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s MMOT TITLES Hit UTILITY STAR 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 ii PITCHER AL DEMAREE SHOWS WHAT THE GIANTS DID LAST WEEK *-RO M jLsrTh MSP Mil Rippug WHEN Ii, An ttltkwt NOT AIN ERROR* answer. WHEN IT IS SCORED HIT RV CHIC.AOO 8AS t BAIL WRITERS iA XXT IVE LOST THE the giants received A PRESENT OE A OOl./ COLLARS EROm THE, TROY ROOTERS [GO 6ET UM.FCUX'A, 1 are the | PIRATES (in IT 1 MANAGER EVERS WATCHED THE I 6A n\E FRO>n CENTER FIELD Kion&AN THEYRE LOOKING it up in THE ST a R..P NOW > THAT THE DOPE- HAS MjF BEEN UPSET 50 OFTEN - A r FELLOE OaicE MAO L ./w,, ~\ATTY USED HIS NEW"SPITTER" ON the cubs monday k_ THE SPIRIT OF PRESENT GIVING was in the air “Evers day" HELP) HB 1 KNOCK! Ha All 1 the air our orj _nte park ii )/ “hein ie” Zimmerman took, SOME AWFUL SwIAlbS TUtSEAF Crackers Back Home; Play Turtles GO © © 0 © © 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 rc. .684 .514 .514 BOO W. L. 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. c. I W. 96 Ch’go 15 - ' | 3$ r'burg 12 00 ; P'nati 8 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 mi lii Willard Has Many Peculiarities i 4* •4* 4*®4* 4*® 4* 4* *4* 4*t4* 4*»+ 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. Are You Planning THAT RUSH TRIP? 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