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6 . ; EPITLD 9 FARN9WOFTH x “ x And Now Mutt Knows How to Pitch a No-Hit Game :: ;; By “Bud” Fisher H V VS> KN ' N TK * \ SOE'S ‘d- ] <-., .\ feASE o 9 * LL^HOOL - lT 5Mi: - TT-, p ee - I,LL %C TKG I THtA Nk w6 L . VLU9E A I«^nsCON^TsI<BeTH 6 3° ANO HIT ?na< w *, W information r \ . ujONDte. of th€ . 1 *25000 P.rcneß . -<v -mug Pitchy wonoer. op th 6 a &6 . all &ases on bAUL-b. *Bi£ To Pitch? ? Ny MAN < K Diamond - auir \ ujill rp .« n > the papfk. 1 Tk '* lEtyei tells howto Pitch <€eP doing This till limFOLE \ANX YHAE HP M NO-HIT UamG QSS .op A NO-WIT GAME; | BE IN ALL 6 S A Ko HkT . m g ANNTIMG . 1 CALLS GACAG ON ACCOUNT OF Th,. , k . ** MRGS. THE RUCS OF =1 K4 T ALIYHpYiMF< I AND-. \ T shall NOW R.E Nj IT DiARXNFSS \ r H'S INFORMATION s«5 ST MAIL. fi - J • —■ - -M...„ I \ ad DR.EIS “ TE S RP*.u SCHOOL OF / jJ M J ~ / i S' niL W r-n W'' —J ’ US u o^l,' 11 ■ ■ RUF' I Hrf I . "■' ( ™ ||gi l t tSs; ■ ML ~ ' ■■■■ I■■■ .1- „. „ __ ~ - r - - . ---, L - _ . ! _ | _. ... ... _ COFY RIGHT »<1 3V THt STAX. CO Bat Choking Not Popular With Red Sox; They’re Free Swingers By Bill Bailey. x "1 THAT’S nil this talk about choking the bat to hit the pitching of the modern twirler? You have heard and read the stories Tj Cobb is one of those who remarks that you have p> choke if you expect to get the base hits Take a look at the Boston Red Sox and you are nt least likely to have some doubts on the subject. You may not become convinced that choking of the bat isn't necessary. But you are bound to admit that there are two sides to the argu ment Because there are just two of the Red Sox regulars who choke their bats. The lads who line them hard and far are the fellows who grip the bat at the very end and then take a good, healthy swing. • • • AMONG those who do not choke ** their bats are "Sluggers" Yerkes. Speaker. Lewis, Gardner, Wagner and Cary When Stahl Is in the game the count is 6 to 2 against the choking of the war club. The pitcher isn't counted, but when Wood Is on the mound the fellows who grip the club near the handle have another vote. Because Wood also stands up there and whales at the, ball, getting all the power he can behind his drive and grasping said drive-producer so near the handle that his left hand is on the knob You know there Is a theory In baseball that choking the hat Is mme scientific. Those who favor that method claim that the pitch ers of today break their curves so quickly that the fellow who grasps his bat at the very end and swings is sure to make a show of himself. They claim that by choking the bat the slugger can hit quicker and, while he may not get the dis tame t|iat the long swinger does, that he will get so main mme base hits that he will be the gainer in the end. HUNTER. SECKEL. TRAVIS AND EVANS PLAY TODAY CHICAGO. Sept 13. Charles Evans. Jr. Western golf champion, today is playing Albert Heckel, formerly West ern champion, and Walter .1 Travis formerly American and British golf premier, is contesting with Paul Hun ter in the semi-finals for the Mayflower golf trophy at the <>nwentsia club. Evans yesterday made two rounds in 71, defeating both \\ p plow. ,|i of onwentala. and i-'iaser Hah. of Sko'lsie four and the. Travis bad two .nv matches against Chicago golfer- . feating J M. Tait, 9 up and 8. •>; the forenoon, and All. n Reed. 7 and '. in the afternoon. Seekel won his wax to the semi-final* be defeating W |> Egan, formerly Western .hampion 5 and 4 Hunter, yesterdac afternoon defeated R M McElw ee. of <_>nw who earlier had eliminated C G \\ al fio. Jr. Connecticut champion. 2 and 1 " ’»’«ek fief fortnet Champion Harold Hilton ln th. mi tlona! tournament ATTELL FIGHTS TONIGHT IF SHERIFF LETS HIM FVatherw eight Champion Abe * "vT.'ii Will make an effort to back ' at Madison Square Garden tonight unless ms scheduled ten-round boxing con test with Harry Thomas, of England is stopped by Sher iff Julius Harbin ger M hen asked Whether he would allow th* bout to go on or not, in the light of Governor Dix .<• re nt letter t’e sheriff w „ld w ||| enforce the law Sporting eir. eg her. heard H report that Manager Hi’ • Gibson, of th< Gar den Mhleti. < üb, would go into court some time during the day and ask for an Injunction preventing the authori ties from interfering KETCHELL BESTS CLABBY. HAM-.1..M, ;m, S)1 „ ~ stev|> ■ R-tehe ,f. .. p.,; .„ v . f( ten r.. it . i.. , ~r , , L . . J I' hasn't been so long age that Tyrus Cobb was quoted on this proposition "Time was when I thought 1 could grab my bat at the very end and swing with all my might," said Tyrus. "But these curve ball pitchers broke me of that habit and ruined that belief. 1 realize now that the way to get the most base hits is to choke the bat and then meet the ball. I may’ not get the power behind the drive that I formerly got. but I get more hits Because by choking the bat I am in position to hit quickly and so take advantage of a quick breaking curve If It breaks where I can hit It" Now, theie are not many who are going to dispute what the Detroit slugger has to remark on the ques tion of hitting But at the same time you have this Boston club to take Into consideration. There Isn't a pitcher In the American league who is going to claim for a moment that the Red Sox can't hit. It's an accepted fact that they can, and if you don't believe it consult almost any pitcher of your ac quaintance. and he'll tell you about the time that they inqde him take to«tfye woods ♦ ♦ ♦ VET. the only men who choke 1 their hats on that club are Hooper, the man who leads off, and Wagner, the shortstop, who bats seventh There isn’t a freer hitter or a longer swinger in the game than this Tris Speaker. And Yerkes, Gardner and Lewis stand up there and start theii swings be hind their backs. No one in the game is going to dispute that the free swinger is the lad who drives in the runs when he does connect w ith the ball. Chop ping hits may be tine and the thing. But when you see these lads from Boston finding up there with their hands at the very end of the handle and swinging from the shoulder you are bound to have some doubts about it. CHECKER TOURNEYS WILL ALL BE HELD IN ATLANTA KNOXVILLE. TENN. Sept. 13—The fifth annual tournament of the South ern Checker association closed two days of play In this city last night. John M Allen. .It , of Knoxville, who won the championship at the Green ville. S. c , tournament last year, suc cessfully defend.-d his title against all comers s. S Hallman, of Spartan burg. S c, won second honors; G c Raymond, of Atlanta. third. S G. Neville, of Knoxville, fourth, and F. B FMibu'n. of Anderson. S c.. fifth The minor tourney was won by Cas Frazier, of Knpxvtlle, with w. T. New man. of Atlanta, second. E B. Elshburn was elected to the ensuing year and Erank James, of t olumbia. S c .secretary and treas urer .Beginning with the 1913 convention annual conventions will be held at that point "YALE PROSPECTS NEVER BETTER” COACH A. HOWE NEW H AVEN..CONN . Sept. 13 Head Coach Arthur How. of IH( lootball eleven. s„i.l today that the out. look sot 1912 could not be blighter Sixty men, Including six veterans have i.portdtl sot practice. Bomeister. one ot last -.as.ni - st ir-, said he would be on the field this afternoon. Work thio w.ek and the first of next will consist of falling on the ball, passing and dum. my tackling THORNTON DEFEATED IN DOUBLES AT CLEVELAND 'LEVELAND OHIO, Sept 13. I'-a'ine iii t". -. mi-flnn s of the state tennis tournament y ext, ■ day. \V s •'ll Elliot If I'lt-buig. beat .1 C Roy. on. of Cley.land 6-3, 6-1 and 9-7. and .1 G N. .sop. . • Dartmouth college, de tente. T \V Si.j iien- of Wilkinsburg x-H. 7-3 h ml '.-2 I”” ' ' " round .f men's doubh - R” ' I Mam lp -I. beat Thornton and Armstrong 7-3. 4-6 and 6-4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1912. Baptist College Should Have Best Team of Its History This Year MATERIAL IS HEAVY AT MERCER AND PROMISING By Percy H. Whiting. IT'S a tough job pulling out of an athletic rut. The University of Tennessee is finding it out. So is the Atlanta ball ■dub, the Boston Nationals, the St. Louis Americans, the track teams of England, and Walter J. Travis— for a few assorted examples. Some times teams fail at it. For in stance, the University of Nashville, which has slumped from promi nence io nowhere. Others succeed as witness the Washington base ball team and the Vanderbilt elev en. yvhich was a joke twelve years ago. All of yvhich is byway of lead ing up to Mercer. The Macon col lege a few years back was nowhere in football. It ranked a little bet.- ter than the average prep team, but not if lot. Thon they set about building up. It was a tough Job, but they pul a good man on it—Frank Blake, of Nashville He made a grand start. When he dropped the work, Couth Strouds was secured. And he's at it yet. with good chances of suc cess. t • Lagt year, for the first time in ages, the Mercer team yy as a tough proposition. Good colleges quit leading off their schedule with it. and Mercer games ceased to be re garded as practice affairs by Tech. Georgia. Clemson, Auburn and the big colleges of the middle South. • ♦ ♦ j F you ask any of the Mercer men ,* about prospects, they at once be gin unloading a tale of woe. "Wlty. look who we lose." say they; "Grice. Conger, Zellars, Fox worth and Bradford. Wow!" Well, you have to hand it to them. That's a pretty big loss to any team. Grice, who played well at center; Conger, a guard; Zellars, quarter and captain, and Foxworth, halt' back, were the mainstays of the team last year. But then it's alyvays the main stays that go. College men don't seem to realize that. The coach gets hold of a man and trains him three years. By the time he en ters the fourth year he has be come a mainstay. But. of course, the next year lie Is graduated. And the old cry goes up. "We've lost our mainstays " The good coaches ate the ones who ahvays hive a good crop of mainstays coming on. • V ♦ pOAt’Ji STROUDS will have some real material to work on this year of last year's team he will have back these men: Nornmn. captain and full back Irwin, quarter, and perhaps the best all round player on the team. Very fast. He played half a dozen different positions last .year. Cook quarter and general sub. Light, hut fast anil versatile. MeKnlght. end. Jameson, end. Westmoreland guard. Helnshon. Miles, Hughuley. Kelly. Jenkins. Grenade, Stribling, lines men all subs last year. There aie some good men In that 101. Out of that batch of 1911 subs some clever regulars should be de veloped * • * u p HF. one bright spot." they tell me. about the team Is that it will be the heaviest in the history of the college." Fine business Weight will be needed this year, for heavy men can plow through anti make the need ful ten yards in four doyy ns. A little investigation shows, however, that experts expect the •Mercer eleven will axersge 165 pounds. That's heavy for Mei eer but it's mighty light for a 1912 football team. However, you can safely count on It that they are putting the figures |<>yy, and it will not be surprising if t'oHch Strouds has an eleven that will total one ton before he is through. Q OME good men are going to Mercer this year from various Georgia prep schools. One is Hol man Grice, of Edwardsville, Ala., who played grand ball at Norman Park this year. They probably will use him at center, where he will succeed his brother. He weighs 227 pounds, and is said to be a bet ter man than his brother—which makes him tolerably good. Here is an assortment of good/ strong candidates for positions, some of them subs ami scrubs of last year, and some of them new men but all promising candidates for regular positions: Rob Heinshon, sub guard last year. Weighs 175; will be guard this year, and sub at center, if nec essary. Asbury Hall, half, from Adel, Ga. Went to Sparks institute last year. Weighs 166. Holman, from Shellman. Ga. At Norman Park last year. Either tackle or end. Herschel Forrester, a north Geor gia boy; guard. He is certainty. Huguley and Kelly, subs last year, each yveighing 172, are practi cally assured of positions as tackles this year. Regarded as valuable men. Miles Smith, of Norman institute. Picked to be a flashy half. Weighs 165, and is very fast. L. B. Aultman, of Tifton, weighs 170, and is expected to be a star end. .Miller Wood, of Cochran. Ga., BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip u The Appalachian league sent up quite a lot of players for a rank bush organiza tion—Davis to Cincinnati. Walker and (’ullop to Cleveland. Williams to Brook lyn. Sloan to St. Louis and Shaw to Kan sas City. ♦ • • Gonzales, the Cuban who has been signed by the Boston Braves, can't speak English. • • • Armando Marsans. of the Red team, has been given leave of absence for the rest »>f the season and has departed for Cuba. * * * The national commission will arrange for the world's series at a meeting which will be held Monday at Cincinnati. * * * The national commission has decided that the Cincinnati club has purchased Peter Kinseley after the end of the purchase season and that he is subject tn draft. You would hardly look for Garry Herrmann's club to pull a bone over the rules. • • • Mrs. Helen Britton says that Roger Bresnahan's contract as manager of the Cardinals has still four years to run and that Roger will have to stick to the finish. She denied that she ever interfered with him except in the one famous fizzle—the one that made Rajah see red The sporting program for the fall and winter World's series Presidential election. Absolutely nothing • • • Herman Schaefer is (’ailing the atten tion of the world tn the fact that Detroit hasn’t won a pennant since Jennings let him go—not that it made any difference. she fund for the Birmingham baseball players has reached #6OO If the play ers get SSO apiece out of it when It is finished they will be doing remarkably v\ (‘ll. • • • Extra Adrian won the pennanf in the South Michigan league What of It—ls anything'? • • • Cleveland has bought the Waterbury club of the Connecticut league and will use it for farming purposes. • * • Weilman. of the Brow ns. is said to be as Ing at .Jim W iggs. • • ■ The fact that so few real sales were made by Southern league clubs to major leaguers this fall is another indication that the league this year is vastly slower than normal . • , Neyyark rumors have rt that a draft will he put in io Brooklyn on Hillv Zim merman. former t’rai ker outfielder He has played fairly iroial ball this season. • • • 1 h -< ft ho have been ft aitlnx all season for the lied Sox to era, k are stdl watt ing So is McGraw It's his best chance. ... s.'i'.i.l.v S gate receipts at Mobile «ill be divided among the Gull players Seems as though this act uvght run foul of the league s salary limit ♦ comes from Locust Grove institute, where he starred; candidate for line. Hugh Cochran, of Buckhead, Ga., at Gordon institute last year, and was one of that prep team’s best players, at end. Mills, sub last year, candidate for line. * * * p ROFESSOR R. W. EDENFIELD, *■ who is head of the athletic de partment al Mercer, is crammed full of enthusiasm over this year’s prospects. He says that never be fore has a Mercer coach had such material to work with. And more over. according to his beliefs, never before was there such a coach at Mercer as Dr. Strouds. The doctor, by the way. Is a gen uine M. D. He has a lot of train ing and coaching methods that are peculiarly his own. and he will go through the season without an as sistant coach. Mercer is making a big try to "come back." It would like to re gain a place in Georgia where it will rank as the athletic equal of the University of Georgia and Tech. It may not succeed in doing it this year, but If it doesn't it will not be for any lack of trying. (( If It’s At Hartman’s It’s Correct” It s time to lay that straw away and don a ‘lid that's new. ’ See Our Great Opening Display of Men’s 1912 Fall Hats Tomorrow, Saturday, Just Arrived= = Beauties The new fall styles are so hand some and attractive and there’s such an immense variety of shapes and shades in this stock, that, instead of even attempting to do them .justice here in cold type, we have decided to devote our entire two big show windows to this initial disiilav. Men vm n t • i this the greatest headftear R ' ,hre< “ ” rf ’ S ' display we've ever I,ad- and v™ ™ e s r one ,n ’ know What that means. ' ln " 'T' v - ' m There are fuzzv ••| >nlsh ” a |„ in e s ,ls flt .' our and English cloth hats, there .re ' Y V °" r smooth alpines and new derbies ga- 2" iT pUrSe at lore. In fa.-t. any and everv new Ol " fall and winter style yon can men tion is here and ready for vour se lection. Priced at $2.00 to $5.00 SIX PEACHTREE Opp7peiere'Bi 4 |g '7/ It’s Correct It’s At Hartmans" With Walsh Out Cubs a 1 to 5 Shot Over Sox in “Chi” Series By R. AV. Lardner. CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—1 f there's a city series between the Cubs and White Sox this year it is almost certain to last one or two games longer than the one played last year. No member of the South Side team can be found who will claim four straight. Most of them are willing to bet on their chances, but they will not venture a guess as to the number of games that will be required to settle it. The prospect is that the Cubs will rule slight favorites because of their brilliant fight for the National league championship. If Ed Walsh were not a member of Callahan’s pitching staff, the odds would prob ably be 4 or 5 to 1 on Chance's club. But Walsh is still on the job, and that means ftlat any team is going to have trouble beating the Sox. Cubs Stronger in Fielding. The Cubs undoubtedly are stronger in fielding and oatting than their South Side rivals. And this season, all things considered, they seem to be the equals of Cal’s outfit in pitching. Big Ed has something on any other member of either staff, hut Doe White is in I anything but good condition. His leg bothers him to such an extent that he can not take his stride, and therefore he hasn’t much confideru • in himself. Eddie Cicotte ought to give a good account of himself, but he is going to face some mighty tough hitters in Zimmerman, Schulte, Tinker, Evers, Sheckard, Leach, Saier and Archer. There is just a chance that Bill Lange and Jim Scott will round to before the series. With them in shape things would assume an en tirely different aspect. But as the staff is constituted at present Man ager Callahan has little to boast of and is compelled to depend almost entirely on Walsh. Sox Catchers Inexperienced. Then, too, the Sox catchers who are now being used regularly, Schalk and Kuhn, have never taken part in such an important event, nor have they ever had experience with the Cub hitters. It will prac tically be up to the experienced pitchers to give their own signs Jim Lavender and Larry Cheney ought to bother the Sox batters. There isn’t a spitball in the Ameri can league that looks like Laven der’s, although Walsh’s has a big ger break. The Sox aren't accus tomed to hit against good spitball pitching, for the reason that they are on the same club with Big Ed. and the American league possesses no other dispenser of moisture who is in his class.