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ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, APRIL 27,
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THIS IS WELCHONCE, A
DEMON CLEAN-UP MAN
Schwartz’s Men Fall Upon Brady
and Musser in Fourth and
Win Game.
DEFEAT WAS LONG OVERDUE
Crackers Won Three Lucky Ones
in Row and Had a Good Beat
ing Coming to Them.
B\ Percy IT. Whiting.
* PLANT A celebrated Memorial
A Day with a most immemorial
^ ball game. Before a crowd
which iad done honor to the heroes
of the gray and which had then re-
paired to the ball park to pay homage
to a great ball club, the Atlanta team
whs lngloriously defeated by the
Nashville club, 10 to 6.
This defeat had been coming to the
Oraekers since last Tuesday night. On
Tuesday afternoon they overwhelmed
tic Volunteers and returned home.
They, then tried their level durndest
to throw three ball games at the
shrinking heads of the flabbergasted
l ookouts. And three times the Look
outs refused to win.
The Volunteers showed no such re
luctance yesterday. They went out
and won it in the first. They lost it
Jr. the second. Then they went back
in the fourth and won It so it stayed
won.
* *
THE Crackers are a great ball club
1 these days—except pitchers. In
■ : ast thru*' days it has taken two
o three pitchers for a game—and
then the batters have had to win it—
and run wild to do it. Yesterday ev
erything went according to schedule
until Rid Scharwtz viciously stuck in
Karl Flehartv. the famous slow-ba’l-
- a a
beat the Crackers.
B EFORE b;ll Smith sent in Brady
he admitted that “Diamond
James” had a sore whip. However
Pi:;, had neither alternative nor pitch-
e’\ So he sent in James. This wor
thy escaped alive up to the fourti.
Then the Vols batted him to retire
ment and played such havoc with
Musser’s curves that they scored 8
runs. It was a hideous inning, chiefly
iu able for the fact that, while it was
in progress, Clayton Perry made two
hits.
After tlie fourth Musser allowed
0! iy one more hit and no more runs.
H 1 was a shade wild, but looked like
* pit-her. and a blamed good one.
* * *
'PHE Crackers batted Case out of
' the box ill the first. They batted
Mu Manus out in the second. Then
PLdinrty went to work and the scor
ing was mostly over for the clay. In
■iit* sixth, by dint of great exertion,
not to mention a three-bagger and
two singles, the Crackers' slipped over
one tally.
* * *
A CROWD that filled every otie of
-*-* the 7.400 seats in the stands and
overflowed onto the field saw the
« niel conflict. If it had not been for
fain ail Lie morning and wretched
'•old in tiic afternoon there is no
earthly tolling what the crowd would
have been.
The bleacher fans nulled one at the
expense of the 50-cent crowd. Before
the game started they left the bleach-
• - in large numbers, circled the oiv-
Mde of the playing field and by the
hundreds piled into the smoker seats.
Later, when people who had paid
their .70 cents for seats arrived thev
found all the seating space occupied
Welchonce Explains Six Secrets
of His Phenomenal Success
With Willow.
HAS NEVER HIT BELOW .304
Crackesr’ Leading Batsman Once
Made 6 Hits in One Game.
14 in One Series.
By Percy H. Whiting.
H enry monroe welchaxce
ought to be entitled to
tell ball players how to
bat. Considering that during the
four years he has been In
baseball, he has been hitting for
a grand average of .316 and consider
ing that he has never batted for a
lull season below .304 and because
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Turns in a Net 70 Card in First
of Tournaments Held at the
Athletic Club Course.
ROWAN MAKES BEST GROSS
Struggle for Vice President’s Cup
Brings Out Sixty-four Crack
Performers.
A
S IXTY-FOUR players teed off yes
terday in the qualifying round of
the handicap tournament held
over the course of the Atlanta Ath
letic Club for the vice president’s tro
phy offered by Henry W. Davis. Of
this number ten failed to return cards
and so only three bights were filled.
T. L. Ingram led the field with 93.
less his handicap of 28. which gave
him a n.'t 70. H. \V. P. Cowee was a
close second, being only one stroke
behind the leader. W. H. Rowan had
the best gross score, with 84.
The scoring was exceedingly good
on an average, as it took a net 79 to
get into the first flight and an 83 to
get into the second.
The qualifying scores u c as fol
lows :
Qualifying Scores.
Cross Hand' • Net
SMASHING OUT A KIT.
GRABBING A HOT ONE.
H
ERE are the full figures on the
furious conflict, and they show
exactly how it all happened:
Nashville. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Bailey, If. . . 4 2 2 1 0 0
Goalby, 2b. . . 3 1 0 6 1 0
Callahan, cf. .51 2100
Perry. 3b. ... 7, 2 3 0 1 1
Bmiwartz. lb. . . 5 0 2 4 1 0
James, rf. . . . 4 1 1 3 0 0
Lind ray, ss. . . 5 1 0 4 2 0
Noyes, c 2 1 0 0 3 1
Case, p o 0-0 o 10
McManus, p. . . o 0 o o 1 0
Ulehartv . . ;; ] \ o 2 0
.36 1 u
po.
15
Atlanta.
Agler, 1b. .
Cperman, 2
Welchonce, t
Bailey. If. .
Keating, if.
Loner, rf
Smith, 3b.’
Dobard, ss.
Graham, c,
Brady, p. .
Musser, p.
Totals ... .36 6 14
Score by innings:
Nashville 200 800 000—10
Atlanta 230 001 000— 6
Summary: Two-base hit—Brady.
• h ree-base hits—Graham. Callahan.
Dobard. Double plav—Dobard to A!-
perman to Agler. Innings pitched—
py Case 2-3. McManue 1. Flehartv
d ’ ® ra< * y Musser 6. Struck out
By McManus 2. Fleharty 2, Musser
- Bases on balls—Off Fleharty 2.
Musser 4. Sacrifice' hits—Goalby,
Welchonce. Long. Time—2:03. Um
pires—Kerin and Breitenstein.
PIRATE PLAYERS USE- 43
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TONS 0FSWAT STICKS
F1TTSRURG, Ajjril 26. A star «-
■ Person has figured out that til*’
’ s uaeu by th™ Pirates in the 24
they have been in the- 1>L
retirement 1.3.9,060 ounces, .r
he led the Southern League batters
last year, it is suspected that Henry
knows something about swatting.
Here are Welchonce’s rules for hat
ting .success:
1. Don’t try to call the turn or
the pitcher.
2. Watch the ball up. If it is goco,
smash it.
3. Hit with a choked bat.
4. Take lots of bunting practice,!
it teaches you to hit toward tho ]
ground, not up in the air.
5. Believe in yourself and your !
hitting ability.
6. Hit the old pill. >
There is Harr,- Welchoncefs phi’. • j
c,sophy of hatting—the six rules that
have made him the most dreaded bat
ter in the Southern .League.
* * *
B ASEBALL experts believe that
when the season shakes down to
normal it will be found that Harry
Bailey and Harry Welchonce are out
in front, fighting for the batting
leadership of the league. They have
both started big and they are both
natural sluggers. It is a cinch that
Bailey will have.-to go ’.ike mad t.
beat Welchonce. for he is one of the
greatest natural batters the league
ever saw—a man who ranks with Joe
Jackson, Tris Speaker and some of
the other mighty sluggers who have
graced the top of the Southern
League's batting averages.
Sporting Food
GEORGE E. PHAIR
THE MARAtHON.
Bel find his window bars stood one' in-
, sane,
rtTul gazed upon the fields of green,
ShaoDficd and chained ho -stood and
looked in vain {
Upon U)(5. silent s]k:U.<' t of the
scene.
WELCHONCE IS A HITTER
Here is the full record of Harry Welchonce, the best batter in the
Pouthern League:
Year. Club.
1912 Nashville
1911 Phillies
1911 Nashville . . .
1910 South Bend .
1910 Steubenville
G. 1 Ab,
R : H.iTB
SH
SB PC. PO
I A.!
123 471
63 157 196
16
24.325 249
10,
17! 66:
7 1 14' 18'
1
0 .212 25
1
81 302i
411 92130
11
9.304 161
9
125 4817
5911511214!
17
17 ,315|167
20
113,425!
41 136
19
20.320 14'
13
| —! -4,213 550 538
58
70.315i743
54
5.981
2! .929
6.977
75.964
4.975
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
HEAVING BALL HOME,
Memphis-GruLs Game ;
Stopped by Storm j
Turtles Have Lead, 2 to 1, When)
Rain Halts Contest—Ward
May Lose $50.
And :is be locked there staggered down
the road
A youth, half clad, with sweat upon
ilia * 'row.
It seemed its if ho bore a h*uvy load;
Each foot seemed heavy aa a dredg
ing scow.
Tlie Nut spake up unto the nearby
guard:
“What makes yon fellow toil this
blessed day?
What makes him beat it down the pike
jo hard
And streSv his perspiration on the
way?”
TJVRRY Welchonce broke into base-
n ball via the manager route. He
was a city league manager before he
was a minor league player.
The Southern League’s big slugger
was born November 20, 1S'■**T at North'
Point, Pa.
You say you never heard
Point? Well, neither did
else.
It is a fine little burg,
fn?h!!.'v i Kissinger will pitch for the
vl ' I against Cavet and Berger for tl
MEMPHIS, TENN.. April 26.—A
rainstorm stopped the initial game
of the Mobile-Memphis series after
two and one-third innings had been
played with the local club in the lead
by a score of 2 to 1. Kissinger was
pitted against Cavet on the mound.
Both pitchers were hit hard, the
visiting batsmen making three hits in
two innings as against four by the
home team. In the first inning Third
Baseman Ward hit a sign board
which ordinarily nets the player $60,*
As the game was stopped before it
had gone the prescribed five innings
there was some discussion as to the
validity of the slam.
The postponed game will be played
to-morrow when the series will be re-
! sumed with a double bill. Kroh* and
locals
the visi-
j tors. Manager Finn announced that
Nig Clarke would join the club here.
90 mile
north of Pittsburg and it boasts a I
population of 500. That is. it did be-
iSTANAGE IS ENVIOUS OF
years ago, traveling to Greenville. GABBY STREET’S RECORD
Pa,, where Harry still resides in wm-
ter
Greenville is » tight little burg of
8,000 inhabitants located on the Bes
semer and Lake Lrie Railway.
A
FTER getting good public school
education Welchonce went to
work for the B. and L. IS. R. R. He
started as handy lad around the train
dispatcher's office and gradually) pull off the stunt on the ouiet, for-
‘ v‘ . . : ) V. .. I ..... .. I I intr inti irtll thi* nil ! i • i r ! ho
DETROIT. MICH., April 26. When
the Detroit Tigers get to Washington
June 7, for a series of four games,
Oscar Stallage will be prepared to
attempt to catch a ball thrown from
the top of the Washington Monu
ment. Furth. rmore. lie will try to
.130
or 43 tons
r»f wood.
worked his way up until he became
an operator. _ . _ . ,
The Bessemer and Lake Erie of
fices had a team in the Greenville
Citv League, and -Harry was named
manageu. Also he played first base
T n the «ity league the Southern
League’s champion annually slugged
the ball .400 or better and his team
regularly won the pennant.
Along in 1908 Welchonce was play
ing so^sensationally that he began
to attract attention. E. K. Clepper. j
lowlier < the Sharon team,/heard oil
Welchonce, went out to see him play,
!iked his work and signed him. Be- I
j }v, r ,. Welchonce ioined the club,, how- !
j vr : i was transferred to Steuben- !
i q d ial o. I
Continued on Page Six.
getting to inform the public, th<
scribes and the camera men. After
talking with “Gabby” Street in Chat
tanooga this spring, the Tigers’
heavyweight receiver feels like test
ing his own ability for his own edifi
cation.
“I don’t want the fame particular
ly,” says Stanage, “bu I want to see
if I can work the trick. Street tells
ine that it is some feat to catch a
ball thrown from such a height. I’ve
got interested enough to try it my
self. that’s all.”
WESTERN LEAGUE.
s City, !•: Omaha.
.VI fine
"Yon fellow labors not," 'he guard
replied.
“There is no tyrant hand to scourge
him on.
He loves to hike across the country
side—
.It is a game they call the Mara
thon.’’
Once more he gazed upon the fields
of green.
And on the youth who toiled across
the lea,
His laugh rang loud upon the silent
scene:
“Say, bo!” he cried, “cotne on In
here with me!”
Statistics show that Stanislaus
Zbyszko wears a 22 collar. There i;i
an unconfirmed run.or that h« wears
a r> hat.
Score cards are handed out, gratis,
in the St. Louis ball yarns. This is to
prevent the management from being in
dicted for obtaining money under false
pretenses.
As a second baseman Ha! Chase ap
pears to be a perfectly good first
sacker.
ACCENTS. «
“The racing game,’’ the horseman said,
“Will soon be going on.’’
The hookies are all confident,
With the accent on the “con.”
Boxir.g under commission is a success
i.1 some regions, but it smites us that
wrestling belongs under the supervision
of the Board of Health.
The lid Is on the boxing game in
Michigan, hut all is not lost. There is
r«o lid on the free lunch. P. S. When
we mention free lunch we have no
reference to Rudy Unholz. Rudy and
free lunch have .severed diplomatic re
lations.
Stolen bases Ainsworth (2), Shanks.
Milam3), McBride, Morgan. The same
being merely an excerpt from a box
score proving Frank Chance’s conten
tion that Sweeney is as good a back
stop as Archer.
College debaters have decided that
summer baseball is not all to the mus
tard. as it were, but the fact that it is
subject for debate shows the trend of
the times.
We note by the public press that the
Naps th nk the/ wiiI win the American
League pennant. Under our constitution
.-•t'zens have the privilege of thinking.
BARONS. 5 LOOKOUTS, 3.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA., April 36.-
In a game featured with ixtia-biuje
hits, the Baron.- won from the Look
outs to-day by a b.ore -of 5 to 3.
Uhappelle’s indifferent work u-s the
cause of his i^moval. When told to
Retire by Klborfeld he threw the bail
on the ground in a temper. Troy
Showed good form. The weather was
cold. 'Piie score;
Birmingham, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Mu roan, 2 b. . . 4 1 1 1 3 0
Messenger, rf. .3 0 0 0 0 0
Bcdus. cf. . . 2 1 0 1 0 0
McBride, If. .3 0 1 3 1 0
McGilvray. lb.. 1 0 0 15 1 1
Carroll, 3b. . . 4 0 I 1 4 0
Ellam, ss. . . 1 2 2 1 4 0
Mayer, o. . 4 1 2 4 2 0
Ilardgrove, p .10 0 12 0
Totals ....26 5 7 27 17 1
Chattanooga, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Coyle, lb. ... 4 0 1 3 1 0
Flick, 2b. ... 4 1 2 5 0 0
King. cf. ... 1 0 0 5 0 0
Elberfeld, 3b. .4 0 2 I 2 0
Elston, rf. . . 4 0 1 2 0 0
Harbison, ?s. . ' o 0 1 1 0
Massey. If. 3 2 0 3 0 0
Street, ... 2 o 2 4 2 0
Chappeile, p. . 2 0 0 o 1 0
Troy, p. . . . 1 o 0 o 0 0
Totals . .
Score b\ ij
Birmingham
< ’hattanooga
PELICANS. 9; BILLIKENS, 8.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. April 20.—
Eight €ivofs and half a dozen long
hits featured the first of the Peliean-
Billiken series here to-day, marking
the return of the New Orleans team
from its first road .trip. After two
were down in the seventh, Manusli
held a ball at third, let a man slide
under him and prance home. That
started the rally, netting the Mont
gomery team five runs. Also Manush
made two other costly errors during
th«- game. The score:
New Orleans, ab. r.
h.
Hendrix, cf. . . 5 2
Stevenson, rf. . 4 1
Clancy, 2b. ... 5 3
Manush, 3b. . . 4 2
Spencer, If.. . . 3 0
Snedecor, lb.. . 3 1
Knaupp, ss. . . 3 0
Yanz. c 3 0
Bren ton, p. . . 3 0
Totals ... .33 9
Montgomery, ab. r.
Breen, rf. ... 3 1
Wares', 2b. ... 3 1
Spratt, ss. ... 5 0
Elvvert, 3b..
Sloan, rf. .
i Jantzen, if..
Tarleton, lb
Donahue, c.
(’. Brown, p.
Bagby, p.
Name.
T. L. Ingram
H. I ’. D. Co wee
Walton Griffith ..
I Scott Hudson . ..
j FI. Clay Moore . ..
(’. J. Holditch
J. O. Smtih
L. H Beck
c. V. Rainwater ..
H. C. Heinz
J. S. Ruine
E. T. Winston . ..
W. J. Tilson
W. C. Holleyman
D. E. Root
C. B. Mott
R. E. Trippe
W. H. Rowan
R. I*. Jones
E. G Ballinger ...
Straston Hard . . .
W. Markham
J. Burton
L. D. Scott
G. W. Adair
D. Brown
W. P. Hazelwood
G. A. Nicolson ..
J. C. Harris ......
W. <}. Humphrey
L. 1). Scott
J. D. Kby
A. Davidson
'G. Gididng- . . .
W. *Warren
W. F. Spalding . .
Frank Adair
E. G. Ottley
W. F. Upshaw .. .
T. B. Fay
H. H. Albert ....
C. E. Corwin ...
Frank Holland . ..
W. L. Tichenor . .
C. A. Thornton . .
C P. King
H. W. Davis
J. C. MeMichael .
C. M. Solfrlo ....
Milt Saul
R .T. Morris
('. F. Rose
J D. Leitner
E. G. Beaudry ...
C. B. Howapfl . . .#
Score, cap. Score
. 98 23 70
TECH IN CLOSE’
STRUGGLE, 5-4
Victors Sect i I our R jns in First
Two Innings—Heisman
Shifts Infield.
EUBANKS FACES STEVENSON
Boneheaded Base Running and
Poor Fielding Cause of Defeat.
Losers Rally at Finish.
Bv J. VY. Heisuiiau.
T USCALOOSA, ALA., April 26.
Alabama defeated Tech here
to-day, 5 to 4. by scoring foil
runs in the first two innings.
On account of the ragged work by
the Tech infield yesterday, Montague
was placed on second base, while
Fielder was put on third. The com
blnation worked fairly well.
"Speedy" Eubanks pitched a fair
game, but lie has himself partly vo
blame for the defeat. He mode two
miserable errors and was helped along
some by Lh< loose work of Donaldson
and T. Montague,
After Alabama scored two runs in
the first and two in the second, th
Yellow Jackets pushed over their fir.-:
tally in the oixtb. Two timely hit*
brought over the run. ’’' Vi hit heav
ily in the early part c«.vhe combat,
but could not bunch its safeties.
Tlie Ye’ o\v 2a< I-*- * scored one r . i
in each of the final three inning*.
Eubanks tightened up near the finish
and for a time it looked as if his
teammates might cure enougi
runs to tie up the score. Flo wove .
they fell one run short.
741 McDowell, Joplrn and G.uisa weiv
the stars for th*- homo boy.. To
I* Mad the bases full in the last inning.
75 j when the side was retired by a closl*
76 j decision at first base. Bone-headed
base running by a number of the Y v
low Jackets contributed materially
their downfall.
Ill 100 elx-
."01 ""1 loo-
4 1
4
« l
4 1
0
S
1
.."00 020 501
Famm y: Stolen n;i-< .- .VI, Bride.
Massey. Two-base hits—Ellam, 2;
Flick, Elber.’d T'nree-<base hits —
Mayer. Coyle. Street. Double plays—
Marcan to Ellam to McGilvray. Struck
out—By Hardgrove, 3; by (’happelle.
i : by Troy. 1. Bases on balls—Off
Troy, 4. Hit by pitched ball By
Hard gr< >ve, M a s - <• y. Pa ss ed ball
Mayer. Innings pitched—Hy Hard-
grove. 9; by (’happelle. 4; by Troy,
4. Hits — off Hardgrove, off (‘hap
pelle, 6; off Troy. 1. Sacrifice hits—
Messenger, Hardgrove, 2: Street.
Time—1:50. Umpire Stockdale and
Pfenning ;er.
GIL B0AG PURCHASES
NEW YORK BOXING CLUB
NEW YORK. April 26.—Oil Boa*,
iii<tnagur of “One Round” Hogan, lias
Purchased the Forty-fourth Street
Sporting Club, which has its head
quarters in the New Amsterdam Op
era House, from John Reisler, known
to some ae “John the Barber.” H«
managed th* Madison A. <\. at Sul -
zer's Harlern River < 'u»ino. which
Totals . . . .36
Score by Inning
Montgomery ..
New Orleans 210 032 01*—9
Summary: Two-base hits—Hendrix,
Sloan. Three-base hit Sloan. Bases
on balls ' )ff Brenton. 6; off Brown.
1. Wild pitches- -Brown, Bagby. Hit
by pitched ball By Brown. Snedecor.
AD THROUGH WITH LONG
BOUTS; TO BOX IN EAST
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April 26.
Ad Wolgast has dismissed all
thoughts of battling for the light
weight championship from his mind.
At least for some time to come. He
may again make advances in that
direction, but the possibility is very
remote. Ad to-dav declared he is
through with the long bouts and that
hereafter will content himself with
| ten-round affairs. He seems to real-
j i/.e that his best ring days are over,
; but he has so many offers from the
, East for short encounters that he is
: going to ke<»T) right on battling.
ANGELES RELEASE JOHNSON.
LOS ANGELES. April 26. The L.»«
I Auge! - Hub of . the J J acitlc Coast
The score
Tech.
Montague, rf. . . 5
Pound, If. ... 5
’ ■'jPittu, cf. ... 5
F. L. Mtgue, 2b. 4
Witheringtoi .c. 4
Amazon, lb. . . 4
Eubanks, p. . . 4
Moore, 3b. . . . 2
Donaldson, sh. . 3
Fielder, 3b. ... 2
ab.
1 12
S3 i
s::!
Totals . . .
Alabama.
Joplin, ss. ,
McDowell. If
Peebles, cf.
Moosa. lb. . .
Nathan, rf. .
Moody. 2b.
Longshore. 8b
Wells, c, . .
Stevenson, p.
Yandergraff, i
. 88
ab. r. h. po.
.'4 12
Totals .
88 | Score b> i
s * j Alabama ..
*4 I Tech
84 1 Suimnarv :
4
! 4
B
. 22U 001 OuO—
.000 001 lit—
on balls—Off El;
841 bank' 1 J . off Stevenson l, off’Vandc-
>Lit—By Eubanks t
85 gralY 1. Struck out—By !
si. by Stev ens 5. Unt; ire—Bl
HJJjWAKE FOREST BATTLES
•Sc, RIVERSIDE TO DRAW, 6-6
ni
Jil GAINESVILLE. GA.. April 26.
After winning 15 straight game.*.
N‘ s I Wake Forest came mighty near break
Jing Riverside’s long streak this afl-
I ernoon here, when the twej teams
y(, l played to a nine-tnning 6-6 tie. The
game was slow and marred by con-
98 tinual wrangling. Heavy hitting on
92 the part of both teams was the pro-
91 gram of the day, with some sensation-
95 al catches on the side.
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