Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, January 01, 1913, HOME, Image 11

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Newspaper Page Texttalking About Old-Timers, What Os Daley and Perry? Both Have Been Sevtn Years in Dixie League Perry Has Had Wonderful Career in Southern * p o . G. H. S.B. B.A. P.O. A. E. F.A. Y®’ ?h 133 126 25 .259 184 12 18 .956 1912 ',?■ 88 158 9 .950 ob 135 138 23 .286 , 312 389 29 .960 9 ’ 2b 138 104 26 .244 167 127 13 .954 1910 X?’ 106 118 16 .933 <ono 3b HO 132 21 .261 210 280 35 .933 MR 2b 117 113 23 .263 190 222 25 .942 508 45 99 17 .894 IQn7 U 141 121 26 .245 203 374 36 .929 1906 3b’ 138 99 19 207 200 26 1 33 .933 942 833 163 1,705 2.040 231 .942 These Are Marks Daley Has Made in 7 Years Vear Pos. G. H. S.B. B.A. P.O. A. E. F.A. 1912 o.f. 23 32 3 376 46 2 2 .960 ,0,1 of 138 163 20 .306 199 16 14 .939 1910 o.f.' 139 169 10 .298 255 26 12 .959 1909 of. 137 • 133 25 .266 259 16 7 .975 908 of. 139 131 15 .256 277 10 6 .978 o.f. 131 131 21 .270 269 20 8 .973 1906 .o.f. 143 146 23 .267 238 16 17 .937 Totals... 850 895 117 1,543 106 66 .962 B\ Percy 11. Whiting. SOMEHOW players don’t last viry long in the Southern league. There was but one , , i, r in last year’s league who Ind been there as long as eight •onscutive years. There wasn’t one who had been in the 1 ,gw the year it opened, consecu tivel? or any other way, and that ~n.. was Stanley, of New Orleans. Going back to even the compara tively recent date of 1903. only a f. w names appear that appeared also in the roster of 1912—notably Campbell and Swann. The rest of the 1 11 players listed in the books 1 the league are scattered to the tout winds. A few were in the big leagues last year—Al Bridwell and Harry Mclntvre, for instance (but tanging on 'there by threads so -lender that in “Handsome Harry’s it didn’t last out the season); others have become umpires, nota ble Breitenstein; still others have b. come managers Molesworth, Punch Knoll. Otis Stockdale (who . idn’t last) and Harry Mathews; mother one, Bob Kilks. is scouting; a couple—George Winters and ‘ Dusty Miller—are tending bar; and at least one, Bobby Cargo, is dead. v <pHE league s veteran, as has been 1 observed, is Otto Jordan, with i .glit consecutive years of service t<> hi- credit, ''lose behind are two remarkable performers, Jud Daley i nd Clayton Perry, who have played for seven years in a row in the Southern. Os course, in Daley’s case he spent part of last year in the big leagues, but ho got back to the Southern in time to put in 23 games. Here are the other veterans: Six Years of Continuous Service — Warren. Seabough. Five Yer of Continuous Serv —Rohe, . Sentell, Mo- ran, Johns. Flew. Four Years of Com... Serv ice—Hyder Barr, George Cat . \-EXT to Jordan's record, that of Clayton Perry stands out as a , ord-breaker for consistency. For en years Perry has played sec ond and third base, usually third, with various Southern league teams. In that time he has played for Montgomery, three years; Ut ile Rock, one year; Chattanooga, a yeat and a half: Nashville, a year mil a half. In that time he has taken part in 912 games, an aver se of slightly less than 135 games a year. Persy has never been the fielder lent Jordan is. but lias acquired a , i- . sentable fielding average of .942 for the seven years. Neither has Perry ever been a notable batter. His best mark is .286. He has been as low as .207. Perry has never shown a flash of brilliancy in all the seven years, but he has been a good old plug ger—and he's good yet. • • * I N every way, except for head 1 work, Jud Daley has been a re markable performer, a better bat ter than Perry or Jordan, and a brilliant fielder. Jud played two years with Shreveport, one with Mobile, three with Montgomery and the end of last season with Nash ville. I■■ seven long years Daley has Oven the idol of the bleacherites of - Ight Dixie cities. He is one of the ' players who can “kid the " - uelb-rs and escape with his life. H‘ is always there with the quick 't° : " n 'l when h< can’t think of mi thing else to do he can p U n down sun- bits that bring the " • h'- up mm, ng and wring ‘•urses from opposing players and luanug* rs. Li.iiej has never had a poor year "'th th, ash and in 1911 managed o S' i through the season with the highly respectable total of .306. Dal'-y s lielding averages have never been amazingly high, but that has be..n because he has tried for innl?m ,n t' fr ° n ' pop nies l ‘> ,h “ fl' Id to home runs over the fence. "It.. of Daley’s weaknesses has !"s inability to stPal bass . ver J' 1 * speed to kick away and it J i! , iS n( ' v "' ha<l !,n >’ luck at s " "• is likely to try to steal “Id time, or, second, "nn the bases full. bi‘ n nf J p'' 9 r rp " or " is one amazing succession S he enCs r‘ T ' V ° ye “” in 1!..',; . ' Also -XTIV t i.stv cun- G J-'HI ,of the • v ..i ih is* who is wur- * i. -ii '? ' ntin ” ins . •I • .| . ■ . | t i 1 but only five were In succession. During the interval (1906 and 1907) he departed for the rarefield cir cles and lingered long enough to write worlds championship his tory. In glancing back over the records, one piece of team consistency crops out. For three years in succes sion the Birmingham team has preserved its combination of first baseman, second baseman and shortstop intact, with McGilrray, Marcan and Ellam. And with tlie same three it will start next sea son. No wonder the Baron infield oozes along with so few bobbles. The records of three notable old tliners of the league are here pre sented: George Rohe. Vear. G. H. SB. Pct. 1904 135 144 41 .282 190!> 113 120 21 .281 1908 138 118 10 .241 1909 128 103 35 .224 1910 128 103 25 .224 1911 135 105 22 .218 1912 11l 108 16 .279 Rudy Baerwald. Year. G. H. SB. Pct. 1908 104 118 35 .285 1909 125 122 27 .255 1910 139 122 26 .244 1911 128 123 41 .254 1912 105 111 22 .274 Bill McGilvray. Year. G. H. 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C. . 11 ■ - ——M ■ J I 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1913 City of Roses Is Lemon Ball Town; So Why Let It in League? KNOXVILLE HAS BIG EDGE OVER LITTLE ROCK By Cole Morgan. IS it absolutely necessary to take in Little Rock to fill the Mont gomery gap in the Southern league circuit? Maybe it isn't. There is a good chance to fill the gap on this side of the Mississippi river with a city as large as either Montgomery or Little Rock and one with which the other cities of the Southern league—or a majority of them—are better acquainted. That city is Knoxville. Take a look at the map. Little Rock is 133 miles west of Memphis—the nearest Southern league connection, and Memphis is now on the western edge of the circuit. From Little Rock to At lanta—the eastern extreme —is 552 miles. Take another look at the same . map. Knoxville is no farther east than Atlanta. It is no farther north than Nashville. It completes a square of approximately 200 miles with At lanta, Birmingham and Nashville, while Chattanooga is practically in its center. There Is half the league in close touch with Knoxville. Here are distances from Knox ville and Little Rock to the seven Southern league cities: From Knoxville. Chattanooga 11l miles Atlanta 186 miles Nashville .. 216 miles Birmingham 254 miles Memphis 424 miles Mobile 530 miles New Orleans 609 miles From Little Rock. Chattanooga 446 miles Atlanta 552 rnilis Nashville 370 miles Birmingham 385 miles Memphis ..133 miles Mobile 517 miles New Orleans 529 miles The average is 333 miles, from Knoxville and 419 from Little Rock, an average difference in Knoxville’s favor of 86 miles. Rail Schedules O. K. Knoxville’s railroad schedules are in the main as convenient from a baseball standpoint as could be desired. Here they are: Leave Knoxville. Arrive 6:45 p. m... .Chattanooga 10:00 p. m. 6:10 a. m... .Atlanta 11:55 a.m. 9:05 p. m.... Nashville 6:15 a. m. 2:00 a. m.... Birmingham 10:15 a. m. 6:45 p. m... .Memphis 8:00 a.m. 2:00 a. m... .Mobile 6:55 p.m. 4 (29 p. m... . Mobile 4:12p.m. 2:00 a. m... .New Orleans 8:45 p. m. 2:10 p. m... .New Orleans 9:10 a. m. Only Mobile and New Orleans are isolated points, w ith the neces- I slty of missing a playing date on account of the long jump. But the Sunday jumps can be made with a night’s rest for players affer reach ing their destination. Schedules t’o Knoxville follow: Arrive Leave. Knoxville. Chattanooga 10:00 p. m... 1:25 a. m. Atlanta G: 5» a. in... 12:06 p. m. Nashville 9:30 p.m... 6:45a.m. Birmingham 6:05 p.m... 1:25a.m. Memphis 8:00 p.m... 8:25a.m. Mobile 8:05 p.m... 2:00 p.m. New Orleans 7:30 p. m... 2:00 p. m. Every jump to Knoxville can be made without missing a playing date. Knoxville Some City. Population figures warrant tak ing Knoxville into the circuit. The 1910 census gave Knoxville, within the incorporated city, 36,346, against 38,136 for Montgomery. But Knoxville has four incorporated suburbs, as Kirkwood is of Atlanta, These suburbs had, in 1910, suffi cient population to bring Knox ville’s total to 45,000, with 30,000 served by trolley lines outside the corporate limits. Knoxville has not extended its corporate limits In fif teen years. Chattanooga’s incorpo rated city and suburban population was 48,000. with an unincorporated population about the same as Knox ville. City directory census figures for 1912 show the two cities within 5,000 of the same figures, and both directories are published by the same company. Is Live Ball Town. For four years, Knoxville has been developing the baseball fever, in 1909 the Charleston Sally league team was transferred to Knoxville for the second half of the season, when Chattanooga was also in that league. Knoxville was dropped when Chattanooga went into the Southern league in 1910 and the Sally was cut down to six clubs. In 1910 Knoxville held the main berth in the Southeastern league. In 1911, when the Southeastern split up. Knoxville fans organized the Appalachian league in East Ten nessee. which has run two seasons and is ready to start the third. The club owners in Knoxville have finished each of the past four seasons with a net surplus in the treasuries. Park It a Good One. The street railway company at Knoxville has an established base ball park, now used by the Appa lachian league. It Is reached by a double-tracked car line, free of rail road grade crossings or other ob structions. and but 20 minutes ride from the downtown center. Bill Smith knows how good a baseball town Knoxville is. He played there for years before he went to Macon’s Sally league club. Jim Fox, of Columbus, got his start there. "Humpty” McElveen was discovered there. Hyder Barr was found in the same place. Other old Knoxville players are in leagues higher up. Knoxville, by the way, was in the old Southern league for a brief spell back in 1896. The Southern moguls can find worse ball towns than Knoxville, and Little Rock is one of ’em. MILLION AND A QUARTER SPENT FOR_GOLF BALLS Charles Kirchner, golf manager for the firm of A. G. Spalding Ai Bros-.. who is in Atlanta looking over local courses, gives some amazing facts in regard to the magnitude of the busi ness of selling clubs and balls to the players of the United States. For one tiling. Mr. Kirchner states that last year the golfers of the coun try used 150.000 dozen golf balls, or a matter of 1,800,000 “pellets.” At the prevailing price for golf balls they cost the players of the country something over a million and a quarter dollars. Mr. Kirchner will be in Atlanta sev eral days and then goes on an extended tour of Southern courses. BRICK OWENS HURT WHEN ELEVATOR TAKES TUMBLE ST. LOL IS. Jan. I.—Clarence Owens —better known as “Brick” Owens— umpire in the National league, is re covering todaj' from shock and minor bruises as a result of an elevator acci dent In the Marquette hotel here. Owens, with Mrs. Owens and five other persons, were in an elevator that fell from the parlor floor to the base ment. Mrs. Owens was not hurt. Some of the other passengers were slightly bruised. Owens, who has been in ill health, was unstrung by the accident anil suffered from the shock. Physi cians say a rest of a day or two will be needed. FRANKIE BURNS FAVORED TO DEFEAT MURPHY TODAY SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.- Frankie Burns, of Oakland, ruled a slight favor ite today over Tommy Murphy, of New York, in their light scheduled tor this afternoon. The lads weighed in at 10 o’clock this morning at 135 pounds. The battle is scheduled to go twenty rounds. Considerable money has been wag ered. ABSOLUTE DIVORCE GIVEN TO WIFE OF HAL CHASE NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Supreme Court Justice Bijur today signed an interlocu tory decree of absolute divorce in favor of Mrs. Nellie H. Chase from Hal Chase, first basemen of the New York American baseball club Mrs. Chase is awarded ‘he custodv of their son, Harold. Jr., and 81.200 a year alimony. .1 -IJJ 1--L- 1 ■!__ ... . ' .. ' . .. J i. ■■ißWiwr \ The # V / \ Automobile Shows J i | Are Here Again J\ ' v ihe shows are here again. I hree of them in X one month in New York City But in the \ t January Moloß Magazine you will see all f the new cars —new parts —new accessories - / k j • new ideas —designs and models for 1913 in / \. i advance \ Il You will find each show presented in com- I'tfM M | plete form, with a wealth of pointers and in- Ybvlffl L 'pSlßf formation. You can now become familiar with i'•! liiiffle the real values of the cars and the shows before il jjr F you visit them You can be well informed ’ I when you visit them. The January MoToR • yJ&vKk&tMt* Magazine is a feast of absorbing interest—and a record of increasing value. Get your copy < todav • n \ Ml M<sß>R 'W On sale today at all dealers 1 ffl. » 'll ' J I r ** 11 II Ask Your |™J H W *> Newsdealer O'W! * I- A® HIM MB SHiHHI it Rh&lMK7iManWHKvdMl^^L n ' 9ttMii | wMrkl I alwMi ir^ ! ISf McCarty and Palzer Battle Today for Diamond Belt and World’s Heavyweight Honors LOS ANGELES, Jan. I.—At 3:15 o’clock this affc-rnoon Luther McCarty and Al Palzer, both trained to phys ical perfection, will bend their bodies through the ropes of the Vernon arena of the Pacific Athletic club to battle for the high est honor in pugilism. The contest is scheduled for twenty rounds, and tlie winner will leave the ting weighted down by the McCarey gobi belt and the responsibilities that go with the world’s heavy weight championship. The settings for the heavyweight battle—the condition of the princi pals, the gift of the diamond stud ded belt, the soldout house and the weather conditions—all are ideal. Judging from the training camp work of the two young giants, they are as evenly matched as any pair of boxers that ever bared their bodies to a California sun. For the past three weeks the boxers have been held at even money in the betting. Each man is confident of win ning and each declare their inten tion of ending the fight in the shortest possible time. Charley Eyton. the club's official referee, will officiate as arbitrator in the ring. The preliminaries promise some good milling. Freddie Barrett and Jack Linkenbeck, welters; Eddie Garey and Sam Morris, feather weights, and Danny Lyons and Gene Rado, bantams, are on tlie program for four rounds each. The first bout will be stage'! at 2 o’cloek sharp. COTTON STATES MEETS SOON TO NAME PRESIDENT JACKSON. MISS.. Jan. 1 \rtbur Lewis, president of the Cotton States baseball league, tendered his resginatbm today before leaving for Colorado Springs, Colo., where he will make his home. A meeting of the league has been called for January 11 for the purpose of select ing his successor. Persons troubled with partial j S paralysis are often very much f benefited by massaging the affected ; parts thoroughly when applying ( Chamberlain’s Liniment. This lin- j iment also relieves rheumatic pains. < For sale by all dealers. THAT mb GOLD PIECE ( You received for Christinas will buy > ! an "Ideal Waterman Pen” at Jno. J < L. Moore & Sons’. Complete se- ; £ lection on hand, 42 N. Broad St. HOW LUTHER M’CARTY AND PALZER COMPARE Tlie. following table shows how Palzer and McCarty shape up for their battle on the coast: Palzer. McCarty. Weight 218 205 Reach 81 75 1-2 Neck IS 1-4 17 1-2 Chest contracted. 42 1-1 39 Chest expanded.. 48 42 1-2 Waist 37 1-2 36 1-2 Flight forearm.... 13 1-2 13 7-8 Left forearm 15 1-2 14 Right biceps 14 1-2 15 I.eft thigh 25 3-4 26 Kight thigh 25 3- 1 26 1-2 Right calf 16 1-4 15 3-4 Left calf. 16 1-4 16 Wrist 8 7 7-8 Ankle 10 9 1-2 Palzer born October 1. 1890. at Ossian. lowa. McCarty born March 17, 1592. at Lincoln. Nebr. Managers—Palzer, Torn O’Rourke; McCarty, Hilly McCamey. : CUBS CLIMBED ON WATER WAGON TODAY FOR KEEPS CHICAGO. Jan. 1. —Way up on the f ont seats of the water cart today sat the members of the Chicago Cubs. They’re going to stick. 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