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Fans’ Last Chance to See 1912
Crackers; Brace With Lookouts
By Percy 11. ‘Whiting.
r-rxHE finish comes to lay. A
I double-header is slated for
this afternoon at Ponce De-
I,eon —and then they break the
slate. When the last man is out
in the last inning of today's last
game the season is over in Atlanta.
AJI those w Ito are sorry w ill sig
nify it in the usual manner.
Today's double-header will be for
blood, as usual. The Crackers are
determined to wind up the season
here with a good showing—or
know wihy not
When the game is over the
Crackers will hike for Memphis,
while the Volunteers will heat It
for Nashville In Memphis on Sat
urday the Crackers play their last
gatneyand disband.
• * •
ep H K easy way in w hich .Tackson
* somrille trimmed Columbus in
the post!-sea son games was un
doubtedly right ano proper and the
best team -.won. But doesn't a sea
son like thts one just passed In the
Sally league show the undesir
ability of the "split-season"
scheme?
.Jacksonville?won the pennant in
the first half. It was always right
around the top in the second half.
But somehow it .just couldn't man
age to win. Os course, a post-sea
son series meant money for every
body. And there was one When
it came to the show-down Jackson
ville won handily.
Now, nobody’ would charge that
Jacksonville held back and let the
Columbus team win enough games
in the second half to make a post
season series necessary. Yet, such
a thing could happen and Is likely
to. at any old time.
From the financial standpoint a
split season may be a success But
FODDER FOR FANS ~j
Karl Horten, who Ims pitched amazing
ball for Jacksonville this summer. likes
the town and will make It his permanent
home It >s either expected that some
club will draft him.
The players on the pennant winning
Hous’..n team of the Texas league were
given checks for SIOO each after the sea
son ended, as a present from the club
owners and fans.
• • •
Joe Wood has robed on speed, control
and support (nr his recent victories He
doesn't use his curve unless he has to. '
• * •
Well, they all lost monev in the Vir
ginia league except, maybe, Richmond,
and possibly Petersburg and Norfolk,
1 The old complaint too large a circuit,
poor umpiring, bad weather and too high
salaries.
• • »
The L<>s Angeles Examiner conducted a
voting contest for the most valuable plax
er of the (’oast league and Johnnx Kane
got the prizt He plays Centerfield for
Vernon.
• • •
Edd Hall nan. recalled by st. I xmls
from Memphis, : is been offered to the
San Francisco club and may be sent
there
• • •
Metz, of San \ntonio. wag the leading
batter of the Texas league this season,
with an average of >23 Foster, of Hous
ton, was the leading pitcher Brown
Rogers, of the San club. was fifth
among the hurlers of the circuit
• « «
Os the All-Star Ameri* an league team
that gathered last sear n Cleveland to
play for the Addie ,b»s benefit all but
two are atill playing big league baseball.
These are the two •ateliers I’addx Liv
ingston and Gabby Street
• • •
Austin and Fort Worth were the only
Texas league clubs which lost money this
year Nene of them got rich
• • •
A team made up of society girls sum
mering at Lenox. Mass , has challenged a
, team of societj men at Pittsfield, .Mass .
| for a game and the challenge has been
t accepted The men will play with no
outfielders, in an effort to even things up.
• • •
The Arkansas l»omocrat has launched
the candidac \ of William M Kavanaugh
for president f the National leag ‘ But.
' ■ ’ f they name him. nho will run Ln.
1 tie Rock?
• • •
Mobile papers say that the attendance
i has been s « bad at N# w Orleans this vear
; that Charlex Frank has had all the
• passes taken up
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there will always be some doubts
about the honesty of the race when
one team wins in one half and
one wins in another. And quite
probably these split seasons are
inimical to the best interests of
baseball.
* • •
rj-HE long wrangle that arose
* over tlie question of whether
or not Walter Johnson should have
been credited with a game won at
the time his winning streak was
attracting much attention suggests
that the matter of deciding when a
pitcher should be credited with a
game and when he should not
ought to be set down in the ruH
book. It is ridiculous that each
league has a rule of Its own to de
side this.
A suggestion lias been made by a
former manager as follows:
Credit the pitcher who is re
lieved with a lost game whether
game is won or lost
Credit the one who relieves him
with a won game if won or a lost
game if same is lost
This matter may be gone into
from many angles, hut I offer the
above as fairest to all concerned,
ami think it would have a tenden
cy to make each pitcher extend
himse f if lie knew the matter
rested wholly with him.
A lot of rules ought to be In the
regular code that ate not there.
J'he whole matter of scoring needs
to be straightened out. At present
the scoring rules are a crime. Tills
association of baseball writers
ought to take the matter up and
suggest changes.
If nothing is done by the na
tional bodies in regard to a change
in the method of crediting pitchers
with games won and lost the
Southern league ought to consider
the matter at its next meeting and
Should decide on some more rea
sonable and equitable method titan
the one now in use in Dixie.
against Berger I ieinie made Bunting pop
tn the infield with a snap pitch. out
Stockdale made him throw it over. At
that it s a silly rule. The batter ought
to be ready for whatever comes.
• • B
Wise .savings of baseball. “The man
ager of a losing ball club is a mark for
the newspapers.’’
Montgomery papers are panning Kid
1 11" field tor outbreaks of temper and pro
fanlly on the field They'll have a tine
. time witli him over In Chattanooga as
manager.
• • •
The White Sox have dropped Matty
Mt Intyre and Mutt Ens The former goes
to the San Francisco club, the latter to
St. Josephj
♦ ♦ ♦
• >wner Rick Woodward has promised the
plavers of the Birmingham team some
kind of a blow-out when the season ends.
I he bunch wil be slipped ti piece of mon
ey all around.
• ♦ ♦
A decision which called Billy Zimmer
man a Cracker last year l safe in a game
at Newark started a boy-sized riot in
which the umpire was hammered a bit
before the police could interfere
• • •
Dave Fultz says there are men in the
ma or leagues playing for *9OO a year and
that the now players' union is going to
help them Os course. S9OO is too little.
But then there »re players getting $9,000.
How ran you equalize it”
• ♦ •
It .s likeh that some big league club
will slip in a draft for liarrv Welchonce
lie is leading the Southern league bat*
tens and is a nlft.v player
♦ 4 t>
Oe.ttge Stovall is another baseball play
er who has recently taken up golf and
gon< crazy about it
NAT THORNTON LOSES AT
TENNIS IN CLEVELAND. 0.
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Sept. 11
Some !’:"’d - fimglit mat'hes yesterday
I marked the progress of the Ohio state
tennis tournament at the East End
club Among the encounters that at
tic t. d greatest interest were those in
which Nat Thornton of Atlanta, lost to
J <’ Roy oq, Os Cleveland. X 6. 3-6. 6-2.
s T Nash, of tTevetand, lost to t w.
St* phons, of Pittsburg 6-3. 6-2
In tlie women- singles Miss Buda
Stephens, city ehampion, was defeated
i'.y Miss Los Moyes ~f Toronto. 6-4,
fi-h.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1912.
Coach Donahue Writes Special Story for The Georgian on His Outlook
AUBURN SHOULD HAVE STRONG ELEVEN THIS YEAR
By Mike J. Donahue.
Coach Auburn Football Team.
m ÜBURN, ALA.. Sept. 11.—
Though these sultry Septem
ber days make football seem
to be.an affair of the dim and dis
tant future, an examination of the
calendar will .show that the pig
skin chasing time is upon us and
that it is high time to consider our
football pros]>ects.
Auburn will lose by graduation
Bonner, guard; Allen, guard;
Burns, center; Cogdell, end; Davis,
full back, and Manning, half back.
These men, to a large extent, fur
nished the weight and power of
the teams of the past two years.
Others w ho are doubtful, hut w ho
may return are Lamb, tackle;
Meadows, tackle, and Moore, half.
Because of Injuries and sickness
last year, an unusually large num
ber of players made their letters,
and of these the following are sure
to return: Pitts, center: Thigpin,
guard; Louisell, tackle and full
back; Newell, quarter back. Hart,
half back; Ressijac, full back; Ma
jor, half back; Wingo, quarter
back; Arnold, end; Kearley, end,
and Robinson, end.
The losses are very’ severe, hut
Forty-Five and Fifteen-Round Bouts With Decisions Will Help Game
NEW ORLEANS ABOUT TO HAVE BIG BOXING BOOM
By Left Hook.
NEW ORLEANS Is coming into
its own as a boxing center.
They are going to reopen
fighting down there this fall and
winter with a big rush.
There will be fifteen-round con
tests in the city proper and forty
five rounds can be staged across
the river.
And they will be able to give de
cisions in the fifteen-round battles,
too which will be a big help. New
Orleans is one of the strongest
betting cities in the world. They
are wild to bet on everything, any
thing. down there, from a fly alight
ing in a circle to a world's cham
pionship fight. And without deci
sions it is not much of a comfort
to put your money down You
don't get such good action for it.
Boxing on the Boom.
Despite the great dissatisfaction
JACKSONVILLE IS WINNER
OF SALLY LEAGUE TITLE
t'OLUMBI’S, GA. Sept. 11. —Jack-
sonville's team is the undisputed cham
pion of the South Atlantic league, sea
son 1913. having won its fourth game
of the post-season series from Colum
bus yesterday afternoon, by a decisive
victory , 5 to 1. The visitors led all the
way. and there was little doubt at any
time that the outcome would lie as it
was.
The visitors scored one run in the
first inning and four in the second,
which "sewed up" tile y tme so lightly
that tlie locals didn't have a "look-in.”
In tin ninth inning the locals hit three
times which netted one run, but that
was the best they could do
\bererombie did the pitching for the
visitors and. while he gave up seven
hits, they were scattered except in the
ninth Weideli, for tlie locals, did ex
cellent mound work, giving up only four
hits, but poor support contributed to
the size of the score of the visitors.
RITTER CATCHES EVERY
INNING FOR UTICA NINE
i Th A. N Y, Sept ti. Th< mem
bers of the Utica baseball team, cham
pions of the New York State b agu< .
were banqueted by local fans and each
player received SIOO in gold.
Lon Kilter, it Is announced, estab
lished a world's n cord by catching
eve’-y inning played by the team in !"'i
games tnd the three innings of I'ti. ..\
only positioned gam< of th' schedule.
Tin game was stopped by ram.
those returning have all had some
experience in college football, so
that they are not entirely green.
Has Men From Class Teams.
As Auburn never gets any prep
school stars, the college has to
look to its own class teams for ma
terial, and as it has not been disap
pointed in the past hope in the fu
ture w ill show good results.
A few of the most promising
players developed in the class
games this spring are Bedy and
Harris, full backs; Esslinger, cen
ter; Hollingsworth and Culpepper,
guards; Faucelt and Hallmark,
ends; Ellett. tackle; Robb and El
liot, half backs. With the.4te add
ed to what will return of last year’s
varsity, it is hoped that Auburn will
be represented by the usual team
on the gridiron.
Mike Likes New Rules.
There is no question in my mind
but that tlie new rules will make
for a more attractive game. It
will be much easier for the better
team to score than was possible
under last year’s rules. The offense
has been strengthened twenty-five
per cent, and the defense near tlie
goal has been weakened to a like
extent.. The new rules will not
favor the weaker teams of the
with which the newspaper decisions
have been received there, boxing
always has flourished in New; Or
leans. especially in the last few
years, or since the “old days" when
Jim Corbett whipped John L. Sul
livan there and McAuliffe beat My
er and Fitzsimmons showed his
worth by’ downing Jack- Dempsey
and Drjti Creedon, all the finest of
titular matches.
Now that they can get a referee's
verdict they will be entirely happy,
the only thing lacking, apparently,
being tlie right sort of a referee.
Writes Fred Bukowitz. secretary
and treasurer of the New Orleans
club:
"We have been giving decisions
in a peculiar manner. There are
four papers in New Orleans, and
each writer that the paper had at
tlie ringside gave a decision after a
bout was over. These were read off
by the announcer, and the majority
ruled. The referee only cut in on
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The ESig Race
Here is the up-to-the-minute dope
jn how the "Big Five' batters of the
American league are hitting:
PLAYER. AB. H. Av.
COBB 492 204 .415
SPEAKER 509 202 .397
JACKSON 495 182 .368
COLLINS 456 154 .338
LA JOIE 362 119 .329
Ty Cobb gained three points yester
day when he secured three hits in four
times at bat. Speaker hit .500 for the
day, grabbing two safe swats in four
attempts. Jackson secured two clouts
in five trips to the plate. Collins failed
to connect in two attempts. Lajoie
was very much on the job with the big
stick. He secured four hits in five
times up.
-w —•
BRISTOL MAKES IT TWO
STRAIGHT OVER ROANOKE
BR18T( >!. \ \ -TENN s. pt 1!
'l'he Bristol Boosters yesterday took the
(second sti tight gam, Horn the Roam k”
I’ig.Ts in the post series champion..hip
Kames between the pennant winm in
the \ppalachian and Virginia b ng..es
respeetiveix.
Gleen xva< on the tnound for the vis
itors and x ielded sexen hits, which the
ilo.isti rs mole count for thre, s,oir-
V'llson walked for Bristol ami was hit
fi. elx. giving up ten hits, but h> was
effective in pinches and hehi the visi
tors down to two tallies.
country very much, because the
stronger teams will be able to keep
possession of the ball marly all
the time. The ball will not change
hands as frequently, and the oppor
tunities to score because of your
opopnents’ mishaps will not be as
many.
Pray Is Assistant Coach.
The assistant at Auburn this
year will be I. R. Pray, of Bev
erly, Mass., who has coached high
school teams successfully in the
neighborhood of Boston. He comes
well recommended, and will no
doubt prove Auburn a valuable
man.
Here Is the Schedule.
Auburn's schedule is as follows:
September 28 —Montgomery’ A. C.
in Auburn.
October s—Mercer In Columbus.
October 12—Open.
October 19—-Clemson in Auburn.
October 26—Mississippi A. and
M. in Birmingham.
November 2—Tech in Atlanta-
November 9—L. S. U. in Mobile.
November 16—University of Flor
ida In Auburn.
November 23—Vanderbilt in Bir
mingham.
Thanksgiving—Georgia in Ath
ens.
the decision in ease the papers were
two and two.
"This never was a satisfactory
way' of deciding bouts, and what we
want now- is a capable referee. You
see, it is rather difficult for a man
to work there, because of the heavy
betting that is done. This naturally
prejudices and inflames a crowd,
and the referee comes in for a lot
of censure and abuse, no matter
how he decides.
To Have a Big Arena.
"We are enlarging our arena and
will have a seating capacity of
3,500 when we have finished the al
terations. Mr. Tortorich retains a
controlling interest in the club.
"If we are successful in getting
on any championship fights we can
take them across the river, where
it is possible to box forty-five
rounds without interference. That’s
a pretty sweet plan for the fight
ers who want to go that far, and
I’m sure we will do well.”
GOLF TOURNEY FOR CLUB
TITLE BEGINS SATURDAY
The golf tournament for the cham
pionship of the Atlanta Athletic club
will begin on Saturday, when the qual
ifying round will be played over the
East Lake course
The players will qualify from scratch,
and match play In the first flight will
also be, from scratch. In the other
flights the club handicap will apply.
The first and second rounds of match
play must be played by September 20,
the semi-finals by September 21 and
the finals by September 22.
H. G. Scott is the present club cham
pion. and he will be on hand to de
fend his title in this tournament.
HERN.SHEIM CIGAPn
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Joe Wood Ties Johnson's Record
And Now Hot After 20 Straight
Chicago, sept. 11. —<ioe wood,
the Boston American league
pitcher. equaled Walter
Johnson's record in the Ban John
son .circuit yesterday’ when he de
feated the White Sox, 5 to 4. Fif
teen straight wins is the mark now
held jointly by the Washington and
Boston hurlers.
But Wood announced this morn
ing that he is not through yet, by
any means. He has his nose point
ed toward nineteen successive vic
tories, the world’s record, which
was established this year Rube
Marquard, of the Giants.
But Chicago fans want to see
Wood heave against their own
great pitcher. Big Ed Walsh. This
morning Manager Jimmy Callahan,
of the White Sox, challenged Man
ager Jake Stahl, of the Red Sox,
to a pitchers’ duel between Wood
and Walsh. Stahl can hardly ac
cept the defi, as it is hard to fig
ure “how it can be done” this se
ries on account of Sir Joseph work
ing yesterday, and the two Sox
teams don't meet again after to
morrow. Still it is just possible
that Wood may feel well enough
to go in again 24 hours hence.
Wood started on his winning
streak July 8. Here is what he
has accomplished since that day:
July B—Beat8 —Beat St. Louis, 5-1,
July 12—Beat Detroit, 1-0 (thirteen In
nings).
July 17 —Beat Chicago, 7-3.
July 23 —Beat Cleveland. 9-3.
July 28—Beat Chicago, 5-4.
August 2—Beat St. Louis, 9-0.
August 6—Beat Cleveland, 5-4 (eleven
innings).
August 10—Beat Detroit, 4-1.
August 14—Beat St. Louis. 8-0.
August 16—Relieved O’Brien In eighth
after game was lost and pitched two In
nings.
August 17 —Relieved Collins after win
ning rally in seventh, but Ban Johnson
has given credit for win to Collins.
August 20 —Beat Detroit, 6-2.
August 24—Beat Cleveland. 8-3.
August 28 —Beat Chicago. 3-0.
September 2 —Beat New York. 1-0.
September 6—Beat Washington, 1-0.
September 10—Beat Chicago, 5-4.
Wood's next game will probably
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE.
Jake Abel. Chattanooga lightweight,
who split with his manager after his fight
with Joe Mandot, some time back, is
now under the management of Jimmv De-
Forest. who predicts great things for the
little scrapper. Abel's latest fight was
against Young Smith, of England, yvho
lasted nine rounds against the South
erner.
• • •
It now looks as though there will be
no bout between Paekey' McFarland and
Ad Wolgast in New York this month un
less the promoters agree to give the
champion a guarantee of $20,000. Adolph
sprung a yarn about injuring an arm in
the hope that Billy Gibson would come
aroun 1 with another $5,000. but there was
nothing doing. Gibson say s if Ad refuses
to box for the original sum named. $15,-
000. some good lightweight yviil be substi
tuted for him.
• * *
Toni Jones, the champion’s manager, is
on his way to Cadillac, to hold a con
ference with his protege in regard to
meeting McFarland.
* * ♦
Key- \V R Wedge, of Omaha. N'ebr .
will n-tiirn to the prize ring if barred from
tlie I’resby terian ministr.'. The parson
is in <>maha this week awaiting the
meeting of tlie Kearne' - presbytery at
Gothenburg Wedge has been’ offered
matches with Clarence Ferns. Ray Bron
son and Clarence English. However he
will not re-enter the ring unless barred
from the ministry. The fighting par
son has written a book, entitled. "The
THERE IS WHAT WOOD?
I HAS DONE SINCE HE?
t BEGAN RECORD HUNT 1
+ *
4- ab. r. bh. tb. bb. so. wr hh +
4- July 8.31 1792864+
4- July 12.35 0 5 8 1 10 o i
4- July 17.33 3672210*
4- July 23.85 8 9 9 2 71 1 *
4- July 28.34 4 6 6 4 7 0 14,
Aug. 2.29 0343600*
4* Aug. 6.40 4 10 13 0 5 0 1 4
4- Aug. 10.32 17 10 2 10 0 1 *
4- Aug. 14.26 0-4 4 3 9 0 14.
4. Aug. 16. 701211044
4> Aug. 17. 8 1 2 3 0 0004.
4. Aug. 20.33 26613004
4- Aug. 24.86 4773800 +
4-Aug. 28.32 0550200 +
4- Spt. 2.31 08 9 8 8004
4- Spt. 6.30 0 6 8 3 900 +
4- Spt. 10.30 3 10 12 3 6 0 0 +
+ - _ 4,
4- Total. 501 26 102 131 32 112 2 64.
be against the lowly St. Louts
Browns. He has always been able
to beat Stovall’s aggregation, and
the Boston players are confident
that he will capture his sixteenth
win there. Along about the 19th oi
the month the Hub team will b«
in Cleveland, and the Naps have
been every Mt as easy’ as the
Browns for Wood. So the seven
teenth win will be forthcoming
there. At least, that is the pre
diction of Joseph’s teammates. On
September 20 Boston opens a three
game series in Detroit. The Tigers
are looked' upon to furnish the
eighteenth win for Wood. The
nineteenth victory is figured to be
won over the lowly Yankees in
Boston on about September 35.
The Red Sox meet Washington
in the capital city the last two days
of the month and October 1. Here
is where the Boston diamond stars
figure that Wood will have to be at
his best to win the world's title,
the twentieth game.
Fighting Parson of the Barbary Coast
The volume will be published in a few
days.
• • *
Jim Savage, the big "hope." who has
been going so strong in Gotham recent!'
is ill, and will not be able to appear for
some time. Danny Morgan, his manager
denies the rumor that Jim is under the
ban of the New York boxing commission
* * •.
Johnny Kling, the Chicago lightweigi '
who has found it so hard to get bouts,
although his record is good, can !"•
Johnny Connors, also hailing from tlie
Windy City, if he chooses. Connors, wl’
claims he whipped Kling in Kenosha some
time back, says he is willing to box
Johnny again
REDS SIGN AMATEUR PITCHER
CINCINNATI, Sept. 11.-—" Chi ''
Smith, a left-handed pitcher who has
been playing with amateur teams
this city, yvas signed by the Cincinnati
National league club today.
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