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PITCHER AL DEMAREE SHOWS WHAT THE GIANTS DID LAST WEEK
TURTLES HAVE
UTILITY STAR
IN G.
By Jack Law.
(Former member of Memphi, team.)
I N a league where player limits and
salary limits cut down the num
ber of men available for filling: in
the chinks in case of injury versa
tile players help.
There never was any doubt but
rhat the versatility of Sid Smith and
his ability to fill in as an infieldei
won a pennant for Atlanta.
Nor will the students of baseball
deny that much of the strength of
the present Memphis team is due to
the versatility of four of its players
—George Merritt. Rudy Raerwald,
Joe Ward and Rill Abstein.
* * *
\/T ERRITT is the champion jack-of-
1 1 all trades. A pitcher by profes
sion, he has this year played on the
slab, at second base, and in two
outfield positions—and the season is
only half way started* Moreover he
has batted in the lead-off, in the
clean-up position and has been stuck
in as pinch hitter.
George is really on© of the most
versatile ball players In the game. His
career has been a strange one and he
has played every position on the dia
mond but catcher and has played
them well.
Merritt was a member of the
champion Pittsburg Club in 1901 as
a pitcher, and in the following sea
son he was disposed of to the Wor
cester Club of the Eastern League.
He pitched for them that year, but
at that time he was considered a
better hitter than he was a pitcher.
The following season George prac-;
tically gave up pitching, confining him
self to utility roles, playing most of
his games in the outfield. The next
year he took part in 92 games, di
viding his time between first base
and the outfield and having the tidy
hatting average of .301. The fol
lowing season he played 113 games
and played every infield position but
third base.
The next summer he moved into
the outfield again, chasing flies in 90
games. The two following seasons
he was back on the initial sack, play
ing that position in almost all the
contests played.
* * *
T N 1909 Merritt played the outfield.
J first base, third base and returned
to the box regularly for the first
time in six years. That season Russ
Ford was sent over to Jersey City
for a little seasoning by the New
York Americans and Phil Sitton was
also with the club and it is more
than likely that Merritt’s return to
the box was caused by his mastering
the damp delivery, which he could
-carcely help doing with two such
masterly exponents of the spltter as
Ford and Sitton to instruct him. He
pitched 28 full games that year, win
ning 14 and losing the same number,
which coincidentally was the same
average made by Russell Ford, as he
got an even break in 26 games, which
was a splendid showing when one
considers that the team hack of
them was a hopeless tailender.
The next season Merritt was se
cured by Buffalo from Jersey City
in midseason and had his most suc
cessful year on the mound that he
had ever enjoyed in that league, win
ning 15 out of 24 games pitched. He
pitched fair ball the next season, not
quite breaking even in games won.
Early last summer the Memphis club
secured him from Buffalo and he had
good success in the South, winning 8
out of 32 games that he pitched.
Gectrge showed that he hadn’t forgot
ten bow to hit by rolling up an aver
age of .274.
SUNDAY'S GAMES.
First Game.
Atlanta. ab. r. h., po. a. e
Long. If, ... 5 2 2 0 0 0
Bailey, rf. . 5 1 1 0 0 0
Alperman, 2b.. 5 0 3 5 3 0
Welchonce, cf.. 6 0 3 5 0 0
Smith, 3b. ... 4 0 0 0 2 0
Bisland, ss. . . 5 0 1 6 1 1
Agler, lb. ... 5 1 2 11 1 1
Dunn, c, . . . 5 1 1 2 2 0
Price, p. . . . 5 0 3 1 5 0
Chappelle, p. . 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ... 46 5 16 *30 14 2
*None out in eleventh when win
ning run scored.
New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Atz, 2b 4 1 2 4 3 0
Manush, 3b. . . 5 1 1 1 2 2
James, rf.. ■ . 4 0 1 5 0 0
Hendryx, cf.. . 4 0 0 5 0 0
Spencer, If. . . 5 0 1 2 0 0
Snedecor, lb. .4 0 0 10 0 0
Williams, ss. . 3 2 1 1 0 1
Angemeier, c. . 4 0 0 5 8 0
*Clancy ... 0 1 0 0 0 0
McIntyre, p. . . 4 1 2 0 3 0
Totals ... .37 6 8 33 11 3
♦Ran for Angemeier in eleventh.
Score by innings:
Atlanta 120 000 000 02—o
New Orleans 000 030 000 03 6
Summary: Home run Williams.
Two-base hits—Price. Manush, Alper
man. Long. Bailey. McIntyre. Sacri
fice hits—Bailey. Smith. Atz Stolen
base Agler. Double plays—Williams
to Atz to Snedecor; Bisland to Al
perman to Smith. Struck out—By
McIntyre, 5; by Price 2 Bases on
balls—Off McIntyre, 1; off Price, «.
Second Game.
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Lone If ... 3 0 1 1 00
Bailey rf. ... 3 0 2 2 0 0
Aiperman, 2b. . 3 0 1 1 1 0
Welchonce, cf.. 3 0 0 1 0 0
Smith, 3b. ... 2 0 0 1 1 «
Bisland, ss. . . 3 1 # J * JJ
Airier lb 3 0 1 9 0 0
Graham, c. . . 3 0 0 5 0 0
Brady, p. • • ■ 3 JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ
Totals . . .26 1 5 21 11 0
N. Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Atz 2b . • • 2 0 1 0 3 0
Manush, 3b. . . 3 0 0 1 3 0
fames, rf. . . • 3 n 0 0 0
Hendryx, cf. . . 3 1 2 1 « 0
Spencer If . • 2 0 1 0 0 0
Snedecor. lb. . 3 . n 0 11 0 0
Williams, ss. . 3 0 1 1 ] 0
Angemeier. c. . 2 0 9 * ’ JJ
■Evans . ... 0 " « «
Brenton. p. . — <J JJ 9 4 0
’•Clancy ■ • ■ 1 0 ® 0 0
Totals . .24 1 5 21 12 0
♦Batted for Angemeier in seventh.
♦♦Batted for Brenton in seventh.
(Game called to allow teams to
:atch train.)
Score by innings:
Atlanta 000 000 1 “ 1
New Orleans 010 000 0-1
Summary: Two-base hits -Hen-
drvx. Williams. Agler. Sacrifice hit
Spencer Double play—Brady to Bis
land to Agler. Struck out—By Bren
ton, r, lo Brady, 3. Bhs.-s on balls
off Brenton. V. off Brady. 3,
MANAGER EVERS WATCHED YhE
I GAME FROM CENTER. FIELD M0ND01
BEEN UPSET SO OFTErN -
THE SPIRIT of present giving
was in the air "Evers day"
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SON £ AWFUL SWINOS TU6S5AY
Crackers Back Home; Play T urtles
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less Made Famous By Secret Work
By Percy H. Whiting
W ILLIAM ANDREW SMITH, ac-
companied by a somewhat
battered ball club, will re
appear at Ponce DeLeon park this af
ternoon at 4 o’clock and will at
tempt to piuk up the thread of victo
ry where it was dropped when the
club departed for its first invasion of
the sultry South.
Paul Musser, sent home from Mem
phis to rest up for the occasion, will
be worked in the first game. The
Susquehanna University man has had
a varied career this reason, but Bill
Smith thinks he is now due to settle
down and pitch winning ball
The Memphis club will furnish the
opposition this afternoon. The Tur
tles, thanks more to good management
than anything else, are right in the
race this season and should afford^
some excellent sport.
Tuesday will be ladies’ day and
Wednesday Ad Men’s day. The Wed
nesday game is for the Baltimore
boosting fund and the local ad men’s
club can be counted on to make things
hum.
• * *
W ATCH the Cracker team for the
next couple of weeks. It is a
crucial stage of the season with the
locals. With batting power enough
to drive the best pitchers in the
league to cover, the locals lost a lot
of games on the recent road trip. Bad
pitching did It.
if the addition of Dent and the re
juvenation of Weaver take the strain
off the other hurlers and the pitching
staff settles down to some sort of a
stride the Crackers are going to win
the pennant. That’s official.
If the pitchers don’t come around
during the coming home stay th<-
whole thing is in the air again—and
likelv to stay there for a while.
* * •
B ILL BERNHARD, the Memphis
manager, who sends his cohorts
against the Crackers to-day, has been
pursued throughout his managerial
career by bugs of all sorts. One of
his prizes was Rube Neeley, from
Hombeak, Tenn. Bill picked him up
out of the Northeast Arkansas
League. He proved to have lots if
stuff hut no courage.
The other members of the team
were quick to get wise to him ani
they joshed him without mercy. One
day when Bill was batting to the in
field and the pitchers and substitutes
were on the bend) Neeley arose hur
riedly, with tears streaming down his
face and dashed over to Bernhard, in
terrupting the practice to wail, “Mr.
Bernhard, make Blackwood and them
fellers quit calling me names.”
That night Bernhard parted with
Neeley, who returned forthwith to
Mornbeak. where he doubtless became
a successful farm hand.
* *
DERNHARD has parted with his
prize curiosities, but he still re
tains “Rube” Kissinger, who is some
erratic in a refined way.
Kissinger once figured in a "Rube
Day” in the Eastern League, when h-
was widely hilled to hurl against
"Rube” Waddell. There was a big
crowd ‘and when Kissinger started
to the box Waddell ran out and seizel
him by the arm in front of the grand
stand. facing him about.
“Ladies and gentlemen.” he cried,
"you will see a queer sight to-da.v.
I am going to work against my son
Reuben Kissinger Waddell.”
After a hard nine innings, Kissinger
won 4 to 2 and the fans started to
disperse when Rube Waddell bellowed
that he wished to he heard. Silence
greeted him.
“My son Reuben K. worked so hard
against his old father to-day that 1
am going to disinherit him and will
transfer my affections entirely to
Rube Oldring, my oldest hoy.”
* * *
VT O doubt Charley Frank Is still
nearly laughing himself to death
over the trick by which he separate!
the Crackers from "Rebel” Williams,
the Washington shortstop. Frank
made a loud yell for the man and got
him on a decision by the National
Commission.
In Saturday’s game it was observed
that Williams made three rank errors
and virtually kicked away the con
test.
Bisland. who succeeded Williams (n
the Cracker club, promises to he one
of the most valuable infielders Atlanta
has had for years..
BASEBALL SUMMARIES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Memphis at Atlanta at-Ponce DeLeon.
Game called at 4 o’clock.
Mobile at Birmingham
New Orleans at Nashville.
Montgomery at Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs-
W. L.
Mobile 26 12
Atlanta 18 17
Mont. 18 17
M’phis 17 17
Pc.
.684
.514
.514
.500
W. L.
N’ville 17 18
Chatt. 16 18
B’harn 14 18
N. Or. 12 21
Pc.
.486
.470
.438
.364
Sunday’s Results.
Montgomery 5, Nashville &.
Chattanooga 4. Memphis 1.
New Orleans 6, Atlanta 5.
Atlanta 1, New Orleans 1.
Birmingham 4, Mobile 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Standing
W. L. P<
Phila.. 19 7
W’gton 17 9
Cland 19 11
Ch’go 20 12
31
.664
.633
.625
of the Clubs.
W. L.
St. L. 14 19
Boston. 12 18
Detroit 10 21
N. York 7
Pc.
.424
.400
.323
.250
Sunday’s Results.
Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 2.
. .. . - £ VnTi- Vnrlf X
Chicago 5,
Washington
St Louis 9
New York 3,
2. Detroit 1.
Boston 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Cincinnati at Boston.
St Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at New York
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Standing of the C!"bs.
\V. L. Pc.
Phila. 18 7 .696
B’klyn 18 9 .66.
N. York 14 12 o38
St. L. 14 14 .500
\Y
Ch’go 15
Boston. 19
P’burg 12
C’nati 8
Pc.
.500
.417
.414
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Savannah at Albany.
Jacksonville at Charleston.
Columbus at Macon.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L.
Sav'n'h 20 6 .769
J'ville 15 11 .577
CTbus 13 13 .500
ft. W. L.
Macon 12 14
Ch’ston 10 16
Albany 8 18
No games Sunday.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Thomasville at Americus.
Cordele at Waycross.
Valdosta at Brunswick.
11 LOT
By Joe Agler.
1 THINK we’re going to win some
hall games. With the Cracker
club back home, and with every
man well — but blamed tire'd—1 don't
see any reason why we shouldn’t
FLY.
From what 1 hear, this Dent, who
joins us* Monday, is a' rattling good
pitcher. And really that’s about all
we need. If we had one regular win
ner to help out our present staff, 1
don't think they could keep us out of
the pennant.
Being home helps a lot. Unless you
ever traveled with a ball club, you
can't possibly imagine what a job it
is. The rides on sleepers are fierce,
and the constant changes of fare and
of water play the wild with a man.
Back on the old lot again, you can
look for an improvement.
And at that, we haven't done so
worse. Of courpe the road trip was
disastrous, in a way.
Bui any old time a Cracker club
ran come home from a Southern trip
tied for second place and only six and
a half games behind the leaders, it
lacks a lot of being hopeless. If the
other clubs in the league wfill do their
duty we’ll have Mike Finn’s Gulls
hollering for help before long.
We lost the first game yesterday,
after eleven innings of fierce battling
We made enough hits* to win a mess
of ball games, but they weren’t timely.
In the second game there was a hurl-
c-rs’ melee, with the > -iors about
even between Brady a.,J Brennan.
The game was called to let us catch a
train.
BURNS VS. GOLDMAN.
ST. JOSEPH. MO.. May 19.-Bobby
Burns, of Dallas, Tex., a bantamweight
was matched here to-dav to meet
Charles Goldman in a ten-round bout
at Dayton. Ohio, May 28. The bovs
will weigh in at 116 pounds.
OTHER RESULTS SUNDAY.
American Association.
Kansas City 5. Indianapolis 3.
Louisville 4. Minneapolis 3 (12 in
nings).
Columbus 4, St. Paul 0.
Columbus 3. St Paul 0
Milwaukee 3. Toledo 1.
Milwaukee 7, Toledo 2.
International League.
Jersey City 7, Montreal 3.
Rochester 6 Newark 9.
Only two games scheduled.
Federal League.
Cleveland 6, Pittsburg 4
Covington 9, Chicago 8.
Cotton States League.
Clarksdale 6, Jackson 1.
Others not scheduled.
Texas League.
Fort Worth 7, Galveston 2.
Beaumont 6, Waco 2
Austin 3, San Antonio 2.
Houston 2, Dallas 9
By W. W. Naught on
S AN FRANCISCO, May 19.—Jess
Willard has become known to
fame. When the sport critics
begin to harp upon a ring man’s
peculiarities it is a sure sign that
the ring man has made his mark.
He has reached a stage which par
allels that of the renowned citizen
whose life story is published accom
panied with photographs of the sub
ject at the ages of two, seven, twen
ty-five. forty-three and fifty-eight.
A New York scribe says that “con
siderable mystery” surrounds the
training methods of the Kansas
giant. It is pointed out that Wil
lard figured in several bouts in New
York, yet no one ever heard of him
doing any training within a hundred
miles of the city named.
It is claimed that Jess used to bob
up suddenly on the night of a bout,
score a victory, collect his emolu
ments and disappear as though the
earth had swallowed him.
According to this Willard possesses
some traits of Scotty, the Death Val
ley spendthrift. Maybe it was Jess’
wont to load his training parapher
nalia on a pack mule and condition
himself out on his native Kansas
plains.
A friendly tree limb would no doubt
make a fair substitute for a punch
ing bag celling and it would he easy
enough to oonveri a “lariat” into a
skipping rope. But, however Jess
prepared himself, it is his secret.
It may interest New York to learn
that Jess has changed. An air of
secrecy surrounds his training no
longer. In the matter of working
hours he adheres to the scale set by
the Brotherhood of White Hopes, and
he may be seen fully extended every
afternoon at the Seal Rock gymna
sium. And the more that come to
see him go through his exercises the
better he likes it.
• • •
J IM Buckley, manager of Gunboat
Smith, is looking ahead. He is
permitting his thoughts to wander
from the Gunboat Smith-Jess Willard
contest «t the Eighth Street arena
to-morrow. He is talking about
the evasive methods of one Luther
McCarty and is expressing the fear
that McCarty will dodge a match with
Gunboat when the latter has trounced
Willard.
It may be, of course, that Buckley
is more concerned about the tussle
with Willard than he would have us
believe. Tt is an old trick with man
agers to talk lightly of a coming en
gagement when they are giving a
lot of serious consideration to it.
There Is good reason for believing
that McCarty will agree to box the
winner of to-morrow's bout. If he
refuses he wdll look foolish.
The truth about Luther is that,
while he is called white heavyweight
champion of the world, he has an
exceedingly slim hold on the title.
For that matter, there isn’t a single
world’s champion in any class right
now that has the respect of the pub
lic. They—the champions—are most
ly jokes.
♦ • *
TO get back to Luther: At times
* when he has been introduced as
world’s champion he has been booed
by the crowd. Did anyone ever hear
of a fight gathering hooting John L.
Sullivan or Jim Corbett?
To get back to Luther again: When
anyone asks him wherefore he is the
champion, ho points to his insignia
of office. It is in the shape of a
belt given to him by Tom McCarey
of Los Angeles.
Now, belts are jokes, too. Any
one can give a belt, and anyone can
wear one. And very many have
given them and very many have worn
them. The pawn shops are filled
with bespangled girdles that some
time or another encircled the waists
of alleged world’s champions.
LODDER FOR FANS
T.v Cobb complains of sore eyes as ati
excuse for his puny batting average of
.440 for thirteen games. Ty, who has
consulted an oculist, has promised Pres
ident Navin to hat a little stronger
when his eyesight improves.
* * *
All attendance records for Cleveland
were broken yesterday when more than
25,000 fans jammed their way into
Somers Field for the final clash between
the Athletics and the Naps.
* * •
The Tigers apparently have picked up
a pitching wonder in Carl Zamloch. from
Missoula, Mont., who outpitched Walter
Johnson, of the Senators, yesterday,
and who lost only because his team
mates gave him poor support.
* * #
There seemed to be nothing wrong
with Ty Cobb’s Ifgs yesterday. He
beat out a hunt, raced to third on an
infield error and then stole home.
* * *
The White Sox garnered their fourth
straight victory over the Yanekes ves
terday and moved up to within a few
points of second plao© in the American
League
* • *
The White Sox-Yankees game was
featured by an argument in which
members of both teams, both umpires
and fifteen thousand spectators took
part “Silk” O Loughlin chased Pitchqf
Fisher from the game in the third, fllf
ning because he protested a decision
Then “Silk” ordered Manager Chene©
to put in another pitcher.
• * •
"I have no pitcher ready,
Chance, “and if you won’t let Fiibtf
continue. I’ll take ten minutes to vans
up another.” m
• * *
The crowd was with Chene©
hooted the umpire. In the meantime
Chance sent Clark, a recruit, to wan©
up. O’Loughlin, threatening to forfait
the game, told Chance to put a piteh©r
in. Chance declared he would when
ten minutes were up. The crowd, hoot
ed and jeered the umpire and cheered
for Chance.
* * *
After Clark had been warming up
for about ten minutes, O’Loughlin mo
tioned Clark to the box and the new
pitcher proved a puzzle to the Whit©
Sox, but Fisher’s wildness already had
lost the game.
* * -*
The Red Sox got three double© •©,
home run ana four singles yesterday,
yet could annex but one run, while th©
Browns secured nine runs oft a double,
a triple and eight singles
Standln
W L.
T’ville 10 5 .66
V’dosta 9 6 .600
C’dele 9 6 .600
g of the Clubs.
Pc. \V. L. Pc.
W’cross 8 7 .533
B’wick 5 10 .333
Am’cus 4 14 .267
No games Sunday.
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Talladega at Opelika.
Gadsden at LaGrange.
Anniston at Newnan.
W L.
Gadsden 9 3
T’dega 7 5
Newnan 6 6
Standing of the Clubs.
Pc.
.750
.583
.500
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COLLEGE GAMES MONDAY.
Gordon vs. Florida at Barnesville
R. M. A. vs. G. M. C. at Milledgeville. J
HARRISON WINS.
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Ghetto champion, and Eddie Nearing I
went ten rounds before a private club
yesterday afternoon, Harrison winning j
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