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t THE AT I. A XT \ OKORfil \X AND NEWS HUM' A <500* acfnt ° UNDe »?>TANr) r A HOMF ^ virt rj~ t omt a* * NO UVE "' | TH ME And WEVl <0 'TO the *,mow AFTf» WAC)n , WRETCHED Eli By Percy H. Whiting. 1 Y/HBN Whltey Alperman want VL' over after a terrific grounder ” hit by Spencer in the sixth and caught the hall with tlie side of his head there was a gasp from the I* was a terrific blow—enough to floor an ox. ft didn’t door Whltey, quite, hut 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 in his life. It will he recalled that spite work put him out of the big leagues. He and Charley Kbbets had words and the Brooklyn inogul said he would spend JHO.OM to keep •Whltey" out of the big leagues. So he sent him to Rochester Hut when John Gau ze! gave him up there was no question of spite work. Jawn thought he was "all through." Last vear Alperman played sensa tional hall 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 hall now than he ever did in his life vastly better than when he was with Brooklyn And he was a grand tndelder then” * * • \ r.HERMAN has been a great man * A for Atlanta. His batting has been timely and his fielding phenomenal Any man who could plug the gap that Otto Jordan left has some size to him. And Alperman has more than done It. If anything happened to old Whltey the Cracker team would !»’ messed up proper. • • • IT wap a freaky game the Cracker* * lost yesterday Dp to the seventh the Pelicans had made five 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 gam** for the Crackers. Good old Joe Dunn had a hideous time of it, Agler pulled a miscue that cost two runs, a couple of pops fell safe for lack of a little determination in getting under them, Tommy Dong slumbered at the switch and failed to score from third on a slow double play ar first and second and the Crackers wasted enough hits to win three ordinary games. • • • S EVERAL odd propositions devel oped. Seventy-seven per cent of the Pelicans' hits came after the fifth inning. Seventy-five per cent of the Crackers' hits were made bv the first two m*n on the batting order. One hundred per cent w ere made by Long. Welchonee and Smith. Seventy-wvtn per .cent of Atlanta’s put-outs were made b\ the last three men in the batting order Everything went by spots And it whs a spotty, sloppy, chilly game. . • * • 7 "HE Pels had all the luck. Spen cer'# home run over the signs was an easy loft. The same hit to center or left would- undoubtedly have beet) an out to a fielder. A little pebble gave the ball that hit Alperman a bad bound, knocked out a steady in - fielder and cost another run. The Trackers hatted terrifically but never at the right time. For instance, note this coincidence Three times in suc cession Long hit a single and Wei 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 leagues greatest pinch-hitters, deliver a safe swat. • * • D \ T WRIGHT most bitterly exe * crated of President’s Kavanaugh’e staff of umpires, served his first sen tence behind the hat Tuesday. Once or twice Pat was palpably off. In a close game It would have been exasperating. With everything shot to biases anyhow it did not matter. "Rut.” as one of the ball players remarked, anent the fact that the vet eran is generally wrong. "It's luck\ Pat’s name is Wright.” KEWANEE TO STAY. KEXVANEE. ILL, May 28—Presi dent Hugh Hill emphatically denied that the Kewanee Central Association team will give up it.« franchise Tuesday’s Game. r. h. po. 1 6 N. Orleans. Hendryx. cf . At*. 2b Clancy, ss . Breen, rf SpenceT, If Williams. 3b Snedecor. lb Adams, c . . Swindell, p . Totals Atlanta. Long rf Welchonee, cf Alperman.2b . Bailey, rf Smith. 3b Blsland.' ss Agler. lb . Dunn, c chappelk*. p . Rohe. 2b x Price . . SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT His Honor Meets a Right Guy • • Copy right, 1813, international News Service. :: By Tad WSR- MO WO* 1 X* . ra.lL ftoWPV W6AE He Rtitu R_ !\ ^ 0F WOMW<r i\ peujowS / SpFA* gP TTW3Ee3"T"TCSr»3 | Aj=t6T«- 0WN WAHOOtt HA-Wfx-M A,-pt A - / \NE 5HOULD - 1! ISH Kt \ R8E'., 7H6.»e SOE i > THE TUPirE AloO that ’BOOB i KilltC iddav ah 1 rneMPf UT OP LIPE A CHUFCH Oh, It’s Great to Be Married! Copyright, 1813, International News Service By George McManus — i ==~r7 I =KJU m SEsjl \ a ^OfME : s ME TOR? HOME . ] 1 For 1 \ ^ESDEAEj- t TOLD H»|v| TO WAIT AND tell you 6( 2>0U7 Tt-lt Koo*^ he. has to •seLL u,, . HOW D0 YOU DO 5.IR- | have here LEATHER Hound - fine PARE R - volumes ON the life of - > — 7 r I WONDER what theatre U £ |l l went to. dl II | iuil BASEBALL SUMMARIES SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. New Orleans at Atlanta, Ponce De Leon. Game called at 3:45 o’clock. Montgomery at Birmingham. Mobile at Chattanooga. Memphis at Nashville. Standing of the Clubs W L Mobile SO 17 N’ville 22 20 Mphis 22 20 Atlanta 22 21 W L. Chatta 22 21 Mont 21 22 Bharn 18 22 N. Or. 14 28 Standing of the Clubs. W I, Pc W. L Pc V‘dost a tl 8 .636 \\"cr s.k I I 12 .47S CordHe 13 10 5ft.'* R’wick 10 IS 13 Th’vlllc 12 11 522 \ m ows 8 14 .264 Results Tuesday. ThomasviUe S. ‘WaycroM 2. Brunswick 9. Gordeie 5. Valdosta 0, Americas 0. Results Tuesday. New Orleans 8 Atlanta 2 Memphis 4. Nashville 3 Montgomery 10. Birmingham 2 Chattanooga 7. Mobile 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. New Yoyk at Boston Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Pittsburg. St. Louis at Chicago. Standing of the Clubs \\ L. Pc 1 W. L. phila 22 7 750 N York 16 16 B’klyn 18 14 .576 p’burg 16 19 Ch’c’go 19 17 528 Boston 12 18 St L. 18 17 .514! C’nnati 10 24 Results Tuesday. Chicago 2. St Louis 1 Boston 1-5. New York 0-2. Other games postponed. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Detroit ai St Louis Chicago at Cleveland Washington at Philadelphia. Boston at New York i»Oo 202 301 8 D10 100 000—2 P:>mmrti>: Two-base hit- Breen. Home runs Smith. Sp. m • i Double l>'.n ' Atz to Sn» decor. PhappHlo t«> A« . r. Hendryx to Adams Struck <• Bv Chappell**. bv Swindell. 3 ». 1; off Bisland. Iciionce s on bails Off Chfippelk S " 1 5. S.i icrifioe hits IPs. Stolen base* \\v A gif -1, Hendrvx. Claruy. Long. Dunn 2. WBd pitch T 5 me—2:0 5 Empire.*- Pfenning*-r. FEE" NEXT SUNDAY T he American Sunday Monthly Magazine, contain- i ig the first chanters of Jack I-orHon s new storv, is ftv.e with every copy of the next Sunday American. Standing of the Ctubr. W L Pc . \Y L 1 Phila. 24 10 706! Boston 15 19 I C land 24 12 667 St L. IS 24 Ch'go 21 16 568 Detroit 15 24 W'gu.n 10 16 MS I N York F 24 Results Tuesday. Philadelphia 8-7. Washington 0-1. St. f.outs 3. Detroit 2 Other games postponed. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. i Savannah at Charleston. Albany ai Columbus Macon ai Jacksonville. Standing of the Clubs W L Pc j VP. L. Sax ah 27 7 71*4 ! Macon 15 17 j CT’bus 16 1 6 .529 ! Pi ston '.3 21 J'ville 18 16 .529 ! Vbe n> 9 23 Results Tuesday. Savannah 1 <Tarlesf«'n <> .Icck*onv : lh- 4. Maccr 2 Alhatv. ' . P .umbus ♦ EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. C a>r ef Wednesday. Brunswick ar CorrDla Wtxcroea st Tim-' a^ille. Amertcua at Valdosta GEORGIA ALABAMA LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Newnan at (Jadaden. Opelika at Anniston LaGrange at Talladega. Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pc. I W L. Pc Pads Ti 13 7 650 Opelika 9 10 474 T'dega 11 8 579 i An ston ’,0 .474 N'ewn'n 11 9 550 ' laiCr ge 6 14 .263 Results Tuesday. Anniston 9, < tpeiika 0. Gadsden 5. Newnan 2 Talladega 2, La Grange 1. OTHER RESULTS. Texas League. Dallas 8. Fort Worth 2. Houston 8, San Antonio 1. Waco it, Austin 3. Beaumont 4. Galveston 4 Carolina Association. All games postponed Virginia League. All games postponed Appalachian League. Pleveland 17. Bristol 7 Johnson City-MIddlasboro, rain Home 11. Knoxville 9. International Leagua. Newark 9. Baltimore 2 Providence 4. Jerse> City 0 Toronto-Montreal, rain Rochester-Buffalo, wet grounds. American Association. 429 Si. Paul 5. Kansas City 4. 385 Louisville 9. Indianapolis 1 273 Milwaukee 8. Minneapolis 7. Polumbus-Toledo. rain. DANS SHADES SMITH. DKS MOINKS. loW \ Max 38 Georg* Dans, of Mon moth. Ill., and Andx S.nitn. of Oklahoma City, fought uight rounds before the loxva Bankers' Convention at the Auditorium las; night. Dan* leaving a shade ibe best of Smith. GRANEY NAMED REFEREE. P C ' SAN J RANCISCO, Max 28.—Eddie. ip Granex the veteran referee, is the 3S: rhoice as ;be third man !n the ring on -* ! . Lilx 4. when Joe Rivera and Willie J Ri'chie hai* e for the lightweight ! championship title. BURNS STOPS HOPPE. OAKLVNI*. CAL. Max 28.— j Frankie Burn the ‘‘ak and ligh - - i knocked w?n> Hoppe. Ad CHRISTY MATHtWSCW'S BIG LL LEAGUI GOSSIP FODDER FOR FANS KW YORK. May »>. A lew days ago I discussed the different teams in the National League race in general. To-day ! will return to the same subject, sizing up the (Hants ami Pirates. Both teams were off all over in the early part of the race. The New York players displayed some of the worst fielding seen on any diamond since the lute world's series. Nothing was sun* to the Giants. The pitchers were also out of sorts. Tesreau failing to get moving and Manpuml 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, sis we were doing, the infielders sire now cut ting down base hits and converting them into outs, as several of the Pittsburg players will tell you if you get a chance to consult them. That helps. Following this encouraging sign, both Tesreau and Manjuard stepped out and pitched good baseball last week. Kulie showing a very j '\ *!rn •: :« pro'* v;-' n »•'<* ivri-h round <*f ’heir scheduled terr-rcund bout last 'night. fine game against the Pirates when he got tan gled up in a pitching battle with (’ainnltz. the one that went fourteen innings, ills fast ball bad the hop on it for the first time this season, and when he is getting the jump on his fast one lu* is one of the best southpaws in tlie business anywhere. Tesreau also stepped forth in the lat ter part of this same game and dis played his old speed and the break on his spitter which made him really the lending pitcher of the National League last season. With these two men going at their lTest, the Giants are sure to get pitch ing. The only man on the staff not up to tlie top of his stride now is AI Deuiaree. the recruit who has shown such grand form so far this season. He strained his side recently, and will not l»e ready to work regularly again for about a week. But Tesreau can go to the 1h»\ every other day if necessary, but it won’t l*e necessary with Marquard and myself in shape to take our regular turns. * # * 'TMIK Giants have not hit up to any- tiling like the pace they showed last season so far. but they should bat harder. Shafer, who has replaced Snodgrass in center field, is one of the most natural hitters I have ever seen, and it is impossible to get him to go after a bad ball. He lias a wonderful eye and is a splendid judge of balls and strikes His batting average does not show his true strength, because he reaches first base so often on passes. He is also lightning fast on the bases once he arrivets, and will worry any pitcher badly. Burns is capable of batting better than he is doing at present- He is •dill a little strange in the Ng league berth, but he is a good boll player. F1etclB*r t* hatting hard, and Me r k 1 * and Mu era; have picked up with m the le«t week. Meytrs <o far has: not acquired his last season'* punch. The club will get batting, and then we should climb through the league like the gossip of a kiss through a boarding house. * * ♦ P ITTSBI'Rd afrittered away Dali game* 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 tlie Polo (•rounds, the Pirates went over to Brooklyn and choked down the fond hopes of the I lodgers, when Pahlen had been led to evi>eot something soft after tlio tine maimer in which the Boston club cleaned up four straight on Clarke's crew . The Pirates have the pitching and tlie hitting, and will he In the contention for the cham pionship. down to the depths to which other Brooklyn teams have descended In years past, but it will be lighting to remain out of the second division be fore the last word is in. ‘HE St. Louis elul) is a big sur prise, especially 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 Konetehy is a great ball player. So is Huggius. The rest of the team is nothing out <>f tlie ordinary, and a club must be out of the ordinary to win a pennant. Huggins’ peppery personality for the more if B h BROOKLYN has started to fade, ami I expect to see tlie team drop. Of course the club will not go has done a lot team. Sallee will do a lot he sticks in shape all season. (Copyright. 1913. by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) CARDINALS WILL HOLD ON TO JIMMY SHECKARD ST. Louis. May 28. A yarn ema nating from Cincinnati to the effect that Jimmy Sheekard would be re leased by the Cardinal club because hi* salary was too bulky was spiked yesterday by Manager Huggins. "I have no intention of releasing Sheck- ard.” declared the Cardinal com mander. "and I xxant to state that emphatically. Sheckard is a great hall player, and he was paid accord ingly by the Chicago club. We took j over contract, hut w-ev. not kick next Sunday'$ American ing. Whether he will i \ reguiarb \y * question. Our club really hasn shaped itself as yet." WILLIAMS BREAKS YALE’S LONG WINNING STREAK Overall, of the Cubs, and iSallee, of the Cardicads, 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 Blank, the veteran southpaw, pitched in the first and al lowed the Senators only two hits. * * * Peckinp&ugh. the former Nap ,utility infielder, 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. * « • Johnny Evers, manager of the Cubs, openly accuses Pitcher Camnitz. of the I Pirates, with deliberately bitt’ng (’’mney anti Archer with pitched balls and at- ! tempting to hit Zimmerman. Evers intends ;*:king his complaint to Presi dent Lynch. * * * , Harry Lumley, once manager and star player with the Dodgers, ha:- been, re leased by the Troy. N Y., team An in jury to his throwing wrist perhaps will necessitate his retirement from baseball. • * * 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 victor' - of the day was a clean-cut, deserved affair, hut the “first game was won on a fiuke. In the ninth Sweeney hit to the outfield, and Connelly, rounding third, started for the plate. Burns would have thrown him out hv nearly ten feet, but the ball, in stead of bounding into Catcher Meyers' hand, struck Sweeney’s discarded hat I and hounded away, while Connelly scored the only run of the game. Manager Stovall’s triple in the seventh which scored a run. foHbwed 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 the newspapers. A short Gme back. Murphy set out on the trail ««f "Ruhr" Scheur, a promising pitcher °! [ ]ie Superior. Wis.. team, in the .'.orthern League. The newspapers printed the fact and the Superior cluh owners at once boosted the price of Scheur so high that Murphy balked .Murpin now states the newspapers ‘queered my deal." • * * * Dick Rudolph, the recruit from the To ronto team, in the International League, pitched for the Braves Monday! NEW HAVEN, CONN . May 28.—Wil liams broke Yales record of seventeen con'e.rMxe victories by shutting out The MM»e *>n Yaje field yesterday. 2 to 0. The game was played on a wa’er-soaked diamord, with the drizzling rain falling ai inter, a is. Each team field? 1 Iru- i.antly Jack London’s new story. The Scarlet Plagne,’’ begins in the American Monthly Magazine given free with every copy of holding the (Bants at his mercy, acted as a relief pitcher again yesterday and once again the New Yorkers were una ble to score on him. BASEBALL TO-DAY' New Orleans vs. Atlanta Fonce DeLeon Park o cfoL ATLANTA All This Week MATS. Miss Billy Long Co. J iVlON. 1 3 WED. V SAT. ST. ELMO 25c By Request Wights ISc. 25c. 35c. 50c. FREE. NEXT SUNDAY. The American Sunday Monthly Magazine, contain ing the first chapters of Jack London’s new story, is GIVEN FREE with every of the next Sunday American. FORSYTH Watinee To-day 2:30 To-Night 8:30 THE IRISH QUEEN MAGGIE CLINE The Great Nowarrf- Madden & Fitzpatrick Caesar Nesl NEXT WEEK LILLIAN SHAW White City Park Now Open | Make State and Coun ty tax returns now. Office corner Pryor and Hunter Streets. T. M. Armis- tead, Tax Receiver. TR USSES Abdominal Support*. Klqatjc HoH«r> etc Expert fitters; both ladv and m«a attendants, private fitting rooms. 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