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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, TUESDAY, APRIL 22. 1013.
I! OPENING
Percy H. Whiting.
blE day the Southern League
| opened Bob Baugh, President of
the Birmingham Club, expressed
Ijch that every Southern League
T,or who had voted to open the
I:., rn season April 10, be dress-
„ , bathing suit and chained on
■of the Cracker stand. And that
I brutal wish for it was cold and
Ins there.
Ha ugh and President Frank
_ ,,f the local club led and
■tinned the entire support of a
mpaign to have the Southern
uo opening day made April 17
wel -e voted down solid. They
[no chance.
|> t was the result?
i first week of the season was
.■retched as could be Imagined,
[weather cut off not less than
paid admissions in Atlanta on
|lng day—perhaps more. All
, . til league bad weather slash-
m. 25 ( oil paid attendance on open-
1, one. The bad weather of
Tot her (lavs of the first week cost
If) more at the lowest estimate,
i money loss was nearly $20,(100.
|n’ n . wasn't any reason in the
for opening early except that
misguided moguls thought
. would make money by It. Their
J guess cost the league something
150,000 paid admissions.
return of Nig Clarke to the
Ifouthern League—Mobile has
|bed him—recalls to the minds of
hta lans that of the four famous
sent up to big leagues by
tta the two who looked best
led up" worst.
|e four men Atlanta sent up were
■ Clarke, Sid Smith, Ed Sweeney
■Jimmy Archer.
Trke and Smith looked like won-
I yet both failed swiftly in the
leagues and came into their'own
when they dropped back to
i AA.
. Sweeney and Jimmy Archer
bved and developed into playera
le ability was out of all propor-
[to what they showed in the
kiern League.
leeney looked like only a fair
Beet when he was sent up. The
■that he went to the big leagues
T as a cover-up is well known.
Jiily he improved. Now he is
If the very best in civilized base-
nmy Archer war a nice fielding
ter in the Southern League but
louldn’t hit. Also he looked
Ity "pindling." Folks said he
|t be a good catcher some day,
"filled out.” He must have done
ft- he’s the b'est catcher in base-
[to-day and last year he hit .283.
are the marks set by the
famous catchers during their
|ita days:
"Nig” Clarke.
I \B. R. H. P C. T.O. A. E. P C.
1142 14 36 .253 105 25 3 .076
I 444 60 117 . 263 716 169 25 .972
Jim Archer.
i. R. H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P C.
! 18 72 .254 385 133 18 .962
14 72 .224 349 100 12 .971
Ed Sweeney.
15 H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P C.
. 12 44 .225 344 79 7 .960
Sid Smith.
IS H. P.C. P.O. A. E. P.C.
56 137 .336 191 52 8 .967
39 118 .297 342 100 10 .977
40 118 .280 164 58 9 .967
32 133 .271 363 138 11 .960
| believed that. If Finn can
lb Clarke he will do well in
^■Southern. When Nig was with
■ he was under Ab Powell’s
and "Uncle Abner” came nearer
Bating a lot i f work out of him
any man ever did
iustwl him like a son and treat -
|m like one, thougTi Nig wouldn’t
him seriously. In fact he has
J 1 taken anybody but himself se-
Bly and that is what has ruined
»areer. Naturally Nig had more
than any catcher who ever
his head in the Southern
■ue. He has a fine snap throw,
■Archer's; a good head; is a game
■ an d when he wants to he can
L.ist year Nig played part of
■eason with Indianapolis, hitting
"1 fie! ling .968 and cutting down
humors who tried to steal
Imight be added that Sid Smith’s
Tuition is what kept him out of
■big leagues—that and a mild
je-uj) at Cleveland. Sid couldn’t
B baseball seriously. He isn’t
B kin(i that takes anything seri-
If he were he would to-day
with Archer and Sweeney
J'naps above them. He started
more real stuff than either of
JOR old Nap Rucker, the luck
Alpharettan! He has prob
■ lost more well-pitched games
■ any other man in the world—
■^yen barring Walter Johnson or
•'aish, both of whom have had
| ?hare of the misery of trying to
jaiong a wretched team.
■ bli?* two £ ames Rucker lost
H e Phillies, in neither game did
■■eam score a run for him. Ii
he allowed the hard-hit
■ Phillies one run.
■ many ways the Dodgers are the
P team in the world. They can’t
, ( '^ n t A el(i much—especially
— ^utflelders—and they are glued
■P* paths.
hre isn’t a chance on earth that
r ly J V '-’M have a real ball club
, th * active career of Rucker,
r ' s less.chance that they will
Iah* 8 lon * as has an ything
I Ai] the Georgian has to look
r rd to is to take w'hat pay I
Freeze out of Charley Kbbetts
II lf, n t must—and plug along
Now Jeff Knows More About Baseball Than Frank Chance Himself
By “Bud” Fisher
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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 sign 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 Crackers 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 Schwartz has 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 hit 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 play of the
day, combing an awful wallop from
Welchonce’s bat out of the breezes as
neatly as anybody ever did.
Sporting Pood
-By GEORGE E. PHAIR^
WHAT’S THE USE?
It is a chronic baseball fan:
I bring him gladoome newa
Methink* the tidings I have brought
Will cause him to enthuse.
Quoth I: “Thou haat been left some
kale—
A million bones or more!’’
He only turns his glims on me
‘ ' : “W1
And answers:
vhat’s the score?”
"Thineuncl©,” I go^ on to quote,
“Hath left thee all hU 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 aore.”
He turns a vacant lamp on me
And answers: “What’e the score?”
At last I conjure up a way
To tempt the wild-eyed gink,
uoth I in aooents light and p
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 trusty right
And put him to the floor.
The report that Connie Mack haa of
fered $25,000 for Tyrus Cobb ia Interest
ing until one haa tried to Imagine said
Connie Mack In the act of prying him
self looae from $25,000.
There are various methods of gaining
one of
money under false pretenses,
which ts to insure a wrestler for
$10,000.
We are informed by various experts
that John McGraw’s strength lies in hi*
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, ia 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 tne slave?
If we could have believed the press
agent, Mr. Wotgaat was almoat a physi
cal wreck. Likewise, Mr. Wolgaat 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 worae. For
instance, there la Tommy Burns, who
has become a fight promoter.
SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
A baseball plnyer 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.
BASEBALL ROOTING LEGAL,
RULES FRISCO ATTORNEY
SAN FRANCISCO., CALIF., April
22.—Baseball rooting may not be
classed aa illegal among "loud and
unnecessary noises." Such In effect
is the 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
£° h n t /ake Calomel Salt*, Oils or
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NEW YORK, April 22.—Chance
stated to-day that Claude Derrick.
hl« injured short stop, would be out
of the game fully two weeks longer.
This mean- that Chance must com
plete the greater part of his first
month against the three hardest clubs
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.—In
fielder Harry Shanley. of the Detroit
Americans, was yesterday released
to the Memphis club of the Southern
League under an optional agree
ment.
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.
lodges Work on Contest Stories
G O © © O © ©
To Announce Winners Tomorrow
T HE three judges of The Georgian’s great baseball contest—Messrs.
Frnnk 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 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.
rr HE contest was amazingly successful. It was wonderful the num-
* her of fans who were able to write a corking description of the
game. This made the work of the judges tremendously dlftirult. It was
possible to throw out half "without much trouble. To cut it again to
a quarter of the original number was not so bad. But that last cut left
hundreds which were excellent.
Tha 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.
A LL contestants are put on notice that tile winners w ill 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 employees of any papers were
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 are crack-
erjacks nevertheless.
SIX CONTESTS
VirATCH to-morrow’s paper for full results of the contest. If you en-
v * 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.
PREP LEAGUE NOTES
Boys High will play Marlst Friday if
^rra-ngemenis can be made. A few
weeks ago these tw/> teams played a
ten-inning tin which has not been play
ed off yet.
Neither of the high schools have an
the
Important game within the next two
weeks. Tech High will play some prac
tice games with Georgia Tech this week
Boys High will aln
and Boys High will also meet the Jack
ots 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 he held on the courts
at East l>a.ke.
TWICE TOLD TALES.
Games may come and game* 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 hv day
As the ticker sings its tune
When the singles coma in flocks.
And the swats are loud and long,
“Walsh now* pitching for the Sox”
ien of the
Is the burden
he song.
WISCONSIN FIGHT BILL
HAS MANY GOOD POINTS
Peacock is planning some field day
exercises this year. They will take
place at Piedmont Park the middle of
next month, and prises will be given to
the highest individual winners and the
winning class team.
Joe Bean ‘is working hard with his
^ek.
f pvinj
ce a:
well as base running
Joe says there will be no repetition
of the ragged work shown by his men
in tha 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
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 Elberklde 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 E!-
berklds and the bunch come back
prepared to make trdible.
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 80 the locals open in Bir
mingham and it will be May 19 be
fore they show their heads in Atlanta
%gain.
RIVERSIDE WINS TWELFTH
GAME, DEFEATING DAHL0NEGA
STOPS THOMAS
ITI
N EW ORLEANS, LA., April L2.—
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 the
greatest surprise here since Lea .n
Cross stopped Mandot by turning the
same trick on Joe Thomas.
White stopped Thomas in the
eighth round after 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, 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
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 forced
Thomas’ seconds to toss in the
sponge.
path.
large number of students will attend.
ng fo
cept his challenge for a w
best two falls in three
regardless of weight.
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JESS WILLARD AND SMITH
MATCHED FOR LONG BOUT
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.—“Gun-
boat” Smith and Jess Willard, heavy
weights, have been matched for 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, gave
official recognition to golf. The sport
in the future will be under the same
Jurisdiction as baseball, footbaU,
basket ball and other contests. A
schedule is in course of preparation,
the games to be of eighteen holes.
GAINESVILLE, GA., April 22.—
Riverside won her twelfth straight
game by defeating IJahlonega in a
close and exciting 10-inning contest
yesterday, 3 to 2.
The features of the gam© were the
pitching of Haynes and Jones and the
hitting )f (’row, Burr and Kent. Dah-
lonega scored two runs in the fifth on
two errors, a bunt and a single. Riv
erside tied the score in the eighth on
a 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 Enrich, 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.
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The high schools of Hoyston and Kl-
berton. Gn . have two of the Htrnngest
nines In the State. These two teams
played a two-game series last week
which resulted In a game apiece
MADISON, WIS, April 22.—Wis
consin will legalize ten-round no-de-
elsion boxing shows and create a
State non-salaried commission to su
pervise them if a bill favorably 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 21,600 who Is to
devote his entire time to hi* work.
Licenses Issued to boxing clubs are
to cost from $25 to *800, 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 Sundsy American goes every-
* ‘h. If
where all over the South. If you havo
anything to *«H Ths Sunday Amer
ican it "The Market Pl»ce of the
South.” The Sunday American i* th*
best advertising medium.
Davidson Coller« ha« a star athlf.te
in Klutta In a mf*»t last wuek 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
collegian*, 77 to 31
Georgia Tech haul a nole-vaulter who
.bfe to take flr»t in
is liable to take flr»t fn that event at
the S. I A. A. meet et. New .Orleans
next month. Polly Hmith is the boy,
and he is doing 11 feet and better daily
in practice
The Boys High baseball team should
“ “ “rounle
have little trouble this afternoon In de
featlng G M. A. Last Thursday the
high school boys made ten runs against
two fc*r the Cadets Marist and Peacock
will book up to-morrow afternoon on
the Mftriat diamond. This looks like
an ea*y win for Marist.
No important games are scheduled in
tho Prep League until the first week
In Mav. Then Boys High and Marist
will fight it out. Later cm Tech High
and Boys High will clash. There, will
be a warm fight for the pennant this
year, that much is assured.
The Boy Seoul* field meet at Pied
mont Park last Saturday afternoon was
a succescful one, and the officials were
so well with it that they have
• td 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 b© the first time since
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