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> If THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1013. n What’s the Use Knowing the Law y Anyway? Copyrlfilil. 1913, International Now* S«rvi< By J. Swinnerton rr^IlE 1 *° Mipj National Commission ha gone out of its way to give T Cobb the worst of it. At its meeting - yesterday it did the Inevitable—reinstated him and fined him $50, which was fair enough—but in addition it launched a tirade, both unfair and ridiculous, against the fa mous Georgian. The commission declared that Cobb's acticns were such as to break down the rules of discipline, and wen- harmful to the game’s interests. Th ‘v said — That he ‘‘issued ultimatums through the press.” That lie tried to “arouse public sen* tirrent in his favor.” That lie has been “guilty of viola tions of the essential regulations of his c!ub.” That "his public conduct * * * i s toe well known,” etc. Friends of the greatest baseball player in the world are incensed .i gainst the National Commission for its unfair and unjustified tirade. Bar ring Cobb's attack on a spectator last year, it rsr known that he has not com mitted any serious breaches of base ball rults. The charge that he “is sued ultimatums” is unfair and un true. Such statements as he actually issued were extremely guarded. In flammatory utterances credited to him were largely put in his mouth by space-grafting correspondents. It is not unlikely that ihis attack on Cobb will stir up the Georgia dele gation in Congress, and that it will result in the pressing of the investi gation of the so-called “baseball trust” and of the charge that baseball players are virtually in peonage. The full text of the Baseball Com mission’s statement follows: Here Is the Statement. Player Tyrus Cobb, who avers that lu was not aware that his status was affected by his failure to report at the start of its 1913 pennant race to the Detroit team, of which he has been a member for several seasons, on April 25 notified the commission that he liad entered the service of that club with the request that he be de- . dared to be in good standing. "It appears that the player’s failure to report to the Detroit club was due to inability to agree on terms with that club. Subsequently to the begin ning of the American League season, however, after a brief conference with the president of his club. the?e differ ences were amicably adjusted. If the only question Involved were the com pensation of the player, the commis sion would have been inclined to pass the matter. The commission, how ever, can not permit the conduct of this player in the past to go unnoticed. ■Recognized as one of the greatest players of the game., with a salary' as high any in the profession, his ac tions on many occasions were such as not only t*» break down the rules of discipline, established by the club, but harmful to the game's interests. In stead of negotiating with his club on a budnesa bods during the early spring, he issued ultimatums through the press to /4>use public sentiment in his favbr. Cobb Is "Knocked.” "Without going Into details, the commission is informed that in the post the player has been guilty of fre quent violations of essential regula tions of his club. His public conduct in many Instances is too well known to patrons of the game to require comment thereon by the commission, except, to serve notice on him and all other players that a repetition there of will not he permitted to go unpun ished in the future, for a realization of the game’s welfare D of more im portance than the interests of an in dividual player, however great his to IM V/ORR'fTD ABOUT MB. OAC.K.'. HE WEST It) A Business MEETING Itn Philadelphia AMD ME didn't Take his ^Rubbers' * T -£ hullo! he res owe of those tuwht -moTTinG. restaurants, its One O'CLOCK. LETS WATCH them come OUT'. : 7 I* YES. JUST WHfn THINGS. ITS A SHAKE To close so EARUf' • V / % X *1. 'Get out i say!v AND I SAY I WONT I KNOW THE LAW!' /a KNOW THE LAW DOVuh. WELL Yer_OUT! * 'Ll - XL JACK!) ' -A.3. Nes. Im Out* Tmnerjon Dryden Says Hess Is Best Pitcher o v *’* • »!«•»!* v i *1* •,•••»• *!*•*!* ‘ ‘Never Wins But They Keep Him” Bv R. AY. Lardner. C HICAGO, May 2.—The privilege comes only a couple of times a year— the privilege of meeting face to face the greatest of baseball ex perts—Charles Dryden, of Mississippi. One of the times was yes terday. when the Cubs played I’ittsburg at the West Side I’ark while the Sox were packing up for their Detroit trip. It would have been a alee afternoon to drink, but that’s all past and over. Mr. Dryden was sitting In Mr. Murphy's press box, his records, his notebook and a half-dozen finely sharpened pencils Spread out before him. "How’s everything.In Mies, Mich.?” was his greeting, and then, with out waiting for a reply: “I should think you’d get enough of the islobs and mutts over on the South Side without coming, on a day off. to look at the slobs and mutts over here.” We explained tliut our visit was. for the purpose of renew in. • > dut- anceship with Arthur Hofman. Go to.Detroit to-night?” he queried. We nodded assent, and he asked: "Michigan Central, through Buchanan and Mies?” “No; Wabash, through Kingsbury and New Paris.” “Too bad you can’t make the trip in the daytime. Great scenery on the Wabash. Nothing to it. I wish I could go.” “Well, I wish, for your sake, you could. But think of this: Next Sunday night you’re going Kast with the Cubs. You’ll have a dandy four days of traveling back and forth between New York and Brooklyn, and theii four days more of the Polo Grounds, with its delightful scenery and people. And then you're going to Philly, where the street cars whisk you out to tlie park in one day and back the same night. And then you’re going to Boston, where all games are tied up in the ninth inning and won by the visiting team in the fourteenth. And don’t forget that cute little ride from Boston to Pittsburg and one blissful Saturday there before the beautiful trip home. I don’t see why you envy me the Detroit jump.' “Curses.” "But you're going to miss Chance Day in Chicago. “Yes, but I’ll have Memorial Day with Kvers and the G. A. It. in Pittsburg.” “What do you think of the Cubs?" “This is a family newspaper.” “How 7 about the Sox?” ,, “Even more so. By the way. T suppose Pmg Bodle attributes his suc cess In rolling to bases to the Acme beer he drank while in California last winter. “Do you still enjoy the game?” „ . ... .. "Not'as much as I used to. You see, all my friends are with the Minneapolis team.” “What do you think of Boston and Brooklyn r “I never think of them until I have to." “It seems to me you’ve taken on weight.” “Yes I’ve been dining with Dav at the best hotels—goose livers, nlieasants, two kinds of pie and a dime for the waiter.” “In my opinion, who is the greatest pitcher in the country ? “Otto Hess. He never wins, hut they keep him.” “Where do you think the world’s series will be played?” “In Ocean Springs, Mississippi.” 1 Go To The % Original $ 15 Tailors —the only store in town where you can get Real s25 Suits .Made to Order ii fW Callaway Wants to Know About Dobard Report That He Is Dickering With Montgomery Will Lead to Investigation. mi .1 1 A Tile Old. miauic “SCOTCH” Woolen Mills. Our imitators will do their best to con fuse you. To pro tect yourself, re member THI3 name and ad dress. President Callaway, of the local ball club, Is conducting a quiet investiga - tion that may lead to some Interest ing complications for the Montgom ery ball club. Dispatches this morning stated that Inflelder Dobard, sold by the local club , to Beaumont, had refused to report and was practicing with the Bllliken j club, with which aggregation he ex- I peeted to catch on. Says President Callaway: “We got waivers on Dobard and sold him to j Beaumont. I don’t know what he is ! doing with the Montgomery club. It iho facts aitf true, as reported, we can I ! make it hot for them.” T E T T Tetterlne pure# tetter. Read what Mr*. V. C. , McQulddy, Eilin Springs. Tenn, nays: I had • severo ca»e of tetter on both hand! anil I Hn«Hy »°t * l«odla« Dhysclan know ot no our., I ileniacd to (Iva Tettorlnn a trial. To my uttor lurprl.i and oat It! not Ion It worked a itnedy ourn. Use Tetterine It cure* ecacma. tetter, erytlpela*. itching l Pile*, ground tteh and ail *ktn nialadle*. 50c at drugflstl, or by mall. SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH, QA. lVv £2UnmillJj iitree blanks. I |» x v t Iva or free sa.. - k I w L a n (j self* measuring ONEY LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Heal Estate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT CO. 12 i 1 -12 Fourth National Bank Bide. NOT DOT TO BE | Sporting Food L By gborge e. phair NOT GUILTY. Before Ike judge the young man stood and hung his guilty head. For he had slain a fellow man—had left him cold and dead. And as the jurist teas about to hand the youth his time He said: “Young feller, tell me why you pulled this heinous crime." And as he heard the kindly voice the young man raised his head. "This joe was peddling peanuts at the baseball yard" he said: "The bases all were full of men, the score was 2 to 2, And as Frank Schulte swung his but this rummy blocked my view." “Not guilty,” said the noble judge. “/ hereby set you free. And if you get a chance go out and slay a few for me!" The consensus of opinion among base ball acrlben !• that all Frank Chance needs Is a baseball team. ROTUNDITY. Ping Bodle trained all winter, long And in the spring they found That he had rounded into form With the accent on the round. We were tempted to mention Rudy Unholz in connection with free lunch, but recalling our promise, we refrain from mentioning Mr. Unholz In con nection with free lunch. Far be It from ua to mention Mr. Unholz In connection with free lunch. In fact, when we hit the free lunch It will be our foremost endeavor to refrain from mentioning Rudy In connection with free lunch. We shall never mention Rudy again In con nection with free lunch. SPEAKING OF ALLIGATORS. .1 lot of slamming now and then Is wasted on some baseball men. Some of our citizens are interested in the training methods of Messrs. Zbyszko and Le Marin. In other walks of life they are approximately sane. “If the proper Inducements were of fered. etc..” ouoth Mr. Gotch. Mr. Gotsh Is one who loveo his art for art’s sake, as it were. jp—- PARKS DEFEATS TROTT. PITTSBURG, PA., May 2.—Ray- Parka. a local boy, last night defeated Sammy Trott, of Columbia Ohio, a Mix-round engagement here. By Percy H. Whiting. BELIEVE we may not need any I more pitchers.” So says Pres ident Frank Callaway of the At lanta ball club. “I'm willing to be shown but I think with any luck tly- ones we have will go through." This utterance strengthens the be lief that the Cracker pitching staff isn’t to be materially reinforced it present. “What’s the good?” inquires Pres ident Callaway, “we might get worse pitchers than we have now.” What will happen will be this: Bill Smith will put his pitchers over the jump in turn. If a man flickers he ir likely to keep him in and let him get bumped. When the Crackers were ahead Smith didn't have the heart to take any chances. Now he Is willing to risk anything to get a line on his pitchers. Watch a lot of them go through fire and water in the next ten da ye. After that, look out for some changes. * * * DUCK BECKER adopted a quaint method of geting away from the Crackers. He bought his own release- under an optional agreement You see it was like this, a Texas League club wanted Buck, but he didn’t care to go to Texas. It was too far from Washington. So he of fered to buy his release, hut 1)** didn’t want to put up any real money. Finally they framed it up this way. If Becker can get another job he is to turn over the proceeds of his* sale to this new club to the Crackers. The local association may not cash this one but they are taking the gamble. • • * QUR old pal. Kenneth Todd, king- v * / pin baseball and sport writer of the Lone Star State, kicks in with some notes of Texas League doings that are of interest to Southern League fans. Here 1r the crop: Since becoming a member of the Houston club Andy Ware, who the Chattanooga manage ment could not see, h,ns pitched his club to three successive vic tories, one of them being of the shut-out variety. In the three games ho permitted but 14 hits, his spltters breaking os Ray mond’s did in days gone bv. • * • Harry Mathews did not stick long at Beaumont. After giving him a week's trial Manager Wheeler cut the old Southern Leaguer adrift. Wheeler said that Matty could not keep base run ners frorri stealing everything in sight. Matty’s comeback was that the pitchers could not hold the men on. • • * Charley Fritz, former Southern Association southpaw, broke into the Texas League a few davs ago with a victory, nut has lost the decision in all subsequent efforts. He is with Tom Carson’s Waco club. • • * A queer play came up in Hous ton Sunday. Harbin, pitching for Galveston, made a wild pitch when no one was at bat and a man scored from third. The man who was* supposed to be at bat killed so much time In reaching the plate that Wilson Matthews ordered Harbin to go ahead with his work. In hie eagerness to slip a strike over Harbin sailed one past the catcher. • Of course tne runner scored from third, crossing the plate be fore the batter even reached H. PELICANS SECURE JAMES FROM THE VOLUNTEERS NASHVILLE, TENN.. May 2—By selling Outfielder Jesse James t'o New Orleans yesterday at the waiver price. Manager Schwartz cut his team down to 1? men and is now within the sal ary limit. Two more pitchers will be released in the near future. By Joe Agler. B irmingham, ala., May 2- Bisland looks like the missing link in the Cracker infield. If you wanted to. you might make that read with the wrong meaning. But don’t do it. The idea Is tha+, to us. the Cracker infield has looked mighty good this spring save at shortstop. There al- ways seemed to be a gap there. A link was missing to make the chain of defense complete. Bisland is the l*nk. That fellow plays ball like a regu lar shortstop. He throws and bits right-handed, he hits hard and he certainly covers oceans of ground. His throwing Is accurate and he looks GREAT. Let me tell you something—At lanta has the hardest hitting club in the Southern League when Bailey gets back In the line-up. It is faster than thunder, too. Baus«wein Works To-day. Bill Smith is going to shoot Bause- wein and Dunn at ’em this afternoon —which is pretty hefty ammunition, if anybody should ask you. Smith believes that Bausewein has come around all right and that he can stand the Barony on their heads. Moley will rely on Thompson oi Hardgrove This Thompson has been going great lately, and I guess we will find him harder pickings than we did ovqr in Atlanta. I believe that we will take one out of the two remaining games—maybe both of them. This sounds chesty, but watch us. We’ve found our batting eye, which was temporarily mislaid, and that’s all we needed. Team It Confident. The team is In good condition and crammed full of confidence. All wt needed was to get hitting again. We sure came from behind with the old swats yesterday an 1 won a ball game, to 4. W.e hit light up to our capabilities and got to Sloan In one in ning strong enough to win the old pastime. Birmingham is drawing fine and we played to a big crowd. Now that we threaten to close in on them, 1 look for big turn-outs. Smith Pied President’s Message •h#v ;• • v He Was “After” a Sporting Editor By Bill Pheion. C INCINNATI, May Billy Smith, now a minor league manager of great renown, was not always a diplomat and a man of shrewd est (tolcutatious. Nowadays, Billy Smith stands ace-high with press and public, he is a good fellow with the scribes, and the major leaguer - consider him a wise and able lender. But in the days of bis youth, when Ids blood ran hot and liis temi>er was still hotter. Air. Smith was quite a scrapper and forever involved in war and trouble. Down in Mobile, oh many, many years ago. Billy Smith got into a vigorous quarrel with a sporting editor. Acrimonious remarks were ex changed through the wire netting, and next morning found Mr. Smith doubly furious. His foe lmd taken a good healthy kick at him. and bail fried, panned. ladled and roasted him for further orders. Mr. Smith vowed vengeance, and renewed the vow at frequent Intervals all day long. Bill Starts for His Man. During the afternoon. Billy kept away from the press box. He had figured that lie wouldn’t start anything at the ball yard, but would go that very night and tear up the office where his enemy held forth. The resolution grew more firmly fixed as night wore on, and when Mr. Smith finally started for the office he was ready to tight u legion of devils. It was nearly midnight when he reached his goal, and he found the place a beehive of industry. As it chanced, a 1’residential message of great impor tance had !>een issued from Washington; all over the country the millions were waiting for that message, and the type were clicking from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore. Mr. Smith wasted no tjme. He made bis way to the office of the sporting editor and declared war. There was a brief skirmish, in which the invading army was victorious. Mr. Smith turned the enemy’s flank, broke through his center and began t o crumple up bis reserve. 'Pile sport- lug editor ran out of his sanctum, and galloped up the hall, with Mr. Smith braying in full cry at Ids heels. As the battle surged up the hall, a squad of hardy printers hove in sight, each man carefully lugging the form in which reposed a page of the Presidential message. These, black and ink-stained typos loved their sporting editor, who had been liberal with ball park passes, and they would not see him abused by any wild-eyed, raging, two-fisted insurrecto. Then Comes the Blow-Off. With a hoarse chorus of rage and determination, they surged forward, and every man. with a fearful crash and a rattle of falling type, de posited Ills burden on the head of Billy Smith. Mr. Smith went to the floor with punctuation marks sticking all over his scalp find suggestions ns to the tariff In his ears, while comment on the proposed battleships jammed his mouth beyond repletion. Shattered and full of type he lay; strong men came n/id lxire him forth, and it was ten days before he could resume his place upon the club. LY CRIPPLED R OCHESTER, May 2.— With Tom my McMillan pretty badly stove up and with four other top- notch players incapacitated the Ro chester team is In awful shape. McMillan's injury is not serious. He twisted his leg in a recent game and has not been able to play good ball since. New players for the Rochester Baseball Club are coming. Ju*t what the deal amounts to or what athletes are involved isn’t known, but Man ager Ganzel and President Chapin bad :t heart-to-heart long-distance telephone chat yesterday that is ex pected to result in some sort of deal. Insofar as Frank Farrell of the New York Americans was an interested third party. The local club lias met with a series of reverses puffluent to disrupt any ball club in a minor league. For in stance, read: Outfielder Roland Barrows—Leg broken In training camp. Shortstop Tommy McMillan—Leg twisted iii league game. First-Baseman Schmidt—Finger’ badly lamed and player disabled. Catcher Walter Blair—Suffering fron* lumbago. Pitcher Klepfer—Also on sick list. And Ganzel counted on these five, as much as any other combination, to get the club away to a flying start Critics who ’have had a chance to get a close-range view oW the Cham pions say they won’t do—at legist, they don’t* shape up as formidably a« last year. 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CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May I - Pltcher Roy Golden was purchased by Chattanooga last night from the St. Louis Nationals to strengthen Elber- feld’s wabbly pitching staff. The question of the man who will be let go to make way for him Is open, lying between More. Chappelle and Troy. SCHMIDT TO STICK WITH MOBILE; CLARKE DEAL OFF TRUSSES! Abdominal Support!. Elasllc Hoi!,r> > «tc Expert fillers, both lady and men attendants; private fitting rooms Jacobs’ Main Store 6-8 Marietta St. MOBILE. ALA., May 2 —Catrher Schmidt, formerly of Detroit, who was recently traded to Indianapolis for Catcher Clarke, will probably stay with the Mobile team, as Clarke has failed to report. Manager Finn Is au thority for the statement that the deal is off. BigCt Cup's in 1 to 5 day* unnatural discharge*. < oatains no poison and may he used full strength absclutcly without fear. Guaranteed not to stricture. Prevent* contagion WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? ^t Druggist*, or we ship express prepaid upoo receipt of $1. 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