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RECORDS PROVE
LEAGUE 15 SHY
ON GUSS
By Percy 11. Whiting.
THE mote a man tudies the
batting and fielding avwagr<.
which have just been issued
by the Southern league, the more it
sweeps over you " hat a really me
diocre league it was last year ami
What a HORRIBLE club Vlimtu
must have bad to finish last 46
ppints behind Chattanooga and t>t>
behind Montgomery.
The league lacked » las - and tm
record.® snow it. Take tin first
basatnen: Sykes. Aglet. MeG.l
vray and Doc Johnston v.r > the
best, and "Doe," while he went
up." was not among the star bat
ters, and was the worst fielder of
the entire lot.
Waies. Marcan, Alpermati and
Jordan wen the real c oad Lats< •
men.—and the star - werf* Alner
man and Jordan, though thw'><•<-
ords do not show it.
Elberfeld, Ellatn. Balvini. • K.:n
dill and Harbison were useful
Shortstops, though Ellatn batted
most feebly.
The third basemen h.nd nothing i
on the test. Almeida batted nun - |
velousiy well for a while, and had
a food record for the year. Hut his
fielding was off.
There were three or four good
outfielders, but they won their
fame by good batting rather thar
good fielding
feitalnly there will be few m.si
als given to the Southern of last
«'e ,>n for its pitcher - Aitehi.son,
of Montgomery, really dirl great
work with n poor Hub. So did
Demarco but hardli u Southern
leaguer believes h< is good enough
to stick in the National league.
Wagner had a good year, tint he
isn't any Walter Johnson 01 Ed
Walsh. Foxen is a fine old has
been—with a good team behind
him. Boyd, of Birmingham, was 25
pel' cent pitcher and 75 per < ent
support. Caret and Smith were a
couple of skinny youngs!' ,s win
may fill out some tiny and amount
to something, but who haven't at -
rived yet.
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s S usual, there are a lot of fear
tures of interest about the fig
ures.
For instance. Rill Bernhard got
through the season with a batting j
average of 1.000. tis course, he
didn't get to bat so very often.
Then there was tlie amazing per
formance of “Natural Stuff" Wal
dorf. The big German worked in
12 games and lost II of them
Another notable pitching effort
was that of Bair. In I'.'ll 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 .750. This
man was Price. He started in only
four games and won 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
.394.
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
ait\ 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 fit st basemen In fielding. Sea
bough. who was canned by Nash
ville. proved, according to the rec
ords, the second best catcher in the
league.
An interesting happening was
that Atlanta let out two pitchers to
Montgomery—Johns ami 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. 8 The total
grist of touchdowns for t’aptaln Thorpe,
of the Indians, rose to fourteen last
Saturday, which makes him and Pen
dleton. of Princeton, the leaders of the
season in that department. Each hue
made fourteen. The Indians alwaj s
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 team
of so much strength otherwise.
It would appear that there Is a wider
gap between tlielr strength In offense
and defense than Is true of most teams
of their caliber.
A better idea could be had of just
how strong the red men are this year
if they played Harvard. Yale or Prince
ton. None of these three ts on the Car
lisle schedule. Still the Indians have
a game on for next Saturday which is
likely to test their scoring ability bet
ter than any preceding game They atv
to play the Army. ami. owing to tlx
ffeettveness of the Army <lefens<. it l<
that am oppom nt thrives mm h
MBBt' point making i ven if ii beats t ■
' > st Pointers
Here’s What Vanderbilt Is Up Against Tomorrow at Harvard
field goal phenom, who scored nine of Harvard’s points against
Princeton with his educated toe, is feared more by Vanderbilt
"Mite than nn,v mari 0,1 Crimson eleven. The Commodores
” \\ S’*-* I * W >H keep close watch on him in tomorrow’s struggle at Cam-
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS.. Nov. 8. -
The Vanderbilt team, twen
ty strong, has arrived within
tie e iad< of •'ambridge's historic
elms and this afternoon takes the
first football work out that ever a
V anderbilt team took on Massa
ehusi tts soil.
The Harvard team has extended
to Vanderbilt the courtesies of tlie
stadium tind they will go through
good, fast signal practice there this
j aitirnoon.
MeGugin's greatest fear is that I
his men may go stale mentally |
lather than phy ically, and to avoid
any such thing lie sought to put I
the 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 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 Collies, one of the stars
of this year's back field, has it all
ova Bill Neely, of the 1910 team,
while Sikes outshines Kent Morri
son in every department of tin
game. When it comes to compar
ing Lewis I iardage 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
<>t 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
as the linesmen go, Buddy Morgan
at center has Improved in his work
100 per cent, and the same 1s true
<>f Nuck Brown at end. No man in
the 1912 line can approach the
matchless Frog Metzger, but Tom
Brown is far and awjvy better
than he 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 he round into shape tn time
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
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
155 pounds of muscle, will figure In
the affair with Harvard, and if he
does get going right—well, Brick
ley may be a pretty fair sort of
player, but Curlin, when he is right,
is almost as much of a wonder at
booting the ball over the goal.
This Year’s Team Is Best
Taking everything into consider
ation, the team of 1910 could not
. .impure with this veat a Commo
dores. who llaVi shown the most
• az.z'iug sped ev< r seen oil a
Sou;Horn gridiron.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRTDAY, NDVEMBER 8, 1912.
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SWIMMING TEAM
ISDRGANIZED
BF A. I. G.
CJAHE Atlanta Athletic club lias
I branched out —or rather
swam out into a 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 club members
arc taking much interest in the
practices and welfare of tlie 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'.'’
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 ciub
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.
RIVERS WINS A BRIDE
IF HE TRIMS MORRIS
LOS ANGELES. Nov. B.—When Ray
mond Rivers, the pugilist, stands toe to
toe with “Sam" Morris in the arena
n* xt Tuesday he will put up the fight of
his life. If be beets Morris and gets
the purse Rivers will marry Miss Agnes
Maher, an actress, on Wednesday night.
If Rivers is whipped well, he ikn’t
thinking much about that today.
Miss Maher will wait at her home Po
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 A'ankce Schwartz,
of Philadelphia, to meet here in eight
rounds November 27. The two will be
the headliners for tlie opening of a new
club. The two fought u draw in Nash
ville last spring Abel Is already train
ing here
MISSISSIPPI MEETS ~
ALABAMA TEAM TODAY
TI SCALOOSA. ala Nov. s The
t'nivii sity of Al ibama and the I'niver-
I slty ot Mississippi football teams meet
' on the gridiron In n todu.i
The teams will elite the game evenly
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Th., picture show. Wendell Dartmouth and
anti Brickley about to hit the line ** ° & anieß,
in one of their famous rushes.
With Clemson Out of
Way t Georgia Has but
2 More Hard Battles
ATHENS, GA.. Nov. S. —The Georgia
players are back home, after a victo
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
6, 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
I the ball over the goal line twice for
touchdowns.
Second to McWhorter on the often
; sive work was Charlie Thompson, the
Atlanta boy. This lad played 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 for
ward passes, Kangeter taking the ball
over.
Clemson was outclassed in every de*
partment of play.
NAP PITCHER CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER
PEORIA, ILL.. Nov. 8 Roy Walker,
a member of the Cleveland American
league pitching staff, 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. He will be returned there
tomorrow.
TAD JONES IS INJURED
PLAYING WITH SCRUBS
EXETER, N H. Nov. B.—Tad Jones,
former Yale quarterback, who has been
(■.• aching tlie Exeter academy team this
fall, is confined to ills rooms her* by I
Injuries leielved while playing with the
i s rubs thia w eek In a -ci iniimige he
sulleieil a broken lib .nd mi Injury to
I tlie left should^',
MORRIS AND KEATING
ON WAY TO ATLANTA
WITH Carl Morris and Jack
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 ami 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 elub rooms is
The Last Shall Be First
.. N considering the purchase of a pair of
1 Shoes, the “last” represents your own
foot. The styles and seasons change,
but your foot never. Therefore 1
fr=n consider the last. Z. / \
U FIRST, the last we give you is A
IL— J. the kind of tit which makes '
you forget that you have on //«»/ (J
new shoes; no special rub or pressure
at any particular place. And you can
absolutely depend upon the stitching,
toe caps, welts and counters. They are yr
I’LTRA and CONSERVATIVE, with
every variation of style between those
two extremes.
Low heel English styles, tan Patent Colt, French Calf, black Children's. Boys’ and Youth's
and black, lace and button, the and «•»»> Russia calf, $4 to 16. r„ b£ r * 1 '“7 ° Men. Bovs’ and
COMFORT shoe, $4. $5 and *6. Gun metal calf and vici kid. $3.50 Children, 60c to sl.
PARKSCHAMBERS=HARDWICK
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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 the 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 HIGH DOWNS ALUMNI.
Tech High school defeated the alumni
of that school yesterday afternoon at
Piedmont park by the score of 14 to 6.
JACKETS HOPE ID
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 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
I 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 Coach Heisman.
Moore is all right again and will
be seen at his place on right enu
All of the injured mem 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 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 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 inelght into
the kind of stuff the men are made
out of, w-ho will tackle the Sewanee
Tigers with colors flying.
Georgia Men Watoh Game.
A’ery few new plays will be un
corked Saturday, as the entire
Georgia team will be here te 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 Montagu© 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 play a
half, with Fielder as his running
mate. McDonald will play the
quarter and Thomasson the full
back.
FOGEL MAY CALL ON
COURTS TO HELP HIM
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. B.—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 sev<n
National league clubs other than the
Phillies, that Fogel will go Into court n
case they continue their crusad
against him and will endeavor to so
the government to prosecute the chi ■
owners of the National league un<l'
the Sherman anti-trust act and 1' y to
prove that the National league, in eon
i junction with the American league
t constitutes a conspiracy in the restrain:
of trade.