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Sf. Louis National League Team Has a Sure Comer in Lee Magee
RECRUITS WHO HAVE JUDE GOOD IN BIG LEAGUES
No. 4—LEE MAGEE.
(This is the fourth of a series of
articles on youngsters who made
good in the big leagues the past
season.)
By Sain Crane.
LEE MAGES, of the St. Louis
Cardinals, is a youngster who
won hie spurs as a big
leaguer lefet season. His resem
blance in face and form to the fa
mous Ty Cobb is marked, and
while he may not attain the repu
tation of the wonderful Tiger, he is
a new player who gives great
promise and is on the high road
to fame in his chosen profession.
Magee has all the characteristics
to a marked degree of an up-to
date hall player—the speedy kind.
He is, by far the fastest man on
the Cardinal team and one of the
best all-around players Manager
Bresnahan had in his line-up. He
will take all kinds of*chances on the
bases and has won many games by j
itis fleetness alone.
He was played mostly in the out- j
field during the past season, but oc
casionally filled in at infield posi- I
rions and invariably made good.
While playing second base for a
while during the disability of Mill
r Huggins he played so well that
difficult position that Bresnahan
had no scruples in endeavoring to
make a trade with the Cincinnati
club which included the disposal of I
Huggins; but the deal fell through
owing to the objection of Mrs. '
Britton, the owner of the Cardi
nals.
Made Hit With Bresnahan.
It was Bresnahan’s intention to
play Magee regularly at second
base, showing how favorable tn
Impression the fiery, energetic |
youngster had n ade with his man-
The situation is different now.
K’-esnahan having been released
■nd superseded as mnniyer by ■
■,filler Huggins, the player he tried
to trade. The conditions now will
probably prevent Mage-, securing
permanent infield berth, but with
out doubt h< will be played regular
'y in the outer garden, where he is
bound to make a hit.
For a youngster, Magee’s batting l
last season was little short of phe- I
nomenal. He played in 124 games, I
was 146 times at bat and made 130
safe hits, giving him a batting rec
ord just a shade inside rhe .300
•nark.
Magee is a great ground coverer
it; both tile in and outfield. His
wonderful speed enables him to get
or g drives that it would be impos- •
sible for slower rur.nf J to get
war. He has a splendid arm and
the best throwing outfielder
on tir- Ct. rdinal team.
He is an enthusiastic youngster,
ambitious and full of pepper. When
he. started v.i:h the Cardinals late
in 1911, his youthful exuberance
.used him io take almost too
any chancer, but it was :• com- :
mendable fault, and under the care
ful coaching of Bresnahan In has ;
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developed into one of the most
valuable players the Cardinals
have.
Magee is a clean-cut youngster,
built on the lines that denote speed.
He is rangy and quick in both mind
and body. He was unusually suc
cessful the past season against the
Giants, and it was rumored that
Manager McGraw proposed a deal
for the youngster during one of
the Giants' trips to St. Louis dur
ing the season, but Bresnahan
turned the offer down. He was in
big demand by other National
league managers as well.
Magee is a most willing boy. He
was anxious to learn, and never
failed to take the advice of his
manager or players with more ex
perience than he. He Is a very
popular youngster with his fellow
Cardinals and with the St. Louis
baseball public. The fans of the
Mound City consider him one of the
F FODDER FOR FANS~|
1 r»Locke, secretary of the
| I ittsburg club, is slated to succeed Hor
ace J - gel as president of the Philadelphia
Nationals. \Ve haven’t the pleasure of
Mr. Locke’s acquaintance, but wt risk
the prediction that the Phillies can not
make a mistake in changing.
* * c
It is justly alleged that a man who can
please the “F< ur Ps” is a successful
baseball manager. The “Fours Ps” is
code for: President, players, press and
public.
For the 1 first time in historv, a ball
club from (|< United States will train
under the British fag. it’s easy enough,
the Yankees are going to Bermuda.
♦
Its getting so a man las to win the
penr.ai i < r g-.q a new job—especially in
| the hig leagues.
• • •
I S-une statistician has figured that if
A T c;’’; ',v canned all his b« -'ads he and
Wilbert Robinson wuu’d have to go in the
I game co make out the nine.
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Apropos of the late ending of the base
-1 ball sea • n and the early start of spring
. trait.h g, some baseball player has re
; marked that he doesn’t get any chance
1 these days t*> egt acouainted with his
; family.
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Sonu body has suggested that the 10 per
cent fund that now gees to the national
i commission out of the world’s champion
; ship he split and that 5 per cent be
I handed tn the commission and 5 per cent
’ be placed in a fund for old and indigent
I ball players. Tl.< idea will undoubted-
■ ly make a large hit with the commission.
* * *
I The Connecticut league has grabbed a
, new name. It’s now the Eastern league.
Add proposal managers of the High
i landers: Bill Carrigan.
e *•
Tin > have some weird in . s tacked
■ n to players in the Wist on.- in-Ulinois
leag tc, as. for instance, Pieh Kench,
Shinners, Lien, not to mention Wachtel.
, evei ea th< Reds pi opose they
■•ffur Art: - Phelan as one of the men they
arc willing io k-i go. '! he former Baron
doesn’t seem to be much of a Hit with the
I Reds.
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Harry St. ' feldt is scouting r.uw
ing f<-r .i job as marager. He prefers
, .'oast, but isn’t awfully particular.
« * »
Mike Kelli. the row manager of the
1 Indiannpot's elub, Ims been given permis
; sion to be the real Mg chief of the In
dians. lie doesn’t have to ask anybody’s
i permission to do anything.
• • •
I-'. B Dickerson, who owns the Lud
j ington team, of the Michigan State
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1912.
best ‘‘finds’’ of last year, and pre
dict a brilliant career for their fa
vorite.
Magee played with the Louisville,
Ky., club of the American associa
tion during the season of 1910 as
second baseman and shortstop. At
second base he played 115 games
and made the remarkable fielding
average of .949. having 719 chances
and accepting all but 37. His bat
ting was comparatively weak as a
Colonel, though, he having an av
erage of .215.
In 1911 he was sent to Seattle,
and played there until Bresnahan
secured him for the Cardinals the
latter end of the season. He played
eighteen games at second base in
1911 as a Cardinal and had the very
high fielding average of .975. He
batted at a .261 gait.
Magee is surely of big league
class and will be heard from next
year. Watch him.
■ I league, claims the distinction of being
the youngest mogul in organized basebali.
, He is 26. •
♦ 4 •
Charley O’Leary claims he can get a
fat job if rhe Indianapolis club will kind
ly let him loose. So far that kindness has
not oeen extended to him.
PENN STATER PLAYED FOR
7 YEARS WITHOUT INJURY
PHILADELPH IA, Nov. 20. Seven years
on the gridiron without an injury.
That is the wonderful record of Dexter
Very, the speedy right end of the Penn
sylvania State college eleven, who is be
.ng mentioned as an AU-Atnerican end.
A ery plays football because he likes the
game. No player ever got into more
scrimmages. Even in 1911, when he cap
tamed the State eleven, he would not
rest as is customary in some of the early
week scrimmages. He insisted upon get
ting in. every play.
Three wars at Mercersburg academy
put him in excellent condition. In that
time lie never missed a game and went
through each season without so much as
a severe bruise.
Then he started his college career at
Pennsylvania State in 1908. brom the
very first he made the varsity team.
Y ery has gone through his seven years
< f football without wearing any heavy
armor. He dees not believe in shi'nguards,
headgear or heavy pads. He is a wrestler
and is unusually strong.
PRESIDENT OF CARDS
QUITE READY TO QUIT
ST. LOt’IS. Nov. 20. i'resident J. C.
Jones, of the Cardinals, is willing to step
out of his big!, office—that ■ is. if Mrs.
; Helene Hathaway Robison Britton is iook
' ir-r for a successor. Jones will retire
without a murmur.
Mr. Jones made a statement in response
to the rumor that Lacey Crawford is be
' , irg groined for the office, ami said it
i was immaterial to him whether he is to
i be retained or some one else put in the
chair
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PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20.
According to an official an
nouncement issued by Con
nie Mack, of the Athletics, he owns
half of the Athletics’ stock and the
grounds at Twenty-first street and
Lehigh avenue. Mack is securing
the recent stock, now shares with
the Shibes the entire ownership of
the Elephants.
The deal by which Mack has dou
bled his baseball holdings makes
him one of the largest owners of
baseball stock in the major leagues.
Connie secured his additional stock
from Frank L. Hough and Samuel
H. Jones, who have been directors
of the Athletics since 1902.
In announcing the deal Mack
said:
"The proposition to sell out their
I interests in the club by Messrs.
Hough and Jones was made some
time ago, and it did not take long
for us to come to an agreement as
to what their shares were worth.
They disposed of their stock in the
club, as well as in the ball park, to
me. so that I now have a one-half
interest In each. How much money
was involved In the deal I would
not care to state.”
When Messrs. Hough and Jones
decided to sell out President Shibe
made no efforts to get any of the
stock. "Uncle Ben” made it one of
his Ironclad rules when he con
sented to become a magnate In
1901 that he would n.ot own more
than 50 per cent of the stock. He
is said to consider that no one had
a better right to purchase the stock
than the man who had spent so
many years in bringing champion
ships to Philadelphia.
Manager Mack also set at rest
some reports that have been In cir
culation about his players.
‘When in the West this week,"
said Connie, "I saw In newspapers
that Manager Callahan, of the Chi
cago club, was trying to purchase
the releases of Bender and Oidring
or to induce me to make a trade
for these men. I desire to say pos
itively that neither Bender nor
Oidring Is on the market. I intend
to retain both of these players for
next year.”
DUFFY BESTS THOMAS.
CLEVELAND, OHIO .Nov. 20.—Billy
Buffy, of Lockport, N. Y.. outpointed Har
ry Thomas, the lightweight, in a furious
12-round bout at the Earle chib last night.
New Yorker May Give Clarence English Surprise In Eaft.e Fr.day Night
YOUNG MOTTO’S W6RKOUT FLEASES LOCAL FAN
By Left Hook.
A CCORDING to a number of lo
cal boxing fans w.ho saw
Young Motto work out yes
terday, the unknown young gent
from New York is likely to give
Clarence English the surprise of his
life when they clash at the Dixie
Athletic club Friday night.
The writer was not present at
the workout, but from reports I
have heard Motto showed a lot of
fancy boxing as well as a kick in
both hands. Well, I hope that lie
will be able to give the fans n good
run for their money, for Atlanta
followers of the game sure deserve
a heap of good treatment for some
of the bunk that has been handed
them in the past.
The Dixie club verily means to
get the best men possible. Henry
Norton, who was president of the
Gate City elub. is president of the
new organization, but Henry has
ridded himself of some employees
who did not break their backs in
trying to see that the game was
run on the level.
Norton was simply inexperienced
when connected with the Gate City
club and listened to bad advice. He
has learned his lesson now, am' he
really means to give Atlanta box
ing fans the best bouts lie can se
cure.
• * •
/“xNE middleweight will be elimt
nated in the dash to determine
the championship of the class when
Billy Papke meets Frank Klaus De
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famous by Georges Carpentier and
the fashions. Georges, was a regu
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stepped into the country, sent
Georges drooping from the ring In
the seventeenth round, grasped al!
the laurels—and currency—in sight
and decided that the gay French
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wanee is a bigger town than New
York, Chicago or Atlanta, in
the eyes of the Parisians,
writes Al Lippe, who persuad
ed Papke that he must have
a manager that could understand
the chatter of the folks abroad. For
how could William get his meals
or laundry in Pai is, protected by
nothing more than Spring Valley
English?
"France demands another sight
of the American champion, as they
call him, in the ring before they’ll
let him return,” Lippe further uses
the mails to inform. “And Papke
HARVARD IS FAVORED,
10 TO 8, TO DOWN YALE
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Nov. 20.—The
Harvard squad was put through Ms last
practice scrimmage of the year today. A
light drill is planned tor tomorrow and
the eleven will then leave for Farming
ton, Conn., where it will remain until
Saturday when it meets Yale at New
Haven in the deciding clash of the year.
The team is "on edge” for its Yale game
; and Br.ckley, the wonderful booter. Is
I placing the hide between the cross bars
with startling regularity in games
against the scrubs.
Odds which favored the Crimson team
at 19 to 9 on Monday have jumped to
10 to 8 and in some cases to 10 to 7 be
cause of the excellent condition of the
Crimson regulars.
CUMBERLAND COMES TO
LIFE FORTINE CONTEST
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Nov. 20.
Chattanooga was assured a real football
fray for Thanksgiving today when arti
cles were signed tor a game here on Tur
key day between the University of-Chat
tanooga and Cumberland university. The
negotiations have been under way for
some time
I Cumberland has practically discontinued
football this year, but will be a great
drawing card because of the fact that
several Chattanooga men are on the
eleven.
will beat Klaus easily. I have,
offer of $7,1)00 to meet Bombard
Wells at Monte Carlo in Februff
and may accept.”
Papke is still worried about t(
SSOO an ounce he paid for his d?
flesh, even when he didn’t
larly want the extra portion. C(
pentier claimed a SI,OOO fori
when Papke was slightly ovt
weight, and Billy has been worr
ever since.*
But to reach the real importj
the December struggle: Whoei
wins will have to fight Eddie Y
Goorty, and the battle with j
Oshkosh boy if a tilt of any <1
tance must be regarded as a chai
pionship fight.
SCRUBS SMASH YALE
REGULARS; MAY GR/
PLACES ON VARS!
NEW HAVEN. CONN., Nov.
the big Harvard game only three
away the coaches are uncertain as t<
line-up of the team they will send to
tie against the Crimson squad when
meet on Yale Held Saturday.
The way the scrubs tore through
Yale line In practice yesterday gav«
coaches much to worry over today
It seems certain now that two or per
three subs will replace the regulars
the starting of the game.
Putnpelly, whose wonderful drop-1
Ing the last few minutes of play St
day saved the Blues from defeat, st
a certainty for one of the guard posit
Gallagher, sub end, may replace Bon
ler, whose injured shoulder and
threaten to keep him out for a tlm
The coaches, working for speed, w!
doubt order the use of the forward
on Saturday and give open footba
thorough try-out.
"Lefty” Flynn’s booting pedal has
sending spirals for 50 and 60 yard
practice and he Is looked upon to i
the ball out of Yale territory.
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