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7 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 After dinner - Recess © MEY LOANED TG SALARIEG MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Real Estate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT GO. 1211 -12 Fourth National Bank Bids. 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