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Famous Cub Player Believes That McGraw's Team Has Been Underrated
GIANTS WILL COME THROUGH—JOHN EVERS
By John J. Evers.
(Second Baseman of Chicago Cubs.)
IE the New York Giants do not
defeat the Boston Red Sox and
bring the world’s championship
dag back to the National league,
1 certainly shall he a disappointed
man. And by the same token 1
should be a very much surprised
man if 1 belonged to the American
league and the Red Sox won. I
make that statement because I do
not want it said that X picked the
Giants because they were repre
senting our league. 1 believe that
McGraw has the better hall club
and that he will win for that rea
son rather than because the Giants
will represent the National league
To my mind, the Giants have been
underrated. McGraw has a team
vhich comes through in the
pinches. That is the kind of a
team which wins the world's cham
pionships.
It may be stated that if this is
true that the Giants should have
won last year. That does not hold,
for the reason that there is no com
parison between the Athletics and
the Red Sox.
Play Great Ball in the Pinches.
The strength of the Giants is
realized by few people tn baseball.
The team got off to a runaway lead
and then slumped. But the mo
ment that we became dangerous
the New Yorkers braced and pulled
away. If w«e could have peased the
New Yorkers. I believe that the
Culis would have won the pennant.
The Giants also had that impres
sion and they played desperately to
see that we did not get in the lead.
They proved to me that they were
there when they had to be and 1
think that they will be in the big
series.
You hear a great deal about the
wonderful pitching staff of the Boa ■
ten fellows and little of that of
the Grants. But in my opinion the
Giants have H all over the Red
Sox when it comes to twirlera.
Trsreau, Mathewson and Mar
gnard are three men likely to give
arty team a battle Mathewson may
be all tn The only trouble is that
h» refuses to bear out the words
when hr gets on the stab. With a
little rest, 1 look to see him come
back and pitch wonderful ball
Te>r»*u One of Beet in League
Teereau. to my notion. Is one of
the greatest pitchers in our league.
He is even greater than people
Imagine, because It Is mighty diffi
cult for a youngster to get the
break tn which he is entiled
There is a disposition on the part
of ball players to belittle a young
ster. He must get out there and
deliver for an entire year before
they will ever admit that he is
good. They say he is lucky Well,
I want to give this big youngster
lots of credit, because if he doesn’t
prove one of the greatest men in
the league, 1 will be mistaken.
Marquand will be no snap.
Now, Joe Wood is a great pitch
er .nd 1 am not belittling him. But
When you have said that Joe Wood
is a great man you have said al
most all that can be said in favor
of th*- Boston staff. The other men
nr> good pitchers, yes. but star
pit hers No.
Oh< heats lots of talk about
Speaker. He is a wonderful ball
Idayet but tin Cubs have beaten
t'Atns that possessed oine great
star Recall the stales between the
t’ubs and the Tigers, or rather th*
two series. Speaker is no greater
Hall player titan Ty us Cobb. Yet
the Tigers w< re easy.
When you depend upon one man.
or two men, to win a world's cham
pionship, you are taking a long
chance.
If Cobb had oimi through, the
Sacnea between the Lubs and the
Tigers might have been interesting.
But he didn’t.
If Speaker playa up to his repu
tation, he may cause a io, of trou
ble for the Giants. But its the
team of strong men rather than
the < lull with one great, big giant
that wins the world's champion
ship.
Os course, you ar< going to cite
the case of Prank Raker, of tile
Athletics, to disprove my words.
His long drives did win against
the Giants last year; but there is
this difference: The Athletic pitch
ers were good enough to hold the
Giants to a position where <>n<
CORBETT DANGEROUSLY
ILL, HAS BARE CHANCE
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2.
’’James J. Corbett lias a light
ing chance, ill' passed i good
night."
This announcement was given out
at Jefferson hospital today in re
gard to the condition of the t'ormei
champion pugilist, who was oper
ated on last night for appendicitis.
The former champion lay at the
point of death last night, but ral
lied during the early morning hours
and the hospital attendants ex
pressed belief that his strong con
stitution would pull him through
unless blood poisoning should de
velop
Though the appendix was ruptur
ed before the operation, a condi
tion often causing fatal peritonitis,
the surgeons hoped they had done
their work* tn time to save ('or-
FODDER FOR FANS
Joe Wood is up against It He can’t
set his wedding day until bo knows when
the season will' end As soon as the
series is well over he will marry Miss
I .aura O'Shea.
• • *
Frank Chance sajs he will never sign
a contract which prohibits him from tak
ing a drink whenever he Is thirst \ \
Jot of his henchmen will, however, for the\
haven’t any farms to fall back on in < use
their money gives out.
• * •
BUI Bernhard can get Pitcher Booth
Hopper from New Haven next spring sot
another trial If he wants him. illicit he
isn’t at all certain that he docs
• • •
Abstein is the only member of the 1912
Memphis infield who is sure of a regular
berth next spring llallinan has been re
turned (he was only borrowed, anyhow »
Moulton is slow, Crandall has been
drafted, Bales will get a further trial at
third, on the strength of his good show ng
this year
• • •
Big league papers, commenting on M
Demaree s debut, remarked that he had a
“cramped shoulder motion " That's a
mild way of putting it Still there is no
denying that lie's effective when Iv's
right.
• « •
Doubtless there was considerable dick
ering between Charles Murphs and Minet
Brown when the pitcher gave up his
three-year contract with the Cubs and
agreed to accept his release
• ♦ •
Work has already been started on pre
paring the Pensacola diamond for the
coining of the Cleveland and Toledo teams
next year.
• • •
Marty O’Toole’;- work n« xt year will be
worth watching He has been showing
something that closely resembled promise
this fall
• * •
Larry Doyh* was born in Caseyville, 111 ,
He worked live years while a boy in the
coal mines there.
Suggs gels a bonus of >SOO for winning
20 games this season if he wins them.
Ilf lacks but one now of the needed score.
• • •
Tim Murnane has started a movement
io have (’lark Griffith's name carved on
the Washington monument
• • •
Jim Vaughn <iidn i have any more luck
with Kansas City this \v.i’ than he did in
the Xmericun league Hut he’s talking
enthusinstn all,\ of next year which all
of 'em do
Clymei has the great* -r« or<- ot the
American association lit led in runs,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1912.
drive could upset the game and
later the series. With a weaker
team or with a weaker pitching
staff, the long blows of Baker
would have been spectacular, but
they wouldn't have won a world’s
championship.
I believe that McGraw has the
better balanced ball club, that he
has a team of strong men rather
i than a club with one or two stars.
I think that that well balanced
team is going to win, because all
of tin- Giants will hit and all of
their pitchers will pitch, and they
will not be dependent upon any one
or two men to carry them along.
bed's life.
Mis. Corbett, summoned from
New York by a message that her
husband was dying, spent the night
at the hospital, most of the time
in hpr hftsband's loom.
She broke down and wept sever
al times as her husband raved in
delirium of the battle at ('arson
city, in which lie lost the heavy
weight title to Bob Fitzsimmons.
Physicians believed that the solar
plexus blow which cost him the ti
tle at that time weakened him so
that he became a prey for appen
dicitis.
Corbett was billed to appear this
week at the Peoples theater but to
day his company was ordered dis
banded. By many this was con
sidered as indicating that the man
ager believed there was little hope
of the ex-champion's recovery.
hits, base-running ami was the most con
i sistent batetr of the season.
of the games wop and lost hi the Amer
ican association this year 195 games were
won by a margin of one run
• • •
With a chance at the world's batting
honors Joe laekson hasn’t been running
out his hits of late The old Nap apathy
lias settled down on him
• • »
Fred Clarke will begin thinning out his
Pirate tciim very shortly He will let a
ness of men go to Columbus ■ ■ close a
deal he made earlier this season with
that club
DONAHUE SCORES A WIN:
JIM TRAVERS IS VICTIM
PEORIA ILL, Oct. 2. —Harty Don
ahue. tlie Pekin lightweight, scored a
clean knockout over Jimmie Travers,
of Chkago. in the third round of a
scheduled ten-round bout before the
Marquette Athletli club here last night,
THE BASEBALL CARD.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in Detroit.
Cleveland in St Louis
Standinn of the Clubs.
~ I I’*’ NV I. PO
Boston 103 ts, C’lund 72 77 .184
Wash $9 60 597 Detroit . <’>'.• 80 (8.1
I'tula. 89 GO .597 S. Louis 52 98 .347
Chicago 74 7G .493 X York 49 100 .::29
Yesterday’s Results.
I'biladelphia 4. New York 3
Boston 12. W asliington 3
Others not scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Brooklyn in Boston.
I’liilad-iph ia in New York
Standing of the Clubs.
\V T PC . J. p(•
N 1 ork lot 4G Gx? I’hiiu 71 77 ign
I’ bury ?2 (G Gl7 s Louis G 3 88 417
('bl' IK" 89 59 6(>l Br'klxii 57 91 385
’"natl. 71 77 190 Boston 48 100 324
Yesterday's Results.
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Boston-Brooklyn, rain. , 5. A
RED SDX DO NOT
LOOK SO ODDO,
SMS SMITH
By Billy Smith.
WASHINGTON, D. ('.. Oct. 2.
—After having watched the
Boston Red Sox in their
three games with the Senators here,
I am not as confident as I was a
week ago that they will clean up
the Giants in the world series. Jake
Stahl s team sine did win handily
yesterday, and they really looked
good. But in the other two games
they played fat from pennant ball.
It is my opinion that the back
bone, the strength and the heart of
the Boston team consists of Speak
er. Wood. Wagner, Gardner and
Yerkes. These fellows are as stout
hearted as a Sysonby, but whether
the others will stand the gaff is the
question.
1 am including Gardner in this
list on Clark Griffith's word. Larry
is laying off with a split finger.
He'll be o. k. foi the big battle with
the Giants.
Griff says Gardner has got more
nerve in tight quarters than any
player he ever knew.
Collins, who is said to be Stahl's
second best pitcher, looked awfully
bad in the game he worked here.
He may have had an off day. but
lie will surely have to show more
i lass than he did against the Sen
ators to stop such sluggers as
Doyle and Meyers.
It is my opinion that tlie Wash
ington club, as it is playing now,
is every bit as good, if not better,
Ilian the Red Sox.
1 heard so much about Boston’s
great outfield—Speaker. Hooper and
Lewis —that I expected to witness’
some sensational work by them.
But. believe me, outside of Speaker,
there isn t anything to that com
bination. Tris is the keystone and
guiding hand, and the other two
look good simply because Speaker
steers them straight.
Both Hooper and Lewis let fly
balls go for hits here that would
have been sure outs for a Southern
league gardener. 1 placed SSO oti
Boston to beat the Giants the first
day I landed here. Am glad it
isn't any more,
.
Fhe Big Race
Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on
how the "Big Five" batters of the
American league are hitting:
PLAYERS. A.B. H. Av.
COBB 545 222 .408
JACKSON 556 218 .392
SPEAKER 569 219 .385
LAJOIE ... 425 149 .351
COLLINS 525 174 .331
Only two members of the big five
played yesterday, as was the case the
day before: and again the two were
Speaker and Collins. The former had
the freaky record of one time at bat
and one hit: the latter was four times
at bat and made no hits at all.
600 VANDERBILT MEN
MAY SEE_HARVARD GAME
\ \Sli\ II.LB. TENN . (.let 2. About
600 students of Vanderbilt university are
to go to Cambridge November 9 to’wit
ness the Harvard-Vanderbilt football
game.
(in account of the fact that there will
be three days lost from school, the fac
ulty will, of course. have to be consulted
and permission obtained It is not be
lieved. if this enterprise is worked up
right, that the faculty will make any
il'joii >n ;‘>>r it will a great mlver
tis< -ent for the uni'ersitx and the big
kcs stum of the kind evei pulled off
in th* South.
Big League Managers Balk at Letting Agler Come to Atlanta
SMITH LANDS MUNCH, BARTAN, M’DONALD AND LONG
By \V. S. Farnsworth.
\ 1 7 ASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 2.
y\/ —JJHIy Snjith is breaking his
neck trying to get a pen
nant winning team for the Crack
ers. And in Clark Griffith he has a
friend who is making it his busi
ness to see that the Atlanta leader
does have a w inner in 1913.
Had a long talk with them both
last evening. Said. “Griff:”
"Billy Smith is one grand fellow,
and 1 am going to give him all the
ball players lie needs.”
Now. Griff is a sincere man. He
has promised Smith players; and lie
FANS PULLING AGAINST
HARBISON. SAYS CRANE
By Sam Crane.
Philadelphia, oct. 2.—when a
ball player makes good in a town
the 'best is usually not too good
for him, and this includes tlie wishes of
tlie fans. Still, strange as it may seem,
there are times when a player is so
popular his admirers root against his
success.
This is the position two of the Yan
kees' new players find themselves in.
They have gained such a grip on fan
dom in the cities from which they grad
uated that nothing would please that
fickle crowd more than to see them fail
to make the big show when Wolverton
separates the wheat from the chaff in
the spring.
hred Smith and “Dug" Harbison are
the two tossers in question. Harbison
was a member of the Atlanta team
until the Yankees gained him in the
recent draft. He played shortstop for
the Dixie nine, and the fans put up an
aw ful war when they discovered that
he was to be taken from them. They
averred Manager Smith should have
"covered him up" some way so that the
TECH LETS CONTRACT
FOR NEW GRANDSTAND
A contract has been let for the erec
tion of a new grandstand at Tech flats.
It will have a seating capacity of 2.000
persons The stand will hr constructed
of wood and will be covered by a felt
roof. It will be completed for the Ala
bama game. October 12.
The new stand will occupy a position
directly opposite the old grandstand, and
will he parallel with the football field,
ft will give a much better view of the
field than the present one. and also be
closer to the side lines.
The completion of the newt grand
stand will give a seating capacity 01' 5.000
person, witli side line facilities for taking
care of hundreds.
Side line fences have been built around
tlie field providing for a special space of
some 10 feet wide next to the Held for
reporters, so that they can follow the
games closely without having to dodge
through the crowds. Back of this is the
regular side line space for spectators.
For the opening college game with Ala
bama here, on October 12, every thing will
be in ship-shape order anti the local foot
ball enthusiasts will be agreeablv sur
prised.
SENATORS SLUMP AND
MAY DROP BACK A PEG
W ASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-—Boston yes
terday broke Groom's winning streak
of nine straight games, defeating hint
easily. 12 to 3, and making it two out
of three in the last series of the season
here. The hitting of Lewis and Gandll
featured the game. Sjieaker was given
five bases on balls.
By losing today, while Philadelphia
was winning. Washington went back to
a tie with Philadelphia for second place
COACHLESS MERCERIANS
PREPARING FOR AUBURN
MAx'o.x GA . October 2. Despite the
fact that the Mercer eleven is without
a ■ oach on account of the continued ill-'
nes« of Dr. C Strouds, team practice
is progressing in preparation for tlie game
with Auburn in Columbus on Saturday .
is going to make good.
Hard To Get Agler Back.
First of all, Joe Agler is going
back to Atlanta, but the “cover up”
is not proving as simple as Presi
dent Callaway first thought it
would. Griff has got to use all his
friendly influence with at least
three American league managers
before he gets the first sacker
waived out of the Johnson circuit.
But Griff will do it or burst in
the attempt.
Griff Gives Smith a Battery.
Griff tipped me off when Smith
wasn't listening that he is going to
turn over an amateur battery to
big leaguers couldn't get him. but now
that they have lost claim to him, it is
their one desire that tlie youngster fails
to satisfy Wolverton, so he will be re
turned.
It is Rochester that wants Smith
back. He played only' a short time with
Ganzel's team, and his popularity is
therefore all the more remarkable.
A strange tiling in connection with
the youngster's career, too. is that a
month or two ago he was entirely
unwelcome in the up-state town. He
was sent there in lieu of another player
who refused to report and at the ex
pense of one of their best outfielders.
M hen John Ganzel was persuaded to
part with .McMillan and Lelivelt. Jack
Martin and Guy Zinn were part of the
purchase price. Zinn refused to report,
so the Yankee management had to send
back Lelivelt or some other outfielder.
Smith had just joined the Yankees from
Brockton, so Wolverton immediately
sent him in place of the rebellious Zinn.
The Bronchos thought they were being
handed an inferior substitute, but a few’
weeks' time made it clear that such was
not the case.
KAVANAUGH WILL LOOK
AFTER SOX-CUB SERIES
< HICAGO. Oct. 2. A telegram from
Garry Herrmann, chairman of the Nat
ional Commission, today announced th*
appointment of W. M. Kavanaugh, presi
dent of the Southern League, as repre
sentative of ih« commission at the series
between tlie Sox and tlie Cubs Mr.
Kavanaugh acted in a similar capacity
last year.
Chairman Herrmann asked the complete
°; < ’”U players for tlv* series.
The South and \\ est Side officials an
nounced the following were eligible:
Six Benz. Bodie, Borton. Barrows, Cal
ianan. Collins. Cicotte. Douglas, Easterlv
Gleason. Ernest Johnson. Kuhn. Lancet
Loid. Mattick. Mayer, Rath, Sullivan
sc ha k I Scott. Walsh, White. Weaver
Zetder. ’
Gubs--Chance. Saier. Evers, Tinker.
Zimmer man. Downey. Downs, Archer’
Needham. Cotter. Scheckard,
, . te * Good, Miller. Brown.
Richie. Reulbach. Cheney. Lavender
loney. Loudermilk, Sommers. Madden.’
Letheld, Smith.
AGLER TO GET TRY-OUT
BEFORE SEASON ENDS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 -Joe Agler, first
baseman of the Atlanta club, obtained
by the Nationals several weeks ago will
report to Manager Griffith soon, and will
be tn tlie line-up before the season closes
Agler is rated as the best first sacker
in the Southern league, and Griff bought
him more for protection than anything
else, as the Nationals at that time had
a chance for the pennant, and would have
been up against it had anything hap
pened to Chick Gandll. Agler is e left
hand thrower and hitter, and Is fast.
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To change the horrible
conditions of our streets
vote for Charles S. Robert
for Chief of Construction.
Billy. “I have two fellows, a bat
tery—Dutch Munch, catcher, and
Buck Bartan, pitcher—that I atn
going to give to Billy* before he
leaves town,” said Griff. “I haven't
told him about it yet, though. This
battery won the championship of
the District Amateur league this
season for the Peco team. I am
going to keep a sort of a string on
both these youngsters. That shows
how much I think of them."
Billy’ is delighted that he secured
by draft Shortstop Dobard from the
Day ton club of the Central league.
Dobard hit .287 last season. He is
a New Orleans boy. Smith also
has received assurance from Grif
fith that he will turn over Out
fielder Long, who was with Mobile
last season.
Herrmann Contributes McDonald.
Garry Herrmann sent Smith a
telegram this morning, stating that
he believes he can slip Infielder
McDonald to Atlanta. McDonald
would sure make a valuable man
for the Crackers.
Smith will go along with the
Senators to New York, this after
noon. where the Griff men open
their final series of the season with
the Highlanders. Billy’ will stick
through for the world's series and
will then go to his home in Spring
field, where he intends to spend
about three weeks before returning
to Atlanta.
No Chance For Sid Smith.
Sid Smith has told Billy that he
would like to return to the Crack
ers next year. Billy is going to
stop off in Columbus, and see if he
can land the hard-hitting Sidney.
It is doubtful if anything can be
done along this line, however, as
Sid was considered the best back
stop in tlie American association
this season. He caught practically
every game for .Billy Friel’s club,
and it will be almost impossible to
get him out of that circuit.
McGRAW SIZES UP HIS
OPPONENTS IN SERIES
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.—Manage John
I. McGraw, of the New York Giants,
went over to Washington to size up the
Boston Red Sox. With the world sc
ries struggle to begin here just a week
lienee. McGraw took one of the earliest
opportunities offered since his tram
cinched the pennant to study his oppo
nents. He was expected to pay pa’*
ticular attention to the tactics of Jaka
Stahl, the Boston leader, with wb"i
McGraw will match wits in the big
games. He bad no opportunity, how
ever. to study the pitching of Joe Wooo,
for Stahl sent in Bedient, one of hts
second string men.
During McGraw's absence Marqttard
and Tesreau. two of the star pit J
wh<» are being groomed for the wo 0
series, w ent down in defeat before Phil
adelphia. It was a shock to the ardent
fans to see a second division team
bunch hits in three innings and finish
with a score of 9 to 2 against theif
favorites. Marquard had to be
out in the fifth, and "Big" Jeff I’"
reau did even worse work, allowing
seven hits and giving four bases
balls.
COMPANY F WANTS GAMES
Company F of the Seventeenth in*
fantry has organized a football t>
and would like to arrange a gam- with
any team averaging not over 1 J “
pounds. Any one who wishes a game
is requested to call Sergeant Keevei.
Bell phone, Fort McPherson.
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