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pr > I THI\ ATLANTA GKORniAN AND NKWS. WARMING 1 UP By Tad Copyright, 1913, International News Rervlca SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT c C.F an You Figure Good Old Mike Finn RANK MAKES RAWCHARG Mixed Up in Any Shady Tactics? ES AGAINST MOBILE FA NS By 0. B. Keeler. S EEMS fort of queer to settle back and look the old typewriter in the keyboard without having to hold on to something with the off hand to keep from slipping. Sort of let down—what? Maybe you’ve noticed it yourself. B UT the Crackers ARE champs, you know. JMnch yourself if you want to, but try to get that right. It’s all over now. And it turned out the right way. Still, there are exciting rumors rumoring around. Dixie Developed Greatest Aggregation of Athletes Section Has Known FUZZY WOODRUFF PICKS ALU-SOUTHERN TEAM FOR 1913 I N one quarter—maybe as much as a half—frantic Cracker bugs are collecting money to buy Cholly Frank a Loving Cup that would keep him under the table the rest of the night if he undertook to empty it. Others are collecting a fund for the New Orleans players, notably Finis Wilson, who surely did it to the pop- eyed Gulls of dangerous memory. Yet another group wants C. Frank to run for President, or Governor, or something, unless Bill Smith can be induced to enter politics. A ND this leads up to the REAL THTNG in rumors. Charley Frank comes right out in an interview—after getting back to New Orleans all in one section—and he says some pretty gloomy thing3 about Mobile and Mobile fans. pedally the Sunday game, on which all depended. Frank is quoted as saying that there was a consistent effort made, on the Held and off, to provoke his players into fighting, which would have resulted in arrest, which would have resulted in a weakened line-up, which would have resulted—by the same method of reasoning—In a pen. nant for Mobile. E VTDENTLY the Dutchman is pret ty sore—or else he has been gen erously misquoted. He says that every sort of effort was made in Mobile, from using un worthy protests of friendships to open warfare and possibilities of the well- known Hoos-Gow. to bring about an easing up of the Pelicans in the two games they played in Mobile, and es- By Fuzzy Woodruff. T HE shouting and the tumult hav ing died in approved fashion, it Is now incumbent for the pallbearers to don their white gloves, the mourners to remark on the final conversation with the late lamented and the undertaker to look forlorn as he smiles Inwardly on pocketing a handsome fee. Baseball obsequies are as true to precedent as a funeral ceremony. The loser congratulates the winner, the winner commiserates with the loser, the club owners formally feed the athletes, the popular player is given a watch fob with crossed bats and a date enslaved on it. whether he has a chronometer or not, and the All-League team is picked. All except the last have been done. Now for the "dust to dust" stuff. ALL-SOUTHERN FOR 1913 Street (Chattanooga) Catcher Schmidt (Mobile) Catcher Coveleskie (Chattanooga) Pitcher E. Brown (Montgomery) Pitcher Prough (Birmingham) Pitcher Cavet (Mobile) Pitcher . Dent (Atlanta) Pitcher Agler (Atlanta) First Base Wares (Montgomery) Second Base Bisland( Atlanta) Shortstop Elberfeld (Chattanooga) Third Base Robertson (Mobile) Left Field Welchonce (Atlanta) Center Field Messenger (Birmingham) Right Field DICKING an All-Southern team is 1 considerably easier this year than it has been for several seasons past The standard of the organi sation was raised considerably in ISIS, and a fine cohort of regular ball players were developed. They cover each position and stand out In as noticeable bas relief as the eagle does on a new-milled iron dollar Beginning with the behlnd-the- plate position, it is found that the palm must be awarded to veteran players. Strange to say. this is the case with almost every other position. The men who have had major league experience were undoubtedly the most valuable in the South this year p HARLEY STREET, of Chatta- ^ nooga, and Charley Schmidt, of Mobile, appear to have it on the other catchers by a considerable distance. The warm climate of Dixie seemed to bring the former Renator and the quondam Tiger back to their old big tent effectiveness But one other catcher in the league compared with them and he Is Harry Chapman, the youthful Cracker back- stopper Chapman undoubtedly has a roseate future, but he has a lot to learn. His principal drawback was in his method of working his hurlers. Two out of three of his signals were for curve balls, and this undoubtedly caused much of the weakening of the Cracker pitchers in late innings and their general tendency toward wildness. Street and Schmidt are both excel lent generals, great receivers ex cellent peggern. Both hit hard and opportunely. They should be given the Jobs. A FINE quintet of pitchers is pre sented Each of them goes higher next year, and ii seems altogether likely that they will each stick. The hurling Jobs go to Harry Cove- leskie, of the Lookouts; Elmer Brown, of Montgomery. Bill Prough, of the Barons. "Pug” Cavet. of the Gulls anri Elliott Dent, of the Crackers. Here are three right-handers and two southpaw*, an ideal pitching combination. No one can question their effectiveness. There were other good pitchers w’orking down in these parts, notably Oil Price, of the Crackers; Curly Brown, of Montgomery; Bradley Hogg, of Mobile. Finis Wilson, of New Orleans, and old Rube Kissin ger, of the Turtles, but the mentioned five «ieem to me to be the best com bination. F IRST base is as easy to pick as the winner In a political race be tween Republicans and^ Democrats in Cobb County. Joe Agler stands head and shoulders above all the others. Gene Paulet run® a favorable sec ond. but not even the most rabid Mobilian could class the Gull guar dian of the first cushion with the sen sational southpaw of the Crackers. C LYDE WARES’ great baserunning ability, his pinch hitting and steady fielding give him the keystone from a rather ordinary field. The Montgomery player seems more val uable than Charley Starr, of the Gulls, and Lil Marean. of the Baron®, the onlv other serious contenders. A r shortstop, there 1® no question ** for a second. Rivington Blsland Is not only the best stortstop in the Southern League thi® season, but i® very probably the best shortstop that the South has ever produced. More wonderful fielding than he showed in the crucial Mobile series has never been seen, while his work was uni formly game, consistent, and timely. Milton Stock, of the Gull®, deserves honorable mention, a® does Roy El- lam. of the Barons, and Cotton Knaupp. who showed a revival of form after Joining John Dobbs’ outfit. scrappy Lookout manager. Elber- feld played third as well a® he did any other position and he played them all as well or better than any man in the league, so we’ll make Mr. El- berfeld the third-sacker. IN the outfield, two portions are 1 given by a unanimous vote. Davy Roberteon, the slugging Gull, is sent to left and Harry Welchonce, of the Crackers, to center. There can be no dispute about their qualifica tions. The right field position causes trouble. There is Tommy Long of the Crackers; Sloan, of Montgomery, Raerwald, of Memphis. Any of these would be acceptable. But Bob Mes senger. of Birmingham, gets the honor. Messenger is perhaps the fastest man in the league. He Ip a finished fielder and has the most accurate throwing arm seen in this league since the days of Ike Durrett. He bangs the ball at ®o near a .300 clip that he might be put in that select company, and he 1® withal a man always in supreme condition. T AKEN all in all. the club looks de cidedly stronger to me than any All-Southern team ha® in years. Just as the race this year has looked de cidedly better than any race since 1908. Of this club, every man has had major league experience, with the exception of Ca\et. It’s true that the experience of some of them ha® been brief, but they've been up there and will go again. Street starred for year® with Wash ington, while Schmidt was perform- T HIRD base shows a lack of mate rial. There was really no high- class regular performer there this season. Old Bill Elwert, of Mont gomery. showed about as much as any of them, but Bill Is too ancient to be placed on an all-star aggre gation. The place goes to Kid Klborfeld, the Cares la 1 to 8 da® unnatural discharges , Contains bo poison end mar baoiad fall strength absolutely without fear, guaranteed not to stricture. Prevents contagion. RigG WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Drugeists. or we ship erpreea prepaid upos eceipt of SI* rail particulars mailed on request ifMSSVAKSCRKMICALCdL. Oa«liaAU,a Ing similar duty for Detroit. Coveleskle pitched himself Into fame and the New York Giants out of a pennant when he was with the Phillies. He has also seen service with the Reds and next season goes to De troit. Elmer Brown worked a season for the St. Louis Browns and will be a Dodger next year. Bill Prough has worn a Red uniform and will be on the Detroit pay roll from now on, while I>ent worked briefly for the Senators and goes back to Griffith. Agler worked a wHile for the Cubs while Chance was manager and is due to work again for the Peerless lead er with the Yankees next year. Wares has had experience with the Browns and goes back to them. Blsland was with Pittsburg for a while, but in asmuch as it was hi® Job to horn Hans Wagner out of work, he nat urally fell down, and without dis grace. Elberfeld has worn the uni form of Detroit, the Yankees and the Senators. In the outfield. Robertson has been and will be a Giant again. Harry Welchonce was tried out by Wash ington. while Bob Messenger has twice been with the White Sox. Beyond peradventure, thi® ha® been the veteran®’ big year. Flynn and Morris May Be Matched CHICAGO, Sept 9.—Jim Flynn ar rived in the city yesterday and lost no time in getting In touch with Lar- nev Lichtenstein, manager of Carl Morris. Flynn agreed to meet Morris and it is probable the match will be closed to-day. Flynn is anxious to box Morris in Kansas City, where he defeated A1 Kaufmann in 1911. Fraternity Will Not Take in Federalists NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-—Persistent P 1 report®that the Baseball Player®* Fra ternity was about to become allied with the Federal League were set at rest by a statement by David L. Fultz, president of the fraternity. Fultz de clared his organization would make no alliance with any faction whatver In the baseball world. DON’T BE TORTURED Frseiua can tv, Listantly relieve*! and perma nently cured. Head what J. B. Maxwell. At- “iat anla. Qa says It proewa that Tetterine Cures Eczema I mitered agaay with severe eeiema. Tried ■ lx different remedlit and waa In desoalr when a neighbor told me te try Tetterine. After using $3 werth I am completely cured. Why should you suffer when you ran «.o easily fit a remedy that cures all skin trouble# eo- a«ina. Itching piles, eryslpelaa. ground Itch, ring- worm. ete. Oct It to-day—Tetterine 50c at druggists, or by mall. SNUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH, GA. New Motor Records Due To-night +•+ +•+ +•+ Graves and Richards Clash T HAT Is bad enough—If the Dutch, man has been quoted correctly. But the other side Is worse. The New Orleans manager is quot ed as saying that friends of his in Mobile came to him. “hinting at things," and asking If It were pos sible that he Intended to allow Mo bile to be beaten out of a pennant. It seems Mr. Frank informed these friends that he not only Intended to allow Mobile to be beaten out of a pennant, but he had some ideas of taking an active part In the beating. At any rate, events bear out that surmise. r E two fastest motorcycles in the South will be given “everything they have” to-night at Jack Prince's Motodrome, with Morty Graves “up” on one and Tex Richards “up" on the other. Richards and Graves are to meet in a special mutch race. There will he three heats. The first over a route of one mile, the second will be two miles and the third three miles. The match race to-night will be a continuation of a series of clashes held last week. Richards on his famous Indian No. 23, and Graves on his record-break ing Excelsior, rode three heats last week at the drome, the average speed being 88 miles an hour. Graves won the first heat, Richards the second, and the third was a dead heat. Their side bet of $50 put up last week still goes at to-night’s races, and there will be thrill after thrill In the three heats that they will ride, one, two and three miles respectively. Richards has one leg on the handsome silver trophy that goes to the rider winning three finals In the Southern championships at the drome. Richards won this last week and will be out after the second leg to-night. The man that wins this cup will be designated the southern motorcycle champion. Here Is to-night’s program: SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS—(Heats 1 mile, finals 2 miles, 25 points for first, 15 for second and 10 for third.) First Heat—Dockner, Lewis, Glenn and Graves. Second Heat—Renel, Luther, Swartz and Richards. SPECIAL MATCH RACE—(Best two out of three, 1, 2 and 3-mlle heats, for side bet of $50.) First Heat (1 mile)—Final southern championships. SWEEPSTAKES—(French point system, 10 for first, 6 for second, 2 for third.) First Heat (3 miles)—Lockner, Lewis, Glenn, Swartz, Luther and Renel. Second Heat—Special match race (2 miles.) Second Heat—Sweepstakes (5 miles.) Third Heat—Sweepstakes (7 miles.) F OR our part, we would rather not go too deeply into what may have occurred In Mobile. It doesn't matter now. But we would take a positive posi tion on two points. Point 1—We do not believe that Mike Finn had any part in any of the activities, as charged, either the rough-neck tactics or the "friendly” overtures. Mike is not that kind of a sport. Point 2—Discussed in the follow ing chapter, which might be cap tioned: “The Fighting Dutchman.” THE ATLANTA TONIGHT, Wed. 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Atlanta. chase up the back of the neck to consider the »ta.lwart Dutchman, his broken club in last place, rallying his best pitcher, ehaklng up his bat tered line-up, offering battle to tho limit—with nothing to gain by It That victory helped Charley Frank not at all. It gained him bitter ene mies in the town that he calls hia Home Town. It had no bearing on the league race, 90 far as C. Frank was concerned. But Charley Frank went out there, and he fought as if for a gonfalon for himself. He won—and he did a big thing for baseball. That’s our position.