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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. They Are Starting Baseball Leagues on Paper, but Some Paper Isn’t Worth Much °y [IICIflLLY HIT SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT • • • • Copyright, 1913 International Newt Service. • • • • 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 14 1 19 11 36 20 17 0 44 5 32 113 25 41 32 33 .114 , 05 48 24 .102 . 54 69 '4 • - . fit i»ourg .. (4 r, e, Pittsburg 80 88 17 39 24 20 10 5 21 11 21 15 16 .251 .249 .249 .247 .247 .247 .244 .242 .242 .242 .241 .240 .239 .238 .236 .236 .236 .232 .232 .231 229 229 2::8 . 228 ‘.222 .221 .220 .219 .218 .218 .217 .215 .213 .212 .211 .211 .208 .208 .206 .204 .203 .203 .200 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. ~T, 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. • * * 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. • * * 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 You can conquer It •aolly In 3 dny*. 1m prove your health, prolong your ltf«. 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