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j Till: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. RATl'RDAV, APRIL 19. 191:1. \A o d: u i1 ! By .Joe Agler. ■» TASHVU.LE. TENN.. April ill. i\l The Cracker batteries for to- ^ " day's game will be Weaver and Dunn. Manager Schwartz will use ••Lefty” Williams, with Ludwig at.the receiving end. The Crackers won the opening game ,,f Feries from the Vola in eleven 1n- i' ngx. 3 to 2. King” Brady hjiHAd grand ball, Mru L aided by the hitting of - Bailej ;in d Graham, who drove in the Crack ers’ three iw. the first game I,, Billy Smith's ■ aggregation. The game "as one of the hardest fought ,,f the season and the Crackers had to eo to the limit to wMi. Charley Case had the Atlantans t his mercy in the pinches. With men on bases we could do nothing with itis curve ball. The Crackers hope to take three out of four of the present series, with an ,-ven break of luck. Dave Bunting has been released to Akron, Ohio. Crackers Lost Bats. The t’racker9 had to borrow bat-s from the Nashville players, as ipo f baggageman left our bats at Chatta nooga. Billy Smith *aid that probabiy the baggageman did not want us to win, and that was^the only way to keep us ,,iK of the "ftori’’ column. The Crackers are having fine weath- .r ?mh some of Us are recuperating from the cold weather In Atlanta Game Was Thriller. You might wait ten years withorn seeing a more exciting game than that one yesterday. Y\> got away good in the first with a couple of runs. The Vola grabbed one buck in th sixth and tied it up with one more in tlip ninth*. In the eleventh she popped. Tommy Long, the Coffeyville kid. opened by planting the ball in center ,r a safe hit. Bailey flied and Wally Smith tried to break a shin for John ny Lindsey. Keating hit a fielder'-; mice and it was all up to Pat Gra ham. And Pat was there with a rak ing smash over Goalby that sent home 1 he winning run. Looked Squally in Eleventh. The Vols threw a misty scare into 1:s in the lost of the eleventh. With two out. Perry and Schwartz singled, io.it some nice relaying of the ball headed off Bill Schwarts* when he tried to grab second and ended the game In our favor. It was a snappy contest, finished in <> hours and ten minutes, which isn’t bad for an eleven-inning game. But I'll tell you this —I'm too tired to write more. I put in a day's work in a bit over two hours this after noon—and 1 didn’t malte a hit, eithei Cobb Issues Final Baseball Statement AUGUSTA. GA„ April 19. Here is the “farewell” statement just issued by Ty Cobb, the hold-out Detroit outfielder: It seem? 1 am a burden to the Detroit Club as a trespasser of its rules. 7 f that be the ease let Presi dent “NgvLn put a price on me and I'll take a chance on being able to negotiate my own release. ”1 don’t think 1 shall ever play with Detroit again. I would much rather join some other club. This is pos itively my last statement in this matter.” TOBACCO HABIT You can conquer It 1 vuhvvv nNUI 1 easily In 3 days. Im | prove your health, prolong your Ilf:. No more stomauh trouble, no foul breath, oil heart weak- f f«v Regain manly vigor, calm nerve*, clear eyes and ciperiot mental strength. Whether you ct»*-\v <>r smoke pipe, cigarettes, cigars, get my Interesting Tobacco Book. Worth it* weight In gold. Mailed free. E. J. WOODS, 534Slxth Ave., 748 M., New York, N. Y. BLUE GEM $4.75 Best Jellico $4.50 PIEDMONT COAL CO. Both Phones M. 3648 Showing That Honesty Is the Best Policy, Even in the New York Subway By ‘Bud’ Fisher L, ' mjE >&U DON'T*) ean to Yfcu, that too Pav toRtoc *NTH€.SOBWAN* IT'S TMfc SOFTEST >hinc, in the world to 8c».t -the sob. VOD Juvr RltHf PAil THE Tl(.te T cuoppts aind <;tf on nour train, mc CAN'T EOU.0W VOV.I OR TX* Revr IN'LL COWie THROOC.W "GMIVS MS'5 AWAV, |-p S SOF T mv iNOw VU DO >T ONC€ JUST TO VMOrt TOW. VOVJ see iay foolsts arc V4RON«. Stoe OUT 50 T HAVEN'T cot a cent. 'iau WAIT AND TtL (rO IN AMDR'lieTOTHe \ N6XT STATION and BftA , lst tou see I COMt out '.4SrC. I SHOULD WORRY AND 66T a eeo Nose j-4»- c»py*>e*w » g-» * «y ca. 1>\ A. \Y. Iltusiiiau. \ l BURN, ALA.. Tech baseball lea April 19.—The ini has a chance to reverse the verdict with Au burn here this afternoon and will try to do it. ^ A double-header of full nine in nings each will be played. For Tech Atteridge will catch the first game and Witherington the sec ond. Eubanks will pitch the first and Fielder the second. For Auburn. Davis will 'try to pitch both games and Williams will again do the re ceiving. The entire Auburn outfield will be changed so as to bring in left-hand hitters against Tech's right-hand pitching. Barr, of Montgomery, umpired a very satisfactory game yesterday. Recruits Play Well. It is worth mentioning that Tyler Montague in right field and Amason on first, for Tech, distinguished them selves by splendid playing, each get ting a hit and both keeping out of the error column. The Tech-Auburn game yesterday afternoon was one of the best ever seen here. Auburn won it in the last half of the ninth by a three-base drive of Catcher Williams, which scored a runner from first. Up to this time the score was two all. Tech secured both hers in the third on two hits, an error and the squeeze play. In ihe fourth Williams scored one by a home-run drive over the right field bank. In the seventh he did exactly the same thing, scoring Aubren’s second and tying run. In the ninth lie won it with his three-bagger to left after two were down. Tech Fielded Well. Outside of Williams’ terrific bat ting the feature of the game was the superb fielding «>f the entire Tech team, and it is freely admitted here that the Yellow Jackets played the better ball, and to many it is a mys tery how they lost. Both Pitts and Locke pitched jam- up ball, though Ldcke walked a lot of batters, on which account Teoli bad a lot of men left on bases Both hurlers were rapped for five hits each, while Auburn made three errors and Tech one. CATARRH OF THE BLADDER Relieved in 24 Hours r Each Cap- ) aule bears the (MIOYI name 4«*r y V < Bereave of counterfeits / Crackers Batting Bit Above Form O Q © O © Q O Can Slump 20 Points—and Cop By Peivy II. Whiting. 4 i 'T T t 1E CRACKERS have gone A crazy. They’ll calm down .‘li ter awhile,” say the fans of other Southern League towns. “They just happened to run amuck. Memphis did it last year. They’ll wake up, don’t worry. They'll be lucky to d.i- ish bumateenth.” And lest there be disappoint men• s in store for Cracker fans be it said light now that the locals are un deniably hitting a good .25 point > above their regular form. They arc fielding at almost exactly their tegu lar form or three points under, to be exact. Here are the figun s: Bat. Av. Field Ay Crackers of 1912 255 .918 ('racker* of 1913 285 .94 5 A study of the dope hooks demon strates that, while individual averages will fluctuate, the average of a team will be much the same from year to year, provided th$ members of th.- team are the same. • .Let’s compare, therefore, the but ting and fielding of the Crockers of this year, with the batting and field ing of these same men (most of thV rn with other teams! last year, for i: will give us a good line on what w. may expect next year: Batting Fielding average. average. 1912. 1913 1912 191 *. Agler .258 .160 .986 ..Mi-1 Alperman 286 .323 .953 .983 Keating 252 .227 .902 .821 Dobard 269^ .500 .925 1.0.tO Smith 257 .267 .954 965 Bailey 315 .385 .965 .850 Welchonce 325 .300 .981 .963 Long 266 .323 .978 1.00 ' Dunn 236 .333 .963 .941 McAllister 253 ... .967 Graham 239 .387 .937 l.Oo;) Reynolds 259 ... .951 M usser .333 . . 1.000 Brady 165 .300 .965 1.000 Weaver 250 .250 .864 .300 Bausevvein 300 ... .909 Price 250 .143 1.000 l.ooo Becker 175 ... .909 .500 Club averages .280 .948 .94' T HE (’RACKER? are likely to slump a little from their present exalted batting average. They ire “busting'' the ball a shade too hard to last. Alperman. Dobard. Durm, Graham. Musser and Brady are all batting above their stride. Tommy Long is showing a lot more with' the bat than he did last year—possi bly a good bit more than he will b.‘ able to show this year. * * * T HK CRACKERS of this years team who played here last yelr ought to „d<» better work with the willow in 1913 than in 191.. The all- joy stuff of 1912 is gone. And the team is a winner instead of an awf ;1 looser. WrtJly Smith, Harry Welchon i. Lew McAllister, and Buck Weaver are in more congenial surroundings than la»t year. So a team avgrave better than that indicated by lapt year's records can be counted on. it is worth noting, too. that ih-> Crackers can fall off a lot in batting and still wit) the pennant. To-day the\ average of .875. They lice won seven game* out eight. But it doesn’t take any average like that to win a pennant. The (’rackets can easily fall «»I f twenty points in team batting -whirit. likely enough t hex will, and still win the pennant — which they >r«* likelv enough to do. * * • T HK thing about the ('rackets tint does not show in the averages L their pinch-hitting ability. ’Phi*yea; w henever a run has been needed there has always been somebody there to drive it over. A hit in a pinch doesn't do any more for your averages than one in the open. But it makes aAl the difference in the world in thg effectiveness-of a club. What with a few steady hitters, a couple of sluggers and only a .“W weak hitters the ('lackers seem to have the most useful hitting club of Atlanta’s baseball career. Boxing Commission Praised For Work Governors Sulzer and Cox Thank Gotham Fighters For Aiding Flood Sufferers. Hal Chase May Shine at Second Q © © © 0 0 © Yankee Star Gets Real Try-Out RINGSIDE NOTES H Opium, Whialtey and Dru* Habit* treated lat Home or at Sanitarium. Hook oni kobject g Irec. DR B. M. WOOLLEY, H-N, Victor I Sanitarium. Atlanta, Georgia. Men’s Shoes J4 Soled Sewed at 50c GWINN’S SHOE SHOP 6 LUCK I E STREET. OPPOSITE Pl E » ^Lrl L ' BELL PHONE IVY 4131. ATLANTA 2640. Guaranteed Work 'AFTER Call Taxisab Co. When in a Hurry. Bell Phone Ivy 357. Atlanta 220 Two former lightweight champions will ret into action to-dav Ad Wolgast, who losl his title to Willie Ritchie, will meet Tommy Murpliy In a twvnty- tound bout at ’Frisco.' while Battling Nelson, who fell before Ad Wolgast. is scheduled to box Bay Wood in a twelve- round set-to at Bedford, Mass. * » • The outcome of the Wolgast-Murphy match will he awaited by boxing iol- lowers all over the country. Ad must heat Murphy If he hopes io get on with Willie Ritchie. Should Ad lose, he will have the lime of his life working his way into the charmed circle again. * * * | Bai Nelson has already proven him self to he the ring marvel of the day. The ••Fighting Dane” continues to bat tle Iiis way throughout the country against all comers. Bui will probably be there at tbf* tiriisli of the twelfth round with Wood, fighting as hard as ever. * * * Jimmy Clabby, through his manager. Frank Mulkern, has decided to accept Eddie McGoorty's weight proposition. 158 pounds at 6 o’clock, to tight ten rounds ai Denver May 2. Flabby has been holding out for ringside weight, but McGoortv refused to make it. » * * Pal Brown, who battled Ray Temple to a draw at Milwaukee Wednesday night, will cancel all bouts until July 4. Brown must undergo an operation on his right ear. His ear was damaged by Jerry Murphy in a recent bout at St. Joseph, Mo. * » • Johnny. Coulon wr ites from his home in Fhicago that he is getting into great shape tor his tight with Tommy Hurl- son, the Detroiter, ai Windsor. Canada. \prii 30. This will be < oulon's first tight since he met Kid Williams, the Baltimore sensation, at New York. Oc tober 18. 1912. • * • Johnny says he will beat Hudson easily, take on a few more short bouts and then go to the coast for a long fight with either Williams or Fampi. * * * It looks as though it would be a safe bet for some of these wise ginks to look inside of Matty McCue s glove in the future. From the way he clouts them he must have a ton of lead hid somewhere * * * A Chicago critic writes teat Fharlie White is sure io beat Joe Thomas at. New Orleans Monday, h is a safe bet that tills same critic never saw Mr. Thomas in action. Joe can certainly swing the padded mitts with the best of them. * * * Charlie White is a wonderful ring- man. and would give any boy weigh ing from 125 pounds to 130 pounds a neat trimming. However. Joe Thomas, weighing 133 ai 3 o'clock, appears to l»e a trifle too good for Ihe Fhicago w hirlwind. Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion of lilt)gland, has received an offer of >3,500 io meet Kay Temple or Kid Scaler at Falgarv. Alberta. In a fifteen round affair May 24 Harry Pollock, manager of Welsh, is considering the proposit ion. New York boxing critics are referring io Luther McCarty as the ’'Cheese champion.'' Not a very good moniker for a iitl«? holder to be carrying around. * * * Danny Morgan is trying to get Jack Britton matched with either Joe Rivera or- Willie Ritchie on ihe coast. Tom McFarey, however, refuses to n;ake any match uniII he receives some definite facts from the Ritchie-Nolan combina tion. * • * Young Jack O’Brien and Phil < ’Toss will exchange wallops in a len-iound trout at New York Wednesday night. The boys are lighting for the welter weight championship >f the East. * * * George “Knockout” Brown, the Chi cago middleweight. Is now fighting in New York. George recently 1 landed Bill Grupp a neat trimming in the Eastern City, and is now- after a scrap with Mike Gibbons. Yesterday’* Results. Albany 4. Charleston 0. Jacksonville 4. Savannah 3 Macon 5, Columbus 4. Other Results Yesterday. International League. Newark 1, Toronto 0 Montreal 2. Providence 1. Buffalo 2. Jersey City 0. Baltimore 4, Rochester 2. Virginia League. Portsmouth h. Norfolk 4 Roanoke 11, Newport News 0 Texas League. Fort Wurth 2, Dallas l < thirteen in ning* Waco 5, Austin 5 'thirteen innings*. Houston 5. Galveston 1. San Antcnio 8. Beaumont 1. Cotton States League. Jackson 6. Columbus 3. i Selma 6, Meridian 4. NEW YORK. April 19. At the weekly meeting of the State Boxing Commission yesterday two letters were read, one from Governor Sul zer and the second from Governor Cox. of Ohio, praising the work <>f the commission in connection with the benefits held for the flood suffer ers. Governor Sulzer’s letter follows: Charles J. Harvey, Esq.. Secretary and Treasurer, 4 1 Park Row, New York City. Aiy Dear Sir: Many thanks for your very kind letter. I certainly appreciate the good work you have dope fo: the flood sufferers of Ohio and have sent e copy of your letter to (Jov#Anor ('ox. With best wishes, believe me ever •very sincerely your friend, (Signed) WILLIAM SULZER. Appended is t h® message of Gover nor (’ox. of Ohio: My Dear Friends: For' the stricken people of Ohio I Want too- thank y-m for yohr offeiing. We are fburhed not more by these substantial gene rootle* than by the largeness of the hearts of those from whom they flow. Sincerely yours. (Signed ) J A M KS M. COX. 'I’he commission then sen: William Gibson President of the Fairmount A. (’.. a letter extending him a vote of thanks for Ills part in Hie benefits Baseball Summaries. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games To-day. Atlanta hi Nashville. New Orleans at Mobile. Birmingham ai Chattanooga. Memphis at Montgomery. Standing of the Clubs W. L. P C. Atlanta. 7 1 .862 Mobile ... 6 3 .667 Mont.. 5 3 .62*5 N’ville.. 4 3 .571 W. L. P C. M'pHis.. 3 5 .375 i\\ Or.... 3 6 .383 B'ham... 2 5 .286 Chati 2 6 .250 By A. 11. C. Mitchell N EW YORK. April 19. Hal Chase, a left-handed baseball player, will have his first real chance to demonstrate his ability to play second base this season. Baseball men all over the country are interested in the question wheth er he can make good in that posi tion or not. 'Phe professional ele ment of baseball is particularly In terested Iti the question. When it was first an tutu need that Chase would have a try at the bag. wise old baseball owls gravely shook their heads and predicted dire fail ure As a first baseman Chase bad demonstrated his worth. He has been pronounced the last in the business. Being left-harujel helps rather than hinders a first baseman. He is in position to make many infield plays that a right-hander would find al most impossible. Hut a left-handed second bfcseman that is something else already. Plays Hal Made. For instance here are some of tin- plays he made in u recent game against Boston. The first grounder that went in his direction was In the very first In ning. He was hardly set in his pos ition wlit'ii I loo per. the first man up for the Red Sox drove a hard glass cutter, which if it had gone through the diamond would have gone through about five feet to the right of second base, ('base came running in and got his bands down on the ball, but it glanced from his fingers and before it could be recovered, Hooper was saf • on first. The bail was hit with such force and Chase bad come from such a distance to i take it that the scorers gave Hooper credit for a safe hit which, of course, saved Cha <• an error. Prince Hal had nothing more to do in the field except to look pretty (and he is a pretty good looking fel low at that) until the last of the sixth. Then off Lewis, the first man up, lie raced out into right field and took a Texas a agucr that looked safe from the stand. Gardner was up next ami Larry drove a screeching grounder that was headed for center field and was ticketed for a single. Chase sprinted at full speed toward -ccond base, caught the ball on the bound in his gloved (tight) hand, passed it quickie to his left hand, whirled around t<* the right and whip ped the bull to first with almost one mot ion. The throw was straight and true, •right into the fir-t baseman's hands, and Larry was an easy out. < 'hase had executed a hard play In a way that made it look easy. On that play alone the question as to whether Chase can make good at second ought to be settled once and for all. It was u good play for even a right-hander to make. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to soil The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. BEDELL STAR B UYS HIGH defeated Tech High in the annual track meet be tween the? two schools yesterday afternoon at Tech field, 63 to 36. The captains of both teams proved the real sensations of the meet. Bill Bedell. **f Tech High, scored 16 1-2 points for ills team, almost one-half of total number of points gained by' the (’ulverites. Bedell won two firsts, twp seconds and a third place, lie came in an easy winner in the 440-yard dash and the ham mer throw. Lockrldge, the leader of the Boys High athletes, was h close second to Redell in numb of points gained. Me won three firsts which made his total 15. The running broatt jump, standing broad .tump and the 220- yard low hurdles all went to Lock- ridge. No new’ prep records were made and few of the old ones were even equalled. The day was warm and well aulted for a track meet. Most of the winners !■» the events yester day will enter in the annual prep meet to be held at Tech Flats, May 9th A large rowd witnessed the affair. . If you have anything to soli adver- I tise in The Sunday American. Lar- j gest circulation of any Sunday newt- ] paper in the South. Yesterday’s Results. Atlanta 3, Nashville 2 Chattanooga 3, Birmingham 2 Mobile 7. New orleuns 6. Montgomery 9. Memphis 8. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games To-day. Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis ai Ixelrolt. I’osiun at Philadelphia. Washington at New York. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C. | W. L. P C. Wash ... . 3 (• 1.000 J St. L.. . . 4 4 .500 Phila 3 l .750 Ch’go. Cl'land L... I Boston . . Detroit N York. Yesterday’s Results. Washington 7, New York 5. Boston ®. Philadelphia 6. .St. Louis 3, Detroit 2. Cleveland 4, Chicago 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games To-day. Svw York at Boston (two games). Philadelphia ai Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Pittsburg. Chi* ago at St. Ivouls. Standing of the Club6. Phila . . P’burg. St. I. Ch’go 3 3 W. B'klyn 2 N. York.. 2 Boston . I C'nati... l. Yesterday’s Results. New York 13. Boh ton « St. lyouis 8, Chicago 2. Pittsburg 5. Cincinnati 5. Philadelphia 1. Brooklyn 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. \V. K City —7. M w'kec . 6 St. Paul. 5 M a polls. 4 Standing of the Clubs. W. I'apol'iK... St. I ville.. . 2 CTbitB.. 1 Toledo. 0 L P O 3 .500 6 .250 5 .167 6 .000 Yesterday’s Results. Milwaukee 3, Columbus 0. Indianapolis 5. Katina# City 3. Minneapolis 8. Louisville 3. St Paul 9, Toledo 7. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games To-day. Albany at Charleston. Macon at Columbus. Savanna)) at Jacksonville Standing of the Clubs. XV. L l J J'ville.. 2 0 1.000 (ri'bua i 1 -500 CMeston. 1 I .509 W Alban.... Macon.. 1 sav'nah 0 j_. (\ j . 500 1 .600 2 .900 If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. WhalEveryWoman Wants to Know Three Great Features Thai Will Deeply Interest Every Woman Exclusively In The Sunday American How Can a Wife Win Back Her Husband’s Love? How Dancing Develops a Beautiful Figure in Old or Young How a Leopard Taught a Famous Woman the Way to Make Love Order Your Sunday American Now