September 17. • • • <’harlie Miller and Jim Flynn have irained hard and are in the best of con dition for their ‘JO-round strap at Sun Francisco today according to advices i roin the eoast Flynn knows a defeat at ihe hands of the former inotorman would • can rum tor him, while Miller knows a . - ■ ■ n wou hit much publicltx and t < higher position in heavy weigh 1 dh • • • Joe Sherman, whose voice will e\er have a huskx ring as a result of the. ■ has set up rtf la te tha t he la a a and bettei than Joe Mandot. max I hax»- bis ambitious voting hopes n pped . n c bud todax when he metis Harry Trendall in Memphis Much interest is ■ enti 'a -i -«n this tight because Trendall wmi ;i ’.ewspape 1 decision frmv Mandot in S’. I.Huis some time back • » • Hurry Singe! . Geergt Ik << I’i'Wt. s J sparring partner, is billed to hght Art ; Magirl in Sprinetu hl mdax • • • i Failure to train properlx ’.ost Ra\ Tetn :l ♦ »• .! •■ ■ w ' ’ !• ■la• •. • V. • ‘ -1. at V n - m| »g ’Max I rank Mulkern. managei t'd T» mple. looked Ihix over and on timi ng him to be u n.».»r ei-nditmn. -ent i ‘ • <b ' a wr. hat his fightet would i Aiaj Bruiuon and Hdti> Brcuei ha\u THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1912. Tech BI’T he w eighs only 135 pounds. If speed can win a place under the mxx rules this man xvlll land, (’oach Heisman figures that, under the new rules, no team can succ* d winch hasn't six speedy mem But they should have weight, too. Thomasson This man was near ly a regular last year. He was used <|iiite a bit at end after Elmer was hurt and Sanchez was >hoved in at lackh*. He has played on the scrub team for several years and is a fair in in. He xxeighs, however, only 155 pounds. Clements—He was a scrub last \tar and has played good class, ball. Like all the rest, he is too light. ♦ ♦ * ’ ESTh >.\ Isn’t that lay-out X; enough to make all loyal 'Tech men throw up their hats and give thi'D loud groins? Ansxver: Yes, it is. And then some If you look it over you will note two things, txvo direful things: 1 The Tech team of 1912 will be absolutely devoid of stars —as star less as a rainx night. 2 That there isn't an.x xx eight a n x xx here. T’his year’s football calls for a lot of fast men and a lot of heavy men. Tech has neither. There isn’t a man xx ho can ad xance the ball. Patterson is gone. <roiee has dcserte*!. 'They were the only notables last year And they are gone. In their place ar. 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 knoxx a lot about the game before the season is over, and thex xx ill be able to play xvcll, ac cording to their physical ability. But a winner? Well, not against Sewanee Auburn and Georgia—not unless there are miracles xvorked. been matched bx the St. Louis A <’ of St. Louis, to bix ten rounds in that city September t Brewer and Bronson met recent lx and the former gave the Hoosier lad quite an argument » ♦ • The Pilgrim A <’ of Boston has wired Packyy McFarland an offer of $5,000 to box Jack Britton twelve rounds in that citx some time In the near future. HEMPHILL'S SUSPENSION ANNOUNCED IN BULLETIN’ I'HlriGii. Sept, President t’hiv- Ington. of tin Amertean association, to day announced the following contracts and releases since August 10: Contracts. Ry < oluinbus John A Kinibell. By Indianapolis Ar, her E Riley. Walker Wentz Wilbur Cha dt Brown Keene Isy Kansas I'it) Lee Tannehill. K : Al. Mears. New York B) Louis) ill, ,'lmrli- A aiianding llani, Rob.ri E (’lemons, Gu) Hedger. L 15 Laudertnilk 15, Milw auke. A Braun 15, Minneapolis Janies <’ Delehanty i (19121. Jam,- I’ De’ehant, 119131 W ! I Leltx ll B) St Paul Raymond R Thomas. 1 <>. orge i' I'uerk. B) Ti ledo It II Miildleton, El it • t Re'eases. Im’i.iiiao"a- Sprimut. . Blown ; K. ■ n. K.nns.i< i ’it, ; . |>.|: i s t, xas i. lisville to Chicago Xati inais Gro ver Lowdertnilk and F've) Tone, Toledo to (':<■)•.land. Eiedt’a h. I New < irleans. Abb ': Mil's. Suspensions. ' o'umbus < ’ha> > If. niphill. Hur, | Billi-.rd 11l il. 1.ai.0 R n \>h. Ilf. ll.'l l.ouisvill. Lewis I • milk ,1 >■ alike, Jaims I. .n, Bu< • j JOE AGLER BEST IN LEAGUE.SAYS scum ■XT ASHVILLE. TENN, Sept. 2. . \\ hile the < ’Packers were playing in the Dell during tile 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 thei spring training trip The Atlanta first sacker’s fielding was l he 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. tine of Aglet’s chief admirers is Manager Hill Schwartz of the Nashville team. The Nashville leader played against Agler in the <>. & 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 I am not sure that the Yankee star lias anything on tills 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 Jn 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.” Hill 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 da\ the final month of baseball was put into full swing with all indications favoring the Giants as the pennant w mnei s in the National league and the Ro-ton Red Sox in the American. The final drive opened with Boston '•!< von full games ahead of Washing ton and thirteen games ahead of Phil adelphia The Giants rested on a five gam. margin with Chicago, the only set ions contender, second. * New A ork tans took hope from news .from St. Louis that Jimmy Archer, one jot the hot backstops of the Cubs, had finjuied himself in yesterday’s game. But while form indicated N. w York and Boston to be th* winners in their respective leagues, a freak break could <till upset all calculations during the present month. It Boston should break even in its r. maining 3o games, the team would It s ’ th a record o{ 102 vietorh s and i 52 defeats, a record which would make j a victory a practical certainty I'nder 'tteh conditions. Washington would ■ pave to win -’*> out of tile remaining 2x gam. s and the Athletics would be com piled to win in out of their remaining I 31 gam* s T. •' present week .an make or break " 'l;mts I'he.v hav. ten games in 'six Ms S. \en in Philadelphia on four eessivt days In 1908 th* Phi the Giants out of the pennant, and Chore ma.* be another t'oveleski" hid- I .!• n 'on- white >n Dooins aggregation. .I' br* sing even, th* Giants would .lose the season with 1«0 vtc'ori. s m<l .'•■loiuo .could bate to win 22 of tint: tv.' ..i ng 32 gam. s. Murray's Come-Back Proves He Is a Game Player 4-«4* •{•••I* +•+ +••!• His Brilliant Work Has Landed Giants on Top By W. J. Mcßeth. 01 TEIELDER JACK MURRAY of the Giants is a bright ex ample of what pluek 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 tight gardener had fallen down in tile 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 Prill has been sold by Cincin- . nati to Buffalo. Jack only wriggled into the Red records onee and that was with a winning game. So he quits wdth a pitching average of 1.000 * * • Artie Hofnian 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 al Cincinnati. • * • The world’s record for stolen bases got u sickening wallop when they hashed the figures made by ollie Nicholson, of the Salem. Ind., club, of the Erankfort Blue Grass league Ollie purloined 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 slay, 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 noss 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 hunch of extra money. Despite this they plugged along manfully and played 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 Idibor day pa rath They play the double-header at the Holo grounds this afternoon • • * Allen, of Brooklyn, recently made six hits out of twenty-eight trips to the I plate, and only one of the swats was a [ single Some of the men passed up at various times by the Browns were Jackson, t Northern, Griggs, Killifer and Corriden. If the\ had them all now the Browns would be almost a ball club • • • s Charlie Schmidt, former Detroit catch t 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 1 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, ami Ered Smith, from Brockton, was sent in bis place ♦ * • i Roger Bresnahan hasn’t made but one bad trade since he has been in baseball ; Here’s the list. Traded Bx rue to Pitts . burg for Barbeau and Storke; traded , Beebe and Storke to Cincinnati for Hug -1 gins. Oakes and Corriden: traded Charles 1 to Cincinnati for Mow rex ; claimed Evans from New York via waiver; drafted Haus s er from Dubuque; purchased Wingo from ; Greenwood. S C . for SSOO. • New Orleans papers sax that Rudy Summers, the pitcher sold bx Nashville to Brooklyn and later sold b> Brooklyn to 1 Chicago, is a victim of tuberculosis. If s tins is true. Murphx is partly paid back for turning the txvo invalids. Hofman and Cole, oxer to Pittsburg An investigation is being conducted by , Han Johnson of the recent suspension of ] Morris Rath, of the White Sox. by I’m pire Westervelt Westervelt claims that Rath assaulted him Rath claims that he didn’’ even i t •w whv he was put out s . <'f ’he gam- Tie other Whit* Sox are ■ willing to make affidavit that Rath was not exon nea~ the sc«*ne of the encoun j '• "■ i begin- T- look is though. Wes- , ?orv“lt ooesn’i knoxx WH<> hit him \- r<qdh>g to Ci;arlex Dry*ieii’s- e.-srn- - in thought that Murray had failed to get a single hit in the six games played. He didn’t fail 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 his sticking weakness all the stronger. Had to Hustle in Spring. It was freely hinted after the worlds series that McGraw would cut adrift from Murray and, In deed. Jack himself expected the ax even after the club assembled for spring practice at 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 washed. John wrote back and said the season closed October 6. • • • Steve Evans says the new athletes with the Cardinals use a gallon of ink per 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, and twenty-two out of the last twentv-three. • • • 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 through America. His name is Ayau, and 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 These averages include all games played to date: Player— g . ab. r. h. p. c. Harbison, ss69 242 27 68 ’’SI Bailey. Ifi 2 :t 429 7R 120 280 Alperman. 2b 12.1 463 61 129 279 Agler. lb 59 197 54 53 .> 69 t'allahan, es . 82 311 2!' 8" "'.H ' ; , ra , , ’ aln ' >' 58 179 17 44 246 McElveen. 3b ..128 462 50 107 -’33 Becker, pl 5 35 2 7200 Reynolds, e 20 62 2 12 I’M Wolfe, utility ... 14 38 5 7 184 £ ht ? n ' I' 61 n 10 J 56 Brady, p 22 69 2 11 .159 Lyons, rs 25 78 3 7 0'«0 Johnson, p 7 14 n ; 974 Waldorf, p 9 23 (I 1 1143 HORSE RACES AT THE ROCK. I HOMASrtiN, GA.. Sept. 2. —ln or der to better advertise their town, the citizens of The Rock, in the northern part of Epson county, have organized a trotting association and will hold free fot -all races. They have a magnificent half-mile track and on September will have an all-day racing event, with a Ing free barbi < tie. • »ver 40 entries have been listed and large purses offered for the winners. RACE AT ELGIN NEXT YEAR. EI.GIN. ILL. Sept Preliminar' plans for road ra< s ot et th< E- i j .mrs. to in hei<l in tugust, 1912. have n completed Tht Chicago Auto mobile club has already signed a con tract with the Elgin Road Ra . asso ciation igreoinc to take charge of the meet next year. Thi race promoters art jubilant oter the last da-, of the r. cent meet, whith brought out the bigges: crowd ev r seen at a race here. A 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 return the ball to the plate from a deep field as quickly as "Red Jack,” but not one of them will make as many accurate pegs in ten trials. His deadly accuracy has made Murray the terror of all opposing base runners. Even fast men hes itate about going from first to third on a hit-and-run play if the nec essary bingle goes into Murray's yard. Still fewer will attempt to score from second on a hit to right, while a sacrifice fly in Jack's ter ritory has to be about twice as long as to any other section of the pasture. The uncanny accuracy of Murray's wing is responsible for this. He can whistle the ball with rifle bullet velocity from almost any part of his playing territory right to the plate, more than nine times out of ten. This Murray has proven to the satisfaction of all his op ponents, and now they give him a wide berth. Is a Hard Luck Player Murray is a good, game fellow. He has proven as much this season. Anybody under the hammers of the bleachers who can go out and make the fans doff their sky-pieces in admiration has to be possessed of great gatneness as well as great merit. Proably the best way to explain "Red’s” former shortcom ings is to refer to him as a hard luck player. When he hit safely invariably there would be no one on the sacks. When he fanned the bases were generally full. When he booted one It let in a run or two; usually they were the fatal runs that decided the pastime. But this year is a new page in Murray's history. He apparently 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 hav had a greater part in bringing it t< New York. Murray is playing tht 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 the pinch. On the Job in Pinch. The most beautiful part of Mur ray's work this year is that lie 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 bv 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 tight when his asso ciates were stale and almost ready to give up the ghost. H*s sensa tional work against the Cubs saved tiie 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 Hip through the west devel oping into an utter rout.