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Til K ATLANTA (ihOKClAN AMD NKWS. WEDNESDAY. .MAN t. 131.1.
Jeff’s from California and Can Prove It
By “Bud” Fisher
By .lack Law.
| AST year 31 players went from
I the. Southern League to the ma
jors, either by purchase, draft
vr options exercised. Over a third of
them have shown enough during the
spring games to be retained by the
different major clubs.
While none of the players have so
far proved Speakers or Jacksons,
there are several who have convinced
the managers that they can deliver
the requisite merchandise. Whether
or not it is because the St. Louis
Americans needed more strengthen
ing than the other teams, it is a
fact thai they have retained most all
of the men obtained from the South
ern League. Outfielders Williams
and Johnson, taken from Montgom
ery. are in the line-up regularly,
while Balenti and Walsh have been in
t he game at various times. Young
Halllnan, who covered second base
» for Memphis a while last season, was
sent to the Pacific Coast League.
Stengel Is Brooklyn Star
Stengel, who was taken from the
Montgomery Club by Brooklyn and
finished the season last year with the
Trolley Dodgers, is now’ hitting and
playing a great game after a slow
beginning. His hitting has been fea
tured lately in most of the games
that the Brooklyn Club has played.
The Cincinnati Club asked waivers
on Rafael Almeida, the Cuban secur
ed from Birmingham, but a club re
fused to waive, and the other day he
broke into the limelight with a drive
to the center field fence, and it may
he that Tinker will reconsider his de
termination to hang the old tinware
on tho Cuban infielder.
Doc Johnson, who went to the
Cleveland team last fall from the
New Orleans Club, is playing a splen
did game at first base this year and
his work at the initial sack has re
ceived a great deal of praise by
American League critics.
Demaree Likely Prospect.
Of the pitchers who went up to the
select baseball circles. A1 Demaree
has shown some very nice perform
ances, and it appears that he will
unquestionably be one of McGraw’s
regulars on his pitching staff.
Young Jimmy Johnston, who play
ed such a nifty game of hall last
season for the Barons, was turned
over to a club on the coast for more
seasoning. Johnston’s failure to stick
with the Chicago Americans occa
sioned considerable surprise to
Southern League ball fans, as it was
thought that he was ready for the
„ big show’.
A pitcher who was secured by the
Philadelphia Nationals. who has
twirled several nice games for the
Phillies, is young Mayer, taken from
the Atlanta Club by purchase last
year. Mayer did not pitch many
games for Atlanta, as Charlie Hemp
hill sent him over to the Portsmouth
< Tub, in the Virginia League,
t Mayer seemed to do well under
Count Castro, as he was the leading
pitcher in the Virginia League last
year. He made a splendid record
there, winning 2G and losing but 9.
He averaged a trifle over six strike
outs to the game during the season.
In a game last week against Brook
lyn lie let Daubert and company
down with three scattered hits.
Many Players Returned.
Atlanta and New Orleans have ben
efited most by former Southern
League players who were returned
to this league by major league teams,
dark Griffith w’as i»articularly kihd
to Billy Smith, sending him Harry
Welchonce, Outfielder Long and First
Baseman Agler. The Boston Na
tionals also lei him have Pitcher
Buck Weaver, whom they had taken
from Johnny (Taney and Tim Hen
drix over to the New Orleans team,
from which club they were taken last
fall.
Charlie Murphy also rendered
Frank a helping hand for sending
him- George Yantz, whom he had pro
cured by draft last fall from Bir
mingham.
CLEMSON AND CAROLINA
CLASH FOR TENNIS TITLE
COLUMBIA, S. C, May 7.—As a
result of yesterday's semi-finals in
the Southern Intercollegiate Tourna
ment here, representatives of Clem-
son College and the University of
North Carolina will meet to-day to
play for the tournament champion
ship in both doubles and singles.
in the doubles semi-finals yester
day ('lemson won from Georgia ana
North Carolina from South Carolina,
while in the singles semi-finals Clem-
fnn defeated Georgia and North Car
olina defeated Georgia Tech.
bookies to be arrested.
NEW YORK. May 7.—Governor
Sul/.or has perfected plans to bring
about the arrest of all book-makers
at Beimont Park when racing resumes
on Decoration Day. The book-makers
had expected to work without inter
ference.
TUESDAY’S GAME.
Mobile.
Stock, ss.
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Starr. 2b. . .
. . 3
O’Dell. 3b.
. . 4
Jacobson, cf.
. . 4
Clark, If. •
. 4
Robertson, lb.
. . 4
Campbell, rf. .
. . 3
Schmidt, c. .
. 4
Hogg, p. . .
3
Totals.
. 33
Atlanta.
ab.
I».'ng, If. . .
. 5
\gler, lb.
. 4
A Iperman. 2b.
. . 4
Welchonce, cf.
. . 4
Smith, 3b. . .
. 3
Hi slant!. ss.
. .. 4
Rohe. rf. .
, . 4
Graham, c. .
. 4
Bausewein. p.
. . 3
•Dunn. . .
. . 1
Totals. . • •
. .36
1 1 0
3 1
3 0
.410100
.4 0 1 0 0 0
.4 0 1 12 1 0
3 116 0 0
1 2 4 0 0
3 10 13 0
ab. r. h. po. a.
1 1
18 0
0 1110
.3 0 2 3
0
0 0
0 2
36 3 10 24 13
* Hit for Bkusewein in the ninth.
Score bv innings:
Mobile
Atlanta
.220 000 11*
.000 000 210-
Summary: Home run—Schmidt.
Three-base hit—Robertson. Two-base
hits— Clark. Campbell, Welchonce. Sac
rifice hit—Smith. Stolen bases—Stock 2,
Campbell. Double play—Hogg to Rob-
ertp^.n Struck out—By Hogg 2. by
Bausewein 3. Bases on balls—Off Hogg
I. off Bausewein 5. Wild pitch—Hogg.
J. efi on bases—Mobile 6. Atlanta «.
Time, 2 hours. empires—Rudderhain
and Fifield.
White City Park Now Open
TO BITTERS Tl
BEIT JACKETS
A THENS. GA.. May 7.—Celebrat
ing the last game before the
Tech series with a 14 to 1 vic
tory over Washington and Lee yes
terday, Georgia settled down to prac
tice to-day for the battles with the
Yellow Jackets on Friday and Satur
day.
Coach Cunningham will devote
much of each afternoon to batting
practice in order to keep his slug
gers’ eyes on the ball. a>* * it is the gen
eral opinion here that it will be the
heavy hitting of the Georgians that
will bring victory to the Red and
Black.
Corley and Morris have delivered
in the pinches from the mound at
home and stood the fire on the road
like veterans, but the fact thaA nei
ther of them has ever played in a
Tech series where the unexpected is
always happening and where expe
rienced vets have gone up in the air,
is making Georgia pin a question
mark on to her confidence even now.
Georgia Is Clouting Ball.
But there is one thing for a cer
tainty. if the universities swat the
pill and the. pitchers hold up as they
have all season. Tech had better come
over armed with the Atlanta South
ern League team, for the way every
man on the Red and Black line-up
has been lining ’em out has been a
sight to behold. And everybody who
has seen the Georgia team in action
are from Missouri on the statement
that the Teehites are better fielders
than the Athensites.
The work of Harrison at >*econd,
Clements at short and McWhorter
and Ginn in the outer gardens has
been phenomenal in the last few
games, while but few errors have
been registered against any of the
other players.
Henderson in Uniform.
Big John Henderson was out in
uniform yesterday for the first time
since the team returned from the
Northern trip, and worked out with
the subs after the game. He will got
a trial on third this afternoon, but
may not be in the games this week,
as he has been advised by the team
physician not to try to break in again
so soon. Holden is still playing groat
ball at this position for a sub. and so
far Covifigton has hardly been missed.
There is but one thing that is caus
ing any worry over the Series here,
and that is that same old uncertainty
whenever Georgia and Tech are bat
tling each other. Remembering the
series of 1911 and last year, it is evi
dent that the best touted team hardly
ever wins—and will such n story as
this be heralded from .Sanford Field
and Tech Flats this season?
Georgia hardly thinks so, and in
stead of going into the fray over
confident. she is determined to win
even greater laurels than the team of
last year. The games will he called
at 4 o’clock and hundreds of tickets
have been sold to the visitors who
are coming in from neighboring
towns.
DILLON AND KLAUS SIGN
FOR INDIANAPOLIS BOUT
INDIANAPOLIS. May 7.— 1 The for
feit of Frank Klaus and the signed
articles for the Dillon fight May 29
at the ball park have been received
by the Indianapolis Athlptk: Club.
Thus one of the big middleweight
fights of the year is clinched.
Dillon and Klaus have fought twice
and both battles were about even,
although Klaus got a decision over
Dillon on the coast in twenty rounds.
Klaus will find a different Dillon to
battle with this time.
GEORGIA TRIUMPHS OVER
WASHINGTON AND LEE, 14-1
ATHENS, GA.. May 7.—Georgia
continued her winning streak yester
day by defeating Washington and Lee
by the score of 14 to 1. The gam
was a replica of Monday’s, the Geor
gians clouting the pill with regularity
while the visitors played a listless
game.
M’CARTY VS. PELKY.
CALGARY. ALBERTA. May 7.—
Luther McCarty will meet Arthur
Pelky in a ten-round bout May 24.
Tommy Burns received a wire to-day
from McCarty accepting conditions
and agreeing to the match.
BASEBALL
SUMMARY
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Atlanta at Mobile.
Birmingham ar New Orleans.
Nashville at Memphis.
Chattanooga at Montgomery.
Standing of the Clubs.
Mobile
Atlanta 14 10
N’ville. 12 11
Mont.
W. L. i*.0
0 6 .769
.583
.522
10 13 .435
M’phis.
B’hani.
N. Or.
Chatt.
W. L. P C
10 13 .435
9 12 .429
9 14 .391
9 14 .391
Tuesday’s Results.
Mobile 6, Atlanta 3.
Chattanooga 3. Montgomery 1
New Orleans-Birmingham, rain.
Nashville 2, Memphis 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Washington at Chicago.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at Cleveland.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. I
Phila.. 13 *3
W’gton 11 4
Criand 13 6
Ch’go. 13 9
PC.
.813
■m
.591
W. L.
St. L. . 9 12
Boston. 7 11
Detroit. 6 14
N. York 2 15
P.U.
.429
.389
.300
.118
Tuesday's Results.
games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Pittsburg at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York.
Louis at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
St
Phila.
Ch’go.
B'klyn.
S. Louis
W. L. P C.
9 5 .643
13 8 .619
11 7 .611
12 8 .600
W. L. P.C.
N. York 9 8 .529
P’burg. io .500
Boston 5 12 .294
C’nati. 4 15 .211
Tuesday’s Results.
Brooklyn 4. Chicago 3.
Boston 3, Pittsburg 2.
New York 8, Cincinnati 6.
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Columbus at Charleston.
Albany at Jacksonville.
Savannah at Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
MOTWJni
ICOLUMN*
\V. L. P.C.
S'vnah. 12 4 .750
11 6 .647
8 8 .500
J’ville.
CTbus.
W. L. P.C.
Chas’ton 8 9 .470
Macon 6 11 .353
Albany 5 12 .294
Tuesday’s Results.
Macon 7, Savannah 1.
Columbus 7. Charleston 2.
Jacksonville 2. Albany 0.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Cordele at Americas.
Valdosta at Thomasville.
Brunswick at Waycross.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. f \V. L P.C.
T’ville. 4 1 .800 ' B’wick 2 3 .400
C’dele. 1 1 .800 I A'm’cus. I 4 .200
W’cross 3 2 .600 ; V’dosta. 1 4 .200
Tuesday's Results.
Waycross 5. Brunswick 1
Cordele 5. Americas 2.
Thomasville 5. Valdosta 2
OTHER RESULTS TUESDAY.
International League.
Baltimore 3. Rochester 2.
Toronto 4. Newark 1
Buffalo 6. Jersey City 1.
Providence 8, Montreal 5.
American Association.
Milwaukee 9. Minneapolis 7.
No other games scheduled.
Carolina League.
Durham 5, Asheville 4.
Winston 4. Greensboro 0
Raleigh 13, Charlotte 12.
Virginia League.
Portsmouth 8. Norfolk 6.
Richmond 6. Roanoke 5.
Petersburg 4, Newport News 1.
Cotton States
Pensacola 15. Columbus 3.
Jackson-Meridian. rain.
Texas League.
Dallas 3, Galveston 1.
Beaumont 1, Fort Worth 1 (13 innings)
Houston 2, Waco 0.
San Antonio 1. Austin 0.
Federal League.
Covington 2, Cleveland i.
Indianapolis 9, Pittsburg 5
No others scheduled.
College Games.
Cornell 6. Penn. State 3.
Lafayette 4. Harvard 2.
College Games Wednesday.
Washington and Lee vs South Caro
lina. at Columbia. •
Princeton vs B*own. at Princeton
Trinity vs. Wofford, at Durham.
Yale vs. Amhurst, at New Haven.
Columbia vs. Pennsylvania, at Phila
delphia.
Georgetown vs. Navy, at Annapolis.
Chattanooga vs Maryville, at Mary
ville.
Mississippi A. & M. vs. Kentucky
State, a’ Starkville.
Mississippi vs. Henderson and Brown,
it Arkadelphia.
Dahlonega vs. L. G. I., at Dalilonegn.
Catholic vs. Holy Cross, at Worcester.
I T seems the sad fate of Southern
League clubs is to furnish their
best stars to teams that are never
contenders. There are exceptions—Tris
Speaker for one. But Russ Ford and
Ed Sweeney are dubbing their lives
away with ttye hopeless Yanks. Nap
Rucker, best of left handers, is hope
lessly buried with Brooklyn—as is
Jake Daubert and Red Smith. Der-
rill Pratt is lost in the oblivion of tho
St. Louis Browns. And Joe Jackson
has been buried and all but smother
ed until this year, with the usually
lowly Naps.
Another example, and right now a
brilliant one, is Charley Stengle, last
year with Montgomery, this year
with tlie Dadgers.
* * ♦
/CONCERNING Stengel center fiekl-
V * r extraordinary of th^ Brooklyn
team in the National League, it may
be remarked' in passing that he ? 9
no mean hitter. Nay. it would not
be stretching the truth to asseverate
that the youth who whanged a four-
sacker to center in the inning re
cently off the second ball pitched by
Hess, and repeated in the second in
ning with another when Miller was
on third and two were out. is all :o
the wholesouled and broad minded In
his clouting. He plays no favorites,
banging the ball just as hard against
the lowly and* downtrodden Boston
Braves as lie did against the New
York Giants and the New York A me”
icans and the Richmond, Virginia,
Leaguers. He would just as lief d°-
molis a tailender as a champion.
Stengel’s career this season has
been peculiar. He hit well on. the
training trip, and kept it up against
the New York Americans. He made
not only the first Home run. but the
first run of any kind ever made on
Ebbetts Field when he slammed a
four-base hit 1o center off Caldwell
in the fifth inning on April 5. The
next day he got a double. Fine.
Then tame a slump. In the first
three games of the' National League
strife Stengel did not get hit, but in
the game in Philadelphia on April 10
he drew three passes, reached first on
an error and sacrificed once. His
initial hit of the regular season u.-
a single off Seaton on April IS it
Ebbetts Field.
• • •
THK bo< lias ever been a pitch* r
* since* he cast himself upon a cold,
cruel world after leaving high school
in Kansas City. Mo., in the gladsome
spring of 1910. He attracted so muen
attention as a fair haired boy and
gave rise to so many repetitions of
the school yell that lie attracted the
notice of the management of the Kan
sas City Club in the American Asso
ciation. which was owned by George
Tobeau. who also picked un Joe Wood,
the Boston American pitcher. George
is a greater picker-un of uneonsider-
ed‘ trifles in baseball, and what he
picks he salts down for future u»°.
When anything escapes him it pains
him so deeply it takes two doctors
and a third year interne to probe t>
the seat of the trouble. They are
probing now every time George thinks
of how Stengel was taken away from
him.
* * *
S TENGEL first made his reputation
as a pitcher and hitter. Tebeau
labored under the impression that he
was no hitter and knew he was iij
pitcher, so he shunted him to Kan
kakee. HI., in the Illinois-Iowa League.
It was also one of the well known
Fourth of July leagues, expiring amid
a tremendous roar of creditors on the
evening of the Fourth, 1910. Getting
hastily thence, Stengel joined the
Maysville team in the Blue Grass
League, which was really the original
Horse antfBuggy League. Jim Noian
organized a circuit in the Blue Grass
region away back in the days when
the earth was young and Cap Anson
was in doubts w hether he would make
good on the Forest City. Jim used
to visit the clubs, driving a horse and
buggy, and sometimes see two differ
ent games on the same day. Hern-
the name. It is one of the most perti
nacious and tenacious leagues known ’
to science, holding all records for
blowing up and 1 reorganizing. It
stayed reorganized \ovHf' enough ir»
1910 for Stengel to finish the cam
paign and be recalled to Kansas City.
* * *
CTENGEL had at his own demand
^ been put in the outfield in Kanka
kee and Maysville. and sought a job
in his new capacity with Kansas City,
but the dust from the Kansas City
diamond had blinded! Tebeau to his
merits and in 1911 the boy was shunt
ed to Aurora, Ill., in the Wisconsin-
Illinois League, where he attracted
the notice of Old Scout Sutton and
others interested in the Brooklyn club.
He hit for .353 and led the league n
about all the statistics the secretary
had time to collect.
Brooklyn drafted him. but Charles
Holiday Ebbetts thought he needed
further seasoning and turned him
over to Montgomery, Ala., in th*'
Southern Association, where he tor*'
UP things by the root with such v iew
that he was recalled to Brooklyn last
September. He worked in 17 games
with the Superbas last autumn, accu
mulating a batting average of .316
and stole five bases. His penchant
for long drives was only mildly in ev
idence in that spurt, as his only extra
base hits were a two bagger and a
home run. What he has done this
year is known of all men.
Stengel is 22 years old. 5 feet 8*,*
inches high, weighs 180 pounds and
bats and throws left handed. As
a runner the gay gazelle has sonv
thing on him and on Hans Wagner
as to gracefulness, but It is noted
that he and the Flying Dutchman «?*’i
there just the same.
FINAL BATTLE
Bv Joe Agler.
M obile, ala.. May 7.—The
lucky Gulls defeated us again,
this time the seoie being 6 ,o
3. Finn’s men are certainly having
all the breaks in luck, while our
pitchers are showing poor form.
Manager Bill Smith is breaking
his neck trying to get the boys to
gether for on*’ of our early season
winning streaks. The hoys will fight
hard to-day in an effort to capture
the final battle from the Gulls and
to keep them from making a clean
sweep of the series.
Jim Brady will do the twirling for
us to-day and r hope Jim is right.
If he is we will surely win. as the
lurk is bound to turn our way. Braii\
has been pitching the best ball for
us lately and if he is given any kind
of batting support he should cop.
However, i don’t want to take any
credit from the Gulls. 1 really think
the team that wins the pennant will
have to beat them. They have a won
derful pitching staff and a couple of
dandy hitters. Tills fellow Robertson
is a bear.
Bausewein twirled for us yesterday,
but the Gulls managed to bunch some
hits off him In the first two innings
and piled up four runs. This made
us play a careful uphill battle, while
the Sea Gulls were taking all kinds
of chances and getting away with it.
GIBBONS DROPS MATCH.
EAII (’LA IRE. VVLS.. May 7. -Mike
Gibbons, the St. Paul fighter, has can
celed his proposed ten-round bout
with Labe Safro. of Minneapolis,
scheduled to take place here on
May 14.
Peacock will not enter any men in
ihe athletic meet Friday. There are
plenty of men attending this school who
would compare very favorably with any
o f the athletes in the local Prep .League,
and yet Peacock stands by to watch
the other schools win the laurels.
* • •
Jim Glover, of The Atlanta Georgian,
will officiate at the prep meet Friday.
Glover has been selected as official
starter and judge.
* * *
Boys’ High and Marist will play off a
tie game Wednesday that went ten in
nings and was called on account of
darkness early in the season.
• * *
The odds in this game favor Boys’
High. as they hnve shown the best
fighting spirit of any team in the league
this season. Marist has been playing
an erratic game.
* * *
The 100-yard dash will be the big
event of the track meet Friday be
cause so many expert sprinters arc
entered. Each school has one or more
men for this event and the competi
tion will be the keenest seen in years.
* * *
About three more weeks will bring the
local prep baseball season to a suc
cessful close The race is close this
year, closer than It has been for a long
time, arid right now any of the throe
loading nines have a good chance to
win.
* * *
The Freshman baseball team is still
in the lead in the class tournament at
Emory College. Tuesday a double-
header was played and both games were
the best that have been seen so far at
Emory.
* * *
In the firsi game the Sophomores won
from the Seniors, 1 to 0. It was a pitch
ers’ battle between Perryman, of the
Seniors, and Summers, of the Sophs,
and the latter did the best work.
* * *
It will be remembered that Perry
man is the lad who will report to the
New York Nationals as soon as school
is out in June. He hasn’t been pitch
ing big league ball at Emory lately and
he will have to travel fast when he
reaches the metropolis.
• * *
The Juniors beat the Freshmen bv the
score of 5 to 4. This is the first game
the Juniors have won.
* * •
Following is the standing of the
teams in the class tournament at Emory:
Won. Lost. P.C.
Freshmen 5 2 .715
Sophomores 4 2 .667
Seniors . I 3 .400
Juniors 1 5 167
Here are the entries from Marist in
the meet Friday: 100-yard dash. Allen.
Lewis and Roberts; 220-yard low hur
dles, Allen and Lewis; mile run,
Cheeves, Fowler and Ooche; half mile
run, Cheeves. Fowler and Haverty; pole
vault, Roberts and Massa; weights,
Fowler. Lowery and Wallace.
* v *
A four-cornered track meet may be
held in June at Rome between Rome
High School, Tech and Boys’ High of
Atlanta and Columbus High School
This meet would prove a big thing, as
it would bring together the best high
school athletes in the State.
* * *
A large crowd will see the game on
Wednesday bet wen Marist and Boys’
High on the Marist diamond. Bovs’ High
will have a barn! on the job and plenty
of students to cheer them to victory.
John Ruskin
Two Sijes
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