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Bat Choking Not Popular With
Red Sox; They’re Free Swingers
By Bill Bailey.
•« -I THAT'S all this talk about
Vy 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.
Rut you are bound to admit that
there are two sides to the argu
ment Recause there are just two
of the Red Sox regulars who choke
their hats.
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 hall, 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
A’cti 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
hfs bat at the very end and swings
Is sure to make a show of himself
They claim that by choking the
hat the slugger can hit quicker
and, while he may not get tile dis
tance that the long swinger docs,
that he will get so many more
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 Seckel, formerly West
ern champion, and Walter J Travis,
formerly American and British golf
premier, is contesting with Paul Hun
ter in the semi-finals for the Mayflower
golf trophy nt the Onwentsla club
Evans yesterday made two rounds in
71, defeating both \\ E Clow J of
Onwentsla and Prase- Hale, of Skokie
tour and three. Travis had two eaav
matches against Chicago golfers, de
feating J M. I ait. 9 up and s. tn the
forenoon, and Allen Reed, 7 and 5, in
the afternoon Seckel won his wav to
the semi-finals by defeating W R
Egan, formerly U<stern champion 5
an <i 4 Hunter, yesterday after noon,
defeated R M MeElwee. of Onwentsla
who earlier had eliminated C G Wal
do, Jr. Connecticut champion. 2 and 1
" o aat week defeated so mer
< hampmn Harold Hilton in th. na •
tional tournament.
ATTELL FIGHTS TONIGHT
IF SHERIFF LETS HIM
e.* 1 ?' V ‘.’ KK s ' I" 1.1. -Eormer
Featherweight < hampion the Att.’ll
will inaki an effort to .nine back’ at
Madison Square Garden tonight unless
. *ll® ' du ■ ■■ ■ i boxing ■ on-
test with Hany Thomas, of Eng and
Is stopped by Sheriff Julius Harburg, r’
When asked whether he would allow*
the bout to go on or not. in the light
of Governor Dix’s* re, ent letter, th,
sheriff said 1 will enforce the law.’’
Sporting circl. .» here heard a report
that Manager Billy Gibson, of the Gar.
den Athletj. club, would go into court
some film during the day and ask for
an injunction preventing the authori
ties from interfering
KETCHELL BESTS CLABBY
HAMMOND, IND girpt 1,1 Steve
Ketcheli deflated Eddi> flabby in a
ten-round bout here 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.
1 realize now tnat the way to get
the most base hits is to choke the
bat and then meet the ball. I may
not got the power behind the drive
that I formerly got. but I get more
hits Because by choking the bat 1
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 arc 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 1s 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 made him take
to the woods.
• • •
Xfl'lT. 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 thel; swings be
hind their backs.
No one in the game is going to
dispute that the free swinger Is the
lad who drives tn the runs when he
does connect with the ball. Chop
ping hits may be fine and the thing.
But when you see thc.se 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 year, suc
cessfully defended 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 E B.
EiMlbutn. of Anderson. S C., fifth
The minor tourney was won by Cas
l-Taz.iei, of Knoxville, with W T New
man. of Atlanta, second.
h. B i'ishburn was elected president
for the ensuing year, and Erank James,
ot t olumbia. S c.. secretary and treas
urer.
Beginning w ith the 1913 convent! m
annual conventions will be held at that
point.
"YALE PROSPECTS NEVER
BETTER”- COACH A. HOWE
XEU HAVEN, CONN,, Sept. 13
Head Coach Arthur Howe, of the Yale
tootbail eleven, said today that the out.
Hook for 1912 could not be brighter
| Sixty men. including six veterans, haw
reported sot practice. Botneister. one
, of last season’s stars, said he would be
lon the tie!,: this afternoon. Work this
. w.-. k and the first of next will consist
I of falling on the hall, passing and dum.
my tackling.
THORNTON DEFEATED IN
DOUBLES AT CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Sept 13
1’ ay mg in the semi-finals of the state
I tennis tournament yesterday. W S
|McE'lroy. of Pittsburg beat J C Rot
ion. o< Clewland. 6-3. 6-1 and 9-7. and
,1 G Nelson, of Dartmouth college de
[featedT W Stephens of Wilkinsbut g.
I s -6. 7-’■ and 6-2
I In the third round of men's doubles
Reed and Manchester beat Thornton
and Armstrong. 7-5. 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 AMD PROMISING
By Percy 11. Whiting.
I T’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 fail 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 he's at
it yet, with good chances of suc
cess.
Last year, for the first time in
ages, tlie 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 tal£ 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. But, 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.
• • •
pOACH STROUDS will have
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 player on the team.
Very fast. He played half a dozen
different positions last year
Cook quarter and general sub.
Light, but fast and versatile.
MeKnight. end.
Jameson, end.
Westmoreland, guard.
Helnshon. 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.
• * •
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 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 heavv 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 lon. and it will
not be surprising if Coach Strouds
has an eleven that will total one
ton before he is through.
CJ 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 hfs brother—w'hich
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 *Vromising 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
Th? 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 xhe 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 and that he is subject to
draft You would hardly look for Garry
Herrmann’s club to pull a bone over the
rules.
• • •
Sirs 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 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 S6O 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.
• • «
Weilman. nf the Browns, is said to be as
big at Jim Wiggs.
The fact that so few real sales were
made b' Southern league clubs to major
leaguers this fall is another .ndlcation
that the league this year is vastly slower
than normal
• • •
Newark rumors have it that a draft
will be put in by Brooklyn on Hillv Zim
merman. former Cracker outfielder He
has played fafrlv good ball this season
• • •
Those who have been waiting all season
for the Red Sox to crack are still wait
ing So ;s McGraw It s his best chance
• • •
Saturday's gate receipts at Mobile will
be divided among the Gull platers 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,
V 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 w ill
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 displav. \l en Trill .
this will be the greatest headwe-n. thre ® birdS
displav we’ve ever had-and "von ’ ith One s^ one to '
know what that means ' morrow. Come m
There are fuzzy “brush” alpine. J nd let US fit yOUr
and English cloth hats, there arn head > yOUr fancy
smooth alpines and new derbies X and your P urse at
lore. In fact, any and even 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//f s Correct It’s At Hartman’s"
With Walsh Out Cubs a I 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 batting
than their South Side rivals. And
this season, all things considered,
they seem .to he the equals of Cal's
outfit in pitching. 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
I 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, 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.