Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 14, 1912, EXTRA, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text6 GBCWAN KB Silk Hat Harry's Divorce Suit Well, When You Stop to Consider the Thing •• m Nations New. .w. Sy Tad COME OM -JUDGE BRACE OR, I Kaj O'vU {W KMO*' '* ** BEAD/MG AM ARTICLE 'j EL U HEK£ S THE GgApE FKu CT \ —'~~ NOUue ‘ GEE N*OU ll MeVER. i BuT I THi UK THE , Ik) ME PAPER A s€|tM W OOCTOt SeE - ANO HE 4A-VS TztA.T \jFLL 'fOU 800 8 ' I SHITH THE MEKA-y MUGI CAGE /' I F(kjism mu IFE FOUMD IMA, ‘ ‘' AST AU&-HT AmC m£ HAS THE / Y C (J FEEL LJfE / TOOMUCH LATEL-7 > ' S E 3U.r ; TICKET AMD !T- DOPE Ou I XNMOXNAVrSTO 1 i X- Z_ Jwwo,T < .« W Ef«u l T..' ( e*-r A3- ' 7 C*S T ' I / OH" | A a OAW ? Z AW & r A a 4k- <2 AeZL <w wJfIM iioi iad> MUfe . I > ■* fiM 4HB Mm mmK > x i afc, ■ ja w> . / 1 '" —— yp BE COMTIMUED IM QufZ Eyc.TT’ Virginia and Georgia May Meet at Football +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +••!• 4-.4- 4*«4> .’...•. Plan Two Games, One in Virginia, Other Here By Percy H. Whiting. FROM Virginia comes the report that the University of Vir ginia and the University of Georgia are on the edge of signing a contract for two games of foot ball, the first to be played either at Richmond or Charlottesville next fall and the next one to be played in Georgia and presumably nt At lanta. m.'i at Charlottesville they »eem to Clink til'd Hie thing i. all ar -1 ant' d and maybe it is, though Georgia hasn't had much to say ibo 11 it. Virginia wanted two games In v,. . , Richmond papers refer to as ’lll. Siuidi." ill order that two might be played on the trip that brings Viiginiu into tills section of the country. Next year It is Van derbilts turn to go to Virginia, so if Georgia signs, it will have to do likewise This will mean that the following year the Virginia team will do the traveling, and it is only reasonable to suppose that the game will be played in Atlanta. • ♦ • 1’ HE Tech teams naturally have first call on Atlanta. The Yellow Jackets are entitled to preference in dates. But it is hoped by local fans that Georgia or some other college will take advantage of the open dates In Atlanta, in order that there may be football In At lant every Saturday of the next football season. In the season Just passed, there were several pen dates, when the Tech team was on the road. It Is a shame that this •bould happen. Atlanta is a cork tag football town, and should have plenty of games. Also it is a. city which turns out strong for a good football game, and any first-class contest here Is a sure money maker. • • • ONE of the Interesting features of the football season which so re cently closed was the timing by Dr. C. P. Hutchins, director of physical training at Indiana university, of the actual play in a football game. His figures showed that there was actual play In progress In but 13 minutes and 16 seconds of a game that went four full 15-minuto quar ters. It has been so often charged against football that it was a game too exhausting on Its participants. The fact that the men play only a bit over three minutes of each 15- minute quarter makes it unlikely that any man In good physical con- CHARLOTTE Y. M. C. A. WILL PLAY CLUB FIVE Atlanta Athletic ■ 'uh and I the Charlotte Y. M. C. \. teams will stack up against each other tonight on the A. A. C. floor. The local team had its final hi ntructlons at Friday night's practice ami is only waiting tor the refer< ■ ’s wnlMle to start the festivities. The Charlotte players have al ways shown up Well in Atlanta am! made the local quintet take their medicine two years ago by handing them a defeat pill. It was a bitter one. too. and the local players will go into the battle as earnestly as though the fate of the univers. de - pended upon the outcome. .Tim Harrison will be missing from the A. A. C. team at guard on account of a bad knee. "Pi. " FOK SALE--Farm one-fourth <is large and five times as good as the ota vou are tolling on back ET.st Take advan tage f ihe percentage in y ur he. or The Mrth Ant iverear; edition ot ' i < j.os Al - Well* examiner, out I><h. ..... ■ will 'ell .' o’, how this 1 can be. .Mailed to ar.v ad dress tn l r.ited State- er Mexico p. cents, anaua or foreign points 25 cents Send Mvmtf ordee tuw to <n 4 . ' xsSS...-Mg— to.. dition will exhaust himself with the exercise. V • • 'T’HB Carlisle Indians are planning next year to make a conflidera hie study of Canadian football, and expect to play at least one game in Canada next year, under the Cana dian rules. It will be remembered that the season Just passed Carlisle played a picked team in Canada, half the game at American college football and half at Canadian Rug by. The Carlisle players won at both styles of game. But both teams are determined to go more care fully into the new style of play, and to try conclusions next fall. Coach Glenn Warner, of the In dians, made a careful study of the game in Canada and arrived at the following conclusions about it: In the Canadian game the diffi cult > Os gaining ground consis tently Is so great that possession I's the ball is not at all impor tant. and, consequently, the Canadian players can take all sorts of chances to pull off a long run, since they are sure that If they lose the ball it will be only a matter of a few plays until they again have possession of it, whereas in the American inter collegiate game, possession of the ball is so Important that the tendency is to adopt only such methods In advancing the ball us are reasonably sure not to lose any ground and on which there is little danger of fumbling The game between Carlisle and the Canadians proved conclusively that tackling and defensive tactics have been more highly developed in the states than in Canada, since the Canadians were unable to gain ground consistently against the American defense. It Is true that occasionally they pullet! off runs of from 15 to 30 yards by means of their long side passes, but it Is also true that these tactics resulted in a loss of ground to the Canadians more of ten than they succeeded, and, therefore, It was proved to my sat isfaction that such plays, al though played by masters of the art of passing and handling the ball, are too uncertain and danger ous to be of any advantage to our own college teams. In the Canadian rugby game any kicked hall which goes over the opponents’ goal line and Is downed there, and which would be called a touohback in our game, is called a "rouge," and counts one point. "This method of scoring." says Warner, "might have been adopt ed with advantage to our game last year, when there was such a complaint against the difficulty of gaining ground and consequently so many scoreless games, instead of increasing the number of Weaver, who played such a bear cat <iim. last Saturuaj night, will team with Carter as the other guard. I.'ubard will be oil the job at .-. nte 1 and I'o. bes and Willing ham Smith will star at shooting the baskets. The probable line-up: Atlanta A. C. Charlotte. E. Smith. )f Crowell. If. T. Forbi s. rs E. Stewart, rs. i'ub.ird. C tvci’ett. C. Carter leapt.l, rg. Page (enpt.l.'lg. W ■ nx , v. ig Andrews, W Stewart rg. Y. M. C’ A. OF COLUMBUS TOYS WITH CHARLOTTE < "l.l'Mßl S. GA.. l>. . 14.—The Co lumbus V M. A. basket ball team |<l. tented the Charlotte Y. M. C. A. team last night b-. the semi of 82 to 14. The gam. was the fastest seen here. Although the game appears to be a walk-over, the Charlotte team revealed 111 .i'lilty at the game that should have r< suite.' In a better score. I 11 can.' was u demonstration of freak gc.. shooting by the Columbus } Al V Till local players frequent 1> threw goals with opposing players hspylne on rhe!- n.*ck» IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1912. downs to four in order to obviate this difficulty. Such a change would have added to the scoring ability of our teams without in creasing the number of downs In which to gain ten yards and it also would have tended to keep the game more open than It is proving to be this year under the four-down rule." How the Famous American and National League Shortstops Compare BONUS W AfiNER HASSLICHT EDGE ON HEINE WAGNER By Sam Crane. HONUS and Heine, the first names, but Wagner the last, are familiar when ver base ball Is discussed. And Honus and Heine are teaming together as two of the greatest stars of the game, past, present and maybe future. Honus shortstops in the National league for the Pittsburg Pirates, and Heine shortstops In the Amer ican league for the Boston Red Sox. each in such a fashion that he has no superiors. In the winter time the ball fan must be supplied with something for cqnversatlon, and the figures of Honus and Heine in their past form an interesting dope yarn. But who is the star between Ho nus and Heine? Any major league manager would offer a fortune for either. Honus Wagner a Veteran. If the point of service were con sidered. Hans would be picked at the tirst moment, but when one considers who will be playing the longer it is almost certain that Heine would be picked, although the aged veteran of the Pirates seems to be one ball player who can go on forever without losing any of his agility. He is, year in and year out. the same old demon with the bat and also in the field. When Hans Wagner quits play ing. the pastime will lose one of its brightest lights, and one pl iver who has been connected with the game for over sixteen years. Hans start ed his career with a major league club in 1897. with Louisville. Three years later ho went to the I’irales, and has boon there ever since. Heine first became connected with the Red Sox in 1907, and has been starring annually. Honus Has Great Average. Hans has been a terrific slug ger from Ids very lit.st day, and his first year with tai- Pirates —19'10 — be led the National league win, a i .380 average, which was compiled [ in 134 contest-. Ami for thirteen I years he has hit better than .300. with a complete grand average of .359 for 1,820 game-. Heine has not been so harsh with the stick. The best mark lie has compiled since becoming a mem ber of the Red Sox was .374. which he owned during tbe season Just closed While Han« has a grand aver age of .359 for 13 years of service in the National league, Heine has compiled an average of only 255. so it can be seen that Hans has over 100 points on his opponent in this respect and that after being in the big league ranks seven years longer. So now if can not he doubted that Hans has the better of the ar gument when batting is considered. In base stealing the bold Pirate also has a long lead. In 13 years he has pilfered 555 sacks, an av erage of motv than 42 for each sea son. w hile his namesake h is swiped only 120, or 20 per season. The two an- about even up on sacrifice hitting. Heine Second in Fielding. Having the lead in these two brnnchei is not nil that Hans owns. • z • • BRESNAHAN TO PLAY J •VAUDEVILLE ’TIL THE; • BALL SQUABBLE ENDS; • NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Roger • • Bresnahan, .deposed manager of • • tin- St. Louis Cardinals, says he • • will accept a nice offer and go on • • the stage during the winter • • months. Ho announced today that • • he would not accept any of the • • several baseball jobs offered him • • until his claim against the St. • • Louis club was straightened out. • • • HOW THE WAGNERS LOOK IN FIGURES Hans Wagner. BATTING. Year. G. AB. R. 11. SH. SB. Ave. 1900 ...134 528 107 201 9 36 .380 1901.. 55(1 100 196 10 48 .352 1902 ...137 538 105 177 8 43 .329 1903 ...129 512 97 182 8 46 .355 1904 ...132 490 97 171 5 53 .349 1905 ...1-17 548 114 199 7 57 .363 1906.. 516 103 175 6 53 .339 1907 ...142 515 98 180 14 61 .350 1908 ...151 568 100 201 14 53 .354 1909 ...137 495 92 168 27 35 .339 1910 ...150 556 90 178 20 24 .320 1911 ...130 473 87 158 12 20 .334 1912 ...145 558 91 181 11 26 .324 Tot’l .1,820 6,853 1,381 2,467 151 555 .359 Heine Wagner. Year. G. AB. R. H. SH. SB. Ave. 1907 .. .111 385 29 82 11 20 .212 1908 ...153 526 62 130 21 20 .247 1909.. 130 51 110 9 18 .256 1910 ...142 491 61 134 20 26 .273 1911 ... 80 261 34 67 6 15 .257 1912 ...111 504 75 138 14 21 .274 Total .754 2,597 312 661 81 120 .256 FIELDING. Hans Wagner. Chances Per Year. G. PO. A. E. P.C. G. 1900, R. I-’. .117 117 13 6 .969 1.7 1901. s. S. . 61 177 226 35 .920 7.2 1901, R. F. . 54 S 3 2 2 .977 1.6 1902, S. S. . 4.. 89 116 29 .890 5.9 1902. Ist. B. 31 316 41 4 .988 11.6 1902, R. F. . 59 121 IT 1 .992 2.3 1903. S. S. .11l 303 397 50 .933 6.9 1’904. S. S. .121 274 367 49 .920 5.7 1905, S. S. .145 353 517 60’ .935 6.4 1906, S. S. .137 334 473 51 .941 6.3 1907. S. S. .138 314 428 49 .938 5.7 1908. S. S. .151 354 469 50 .943 5.8 19119, S S. 136 344 430 49 .940 6.1 1910. S. S. .137 337 413 52 .935 5.8 1911 . . . .101 221 312 39 .932 5.7 1912 ... .143 341 462 32 .965 5.8 Totals. .1.687 4.138 4,807 558 .942 5.7 Heinie Wagner. Chances Per Year. G. Pi). A. E. P.C. G 1907 . . . .!<>:♦ .’S3 357 50 .931 6.6 19118 . . . .153 373 569 61 .932 5.9 1909 . . . .123 282 413 50 .933 6.1 1910 . . . .140 303 424 57 .927 5.6 1911 - - .32 75 91 26 .867 6.2 1911. 2d 8... 4(i 106 106 12 .946 5.6 1912 . . . .144 332 391 61 .922 5.4 Totals . .741 1.754 2.384 317 .929 6.0 lb i- the star fielder of the two, although no one will deny that Heine is also there when it conies to picking up the mean bounders. They both are stars when it comes to t igglng a runner; blocking ’em off second base, but figures show that Hans owns the better grand average. In 13 years of service the "Fry ing Dutchman" has bandied almost 10.000 > bancos. and owns an aver age of .942. which really is remark abb'. considering that he has play ed short, second and the outfield. Heine lais compil'd a grand aver age of .929 in the six years he has been with the Red Sox. Hans played 61 games at short You will find that druggists every where speak well of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. They know from long experience in the sale of it that in • ase< of coughs ami colds it can always b>- depended upon, and that It Is pleas ant and safe to take. I'or sail by all dealers tAdvt 1 Chattanooga Newspaper Men Stood for Bunk Fight 4-«4- -?••!• ❖•4* 4*«4* 4**4* •’••4’ v»4* •>••? •?«4* Refused to Expose the Morris-Williams Fiasco By W. S. Farnsworth. APTER having thoroughly in vestigated the fight be tween Carl Morris and Jack Keating. the Oklahoma giant’s sparring partner, in Chattanooga the first of the week, I have found out that the situation in 1901 and handled 7.2 chances per game, while in 1903, in 111 contests, he averaged 6.9. For the 13 years he has averaged 5.7 chances for each game. Heine in six years has averaged six chances per game, with his best year, 1907, when he tackled an average of 6.6 in each of 109 games. derrioTatshort, M’MILLAN AT 2D FOR YANKS NEXT YEAR NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Now that John McGraw has waived on Frank Chance there seems nothing to stand in his way and he will soon become a member of the Highland team, and its manager. And already the dopesters are beginning to figure on the Yankee team for 1913. Tommy McMillan, who came out of the International league during the latter part of last season, is believed by a num ber of the Highland players to be a bet ter second baseman than he is a short stop. Now, what do you think of that? The same players also think that when the new manager gets a look at Derrick playing short, they will never get him out of that position. Connie Mack has said that short seems to be the best place for Derrick. "He has that long reach and can go either way after the ball, and I think he would be better there than any other place in the infield, although he has played all the positions," said Connie. “I am under the impression that when the New York club is at work and they learn how Derrick can take care of that job he will be named for that position in the line-up for the opening game.” Although McMillan did great work at short, the Yankees right now are kind of lost for a second baseman. Tommy might be good at that corner. He has played short most of the time, but has had to work out at second base several times, and there is no doubt that he can take care of that Job. But the dope seems to be that Derrick is the man for short, ; and that the Yankees will have no trou ble filling that position. jordan~wantedl : o’play FIRST BASE FOR BRAVES BALTIMORE, Dec. 14.—President : Gaffney and Manager Stallings are hot i on the trail of Tim Jordan, whom they hope to secure to play first for the ; Braves. ! Jordan is now In Toronto. He would ; have been back in the big league last ‘ season if it had not been for the re fusal of the Brooklyn club to allow the ’ Pilates to get him. Jordan Is not a brilliant fielder, but he is one of the best hitting first bajemen in the coun try, and it will boom the Braves stock a whole lot if Gaffney can land him. Jordan is not anxious to go to Boston, as he prefers Pittsburg, but a player’s objections are easily removed. Manager Stallings is anxiously await ing word from Campbell, to whom he wrote several days ago. It is said on pretty good authority that the St. Louis man Is in earnest In his determination to quit baseball and Stallings is eager tn hear from him before he goes through with some of the deals he has In mind. EPPA RIXEY GETS $5,000 OR JOINS HOLDOUT CREW CHARLOTTESVILLE. YA.. Dec. 14 Eppa Rlxey. who made good with the Phil lies last season, may be among the hold outs ere long. Rlxey does not propose to report to the Phillies next spring unless the club makes good a promise made him ■ when he joined the team Rlxey. it Is said, claims that he was given to under stand that if he made good with the team ; he would be tendered a $5,000 contract for ; next season. He claims that the club has i balked on this figure, and that he pro , poses to remain at home unless it is car ried out. Rlxey undoubtedly made good with the Phillies. He pitched ten winning games, lost ten ano did th s rescue act in three immrs was as follows: Morris may or may not’ have known before leaving Atlanta that he was going to fight his sparring partner. On the morning of the fight he did know that he was go ing to meet Keating. He and his manager both told Chattanooga fight fans that Keating had been his sparring partner. Morris want ed it announced from the ring that Williams was no other than Keat ing. But the club refused to do so. Then Morris and his manager went i to the newspaper men and told them who Williams really was. But the newspaper men, at any rate one of them, said he would not make the announcement, as besides being sporting editor he was one of the owners of the club. And he had rather bunk his readers than to knock the show and thereby lose a few dollars that would come through the gate. A fine situation! No wonder the light fans of the South have been forced to put up with fakes, bunks and fiascos. When a sporting editor refuses to tell his readers the truth to gain for himself a few extra dol lars, it’s time that he resigned his position. • * • HILE this may not give Mor * ’ ' ris an entirely clean bill, it really shouldn’t bar him from fight ing. I had a long talk with Mor ris yesterday and he seems to feel very badly about the suspicion that has been cast on him. “As soon as 1 found out that I was to fight Keating I asked the club promoters to call off the match,” said Carl. “They refused to do it. I couldn’t sidestep, or Chattanooga fans would have said I was afraid of Williams. So I went on and gave him a terrible beating. When I got through with him his face was cut to ribbons, and I don’t believe he will be able to fight again for many weeks.” 1\ I ORRIS was willing to call off xvl his fight with Al Kubiak here Tuesday night. But after having investigated the Chattanooga case I advised him to go through with Kubiak and vindicate himself. Kubiak and Morris will cut Tues day night's gate 75 and 25. There doesn’t seem to be a chance in the world that the men have an “un derstanding." Morris will be a dead one forever if there is any fake 4 h.p., Single Cylinder, »200. The Cw—.— -- 7hp ’ T ’ l '’ C ’ U " ICT ' '■* 2S “' VJIIuMMI “*T . Motocycle You bring your farm close to town f ji •-taaUfeuH' tjry when you own an Indian It makes CjTO MOBILE feWF-'"" 1 you independent of train, trolley and long 1 M distances. You can go anywhere, over I™ _ fflfH any kind of road, at any pace from 2to I -SaCRIF.j a| j 1 SO miles an hour. Costs next to nothing 11 llHfSw’ \ to run. Always ready for instant use. I The Indian Motocycles for 1911 are marvels of comfort and utility- Safe, powerful, fast and reli- ’ able. The new Cradle Spring Frame has done uWf y\ 1 away with vibration. New style luggage carrier j 111 takes 75 to 100 pounds. IFX Ask nearest afent to show you the 1 fj 1913 IntUan. Write o« for literature j . uSfflvyi I X i I'he Hendee Manufacturing Company jl I iHnWr * 457 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. Ga. I l| i tR® | fly ** 1 I : & TAHbi IMPLEMENTS | j | j 1 511 in Ml! R fll "F/ 1 ill nt-1 connected with the show. He knows that, and I look for him to tight at his best. Kubiak has always contended that Morris was made for him. hi fact, Al claims that twice Morri; ' ran out on him, and he would had fought winner-take-all had not tli promoters thought it best to c/t the purse 75 and 25. “A winner-take-all basis souui suspicious,” said Promoter Norths this morning. “The fans alwaj think that a fake is coming when it. is announced that the mo ey will all go to the winner, sol induced the men to split 75 per ce t to the winner and 25 to the loser BROOKLYN TURNS MILLB OVER TO NASHVILLE CUB I NASHVILLE, TENN.; Dec. I- I Through the working agreement hat exists betweeh Nashville and the Brooklyn clubs, Otto Miller will be turned over to the Volunteers next ba son. Miller is one of the first sting catchers for the Dodgers, but ich great backstoppers as Erwin Itlii Phelps will just about crowd Ottoloff Ebbetts’ pay roll. Miller will fill the shoes of one Ropy Elliott and It goes without saying 1, he will not have any great big task u ing it. Otto ought to perform wonrrs for Nashville, as he is possessed o a great amount of gray matter and ■ n teach the young pitchers many a tr k of inside baseball. Otto is rather a handy man with is hickory, pasting the pellet last seai: in close to a hundred games for b average of .278, which will, no dour make him an object of respect to tr Southern league slabmen. Otto isn't very enthusiastic over tl pay check Hirsig has offered him an has entered a vigorous protest, but t difference will no doubt be adjusted 1 time for the spring training. WESLEY MEMORIAL AND A. A. C. TEAMS WINNERS) The referees’ whistles at the Armor? and Y. M. C. A. courts last night sen' four teams on their way in the thin season of the Atlanta Basket Ba! league. The visiting teams were vic tors in both instances. The Wesley Memorial lads took the Fifth Regiment into camp. 34 to 30, while the Atlanta Athletic club won a hard fought gams from the plucky Y. M. C. A. quintet, CARPENTER COMES BACK, Umpire "Billy” Carpenter, who lef the Southern league last season to g to the International, will be seen on the Southern diamonds again next sea son.