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LEAH 15 SHE
ON GLASS
By Percy IL Whiting.
ryxHE more a man studies the
I batting and fielding averages
■“• which have Just been issued
by the Southern league, the more it
sweeps over you what a really me
diocre league it was last year and
what a HORRIBLE club Atlanta
must have had to finish lust. 4(1
points behind Chattanooga and «6
behind Montgomery.
The league lucked class and the
record# show It. Take the first
basemen: Sykes. Agler, McGil
vray and Do< Johnston were the
best; and "Doc," while he "went
up," was not among the star bat
ters, and was the worst fielder of
the entire lot.
Wares, Marcan, Alperman and
Jordan were the real second base
men—and the stars were Alpet- ,
man and Jordan, though the rec
ords do not show it.
Elberfeld, Ellam. Balenti. Cran
dall and Harbison were useful
shortstops, though Ellam batted _
most feebly.
The third bajsemen had nothing
on the rest Almeida butted mar
velously well for a while, and had
a good record for the year. But his
fielding was off.
There were three or four good
outfielders, but they' won their
fame by good batting rather than
good fielding
Certainly there will be few med- |
als given to the Southern of last
season for its pitchers Aitehison.
of Montgomery, really did great
work with a poor club. So did
Demare*—but hardly a Southern |
leaguer believes he Is good enough
to stick in the National league.
Wagner had a good year, but he
isn’t any Walter Johnson or Ed
Walsh. Foxen is a fine old has
been—with a good team behind
him. Boyd, of Birmingham, was 25
per cent pitcher and 75 per cent
support. Cavet and Smith were a
couple of skinny youngsters who
may fill out some day and amount
to something, but who haven’t ar
rived yet.
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AS usual, there are a lot of fea
tures of interest about the fig
ures.
For instance. Bill Bernhard got
through the season with a batting
average of 1.000. Os course, he
didn’t get to bat so very often.
Thon there was the amazing per
formance of "Natural Stuff” Wal
dorf. The big German worked In
12 games and lost 11 of them
Another notable pitching effort
was that of Bair, in 1911 he won
20 games and lost 11. In 1912 he
won 8 games and lost 21.
It Is also worth recalling that At
lanta had one pitcher whose aver
age for the season was .760. This
man was Price. He started In only
four games and wv>n three of them.
The best average of any 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
.294
It Is also worth noting that the
only first baseman who was sent up
to the big leagues for anything but
a cover-up was "Doc” Johnston,
and his fielding was the worst of
any Southern league first baseman.
Several players who were 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 tn fielding Sea
bough. who was canned by Nash
ville, proved, according to the rec
ords, the second best catcher in the
hugue
An Interesting happening was
that Atlanta let out two pitchers to
Montgomery —Johns and Paige.
Each man won 14 games and lost
15 for the season. The only differ
ence was that Paige worked In one
more game- -and got a tie.
THORPE AND PENDLETON
TIED ON TOUCHDOWNS
NEW YORK. Nov V The •■■t.<l
griet of touchdowns for Captain Tharpe,
of the Indians, rose to fourteen last
Saturday, which makes him and I*, i -
dleton, of Princeton, th» leaders f t .
season in that department. Each ,s
made fourteen. Ihe Indians alw.iy
have been a big scoring t. nr. hut it
also is characteristic of them that they
are scored on at a.more extens ve rat.
than is generally the case with a team
of so mm h »tr« ngth (Rhei w i»
It would appear that there is a wider
gap between their strength in offei s.
and defense than is true of most teams
of their caliber.
A better idea could be hail of Just
how strong the red men -are t’.i" y. ar
If they played Harvard. Yah- ... Pri
ton. None of these three is . : the ■
lisle schedule. Still th: In.lions lav.
r game on for next Hatur»ht> \\hl< i>
likely to test their scoring ability l et
ter than any preceding gum* Th* y m,
to play th< Army. am. . .ii g to the
effectiveness of tin Ari. y .ot.. .it i
seldom that any oppomni tnriv. •» t . .. h
In point making even it *t beats 1 ■
We«t Pointer.
Here’s What Vanderbilt Is Up Against Tomorrow at Harvard I
This is the great Briekley in the aet of kicking a goal. This
Z' *' Y field goal phenom, who scored nine of Harvard’s points against
’ Princeton with his educated toe. is feared more by Vanderbilt
than <mv other man on the Crimson eleven. The Commodores
? will kee *P clos ' ! ' vat, -'“ 011 11 ’ 1 “ * n tomorrow’s struggle at Cam-
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lANDT WORKS IN
STADIUM TODAT
FOR IIAHW.ro
CAMBRIDGE. MASS.. Nov. 8.
The Vanderbilt team, twen
ty strong, has arrived within
the shade of Cambridge's historic
elms and this afternoon takes the
first football work out that ever a (
Vanderbilt team took on Massa
chusetts soil.
The Harvard team has extended
to Vanderbilt the courtesies of the.
stadium and they will go through
good, fast signal practice there tills
afternoon.
McGugln's greatest fear is that j
his men may go stalo mentally |
rather than physically, and to avoid
ant such thing he sought to put
tlie Commodores at ease. He point
ed out to them that while Har
vard possessed a big, rugged team
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 Yale Bulldog or the
Princeton Tiger. And McGugln im
pressed upon his charges the fact
that when the 1910 team clashed
with Yale the Vanderbilt hacks 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 field, has it all
over Bill Neely, of the 1910 team,
while Sikes outshines Kent Morri
son in every department of the
game. WJten it comes to compar
ing I<ewis Hardage to Bo Williams,
who was the best of the 1910 back
field—Well. Georgia sent Vander
bilt a great man in Williams, but
Williams' going in the football Hall
of fame will have to go a long ways
before he meets Hardage coming
out.
There are many who make the
claim that Vanderbilt caught Yale
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
ns 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 ami away hotter
than ho was when he appeared
against Yale. Shipp, at tackle, is
i Improving every day and right now
Is at the top of his stride and
should ho round into shape in time
■ I for the Harvard affair he will prove
a hard nut for the Harvard lines
men to crack. It’s Just as well not
■ i to make any comparison at the
quarterback position since such
brrliant performers as Ray Morri
-1 son appear about one time in a dec
, ade. But there is a chance that
Za. h Curlin's broad toe. backed by
17.’ pounds of muscle, will figure tn
a affair with Harvard, and if he
does get going right—well. Brick
ley tna\ be a pretty fair sort of
• player, but Curlin, when he 1s right.
- a’" '•-t as much of a wonder at
booting t ■ ball over the goal.
This Year's Team Is Best.
■| king everything into Consider
tmr ' • team of 1910 could not
’ j e.i npni w 1:11 this are Cotnmo
; ■ woo have Shown t . most
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TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEAX S.FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8,19 u.
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SWIMMING TEAM
IS ORGANIZED!
8T J. A. 0.
Atlanta Athletic club has
I branched out -or rather
swam out into u new field
of sport; for the club has at pres
ent a swimming team that prom
ises to give an excellent account of
itself. Being something entirely
new In Atlanta, the elub members
are taking much interest in the
practices and welfare of the water
squad.
Tom W inans, a member of the
swimming team of the Illinois Ath
letic elub that represented the Stars I
and Stripes in the recent Olympic
meet, ranks as one of the team’s
stars and is doing much toward its
success by bls able coaching.
The first appearance of the team J
will probably be against the Bfr- I
mingham Athletic elub. This club '
also has a water squad that set ms '
to be the pride of the Iron City, it
also boasts of an Olympic athlete
in fact, a teammate of Winans.
RIVERS WINS A BRIDE
IF HE TRIMS MORRIS
L<’>S ANGELES. Nov S. W hen Bay - ,
mond Rivers, the pugilist, stands to? to
toe with "Sam” Morris in the arena
next Tuesday he will put up the fight of j
his life, if he beats Morris and gets I
tlie purse Rivers w ill mar y Miss \gm > :
Mailer, an actress, on Wednesday night, j
If Rivers is whipped well, he isn’t I
thinking much about that toda’y.
Miss Maher will wait at her home to
hear the result of the battle.
SCHWARTZ SIGNS FOR
8-ROUND GO WITH ABEL
CHATTANOOGA. TENN, Nov. B.
Articles have been signed between Jake
Abel, of this city , and Yankee Schwa-ttz.
of Philadelphia, to meet here In eight
rounds November -’7. The two will be
the headliners for the opening of a new
club The two fought*a draw in Nash
ville last spring Abe! is already train
ing here.
MISSISSIPPI MEETS'”
ALABAMA TEAM TODAY
Tl’Si'Al*'OSA M.A Nov s The
I’niverslty of Al ibtumi and the I’niver-
I sitv of M .-“I '.-ipi'i oo.ball t ms meet I
! ■ n iln gi idlron 'a n- today .
I’he IvhW "ill ent. the game . veitly
I ma.eln d as to -p. ed. vci * h ami exit
j Hence |
°C>V'<a.»GHY * K
This pirlUl'e shows W <‘lltlcll
tiiitl Brinkley tilmul to hit the line
in one of 1 heir famous rushes.
With Clemson Out of
Way, Georgia Has but
2 More Hard Battles
XTHENS, GA.. N v. B.—The Georgia
players arback home, after a victo
rious trip to Augusta, and have settled
dow n to get > eady for Tech. The Geor
gia men have no game Saturday. The
following Satmilav they play Tech and
the closing game of the season comes
Thanksgiving day with Auburn. All
th. Georgia players will b. in Atlanta
for the game between Tech and Se
wanee.
Yesterday's defeat of Clemson. 27 to
18. was easy sailing for the Red and
Black.
At no time vv.'v the Georgians in
.lunge", and tli< only gu. ss among the
12.0041 present was "how great will be
the defeat'.”' The Gc 'gia team was
| much heavio than the Tigers.
I Bob McWhorter was the individual
I star of the guinc. He ran repeatedly
I.uound ' Usov < emfs'for gains any
w here liom 25 to 50 yards. He carried
th< Lull over th. goal line twice for
touchdowns.
Second to Me" m ler on the offen
isive work was Charlie Thompson, the
I Atlanta boy This lad played great bull
and his line-plunging counted one
touchdown. Rowden got tile Otlle . 1
Thompson kicked threv of the tour tries
fit goal.
Clemson's one touchdown was the re
sult of some beautifully executed fol -
i ward passes, Kang. ter taking the ball i
Clemson was outclassed in every de-
I partment of play.
NAP PUCHER CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER
PEORIA, ILL.. Xov. s Roy Walker, i
a member of the Cleveland American
league pitching staff, was arrested here
this afternoon upon advie of the chief
vis deteetivea of Nashville, Tenn., where
a vvui rant is out for his arrest on a
charge of attempted murder. Walker
denies having bi <ti in any trouble in
Nashville. He will be returned there
tomorrow.
TAD JONES IS INJURED
PLAYING WITH SCRUBS
EXETER, N. 11.. Nov B—Tad Jones,
former Yah quavte: back, who lias been
icoaching the Ilx . aeademj team this
; fall, is confined tbis looms here by
I injuries i '(. ivt > while playing with th.
| scrubs this week In a s ( .;-immage he
jsutle ed u brok n lib ..lid :.n injury to
j;.., ■ it she.ibl<
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MORRIS AND KEATING
ON WAY TO ATLANTA
XT TITH Cail Morris and Jack
VA/ Keating 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
giound to get acclimated and to
give fight followers a hint us to
what they really have in the way of
Queensbmry ability.
Tile work on the elub rooms is
—_— —a -
The Last Shall Be First
X considering the purchase of a pair of
I Shoes, the “last” represents your own Fy
foot. The styles and > casous change,
but your foot never. Therefore /Su (
■j=r consider the last. ‘
U FIRST, the last we give you is /L ' jA
the kind of tit which makes z y "O'
you forget that you have on
new shoes; no special rub or pressure Ai
at any particular place. And you van
absolutely depend upon the stitching. JF
toe caps, welts and counters. They are jy
ULTRA and CONSERVATIVE,' with
every variation of style between those
two extremes.
lx>w heel English styles, tan Patent Colt, French Calf, black
and black, lace and button, the anti ,an Russia calf, J 4 to $6. Rubbers for Men. Boys' and
COMFORT Shoe, $4. $5 and $6. Gun metal calf and vici kid. »3.50 Children. 60c to »1.
PARKS=CHAMBERS=HARDWICK
57-59 Peachtree Street 1 COMPANY r Atlanta, Georgia
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progressing well and they promise
to jjceel 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 ting clothing for the prelimi
nary performers and there will be
none of this appearing in nonde
set ipt apparel that has been so
badly "bush league" in other fistic
entertainments here.
TECH HIGH DOWNS ALUMNI.
Tech High school defeated the alumni
of that school yesterday afternoon at
Piedmont park by tlie score of 14 to 6.
JACKETS HOPE TO
HOLD TIGERS TO
CLOSE SCORE
THE Yellow Jackets have fin
ished their week’s work. No
scrimmage was held Thurs
day, but a hard signal practice wae
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. Hutton
is a good man at end and knows
the game. This is his third year
under Coaeh 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 getne 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
turn the trick.
Tech Not Up to Mark.
Tills time last year Teen mon
were cheerful, for they had out
played Auburn from start to fin
ish and had met defeat only be
cause of one small incident —a 90-
yard run bj one Mr. Newell.
A year afco the team was in good
physical shape. This year the men
are not actually injured, but abso
lutely ever.v man lias some vulnei -
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 nosie; Fielde 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
huft. These are but a few exam
ples, but they give an insight into
the kind of stuff the men are mad<
out of, who will tackle the Sewane<
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 anJ to gel 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 Colley 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 pla,\ a
I half, with Fielder as his running
j mate. McDonald will play 'the
i quarter and Thomasson the full
j back.
FOGEL MAY CALL ON
COURTS TO HELP HIM
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. S.~ Thoug.
he faces expulsion from th£ Nationa
league so. . his ill-advised criticism of
the umpires of his league and theii
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 w ill go into couri i'll
case they continue their crusade
against him and will endeavor to fore:
the government to prosecute the elul.
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 league,
constitutes a conspiracy in the restraint
of trade.