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A TALL slip of a lad of seven teen summers blew Into Hutchinson, Kansas, In the spring of 1907 He was seeking em ployment. and eared not what ho landed, as long as it fed his hun gry stomach. After failing In his mission at several of the city's stores, he decided to try the foun dries on the outskirts of the city. A half mile from the city proper was the Western association team's ball yard. The players were nut for morning practice—a happy thought eased its way into the brain ,of this courageous youngster. Why not go in and ask for a job on the ball team? Hadn't he been the best outfielder at highschool? Hadn't he been considered the best semi-pro player In his county? Through the gate right out onto the field this youngster walked; went up to the manager and asked for a position. "Why. you're only a kid. Get out there and chase flies." ordered the manager This wax just the chance that the boy wanted To the right, to the left, far in front and far over his head did this lad of seventeen summers chase the ball —and not on, did he miss Hi had made good in a half-hour and that noon, when practice was over, the manager signed him as an outfielder. • • • ’PHIS Introduces Mr. Joseph Wood, * of Boston. Massachusetts, today the pitching king of the American league. But "Smoky Joe" didn't remain long as an outfielder The Hutchin son team was hard up for pitch ers and finally Manager Andrews faced a crucial game with no slab ster to work. He happened to see Wood warm up out In the field, and noticed that he possessed ter rific speed. A happy inspiration seized the disheartened manager. Why not let Wood go on the slab in batting practice and use some Attell and Thomas in Draw: Hebrew Blames Sheriff for Showing NEW YORK. Sept 14 —Although Abe Attell, former featherweight cham pion. failed to come back" in his ten round bout with Hairy Thomas, of England, al Madison Square Garden last n'.ght. friend- of the former title holder today laid ail the blame upon Sher+ff Julius Harbutger Following the receipt of a letter from Governor Dix calling attention to tin anti-prize fight law and asking that it be enforced, the sheriff ha i det ided to attend any important ina contest in this city to see that no brutality takes place. Supporters of Att.-ll declare that was afraid to let loose for fear the bout would be stopped by Harbinger t»r one of the fifteen deputies m had at the ringside The popular verdict was that the contest was a draw Attvil showed flashes of his old-time form, but Thomas proved more or less of a sui* prise. The Briton was -tiong and quick, but was content to hold himself down to science without trying for a knockout McKenzie golf •‘pro 1 ’ AT BROOKHAVEN CLUB The Brookhate n club has secured the services of J. VI. Kenz e export golfet and club makm who will b< at Biook bavtn evert Satutdav ind Sunday to Wjve instructions in th« ait of plating th. game. The nine holes ~f u., K *' " n »l ■ of that great speed against the home batters? If ho made good against ’em he could easily baffle the opposition. So Joe trotted out to the box. Nine men fgced him. Eight of them fanned, xxhlle the other popped xxeakly In front of the plate. "Hev, you. Wood, come In here and give that arm a rest!" yelled Manager Andrexvs. "I tvant you to pitch today." And from that hour Joe Wood has been xvorklng himself up the lad der of fame a« h hurler, until to day he stands on the top round, • * • t HAVE said that Wood is the un * disputed pitching champion of the American league Rut it is also my opinion that he Is the best pitcher in the country. There xvas a time xvhen Mathewson occupied the pedestal by his lonesome. Even now some critics claim Walsh Is the leading pitcher of all time. Rut Matty's fame is fading, and even Big Ed will tie forced to ac knowledge. from his season's show ing, at least, that Wood is his mas ter. Walter Johnson alone, in my opinion, can be rated anywhere near Smoky Joe. And Wood's rec ords this season have an edge on the Senator’s. • • ♦ AS every one knows, it was the 1 "spitball" that saved Walsh’s reputation Just 'xvhen Walsh seemed on the verge, a fexx- years ago. of sinking into the obscurity of the minors, he tried his luck xvith the spitball, master ed its con trol and leaped with suddenness Intn the very front rank. His size and strength, ability to xvork every other day. if necessary, has earned him a reputation In this line that brooks of no rivalry. Rut it is to his strength and size that this rep utation is mostly due Walsh has but the faintest of curves in his repertoire. He never resorts to a drop or to hooks It is first the spitter and then his fast i ne. His marvellous control makes The Big Race Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on how the "Big Five" batter* of the American league are hittinq: PLAYER, A.B. H. Av, COBB 504 209 .415 SPEAKER 519 204 .393 JACKSON 507 188 .371 LAJOIE 373 128 .343 COLLINS 468 158 .338 Ty Cobb managed to get in his two usual hits yesterday, although he was up five times. But Ty has the top hon ors won already. He is 23 points ahead of Speaker and the Boston slugger will never be able to overcome tms lead. Speaker only secured one hit in four attempts yesterday. Lajoie had a swell day. Two double, and two singles did he contribute in four trips to the plat ter. which IS going some. Jackson hit .500 for the day, two hits in four at bats. Collins failed to connect in three chances. 24-HOUR RACE OCT. 4. NEM MIRK Sept. H fTeliminary announcement was made tmlay of a 24-hour nutomoblb race to In- held'on the Brighton Bt-aoh tra.k hue Octo ber 4-5 Th.- promoters of the event reserve the right of «am tiling the dates unless ten entries are seemed. Bob Burman and Dave Lewis aie the only entrants thus far FOOTBALL FOR FORDHAM. NEW YORK, Sept 14 Football, which was banished at Fordham uni versity two years ago. is to be given another tiial bv the faculty athletic ad visers -n,j H .all f,.- candidates for the 1912 tean will be issued rally next we.k Although no definite st hedulc io •• been --• ’.i ngt d It is said that dat« > ha re beet promised by six r:.i ste n co l« ges TEWAMINA QUITS RUNNING CARLISLE PA B«pt 14 Ueu Is It-namhia, the Indian long-distance ■ i- -- H. It itve i a ,|s|e n \f month for his iLt ii. in \ - iton.t 'I • w auiina -ays h* nt nils io bt n i t-t| t-i . w >ntei am l»etth down for lift as a farmer. THE ATLANTA GEORGJzXX AKD NEWS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1912. toward his effectiveness and It Is generally conceded that when Walsh is right he is absolutely in vincible. But there are lots of days when Walsh is not "right." and his experiences against the Red Sox team this season will show that he was often caught napping. ♦ • • T OE WOOD, on the contrary, has everything. He has never re sorted to the spitter in his whole career. With tremendous confi dence in his speed, his ability to gauge the batsman's weaknesses, his absolute control and his change of pace, he has shown skill that even those who conceded his great ness never really appreciated be fore. Unlike most Os the leading twirl ets, Wood does not rely upon his back muscles. His terrific speed depends almost entirely upon the strength of his good right arm. With a long, free wind-up and un erring alm he snaps the ball right from the shoulder. Bewildered batsmen say that there is a bigger Jump to his fast ball than that of any other that they ever faced. In many cases a fast ball pitch ers effectiveness depends to' a cer tain extent upon intimidating the batsman. In most Cases the speed pitcher tries the "bean ball;" that is, shoots one in close to the bats man's head, xvith the idea of mak ing him back away. This "bean ball" has had the effect of driving many a great batsman out of the business. It has robbed Dannie Hoffman of his once great useful ness, was the real reason for chas ing Freddie Parent from the big leagues, while Charlie Carr, one of the greatest first basemen in the business and a splendid hitter, nev er was the same after he had his nose broken In this manner. Now and then Johnson hits a batter. Walsh "beans" them on occasions, but it is only in very exceptional cases that Wrtod hits the batter, as he has confidence in his ability to keep the other fellow from hitting without resorting to ■this method pf intimidation. Here's How Crackers Are Hitting the Ball . Right Up to Date These averages iryclude yesterdays slaughter: Players. g. ab. r. h. av. Price, p. . . . 5 10 1 3 .300 Harbison, ss go 276 38 81 .293 Bailey, if. . . .135 467 88 135 .289 Alperman, 2b .130 488 63 140 .287 Agler, lb. . . 71 237 40 64 .270 Callahan, cf .94 349 34 91 261 Sisson, rs. . . 3 8 1 2 .250 Graham, c. .. 65 199 20 48 .24 1 McElveen 3b 140 506 52 118 .233 Reynolds, c. .27 86 13 17 .I'Jg Becker, p. . .17 38 2 7,1 Si Brady, p. ... 24 74 3 12 .162 Wolfe, utility 24 65 6 10 .254 Sitton, p 29 67 jo j 49 Johns. gi. p. . 9 21 fl 2 .095 Waldo: f, p n 28 0 1 .1136 FOUR TEAMS WILL FORM SOCCER LEAGUE HERE 8t a meeting held of the officers of 'be loiai Amateur \thletlc federation and r.-pt.-ent ttlv.-s of th.' Atlanta So< - cet Football < lub plans xx ere made for < ganlM11 nos the Atlanta Soccer Football league, which will be organ ized in October, anti xvill consist at first of font teams The At «nta Bo< ei . lub " II) hold a meeting October 3, "hen organizations desi'lng to enter teams In the nexx league will hav. 1 ept es. ntatives pres ''' Pc 1 • be begun the Satui dax following this meeting The So* .er club has volunteered to break tn tne men of th. ne" teams, md after 1 !.■" , ■ ■ . • ■ ,-a'l . ; . . k H . season "ill begin Slmplifx home, .iparimem. room seek ms bx saving nine, i-mort and tramping Io nsulting The an Kent n .iq- BRADY TO OPPOSE PARSON TODAY IN MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, TENN., Sept. 14.—With Brady hurling against Parson, the Crackers are confident of winning to day's game from the Turtles and there by evening up the count. And let it be known that the Atlanta bunch are out to win tomorrow's game, too. Al though an absolute last in the gonfa lon chase, they are still proud and haughty and want to wind up the sea ison with a game and a series winner. Yesterday's game, the first of the se ries, was garnered by the Turtles, 5 to 2. Lyman Johnson, the Crackers' re cent addition, who hails from the Kitty league, was banged right and left to the tune of thirteen hits. On the other hand, George Merritt kept the Crack ers don n to six hits. Baerwald’s single and steal and Al perman's error scored the first Turtle run in the opener. A base on balls to Reynolds and a triple by Callahan tied up the game for Atlanta in the second. Bales' double, Hallinan’s safe bunt and Tonneman's single put the Tur tles one to the good in the next round. The Crackers tied it again in the sixth, when Harbison singled and went to third on errors by Schweitzer and Crandall, scoring on an infield out. The Turtles cinched the contest in their half. Hallinan got a life on Mc- Elveen’s error. Merritt and Kerr sin gled and during a chase when Kerr got < aught off first, Hallinan and Merritt scored. A base on balls, some more tangled up work by the Cracker infield and a hit scored another for the Turtles in the seventh. . EVELYN W. HANGS UP THREE RACING MARKS SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Sept. 14—Three world's records were broken yesterdaj by Evelyn W., in winning the free-for all pace at the Grand Circuit meeting held in connection with the New York state fair. Her time for the mile. 2:00 1-2, in the second heat, was the fastest heat ever paced by a mare, the fastest sec ond heat by pacers of either sex. and the race constituted the fastest two heats ever paced by a mate. The time by quarters: :31, 1:00 3-4, 1:30 3-4, 2:00 1-2. The first mile was in 2:03 1-2. Ipst half mile in :59 1-2. HUNTER MEETS EVANS IN FINAL ROUND TODAY CHICAGO, Sept 14 —Walter J. Tra vis. of Garden City Golf club, formerly American and British champion, yes terday was eliminated from the On wentsia club's Mayflower cup golf tour nament by Paul Hunter, of Midlothian club. Chicago, who defeated the vet eran. one up in nineteen holes The match w*is closely contested. Hunter will play the 36 holes finals today with Charles Evans. Jr , Western champion, who yesterday defeated Al bert Seckel. formerly Western cham pion. 4 up and 2. SIXTY REPORT AT YALE FOR OPENING WORKOUT NEW HAVEN. CONN., Sept. 14 - Sixty candidates reported at the open ing of Yale football practice yester day on Next Yale field Philbin. Gil lauer, Ketcham. Belsmulder and Avery, veterans of last year's eleven, were In uni form Head Coat h Arthur Howe was as sisted by E. M. Wheaton, former star half back, in directing light practice. BIG LEAGUE DRAFTING SEASON ON TOMORROW rhe major league drafting season "ill open tomorrow and continue for fixe da.x.-. then the \4 leagues will ha\e their drafting session putting In blds for promising players that th. 1 majors have not nailed ■'Tit S >ulh. rn league drafting -■•as..n "ill begin on September 29 and also runs for fixe days Season Winds Up With Crackers "Best Team That Ever Finished Last” FAN'S HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE ENDS TOMORROW By Percy H. Whiting. TOMORROW’S baseball games puts the final period on the Southern league’s baseball season of 1912. And, as the chil dren say, it’s "good riddance' to, bad rubbish.” It’s been a sorry season. But yet it hasn't been a total loss. • ♦ ♦ pOR one thing, this season has provexj to the South and to the basebail xvorid what a really cork ing good baseball town Atlanta is. With a team that has been at the bottom virtually all the season, with a club that for most of the year was handled by a bull-head ed manager who took every op portunity to antagonize the public, and during a season which for va rious reasons, notably a presiden tial campaign, has been a hard one on many amusement enter prises, the fans have flocked stead ily to Ponce DeLeon. They have shown their gameness and their interest in baseball in away that has been impressive. ♦ • * TTERE'S another angle. A year 1 ago this time the Georgia Rail way and Electric Company was keen to sell the baseball club. They didn’t say so. but they were in such a receptive mood that it was touching. Today it is decidedly doubtful if money would buy the franchise certainly not any sum under $50,- 600 to $60,000. And it will not be fodder for fans President Andrews, of the Chattanooga team, has dropped the hint that "Kid” El berfeld will not be interfered with next season. Maybe, considering the Kid’s pe culiar disposition, it would be just as safe. • • • ’ I have never seen a team the spirit of which has equalled that of the Barons of this year. ’- Manager Molesworth Right-o. The Barons of this year had less abil ity and more spirit than an' that has won a pennant in Pixie in years. • • • Kid Gleason has had an easy job with the White Sox this year All he has had to do was to act as 1. coach; 2. scout; 3. peacemaker; 4. counselor; 5. disciplin arian: 6. confidant of .Manager Callahan; i, substitute bat boy. 'l'he Naps have signed a rare bird. He's Fred V. alker, the Washington semi-pro. and he s never touched liquor or tobacco in his life, • • • It is talked about now in National league circles that the cause of the early poor showing of the Pirates was the anti liquor clause of all contracts. The plav ers were sore and wouldn't play. When this was cancelled the team picked up in spirits (joke) and in playing Only two pitchers pi the American league are hitting better than Joe Wood And the wonder is that one of them is Russ Ford. • • • Marsans. the Cuban, is the find of the Cincy team this season. His hitting is wonderfully good. • • • There are a lot of teams in the Na tional whose players express the hope that l-.ppa Rixey s “paw will keep him out of baseball next year He’s likelv to get pesky by then • • ■ Pitcher Woodburn, of the Cardinals is a polished ventriloquist and had a lot of fun with this queer gift until his team mates wised up to him He would abuse them ano then send them off looking for the man who was calling them ♦ • * Well, anyway, the Crackers finished last “ It is alleged in New York that Rill Dahlen broke a season’s record bv watch ing the Superbas lose a double-header without finishing the afternoon in the block house. I nder such trving circum stances the umpire usually gets Rill Manager McGraw has an understanding with t atelier Wilson that when the said; " ilsnn hits a home run with at least ; one on bases he needn’t catch am morel that afternoon This agreement las let i Grover Cleveland Hartlev Into the box store several times this seas n loe Wood could curve a ball at the age I Os seven and still retains something of! the knack Chief Render s»v« the coming world s sones will run seven games He al»o be. neves It Is up to the Red So X pit. hers to By “Bud” Fisher sold at present at that price, though it’s worth it. This decision of the street car company to hold on to’ the fran chise is undoubtedly for the best. They are running it on liberal lines. They are always willing to spend money. They have provided a good park and a satisfactory street car service to It. It might be possible that the franchise would fall into the hands of somebody who would treat the fans better. But it would have to be proved. And as a year-in-and year-out owner of the franchise the street car company, under the guidance of President Arkwright, has proved eminently satisfactory. * * • a NOTHER reason xx’hy the sea son is not wasted is that it served to introduce to the fans three game citizens—Major Frank Callaway, Charles Nunnally and Gus Ryan. These men have served as officials of the Atlanta Baseball association this year. It has been a tough job. Under their pledge to th? public when they took the positions, they have not Interfered with either manager. They saw Charley Hemphill run everything entirely contrary to their notions of how it should be run—and they held their peace. They said he should be manager In fact as well as in name and he was. He made a failure of it—but the fault can’t be laid at their door. They stuck to their word, gave Hemphill free rein and a free purse, and they died game. They will be back in their old help hold the Giants on first base if the wild base-running is to be kept down. * ★ ♦ Hank O’Day lias suspended Larrv Mc- Lean Indefinitely. Its the old complaint bright lights and red booze. Maybe ’’Long Mack” is in ’raining for his fight with Charley Schmidt. Arthur Lamline. pitcher of the Ameri can Bridge Company team of Gary, has been signed by the White Sox * » • Walter Johnson was looked over by half a dozen scouts before one arrived with the courage to recommend him He was SO young back in the days when he .s’, began to shine that scouts were afraid of him T’esslhly a few of them have kicked themselves about it since. It has been decided definitely that the Cleveland and Toledo clubs will train to gether at Pensacola next spring. • • • The receipts of the Labor day games at Birmingham were greater than the com bined receipts of all the other clubs. Twas ever thus with a pennant winner. QUALIFYING ROUND FOR CLUB TITLE ON TODAY The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic club will today qualify for play in the tournament for the championship of the club over the East Lake course. Play in the qualifying round will be from scratch, and match play in the first flight will also he from scratch Match play in the other flights will be with the club handicaps applying and as many flights as All will be played The first and second rounds of match play must be played bv Septeni her 20. the semi-finals by September 21 and the finals by September 2° Hamilton G. Scott is the present club champion, and he will be on hand to defend his title this year. BIG TIME FOR SWIMMERS AT ATHLETIC CLUB TODAY The swimmers of the Atlanta Ath- j letic club have a big day planned f.-r I them this afternoon at East I ak< Chairman Gene Kelly, fn charge of th. ) aquatic sports of the club, has a-- ranged a gala raid. Phe ivalry among the hnst swimmer-I in the club Is Intense, and some fast I time is expected in the different events ! The schedule of . vents Is as follow- 1 fifty-yard dash for men one-quarto-mil. swim for men. rifty-vard dash for women 1 ine-qun rter-mI ’• swim so; women Fancy and high diving contests for both men and women. positions next year, and if there has been a word of regret spoken because of this fact it has not reached our ear. • • • NOTHER reason why the pres ent season will not, in the long: run, prove to be a total loss is because it led to the securing of Bill Smith as manager for 1913 and 1914. Bill seems to fit into the lo cal job. He likes the city. The fans like him. He has succeeded here—as two pennants in four years testify. So, all in all, maybe the season wasn't such a total loss as the present standing of the club seems to indicate. There is, at least, next year to look forward to. Out of the shattered remains of the "best team that ever finished last” Bill Smith will develop a framework around which he can build a strong team. There are some corking players left—Agler, Alperman, Harbison. Bailey, Price, Becker and the rest Under Smith’s management they will be xvinners. The best thing now is to forget the horrible past. Ten years from now nobo'dy in the world can tell, without consulting a guide, where Atlanta finished in 1912. Three months hence almost everybody will have forgotten. And the fu ture stretches away as handsomely as ever. Maybe Atlanta will have a pen nant winner next year—who knows? BOXING Late News and Views L . . Tony Ross will not fight Luther M Carthy in Pittsburg tonight. When tl New York state boxing commission sus pended the big fighter for delibera' I fouling .Joe Jeannette in a bout In Ch 1 am recently, the Pittsburg promoters 4 busy and substituted Jim Barry, the <’h cago heavyweight, to take the Italian place Manager Gibson, of the Gar - Athletic club, New York, has promts McCarthy a go with Al Palzer if he su needs in whipping Barry. ♦ * ♦ Harry Trendall and Johnny Kling hav been matched to box eight rounds 1 bt. Tuesday night. ♦ ♦ • Hugh Mclntosh. Australian boxing n moter. has engaged a team, composed I osey, Balsac, Auduy and Bernsteit French fighters, for* matches on the isif 1 hey are now en route for the antip" • ♦ ♦ * Jack Britton keeps whipping the I they can send against him up East H latest victim was Willie Beecher Ne 1 ork papers say Jack hit Beecher so ofte and so fast that ringside fans berani dizzy 4 and were almost compelled to lea\ the arena. • • • Mike Gibbons is in Philadelphia, wher he is scheduled to fight Young McCart ney tonight. • • • Frank Picato fought a ten-round dra v with Frank Loughrey. at Boston. Tuesda night, and thereby won the right to ai pear at Tom McCarey’s Vernon club s«»n time in the near future. McCarey prim jsed Picato a bout provided he whippe Loughrey. Although reports webe circulated ti.a Jim Duffy whipped Leach Cross so ba ly that the “fighting dentist" was ■ --m palled to foul to save himself, a from New York say Duffy was all 1 knocked out by Leach when the refei* stopped the bout because Cross was u ing the kidney blow, which is barred New York rings. Duffy sank to the rl whnn he reached ids corner, and it v some time before he was able to leave >li ring. MARTIN MAY \ ' 19% PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y| for sale