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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1012.
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Now Jeff Knows More About Baseball Than Frank Chance Himself
By “Bud” Fisher
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By Percy II. Whiting.
T HE day tha Southern League :
opened Bob Rauch, Pro* I dent of
the Birmingham ( Hub, axpr.iuM-'l j
a wish that every Southern I.i-.Lgur
director who had voted to open the
Southern season April 10, be dress
ed in a bathing suit and chained on
top of the Cracker stand. And (hat
was a brutal wish for It was cold and
raining there.
Bob Baugh and President Prank
Callaway of the local club lerl and
constituted the entire support of a
! itlng campaign to have the Southern
League opening day marie April 17
’I'hey were voted down solid. They
• had no chance.
What was the result?
The first week of the season was
r a« wretched as could be Imagined
Bad weather cut off not less than
4,000 paid admissions In Atlanta on
opening day—perhaps more. All
> abound the league bad weather slash
ed off 26,000 paid attendance on open-
mg day alone. The bad weather of
the other days of the first week cost
f 25,000 more at the lowest estimate.
The, money loss was nearly $20,000.
There wasn't any reason in the
world for opening early except that
a few misguided moguls thought
they would make money by It. Their
poor guess cost the league something
like 50,000 paid admissions.
* * •
THE return of Nig Clarke to the
Southern League—Mobile has
grabbed him—recalls to the minds of
Atlanta Ians that of the four famous
catchers sent up to big leagues by
Atlanta the two who looked best
"proved up” worst.
The four men Atlanta sent up were
Nig Clarke, Sid Smith, Ed Sweeney
I and Jimmy Archer.
Clarke and Smith looked like won
ders yet both failed swiftly in the
big lea„ ies and came into their own
only when they dropped back to
Class AA.
Ed Sweeney and Jimmy Archer
Improved and developed Into players
whose ability was out of all propor
tion to whak they showed in the
Southern League.
Sweeney looked like only a fair
prospect when he was sent up. The
fact that he went to the big leagues
only as a cover-up is well known.
Steadily he improved. Now he is
one of the very best in civilized base
ball.
Jimmy Archer wan a nice fielding
catcher in the Southern League but
he couldn’t hit. Also he looked
mighty “pindllng.” Folks said he
might he a good catcher some day,
1f he "filled out.” He must have done
it br he’s the best catcher in base
ball to-day and last year he hit .283.
♦ Here are the marks set by the
t four famous catchers during their
Atlanta days:
“Nig” Clarke.
AB. R. H. P.C. T O. A. E. P C.
142 14 36 .263 105 26 3 .076
441 60 117 .263 716 169 26 .972
Jim Archer.
AB. R. H. PC. P.O. A. E. P C.
283 18 72 .264 386 133 18 .962
06 321 14 72 .224 349 100 12 .971
Ed Sweeney.
AB. R. H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P C.
195 12 44 .225 344 79 7 .960
Sid Smith.
\B. R. H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P.C.
30 66 137 .336 191 52 8 .967
'02 39 118 .297 342 100 10 .977
<21 40 118 .280 164 58 9 .967
0 32 133 .271 363 138 11 .960
T . is believed that, if Finn can
1 handle Clarke he will do well in
tile Southern. When Nig was with
Atlanta he was under Ab Powell’s
wing and “Uncle Abner” came nearer
to gettiag a lot i f work out of him
than any man ever did.
Ab loved him like a son and treat
ed him like one, though Nig wouldn’t
take him seriously. In fact he has
never taken anybody but himself se
riously and that is what has ruined
his career. Naturally Nig had more
stuff than any catcher who ever
showed his head in the Southern
League. He has a fine snap throw,
like Archer’s; a good head; is a game
gink, and when l.e wants to he can
bat Last year Nig played part of
the season with Indianapolis, hitting
.286, fielding .968 and cutting down
115 runners who tried to steal.
It might be added that Sid Smith's
disposition is what kept him out of
the big leagues—that and a mild
frame-up at Cleveland. Sid couldn't
take baseball seriously. He isn’t
the kind that takes anything seri
ously. If he were he would to-day
rank with Archer and Sweeney
—perhaps above them. He started
with more real stuff than either of
I them.
« • •
P OOR old Nap Rucker, the luck
less Alpharettan! He has prob
ably lost more well-pitched games
than any other man in the world—
not even barring Walter Johnson or
Ed Walsh, both of whom have had
heir share of the misery of trying to
will along a wretched team.
■look at the two games Rucker lost
o the Phillies. In neither game did
is team score a run for him. In
%ch game he allowed the hard-hit-
Dg Phillies one run.
In many ways the Dodgers are the
rat team in the world. They can't
they can’t field much—especially
outfielders—and they are glued
the paths,
There isn't a chance on earth that
ookiyn will have a real ball club
ring the active career of Rucker,
lere is less chance that they will
1 Nap as long as he has anything
t. All the Georgian has to look
i -ward to 1b to take what pay he
squeeze out of Charley Ebbetts—
ich Isn’t must—and plug along.
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THHGLER
By Joe Agler.
N ashville, tenn., April 22.—
If we can manage to get any
thing like an even break of
luck, we’ll take a battle from Bill
Schwartz’s well known Vols this aft
ernoon. I’ll make that a prediction,
and you can aign my name to it.
We’ll have blood In our eye and
“Old Reliable” Brady on the slab this
afternoon—and that’s a combination
hard to beat.
If we cop this afternoon we make It
an even break against the hottest
combination of Volunteers and Horse
shoes that we ever tackled.
To-night we pull out for a bumpy
ride home, and to-morrow afternoon
we open against Chattanooga.
We are going to get back into our
stride during those two home series
and hit the road again at top speed.
Far be It from us to put up any
holler. But if the Craekers weren’t
outlucked yesterday and generally
bumfuzzled by the old Jinx, then I
don’t want my pay—and, heaven
knows, I need it.
The same goes for the game of
Saturday.
Bill Schwart. lias enough horse
shoes pinned on him to start a horse
shoeing parlor.
We lost yesterday, 3-2, in a game
in which Nashville had all the luck
in the world—which didn’t leave us
any.
Of course, it wasn’t all luck.
Old Paul Musser was wild as a
buck and the six bases on balls he
allowed helped a whole lot in beating
him. “Blondie” gave up only three
hits, and if he had the plate a little
better located he’d have kept them
shut out.
It should have been an easy game
for us to win, even as it was. If we
could have come through with a Lit or
two in the pinches it would have been
easy. Bill Schwartz shot George
Beck at us, and the lad seemed to
have something on us when we need
ed a hit the worst.
There weren’t a lot of features,
from Atlanta’s standpoint.
Pat Graham furnished the only real
thrills. The “Ketchin’ Kid” was
there with three hits, one a three-
bagger, and if he had only come up
in more pinches there is no telling
what would have happened. The one
time he did come up when he had a
chance to do something big for the
community. Beck had one. more va
cancy on bases and he filled it by
walking Pat.
Jud Daley, the “Comedy Cuss,’’
pulled the great fielding plajr of the
day, combing an awful wallop from
Welchonce’s bat out of the breezes as
neatly as anybody ever did.
BASEBALL ROOTING LEGAL,
RULES FRISCO ATTORNEY
SAN FRANCISCO., CALIF., April
22.—Baseball rooting may not be
classed as illegal among “loud and
unnecessary noises.” .Such in effect
1s tfhe ruliig announced yesterday
of the City Attorney on the protest
of a local hospital against the pro
posed location of a new Coast Lea
gue ball park in the vicinity of the
institution.
An ordinance designed to protect
hospitals was cited, but the City
Attorney held that it referred only
to street noises incident to traffic.
DERRICK TO BE OUT OF
GAME TWO MORE WEEKS
NEW YORK. April 22.—Chance
stated to-dny that Claude Derrick,
his injured short stop, would he out
of the,game fully two weeks longer.
This means that Chance must com
plete the greater part of his first
month against the three hardest ciuhs
in the league with a crippled infield.
The wound was a bad one and is
healing slowly. Derrick attempted
to use his hand yesterday and in a
few minutes the gore gushed out in a
stream.
DETROIT RELEASES SHANLEY.
DETROIT, MICH.. April 22.—Bi-
fielder Harry Shanley, of the Detroit
Americans, was yesterday released
to the Memphis club of the Southern
League under an optional agree
ment.
Sporting Food
By GEORGE E. PHAIR-
Some men go from bad to worse.
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WHAT’S THE USE?
It is a chronic baseball fan;
I bring him gladsome news.
Methinks the tidings I have brought
Will cause him to enthuse.
Quoth I: “Thou hast been left some
kale—
A million bones or more!”
He bnly turns his glims on me
And answers: “what’s the score?”
“Thine uncle,” I go on to quote,
“Hath left, thee all his cush,”
But not the semblance of a smile
Is seen upon his mush.
Quoth I: “Thy boob! Thou Joe! Thou
nut!
Thou makest my heart full sore.”
He turn.** a vacant lamp on me
And answers. “What’s the score?”
At last I conjure up a way
To tempt the wild-eyed gink.
Quoth I In accents light and gay:
“Let’s go and get a drink!”
He hands me out a vacant stare
And answers: “What’s the score?”
And then I hook m.v trusty right
And put him to the floor.
The report that Connie Mack haa of
fered $25,000 for Tyrua Cobb la Interest
ing until one has tried to Imagine said
Connie Mack In the act of prying him
self loose from $25,000.
There are various methods of gaining
money under false pretenses, one of
which Is to Insure a wrestler for
$10,000.
We are informed by various experts
that John McGraw’s strength lies in his
substitutes. This is the first time we
have heard an umpire called a substi
tute.
When a man with a few thousand dol
lars Invested In a grandstand can drive
the greatest player out of baseball it Is
a grand little pastime, Is it not?
SPEAKING OF THE COBB CASE.
Oh, say, does the Star-Spangled Ban
ner yet wave
O’er the game of the free and the sport
of the slave?
If we could have believed the press
agent, Mr. Wolgast was almost a physi
cal wreck. Likewise, Mr. Wolgast was
a strong favorite In the speculating.
Bum team work
Managing a team in the Federal
League is a perfectly good job if there
is nothing else in sight.
PREP LEAGUE NOTES
For
instance, there Is Tommy Burns, who
has become a fight promoter.
SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
A baseball player made a hit;
They laid him off for thirty days.
They did not like his hit a bit,
For he had hit them for a raise
We note by the public prints that they
are off at Havre de Grace. They usually
are when they fall for that game.
After listening to a band perpetrating
noise at a ball game, one is led to won
der why they call It popular music.
Christy Mathewson fears that some
day he will kill a batsman by hitting
him on the dome. He never expects to
pitch against Fred Merkle.
TWICE TOLD TALES.
Games may come and games may go,
Stars may rise and stars may fall,
•Still, one little phrase I know
Lingers on in spite of all.
In the storms of early May.
When the sun is hot in June.
Still we hear it day by day
As the ticker sings its tune.
When the singles come In flocks,
And the swats are loud and long.
“Walsh now pitching for the Sox”
Is the burden of the song.
WISCONSIN FIGHT BILL
HAS MANY GOOD POINTS
MADISON, WIS, April 22.—Wis
consin will legalize tan-round no-de-
cleion boxing shows and create a
State non-salaried commission to su
pervise them if a hill favorablj' re
ported by the Assembly committee
on judiciary becomes a law. The rec
ommendation of the committee was
unanimous.
The commission will have a secre
tary at a salary of $1,600 who is to
devote his entire time to his work.
Licenses issued to boxing clubs are
to cost from $25 to $300, depending
on the size of the cities in which they
are located. Each club Is to pay the
State 5 per cent of Its gross receipts.
License for a referee Is to cost $10.
WILLIAMS ELIGIBLE
LONDON. April 22.—The commit
tee of the English Lawn Tennis As
sociation decided unanimously yes
terday that there was no ground
whatever for questioning the eligibil
ity of R. Norris Williams to partici
pate in the challenge matches for the
Davis cup as a member of the team
representing the United States.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to aoll The Sunday Amer
ican is “The Market Place of the
South.” The Sunday American ia tha
beat advertising medium.
Boys High will play Marist Friday if
arrangements ran be made. A few
weeks ago these two teams played a
ten-inning tie which has not been play
ed oft yet.
• « •
Neither of the high schools have an
Important game within the next two
weeks. Tech High will play some prac
tice games with Georgia Tech this week,
and Boys High will also meet the Jack
ets In a practice contest.
♦ • •
The tennis tournament of the students
at Boys High has been shortened form
a week to three days This tournament
will commence Thursday and end Sat
urday It will be held on the courts
at East Lake.
• * *
Peacock is planning some field day
exercises this year. They will take
place at Piedmont Park the middle of
next month, and prizes will be given to
the highest individual winners and the
winning class team.
• • •
Joe Bean Is working hard with his
Marist team this week. He is giving
the boys plenty of fielding practice as
well as base running.
* • •
Joe says there will be no repetition
of the ragged work shown by his men
in the games with Boys High and Tech
High.
* * *
Vannison, of Boys High, is being
groomed for a job as pitcher. He Is
a left-hander, and has lots of speed.
* * •
The high schools of Royaton and El- .
berton, (5a., have two of the strongest !
nines In the Srate. These two teams
played a two-game series last week
which resulted In a game apiece.
* • •
Davidson College has a star athlete
in Klutta In a meet last week Kluttz
ran the quarter-mile in 51 seconds, !
which beat the school record for that ;
event. The meet was between Davidson
and the Charlotte (N. C.) V. 1L C. A .
ami resulted In an easy victory for the
collegians, 77 to 81.
• * •
Georgia Tech has a pole-vaulter who
is liable to take first in that event at
the S. I A. A. meet at New Orleans
next month. Polly Smith is the boy,
and he is doing 11 feet and better dally
in practice
• • *
The Boys High baseball team should
have little trouble this afternoon in de
feating G. M. A. Last Thursday the
high school boys made ten runs against
two for the Cadets. Marist and Peacock
will hook up to-morrow afternoon on
the Marist diamond This looks like
an easy win for Marist.
* ♦ M
No important games are scheduled in
the Prep League until the first week
In May. Then Boys High and Marist
will fight it out. Later on Tech High
and Boys High will clash. There will
be a warm fight for the pennant this
year, that muoh ia assured.
re*
The Boy Scouts field meet at Pied
mont Park last Saturday afternoon was
a successful one, and the officials were
so well pleased with It that they have
ed to make the event an annual
affair.
* * •
Emory and Mercer will hold a track
meet on May 10 at Central Park in
Macon. This will be the first time since
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lodges Work on Contest Stories
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To Announce Winners Tomorrow
T HE three judges of The Georgian’s great baseball contest—Menrs.
FYank Callaway, Charles Nunnaily and A. G. Ryan—have been
working a couple of days on the big task and announce that they
will be through by to-night.
The winners will be announced in the first edition of to-morrow’s
Georgian.
The seawn tickets will be available for distribution at once and fans
who won can get their ticket books in time to attend the game at
Ponce Wednesday afternoon.
* * • •
nr HE contest was amazingly successful. It was wonderful the num-
* ber of fans who were able to write a corking description of the
game. This made the work of the Judges tremendously difficult. It was
possible to throw out half 'Without much trouble. To < ut it again to
a quarter of the original number was not so bad But that last cut left
hundreds which were excellent.
The semi-final cut made was to fifteen
These stories were more than creditable. They were high-class de
scriptions of an imaginary game, articles some of which would have
done credit to Charles Dryden, Damon Runyon and some of the nota
bles of the baseball-writing game.
• * * *
At contestants are put on notice that the winners will be announced
in the first edition of Wednesday’s Georgian.
Grab one when they begin to roll from the press and you will learn
the fate of your story.
• ** *
QNE thing—don’t be disappointed if you lost It was a large and
classy field. Many of the competitors were semi-professionals. They
knew the game all six ways. Of course employees of any papers wer*
barred. But graduates of the newspaper game Flipped in. And so did
a lot of chaps who have never done any real writing but who arc crack-
erjacks nevertheless.
* * • •
txrATCH to-morrow’s paper for full results of the contest. If you en-
vv tered a story be sure to read the first edition for it will contain
the names of the winners.
If your name Is among the lucky one? come to the sporting editor’s
desk, second floor, Georgian office, and get your ticket book.
T HE Crackers will be home to-
• morrow morning. The Chatta
nooga team will likewise roll in
to-morrow morning. That afternoon
the Crackers and the Elberklds will
tangle in the first festivity of a three-
game joy-affair.
The chief thought in the dome of
every festive representative of the
Lookout City is to get revenge.
It will be recalled that when the
Crackers opened the season in Chat
tanooga they won three In a row.
This irritated Elberfeld and the El
berklds and the bunch come back
prepared to make trouble.
The Lookouts have been continually
strengthened for the last two weeks
und should begin to show a big im
provement.
With the Lookouts disposed of Bill
Schwartz will bring his justly cele
brated Volunteers here for three.
And that third game at Ponce with
the Vols will end the home doings
of the Crackers for a good, long while.
On April 30 the locals open in Bir
mingham and it will be May 19 be
fore they show their heads in Atlanta
again.
N EW ORLEANS, LA.. April :2.—
Pugilism Is to-day boosting
another contender for the
lightweight championship In the per
son of (’harlie White, the Chicago
whirlwind. White took on Joe Thom
as here last night and sprang the
greatest surprise here since Learn
Cross stopped Msndot by turning the
same trick on Joe Tnomas.
White stopped Thomas in the
eighth round arter making the local
boy take the count on eight differ
ent occasions in the second period.
Thomas fought back gamely after g »-
ing down in the second round, hut
could not get to the Chicago boy.
White started the third session with
rights and lefts to the jaw, and) again
Thomas went to the canvas. Thom
as regained his feet, but hardly of
fered any resistance The following
rounds were practically the same as
the first two, with White holding the
upper hand.
White started out of his corner at
the sound of the gong in the eighth.
He rushed Thomas all over the ring,
until he cornered him and force 1
Thomas’ seconds to toss in the
sponge.
RIVERSIDE WINS TWELFTH
GAME, DEFEATING DAHL0NEGA
GAINESVILLE, CIA., April 22.—
Riverside won her twelfth straight
game by defeating Dahlonega in a
close and exciting 10-inning contest
yesterday, 3 to 2.
The features of the game were the
pitching of Haynes and Jones and the
hitting >f Crow. Burr and Kent. Dah-
lonega scored two runs in the fifth on
two errors, a hunt and a single. Riv
erside tied the score in the eighth on
n hit to right by Mitchell, who took
third on Crow’s hit. Both scored on
Burr’s sharp single to center. Riv
erside won in the tenth on a hit, a
pass and a safe bunt.
MAT STARS AFTER OPPONENTS,
NEW YORK. April 22.-Managers
of the two giant wrestlers, Constant
Lemarin. the French-German, and
George Lurirh, the Russian, were
busy yesterday trying to secure
matches for their men who have been
scheduled to appear on April 30
against different opponents at the At
lantic Garden Athletic Club.
1911 that Emory has taken part in inter
collegiate athletics, and the team is de
termined to show up well on the cinder
path. A holiday will he declared at
Emory on the day of the meet, and a
large number of students will attend
* * *
Holtzendorff. of Boys High, is still
waiting for some Prep Leaguer to ac
cept his challenge for a wrestling match,
best two falls In three. He is willing
to meet any man in the Prep League,
regardless of weight.
JESS WILLARD AND SMITH
MATCHED FOR LONG BOUT
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CHICAGO, April 22. -The Cook
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official recognition to golf. The sport
in the future will he under the same
jurisdiction as baseball, football,
basket ball and other contests. A
schedule is in course of preparation,
the games to be of eighteen holes.
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