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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEIVS
CRACKERS WIN PENNANT; PELS BEAT GULLS IN FINAL
1913 (HFU
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Score by innings: R. H. E.
NEW ORLEANS 101 020 001—5 12 2
MOBILE '. 000 002 000—2 4 1
PELICANS— R. H. 0. A. E.
Hendryx 3b 4 3 0 3 0
Erwin, ss ,... 1 2 1 4 1
McDowell,2b 0 2 1 2 0
Kraft, lb *...... 0 3 12 0 1
Flanagan, rf.... ... 0 13 0 0
Kyle, cf 0 0 4 0 0
McKillen, If 0 1 3 0 0
Adams, c . 0 0 3 1 0
Wilson, p..* ... ..^ ... 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ... ... .. 6 12 27 10 2
GULLS— R. H. 0. A. E.
Stock, ss 0 0 0 3 0
Starr, 2b 1 1 3 2 0
O’Dell, 3b 1 1 0 1 0
Paulet, lb 0 1 12 0 0
Robertson, cf ............ 0 0 2 0 0
Schmidt, c ..... ...... 0 0 4 0 1
Clark, If 0 0 3 0 0
Miller, rf 0 1 3 0 0
Campbell, p 0 0 0 4 0
Cavet, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 2 4 27 1 0
SUMMARY: Two-base hits—Hendryx, 2; Paulet.
Three-base hit—Starr. Struck out- By Cavet, 2; by
Wilson, 3. Stolen bases—Starr, Schmidt. Umpires—
Breitenstein.
MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 7.—The lowly New Orleans
Pelicans knocked out Mike Finn’s hopes for a pennant
this afternoon, and cinched the place for the Atlanta
Crackers, by beating the Gulls, 5 to 2, in a hard-fought
game before seven thousand wild-eyed fans.
“Finis” Wilson, the young left-hander of the Pels,
pitched with grand nerve and judgment, and except in
one inning he was air-tight.
For the Gulls, Billy Campbell started, but the vet
eran southpaw did not sem to have his usual stuff, and
gave way in the fifth inning to “Pug” Cavet, who fin
ished the contest. Pug also was in several bad holes,
but escaped in all except one inning, his work in the
pinches being wonderful. Once with the bases full and
one out, he fanned the next two Pels.
The defeat of the Gulls gives the 1913 pennant to
the Crackers by one-half game—the narrowest margin
that ever settled a Southern League pennant race. It
was a bitter blow to Mike Finn, who was to have got
$1,000 extra had he won the rag. It was the second
championship that Finn has been nosed out of, the other
occasion being a disputed game, which was thrown out.
Mobile fans, however, are proud of the battle their
tea mhas made, and Mike won’t suffer any loss of pres
tige.
FIRST INNING.
Hendryx waited out Campbell and got a base on balls. Stork
threw out McDowell on his hard bounder, and Hendryx went to
second. Kraft hit a sharp single to right and Hendryx was over
with the first run of the contest. Flanagan hit to O’Dell and was
out to Paulet. ONE RUN, ONE HIT.
Erwin threw out Stock, making a clever stop and peg. Starr
drew a base on balls and a lnog yell of joy rose from the big crowd.
O'Dell popped up a high one to McDowell, but Paulet reached first
on Kraft’s fumble, Starr reaching third. There was a roar as
Dave Robertson came up to the plate, but before he could hit it a
double steal was ordered and fast work by the Pels nipped Starr
at the flatter, Adams to Emvui to Adams. NO RUNS, NO HITS.
SECOND INNING.
Miller was under Kyle’s long fly and Campbell tossed McKil
len on his splash to the fubber. Adams caught one of Campbell’s
slants on the nose, but it flew straight into Miller’s hands. NO
RUNS, NO HITS.
The crowd gave Robertson another hand as he came up to
bat, and he responded with a long fly' to McKillen. With the count
three and two, Schmidt hit under a curve ball and popped one a
mile high to Erwin. Erwin then absorbed Clark’s bounder and
pegged him out to Kraft. NO RUNS, NO HITS.
THIRD INNING.
With two strikes called on him, Wilson hit to Starr and was
out to Paulet. Hendryx doubled to center and Erwin laid down a
pretty bunt toward third, which he beat out by great sprinting,
Hendryx reaching third. McDowell singled to left, scoring Hen
dryx and sending Erwin to third. Kraft flied to Robertson, but
it was short and Erwin stuck to third. Flanagan flied to Clark.
ONE RUN, TWO HITS.
Wilson’s big curve was working and Miller popped to Kraft.
Hendryx took Campbell’s grounder and pegged the veteran out at
first. Stock hit a high fly to Flanagan. NO RUNS, NO HITS.
FOURTH INNING.
* Kyle hit feebly to the slab and Campbell tossed him out. Mc
Killen single to right, a clean drive, but Billy Campbell’s famous
balk motion nipped him off first, while the crowd shouted. Stock
threw out Adams. NO RUNS, NO HITS.
McDowell threw Wilson out to Starr, making a fine play on
his low, bounding drive. O’Dell got Wilson in the hole and the
next one was wide, the former Cracker walking. Paulet, with the
count two and one, slashed a sharp bounder at Erwin, forcing
O’Dell at second, to McDowell. Wilson tightened up still more
and fanned Robertson on four pitches. NO HITS, NO RUNS.
FIFTH INNING.
Wilson popped to Paulet, but Hendryx got himself another
double, this time to left field. It looked bad for Billy Campbell,
and it looked worse a moment later, when Erwin singled to cen
ter, ’scoring Hendryx. Erwin scampered to second on the throw-
in, and Pug Cavet took Campbell’s place on the slab. McDowell
greeted him with a ripping drive to center, for one base, scoring
Erwin, and going to second on the throw-in. The gloom in the
stands could be cut with a meat-ax. Kraft supplied a bit of cheer
by flying to Clark, and then Flanagan popped to Starr. TWO
RUNS, THREE HITS.
It was clouding up and in the gathering darkness Wilson’s
fast ball was baffling the Gulls. Schmidt flied to McKillen. Then
Wilson’s control lever slipped a bit and Clark•• walked on five
pitches. Wilson’s first pitch to Miller was wide also. Then he
slipped over a strike and wasted another ball. Then Miller hit
high in the air and Kyle was under it, Clark sticking on first.
Cavet hit the first pitch to Hendryx and was out at first. NO
RUNS. NO HITS.
SIXTH INNING.
Kyle fanned, Cavet’s fast ball hopping weirdly in the gloom.
McKillen hit to Paulet and was out, the first baseman handling
the play by himself. O’Dell threw out dams. NO RUNS, NO
HITS,
Stock, with two balls and a strike, flied to McKillen. Wilson
grooved the first one to Starr and the next one was wide. The next
pitch was a low curve. Then Starr hooked a fast one for a triple to
right, the first hit the Gulls had got. O’Dell singled to right and
Starr scored. Then Paulet doubled to deep center and O’Dell
scored. The crowd went into hysterics and began to break into the
playing field, and the game was called to chase the frantic bugs
back to cover. McDowell took Robertson’s drive and threw him
out at first, O’Dell going to third. Hendryx threw out Schmidt.
TWO RUNS, THREE HITS.
SEVENTH INNING.
Wilson flied to Robertson. With a pair of strikes called, Hen
dryx waited for three balls and then fanned. NO RUNS, NO
HITS.
Erwin and Kraft took care of Clark. Miller singled to right
and Cavet fanned Erwin fumbled Stock’s drive and was safe at
first, Miller taking second. Starr fanned. NO RUNS, ONE HIT.
EIGHTH INNING.
McDowell flied to Robertson. Kraft singled to left and Flana
gan shot a single to the same place. Kyle walked and the bases
were full, but Cavet tightened up and fanned McKillen and Ad
ams. NO RUNS, NO HITS.
O’Dell flied to Kyle, and Paulet was out to Kraft, unassisted.
Robertson hit a line drive into right field, and Flanagan made a
grand one-hand running catch. NO RUNS, NO HITS.
NINTH INNING.
Starr threw out Wilson, and Hendryx kept up his great bat
ting with a single to left. It was his third hit. Erwin beat out a
bunt toward third and Hendryx went all the way to third on the
play. McDowell walked, filling the bases. Kraft bounced a sin
gle off O’Dell’s shins and Hendryx scored. Flanagan fanned in
the pinch. Kyle popped to Smith. ONE RUN, THREE HITS.
Schmidt walked on four straight balls. Clark popped to
Flanagan. Miller flied to Flanagan. Schmidt stole second. Sen-
tell batted for Cavet. Schmidt stole second. Sentell popped to
Kyle. NO RUNS, NO HITS. - - - -
Langford Picked to Beat Johnson
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lack Always Feared Colored Rival
Bv Jack Conway.
T HE world's colored heavyweight
championship match between
Jack Johnson and Sam Lang
ford. which will take place in Paris in
December has aroused sporting men
In this country and Europe. Thou
sands of people, who care very little
about athletic contests, are also show
ing an intense amount of interest in
the coming battle between the two
rival negro heavyweights, who are in
ternational characters.
Johnson has always feared Lang
ford and has turned down numerous
offers for matches with the “Tnr
Baby ” He has claimed that a fight
hetw^on two negro heavyweights
would not be a financial success, but
close followers of the ring game real
ized that the real reason why Johnson
did not desire to battle Langford was
because he was afraid that the hard
hitting Cambridge negro would knock
him out.
The Galveston man fought Lang
ford In Chelsea back in 1906. At that
time Johnson was trying to forge his
way to the front ranks of the heavy
weight division. He was not consid
ered a world-beater and when he was
offered a bout with Langford he glad
ly accepted ft.
Met Before in Chelsea.
Sam was then only a welterweight,
while Johnson weighed all of 200
pounds. Was It any wonder, then,
that fight “fans” thought that John
son would win easily? But he did
not. For fifteen rounds Langford
rushed at Johnson, swinging terrific*
right and left punches. He fought
like a panther at bay and gave John
son the hardest battle of his career.
Johnson won the decision, but h<*
was in poor shape when the bout end
ed. The stalwart Johnson had had
enough of Langford’s game and for
seven years has turned a deaf ear to
Sam’s challenges.
Joe Woodman, Langford’s manager
has been undaunted. He has kept his
battler busy in the ring and has al
ways had in view a match with John
son. His efforts have finally been
successful.
The writer does not believe that
Johnson even now cares a great deal
about fighting Langford. He is meet
ing his old rival because he is “broke”
and must have funds.
Johnson About “Broke.”
There are mgny people who believe
that Johnson is worth many thou
sands of dollars. They are mistaken.
The only “big’’ money which Johnson
ever made was when he fought Jef
fries. He received $60,000 for his end
of the purse when he vanquished the
former heavyweight champion. He
also got a $10,000 bonus, while he sold
his moving picture privileges for $50,-
000, making a total of $120,000.
Johnson made a little money on the
stage, while he picked up a few odd
dollars in minor bouts. His last bout
w ith Jim Flynn was a financial bloom
er and netted the champion but little
money.
Another reason why Johnson Is
fighting Langford Is because no pro-
moter would match him with a white
man. They realize that the boxing
game would be given another black
eye if there were another such bout
as the one that was staged in Reno,
Nev., that memorable Fourth of July
in 1910.
Johnson Now on Stage.
Johnson is now showing at music
halls in Europe for a salary of $200
a week. This proves that he is In
need of funds. The Johnson of 1910
would not show on the stage for a
single day unless he was given $200.
He is now glad to get this amount
for a week’s work.
Johnson's fortune has been spent
freely. When he had money he spent
it like a prince. Automobiles, lawyer
fees, fines, forfeited bail, wine sup
pers, clerk hire and traveling ex
penses have made great Inroads into
the champion’s bag of gold. He has
been spending his money lavishly
while he has not been adding much
to his bank roll.
The betting on the Johnson-Lang
ford battle will probably be at even
money. Langford will have many
backers, but there will he thousands
of “fans” who will argue that a good
little man can never beat a good big
man.
Johnson, of course, is well on in
years. He is 36 years old, and it
has been a long time since a heavy
weight held the championship at that
age. Jeffries met his Waterloo at
Reno, when he was 35 years old;
Fitzsimmons started to go back at
the nge of 34, Corbett was knocked
out by Fitzsimmons at Carson City
when he was 31 years old, while the
mighty John L. Sullivan was flat
tened by Corbett in New Orleans
when he was 34 years of age.
Must Be in Shape.
Ring history also proves that a
heavyweight must keep busy in the
ring if he is to remain in shape.
Johnson has done very little fight
ing In the past three years. His last
bout was with Jim Flynn at Las
Vegas, N. Mex., a year ago last Fourth
of July, and boxing experts who saw
that contest declared that Johnson
was in poor condition and that if
Langford were in Flynn’s place he
might have won the heavyweight
championship.
Langford is now 27 years of age,
according to the record book, though
there are many who claim that "Ho
Ho” is at least 30 years old. Sam
has been fighting steadily since he
was a lad of 15 years and has en
gaged in over two hundred battles.
He started boxing as a bantamweight,
but took on weight gradually and now
weighs 186 pounds. This is eleven
pounds more than Langford’s normal
fighting weight.
Joe Woodman declares that Lang
ford will weigh 175 or 178 pounds
when he enters a ring with Johnson.
The extra weight on Langford is not
doing him any good. It is merely
fat and has slowed him up a great
deal.
Ml TO GET
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 . airk set by “Iron
Man” Walsh of the White Sox. Mr.
Plank has 59 of these games to his
credit—all 9-lnning games or better.
A Swell Record.
The wonderful left-hander framed
up 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 mire
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 46 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
Young 11
Waddell 10 40
Johnson 7 40
FELTON REFUSES $15,000.
PHILADELPHIA. PA., Sept. —Sam
Felton, famous ex-Harvard pitcher, to
day turned down Connie Mack’s offer
of $15,000 for a three-year contract Sev
eral other major league clubs are said
to be after the same pitcher.
N OW that Wally Schang. the South
Wales youngster, has become
the first spring catcher of the
Athletics and is attracting the atten
tion of the baseball world by his won
derful work, many of the critics are
going into ecstasies ever the wonder
ful foresight of Connie Mack in pick
ing up and developing Schang.
Connie Mack’s foresight in retain
ing the youngster was simply be
cause the New York Yankees would
not hand ov=»r either Keating or Pad
dy Green, both pitchers, in exchange
for him. During the winter, Mack
wanted to trade Schang for Green.
Luck! That’s the word to use In con
nection with Mack and Schang. The
same goddess gave the Athletics
Schang by the draft route when
twelve other clubs had in their bid.
Green, who was a costly recruit, never
pitched a game for the Yanks, and
after being claimed by Pittsburg for
the waiver price, is now back in the
minors with Holvoke.
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J ACK DUNN, the Oriole leader. Is
peeved because the reported price
of $17,000 and two players for Fritz
Maisel has been questioned. He says
Maisel is a cheap man at that price.
“Gaffney, of the Boston Nationals,
offered nearly that amount,” said
Dunn last night. When I went to
New York for a final conference with
Frank Farrell, I met him at 20 min
utes to 12 o’clock, and I caught a
12:05 train for home. That’s how
long it takes to do business when a
good player is wanted by the big
leagues.
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“ T ALK about $12,000 being a high
* price. Why, the Yankees have
got a fourth of that amount back at
the gate, and if Maisel had started
off sensationally, the whole amount
would have been paid by fans around
the circuit anxious to look over the
youngster.
“When 'Lefty* Russell, whom I sold
to the Athletics for $12,000 several
years ago pitched his first game there
were 22.000 people in the stands. He
hurt his arm In that game. If he
had remained in good shape and went
around the circuit, the fans in every
city would have been out to see him
work.”
CHANCE TRIES NEW SOUTHPAW.
BOSTON. Sept. —Patrick Martin,
a southpaw pitcher, purchased re
cently by the New York Americans
from the Lawrence club of the New
England League, reported yesterday
to Manager Chance, -