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Now Jefl Knows More About Baseball Than Frank Chance Himself
By “Bud” F her
rhit*
By Percy IT. Whiting.
ItiHE day the Southern League
| opened Bob Baugh, President of
the Birmingham Ciub. expressed
sh that every Southern League
S rector who had voted to open the
lUihern season April 10, be dress-
in a bathing suit and chained on
„f the Cracker stand. And that
brutal wish for it was cnld and
ining there.
..I, Baugh and President Prank
iway of the local club led and
-tituted the entire support of a
L m- campaign to have the Southern
,gue opening day made April IT
v were voted down solid. They
d no chance.
What was the result?
The first week of the season was
wretched as could be imagined,
d weather cut off not less than
,qo paid admissions in Atlanta on
ening day—perhaps more. All
i,and the league bad weather slash-
off 25,000 paid attendance on open-
,g dav alone. The bad weather of
", other days of the first week cost
,000 more at the lowest estimate
jhe money loss was nearly $20,000
There wasn’t any reason in the
)rld for opening early except that
few misguided moguls thought
ev wouid make money by it. Their
I,,r guess cost the league something
a 50.000 paid admissions.
I HE return of Nig Clarke to the
Southern League—Mobile has
abbed him—recalls to the minds of
lanta (ans that of the four famous
tellers sent up to big leagues by
lanta the two who looked best
roved up" worst.
The four men Atlanta sent up were
g t'larke, Sid Smith, Ed Sweeney
d Jimmy Archer.
larke and Smith looked like won
ts yet both failed swiftly in the
c leagues and came into their own
ily when they dropped back to
ss AA.
Ed Sweeney and Jimmy Archer
iprnved and developed into player.?
lose ability was out of all propor-
m to what they showed in the
uthern League.
Sweeney looked like only a fair
ospect when he was sent up. The
rt that he went to the big leagues
:ly as a cover-up is well known,
eadlly he improved. Now he is
e of the very best in civilized base-
ill.
Jimmy Archer war a nice fielding
tcher in the Southern League but
couldn’t hit. Also he looked
ghty "pindling.” Folks said he
ght be a good catcher some day,
Ihe "filled out.” He must have done
for he’s the best catcher in base-
lil to-day and last year he hit .283.
Here are the marks set by the
ur famous catchers during their
lanta days:
"Nig” Clarke.
R. H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P C.
14 36 .253 105 25 3 ,i)T6
60 117 .263 716 160 25 .072
Jim Archer.
R. H. l’.C. P.O. A. E. P C.
18 72 .254 385 133 IS .902
14 72 .224 349 100 12 .971
Ed Sweeney.
R. H. P C. P.O. A. E. P.C.
12 44 .225 344 79 7 .900
Sid Smith.
R. H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P.C.
56 137 .336 191 52 8 967
297 342 100 10 .977
280 164 58 9 .967
271 363 138 11 .960
AB.
142
441
AB.
283
321
AB.
195
D
je-
; believed that, if Finn can
handle Clarke he will do well in
Southern. When Nig was with
lanta he was under Ah Powell 7 '*
ng and “Uncle Abner” came nearer
getting a lot rf work out of him
an any man ever did.
Ah loved him like a son and treat-
him like one, though Nig wouldn't
l*e him seriously. In fact he has
(ver taken anybody hut himself se-
Kisly and that is what has ruined
career. Naturally Nig had more
Itff than any catcher who ever
lowed his head in the Southern
|ague. He has a fine snap throw.
Archer’s; a good head; is a game
ik, and when l.e wants to he can
Last year Nig played part of
season with Indianapolis, hitting
16. fielding .963 and cutting down
runners who fried to steal.
It might be added that Sid Smith’s
^position is what kept him out of
big leagues—that and a mild
^fcme-up at Cleveland. Sid couldn't
B'" baseball seriously. He isn’t
kind that lakes anything seri-
ply. If he were he would to • ■ v
pk with Archer and Sweeney
| perhaps above them. He
' more real stuff than either of
pm.
* * *
OOR old Nap Rucker, the luck
less Alpharettan! He has prob-
h' lost more well-pitched games
n any other man in the world—
even barring Walter Johnson or
Walsh, both of whom have had
> r share of the misery of trying to
along a wretched team.
Lof-k at the two games Rucker lost
the Phillies. In neither game did
team score a run for him. In
rh game he allowed the hard-hit-
>£ Phillies one run.
In many ways the Dodgers are the
,rH t team In the world. They can’t
thev can’t field much—especially
outfielders—and they are glued
the paths.
here isn’t a chance on earth that
•oklyn will have a real ball club
"ing the active career of Rucker,
'ere ; s less chance that they will
Map an long as he has anything
f All the Georgian has to look
"'‘•ard to is to take what pay he
n -Queeze out of Charley Ebbetts—
d« h isn’t must—and plug along.
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N ashville, tenn;, April. 22.—*
If w*e can manage to get any
thing like n even break of
luck, we’ll tak" a battle from Bill
Schwartz’s well known Vols this aft
ernoon. I’ll m ike that a prediction,
and you can sign my name to it.
Well 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 oflt for a bumpy
ride home, and t< -morrow afternoon
we open against Chattanooga.
We iire going to y t 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 Crackers weren’t
outlucked yesterday and generally
bumfuzzled by Un old Jinx, then 1
don’t want my pay-—and, heaven
knows, I need it.
The same goe. for the game of
Saturday.
Bill Schwartz has enough horse
shoes pinned'on him to start a horse
shoeing parlor.
We lost yesterday, 3-2, in a game
in which Nashvili'- had all the* luck
in the world—which didn’t leave us
any.
Of course, it wasn’t all luck.
Old Paul Mi: • r was wild as a
buck an l the lx b s < n balls he
allowed helped a v. mhe lot in beating
him. “Blondic” ; up oply 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 hit or
two in the pinches it would have been
easy. Bill Schwartz shot George
Reck at us. and the lad seemed to
have something on us when we need
ed a hit the w< •
There weren't a !m of features,
from Atlanta’s stand point.
Bat Graham furnished .the only real
thrills. The “Kctehin’ Kid” was
there with three hits, one a three-
bagger, and if he had only come up
ip more pinches the; i- tip telling
what would have happened. The one
time he did come un when he had a
chance to do s >mething big for the
community. Beck had one more va
cancy on bases and he filled it by
walking Pat.
.lud Daley, the Comedy Cuss,”
pulled the great fielding play of the
day, combing 111 awful wallop from
Welchonce’s bat out of the breezes as
neatly as anybody ever did.
BASEBALL ROOTING LEGAL,
RULES FRISCO ATTORNEY
SAN FRAN'i'iSi'ii., CALIF., April
22.—Baseball roofing may not be
classed us illegal among "loud and
unnecessary m; - Such in effect
is the rulll ■ y< sterday
ot the City Attorney on the protest
„f a loi a1 hospital against the pro
posed location of i nc it 1 'oast Lea
gue ball park in the vicinity of the
institution.
An ordinance designed to protect
hospitals was cited, but the Citv
Attorney held that it referred only
to street no s nt to traffic.
DERRICK TO BE OUT OF
GAME TWO MORE WEEKS
NEW YORK, April 2 2.—Chance
stated to-day that Claude Derrick,
his injured short 'top. would he out
of the game fully two weeks longer.
This means that Chance must com
plete the greatfi' pa-t of his first
month against the thi < -• hardest clubs
in the leagut wi i < I Inftt Id.
The wound - had one and Is
healing slowly. Derrick attempted
to use his hand y< swrday and in a
few minute - th.- g<- gushed out in a
stream.
DETROrr RELEA -ES SHANLEY.
DETROIT, MICH.. April 22.—In-
fielder Harry Shanley, of the Detroit
Americans, was yesterday released
to the Memphis club <-f the Southern
League under an optional agree
ment.
WHAT’S THE USE?
It is a chronic baseball fan;
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 only turns his glims on me
And answers: “What’s the score?”
“Thine uncle,’’ I go on to quotes
“Hath left thee all his cu»h.
But not the semblance of a smile
Is seen upon his mush.
Quoth I: "Thy boob! Thou Joe! Thou
nut!
Thou niakest my heart full sore.”
He turns 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 my trusts* right
And put him to the floor.
The report that Connie Mack hea of
fered $25,000 for Tyrua Cobb is Interest
ing until one hat tried to Imagine said
Connie Mack In *he 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 pMtlme, 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?
he pi
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.
Some men go from bad to worse. For
instance, there is Tommy Burns, who
has become a fight promoter.
SOMETHING EL6E 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 expectB to
pitch against Fred Merkle.
TWICE TOLD TALES.
C.amoH 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 8ox r
Is the burden of the song.
WISCONSIN FIGHT BILL
HAS MANY GOOD POINTS
MADISON. WIS. April 22.—Wis
consin will legalize ten-round fio-de-
rision boxing shown and ornate a
State non-salarled commlnnion to ku-
pervise them if a hill favorably re
ported by the Asaembly committee
on judiciary becomes a law The rec
ommendation of the committee waa
unanimous.
The commission will have a secre
tary at a salary of $1,500 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. Bach 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 yos-
terday that there was no ground
whatever for questioning the eligibil
ity <if K Norris Williams to partici
pate'! n the challenge matches for the
Davis cup as a member of the team
representing the Lnited States.
The Sunday American gees every
where all over the 8outh. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is "The Market Place of the
South." The Sunday American ia tha
best advertising medium.
Judges Work on Contest Stories
Q O © O O © ©
To Announce Winners Tomorrow
T HE thrta judges of The Georgian's great baseball contest—Meesrs.
Frank Callaway, Charles Nunnally 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 season tickets will he available for distribution at once and fans
who won can get their ticket books in time to attend the game at
Bonce 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 cut it again to
t quarter of the original number was not so bad. But that last cut left
hundred? which were excellent.
The semi-final cut made was to fifteen.
These stories were more than creditable. They were high-class de
scription? of an imaginary game, articles some of which would have
done credit to Charles Dryden, Damon Runyon and some of the nota
ble? of the baseball-writing game.
• • + *
ALL 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 it 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 employee? of any papers were
barred. But graduates of the newspaper game Hipped in. And so did
a. lot of chaps who have never done any real writing but who are crack-
erjacks nevertheless.
* * • •
IlfATCH 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 ones come to the sporting editor's
desk, second floor, Georgian office, and get your ticket book.
Bon High will play Marist Friday if
arrangements can be made. A few
weeks ago these two teams played a
ten-inning tie which has not been play
ful off yet.
# • •
Neither of the high schools have an
Important game within the next two
weeka. 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 ami end Sat
urday. It will he held on the courts
at East I-Ake.
• • •
Peacock is planning some field day
exercises this year. They will take
place at Piedmont Park the middle of
next month, and prizes will he given to
the highest individual winners and the
winning class team.
• • •
Joe Bean la working hard with his
Marist. team this week He is giving
the boys plenty of fielding practice as
well an base running
• • •
Toe 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 Royston and El-
berton, Or., have two of the strongest
nines in the Htate. These two teams
played a two-game aeries last week
which resulted in a game apiece
* * •
Davidson College has a star athlete
In Kluttii 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.) Y. M C. A.,
and resulted in an easy victory for the
collegians, 77 to 3!
* • »
Georgia Tech hae u pole-vaulter who
Is liable to take flret in that event at
the $. I A. A. meet at New Orleans
next month Polly Smith Is the hoy,
and he is doing 11 feet and bettor dally
in practice
« • *
The Boys High h.uie.hall team should
have little trouble this afternoon In de
feating O M. A Last Thursday the
high school hoys made ten rune agairiRt
two for the Cadets. Marist and Peacock
will hook up to-morrow afternoon on
the Marist diamond. This looks like
an uajsy win for Mariat.
• • *
No important games are scheduler! In
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 be 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.
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 Elberkids 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
trackers opened the season in Chat
tanooga they won three in a row.
This irritated Elberfeld and the El
berkids and the bunch come back
prepared to make trouble.
The Lookouts have been continually
strengthened for the last two weeks
and 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 local? open in Bir
mingham and it will be May 19 be
fore they show their heads in Atlanta
again.
N EW ORLEANS. LA.. April 22.—
Pugilism is to-day boosting
another contender for the
lightweight championship in the per
son of Charlie White, the Chicago
whirlwind. White took on Joe Thom
as here last night and sprang th^
greatest surprise here since Lean
Cross stopped Mandot by turning the
mime trick on Joe Thomas.
White stopped Thomas In tile
eighth round after making the local
boy take the count on eight differ
ent occasions in the second period.
Thomas fought back gamely after go
ing down In the second round, but
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 us
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 forced
Thomas’ seconds to toss in the
sponge.
JESS WILLARD AND SMITH
MATCHED FOR LONG BOUT
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.—"Gun
boat" Smith and Jess Willard, heavy
weights, have been matched tor a
20-round bout to be held here May 17,
according to announcement last
night.
GOLF IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS.
CHICAGO, April 22.—The Cook
County School Athletic Board of Con
trol, at a. meeting last night, yave
official recognition to solf. The sport
in the future will be under the same
Jurisdiction as baseball, footba'l,
basket ball and other contests. A
schodule is in course of preparation,
the games to be of eighteen holes.
Ifb
be a warm fight for Ihe pennant this
year, that much is ftSBured.
« • •
The Bf>y Bcoutn fUlrt mart at Pied
mont Park lart Saturday afterr.oon wan
a Buccenaful one ard the officials were
to troll pleased with |t that they have
<»d to make the event an annual
affa Ir.
* « *
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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RIVERSIDE WINS TWELFTH
GAME, DEFEATING DAHL0NEGA
GAINESVILLE, GA.. April 22.—
Riverside won her i ■ straight
game by defeating Di.alon i in i
close and exciting Jo-inni;;,; contff-6
yesterday, 3 to 2.
The features of tie- g • were t \
pitching of Haj ne« 1 I
hitting if « t >w,
lonega scored two i on
two errors, a hunt and . Riv
erside tied the scoi* it .ith oil
a hit to right i>
third on <’row’s hit. uvd on
Burr’s sharp slngi<- t<» < ■ r. Riv
erside won In the ten h on .i. hit, a
pass and a safe Dm
MAT STAR8 ENTS.
NEW YORK, April
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