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c HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERTP.'N, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913. tones From Tennis Courts and Golf Course: thf- only thins a pitcher could u»c The year that Cummings discovered the curve he was playing with the Excelsior team of New York. He Rivinpton Bisland, in addition to bein',' the class of the Southern League in the short field this year, is a reliable, nervy bats man, particularly good in the pinches, and displays speed and headwork on the bases. Ilis sliding is well judged and tricky under all conditions. first used his bender against the Harvard University team and he proved the easy winner. The Har vard batters could do nothfng wTlh the new delivery. In 1870 Cummings gave the secret of the curve out for the first time and then only to one pitcher, Matthews, who was pitching for Baltimore. It later resulted that these two curve ball pitchers were traded and In 1872 they opposed each other on the mound. Although two years before Cummings gave Matthews the secret, the latter had not mastered It. in this one game he practiced it from start to finish and did fairly well. Curnmlngs won the game. Played on Many Teams. In 1872 Cummings played with the Mutuals of New York. The next season found him with the Baltimore team, and in 1874 he played with Philadelphia. The following year he went to Hartford. It was with Hartford that Cum mings had his best year and that season he won 69 games out of the 96 during the season. His curve hall was then working in wonderful fash ion and he was the talk of the base ball world. Mr. Cummings believes that the game has not changed much since his days, but states that the players have It much easier with their gloves. He also says there were more re strictions on the players in his days. He picks the New York Giants to win the world’s championship this season from the Athletics. B OSTON, Sept. 13.—Arthur Cum mings. the inventor of the curve ball, was an Interested specta tor at the Red Sox games last week. Mr. Cummings came to Boston from his home In Athol for the express purpose of meeting Joe Wood, in whom he is greatly interested. Al though a follower of baseball for more than half a century, Mr. Cum mings had never met the Red Sox star pitcher until last Wednesday. Cummings was a great pitcher back in the '70s. when a ball club carried but one regular pitcher and a relief man during a season of 96 games. He has never forgotten those days and he proved a great entertainer to the Red Sox players, telling stories of his days on the diamond. It was In 1867 that Cummings first discovered how to throw' a curve ball, and It was not for several years aft er that any other pitcher was able to master the art. Pitcher Was Nearer Plate. Back in his time a pitcher deliver ing the ball stood but 45 feet from home plate and was forced by rules to throw the ball from the level of his waist-line. Consequently It was a difficult task to put any "stuff” on the sphere. At that short distance It was also hard to get any contril. According to Mr. Cummings, weather conditions had to be with the twirier, or else it was impossible to throw a curve. If the wind was against the throw a curve was possible, but hurl ing with the wind a straight ball was Much of the Crackers’ suc cess in that last terrible drive depended on the cool, heady work of Chap- back of THE SOUTH’S NEW CHAMPS. IF YOU WANT TO WRITE ’EM. Wallace li. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., age 23. Joseph Conzelman, Puget Sound. Conn., age 21. Elliott Dent, Atlanta, Ga., age 25. Gilbert Price, Canton, Ohio, age 24. Carl Thompson Copper Hill, Tenn., age 23. John D. Vost«, Monticello. Ga., age 2L Houghton Hove, Meridian, Miss., age 19. Harry E. Chapman, Cincinnati, Ohio, age 23. Joseph E. Dunn, Springfield, Ohio, age 29 Joseph Agler, Beach City. Ohio, age 24. Rivlngton Bisland, Carnegie. Pa., age 24. Harry Holland, Atlanta, Ga.. age 20. Frank Manush. Louisville, Ky., age 27. Tnomns Long. Belden Springs, Ala., age 25. Harry Welchonce, Akron, Ohio, age 25. Albert Nixon, Atlantic City, N. J., age 20. Hitting, Running, Form Reversals Bumped Managers, and Other New Marks. man the wood, and his deadly throwing arm when opposing runners were threatening. f’T'VlE 1913 season of the Southern S League, or, more properly .‘•peaking. Southern Association, is no more. When Finis Wilson sent the Gulls down in sickening defeat before thousands of their home guard and bestowed upon the Crackers* sw'eaty brow the filet of victory, the race of 1913 had passed into history, and it went recorded as one of the most sensational and epoch-making which has ever been witnessed by Dixie fans. In spite of the sensational character of the ball Chat was staged, the sea son just passed has not been extreme ly successful financially for the league as a whole. None of the clubs are in distress, however. The failure of New Orleans and Memphis to remain in the race Is largely' responsible for the failure of the various clubs as a whole to come out on the light side of the ledger, as these two towns pulled down the attendance of the road clubs. Atlanta and Birmingham Cobb Would Have Been One Gorgeous Football Player made big money, the spurt of the Crackers and the attendance race be tween the two cities turning out the largest crowds in history. Records were smashed with a wan- top hand during the season just passed. Atlanta broke the attend ance record for the season and for a single game. Tommy Long, of the Crackers, broke the runs scored mark, and Harry Welchonce broke the league record for the number of hits made. Clayton Perry and "Del" Young, unwilling to have the Crack ers be the whole noise along the van dalism line, then came along and set up new records for consecutive hits, securing eleven bingleg in succession. The season just passed Is resulting In wholesale managerial changes, most of which have already been made. But three clubs will stand pat on their 1913 pilots, these being At lanta, Birmingham and Nashville Chattanooga will not retain Elber- feld, Bernhard will depart from Mem phis, Finn will leave Mobile, Dobbs will shake the dust of Montgomery from his feet, while Frank, In New Orleans, will retire to the presidency of the Pelicans and leave the Tabasco Kid in charge as playing manager. For sensations, upheavals and sur prises the reason of 1913 carries off the undisputed palm. The Baseball Fan ■ ■ ■- ■■ By THOMAS NUNAN ■ T N old times there were orators; •*■ Demosthenes, they say, Would fill his mouth with pebbles, then Talk clear across the bay. Ty Cobb may be a pretty nifty little baseball player, admits Dan McGugin, famous Michigan football star of other days and now coach at Vanderbilt, but oh! be would have been a humdinger on the football field McOugln has held firmly to this opin ion ever since that time Ty was at Nashville It seems that he was given the privilege of practicing one week with the Vanderbilt learn. He was a joke at first, says McGugin, but he didn't remain such very long He kept plugging away, observing what the others were doing and profit ing by mistakes. In four days he de veloped Into the hest drop kicker on the squad. By the end of the week there was not a man on his team whom Mc Gugin would not have traded for Cobh. Hard work and brains have made the Georgian the greatest baseball player, says McGugin, and the same qualities would have made him one of the best little old football stars that ever booted the pigskin. T N old times there were orators; Great Edmund Burke, hooray Could so control the Parliament He almost had his way. training farm for corpulent business men. Boston money Is to finance the enterprise, and J. B. Walcott, a Bos ton millionaire, is behind it. This is according to Bob. It’s a long time since the lanky freckled ex-champion has been heard from. Sunday afternoon a chic lit tle automobile stopped in front of the Hotel Knickerbocker, and on the back seat sat a man who was evi dently a prominent citizen. He wore a natty straw hat, a black and white checked suit, a white silk shirt and a blue knitted tie containing a scarf- pin in the form of a horseshoe, but containing Lincoln’s head. A very prosperous and not unusual looking New Yorker. It was Bob Fitzsim mons. Tf you didn’t believe it, you would notice a gold and diamond watch charm with "World’s Cham pion” upon it in big head iines. Here is something Jack Johnson ought to have, but Fitz retains It. “Yes. sir,” said Mr. Fitzsimmons, *Tm going to have a regular training farm where business men who are run down can gel in condition. Lots of people have been dissatisfied with Muldoon’s method?, but his was the only thorough place, so they would have to stand for It. "I believe in treating gents like gents, and I’ll get them to do just as much work as though I said, ‘Do this, you son of a gun. You won’t? ! Then take the first train out of here.' "Mr. Walcott, of Boston, is going to put up the capital, and we are go ing to erect the building on my farm in New Jersey. It’s going to be a swell place." Fitz Not Broke. "I heard you were broke.” said the reporter. *No, I ain’t broke." said Bob. "I got my farm and some money. I get along all right I don’t ask nothing old times there were orators Said Patrick Henry Clay: give me liberty or death!” Well? Someone that did sayl old times there were orators; As Daniel Webster said: will be mangled with the free Or mingled with the dead!”* •J old times there were orators Now, Samuel Shortridge, hs wise expostulation points His finger unto me. G'T’HOUGH olden times had orators. Says he; "since time began Was no one else so eloquent As is the baseball fan.” ♦The correctness of this quotation can not. bo guaranty somebody, somewhere, sometime, said something of that sort. Rush of Boxers to N. Y, Expected Soon j) Is it worth considering! ' With an immense line of -- handsome new fall wool- Em ens, ready for your in spection, we give you un limited choice of the house and guar antee you perfect fit and satisfaction. Fall Suits and Overcoats for which Here’s Yost Layout For This Season Princeton Coaches Must Develop Her Football Squad NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—unless an signs fail, there is going to be a rush for New York by all the best boxers in the near future. The announce ment that the Vernon Arena will close down for several months and the s?efi- rral agitation against boxing in Cali fornia are likely to cause'a stampede n this direction. Leach Cross and Johnny Dundee, the two New Yorkers, are now home ward bound, having concluded that there is nothing more to be gained In California for the present. From all accounts Cross was not sorry to , a ll off his bout with Dundee. The dentist-boxer came in for a mild roasting when he insisted upon set ting the weight for the match at 135 pounds. As Dundee is little more than a featherweight, it was felt that PRINCETON. N. J., Sept. 13.—Foot- ball practice has started at Princeton, | but the coaches are facing one of the most serious problems that ever con fronted men who are trying to evolve a championship team. It will be necmiaary to develop an al most entirely new squad, bh nearly all of the best men have giaduated from the university. Here's the loss among the linemen alone Arthur Rluethenthal. all Amer ican center; H. G. Andrews, one of the 1912 ends. W. G. Penfleld, tackle; W. J. Logan, all-American guard, and W. G. Wight, end. In addition to this heavy loss, Hhenk will be unable to play. This leaves only one veteran In the line, <1. F Phillips, a tacklo. The line will have to be built from the freshman squad mainly. Among the .other missing stars are Captain Pendleton, W. L. DeWitt and L O. Waller, all back field men. Both I >e- J Witt and Waller will be ineligible. The freshmen class will turn out some gr>c*l men. incuding Captain Semnmns at tackle, Heyniger at tackle, Larnberton | and Brown at tackle. Shea, law anti ! Glick as hacks 'I ne team will he built 1 around the captain, H. A. CHobey”) Baker. The field coaches this season are Ar- * thur Bluethenthal and H G. Andrews, succeeding T. A. Wilson and Ivogan , Cunningham. W. G. Penfleld will also act as coach. Other Tailors Charge $25 Felton Spurns Big Bid to Play Ball your indi vidual measure UNION MADE Mack Vainly Tries to Give Harvard Hurler $15,000 for Three Years. think. It’s that the others are so burn. "You know that Jeffries was doped j when he fought Johnson. Sure. I j know who did it. And I was doped , when 1 fought Jeffries, and I know i who did that. Lu'her McCarty was I poisoned. too. They gave him I cyanide. He’d have been dead in five i minutes if he hadn't gone Into the ring at all. Sure Thing ,Bettors. "The trouble with the modern fighting game is these sure thing bettors. They ain’t satisfied to lay a bet on the best man. They pick the long odds, take the worst man and make him win by handing doj>e to the other guy, If they can get him.” •Tell him the joke about William Morris, Fitz.” suggested a by stander. ‘ Didn’t yer ever hear about that?” ••uled Fitz. •It’s a long time since it happened If you want a high-grade, per feet-fit ting suit at a distinct saving of $10, come in. and after striving as he has never before done for any player, failed to gain the coveted star. This much-sought collegian Mack says would have made the greatest ex-college pitcher in the history ot the game. He is Samuel Felton, football and baseball star at Harvard for three years. Within the past month Mack of fered Felton a fiat contract of $15,000 for three years, offering to permit him to make his own terms and giv ing him the option of an uncondi tional release should he tire of pro fessional ball. Felton, who live.s at Haverford, Pa., comes of a wealthy family and does not have to play ball for a troft. Thorcas H. Bushnell. 1916. came to Michigan from Cleveland. Last year Bushnell played quarterback In the Pennsylvania game. He undoubtedly will he the varsity pivot man this sea son. He weighs about 166 pounds. E. F Hugnltt, 1916. made his letter last year as a backfield man. He is rather small, but fearless. He lives in Detroit. M. FI. Boyle, 1914, from Duluth, Minn., won hl*» "Si” last year playing In the backfield. Boyle weighs 160 pounds, and is an excellent man in carrying the ball through a broken field "GETTING ONTO” COURSE. BROOKLINE, MASS., Sept. 13.—A trio of Europe’s greatest golfing ■tar>. Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, of England, and Louis Telller, of France, have started to familiarize themselves with the peculiarities of the Brook line oCuntry Club links, where, on Wednesdav next, the American open championship golf tournament, in CLABBY BATTLES LOGAN. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.--Jim my Clabby. the Milwaukee middle weight, who has established him self as an important contender for the title by defeating Sailor Grande, has been matched to meet Frank Lo gan for ten rounds on Wednesday night before the West Oakland Club. On me turner’’ 75 PtACH 1 KEfc ST. Cor. Auburn Ave. tVOOL£N M/LLS Going Oi it After a Tall Foul; Harry C) lapman at Top Speed DISCOVERER OF CURVE MEETS JOE WOOD +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ CUMMINGS TELLS OF EARLY BASEBALL ‘7 he Best Shortstop’ Does a Fancy Slide to Third Base RECORDS FELL IN BASEBALL V