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t A Enle Subs m VI 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, APRT L 21. 1913. Jeff Had a Peculiar Way of Figuring Profit By “Bud” Fibher B\ IV'ivv II. Whiting. M ’ALLISTJSR, J>unti f Graham and Reynolds? Which two? That’s ' the question that faces Hill Smith. Here it is April -1 and the * ‘raeker team must be cut to the ;jniit Ma> I. That leaves Smith enlj r a bit over a week for the most ticklish problem he "ill have to *et- ilc this season. A month ago— in fact every day since, he bought. Joe Dunn- Smith i,ad his mind made up to keep Dunn ,md McAllister. To-day he may be wavering. Note that Smith has used onb Dunn and Graham in the champion* ship games this season. This might mean either that lie has picked those two. Or then it might mean that he is iJetermined to keep McAllister, what ever happens, and that, ho is trying to make up his mind between Mc Allister and Dunn l'or the second catcher. We rather incline io that second oh,see! th*t's roc BM>. 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He admitted Pat’s abil ity but much preferred to let some body else develop it. Since then Pat Graham has whirl 'd in and caught great baseball. He Las fielded well and he haw hit wel’. It is a cinch that Pat has convinced Smith that lie can catch better ball than any man on lus staff. The question is, therefore, has Pat < onvinced Bill that Pat will continue Lis good work nil the season? Whoever can worm the answer of tyhat question out of Bill Smith can j with certainty name the Cracker catching staff for the year. • * * TWO accidents have combined to 1 make the final selection of the pitching staff difficult. One is the Injury to Georg*- T3aus»*weln. The other is the fact that Burk Becker turned up this spring a bit under weight and nut in top-notch condi tion. If Smith could have found out Just, what Bauseweln had and if he knew' whether Becker were coming around all right the selecting of the staff would be easy. * * * / At ooune* if Bill Smith needed an -'other player or two the local boat ball association wouldn’t mind buy ing ’em. Just before the season opened Smith had a chain e to get a good looking catcher at a reasonable price —and he laughed at the offer. That seems to mean that he was even then quite satisfied that his catching staff was of pennant caliber. Judged by the opening showing of the Cracker hurlers it will be a long time before Smith will need to buy any pitchers In considerably less than a week it will probably be possible to tell exactly how the Crackers will appear the day after the final cut is made, Gte, you're lucrn i^GAIN that you AIN'T JACK J0HNL.0N OR XOu'D uovr You titue Right J THERE / &1ET- tQPpO'tiiT -VT ^>r*.g CO. Taps for Wolgast, Says Naughton © O © O © 0 © j Expert Advises Him to Quit Game l»y W. \V. Naughton. S AN FRANCISCO, April 21.—Taps for Wildcat Wolgast. ^That is, as a champion. Ah a good, useful selling plater, lie might, 'con tinue for a while in the fighting game, if lie wished. If he is wise, though, and is well endowed with the world’s goods as he says, he will retire. Bet ter that than to drift gradually into the Sargasso Sea of puglliem, as Bat tling Nelson has done. Wolgast was thoroughly vanquished by Harlem Tommy Murphy at Cof- froth’s Eighth Street Arena Saturday. It took Murphy the full twenty rounds to gain the decision, but when the last blow was struck and the last gong had clanged there was never a doubt as to which way Referee Jim Griffin would rule. Even for Seventeen Rounds. It. was* nip and tuck, touch and go, for seventeen rounds. During all that time, the lightweights fought with the spirit of a couple of game roosters. Murphy, maybe, was the more per sistent of the two. He scored the greater number of punches, hut when Wolgast landed, there was more /dp and sting to his delivery. This ap plies particularly to the tirade of body blown. Line uppercut, delivered in the eigii- tvnth, changed the aspect of the whole affair. Needless to say, Mur phy sped it, but whether it was a left or a right, the writer for one would not undertake to say. At the time the lads were leaning breast to breast and Murphy’s fast- ilylng gloves were as nebulous in appearance as the paddles of an elec tric fan in action. The constant tilt ing of Wolgast’s head testified to the accuracy of Murphy’s aim, but at that Wolgast was not idle. He hammered diligently at the Harlem boxer's ribs, but with the diminished force that had been noticeable for several round*. They parted suddenly from a spasm of exceedingly rapid lighting and Wolgast’s lower face was a glisten ing smear of red. One of the Mur phy punches had smashed the lower lip into contact with the teeth and a small artery was severed. Wolgast Tried Gamely. Wolgast was in sore struits, but he batled on with spartan fortitude, the while the Murphyitee on the packed benches bellowed gleefully over the change in the look of things Wolgast, who for several rounds had tried weakly and bungiingly, by the way, redoubled his efforts to stem the tide with one fell punch. But. he was dog tired and wild of aim, and it was no trick for Murphy to snap back from the Michigander's wild as saults and a quick return to the at tack. In the 1 rpt round of all Wol gast fought frantically. He swung and tumbled into clinches and while at close quarters he put his remain ing strength into body blows which had lost their power to listurb. ANY ioam that had to fare L •> n Crackers in “very game of a -» a- son would need about ten pitchers. SMITH PICKS MUSSER posing pitchers in almost every game K they go in. Here is the list of the two-pitcher games that the Cracker butters have TO FACE VOLS TO-DAY forced on opposing clubs: Atyril 10—More and Troy, Chatia uooga. April 1J—Coveleskie and ChappelTe, ' 'hattanouga. April 12 -Tim and Stark, t’hitta- ftooga April 14—Thompson and Sloan, Birmingham. April 15—Foxen arid Thompson. Birmingham. VDril 19—William and Hendee. Ir the Crackers go on like this, j knocking out on- or more pitchers v day, they will become the terrors of the league. And judged by pres ent batting average- this might eas ily 1. ppen. STRONG MAKES RECORD DRIVE. PINFHURST, N. C., April 21. What believed to be a world’s record drive was recorded by Herbert Strong, of the Inwood Club, in the open event of the thirteenth annual United North and South Amateur Golf championship at Pinehurst. N O. With the wind back of him, Strong mane the first green on the No. 2 course. a distance of 408 yards. By Joe Agler. N ashville, tenn.. April ji.—• The Crackers ure ready for the third game of their series with the Vols this afternoon. Paul Musser has been selected 1 *> BUI Smith to twirl, with Graham behind the bat Manager Schwartz will re ly on Fleharty to fool the Crackers, with Eddie Noyes at the receiving end. The Crackers were up at 8:30 this morning, confident of taking the two remaining games from the Vols. Most of the boys spent yesterday seeing Nashville in a big touring car, while others were content to stay around the hotel and play pinochle. Nashville scribes, here admit that Billy Smith has a good ball club. They are loud in their praise of the At lanta players, especially of the Infield and outfield. Wally Smith will sure ly go to the big leagues is the opin ion of the scribes around here. His homer Saturday over the right field fence was one of the longest hits ever seen here. Cy Dahlgreen, a pitcher, has joined the Vols, and Manager Schwartz is after two more pitchers from the majors. ST. LOUIS STORY SAYS MURPHY IS TO SELL CUBS ST. LOUIS, MO., April 21. Charles Webb Murphy, owner of the Chicago Cubs, will dispose of his holdings this year and retire permanently from the national game, according to the St Louis Times. __ In an article published yesterday, Sid Keener stales that he has inside in formation to this effect, and says that, while Murphy will indignantly deny th*» story, he bus reasons for believing that if Johnny Evers falls to build up the once famous Cub machine, Charles Webb will get out while the getting is good. asssc CHRISTY MATHEWS BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP Welters Coming Into Their Own ‘Attell Can Beat Kiibane’-Rivers B OSTON, MASS., April 21. Baseball is passing througn a period oi transi tion. Everything does. The changes are not in the game itself, but in the organization. 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Our trade has increased wonderfully You have returned time and* again for the shoes and hosiery we sell. WHY? That’s what w« want to know '1'hat’s what we offer $25.00 for. Is it store, stocks, or service, or all of thfem? Your answers will help us make this, your shoe store, a better place at which you can deal. A disinterested committee will decide which are the best reasons submitted. This coutest is open to all. Out-of-town folks are urged to write. All letters must reach us by May 5th. Address them to the Contest Department. 5v h n es eftsmqjth HOSIERY GQOQ 5HOE5 tVERYBQDY FRED S. STEWART CO., 25 Whitehall Street the battle appears to be between the players and the organization. The case of Cobb has demonstrated this fact. The unusual number of holdouts last win ter confirmed it. Baseball has become a highly or ganized and developed institution, and the old dispute of labor and capital is coining into evidence in it,. I am not going to undertake to adjust the differ ences between Cob and the Detroit club. The real facts of the case and the merits of the contention are not accurately known by me, but the incident has a big bearing on baseball, it is not a question of salary, because at present there is a variance of only a few hundred dollars between Cobb and Mr. Navin. The outcome will establish a baseball precedent. # *f * N OW I do not want my readers to think I am taking this game too seriously. But a statement made to the class in history while I was in college many years ago returns to my mind. “Every second or third generation,'’ said this ac celerator of knowledge, sliding his spectacles back on his forehead, “there comes Borne sort of a change in all governments. A rush of unrest strikes into the hones of the people, and they demand an alteration. So much lias been read of strife, they want a few thirills for themselves, and are eager to know what war is like. The next revolution in this country will be between labor and capital." This, in a more superficial way, applies to base ball. In the old days of the baseball wars, the play ers were merely the pawns with which the owner played. The star was offered much money to leap from league to league and back again, and many players spent their spare hours leaping. A ma t could go to bed at night owning a pennant-winning ball club and awake in the morning with nothing left but hope and a prayer, especially if he slept late. Those jump ing ball players used to like to travel on sleepers. Jimmy Sheckard was the prize bullfrog of them all. He could leap faster and oftener than any of the rest. The magnates were chary about paying off their men in full, because pay day always made a nice springboard. No player was going to jump a club with a bundle of money owed to him. And out of this war between the leagues the stars received many thrills and sincerely believed competition to be the life of trade. N' : fOW, however, baseball is an open-anil shut organ ization. if a player does not want to appear witli a certain club, he must stay out of the game. This situation has existed for several years, but Ty Cobb has proved to be the disturbing factor in it. Last summer, in New York, when he stopped into the grandstand and punched a spectator, he delivered a blow which was to rock baseball. It was the direct result of this that the Detroit players went on the first baseball strike, of history, and it was during the walkout the present players' association was formed. Now Cobb lias again brought the matter to a head. * * v C OBB lias demanded fifteen thousand dollars to play baseball for Detroit this season, and there is lit tle doubt that this would be a good investment for | tlie owners of that club, because Cobb would bring much more than his salary to the gate in the course of the race. It would establish a precedent, however, and lead other stars to rebel. Organized baseball cannot afford this, and much tore is behind the Cobb case than appears on the surface. There is little doubt that the league has taken an active interest in the outcome. The Ameri can cannot afford to lose Cobb, yet he is not big enough to force organized baseball to yield to ills demands and set aside long-established principles. Fans cannot blame Cobb for his attitude in the mat ter. He realized the life of a ball player is short , it will make a difference in your pay envelopes." at best, and he must get it while the getting is easy. He appreciates the amount he is wortli to his club, and is sticking to his stand like an old maid to an un married man. If he wins, it will stre/igthen the position of the players. If he loses, the organization will have triumphed. It is an interesting case. . $ a A ND, in the meantime, the ciubs in both leagues are trying to play their schedules, although the first w eek of the season was not much to encourage them in the effort. The standing of the clubs now looks like a scene when viewed through the wrong end of a pair of opera glasses. Everything is upside down. The Athletics are the' only boys in either league who have touched their form, and, having been caught iu a flood in the Middle West during the training sea son tills showing can be understood. They are used to the going. The Boston Red Sox have not shaped up like world's champions, and the Giants have failed to impress their admirers. To go out of the family for a minute, the face in the American League looks as if it would he a keen one, judging by the first few games. The Rod Sox are just as strong this season as they were last year. The pitching staff is magnificent and the outfield un approachable. but still the fact remains that luck hugged the Red Sox last summer with the tenacity displayed by an actor's wife when she gets her hand some husband back from a road tour of six months without any ripples oil the domestic sea. Jake Stahl went through a wonderful season. Hardly one of his regulars was out of a game, and his pitchers rounded into excellent form from the first and clung to it. Joe Wood had a phenomenal year, and made a record that will be a big one to shoot at this season. I think he won thirty-six battles and lost four last season, which will keep him traveling this time. Gardner was shifted from third base, and became u star after having been a very mediocre second-saoker. Luck broke for Jake last year. In spite of Connie Mack's often repeated state ment that in a schedule of one hundred and fifty- four games, luck breaks about even, the showing made by his team last summer did not bear this out. Ho had searecly his regular line-up in the game all sea son. One star after another was injured, and those who were not hurt failed to keep in condition. Con nie did not voice ills favorite theory so loudly at the finish. The Athletics made a bad showing against Boston last season, losing a large majority of their games to the Red Sox. Already Mack's club has a Hying start on the Boston team with two victories. Washington was strong against the Boston club, but weak when playing the Athletics. Things, at this writing point toward Connie Mack’s men making the other boys rush. All is quiet along the National so far. Evers has not blown up as a manager yet, and the Pittsburg team has not displayed a stride which looks like that shown by a 1914 racing automobile in its demonstra tion trip. As I have said so often, the chances of the Pirates depend largely upon how Hans Wagner is go ing to stand the wear and tear of another race. Clarke has substitutes, but there never was but one Wagner. To all pitchers lie looks like an exclamation point in the batting order. This is not true of any man who takes his place. The psychology in it is a big factor. * * * COW for a few words about the Giants, which is the thing I have been working up to all along, but I did not want to feature them too prominently, being in the family myself, it seepied more appropriate to give them a place in this story similar to their pres ent standing in the league. It is funny how despon dent a few games dropped in April will make the fans worry, and McGraw is a great fan. While he is not despondent, he was talkative after Brooklyn beat the club the other day. When McGraw has some thing to say. he usually lets it go. and his meaning would be assimilated by a bunch of deaf mutes, even if he did not use the Dummy Taylor language. After losing the game with Brooklyn in the ninth last week, said McGraw: “Because you fellows have won two pennants in a row, now you are getting overconfident. You may think rhere is plenty of time ahead to catch up. That is wliut the Athletics thought, lasit summer until they found out it was September, and they had an awful big piece of catching up on their hands. A game won in April amounts to exactly as much as one taken in September. Bear that in mind. Look at what the Athletics are doing this year. They are bearing it in mind. They are taking in ail the hay they can when the sun is shining, and even risking it on cloudy days. Now the next time 1 find any of you boys being careless about your manners on the bases and being caught by a thrown ball with a flat foot, N ,: By Ed W. Smith. C HICAGO, April 21.—In recent years the welters have not been very popular in any section of the country, because there were few of them worthy of a leading classifi cation. Recently, however, they have been coming into their own, and with several corking good fighters spring ing up in different parts of the middle West, we are apt to see some pretty good contests among the 145-pound ers. In the old days of Billy MelLody, Buddy Ryan, Jack O’Keefe and Jimmy Gardner, to say nothing of others al most equally good, the class was dis tinctly popular, but the lightweights ousted them from their position. + * * George Gardner, once lightweight champion and a fighter of the old school, and a good one, too, back in the dear old days, has attained the services of Johnny O’Keefe of Denver, a middleweight scrapper of some class, and is about town hurling out challenges right and left. Johnny“looks like the real thing and says he pounds at the ringside. He would like to hook up with Jimmy. Clabby, Bob Moha or some of the other mid dies. Johnny says he already has trimmed Tim O’Nei* the Irondale mixer, out on the Coast, which is some recommendation. ■ * * * Rivers Boosts Attell. There is at least dne prominent pu gilistic person who i s» firmly con vinced that Abe Attell, ex-feather weight champion, lacks none of the qualities and ability he possessed b'e- fore he was relieved of his title by Johnny Kilbane. Joe Rivers, the Mex ican Jightweight, vows Attell to-day is just as good as he was when he was king of the 122-pound boys. Not Seals. The acoustics of the clubhouse are fine. TT was back in 1906 that the Giants had won two * pennants and one world’s championship, and the boys sort of felt they knew just about all there was to know about playing the game of baseball. All they had to do was to put on their shirts with "World’s Champions” marked on them and keep their hands in shape to pull another pennant to the masthead. But that “World’s Champions” label looks terribly foolish along about September when the standing of the clubs does -not confirm the boast. McGraw will keep on the Giants harder than ever this season, because he realizes it is the very year when they are the most likely to kick away a championship. He will not give them any leeway. * * * N OW 1 ant going to heat up my old soup bone and see what is left in it. (Copyright, 1913, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) “Law Brothers for Quality" Grand Opera “TOGS” FOR THE MAN TKis men s store is gener ously ready to supply all til e numerous little details in gentlemen s attire demanded by tins important occasion including numbers o( approved new novelties. — OPERA HATS — SILK SHIRTS --- DRESS SHIRTS — DRESS TIES — VESTS — COLLARS Visitors in Atlanta Wil} Find a Warm Welcoine at This Store! See Our Show Windows ESTABL'^HEO 23 YEARS DR.E.G. GRIFFIN’S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS BEST WORK AT LOWEST PRICES All Work Guaranteed. Hours 8 to 6-Phone M. 1708-Sunaays 9-1 x \ j | i 24'^ Whitehall St. Over Brown A Allens only that, but Rivers offers to bet $2,500 that Attell can defeat every man of his weight in the world, in cluding Kilbane. Rivers should know whereof ha speaks, for lie was sparring with At tell daily. Recently the two went through three-minute rounds together. The bout was certainly a hummer. Neither spared the other, for they punched with all the power they could put behind their blows. The set-to was an acid test for the feather weight, who had to box in his old- time form to save himself from the aggressive Mexican. While Rivers was being rubbed down by his trainer after the bout, ne said: "You can’t tell me that Attell can't come back. 1 saw him fight on the Coast when he was champion, and I feel no hesitancy in saying that he Is every bit as good now as he was then. I think ho can lick all the fea'her- weights. Poor physical condition cost him the loss of his title. Kilbane is a good man, but he was fortuna f «i when Vie fought Attell. Abe held him too cheap and did not train as ho should have for that bout. "If Attell will buckle down to hard work, go to bed early of nights, cut wouldn’t be afraid to make 154‘pounds i out rich food and do all the othet at 3 o’clock in the afternoon or 15S 1 things that a fighter should do to reach the height of physical condition, I think he could regain the champion ship. 1 feel so certain of it that I’d bet $2,500 on It, provided, of course, that Attell trains as he should. Abe can ‘come back.’ because he hasn’t ‘gone back.’ With proper training, ne will be as good as he ever was.” EWING AFTER NEW PLAYERS. SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.—J. Cal Ewing, owner of the San Francisco team, announced yesterday he had wired to Connie Mack, Philadelphia, and Navin, Detroit, big league, mana gers, for players to strengthen the