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THE ATLANTA •fiEORfJT.'X AND NEWS
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Copyright. 1918. Interr»tlon»l New* Perric*.
:: By Tad
By Perry H. Whiting.
T HE Franker* open this afternoon
on what should be a large and*
profitable week. To begin with
the puny Pelicans, now holders of
the Pooh Championship of the league,
open here this afternoon for a
three-game series.
The Pelicans, not such a rank team
Individually, seem to perform with
about »k alight effectiveness this year
as ever In the world's history. They
are absolutely, abjectly, almost hope
lessly last.
]f 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 Day. a double header wfill be
played, the first on local soli 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 the
Crackers should win five out of the
seven games slated.
The following week the Crack^s
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 22.
when the locals beat It Into the South
again for their second tough trip.
• • *
I F figures didn’t lie like “experts,”
J 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:
A.B.
Atlanta . .1273
Mobile ..1284
Mont 1237
chatt.. ..1160
Mem ...1220
Birm. ...1040
\ O. , . 127::
Nash. ...1148
R.
198
191
159
111
142
IIP
139
123
H. S H. S B.
347
329
3 Ofi
293
233
283
251
55
61
47
41
46
52
60
58
Totals 9644 1182 2319 420 396
Pet.
.273
.256
.247
.239
.238
.224
.222
.219
.240
League batting average .240.
Average number of runs 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 bat
ting .033 above the aver<i,ee 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
Crackers fall below the average.
* • •
A TEAM that can hit the hall be -
ter than any other club in the
league ought to Fa-Y. And the
Crackers do fly—at odd times.
The Cracker players have not only
m.nie the most hits of any team in
the league but 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 games |
on a field which lias no “short fenew
Naturally. being sluggers, the
Crackers are not much given to ab- |
F^rbing bases on balls—and Strang •
to relate they have struck out mon-
times than any other club in the cir
cuit.
The extra-base bitting and the
number of strikeouts made and has* a
on halls received by the various teams
are here given:
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Food for Sport Fans
HP! Cmckers are about due to
pull out for the lead. The pitch-
<is 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 FRANCISCO, May 26.—The
gross receipts of the Gunboat Smith-
Jess Willard fight last week were
$8,000 Smith, the winner, got $2,880,
end Willard received $1,920.
PUBLICITY.
‘ Thou shalt not speak; 1 t^e tuagnah
suid t "t<> member8 ft Ihi pressj
And if thou hast a 1<tlc to tell, just
let the lowbrows ituess "
The magnate bought himself a drink,
and further more he spoke:
"If it «ere not for baseball games,
the papers iron hi go broke,
tf it were not for baseball games, tin
gents who journey by
Would look upon the news stands
with a cold and careless eye.
The crowds would never think to
buy the e.rtras on the street.
We baseball magnates help to keep
the papers mi their feet."
When snow 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
imrds where baseball games are
played,
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 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.
Boh Fitzsimmons avers that he can
make a regular champion out of .less
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 book on what Jess Willard do c s
not know about fighting.
Quoth n boxing scribe: “In the first
round Anderson fractured one of 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
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 26 per cent.
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CHRISTY MTBEWSORS
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP
B OSTON, May 26.—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 belong to the Giants and Pirates, and from this point alone T predict that the
race will settle down to a battle between the New York and Pittsburg clubs. They possess the
two best batches of pitchers in the league now, with ttie possible exception of Philadelphia.
Both Tesreau and Marquard have attained their last season’s form for New York, and
Hendrix and Caranitz have resumed operations for the Pirates. Both teams have the natural
strength to win hall games behind good pitching, which neither the Philadelphia nor the Brooklyn clubs, now lead
ing the league, possess. That 1s the reason 1 figure out 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, 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, lias developed in the club
RINGSIDE NEWS
NOTICE!
Glosing-Out-Ends
$7, $8, $9
Trousers Made-
to-Measure
Champion Johnny K11 bane must not be
figured bv the fight promoters of ( all-
fornia as much of a drawing card out
t hero Johnny is only receiving a guar-
antee of $1,000 and an additional $2.>o
for training expenses to fight Jimmy
Fox at Frisco, on June 10.
Blink McCloskey. who was knocked
out bv Buck Crouse the other night,
| broke a hone In hie leg when he fell
I in the fourth round.
• • •
New York boxing fans are still talk
ing about the great fight .lliu Flynn put
I ing about the great fight Jim Flynn put-
up against Jim Coffey at New York Fri
day night. Mlhough the Pueblo fireman
I was outwelghted several pounds ite had
! a good shade at the finish and was forc-
! ing Coffey all around the ring in the
tenth session.
• • •
i Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, writes
that he will* probably take his protege
i to the coast 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
! before the fight, so that local fans will
I be able to see him train for the fray.
Matty McCue and Patsy Rrannlgan
will dash In 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-
t« ll at Kenosb^N AVIs.
4 • •
i Scotty Montwth. who is still out In
j Eos Angeles with his great little battler,
j Johnny Dundee, writes that his boxer
: is down to hard training for his bout
j with Wolgast on June 12.
• • •
lie U* Ter s;a:< s that 1 e has matched
I OundJT to fight Tommy Dixon for ten
* n 'vojerauc. N M . on July 4.
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more harm than good The youngster
has gone stale and he needs a 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
$15,000 to box Gunboat Smith at Los
Angeles ' Tommy Burns, manager of
Pelky, savs he lias the matter under
serious consideration
* * •
Two Chicago welterweights will dash
a 1 . Terra Haute, Ind . to-night,
j Morrie Bloom and Phil Harrison are the
gentlemen and the battle Is said io be
I a grudge affair The winner has been
i promised a match with “Wildcat” Ferns.
. . .
Jake Abel and Frankie White will also
don the gloves to-night. The boys
I are to meet at Memphis in a scheduled
right-round affair
• * •
New Orleans fans are going wild over
the Frankie Russell-Johnny Lore fight,
which will be 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
I Joe Thomas
• • •
Matty Baldwin has been matched to
: "attle Joe Fagan In a U-round bout at
BosVu on the afternoon of May 30. The
me* have agreed to weigh in at 133
pounds at 10 o’clock In the evening
• • •
Jimmy Dime has declared himself. In
a letter the veteran boxing manager
writes that he wants bis middleweight.
George Chip, to become the world's
champion, and furthermore he believes
this will happen in the near future.
Kvers is up ngninst a hard proposi
tion in Chico go now.
So long ns the Cubs wore near the
(op. everything was rosy for hi in, as
il is for any manager with a winning
hall club. The fans were behind him.
But now that the team has started to
lose, tin* followers of the game art*
lieglnning to criticise Murphy for let
ting Chance go. They were prepared
to do that at the opening of the race,
but tlu* unexpected winning streak
of the club prevented tin* knockers
from getting in their fine work.
* * *
T HE Cubs at present are playing
below tlieir normal speed, as
they were traveling above it at the
beginning of the schedule. They will
pick up some, but I never expect to
see them out in front leading the
league rare again this season. They
have shot tlieir Imlt. 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 long time, mid 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 tbs Oiauts and Pirates,
which teams are bound to make the
quarreling toward the end of the
schedule.
What has surprised i»ost close fol
lowers of baseball is the fact that
the Philadelphia club is represented
by practically the same men whose
names appeared in the Ihix scores last
season, and therefore its start was
not considered to lie 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 dflded to the club that
can l>e attributed to the new condi
tions 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. Dooin, now that he is no longer
bothered by Horace Fogel, can inject
a little of bis own giqger into the
club and instill the players with his
own fighting spirit.
IY
TNAPE, the second baseman, is a
great fighter, never giving up
any point without an argument, and
Hoolau 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 his feet. He
is also a very regular pinch-hitter,
ns I have had reason to realize from
some personal experience, f.obert lias
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.
I’askert is one of the best territory-
covering outfielders in tin* league, and
is sure on fly and ground balls. He
is not the hardest hitter in the world,
but he is a good liase runner, once
he does get on the lings. 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 ball as hard as
any man in the league, and, what is
more, lie does tills with amazing fre
quency. He is what is known in
baseball as “a free-swinger,” and
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
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itself on the bases, and the players
are running the sacks with the liest
teams in the league, taking all kinds
of chances and frequently upsetting
tlieir 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.
* * *
q-'HE lack of experienced substitutes
-*■ is Dooin’s big weakness. If a
couple of his regulars get bunged up
and out of the game, be 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.
Bnt should the team lioid 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, as it sometimes
does a club after it has deserted it
entirely for a couple of seasons. The
Quakers, it must be remembered, are
getting out farther ahead all the time
and will have a chance to drop back.
AH that the Ginnts 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-sized job on their
hands to complete before September.
(Copyright, 1»13, by the McClure News
paper Sj-ndfoate.)
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For total fares, conditions, train serv
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senger Agent, Atlanta, Ga, Adv.
The Culis are trying to buy Rube
Schauer of the Superior, Wis. Club.
# « *
Clark Griffith is sore. Doc Johnson
nailed him names at Cleveland the
other day and when he called some
back 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, which
deceives nobody.
• * * *
Ban Johnson has ordered his umpires
not to allow Alt rock to pitch for the
Washington Club. Griff says he will
send him in soon. TVhen 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
Fprguson 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. Ixmis Federal League
Club—which sounds improbable.
* * *
Jack 0’Con.nor’s* telephone bill is $2f
dally. IJe is searching for players for
his Federal League team but nobody
seems to want hTs game.
* * *
Enos Kirkpatrick is head substitute
inflelder for the Brooklyn team thes^
days, with a chance that he may land
a regular job soon.
• * *
The Giants are handicapped by Red
Murray's weak lotting. Old Sunset
Top is apparently an in-and-outer.
• * *
Buffalo and Milwaukee may go In to
Federal Circuit, Then, if Ix># An”
geles. Nome and Tampa were added it
would make a nice little circuit—for the
railroads.
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