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10 _ ± w., S taiwtorth Well, You Can’t Blame a Man Who’s Trying :: :: :: :: By “Bud” Fisher ® (ST) ~ t?< ’*** ** ***** ** \ Ju f ' S D> TH»MX ! .■> le> A <w« W«w» xy*t j I <u»T T* • ,- !san®R ra ~ ; lAr I■■> t--- I —1 ' / W*W=r--'~sSW V -~U ? ,-- ’ & ~~i— / Jp va * fi ct) *"** *o* ' * ni- —"T~ i - -&\ W aSk . If* & • •■SSiIIW &Y' JESpOzJ ■< / ' *"* T** njSr JF _ • mP - iLa*nw' ' fjayOir '■ ViWb if J |tX \yFirJ z w%»_, : .-z’ II n y |i '~ rr, Z. Sc- 4gK <&>*’ y,' , L.. ■ * — 1 ——— —i—l 4ww<r iym r—- Tech Prospects Are as Gloomy as a Graveyard +•■*• +•+ +•+ +•+ •!••+ +•+ Three Regulars Out of Thirteen Coming Back Ry’Pprry H. Whiting. [lf"* TVTbJG th* prats * truthful I -j- and tactful estimate of the Tech team tn the first week of September." said Coach Heisman this morning when tackled for Information, "offers two alter natives,--both alarming "On the om hand," he continued. “If we tell the exact truth and aay that only three varsity men of last year ere coming back, what hap pens? Well, all the boys that are wavering between Tech and some other college get blue funk and go to the other college "On the other hand, 1f we dodge the main facts and touch things up In a spirit of optimism, alleging that while we have many gaps to fill, we have some wonderful men to fill them, we naturally make a sorry showing Anti then the friends and alumni, who aren’t fa miliar with this sort of strategical publicity come round and want to know ‘why the thunder we haven’t got a team.’ ’’ "It happens this year, though," said the Gridiron Wizard, "that our prospects are so blamed bad that we couldn't hope to disguise the fact, and therefore we admit It Here It 1s In a nutshell: "Tech has three varsity men com ing back, a couple of near-varsity men —and nobody in sight to fill the gaps.” And. having thus launched forth, he recited many facts • • • I T'S a very mercenary worth *lf a * teen men who were regarded as “varsity men" Inst year have "gone from hence" At least, one has been graduated Some have ac quired jobs, others have gone back to work Others have quit. Al! that 1s left of It, left of last year’s gallant. albeit somewhat battered, "thirteen” Is tor “are,” It doesn't matter to me) these three warriors (count 'em) 1 Leuhrman, a guard, too light. 2. l.oeb, a center, very much too light. 3. Cook, a half, too light last year, vastly too light under this year’s rules If you can call that a nucleus (and you have my word for It a lot of college correspondents will be doing It for the next month, you're welcome to But It's a mighty flab by one to build a husky elevan around —an eleven which will be able to oope with the tremendous teams that Georgia and Auburn will pt it out this year • • • 'T'O some colleges the loss of a * slather of men would mean little, but some vigorous recruiting Rut not so with Tech The dickens of ft Is. out at the Flats. they haven't any Induce ments to offer • • • T T’S a very me’cinary world If a * ach appro, ■ - i prep s star and asks him to come to n leg,- the star 1s likely to Inqulr. "What's there in it for me ” In fact, there have been hlstoiic cases when stars have so Inqulr, > (>f course, they don’t expect a salary, none except th, coarse ones But then they'd like a scholarship. 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 th.it and w ould rather not work for it Tech hasn't any such indui, • ments. When a man wants t ■ know w hat's In it for him. th- b, st they can tell him is that it's a lim college and that the < limat, is lubrious and there'll be a banquet In it for the team at the end of •)>>• season. Os course It has b. n run.l !,.■ certain plutocratic alumni 1 .ive various limes helped sou,.- d, -n ing youths through T, • I But - lr tb* class of raw r material that Ctoach Heisman ha« had to work with every year, the alumni were blamed poor scouts. Al) of which explains why Tech doesn’t have any brilliant prep school stars at any time and why most of the real players were men who were developed out of real students by a couple of years hard work on the scrub team Which leads us up to considering what men Coach Heisman will have to fill those beforomentfoned gaps. • • * DOILBD down, here’s about the offering: Hutton—A near-varsity man last year. Too light and none too fast. Clever little player with plenty of Intelligence, but no brilliancy of performance. Will lie tried out at end or quarter. Fax Montague—This man has been this's years at Tech and has played corking good baseball He has played in Mass games only. Is a grand athlete, weighs 172, Is tol erably fast, though no whirlwind. Coach Heisman believes that by about Thanksgiving he will have this man developed into a player and he will be graduated next spring Colley—He scrubbed last rear. Is a good athlete and a great gym nast, but knows little football as yet. lie weighs but 160, but has a tine frame and may be built up in weight.’ He will be tried at end. Reifanelder This man has play ed some class ball and made his mark there. He had a brother who was quarterback at Annapolis a few years ago. This lad Is too light 153, but should grab a place McDonald—This Is a Decatur man. Coach Heisman is relying on him to take Patterson's place as punter on the team He Is a play er of vast prominence. Ho Is cer tain of a position on the eleven Logan—This lad halls from Sa vannah. He is the fastest man In NEWS FROM RINGSIDE Young I’yeon. who Is known an the featherweight champion of New England has Just returned to this country after a successful tour of Europe Uvwn had I throe tights tn dear England and it took him less than three rounds to store each of his opponents away The little tighter | has been taking on weight recently and now plans to graduate into the light weight class • • ♦ Hughey Rodden and l arry latndv are scheduled to box ten rounds at the Royal Athletic duh In Brooklyn today. • • • George Kirkwood advanced a step further toward the featherweight cl.am- I pionsh p a few nights ago by knocking lout Tommy Houck n the sixth round of i a scheduled ten round bout In New i ork • » ♦ I :ddle McGoorty will not quit training I after his tight with I'axe Smith in Ncxx | York tonight, but will do light work to hop in « ..million for his scheduled tight with 1.e.. Houck in Boston September 17. • • • ’’harlir Miller and Jim Flynn have (rained hard and are in (he best of c«»n |djti<>n fur their 20-round scrap at San • Fran< Isco today according to advices from the <’oa>t Flynn ui.tws a defeat at the hands of the former molorman would n t an ruin for him. while Miller knows a win vver the Pueblo man would give him much publicity and a higher position in the ieavx weight division • • * Joe Sherman, whose voice will ever have a luskx ring as a result of the holler he has sei up .>f 1-ite that he is as good and better than Joe Mandot. max have his ambitious voting hopes nipped in the hud todax when he meets Harry Trendall in Memphis Much interest is cent wed on this tight becatis< n • ■ wot .< newspaper •inion from Mandot in St l.ouis some time back • * B Harry Singe* <;..rg. K o Brown's] I sparring partner :s billed to tight \rt da girl in Springfield todax I Failure io train p’oper’y lo>* Bax Tern- j ; pie a match with Freddie \\ elsh at Win rd c iax Frank Mu! kern, manager iof 'l emph . looked Bax over and on find ing him to be in po<»r condition, sent tla club a wir< that his fighter would 1 innbh- to appear Bronson and iiarr> Brewer have ‘ J THE ’ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1912. Tech. BUT he weighs only 135 pounds. If speed can win a plac£ 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. But they should have weight, too. Thomasson —This man 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 tackle. He has played on the scrub team for several years and is a fair man. He weighs, however, only lf>s pounds. Clements—He was a scrub last year ami has played good class ball. Like all the rest, he is too light. * • ♦ QUESTION: Isn't that lay-out enough to make all loyal Tech men throw up their hats and give three loud groans? Answer: Yes, it is. And then some. If 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 heaVy men Tech has neither. There isn't a man who can’ ad vance the ball. Patterson is gone. Goree has deserted. They were the only notables last year. And they are gone. In their place are a lot of light, earnest, detennined. 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 tbelr physical ability. But a winner? Well, not against Sewanee. Auburn and Georgia- not unless there are miracles worked. been matched by the St. bouts A. C. of St. Louis, tu bix ten rounds in that city September 4 Brewer and Bronson met recent lx and the former gave the Hoosier lad quite an argument. • * • The Pilgrim A C of Boston has wired Packex McFarland an offer of $5,000 to box Jack Britton twelve rounds in that city some time, in the near future ' HEMPHILL’S SUSPENSION ANNOUNCED IN BULLETIN CHICAGO. Sept. 2 President Chiv ington. of the American association, to dax announced the following contracts and releases since August 10: Contracts. Hy Columbus John A. Kimbeli. By Indianapolis Kreher E. Riley, Walker Wentz. Wilbur Chardt. Brown Keene. By Kansas City Lee Tannehill. K •M Meur.'. N< xx York. By Louisvilh t'hurle- \allan.iing hiiin. Rob, rt K Clemons. Guy Hedge. I. B Laudermilk. By .Milwaukee A Braun By Minneapolis James c. Deli hanty <19121. James C Helehantx t 191.11 \\ J. I.elivelt Ry St Paul Raymond R Thomas, George C. Buerk. By I'oledo K H Middleton. Elbert Ellis. Releases. Indianapoiis to Springfield Brown Ixo tie Kansas city to Paris Texas. Moo e Lo lisviile to Chicago Nati ma s. Gro- x. Lo.vdermilk and i'rey Timex To'edo to Cleveland. I’red Carts, h . > i Nt w < irleans, Abbott Mills Suspensions. Columbus Charb .“ Hemphill, Harry Billiard, Indi:.nape.is Roy \shenfeitei l.ouisvilh Lewis Loudermilk | Milwaukee James Breen, Bi uce JOE HOLER BEST IN LEAGUE.SAYS SCHWARTZ Nashville, 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 Aglet'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 I 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 Swacliia 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 io make up a star at this position. Last season he led all of the first sackers of this league and also the \meriean and National, leagues in fielding, but seems destined to > ield 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 eleven 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. New York fans took hope from news from St. Louis that Jimmy Archer, one of the best backstops of the Cubs.' had Injured himself in yesterday's game. But while form indicated New York and Boston to be the winners in their r- spectiv. leagues, a freak break could still upset all calculations during the present month. If Boston should break even in its remaining 30 games, the team would finish with a record of 102 victories and 52 defeats, a record which would make a victory a practical certainty. Under such conditions, ‘Washington would have to win 26 out of the remaining 28 gam. s and the Athletics would be Com pelled to win 30 out of their remaining 31 games. Th. i resent week can make or break I th. Giants. The\ have ten games in 1 six days, seven in Philadelphia on four | successive da> s In 1908 the Phillies heat the Giants out of the pennant, end there may be another Coveleskle hid l.len somewhere in Dooin's aggregation. IBx breaking even, the Giants would close the season with 100 victories and Chicago would have to win 22 of their remain mg 32 games. Murray's Come-Back Proves He Is a Game Player •M+ +•+ +•+ •!••+ 4*»4* ■{••4* 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 Cincin 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. Hani 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 purloined 108 in 115 games. • ♦ • “Life is just one ‘crucial series’ after another. ’ 'rhe Giants. • • • The Yankees won 1.3 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 ness 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 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 Labor day pa rade They play the double-header at the Polo grounds this afternoon. • • * Allen, of Brooklyn, recently made six bits 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 times by the Browns were Jackson. Northern. Griggs. Klllifer and Corriden. If they had them all now the Browns would be almost a ball club • • • Charlie Schmidt, 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. I*arry McLean is thinking of taking him on. • • • Outfielder Zinn, who was nearly a Cracker this spring, refused to gu to Rochester when ordered there by Wolver ton. He was. therefore, suspended, and Fred Smith, from Brockton, was sent in his place • • • Roger Bresnahan hasn't made but one bad trade since lie has la. -t 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 ami Corriden: traded Charles to Cincinnati for Mowrey; claimed Evans from Now 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 this is true, Murphy is partly paid back for turning the two invalids. Hofman and Cole, over to Pittsburg. • • • An investigation is being conducted bv Ban Johnson of the recent suspension of Morris Rath, of the White Sox. by Um pire Westervelt Westervelt claims that Hath assaulted him. Rath claims that lie didn't even know why he was put out of the game. The other White Sox are willing to make affidavit that Rath was not even near the scene of the encoun ter It begins to look as though. Wes tervelt doesn't know WHO hit him * • • According to Charley Drydens essen tiallj truthful writings. John Evers is 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 world’s 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 staft 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 I 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 t daj- 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 I and run back w’ith a handful. As a re sult. industrial plants were erippled. 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 twentv-two out of the last twenty-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 i through America. His name is Avau. and he's a shortstop. They say he looks like a laundryman ami 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 1 played to date: Player— g . a b. r. h. p. c. Harbison ss 69 242 27 68 .281 Batlej. If. ...123 429 78 120 .280 Alperman, 2b. .123 463 61 129 279 U> '97 34 53 .269 : Callahan, cf 82 314 29 80 .254 C , 58 i7 '‘ 17 H .246 McElveen. 3b. .128 462 50 107 233 '' 15 35 2 7.200 Reynolds, c 20 t>2 2 12 DM Wolfe, utility ... u 38 5 7 JB4 P 27 64 11 10 Bradj, p 22 69 2 11 159 Lyons, rs 25 78 3 7 tvlTr" 1 )- p 7 14 ° ’ « 7 ' Waldorf, p 9 23 0 1 043 HORSE RACES AT THE ROCK. I HOMASTON, GA.. Sept. 2.—ln or der to better advertise their town, the citizens of The Rock, in the northern part of Upson county, have organized a trotting association and will hold free for-all races. They have a magnificent half-mile track and on September 5 will have a.n all-day racing event, with a big free barbecue. Over 40 entries have been listed and large purses offered for the winners. RACE AT ELGIN NEXT YEAR. ELGIN, ILL., Sept 2. —Preliminary plans for road races over the Elgin course to be held in August, 1913, have 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 the last <lav of the recent meet, tvhich brought out the 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 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 ail his op ponents, and now they give him a wide berth. I» 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 gameness 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 one of the main cogs of McGraw's champion pacemaker, and if a sec ond pennant Is unfurled at the Brush stadium, no one will have had a greater part In bringing it to New York. Murray is playing the 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 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 tiles. 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 rouL