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\ r \ m Iff 7A\ T!ir >T! AVTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THE OTH ER FUGITIVE By Tad Copyright. 1913, International News Service. SILK I IAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT I MIGHT J+jLD H(hA AMOTVlEfi ^fe'AE At that i- .V* v’.* 1 . • ^fS r .• •• •' * *' oai^--*' # ^•■-^ ^e--" 5^ '• - '" ..-^x* ^ < " •> , ‘T."' ^ . .* « .. <tyr, \f/j£' . . „ .1 >• THE NEW VOftH AUTMPRI TIE S » ARE AAOGOOSW ANA/Air/^6 -W0*U>3 04AMP»OVfNlF the fugitive voMo ha^ successrjaax/ a L EVAOeX) tv+etva S/kjCJS. IMS'* "• ,w - Figures Won't Lie, but They Will Lead You a Merry Dance in Baseball EVER CALCULATE HOW THEY DO WHEN THEY DON’T ? Ly 0. B. Keeler. I T has been a Ion* time since some body first came forward with that cheerful maxim to the effect that figures do not lie. Probably it was true, then. But It is equally probable that baseball wasn’t invented, or, at any rate, played extensively at that time. Which Isn’t by way of saying fig ures prevaricate, even now, and even connected with baseball But they do some funny things, when applied to baseball. And if the gent who got up that aforesaid maxim ever had conned baseball sta tistics to any extent, he would very likely ha\e hooked a little explana tory note onto his ^ train of thought, to wit: “Figures won’t lie, but baseball figures will argue you out of it.” • • • O NE game of solitaire that beats Canfield is to take a set of base ball statistics and try to figure out from it why this team won the pen nant, or why that team didn’t, and bo on. Dick Jemlson, w’ho easily ranks A-l among baseball statisticians in the South, has compiled a page of dope of the recently closed Southern League race. And that page might be termed Justly a romance in figures. It is intensely interesting—and if you aren’t careful, you will be holding your head with both hands and run ning around in diminishing circles, Irving to account for some of the things you KNOW happened in the late struggle. AND o ] C, >NCING at the team batting av- J rag'-s it is noted that Atlanta 21 points ahead of the nearest efftor. Mobile, in the matter of Also Atlanta scored 71 more 'han Mobile. is re^a’l^d that Atlanta fln- ^cqpt half-game to the front v_} ; ’l!s—and f he question imme- r»rppen f « itself, “Why?” T » 7 qr 4 't r sonable answer that ’pgests itself U hat the Craek- H^lding must have been ■fcome- ?: ng frightful, to permit such a close flnlch with so great an advantage in hitting and run getting. But the tabi-» show? the Gulls field ing only three poin f s better than the Criokorn—a t’m margin that mtehi easily be explained by the Atlanta club going after mor* chance* *?nd harder ones, as the table also indl cates. No help there- the Crackers ought to have romped home under wraps. * * • A ND to make things worse. Bill Smith’s men led in that impor tant art, sacrificing, and hammered the ball out for the greatest number of extra bases. Mobile did show a reason for being well up, in the number of stolen bas”« opp’ne Atlanta, 270 to is p t ft would have been a giddy mor ry-go-round of '•> '• —.inrir.. ir • X. to make up the . or • kilned n | as ’ wn on the Crackers side oi th* ledger. 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 hatting 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 Cubs—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 Crackers a mighty boost in time of need, and there’s no call to rub any thing into them, either figuratively or otherwise. May Place J. Coombs In a Plaster Cast 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 lie, maybe—but they will talk you out of It, when it comes to baseball. • • • THE report persists that “Circus A Solly'” Hofmen, 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 r has recovered its wonted snap, and that he is fit for regular gardening. And “Circus Solly” doe9 want to play for Frank Chance and the New York Yanks. In the old days, when Chance was the “Peerless Leader” of the 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 w’ords 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 NEED, anything not won in the open. FODDER FOR FANS 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 back, 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. Izlin Member of Cup Defender Committee NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 15.—Colonel Oliver Izlin, millionaire sportsman to day' became a member of the syndicate which commissioned Nat Herreshoff to bull the yacht that will defend the America's cup against Sir Thomas Lip- ton’s challenger. Lookouts Get Mike Ealenti From Browns CHATTANOOGA, TENN., President Andrews, of the nooga Club announced from nati to-day the purchase Balenti from the St. Louis The Indain shortstop was a in 1912. and was drafted Browns las’ f.«!!. Sept. 15. Chatta- Clncin- of Mike Browns. Lookout by the TO ACT ON PROTESTED GAME. ■ - of :> c Nai <>nal Leag t»- will meet h< Tuesday and lake ml. th«* Giants' prop I awarding the protested New York-l’hih dciphia game, putyed Augu.it jv, to the EliiUivA. The Phillies gained a full game on the Giants yesterday by winning from the Reds while the New Yorkers w’ere 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 failirtg to score a run. Eleven Giants were left standed on bases for the lack of a timely hit, while the rest perished trying to beat Jimmy Archer’s throws to second. * * * The Dodgers and Cardinals staged a burlesque game yesterday, which finally ended in a victory for the Cardinals, the victory being made possible by two erros by Yingling, the Dodgers’ pitch er who went into the box In the ninth and booted the two easy chances that came his way. • • • Judged by the present showing of both clubs, if the Giants and Athletics were to go into the world’s series fight now, the New Yorkers would be topheavy fa vorites in the betting. The Giant bat 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 still continues, $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 inot their stride an<t the young twlrlers 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 nnd give the Giants the battle of their lives * * * The Yank- are hopeful of emerging from the . position r\ the Amer - I are now 4 > I throe points in the real oi the Browne I “Once we get out. we’ll .stay out.’’ de- j Manager Chance ■* * * j Chance, by U>e way, expect* great things of his team next year. The ad dition of an almost new infield ami sev eral outfield recruits who look “good" make Chance feel that his team will be able to rumble along in the first division next year. * * * The. Naps are mighty gl6d that they will h%ye 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. 16.—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 Prix 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. Vanderbilt 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, X Y., Sept. 15 — The local baseball club won the pen nant in the New York State League with 84 victornes and 63 defeats. The Wilkesbarre. Pa., club finished second, with 84 victories and 56 defeats. r I E 8 DON Gee there's that SWELL AoAii'J- AwO AT THt HICK fO - I LL s L. I THAT 5UV A V CAUL- / d / HEV vov - \ 6TPP JMOK/L/<jr w mts coufcT - WJHADtWE TH/WK \ THIi TO I AiT ^ ( | S - A TSD I AoT VOOR6- AJOT V/JELL- TOC &O r TH& pipe 'M h'ou*? Fac-e ha^emt voo 7 i got me. pipe \ (U ME PACE 0 r 7 \NEL LL- N s/OOME GoT v/OOP feet~ IV hooR- .shoe* BvT v/OU't^E V/A 7 are voO • LESS ORDEfl. I V THE COURT W^L 0 1^,1 ^7 tr '■if- | Sporting Food By QCOfKOI 8. PHAIM IN THE FALL. Of nil and words it fan can hear The worst arc: “Watch our smoke next year At this writing George Stovall is the most popular baseball player in St. Louis. This is because he Is no longer a member of the Browns. Jim Flynn announces 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 lies a motorcyclist hold 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 that 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 thaj he re sembles Paderewski. Ping Bodie is busy reciting those famous lines by Coleridge: “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 Within a cooling stein. Like nectar from Olgmpus tossed, It is a drink divine, Hut what a single stein has cost Would buy a vat of wine. Tremendous Driving Power Marks Play of Club’s New Coifing Champion ADAIR DEFEATS BLANTON FOR A. A. C. TITLE G eorge w. adair is the golfing champion of the Atlanta Ath letic Club 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 was playing his usual Moran Cowrad, Says Manager of Smith NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Jim Buck- ley, manager of Gunboat Smith, the “white hope destroyer,” to-day openly accused Frank Moran, conqueror of A1 I’alzer and a number of other “white hopes, - ' of cowardice. “Moran roared around about wanting a fight with Gunboat,” declared Buckely. “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 bring him fame and victory and never will don them again. Bat deslares he is through with the fighting game for all time, “and this ain’t no Patti farewell, neither; it's a real so-long ” KILBANE BATTLES WALSH. CLEVELAND, OHIO, Sept. 15.—Ac companied by his manager, Jimmy Dunn, Featherweight Champion Johnny Kilbane to-day is heading for Boston, where he will meet Jimmy Walsh, of that city, in a twelve-round bout to morrow night. Kilbanegexpressed confi dence in his ability to defeat Walsh. 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 Adalr'n drive was well over 300 yards, being almost in the second trap. Once or twice the 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 w’lth the score 4 holes in his favor. Adair won the tenth hole, halved the eleventh, nnd won the twelfth, making him dormle 6. Blanton played brilliantly on the thirteenth, his opponent picking up after a bad third shot, and still had a long chance when the pair drove oft' for the fourteenth. This hole Adair made in 4. however, and w*on the hole and the match—and the club championship. On the five holes played on the homew’ard journey of the last round Adair registered three 4s, a 3, and a pick-up. 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