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Jackets Have Three Stiif Games in Go Some to Win Any
TECIi SEEMS T 8 HAVE A CHANCE WITH GEORGIA
By Percy 11. Whiling.
» i'BI’RN against Tech, Gem ;■ in
/■A against S-■•.van e, Merer
against Columbia. Mandy vs.
Virginia •ill next Saturday! Well,
li surely looks interesting. Sort of
makes a chap wish he could be in at
least three places at once, and
pieferably more.
The Tech team, the weakest, ap
parently, that has represented tin
local technological school in yean,
and advertised, with some cause, as
the lightest team of full-grown col
lege men in the world, has escaped
thus far without a defeat. It has
beaten Citadel, Mercer. Alabama
and Florida by highly creditable
scores. It has gone through the
month of October (which n- aus
likewise through the or
near-ptaetice games) without a de
feat.
From now mi something doing!
Tech hasn’t a very pleasant three
Weeks to look forward to It will
taki everything in the shop to pro
duce a creditable s'hov. Ing against
Auburn next Saturday. It will lake
ah of that, and maybe more, to do i
anything with Sewanee on tin fol
lying .Saturday. \nd the Salur
d , aft v that. November 16, comes
t game with Georgia !
Ami right there is when t lend
si,.cases. . t *
■p\\ i. > \r k ago it w.i .n d lor
4 anybodi but pat lis ins of the
two Georgia rivals to see any in
terest in in Te<h-Georgla game.
Right now it looks like BIG AF
FAIR. In two weeks mor it may
look bad again
Right now. however, it appears
that Tech will certainly have a
chance with Georgia. Mind you, I
think Georgia will win: is almost
certain to win. But Tech has a look
tn. It may be closed up tight by
the 16th. But it isn't now.
Roth teams in question have mot
Citadel. Tech won 20 to 6. Geor
gia 33 to o—a clear advantage for
Georgia. Both met University of
Alabama. Tech won 20 to 3, Geor
gia 12 to 9 which gives Tech the
edge.
Amateur followers of the dope *
need not be led far astray by that
pair of Alabama scores. The Tus-
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| I'll loosan.-: must have been a shade
off their game when they met Tick.
Tin y certainly played a vastly bet
ter guide against Georgia. The Red
and Black players, on the other
hand, wore below form in their Al
abama came, while- the Tmy iloosa
team, .is u result of vigorous coach
ing. was doing better work.
These scores, and a lot of Other
things, indicate that Tech has a
r< il chance > . ' (-jeu-gia -nothing'
to bank on and nothing to bet oh,
but enough t< nils iiu coming
Tech-Georgia game loom big as a
rial sporting event. Two weeks ago
it looked like an afternoon's stiff
exercise .for Georgia. Two weeks
from now well. - o not guess
now. but, if nothin' imppens, we'll
tell how it looks la I -r.
r l''E<’l: ill umloiibtedh give \u-
bm n si Iff i c.ir ■ next Satur
day. It is h'rdly to be supposed
that the oca ' . n can win. Th
haven’t the weight and the power,
and no matter how confusing th< tr I
formations and how cleverly their
forward passes and trick plays are
< executed, they an not at all liable
to ;:ei away with the long end. But.
then, the Jackets will play a stiff
game, giving the .' l.i , ima Bob s the
best in the shop—which Ims proved
something good this year.
Georgia nas a tough game Satur
day—a game that will have a di
rect bearing on the second place
ranking in the S. I. A. A. this sea
son. For the Red and Black plays
Sewanee. The team tim; wins will
have Auburn to reckon with for
second place —providing always
that a miracle doesn’t happen to
give either Auburn or Sewanee tin
victory over Vanderbilt that Geor
gia didn’t get.
There isn't much chance to get a
line on the comparative strength
of Sewam e and Georgia. They both
played University of Chattanooga,
Sewanee winning 27 to 0 and Geor
gia 33 to 0, which isn't conclusive.
Otherwise tile dope mi one hasn't V
SUNDAY BAI L GETS MORE
i PLAYERS INTO TROUBLE
-NEW YORK. Oct. 28. The crusade
started last week by the police against
Sunday baseball playing by profession
als was continued. Summonses were
I served upon Josh Devore, Hal t'iuise,..
Louis lirncke and t'y Seymour, of Lar
■ ry Doyle's Giants, playing against the
I Lincoln Giants, and Nick Altro< k and
| "Germany Sehm fee." of an "All-Amer.
I ’n" tea • pill .11 ■; at inst the Mei ro
i unlit ins at another park. Kaeli player
' was ordered to appear in court today.
SALLY LEAGUE ELECTS
OFFiCERS THURSDAY
SAM \.\NAII GA . Oct. 28. President
N I’ Cornish, of the South Atlantic
Illa- -bal ! ■e.igtn mis railed a meeting
lof tile league ilirt e(oi s for Thursday
| morning her. «»tli. •■: - will be elected
and routine business transacted.
OAKLAND WINS PENNANT.
SAN FR \N< Tea ’O, o, i. 2x B.\ tak
j mi tim last two games of ,hi season
from Los Angeles yesterday. Oakland's
< baseball team won the Pacific i 'oast
league pennant from V. num by the
) frat i ion of a g line.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. OCTOBER 28,1912.
run within miles of the dope on the
other—so comparisons are difficult.
When MeGugin was in Nashville
I asked him what about Sewanee.
"They are strong again this
year." said Dan.
"Where did they get it?" was
asked.
"Well, tln-y have a good part of
last year’s team back, they are well
coached and they have good men
it: " and then -lie rattled off a
string of names and gridiron rec
ords that didn't linger in the mem
ory. It was McGugin's opinion,
however, that Sewanee was several
times as strong as last year.
Georgia usually plays good ball
against Sewanee. |f the team
plays up to its ability and if Mc-
Whorter is right. < 'unningham’s
team should cop. It will be noted
that there are two "ifs" in that
sentence.
, ——
Twenty-Five Greatest Southern League Players
.’.a.'. • * • • _ ♦ • •
No. 4—Frank Smith Graduated From Piano Mover
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
EM PER AMENT is an attri-
; bate commonly possessed by
persons who sing or shoot
Shakespeare for the edification of
a low-browed public. When a bail
player develops symptoms of this
disease, tans and players begin to
call him a "bug" and chroniclers of
the pastime find In him a fertile
field for feature stories. The ball
player with temperamental spirit
occupies the full glare of the
spotlight for a period as brief as
a drunkard's pledge. He is swal
lowed by an oblivion as dark and
as suddent as the unexpected mes-
of death.
I’he Southern league has pro
duced more than its quota of these
temperamental athletes. "Bugs"
Raymond's name will forever give
the South the questionable honor
of being as productive of wild and
woolly i.a-stimers as it is of fleecy
cotten.
But not many years ago a bug
flourished in Dixie, who made a
mark in tin- major leagues that
fandom will not soon forget, and,
despite liis temperament, he re
mained in the big leagues more
than tlie allotted time of a hurler.
He passed into the dark regions
of bush league life last year, but
for many a day his prowess will be
remembered where salaries are lite
size of a senatorial bribe and ath
letes partake of fleeting flame each
day just like it was their portion
of ham and eggs
Each City Has Its Pet.
Each Southern city itas its own
pet player, who in after life re
jected some of ids glory on the
town from which he was called to
higher duties. New Orleans will
swell its parlez vous chest and
speak in glowing terms of Joe Jack
son. Memphis throw s fits when the
magic name of Jake Daubert is
spoken. Atlanta can go to foam
ing at the moc.th over Russ Ford,
Jimmy An her, I'M Sweeney. Nig
• 'larke and a half dozen others.
Nashville still remembirs the day
when Ed Abbaticchio pt " formed
wonders in Sulphur D-11. I’hat
tanooga recently had a glow of
pride when Steve Verkes did deeds
of derrindo in a world's series. The
name of Rube Oldring is better
known in Montgomery than the
name its mayor answers to. Mo
| bile points with pride to Zach
\V hea t
But if you want an honest-to
j goodness kmwkdow n-and-drag-out
battle, just go within a ladius of
'.(i miles of Birmingham and p o
f<-»s ignorance of tfft- fact that
Frank Smith was a great baseball
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• CONGRATULATIONS •
J ARE DUE ATLANTA ;
MOTORCYCLE CLUB J
I • _—■—- •
• Hats off to the Atlanta Motor- •
• cycle club! •
• The organization furnished •
• 5.000 persons, free of charge, a •
• fine program at Piedmont park •
• Saturday. It didn't cost a cent, •
• either. •
• For six months the Motorcycle •
• dub has been trying to get Pied- •
• mont track to race on, but not un- •
• til Saturday were they able to get •
• a permit. The park board finally •
• consented to allow races, and to- •
• day the members of that board are »
• so pleased with the manner in •
• which Saturday’s races “drew the •
• crowd” that they are contemplat- •
e ing banking the turns of the track •
• and thereby giving the Atlanta •
• Motorcycle club what they deserve •
• —the best race track in the South, e
• Again—hats off to the Atlanta •
e Motorcycle club! •
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pitcher and that he won his spurs
on the old West End field in the
siiadow of the Magic City's prize
slagpile.
Was Called “Bonehead Frank.”
Smith had temperament. In fact,
he just oozed it. He had so much
of it that the fans and scribes did
not stop at writing him down a
"bug.” He was given'that moni
ker despised by all ball players.
He was called “Bonehead Frank"
around Birmingham, though it has
never been written that he failed
to touch second or tried to steal
with the bases full.
Smith looked the part, though,
when he reported to Birmingham in
1902. He was fresh from Pitts
burg. where he had earned his daily
corn beef and cabbage juggling
pianos from Installment houses to
flat buildings and vice versa. He
was a big hulk of a man, not tall,
but with tremendous back and
shoulder 'muscles, superinduced by
his piano pulling proclivities. He
had a tout ensemble of Tom Shar
key and his brow was no higher
than Hie classic forehead of the
fighting sailor man.
Birmingham had a pretty punk
party of pastimers that season. In
fact, the ball club consisted of Ir
win Wilhelm Frank Smith and a
lot of old rums overripe for the
discard. The team cracked early in
the race, and then Smith began to
show his temperament.
He enjoyed being a whole ball
club. His mighty strength enabled
him to pitch about every other day.
and h< enjoyed going in the box
! better than a small boy enjoys
I going in a mudhole in June. And
when he didn't pitch lie played
somewhere else. He first based,
j second based, third based- —in fact,
i sang every part in the infield choir,
aid diil outfield duty when occasion
demanded.
Was a Slugger With the Bat.
And he did all these jobs well.
Though never a certain hitter, he
was one of the most dangerous
batsmen ever to face a hurler on a
Southern diamond. He armed him
self with a war club as formidable
as that historic jawbone with
which Kid Samson routed armies,
and when lie connected with his
full strength the ball kept going.
There is no man in Birmingham
who will not swear to the tradi
tion that once Smith broky up a
game by hitting a home run. They
will tell you the ball did not hesi
tate at the center field fence, but
soared as gracefully as a buzzard
over tiic Gibraltar-like slag pile
and then on and on to the top of
Red mountain, where it struck a
miner preparing to fire a charge of
Heisman’s Weekly Comment on Football Games and Gridiron Affairs
NEW STUNT WITH FOOTBALL SCORES SUfifiESTED
By J. W. Heisman.
IN baseball we can figure out bat
ting and fielding averages and
thus get a fair line on offensive
and defensive strength. In foot
nail this is much more difficult. Os
course one could add up all the
yards a team won or lost, or that
any individual player had made or
lost: also how’ many‘first downs
they had made and the like. These
figures from the standpoint of the
individual are seldom impressive,
because in football the individual
can do hardly anything without the
active assistance of his teammates.
In baseball the players hit the ball
alone, or field it alone, or steal the
base alone, which is another thing
entii ely.
It occurs to me, though, that
some interesting statistics could be
secured by dividing the total points
a team has made to date by the to-
dynamite. It is further recorded
that the miner, on recovering con
sciousness, was firmly convinced
that he had been the victim of a
premature blast, and was puzzled
when he did not discover iron ore
scattered all about the surrounding
country.
Big Card in Birmingham.
Smith's efforts alone kept the
sport popular in Birmingham in
those trying days of the Southern
league, and had as much as any
thing to do with making Birming
ham the most dependable baseball
town in the circuit. For all of
which Bonehead Frank should ’re
ceive the lasting gratitude of
Southern patrons of the game.
Smith was again a Baron in 1903.
This year Birmingham was man
aged by Tom O’Brien, and had a
real ball club, but still Smith was
called on to do the utility act. He
did not shine particularly as a
pitcher, but was above the aver
age in effectiveness
The South was surprised when he
was drafted by the White Sox. It
was thought but a question of
weeks before he would be trudging
back to Birmingham.
He didn’t. He stuck, and his tern- I
perament changed. The spitball
was soon afterward introduced, and
Smith became a master of that puz
zling delivery'.
When he saw himself a star, he
did the same thing that stars of
the stage, of art, of literature, of
fighting, of everything else are wont
to do. He thought himself too
bright for common, every-day work.
Instead of being the tine old truck
horse he was in the Southern league
lie became as willful as a prirna
donna. If his support was not gilt
edged. he sulked. - Frequently he
jumped back to his piano moving
in Pittsburg. Every time an op
portunity offered, he would de
clare lie had forsaken baseball for
‘the prize ring and a challenge to
Jeffries or Johnson or whoever held
the palm at the time would forth
with issue, and the scribes would
have sport withal.
Traded to Boston for Lord.
In short, he tried to outrube
Waddell. His usefulness to the
White Sox soon became less than
nothing. Comiskey was tickled to
death when he traded him to Bos
ton for Hairy Lord. He lasted but
a season with the Red Sox. and
then drifted to the National league,
answering roll call at Cincinnati.
He was never again effective, and
las' season dropped completely out.
But say he isn't still a great
pitcher in Birmingham and you'll
have everybody to fight, from Os
car Fnderwood to the lowliest don
key driver in the darkest coal min*
in Jefferson county.
tai number of points that have been
stored against it to date. Papers
everywhere publish from time to
time a list of the scores of va
rious football teams, and the only
way they have ever, as yet. ar
ranged them is to put in the order
of points they have scored. This,
while interesting enough as far as
it goes, tells only one thing about
the teams.
The points that a team has scored
are to its credit; the points scored
against it are to its discredit. Sure
ly there is a relation between its
merits and its demerits, as there is
in every other kind of game.
Why not express that relation
ship either in fractional or In deci
mal form?
For instance: Suppose X team
has scored in its games to date 100
points, while 8 points have been
scored against it. Then 100 is the
numerator of its fraction, while 8
is the denominator, and the deci
mal quotient, which indexes its
whole ability (offensive and defen
sive strength combined) is repre
sented by the division of 8 into 100.
or 12.50.
By this method we would learn
that some teams that had scored
quite a lot of points did not have
nearly so high a combination per
centage as some others which had
not scored so many points, but
which, on the other hand, had not
been scored upon so frequently.
I make this suggestion to the
sport writers vuth no thought of
criticism forth? tables they are
accustomed to publishing, for those
also are interesting, but I think the
above outlined plan would give
them something new and worth
while.
Ho w Scheme Works Out.
Take the prominent S. I. A. A.
teams as an example of this. In
the mere matter of points scored,
they stand thus (I give first the
points they have scored and then
those scored against them):
Vanderbilt, 331 to 3.
Tennessee. 207 to 33.
Sewanee, 195 to 6.
Auburn, 103 to 19.
Clemson, 143 to 41.
Alabama, 126 to 39.
Georgia, 78 to 55.
Mercer, 71 to 78.
Tech, 70 to 15.
Now, divide the number of points
FIVE FAMOUS MARES. SOLD I
FOR $50.000 I GO ABROAD
LEXINGTON, KY„ Oct. 28.—L. il.
Cooke, former trainer for Lucky Bald
win, but for the past three years one of
the “Yankee Colony" in France, and at
present in the employ of George Jay-
Gould. has- arrived here and will leave
soon In charge of the five thoroughbred
mares that Mr. Gould has just pur
chased from James R. Keene for $50,-
000. The mares are Fairy Slipper, dam
of the Rock Sand colt for which Ed
ward R. Bradley paid $14,00(1 in Sep
tember: Curiosity, dam of tin great
horse Novelty; Bituriea, dam of the
Futurity winner Maskette; Swiftfoot,
daughter of St. Simon and Lady Reel,
and Deity, by Disguise out of Isis,
DAVIS CUP MATCHES SET
FOR NOVEMBER 28-29-30
NEW VoRK. < let. 28.—The Davis cup
tennis match will he played November 28.
29 and 30 at Melbourne. Australia, accord
ing to official advices received from fant
don. The series will be the eleventh of
the international competition for the cup
which was offered by Dwight F. Davis
an American. The British challenging
team, composed of C. P. Dixon, .1. C.
Parke. I*. G. Lowe and A. E. Beamish, is
already at Melbourne, and will have a
month's practice on the courts there
America is not to be renresented this
year
A. A. ADOPTS LIMIT, BUT
DOESN’T TELL ABOUT IT
CHICAGO. Oct. 28. Club owners of
the American association met here ' ester
day tn discuss the salarj limit of tbe
association for next 'ear. Vfter a five
hour session behind closed doors, it uas
announced that a limit had been named
and would be enforced, hut the amount
was not made. Known, though it is sup
posed to be $6,000
J
scored by opponents into the num
ber of points scored by the teams in
question, and see what you get:
Vanderbilt 110.333
Sewanee
Auburn 10158 -
Tennessee 6.273
Tecl ’ 4.066
Clemson 3
Alabama 3231
Georgia 1
Mercer gp.
It will be observed that the rank
ing changes considerably under
this system. Sewanee goes to sec
ond place, instead of third; Clem
son drops from fifth to sixth: and
Tech comes up from last to fifth,
while Georgia drops from seventh
to eighth. It is only justice to note,
tn Georgia's case, that Coach Cun
ningham’s team has played Vander
bilt, while none of the other teams
enumerated have. And that, you
have my word for it, makes a ma
terial difference.
Jackets Still Winning.
Well, the ‘little but loud” Tel
low Jackets have managed to get
in more sting before getting
the inevitable bat over the head
for their efforts that must come
later, and it's highly gratifying to
everybody connected with the team.
I hazarded no guess as to the
outcome of the Florida battle
which we won on Saturday. It is
worth noting’ that Florida defeat
ed South Carolina by 10 to 6, while
North Carolina defeated the South
Corlinans by only 9 to 2, which
would seem to put Florida almost
on a par with North Carolina. If
that -Is the correct measure of
Florida’s strength, it would appear
that Tech is stronger than was sup
posed, for everybody knows what
kind of football the Tarheels put up.
GORDON PLAYS G. M. A.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Oct. 28—The Gor
don institute and Georgia Unitary col
lege football teams meet here this after
noon.
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