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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, MAY 2fi. 1012.
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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
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The Last Word in Abuse
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Copyright, 1913, Interrational News Smrlca.
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By Tad
By Percy H. Whiting.
T HE Cracker# open this afternoon
on what should be a in rare and
profitable week. To begin with
thf* puny Pelicans. now holders of
the Booh Championship of tho league,
open here this afternoon for a
three-game series.
The Pelicans, not such a rank team
Individually, seem to perform with
about ns slight effectiveness this year
es ever In the world’s history. They
are absolutely, abjectly, almost hope
lessly last.
If the Crackers play up to their
f ame they will take all three from the
oilcans, 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 Day. 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.
Purely 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 nn.1
then hack for three more here. This
Jumping stuff goes on until June 2'.'.
when the locals heat It Into the South
again for their second tough trip.
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T F figure* didn’t Up like "expert*."
1 the Cracker* would be leading the
Soulhem League by a margin bo wide
as to be pitiful For instance, take
the matter of club batting. Here are
the Southern League figures:
A.B. n H. SH.
Atlanta ..1273 133 347 55
I CAtJT S7>WO iT
THAT* all-
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Mobile ..1284
Mont 12.37
191 329 61
f’hatt..
Mem. .
Birm.
X. O. .
X a sh.
169 306
.1160 111 277
.1229 142 293 46
.1040 119 233
.1273 139 283
.1148 123 261
SB.
37
88
58
26
56
38
57
38
Pot.
.2 73
.256
.247
.239
.238
.221
.222
.219
Totals 9644 1182 2319 420 396 .240
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 Crackers are hal
ting .033 above the average of tho
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
Crackers fall below the average.
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A TEAM that can hit the ball b*.-
ter than any other club in the
league ought to Fa^Y. And the
< 'rackers do fly—at odd times.
The Cracker players have not only
made the most hits of any team in
the league hut they have hit. for the
most total bases. They lead In hit
ting two-baggers, are third In three-
baggers and tied for second in home
runs—after playing their home gam* «
on a field which has no “short fence.’
.Naturally, being sluggers, the
Crackers are not much given to ab
sorbing bases on ball#—and strang >
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 bas<
on halls received by the various teams
are here given:
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Atlanta
2B. 3R. H R. T.B B.R.
.48 17
Mobile 47
M’ntgomery 44
Chatta
Memphis
Birm 31
16
30
43 11
.39 18
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460 113
439 147
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Nashville
.46 11
.34 16
431
6 367
6 386
6 301
6 366
6 329
130
116
127
119
138
111
SO.
172
134
142
146
133
126
171
152
The team fielding averages of the
league follow:
Nashville ... .37
Mobile 40
Chattanooga 37
Atlanta 38
Montgomery 39
juemphls .. .39
Birmingham
New Orleans 40
PO.
974
1082
968
982
1034
1026
870
1082
A.
464
554
466
482
516
484
411
520
60
69
102
Pi t.
.966
.361
.960
.956
.956
.051
.947
.940
T HE Crackers are about due to
pull out for the lead. The pitch
ers are going 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
sired result. This week that Is just
beginning should furnish considerable
uplift. If the Crackers can take five
or six games, the newly acquired
confidence will he worth a lot.
SMITH RECEIVED $2,880
FOR BOUT WITH WILLARD
PAN FRANTISFO. May !B—The
gross receipts of the Gunboat Smith-
Jess Willard fight last week were
18.600 Smith, the winner got $2,880,
end Willard received $1,920.
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PUBLICITY.
“Thou shalt not speak?* the mafjnate
said, "to members of the press:
And if thou hast a tale to tell, just
let the lowbrows guess?*
The magnate bought himself a dunk.
grid further more he spate:
"If it were not for baseball games,
the papers would go broke.
If it were not for has* ball games, the
gents who journey by
Would look upon the news stands
with a cold, and careless eye.
The crowds would never think to
buji the e.rtrus on the street.
We baseball magnates help to keep
the papers on their feet?'
When snow is on the baseball yard
and bast ball pomes are nil
The baseball scribes are grinding
dope and drairing shekels still.
And if tin' scribes would shun the
yards where baseball games are
pi a yed.
Said baseball magnates then would
have to seek an honest trade.
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 diem.
When a magnate forbids his athletes
to associate with newspaper men, there
Is not likely to be any frenned 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 Fitr.sirmnons avers that he ran
make 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 $25,000 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
wme a book on what Jess Willard do«s
not know about fighting.
Quoth a boxing scribe “In the first
round Anderson fractured one uf Man
dot’s ribs, making Joes famous left
useless “ It must be comforting to fight
a man when you know he cannot nit
you with his left rib.
Reading a number of Horace Fogel a
baseball magazine, one is convinced that
lie was more bulled against than bull
ing.
A sclehtlst tells us that"76 per cent
of all human energy le wasted. Jess Wil
lard’s press agent beat that average by
approximately 26 per cent.
CHRISTY MATHEfSarS
BIG LEAGUI GOSSIP
B OSTON, Mny 2(1. Within the last week two pitching staffs which were counted upon to
swing into line at the beginning of the season have shown the form expected of them.
The staffs lielong to the (Hants and Pirates, and from this point alone I predict that the
race will settle down to a brttle between the New York and Pittsburg clubs. They possess the
two best 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 I figure out that the Giants and Pirates will finally battle for the title.
The Clubs, who made such a brave showing at the beginning of the season, have faded very badly on this Kastern
trip because of the crumbling of their pitching staff. Following this string of defeats, the dissension, which was
anticipated, lias developed In the club.
Evers is up against a hard proposi-
I tlon In 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
lwt II club. The fans were behind him.
But now that the team has started to
lose, the followers of the garni- 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.
lions in the management. The Pbila- itself on the bases, and the players
delphia team has a lot of fighters in
the game who are always “crabbing."
and several of the players are very-
fast. Dooin, now that he is no longer
bothered by Horace Fogel, can inject,
a little of his own ginger into the
club and iustill the players with his
own fighting spirit.
K
XABE, the second baseman, is a
RINGSIDE NEWS
THE TAILOR, Inc.
8-10 N. Pryor St.
NEAR UNION DEPOT
Champion .tohnny Kilhane must not hr
figured bv the fight promoters of Cali
fornia as much of a drawing card out
there hdinnv Is only receiving a guar
antee of $1,000 and an additional $760
for training expenses to fight Jimmy
Fc'X at Frisco, on June 1ft.
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Blink McCloskey. who was knocked
out by Buck Crouse the other night,
broke a bone in his leg when he fell
in the fourth round.
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New York boxing fans are still talk
ing about the great fight Jim Flynn put
ing about the groat tight Jim Flynn mit-
| up against Jim Coffey at New York Fri
day night. Although the Pueblo fireman
was out weigh ted several pounds he had
a good shade at the finish ami was forc
ing Coffey all around the ring in the
tenth session.
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I Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, writes
I that he will probably take his protege
in the coast after ho gets through with
his bout against Jim Savage at the
J Auditorium here June 13 Curley also
i savH he will have Flynn here ten days
! before the tight, so thaf local fans will
I be able to see him train for the fray.
Matty McCue and Patsy Br&nnigan
will clash n a 10-round scrap at Mil
waukee. Wis . Monday night. If Mc
Cue succeeds in trimming the Pittsburg
boy he is to get a match with Abe At-
tell at Kenosh^N Wis.
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Scotty Montjeth. who is still out in
Eos Angeles with his great little battler.
| Johnny Dundee, writes that his boxer
is down to hard training for his bout
j with Wolgast on June 12.
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H« ^rther states that he has matched
: Dundiw * fight Tommy Dixon for ten
rounds at Albuquerque. X M . on July 4
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***** ojiojyg iuU
lay-off from the ring ha* done him
more harm than good. The youngster
has gone stale and he needs » lot of
exercise to get Into the condition that
made of him one of the most talked-of
boxers in the country.
Arthur Pelky has received an offer of
516,000 to box Gunboat Smith at Los
Angeles. Tommy Burn*, manager of
Pelky, says he has the matter under
serious consideration
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Two Chicago welterweights will clash
at Terra Haute. “Inch. to-night.
Morrie Bloom and Phil Harrison are the
gentlemen and the battle is said to be
grudge affair. The winner has been
promised a match with 'Wildcat’’ Ferns
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Jake Abel and Frankie White will also
don the gloves to-night. The boys
are to meet at Memphis in a scheduled
eight-round affair.
New Orleans fans are going wild over
the Frankie Russell-Johnny LK*re fight,
which will he staged this wek .Promoter
Tortorlch has promised to match the
winner with Charlie White, the Chicago
sensation, who is a great card In the
Pelican City since his decisive wins over
Joe Thomas
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Matty Baldwin has been matched to
' attie Joe Fagan In a 10-round bout at
i BosVn on the afternoon of May 30. The
me* have agreed to weigh In at 133
pounds at 10 o’clock in the evening
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Jimmy Pirn* has declared himself. In
a letter ttie veteran boxing manager
writes that he wants hts middleweight.
George ('hip. to become the world's
champion, and furthermore he belie, es
this will happen In the near future
T HE Pubs at present are playing
below their normal speed, ns
they were traveling above it at the
beginning of the schedule. They will
pick up some, hut 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 lie furnished by the Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and New York clubs from
now on.
The Quakers are still attracting at
tention In the front, although I re
garded the club as a flash In the pan
for a loug time, and was surprised to
see it hold up the pace for such a
protracted period. I am now begin
ning to lie convinced that the team
has a chance to stick In the fight for
the flag with the Giants 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 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 he serious. Then-
have been two angles from which the
team has greatly Improved. One is I
the pitching staff, which has always
possessed the latent strength, and the.
other Is the ssced. pepper and ag
gressiveness glided to the club that
can be attributed to the new eondl-
nn.v point without an argument, and
Doolau is another bur under the sad
dle-flap to the umpires. He is also
a very nifty shortstop, perhaps more
highly regarded by hall players than
by spectators. He covers acres of
ground, and Is fast on his 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. 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
he does get on the bags. Magee’s bat
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 hall as hard as
any man in the league, and. what Is
more, he does this with amazing fre
quency . He is what known In
baseball as “a free-swinger.” and
there are few men playing the game
who can take a long $vallop at the
ball anil 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 upseltiug
their oppouents 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 lie 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.
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'T'HE lack of experienced substitutes
J- Is Dooin’s big weakness. If a
couple of his regulars get bunged np
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-dav. It Is going to make it
interesting for any aggregation that
Is In the fight for the pennant. Par
ticularly will It he 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 he remembered, are
getting out farther ahead all the time
and will have a chance to drop liack.
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
both have a man’s-slzed job on their
hands to complete before September.
(Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
FODDER FOR FANS
The Cubs are trying to buy Rube
Srhauer of the Superior, Wis. Club.
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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
•‘Doc" stay m.
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Griff, by .the way. Is using the um
pires as his stock alibi these days, which
deceives nobody.
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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."
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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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Vincent Campbell. ex-Vanderbilt foot
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.
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Jack O'Connor's telephone bill Is $2f
daily. He is searching for players for
his Federal League team but nobody
seems to want his game.
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Enos Kirkpatrick is head substitute
lnfielder for the Brooklyn team there
days, with a chance that he may land
a regular Job soon.
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The Giants are handicapped by. Red
Murray’s weak Hatting. Old Sunset
Top is apparently an in-and-outer.
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Buffalo and Milwaukee may go tn ro
Federal Circuit. Then; if Los An
geles. Nome and Tampa were added it
would make a nice little circuit—for the
railroads.
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