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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1913.
WIELDS II PEN
Some New Stunts in the Georgia
State Senate for Univer
sity Athlete.
‘YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR
EYE ON THE BALL,’HE SAYS
But the Great Halfback Tackles
the Various Bills and Plugs
Away at the Line.
By O. B. Keeler.
O VER In the Senate chamber of
the State Capitol a husky youth
slta week days at a flat-topped
desk, his sleeves well tucked up, writ
ing in the well-known easy, flowing
hand that is always used to describe
the chlrography of the counting
room.
He is the Engrossing Clerk.
But he does not look like a cleTk.
He looks like Bob McWhorter.
And that's who he is.
It’s perfectly true that to about 96
per cent of Bob McWhorter’s large
assembly of admirers Bob would look
unfamiliar in his capacity as Engross
ing Clerk.
He wields a fairly heavy pen, but
nothing to compare with the bit of
cordwood he handles so deftly in the
gentle springtime.
He tackles legislative documents
with ease and certainty, but he doesn't
sweep their props out from under
them and stand them on one ear and
shake them loose from a pigskin
spheroid, so called because it is made
of horsehide.
So Bob McWhorter isn't served c.u
naturel as Engrossing Clerk—not to
those who have whooped and stood
on each other’s shoulders and busted
each other's hats about his doings in
other lines of endeavor.
But he gets away with it Just the
same.
It's a New Game.
McWhorter of Georgia considered
a moment.
"No,” he said, reflectively, "I don't
know that a course in football and
baseball stands me in very much on
this Job. Except,” he added, “you
have to keep your eye on the ball, and
there seem to be men on bases most
of the time. We don’t have much
trouble with the umpire, though, and
that helps.”
And Bob goes after the bills, nr
whatever they are, in an earnest,
conscientious, deep-chested sort cf
way that might be kidded into re
minding you of his well-known line
plunging at Ponce DeLeon.
Some build on that youth. His
chest and shoulders are those of a
heavyweight wrestler. Farther south
his anatomy is trimly constructed, like
that of a middleweight boxer. lie
looks to weigh about 165 in his clothes,
and when he steps on the scales the
beam rises at 191. Another mark of
the athlete is the fact that the fewer
duds he has on the bigger he looks.
In a May morning pose Mr. Me
Whorter wouldn’t make a bad-looking
sparring partner for the Hercules
Farnese in statuary, and when it
came to ground gaining, we’d let
Herk take over a job on the scrub.
' How He Started.
By the way, did you ever hear how
Bob McWhorter started playing foot
ball?
As everyone knows, he spent three
prep school years at Gordon. He
played baseball right from the jumr,
but he never had tried the rougher
sport.
When the second year season came
on, Bob and his pa] decided to have
a shy at the game Just for luck. They
went over to the training quarters
and the coach had Just finished giving
©fit all the uniforms.
All but one pair of trousers.
They were too big for anybody in
school. And there was no correspond
Ing Jersey.
Bob and his pal flipped a quarter to
see who got the pants. Bob won
There being no shirt or jersey, Bob
reported for practice that afternoon
clad principally in the pants. But the
pants were very lar-e, and Bob was
by no means as husky as he is now.
“To keep from stepping on them,
I had to pull ’em clear up to my arm
pits,” Bob said, and grinned reminis
cently. “My waist line was right un
der my shoulders. So I didn't need
any jersey.”
Then on to Victory.
The second practice found Bob at
guard in the first squad.
The rest was a march of triumph'.
Two years of football and three of
baseball at the prep school; three
years of football and three years of
baseball at Georgia; captain of the
■ baseball team in the last season; cap
tain of the football team for the com
ing fall. . . . _ , ,
And the record of being Georgia s
greatest halfback.
Oh, pretty fair—pretty fair!
And when he g“ts through with the
last vear at Georgia, and the baseball
and the football, and the ’tween sea
sons desk of the Engrossing Clerk?
Well then comes the East, or may
be Michigan, and the finishing touches
of Bob s law course.
For brilliantly as Bob McWhorter
performs on diamond and gridiron be
is of the birth and the breed to real
ize there is another great game to
I be well played out before the final
• whistle— the s-s’wif^xat is called Life.
Here Is the Great Bob Me Whorter on
Football Gridiron and Baseball Field
Probably you have seen Bob McWhorter in scenery similar to
one or both of these portraits. And very likely you would recog
nize Georgia’s great halfback and outfielder in the same togs
again. But over in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol this ses
sion—well, Bob is engrossing clerk over there. And if you were to
look right straight at him you might miss him. And yet it could
be called a case of clothes making the man.
IN TENTH INNING, M
Bisland and Welchonce Work Hit-
and-Run Play for Winning Tally.
Great Fielding in Pinches Marks
the Third Contest at Nashville.
By Joe Agler.
N ASHVILLE, TENN., Aug. 9.—Carl Thompson and Forrest
More staged a brilliant ten-inning pitching duel in the third
game of the series, the Cracker slabman nosing out a victory
by another one-run margin, when Welchonce and Bisland success
fully worked the hit-and-run play in the tenth, Harry crossing tha
platter with the tally which gave Atlanta a pair of runs, while the
Vols produced only one.
More deserved a shut-out, costly bobbles in the opening round
robbing him of a scoreless game. Thompson, however, held the
Schwartzmen to six hits, one a recruit clout by Del. Young, and,
coupled with his grand twirling,
he was again accorded perfect
support.
At Last We Win
Sporting Food
•y QBORQI ft. PHAIR-
BASEBALL SUMMARY
CONCERNING T. LEACH.
When Cobb leas a tadpole and Zim
teas a fish
(At least in a bascballic sense)
Men spoke of the doings of old Tom-1
my Leach,
Who teas hitting 'em out to the
fence,
When Cobb is a hasbeen and Heine
is through,
And the Speakers and Jacksons are
nil,
And the Wagners and Crawfords have
passed from the scene,
Tommy Leach will be clouting them
still.
Philosophers tell us that Youth will
be served,
And that Age always slackens the
gait.
But if Youth waits around for Tom
Leach to cave in,
It is in for a hcluva wait.
A report from Indianapolis informs us
that Horace Fogel refuses to discuss
his plans, just as if Horace would refuse
to discuss anything.
One reason for the recent slump of
those Brooklyn athletes is that they do
not feel natural unless Charlie Ebbetts
is there to dedicate something.
BATTLE CRY OF THE CUBS.
Let us then be up and scrapping
With each other every day.
Howling, growling, beefing, yapping—
We would rather fight than play.
Up to date, Miller Huggins has not
been able to trade his team. This is
due to the fact that he has not found
the necessary blind man.
Having witnessed a roque match, we
are willing to admit that there is some
thing slower than a game between the
Cardinals and the Braves.
Our best little tennis players are rais
ed in California. Likewise some of our
best little racquets.
No. Rollo, Frank Chance will not quit.
But the same can hardly be said of his
ball players.
LAMENT.
Slowly is the summer waning
With its superheated rays.
And the Fall is in the offing
With its melancholy dags.
Dismal days when leaves are falling %
Days of chills and wind and rain.
When the verdure kicks the bucket
And the wrestlers bloom again.
Tom McCarey avers that he will make
a welterweight out of Packey McFar
land, but Nature beat him to It by sev
eral parasangs.
Ofttimes we are led to wonder how the
said McFarland can look a weighing ma
chine in the eye without blushing.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
Atlanta at Nashville.
Memphis at Mobile.
Montgomery at New Orleans.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc.
Mobile. .64 48 .571
Mont.. .62 42 .596
B’ham. .59 52 .532
Atlanta 57 51 .528
W. L. Po
Chatt.. .56 53 .509
Me’phis 55 57 .491
Nash... .47 63 .428
N. O.. .35 68 .340
Saturday’s Results.
Atlanta 2, Nashville 1 (10 innings.)
Birmingham 2-8, Chattanooga 0-2.
Memphis 5-6, Mobile 4-2.
Montgomery 2, New Orleans L
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.
New’ York at Cincinnati.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pe. [ 4V. L. Pc.
New’ Y...70 32 .686 B’klyn.. 43 55 .439
Phi la.. . 61 37 .622 Boston. 42 58 .420
Chicago 55 49 .529 | C’nati... 42 64 .396
F’burg.. 53 48 .525 I, St. L... 41 64 .390
Saturday’s Results.
Boston, 3; Pittsburg. 2.
Chicago. 4; Philadelphia, 3.
New York, 11; Cincinnati, 2.
St. Louis, 5; Brooklyn, 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc I W. T*. Pc.
Phila. .. 71 33 .683 Boston.. 50 53 .485
Cl'land.. 65 42 .607 Detroit. 45 63 .417
W’gton. 58 46 .5*8 St. L... 43 68 .387.
Chicago 57 52 .523 j New Y.. 34 66 .340
Saturday’s Results.
Cleveland. 3; Washington, 1.
Chicago, 1; Philadelphia, 0.
New York, 6; St. Louis, 6-
Detroit, 6; Boston, 3.
>SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
TV. Ij. Pr » W L.
Sav’nah 23 15 .603 .T’ville.. 19 21 .475
Col’bus. 1 22 18 .550 Ch’ston. 18 22 .450
Albany. 19 21 .475 Macon.. 17 21 .447
Saturday’s Results.
Savannah, 3-4; Albany, 2-1.
Macon. 4; Charleston, 0.
Columbus. 6; Jacksonville, 4
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
No games screduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. i W. L. Pe.
G’dsden 48 33 .593 Opelika 42 43 .494
Newnan 42 41 .506 j LaG’rge 40 44 .476
An’ston 42 43 .494 ! Talla’ga 36 46 .439
Saturday’s Results.
Anniston 6, Newnan 5.
Gadsden 3, Talladega 2.
Oepllka 4, LaGrange 3.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Sunday.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L Pc I W. L. Pc.
T’sville. 20 15 .571 Am’cus. 18 19 .486
Cord el e. 19 17 .528 V’dosta. 17 19 .472
B’swick 18 18 .500 I W r ’cross 16 20 .444
Saturday's Results.
Brunswick, 3; Cordele, ?.
Americus, 5; Valdosta, 4.
Waycross, 4; Thomasvllle, 1.
OTHER RF.SULTS.
Virginia League.
Norfolk, 7-2; Newport, News, 3-3.
Richmond, 2-5; Roanoke, 0-4.
Petersburg. 6-5; Portsmouth, 4-2.
Carolina Association.
Durham. 5; Charlotte, 2.
Greensboro, 12; Asheville, 7.
Raleigh, 6; Salem, 5 (ten Innings).
American Association.
Columbus, 10; St. Paul, 5.
Indianapolis, 4; Kansas City, 2.
Milwaukee, 3; Toledo, 0.
Louisville, 1; Minneapolis, 0.
International League.
Buffalo, 4; Jersey City, 0.
Montreal, 6; Newark, 3.
Toronto, 5; Providence, 3.
Rochester, 8-6; Baltimore, 0-2.
MATTY BALDWIN IS ONE OF
FEW FLAT-FOOTED BOXERS
LOS ANGELES, CAD. Aug. 9.—Matty
Baldwin is firmly of the opinion that
he and Willie Ritchie art* the only scrap
pers now actively engaged in the ring
who fight In the style used and made
famous by Sam Langford. Joe Gans and
Jack Johnson.
These three wonderful fighters all
fought flat-footed and circled around
their adversaries, forcing them to make
their own opening. Also, they were all
waiters, holding back and waiting for
an opportunity to slip over the punch
which should finish the fight.
Baldwin admits that he is not a one-
punch fighter. Ritchie, however, is. in
his opinion, as he waits patiently for a
chance to slip the right across to his
opponent’s Jaw, and when he does, the
fight is as good as over. Baldwin says
that the fighter of to-day lacks head-
work and tries to hit too often.
Dr. J.D. Osborn Wins
President's Cup on
Brookhaven Course
Dr. Joseph D. Osborne captured the
President’s Cup in the final round of
the Capital City golf tournament on
the course at Brookhaven yesterday.
He defeated R. L. Reed, 8 up and 1
to play, after a hard-fought match.
E. A. Thornwell was winner of the
second flight. He downed Keith Con
way, 2 up.
The winner of the third flight was
J. K. Ottley. who had an easy time
beating John Aldredge, 6 up and 5 to
play.
MAURICE M’LOUGHLIN TOOK
UP TENNIS AT AGE OF 13
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ANNISTON TEAM GIVEN
BANQUET BY ROOTERS
ANNISTON, ALA., Aug. 9.—The
Anniston baseball team w’ere honor
guests at a love feast given by the
Anniston fan» at the Alabama Ho
tel this evening. J. H. Edmondson,
president of the local club, presided,
and toasts were drunk to Manager
Shepperd, former Manager Hannon,
President Edmortdson and others.
Anniston will take the road this*
week, playing at Talladega and La-
Grange. The Georgia-Alabama sea
son closed on August 16.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9.—Maurice E.
McLoughlin, who has made complete
the supremacy of the Californians on
the lawn tennis courts and rounding out
his career by returning the Dwight F.
Davis international challenge cup to
i this country, Is a thoroughly represent
ative American player. He la but 23
years of age and he fulfilled his bril
liant promise by winning the All-Comers
national championship at Newport last
August.
McLoughlin was bom at Carson City,
Nev.. January 7, }890. It was when 13
years of age that he took up the game
in which he has won the highest Ameri
can honors by taking both the national
singles and doubles In the same year.
This has not happened since 1905, when
Beals C. Wright scored on both titles,
in the doubles, having Holcombe Ward
as his partner. McLoughlin early in his
career began to win championships, be
ginning with the Junior titles In San
Francisco. In 1905 he entered the Cali
fornia State championship, but did not
win an important title until 1907, when
he took the San Francisco city cham
pionship. and from that time on his rU»«
has been rapid.
SUPERBAS KEEP STORK BUSY.
BROOKLYN. Aug. 9.—Zach Wheat,
Carlisle Smith and Herb Moran, of
Brooklyn, have all become proud
fathers since the season opened. Tak
ing it all around, the ball players
have kept Dr. Stork busy this year.
Cubs Trade Richie
For Vaughn, No-Hit
Wild Man of the A. A,
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—It was an
nounced here this afternoon that
“Lurid Lew” Richie, known last year
as the famous Giant Killer of the
Cubs, had been traded to the Kansas
City club of the American Associa
tion for “Big Jim” Vaughn, the wild
est southpaw In existence, so far as
Is known.
Vaughn recently lost a no-hlt game
by his excessive wildness, and earlier
in the season he won another no-hlt
affair, giving seven bases on balls and
fanning twelve batsmen. His work
this year has been characterized by
terrific speed and a wonderful jump
ball, with little control. He formerly
pitched for New York and Washing
ton, in the American League.
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Agler, lb.. ..513310
Long, If. ... 4 0 1 3 0 0
Welchonce, cf. 4 1 1 4 0 0
Smith, 2b. . . 5 0 0 1 2 0
Bisland ss. . 4 0 2 4 4 0
Holland', 3b. . 3 0 1 1 0 0
Holtz, rf. . . 4 0 1 3 0 0
Chapman, c. . 4 0 0 8 1 0
Thompson, p. 4 0 0 0 1 0
Totals . . .37 2 7 30 9 0
Nashville ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Daley, It . . 4 0 1 3 0 0
Callahan, cf. . 4 0 2 2 0 0
Spratt, 8b. . . 3 0 0 0 3 0
Gibson, c. . . 4 0 0 4 1 1
Young, rf. . . 4 1 1 2 0 0
Hofman, 2b. . 4 0 1 2 5 0
Schwartz, lb.. 3 0 1 16 0 0
Perry .... 1 0 0 0 0 0
IJndsay, ss. . 2 0 0 1 6 2
Noyes .... 1 0 0 0 0 0
More, p. . . . 3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals . . .33 * 1 6 30 18
Perry hatted for Schwartz
tenth. Noyes batted for Lindsay In
tenth.
.Score by Innings:
Atlanta 100 000 000 1—2
Nashville .... 000 010 000 0—1
Summary: Sacrifice hits—Long,
Welchonce, Spratt. Stolen base—
Callahan. Two-base hit—Holtz.
Three-base hit—Callahan. Home
run—Young. Double play—Agler to
Bisland to Agler. Left on bases
Nashville, 5; Atlanta, 8. Hit by
pitcher—By More, 1. Bases on
balls—Off Thompson, 1; off More, 1.
Struck out—By Thompson, 6; by
More, 2. Time—2:00. Umpires—
Wright and Kerin.
Here’s Some Pitcher!
Blanton Wins Six
Games in Five Days
And Trio of These Remarkable Vic
tories Were Scored In
Double-Headers.
Scout After Syracuse
Pitcher for Red Sox
BOSTON, GA., Aug. 9.—In pitch
ing six ball games in five days Kid
Blanton, an amateur pitcher of this
town, has no doubt established a new
world's record. In two of the six
games he shut out his opponents
completely, and in another he would
have scored a no-hlt game had not a
grounder took a bad bound after the
game had gone Into extra innings.
In Perry, Fla., last Monday Blan
ton worked In a game against the
Perry club, which is considered to be
the fastest independent club in Flor
ida. Due to the non-arrival of the
other pitchers, Blanton was obliged
to pitch two games against the Perry
team on the next day.
On Wednesday he pitched for Bos
ton against Quitman, Ga. On Thurs
day he didn’t work, but on Friday
he went to Camilla. Ga., where he
pitched another double-header, win
ning the first game by a score of ?
to 5 and also the last by a score of
2 to 0.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Aug 9.—Patsy
Donovan, the Boston American scout,
left here yesterday for Binghamton to
look over Pitcher Rankin Johnson, of
the Syracuse team, who recently held
the Athletics to seven hits in an ex
hibition game Here.
It Is understood that two other
major league clubs are after Johnson.
KELLY AND SHEEHAN SIGN
FOR TEN-ROUND FIGHT
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—“Spike” Kelly
and Tommy Sheehan, Chicago welter
weights, yesterday were matched to
fight ten rounds In Superior, Wls., on
Labor Day night. They agreed to
weigh 145 at 6 o’clock. Fred Gilmore
signed the papers for Kelly, who has
been Idle since he beat Billy Walters
at Kenosha.
Crackers Buy Voss,
Macon's Star Pitcher,
Paying$2,000 forHim
Reinforcements for the Crackers In
the person of a new pitcher, John D.
Voss, will arrive in Birmingham to
morrow to Join the Smith forces. The
new hand has been pitching for Ma
con in the Sally League, where he
has made a fine reputation this sea
son. The purchase price is said to
have been $2,000.
Voss pitched yesterday for Macon
against the Charleston club, winning,
4 to 0, and allowing only three hits.
It Is probable that the new hurler will
be used in one of the games with
the Barons, probably taking Price’s
turn on the rubber while the latter is
under suspension.
Bifland, by a remarkable field
ing {51ay, pulled the game out of
the fire in the ninth, when the
Vols threatened to pull another
Garrison finish.
Daley had opened the round
by beating out a smash to Wally
Smith, and after Callahan had
forced him at second on his at
tempted sacrifice, Dave swiped
the bag. Long, by a great leap
ing catch, speared Spratt’g drive,
and then Gibson cut one at short
a mile a minute, making the out •
at first impossible. Scooping the j
pill with one hand, Bis tossed to 1
Holland, cutting Callahan down
and breaking up the rally.
Crackers Score First.
The Crackers were the first to sc<jt\
Aklrr getting a life at first whan
Lindsay, who had an off day, messed
up Joe’s roller. He reached second
on Long’s sacrifice and took third on
Welchonce’s out to center. Then Wal
ly Smith lifted a skyscraper, which
oozed out of Gibson’s mitt, Joe saun
tering In.
Bisland slashed a two-sacker to th»
dump, sending Wally to third, and
More cracked Holland on the hand,
filling the sacks, but Holtz ended the
agony, fouling out to first.
With blinding speed, Thompsoa
whiffed four of the first five Vols to
face him, Callahan getting the first
hit In the fourth, with one out, bu*
died at second.
Young Hit a Homer.
Young opened the count In the fifth
with a “once-over.” After fouling
one over the left field fence, he cams
right back, pasting the ball not two
feet from where the first had fallen
foul.
The blow failed to shake Thomp
son, who took care of Hofman’a
grouner, and Schwartz, who bounced
a single off Holland's glove, was out
stealing, while Lindsay fanned.
More pitched himself out of a deep
hole In the fourth, after Holtz had
opened with a double to right. Chap
man fouled to Schwartz, Holtz tak
ing third on the play. Linds* v
camped under Thompson's pqp, and
Agler struck out
Schwartz called on all hts pinch hit
ters in the tenth after Hofman had
started a rally by singling through the
box, Holtz having gobbled up Young's
long fly to the dump. Artie never
budged from second, which ho
reached on Perry's out to Smith, Carl
whipping over three fast strikes on
Noyes, batting for Lindsay, who fell
a victim to Thompson’s curves every
time up.
The Vols put a crippled Une-up In
the field, Hofman working at second
In place of Perry, who was nursing a
Charley horse,
A Great Sprint.
Welchonce’s sprint from first to the
plate on a single with the winning run
was easily the feature of the game,
but Holtz contributed two fine catches
in right, and Blsland's hitting was
hard and timely.
Conze'man and Chapman ** 111 work
in to-morrow’i game.
LUTE M’CARTY SPENT MUCH.
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. Aug. 9 —In his
last month on earth. Luther McCarty
spent a llttla more than 14.000, accord
ing to an expense account approved by
the administrator of his estate yester
day. The account was filed by Billy
McCarney. manager of the dead fighter,
to show why only $26 of the $4,300 share .
of the Calgary receipts remained after
bis burial at Piqua. Ohio,
J,