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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
FODDER FOR FANS

Kansas City has put six veterans on the
market: Eddie LennoX, Josh Clarke. Vic
tor Schiller, Mike Mccain. George Palm
er and Chick Brandon.
Al Swain, ex-Turtle, will play with the
Binghamton team next season
They have signed Frank Norcum, the
Indian outfielder, as umpire in the Vir-
GINA league, but they turned down Old
Grump Stockdale.
Bill Elwert, Billiken infelder, has been
picked for a position on the All-American
bowling team.
Bill, by the way. will not report to Mont
gomery until March 10.
. The bhe business men of Tampa put up
$1,000 to get the Cubs to train there IN
return they get the receipts from nine
exhibition games. Their net loss will be
about $5,1Gl. The net gain of c. Murphy
VIII be $4,000. for no other city in the
South would have given a cent for the
honor.
Duffy Lewis has worn out two sets Of
contracts sending them back They take
a mighty Ions journey
Joe Tinker says that i've clubs are in
Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
That undoubtedly let's Boston Brooklyn
and St Louis know where they stand.
one reason that McGraw got his raise
in salary was that last fan a man named
McGraw president. provided John could
get his release. OF course. John Couldn' /
get Il, but he didn't fail to remind the
Brush heirs about the offer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20

Perrymanp and AL Demaree Joined the
Giants at Marlin. Much is expected of
these men who are so well known for
their hurting exploits in the South
Tubby Spencer has signed his contract
to catch for San Francisco He was an
American association performer until he
off to lick it up. That done, he is ready
to return to baseball.
NTatty Mcintyre will never play in the
Coast league again. The schedule is too
long for him, he SAYS.
Fred Clarke has bought another quarter
section and added it to his farm in Cow
ley county, Kansas,
The Houston ball club has secured Nal
colin j. Mcdonald. Il Houston lad, by
trade from Dale Gears Topeka club; He
Earl Snapp and n piece of money went
over to complete the deal
The Beaumont club has signed a Ini-
yersity Of Virginia pitcher named Good
hue.
The managers Of the Texas league clubs
this year will be; Carson of Waco. Stin-
son of san Antonio, Filman of Houston
and Wheeler of Beaumont playing man
ayers ana Letdy of Austin, Lavender of
Dallas, Morris of Fort Worth and Ma
lOneN of Galveston. bench managers.
Several or them are well known in the
Southern league.
Tampa is making lot more fuss over
the training stunts Of the Cubs than Chi
CaEO Is.
Everybody predicted failure for Otto
Hess with the Boston Nationals last year,
but he managed to win = out of 20
games for the worst big league team In
the world. The question now arises: Can
he keep it up this year?
Clarence Smith. the former Baron pitch
err, has Just returned from Cuba, where
he pitched some good games
Fielder Jones wants thc players share
of ilc worlds series money turned into "A
fund for broken down ban PLAY err. lts
La fine. charitable scheme. Rut imagine
ID couple of champion teams playing
through thc BR Series for charity
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
Men Training at Ponce May
Play Sunday at Fort; Smith
Ties the Can to MalcOmson

bears a striking resemblance to
theatrical enterprises. Any theat-
rical manager will tell you there's
nothing worse than a "draggy"
performance. People pay their
money for action and will not be
contented with anything else.
A nine-inning game ought, UNI
der ordinary circumstances, to be
finished in less than two hours.
Nineteen out of twenty would be if
the umpire hustled things along
and cut out the waits
The best way to get the UNI
pires to hurry things is to offer
them a prize for doing it, A matter
of 500 or so invested in a cash
prize would bring in $500 at the
gates.
Is it too much to hope that the
league win do something of this
sort?
Yea, DO; it probably is.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20

When a youngster on the reser-
walton. he lived with his grand
mother, who made persistent efforts
to bring him up on the strait and
narrow" and would frequently tell
him of some black demon of huge
proportions that snorted fire and
that this demon would take a keen
delight in devouring him if he
failed to do as he was told. He
grew up with very vivid impress
sion of this demon, to say nothing
of a consuming fear.
When the Demon Chased Him.
At the age of twelve years, it
was decided to send him to the
Haskell school at Lawrence, Kans.
He was to make the trip in COM
pany with two or three other boys
who had previously been in school.
The train on which they were
scheduled to make the trip left
about midnight. Now, up until that
time he had never even seen a rail-
way train. Presently the engine
rounded a curve and hove into full
view
1t is probable that the fireman
was stokingNthe engine at the time,
or, at any rate, flames appeared to
shoot forth from a dozen different
sources, 1t took Charlie barely a
second to decide that this was the
being to which grandmother had
referred. and it likewise took him
less time to decide on the proper
stunt under the circumstances
Some one found him in a nearby
ravine early the next morning.
His friends, however, waited for
him. and the party took a morning
train. He admits now that he is
no longer gun shy" and that the
midnight "choo-c hoo" has no more
horrors for him than it does for
the average Knight of the Grip,
who frequently finds it necessary
to desert his Ostermoor in the small
hours of the morning in order to
make connection for kennebunk-
port or some other out Of the-way
point.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
n Brown Football Expert Predicts Guyon
WAHOO HAS HAD WONDERFUL ATHLETIC CAREER

know him anticipate little trouble
for him along this line. Further
more, he takes up the work with
an abundance of enthusiasm, and
the well wishes of all interested,
who believe that the Georgia au-
thOrities made a ten strike when
they landed him.
Wahoo Was Baseball Star.
Regarding his ability in baseball,
little need be said. He has played
the game from all angles-first as a
member of school teams at Has
kell and Carlisle. and later in pro-
fessional ranks. Indeed, had it not
been for the fact that he well-nigh
had leg yanked off in a football
game with Villa Nova in his last
year at Carlisle. which incapaci-
tated one OF his knees, it is likely
that he would be following the
game as a professional today, and
would doubtless be drawing his
monthly stipend from the Golfers of
one of the clubs in the major cir
cults.
AT least one member of the At
lanta ball club is in a position to
vouch for Wahoo's ability. Harry
Bailey was his teammate in the
ohio State league a few seasons
back, and no doubt recalls that
Charlie used to "hit 'em a mile"
In fact, an investigation Of the rec
ords of that circuit for the season
Of 1908 will show that the Chief led
the league with a fat average of
.343, when the organization includ-
ed several players who have since
been drawn to the majors.
AS further evidence that he was
very valuable man and capable
leader, 1t may be stated that he has
captained more than one profess
sional team.
While his performances on the
baseball and football fields are
matters of public record, there have
been some several incidents in his
career less widely known, which
are interesting, to say the least.
Here is one of the best that he
tells on himself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
GEORGIA AND VANDY MAY
PLAY AT PONCE IN FALL

ATHENS, GA, Feb. 19.-The University
of Georgia and Vanderbilt will probably
meet again in football next fall, and il
they do Atlanta will draw the big game.
Since the completion of the Georgia
schedule last fall, regrets have been eX-
pressed from every side that the two
teams were not scheduled to meet. Espe-
cally were Georgia students and alumni
anxious for another game, as it is be-
lieved the Red and Black will turn out
the best team in its history and that
some of last falls lost honor could be
redeemd.
Overtures were made this week to the
Vanderbilt authorities for a game some
| time next fall, very likely on Saturday
before the THANKSGIVING game. as both
teams are idle on that date.
4 reply from Vanderbilt is expected to-
day, and il is hoped that the CommOdOres
viii be favorable for a game
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
Baseball Is Faster Now Than
Ever; It Holds Fans Becaw,
It Is Honest, Says c. Murph
By Bud Fish,

gard Evers as the quickest thns3
in the game. He is alone reswJ
sible for the winning of one Aagd
the Cubs and has done more b
the baseball honor and glory
Chicago within his time lere lid
any private in the ranks. He d
done much that he has never be;
given credit for. Manager Era
is a profound student Of the r1,
of play and has all the natur
qualities of a leader
What with Bresnahan. Archer an
. his other lieutenants, whose liant
are household words. it is hard
realize that he can be anything b
a success. He has the frienisil
not only of all the Cubs. but he
liked all over the National leagl
playing circuit. When a man aG
he would not trade jobs with b
president of the United States ia
certainly shows he is superIatiTa
enthusia site.
John is giving the team mud
thought, and that he will Spet
things up goes without saying.
l have maintained right a.o7
when figuring on the Cubs for M
I still insist that the club whicia
feats us in the derby distance-a
game schedule-neXt season VI
win the flag.
Winning a series of three or d'
games indicates little Of
strength of a ball club, but |ha
club comes out on top in six NOM
of consistent play it is sureIy soA
club and one of which the fans M
feel Justly proud.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20

really wonderful thing is
baseball enthusiasm! Why
has the game such hold on nearly
all red bIooded Americans?
First, because it is honest.
Second, because it is superlative-
ly scientific.
Third, because it is progressive
and develops some new and inter
esting phase almost daily.
In reigning dramatic produc-
ton the lines of the actors are
nearly always in effect the same,
and the situation and scenes sell
dom, if ever, change. in baseball,
however, one never knows what to
expect. Presidents are being con-
stantly established and the uncer-
tainty of the game provides one of
the potent reasons for it's fascinat-
ing hold on the masses.
1t Must Be Progressive.
1t is really an affront to the
American people to say that base
ball is not faster and more scientific
today than it ever was. Americans
are in no sense stand patters. They
never would lie awake nights and
dope" out an all-star baseball
team of this, that or the other
league if the sport had not kept
pace with the march of progress in
other lines of human endeavor.
You have to be up and doing in
h, or
the parade will run over you. Base
ball could not practically sidetrack
a presidential campaign Gas it did
last falD if it were not progress
sivc. Neither would it be known as
the national game and recognized
blessing II there were not constant
Improvement and progression.
Individual stars, in rare instances,
may have been IS good twenty
years ago as the diamond lumina-
ries of today, but baseball as a
game is greater now than ever in
the past. 1t would not give solace
to thousands of unemployed in
times of general depression, nor
provide relaxation for the busy, if
it did not improve constantly.
Cubs Are Greatest Team.
During the past eight years the
Chicago Cubs have shown the
American public the fastest base
ball ever known. Such deXtrous
skill minute precision and general
machinelike excellence of so-called
inside play as was shown in De
troit in next to the last game of
the worlds series of 1908 was never
seen before The mighty Detroit
Tigers, twice winners OF the Amer
lean league Championship, had 4
man on second and one on first
base and nobody out. bat the cubs
played as one man and no runner
scored. ,.,
Those VINO saw tho inning played
say they never saw il equaled and
90 not expect to. The greatest
batsmen and base runners of the
decade were completely circum-
vented in their efforts to score by
the teamwork OF the cubs and
thousands Of friendly home specta-
tors sat as if transhXed and seem
ingly GREATNESS while the work OF
annihilation was being completed
by the champions Of the world
The cubs won the National league
championship in 1906, 1907 and 1908
and the worlds championship in
1907 and 1908. Every flag has been
honestly and fairly won and the
cubs have endearcd themselves to
the public by gentlomanly dem,au-
O.. at an times.
Evsrs Smartest Mar in Game.
Baseball has developed some uou-
dpIfuI men since Tho National
league MAS established but . re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
AsEl CO.'S TO MeMpuIe

CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Feb Ia
Jake Abel the local lightweight. left last
night for Memphis for his first battle
under his new manager. Blacky Rageio
lie will meet Mickey sheridan
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
NEWMAN MAY GET FRANCHISE

TAIEADEGA. ALA. Feb. l9.-NcW.
nan, Ga. will probably secure fran
cnise ln the Georgia. Alabama league "
place of tho Rome club, as The latter
mas entered tuo AppalHchiau
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
By Percy Fl. Whiting.

a LII the old guard and couple
A Of recruits We're at the BAN
park yesterday afternoon for
practice. The additions to the
training brigade were Tommy Nc
MILAN. of the Rochester club, and
George Winters, outfielder- at-larse.
Talk continues of a game at
Fort Mcpherson Sunday, and it is
likely that it will be arranged. Lee
Garvin is the moving spirit and is
rounding up a team. If the wealth
er continues good, the game will
almost surely be pulled off.
CATCHER MALCOLMSON, Sc
- cured by the Crackers from
Charlotte, has been turned back to
that club. Manager Smith is so
sure that he has the catchers he
wants in McAllister and Joe Dunn
that he is not going to fool with
any others.
10Y MORAN, eX-Cracker and eN-
N Lookout outfielder. leaves today
for the Pacific Coast, to join the
Sacramento team. Roy had plan
ned originally to go to Chicago and
make the trip to the coast on Char
lev Comiskey's White SoX special.
At the last minute he switched his
dope and decided to go by way of
New Orleans
IT HE way the Crackers are fall
ing over each other to sign their
contracts has Bill Smith cheered up
no little. His ambition this year is
team without malcontents.
Ball players usually go where
they are sent. But Bill has some
this year who picked out Atlanta.
Notable in the list are the two vet
eran catchers, McNllister and Joe
Dunn. Both of them are with the
Atlanta team because they want to
play here Whitley Alperman is
tickled to death with Atlanta and
couldn't be better pleased any
where. Joe Agler likes Atlanta.
Buck Becker is glad he's coming,
So Is this kid Price.
II Bill Smith can straighteu out
a few hold-out kinks, he will have
a team of men who are willing to
play their very arms off for the
Gate City.
Mike Finn, one of the wisest
heads in all baseball. said in a re-
cent letter:
There is not a man on my
team now that does not want TO
return. l do not believe in having
any other kind Of men on my club
want them satisfied or l do not
want them at all.
NJ times a man makes releases
that no one can understand but
behind it viii he found generally
reason. Either the man cant
get along with the manager or the
players, or does not like the city
In such cases. / dispose OF them as
best I can and take "a chance on
tho ones that wiz come being sat
ished
Last year we let Dick Bayless
and SWaCina Fo-the two best
men on the club-but We never
felt their loss | got Paulet gratis.
and he is TO Ne a star this year
/ got Maloney for nothing also.
and to the club he was more
valuable man than Bayless, and
both men were not getting the sal
Y..1a a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20

# HE Southern league might do a
lot Of worse things at its meet
ing Saturday than pass an appro-
pration for q handsome money
prize TO The umpire who runs of
his game, in the post average tim.
Slow games ar. tho Dm~. uT
baseball Baseball nom ruo club
owners viewpoint b. ava wm.u-
mont enterprise aud U umy Why's
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-20
By Charles w. Murphy.
president of the Cubs.)

|HICAGO, Feb. 19.-What a
\ really wonderful thing is
baseball enthusiasm. WHY
Evening journal., 1913-01-29
MR.. WOLF LEFT
MORTGAGES in
OLD HEARTH

The owner of the old deeds, bonds,
and other papers, many of which we're
over a hundred years old. that were
found hidden away among the bricks
and mortar of an old heateh in the
building No. $50 Shipley street, on last
Friday, by John p. Reardon, contrac-
tor, who is remodeling the building
into an Office for himself, and of which
mention was made I'm these columns
on Saturday, was found to be George
Wolf. the printer, who occupied the
building for many years.
Mr.. Wolf called up THE EVENING
JOURNAL this morning and explained
how the papers had been hidden away
among the bricks and who put them
there. He stated that for many years
he has been collecting old papers. and
that he had an old cupboard built in
the side of the hearth in the Shipley
street house, in which he kept all
of his old papers, and supposes tina,
these had fallen down between the
bricks.
The papers were highly priced by
Mr.. Wolf, as they are very old. and
contain the names of men prominent
I'm the life of Delaware one hundred
years ago. They are now In posses
sion OF THE EVENING JOURNAL
but will be turned over to Mr.. Wolf
Evening journal., 1913-01-29
DELAwARE's BRIGHT FUTURE.
rom the Philadelphia RECORD.

From the Philadelphia Record.
II any additional argument were
needed to reinforce Philadelphia's
strong claims upon Congress for
more generous attitude toward the inn
provement of the Delaware river, It
can be found in the very interesting
address delivered by President Alba B.
Johnson, of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, before the business men Of
Chester on Saturday evening. His an
nouncement of the plans of his com
pany for enlarging its Eddystone plant
is simply an indication of the vastly in
creased industrial activity that is com
ing TO the Delaware all the way from
Philadelphia to Wilmington. In the
case of the Baldwin Works il may
naturally be expected that no small
partt of its enlarged output will find a
foreign market and will be placed on
board ship directly at Eddystone. From
this II can be seen how essential to
this single industry 1t VIII be to have q
depth OF channel ample for large out
going steamships as well as for those
which bring raw material to its doors.
Mr.. Johnsons remarks are a strik-
ing confirmation of the belief OF those
who hold that the present commerce
Of the Delaware is but a small fraction
Of what will come to 1t when its chan
mel has been dredged to depth OF 35
feet. when greater pier accommoda-
tions for vessels have been provided by
Philadelphia. and when the rivers pc
culiar advantages for large manufac.
turing industries are better appre'
Evening journal., 1913-01-29
ENCOURAGING RAILROAD sTATIsTICs

ID A1LWAY statistics compiled by the Bureau OF
IN Railway Economics continue TO reflect the high
tide of business this country facts and figures
obtained by the bureau from the reports filed by
the railroads with the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion
The returns for last November show an increase
November Of the previous year. but do not main
tain the ratio of increase displayed by the month
October While operating increased 1922 per
mile OF line for the mouth operating expenses
S74 and net revenue only s4S.33 Taxes greater
than for the previous November amounting SAC per
mile of line. Operating income averaged s121S per
mile Of line for each day in November an amount
greater by s16S than for November. 1911 This is the
entire amount available TO the railways for rentals
interest bonds appropriations and dividends.
For the five months Of the fiscal year the operat
ing per mile OF line OF the railways
compared with the corresponding months Of the prev-
year, increased 93 per cent that OF tho western
railways increased 15S per cent while that Of the
railways OF the south increased less than onetenth
Of 1 per cent
For the eleven months of the calendar year the net
operating mile OF line of the rail-
ways compared with the corresponding months the
previous year. increased as per cent; that of the
western railways increased IA per cent while that
OF the railways Of the south shows decrease of As
Der
Evening journal., 1913-01-29
EDITORIAL OPINION

ciated. This increased activity is al
ready in evidence from Chester to Mar
Gus Hook and is gradually spreading
northward through Eddystone toward
Philadelphia. Foreseeing the develop
ment of the intervening territory,
which is now largely waste land, Mr.
Johnson thinks that it would be good
thing if the city limits could be ex-
tended all the way to the Delaware
state line, including Chester, of course.
While this may not be feasible, there
can be no doubt that he is right in
urging that the two cities should act
together in matters relating to their
common development and interests.
Especially significant and suggestive is
this statement:
II would like to see carefully con-
sidered plan of development for both
the cities of Philadelphia and Ches-
ter, and for the entire district between
them, defining their street planning
roads, parks and docks so that It may
all be developed as one whole, rather
than as group of independent segre-
gated boroughs."
With a splendid future assured TOT
the Delaware Congress, simply In the
( interest Of the Federal Treasury
which already gets revenue OF ovei
10000 600 in customs duties from TINS
port, should not haggle over tn'
amount to be appropriated for tn'
present dredging operations. In'
amount will come back to Uncle sam
pocket many times oyer-wnicn Is
great deal more than can be SAID o
most of the other rivers on which N
is spending his good money.
Evening journal., 1913-01-29
GOING SOMEl

A guest in a hotel was shot and
killed The negro porter was wit
ness at the trial.
How many shots did you hearg
asked the lawyer
Two shots, sab" he replied.
How far apart we're they?'
Bout like dis way" explained
the negro. clapping his hands with an
interval Of about second between
them.
Where we're you when the first shot
was fired?"
"shinin gemmans shoes in the
basement Of de hotel"
Where were you when the second
shot was 6red?'
"Ah was passin the sante Fe de-
pot "-Exchange.
Evening journal., 1913-01-29
CHOCOLATE
SOLDIER ASKS
FOR ALIMONY

DENVER, Jan. 2S.-Thomas Rich
ards, matinee idol Of "The Chocolats
Soldier" and stage partner OF Miss
Lulu Glaser has filed suit for divorct
from Mrs. Martha Miner Richards, the
Denver cafe singer, who recently
went TO Pittsburgh and sued Miss
Giaser for $4,000 for alternating the
affections of Richards.
Richards charges desertion, men.
tai cruelty and physical violence. He
says his wife thrashed him soundly
upon numerous occasions.
He wants $4,000 ailmony.
Mrs. Richards was served with the
papers in the case She put the mat
ter in the hands of John A. Barnett
as her attorney and intends to COM
test the suit
She admits she wants a divorce "a
much as her husband does, but she
will resist the legal separation until
after her damage suit against Lulu
Glaser has been tried.