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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
By J. w. Heisman

THIRST rattle out of the box, let
me say this small package OF
umpiring tips is not intended
for professional arbiters, albeit more
than one of such could improve him
self and give better satisfactio 70
players and public if he would take
to heart one or more Of the points
l herein will discuss.
So far as the teams and their cap
tains are concerned, 1t Is naturally
well for them to get, whenever pos
sible, an umpire who has had some
experience, who has some natural
qualifications for the work and most
important of all, man who has an
unblemtshed reputation. This article
will be OF no assistance whatever to
prospective umpire in any one of
these three considerations; but most
any one is liable to be called upon
at some time or other in his fortuitous
career to umpire a game of ball. and
perhaps a point or two herein touched
upon may dwell in his memory and
help him out of more tnan one di-
lemma during the progress Of the
riot
IN THE first place if there is only
one umpire to the game, he should
take his stand behind the catcher,
and should remain there as long as
no men get on bases. He should
not think Of taking up this station
without a mask over his face; and If
there is a protector to be had, ne
should also don that
The umpire should be careful not 10
stand so close upon the catcher
heels as to crowd him, and he should
- II e. al ~
foul foul fly popping up. In such an
event he should be quick to jump
out Of the catcher's way, tor naturally
the latter will be after 1t in a jiffy.
A BOUT the hardest thing connected
with umptring is to call balls
and strikes to the satisfaction Of both
teams. Often enough pitchers come
in complaining that the umpire al
ways makes them split the plate. II
true, this constitutes q JUST complaint,
for it is the acme of good pitching
never to give a batter ball squarelv
over the middle. II the umpire VIII
not give a strike when the pitch ar
has both head and control sufficient
to just nick the corners, his good
work is nullified by the umpire's linn
itations Of sight or judgment.
And umpires often enough call a
strike when the ball has passed the
batter at the level Of the iatter's eyes
or chin or neck. This is a big mis-
take Merely because the batter Is
able to see over the top of the ball,
or because many a batter likes to
take a wallop at a ball that is wind
ing snake-like around his neck is 10
reason why it should be called Il
strike. A judge Of play should be
guided strictly and entirely by what
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
FODDER FOR FANS

tablishing a worlds record for control,
he hurled against the Phillies yesterday
and for the seventh or eighth time this
season went the fun nine innings with
out a base on balls.
The Dodgers. after suffering two de-
feats at the hands Of the Braves rose
up In wrath yesterday and gave the
Braves one Of the worst beating hand
ed any team this year. The Brooklyn
ties garnered fifteen runs, scoring nine
in the third
Lajoie, the Maps second sacker. was
back in the game yesterday, and, de-
spite rumors that he is to be benched
or used as pinch hitter in the future,
it is a certainty that he will remain
as a regular for the balance Of this
season and several more to come.
Boehling. the recruit pitcher Of the
Senators, is setting the American
League afire. He has started seven
games and won them all, the majority
Of them being shut-outs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
FOOD FOR SPORT FANS
BY oEoRaG Z. PHAlR.

of a conflict with Mr.. Williams, he
shows that he possesses considerable In
tellect.
We may thank the Athletics for the
fact that no baseball writer will have
the nerve to spring anything about a
crucial series in the American League.
Frank Gotch says he will meet the
winner the Roller Cutler match, show 10
Ing that he stlll has faith In the one per-
minute theory.
Fuzzy Woodruff informs US with great
confidence that Mr.. Richie will encom-
pass the downfall Of Mr.. Rivers q Jim
Corbett will only support Fuzzy In his
contention we shall be glad to wager
about 5000 to / on Mr. Rivers.
One calamity connected with the Ice
mems strike In Cincinnati Is that tho
National Commission Will have TO drink
II warm.
Answering a much discussed question,
we take the liberty to say that the
trouble with the Pirates is that they are
not winning baseball games.
Speaking Of nothing TO worry about,
there Is Jack O'Connor, who Is said to
be suspended by the Federal League.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

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from within by giving the blood cir
culation a good daily bath. This is
accomplished with s S. s.. the best
known and most highly re recommended
blood purifier ever discovered. It's
action is very rapid. Its vegetable
nature is such that it naturally goes
right into the blood, sa,turates The
entire circulation. bathes the tissues
with an influence that enables the
skin to heal quickly. The action Of
S, S. S. Is that Of an an tidote, and
this fact has been demons rated time
and time again in the n ost severe
forms Of weeping eczema
Its influence in the tiss ues where
the tiny arteries transfer the red
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veins is quite remarkable a I'd goes on
constantly with every 4 ok of the
ClOCk-the beat Of the he art
And new skin is thus caused to
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tains no dope" is not '1)hysic," is
entirely free Of any mineral drugs or
any other drugs except thrs remark
vegetable products Of V hich It is
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Few people realize how harmful are
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that used to be In favor Z efore they
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any other form Of skin or blood
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
What Baseball Jumps Should Do
HeiSman Helps Amateur ArbiterS

the rule says, and in this case the
provision is that 1t must be between
the knee and the shoulder.
MANY batters squat or crouch at
I'1 the plate before the ball is deliv-
cred, and when 1t comes up they
crouch a deal more. In this position
the ball seems often TO go away over
their heads, when II would clearly be
a satisfactory height for another
man who did not have such a stoop-
ing attitude. An umpire should be
careful not to let a batter get away
with this crouching posture to such
an extent as 10 compel the pitcher to
put them all knee high. The idea is
that it is a strike If ii passes at a
height not greater than the shoulder
when the batsman is in a natural hit
ting attitude.
Umpires often make the mistake Of
Judging a pitched ball by where the
catcher caught it. Often enough the
catcher pulls" the ball so cleverly as
to deceive the umpire; and then again
the mere effect of gravity or the
curve of the ball, coming late and
suddenly, distorts the umpires judg
ment.
I TMPTRES frequently make the mis-
- take of calling a decision too
quickly. They have it in their minds
that this shows efficiency and execu
tive capacity. Also IT is sometimes
intended as a species of blufting, cal
culated to make the players believe
that the decision must be correct be-
cause Of the very snappishness with
which 1t is given. To a certain extent
this may be so; but only too often
o. nj decision
the very opposite of accuracy.
II Is well, though, for the umpire to
be as quick as he can in calling the
third strike on a batter when the lat
ter has not swung at it. If the catch
err holds this third strike II does not
make any difference, as the batter is
out of it anyway; but should the
catcher drop this last strike it would
look as though you were giving him a
chance to recover the ball before the
runner reached first If you delay no
tifying the runner at once that 1t is
the third strike and he had best run.
1T is the tendency nowadays to call
most every ball that is hit tmme-
diately down to the ground a foul
ball, whether it afterward rolls foul or
fair. I incline to think this is good
practice; for unless one does call such
a ball something without delay it
puts the batter in an awkward posi-
ton. This case should be carefully
distinguished, however, from that
where the batter hits a ball into the
diamond that is manifestly fair and
has been from the start, and then in
starting out for first base he runs
himself into the bounding or rolling
ball. Here the batter is out at once
for touching a fair batted ball.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

A HUNDRED. ...
The shades Of night lcere falling fast
When through baseball field there
passed
A youth 1chO sadly shook his head,
And this Is all the athlete said.
$500"
He tdin loouId stoing thousand
thumps
Upon the guy they call the jumps.
But if he hit the Umps crack
That little clout lcoHId set him back
500.
oh. it is great to be star
And giUe the jumps an dlCfW jar,
But II UOu act as i1hite men do
To find that there dccrues to pOu
500.
Johnny coulon AYERS that he is suffer
ing from a cold in his stomach but
diagnosis might locate the maIady In HIS
feet.
Nevertheless, when Mr.. couon stalls
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
JOURNEY TO EUROPE MAY.
COST JOHNSON $4,000

CHICAGO, July Argument was
heard this morning on the motion en-
torney Wnkerson asking that the $780,
900 bond given by Ja... ..
prize fighter, on eleven indictments uu-
der the Mann white slave act for which
he has not yet been tried. be forfeited
pending against johnson. In the bonds
given in the untried indictments, there
is a provision that the negro must not
leave the jurisdiction Of the District
Court Of Northern Illinois It Is because
of this provision that Mr. WiIkerson has
asked that the bonds be forfeited John
son is on a ship bound for Europe.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Wilson. of the Pirates, made two
home runs yesterday, but his efforts
were wasted. for the Cubs scored six
runs against four for the Pirates.
Eleven Tigers stepped to the plate in
the fourth inning OF the game against
the White Sox yesterday, with the result
that seven runs went across the I'm
ish line. giving the Tigers the game.
Wheat. Of the Dodgers. made a triple
and three singles on: Of four times up
yesterday.
Larry Doyle, Of the Giants, made a
homer with two on bases yesterday.
Several days ago he delivered a circuit
swat with the bases crowded.
The Maps and Browns divided a dou-
bIe-header yesterday, the Browns taking
the first game. an eleven-inning affair,
and the Maps the second, with Falken-
berg in the box. This IS the hrst game
FaIkenberg has won since his winning
streak Of ten games was cut
The Cardinals justly might be called
the rally boys" Yesterday tJey re-
peated the stunt which they have been
practicing in the last month Of coming
ing three runs in the eighth and one in
the ninth, taking the game from the
Reds.
Connie Mack has his eye focused on
George BrickIey. brother Of Charles, the
Harvard football star It's a cinch that
If George can bat anywhere as well as
Charles can kick. Connie will be placing
him in the sluggers position Of the
Athletics lineup II he lands him.
For the third successive time the
Giants tussled with the Phillies in the
Quakertown bailiwick yesterday and
handed the third straight defeat, thus
ClinChing the hold the Giants now have
on the upper rung in the National
League ladder.
Pitchers may come and pitchers may
go. but il seems that Mathewson and
his wonderful control and ability are 70
remain forever. In this, his thirteenth
season. as a big league pitcher, Matty
threatens TO eclipse all his previous rec
ords for victories In addition to es-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
HOPPE LOADS CANNON;
NOW THUMBS ARE GONE

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. July a
Willie Hoppe. at one time picked by
Ad Wolgast to be the next lightweight
champion pugilist, lost both thumbs
and both index fingers yesterday by
the explosion Of a toy cannon. which
he was helping a small boy to load.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
ROBE TO LEAD NEWMAN;
HAS 2-YEAR CONTRACT

NEWMAN, GA, July 3.--George
Robe, former utility man for Atlanta.
yesterday signed a two-year con-
tract as manager of the Newman
Georgia Alabama team. The direc-
tors Of the Newman Baseball Associa-
ton have turned the affairs of the
association over entirely to Robe. Bail
players are coming in on every train.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03


THE race in the American League
L has assumed a very different as
pect from the one in the National, for
class told from the getaway In that
argument. Even rival American
Leaguers admit that the Athletics
have shown all the class of the cir
cult so far, and they have opened
up such a nice gap now they can
afford a comfortable slump. At the
beginning of the season, the outlook
was for one of those nip and tuck
affairs in both leagues, but the out
look was badly upset in the Ameri-
can. The Boston Red Sox and the
Washington Club were to abound
with class. while something was ex-
pected of the White Sox and little
thought Of Cleveland.
Boston has been a pitiable failure
and disappointment. The team is
going slightly better now, but there
was plenty of room for improvement.
Even should the club regain the old
stride that carried ii to worlds
championship last year, it does not
strike me it would have a chance
with the Athletics now. 1t must be
remembered that the Philadelphia
club is playing much better ball than
1t did last summer when it stopped
through it's schedule, feeling conf
dent that no team was ever created
which could beat it to the pennant.
There is a grave doubt in my mind
whether the Red Sox could have de
feated the Athletics last season if
they had performed as they are
going this year.
0THE Athletics have the class of
L this league" a player on a
rival American League team told me
the other day. They are not over
looking any opportunities this sum
mer. either. Mack has his pitching
staff going as well, if not better, than
any in the league, and it was sup
posed to be his weakness. 1t has
been largely through clever handling
that Mack has achieved these results
with his pitchers.
In the first place, he fixed Bender
so that he would work his best this
season and he did this through one
of the well-known Mack methods, a
promised reward at the end of the
season for delivering the goods. Then
he worked his youngsters with great
wisdom, getting them used to the big
league ways, while the pitchers on
the other clubs had not yet gotten
the spring rust out Of their arms
and the going was easier. In this
way they acquired confidence in
themselves. Then Mack got to tax
ing the squads out Of the games and
putting in a veteran when his team
acquired a lead of a couple of runs
TO make it sure.
Connie fooled Griffith in Wash
ington recently when he sent both
Bender and Plank out in front Of the
bench to warm up before the game
and hid Bush behind the grandstand
where he worked his arm out When
the game began, he sat Plank and
Bender down on the bench and sent
Bush to the box, figuring on taking
a chance with a youngster in the
game with Johnson and working his
veterans against the easier Washing
ron pitchers. Bush got away with
the game. Mack was always a great
man to jockey his players"
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News
pauer SNnliCatel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
TOO HOT 70 FICHT.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Declaring It
is too hot to fight in the summer
months. Harlem Tommy Murphy to-
day turned down the offer to fight
Johnny Dundee, the New York feath-
erweight, at Vernon, Cal, on July Is.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
INDIANS GET Ex-GULL

ST. LOUIS, July 3.-"Dee" Walsh,
utility infelder, has been released by
the local American League club to
the Indianapolis American Associa-
ton team
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
STANDING Of the Clubs.
Wednesday's ResuIts.

PhUadeIphIa, ., New OThl D.
Washington, 5 Boston, O.
St Louis, 2. Cleveland, ! first game /;
eleven innings
Cleveland, 4; ST. Louis, second
game).
Detroit, 7, Chicago. 5.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
standing Of the Clubs
Wednesdays Results.

New York, s; Philadelphia, 4.
St Louis, 6; Cincinnati. g.
Chicago, 6; Pittsburg, 4.
Brooklyn, Is; Boston, 3.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

The final mems and mixed doubles
matches for the Georgia State tennis
title Will be played at the Piedmont
Driving Club Thursday afternoon.
starting at o'clock.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Minneapolis. 7; St. Paul, 2.
Milwaukee, 3, Kansas City. 2.
Columbus. 4, Indianapolis, 0.
Louisville. 6, Toledo. 0,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Games ThursdaY.

New Orleans at Atlanta at Ponce De-
Leon. Game called at 3:45 o'clock
Chattanooga at Montgomery.
Nashville at Memphis.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Of the cluha
Wednesdays Results.

Atlanta, 3 Mobile, 1.
Montgomery, 2; Chattanooga, 0.
Memphis, 4; Nashville, 3.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Thursday

IameS huT6daY.
Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
CHRISTY MATHFWSONTS|
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP

PHILADELPHIA July SFrom
OF
most
going hardsts
he ar ito arrivea all
make
payedt lilies
Id have different
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Durham, s, Greensboro, /.
Asheville. 3 Raleigh, !
Winston Salem, ); Charlotte, 4
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Jackson. 3 Meridian. 0
No other games scheduled
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
BASEBALL SUMMARIES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

CThe standings of the clubs include
games played Wednesday,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

Games Thursday.
Charleston at Columbus.
Albany at Macon.
Jacksonville at Savannah.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
eEoRoIA.ALAsAMA LEAGUE.

Games Thursday.
LAGRANGE at Newman.
Opelika at Gadsden.
Admission at Talladega.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
fine REMEDY
FOR ECZEMA

Also for Salt Rheum, TsTSer, Psoria-
sis, Lupus. and All skin Arflietions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
standInn Of the Clubs.
Wednesdays Results

Macon. u; Albany, T.
Jacksonville, /; Savannah, 0.
Charleston, 2; Columbus, l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Thursday

Chicago at st. Louis.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Americas, 8; Waycross, first game)
Waycross, 3; Americas, 0 Second
Same),
Valdosta, g. Cordele, 4
Townsville, II, Brunswick 0.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

CHARLEY FRANK has won more
- controversies and less ball games
this season than any time in his his
tory. He practically hasn't lost an
argument or won a ball game. OF
course that's an exaggerated state
ment but close to the real facts.
If this sort of thing keeps on Char
ley WIFI give up managing and be-
come a LAWYER
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

THIRST rattle out of the box, let
me say this small package Of
umpiring tips is not intended
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Petersburg, 9; Newport News, 0.
Roanoke, 6; Norfolk, g.
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crate ceremony. Mile. Ferdinande de Lesseps struck the first blow of pick, ax at the point where the canal was to enter the Pacific, each of the party fol lowed with a blow, and there was a vast quantity of applause and cham pagne.
 From the very first the French com pany was beset with troubles. As the canal was not a government under taking the work had to be let out to contractors, and many of these prov ed to be dishonest. They would take out the soft dirt, collect the stipulat- ed price per cubic yard, and then go into bankruptcy. At Bogota the poli- tfcians not only exacted the usual blackmail, but annoyed the company with all manner of litigation, the na. tive courts invariably ruling against the French. Worst of all, perhaps. were the yellow fever and malaria, which killed off the engineers and laborers by the thousand. In the last three months of 1884 the death rate per thousand was nearly 100, and in September, 1885, it reached 176.9z. Sanitary science had not yet learned AOW bO COP0 WILL IuSSS ulS0dS6S, duQ there is every reason to believe that their ravages alone would have been enough to insure the failure of de Lesseps' enterprise, without the gross extravaganza and the dishonesty that characterized the work.
 "The crash came in 18S3," says MT. Edwards. After eight years of as brave a fight as man had ever made against nature, the bubble burst. It is, estimated that stock had been, issued to the value of two hundred and fifty million dollars. It is doubtful if half this sum ever got near enough to- Panama to be expended on actual work Most of this paper was held by French peasants and people of mod crate means. They had been led into. it by the great name of de Lesseps. You may be sure that none of the orig fnal promoters were caught with stock