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Twenty-Five Greatest Southern League Players
No. 2—Bunions Made Archer Game’s Best Catcher
By Buzzy Woodruff.
T T 7ITI exception of
\/\/ the fact that bunion
rhymes with onion, thorp
Is little to recommend this particu
lar form of foot affliction and
there are those people who don't
like onions Still it is recorded in
Southern league history. the au
thority fol the story being none
other than that voracious chroni
cler. fount Lou (’astro, that a pair
of bunions were responsible for one
of the most sensational ba< kstop
pers the national pastime has ever
known and assuredly the bright
est particular star in that position
that Dixie ever sent to the majors.
Prrlbes and Pharisees and other
baseball experts may have trouble
In picking the players to fill the
various positions 1n out and in
field in their all-star selections, but
for two years they have not hesi
tated when it came to catcher, the
position above ail others most diffi
cult to fill on a successful baseball
team.
Whenever they reached that
place they just wrote down Jimmy'
Archer and felt that they had done
their work well. He was as easy
to choose as Ty Cobb and Honus
Wagner.
Jimmy Once a Cracker.
Xnd it will be remembered that
not many summers hate passed
since Mr. Archer sported the span
gles of a Cracker and was called
tn higher things right from the
stricken field of Ponce DeLeon.
Rut I started out to tell of bun
ions. and the bunions have not yet
been touched on, as the afflicted
man said when he tip-toed.
According to Count (’astro, these
bunions are directly responsible for
Archer’s famous short-arm throw
from 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 la en dwelt
on In reams and reams of co; y pa
per, but the cause has nev. r been
touched by ambitious writers.
Here is Castro's account. When
Archer came to Atlanta he threw
to all bases standing erect, tak
ing the usual step of the catcher.
Then he bought a pair of shoes.
They were execrable shoes, fn fact,
they did not lit the well formed
hoof of the now famous Jeems.
And bunions were the result.
There were bunions under his heels
and bunions hack of them and
they were wide-awake bunions that
received excellent pay for working
overtime. James knew no comfort
save when ho was standing on his
toes.
A beam of joy would flash over
his pleasing features when he
squatted to signal the pitcher. Then
he was on his toes and there was
happiness in his soul if not in his
soles
Feet Hurt When He Arose.
But the gloom returned yvhen he
rose to receive the delivery and
when he stepped to peg the tor
tures of the damned yvere reflected
on his once smiling physiognomy.
“Then why rise?" reasoned
James. He had never thrown yvfth
full arm swing. He had invariably
used the snap peg that distin
guishes the first -class ca tcher from
the man of mediocre merit. "Why
rise?" he again asked himself.
He tried It without rising. The
discovery was startling The throw
was just as fast and accurate as
it had ever been from standing
posture and ha had saved that frac
tion of a second which he had once
used in resuming his erect position
—and fractions of seconds 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
his squat that base runner after
base runner bit the dust. Southern
league athletes did not dare move
HICKS DEFEATS ROSS:
BOUT IS MIGHTY TAME
CHATTANOOGA, TENN' Oct. 23. -
Freddie Hicks, of Detroit was given
the decision over Hugh Ross. of New
York, in their eight-round nMil before
the Chattanooga Athletic club here last
night. The mill was slow throughout.
In the second main bout ('hristyWil
liams knocked out Kid Mitchell in the
seventh round. This mill was furious.
COLUMBUS IS WAKING UP
TO BIG GAME SATURDAY
1 '"i- 1 MUI'S. GA Oct 23. A laig.
ly attended meeting of the alumni of
the I Diversity* of Georgia in this city
was held last night in the Board of
Trade rooms for the purpose of arous
ing interest in the game to be played
here Saturday afternoon between the
("niversity of Alabama and the I’td
vei eity of Georgia.
ZELLER SELLS ONE TEAM.
BUT WILL BUY ANOTHER
KPRIN’GFIELD. oet. Manager Jack
A Zeller, of Uw Springfield baseball Hub
’/ .L he Connecticut league, has sold his
toldingK Hi the club i" hi* partner. W il
I'Rin E f 'arey. Air Carey has been half
"wner and business managei since h»*
and Zeller the franchise in the
of 19(C( Zoller n 111 probable re
marn in bawehall b«. biivjng a < lub in
other league Mr Carex intends hire
piaytng manager to have rharr< n f the
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mote than a foot or so off the bag
when Archer was receiving. And
he blessed tin- bunions.
Archer though was not long for
the la ml of cotton. The next year
he sported tin Tiger stripes of De
troit. Hugh Jennings’ crowd was
then marching through the Ameri
can league like a Montenegrin war
rior through a Turkish harem w th
t lie old ma n out.
Jennings Didn't Like Pose.
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 catchers stand
up and throw. Ho tried to change
Archers technique, but Archer
knew w hat he was doing and stuck
to his personal peg. He had a
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AUBURN TEAM SHOWS
PROMISE-DONAHUE
By Coach Mike Donahue.
Al’Bl RN, ALA . oct. 23. In defeat
ing 1 lie Clemson Tigers Auburn showed
Hie best footbull she lias shown up to
date. \\ hile there is room sot con
siderable Improvement yet. especially in
calling signals and lining up mote rap
idly. stiil the team is on the way to
mastering the fundamentals of foot
ball. l’he backs drove hard, tite inter
foteni'e was fair and few tackles were
missed in the open. The line plunging
attack displayed by (’lemson was a sur
prise to Auburn ami had the defense
gue-sing for a time, until it was finally
diagnosed ami stopped.
Auburn was looking for the open
game from Clemson and was successful
in frustrating all attempts at this style,
but tiie line plunging game came as a
surprise. Clemson, however, lias the
best team they have had in years, and
the battle between the Tigers and the
Yellow Jackets will not be the walk
over that it has been in previous years
Aubuiu thus far lias been trying to
develop an effective. straightforward
football sty le. Nothing but simple foot
ball was used against Clemson. Auburn
should have scored 34 point o Instead
of 2. When on Clemson's three-inch
line with goal to gain Captain Major
A. A. 0. ANNOUNCES RACE
FOR THANKSGIVING DAY
The annual road race under the aus
pices of the Atlanta Athletic duh will
be held on Thanksgiving day. Novem
ber 2k. and will be staited at IO:3(> a. m
Th< course will start from the club
house on Auburn avenue The event 1°
open to all amateur athletes registered
in the Southern Amateur Athletii union
Prizes of gold, silver and bronze med
als « Ju be given to the contestants fin
ishing first, second and third, also a
cup to tin- team finishing first Five
ill’ ll constitute a team though as many
as w |sh ( i.n be entered from any one or
ganization. ■
Entries close Novembei 21, Hid reg
istration number must acioinpaiiv . n
t ry.
RED HILL QUITS TECH:
WILL GO INTO BUSINESS
Dean < Hill, Tech's football
aptain in IHld. lias resigned from col
lege ami will leave for his lion-.* in
(lioversv tlle. N. V . on October 2fi. Sin. .
Mt Hill quit p lying football, on ac
count ..f the foui-yeat rule, he has
"ached the championship class team
I"f the school for two years an<l his
: assisted m coaching the scrubs.
Hl . aves ochool to go In the textile
1 busines in Maryland.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. WEDN ESDA V. (MTOBER 23, 191'2.
sublime faith In th*> virtue of bun
ions.
Still this didn't hplp him with the
Tiger chieftain. Jennings asked
waivers on him, and to the surprise
of Ai< her’s Southern league friends,
everybody waived.
The next year he was in the
Eastern league and his work there
was so impressive that he was
gobbler) up by no less an expert
than Frank Leroy <’hanee. recently
deposed Pee less Leader. He has
been with the C’ubs since.
tried to take the ball from the center's
hands instead of waiting for a pass, and
lost a touchdown. This play' led to
tile fumble in a pool of water that gave
Clemson a touchdown, so that the mis
take really cost Auburn two touch
-1 downs.
Auburn's next game will be Missis
sippi A and M , which always turns
out a strong aggregation. A lot of trou
ble is expected in winning this game,
but the team will now begin to take on
more advanced fhotball.
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
1 Auburn meets Vanderbilt on Novem-
I bei 23, tlmre will be as tew weak links
as possible, and the team will be able
to put up a creditable exhibition against
“ the star Commodore aggregation. There
I are no stars on the Auburn line-up to
match those in the Commodore aggre
gation. but there are a number of play
ers of fair ability who are gradually
• absorbing the fundamentals of football
I and a more willing crowd of workers
was never seen on an Auburn field. It
i is just a question of time and patience
1 to master the fundamentals thoroughly.
With these mastered the rest is a slni
' pie matter.
TECH SCRUB TEAM WILL
TACKLE STONE MOUNTAIN
Tiie Georgia Tech scrub team will
tai kle ('oav h Graham's boys from Stone
Mountain at Tech flats Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Thf scrub team at Tech is especially
strong this year and should give the
"prep" boys a good game.
laist year tiie scrubs barely defeated
Stone Mountain by the score of 5 to 0,
and from al! reports Stone Mountain
has a far better 'tarn this year.
i Tiie scrubs have played only one
' game this year, when they defeated the
Georgia Military academy team, 26
to ('
WM. ZIMMERMAN HERE:
IS VISITING OTTO JORDAN
W illiam Zimmerman Mm played for
b the t’rackiis in ]9U» i> in Atlanta mi a
visit. He blew in to see his former
manager Otto Jordan, and is his auest
a hile in ihe <-it \
man played wi’ii the Newark
i team thl* year, and piletl up an im
pressive batting axerage.
SOCCER GAME SATURDAY.
* l’he Atlanta «<■< • »*r football team will
play the Lithonia team at Piedmont
' t park on Suurda' This will he tiie first
game »»f the Reason foi the two teams.
A DIVING TACKLE
THAT WENT AMISS,
BUT UPSET RUNNER
5 '
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New Records Expected
Saturday When Motors
Race at Piedmont Park
The first of the Atlanta Motorcycle
clubs 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
mile in 37 seconds fiat. This is exception
ally good time, as the track is not yet
in the best of condition. The park
board. however, has promised to have it
scraped and rolled before Saturday, so
that fast time can tie hung up.
Following are the list of events on th*
ca rd:
Single cylinder: 5 miles; amateur;
4-horsepower.
Single cylinder; a miles; professional;
4 horsepower.
I win cylinder; 6-horsepower; single cyl-
Imier: 5-horsepower; 5 miles; amateur:
one-fourth lap handicap.
Twin, 6-horsepower, and single. 5-horse
power. 10-mile professional: one-half lap
handicap.
Match event; 10-mile professional: 5-
horsepower, single. 6-horsei»ower, twin
one-half lap handicap
Xustralian pursuit race.
Free-for-all “lemon” race
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
Seventy-five games were played In the
American association last season in which
fifteen or nmre hits were made. Nineteen
hits was the top mark for the year,
against two twenty-three-hit games which
l tied for lasi year's record Minneapolis
■ n fifteen games made fifteen nr more
hits.
Charley Murphy, now that he has rid
himself of an excellent but venerable
first baseman, has announced tlia' a
number of other old heads on the Cub
learn are destined for the basket
• • •
I'he world s series ended a week ago
l( seems longer. *
• • •
’l’he average amount paid b\ each
spectator to see the world’s series games
this year was $1.92 and a couple of them
were worth it
• • •
Bill Smith is resting up, after his
strenuous work as newspaper corre
spondent through the worlds series at
Springfield. Ohio. He will be in At
lanta before snow flies in Springfield.
With <>ubb) Street, Otto Jordan ami
Kid Klberfeld all on the Chattanooga
team next year the Lookouts will hardly
lose out for lack of a good, vehement
kick now and again Those three are
willing complainers.
• • •
Billy Sullivan. White Sox catcher, may
buy and marage the Tacoma team of
the Northwestern league.
• • •
President <’omi.ske\ and his friends
have started on their annual hunting
trip. It w jll be a hard trip for the rnnall
birds and the large bottles.
1912 Brand of Football Is Best in All Histon
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Game Faster; Danger of Injury Less Than Evo
By Percy H. Whiting.
WHAT do you think of the
neyv 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 W. W. Naughton.
THERE is talk now of interna
tional control of boxing, and
it is to laugh when one no
tices the seriousness of the parties
promulgating the 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 any movement
of that kind be made a success of
as long as boxing occupies tha
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 of the ring
is fostered it is folly to talk of
universal control.
New York is the instigator of the
new movement and yvhat can New
York offer its allies across the
seas? New York has a state law
and an athletic commission, hut 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
\Yolgast—because matching pu
gilists as famous and prominent
as these is likely to draw much at
tention to the game of the glove in
tiie city named.
Now. if the suggested alliance is
tofmed it will be spoken of as an
A meriy an - French- English - Austra
lian alliance, hut 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 examplification of Hits
is needed than the ease of Ad \Vol
gast. Ho is barred from New York,
not through any wrongdoing, but
rather on the contrary. He is not
wanted, because he has worked to
1912 game, we are inclined to like
it. Kicks are coming from various
quarters. The Princeton Alumni
Weekly is out with 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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JXIGRESSIN'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 the increase of the value
of the touchdoyvn and goal from
touchdown to seven points, thus
making it greater than two goals
from 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 he
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 past 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 Woigast that
New York doesn't want him? And,
supposing he had been guilty of
something more offensive than oj
w inning tiie 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
Universiiy Athletic association announced
today that 28,357 seats will he sold for
the Yale-Princeton football game here on
November 16. Os this number, it is es
timated that 18.000 will be reserved for
the followers of the Tigers, while the rest
will go to the supporters of the Blue.
The demand for seats in the Princeton
stands has become so heavy that the
sharp of tickets for each undergraduate
has been cut from four seats to three
TINKER LEADS REDS IF
HERRMANN CAN BUY HIM
CINCINNATI, oct. 23 - Thai Joe Tinker
may be tiie next manager of the Cincin
nati baseball club was given official veri
fication here last night w'hen August
Herrmann, president of the club, in an
swer to Hie question whether Tinker
would be tiie man. said:
"While no definite arungeiiieuta regard
ing Tinker have been completed, there is
no denying tiie fact that lie lias been con
sidered ami asked for bls terms lu i axe
lie ran be purchased in tiie regular way
from Hie Chicago club."
GAVIGAN STOPS STANTON.
('LEVELAN’D. OHIO, Oct. 23. Tom
my Gavlgan, of Cleveland, stopped
Walter Stanton, of California, in tiie
second round of a scheduled ten-round
g<> here last night.
CUBS TO TRAIN IN FLORIDA.
CHICAGO, oct 2.1 President Mnrphv,
of the Cubs, has decided upon Florida as
the training grounds for hi« team next
spring No definite spot has been se
lected as yet.
ward pass be made from a „
five yards behind the sc-im POl,lt
'me the play was spoiled
tequirement practically givn , ’
Play away before it is started • L’
makes it useful only as () bhlfr nJ
4. That the abolition of the n
side kick is a retrogression
A lot of US were inclined (o ... .
that the Change from three dn ”1
to four was going to shift th( ,
back to the stone age again ’ m ’|
seems, however, that the rm PS P J I
mittee knew more about It t b 3n I
<Hd-whieh isn't particu larl ""’I
prising. The danger of the 4 1
tune, messed-up. a||-|,ut-smamjj I
struggles Is gone, thanks to se V 'J|
changes in the rules, and i ■
likely to return.
We are quite of the p, itwi |
notion in regard to the f n -„ ard ß
pass provision. If the plav is , vn _ h l
retaining it is worth making a r .,iß
Play. From the very start h '■
been hedged around with mndl.B
tions and penalties. Last ye a . -h f .J
made it ridiculous. This vear the®
have simplified it a good hit y,
year perhaps they will allow a Pa jß
to be made from any old f .] afe ®
which will be better still I
QNE virtue of the present I
it seems really to |, aV e
sened the number of injuries ~<■
course, there will alwa\s h.- q.l
juries from football. R ut . .. nu ,jß
her seems less this year than .-v-B
before. A boy was fatally 'ri-;-.'®
the other day. But it was i n ®
Sunday game and doubt'. >....■
tween a couple of picked-;,,, ®
whose members were In r .,> ,
tion and who knew no f,,,y,8
really serious accidents have h»„®
pened this year among t r,n<,®
[flayers. E
In fact, in all the historv or «-. n ..®
ball there have been only a
few fatal accidents to tr.-flnrj aih-®
letes. Not since football was 'n®
troduced, nearly 40 years ago aaß
there been a fatality at Harvard.®
Yale, Pennsylvania, Princely
Cornell. This year, under th» new.®
ast rules, there are even less ‘r-®
juries than before.. Just why the®
present game should be 'ess
ing and tearing we can't say for®
sure. Rut, anyhow, it Is. as tilt®
records show. E
• * •
interesting feature tfl
the piesent game of r, VI , h ,
the vast possibility It affr,r,-is forß
variety of attack. The dav is gowß
w hen a team can know only a ball
dozen plays and get by with thr X E
Now. the forward pass, the varlnut®
shift plays, the trick plays an-' tit)®;
old straight football offer unlimit®
ed possibilities. B.i
The Tech team this year. *nr
stance, has some formations,
like of w hich nobody ever saw -
fore. Coach Heisman entered
season knowing that his team
no weight and that If the .Tarket®
w ere to make any showing at
they would have to do it by
of some football that hadn't bee®
discovered up to that time. So la®
sat down and Invented Just ea.’l®
football. That it has worked w«l®
the scores of the games Terh hu®
played this year demonstrate K
Football men say that the T«c!®.
attack is the most puzzling ’'»!■
ever saw—that Just when tW®
think they have a certain
tion diagnosed it develops inuMi;
something else entfrelv and >a’ft®.
them still engaged in a hnpelaM®
guessing contest. And Coach Hois®
man admits that he has had
world of trouble teaching the ra<M
formations and the new [,'aye to hltM
men. and that, at that, he has alH>
smart a teain as he ever sa« ■=“
Georgia showed a iot of Inte'rst-H
ing and puzzling plays here SatufM
day. and will learn a lot of nthea®',
And as for Vanilerbi : we I, th«lß|
team is loaded with new
They say that in the East
on the forward pass ns a c' 1 ’ ■ '' J ’BB
and nothing else. Wifll. If
keeps on thinking that the (’nmsolE,,
players have a terrible usraken.tw^B- :
cotnirrg to them when Var.de'bt'E,,
Journeys there, if McGttgfn s m«E
uncork the sort of stuff th.-s "’’’Ey
In other big games there will J**®
lot of surprised players up in tJU’B,
bridge. B
BRUSH’S STAND CAUSES 1
DREYFUSS MUCH AW®
PITTSBI’RG. PA . C’c . £jj®
Dreyfuss Is amrr' ,w or I'e •' ” a J
T. Brush to turn over ' ' 1
league 25 per cent of tbr ’
receipts from the world - -■ K;
Brush contends the resol it >'
the meeting of club owners
illegal. ~ ent®
"It's queer that Brush t>' K
that rule before." said i "
been a J ear since it passe,. W
were represented at th.-
burg ami Chicago, w i," 1"” "\
I>ei’t of winning the peimai ■ l " .
did, voted for tits rule I - ”, I'
what Brush's contention
he'll explain at the 1 tecern' " ’
“Madame X’' at Ly®
this week. ■
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