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12 <®O>WAN EDITED A- VS 9 FARNSWORTH And Now Mutt Knows How to Pitch a No-Hit Game :: :: By “Bud” Fisher G U/E U/H i /- r- I - ' Q>r\CA f u/ill ,N OfcfAAHON L-r—T' 0* 2S000 - OF YHfc AGG- ALU ftKSfcb ON bALA-S. *BtE To p (rcK A '' T> '* Mo * t> ■ ' J ’ xr ™' N *'; I p TH,S L£T ’ r ee_ teu.'j howto pttch Doing two till LifA?ißJi (Ann Dr • ei a A no-«it game/ ein all S a no hit gnme ay mniinG. Calls on account of I rffi La t " INIS ~~ J U -« rS jfaß ■■ /Jjm._.=_ ' =ll liijr - z o-' ’ Z -■■■ —. , — . -- - - -. _ - . __ | C<> F<”• x < ••• •»» ■"• t 1 Bat Choking Not Popular With Red Sox; They’re Free Swingers By Bill Bailey. X 1 THAT'S all this tall? about V/y choking the bat to hit the pitching of the modern t wirier? You have heard and read the stories. Ty Cobb is one of those who remarks that you have to choke if you expect to get the base hits. Take a look at the Boston Red Sox and you are at 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 lino them hard and far are the fellows who grip the bat at the very end and then take a good, healthy swing. • • • A MONG those who do not choke 1 * 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 bat Is more 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 tance that the long swinger does, that he will get so many more base hits that he will be the gainer In th? end. HUNTER. SECKEL. TRAVIS AND EVANS PLAY TODAY CHICAGO. Sept 13 -Charles Evans Jr. Western golf champion, today Is Playlnc Albert Seckel. formerly West ern champion, and Walter J. Travis, formerly American and H itlsh golf premier, is contesting with Paul Hun ter tn the semi-finals for the Mayflower golf trophy at the Onwentsla club Evans yesterday made two rounds in .1, defeating both W. E . Clow, Jr of Onwentsla and Eraser Hale, of Skokie tnat he" 11 > thr r e rravl » had two ensv matches against Chicago golfers de feating J" JI. Tait, 9 U p and s t n the en oon, and Allen Reed. 7 and 5 tn he afternoon Seckel won his wax to the semi-finals by defeating W R and"'4 fo " ,,er ’-' "•’‘tern champion, 5 Ta o e! ' >''terday afternoon. ‘. J ea AtcElwee. of Onwentsla «ho earlier had eliminated C G Wal ir !>■’ C °nnecticut champion. 2 and 1 Waldo last week defeated former Champion Harold Hilton m tht na tional tournament. ATTELL FIGHTS TONIGHT IF SHERIFF LETS HIM Featherweight <’hampi<>n Abe ' At't'ell will make an effort to "com. back ' it Madison Squar, Garden tonight unless his scheduled ten-round boxing con test with Harry Thomas, of England Is Stopped by Sheriff Julius Harbinger’ When asked whether lie would allow the bout to go on or not. in the light of Governor Hix's recent letter, the sheriff said: 1 will enforce the law," Sporting circles here heard a report that Manager Billy Gibson, of the Gar. den Athletic club, would go into court some time during the day ..nd ask for an injunction preventing th.- authori ties from interfering KETCHELL BESTS CLABBY HAJIMOND IND. S pt 13 Steve Ketchell defeated Eddie Clabby in a' ten-round bout her, last night. J T hasn't been so long ago that Tyrus Cobb was quoted on this proposition. "Time was when I thought I 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. I realize now tnat the way to get the most base hits Is to choke the bat and then meet the hall. 1 may not get tlie power behind the drive that I formerly got, but I get more hits Because by choking the bat T am in position to hit quickly and so take advantage of a quick breaking curve If it breaks where I can hit it." Now, there are not many who are going to dispute what the Detroit slugger has to remark on the ques tion of hitting. Bitt 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 yoti about the time that they made him take to the woods. VfKT, the only men who choke their bats 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 their 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 with the ball. Chop ping hits may be fine and the thing. But when you see those lads from Boston standing 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. Jr. of Knoxville, who won the championship at the Green ville, S. C. tournament last vear suc cessfully defended his title against all comers S. S. Hallman, of Spartan burg, S. (?., won second honors; G c Raymond, of Atlanta. third; S G. Neville, of Knoxville, fourth, and F. B. Fishburn. of Anderson, S. (’., fifth The minor tourney was won by Cas Frazlet. of Knoxville, with W. T. New man. of Atlanta, second. F B. Fishburn was elected president for the ensuing year, and Frank James, oi < oluinbia, 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 HAVEN, CONN. Sept 13 Head Coach Arthur Howe' of the Vile iootball eleven, said today that the out. look for 1912 could not be brighter Sixty men. Including six veterans have reported sot practice. Boineister, one of last season's stars, said he would be on the field this afternoon. Work this week and the first f next will consist of falling on tbe ball, passing and dum. my tackling THORNTON DEFEATED IN DOUBLES AT CLEVELAND CLEVELAND. OHIO, Sept 13 Playing in the semi-finals of the state tennt- tournament yesterday. W. S. McE’lrox. >f Pittsburg, beat J C. Roy on, Os Cleveland, 6-3, 6-1 and 9-7, and J G. Nelson, of Dartmouth colleg de feated T W Stephens of Wilkinsburg 8-6. 7-5 and 6-2 In th» third round of men’s doubles Reed and Man<-h< ,-ter beat Thornton and Armstrong. 7-5, 4-6 and 6-4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRI DAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1912 Baptist College Should Have Best Team of Its History This Year MATERIAL IS HEAVY AT MERCER AND PROMISINfi 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 club, the Boston Nationals, the St. Louis Americans, the track teams of England, and Walter J. Travis— for a few assorted examples. Some times teams fall at it. For in stance, the University of Nashville, which has slumped from promi nence to nowhere. Others succeed as witness the Washington base ball team and the Vanderbilt elev en. which was a joke twelve years ago. All of which 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 a lot. Then they set about building up It was a tough job. but they put a good man on it—Frank Blake, of Nashville. He made a grand start. When he dropped the work, Coach Strouds was secured. And lie's at it yet, with good chances of suc cess. Last year, for the first time in ages, the Mercer team was 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. • ♦ * r F you ask any of the Mercer men * about prospects, they' at once be gin unloading a tale of woe. "Why, 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, half back, were the mainstays of the team last year. But then it's always 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. Rut, of course, the next year he is graduated. And the old cry goes up, "We've lost our mainstays." The good coaches are the ones who always have a good crop of mainstays coming on. • • • zxOACH STROUDS will have N some real material to work on this year. Os last year's team he will have back these men: Norman, captain and full back. Irwin, quarter, and perhaps the best all round play er on the team. Very fast. He played half a dozen different positions last year. Cook quarter and general sub. Light, but fast and versatile. McKnlght, end. Jameson, end. Westmoreland, guard. Heinshon. Miles, Hughuley, Kelly. Jenkins. Grenade. Stribling, lines men. all subs last year. There are some good men in that lot. Out of that batch of 1911 subs some clever regulars should be de veloped. • • • ‘•"J* HE one bright spot." they tell me. "about the team Is that it will be the heaviest in the history of tile college " Fine business Weight will be needed this year, for heavy men can plow through and make the need ful ten yards In four downs A little Investigation shows, however, that experts expect the Mercer eleven will average 165 pounds. That's heavy for Mer cer, but it's mighty light for a 1912 football team. However, you can safely count on it that they are putting the figures low, and it will not be surprising if Coach 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, w'here 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 and scrubs of last year, and some of them new' men. but all promising candidates for regular positions: Bob 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 weighing 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 L. —— ......... , „ < The Appalachian league sent up quite a lot of players for a rank bush organiza tion —Davis to Cincinnati, Walker and Cullop 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 of 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 ami that he is subject to 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 nothtpg. • • • Herman Schaefer is calling the atten tion of the world to the fact that Detroit hasn't won a pennant since Jennings let him go—not that it made any difference. The fund for the Birmingham baseball players has reached S6OO If the play ers get SSO apiece out of it when it is finished they will be doing remarkably well. • • * Extra Adrian won the pennant in the South Michigan league. What of it—if anything? • • • Cleveland has bought the Waterbury club of the Connecticut league and will use it for farming purposes. • • • Wellman, of the Browns, is said to be as big at Jim \\ iggs V • • 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 • • • Newark rumors have it that a draft will be put in by Brooklyn on Billy Zim merman. former Cracker outfielder. He has played fairly good ball this season * • • Those who have been waiting all season for the Red Sox to crack are still wait ing So is McGraw. It's his best chance. • • • Saturday's gate receipts as Mobile will be divided among the Gull plavers Seems as though this act might 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 at 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 win not be for any lack of trying. “If It’s At Hartman’s It’s Correct” 'lt 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 display. Men Kill u • 4 this will be the greatest headwo/r -S three blrds display we’ve ever had-andvou Wlth ° ne ' tOne to ' know what that means. ‘ morrow. Come in There are fuzzy “brush” alnines j et US y° ur and English cloth hats, there am your fancy smooth alpines and new derbies un and K° U 5 purse at lore. In fact, any and every new ° ne ShOt ’ fall and winter style vou can men tion is here and ready’ for vour se lection. Priced at $2.00 to $5.00 SIX PEACHTREE Opp. Peters Bldg. '7/ It’s Correct It’s At Hartman’s” With Walsh Out Cubs a 1 to 5 Shot Over Sox in “Chi” Series By R. W. 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 that 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 pltdlhlng. Big Ed has something on any other member of either staff, but Doc White is in 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 confidence 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, Safer 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 compe'led to depend almost entirely on Walsh. Sox Catchers Inexperienced. Then, too, the Sox catchers w'ho 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 apltball 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.