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ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913.
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Billy Smith’s Men Take Count
When ex-Atlantan Knocks in
Deciding Tally.
VOLUNTEERS WIN, 9 TO 8
Price, Weaver and Becker Are
Given Fine Lacing by the
Nashville Sluggers.
N ashville, tenn., April 19.—
It was Dave Callahan, rejected
by the Crackers, who was the
fly in the ointment in the most topsy
turvy, see-saw game ever uncorked
in Sulphur Dell, in which Atlanta was
beaten by the Volunteers by a score
of 9 to 8.
Pitchers were slaughtered by both
sides and outfielders ran until their
tongues hung out. Davey was the
boy who redeemed himself with a
smash in the eighth that sent Jud
Daley clattering across the pan, af
ter Cal had put a terrible fielding
exhibition.
Harry Welehonco crowded right
out into the limelight, jamming
three safe smacks into the box score.
One of them was good for the circuit,
which he rounded by brilliant base
running while Callahap was trying
to capture his grounder which had
oozed past his legs. In addition the
drive scored Agler, who had leaped
on the first ball served him for a
long triple.
Smith Makes a Homer.
Wally Smith lifted one served him
by "Miner” Hendee over the extreme
corner of the right field fence in fair
territory, he being the first right
handed batter in the history of the
game in Nashville to perform the
trick.
There were dozens of other features,
more particularly the feat of the Vols
in the first inning, when they scored
three runs without the semblance
of a hit. After Daley had lifted a
tall fly to Bailey, Price lost all con
trol of the plate and issued trans
portation to Goalby, Callahan, Perry
and Schwartz. Then Price swatted
Jesse James in the short ribs. The
southpaw then began to holler for
help and Bill Smith accommodated
. him by injecting Weaver into the
fray. Lindsey pulled one Into Alper-
man's territory, who tossed James
out, but Jesse’s block of Keating’s
throw to Aglet, although vigorously
protested, was allowed to stand and
Perry scored.
Weavtr Good in Fourth.
Weaver choked off a great rally by
the Vols in the fourth after Noyes
had registered his first triple to < -n
the inning and crossed the plate on
Hendee’s single. Some very loose
fielding by Wally Smith and Dunn
gave Daley and Goalby life on the
sacks, and with the bases reeling
and not a hand down, Orlie whipped
over three strikes on Callahan and
made Perry hit into a double play.
The Crdckers had in the previous
inning driven Kid Williams from the
rubber on Long’s walk. Smith's double
(which would hav e netted him four
bags easily, but for a recently erected
sign in left) and Hearing's drive to
deep center which Callahan failed to
handle.
Eddie Noyes’ second three-base
smash scored his manager ahead of
him in the fifth.
The wicked batting of the Vols got
too much for Weaver in the sixth and
he gave way to Becker, who faced
a situation of Daley,perched on third
and Goalby on first. Bailey’s muff
of Jud’s tall fly was the immediate
cause of Orlie’s downfall. A hit and
a squeeze scored a pair of tallies In
this frame and put the Vols out in
front once more.
Callahan Did the Trick.
The fighting Crackers came back
with a rush against the big coal miner.
Wally Smith’s circuit smash sent
Long in ahead of the third baseman
and tied the count, only to be untied
by Davey Callahan when he was be
ing loudly panned for his wretched
fielding and batting.
The box score
BASEBALL
SUMMARY
Results of Every Game of Im
portance Played Yesterday.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Atlanta
Mobile
Montgomery ..
Nashville . . ..
Birmingham ..
Memphis
New Orleans .
Chattanooga . .
Pet.
.778
.700
.667
.625
.375
.333
.300
£22
GAMES TO-DAY.
New Orleans at Mobile.
Memphis at Montgomery.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
At Nashville: R.
Atlanta 8
Nashville 9
At Chattanooga: R.
Birmingham 4
Chattanooga 1
At Montgomery: R.
Memphis 0
Montgomery 10
At Mobile: R.
New Orleans 3
Mobile 15
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Washington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
SL Louis . . .
Detroit
Boston
New York ..
Pet.
1.000
.800
.625
.556
.444
.375
.286
.167
LIKE BEST KID
Paul Musser, One of Billy Smith’s
Most Promising Pitching Finds
Lad From Center County, Pa.,
Believed by Smith to Be
Star Pick-Up of Season
LOOKED WONDER LAST YEAR
Broke Into American League
Against Ed Walsh and Beat
Him—Used to Be Teacher.
Fritz Carlson Wins
B.A.A.Marathon Race
Boston Boy Covers 26-Mile Grind in
2 Hours and 25 Minutes.
Sockalexis Is Second.
BOSTON, April 19.—Frit* Carlson,
carrying the colors of Cooke’s Gym
nasium, won the B. A. A. 26-mile
marathon race this afternoon. His
time was 2 hours 25 minutes 14 4-5
seconds. This is 3 minutes ^slower
than the record run made by Michael
J. Ryan a year ago.
Andy Sockalexis, frhe Indian run
ner of Old Town, Maine, and wear
ing the Aegis of the North Dorches
ter A. A., was second. His time was
2 hours 27 minutes 12 2-5 seconds.
Harry J. Smith, of the Bronx
Church House, N. Y., who put up a
splendid run for two-thirds of the
course, was third. His time was
2:28:23 4-5.
TO
New Yorker Earns Decision by
Desperate Fighting in the
Last Three Rounds.
EX-CHAMPION WEAK AT END
No Knockdown, Although at the
Very End Ad Was Nearly Sent
to the Floor. y'
GAMES TO-DAY.
Cleveland at Chicago.
St. Louis at Detroit.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
At New York: R. H.
Washington 3
New York 0
At Philadelphia:
Boston
Philadelphia
At Detroit:
St. Louis
Detroit
At Chicago:
Cleveland
Chicago
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta.
Agler. lb. . .
Alperman, 2b.
Welchonce, cf.
Bailey, If. • •
Long, rf. . .
Smith, 3b. . .
Keating, ss. .
Dunn, c.. . .
Price, p. . •
Weaver, p. . .
Becker, p. . .
Totals. • • •
Nashville.
Daley, If. • •
Goalby, 2b. .
Callahan, cf.
Perry, 3b.
Schwartz, lb.
James, rf.. .
Lindsay, ss. .
Noyes, c. . .
Williams, p. .
Hendee, p. •
ab. r.
3 1
5 0
5 1
5 0
1 2
4 2
3 1
3 0
0 0
Totals . .
Score by
Atlanta ..
Nashville
Summary
. 1
.32
ab.
. 4
. 3
. 4
. 4
. 3
2
! 4
. 4
. 0
. 3
.31
STANDING FOR THE CLUBS.
W. L. Pet.
Philadelphia 3 1 .750
Pittsburg 4 2 .667
New York 4 2 .667
Chicago 4 3 .571
St. Louis 3 3 .500
Brooklyn 2 3 .400
Boston 1 4 .200
Cincinnati 1 4 .200
GAMES TO-DAY.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at St. Louis.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
At Boston: R. H. E.
New York (morning game) 7 9 0
Boston 2 9 2
New York (aftern’n game) 10 9 2
Boston 3 7 4
At Brooklyn: R. H. E.
Philadelphia 1 6 4
Brooklyn 0 5 1
At St. Louis: R. H. E.
Chicago 6 7 1
St. Louis 1 5 2
At Pittsburg: R. H. E.
Cincinnati 5 9 1
Pittsburg ,. . • 6 10 2
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. Pet.
Jacksonville 2 1 .667
Charleston *2 1 .667
Macon 2 1 .667
Columbus 1 2 .333
Albany ] \ -333
Savannah 1 2 .333
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
At Columbus: R* H. E.
Macon 7 10 3
Columbus £ 8 4
At Jacksonville: R. H. n.
Savannah * 8 1
Jacksonville 1 8 o
At Charleston R. H. E.
Albany \ J J
Charleston 6 10 2
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. Pet.
Kansas City 7 2 .778
Milwaukee 5 2 .714
St. Paul 5 3 .625
Minneapolis 5 3 .625
Indianapolis 4 3 .571
Louisville 3 6 .333
Columbus 2 5 .286
Toledo 0 7 .000
‘v nninBS: 201 300 020—S
;■ .v .. ..301 112 01*—9
Two-base hit—Smith.
Three-base hits—Noyes, 2. Home run
Smith. Double plays—Keating ■<'
Alperman to Agler. 2: Keating to A
per man to Smith to Dunn, Sehnarz
to Lindsay.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
At Milwaukee: R. H.
Columbus r 11
Milwaukee 2 4
At Minneapolis: R. H.
Toledo 1 8
Minneapolis 6 9
At SL Paul: R- H.
Louisville 6 10
St. Paul 2 8
At Kansas City: R. H.
Indianapolis | 14
Kansas City 3 8
COTTON STATES
Pensacola, 5; Clarksdale, 1.
Selma, 5: Meridian, 3.
Jackson. 18: Columbus. 5.
TEXAS
Dallas, 7; Waco. 1.
Austin. 5- Fort Worth. 0.
Galveston. 4; San Antonio, 1.
Beaumont. 7; Houston, 6.
Billy Smith, the Cracker lead
er, says that this young hurler is
the most likely-looking kid he
ever saw. “He is the star pick
up of the season,” says the man
ager. Musser has displayed a lot
of “stuff,” and is likely to be one
of the Southern League’s leading
twirlers this season.
Bv Percy H. Whiting.
T HE first of July, 1906, found the
baseball team of Mlllhelm, Pa.,
utterly on the blink.
This fact caused no particular na
tional consternation. But down in
Mlllhelm. where the hearts and souls
of some 800 good Pennsylvania
Dutch—the whole population of the
burg—were wrapped up and arounc
its wabbly ball club it was sad busi
ness.
The biink resulted from the lack
of a pitcher. There wasn’t one in
Milheim. There wasn't one in Cen
ter County, Pa. There w-asn t one
available anywhere In that mountain
ous section of good old Pennsylva
nia.
And the Baldwin Locomotive
Works Team v.-aa due for a game
and it was the BIG game in ^Mill-
helm's season. '
Heavy were the hearts of Mill-
heim’s fandom.
A pitcher MUST be secured.
The manager nas wild with anx-
iety.
•‘Who in thunder can we get that
will hold those big brutes?”
“I’ll tell you,” spoke up Hans
Schmidt, the Millheim second base
man "there’s a little, yaller-headed.
pie-faced, high school kid pitching
around the lots that has a lot ot
stuff.
“Get him," said the manager, "get
him. Tell him to come dut this aft
ernoon and show us.”
So that same afternoon there ap
peared on the glorified cow lot that
passed for a ball park at Millheim
a skinny lad. tow-headed, pleasant
faced, bread of shoulder and slender
of shank.
“Is this / cricket the pitcher you
were talking about?” said the man
ager to Hans Schmidt.
“You have spoken." was the an
swer. ’ Don’t look at him. look at
his curves.”
Whereupon the lad was sent on tho
slab while the team was at batting
practice and for a half hour he stood
the Millhelmers cn their heads and
had them breaking their backs over
his sweeping curves.
Finally the manager was satisfied.
“You’ll do,” he said, "report with
the team for work. We’ll pitch you
against the Baldwins. What’s your
name?"
“Paul Musser,” said the kid.
* • *
F INALLY came the big day and
the big game. When the Baldwin
Locomotive players saw a slender
^.6-year-old kid walk on the slab
they laughed themselves sick.
“Send out a full grown man. We
don’t want to kill any children," they
shouted.
The Millhelmers only grinned. They
were largely of ’.he same notion.
Then the game was on. The first
Locomotive guy struck out. The
next strTtck out. The third struck
out.
In tho second inning the visitors
were gagging for breath. In the third
they were groggy. After that they
played l n a daze. In the whole after
noon they garnered just two hits off
the high school kid. They did not
make a single run
And that’s how Paul Musser broke
into baseball.
♦ * *
T HE man who now appears the
most sensational young pitcher in
the Southern League was bom ln the
quite village of Mlllhelm, Center
County, Pa., January 21, 1890. His
father was in th: marble and gran
ite business and a man of high stand
ing in the community.
The kid was educated in the
schools of the town and played for
a couple of years on the Millheim
learn. In the fall of 1906 Musser
went to Susquehanna University, lo
cated at Sellnsgrove, Pa., and in the
spring of 1907 he turned out with
the rest of the candidates for the
varsity team. He was only a seven-
teen-year-old kid then and not over
large for his age. But he was not
long in demonstrating that he had the
stuff and for three years Musser
was the mainstay of the pitching
staff—and considerable of a main
stay at that.
During Musser’s three years with
Susquehanna University he worked
against some of the great college
teams of the country. His most not
able victories were over Bucknell,
LaFayette and Penn State.
During all of Musser’s cateer at
college the team was weak, especial*
Continued on P»ge 2.
This young man lias gotten off
to a rtyig start, having won
both games he lias twirled.
He looks and a is a whole lot
like Jeff Teareau. of the Giants,
By W. W. Naugliton.
S AN FRANCISCO, April 19.--
Tommy Murphy won. from Act
Wolgast after 20 rounds of des
perate fighting and won so decisively
that there w.as not a dissenting mur
mur in Coffroth’s Eighth Street Are
na when Referee Griffin grabbed
Murphy’s blood-soaked right glove
and held It aloft.
For fully 17 rounds there was noth
ing to choose between the pair of
human gamecocks. Murphy, it may
be ?ald, fought the more persistent
ly of the two, and, for that matter,
scored the greatest number of
punches. But when Wolgast lande<!
he landed with greater force than his
adversary, and this applies particu
larly to ^he body blows that were
exchanged.
• Wolgast Fought Carefully.
From the very opening round Wol
gast acted like a fellow who felt
th^t he liad a long and tortuous jour
ney before him and that he recog-
j iiiaed that it was necessary 1q hus
band every ounce of energy he pos
sessed. He fought carefully and un
til hio strength began to wane lie
fought well.
Murphy, for that matter, gave no
exhibition of foolhardy boxing. H«
was scarcely as vehement as usual.
LEAPING FOR HOT LINER
Vanderbilt Triumphs
Over Tennessee, 5-2
NASHVILLE, TENN., April 19.*—
Tennessee could only secure three
hits off Sikes, and Vanderbilt won,
5 to 2.
The Commodores cinched the game
in the eighth, when Collins hit a two-
bagger, scoring P. Turner.
Hutcheson was in great form for
Tennessee. He fanned nine of the
Commodores, but bunched hits, cou
pled with passed balls and a wild
pitch, discounted his good work in
the box.
Dawson was the star for Tennes
see, He scored one run and stole two
bases.
Collins left immediately after the
game for Boston to Join the Braves,
with whom he has recently signed a
contract. Box score:
Vanderbilt, ab.
Morgan, lb.
Lyle, 2b. . .
P. Turner, 3b.
S. Turner, If.
Collins, cf. .
Morrison, rf.
Davidson, ss.
Brown, c. .
Sikes, p. . J
Totals . .
Tennessee.
Ashe, 2b. . .
Smith, rf. . . . 4
Thomason, If. . 4
Deberry, c. . . 4
Gilbreath, cf. . 2
po.
15
1
Dawson, ss.
Cameron, 3b.
Lindsey, lb..
Hutcheson, p.
Cates, cf. . .
ab. r. h. po. a.
4 0 0 1 3
.4 0 0 1 0
.4 0 0 2 0
.4 1 1 10 0
0 0 0 0
4 110 1
2 0 0 1 0
3 0 18 0
3 0 0 1 2
2 0 0 0 0
Totals . . .32 2 3 24 ^
Score by innings:
Vanderbilt 100 002 02* -5
Tennessee 010 000 100—2
Summary: Two-base hits—David
son and Collins. Home run Deber
ry Struck out—By Sikes. 4; by
Hutcheson, 0. Bases on balls (iff
Sikes, 1: off Hutcheson. 1. Stolen
bases—Moran, Turner. Davidson and
Dawson. 2. Passed bails—Deberry. 2.
Wild pitch Hutcheson. Time—1:20.
Empire—Bob Brown.
Price, Weaver and Becker Did
Not Have Usual Stuff—Joe
Praises Dave Callahan.
By Joe Agler.
(Crackers’ First Baseman,)
N ashville, tenn., April i9.~-
W*elf, they beat us to-day, 9 to
8. However, we made them
fight for the victory, and it proved to
be a former Cracker who finally won
the game for Schwartz’s men.
The defeat can be blamed to the
poor work of our pitchers. They all
seemed to have an off day. Price,
who started the game, was wild and
simply couldn’t get started. Weaver
did not have his usual stuff, while
Becker was unable to stop the hun
gry Vols. But don’t think we are quit
ting. The Crackers will be out there
lighting just as hard as ever Mon
day. and, believe me, we will cop.
Dave Callahan was the big star for
Nashville. We feared him all
through the battle, as he was trying
his best'to defeat his old team
mates. True, Dave made a couple of
fumbles, but he more than made up
for it in the eighth inning when he
singled, scoring Daly in what proved
to be the winning run.
Wallie Smith and Welchonce were
the brightest lights for us. Wallie’s
clout In the eighth session, giving
tl\e Crackers two runs and tying the
score, was certainly some wallop.
Long, the first man up in this inning,
was passed, and Smith followed with
his circuit smash. These were the
main features of*one of the fiercest
contested games ever staged here.
I look for Smith to send Paul M us -
ser or Brady in to pitch Monday.
Both are twirling great ball now.
Therefore, look for a Cracker victory
Monday, as we are anxious to hold
onto our lead.
Alabama Defeats
Mercer; Score, 3-0
MACON, GA.. April 19.— Alabama
bunched hits in the eighth inning,
winning the second game of the series
from Mercer by a score of 4 to 0.
Roddenberry pitched a grand game
except in tlie eighth. Wells’ catch
ing for Alabama, was of big league
caliber. The score
Alabama. ab.
SCOOPING UP A WICKED “GRASS WELT”
CLEMSON AND WOFFORD
TIE; RAIN HALTS GAME
CLEMSON, S. April 19.—Clem-
son. and Wofford tied the score 4 to 4,
with the game called on account of
rain in the last half of the fifth in
ning. with Clemson at the bat. The
Tigers had a man on third, a man on
second and no outs. Both teams were
playing an excellent game, with hon
ors about even.
Clemson 2(rt) 2x 4 :♦ ::
Wofford y....00<* 22— 1 4
Batteri h. Clemson- Ezell and
Brown; Wofford. Frey and Bethea.
Joplin, es. . . .
McDowell, lb. .
Peebles, cf. . .
A. V’graffe, rf..
Nathan, If. . .
Moody, 2b.
Longshore, 3b.. 4
H. V’graffe, p... 3
po.
3
12
2
VIRGINIA LEAGUE,
Score: R.H.E.
NEWPORT NEWS..000 000 000—0 5 0
ROANOKE 020 003 00*—5 8 1
Kull and McReedmond; Brown and
Stewart. Umpire, Norcum.
Score: R.H.E.
NORFOLK 204 110 001—9 16 0
PORTSMOUTH 000 000 001—1 5 3
Scnenn and Powell; Johnson and Rob
ertson and Neven and Para and Hudeon.
Umpire, Kennedy.
Score: R.H.E.
PETERSBURG 100 010 100—3 5 0
RICHMOND 000 000 000-0 6 2
Vance and Laughter; Burleson and
Mace. Umpire, Colgate.
Total .
Mercer.
Cochran, cf.
Wells, lb. . . . 4
R’berrj-, p.&2b. 4
Rice, c. & rf. . 3
Irwin, rf. & c.. 4
Grace, ss. . . . 2
McKnight, 2b.. 3
Farmer, 3b. . .3
Manley. If. &cf. 2
W'land. If. . .. 2
. .29
ab. r. h. po.
Total .
* Score by innings.
Alabama
Mercer
.000 000 080—3
.000 000 000—0
The summary: Two-base hit—Rice.
First base on errors—Roddenberry.
McKnight. • Struck out—By Vande-
graffe. 1; by Roddenberry, 8. Bares
on balls—Off H. Vandegraffe, 3; off
Roddenberry. 6. Hits—Off Vande
graffe, 4; off Roddenberry, 6. Stolen
bases—Nathan, McDowell, A. Vande
graffe. Farmer, Manley. Time—Two
hours. Umpire—Walker.
OLD CY YOUNG TO COACH
UNIVERSITY BALL TEAM
WESTERN LEAGUE
Omaha 3, Sioux City 2.
Wichita 9, Lincoln 5.
Topeka 3* Denver 7.
St. Joseph 9, Des Moines 1.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Jersey City 6, Buffalo 0.
Newark 6, Toronto 4.
Providence 6, Montreal 4.
Baltimore 7-6, Rochester 6-5 (sec
ond game called in sixth inning to
catch train).
COLLEGE GAMES
At Macon R. H. E.
Alabama . 3 6 2
Mercer 0 4 1
At Jacksonville. R. H. E.
Savannah <..4 8 2
Jacksonville 1 8 6
At Charleston: R. H. E.
Albany 1 4 4
Charleston 6 10 2
At Columbus: R. H. E
Macon 7 10 3
Columbus 2 8 4
but he made every point tell. It was
a case of two men who had met be
fore and who knew just what to
watch for. There was no knockdown
at any stage of the bout.
At the close ol’ the sevenbeentK
round Murphy’s lightning hooka and
uppercuts balanced Wolgaet’s body
smashes. Wolgast was the weaker of
the pair, and ln the eighteenth, during
a desperate spell of Infighting. Mur
phy split Wolgust’s lip with an up
percut.
Murphy Made Great Finieh.
The gore flowed freely and Ad, be
came weaker still. He tried hard to
offset the lead Murphy gained, and
failed. For one-half of the twentieth
round Murphy held himself together
and allowed Wolgast to fight him
self out. Then Harlem Tommy be
gan a blizzard ly finish and was lit.
erally tearing Wolgaet’s head off
when the gong signaled the end of
the bout.
Kennedy Winner of
St. Louis Marathon
ST. LOUIS, April 19.—William J.
Kennedy, of the Illinois Athletic Club,
of Chicago, won the Marathon r'ac'e
to-day from a Held of 84 starters. Hie
time for the 26-mile-and-383-y»rd
course was 3:02:11.
Sidney Hatch, also of the Illinois
Athletic Club, finished Second, his
time being 3:13:35, and Charles Lo-
bert. of St Louis, unattached, was
third, time 3:20:49.
LAGRANGE WINS PRACTICE
GAME AGAINST SHAWIKWJT
ATHENS. OHIO, April 19 — Cy Young,
the ‘'Grand Old Man’’ of baseball, has
been engaged to coach the ball team of
the Ohio University here.
Young retired from acfcwe playing a
year ago, after over 20 years of service
with major league teams. Most of
that period was spent with Boston, of
the American League, and the battery
of Young and friger was long known
as the best in the land. Young was a
shining example of the player who took
care of himself.
Young, now over 45 . cars old. spends
most of his time on ids farm at Paoli,
Ohio.
At Hartford; Bowdoin, 10; Trinity,
8.
At Princaton: Pennsylvania, 12;
Princeton, 9,
At Providence: Brown, 14; Colgate,
2.
At New Haven: Yale, 5; Vermont,
0.
At Annapolis: St. Johns. 5; Naval
Academy, 0.
At West Point: Army. 9: Harvard,
7.
At Lafayette: Purdue. 9: De Pauw.
1.
LAGRANGE, GA., April 19.—4
practice game here to-day LaGrs
defeated Shawmut, Ala., by a seal
12 to 1. This was the first of
practice games to be played he
the opening season, and developed
fact that President W. A. Holme!
the local club, has selected some {
men for his team this year.
Another practice game will
played with West Point High Sc
next Thursday.
The season will open in the Q
gia-Alabama League on May 5, i
the LaGrange team plays Nen
The first league game on the locaj
mond will be played with Tail*
on May K.