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TTTF' ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE OTHER FUGITIVE
By Tad
Copyright, 1913, International News
Service.
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Figures Won't Lie, but They Will Lead You a Merry Dance in Baseball
EVER CALCULATE HOW THEY DO WHEN THEY DON’T ?
By 0. B. Keeler.
T has been a long time since some
body first came forward with that
cheerful maxim to the effect that
gurea do not lie.
Probably it was true, then
But It is equally probable that
aseball wasn't invented, or. at any
ite, played extensively at that time.
Which isn't by way of saying Og
res prevaricate, even now. and even
jnnected with baseball
But they do some funny things,
hen applied to baseball. And if the
ent who got up that aforesaid
iaxlm ever had conned baseball sta-
etics to any extent, he would very
kely have hooked a little explana-
>ry note onto his train of thought,
> wit: , ,
“Figures won't lie. but baseball
gures will argue you out of it.”
• * •
) NE game of solitaire that beats
Canfield is to take a set of base-
ill statistics and try to figure out
■om it whv this team won the pen-
ant, or why that team didn't, and
) on. , ,
Dick Jemieon, who easily ranks A -.
mong baseball statisticians in the
outh. has compiled a page of dope
P the recently closed Southern
eague race And that, page might he
■rmed justly a romance in figures.
It is intensely interesting and if
ill aren't careful, you will be bolding
,ur head with both hands and rim
ing around in diminishing circles,
wing to account for some of the
lings you KNOW happened in the
te struggle.
• * •
* LANCING at the team batting «v-
j erases it is noted that Atlanta
qq oi points ahead of the nearest
impotltor Mobile, in the matter of
Itting. Also. Atlanta scored .1 more
ms than Mobile.
Rut it is recalled that Atlanta fin-
hed a scant half-game to the front
r the Gulls—and the qu«?®tionjmme-
lately presents itself, “Why.
• * •
—HP first reasonable answer that
suggests itself is I hat the Crack
's' fielding must have been somc-
ling frightful, to permit such a close
nlsh with so great an advantage
i hitting and run getting.
But the table shows the Gulls fleljj-
' only three points better than the
rackers—a tiny margin that might
tsily be explained by the Atlanta
ub going after more chances and
arder ones, as the table also indi
go help there—the Crackers ought
. have romped home under wraps.
• • •
t XD to make things w orse. Bill
V Smith's men led in that impor-
,nt art sacrificing, and hammered
ball out for the greatest number
■ extra bases.
Mobile did show a reason for being
ell up In the number of stolen
a*s. topping Atlanta. 2701 to 186.
,j t It would have been a giddv mer-
.go-round of base-running indeed
, make un the advantage gained in
[tting and slugging and sacrificing
. shown on the Crackers side of the
A ND you can work up a similar row
about the relative position of
every team In the league, or in any
league.
You recall the marvelous perform
ance of the White Sox in 1906—the
“Hitless Wonders,” who won a pen
nant handily while batting at the cy
clonic clip of less than .230. at the
very foot of the league list in team
hitting?
And then they beat the Cube—and
their batting in that fateful series, if
we recall it correctly, was about .191.
What do you think about that?
* • •
A BOUT the only club in the South
ern League that traveled accord
ing to the figures was New Orleans.
The luckless Pels batted in last
place, and fielded in last place—and
finished in last place.
But those same Pels gave the
(’rackers a mighty boost in time of
need, and there’s no call to rub any
thing Into them, either figuratively
or otherwise.
THAT dope sheet of Dick Jemison's
A is an interesting thing—and it
does inspire one with a huge respect
for the quaint and almost lawless
workings of presumably cold and un
sympathetic figures, when applied to
the National Game.
Figures won’t He. maybe—but they
will talk you out of it, when it comes
to baseball.
• • •
TTlE report persists that “Circus
* Solly" Hofman, who finished the
season with Nashville, will go to the
New York Yanks next season.
In 57 games. Artie batted for an
average of .285, which is easily his
regular speed—and. as is not gen
erally known, most hitters of real
worth will bat as well or better in
the big show as they do In Class A
company.
At any rate, it was not Solly’s hit
ting but his legs that got him in
wrong with Fred Clarke at Pitts
burg. It is said the ex-Cub’s under
pinning now has recovered its wonted
snap, and that he is fit for regular
gardening.
And “Circus Solly’’ does want to
play for Frank Chance and the New
York Yanks. In the old days, when
Chance was the “Peerless Leader"
of t'ne Cubs, Solly was one of the
P. L.’s most trusted players and
warmest friends, and the friendship
has outlived the disconnection of both
with the once-famous Cub machine.
* * •
O UR personal thanks to Mr. Jemi-
son for his kind words and par.
ticularly for his sportsmanlike ex
pression of the spirit existing among
Atlanta baseball fans and Atlanta
baseball writers. It is our firm be
lief that, no matter which of them
is doing the official scoring, visiting
players and visiting clubs will always
get a square deal In this town. OR
A LITTLE EDGE, if the situation is
tight.
Atlanta doesn’t want. AND
DOESN’T NERD, anything not won
in the open.
May Place J, Coombs
In a Plaster Cast
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 15.—Jack
Coombs, star slabman on the Ath
letic team, is out of the world’s se
ries. Jack to-day is in the University
Hospital of this city. Muscles of the
pitcher’s hack, weakened by a recent
attack of typhoid fever, physicians
say, were unable to stand the strain
in his attempt to work into condition,
and it is said he may be placed in a
plaster cast for several weeks.
Iselin Member of Cup
Defender Committee
NEWPORT, R. I , Sept. 15.—Colonel
Oliver Iselin, millionaire sportsman, tol
day became a member of the syndicate
which commissioned Nat Herreshoff to
build the yacht that will defend the
America's cup against Sir Thomas Lip-
ton’s challenger.
Lookouts Get Mike
Balenti From Browns
CHATTANOOGA. TBNN., Sept. 16.
President Andrews of the Chatta
nooga Club announced from Cincin
nati to-day the purchase of Mike
Balenti from the St. Louis Browns.
The Indain shortstop was a Lookout
in 1912, and was drafted by the
Browns last fall.
TO ACT ON PROTESTED GAME.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 15. -The directors
of the National League will meet here
Tuesday and take up the Giants’ protest
against President Lynch's action In
awarding the protested New York Phila
delphia game, played August 30, to the
Phillies.
The Phillies gained a full game on the
Giants yesterday by winning from the
Reds while the New Yorkers were be
ing coated with whitewash by the Cubs.
• * •
The Giants yesterday established a
season’s record by garnering 14 hits
and getting men on base through errors,
yet falling to score a run. Eleven Giants
were left stranded on bases for the lack
of a timely hit. while the rest perished
trying to beat Jimmy Archer s throws
to second.
• * •
The Dodgers end Cardinals staged a
burlesque game yesterday, which finally
ended In a victory’ for the Cardinals,
the victory being made possible by two
errors by Yingling. the Dodgers’ pitch
er who w’ent into the box in the ninth
and booted the two easy chances that
cam* his way.
• • •
Judged by the present showing of both
clubs. If the Giants and Athletics were
to go Into the world’*? series fight now,
the New Yorkers would he topheavy fa
vorites in the betting. The Giaat hat
ters have recovered from their slump,
the fielding has perked up considerably
and the pitchers are whizzing along in
nice form.
• • *
With the Athletics, however the club
bing slump continues. The $100,000 infield
continues to wabble and the pitchers
are hurling In-and-out games. Bender
and Plank, who with Coombs did the
work for the Athletics in the 1911
world’s series battles, can not seem to
get back Into their stride and the young
twirlers are unable to pitch consistent
ball with indifferent support.
• • •
However Connie Mack doesn't seem
to worry—-for publication at least. Con
nie has an idea that his team will round
into world’s series form before October
comes around and give the Giants the
battle of their lives
* • •
The Yankees are hopeful of emerging
from the collar position in the Ameri-
i true to-4a> They'are now only
three points in the rear of the Browna
“Once we gpt out wefll stay out,’’ de
clares Manager Chance
Chance, by the w«o, expects great
things of his team next year The ad
dition of ap almost new infield and sev
eral outfield recruits who look “good’
make Chance feel that his team will he
able to rumble along In the first division
next year.
* • *
The Naps are mighty glad that they
will have no more games with the Sen
ators this year The Washington ag
gregation. which always has “Jinxed"
the Clevelanders, took fifteen out of
twenty-two games staged with the Naps.
W, K. Vanderbilt Into
Savannah Cup Row
SAVANNAH, Sept. 15.—William K.
Vanderbilt, the "Father of the Vander
bilt Cup." was drawn to-day Into the
fight between the Savannah Automobile
Association and the racing motorists, the
result of which will determine whether
the cup and grand prize races will be
held at Savannah next November.
President Harvey Granger conferred
with him in New York to-day and sent
an optimistic telegram to Savannah.
Mr. Vdnderbilt agrees with Mr. Gran
ger that the association should not re
turn the entrance fees or pay the freight
on racing entries. He will at once con
sult with the automobile manufacturers.
BINGHAMTON WINS PENNANT.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. f Sept 15 —
The local baseball club won the pen
nant In the New York State. League
with 84 victories and 53 defeats The
Wllkeabarre. l‘a . club finished second,
with 84 victories and 66 defeats.
$10,000 CHESS DONATION.
HAVANA, Sept. 15. The city author
ities have promised to donate $10,000
for prize purposes in case the Inter
national chess tourney is played here
next winter.
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IN THE FALL.
Of all tad word* a fan can hear
The worst are: "Watch our smoke
next year
At this writing Qeorge Stovall is
the most popular baseball player in
St. Louis. This is because he is no
longer a member of the Browns.
Jim Flynn announce* that he still is
in the fight game, but It is hard to
believe it after watching him in the
ring.
George Stovall is on the market.
He is charged with being a regular
ball player, which is an unpardonable
crime in St. Louis.
If you had your choice between
holding a Government Job In Mexico
and being a manager In the American
League, what would you do? That’s
Just what we thought.
EPITAPH.
Here lie* a motorcyclist bold whose
soul has wandered hence.
He was a wild and daring youth, but
hadn't any sense.
A motorbike was never built to jump
a picket fence.
The report that the Disturber has
arrove in England does not necessar
ily mean that Sylvia Pankhurst has
returned to her native heath.
“America,” says a British expert,
“will one day excel in golf as in other
athletic sports.” To say nothing of
chess and other athletic sports.
A chunk of bone weighing 500
pounds has been unearthed in the
wilds of Maine. This shows that pre
historic man played baseball.
A scribe in the East informs us that
Bob Fitzsimmons hasn't a gray hair
on his head. He neglects to mention
♦ hat Mr. Fitzsimmons hasn’t a brown
hair, or a black hair, or a pink hair,
or a blue hair, or a green hair, or a
mauve hair, or a hair of any race,
color, creed or previous condition of
servitude. Aside from that he re
sembles Paderewski.
Ping Bodie is busy reciting those
famous lines by Coleridge: 7 ‘Lager,
lager everywhere, but H20 to drink.”
BODIE SINGS AGAIN.
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And / will drink with mine.
Hut not the foaming stuff that lies
W ithin a cooling stein.
Like nectar from Olympus tossed,
It is a drink divine.
Hut what a single stein has cost
Would buy a vat of wine.
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Tremendous Driving Power Marks Play of Club's New Golfing Champion
ADAIR DEFEATS BLANTON FOR A. A. C. TITLE
G eorge w. adair i* the golfing
champion of the Atlanta Ath
letic Flub for the season of
1913—one of the best golfing seasons,
by the way. the club ever has enjoyed.
Mr. Adair, playing a spectacular
brand of golf, won the final match
from R. G. Blanton, 6 up and 4 to
play, In 36 holes of excellent golf,
under weather conditions not partic
ularly favorable to consistent play.
The final match began with a good-
sized gallery following the morning
round. Blanton wns playing his usual
Moran Coward, Says
Manager of Smith
NEW YORK. Fept 15 —Jim Buck-
ley, manager of Gunboat Smith, the
“white hope destroyer,’’ to-day openly
accused Frank Moran, conqueror of Al
Palzer and a number of other “white
hopes,” of cowardice.
“Moran roared around about wanting
a fight with Gunboat,” declared Buckley.
“We agreed to give him a fight next
Friday night and were ready to post
our forfeit of $1,000. As soon as he
knew we meant business Moran backed
out.”
Bat Nelson Says
He Has Quit Game
SEATTLE. WASH., Sept. 15 Battling
Nelson, perhaps the greatest light
weight fighter who ever lived, has an
nounced that he has hung up the gloves
that brought him fame and victory and
never will don them again
Bat declares he is through wlih the
fighting game for all time, “and this
ain’t no Patti farewell, neither; it’s a
real so-Iong "
KILBANE BATTLES WALSH.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Sept. 15 Ac
companied by his manager. Jimmy
I •unu, Featherweight Champion Johnny
Kllbane to-day is heading for Boston,
where he will meet Jimmy Walsh, of
that city, in a twelve-round bout to
morrow night. Kilbane expressed confi
dence In his ability to defeat Walsh
ATLANTA REAL ESTATE Is increa*
ing In value dally. Many bargains are
offered In th« Real Estate columns of
the “Want Ad” section of The Georgian.
WOULD YOU BUY a good automobile
cheat/.’ The automobile columns of
the “want Ad" section tarry a list of
automobiles and accessories.
steady game, while Adair, right at the
start, showed promise of some ex
traordinary driving, which was fully
realized as the play progressed.
Playing full Into a strong east wind,
the coming champion laid a second
shot on No. 2 green and sank his sec
ond put for a 4, the par rating of that
hole being 4 1-2. On the eighth hole
Adair's drive was weji over 300 yards,
being almost in the second trap.
Once or twice this tremendous driv
ing power got the winner Into trouble,
but far more often it put him in posi
tion for an easy pitch shot to the
green, while his opponent, forced to
take chances with a midiron, or even
a brassy, was under a much greater
strain.
The finish of the morning round
found Adair 3 up. Going out In the
afternoon, with a big gallery follow
ing the play, he added one more hole
and turned with the score 4 holes in
his favor.
Adair won the tenth hole, halved
the eleventh, and won the twelfth,
making him dormle 6.
Blanton played brilliantly on the
thirteenth, his opponent picking up
after & bad third shot, and still had a
long ct»nee when the pair drove off
for the fourteenth. This hole Adair
made tn 4, however, and won the
hole and the match—and the club
championship.
On the five holes played on the
homeward Journey of the last round
Adair registered three 4s, a 8. and a
pick-up HTs golf, apart from his
spectacular driving, was extremely
steady, and hi» putting was deadly
accurate. His opponent suffered
somewhat In the breaks of the game,
but played piockily and steadily to
the finish.
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