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ATHEN8, OA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1920 -
ESTABLISHED 1832
MWGIi FUYS
THOMSON HR FLAG
DOLUS
Victory Over Elberton Yes
terday Due To Collapse
Of Bloodworth.
HITLESS TO SIXTH
First Three Runs Forced In
By Bases On Balls With
out Clean Hit
Washington defeated Elberton 6 to
yesterday afternoon on Sanford Field
and thereby became winner of the sec
ond half-season of the Million Dollar
League.' She will play Thomson next
week fof tho pennant In a post season
championship aeries. ,
Washington won when Luther
Dloodwortb, redoubtable Mercer hurl
ing atak, weakened after pitching six
hltlaaa Innings of masterly ball, and
walked two men with bases toll, scor
ing two runners. He waa rolleved by
Turk'who walkod bis first man and
then'stnjck out the next for the third
out. Bloodworth has been the main
stay of the Elberton pitching staff
all season ahd has been called In so
frequently to nave others’ games as
well as win his own, that be waa un
able to stand -the strain of pitching
the hardest game hla team has. faced
The rain, which had been falling
freely all morning and well Into the
afternoon yesterday, coased In time to
allow the game to-start under a sun
less sky. The ground was damp and
tour, the baseball field, which has
not been "nursed" since the college
base ball season ended, was slow an|
made clean fielding difficult. The air
was fianqi and rather chilled by the
rain and/clouds and not conducive to
snappy llall playing. The two-teams
put up it heroic battle, however, re
plete with sensational fielding, and
until tbh sixth Inning, when Blood-
worth’s arm went dead, was anybody's
game, ^fter three runners had crossed
the plate In the sixth without i single
clean kit, the starch In tho Elberton
team was melted by the dampneas and
ftgton had easy sailing,
yirarn, Washington's pitcher, war
’In dangor at any period In the
Holding hla opponents to thro
hits, by virtue of sensational
fielding behind him as well as goo<'
pitching, he was master of tho sttua
tlop from the first ball.
Washington won the toss for Innings
and elected to take tho field. Crow
' first up for Elberton, smashed a hit
to right field but was out. pitcher' to
first, when bis spikes refused to hold
In the wet ground around first bnse
and he fell In attempting to recover
the bag. Sweltsor filed out to left
field. >
Adams smashed one to right field
for a safety but died on first
. when Smith fanned. Elberton got
men onjbase In overy Inning except
the fifth and ninth, but nut a singlo
runner reached third bain! Tho only
i chance to score was the one Ion in
I the fiJ-st inning because of wet
grounf
For- the first flvo Innings Blood
worth kept hla opponents oatlng out
of his bsnd. The only ball that looked
like a possible hit w os a drive ly
Priest In tho fifth that wns caught by
Bwcltser on the edge of tho crc-». '-i
keeping the Washlngtonltcs hltloas,
White, Donaldson and Smith contrib
uted with pretty catches,
* Then came the fatal sixth or ’he
glorious sixth—It depends on which
side your .money was placed— when
gloom began for Elberton and fire
. works for Washington.
Farmer, first man up for Washing
ton. hit a snappy grounder to Blood
worth wbe failed to field It success
fully. Thorburn bunted a neat fiy Just
over Thrasher's head ned was safe,
Farmer taking second. Scott bunted
to Bloodworth and beat out tho ball.
The basoa were full.
Heck slapped one on tho noso for
what promised for uerve-wrackin*
t- ho a Texas leaguor to short
right field, but Crow nabbed It with n
pretty running catch. Lassiter smaclf-
ed one through tho grass to Thrasher,
who forced- Farpier at the plate.
RIOodworth then seemed to weaken.
He walked Braxler and Dennis and.
when It was evident his arm was gone
for the day. was relieved by Turk
Turk walked Priest, scoring lass ter.
He then struck out King. Tvo bob-
tailed hits had netted throe runs. _
The game ‘dragged until tho eighth
when a tingle to centerflcid by Era*
tier followed by a single to left field
Dennis, errors by Thrasher and
T'onsldson. a hit by Thorburn, and a
generally blow up of tho Elberton
team, kllowed three more to score, hi
berton was retired In one-two-three
f Ths two teams play an exhibition
game this afternoon on Sanford field.
Johnson, the Iron man of the Auburn
bull dogs, will take the mound tor the
victorious Washingtonians while Turk
will pitch for Elberton. it Is probab c
that Sherley, Auburn catcher, will
work with Johnson and Hope with
Turk, putting two crack college bat-
tsrlea Into play. • The Elberton alh-
(Continued on last page)
FALSE PHOPHET IS
AGAIN VOICING HIS
HOPE AS FORECAST
Atlanta Journal Is Making
Idential Claims As In
April Race.
(Special to The Banner.)
Atlanta, August 27th.—As a false
political prophet, tho Atlanta Journal,
Senator .Hoke Smith's personal
gait, bus long slnco taken tho capital
prize.
Its record of false prediction Is
long one.
It Is readily recalled that In tho r»
cent presidential primary tho Journal
predicted that Hoke Smith would lead
tho ticket, with Watson second and
Palmer third.
On Monday arternoon, April 19th,
the day before tlio primary, tho Jour
nal said editorially:
"As for the result of Tuesday’s bal
loting. we doubt not for a moment
that It will be decisively and emphati
cally In favor of Senator 8mlth.'
In a big back head lino on tho after
noon of April 30th, when tho voting In
the presidential primary was very
nearly cowluded, the Journal said
"Early telegrams forecast mighty
Smith landslide."
In tho article under that hoadllne,
claborato and -fanciful claims for
Smith victory were mado, and among
other things the Journal said: ‘‘Many
counties reported tho vote for Hoke
smith' would bo greater than the vote
for Palmer and Watson combined.'
In Its forecast of tho presidential
primary on Sunday, April lfitb, two
days before tho election, tho Journal
claimed 107 counties for Hoke Smith,
and la a headquarters statement said
Wo concede Watson 8, and Mr. Palm
er 3 counties.'
It Is now well knrnfn to every read
er of a newspaper that the actual re
sult of tho April primary was that
the candidates stood: Palmer, Wat
son, Smith.
In this Senatorial race, the Journal
is again predicting. It is offering Geor-
glana practically the same forecast
as In the presidential primary: Smith,
Watson, Dorsey.
Tho actual fcsult will, of course,
completely reverse this prediction as
did the presidential primary reverse
the Journal's prediction in the case.
The order when the ballots are
closed on September 8th, will unques
tionably .be; Dorsey, Watson, Smith.
Again .will tho wall of tho false pro
phet be heard In the land.
Tho splendid r eturns coming (fall/
to Hugh M. Dorsey’s headquarters in
dicate there Is no doubt about tho fact
that Governor Dorsey will lead tho
ticket.
Bonn
Poles Wanted Political In
tegrity And No Interfer
ence By Russ.
(By Associated Press.)
Warsaw, August 27.—Tho president
of the Polish delegation at Minsk on
August 19th, laid down tho fallowing
Poland's principal conditions for
ponce: the political and economic In
tegrity and complete sovereignty and
Independence of Poland within her
frontiers, guarantees that Russia will-
Interfere with the International
questions of Poland. i
REDS FIGHT FOR GRODNO.
Paris, August '27.—Tho Botahevlkl
are making a desperate stand at Grod
no, according to a statement of the
foreign ministry here today. The
statement adds that all available Dot
sheviki troops are being concentrated
and a great bale Is expeccd shorlyet
and a great battle Is expected shortly.
RESHT RETAKEN BY RED8.
London. August 27.—Resht was re
captured when heavy Botshovikl rein
forcements Wednesday drovo back
tho Persian Cossacks, says Teherdn
dispatch to the London Times.
Defer Publishing Polish
Note Until Move Talk
Washington August 27—Publics!
tlon of the polish answer to tho Amerl-
can noto suggestion that Poland not
transgress the Russian boundaries
has lieecn deferred pending further
correspondence with the Warsaw
Government. The State Department
announced.
Ponzi Home And Auto
Taken To Pay Debts
(By Associatad Press.)
Boston August 27—The home and
automobiles of Charles Bonsil formar-
ly taken over by receivers In bank
ruptcy today. Tho receivers also In
stituted proceedings against Joseph
Daniels to recover $60,000. the sum
Ponsl Is alleged trf have paid him In
settlement of a suit brought ly Dan
iels to establish a partnership Inter
est In Ponzl’4 Securities Exchange
Company.
10
ATTACK G. 0. P. FOR
E
In Opening His New England
Campaign Cox Takes
Stand On Irish.
WHITE SCORES G. O. P.
Says They Have Only Tried
To Dodge Slush Fund
Charge Of Cox.
(By Assoclatsil Press.)
Now Haven, Conn.. August 27.—The
attack on Republican campaign con
tributions were renewed here today
by Govornor Jan\es M. Cox In a num
ber of addresses opening the New
England campaign. Cox asserted he
had tho proved charge In his Pitts
burgh address and declared he will
contlnuo ‘Tubing that sore spot” until
election.
Af$er reading a statement from Mr.
Upham that the $8,000,000 contribu
tion quota-Ust presented by the can
didate at Pittsburgh was “Phony” Cox
said the "Senate committee esn nd
out perfectly woll who attended the
meeting at which the lists wove dis
tributed by Republican leaders.'’ The
Governor urged the ontrance of Amer
ica Into the League of Nations and
made what,hla auditors regarded aa
hla first reference to the Irish ques
tion. ‘The League of Nations,” the
Governor said "does not abridge the
right of any radical entity to determ
ine Its own destiny. The league was
never Intended to be and under Its ad
ministration never will be an agency
that will restrain or, discourage tho
same kind of emotloni m any people
like those that stirred the colonist!
achieve their Independence in 1778.
MANAGER WHITI SCORES ON
REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO DODGE.
New York, August 27.—George
White, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, In a statement
tonight declared “•with characteristic
Republican agility. Chairman Hays to
endeavoring to evado the Issue. He
declares the charges of Governor Cox
false and In the same paragraph says
the governor Is quoting from gn of
ficial bulletin. According to his Own
statement, it what' Governor 'Cot aaya
Is false then the official bulletin. Is
false. Ho does not deny the state
ments contained Id the official bulle
tin."
DEMAND PROOF OF G. O. P.
CHARGE OF ENGLISH AID.
Chicago. August 27.—Congressman
Britten of Illinois tonight was sub-
phocned by tho Sonsto Investigating
committeo to appear before It Monday
with proof or charges made a few
days ago that $87,000 appropriated by
Great Britain for entertainment pur
poses at tho Washington embassy had
found Its way Into the democratic
committee.
VANDEftBILT UNIVERSITY
GET8 $250,0b0 IN BEQUEST.
New. York.- .August 27.—Un
der the provisions of William K.
Vanderbilt's Nil). Vanderbilt Uni
versity, Nashville, receives
$260,000, It bbcame known here
tonight. 1
Mafquia Blanford and Lord
Ivor Churchhlll have been left
$1,000,000 each. To the Duchess
of Marlborough, formerly Con-
suelo Vanderbilt, to carry out the
provisions of the settlement made
on the marriage ot the Duchess
of Mariboreegb, he left the trus
tees, under the settlement,
$$,’800,000 with interest at four
per cent
TO William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
and Ifarold 8. Vanderbilt, hla
ions, he left $2,500,000 each and
to them as trustees for his grand
son, WHIlsm K. Ill, be left an
other million.
NEW YORK STRIKE
TO FREE
SUFFRAGISTS ASK
COMMITTEE TO ACT
Georgia Women Said Eager
To Cast Ballots In Sep
tember Primary.
(Special to The 'Banner.)
Atlanta, August 27.—The state lead
ers of the woman suffrage party are
preparing to preai p upon Chairman
James J. Flynt • request that he Im
mediately call S' meeting of that com
mlttee and pass a rule which will per
mlt the women to vote In the primary
of September 8th.
It la admitted that much will de
pend on what Attorney General Den
ny map hold, In an opinion which he
la expected to have prepared by the
first of the week, to he handed down
Immediately that it la requested.
Upon hie retain to his office this
morning tho telegram from Mrs. Har
old, of Macon, way turned over to the
governor, and he Has the matter under
advlshmcnt. Since Mr. Denuy to out
ot the city—he Is indisposed, and will
he at his homo In Rome until tho first
of the wrok—It b'fkely there con be
Tie Up All British Shipping
Until Ireland Gets
Square Deal.
“A. B. SMITH” ELUDES
LEGION ATTEMPT TO
ACCEPT CHALLENGE
Believe That Pro-Watson
Letter Of Soldier To Le
gion Was Faked.
THEY NAME DEMANDS
Went MacSweeney Released
, And Mannix Allowed
Land In Ireland.
. Tbs'position $S taken here, by back
era ot the womes, that the Democratic
Executive Committee ot the city of
Atlanta established a precedent a ycai
ago, which can be uatd by the atate
committee, when tho Atlanta body
granted the women the right to vote
In the city primary. Ageing! that'con
tention, It lamrged-lhat the state 1 pri
miry laws are duck that women car
not vote until the legislature makes
amendments or change*.
Countering thiL the contention Ir
made that there la already a stair
provision that any rule adopted by the
state committeo becomes a atate prt
wary law and, therefore,,’ the state
committee has authority to meet,
adopt a rule allowing tho vqte to the
)orsey Returns From
Tour Of Conquest In
South Georgia Towns
(Special to The Baniiar.)
Atlanta, August 27,-Klovernor
Hugh Dorsey returned borne this
morning and spent the day here. He
had a series of ovations on bis trip
through South Georgia this week.
Oponlng at Cordelc, the Governor halt
enormous and enthusiastic crowds
there, st Amorims. Shwson, Shell- claimed the distinction of being the
first to vote under the provisions of
tho Nineteenth Amendment when
they voted In s special bond election.
BIRMINGHAM WOMEN 8LOW
TO REGISTER FOR BALLOT.
Birmingham, August 27.—8lxty-
seven women registered as voters to
day when the registration books op
ened to them for the ret time.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, August 27.—Elated by
the tie up of virtually every British
ship In New York harbor, two thous
and or more longshoremen who sud
denly quit work today expect a upesdy
walkout throughout tho Unltod Statos.
The walkout was made In the hope
that Great Britain will release from
Jail Lord Mayor MacSweeney of Cork,
who la near death aa the result of a
persistent hunger strike, and will per
mit Arch Bishop Mannix to land In
Ireland.
Women pickets, who Inspired the
unexpected walkout of longshoremen,
and marine firemen, water tenders and
oilers, who Joined them, feel the same
way about 1L They will not go back
to work on • British ship nntlt Orest
Britain meets their wishes.
Irish sympathisers on American,
French and Belgian ships also quit
work In sympathy with the antl-Brlt-
Ish strikers. More than 260 negroes
unloading a Cunard liner fell Into lino
and received an ovation.
8teamship officials were unable to
state what they wilt do to maintain
schednles In (he unexpected situation.
Leaders of the longshoremen's unions
werq equally at lots, declaring that the
strike waa unauthorised.
IRISH SYMPATHIZERS FAIL
TO GET EAR OF OFICIAL8.
Washington, August 27.—A number
of women who have boon active In
connection with the Irish freedom
movement here failed today in efforts
to,lay before SecroLv.y Colby a pro
test against tho continued Imprison
ment of Lord Mayor JfpcrfwMjhey of
House, but (pund.lfllclsti there IVcre
House.
out
Dorsey Will Answer
Smith CCallenge To
Debate Early Today
Atlanta. August 27.—Governor Dor-
dross to Messrs. Wm. Schley Howard
ana Felix Jackson, spokesmen for
sey will, by tomorrow morning, ac-
Senator Hoke Smith, a reply to their
Invitation to the governor to enter u
aeries of Joint debates with Mr.
Smith. The purpose of th# two gen-
man, Cuthbert, Balnbridge and Quit-
man.
All tho reports from these points
state that tho Governor mada ringing
speechoa and gained numbers of new
supporters. Senator Smith bad pie-
coded him In the same towns and tie
contrast between the audiences sad
the reception of these two candldS;es
was most marked. The Governrr’e
friends tn all that territory say Bust
now there Is no doubt that he Flu
carry almost every county Jn Stuth
and Southwest Georgia.
On Saturday. Governor Dorse/ will
dfceak at Cedartown st IP o'clock In
the morning, st Buchanan, Hart I son
county at 1 o’clock and at Carnllton
at o’3clock.
There will he Dorsey ralll« at
fourteen places over the Btita' The
Governor's frtende are shelllnl the
woods for him and are adding twmen-
dous enthusiasm and strength to his
campaign. It Is conceded that Senator
Smith’s single-handed fight Isj* tost
cause and that he Islosing ground
overy day. Tondaya ago, It tots estl-
mated that he would capry twenty-
five counties. Today, man/ dose ob
servers do not allow him mwe than
twelve counties.
It is very plain to all tho are
watching the situation closily that
Mr. Watson's strength has teen wan
ing for a week. It Is believe! that he
cannot possibly check the‘tremend
ous change Is taking place against
him. The Dorsoy forces are (organized
and sre working systematically. They
know the situation In each founty and
keep up with It with the efactness of
a book-keeper who can flfure np at
any minute'Just how hla bank balance
stands. . j
To Illustrate: In Camllfc. Mitchell
Attorney General Denny baa already
expressed the opinion that no legists
tire enabling act Is necessary, Inso
hr as the general election la con
cerned, but there are those wall posted
on thq question who contend be will
tare to hold that thtt does not ap
ply to the party primary, In which the
hw provided that only men can vote.
«T. PAUL WOMEN FIRST
TO EXERCISE NEW RIGHT.
8outh Bt. Paul, Minn., August "7.—
The women of this municipality today
To Electrocute Negro
For Assaulting Woman
(By Associatad Press.)
Greenville 8. C. August 27—James
Washington, negro, was convicted In
eight mlnntes by a jury In the general
aesslon of court here today for crimin
al aaault against s young white wom
an at Pelxer a few weeks ago. He
was sentenced to ba etetroented.
county, the Dorsey Club appointed
cominltteee to eanvaee the different
wards of the city and the various die
trlcts outside. Councilman C. C.
Baggi of Atlanta, was In Camtla yes
terday when the committees diet and
made their report!. The chairman of
the committee for the ouFrth ward
of Camilla reported that he had In
tervlewed In person or had some one
interview every voter In the ward.
Not one was missed. He had the name
of every voter and bow he stood and
this was ho result:
Dorsey 61
Emlthj IS
Watson 11
Doubtful 9-
Total
...101
tlon to tho governor to dlvld* time
with Senator Smith tonight st Macon
knowing, the headquarters here claim,
that tha governor already had engage
ments mads for Saturday morning at
Cedartown and SaturdAJ afternoon
at Carrollton.
Tha governor was pressed today to
give verbal answer to a local news
paper, the demand coming to him Im
mediately upon his return to the city
aqd before he had time to reach bis
office. To that demand he aald be
would address his reply In Writing to
the atilbdra of tho Invitation, and get
1 Into their hands at the earliest pos
sible moment, but It would be Impossi
ble for b Im to be In Macon tonight
to 11 a speaking engagement, get to
Cedartown and speak there tomorrow
morning and that be Is to spebk again
In the afternoon of the same day at
Carrollton. The other engagements al-
ready having boen made they wilt be
filled. , •
Governor Makes Hit
In Reply To Smith’s
Famous 32 Questions
Atlanta. August 27.—Quite an amus
Ing Incident ocurred In The Kimball
lobby today'when some men who had
heard Governor Doreey’e speech at
Shellmsn. related the manner in
which the governor replied to the
would-be famous “thirty-two ques-
tlons,” which w ere drawn up In At.
lanta headquarters and submitted to
the governor by A. S. Perry, the I 1st
being, really, a revamping and
smashing of two or three straight sub
ject matters. The governor Is said to
have replied, when Perry had pro
pounded the questions:
"Why does a calf slobber and never
spit?’’
Thugs Get $10,000
From N. Y. Pay Roll
New York, August 27.—Two armed
thugs today held up the paymaster of
the American Machinery and Contract
Ing Company In Brooklyn, escaping
with $10,004 cash.
(Special to The Banner.)
Atlanta, Oa„ August 27, 1920.—De
spite vigorous efforts to locate him,
which Included the offer of a fifty dol
lar reward, tho Anti-Wntaon-Hard-
wlck committeo of the Georgia Depart
ment of'the American Legioq, today
gave ouf a statement declaring that
no trace had been found of the mys
terious “A. B. Smith,’,’ who la pur
ported to have written a ltter to the
Atlanta Georgian about two weoks'
ago, stacking the Legion for its cam
pnlgn against the candidacies ol
Messrs Watson aad Hardwick, and of
ferlng to debate the Issue.
Imemcdlately upon the publl.-at'on
of the letter, the Legion committeo ac
cepted tlio challenger to'debat e but
Mr. Smith was howhcrc to be found,
and the Georgian was unable to give
any Information os to hl'n where
abouts. In a further effort to locate
the writer of the card, who claimed
to have lost both an arm and n leg in
late war, the . Legion committee of
fered a reward of $64 with no result
other than the effort of the Georgian
to make capRol of he letrar by having
I. published broadcast through the
i late as “A Mcsfuigi From the
Trenches.” According to the Legion
c.munlttea the letter never has been
i iithentlcated.
The Legion commlitoh then dp-
pealed to the federal board for voca
tional training to ace If such-a man
was registered but was answered In
the negative and the matter then was
taken up with the bureau of War Risk
Insurance, at Washington, D. C. with
tho same result. Tho telegram from
the bureau dated August 23, 192(1, fol
lows:
Retel eleventh Instant. No record
of claim for compensation of A. B.
Smith, who lost arm and leg In serv
ice.’
According to tho Legion committeo,
It Is contended that no such person
exists aq this “A. B. Smith.” minus an
arm and leg, and that tho leter was
the "child of a brain bent On misrep
resentation;’
MIS COMPLETED
TO STMT BOOSTING
STATE IN ATHENS
Arrangements For Advertise
Georgia Movement Made
At Meeting.
COMMITTEES NAMED
All Civic Organizations And
Business Interests To
, Participate.
ANNOUNCE OATES
Deciding Game* Of Post-
Season Million Dollar
Series In Athens.
Plans' to make September 14th jbnfi
of the biggest days Athens has ever
experienced on the occasion of the
launching hero of-the Advertise Gear*
gla Enterprise, were concluded at a
conference of local business men with
Mr. J. Warren Smith, vice-president
of tho Georgia Association in the
Eighth Congressional District, and
Mr. Colo E. Morgan, secretary ot tha
Ailvertlso Georgia Enterprise organi
zation.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, who Is
chairman of the board-of directors of
the enterprise, will be tho principal
speaker at the meeting, and will he'
Introduced by Mr. H. Ablt Ntx, who to
general chairman of the arrangements
organization, composed of committees
representing each of tho leading clvla
organizations of Athens and tho Bdu- .
catbmal, commercial, financial, agri
cultural and Industrial Interests of
the section.
The mass meeting at which Gover
nor Dorsey will outline the plans of
tho Ailvertlso Georgia Enterprise will
be at the Colonial Theatre the even
ing dt September 1» A hand wilt be'
secured to furnish music and It Is pda-
slbte that other promlnont speakers
tjian the governor himself will be on
the program.
Thp mass meeting In Athens Is the
first of twelve to be held throughout
Georgia, one In each congressional
district, for tho two weeks following
September 14. No subscriptions will
be solicited or accepted at tho mass
meetings .aa they are planned (Imply
to place effectively before the leading
citizens of the state tho program ot
the Advertise Georgia Enterprise.
Tho enterprise, which Is sponsored
by tiic Ooorgta'Aiaoctotlou.'YMch was*
formed by merging 1 the'dld (Mf|l
Chamber of Commerce and Georgia
Landowners’ Association, has b ccn
Yortilolly endorsed by the Georgia
Press .Association, the Georgia Bank
ers' Association, and other organiza
tions.
With a fund of $300,000 tho leaden
In the enterprise plan to do tor Geor
gia what has been done on a more ex
pensive scale la California for- many
year* papt. The program contend
the’ 'Washington team ovor Elberton
for top place In the second half-season
of the Million Dollar League, tin
schedule was announcer for tho post
season series between WnshlnRton
and Thomson for championship of the
league.
Monday the teams will play |r
Thomson, Tuesday In Washington
Wednesday In Thomson, Thursday In
Washington, and the remainder of the
games will be played In Athens. San
ford Field wlllbo put In tip top s$0PC
for the championship serins.
•fho two teams match up well or
they enter the championship series
Thomson did not play Washington at
all during the first half season, when
she won the first half of the penint
During, the tost half-season twelve
games have been playod between the
two and each team has won six. The
Thomson team has a one and one-hnlf
game percentage load on Its half of
the season.
Tho teams are so nearly matched
however, that no dopo is available on
tho outcome of, the games. It was
freely admitted by partisans of both
teams last night that tho pennant war
"anybody’s rag” at present and that tt
would probably take tho full seven
games'to decide the winner.
Tho/Thomson team Is composed al
most /entirely of ex-leagUors. On the
team*are players *ho have made rec
ords/ln the Soil hern. South Atlantic
Virginia. Texas and Pacific Coast
leagues. Countryman, star pitcher
and outfielder. Is a Texas leaguer.
Lawrence, another pitcher, now be
longs to tho Shreveport esub. Handle
man Is owned by a Virginia leafeue
club.
The Washington team has a number
of ball pmyers who made a mark In
college athletics. The shining star
of the I :h'ng rraff Is Johnson, Au
burn's Iron min. Scott, Lassiter, and
Shorting are other Plainsmen on the
team. Sherllng I* tho catcher whe
broke up the last Auburn game whi
ttle University of Georgia by pollne,
one Into the ditch. Farmer, a Mercer
star. Is another one plucked from thr
college baseball firmament.-
The games’are duo to be stem wind
ers both tn their home towns and In
Athens and- It Is expected that thous
snds of people who have followed the
Million Dollar League, play will flock
to Athens to nee the deciding con
tests.
Washington and Elberton play an
exhibition game this afternoon on
Sanford Field.
F„!.ow.ng the victory Tcstorday'o,-Plat-a thro-ye«. gW*- **
vertlslng campaign throughout tbs
United States to bring to Georgia set
tlers who arc leaving other states and
arc going now Into California, other
western states, Canada andl Mexloo.
Georgia’s advantages are superior to
all lier competitors and the campaign
should prove a tremendous benefit to
the state and all Us Interests.
The local me! -who will be In
charge erf: tho .arrangements hpre are
ns follows:
Mr. H. Ablt Nix, general chairman.
City of Athens, Mayor Andrew C.
•Clarke Countyi Mr. John H. Griffith,
cnalrman county commissioners.
Chamber'of Commerce, Mr. James
W. Jarrell, Jr., president; Mr. W. O.
Griffith, vice-president.
Rotary Club, Mr. C. D. Flanigan,
president: Mr. H: Ablt Nox. vies pres
ident.
Klwanls Club. Mr. Blanton Fortson,
president; Mr. Charles E. Martin, vice
president. „ _
Press, Mr. Hugh J. Bows; Mr. D.
H. Magll. • _ _
Educational Institutions, Dr. T. J.
Wooftcr. Unlvorelty; Dr. Jor> M.
Pound, Stato Normal School; Messrs.
J. Phil Campbell and M. P. Jarnegnn,
state college of agriculture.
Georgia Association. Mr. J. Warren
Smith, resident director and- vice-
president. ’ ' _
.Agricultural interest^ Mr. Jeraea W.
Morton, president Georgia Farm .Bu
reau Federation. Mr. J. T. Plttnrd. of
Wtntervitlei. president Georgia Din
ners-Association: Mr. R. W. Holman.
Financial Interests, Mr. John Wilts
Morton, president of the National
Bank of Athens, ,
Manufacturing and Industrial Inter-
cats, Mr. A. O. Dudley, president
Athens Manufacturing Company.
Mercantile and commercial Inter
ests, Mr. M. G. Michael, president
Georgia Retan Dealers’ Association.
Olympic Honors To
America And Sweden
(By Associated Press.)
Antwerp August 27—Sweden cap
tured tho first three places lit the
modern pentathlon finals today whan
Dtysseu, Dldeval Rund finished la
the order named.
Catch-As-Catch-Cnn wrestling cham
pionship of the Olympic games was
won by the American team with * to
tal of nine and one-half point*. Fin
land was second with eight. Ml.,’: