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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, MAY 2fi. 1012. mm « gbqmam sports comm>4 “ ■— SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT • • • • The Last Word in Abuse • • • • Copyright, 1913, Interrational News Smrlca. • • • • 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. • • • 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- EuPUSBOO/I-* }K)l\*\fj(r I ib+OU^D t 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. • • « 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: Know the New Diaphonous Waists---tKe I. C. U. Kind? Copyright, ISIS. International Near* Service By Cliff Sterrett How Do Vfeo LlKlE. MV WEtt/ 1C U VIAM/ST. P/4 ? IVZ “tme 'la St vwdpd'V EJ?OM P4Pl£j j “The LAff I CALL*, n GoSh ! yboui mmm ME THESE. HERE I-C-Uff 15 (?oyJMA PE. POPULAR*. T Sore .'the <5ielS 4at BuVlU6 'EM i LIKE HoH CAK e£ i 7 1 UUOER5T4WD "THEVvej 5old over 'Tem “Thou54WD or EKl Pl6eT HERE )W "THE Cnv ALfcE4Dyj y 1 ' Gooo WIGHT wlirSe! ^ Si "Tra ' Love of »! PA, WHAft \DLA ? • 1 £oT MV -Jb /4'T'TEjJO To IH<< j summer. ! — Food for Sport Fans 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 11 460 113 439 147 X O 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. NOTICE! Closing-Out-Ends $7, $8, $9 Trousers Made- to-Measure 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. * * * 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. • • • 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. * * * 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. j • • 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. 9 * • H« ^rther states that he has matched : Dundiw * fight Tommy Dixon for ten rounds at Albuquerque. X M . on July 4 9*0 ***** 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 *99 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 9 0 0 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 • • 9 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 9 0 0 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. • * * '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. 0*0 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. 0 0 0 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." n * * 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. 0 0 0 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. 0 0 0 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. * • * Enos Kirkpatrick is head substitute lnfielder for the Brooklyn team there days, with a chance that he may land a regular Job soon. 0*0 The Giants are handicapped by. Red Murray’s weak Hatting. Old Sunset Top is apparently an in-and-outer. 0 0 0 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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