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No. 5--Ehret’s Finish Proved Maxwell’s Start
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
DEBUTS are pleasant things to
attend, be the function the
"coming out" of a belle or the
first pttblic bow of an athlete. Tt
Is far from an arduous tusk to tell
the proud mother that she doesn't
look a day older than the blush
ing daughter and to tell the daugh
ter that you have never seen her
more radiant although your inner
soul tells you that her smile is
forced and she Is sighing for her
kid companions instead of the so
ciety veterans who are' a necessary
adjunct and evil of debuts.
It is likewise a thing of joy to
grasp the grimy paw of a sterling
young athlete who has won his
first league battle and inform him
that it will n<y be many years be
fore Mathewson’s name will be for
gotten.
Funerals are never joyful. There
is small consolation in informing
the bereaved that the departed is
in appearance just as lifelike as if
he was turning in for his morning
toddy. The dust to dust, ashes to
ashes part of the burial service is
Invariably’ calculated to give you
the creeps. If you are a pallbear
er the white gloves will make you
think of your own misdeeds. The
undertaker always whispers to you
In a friendly sort of away that
suggests that you will be his next
patron.
Veteran Hates to Admit End.
And the professional funeral of
an old star of the diamond is as
shrouded in gloom. Tt Is hard for
a ball player to realize that his
days of usefulness have passed.
In his mind his arm always pos
sesses the same strength, his brain
the old cunning. Nothing but an
absolute, a cruel, a crushing de
feat can convince him.
I saw a debut and a funeral
combined once and the one was
robbed of its glory by the solemnity
of the other. The day on which
this double affair occurred made
Southern league history. It made
baseball history.
On that day Philip "Red" Ehret,
famous for years as a pitcher of
the old American association and
the National league, ceased to be
a ball player. Bert Maxwell be
came one of the most promising
hurlers the Southern ever produced.
It was a desperate attempt on
the part of Elfret to come back,
but like al! others he failed and
failed pitifully. The big Dutchman
had been a real baseball star, For
Louisville in the American asso
ciation he had won three games
from the famous Brooklyns of the
National league in the Temple cup
series and made the only tie on
record in a world baseball contest.
He had afterwards starred for St.
Louis under Chris von der Ahe, for
Pittaburg unfit t <’<mnie Mack, and
for Cincinnati under various man
agers.
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and fever come aud go, aMI» balls, boles
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He drifted into the Southern
league in 1903 with Charley Frank’s
outfit at Memphis and that remark
able team of veterans won a pen
nant. The next year he started
badly ami sought a job as an um
pire. Judge Kavanaugh granted his
request.
Liquor Cost Him Job.
But the booze habit that had
(driven Ehret from the major
leagues drove him from an umpire's
berth. In 1906 when Kavanaugh
made up his staff of arbiters, Eh
ret’s name was missing.
The winter before he had win
tered in Montgomery, because he
didn't have railroad fare out when
the season and his job as umpire
ended. He got a job tending bar
for his old friend, Zeke Wilson, but
when spring came and bat met ball
his heart went back to the dia
mond. He determined to have an
other try.
Ike Durrett was manager of the
Montgomery club. He consented to
give Ehret a chance. The old
pitcher went to work to train de
mon rum out of his system and to
win back the strength of his arm.
He said he had come back.
Early in the season Durrett de
cided to start him against Atlanta.
Ehret had made a thousand friends
during his winter stay in the Ala
bama capital. The night before he
was scheduled to pitch a gang of
enthusiasts went about the town
with a marking pot and brush and
proclaimed on the pavements, “Red
Ehret will pitch today.” The next
day the town read and knocked off
work to go to the ball lot.
Ehret Looked Immense.
Ehret was a fine figure of a man
when he faced Ginger Winters that
afternoon. He had the build of a
pitcher.. His proportions were gi
gantic. He had the strength of a
well plowed mule. His Roosevelt
teeth grinned and his face and hair
sent a scarlet reflection on the field,
but if ever a green youngster had
an attack of “nerves,” so the old
war horse had that day.
He weathered the first, second
and third innings, though he’was
constantly in a hole. The fans
could see the outcome, but they
cheered him lustily and bravely.
The fourth inning came and
there was a fusillade of base hits
rarely seen on the diamond. Seven
runs were amassed before Durrett
could relieve Ehret. The old pitch
er, helpless and forlorn, was taking
his punishment gamely, but there
was not a heart that did not bleed
for him as he walked toward the
bench, forcing a smile, and disap
peared into the club house to take
off a baseball uniform for the last
time.
Durrett had sent a spare, tall kid
to the mound. "Maxwell,” the um
pire had yelled when he toed the
rubber, and the umpire had to ask
the name. Most of the fans left
the park with Ehret. A few re-
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1912.
mained to see the youngster work.
His speed was dazzling, his confi
dence supreme, his curve and slow
ball tantalizing. Atlanta scored no
more runs. No more were needed.
Maxwell Wore Out Arm.
Maxwell became the star of the
Southern league. He pitched mar
vellous ball for Montgomery. He
wore his arm out doing it, send
when he was sold to Pittsburg to
ward the close of the season he had
nothing but a minor league reputa
tion.
Maxwell was again with Mont
gomery the next year, but he had
not recovered from the strain of
overwork and it was late in the
year before he struck his stride.
Again he was the likeliest looking
man in Dixie, and this time Connie
Mack grabbed him up.
But fate pursued Maxwell. He
had not profited by his previous
experience and again, at the request
of a manager, had thrown away
his chances of making a major
league reputation. Mack kept him
on the bench nearly a year, and
then sold him to Atlanta. He had
not recovered, .though, and gave
the Crackers little service.
He was sept by Billy Smith to
New Orleans. Frank had always
been a great admirer of Maxwell
and allowed him to take his time
rounding to. In 1911 he was again
at top form and was as unhittable
as a shadow. But Frank had a
pfentitude of pitchers and little out
field strength. Birmingham had lots
of outfield and no pitchers. Max
well was traded for Hyder Barr
and $5,000.
Then again he shone. Birming
ham made a gallant bid for the
pennant in spite of the fact that
injury after injury held the team
back, but the miraculous work of
Maxwell kept the club close to the
Pelicans. He was the only reliable
hurler of the Barons and he work
ed, worked, worked. Gradually
Frank was overhauled. The cru
cial series came, but it found the
Barons helpless. Maxwell's arm
had broken down. He couldn't be
used In the series that meant the
pennant and the gloom this cast
over the Baron camp permitted the
Pelicans to romp in easy winners.
Helped Toronto Win Pennant.
Maxwell had been sold in> the
meantime to the Giants for a fancy
figure, but McGraw was not slow
in turning him over to Toronto,
where he helped Joe Kelley win a
pennant. In another year he will
probably be back in the majors,
but it’is an even money be( that he
won't stay. He will have worked
himself into a frazzle.
But to return to Hecuba. There
was an aftermath to that funeral
that has a part of this tale.
When Ehret left the ball park
that afternoon he went straight
back to Wilson’s barroom and
donned his apron and jacket. Fans
poured in to sympathize.
One loyal rooter, hoping to add
some sweetness to the old hurler's
bitter cup. said: “Well, Red, you
brought a fine crowd out. anyway.”
I Ehret couldn't be a gloom long.
His teeth flashed their old smile
and his eyes lit up. “Yes," he re
plied, and then with a laugh that
could be heard for blocks, he yelled.
"And holy mackerel, didn't I send
'em back? What'll it be? Straight
licker all round?"
RIVERSIDE WINS AGAIN:
DAHLONEGA THE VICTIM
GAINESVILLE, GA., Oct. 29. Riv
, rside defeated Dahlonega yesterday,
I 30 to 3. Touchdowns for Riverside were
scored by MeV ill, Sidbury and Town
, send. Hickman dropped a field goal.
' t'aptain Stephens, of Dahlonega, scored
| a drop kick In the first quarter. Sid
j bury, Crowe McNeill starred for
; Itiver-ifi, , wfi r'aptnln Hyphens did
tin best work for Dahivnt ga.
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LID TO COML OFF
BOXING GAME
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\ FTER a period of suspended ani-
A\ ination, superinduced by an over
dose of competition. Harry Stat
en’s dub, renamed the Olympic Ath
letic club, will be reopened tonight with
three boxing bouts and a battle royal.
Hi re is Staten's card:
Terry Mitchell vs. Barney Ford, 10
rounds.
Eddie Hanlon vs. Clarence Collins, 6
rounds.
Voting Gibbs vs. Black Diamond, 4
rounds.
Battle royal.
Staten believes the main bout boys
will put up a nice scrap. They come,
as he guarantees, "highly recommend
ed.’’ Terry Mitchell paid The Georgian
office a visit yesterday and from ap
pearances Punishment is his middle
name. He looked as though he had
given and received a peck of it lately.
Barney Eord hasn't "shown” yet but
he is in town and Staten believes he is
fit for the go.
The local manager has rounded up a
next lot of Senegambian battle royal
artists and expects to put on something
thrilling in that line
CORK LEG SCORES AND
BIG PROBLEM ARISES
CANFIELD. CAL., Oct. 29.—When
Albert Billings “kicked his cork leg
across the home plate in the ninth in
ning of a ball game here, the score
being a 5 to 5 tie. the umpire called
the runner safe. Then the last base
ball game of the season broke up in a
row. Umpire Jerry Carter, consulting
the rule book, declared that there was
no precedent and held to his decision.
When the teams lined up for play
it was found one team was shy a man.
Billings of the coik leg volunteered and
the first thing he did was to knock a
two-bagger,
in the ninth he stole third and start
ed home when one of his teammates
hit to the Shortstop. The shortstop
tossed the ball to the catcher, ten feet
ahead of the runner, the cork log flew
off and crossed the plate, while the
owner of the leg dropped to the ground.
The catcher stepped out and tagged the
prone figure, but the umpire was
watching closely and ruled that the
foot at the end of the cork touched the
plate.
The opposing team claimed that Hil
lings was out because the catcher
tagged him before he crossed the plate.
NOBODY SURE WHO WON
GRID GAME AT WAYCROSS
WAYCROSS. GA.. Oct. 29.- Waycross
hopes to have big football games every
season because of the success of the Mer
cer-Stetson game, on Bunn-Bell grounds
here. Saturday. The score, officially de
clared 6 to 0 in favor of Mercer, Is be
lieved to have been a tie. as each team
made a touchdown. The referee, on the
question of the touchdown wade by Stet
son. insisted that his position was cor
rect. Find that it did not count. It Is
claimed that the rule book shows some
doubt of this.
NEXT GLIDDEN TOUR MAY
RUN NORTH. NOT SOUTH
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Oct. 29. More
than fifty entries for the Glidden tour
next June were promised to Charles W.
1 Hidden, who has just covered the route,
by clubs and municipalities.
All along the route there is a keen
desire to retain tie Glidden tour as 'he
national touring championship event.
Mr. Glidden, however advocates re
versing the route »•, that the tars will
start from New Orleans and finish in
Detroit, and on the buckshot and red clay
roads he will suggest a speed schedule
not faster than he was able to make safely
in his Maxwell.
FLYNN MEETS MCCARTHY:
WINNER GETS AL PALZER
LOB ANGELES, CAL., Oct. 29.—Jim
Flynn ami Luther McCarthy were
matched today to fight twenty rounds
at the Vernon arena December 10 in
the first of Promoter McCartey's "white
hope" elimination contests in the
heavyweight division.
It was annbuner-d v inner would
be offi red u ma.ti.ii ~ illi Al Balzer.
Georgia Will Have to Go Some to Beat Sewanee
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Tennesseeans in Stride, But Athenians Are Not
By Percy 11. Whiting.
A FOOTBALL expert who saw
A\ Georgia’s football struggle
with Alabam said today:
"Georgia will have to play a lot
better ball next Saturday than
they did last against Alabama to
hold Sewanee."
This may come as a surprise to
Atlanta friends of the University
of Georgia: in fact, it is known
that Georgia men have been giving
odds that Captain Emp. Peacock's
eleven will mop up with the Co
horts of Coach Cope, of Sewanee.
These odd® are not justified by
the facts of the case. The Georgia
team was terribly thumped by Van
derbilt and did not play to form
last Saturday. But there isn’t, any
certainty that it will strike its
stride by next Saturday.
The Sewanee team, on the other
hand, has been improving steadily.
It is now in its stride —and it's a
grand st: ide, too.
Georgia may win the game. Don’t
take this as any torrid tip on Se
wanee. But it’s no odds on bet
for Georgia, never was and isn’t
likely to be, unless several Sewanee
men fall dead between now and the
time of the game.
ROCK SAND SYNDICATE
WILL MAKE A MILLION
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—That Cherrn
Halbbron and his associates in the Rock
Sand syndicate, many of whom are
American tuifmen, have accomplished
a great stroke of business in purchas
ing Rock Sand from Mr. Belmont for
$150,000, is daily becoming apparent.
The last issue of the English racing
calendar announces that the horse’s
book for mares is full for the next four
yea-.s, but that a few subscriptions may
be transferred for $2,500 each. Expert.’
place 45 mares as a reasonable number
for a stallion to be matod with each
season. Un this basis, Rock Sand’s stud
value for four years will be $112,500
each year, or $150,000 in all. If be re
tains his pi esent popularity and lives
for nine years (he is only twelve years
old now) he will earn more than a mil
lion dollars.
When Rock Sand leave.; this country
on board the steamship Minnewaska on
November 2 he will be under the cate
of Charles F. Hill, who for some years
was Clarence Matckay’s trainer and
later had charge of Meddler and Mr.
Mackay’s brood mares in Kentucky.
Rock Sand will be entrained tit Lex
ington on October 31, will reach New
York on November 1. and will be put on
board the vessel very eraly on the
morning of November 2.
HARRY JOHNS MARRIED
TO MISS JANIE JAMES
Harry Johns is married.
Slipping one across on his Atlanta
friends by performing this feat with
out letting them know about it. the
Atlanta pitcher was united tn the legal
bonds yesterday afternoon by Justice
of the Peace E. H. Orr.
The lady in the case was Miss Janie
James.
Immediately after the ceremony the
bride and bridegroom left for the bride
groom’s home at Seven Miles, Ohio,
where they will spend tiie winter.
PLAYING TWO KINDS OF
FOOTBALL, INDIANS WIN
TORONTO, ONT.. Oct. 29. The Car
lisle Indian football team yesterday de
feated an eleven of Toronto varsity
“old boys" by a score of 19 to 1. In
the first period, played under Ameri
can rules, the Americans scored 44
points, and in the second, tinder Cana
dian rules. 5. "The old boys” got their
single point in the second period.
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE
TRIES TO COME TO LIFE
WAYCROSS. GA., Oct 29. What
chances if any the old Georgia State
league has of getting new life will be
determined at a met ting to be belli in
Waycruss November 15. Quite a number
o f cities of this part of Georgia have
signified their willingness tn loin in such
an organization, and it is possible a real
league can be launched.
’-pHE first time Virginia and Van
derbtlt met the game was
played at Atlanta. Tt was in 1896.
That, it will be observed, was six
teen years ago. The score was Vir
ginia 6, Vanderbilt 4. The next
year the two teams played a score
less tie. The following year Vir
ginia trounced Vanderbilt 15 to 0.
And now comes the revenge.
A local newspaper man. who used
to play football and baseball with
Virginia years ago said recently:
“Os course Vanderbilt will beat
Virginia. The best thing Virginia
has is a reputation. It has been trav
eling on that for years. Folks sup
pose that because Virginia is a
great college, it has great teams.
That does not always follow. It is
generally strong at baseball, but it
is not as strong as a lot of folks
suppose at football. Vanderbilt has
a grand team this year and will
win.”
It surely looks as though the
Commodores will be revenged for
that 15 to 0 wallop. They have
waited a long time, but it is surely
coming.
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THE Wionsin team, which ex
pects to win the conference
championship is planning to chal
lenge Harvard r’or a post-season
BRITON WINS. FRENCHMAN
LOSES IN GARDEN BOUTS
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Eddie Mor
gan, the English bantam, was too clev
er for Eddie O’Keefe, of Philadelphia,
in a ten-round bout at Madison Square
Garden last night. The Englishman
used a left jab to good effect, outpoint
ing O'Keefe in almo. t every round. Tim
Philadelphian was cautioned several
times for holding.
Young Shugrue, of Jersey City, forced
the fight with Louis DePonthiu, the
French lightweight, and easily won the
ten-round contest.
It was announced that Eddie McGoor.
ty. of Oshkosh. Wis„ and Mike Gib
bons. of St. Paul, were to meet in a
ten-round bout at 158 pounds at the
Garden December 3.
SPARTANBURG PLANS RACES.
SPARTANBURG. Oct. 26.—Over 100
horses have already ben entered for
the races to be held at the Spartan
burg County fair next week. The fair
association is a member of t :, e vire’i--
ii-t'arollna-Georgia racing circuit and
for this reason secures good horses.
Quality is more
important than
quantity. But in
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game November 27, in case Har
vard wins the Eastern champion
ship. This will be a great game If
it is played—which it will never be.
In the first place Harvard has a lot
to lose, including a reputation by
playing—and little enough to gain.
In the second place, all Eastern
teams are opposed to post-season
games. In the third Wisconsin
would have Io get the permission
of the conference authorities to
play the game.
So there's very little chance
very little.
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J F Vanderbilt chances to make a
good showing against Harvard
this year it is likely to be through
the use of the forward pass. It has
happened that In every game Har
vard has played against an East-,
ern team it has shown better
knowledge of the pass than any of
its opponents; in fact, the Com
modores have probably had better
luck with the forward pas- in a
pinch than any other top notch
team in the country.
Dan MeGugin’s men have worked
steadily all the year on the play
Dan has taught his men to hurl the
ball accurately for distances up to
50 yards. He lias trained ah; f
dozen men in the art of catching >
He lias developed a forward pu-s
especially designed to get the b
across the goal line —which Is one
of the new plays allowed sos the
first time under the 1912 rubs
It isn’t likely that the Commo
dores will use the forward pass
much against Virginia—unless they
need to. Ami this need will hardly
arise If that is true McGugin "
be able to trot out all his forwa c
passes, virtually for the ti st tir .
against Harvard. Now. it may b”
that the Harvard men have dev
oped some defense for the lorwu
pass that will render it usele s
but we doubt it. It will surprio
if the Commodores don't get ;iw
with it once or twice.
Are not discarded when the
“newness” wears efl; f |,r
hold their shape. Aoull l> c
their looks, their
their wear. Ralstons need
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