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Twenty-Five Greatest Southern League Players
No. 2—Bunions Made Archer Game’s Best Catcher
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
M T rITH the possible exception of
V/V the fact that bunion
rhymes with onion, there
U little to recommend this particu
lar form of foot affliction—and
there are those people who don’t
like onions Still it is ecorded in
Southern league history,, the au
thority for the story being none
other than the: voracious chroni
cler. Count Ixtu Castro, that a pair
of buntons were responsible for on<
of 'he most sensational baikstop
pe s the national pastime has ever
known and assuredly the bright
e«- particular star in that position
that Dixie ever »mt to the majo-s.
Mcrihes and P arisees and otner
basepai experts m.c have trouble
in picking tip placets to fill the
vs ious positions in out- .<nd in
field in their ali-.sta- se’ectlons. but
for two >en. - tluy have not hesi
tated n hen i> came to catcher, the
position above all others most diffi
cult to fill on a successful baseball
tea m.
Whenever they reached that
place they just wrote down Jimmy
Aicher and felt that they had done
their work well. He was is easy
to choose .is Ty i.'o'ob ami H ui is
vVagn er.
Jimmy Ones a Cracker.
And if will be remembered that
not many Mitiiim-rs hate passed
since Mr. At. .!••■ sported th. spar
gl, s of .i I'nickfr and was called
to higher things right from the
stricken field of Ponce DeLeon.
Rut I started out to tell of bun
ions. and tiie bunions have not yet
been touched on. as the afflicted
man said when he tip-toed.
According to Count Castro, these
bunions are directly responsible for
Archer's famous short-arm throw
front a squatting posture that has
made him the most dangerous
catcher to base runners that the
game has ever known. Archer s
throwing technique has been dwelt
on in reams and reams of copy pa
per, but the cause has never been
touched by ambitious w> iters.
Here is ("astro’* account: When
Archer came to Atlanta he ihri w
to all bases standing erect, tak
ing the usual step of the catcher.
Then he bought a pair of shoes
They were execrable shoes In fact,
they did not fit the well formed
hoof of the now famous Jeeins.
And bunions were the result.
There were bunions under his heels
and, bunions back of them and
they were wide-awake bunions that
received excellent pay for working
overtime, .lames knew no comfort
save when he was standing on his
toes.
A beam of joy would flash over
bis pleasing features when he
squatted to signal the pitcher. Then
he was on his toes and there was
happiness in his soul If no* tri his
soles
Feet Hurt When He Arose.
Rut the gloom returned when he
rose to receive the delivery and
when he stepped to peg the tor
tures of the damned were reflected
on his once smiling physiognomy.
"Then why rise?" reasoned
James. He had never thrown with
full arm swing. He had invariably
used the snap peg that distin
guishes the first-class catcher from
the man of mediocre merit. "Why
rise?" he again asked himself.
He tried it without rising. The
discovery was startling Tip throw
was just a.» fast and accurate as
it had eve: Qaen from standing
posture and he had saved that frac
tion of a second which he had once
used in resuming his erect position
- and fractions of second.* count
when men are dashing around
bases.
From that time on his catching
was revolutionized. His throws to
first and second base were so sud
denly and unexpectedly made from
h e squat that base runner after
base runner bit the dust. Southern
league athletes did not dare move
mote than a foot or so off the bag
when Ar, he was receiving And
he blessed the buniotwt.
Archer though was not long for
the land of cotton. The next year
he sported the Tiger stripes of De
troit. Hugh Jennings’ crowd wa»
then marching through the Ameri
can league with ease and dispati’h
Jennings Didn't Like Poee.
But Archer didn't shine with the
Tigers. It wasn't his fault, though.
He still used his bunion peg and
that peeved Jennings Hughey had
been used to seeing < atvhvr* stand
up and throw. He tried to change
Archer's technique. but Archer
knew what he was doing and stuck
to his personal peg. He bad a
sublime faith in the virtue of bun
ions.
Still tills didn't help him with the
Tiger chieftain. Jennings asked
waivers on him, and to the surprise
of Archer's Southern league friends,
everybody waived
The next year lie was in the
Eas'ern league and his work there
wa« so impressive that he was
gobbled up by no less an expert
than Frank Leroy (’hanee, recently
t,« pornd F’r, Icm Leadet.
p sent when Arche- was
was on a Sunday at th'- West Sr -
ball lot. Cincinnati was the oppo
nent, and Clarke Griffith had a
gang of demon base runtie.s in
cluding the marvelous Bolt Resell
er. A double-header was sched
uled.
Griffith r‘,< ognized the t'ub w .ik
mss wa« behind the bat and 'old bi
men to run w i d on Catch?’ Moran
They followed itist m ,ions and in a
few innings Moran was th owing
inywne o excep th. base’- - . The
fl st game was tost ami th'' second
gamt s°emed like y to go the same
wu>. when the h io,lng crowd <om
pe led Chance to yank Mo an '.nd
•uhstituti rbe tftri 1 bet
Archer Killed 'Em Off Easily.
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ing Private Hampshire Both men fell heavily to the ground, and
Th.* photograph was taaen durmg a z the camera snapped .in«t in time to furnish one of the best foot-
scrimmage of Company F team, Sev r
©nteenth Infantry, at Fort McPheraon. ball pictures CVer taken.
A U B U R N TE A M SHO WS
PROMISE-DONAHUE
By Coru-h Mike Donahue.
I RI’RN. ALA . oct. 211. In
/“% defeating the Cletn.«on Tigers
Auburn showed the best foot
balj she has shown up to date.
While there is room for considera
ble improvement yet. especially iu
(ailing signals and lining up more
rapidly still the team is on the way
to mastering the fundamentals of
football. The backs drove haru, the
interference vv as fair and few tack
les were missed in the open. The
lir.e plunging attack displayed by
(’lemson was a surprise to Auburn
and had the defense gm ssing for a
time, until II was finally diagnosed
and stopped.
Auburn was looking for the open
game from Clemson and was suc
cessful in frustrating ail attempts
at this style, but the line plunging
came as a surprise. Clemson, how
ever. has the best team they have
had In years, and the battle between
the Tigers and the Yellow Jackets
will not be the walkover that it
has been in previous years.
Auburn tints far has been trying
to develop an effective, straight
forward football style Nothing but
simple football was used against
Clemson. Auburn should have
scored 34 points instead of 27. When
on Clemson s three-inch line, with
A. A. C. ANNOUNCES RACE
FOR THANKSGIVING DAY
The annual road race under the aus
pices of the Atlanta Athletic club will
he heal on Thanksgiving day. Novem
ber 28. and will be started at Hl: 30 a. m
Tile course will start front the club
house on Auburn avenue. The event is
open to all amateur athletes registered
in the Southern Amateur Athletic union.
Prizes of gold, silver and bronze med
als will be given to the contestants fin
ishing first, second and third, also a
cup to tlie team finishing first. Five
men constitute a team, though as many
as wish can be entered from any one or
ganization
Emiles close November 21. and reg
istration number must acc'ompanv en
try.
WM. ZIMMERMAN HERE:
IS VISITING OTTO JORDAN
William Zimmerman, who played for
the ' rackets in 191«. is in Atlanta on a
visit. He blew in to see his former
manager Otto Jordan, and is his guest
while in the city
Zimmerman played with the Newark
term thi« year, and piled up an im
pressive batting average.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1912.
position. Runrie l s were nipped "ff
first It was worth a man's life to
tty to steal second. Ambitious
players, who had reached third,
were nailed at that bag when they
ventured too fa on their wav home.
f'hicago hail not seen such
throwing 1n years. Cheer af’er
r hee- lang out for Arche", from
that time on he was the idol of the
West Side.
He has remained al Hie tpp. but
Lou Cast o says he wouldn't be
the. we eit not for the bunions
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goal to gain Captain Major tried
io take the ball from the center's
hands instead of waiting for a
pass, and lost a touchdown. Th’s
play led to the fumble in a pool of
water that gave Clemson a touch
down. so that the mistake really
cos' Auburn two touchdowns.
Auburn's next game will be Mis
sissippi A. and AL. which always
turns out a string aggregation. A
lot of trouble is expected in win
ning this game, but the team will
now begin to take on more ad
vanced football.,
The aim at Auburn this year is
for a November team not for an
October team, and the policy has
been one of consistent development,
so that when Auburn meets Vander
bilt on November 23. there will be
as few weak links as possible, and
the team will h - abb to put up a
creditable exhibition against the
star Commodore aggregation. Thei ■
are no stars on the Auburn line
up tu match those tn the Commo
dore aggregation, but there are a
number of players of fair ability
w lio are gradually absorbing the
fundamentals of football, and a
more w illing crowd of workers was
never seen on an Auburn field. It
is just a question of time and pa
tience to master the fundamentals
thoroughly. With these mastered,
the rest Is a simple matter.
TECH SCRUB TEAM WILL
TACKLE STONE MOUNTAIN
The Georgia Tech scrub team will
tackle '"oach Graham's boys from Stone
Mountain at Tech flats Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The scrub team at I’ecli is especially'
strong tills year ami should give the
"prep" boys a good game.
Last year the scrubs barelv defeated
Stone Mountain by the score of to 0
and from all reports Stone Mountain
haa a far better team this year.
The scrubs have played only one
game this year, when thev defeated the
Georgia Military loadetiiv t e rtll ,
to 0.
RED HILL QUITS TECH:
WILL GO INTO BUSINESS
Dean ("Red"! Hill, Tech's football
captain in 1910. has resigned from col
lege and will leave for his home in
Gloversville, N. V.. on October 26. Since
Mr. Hill quit playing football, on ac
count of the four-year rule, he has
coached the championship rlae« team
of the school for two years and has
assisted in coaching the scrubs.
H- leaves school to g<> In the textile
buginee ttt Maryland.
A DIVING TACKLE
THAT WENT AMISS,
BUT UPSET RUNNER
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New Records Expected
Saturday When Motors
Race at Piedmont Park
i
The first of the Atlanta Motorcycle
chib's races will be held Saturday after
noon at the Piedmont park race track.
This meet was scheduled for last Sat
urday, but on account of the unfavorable
weather conditions It was postponed for
a week The riders are practicing every
afternoon, and it is not unlikely that new
records will be established Saturday.
Harry Glenn, considered one of the best
professional riders in the country, went
■ over the track yesterday and did the half
I mite In 37 seconds flat. Tins is exception
; ally good time, as the track is not yet
lin the best of condition. The park
t board, however, has promised to have it
I scraped and tolled before Saturday. so
I that fast time can be hung up.
Following are the list of events on the
card:
Single cylinder. 5 miles, amateur;
4-horsepower.
Single cylinder. 5 miles; professional;
. 4 horsepower
Twin cylinder; 6-horsepower; single cyl
•ncier. 5-horsepower; 5 miles; amateur;
one-fourth lap handicap.
Twin. 6-horsepower, and single, ©-horse
power. 10-mile professional: one-half lap
handicap.
Match event: 10 mile professional 5-
horsepower. single. 6-horsepower twin
one-half lap handicap
\ustralian pursuit race.
Free-for-all “lemon” race.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
Severn\-five games were placed in the
American association last season in which
fifteen or more hits were made. Nineteen
hits was the top mark for the vear
against two twenty three-hit games which
tleo for last year's record. .Minneapolis
in fifteen games made fifteen or more
hits
• • •
Charley Murphy, now that he has rid
himself of an excellent but venerable
first baseman, has announced that a
number of other old I'.Ahis on the t’ub
team are destined for iw basket.
Ihe world's series ended a week ago.
It seems longer.
• • •
The average amount paid by each
spectator to see the world s series games
i this year was and a couple of them
were worth it.
* • •
HUI Smith is resting up. after ids
strenuous work as newspaper corre
spondent through the world’s series at
Springfield. Ohio. He will be in At
lanta before snow flies in Springfield.
With Gabby Street. Otto .lordan and
Kid Elberfeld all on the Chattanooga
team t ext year the Lookouts will hardly
lose out for lack of a good, vehement
kick now and again Those three are
willing complalners
Bills Sullivan. White Sox catcher, mav
buy and manage the Tacoma team of
the Northwestern league
• • •
President Coml.*ke> and hi* friend*
have started nn annual hunting
trip It will be a hard trip for the «mafl
bird* and the large bottle*
1912 Brand of Football Is Best in All History
4-e-i- •J-e-i' 4**4‘ -i-e-i- ... -.
Game Faster; Danger of Injury Less Than Ever
By Percy H. Whiting.
VH 7 H A 1 dn vou ,hinl< of ,he
yy new football? The ques
tion is being bandied
•around as usual this fall. 'And as
for ourselves though we haven't
see all we expect to .of the
NAUGHTON LAUGHS AT
BIG BOXING ALLIANCE
By \V. W. Naughton.
r~J-sHERE is talk now of interna-
I tional control of boxing, and
it is to laugh when one no
tices tjie seriousness of the parties
promulgating rhe idea. Some one
in New York, who is evidently
piqued because the Parisian pu
gilistic authorities refuse to pillory
Papke when politely petitioned to
punish him. has thought up a
scheme for forming a world-wide
bond so that the penalty for of
fenders of the future will stretch
across the seven seas.
How on earth can ant movement
of that kind be made a success of
as long as boxing occupies the
footing it does at present? A
clean-cut law admitting of the car
rying on of boxing matches to the
satisfaction of pugilists, promoters
and public does not exist in any
country in the world, probably, and
until such a law obtains in every
place where the sport of lhe ring
is fostered it is folly to talk of
universal control.
New York is the instigator of the
new movement and what can New-
York offer its allies across the
seas? New York has a state law
and an athletic commission, but it
is not sure of the ground it stands
on by any means.
In New York the bouts are lim
ited to ten rounds, and that means
that boxers of a certain stamp—
those with whom endurance is a
chief asset —have no business in
New York. They do not permit
of decisions being rendered there.
New York has barred two world’s
champions. Jack Johnson and Ad
Wolgast—because matching pu
gilists as famous and prominent
as these is likely to draw much at
tention to the game of the glove In
the city named.
Now. if the suggested alliance is
termed it will be spoken of as an
American-French - English-Austra
lian alliance, but it will not be
anything of the kind. It will sim
ply be an understanding among
certain cities of these countries,
and such being the case, any rule
which is intended to punish offend
ing pugilists will be largely futile,
at any rate so far as this country
is concerned.
No better exampliflcation of this
is needed than the case of Ad Wol
gast. He is barred from New York,
not through an.' wrongdoing, but
rather on the contrary. He is not
wanted, because he has worked to
1912 game, we ate inclined to like
it. Kicks are coming from various
quartets. The Princeton Alumni
Weekly is out w ith-a gentle knock
for it. Harvard isn't especially de
lighted with it. Several Southern
colleges are complaining. But let
'em kick. The general public likes
it. and what our old friend the
g. p. likes usually sticks,
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PJIGRESSLX'G just a minute, here
are Princeton's kicks:
1. That the change from three
downs to four is reactionary legis
lation and encourages continuous
rushing.
2. That tne increase of the value
of the touchdown and goal from
touchdown to seven points, thus
making it greater than two goals
frojn field, tends to knock the place
kicking and drop kicking stuff out
of the game.
3. That by requiring that a for-
the top of the tree and in conse
quence the columns that would be
written about him in the New
York sporting pages were ho
matched there would excite the
public mind and give opponents
of boxing a chance to complain.
Anyhow, he is barred from the
big city. And there is not an
other city in America that is not
straining every nerve to capture
him. For weeks pas’ he has been
considering offers of small fortunes
from North. East. South and West
and has at length decided to box
in San Francisco Thanksgiving
time.
What matter to Wolgast that
New York doesn’t want him? And,
supposing he bad been guilty of
something more offensive than of
winning the championship, it would
be just the same. He would find
lots of places willing to welcome
him with open arms.
It may be some day that there
will be uniform laws covering the
boxing question in every state in
America. When there are it will
be time enough to invite foreign
countries to join in a movement
for the betterment of the sport.
WILL SELL 28.357 SEATS
FOR TIGER-YALE GAME
PRINCETON, Oct. 23.- The Princeton
University Athletic association announced
today that 28.357 seats will be sold for
the Yale-Princeton football game here on
Novernbe,- 16. Os this number, it is es
timated that 18.000 will he reserved for
the followers of the Tigers, while the rest
will go to the supporters of the Blue.
The demand for seats in the Pritt ,-elon
stands has become so heavy that the
share of tickets for each undergraduate
has been cut from four seats to three.
TINKER LEADS REDS IF
HERRMANN CAN BUY HIM
CINCINNATI, Oct. 23. That joe Tinker
may be the next manager of the Cincin
nati baseball club was given official veri
fication here last night when August
Herrmann. president of the club. in an
swer to the question whether Tinker
would be the man. said:
"While no definite, urangeim-nts regard
ing Tinker have been completed, there Is
no denying the fact that h< lias been , on.
sldered and asked for his terms in case
he can ls> purchased in the tegular way
from the Chicago club.”
GAVIGAN STOPS STANTON.
CLEVELAND. OHIO, Oct. 23.—Tom
my Gavigan, of Cleveland, stopped
Walter Stanton, of California, in the
second round of a scheduled ten-round
go here last night.
CUBS TO TRAIN IN FLORIDA
CHICAGO, Oct 23 -- President Mtirphy
of the Cubs. has decided upon Florida as
'he training grounds for his tram n«
snring No definite spot has been se
lected as yet.
ward pass be made from a Doln ,
five yards behind the serins
line the play i s spoiled; “fo
requirement practically gives th*
Play away before it is started and
makes it useful only as a bluff
4. 1 hat the abolition of the on
side kick is a retrogression.
A lot of us were inclined to think
that the change from three down,
to four was going to shift the g a ~’
back to the stone age again n
seems, however, that the rul M Oom
mittee knew more about ft than
did—which isn’t patrtlculariy su .
prising. The danger of the old*
time, messed-up. all-but-se.ramblJ
struggle is gone, thanks to s e „~,
changes in the rules, and Is nn ,
likely to return.
AVe are quite of the Princet,.
notion in regard to the so-w lrd
pass provision. If the plav !s „
retaining it 1s worth making a -„ at
Play. J-Tom the very start ft h „
been hedged .around with condl
tions and penalties. Last year thev
made it ridiculous. This year thev
have simplified it a good bit. Next
year perhaps they will allow a pas
to be made from any old pl aCtt
which will be better still
• • *
Q.\R virtue of the present game,
it seents really to have ] Pf ’
senbd the number of injuries of
course, there will always be in .
juries from football. But the num
ber seems less this year than ever
before. A boy was fatally injured
the other day. But it was in a
Sunday game and doubtless be
tween a couple of picked-up teams,
whose members were In no condl.
tion and who knew no football No
really serious accidents have hap
period this year among trained
players.
In fact, in all the history of foot
bull there have been only a very
few fatal accidents to trained ath
letes. Not since football was In
troduced, nearly 4n years ago. has
there been a fatality at Harvard.
Vale. Pennsylvania. Princeton or
( ornell. This year, under the new.
est rules, there are ever, less in
juries than before. Just why the
present game should be less wear
ing anti tearing we can’t say for
• sure. But, anyhow. It Is. as the
records show.
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A MOTHER interesting fecit-e '
the p: esent game of football is
the vast possibility it afford- -v
variety of attack. The day is g
when a team can know only a half
dozen plays and get by with then.
Now. the forward pass, the various
shift plays, iek play san i -
old straight football offer uniim?-
ed possibilities.
The Tech team this year, so in
stance, has some formations, -he
like of which nobody eve l ' saw be
fore Coach Heisman entered i■-
season knowing that his team tad
no weight and that if the Jackets
were to make any showing a’ all ;
they would have to do I: by meins
of some football that hadn't Iwen
discovered up to that time So he
sat down and invented just « irh |
football. That it has worked wi'l
the scores of the games Tech has
played this year demonstrate
Football men say that the T A
attack is the most puzzbug they
evrr saw that just wlun tli»y
think they have a certain fo’ina
tion diagnosed it develops into
something els entirely and '■‘aves
them still engaged in a hopowss
guessing contest. And Coach Heis
man admits that he lias had a
world of trouble teaching (he now
formations and the new p'ays ’? his
men. and that, at that, he lias at
smart a team as lie eve saw
Georgia showed a lot of inn est
ing and puzzling plays hr e Satur
day. and will learn a lot of ■■the-’
And as for Vanderbilt wel . that i
team is loaded with new stuff
They say that in the East tli»'
on the forward pass as a good bluff
and nothing else. Well, if Harvard
keeps on thinking that the Crimson
players have a terrible awakenina
corning to them when VandeAi? I
journeys there. If McGugln em 0"
uncork the sort of stuff they hav* :
In other big games there will hf ’
lot of surprised players up In Cam
bridge. ,
HICKS DEFEATS ROSS; ir
BOUT IS MIGHTY TAME
CHATTANOOGA. TENN O'* ;S "
Freddie Hicks, of Detroit wafl L
the decision over Hugh Ross ' , rt
York, in their eight-round mill
the Chattanooga Aililetic club ile ‘ ! ' rt ia ",
night. The mill wis slow 'hi
In the second main bout. Christy .
liams knocked out. Kid Mic hell
seventh round. This mill "' a - s 1,1,10 '’
SOCCER GAME SATURDAY-
The Atlanta soccer football , r t
play the Lithonia team ‘i 1
park on Saturday. This will ll< '
game of the season for the i '" ,f ' l
“Madame X” at Lyric
this week.
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