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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
BY Fuzzy Woodruff.

NO Southern league player ever sue
ceeded in baseball with more handicaps
than Derrill Pratt.
Strange, l never noticed any serious
bar to this young gents career" the
bugs will say. He has the build of
ball player. He possesses the nerve of
d hungry bull dog He has the speed
of runaway locomotive. He can hit
so hard it hurts. He can think with
our best philosophers. Then why the
handicap"
Gentle reader the secret lies in the
fact that Mr.. Pratt succeeded in the
Southern and then in the majors, de-
spite the predictions Of every one of his
home friends that he was going to be
a star and tried to make his baseball
journeys personally conducted tour
Pratt started in the Southern league
with Montgomery in 1910. He was fresh
from the classic portals of the Uni
Versity of Alabama, where he had been
more than prominent citizen as cap
tain of baseball and football teams
9eader- chief of cotillions and stroke
oar or something in the glee club.
After he had performed all the feats
of heroism that college life affords, he
turned his thoughts to more serious
things, among them being baseball as a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
700 HORSES FOR RACE
MEET AT JAMESTOWN

NORFOLK. VA, Nov. 4.-That turf
men all OVER the United States believe
the racing plant of jamestown Jockey
club is destined to become the leading
track in the country is evidenced by
the announcement that fully 700 horses
will be entered for the fall meeting
which opens November Is and will
continue sixteen days.
In this lot of horses are some of the
best spriuters in the land. August Bel
mont will send a string of sprinters
which will keep the colors of the for
mer New York track owner to the
front in several races. Rockview, which
broke the track record for two-year-
olds at Laurel, is in the string.
Guy Bedwell With Lochie Prince
Ahmed and score OF other high class
steppers, viii also be ON hand. William
Garth, with a string of % jumpers and
sprinters, viii be a contender for honors
in races on the fiat and over the jumps
Garth's jumpers are considered the
equal of any that ever went over the
hurdles.
Thomas r. Ryan will have eight of
his best horses Mr.. Ryan's horses
all bred in Virginia, are a source Of
considerable pride to the lovers of horse
flesh in Old Dominion
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
Vandy Has Tough Game Saturday With Harvard
Tech Team Seems Likely to Lose to Sewanee

gia beats Auburn on Thanksgiv-
ing day the race for the second
position in the $. l. A. A. will be a
hopeless tie, but it played ball.
Sewanee went to Athens conf
IDENTITY expecting to trounce Geor-
gia as the Red and Black had not
been walloped, except for the Van
derbilt games, in years. The noun
taineers were sore" at the charges
of ringing" and besides they
knew they We're strong. Coach
Copes men got away with a rush
But after bit they found them
selves against defense as good as
their own and an offensc that was
even a shade better.
The recrudescenCe of the Red and
Black seems to mean that Georgia
viii beat Clemson Thursday by
about as many points as they want
to score; that they will trim Tech
on November 16 by two or three
touchdowns. and that they will give
Auburn joltful encounter on
Thanksgiving day.
& ATURDAY'S contests turned out.
~ in the main. about as was ex-
pected. Georgia played unexpect-
eddy well against Sewanee, and
Harvard pinned 1t on Princeton a
little harder than was looked for.
Vanderbilt beat Virginia by about
the two touchdowns that were look
ed for. Mercer ran all over Co
lumbia, of Florida.
In the West, Minnesota beat Il,
linois. and Wisconsin trimmed Chi
cage.
In the East. Penn state handed
the long suffering Pennsylvania an
other in the same spot. while Will
liams did quite As much for that
chronic victim, Cornell. Otherwise
there wasn't anything impressive
offered
N EXT Saturday, IN addition to
the games already mentioned.
Tennessee plays Mercer at Macon.
Alabama tackles Mississippi. and
Auburn plays L. S L.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
Twenty-Five Greatest Southern League Players
No, 8----Pratt Made Good Despite Family Tree

"Old Man" Pratt tagged along with the
Montgomery team almost as conscien-
tiously as Bill Sticney.
Pratt Played-and Danced.
And there was the rub All the home
fans knew the young intielder well
enough to call him by his first name.
Alabama alumni used to give a couple
of college yells every time Pratt went
to the plate. He danced with the blusha,
ing buds of Montgomery as regularly
as he donned his spiked shoes each aft
ernoon.
Amy ball player will tell you that this
is the poorest sort of start for an ath-
lete. But Pratt. being wise young
person, did not have his head turned
He just played ball.
His Rise Was Brilliant.
In his first year he broke a shoulder.
tendon In the practice season and his
arm did not recover for months. Ed
Greminger farmed him out in the Cot
ton States league and the next year he
reported to Johnny Dobbs In Montgom- =.
cry. DObbs tried him at third base and
shortstOp and finally located him per-
manently at second. His brilliant year
is of too recent date to mention.
He was sent to the st. Louis Browns
and with that lowly club during his
first year in the majors batted better
than 300, all Of which is some record.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
FODDER FOR FANS

Fogel get away with his present play
against Lynch and the. impires It viii
go down IN the estimation OF the rams 10
a point not less than degrees below con-
tempt.
Charley Murphy has wrecked what was
left of the Cub machine. That means that
the race next year is between the Giants
and the Pirates.
Considering how many ball players and
umpires have gone in for vaudeville this
winter leads to the suspicion that the
theatrical moguls be hard put to it to
fill the programs.
There's only one thing worse than a
ball player in vaudeville and that's ban
player in "legit."
Jimmy Block has served notice on Mil
waukee that he does not play next year
unless he gets as much as Comiskey gave
what "Commey" gave him he'd still be
in the big leagues. At that Jimmy IS
making good money scraping the tops off
suds. So he doesn't worry.
Reports arrive from San Francisco that
Buck Weaver has turned up there and
that he admits that he Is a regular short
stop. He states that nobody in the big
leagues has anything on him. This is, OF
course, glad news to the baseball fans
of the coast.
Jackson and Graney are sure of out
field positions with the Maps next year.
The other job is uncertain. Tim Hen
dryx has been passed up and the chance
lies among Ryen, 1Aebold and Beall. If
none of the three comes up to specifica-
lions Joe Birmingham will play 1t him
self.
J. King points out that before John NJ.
Ward resigned the Boston Braves won
25 games and lost So. and that after he
resigned they won n and lost So Ward
isn't popular with King.
Clark Griffiths salary has been raised
from $1,000 to $4,000.
Nap Lajoie and his wife toured two
weeks in the East after the baseball sea-
son ended and then went back home to
Cleveland for the winter.
President James Gaffney. of the Boston
Braves, says that he will not interfere at
all with George Stallings They all
say 1t.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04

Charles Comiskey, by way of a little
publicity, has announced that he will pay
Frank Chance $4,000 a yearr, as manager
to the White Sox at any price.
Charley Murphy's agitation for fear he
will not get Mike Dolan to play short
in effect owns both clubs.
An announcement In q Pittsburg pa
per says that Bud Sharpe. the old Pr
rate, first baseman. who has managed the
dered to quit the game by his doctor,
and that he has decided to do it, The
story says that Sharpe expects to go to
Georgia and that he will probably scout
for the Boston Nationals
The Boston Americans are capitalized
at 100000 They made almost half again
more than that on the worlds series
alone.
p, Catcher Meyers is buying ranch at
1t seems that after all Mordecai
Browns sale to Louisville has not been
completed. The Colonels refused to turn
over the purchase money until they were
sure that Brown would play with them
The Terre Haute club has offered N
Brown the management and part own
ership of the club.
J, Evers. manager. says that he will
not let !. Tinker go to Cincinnati for
anything yet offered him in the way Of a
trade. Included in the list the Reds were
willing to give up for Tinker were Phe-
Ian and Almeida. both former Barons
With certain appreciation of the fit
ness of things, the Illinois Athletic club
waited until Charley Murphy, the pro-
htbitionist mogul. was away before it
started the tank season.
Fred Snodgrass. win be kept by Nc
Graw as an advertisement. He committed
the most coltly error in the world.
The death Of Vice President Sherman
recalls the fact that he was a tremendous
fan, a warm supporter of the Washington
team, and that. even though a fatally sick
man, he received the worlds series bull
letins With the greatest interest.
Things have come to an awful pass with
the Highlanders when they let Tommy
Mcmillan go and keep "Slowfoot jack
Lelivelt
If the National league let's Foolish"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
O-TO-8
CHOICE OVER
NOLGAST

n TEW ORLEANS. eNoy. Aloe
y Mandot, the New Orleans
lightweight, who put Mexi-
can Joe Rivers through the crush
err, is a 10 to favorite in the bet
ting today for tonight's fight with
Champion Al Wolgast. There was
more money for Mandot in sight
than Wolgast followers would cover
at evens.
A host of followers of the game
have arrived from Chicago, St.
Louis and Memphis.
The principals had their last
workouts Saturday. and yesterday
was day of rest with them, Ed
w, Smitll. sporting editor of The
Hearst Chicago American, visited
the camps OF the men this morning
and gave them instructions.
Tom Jones, Wolgast's manager,
and Eddie Munger VIII be in WIe
CASTS corner, while Joe Man6pt,
will have Hobo" Dou$lerty, BOBBY
Robidiou and Toniply. Walsh as
seconds.
The champion expressed conf
dence in his ability tosknock Man
dot out, but the dbhseIssus of opin-
ion is that the MIL Win go the full
ten rounds. A few wagers at 1 to
have been made by Mandots ar
dent supporters that the local fight
er viii score a Knockout, and not a
few even bets have been made that
Mandot will get a majority vote in
the unofficial decision which will be
rendered by the local sport writer's.
Wolgast announced he would
gladly meet Packey Mcfarland in a
finish match without insisting on
the latter weighing in at the ring
side.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
method of livelihood.
Pratts Are Bio Folks.

over in Alabama the Pratt clan is
numerous and influential Inasmuch as
there is a town named Prattville that
boasts a family of Pratts reputedly
possessed of enough of this worlds
goods to keep a whole pack of wolves
from all the doors in a city of consid-
erably larger proportions than Pratt
vile, there are lots and lots of folks
that insist on claiming kin with the
family of which DerriI Is now the most
famous member.
1t was a considerable shock in polite
Alabama circles when 1t became known
that this dashing young aristocrat was
to become a professional ball player.
They aren't educated enough yet in
Alabama to recognize that nowadays
the list of hired athletes reads like
blue book-more or less.
But Derrill cared not q whoop for
the shock to society. nor did Pratt
pere. The elder Pratt was to a large
degree responsible for his sons career.
He had taken an enthusiastic interest
in his offspring's feats as a gridiron
warrior and when he suggested base
ball Papa Pratt was enthusiastic in
telling the son to go forth and make
people forget Hans Wagner During
Derrilrs time in the Southern league
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
Porto Rico's New Wonder

From far-away Porto Rico come re-
ports Of a wonderful new discovery that
is believed viii vastly benefit the peo-
pie. Ramon T. Marchan, Of BARGE
loneta. writes: DIR. Kings New Dis
covery is doing splendid work here It
cured me about five times of terrible
coughs and colds also my brother of a
severe cold in his chest and more than
twenty others who used It on my ad-
vice. We hope this great medicine VIII
Yet bc sold In every drug store in Porto
Rico" For throat and lung troubles II
las no equal trial will convince you
of its merit see and SiD0 Trial bot
'l' frrc Gua au,ecd by 0l druggists
tAdVtA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
M'GRAW HIGHEST
PRICED MANAGER
IN BIG LEAGUES

Frank Chances statement that he got
$4,000 as manager of the Cubs was
something of a surprise. as it was gen
orally supposed that he got a yearly
stipend of not less than five figu s.
although it is presumed that his e. k
in the Cubs returned him enough to
him in the plutocratic class of basel II
men.
Apparently, John J. McGraw is the
highest priced man connected with tho
game, so far as mere salary is con
cerned. McGraw is said to be eettino
something Ike $4,000 a year. with q
long time contract, and this is rea
money
When Bresnahan signed his four
year contract at St. Louis. Mrs Brit
ton gave out a statement as to the
Dukes yearly salary which caused !.
laugh among baseball men. AS il
turned out, Bresnahan was getting $40
600 salary with a percentage on tn,
profits Of the club.
Fred Clarke is supposed to be get
ting a high salary, at least $4,000, il
not more. Connie Mack probably take
down more actual cash every year thar
any one else, but Comics interest ir
the Athletics puts him in the class OF
magnates.
1t was supposed that Chance was
getting at least $25, 000 a year out of
the Cubs counting salary and divi.
dendS, but his salary alone would have
been placed at over $4,000 by any
baseball man making an offhand guess
at it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
BY Damon Runvon.

~ OSSlBLY II is out OF mere
veneration to their years, but
the lay observer is struck 10y
the fact that all selections Of star
baseball teams made by experts.
bah players. umpires. or mere fans
this season include the names of
those doddering old gentlemen,
chris Mathewson, John Honus
Wagner and Edwardo Walsh.
These parties are veterans, as
baseball goes. and they have sven
many IL youthful star rise and also
fall during the past few years but
somehow the close of every season
finds these aged birds in there,
being selected by those who love to
dope out paper ball teams. Walsh
I- not AZ senile as the 3t-ycar- old
Muthewson OF the 3S-year-old Ho-
nus. but they are veterans none the
less, ald no youthful light has Vet
heeu able TO dim the luster of
their urowess.
MatheWson. Walsh and Wagner,
How much would the average man
ager bid for This trio" Walsh, the
successor to- Joe McGiuuity's title
of THE Iron Man" is merely in
his prime as a pitcher How long
Honus Wagner will last Is some
thing that no man can answer. He
is wonderful ball player today,
and age does not wither nor Gus
tom stale in his case Mathew
son may be fading hut YOU don't
convince any one who saw him
work iu tho worlds series ~ that
tc..
S' aua, couWgsiN, N,t-
.Hu. Whose mW. appear, n NI
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
Has Tech any chance with Geor-

gia?
Apparently the answer is going to
be: "NO."
Saturday the Jackets got their
first beating Auburn administered
It, and the score was y to Z.
The Tech team showed mar
vclous offense.
In my opinion, the South never
had "A team of its weight that had
the offense Of Tech this year. 1t
is made up of midgets. On the de
fcuse 1t can do but little, for it
takes weight to put up defense.
But ON oftense the team is mar
vel. What 1t lacks in weight It
makes up not only with speed, but
with variety of attack
Auburn showed we'll Saturday.
Said Tom Bragg, the graduate
manager when the game was over:
ITS all right. We're coming
The team started slow, but it is
progressing fast 1t ought to be one
of Auburn's best teams"
This seems like truthful pre-
diction The Auburn team Is with
out sensational stars--but it Is a
better thing: it Is team q mass
of eleven players welded together
and working as one machine. It
has not been rounded into condition
yet. They are holding II back to
have it In shape for the Vanderbilt
game the Saturday before Thanks
giving
Losing to Auburn was no dis
grace to Tech. and was only what
was to be expected But. naturally
Tech must show more strength to
win from Georgia.
ON the other hand. the Georgia
team has found itself 1t was a
demoralized collection of much
hammered individuals against Van
dcrbilt, II was only part of team
the following Saturday against
Alabama.
Saturday Georgia came to life.
True, it succeeded only in tieiug
Sewanee. and true also that II Geor-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
ALWAYS PICK MATTY,
WALSH AND WAGNER

selections, is Napoleon Rucl<er, the
brooklyn Express, greatest of all
left handlers with apologies to
those who think that title should
go to Eddie Plank. True, Rube
Marquard is wonderful southpaw.
So are Nean Gregg and Lefty"
Hamilton and George Tyler. but
they have Yet to stand the test of
time as Napoleon Rucker has stood
it.
1t is a fine tribute to the so
called veterans that they are still
ranked among the leaders of their
Kind in an era when new phe-
mons are Of almost daily occur
renee
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04

~ NE sentence OF inc STORY u
the Harvard Princeton game
that was flashed from Cam
bridge Saturday afternoon brought
sorrow into the estimable family Of
Brickley-wherever Il may be re
siding-but 1t was a glad tiding to
Dixie. The sentence was:
"Brickley was hurt on the play
that gave Harvard it's last touch
down, and will hardly be able to
play before the Yale game"
If this report proves true, Van
aerhilt's chances of holding Ha-
ward next Saturday are vastly en-
HANGED
The coming Saturday doesn't Of
u fer anything very thrilling In
football way. To Dixie fans In gen
eral there is just one BIG game
and that will not be played In
Dixie. 1t will be staged in Cam
bridge, where Vanderbilt hooks up
with the official gridirou represen-
tatives of old ]. Harvard, long
since deceased.
AS has been alleged before, VAN
6erbilt picked out rotten bad
year to play Harvard For years
and years, when Harvard hasn't
had poor team. it has had
good team that played poorly,
which was much the same thing.
But this year they have an eleven
up there which either wasn't pick
ed for family or social reasons, or
else the society guys are stacking
up stronger than usual this year.
ANYHOW, ii is the best Harvard
team Of recent years-not improb-
ably the best team Harvard ever
had
In fact, NJ. F. Delano, manager of
the Owen Poultry Farm. who was
here last week for the poultry show
and who was football player for
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in earlier days. told me
this:
1--WE seen Harvard play this
year. l have seen every Harvard
team for the last twenty years. !
have seen most of the big Eastern
teams of the same period. | be-
Iieve not only that ii IS the best
Harvard team, but it is likely to
be ranked the greatest football team
OF all time" Which is going some.
So It viii be admitted that Van
derbilt IS playing Harvard tho
wrong year. just as it is refraining
from playing Michigan a year when
1t could tie kinks in the WoNer-
ines.
But BricNey's being out will make
a difference. He Is the big man of
the team, one of the big football
players OF all time.
Even with Brickley out. Wander
biit has little chance of making a
good showing Harvard beat Prince
ton Saturday, 16 to s That is
tremendous beating. And the team
that lost is corking good one The
Crimson team is Tartar. Ii ought
TO roll up from four to six touch
downs on Vanderbilt If the COM
modores can hold them down To- an
advantage OF three touchduWus. II
will be creditahIe showing
Harvard showed weakness I'm Sat
urday's game IN AN inability 20
put up a successful defense against
the forward pass If this weak
ness continues Vanderbilt viii
score The Commodores have never
failed to pull OF some long forward
passes in critical game when the
rules allowed long ones NcGugin
Is likely 10 uucork some of his old
fifw-ysrd passes against Harvard
THE best game played in The
a. South next Saturday. and one of
IS. <eks liar interest to Atlantans and
~ <#gians win be chat between Sc
kce and Tech which win be-
played at Ponce DcLeau
Saturday Georgia ana Sevano.
played a mon tip Next Saturdays
game win ansV III, Tremendous
question
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
SHAUGHNESSY BREAKS
WRIST IN SMITH BOUT

ROSWELL. n. MEN. Nov. 4-Rube
smith of Denver and Pete Shsughuessy.
Of Fort Worth, went FIVE rounds at Clovis
lasi night Shaughuessy broke his wrist
III the nth Of scheduled ten round bout.
Shaughnessy broke the same wrist in
a fight with Jimmy Perry In Atlanta last
snring
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
RACES OFF AT MINERAL
SPRINGS FOR THIS YEAR

MINERAL SPRINGS. IND. Nov. g.
There VIII he no more racing this year
at the Springs race track Fortv-live
days racing viii be provided In 1918. be-
ginning about June 8 and ending Octo-
be- l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04

IT He best game played IN The
-. South next saturday and one of
fgians win be that between Sc
Il kce and Tech which win DC
played AT Ponce DcLeau
saturday Georgia ana SeNan,D
played a mon tip Next Saturdays
game VIII 1usHfl NJ, Tremendous
question
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-04
BY Percy Fl. Whiting,

- NE sentence of the story OF
the Harvard Princeton game
that was flashed from Cam