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THE ATLANTA CP'ORGTAN AND NEWS
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0BGMLM SPORTS’ COVffiTC
By Davenport.
C hicago, ill.., au*. 14 — ah
doubts as to who is manager cf
the Cuba 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 who dare to resent his ruling
power have been relegated to the
minors or dieposd of In some other
manner.
It Is less than a week since the
•manager of the Cuba learned through
the columns of a certain morning
newspaper that he was about to bt
dethroned.
In other words, according to the
word of one who claimed to have the
inside Info, Jawn was about to be
Maderoised.
Your humble servant hurried to th*»
throne of the Keystone King in an
effort to learn Just hom badly King
Jawn felt over the sad news
“If all of the sport scribes* in Chi
cago were as certain of their Jobs
as I am of mine/' said Jawn, “they
would be purchasing benzine buggies
on the installment plan. Some 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, thes»> but
they flowed a a freely from J awn’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?” wan the
first one, and Jawn replied:
"Well, there are a number of
pitcher* on my staff 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, hut it will
all come out In the wash,” spake the
oracle.
Stop, look, listen and cogitate.
Reulbach Let Out.
Bd Reulbach has been traded to
Brooklyn, Overall has been forwarded
to Frisco by parcel post, and Lurid
L«w Richie will grace Kansas City
with his auguwt and comical presence
NufT sed. Who are the pitchers
who were treading on Jawn's artistic
bunions?
Reulbach, Overall and Richie, and
they are no longer Cubs.
That’s the answer. John Evers is
ruler of the Cub*, and he has been
given to understand that bis Job Is
as 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 a*lde from
an enthusiastic desire to connect with
the pay roll this season, and that
alone is reason for a change of cllm »
for the trio, but the fact that they
toiled under Chance when Evers was
hut a common layman and with them
is ample evidence that they are in
cluded among the pitchers “who know
too much about pitching to take or
ders “
The developments in the Cub camp
during the past week mean much for
tho future of the Cubs.
They mean that President Murphy
ts determined to inject new blood
into Ms ball club.
He ha* about decided that the old
Cub machine that won three pennants
Is becoming worn and that the club
that won a pennant two years ago can
not he 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 ia the Arm belief of yours truly
that the Cub Infleld will be Intact next
season, with Baler at first. Evers on
the throne and Zlm at third. We are
making no prognostications as to wh.»
will jerk the pill out of the du*t 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 six twtrlers to fin
ish the season, Cheney, Humphries.
Lavender. Pierce. Smith and Stack.
And the season will end in a few
short weeks tnen—watch for some
new developments and wme young
tw triers.
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 $1,600,
When Chicago placed Mayer with
the Baron club, a blanket option was
exacted for the choice of a player for
$1,500 Prough’s wonderful pitching
attracted the attention of the White
Sox. and he was t hosen.
Leading the league with a record
of twenty victories and five defeats,
Prough will gain his third trial In the
majors Previously Pittsburg ami
Cincinnati have tried out the elongat
ed pitcher and have returned him to
the minors.
Mutt’s No Piker; He Shoots the Bankroll
By “Bud” Fisher
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Crackers Facing Supreme Test
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Mobile Has Lead of 5 1-2 Games
By (). B. Keeler.
H AVING duly touched off the red
Are, ignited the Roman candles
and called out the Are depart
ment, we will now get out the old
ohewed-at-one-eml section of pentyl
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 he
set down In signs like the following:
!!!!. that the Tracker* trimmed Bir
mingham a severely straight series,
copped the final 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-
peens.
• • *
TMIE exact situation is this:
4 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 hns an edge of three
full games
But—
Mobile has only two more games
scheduled at hom«.
And Montgomery Is not much bet
ter off. having three.
• • •
1V/T AKING the matter as personal as
^ * possible, the Crackers will get
a regular crack at each of their prin
cipal rivals in the long home wind-up.
The Blllikens will be here August 21.
22 and 23, and the Gulls. September
2. $ t t and I* about tin- time tho last
spurt for the wire Is on, provided
things 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 Gullvllle.
• » •
CO thfV’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
*neak 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
son with a single contest—Septem
ber 8
* • •
T NTKRLISTING, is it noC
1 No?
Well, It’ll look a lot different, with
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 tho grass, ami
some sawed-oft second-story artist
pulling off his ild and bellowing:
■The bat -t-tree-ees fr t’days
game: Muggum’ry, Brown an’ Crib
bing*. ’Tlanta, Dunton Cmpmunk!”
That's something else again.
• • •
WOUGH!
.4 fn.ru imung Pitcher named Prough
tint i»tn a hit nf a rough
With some Walloping (lug*,
And tn hi* *urpri*r.
lie found nut he didn't knnw hough!
* • f
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 nf 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.
• • •
\17HICH brings on the subject of
W 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 bit of the
well-known silver lining.
Th© 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 the league, considered
from the standpoint of both his playing
and managerial ability. Randall brought
several men from New Orleans who had
been playing all winter and they were
in good form when the season opened
Although Gadsden has never been off
the top, however, the attendance at
that place wus the poorest in the league,
and ft was the only city to get games
transferred.
e e *
A fine spirit of bon homme prevailed
among both the funs and players at the
banquet held in Anniston lust Saturday
night, when an inspiring address was
made to .the men by Hon. E. P. Wil
lett. a well-known attorney and former
president of the Anniston club In the
Southeastern. At this meetng. Proctor,
Anniston's star centerfielder, also proved
himself a fine orator. He's a graduate
of a Texas college and promises to
go up.
• • •
If the league i-= kept together, there
will be a unanimous apeal made for
the re-election of President W. J. Boy
kin, of Gadsden, who has shown hlm-
s«‘lf to be a live wire, a man of back
bone and uniform fairness. He has
pleased all the clubs
see
White, the on e-arm ed phenom, who
for a while played with the Anniston
club, holding the unique record of being
the first one-armed man to perform it;
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.
m • •
Boyd, whom Birmingham released to
Talladega, will probably go back to the
Southern when this league ibises. His
arm is getting in slutne again and he
has had pretty easy sailing Klee, 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.
t * •
The Anniston club this >ear encoun
tered a hoodoo in the .600 limit. Every
time the Chickens would get to the half
perfect mark something would happen,
and down the ladder they would go
aguin. They almost reached there last
Saturday, but In the game Monday they
hit the toboggan.
• • •
The two Georgia towns. Newnan and
1-AGrange. led in attendance this year.
G(>elika did well considering the sise
of the place, but Gadsden, Anniston and
Talladega had been used to faster hall,
and when salaries were reduced this
year the fans got the idea that the sport
would not be interesting. This proved
erroneous, however.
Fighting Carpenter Shows Remarkable Gameness in Great Battle
FRANK WHITNEY EASY FOR CHARLEY WHITE
By Fuzzy Wood raff.
I >I 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 tune
in his Southern ring career com
pelled to leave the roped arena a
beaten man. For ten rounds he ''as
scientifically hammered by Cho**ley
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 man ever
showed more gameness than did the
Iowa carpenter. Then/ 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. Wilitney
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 the sev
enth round did he begin to take any
thing like a chance, and then he was
quick to crawl back behind his breast
works whenever Whitney seemed
dangerous.
• • •
a S a result, Atlanta boxing fans saw
boxing in the rejil sense of the
word. Both men fought marvelous
defensive battles. The sparring was
fast and perfectly executed. Botn
used excellent ring generalship. It
was White's superior strength and
his youth that told the sto.*>
Whitney’s entire attack wa3 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 olovv. In this
round Whitney had the shade, but all
the others were either even or
White's.
iirHEN tl
enth
the gong rang for the sev-
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 lighting in
which he is morft skilled.
In the eighth Whitney was 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 w r ould 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 w hen 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
round after Lee had dropped him and
Young arose to continue his .tactics
of crawling under cover Castro an
nounced Lee 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 bis course.
e • •
JN the third round of their scheduled
six-round 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 knockdown Saul had a big lead
over the little Greek and was appar
ently boxing in his best style.
• • •
T N the opening engagement “Mary"
Payne knocked out Battling
O’Leary In the second round of their
four-round go. Both boys were nov
ices, but both were willing.
A fair house saw an excellent fight
card.
Tesreau and Matty After Auto
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"Big Six” Making Good Record
J OHN M’GRAW has called on Jeff
Tesreau oftener to start battles
this year than ar v other member
of the Giants’ pitching staff. Up to
August 1, the “Little Napoleon” had
given the pitching assignment to the
big splt-baller 26 time*. Jeff only
went the route on eight occasions,
but on many of 4 the times he was der-
ricked he w r as lifted to allow a pinch
hitter to be inserte.1 into the pro
ceedings and not because he was not
performing to the satisfaction of his
commander.
Were Hugh Chalmers to offer a car
to the National League pitcher ^ho
twirled the greatest number of com
plete games Instead of the player who
Is most vahiable to his team, Christy
Mathew’son 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 >Var and has lasted through 17
engagements, which gives him a fln-
iahing average of .773.
Matty quit twice because he had to.
twice because his team had an enor
mous lead and once because McGraw
wished to shove Harry McCormick Kn
as a pinch hitter.
The club that has compelled
Conzelman and Price Will Work
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Fans Will See Calvo In Right Field
Mathewson to retire under fire is St.
Louis, the team that handed him his
first beating twelve years ago. w’her
he first became famous. The Cardi
nals ought to he proud of themselves
for their showing against “Pig Six'
this year. They have received five of
the thirteen passes Matty has issued
this season, Ed Konetchy and Miller
Huggins each obtaining two ar i
Ste/e Evans one. The eight other
National Leaguers w r ho have been
honored with complimentaries bv
Mathewson this season are Vlox and
Mensor, of Pittsburg; Bares and Groh.
of Cincinnati; Zimmerman, of Chi
cago. and Titus. Rarld^n And Marttr.-
villa, of Boston.
The figures below' show the number
of games started and completed M
the Giant*' pitchers this season:
Complete
Games Games
Started Pitched P.C
Grandall 1 1 1000
Mathewson 22 17 .771
Marquard 20 13 .650
Demaree 16 7 .43 7
Ames 5 2 .400
Fromme 6 2 .332
Tesreau .. 25 8 .320
Wiltse 2 0 000
By Joe Agler.
H OME again! And glad to be here,
you may be sure. Especially
as w’e 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 flag to Cracker-
vllle.
That’s what we will try our best
to do.
The Birmingham series has given
us all a lot of confluence. 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»
this league, if only we can keep i»
working.
• • •
PONZELMAN 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 had ankle.
Chris Holtz has been released out
right, and Jacinto t’alvo, the Cuban
outfielder Clark Griffith sent us. wii
be in right field. We hear he is a
bear with the wood and fast on the
bases, and that Is what we 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 h very pleas
ant topic with us. it will be noted
that Carl Thompson, Baron cast-off.
pitched rings around his famous rival.
Clinton Prough. stopping his winning
6treak at ter. games, where he is tied
with Coveleskie.
Prough showed the stuff in holdirg
down the runs as w’ell 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 nure homer,
with the bases full at the time. Harrv
kept up his hitting streak, and is now
in the charmed circle of the ,S0(V wal
lopers.
And please don’t forget Wallv
Smith. Hi* drive to the center field
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 w’hile w r e kept up
our good work In the field.
• • •
I17CLL, the Barons are out of the
** race, It seems, and It was our
bunch that put them out when the
rest the league seemed powerless to
head thm.
Now we will have a chance at the
others. ’
We’ll 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. ha.« 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 I^ee 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
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CINCINNATI ASKS FOR
WAIVERS ON 4 PLAYERS
PITTSBURG, Aug 14.—Before the
Cincinnati Nationals left Pittsburg it
was 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 w'aived 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.
It 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.
WORLD’S SERIES GAMES
WILL START OCTOBER
CHICAGO, Aug. 14 —The world's sc
ries game* are to start on Monday. Oc
tober 6. This was the information Pres
ident Ban Johnson, of the American
League, gave out. The play will con
tinue on each succeeding day thereafter
until one club has 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 cf
the East forbid the parading of our na
tional pastime on the Sabbath.
Low round trip fares
p 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
mountaun 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 stop-over privi
leges. Round trip fares from Atlanta are
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