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Billy Smith Sure Is Popular
With Prominent Baseball Men
By W. S. Farnsworth.
SEBALL players, managers.
<outs and owners from every
part of the map attended the
, ...d's series, but there were none
. popular than Billy Smith, of
>, .mta. And none better known,
Uie The writer had the pleas
jre >f traveling back and forth be
tween New York and Boston with
the Cracker manager, and I feared
mat he was going to shake his
. jsty right hand off, for he was
•ver mitting friends.
• in the first trip to Boston. Smith
- greeted by George Stallings,
, manager of the Boston Na
..nals: <'lark Griffith, managerand
an owner of the Washington club;
Tv Cobb (no need telling Geor
piar.s who he may be); Tris Speak-
Boston's great outfielder, and
ver Southern leaguer; Joe Kel
manager of the Toronto team,
• i,,-. J-je Dunn, manager of the Bal
.irnore Orioles
f, < one of this noted bunch of
■ ■bail celebrities greeted Billy
with joy.
Well. well, if it , isn’t my old
f end. Billy Smith!" said Speaker
he walked through the train
Pont the Bostons' car to the smok
er, where Billy was enjoying a
htaek two-bit. pill.
\ few minutes later Stallings
• a me in.
Hello. Bill!" he cried, as he ex
it tided a warm handshake.
The train stopped at New Haven
f.-.r .a few minutes. Billy went out
to stretch his legs, and ran into
Cobb.
Greetings, Bill." said Cobb. "And
Hui are all the boys down in At
lanta
Dunn came along about tl,i< time
and lie and Smith, as they clasped
hand". stalled talking about the
days when Billy was managing the
Buffalo chib in the Eastern league.
Sure am glad to see you Bill,’’
said Dunn, "although you used to
aise 'he dickens with m> club
then you were in Buffalo."
Late: on Joe Kelly happened in.
and his face lit up with a smile
vhen he piped Billy riding aioug
dde of Griffith.
'Well, how are \ou. Bill?" a.-k-
WORLD SERIES HEROES
RUBE MARQUARD—No. 4
By Harry Glaser.
rp'lK old saying, life is t'u:< e
I ups and downs, was never
truer than when applied to
•he cm eer of Rube Marquard. Eve’
since lie began playing baseball—
nd that dates back almost to the
•inie when he entered his teens—
Rube has been either soaring to the
heights of fame o: dropping down
among the “has bccns."
His rise to stardom was as rapid
as any ever made by a big league
star. In one season he rose front
an unknown minor leaguer to the
Mghest-pi iced player of his time.
Then his quickly acquired fame be
gan to fade, until he was looked
noon as a failure, only to ascend
again when he pitched the Giants
into 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
'o endanger bis prestige, and it
"as z mighty doubtful two weeks
ago whether he would be of service
'o his team in the world's series
T'>a.t fight, however, showed the
Rube was still the kingpin of
southpaws and that he was able to
live up to his rep when the occa
sion demanded it. Marquard cap
tured two of the Giants' three vic
tories. He was more fortunate
'han Matty, in that he was acco d
bettor support, but had he wav
"red 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
litTiculty in finishing games during
lw latter part of the season. He
was unreliable, to say the least,
“nd when time after time he had to
hl taken out of the box it looked
’* if he would be easy prey for the
Red Sox.
When Rube entered the box in
hi? first game of the series there
"'ere all sorts of predictions that
h'> would not last the limit. Even
' p Giants' followers had doubts
t’i’l misgivings concerning his abil-
Inning after inning, though
'ce worked without a sign of wea.k
--' rng, - Wait until the seventh.”
I the critics; “that's the one he
ia!l\ ‘blows' in.' But the sev
•ame, and Rube continued un
llie very end. pitching as well a*
> ■' before in hls career
In his second performance the
“ I southpaw did not have to work
’ strenuously. That was the game
" which the Giants got to Buckj
fl H ien at the very start for a big
With a five-run lead after
thv Hist inning Rube < ould afford
'o take it easy. Ho again deliv
a fine game, though, and had
'he heavy hiters of the Sox at his
mercy.
This was the fourth season that
'arquurd served as a big
guer. He made his professions'
- but in organized baseball in 1907
th the Canton club. He ha*
tyed the game ever since h» was
'b:c in toss a b a u an) j j n fact. has
l; evet earned a livelihood an? othe.
Twenty - three Year* Old.
H'’ was born in Cleveland. Ohio
' ars ago ji »as 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’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
thei e.
The New York club never came
across with any play er as payment
for the local grounds, and the local
board of directors, or Hemphill,
were never able to gel 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 Ila ry 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 -.'.i1l .sure make good their dues
What Marquard Did in
Five Years on Diamond
Yrs. . Club. W b. B.A. F.A.
’ "S Indianapolis. .23 11 .169 .946
1909 -Giatits. .5 13 .I4S .923
1910 Giants. . . . 4 4 .115 .1'37
1911- Giants. . . .24 7 .162 .929
1912 -Giants 26 II .214 955
sand lot varee- that Rube got a
chance to distinguish himself'. Tin
Wheel club, a crack organization
that produced the Delehantys.
Tommy Leach, Bill Bradley and
others, picked him up and sent him
igainst Salem one day.
hi that game, which went thir
teen innings without a score on
eithe. 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 he fanned fifteen batters
and the inhabitants of the town
wanted to buy him a house and lot
From Salem he drifted to Can-.
lon. Ohio, and then Charley Cart
induced him to sign up with the
Indianapolis club. He won 23
games for Carl’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 iiis serv
ices and the Giants landed him for
311,000. which at that time was the
high-water mark in fancy prices
for a baseball star.
Row 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 earth as a
pitcher the pest two seasons.
Wilbert Robinson, the Giant
coach who aided the tall left-hand
er in attaining control, which ts 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. TBNN.. Got. 24
Arter u llr.-ee months sojourn in the HaM.
Jake Abel, the local fistic prodigy, is
back in hie native section looking for bat
tles The local lad had three battles in
the East, winning two and losing one. the
last to Tommy Ijsmgdon.
Abel was under rhe management of
Jimmy Deforest Ilia last Southern ap
pearance was bls finish fight with Terry
Nelson.
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the ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THURSDAV. OCTOBER 24. 1912.
Like Battling Nelson the Baltimore Bantam Proves Tough Fellow
KID WILLIAMS, CONQUEROR OF COULON, IS A DANE
By Ed. W. 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-weight title of
the world.
Williams and Coulon met in New
York Friday night, and all but one
of tl)e 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 at
■ 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 tip: middle West, where
they- have comb 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
Conlon out. he maltreated him
there is little question of that. And
JESSE MERCER PENS
AN OPEN LETTER TO
GEORGI A 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 sei 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 White. If the law'
was unwise or the date unwisely selected
it would be your duty as law-abiding citi
zens to observe the law: certainly il is my’
duty to enforce it.
But the date was wisely selected By
that time the birds are large and fal. and
is near the great Thanksgiving holiday,
'so that -all sportsmen may' have as near
an equal showing as could be provided by
la w
The hunter who would take advantage
of his neighbors by starting out before the
date agreed on. even if it was not a vio
lation of law- is selfish and unworthy to
be classed with true sportsmen.
From my viewpoint it is one of the
serious violations of the law 1 am charged
with enforcing: for the knowledge by the
spoilsmen in any county, that one or
more hunters are already in tii.e 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 kepi by all true sportsmen.
It is your duty, if you want the birds I
conserved and the law 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 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
hunters are our enemies, and 1 will prove
to be their undoing if you will give me
the information and assistance 1 am en
titled to from you.
Sincerely,
.1. E. MERCER.
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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 fine
asset in the boxing game.
Now a. few words about this lat
est sensation tn the ring.
What made them think so much
of him in and around New York ?
Has Won Quick Fights.
Well he did quite enough to in
stall himself. He had thirty bat
tles. and only four of them went
the limit. Was that enough" Sure
iy.
If there is anything about a fight
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he bad it.
He was more like the old Terri
McGovern than anything that had
been shown in years around New
York As soon as the bell sound
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and never let up until something hit
The floor. And that something us
ually was Williams’ opponent
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Dane was stalled on his career with
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Sam Hanis Ls managing Wil
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game. Harris found him after he
hud 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 His Setbacks.
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
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 fit candidate, as
he showed against Coulon. for the
title.
Gutenko's father is guardian of
him In all of his battles, although
lie takes no active part. He mere
ly sits at the ringside 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 habits and
quiet confidence that is infectious.
Since he lias been making plenty of
money through his ring 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 fail'
idea of what the new star is, on
and off.
MERCER GETTING READY
FOR GAME WITH STETSON
MACON, GA.. Oct. L 4. On Saturday
Mercer meets the eleven from Stetson
university, in Valdosta
Tlfe Mercer 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 the varsity showed up
unusually well. The line, which has been
weak on the 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 University of Flor
's n. with Columbia, and this alone
makes it a fast bunch.
Three on bases and no
one out-the Pitcher
needs al! his nave
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CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Oct. 24.—Ac
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