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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
Ty Cobb Is the Greatest Batter of Baseball History
Sam Crane Says Georgia Peach Leads Them All

Cobb came right back the past
season with the surprisingly good
percentage of 40. No such con
slstency Of batting has ever been
known, although Cap" Arson, Dan
Brouthers and also Hans Wagner
have had big consecutive batting
periods.
When one stops to think what Il
40 batting average means, then it
can be appreciated. That record
tells that Cobb, in little over
every other time at bat. made
base hit. and what does that mean
to the club and team having such
wonder on its lineup?
Unfortunately. the Tigers pitch
ing staff went all to pieces the past
season, and Cobb's bludgeou. as
nifty as it was, could not pull his
team out of the rut.
But see what a valuable player
Cobb would be to the Giants. a
team that is always for year after
year lighting for the leading posi-
ton. Cobbs bat and hitting would
be invaluable and would virtually
assure the Giants the pennant sea-
son after season.
Giants Have Lacked Real Star.
The Giants have never been for
tunate nough to secure cracker
jack outfielder of the Cobb, Speak
er or Jackson slugging propensity.
McGraw could never get his hooks
on player like any Of that big
trio, who can and do win game
after game with the wallop
No players have come to McGraw
ready made. He has been obliged
to develop his own team and play
ers, and as usual thing has been
handicapped by a mediocre hitting
outfleld. A Cobb In the Giants
outer garden and at bat would have
won the worlds series both this
season and last.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15

There is nothing in baseball bet
ter than the punch, and with
cleanup slugger like Cobb, who
can be depended on almost every
other time at bat, the Giants would
have been too strong, to tell the
truth.
1t is possibly a good thing for
the game that the Cobbs. Speakers
and Jacksons are scattered around
where their smuggling can be scat
teringly utilized, still I wouldn't
mind if the Giants had Tyrus Just
the same.
I want 10 sec them beat cut Muir
ply again, and the Giants out
field needs Strengthening one can't
get away from that.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15

Georgia guessing. Homer made his
letter the first year that Georgia
defeated Tech and has never played
on team that has put the Red
and Black on the shelf He will
graduate this spring and he would
hate to leave school after having
played on the team three years
without beating Georgia once. He
played a little football at the nigh
school in his home town. Coving-
ton. but received most of his train
ing while a scrub. He weighs 100
and will go into the game with one
Of those uneNplainable get there
or burst" feelings.
Fielder Has Bright Future.
Fielder the CedaJto%n Higl
school lad. will play one of the half
back places and will be there with
colors flying. He is especially light.
but is heady and exceedingly fast.
with a fair use of the stiff arm.
He has scrubbed one year and will
make his letter for the first time
this season. With two years moro
to play in, he has prospects of a
bright future and in the Saturdays
affair he will be heard from. His
weight, 146, keeps him from being
a line plunger, but he can skirt the
ends and is a good defensive man.
Now, last. but not least by a
long shot, we have Thomasson, the
59-pound fullback, who, if he
weighed twenty pounds more,
would be a bearcat. He is the
man who will do the line punging
for the Jackets, and he can be de-
pended upon to put every ounce of
that 159 pounds into every play he
gets in. He learned to play ball
under Coach Heisman, scrubbing
for three years, making his letter
last year. He will graduate this
spring.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
Brief Sketch of Coach Hemans Grdron Warriors
YELLOW JACKETS COMPOSED OF YOUNG ATHLETES

Of the big league" variety. and
this is Hutton. who plays an end.
Before entering Tech he played
football for seven or eight years
with the Savannah High school
and was captain for two seasons.
He was a star on the scrubs and
came near making his letter last
year, but this is his first year as
regular. He is sure tackler,
heady and knowing the game is
second nature with him. He is a
sophomore and by next year
should be able to play in the back
field, where he is accustomed to
playing, but again-weight 14S.
The only new man out of an en-
terng class of over 200 who could
make the team was "Scrappy'
Moore, the little 14S-p pound kid VINO
plays the right end and for whom
there seems such bright future.
He is natural born athlete. but
has had quite good deal Of ex-
perience. having played for four
years on the Little Rock High
school team. where he was a star
OF the Evening" varsity. Before
Re leaves Tech he should make the
Southern, and that is getting to
be harder and harder to make every
season.
Rely on McDonaId's Punts.
The man we shall now speak
of is another one of those Boys
High school players. having played
with them for two years and
scrubbed for one year. and is now
playing such pretty game at
quarter. This Is Mcdonald, who is
there with the goods all the time.
and whose punting is expected to
be a feature Of Saturdays fray.
This man is something else besides
a kicker. He runs well with the
ball and is a regular demon on
catching forward passes from both
sides. He weighs $50 and has three
more years at Tech, all Of which he
can play in.
Homer Cock is the only real old
man in the back field and he Is
being depended upon to do ma
jority OF the work that viii keep
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
By j. S. Moore. Jr.

TT has been said that a team
needs young blood" to keep it
going. If that is the case, the
Yellow Jackets should go some in
their game against the Red and
Black. This is perhaps the young
est team Tech has ever turned out
and might be properly dubbed the
Boy Techites,' not in playing abil-
ity and grit, but in age and weight.
Following is a brief sketch of
each man since he enterd the ath-
letic field, and gives the fans an
insight into what the nucleus
really was and what the big team"
is composed of:
Albert Loeb played With the Boys
High school during his three years
there and then came direct to Tech,
playing scrub ball for three years
and making his letter in his fourth
Year This is his second year o.
the varsity and he is regular
demon when it comes TO grit and q
desire for work He weighs 1855
pounds. Is Fl years of age and viii
graduate this year.
CoIIey a Great Athlete.
Cooley, at right tackle, is an ath-
lete in every sense of the word.
He has scrubbed for three years
and will make his first letter this
year He takes the best care of
himself of any man on the team.
He never smokes or drinks and
practically keeps training the year
round. He played three years at
Georgia Military academy. weighs
16S and leaves this year.
Ed Means is another Boys High
school performer having played
with them for three years, scrubbed
two years and made his letter the
last year He weighs liz. plays a
guard and is one of the best lines
men Tech has had recently. He
has two years more Of football II
he returns next year, which is very
doubtful.
Again, we have q local product
in Fax" Montague, who is playing
guard and showing up in great
style. He prepped at the Boys
High school for three years aud
has made the Yellow Jackets a good
all-round man. He is captain Of
the baseball team, is good track
man, besides being a corl<ing foot
ball player. He is playing a guard
to the entire satisfaction Of all
concerned. However he is very
light. weighing only 1855, and this
is his first year on the team.
Captain Leuhrman has not got a
prep" school record to light his
way, but learned the game at Tech,
playing in the class series. Coach
Heisman saw him play and real
ized that he was a good man. He
Is not fasny. but steady, clear
headed and hard tackler and
charger. However, he, like the 9TH
ers. is far shor; in the weight de-
purtmeut, ar lie only tips the scales
at tie This is his third year on
the team and he will gradual, this
spring.
W. now come TO % u.u Who. if H
had the weight, would d, ia uIaN~"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15

ever this year for two reasons: be
cause he had better backing and
because Griffith taught him how to
pitch. But Griff couldn't have given
him speed if he had lacked it. and.
after ali, Johnson's speed is what
makes him one Of the most feared
pitchers in baseball
Fred Merkle. who has not been
smiled on by fate very often. was
unfortunate enough to be up in the
pinch in an. inning, when Wood
showed his best speed Of the re-
cent series. He was out OF strikes,
having swung at every one.
MerkIs Didn't See Bail.
'Whut was the natter" asked
McGraW on the bench.
Not thing" replied Fred. n
got that kind of pitching all the
time ! wouldn't hit .O26. I didn't
see D single bah he pitched and
just judged he was pitching by
watching his aim come around
If Wood had happened to be wild
and had sent one at MeIkle's bean
the latter wouldn't have had
chance to get out of the way. Tn'
fear of being wounded is anothe,
thing that makes the batter dislike
fast pitching. no matter how often
he may swear he prefers it to slow,
The man with a comparatively
small amount of smoke starts d
game under disadvantage, for the
hitters go to the plate safe in the
knowledge that even il they are
beaned they viii live to read about
it next 6ay
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
WENDELL AND BRICKLEY
TO PLAY, ON SATURDAY

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Nov. 14.-Sup-
porters of the Crimson team are iubi-
LIANT today over the news that Captain
Wendell will be able TO get into the
Dartmouth game Saturday and that the
strained tendons in Brickley's kicking
leg will not keep him out OF the fray.
The team will be put through the
scrimmage work today, but only light
practice tomorrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
ATLANTA LOSES WEISER
TO DALLAS, TEXAS, CLUB

The Atlanta club has lost its claim
on " eiser. the star player Of the Char
lotte, N O., club. He was sold to At
lanta and the money paid. But now It
appears that the Dallas. Texas. club
sold Osteen to Charlotte last spring,
with the understanding that they were
20 have first pick of the team. They
have claimed Weiser and their claiIn
has been upheld by the national com
mission.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
By r. w. Lardner.

w WHENEVER you hear a ball
w player remark that he likes
to hit against fast pitching,
OF that he can hit it better than
ANYTHING else, or that his team is
strong against it. put him down in
your book as temporarily deranged
or careless with the truth.
For when he speaks of speed, it
is taken for granted that he means
the fastest sort, ana not the best
hitter in the world can accomplish
as much against it as against d
modified degree. 1t stands to rea-
son that it is the more difficult to
gauge delivery the faster it is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
SMITH is COMING SOON
TO TAKE OVER HIS JOB

Bill Smith is expected in atlanta the
latter part of the week. He Will leave
the North as soon as the National as
ISOLATION meeting is over, ana will come
straight to Atlanta.
Bill is an awful football bug. and il
is figured that he will arrange his plans
10 be here tor the Tech-Georgia game
Saturday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15

medical advice free to
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
HERE ARE RESULTS
OF PAST BATTLES
BETWEEN RIVALS

1S93-Tech %, Georgia ).
1894-Tech %, Georgia Q.
1S95-No game.
1S96-No game.
1S97-Georgia 2S, Tech 0.
1S9S-Georgia Is, Tech 0.
1S99-Georgia 90, Tech 0.
1900-Georgia u. Tech 0.
I901-No game.
1902-Georgia 0. Tech 0.
190S-Georgia SO. Tech 0.
19O4-Tech 30, Georgia. :.
1905-Tech 46, Georgia 0.
1906-Tech II, Georgia 0.
1907-Tech 10. Georgia s.
190S-No game.
1909-Tech II, Georgia 6.
191O-Georgia II, Tech 6.
1912-Georgia ). Tech 0.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15
BRUNSWICK TO TAKE
FRANCHISE IN LEAGUE

BRUNSWICK, GA. Nov. IA q
meeting Of the local baseball fans held
with the OBJECT IF naming delegates
and taking a franchise i'll the new South
Georgia league, organization OF which
will be held in Waycross tomorrow, il
was decided 10 raise $4,000 with which
to start the local team on its way next
Year. When the delegation from this
city leaves Friday morning ten pc cent
OF the amount will have been paid IN
and the balance will be raised Dy popu-
lar subscription.
Interest in the new league is keen III
this city The local Board of Trade has
given the movement its moral support
ana on every side the subject is being
discussed with enthusiasm.
NEW YORK WANTS AUTO RACES.
NEW YORK, Nov IA campaign
war was started today by the motor
dealers exhibit company to bring the
Vanderbilt and Grand Prix races here
next fall
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
HUNTING THE WOLF.
Trained Eagles Are Used by tho Tar
tar Tribes of Asia.

Trained Eagles Are Used by tho Tar.
tar Tribes of Asia.
There are many ways of hunting the
wolf In Russia, some very curious and
exciting and others as tame as target
practice The most sportsmanlike way
Is by means of hounds, and all over
Russia today there are we'll to dc
sportsmen who hunt the animal in thii
fashion. Wolves are also taken In pit
falls ana shot, while still another way
is to drive in sleigh through the for
est in time Of hard frost, when thu
wolves are bold with hunger At the
back of the sleigh one or more sports
men lie snugly under their fur rugs
with their rifles ready. A young pig Is
carried in the sleigh, and Its cries soon
reach the ears of the lurking wolves,
who cannot resist following the sleigh
and are speedily shot
One of the most picturesque ways OF
hunting the wolf, perhaps, is that
which one may see In the west of Asia
on the bleak Kirghiz steppes. The Tar
tuE tIlUeS uTC WOuueElut IlUISeuelt Ullu
they ride after the wolf In very large
parties. Not only are dogs used to
overtake the quarry, but because a
fleet wolf may get away from them,
eagles are used. being trained to help
the hunter in very much the same
manner as falcons In olden times. Th.
great bird sits on the hunters wrist
until 1t Is let loose, Then 1t scars into
the air, sails after the quarry and
swoops down upon 1t. Its duty Is not
to kill, but to "bother" the wolf by
tapping its wings in Its face and driv-
ing its sharp claws into the animals
back. Such hunting makes capital
sport Tor the riders; but, apart from
this, wolf hunting is real necessity in
those parts, the brutes being far too
partial to the lambs and kids of the
Tartars' 1ocks.--Wide World Maga-
zine
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Governors Greet

Clad In flannel shirt, riding boots
and wearing deep coat of tan, Gov
ernor Oswald West of Oregon, accom-
panied by Governor Hawely arrived at
Boise at ten O'Clock Tuesday night
and ended bis 500.mile horseback trip
from Salem to Boise, to attend the
meeting of the Western governors
which will be in session this week.
Governors West and Hawley mat at six
o'clock Tuesday night at the center Of
the bridge at Nyssa. Governor West,
riding his horse. end accompanied by
the mayor of Nyssa and other promi-
nent citizens Of that city, left the Ore
gon side of Snake river. while at the
same time Governor Hawley and his
son james Hawley, Jr.. in an automo-
bile. left the soil of Idaho. When
they met in the middle of the bridge
aiove the stream which divides the
two states, Governor West dismount-
ed. Governor Hawley left the auto
mobile, and the two chief executives
greeted each other amid the cheers of
many spectators.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
APES OF GIBRALTAR
Highly Priced and Carefully Protected
by Martial Law


Major is the name of the chief of
.he highly priced and carefully pro-
tected tribe of Barbary apes that In
habit the rock Of Gibraltar. There is
a saying in the fortress to the effect
that 1t were "better to kill the gov
ernor than Major"
There are only about twenty left of
This band of monkeys, which In some
mysterious manner came over from
Africa many years ago and claimed
citizenship in Europe. They are pro-
tected by martial law, and any addi-
ton by birth to their number is care
fully chronicled and announced in the
local paper. The apes change their
place of residence from. the highest
peaks of the rock to lower and more
sheltered portions and back again, ac-
cording to the state of the weather.
They show their sense Of humor by
throwing stones at the soldiers, but
they are often not seen for weeks at a
time save in the early morning.
A few years ago, on account of the
diminishing numbers of these animals,
some apes were procured from Bar.
barry and turned loose upon the rock,
But resident monkeys killed them all
Although SO fierce to intruders of their
own kind, they never attack human
beings and are greatly beloved anc
esteemed.-New York Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
FAVORs BILLIARDS
IN HIS SERMON
pENDLETON PASTOR WANTS A
TABLE IN EVERY HOME.
Attitude Of Rev Milne Defend
ed BY Younger Members of
His Congregation.

Declaring that if he had bis way
there would be billiard table in every
home In the United States Rev. Frank
J. Milnes in his farewell sermon to
the congregation OF the Presbyterian
church in Pendletou Sunday afternoon
I defended the popular parlor game in
the course Of his plea for what be
termed Progressive Religion" says
the East Oregonian. His advocacy OF
billiards was bis reply to criticisms
which members of his flock have di-
rected his way because Of bis frequent
manipulation OF the cue III the rooms
OF the Pendleton Commercial associa-
| tion.
Rev. Mines declared his preference
for billiards over all other games be-
cause. he said. it contains less of the
elements of chance aud stimulates the
imagination and the desire for acour-
acy In the player. 'sIn it. as in ali
other innocent games,'' he said, "the
growing boy can flnd proper express
ion for his indispensable energy and
it's function of the church to en-
courage in him such expression. If
the church fails to get abreast of the
growing tide of progression it will not
be long before the recording angel of
time will dip her pen Ia the dyes Of
the rainbow and inscrihe upon its
4 tombstone the single word 'ohsolete.
You say the little ivory balls be-
long to the devil,'' he went on, 'and /
answer that so also did the violin aud
the organ not long ego and yet today
they are used by almost every church.
Henry Ward Beecher. Amercia g
greatest preacher, had a billiard table
in his home. Lord Tennyson, Englands
poet laurate. once said. Ny respect for
a man is not complete until leain
that he can play at least fair game
of billiards.
Rev. Mines also took occasion to
denounce prudery which prevents par
ents from instructing their offspring
in the mysteries of self-reproduotion
and forces them 10 learn OF suoh tbinfs
from vulgar associates in back alleys.
He strongly urged the introduction of
courses in EN- mbryology in the course of
study outlined for child, declaring it
would do more than any one thing to
offset the Influences of degradation and
to conserve the purity of tha nations
| youth. -
The retiring pastor took for bis text
subject. Expression vs.. Suppression, ;"
and his dissertations on billiards and
prudery we're but small part of an elo-
luent sermon illustrating Ibis funda-
mental contention that "all sin. all
vice and all crime are but some sort
Of form of suppression. =
Rev. Mines was forced to resign
under storm of criticism which his
sermons and actions aroused within
his congregation, accusations CT nm
orthodoxy in the pulpit and indiscret-
ion outside the church being heaped
upon him. Many of the young mem
hers OF his flock supported him and
1t is said will fight for his retention at
the meeting which will be held soon
to consider his retention.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Homesteaders Get Relief.

A special to the Esat Oregonian
gives good news to the people Of the
Umatilla project. 1t came in the form
of telegram from Congressman Laf-
ferty to the effect both houses had
passed the bill giving relief to the
homesteaders on the project. Under
the terms Of the bill homesteaders may
prove up on their homesteads without
first making all Of the ten annual wat
er payments to the government. The
message from Lafferty was received
by the secretary of the waterusers' as.
sooiation, and did not state whether or
not the bill will also apply to desert
land entrymen. The secretary has
wired to find out regarding this point.
as many are anxious TO have the law
include the desert entrymeD, also.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Hard 10 GET Into Jail.

There was a queer old specimen of
humanity brought to the Cuyahoga
county Jail. He had been convicted of
the crime of cruelty to animals, and
there was no doubt in anybody's mind
that he richly deserved the penalty in
nicted. 1t is the custom to examine
prisoners, however, before they are as
signed to their cells When this old
reprobate was brought dp the interro-
CATION went thus:
"What is your nameT
"Budd Dobbs."
"NVhat is your nge?"
"Sixty-eight"
"Wbat Is your religion?"
"Great snakes! Does man halter
git religion before they'll let him inter
Jail in this county |-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
WV WITHIN a few weeks time
NV thousands Of men and teams
Wv will be engaged in leveling

NYlIHlN IeW weeks lue
" thousands of men and teams
Wv will be engaged in leyeling
off the grounds of the Pana-
ma Pacific International exposition site
In San Francisco, and 1t is estimated
that within six months 10000 men will
be employed in the construction Of the
material part Of the great exposition at
which the United States Of America
will celebrate the opening Of the Pana-
ma canal. Responses to invitations to
participate and offers Of cooperation
from every part of the world are flood
ing the exposition management, and
President G. G. Moore and his thirty
directors, who represent every impor-
tant interest on the coast and $1,000
100000 in invested capital, are working
night and day to keep up with the
avalanche of duties that pour in upon
them.
Responses Of foreign countries sur
pass all anticipations Of the exposition
management Every civilized nation
on earth, every land within the sweep
Of both shores of the Pacific ocean
and every state in the Union will be
represented by the finest assemblage
Of displays the world has ever seen.
"San Francisco" says President
Moore, ''as hostess for the nation will
entertain the world in 1915 with the
most comprehensive exposition in his
tory, a jubilee of nations, a splendid
commemorative celebration, which
shall include not only the finest fea-
lures OF all former worlds expositions
In recording the progress of the world
but yet in magnihcence, in diversity,
In Its distinctive color of the west, Of
the orient and Of all the countries bor-
dering upon the Pacific ocean will
stand alone. The nations of the world
will see the finest American displays
ever shown at the Panama. Pacific In
ternational exposition.
''The plans Of the people of the west
for the Panama-Pacific International
exposition are being undertaken upon
scale Of world education and inter-
est, and the exposition is the subject
Of enthusiastic cooperation in every