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COBB MAY QUIT
BASEBALL LES
COTTON MARKET
PHILADELPHIA. <><t. 30.
"Ty" Cobb, outfielder ex
traordinary, has threatened to
quit baseball and - from private
sources here it is learned that it is
with good reason. Tyrus has been
offered a partnership in a cotton
brokerage firm and is considering
acceptance. While the baseball
public generally will laugh at the
suggestion. Tyrus declares that lie
jneans it.
t’obb waxed enthusiastic (luting
the Giants-Red Sox series in New
York and Boston, and especially to
the scribe from Philadelphia, who
accompanied him w hile he was "ex
pecting "
"Baseball doesn't mean a thing
to me except for w hat money I can
make," Cobb told the scribe, when
asked about the brokerage part
nership offer. "If I can make more
money out of baseball than in it.
1'1) quit in a minute. And if this
offer turns out one-half of what it
is said to be worth to me, the De
troit club or no other major league
club cotlid afford to pay me what
1 would ask."
Cobb has had business ambitions
for more than a year. During the
strike of the Detroit club here,
Cobb was the most unconcerned
player of the team.
"I have a peculiar contract," he
said. "If 1 am not reinstated it
doesn't worry me a bit, for I will
go South to my home and still draw
my salary. 1 w ill not be a cent loset
either way, for I can go into busi
ness."
It is believed that the knowledge
that no heavy fine would punish
him led the American league head
to reinstate him with a nominal
fine for the sake of league disci
pline.
"I can not make know n yet where
1 will locate if 1 go into business."
Cobb said, “but, believe me. unless
I am mistaken now, the Detroit
chib will be looking for an out
fielder in Mareh "
FOGEL DENIES CHARGES
IN WHOLESALE FASHION
NEW York , (let 30. - A general de
nial of charges brought by the National
league against Horace Fogel. president
of the league's Philadelphia club, in
this city, on October 17. are contained
in a letter received from Mr Fogel to
day hy President Thomas J. Lynch.
Mi. Fogel's letter expressed defiance
of the right of the National league to
try his case for alleged statements re
flecting upon National league ba.-cbail.
according to Mr. Lynch, who said the
text of Mr. Fogel's reply would not be
made publid until November 26, when
the league will meet here to give the
Philadelphia official a hearing
GEORGIA FEARS GAME
WITH PURPLE ELEVEN
Athens, ga <><-t 30 -coach
Cunningham, of the I'niver
sity of Georgia football
team, is pi lining his men fo> tlie
big game with Sewame lien Sat
urday. The Georgia p'ayeis tame
out of the Alabama game in fairly
good shape, although several of
them are suffering with “eharJey
bosses" and hruis< >
The score rolled up against Ten
nessee by Bewanei has caused
much alarm in : tie Red and Black
<amp and Georgia stucents expect
the hardest game of the yea: An
othm soutc* of a a ih at Georgia is
the itijury sufTe ed by M< Whottei,
an<t it now seems doubtful as to
k*helh< he will l>< abiy to appeal
Bill Smith, Like McGraw, Brains
Os Every Tearn He Ever Managed
By Percy 11. Whiting.
UTIIEN the world's series was
' on they said that the
Giants were 50 per cent
hall ♦lub and 50 per cent McGraw.
It was charged and admitted that
McGraw furnished most of the of
fensive brains of the club. When a
man came to bat lie took his orders
from McGraw. When he got to
first he took his orders from Mc-
Graw. All the way around it was
McGraw's mind that directed the
play Ing.
This is history now—but inter
esting because in Just' this point
Bill Smith, who leads the Crackers
again nwjjt season, resembles the
Little Napoleon, who has three
times won National league pen
nants and who has once won a*
w o: Id's championship.
Bill Smith is the brains of any
ylub lie leads.
Unfortunately for him. the
Southern league salary limit makes
it necessary that he remain on the
bench. He hasn't the opportunity
that .McGraw' has, for "Muggsy"
can direct from third base coach
ing line. But Rill accomplishes it
just the same, by proxy.
* * *
| REMEMBER one day. some four
Or five years ago. I was taking
some pictures w hile a game was in
progress. 1 was working around
the coacher's box. just off third
base, when I happened to kick the
glove that Walker had left there
when he quit his position.
"Howly Moses, put that back,"
said Scotty, who was coaching at
third.
fWhat for'.’" I asked, consider
ably mystified
"I'm using It to pass on Bill's
signals," said Scotty
Later he explained that if it Was
in one place it meant one thing and
if it was in another It meant some
thing else. Scotty was serving as
a elay station. Smith would sig
na! him from the bench. He would
give Ills glove a kick and the signal
was passed on to the man at bat
or on bases
In this way Smith, though barred
from active work on the coaching
lines, yvas giving his orders, just as
McGraw does
• * •
SMITH has another point in
common with McGraw. He is
the big boss of the team lie man
ages. off the field as well as on.
.McGipw is one of the few big
league managers who asks no
body's advice about who he will
buy. sell o: Hade Any deal he
wants to make he makes, and if
there is any paying to do he tells
the club how much it is and that's
all they .ire supposed to know
It is a notable sac t that the clubs
with which Smith has been suc
cessful have been run on this basis,
while the clubs where he has been
against the I'iget s The gieat half
bac k has been plac ed under the
rare* of a local osteopath who l.s
using eve \ mean to put him In
playing condition.
I In* shifting of Bowden from end
to halfback seems to have been an
effective move on the part of Cun
ningham. for Bowden played the
greatest game of his careei Satur
'lay. •leaving Halfback Paddock,
who has been sent to the laserves.
I ’otiklln will play regularly at end
to the eat of the season. The
quarte'back problem lias not yet
hca n solved Sam ken ba* returned
t" the game, after recovering from
an injuiy. and it is most llke.y that
in win start tile game against Se
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I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1912.
held down and requited to consult
with a club president or cvith club
directory about sales and such
have failed. At Chattanooga Smith
was tremendously handicapped. So
lie was at Buffalo. And it was be
cause club officials wanted to take
some of the financial management
away from him that he split up
with the Atlanta association after
winning the 1909 pennant.
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("pHROUGH the coming season
* Smith will have free financial
rein. He can buy or sell whatever
and whomever Ije pleases. There
has been no limit placed on the
money he can spend. All he has to
do is to ask for it. He will not have
to consult anybody about anything.
He will have a call on unlimited
money and lie can buy and sell as
he pleases.
With circumstances like that Bill
Smith shines. He is a good spend
er but he is a good salesman as
well. He uncorks a keg of money
at the first of a season, but he
makes most of it back at the end of
tilt? season by selling some good
players.
♦ • ♦
TT would be t.iie making of the
’’rackets i’s by -ome good luck
Smith could arrange his pay roll so
that he could afford to figure as a
playing manager. That would en
able him to take bis position on
the third base coaching line. In
that position he is able to ginger'up
his own batsmen and base runners,
to harry the opposing pitcher and
to direct the play. One of Smith's
specialties is worrying pitchers. He
can stand at third base and yell
"Oh, yo U big boob, you big farm
er," so it sounds like a deadly in
sult His vocabulary of vitupera
tion is somewhat limited, but he is
there with the vocal modulations,
and he makes every word count.
And woe unto pitcher or umpire
when B. Smith gets in the coacher's
box and begins firing.
COBB ARRIVES; DEER AND
TURKEY TAKE TO WOODS
AUGUSTA. GA., Oct. 30.-Ty Cobb
and family have come home for the
winter. Cobb's father-in-law, with
whom he is visiting, is one of the
wealthiest men in this section of the
state and has,a splendid estate nine
miles from the city. One of the at
tractions on the Lombard estate which
gives t'obb a very great amount of
pleasure is the large fish pond where
one can go almost any day and catch
a large string of perch, bream, trout
or pack within* a few minutes.
One of Tv Cobb's favorite branches
of sport is hunting. Each year he makes
a trip with a party of friends down
tlie Savannah river for 150 miles to
shoot wild turkey, deer, squirrels and
duck. There are a few bears in the
Savannah river swamps also. The
party goes down by boat and camps
out by the side of the stream.
t'obb does not talk much about his
salary demands on the Detroit man
agement. but it is understood that he
will insist on a contract calling for
$15,000 a year for the next three years.
FIFTH REGIMENT TEAMS
PLAY 2 GAMES TONIGHT
Two games will be played in the Fifth
Regiment basket ball league tonight.
The better of the two should be the
struggle between the Atlanta Grays
ami the Ma Ist Rifles. The Atlanta
Grays’ team is now tied for first place
with the Horse Guards aggregation,
and has won every game so far. Al
though the Marist Rifles lost to the
Grady Cadets, their team has been bol
stered up for the game tonight. Two
members of the Atlanta Athletic’ club
team, who are members of Marist
Rifles, will probably be in tile Hfieup
against the Grays tonight.
The Governor's Horse Guards also
meet the Fulton Fusiliers. This game
was scheduled for last Friday, but was
postponed. The Fusiliers have a
game scheduled tonight with the* Ger
man-American Guards which thev will
win by the forfeit route. 'l'he game
with the Horse Guard will therefore
c omplete the entertainment
RUBE MAROUARG
GOING TO STUDY
MUSICABROAO
By Damon Runyon.
NEW YORK. 0ct.30. —Wat’cher
step, reader, and do not dis
turb the ruminations of the
officers of the law with screams for
succor, while we spill some left
handed news that came dribbling
wirew ise out of Passaic, N. J., yes
terday. Dj you remember Richaid
de Marquis de Marquard? The fel
low that used to hang out around
the Polo grounds? Ah, yes. Reu
benish Marquar—the same! As
suredly you do!
Possibly you have been wonder
ing what had become of him since
last, he furled his famous south
paw and w ent wandering away into
the night. Well, he's in Passaic,
and while there is no information
at hand as to the length of the sen
tence, we can bear witness to the
fact that he is trying to insert him
self next to pure reading matter.
Hither, reader, hither:
Announcement From Passaic,
■PASSAIC. N. .1.. Oct. 30— 'Rube'
Marquard. the Giants' famous port
side twirler, who has been making
a great hit as a vaudeville artist
at the Montauk theater here, was
quoted in a Passaic paper yester- .
day to the effect that he was
through with baseball for good, and
that he was going to Europe to
study music in a conservatory.
"I am through with baseball. I
have had my last days on the dia
mond and am going to Europe,
where I will take up vocal culture
in a large conservatory. Baseball
has its fascinations, but music is
my speed."
We pause in the quotation -to
call the reader s attention to a bit
of poor technique in the great
pitcher's press agentry. The asser
tion that the Markee of Marquar'
intends studying music in a large
conservatory is most inept. He
should have stated that Mr. Mar
quard w ill acquire his musical edu
cation in a small deaf and dumb
asylum, thus making the celebrated
lefthander unique among persons
seeking foreign tunes, and lending
value to the item.
However, we resume this can o'
peas:
Early Call of Genius.
"I have always followed the hand
organist around Cleveland, and
whenever 1 got the opportunity to
hear music—for in those days we
did not have moving picture shows,
where music is played galore—l al
ways took advantage of it."
Oh. yes. there is a subsequent de
nial of the above. The Rube says
in his addenda that he was "kid
ding” some reporter, but he admits
that it is true he intends having his
voice cultured, although he doesn't
say what for. You know, reader,
it would serve that Rube just right
if the Giant management now in
sisted on his going straight to Paris
and studying music in that large
conservatory.
tigers’sFrimmaging in
EFFORT TO GET IN TRIM
PRINCETON, N. ,1.. Oct. 30.—Heavy
scrimmaging was the poition of the
Tiger eleven today The coaches ate
using evety man to prepare them for
the style of attack they must meet
when they buck the Crimson next Sat
urday. All the men are in good condi
tion.
CRIMSON WORKING HARD
AND FEARING THE WORST
CAMBRIDGE. .MASS. Oct. 30.
<'rlmson coaches are concentrating
their attention now on the problem of
holding Princeton's end tuns next Sat
urday.
A gloomy prediction is made here
that Harvard will lose.
Mitchell Gets Chance to Beat
Ford on Low Blow, So He Flops
By \V. S. Farnsworth.
A DAPPER young referee gave
400 fight fans a chance to en
joy a good night's sleep
when he declared Barney Ford, of
Philadelphia. had fouled Terry
z Mitchell, of New York. in the
fourth round of the main bout at
Harry Staten's Olympic club.
It was a foul blow all right and
we were all glad that the referee
saw It. for otherwise we might
have been forced to sit through the
entire scheduled ten rounds. And
goodness knows we wouldn't have
cared to do that, unless some of us
prefer wrestling to boxing.
The blow that ended our misery
was a left swing that didn't carry
much steam, but it was far below
the limit in the Marquis of Queens
berry code. The wallop probably
didn't hurt Mitchell in the least,
but he saw a chance for victory—
and his only opportunity he had to
win. by the way—so he took an
awful "Brodie."
While neither boy knew any too
much about the game of hit and
get away. Ford verily is the bet
ter boy. He is fairly clever and
packs a fait kick in his left hand.
Mitchell probably can hit the hard
er, but he swings them from the
floor and a wooden man could
block all his offerings without trou
ble.
Mitchell’s Face Well Beaten Up.
This Mitchell person, a noble son
of Italy who carries an alias in
.Mitchell, has a tough looking face.
Said face lias suffered many a beat
ing His ears are tinned to a turn
and his nose covers his face like a
gridiron warrior’s rubber guard.
This same.face led Ford to believe
that his only hope of winning was
on the body and there
fore he centered his attack at that
part of Mitchell's anatomy.
Time and again he’ripped' his left
to the midsection of the New York-
BILL CHAPPELLE WANTS
TO BECOME AN AVIATOR
/
JACKSON. MISS., Oct. 30. Big "Bill"
Chapelle. of the twirling staff of the Chat
tanooga. Southern league team, may be
come an aviator.
While -ip Jackson last week t’happelle
admited that he had such aspirations and
added that lie intended to go io New York
at an ear|y date to study up on aerial
navigation, with the idea of adopting
aviation as a profession, lie disclaimed
any intention to abandon baseball, but
said he had figured icvut that he could be
a baseball pitcher during the summer and
an aeroplane pilot in the winter.
Chappellei was here with John .1, Mc-
Grath, of Massachusetts, who gave two
successful flights during the state fair in
a 70-horsepower Bleriot type monoplane.
There is one difficulty that seems to
stand in the way of Chappelle s attaining
the object of his desire. That is his
weight. The Chattanooga slab artist, his
friends assert, has the nerve that is es
sential to successful endeavor in the avi
ation profession, but they fear his weight
will interfere.
PRESIDENT LYNCH GIVES
OUT ANOTHER BULLETIN
NEW YORK. Oct. 30. The following
contracts and releases were published to
day by T J. Lynch, president of the Na
tional league:
Contracts.
W ith Chicago: John J. Evers, for live
years; Harry E. Chapman and George
Yantz. probationary contracts.
With Cincinnati: R. I>. Almedia.
Releases.
By Chicago to Louisville: Mordecai
Brown.
By Pittsburg: To Columbus. Ohio,
Leonard L. Cole and Dan Tipple.
TINKER TO MANAGE REDS
IF HE CAN GET RELEASE
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.- Shortstop Joe Tink
er. of the Chicago National league base
ball team, and Garry Herrmann have
agreed upon terms under which Tinker
will manage the Cincinnati Nationals next
season if lie can obtain his release from
Chicago.
Tinker announced today that lie would
not pla\ again with the Chicago Nationals
Herrmann will give one infielder and
two outfielders for l inker
Even says lie will not consent to h
trade unless he ran get Mike I>oolan. of
Philadelphia. for shortstop
er and many of the blows were al
together too low. The dapper
young referee warned him twice to
keep his punches higher, but he
verily thought he could get away
with the below-the-belt wallops.
When Mitchell went down from
the punch that won the long end
of the purse for him, he earned
himself a job in Hamlet, where
. death scenes cut so much Ice. He
wiggled and twisted in imaginary
pain that would have done credit
to a Sothern or a Hackett.
Foul Blow Carried No Steam.
The blow that "floored" him
-wouldn't break an electric bulb,
but it was a foul and the referee
was very’ kind in allowing us a
chance to beat it for the feathers.
Up to the finishing punch, the
fight was ail Ford's. He did all
the forcing and landed all the (Mean
blows. Mitchell shook off many’
hard left hooks and smiled at 'em
all. But whenever Ford jammed
his left low it hurt the Gotham lad
and in the third round one of these
uncoutli wallops caused him to sink
to his knees. It was then that the
referee gave Mr. Ford to under
stand that repetition of the same
would cost him 'the scrap.
It was announced before the fight
that the winner would meet Clar
ence English here riext Tuesday
night. Good night. Mr. Terrance
Mitchell!
Walsh Quits to Baker.
The semi-windup was scheduled
to go six rounds, but Frank Baker
made Ed Walsh—not big Ed
of spitball fame—-rest his head
peacefully on the canvas in the
middle of the second round. Mr.
Walsh thereby proved that he is
possessed of plenty of gooil sense,
for he was in for a fine lacing had
he remained on his prominent ped
als.
Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff, of
Montgomery', Ala., gave perfect sat
isfaction in the role of.referee.
TEAMS OF ’l3 AND ’ls
WIN GAMES AT EMORY
OXFORD, GA., oct. 30. —The seniors
and sophomores were easy winners
over tiie freshmen and juniors in the
games at Emory yesterday afternoon.
The features in tiie senior-freshman
game were the consistent gains of
Blake, fullback of tlie seniors, and the
long runs of Lasseter, senior right half
back, who made two gains of 35 and
60 yards each. Tlie score was 19 to 0,
Lasseter, Rumble and Blake made the
touchdowns. Lasseter kicked one goal
Jackson. Brown and Tea beaut were the
stars for the freshmen.
In the second game the sophomores
had it all their way. The /first two
touchdowns made by the sophomores
were scored on forward passes. A long
run of Stokes, sophomore left tackle,
and a 38-yard run of Porter's for a
touchdown were the features. The
score wa-s 20 to 0. Porter kicked two
of the three goals.
DONAHUE WILL WATCH
JACKETS FOR TRICKS
>v Coach Mike Donahue.
Auburn, ala., oct. 30.—with
her preliminary games al!
stowed safely away, Auburn
Is now busily engaged in preparing
for her more important November
contests. The first of these is with
Georgia Tech on Saturday. Tech,
while somewhat light, seems to
have a strong and versatile team,
and while the dope favors Auburn
somewhat the game is sure to be
close and hard fought.
Tlte work of the Auburn team
in the game with Mississippi was,
far from being a finished product.
On both offense and defense, many
lagged ends will have to be gath
ered up before the Auburn foot*
ball team will look anything like
VIRGINIA TM
IS BRACED FOR
VANDY BATTLE
CHARLOTTESVILLE. V.\. Oct.
30. —One of the footbull clas
sics of the South w ill be play -
ed Saturday when the Vanderbilt
and Virginia teams meet in Nash
ville* This Is the first time in five
years that Representative teams
from the Southern and South At
lantic divisions havg engaged in a
big athletic contest.
All who have followed the two
teams during the present season
will confess that on paper Vander
bilt has the better chance of win
ning the game. 'The Commodores
have passed through a strenuous
season without being scored upon
by their opponents. The ease
with which they took the measure
of the strong Georgia aggregation
is clear evidence of the fighting ma
chine that will represent the Ten
nessee institution.
Virginia's season has been far ]
from an unqualified success The
Orange and Blue team caught its
stride early’ in the season, and
every indication was pointing to
the most successful year in the his
tory of football here. With nine
veterans back in college, with last
year's substitute squ id nlni'ist in
tact, and with the accession of un
excelled new material, hopes ran
high among .the undergraduates for
an unbroken string of victories.
Bui these hopes suffered u severe
setback when the team struck a
tantar in Hampden-Sydney I'he
Orange and Blue barely nosed out a
10-to-0 victory. The team recov
ered its old form and easily de
feated the I'niversity of South Car-
following day But disas
ter came with the decisive defeat
at the hands of the Virginia Mili
tary institute. Virginia has tiever
failed in the- past to swamp
cadets, and this defeat was bitter
and discouraging.
Rut the team that will represent
Virginia at Nashville will I
eral hundred per cent better than
at any time of the season
Orange and Blue has only opposed
against its opponents the 1 " U > 11 "
and second string mon V!
regulars will be tn condition, bar
ring accident, to take pai t
Vanderbilt game, and Virghmij' 1
be relied upon to give ■
count of itself.
Win n you have a bad < o -1 w
the bust medicine obtainable
cure II -with as little delay 1"'
ble. Here is a druggist s"i """ ,
have sold Chamberlain’: Cotrnr
for fifteen years,” says Em- . <
Saratoga, Ind., "and cmisu
best on the market." For ( L v t)
dealers.
a smoothly moving in
juries, that not an.' t
rlous. have interfered "
velopment of the lean
week mid-term examine
Interfere a great deal
practice so that there "
any likelihood of great
ment by Saturday. Wit
ception of some bruises 1
came out of the Missis- 11
In good condition and ti
to be more evidences of
action and team power
day.
Practice this week '
mainly of adding on
plays and smoothing ott t
edges so prominent in -
con lest.