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\’o. 13—Atlanta Lost Neal Ball When It Took Castro
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
■» STAR on the wane looks
■ Y mighty like a star in the
making. The one is shy
same of its one-time brilliance. The
other is lacking in some of the
brightness that is yet to come. The
■ .in who decides which is the best
joking luminary has to be some
astronomer.
Bill Smith had to decide once
wm ther to pick an old shiner of
baseball or put his faith in a
youngster that hadn’t arrived. Bill
Is a reasonably fair baseball
astronomer, if one just considers
Jimmy Archer and Ed Sweeney,
I'ord, Paskert and others of the
constellation that represent Bill in
the big show heavens. But this
time he made his one astronomical
,rror and he hasn’t quit kicking
himself since. He placed his faith
in a veteran. The next year the
v. t was headed for the hushes. He
art aside the youngster. That fall
-< veral big league teams were
ighting for his services.
Twas in the spring of 1907 that
William was called upon to repeat
the famous feat of Solomon —i. e.,
picking the right one—a feat for
which Mr. Solomon won undying
renown.
Bill had gathered a mighty sweet
aggregation of ball tessera that,
season, for it was during that race
hat Ponce DeLeon, the newest and
best ball lot in the South, was to
be opened, and it was the desire
if every man, woman, child and
tlie bail players to make the open
ing an auspicious one.
Not only was the talent gath-
CUPID HAS WAGNER
TWO AND NOTHING
AND HE’S SWINGING
PITTSBURG, PA., Nov. 23.—Hans
Wagner is to be married. The girl
,vho it is reported is to become Mrs.
Ilans is now Miss Bessie Smith, of 151
Montclair avenue. West Pittsburg.
S’ews of the coming nuptials became
•urrent today, and the blushing Miss
?mith said the reporters would have
;o see "Mr. Wagner” about it.
It is significant that the story of
• engagement should become gen
•r;>llv known just when Wagner is
jway off in the wilds of Arkansas on
i hunting trip. Wagner's extreme
nodesty probably arranged it that the
ii ws should be made public while he
.■ms far away. Mrs. Smith, mother of
the Miss Bessie, said she was not au
thorized to act as press agent for the
couple.
They’ve been going together for four
j-ears," is all Mrs. Smith would ad
mit.
Word came to the office of the
''l .tsburg ball club today that ‘‘Chief’'
Ailson, the hard-hitting outfielder, is
> be married this winter. “I’ll bet if
itiier the Wagner or Wilson stories are
rue their girls had to pop the ques
i‘in.” remark 'd an official of the ball
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lightful “Turkish-blend.”
Most popular today with
discriminating smokers.
In a plain package—con
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ered of a superior character, but
it was strong numerically. There
were two or three men scrapping
for every place save that occupied
by Otto Jordan. The task of weed
ing out the club was* therefore,
one of more than usual arduous
ness.
But when it came to deciding on
his shortstop, Bill had a job that
would have balked even the
doughty’ Solomon. There were two
men out for the place. The first
was Lou Castro, veteran of a thou
sand stricken fields, fresh from a
dazzling year with Birmingham,
the champions of that season, and
the prize comedian of the South
ern league.
The other was Neal Ball, fresh
from the bushes, unheard of, un
heialded, but w r ho looked a wonder
in spring practice.
Atlanta fans had pretty well de
cided that Lou was entitled to the
place’ and all the honors and emol
uments that went therewith. Ix>u
entered the Southern league two
years before with Nashville, and
when Dixie saw him perform it
wondered how he had escaped from
the big show. He had played bril
liantly with Nashville. He had
followed suit with Birmingham.
Ho was expected to repeat with
Atlanta. And then there was the
prestige of his having been with
the Athletics when they were
champions of the American league,
and as the saying goes, "‘anybody
that’s good enough for Connie
Mack is good enough for us.”
Count Was Full of Ginger.
Then, too, the Count was a spir
ited, peppery player, who drew on
the road with his Webber and
- Toda^s Games
South.
Vanderbilt vs. Auburn, at Birming
j ham.
East.
Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven.
Carlisle vs. Springfield T. S„ at
Springfield.
Syracuse vs. Army, at West Point.
’ New York vs. Navy, at Annapolis.
Brown vs. Norwich, at Providence.
, Lafayette vs. Lehigh, at Easton.
Swarthmore vs. Dickinson, at Car
i lisle.
Trinity vs. Tufts, at Boston.
Penn Freshmen vs. Cornell Fresh
men, at Philadelphia.
West.
Chicago vs. Minnesota, at Chicago.
Nebraska vs. Oklahoma, at Lincoln.
Wisconsin vs. lowa, at lowa City.
Indiana vs. Purdue, at Lafayette.
Illinois vs. Northwestern, at Evans
. ton.
Washington vs. Arkansas, at St.
; Louis.
Kansas vs. Missouri, at Lawrence,
Ohio vs. Western Reserves, at Ath
ens.
Ohio State vs. Ohio Wesleyan, at
Delaware.
CENTRAL HIGH WINNER.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Nov. 23.
Playing for the "prep’’ championship
of the city, the Central High eleven de
feated the City High here 13 to 6. The
losers lost the ball on downs on their
opponents' two-inch line just a second
before play ended.
PUT FIGHT OFF A DAY.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23.—The date of the
Gibbons-McGoofty fight in Madison
Square Garden has been set back from
December 3 to December 4.
ROUND-TRIP RATES FOR
GEORGIA-AUBURN FOOT
BALL GAME THANKSGIV
ING DAY.
$3.20 from Atlanta. Leave Atlanta
7:00 a. m., returning leave Athens 6:18
p. m., Eastern time. Plenty of time
to see the game finished. Seaboard.
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Atlanta lodge. No. 523. Loval Order
of Moose gives $7 a week, sickness or
accident; *IOO funeral; free medical
attention members and family. Dues
75c per month For Moose free Uni
versity free Tuberculosis Sanitarium,
tree Home for Aged and Infirm. 2.<c
quarterly. No assessments. Non-sec
. tarlan. Non-pollttcal. Only reliable
men wanted. Boozers will not apply.
The Initiation fee of Atlanta lodge,
1 for a short time, is $5 —only $2 with
I application and s■> when initiated,
liter 525 Examination JI. Medical
! examiners Hr. C. A Rholes. 602-3-4
Atlanta Bank building; Dr. W H.
iloev 301-.' Walton building. Get »x
--amlned early, please. It is important
i You should Joi:, today and save J2O.
! X. WALDO KENNEDY.
National Director.
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| Telephone Ivi 5147. PO. Box 1404
I I Office open de and evening Wel
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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1912.
Field’s stuff and at home with his
personal popularity, for w’herever
Castro goes his friends run into the
hundreds.
On the other hand, Ball was
slight and retiring. He did not
look big enough to hit, though hie
pro-season fielding was a revela
tion.
Smith’s judgment was Atlanta’s
judgment. Castro was kept and
Ball was thought so little of that
he was practically’ given to the
Montgomery club. From that time
on Neal was a thorn in Billy’s side.
He not only’ continued his bril
liant fielding, but he hit like a fiend.
Before the season was half over, it
was known that Ball would go to
the majors. It was known that
Castro would never be with the
Atlanta club another year.
Ball Showed Flashes Only.
Ball, though, never attained ma
jor league consistency. Flashes of
brilliancy kept him with the Yan
kees for a couple of seasons. Then
he was shipped to Cleveland. Ha
was about ready’ for the sack in
Napland when he made his famous
unassisted triple play. Again he
was on the rocks and had been
shipped to the Pacific coast when
an injury to Lajole necessitated his
recall. He was finally traded to
Boston and got his $4,000 world se
ries money’ for going to the bat
once and fouling, or fanning, or
popping, or something.
And where is Castro? Why, you
had just as well ask "where's Jim
Woodward?” He’s in Atlanta, of
course, for the winter, but each
spring finds him piloting a club in
some of the better bush organiza
tions,
G. H. S. TOPS LEAGUE IN
first HALF 0F season
Clubs’ Standing.
CLUBS— Won. Lost. P. C.
G. H. S. . 5 0 1.000
Atlanta Cadets 5 1 .831
Atlanta Guards 4 3 .672
Fulton Blues 3 2 .600
Fulton Fusiliers 2 4 .333
Marist Rifles 1 6 .143
G. A. C o 7 .000
Last Night's Results.
■ Fulton Fusiliers 20, Atlanta Guards
31.
Fulton Blues 2, Marist Rifles 0.
The first half of the Fifth Regiment
Basketball league is over. The entire
seven series of four games each have
been played with the exception of two
or three postponed games.
HARD GAME FOR WISCONSIN.
IOWA CITY, IOWA, Nov. 23.—Con
ceded the Western championship by
experts, Wisconsin expected a hard
fight from lowa today. Both teams
were in prime condition just before tne
game, and the Wisconsin men were
confident they would make a clean
sweep of the season by defeating their
husky opponents.
JACK DILLON STOPS CLARK.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Nov. 23.—Kid
C lark, of Columbus, Ohio, was no match
tor Jack Dillon, of Indianapolis, here' last
n nt. and the uneven battle was stopped
by the police at the end of the second
round when Dillon sent Clark through
the ropes with a hard right swing. Clark
was all but out at the close of the ses
sion.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
ANNOUNCES.
Effective November 24. trains Nos. 5
and 6, “FLORIDA SPECIAL,” will be
extended and operated through as be
tween Cincinnati and Jacksonville, Fla.,
instead of only to Macon, as at present.
Leave Atlanta 11:20 a.m.
Arrive Macon 1:35 p. m.
Arrive Jacksonville 8:20 p.m.
J. L. MEEK,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
LOW ROUND-TRIP RATES TO
WASHINGTON.
From Atlanta. $19.35; Athens, $18.15;
Cedartown, $20.05; Elberton, $17.15.
Rate.s from other points will be named
on application. Tickets to be sold De
cember 1, 2 and 3, limit 15th. Seaboard.
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GOOD DENTISTS AND
GOOD EQUIPMENT
MEANS
MORE PRACTICE AND
LOWER PRICES.
Gold Crowns ... 53.00 I
Bridge Work $3.00
Set Teeth $3.00
S All work guaranteed.
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C. A. CONSTANTINE, Prop
Cor. Poachtrue and Decatur Stt.
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Per Gallon
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We will sell gasoline at 11c
per gallon as long as our con- ;
tract holds.
NORTH PRYOR GARAGE
North Pryor Place. Rear of
Hotel Marlon.
MOTOR DEMONS
CUSH TODAY HI
PIEDMONT
DESPITE the gloom cast in the
camp of the motorcycle
races, caused by the injury
to Hal Gilbert, one of the star
riders, while practicing on the
Piedmont course, the racers are
prepared to dazzle Atlanta with
their speed in the second meet of
the Atlanta Motorcycle club this
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
For days the riders have been
tui.ing their machines, for days
they have been studying the track
and they confidently expect not
only’ to shatter the track records,
but to hang up some new world
marks.
The track has been rolled and
packed for the meet, and its slow
condition, which rather marred the
last races, will not be in evidence
this afternoon.
The races are absolutely free and
a mammoth crowd is expected on
the natural ampitheater which sur
rounds the race course.
The events will be run as fol
lows:
First—Single cylinder, four
horsepower, amateur.
Second —Single cylinder, four
horsepower, professional.
Third—Twin cylinder, six horse
power, amateur.
Fourth—Twin cylinder, six
horsepower, professional.
Fifth—Match professional twin,’
six horsepower.
Sixth —Australian pursuit, free
for all.
NEGROTEAMS wTILPLAY
TORRID GAME AT PONCEY
No game ever played by’ negro foot
ball teams in the city of Atlanta has
attracted half as much interest as that
between Atlanta Baptist college and
Tuskegee, which will be played this
afternoon at Ponce DeLeon park.
Special provisions will be made for
i white spectators and ushers will be pro-
I vided to assign them to the place re
; served for them.
i Tuskegee will bring to Atlanta a. team
that will average 180 pounds and ex-
i pects to accomplish something that
hasn’t been done in eight years—de
feat Atlanta Baptist college on Atlanta
grounds.
, Th<*local team has lost but two games
, in eight years, one to Tuskegee and
, the other to Fisk. In eight years the
A. B. C. elevens have piled up over 700
points to 46 by their opponents.
Each team has men who are being
put forward as the Ted Coys and the
Lewis Hardages of their race, and there
' W’ill be spectacular stuff pulled. The
game will be in charge of officials from
i Georgia Tech.
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With every conceivable modern convenience for prompt, polite and efficient service, this establish
ment will be ready for business Monday morning, November 25.
THE FOOD —Well, experienced chefs and stewards have searched the four corners of the earth for
the best products that the world’s market affords. You’ll find assembled here, delicacies from this
country and abroad, such as have never before been served in Atlanta and you’ll find the equipment, the
service and the surroundings truly metropolitan. Corner Houston and North Pryor streets, Dakota Hotel.
| Complete Meal 25c The Delicatessen Shop
11:30 to 2:30 P. M.
During these regular lunch hours we will Everything cooked——ready to
serve a meal for 25c that will be complete in Q-„4- L~ J
i -i • x r 1 T r eat. Dent to your home ready
every detail a convenient, restful place tor
ladies and gentlemen. to serve on your own table.
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I Cabaret From 9 to 12 P. M.
Nightly from 9 to 12, beginning next Monday, we will operate a Cabaret with Polite Vaudeville
amid refined, harmonious surroundings a delightful surprise for your after-theater party. Con-
ducted in a manner that will make it a genuine pleasure to bring your wife, daughter or sweetheart.
English Allows Motto to Stick Out Ten Rounds
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Fans and Promoters Handed a Fine Fake Fight
By Left Hook.
LEMONS —small lemons, me
dium-sized lemons and large
lemons—left a bitter morn
ing-after taste in the mouths of a
bunch of fight fans at the Dixie
Athletic club.
The main bout was a. fake and
the semi-windup was a worse fake.
The battle royal, which started with
five performers, left a winner be
cause the other four scrambled out
of the ring when the going got too
hot. The opening preliminary last
ed one round, but was on the level.
Clarence English met Young Mot
to, of Cleveland, New Y’ork, Hobo
ken and a dozen other places, in the
main bout. Motto was sent here
as a substitute for Young Otto. He
proved a scream of a joke. English
could have knocked him out any
time he desired. But he let Motto
stay so that the latter could get
enough carfare to carry him back
to New York.
The club didn’t want to put Mot
to on, but the New’ Yorker finally
induced the promoters to do so by
agreeing that he wasn't to get a
cent if he didn't last the ten rounds.
The innocent promoters were bunk
ed.
Motto undoubtedly’ had a perfect
understanding with English. He told
Clarence that it was a long walk
back to the big city and English
saw to it that Motto didn’t have to
hike. But in doing this charity
work English bunked the public,
and he should be barred from fight
ing here again.
It was a joke fight from start to
finish. Motto didn’t know a bloom
ing thing about boxing, and he
packed a punch that wouldn’t dent
a hole in a new’ cheese. English
let him swing both hands from the
floor time and again, and only’
laughed as the blows bounced off
his face.
Harry Matthews, old-time Atlan
ta catcher, made his debut as ref
eree. Harry did exceedingly well
for the first time, but It's a cinch
that an experienced official would
have thrown the fakers out of the
ring before the mill had gone half
the distance.
Spider Britt and Kid York open
ed the bill. It was a pretty affair
for one minute and forty seconds,
when Spider hooked a wicked right
to the point of the chin that put
York to sleep for fully five min
utes.
Then they brought on Clarence Col
lins and George Lavelle. These two
lads did a brotherly act that was
so raw Mike Saul, who refereed,
threatened to throw ’em both over
the ropes. Seeing that they couldn’t
get along with their farce, Collins,
in the third round, did a "Brodie.”
Here’s to it that neither get on
again.
ANOTHER ERROR CHARGED
AGAINST FRED SNODGRASS
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.—Although
he has been married for more than
three years, Fred Snodgrass, cen
ter fielder of the New York Nationals,
is defendant in a breach of promise
suit, the filing of w’hich became pub
lic today.
Nellie K. Frankes is the plaintiff,
and she asks the court to award her
$75,000. The plaintiff alleges that
Snodgrass won her consent to t marry
him on January 15, 1908, and that more
than a year later, while she believed
herself to be his fiancee, he married
Josephine Vickers.
Y. M. C. A. BOYS BEAT
PEACOCK TEAM EASILY
The intermediate basketball team
of the Y’oung Men’s Christian associa
tion defeated the Peacock five In a
swift clean game yesterday afternoon,
24 to 12.
"Steeplejack” Scott, the lanky cen
ter of the association five, was easily
the star of the game. Very few fouls
were called. The game was very’ fast
and the guarding of both teams was
excellent.
BIG SALARY FOR HAUGHTON.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Nov. 23.
Percy Haughton, head coach of the
Harvard football team since 1908 at a
aslary of $7,000 a year, is to be engaged
for four years more at an increased
salary.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The dapper young announcer
gave out the information that on
Thanksgiving day Carl Morris and
Jack McFarland, a fighting heavy
weight from New York, would mix
in the main bout. It looks like a
good match.
“BAT” NELSON A BEAR,
SAY HIS PRESS AGENTS
i NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.—Battling Nelson
i is giving the lie to statements that he
is down-and-out by administering an aw
ful drubbing to his sparring partners, in
• training for his fight with Leach Cross.
PLAY FOR SECOND PLACE.
. CHICAGO, Nov. 23.—Chicago and
Minnesota waited for the referee’s
t whistle today to play off the game that
' is to decide the supremacy for second
‘ place in Western football honors. Both
1 teams were keyed to the highest notch
I for the contest, for which every seat
had been sold hours before time for
calling the game. Despite the absence
of the championship flavor, the even
ness of the teams promised to make the
’ struggle one of the most bitterly con
tested of the season.
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INJURED JONES AT HOME.
i HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Nov. 23.—Ray
, rnond Jones, left end on the University
of Alabama football team, whose cheek
bone was smashed In the game with
Sewanee at Birmingham last Saturday,
i has accompanied his parents to their
home in Huntsville, and 'will remain
: here ten days or two weeks. Jones’
injuries are not of a serious nature, but.
he will not be able to plav football any
more this season.
COFFEY BEATB HIRSCH.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23, -Jlm Coffev, a
new "white hope,” who never wore a box
ing glove until a year ago, won from
"Special Delivery” Hirsch last night.
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