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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
His Honor Meets a Right Guy
Copyright. 1913, International New* Bertie*.
By Percy H. Whiting.
W HEN Whltey Alperm«n went
over after a terrific ^rounder
hit by Spencer in the sixth and
caught the ball with the side of his
head there was a gasp from the
crowd. It was a terrific blow—enough
to floor an ox. It didn’t floor Whltey,
■julte, but It put him out of the game.
And through the rest of a gloomy
afternoon the fans had a chance to
think what a difference It would make
to the Crackers If anything happened
to Alperman.
The odd thing about Alperman Is
that he’s playing better ball now than
he ever played til his life.
It will be recalled that spite work
put him out of the big leagues He
and Charley Ebbets had words and
the Brooklyn mogul said he would
spend *10,000 to keep "Whltey’ oul
of the big leagues. So lie sent him
to Rochester. But when John (lau
rel gave him up there was no question
of spite work. Jawn thought he was
"all through.”
Last year Alperman played sensa
tional ball. This year, with a better
club, he is going even stronger.
Said King Brady, the other day.
"I've known Alperman off and on
through his whole career He Is play
ing better ball now than he ever did
In his life—vastly better than when
he was with Brooklyn. And he was
a grand inflelder then "
• • •
ALPERMAN lias been a (treat man
- » fnr Atlanta. His batting lias been
timely and Ills fielding phenomenal.
Any man who could plug the gap that
Otto Jordan left has some size to
him. And Alperman lias more than
done II if anything happened to old
Whltey the Cracker learn would he
messed up proper
* * •
] T way a freaky game the Crackers
* lost yesterday. Up t<» the seventh
the Pelicans had made live hits and
four runs. The Crackers had made
eight hits and two runs. Then every
body “blew" at once on the Cracker
side and the visitors romped, 8 to 2.
It was another wretched game for
the Crackers. Good old Joe Dunn
had a hideous time of it, Agler pulled
a miseue that cost two runs, a couple
of popy fell wife for lack of a little
determination in getting under them,
Tommy Long slumbered at the switch
and failed to score from third on a
slow double play a< first and second
and the Crackers wasted enough hits
to win three ordinary games.
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oped. Seventy-seven per cent <>i
the Pelicans’ hits came after the fifth
inning. Seventy-five per cent of the
Crackers’ hits were made by the first
two men on the hatting order. One
hundred per cent were made by Long.
Welchonce and Smith. Seventy-peven
per cent of Atlanta’s put-outs were
made by the lust three men in the
batting order.
Everything went by spots. And it
was a spotty, sloppy, chilly game.
* * •
T HE Pels bad all the luck. Spen
cer’s home run over the signs was
an easy loft. The same hit to center
or left would undoubtedly have been
an out to a fielder. A little pebble
wave the bell that hit Alperman a
bad bound, knocked outv a steady in
flelder and cost another run. The
Crackers batted terrifically but never
at the right time. For instance, note
this coincidence: Three times in suc
cession Long hit a single and Wel
chonce followed him with a single.
Twice none was out. Once one was
out. Not once In three times could
either Alperman or Bailey, two of
the league’s greatest pinch-hitters,
deliver a safe swat.
• * *
DAT WRIGHT most bitterly exc-
1 crated of President’s KavarmughV
staff of umpires, served his first sen
tence behind the bat Tuesday.
Once oT twice Pat was palpably
off. In a close game it. would have
been exasperating. With everything
shot to biases anyhow it did not
matter.
“But." as one of the ball players
icmarUcd, anent the fact that the vet
eran Is generally wrong. "It’s lucky
Pat’e name Is Wright."
KtWANEE TO STAY.
KEYYANEE ILL., May 28. Presi
dent Hugh Hill emphatically denied
that the Kowanee Central Association
team will gi\e up Hp franchise.
Tuesday’s Game.
N. Orleans, ab. r. h. pc
Hendryx, cX . f» 2 1 6
Atz. 2 b . . 4 2 2 2
Oiancy. ss . . . 6 n 2 3
Breen, rf . 4 1 1 2
Spencer. !f •'•12 2
Williams, 3b . . 4 n o o
Snedecor. lb . . 4 1 l 8
Adams, c . . . 3 b <• 4
Swindell, p . 4 1 2 0
Totals .... 36 8 11 27
Atlanta.
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Bailey, rf . .
Smith. 3b .
Bislanm ss .
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Totals .. . 32 2 8 27 10 1
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BASEBALL SUMMARIES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
New Orleans ut Atlanta, Pence
Leon. Game called at 3:46 o'clock.
Montgomery at Birmingham.
Mobile at Uhaitunoogu.
Memphis at Nashville.
Stcndlnp of the Clubs
W. L Pc. , W L.
Mobile 30 17 .638 Chatta 22 21
N'ville 22 20 .524 Mont. 21 22
M'phis 22 20 .524 B’ham 18 22
Atlanta 22 31 .512 N. ♦ T. 14 28
Results Tuesday.
New Orleans 8 Atlanta 2.
Memphis -1, Nashville 3.
Montgomery 10. Birmingham 2.
Chattanooga 7. Mobile 6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
New York at Boston
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg
St. Louie at Chicago.
Gtandlne of the Club*
\V L. IV
Phila. 22 7 .750
H'klyn 10 11 .676
Ch’c’go 10 17 .628
St. L. 18 17 .514
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N York 16 16
P’burg 16 10
Boston 12 13
C'nnatl 10 24
Standing of the Clubs.
W. I a. Pc W L
V'dosta 14 8 ,i.36 W’or ; s 111"
Cordelc 13 10 .565 B'wick 10 13
Th’ville 12 11 .522 Am’cus 8 14
Results Tuesday.
Thomasville 3, Waycross 2.
Brunswick i*. Cordele 5.
Valdosta 0, Americus 0.
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Nevvnan at Gadsden.
Opelika at Anniston.
LaGrange at Talladega.
Standing of the Clubs.
W 1. Pc
(Jails’n 13' 7 .660
TMega 11 8 .570
Newn’n 11 0 .5f0
\V. L. Pc.
Opelika o 10 .474
An’.st on o o t7-t
LaGr’gc 6 14 .263
Score by innings
New Orleans..
Atlanta
000 202
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301
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Summarv: Two-base hit Breen.
Home runs—Smith. Spencer. Double
plnyy—-Atz to Snedecor. Chappelle to
Agler. Hendryx to Adams. Struck
out—By Chappelle, *>: by Swindell, 3.
Bases on balls—Off Uhappclle. 1; off
Swindell, 5 Sacrifice hits—Bisiand,
Adams. Stolen bases—Welchonce,
Agler, Hendryx, Clancy, Long. Passed
balls—Dunn 2. Wild pitch—Swin
dell. Time—2:05. Umpires—Wright
and Pfenninger.
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Results Tuesday.
Chicago 2. St. Louis 1
Boston 1-5 New York 0-2
Other games postponed
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Phitnuu iit Cleveland.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Boston at New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L Ur I \V L.
Phila. 24 10 1*16 Boston 1*5 19
i “land 24 12 .607! St L IS 24
Ch’go 21 16 5fs j Det’-oit 15 24
W’gton P* 16 .543 1 N. York 9 24
Results Tuesday.
Philadelphia 8-7. W ashington 0-1
St Louis 3. Detroit 2
Other games postponed
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Savannah at Charleston.
Albany at Columbus
Macon at Jacksonville.
. Standing of the Clubs
Results Tuesday.
Anniston !•. Opelika 0.
Gadsden 5 New nan 2
Talladega 2. LaGrange 1.
OTHER RESULTS.
Texas * League.
Dalian 8. Port Worth 2
Houston 8, San Antonio t.
Waco 11. Austin 3.
Beaumont 4. Galveston 4.
Carolina AssociaUon.
All games postponed.
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BIG LtAGUf GOSSIP
FODDER FOR FANS
N i:\v YORK, May Us. A few days ago I discussed the different teams in the National
League race in general. To-day I will return to the same subject, sizing up the Giants
and I’irates. Roth teams were off all over in the early part of the race.
The New York players displayed some of the worst lielding seen on any diamond since
tile late world’s series. Nothing was sure to the Giants. The pitchers were also out of sorts,
Tosreau failing to get moving and Marquard being out of condition from sickness. The Giants
hopped into their fielding stride last week with a single bound, and the infield is moving like
a string of firecrackers now. Instead of turning outs into base hits, as we were doing, the infielders are now cut
ting down base lilts and converting them into outs, as several of the Pittsburg players will tell you if you gel a
chance to consult them. That helps.
Following this encouraging sign, lsdli Tesreau and Manpmrd stepped out and pitched good baseball last
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Virginia L<
fames post poped
League.
W 1 /. p <'
Sav’ah 27 7 .794
CTbus 18 ’6 .629
J’ville 18 16 .529
W L.
Macon 15 17
Ch’sten 13 2*.
Mbanv 9 23
Results Tuesday.
Savannah 1. Charleston 0
Jacksonville Macon 2
Albany 6. c «iuinbus 4
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Garres Wednesday.
Brunswick at Cordele.
, Waycross at Thomasville.
| Americus at Valdosta.
All gar
Appalachian League.
Cleveland 17. Bristol 7.
Johnson City-Middleaboro, rain
Home It. Knoxville 9.
International League.
Newark 9. Baltimore 2
Providence ‘ Jersey City <»
Toronto-Montreal, rain.
Rochester-Buffalo. wet grounds.
American Association.
St. Paul 6. Kansas City 4.
Louisville 9, Indianapolis 1.
Milwaukee 8. Minneapolis 7.
Columbus-Toledo, rain.
DANS SHADES SMITH.
DKS MOINKS, IOW A. May 28.
George Duns, of Monmoth. 111. and
Andy Smith, of Oklahoma City, fought
eight rounds before the Iowa Bankers’
Convention at the Auditorium last
night. Dans having a shade the best
of Smith.
GRANEV NAMED REFEREE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28.—Eddie
Graney. the veteran referee, is the
choice as the third man in the ring on
Jul\ 4. when Joe Rivers and Willie
Ritchie battle for the lightweight
fcampionship title.
BURNS STOPS HOPPE.
OAKLAND. CAL. May 2S.--
Frankie Burns the Oakland ight-
vcight, knocked out Willie Hopne. Ad
Voig t; t’s protege, in the ninth round
eir scheduled tell-round bout last
nignt.
week. Rube showing a very fine game
against the Pirates when he got tan
gled up in a pitching battle with
(Y.mnitz. the one that went fourteen
innings. Mis fast ball had the hop
on it for the first time this season,
and when he is getting the jump on
his fast one he is one of the best
southpaws in the business aitVwhore.
Tesreau also stepped forth in the lat
ter part of this same g*me and dis
played his old speed and tin* break
on his spitter which made him really
the leading pitcher of the National
League last season.
With these two men going at their
best, the Giants are sure to get pitch
ing. The only man on the staff not
up to the top of his stride now is A1
Demaree. the recruit who lias shown
such grand form so far this season.
Ho sirained his side recently, and
will not he ready to work regularly
again for about a week. Rut Tesreau
can go to the l*>x every other day
if necessary, but it won’t be necessary
with Marquard and myself in shape
to take our regular turns.
* * *
'T'ili' Giants have not hit up to any-
* thing like ihe pace they showed
last season so far. but they should
(•al harder. Shafer, who lias replaced
Snodgrass in center field, is one of the
most natural bitters I have ever seen,
and it is impossible to get him to go
after a Lad ball. He has a wonderful
eye and is a splendid judge of balls
and strikes, ills twitting average does
not show bis true strength. t>eoause
he reaches first Iwise so often on
passes. He is also lightning fast on
tlie bases once he arrives, and will
worry any pitcher badly.
Burns is capable of batting better
than lie is doing at present. He is
still a little strange in the big league
berth. Imt he is a good ball player.
Fletcher is batting hard, and Mer-
kle and Murray have picked up with
in the last week. Meyers so far has
uot acquired his lust season's punch.
Tlie club will get batting, and then
we should climb through the leagui
like tlie gossip of a kiss through a
boarding house.
* , *
P lTTSRl RG afrittered away Iwili
games until it came to New
York, when it took one of those sud
den braces and battled us to a practi
cal standstill. After leaving the Folo
Grounds, the Pirates went over do
Brooklyn and choked down the fond
hopes of the Dodgers, when I 'allien
had been led to expect something soft
after the fine manner in which the
Boston club cleaned up four straight
on Clarke’s crew. The Pirates have
ihe pitching and the hitting, and will
be in Ihe contention for tlie cham
pionship.
down .to the depths to which other
Brooklyn teams Imve descended in
years past, bill it will lie lighting to
remain out of the second division be
fore the last word is in.
T-dii: st.
prise,
B R( ,
started to fade,
and 1 expect to see the team
drop. Of course the club will not go
Louis club is a big sur-
especic.lly to the Giants,
but it is going ahead of its normal
speed now. it has not the staunch
ness to last. The team has two ex
cellent pitchers. Harmon and Sallee,
and Konetchy is a great ball playgr.
So is Huggins. The rest of the team
is nothing out of. the ordinary, and
a club must be out of tlie ordinary to
win a pennant. Huggins’ peppery
personality has done a lot for the
team. Sallee will lio a lot more if
he sticks in sluice all season.
(Copyright, ISIS, hy the McClure News-
paper Syndicate.)
CARDINALS WILL HOLD
ON TO JIMMY SHECKARD
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Louis. May 28.—A yarn ema-
from Cincinnati to the effect
that Jimmy Sheckard would be re
leased by the Cardinal ciub because
his salary was too bulky was spiked
yesterday by Manager Huggins. “1
have no intention of releasing Sheck
ard,” declared the Cardinal com
mander, "and I want to state that
emphatically. Sheckard is a great
ball player, and he was paid accord
ingly by the Chicago club. We took j _
over his contract, but we’re not kick-j next Sunday s American,
ing. Whether he will play regularly
ip a question. Our club really hasn’t
shaped itself as yet.”
WILLIAMS BREAKS YALE'S
LONG WINNING STREAK
NEW HAVEN. CONN.. May 28. Wil
liams broke Yale's record of seventeen
con-ect-Mve victories by shutting out
the Blue on Yale field yesterday. 2 to 0.
The game was placed on a wa*er-soaked
diamond, with the dria/Jing rain falling
at intervals. Each team fickle! bik-
oantly
Overall, of the Cubs, and Sallee, of
ihe Cardinals, engaged in a pitchers’
battle yesterday, which resulted in fa
vor of the former.
♦ * *
The Athletics took a double-header in
easy fashion from the Senators yester
day, winning the first 8 to 0 and the
second 7 to 1. Eddie Plank, the veteran
southpaw, pitched in the first and al
lowed the Senators only two ’nits.
* # *
Peekinpaugh. the former Nap utility
inflelder. secured in trade by the Yan
kees, will be given a regular position at
shortstop. "Peck” is regarded as a
fast and brilliant fielder, but somewhat
shy with the war club.
• mm
Johnny Evers, manager of the Cubs,
onenly accuses Pitcher Camnitz. of the
Pirates, with deliberately hitt'ng (', eney
and Archer with pitched balls and at
tempting to hit Zimmerman. Evers
intends taking his complaint to Presi
dent Lynch.
* * *
Harry Lumley, once manager and star
player with tim Dodgers, has been re
leased by the Troy. N. Y.. team. An in
jury to his throwing wrist perhaps will
neecssitate his retirement from baseball.
m m *
The lowly Braves administered a dou
ble defat to the Giants, pushing The
New Yorkers down to fifth place, 259
points behind the leading Phillies.
• * •
The Braves’ second victory of the day
was a ( lean-cut. deserved affair, but the
first game was won on a fluke. In the
ninth Sweeney hit to the outfield, and
Connelly, rounding third, started for the
plate. Burns would have thrown him
out by nearly ten feet, but the ball, in
stead of bounding into Catcher Meyers'
hand, struck Sweeney's discarded bat
and bounded away, while Connelly
scored the only run of the game.
* 4 *
Manager Stovall’s triple in the seventh
which scored a. run. followed by Aus
tin's single, scoring Stovall. were
enough to gain a victory yesterday for
the Browns over the Tigers.
* * *
C. Webb Murphy, owner of The Cubs,
who recently forbade his players To con
verse with reporters, has another griev
ance against llTe newspapers. A short
time back Murphy set out or. the trail
of “Rube" Scheur, a promising pitcher
of the Superior. Wis.. team, in the
Northern League. The newspapers
printed the fact and the Superior club
owners at once boosted the price of
Scheur so high that Murphy balked.
Murphy now states the newspapers
"queered my deal.’’
■* * *
Pick Rudolph, the recruit from tr.e To
ronto team, in the International League,
who pitched for the Braves Monday,
holding the Giants at his mercy, acted
as a relief pitcher again yesterday and
once again the New Yorkers were una
ble to score on him.
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