Newspaper Page Text
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1916
The Player With LfWWresents a Very Strong Alibi
-w*—--vvvvvvvvmm'wwwmwwmwww
//:: : P - .‘(
SIS \ e e —y = R T~ =BN =
e = o 5 AT . A ~RANRD \ = R g S a
)l —— "é ‘ o £IS P -iy 0 D e Y \\‘\/V W <RS 72 & e
< L Ny 3 o 0 e " (R SN P W
) \/?. ) , ,‘vr‘;,// , () (% SV\p N £~ 0 (SN 9 i'}}; .“ \ i
X SR - l «-,t\ N AT — = 1 Sl & : """w\&" ‘
] =a GEX\ls PP Al oG b/ /e S
\ , \ > B (TP 2 - @ A [ Wy Y
QN \ =\ 3 ~&0 RS Y w 4 o ey @)
¢ ANES : 2 .&) < & A N * 3 & ¢ R )\
-y <R PpY 0~ Y S 0 A 2 ‘ v =IOO, R P gy preanl e
NEVW ORLEANS PELICANS NASHYILLE VOLUNTEE RS BIRMINGHAM BARONS ATLANTA CRACKERS CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS MOBILE GULLS LITTLE ROCK TRAVELERS MEMPHIS CHICKASAWS
MAGRERS SLUGGERS IN
BAD SLUMP: LOSE 4701
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
" 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
back again. ‘
When the season started, he was
sincere in the belief that he had the
sutslugginest club that ever wrecked
the hopes and aspirations of a South
srn League pitcher. Experts around
the circuit agreed with him.
If an aspiring hurler reads the
‘names of Thrasher and Mayer and}
Munch and MacDonald and Lennox
and 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 harmiess
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
€r cooler. ‘
-. . ‘
' THESE athletes are at as much a
loss as the Cracker pilot. “Tex"
McDonald, by nature and reputation
1 demon clubber, discussed his lam
sntable slump just before yester
day’s more or less tragic battle. “I've
never looked as bad up there in my
.whole life,” he said. “Tt isn't the
gitchlng, either, that's getting me. I've
it better pitching than I'm popping
now. It's me. And I don't know
how to account for it. I never felt
better in my life, and I never hit less.
“But just wait a day or so, until
we all get out of this slump, and then
some pitchers are going to be in for a
good time.” |
Which is probably the case. The
Cracker hitters are in one of those
slumps 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 Ctacker downfall
to the sorry score of 4-1 yesterday.
The followers of Frank had several
spportunities to score. But the old
base hit was never coming.
+ All the Lookouts had to do was to
wait until the breaks came their way,
and then shove over the necessary
runs. For Rube Marshall had excel
lent control, save in one inning, and,
while he didn't seem to possess any
great amount of stuff he had plenty
to make the Crackers look silly. -
Scott Perry pitched well enough,
and his support was fair, except that
neither he nor his teammates seemed
to have any particular interest in the
’ba.ttle from the first inning to the
ast.
On the other hand, the Lookouts
were full of life, and went after the
ball game, and they deserved to win
it, which they did, as has been re
marked before.
- - -
IN the stands yesterday was a good
looking young fellow of the actor
rtype, 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
snce Ollver, the very clever young
man who makes the Forsyth bill
sworth while this week. It wouldn’t
do to let the matinee crowd know it
but Oliver played¢ball long before he
ever considered making a living on
the boards.
He was in the Missouri Valley
League 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.
Successor of the Georgla Keeley lnsti
ute, with Dr. J. H. Conway in charge
229 W dward Ave., Atlanta, Ga
80 Neal Institutes in Principal Cities
r B CATARRH
U ousster
T 24 Ho"UmB 8
Y e
;Cfgfkffiméw re Still Running F ourth in Southern Le&éflfi?&;
{ Marshall Whole Show! |
RAA AA A A AA A AAA A A AAN AR AAAAAAAAARA
Chattanooga. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
dantsen, If.. .. .. .. . €0 -3 % @
Mespenget, of.. .. i .. &£ 6 ¥ §F @ 0
Harsls, 3b.. .. .. o 0 8 8 B 18 0 T
Dyatt, es, i o 80 TR G 0
Elberfeld, aB.. '(, . ;2 F T R & U
Pitler, 38 .. .. s 2 00 B RN
CERIL, 88.. .. siieo s 3 0. 1 B % B
Kitshen#,'c.. oo oo s» s'B 00 5.0 9
Murghall, D.o oo sene s 2 9 00 § O
Totals.. .. .. ic .4 D 008 B
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Thrasher, rs ~ .o i ecß . 0 & § 0@ §
Marcan, Bb.. .. o 4 00 1 89
Mayer, of.. .. ¢ sd oD G B 8 0
McDonald, if.. .. «s «« % '} 13 9 &
lennox, Bb., .. ssv. 4 O 9 B 88
POLEINS, €.. .o snbs s 885 8 1
Muneh, Ib.. .. iy s o« &9 918 B W
MeMilgn, 08.. o e B 9 19 W
POy, D.. e s v @ &8 3 % 3 B
Totals.. .. ..... ;. ia 2 B Y B
Score by innings;
Chattanooga ..............000 010 201—4
Atlanta .........c0000000..000 010 000—1
Batteries: Two-base hits—Hyatt,
Perry, Thrasher. Three-base hits—Mc-
Millan, Harris. Double plays—Graff to
Pitler to Harris; Munch (unassisted).
Stolen bases—Jantzen, Mayer. Left on
bases-—Chananooga. 3; Atlanta, 5. Time
of game—l: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 outfield
then.
L - .
OI,I\'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.
- - -
AS a result of yesterday’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.
. - -
JAKE 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.
- - -
THE 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 man on base.
- - .
THE game was played in 1 hour and
45 minutes, thanks to the fact that
Elberfeld refrained from extraordi
nary beefing.
- - .
SAM MAYER is fooling even the
umpires. “That fellow makes
throws that nobody can.anticipate”
‘mld Bill Bernhard after the game.
“He's going to catch some umpire
asleep 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 ‘Wl:connln
A. A. U, Commissioner Dory is a pro
fessional.
TWO BOUTS FOR CHRISTIE
MILWAUKEE, May 10.—Gus Christie,
of this city, has signed to box Young
Ahearn at Cleveland, May 19. Chick
Hayes and Kid Murphy will furnish the
semiwind-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
noga University, I.+
At Columbia, 8 C.-—Washington and
Lee, 6; South Carolina, 3.
Come On, You Amateurs.
HE Atlanta Georglan sport pages
T are open to amateur baseball
news In Atlanta and surround.
ing cities. Remember that rou can
book your games through The Geor
glan by sending your notices to the
amateur editor. MHe Is on the job
dally and Is glad to glve the “future
greats” all the publicity they de.
sire.
Send your communications writ.
ten on one side of paper, writing
plainly, In ink if possible. Managers
of teams are requested to give their
names, addresses or telephone num.
pers below their notices,
Come on, you amateur managers,
and get busy,
INDOOR SPORTS
‘/ /,/‘///'/////// NO= | SAID 1D PLAY . COME oN HANIK — 7 W ABNER GET
/’/é/’///%/////,;/ Tl 12 AND YOu ALL // ST THINK YoU LG /////// 7‘:5:« B:c&- HE'LL OH [ KNDW HIM
i T ™ 000 HEQ ONE OF
770" //////\ AGREED- GEE Im ONWY 777777 |Be A LONG TIME DEAD -~ s A WT THATLDDOJU fi(i THOIE BIRN
. /{ L BUCKS AHEND — . ,/// SIT DOWN AND ,;// N(N THE °l__ 9 A 1 .ou MEET NERR
77 1T ANT THE Uépr&N Y 2/ | were toAN ONE /b:/EMSETL - omeHT 071 e ‘tor oreicE
s H-/ NEVER o iAO (- ME Y~ INTHE SUBWAY
TN' | GLBW MORE THAN | | ROUNDO OF JAWK ??n DAN WON THE™ \ /)}"s\ _WHO CANT FIAD
LACT MONDAV ( MU oONE /'K L 1 BUCKS AMD e L CHAN G
AT LMY = WITH "‘ W~ -
¢ 0 ‘_‘.2‘o;;‘ \_ AND L6o / ( Jou NeLLED LHCE- - EL Nj L 2
: =% et AU e | & i pop MONE® \ ¥ St )\ EAR ¥
kT NA v \_ DONT RUN OUT MOV /R Nl 2
L2\r o 6 ST DOWAT Ve i St = — 5
o™ w HATS ( A g oT el .
A X Né;- / ""Z:’vw 9 = % . ¥V- \
{ \'&( o .\sl/ ¥, it \ ¢ e\
¢ 7 {Qo“ \ v g '?'- = .)' - (//'—fl {/1 )
S oA g X 431 : o %
5 eAt y ({4 ; "7 Py 2 e
Lo S A o ’:;:—_ S < \\J’ ’( !( << /\./\\/,
e ~AT ML 7 d
670 SE—aR \ I\l‘ Y 3
¢l ;:‘? N \ \ ‘\\ N\ - / <
oI -Es - p " = RA L ]
g‘ p:Q' == ~ \X\w = § N \
% %‘j : ' WE ; i ; T z\<
. 5 BT [ Tty o PP e :‘.'.:'v!fl':'-""":.'"" \?\:fi‘.—- B /
|2= | ‘ T =t )41 ' ";'.fifi':auaa:a----aeaaznzzrzzfiszza'z‘se‘:‘:ii’él,ji” —~ e
'\ (ES Rk LN R St ol
\\g = 3 PR " = A / | B s i R e e
:ol I USRI . {/(' /I/ ‘ TN RT 1L : === ==; GC‘-——':;
%- oo VAR // — =& |- P,
INDOOR SPO RTT / (,“:*/’ \\// il N W )y (§
ST T 9 A ,/%?E,/ v ; NN PARIS
} R\IIM-T T HOI—D N A ; 7 \\(E/ - M’{VJ JL"‘ /, :j/ ;{f;//// N ,",_‘;?:_;::’: ‘_.' \ —‘.
- UARD BOILED EGG 57\ X\ /77/ : ‘/-r,’ 1 (%/ /// @,7(
for-A FEW MORE 7 \ /,/// "«é 77700 W2O/ /// A JAd
HAND AFTE IVE , F/ \ ,’,/// = ’4_—/&-, %\_—:‘/ /e \2B ke {
3 // 7/ N /._’// 7 77777 727777 A / /)] A //’/ //',///% ‘
AAS WOoN Y IRON MEN - ///'/r\’n&\\(// \\ \J I {E;*—L*"“"'\ d =7 } :f/ 7 /
. NN \ \ = /N B .
‘Results of All Games Played Yesterday, and Games Scheduled
for Today.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Southern League.
Clubs. W. L.Pct Clubs. W. L. Pect
Nash. 17 7 .708 | Chatta. 11 13 .458
New Or. 17 7 .7oslMobne 10 15 .400
B'ham 13 12 .620|L. Rock 9 15 .375
Atlanta 12 13 .480 |M'mphis 8 15 .348
South Atlantic League. ‘
Clubs. W. L. Pc\l Clubs. W. L. Pet
'rleston 14 7 .667 ! C'umbia 10 12 .455
Mont. 12 10 .545 | Albany 913 .429
Augusta 10 11 .476 | Macon 813 .381
C'umbus 10 11 476 |
‘ Georgla-Alabama League,
| Clubs. W. L. Pct| Clubs. W. L. Pet
Rome 6 0 1.000 Griffin 2 4 .333
Newnan 5 1 .823 |Annist'n 1 5 .167
T'adega 3 3 .500 'LaGr. 1 8 aw
National League.
Clubs. W. L. Pct| Clubs. W. L. Pet
Brklyn 10 4 .714 | Phila. 8 8 .500
Boston 10 5 .667 | Pitts. 10 12 455
Chicago 12 9 .BTIISt. L. 811 .460
Cinecin. 11 11 .500|N. York 313 .188
American League,
Clubs. W. L. Pf'l‘ Clubs. W, L. Pct
Cleve, 15 8 .562 !Detroit 11 11 .500
Wash. 11 9 .550 [Chicago 11 13 .458
N. York 11 9 .560 |Bt L. 811 .421
Boston 11 11 .500 | Phila. 713 .348
WHERE THEY PLAY WEDNESDAY.
Southern League.
Chauanoor at Atlanta.
Little Rock at New Orleans.
Memphis at Moblle.
Nashville at Birmingham.
American League. 4
Detroit at Philadelphia
St. Louis at Washington.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
National League.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Brooklg'n at Cincinnati.
New York at Pittsburg.
Georgla-Alabama League.
Anniston at Griffin,
Newnan at LaGrange.
Rome at Talladega.
American Assoclation.
Columbus at Kansas City, .
Home Schedule of
Crackers This Month
HE Lookouts will be the oppo-
T nents of the Crackers today
and tomorrow; after Kid
Elberfeld’s men depart come the
Chicks, Travelers and Vols.
Frank's men finish their home
stay on May 24, when they will
leave to open a series with Chat
tanooga in the Tennessee city.
Following i 8 the Crackers’
schedule during the remainder of
their stay in Atlanta:
Chattanooga at Atlanta—May
10, 11,
Memphis at Atlanta—May 12, 13,
15, 16.
Little Rock at Atlanta—May 17,
hataiie o Atsotm—
2, 2.: vi‘t a nta—May 22,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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 Atlantic League, |
Albany at Charleston (two gn.mel;.
Columbus at Augusta (two games).
Macon, at Jacksonville.
College Games,
Gordon vs. Columbia, at Barnesville.
' YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Southern League.
Chattnnoo%; 4, Atlanta 1.
Mobile 9, Memphis 3.
New Orleans 4, Little Rock 2.
Nashville 11, Birmingham 10,
American League.
Detroit 16, Philadelphia 2.
Boston 5, Cleveland 1.
Bt. Louis 10, Washington 5.
Chicago 5, New York 4.
. National League.
New York 13, Pltlsburgg b.
Chicago 8, Cincinnati b.
Others not scheduled.
| South Atlantic League.
Charleston §, Albany 2.
Columbia 8, Montgomery 6.
Columbus 9, Augusta 2,
Jacksonville 7, Macon 6.
Ooor!l;-Aubaml League.
Griffin 5, Grange 1.
Rome 8, Talladega 7. .
Newnan 8, Anniston 5.
American Assoclation.
Milwaukee 14, Toledo %,
ansas City 9, Columbus 3
lndlana‘)o“c 9, Minneapolis 3
St. Paul 7, Louisville 3.
International League.
Newark 9 Montreal 6,
Rochester 8, Richmond b,
Providence 10, Toronto 9.
Only three games.
Carolina League.
Asheville 9, Raleigh 7.
Charlotte 12, Durham 3.
Winston-Salem 11, Greensboro 0
- - '
Crackers Not Hitting |
- . '
Up to Their Fine Form
———— ‘
Players. ab. ' h., pet. |
W <.ccii cveeindd B B 300
BURE iciicceissnscs B 0 D 18 000
Thrasher ...c.. ..... 99 16 33 333 |
U sisicoscrasse BB 8 1 N
PRI . 00v seaio; 10 T U N 4
RS &oicciteisncn:ll 1 8 3B
S . s B D B
SN i vnsicanr B BB B
McMillan ......*.... 81 13 9 34
R o vse ¥ -+ 91 b 23..2¢42
PRIRY &ik ans 33 1 5 .217
TR (... .08 0 3 OB
) s, EUWONDEL | RS T 1
S ..:/ csnvieei B 8 3 0B
B Sicked si.einn? 1 0 .000
BORP sssses’ veees s 29 €
BINREE ciciiv 2555 0. 0 0.9
ST. PAUL, May 10.—~Mike Gibbons,
middleweight champlon, is going to be
called upon this month for speed other
than in the ring. After knocking out
of Jeff Smith any llnfefinu ideas about
the middleweight title, in New York,
May 23, he is to double back here quick
ly to attend the wedding of his fistic
brother Tommy, to Miss Helen Mega
May 27. Then Mike will start farming
near Osakis, Minn., and gradually retire
from the ring. Tommy announced that
he will not parucl'pnte in fighting of the
ring kind for several months, on account
Your Money
Buys Quality!
Coupons or premiums have
never been used as an induce
ment to smoke Prince Albert!
The correctness of our belief that
smokers do prefer quality rather than
premiums or coupons 1s proven by
the enthusiasm with which Prince
Albert pipe and cigarette tobacco has
been received throughout the civi
lized world! Premiums or coupons
have never been offered as an induce
ment to smoke it/
Prince Albert is sold strictly on merit. It
is a tobacco of choice quality, and made by
an exclusive patented process that does cut out
bite and parch! It took three vears and a
fortune to perfect that process so that today
every man with a desire to smoke a pipe or
roll his own cigarettes can do so without a
comeback, no matter how tender his tongue
or throat may be!
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, N. C.
By Tad
io! his marriage and a wedding tour of
the West coast. .
PRINGE ALBERT
| —
THENS, May 10.—The baseball
season in the Classic City of
Athens is agaln 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
already the main topic of conversa
tion, and by the time the umps call
the first batter to the plate Friday it
will not have mattered whether the
Kaiser sends a soothing note or that
Villa is taken into camp.
The man who could forecast such
events as these would fade into insig
nificance before the dopster who could
tell who will win the series of four
games,
. - -
F.-\.\’S here believe that the team
that gets the breaks, especially
in the first game, will cop. Both
teams have played good and ragged
ball this season. Georgia started the
season well and was going good until
she hit a slump and lost five straight
games. But since the Auburn set
back Bean's outfit has been running
with the best of the Southern nines
and has only lost the series to Vir
ginia
- » -
T!Hu team that faces Tech this yeAr
| will present a number of players
' who have never gone against the Yel
fow Jackets before This is true
completely of the battery staff, both
pitchers and catchers. Rawson, who
has done all the catching this year, 1s
on the team for the first vear, vet he
| has developed into one of the greatest
Georgia has ever had and all season
his hitting has been a feature, while
his throwing is almost perfect. His
success has been the one distinet sur
prise of the season for Georgians
Neither national nor state restric
tions on the use of premiums or
coupons can in any way affect Prince
Albert’s sale!
It is not to be wondered at that
when smokers consider a choice of
tobaccos, their tastes— based on
quality—instantly turn them to
Your taste and satisfaction is proof that
Prince Albert quality is more desirable than
coupons or premiums.
You buy Prince Albert everywhere tobacco
18 sold, in toppy red bags, sc; tidy red tins, 10¢;
handsome pound and half-pound tin humi
dors, and in that fine crystal-glass humidor
with sponge-moistener top that keeps the
tobacco in such perfect condition.
ATLANTA, GA.
——
WES’T'RROOK 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
plaving one of his best games, and on
third base is 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 serfes, Erwin making himself fa
mous in 1912 when his home run won
for Genrgia.
.- - -
IJ.\'IJCSS 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, ¢f.; Gillis,
rs.; Johnston, 2b.; Holden, 3b.; Phil
pot or Westbrook, p.
- - -
PIHLPI)T is a left-hander, whe
came to Georgia from the Au
gusta Military Academy and has been
under the tutelage of ®lff Brannen a
couple of seasons and since the first
game has improved wonderfully, He
Fas 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 vacancies 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 sceratch hit,
LRI |
u-l. T'” -gk
R ; TR |
]RANWI;:E-“A'['EIM |
it~ S |
2 |
Yo\ |
(it 54 58 it [
'Ji!f!!iffifl' . |
!|l Uil 3 ! .-‘ I
N
IR (g ||
LOWG BURNING PIRE AND |