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[ GggCAM ®SB COW® *®HF EPITLP 9 FAFNgWORTH No Use Talking, Mutt Is Too Lazy to Chew His Food :: ;; :: By “Bud” Fisher u/ovut V f wtLL ,r«t> X r - \ / - ———\ >OU Do WITH I PtMTA «,Hl? AND \ WWA,T 1 AHT> 40 T ° WOULDN'T O_Aj.Aß.fc ROM C T .®w J TX e *f Z» L " Y ™ ? I Million i Million r —"s~v — ■— '■> ' • | vyiUkVON VOLL ’LJ \ « J !S.IN( O VOMG AND / r (HMaPAOWAND r /.. ’ • y < - > V~ ’ I - AU>ne- I ** N - \ a Sfl «. ® .-O "w P'O i W Jffii MkSy/ j-fW ® fB J> JR fA f-1 t=j t==l M|( —fl J v 1 W V—l O ! KS< • Ssh® Je£2*-- ’lr • • ' 2 x 4/ Muußca. 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 I gamr N« w • »r- ’ enforced 11 »• bp* 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 r~~ i 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 „AlUwav<s ufl Good ksrqpke L c | 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. Calla Taxi — PHONE BELLE ISLE Ivy 5100 Atlanta 1508 Touring cars and closed cars f- all occasions DAY or NIGHT. Any road. Anywhere. Any time Offico: 4 Luckie St., Opp. Pied- ( mont Hotel Belle Isle Auto Reni Service