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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1916
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(HAGRERG" SLUBGERS IN
- BAD SLUMP. LOSE 4TDI
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
1 UTCH” ¢« FRANK, Cracker
leader and eminent baseball
general, searched about for
the evil genius or the natural cause
that has converted his sluggers into
s mild-mannered batsmen as ever
walked up to a plate and then walked
hack again.
When the season started, he was
‘sincere in the belief that he had the
putslugginest club that ever wrecked
the hopes and aspirations of a South
ern League pitcher. Experts around
the cirguit agreed with him.
.If an aspiring hurler reads the
l/‘ames of Thrasher and Mayer and
Munch and MacDonald and Lennox
end his face doesn’t blanch, then he
possesses as bold a heart as ever stir
red in the breast of a highwayman
ashore or a buccaneer afloat or a man
trying to take orders for mineral wa
ters nowadays, when everybody pines
n vain for beer.
But for the past week or so this
slugging outfit has been as harmless
with their bats as a troupe of trained
fleas on the broad back of a mastiff.
Their offensive activities have con
sisted mainly of going to the piate,
exchanging scowls with umpiratical
persons and then sitting down again
as close as possible to the shady
spot on the starboard side of the wa
ter cooler,
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"IHESE athletes are at as much a
. loss as the Cracker pilot. *“Tex"”
McDonald, by nature and reputation
a demon clubber, discussed nis lam
entable slump just before yester
fay's more or less tragic battle. “I've
never looked as bad up there in my
‘whole life,” he said. “It isn't the
‘r?tching. either, that’s getting me. I've
L it better pitching than I'm popping
now. It's me. And I don’'t know
low to account for it. I never felt
better in my life, and 1 never hit less.
“But just wait a day or so, until
we all get out of this slump, and then
tome pitchers are going to be in for a
good time.”
Which is probably the case. The
Cracker hitters are in one of those
tlumps that can*not be explained, and
will end as suddenly- as it arrived.
Today may be the day.
Nothing but a lack of ability to hit
In runs caused the Cracker downfall
!0 the sorry score of 4-1 yesterday.
The followers of Frank had several
Jpportunities to score. But the old
e hit was never coming.
All the Lookouts had to do was to
‘ait until the breaks came their way,
ind then shove over the necessary
tuns. For Rube Marshall had excel
lent control, save in one inning, and,
while he didn’t seem to possess any
treat amount of stuff he had plenty
‘0 make the Crackers look silly.
Scott Perry pitched well enough,
ind his support was fair, except that
heither he nor his teammates seemed
1o have any particular interest in the
:"attle from the first inning to the
st.
On the other hand, the Lookouts
Nere full of life, and went after the
ball game, and they deserved to win
it, which they did, as has been re
marked before.
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lN the stands vesterday was a good
looking young feilow of the actor
type, who talked mighty knowingly
about the game. There were some
of his neighbors who thought he was
four-flushing. He wasn't. He really
knew,
And he's an actor. He was Clar
ence Oliver, the very clever young
man who makes the Forsyth bill
rth while this week. Tt wouldn't
to let the matinee crowd know It
but Oliver played ball long before he
*ver considered making a living on
the boards,
He was in the Missouri Valley
Teague way back in 1901, when the
Southern League was formed, He re-
Ported to Memphis, where Charley
B ASEBALL
Wednesday
Atlanta vs. Chattanooga
Ponce De Leon Park
Game Called at 3:30 o'Clock.
EAL TREATMENT
RINK 1 DRUGS
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CAPSULES 24 HOURS
LMIDY Roy
Crackers Are Still Running Fourth in Southern League Race
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SHRE, 3., .. 0 .3 91088
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FOIRINE, 6i, .. i4oss 49D 2 B 3
MUROR, ID.. .. Vv wiic 89 90 B 9
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Score by innings:
Chattanooga ..............000 010 201—4
ABIBRBUR oo.iiiooviiicnsees 00 01D DOO3
Batteries: Two-base hits—Hyatt,
Perry, Thrasher. Three-base hits—Mec-
Millan, Harris. Double plays—Graff to
Pitler to Harris; Munch (unassisted).
Stolen bases—Jantzen, Mayer. Left on
bases—Chattanooga, 3; Atlanta, 5. Time
of game—Ll:4s. Umpires—Bernhard and
O’'Toole.
Frank was manager. In the Bluff
City he was a teammate of Theodore
Breitenstein, Red Ehret, Vic Accor
sini, Perry Worden, Otto Williams
and other of the ancients, who are
probably mummified by now., Why,
Dutch Frank was playing autfield
then. '
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OLI\'ER was sold by Frank out in
the Texas League, where he later
became a teammate of Tris Speaker.
His athletic days over, he joined a
stock theatrical company and played
the South for several years., He later
was leading man with Blanche Ring,
and was last seen in Atlanta as the
leading man in “Officer 666.”
But he has never forgotten his love
for the old pastime. He'll be out
every day this week. He has fixed
that with the management at the For
syth.
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AS a resuit of vesterday’s tragedy,
the Lookouts moved up nearer
the Crackers, who are once danger
ously close to the second division.
Again the 500 mark proved the
Crackers’ hoodoo. Some day the
Crackers will be at the coveted mark,
and Ed Lafitte will pitch, and they
will go above, never to sink again.
Watch the prediction.
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J AKE MUNCH continues to hit with
all the luck of Job. Yesterday he
drove viciously every time he was at
bat, but every time the ball went
straight at some waiting Lookout.
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THFJ Crackers really hit harder than
the box score would indicate.
Graff killed three or four sure blows,
while Heinie Jantzen made his usual
circus catch, robbing Lennox of a
mighty drive with a :nan on base,
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THP‘, game was played in 1 hour and
45 minutes, thanks to the fact that
Elberfeld refrained from extraordi
nary beefing.
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SAM MAYER is fooling even the
umpires. “That fellow makes
throws that nobody can anticipate,”
sald Bill Bernhard after the game.
“He's going to catch some umpire
i:sleep some day. Watch it.”
A. A, U, BOXER CALLED PRO
MILWAUKEE, May 10.—Joe Dory, a
Wisconsin boxer, has been ordered to
return a gold medal he won as a con
testant in an amateur boxing show in
Pittsburg. According to the fl\’\non-ln
A. A, U, Commissioner Dory is a pro
fessional.
TWOO BOUTS FOR CHRISTIE
MILWAUKEE, May 10.—Gus Christie,
of this city, has signed to box Young
Ahearn at Cleveland, Mav 18 Chick
Haves and Kid Murphy will furnish the
gemiwind-up. Christie will also box
George Chip in Cleveland on May 26,
COLLEGE B. B. RESULTS
At Macon-—Mercer, 2. Florida, 1.
At Knoxville—Tennessee, 19, Chatta
no University, 1.
fl Columbla, B, C.—Washington and
Lees, 6; South Carolina, 3.
Come On, You Amateurs.
HE Atlanta Georglan sport pages
T are open to amateur basebali
news In Atlanta and surround.
ing cities. Remember that /ou can
book your games through The Geor
glan by sending your notices to the
amateur editor, He Is on ths |ob
dally and Is glad to give the “future
areats” all the publicity they de.
sire. '
Send your communications writ.
ten on one alde of paper, writing
plainly, In ink if possible. Managers
of team~ are requested to give their
names, addresses or telephons num.
bers below their notices,
Come on, you amateur managers,
and aet busy,
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Results of All Games Played Yesterday, and Games Scheduled
for Today.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Southern League,
Clubs. W. L. Pct, Clubs. W. L. Pct
Nash. 17 7 .708|Chatta. 11 13 .458
New Or. 17 7 JO‘lMoblle 10 15 400
B'ham 13 12 .520|L. Rock 9 15 .375
Atlanta 12 13 .480 | M'mphis 8 15 .348
South Atlantic League.
Clubs. W. L. Pct ‘ Clubs. W. L. Pet
O'rleston 14 7 .667 | C'umbia 10 12 455
Mont. 12 10 .545 | Albany 912 429
Augusta 10 11 476 | Macon 813 .381
C'umbus 10 11 476
Georgla-Alabama League,
Clubs. W. L. Pet| Clubs. W, L. Prt
Rome 6 01.000‘Grlmn 2 4 .333
Newnan 5 1 .833 Annistn 1 6§ .167
T'adega 3 3 .500 ' LaGr. 1 9.0
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i National League,
. Clubs. W. L. Pct Clubs. W. L. Pet
Br'klyn 10 4 714 | Phila. 8 8 500
Boston 10 5 .667 | Pitts. 10 12 455
Chicago 12 9 .571,;5t. L. 8 11 450
Cincin. 11 11 500 N. York 313 .188
American League,
Clubs, W. L. Pcl] Clubs. W. L. Pet
Cleve, 15 R .562 'Detroit 11 11 .500
Wash. 11 9 .560 | "hicago 11 13 .458
N. York 11 9 550 (3t L. 811 .421
Boston 11 11 .500 | Phila. 713 .348
WHERE THEY PLAY WEDNESDAY.
Southern League,
Chnn-noo:u. at Atlanta,
Little Rock at New Orleans ®
Memphis at Mobile.
Nashville at Birmingham
American League.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Washington.
Chlclfo at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
National League,
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at St. Louis
Brooklyn at Cincinnati
New York at Pittsburg
Georgla-Alabama League,
Anniston at Griffin
Newnan at LaGrange.
Rome at Talladega
American Assoclation,
Columbue at Kansas Clity.
Home Schedule of
Crackers This Month
HE Lookowuts will be the oppo-
T nents of the Crackers today
and tomorrow; after Kid
Etberfeld’s men depart come the
Chicka, Travelers and Vols,
Frank's men finish thetr home
stay on May 24, when they will
leave to open a series with Chat
tanooga in the Tennessee city.
Following is the Crackers’
schedule during the remainder of
their stay in Atlanta:
Chattanocoga at Atlanta—~May
10, 11,
Memphis at Atlanta—-May 12, 13,
15, 16.
Little Rock at Atlanta—May 17,
18, 19, 20.
Nashville at Atlanta—May 22,
23, 24, .
-THR ATLANTA GIOKGLAN
Toledo at Milwaukee.
Louisville at St. Paul.
Indianapolis at Minneapolis.
Texas League.
Galveston at Dallas.
Houston at Fort Worth
Beaumont at Shreveport.
San Antonio at Waco.
South Atiantic League.
Albany at Charleston (two games).
Columbus at Augusta (two games).
Macon at Jacksonville.
College Games,
Gordon vs. Columbia, at Barnesville
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Southern League.
Ch:ltanoofi 4, Atlanta 1.
Mobile 9, Memphis 3.
New Orleans 4, Little Rock ?
Nashville 11, Birmingham 10,
American League.
Detroit 16, Phllade};)hll 2
Boston 5, Cleveland 1.
St. Louis 10, “‘ushln{!on 3
Chicago 5, New York 4.
National League.
New York 13, Pittsburg
Chicago B§, Cincinnati 5,
Others not scheduled.
South Atlantic Leagus.
Charleston 5, Albany 2
Columbia £, Montgomery 6
Columbus 8, Au.film 2
Jacksonville 7, Macon 6
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Ooor!d‘a-Aubum- League,
Griffin 5, Grange 1.
Rome 8, Talladega 7.
Newnan 8, Anniston 5
American Association.
Milwaukee 14, Toledo 8,
ansas City 9, Columbus 2
!ndunnvo\u 9, Minneapolis 3
Bt. Paul 7, Louisville 3
International ‘League.
Newark 9, Montreal 6
Rochester %, Richmond &
Providence 10, Toronto 9
- Only three games.
| Carolina Leagues,
~ Asheville 9, Raleigh 7.
Charlotte 12, Durham 3.
Winston-Salem 11, Greensbore #
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BT. PAUL, May 10.--Mike Gibbons,
middleweight champion, s going to be
called upon this month for speed other
than in the ring. After knocking out
of Jeff Bmith any Itnfafln: ideas about
the middleweight title, in New York,
May 23, he is to double back here quick.
Iy to attend the wedding of his fstic
brother Tommy, to Miss Helen nor.
May 27. ‘Then Mike will start farming
near Osakis, Minn., and gradually retire
from the ring. Tommy announced that
he will not participate in fighting of the
ring kind for several months, on account
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/A THENS, May 10.—The baseball
season in the Classic City of
| Athens is again approaching
the crucial date and Friday of this
‘week will find the tension strung to
the near-snapping point, when the
first game of the annual Tech series
is to be staged on Sanford Mead.
The two games here this week are
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she hit a slump and lost five straight
games. But since the Auburn set
back BRean’s outfit has been running
with the best of the Southern nines
and has only lost the series to Vic
ginia.
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completely of the battery staff, hoth
pitchers and catchers. Rawson, who
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has developed into one of the greatest
Georgia has ever had and all season
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ATLANTA, GA.
WES’I‘BROOK and Philpot, whe
will be called on to carry the
brunt of the hurling work are both
new men on the team and so are. Fox
and McWhorter, so far as Tech games
are concerned,
Henderson is back at first base for
his fourth year, but at second will be
found Johnston, a new player, in place
of George Harrison. Short is again
covered by Captain Clements, who is
playing one of his best games, and on
third base {s Holden, who has been on
the team since 1912, when Covington
was laid off. David, who was the ter
ror of the outfleld on the Northern
trip and against Trinity here, is the
only new man in the outer garden.
Gillis and Erwin_both played in for
mer series, Erwif making himself fa
mous in 1912 when his home run won
for Georgila.
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UNLESS this week’'s practices de
velop some unexpected changes
the following line-up will very prob
ably be in action Friday:
David, If.; Clements, ss.; Rawson,
c.: Henderson, Ib.; Erwin, cf.; Gillis,
rs.; Johnston, 2b.; Holden, 3b.; Phil
pot or Westbrook, p.
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PHILPOT is a left-hander, who
came to Georgia from the Au
gusta Military Academy and has been
under the tutelage of Cl'ff Brannen a
couple of seasons and since the first
game has improved wonderfully. He
Las a style much on the order of
“Baby"” Wilder, who was the sensa
tion of the vear, when he and Carl
Thompson made up Georgia's pitch
ing staff.
Westbrook, who has been in a col
lege some three years, has never
shown enough stuff to make the team
until this vear’s vacancles gave him
the chance. He has pitched several
bad games this vear, but with warm
weather he is hard to beat. Last
Thursday he let Trinity down with
nne scratch hit.
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