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' Ban Johnson Greatest Chief
o. Organized Baseball Ever Had
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AT l ''"' YORK. June 4 -Organ
r XI (zed baseball owes much to
' Ban Johnson. The advent
h* of his American circuit into major
acco’ eague ranks marked the dawn of a
rjtew era in the government of the
~ Kktlonal pastime’. From the chaos
Tne i of war was built the principle of
wal government which now controls the
I great summer sport. For much of
' this good Johnson must be thanked
Yet within the past two weeks he
rendered a service to the cause he
represents which makes any earlier
effort appear trivial.
I Out of Ty Cobb's attack on a
I Hilltop spectator during Detroit's
I visit to New York arose the most
/ serious situation which has eon-
I fronted organized baseball since the
**• ’ peace pact was signed ten years
ago.
When the Detroit players walked
Kan Johnson was on his way
from Boston to Cincinnati. He was
apprised of the mutiny when he
reached Albany. It was by far the
most serious situation that ever
had confronted the man who fram
ed the destinies of the American
league. Instead of rushing helter
skelter to Philadelphia, the hot
bed of revolution, Ban continued
placidly on his way to Cincinnati.
In the meantime he had the wires
hot. sounding the club presidents
of his league to see if they would
stand behind bls action. By the
time he reached Cincinnati he was
assured of the hearty co-operation
of his colleagues. That was all he
wanted.
Johnson Had Commission.
In Cincinnati were gathered to
gether all the National league
magnates to celebrate the dedica
> . - tlon of August Herrman’s new
baseball plant. Johnson got Into
K conference with his two associates
of the national commission. Tom
Lynch and August Herrmann.
They fully appreciated the delicacy
of his position. He told them he
meant to fight the revolution to the
death. They realized that if organ
ized baseball gave an inch of
ground it was the end of peace and
order established through years of
patience and harmony Johnson
was assured of the hearty co-oper
ation of the national commission
Then he jumped tight into the
Quaker City. He was ready to an-
You'll have your “inning”
---if you take your outing in
a Ford. 'Twill give you the
largest measure of satisfaction
—at the least expense. And
should accident befall, you’ll
find Ford repairs near-by.
| There’s scarcely an American
hamlet that hasn't a Ford
service station. j
Seventy-five thousand new Fords go into
service this season—proof of their une
qualed merit. The price is $590 for the
roadster. $690 for the live-passenger car.
and S7OO for the delivery ear—complete
with all equipment, f. o. I> Detroit. Latest
catalogin' from Ford Motor Company, 311
I’l'achtrce St, Atlanta, or direct from De
■j tr .it factory
| nounce himself. He in turn issued
an ultimatum. He told the rebel
Tigers that they would have to
play or be ’'blacklisted'' for life. He
told them he would attend to
Cobb's case after his own fashion.
And in a half hour's talk he con
vinced Frank Navin, president of
the Detroit club, that he must stick
with the rest of the American
league promoters as he always had
stuck.
Navin got aboard the band wag
on of organization. He stood to
lose a quarter of a million dollars
worth of players by defying the
mutineers. But still he told them
he would stick by the ship and take
what substitutes his colleagues
could spare. Threatened with tho
"blacklist” and deserted by major
league rivals upon whose sympa
thies the st l iking Tigers had count
ed, thera was nothing left but to
make the best of a bad bargain.
When Navin promised to pay the
fines, his warriors fell over one an
other in their eagerness to embrace
an opportunity that would let them
back into the fold with some show
of remaining grace.
It may be quite true that Ban
Johnson did not turn the coup sin
gle-handed. But should he not be
given the lion's share of credit? In
what other league has a president
so much power over the promoters?
Players Were the "Goats."
Now that the trouble Is over, few
believe Detroit's players so dearly
love Ty Cobh that they went out
in sympathy for him. It looks more
like a wholesale conspiracy by the
profession. The Detroit players
simply proved the "goats.” They
believed that all the American and
National league players would hold
’out in sympathy. In fact, an effort
was made to form a players pro
tective association. When it fell
through the Tigers saw they were
in bad. They made the mistake of
taking too much for granted. Had
the union first been formed it is
doubtful if organized baseball
would have survived the shock —al
least, without the trouble and ex
pense of the bitterest war of his
tory.
CHARLEY WHITE IS FAVORITE.
NEW YORK, June t Charley White,
the highly touted Chicago featherweight,
rules favorite over Young Shugrue, of
Jersey City, whom he will meet in a ten
round bout at the St Nicholas Athletic
club tonight. White Is anxious to get a
match with Champion Johnny Kllbane. he
says.
THE ATLANTA GEOROTAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1912
“Piggy” Paige Goes to Montgomery and So Does Johns—Later
RUSSELL HAS DISAPPEARED; LOCAL CLUB WORRIED
By Percy 11. Whiting.
PITCHER “PIGGY” PAIGE has
been turned over to the
Montgomery club and Pitch
er Harold Johns will go to the
same place, provided “Lefty" Rus
sell reports to Atlanta.
Hut Russell has disappeared.
The local association is worried
half sick and is burning up wires
trying to locate the $12,000 wonder
and to get him here in time for the
New Orleans series.
In response to urgent wires, Man
ager Connie Mack announces that
he’s blessed If he knows where
Russell Is. He states that Rus
sell seemed pleased to go to At
lanta and that he accepted money
for his transportation. Mack
states that he heard that Russell’s
wife was sick and that he sus
pected perhaps “Lefty” had gone
home.
The local association, acting on
Mack's tip, has wired Russell at
his home, Hagerstown. Md.. but as
yet has received no reply.
Owing to Russell's non-appear
ance, Johns will be brought to At
lanta with the Crackers and will
be held until the cx-Athletlc re
ports.
East will go, of course, as soon
as Coleman reports. The Memphis
club will probably take him.
• « •
EVERY team in the Southern
league has played nearly one
third of its games, and it is high
time somebody was picking an all-
Southern league ball club.
We will not Inflict our personal
opinions on anybody, however, but
will pick one of these automatic
“all-Southerns," selecting the play
ers of the various positions who
show the best batting and fielding
averages.
As always happens, a lot of the
players really most valuable don t
get credit for it. for some man who
is a bit more flashy and a lot less
useful shows the best averages.
If you were picking the two best
catchers of the Southern league
and had a million guesses you
would hardly light on McAllister,
of Montgomery, and Elliott, of
Nashville. Yet, they are batting
first and second among the catch
ers of the league and fielding sixth
and eleventh, respectively. The
other backstoppers who are field
ing better are batting so much
worse as to be out of the running
(of course only those players who
have been in a good proportion of
the games are counted).
Your all-star infield turns out to
be this rather surprising aggrega
tion: Absteln. first base; Marcan,
second base, Almeida, third base,
and Ellam, shortstop.
Guessing the outfield would not
be so hard. Hemphill, Schweitzer
and Williams get the call.
« • •
THE catchers In the Southern
■* league this year are a rather
ordinary lot, useful enough, but not
highly ornamental. McAllister and
Elliott, the best in the lot on aver
ages. are both batting fairly well,
but neither is a wonder at fielding,
ami Elliott is especially off.
The league will have to go some
if it Is to send up any Archers or
Sweeneys this year.
'Fhe most notable figure In the
all-Southern infield is Almeida, the
Cuban. He is batting like a man
bereft and fielding and throwing
well besides. If he tends to busi
ness he will probably finish out the
season with the best showing to his
credit that ever a Southern league
third baseman made.
Absteln, batting .324 and well up
in fielding, has It all to himself
among the first basers. He is get
ting to be an old-timer now and he
never was a deep or a speedy
thinker, even In his best days. But
he evidently retains some of his
skill at the mechanical part of the
gam<
War< s. of Montgomery, on the
strength of Ills .280 batting and his
..wellent fleldpik' "« kick
not played either position enough I
to qualify him for consideration. 1
With Wares out' of the way. Mar- ,
can, of the leaders, is easily the J
best at second base. He leads the
regulars at batting and is fourth at
fielding.
The shortstop job is a toss-up ,
among Ellam, McElveen and Ba
lentl. The last named is batting
.243. the other two at .240. Balenti
is fielding seventh among the reg
ular shortstops, which knocks him
out of the running, and as the other
two are tied in batting, and as El
lam lends a fraction In fielding he
Is entitled to the honor. The matv-
Name. Position. Club. ab.
McAllister, c„ Montgomery 39
Elliott, c., Nashville 82
Absteln. lb., Memphis 142
Marcan, 2b.. Birmingham 149
Ellam, ss., Birmingham 129
Almeida, 3b., Birmingham 60
Hemphill, cf., Atlanta 163
Schweitzer, cf., Memphis 141
Williams, cf., Montgomery 141
Totals 1,046
HEMPHILL MAY DIRECT
CRACKERS FROM BENCH
Montgomery, June 4
Manager Hemphill, despite
his consistent .300 hitting,
may become a bench manager. Cer
tainly he Is not likely to play for
quite a while, judged by’ remarks
he made here this morning.
"I am keeping out of the game
myself for the present,” said Man
ager Henlphlll. "I believe I can
handle the club better from the
bench and obtain better results.
The team has hit its gait."
To give time for both clubs to
leave the city on an early evening
train today's game will be called
at 3:30.
Early Indications were for fine
weather.
Sitton or Brady will pitch for
the Crackers today and Donahue
will cat,ch. Otherwise the line-up
will be unchanged. Manager
Hemphill is saving Atkins for Wed
nesday’s battle in Atlanta. Bills
and McAllister will be the Mont
gomery battery today. The local
JOS. F. RAINE. JR., WINS
DR.T. P.HINMAN TROPHY
The Dr. T. P. Hinman trophy was
won by Joseph F. Raine, Jr., when he
defeated Dowdell Brown in the 36 holes
finals, 2 up and 1 to play. At the end
of the first eighteen holes Mr. Raine
stood 4 up. Mr. Brown squared the
match at one time after brilliant uphill
work, but could not hold back his op
ponent.
Richard Palmer captured the second
flight cup by defeating W. F. Spalding.
5 up and 4 to tplay.
H. (1. Scott won the third flight cup
by defeating J. Q. Burton, 6 up and 5
to play.
The fourth flight cup was captured
by E. H. Barnet by default.
TURTLES CHIME IN WITH
PAIR OF RIGHT-HANDERS
MEMPHIS, TENN.. June 4.—Man
ager Bernhard of the Memphis team
has secured Pitcher Merritt from the
Buffalo club and Pitcher Parsons from
the Boston Nationals. They are right
handed. Both will report here Wed
nesday or Thursday.
Although Manager Bernhard would
not say who would go to make room
for die newcomers, it is expected
Pitchers Allen and Hopper will be the
ones to travel.
HERRESHOFF DEFEATED
ON WESTWARD HO COURSE
I.<)NDON. June 4 Americans made
their first appearance today in the ama
teur ftolf championship tournament at '
Westward lio in the second round of
play l> A M Hr own, of Great Britain,
defeated Fred Herrem-nofT. of the United I
states, b\ a score of 2 up and 1 to play.
XV \ Xander wool, the other American
entered, aas pilled against H. L. Nlch
gin, however, is about as wide as
an emaciated whisker.
♦ ♦ ♦
IJ EMPHILL leads all the outfleld
-1 1 ers of the league at batting,
but, on the strength of five errors,
is twenty-first in fielding. How
ever, five errors db not count, when
overbalanced by’ 54 hits, and the
local manager has a place cinched.
Schweitzer, who bats .312'and fields
second among the regular outfield
ers, goes on the list, and' so does
Williams, of Montgomery, the man
John Dobbs picks as the most
promising young outfielder in the
Southern league this year. Here
ate the figures on this team;
h. pct. po. a, e, pct.
11 .282 60 11 2 .972
23 .280 140 39 2 .949
46 .324 379 14 3 .992
37 .248 78 92 6 .966
31 .240 97 113 17 .923
26 .433 18 31 1,9 SO
54 .331 <8 5 » .886
44 .312 65 3 1 .985
44 .307 56 4 2 .977
316 .302 971 312 39 .970
line-up will remain the same as
yesterday.
That the Crackers are likely to
hammer the very head off any
pitcher was well demonstrated here
yesterday when the Atlantans lit
into Roy Radabaugh with as little
consideration as though he had
been a full-sized pitcher and en
titled to a drubbing. The little
Billiken was putting 'em across
just the way the Crackers wanted
them. He was not trying to, but
that didn’t make much difference,
for the results were the same. The
Atlantans plied up 13 hits for 22
bases and scored 9 runs.
Frank Dessau pitched another
good game and it was the verdict
of the Crackers after the contest
that the right-hander who had been
itr uncertain condition for so long
has come to life at last. He gave
up five singles, and didn't walk a
man. He would have had a shut
out if East hadn’t made a sloppy
Play.
PELICANS SELL LEMON
FOR FORT WORTH TEAM
NEW ORLEANS, June 4.—Manager
Charley Frank has sold Catcher Lee
Lemon to the Fort Worth club of the
Texas league.
There is much speculation here as to
who will take his place on the Pelican
club, but the local baseball office can
give no information.
JEM DrTsCOLL STOPS
FRENCH CHAMP IN 12 RDS.
LONDON, June 4.—Jem Driscoll, the
featherweight champion of England, last
night knocked out the French champion,
Jeon Poesy. The fight was before the
National Sporting club and went twelve
rounds.
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New Orleans Club Should Win
High Honors in Golf Tourney
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June
4.—Play in the eleventh
annual tournament of the
Southefrn Golf association began
this morning with the quail tying
round on the course of the Chat
tanooga Golf and Country club.
More than 150 golfers started.
The players who return the 64
lowest scores today will qualify to
play 18 more boles Wednesday
morning. The players out of this
64 who return the 32 lowest scores
will constitute the championship
flight, and will begin match play
Wednesday afternoon.
Both team and low qualifying
score will be decided in the play of
this morning and Wednesday.. The
New Orleans team, composed of
Leigh Carroll. W. P. Stewart. Nel
son Whitney and Reuben Bush. Jr.,
is a strong favorite for team hon
ors and undoubtedly has the prize
cinched, while the low score prize
is almost certain to go to New Or
leans also.
Atlanta's chances for distinction
in team play are entrusted to G. W.
Adair. H. C. Scott. W. T. Tichenor
and F. G. Byrd. This is considered
a strong team but hardly as for-
6A.
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s Going to Graduate
Or take any part in the Commencement
exercises—or even be a mere looker-on?
There are many such—and they naturally
want to be dressed appropriately and cor
rectly.
Our Blue Serge Suits
Are winning the admiration of the Yout'hs
who want the best fabrics—truest colors—
most stylish models and best fitting garments
in Atlanta.
All sizes for every age—all prices from
$lO to $25 for Youths —ss to $lO for Boys’—
and Men s sizes from—sl2 to S3O.
Anything the Boys need for the closing
of school—or vacation wear—you 11 find in
best grades and correct styles at
Eiseman Bros.
11-13-15-17 Whitehall St.
midable as that representing New
Orleans.
New Orleans golfers are rank
favorites for the individual cham
pionship honor. Stewart. Whit
ney. Carroll anil Schwartz, all
champions of the S. I. A. in their
day. are all considered possibilities,
while Bush is still being backed by
local golfers at odds of 5 to 3
against the entire field. The young
ster showed remarkable form in
the last two tournaments and is
considered this year to be greatly
improved in form. Sherwood, tlie
Memphis professional and a shrewd
golfer, however, is a strong believer
in Schwartz, who won the first
championship ever given bv the S.
G A.
An interesting figure in tlie tour
nament will be Ted Coy, tlie famous
Yale gridiron athlete, who made his
debut in a S. G. A. tourney to
day. t'oy’s driving has attracted
attention.
The annual meeting of tlie asso
ciation will be held at the club
house tit 8 o'clock tonight. H. F.
Smith, of Nashville, will, of course,
he re-elected. Montgomery wants
next year's tournamen* and the ap
plication of tlie Alabama city is re
ported to looked upon with favor
by many of the governing authori
ties.