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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
FODDER FOR FANS

The paths Of baseball glory" opines
Joe Williams lead but to the stage"
They refused to make HERE Meek man
ager of the Victoria team, but, on the
strength of a 346 batting average, they
allowed him to stick as a player.
Frank KRONER, catcher of the Eleventh
ing out with the Chattanooga team and
hopes for position with Memphis
ole" Oleson, a Sacramento recruit,
who is feet II inches tall, has been
forced, to send home for some special
custom made, f1t-guaranteed bed clothes
to keep both his shoulders and his feet
covered at the same time,
The North Carolina league viii open
September $-or as long as it lasts.
Jake Daubert is suffering from optim-
isiritis-he thinks the Brooklyn club has
a chance to finish in the first division.
"A good pitching staff means a trou-
bleSome ball club says Christy Mathew
son, gently boosting his own game.
McGraw says that the guy whose pic
ture is on the new nickels was grand
father of Jim Thorpe.
A new style for baseball letters has
been set by Benny Meyer, of the Brook
Ign club. a recent letter from him to
Bill Dahlen read Dear Bill: l have
retired. Yours, BENNY"
Jake Daubert played second base in
Brookyn's first game-just to show Hal
Chase something.
Bill jacobson is hobbling around the
hotel at Marlin on crutches His injury
is likely to drop him back to the. Mobile
team for another year of hardening.
Tinker will carry nine pitchers this
year.
Manager Earl Mack will report March
10 to his Raleigh club. If Father Mack
slips son enough good players he should
be heard from
Memphis pa pers have served naotce on
the Turtle club that 1t must be the real
thing this year If il is to expect any pa
tronage. The town is in a bad way for
diamond enthusiasm and steadily getting
worse.
Fred Clarke took one day Of hard
practice and then a day off. He admits
there is just an off chance that he is get
ting old
They worked the badger game on I'd
Reulbach, but he squared things by TAX
ing one Of the men who had victlmized
him out to the club house to destroy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11

all evidence of the fght-and then had
the friend arrested for breaking into the
club house. Some kidder, Ed
The St. Paul club is asking waivers on
Ralph CaprOn.
j. Carlisle ORed) Smith is the must
clan of the Brooklyn team aad has organ
lzed trio that is a wonder He doesn't
sing, but is there in tickling the worries.
The JinX has taken hand in the condi-
tonlng of the New YOrkS and Hal Chase
is out of the game for a couple of weeks
with a sprained ankle.
Bill Smith continues to be bugs over
Hartner This young chap may cop out
a regular place with the locals.
Lawrence Pruitt and c. KimbaH, of At
lanta, will be tried out by the Albany,
Ga, team this year.
Seats are on sale for the Gillespie bene-
fit at Ponce DeLeon next Saturday. Tum-
lin is handling them. Kick in with a dol
lar or two for this good cause
Clavo and Acosta, the Cubans on the
Washington team. have progressed fast
enough in their English education to order
square meal almost anywhere
Harry Welchonce is showing up too
well with the Senators to suit Bill Smith
The former Vol appears likely to land.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
THOMAS IS RING
MARVEL; DAT TIES
D KEEFE TONIGHT
Bv Left Hook.

~ CONSIDERING the short time
that he has been in the ring,
Joe Thomas, the New Or
leans lightweight, who meets Tom
my O'Keefe at the Orpheum to-
night, is a marvel. Joe's debut in
the game was only year and
half ago, but since that time he has
fought such men as Joe Mandot
and Jack Britton and the only
time he has been bested was by
Britton, who gained a close deci-
sion over him.
Thomas earned the respect and
admiration of Atlanta fans when he
gave Frank Whitney more than he
could handle, and although the ref
cree declared the bout a draw, the
papers gave Joe all the best of it.
Joe Is Not Twenty Yet.
Thomas is not 20 years old yet,
and is a quiet. likable sort of kid.
1t was only by chance that he ever
became a pugilist According to
the story Joe was escorting a young
lady home from a dance one night,
and on the way they had to pass
through one of the toughest sec
lions of New Orleans. 1t was while
they were in this district that a
big. tough-loolIing fellow passed
them and addressed an insulting
remark to the young lady.
Joe was just kid then, with his
first pair Of long trousers on. but
he waded into that big fellow like
a bull terrier goes after a mastiff.
The bully was so surprised at this
furious onslaught from such
small kid that he offered no re-
sistance. but went down like a log
with Joe on top. By the time the
ruffian had come to-" Thomas had
called a cop.
When he reached home that night
Joe thought over what had hap
pened He had read lots about the
big easy money that some of the
good scrappers made, and as he
was working hard and not get
ting much pay, he decided to try
his luck at the ring game. He was
not big or heavy, but he possessed
the one thing which all fighters
must have, self confidence.
Beat Bunch of Prelim Lads.
It was not long after this that
the kid was knocking them all cold
in the p,clims to the big bouts in
New Orleans His rise since then
has been metcoric, and he is stin
coming with good many years
ahead Of him yct
The bout tonight will mean much
to the winner. Both boys are COM
ers and well on the way to the top.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
BY j. w. Heisnan.

TN baseball many fielding prob
lens confront the pitcher and
catcher
One of the puzzles the pitcher
often butts into is whether to at
tempt the fielding of a ground ball
that seems to be rather out of
reach, yet close enough to make
him think he might get it with
hard effort. Some pitchers let this
kind go by altogether, while others
go after every old thing that comes
along. or the two prefer the lat
ter. They should, however realize
that by thus going after everything
in and cut of reason they must
often fail themselves to get the ball
and at the same time spoil. the
fielding OF it by the shortstop or
second baseman. They frequently
touch it just enough with their
finger tips to defect it from its
course and thus throw II out of line
and away from the other man try
ing for it.
Much depends upon how fast the
ball is travelling, and also on how
fast the men are behind you. If
you think the ball is ripping along
at such rate that If you don't get
1t neither will anybody else, you
should, OF course. try for 1t. If Il
is a swift line ball you will prob
ably only have time to stick out
your hand at arms length for 1t;
but this you should always do. with
the gloved hand at least. Better
be little careful, though. how you
put out your bare hand after one of
these hot drives. for this hand is
your pitching paw and an injury to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11

it will hurt you and your team
worse than losing the batter.
TO go to the other extreme, a ball
may be rolling so slowly that you
realize at once it will never get TO
the shortstop or second baseman
before the runner will have reached
first. In this case you should make
a try for it, no matter IL 1t seems to
be out OF your reach.
Balls that the infielders ought to
be able to get pitcher ought to let
go by, simply because that's what
the flelders are there for, while your
primary business is to pitch. In
case Of doubt, though, jump in and
take it.
M lTH runner on first or sec
ond, or both, and none out,
you must always be prepared for a
bunt; therefore you should follow
up your delivery Immediately by
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
present Cracker Squad Best Ever Had" --Sn
Manager Thinks He Has Rag Winning Material

been inquiring of Bill Smith what
he planned to do with Osborn, and
1t is cinch that he will tip some
scouts off to watch him.
Osborn, thanks to his tremen-
dous height and his abnormal
reach, has a mess of speed. If he
has some control to go along with
1t, he will star. He has a moder-
ately free swing and enough curve
to get by with.
Manager Smith hasn't any very
immediate plans for Osborn, ex-
cept to give him thorough try
out. He will slip him in every
game he gets a chance until he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11

finds what the "slat" can do under
fire. If he is released, he will go
to Macon. -
THE Atlanta club hasn't any In
dams on its club this year.
But 1t has two ex-Indians. Gill
bert Price, as is well remembered,
played with the Nebraska Indian
team last summer. And Lee Her
ring pitched for the Cherokee In
dian team. Both men were billed
as "re'lar Injuns," though neither
looks the part. Both are promis-
ing hurlers, the former of the
southpaW. persuasion, while the lat
ter Is right handler.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
BARON BACKSTOPS BLOW
IN, LOOKING VERY GIFT

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. March ll.-Bir-
mn CHAINS 1913 brace Of backstops, who
VII light it out during the training season
NV. ne honor of being the regular Baron
Va. getting an even start, in that respect
al least. They are Mayer, the White SoX
Wy who halls from Cincinnati, and Dill
SET Of last years Baron outfit
digger looks to be in excellent condi-
HoL He Is just about as fat as he was
H. season and expects to take off even a
.Ie OF that. Mayer, the new man. has
al a chance TO show Manager Moles-
""'In anything as yet, except his ply
and facial expression, both Of which
entirely satisfactory 10 the Baron
'Utr Nobody has been canned vet
,2 p the Cuban who was Cornered by
''t and later. so e is reported turned
l' %" member of that race which
Id'h Johnson 10 the prize ring ~"
. Lrielor" allowed tn sink silently
az I"rseIfulncss SO far as local fans
ere Concerned
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
By Percy H. Whiting.

DA L Grey IL. w Illll1S.
ut DON'T see why 1 haven't
got as good a squad this
spring as 1 had either time
won the pennant in Atlanta
So says Bill Smith. and William
Andrew is calculated to know.
Fact is" says Bill. Il think this
squad, in some ways, is bit bet
ter than any of the others. To say
am pleased is about the least 1
can do"
Now don't go out and buy tick
cts on Atlanta, just on the strength
of this, because Bill can't figure on
the twin terrors of the baseball
managers-the Demon Rum and
the Demon Luck-both of whom
got in their fine Eye-talian hands
last year.
CMITH believes his pitchers are
good He knows that, with so
many youngsters, the thing is sort
of a gamble. But he believes he
has sort of a king full to gamble
on, which usually entities a man
at least to linger in the betting
for a while.
Now that Wally Smith and Wal
ter Heating look so good the in
field problem Is not troublesome.
II Dobard proves better than Keat-
ing, why better still. For Heating
looks plenty good enough.
The outfeld will work itself out
right. All the men are going good.
1t may not lead the league in hit
ting, but It will be strong on field
ing,
GA THING l like about the team
"a this year" says Smith, is
its pep and the fact that all the
boys seem to be trying. You take
club that is like that and you'll
hear from it."
g NTH is planning to take his
club to Milledgeville for games
against the Georgia Military col
lege team Monday and Tuesday OF
next week. If the G. NJ. C. folks
will guarantee expenses, Smith will
take the team on.
81 want all the games | can get,
says Bill, "and from what Ham
Reynolds, who has been coaching
there. tells me, they will give us
good run for it. Then, | like to
see the boys under fire away from
home. There is sure to be lot of
yelling and a lot of fuss down there
and | can find out how some of the
Youngsters stand up under it,
D AT GRAHAM turned up sick
Yesterday morning. lie seems
20 have grip, or a hard cold, or
something of that sort, and has
oceu under doctors care. With
luck. he should be out in a day or
two.
- I'D SMITH, who knows pitcher
when he sees one and who isn't
usually wasting praise on raw
Youngsters, has high opinion OF
'a.9 young Ernest Osborn. In fact,
7e is 50 keen about him that he has
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
UNLESS ARCHER GETS
$500 HE QUITS GAME

BOONE, IOWA, March Jimmy Ar
cher, hold-out catcher of the Chicago
Cubs, asserted today that unless he were
offered a contract calling for $500 he
would not play ball this season. Archer
and his wife were summoned here by the
death of Mrs. Archer's mother. They will
return to Ormond, Fla, the latter part
of the week
81 will not sign a contract for any
thing less than $780," said Archer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
OTTO JORDAN REPORTS:
NAMES DRAWS FIRST CAN

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, March IL
Absolutely refuting all rumors of his be-
ing a holdout Otto Jordan appeared at
baseball headquarters yesterday after
noon and announced himself ready for
dition and about eight pounds lighter than
when the season closed last year Jor-
dams appearance accounts for all the
members Of the 1913 squad Manager
Elberfeld today Internationally released
First Baseman Names, who played last
season in the Texas and Southeastern
leagues.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
INDOOR BASEBALL PROVES
TOO MUCH FOR GRID STAR

MADISON, WIS. March 1t-Henry f.
Cochems, progressive leader and former
star football player, is confined to his
bed in Trinity hospital with fractured
left ankle. The fracture was the result
OF an accident in an indoor baseball game
Cochems will be confined to the hospital
for the next four weeks his physicians
say.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
SEELBACH PENN CAPTAIN

PHILADELPHIA, March 11.-Chares
Seelbach, of Cleveland was today elected
The season captain of the University OF
pennsylvania basket bali team. Seelbach
played center during the past season
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
BILLS SIGN TARLEToN.

MONTGOMERY, ALA March IL
Bob Tarlton, the former Little Rock
and New Orleans first baseman. who
played in the New York State league
club last season, has been signed oy
the locals
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
LIE MARIN eEsTs CUTTER

e IWNNIN BES CO LER.
CHICAGO. March ll.-Constant LeMar-
in has another victory to his credit TO-
day after winning in two straight fans
over Charley Cutler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-27
ATLANTA SCHOOLS
BADLY CONGESTED
Voters Will Probably Pre-
sent Petitions Asking that
Election be Called

Atlanta, October 26.-(Special)-It looks
as If the first application of initiative
legislation under the recently adopted
amendment to Atlantas s charter will come
in connection with the city's public
schools.
The public school system has been a
subject of agitation for some time grow
ing out of the fact of insufficient sup
port Many of the school buildings are
too small to accommodate the pupils who
apply for admission. Conditions of many
of the schools from sanitary stand
point are wholly inadequate The board
OF education has announced that it has
done everything possible with the fund
allowed by the city, and unless more
money is forthcoming the conditions so
severely complained of cannot be rem
edied.
After months discussion of these
conditions, somebody suddenly suggested
this week the initiative and referendum
clause of the city charter. adopted at a
special election held in September.
Why not said W. T. Terrell at a
meeting of the board, "set the girls in
the Commercial High school to work
turning out typewriter petitions to be
signed by the voters for a referendum
vote?"
The idea took at once ,and just as,soon
as the plan can be arranged, so type
writer girls in the Commercial High
school, it is said, will be set to work pre-
pairing petitions for initiative legislation
relative to the maintenance of the entire
school system.
1t is probable that the details of the
plan will not be worked out until q meet
ing of the board of education early in
November. But the vital question which
is to be settled is one of adequate school
funds, and from the attitude of council
1t looks as II the only possibility of set
tlement will come from submission of
the whole question to the people.
The shape this question will have to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-27
MICHIGAN AGG|ES
IN FRONT RANKS
Agricultural College Victor
Over WiscOnsin-Chi-
cagO in the Race

Chicago, October 26.-1n football play
Michigan Agricultural college occupied
the commanding position in the west
Leadership decisions are yet to be made
in the "big nine" conference. Most of
the games scheduled last spring as cham
battles are yet to be fought.
Chicago's team, with a declared weak
ness in the line, placed itself firmly in the
race Saturday by its defeat of Purdue
In Saturdays game the Maroons showed
some of the possibilities friends claimed
for them at the opening of the season.
Their back field proved more shifty than
that of the visitors. Their kicking and
covering of kicks was superb
Purdue showed three weaknesses, inabil-
ity to kick, inability to cover short and
high kicks and inability to handle long
and elusive spirals. Illinois proved its
right for another week at least in select
company by defeating the Indiana team.
The Illinois have a hard months play
ahead of them, meeting four "bie nine"
teams in succession. Its battles with Chi
cago this week is the decisive one in it's
schedule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-27
TENNESSEE LADS HAVE SCORED
234 POINTS-GEORGI A DIS
TANT SECOND-AUBURN HAS
NOT BEEN SCORED UPON
by ASA RoUNTREE, JR.

Although the pigskin warriors repre-
senting the University of Tennessee did
not swing action Saturday, they never
theless continue to lead not only the
southern colleges, but the entire country
in piling up scores on opposing elevens.
The Tennessee lads have scored a total
of 234 points in four games to a total of
Il made by the opposition. Georgia fol-
lows far in the rear with a total of 1872
while Georgia Tech ranks third with 1S3
Auburn is the only team In the south
that has not been scored on this season.
Georgia and Vanderbilt were scored on
for the first time Saturday by Virginia
and Michigan, respectively. The Virginia
eleven scored 13 points against the Blue
and Red aggregation, while the Wolver-
ines piled up 33 against the Commodores
Georgia Tech has been found by the oppo-
sition for only points.
Mercer scored her first points of the
sea son Saturday against Citadel while
Clemson has been able to amass only 8
points this year.
The following is list of the points
made by and against the principal south
ern universities:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-27

Harvard's % TO 0 victory over Penn
sylyania was all that her supporters could
desire. Had the field been dry 1t is pos
sible Pennsylvania State might have
proved more formidable. Since Washing
ton and jefferson, which held Yale to a
no-score tie on Saturday, defeated Penn
sylvania State II to 0 q week ago, the
Crimson cohorts figure the 20 to 0 victory
over the same team served as a satisfac-
tory standard for a comparison of the
present relative strength of Harvard and
Yale.
The gloom is not confined entirely to
Yale and Princeton, however. for Penn
Sylvania, Cornell and the Army received
severe setbacks Saturday. The. best the
Quakers could do was to tie Carlisle,
to Z, due to a sensational S0-yard run by
Marshall late in the game. But for sew
eral determined stands at critical mo-
ments and Marshall's individual exploit,
Pennsylvania would have been defeated.
The heavy but fast University of Pitts
burg team, already victors over Car
Isle, added Cornell to the list of victims
by score of 20 to Z. Cornell's touchdown
resulted from a series of line plunges and
end runs which indicated the Ithaca
eleven is rounding into promising form.
Army Barely Wins
The Armys margin of victory over TUFTS
was the smallest possible, coming as the
result of a fumbled pass which the vis-
itors turned into a safety. Considering the
wretched playing conditions the two
elevens We're evenly matched. At the
same hour the Armys greatest rival, the
Naval academy, was running UP her big
gest score of the season, 76 to 0, against
the Maryland Agricultural team at An
napolis.
In the middle west the Michigan "Ag-
gies" added Wisconsin, conference cham
pions to their list of Victims taking the
Badgers into camp by the same score al
that by which they defeated the Uni
versity of Michigan. Chicago won from
Perdue, which previously had tied Wis
consin, by a to score, due to field
goals from the toe of Quarterback Rus
sell. Illinois defeated Indiana, 10 to 0,
and Minnesota rolled up 30 points to South
Dakota's cipher. Coach Yost took his
Wolverines to Nashville and over
whelmed Brother-in-Law Dan McGuigan's
team, the final score being Michigan 80,
Vanderbilt 2.
The New Zealand all black Rugby team
was scored on yesterday for the first time
in its American tour, and the University
of California varsity Rugby team did it.
The score was So to against California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-27

tax should be levied for the support OF
public schools, Independent of and apart
from the general tax plan under which
council apportions whatever amount it
sees tit to the school SYSTEM. The refer
endum legislation would deal with the
proposition as to whether such a special
tax should be levied and to what ex-
tent.
If % per cent of Atlantas voters asked
for such an election 1t would have to be
called, and then the question submitted
to the voters would be as between the
special tax for schools and the present
plan under which council gives them just
what it sees fit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-27
GEORG|A'S SHOWING
GREAT SURPRISE

Atlanta Ga, October 26.-FootbalI in
Dixie this season promises to prove even
more complex than it has in previous
years. With the smoke of yesterdays
gridiron battles throughout the south
clearing away, experts today are busily'
figuring on the comparative strength of
the various elevens which will battle for
the S. l. A. A. championship of 1913.
Easily the greatest surprise among yes
terday's games was the Georgia-Virginia
clash. 1t had been predicted that Georgia
would not be able to hold the heavier vet
Grams from Charlottesville to a close score
and many Georgia supporters admitted
that the hopes of the red and black We're
limited to scoring The fact that Vir-
ginia was held to a tie until the last few
minutes of play. and won by the narrow
margin of 10 to G, therefore was regarded
as distinct surprise.
Vanderbilts poor showing against
Michigan proved a surprise. Yost's VOL
verines apparently outclassed the COM
modores in every department and pre-
dictions now are made by gridiron ex-
perts that Vanderbilt will have to show
great improvement in order to meet the
standard of play already set by Auburn,
Georgia and Sewanee.
Sewanee's stubborn fight with Texas
at Dallas indicated that the Tigers are
an important factor In the S. 1. A. A.
race Florida's showing against Georgia
Tech yesterday also was surprise, 1t
having been thought that the Floridians
would prove easy picking for the Yellow
Jackets. Auburn recently defeated Flor
ida by large score while the best Geor-
gia Tech could do was TO win 13 to 8.
While Georgia Tech was having it's hard
battle with Florida, Auburn was rolling
up score of "a to 0 against Mississippi
A and M, a team always regarded as
a strong contender for southern football
honors.
While much of the scoring of yester-
days games was the direct result of
ceverly executed forward passes. it was
significant that the majority of the win
ming teams depended for their best ground
gaining on straight football" with few
trick formations. AS result the element
of luck was not deciding factor in the
more important contests.
Next Saturday should witness num-
ber of battles of even greater interest
than those played yesterday. Georgia
meets North Carolina, Sewanee plays
Georgia Tech Virginia clashes with Van
derloilt, Auburn faces Louisiana State and
Mississippi A. and NJ. is matched with
the Texas Aggies. In addition to these
there will be a number of Interesting
games a less importance. Not until next
week will 1t be possible to measure the
strength of the leading elevens with any
degree of accuracy.