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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, FRIDAY. MAY U>, 1010.
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SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT
What Happened to Rummy?
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Copyrlfht, 1913. Inferr atlon*! News Serrlce.
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By Tad
By Percy H. Whiting
B ERMUDA may be a lot better
place to train than Atlanta. Ar
thur Irwin, whose specialty
being wrong on everything, says it
is. He pointed to the fact with pride
when he returned from the beautiful
isle.
"Look at the Yanks this year.” said
Art hur.
They looked good enough then.
But now—well, they're just about
the same old Yanks—neither better
nor worse than those who trained in
Atlanta the previous year.
The fact is the Yanks are the Yanks.
You could train them at Nome or at
Palm Beach, you could feed them oa
hurryning bird tongues or prunes. It
would never change ’em.
* * *
'THE truth is, though, that the old
Alibi army is beginning to light
(on Bermuda hard. Caldwell, Ford
and McConnell all claim that the
work in the heavy, moist air of Ber
muda put their wings utterly on the
blink. They say they felt all right
while they were there but that they
haven’t felt right since.
It’s two to one that if it were left
to a vote of the Yank players who
were in Atlanta in 1912 and in Ber
muda this spring as to whether they
would prefer Bermuda or Atlanta for
1914 the Gate City would get a solid
vote.
At that Atlanta does not want them
back—or any big league ball club. The
system of allowing the Crackers all
the park and all the time for their
training worked out fine. Never in
history have the Crackers made such
a start a3 they got this year. It was
no fault of the training that they
afterwards hit a sickening slump.
What did cause it we don’t pretend
to say. We are quite sure, however,
we shall be glad when it’s all over.
* * *
CPEAKING of training camp alibis
Josh Devore worked a new one this
spring. The Giants were at Knox
ville and Josh was messing up fly
balls in terrible ^hape.
Finally osh came in and said. "It’s
an awful high sky to-day. I guess
that’s the reason i m misusing ’em.”
The other players started an argu
ment. alleging that the sky wasn't
“high” at all.
“Why, sure it is,” retorted Josh,
sweeping his arm around to include
the landscape, "it has to be high or
they couldn’t get these mountains
under it.”
* * m
T HE fact that there are different
1 sorts of "skies” is lost on most
fans. But you never see a ball player
go on the field without glancing cas
ually upward to get a line on the sky.
Some days there is a "high sky. ’
The lid looks a million miles off and
a high-hit ball goes soaring up until
it looks like a mere fly speck on the
scenery.
On other days the bali goe^ skv-
hooting to the .same altitude perhaps
but comes soaring down looking the
size of a toy balloon.
A high sky, for some reason, makes
catching difficult.
If you doubt it. sneak to the out
field some day and watch some high
flies alight. Especially go to the
sunfleld and judge the difficulties of
playing that position. Go on several
different days and get the effect of
the high and tow skies. After that
you will be more lenient in judging
an outfielder who drops a flv ball.
* * *
\\J HIDE Horace Fogel is in the "ex-
4 posin” business strictly for the
publicity he can get out of*it. which
Is considerable, it is a fact that an
investigation would do no harm.
Ball players aren’t "slaves” by a
whole lot. At the same time they
are victims of certain sorts of abuses.
They are in about the same fix as
the average man who works for some
body who has a lot more money than
he has. They have to stand for a lot
of things that aren't altogether fair.
Unless there is some .vort of an
investigation the time will surely
come when the ball players’ fraternity
will be force to take a hand in things
and there may come a big baseball
strike.
It will take something of that sort
to wake up the magnates.
REDS SELL SEVEROID.
BOSTON, May 16.—The sale of
‘'atcher Severoid, of the Cincinnati
Nationals, to the Louisville club of
the American Association was an
nounced here yesterday. Severoid
wiil join Louisville immediately.
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By Left Hook
J IM FLYNN, who is going to trade
wallops with Jim Savage at the
Auditorium-Armory on June 29,
has sent a challenge to be read at
the ringside of the Smith-Willard
battle on the Pacific (’oast next Tues
day night In the defi Flynn offers
to meet the winner and wager any
where from $1,000 up to $10,000 that
he can beat him.
We learned this in a telegram from
Jack Curley, Flynn’s manager. Said
telegram reads as follows:
"New York, May 15, 1913.
"Sporting Editor, The Georgian, At
lanta, Ga.:
"Have sent a challenge to be read
when Smith and Willard climb into
the ring next Tuesday. Flynn is
willing to meet the winner and bet
anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000 on
the side. JACK CURLEY.”
| Sporting Food
^ By GEORGS E. PHAIR~——
THE DOPE THAT FAILED.
Where is the dope of winter days
That bane ball irriters frritf
The)/ spread their stuff before our
paze
And got away with it.
They placed the Giants at the top.
Likewise the Hose of Red.
They swore these teams were sure to
eop—
"It is a cinch,"' they said.
The Rrttoklyn and the Cleveland
clubs—
They looked at them askance.
Quoth they: "These teams are naught
but dubs;
They haven't got a chance!"
Where is the dope of yesterday
That baseball writers writ?
And yet these dopsters draw their
pay
And get away with it.
John Evers has been suspended for
several reasons, one of which is that the
Giants need a few games.
It is against the law to hold one's
nose in the presence of Al Orth, but
even the eloquence of Tom Lynch fails
to convince us that Al is a sweet mag-
\TATTY BAL
to Atlanta
DYVIN wants to come
THURSDAY’S GAME.
Atlanta.
ab.
Long. If. . . .
Bailey, If. . .
Alperman, 2b.
Welchonce, of.
Smith, 3b. . .
Bisland. ss. .
, Aglef, 1b.. .
Graham, c. . . 5
Dunn, c 0
Musser, p. . . . 5
po.
1
2
4
3
Totals . .
Memphis.
Shanley, 2b. .
Baerwald. rf.
Love. cf. . . •
Ward. 3b .
Abstein. lb. .
Merritt, If. .
Butler, ss. .
Seabough, c.
Kroh, p. . . .
Totals . .
6 15 27 11
ab. r. h. po.
11
0
His manager, John Igoe, writes that
he would like nothing better than to
match Matthew with Leach Cross in
this city.
Cross and Baldwin would make a
corking card. Cross shows at his
best against a slugger, and "SLUG
GER” is Baldwin’s middle name.
Against a clever, two-handed boxer
Crof-s looks like a rank lemop, es
pecially over a 10-round route.
• * *
M ATE LEWIS, of Chicago, who is
handling the reins over Charley
White, can’t be a big league manager,
or else he would have never signed
his man up to meet Joe Thomas again.
White stopped Thomas a few weeks
ago in New Orleans. Lewis ought
to be satisfied with that victory,
Thomas is a mighty shifty boxer
and he would have undoubtedly beat
en White had not Charley nicked
him on the paw. Next time Thomas
will guard better, and according to
my way of thinking Thomas* can
outpoint and defeat any lightweight
CHRISTY MATHEWSORS
BIG LtAGUl GOSSIP
nolia.
The case of Mr. Schaffer reminds us |
that the best recommendation a ball
player can get is to be fired by Hugh
Jennings.
Mr. Jennings is now In a position to
realize the feelings of a man falling
down an elevator shaft.
Once in a while there passes a day
on which some rude person does not
render One Round Hogan hors du com
bat.
Philadelphia is one of the few cities in
which a man can win. lose and tight a
draw at one and the same time.
N EW YORK. May 10. Yesterday 1 wrote a long story on what Joe Tinker, manager of the
Cincinnati Reds, had to say about different National league teams. I think that some
remarks on my own hook might fit in here.
The Chicago Cubs are playing wonderful hall. They look letter to me. now that I have
seen them, than I thought they would, and Evers has them all working for him and traveling
at a njpid clip. I believe that they have u chance for the pennant, with the Giants going badly,
• as they are at present, and the Pirates away down in the race.
Cheney is the best pitcher Evers has working for him now. but the great danger he faces is that he w ill over
work Cheney. With a strong pitching staff, as I have said frequently before, Evers would have the lies! chance
of any manager in the league for the championship right this minute, I honestly Indieve. Toney. Richie uml Laven
der may come around strong enough to help Cheney take care of the pitching. The great catchers of the Cubs,
Rresnahan and Archer, will benefit
immensely by their handling.
It rid well is another player who sur
prised me. He looked as good in this
series as he did when he was with
the Giants at his best. He is cover
ing lots of ground, and banging the
ball very hard. The whole Chicago
team is hitting well. Evers has an
excellent club there, and, in spite of
all the remarks about the disruption
of the old Cub machine, this one looks
like a very good substitute.
* * *
P hiladelphia, the team that.
looked foolishly easy before the
season opened because of the facility
with which It was trimmed in the
ante-season scries by both the W ash
ington club and the Athletics, is mak
ing the pace in the National League
yet. The showing of the Phillies is
largely due to the wonderful pitching
which they have received so far. It
is the Iiest twirling that has been
shown In the league, and this pitching
put the Giants Into a losing habit
that appears to be hard to shake off.
If the Philadelphia pitchers blow,
the whole club will go, because the
observant one has probably noticed
that most of the games have lieen
won bv small scores, with Phila
delphia shutting out the other club
or permitting only one or two runs.
It is a good fielding team, but the
hitting Is light.
Magee is the best on the club, and
none of the rest sticks out as a won
der with the hat.
* * *
P hiladelphia win i>e a conten
der for the pennant, but I do
not think the club has a good chance
to win it. The pitchers on the other
teams jire going to improve within
the next month. Not another staff
besides that of the Quakers is in
sha]>e now. The Philadelphia pitch
ers are at the top of their form at
present, and are likely to slow off.
When the other pitchers round to, and
the Quaker twirlers start to fade, the
Phillies are liable to do a little sink
ing through the percentage.
* * *
O NE ch«*erful aspect of the race at
this writing is that no club has
achieved any big jump on the herd,
nndya little sustained winning streak
will soon put any team up in the run
ning again. The Giants must get said
winning streak before they start away
on the arduous Western trip into the
enemies’ country.
(Copyright. 1913. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Messrs. Olson and Nunamaker have
been found guilty of fighting, but it
would be impossible to convict Willie
Ritchie on that charge.
SADNESS.
Of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are: “It rains again!''
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If Ritchie and Rivers meet in deadly
combat on July 4. we fear that Mr.
Ritchie will not enjoy a safe and sane
Fourth.
Some men will endure any hardship to
. - see a good ball game. In fact, there
in the world unless his opponent is j are Ne %v y 0 rk fans who even go to
lucky enough to land one good wallop, i Brooklyn.
.35 4 10 27
Score by innings:
Atlanta
Memphis .
.110 301 000—6
,010 010 110—4
i mm ary: Two-base hits—Bailey,
g. Three-base hits—Bisland. Al-
nan. Sacrifice hits Welchonce.
and. Ward. Stolen bases —Baer-
i. Abstein. Butler. Long. Double
,*s—Sea bo ugh to Ward. Seabough
Sutler. Alperman to Agler. Smith
Uperman to Agler. Passed ball-
bough. Bases on balls—Off Kroh,
off Musser. 6. Struck out—By
h, 8: by Musser. 3. Hit by pitch-
Seabough, Long, Smith. 2. Time
40 Umpires—Kerin and Fifield.
But Thomas verily has a glass jaw
and on this account must be counted
out of the running for the 133-pound
title.
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A BOSTON paper quotes Battling
^ Nelson as saying that the Audi
torium-Armory here is the greatest
place be ever saw for holding a box
ing content.
“Mechanics Pavilion, in Frisco, was
a bush league affair compared to the*
Armory in Atlanta,” says Bat. "And
it is far ahead of Madison Square
Garden in New York, too.”
* * *
l^ID YOUNG, the local lad who has
been touted as a comer, will never
be able to dispute Johnny Coulon's
right to the feather title.' The kid
looks like a young heavyweight these
days. I doubt if he can get below
126"“pounds now.
If Young can build himself up ta
the lightweight limit and learn some
thing about boxing he would prove a
mighty good card. Any lad who can
hit like this* youngster is sure to cut
a big swath in the ring game.
MISSISSIPPI A. AND M.
BEATEN BY VANDERBILT
NASHVILLE, TENN.. May 16.—In
a seesaw game, in which all pitchers
were hit hard, Vanderbilt took the
first encounter of a three-game se
ries from Mississippi A. and M. by a
score of 11 to 10. A peculiar feature
of the game was the fact that both
teams got as many hits each as they
had runs to their credit in the box
score:
The M ississippians drove Ammie
Skies from the rubebr in the six :,
and in the ninth made a tri of talles
through luck. But a timely smash to
center by Peck Turner, with runners
on second and third, in the Commo
dores' half saved the game. Morgan
and Lyle each secured four-base wal
lops. while two-baggers were plenti
ful. three going to the Mlssissippians.
Three pitchers were used by the
visitors, Hobbs lasting oneVframe.
Pearson weakeend after six innings
and Adams finished.
Frentz and Chapman pulled off ser-
sational catches for Mississippi A.
and M , w hile L*'le was the field’ng
star for the ( oinmodores.
George Knockemout Brown complains
that he got only $100 for fighting in
New r ork, but there are those who be
lieve that he got approximately $99.70
too much.
Speaking of cruel and Inhuman pun
ishment, a court in St. Louis has am
putated a baseball magnate from $5,000
without the aid of an anesthetic.
* Fifteen hundred athletes took part in
a Marathon race in New York. And yet
they keep Harry Thaw in Matteawan.
Ad Wolgast's recent operation may
have affected bis fighting, hut reports
from the coast indicate that It failed to
remove his voice.
Stiff, it will not be necessary to call
out the police to handle the crowd when
the Federal League opens in our fair
city.
Managing a team in Cleveland appears
to be Just one jinx after another.
The young man who broke the fifty-
mile running record is not in danger of
establishing any records for horse sense.
AS C. MATHEWSON MIGHT
WRITE.
Long years they shook their heads
And told me I was fading.
3jy youth had fled, my arm was dead,
My work was retrograding.
And yet I work while (fthers fade,
The speed boys and the clever.
For men may come and men may go,
Rut I go on forever.
DEV0GHT REFUSES TO
REPORT TO CRACKERS
Prep League
News and Notes.
BASEBALL SUMMARIES
MEMPHIS, Term.. May 16 .Mana
ger Smith announced before pulling
stakes that Catcher Devoght, recent
ly purchased from Boston, would not
come South and that the deal has been
called off He states that Pitcher
Dent is expected on every train.
Graham was put out of the game by
Umpire Kerin for disputing a called
ball on Love in the ninth inning. Gra
ham kicked so strenuously that the
umpires plastered a $5 fine on him.
The victory of Boys High over Tech
ligii gives them a clean slate for the
season with 6 won and no defeats.
* * -
Following is the standing of the teams
n the local Prep League:
Boys High 6 0 1 000
.\1arist 3 2 600
Tech High 4 3 .->71
Peacock 2 4 .'-50
G. M A 1 « >25
• * *
it will be a difficult task to pick the
pitchers on the all-Prep team this year.
Kox appears to lead the field, but if
•, attempt is made to name any others
Callahan, of Maris, and Weston, of Tech
High, will cause many of the experts
u great deal of trouble.
* * *
Gordon College has secured a good
man in Irvin Van Tassell to act as ath
letic coach for the coming year. Van
Tassell is an old Ohio Wesleyan football
• l baseball star and was with the
York club of the Tri-State League for
one season. He graduated from Michi
ran in 1910.
* * •
A three-game series to decide the local
Grammar School championship will be
played next week between Formwalt
ool and Edgewood school. Formwalt
the winner of the South Side Pub-
| School championship, while Edge-
wood holds the same position on the
orth Side.
• • •
The Locust Grove Institute team de
feated the University of Goergia scrubs
Wednesday afternoon 6 to 1. The game
was a good one. No errors were made
and neither side scored until the sev
enth inning’. Combs, of Locust Grove.
• llow’ed only three hits.
m d> *
The last game of the local Prep base
ball season will be played on May 27
between Peacock and Marist. Marist
and Tech High will battle for second
lace next Wednesday. Roys High will
lay Peacock Tuesday afternoon.
u *
’ p he tennis tournament between Bovs
High ami iVuci,ck will probably be
played next week on the courts at Blast
i ake. This tournament should be in
teresting as both school* are well rep
resented in this branch of sport.
* * *
The track season this year was not as
=» lccessful among local Prep teams as
•hat of last year. This year only one
’ cw record was hung up. Roberts, of
Marist. made that in the pole vault. His
• , » i feet 6 inches in the annual
meet May 9. should stand for some time.
* * *
The West Point High School team is
one of the strongest turned out at that
ool in years. The season is nearly
over and the nine has been defeated but
fir Ice.
* * •
Gene Turner, official Prep league um
pire. has given entire satisfaction this
season and an attempt will he made to;
ngage him for next year. Turner is a i
former minor league hall player and at '
White City Park Now Open j sfccth round.
HARVEL TRIMS LIBBEY.
NEW YORK. May 16.—Johnny
Harvey, of New York, administered
such a terrible beading V
j)bey. of New York, last night that
referee stopped the bout in the
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Thursday.
Atlanta at New' Orleans.
Birmingham at Mobile.
Chattanooga at Memphis.
Nashville at Montgomery.
Standing o
W. L. Pc.
Mobile 26 9 .743
M phis 15 15 .531
N’ville 17 15 .531
Atlanta 17 16 .515
of the Clubs.
W. L.
Mont. 15 17
Chatt. 14 18
B’ham 11 18
N. Or. 11 20
Pc
.469
438
.378
.356
Thursday's Results.
New Orleans 6, Chattanooga 2
Montgomery 4. Birmingham 1.
Nashville 8, Mobile 2.
Nashville 8. Mobile 2.
Atlanta 6, Memphis 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Friday.
New York at. Chicago.
Boston at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Washington at Detroit.
Phi la.
C’land
W' gt on
Ch'go
Standing of the Clubs
VV L. Pc.
17 6 .739
18 9
15 8
17 12
.667
.652
.586
W. L.
Boston 11 16
St. L. 12 !8
Detroit 9 19
N. Y. 7 18.
Pc.
407
400
321
280
Wednesday’s Results.
Thursday’s Results.
Chicago 3, New York 2.
Boston 15, St. Louis 4.
Cleveland 2, Philadelphia 0
Washlngton-Detroit, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Friday.
Cincinnati at Boston.
St Louis at Brooklyn
Pittsburg in New York
Chicago at Philadelphia
Phila
B'klvn
N. Y.
St. L.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc.
15 7 682
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Friday.
Macon at Charleston.
Albany at Columbus.
Jacksonville at Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pc. W. L.
Sav'h
.f’vllle
CTbus
18 6
15 9
11 13
.750
.625
.458
Macon 11 13
Ch’ston 9 15
Albany 8 16
Thursday's Results.
Macon 5, Charleston 0.
Albany 4. Columbus 0.
Jacksonville 2, Savannah 1
GEORGIA ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Carnes Friday.
Newnan at Talladega
LaGrange at Gadsden
Anniston at Opelika.
W. L
Gadsden 7 3
T’dega 6 4
Newnan 5 5
Standing of the Clubs.
Pc
.700
.600
.500
w.
Ann’ton 5
O’lika 4
LaG’ge 3
Pe.
.500
.400
300
17 9
13 12
14 13
654
.520
.519
W. L.
Ch'go 15 14
P'burg 13 16
Boston 10 14
C'nati 8 19
Thursday's Results.
1 ^Grange 7. Gadsden 3
Anniston 4. Opelika 2.
Talladega 15. Newnan 1
COLLEGE GAMES FRIDAY.
Georgia vs. Tech, at Atlanta
Merger vs. Florida, at Macon.
Gordon vs. Stone Mountain, at Barnea-
vlllc.
Sewanee vs. S. P. U . at Sewanee
Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi A. and M.,
at Nashville.
Tennessee vs, Kentucky State, at
Knoxville.
Appalachian League.
Bristol 3, Middlesboro 2 (10 innings).
Johnson City 4. Cleveland 2.
Knoxville-Rome. rain.
Carolina League.
Asheville 4. Charlotte T
Raleigh 4 Greensboro 1.
Durham 7, Winston-Salem 2.
Pc. I
m! OLD INJURY MAY KEEP
1* I CRAIG OUT OF ATHLETICS
Thursday’s Results.
Pittsburg 7, New York 2
Philadelphia 6. Chicago 5.
Cincinnati 11, Boston 5.
Brooklyn 8, St. Louis 6.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Friday.
Waycross at Cordele.
Americus at Thomasviffe
Brunswick at Valdosta
PHILA DELPHI A, May 1 .- * kick
| on the head, rec eived in the Penn-
j sylvania-Michigan football game last
T'ville
WVross
V’dosta
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L Pc
9 4 .690
5 .615
8
7 6
538
C’dele
IV wick
Am'cus
'resent
A.
is secretary of the Tech Y. M.
It looks as if Riverside Academy will 1
finish the season with a clean slate. (
This team has won 17 games. The near- »
*»st that it came to defeat was a tie ’
game played early in the season.
Thursday’s Results.
Thomasviffe 7, Americus 3.
Valdosta 12. Brunswick 7.
Cordele 13, Waycross 3.
j fall, may prevent Walter Craig, the
University of Pennsylvania athlete,
, from taking part in any more com
petitions on track or gridiron. Craig
I player quarterback in several gam* s
j last year, and was a member of the
University of Pennsvlvanla one mile
I relay team this spring. Recently he
u L*. Pc_ | suffered several attacks of paralysis,
I 2 ■*«- ■ to due to the football
3 10 231 i ln J ur >* and physicians ordered him
’ j to give up all forms of competitive
' athletics.
Sports and Such
THE CHEERLESS LEADER.
(Chance now* running for Stevenson.)
I used to win a game a day.
Rat now it's quite the other way;
I lose about si.r games a week.
I never win but by a squeak.
I hare to limp around find see
The whole league (tut in front of me.
dust when I'm sure a club we'll
wreck,
S<,me bonchead always gums tin
deck.
And does it not seem tough as sin.
When I would like so much to win,
To hare to watch these misfits play.
And toss off ball games every day?
• * *
THEY ARE ALL WROUGHT up
out on the coast over the impend
ing crisis in the Lemonweight Di
vision. which Is due to “crlse” w hen
Gunboat Smith and Jess Willaru
meet on the 17th inst. Out there
they think a great deal mope of the
Gunboat's punch than they do of
Japan’s.
* * •
LOOKING OVER the statistics,
we should say that Willard's War
College ought to advise him mere
ly to lean on Smith in the clinches
and bust his spine. He will weigh
225 pounds, as against the Gun
boat’s 180, but on the other hand
that advice might have been ten
dered big McKay without profli
Willard will have the weight as
well as the rang* , but there is ■
great deal of doubt as to whicn
carries the heavier armament. Here
abouts we have observed that when
ever the Gunboat connects with a
right hand punch to the jaw. the
proceedings bog down abruptly.
Matters of moment seldom trans
pire afterwards.
* • •
BUT SMITH HAS a black eye,
inflicted by George Rodel, the
South African aquash. He knocked
Rodel down about six times, and
when the Boer violated all pr -
cedents by Insisting on arising
after each upset, the Gunner grew
discouraged. He was lammed with
a vengeance for the remainder >f
the engagement.
* * *
THE WRITER HAS NEVER
seen Willard perform, but if ho
has the punch he is credited with
and a courage commensurate with
his size he ought to beat Smith.
Rut he will have to make up Ills
mind lo take a punch in the Jaw.
The Gunboat can hit any of the
present crop of White Hopes.
. , *
EITHER OUR NATIONAL game
or the umpire, or both, grow effete.
Manager Stoval. of the Browns,
has been suspended indefinitely
for a mere inelegance in connec
tion with an umpire, and (ills in Sr
1/ouis. too. It was not like this in
■lie olden days of the South Side
grounds, as Old Jack Sheridan can
testify. There used to be a three-
foot runway between the rear >f
the stand and the fence, down
which the umpires had to travel
to reach their dressing room. It
was the good old custom of those
times to begin about the fifth in
ning lo collect pop bottles, bricks
and beer kegs and carry them up
to the rear of the stand. The kegs
were balanced on the rajl, and
tlie youth and the chivalry of St.
Louis massed behind them with
the smaller ammunition. Then, as
the umpires darted down the lane,
the kegs were tipped ovTr and the
pop bottles and bricks hurled down
bv tile ambidextrous experts.
• «• *
IN THOSE VIRILE days a mere '
harsh word was a caress.
JOCKEY BENSCHOTTEN DEAD.
BALTIMORE. May 16—Jockey
James Benschotten, injured during
the running of the Linstead steeple
chase at Pimlico yesterday, died early
to-day. Benschotten, who was rid
ing Si) (’leges, was thrown at the
tenth jump. As he attempted to rise
he was struck on the head by the
hoofs of another horse.
m W. SMITH
By Joe Agler.
N EW ORLEANS. LA., May 16.—I
don’t know whether it is a
league record or not. but I’d
like to call attention to the fact that
Wally Smith made nine straight hits
up to the time he fiied out to Baer
wald in the middle of the game yes
terday -and we closed the series with
a victory. 6 to 4, after a string of
three defeats.
Smith’s work was marvelous. He
was laid up with sprained ankle, you
remember, and didn’t break back into
the game until Monday.
But his last time up against Mont
gomery he made a single. Then he
broke Back Tuesday with five hits.
Here is his full record:
This Was Swell Hitting.
Saturday, against Manning, one hit.
Tuesday, against Harrell, five hits.
Wednesday, against Kissinger and
Harrell, 2 hits (the other times he
faced the pitcher they walked him, ,n
a pinch).
Thursday, against Kroh. 1 hit.
Total, 9 in succession. .
I guess that mark will last a f. j vv
days. From all we can learn it is a
league record.
Smith reacherd first base twehe
consecutive times in the Memphis se
ries. Eight of the excursions were .
made on safe hits, two on bases r
balls and two on wild pitches which
struck his person. It remained for the
Jinxifying influences of the number
"13” to halt the brazen doings of the
Atlanta star, for on his thirteenth tri j
to the pan he fiied out to right field.
Did I say we won yesterday from
Memphis? Well, we sure did, and v\-•
are going after the New Orleans team
to-day with Al Furchner on the slab
Dunn will receive.
Won by Hitting Ball.
We won yesterday’s game as w«
ought to have won the whole series
—by hitting the little old pill. Musser
had a mess of stuff but was 1 wild.
As a result the game was in doubt
to the very last second.
Tommy Long and Bisland were the
hitting stars. Tommy is sure run
ning wild this year and piled up his
fiftieth hit yesterday.
We left in Turtletovvn a very weil
satisfied bunch of young gentlemen.
The Turtles knew they outlucked us
and won by doing It.
Paul Musser left Memphis last
night for Atlanta m rest up for Mon
day’s game with Memphis at Ponce
DeLeon.
1 understand that Dent and Devoght
will stay in Atlanta until we get
back and will make their Cracker de
but at Poncev.
NAPS SECURE TWIRLER.
CLEVELAND. OHIO, May 16.—U
E. Hinton, the University of Arkan
sas southpaw, will come here Mon
day for a tryout with the Naps. He
a six-footer and has pitched two no
hit games this season.
ini
Locust Crove is probably tb#» only
r ’ren nine in this section of the country
young j ‘''at could give the Riverside cadets n
-ood argument, but unfortunately 1
G. I is not entered in the G T. A A.
this year so no games will be played
between the two.
Cotton States League.
Ciarksdale 12. Jackson 2.
Meridian 5. Columbus 4
F’onsacola-Selma. not scheduled.
American Association.
Louisville 10, Milwaukee 2.
Milwaukee .T ; Louisville 2.
Kansas City 4. Toledo 3
other games postponed: wet grounds
O’HARA TO SCOUT FOR REDS.
TROY. N. Y., May 1 T .—Outfielde-
“Tom" O’Hara has been sold by Man
ager Ramsey of the Troy team of the
New York State League to the Cin
cinnati Nationals. He will do scoot
duty for Manager T nker.
White City Park Now Open
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