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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
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But Why Saddle Bill Smith With Results of Dissension in Finn land?
MEMPHIS PAPER SEEMS PEEVED AT GULLS’ DEFEAT
Joe Agler Holds Enemy to 15 Hits in Great Pitching Duel in Benefit Game
WEALTH OF FEATURES DISPLAVED FOR 2,000 FANS
By O. B. Keeler.
T HE Anal appearance of the
Champions of 1913 at Ponce
DeLeon ~ the much - heralded
benefit game—offered a couple of
thousand fans, among other things
a great pitching duel between Joe
Agler, sport writer, expert first-sack,
er. and fork-hand pitcher (some
times) and John D. Rockefeller Voss.
Joe’s performance was especially
notable.' He let the opposition down
with only fifteen hits. Joe’s support,
while brilliant and gilt-edged, wob
bled slightly, however, and several of
the seven errors might be said to
have had something to do with the
ten runs made by the enemy.
t i 11, Joe’s performance \v a s
notable.
♦ • •
TV 1 R- VOSS also was hit rather fre-
quentlv. particularly by Mr. Ag
ler, his slab opponent. If all Mr.
Voss’ enemies had made a* many
hits as Mr. Agler, Mr. Voss would
have yielded n total of 45, which
would come near being a record for
modern baseball.
Mr. Voss’ support, however, was
•omewhat off. It only complied six
errors, as against seven by the Bin-
lands.
In the matter of runs, which was
of a somewhat secondary considera
tion, the W. Smith pitcher suffered
only six tallies to be extracted from
his system, evidently partaking of
some of hie famous namesake’s pro
clivities.
* * •
CO the Wallop Smiths won the game,
^ and Manager Billy Smith played
center field with much eclat and a
regular put-out, besides showing a
remarkable whip and a couple of hits,
Just to prove he was still there.
• • •
f^HAPMAN was suffering from a
strained back, so he umpired.
Once in a while he got the sema
phores crossed in the matter of balls
and strikes, and once he called George
Winter safe with one hand and out
with the other, so that the unfor
tunate G?orge could not possibly have
followed directions without being
twin*
But Chappy had a noble voice and
a determined air. besides a supply
of baseballs, and there were not more
than forty protests on his decisions
in any one inning.
* * *
CPEAKTNG of G. Winter*, that re-
^ doubtable veteran slammed one
beautiful home run up the side of
the Red Mountain in right field, pull
ing up safely at second just ahead of
Carl Thompson's three-furlong peg
George ran after several hits in his
ward, too. and Goat Holliday was
there to make the relay.
• • *
I N addition to a fine curve ball, Joe
Agler showed a disposition to
catch fouls* back, of the plate Once
he ran in nearly to the grandstand
end took a high pop to gfeat ap
plause by Mr. Wahoo, who was catch
ing.
• • •
POIINT CASTRO played shortstop
for the victorious team. His bat
ting was a feature of the struggle,
he being the only man invthe line-up
not making ut least one nit off Joe
The Count was Indeed playing In
tough luck, but he hit the pill every
time up, and It was not his fault if
some loafer should be hanging around
where he couldn’t get out of the way
of It.
After the game, the Count was re
quested for some expert explana-
tlon of his neglect to hit where they
weren’t.
Crisp Weather Makes j Grant-Ramspeck
Fast Play in A. A. C. In Brilliant Match
Golf Tournament In 3d Tennis Round
One record -the speed record—bids
fair to he broken in the annual golf
championship gf the Atlanta Athletic
Club being stayed at East l*ke this
week. The cool, crisp weather has
had its effect on the play, and yes
terday afternoon found both the first
and second rounds in all flights com
pleted, and the pairings narrowed
down to the third round.
Flay was uniformly good, as well
as rapid. A number of matches re
quired extra holes to decide them,
though the first flight contests were
rather lop-sided. W. R. Tichenor, C.
V. Rainwater and R. G. Blanton ire
among the survivors In the first flight,
with Hamilton Block, Lowry Arnold
and C. E. Corwin eliminated. y
Following are the results:
First Flight—First Round.
J. L. Graves defeated J- L. Derr, 5
up and 4 to play.
C. V’. Rainwater uefeated R. A.
Richards hv default.
W. R. Tichenor defeated E.
Winston, 6 up and 5 to play.
First FliH.t—Second Bound.
C. V. Rainwater defeated Lowry
Arnold, 2 u /und 1 to play.
\Y. R. Tichenor defeated C. E. Cor
win. 4 tip and 2 to Olay.
R. G. Blanton defeated H. Block, 3
up and 1 to play.
Second Flight—First Round.
C. It. Mott defeated A. A. Doonan, 2
up.
Second Flight—Second Round.
Perry Adair defeated S. C. Wil
liams. 7 up and 6 to play.
G. N. Howell defeated R. E. Trippe,
3 up. 19 holes.
Frank Adair defeated C. B Mott, 6
up and 5 to r*lay.
Third Flight—First Round.
H. M. Ashe defeated Clark Don
aldson. 4 un ar.d 3 to play.
Third Flight—Second Round.
W. C. Warren defeated D. R. Hen
ry, 6 up and 5 to play.
W. Markham defeated R. J. Morris,
6 up and 5 to nlav.
H M. \she defeated Scott Hudson.
1 up. 19 holes.
Winter Alfred defeated E. H. Bar
nett. 1 up.
Fourth Flioht—Fir-* Round.
W B S« abrook defeated C M. Nin-
ninger. 4 up and 3 to play.
Fourth FB-ht—Second Round.
E D. Richardson defeated W. B.
( Seabrook, 5 up and 3 to play.
The fireworks began on the East
I Lake tennis courts yesterday after-
j noon, where the third round of play
i in the Cotton States tourney, held
! by the Atlanta Athletic Club, was in
progress. 4
The toughest struggles of the aft-
I emoon, and the most brilliant match,
i was that In which Carl Ramspeck
I was eliminated from the list by
i Bryan Grant, In a desperate match
I that required all three sets, one of
j them a long deuce affair, to settle it.
Carleton Smith kept easily on his
way, winning his match in the sec
ond round ancf again in the third
round by comparatively soft scores.
Darkness put an end to the doubles
match between Mansfield and Smith
and Carter and Grant, Interrupting
a grand struggles after the first set,
which went to the farmer. 8—6.
The semi-finals in singles will be
played this afternoon.
Following are yesterday’s results:
Singles.
(Second Round.)
EX S. Mansfield defeated EX W.
Ramspeck, 6—1, 8—6.
Vernon McMillan defeated R. B.
Scott. 6—4, 6--1.
E. D. Cintz defeated Frank Owens,
6—2. 6—4.
Carleton Sieith defeated M. O.
Tupper. 6—1, 6—2.
(Third Round.)
Ed Carter defeated D. H. Starr.
6—0, 6—1.
B. M. Grant defeated C. M. Ram
speck. 6—4, 8—10, 6—4.
Carleton Smith defeated E. D.
Cintz. 6—1, 6—2.
Doubles.
(Second Round.)
Whiteside and Smith defeated Al
bert and Reynolds bv default.
(Third Round.)
Ramspeck and Orr defeated Lee
Douglas and Smith, 6—4, 6—0.
Men’s Consolation Single*,
(Second Round.)
J K. Orr defeated C. A, Raw son.
6—0, 6—0,
The Count declined. That is. his
explanation was entirely too heavy
for the proofreader to handle.
• • *
X/jANAGER BILLY SMITH added
to hirf reputation as a speech-
maker, started at the recent dinner
given the ball club at the Capital
City Club.
The eruption took place at the start
of the sixth inning, and was brief,
well worded, and to the point.
“On behalf of the boys," said Bill,
"I want to thank you fans for all
you have done for the club this sea
son. You have stood by us from start
to finish, and every man on the club
appreciates your support and thanks
you from the bottom of his heart.
And it is my earnest hope and prayer
that we see you all again, when the
season of 1914 rolls around.”
Great applause.
Bill unquestionably was there with
the oratory, and you could tell by the
way he said It that it was something
more substantial than hot air.
• • •
CAM WOODWARD and Charley
^ Wahoo completed the list of rook
ies for the game, and each distin
guished himself by a triple. Charley,
in addition, rushed the football sea
son a trifle and fell on the ball after
getting hold of a wild peg from some
where in the outskirts. He sat on
the ball quite a while, but it declined
to hatch.
• • •
OAT HOLLIDAY, a candidate for
Joe .pier's job at first, played
a nice game. His bright particular
stunt was circling the bases on a
single, an error by Thompson and
another by Wahoo.
• • •
WALLOP SMITH established a
™ new benefit game record for
put-opts. He had eleven in the of
ficial score, consisting largely of pop
flies.
• • •
C*‘ it was a great game, and the
^ fans did their part nobly, turn
ing oat as if to a regular game—a
tremendous improvement on the usual
style in benefit contests About 2.000
were at the game, and a good many
who couldn’t go bought tickets. So
it was a pretty substantial token of
appreciation for the boys.
• • •
*"pHE sun was getting low as Voss
4 took Bisland’s bounder and
tossed out the Best Shortstop in the
World. There was a crisp breeze,
and It carried the tang of autumn.
A hint of gold that was not of the
low s»un's rays touched the trees in
the distance outside the great park.
And the fans were sort of quiet
as they filed out.
* The baseball season of 1913 was
over.
By O. B. Keeler.
O UR old friend. The Memphis
News-Scimitar, comments in
its always breezy and enter
taining manner on the untoward end
ing of the late campaign generaled by
the Hon. Mique Finn, of Gullville, and
lays the brodie of the smiling Irish
man to that well-known cause, dis
sension.
Far be It from us, living at this
distance from the seat of the alleged
war, to go Into any authentic dis
cussion of Mike’s relations with the
president, directors, stockholders,
board of governors, entertainment
committee, groundkeeper and bat-
boy of his ex-club.
Frankly, we don’t pretend to know
anything about it.
* • •
p UT The N.-S. writer appears to
have a whole snootful of inside
information.
He even rakes up old scores in the
incident of a Certain Director of the
Gulls, who is said, several years ago,
to have risen majestically in his box
i and bellowed raucous instructions to
the perspiring manager concerning
the removal of a fluttering slabman.
That was indeed sad.
But It is not understood that the
incident had any particular bearing
on the gonfalon chase of 1913, ex
cept as illustrating the sort of stuff
Mike was up against.
• * *
^RANTING our News-Scimmetrical
w friend to be correctly primed, we
sympathize deeply with Mr. Finn in
his struggles with a meddlesome
ownership.
That is one of the toughest things
in baseball.
It must be discouraging to a man
ager to lead his cohorts out on the
ball field with no Idea whether Cavet
or Hogg is to pitch, or If Schmidt
is to toil back of the wood or in
center field, because the Instructions
from headquarters have been delayed
in transit.
We remark again, it is indeed sad.
ETven tough.
• • •
D T !T it occurs to us as being faint-
ly in order to protest mildly and
amiably against Mr. News* Battle-Ax's
evident Implication that Billy Smith’s
laurels are anywise tarnished as a
consequence of the managerial sor
rows of Mr. Finn.
• • 4
I T may possibly be recalled that Mr.
Smith had a trouble or two of his
own.
Not of the directorial brand, cer
tainly. The Atlanta owners and di
rectors gave Mr. Smith (‘arte blanche,
which is Gaelic for full swing, both
in the matter of new hands and man
agement.
That much is admitted cheerily.
But. there was rather more than a
trifle of tough luck in the behavior
of Mr. Alperman’s vermiform appen
dix. right at the critical juncture. And
Mr. Bailey’s ribs gave way at pre
cisely the same time. And Mr. Calvo
proved of low-grade filler Instead of
straight Havana, besides breaking a
wing. And Mr. Chapman turned an
ankle wrong-side out. Ana Mr. Dent’s
digestion suddenly gave way. And
Mr. Long was out with a congested
lung for several days.
And some other things.
All in the last drive to the wire.
• * •
W HICH little alibis never would
have seen the light of day, in
view of the happy ending of the
crool war, had it not been for the
added luster thev shed on the last
drive of Mr. Billy Smith, and (just
I T also is suggested that kindly and
beneficent umpiring aided the
Crackers to trim the Memphis club
in the final series here, and also cut
into the Mobile series.
And the Turtles’ official organ even
makes uae of that pessimistic term,
“outside influence."
Putting it with all the fairness and
candor the typewriter will stand, it
sticks in our craw that the umpiring
might be called a number of other
Crackers Leave for Knoxville
-Fe-F *I*e*F •£•••!•
Players Pull Down $150 Apiece
W ILLIAM ANDREW 9MJTH
and the champion Crackers
of 1913 departed from Atlan
ta at 7 o’clock this morning on the
way to Knoxville, where they are
scheduled to play three games with
the Appalachian League club of that
city, beginning to-day.
Price, Dent and Thompson will
pitch the series, and it is expected
that the champs, with nearly their
full power in the line-up, will have
an easy time with the minor leaguers.
The net results from the benefit
game and sundry’ subscriptions to
taled about $2,500, to be ^divided
among the members of the club, so
that each man received about $150 as
his share. The boys expressed much
satisfaction at the way they had b«een
treated In Atlanta, and spoke of their
prospects of returning next year with
lively anticipation.
CHANGE
Suburban Schedule
Central of Georgia
Railway
Effective September 14. suburban
train No. 108 will leave Atlanta 6:15
p. m instead of 6:10 p. m. Arrive
Jonesboro 7:15 p. m. Adv.
Murray, the French right fielder, yes
terday demonstrated that his title of
“the best throwers in the National
League, - ’ is no misnomer, by throwing
out at first base two Pirates who had
cleanly hit Into his district.
* * *
The Dodgers with Rucker in the box
took the opening game of the final
series from the Cubs yesterday.
* * •
Meyers, of the Giants, continues to
convince the populace that his month’s
lay-off did not affect bis batting eye.
He whanged out two doubles yester
day.
* * •
Hans Wagner, the aged shortstop of
the Pirates, may be slowing up as a ball
player, but it wasn’t especially noticea
ble yesterday. Hans quit the day with
a batting average of .500 and a fielding
average of 1.000, accepting nine difficult
chances without the semblance of a
foozle.
• • *
Ty Cobb yesterday made a slight gain
on Joe Jackson, the leading batter
of the American league, annexing two
hits out of four attempts, while the Nap
clubber got only one out of four times.
• * •
The “lucky seventh" figured in the
Red Sox victory over the Tigers yes
terday. the Boston boys driving in two
runs which put the game on ice.
* • •
The Reds touched up “Hub” Perdue
for five runs In the first inning of yes
terday’s game, which were enough to
give them the battle, although the
Braves made a nice rally later in the
fray.
• * m
Once again the Naps had a chance to
cut down the lead of the Athletics and
once again the Naps spurned it. The
White Sox administered a beating to
the leading Philadelphians, whereupon
the Naps proceeded to drop another
game to the Senators.
• • •
Cleveland's chances of winning the
pennant this year may now he looked
upon as about a 50 to 1 shot. The Naps
have but 19 games to plav and are six’
games behind the Athletics. To grab
off the flag the Nans, just now playing
a poor game of ball, must win all of
their remaining games, while the Ath
letics can afford to drop six and still
win out.
• • •
Miller Huggins, manager of the Car
dinals, has been given assurance by
the owners that he will be at the head
of the team again next year. The own-
ers think that Huggins, with the ma-
terlal in hand, has done remarkably
well this season.
• • • •
The Giants got away to a nice start
on their final Western invasion which
will settle the pennant race in the old
league by trouncing the Pirates in
rather easy fashion.
• • *
The Phillies skidded still further away
from fulfillment of their pennant dreams
yesterday by losing out to the Cardinals
in a ten-inning pitching duel between
Eppa .leppa Rixey, the spire-like, and
Doak. a 1913 recruit of the Cardinals.
• * •
The Browns turned a mean trick on
the Yanks yesterday. They permitted
the New Yorkers to get a five-run lead,
which made the New Yorkers gleeful as
a victory yesterday ^vould just about
have lifted them out of last place in
the American league. And then the
Browns in the final four innings, batted
out eight run*, giving them the game.
YALE IS GOLF CHAMPION.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 11.—Yale
University won the intercollegiate
team golf championship by defeating
Williams College in the final round
on the Huntingdon Valley Country
Club links at Noble by six matches to
four.
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things rather than kindly and benefit
cent.
And that goe* for the home club,
and the visitors.
The umpiring in the series men-^
tioned was uncertain.
That was the worst of 1t. A calm
reflection, with the reverberation* of
recent strife dying in the distance,
stirs up no flagrant example of either
club getting a decisive advantage by
maladministration of Justice.
H. and by the way—Mr. Ftnn is
reported to be going to Memphis
next season"to manage the Turtles.
That is a consoling thought; a o.o,
of Balm in Gilead for the raw places
left in our memory by the mistreat
ment of Mr. Finn by the directorate
of the Gulla
We feel comfortingly certain that
The News-Scimitar will hang, like
the well-known Can-Opener of Da
mocles, over any attempt by the Pow
ers to hamper Mr. Finn In the exer
cise of his managerial function.
And optimism must prevail.
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