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HEWjHLE
Mishap Occured When Homer,
Fast Columbus Shortstop,
Was Sliding to a Base; Team
Working Hard.
. Columbus, Go. -Crippled, but nllll
doti-railnnd. ;,ttrr the nrcUi.nt In which
Hmi.or, the fn*t <'•ilnmhim HhortHtnp,
broke hlo ankle while aliillng Into n
hn»e during u game l»»t Wtdnradiy,
tlio Columbus Solly League team la
worMny out dully In preparation to tlm
(•licnihi! of the Sully League araaor. on
Sion !a>.
Vho phynl lona in attendance n,»on
Jlomor Mate thHt II will be at leant
ten week a I efoia the fuel llttla in
fielder will attain l>« In condition to
dee rale the baacball diamond, nnd
Kox ti.ia atarled finking for another
map lo take hla place Cnlll Cox can
tM a l.ite, I >ay will lie uacil In Ho
me, ►. place.
The remainder of the team la In
i .iflenl condition and are expected to
idp the Baine with Macon handily
f 'Shorty" Brook a who haa been
(Oaehitiß the tlnlveralty School for
Iloya teanv at Slone Mountain, On
reported In the city yealerday and
will ai pear In uniform today, ll P
hardly expo-ted that h* will play la
He- opener, ae he la not In condition
OK on a ret rult pitcher, waa releaa
*• I Friday u the Cordela team in tne
Georgia State l.eitgue
The probable line-up of llm Foxen
>n llialc game with Macon will he:
cox flret ba-e
Moore, aecond baao.
McDuff, third banc.
Ha t. ahortstop.
'l'hornlon, left field.
Wallace, center field.
Coin ar. rlrht field.
liiKlnmdey. catch <* inning*),
Hi ddlnK. pitch di innlnsat.
Kimball, catch |3 inning*,.
Stair, pitch 13 inning*!
II ROUND-yP OF
THEMACOKIUM
Manager Stinson Has Gom-
Eletely Weeded Out All of
ndesirable Rookies; Work
ing Players Hard.
(By P. L. Johntfon.)
Macon, Ga. —Nnt •tin** the balmy daya
of HU smith a management of the Ma
con club haa there been aueh may
rroepnta for tha Faaihes. George Stm
aon, the new manager, him wrought
wonderful churcea In the peranniMri of
the team and haa i-aiiaed a tremendnua
rally of local fana to tho Macon manage
■lent. •
pUnion hm completely weeded out nU
of th# twdeidimhl# trockl#* and Is spend
in* nit of his ttm# in dsvsloping the 13
men that h« has on hi* rotter. Th#
doßcn m#n n th# k>«#l oamp glv* prom
ts# of opening the Hally #**son for Mi
con in a rush. James Claudius sn«l
)tts roynards wuj find them waiting for
the mid* Monday at Central City park .
Martin has but four of the veteran*
Iwtt k thla year And all are looked upon;
with « deal of favor by the managers
for the nto .tor and big league clubs that
have been on the local diamond this sea
son Home of the big company have
been dickering with the local manage
tnent for Muttn and Voss with no sat
isfactory reply.
Ail of the old quartet should go to
higher company th s season Norman
Munn is pointed out by all who have
seen him work this year a* being tha
best first sucker In the league Beside*
♦ elng a cloan and sure fields Munn is
hitting like • three hundrsd slugger.
Old Pitchers.
John Voss and George Martin are the
old pitchers to return. Noth have shown
tip exceptionslly well antU Stinson states
that he will be willing to put them up
ugninet anything in the league It is
row a question to get two others that
will qome along in their class At pres
ent J B Vaughan, who cut such a
swath in the <Georgia Htate League*last
ecu eon w tli Valdosta, is dishing out **
good else package of the box goods and
bids strong to *ta\ here.
Th 4 pitching problem is about the only
thing that is giving Manager Htmaoti
much worry there days. He has Ham
ilton who was w th Albany « while Ins?
season and a dtftl is on foot for a left
hander. With Hamilton getting In hat - j
mony and the southpaw deal closed
there will be a live v scrap on between
Vaughan and Hamilton for the third
ltght-liand * - s the left under
would most likely stick A hunch of j
hurlers came hut soon went as Stinson
is not the man. to speed money on use-,
less and non-promising material
When the training season opened Rtin
soti had three catchers on hand. Ail
three looked good, they had about an
squaj rhftQrd Fine* Georgs p ! ay* right
field find Matthes, ths veteran ctnt«r
ftsldsr Is hart ***ln, only »•»»* onfflld
twiAttlon «im vtuani. II NKin ddvHopfd
that Ttm<m Ikiwden. (he ri*o«ciiiH
«-;tl« H#*r mid thr* Of»rd*|* (Georg!* Slate),
rscslvdt of I**l year, wai Instructed fn
forget he- ever riandN a mil and to
b*rom* a* custom h glove
Backstop *
Thl* left tin* backstop Job up to Vetch
And Kluth, both r*c«muu*n«l*itlt>ns of
f'rok-nhoo VfHrh of old Hoiith«rn Lea- |
hunt i
of IVrk-n lion Noth ;ire nomlnf Tin*
with Klirth doing most of th* catching.
If they sen remove the kink A ftflnwon
will carry them, <«* he wants an extra
ditcher.
At first Macon was Hurd put to It to
g« t the vght rim ii In tho rife tit Infield |
position. A number tried but failed.
M.h k Sylftii. a Jacksonville amateur Is
the most promising youngster on th*
list ll* Is n clever fielder and on* of
th* hardest workers In the bunch. Ill*
w< ik Kpot though Is at tho plats Tilts
in iy hinder him 11 while but m* *<n>n hi
bo got* rid of at«a* fright bs will b*
on* of ths nlcsat third b.isonisn In th.«
Hally.
•'lntich*' Klrostln* suddsnly blow In
«nr day and <auss<l all of ths doubts
utK>ut nhfWtstnp tn disappssr Vfs win
with Stinson In N ri Antonio two years
ago and Is founding Into a rlsaay man
at ths grassy region Jimmy Ford la
moving along nicely at ssoond. Jnmoa
Is a lad that corns* slow but aursly At
present h* la loading ths hatting order.
That make* ths Mndfm Iwtll club for
Itowd*n. Matthew* and Stinson form an
outtsr garden trio that la sntlrsly sat
lafactnry t*» local umfiag.incnt and Ma
con fandmn With such a llns-up Ma
con people expect Stinson to bs a first
division contender nil ths esnson.
Baseball Everywhere
By CEO w REAB
Tbs following poetic skit on the na
tional game appeared In The Augusta
Herald some five or six years ago. Ah
Hie good old pastime has been re
juvenated in this city, it wNI he apropos
to reprint It. for baseball will reign su-
Itetne in tho columns of thousands of
papers for several months hencs:
I.
It's baseball In the office;
It's baseball on the street;
It's baseball In the parlor.
And with everyone you meet.
The girls are talking baseball.
No more their new spring hat.
You’ll see them in tbs grandstand
Whatever game you’re at.
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The office phone Is ringing—
’Ten you tell me of the score?"
And the rooters are a-rooting
As they never did before
O. the air is filled with baseball.
It's the topic of the town;
I'olitlcs and price of cotton
Going way hack to sit down.
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The ticker Is e-tlcking
Of the game from far away,
And the Pans are breathless waiting
For the details of each play.
TheSe’e an anxious expectation
Ae the men step to the pCate
While the wire tells the story
Of each loot! player’s fate.
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What lov o’er spreads the features
Of each highly Tensioned fan
As the boys front old Augusta
Lant the sphere and ha**'* land
What a groan Intones their feelings
When the ticker tells of **011!,"
Or of error of some player
Turning ‘Victory about.
College Teams May Now
Invade Hawaiian Islands
New York.—-Th* rieatre for new ftetia
to conquer may teed (o anlnvaslim of
flie Hawaiian laUnda by two college
I Clime ilorliiK the coining rummer. An
Independent tram compored of Harvard
l'n!verrl iy player* 1* conetflerlng th*
trip and the w I tiling nine In the .in noil
set lee between Stanford and California
univerrltle* he* been formally Inxted to
play at Hone Lulu The nvltailon haa
lieen extended by tha Oahu Leegne,
wh.ch desires that the Pacific Conn!
tmtvcrelty (ram spend nt lean one
month In the Hawaiian lalunda at th#
expense of the league
lt»*el-all la vrry popular throughout
tha Hawaiian I*l.unit, and a number of
organized team* play the game during
the major portion of the year The Oahu
League a eotnpoaed of the more Impor
tant nine* about liono Lulu. Thla or
ganlmaikm 1* now constructing a bill
park that will compare favorably with
those In till* country. Tha lyrge grand
•land will tie completed for official
opening on the occaalon of tha ftr*i
game with ihe visiting team, should the
Invitation lie accepted.
That the I* and ball play ers prov, d#
worthy competition for the beat colleg
iate nine# t* apaprent from tha showing
of tha liawalran-Cmneao nine during
the past «nd iwceent Invasions of tha
t'nlted (bates. Thla team will not be in
tha Islands during the coming so* son aa
Ha.arheduta with eastern universities In
this country extend* through ihe sum
mer month* hot team* of like eallbra
will be met In the Mono Lulu series by
the visiting collegians. i
THE SEA BULLS
TEAM COMPLETE
Manager Hamilton, of the
Charleston Sally League
Team, Announces His Line-
Up.
Charie*ton, S. C. —Manager Jams* A.
Hamilton of ths Charleston Hca (lulls
has derided on tbs t* .m he will u*u In
iimking the rues In tbs Sally pennant
chase, which starts here Monday with
Jvrr.v Mf>*'h champions as the vlval club.
On tlie whole ths men that tbs plucky
1" <1 lea'll i li.-S got tiered ....k like win
ners. On# thing la sure, and that la.
tlujt this year s clan m much stronger
than the team which started out for
rharlcHton last season under Georgs
Need hum.
Manager Hamilton Is not claiming the
pennant but be states that he will le
very much disappointed If the team fin
ishes below third pia* e. The tana hav*
watched the wt**k of ths play era in ths
exhibition games and are much pleu»<Kl
with the ability of the melt. The Gulls
Ihls year are strong both at the but,
field, and especially In tbs l>o*. which
was the main trouble with the team of
a year ago.
Pal Foster him! Kobe Kldrldge, two
vats from last year's bunch, J«m Pats.
Cots Cochran and Georg* Payne, make
up the pitcher* that Hamilton will start
ths reason with. Kldridg* and Pat* are
left-hander*. FosUV, Pate and Coch
ran shape up like the stars of the staff
Hamilton will carry five pitchers until
April -ti, when the pikers' limit will
have to he enforced.
Catcher Marshall, In IMS with Pallns,
will he tlie regular backstop. lie Is a
giant In alse, good psgger. and a hard
hitter Plough fYoin tho Michigan Lea
gue will act a* utility man. He can
work behind the but. infield and out
field with credit. Slugging the bull la
lilm strong |H><nt.
The Infield will be composer of
"Hutch" ItertiMon. a .nit; hitter fVorn th«*
Cotton Htatea League, at first; Mana
ger Hamilton at second Karl Bitting, of
last year's team, at third, and .Elmer
Cain, the youngster drafted from ths
Ohio State Le .gut*, will cover short.
In ths outfield will be seen Ed Win
ston, the fastest bass runner In the
Sail) hist year. Tom McMillan, the lea
gues lending batting and "Rabbit"
Russell, a .314 ratter front the Kitty
League. Th s trio is touted os tho
best in the league.
COLUMBUS BALL
PLAYER GDSSiP
“Capital City” Talk Says
Home Team Has Better
Chance to Win Pennant Than
Ever Before.
Columbus, Ga.—Tha Columbua team
thin M-a.-ton seem* to have it brighter
prospect for a pennant winner than
ever Itefore. Marmgn Jim |>Vx had
Ida men report on tho lath of March,
one peck later than most any other
team in the leitßiie. but when the imt
trrinl Penan to roll in he made the re
imark that he already had a finished
hunch of b«il players and that he
would have very' little trouble In
ruuiullng them Into shape.
All durliiK the train I nil season the
fellows have been working out mora
inic and afternoon, and a few exhibi
tion Kames have been played. These
contests Have the lengthy manager a
good line on his men and as each
game was ended he cut a couple of the
revruits from the list and at present
has sixteen men. who will he retained
until the ftiiHl cutting Is reunited by
the league rules.
Twirling'a Been Weak.
Lust season, anil during most of the
time the Foxes have been In the thillv
i League, the tyylrllng staff has been it
j'vitk point, but thla year James Clau
dius lias gathered a bunch of pill
' peddlers who are sure to make the
; batters In this circuit shake nt the
lends and smoke which they are enr
. t ying up their sleexes. Stairs, a recruit
from Juanita College, seems to he
I about the best of the rookies The
| lad bus a spltter which has Robinson
| lashed to tho mast The kid has
twilled a number of tho practice
I names and Fox says that he will sat
the league a-tire.
Redding, a twliibr of last season.
Iw ho canto to this team from the St.
J Louis y’ardlnal*. ts showing up well
j again this year and wilt be one of the
Jtialnstays of tha team. Two loft -
handers and two other twirlers finish
I the hurling aggregation and all of
| them look exceedingly good Fox will
have o bum h of w orry coming to him
.In making Ms final trim In this de
| part a nil.
New Men.
I On the infield the locals will have
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
FOUR GREATEST STRIKE-OUT ARTISTS
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LEFT TO RIGHT: CHRISTY MATHEWSON. WALTER JOHNSON AND ED WALSH. BELOW, NAP
• RUCKER.
I'nless all signs fall —unless Walter Johnson breaks his arm—or in short, unless he doesn't pitch
this season, the great twirler of the Senators will pass the 1,500 strike out mark before the summer of 1914
is over.
Since Johnson has been playing major league ball he has rolled up a record of 1,438 strike outs —
some record No other major league pitcher in the same time, that is in the seven consecutive seasons
from 1907 to 1913, has struck out so many batters.
There are only three pitchers beside Johnson who have passed the 1,000 mark in strikeouts during
this period They are Kd Walsh. Christy Mathewson. and Nap Rucker.
"Rig Ed" Walsh, the White i?ox pitcher, is Johnson's closest rival for the title of strike-out king.
Walsh has a record of 1,405 strike outs for the past seven seasons. Although the big Chicagoan pitched in
but sixteen games lust season, he has taken part in forty-eight more games during the period under discus
sion than has Johnson,
"Christy" Mathewson of the Giants, is next, with a record of 1,137, while Nap Rucker, the Brook
lyn twirler. has amassed 1,128
When the strike-outs are reduced to an average per game, Rucker goes to third place. Jack Coombs,
the Athletic pitcher, goes to fourth place, and Mathewson goes to fifth place. Johnson has an average ot
5.41 strike-outs per game, Walsh's average is 4.38. Rucker's 3.86, Combs’ 3.84 and Mathewson's 3.79.
two no\x men One of these has been
In this company before and Is thought
to be the best keystone player In the
league Mclltiff will occupy the hot
tack. Day or Homer will take care of
short. Moore, who was shipped to
ti.urlcston last season, will agHin he
get n at second. Fox will take care
of lie Initial sack and Kimball will
do the receiving. McDuff and Fox are
the only ones who finished the 1912
season with the Foxes and Moore
comes back with a bunch of pep and
a keen eye at tha hat. Homer, a col
lege lad. haw been showing a bunch
ot speed at short, but in Wednesday's
prat lice he received a very had sprain
while sliding to second and will prob
ably be laid up for three weeks. Oscar
l'ay has also been. making the station
left vacant by Keating look easy. The
ta.l Is big league timber and will he
held as a utility man.
HARVARD ANiTyALE ARE
FAST BECOMING FRIENDS
Nfw York. —Professor Briggs, chair
man of ths Harvard Athletic Associa
tion In hla annual report touche* on the
Improved attitude of Harvard and Yale
lnt*'r-varsity athletics as follows;
"Not the least Important thin* in
Harvard athletics of late years has been
the steadily fticresing friendliness and
confidence of the relaton between Harv
ard nod Yale. Year* a got thla relation
was frequently disturbed by suspicions
which w.e ('Hen too ne v y warrant
able. a”.d ! r which each ollege was no
doubt in pit responsible. To expect
that over\ player in every contest will
always do eaxctly right toward his op
ponent ** to r xpect something a -tittle
beyond human anture; but In gcnwal it
may be said th«t the games between
Harvard and Yt le are now among the
ItiecdhcM nrd the cleanest, as they
have long been among the most Intense,
nt college games, and that the negotia
tion* let ween 11 ward and Yale about
them are among th** inn** agreeable »e
--gotiat ons of the college year.**
Baseball Enthusiasm in Augusta Has
Been Aroused to Its Highest Pitch;
Young Experienced Players on Team
Local Sallie League Team is An Aggregation of Young Play
ers With Possibly the Exception of “Babe” Brouthers,
the Manager of the Club, and Eddie Sabrie, Star First
baseman.
When the Augusta baseball club trots
out on the WaVren Park diamond Mon
day afternoon for the first gune of tho
South Atlantic league season an aggre
gation of young players, with poealbly
two exceptions, "Babe" Brouthers. the
manager, and Eddie Sabrie, flrat base
man. It will he the first time in two
> ears that Augusta has started a team
in the Sally and the baseball enthusiasm
n this city has been aroused to a high
pitch.
Manager Brouthers was selected to
pilot the club soon aftrt* the board of
directors passed a resolution allowing
this city and Columbia to re-enter. And
Brouthers has lost no time sine# then.
He s a quiet unassuming sort of person
who attends to his own business. He
never brags about what he is going to
do. for he believes that results will
show Brouthers has made a splendid
impression in Augusta. This city has
seen tlit? type of manager who won the
pennant before the first ball was pitch
ed. And it may be pertinent to state
.lust here that Augusta never won a
pennant during the entire time she was
In the Sally.
"Babe" Himself.
At the third corner, which is one of
the most important, will be stationed
Manager Brouthers himself, a fin shed
infielder. Tills same man Brouthers
has won three consecutive pennants for
Paducah, Ky„ in the K. I. T. League
and has. of course, been demonstrated.
To the manager's left at short field
will be Broughton, a semi-professional
from Columbus, Ga.. who is said to be
very fast. At the keystone sack Clark,
a try-out with the Birmingham club of
the Southern league ana a man who
was very nearly ripe enough for South
ern Le gue company, or McC&nn, a fast
semi-professional from Philadelphia. Pa.
will be stationed. These two men are
making a strong fight for the Job.
At first base the ever reliable Eddie
Sabrie will be stationed. Sabrie is too
well-known to the fans of the gaily to
need any extended introduction He
is a Jump up first sacker. a fair hitter
and a man who will help wonderfully
to steady the infield. With Manager
Brouthers on one corner and Sabrie on
the other there should be a strong com
bination.
The Backstop.
Behind the bat there will be Wheat,
brother of ihe famous Ziu’k Wheat, of
the Brooklyn Nationals who wns with
the Dodgers a portion of last season and
who finished the season with a team in
the Nebraska Stat** League Wheat is
a young catcher of splendid promise.
Another catcher will be Fuesse. last
year with the Covington. Ky.. semi
profess.onal team and a man who is ex-
SUNDAY. APRIL 5.
P-ct.d to b* a star when he gets a lit
tle mra-e experience.
Andrews and Neyerhouae are two
pitchers left by the Brooklyns and botli
are expected to make Rood men. Other
pitcher* are Whitney, formerly with
Rirmtngham of the Southern irfaaue.
Brumer, formerly of the Appalachian
I.ensue, Johnson, a aeml-iwo from Phil
adelphia and .Slone, last year »tar a.ab
man for tha Oak Hidse College leant.
Anhy, Askew and Bod will ba the
fielders. The first named wa* a atar
In the K. I. T. League laat year, Boyd
led the Virginia League In fielding and
Askew was a star in the Georgia-Ala
baina league.
Manager Brouthers has an outfield
which he expects to hit well up and
the prospects for a highly successful
year appears excellent.
JACKSONVILLE A
WINNING TEAM?
At Least Fans in tne Florida
Metropolis Think So; Club is
Expected to Have Banner
Year.
(By Roy L. Bishop.)
Jacksonville, Fla.— Manager Perce
WildeV has had h ! s players out daily fr.j
the past month getting his performers
in trim for the coining season and judg
ing from the material that he has to
pick fiom he should have a club that
should well represent Jacksonville dur
ing the 1914 campaign. Wilder has not
furnished all of the valuable information
out from under his sleeves yet, but judg
ing from the information that is avail
able he is expecting to provide the
Florida Metropolis with the best ball
club club that*has represented this city
in many years.
Up to the present fifteen players are
working out daily in an effort to secure
a position on the club, but in the opin
ion ofmany it is believed that Wilder
has already selected his players who will
open the season with the local club. Dur
ing the early part of the training sea
son when Walton CVuise was traded to
the Ht. Louis Nationals, it was thought
that his position would be hard to fib.
But Bill Pownell who was assigned to
Cruise's former position is showing up
well and is covering a world of terri
tory. Johnson and Callahan, who were
included in the Cruise deal are proving
to be real ball players. Johnson is a
pitcher and the article of ball that he
has been playing during the training pe
riod has made Manager Wilder believe
that he has secured another "Walter
Johnson," on account of his speed.
Callahan on Second.
Callahan is playing second and Ids
work around the keystone cushion and
at the hat has caused the local leader
1 open kil OTM. At the i*esent prns
peels for a winning tall club look ex
ceedingly bright and the baseball en
thusiastic* are predicting a banner year
for Manager Wilder.
Fred Melehoir. captain of the club,
and who is guarding the initial corner is
playing fine ball and is looking forward
to the best year of hs career. Melchor
is the one who received a diamond stick
pin last year for being the most valu
able man on the Jacksonville team.
Another prize has been offered for tha
most valuable performer on the Jack
sonville club again this season and ad
of the players will do their best to win
the high honors.
The following players will. In all prob
ability start the season with the Jack
sonville outfit:
“Jax.” Layout.
Krebs and Cueto. catchers; Manager
Wilder. Johnson. Burmeister, Pierson
and Woods, pitrhers; Captain Melehoir,
first base; Callahan, second base: CYow
,(!er, shortstop; Hill Starr, third base;
Pownell, left field: Carroll, center field;
Hoffman, right field.
The following pla'ers will likely ho
carried a few days after the opening of
the season. Whiffed, Mabrey and Gar
wood.
Manager Wilder was asked what he
thought of the prospects for the coming
season and he stated that he expected
to have one of the best rluhs of the
South Atlantic League. Wilder said:
“H is a hard thing for any manager to
make a prediction as who will win the
pennant, but l believe that I have a club
that will show just as much class as
the other players In the Sally clrcu t
during the 1914 season and theref've all
I will rtiy Is that 1 will do all that Is ill
my power to give the Florida Metropolis
a winnig baseball club during the com
ing season.”
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
VS. HARVARD FOOTBALL
New York. —The Invasion of the East
by the University of Michigan football
team for the intersections! game with
Harvard at Cam bridge on October HI
will be marked by some unusual features
in the way of welcome and entertain
ment. Plans are already being consid
ered by both the Harvard student body
and the University of Michigan alumni
living in New England to make the trip
a mentorable one. A permanent organ
ization has been formed by the Michi
gan alumni to assist the Ann Arbor
squad in every way possible during *ts
stay in the Gist. This association has
been assured of hearty co-operation by
the Harvard football authorities and thi
various Cambridge student bodies. It
is probable that the Michigan players
will spend sevem'. days previous to the
pim<* at Trinity College. Hartford, pre
paring for what is generally considered
a test of the relative merits of the east
ern and western football play and coaen
| ing.