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10 GIOKM TOW COE® f EXESIFI EOTTU> A' V. e TAKNSWORTH Well, You Can’t Blame a Man Who’s Trying :: :: :: By “Bud” Fisher C*7*J • . ( ■ = H * i T© THtHK XZk I*Z A <** ***•*• '•ow*a I ? I Ov, CANT r/nd aM6 «e N to F'4«T > ryi «M« M *«. eo» rxA. | L. J JOWNMtI ufLq • —« *» »a 4PG. •* izv i ' / X WA*»G Whokm* V J fAJ’C L- ' I A4fi a S j\:'J? r -2-> ask f a _jk -vl |! w*4mt — I ' r - e ‘G. " «« GJllillrl JHg\ bSm x**- w j 'wk £9m Kb jrj3 -S! Mw%/ ~- Ww 4SB• W wC<- IH _, Ij ||~Tqjtr ~" z jT & 48*-' ffi** — ■• —— - —— - ■ —— rrrt c> y Tech Prospects Are as Gloomy as a Graveyard •*••■> +»4« -I-©-!- •>©•!• -I-©4- +•+ Three Regulars Out of Thirteen Coming Back By Percy H. Whiting. x'-A IVIN’G th* press a truthful I -y and tactful estlmat* of th* Tach team In the first week of September," said Coach Heisman this morning when tackled for information, "offers two alter natives —both alarming "On the one hand.” he continued. “If w* tell the exact truth and «ay that only three varsity men of last year are 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, if we dodge the main facts and touch thing* up in a spirit of optimism, alleging that while we have many gaps to till, we have some wonderful men to till them, we naturally make a sorry showing. And 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 is In a nutshell: “Tech has three varsity men Dom 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 world. If a teen men who were regarded as "varsity men" last 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. All that Is left of it, left of last year's gallant, albeit somewhat battered, “thirteen" is (or "are," It doesn't matter to me) these three warriors (count ’em): 1. Leuhrinan, a guard, too light. 2. Loeb, 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 eleven around —an eleven which will bo able to cope with the tremendous teams that Georgia and Auburn will put out this year. • • • 'T'O some colleges the loss of a slather of men would mean little, but some vigorous recruiting Hut not so with Tech. The dickens of it Is. out at the Flats, they haven’t ant Induce ments to offer. • • • T T'S a very me:einart world If a * coach approaches a prep school star and asks him to come to a col lege the star is likely to Inquire: "What’s there In It for nv-"" In fact, there have been historic ca.-'s when stars have so Inquiteil t>f course, they don't expect a salary. none except the coarse ones But then they'd like a schola ship. Also, they ought to hate 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 ami would rather not work for it Tech hasn't any such induce ments. When a man wants to know what's In it for him. the best they can tell him is that it's a tin college and that the climate is .-a lubrious and there’ll be a banquet in It for the team at the end of the season. Os course ft has ben rumored that certain plutocratic alumni have at various times helped som< deserv ing youths through Tech But it tat* a ever proved. And, judged by the class of raw material that Coach Hoffman ha© had to work with every - year, the alumni were blamed poor scouts. All 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 beforetnentioned gaps. • • • gorLED 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 three years at Tech and has played corking good baseball. Ho has played in class games only. Is a grand athlete, weighs 172. Is tol erably fast, though no whirlwind. Conch 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 year. Is a good athlete and a great gym nast, but knows little football as yet. He weighs but 160, but has a fine frame and may be built up in weight. He will be tried at end. Raifsneider—This man has play ed some class ball and made his mark there. 11a 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 taka 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 the fastest man In NEWS FROM RINGSIDE! Young Pyeon, who Is known as the featherweight champion of New England, has just returned to this country after a successful lour of Europe Hyson hud three tights In dear England and It t >ok 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 Harry Lundy are scheduled to box ten rounds at the Royal Athletic club In Brooklyn today • • • George Kirkwood advanced a step further toward the featherweight cham pionship a few nights ago by knocking out Tommy Houck in the sixth round of a scheduled ten-round bout in Neu York. • • • Eddie McGoortv will not quit training aft. r bis tight V. ith Pave Smith m New >< rk tonight, but will do light work to I Pln condition for his scheduled tight with Leo Houck in Boston September 17. • • • *'• uirlie Miller and Jim Flynn have trained hard ami are in the best us .con dition for their 20-round scrap at San I ram .sco toda\ a< cording to advices irom the coast I Him knows a defeat at the hands of the former molorman would nean ruin for hit u die Milh i kn >wn a win o\vr the Pueblo man would give hi •» : mueh publicity and a higher position in I the Leav\ weight division Joe Sherman, whose vo’ce will t ver have a huskx ring as a result of the I I oiler he has set up of lat<» that he is as good and better than Joo Mandot. max have I.is ambitious mung hopes upped in the bud t-'dax when lie meets Harry Trendall in Memphis Mueh inter* st is centered on this tight because ’i’rendall wot a newspaper decisioi from Mandot in St. I.ouis some time back. Harrx Singer, George K. O. Brown s sparring partner. is lulled to tight Art Magirl in Springfield today Fa'lme 'o train properly los: Ray Tem ple a match with Freddie Welsh at Win* mp< g to< a'. Frank Mulhern. manager of ’tempb <oked Ray over ami on find ing him to !• in poor condition, sent the club a wire that his fight* I would be ora bh ’ o :i ppear. • • • Raj Bronson and Hurry Brwwet have * THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWa MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 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. 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 155 pounds. Clements—He was a scrub last year and has played good class ball. Like all the rest, he is too light. * • • QI'ESTION: Isn't that lay-out enough to make all loyal Tech men throw up their fiats 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 mon. Tech lias 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, determined, intelligent young men, who will be njost 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 A C of Boston has wired Backey McFarland an offer of $5,000 to box .lack Britton twelve rounds In that city some time in the near future HEMPHILL’S SUSPENSION ANNOUNCED IN BULLETIN CHICAGO. Sept. 2.—President Chlv- Ington, of the American association, to day announced the following contracts and releases since August 10: Cont-acts. By Columbus -John A. Kimbell. By Indianapolis Archer E. Riley, Walker Wentz, Wilbur Chardt. Brown Keene. By Kansas City Lee Tannehill. K M Me:trs, Nt w York B\ Lotlist Hi, t*';atl<*> Vallamling ham, Hob. rt E Clemons. »;m Bedgt r. I. B Loudermilk. I'y .Milw.tukei A Hraun By .Minneapolis Jatm s C l> lehantv lIIH-’). Jaims i', Delehanty (191; > W .1. Lelivell. By S: Ptil- Raymond R Thomas. George <’ I■. ark. B\ I’oledo It. H. .Middleton, Elbert Ellis Releases. Indianapolis to Springlie.d. Brown Ko lie K tes ts t'ity to Pa is Texas. .Moo e. Louisville to Chicago Natl ma -. Gro ver laowdermllk and Frey Toney, To eat to t 'lex ** and. Fred t ‘at is. it; t,> New to.•an.-. Abbott .Mi'.s Suspensions. Columbus Chari 's Hemphill, Ham Billla .1. ltd: tnauolls - Rev Vshenfeltr: lonst ■: le I .ewis 1 ,ov de: miik v auk. < Jaims Breen, Hu* Noel. JOE ABLER 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 Agler's chief admirers is Manager Bill Schwartz of the Nashville team. The Nashville leader played against Agier 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 Agier could hit .300 or better, he would be the ijjbst 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. Agier 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 Agier In this department. Agier 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 5 ield the palm to Agier 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 lavoring 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 A'ork fans took hope from news from St. Louis that Jltnmv Archer, one of the best backstops of the Cubs.' had Injuied himself in yesterday's game. Bui while form indicated N. w Yu'k and Boston to be the winners in their respective leagues, a freak break could still upset all calculations during the pr< sent month. If Boston should break even In Its remaining 30 games, the team would tlni-di with a record of 102 victories and 'c' .1. feats, a record which would make a victory a practical certainty, t'nder such conditions, Washington would have to win 20 out of the remaining 28 games and the Athletics would be Com pelled to win 30 out of their remaining 31 games. T n present week can make or break the Giants. They have ten games in s.\ ..ays, seven In Philadelphia on four suectssiv. days, in 1908 the Phillies beat the Giants out of the pennant, ami there may be another Cove’eskie hid den somewhere in Dooin's aggregation. Ry breaking even, the Giants would c'ose Lie season with 100 victori, s and I Chicago would have to win 22 of their remaining games. Murray’s Come-Back Proves He Is a Game Player •»••+ .J.©* 4-©4. .j.,* 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 tlTe 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 Tn 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 Holman 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 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 stay, which shows a slight im provement. * • • The way the Jacksonville team worked lor 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 L©abor day pa rade. They pla\ the double-header at ihe I’ulo 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 times by the Browns were Jackson. Northern, Griggs. KHlifer 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 light 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 go 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 bud trade since lie has been in baseball. Here's the list Trailed Byrne to Pitts burg for Barbeau and StoriA; traded Beebe and Storke to Cincinnati for Hug gins 'lakes ami 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 this 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 nire Westervelt. Westervelt i laims .hat Rath assaulted him. Rath claims that he 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 • • • \ccording to Charley 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. 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 freeJy 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 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 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 through America. His name Is Ayau, and he's a shortstop. They say be 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, ss 69 242 27 68 281 Bailey, 1f123 429 78 120 .280 Alperman, 2b. ..123 463 61 129 >7'' AB‘ er - lb 59 197 34 53 .269 Callahan, cf 82 314 29 80 ‘>s4 Graham, c. 58 179 17 44 McElveen. 3b ..128 4«2 50 107 233 Becker p 15 35 2 7.200 Reynolds, c 20 62 2 U 194 Wolfe, utility ... 14 38 5 7 184 Sitton, p 27 64 T1 10 .156 Brady, p 2 2 69 2 11 189 Lyons, rs 25 78 3 7 j)9O .lohnHon 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 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 an 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 eomuleted. 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 day of the recent meet, which 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 maJte 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 blngle 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 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 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 fig+it when his asso ciates were stale and almost ready to give up the ghost. H's sensa tional work against the Cubs saved the Giants from complete annihi lation in the last series in Chi cago. Bad he gone the way of the rest of McGraw's slipping legion, nothing could have prevented the final trip through the tvest devel oping into an utter rout.