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THE ATLANTA nEORWAX AND NEWS. MONDAY, MAY 2f>. 191.°,.
IS WEEK TO
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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
The Last Word in Abuse
Copyright, 1913, International News Barrio®.
:: By Tad
Ry IVrev H. Whiting.
T HE Crarkerg open this afternoon
on what should be a large and
profitable week. To begin with
the puny Pelican*, now holder* of
the Pooh Championship of the league,
open here this afternoon for a
three-game aerie*.
The Pelicans, not such a rank team
Jndlvldually, seem to perform with
about ns alight effectiveness this year
op ever in the world's hlatory. They
ore absolutely, abjectly, almost hope
lessly laat.
If the Crackers play up to their
|Ame they will take all three from the
Pelicans, which will be helpful in
deed
°n Thursday the Montgomery club
opens for four games In three days.
On Friday, which Is Federal Decora
tion Day, a double header will be
played, the first on local soil this
son son.
The Montgomery club does not ap
pear to class with the Crackers in
strength and ought to furnish no very
vicious opposition.
Surely with any luck at all the
Crackers should win five out of the
seven games slated.
The following week the Crackers
Jump out of town for games Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday and
then back for three more here This
Jumping stuff goes on until June Tl.
•when the locals heat it into the South
again for their second tough trip.
• • •
TF figures didn’t lie like "experts
1 the Tracker, would be leading the
Southern Longue by a margin go wide
as to be pitiful. For instance, take
the matter of club batting. Here are
the Southern League figures:
A B. R. H. S H. S.R. Pet
Atlanta .1278 198 387 56 37 .273
Mobile .1288 191 329 fil 8R .1
Mont. .:..1237 169 308 87 68
Chatt.. ..1160 111 277 81 28
Mem 1229 182 293 86 65 .1
Blrm. ...1080 119 233 62 38 :
N. 0 1273 139 283 60 57 .S
Nash. ...1188 123 251 58 38 .2
Totals 9688 1182 2319 820 396
280
League batting average .240.
Average number of rune for each
team 148.
Average number of sacrifice hits
made by each team in the league 52.
Average number of stolen bases 49.
Observe that the Trackers are bat
ting .033 above the aveiviae of the
league, that they have batted in 50
more runs than the average and 7
more than their nearest competitors,
the Gulls. In stolen bases only do the
Trackers fall below the average.
• . «
A TEAM that can hit the ball be.-
TV ter than any other club In tile
league ought to Fi.Y. And the
Trackers do fly—al odd times
The Tracker players have not only
made the most hits of any team in
the league but they have lilt for the
most total bases. They lead In hil
ling two-baggers, are third In three-
baggers and tied for second in home
runs—after playing their home game
on a field which lias no "short fence.'
Naturally, being sluggers, the
Trackers are not much given to ab
sorbing bases on halls--and strati
to relate they have struck out
times than any other club In the cir
cuit.
The extra-base hitting and the |
number of strikeouts made and bases j
on halls received by the various teams
are here given:
2P. 3B. H R. T.R. B.R. S O.
Atlanta ....88 17 7 850 113 172
Mobile 87 15 11 839 187 138
M'ntgomery 88 30 7 831 130 183
Thatts 83 II 5 357 1 16 180
Memphis .. .39 18 6 386 127 133
Blrm 3] 1 1 5 301 129 126
X 0 85 11 5 365 138 1 71
Nashville ..38 15 6 329 111 152
The team fielding
league follow :
G. P.f
Nashville ... .37 97
Mobile 80 108
Chattanooga 37 9t
Atlanta 38 98
Montgomery 39 103
■Memphis .. .59 102
Birmingham 34 87
New Orleans la 108
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By GEORGE E. PHAI
TJ
averages of the
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THK Cracker* are about
due to
pull out for the lead. The pitch
ers are goinff to come around with
a rush after a bit. Warm weather
and hard work, along with the fear
of the tinware, will produce the de-
eired result. This week that Is just
beginning should furnish considerable
uplift. If the Crackers can take .ivo
or six games the newly acquired
confidence will be worth a lot.
SMITH RECEIVED $2,880
FOR BOUT WITH WILLARD
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.—The
gross receipts of the Gunboat Smith-
Jess Willard fight last week were
$8,000. Smith, the winner, pot $2,880,
end Willard received $1,920.
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PUBLICITY.
"Thou Ahalt not speak" the magnate
said, "to members of the press;
And if thou hast a tale to tell, just
let the lowbrows guess."
The magnate la night himself a drink,
and further more he spoke:
"If it were not for baseball games,
the papers would go broke.
If it were not for baseball games, the
gents whit jour nr g bg
Would look upon the lines stands
with a cold and careless rge.
The ('roirds would never think to
hug the extras on the street.
MV baseball magnates help to keep
the paper.* on their feet."
When snow is on the baseball yard
and baseball games are nil
The baseball snilies are grinding
dope and drawing shekels still.
And if the scribes would shun the
yards where baseball games are
played.
Said baseball magnates then would
hare ti> seek an honest I rude.
Mr. Murphey of the Cubs denies the
report that he has forbidden his ath
letes to speak to baseball scribes. Get
ting in bad .and proving an alibi keeps
Mr. Murphy busy approximately 24
hours p*r difm.
When a magnate forbids his athletes
to associate with newspaper men, there
pro-
is not likely to be any frenzied
test among said newspaper men.
Mr. Stovall has been fined, but If Mr.
Ferguson had his way, Mr. Stovall
would be sentenced to chew a sponge
Instead of a chunk of tobacco.
Pugilism and baseball both are af
flicted with a malignant case of Too
Much Johnson.
Hob FitzsimmonK avers that he van
inHke a regular champion out of Jess
Willard, demonstrating that too great
attention to sport affects the mind.
Edmonton, which Is In British Colum
bia, offers $26,000 for a conflict between
Messrs. Ritchie and Welsh. All of which
goes to show what an Intoxicating cli
mate there is In Edmonton.
Some time, when we have about 1.000
years to spare, we shall attempt to
write a bock on what Jess Willard do©s
not know about fighting.
Quoth a boxing scribe: “In the first
round Anderson fractured one of Man-
dot's ribs, making Joes famous left
uselesR.'' It must be comforting to tight
a man when you know he cannot hit
\ ou with his left rib
Reading a number of Horace Fogel'e
baseball magazine on* Is convinced that
he was more bulled against than bull
ing.
A scientist tells us that 76 per cent
of all human energy is wasted. Jess Wil
lard's press agent beat that average by
approximately 25 per cent.
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CHRISTY MATflEWSON'S
B!G LIAGUl GOSSIP
B
OSTON, May 26.—Within the last week two pitching staffs which were counted upon to
swing Into line at the lieginning of the seasoi have shown the form expected of them.
The staffs belong to the Giants and Pirates, and from this point alone I predict that the
race will settle down to a battle between the New York and Pittsburg clubs. They possess the
two host batches of pitchers In the league now, with the possible exception of Philadelphia.
Both Tesreau and Marquard have attained their last season's form for New York, and
Hendrix and C'amnltz have resumed operations for the Pirates. Both teams have the natural
Strength to win ball games behind good pitching, which neither the Philadelphia nor the Brooklyn clubs, now lead
ing the league, possess. That Is the reason I figure oet that the Giants and Pirates will finally battle for the title.
The Cubs, who made such a brave showing at the beginning of the season, hnve faded very badly on this Eastern
trip because of the crumbling of their pitching staff. Following this string of defeats, the (flssenslon, which was
RINGSIDE NEWS
Champion Johnny Kilbane must not be I lay-off from the ring
figured by the fight promoters of Cali
fornia ns much of a drawing card out
there Johnny is only receiving a guar
antee of $1,000 and an additional $260
for training expenses to fight Jimmy
j Kox at Frisco, on June 10.
* « •
Blink McCloskey. who was knocked
out by Buck Crouse the other night. .
I broke a bone In his leg when he fell
• in the fourth round.
more harm than good
has gone stale and he
exercise to get Into th
made of him one of the most tatked-of
boxers in the country
has done him
The youngster
needs a lot of
condition that
New Y
>rk boxing fans are still talk-
the great fight Jim Flynn put!:
Arthur Pelky has received an <*ffer of)
$16,000 to box Gunboat Smith at la>s '
Angeles Tommy Burns, manager oft
Pelky, say* he has the matter under
serious consideration
* # •
Tv\ . Chicago welterweights will clash
. about Du g:*at tight Jim Flynn put - : Morrie Bloom and Phil Harrison are the
uj' against Jim Coffc> at Ww York I-Yi j gentlemen and the battle Is said to be
. . \ i.ight Uthough the Pueblo fireman I a grudge affair The winner has been
was ''Utweighted several pounds he bad j promised a match with 'Wildcat'' Ferns,
a good shade at the finish and was fore- I • * •
IT1K c,.ffe> »11 around the ring in the | ,i a kv Abvl and Frankla While will also
• tenth session _ don thr gloves to-night The boys
I are to meet at Memphis in a scheduled
i lack Curley, manager of Flynn, writes i eight-round affair,
i 'hat he will probablj take his protege J * • •
J' *V ‘ ’ ’V !:e \\ through with New Orleans fans are going wild over
i. iiiist Jin, . a\Hg. at the the Frankie Russell-.Tohnn> Gore fight.
UM n Y'm 'V!,; , ' J l, Y7 ; Uso j which will be staged this wek. Promoter
, ' ‘ h },! 1 , ! Tortorich has promised to match the
' '"V ,7, .L ", . f t r, ! winner with Charlie White, the Chicago
"* a '* n^ train f< r the fia> (sensation, who Is a greai card in the
• Pelican City since his decisive wins over
Matty \l<-Cue and Patsy Br&nntgan j Jo® Thomas
will clash in a 10-round scrap at Mil
waukee. Wis . Monday night If Me
Cue succeeds in trimming the Pittsburg!
boy he is to get a match with Abe Al- i
tell at Kenosha, Wis.
• • •
Scotty Montieth. who is still nut in
Do* Angeles with his great little battler.
Johnny Dundee, writes that his boxer
is -invii to hard training for his bout
with MjMga.'t on June 12
Lt * •
He tiiPTt er states that he has matched
Dundee to fight Tomm) Dixon for ten
rounds at Albuquerque. X. M . on July 4.
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Matt> Baldwin has been matched to
■ e •
H. > .n on the afternoon O May 30. The
men have agreed to Weigh In at 133
pounds at 10 o'clock in the evening
• • «
Jimmy Dime has declared himself. In i
a letter the veteran boxing manager
writes that he wonts his middleweigh’.
George Chip, to become the world's 1
champion, and furthermore he believes
this will happen in the near future
anticipated, has developed in the club.
Kvers is up against a hard proposi
tion iu Chicago now.
So long as the Cubs were near the
top. everything was rosy for him. as
it is for any manager with a winning
ball club. The fans were behind him.
But now that the team has started to
lost*, the followers of the game are
beginning to criticise Murphy for let
ting Chance go. They were prepared
to do that at the opening of the race,
but the unexpected winning streak
of tlie rluh prevented tlie knockers
from getting in their fine work.
♦ • •
r rHK <'ulis at present are playing
A below their normal speed, as
they were traveling above it at the
beginning of the sehedtile. They will
pick tip some, htit I never expect to
see them out In front leading the
league rare again t hi A season. They
have shot their bolt. They have not,
the pitchers to stand the going which
will be furnished hv the Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and New York clubs from
now on. ,
The Quakers are s(IU attracting at
tention In the front, although I re
garded the club ns a flash in the pan
for a long time, and was * iirprised to
see It hold up the pace for such a
protracted period. I am now begin
nlng to he convinced that the team
has a chance to stick Itt the fight for
the flag with the Giants and Pirates,
which teams are bound to make the
quarreling toward the end of the
schedule.
What has surprised most close fol
lowers of baseball Is the fact that
the Philadelphia club Is represented
by practically the same men whose
names appeared In the box scores last
season, and therefore its start was
not considered to be serious. There
have been two angles from which the
team has greatly Improved. One is
the pitching staff, which has always
possessed the latent strength, and the
other is the speed, pepper and ag
gressiveness added to the club that
can lie attributed to the new condi
Hons in the management. The Phila
delphia team has a lot of fighters in
the game who are always “crabbing.'
and several of the players are very
fast. Dooiu. now dial he is no longer
bothered by Horace Fogel, can inject
a little* of bis own ginger into the
club and Instill the players with his
own lighting spirit.
K
NABE, the second baseman, is a
great fighter, never giving up
any point without an argument, and
I Ionian is anot her bur under the sad
dle-flap to the umpires. He is also
tt very nifty shortstop, perhaps more
highly regarded by ball players than
by spectators. He covers acres of
ground, and is fast on his feet. He
is also a very regular pinch-hitter,
as I have had reason to realize from
some personal experience. Robert has
added strength to the team this sea
son. because he is a vicious batter and
is another “crabber.” The infield of
Hie Phillies right now is a strong one.
The outfield is likewise formidable
witli Magee, Paskert and Cravath
covering the territory.
Paskert is one of the best territory-
covering outfielders in the league, and
is sure on fly and ground balls. He
is not the hardest hitter in the world,
but he is a good base runner, once
lie does get on the bags. Magee's but
ting ability is beyond question. He
will break tip a ball game for you
any lime if you give 'him half a
chance. He can hit a ball as hard ns
any man in tlie league, and. what is
more, lie does this with amazing fre
quency. He is what, is known in
baseball as “a free-swinger.” and
there are few men playing the same
who can take a long wallop at the
bnll and connect.
The added 'dash to the team shows
FODDER FOR FANS
the Cubs are trying to buy Rube
Bchauer of the Superior, Wis. Club.
* « *
Clark Griffith Is sore. Tloc Johnson
called him names at Cleveland the
other day and when he called some
hack the umpire put Griff out and let
"Doc" stay in.
* * *
Griff, by the way, is using the um
pires as his stock alibi these days, w-hich
deceives nobody.
* * *
Ban Johnson has ordered his umpires
not to allow Altrock to pitch for the
Washington Club. Griff savs he will
send lilm in soon. When he does some
umpire will have to forfeit a game
against him. Then Johnson will be
forced to fine Griffith .$1,000. "Then
says
he’ll have to collect the thousand,"
Griff. "Fine chance."
itself on the bases, and the players
tire running tlie sacks with the best
teams in tlie league, taking all kinds
of chances and frequently upsetting
their opponents by these tactics. The
pitching staff at present is one of the
three strongest in the league. It is
hard to say which one will show up
to be Hit* liesl finally, as time alone
can tell that—time and a couple of
long, hard swings around (he West
ern circuit away from home grounds
and sympathetic crowds. The Phila
delphia club may go through a sea
son such as was greatly enjoyed by
the Boston Americans last year when
they buzzed out the schedule to a
pennant with hardly an injury.
* * *
'THE lack of experienced substitutes
J is Dooin’s big weakness. If a
couple of itis regulars get bunged tip
and out of the game, he won't have
anybody who can properly till their
places. It was this shortage of good
substitute material whirl) caused tlie
club to collapse so badly last season.
But should the (earn hold together as
it stands to-day, it is going to make it
Interesting for any aggregation that
is in the fight for the pennant. Par
ticularly will it be hard to overtake
the Philadelphia team if luck pur
sues it persistently, ns it sometimes
does a club after it has deserted it j
entirely for a couple of seasons. The l
Quakers, it must lie remembered, are
getting out farther ahead all the time
and will have a chance to drop back.
All that the Giants and Pittsburg!
teams can work at for the present '
is catching tip. and if somebody does j
not stop the Phillies soon, they will
both have a man's sized job on their I
hands to complete before September. 1
(Copyright, 1913. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
George Stovall admits that Ban John
son was right in soaking him for the
Ferguson Incident and says he will not
let it happen again.
* * *
Vincent Campbell. ex-Vanderbilt foot
ball star, later with the Pirates. and
Braves, is said to be slated for a berth
with the St. L*ouis Federal League
Club—which sounds improbable.
* * *
Jack O'Connor's telephone bill is $20
daily. He is searching for players for
his Federal League team but nobody
seems to want Ms game.
* * . *
Enos Kirkpatrick ts head substitute
infielder for the Brooklyn team these
days, with a chance that he may land
a regular job soon.
• * •
The Gfants are handicapped by Red
Murray's weak batting. Old Sunset
Top is apparently an in-and>-outer
Buffalo and Milwaukee may
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