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By
“Bud” Fisher
!>.v Percy H. Whiting.
T HE Crackers are going to have
some new battery men within
the next few days. Deals are
considered, pending, hanging fire or
otherwise in the air for Catcher Roth
of LouBvillf*. and Pitcher Robertson,
of Savannah, while Pjtclwr Conzel-
man. of th<* Pittsburg club, was pur
chased yesterday.
A real.shake-up in the battery de
partment is threatened. The fact that
a new catcher is sough; seems to
sound the doom of Catcher Joe Dunn.
Catcher chapman is making good .ill
right and Dunn’s work has fallen a
hit short of perfection at times.
. t hough m t that he has proved to b<
a satisfactory second catcher.
The Robertson deal has not, pro
gressed very far. but the local club
is decidedly interested. Robertson
has been in Savannah for several
years. .Owing to his comparatively
small size he has been overlooked by
big league scouts, despite hie exceli
lent showing.
Under ordinary circuhistances Sa
i vannah would not he keen to sell in
’mid sea son a pitcher of the ability -f
Robertson. It happens, however, that
the Savannah club has got the Sallv
League pennant and gone with it so
absolutely that it is a flight. In con
sequence the Savannah club would
not in the least mind letting a couple
of men go. That might slow down
their club a little and make It more
interesting.
Jim Fox tipped the local club oft’
to Robertson.
“I think.'' Jim told Director Gus
Ryan, "that this man can win two-
thirds of his games for you. H^'s
a pitcher like Russ Ford was in his
best days, with all of Ford’s speed
and a spitter that is about as good.
I don't believe he will ever go to the
big leagues. He isn’t big enough.
But he’s big enough to win in the
Southern League—or 1 don't know
the league.”
* * *
'T'HE fact that booze and baseball
1 don’t mix "for beans is being ex
emplified again right here in Atlanta.
We* had some high old booze boxers
when the season started. They’re
about gone now. The rest are go
ing.
It might be libelous to go into par
ticulars about the various men—but
it would be illuminating.
Incidentally don’t put two and two
together and infer that Joe Dunn w ill
leave, if he does, for any Such rea
son. Joe’s habits are perfection and
if he is ever dropped it will be be
cause advancing age and weight
have begun to slow him down.
’"THIS Southern League is an es-
* pecially bad one for the boozers.
.
f strenuous schedule a boozer burns
tight out. Hi doesn't have to culti
vate any thirst down here. It comes
easy. Of course the more he drinks
the mole he wants. And he hotter it
gets the worse his condition.
* t *
] T has long been an opinion of mine
that a lot of the players who
fcouldn’t stand the heat'' down in the
Southern League were men who
couldn't stand the combination of
‘nra' and booze." They have come
to the Southern, played ball, fought
booze. burnVd out and returned home.
Of troutse x the real truth cidYi’t suit
them. So th y told about the fever
in the South.
A lot of the "fever" comes out if
bottles. *
THR boozers are passing f "in base-
* ball. The manage;> will not fool
• It a them. ’ They ruin themselves
and they ruin n club.
One or two jov riders put tuc
(’packers on the blink last year.
i»l ; .ers w ho would oidinaril .have
d - unk little or not at all were led to
saloons by older and thirstier players.
And you know what happened.
B : ii Smith hasn’t a bit of patience
with drunkards. Pill doesn't min.l
licking un a bit of beer now and then
after a game- but he Is always strong
er than the tjrink and was never
known to go to excess with it.
Perns able to n.aster the stuff him-
© If Smith has no earthly patience
with the boozers. He is out to win
a upnnant. Anything that stands in
the way must go. He knows that a
hard drinker on the club means nun
to his pennant.chances.
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highly illuminating. It would help
the cabsr. loo. .
College baseball has helped th<
cause of temperance a good bit. Boys
who might have taken too much have
been kept away by the desire o
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athletics of all sorts have done more
in keep voung college men iway from
drink than all the tracts ewer printed.
BENYON WINS ENGLISH
BANTAMWEIGHT CROWN
Special Cable t? The Atlanta Georgian.
;. LONDON, June 3.—Bill I^enyon
' v.as substiuted for Eddie Morgan, the
champion of Wales, at the las: mo
ment last night and won the English
bantamweight championship fiom
Dh-gi-t Stanley in twenty rounds it
the National Sporting Club. Beny m
won on the referee's decision. The
rout was for $2,500 and the Lord
Lonsdale belt.
EDDIE CLABBY IN GREAT
FINISH AGAINST DENNY
new ORLEANS. June 3.—Eddie
(Tabby, of Hammond, brother of
aimmv. after being almost knocked
O'lt in the fourth round, came bacn
and made a sensational fighting fin
ish punching Young Denny all over
the ring. dabby was outweighed,
but Denny showed a remarkable box
ing ability.
UMPIRE MAY QUIT LEAGUE
LINCOLN XEBR.. lure 3. -I mpire
Fitzsimmons, of the Western League, is
to leave the circuit unless he comes to
terms with President O NeiH b* utc- he
D relieved b\ Umpire Colliflower. ;
disagreement over expenses led to ihe
withdrawal of Fitzsimmons
CROSS TO LEAVE FOR COAST.
NEW YORK. June 3. Leach Cross,
the leal lightweight, will leave Sunday
f..r the Pacific coast, and at once go into
training for bis bout hi / Los Angeles
July > with Bud Anderson
DIES FROM BASE3ALL INJURY.
KEARNY N V June 3 William
Wiggins aged hit on the head by a
pitched ball Friday, died yesterday uf a
fractured skull. 1
N ashville, tenx. June 3.—The
fild jinx which' bad apparently
fallen out with the Vols, all of
a sudden bustled into camp, kicked
over the big keg of horseshoes, tram •
pled ail over the four-deaf clover bed
and announced its arrival by laying out
Eddie Noyes and Judson Harmon
Daley from the line-up.
It came at a most unwelcome Lime
to boot, just when the Schwartzmert
were in a death grapple with the
league leaders and it completely up-
st t the hoy manager. Noyes took the
count with a case of lumbago or
something like that, while Jud is
much too busy nursing a charley
horse to think about left fieTd. Jud’s
demise gave Mr. Nicholson the chance
he hac been yelling for. but after lilt'
former Colonel had allowed an easy
out to go for a triple and fanned
weakly a trio of attempts. Schwartz
yanked him in disgust and shifted
Dell Young over to left and gave
“Norfolk” Summers the job on tne
dump.
Summers did produce a wallop that
beat the Gulls out of the first affair,
but as an Alpine guide Johnny will
never get any medals. Schwartz fig
ured that Nicholson w.as attacked by-
stage fright and tried him again in
right field, where he was fortunate
in not having any difficult chances.
The few times Nick managed to reach
first be looked like a million dollars,
running like a greyhound and work
ing the hook slide to perfection. With
proper coaching in fielding and using
a less heaVy stick this boy should
come with a rush for he has all the
earmarks of a brilHant base runner,
although lie has worlds of stuff to
learn about the game’s fine points.
“Prick” Gibson’s playing is Utile
short of wonderful and the bugs are
mystified that Jennings ever let this
boy get away from him. He has a
deadly whip and. while ho is no slug
ger. his hits come when they drive in
runs, which is lots better sometimes
then being up in the .300 class. Noyee
is back on tne bench, but the scrappy
little catcher has lost lots of weight
and is fflill too weak to stand the pate
this h*»t weather
D l ey’s absence from the line-up
weakens the Vols’ play, both offen
sively and defensively, for even if
the left gardener wav not playing up
to his 1912 form, he was miles better
than Ni' holson and was pulling down
everything in his territory.
S< hwartz is badly worried over the
club's crippled condition, for the slab-
men have never gotten to going right,
Fleharty and McManus being of lit
tle or no use to the team and one
of the pair is almost certain to get the
ax. now that Dye and ('hick Smith
are on hand.
NEBRASKANS TO ENTER MEET.
LINCOLN. N«EBR.. June 3.—A team of
at least four University of NebraskA
athletes will be entered in the athletic
meet to be held in Chicago in July.
Sporting Food j
U py GEOROB E. PHAIR >
SPEED.
/ remember, / remember
When people rode the bike
Theft humped their buckx and plugged
a imp
Like demon* do ten th< pike.
W e kid* with open mouth* stood bp
And watched them whizzing past.
And longed to see that blessed dap
When ire could irhfz as fast.
To-dap we watch a flock of ears
That spin around a track.
One moment hewe ice saw them pass.
And now in sec them back.
The scorcher was a thing of fear
.4 few short pears ago.
Hut if hr blocked the traffic now.
Oh:
Reports of the alleged conflict be
tween Messrs. Dillon and Klaus remind
us that the game of pugilism is minus
one middleweight champion.
One learns from books that there is
honor among thieves, and yet we hear
that fight promoters in the West have
started a civil war.
We note that Jack Britton whipped
Jimmy Duffy, fought a draw and lost
on a foul. All of which shows the
versatility of the press.
Reading various criticisms on the
management of one Matty McCue. pu
gilist, one is led to believe that various
persons in our fair city crave a meal
ticket.
Obtaining money under false pretenses
is becoming common in these United
States. Still we do not refer to the fact
that the Brooklyn team has beea in
sured for $410,000.
The reported clash over the estate of
Luther McCarty reminds us that all vul
tures are not equipped with wings
One is forced to admit that the gent
who picked Memorial Day f<a - the auto
mobile soiree had his own little sense of
humor.
Joe Birmingham has ordered his ath
letes to treai the umpires with respect,
thus making baseball a hardship.
Being as baseball players burst into
print with their masterpieces. Mr. Klem
might add to hie earnings by writing a
dissertation on “Wild Managers 1 Have
Met.” Or Mr. Ferguson might indite a
brochure entitled “Showers.”
“RIP” MAJOR TURNS “PRO;”
WILL PLAY WITH JACKSON
JACKSON. MISS.. June 3 —“Rip”
Major, captain of the football ami
baseball teams of Auburn, hav placed
his signature to a contract with the
Jackson ball team of the Cotton
State**, and will make his debut in
professional company with the local
team this week.
Major will be used in the outfield
and will join the Jackson team at
Columbus on Thursday. He was one
of the star football men at Auburn
during the past few years and was
one of th* 1 leading lights on the ball
team at the Alabama .Polytechnic in
stitute.
CHRISTY MATHtWSOHS
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP
in a smile. He refused to siiy.
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FODDER FOR FANS
C INCINNATI. June ll. When in Boston last week i ran into Jimmy McANhm - . the presi
dent of tne Boston Bed Sox. “The Cleveland chib is going immense," declared Mr-
Aleer. “It is the surprise of our show. The learn looked like a very bad one when
it was getting lieaten by a lot of bush league hunches lief ore the season opened, but the
pitchers have worked out in fine style, and t ie men are playing ball In-hind them. I expect
— to see the Naps drop on their impending Eastern trip, iieeause they June always been a
lietter team on their home grounds than on the road, but Birmingham has evidently done a
lot for the club, and has put fight into them.”
"So I read,” I suggested. "There was some misunderstanding behind the grandstand lietween the Naps and
Red Sox. was there not?”
But MeAleer would go no further than to indulge
"It’s a cinch we are going to do our
l>est to beat the team when it comes
here.” said MeAleer, "and there
should lie some great battles.'
"What’s happened to your club?”
I asked him.
“Seems to have the same ailment
as the Giants—can’t win ball games.”
answered Jimmy* "That s the
strange part about it. too. Never
saw a team look to Ik* in better shape
when I brought it back from Hot
Springs. I thought the boys would
make a runaway race of *it. All the
pitchers were going like a house afire.
es|K»ciall,v Joe Wood. ’
"It was the same with the Giants.”
I told him.
"The way I figure it,” remarked
MeAleer. who is a pretty sharp ob
server of events and things in base
ball, "is this: Some clubs came back
from tin' South this spring in such
pink condition that they could not
stand the trying weather that was
encountered at the beginning of the
season. Whereas the boys who had
not put in very good spring work were
still rough, and • rounded into form
better under tin* bad conditions than
those who bad lieen baking under a
hot sun like the (Giants and my dub.”
"Maybe that’s it.” I observed. “It
sounds to me like as good an alibi as
any other.” .
"But it has worked out that way.
The Athleth* are an example. They
had to miss a lot of practice on ac
count *>f the floods and jumped home.
They burned up^the league (luring the
first few weeks. Mack’s greatest
weakness is bis pitching staff. If|
that bunch of twirlers that belong
to me once gets going, we might catch
them yet. That is my biggest’
chance.”
And there you are.
(Copyright. 1913. by the McClure News-
In Boston the fans are still hopeful
that the Red Sox will overhaul the
league-leading Athletics, but those con
versant with the antics of baseball de
clare it almost an impossible task for :
the Bed Sox to cut down the twelve-
game lead of the Philadelphia players '
and still have enough power left to hit |
the tape ahead of the parade.
W alter Johnson, the pitching wonder j
of the-Senators, faced the Athletics yes
terday and lost—-his third defeat of the
season. Johnson already has won eleven
games—just one-half the total number
won by his team. •.
The slugging powers of the .Ubieties
mabled them to win the double-header
from the Senators.
~ * r
The Senators in the American and the
Dodgers in the National, who were run
ners-up early in the season, tfuve been
skidding lately and some there are who
are already counting them out of the
races.
* * *
The Red Sox took a double-header
from the Yankees yesterday, winning
the second game in rather easy fashion,
but they had to fight right through the
ninth inning to grab off the first 4 to S.
two runs and accepted four chances in
yesterday’s game
* • *
“Goodnight” Baker showed his liking
for Walter Johnson's cannon ball shoots
by pasting one over the fence yesterday.
W0LGAST AGREES TO MEET
WATSON IN COAST BOUT
i SAN FRANCISCO. June 3.—Red Wat-
| son. who some time hopes to wear Wil
lie Ritchie's crown of champion, will he
| given his first real chance to show that
he possesses championship ability when
he will meet Ad Wolirast on June 20 be
fore ihe Humboldt AtAhletlc Club, of
which Jim Griffin is promoter. This was
formally agreed upon by Watson. Wol-
gast gave Griffin his word before leav
ing for Los Angeles.
Watson is an aggressive boxer, and
with W< Igast as an opponent a great
battle should result. Willie Ritchie and
his manager. Billy Nolan, will arrive
here from Portland this afternoon.
Joe Levy, manager of Joe Rivers, got
in ibis morning from Los Angeles, and
some time this afternoon the parties
concerned will sit down with Promoter
Graney and talk over everything that
concerns the championship msteh sched
uled for July 4.
paper Syndicate.)
KENOSHA PROMOTERS SEEK
WHITE-BRITT0N SCRAP
CHICAGO. June 3.—If Jack Britton
will do 133 pounds at 6 o'clock he can
have Charlie White as his opponent on
June 13 at Kenosha Britton is in town
and efforts to get him to consent to such
a weight are now under way.
The Western teams of the American!
League to-day began their first invasion ,
of the East, while the Eastern clubs
In the old league are grappling with the
Western teams in the same section of i
the continent.
• * *
The Pirates yesterday transformed a i
dozen hits and three bases on bails int»•
seven runs, which were enough to de- j
feat the Braves.
* * •
A gentleman named Magee, well known
as a murderer of baseballs, stepped to
the plate in the first inning of the Phil
lies-Dodgers game yesterday, noticed
that iwo men were on bases and prompt
ly batted out a home run. thereby ending
the day's pastime in the Phillies' favor
almost before the game started.
COlYIISKEY DENIES TRADE
BETWEEN SOX AND TIGERS
CHICAGO, June 3. -President Comis-
kev, of the White Sox. to-day branded
as "ridiculous" ihe report that he ex
pected to trade Hal Chase to the De
troit Tigers for T.v Cobb. While he ad
mitted that he would he highly pleaseo
to get hold of Navin's hitting wonder,
he declared the Detroit owner would he
little short of Insane to think of part-
| ing with his greatest drawing card. Na-
! vin also brands this story as ridiculous.
Illinois Boxing Bill
Almost Sure to Pass
CHICAGO, Juno 3.—Whether this
State is to have legalized boxing such
as is conducted in New York or not
will likely be known before the close
ol the week. Senator Carroll, "fa
ther" of the hill calling for ten rounds,
po-decision boxing, is still pushing
the measure and declares it will come
up for final vote Thursday. Carroll
firmly believes it will pass. He says
the main hers of both houses have
carefully gone Into the hill and its
purpose and that the majority foel it
should pass.
The recent death of Luther McCar
ty in the ring, Carroll intimates,
hasn't left a had effect. He declared
that most of the Legislators realize
that the fatality v as one of those ac
cidents that might happen to any
branch of sport and that it won’t he
taken up in any other light. He
points to the fact that four persons
were killed either In or during base
ball games In less than a week, and
says no cry to stop the game has been
issued.
"Fatalities occur in all branches of
sport, hut unfortunately in boxing
blow s are struck and on'that end the
cry is raised that the game is brutal.
Is football, automobile racing and air
ship sport brutal? More persons are
killed and maimed for life in football
in one year than in the ring in five
years. The dropping dead of McCarty
in Calgary was .in unfortunate in
stance, but it had to happen. Just as
the burning of thes teamer General
Slocum, the Iroquois fire and the sink
ing oft he Titanic Because of these
disasters it is taken that theaters
must close and ships must cease sail
ing,' said Carroll, and this is the
view of many of the Representativs
here.
Carroll, Hilton and M» Nichols see m
to favor the commission bill, whrlch
tails for two commissions, one ap
pointed by the Mayor, another by the
Governor.
T OM M’CAREY. at present the
greatest promoter of boxing
j matches in the country, is dick,
j "ring for a bout between Jim Flynn
and Gunboat Smith. "Uncle Tom”
j believes that the winner of this mill
] would be the white heavyweight
j champion of the w orld.
And it is just possible that Me-
('•re.v will come on here from Los
I Angeles to witness Flynn in action
j against Jim Savage at the Audito
rium-Armory on June 13. If Flynn
wins that scrap McCarey will en
deavor to sign the "Fireman” for a
go with Smith.
But Flynn wilt have to travel a
mighty fast gait to beat Savage.
The latter has a good strong hunch
that he is the best heavyweight in
the world and he intends to prove it
against Flynn.
Both Flynn and Savage will arrive
in Atlanta the latter part of this week
to.finish out the long training period.
Reports from their camps in New
York are to the effect that both ar<^
already in tiptop condition.
And the other boxers who are go
ing to show their wares on "Friday
the Thirteenth" are hard at work.
Mike Saul has started in on a stren
uous campaign His opponent, Terry
Nelson, is training In Chattanooga
and says he will surely heat "Knock-
emoffsky."
ZEIDER AS CAPTAIN.
NEW YORK, June 3.—Rolfle Zei-
der. the inflelder secured from the
White Sox by the Yankees fft trade,
will be made field captain of the
New Yorkers, according to an an
nouncement made by Manager
Chance to-day.
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;h the reputation of being a weak
sticker refuses to live ur> to it and
manages to punch from one to three
safeties each game.
Honus Wagner made two hits, scored
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