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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
Smith to Lead CRACKERS and Board of Directors Stick
Street RaiLOaH Con1pan1 Hana On Local

poor was the work of the men who
took their places that the Crackers
had to be contented with sixth
place. And that fall the Nashville
and New Orleans team fought it
out for the pennant.
In 1909 Bill Smith came back
again. Despite his inability to find
real first baseman, despite the
weakness of Walker at third, de-
spite the slOwness Of Newton at
short, Bill made a runaway Of it.
His success was due chiefly to the
grand work on the slab of Johns
Fisher. Atkins and BARLEY and the
almost unequalled defensive work
of the team. The club numbered
only one hitter-Sid Smith. But
Sid could usually be counted on to
drive in a run or two and the
Cracker pitchers would do the rest.
Then a strange, and to the fans
an inexplicable and an unforgiv-
able thing, happened. Bill Smith,
the man who had won two pen
nants in three years. was fired
To the baseball association this
was the logical thing to do Smith
did not run the club according to
their notions. He did not like to
be hampered by the Modern finan-
cial methods of street car COM
pany. He figured that street
car company should be run one way
and baseball club another. And
he believed further that so long as
he was winning pennants nothing
else mattered.
And because he and the baseball
association couldn't agree he was
let out and Jordan was named
manager
= INCE the divorce of Smith and
the Atlanta Baseball .associa-
ton nothing has gone very well for
either Of them. Smith got the lob
as manager of the Buffalo team
through the good offices of Clark
Griffith. but he couldn't make a 60
OF it, The following year he went
to Chattanooga and he served as
manager there last year and this
year. On neither occasion has he
had any success. despite the fact
that he started last season with
what looked like the best ball club
ever gathered together in the
Southern league.
A ND now Smith is coming back
4
to Atlanta. The papers haven't
been signed yet. but they will be at
the close of the season.
And the man who won five nan-
nants in sixteen years will be back
at the old stand
1t is needless to say that the fans
are tickled to death. They couId
hardly be otherwise. 1t is equally
certain that Smith is pleased to re-
turn to the scenes of his greatest
triumphs.
1t means further that Atlanta
Will have sc,apping, winning
team next year. For that's tho
kind Smith has always turned out
for Atlanta.
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teresting He had great old team,
too, Hoffman at first. Blake at sec
ond, Perry Lipe at third, Paul SEN
tell at shortstop. Stinson. Smith
himself and various assortment
Of short -termers in the outfield.
Matthews, Bayne. Polchow. Segars.
pitchers. and Harnish and Quinn as
catChers
The following year Smith was
back at Macon again as manager
and again the Peaches we're pen
nant winners. This time they fair
~ romped home with the rag. with
Savannah again the runner-up. Bill
carried over only a few members
OF his old team-Harnish. Senteu.
Lipe and Stinson-but he filled in
the chincks masterrully. getting
Jim Fox for first base. Piepho for
second. Houston in the outfeld.
Loucks. Spade. Fox and Helm for
slab duty and Evers behind the bat.
It will be noted that Smith himself.
Sentell, Stinson, Fox. L.oucks.
Spade and Eyers at subsequent
times PLAYED on the Cracker team.
1t is also worth noting that two
distinguished Georgians, Ty Cobb
and Nap Fucker, were playing in
the Sally league that year
60 impressive was Bill Smiths
work as manager Of the Ma
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
CRACKERSCAN'T
LOSE TODAY; No
CAME FOR THEM

FEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1.-THE
" Crackers are resting up today
in preparation for the series
they open with the Gulls in Mobile
tomorrow afternoon. The five
straight defeats at the hands of the
Pelicans has about broken the spir-
it of the Atlanta team, and there
seems to be no chance whatsoever
of them ever pulling out of last
place.
The Crackers have learned that
Billy Smith is to manage the club
next season. and those who know
the present leader of the Look
outs are confident that he will again
prove a successful chief in the
Gate City.
After leaving Mobile. the Crack
ers go to Birmingham and thence
to Montgomery Nashville and
Chattanooga follow and then back
home. At Ponce DeLeon they are
to mingle with Memphis Nashville
and Chattanooga. the Lookout Sc
ries being the last of 1912 games
on the home pasture.
Third Baseman Schultz. just Sc
cured from the Meridian team Of
the Cotton States league. joined the
Crackers here yesterday. He will
probably be given his first try-out
tomorrow against the Gulls He is a
likely looking chap
The Crackers lost the fifth and
final game of the series to the Pels
yesterday by a score of to 0.
SWindell outpitched Becker.
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Sid Smith was stuck in and plugged
the gap. In the outfield. Crozier,
Winters and Smith himself starred.
After a bit Bill dropped out and
various players were tried-Stin-
son. "Bonehead" Bob Wallace and
others. But somehow a fairly good
outfeld was always on the job.
Archer and Sid Smith formed the
regular catching staff-and a bet
ter one was perhaps never seen on
a minor league team The pitchers
were Tom Hughes, Rube Zeller
Dick Harley, Loucks. Doc Childs.
Baxter Sparks and Elmer Duggan.
There was a grand three-c cor
nered race for the pennant that
year, with Birmingham, Memphis
and New Orleans the contenders
Finally the Barons pulled away and
duel developed between Mem
phis and Atlanta for second place.
The Crackers were finally content
ed with third place, but the strug-
gle was one that kept the Crack
ers on their feet,
In this season happened an Incl
dent that is characteristic of Bill
Smith. While the Cracker team
was playing in New Orleans Otto
Jordan was struck with bunch.
that the New Orleans team had
run some rubber balls in on them,
Bill at once accepted this suspicion
as a proven fact and there was all
but a riot. Before ii was over Otto
Jordan was hailed to police head
quarters in patrol wagon and
there was an awful muss. OF course,
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it eventually developed that the
whole thing was nursed along by
Charley Frank for press agency
purposes and finally it quieted down.
But the incident and the way Bill
Smith handled il showed to the
public with rare clearness that Bill
Smith would fight for his players
and for his team.
II HEN came Atlantas pennant-
winning season-the first for
q years. Twice before in baseball
history the Cracker club had
copied. The first time was in 1885
and the second in 1885. In 1885 the
local club won after a grand race
with Savannah. In the deciding
game Hank O'Day pitched for Sa-
vannah and, despite his grand eff
forts, Atlanta won.
Naturally the Cracker fans were
raVenOus for a pennant winner
And Bill Smith gave it to them.
When Bill broke into the league
the other managers were inclined
to refer to him as fresh bush
Lacquer" But his first season he
threw an awful scare into them.
And the second season he won their
pennant.
sit was a marvellous team that
Smith built up-a club that could
spot the present Southern league
pennant winners a couple of runs
and then beat them seven out of
ten games. Ed Sweeney and Sid
Smith did the CatChing-and both
later went to the big leagues. Ford,
Zeller, Castleton and Spade were
the pitching mainstays, with Hoot-
Mon Mckenzie the sensation of the
latter part of the sea son, after
Zeller began to fade away Fox,
Jordan. Castro and Dyer formed
the infeld. and Paskert. Winters
and Becker the outfield Seven men
on this team later went to the big
leagues.
Despite the excellence of the
team, there was a tough race.
The Memphis team, managed by
Charley Babb, put up an awful
fight and took a lead toward the
latter part of the season that
looked too big to be overcome. But
by the grandest sort of work on the
home diamond the Crackers closed
steadily in. Finally came the game
that vas to decide it, More than
1000 persons were crowded inside
the park 10 see the performance.
What happened is history And
Atlanta won the pennant.
y ILL SMITHS third year in At
lanta saw an awful slump So
many Of smiths syar players were
sold 10 big league teams and so
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Y ILL SMITHS third year in At
lanta saw an awful slump. So
many Of Smiths syar players were
sold 10 big league teams and so
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
DOC" JOHNSTON LEAVES
PELS TO JOIN CLEVELAND

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. l5-"Doc"
Johnston. first baseman with the local
team of the Southern league left last
night TO join the Cleveland team.
Pitcher Cullop. Catcher Angermeiar
ana inhe.der Mills, who, together with
lnfielder Butler are the -four PLAYERS r.
ceived in exchange for Johnston have
reported here
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
KID Mccoy RELEASED.
BUT ON A $4,000 BAIL

LONDON. Aug. 10 Norman Selbv.
the former American puglist. who is
better known by his ring name Of Kid
Mccoy, WHO Is charged with implica
ton in an Ostend, Belgium. $50 600
Jewel robbery, was again arraigncd in
Bow street police court today In con-
nectiOn with cXtradition proceedings.
Upon request of counsel the case
was put over for a week and bail In the
sum of $4,000 was furnished for the
American by Louis Levy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
KILBANE AND DUNDEE
TO BATTLE ON SEPT. 4

CLEVELAND. OHIO, Aug I5.-Aru-
Giles have just been signed here for a
match between Johnny Kiloane, teath-
erueight champion. and Johnny Dun
dee. of New York. for ten rounds al p
pounds before tn, st Nicholas Athletic
club of New York on the night of Sep
tember 4 Kilbane will get $500.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
HAppoW is REINsrArED

CHARLOTTE, y. c., Aug 15.-John
J. Haddow. the Charlotte third base
man. who was fined 500 and indef-
nitely suspended Tuesday. was reinstat-
ed al a called meeting Of the directors
Of the local club Haddow was charged
with throwing a game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15

y Cobb failed to get a safe hit IN
three times up yesterday. and as re.
suit fell of three points in his batting
average. Speaker dropped of one notch
and fell Just below the 400 mark by Sc.
curing only two hits in SIX attempts.
jackson managed to get three elouts in
eight trips TO the plate and stood still"
as a result at .3s5. Collins gained
three points. He banged out three hits
in six chances, LaIoie lesped forward
FIVE notches By getting four hits IN
eight trys.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
JEANETTE To
GIVE JOHNSON
4 MERRY TINE
Bv W. S. Farnsworth.

rACK JOHNSON is going to
meet Joe Jeanette in ten
y round bout in New York on or
about September %. The champion
will, undoubtedly, win on points.
But. believe me. he is going to have
tough voyage and he hasn't any
more chance Of stopping the New
York negro than ! have Of being
the next president of the good old
United States.
And. also. il is my opinion that,
after the ten rounds are finished,
Johnson will never agree to meet
Jeanette over longer route.
There never was a harder nut than
this same Jeanette, and he is game
from the top OF his head TO the
bottom OF his No. 12s.
II has often been said that when
two negroes meet in the ring they
pun to each other Well, there
won't be any pulling in this fight
Jeanette hates Johnson, and will
fight as he never fought before TO
win
Johnson is a rough neck" Jean
nette is just the opposite. There
never was more manly fellow
and a cleaner liver Jack spends
his spare moments in dives. dance
halls and cafes. Jeanette. when
not in the ring, remains at home
with his family. Jeanette has no
use for a negro Of the johnson
type,
II will be a Sc Of a good Niger
against an undesirable one and all
New York will be pulling for Jean
nette 10 win. Joe is one Of the most
popular fighters in the East and
this despite his color He IL re-
spected by men Of wealth In fact.
one Of the directors Of the Penn
syfvania lines is his biggest boost
er This railroad man invests all of
JeanDette's earnings for him. The
result is that today Joe has enough
81 the filthy stun TO retire and live
comfortably the rest Of his DAYS.
johnson can beat Jeanette on
points in a ten-round bout. but over
a route our money would go on
Jeanette
I NBRYBODYS doing It, Bob
Fitzsimmons is the latest to an
nounCe that he is going To come
back Ruby Robert Of the SpeckIed
Spots climbed into the ring At the
Flynn Smith fight in New York
last night was introduced. and
then sprung the following.
Gentlemen, ! want to come back.
l am going 10 start training tomor-
row and will be ready to- fiSht i'm
about one month"
After the entertainment was over
newspaper men got 80" FItz and
found that he is really serious i'm
his intention TO get back into the
ring
Il am still the undefeated middle
weight and light heavyweight
champion of the world" FYtz told
the scribes. Il particularly desire
10 get match with Tom Sharkey."
Sharkey. who was standing near
by, overheard the remark and came
back with this
Il will take you on, F'itz. Get
club to stage the bout and will
make YOU any kind of side bet
you want"
Perhaps after good nights
sleep both have come 10 their
senses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
BY Percy H. Whiting.

II I'LL SMITH is coming back to
II Atlanta! The man who was
unceremoniously fred as At
lanta manager after he had won
two pennants in three years is
coming back triumphantly. And
this despite the fact that since he
left Atlanta he has failed, both at
Buffalo and at Chattanooga.
And thus is the dope overturned.
This move is taken to mean not
only:
! That Bill Smith Is coming
back as manager, but
2 That the Georgia Railway and
Power Company viii not sell it's
franchise this year even though it
has had tentative offers. and
8 That the present board Of di-
rectors. consisting of Messrs. Frank
Galloway, Charles Nunnally and
Gus Ryan, will retain their posi-
tions for another year.
II seems entirely certain that the
local street railway company Is go
ing to hang on TO the franchise.
They don't have TO- They turned
down an ofrer last year of 100000,
mostly in cash, for It because they
doubted the policy Of selling il to
those who made the offer They
have chances this year, too, provid-
ed they would make the price right.
But It is a certainty that they
would not saddle any possible pur-
chaser Of the franchise with man
sger provided they had any notion
Of selling.
BY the same token It is deduced
that the present board Of directors
will consent to hold office again,
They are too good sportsmen and
too good business men TO nail onto
any succeeding board Of directors
manager who might be entirely un-
satisfactory So the naming Of
Bill smith at this early stage OF
the game can be taken as a strong
indication that Messrs Galloway,
Nunnally and Ryan have been
asked to serve again and that they
have accepted the OFFER.
NGTUIINM ANDREW SMITH.
W known wherever baseball Is
played as Bill Smith. was born in
ChtWcothe. Ohio, some ~ years
ago. or thereabouts Bin never
did take kindly to telling his age,
So some doubt exists. But. any
way. 80 is near enough for all prac-
lical purposes
Early records Of Smiths life are
missing He moved to Springfield
when a boy and got his first start
there
smith received n hrst-class
school education. but did not so to
college Before the age when the
average man is boniug up on Viz
gil. higher algebra and preliminary
German or French. preparatory to
brushing 10y into college, Bin Smith
was playing baseball
RI'IS first real engagement was
With F'khart His other were with
Fort Wayne, Springfield. Hamilton.
greensboro. Knoxville Lynchburg.
Norfolk. Macon. Atlanta. Bunalo
and Chattanooga.
EARI.N in Bill Smiths career it
became apparent that he was
"a; ONT for a mogul His aggres-
s.yeness. his quick brain. his UNI
willingness TO lose, and his know.
edge Of bah PLAYERS made him the
logical man to lead q team. IL is
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The Big Race

Here's how the Big Five" of the
American league are hitting the ball,
the averages including yesterdays
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-22

all possible O.t Cf her form and the outlines sE- ge-t corset per- fC1'iCl for l.. Ilg ire. he ueH
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-26
Preached at First Baptist Church.

AS had been previously announced,
DIR. George B. Butler, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Beaumont,
preached at the Baptist church in this
city at the morning service yesterday
DR.. Butler was pastor of the church
here for five years and by his able and
earnest work and faithful ministering,
he so won the hearts and affections
of his people that they are always
glad when it is anno1hced that he is
to preach for them again. So on yes
terday, Notwithstanding the extremely
hot weather, the church was crowded
with members of his former congrega.
ton and others who were anxious to
hear him.
The sermon was one of the greatest
he ever delivered here. 1t was full OF
hope and inspiration, and everyone
came away encouraged strengthened
and with a new hope and higher faith.
The sermon was builded upon the
scripture wherein Peter declared that
Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the
living God, and the reply OF Jesus that
Upon this rock will build my church
and the gates of hell shall not prevaii
against it."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-26

B. G. Wallace,
Chairman Finance.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-26

B. F. Yoakum, general manager OF
the Frisco system, is quoted as saying
that the producer gets less than one
third of the cost of living paid by the
consumer. Among the obstacles be-
tween producer and consumer which
absorb the other two-thirds, Mr.,
Yoakum places bad roads first. Bad
roads are costing the farmers of Pan
ola county thousands of dollars every
year.-East Texas Register ~
What is true in Panolal county is
true in Brazos county and every other
county where bad roads exist. Bad
roads are constant drain on the
farmers resources,$ but having endured
it all their lives they take it as mat
ter of course. They have never come
to a realization of what good roads
would mean to them in convenience,
in comfort and saving time. and IN
saving their hard-earned dollars :
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ize that bond issue properly spent
is the only way we shall ever have
decent roads | made 5000 bushels OF
oats this year. 1t cost me by actual
figuring cents bushel more to de-
liver that 5000 bushels at the railroad
station than it would have over good
roads. lost 800, and the worse part
of it. is that nobody else got 1t. Purely
an economic waste, saying nothing Of
wear and tear on my wagons, teams
and harness and the time lost of the
drivers in delivering the oats. Count
me in on a good roads bond issue
every time"
And SO the story might be continued
indefinitely.
| Every man who has undertaken to
get over the roads of Denton county
| in the past week or two has different
experience to relate-different in de-
tail. that is, but absolutely the same
in the fundamental fact that the roads
of one of the richest and best coun'
ties in Texas are impossible in bad
weather.
Il We've had weather like that before
I'VE shall have weather like that again
And vet there are still some folks who
;. think that because our daddies ant
our granddaddies got along with sucl
lroads we should continue ourselves Z
!, follow exactly in their footsteps.
Denton county is going to have GOO
roads some day. Why not now?-Den
ton Record and Chronicle.
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AND WE DON'T NEED GOOD
ROAD?

Speaking Of good roads, farmer
from north of town came in Friday 10
buy some needed supplies. He had a
four-mule team to an empty wagon.
and made the trip in about three hours
at the rate of two miles an hour After
sizing up the condition of the roads
on his arrival, however, he decided
he would have to go a while longer
without the supplies. 81 intended to
buy at least ten-cent watermelon,
he said as he started out, but after
thinking the matter over | decided Il
would overload my wagon and prob
ably keep me from getting home at
ALL"
An ice wagon mired to the hubs on
a city street (save the mark.) and
had to call for reinforcements to get
out of the mudhole. That shows that
Denton streets, off the macadamized
thoroughfares, are at best only ordi
nary roads.
~, Northeast OF town the county road
gang, in trying to get across a stretch
of road which gang had recent,
repaired" (also save the mark!)
begged up so deep IN the mud thai
the big mules couldn't get the wagol
out.
A Denton citizen temporarily resid
ing west of town, managed to get on
on the pike" (again save the mark')
in his auto Friday afternoon, But il
took him so long to get over the
pike CD that he decided it best Il
come to town on horseback Saturday
morning and save time.
II wish we had some OF those folk;
who fought good roads to drive
through that long lane down by m
house, said farmer from nea
Argyle Saturday. Its slow wor'
horseback, impossible for a wagon an
/ guess a four-horse team could pu
a light buggy through the mud. III
for good roads every time"
81 used to be against bond issues
said a large landholder. 81 would }
yet IL there we're any other way to g
decent roads, but | have come TO rea
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-26

There isn't much doing in the self
love line when a man loves himself
as he does his neighbors.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

More often~it is the man who gets
justice that kicks.
Ideals in America are almost as
high as the cost of living.
One way to become popular is 10
let other people impose on you.
Never trust your secrets to the
mails--or the females, either.
Some people spend their lives in
trying to acquire money to spend.
People who build castles in the air
are never sure of their ground.
A man may be one in a thousand
without inspiring eneyy in the other
nine hundred and ninety-nine.
Undertakers get few jobs as the re-
suit of people dying from broken
hearts.
Marriage is the greatest incident in
woman's life; in mans it is the
great accident.
A woman seldom hits anything she
aims at-especially If she throws her
self at a mans head.
There isn't much doing in the self
love line when man loves himself
as he does his neighbors.
Trying to guess who it is when tn.
telephone bell rings provides the aver
age woman with lot of excitement.
When a bachelor gets the idea un
der his hat that he understands
young widow, all she has to do is lea,
him to the parson.
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Or. TurrentIne at Methodist Church

Or. Turrentine at Methodist Church.
DR.. J. b. Turrentine, presiding elder
of the Navasota district of the Texas
conference, occupied the pulpit at the
First Methodist church at the IL
O'Clock service yesterday. His sermon
was a splendid presentation of great
scriptural truths and was listened to
by large and appreciative congrega-
ton. DR.. Turrentine was formerly
pastor here and he is always accorded
warm reception by his former con
gregation.
The regular quarterly conference Of
the church was held at the conclusion
of the service and The Eagle learns
that most favorable reports were made
in eli branches of church work.
DR.. Turrentine went to Wellborn in
| the afternoon and preached at the
Methodist church there last night, and
lsoNconducted quarterly conference.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-26

A woman seldom hits anything she
aims at-especially If she throws her
self at a mans head.