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TTEARRT’S SUNDAY AMERIC AN— BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS.—SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1913.
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HERE’S COACH HEISMAN’S ALL-SOUTHERN TEAM FOR 1913
By J. W. Heisman.
tCoach Tech Baseball Team.)
T HE selection of the All-Southern
for this year strikes me as a
comparatively easy task. In the
paratlvely easy task. In the main,
’here seem not to be numerous
claimant# for places, and those who
h.ive been selected stand out pretty
strongly from the rest of the field.
• • •
, Hutchens a
Oreat Catcher.
The truly fine catchers of the
year are few and far apart.
< >n the whole I consider the 1913
crop decidedly below par. Some of
them can catch all right but can do
lititle el»e; some throw well, and
that Is all; while still others hit
satisfactorily but can hardly move
out of their tracks.
Hutchens, of Georgia, is the only
man I have seen who combines ex
cellence in all departments and who
makes a finished catcher. He is
superbly built for a catcher, being
tall and rangy, yet strongly set up.
He is plainly at home behind the
plate, and knows thoroughly how to
handle his pitchers: that is a larg^
reason why the Georgia pitchers
have been so effective this year.
Hutchens is a hard worker, a fine
thrower, and a most reliable swat
ter. If a pitcher doesn’t put them
over for him ht will not be drawn af
ter them but walks to base, as he
should. Hutchens compares favora
bly* with the best catches of past
All-Southerns.
Williams, of Auburn, is a very
handy man with the bludgeon, and
a reliable backstop. He is too slow
for an ideal catcher.
Welle, of Alabama, has an ex
ceptionally good peg to bases, but
he is too light in his stick work. So
fault can be found with his receiv
ing or base running.
* * *
Choice of Pitchers
Gives Some Trouble.
As usual it is more of a task
to select three pitchers from the
bunch than to make satisfactory
picks for the other positions. The
best of the li-st seem to have been
jUorley and Morris, of Georgia; Ezell,
of Clemson; Hunt, of Mercer; Eu-
I banks and Pitts, of Tech; Davis, of
Auburn; Pratt, of Alabama; and
Gordon, of Sewanee.
I have chosen, after due delibera
tion, the first three of these, an !
u my own mind I have little doubt
that I have cho»en wisely.
These three are* all strapping big
fellows, all right handers, all have
great spew'd, and all have nice curves.
J would say without hesitation that
Ezell i£ the more finished baseball
player of the three; that he watches
runners on bases a shade better than
the others; that his curves hav<>
slightly sharper breaks to them, and
that he has the best general pitch
ing form of any twirler of the year.
Hunt has done Remarkably good
work for a Frenchman and deserves
plenty of credit.
Pitts and Eubanks show' improve
ment over last year’s form, and have
been a pretty satisfactory pair of
flingers for Sophomores. By next
\ear I expect them both to develop
into college pitchers of the first ramc
and 1 will not be surprised if they
both have, something to say about
this A11-Southern business.
Davis is undoubtedly a very good
pitcher. He had the misfortune :«
seriously sprain his ankle in mid
season, since which time he has been
working at a great disadvantage.
Pratt has pitched some astonish
ingly good games during the season,
but 1 am puzzled to know how he
did it; for he strikes me as tOD
voung. too inexperienced, too frailly
built to be anything great for sev
eral years yet at least. He cer
tainly must have something, but I
must frankly say that I was not im
pressed with him
i Gordon, of Sewanee, is clearly one
of the very best of the year.
This trio of pitchers that T have
selected is not, in my opinion, afo ; e
to measure up to the pitching stan
dards of pas. All-Southern squads,
but it’s a pretty good trio for all
that.
*• * *
First Base
’ A Slight Puzzle.
1 Had Holliday not been ruled .IT
:he Tech team I fancy I should have
seen my way clear to have named
him as first baseman. He would not
have hit-as hard as some; but I can
count on the fingers of one hand
all the first basemen, amateur or
professional, that 1 ever seen. who.
1 thought, were his superiors when
it came to fielding.
With Holliday out of the argu
ment the berth dies between Daven
port of Auburn and C'reitz of th»
Miss A. &• M.. and between them
there is very little to choose. Creitz
he» the bette form in fielding and
fie is equally as good a hitter as
Davenport, which is saying much
He is hardly as good as Davenport on
the paths, and then. too. the latter
has played rather longer in college
circles. this point is always one
of importance. Indeed, it is the
nain factor to Incline me to Daven-
;,orl. Both of them are. like Hutch
ens finished and all around ball
p'aye,“ Heads." I call for Daven
port. and "Tails” for Creitz. "Heads"
!t is and Davenport has it.
Webb of Clemson, is a grand hit-
• pr a nd will make a first baseman
i n other wavs in time. No fault
•an be found with the work of Mor
gan of Vanderbilt.
Wills, of Mercer, puts up a dandy
game for a freshman and will be
heard from. The same may be said
of A mason, of Tech.
Henderson, of Georgia, Is another
hard hitter, and is very fair in h's
, a,.',) Lack of speed keeps him
, behind the best firs! basemen of the
C year.
For guardians of the keystone sa, o
I can see but three contenders: thei j
are Moody, of Alabama; Harrison,
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HEISMAN'S ALL-SOUTHERN
TEAM
(Selected from
the colleges of the Southern
Intercollegiate
Athletic Association.)
POSITION.
PLAYER.
COLLEGE.
Catcher
Hutchens
... . Georgia
T Corley
. . . . Georgia
Pitchers
VMorris
.... Georgia
1 Ezell
.. . . Clemson
First Base ....
Davenport
. Auburn
Second Base .
Montague, F.,
. . .. Tech
Shortstop
Joplin
Alabama
Third Base ...
Turner
.. . . Vanderbilt
Left Field ...
Ginn
.... Georgia
Center Field .
McWhorter
.... Georgia
Right Field ..
McDowell
Alabama
Utility
Rice
. . Mercer
ABOUT HARDEST
of Georgia- and F\ Montague, of
Tech.
The first of these is as sw r ell an
infielder as I want to find most any
where. and he is the real thing on
the paths as well. He has a fine
arm, and he knows baseball inside
and out. But his hitting just wouldn t
do. and there I’ll have to stop.
Now the other two. They both hit
hard, they both field well, and thrj.v
well, and run well: they both know
the game.
But Montague is an older player
than Harrison, a man who is in man.'
ways further developed in basebaii
than Harrison, for he has been call
ed upon in his time to play base,
short stop, left, ri^ht, and center
field, and to catch, and all of these
in varsity ball. And now he is play
ing a highly satisfactory game at
second, while burdened, at the same
time, with the captaincy of his
team.
Harrison is a grand little player,
and will be heard from further; but
I have little about Montague being
the man for the place.
Number of Fair
Shortstops.
There are a number of shortstoos
worth mentioning but, after all* I
can recall but three worth dwelling
upon. The ieast of these is Donald
son, of Tech, whose fielding is often
very brilliant, and whose base run
ning is fairly satisfactory. He is
spirited player and is bound to come*
in all ways with a little more time.
At present he is not strong enough
with the ash to force a place for him
self on the A-S team. His ball will
also travel faster with another year
of growth.
The two best shortstops of the
year I consider to be Joplin, >of Ala
bama and Clements, of Georgia. Th?y
are built muck alike, and are prett>
nice ball players in all departments
of the game. Clements bats a trifle
harder than does Joplin, but 1 slight
ly prefer the latter’s fielding. It’s
another toss-up which would he the
more valuable to a team. Joplin has
played a year longer than Clements,
and that is one reason why I prefer
him.
Third Base
Is Weak.
Looking over the third basemen
of the year I come to the conclusion
that at this,station our All-Southern
will this year be weaker than at any
other. It may be that they merely
seem weak in comparison with Hol
land. who was selected for that
position the last three years.
Covington, of Georgia, is a fairly
good third sacker; but when we are
talking about All-Southern men they
should be something very extra,
which Covington is not, in my poor
judgment.
Moore, of Tech, will field, throw
and run bases with any that can be
named of this year’s crop. His bai
ting average, though, will not stand
too (lose an examination for our
present purpose. As h# is but a
freshman we may hope for good
things from him for next year.
Hammond, of Sewanee, is a very
graceful and reliable fielder. Coles
is also good* in this line and hits
rather better than Hammond.
Roddenberry is really one of the
best third packers of the year. He
has been somewhat erratic in hL
play, but his fielding is generally
sure, his throwing good and his bat
ting not to be sneezed at. He’s
about the second best third base
man of the year, all things consid
ered.
McGee, of Miss. A. & M., is one
of the best men on that team.
Turner, of Vanderbilt, is the man I
pick as being most deserving of the
position. This man is very fast on
his feet and in all his movements.
He has a very quick recovery and
throw, and is about as sure on field
ing as you will find them in college
circles. He is very fast on the bases,
and he knows the game backwards,
forwards, and both ways diagonal-
Iv. While-, not the hardest hittr
imaginable his average for a season
will stack up all right. Great, he is
not; but Just a shade more usefull
than others that I can recall.
Outfielders Are
Easy to Pick.
In considering the outfielders three
names stand out from all the rest
as do shooting stars from station
ary. These names are Ginn and Mc
Whorter of Georgia, and McDowell
of Alabama.
The two last named were on the
All-Southern of last year. They were
so good a year ago that i am not
surprised that I am unable to note
in their play any marked improve
ment in their 1912 form. But neither
have they retrogressed in any de
partment in the slightest. They do
all things well in baseball, and that’s
all that needs be said of them.
Ginn has threatened to* be an
All-Southern p4ayer for the past
three years, and this year he has
fairly earned a place for himself
in the Hall of Fame. He always
was a startlingly good fielder, and
his base running was equal to the
best. This year it is even better
and is the standard that all others
must pattern after. Heretofore his
hitting has been too light; but now
that he is slamming them out at
and over the .300 mark we'll just have
to allow' that Ginn has qualified, and
let him in.
While the above three are, I be
lieve, the best fitted for places on
the All-Southern, it would be un
just to a number of other outfielders
of the year not to give them special
mention for\ excellent work done.
This list should include Harris of
Auburn, Peebles of Alabama, Tarrant
of Clemson and Wootten of Tech.
Not Many Players
For Utility Berth.
To round out our teams we have
to select a utility man. There are
not many candidates for the place.
Captain Montague, of Tech, would,
I am thoroughly convinced. have
made the best man for the place had
he not been assigned the position
of second base on the team. Mc
Dowell. of Alabama would do well
also, but he has been given a berth
in the outfield.
With them out of the way I have
no difficulty in shoving the thing over
to Captain Rice, of Mercer. This
man is an undoubted ball player. He
has had much actual experience be
hind the plate, at first base, and ’n
the outfield. He is a terrific hit
ter and has a grand arm. Even
better than that he is a thorough
sportsman, and would be a credit
to any team in the country.
This Was Team
As a Whole.
My opinion of the team I have
chosen as a whole is not so flatter
ing as might be wished.. To be sure
in aggregation of players would bs
bound to make up a grand baseball
team; but when I compare it with
past All-Southerns I am bound to
say that I believe it suffers by the
comparison.
With the exception of short and
third base and the pitchers, every
man on the team is hitting well over
team is composed almost entirely of
extra Large and fine looking chaps,
and it is an exceptionally good
.300. The outfield has splendid speed
on the bases and in covering terri
tory in the field. In fact the out
field is stronger than the infield. The
throwing bunch.
WASHINGTON CREW IN RACE.
NEW YORK. May 17.—Official
sanction has been given to the Uni
versity of Washington crew' to com
pete in the intercollegiate regatta at
Poughkeepsie on June 21. according
to a statement made to-day by Dr.
Thomas P. Kane, President of the
University of Washington. Washing
ton already has won the Pacific Coast
championship.
By Joe Bean.
(Coach at Marist College.)
T HE hardest ptay to make in base
ball is the one when the team
at bat has a man on first and
third and there may be none, one,
or even two out. The team at bat
may need one run to tie or win the
game and under these circumstances
they are naturally going to make a
bold attempt to put over that run.
The team in the field is at a disad
vantage. They must study the bat
ter as well as ; watch the base run
ners. The questions arise. Is the
man at bat a good hitter? Is he
liable to lift a l^lgh fiy to the fa
outfield and score the runner, in case
there are less than two down; or will
they attempt the squeeze play? Is
the runner on third a fast man?
These are many of the questions that
flash through the minds of the play
ers in the field, therefore, when you
see this condition of affairs in a big
baseball game you can be sure that
a battle of brains is going on.
Players on Toes.
The pitcher winds up for the pitch
and instantly the runner on first
Karts for second. The w'hole infield
is at once on its toes. The second
baseman cuts in’short and the short
stop goes toward second. The first
baseman comes off his bag and the
third-sacker covers third to hold the
runner there in case the ball is thrown
to him instead of second. The ball
is sent to second and the runner on
third darts for the home plate. The
second baseman receives the ball near
second and whips it back to the
catcher. A cloud of dust arises and
runner and back-stop are scarcely
visible. The umnire decides safe >r
out and the double steal has or baa
not succeeded. one team nas otu-
guessed the other. The defense by
moving In close can sohietimes stop
the play whether it can shoot it to
third or back to the catcher, as the
case requires’ and catch the runner.
However, a smart runner on third
can cause a great deal of worry for
the defensive infleiders. Supposing
the man on third just makes a bluff
to start for the plate and causes
the catcher to delay his throw a few
seconds. This delay can easily give
the runner on first a chance to reach
second, thereby putting men on sec
ond and third. If the catcher shoots
the ball to third he is in danger of
making a wild heave.
Battle of Brain6.
On the other hand, a catcher of the
Archer type may use his brains to
a good advantage. A sharp throw
ing catcher can Kioot the bajl to
either third or second and catch run
ners off their bases when they take
too many liberties. Archer can easily
shoot the ball to second and have the
ball returned in time to catch the
fastest of runners at the plate.
Summing up the play from all an
gles it is certainly a batle of brains
and the fastest thinker usually wins
out. >
In all cities there are a certain
number of fans who are known in
the vernacular of baseball as reg
ulars. They are the fellows w ho turn
out for the game,, rain or shine, and
roast or boast whichever way they
think the team deserves. When I
was with the Providence team they
had their regulars and one in par
ticular I remember because lie used
to drive in from the country with an
old white horse hitched to ari old ram
i shackle buggy. The old horse would
come through the gate ^and woul
walk over to his* usual standing place
behind first base where he was always
tied to a low r fence.
The second baseman on the Provi
dence team was injured one day and
a big fellow' named Murray was sent
in from the field to take* his place.
In the early part of the gamu a
grounder was hit to Murray but the
big fellow booted it, then recovered
and made a swift heave to first. The
old white horse stood calmly watch
ing the proceedings, but little reck
oned what was to come The throw
was wild by 30 feet and hit the oid
horee right on the nose.
It has always been said that a horse
has an unusual amount of sense and
learns easily by experience. Bet that
as it may, that old horse learned
his lesson well that day for during the
remainder of the season whenever a
ball was hit to Murray the horse
would duck hie head when the ball
was thrown to second.
Play for Golf Title Too Early
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Southern Courses Not in Shape
By Tick Tiehenor.
T HE Southern Championship wfill
be held this year In Montgom
ery, Alabama, for the first
time. The date as usual has been
set for the first week in June.
Why the directors of the South
ern Golf Association will continue to
fix the date at this time of the year
is beyond comprehension. It is
impossible for the club over whose
course the tournament is held to
have its course in tip-top shape
early in the season Yet year af
ter year the same date is fixed and
the same old excuse is made for the
condition of the course of a late
spring.
The failure of the clubs which have
heretofore been selected as the place
for holding the Southern Champion
ship to have their, courses in true
championship form has not been the
result of any lack of interest or work
to put the course in shape, for they
have one and all expended much
time and money to have it so, but
has been the direct result of the fact
that the growing season has not been
of sufficient length for the greens
and fairgreens to acquire the neces
sary growth to put them in first-
class shape so early in the year.
Any course in the South is in bet
ter shape later in the summer than
it is in June. All of the players
are nearer at the top of their games
at the end of the summer than they
are at the beginning. It stands to
reason that this should be true for
they have had the entire season to
get in shape.
This is true in every club in the
Southern Association with the pos
sible exception of New Orleans,
where the weather conditions are
such that they can play regularly all
winter without having to bundle up
in a sweater and therefore the play
ers from the Crescent City are the
only ones who come to the Southern
Championship in June in first-class
shape.
While it must be admitted that the
players from New Orleans as a whole
are better than those of any other
club in the association, still their
chances of winning the Southern
Championship has been increased by
the early date on which this tourna
ment is held each year.
* * •
S OME ten years or more ago In
the early days of the association
it was found expedient to pull off
this tournament at this time of the
year in order to secure the entries
of a few Englishmen and Scotchmen,
who were in the cotton business in
New Orleans and Memphis and who
returned home early every summer.
This may have been a good idea
at that time as there were then very
few entries in the tournament. But
now the number of entries are al
ways in excess of one hundred and
often get near to the one hundred
and fifty mark and the problem now
up to the directors is not how to
make this event more popular but
what must be done to keep the num
ber of entries from growing too
large.
As hereinbefore stated the date
of the first tournament being fixed
for the first w'eek in June was origi
nally fixed to accommodate the Eng
lish and Scotch cotton men, who did
not remain In tills country during the
summer. Yet with the exception of
Wick Richardson of Memphis, who
has been a regular attendant, though
even he was absent last year, there
has not been in the last five years
but one. or two men of this class
who have been among those present
at the Southern Championship.
Ask any of the players of Atlanta.
Birmingham, Nashville. Memphis or
Chattanooga, who have a chance to
qualify in the first thirty-two in the
championship w'hat they think about
changing the date of this event to
later in the summer and they are
practically unanimous in favor of
such a change.
I have talked with a great many
about it and I have yet to find a
single one of them, who is not ln
favor of it. One player in expres
sing his opinion on tills subject said
that to him there was about as much
reason for "laying the Southern Golf
Championship in the first part of
June as there would be in playing
the World’s Baseball Series the fol
lowing March instead of at the end
of the baseball season.
The United States Golf Association
used to hold the Amateur Champion
ship early in the summer but in the
last few years they have pushed the
date forward to September in order
to give all of the players a chance to
be in the very be*l of playing shape.
It is to be hoped that the directors
of the Southern Golf Association will
at their next meeting at Montgom
ery' follow the lead of the United
States Golf Association and even if
they do not see fit to fix the date
of holding the Southern in Septem
ber at least put it some time later
in the summer than the first week in
June
* • •
ALL golfers despise the qualifying
round of a tournament and they are
one and all glad when it Is over
Heretofore it has been the custom
In the Southern Championship for
all of the entries to play a medal
play qualifying round of eighteen
holes on the first day and for the
sixty-four players with the lowest
scores to play another round of
eighteen holes the next morning and
for the thirty-tw'o players with the
lowest scores to qualify in the
Championship Flight.
This year it will be different. There
will be only one round of eighteen
boles medal play on the first day
and the sixty-four players returning
the low'est scores will qualify in the
Championship Division. Instead of
the usual medal play round the next
morning these sixty-four players will
be paired and will play at match
play. From this sixty-four there
will of course be thirty-two losers.
These thirty-two losers wfill form
what will be the third and fourth
flights. Thus It will be seen that
at the beginning of the afternoon of
the second day of the tournament
there will be thirty-two players still
left in the Championship flight and
the thirty-two losers of the matches
in the morning round, who will form
the third and fourth flights.
The thirty-two players still left
in the Championship Division will
play an eighteen-hole match play
round that afternoon as will the thir-
ty-tw’o players who lost in the morn
ing. After the completion of this
afternoon round there will be six
teen winners and sixteen losers in
the Championship as well as the los
ing division of the morning round.
The sixteen losers In the Champion
ship flight will form the second flight.
The sixteen winners of the thirty-two
players who lost in the morning
round will form the third flight and
the sixteen losers of these players in
the afternoon will form the fourth
flights.
Thus on the morning of the third
day of the tournament there will be
four flights of sixteen players each.
These players play an eighteen-hole
match play round and the eight los
ers in each flight form a consolation
division of the flight in which they
lost.
• * *
T HE winners in all flights as well
as the consolation divisions of
each flight play on that afternoon
and the winners will be the semi-
finalist. The semi-final of all flights
will be thirty-six holes and will be
played on the fourth day of the tour
nament. The final will also be thir
ty-six holes in all flights.
* * *
I T is believed that this arrangement
of the tournament, which is pro
posed by Leigh Carroll, of New Or
leans, will prove very entertaining as
it does away with one of the quali
fying rounds and also allows every
player, who qualifies in the first six
ty-four, to play at least four matches,
even though he loses every one, be
fore he is entirely out of the tourna
ment.
THREE FIGHTS TO NET
FREDDIE WELSH $12,000
NEW YORK. May 17.—Three fights
that wld net him a guarantee of $12.-
000 have been arranged for Freddie
Welsh, the English champion. Yes
terday he met Jack Redmond, of Mil
waukee, at Winnipeg. On May 24, at
Fdrnonton. Canada, he will battle with
Kid Sealer, of Seattle, Wash., and
during the first week in June he will
clash with “Fighting Dick” Hyland at
Vancouver. B. C.
SPEEDWAY RACERS MAKING
NEW RECORDS EVERY DAY
INDIANAPOLIS. May 1 .—If the
speed that is shown in the trials in
preparation for the 500-mile race on the
Speedway here for Memorial Day is
maintained, records are sure to go in
the big event. Almost each day some
new trial record is made.
Bob Burman recently bung up a rec
ord of 1:45 for the lap here, but this
mark was beaten yesterday by both Gil
Anderson and Charlie Merz in their
Stutz racers.
MINNESOTA PLANNING TO
PUT SCHOOLS AMONG FARMS
GRAND RAPIDS MINN.. May 17 -
—School authorities of the district
have taken a practical way of for
warding the "back-to-the-land”
movement. They have derided that
wherever possible the children shall
go from the village into the country
to get their education, and in pur
suance of the policy will hereafter
erect all consolidated schools out
among the farms.
Heretofore the practice has been
followed here as elsewhere of build
ing schools in the villages and bring-
'g the children in from the country.
• any hold the opinion that this
not. 1 of giving the rural boys and
> a taste of urban life has been
a g? at factor in weaning them from
Ml.
CON LE YMEETS DELMONT.
NEW ORLEANS, May 17.—Frankie
Conley, featherweight scrapper who
has spent several weeks in New Or
leans, left yesterday for Memphis,
where he fights A1 Delmont Monday
night.
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H
AVE you no
ticed the de
cided tendency to
ward high' crowns
and narrow brims
in the new straws?
It’s English, you
know! We have
Ihe style illustrat
ed here, as well as
all the new shapes
and straws for men and
youngmen. Youcansuit
your taste and your
purse at one and the
same time at $2 to $5.
urrurnis
kings
department
is overflow
ing with the
choicest se
lections for summer
wear; the good taste
manifested through
out this entire de
partment is more ap
parent than ever be
fore—new summer Shirts, Neckwear, Un
derwear, Belts, Soft Collars, Hosiery—
best obtainable qualities—values natural
ly being greater by reason of our un
usual purchasing power. “Get the habit’’
of “togging up” at Hartman’s.
'"English Xan Oxfords
'Y he sensational “hit’’ of the season—
English Low-Heel Tan Oxfords—
comfort, style and beauty combined at
$4 1o $6. We are Atlanta headquarters
for rubber-sole Oxfords for men and
women. See our north window display.’
“FURNISHER TO MEN"
SIX PEACHTREE. 0pp. Peters Bldg.
•“If It’s Correct, It’s at Hartman’s’