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Bill Smith Going to Little Rock Baseball Meeting
Cracker Manager Will Fight the “Sliding Scale”
By Percy 11. Whiting.
SO large ind so lumpy looms the
peak) salat.v limit question
in tile Southern league that
Bill Smith has about decided to
pass up his annual trip to the Na
tional league meeting and to go
with President Funk t’allawav to
Little Hock to the yeutly bickering
over the salary'limit.
“I don’t know.” said Bill this
morning, "but I guess it's me to
Little Rock. Salary limit You
know. Got to be there," and Hill
dismissed it with a shrug.
But he'll go.
The fact Is. President Callaway
feels that the salary limit is so Im
portant that he docs not care to
tackie it alone. .Mr. Callaway him
self is inclined to look with favor
on, Charley Frank's "sliding scale"
system—s3,6oo for 18 players, $2,400
for 12.
Not so with Rill Smith.
William holds out for no limit,
but will compromise on any high
limit. Fol' Bill likes to spend
money for ball players.
President Callaway believes that
Bill Smith is the man most vitally
Interested in the salary limit and
the man who knows best the needs
of the club. Also, Bill was at the
minor league meeting in .Milwaukee
and knows what was done—and.
better still, what v.as NOT done
al this historic session.
So Bill will take his chances with
' the National league moguls —a
couple of whom have promised him
players—and will hie to Little Hock.
Which is modestly tough on Bill
forsaking New York for Little
Rock!
O ILL SMITH uus figuring on his
trip to Little Rock. "Let's
see.” said he. “the meeting starts
on Docember 16. To get there we'll
have to start." and he turned to his
big wall calendar, "on Friday."
"Fine," said somebody , "that will
get you away from here on Friday,
the 13th of December!"
"Holy Moses, no." yelled Bill.
"Never! I wouldn’t buck a jinx like
that for a million. I'll start on the
12th and lay ovei a day In Mem
phis. or I'll start the 15th and miss
pan of the meetings. But you'll
neve get me away from here on
the start of a trip on Friday, the
18th. Not me!"
• • •
CMITH is going next week to Had
dock, Ga„ where George Stal
lings' farm is located, for a shoot
ing trip. Bill Is some Nimrod, in a
gentle way. and when George Stal
lings asked him to go down for a
trip he accepted on the dead run.
Stallings has set next week as the
time and Hill will be there.
Stalling.- has consideiable of a
plantation and Bill is looking for a
large session there.
TOMMY M MILLIN', mfielder of
the New York Americans is a
PREP ROAD RUN WILL
BE HELD NEXT MONDAY
Tiie annual road iun of the Atlanta
Prep league will be held next Monday
afternoon ovqr the usual course. This
course extends a mile and a half out
Peachtree road, beginning at Brook
wood, and the runners make the trip
out, 'turn and return to th< starting
point.
There will be prizes for the Individual
winner and for the team winners.
MAY CHANGE DATE OF
ARMY-NAVY BATTLE
ANNAPOLIS Ml).. Dec. 3. A move
ment is afoot to play the Army-Navy
football game on the week before in
stead of the week after Thanksgiving
and such an agreement may be reach
ed when the representatives of both
kju hools meet ihls month to sign u two-
athletic agreement.,
regular visitor at Atlanta baseball
headquarters. Tommy is spending
most of the w inter in his automo
bile, though he always gets out
long enough to take Ills meals.
"Nothing to worry about,” says
Tommy. “J signed a contract last
August for two years and I don't
have to worry."
Tommy, in a fanning bee at base
ball headquarters this morning,
sprang the newest thing in the way
of alibis.
"It was last season late, when
Hank Simmons put over a now one
in the way of excuses on me." said
Tommy.
"Warhop, a slow ball pitcher, was
working that day. One of the op
posing players was a noted le-ft
tield hitter, a light hander, and was
in tiie batter's box. The first time
lie was up and the signal came for
a slow bull 1 went over back of
third, knowing where a right-hand
hitter is likely to lace a slow ball.
Sure enough one came through that
tore off the third baseman’s legs. I
flagged it. The next time this guy
came up I worked over toward
third again. There was a man
on first. He started to steal, and
as he did Ed Sweeney threw one
that went to Centerfield. Simmons
forgot to cover.
"\\*hyn we were coming in I asked
him: 'Say. why didn’t you cover?’
" 'Well, it was this way,’ he said.
'I hud a hunch he would hit one to
right field.’
"The next day Wolverton sent
him to Rochester."
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J-JARRY MATTHEWS is another
occasional visitor at baseball
headquarters. He is taking life
easy this winter and waiting for a
nice offer as manager next season.
Harry proved a big- success on
Hie jqb in Rome and sprung some
methods which were unique.
For instance, one day a great big
pitcher who was working for Matty
came slinking into the club house
and said: "Harry. I don't feel very
good today. I don't think I'll get in
uniform.”
"Sick! You great big. four-flush
ing. bald-faced, pop-eyed, liver
hearted. cork-armed cannibal; sick
aie you.’" billingsgated Matty.
“You were out soused again last
night.”
"I don't care," came back the
pitcher, "1 won't work."
"You won't"—biff!—and Matty
swung one from the shoulder.
When tiie pitcher got up he put
on his uniform, went out and pitch
ed a w inning game.
“Gosh!" said Bill Smith. "I wish
I was big enough to pull some of
that.”
* ♦ •
1 VEY WINGO dropped In the
other day to see Bill Smith and
incidentally to hand out a big boost
for that Smith who Is being count
ed on to play third base for the
('nickels. He played with the Car
dinals for a good part of last sea-
\ CLAIM KILBANE FOUGHT
HIS SPARRING PARTNER
i .1' ’ll NS Tl'W N. PA, Dec. 3. -Charged
with conspiracy and fiaud, information
against Johnnie Kilbane. of Cleveland,
champion featherweight of the world;
his manager. Jimmy Dunn; Thomas
McGinnity. a sparring partner, and M.
; J. Barry, boxing promoter, have been
made out here as a result of a boxing
I exhibition -taged on Octobe: 29, when,
it was alleged, McGinnttv fought the
champion instead of Tommy Duggan,
of San Francisco, as the spectators be.
lieved.
An effort to secure extradition papers
! for the men was made today.
JOHNNY DUNDEE WILL
FIGHT KILBANE FEB. 22
NEW Y( »RK. Dec. 3. Johnny Dun
dee. Italian featherweight, will meet
Johnny Kilbane. title bidder, at Vernon,
Cal.. February 22, acording to Dundee's
manage;.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1912
son and Wingo had a swell chance
to size him up. He thinks that
Smith will fill the bill at third.
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PRESIDENT FRANK <ALLA-
A LA WAY is going to Washing
ton shortly and while there will find
out from Clark Griffith some addi
tional facts about players wanted
by Bill Smith.
Reds Hardest Team For Pitchers to Strike Out; Giants Next Toughest
CUBS WERE BEST WAITERS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
FOLLOWING are the official Na
tional league 1912 club records of
bases on balls and strike-outs,
graded according to greatest number
of bases on balls and the least number
of strike-outs, respectively. The Chi
cago club profited most by lack of con
trol on the part of opposing pitchers;
Pittsburg is last in this department,
with 140 less passes than the leaders.
The Cincinnati club struck out less than
any other club in the league, its per
centage per game being a fraction over
three strike-outs; Boston brought up
the rear with 693 strike-outs, or an av
erage of nearly 4 1-2 per game. The
two records:
CLUB BASE-ON ■ BALLS RECORD.
Bases Pct,
No. on to
Games. Balis. Game.
Chicago 152 560 3.68
New York .. .. 154 514 3.34
St. Louis 153 508 3.32
Brooklyn 153 490 3.26
Cincinnati. .. .. 165 479 3.09
Philadelphia.. .. 152 464 3.05
Boston 155 454 2.93
Pittsburg.. ... 152 420 2.76
CLUB STRIKE-OUT RECORD
No. Pct.
No. Strike- to
Games, outs. Game.
Cincinnati 155 492 3.17
New York .. .. 154 497 3.28
Pittsburg 152 514 3.38
Brooklyn 153 584’ 3.82
St. I.ouis 153 620 4.05
Philadelphia. . .. 152 615 4.05
Chicago 152 615 4.05
Boston 156 693 4.47
JOHN D.’S GRANDSON
PRACTICING PITCHING
CHICAGO. Dec. 3. —Learning how to
throw "ins,” “outs,” "upshoots” and
“fadeaways" Is the profession to which
Fowler McCormick, 15-year-old son of
Harold F. McCormick and grandson of
John D. Rockefeller, is devoting him
self these days, under the tutelage of
Mordecai Brown, long the mainstay
pitcher of the Chicago Cubs.
Young McCormick takes two lessons
a week at the Seventh Regiment ar
mory under Brown's directions, and ex
pects to become a star twirier. The
boy's father is one of the best all-round
• sportsmen in Chicago, and is a graduate
of Princeton. He intends to send his
son to Princeton, where ire hopes to
have him pitch the Tigers to victory.
M’WHORTER BANQUET FOR
ATHENS “11” TOMORROW
ATHENS. GA., Doc. ".--The Georgia
football team will be banquetd by Bob
McWhorter tomorrow night at his home
on Milledge avenue. This is a semi
annual event that is always looked for
ward to with much anticipation, both
football and baseball teams enjoying
the functions.
McWhorter is already captain of the
baseball team and was elected la»l
Thursday to lead next fall's gridiron
eleven.
BARNEY OLDFIELD DOES
MILE IN 47 SECONDS FLAT
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., Dec. 3.
Barney Oldfield circled the mile dirt
track here yesterday In 47 seconds flat,
four-fifths of a second less than the
world's record. The time does not
become official.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OFFERS
HANK O’DAY UMPIRE JOB
NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—Hank O'Day,
former manager of the Cincinnati Reds,
lias been offered his old job as a Na
tional league umpire, but has not yet
sent a reply to President Lynch.
••••••••••••••••••••••••a*
M’GRAW MAY BE ’
• GIANTS’PRESIDENT •
: and manager:
• NEW YORK, Dec. 3—John Me- •
• Graw may be president as well as •
• manager of the Giants next year. •
• Harry N. Hempstead, vice presi- •
• dent of the club, looks with fa- •
• vor upon McGraw as the most •
• likely candidate and will swing •
• his vote to him unless Hempstead •
• decides to take the presidency •
• himself. •
• •
•••••••••••••••••••••••a**
The base-on-bails and strike-out rec-
ords of players who participated in 40
; or more games are given below. Sheck
. ard, of Chicago, has tiie unusually high
total of 122 bases on balls in 146 games.
Huggins, witli 87 passes in 120 games,
also rates high. Other good “waiters,”
as shown by tiie records, are Titus, Mo
ran and J. Smith, of Brooklyn; Pas
kert, Bescher and Bates, Carey and
Evers. Zimmerman secured but 38
passes in 145 games. Kirke, one of the
.300 hitters, drew only 9 bases on balls
in 103 games, Killifer 4 passes in 85
games and Kelly 2 in 48 games, while
Pitcher Benton failed to reach first on
balls in 5o games. Murray, Fletcher, J.
O. Wilson, Campbell, Marsans and
Dooin are players who, presumably,
would be helped in the batting averages
by the exercise of greater patience.
In the strike-out records, Evers is
charged with but 18 strike-outs in 143
games, or an average of one to every
eight games played; Doyle, of New
York, is a close second, with 20 strike
outs in 143 games. Others with low’
averages in this line are Meyers,
Knabe, Tinker, Marsans. Cutshaw, Mc-
Lean. Gibson and Killifer. E. McDon
ald, of Boston, struck out 91 times in
121 games; Sheckard was next, with
81. and Garey, Schulte, Cravatti, Mer
kle. Jackson, O'Rourke and oven the
champion Zimmerman are shown by
the records as having been frequent-
NUCK BROWN ELECTED
CAPTAIN OF VANDERBILT
NASHVILLE. TENN., Dee. 3.—At the
annual dinner in honor of the Commo
dore football team given by the Van
derbilt Athletic association and inter
ested citizens of this City, held at the
Commercial club, Enoch Brown, of
Franklin. Tenn., was selected by his
teammates to succeed Lewis Hardage
as captain for 1913.
"Nuck” proved easily’ the popular
choice and is well qualified for the
place, as he is a good all-round man, a
representative player and student and
is possessed of those qualities of dis
position not likely to be disturbed with
. the responsibilities of the place.
, Each member of the team was pre
sented with a gold football by Coach
McGugin and speeches were made bv
Coach McGugin, Dr. Dudley. Hardage,
Nuck Brown and others.
' Enoch Brown, better known as
Nuck. is twenty years of age and a
native of Williamson county, his father
being a prosperous farmer near Frank
lin. He played at Hattie Ground acad
emy’ before entering Vanderbilt.
GIBBONS FAVORITE IN
BOUT WITH M’GOORTY
NEW YORK, Dec. B.—Mike Gibbons
today ruled a slight betting favorite
over Eddie MeGoorty. whom he meets
tomorrow night in Madison Square
Garden for the middleweight champion
ship. The bout promises to be one of
the best staged In many years. Both
men. in the finest condition possible,
ceased training today and rested up
for the ten-round affair tomorrow.
McGooty outweighs his rival about
five pounds.
FIGHTER JIM FLYNN~
MAY BECOME UMPIRE
OMAHA, Dec. 3. —lt is reported here
today that Jim Flynn, who meets Lu
ther McCarty December 1(1 in Los An
geles, will become an umpire in the
Western league. It is said that Tip
1 ' Neill is considering the appointment. <
Flynn has played baseball and under
stands the tint points of th, pastime. (
Abe Attell Down and Out as He Quits Ring Penniless
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Little Scrapper World's Most Willing Champion
By Left Hook.
A SLIGHTLY built youth, who
carried himself with the great
est nonchalance, stepped into
a ring the other evening in St.
Louis to battle a third-rate local
lad. For six rounds he feinted his
raw rival into sailor knots, side-
ly retired on three strikes. The indi
vidual records are:
G. 8.8. S.O.
Sweeney, Boston 153 68 34
J. Wilson, Pittsburg .. 152 35 67
Carey, Pittsburg 150 61 79
Egan. Cincinnati 149 56 26
Hoblitzell, Cincinnati .. 148 48 2$
J. Miller, Pittsburg •.. 148 37 45
Luderus. Philadelphia ... 148 44 65
Mitchell. Cincinnati ... 147 41 43
Snodgrass. New York .. 146 70 65
Doolan. Philadelphia ... 146 34 59
Sheckard, Chicago .... 146 122 81
Zimmerman. Chicago .. 145 38 60
Wagner, Pittsburg 145 59 38
Paskert. Philadelphia .. 145 91 67
Daubert. Brooklyn 145 48 45
Campbell, Boston 146 32 44
Bescher, Cincinnati .... 145 83 61
Evers, Chicago 143 74 18
Doyle. New York 143 56 20
Konetchy, St. Louis .... 143 62 66
Murray, New York .... 143 27 45
Tinker, Chicago 142 38 21
Titus. Phlla.-Boston ... 141 82 34
Herzog. New York 140 57 34
Schulte, Chicago 139 53 70
Oakes, St. Louis 136 31 24
Evans, St. Louis 135 36 51
Hauser, St. Louis 133 39 69
S. Magee. Philadelphia . 132 55 54
Byrne, Pittsburg 130 54 40
Cravath, Philadelphia .. 130 47 77
Moran, Brooklyn 130 69 38
Phelan, Cincinnati 130 46 37
Merkle, New York 129 42 70
Fletcher, New’ York ... 129 16 29
L. Magee, St. Louis .... 128 39 29
J. Smith, Brooklyn .... 128 54 51
Meyers. New York 126 47 20
Knabe, Philadelphia ... 126 55 20
Becker, New York 125 54 35
Devlin, Boston 124 51 37
Wheat. Brooklyn 123 39 40
Safer. Chicago ’.122 34 65
Hummel. Brooklyn .... 122 49 55
E. McDonald, Boston .. 121 70 9L
Huggins, St. Louis .... 120 87 31
Archer. Chicago 120 22 36
Northern,' Brooklyn .. 118 41 46
R. Miller. Boston-Phila. 118 23 30
Mowrey, St. Louis 114 46 29
McCarthy, Pittsburg .... 111 30 26
Marsans, Cincinnati .... 110 20 17
Jackson. Boston 110 38 72
Leach, Pittsburg-Chi.... 110 67 29
Ellis, St. Louis 109 34 36
Houser, Boston 108 22 29
Devore. New York 106 51 43
Kirke, Boston 103 9 46
Cutshaw. Brooklyn 102 31 16
McLean, Cincinnati .... 102 18 15
Wingo. St. Louis 100 23 45
O. Miller. Brooklyn .... 98 18 50
Grant. Cincinnati 96 18 27
Gibson. Pittsburg 95 20 16
W. Miller, Chicago 86 26 18
Killifer, Philadelphia ... 85 4 14
Fischer. Brooklyn 82 14 32
Esmond. Cincinnati .... 82 "0 31
Kling. Boston 81 15 30
Bates. Cincinnati 81 47 16
Rariden, Boston 79 18 35
Shafer, New York 78 30 19
Donlin, Pittsburg 77 20 16
Tooley. Brooklyn 77 19 21
W. Smith. St. Louis ~. 75 29 27
Clarke. Cincinnati ....'. 72 28 14
Dooin, Philadelphia ... 69 5 12
Downey, Phila.-Chi 67 32 25
Lobert, Philadelphia ... 65 19 13
A. Wilson, New York ..65 13 14
C. McDonald, Cincinnati 61 13 24
Daly, Brooklyn 61 24 17
O'Rourke. Boston 61 11 50
Erwin, Brooklyn 59 IS 16
Hofnian. Chi.-Pittsburg. 58 27 19
Phelps. Brooklyn 52 16 15
Dow ns. Brooklyn-Chi... 52 10 22
Walsh. Philadelphia .... 51 8 20
Crandall. New 1 ork .... 50 8 7
Severeid, Cincinnati .... 50 -8 11
Benton. Cincinnati .... 50 0 31
Bliss, St. Louis 49 19 14
Bresnahan. St, Louis ... 48 14 9
Kelly. Pittsburg 48 2 16
Sallee. St. Louis 48 6 32
Hendrix. Pittsburg .... 40 3 18
Hyatt. Pittsburg 46 6 8
Harmon. St. Louis .... 46 1 31
Alexander. Philadelphia. 46 6 14
Rucker, Brooklyn 45 3 12
Gowdy, Boston 44 16 13
Seaton. Philadelphia .. 44 1 32
.Butler. Pittsburg 43 15 13
Mathewson. New York .43 6 8
Marquard. New York ... 43 7 17
Fromme. Cincinnati ... 43 1 22
McCormick. New York .42 6 9
Simon. Pittsburg 42 5 9
Cheney. Chicago 42 6 25
Tyler. Boston 42 4 16
Suggs. Cincinnati 42 9 26
lavender. Chicago .... 42 5 34
Camnitz. Pittsburg 41 3 22
Geyer. St. Louis 41 3 10
Steele. St. Louis 41 9 15
It is the duty of every Atlan
tan to vote in tomorrow’s city
election.
stepped and blocked blows with
the cunning of a master. It was a
grand exhibition, though in the last
period the movements of the baf
fler were noticeably slower than in
the previous rounds.
The bell clanged for the boys to
toe the mark in the seventh. The
sleek boxer left his corner. In
stead of facing his antagonist, he
slowly walked to the ropes. He
raised his hand and silence-fell
over the throng.
"Gentlemen,” he said, with a
smile on his face, "I'm all through.
I’ve given you the best I could and
am ’all in.’ I retire now.”
There was no wild yelling or
hooting. The crowd realized that
it had witnessd a tragedy. For
the youth who sang his own swan
song was none other than Abe At
tell, one of the greatest boxers that
ever climbed through the ropes of a
ring. He fought out his string in
fifteen years.
End of Champion’s Career.
It was a funereal ending to the
career of a champion twelve
months old to select such a far
away spot from his former scenes
of triumphs to lay down his gage.
Again, it was mournful to have
the burial services conducted by an
unknown. Still it happened and all
that is necessary is to wish him
well, for he certainly was a mar
vel during his days.
The life history of Abe Attell is
far different than that of other
champions that have fallen by the
wayside. The little phenom was al
ways welcome wherever he went.
He never carried the "feeling" of
the ring with him. Fighting was a
a topic he tabooed outside of the
ring.
His reputation in the ring will
never be equalled. The champions
of today haggle over an ounce when
they have not the advantage. When
Abe travelled the country, weight
was a joke with him. Giving ten
or fifteen pounds away to a com
petitor was the least of his wor
ries. In fact, after he had cleaned
up ail his rival featherwights, At
tell was forced to enter the light
weight division to get any action.
When Battling Nelson was at his
heydey, Attell met him in San
Francisco and forced the danger
ous lightweight to step his fastest to
“Handy!” It’s the “handi- I
ness” of the Ford that estab
lishes its unbounded popu
larity—especially with those
who have driven heavier and
more cumbersome cars.
And the new low price
makes it as “handy” to buy
as it is economical to
maintain.
Every third car is a Ford. Nearly 180.000
have been sold and delivered. New prices
—runabout $525 —touring ear s6oo—de
livery ear $625 —town car sßoo—with all
equipment, f. o. b. Detroit, (let partieu-
Ilars from Ford Motor Company. 311
Peachtree St., Atlanta, or direct from *
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earn a draw. They don't do that
any more. One ounce over and a
champion will abuse one for dar
ing to speak of a battle.
Has Fought Many Years.
When Attell sounded his knell
there also passed away one of the
"old-timers.” Attell’s career dates
so far back that he was considered
in the same era as Jeffries. Young
Corbett, Jimmy Britt and the oth
ers that have passed off the pugi
listic map.
How many fights Attell took
part in no one knows. They run
up into tiie hundreds and tfnques
tioijably create a record that wili
never be reached by any top
notcher.
In his long ring career Attell
has earned over $25'0,000. That he
has very little left, if any, of this
fortune is agreed by all who know
him intimately. Abe loved to hit
the high spots when the coin was
flowing in freely and never paid
much attention to the limit.
Cards, horses and other pas
times weeded away many thou
sands of dollars. But he was game
and never winced. Within the last
few years, when he realized he had
hit the toboggan that awaits all
title holders, he became more care
ful with his money.
The afternoon that Johnny Kil
bane’s right hand was held up in
Los Angeles, denoting that Attell
was dethroned, there was no whim
pering on the loser’s side.
He smiled as he left the ring.
He has kept smiling. And in many
years to come you will see At
tell with a grin on his countenance.
He’s the last of the game ’uns.
They never stop smiling, in pros
perity or adversity. Vale, Abe At
tell.
WILLARD STOPS WHITE
WITH JUST TWO PUNCHES
BUFFALO, N. Y„ Dec. 3.—Sailor
iWhite, the New York heavyweight, last
ed just one round with Jess Willard, tht
Kansas giant, at the Buffalo Social
club last night. Tho short arm jabs on
the chin sent White to the floor, and
Referee Mcßride counted him out.
It is the duty of every Atlan
tan to vote in tomorrow’s city
election.