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i A D IIEARST’S SUNDAY AAfERIOAN, ATLANTA, OA„ SUNDAY, SEPTEVRER 7,“1913. unday American Sportin ,ead AM Other PUDDUETOBE Boilermakers Likely to Again Be come Serious Contenders fo* Honors This Year. E NTKR a nmv power In Western football. Gridiron rooter*, one and all, bow the knee to Pur due University. .V respectful attitude tow ard the boileri palters of Lafayette, lnd will involve no loss of standing as an athletic prophet, for the coaches of the West are ajready in line. In fact, a sensational booming of Pur due stock is the latest word In sport ing circles. With the start of the 1313 practice season three weeks away, Minnesota and Wisconsin are the favorite* for the season's honors In the minds of the fans, with the Badgers ahead by a shade. Chicago and Illinois are reckoned as strong contenders, and Purdue, for the first time in many years, has broken Into the front ranks with a group of cold facts to sustain its claims. The new line mesns nothing less than a "big five" In the West, accord ing to the college critics. While the wise ones are not advancing Purdue prematurely as a probable champion, j they admit that the Indiana school I has chances to go a long way to ward the honor and predict that it will make the larger Institutions bus- I tie all the way. New Coach Ha« Fine Record. The presence of Coach Andy Smith at Lafayette is the chief factor in the new hoom Smith, who has been head j coach at Pennsylvania for several years, enters the Western coaching field with s great record as a sue- I cessful mentor and his rival teachers expect him to mickc the fur tly In i every direction. Ills acquisition 1 means that Purdue lias a coach of I the first rank The Pennsylvania coaching system has long been recognized as an or ganization of remarkable efficiency. The Philadelphia coachca are accus tomed to hold daily conferences on every angle of the play throughout the season, and the members of the department acquire an enormous amount of Information. Coach Smith's gridiron knowledge represents the combined wisdom of many experts, including the Pennsylvania alumni end coaches, and he Is expected to do great things with it. Smith will not want for good ma terial. either. Oliver, the spectacular Purdue hack, is regarded as one of the cleverest players In the country. He was the real hit of the 1912 sea son and should show development this year. Oliver will have more able as sistants this year than last, as the Purdue freshman learn of last year was a strong aggregation. Badger* Strong Candidate*. In addition to Captain Tandherg, the Badgers will hsvo the services of such stars as Berger, halfback: Tor- moy, halfback; Bellows, quarterback; Powell, center; Keeler, guard; But ler, end and tnckle; Ofstie, end; (ie- leln, guard: Lange, end: VunC.ent, lineman: Moffett, fullback; Breck inridge, end and tackle, and Alexan der. halfback. Several of the new sophomores arc heavyweights, weigh ing over 200 pounds each. Coach Slagg declares that Chicago will he among the front rankers, and his opinion Is lmsed on a study ,sf i-eal facts While the maroon line Is a doubtful proposition at this stage of the game, Slagg will have almost a superfluity of talented bncks. The only cloud on the bock field situa tion Is the fact that there Is no star quarterback who can be put to work at the start of the season. Breathed, of last year's varsity squad, and Russell and Boyd, of last year's freshmen, are the leading as pirants ofr quarter, and a pretty struggle between these candidates is slated for the early part of the grind. McConnell Is another candidate for general. The back field veterans are Captain Norgren, halfback; Ken nedy. halfback; Gray, halfback; Fitzpatrick, halfback and fullback; Pierce, fullback, and Coutchle, half- back. While Wisconsin looks like a win ner on paper. Minnesota's chances eeem equally good. The Gophers lost only two of their varsity players and the sophomore material, according to tho*e in touch with the situation at Minneapolis, is excellent. It is stated that several of the regulars will cer tainly lose their places to the incom ing sophomores. Minnesota lost to Wisconsin last season, but not without pushing the Badgers to tbe extreme limit. The statistics of the game show that Min nesota gained more ground than Wis consin did and it was the consensus of opinion that the Gophers practical ly outplayed Wisconsin for three- fourths of the game. Wisconsin shot the ball over the line on one occasion after getting possession of It about thirty yards from the goal, and chalked up another score by the for ward paA$ route. So far as the re sult of this famous game is concern ed. therefore. Minnesota has none the worse of the argument. Zuppke to Strengthen Illinois. Wisconsin’s claims, however, are not to be questioned. The Badgers > had twenty “W" men last year, and j only six were lost by graduation. | Gillette. Bright and Van Riper, of the back field, but nobody at Madison is worrying, since Captain Tandberg is back with the complete second string back field and a good bunch of sopho more candidates. The veteran linemen are Dee Jar- dien, center; Miller, center; Harris, guard; Scanlon, tackle; Vruwink, Huntington. Goettier and Ryan, ends The new acquisitions in the line are Shull and Hardinger, star tackles; Hatcher and Redmon. guards; Whit ing. center, and Shiveley, Foote and Sellers, ends. The presence of Coach Zuppke, of Illinois, gives the Urban a s< hool it- rlaim to inclusion in the ‘•big five” Zuppke takes the lead at the State school with a big reputation and known ability. The Illini fans are already boosting their alma mater for great things this fall, but the ma jority of the Western football follow- are inclined to wait for the early gies before putting the stock at too a tigurtt Football TeamsNeed GoodCoaches ❖•-I* +*+ +•+ +•* +•+ Many Keep lobs for Long Terms BY INNIS BROWN. VIDENTLY directors of athletics • atnonx Southern institutions are ** cornlnK to realize the fact that It Is a wise policy to f?et the best In structor possible and to hold on to him until he has had full opportunity to prove or disprove his worth for the position. This seems to be the case In football, at least, as appears from the roster of Dixie football coaches for the approaching season. No less than six of the leading teams in the Southern and South eastern States will work under the same instructor as In the season of 1912 In several cases these coaches have had charge for a number of years, at least two of them being about to enter their tenth season. • • • 1 -«HK local Tech tenm is one of the two that Is entering Its tenth con secutive season under the same coach. Skipper Heisman first joined forces with the Jackets In 1994. He had made a remarkable showing first with Auburn and then with the Clemson Tigers. Following a rather disastrous season in 1903, a contract was signed with the local pilot. He has been on the job since, and bids fair to sup ply the strategy and cunning that will direct the Smithies for several years more to come. At Vanderbilt, Commodore Dan Me- fjugln also i- entering Ills tenth sea son with the Hold and Black squad. The ex-Wolverine came to Nashville in 1904, following one season for Jim Henry ex-Chicago star. He has held sway since. He Is a fixture as far as the university Is concerned, and no doubt will remain there so long as he continues to coach the game. • • • O VER at Auburn, Mike Donohue also has b.*cn on hand for a good num ber of years. In the absence of defi nite information, it may be said that a decade Is not far amiss. Mike has delivered the goods, and there appears t<> be no imminent danger of his being replaced. _ Next to this trio, Harris Tope, for mer Sewanee star and present promi nent citizen of Cartersville, Oa., takes rank in point of years. Harris has been on the job for the Purple Tigers for some five yenrs, and he can no doubt continue to hold the job as long as b#* can take the time from his busi ness to go away for three months each fall to whip the Mountaineers into shape. In this connection It may be noted that Sewanee made a lucky strike when they secured the services of their former star quarterback to di rect them. For four or five years prior to Cope’s return, the Tigers had experimented with an average of one man to a season. It is doubtful whether there is a Sewanee alumnus in this city who can recall the names of Sewanee football coaches for five years preceding Cope's first Eastern er- and Middle Westerners wqre both tried -for one year at a time. None of them got the best from the mate rial. The season of 1907 was a nota ble one in this respect. A fine bunch of good material was allowed to go to seed through poor coaching. t • • poAOll CUNNINGHAM is about ’o ^ take up his burden at Athens for the fourth consecutive year. It Is an easy matter to date his entry by rea son of two sources. Ho landed at Athens along with a young man wide ly reputed in prop cir<‘les, known as SfcWhorter Boh McWhorter. You all kntiw Bob. If you don’t, look up the schedule for local football during Over 200 Players Traded This Year CINCINNATI. Sept 6 More than 200 major league players bave been traded, purchased from other major clubs or J from the minor leagues during the last year, according to a list handed down by the National Commission. All trades or sales from August 20 are Included. The Boston Nationals lead In men ob tained, Twenty-three pla>ers new to the J Boston National team have been con- 1 trauted for during the above-mentIonci period. Cincinnati conies next with 21. Detroit is third with 19, while the others are as follows: Cleveland, 17; New York Americans. 15; Pit tab ur*. 14; St Loola Nat 14: Chicago Americans, 14; 8t. Louis Americans. 12 Boston Americans. 11. Washington, 11; Chicago Nationals, 10; Brooklyn Nationals. 10 New York Na tionals. 4. Philadelphia Nationals, 4. Philadelphia Americans, 2. the coming season and stroll out to Ponce DeLeon on the occasion of the games between Georgia and Virginia or Georgia and Auburn. If you can appreciate the honest efforts of a thoroughly conscientious and earnest young athlete to literally chew up the opposition, It will be a pleasure to meet him, provided said opposition doesn’t happen to carry your convic tions in the combat, to say nothing of a little “sweetening” to mafoe the game Interesting. • • • ANOTHER consideration by which ** the advent of Cunningham may he reckoned Is the record of annual contests with that worthy foe, the honorable Yellow Jackets. No mat ter what the fortunes of the Red and Black squad may have been prior to the annual combat, Cunningham has been able to lead a victorious and jubilant squad from Ponce DeLeon on each occasion since he entered the lists. In the estimation of many Georgia supporters, this fact alone would entitle the Georgia coach to have the geometric symbol Q. E. I>. attached to ids certificate at the close of the season, regardless of the show ing otherwise. D. T. (“Tubby”) Graves will again direct the fortunes of the University of Alabama team. Graves has held the helm for two years, and his rec ord is deserving He t ime South to tackle a Job under new surroundings. He fell heir to a lot of enthusiasm, plenty of spirit and an abundant sup ply of grit in the way of material, but Hvolrdupots was badly needed. Neither of his two years has produced any considerable quantity of heft, and it Is to be hoped that he meets better for tune the coming season. * * « ("'LKMSON, Mercer and Mississippi A-' have “bunched ’*»m” and called for a new deal. The Carolina ns havo taken small chances In their selec tion. Bob Williams succeeds Frank Dobson. Williams is an experienced man and knows the game as it is played in these parts. If he ha9 any luck at all In lining up likely looking material, he will give the Tigers a winner. Mercer has lined up Lewie Hanlagp, former Auburn and Vanderbilt star Hardage is an experiment. He may do, and then he may not. However, ho will have the advantage of know ing the game thoroughly from a play ing standpoint, and also of being fa miliar with conditions. He is a work er himself, and he will no doubt make his team work. If he can get them off to a good start, he should make a nice showing with the Bap tists. Mississippi Is likewise trying out new timber. Brion. a former Mis souri man, will handle the Oxford team. Following tw r o seasons under Dr. Stauffer, marked by rather tem pestuous times, he is likely to bump Into a rather unsettled state of af fairs. The Mississippians, however, generally show up with a supply of good material, and the new director should at least draw a fair trial In this respect. • • • FROM the above It is apparent that * there is little tendency to grab up some unknown product, shove him in for one season, and then pass him along. It Is doubtless if any pre vious season in the history of the game in the South ever showed mnr>‘ competent coaching. Certainly non** ever showed any better, and if anv team counts up a failure at the end >f the season, the chances are that suen will have to be charged to some source other than the coaching. Yankees Will Train In Texas Next Year JINX TO All H[ By Otto C. Floto. W HILE arguing fight facts and fancies in a resort where pugilistic topics have prece dence over business affairs, the con troversy waxed back and forth re garding seconds. There were present at the time at least three persons as well posted on fighting and fighters as you could find after fine-combing the whole country In an effort to out do them. We argued about seconds In general, and selected some famous handlers that were hoodoos and others that were good luck. This sort of conversation always lends Itself to the Imagination and so we told all we knew regarding the men in the corners. I began by telling them that the fighter himself, if he were a brainy boy, had no heed of advice in the “comer.” That all he needed wns at tention and care as to his physical comforts, and if these were given hi in he would be able to do the re«it to bring about success. Others con tended. that a second at times had as much to do with winning a fight as the principal himself. This is true to a certain extent when a clever sec ond or adviser takes advantage of a technicality and forces the referee *o so decide in favor of hist man. But we can relate any number of Inci dents where groat lighting seconds could not make a man win even though they worked with might and main to do so. I then related to them a little his tory which showed that one of the very greatest of fighters himself was the poorest of seconds when he went behind a man. This was due to the fact that the said fighter could think so fast that when he tried to dis tribute his Knowledge to the rm-n he was looking after the latter was un able to grasp It and. therefore, was worse off than he would have been had he b°en allowed to battle In his own fashion. The man I have In mind is Jack McAuliffe. Jack’s record is certainly a unique one. No other second or adviser comes any where near it. Have yqu ever stopped to think that Jack McAuliffe was behind three world’s champions when they lost their titles. That’s an actual fact. Jack was be hind Cal McCarthy, at Troy, N. Y., when George Dixon won the bantam weight championship from him. Me- Auiifie was in Jack i vmpsey’e comer when Jack went down to such humil iating defeat, at the hands of Fitz simmons and lastly, we find him ad vising John L. ,Sullivan, when the “big fellow” lost his title to Jim Cor bett at New Orleans. Talk about being a “jinx” in a cor ner—well McAuliffe is the grand ex alted ruler of that order of ill omens. Athletics’ Veteran Heaver Has Fifty-nine Shut-out Games to His Credit. E dward plank is the -boss” of the whitewash brigade. The expert wielder of the brush. The chap who has distributed goose eggs with a free and open hand, ex ceeding all records in this line in the history of the American League. By placing six shut-out games to his credit this season Edward Plank has surpassed the mark set by “Iron Man" Walsh of the White Sax. Mr. Plank has 59 of these games to his credit—all 9-inning games or better. A Swell Record. The wonderful left-hander framed uj> his first runless game In 1901 against the Milwaukee club, then a member of the American League. And every season since the expert expo nent of the cross-fire delivery has placed a goodly number of these games on record. “Ed” Walsh, the former holder of the honor, lost the cunning or other wise out of his arm before the Vet eran Plank did, so it put him out of the running. No doubt if the “Iron Man”-could have held this season he would still be king of the Whitewash Brigade. Another Distributor. Dr. White is another gentleman who proved a clever distributor of “goose eggs.” The dentist has had the extreme pleasure of applying the brush 53 times. Other hurlers who have proved handy in holding the op position runless in Mr. “Ban” John son’s circuit are or were “Cy“ Young, the much-lamented “Addle” Joss, the never-to-be-forgotten G. Edward “Reuben” Waddell, and the atest as pirant for honors in that line is W. Johnson, the holder of many records. Plank is liable to add a few more scalps to the many that now* dangle from his belt before the season closes. But the lead of six games will hold him as champion for another year at least. Here is the list of those who made a record of 40 or more run- less games in the American League since its organization. Number of Number of Name Years Games Plank 13 59 Walsh 9 54 White 13 52 Joss 10 44 Young 11 44 Waddell 10 40 Johnson 7 40 ‘Cincinnati’ Base Hit Is Abused O O © © Q © 0 Play Puzzles Baseball Scorers By W. J. McBetli. N EW YORK, Sept. 6—The Cin- clnnatl base hit is a much abused and little understood stranger In baseball. Its mission was all well enough; the trouble Is that the majority of our scorers refuse to get properly acquainted with it. A few’ days ago the publisher of one of New’ York’s greatest papers asked one of his sporting writers to explain the Cincinnati base hit. The w-riter flunked. He didn’t understand It him self. That is one of the great troubles. At the Polo Grounds within the past few. weeks I have seen hits slipped to favorites where the rankest sort of errors had been committed. I do not think that any of the scorers inten tionally favored the batter. It was a case of unfamlllarity with the sense of the new scoring rule. • • • POMMON sense, after all, Is a pret- ty fair guide to a proper solution of every problem. The Cincinnati base hit—as the name implies—origi nated In the home city of the Reds. Sporting waiters of Garry Herrmann’s town believed that under certain con ditions when a batter helped his run ning mate to advance without him self being retired, he should be cred ited with a base hit and not charged with a time at bat and nothing to show for It. as prevailed when the play was formerly designated a “field er’s choice.” Here was the proposition pure and simple. The old fielder’s choice w’asjust what the name implies. With one or more base runners on the paths when the ball w’as batted to a fielder the latter had the choice of making a play at any one of several bags. If a force play resulted or if the batter was retired at first base there w r as no question about the hitter being cred ited w’ith a time at bet and nothing more. Naturally w’hen there appeared time for the play it was always policy to try to force the man w'ho had progressed farthest round the bases. Often long chances would he taken w'lth him w’here an out at first would be a dead certainty. \ • • • T>UT if the play was made other than at first base It always left open to argument the question as to wheth er or not the batsman might have beaten the ball to first base. It was maintained by the advocates of the Cincinnati base hit that there was no way to tell for sure in the absence of the play at first base w’hether the hit ter w’ould or w r ould not have been re tired. It was maintained that the runner should be given the benefit of the doubt. Furthermore. It was ar gued that the skill of a base runner in avoiding retirement in the face of a possible force-out should reflect to the credit of the batsman. Team play is one of the most neces sary' essentials of a winning club. Harmony between batter and base runner must prevail at all times in order to establish this characteristic. In the interests of the base runner NEW YORK. Sept. 6 Frank Chance, according to information to-day. has practically decided that the spring training of the New York Americans next year shall be carried out in Texas Houston is mentioned as a probable selection, the players to report about March l. go through three weeks of seasoning in the Texas climate, and work North b.v easy stages Bermuda, it has been definitely determined, will not see the Highlanders again. Byrne Greatest Third Sacker in National ST LOUTS. Sept 6.—Third Baseman Mowrey, of the Cardinals, is quoted as saying that Bobby Byrne, now of the Phillies, is the greatest third baseman in tin- National League Says he: “He I can do everything, cpme in on bunts. | go back to take throws and everything 'that goes with the job." LATENT SUCTION $5 COME TO ME I Examine Your Teeth Free! the batter must often take chances on hitting balls at which he w’ould not offer, if left to his own initiative, or if no base runner preceded him. Working in conjunction with the run ner and having to jeopardize his chances of hitting safely whereby, it has been argued that whatever re- turn^the ba.se runner may give is nothing more than fair and just to be credited toward the joint cause of the two. • • • T HE “Cincinnati" base hit was never intended to be abused the way it has been. It was not the sense of the rule to credit the batter with a hit every time the opposing side failed to register an out. Errors should figure as prominently In this play as in any other No one is given a base hit if a ground ball is man handled The fact that the play may be made to some other than first base does not eliminate a fielder’s liability to error Recently at the Polo Grounds, a double play was missed because a fielder failed to tag second base be fore making his relay That shows up the “Cincinnati" base hit, said an old scribe. But it didn’t show’ up anything of the kind. The fielder who failed to touch second base was as guilty of an error, in my estima tion, as if he had dropped the ball. He should have made sure of retir ing the furthest advanced runner. Of course most scorers do not give an error w’hen an out is registered. Still there is an example where the com mon sense of the baseball rules should make the charge of a misplay Inevitable. * * • r T’ HE more one considers the “Cin- * cinnati” base hit, the more fair it seems. A batter is not charged w’ith a time at bat w'hen he sacrifices or Intentionally advances a runner a base to his own disadvantage. Why should he be charged with a time at bat and not given a hit w’hen he not only advances one or more runners, but likewise reaches first base safely himself. Certainly 'he has done more for the common cause than the fel low' who is lucky enough to drop a bunt Into the infield. It stands to reason, also, that his bat has been of more service than that of the man who scorse a runner from third as the result of a long fly. BROWNS ARE AFTER SNYDER. Pitcher Clifford Snyder, the young collegian with Henderson in the Kitty League, has been attracting a good deal of attention. Both Milwaukee, of the American Association, and the St. Louis Browns are said to be after him. ChanceRoasts Yanks, Calls Club ‘Dummies/ And Maybe He’s Right NEW YORK. Rept. 6.—“Don’t think for a minute I talk this way to protect myself because we’re *a.st,’’ says Frank Chance, manager if the New York Americans. “I didn't believe such a bunch of dummies could be assembled on one club until I joined the Yankees, They didn’t know the first principles of baseball. Not only that, they didn't try. In the clubhouse, when we were losing in the spring, everybody laughed* whistled and told funny stories. "That doesn’t win ball games. Base ball is serious, if you want to get on top. The Cubs were on top because the boys had one thought—baseball and to win. They figured out plays before each game how to fool the enemy. It was nothing but baseball with them. "Of course, now, a smart manager can get everything out of a player. He must study his boys, see how he Is going to direct them. “But if you haven’t tha class von can’t squeeze water out of a rock, and if you haven’t the class you’re not go ing to win.” ‘Wild Bill’ Clark to Lead Waycross Team Big Hurler Will Be Retained as Man* ager of Empire State League Club. WAYCROSS, Sept. 6.—It Is quite cer-v tain now that J. Langdon Qark, bette* known in the baseball world as "Wild Bill” Clark, will manage the Waycross team In the Empire League next sea son. He has made Waycross a splendid leader and fans generally are insistent upon his retention as manager. The re serve list which the local association haa filed contains the names of practically all players appearing In the last few games of the Empire season for Way* cross. MACKMEN HOLD RECORD. The Athletics now hold the record fo» the season with eleven players crippled —Barry, Dan Murphy, Plank, Coombs, Schang, Thomas, Lapp, Orr, Strunk, Bush and Brown. ONEY LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Wlt.iont Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Real Estate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT GO. 1 a 11-12 Fourth National Bank Bids. 7/i EXPRESS PREPAID MILLER GOING EAST. CHICAGO. ILL.. Sept. 6 —Big Char lie Miller, Fdisco’s heavyweight, nnd Maanger Carter, passed through this city yesterday on their way to New York, where Miller hopes to secure Sfveral matches. Manager Carter be lieves his boy can clean up all of the big fellows in this section of the country. CHEAP EXCURSION TO FLORIDA Via G. S. & F. Railway. Fare from Macon to Jacksonville $4.00, Palatka $4.50, St. Augustine $4.50, and Tampa $6.00. Propor tionately low rates from in- Jtermediate station^. Spe I cial trains leave Macon J 10:30 a. m. and 11:30 a. m. September 9. Tickets lim- I ited five days. C. B. RHODES. G. P. A. i Macon, Ga. my months «tratin£ Work | point with pride to th# fact that hundreds of patients have been treated successful- ly and satisfactorily by me since the opening of Atlanta office some ago, amply demon- i that I do Dental „ UIR ,'ainlessly and that my service is strictly MODERN and agreeable in every re spect. I want to thank the people of Atlanta and vicinity for their kind patronage so gen erously extended to me and I promise faithfully to give the best Dental Service for the least money. My prices are the lowest: Set of Teeth $5 Gord Fillings $1 up Platinum and Poroelain Fillings 50c to $1 Gold Crowns and Bridge Work $3, $4, $5 Teeth without Plate*, $1 per tooth. Work guaranteed for 15 years. 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