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S, MUTT and JEFF A [ Famous Team Gath ‘ ‘-‘ CZ-. I ® rs News and Gossip x< —X «As» . NSSt '— i f\ From AII P arts of the Nt' \ “* ■-•: ?9B fl World. N* J rffe °l JaL w u w « —■- M M '■'ffiS Some of Their XV Av ▼ i IQ K Gmj Dope is Origins l KJ \ ®Jf ,i\3gßS and Some They |\l | fffc fl Get From the X " ~ r I B| 11 I Exchanges. I Gouge stallings win irive in his Boston squad when lie arrives at Athens, ; ... I',, spring training the best n :ong those who played in Northwestern league in 1912 i\ . boys will be given a thor- ;o)i tryout and are regarded as ■c likely to make the team. In t i. u? are eight pjayers, five of .ring pitchers, two catchers • ite first baseman. T1 . twirlers are Winfield <'. I \,,v.■ of Spokane; William James, ~f s- nttle; < 'ecil Thompson, of S jt l ■ . Lucien E. Gervais, of Van , >uv< i . Paul Strand, of Spokane. Thr atcheis are Bert Whaling, of >. ,< . Rex Devogt, of Spokane. T fi.st baseitlhn is “Hap" Myers. ~f Spokane. Jatm s and l>’oyes are figured as bout die most likely of the re alts coming up from the minors n.-xt spring. The former led the \iti .m estern league. Os James, I .!• Jones made the prediction this man's future would be t>.i.-mt. The fans of the North sr.iini league are fond of refer ' (. pini as a. second Christy » ti lth’wson. James won 29 games d lost 7, there being 265 hits. He -rink out 212 and passed 94. N,.y. record is 26 victories. 8 de f its. 2"7 hits. 51 passes, 1'42 strike outs. Th.- battery, which will be of greatest interest to the fans, will hr that composed of Rill Janies 1 Bert Whaling. The husky ■ ocher is said to resemble Forre.-t '' dy. of tin 1 Red Sox. in build, hav ing a fine throwing arni and a sure eye. He holds a very high average, that of .992. He caught 138 games, making 10 errors in handling 765 putouts w ith 189 assists. Two former Boston American hall players will be found in the personalities of Paul Strand and Hap" Myers. Strand is the youth ful pitcher whom the Red Sox owned at one time, but who never reported to the club. He is a side wheeler of much promise. Myers was with the club for some time, hut never played regularly. He is a natural first sacker and very fast on the bases. His principal weak ness when with the American I’ .igue was his hitting. This he has oi> 'come, for he stung the ball for 326 in 1912 and his reeo■<! shows ll’ l stolen bases The following tables, taken front t ’ official averages of the North- Kg] Fatima—the “distinctively individual” Turkish-blend ci garette delight fully mild. A quality about this smoke that appeals. More Fatimas sold thyi ■ any other brand in B this country. I n 20 I I is*! IVk’vA I I 1 western league, give a line on the men and their work in 1912: Pitching Record. W. L. P.C. H Ll.B. SO. Janies, right 29 7 806 265 94 .212 Noyes, right 26 8 .765 207 51 .142 rtiompson, 1eft..23 11 .676 270 66 .157 Gervais, left... . 18 15 .645 187 11 82 Strand, left 8 7 .533 113 19 4t B A TTI NG AVERA GE S. G. A.B. R. H. S.O. S.H. P.C. James ..53 132 15 34 2 3 .239 Noyes .. 47 103 9 17 1 4 .165 T’mps'n 46 106 18 20 0 5 .189 Gervais .' 43 9! 5 18 3 7 .182 Strand .19 49 6 9 0 1. .184 WhTing 138 459 59 121 10 12 .264 Devogt .129 421 42 100 12 13 .238 I Myers ..150 630 123 205 115 14 .326 FIELDI NG AV EK AGES. G. P.O. A. E. T.C. P.C. Whaling, c 138 765 189 10 931 .992 Devoght, < 129 678 182 11 871 .987 Myers, lb 159 1537 82 28 1647 .083 THE 1912 baseball season was less, prolific of remarkable games than any season within four years. There was not a game played in any league longer than 19 innings, and there were but four such games, namely, one in the American league, one in the Na tional league, one in the Interna tional league, and one in the Cotton States league. All told, there were only 42 games of 15 or more innings played in all leagues during the 1912 season, as against 52 such games in 1911 and 106 in 1910. These 42 games were distributed as follows: Nineteen Innings—A meri ca n league 1. National league 1, Inter national league 1, Cotton States league. Total 4. Eighteen Innings —Wes te r n league 1, Southern league 1, Moun tain States league 1. Total 3. Seventeen Innings—A m e r I c a n league 1, Texas league 1, South At lantic league 1, Ohio-Pennsylvania league 1. Total 4. Sixteen Innings —Ainer iea n league 1. American association 2. Ohio State league 2, S.outh Atlantic league 1, Tri-State league 1, Michi gan State league 1. New York State league 1, Virginia league 1, Mink league 1, Border league 1. Total 12. Fifteen Innings American league 1. Pacific Coast league 1, Western league 3, American asso ciation 1, Texas league 1. Ohio State league 2, South Atlantic league 1, South Michigan league 1, Central league 1, I. I. I. league 1, Southern league 1. Cotton States league 1. Appalachian league 1. South Central league 1. Carolina association 1, Kitty league 1. To tal 19. ♦ * » JJMPIRE TOM CONNOLLY, of the American league staff, has a lot of nice things to say about Hugh Bedient, the Red Sox pitch er. Connolly was one man who was not surprised by the wonderful , showing made by Bedient in the ' world's series. “I saw that young fellow pitch a game in New York late in the season,’’ said Connolly the other day. “and I was amazed at what he showed that day. I never saw anything better. So good was his work that 1 told McAleer afterward to watch him warm up some day while the post-season series was being played, and If he could show anything like what he i had on the day referred to, neither j the Giants nor any one else could beat him. He is as cool as ice and lias a great physique for a pitcher, j 1 believe that he will have a bril liant career." 0 » a GT NEVER see a man with the St. ' Vitus dance that I don't think of the bad start I made as manager of the Houston team,” says Charley Barrett, now scout for the St. Louis Browns. "I got a bad reputation the first day of the season and couldn’t live it down, and I was as Innocent as a year-old kid. •’lt was this way: The president of the league sent an umpire to I upen the season in Houston who had the St. Vitus dance. Every few moments lie would hunch his shoulder and jerk his head side | ways. He had been told we were a bad lot. and before tlic game he told us he had instructions not to let us as much as look cross-eyed. 1 was the first man up and the first ball over was a strike. The l umpire called it fi mi his position 1.-hind the pitcher, end as hr- did so he hunched up one shoulder ami jerked his head sideways. 1 didn't, knew then that he had any peculiar affliction; 1 saw him jerk his head ami thought he had motioned to me to come down to the pitcher's box; thought maybe he wanted to ask about a ground rule or some thing. "I started down to him on a dog trot with my bat in my hand. He came running to meet me half way. ■■ T know all about you; you can't Hart anything on me; out of the game and to the club house for yuiise.' he bawled at me. "I thought he was crazy and tried to find out what was the matter, but the more I talked the madder he got. ’No dash ging hall player can show me up,' lie said, and out of the game 1 went, for he wouldn't let me talk. Xfter the game 1 found out what was the mattei with him. but still he wouldn't let me explain that I thought he was beckoning to me. It was not until a couple of years afterward, when I met him In St. I Louis one day that I got a chance. io make it clear to him that I • hadn't started fur him with a bat ill'll.', ■ ■ » X HIE ATLAJNTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1912. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip “Pud” McTigue’s hold-out is bothering George Stallings. He was counting on McTlgue. Otto Hess and Tyler to do his southpawing next season. » • • Art ues writes that he’s “just de lighted to play with the Braves.’ Buhl, indeed (or else hot very particular), is the man who gives vent to such a state ment. , • • • As soo.) as Barry McCormick was named manager of the Peoria club he forthwith canned the former manager, who lingered on the payroll. Foresighted chap, Barry. « • s Ducky Holmes is to become captain, manger and half owner of the Sagi naw club, of the South Michigan league. * • • Ben Koehler is the only infielder of the Grand Rapids team who will hold his job. . *.‘9 OC ” Scanlon, after a long spell of holding out. on Brooklyn and the Phil lies, has agreed to sign with the latter team, provided the salary matter can be htened out. Dooin is of the opinion tnat it can, for lie wants Scanlon. m a « Jimmy Callahan started a lot of talk when he said that <Toe Jackson hats .100 on the road and .800 at home. The scorers considered that a reflection on them and acted accordingly. o lf &? nk Ghan «e» Ty Cobb and Roger Bresnahan would sign contracts there wouldn t be a thing on earth to write about. a « • A mistake in the official National league averages gave Fromme nineteen defeats. He should have had but eighteen. The correction has been made, but Arty’s sal ary remains unchanged. The Reds had twenty-four pitchers at various times last year Seven did not get into a single game, and seven pitched only once. <)f the whole lot, only four worked in more than four games. George Suggs, former Southern leaguer, was the only one who won more than half his games. • ♦ • McGraw and Mack will have more j>ower next year than any other mana gers. They can do just exactly as thev please. In the Southern league. Bill Smith holds the do-as-I-durn-please champion ship. ■ • • Charles Faust, the demon mascot, has a younger brother. Algernon, that he plans to send to the Giant team next year. He writes McGraw that .Algernon has hired a man to do the spring plowing and that he will join the Giants at Marlin u « « Sid Mercer has discovered the softest! job in the world. It Is held bv Charles Elliott, the treasurer of the Philadelphia team. Amos Strunk was given a typewriter for his feat of piling up the best batting average on the Cuban trip. He'll keep out of a lot of trouble if he never learns to use it. * « • Harry Gaspar swears ho has given up baseball for photography. Joe Kellv, his manager, says he has a, picture of him doing It. * • 9 Cincinnati has claimed Tex Erwin from Brooklyn by waiver route. * , * If the Yanks train in Bermuda thev will be the first big league club that' ever trained under the British flag. •p * * The Yanks are counting on doing their training at Bermuda on a cricket ground. • 99 Clark Griffith is camping on Stuffy Mclnnes’ trail He wants the 8100 he bet that the Senators would finish above the Athletics * a 9 Oscar Stallage is one of the few catch ers In the big leagues who has absolute authority to yank a pitcher. Jennings al ways leaves it up to him and abides by his judgment. The fans of Danville. 111., have been given the names of eight managers and have been asked to vote. The winning candidate gets the job Some Birmingham guy figured out that there are 9,632,800 seconds which must elapse before the baseball season opens. ■ • » Savannah uan’t make up its mind whether or not to retain Ferry L*ipe as manager. He finished third in the first race last season and second in flic sec ond, which is pretty fair. MARTINA. EX-CRACKER. SIGNS WITH CHAMPIONS BOSTON, pec. 31.—The Red Sox have received the signed contract of Joseph Martina, of New Orleans. Martina is a right-handed pitcher re ported by Scout Patsy Donovan to be pos sessed of a fine assortment of curves and a fair amount of speed. He was secured from the Beaumont club of the Texas league. Previous to going there he had failed with both the Atlanta and New • )rieans clubs. CHAS. BRICKLEY CHARGED WITH BEING PROFESSIONAL BOSTON, Dec. 31 ( tries Brickley, Harvard’s greatest athlete; may be barred from participation in future college games. It has been charged he is now in the professional class because he is a newspa per correspondent and agent for a cloth ing house simply because of his athletic achievements. Generals January And February HEX Napoleon invaded Russia the t-zar W ralmly remarked: “I have two marshals = who <-an whip him (lein i'als January and February.” X’ot even the Sunny South escapes We can equip yon in warmth from these two. but we can equip you with the feet up in woolen socks, undor the strategy of wool and weight wear, gloves, mufflers, sweaters.com whieh enables you to beat them; bination fancy-and-sweater-vests nl withstand all their artillery of sleet ster overcoats, raincoats, ami in every and snow, and the charging attack of item of stylish, seasonable w inter winds. wear. Parks-Chambers-Hardwick 37-39 Peachtree CO. Atlanta. Georgia TOG [MILL ■ SPORT OF BOXING; COMMERCIALISM RULES"—JOHN L. SULLIVAN By Jolni L. Sullivan. Former most popular heavyweight champion writes his views on the boxing situation expressly for readers of The Georgian. I' HAVE been, asked to discuss the boxing game and its champions. , but as 1 have not been able to see the latest champions in action 1 can not go far into the subject of individuals. 1 'can atty, how- > ever—for 1 feel that 1 ktiow—that the present day boxers are far below ■ the standard of the boxers who made 'lie game in my day. The lighters | i of years ago were far superior in every class and distinction. The boxers in the game today are just in it from the commercial point j, of view. That is whal spoils the game, as the boxers go into the ring know ing what they are to receive for their services and it is immaterial to ( them whether it is a slow bout or one full of action. Generally when the boxers are given a certain sum the public fails to get a. run for its money. That is why we do not see so many bouts today filled with ac tion as we saw years ago. For merly the boxers fought for a per , ventage of a purse, a winner's end and a loser's end. The extra dol lars that would go ' the winner acted like magic and some wonder ful bouts were seen. It is the public that supports the boxing game, and unless you please the public the boxing game is in jured. When the boxers go into the ring and mix it up to please the public then the game will be given a decided boost. Boxing should be as popular as baseball and can be made so when the men in the business work on the square. Honesty is a wonderful thing, it is simple, yet so many boxers of the present day get into the ring and play tag and other such games. Boxers Can Uplift Game. It is up to the boxers to uplift the game. It can be done just by honesty. When a boxer goes in the ring, fights hard, gives the people attending a fine perform ance, and earns what he receives, then that boxer is doing something for the uplift of the game. On the other hand, if a boxer goes into the ring and sidesteps and fails to mix things, he is the one who hurts the game. Nothing is decided in the ten and twelve-round bouts of the present day. When a decision is given it is usually awarded to the man who has landed the most clean blows, but this does not prove the true ability of the boxer. No championship should he awarded in a bout of short rounds. The only way to decide a cham pionship bout is to let the man go the distance. This is generally pro hibited at the present time, under the rule that his kind of bouts is prize fighting. It may- be so, but that is the way’ the former cham pions won their titles. 1 have read lately about, several bouts that were pulled off in the South that were termed fakes. This is the worst thing in the world that could be done. It kills the boxing game and I will say that the men who take part in this kind of bouts should be barred from the ring. Fake Bouts Ruin Sport. One or two of these bouts ian ruin boxing in the biggest and best cities. The public will lose in terest and will not attend when the promoter puts on a good show. In my days one never heard of a champion setting up a fake fight. > No! Every man who was in the ring years ago -was a tighter and the public was given a lot for Its money. I read several articles on the re cent McGoorty-Gibbons bout in New York and I drew the conclu sion that they were afraid of each other. If a man considers himself a boxer and goes in the prize ring, he should not be afraid of any other man. Slow , bouts like this McGoorty-Gibbons- fray hurt the gqme. Among the heavyweights today there is not a man that dbuld stand the pace set by the men of my day. Jack Johnson is a dead issue, and 1 consider him out of the game. Among the present heavies Luther McCarty looks the best to me. I have studied him through the newspapers and I really think lie has a good chance to defeat the other “white hopes.” McCarty Not a Champion. If McCarty is the winner of the i elimination tournament for heavy weights now being held out on the coast, I do not think that lie should be hailed as the champion of the world. If he should defeat Palzer or several other men of the heavies, he lias not won the world's title. This Carl Morris is a joke, and I never considered Jim Flynn as a top-notcher. The boxers in the middleweight and welterweight classes are only mediocre. I noticed that Ad Wolgast lost the lightweight championship by a foul. From what I could learn from the newspapers, it looked as if the Michigan boy deliberately fouled Ritehie, as he was on the losing end of the bout and would rather lose the title by a foul than have the de cision given against him. in the old days a championship would not be passed along by a foul, except when it could be seen after the offender had been warned once. This appears to be the case in the recent Ritchie-Wolgast bout. Ritchie a Fair Boxer. J have never been able to see Ritchie in a bout, but I Judge that he is a fair boxer. Wolgast was not any too good, and 1 did not believe that he would hold the champion - ship long. It is too bad that Packey McFar land can not make the lightweight limit that the champions of today demand, for I really believe that McFarland could clean out all the lightweights and then some. In my days a champion would give or take two pounds in a bout, but today if a boy wants a chance at the championship crown he is forced to get down to ringside weight. Johnny Kilbane. who holds the . featherweight champion ship, strikes me as a clever little boy, and If he keeps on the right path > he has a bright future. I heard 1 about that bout that he Is sup- i posed to have pulled off with his sparring partner which was branded as a fake by the wit nesses. He should drop that kind of business It does not get him a cent. NEW YORK PLANNING FOR 'l AUTO RACING NEXT YEAR GARDEN CITY. LONG ISLAND. D(.e. 31. - - Pros pec ts for a revival of autoniobite I racing on a large scale, wbirh Long |- 1 land has not seen since the Vanderbilt cup races of several years ago, are couple*i , with the announcement that the New j York Motor Speedway association has i leased 665 acres of land here for a motor * Speedway. The course will be two miles in length. ' with a grandstand seating 75.000 specta tors. It is hoped to have the course readv I for big races on the Fourth of July. NEW YORK MAY BREAK INTO GRAND CIRCUIT NI AV YORK, Dec. 31. A proposition ! io include New York city in the grand •ircuit meetings this year will l»e presented I io the stewards of the circuit at their an nual meeting in Pittsburg on January’ 14, according to report In sporting circle*'- ; IL M. Williangs is named as one of the I horsemen interested in the proposition, to j be carried out in connection with a fair. I A plan to include New York in the cir cuit last year was adopted, but later i aban<toned. i * BILL CARPENTER BUYS HIMSELF FLORIDA FARM CINCINNATI. L*?c. 31. L’mpirp Bill Carpenter is going South in a day or two to look after some land which he has pur chased on the west coast <»f Florida If the property looks good to him. he intends to make further investment down there. \ quiet, retired farmer’s lif<* seems to appeal to the umpire as well as to the strenuous athlete ORVIE OVERALL ASKS ABOUT REINSTATEMENT LOS .ANGELES, Dec. 31. Orvie Overall, once star pitcher of the Chicago Cubs, who failed to report to Murphy’s or ganization at the beginning of last sea son, has telegraphed the national com mission. asking what his standing is in baseball. He wants his release so that he may. be free, to join some other team. FRANK DEANS IS AN EXPERT Marathon Rider j; N* ~ ■ ilibx- a VH- / I He’s only 7 years old, but lie's able to ride this Marathon Racer with absolute safety. And fun! Well, in* the neighbor-- hood of his home, 111 Hast Fifth street, there’s no doubt about the constant en joyment he gets from this little ear. He's a familiar, happy figure there. Y r ou see these racers all oxer town, don't you? We’ve given awa\ hundreds of them. And we have other hundreds to give away to boys and trirls in Atlanta and the nearby towns. If you want to own one of these little cars, mail the coupon today. We ll tell you how to get a Racer without one cent of cost to you M.A R .l THON RACER I)EPA RTMENT 7 HF. Al LAN! A GEORGIAN CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. 20 EAST ALABAMA ST. Please send me instructions telling how I may secure one of The Georgian Marathon h’aceis without money. Nhiii? Age Address City stale Sample Cars are on display at The Georgian edicts—2o East Alabama sti'*et. You ar'' cord ally inviled io conic in and try this new ami popular Cur. PASKERT HAD SCARLET FEVER: IS BETTER NOW CLEVELAND OH 10, Dec. 31.- Dode raskert. the crack outfielder of rhe Fhil lics, sat up today fur the first time since aimcked by scarlet fever ten days agu. Ills attack was a very severe one and resembled typhoid to a great extent in its incipii nt stages, but it later developed int<» scarlet fever. In fact, it was believed at first that he really had typhoid. lie will be confined to the house for several weeks, as lie will take no risks of suffering a relapse. COLORADO HOLDS ROTHGEB. rR BA NA. ILL., Dec. 31. Colorado col lege, of Colorado Springs. Colo., has re tused tn release its athletic director, Claud* J. Rothgeb. former I’niversity of Illinois star, to permit him to accept an offer to coach at Ohio State university. I WILTON JELLICO COAL $5.00 Per Ton The Jellico Goal Co. 82 PEACHTREE ST. BOTH PHONES 3668. 11