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A Closed Mouth Gathers No Flies, Neither Does a Protected Jaw Invite a Haymaker
GEORGIAN . SPORTS COVERED 4 EXPERTSY
ble Bill Will Close Present En
agement With League Lead
ers in Mobile.
ILLIAMS WINS GREAT GAME
Mutt’ Was Toc Good for Guils,
" and Gudger Finished Sec
ond by One Run,
By Harry Welchonce.
OBILE, July 20.—After looking
M over his pitchers here yester
day, Manager Smith selected
“Mutt” Williams to do the twirling
against the Gulls in the second game
of the series, and “Mutt” came through
with flying colors, blanking the Gulis
for nine frames, the Crackers winning
the contest. 1 to 0. It was a pitchers’
battle all the way, as“Gudger for the
Guils #lso pitched great ball, neither
side scoring until the ninth, although
we were in position to score on two
different occasions previous, but could
not come through with a pinch hit.
In the first half of the ninth, with
two out, Kircher walked and stole
second, and Long singled to center,
scoring him with the only run of the
game. It was a great contest and
the fans were on the anxious seat
all the way. They were dead sure
the Gulle would cop the game from
the start, and rooted loudly. Theif
best chance came in the sixth, when
Perry led off with a two-base hit to
left. The slugging Kirby hit a (‘urve‘
ball on the end of the bat to Mec-
Connell for the first out. Lord was
up and the stands shook with ap
plause, but Williams put on extra
steam and struck him out. Schmidt
then flied out to left and Perry was
left stranded on second. |
With their three best hitters falling
down in the pinch, it looked as if
they iost hope tight there and Wil
liams was in little trouble after that.
The Gulls had only two hits up to,
the ninth, Lord getting their third
hit after two wefte down in that in
ning. '
We ate now even on the series and
will tackie them in a double-header
to-day. due to postponement of Sat
urday’s game on account of rain.
RBrowning and Perryman will be sent
in to the mound with Tyree and!
Dunn catching. |
The Gulls will probably use Town-‘
send and Keely, with Schmidt «-u((‘h-‘
ing both games. We expect to at
least break even and hope to win,
hoth games with any kind of a break
in the luck.
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' The Box Scores
Mobile. ab. r. h. pe. a. e.
Northern, of. ..3 ¢ 0 3 0 4
Fosuv 2. 1 9. 1L 3 % 9
Wivhy e 48 0D
Tord. M. ov'B n 1 1 0 n
Schmidt. e.-« . 8 P 4 4 0
Celhoun, db. ..8 0 B 10 B 0
G'Dell I 8 - 3.8 81 3B
Dobapd &8 20 0 2 2 0
Gudiger 9. ..~ 3 D 6 9 3 1
otals o 88 0. 3 97 a 3 ]
Atlanta. M £ N po o o
McCopnell, 2b..3 0 0 .7 2 @
Kégcher-wt . 8.1 8 b 8 0
fbng. 1t 0. 49 2 4 0 0
Welchonce, cf. .4= 0 0 1 9 0
Bigand s« 3 0 ¥V 1 3: 8
Holland, 3b. .. 3 o 2 1 1 0
Wibal Ib. o 3.8 8 8 1 1
Biikia. .. 8 0 % 6 %0
Titllams 7. . % 8.9 L' §. 0
Tolals . ... 28 1 5 % 12 1
Score by innings:
Wehtie oo ono 000 0600—0
Atlanta Sy AOS 900 00lesl
Summary: Two-hase hit—Perry.
Sacrifice hite — Dobard, McConneli,
Williame. Stolen bases—Kirby, Kir
eher. BStruck out—By Gudger, 4. by
Willams. 4. Bases on balls—Off Gudg
er, 1; off Wllamstßnap--He32 f 1...
ar, 1; off Williams, 3. Left on bhases
—Maobile, 5;: Atlanta, 3. Time—2:lo.
Umvpires—Kellum and Pfenninger.
{ National League |
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Cards 5, Phillies 4.
ST. LOUIS, July %0.--St. Louls won
the fina! game of the series with Phila
delphia, 5 to 4.
Score by innings: R. H.E.
Philadeiphia ........010 601 602—4 4 38
St Louis ............200 000 003—5 8 1
Batteries: Mattison, Rlxeg'. Mayer
and Killifer; Riggert and Snyder. Time,
2:08. Umpires, Byron and Johnson.
Cuhs 7, Dodgers 3.
CHICAGO, July 20.—Chicago's 7 to 3
victory ever Brooklyn cut down the
margin between the Cubs and New
York to 21, games. Rucker was batted
from the how
Score by innings: R.H.E.
BrooXlyn ...........101 090 001—3 § 1
Chicago ............000 500 80x—7 10 2
Batteries: Rucker, Reulbach,
Schmutz and Miller; Pierce, Zabel and
Brasnahan. Time, 1:40. Umpres, Klem
and Emsle,
Braves 3, Reds 2.
CINCINNATI, July 20.—Boston scored
three runs in the ninth, just enough to
win from Cincinnati, 2to 2. The gme
wag a poorly played affair from a feld
ing viewpoint.
Score by innings: R. HE.
Bosion ............,000 000 003—3 6 3
Cincinnati ..........000 000 2002 5 6
Batteries: Crutcher, Strand, James
and \\'hnnnf; Yingling and Erwin.
Time, 2:605. Umpires, Eason and Quig
-loy, ™
New York-Pittsburg. off day.
WOLFGANG'S FATHER SUICIDE.
ALBANY, N. Y.. July 26 —Otto Wolf
gang. father of Melvin Wolfgang, pitch
er on the Chicago White Sox team,
committed suicide by shooting himself
in%he head.
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CRAGKERS oTAY
ON AOAD FOR
PRESENT WEEK
Play Pels and Billies Before Re
turning Home With Barons
~: July 29.
FTER the double-header in Mo-
A bile to-day the Creckers, who
hope earnestly to be in first
place following that interesting event,
will move on to New Orleans and en
gage Johnny Dobbs' Pelicans in a
four-game series, Both clube will
have a stronger line-up than in any
of their previous meeiings. The
Crackers have been braced consider
ably, and on his part Johnny has
added the slugging Charley Hemp
hll, formerly Cracker manager, (0
his batting layout.
After the New Orleans series the
boys go to Montgomery for four
games, returning to Atianta July 29
for four games with the Birmingham
Barons—a series originally scheduled
to take place in Birmingham, but
changed at the sgolicitation of the
Crackers’ management by way of
breaking up an extremely long road
trip.
After that series, which will end
August 2, the team will hit the road
again.
"The New Orleans series probably
will turn dht to be the critical one
of the present jaunt, and may pos
gibly eettie the relative positions of
the Pels and the Crackers in the final
sprint to the wire,
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Volg 6, Barons 1.
NASHVILLE, fuly 20.—Nashville hit
Roth at opportune moments and took
advantage of infield errors, defeating
Birmingham by a score of 6 to 1. The
hitting and base-running of Callahan
featured. Dayton, a Kitty Lenfue re
cruit, played left field for Nashville and
made a good impression.
Score by innings: R.
Birmingham ..............100 600 000—1
Nashville .................000 023 10x—6
Yo
Pels and Chicks Divide.
NEW ORLEANSE, July 20.—Memphis
hrnkve:l'en with New Orleans in a zrou
bie-h er when the visitors won the
second game 11 to 7. The locals took
the first game, 3 to 1, Wilson allowing
Memphis only two hits and New Or
leans bunching four hits off O'Brien.
The second game was won by Meinphis
larf¢'{ through the wildness of Walker
and Weaver, who pitched the first two
innings. respectively, by giving bases on
balis and were withdrawn with none
out. Both games were seven innings by
nfreemem, Mullen was ejected by Um
pire Fifield for disputing a decision in
the second game.
First game: R.
Memphis . .............0....000 001 o—l
New Orleans ........e0.....000 300 x—3
Second game: n.
Memphis ..........00......056 000 o—ll
New Orleans ...............6.0 600 0— 7
Billies 3, Lookouts 0.
MONTGOMERY, July 26.--McLeod's
pitching and the brilliant support given
him by the Montgomery piayers pre
vented & Chattanooga runner from
crossing the—plate, while Montgomery
scored three and won the-third game or
the series. McLeod didn’'t allow a hit
until the fifth and but four until the
ninth, when the lLookouts rallied and
made three singies. A fast déuble play,
the third made by Montgomery during
the game, however, ended any chance
of a rally. Elwert's, Baker's, Holland
ers’ and Flick's flelding featured.
Score by innings: R.
Chattanooga ..............000 800 0000
Montgomery .............110 606 10x—3
JENNINGS ADDRESSES CONVICTS.
BOSTON, July N.—Hug:! Jennings,
manager of the Detroit eball club,
addressed inmates of the Rtate prison
Sunday. |
“What lg Necessary n Make a Ton
noteh Ball Player,” was Jennings' topic.
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£2NOTES
“Dutch” Bold, the first baseman re
cruit of the St. Louis Browns, who
broke an ankie early in the season, has
reported to Manager Rickey that he b}:s
recovered and is ready for work. e
looked very good in the early season,
and Rickey believes he‘is a comer. Bold
played first base for FEverett High
School in Boston several seagons ago.
- - -
Comment in Federal League circles is
that in Anderson, the Brookg_'n Feds
have one of the fastest outfielders who
ever played ball. He is compared with
Ty Cobb by Federal League admirers.
He formerly played in the New York
State League.
* o 0
Roy Wood, the Cleveland Naps' flashy
voungster, will probably do bench duty
for the next two weeks. Roy hasn't
been benched by Manager Birmingham,
but by an obstinate charley horse, which
has refused to yield to mild treatment.
- . .
While Manager Huggins has been get
ting winning ball out of ‘-his Cardinals,
discipline on the team is reported lax.
Some sensational stories of escapades in
Pittsburg were printed, and Huggins, it
is said, found it necessary to administer
a general calldown.
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The Cincinnat{ Reds, who never had a
reat mr-utlnz department until this year,
are now making up for lost time. Garry
Herrmann's gum-shoe men are picking
up evervthing. The latest acquisition is
reported as a first baseman named Gra
ham, who comes from the Roanoke team
of the Virginia League. ‘
- . .
Manager Robinson, of the Brooklyn
team, has cut his players to the bone.
With Riggert released, he has only John
Hummel as an extra outfielder and
Egan and Elberfeld for infield utility
work. The expectation is, therefore,
that the club intends to land some new
talent. ;
. . . ‘
Manager, Rickey. of the &t. Louis
Brownes. is going to try out another col
lege catcher, He 4s Shirick, of the Cor
nell University team, who bas been
ranked by some cities as the best man
in his position in the college game.
Arthur Devlin, the former Brave, has
been wurk!n‘g‘ out at the Polo Grounds
in New York at first base and hopes
he can catfh on with the Yankees.
- - *
The Cincinnati Reds have still another
field candidate. Tle is McLaughlin, who
hails from Colgate University, and he is
sent on by Scout Tom O'Hara, though
just why has not vet appeared.
- * *
A New York eritic says that Umpire
Ollfe Chill is a little fellow, with more
spunk than knowledge, and that while
nerve may be a good thing in some
wavs, one can not hope to get by as
an umpire on that aione.
* » »
Jimmy’ Archer's cracked elb‘ is
mending. He has removed the cast and
gling in which he has bheen carrying the
in!Jured wing for several weeks, but it
will be a fortnight before he will be able
to get out on the d!:mond again.
- *
Time was when the Red Sox had only
one degendable southpaw—Collins. Now
they ave four C)M ones-—Collins,
Ceombe, Ruth a:\d : e(:nnrd.
Rapns, of the tail-end Topeka team,
is leading the Western League in bat
““3. with the healthy percentage of
.403. ;
. - -
On the form shown by Pitchar Ben
Tineup against the Pirates, Mlnafer
Charley Dooin expects his wealthy In
dian to be a ‘prominent member of the
Phillies’ pitch ng. staff.‘ .
.
According to a St. Louis scribe, Ollfe
O’'Mara. the young Bt. Louisian covering
short for the Dodgers, was complimenied
highly by Manager Robinson several
days ago. Robby told him he would
get what was coming to him next sea
son, and O'Mara is saild to have an
swered: |
“If 1 don't, T'l get it in the Federal
League!"’ |
MARTIN GOES TO NAPS.
WASHINGTON, July 29.—8f1y Mar
tin, Gegrgetown University shortstop,
has signed a contract with the Cleve
land Americans.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
I BASEBALL SUMMARY I
STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 1
wloutpern League. iik |
sk | i . L, P.C.
Mobtie. §0 41 S IRhNn- 8 4 1
att.... b 0 42 . N'ville. . ¢
Atlanta. 37 40 ,iw’&!'phls_” 39 62 489
New Or. 49 43 .533| Mont'y. 25 60 .368
American League. i
W. L PC. 55 o :
Philadel. 48 32 .ml(?hi(-l'n_, 43 &0 .§|o
Detroit.. 47 38 553 | 1. Louis 42 40 512
Wash'ton 44 38 .537'1\. York. 82 47 406
Boston.. 45 40 520 | Cl'land,. 28 bé .341
National League,
W le FC wW.L P.C
N. York. 46 32 .500 | Philadel. 37 41 474
Chicago. 46 37 564 | Br'klyn... 36 41 .46]
st. Loius 45 40 .529 [ Boston... 36 ¢3 .456
Cin'nati. 39 48 478 | P'burg... 35 42 .455
¥ Fedorfi' League.
WL re w. L. P.C
Chica{o.. 48 33 .b 93 ‘ Buffalo,. 30 39 .600
Ind'polis. 45 34 670 |K. City.., 37 47 440
‘Bal'more. 44 37 .b 42 | St. Louis 36 48 422
Br'klyn.. 41 35 bBBI P'burg.. 31 47 .387
South Atlantic League.
W o 2.0 W. .. PC
Ch'lston 16 8 .640| B'vannah 13 14 48!
Albany 17 10 .630| Col'bia.. 11 16 425
C'l'mbus 15 11 677 Macon 9 16 .360
Augusta 14 11..6601 J'ks'nville 9 17 .346
‘ Georgla-Alabama League.
W L. P.C. w.l. pre
Selma 28 27 .FRB| Opelika 34 81 523
Newnan 39 28 682! An'ston 30 35 .482
Rome 37 28 568 Tal'dega 24 41 .370
LaG'nge a 3 20 .5632] Gadsden 23 41 .35Y
Georgla Steto League.
wlLre “v 1. rC
Am'eus 18 10 .843| Wioross 14 13 519
Cordele 16 11 .593 | T'villg,: 12 16 .428
B'nswick 15 11 .677( Valdosta 821 .300
WHERE THEY FLAY TO-DAY
Southern League.
Atlanta at Mobile.
Birmingham at Nashvifle
Chattanooga at Montgomery.
Memphis at New Orleans.
South Atlantic League.
Charleston at Albany.
Columbia at Columbus.
Savannah at Jacksonville
Augusta at Macon,
100-Mile Motor Race
Won by Glenn Boyd
BT. LOUIS, July 20.—The race meet
in connection with the FKederation of
American Motorcyelists closed here yes
terday. In the 100-mile race for pro
fessionals, Glenn Boyd. Denver, was
firet in 1:32:36. William Lueders, Chi
cago, won the American championship
for amateurs when he rode fifteen miles
in 12:15. The ten-mile amateur race
went to Henry Raulet, Rochester, N.
Y., in 8:32 3-5. Ray Creviston won
first place in the 15-mile race for pro
fessionals in 11:35 3-5.
LONDON, July 20.—That the Jack
Johnson-Sam Langford battle, scheduled
for here or in Paris in October, will be
a fake if the present arrangements go
through, is the firm belief of Willlam
$1 Roeap, one of the leading writers in
this city, The writer says buih <ol
ored fighers are on the pugllisic decline,
and that the coming match may be their
valedictorvy.
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| Federal League ?
A A AP A SR, gt
Chicago 8, Kansas City 7.
Score by innings: R. H.E.
Chicago ............100 150 100—8 13 @
Kansas City ........010 047 100—7 11 1
Batteries: Pendergast, Brennan.
Hendrix and Wilson; Harris, Adame and
Fasterly
Indianapolis 3, St. Louis 0.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Indianapolis ........000 wms 5.0
B LOWE .. i DN 0006 1 2
Batieries: Kaiserling and Rariden:
Groom anpd Chapman
Unly two games Scheduled,
American League:
Cleveland at \Vuhinfi‘ton
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
National League,
Boston at Pittshurg.
New York at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.
Federal Leagus.
No games scheduled.
Ecoroé- State League,
Cordele at Brunswick.
Americus at Thomasviile.
Waycross at Valdosta,
Georqia-Mnbuma League.
Rome at Talladega.
Gadgden ai #elma,
Anniston at Opelika.
LaGrange at Newnan.
YESTERUAY'S RESULTS.
Southern League.
Atlanta. 1; Mobile, ¢
Nashville, 6: Hirmm\fhum, 1.
New Orleans, 8-7; Memphis. 1-11
Montgomery, 3; Chattanooga, 4.
National League.
Bt. Louls, 5; Philadelphia, 4,
Chicago, T; Brooklyn, 3.
Boston, 3; Cineinnati, 2.
Federal Lufuo.
Chicago, 8; Kansas City, 7.
Indianapolis, 3; St. Louls, 0,
Texas League.
Waco, 9-0; Austin. 4-2.
Galveston, 3; Beaumont, 1.
Houston, #-6; san Anionio, 3-7,
Dallas, 9-3; Fort Worth, 1-0. !
International League.
Baltimore, £-%; Newark, 7-4.
Montreal, H; Rochester, 4
American Association,
Loutaville, 4-2; Minneapolis, 3-4
Kansas City, 9-6; Indianapolis. 1-8
Claveland. 2-9; Milwaukee, 1-4.
8. Paul, 8-7; Columbus, 5-5.
Molesworth Looking
For ‘Gum-Shoe' Man
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. July 20—
Rirmingham is looking for a scout. ir
the proper man can be found, Owner
Rick Woodward aunnounces that he
will he glgned up to scour the miners
for the Barons. The high tension pre
vailing in the majores on account of
the Federsls has made the Birming
ham mogul realize that it wiil be al
mort impossible to securs players in
1915 from the big leagues. As the
Class AA clubs have a right to claim
any player offered to the Southern
for £l,OOO, fat sums will no longer
bring the needed talent,
T'he new addition, in case one can
be signed, will have no other duty
except to find players for Rirming
ham. It is the present intention of
the management to depend largely on
the drafts for players next vear.
Another new wrinkle has been in
troduced by Birmingham. An an
nouncer has been employed lsl‘nrurm
the fans of changes in the Nne-up
and the hatteries Inefficient umpir
ing probably inspired the move.
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teamer’ Flanagan
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Returns to Decatur
“Bteamer’' Flanagan, who started the
seazon as right-fielder for the Crackers,
hes been sold to the Decatur ciub in
the Three-1 League. from which club
he came to Atlanta last spring. ‘
The big fellow got away to a pretty
fair start, and showed flelding ability®
and a fine arm at ail times; but his hit
ting took a bad slump about & month
ago and it was decided to use George
Kircher in the outfield. When Bisland
came to the Crackers, one of the crew
hud to be released to make room for
himn, and, as Manager Swmith figured
Jennings too good & man to let go, he
decided on Flanagan.
The Steamer will leave at once 1o join
the Decatur club.
By Hal Coffman
B, b, FRATERNITY
PLANS AGTION
IN KRAFT CASE
. .
Importnat Secret Session Believ
g ¢
ed to Mean Commission Will
'
Be Vigorously Opposed.
EW YORK, July 20.—The Base
bhall Players’ Fraternity is he
lieved to he framing some gort
of surprise, the nature of ‘whi¢h can
not be learned from President Dayid
L. Fuiltz or any of his assoeiates,
The American League delegates to
‘the aesociation met their executjve
in a secret conference yeslerday,
‘whivh lnsted well into the night\gam
iAgnaw, wha serves in such capacity
for the Browns, gave his proxy to
‘Ed Sweeney, of the New Yorks. Ag
new, whose finger was split badly in
Baturday's game, returned to St
Louis yesterday morning.
- From the admissions of Fultz last
week, it is believed the efraternity
went deeply into the Kraft situation.
Fultz declares that his association
will not permit this player to be sent
baclk to Nashville, of the Southern
Association, in spite of the National
Commigsion’s order to that effect. ile
and his associales are very positive
that the fraternity will be able to
thwart the “Triumvirate.” A frater
nity member, who acts in no official
capacity, intimated the other day
that the players’ organization would
carry its point If it had to resort to a
strike,
In the meantime, the matter is
very likely to be arranged amicably
through the law and order of baseball
procedure. Several clubs in the major
leagues are desirous of securing first
basemen. Boston's Red Sox paid a
high price for Dick Hoblitzell, who
was not congidered of waiver price
value by any of t he National League
leaders.
The same club has asgked for
waivers on Del (ainer, formerly of
the Tigers. It is understood that
ane American League’/manager now s
trying to secure Kraft, and, in addi
tion to the waiver price of $1,500, is
ready to recompense Nashviiie's loss.
In tha Southern Assoclation last
season Kraft hit 361, a figure that
should justify a major league trial, it
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Could Have Got B. Kauff in 1912
By 0. B. Keeler.
OLLOWING are the facts ir. the
Sad Story of How the Crack
ers Came to Miss Getting Ben
ny Kauff:
The resson the story is sad is be
caugse Mr., Kauff now is being called
the Ty Cobb of the Federal League
He is busting the pill at a .390 clip,
in the doing of which he has compiled
ZE doubles, 8 triples and 2 home runs
thus far thiy season. Reflide}thm.
Benny has swiped 36 bases to date,
which is more than either of the lead
&rs in the major lengues,
The Crackers once had a famous
chance to collect Mr. Kauff. The
chance fell through. Thus the story
is sad. ’
"y - .
AL()NG in 1910 Mr. Kauff was in
habiting the Parkersburg club of
the Virginia Valley League. That
year he hit somewhere in the vieinity
of .400 and stole 87 bases by actual
count. Arthur Irwin, then scouting
for the New York Yankees, picked
him up for that.¢lub, and in the :{}Jrlng
df 1911 he came South with the Yanks
and trained at Athens, Hpnl Chase
was the manager. The kid looked
pretty good, but very green, Chase
had an outfield already—Cree, Dan
fels, Wolter, Hemphill and Bill Bxu&:y.
later a Cracker. Chase didn't see his
way clear to keeping Mr. Kauff, so he
was shipped up to the Bridgeport clnb
of the Connecticut League Wwith a
string to him.
. . .
IN 1911 it was mainly Kauff's ter
rific slugging that kept the Bridge
port club up in the race, so that they
fought it out for the pennant with
Springfield on the last day of the sea
son—a great race, which Bridgeport
lost, Keauff’s work caused him to he
recalled by the Yanks, and again ke
came South with them for the srain
ing seagon of 1912, Harry Wolverton
then being the New York manager,
- - -
I'.\' the meantime things had worked
- around so that Hemphill teok
charge of the Craekers, and their ball
park was offered to the Yanks for a
traiping ground. Waolverton offeyad
Kauff to Hemphill as payment for
ground rent, but Hemphill was stuck
on a guy named Curry, who had
played second base for the Yanks in
1911, He wouldn't take Kauff, and in
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‘the ensuing shufMe he didn’t get Cur
ry, either. In fact, the matter tarned
out so unpleasantly that the Atlanta
club since has declined to invite big,
league clubs to train here. Curry, by
the way, went to the fritz the same
geason and never did anything else
worth speaking of,
$ 8.8 g
I.\' 1913 Kauff went back te Bridge~'
4 port and proceeded to hip .345,!
stealing 45 bases and again leading
the league in that department. This!
year he got an offer from the Feds
and jumped to the Indianapolis club,
with which he has begun to shine as a
truly great star, aceording to the ex
perts who have viewed his work. They
say he carries ull the hall-marks of a
batsman of the Cobb-Speaker-Jack
son class-—which is some class, no
matter what league he shines in. “Ty/
Cobb, Jr,” is what Russell Ford calls
him, and Russ has a pretty level head
and a palr of experienced eyes that
have looked over Mr, Cobh and Mr.
Jackson and Mr. Speaker a large
number of fimes when in full action.
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I.{AS.’I‘ILY reviewing the situation,
- and recalling the ease with which
the Crackers might have got hold of
‘Mr. Kauff, we beg to conclude *his
brief history with a repetition of (he‘
statement that it is indeed a 4 Sad Sto
ry, so far as the Crackers are con
cerned: another item to bie ticked off!
to Mr. Hemphill's debit, as it were.
‘Pop’ Geers F d
0{) eers ravore
n Cleveland Meet
CLEVELAND. OHIO, July 20 —With
some of the best trotters in racing onl
the seene, the Grand Clrcuit megts %ure
this week. Five days of racing will be,
indulged in, and, judging from the elass
entered by ‘‘Pop’ Ceers, it is belleved '
he will finish winner mosgt of the priges.
New records are expected,
The #3600 K dwards purse for 2:10
pacers, which heads to-day's program,
will have a dozen starters, some of who
have made 2:05 or hetter this season,
Fourteen regular events will make u
the card for the five-day (‘,levemx
meeting. There will be nine trotting!
events and five paces. Fach will be
$l.OOO purses.
In addition te the regular events there
will be some speelal ones and exhibi
tion miles,
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