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TTEARRT’S SUNDAY AMERIC AN— BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS.—SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1913. 3 D 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, Who Laughs Last Laughs Best, But He Who Laughs First Is Sure of His C&3 By “Bud” Fisher Sax, mutt; r\ie ft &bviet.L PlDDLfc t-ott you oaAKt it quick. r AtN'T 4or Much TtsAe W6LC. THEIite'S A ©UNCM OF Boxes, ,f\j f'lfON'r OF A, t>R.TG,O0D-j, Blocking Tug SIOFU/A.UC AND ft fftfta, TH£M U/HftT ,■*, t I AIN'T GoYT i«v€ To Guess. to hat j ft NSu/e VeJ V. Hl*a NftNVg IS IMITCHE LU MITCHE LL ^ vqHN sftiT( HELL.’? ~T BECAUSE Mrs FATHERS NAfftE WAS NttTCHEU- I STILL C Lft INt THAT'*, | ClEwER. forysucr fgi^ fy jynt to 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 f +#+ +•+ +•+ ^i*r 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. '“If It’s at Hartman’s, It’s Correct’ k W English Straws 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’