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By Percy H. Whiting.
W HEN Whttey Alperman went
over after a terrific grounder
hit by Spencer In the sixth and
caught the ball with the side of hl«
head thero wan a gasp from the
crowd. It was a terrific blow—enough
to floor an ox. It didn't floor Whltey,
quite, 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 Alpcrtnan.
The odd thing about Alperman Is
that he’s playing better hall now than
he ever played in his life
It will be recalled that spite work
put him out of the big leagues. Ho
and Charley Ebbets had words arid
the Brooklyn mogul said he would
spend $10,000 to keep "Whltey out
of the big leagues. So he sent him
to Rochester But when John Gau
ze! gate him up there was no question
of spite work. Jawn thought he was
"all through.”
East year Alperman played sensa
tional ball. This year, with a better
club, he Is going even stronger.
Said King Brsdv, the other day,
■Tve known Alperman off and on
through his whole career He Is play -
1ng better ball now than he ever did
In his life—vastly better than when
he was with Brooklyn And he was
a grand lnflelder then."
• • •
A I.PERMAN has been n great man
> l 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
Whttey the Cracker team would be
messed up proper
» • •
TT wap a freakv game the Urackers
* lost vesterday Up to the j*>venth
the Pelicans had made five hits and
four runs. The Crackers had made
eight hits and two run*. Then every
body •blew” at once on the Cracker
side and ^ie visitors romped. 8 to 2.
It was another wretched game for
the Trackers. Good old Joe Dunn
had a hideous time of it, Agler pulled
a miseue that cost two runs, a couple
of popp fell safe 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 t first and second
and the Crackers wasted enough hits
to win three ordinary games.
• • •
S EVERAL odd propositions devel
oped. Seventy-seven per tent of
the Pelicans’ hits came after the llfth
Inning. Seventy-five pep cent of the
Crackers’ hits were made by the first
two men on the batting order. One
hundred per rent were made by Long,
Welchonee and Smith. Seventy-wven
per cent of Atlanta’s put-outs were
made by the last three men in the
batting order.
Everything went by spots. And it
was a spotty, sloppy, chilly game.
• * •
T HE Pels had all the luck. Spen
cer’s home run over the signs was
an 4asv loft. The same hit to center
or left would undoubtedly have been
an out to a fielder. A little pebble
gave the ball that hit Alperman a
bad bound, knocked out a steady in-
flelder and cost another run. The
Crackers batted terrifically but never
at the right time. For InKance, note
this coincidence: Three times in suc
cession Ixong 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 Hailey, two of
the league’s greatest pinch-hitters,
deliver a safe swat
• • •
P AT WRIGHT, most bitterly eve-
* crated of President’s Kavanaugh'.*
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 blazes anyhow it did not
matter.
•'But.” as one of the hall players
remarked, anent the fact that the vet
eran is generally wrong. “It’s lucky
Pat’s name is Wright.”
, KEWANEE TO STAY.
KEWANEE, ILL., May 28
dent Hugh Hill emphatically
that the Kewaneo Central Assr
team will give up Its franchisi
T uesday*
s Game.
N. Orleans.
ab.
r.
h.
po
Hendrvx, cf
5
2
1
6
Atz. 2b . . .
4
•*
2
2
Clancy, .** .
. 5
ft
2
3
Breen, rf
4
1
1
j
Ppeneer. if
.3
1
?
Williams. 3b
4
n
ft
ft
Bnedecor, lb
4
l
1
8
Adams, c . .
3
n
ft
4
Swindell, p .
4
l
ft
Totals ...
36
8
11
27
Atlanta.
ab.
r.
h.
po.
Long, rf . . .
.4
0
3
1
Welchonee, cf
. 5
0
3
1
Alperman, 2 b
3
0
ft
ft
Bailey, rf .
2
0
ft
ft
Smith. 3b
4
2
2
3
Bisland. ss
. 3
ft
ft
1
Agler. lb . .
. 2
ft
ft
13
Bunn, c . .
. 4
ft
ft
•; ’happelle. p .
. 3
ft
ft
1
Rohe. 2h
. 1
ft
ft
ft
xpftce . . .
. 1
ft
ft
ft
Totals
32
*>
8
27
xBatted Tor
ChapeUe
In
nil
Score by innings
New Orleans
.000
202
Atlanta .. ..
. .01ft
Iftft
Summary:
Two- base
hit-
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
His Honor Meets a Right Guy
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Copyright, 1913, IiUernatiorul News Service.
;; By Tad
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Oh, It's Great to Be Married!
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Copyright, 1913, International News Service
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By George McManus
a. e.
0 0
Home runs—Smith. Spencer. Double
plays—Atz to Snedecor, Chappelle to
Agler. Hendry* to Adams. Struck
out—By Chappelle, 5; by Swindell. 3.
Rases on balls—Off Chappelle, 1; off
Swindell, 5. Sacrifice hits—Bisland.
Adams. Stolen bases—Welchonee.
Agler, Hendrvx. Clancy, Long. Passed’
balls—Dunn 2. Wild pitch—Swin
dell. Time—2:05. Umpires—Wright
and Pfenninger.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Game* Wednesday.
New Orleans at Atlanta, Pon<*e
Leon. (lame called at 8:45 o'clock.
Montgomery at Birmingham.
Mobile at Ghattanooga.
Memphis at Nashville.
Standing of the Clula*.
W. L. Pc. W. L.
Mobile 80 17 .038 Chatta 22 21
N’ville 22 20 .524 Mont. 21 22
M'phis 22 20 .524 H’ham 18 22
Atlanta 22 21 .512 N, Or. 14 28
Results Tuesday.
New Orleans 8. Atlanta 2.
Memphis 4. Nashville 3
Monigomery 10, Birmingham 2.
Chattanooga 7, Mobile 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
New York at Poston.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
St lx>uts at Chicago.
De-
Pc.
.512
. IHK
450
.388
Standing of the
W. L. Pc
Phila. 22 7 .750
B'klyn 19 14 .570
Ch’c’gu 19 17 .528
St L. 18 17 .514
Clube.
W L.
N. Y ork 16 16
P’burg 16 19
Poston 12 18
C’nnati 10 24
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc. » W. L. re.
V'dosta 14 8 .636 W’cr'ss 11 12 .478
Corded 13 10 .565 R’wick 10 13 435
Th’ville 12 11 .522 * Am’ous 8 14 .364
Results Tuesday.
Thomasvllle 3, Waycross 2.
Brunswick 9. Cordele 5.
Valdosta 0, Americus 0.
GEORGIA ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Nownan at Gadsden.
Opelika at Anniston.
LuGrange at Talladega.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L. Pc.
Oads'n 13 7 .650
T'dega 11 8 .579
Newn'n 11 9 .550
L
Opelika 9 10* 474
An'ston 9 10 474
1 saGr’ge 5 14 .263
Tc
.500
.45
400
294
7
Results Tuesday.
Chicago 2, St. Louie 1.
Roston 1-5. New York 0-2.
Other games postponed.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Washington at Philadelphia
Hosion at New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L.
Phila 24 10
Cland 24 12
Oh’go 21 16
W'gton 19 16
Pc
706
667
568
543
W L.
Boston 15 19
St L 18 24
Detroit 16 24
X York 9 24
Tc |
.441
429
385
273
Results Tuesday.
Philadelphia 8-7. Washington 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.
W I*. Pc
Sav'ah 27 7 7**
CTbus 18 1 6 .629
Jville 18 16 529
W L
Macon 15 17
Ch'ston 13 21
Albany 9 23
Pc.
.169
.382
.281
Resuits Tuesday.
Savannah 1. Charleston 0
Jacksonville 4, Macon 2
Albany 6, Columbus 4
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Garres Wednesday.
Brunswick at Cordele.
Waycross at Thomasvllle.
Americus at Valdosta,
Results Tuesday.
Anniston 9, Opelika 0
Gadsden 5. Newnan 2
Talladega 2. I^aGrange 1.
OTHER RESULTS.
Texas League.
Dallas 8, Fort Worth 2
Houston 8. San Antonio L
Waco 11. Austin 3.
Beaumont 4. Galveston 4.
Carolina Association.
All games postponed
Virginia League.
All games postponed.
Appalachian League.
Cleveland 17. Bristol 7.
Johnson City-Middlesboro. rain
Rome 11. Knoxville 9
International League.
Newark 9. Baltimore 2
Providence 4. Jersey City 0.
Toronto-Montreal, rain
Rochester-Buffalo. wet grounds
American Association.
Si Paul 5, Kansas City 4
lioulsvllle 9. Indianapolis 1
Milwaukee 8. Minneapolis T.
Coliimbus-Toledo. rain
DANS SHADES SMITH.
DKS MOINES. IOWA, May 38
George Dans, of Monmoth. Ill., 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.
GRANEY NAMED REFEREE.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 28.—Eddie
Graney. the veteran referee, is the
choice as the third man in the ring on
July 4. when Joe Rivers and Willie
Ritchie battle for the lightweight
championship title.
BURNS STOPS HOPPE.
OAKLAND. CAL.. May 28.—
F'rankie Burns, the Oakland light
weight. knocked out Willie Hoppe. Ad
Wolgapt's protege, in the ninth round
of their scheduled ten-round bout la^t
night.
CHRISTY MATMWSON'S
. BIG LEAGUI GOSSIP
N EW YORK, May —s. A few days ago I discussed the different teams irt the National
l.eattue vaee In geneVal. To-day I will return to the same subject, sizing up the Giants
and 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 late world's series. Nothing was sure to the Giants. The pitchers were also out of sorts,
Tesreaii failing to get moving and Marquard tiffing out of condition from sickness. The Giants
hopped Into their lielding stride last week with a single hound, and the infield is moving like
a string of firecrackers now. Instead of turning outs into base hits, as we were doing, the inflelders are 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 tliis encouraging sign, both Tesreau and Marquard stepped out and pitched good baseball last
week. Rube showing a very fine game
against the Pirates when he got tan
gled lip in a pitching battle with
Cainnttz. the one that went fourteen
innings. His fast ball had the hop
on It for the first time this seasou,
and when he Is getting the jump on
his fast one he is one of the best
southpaws in the business anywhere.
Tesreau also stepped forth in the lat
ter part of this same game aud dis
played his old speed and the break
on his spltter which made him really
the leading pitcher of the National
League last season.
With these two men going at their
best, the Ginnts are sure to get pitch
ing. The only man on the staff not
up to the top of his stride now is A1
1 lomaree, the recruit who has shown
such graud form so far this seasou.
He strained his side recently, and
will not be ready to work regularly
again for about a week. Rut Tesreau
can go to the box every other day
if necessary, but it won’t be necessary
with Marquard and myself in shape
to take our regular turns.
• • •
"I'HE Giants have not hit up to any-
thing ltke the pace they showed
last season so far, but they should
bat harder. Shafer, who has replaced
Snodgrass in center Held, 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 has 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 arrives, and will
worry anv pitcher badly.
Burns is capable of batting better
than he ts doing at present. He is
still a little strange in the big league
berth, but he is a good ball player.
Fletcher is batting hard, aud Mer-
kie aud Murray have picked up with
in the last week. Meyers so far has
not acquired his last season's 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 ITTSRFRG afrtttered away ball
games until it came tio New
York, when it took one of those sud
den braces and battled us to a praotl-
eal standstill. After leaving the Polo
Grounds, the Pirates went over to
Brooklyn and choked down the fond
hopes of the Dodgers, when Dahlen
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
the pitching and the hitting, and will
be in the contention for the cham
pionship.
B
drop.
ROOKT.YN has started to fade.
Of course the club will not go
down to the depths to which other
Brooklyn teams have descended In
years past, but it will be fighting to
remain out of the second division be
fore the last word is in.
« * •
T HE St. Louis club 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 Konetchy is a great ball player.
So is Huggins. The rest of the team
is nothing out of the ordinary, and
a club must he out of the ordinary to
win a pennant. Huggins’ peppery
personality has done a lot for the
team. Sallee will do a lot more if
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
thai Jimmy Sheckard would be re
leased by the Cardinal club 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
over his contract, but we’re not kick
ing. Whether he will play regularly
is> a question. Our club really hasn’t
shaped itself as yet.”
White City Park Now Open
WILLIAMS BREAKS YALE’S
LONG WINNING STREAK
NFW HAVEN. CONN, May 28. -Wil
liams broke Yale's record of seventeen
consecutive victories by shutting out
the Blue on Yale field yesterday. 2 to 0.
The game was played on a wa^er-soaked
diamond, with the drixzling rain falling
at imer;als. Each team fielded bi Li
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Sanitarium. Atlanta, Georg** /
Overall, of the Cubs, and Sallee, of
the Cardinals, engaged In a pitchers’
battle yesterday, which resulted In fa
vor of the former.
* * *
The Athletics look 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 hits.
* * *
Peckinpaugh, 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
Pirates, with deliberalely hitting Cheney
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
f flayer with the Dodgers, has been re
eased 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 victory of the day
was a clean-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.
* * *
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-
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of “Rube” Scheur, a promising pitcher
of the Superior, Wts., team, in the
Aorthem 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.”
* * •
Dick Rudolph, the recruit from the To
ronto team, in the International League,
who pitched for the Braves Mondav.
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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