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Billy Smith Sure Is Popular
With Prominent Baseball Men
By AV. S. Farnsworth.
BASEBALL players, managers,
scouts and owners from every
part of the map attended the
i s series, but there were none
- popular than Billy Smith, of
• -nta. And none better known,
, Ter. The writer had the pleas
of traveling back and forth be-
> veen New York and Boston with
the Cracker manager, and I feared
a t he was going to shake his
fusty right hand off, for he was
•- rever mitting friends.
■ n the first trip to Boston. Smith
,v-,s greeted by George Stallings,
n , • manager of the Boston Na
,,nuis: Clark Griffith, manager and
~j' owner of the Washington club;
Tv Cobb (no need telling Geor
mans who he may be); Tris Speak-
Boston’s great outfielder, and
farmer Southern leaguer: Joe Kel
manager of the Toronto team,
v joe Dunn, manager of the Bal
tinvre Orioles.
Every one of this noted bunch of
baseball celebrities greeted Billy
with joy.
"Well, well, if it isn’t my old
friend, Billy Smith!” said Speaker
p he walked through the train
Com the Bostons car to the smok
er. where Billy was enjoying a
black two-bit pill.
A few minutes later Stallings
came in.
Hello. Bill!” he cried, as he ex
tended a warm handshake.
The train stopped at New Haven
for a few minutes. Billy went out.
to stretch his legs, and ran into
Cobb.
Greetings, Bill," said Cobb "And
hr.w are all the boys down in At
lanta?"
Dunn came along about this time
a. d he and Smith, as they clasped
bends, started talking about the
rir s when Billy was managing the
Buffalo club in the Eastern league.
Sure am glad to see you. Bill,”
said Dunn, "although you used to
raise the dickens with my club
wt n you were in Buffalo."
Later on Joe Kelly happened in,
and his face lit up with a smile
when In ; iped Billy riding along
side of Griffith.
'Well, how are you. Bill?" asked
WORLD SERIES HEROES
I RUBE MARQUARD—No. 4
By Harry Glaser.
rr-yilE old saying, life is full of
ups and downs, was never
truer than when applied to
the career of Rube Marquard. Eve'
since he began playing baseball—
and that dates back almost to the
time he entered his teens
Rube has been either soaring 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
In one season he lose from
an unknown minor leaguer to the
high.st-priced player of his time.
Ti -n 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
into a championship last season
and repeated this year with his
sfn.-ational winning streak. Rut
th slump that overtook him fol
lowing that streak once more began
endanger his prestige, and it
was mighty doubtful two weeks
ago whether he would be of service
to hi- team in the worldjs series.
That fight, however, showed the
Rube was still Uie kingpin of
southpaws and that he was able to
'ire up to his rep when the occa
':,,n demanded it. Marquard cap
tured two of the Giants’ three vic
'"te's. He was more fortunate
than Matty, in that he was accord
'll better support, but had he wav
med 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
difficulty in finishing games during
the latter part of the season. He
was unreliable, to say the least,
anti when time after time he had to
he taken out of the box it looked
” if he would be easy prey for the
Red Sox.
When Rube entered the box in
hir first game of the series there
were all sorts of predictions that
h" would not last the limit. Even
’ ” Giants' followers had doubts
1r misgivings concerning his abil-
Inning after inning, though.
' worked without a sign of weak
"f'ing. "Wait until the seventh."
'■'id the critics; "that's the one he
'-■lally 'blows’ in." Rut the sev
p"th came, and Rube continued un
-1 ’he very end. pitching as well a>
before in his career.
In his second performance the
■' southpaw did not have to work
s " -i tenuously. That was the game
which the Giants got to Bucky
''Brien at the very start for a big
■ ul. With a five-run lead after
first inning Rube could afford
*° take it easy. Ho again delfv
•■'d a fine game, though, and had
'heavy hfters of the Sox at his
mercy.
This was the fourth season that
Marquard served as a big
Suer. He made his professional
but tn organized baseball in 1907
th club. He has
i t.ved the game ever Since he was
’» to toss a hall and, In fact, has
"ter earned a livelihood anv other
u av
Twenty-three Years Old.
He was born in Cleveland. Ohio,
1 years ago. It was 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 iva« 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’t 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 be surprised if the
New 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 payment
for the local grounds, and the local
board of directors, or Hemphill,
were never able to get anything
from the New Yorkers.
But Smith will. Just paste this
prediction in your hat, too. Billy
went up to the New’ York club's
office and had a long chat with
Manager Harry Wolverton, Presi
'dent Frank Farrell and Scout Ar
thur Irwin He gave them to un
derstand that Atlanta had not been
used right, and When he left he was
given the assurance that the Yan
kees will sure make good their dues
here. *
What Marquard Did in
• Five Years on Diamond
?
1 Y’rs. Club. W. 1.. BA. F.A.
i 1908- -Indianapolis. .23 11 ,16ft .946
1909 Giants 5 1.3 .148 923
I 1910—Giants 4 4 .115 .937
1 1911—Giants24 7 .162 929
: 1912—Giants26 11 .214 .955
I
sand lot career that Rube got a
chance to distinguish himself. The
Wheel club, a crack organization
that produced the* Delehantys.
Tommy Leach, Bill Bradley and
others, picked him up and sent him
against Salem one day.
In that game, which went thir
teen innings without a score on
either 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 lhe age. In his first game for
Salem he fanned fifteen batters
and the inhabitants of the town
wanted to 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
•ft 1,000, which at that time was the
high-water mark in fancy prices
for a baseball star.
How for two yea:s 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 •—“rth as a
pitcher the past two season-.
Wilbert Robinson,, the Giant
coach who aided the tall left-hand
er in attaining control, which is a
thing that kept him dow n 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 to Tommy Langdon.
Abel was under the management of
Jimmy Deforest. His last Southern ap
pearance was his finish fight with Terry
Nelson
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THE ATLANTA GEORG LAX AND NEWS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1942.
Like Battling Nelson the Baltimore Bantam Proves Tough Fellow
KID WILLIAMS, 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 the fistic arena as
Kid Williams, the-kid who is cred
ited with having shown mastery
over Johnny Coulon. who long has®
claimed the bantam-w ei-ht title of
the world.
W Illiams and Coulon met in New
York Friday night, and all but one
of the 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 carry a little
more than the ordinary weight at
this time. %
Kid Is a Big Card.
• W illiams has been foFsome 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
Vtey have come to think Coulon tfs
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
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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 to 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
start out after Bob - the law
was unwise or the date unwisely selected
it would be your duty as law-abiding citi
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is near the great Thanksgiving holiday, *
so that all sportsmen tnay have as near •
an equal showing as could be provided by j
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The hunter who would take advantage I
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date agreed on. even if It was not a vio
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be classed w ith true sportsmen.
From my viewpoint it is one of the
serious yioJations of the law J am charged
with enforcing: for the knowledge by the
sportsmen in any county, that one or
more hunters are already in tiie field be
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ordinarily inclined to keep the law to vio
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be sacredly kept by ail true sportsmen.
It is your duty, if you want the birds
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violations that come to your notice. This
office will bear the expense of telegrams
and treat your commynicatiqns as con
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on whjch 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
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having done so. shoulci.be a tough
man to beat from now on. He will
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Now a few words about this lat
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What made them think so much
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Has Won Quick Fights.
Well, he did quite enough to in
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the floor. And that something us
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game. Haiti' found him after he
had acquired a local reputation in
Baltimore and began to nurse him
along He matched him with Shep
Farion, who had been beating
everything around Baltimore. Wil
liams knocked his man out and got
$5 for the job.
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This didn't swell him so very
much, but he began to train a .lit
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Ills 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 mightilj until today he is rec
ognized as one of the toughest of
the tough and a fit candidate, as
he showed against Coulon-. for the
title.
Gulenko's father is guardian of
him in all of his battigs, although
he takes no active part. He mere
ly sits at the ritig-ide without mak
ing any comments. He believes in
Harris and stands for everything
the manager does.
Becomes a Dressy Chap.
Personally, Williams, is a likable
young fellow of good hapits and
quiet confidence that is infectious.
Since he has been making plenty of
money through his ting skill, he
,has' become an extreiAriy 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. <in Saturday
Mercer meets the eleven from Stetson
university, in Valdosta.
The Mercer team came cut of ti e Tech
game with but few injuries, none of which
were serious enough to prevent any ot
the men from attending practices.
A heavy scrimmage was held yester
day afternoon and the vftrsitv snowed up
unusually well. The line, which I.as been
weak on the offense, was going strong
ami bad a lot of drive back of them.
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of the Stetson team, but it is snppo ff e<i
they rank with the t’niversiiy of Flor-
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