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EDITED ty W. S FARNSWORTH
RECORDS PROVE
LEAGUE IS SHE
ON CLASS
By Percy 11. Whiling.
THE mote a titan -.udi<-i- tin
batting and fit-ding av'-ap
. which have just »>••' u issued
by the Southern lengm-. th" more it
Sweeps over you what a really me
diocre league it whs last yettl ami
what h HORRIBLE club Atlanta
must have had to finis! 4#
points behind <'lialtano.iga mi »s»>
behind .Montgorm
The league lacked class and me
records show It. Tsk< tlm fir.-l”
basemen: Sykes. Agler, M.eGH
vray and Doi Johnston were the
best: and ■‘Doi-,” while he went
up." was not among the star bat
fe ters. and was Uw worst fielder of
the entire lot.
Wales. .Marfan. Alp»rman and
Jordan were the real second base
men—and the stars were Al pc: -
man and Jordan, though the rec
ords do not show it.
Elberfeld. Ellatn. Balenti <T.in- ,
dall and Harbison wet. m-eful
shortstops, though EHam batted
most feebly.
The third basemen had nothing
on the. rest. Almeida batted mat
vclouslj well so: i while, and had
a good record t'oi the year. Hui bit
fielding was off.
There wen three or four wood
Outfielders, but they won tiieit
fame by good batting rather that
good fielding
Ceitainly theie will b< tew med
als given to the Southern of last '
season for Its pitch* rs. Xitehisoll.
of Montgomery, really did great
I work w ith a poor < hili. So did
Demaree —but hardly a Smit hern
leaguer believes he I- good enough
to stick in the National league.
Wagner had a good year, but he
isn't any Walter Ed
Walsh. Foxen is u tine old has
been—with a good team behind
him. Boyd, of Birmingham, was 25
per cent pitchet and 75 |j»;v cent j
support. Cavet ami Smith were a
couple of skinny youngsters Win
may fill out some day and amount
to something, but who haven’t ar
rived yet.
aS usual, there me a lot of feu
* * tures of interest about th" fig
tires.
For instance. Bill Bernhard got
through the season with a batting |
average of 1.000. (if course, he
didn't get to bat so very often.
Then there was the amazing per
formance of 'Natural Stuff" Wai- i
dorf. The big German worked in
12 games and lost 11 of them.
Another notable pitching effort
was that of Bair. In 1911 Im won
20 games and lost 17. In 1912 he
won S games anil lost 21.
It is also worth recalling that At
lanta had one pitcher whose aver
age for the season was .75(1. This
man was Pi ice. Ho started in only |
four games and won three of them.
The best average of ant regular At
lanta pitchers if you could call
any of ’em "regular"- were those
of Sitton and Becker. Sitton won
10 and lost 10. Becker won 7 and
lost 7. Both, accordingly, had a
pitching average of .500 for a team
that finished with an average of
."94.
It Is also worth noting that the
only first baseman who was sent up
to the big leagues tor anything but
a cover-up was "Doc" Johnston,
and his fielding was the worst of
any Southern league first baseman.
Several players who wore canned
for one reason or another through
out the season made good show
ings. Al O’Dell, who wasn't good
enough for Atlanta, led the league
third basemen in fielding and hit
Well. Earl Sykes, who was also let
out by Atlanta, was second among
the first basemen in fielding. Sea
bough, who was tanned by Nash
ville. proved, according to the rec
ords, the second best catcher in lite
league
An interesting happening was
j that Atlanta let out two pitchers to
Montgomery—Johns and Paige.
Each man won 1-1 games and lost
15 for the season The only difftfi'-
ence was that Paige worked in one
more game—and got a tic.
THORPE AND PENDLETON
TIED ON TOUCHDOWNS
NEW YORK Nov S ’rhe tots i
grist of tom hdow ns for I'aptain Thorpe,;
of the Indians, rose to fmn teen last j
Saturday, which n <kes him and Pen
dleton, of Princeton, the leaders of tin- I
season tn that department. Each has
made fourteen. Thi Indians always
have been a big scoring team, but it
also is characteristic of them that they
are scored on at a more extensive rate
than is generally the case with a tean*
of so much strength otherwise
It would appear that there is a wider
gap between their strength in offense
and defense than is tine of most teams
of their caliber.
A better Idea could be had of jmt
. how strong the red men are this year
if they played Harvard. Ys'e nr Prince
ton. None of these three is on the Car
, title schedule. Still th< Indians have
a game on for next Saturday which Is
likely to test their scoring ability bet
ter than any preceding game. Thej ir
to play the Armv. and owing to the
, effeetlvi.nes. of thi Ano <etensi. it is
aeldorn that anv uppum nt thrives n, eh
_ in point milking • v«-n if it b at- t
Pointers
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Here’s What Vanderbilt Is Up Against Tomorrow at Harvard
This is the great Brickley in the act of kicking a goal. This
i £* field goal phenom, who scored nine of Harvard's points against
Princeton with his educated toe. is feared more by Vanderbilt
\\ '* ian in ' ot * ler inan 011 le Crimson eleven. The Commodores
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STADIUM TODAY
FOR HARVARD
C-a AM BRIDGE, MASS., Nov. S
The Vanderbilt team, twen
ty strong, has arrived within
I th< shade of Cambridge’s historic
I rUns and tills afternoon fake the
first football work out that ever a
• Vanderbilt team took on Massa
chusetts soil.
The Harvard to; in has extended
to Vanderbilt the courtesies of the
■stadium and they will go through'
good, fast .signal practice there this
a ‘ '(••FHuoii.
Met login's greatest tear is that
| his men may go stale mentally
rather than physically, and to avoid
I any such thing lie sought to put
the Commodores at case. He point-
I ed out to them that while Har- I
• vard possessed a big. rugged team j
and would outweigh Vanderbilt
something like six pounds to the
man. still they need not be looked
upon as being exactly invincible.
No one ever accused John Har
vard of having that splendid cour
age of the Vale Bulldog or the
Princeton Tiger. And MeGugin im
pressed upon his charges the fact !
that when the 1910 team clashed j
with Vale the Vanderbilt backs lit
erally made a monkey of End Kirk
patrick. who was chosen by Walter
Camp for his All-American team.
Collins Outshines Neely.
Wilson Collins, one of the stars
of this year’s back Held, lias it all
over Bill Neely, of the 1910 team,
while Sikes outshines Kent .Morri
son in every department of thy
game. When it comes to compar
ing Lewis Hardage to Bo Williams,
who was the best of the 1910 back
Held Well. Georgia sent Vander
bilt a great man in Williams, but
Williams' going in the football hall
ot fame will have to go a long ways
before lie meets Hardage coming
out.
There are many who make the
claim that A'anderbilt caught Vale
in 1910 when the Bulldog was lam
entably weak, but they all overlook
the fact that that same "weak"
team played both Harvard and
Princeton to a standstill. So far
as the linesmen go. Buddy Morgan
at center has improved in his work
100 per cent, and the same is true
of Nuck Brown at end. No man in
the 1912 line can approach the
matchless Frog Metzger, but Tom
Brown is far and away better
than he was when he appeared .
against Yale. Shipp, at tackle, is
Improving every day and right now
Is at the top of his stride and
should he round into shape in time
for th< Harvard affair he will prove
a haul nut for the Harvard lines
men to crack. It's just as well not
to make any comparison at the
quarterback position since such
brilliant performers as Ray Morri
son appear about one time in a dec
ade. But there is a chance that
Zach Curlin's broad toe. backed by
Liu pounds of muscle, will figure in
the affair with Harvard, and if he
do. s get going right - - well. Brick
ley may be a pretty fait sort of
player, but Curlin. when he is right,
is a wonder at booting the ball
over the goal.
This Year's Team Is Best.
Taking . verything into consider
ation. the team of 1910 could not
< ompar. with this year's Commo
dore«. who have shown the most j
nuzzling speed ei i r se. n on a
Sou:uern gridiron.
Vanderbilt, howtv. .. nt ria.n.‘ i !
mighty Brt( i>!. is ~n,f p j
ATi.-.XTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1912.
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SWIMMING TEAM
IS ORGANIZED BY
THEA.A.G.
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r-TAIIE Atlanta Athletic dub has
I branched out—or rather
swam out —into a new field
of sport: for the club lias at pres
ent a swimming team that prom
ises to give an excellent account of
itself. Being something entirely
new In Atlanta, the club members
are taking much interest in the
practices and welfare of the water
squad.
Tom Winans, a member of the
swimming team of the Illinois Ath
letic club that represented the Stars
and Stripes in the recent Olympic
meet, ranks as one of the team’s
stars and is doing much toward its
success by his able coaching.
The first appearance of the team
will probably be against the Bir
mingham Athletic club. This club
also has a water squad that seems
to be the pride of the Iron City. It
also boasts of an Olympic athlete—
in fact, a teammate of Winans
The meethtg of these two clubs
on the water will undoubtedly
cause much interest.
RIVERS WINS A BRIDE
IF MORRIS
LOS ANGELES. Nov S. When Ray
mond Rivet.-, the pugilist, stands toe to
toe with "Sam" Morris in the artyna
next Tuesday lie will put up the fight of
his lite If hi beats Morris and gets
the purse Rivers will marry. Miss Anns
Mal.er. an actress, on Wednesday night
If Rivers i- whipped—well, be isn't |
thinking much about that today.
Miss Maher will wait at her home to i
hea- the result of the battle
upon him as representing about
half »f Harvard's team. But Me-
Gugin has mapped out a clever de
fense by which he hopes to spoil I
any effort that Brlckley may make
at drop kicking. Then is a chance,
and it's not ii long pne. either, that
the Commodores forwards may
break through Harvard’s line and
-mothe: the great Briekley before
he can get ills kl.’k off
MeGugin has conceived a number
of freak formations and trick play s
| which he will uncover nt the sta
dium. ni'il between thesi and the- .
forward pass there is an even
' ehatiee that the Commodores will
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i«ve««AvTy *♦" \t // the men for the
•ci • ii-in Dartmouth and
lins picture shows Wendell 7 /
ii’id Briekley about to hit the line Yale games,
in one of their famous rushes.
With Clemson Out of
Way, Georgia Has but
2 More Games to Play
ATHENS. GA.. Nov. 8. The Georgia
players are back home, aftpr a victo- 1
rious trip to Augusta, and have settled
down to get ready for Tech. The Geor
gia men have no game Saturday. The
following Saturday they play Tech and
the closing game of the season comes
Thanksgiving day with Auburn. All
the Georgia players will be in Atlanta
for the game between Tech and Se
wanee.
Yesterday’s defeat of Clemson. 27 to
t>. was easy sailing for the Red and
Black.
At no time were the Georgians in
danger, and the only guess among the
2,000 present was "how great will be
the defeat?" The Georgia team was
much heavier than the Tigers.
Bob McWhorter was the individual
star of the game. He ran repeatedly
around Clemson's ends for gains any
where from 25 to 50 yards. He carried
the ball over the goal line twice tor a
touchdown.
Second to McWhorter on the offen
sive work was Charlie Thompson, the
Atlanta boy. This lad play ed great ball
and his line-plunging counted one
touchdown. Bowden got the other.
Thompson kicked three of the four tries
at goal.
Clemson's one touchdown was the re
sult of some beautifully executed fol - |
ward pusses. Kangeter taking the ball
over.
Clemson was outclassed in every de
partment of play.
NAP PITCHER ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
l’E< >1:1 v ILL . Nov. 8.- Roy Walker, i
a member of the Cleveland American
league pitching start', was arrested here
this afternoon upon advice of the chief
of detectives of Nashville. Tenn., where
■a warrant is out for his arrest on a
charge of attempted murder. Walker
denies having been In any trouble in
Nashville. Ik will be returned there
tomorrow.
TAD JONES IS INJURED
PLAYING WITH SCRUBS
EXETER. N H., Nov 8 -Tad Jone .
forme. Yale quarterback, who has been
....wilting the Exete academy team this
fall, is conllned to his rooms here by
injuries .e. l ived w, lie playing with the
scrubs this week. 11l a -eiimmiige he
stifle id a b okin tib and an injury to
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MORRIS AND KEATING
ON WAY TO ATLANTA
WITH Carl Morris and Jack
eKating on the rattlers and"
with the Dixie Athletic
club’s new boxing emporium in
good trim, everything seems to be
shaping- up in fine style for the
opening battle of the new boxing
organization.
Both Morris and Keating wired
yesterday that they had left. They
should be here tomorrow. This
will give them a few days on the
ground to get acclimated and to
give fight followers a hint as to
what they really have in the way of
Queensberry ability.
The work on the club rooms is
The Last Shall Be First
r— In considering the purchase of a pair of
I Shoes, the “last” represents your own
foot. The styles and seasons change,
but your foot never. Therefore
consider the last. 1
11 —11 FIRST, the last we give you is / t\
the kind of tit which makes /
you forget that you have on • /r
new shoes; no special rub or pressure /
al any particular place. And you can
absolutely depend upon the stitching.
toe caps, welts and counters. Thev f
I’LTRA and CONSERVATIVE, with
every variation of style between those
two extremes.
Low heel English styles, tan Patent Colt. French Calf, black
and ta n Russian calf. $4 to $6. Rubers for Men, Boys' and Chil-
and black, lace and button, the <- hl i dren 'g. Bovs' and YoutlVs ,
COMFORT shoe. $4. $5 and $6. Shoes. $1.50 to $3. <lnen, 60c to sl.
37-39 Peachtree Street COMPANY II Atlanta, Georgia
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progressing well and they promise
to excel in comfort and appearance
anything ever shown in Atlanta.
■ The club promises some long
needed reforms. For instance, they
claim that they will cut out the
long waits between the bouts. For
another thing, they have provided
real ring clothing for- \he prelimi
nary performers and there will be
none of this appearing in nonde
script apparel that has been so
badly ’ bush league” in other fistic
entertainments here.
TECH HI DOWNS ALUMNI.
Tech High school defeated the alumni
of that school yesterday afternoon at
Piedmont park by the score of 14 to 6.
»HOPE TO
HOLD TIGEHS TO
CLOSESCORE
j rTXHE Yellow Jackets have fin
ished their week’s work. No
scrimmage was held Thurs
day, but a hard signal practice was
gone through and the team is now
putting on the finishing touches for
the battle Saturday.
Hutton will be in the game at
end, though for a while it looked as
if he was not likely to be in good
shape. He has, however, come
around all right and will greatly
strengthen Tech’s defense. Hunter
is a good man at end and knows
the game. This is his third year
under Coach Heisman.
Moore is all right again and will
be seen at his place on right end.
All of the injured men will be able
to start in this game and every
man is more than determined to
bring another English cup to Tech's
trophy hall. It is privately and re
luctantly- admitted, however, that
this seems to be the wrong year to
turn the trick.
Tech Not Up to Mark,
This time last year Tech men
were in high spirits, for they out
played Auburn from start to fin
ish and had met defeat only be
cause of one small incident—a SO
- run by one Mr. Newell.
A year ago the team was in good
physical shape. This year the men
are not actually injured, but abso
lutely every man has some vulner
able spot. The whole bunch is
playing on pure grit and nerve.
Loeb has a broken hand and a
sprained ankle. Hutton has a brok
en nose; Fielder both ankles
■sprained; Luehrman, shoulder
smashed, while McDonald one of
the mainstays of the team, had to
be taken out of last Saturday’s
game on account of old injuries re
hurt. These are but a few* exam
ples, but they give an insight into
the kind of stuff the men are made
out of, who will tackle the Sewanee
Tigers with colors flying.
Georgia Men Watch Game.
Very few new plays will be un
corked Saturday, as the entire
Georgia team will be here to wit
ness the game and to get what in
formation they can for the “big
show” on the Saturday following
Loeb will be played at center to
morrow. while Montague and Means
will play the guards. Captain
Luehrman and Calley will look aft
er the tackles, while Hutton and
Moore will play the ends. This is
the best line Tech has and one that
is always there with the fight.
In the backfield Cook will play a
half, with Fielder as his running
mate. McDonald will play the
quarter and Thomasson the full
back.
FOGELMAYCALLON
COURTS TO HELP HIM
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. S.—Though
he faces expulsion from the National
league for his ill-advised criticism of
the umpires of his league and their
handling by President Tom Lynch.
Horace Fogel, president of the Phila
delphia club, today dug up a new
scheme to further prolong the agony.
According to a story current here.
Fogel’s lawyer has served notice on
Lynch and the presidents of the seven
National league clubs other than the
Phillies, that Fogel will go into court in
case they continue their crusad*
against him and will endeavor to force
the government to prosecute the club
owners of the National league unde
the Sherman anti-trust act and try to
prove that the National league, in con
junction with the American leagw
; constitutes a conspiracy in the restraint
of trade.