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6 ®ow as wa® '®® > * dwi EDITED & W S FARNSWORTH Yes, Yes, It Was Time for Mutt to Go Home :: :: :: :: By “Bud” Fisher ( DRINKING Auft'fcNT, j WELt,'fou see TKOSC ... ~ x ’ —— - JCFMF AfA A N Dos SCI’T . ~ NAY Wr FtfcT IDC YOU MEAN THAT _ f VJ HY V txop ° ' dSF/Sm ■- W-1 J® ~ JfUe E® ;7 — _fc. W<?f WW- Wf®--- Wo b» FT 7 ' _JW Wo wll ~ --L. .IL T ■ Tp ~ - ; .' 'Silt: ,l ' r -- ' JWF’ , Q® — -yp®* --a; W! 1 11' 1 z jjMMflk-, /WMffit .. >// /// X ■ ”.W '- fj z_ ; Red Sox 4 to 5 Choice Over Giants in Gotham Heavy Betting in New York on World’s Series NrEW YORK. Sep’- H‘*avy wagering <»n the result <»f the coining world’s series between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox has h« gun in earnest Thousands of dollars have been posted Mireadv, both here and in Boston, not to mention tin- other major league cities, mid the indi hip that before the teams clash in the tii st game a sum of enormous proportions will hang in the balance. A canvass of leading bettors at various lo< d spot ting re sorts has revealed the indisputable fact that the Red Sox are hot fa vorites and that the prevailing odds offered by their supporters ar< 5 to 4 Men who backed the Giants heavily last sear, < hit th because the strength and skill of the Ath letics weiy unde estimated, can not figure McGraw’s men in any way this time Well known brokers and business men who make a practice of betting on sporting events show memoranda covering Yale Gridiron Warriors Battle Wesleyan at New Haven FOOTBALL SEASON WILL OPEN IN EAST TODAY By Monty. N’ E\V YORK Sept. 25 \\ hit will tip- football season that opens to<la\ bring forth'.' That is the question of paramount iirtportanie in the mind of every foothill follower What changes will the new rules work in the style of game played, and which will be the champion team when th'e curtain rings down on the year's pastime.' Time will tell. Rut there have Ewen reams writ ten already, variant opinions being advanced and each fellow Is enti tled to his own sax until It shall have been proved that he is wrong <>n almost ev •rv hand there seems to be a feeling that the new rules put a premium on the heavy man as contrasted w ith the lighter, faster player. That may be true, but a careful consideration of the changes show . that tins is not m . essarily to be so (living a team font downs to gain ten j;i-il> is noj as natch in favm of the heavy, line-bmklng team as the three downs for five yards In vogue lip to 19<i5. as simple mathematics show. One will recall that even then the end-running and brush tackle plats were used with equal vCfei tiveness. Since tile min running with the ball <an neitlu-t In push ed nor pulled by his mates, line plunging should practically be no more advisable than last year. when the average distance gained on this style of play was les- than two yards, and very often was nothing at all. More Chance For Trick Plays. The giving of tout (towns >o a team makes it mor- mns- iialm to take i han< es on trick play s to;- waid passes <-i iss-< ross. s, take kicks, delayed passes split fmom tions. etc. -because there :s one more opportunit' than before to "get tway with it." and it is g< ti er; :y the • ase that a sm .. ssf . trick play will put the runnel leaf of the opposing Hist line of d. fens, so that h< ■ .in un ■ . -t the full ten yards. and v. i y often ten mole sotmt'im- t<> ~ • . - •i.'wn. That is the main thing w< s--e in the new r,; i< s The allow ing ot the foiwai.i . -- n<ar at and at the opposing goal L k - V t" 1- i.dow ns. Anu H tom hdow r, counts six points now, as much a- strings of bets on th<- R<’<l Sox as long ns your arm. In each ease those who baekod thv Giants se cured 5 to t or 10 to 8, with a little to to 7 now and then. Odds May Lengthen. Prominent layers of odds, book makers on the race tracks in for mer years, liave also made the Red Sox odds on favorites. A week ago these gamblers were laying 4 to 5 against the Boston < hamjiions, but they got such a big play yesterday it was said that 7 to 10 would be on tap this week and perhaps 3 to 5; in fact, J>ig speculators claim that it would not be Surprising if they quoted | to 2 against the Red Sox by the time tin* series tiegins. This summary of the betting sit uation doesn’t mean that the Giants lack financial support. A Cleve land man who lias money Invested in a big race track lias already wagered $::o.ooo on McGraw’s pen nant winners, and II Is salil that he will bet as much more If the odds are lengthened. A well known two held goals. The shortening of the field by ten yards also will tend to increase scoring. Such tallies as 25 to 20, with evenly matched teams both scoring heav ily may be looked sot in many in stances The kick-off mark Lieitig moved back to the Ah yard line. In stead of the mid-field, equalizes things in that respect The new code, every tiling considered, is vast ly superior to the old.- In our opin ion. Looks Like an Even Thing. As to the championship mean ing, as is gem rally Understood, the < hampionship of the East it looks I retty even between Yale. Harvard and Princeton, with the Tigers pos sessing the edge In only one part of the team have they suffered the line and there are plenty of new men available who should till in more than acceptably. The entire left Side of th< line Sam White at <nd. Captain Eddie Hart at tackle. and Gordon Ihiff at guard is missing, as also Is Wilson, the right guard. W'e took a little Jaunt over to the Jersey town the other day and saw Coach Cunningham put his men through their pices, and the leftovers from last year's scrub ami Hie sophomore candidates for the Um- looked all to the merry BI net hentha I Tigers' Best. Hl m t heuthal. at center, will prove tile bulwark of the Tiger line, and bis prowess should imbue l|is side kicks with the teal kind of Prime ton tight that enabled the team to triumph nvet odds last year Cap tain Talbot Pendleton lias the vet erans Ihwitt. Bakerand Dunlap, in addition to m weomers. to reinforce bis spe d n the back fle d. Prince ton se. ms destined to have a well balamed t- .im if -ally appearances < mint Yale has lost severely by gradu .t in With the wonderful tackles. >■ tills .< ml I 'aid. gone, as w ell a plain, now ''each How., missing from quart! buck. there seems Io In lough si.-dding ahead, in so fat as mm regulars will have to be used In (hi -. places while Yale is stiom.'.s’ yeir Ketcham, tit. < . liter, I- back, as is also Ro. 1‘ I'ie!, tin Stu • end. and l apta in ■''l ' "v .1-on Pliilbin and Walter Camp •’ the b.o k til as. with Gal lam i a capable sub-ta< kle, to help so men w .1 It,v, ~, form the 1 1 -r E Tin Harvard team again is to b< THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1912. actor is said to have expressed a desire to tiet $50,000 on the Bos tons. but nobody seems to know whether tlw offer will lie coveted or not. The "wise money,’’ how ever. will go on the Boston end and there'll be an unlimited amount of it. Giants' Slump the Cause. The reason advanced for the strong support accorded to the Red Sox is that tlie Giants are not piaylng championshiji ball and have not been able entirely tn recover from the slump of last July; also that in the opinion of some of the best posted baseball playeis and managers the Red Sox are stronger a.~ a whole than the Athletics of last year. As usual, John J. McGraw isn't talking for publication, but he is quietly preparing the Giants for a desperate fight with the widely ptais ,| Beaneaters. McGraw pays no attention to the wagers of the wise men or the odds quoted by the lightning calculators. built around the marvelous Percy Wendell, now captain. His running mates in the back field will be all new men unless Felton, the star end, is drawn back. Percy Haugh ton will have to dll up several line positions tha*have been vacated by stars, particularly tiie job at guard, held down by the powerful Cap tain Fisher who made the all- Ameiican two years hand-running. Today Yt'e opens with Wesleyan at ,\'ew Haven. On Saturday Har vard gets undei way against Maine at Cambridge, and Princeton meets Stevens In the Tiger lair. None of these games are heavy. The first battle in the triangular title se ries is scheduled with Princeton visiting Harvard on November 2. Yah goes to Princeton November Hi and Harvard plays on Yale fit hi November 23. TECH FOOTBALL TEAM HAS FIRST SCRIMMAGE Th. first r. al scrimmage for the Yel low Jacket squad was held yesterday afternoon, and the pace set was lively and last, fom start to finish. The varsity was on the defense and had their hands full keeping the scrubs from walking away witlt them. There were about tin men out tn uni form .ml among them were a great many big men t’olley. Monlague. Jones, Sneed and several other men weighing aiAfind 175 ware down ready! for wo k. Elmer has gotten in school and re pott for the first time this afternoon. Hr is in good rendition and will most likely be used in Saturday's game with the Eleventh cavalry 1 'ook Is showing up in groat style and should make a ha'f of the best kind McDonald and Fielder. of last year’s second string men. are rapidly getting into condition and a e making th< backfield a lively ptoposition No line can be got on the regulars as yet. but In tlte next few days the threshing will begin and the "big team” will be gin ts ng grhel for the Novembet ga mes. PAPKE AND DENNING MIX IN GOTHAM RING TONIGHT NEW Y'tliK. Si pt. 25 Billy i'apk. tin "lllmots Thumit 1., t." will make an • ffort t ' ( mite back nt the St Nicholas Athlete • ,ul. tonight. Papk. w: meet ■ Ink l> nni|'.: a 1 . a middleweight, in t t. n-iound conic- and will attempt to unotk -om. of the form that once •• e- t ‘rm ' .i ewe:gltt I: At t ie Si. Nicholas. Johnny Hundi. , t et 1 1 >rg< K " of Si Louis. Both are fas', f. a tHerw i ig its COMMISSION WILL TODAY ARRANGE BIC SERIES N-EW YORK. Sept. 25.- The method of distributing tick ets for the world’s champion baseball scries between the Giants and the Boston Red Sox (for it is universally conceded now that those two teams will fight it out) was the big question for settlement, along with setting a date for the games to begin, at the meeting of the national commission here to day. The meeting was called at the residence of .John T. Brush, presi dent of the New York club, at Pel ham Manor. Mr Brush was re cently hurl in an automobile acci dent and moves with difficulty and the meeting at the Brush home of fered less chance of interruption from reporters and others. Among those here to participate in the pow-wow were President Thomas J Lynch, of the National league; President Ran Johnson, of the American league; John A. Heydler. secretary of the National league; Garry Herrmann, chairman of the national commission; Vice President J. R. Taylor, Boston Americans; Robert McKoy, secre tary of the Boston Americans, and Mr. Brush. Before the meeting began it was intimated that the games would start either October 7 or 8. ami that the teams will not play games al ternately in Boston and N'e*v York, but will play two games in suc cession upon each field. MILITARY COLLEGE PLAYS LOCUST GROVE SATURDAY L<)(’l ST GROVE. GA . Sept. 25.—0 n Saturdax the strong team from Georgia Military college will line up against the team representing Locust Grove institute here The Georgia Military college have an excellent team this year, having al ready defeated the Lanie High school, 79 to 0. < oach Maddox has rounded his men into good shape already, and it looks like Pres.dent Horton has secured a winning bunch. Locust Grove institute has a very light and inexperienced team, and will not he in near so good trim as the Georgia Mili tary < ollegv. but they hope to make a better showing against them than Lanier did I he following is the schedule of Locust Grove institute: September 25 Georgia Military college, at Locust Grove October 9 Riverside Military academy at Gainesville October 14 Gordon institute, at Barnes ville. October 21 Stone Mountain, at Locust ( October 28 - < ’pen November 2 » 'pen November 8 (Jordon institute, at Lo cust Grove November lx ('pen November 28 Georgia Military coll.gr. at Milledgeville. MURPHY TELLS WHY CUBS MUST LIFE” <*Hl(\\G('. Sept In a statement in which he says that drinking virtually cost his team a world's series at one I time and a league pennant at another. President Charles \V Murphy, of the Cubs, explains his recent edict against alcohol. 'At a National league meeting after the season of 1909. Mr Preyfuss was congratulated b\ all th«* league club own ers for his victory,” said Murphs ‘‘After the handshaking was over, he turned to me and said. 'Prinking too much booze cost \cm club the flag.' Then Murphy said he investigated At the world's series against the Athletics, a fielder misjudged a fly ball and struck • ■nt < W ice I did not learn until we traded this plaxei «.fl that lie came into the hotel drunk at 3.30 •-n the morning of that game. Murphy said. Murph,\ asserts that l.e discoveree after the suspension <«f a player in Cincinnati that < ertain persons |p the land of the Reds were in the habit of taking his players to road houses, ostensibly to dine them, and that usuallx the men •“rank too much Persons who ha\. traveled with both teams have t.-d Murph) that th. mem* bn-s of ’he White S «\ .Irink h-ss than the Cubs. Corsidera t ion f.»r th. influences over college b.-vs whe injn the team is an other fa' tor in the order, Murphy con cludes I Fred Lake’s Story of 1909 Sox-Giants Series <-«v Ex-Bosion Manager Describes Fourth Battle j ■■ ' - By FRED LAKE - ■ yrUGGSY” M'GRAW smiled Iy/| blandly when he handed the umpire his line-up before the fourth game of the Giants-Red Sox series. The little chieftain thought that the game was already won, as he had select ed Chris'opher Mathewson, recog nized as the greatest pitcher in the game, to do the honors on the mound. Matty had beaten us in the open ing game by a score of 4 to 2. True, my boys had hit "Rig Six" hard, but the “fadeaway king" al ways tightened up in the pinches and made the heavy Red Sox hit ters eat out of the palm of his hand. Matty has always performed best when his team Is literally up against ft. AVe had won two vic tories while the Giants had gath ered in but one game. Therefore, if wo won the fourth game we were practically certain of capturing the series, while if the New Y’orkers triumphed they would still have a grand chance to win out. That is why McGraw pinned his hopes on the stalwart Mathewson. I did not want to again put Joe Wood against the Giants' star. I realized that Joe was one of the greatest pitchers in the American league, although he was only nine teen years of age, but I thought that it would be asking too much of the youngster to send him into the box against Mathewson again. Ray Collins had not worked in the series and was in good con dition. We had picked up Collins from the L'niverslty of Vermont, w here he had made an enviable rec ord. Most big league managers wouldn’t have selected Collins to pitch that day. They would have argtuxd that he lacked the experi ence to battle with Matty. Rut I was sure that Ray was equal to the task and that he would perform even better when opposing a vet . eran than he would against a man just breaking into the game. And ■ Collins made good. I have seldom seen a big league ' 1 Fhe Big Race Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on how the “Big Five" batters of the American league are hitting: PLAYERS— AB. H. AV. I COBB 531 218 .410 SPEAKER 541 211 .390 JACKSON 538 207 .385 LAJOIE 408 142 .348 ; COLLINS 498 168 .337 Cobb boosted his average two points yesterday by getting three hits out of ' four trips to the plate. Speaker got' only one bmgle out of three attempts. I Jackson was the real hitting star yes- ! terday. The Nap got two safe swats ' out of two tries. Lajoie was up four ! times and hit safely twice. Collins did ; not p'ay yesterday. CRANDALL DRAFTED FROM MEMPHIS BY HOOSIERS VCRI’KN. N Y . Sept 25. Secretary John H. Farrell, of the National Associa tional of Professional Baseball leagues, g.nvr out a list of the mon selected by draft in the opening day of the five days allowed teams in Class AA to draft play ers They included: By Oakland Newman from Houston. i d.sallowed By Portland. Oregon Uvans front Hal- I las. disallowed; Wilson from Knoxville. By Los Angeles Edmondson from ; Houston. By Providence Crandall from Memphis, disallowed. Evans from Callas: Merchant from Johnson City. Tenn. By Indianapolis Crandall Hom Mem phis: Greeti front Kallas, disallowed. By Columbus Thrasher from Cleveland. Tomi., disallowed. Vanee from Maysville. Ky . Turner from Lexington. Ky. By Toledo Hart from .Asheville M'GOORTY AFTER GIBBONS. NEW Y< >RK, Sept 25. Eddie AL - i; i<> t' of (ishko.-li. who has aid claim to the middleweight i hampionship slit’e his victory over Jack Hartison th-' English champion, today challenged I Mike Gibbons, of St. Paul, in a ten round bout SCORE, 4TH GAME OF SOX-GIANTS SERIES OF 1909 RED SOX. ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. e. M'Connell, 2b. 4 0 0 0 4 5 0 Lord. 3b4 0 11 1 3 0 ’"‘Speaker, cf. . .4 1 3 3 4 0 0 ♦♦Stahl, Ib. . . .4 0 1 3 8 1 0 Donohue, c. . .2 0 0 0 3 0 0 Niles, rf3 0 0 0 2 0 0 French, ss. . . 3 0 11 2 1 0 ♦♦Hooper, If. . .2 0 2 2 2 0 0 ♦♦Collins, p. . . 3 1 0 0 1 10 Totals 29 2 8 10 27 11 0 NEW YORK. ab. r. Ib. tb. po. a. is. **Doyle, 2b. .. .4 0 0 0 2 4 0 Seymour, cf. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ♦♦McC'mick, rs. .4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ♦♦Murray, If. ...3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Devlin. 3b3 0 110 10 Bridwell, ss. . .4 0 0 0 3 4 0 Tenney, Ib. . . .3 0 1 2 11 1 0 ♦♦Meyers, c. . . .3 0 2 2 8 2 0 ♦♦Mathewson, p. .3 0 11 0 4 0 Totals ... 31 0 5 624 16 1 ♦♦Still with rival champions. Red Sox .100 000 01*—2 Giants .. .000 000 000—0 Two-base hit—Tenney. Three base hit—Stahl. Stolen bases— Speaker. Doyle. First base on balls— Off Collins 2, Mathewson 1. Struck out—By Collins 2, by Mathewson 7. Sacrifice hit—Hooper. Double plays Lord to French to Stahl; Bridwell to Tenney to Meyers, Umpires— Eagan and Emslie. Time—l hour 30 minutes. Attendance—s. 224. pitcher do so well as Collins did that day. while J have never known of a young man to win such dia mond laurels as the sturdy Ver mont youth did. New York made but five scattered hits, while two of them were lucky ones. Five Giants reached first on hits, three on passes, while three others reached the initial sack after forcing men at second. We scored our first run in the opening inning. With two down. Speaker singled. Matty tried to fool Stahl on a fast curve, but Jake Major Umpires Are to Play Ball; McGraw and Griffith To Be Judges CHICAGO. Sept. 25.—" Ladies and ge’mun. the batteries for to . Dineen and Evans fur the American league; Eason and Rigler for t tionai.” Can you imagine Empire Muggsy McGraw yelling this out c pire Clark Gtiffith standing complacently near first base waiting game to start? Well, plans are under way for staging a game between the am' the American ami National leagues to be played the day before the ' series starts. The proceeds will be turned over tn Bull Petrine. ' handler of the indicator, who is seriously ill on the coast. Among those who have the affair in charge is Umpire Bill Eud” officiating here at Cumiskey park. He told <>f the plans this aftern’On. The idea is to stage the fray at whatever park the world seties and there will be plenty of time for the umpires selected to official' Brown-Cardinal and Box-Cubs series to reach their respective p" ' the combat. Both President Lynch, of the National, and President Johnson. Ante■ ican league, have been asked for permission to give the hem* Gnaw and Griffith have consented to umpire. Let it be understood at once that the game itself wouldn't In cither. betause practically al! of the present day umpires hat e I." 1 players in their time. There are ten umpires in the American league right now am! in the National, so there would be no difficulty in recruiting tv." and have a pinch hitter on the side. Bill Dineen, who was a star v Browns, can still pitch good enough to baffle some of the present ters. Eason's experience with the Beds is still remembered. FRANK CHANCE TO LEAVE GOTHAM HOSPITAL TODAY NEW YORK. Sept. 25. Erank Chance, manager of the Chicago Nationals, who was operated on here a week ago for the removal of a blood clot on the twain, ex pects to be out today His physicians have -■ ■ Saturday as the daft for his re turn to Chicago. was expecting such a ball hammered it down the right foul line for three bases. The Red Sox tallied again in ■ : 10 eighth. Harry Hooper was the first man up ano the fleet Californian beat out a bunt. Collins atb mw-l to sacrifice, hut Mathew 'son fi.'•!<!< H the ball in time to get Hooper at second. Harry’ Lord proved his worth bv driving ou|, a rattling single. >m. sent Collins to second, from whe . he scored a minute later with th" second and final run of th< uame on Speaker's single. Speaker Hit Matty. Tris did not experience a great deal of difficulty in solving Matty't delivery and got three hits out oi four times al the bat. The playing of Amby Md onnel. at second base was the fielding sea ture of the day. McConnell playet remarkable ball, his wonders: speed and headwork cutting ■ " vr several New York runs. .Ab 1 ~i n. made four putouts while he ;>i ed five difficult chances without a miscue. Harry I,ord also fielded brilliant v at third base. He made on- pin out and three assists. Tht IT Sox did not make a single • n ' . while the Giants made one P Murray was the offender. H dropped a hard hit ball after a lei:? run. I was elated over our victorv <" ■ " the Giants. 1 knew that w<- them on the run and th would be able to capture the f game of the series on the fi ing day. McGraw's “well oiled mm" I had failed to make good. It been routed by a team of young hall players just breaking into game. The New York vetemns played the game to the linii they had met their masters had beaten their trump Christy Mathew >->n. That we were certain that we sweep all before us it' ' game of the series, which _ scheduled to be played at York. .. - JACK BRITTON AN EASY WINNER OVER REDMOND NEW YORK. Sept. 25. That ton. tlte clever Chicago lit:!cv.- beat .lack Itedmond. of Milwa'b'' New Star last night, is going name for himself in the E.ist '•■r. was the opinion express'' u . . those who saw the bout. Bit easily.