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t line-up for to-day. •
, Atlanta. Birmingham. •
« Ag ! er, 1b Marcan, 2b. •
• Alperman, 2b Messenger, rs. •
t Welchonce, cf Bod us, cf. •
• Bailey, If Mcßride, If. •
• Long, rs McGilvray, Ib. »
, Smith, 3b .. .. Carroll, 3b. •
• Keating, ss EHam, ss. •
• Graham, c. ..' Mayer, c. •
• Brady, p Prough, p. •
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By Percy 11. Whiting.
• .ingham MUST be beaten.”
s the motto of Atlanta fandom
to-day.
The bumptious Alabama metropolis
id the nerve last season to win the
f rjthcm League pennant. It had the
gall to win the trophy for the largest
opening day crowd. It went further
an : had the crust to show the largest
laid attendance for the season.
It happens this year that the league
i hedule sends the Birmingham Club
scainst the Atlanta nine in the open
nc game of the season on Cracker
. il. It transpires likewise that the
Alabama city has the largest attend
ance mark thus far.shown —a measly
• 'SS paid admissions.
Mayor on the Mound.
This afternoon it becomes the duty
,-.f the Atlanta Ball Club to humble
rite 1913 pennant winners of the
Southern League. And to see it well
d ne the Gate City will turn out a
-•nd that will make Birmingham's
t:< old 8,088 look like six counter
feit nickels!
The real festivities are due to be
s n this afternoon at 3:15, when, with
layer James G. Woodward on the
- ib, "LU” Marcan at the willow, Mike
Dunlin behind the bat, and a brass
•and going full blast in the stands,
first ball of the 1913 season will
be pitched.
Just how much “stuff" Jim Wood
ard can put on the ball is not a
••liter of record in any of Colonel
S| mg's justly famous guides, but,
idgi d by the way he has been saw
s mt the opposition in some recent
litical contests, the old man has
• -dderable pep left.
Whole Town to Close Up.
Tli'-re will be plenty doing, how
■nr, before Mayor Woodward pro
sed live and one-half ounces of cork,
irn and leather across, or in the
proximity of, the home plate at
Pun't y Park.
In fact, the doings began early this
i. '.urig. Trains from nearby towns
r d cities have been pouring In fans
tiie morning—suburban and rural
■u rs who have come in for a big
mil a big game.
Early this afternoon factories, stores
dlices closed up as tight as or
s ay. and the crowds poured oul
■ d began surging toward the park
Hairs before the gates were opened
u - had begun to gather. An hour
lore they swing wide there will be a
S' ortlv after breakfast the wild
us stormed the uptown ticket of
- nd cleaned them out of every
...g tiny had for sale. It looked
• “ bargain day, and ordinary busi
-1 >s was suspended until the last fan
as satisfied and the “sold out" sign
hosted.
BASEBALL SUMMARIES.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Hrmingham at Ponce DeLeon. Game
'’arts at 3:30.
'b rnphia at Mobile.
x.w <»rleans at Montgomery.
< i atianooga at Nashville.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L. P.C.
A n’a 3 0 1.000 B’hain. 1 I JOO
JWs 2 1 .667 N’ville. 11 .500
’»r. 2 2 .500 Mont. 1 2 .333
Mob-;.. 2 2 .500 Chatt. 0 3 .000
Yesterday’s Results.
Orleans 7, Mobile 3.
He 5, New Orleans 1
• phis 4, Montgomery 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
r auo at St. Louis
»it at Cleveland,
adelphia at Washington.
' York at Boston.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C. W. L. P C.
a 2 0 1.000 C’land 11 .600
1 0 1.000 N. York o J
■’ 2 1 .667 Boston « 2 .000
' -’uis 2 1 .667 Detroit 0 2 000
Yesterday s Results.
a?o 7. St. Louis 2.
' • *'and-Detroit, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
■ ••ooklyn at New York.
ii .ton at Philadelphia.
" Louis at Cincinnati.
‘'■"-burg at Chicago.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L. PC.
? m io i.ooo B'klyn. 11
uis 1 0 1.000 Phila. 11 -5W
• 11 .500 N. York 0 t .OTO
■g 11 .500 Clnci. « 1 OTO
Yesterday's Results,
igo 7. Pittsburg 4
nnatl-St. Louis, rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Standing of the Clubs
„ W. L. P C. W. L. P C.
' ’ »e 2 0 1.000 S Paul 1 I >9O
’ y 2 o 1.000 Cbus o -• OTO
•lie 2 0 1 Otm I.'vUle V ,IMn
■<» 11 500 Toledo 0 1 OTO
Yesterday's Result*.
« ' 'Uy g. Top-. 2
| ikee «. le.ulsvil!' 1
■’u-apolls 4. Columliu.
p Paul 4. Indiatiapulta -•
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4% Stronger Than Birmingham
ATLANTA fandom is holding its breath over the contest to-day be
tween Atlanta and Birmingham. And while the fanatics are run
ning wild, the calm dopesters are carefully figuring out the rela
tive strength of the Birmingham and Atlanta teams which will meet this
afternoon.
To dope this on a scientific basis the players on both line-ups were
scaled on their batting and fielding ability, their base stealing skill and
their "brain work" (which is taken to mean not only quickness of thinking
but experience and similar factors.) Batting was figured on a basis of
.350 hitting as perfection—or 100 per cent.' Base stealing was considered
with 50 thefts as perfection—or the 100 per cent mark. Perfect fielding
was the basis of judgment in the fielding department and perfect head
work in the "thinking department”
Judging both these teams on this basis it is determined that Atlanta
has a playing strength of 75 per cent, Birmingham 71 per cent.
Here are the full figures:
BIRMINGHAM.
Bat- Steal- Field- Brain
ting Ing Ing Work I
per per per per
• cent pent cent cent I
Marcan 70 60 90 100
McGilvray ....86 42 97 85,
Messenger ....74 60 97 10
Bod us 75 40 9 7 80
Mcßride 80 40 98 85
Carroll 65 45 97 84
Ellam 63 43 97 90 |
Dilger 60 1£ 97 85
Foxen 65 10 96 94
Average 71% 39% 96% 79% I
Grand average 71 per cent.
~PREP LEAGUE NOTES |
The victory of ffoys High last week
ties the team with Marist for first place
Here is the standing of the teams in lhe
Prep League: „ c
Cfubs. "<»>■ E " st - ' og)
Boy. High J ? 1 2J2
g. M A J ’
I’eacock •’*’/ ’♦ w
In the track meet held last x 'eek by
Dnnalci Fraser School, Jernigan
Phillip* made nearly all of the points
for their team. These boys are wondera
in ai athletic way, and form the bat
ten' of the baseball team besides being
members of the football and track
squads. » • •
Peacock and Boys High will meet
Wednesday on the Peacock diamond at
J; y p.rk Peacock has so far
game this Season, and the
12. V-S reallre that this will be a good
Opportunity to slip
leaders. Mangum and bams win co
the pitching for Peacock.
The same to-morrow afternoon be-
T>ch High and Marist wl 1 be
' .her important factor in determining
the I’rep League championship this year.
tr Tech High can win. then it will
V MerUt from first place to third, and
‘"'m , ?> e tl£”igh si hool boys a close
Oitf to Bovs High in the standing
of the teams. , e .
dash Callahan and Parks ar.
teams < them, and
■V ,O &th bovs gM the right kind of
there will •* • battle between
the two twirlers* . e
A.ch e Flats to decide upon the entriM
f °d t ßovs U High. beS.el.l on
a , nd Frldav afternoon. There will
U*Jt!™’ ntirfy athletes In this pre
liminary meet. ( .
in the game between Boys High and
In .. enols the only man to
IS ch . hi? h off fS. of Boys High, was
I'm Parks, "ho Pitched for the culver
he?- « • •
tw^e rkS and ,<i th?s e t n im. ! "IFr>7'*thouS 1 Fr>7'*thouS> a t
kould take a chance. ,
Peek, is the best hitter on the Tech
num tea’,, and usually draws a P*«S
an opposing pit<*er
n .tnnk the B"'* High shortstop.
. 'i!L like k a sure pick for aU-ITep this
1 ‘’•t* I H® ntayed a fine Fame against
■i'2h High and has been delivering the
in every «••"« “e has played In
this year e * •
Lowrv from
« an whe” hJ ha« be»r. plavlhg |
■E m\e<'.,nd. and Cheeves |
|„.|.l:n« down l*K No. 1
».• • win* will Hash with Tech '
The Marist r f »„ rT . „>n <»n the Marint '
Hi<h
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1 M the wcKa-
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ATLANTA.
Bat- Steal- Field- Brain
ting Ing Ing Work
per per per per
cent cant cent cent
| Agler 70 50 98 90
Alperman 80 36 95 95
Welchonce ....90 50 98 85
Bailey 90 60 96 80
Long 76 40 98 80
| Smith 80 40 95 90
I Keating 64 95 90 85
Graham 68 10 94 85
Brady 47 01 96 90
Average 74% 42% 96% 87%
j Grand average 75 per cent.
pound hammer 90 feet and the twelve
pound shot 38 feet. Lockridge and
Bell are trying out for the high and low
hurdles. Knox made 19 feet in the broad
jump while practicing yesterday.
• • •
The basketball grimes at Tech High
will be played off next week, and the
pennant which was offered by the ath
letic association of the school will be
awarded to the winners.
...
A class baseball league has been or
ganised at Tech High School, and the
games will be played in the immediate
future There will bo six teams en
tered In this league, and the winning
nine will be glve> a trophy by the ath
ietic association.
• • •
Th® Railroad League was formed at a
meeting held last week. Five teams
entered, aond three more are wanted.
• • •
It Is the alm of the president to make
the league an eight-team organization.
The teams entered at the first meeting
were the West Point Route, the Wood
wani Lumber Co., the Gulf Refining
Co., Inman Yards and the Pressmen.
• • •
O. Phelan, of the West Point Route,
was elected president of the Railroad
League. He w’ould like to here from
the Western Union. Hapeville, Standard
Oil and the Texas Company in regard
to membership.
O’KEEFE AND BROCK TO
MEET IN 12-ROUND BOUT
CLEVELAND. O. April 14— Prc
moter Bernie Strapp yesterday an
nounced that he had signed Eddie
O'Keefe, of Philadelphia, and Matt
Brock, of Cleveland, for u 13-round
bout in Akron, Ohio. April 28. He
also stated that Pal Moore, the Phil
adelphia lightweight, would meet
Johnny Griffiths, of Akron, for a tight
at Canton. Ohio, April 22.
LELAND BASEBALL NINE
WILL BATTLE IN JAPAN
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CAL.,
April 14. —Leland Stanford Junior
University announces that It will send
a baseball team to Kelo University.
Japan. The Japanes. University
agrees to pay 83,500 to the Stanford
managers for the trip. The Ameri
can team will stay thirty days in
Japan, and agrees to finance a return
visit of the Keio University team.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is "The Market Place of the
South.” The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
GIANTS MAY GET DOUGLAS.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA., April
|l4. Malcolm Douglas, the University
I of Virginia star, has agreed to play
I aith the N< w York Giants if he ea
lters i.iof,ssi,u>ai Ui. One story Gas
Lt t. <it • onii • Mack offered him <3.000
I >ou ur down lint v
L r. ' —*» <
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEV v '
How Atlanta and Birmingham Teams Size up for the Pennant Race
MAN=FOR=MAN COMPARISON OF TODAY’S RIVALS
IF the Crackers are going to win
the pennant this year they have
the Birmingham team to beat.
If they are to win their first game
on home grounds they have the same
feat to perform.
On last year's form the Birming
ham team was calculated to win about
two out of every three games played
with the locals. But times have
changed.
In the game against Atlanta to
day the Barons will necessarily put
out their strongest line-up.
This being the case, a close scru
tiny of the Intergra parts of the two
ball playing machines might prove
Interesting. Birmingham has nearly
all old men. and with the exception
of Bodus, every man on the team has
had seasoning tn fast company.
It Is not the team Birmingham had
last year, since Almeida is missing, as
well as Jimmy Johnston, but Moles
worth hopes to get the jump with
It. just the same. In spite of the fact
that many Birmingham fans claim
that they can not "see” the present
outfit.
However, let's look them over and
compare them with the Crackers.
Many of the Rarons are familiar to
Cracker fans already, but here Is
the way they size up at the opening
of the present scrimmage, records
and all, with a dash of conservative
conjecture here nnd there:
william McGilvray of the Barons—
Ratting, .314; fielding. .983 McGil
vray Is recognized as one of the
league's heaviest hitters. "Mac” Is the
backbone of the Barons' hitting
strength. He is not a finished field
er, however.
All Even at First Base.
Joe Agler of the . Crackers—This
man has It on McGilvray In fielding,
base running and thinking. The
Baron has the edge in hitting .314 to
.264. There 1- not a lot of choice
between the men. McGilvray is a
miserable plaver but a tremendous
and a timely hitter Personally we
prefer Agler.
Locals Lead at Second.
Arthur Marcan of the Barons—Rat
ting average. 248 ; fielding average,
.958. Marcan is a qui k thinker and
one of the brainiest nlayers in the
minor leagues. While hi« batting av
erage Is not so high his hits are time
ly and he Is an aggressive player
While on bases, though not speedy,
he Is to be watched.
Charles Alperman of the Crackers—
This man has a marked advantage
over Marcan. He Is a better hitter,
knows Just ns much baseball. Is fully
as quick a thinker and nearly ns gond
on the bases. They are much the
same sort of players, with Alpermnn
a shade better alt around.
Ellam May Be Better.
Roy Ellam of the Barons —Ratting.
.226: fielding. 941 Ellam doesn't get
on bases a great deal. He covers
much territory, going after every
thing In sight, and in his fielding
lies his greatest strength. Ellam
knows the game.
Walter Keating of the Crackers—
This man will probably bat slightly
better than Ellam. will field about the
same and will be quite ar quick a
thinker He lacks experience, how
ever. and unless his marvelous ability
on the bases brings him up on an
even footing the Barons will have a
shade advantage at short.
At Third Base It’s Easy.
Charles Carroll of the Barons —Util-
ity of last season, third base this sea
son; hatting 238; fielding. 955. Is
a voting ball player who lacks the ad
vantage of much experience. He is
fast and a timely hitter. Ho is a
fair base runner and is developing
a good head.
Wally Smith of the Crackers—
Without much argument it will be
conceded that the Crackers have all
the advantage at thir l. Smith's bat
ting mark was better last year in the
National than Carroll's was In the
Southern Smith can field better to
day than Carroll will ever be able
to do Neither Is much of a base
runner. Both are smart players.
Atlanta Infield Better.
Apparently the tail-enders of last
year have an advantage over the pen
nant winners of last year In the In
field. Call It an even break at first
nnd give the Crackers the worst of
it at short and the superiority of
Smith and Alperman over Carro’l and
Marcan makes the margin wide in
Atlanta's favor
Now for the Outfield.
Clyde Mcßride of the Barons—Rat
ting. .245; fielding, .979 is rather
indifferent at times but is lonndered
u gotsl. steady plaver. and a good
o itli> irti r M. ILid. s batting is fe hh-
Harry Badey of the Crackers—Tb
batting averages tell liiv glory .*4u
for Mcßride, .315 for Bailey. The At
lantan is a livelier fielder, plays with
better spirit, covers more ground and
Is in every way a better player. At
lanta leads there by a mile.
Jim Bodus of the Barons—A semi
professi'Uial from Milwaukee, brought
down and recommended by Marcan—
no records. He has made such a good
showing In spring practice that he
has started the season as a regular.
He has a splendid arm and covers lots
of territory.
Harry Welchonce of the Crackers—
Oh well, don't ask us anything so
easy. Harry Welchonce was the lead
ing batter of the Southern League
last year, and a grand fielder.
Naturally he has so much on this
semi-pro kid that they should hardly
be mentioned In the same breath.
Give the advantage to Atlanta here
by the distance from here to the far
thest fixed star.
Robert Messenger of the Baron*—
Batting, .259; fielding, .919 He Is a
speedy player but only a fair base
runner. He Is not known as a very
heady ball player. Ho had a bad
season In 1912 but starred tho year
before.
Tommy Long of the Crackers—The
Atlantan batted .268 last year and
fielded sensationally. There Isn't a
manager In the league who, If given
his pick, would not take long In pref
erence to Messenger. A few years
back Messenger was a wonder, but
he has shown nothing worth mention
ing for two years.
Atlanta Leads Here. Too.
Can anybody see the Birmingham
outfield at all, compared with that of
Atlanta’ Not here, anyhow. The
Crackers have the two heaviest bat
ters of last year's league in Wel
chonce and Bailey. They have a cork
ing young player in Long. The Barons
have one kid, fresh from a semi
pro team and two veterans who are
SHUGRUE AND LORE ON
EDGE FOR GO TO-NIGHT
NEW ORLEANS, La.. April 14
Young Shitgrue, the New York light
weight, and Johnny Ixire, w-ho held
Joe Mandot to a draw here, are
ready for their ten-round fight to
night. Both boys have completed
training and are on edge for the fray.
Promoter Tortorich has promised
the victor a match with Joe Thomas
for the next show. The winner of
the latter match will get on with
either Leach Cross or Joe Rivers.
AMERICUS MEETS ALBANY
IN EXHIBITION GAMES
AMERICUS, GA.. April 14.—The
exhibition games between the Ameri
cus and Albany league teams to be
played here to-day and Tuesday will
open the baseball season locally. Al
bany’s team will be en route to Co
lumbia to open the season there, and
stop off for two exhibition games
with Americus.
Manager Harry Weber has eigh
teen artists here trying out for plat es
on the Americus team.
CONNIE MACK TO KEEP TEN
PITCHERS THIS SEASON
BOSTON. April 14—Connie Mack,
manager of the Philadelphia Ath
letics, announced to-day that he
would keep ten pitchers throughout
the season. He said his twirling re
cruits looked so good to him that he
could not make up his mind wh'.en
to cut adrift. Mack's pitching raster
is the largest in the big leagues.
BRITISH POLO PLAYERS
READY TO START TO WORK
LONDON. April 14.—The British
polo players who are to contest In the
international cup race In the Mead
owbrook field next June, are now as
sembling at Eaton Hall, guests of
the Duke of Westminster
They are ready to start practice.
TECH TO PLAY FOUrToAD
GAMES IN TWO WEEKS
Tech has four road games ahead
of It in the near future.
Friday and Saturday they journey
to Auburn. Ala., for a series of two
games with Mike Donahue's Alabama
1',.1v s
The following week the University
of Alabama lads will be played at
Tuscaloosa. Ala.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
i vertisement m the nest issue will sell
1 goods. Try ill
going back —who were pretty far back
last year and likely to be worse this
year.
Catchers About Even.
Fred Dilger of the Barons—Batting.
.177; fielding, .993 Is one of the
greatest defensive catchers In the
minor leagues. On the offensive al
most the reverse is true of him. He
has a good pegging arm. Dilger
handles himself poorly at bat and
does not get on often. On bases he
is heavy. •
Pat Graham of ths Crackers —Pre-
suming that Pat will be used to catch
Brady In the opening game there does
not appear much advantage either
way. Graham Is easily the better
batter but does not play his position
quite so well as Dilger.
It would be hardly worth while try
ing to compare pitchers on opening
day here, for too much uncertainty
exists as to the men who will be used.
From a study of the two teams,
however, it Is evident that unless the
Barons have a most tremendous ad
vantage on the slab the Crackers have
the better team and will cop on open
ing day.
Baron Battery Men Good.
As for the men not considered —tho
Cracker catching staff will probably
be weaker than the Barons. The
pitching staff to uncertain. If the
Baron slabsters hurl as well this year
as they did last, they are likely to
have an advantage over the Crack
ers, though this le not certain.
The most notable feature of the
Barons’ play last year was the spirit
with which they went at It. Fans
called them the "college team" be
cause they dug after everything like
college men. They actually seemed
to enjoy it. The right spirit doubtless
contributed ten or fifteen per cent to
the Barons' strength last year. If
they play with the same spirit this
year they will be hard to stop.
TENNIS CHAMPS SET SAIL
TO MEET AMERICAN TEAM
SYDNEY, N. S. W.. April 14—The
Australian lawn tennis team which Is
to meet tho American team in one
of the preliminary matches for the
Dwight F. Davis International lawn
tennis challenge cup, has sailed for
San Francisco on the steamer Ven
tura. The team is made up of Horace
Rice, S. M. Deust and A. D. Jones
The steamer Is expected to reach San
Francisco about April 26.
NASHVILLE WILL TRY FOR
BIG ATTENDANCE TO-DAY
NASHVILLE, TENN., April 14.
The Southern League baseball season
tn Nashville will open to-da.v, at
which time the local fans will make
an effort to break the opening ■>’-
tendance record. Chattanooga will be
the opposing team. Members of the
Legislature will attend In a body and
the majority of the business hous> s
will declare a half-holiday. A hit
parade w ill precede the game. Mayor
Wowse wljl pitch the flrat ball.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
OPENS SEASON THURSDAY
The tenth annual season of the
South Atlantic Ix>affue will be offi
cially opened Thursday With a strict
enforcement of the salary limit the
prospects of this little league are
the beat in its history.
Following is the schedule for the
opening day:
Albany at Charleston.
Macon at Columbus.
Savannah at Jacksonville.
ALABAMA AND GEORGIA
CLASH IN BALL SERIES
TUSCALOOSA ALA . April 14 —The
University of Alabama team leaves here
to-marrow on a road trip of four games
In the State of Georgia
Wednesday and Thursday the Uni
versity ot Georgia will be played at
Athens
On Fridav and Saturday Mercer Uni
versity will be played at Macon.
If you have anything to tell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday i ews
paper in the South.
W. & A. R. R.
I Effective Ajuril 12, all trains of
N. C. and St. L. Railway and W
and A. Rallrbad have been resumed
except trains Nos 98 and 99. Dixie
Limited. Dixie Limited has been
discontinued. All sleeping car
i service Interrupted on account of 5
! floods has been resumed
Crackers System is Hit and Run
GOO© © O ©
Barons Rely on Hitting—Pitching
CRACKERS.
IF ever a man had his own pecu
liar scheme of team play that
man Is Bill Smith. Unlike most
of the Southern League managers of
to-day—in fact Bill Schwartz Is the
only other exception—the local mogul
has never had the advantage of big
league experience. He broke In with
a bush league and after a few years
as a player was made a manager.
Since then he has been managing
minor league clubs.
The result of this Is that Smith
has worked out a system of play
peculiarly his own. It Is not some
theory of a big league manager, tried
on with a minor league team. Instead
it is a minor league system, devised
to meet Class A conditions, tried in
Class A ball and found successful.
Has Many Ex-Big LsSguers.
Smith this year has the notable ad
vantage of a team made up almost
exclusively of big league cast-offs or
min who have had at least training
experience with the guys from the
big show. This means that these men
know modern baseball and how to
play it. They do not need to be told
the simpler rules of the game
Despite the faet, however, that the
Cracker players are pretty wise heads
there will never be a time when Bill
Smith Is not in supreme control ot
the club and directing its every move
from the bench.
Must Play Smith Ball.
Bill never talks of his signals and
his Inside stuff. But for all that he
has a complicated system for passing
his orders onto the field and any
team that is playing for Smith is
playing Smith style of bail.
Smith believes In a varied system
of attack. It may be because he
worrit s himself Into constant changes
of mind but the fact remains that he
is everlastingly switching his sys
tems, his signals, butting order,
his line-up and his mind.
Always Crossing Opposition.
This sometimes bothers th* Crack
er players a bit but it isn't a cir
cumstance to the way it bothers the
opposition. They never know what
they are up against or why. The
result is that, either by accident or
design. Smith's teams are everlast
ingly crossing their opponents.
This year the best part of Smith s
attack is based on the hit-and-run.
It Is doubtful if the South ever saw
a better club at the noble art of h
and-r. And it is this system of play
that has been winning games right
and left for Atlanta.
COULON SIGNS TO BOX
HENNESSY AT ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, MO.. April 14.—Johnny
Coulon. Champion bantam ot the
world, and Francis Hennessy, local
lli-pounder. were signed yesterday
to box before the Future City Ath
letic Club In an eight-round bout on
April 29. This will be Coulon's first
tight in a year.
INDIANAPOLIS PROMOTER
AFTER WHITE-RIVERS GO
CHICAGO, April 14. —Ben Cross,
one of the fight promoters of Indian
apolis, yesterday secured the con
sent of Nate Lewis, manager of Char
lie White, for the latter's appearance
in Indianapolis in May for a match
with Joe Rivers, the Mexican light
er ight, who recently fought Leach
Cross 1n New York.
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BARONS.
IF' the Barons show well at ths
conclusion of the season this year.
It will be more the result of good
pitching and timely hitting than of
what Is generally known as "machin
ery" ball.
Not many hitters are on the squad
at the present time, but one or two
additional men will be procured In
the immediate future. The Barona
present a very formidable defensive
team and the doubt of the fans for
their success, lies in this fact—the
present absence of the necessary
swatters.
However, the Idea, underlying thia
seemingly paradoxical state of af
fairs is that “Inside,” team work will
not figure so very materially, from
what can be seen and adjudged of It
from the practice and the opening
championship games.
Team Work Not Big Factor.
Molesworth is not a stickler for a
very complicated set of “Inside" sig
nal stuff and the necessary signals
used heretofore by his outfit have all
been of the decidedly simpler pur
suasion. Team work was not the
main factor in winning the 1912 pen
nant.
There is a marked distinction be
tween team work and the inside stuff
referred to. As a matter of fact
reference Is made herein more to th*
signal thing than to the team work
proper. With Ellam acting as field
general there Is necessarily a ten
dency to excitability on the part ot
the Barons, though they have great
confidence in him as a player.
Believes in “Outside” Gam*.
Molesworth, while necessarily r*a ,
training from giving away any of hl*
signals, smiles Indulgently at th*
Idea that the Barons run on a set
of them of anything like a complicat
ed character. He believes in playing
the "outside" game for all It is worth
and keeping no more of It 'lnside”
than Is absolutely necessary.
The Barons won a number of that*
games last season in the last round*,
showing that they are aggressive in
the face of odds, and therefore may
be called an aggressive team as •
general thing.
Wants Fan* to Know All.
But ss for the “Inside" stuff—w-K
Molesworth states that he hopes t*
win out this season in a manner
that all the fans will be able to sea.
In other words, the little Baron nun
ager Is hardly a progressive in tb*
matter of modern signal codes and
believes jn making this feature of th*
game as simple as possible, and al
lowing the players to devote all their
energies and brains to playing that
part of the game that is visible ta
the spectator.
VINCENT CAMPBELL IS
THROUGH WITH BASEBALL
ST. LOUIS, April 14.-—Vincent
Campbell, the fleet centerflelder of
the Boston Nationals, nays he !■
through with baseball and will de
vote his spare time to managing an
automobile accessory store in Pitts
burg. "Yin” is In town shaking hand*
with all old friends.
"I guess you can count me out as
far as baseball is concerned.” said
Campbell. "I returned mv contract
to Manager Stalling* two month*
ago."
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