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THIS WEEK Til
PROVE BIO DIE
FOR CRACKERS
By Percy H. Whiting.
T HE Crackers open this afternoon
on what should be a large and
profitable week. To begin with
the puny Pelicans, now holders <J
the Iloob Championship of the lea.gu*,
open here this afternoon for a
three-game Serb's.
The Pelicans, not such a rank team
Individually, seem to perform with
about as alight effectiveness this year
as ever In the world’s history. They
are absolutely, abjectly, almost hope
lessly last.
If the Crackers play up to their
game they will take all three from the
Pelicans, which will be helpful In
deed.
On Thursday the Montgomery club
opens for four games in three days,
on Friday, which Is Federal Decora
tion Da>. a double header will be
played, the first on local soil this
season.
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 th*
Crackers should win five out of the
seven games slated.
The following week tlie Crackers
Jump out of town for games Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday and
then hack for three more here. This
jumping stuff goes on until June 22.
when the locals beat it into the South
again for their second tough trip.
• • •
1 F figures didn’t lie like “experts,"
1 the Crackers would be leading the
Southern League by a margin so wide
as to be pitiful For instance, take
the matter of club hatting. Here are
the Southern League figures:
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
The Last Word in Abuse
Copyright. 1913, Intel-rational News Service.
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191 329 61
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«’hatto 43
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365
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147
130
116
127
129
138
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516
484
411
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T HE Crackers are about due to
pull out for the lead. The pitch
ers are going to come around wPh
a rush after a bit. Warm weather
and hard work, along with the fear
“of the tinware, will produce the de
sired result. This week that is jiiM
beginning should furnish considerable
uplift. If the Crackers can take five
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 light list week were
38,O0n. Smith, the winner, got $2 >tc
end M illard received 31,920.
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Totals 9644 1182 2319 420 396 .240
League batting average .240.
'Average number of rune for each
team 14b.
Average number of sacrifice hits
made by each team in the league 52.
Average number of stolen bases 49.
Observe that tile Crackers are bat
ing .031 above th< average >>f the
league, that they have batted In "0
more runs than the average and
more than their nearest competitors,
the Gulls. In stolen bases only do the
crackers fall below- the average.
* * •
A TEAM that can hit the ball b<?.-
ter than any other club in the
league ought to Fh-Y. And the
Crackers do fly—at odd times.
The; Cracker players have not only
made the moat hits of any team in
the league but they have hit for the
inost total bases. They lend In hit
ting two-baggers, are third in three-
baggeis and tied for second in home
rams aftei playing their hom* game
on a field which has no "short fene
Naturally, being sluggers, t lie
(‘rackets are not much given to ab
sorbing bases on l>alla—and strange
to relate they have struck out more
times than any other club in the cir
cuit.
The extra-base hitting and the
number of strikeouts made and has# s
on balls received by the various teams
are here given:
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PUBLICITY.
“Thou shall not speak.” the magnate
said, “to members of the press;
And if thou hast 'a tale to tell, just
let the lowbrows f/uess
The magnate tonight himself a drink,
and further more, he spoke:
“If it were not for baseball games,
the papers would go broke.
If tl were not for baseball games, thi
gents who journey by
Would look upon the news stands
with a eoId and careless eye.
The crowds would never think to
buy the extras on the street.
He baseball magnates help to keep
the papers on their feet*'
When snote is on the baseball yard
and baseball games are nil
The baseball scribes 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
hart to seek an honest trade.
Mr. Murphey of the Cubs denies the
report that he has forbidden his atn-
letec to speak to baseball scribes. Get
tin[1 In bad and proving an alibi keeps
Mr. Murphy busy approximately 24
hours per diem.
When a magnate forbids his athletes
to associate with newspaper men, there
is not likely to be any frenzied pro
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.
Bob Fitzsimmons avers that he can
make u regular champion out of Jess
Willard, demonstrating that too pent
attention to sport affects the mind.
Edmonton, which Is in British Colum
oia, offers $25,000 for a conflict between
Messrs. Ritchie and Welsh. All of which
goes to show what an intoxicating cli
mate there is In Edmor ion.
Some time, when we have about 1,000
years to spare, we shall attempt to
write a book on what Jess Willard do e s
not know about fighting.
quoth a boxing scribe: “In the first
round Anderson fractured one of Man-
dot’s ribs, making Joe's famous left
useless." It must he comforting to fight
a man when you know he cannot nit
you with his left rib.
Reading a number of Horace Food's
baseball magazine, one Is convinced that
he was more bulled against than bull
ing.
A scientist tells us that 75 per cent
of all human energy Is wasted. Jess Wil
lard’s press agent beat that average by
approximately 25 per cent.
B OSTON, May 26.—Within the last week two pitching staffs which were counted upon to
swhig into line at. the loginning of the season 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 liest 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 Camnitz 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 T figure out that the Giants and Pirates will finally battle for the title.
The Gubs, who made such a brave showing at the loginning of the season, have faded very badly on this Eastern
trip because of the crumbling of their pitching staff. Following this string of defeats, the dissension, which was
anticipated, has developed in the club.
Evers Is up against a hard proposi
I lion in Chicago now.
So long as the Cubs were near the
! top, everything was rosy for him, as
I It is for any manager with a winning
ball club. The fans were l>ehind him.
But now that the team has started to
lose. | he 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 the club prevented the knockers
from getting in their fine work.
RINGSIDE NEWS
Champion Johnny Kilbane must not be
figured by the tight promoters of Cali
fornia hh much of a drawing card out
there. Johnny is only receiving a guar
antee of $1,000 and an additional $‘250
for training expenses to fight Jimmy
Fox at Frisco, on June JO
Blink MeCloskey. who wus knocked
j out by Buck ('rouse the other night,
broke*a bone in his leg when ho fell
in the fourth round.
* * •
Nevt York boxing fans are still taik-
| mg about the great fight Jim Flynn put
: mg about the great tiglit Jim Flynn put-
j up against Jim Coffey at New York Fri
day night. Although the Pueblo fireman
was nut weighted several pounds he had
i a good shade at the finish ami was forc
ing Coffey all around the ring in the
tenth session.
• • •
Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, writes
| that lie will probably take his protege
j to the roast after he gets through with
' his bout against Jim Savage at the
I Auditorium here June 13. Curley also
.says he will have Flynn here ten days
I before the tight, so tliat local fans will
' !»»• able to see him train for the fray.
j Matty MeCuc and Daisy Brannignn
will dash in a 10-round scrap at Mil
waukee, Wts.. Monday night. If Me-
m Tie succeeds in trimming the Pittsburg
I b >y he is to get a match with Abe Ai
led at Kenosha, Wit*.
| Scotty Momieth. who is still out in
j Dos Angeles with hid great little battler,
i Johnny Dundee, writes that his boxer
] is down to hard training for his bout
I with Wolgast on June 12.
* • *
He further states that he has matched
■ Dundee to light Tommy Dixon for ten
nds at Albuquerque. X M . on July t
Young Jack O’Brien's long rest and
lay-off from the ring has done him
more harm than good. The youngster
has gone stale and he needs a lot of
exercise to got into the condition that
made of him one of the most talked-of
boxers in the country
* * •*
Arthur Pelky has received an offer of
$15,000 to box Gunboat Smith at Los
Angeles Tommy Burns, manager of
Pelky. says he has the matter under
serious consideration.
Two Chicago welterweights will clash
at Terra Haute, Ind.. to-night.
I Morric Bloom and Phil Harrison are the
gentlemen and the battle is said to’ be
I a grudge affair. The winner has been
• promised a match with '‘Wildcat” Ferns.
” ' *
Jake Abel and Frankie White will also
' don the gloves to-night. The boys
gro to meet at Memphis in a scheduled
eight-round uftair.
• * *
New Orleans fans are going wild over
; the Frankie Russell-Johnny 1 ore fight.
1 which will be staged this wek. Promoter
j Tortorich has promised to match the
I winner with Charlie White, the Chicago
j sensation, who is a great card in the |
Pelican City since his decisive wins over
! Joe Thomas.
* * »
Matty. Baldwin has been matched to
I battle Joe Kagan In a 12-round bout at j
Boston on the afternoon of May 30. Tin
men have agreed to weigh in at 133 i
pounds at 10 o'clock in the evening.
* * *
Jimmy Dime has declared himself. In
a letter the veteran boxing manager
writes that he wants Ids rniddlewelgh•.
George Chip, to become the world’s
champion, and furthermore he believes
this will happen in the near future
ttons in the management. The Phila- itself on the bases, and the players
r piii: Cubs at
A below tholi
present are playing
ir normal speed, as
they were traveling above it at the
beginning of the schedule. They will
ploli up some, but I never expect to
see them out In front leading the
league race again this season. They
have shot their bolt. They have not
the pitchers to stand the going which
will Is* furnished by the Philadelphia,
Pittsburg find New York clubs from
now on. .
The Quakers arc still attracting at
tention In the front, although 1 re
garded the club as a flash lu the pan
for a long time, and was surprised to
see it hold tip the pace for such a
protracted period. 1 am now liegln-
nlng to be convinced that the team
has a chance to stick In the light for
the flag with the (Hants and Pirates,
which teams are hound 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 dub is represented
by practically l he same men whose
liana" appeared in the box scores last
season, and therefore its start was
not considered to In* serious. There
have been two angles from which the
team has greatly improved. One is j
the pitching staff, which has always
possessed the latent strength, and the
I other is the sjieeri. pepper and ng
} gressiveness added to the club that
• an lx* attributed to the new condi
delphia team has a lot of fighters In
the game who are always “crabbing,”
and several, of the players are very
fast. Dooln, now that he Is no longer
bothered by Horace Fogel, can inject
a little of his own ginger into tlie
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
Poolan Is another bur under the sad
dle-flap to the umpires. He is also
a very nifty shortstop, perhaps more
highly regarded by ball players than
by spectators. He covers acres of
ground, and is fast on Ills feet. He
Is also a very regular pinch-hitter,
ns I have had reason to realize from
some personal experience. Lobert has
added strength to the team this sea
son, because he is a vicious batter and
is another “crabber.” The infield of
the Phillies right now is a strong one.
The outfield Is likewise formidable
with Magee, I’askert and Cravath
covering the territory.
I’askert is one of the best territory
covering outfielders in the league, and
Is sure on fly and ground halls. He
is not the hardest hitter in the world,
but he Is a good hast* runner, once
he does get on the bags. Magee's hat
ting ability Is beyond question. He
will break up a ball game for you
any time If you give him half a
chance. He can hit a ball as hard as
any man in the league, and, what is
more, he does this with amazing fre
quency. He is what is known in
baseball as “a free-swlnger,” aud
there are few men playing the game
who can take a long wallop at the
ball and connect.
The added dash to the team shows
are running the sacks with the best
teams in the 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 the best finally, as time alone
can tell that—time and a couple of
long, hard swings around the 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.
• * * *
T-HE lack of experienced substitutes
Is Dooin’s big weakness. If a
couple of his regulars get bunged up
and out of the game, he won’t have
anybody who can properly fill their
places. It was this shortage of good
substitute material which caused the
club to collapse so badly last season.
But should the team hold together as
it stands to-day, it Is going to make it
interesting for any aggregation that
is in the tight for the pennant. Par
ticularly will it be hard to overtake
the Philadelphia team if luck pur
sues it persistently, as it sometimes
does a club after it has deserted it
entirely for a couple of seasons. The
Quakers, it must be rememliered. are
getting'out farther ahead all the time
and will have a chance to drop Imck.
All that the Giants and Pittsburg
teams can work at for the present
Is catching up. and if somebody does
not stop the Phillies soon, they will
bath have a man’s-sized job on their
hands to complete before September.
(Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Clark Griffith is sore. Doc Johnson
called him names at Cleveland the
other day and when he called some
back the umpire put Griff out and let
”Doo” stay in.
* * *
Griff, by the way. Is using the um
pires as his stock alibi these days, which
deceives nobody.
* * *
Ban Johnson has ordered his umpires
not to allow Altrock to pitch for the
Washington Club. Griff says he ■will
send him 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
he'll have to collect the thousand." says
Griff. "Fine chance."
* * «
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.
« • *
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ball star, later with the Pirates and
Braves, is said to be slated for a berth
with the St. Louis Federal League
Club—which sounds Improbable.
Jack O’Connor’s telephone bill is $20
daily. He is searching for players for
his Federal League t€$m but nobody
seems to want his game.
* * *
Enos Kirkpatrick is head substitute
infielder for the Brooklyn team these
days, with a chance that he may land,
a regular job soon.
* •* *
The Giants are handicapped by Red
Murray's weak luatting. Old Sunset
Top Is apparently an in-and-outer.
• m *
Buffalo and Milwaukee may go in to
Federal Circuit. Then, if Los An
geles. Nome and Tampa were added it
j would make a nice little circuit—for the
railroads.