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Till] ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND STEWS. SATURDAY. APRIL 19. 1913.
Showing That Honesty Is the Best Policy, Even in the New York Subway
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
By Joe Agler.
N ashville, tenn.. April i».
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 aeries from the, Vols In eleven in
nings, 3 to 2.
King” Brady hurled grand ball,
and. aided by the hitting of Bailey
and Graham, who drove in the Crack
ers’ three runs, gave the first game,
to Billy Smith's aggregation. The
game was one of ifte hardest fought
„f the season and the Crackers had to
go to the limit to win.
Charley Cose, had the Atlantans r.t
Ms mercy 1n the pinches. With men
on bases we could do nothing with his
curve ball.
The Crackers hops to take three out
of four of the present series, with an
even break of luck.
Dave Bunting has been released lo
Akron, Ohio.
Crackers Lost Bats,
The Crackers had to borrow bats
from the Nashville players, as the
baggageman left our bats at Chatta
nooga.
Billy Smith said that probably the
baggageman did not wa'nt us to win.
and that was the only way to keep us
out of the "won” column.
The Crackers are having fine weath
er and some of us are recuperating
from the cold weather in Atlanta.
Game Was Thriller.
You might wait ten years without
seeing a more exciting game than that
j one jesterday.
We got away .good in the first with
i couple of runs.
The Vols grabbed one back in the
ixth and tied it up with one more in
|the ninth.
in the eleventh she popped.
Tommy Long, the Coffeyville kid,
pened by planting the ball in center
or a safe hit. Bailey Hied and Wally
Smith tried to break a shin for John-
. Lindsey. Keating hit a fielder’s,
o ice and it was all up to Pat Gra-
[ ham. And Pat was there with a rak-
i!g smash over Goalby that sent home
| w inning run.
Looked Squally in Eleventh.
The Vols threw a nasty scare into
in the last of the eleventh. With
| vo out. Perry and Schwartz singled,
nut some nice relaying of the ball
beaded off Bill Schwartz when he
|tried lo grab second and ended the
I game in our favor.
it was a snappy contest, finished in
t)o hours and ten minutes, which
isn't bad for an eleven-inning game.
But' 1 11 tell you this—I'm too tired
to write more. I put in a day's work
I in a bit over two hours this after
noon- and I didn’t make a hit, either.
[Cobb Issues Final
Baseball Statement
AUGUSTA. GA„ April 19. Here F
hhe “farewell” statement just issued
by T.v Cobb, the hold-out Detroit
[outfielder:
It seems I am a burden to the
I Delimit Club as a trespasser of its
[rutes. Tf that be the case let Presi-
|<Ient Navin put a price on me and
[i ll take a chance on being- able to
|iiAgotiate my own release.
“I don’t think 1 shall ever play with
(Detroit again. I would much rather
oin some other club. This is pos
itively my last statement in this
■natter.”
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UBURN, ALA., April 19.
Tech baseball team 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 Attendee will catch the
first game and Witherington the sec
ond. Eubanks will pitch (he 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.
li Is worth mentioning that Tylep
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 squee/.e
*>lay. 1
In the 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 he 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 of 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-
tfery how they lost.
Both Pitts and Locke pitched jam-
up hall, though Locke walked a lot
of batters, on which account Tech
had a lot of men left on bases
Both hurlers were rapped for five
hits each, while Auburn made three
errors and Tech one.
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Crackers Batting Bit Above Form Boxi “ s Co “™ iss “ n
OOOO © O 0>
Can Slump 20 Points—and Cop
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By Percy H. Whi
T IE CRACKERS
crazy. They’ll cf
mg.
have gore
y’ll calm down al
ter awhile,” say the fans of other
Southern League towns. "They just
happened to run amuck. Memphis
did it last year. They'dl wake up,
don’t worry. They'll he lucky to fin
ish bumsteenth.”
And lest there be disappointments
in store for Cracker fans be it said
right now that the locals are un
deniably hitting a good .25 points
above their regular form. They are
fielding at almost exactly their regu
lar form -or three points under, to be
exact.
Here are the figures:
Bat. A v. Field A v.
C’rAckers of 1912 25 .9(8
Crackers of 1913 280 .04J
A ( study of the dope books demon
strates tHht, while individual averages
will fluctuate, the average of a team
will be much the same from year to
year, provided the members of the
team are the same.
Let’s compare, therefore, the bai
ting and fielding of the Crockers of
this year, with the batting and field
ing of these same men (most of them
with other teams) last year, for i':
will give us a good line on what we
may expect next year:
Batting Fielding
average. average.
1912. 1913 1912 1913
1)8 .ICO .986 .'.bit
86 .323 .953 # .983
Agler
Alpeiman
Keating
Dobard
Smith
Bailey ... A ...
Welchonee ... .
Dong .,
Dunn
McAllister
Graham
Reynolds
Musser
Brady
Weaver
Bausewein
Price
Becker
Club averages.
.Z.YZ
.269
.31 r»
.266
.236
.ig:.
.250
.300
.250
.175
.500
.267
.385
.300
.323
.333
.902
.925
.954
.965
.981
.82 j
1.000
.965
N , i I
.963
.333
.300
.250
.978 LOO >
.963 .941
.967
.937 1.000
.951
... 1.000
1.000
.300
.965
.864
. . . .909 . .
.143 1.000 1.000
.909 .500
.280 .948 .945
T he
slun
CRACKERS are likely to
mp a little from their present
exalted batting average. They *re
“busting” the ball a shade too hard
to last. Alpeiman. Dobard. Dunn,
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 HE CRACKERS
team who playei
of this years
ed here Iasi year
ought to do better work with the
willow in 1913 than in 191-. The all-
joy stuff of 1912 is gone. And Mie
team Is a winner instead of an awl -1
loose!-.
Wally Smith, Harry Welchon *
Lew McAllister, and Buck Weave-
are in more congenial surroundings
than last year. So a team aver*?,
better than that indicated by last
year’s records can be counted on.
It is worth noting, too. that Hie
Crackers can fall off a lot in batting
and still win the pennant. To-day
they average of .875, They ha'e
won seven games out eight.
But it doesn’t take any average like
that to win a pennant.
The Crackers can easily fall off
twenty points in team batting - whi u.
likely enough they will, and still
win the pennant—which they ;ir-
likely enough to do.
4> * •
T HE thing about the Crackers tb it
does not show in the averages is
their pinch-hitting ability. This year
whenever a run has been needed the»c
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 p.U
the difference in the world in the
effectiveness of a club.
What with a few steady hitters, .v
couple of sluggers and only a few
weak hitters the Crackers seem to
have (he most useful hitting club
of Atlanta's baseball career.
Governors Suizer and Cox Thank
Gotham Fighters For Aicfing
Flood Sufferers.
f'KW YORK. April 19. At the
weekly meeting of the State Boxing
Commission yesterday two letters
were read, one from Governor Sui
zer and the second from Governor
Cox. of Ohio, praising the work of
the commission in connection with
the benefits held for the flood, suffer
ers.
Governor Sulzer’a letter follows:
Charles J. Harvey, Esq.. Secretary
and Treasurer, 41 Park Row, New
York City.
My Dear Siri
Many thanks for your very kind
letter. I certainly appreciate the
good work you have done for the
flood sufferers of Ohio and have sent
a copy of your letter to Governor
Cox.
With best wishes, believe me j ver
very sincerely your friend.
(Signed) WILLIAM SILVER.
Appended is the message of Gover
nor Cox, of Ohio:
My Dear Friends:
For the stricken people«of Ohio
I want to thank you tor .your
offering. We are touched not more
by these substantial generosities
than by the largeness of the hearts
of those from whom they fldw.
Sincerely yours.
(Signed) JAMES M. COX.
The commission then sent William
Gibson. President of the Fairmount
A. <’., a letter extending -him a vote
of thanks for his part in the benefits
Chase May Shine at Second
© ©
Hal
O
Yankee Star Gets Real Try-Out
N
to
By
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RINGSIDE NOTES
Two former lightweight champions
will get into action to-day Ad Wolgast,
who lost his title to Willie Ritchie, will
meet Tommy Murphy in a twenty-
round 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-Murpliy
match will be awaited by boxing fol
lowers all over the country. Ad must
beat Murphy if be hopes to get on with
Willie Ritchie. Should Ad lose, he will
have the time of his life working his
way into the charmed circle again.
* *
Bat Nelson has already proven him
self to be the ring marvel of the day.
The "Fighting Dane” continues to bat
tle his way throughout the country
against all comers. Bat will probably
be there at the finish of the twelfth
round with Wood, fighting as hard as
ever.
* *■ *
Jimmy Olabby, through his manager,
Frank Mulkern. has decided to accept
Eddie McGoorty’s weight proposition,
1.58 pounds at 6 o’clock, to light ten
rounds at Denver May 2. Clabby has
been holding out for ringside weight,
but McGoorty refused to make it
* * *
Pal Brown, who battled Ray 'Pernpie
to a draw at Milwaukee Wednesday
idght, will cancel all bouts until duly 4.
Brown must undergo an operation on
bis right ear. Hfs ear was damaged
by Jerry Murphy in a recent bout at
St. Joseph, Mo.
* * •
Johnny Coulon writes frapi his home
in Chicago that lie is getting into great
shape for his fight with Tommy Hud
son, the Detroiter, at Windsor. Canada.
April 30. This will he Coulon’s first
fight since he met Kid Williams, the
Baltimore sensation, at New York, Oc
tober 18, 1912.
• * •
Johnny says he will beat Hudson
easfiv, take on a few more short bouts
and then go to the coast for a long fight
with either Williams or Campi.
* * *
It looks as though it would l»e a safe
bet for some of these wise ginks to
look inside of Matty McCue’s glove in
the future. From the way lie clouts
them he must have a ton of lead hid
somewhere.
A Chicago critic writes that Charlie
White is sure to beat Joe Thomas at
New Orleans Monday. Jt is a safe bet
that this same critic never saw Mr.
Thomas in action. Joe can certainly
swing the padded mitts with the best
of them.
man. and would give any boy weigh
ing from 125 pounds to 130 pounds a
neat trimming. However. Joe Thomas,
weighing 133 at 3 o'clock, appears to
he a trifle top good for the Chicago
whirlwind.
Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion
of England, has received an offer of
*3,500 to meet Ray .Temple or Kid
Scaler at Calgary, Alberta, in a fifteen
round affair May 24 Harry Pollock,
manager of Welsh, Is considering the
proposition.
New York boxing critics are referring
Id Luther McCart} ms the "Cheese
Champion.” Not a very good moniker
for a title holder to be carrying around
♦ * *
Danny Morgan is trying to gel Jack
Britton matched with either Joe Rivers
or Willie Ritchie on the coast. Tom
McCarey, however, refuses to make any
match until he receives some definite
facts from the Ritchie-Nolan- combina
tion.
* * •
Y«>ui:g Jack O'Brien and Phil Cross
Will exchange wallops in a ten-round
bout at New York Wednesday night.
The boys are fighting for the welter
weight championship of the East.
* + *
George “Knockout” Brown, the Chi
cago middleweight, is now fighting in
New York. George recently handed
Bill Grupp a neat trimming in the
Eastern City, and is now- after a scrap
with Mike Gibbons.
Charlie, White is
4
wonderful ring-
Yetterday’s Results.
Albany 4. Charleston 0.
Jacksonville 4, Savannah 3.
Mac >m 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 5. Norfolk 4.
Roanoke ll. Newport News
Texas League.
Fort Worth 2, Dallas 1 (thirteen in
nings).
Waco 5. Austin 5 (thirteen innings).
Houston 5. Galveston 1.
San Antonio 8, Beaumont 1.
Cotton States League.
Jackson H. Columbus 3.
Selma 6, Meridian 4.
Baseball Summaries.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Atlanta at Nashville.
New Orleans at Mobile
Birmingham at Chattanooga.
Memphis at Montgomery.
Standing of the Clubs
Atlanta.
Mobile...
Mont
N’ville...
W. L. P.<
7 1 .862
6 3 .667
5 3 .625
4 3 .571
M'phis.
N. Or.
B’ham.
Chatt...
.375
.333
286
A. II. ('. Mit.-lioll.
YORK. April 19.—Hal Chase,
a left-handed baseball player,
will have his first real chance
demonstrate his ability to play
second base this season.
Baseball men all over tin* country
are interested in the question wheth
er he can make good in that posi
tion or not. The professional ele
ment. of baseball Is particularly in
terested in the question.
When it was first announc'd that
Chase would have a try at the bag.
wise old baseball owls gravely shook
their beads and predicted dire fail
ure. As a first baseman Chase hud
demonstrated his worth. He has been
pronounced the best in the business.
Being left-handed 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. But a left-handed
second besemaiv— that is something
else already.
Plays Hal Made.
For instance here are some of the
plays he made in a recent game
against Boston.
The first grounder that went in his
direction was in the very first in
ning. lie was hardly set in his pos
ition when Hooper, the first man up
fur the Red Sox drove a hard grass
'•utter, which if it had gone through
the diamond would have gone
through about five fed to the right
of second bast . Chase came running
in and got his hands down on th*»
ball, but it glanced from Ids fingers
and before it could be recovered.
Hooper was saf.' on first. The ball
was hit with such force and Chase
had come from such a distance to
take it that the scorers gave Hooper
credit for a safe hit which, of course,
saved Chase 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, he raced out into right field and
took a Texas n nguer that looked
safe from the stand. Gardner was up
next ami Lurry drove a screeching
grounder that was headed for center
field ami was ticketed for a single.
Chase sprinted .it full speed toward
second base, caught the ball on the
bound in his gloved (light) hand,
passed it quick!' to his left hand,
whirled around t*» the right and whip
ped the ball to first with almost one
motion.
The throw was straight and true,
right into the first baseman's hands,
and Larry was an easy out. Chase
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 a good play for even
u right-hander to make.
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OYS HIGH detailed Tech High
in the annual ttrack meet be
tween the two schools yesterday
afternoon at Tech fiejd, 63 to 36.
The captains m: both teams proved
the. real senaaXions of the meet. '
Bill Bedell, of Tech Hfygh, scored
16 1-2 points for his teetat. almost
one-half of total number of points
gained by the < !ulv**rites. Bedell won
two firsts, two Uiconds rand a third
place. He canto in an easy winner
in the 440-yard dash anxl the ham
mer throw.
Lockridge, the leader of the Boys,
High athletes, wins a close second to
Bedell in numb • of points gained.
He won three firsts which made his
total 15. The running broad jump,
standing broad jump and the 220-
yard low hurdles all went to Lock -
ridge.
No n.es\ prep records w'ere made
and few of the old one# were even
equalled. The day was warm and
well suited for a track meet. Most
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Yesterday’s Results.
Atlanta 2. Nashville 2.
e battahooga 3. Birmingham 2.
Mobile 7, New Orleans 5.
Montgomery 9, Memphis 8.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Cleveland at Chicago.
St. Louis at Detroit. "
i'os!on at Philadelphia.
Washington at New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C.
. 3 0 1.000
Wash ..
Phtla .
Ch’go.
Cl’land.
.750
.625
.571
St. L...
Boston..
Detroit.
N York.
W. L. P,
4 4
.500
.333
.286
.200
Yesterday’s Results.
Washington 7, New York 5.
Boston a, Philadelphia 5.
St. IjOuIh 3, Detroit 2.
Cleveland 4. Chicago 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
New York at Bouton (two games
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Chicago al Si. Louljj.
Standing of the Clubs.
Phila .
P'burg.
St. L. .
Cb’go.
\v.:
3 3
P.C.
.667
600
600
.500
B’klyn. .
N. York..
Boston. .
C’na 11. . .
.500
. 500
.333
.250
Yesterday’s Results.
New York 13. Boston «.
St. Louis 8. Chicago 2.
Pittsburg 5. Cincinnati 5.
Philadelphia 1, Brooklyn 0.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. I 1
K City.. 7 1 .875
M w kee.. 5 l .833
St. Caul. 5 2 .714
M a polls. 4 3 .571
I’apolis .
I . V i Ih
Cl’PUS..
Toledo...
W
L 1
3
C
.00
.250
.167
.000
Yesterday’s Results.
Milwaukee* 3, Columbus 0.
Indianapolis 5, Kansas City 3
Minneapolis 8. Louisville 3
St. Paul 9, Toledo 7.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games To-day.
Albany aL Charleston.
Macon at Columbus.
Savannah at Jacksonville.
Standing of the Clubs.
J’ville. .
CTbus..
C’leston.
\V. L. P.C,
2 0 1.000
1 1 .500
1 1 .500
Alban..
Macon
Sav’nah
VV.
.500
.500
.000
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