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Billy Smith Sure Is Popular
With Prominent Baseball Men
By W. S. Farnsworth.
BASEBALL players, managers,
scouts and owners from every
part of the map attended the
,■ id s series, but there were none
popular than Billy Smith, of
' anta. And none better known,
i he The writer had the pleas
re of traveling back and forth be
tween New York and Boston with
the Cracker manager, and I feared
hat he was going to shake his
;sty right hand off. for he was
- ver mitting friends.
■ >n the first trip to Boston, Smith
a- greeted by George Stallings,
managet of the Boston Na-
■ uais; Clark Griffith, manager- and
rt owner of the Washington club;
Cobb (no need telling Geor
giar.s who he be); Tris Speak-
Boston’s great outfielder, and
.. im . Southern leaguer; Joe Kel
li. manager of the Toronto team,
<i Joe Dunn manager of the Bal
imore Orioles.
Every one of this noted bunch of
.seball celebrities greeted Billy
a ith joy.
Well. well, if it isn’t my old
r rii.-l. Billy Stnlth!’’ said Speaker
a 5 ie walked through the train
- om the Bostons' car to the smok
er. where Billy was enjoying a
black two-bit pill.
A few minutes later Stallings
. ame in.
Hello. Bill!” he cried, as lie ex
i tided a warm handshake.
The train stopped at New Haven
r a few minutes. Billy went out
to stretch his legs, and ran into
Cobb.
Greetings. Bill.” said Cobb "And
how are all the boys down tn At
lanta
Dunn came along about thL« time
and he and Smith, as they clasped
hands, stat ted talking about the
da- s when Billy was managing the
Ruffalb club in tfie Eastern league.
Sure am glad to See you. Bill.”
said Dunn, "although you used to
raise the dickens with my club
when you were in Buffalo.”
Later on Joe Kelly happened in.
and his face lit up with a smile
then he piped Billy riding along
side of Gi iffith.
"Well, how are you. Bill’.’" ask-i
WORLD SERIES HEROES
RUBE MARQUARD--No. 4
I'y Hany Glaser.
r-psHE old saying, lift is of
I ups and downs, was nevei
truer than when applied to
th- i-areer of Rube Marquard. Evet
since he began playing baseball —
•nd that dates back almost to thf
time when he entered his teens—
Rube itas been either >■ a t ing to the .
heights of fame or dropping down
among the "has beens.”
His rise to stardom was as rapid
as any ever made by a big league
star, in one season he rose from
an unknown minor leaguer to the
highest-priced player of his time.
Then his quickly acquired fame be
gan to fade, until he was looked -
upon as a failure, only to ascend
again when he pitched the Giants
■nto a championship last season
and repeated this year with his
sensational winning streak. But
the slump that overtook him fol
lowing that streak once more began
to endanger his prestige, and it
"as mighty doubtful two weeks
ago whether he would be of service
o his team in the world’s series.
That fight, however, showed the
Rube was still the kingpin of
southpaws and that he was able to
ive up to his rep when the occa
sion demanded it. Marquard cap
tured two of the Giants’ three vic
tories. He was mote fortunate
titan Matty, in that he was accord
better support, but bad he wat -
ered at any one of a dozen differ
ent stages of the battle he would
not have been able to pull through.
Rube Had Trouble.
Marquard had a great deal of
Tflu ulty in finishing games during
'he latter part of the season. He
" is unreliable, to say the least
iml when time after time he had to
be taken out of the box it looked
s if he would be easy prey for the
Red Sox.
"’hen Rube entered the box in
his first game of the series there
"ere all sorts of predictions that
hr would not last the limit. Evert
tim Giants’ followers had doubts
T misgivings concerning his abil-
Inning after inning, though,
te worked without a sign of wea.k
rntne. "Wait until the seventh.'
id the critics; "that's lite one he
i'a'ly ’blows' in.' But the sev
i i came, and Rube continued un
til' very end, pitching as well as
’ • " before in his career
In his second performance the
all southpaw did not have to work
a strenuously. That was the game
n which the Giants got io Bueky
(' Brien al the very stall for a big
lead. With a five-run lead after
the first inning Rube could afford
to take it easy. He again deliv
ered a fine game, though, and had
he heavy biters of the Sox al his
mercy.
This was the fourth season that
Marquard served as a big
"uguer. He made his professional
debut in organized baseball in 190”
"th the Canton club He has
bayed the game eve; since he was
tble to toss a ball and. in fact, has
cm earned a livelihood an> othpi
" * y
Twenty-three Years Old.
H* horn in Cleve and. Ohio
'■ars a«o It during his
HOW BASEBALL
MEN SIZE UP
BILLY SMITH
GEORGE STALLINGS—Best minor
league manager in world.
CLARK GRIFFITH—Better than
many major league managers.
TY COBB—A great handler of play
ers, as his record shows
TRIS SPEAKER—Most aggressive
manager I ever knew.
JOE KELLY—Showed me things
when he was in Eastern league.
JOE DUNN—Eastern league lost
good man when Smith left it.
the Toronto manager.
• * *
A ND Smith was Just as popular
* * with Ban Johnson, Jimmy’ Mc-
Aleer, Tom Lynch, Garry’ Herr
mann, John McGraw, and. in fact,
every baseball man that attended
the great series between the Red
Sox and Giants.
■ Billy got good and busy with 'em
all. too. There wasn ; a manager or
a scout at. the big games that he
didn't buzz, and every one of them
promised to do all in his power to
help the popular local manager.
Griffith already has come across
with some likely looking material,
and I wouldn't bo surprised if the
Nev, York Americans will make
good for ’the use of Poncey park
last spring, when they trained
there.
The New York club never came
across with any player as pay ment
for the local grounds, and the local
boaid of directors, or Hemphill,
were never able to get anything
from the New Yorkers.
Bui Smith will. Just paste this
prediction in your’ bat, too. Billy
went up to the New Yolk club's
| office and had a long chat with
Manager Hairy Wolverton. Presi
dent Crank Farrell and Scout Ar
thur Irwin. He gave them to un
derstand that Atlanta had not beet,
us-nl right, and when he left he was I
given the assurance that the Yan
kees will sure make good their dues
h< re.
What Marquard Did in
Five Years on Diamond'
. .....
I V is. Club. w, 1.. BA. FA.
’'-■OS Ind’u na pul is. .2:; II .169 .946
1909 Giants 5 1.3 .148 .Mi.’i
1910 -Giantsl 1 .115 .937
1911— Giants 24 7 .162 .929
1912 Giants 26 11 .214 .955
sand lot caree: tiiat Rube got a
chance to distinguish himself. The
Wheel club, a crack organization
that produced the Delehantys
Toinmy I each. Bill Bradley and
others, picked him up and sent him
against Salem one day.
In that game, which went thir-
I teen innings without a score on
ithei side, the youngster allowed
but one hit. That was made by
the fortieth batter who faced him.
Salem took him up immediately
and advertised him as the wonder
of the age. In his first game for
Salem It • fanned fifteen batters
and the inhabitants of the town
wanted lo buy him a house and lot.
From Salem he drifted to Can
ton, Ohio, and then Charley Carr
induced him to sign up with the
Indianapolis club. He won 23
games for Carr’s team that season
and captured the American asso
ciation pennant by his wonderful
twirling. So much prominence was
given to his work that a number of
big league clubs bid for his serv
ices and the Giants landed him for
SII,OOO. which at that time was the
high-water mark in fancy prices
for a baseball star.
How for two years Marquard
was an utter failure is too well
known to be repeated here. Mc-
Graw never lost faith in him. how
ever, and he proved his rrjrth as a
pitcher the pest two seasons.
Wilbert Robinson. the Giant
coach who aided the tall left-hand
er in attaining control, which is a
thing that kept him down when he
first joined the Giants, is of the
opinion that Marquard will be
every bit as effective next season
as he was early this year, for the
veteran coach thinks Ruben the
greatest southpaw of the.age
JAKE ABEL RETURNS FROM
AN INVASION OF THE EAST
CHATTANOOGA. TENN Oct. 24.
After a three months sojourn in the East,
.lake Abel, the local fistic prodigy, Is
back in his native section looking for bat
tles. The local lad had three battles in
the East, winning two and losing one the
last, ’.o Tommy Langdon.
Abel was under die management ot
Jimmy Deforest Ilia laei Southern ap
pearance was his finish fight with Terry
Nelson
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Like Baffling Nelson the Baltimore Bantam Proves Tough Fellow
KID WII.LIAJIS. CONQUEROR OF COULON, IS A DANE
—
By Ed. AV. Smith.
HIS right name Is John Gutenko.
and he was born in Copenha
gen. Denmark, nineteen years
ago He has been in this country
eleven years and began life as a
printer's devil in a Baltimore daily
newspaper office.
That is a brief outline of the
chief facts surrounding the young
man known to rhe fistic arena as
Kid Williams, the kid who is cred
ited with having shown mastery
over Johnny Coulon. who long has
claimed the bantam-weisht title of
the world.
AX illiams and Coulon met in New
York Friday night, and all but one
of tile writers at the ringside gave
Williams the verdict. As Williams
Is a Baltimore product, and not a
New Yorker, the decisions of the
New York critics carry a little
more than the ordinary weight hi
this time.
Kid Is a Big Card.
Williams has been for some time
one of the strongest of the fighting
cards among the little fellows of
the East. Only now and then have
items of interest regarding him
sifted into the middle .West, where
they have come to think Coulon as
unbeatable. ♦ but we had heard
enough to feel a trifle uneasy for
the safety of the Chicago man.
And while Williams didn't knock
Coulon out. he maltreated him.
there is, little question of that. And
j
JESSE MERCER PENS
AN OPEN LETTER TO
GEORGIA SPORTSMEN
The following letter will explain itself:
Quail are plentiful this season
The temptation to shoot before No
vember 20th will be very great. Some of
the most selfish may yield 1o the tempta
tion and get into trouble.
The legislature has wisely set the 20th
day of November as the day on which all
sportsmen provided with license, and who
| have the. consent of the landowner may
j start out after Rob White If the law
was unwise or the date unwisely selected
I it would be your duty as law-abiding citi
i zens to observe the Jaw: certainlx it is my
i duty to enforce it.
But the date was wisely selected. Bx
I that lime the birds are large and lai. and
j is near the great Thanksgiving holiday,
so that all sportsmen may have as near
ian equal showing as could be provided by
I law.
The hiftit-r who would i<i « advantage
of his neighbors by starting out before the
[•late agreed on. even if it was not a vio-
I lation of law is selfish and unworthy to
J be classed with true sportsmen.
i From my viewpoint it is one of the
I serious violations of the law I am charged
i with enforcing: for the knowledge by she
.sportsmen in any county, that One or
more hunters are already in the field be
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ordinarily inclined to keep the law to vio
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be sacredly kept by all true sportsmen
# It is your duty, if you want the birds
conserved and the law enforced to rep<> t
to this office by letter or telegram all
violations that come to your notice. This
office will bear the expense of telegrams
and treat your communications as con
fidential. but give names, dates and facts
on which I may base an investigation and
prosecute the law-breakers.
The sport will be great this season if
sportsmen generally will observe the rule
established by the legislature, and will
assist this department with information
as to violations.
We are friends, the commissioner and
true sportsmen. Game hogs and pot
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Sincere! v.
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having done so. should be a tough
man to beat from now on. He will
have all of the confidence in the
world, and that’s some mighty line
asset in the boxing game.
Now a few words about this lat
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What made them think so much
of him in and around New York?
Has Won Quick Fights.
Well, lie did quite enough to in
stall himself. He had thirty bat
tles. and only four of them went
the limit. Was that enough? Sure
ly.
If there is anything about a tight
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He was more like the old Terry
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been shown in years around New
York. As soon as the hell sound
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, and never let up until something hit
the floor. And that something us
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Dane was started on bis career with
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Sam Harris is managing Wil
liams. This isn't the old Sam of
Terry McGovern days, who ap
pears to have outgrown ail tilings
pugilistic but his love of the old
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game. Harris found him after he
had acquired a local reputation in
Baltimore and began to nurse him
along. He matched him with Shep
Farron. who had been beating
everything around Baltimore. Wil
liams knocked his man out and got
$5 for the job
Had H's Setbacks.
This didn’t 'veil him so very
much, but he began to train a lit
tle and in a short time lie was bet
ter fitted for the work But he had
his setbacks. George Chaney beat
him in twenty rounds, and it was a
great lesson for him. Charley Har
vey also outpointed him, and so did
Tommy Buck, but he kept on com
ing mightily until today he is rec
ognized as one of the toughest of
the tough and a tit candidate, as
lie showed against Coulon. for tiie
title.
Gutenko’s father is guardian of
him in all of his battles, although
he takes no active part. He mere
ly sits at the ringside without mak
ing ant comments. He believes in
Harris and stands for everything
t he manager does.
Becomes a Dressy Chap.
Personally. Williams is a likable
young fellow of good habits and
quiet confidence that is infectious.
Sim e lie has been making plenty of
money through his ting skill, he
has become an extremely dressy
young man and even carries out the
general scheme by carrying a cane •
into the ring with him.
This will give you a pretty fair
idea of what the new star is. on
and off.
MERCER GETTING READY
FOR GAME WITH STETSON
MACON, GA.. Oct. ’.,4. On Saturday
Meacer meets the eleven from Stetson
I university, in Valdosta.
The Merger team came out of the Tech
game with but few injuries, none of which
were serious enough to prevent any of
the men from attending practices.
A heavy scrimmage was held yester
day afternoon and flip varsity showed up
unusually well. The line, which has been
weak on tiie offense, was going strong
and had a lot of drive back of them.
But very little is known of the strength
of the Stetson team, but it is supposed
they rank with the Cniversity of Flor
with Columbia, and this alone
makes it a fast bunch.
Three on bases and no
one out-the Pitcher
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PLAYERS. ASSERTS HIGGINS
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Oct. 34.—Ac
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mer Lookout manager. Kid Elberfeld has
secured two star players in Catcher Gab
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were relegated to the Southern league via
Detroit
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