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Football, Under Fire for Eight
Years, Finally Proves Itself
Real Leader of College Sports
By J. \V. Heisman.
1-T was after the season of 1906
that things came to a head in
' football. For years matters had
been steadily getting worse until
at last the pimple having enlarged
to a boil and the boil swollen to a
carbuncle, Anally burst and all the
football surgeons in the country
had to be called into hasty consul
tation to keep the grand old game
from dying a violent death.
No doubt about it, too many men
were getting seriously hurt, and too
many getting killed outright In the
game to make it at all defensible.
Whois Thing Wrong.
And then there were other things
amiss. Colleges were going out aft
er material with their pockets bulg
ing with coin of the realm; more
attention was being paid to the at
tainment of tiptop grades on the
athletic Held than in the class room,
and all the activities and business
of college work and life seemed
rapidly centering around college
football.
Then came the cloudburst, and
along with it the reforms. There
is no need to recount them here,
but in most cases they were whole
some and beneficial—certainly they
were needed. Not alone did college
faculties take drastic action in va
rious ways and along various lines,
but the footballers themselves,
through their rules committees and
coaches, worked quite as hard and
accomplished quite as much In the
right direction as had the college
mentors. Tear after year the rules
were changed wholesale, the game
revamped, safer elements of play
introduced, dangerous features
eliminated, the spectators' view point
always borne in mind, and the
proper balance between offense and
defense struggled for.
And finally the reward of this
indefatigable labor has come.
"On Approval" Eight Years.
How long has it taken7 Just
eight years.
No one can deny that through this
long period of probation the game
has been on trial only It has been
on trial with the publiot the par
ents, the faculties and the players
themselves. All of these had to be
satisfied, else the game could not
lie e
During these eight years the game
has passed through more and great
er changes than in all the 85 pre
edlng years of its American liis
torr. At times it has been almost
anything but Ft >o'l’ ball, and st
times it has been almost basket
bail. At times most any players
and teams could play it succees
fully. and again it has been almost
impossible for anybody to play It
But it has finally won out in every
way.
It Suits Everybody Now.
The public likes the present game
more than it ever did before. This
is shown by the tremendous crowds
that go In ever-increasing numbers
to witness even the ordinary games
Parents have become reconciled
to it because it is not nearly as
dangerous as of yore, and because
it is no longer so wearing and ex
hausting to the system
Faculties like it because less
frenzied attention to the profession
al features and tendencies of the
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old game are in evidence; because
it is no longer so exhausting to par
ticipants that they can not study
after practice, and because the
whole uproar has resulted in a bet
ter understanding between profes
sors and students, with more co
operation. a wider viewpoint for
both, and a more sane and health
ful life and living for both.
And, finally, the players like it
because there is more science and
skill in the game than ever; be
cause the little man has a better
relative chance than formerly, and
because the work is not so grind
ing# unendurable as it used to be.
Evidences of the Reaction.
But what I really started out to
do was to call attention to the clear
and undeniable evidences that foot
ball had "come back.” So, without
more ado. let me recall to your
minds tliat eight years ago every
last college and athletic club on the
Pacific slope followed the lead of
Leland Stanford and the University
of Cal "ornla, and abolished Ameri
can Rugby altogether, substituting
therefor the English soccer. And
thus has it been out there for the
past eight years But just the
other day we read that all the col
leges but the two named have de
cided to give up soccer and go back
to American Rugby again. For this
purpose they have formed an inter
collegiate league, which includes all
the prominent colleges of the coast
except California and Stanford. But
these two can not by themselves
keep soccer alive out there, and it
In easy to guess what they will be
holding mass meetings for in the
course of a couple of years, at most.
Everybody’s Doing It.
We also read the other day that
the Canadian colleges had decided
to organize an Intercollegiate
league modeled after the leagues
of the States, and that their main
object was to Introduce our col
lege football into their own hails.
In arriving at this determination,
they were greatly aided by what
they saw of the game as played by
the Carlisle Indian team on the oc
casion of their visit this fall to To
ronto. where they played the uni
versity of that city a match game,
one-half under the Canadian rugby
rules and the other half under our
rules. The contrast and points of
superiority in our game amazed the
< 'anadians
Then, again. Union college, which
cut out the old game entirely eight
vears ago. has recently come back
into the fold and is again playing
American football. Columbia is
again battling with the question,
with bright prospects of having it
restored.
And down in Cuba they have had
at least two good teams for the
past three years-thc University of
Havana and the Havana Athletic
club teams. These teams defeat
ed Tulane the first year they were
organized. laist year they were
barely defeated by Mississippi, and
tliis year, I understand, the Uni
versity of Alabama is going down
the country is nearly double that
to Havana during the holidays to
try- conclusions with them.
Also it is a fact that the num
ber of organized football teams in
the country is nearly double what
it was eight years ago; and along
with this comes the statement that
th< output and sale of football
goods and paraphernalia by sport
ing goods manufacturers is quite
double what it was in 1905.
BAY GETS RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON ILL Dec. IX. I
compliance with the decision of tl
national commission ordering the i<
turn of |BOO paid to Nashville for it
release or to In declared a free agen
Hain Bai. of f’eorla. tm mer mating'
of Bloomington, was given his uncot
ditlona! release by mat Th <-e Ei
club
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IR, 1912.
BRAINS CINCH JOB
OF CATCHER FOR
M’ULLISTFR
B\ Percy 11. Whiting.
BRAIN —The whitish mass nf
soft matter (the center of the
nervous system and the seat
of consciousness and volition)
which is inclosed in the cartilagen
ous or bony cranium of vertebrate
animals.—Webster.
The above definition is set forth
In the precise language of the saint
ed Noah Webster, because it Is the
possession of the thing defined that
•is to make McAllister the regular
catcher of the Cracker team next
year.
They were talking catchers yes
terday at baseball headquarters.
Bill Smith, as usual, was listening.
"We ought never to have let
Charley Miller go,” said one direc
tor.
"Yes, we had,” said another; "for
two reasons—he had a thirst and
he had no great brain."
Whereupon a baseball writer, out
of the vastness of his Ignorance,
lectured as follows on catchers and
brains:
"If a catcher Isn't a quick think
er, he is as useless as a punctured
balloon. A good quarter of the
thinking of the team is done by the
catcher. A bone-headed catcher can
tie up a team so it can't beat eggs."
And then spoke Bill Smith:
“That’s why McAllister is going
to be our regular catcher, and a
mighty good one. He may not be
the most brilliant natural perform
er in the world, though at the me
chanical part of the game he is a
crackerjack. The main thing Is
that he's an old and experienced
catcher, and he has one of the best
brains possessed by any catcher I
ever saw or heard of. He can al
ways make the right play. He can
always remember batters and their
weaknesses, die can work pitch
ers to perfection. He gets the con
fidence of the twirlers and the in
fielders. And that does more than
anything else toward making good
team play possible.”
There isn't any denying but that
baseball headquarters, quite unof
ficially, is worrying over the catch
er situation. But not so Bill Smith.
He has confidence in McAllister. He
believes that the old lad will warm
up under the Southern sun into a
wonder. He has managed McAllis
ter before. He knows him and
vouches for him
• <• •
'T'HE late of the other two Atlan
ta catchers. Graham and Rey
nolds. is uncertain. When Bill
Smith was at the Southern league
meeting Mike Finn said to him:
"Hill, I don't see why you are try
ing to get rid of Graham. He caught
some mighty good ball against us.
1 think he was one of the best
catchers tn the league last season.”
Smith Is open to conviction. If
lie sees a chance to trade Graham
and get a man he knows about, he
will do it. If not. in preference to
letting him go for some stranger, he
will bring him here and try him out
in the spring.
Reynolds joined the Crackers last
year when they were at their worst
and did not get a fair chance. When
he departed he aired the conven
tional Recruit’s Threat, "The feller
that beats me out next spring will
have to go like And he
undeniably meant it.
Reynolds has the size \and
strength to make a catcher. He is
willing. Maybe he will fit in as
second catcher this year.
TINKER WANTS KLING.
XI'M YORK. I >e<- 18 Manager Tin
ker. of tie Reds, will try to sign dohnnj
Kling, the form, r Cub catcher, who man
sgetl th< Boston Nationals last season.
Cubs Will Number More
‘Crabs* Next Year Than
Any Club in the World
Evers Is the Prince of Growlers,
and He Has Gathered To
gether a Lot Like Him.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Critics
have already dubbed the
1913 Cubs as the “Crabs.”
President Charles Webb Murphy
admits that he fears for the safety
of umpires next year.
Johnny Evers, the Cubs' new
manager, years ago was styled the
biggest "crab” in baseball. The
Trojan does not deny this; in fact,
he has often boasted of it and
laughed when he named hinutelf the
“human crab.”
Otis Clymer, the veteran Minne
apolis outfielder, whom Evers con
siders using in the outer garden,
has for years been recognized as a
champion crab. They say his
growls have won many a game for
the Minneapolis team.
Eddie McDonald, the new utility
player, secured from Sacramento, is
also an umpire baiter. Crabs make
wise players, Evers argues. Some
say that was one reason why Evers
traded Downey for McDonald.
Miller, outfielder, is also known
as an ill-tempered player, and the
famous Helnle Zimmerman by his
threats to bite off umpires’ ears
won his title as a crab.
True, Evers has promised to con
trol his temper as much aa possible,
but Murphy Is afraid Johnny will
forget this promise in the heat of
close diamond battles.
MILLER'HUGGINS WILL
PLAY SECOND FOR CARDS
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18.—During a confer
ence between Manager Miller Huggins
President J. C. Jones and Mrs. Britton
plans for the local Cardinals for next
year were discussed and trades with rival
clubs were mentioned which are expected
to strengthen the weak spots.
One Important position already decided
upon Is second base. Miller Huggins will
be the guardian of the center cushion all
season unless he is Injured. When Hug
gins was appointed manager it was re
ported that he would lead the club from
the bench and shift Lee Magee hack to
the infield.
Not until he sees that he is going back
and to such an extent that he believes
his presence Is weakening the Infield will
Huggins step out.
“I am going to play second base,” said
Huggins today, “and Magee probably will
be Tn left.”
Classed as a veteran. Huggins has been
in the big league eight years, and he
played one of the most remarkable sea
sons of his entire career in 1912. He batted
.304 and up to the last four or six weeks
of the campaign he was biffing around
.320.
As a run-getter, ability to work the
opposing hurler for a walk and to know
Just what to do in the pinch Hug has
few superiors.
CASSIDY ROASTED FOR
SEVERITY WITH JOCKEYS
KI. PASt>, TEX.. Dec. 18. Starter Cas
sidy is coming in for a lot of criticism
by horsemen and racegoers at Juarez due
to what is termed his harsh treatment
of the Jockeys under him, and there is a
growing demand that the power of dis
ciplining the riders be taken awav from
the starter and placed in the hands of
the stewards Ibero is hardly a dav
passes that a rider is not set down for
some slight Infraction of the rules. Ten
days' suspension was for a time the pun
ishment inflicted, but this lias been re
duced to five days, due largely to the
criticism leveled at the starter.
Fred G Hopper, an Oklahoma owner,
disposed of his string in the paddock yes
terday and announced his retirement from
the game. The horses sold were Rake,
Balronia. Chanticler and Harlem Maid
OTIS JOHNSON OFFERED
BACK TO PORTLAND CLUB
PORTLAND. OREG.. Dec. 18.—Otis
Johnson, the third baseman who was
with the local Pacific Coast team two
years ago and went to the New York
Americans, has been offered back to
Portland. He played with Rochester in
the International league last season.
Otis was a heavy hitter when with the
Heave> |
FEMININE FOOTBALLERS
CAN’T PLAY IN CHICAGO
’'Hlt'AGO, Dee. 18. A football game
between the Vassar champions."
though none of them ever saw Vassar,
and a man team, advertised to be*
played in Chicago, was stopped lust
before the bgll was kicked off bv the
mayor and a delegation of ministers.
FRENCH TURF ALL
STEWEDUFOVER
DOPINGEVIL
By E. G. B. Fitzhamon.
LONDON, Dec. 18.—Sam Hil
dreth's famous prescription
seems to have fallen under
the ban of the French turf author
ities who are committed, body' and
■oul, to sworn reports made to them
by Professor Kaufman, of the gov
ernment veterinary college at Al
fort. After the horse Camyre won
the Prix DeMont Blanc at Saint
Quen recently, its saliva was col
lected in a sterilized receptacle im
mediately’ for analysis by Professor
Kaufman. He reported to the stew
ards that he found therein certain
alkaloids denoting that some im
proper drug had been administered
to tlie animal before its race.
Camyre is trained by Hildreth,
who prepared it for that race and
saddled it. On the strength of Pro
fessor Kaufman’s report, the stew
ards have disqualified Hildreth's
horse and awarded the race and the
purse to the horse that ran second.
Crusade on Against Do; >g.
The turf authorities in Austria
and France are carrying on an un
ceasing but almost hopeless cam
paign against this world-wide
practice of doping race horses.
With amusing gravity European
newspapers inveigh against Amer
icans for introducing over here the
various surreptitious means of
stimulating horses to exceed their
usual speed and stamina.
This new celebrity, Professor
Kaufman, is admitted to bo mar
velously skillful In detecting dope
by means.of analysis of horses’
saliva. But doping has become so
generally practiced it can not be
stamped out merely’ by exposure
and the subsequent disqualifica
tion of the horse. There is the bet
ting angle to be considered. The
Parimutuel is organized under gov
ernment control by different rac
ing associations. Its ready money
business bets are settled at once,
whereas the result of Professor
Kaufman’s scientific tests of saliva
can not be made known until three
or four days later. Therefore, it is
possible to win a large sum and
get away with it in plenty of time
before the Illicit use of dope can
be determined, after which the dis
qualification of the horse and the
loss of an ordinary purse would not
matter.
Suggestion to Stop Trifling.
Hence the only’ way to deal thor
oughly with the doping of horses
would be to engage competent as
sistants for Professor Kaufman and.
to institute the practice of not pay
ing off Parimutuels until five or
six days after each race. It would
be necessary’ for assistants to col
lect from every horse sufficient
saliva for scientific tests to deter
mine by disqualifications which
horse had won the race, after which
the bets would be paid. Unless
some such sweeping system is in
augurated. doping of race horses
may as well be accepted as having
come to stay.
Doping is practiced quite com
monly in England and Ireland, but
the Jockey’ club stewards dare not
start a campaign against it. They’
are busy sitting on the lid whileAhe
thankful sycophantic sporting press
dare not expose the rottenness of
the British turf and the non-sport
ing press will not do so because
almost every publisher cherishes
the secret hope of being created a
lord of baronet or fears being
called a spoilsport.
CRIGER WILL BLOSSOM
OUT AS MANAGER SOON
LA Poßl’E, IND.. t>e. . 18. Lou <’ri
ger. former backstop, who is making his
winter home in Elkhart. Ind., has an
nounced that he will make a trip to
Waco. Tex., to work out with the Bos
ton. pitchers, and later accent one of the
several offers which he has received to
take the management of a minor league
Buck O’Brien's World’s Series
Balk, That Almost Cost Title,
Not Balk At All, Thinks Evans
By Riley.
BILL EVANS, who umpired on
the bases October 14 at the
Polo grounds, has admitted
that maybe the famous balk made
that day by “Buck” O’Brien was not
a balk at all.
Since the alleged misdeed prob
ably cost O’Brien and the Red Sox
the game, which, if won by Bos
ton, would have ended the series
then and there, Evans' long de
ferred admission is Important. Had
Snodgrass caught that fly out in
center field two days later, “Buck”
O’Brien’s balk would very likely
have lost the world's championship.
Since it may not have been a balk
after all, think how much excite
ment and afttument Evans escaped
when Snodgrass muffed Engle's
long fly ball. And if it had not
been called a balk, the magnates
would have missed more than SIOO,-
000 that flowed into the box offices
the next two days at Fenway park.
And that Wood-O’Brien “fight”
would never have come off, for that
“balk” paralyzed and beat the Red
Sox.
• • ♦
rp VANS made the admission the
other day in relating the story
of a "fanfesrt” at the Copley Square
hotel the day after the game in
which O’Brien was charged with a
balk. At that gathering a baseball
player said he believed O'Brien
really thought he was off the rub
ber when he made the alleged balk.
Evans then made the surprising
statement that both he and Umpire
Klem, who called the balk, actually
doubted at the time whether it was
a balk. And now the story’ becomes
public.
* * ♦
■you will remember the world se
ries stood: Boston, 3; New-
York, 1, and one game tied, before
the game of October 14. In the
first inning that day, with a man on
first, a man on third, two out and
no runs scored. O'Brien made a mo
tion to throw to first base, but
stopped suddenly in his delivery.
Evans, who stood directly behind
O’Brien, says that he immediately
glanced at O'Brien’s feet to see if
one of them was on the rubber. He
admits now that he doubted wheth
er O'Brien was "on” or "off" the
rubber. He says that Umpire Klem,
who was officiating behind the
plate, was in charge of the arbi
trators that day, and it was his
duty* to call balks. But he seemed
also to be in doubt, for he liesitated
before motioning to the man on
third to score and the man on first
to advance to second.
Klem has explained this—by the
way—by saying that he wanted to
see if the Giants would claim a
balk, although such a claim was
unnecessary.
YyilEN Klem finally made his
ruling Evans and O'Brien
exchanged glances. Evans consid
ered O'Brien a wise old owl on the
mound, and it surprised him to see
“Ruck" rattled enough to make a
false move to throw to first if he
was actually ready to pitch from
the rubber. So he asked O’Brien
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what was the matter.
“Bill, I thought I was a foot oft
the rubber," O’Brien replied.
Evans believes that O’Brien had
actually planned that false move in
advance, deliberately intending to
"fake" a throw to first, in order to
catch the other man'off third, but
that he had a sudden obsession and
failed to carry out his intention.
He believes that O’Brien thought
his foot was not on the rubber.
If O’Brien thought right, then It
was not a balk. And both Evans
and Klem were in doubt. Klein
saw O’Brien on the mound, in
pitching position, before the bluff
was made, and naturally supposed
that "Buck’s” foot was on the rub
ber.
« • «
p*-® the benefit of those who do
not know the rules, a move to
throw a ball to first base —when
occupied—by the pitcher, standing
on the rubber, without actually
throwing it, is as much of a balk
as a move to throw to the batter
without delivering the ball. Wheth
er or not O’Brien was rattled be
fore the alleged balk, the decision
took, the steam out of “Buck and
immediately .four runs chased tl e
one Klem had waved across t e
plate. Pitching almost "air
tight” ball up to that time. < I’Brien
lost the ball game. 5 to 2. then and
there, and fell into disfavor t
Boston. The "balk” led to the sto >
of the Wood-O'Brien tight, upset
Wood and the Red Sox so much
that they were whaled the next
day at Fenway park, and then on!)
pulled the series out of the fire by
the desperate extra inning battle
they fought on the next and final
day.
• * *
ESIDES opening a big field for
winter speculation, Evans' ad
mission and explanation may help
to set "Buck” O’Brien right before
the Boston “fans.’ 1 "Buck" himsi f
always refused to comment on
either the balk or the “fight" that
he was alleged to have had with
Joe Wood as a consequence. "Buck’’
is an old hand at the game and
very cautious about public con . • r
sation. It was left for Bill Evans,
at this late day, to let in a bit of
light on the most critical episode
of the world series.
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