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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
With Walsh Out Cubs a ! to5
Shot Over Sox in "Chi" Series

therefore he hasn't much confidence
in himself. Eddie Cicotte ought to
give a good account of himself. but
he is going to face some mighty
tough hitters in Zimmerman.
Schultz, Tinker, Evers, Sheckard,
Leach, Safer and Archer.
There is just chance that Bill
Lange and Jim Scott will round to
before the series With them in
shape things would assume an en-
tirely different aspect But as the
staff is constituted at present Man
ager Callahan has little to boast of
and is compelled to depend almost
entirely on Walsh.
Sox Catchers inexperienced.
Then. too, the Sox catchers who
are now being used regularly.
Schalk and Kuhn. have never taken
part in such an important event,
nor have they ever had experience
with the Cub hitters. 1t will prac-
tically be up to the experienced
pitchers to give their own signs
Jim Lavender and Larry Cheney
ought to bother the Sox batters.
There isn't spitball in the Ameri-
can league that looks like Laven-
der's. although Walsh's has a big
ger break. The Sox aren't accus-
toned to hit against good spitball
pitching, for the reason that they
are on the same club with Big Ed,
and the American league possesses
no other dispenser of moisture who
is in his class.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
Bv r. w. Lardner.

NHICAGO, Sept. 13.-If there's
city series between the
Cubs and White Sox this
year it is almost certain to last one
or two games longer than the one
played last year. No member of
the South Side team can be found
who will claim four straight. Most
of them are willing to bet on their
chances, but they will not venture
a guess as to the number of games
that will be required to settle it.
The prospect is that the Cubs
will rule slight favorites because of
their brilliant fight for the National
league championship. If Ed Walsh
were not member Of Galatians
pitching staff, the odds would prob
ably be 4 or to l on Chances
club. But Walsh is still on the Job.
and that means mat any team is
going TO have trouble beating the
SOX.
Cubs Stronger in Fielding.
The Cubs undoubtedly are
stronger in fielding ana batting
than their South Side rivals. And
this season, all things considered.
they seem to be the equals of Calls
outfit in pitching. Big Ed has
something on any other member of
either staff, but Doc White is in
anything but good condition. His
leg bOthers him to such an extent
that he can not take his stride, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

The Appalachian league sent up quite
lot of players for rank bush organiza-
tion-Davis to Cincinnati, Walker and
Cullop to Cleveland, Williams to Brook
Ign, Sloan to st. Louis and Shaw to Kan
sas City.
Gonzales. the Cuban who has been
signed by the Boston Braves, can't speak
English.
Armando Marsans, of the Red team, has
been given leave of absence for the rest
of the season and has departed for Cuba.
The national commission will arrange
for the world 5 series at meeting which
will he held Monday Cincinnati.
The national commission has decided
that the Cincinnati club has purchased
Peter Kinseley after the end of the
draft. You would hardly look for Garry
hermann club to pull bone over the
rules.
Mrs. Helen Britton says that Roger
Bresnahan's contract as manager of the
Cardinals has still four years to run and
She denied that she ever interfered with
him except in the one famous fizzle-the
one that made Rajah see red.
The sporting program for the fan and
winter;
Worlds series.
Presidential election.
Absolutely nothing.
Herman Schaefer is calling the atten-
tion Of the world 10 the fact that Detroit
hasn't won a pennant since Jennings let
him go-not that it made any difference,
The fund for the Birmingham baseball
players has reached $500. II the play
ers get $50 apiece out of it when II is
finished they will be doing remarkably
we'll
Extra Adrian won the pennanf in the
South Michigan league What of tiff
anything
Cleveland has bought the Waterbury
club of the Connecticut league and will
use II for farming purposes,
Weilman. Of the Browns. is said to be as
big at Jim Wigs.
The fact that SO few real sales were
made by southern league clubs To major
leasuers this fall is another indication
that the league this year is vastly slower
than normal
Newark rumors have 1t that a draft
viii he put in by Brooklyn on Billy Zim-
norman former Cracker outhelder He
has played fairly good ban this season
Those who have been waiting all season
for the Red SoN to crack are stiu wait
ing So is McGraw It's his best chance
saturday gate receipts at Mobile viii
he divided among the Gull PLAYERS Seem
as though this act might run foul OF the
leagues salary limit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
CHECKER JOURNEYS WILL
ALL BE HELD IN ATLANTA

KNOXVILLE, TENN. Sept l3.-The
NTH annual tournament Of the South
ern Checker association closed two
days Of play in this city last night.
John NJ. Allen, Jr. OF Knoxville. who
won the championship AT the Green
vile, s c., tournament last year she.
cessfully defended his title against all
corners. 5. $. Hallman. of spartan
burg 5. c., won second honors. 6. c.
RAYMOND, OF Atlanta, third. S. G..
Neville, Of Knoxville, fourth and r b.
fl>hbu'n, of Anderson. s c., NTH
The minor tourney was won by cas-
Frazier, of KNOXVILLE, with W. r. New
man, Of Atlanta. second
r B Fishhurn was elected president
for the ensuing year and Frank James.
OF columbia. :. c. secretary and treas
urer
.heslnnlng with the 1913 convention
annual conventions will be held ar thar
point
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
ATTEll FIGHTS TONIGHT
IF SHERIFF LET'S HIM

NEW YORK. Sept I8.-Form.r
eatherweight champion Abe AtteII
VIII make an effort To come back" M
Madison square Garden tonight unless
ms scheduled ten-round boxing con-
test with Harry Thomas OF England
Is stopped by sheriff julius hamburger.
Nhen asked whether he would allow
me bout TO go on cor not. IN the light
on Governor DiNs recent letter. the
sheriff said. \ Will enforce tha Ian. E..
Sporting circles here heard "a report
that Manager Billy Gibson. of the car
Gen Atnleti, club. would go into court
some Tim" during the daN and ask for
an injunction preventing the authors
Ties from interfering
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
Bat Choking Not Popular With
Red Sox; They're Free Swingers

I hasn't been so long ago that
Tyrus Cobb was quoted on this
proposition. Time was when I
thought ! could grab my bat at the
very end and swing with all my
might said Tyrus But these
curve ball pitchers broke me of
that habit and ruined that belief.
l realize now that the way to get
the most base hits Is to choke the
bat and then meet the ball. | may
not get the power behind the drive
that ! formerly got. but | get more
hits. Because by choking the bat
am in position to hit quickly and so
take advantage of a quick breaking
curve If ii breaks where | can hit
IT,"
Now, there are not many who are
going to dispute what the Detroit
slugger has to remark on the ques-
ton OF hitting. But at the same
time you have this Bosten club to
take into consideration. There
isn't a pitcher in the American
league who is going to claim for
moment that the Red Sox can't hit.
It's an accepted fact that they can,
and If YOU don't believe it consult
almost any pitcher of your ac-
quaintance, and he'll tell YOU about
the time that they made him take
to- the woods
NET, the only men who choke
their bats on that club are
Hooper, the man who leads off. and
Wagner the shortstop, who bats
seventh. There isn't a freer hitter
or longer swinger in the game
than this Iris Speaker. And
Yerkes, Gardner and Lewis stand
up there and start their swings be-
hind their backs.
No one in the game is going to
dispute that the free swinger is the
lad who drives in the runs when he
does connect with the ball Chop
ping hits may be fine and the thing.
But when YOU see these lads from
Boston standing up there with their
hands at the very end of the handle
and swinging from the shoulder YOU
are bound to have some doubts
about II.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
Bv Bill Bailey.
w THAT'S all this talk about
wv choking the bat to hit the
pitching OF the modern


wv choking the bat to hit the
pitching OF the modern
twirler?
You have heard and read the
stories. Ty cobb is one Of those
who remarks that you have to
choke il you expect to get the base
hits.
Take look at the Boston Red
Sox and you are at least likely to
have some doubts on the subject
You may not become convinced that
choking Of the bat isn't necessary.
But you are bound to admit that
there are two sides to the argu-
ment Because there are just two
OF the Red Sox regulars who choke
their bats
The lads who line them hard and
far are the fellows who grip the
bat at the very end and then take a
good, healthy swing
A MONG those who do not choke
their bats are "Sluggers"
Yerkes, Speaker. Lewis, Gardner,
Wagner and Cary When StahI is
in the game the count is 6 to ,
against the choking of the war club
The pitcher isn't counted, but when
Wood Is on the mound the fellows
who grip the club near the handle
have another vote. Because Wood
also stands up there and whales at
the ball, getting all the power he
can behind his drive and grasping
said drive producer so near the
handle that his left hand is on the
knob.
You know there is a theory in
baseball that choking the bat is
more scientific Those who favor
that method claim that the pitch
ers Of today break their curves SO
quickly that the fellow who grasps
his bat at the very end and swings
is sure to make a show of himself.
They claim that by choking the
bat the s.ugger can hit quicker
and, while he may not get the dis
lance that the long swinger does.
that he viii get SO many more
base hits that he will be the gamer
in the end
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
Baptist College Should Have Best Team of Its History
MATERIAL IS HEAVY AT MERCER AND PROMISING

comes from Locust Grove institute,
where he starred; candidate for
line.
Hugh Cochran. of Buckhead, Ga,
at Gordon institute last year. and
was one of that prep teams best
players, at end.
Mills, sub last year, candidate for
line.
d ROFESSOR R. W. EDENFIELD,
l who is head of the athletic de-
partment at Mercer is crammed
full of enthusiasm over this years
prospects. He says that never be-
fore has a Mercer coach had such
material to work with. And more
over. according to his beliefs, never
before was there such a coach at
Mercer as DR., Strouds.
The doctor, by the way is a gen
uine NJ. d. He has a lot of train
ing and coaching methods that are
peculiarly his own. and he will go
through the season without an as
sistant coach.
Mercer is making big try to
come back 1t would like to re-
gain place in Georgia where it will
rank as the athletic equal of the
University of Georgia and Tech. 1t
may not succeed in doing it this
year but If it doesn't it will not
be for any lack of trying.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13

= ONE good men are going to
Mercer this year from various
Georgia prep schools. One is Hol-
man Grce. of Edwardsville, Ala.
who played grand ball at Norman
Park this year. They probably will
use him at center, where he will
succeed his brother. He weighs
227 pounds, and is said to be a bet
ter man than his brother-which
makes him tolerably good.
Here is an assortment of good,
strong candidates for positions.
some of them subs and scrubs of
last year. and some of them new
men, but all promising candidates
for regular positions:
Bob Heinshon. sub guard last
year. Weighs 175; will be guard
this year, and sub at center, if nee
essary.
Asbury Hall, half, from Adel, Ga.
Went to Sparks institute last year.
Weighs 166.
Holman, from Shellman. Ga. AT
Norman Park last year. Either
tackle or end
Herschel Forester. a north Geor-
gia boy; guard. He is certainty.
Huguley and Kelly, subs last
year, each weighing 172, are practi-
cally assured of positions as tackles
this year. Regarded as valuable
men.
Miles Smith, of Norman institute.
Picked to be a flashy half Weighs
1865, and is very fast.
L. B. Aultman. of Triton, weighs
. 40 and is expected to be a star
end.
Miller Wood. of Cochran, Ga,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
BY Percy H. Whiting.


an athletic rut. The University
of Tennessee is finding il out
So is the Atlanta ball club, the
Boston Nationals, the st. Louis
Americans. the track teams of
England. and Walter J. Travis
for few assorted examples. Some
times teams fail at it. For in
stance the University of Nashville,
which has slumped from promi-
nence to nowhere. Others succeed
AS witness the Washington base
ban team and the Vanderbilt elev-
en-. which was a joke twelve years
ago.
All Of which is by way of lead
ing up to Mercer. The Macon col
lege a few years back was nowhere
in football. 1t ranked little bet
ter than the. average prep team.
but not ar lot
Then they set about building up.
1t was a tough job but they put a
good man on it-Frank Blake, of
Nashville He made a grand start.
When he dropped the work, Coach
Strouds was secured And he's at
- YET WI" soou '"ahces OF sue
cess.
'e''' ''' '''e "'S' TIME IN
"seS' '.ie mercer team was a tough
proposition. Good colleges quit
leading off their schedule with it,
l.
ana mercer games ceased TO De re-
Rarded as pfa'ti'e aHalrs by lech'
Georgia CLEMSON Auburn ana the
Dig ooHeses OF the mldd'e SOUTH
,..-..
:, about prospects, they at once be-
gin uhIoau'hs taIe OF woe
NY ooN VINO we IoSe' say
'heS' Prl'e' longer AeHars' FOX
worth ana bfadfoid. wow
Wen you nave TO mana II TO them'
Iha'S d pretty Dig loss TO any
team "rl'e' VINO played wei AT
center longer Il guard AeiIdrs'
quarter ana captain ana foN"ofth'
hah back We're the malnstays OF
'ne team I'St year
DuI '"eh It's Always t1e main
stays that go. 'olleee men dont
seem 'o reaI'@e mat Inc coach
gets n"'u ol man ana trains NJ"
three years hN the TIME ne en-
tiers the tourth year ne mas be
come maihS'aN' BUT or course
the next year ne Is graduated. Ana
the ola cry goes up we've lost
The good coaches are the ones
who always have good crop of
mainstays coming on
COACH STROUDS will have
Y some real material to work on
this year. OF last years team he
will have back these men:
Norman. captain and full back.
Irwin. quarter. and perhaps the
best all round player on the team.
Very fast. He played half dozen
different positions last.year.
Cook quarter and general sub.
Light. but fast and versatile.
Mcknight end.
jameson. end.
WeSunOreland guard.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
Tomorrow, Saturday, Just Arrived Beauties

Kill three b If d S
with one stone to-
morrow. Come in
and let us fit your
head, your fancy
and your purse at
one shot.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12
THE TAN TO WIN

The Mobile Register declares that
the relief of ninety millions Of people
from tax extortion is the issue, and the
issue is personifed in Oscar w. Under
wood. What more fitting, therefore,
asks this paper, than that the man who
is the personification of the issue should
stand before the President who vetoed
the bills drawn by Mr.. Underwood seek
ing TO give relief to the American peo-
ple3 What more fitting that the can
didate should be Mr.. Underwood, stand
ing for tariff reduction as against Mr..
Taft standing in defense of present tariff
laws? What more fitting for the Demo-
cratic party to nominate a man who can
win-for this is the time Democracy can
win. Powerful political leaders Of
thought and those journalistic opponents
of Democracy throughout the country
should take note of MI. Underwood.
They should investigate; and with party
loyalty frm-with sectional prejudice
eliminated, learn to know the man and
the principles for which he stands. The
Southern press, especially, should rally
with unhesitating vigor to support and
use their influence for the man who has
done more than any living Democrat to
reunite Democracy, and who can, as a
Southern Democrat in the White House,
establish forever a reunited country
Richmond Journal, reproduced in the
Adgerhser, Montgomery, Ala, January
20, 1912.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12
ALABAMA AND
FIR. UNDERWOOD

But the present leader of the House
is not impulsive. In truth, that fact
explains his leadership. He is a man
Of calculation. Had he not been, he
could never have plotted his party
through the difficulties of the extra ses-
sion. His task then called for a calm
vision and a single purpose. Had he
been a spellbinder and a scatterer he
would have wasted his opportunity.
Were Mr.. Underwood to set his heart
on the White House and maneuver for
a stay under that famous roof he would
play hobs with all the reputation he has
just acquired. His vision would be-
come confused, and everything would 90
by the board. He could not serve two
masters, and his work in the House has
the first and highest claim on his at
~tention.
This does not mean that Mr.. Under
woods lame will, as the result of his
reply to his House colleagues, disap-
pear from the Presidential speculation.
OF course, it will not. 1t is there to
stay, with the other names now on
many pens and tongues. The matter Of
the nominee is in the lap of fate, and
we shall all have to wait for the deci-
sion.-Ihe Washington Sunday Star,
December, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12
UNDERWOOD AS CANDIDATE

II Oscar Underwood, when he "
made Chairman of the Ways and Mean
Committee, had been as well know
throughout the country as Champ Ilas
or Judson Harmon or Woodrow Wison
he would have gone into the DemocfaL
convention far in the lead. He was
that time, however, little known ny
this fact may give to the Speaker pa,
OF the prestige that Mr.. UnderWO@
otherwise would have had.
Mr.. Underwood is well known n1s'
however, and will be better known y
fore the convention meets or the Siail
elect delegates. Taking it for granl..
that he will conduct the tariff hgli !"
well during the regular session as aar
ing the extra session, Mr.. Underwu%
will be much stronger at the end o. y.
regular session than he is now. II
judge by results we must conclude W.
no Democratic leader has ever haa Y
forces so well in hand as Mr. Unsg
wood had during the last session 4,
FLORIDA Times Union, Jacksonville
October "a, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12
UNDERWOOD

Every public speech that Oscar w.
Underwood, Democratic leader of the
House Of Representatives, makes brings
him closer to the people as a presiden-
tial possibility. What Congressman
~Longworth, a Republican, said of him
at the dinner of the Pennsylvania So
ciety in New York on Saturday night
is coming to be generally felt by the
public.
mot for many years." said Colonel
R~oosevelt's son-in-law, "has so forceful
a personality come to the front Of his
party as the present leader of the House,
Not in my time, certainly, and not. as |
believe, in modern times, has the Demo
cratic party developed a mar possessing
IN 50 full degree the qualifications for
real leadership as it has this year in the
person of Oscar Underwood."-The yer-
;sey %JoHrnal, Jersey City, N. J., Deem
Der II, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12
PROJECTIONS INIoUITvps
Gin the U. S. House of Repres.n,,e..
Anril 2l OIL euVeA

tin the U. S; House of Representative.
April q, 1917 sA
The protected interests Of III.
try know well that this Bill u,iH eoun'
a break in the dixie; that wbennr.. max X
protective tariff is removed ANY us
Northern farmer stands out alone ,v; ~
out pretense of protection to HI VIZ anl'
ucts that he can no longer he cor paoa,
on to stand IN the ranks of the m 1ounsea
liStic interests Of this country fly
why they are afraid of it. i Is n nay y
much what is in the bill, but thew ~ Eu,s Y
that the death kneIl of the nr3 5 Alos
system will have Sounded-tbat nro.aa
ton that means the protection d sDe.
nous profits and the creation u asl'
nopolies in this country-wben ~ \.
farmer understands and abandon, v.
Republican Party to those alone Nh, as
nave tattened upon his hard-earned AL
lars, They are using, my friends sv. war;
effort in the districts on that SIDE II 4!
! louise and in your district, nv felow.
Democrat and in my district 10 br.,I
the column. | have protected interrs,
my district, but I do not rcpres.t
them; | represent the great mass II nv
constituency who want honest t~reatmer
fair play.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12
UNDERWOOD THE MAN
OF THE HOUR

But Mr. Underwood's rise in public
favor has 0 been spectacular. His
is not the kind of popularity that will
decline. 1t dawned suddenly but its
dawning was rather the awakening OF
recognition than the discovery of a new
star. Mr.. Underwood and his ability
had been there all the time, but they
had not been called into action. Or
p~ortunity revealed the mar and the
leader.
His leadership and his qualities are
of the stuff that will last, He may never
be President of the United States. He
may lev be given the nomination by
his party, but his usefulness to the party
and to the people will not be destroyed.
He is hanging no hopes on the reward
that may CON to him from the party.
u II n 4
Mr.. Underwood's public record is un-
usual for its clean brilliancy. 1t stands
without a flaw. Critics may search it
through and through and Mr.. Under
woods smile would never waver. His
party record is just as clear. His pri-
waite life is without a blemish.
He is peculiarly fitted by nature and
training for the leadership of men and
the administration of executive func-
tions. He comes of good stock, if that
means anything in this peoples repub-
lie. His education was thoroughly
rounded. His character we'll poised.
His training has been broad and wise.
He is thoroughly practical. His aca-
demic education has been broadened by
well directed experience and constant
application to useful research.-Walter
Harper in the Birmingham Ags-HerGId,
January 7, 1912.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-12

changed, before the present system 0
representative government and legisla
ton could be changed for direct law
making.
When, do you suppose, we could cleo
a Congress that would give the people
the opportunity to vote away the pre-,
negatives of Congress2
When, do you suppose, there would
be 81 States ready to adopt the new
system?
When, do you suppose, would the
small States be willing to surrender
their equality, in the Federal Govern
ment?
When Wilson and Bryan pirate of a
national initiative, referendum and re-
call, they make themselves demagogues.
Can either Of them tell us how Direct
legislation can be applied, nationally,
in such a manner as to preserve the
sovereign equality of the small States !?
If either of them can, | should be
glad to publish their plan.
1t will be time enough to talk about
national Direct legislation and the recall
after we shall have tried it, in the
States.
U0) Lastly, I am for Oscar Under
wood because his record, public and
private, is unstained; his character ele-
waited and spotless; his leadership SUI
pcrb; his work and purposes patriotic
and practical; his sympathies, for the
oppressed. He doesn't stoop to dema-
gogy to win popular applause; and he
doesn't cater to wealth and power, as
the s%tandpatters of both parties do
Tom Watson, in The JeferSonian,
Thomson, Ga, January Is, 1912.