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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913. O Q) 0 THIS SEASON By Percy H. Whiting. |T looks as though the Southern -• League were set to make a killing m this year. The attendance thus far has been marvelous. At the opening of the season, thanks lo the early start and the consequent bad weather, receipts were not what, they should have been—but at that records were broken. Since the weather has come around a nd warmed up decently there has been nothing to it but ENORMOUS crowds. Here In Atlanta all records for early attendance were smashed. Chatta nooga has held up well, despite the wretched w'ork of the team. Nash ville has had corking crowds. Mem phis is off in attendance—and al ways will be as long as a cheap team is inflicted on the Bluff City folks. Birmingham has had amazing crowds. Tlie attendance in Montgomery is FINE. New Orleans has been a shade pff. And Mobile—well, please picture nearly 8,000 people flaying their way in at the turnstile there! If the race stays close the atten dance records will smash all records to bits * • • D OWN in New Orleana there ts a feeling that the Pelicans’ chief played a pretty shrewd joke on the Crackers by euchring them out ol Williams. Maybe so. We’ll let it go at that— if they will. But to Cracker fans it appears that the joke is on Frank. After Williams debut here and while it was supposed he still belonged to the Crackers 1 asked ‘Bill Smith, “What about Wil liams?” Now Bill is slow to criticise a man. But there wasn’t any room for ar gument in this case. “I don’t care a lot for what he's showed me yet,” was Bill’s reply, “He may come around, but—” and he sighed. Bill was tickled to death to be so well rid of Williams. • As for Bisland—he continues to look like a million dollars ($1,000,000)! This lad wasn’t one of the kind who was hawked around and nabbed by the highest bidder. Smith has had fvis eye on him for six months. When he found out Williams wouldn’t do he wired Barney Dreyfus*, “What will you rake for Bisland?” About that time it began to appear that Hans Wagner was coming around all right, so the Pirates made / a stiff price on Bisland. The local club closed so fast it took their breath away* As for Williams—well, we’ll keep Bisland. * * * B ASEBALL writers the country- over are hooting at what they call the “Cincinnati” base hit. It is one of these fielder's choices that, by dic tum of Ban Johnson, is to be scored ta base hit. For instance, a runner is on first. The batter, on the hit and run, grounds weakly to the third baseman. The third baseman tries to land the runner going to second. The throw is too late. And all hands are safe. But had the third baseman thrown to first It would have been an easy out. Ban Johnson says it’s a hit. The baseball writers say it’s a “Cin cinnati” hit. In the Atlanta press box we score that in what appears to be the only logical way Tf the thing looks like .in infield hit and it appears that the runner would have beaten it we give the batter a hit. On the other hand, if il i-' apparent that the batter would have been out a mile at first, if the throw had been made there, we score it a fielder’s choice. Of course there are some close de cisions on this—but so there are on a lot of other hits, when the scorer must decide whether to let them go as hits or errors. It is better to let the scorers use their judgment than it Is to give men hits when they were not entitled to them. It isn’t that we object to giving the batters a few' unearned hits—but these hits go ag-ainst the pitcher just the same as screaming singles and work an aw T ful hardship on him. The pitch er is thus*' made to pay the penalty because the infielder throws to the wrong base. Jeff’s a Strong Believer in ‘Land the First Punch’ By “Bud” Fisher BOSTON, MASS., May 6.—Manager George Stallings of the Boston Braves is planning a blj shake-up in his team, which he hopes will help put Boston on the baseball map. Stallings started! the shake-up yes terday when he sold George “Hicko ry” Jackson, the former Southern League boy, who has held an outfield berth with the Braves for some time, to the Buffalo club of the Internation al League. He will join the team at Providence. Buster” Brown is also doomed to walk the piank. The big right hand er has shown nothin^ so far this sea son and Stallings has about decided that Brown w’ill not do. SOMETHING GOOD FORYOURLAZY LIVER The most perfect Constipation remedy the world has ever known comes from Hot Springs. Arkansas. No matter what you have been taking to tone up your liver and drive poisonous waste from the bowt-.s, the sooner you get a box of HOT SPRINGS GIVER BUT TONS. the sooner your liver, bow els and stomach will be in fine con dition. They are simply wonderful, splendid; they are gentle, sure, blissful. Take them for sick head ache, indigestion, loss of appetite, etc. All druggists have them at L’o cents a box. Free sample from Hot Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs. Ark. JAC AUCRV —• • — jjju 1 G*T yntONCHI HIM —X non , nuc Co ► INO ONE HONW^T Japanese ^CMOOC »ON 'Ay/' !22ifc3»sai£fc. BOXING News of the Ring Game Buffalo Team Buys Jackson From Braves Manager Stallings Plans Big Shake- Up In Team; George Is First to Go. Bv Joe Agler. M OBILE, ALA., May Mana ger Smith will select King Brady to stop the high-ftying Gulls, with Pat Ctranam receiving. Manager Finn will use Bradley Hogg, the undefeated pitcher, with Schmidt catching. Atlanta lost again yesterday, 10 to 6. Bausewein got away bad and gave the first three batters bases on balls. Musser and Price were not effective. The Gulls walloped the ball hard and it seemed as though they would hit any pitcher that w'as sent in the box. It was just one of those days when they would hit anything that was served up to them The Crackers were the first to score, but were overtaken. The Gulls hit at opportune times, ■while we got all our hits after two men were out. Bisland continues to hit the bail hard. His two triples would have been home runs on the Atlanta grounds. The fans of Atlanta will see in Bisland one of the most fin ished shortflelders ever in the South ern League. The Crackers hope to get at least an even break, and will try hard to annex two games to the won column. We all hope Bill Bailey will soon be in shape to don the spangles and be with us, as he is missed very badly. Yesterday's game w r as the eighth straight win for the Gulls and the second of the series with the Crack ers. Campbell went the route for Mobile. He fanned five men and gave one pass. Robertson, with two homers and as many singles In five times up, led the batting. Jacobson, in five times at bat, got a homer and two singles. For the visitors, Bisland, in foul times up, got two triple-sackers. Long found three safeties in five chances. The game was long drawn out, due to the many batters going up. Atlanta started off well with three runs in the first on as mans' hits, one a triple, but couldn't hold the pace One run was put over in the farjjXt and two in the sixth, but that was i TIGERS DEFEAT NEWBERRY AND WIN CAROLINA TITLE CLEMSON COLLEGE. 8. C„ May 8.—Clemson won from Newberry, 6 to 6, and thereby cinched the State championship with 1,000 per cent. Many of the ten games played in the State were won by large scores. The game yesterday was featureless, ex cept for the base running of the Tigers, who purloined 11 sacks, and a home run by Cureton for Clemson. Ewell struck out 13 and Bpting 8. GEORGE ROHE TO PLAY AGAINST MOBILE TO-DAY MOBILE, ALA., May 6.—George Rohe, the ex-Pelican, will act as util ity man for the Crackers this sea son. Bill Smith secured Rohe from New Orleans yesterday and he will report to the club some time to-day. Rohe will probably be placed in right field against Mobile this after noon in place of Graham. "WILDCAT” FERNS WINS DECISION OVER PERRY KANSAS CITY, MO., May 6 — Clarence “Wildcat” Ferns, of this city, was given the decision over Jim my Perry, of Pittsburg. Pa., here last night at the end of a ten-round fight, which was tame and featureless throughout. Tom MoCarey is after a Wolgast- Dundee match for Los Angeles, June 3. Although Ad recently stated that he was going to quit the twenty-round game, McCarey thinks he ran induce the former champion to go through with the Dundee scrap. * * * Joe Golden, manager of Joe Thomas, writes from New Orleans that he has his protege signed for a return bout with Charlie White, the Chicago whirl wind. Joe says he is confident Thomas will reverse the verdict next time, and again reach the top of his class. They are to meet on May 19. * * * Johnny McFarland. Packey's cousin, has picked up a new boxer that he thinks will make a star. His name Is Johnny Doyle, and was sent to McFar land by Billy Gibson, the New York promoter. Doyle is after a match with Matty McCue. ♦ * * Chicago fans are going wild over the McCue-o’Connell match Maj o Al though the sc rap •fis to be staged at Racine, Wis., hundreds of fans are to attend the mix-up from the Windy City. O’Connell and McCue are both well known In Chicago, and have a host of admirers. • * * Jack White, of Chicago, was given the decision over Eddie Dennis last night at Frisco. The buys went four rounds, with White the aggressor In every period. Jack is a brother to Charlie White. * * • Reports from the Pacific Coast state that the fans there are very much dis gruntled over tne result of the Kilbane- IJundee match, and that if the men meet again little interest will be dis played or aroused. * i * “ ’Twould be a right smart trick if Jim Buckley were to pit Gunboat Smith against Luther McCarty, win. and then grab the lightweight championship with Tommy Murphy. • • ♦ George “Knockout” Brown, the Greek middleweight from Chicago, is making S ood in New York. George has already ad four bouts in the Eastern city, winning even one of them in decisive 1 fashfcm. * * * Only fhe question of weight appears to stand in the way of a ten-round bout between Harlem Tommy Murphy and Joe Rivers in New Y r ork. Rivers wants to weigh in at 133 pounds ring side, while Murphy is insisting on 133 at 6 o’clock. * * ■» A1 Lippe, who had four American fighters in Paris this winter, has com pleted arrangements to take three box ers to Australia. He has picked A1 Kaufman. California: Jeff Smith. Bay onne. N. J., and Frank Loughrey, Phila delphia. They plan to sail from San Wwncisco June 3, leaving New v ork May 20. • • * Young Brown, the New York light weight, has wired a challenge to the ,'inner of the Mandot-Anderson con test on the coast May 30. Brown has fought the toughest lightweights in th“ Eastern city. • • • Kid Young, the local featherweight, is certainly wearing classy togs these days. Young is one of our best news boys, besides being some bear when it comes to swinging the padded mitts. * * * Fans here have not forgotten the Grant- Young draw staged here recently, and are clamoring for a return bout between the boys. * * * Meyer Pries threatens to desert our ranks. Pries is seriously thinking of beating it to Baltimore, where he hopes to get on with some of the bantams in the Maryland city. * • * Battling Nelson says he is going to quit the boxing game on May 15. Bat’s great work during his caredr, however, will live long after that. Of all the lightweight champions, the great Dane can easily be classed as one of the greatest. * • * Although beaten and slambed around, TBat still packs the various arenas he boxes at and would even to-day draw a banner house with Willie Ritchie. JfaSQfit. CHRISTY MTMWSOW BIG LL LtAGUl GOSSIP BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip AP” RUCKER, of Brooklyn, is probably the most unlucky performer in the world, lie can pitch shutout ball for nine innings and lose more games than any man who ever stepped into the middle of the diamond. He wears the championship belt for this. Rucker started against me in Brooklyn last week and did not give the New York elub a 1)it for seven innings. The safe punches against him totaled only two in nine innings, and yet he lost ills battle. It was one of the keenest pitching duels in which 1 have ever engaged, and there was nothing to do but work all the way. When the thirteenth inning rolled around, and it was the Giants’ turn to but, a messenger boy handed Mc- Graw a telegram. He looked at it for a minute, and saw it was numbered thirteen. He turned to the bench and said : “Well, boys, here’s where we win it.” fast as gossip in an actor’s boarding I club plays together well, too, and is a TT was then (hat the Giants started t tlie rally which tore Rucker apart. He is a great twlrler. one of the greatest in tlie game, and he as sumes nothing. He does not com plain because he has had his rare talents buried among the relics of a second division club ever since he in vaded the big league. He is not at all conceited. He takes his defeat phi losophically and does not “lieef.” Yet. like the rest of us, Rucker hates to lose. “They got to me at lsat,” he re marked at tlie end of the thirteenth inning. lie did not find fault with any of his backers. * * * O OME may criticise me when 1 say house now. One of the teams may drop by the wayside on the Western trip, but I doubt it. because T cannot see any keen opposition in the West. It will probably be a case tills year of Washington and Philadelphia fight ing it out. with every series between them being of vital importance. • * * P ROPHETS are Springing up all over the circuit every day who openly declare that Washington is go ing to win the pennant. Griffith has one pitcher he cun fire against his enemies any time he wants to lie sure of a game, and his name is Walter Johnson. He humbled the heretofore unbeaten Plank in a thrilling battle the other day. So far on tlie season’s record, Grif- great machine. 1 think that the real battle will develop between tlie Sen ators and Athletics. F he is one of the greatest pitch- flth appears to have the edge on the ers in tlie game, and then hint at the J Athletics with pitchers, but there is ^ of th( . time, lmt j ust w lien box score in which my dub came out no doubt about "Connie” Mack s in on top. it is like the story a war j field being stronger than tlie Wash- correspondent told me once. ington one, while the outfields are “During the Japanese war,” he j about a standoff. The Athletics are said, "we were attacking a Russian | a harder-hitting club, while the position one day and had thrown up I Washington team is faster. To ni.v sorne hasty fortifications. General mind, it is the speediest aggregation Nogi insisted in standing in an ex • ever saw in action in the American posed place and viewing tlie action League, in spite of the fact, they call through his glass. Finally I said to | the Red Sox the "Speed Boys.” The him : l “‘General, you are in a dangerous position. You hud better come down.’ “ ‘Yes,’ lie replied, ‘and I would come oil’ those fortifications and quit milking sketches, too, if I were you.’ ” By praising Rucker for tins game. I am hinting that 1 deserve some. | But I honestly suy that the better ball club was behind me. Rucker should get just as much credit, fur the | magnificent game he pitched as I did for my work. Whenever I twirl, I never have any luck. That is the second game this year in which 1 have lieen forced to j work overtime. the meantime, the New York Americans are not acting as if they intended to crowd anybody light ing for the pennant. So far. Chance has had very hard luck with his club, and none realizes better than he that some of Hie pres ent mem liars of tlie team will have to go. He told me himself, only recent ly, that a catcher and a pitcher would lie let out, and that he expected the public would lie very much surprised when the names were announced. Chance is like a woman when it comes lo perspicacity. You can’t fool women. They let you think you die fooling you believe you are getting away with it they bring you up with a half turn. Some of the Yankee ball players thought they were fooling Chance. Might as well endeavor to hide some thing from an X-ray b.v wrapping it in tissue paiier. (■Copyright, 191.3, by tlie McClure News paper Syndicate.) PREP LEAGUE NOTES AUTO FOR MIKE MURPHY. PHILADELPHIA, May 6. -As a to ken of their esteem members of the Detroit Athletic Club have announced their intention of presenting Mika Murphy, Penn’s veteran track coach, with an automobile, which he may use to go from his home to Franklin Field to train the Red and Blue ath letes. MARS TRIMS M’GOVERN. CINCINNATI. May 8.—Knockout Mars, of New York, won over Benny McGovern, of St. Louis, in ten rounds last night. White City Park Now Open FRANKIE RUSSELL LACES ANDERSON IN MEMPHIS GO MEMPHIS, TENN., May 6— Frankie Russell, of New Orleans, easily defeated Jimmy Anderson, of Indianapolis, in eight rounds last night. Anderson took his beating gamely. Russell made a good show ing. and efforts are being made to match him with some real star of the lightweight division. PHIL CROSS BEATS ERNE IN SIX-ROUND BATTLE PHILADELPHIA, May 6.—In a fast six-round bout Phil Cross sprung a surprise by decisively beat ing Young Erne, of Philadelphia, re cent conqueror of Mike ‘Gibbons. He not only outslugged. but outboxed Erne and made a great hit by his fast fcnd aggressive style. AY THEN the Eastern clubs in the VV American Eeague invade the West tilts week, there will be a lot of scars left on the teams that in habit the West. The Yankees will lie the only boys that will look soft from present indi cations. Philadelphia and Washington are two tough clubs this season. When these two teams go West, they will meet only one possible championship contender, and that is Cleveland. Cleveland appears to be going bet ter so far in this race than the team has in years, lint Washington is liable to take the ambition out of the Naps. Even during the many years when the Senators were trailing along in the dust of tlie American league, they could always give the Cleveland team a fight, as a weak club frequent ly will some particularly strong one. The Washington team took eighteen out of twenty-two battles from the Cleveland club last year. * * • B OSTON has been going bad ho far this season, and the club has not played ball at all like a world’s championship team. Stahl’s chances of repeating look to me to l)e very slim, considering the compe tition in his league. “Jake,” himself, will probably bo out of the game a good deal from now on, as he is slow ing up. Stahl has been trying to dig up a good first baseman to take his place, but the digging has not been very profitable. He made an effort to grab Hal Chase, bur Chance was looking when they tried to slip him three or four boys whose names sel dom appear in the headlines. If Stahl could have picked up Chase, it might have put him in the race. As it is. it strikes me he is going to have n tough time keeping even near Wash ington and Philadelphia. Both these clubs are traveling as There will be two good struggles in the Prep championship race this season. The first one Is between Tech High. Boys High and Marlst for first place, and G. M. A. and Peacock will fight fully a? hard to keep out of last place. * * * If Piedmont Park bathing beach is opened early enough this year. Boys nigh School will have a. w'ater polo team. Many of the school athletes are expert swimmers and a good team can be organized. If arrangements can be made some aquatic meets will be held -ith some of the other schools In the city. The annual track meet Friday Is the chief topic of discussion among local prep school students, and a large at tendance Is expected. The meet should prove the most successful In years. * • ♦ Boys' High and Marlst will meet Wed nesday for the second time this season on the Marlst diamond. The other game resulted In a ten-inning tie, and since that time both teams have been stead ily improving. The game Wednesday will have a great deal to do In regard to deciding the local prep champion ship. • • ♦ The West Point High School team is one of the strongest teams ever organ ized at that school. The team has played a number of games and In most cases has come out victorious. They would like to get a game with Tech or Bovs’ High • * * Il is estimated that, at least fifty en tries will be seen It the track meet Frt dny at Mariel field The latest rumor at Boys’ High has It that the school will be entered m the meet, but many of the athletes have announced that they posi tively would not enter • • • It seems strange that there are no relay races on the program of the prep track meet Friday. A mile relay race with six men on each team Is one of the most exciting events one would want to set* Gene Turner, official Prep League um pire, haw given entire satisfaction this season, and an attempt will be made to engage him for next year Turner is at present a member of the Georgia Tech faculty and is also a former minor league ball player • • • It begins to look as though Riverside will finish the baseball season this year with a clean slate So far this team has won sixteen straight games and haH played one tie They have met nearly every prep team In the Htatc and beaten them all easily. Riverside, could trim most of the colleges this year. * * * The reason for the success of the Riv erside nine this year is in the excellent pitching staff and' the slugging ability of the players. Williamson, McNeill and Haines are all first-class twlrlers. * * * So much pressure is being brought to bear by the alumni of Emory College in favor ot intercollegiate athletics that it looks as If the faculty and regents will be forced to grant their wishes. • * • Following is a list of athletes from I Tech High School and the events in | which they will be entered in Friday: 100-yard dash, Bedell and Barks; 220- yard low hurdles, Bedell and Parks: 140- yard dash. Bedell, Covington and Whit taker; 880-yard run, Downing, Coving ton, Shropshire and Miles; one mile run. Cobb. Hiles, Downing and Covington; shot put. Meyers, Bedell, Weston; ham mer throw. Bedell and Meyers; high jump, Perry and Chamberlain; broad jump, Jacobus and Bedell; pole vault, Meyers. • • • Jim Prea.se. of Riverside. Is one of the best first basemen In prep circles this yea . He is a big, rangy <hap and can pull in anything that comes within six feet of the bag. He is also one of the heaviest hitlers on the team. * * * Tlie game Wednesday between Roys' High and Marlst will be a pitchers' bat tle between Fox and Callahan. These two lads are perhaps the best pair of twlr’ers in the local league and both are going great now * * * A tennis tournament will soon start at Peacock There are a number of experts at this game there and the tournament will be a hot one. The games will prob ably be played on the Piedmont Park courts. PELICANS RELEASE GWIN. NEW ORLEANS, May G.—Pitcher Gwin has been unconditionally re leased by Manager Frank. DON’T BE TORTURED EcWDi can be Instantly rwllerfrt and per- 1 manently cured. Read what J. R. Maxwell. 1 Atlanta. Oa . •aya. It proven that Tetterine Cures Eczema I angered agony wlh severe ec/ema. Triad six different remedies and was In despair when a neighbor told me to try Tat- ferine. After using $3 worth I am com pletely cured. Why ehould you suffer when you can »o > eaally get a remedy that cure* all skin Iron J hlea -friema, itching piles, erysipelas, ground ( Itch, ringworm, etc. fiet It to-day Tetterine. 30c at drunalsts. or by mall. SHllPTRINC CO . SAVANNAH. GA. The fans yesterday gave Hal Chase, Yankee first baseman, an unmerciful roasting, calling him “bonehead.” "quit ter,” “boots,” and like names To those who have seen Chase in action during the past week, it has seemed that he is not giving his best efforts to the club. Sporting writers in New York are al most a unit in the clamor to have Chase traded or sold. The Yankees, who left last night for the Western trip, now own the unenvia ble record of not having won a game this season on their home grounds. The Pirates defeated the Nans 6 to 5 In an exhibition game played in Cleve land yesterday. It was the first time a Pittsburg club has played there in seven years. Manager Fred Clarke got back into the game for the first time since 1911. Honus Wagner cavorted at short for the first time since the 1913 season opened. * * * The Giants are now in sixth place— the lowest position they have held In the National League race at this time of the season for many years. * * * Walter Johnson, of the Senators, act ed as relief pitcher again yesterday when the score was tied, and his team then batted out a victory. Johnson now has a straight string of six victories, and has pitched 42 consecutive innings wdthout being scored upon. * * * Sherwood Magee, of the Phillies, an nexed two home runs yeeterday, while Cravath, his team mate, got one. * * * The Brooklyn Dodgers grabbed off an other victory yesterday and are now resting in third place. * * * Ty Cobb’s return to the game has put a lot of ginger into the turnstiles. * * * The Red Sox last again yesterday and those who predicted a runaway race for the world’s championship this season are wondering who monkeyed with the jinx. • * * Hendrickson, the sub-outfielder, whose hit helped the Red Sox to win the final game in the world’s series last fall, was n regular yesterday, and amassed four hits out of five times at the bat. Guakert own fans are happy. The Philadelphia teams head their respective leagues. * * * The Giants, who have -just lost four straight games to the Phillies, are hope ful to day of recruiting their losses. Joe Tinker's tail-end Reds open a four- garye series in Gotham. 111 HIE UP ID M Bv Sam Crane. PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 8 —0 the Giants have the idea roaming around in their belfry* that they have the National League pennant cinch ed without playing for It they want to chase it. They wore never more fooled in their young and tender lives. Other champion clubs before them have fallen by reason of over confi dence, and they are on the high road for a thud that will shake them from Jheir head to their heels. It is possible they are having their annual slump now, but with an* other team excepting the Giants it might I>« said they are outclassed. Of the victories to their credit, a majority were won from the tail-end Boston Braves, a team that has been just as easy for every other team that has had the luck to go up against them. «, Lack Fighting Spirit. The Brooklyns have more than heki their own with the Charivps, and now the Phillies have broken even with them. The first month of the championship season is nearly over. Another week and it will be. What have the much-touted Giants to show for It? In the two Philadelphia games played here the boys have not shown the fighting spirit that they have so long been noted for. I will not say they have been in different, but they have played a list less game and that verges closely on indifference with them for they are famous for the good old “pepper.” They have lacked that snap, the fire, the ginger that heretofore have been their middle games. They must pull themselves out of the dopey rut they are in and quick ly too or they will be so far behind that it will develop into a question w r hether then can or not. If it’s right why change it ? A multiplicity of models is evidence that the maker is still experimenting. There is but one Ford model. And for five years our rapidly grow ing factories haven’t been able to make all we could sell—because it is right. 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