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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MAA T 14, 1913.
ILL-PREP TEAM
NEARLY SETTLED
By Jim Glover
O F course it is h bit early to pick
an Ail-Prep baseball team but
a pretty good idea has been
burned as to who these men will be
With the possible exception of a
pitcher all of the positions are pra< -
t cally assured.
Sam Armistead, of Boys High,
aould be behind the bat on the
Mr^ngth of the allowing be has made
in the last three games played by
hi* team. He is also leading tin
league in batting.
The pitching honors at present are
'fivided between Fox. of Boys High.
*nd CaJlahan. of Marist, with the
mKIs a bit in favor of Fox on a< -
• ount of his victory over Marist last
veek when lie wag pitted against
•Mllahan. Weston, of Boys High, is
not out of the running, either, foi
tills position. He has only pitched
<>np game of importance but his
showing then was beyond reproach.
His status among Prep twirlers can
better be determined after the game
Wednesday with Boys High.
Spurlock at Shortstop.
Spurlock, of Boys High, will no
doubt be the unanimous choice for
shortstop. He is a tine fielder and
a slugger Howry, of Marist, looks
good for the job on first base At
present he is catching for Marist but
he shines on the first sack. Lowry
Is without a doubt the best utility
man in the local league thi« year.
Bill Bedell, of Tech High, appears
to be the best bet for second base.
H- bats and fields well and is a fast
man on the diamond. He rarely
fai's to steal second when once at
fi i> t.
('bailie Allen, of Marist. will very
likely be placed at third base al
though he has not shown as well
thl« year as in former seasons. He
is the fastest man in the league and
on* of the best hitters. Weston
and Parks of Te'h High are both
classy third suckers anti may be giv
en the place in preference to Allen
by some expert?.
Rennolo's a Good Man.
Harry Rennolds, of Boys High,
should cop a place in the outfield
without a dissenting voice. His
fielding average so fir this season
is about .996 and he is always there
with the stick in a pinch. .Johnny
Laird, of Tech High, Is another good
outfielder and a sure man on diffi
cult halls The other outfield posi
tion ought to be given to Wells, of
Peacock, although he is a shortstop.
Wells has played swell ball with a
Nloslng team all season, and while
Spurlock, of Boys High, has it on
him a little at short.
Wells Is too good a man to br
left off the team entirely and he
Would make as good an outfielder os
any of them
Babb, of G. M. A. is another good
player who has been handicapped by
a poor team. He has played third
base but there are too many good
men for that position this year, so
Babb will probably be given a place
as sub.
It is safe to say' that no team iti
the local Prep League could possi
bly be selected that could give the
above aggregation a trimming
Women Taking Part
in Outdoor Sports
Feminine Athletes Increasing in
Almost Every Branch of Athletic
Endeavor.
Women are now taking a promi
nent part in the world of sports
In Chicago three clubs of women
are engaged In athletic events. In th'-
women’s athletic club each day .s
marked by some exhibition of w j-
tnan's prowess in the gymnasium. >n
Tuesdays apd Fridays of each wc K
women practice swimming at the Illi
nois Athletic Club.
In Jackson Park, Chicago. Mrs. Hoy
Ha real, wife of the Hyde Park foj.-
ball star, won the lace for women
skippers recently Miss Ethel Lar
sen is the proud possessor of a pilot's
license.
j11 b.iM-ball Mis. Helen Hathawiy
Robinson Britton is the owner of im
Bt. I.on is Leagu- dub and Mrs.
Charles Havenor is the owner of th
Milwaukee American Association
club.
Misses Mary and Priscilla Williams
won championships in archery.
At the University of Chicago Mrs.
> A. Stagg. wife of the famous coacl .
is interested in athletics, and score*
of coeds are now engaged in playing
basketball. ....
Many more women are driving au
tomobiles this year than ever before.
The Chicago Oun Club of Women
is turning out many experts with the
gun.
PEACOCK-FLEET TRIUMPHS
OVER G. M. A.—SAMS STARS
Peacock-Fleet triumphed over the
Georgia Military Academy aggrega
tion yesterday afternoon by the count
of 12 to T.
The Fourteenth Street lads out
played the losers in every way. Both
teams did good work with the big
stick. G. M. A. registering nine safe
hits, while the winners came dose
with eight bingles to their credit.
Both teams, however, seemed rath
er off in the field. Numerous errors
were registered on both sides, and
they were usually grouped in th- most
< anger oils periods.
Sams pitched a fine game for his
team, causing eight men to whiff the
breezes and giving only two bases on
ball*.
KLAUS SIGNS TO BOX ■
M’GOORTY AT PITTSBURG
NEW York, May 14. Frank Klaus,
•hr- ritc*buig middleweight, to-day
w** signed for a * , x-round bout with
Heidi*- Ai' Goony at Pittsburg on May
L!4. and -m ten-round bout with Jack
I Hi Ion. «* r I ndiana polis. in that dtv
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“Half-Errors” Will Help Scorers
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Can Split Up Blame for Misplays
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Bv f.Vrcv IT. Whiting
OULD it seem odd to you if
next year’s box scores should
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contain such unusual state
ments as these:
Ah r h po a e
Smith, i f 4 I 2 2 1 2 l *-2
Jones, 2b 5 0 0 4 3 11-2
In other words we face the era of
“half-errors.”
Did you ever hoar of a "half-er
ror'
No. and nobody else ever did, until
Dode Birmingham suggested a scheme
for dividing misplays.
There are many plays In an aver
age game that have the scorers gu<
sing. They know that an error
been made but they don’t
which of two m^n made it.
For instance 'he batter bunts down
the first base line. The first base
man runs in to field the bail while
tlie pitcher goes to first to cover. At
best it is a delicate play The first
baseman throws a shade wide, tire
pitcher get* tlie Hall in his hands
and then lets It go again.
The question at once arises: was
the first baseman the victim of a bad
catch or the pitcher stung by a bad
til row ?
The- scayem iRnet guess at i».
Now suppose it were possible to
give each of them a half error. Then
there would be no hard feeling. The
baseman would he penalized for a
bad throw, the pitcher for a poor
c atch.
* * '•
H IKMINGHAM suggests also that
half-errors could in* awarded on
tire play which arises when the catch
er throws perfectly to second to
cate h a base runner who is trying
to steal and when neither the sec
ond baseman nor the shortstop cov
ers.
But he’s wrong on this one
This play bring* up the famous
"consultation error."
There is just one way to score it.
The scorer must find out which of
l in* two possible victims was guilty.
Frequently the only way to find out
is to go and ask both. ’Phi? isn’t
a convenient way but it is fair.
It would not do to give half-er
rors on this "uncovered bag" play.
One man or the other is guilty. It
is not up to both of them to go for
the ball. One man, under the sys
tem of play, is due to cover. The
other has no business there. The
only way to score this play Is to find
which one should have handled the
ba 11.
If they will not tell you ask the
manager. He knows.
* * *
T HERE’S an awful lot of bunk
turned loose about this scoring
thing. It isn't half as complicated
and difficult as lots of the experts
would try to make you believe.
Any good, intelligent fun could
keep a tip-top box score. The only
trouble would be that tlie errors
would be amazingly numerous.
A fan is a vicious scorer at heart.
After a game the fans will grab
a baseball writer.
••Say. how did you score that
thump in the third inning. when
Jone.s let the ball get by him?”
The scorer consults his book.
“Why," he says, real apologetic
like, '"we gave the batter a hit."
A HIT!" they will shriek in chor
us," Why a child could have stop
ped that ball with one finger."
* * *
M OST scorers start off like that.
But gradually tire players bring
them around. They yell so loud that
the scorers ease off, just to save
their ear drums.
Of course if you gave tlie players
every doubtful point, not to mention
tin* press stand, including ice water,
you couldn’t satisfy them. But fi
nally, after much practice, your ex
perienced scorer strikes a mean. It
is neither very stiff nor very lenient.
It satisfies neither the fans nor- the
players. Therefore it is probably
moderately fair.
FODDER FOR FANES
Uelnie Timmerman, who L«1 the Na
tional League batsmen last sepson.
fanned three times yesterday at Tea-
Man's herder s.
The Giants harvested a double, three
triples and eight singles in the game
against the Ohleago Oubs yesterday.
* * *
Seme sport writers are alread> be
ginning t*> figure the I hates out ot’ (he
National League race. True. the> are
-« ven full games behind (he leaders,
luii there remains alh*ut 130 games still
to be played.
* * \ *
Again there was joy among (he alibi
manufacturers in New York For Che
second successive time the Yankees.
Dodgers and Giants won
* * *
It used to be "Who can the Dodgers
beat'.’." and .npw .it is "Win* can beat
the Dodgers?"
• • •
Jobnip MeGraw. manager of the
Giants, predicted in a signed article
iliat the Cardinals were going to crack
right in- the middle and break all to
pieces, whereupon the Cardinals nosed
Into third place.
* * •
Three home runs were made in tie
Pirate-Phillies game yesterday, but the
.me hammered out by Magee clinched
the game for the Qiiakertown boys
"Shoeless .Joe" Jackson, of the Naps,
continued to pound the ball, garnering
u single, double and a triple out of
four times up yesterday.
• * *
Those alleged "lowly" Yankees halted
Die Naps again yesterday, making their
fifth victory out of seven games played
on their Western trip.
• * *
“Tris" Speaker, who is out for the
batting leadership in the American
I eague this season, got two triples yes
terday in the game against the Tigers.
* * *
If the Phillies don't soon lose a del- I
egation of Brooklyn fans may invade
their bailiwick and kill off a few of the |
best players. For a week the Brooklyns
have been on the edge of first place, but
the F^hillies refuse to lose a game
he comedian Senator ball players, broke
into th^* game against he Browns yes
terday. but their presence failed to stop
the St Louts team Irom winning
* * •
The Beds' roster contains the names
of a large number of Germans, a few
irishmen, an Indian, an Englishman,
two Cubans, a Welshman and several
gentlemen of undiscovered nationality.
It was foolish of Hohnhorst to jump
the Montgomery club. Unless that lad
lias improved he is lucky to have a
job at all and no questions asked about
the salary.
Sporting Food j
! By QEOROI E. PMAIR 1
THE CRIPPLE.
"You are nick. Brother Urine," the
goung man navi.
"You are ailing and fevered and
lame.
And get, as gou tftss on a hospital
bed
You are tnit here enjoging the
game."
"It is true," he replied. "I am ailing
and lame;
I am just about rcudg to (lie.
It's a gnat little feat to be here at
the game.
For it shows Pm a versatile gug."
Seven gas bags are entered in the in
ternational balloon race at Kansas City.
Horace Fogel. however, will not com
pete.
R. Mar guard avers that he is willing
to pitch Ills head off for John MeGraw.
but even if he dofes he will not sustain
any great loss.
Frank Chance, commenting on Messrs.
Schaefer and Altrock, Informs us that
baseball Is not funny. Still, you can
hardly blame Frank Chance.
"Let me have men about me who are
fat." quoth J. Caesar, who never sat be
hind one at a ball game.
Gambling is frowned upon in baseball
circles, but when one bets on Washing
ton with Johnson on the slab one does
not gamble.
EXPERTING IS A CINCH.
When Johnson hurls the baseball
scribe has these few lines to
pen :
"Ting walked right up and turned
around and walked right back
again.”
After watching Mr. Ferguson in the
act of umpiring, the entire population
of St. Louis has signed a petition to
reinstate George Stovall.
The Kentucky Derby has demonstrat
ed that in spite of the depredations of
I he soulless corporations it still is pos
sible to become wealthy on a small
capital.
IT DEPENDS.
He was wild and proud and sulkg.
Fond of raising discontent.
But his batting mark was but kg,
So then <ailed if temperament.
AMI ) FT.
If he were a pung batter
• And he fielded tike a slouch.
It would be another matter—
fie would be a common grouch.
The report that the public is enthusi
astic over the Wlllard-Smith argument
will be startling news to the public.
It behooves some scientist to probe. MCDrcn Dl Ax/C Cl - DI _. A
into the psychology of baseball and tell MERCER PLAYS FLORIDA.
us why a solid ivory dome generally* MACON, O.V. May 14. -Mercer’s
S * ,0 - V ^-strongest tendency to become ^ baseball season will end this week
By \V. W. Xau^htoii
S AN FRANCISCO, May 14.—If
physical worth counts for''much
Jess Willard, the Kansas cowboy,
will have to be considered as having:
an excellent chance of winning ov** 1.
Gunboat Smith when they size up
next Tuesday night.
At the same time a comparison of
the two men is interesting enough for
the followers of the boxing game.
Smith weighs something like 180
pounds, at least that will be close to
his ringside poundage. Willard is a
235-pound man at the present time.,
so he will have a round fifty pounds
advantage. The Kansan will stand 6
feet and 6 inches, which is five more
inches in height than Smith can mus
ter. and height, as has been said, is a
help to a man in the ring.
In other ways Willard proves by th p
tape what a big chap he is. His neck
measures 19 inches, as against 14*^
for Smith. Jeffries measured 45 inches
around the chest, and Willard is dose
to him with 44 inches. Willard is 38
inches aroiyid the waist and Smith
'•an tally but 32 inches around that
portion of the body.
Gunboat Smith’s search for a husky
sparring partner has at Iasi prove i
successful. Last night A1 Kaufman
brought his fighting togs to Shan
non’s and from now until the day of
the fight will lend his aid in getting
Gunboat Into trim for his battle with
the Kansan. This afternoon Smith
boxed with Kaufman. Bob Arm
strong and Jack Greenwood.
MURPHY CLAIMS PENNANT
BY EIGHTEEN-GAME MARGIN
NEW YORK, May 14,—Whether it-
had consulted an oracle was not
made clear by President Murphy of
the Gubs to-day, but he made the
following statement: "We will win
the pennant by a margin of 18 games.
1 said last winter that the Gubs
would finish at the top. but I wasn't
sure of the margin. But now I am
in a position to speak with unbridled
confidence.”
President Murphy added that if Me
Graw had not let Bridwel! out last
year he .would have won the world’s
series. "Bridwel! i.s the best short-
stop in the league, which proves that
even M<draw's judgment is Tint infal
lible." lie said. 0
swollen.
Motorcycle racing is a great litle sport
with the games with I he ITniversity
of Florida on Friday and Saturday.
from >1 sport a tor’s . tanilf.oin i if flic If Uorecr should fake thee'- Raiuo
spectator looks al it from ihe stand- 1 the team will end the season with
point of an undertaker.
percentage of .666.
Sports and Such
By RIGHT CROSS.
THE ADMIRABLE AND un
failing Tigers are getting it in the
neck this season which has given
rise to a debate on the- question
whether Jennings* is entitled to
sympathy for the way his team
is going or whether Detroit is en
titled to sympathy for the way
Jennings is going It is to set the
question at rest that the sub
joined lines are submitted.
* t- *
IN BASEBALL, as elsewhere, it
frequently happens that a man
grabs a lot of glory for the work
of other men until something hap
pens to take a lot of the bounce
out of him. It is then immediate
ly concluded that he never had
any bounce in him. This is where
Jennings comes in.
WHEN HE GOT to Detroit he
found that his predecessor. Ar
mour. had thoughtfully gathered
in Ty Cobb. Wild Bill Donovan
and others, tp aid old Sam Craw
ford and. others. It was a band of
mad meat-eaters who needed
nothing but a slip of the leash to
pound the well known American
League into little pieces. And
that’s what happened.
• • •
PROBABLY JENNINGS’
greatest single stroke of mana
gerial strategy was the release of
Jimmy Archer. He probably fig
ured that Archer was too good
for the American League and
would more comfortably fit into
a real world s championship club
like the Cubs. His discarding of
Birdie Cree also has Its merits.
•> * * %
WHILE M’GRAW AND MACK
have been steadily building, tink
ering and improving. Jennings
has stood pat. His team is now
much the same team that won the
championship and almost as good
but the league has not stood
still in the meantime. It has. for
instance, developed a team that
could knock ihe daylight out of
the Cubs and another team that
could beat that one.
• * *
SO THE RECORDS indicate
that the Tigers made Jennings
fully as much as Jennings made
the Tigers.
ALL OF WHICH GOES to show
that it will be Matty and Bender
in the first game this fall.
CROSS OUTPOINTS DOHAN
IN FAST TEN-ROUND BOUT
NEW YORK, May 14.—Leach Cross
appeared at the Atlantic Garden Ath
letic Club last night and showed his
neighbors how easy it is to dispose of
a* perfectly good defensive boxer by
handily outpointing Johnny Dohan. of
Brooklyn, in ten fast rounds Dave
Kurtz shaded Tommy Matoney in ten
rounds full o? action. Patsy Kline
stopped Kid Black in the fourth
round.
No Money in New York Battles
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Fighters Claim Fame Has Sagged
By Ed W. Smith
C HICAGO. May 14—There has
been a big slump in the boxing
gam9 in and around New York
in the last few weeks, and return
ing fighters and their friends say
there is little or nothing in battling
around the big city at the present
time. This would indicate that if a
boxing bill is passed in Illinois with
in a short time this city would for
the time being at least have a prac
tical monopoly on the short route
fighting of the country’ George Brown,
the Greek middleweight, who went
there for a campaign after falling out
here with Nate Lewis, his old man
ager. is back in the city with a taie
of woe about the poor returns he
received for some of the heaviest
fighting he ever uiu. He is supported
in his statements by others, too.
* * *
F 'OR a vigorous 10-round engage
ment w ith Leo Houck, one of the
best of the Eastern middlew eights,
Brow n received a trifle over $100, and
after paying for a rubber and a box
ing partner for nearly two weeks in
preparation for the contest found that
he had but little left for hinu-elf when
lie had paid off the help. George
had three contests in all. and the
Houck battle was the best of the lot,
so one can see just what happened
to George in the others. The Greek
is going to remain at home now and
see if he can not do some good for
himself around this section of the
country. He would especially like to
get on with Jack Dillon, Eddie Mc-
Goorty or some of the other good men
of this section.
* * *
T HE situation in New York ap
pears to be merely a natural
slump, that’s all. The fans of that
section have been offered the very
best boxers in the world and have be
come satiated with the good cards.
In the spring of the year the athletic
enthusiasts' attention naturally turns
to the outdoor sport, and with base
ball in full swing it takes a mighty
good card to pud even an average
house. It is the general opinion
around here that the no-decifion sys
tem. too, has had much to do with
bringing the game down to its pres
ent low ebb. The system has let
the bar? down to such an extent that
the unscrupulous fighter has done a
lot of stalling and added to the dis
satisfaction of the festive fan.
* * *
OT only has Billy McCarne.v got
^ the white heavyweight champion
of the country in Luther McCarty,
Ponce DeLeon Skating
Rink Now in Full Blast.
but he claims to have the best light
weight in the business in Al Nor
ton. the young fighter Luther is car
rying around with him as sparring
partner. Norton is a Pacific Coast
product, and for a time was known
under the nom de slug of Young Al
Kaufman. The Los Angeles hoy
didn't find that the name carried
a great deal of w'eight after the real
At had been licked a few' times, .hence
he has changed it. Norton Isn’t his
real name, hut is close to It. He is
of mixed German and Spanish par
entage and weighs 175 pounds In
all he has had 37 battles and has yet
to lose a decision. He has knocked
out AI Benedict, who fought a 2U-
round draw with Gunboat Smith, up
setting him in seven rounds.
• > *
/"A NE of our steady readers Writes
^ to ask which is the better middle
weight. Eddie McGoorty or Jack Dil
lon. That’s a question! We prefer
to duck the issue now. If'
GIBBONS LACES CHRISTIE *
IN 12-ROUND BOSTON GO
BOSTON. May 14.—Mike Gibbons,
of St. Paul, put it all over Gus Chris
tie, of Milwaukee, at the Atlas Atl^-f
letie Club last night. I
The fight went twelve rounds and
with the exception of the fifth round,
when Christie eaugiit Gibbons with a
punch flush on the jaw which stag
gered him for a moment, the St. Paul
boy had all the better of the fighting
and simply made a^punching bag of
the Milwaukee boxer. t
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