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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AW D NEWS. They Are Starting Baseball Leagues on Paper, but Some Pci per Isn’t Worth Much /■ °y |, ;• ; )l League Averages Are An nounced—Cravath Runs Sec ond With .341. M)f . <f!ciaJ National League bat- ■ tlrp averages, released to-day, Jake Daubert, the Dodgers' __ s , . and former Southern V' „ yer, leads the list in hitting. 5 hed the ball at a .350 clip for .he season. Tlng ] !nf? an/t McDonald both top Dau- ier , but neither played In many pames. fcravath is the real runner-up, with an i . , , are the averages of the . , hit -00 or more for the y jver and Team. AB. R. H. Pet. ioklyn .... 60 11 23 .383 Bob., .lio 2;> :•;> .365 , ■!Brooklyn ...50S 76 178 .350 it; , r i iladelphla. .. 87 9 30 .345 avath i’hiladelphia.535 78 179 .341 , S L7 .333 l" . .'Iphia .. 3 HI .333 f 331 .333 „. It. slon 34 3 11 *324 i ittsburg 492 86 156 .311 . k . r 'in'-innati ...382 47 121 .317 | 1‘hila 414 64 131 .316 | i.icagO .447 6.' 140 .813 j !<■■?=, Boston 83 9 26 .313 Levers New York ...3<8 3< 118 .313 1 Boston 7s 6 24 .308 b’agf-e. l’liila 470 92 144 .306 ■ a .ial V -St. L. 49 7 15 .306 .Yheat, Brooklyn 535 64 161. .301 /liir; i, Philadelphia .573 !’8 172 .300 tt burg ....413 61 124 .366 N. * York .... 30 11 9 .300 v- . r. New York ..538 76 160 .297 Mar.-ars. t’mcinnaii ..435 49 129 .297 * Boston 269 33 80 .297 ’Boston 138 15 41 .297 Emit \ Brooklyn 540 70 1W» .296 >. S'. Louis 539 60 158 .293 grass. Now York .457 65 133 .291 < ago 519 94 150 .369 tdams. l'ittsburg ...114 13 33 .289 larspr, <1. Louis .... 45 3 13 .289 ' York 74 146 .287 ,r «• . ago 456 99 131 .287 I >.• \ iork ....605 81 173 .286 Bit!/ -. • \v York ..290 46 83 .286 I. L.-N. Y ..227 10 65 .286 Ri incinnari .502 59 143 .285 \- 1 irago . , 446 81 127 .285 uggii Louis... 882 71 166 .286 B gai. 1 imuiti 195 15 55 .282 ! -A-n .... 427 19 120 .281 |> .\ V.-r.ji 399 51 112 281 482 67 185 .280 Butler, Pittsburg 214 40 60 .280 i ■ )"■ • slmrg .... 1 18 6 33 .280 lEchulie. Chicago 497 85 138 .278 t.oinnati ....407 63 113 .278 ('are;'. Pittsburg 620 99 172 .277 Cv'T.aci.', St. Louis..504 75 139 .276 ' Ucnck . New York 80 9 22 .275 vdis. Boston 524 74 143 .273 ■Hendrix, Pittsburg . . 99 13 27 .273 Bviing, Pincinnatl ....209 20 57 .273 ■Mill''". Pittsburg 580 75 158 .272 I t i n . . 4 38 60 119 .272 I I ’ klyn 320 .26 87 .2l| I ttsburg .... 82 11 22 .268 |: . Nrw Yr.rk . ...520 70 139 .267 ' - ' Brooklyn ..592 72 158 .267 Mage. Louis 531 54-142 .267 is;■ tier, Brooklyn ....165 16 44 .267 -*. Pittsburg ....580 71 154 .266 ■ t hi.-Pitts.. .478 62 127 .266 p! : t . Brooklyn 515 71 137 .266 I igo .... 368 88 98 .966 •'.-Phila... .506 63 134 .26.'. ' ark . Cincinnati ....330 29 87 .264 l'v tv, \ Y.-Cin.-Ph.277 43 73 .264 iladelphla... 571 70 150 .263 : v Philadelphia.588 *67 154 .262 • P - r. Brooklyn 474 42 124 .262 '•••."t, I’hiladelphia.454 83 119 .262 • uia. Cincinnati.. .130 14 34 .262 , kb. New York ....563 78 147 .261 [Harmon, St. Louis .. 92 7 24 .261 uh.wrey, St. Louis ..450 61 117 .260 r.ner, St. I^ouia 81 7 2L .259 (Blackburn. Cincinnati 27 1 7 .259 | ♦•scher. Cincinnati . 511 86 132 .258 p rwin. Brooklyn 31 6 8 .258 Ibweeney. Boston 502 65 129 .257 Doom, Philadelphia ..129 6 33 .256 •James, Boston 47 5 12 .255 ;'ingo, st. Louis 307 25 78 .254 jClymer, Chi.-Boston ..142 20 36 .254 buegs. Cincinnati .... 67 7 1.7 .254 Mann, Boston 407 54 103 .253 coofi. Chicago 91 11 23 .253 [Griffith, Boston 127 16 82 .252 |Dord, Boston 235 22 59 .251 jSf a . ns ' Louis 2.45 18 61 .249 I ndian, Chicago 261 41 65 .249 Maranvilie, Boston ...571 68 141 .247 lglni« ,n . l’ittsburg ..255 23 63 .247 gUrkpatrirk. Brooklyn 89 13 22 .247 ^iihfer. Philadelphia .360 25 88 .244 ,?,W Phil. Cin 326 35 Til .242 |''l»Ung, Hoston ....211 22 51 .242 t. "irie. Brooklyn ...198 £0 4S .242 J. L.riiflr, ifrnoklyn ...87 3 21 .24; Chicago ....405 35 i'7 .240 Rudolph, Boston 8S 11 21 .239 i;S<K;harn. Chicago ... 42 5 141 .238 'A-vJ 246 31 58 .236 s 1UU- ;- 1 Bos,cm 246 31 58 .236 t '."'•ago 263 23 48 .236 Phi'.-Pitts 259 37 66 .2.32 Awnm,„ Pittsburg..155 14 36 232 bsv^L' r 'r, Bmokl J' n ■■■26 1 6 .231 bPr ' ™ s '™ 21.0 19 48 239 fcmtn, i, ,,|,TRb urg ... 83 11 19 229 fc™ , b. Ro *t" n 285 35 65 228 KL^Bhahan. Chicago ..162 26 37 .238 kh; i L\ m \ ri "' a *o ...156 17 35 .224 Brooklyn .... 18 0 4 .222 rvhitt V P" York •• "5 7 21 .221 K r i 1 ' t 1 "'.SI. Louis ...404 44 89 .220 I, .;• »« . .Ww York.105 5 23 .219 IP.r .i ' '' n dadplphia..5lS 32 113 .218 I* , rghammar, Cln 188 25 41 .218 V.ictt" ■"' Loo's...406 32 88 .217 f'ath ’ ' ' Cincinnati .79 7 17 .215 C" '-"'ila 183 16 39 .21.7 Cnm Plllla 33 2 7 .212 iKaflJ!' V n ;N. Y 114 20 24 .211 bt Louis 95 7 20 .211 \y . "• '.incinnall ... 48 8 in ,2<'S 7 "■,.' " Vork . . 24 ' 2 5 .268 fe'.; ''osinn 102 13 21 .206 hr" 1, 1 mcinnatl .... 54 2 It .204 s l- I-ouls .... 59 3 21 .20.7 r : l’ittsburg .. 74 7 15 .20.7 ' H'sburg 80 9 16 .200 [Milwaukee Closes Two Corking Bouts Dec 1.—Milwaukee's pro ' Vo at last closed two matches 'hi prove highly attractive to 'a tors and promoters. The - week from to-night, when McFarland and .lack Britton ' r 'he ten-round route. The ., sp t for December 29, when 1 ahby will endeavor to polish -• 1 ’hip and make his claim to P , eweight championship undis- LTERS MATCHED. ' 1 K.EE, Dec. 1.— Kid Graves ’ " Barrett, local aspirants to the • • gbt crown, have been matched ' -found bout Before the South u tic Club, of this city. Thurs- - 1 The pair met in Brooklyn ' H Ro and ever since each has ' ! victory over his rival. In final, .lack Redmond and Hall al lightweights, will clasj*. SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT • • • • • • • • Copyright, 1913 International New# Service. • • • • • • • • By Tad HE-RE -700 SEC THE. T\a/O CorJSPl(^ATD^S AT VA20RK' ACeun TD SHATTE1L the GOOD NAMC of tHAT DOTTED ^I^IST ALPL4CTH AMDER- ROMHAU Sft— RfciPEC-ngQ e_-V BeFCH A7D BAR- LITTLE V8/A (TSESA httt-e iospecnn &- Lovu Lire sen aw eaRpl*- 4 - oe Chff8TT£-p- AMD THE" -^AJ-rerfLOLV BloSSO*L£- 5A-, PARR-/ -mtPC'J A JvnELL CjTTL-e COFRSE 3018)7 OOVAJ*^ I the 4-is/e innce- lets and kip the wAiTpjessei — I’LL CALL -70U TJVbGrE RUMMy 1 sen. awo theval. ee All -Y£A THATS A tSL>D» e “ I THINK its _ 3D07E ■jao - BtatA-iie rn£ tlTTTJE Pet-LO^ THE LA'-NHE'^ called AAlO bit fytQyjCr** T” CouLO LCATtM \~n> too^ to eg cpKirr Kjyrfiv BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS NDTLEILDDSE Jake Daubert and Wheat Are Also Fixtures With Brooklyn Team for 1914. By Sam Crane. B ROOKLYN, Dec. 1.—President Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club, and the MrKeever 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 McGraw 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 manager to take a sensational fling at Herrmann last seaso and It w’as be muse 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 his own shoulders that the officials of the club were Induced to sign the statement giving the reasons of Tinker's being thrown 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 nr 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 betw'een 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- "'hat McGraw said was law, ., n 'rt there was no going behind his or ders. There W'as no appeal, not even to Mr. Brush President Hempstead has followed in ihe footsteps of his lamented fa- l her-tn-law. arid the result was that the Giants werp again winners of tlie National League pennant, and more money was turned into Hie coffers of the club than ever before. Athletic Club Five Opens Basket Ball Season Saturday The basket ball season will be Inau gurated by 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 looking 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: Dubard, 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. Johnny Dundee Gets New Orleans Match With Joe Rivers C. Nunnally Will Aid B. Smith Will ‘Shop’ for Players Together LOOKOUT FOB NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Dec. 1— Joe Rivers, the Mexican lightweight, who defeated I^each 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 to the front rapidly lately and is bound to give the Mexican a tough scrap. Riders Work Out in Six-Day Cycle Race 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 day, December 7. began final training to-day on tHe roads in this vicinity and at the Vallsburg. N. J.. motordrome. The German team, Packe Busch and Applehaus, and the French team, Perchlcot and Breton, were out for practice. Perchlcot 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 year, 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 eoTrtbinations 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. 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 tolls 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. Dreyfuss is a trading kind of a bloke. * • * T HE 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 Americans. March 19, 20 and 21. New York Americans. March 26 Rochesler, Eastern League, April 7, S. 9, 10 end 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’ communl- O 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 writes “If we have anything that will do you any good, we will, be glad to help you all we can/’ That refers to players, 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 try to fix up some real city food during their stay.” Messrs. Ryan and Nunnally. hav ing tried the said hospitality last year, agreed that no speci.il induce ments would be. needed to lure them down to "The Meadow’s” if they could possibly arrange the visit. • • • O ILL expects to leave Atlanta J* about December 6 for New York. He may possibly go a bit earlier and stop over at Washington. PLAYERS SOLD. DECATUR, ILL.. Dec. 1.—Pitcher •‘Rube’’ Hildebrand and Third Baseman Toner. <k‘ the Great Falls club of the ITiion v$sociation. were purchased b> the Decttur Three ! League club. This is the first step taken for the reorgan ization of the club for the 1914 season. SPORTING SIDELIGHTS T Y COBB did his best stick work against the Boston. Philadelphia and Cleveland pitch ers in leading the American League batsmen for the fiPh con secutive season. The Red Sox pitchers were the easiest of the lot. In the last campaign he faced the Boston twirlers seven ty-nine times and banged out thirty-five safeties for an aver age of .4 43. He made seven hits off Collins in fifteen times up; eleven off Leonard in twenty- two iries. eight off Bed lent in nineteen chances; three off O'Brien in the four times he .faced Buck; two off Anderson in fo'ur 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 Tyrus. 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 roason for “His TJmps” madness. Bill Dahlen haunted the umpires night and day. while, on the other hand. Robinson, mild and good-natured, rarely if ever gota into a eon- troversv with the czars of the diamond. \\7 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’ infielder would be used at shortstop if the deal Is completed. Since the release of Bob Fisher to Toronto, the Brooklyn club Is left with two candidates for short field—Mowe, a New York state Lea'ffue re cruit, and O’Hara, of the Fort Wayne team of the Central League. DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED. COLUMBUS, Dec. 1 At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Co lumbus Baseball Association, the old board of directors w'as re-elected. At a I subsequent meeting held by the direc tors. George S. Ham 1*;rger, a manufa*- Hirer, was elected president of the im | nociation. The general impressions pre- J vails that Jim Fox will again be elected I manager of the team. 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 l^al manager stated that he w'ill 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 fielder 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 matt. At present Smith has Eible for first, McConnell for second, Jennings for short and Manush for third. Eible and Jennings are unknown quantities and Smith would like to hav % e some one on hand in case either happened to fall 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 he heard from next season In this cir cuit. He Is a fast man and a corking player to lead off Manush is w’ell 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 the infield are youngsters. 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, two Wednesday night and one Friday rUght The battle 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 yef 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 in winning their games. Food for Sport Fans — \ QEORQB ft. PHAIR. SOME JOB. The fjcntx who own the baseball club are always in his way And ttoss him on the slightest provocation; The creatures in the bleachers swing the hammer every day And fill his soul with sorrow and vexation. He gets it from the owners and he gets it from the mob And stands enough abuse to drive him batty. I thank the Lord t I do not hold the wretched person’s job Who tries to run a team in Cin cinnatiy. • Leading a team In Cincinnati is a great little job except that the leader is suposed to remain seven block# In the rear. The report that the Keno#ha club ha# • igned Jimmy Clabby and Packey Mc Farland will be new# to Jimmy Clabby and Packey McFarland. Not detracting one lota from Mr. Mc Farland's record, but report# from Windsor Indicate that Brewer fought like one. Recent 1 event# lead one to suspect that Garry Herrmann Is the Fred Mer- kle of the baseball magnate#. , JOE SHOULD BE WORRIED. Joe Tinker up and answered thus: “/ do not rare a Tinker’s euss.” least. The Hot Stove League has a few hundred more jobs to wish on him. Mr. O’Brien, of Harvard, is uccu itl of having pulled a boner in the Yale game, but an investigation reveals the fact that it was (he rules committee that committed the Merkle. Automobile drivers next year will race for prizes amounting to $105,000. 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 queert" they cried, And yet it was not queer. For he had tried to shoot his guide, And killed the deer. COOMBS LEAVES HOSPITAL. PHILADELPHIA. Deo. L-^J*ok Coombs, the Philadelphia American League club’s pitcher, who ha# been a patient in a hospital since before the world’s series last October, left the In stitution to-day. Coomb# contracted ty phoid of the spine during last springe training season He expect# to be ra condition to Join the Athletlo# next yier Joe Tinker aver# that he Iwould rather work for Charlie Murphy than for Gar ry Herrmann. Gee. but Garry I# a pop ular guy! Having played a world’s series with the Athletics, the Giants ought to be accustomed to rough going Football also has its economic advan tages. A young man who has been cheer leader for four year# i# highly quali fied to ballyhoo for a moving picture show. Eddie Collin# refuse# to work for $15.- 000 a year In the Federal League, evi dently on the theory that It i# impossi ble to pay the butcher’s bill with stage money. Valuable# worth nearly $10,000 were left In the Harvard stadium, to say nothing of Yale’s goat. The official batting averages show I hat the White Sox are weak hitters, but you can’t make the Cub pitchers believe it It is hoped that Joe Tinker wilt not sign a contract for a few months at JOBACCO HABIT , * prorp your health, »r*1an| y*or Ufa. No mow «w» arh trouble, no foul breath, uo heart wjiKnaaa. B* ■ tin manly vl#«r, calm nerve*, clear eye* and J i*er1or mental atren#th Whether you chew or am 1 pip*. rl*ar«x»ea clear*, aet my Inrereatln# ttnhafca Hook Worth Jta weight 1a gold Mailed free. f. J WOO08, 334 Sixth Aye.. 7411 M . New Yerk. N. 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