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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY. MAY 19. 1913.
By -Tank Law.
(Termer member of Memphis 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-
i> players help.
There never was anv doubt hut
-hat the versatility of Sid Smith and
'its ability to dll in as an infieldet
non a pennant for Atlanta.
Nor will the students of baseball
deny that much of the strength of
the present Memphis teHin Is due to
the versatility of four of its players
-George Merritt. Rudy Baerwald,
,fos Ward and Bill Abstein.
* * *
Vf ERRITT Is the rhampion jaok-of-
all trades A pitcher by profes-
cr ion, 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 one 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
rhampion Pittsburg Club in 1901 as
a pitcher, and in the following sea
son he was disposed of to the Wor-
i ester Club of the Eastern League.
He pitched for them that year, but
at that time he was considered a
better hitter than he wae 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
batting 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 X 1909 Merritt played the outfield.
■ 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 r
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
-earcely help doing with two such
masterly exponents of the spitter 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, xvhlch
was a splendid showing when one
considers that the team back of
them w r as 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 IB 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
nut of 12 games that he pitched.
George showed that he hadn't forgot
ten how 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 O’o o
Bailey, r£ . . 5 1 1 0 0 0
Alperman. 2b.. 5 ft 3 5 3 0
Welchonce, cf.. 6 0 3 5 0 0
Smith. 3b. ... 4 0 0 ft 2 ft
Bisland, ss. . . 5 0 1 6 1 1
Agler, lb*. ... 5 1 2 11 1 1
Dunn, c. . . 5 1 1 2 2 ft
Price, p. . . . 5 ft 3 1 B ft
Chappelle, p. . ft 0 ft ft 0 0
Totals ... .46 B 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 ft,
Manush. 3b. . . 5 1 1 1 2 2
James, rf,. . . 4 ft 1 5 ft ft
Hendryx, cf.. . 4 ft ft 5 ft 0
Spencer, If. . . B 0 1 2 ft ft
Snedecor, lb. . 4 ft ft 1ft ft 0
Williams, sa. . 3 2 1 1 ft 1
Angemeier, c. . 4 ft 0 5.3 0
♦Clancy ... 0 1 0 *) ft ft
McIntyre, p. . . 4 1 2 ft 3 ft
Totals . . . .37 6 8 33 11 3
♦Ran for Angemeier in eleventh.
Score by innings:
Atlanta 12ft ftftft ftftO 02—5
New Orleans 000 03ft ftftft 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
bajls—Off McIntyre, 1; off Price, 7.
Second Game.
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Long. If. ■ • 3 0 1 1 ft 0
Bailey, rf. . • • 3 ft 2 2 ft 0
Alperman. 2b. . 3 0 1 1 1 0
Welchonce, cf.. 3 0 0 1 0 0
Smith. 3b. ... 2 ft 0 1 1
Bisland, ss. . . 3 1 ft 1 3 0
Agler. lb 3 0 1 9 0 0
Graham, c. . • 3 ft ft 5 ft 0
Brady, P- • • • 3 0 r> 0
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 ft 0 1 3 0
James, rf. . . . 3 ft ft 1 ft 0
Hendryx, cf. . . 3 l 2 1 ft "
Spencer, If . . 2 ft 1 ft 0 0
Snedecor, lb. .3 ft ft 11 ft ft
Williams, ss. . 3 " I I 1 0
Angemeier, c. .200610
'Evans . ... 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brenton. p. . . 2 0 0 0 4 0
“Clancy ... 1 0 0 0 ft 0
Totals . .24 1 B 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 fl l n non 0—1
Summary: Two-base hits—Hep-
4ryx. Williams. Ael-r. Sacrifice hit
*pe*'per Double plav--- Brady to Bis-
iar.fi to Airier. Struck out- By Bren-
t„n, o h; Brad} . 3. Bases on halls—
OX Brenwn. 1. oi£ tJrady. h
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Ad Men Benefit Wednesday
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 pick 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 s*eason. 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 Wei-
nesday game is for the Baltimore
boosting fund and the local ad men’s
club can be counted on to make things
hum.
* * *
W ATf’H the Tracker 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 Trackers are going to win
the pennant. That’s official.
If the pitchers don’t come around
during the coming home stay the
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 Trackers 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 jf
stuff but rio courage.
The other members of the team
were quick to get wise to him am
they joshed him without mercy. One
day when Bill was batting to the in
field and the pitchers and substitutes
were on the bench 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 th*-rn
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, hut ho 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
was widely billed to hurl against
“Rube" Waddell. There was a big
crowd and when Kissinger started
to the box Waddell ran out and seize!
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-day.
1 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 be heard. Silen e
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 boy.”
* * *
"VT O doubt Tharley Frank Is sti'l
^ nearly laughing himself to death
over the trick by which he separated
the Trackers 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 Tracker club, promises to be one
of the most valuable infielders Atlan‘a
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.
Standlna of the Clubfr-
W. L.
Mobile 26 12
Atlanta 18 17
Mont 18 17
M'phis 17 17
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N’ville 17 18
Thatt. 16 18
B’ham 14 18
N. Or. 12 21
Sunday’s Results.
Montgomery 5, Nashville 5.
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. Louts.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Standing
W. L.
Phila.. 19 7 .
W’gton 17 9
C’land 19 11
Ch’go 2ft 12 .
of the Clubs.
W L.
St. L. 14 19
Boston. 12 18
Detroit 10 21
N. York 7 21
Sunday's Results.
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 2.
Chicago 5, New York 3.
Washington 2, Detroit 1.
St. Louts 9, Boston 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Cincinnati at Boston.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Standinc
W L. I
Phila. 16 7 A
B'klvn 18 9 A
N York 14 12 .!
St. L. 14 14
Nm games Bun
of the Clubs.
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96 Ch’go 15
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Savannah at Albany.
Jacksonville at Charleston.
Columbus at Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc. W. L. Pc.
Sav’n’h 20 6 .769 Macon 12 14 .462
J’ville 15 11 .577 Ch’ston 10 16 .385
C’l’bus 13 13 .500 Albany 8 18 .308
No games Sunday.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Thomasville at Americus.
Cordele at Waycroas.
Valdosta at Brunswick.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc.
T’ville 10 5 .66'
V’dosta 9 6 .600
C’dele 9 6 .800
W. L. Pc.
W’cross 8 7 .533
B' wick B 10 .333
Am’cus 4 14 .267
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Willard Has Many Peculiarities
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less Made Famous By Secret Work
By -lot* Agler.
I THINK we’re going to win some
ball games. With the Cracker
club back home, and with every
man well—but blamed tired—I don't
see any reason why we shouldn’t
FLY.
From what l hear, this Dent, who
joins u.« 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, I
don’t think they could keep us out of
the pennant.
Being home helps a |ot. 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
• >f water play the wild with a man.
Back on the old lot again, you can
look for an improvement.
Ajid at that, we haven't done so
worse. Of course the road trip was
disastrous, in a way.
But any old time a Tracker club
can 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 will do their
duty we’ll have Mike Finn’s Gulls
hollering for help before long.
We lost the first game yesterday,
after eleveji innings of fierce battling
Wo made enough hits* to win a mess
of hall games, but they weren't timely.
In the second game there was a hurl
ers’ melee, with the I mrs about
oven between Brady a., I Brennan.
The game was railed 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-day to meet
Charles Goldman in a ten-round bout
at Dayton, Ohio, May 28. The boys
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 ft.
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 B. Waco 2.
Austin 3. San Antonio 2.
Houston 2, Dallas ft.
By W. W. Naughton
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 tnark.
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 ceiling and it would be easy
enough to convert a “lariat" into a
skipping rope. But, however Jess
prepared himself. It is his secret.
It may Interest New York to learn
that Je?s 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 at 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. It is an old trick with man
agers to talk lightly of a coming en
gagement w'hen 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 be
refuses he will look foolish.
The truth about Luther is that,
while he is railed 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 arry class right
now that has the respect of the pub
lic. They—the champions—are most
ly jokes.
• • *
TO get hack to Luther. At times
1 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.
FODDER FOR FANS
Ty Cobb complains of sore eyes as an
excuse for his puny batting average of
440 for thirteen games Ty, who has
consulted an oculist, has promised Pres
ident Navin to bat 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 bis team
mates gave him poor support.
* * *
There seemed to be nothing wrong
with Ty Cobbs lfgs yesterday. He
beat out a hunt, raced to third on an
Infield error and then stole home.
* m *
The White Sox garnered their fourth
straight victory over the Yanekes yes
terday and moved up to within a few
points of second place in the American
League
• • *
The White Sox-Yankees game was
featured hv an argument in which
members of both teams, both umpires
and fifteen thousand spectators took
part “Silk" OLoughlln chased Pltchaf
Fisher from the game In the third fiM
ning because he protested a. decistaftg
Then “Silk" ordered Manager Chanea
to put in another pitcher.
• * *
“I have no pitcher ready,” replied
Chance, “and if you Won t let "A#
continue, I’ll take ten minutes to wanift
up another."
• * •
The crowd was with Ghana# mart!
hooted the umpire. In the meantime*
Chance sent Clark, a recruit, to warm
up. O Loughlln. threatening to forftjt
the game, told Chance to put a pltchgg
in Chance declared he would whPti
ten minutes were up. The crowd, hodt*
ed and jeered the umpire and cheered
for Chance.
• * *
After Clark had been warming up
for about ten minutes, O’Loughlin nj$*
tinned Clark to the box and the naar
pitcher proved a puzzle to the Whftif
Sox. but Fisher's wildness already had
lost the game.
* * *
The Red Sox got three doubles ft
home run an<i four singles yesterday,
yet could annex but one run, while tfcp
Browns secured nine runs off a double,
a triple and eight singles.
No games Sunday.
GEORGIAALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Talladega at Opelika
Gadsden at LaGrange.
Anniston at Newnan.
W
< iadsden
T’dega
Newnan
Standing of the Clubs.
W.
Ann'ton 6
Opelika 5
LaG’nge 3
No games Sunday.
COLLEGE GAMES MONDAY.
Gordon vs. Florida at Barnesville
R. M. A vs. G. M. C. at Milledgeville.
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