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Charley Stengel Recruit Who
Has Made Good in Big League
NO. S—CHARLEY STENGEL.
This is the fifth of a series of ar
ticles on youngsters who made good
in the big leagues last season.)
By Sam Crane.
C 5 HARLEY STENGEL only
played sixteen games with
z the Brooklyns last season,
it from the time he joined the
uh on September 17 until the sea-
Sv , n was finished he attracted more
tention than any other player on
Hi,- home team.
his first same as a big
!»nguer, when he played with the
superbas against the Pittsburg Pi
mter. he made four safe hits in
r.iur times at bat and drew a base
~n balls, reaching srst base every
>.? up. That sensational debut'
was the means of focussing more
attention on the new recruit than is
usually accorded a youngster, no
natter how promising. That might
have feazed some less nervy play
er. but not Stengel, who thrived on
the spotlight notoriety, and he con
tinued to play the same rattling
game up to the close of the season
t at distinguished his opening.
In the sixteen games he played
with the Superbas, Stengel failed to
get a safe hit in but two contests.
President Ebbets had been fortu
nate in securing promising play
ers before, but la appears as if he
had one of his most lucky "finds” in •
young Stengel.
Brooklyn fans are surely of that
..pinion, and the new player will
start off next season on Ebbets
field, the Superbas’ new home, al
. ady established as a popular fa
vorite. This should result in his
favor, if his laudation is not over
done.
Worked Hard to Succeed.
Stengel was obliged to take his
time and to go through many dis
couraging experiences before he
reached the goal of his ambition
and became a regular player on a
big league team. The first record
obtainable of him is when he went
on trial with the Kansas City club
in the spring of 1910. He did not
make a very good impression with
Owner Tebeau and he was released
to the Kankakee club in April of
that year. It was evident by his
early release that he was not given
a fair chance to demonstrate his
ability.
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The Kankakee manager did not
appreciate the youngster's worth,
and later in 1910 he was shifted to
Shelbyville. He was with the Au
rora club in 1911, and it was then
that he first attracted the atten
tion of one of President Ebbets’
scouts, and the latter drafted him
for the "Brooklyn club. But Sten
gel was not fixed even then. Eb
bets could find no opening for him
in the Superba outfield and re
leased him to the Toronto club.
Manager Joe Kelley passed the
youngster along to the Montgomery
club, of the Southern league. It
was in the Alabama capital that
the much shifted youth first began
to shine, and then he forced his
ability to he recognized.
Stengel Attracted Scouts.
His heavy batting and good all- j
around play attracted the atten
tion of many scouts of big league
clubs ami he was In demand for the
first time in his career. But the
Brooklyn club, by reason of the-in
tricacies that surrounded baseball
and minor league players at the
time, still held claim to his serv
ices, and when the Montgomery
club paid off at the close of the
Southern league season President
Ebbets recalled the youngster and
he reported at Washington park
September 17, giving him the op
portunity of making his sensa
tional debut.
It appears now as if he was at last
firmly fixed as a regular on the
Brooklyn team.
He was played in center field by
Manager Dahlen and immediately
showed his worth. His fielding was
up to high class right from the
start. He made an excellent side
partner to the speedy Zacn Wheat,
who had long needed an associate
fielder who could cover as much
ground as he can.
It was in batting, though, that
Stengel flashed. He surely had the
punch. He made three home runs
that were sandwiched in among
the eighteen safe hits he gathered
in the sixteen games. He also
made nine runs. His batting av
erage was .333. Ills recbrd with
the Superbas at bat was:
Games played, 16; at bat, 54: runs,
9; base hits, 18; home runs, 3; av
erage, .333.
Stengel is a left-handed batter
and thrower. He has a good arm
and is fairly fast on the bases.
He will fill in with the Superbas
nex£ year in great shape. The play
er with the punch is always a val
uable man to any club and Stengel
has demonstrated that he can sting
the ball.
rllE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1912.
JACK KEATING TO
REFEREE BOUT
TOMORROW
JACK KEATING, the Canadian
heavyweight who was beaten
by Carl Morris the other
night, is going to stick around'At
lanta for a while. Jack wants to
get another chance to show that he
is some fighter. And while he is
waiting for another scrap he is go
ing to earn his bread and butter by
refereeing at the Dixie Athletic
club.
Tomorrow night the Canadian
heavyweight will make his debut
as third man in the ring, for he will
officiate at the English-Motto ten
| round affair. C. IV. Burke has re T
signed.
Both English and Motto are in
swell condition for their affair.
They have been working hard .
since their arrival here and both
fit to fight a champion. English
has heard that Motto is no bum and
he hasn’t shirked in his training.
But Clarence is confident he will
and if he does he is going to
try to get the local promoters to
secure Ray Bronson for him. Ray
defeated English a few weeks ago
in a slashing fight. English ad
mits that he was beaten, but says
he wasn’t at his best that night.
He is confident that he can reverse
the dope in another mill.
The semi-windup tomorrow night
will bring together Baker and La
ville, the two boys who fought a
swell battle at the last show.
BOXER DIES OF HEART
FAILURE BEFORE FIGHT
NEM YORK, Nov. 21. —Frederick
Merten, a clerk, eighteen years old, had
put on the gloves last night for an ex
hibition bout with Thomas Holmes, a
driver, nineteen years old, at the Cen
tury club, recently organized on the
upper west side. Merten was walking
to the center of the ring to shake hands
when he reeled and fell against Holmes.
Holmes thought Merten was joking and
shoved him aside. He fell to the floor
dead.
A hospital physician declared that
death was due to heart failure induced
by excitement.
DALTON SHADES HAYES
IN BATTLE AT WINDSOR
WINDSOR, ONTARIO, Nov. 21
Jerry Dalton, of Jeffersonville, Ind., was
conceded a slight advantage over
I “Chick” Hayes, of Indianapolis, after
I eight rounds of boxing here last night.
They met at 122 pounds.
In the semi-final Jimmy Brennan, of
Chicago, knocked out George Leatham,
of Nova Scotia. In the fourth round.
KLAUS WANTED TOO MUCH
FOR FIGHT WITH PAPKE
PITTSBCRG. Nov. 21.—Frank Klaus,
the local fighter, is ( n his way home
from Paris, according to word received
here today by friends.
Klaus was to have met Billy Papke
in a twenty-round engagement there
December 4, but the French promoters
claimed the local fighter wanted too
much money, so called off the bout.
GIBBONS IS BESTED BY
McCARREN IN SHORT GO
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PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 21.—Jack Mc-
Carren, of Allentown, Pa., was given the
popular decision over Mike Gibbons, of
St. Paul, in their six-round bout here last
night.
Brookhaven Club to I
Open New Golf Course I
Saturday Afternoon
The Brookhaven club will officially open
its golf course Saturday afternoon, when
Mrs. William Lawson Peel will drive the
first ball from the opening tee. The nine
hole course is in fairly good condition,
and there is no reason why it shouldn't
in time be developed into one of the
best courses in the South.
The finals in the J. K. Ottley cup tour
nament will be played Saturday, and •
there will also be driving, approaching :
and putting contests.
Scotty McKenzie, golf professional of
the club, has worked hard to make Satur- '
day's program an interesting one. "Mac”
will probably do some fancy work with
the clubs himself. He has developed a
green squad of golfers in less than a
month's time so that now Brookhaven has
at least a dozen men who play good golf.
CARTERSVILLE PLAYS
DARLINGTON FOR TITLE
ROME. GA . Nov. 21. Friday will be
played in Rome a football game to de
cide the champion-hip of the .Seventh
congressional district. T.lie, teams will
represent the Darlington school, of
Rome, and the Cartersville High school.
The opponents have .fast and capable
teams. Each .school has vanquished the
other opponents in the district, and the
rival teams have also met each other .
once this season in a 0 to 0 tie. The <
fact that neither side could score in a
long and hard fought contest on No
veiplier 8 is the best evidence that the
victory Friday, if one is secured at all.
will be won by a close score. The
closeness of the teams in playing abil
ity has been indicated during the past
few years. In the last seven games
played between the schools, the Dar
lington points have totaled 31. while
those for Cartersville have amounted in
all to 24. Two of the contests have
been ties, Darlington has won three and
Cartersville two.
WHEN FLYNN MEETS
BRICKLEY FUR WILL FLY
By W. J. Mcßeth.
YALE and Harvard are con
fronted with two groat issues
in their annual game Satur
day. For the moment the result of
the classic has assumed Secondary
importance. The main topic of
discussion among the respective
followings of tlie time-honored ri
vals entirely eliminates the final
result; each university is entirely
. absorbed with its idol—" Lefty”
;| Flynn or Charley Brickley, accord
•l ing to whether the Blue legion or
tlm Crimson host is gathered to
gether.
Brickley is one of the greatest
, backs that ever donned moleskin
for Cambridge. He is more thtin
that-rdxe is one of the grandest
players of all gridiron history.
Competent critics have declared
him the most capable warrior of
all time. But that seems estimat
ing his value too high. It is quite
true that so far as the Princeton
game is concerned. Brickley per
formed deeds that would rank with
the greatest efforts of any individ
ual in any game. Still the
Princeton battle is but one of many,
and football reputations are more
easily shattered than built up.
Won Spurs in Tiger Game.
Brickley won his spurs in that
gamp. He need not play so well
against Yale as he played against
the Tigers to go down in the an
nals as a star of the first constella
tion. His worshippers maintain
that against 'Yale he will be even
better. Such form would undoubt
edly prove detrimental to the
chance of "Lefty” Flynn, brilliant
as the latter may be.
Against Princeton Brickley was
all that could be imagined. He sel
dom failed to make his distance
through the grim Tiger line, kicked
field goals from all distances and
from all angles, with an assurance
almost uncanny. Offensively and
defensively, his headgear Hashed in
the thickest of the fight, and before
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SATURDAY
'"JAHE Atlanta Motorcycle club
! will bold its second race
meet of the season Saturday
afternoon at Piedmont park. Every
* good amateur and professional
ride in this neck of tile woods will
ride ami the event is sure to sur
pass lite corking program of sports
that tlie club gave about five weeks
ago.
The best thing sibout tile Motor
cycle club is' that they run their
races for the pleasure they get out
of it. They don't cltaige the spec
tator a blooming cent. At the last
meet over" 3,000 persons saw the
laces, and it is expected that twice
that number will be oil hand Sat
u rd ay . a f t e rn oon.
The track has been rolled this
time ami will be as hard as the
proverbitfl rock. At the last meet,
on a track that was knee deep in
dust, Hairy Glenn rode the track in
■ half a second slower than the
world’s record. This time Harry is
confident that he will smash the
mark to smithereens.
But Harry isn’t going to have
things all to himself this time, for
Hal Gilbert, one of the cleverest
driveis in the country, has entered
all the events in which Glenn is
scheduled to start. And little Ollie
Roberts will be in the same events,
too. And those who saw ollie ride
before know that he always "keeps
’er in the high.”
his rushes the foe always gave
ground.
Flynn, too. has won his epaulets
But not after the fashion of
Brickley. The Crimson back, should
he quit tomorrow, would have
aeieved honors enough for one year.
"Lefty” has never been put to the
severe test through which Brickley
passed with flying colors.
The Bulldog following admits
that Brickley is in a class by him
self as a kicker of field goals. But
his honors as a line plunger are
disputed, while Old Eli's sons de
clare that Flynn will more than
offset this advantage through hisi
other great kicking proclivities.
They figure him the equal, if not
tint superior, of Harvard’s Felton
as a punter.
Coy a Flynn Booster.
The fire of Yale enthusiasms
over Flynn has been fanned by Ted
Coy, a recent acquisition to the
coaching staff of New Haven. Coy
is simply enraptured over the pos
sibilities of this green fullback. He
says that Flynn in the Harvard
game will outrival himself when
Ted was at his best And Ted was
one of the greatest line plunging
backs in the history of the Blue.
Coy will devote his entire atten
tion to the schooling of Flynn right
up to Saturday afternoon. And it
is possible that two days is plenty
of time for this wizard to bring
forth a champion fit to hold his
own in the lists with Brickley at
his best.
DOBSON OF CLEMSON MAY
QUIT AT END OF SEASON
CLEMSON, S. C.. Nov. 21.—Frank Dob
son, coach of the Clemson football team,
may not be back at leader of the Tigers
next fall.
The Clemson authorities are satisfied
with his work, but he has offers that
will net him more money than his present
position, and it seems decidedly probable
that he will accept one of them.
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GORDON-RIVERSIDE GAME '
WILL BE FOR THE TITLE;
BARNESVILLE. GA., Nov. 21.—Gor-'J
don and Riverside, two of the strongest
prep school football teams in the state,
will meet on the gridiron here Friday
afternoon in what promises ro be the
most bitterly contested prep game of
the Georgia season.
Tile outcome of this game will have a
direct bearing upon the prep school
football championship of the state. If
Riverside wins, it will have practi
cally a clean title to the honor. If Gor
don wins. Riverside, G. M. and Gor
don will be' hooked up in a triple tie.
TRAVERS HEADS LIST.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Jerome D. Trav
ers, national golf champion, was alone in
the 11'13 scratch list when the Metropoli
tan Golf association scheduled appeared.
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'i’YALE PLAYER SERIOUSLY
; f IjURT IN HOT SCRIMMAGE
HAVEN. CONN., Nov. 21.—John
Ttvesle.y Castles. Jr., a substitute back on
I the Yale team, is at the colege infirmary
today suffering from concussion of the
brain as the result of injuries received
in a football scrimmage yesterday. Ho
will not be able to play in Saturday's
game against Harvard. Castles was at
the botom of a heap In a scrimmage and
' when the men got up off the pile he was
unconscious.
BOY HURT IN FOOTBALL
GAME DIES OF INJURIES
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