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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Copyright, 1913 International Newt
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By Tad
National League Averages Are An
nounced—Cravath Runs Sec
ond With .341.
.'T'HK official National League bat-
nil g averages, released to-day.
a s „ w Jake liaubert, the Dodgers'
sarker. and former Southern
igue player, leads the list in hitting,
smashed the ball at a .350 clip for
the reason.
vtnK : and McDonald both top Dau
ber,. but neither played in many games.
Cravath is the real runner-up, with an
average of .345.
Following are the averages of the
t. who hit .200 or more for the
i iavrr and Team. AB.
v ; r.g, Brooklyn.... 60
M I ■ n.Hld, Cin.-Bos... 155
1 , rt. Brooklyn ...508
M.! -r. I’hiladelphia .. 87
(':.iwith, Philadelphia.525
liv.ui, Pittsburg 81
w aish, I’hiladelphia .. 30
Collins, Boston 3
Brown, Boston 34
Vio\. Pittsburg 41*2
Tinker, Cincinnati ...382
p.. ker, Cin.-Phila... .414
Hartley, New York ... 19
Zimmerman, Chicago .447
Hess, Boston 83
Meyers. New York ...378
Schmidt, Boston 78
Magee, Phi la 470
( :ui.dall, N. Y.-St. L. 49
Wheat, Brooklyn 535
L<ibert, Philadelphia .573
Wagner, Pittsburg ....413
C-mper, New York .... 30
Fletcher, New York ..538
Marsans, Cincinnati ..435
Titus, Boston 269
Zinn. Boston 138
Smith, Brooklyn 5-40
Oakes, St. Louis 539
Snodgrass, New York .457
Saier, Chicago 519
\dams, Pittsburg ...114
Hauser, St. Louis .... 45
Shafer, New York ....508
Leach, Chicago 456
Burns, New York ....605
Herzog. New York ..290
McLean, St L.-N. Y...227
Hoblitzell, Cincinnati .502
Evers, Chicago 446
Huggins. St. Louis...382
Egan, Cincinnati 195
Connolly, Boston . .. .427
Groh, N. Y.-Cin 399
Boyle, New' York 482
Butler, Pittsburg 214
Gibson, Pittsburg ....118
Schulte. Chicago 497
Bates, Cincinnati . ..407
Carey, Pittsburg 620
Konetchy. St. Louis..504
-ieConnlak, New York 80
Myers, Boston ., ’ti
Hendrix. Pittsburg .. 99
Kling, Cincinnati ....209
Miller. Pittsburg 580
Stengel, Brooklyn ... 438
Miller. Brooklyn 320
i'”" " ’ .82
.520
.592
.531
.165
.580
78
Kelly, Pittsburg
Murray, New York .
Outshaw, Brooklyn
Magee, St. Louis....
Fischer, Brooklyn .
Wilson. Pittsburg .
Mitchell, Chi. - Pitts..
Moran, Brooklyn 515
Archer, Chicago
Byrne, Pitts.-Phila...
Clarke, Cincinnati ...
Devore, N Y.-Cin.-Ph
hnabe. Philadelphia
NOT LET LOOSE
368
506
330
277
- • - Mi.uricifmia...5d
Luderus, Philade.lphia.588
Usher, Brooklyn 474
I’iiskert. Philadelphia.454
Almeida, Cincinnati... 130
Merkle, New York ....563
Harmon, St. Louis .. 92
Mowrey, St. Louis ..450
griner, St. Louis 81
Blackburn. Cincinnati 27
Bescher, Cincinnati ..511
Erwin, Brooklyn .... St
Sweeney. Boston 502
Dooin, Philadelphia .129
James, Boston .... 47
'Vingo, St. Louis 307
Chmer, Chi.-Boston ..142
Suggs. Cincinnati .... 67
Mumi. Boston 407
Bond. Chicago 91
Griffith, Boston 1.27
L"td. Boston 235
Evuim. St. Louis 245
Rnelan. Chicago 261
Maranville, Boston ...571
fcimon. Pittsburg ..255
) r i k J‘ atr5ck . Brooklyn 8!*
NiInfer, Philadelphia .360
Dodge, Phil Cin 326
w haling, Boston .
Hummel, Brooklyn
Tucker. Brooklyn
End well, Chicago .
Rudolph, Boston .
Needham, Chicago
Klrke, Boston
Hariden, Boston . !
M:i!er, Chicago ...
£!° ,an . Phi).-Pitts aos
v uimers, Pittsburg..155
'Dtgner, Brooklyn ... 26
‘* vi r. Boston 210
Hof man. Pittsburg
brnith, Boston
!!lW snaha n. Chicago
’Warns Chicago
, ! (> helps, Brooklyn .
..r'-feau, New York
L bitted, St. Louis
211
.198
. 87
.405
88
. 42
.246
.246
.203
!59
83
285
162
166
18
95
404
,, v - , *» oi, ijouis ......
r'i'iard, New York.105
Doolan. Philadelphia..518
H'Tghammer, Cin 188
Leary, St. Louis ...406
kland, Cincinnati . 79
at her, St. Louis 183
,halmers, Phila..
'■Hint, Cin.-N, Y..
Snilee. st, Louis .
Renton, Cincinnati
T‘, tKe . New York
oler, Boston ....
Hr "un, Cincinnati
' ' Dtt, St. Louis . .
lio', , ar £jD'v Pittsburg
22
20
3
35
11
5
31
31
23
37
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19
11
36
20
17
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32 113
25 41
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• - . fit i»ourg .. (4
r, e, Pittsburg 80
88
17
39
24
20
10
5
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.251
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Milwaukee Closes
Two Corking Bouts
HICAGO, Dec. 1.—Milwaukee's pro-
• rs have at last closed two matches
should prove highly attractive to
"tn spectators and promoters. The
cor nea a week from to-night, when
•* key McFarland and Jack Britton
i.j-h over the ten-round route. The
V, ° r ,s set for December 29. when
nth'ny Clabby will endeavor to polish
u George Chip and make his claim to
middleweight championship undis-
pui ea.
> WELTERS MATCHED.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1.-Kid Graves
? . *^e Barrett, local aspirants to the
rweight crown, have been matched
.., 1 1 Ten-round bout before the South
■ u '■ Athletic Club, of this city. Thurs-
a ■ The pair met in Brooklyn
'• ^ear agy and ever since each has
• aimed h victory over his rivaL In
i. f ' semi-final. Jack Redmond and Hall
•ark, Weal lightweights, will clash.
Jake Daubert and Wheat Are Also
Fixtures With Brooklyn
Team for 1914,
Bv Sam Crane.
B ROOKLYN, Dec. I.—President
Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club,
and the MoKeever Brothers all
deny that Nap Rucker will be ex
changed for Marquard and Herzog, of
the Giants, and Ebbets also took oc
casion to say that Manager Wilbert
Robinson will have to keep hands off
when it comes to a case of the dis
posal of Daubert, Rucker or Wheat.
Club owners do not look with pleas
ure on a manager or anyone else but
themselves bothering with their club’s
assets, and players are in that class.
But, nevertheless, while that # is
right In a way, still it is those man
agers like McGravv and Mack who are
given free rein and absolute author
ity to release and engage their play
ers who have been the most success
ful and have made the most money
for their employers.
Interfered With Tinker.
It was because of President Herr
mann’s interference with Joe Tinker
in running the team that caused the
managers take a sensational fling at
Herrmann last seaso and It was be
cause Tinker insisted on full power
for next year, which was not granted,
that Joe Was not signed as manager
for next year.
It was because President Herrmann
did not want to take the burden of
Tinker’s release cause on bis own
shoulders that the officials of the club
were Induced to sign the statement
giving the reasons of Tinker's being
throw n down. That the Reds will be
a second division club next season
seems to be a foregone conclusion.
After being in baseball for a year
or more club owners get the foolish
idea that they know how to run their
teams as well as, if not better than,
the managers they hire for the job.
Then comes the friction between the
magnate and manager, and the jig is
up as far as the winning power of the
team goes.
McGraw a Real Manager.
John T. Brush, when he engaged
McGraw as' manager of the Giants
was wise enough to give the latter
full power over his players, and he
never withdrew his manager’s abso
lute control. This was one reason why
McGraw has been so remarkably suc
cessful. What MrGraw said was law.
and there was no going behind his or-,
ders. There was no appeal, not even
to Mr. Brush.
President Hempstead has followed
in the footsteps of his lamented fa
ther-in-law. and the result was tha’
the Giants were again winners of the
National League pennant, and more
money was turned into the coffers of
the club than ever before.
Athletic Club Five
Opens Basket Ball
Season Saturday
The basket ball season will be inau
gurated bj' the Atlanta Athletic Club five
next Saturday night, when they clash
against the Bessemer Athletic Club,
from Bessemer. Ala
The local team has been practicing
for the past ten days and should be in
great shape for a tough game by Satur
day. They are lboking for a harder
game than they had with the Bessemer
squad last year, as reports state that
the visitors are much stronger this sea
son.
Following is the probable line-up of
the Atlanta team:
I>u bard, center (captain); Forbes.
Smith, Abbott. Wight, forwards; Carter,
Weaver. Locke, guards.
The line-up of the Bessemer team
will be:
Houston, center: B S. Clay (cap
tain), Donaldson. Bailey, forwards; I.
Clay, Edmondson, Filmore, guards.
C. Nunnally Will Aid B. Smith
Will ‘Shop' for Players Together LDDKOUTFDR
Food for Sport Fans
my OEonas ft. phair.
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Johnny Dundee Gets
New Orleans Match
With Joe Rivers
NEW ORLEANS. LA . Dec 1.—Joe
Rivers, the Mexican lightweight, who
defeated Leach Cross last week, has
been matched to box Johnny Dundee in
a ten-round bout here on Christmas Day.
T. D. Tortorich. promoter, closed the
match yesterday.
This bout should prove a corker for
local fans. Dundee has been coming t<*>
the front rapidly lately and Is bound to
give the Mexican a tough scrap.
Riders Work Out in
Six-Day Cycle Race
By O. B. Keeler.
B ILL SMITH expects to have
some active support in his
gum-shoe endeavors in New
York about December 8 and 9. when
the National League annual meeting
comes off. C. T. Nunnally. a direc
tor. is going on to New York on
business Monday and he told Billy
Saturday he would try to wait over
for him and chaperon him through
the toils and pitfalls of the session.
Bill grinned and took unto himself
a hunch that with the Hon. Nunnally
of well-known generosity In baseball
matters back of him he could loosen
up a few notches when it came to
picking up a couple of inflelders.
which is what Bill will be trying to
do in New York.
As to the prospects. Bill has no
more to submit Just now than that
the Pittsburg bunch has a long string
of youngsters and B. Dreyfus* is
a trading kind of a bloke.
* * *
T &E Cracker management Is book
ing exhibition games for the
practice season. These games already
are arranged:
Louisville. American Association.
March 16. 17 and 18.
Cleveland Americana. March 19, 20
and 21.
New York Americans. March 26.
Rochester. Eastern League. April
7, 8. 9, 10 and 11.
The Boston Braves—so-called be
cause it was sheer bravery that kept
them in the National League for
many seasons also want a three-
game series here, and invite the
Crackers to visit Macon and play
them there. Dates will be arranged
as soon as possible.
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DY the way, the Braves’ eornmuni-
cation, written by George Stal
lings. manager, is a very cordial
epistle, and includes an urgent invi
tation to Bill Smith and the At
lanta club's directors to spend some
time at Mr. Stallings' big planta
tion, ’The Meadow,” near Haddock.
Ga.
After requesting the exhibition
games. Mr. Stallings write*
“If we have anything that will do
you any good, we will be glad to
help you all we can.”
That refers to player*, of course.
For the invitation—
'The birds are plentiful, only too
tame; they need someone to scare
them up a little. Tell Messrs. Ryan
and Nunnally if you can lure them
this far away from the big city we
would be pleased to have them with
us and will tr\ to fix up some real
city food during their s^ay."
Messrs Ryan and Nunnally hav
ing tried the said hospitality last
year, agreed that no special induce
ments would be needed to lure them
down to “The Meadows” if they
could possibly arrange the visit.
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DILL expects to leave Atlanta
about December 6 for New York.
He may possibly go a bit earlier and
stop over at Washington.
SPORTING SIDELIGHTS
NEW YORK. Dec. 1.—The entire con
tingent of sixteen teams entered for the
six-day bicycle race in Madison Square !
Garden, which starts at midnight Sun- i
day, December 7. began final training j
to-day on the roads in this vicinity and .
j at the Vallsburg, N. J., motordrome. |
The German team. Packe Busch and
Applehaus, and the French team.
Perchicot and Breton, were out for j
practice. Perchicot Is also entered for
the feature event In the preliminary |
races next Saturday night against Frank
Kramer. Jackie Clarke and Francisco
Verri for the world’s short distance
championship.
This vear. for the first time In the
history of the six-day race. foreign
teams overshadow' the American en
tries. There are only six American
teams in the contest. There are five
distinct foreign teams and five combi
nations. four of which are composed of
one American and one Australian each,
and one In which an Englishman will
ride with an American
Among the prominent entrants be
sides those already mentioned are
Clarke and Hehir and Walker and Pye,
of Australia; the Australia-American
combinations of Coullet and Fogler.
Grenada and Moran. Root and Mc
Namara. and John Bedell and Corry,
Fred Hill and Ryan and Walthour and
Collins, America, and Verri and Brocco.
Italy.
PLAYERS SOLD.
DECATUR. ILL.. Dec. 1.—Pitcher
•‘Rube" Hildebrand and Third Baseman
Toner, of the Great Fads club of the
Union Association, were purchased In
the Decatur Three-I League club. This,
is the first step taken for the reorgan
ization of the club for the 1914 season. I
T Y COBB did his best stick
work against the Boston.
Philadelphia and Cleveland pitch
ers in leading the American
League batsmen for the fif’h con
secutive sea sort. * The Red Sox
pitchers were the easiest of tin*
lot. In tlie last campaign he
faced the Boston twirlers seven
ty-nine times and banged out
thirty-five safeties for an aver
age of .443. He made ieven hits
off Collins in fifteen times up;
eleven off Leonard in twenty-
two tries; eight off Bedient in
nineteen chances; three off
O’Brien in the four times he
faced Buck; two off Anderson in
four attempts, and three off
Moseley in ten chances. Cobb
faced Joe Wood three times, but
didn't get a safety, nor did he
get a hit off Foster in the three
chances he had against the Kid.
Wyckoff* of the Athletics, was
real meat for Tvrus. who found
him for five safe hits in seven
tries.
T HE appointment of Wilbert
Robinson to succeed Bill Dah-
len as manager of the Superbas
has met with great approval
among the umpires of the Na
tional League.
“Lord” Byron declares that the
owner of the Brooklyn team could
not have picked a better man
than Robinson to handle his team.
There is a reason for ‘‘His
I’mps" madness. Bill Dahlen
haunted the umpires night and
day, while- on the other hand.
Robinson, mild and good-natured,
rarely if ever gets into a con
troversy W’ith the czars of the
diamond.
\V T ILBERT ROBINSON'S first
** move as manager of the
Brooklyn team is the suggestion
that involves the transfer of
Charlie Herzog to the Brooklyn
club. The Giants’ inftelder would
he used at shortstop if the deal
Is hompleted. Since the release
of Bob Fisher to Toronto, the
Brooklyn club is left with two
candidates for short field—Mow*,
a New' York State League re
cruit. and O’Hara, of the Fort
Wavne team of the Central
League.
DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 1.—At the annua!
meeting of the stockholders of the Co
lumbus Baseball Association, the old
board of directors was re-elected. At a
subsequent meeting held by the dlrec- I
tors. George S Hamburger, a manufac
turer. was elected president of the as- |
sociatlon. The general Impressions pre-
valls that Jim Fox will again be elected
manager of the teani (
Local Manager to Leave on Scout
ing Trip Saturday—Will At
tend National Meeting.
B iLLY SMITH, manager of the
Crackers, is not satisfied with
the players he has on hand for
next season. This much was settled
yesterday when the local manager
stated that he will leave Saturday
morning on a scouting trip. He will
also attend the National League
meeting at New' York December 9.
Smith plans to stop off in Wash
ington en route to New York to have
a conference with Clarke Griffith.
Smith would like to get another in-
tielder or two for next season, if pos
sible. as from the present outlook of
things the Cracker manager will be
able to use a good man.
At present Smith has H.ble for first.
McConnell for second. Jennings for
short and Manush for third. Elble
and Jennings are unknown quantities
and Smith would like to have some
one on hand in case either happened
to fail to deliver the goods.
McConnell should have little trou
ble in holding down the middle cush
ion during the entire season. He was
a star in the American League until
he injured his legs, and should be
heard from next season in this cir
cuit. He is a fast man and a corking
player to lead off.
Manush is well known around these
parts. He proved a valuable player
as substitute for the locals and is a
good veteran to have on a team, espe
cially when some of the players in
1 he infle.'d ;uv V'» 1 1 m •; -t-ra
Basket Ball League
To Close Season
The National Guard Basket Ball
League will play its final games this
week.
Three games remain to be played, iwo
Wednesday night and one Friday night.
The buttle Friday night will be in all
probability for the championship of the
league. Company G and the Governor s
Horse Guards regulars will meet. Nei
ther of these teams have lost a game
ye?.
The Horse Guards have played and
won six games, while the Company G
team has only played four, two of their
games being postponed
The Horse Guards have experienced
little difficulty iu winning their games.
SOME JOB.
The gent* who own the baseball club
are always in his way
And cross him on the slightest
provocation;
The creatures in the bleachers swing
the hammer every day
And fill his soul with sorrow and
vexation.
Hr gets it from the owners and he
gets it front the mob
And stands enough abuse to drive
him batty.
I thank the Lord / do not hold the
wretched person's job
Who tries tit run a team in Cin-
cin nil tty.
Leading a team In Cincinnati is a
great little job except that the leader
is suposed to remain seven blocks In the
rear.
The report that the Kenosha club has
signed Jimmy Clabby and Packey Mc
Farland will be news to Jimmy Clabby
and Packey McFarland.
Not detracting one lota from Mr. Mc
Farland’s record, but reports from
Windsor indicate that Brewer fought
like one.
Recent events lead one to suspect
that Garry Herrmann Is the Fred Mer
kle of the baseball magnates.
JOE SHOULD BE WORRIED.
Joe Tinker up and answered thus:
*7 do not care a Tinker's cuss."
least. The Hot Stove League has a few
hundred more jobs to wish on him.
Mr. O’Brien, of Harvard, is accused
of having pulled a boner in the Yale
game, but an investigation reveals the
fact that It was the rules committee
that committed the Merkle.
Automobile drivers next year will race
for prizes amounting to 5105.000. some of
which will not go to the undertakers.
MISSED
.4 city huntsman killed a stag.
A stag of noble size.
And straightway hurried home to
brag
About his prize.
“How queer! How wondrous queer!"
they cried.
And yet it was not queer.
For hr had tried to shoot his guide.
And killed the deer.
COOMBS LEAVES HOSPITAL.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1.—Jack
Coombs, the Philadelphia American
League club's pitcher, who has been a
patient In a hospital since before the
world’s series last October, left the In
stitution to-day Coombs contracted ty
phoid of the spine during last springs
training season. He expects to be In
condition to join the Athletics next year
TOBACCO HABIT
* nrmrx vntir ha> Ilk nr*Un.
Joe Tinker avers that he would rather
work for Charlie Murphy than for Gar- i
ry Herrmann. Gee. but Garry Is a pop
ular guy!
Having played a world's series with I
the Athletics, the Giants ought to be j
accustomed to rough going
Football also has Its economic advan- |
taqes. A young man who has been cheer j
leader for four years <s highly quail- I
fled to ballyhoo for a moving picture j
show.
Eddie Collins refuses to work for $15 -
000 a year In the Federal League, evi
dently on the theory that it is impossl- !
ble to pay the butcher’s bill with stage j
money.
Valuables worth nearly $10,000 were
left In the Harvard stadium, to say '
nothing of Yale’s goat.
The official batting averages show
that the White Sox are weak hitters,
but you can't make the Cub pitchers
believe It.
It is hoped that Joe Tinker will not
sign a contract for a few months at
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