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i wenty-Five Greatest Southern League Players w •« ******* . • *i* •**•*{• •J*®*J* No. 13—Atlanta Lost Neal Ball When It Took Castro By Fuzzy Woodruff. A STAR on the wane looks /A mighty like a star in the making. The one is shy some of its one-time brilliance. The other is lacking in some of the brightness that is yet to come. The man who decides which is the best looking luminary has to be some astronomer. Bill Smith had to decide once whether 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, Ford, Paskert and others of the constellation that represent Bill in the big show heavens. But this time he made his one astronomical error and he hasn’t quit kicking himself since.. He placed his faith in a veteran. The next year the vet was headed for the bushes. He ■ast aside the youngster. That fall several . big league teams were lighting 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 tossers that reason, for it was during that race that Ponce DeLeon, the newest and best ball lot in the South, was to be opened, and it was the desire of every man, woman, child and the ball players to make the open ing an auspicious one. Not only was the talent gatli- CL'PID HAS WAGNER TWO AND NOTHING AND HE’S SWINGING PITTSBURG, PA., Nov. 23.—Hans Wagner is to be married. The girl who it is reported is to become Mrs. Hans is now Miss Bessie Smith, of 151 Montclair avenue, West Pittsburg. News of the coming nuntials became current today, and the blushing Miss Smith said the reporters would have to see “Mr. Wagner" about it. It is significant that the story of the engagement should become gen erally known just when Wagner is away off in the wilds of Arkansas on a hunting trip. Wagner's extreme modesty probably arranged it that the news should be made public while he was far away. Mrs. Smith, mother of the Miss Bessie, said she was not au thorized to act as press agent for the ■ouple. “They’ve been going together for four years,” is all Mrs. Smith would ad mit. Word came to. the office of the Pittsburg ball club today that “Chief” iVilson, the hard-hitting outfielder, is • be married this winter. ’Til bet if it her the Wagner or Wilson stories are rue their girls had to pop the ques remark d an official of the ball ■mb. much satisfaction in volved if you give or accept this mild, de lightful “Turkish-blend.” Most popular today with discriminating smokers. 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The other was Neal Ball, fresh from the busies, unheard of, un heralded, but who 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. Lou 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. He 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 Today’s Big Games | South. Vanderbilt vs. Auburn, at Birming 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 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-McGoorty tight 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. I ■ = IS A MOOSE I K: I '■a .JmMk .aHEISM ky w®* J/ Jr SENATOR JEFF DAVIS. Atlanta lodge. No. 323, Loyal Order I of Moose, gives $7 a week, sickness or accident; SIOO funeral; free medical attention members and family. Dues 75c per month For Moose free Uni versity free Tuberculosis Sanitarium, ' free Home for Aged and Infirm, 2’uc i quarterly. No assessments. Non-sec . 1 tarfan. Non-politlcal Only reliable | | men wanted. Boozers will not apply. I The Initiation fee of Atlanta lodg-. 1 for a short time, is $5 —only 32 with ! application and $3 when initiated. i atpr 325 Examination 31. Medical examiners Dr. C A Rhodes. SO2-3-4 Atlanta Bank building; Dr 3V. H. Hoey 301-2 Walton building. Get ex amined early, phase ft la Important. I You should Join today and save 120. X WALDO KENNEDY. National Director. | I • 121 Peachtree St.. Candler Bldg. I I Telephone Ivy 5147 P. O. Box 1404 I office open day and evening. Wei- I I come to one and all tAdveriisctnent.) I ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1912. Field’s stuff and at home with his personal popularity, for wherever Castro goes his friends run Into th* hundreds. On the other hand, Ball was slight and retiring. Ije did not look big enough to hit, though his 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. Ha 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 Flaehee Only. Ball, though, never attained ma jor league consistency. Flashes of brilliancy kept him with the Yan kees for a couple of seasons. Then lie was shipped to Cleveland. He 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 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 Marlst Rifles 1 6 .143 G. A. C 0 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 «*njld make a clean sweep of the season by defeating their husky opponents. DILLON STOPS CLARK. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Nov. 23.—Kid ' lark, of Columbus, Ohio, was no match for Jack Dillon, of Indianapolis, here last night, and the uneven battle Alas 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 11:20a.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. Rates from other points will be named on application. Tickets to be sold De cember 1, 2 and 3, limit 15th. Seaboard. GOOD DENTISTS AND GOOD EQUIPMENT MEANS MORE PRACTICE AND LOWER PRICES. Gold Crowns $3.00 Bridge Work ........$3.00 Set Teeth $3.00 All work guaranteed. ATLANTA DENTAL PARLORS 0. A. CONSTANTINE. Prop. Cer. Peachtree and Decatur Sta. Peachtree ; I I GASOLINE lie Per Gallon CASH We will sell gasoline at 11c per gallon as long as our con tract holds. NORTH PRYOR GARAGE North Pryor Place. Rear of Hotel Marion. .I.LJJJLiBIii limiIMWH.IIIHIIWIiMII WOR DEMONS CLASH TODAY 0 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'clocx. For days the riders have been tuning 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, w'hlch 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 ampltheater 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. NEGRO TEAMSWILLPLAY 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, white spectators and ushers will be pro vided to assign them to the place re served for them. Tuskegee will bring to Atlanta a team that will average 180 pounds and ex pects to accomplish something that hasn't been done In eight years—de feat Atlanta Baptist college on Atlanta grounds. The 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 will be spectacular stuff pulled. The game will be in charge of officials from Georgia Tech. HARRY SILVERMAN’S] II ~~1l Bohemian Restaurant ( — ll . ■,, Gentlemen’s Grill Room Delicatessen Shop I. H II ' And Cabaret —■ L — II II Will Open Monday, Nov. 25 With every conceivable modem 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 1 J i -i . x r 1 if eat. Dent to your home ready every detail a convenient, restful place tor ladies and gentlemen. to serve on your own table. • II II 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 4 , *4* 4-a 4* 4**4- 4-a-I- 4-a4- 4**+ 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 flght 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 York, 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 1 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 flght 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 which 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 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. SOYS BEAT PEACOCK TEAM EASILY The intermediate basketball team of the Young 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. YOU NEED S.S.S. Every sufferer of Rheumatism needs S. S. 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S. S. is an absolutely safe remedy because Ik itcontainsno strong minerals to damage the system. It is made entirely of roots, herbs and barks. Book on Rheumatism and any medical advice free to all who write and request same. S. S. S. is for sale at leading drug stores. 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. 23.—Battling Nelson i Is giving the He to statements that he Is down-and-out by administering an aw ful drubbing to hie sparring partners. In ■ training for his flght 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 I teams were keyed to the highest notch 1 for the contest, for which 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. i INJURED JONES AT HOME. i HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Nov. 23—Ray . mond 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 BEATS HIRSCH. NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—Jim Coffey, a new "white hope,” who never wore a box ing glove until a year ago, won from "Special Delivery" Hlrsch last night. 11