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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17

Often you will see game go
along for several innings, and Nc
GraW will not appear on the coach
ing lines as is his general custom.
The Giants may be behind. with
good pitcher turning them back
from the plate one after another
Apparently they have lost all in
terest in the game and are hope
lessly beaten!
As matter of fact. it is then
that the bench interest is keenest.
McGraw will be sitting silently
watching the game and closely
studying the pitcher. He is irving
to figure out a new line Of attack.
over in Philadelphia one day two
weeks ago a pitcher was holding
our boys in check, and apparently
there was little chance of break
ing through his guard. He was
keeping our batters in the hole by
putting the first ball he pitched
to each man over the plate and get
ting strike on them. 1t is the
Giant custom, as rule, to careful
.ly look over the pitching, with the
idea of waiting him out for a base
on balls, but that scheme was
dead failure against the PhiIadel-
phia tosser.
McGraw Discovers Weakness.
McGraw kept out of sight for
several innings. You would have
thought he had lost all interest in
the game. Suddenly he appeared
on the coaching line, and suddenly
the first man up dashed out at the
first ball pitched. The next man
did the same. Both got safe hits,
McGraw has several of the best
first bali hitters in the world when
he lets them hit at the first one
Every man up hit at the first ball
and the game was won before the
pitcher could shift his defense.
1t is the general idea that Nc
Graw doesn't care much for the
sacrifice hit a a means of advanc-
ing runners, but he is just as like
ly to suddenly order a bunt as any
thing else
Mccormick Pinch Hitter.
Few managers manipulate his
pinch hitters with the skill of Nc
Graw. He is probably about the
only one in the country who car
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
RUDE MARQUARD SIGNS
HIS BIGGEST CONTRACT

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Sept. l7.-That
Rube Marquard, pitching phenomenon
Of the New York Giants. is welded to
Miss Shirley Kellogg, of the "Follies
of 1910" company. is the belief Of Rube's
mother, Mrs. Fred Marquard
In spite of press dispatches to the
contrary, Mrs. Marquard says she is
certain her son has been married. She
had a letter from him two weeks ago.
she says, in which he told her of the
marriage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
MEXICAN WINS ON FOUL
OVER WELLS IN ID RDS

. LONDON, Sept. 17.-Hughie Mehagau
lightweight champion of Australia, won
the decision in his fight in the Blackfar'
ring with Matt Wells, the English cham
pion, on foul, Wells was disqualified i'm
the fourteenth round for knocking Meue-
gan down after the gong sounded. The
fight was fast and furious throughout
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
GRIFFITH SAYS HE WILL
WIN WITH REAL S0UTHPAW

| real left-hand pitcher and | viii win the
American league pennant next year
said Clarke Griffith, manager Of the Sem
ators, today.
That he is making hard effort o
get second Nean Gregg is seen in his
announcement that he has put i'm drafts
for dozen young southpaws
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17

MARQUARD WRITES
INTERESTING STORY
ABOUT GIANT TEAM

RUDE Vanguard in this story 4
e tells some interesting facts about 4
. the Giants. He describes how 4
MoGraw acts in tight quarters q
how the Giants leader sits on the q
bench and figures out how to beat q
an opponent just when things q
look the blacklist for his team. q
This story is written especially for q
. The Georgian by Vanguard, and q
in it the baseball fans will learn 9
many inside facts about the Ma q
tIonaI league team which will bat q
tie with the Red Sox for the q
worlds title. q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
ELAN Not So Bad.


ELAN Not So Bad.
ELAN, at short, was brilliant but
erratic in fielding. and practically
a nonentity in hitting The few hits
he got were generally made with
two out and none on. He was con-
scientious, though, a clean liver,
and young
Marcan, at second was the real
strength Of the infeld. He was no
Lajoie with the bludgeon. but he hit
.240 and was as fine a little waiter
as ever charged two prices for
half meal And he had sense. His
baseball Judgment was unerring.
his base-running clever, his field
ing reliable He had his work cut
out for him helping the lacking
McGilvray. the erratic ELAN and
the temperamental Almeida. but
he did it we'll
But, all in all. the infeld was
nothing to throw fits about.
Baronial potentiality was large
ly centered in the outfield. When
Birmingham was winning. the gar
den strength was the peer Of any
in minor league baseball and as
the Barons We're winning most of
the time, it stacked up as consider
able outicld
Mcbride played in vastly inn
proved form over his 1911 showing.
but still he was not a great dis
lance in advance of the average
Dixie sun fielder. Hitting. fielding
ana base-running were fair and
steady, but that was all.
Messenger Finally Benched.
on the other hand. Johnston and
Messenger started Iiks Cobbs. John
ston kept It up to a large extent.
Messenger quit to the point where
he finally was benChed
Both of these men looked splen-
did baseball material Johnston's
so stolen bases show his ability i'm
this regard, and Messenger was
faster than the center fielder. Both
had throwing arms that were above
criticism. Their fielding was spec
tacular, Their hitting and run
getting power made the Barons
dangerous always. But
Neither had the power ito look
the other horse in the eye" as they
used to say before the lawmakers
decided 1T is better. to give our
money to fake mining promoters
than TO the bookmakers.
Then the question is bound to
recur "How in the Sam Hin did
the Barons get the lead in May and
hold it until Judge Kavanaugh told
the players to go home2"
OFF Year For League.
The answer is easy In fact. there
are number of answers. The
Southern league suffered an OFF
year, due perhaps 10 the elevation
of the American association and the
international league, due perhaps
to the fact that southern maguates
had rather sacrifice something i'm
the quality of baseball shown than
to dig deep into their bank rolls TO
show classy pastimiug. as in pre-
vious years.
In the second place every MEM
Der Of the Baron squad had the
pennant bug. They dreamed of
flags. Ii was the ambition of every
member of the team to show their
appreciation of the true ~uortsman-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
.BlLLIKENS GET TWO
PLAYERS FROM BROWNS

ST LOUIS. Sept l7.-First Baseman
Joe kutina and outtelders Walter liant
zen and Willie Brown were released to-
day by the st Louis American league
club. Brown will return to Wichita Falls.
I'm the Texas oklahoma league, and Ku-
tina and Jantzen were sent to Montgom-
cry, in the southern league
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
BANQUET TO BARoNs,

BTRNINGHAM. Ala, Sept. lT.-The
banquet given to the Birmingham baseball
club. the pennant winners, in the Indian
room of the Florence hotel. by the assoc
citation. was an event Of some proper
ton The menu was first class. and
there was plenty of drinks" as well as
"eats. Rick Woodward majority
stookholder i'm the association. was anx-
ious to give the boys a good4send- off Just
prior to their departure for their respec-
tive homes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17

DetTolt and Boston did not play yes
terday, and Cobb and Speaker did not
have a chance 10 boost their averages
jackson and Lajoie got single each
out OF three times up Collins secured
only one hit out OF four attempts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
The Big Race

Here is the up to the minute dope on
! how the Bio Five" batters Of the
! American LEAGUE are hittinu:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
FUZZY WOODRUFF
TELLS WHY BARONS
WON 1912 PENNANT

Fuzzy Woodruff, who Travelled q
with the Birmingham baseball Z
team nearly all season, tells why q
the Barons won the Southern q
league pennant this season. Fuzzy q
says they won simply because q
they were wee bit better than q
the other seven clubs. But, ac- q
cordIng to. Fuzzy the entire q
. Southern league material this sea- q
son was very "bushy." In the ac- q
oompanying story he tells of the q
strength and weaknesses of the q
gonfaon winners. q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17

iedSue pennaht thls season. Fuzzy
says they won simply because I
they were wee bit better than ,
the other seven clubs. But, ac- I
eording to. Fuzzy, the entire I
. Southern league material this sea- I
son was very "bushy." In the ac- ,
companying story he tells of the
strength and weaknesses of the
gonfalon winners.
> ossssssssSss
ton that won Birmingham's first
pennant-Eva Wilhelm, Slim Sal
lee Ginger Clark and Rip Reagan,
in 1907 RUDE Cellar held the pitch
ing palm, in 1908 Vedder Sitton
and Win Kellum did the trick for
Bill Bernhard with Bin helping
himself, in 1909 Harold Johns and
Tommie Atkins were stars. while in
1910 and 1911 1t was big Otto
Hess.
Baron HurIers Very Poor.
Now. the 1912 hurting contin-
gent of the Barons was not the
worst in the league, but there was
not a pitcher In the bunch on
whom the spotlight could be COM
fortably turned. Boyd. Foxen.
Prough, Smith and Hardgrove were
all about on par and none of them
dazzled. Boyd, Prough and Hard
grove were rank -and-outers.
FoXen had seen his best day. but
still has pitching ability. Smith
was possessed Of coolies of talent.
but was as shy on experience az
the heiress who fell for the bogus
count In short. there was power
fully little championship stuff
slowed away in the pitching de-
partment.
The Baron iuheld was as fine a
plaid as you viii ever find outside
of Scotland The men who could
hit couldn't field. The athletes who
could field were strangers to the
usages of the war club.
Take old Bill McGnvrav on first.
He's about as consistent a per-
former with his hit pole as the
South has ever known. For a big
man he has many excellencles as a
base runner; but as first base
man-he's a joke.
McGilvray Not a First Baseman.
Primarily, McGuvray is not a
first baseman, He broke into the
Southern as an outhelder in 1909,
after he had served in that capaci-
ty in the Association and the
Western league until he was bald
S Frank Isbeu He was called in
20 perform at first in 1910 when
Wordsworth couldn't find any one
else to take the lob and he has
stuck, though he has never endan-
gered the laurels Of Messrs. Chase.
Daubert ct AL
His arm is lameutably weak. low
thrown balls arc distasteful to him,
sharp grounders are the bane of
his existence If he stops them,
he does 1t with his chest which he
bares to the attack as molly as did
'h'- MOI sNAANN Niltll llt maze
bridge famous before Steve Brodie
swiped his stuff
The other hitting iufelder, Senior
Rafael Almeida. came South from
Cincinnati with a crash Of brass
and rub-a-dub that was heard in
his native cuba Likewise he
sported several suits of clothes Of
the kind the sartorill advertise
mout7 picture to show you how
much more dignihed in appear
ance their particular brands hap
pen 90 bc The Castiuan could
hIt but Do was tcmperamental He
couldn't field that was just nat
ural
lu addition 10 This the naughty
don showed ID prediction for the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
Barons Weakest Club That Ever Won Pennant
Southern League Material of 1912 Below Par

gayeties Of nations that had no
healthy effect on his batting Prov
ess After a skyrocket start his
hitting slumped until he finished
beneath the 300 mark, after being
touted to lead the league.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
By Rube Marquard.

w THEN the grandstands are
wv roaring with excitement
and you can hardly hear
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-19
TIE Sunday School Lesson
sENIoR 1EREAN, INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

the people. "This Is a desert place"
where 1T is not possible to procure any
food. Send them away" Let them
disperse themselves and go where they
can lodge for the night and get vict-
uals. They have nothing to eat
In their excitement and hurry to fol-
low Jesus they had forgotten to take
any food with them. 'sGive We them
to eat" 1t was a startling suggestion
to the disciples that they should turn
host and entertain this vast throng
"Shall we go and buy?'' This was the
only thought in their minds, and vet
they realized how difficult it would be
where they were to get an adequate
supply of food for such a large COM
pany. Two hundred pennyworth,"
"shillings' worth The denarius was
worth about II cents. 1t was full
days wage Of laborer. This large
sum of money was probably more
than the twelve had in the common
treasury. How many loaves have
ye% A diligent inquiry was made,
and Andrew reported that there was
lad who had five barley loaves and
two fishes John vi. 81. That seemed
to the Master to be sufficient. He in
structed his disciples to get ready to
feed the people. We can imagine their
excitement as they proceeded to ar
range the people in groups "b-- hun
dreds and by fifties." So Looked
up to heaven This is one of the at
titudes Of prayer. "Blessed".-literal-
" gave thanks" to the God of all
bounty. The accepted form Of bless
ing was. Blessed art thou. o Lord
our God. King OF the world. who
bringest forth bread from the earth!',
Break the loaves" before distributing
the pieces to tie people through the
disciples. 1.-TWO fishes They were
probably salted and dried like herring
and constituted relish to be eaten
with bread. Were filed" All who pnr-
took OF the repast were satisfied.
There was more than enough for the
5000 men" besides women and chii-
dren tAIatt. xiv. ol} ''1,welve baskets
\ full Of the fragments Z These were
the wallets carried by Jews who tray
eled. that they need not lie defiled by
eating gentle food. The abundance
OF the miraculous provision was seen
from what remained I3S Al
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-19
GETTING in THE "sPuDs."
With Late Varieties 1t is Well to Wait
Until Tubers Are Full Grown.

with LAKE varieties IL Is Wot 10 VaN
Until Tubers Are Full Grown.
For late varieties of potatoes to be
stored it Is important to wait until the
tubers are full grown and the leaves
have died. After this stage Of devel-
opment the tubers separate freely from
the stems and do not have to be jerked
off. The skins are also firm and will
not rub off easily. If the vines have been
seriously injured by blight the tubers
should not be dug until ten days or two
weeks after the vines have died, be-
cause they are more likely to keep well
in storage than if dug at once.
If an early frost comes and If the
growing season has been late it may
be necessary to dig before the potatoes
are fully matured. In such cases there
is usually a greater shrinkage in weight
than usually occurs with fully matured
tubers. For this reason any reason
able offer to purchase the potatoes d.
rect from the field should be accepted.
Potatoes for storage must be dug
when dry, picked up at once and kept
COOL If possible they should be hauled
to a cool place as soon as dug and al
lowed to get cooler during the night
before being placed in storage Amer
lean Agriculturist.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-19
Farm Advice and Suggestion
SHARE FARMING AS 1T is
PRACTlCED IN AUSTRALIA.
Both Farmer and Tenant Find It Prof
table to Grow Good Crops and
Conserve Fertility Of tho Soil.

Share farming on the plan whereby
owner and tenant divide equally all
that is produced from land is the COM
monest arrangement in America. Aus
tralian owners, however. find it better
to follow plan whereby the tenant
gets an increasing proportion of all the
yield above certain amount That
puts premium on careful farming.
Here is the agreement that applies
to one great estate of $4,000 acres,
which is divided into thirty-one farms.
The land has been converted from use
less wilderness, and upon it the ten
ants have prospered.
The landowner provides land ready
for the pillow, seed wheat up to a bush
ell an acre, half the bags. Irvine and
fertilizer.
The tenant provides machinery, la
Dor and the rest Of the seed, bags, etc.
Owner and farmer divide the crop
equally up to twenty bushels an acre.
The next five bushels an acre are given
entirely to the tenant as bonus for a
good crop, and from twenty-five bush
els upward the yield is divided equal
ly again.
Thus from thirty bushels an acre the
owner would get twelve and half
and the tenant seventeen and half,
the latter's share being made up Of
ten out of the first twenty plus FIVE
as bonus, plus two and half in
the last five.
On another large Australian estate
that is owned by company the ten
ant gets everything he can raise above
eighteen bushels to the acre.
Australian landlords also make a
point of following their tenants meth
DDS closely. The man who works the
land often comes from England or
Scotland and needs lessons.-Country
Gentleman.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-19
Golden Text.-Jesus said unto them,
I am the bread Of life.-John vi, 35.

Verses 3O-32.-An attempted retreat.
The tragic death of the Baptist had
saddened Jesus, and he resolved to go
away to place of solitude Matt. xiv,
49,. Another reason for this retire
ment was that 1.-THE apostles" the
twelve, had returned from their mis-
sionary tour. Come We yourselves
apart" Jesus sought to get an oppor-
tunity to listen to their reports. - =
REST awhile" 1t would also be an
occasion for quiet meditation and
prayer. There is a time to work and n
time to cease frem working : =
Things were at their height when they
left everything for their own sake and
for the sake of the work and depart
ed into a desert place" +'' "Pri-
vately," apart" by themselves. But
they were to learn that they could
not be alone. Jesus was paying the
price of popularity.
Verses SO. 34.-The needy multitudes.
Too many people Were interested in
Jesus. aud they We're watching his
movements. MANY knew him. They
recognized him as he entered the boat,
and some of them even saw where he
landed The distance across the lake
from Capernaum to Rethsaida was not
much more than four miles. while the
way by land was at least ten miles.
! Ran afoot thither.'' What eager haste
was shown by the people to get to.
Jesus! The company which started
from Capernaum was increased as 9TH
ers Joined them on the road. when
he came out. !" The quiet was disturb
ed: but, though It upset one Of his
plans to be with his disciples. he came
forth and welcomed them. duke
IL. Iii. Moved with compassion. .
The sight OF so much misery and anx-
iety touched him. He forgot all about
the need for rest and began to teach
them about the Kingdom Of God. and
them TINT had need OF healing be
cured Luke Il, : H. 4 Z
Verses 3:,-44 The sufficient Master. )
The work was continued all day,
ana no great had been the interest
that no one. thought OF eating. It vas
now getting late. and the disciples
felt that the Master should dlsp,iss
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-19
The Second Holdup
By ROY T. TAYLOR

a revolver-the robbers had taken the
one he carried-ran back on tiptoe to
find them dividing the spoil under a
gas light
Hands upv' he yelled in a stento-
rian voice.
There We're but two men, and both
raised their hands.
Leave the things on the sidewalk"
cried Stout, land, mind, no lowering
of hands,"
Stout said this to gain time to think.
The men remained motionless.
Now, turn your backs and 20 on
down the street"
The men hesitated, then after word
with each other did as they were told.
Stout followed till he came to his prop
erty, picked up every article, then fired
his revolver.
At the shot the robbers took to their
heels, and Stout went home and to bed
chuckling at the way he had got even
with his practical joking friends.
The next morning he telephoned the
gang" that Hamlin would break bot
tie Of wine at noon at popular restau-
rant, telephoning Hamlin to be there.
My friends" said Stout, "this prac-
tical joking has gone far enough.
drove off two of you last night and
recovered the property you had taken.
One OF the two#l know. Mark Hamlin,
you owe me and this party the vine"
II? The wine? What do you mean?"
II mean this: When you played YOUR
game on me some time ago and I
found the boys at my house, you and
Bill Turner coming in later with nv
pocketbook, took the joke good ma
turedly and opened my larder. Last
night l turned the tables, drove Won
away and recovered my property. You
owe the wine"
Hamlin stood gaping at his friend in
establishment.
do you mean to say robbed Won
last night?"
Come; no blufing! l made YOU and
your pal, whoever he was, drop the
swag. | got it and fired shot after
you to scare you. atsH.Aich you took to
your heels"
Hamlfn continued to cape, but the
others told him to own up like a man
and pay the wine. He made another
offer at a denial. but being met with
the cry of "Shamev pushed the but
ton and ordered in champagne. For
an hour there was u merry .party-all
except Hamlin, who never opened his
mouth. hearing the chaff Of his friends
without irritation. At the end Of the
feast he said:
= give YOU all my word OF honor
that ! had no connection whatever
with this robbery"
Then the party looked atone another.
For heavens sake" exclaimed
Stout. did get the better of pair
Of real robbers 2.
And there was an explosion Of laugh
ter,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-19
Home Merchant !. Your Friend.
Budding Authors.

A western paper recently offered a
prize for the best story to be written
by pupil of the public school. Here
are few passages from the contribu-
tons: Cora Brown was fortunately
the possessor Of birthday, for she
was the daughter of rich friends"
but all this time cloud was gather
ing over Mrs. Delaney, which grew
large as years went by, and that cloud
was full of grasshoppers." my IA
Their desired me to marry bank pres
ident, handsome, reckless man, fond
Of naught save the gaming table"
"Bat I dell you vat dell your shout
ed the Irishman. "As she entered the
room cold, damp smell met her
sight."-Argonaut.