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ffIOKM ®OW CCWW vMW EDITED Sy 9 FARNSWORTH vx Considering the Evidence It Looks as if Mutt “Framed” Something on Jeff • :: By “Bud” Fisher I : ————— ' Cefe.rw lev VAS.H A r ™ 5H€ enHT TOTWS . r Vs ? fCovt TO Z =• ! * eN '** 4 *' r lP - I've BEEN r H€«. sweet . rHC TVJGLET voice R.EPUY r II 8,6 OA * *OG,N’ b CALL ALL '■ TWtCT M'. <—-L— y . I -wfc *T4 0' c uxl \ *<*"**. \ shell a2< T UKe A t>o6 " v AN6 ] T *'S Roiy.antk.i ' C I y -- p :i 1 rv< . jjjs. —-sihkM/ - IM* // ■ j * —'iff —* g* ■ ■ r ~ I v— i/i 'Ki- v V \_-t4 ■ST- yk. —» —- —' , ’ l_ ..k A I ] ljllHg=g||r J : j. «ar j! * **• * ojfj | ' /l ' / ‘ [Utr L ~ ' '■' ' 1 ' ' - ■-- _._ , ___ , |r . |n . L _ d _ r _ L _ .J _ ...... . , JU.JLJIIJ • - -IL ITAIL »CkXU>A.K-<f. • ABE ATTELL HITS THE CHUTES FOR OBLIVION By Otto C. Floto. ABE ATTELL is about through. The old cunning Abe is absent The former champion attempts to make his arms and feet do stunts that hla mind dictates. The mind Is still Milling and alert, but the body re fuses to act as of old. Attell, the for mer clever champion, is shooting the chutes into oblivion. Abe Has Gone Far Back. Time was when this same Attell could have taken all the feather, as well as all the lightweights In Gotham «nd thrashed them in the same ring But times have changed, and as the years creep one after another on top of the head of the young San Francisco Hebrew he begins to slow up, and the speed with which he placed many a winning battle in the columns of suc cess is lacking. It was this speed that always proved the essential ingredient In the make up of Abe. Without ft he Is but an ordinary' boxer; with it he was a real champion. When he was introduced the other night from the ring in New York with Young Corbett and Terry McGovern, Joe Humphries eloquently said: "The three greatest men that ever wore the featherweight crown." It must have made Abe feel rather creepy to be numbered with those that have passed away The three were certain ly wonders In their day. Corbett and McGovern have long ago acknowledged Father Time as their master. Attell is still hanging on, but by so slight a margin that It won’t take years—simply months —to place him with his old pals. Attell Old in Experience. Attell is not old in years. He is young In fact. Rut in experience he Is as ripe as an old stage coach driven across the plans In the early days be fore the railroad drove the Indians and buffalo from our frontier. He Is world ly wise in all that It Implies Whether this will lay up any checks for him In the future remains to be seen He had better get hold of all the "easy" ones in sight if he hopes to add to the bank account that one needs so badly when hum and eggs are wanted on the break fast table. It's the old story, however, "they don't come back" Attell has tiled to condition himself. Rut when the acid test comes in the ring—well, there is something lacking, something that even farm life fails to replace. In appear ance Atteli's rejuvenation Is all that could be wished. Hut after the sur face has been scratched it fails to pro duce any further "pay ore." That's all THE BASEBALL CARD. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Philadelphia in Rnstoii New York in Brooklyn « standing of the Chibs. W 1 !■<’ w I, p(. N \orklo2 47 »'«5 I’hila. 73 77 ir; V'burg 92 613 St I. H.t Rs 417 Chicago 90 7.9 fin I Br'kl'n k7 'M 377 ’’ na li. 74 77 490 Boston .'*o no *.31 Yesterday’s Results. New York 4. Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia 13. Boston t Chicago-Pittsburg, rain. St. Louie-Cincinnati. off day 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE. ■james Today " ashingion In New York Boston in Philadelphia. | standing of the Clubs. P.C w I P.O Busbiti. l'*4 4>, f,93 | C'laixl 74 77 490 '-‘IO Detroit. 69 xi ittn hl* 7 '-I .593 SI J. 7'2 100 342 ■ Chicago 75 76 .497 I Y ork 49 101 .327 F Yesterday's Restlfta. h :-m 17. P •>..<l ( .lpbiH 7. 'Jesb-tuti..-. 1 tt V(>| . u 3 ‘ * louis 6. Detrou J( ... rain. Dryden Picks Walsh To Pitch Every Game Os Sox-Cubs Series Says Deduction, Analysis, From Charts and the “Big Reel" Will Figure in the Seance. By Charles Dryden. OUR White Sox are now en gaged In another cementing expedition. They are now in Detroit, 21 of them, personally conducted by James John Callahan and Secretary Conahan, and they are playing a final series with the Tigers. The outcome of this se ries, while the Naps are battling the Browns, will settle the vexed question of fourth place. That is the position the Sox are bent on having, as there is nothing within reach higher up and if James John meets with any luck hts team should finish there. For two days just before the Sox left home they were not idle There wa.s nothing doing on their own lot, but the vacant time was not squandered. Bunches of Sox, in cluding the manager, sat through the doings on the West Side and took lessons from the Pirates on how to trim the Cubs. Bill Glea son was there with his S7OO kettle, clocking Cub base runners and composing a form chart for the guidance of Sox catchers. The science of deduction and analysis Is to figure in the cityffge ries. In addition to the Gleason form chart Ed Walsh * intends to have samples of Harry Cheney’s saliva analyzed. For two days run ning the Pirates whacked I Arty pretty hard and Walsh wants to avoid whatever combination of juice producers Cheney was using. Not that Walsh has anything to do with the Pirates, but saliva is saliva the world over and a bloke must be careful how he employs it in a pinch. Altizer Views Proceedings Dare Devil Dave Altizer. the In vincible Athlete, viewed the pro ceedings. Dare Devil Dave would make a first-class board of strate gy. He has played on most of the teams in /be I'nlted States and should be able to hand out inside stuff concerning the ability of any athlete in the land. It is wrong for the big leagues to overlook this marvelous pastimer. From now till the close, of the tegular season .Manager Callahan will be involved in the mental throes of picking his team for the city series. Cal said yesterday he had the infield selected. Borton. Hath. Weaver and Zeider have been going smoothly in their respective jobs and they are to tackle the Cubs for glory and gate reeeipts.-lt is a cinch that Shano Collins will be among those cluttering up the scenery itt the outfield and ripping off long wallops at bat. As yet Callahan is unable to decide on the other two outfield positions. There are no fences to be busted on the West Side, but Ping Bodie might put an awful dent In the tin litera i tore surrounding the playing field. • al has himself, Lord. Matti, k and the fem e buster for two of the out fit 'd jobs and the trouble is to grab "ft tile t ight ones. Pitching Problem Easy. The pitching problem is easily solved. Ed Walsh is to pitch the opening game On the second day ( Callahan will com. right back with the Rig Reel. It will then be time < the Queen of the Great Lakes to take a . ack al the Cubs. The fourth -election points strongly to the Big Moose, for it would then r- ms turn If th- Sox lose one of these four games it would be pulley for Callahan to .all on Walsh again, after four days of rest and recuperation. Theie are five catch ers t<> support the foti pitchers m< ntioned, with Sullivan. Kuhn and Scl.a l< the favor though T. Easterly, laic of the Nape, i net to be .Jint2ed at THE ATI,ANTA GEORGIAN* ANT) NEWS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1912. Present Red Sox-Athietics Series Should Help Speed Boys MACK’S MEN TO TIP OFF GIANTS’ WEAKNESSES Philadelphia, oct. 4.—The series that the Red Sox opened yesterday against the Athletics should one of great benefit to Stahl’s men and should put them right on edge for the world's series. Larry Gardner, it is believed, will be able to play in this series. If not, he will be held until Saturday to play then, in order that he may get his hand in after his enforced layoff on account of a broken little finger he sustained in the last series at Detroit ten days ago. Manager Griffith did not give the Red Sox any great practice with his players. The Red Sox hoped to have Johnson against them for hat ting practice, but Griffith sent in pitchers that have proved wild and the Speed Boys had to Jump for their lives on various occasions. They could not afford to take any chance of getting hit on the head with a pitched ball at this stage of the game. As It is. several were tapped. The Red Sox expect a good deal of aid and information from Connie Mack and his players as to the best methods of tackling the Giants. All the “dope" that the Mackmen have up their sleeves will be handed to Stahl, Wagner and Carrigan, who form the Red Sox board of strate gy. The Red Sox pitchers will also be taken in tow by Coombs. Plank and Bender and all the weaknesses of the Giants as learned from the world's series of last year, will he at the disposal of the Boston twirl ers. To Play Giants' Style of Game. Moreover, the Mackmen have been ordered to play against the Red Sox as nearly as possible the kind of game the Giants put up against the Athletics in the world's series of 1911. The Giants' methods of running bases will be followed as closely as possible. Os course, it is realized that McGraw is too shrewd a manager to stick to one system and doubtless he will be on the lookout to shift his mode of at tack whenever the opportunity of fers. However, a team like this year's New York aggiegation lias been trained and coached like last year's team and there are hundreds of points of similarity. The same men who lined up against the Ath letics last fall will cross bats with the Red Sox. They haven't changed their style and they can not do it at a minute's notice. Therefore, generally speaking, the tactics that won for the Athletics last year should win for the Red Sox this year. It will be a grand help to the Red Sox to have the advice of Connie Mack and his players The Ath letics are able now to tell all they know of the National league oppo nents When the Red Sox and Ath letics met last, in the series at Bos ton. Mack thought he had a chance to beat the Speed Boxs out for the American league honors. He hud no time, nor was time asked, to tell what lie knew of the Giants. But now. with the pennant race settled, ami tlie Red Sox undisputed win ners of the race. Mack and his men. in their loyalty to the American league, will tell Stahl and his play ers all they know of the Nation.- league opponents. Gotham Fans Take Heart. Dispatches from New York indi cate that the Gotham fans have taken heart in the last 24 hours and they now profess to believe the se ries will go the full seven games. This, however, is an indication that they have not that cock-sure feel ing that the Giants will run away with the honors as was the case last year it is recalled that a year ago one New York baseball repot ter had the temerity to size up the Giants and Athletics in print, and contrary to all th-’ other experts, he gave it as Ids opinion rli.it the Ath'etiis bad the bitter chance to win. Tilt re- » All McGraw Asks Is a Little Luck “My I earn Best in Country”—Stahl JAKE STAHL SAYS: My team has played consistent baseball throughout the American league season and it will play con sistent ball in the big series. The same kind of ball which won the American league pennant will take the world's championship. I be lieve that my pitching staff is the best in the country. My players ate all fast and hard hitters. Speed and batting win games. I am sure that I have the best team in the country today and that the result of the world's series will confirm this statement. suit was he was flooded with in sulting letters from fans who told him he ought to go and soak his head, asked him where he ever learned to write baseball and so on and so on. Os course the writer had the last laugh. But Stahl and his men are not concerned about the opinion of the New York fans, or that of the New York players either, for that mat ter. What they are confining their attention to is the plan for winning the series. They will gladly accept the advice of Mack and his men. it is expected that the weakness and strength of each New York player will be gone over in detail. The pitchers and catchers of the Athlet ics will be able to tell about the kind of balls the Giants like and the kind they don't like. Conference of Southpaws. Eddie Plank will take Ray Col lins, his brother left-hander, in tow and tell him how he pitched to this man and that man. Bender will [baseball Diamond News and Gossip Connie Mack has relented in Rube Old ring's case and has placed that worthy back in good standing. It is specifically understood between player and mana ge! that there is to be no more dallving with the suds. ♦ # * It seems llkelx that both Boston and Xe\s Y ork will boast a pennant winner anti a tail ender apiece. ♦ ♦ * Bill Carrigan and Gardner, of the Red Sox, are still nursing split fingers, and can hardly be in topnotch shape for the series. ♦ • • Nap Lajoie says that Joe Wood is win ning because he has a great team behind him. ami that Walter Johnson is an in finitely better pitcher. This is interest ing. but has no great bearing on the world's series puzzle • • • Thr national commission has about put the kibosh on Jeff Tesrcau's plans to take a trip to Cuba with Bob Rigler's team. • • • The t’oveleskie pitching for the Ath letics is Stanie. a brother of Harrv • • • r r<ie series for the championship of St. 1.0',L will be a battle of Che barnacles. At that the Cardinals should cop. Anv tea n ought to win a series from the Browns. • ♦ * Redding, the recruit pitcher that the Cardinals have used in three recent games, two of which hr won, comes from the Columbus. Miss. team, of the Cot ton States league It isn't often that a pitcher gets an assist on a strike out— but sometimes. Eor instance. In a recent Red-Cardinal game, Mmeida struck out The catcher dropped the ball and then lost it. The pitcher, Redding, saw rhe predicament, rushed for the hall, and fielded it to first before Almeida waked up to what had happened. MIKE FINN FORMALLY NAMED GULL MANAGER MOBILE. ALA. Oct 4 -The Mobile Baseball association has elected the fol lowing officers for the siason of Alfred Staples. preshlent; \V <>. Lott, Vico president. Charles Poisson, secretary and treasurer al' ■ Mobil*, an.l MTbuel Finn. of Little. Kock. Ark., manager. JOHN McGRAW SAYS; II make no predictions, but the boys are confident of victory. If we get an even break in luck, I think we ought to win. but luck plays a big part in a short series. I feel that I have a better ball club than Stahl, but every man natu- > rally prefers a strong opponent. < The boys have fight in them and J they will not give up. They have £ had the experience of one world > series and will net look like a s bunch of novices this time. I look $ for a New York victory. tell Joe Wood which of the New Yorkers are powerless against speed, and so on through the list. There is a weakness about Jeff Tesreau that the Red Sox players have been put wise to, and that is his liberality with bases on balls. It would seem that he has not the best control with his spitball. Tes reau has given 96 bases on balls in 31 games. In the world’s series it is expected that he will have even more difficulty i.i locating the plate. This is his first year in big league company, and this fact, coupled with the excitement of the series, it is figured, will not do his control a bit of good. Tesreau Hard to Beat. If Jeff keeps hjs head, and is able to control the spitball, his rec ord shows he will be a hard man io beat. Doubtless the Speed Boys will give him every opportunity in the world to present them with free passes, unless, of course, this is seen to be a losing game. PLAY IN CLOSING GOLF EVENT BEGINS TOMORROW The final golf tournament of the year will be started Saturday afternoon at feast Lake when the qualifying round of the tourney for the vice president's trophy is played. Players will qualify according to their ■ net scores. The first and second rounds of match play must be finished by October 11. , The semi-finals must be played by Octo > bcr 12. the finals by October 13. McGOORTY TRAINS FOR DENNINGAND GIBBONS ; NEW YORK. Oct 4 Eddie McGoorty, of Oshkosh, Wis . claimant of the mid dleweight championship, today established trainmg quarters in Westchester coun ty. where he will remain six weeks. On I Monday night. McGoorty will box Jack Denning, of New York, and on November 7 he will meet Mike Gibbons, the wel s terweight champion. MOTORISTS OF 3 STATES OFF ON A Lol ISVILLE. KY.. Oct. 4. —Automobil- tsts of Kentucky. Indiana and Tennessee joined in a "sociability run” todav to Mammoth Cave, whera on Saturday a , good roads meeting will be held. Fifty cars made the run tront Louisville, pre ceded by a “confetti car " The Tennessee delegation made the run front Nashville. Governor Hooper, of Ten nessee. and a number of good roads ex perts will deliver addresses at the meet ing Saturday. SOCCER PLAYERS WILL BEGIN WORK SATURDAY , Soccer football players will take their first practice at 3 o'clock Saturday after noon at Piedmont park. A number of the men who made up the club last year met last night at A G. Spalding's store and reorganized for the year Another meeting will be held next Thursday night at the same place. CORBETT OUT OF DANGER. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4. .lames .1 Corbett was pronounced practically out of danger to.la» at th* Jefferson hospital "here '■< underwent «•> operation for arpvndkitls fuesda\ tught. Tech Team Is Off for Charleston; Will Have Hard Game Saturday Their Opponents Are Second- Raters, But Have Sprung Lot of Surprises. THE Yellow Jackets got away this morning at 7 o’clock over the Seaboard for a jaunt to Charleston, if they have good luck they may get there inside of 24 hours, but there’s no counting on it. Owing to the strike on the Georgia road, they can not take the normal route to Charleston, and will be routed around over the shortest re maining route, which is anything but short. Saturday afternoon, at Charles ton, Tech takes on the Citadel team. Naturally, this game should be a victory for the local eleven, but there’s no telling. In 1909 Georgia took on Citadel in an early game, and the Red and Black was grievously surprised by a scoreless tie. Last year the same thing hap pened to Mercer, only more so. The Baptists couldn’t score, but Citadel made a touchdown against them and won the game. Something like that may happen Saturday. The men who made the trip, be sides Coach Heisman, Professor Coon and Manager Porter were Captain Leurman, left tackle; Cook, left half; Loeb, center; Means, left end; Colley, right tackle; Montague right guard: Fielder, right half; McDonald, full back; Thomason, quarter back; Hutton, left end; Go ree, right end. and Goebel, Welenel, Hodges and Stegall as substitutes. For the first time in three years, the scrub team has tied the varsity in a regular game. This happened yesterday. The varsity scored it. the third quarter, and the scrubs put one across in the last few min utes of play, making the score 6 to 6. The scrub team, under Coacn Alexander, is going weli and V.ill make all prep teams sit up and take notice. HEINE BUSCH WILL GO BACKJO PETERSBURG PETERSBURG, VA„ Oct. 4—Heine Busch, of Cincinnati, who managed the Petersburg team in the Virginia baseball league during the past season, will be at the helm again next season. Busch had a chance at the managership of the Oak land (Cal.) club. Motorists Attention beginning Saturday morning we will place on sale our entire stock of Motor Apparel, Motor Millinery, Lap Robes and Blankets. I his is your opportunity to secure vour winter supply of apparel at wholesale prices. * X\e will not reserve any articles, but will sell the entire line at cost. I his is brought about by our derision to discon tinue motor apparet, that we rnav give our entire al* tention to our general line of auto supplies. W e are ready to produce invoices to prove ulir prices are at cost. 'H" Gewinner Company ami® PROPOSITION dhh™ By W. W. Naughton. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. |... JIS Parente did not come througi with that first deposit of sio.on<i yesterday. Louis is the man who. on the pre ceding day, created a Hutter in sport dotn by announcing that he had de cided to offer Wolgast and Willie Ritchie a purse of $25,000 out of his own pocket. He explained that it went against the grain, with him, to see all the good matches getting away from San Francisco and that he Intended to place this city on the map again as the hub of the boxing universe. He declared that he wanted to put Wolgast and Ritchie in the ring Thanksgiving day and said he would produce SIO,OOO of the promised amount by two of the clock yesterday. Then Did Louis Disappear. Shortly after saying all this Louis disappeared. He has not been seen by any one since— at least not by any one who is willing to bear witness to the fact. He has left a waiting world in doubt. Some persons are inclined to think t.iat Parente merely made his bld for the sake of the advertising it would bring him and that he had no intention of producing any of the little gold discs that jingle when you bounce them. Others believe that he meani busi ness while the fit was on him. but that after the cool night breeze played upon his brow he became appalled at his o«m reckless liberality and took to the woods. It Was a Hard Chase. Billy Nolan. manager of Will Ritchie, acquired spavin trailing after Parente yesterday. At Parente's sa loon in the North Beach district they told Nolan that Parente had gone t" El Verano on urgent business. A long distance phone to El Verano brought the information that Parente was not there and was not expected there. "Seems as if he won't be much use to me If I do find him,” muttered No lan dejectedly, and he probably hit the right nail.