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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 FINEST DENTAL WORK AT LOWEST PRICES There is no finer dental work dor.* anywhere than at the Atlanta Dental Parlors, yet prices hrre are so low a to astonish those who have been pay ing the usual dentist s charges This is partly due to an immense practice and partly to tl» very fine modern equipment and partly to th* fact that this establishment wishes to make lasting friends of its patients. Ask your friends about the work of the Atlanta Dental Parlors at the cor ner of Peachtree <nd Decatur streets (Advt.) 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 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 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 zens to observe the law ; certainly it is my J duty to enforce it. But the date was wisely selected. By I that time the birds are large and fat. and L is near the great Thanksgiving holiday, * so that all sportsmen tnay have as near • an equal showing as could be provided by j law. The hunter who would take advantage I of his neighbors by starting out before the I date agreed on. even if It was not a vio lation of law is selfish and unworthy to 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 fore the opening day would incite those ordinarily inclined to keep the law to vio late it, and disregard the rule that should be sacredly kept by ail true sportsmen. It is your duty, if you want the birds conserved and the Jaw enforced to report 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 commynicatiqns as con fidential: but give names, dates and facts 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 true sportsmen. Game hogs and pot hunters are our enemies, and J will prove to be their undoing if you will give me the information and assistance I am en titled to from you. Sincerelj, .1. E. MERCER. . State Game and Fish Commissioner. CURE FOR WEAK KIDNEYS FREE Relieves Urinary and Kidney Troubles Backache Strain ing, Swelling, Etc. Stops Pain in the Bladder, Kid neys and Back. 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He was more like the old Terry McGovern than anyt’Mng that had been shown in years around New York. As soon as the bell sound ed, Williams w a- on top of his man and never let up until something hit the floor. And that something us ually was Williams’ opponent. Accident in the Game. Like a lot of other fighters. Wil liams is an accident in ftte game. He didn’t know; he could fight until he was put to it—-a street quarrel, a quick decision, the customary ad miration of his fellow workers in the print- shop, more fight', some ring engagements and the young Dane was started on his career with a rush. Sam Harris is managing Wil liams. This isn’t the old Sam of Terry McGovern days, who ap pears to have outgrown all things pugilistic but his love of the old inn [w O IS&aßw jHBIISTOT shells jrThey cant get to.’ .!•?•« K Z ' for Remington Cuba. O|- I they re fjfe fjy ' close, slip in a HI e r Scatterload — and make your choke bore gun good for brush or thicket shooting. 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This didn't swell him so very much, but he began to train a .lit tle and in a short time he was bet ter fitted for the work. But he had 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. But vets little is known of the strength of the Stetson team, but it is snppo ff e<i they rank with the t’niversiiy of Flor- Columbia, ami this alone makes it a fast bunch. Three on bases and no one out-the Pitcher needs all his nerve skill so he takes a chew fi ofdood,mild Drummond. J| IB I W . i&A DRUMMOND | NATURAL LEAF CHEWING TOBACCO | o^x7^ tfyocco (£-. || On a raising niarket---the price of the Ford comes down. 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