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Copyright, 1913. International News Service
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FUZZY WOODRUFF PICKS ALL SOUTHERN TEAM FOR 1913
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
T HE shouting and the tumult h&v.
ing died in approved fashion,
it Is now incumbent for the
pallbearers to don their white gloves,
the mourners to remark on the Anal
converration with the late lamented
and the undertaker to look forlorn as
he smiles iriwardly 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 beta and
a date engraved 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.
• • •
D fiOKIbflG an All-Southern team is
1 considerably easier this year
than it has been for several seasons
pas* The standard of the organi
sation was raised considerably in
1*13. and a fine cohort of regular
hall players were developed. They
rover each position and stand out
In as noticeable has relief as the eagle
does on. a new-milled Iron dollar
Beginning with the behind-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 portion.
The men who have had major league
experience were undoubtedly the most
valuable In the South this year.
• • •
C 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 Senator and the
quondam Tiger back to their old big
ten! effectiveness.
But one other catcher in the league
topapared with them and he is Harry
Chapman, the youthful Cracker bark-
stopper. Chapman undoubtedly has
t 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 bulls, and this undoubtedly
caused much of the weakening of
the Cracker pitchers In late innings
»nd their general tendency toward
vildne.se
Street and Schmidt are both excel
lent generals, great receivers, ex
cellent peggem Both hit hard and
opportunely. They should be given
he 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; Flmer Brown
of Montgomery, Bill Prough, of the
Barons; "Pug” Cavet, of the Gulls,
and Elliott Dent, of the Crackers.
Here are three right-handers and
I, an ideal pitching
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 (Bimingham)
.... Right Field
combination No one can question
their effectiveness.
There were other good pitcher*
working down in these parts, notably
Gil 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 seem 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 runs a favorable sec
ond. but not even the most rabid
Mobillan could class the Gull guar
dian of the first cushion with the sen
sational southpaw of the Crackers.
• • •
C LYDE WARES' great baserunning
ability, hJs pinch hitting and
steady fielding give him the keystone
from a rather ordinary field. The
Montgomery player aeema more val
uable than Charley Starr, of the Gulls,
and Lil Marcan, of the Barons, the
only other serious contenders.
• • •
A T shortstop, there is no question
^ for a second. Rivington Bisland
is not only the best stortstop in the
Southern League this season, but is
very probably the best shortstop thaf
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* des* rv. a
honorable mention, as does Roy El-
lam. of the Barons, and Cotton
Kn&upp. who showed a revival of
form after Joining John Dobbs’ outfit
V * •
’“THIRD base shows a lack of mate-
A rial. There was really no high-
class regular performer there this
season Old Bill divert, 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 Elberfeld, the
scrappy Lookout manager. Elber
feld played third as well as 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 thlrd-sacker.
IN the outfield, two positions are
* given by a unanimous vote.
Davy Robert sit n, 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,
Baerwald, of Memphis. Any of these
would be acceptable. But Bob Mes
senger, of Birmingham, gets the
honor. Messenger is i»erhaps th6
fastest man in the league. He Is 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 so near a .300
clip that he might be put in that
select company, and he is 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 has 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 Cavet. It’s true that the
experience of some of them has been
brief, but they’ve been up there and
will go again.
Street starred for years with Wash
ington. while Schmidt was perform-
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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 Dent 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. Bisland was
with Pittsburg for a while, but in
asmuch as it was his 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, this has been
the veterans’ big year.
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Can You Figure Good Old Mike Finn Mixed Up in Any Shady Tactics?
C. FRANK MAKES RAW CHARGES AGAINST MOBILE FANS
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-
ney Lichtenstein, manager of Carl
Morria Flynn agTeed to meet Morris
and It le probable the match will bo
closed to-day.
Flynn Is anxious to box Morris in
Kansas City, where he defeated A1
Kaufm&nn in 1911.
By 0. B. Keeler.
S EEMS «iort 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 r . Pinch 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.
* * *
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 politic*
* • •
A ND this leads up to the REAL
THING 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 things
about Mobile and Mobile fans.
• • •
T7VTDENTLY the Dutchman Is pret-
ty sore—or else he has been gen
erously misquoted.
He says that every sort of efTort
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-
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Graves and Richards Clash
Fraternity Will Not
Take in Federalists
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.—Persistent
reports that th« Baseball Players* Fra
ternity was about to become allied
with the Federal League were set at
res* by a statement by David L. Fult*
president of the fraternity. Fulta de
clared his organization would make
no alliance with any faction whatver
in the baseball world.
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T HE 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 match race. There will
be 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-brew
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 he designated the southern motorcycle
champion.
Here is to-night’s program:,
SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS—(Heats 1 mile, finals 2 milea. 25
points for first, 15 for second and 10 for third.)
First Heat—Lockner, l^wis, Glenn and Graves.
Second Heat—Rene], Lnther, 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. Lnther and
Ren el. <
Second Heat—Special match race (2 miles.)
Second Heat—Sweepstakes (5 miles.)
Third Heat—Sweepstakes (7 miles.)
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TWO FAST TRAINS
Lv. 7:12AM., 5:10 PM.
pecially the Sunday game, on which
all depended.
Frank is quoted as saying that
there was a consistent effort made,
on the field 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.
• • •
T HAT ie 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.
• • •
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.” «
* • *
T HIS for the Fighting Dutchman.
Let's get it in the record that
Charley Frank did one grand turn
for clean baseball when he sent his
men out on Monroe Field Sunday
afternoon to win that ball game at
any cost.
It Is a thing to make the prickles
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PlANTENS_ )R b ' l a.ck
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chase up the back of the neck to
consider the stalwart Dutchman, his
broken club In last place, rallying
hie best pitcher, shaking up his bat
tered line-up. offering battle to the
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 his
Home Town. It had no bearing on
the league race, so 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.
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