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Alperman Named Field Captain cf Cracker Team
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On “Whitey” Smith Will Depend Much in 1913
"Rv Percy 11. Whiting.
CHARLES A. ALPERMAN will
be the field captain of the
Atlanta hall chip next sea
son. And on his ability to direct
the playing of the team will depend,
in a good measure, the success of
the Crackers.
Some doubt was felt as to which
man Smith wofild name. Os course,
in point of experience and playing
position. ■Whitey’’ was the logical
man. Hut many a manager would
have a sentimental obj-ctlon to
naming as Held captain a man he
had just succeeded as manager.
However, Hill Smith is not trou
bled with any of this sentiment. It
will be well recalled that when
Smith succeeded Otto Jordan as
manager of the Atlanta club in
1906 one of his first official acts
was the naming of Jordan as Held
captain. How much Otto aided in
bringing two pennants to the Gate
City every Atlanta fan realizes.
One of the causes of Smith’s ill
success at Chattanooga was be
cause of his inability to g, t a sat
isfactory man to handle the Held
work. When otto finally joined
him last year it was too late to
save the day.
Other successful bench managers
have been helped very materially
by their first lieutenants. Charley
Stair, down at Mobile last season,
was of inestimable assistance to
Mike i-’inn and his good head work
pulled the Gulls through many a
stormy place. Charley Frank,
through all his bench career, has
been forced to depend on some
smart infielder to run his team.
Eugene DeMontreville was of the
greatest help to him as long as
Gene kept his speed. Doc Johnston
was the brains of the Pelican team
last year—that is, what brains
there were. Going back to early
days, It was always said that Ed
Abbatticchio won both pennants
for Newt Fisher. Anyhow, as soon
as "Abby" was up Fisher stopped
winning pennants and finally drop
ped out, while Abby went sailing
on to the big leagues, where for
several years he continued his
brainy work.
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TJNDER Bill Smiths system of
play he doesn't ask any help
from anybody while his team is at
bat. He gives all the signals, or
has them given. But. of course,
when the team Is in the field he is
unable to handle things. He must
therefore depend on a brainy field
captain. And such a man he be
lieves Whitey Alperman to be.
Alperman didn’t show much as a
manager last year. Os course, lie
took u booze-riddled wreck of a
half-way imitation of a ball club.
But he didn't make it play ball any
better than Charley Hheniphill hail,
which was pretty bad. At the same
time he showed a good head and
there were no Iron-pated plays
made by the team under his com
mand.
The combination of Smith on the
bench and Alperman in charge on
the field may prove as strong as the
famous old Jordan-Smith combina
tion that brought the pennant twice
to Atlanta. <if course, if Smith
could get Jordan he would rather
have him as field captain than any
man in the world. Rut next to Jor
dan he is well satisfied with Alper
man
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AFTER pondering foi a month
over the matter and after get
ting in communication with Whitey
Alperman. Smith has about decided
to let Waldorf go without a trial.
In a recent letter to Smith. Alper
man said, "Toward the last of the
season it developed that Waldorf's
knees were in such shape that
he couldn’t field his position. He
was all right except that he could
not get good control of himself aft
er he let the ball go.”
Smith figures that, in a league
like the Southern, where “buntin’
’em at the pitcher” is one of the
favorite pastimes, he couldn't take
any chances with a poor fielder.
Smith has never had any patience
with a hurler who couldn't field, and
doesn't intend to begin trying to
put up with them now.
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DILL SMITH believes that if his
deal with Clark Griffith nets
him one more thoroughly reliable
pitcher he will have a staff that
will do a good deal more than hold
his own. He quite refuses to-be wor-
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE
ON VERGE OF "BUSTING”
GADSDEN, ALA. Dee. tie. Because of
a lack of interest the S ■ itbeastern Base
ball league may not be reorganized Lo.
cal peopk who are interested in the league
have made several attempts t<> come to
some understanding as to what wdl '
done next season, but thus far nothing 1 a.~
been accomplished.
Frequent calls have been made for a
meeting of the directors ot the Gadsden
association, hut the> hav. not met Ln
less some action taken ■ iriv next
month it >s probable t <t Gadsden win not
have baseball next season
A Des Moines man had an attack of
muacular rheumatism in his shouldei
A friend advised him to go to H
Springs. That imant un expense of
»150.0(t or more. He sought for a quick
er and cheaper way to cure it and
found it i n Chamberlain's Linn- nt
■Sr-'
Tied on that subject. H» believes
that Donnelly and Weaver will rank
close to the top, has high hopes for
Becker, Isn’t at all certain that
Price will not be useful, hears grand
r< ports of Bausweln and has ;t man
coming from Washington.
Smith believes that in Catcher
McAllister he has a man coming
who will be able to get the best
possible work out of his pitchers.
He thinks that McAllister will be
abld to take hold of the young
sters like Prio. . Beck»*r, Bauswein
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MAG KENZIE HAS
MANY LIKELY
GOLFERS
UNDER the guiding eye and
hand of Scotty MacKenzie,
the Brookhaven club is be
ginning to turn out some real golf
ers over the picturesque nine-hole
course, and by the middle of next
summer it may be that Mac will
have enough good men to play a
team match against the East Lake
club golfers. At any rate, that is
his ambition right now.
There is no comparison at this
time between the Athletic club’s
course and the one at Brookhaven,
and there is no comparison between
the golfers, either. But by next
July MacKenzie may have four or
five men who may be able to put
up a good argument against their
opponents from the opposite side
of tile city.
MacKenzie has half a dozen
promising men at Brookhaven.
Among t,b< se are Philip L’Eiigle, E
II Moore and Arthur Beall. While
not one of this trio could negotiate
the East Lake course under luO to
day, Ibex are improving and in the
next tournament at Brookhaven all
three are expected to be right up
near the top.
GOLF RECORDS BROKEN
ON SAVANNAH’S COURSE
s W \N\ \H, GA . bee 30. in a tour
nament. Noble Hartit e, <»f H. s city, broke
hoih professional uiai ajuate.ir records on
■* < lir of the Sav.Uu.i.i <; r club lure
vt Oerday His card for the eighteen
1 :■ was 36 out at'-' <• u The ama-
u i cor- was 7'. b« d 1 ? Stein Bn ar.
and the j»r< lessionul record is 77. held bv
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CLAIM SOCCER TITLE.
S'i lad 'is, I <<>c 30. By defeating. 4
t * -. the Wes: Hudson team <>f Harrson.
N J . las- year's \nmiivnn protessional
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1912.
and Ihe rest, and teach them some
big league baseball.
if Smith's pitching staff proves
as good as lie thinks—look out for
the Crackers next year.
Scotty Mu
F FODDEItEOR FANS |
Fielder Jones says Frank Chance is a <
fat head if he takes the job with the :
Highlanders. He says the Yanks are i
hopeless for years to come, and that :
Frank Chance will never come back. “Re
member Jim Jeffries,” says Jones.
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They’re going to slice $2,500 a year off
Larry Lajoie's salary before they let him i
sign again. But then that will leave Lar
ry a little old $7,500 a year, which is
enough to live on.
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The Bull burham people, with a keen '
appreciation for the eternal feminine and
the everlasting fitness of things, are con
templating putting a cow in the Cardinals'
ball park. ;
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Glen Warner says that professional
baseball makes bums out of Indians. Rec
ords prove that certain Indian pitchers :
have been able to make bums out of big i
league batters.
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Garry Herrmann wanted Frank Chance .
as a manager and got him for $1,500. But
he had promised Joe Tinker the job if .
he could get him. So he got him This ' i
was clever of him, and. no doubt, saved i
him money at the same time.
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The Phillies hate asked fqr waivers on
Pitcher Schultz and Infielder Dodge. They
ire willing to trade them lor a good
catcher.
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Manager Dooin Is now in Southern Pines
looking over the ground as a training ; (
camp for the Phillies If that burg does ,
not suit, he will fold his tent and eon-j ,
tlnue on his way.
Bill Dahlen, the rough and tough man- I
ager of the Dodgers, has returned from 1
th»- South, where he w< nt in search of a,
training camp for his team He said he
ha<i three places under consideration, but
ret used to name them.
Boid Bill was quite talkative. When
told that Benny Meyers would not report
io him and that he could not get Hub 1
Northern back from Toronto, he said -he
could easily do without either.
Dahlen will take about twenty-eight
olayets South this spring. I'nrtieular at
tention will be paid to his pitchers, es
pecially Knetzer This youngster was
lackirg in control last year, but Dahlen
thinks be will develop into a star this sea
son.
Gl.arles Murphy has arranged thirty ex
hibition games for the Cubs this spring
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The White S- x will take the kirks out
of their arms during the training season
with the brass »e and midiron, instead
<»! the old ash Fimmy Callahan thinks
golf is b- tter than regular practice for
condit tuning play ers.
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Btidwell has written to Charley Murphy
-.a'.ng that r,» is in such, fine shape’the 1
Brookhaven “Pro” and
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< hicago fans will forget there ever was
such a player as Tinker. Funny how
the Christmas spirit, or spirits, will make
some people rave.
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The American association at their an
nual meeting, next month, will take up
the question of reducing the playing
schedule from 168 to 154 games.
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The least concerned person in the trade
for Ed Konetchy is Big Ed himself. He
says he doesn't care whether he is traded
or not.
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Charley Ebbets is willing to forfeit Co
lumbus day if the committee will give him
all the rest of the holidays on the cal
endar.
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The Jersey Skeeters will probably be
managed by Larry Schlafly next sea
son. President Lillis said yesterday that
he had not decided on Schlafly, but it is
known that Larry’ has been offered the
job.
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Hughie Jennings says Red Corridon will
.make good with the Cubs. He says he is
a hustler anA will have a fair chance in
Chicago.
BETTING AT EVENS ON
M’CARTY-PALZER FIGHT
Lt'S ANGELES, Dee. 30. —Luther Mc-
Carty and Al Palzer are in excellent con
, dition and confident of victory in their
tight on New Year’s day. and planned only
[light work today at their training qunr
! ters Tomorrow the big fellows will rest.
Both men have tapered down in their
work for the past few’ days, but Sunday
was a strenuous one at the camps. As a
final workout, both the fighters went in
lor boxing, ami the big crowd that vis
ited the training quarters were evidently
Impressed with the work of the fighters.
The fight fans have not been able to
pick a favorite in the battle and betting
today was a< even money. It was ex
; pected that Palzer. on account of his
i reach and his experience, would rule fa
vorite, but showing against
Flynn and his work at training quarters
has dampened the spirit of the Palzer
men. who had planned to give slight
odds.
A. A. C. PLAYS NEXT ON
COLUMBUS “TRICK FLOOR'
The Atlanta Athletic club basket ball
team will play the Columbus V M C A
team Saturday night and Coach Joe Bean
has his men working two shifts in prepa
ration for what is looked on as a certain
defeat. The Columbus five possesses a
“trick floor.” It is small and no visiting
team ian do itself justice on It. However,
the club te.m will undoubtedly give the
Columbus players a tough game.
Indian Jim Thorpe Is Greatest
Os All Athletes for T 2 Season
By W. J. Mcßeth.
WITH the curtain about to be
rung down on the greatest
athletic year in history,
the question arises as to who are
the greatest athletes for the year
1912. The greatest track and field
meeting that has ever been at
tempted was the recent Olympic
games in Sweden's far off clime,
where the cream of the world's
athletes competed for the honor of
wearing the laurel wreath and the
title that goes with it—World’s
Champion.
Os the host of athletes that com
peted for the honors offered the
name of James Thorpe stands out
most prominently as the marvel of
the age.
Aside from his wonderful work
on the gridiron he showed that he
could defeat the best men In any
one event, as his performances, al
though not up to the standards of
winning a national championship
in each separate event, showed a
great latitude for improvement.
Mel Sheppard Great Athlete.
After Thorpe's great perform
ance, that of Melvin W. Sheppard
stands out as the most noteworthy.
Although Sheppard was defeated in
the Swedish meet, there is no doubt
in the minds of the spectators who
were fortunate enough to see the
race that Sheppard was the real
record-breaker. Setting the pace
all the way, he played into the
hands of his young rival from Mer
cersburg ncadetny, who, with a few
yards to go, shot out of the field
and slipped past Sheppard. Since
that race. Sheppard has defeated
Meredith no less than fourteen
times at the mile, half and quarter
events.
Although many will pick Mere
dith on his One performance, the e
is no doubt in the minds of the
sporting public that Sheppard de
serves to be called the greatest
half-miler of all times.
Starting In competition in 1902,
he soon developed Into a world
beater, and lias succeeded in stay
ing there again this year. After
(■■n y,.|| l .' competition lie su< • coded
Old Baltimore Team of Middle
90's Turned Out the Greatest
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in breaking the record for the half
mile, only to have the victory
snatched from him in the last few
yards of his race. He declares that
he will never quit running till he
holds the world’s record for the
half-mile event.
Kolehmainen a Wonder.
The world’s long-distance honors
easily belong to a foreigner, Hannes
Kolehmainen, the native Finlander
who won every event he competed
in and won them with ease, smash
ing records as if it were an every
day occurrence. Only once was he
forced to show anything like his
best and that was in the 3,000-
meter event when Bouin, the great
Frenchman who had refrained Horn
taking part in any of the other
events in order that he would be in
the best possible shape to meet his
rival, pressed him hard.
It was a race never to be forgot
ten; the Finn won by a scant foot
and put up a brand new clean rec
ord for the event. As great as was
Kolehmainen on the cinders he had
to bow to the wonderful sprinting
abilities of Klviat. who defeated
him over the two-mile route. After
running a dead heat he finally de
feated him in an armory a few
weeks later. Many of the English
sporting writers claim that the
Americans ‘have seen the last of the
wonderful running of the Finn.
They go on further to state that we
ale responsible for his present
showing.
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By W. S. Farnsworth.
HEARD an interesting argu
ment in the Piedmont lobby
last night. Two baseball
fans, local celebrities in fact, were
■soaring up in the ambient over
what team was the greatest that
ever played. One said the Ath
letics in 1911, the the Balti
more Orioles of the middle nineties.
After listening to their chatter
for fully 30 minutes, I eased myself
out, and am still wondering if they
finally reached a decision. Both
of said teams were bears, and
while I would send my ticket in on
the Athletics, there’s no getting
away from the fact that the Ori
oles of ’94, *95 and '96 turned out
more men who have to this very
day earned their bread and butter
through baseball channels than any
other one.
Doyle Signed as Scout.
Only a few days ago it Was an
nounced that Jack Doyle, the old
Oriole first baseman, had signed a
contract to scout for the Chicago
White Sox.
The signing of Doyle leaves only
a few of the old-timers. in the
shadow surrounding the baseball
spotlight. Perhaps it can be said
that Walter Stevenson Brodie. Duke
of Roanoke, one of the best center
fielders who ever played the game,
is about the only one of the old
favorites who is not enjoying pros
perity as a direct result of work in
organized baseball. Even Brodie
coaches Rutgers college squad, but
his job is not so prominent as oth
ers.
Os course, the New York Giants
have the old third baseman anil
catcher in McGraw and Robinson
on their bench every day, while
Sadie McMahon, the pitching relia
ble. is scouting for the same club.
Vv illie Keeler, the right fielder, is
teaching the young Brooklyn Dodg
ers how to bat. That puts four of
the former Baltimore stars in
Greater New York.
There Are Two in Chicago.
Chicago now claims two Orioles
of prominence, for Kid Gleason,
second baseman, is assistant to
Manager Jimmy Callahan, of the
White Sox, and Jack Doyle will du
the scouting.
In Detroit, Hughey Jennings is
the star, and Toronto is paying
homage to Joe Kelley, who piloted
its team to a pennant last season
in the International league. So,
grouped pretty closely together, is a
whole Oriole pennant-winning
team, with the exception of a cen
ter fielder. And if any one tried
real hard to gather the bunch to
gether some day during the base
ball season, he would only have to
go to Rutgers college, in New Jer
sey, get Steve Brodie and complete
a nine.
A journey to Princeton would add
an extra catcher to the bunch, for
it is there that Bill Clarke holds
forth as coach. Even Dan Brouth
ers is floating about New York,
occasionally doing some work for
McGraw, and he should be added.
A Few of ’Em Are Out.
But, glancing back over the old
names, one sees that Pep Reitz.
Dock Pond, Tony Mullane, Char
ley Esper. George Hemming, Arthur
Clarkson. Scoops Carey, Bill Hoffer,
I-rank Bonner. Frank Bowerman,
Jimmy Donnelly, Joe Quinn, Joe
Corbett and others have not done
so much for baseball in recent
years.
However, there are a few more
old Baltimore stars not so fortu
nate as to play on the pennant
winning outfit who did not quit
baseball when they left Baltimore.
For instance, Al Maul and Matt
Kilroy devoted their efforts to help
ing out Connie Mack for’a number
of years, and Bad Bill Dahlen is
manager of the Brooklyn club.
Os course, there are many other
men who helped make baseball his
tory for Baltimore who are still in
the game, such as Joe McGinnity.
Jack Dunn and Gene DeMontre
ville.
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