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Inga pre-season estimate of a football team are these, ac cording to the views of Coach W. A, Cunningham, head coach of the University of Georgia teams: 1 College men are prone to say the) will not return and then to show up in good order on opening day. 2. New men an *o uncertain that nobody in the world can tell about them 3. The nun you count on most stronglv oft» n fool you. _ATURAI LY in the face of t .v, - i’l i’ ’.( > nobody not a prophet or « hn 'tic would try to say what the . \a< t outlook is for the 1 nivt !>ity »i Georgia team this fall. About hs close an estimate as co , ' ■ oiild b< summed . up after tisi A lot of corking c,~~d nen of last year’s tc tm ’>’ r ' s back, a lot o< aw ful y '"o . s remain, and a lot o .or r lontously promising, but ecu.'!' .■ •( i nn. are coming in. 'T ■HE <i! , t ■in w i!) report at Ath' r eulber 11 After that ; real estiniax .- can !*• made. The < undid.it< - will all be housed un<l> ■ the - . ni> roof this year. A large dormitory near the gymna sium is read) for them. They will havi the ,i l lusive use of it. It will be. for the fall months. Foot ball hall The house is removed from the noise of the city, and Is away from the rest of the stu dents. In it will be the mess hall, where the mon will eat This football building w located near the gymnasium, where the team men will have two large lock er rooms, with rubbing rooms and drying rooms right at hand. Show - er baths and the swimming pool are in the same building. These build ings are beautifully located on a high hill, overlooking the athletic field Do these seem Immaterial points in the estimate of the Georgia team for 1912? Perhaps But they show just how carefully the Rod and Black is planning and what untis nal preparations are being made i for the coming s.a-on, • « • THE head coach of the Georgia team* this year will be ' \lex” Cunningham. a Vanderbilt gradu ate and a man who learned Ills football under Dan McGugin He was too light t<« be a football star in hl- Vanderbilt days but he has b< en 11 ■ tn» nd »usl\ successful as a eoa< h As <Tinningham’s assistant will b< Hamid K’ tron, who captained tWe ’O4 team. He wil* be on hand for th»‘ entir season, and will be used espe< *ia Iv in coaching the line material. Howll Peacock. of bas ket ball fann will have charge of the freshman :»am (he varsity feeder forte xt rear » • • the Georgia t> ini lust Near, but who have dt !initel\ left college, mostly b; *:i;■ <lnall<<n. an 1. (’< )\TNt »T< »N --< ’• ntcr for three years, and a strong man. MADDOX Ta.-kie for four y< ;o s ano a < uric r 3. W(h i| >RI I T-" Last \ ear's cap tain. quarter f«»r four years. 4 POWELL End last y« «r, who BOUND TRIP KATES TO WASHINGTON, D. C„ SEABOARD Will sell tick.-is" Sept. Bth and 9th. i limit 16th, and may be ext -nded I" j Oct. 7th. Rate from Atlanta. $1!‘.35 Mhens, SD-15. '■ -I ’own El-i berton. 317.1'. La-.vi no ville. $19.30; | Rockmart, $19..%, Winder, SIB.BO, • did the punting. 6. MALONE Full back last year, a firat-year man. 6. MINNEHAN —Full back who alternated with Malone. 7. TUCK-—End Had played four years on team. That means a pretty heavy loss, as anybody will admit. Woodruff was one of the South's best play ers, and not a man in the lot fail ed to make his mark in Southern football. Os those seven there is no ques tion. Not one will return unless miracles are worked ... ] N addition to the seven, several 1 men are in doubt. They are: 1. DELA PERRI ERE Last year’s center, who was playing his first year. He will probably go into busi ness and give up college. 2 LUCAS Three years on the team a.s a guard. He will possi ble return to take post-graduate work in engim .-ring. 3 YORKE Tackle for the past two years His case is uncertain, but there is no certainty that he will be back. ... JJAVING dwelt on the sad part of the story, it is time to turn to the brighter side and to . insider the material from which 1 ’" ieh Cunningham must build his team. Here is the list: 1 Peacock—Captain and guard of last year’s team. He led a crew of Gooigia men down Into south Georgia on a. peach-picking trip this summer and has turned up tn good condition. 2 McWhorter—Halfback. Enough said He is the best In the South it) his position. 8. Bowden Halfback. 4 Harrell—Tackle. 5. Parrish—End. 6 Sancken—-He alternated with Woodruff at quarter last year. These are all the regular varsity men who are counted on to return. In other words, Georgia loses sdveu regulars and returns six. ... there are some other men who were in col lege last year, but who did not play but who are counted on for this year. Such a list is always an un certain thing, but here’s the best possible guess, as made by Coach Cunningham himself: 1 Morris—He was In Georgia last year, but Ineligible as he had played at Dahlonega He plays at half or full. 2 Mise—He was Ineligible last year on account of the one-year-ln college rule. 3. Conyers—3os |>ound guard of last year’s scrub team. 4 Arnette Sub tackle last year n Wood Bub tackle last year 6 Crump—Sub half last year ' Broyles—Sub half last year, s White 200 pound guard of last year’s freshman team. 9 Sheffield A tackle who was ineligible last year because of the one-year-in- college rule. 10. Price—A guard on the fresh man team last year A good man • • • \ ND finally there are soma new * ‘ men,expected, who will doubt less turn up with all their work In su.’h shape that they can play this year. Here is this list: 1 Smith—Captain of Riverside last year. IL- was one of the all- G* orgia prt p ends last season. Powell—Left halfback on Riv erside team last year. J. T, Woods Played end for Locust Grove prep team last year I John Wheatley—End of the Stom Mountain team Hauser—Tackle last year of the Stone Mountain team • * • THIS is the full list without reservations and exceptions ■ ’ < subjet t to su h ch ingt sas w ill normal \ crop out in any ante-sea son prediction < <>f course ,i • u of (p v ( > tain. L* s may pop at tin last minute and a (• w nuw :< yarded uncer- THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1912. tain may come around But there will be few changes from this list. It couldn't be said that the pros pects of the Georgia team, on the strength of the showing indicated, are the best in the world. A team that loses seven men and returns six will virtually have to be rebuilt. Also the loss of Woodruff will be more severe than the average spec tator at the average game realizes. It is largely up to Coach Cun ningham. And as he has demon strated that he is a wizard at the coaching game there is little doubt but that he will turn out a team that will give a wonderfullv good account of Itself in Its big games witit Tech, Vanderbilt and Auburn. ‘‘Man Behind the Bat” Has Put Red Sox on Top ■S’*+ •j-S’F Bill Carrigan Brains of Boston's Pennant Winner By W. .1. Aft-Beth. The "Man Behind the Bal’’ has won the American league pennant for Boston, just as the ‘‘Man Be hind the Gun" won the Spanish war for Uncle Sam. Os course it is assumed that the penhant IS won —it is beyond a reasonable doubt. When the war was over and the admirals and general received the plaudits, a certain distinguished citizen said it was not the admirals or the generals yvho deserved them, but the "Man Behind the Gun.” And the "Man Behind the Gun” be came the hero. So neither the lenders nor the stars, but the "Man Behind the Bat" has won the pen nant for the Red Sox. The "Man Rebind the Bat” Is "Fighting Bill" Carrigan. Why Carrigan Is a Here. These are the reasons why "Fighting Bill" Carrigan is the greatest h" o of them all: 1. He has trained and is the boss of the most efficient pitching corps in the world. 2. He is the schemer, the dic tator and the master of the Red Sox defensive play. 3. He is one of the schemers and the dictators and the mas ters of the R e d Sox offensive play. 4. His are the “inside baseball” brains of the coming pennant win ners. NEWS FROM RINGSIDE! Promoters of the Southern A. C., of Memphis, are going to make all boxers who sign to appear at their chib post a forfeit that they will be in the city at least live days before the tight and to give a public workout at some time (luring each of the live days preceding the show The club's actino was brought about by many of the fighters who would reach the city a day before the date they were booked to appear, claim thej were In per fect condition, go into the ring and stall through the match. * « • Kid McCoy seems to be in earnest about taking up evangelistic work. The former boxer says ho had time to think things over while he was imprisoned in London, and that his 39 years of life have been misspent. • • • Charley Miller, accompanied bt his (er, wdi lea\< :>r New Y.-rk shortly ' ■ • w outs scheduled Mil- ler Is not dowi • t because he was de feated by .Jim Flynn. Labor 1 »ay . but is howling for a return match with the Pueblo man Says Miller. "What is a couple of broken ribs when I have got twenty more • ♦ • l-.ddh Me< joort \ a nd ' y clone Johnnx Thompson are going to tight In Cincinnati before many weeks • * • Mike Farrell and Terr? Mitchell are scheduled to box ten rounds in Brooklyn tonight. • • • Boxing contests of unlimited duration mat be staged in Suit Lake v'itt An ordinance was passed Wednesday whereb; promoters may stage contests provided t Is a boxing match and not a prize fight ■ « • Jim Barry. Chicago heat > weight. is no longer considered a “White Hope " The big fellow tt-.s all but knocked out by Tom McMahon at Youngstown. <>hlo. recently George l< it Brown went over io Terre Haute last M r .ay and knocked out some Here’s How Crackers Are Hitting the Ball Right Up to Date This is the way the Crackers are hit ting the ball, through yesterday’s game: Player— g. ab. r. h. p. c. Price, p 3 7 0 3 .429 Harbison, ss. . . 76 266 34 77 .289 Bailey, If 1311 453 85 129 .285 Alperman, 2b. . . 125 472 62 134 .284 Agler, lb 66 224 37 62 .277 Callahan, es. . . 89 335 33 89 .265 Graham, c. . . . 63 194 20 48 .248 McElveen, 3b.. . 135 489 52 117 .239 Reynolds, c. . . . 25 79 12 15 .190 Becker, p. ... 16 38 2 7 .184 Wolfe, utility . . 21 58 6 10 .172 Brady, p 23 71 3 12 .168 Sitton, p 29 67 11 10 .149 Johnson, p. , . . 8 18 0 1 .056 Waldorf, p. ... 11 28 0 1 .036 5. Besides being the “Man Behind the Bat,” he is the “Power Behind the Boss.” And— 6. He is the most successful backstop in baseball. Ask any Red Sox player who is the most valuable and important in the Rod Sox camp, and he will ansyver, yvithout hesitation —sur- prised. in fact, that you asked such a question—" Why, Bill Carrigan, of course." Jake Stahl, being the manager, might not care to an swer such a question for publica tion. for tactful reasons, but* he thinks so. Tris Speaker, the great star of them all. candidly’ and emphatical ly. says "Bill Carrigan.” Besides being modest. Speaker is frank. Joe Wood, the champion pitcher of both the leagues, has said, time and again. "Why, Carrigan’s the man." Hi inie Wagner, the captain of the team, says: "Wliy, go see Bill Carrigan: he’s the man.” All of them, big and little, are unanimous. They know more than the fans know, because they are on the ground and see and hear every thing. Almost man for man, the Red Sox are the same baseball team that finished fifth last year. Why, then, are the Red Sox of 1912 first. unknown pug by the name nf Skellv in the first round of a scheduled ten-round engagement, but will get little remunera tion for his deed. The promoters claim Brown agreed to box ten rounds with Skelly, and as he only boxed one he has no coin coining to him And on top • f the whole deal they had the nerve to ask Broun to return there and tight Jack Dil lon at a later date • • • Since the defeat of Jim Jeffries by Jack Johnson, “White Hopes" have been with out number The Japanese tried to put forth a "Brown Hope’' and the Chinese a Yellow Hope.” but until the last few days the Indian has shown no interest in the tight game. The other day George Near, a husky redman, weight 185 pounds, blew into Los Angeles and informed the manager of ene of the chibs there he had come to learn bow to fight. Gwon Moran, the Englishman, who kick ed about the Atnertean referees so much when he was boxing on this side, is still knocking the American decision makers. Moran says he fought seven contests in America Pour of these he won and twice he was disqualified for clinching Moran denies the rumor that he is going to re tire an<l further says he will come back ('* the States when the fall boxing season starts Johnnx Kling, a promising lightweight hailing from Chicago, is still challenging, the little pug says he is willing to meet McFarland Ritchie or any 133-pounder in the business. CHURCH MEETS NELSON. PHII KDELPHIA. s pt. 7. G. M. • 'hurch, of Print • ton and J. <; N< of Dartmouth, will fight it out today for the singles championship as a re - sult of vest* rday’s play tn the intercol legiate tennis tournament at the Mo rion Cricket club in the doubles. Yah . H \ard and Princeton are still in the tunning. * Crackers Mingle With Billy Smith’s Lookouts on Monday VOLS BID FAREWELL TO ATLANTA FANS TODAY THE last Saturday game of the Southern league season is on this afternoon at Ponce DeLeon. In this game the cohorts of Manager Sehwart::, of Nash ville, will hook up with the luck less Crackers. Owing to the fact that the Volunteers have a slight bickering set for Sunday afternoon at Memphis, the game will be blessed (or cursed, as you happen to view it) with an early start. Then, after a day of rest, Bill Smith will lead his Lookout club here for the final series of the year in Atlanta. It may not be so much of a se ries in a baseball way, since it will while the Red Sox of 1911 fifth? There- are several reasons, such as the return to form of Heinie Wagner, the appointment of Jake Stahl as manager, and the SUC CESS OF THE PITCHERS. But the principal reason is Carrigan, and Carrigan is deeply associated with all the other reasons, partic ularly the success of the pitchers. The improvement this year is in a better regulated offense, but more than that in a superb defense. The greatest factor of the defense is the pitching staff. To repeat— the Red Sox have the most efficient pitching staff in the world. Who did it? Bill Carrigan. A dozen would-be pitchers re ported to the Red Sox this spring, including those who were on last season's roster. Carrigan took them in hand. He taught them hotv to make the best use of their abilities and schooled them in all the fine arts of baseball —for Carri gan is a master of the game. There yvere no Walter Johnsons, Ed Walshes and Christy Mathew sons or any other stars to start yvith. But today Wood. Collins, Bedtent and Hall are winning a greater percentage of their, games than dny of the famous stars. M ood, in fact, has become a star. He has won a greater percentage of games than any other pitcher of 1912. And the others will be stars. So much for the pitchers. But Carrigan, with Wagner. signals the defensive tactics of the team. Concerted action is necessary, and the concerted action has to be dic tated by a man on the field. Car rigan has a survey of all the field and all the bases in front of him and he knows what to do. The others watch Carrigan. A Master of "Inside" Ball. No team can yvtn a pennant with out what is known as “inside” baseball. Carrigan is the chief "In side" baseball man of the Red Sox. He has educated every member of the team individually, as well as collectively, too, and they have con fidence in him. ( As a backstop on the field, Car rigan is a marvel. He is far from fast. No catchers are speedy after a few years of service behind the bat in the strenuous big league campaigns. Their rigid posture takes the limberness out of their muscles All of the veterans are slow, compared with the other play ers But Carrigan blocks oh' the home plate like a stone wall. He is tenacious When a runner dives into the plate. Carrigan stands like a rock. He is usually bowled ovc:. but he does not drop the bail, and the runner is out. He is absolutely without fear. The runner must beat the ball to beat Carrigan, SCHOOL BOOKS MIL LER’S BOOK STORE, 39 MARIETTA STREET. mark the clashing of the two worst teams (or the “worst two,” if that lets them down any more gently) in the league. But it means the return of Billy Smith to Atlanta for the first time since it has been announced that he has closed to manage the Crack er club for the next two years. You all know what that means. It means so much that it will not be surprising if the largest Mon day crowd of the season turns out to welcome back to , Atlanta the man yvho gave the Gate City the only pennants they have won in the history of the present league. Swell Performance Yesterday. Sometimes diamond artists play ball to win pennants, sometimes to earn their salaries and sometimes, though rarely, for the sheer joy of the playing. It was in the la-st named classi fication that the performance pulled off by the Nashville and At lanta players yesterday belongs. The players w-ent into the game as happy as a bunch of school boys and they put a performance to their credit that wouldn’t have looked bad in a yvorld’s series. Probably because nothing mat tered —winning, losing, tying or postponing—they played their best. There was a slap and dash to the whole thing that yvas as refreshing as a drink of water. It happened that Nashville won. But that wasn’t the main point. Neither team has more to lose or less to win than a hobo. How the thing ultimately turned out didn't cut any figure. They were out to play ball and what came of it yvas immaterial. They did play ball, too —and Nashville won, 1 to 0. It may be recalled that the last time Rudolph Waldorf faced the Volunteers, which was August 28 FODDER FOR FANS Hank O'Day, sore and realizing his fin ish, is out with the charge that a cheese paring policy Is keeping the Reds down. He claims that Garry Herrmann had plenty of chances to strengthen the team, but that he wouldn't give up the money. There might be something to it, too. • • • They’re having a voting contest at the “999 Clothing Store,” in Brooklyn, X. V., a quiet and sequestered little village just across the river from New York. Here is how they stand now: Daubert first, Rucker second. Wheat third, Red Smith fourth. Oh, you former Southern leaguers. • • • When Mike Donlin fumbled in a game at. Brooklyn September 3 he made his first error in fourteen games and in eighty-six chances. * * ♦ Artie Hoftnan has quit the Pirates He and Fred Clarke couldn't come to terms in the matter of salary and Hofntan quit the club in a huff. « * - When McAleer and Mcßoy took over the Boston Americans this spring they took over a pennant winner. The full strength of their present team they in herited front John I. Taylor. Their suc cess has been due to the management of Stahl and the good advice of McAleer. • • ♦ Pitcher Ralph Works has been sent to Providence by Detroit. • ■ • Works makes about the steenth man the Tigers have sent to Providence this year. And the International league opin ion is that the only good thing that came to Rhode Island this year out of Michi gan was Wild Bill Donovan. • • • 1 >olly Stark's suspension has been lifted but Manager Stallings hasn't put him back in the game as yet. • « « Manager Freil, of Columbus, is said to have been offered the managerial job at Cleveland If he's wise he'll stay off. Doc White, of the Sox. says that he would like to see Walter Johnson let him self clear out tn just one game He doe.snt' believe that the Washington star ever went his best all the wav through one tub game. And probably he hasn't That lad is wise. « « « George I’askert has been dropped from the lead-off position to third place in the Phillies' batting order. * <r • M re leagues have disbanded and more clubs have dropped out of leagues this year than ever before in the history of baseball. It's too bad that the matter "f electing a pres dent should interfore thus yvith the national sport « • • Ad Brennan, the Phillies’ diphtheria patient, is out of ~'iaramine but will not play any mure this year. ' in Nashville, he let one run get over in the first inning. And then he lost the game 1 to 0, despite the fact that Atlanta made more hits than the Volunteers. It may also be recalled that Fleharty furnished the opposition that day. Yesterday’s game was an exact duplicate. Fleharty and Waldorf were the opposing pitchers. In the first inning the Volunteers scored a tally. Considered in the light of recent games, that one run didn't look any bigger than a gnat at an elephant show. But gradually, as inning after inning passed and there was no more scoring, it grew in relative size until in the ninth it was as big as the moon. How Only Run Was Scored. The way this one run was made was thusly: In the first inning the irrepressible Jud Daley bit off a single, right off the bat as It were. Lattimore died in a good cause and J. Daley went forward a peg. Welchonce hit one to Wal dorf and was retired at first, but on the putout Daley advanced once more. Then came that decrepit veteran. Colonel Clayton Perry, who delivered a single and pushed across the deciding tally. All the rest of the afternoon there was rip-roaring baseball, but neither side could score. AValdorf, the most profusely ex ecrated of Atlanta's pitchers, really hurled great ball. The gusty young right-hander made no mistakes after the first inning. The Vols were in the hollow of his hand. But they had with them their one run and they didn’t need any more. Fleharty also pitched masterly ball. He got in a few tolerably tight holes, but he didn’t stay there. Somehow he always managed to wriggle out. due in several cases to useful fielding by his supporting cast. At Pittsburg the other day’ it took four - lops to throw out an obstreperous bleach er fan. As he went, somebody yelled. 1 “Each of them bluecoats will be credited , with an assist and the man who is up in the pinch will get a put-out.” « ft * Garry Herrmann has nut the kibosh > on the scheme of having two ball clubs , in Cincinnati. "Think what it would t mean If both of them yvere going bad!" > said Garry. • • ■ i W hen Charley Dooin signed a new sec i ond baseman named Savage, a Cincinnati fan inquired, “Wasn’t Otto Knabe savage enough ?” ' “Roger Bresnahan lias a whole army i of athletes with him,’’ wrote a Chicago newspaper man. “There were fifty-MV-n varieties squirming ar<»un<i <»n the bench.’’ , And the next day. so they say. Mr.*-. Brit - . ton. owner of the club, w ired lb ger. “F see in a Chicago paper that vou have hfty seven players with you. Why such extravagance for a short trip?” * • ■ Ray Pendleton, star football and base ball player at Princeton, may become a Yankee at the end of the coming college year. • ♦ • Again there is talk that Olsen will go to J h ,_ e v , ank^es - Lis said that the deal > will be closed at the end of this season. Since Tommy McMillan and Lelivelt left the R< Chester team, it has been wabbling and the fans are veiling at Gan : zel for turning these men over to the i ankees. VANDERBILT COURSE IS EXCEEDINGLY FAST MILWAUKEE, Sept. 7.—Pr pa ra tions for the Vanderbilt cup race and the other races to be ’tin here- Sep tember 17, 20 and 21 are practically complete. Save for a few finishing touches to be pul on the roads tlm eight-mile Wauwatosa course ha> been put in shape for the events. Racing drivers who arq already here pronounce it one of the fastest ever offered. The committee in charge of the race has spent about $3,000 a mile on the course—a total of $2 4,000 —in making it fast and safe. Entries for the grand prize race dost September 10 and for the other events September 14. SCHOOL BOOKS? MIL LER’S BOOK STORE, 39 MARIETTA STREET. I