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TTTE ATLANTA OBORGTAN AND NEWS.
PR0«[S HE IS
By Davenport.
C hicago, nx., au*. h. — ah
doubts as to who i» manager of
the Cubs have been dispelled
during: the past few days, for Jawn
Evers Is not only the Keystone King:,
but he rules with an Iron hand, and
those wjio dare to resent his ruling:
power have been relegated to the
minors or diaposd of In some other
manner.
It is less than a week since the
manager of the Cube learned through
the columns of a certain morning
newspaper that he was about to be
dethroned.
In other words, according to the
word of on© who claimed to have the
inside info, Jawn was about to be
Maderolzed.
Tour humble servant hurried to the
throne of the Keystone King In an
effort to learn Just horn badly King
Jawn felt over the sad news.
“If all of the sport scribes in Chi
cago were as certain of their Job*
as I am of mine." said Jawn, “they
would be purchasing benzine buggies
on the Installment plan. Pome scribes
can’t get real news, so they manufac
ture It.
“The main trouble with the ball club
has been that there were too many
players on the club who thought they
knew more about running the affairs
of the club than does the owner or
manager.”
Rather pointed words, these, but
they flowed as freely from Jawn’s
mouth as milk and honey in that land
where one never knows hunger.
The cross-examiner shot a few'
pointed questions at the King.
"To whom do you refer?” was the
first one, and Jawn replied:
“Well, there are a number of
pitcher*! on my stafT who know so
much about pitching that they refuse
to take any orders,” was the rather
evasive reply.
“Name them,” was the next hot one
fired at Jawn.
“I'd rather not Just now, but it will
all come out in the wash,” spake the
oracle.
Stop, look, listen and cogitate.
Reulbach Let Out.
Ed Reulbach has been traded to
Brooklyn, Overall has bepn forwarded
to Frisco by parcel post, and Lurid
I^ew Richie will grace Kansas City
with his august and comical presence.
Nuff sed. Who are the pitchers
who were treading on Jawn’s artistic
bunions?
Reulbach, Overall and Richie, and
they arc no longer Cubs.
That’s the answer. John Evers is
ruler of the Oub«», and he has been
given to understand that his Job is
is secure as the Constitution of the
United States.
Evers Shows Hand.
He intends to manage the affairs
of the club without either outside or
inside Influences or assistance, and
when he finds a person in the little
family who can't see things his way,
it’s a 10 to 1 bet that person is going
to enjoy some scenery en route to
somewhere.
True, neither Overall, Reulbach nor
Richie has shown anything anldo from
an enthusiastic desire to connect with
the pay roll this season, and that
alone is reason for a change of climate
for the trio, but the fact that they
toiled under Chance when Evers was
but a common layman and wdth them
Is ample evidence that they are In
cluded among the pitchers "who know'
( to6 much about pitching to take or
ders.”
The developments In the Cub camp
during the past week mean much for
the future of the Cubs.
They mean that President Murphy
is determined to inject new blood
into his bail club.
He has about decided that the old
Cub machine that won three pennants
is becoming worn and that the club
that won a pennant tw*o years ago can
not be depended upon to repeat five
years hence.
In other words, when the Cubs
board the rattler for the sunny climes
of Florida next March there will be a
number of familiar physlogs missing.
No Shift on Infield.
It is the firm belief of yours truly
that the Cub infield will be Intact next
season, with Saier at first, Evers on
the throne and Ztm at third. We are
making no prognostications as to who
will Jerk the pill out of the dust in and
around short.
Fred Williams will be among those
who will cavort in the outer pastures,
and further than that affiant sayeth
not.
It will be a new club In the way of
pitchers, and there may be a new
face behind the bat. which means that
another face, familiar to all the base
ball fans, will be missing No names
mentioned, but he couldn’t get along
with Mrs. Britton.
Evers will have a club that will
answer to him and not try to dictate
the managerial policies.
Overall, Reulbach and Richie have
outlived their usefulness with the
Cubs. They may show a flash of class
with the clubs to whom they have
been sent, but they will never wear
Cub uniforms again.
This wholesale canning business
leaves Evers with *dx twirlers to fin
ish the season, Cheney. Humphries,
Lavender, Pierce. Smith and Stack.
And the season will end in a few
short weeks, tnen—watrh for some
new' developments and aime young
twirlers.
PROUGH AND MAYER ARE
SOLD TO CHICAGO SOX
BIRMINGHAM. ALA., Aug 14.—
The star Birmingham battery, Prough
and Mayer, has been secured by the
Chicago' American League club. Ex
ercising an optional agreement. Wal
ter Mayer, the young Baron catcher,
was regained ofr $1,500.
When Chicago placed Mayer with
the Baron club, a blanket option was
exacted for the choice of a player for
$2,500. Prough’s w r onderful pitching
attracted the attention of the White
Sox, and he was chosen.
Leading the it ague with a record
of twenty victories and five defeats,
Prough will gain his third trial in the
Vijors. Previously Pittsburg and
Ci.clnfcati have tried out the elongat
ed pitcher and have returned him to
tr.^rs.
Mutt's No Piker; He Shoots the Bankroll
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Mobile Has Lead of 5 1-2 Games
Bv O. B. Keeler.
H AVING duly touched off the red
Are, ignited the Roman candles
and called out the fire depart
ment. we will now get out the old
chewed-at-one-end section of pencil
and put down a few of the thing?'
popularly supposed not to mislead,
which, by the way, is one of the most
staggering fallacies the twentieth
century staggers under.
It is plainly to be seen, and may be
set down In signs like the following:
!!!!, that the Crackers trimmed Bir
mingham a severely straight m ries,
copped the Anal road trip in the ratio
of seven to four and are in something
of a position to contest against Mo
bile and Montgomery for the posses
sion of the title of Southern cham-
poens.
• • •
THE exact situation Is this:
1 Atlanta has 26 games left to
play—all at home.
Mobile has a lead of five and one-
half full games over the Crackers.
Montgomery has an edge of three
full games.
But—
Mobile has only twm more games
scheduled at home.
And Montgomery Is not much bet
ter off, having three.
• • •
j AKING the matter as personal as
•*•*1 possible, the Crackers will get
a regular crack a4»cnch of their prin
cipal rivals in the long home wind-up.
The Billikens will be here August 21.
22 and 23, and the Gulls, September
2. 3, 4 and 5—about the time the last
spurt for the wire is on, provided
thing? become that acute.
The Gulls and the Billies do not
play each other any more, the latter
probably being rather more than con
tent with that arrangement, judging
by the recent trouble In Gullville.
• * •
CO that’s the lay-out.
^ Chattanooga is here to-day,
opening with a double-header. Th■»
Lookouts also will play Friday and
Saturday, and then the Barons will
onenk in Monday and try for a little
of the revenge stuff. The following
Thursday—the 21st—the Montgomery
series starts. Then comes Memphis
for four games, then New Orleans
and Mobile, four each, and then the
Lookouts return to wind up the sea-
non wdth a single contest—Septem
ber 6.
• • •
T NTKRKST1NG. is it not?
1 No?
Well, It’ll look a lot different, wdth
a regular shoe-horn crowd wadded
into the old Cow Pasture, and a sun
burned bunch of men in white uni
forms trotting out on the grass, and
some sawed-off ; second-story artist
pulling off his lid and bellowing:
"The bat-t-tree-oes f'r t’day's
game: Muggum’ry, Brown an' Crib
bing?*; 'Tlnnta, Dunton Chipmunk!”
That’s something else ngaln.
• * •
WOUGH!
A foxy young Pitcher named Prough
dot into a hit of a rough
With name Walloping Guys,
And to his surprise,
lie found out he didn't know hough!
• • 9
W HICH bit of gloating in a strict
ly minor key leads up to the fact
that, as G. Cleveland once eruditely
remarked, It is not a theory but a
condition that confronts us.
The condition, roughly set forth, is
to win two-thirds of twenty-six
games—or better. /
Two-thirds ought Just about to
pass Montgomery and overtake Mo
bile, who will have to travel on the
high speed to break even on the long
road trip that confronts each.
But two-thirds of 26 games is be
tween seventeen and eighteen.
And that is a good many games to
win. when it is mixed up with at least
four double-headers.
Also, it may rain.
• • •
U fHTCH brings on the subject of
clouds. And just now, on the
heels of five straight victories on the
road, the everlasting rout of the
Barons, the busting of Mr. Prough’s
proud record, and the beginning of a
long stay at home- well, just now,
we are inclined to think the said
cloud is turning outward a hit of the
well-known silver lining.
Fighting Carpenter Shows Remarkable Gameness in Great Battle
FRANK WHITNEY EASY FOR CHARLEY WHITE
Conzelman and Price Will Work
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GA.-ALA. LEAGUE NOTES
The Georgia-Alabama season will
close Saturday, and while hardly any of
the clubs in the circuit have made
money this year from the attendance, it
is expected that several will realize on
the sale of players. The abnormal speed
of the Class D Southeastern last year
militated against the sport in Anniston,
Gadsden and Talladega this year, but it
is believed that the fans are getting
satisfied with real Class D ball and that
the league will be kept Intact.
• • •
Gadsden has had the best club from
the start, and they probably have the
best manager in Jhe league, considered
from the standpoint of both his playing
and managerial ability. Kandall brought
several men from New Orleans who had
been playing all winter and they were
In good form when the season opened
Although Gadsden ha* never been off
th.- top, however, the attendance at
that place was the poorest In the league,
and it was the only city to get games
transferred.
• • •
A fine spirit of bon homme prevailed
among both the fans and players at the
banquet held in Anniston last Saturday
night, when an inspiring address was
made to the men by Hon. E. D. Wil
lett, a well-known attorney and former
president of th.- Anniston club In the
Southeastern, At this meetng, Proctor.
Anniston's star centerflelder, also prove*!
himself a fine orator. He’s a graduate
of a Texas college and promises to
go up.
• • •
If the league is kept together, there
will be M u unanimous apeal made for
th© re-election of President W. J. Boy
kin, of Gadsden, who has shown him
self to be a live wire, a man of back
bone and uniform fairness. He has
pleased all tb© clubs
• * •
White, the one-armed phenom, who
for a while played with the Anniston
club, holding tl^» unique record of being
the first one-armed man to perform in
professional company, has made good as
an umpire Joe Burke, an old-timer
with the Indicator, also gave better sat
isfaction this year than ever before.
• • •
Boyd, whom Birmingham released to
Talladega, will probably go btyrk to the
Southern w’hen this league closes. His
arm Is getting in shape again and he
has hud pretty easy sailing. Bice, New-
nan's catcher, is one of those rare
backstops who hit tHe ball and perform
well at the same time with the mitt. In
the last series at Anniston he got ten
hits out of thirteen times at bat.
• #
The Anniston club this year encoun
tered a h» ih!oo in the .500 limit. Every
time the Chickens would get to the half
pey'^ct mark something would happen.
i>i Mown the ladder they would go
again. They almost reached there last
Saturday, but in the game Monday they
hit the toboggan.
• * t
The two Georgia towns, Newman and
La Grange, leo in attendance this., year.
Opelika did well considering the s»ze
of the place, but Gadsden, Anniston and
Talladega had been used to faster ball,
and when salaries were reduced this
year the fans got the idea that the sjH*rt
would not be interesting This proved
erroneous, however.
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
I 'J by far the most thrilling, excit
ing and scientifically waged ring
battle ever seen in Atlanta, Frank
Whitney, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, At
lanta favorite, was for the first time
in his Southern ring career com
pelled to leave the roped arena a
beaten man. For ten rounds he was
scientifically hammered by Charley
White, the marvelous Chicago light
weight.
And though Whitney left the ring
beaten, he did not leave there with
any smirch on his record. It is doubt
ful If he ever fought more brilliant
ly. It is certain that no mail ever
showed more gameness than did the
Iowa carpenter. There were cheers
for the victor, but there were more
cheers for the vanquished.
It was simply a case of Whitney
meeting a better man, but, though, at
no stage of the game did he appear to
have a shade, time and again when
the crowd was on its feet expecting
to see him feel his first knockout in
stead saw’ him rally brilliantly, give
blow for blow, never wincing under
White’s terrible punching. Whitney
was always a great big figure.
But credit must be given White.
The little Chicagoan seems even-
inch a champion. He had a deep and
abiding respect for Frank, though, and
boxed carefully. Not until tLie sev
enth round did he begin to take any
thing like a chance, and then he was
quic k to crawl back behind his breast
works whenever Whitney seemed
dangerous.
• • •
\S a result, Atlanta boxing fans saw
boxing in the real sense of the
word. Both men fought marvelous
defensive battles. The sparring was
fast and perfectly executed. Both
used excellent ring generalship. It
w’as White’s superior strength and
his youth that told the story.
Whitney's entire attack was from
his right side. The few times he
used his left It seemed to possess lit
tle power, but at that he did quite as
much leading as his opponent. In the
fourth round his right landed and
White was turned completeyl aiound
by the force of the plow. In this
round Whitney had the shade, but all
the others were either even or
White’s.
• • •
W HEN the gong rang for the sev
enth round, the battle was ap
parently all even. Then White took
the lead. Both men had been cau
tious in reference to infighting, but
in this session White got busy at
this part of the game and beat Whit
ney at the feature of fighting in
which he is most skilled.
In the eighth Whitney wits very,
very tired. His face was completely
smeared, but his magnificent condi
tion told the tale. In the ninth it
was the same story, and in the last
part of the tenth it seemed Inevitable
that Whitney would be floored before
the gong. He weathered it bravely
and was on his feet fighting to the
end, but there was not a dissenting
voice when Referee Castro raised the
Chicago boy’s glove.
• * *
tN the semi-windup Kid Young was
A decisively beaten by Charley Lee.
Young seemed to have none of his
old dash and virility and in the fourth I
4
round after Lee had dropped him and
Young arose to* continue his tactics
of crawling under cover Castro an
nounced LeA the winner.
At times Young showed a flash, but
it was never more than a flash. It
seems that the promising newsboy
boxer has about run his course.
• • •
JN the third round of their scheduled
six-rjund go Terry Nelson drop
ped Mike Saul with a terrific clip on
the jaw. Saul came up on the count
of nine, and after clinching desper
ately backed into his corner and cov
ered. He was apparently badly hurt,
not only from Nelson's blow, but also
from the blow he received when his
head struck the canvas with a bump
that could be heard for feet.
Saul was apparently unable to fight
back, and the referee declared Nelson
the winner to save the Atlanta milk
man from further punishment. Up to
the knockdowm Saul had a big lead
>ver the little Greek and was appar
ently boxing in his best style.
• • *
TN the opening engagement “Mary”
Payne knocked out Battling
O’Leary in the second round of their
four-round go. Both boys w’ere nov
ices, but both w’ere willing.
A fair house saw an excellent fight
card.
Tesreau and Matty After Auto
*F#4* 4-s-J.
“Big Six” Making Good Record
Fans Will See Calvo in Right Field
By Joe Agler.
J OHN M’GRAW has called on Jeff
Tesreau oftener to start battles
this year than ary other member
of the Giants’ pitching staff. Up to
August 1, the “Little Napoleon” had
given the pitching assignment to the
big spit-baller 25 times*. Jeff only
went the route on eight occasions,
but on many of the times he was der.
ricked he was lifted to allow' a pinch
hitter to be inserted Into the pro
ceedings and not because he was no 1
performing to the satisfaction tit his
commander.
Were Hugh Chalmers to offer a car
to the National League pitcher who
twirled the greatest number of com
plete games instead of the player who
is most valuable to his team. Christy
Mathewson undoubtedly would be
riding around in a new auto next fall.
“Big Six” has opened on the firing
line in 22 skirmishes for the Giants
this year and has lasted through 17
engagements, which gives him a fin
ishing average of .773.
Matty quit twice because he had to,
twice because his team had an enor
mous lead ai)d once because McGraw
wished to shove Harry McCormick in
as a pinch hitter.
club that has compelled
The
Mathewson to retire under fire is St.
Louis, the team that handed him his
first beating twelve years ago. when
he first became famous*. The Cardi
nals ought to be proud of themselves
for their showing against "Big Six'
this year. They have received five of
the thirteen passes Matty has issued
this season, Ed Konetchy and Miller
Hugginu each obtaini ng two a* i ;
Steve Evans one. The eight oth i
National Leaguers who have been
honored with compline ntaries bv
Mathewson this season are Viox and
Mensor, of Pittsburg; Bares anrl Groh.
of Cincinnati; Zimmerman, of Chi
cago, and Titus, Rariden and Marar.
ville. of Boston.
The figures below' show the number
of games started and completed ’■**.
the Giant?'’ pitchers this season:
Complete
Games Games
Started Pitched P.C
Crandall 1 1 1 00u
Mathewson 22 17 .773
Marquard 20 13 .650
Demaree 16 7 .43:
Arnes 5 2 • .401'
From me 6 2 .83
Tesreau 25 8 .32
Wilts© 2 0 .000
H OME again! And glad to be here,
you may be sure. Especially
as we won’t have to hook any
more rattlers and ride any more un
til the season of 1913 is history.
The boys talked it over, coming this
way from Birmingham last night, anc
they decided the Crackers had one
grand little chance to knock the ever
lasting lining out of about six other
clubs in the next three weeks, and
bring home another Mag to Cracker-
ville.
Tiiat’s what we will try our best
to do.
The Birmingham series has given
us all a lot of confidence. We pounded
the ball back of good work by our
own pitchers, and put up a great
fielding game. That combination will
win regularly against anything ir.
thi9 league, if only we can keep L
working.
• * •
PONZELMAX and Price will work
^ in the double-header with Chat
tanooga this afternoon, and Dunn
probably will have to catch in both,
as Chapman has a bad ankle.
Chris Holtz has been released out
right, and Jacinto Calvo, the Cuban
outfielder Clark Griftuh sent us, wii
be in right field. We hear he is a
bear with the wood and fast on th?
bases, and that is w'hat w’e will need
from now on. Holtz is a crack fielder,
but weak at the plate.
* * *
R ETURNING to the last battle in
Slagville. which is a very, pleas
ant topic with us. it will be noted
that Carl Thompson, fiaron cast-off,
pitched rings around his famous rival,
Clinton Prough, stopping his winning
streak at ten games, where he is tied
with Ooveleskie.
Prough showed the stuff in holding
dow’n the runs as well as he did, for
the Crackers were surely hitting the
old pill. Once McBride, by a great
running catch, robbed Harry Holland
of what looked like a sure homer,
with the bases full at the time. Harry
kept up his hitting streak, and is now
in the charmed circle of the .300 wal
lopers
And please don’t forget Wally
Smith. His drive to the center flelJ
fence probably was the longest hit of
the season in Birmingham, and just
about settled things for Mr. Prough
and his help. The help also cracked
under punishment, while we kept Uij
our good work In the field.
* * *
W ’CLL, the Barons- are out of the
race, It seems, and it w r as our
bunch that put them out when the
rest »l' the league seemed powerless io
head thm.
Now r we will have a chance at Lho
others.
Weil do our best.
REDS BUY CATCHER.
# ROANOKE, VA, Aug. 14.—Mark
Stewart, the big catcher of the Nor
folk club, in the Virginia State
League, has been sold to the Cincin
nati Red Sox for $2,000. Stewart is
a young catcher, and was playing col
lege ball at Washington and Lee Uni
versity a year ago. His batting aver
age has been .300. He will finish the
season with the Norfolk club and re
port to Manager Tinker at the con
clusion of the season.
Totals 97
50
CINCINNATI ASKS FOR 1 WORLD'S SERIES GAMES
WAIVERS ON 4 PLAYERS WILL START OCTOBER
PITTSBURG. Aug. 14.—Before the
Cincinnati Nationals left Pittsburg it
w’as reported from their camp that
waivers had been asked on Suggs,
Sheckard, Egan and Bates, veterans of
the team All the clubs in the league
have waived on Bates and Egan, and
President Herrmann and Manager Tin
ker are trying to make deals for them
with American League teams. They ex
pect to pull off a trade for Egan with
either the Whtie Sox or the Highland
ers, both being in need of inflelders of
Egan’s class.
Tt is likely that several other changes
will be made. On the present eastern
trip all the clubs have also waived on
Suggs, for whom Manager Tinker has
been trying to pull a deal. Trades are
under way for Sheckard.
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CHICAGO. Aug. 14 —The world’s s -
ries games are to start on Monday, Oc
tober 6. This w r as the information Pres
ident Ban Johnson, of the America .
League, gave out. The play wMll cor
^tinue on each succeeding day thereafter
until one club bas won four out of seven
games.
Should two Eastern teams be fortu
nate enough to take down the glory in
the National and American Leagues—
and it looks certain—then Sunday will
be an off-day, for the "blue” laws of
the East forbid the parading of our na
tional pastime on the Sabbath.
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North and West
Commencing June 1st and daily thereafter round trip
tickets over the Louisville & Nashville Railroad will
be sold at greatly reduced fares to all the principal
lake, mountain and sea shore resorts and to many of the larger
cities in the North and West. These tickets will be good
returning until October 31st, and bear liberal step-over privi
leges. Round trip fares from Atlanta are
Cincinnati $19.50
Charlevoix 38.08
Chautauqua Lake Pts. 34.30
Chicago 30.00
Colorado Springs — 47.40
Denver 47.40
Detroit 29.00
French Lick Springs .... 21.70
Indianapolis 22.SO
Louisville 18.00
Mackinac Island. 39.50
Mammoth Cave $17.40
Marquette 45.70
Milwaukee 31.75
Minneapolis 43.20
Niagara Falls 35.85
Petoskey 38.08
Put In Bay 28.00
Salt Lake City 60.40
St. Louis 25.60
Toronto 38.20
Yellowstone Park 67.60
These are but s few of the points. There are a great many others and we will be pleased
to giro full information upon application. Proportionately low fares from other points
in Georgia,
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