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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEIVS CRACKERS WIN PENNANT; PELS BEAT GULLS IN FINAL 1913 (HFU 1 J 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 +•+ +•+ -*■ • +•+ +•+ +•+ 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. • • • 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. • • • “ 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, -