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GEOMIAN WOW COWH® * EXWKFS’
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RECORDS PROVE
LEAGUE IS SHY
ON GLASS
By Percy 11. Whiting.
THE mor#* a man studies the
batting and fielding averages
which have Just been issued
by the Southern league the more it
sw eeps over you what a really in<
dlocre league it was last year and
what a HORRIBLE club Atlanta
must have bad to finish last. 4a
points behind Chattanooga and b'i
behind Montgomery.
The league lacked class and the
record* show it. Take tin tits',
basemen: Sykes, Agler. McGil
vray and Doe Johnston wot' the
best: and •'Doc." while he "went
up." was not among the star bai
ters, and was the worst fielder of
the entire lot.
Wares. Marean. Alpernian and
Jordan were the real second haw
men und the’ stars were Al >er
rnan and Jordan, though the rn*”-
oixls do not show it.
Elberfeld, Ellam. Bnlentl. <T.m
d.ill and Harbison were useful
shortstops, though Ellani batted
most feebly
The third basemen had nothing i
on the rest. \imeida batted mar
velously well for a while, and had
a pood record for the year. Hut bls
fielding was off.
There were three or four good
outfielders, but they won their
fame by good butting rather that’
good fielding
<'i.rtalnly there wilt be fen med
als given to the Southern of |a-t
’ sen on for its pitch-is. Aitchbon.
oft Montgomery. really did great
work with a poor ilub. So did
Detnaree—but hardly a Southern
leaguer believes he i good enough
to slick in the National leugtp .
Wagner had a good year, but lie
Isn't any Walter Johnson oi Ed
Walsh. Foxen is a line old has
been—with a good team behind
him. Boyd, of Birmingham. was 2T>
per cent pitcher and 75 per cent
support. Cavtt 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.
AH usual, there aie a lot of fea
tures of interest about the fig
ures.
For Instance. Bill Bernhard got
through the season with n batting j
average of 1.000. of course. In:
didn't get to but so very often.
Then there was the amazing per
formance of "Natural Stull" 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 hail one pitcher whose avet -
\ ago for the season was ,75n. This
‘man was Price. Ho 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 tlmae
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 ills 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 lawmen in fielding. Sea
bough. who wa* 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 and Paige.
Each man won 14 games und 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 Captain 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 han
made fourteen. The Indians always
have been a big scoring team, but it
also is characteristic of them that they
are •coned on at a more extensile rate
than Is generally the case with a team
of so much strength otherwise.
It would appear that there is a wider
gap between their strength in offense
and defense than Is true of most teams
of their caliber.
A better iu<-a could be had of just
how strong the red men arc this year
if they played Harvard. Yale or Prince
ton. None of these three 1s on the (’ar
little schedule. Still the Indians have
* game on for next Saturday which is
likely to test their scoring ability bet
ter than any preceding game. They are
to play tin- Army, aim owing to the
•ffectiveness of the Army defense, ft i«
seldom that any opponent thrives much
W: PO’ro making even if it heats t u
Bolbltis.
Here’s What Vanderbilt Is Up Against Tomorrow at Harvard
This is the preat Brickley in the act of kicking a goal. This
Heid goal phenom, who scored nine of Harvard’s points against
*’ Princeton with his educated toe. is feared more by Vanderbilt
lhan any other man on the Crimson eleven. The Commodores
m \\ S3*" W >ll keep close watch on him in tomorrow's struggle at Cam-
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VANDY WORKS IN
STADIUM TODAY
fOR HARVARD
CAMBRIDGE. MASS.. Nov. 8.
Tile Vanderbilt tekm, twen
ty strong, has arrived within
the shade of Cambridge’s historic
< Ims and this afternoon take-- the
first football work out that ever a
Vanderbilt leam took on Mri.-sa
chusetts soil.
Tip Harvard team has extended
to \'anderl>llt the courtesies of the
stadium and they will go through
go al, fast signal practice there till*
a ftenioon.
.MeGugin's ty<-ale.-t i.ar is that
his men may go stale mentally
lather than physically, and to avoid
any such thing lie sought to put
the Commodores at east*. He point
ed out to them that while Har
vard possttftseil a big. nigged team
mid would outweigh Vanderbilt
something like six pounds to the
man. still they need not bo looked
upon us 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 MeGugin im
pressed upon bis charges the fact
that when the 1910 team clashed
with Yale 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 t'ollins. 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. When it comes to compar
ing Lewis 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
ot fame will have to go a long way s
before ho meets Hatdage 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 is true
of Nuck Brown at end. No man in
the 191" lino east 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 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
to make any comparison at the
quarterback position since such
brilliant performers as Ray Morri
son appear about one time in a dec
ade. Rut 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 Curlln, 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 every thing into I'onsidet
ution. the teum of 191<) could not
compan* with this year's Comm >-
dor-s. vho li» vi shown lite most
dazzling a|>eral met si ill on a
Houthern gtiuiroii.
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SWIMMING TEAM
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fTAIIE Atlanta Athletic club has
j 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
are taking much interest in the
practices and welfare of the water
squad.
Tom AVlnans, 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 teain
will probably be against the Bir
mingham Athletic club. This club
also has a water squad that aeems
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. 8. —When Ray
mond Rivers, the pugilist, stands toe to
toe with "Sam" Morris In the arena
next Tuesday he will put up the fight of
his life. If lie beats Morris and gets
the purse Bivers will marry Miss Agnes
Maher, an actress, on Wednesday night.
If Rivers is whipped well, lie Isn't
thinking much about that today.
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 8
Articles have been signed between Jake
Abel, of this city, and Yankee Schwartz,
of Philadelphia, to meet here In eight
rounds November 27. The two will be
the headliners for the opening of a new
club The two fought a draw in Nash
ville last spring. Abel is already train
lug here.
MISSISSIPPI MEETS
ALABAMA TEAM TODAY
TI'SCALDt ISA. ALA Not x. The
rnivt isity of Alabama and rhe I'nh e ■
Uy of Mississippi lootball teams meet
' on the gridiron here today
The Iranis Will •■ld- the lailin < \elily
j matched «■ to spi ed, w Iglu and eXJK
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i.iow'ws, ik«wt v // the men for the
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Inis picture shows Wendell / /
and Brickley about to hit the line 'I ale games,
in one of their famous rushes.
With Clemson Out of
Way, Georgia Has but
2 More Hard Battles
ATHENS, GA., Noy. 8. 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 nnn have no game Saturday. The
following Saturday tlfey play Tech and
the closing game of the season comes
Thanksgiving day with Auburn. All
the Georgia players will bh in Atlanta
for the game between Tech and Se
wanee.
Yesterday s defeat of Ciemsou, 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 tor gains any
where from 25 to 5C yards. He carried
the ball over the goal line twice for
touchdowns.
Second to McWnoiter on the offen
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 yvas 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. B.—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
NashVUJl lie will be returned there
tomorrow
TAD JONES IS INJURED
PLAYING WITH SCRUBS
EXETER. N 11 Nov. B.—Tad Jonez,
former Yale quarterback, who has been
• ■•aching tin Ex te: academy team this
fall, Is confined to Ins looms here by
Injuries receive,] while play ing with the
scrubs this week. In a ■•■rfmmage he
suffered a biokep ilb and an Injury to
th, left Should*':,
MORRIS AND KEATING
ON WAY TO ATLANTA
WITH Carl Morris and Jack
Keating on the rattlers and
yvith the Dixie Athletic
club's new boxing emporium in
good trim, everything Seems to be
shaping up tn 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
■- 1 . N considering the purchase of a pair of
I Shoes, the “last’’ represents your own JO
foot. The styles and seasons change,
but your foot never. Therefore
[jr=jl consider the last. / / A
|IJ I FIRST, the last we give you is j'
'll the kind of tit which makes
you forget that you have on V
new shoes; no special rub or pressure
at any particular place. And you can
absolutely depend upon the stitching,
1 toe caps, welts and counters. They are
ULTRA 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 ’an Russia calf. $4 to »6. I '“or ° Min, and
COMFORT shoe. $4. »5 and $6. Gun metal calf and vlcl kid. »3.50 Children. 60c to sl.
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37-39 Peachtree Street D COMPANY IZ Atlanta, Georgia [
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 TO
HOLD TIGERS TO
CLOSE SCORE
THE Yellow Jackets have fin
ished their week’s yvork. No
scrimmage tvas held Thurs
day. but a hard signal practice was
gone through and the team is notv
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, howbver, 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 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 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 Insight Into
the kind of stuff the men are made
out of. who will tackle tha Sewanee
Tigers with colors flying.
Georgia Mep Watch Gams.
Very few new plays will be un
corked Saturday, as the entire
Georgia team will be here ta 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 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 lav. yer has served notice on
Lynch and the presidents of the seven
National league clubs other than the
Phillies, that Fogel will go into court n
case they continue their crusade
against him and will endeavor to for"
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 league,
constitutes a conspiracy in the restraint
of trade.
