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0 FI U [V es; PORTIM GN EWS All the. News Is Here===0f Baseball, Tennis, Golf and Snch®»Not to Mention Automobiles THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1911. \HQ IS DOOMED ON CIRCULAR HORSE TRACKS CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DUBOSE COMPANY’S TEAM (Copyright, 1911, by Barney Oldfield.) oar racing on circular tracka built for horaei la doomed. Not until han 100 drivers and mechanics were sacrificed to satisfy the pro- greed for gold did the decent clement In the sport rise and cry fiasco at the Hawthorne race track In Chicago a week ago sounded th knell of that class of contests nnd "racing" so Industriously (or the past few years by promoters who cared nothing for the klll- ipeed-inad pilots and their helpless mechanics, but to whose ears the the dollars as they fell Into the strongbox spelled the success or fall- f etr enterprises. since 1904 those In control have been talking of refusing sanctions alar track meets. After each fatal nccldent there would appear a transitory sentiment, a few tears for "the poor fellow," then as the agon or ambulance carted him away the races would go merrily on. s they halted the cars for five minutes at the funeral hour the next they continued to grant the sanctions and the promoters' dangled gold to lure the ambition-mad drivers on to fresh danger, j always been within the power of the goyernlng body of the sport halt, but the rich sanction fees meant too much toward the maln- nf the organisation to let sentiment Interfere. Year after year the . of the law held aloof from official investigations or Interference, roner of Chicago finally awoke to the realisation that death resulting inter racing was nothing short of manslaughter, and while Investl- the circumstances surrounding the death of Marcel Basle, gave ut- to about the moat caustic criticism and warnings ever handed out by j official. There will certainly be no more automobile racing In Chi- itll special tracks or speedways are constructed. > state senators In Chifcago have already announced that they would anti-racing bills in the next Illinois legislature. Hawthorne meet was promoted by a well known booster of circular wets, a man experienced In playing up the "death-dealing” features game both In the newspapers and on the billboards. A local motor atlon was announced as patron of the affair and many of Its promt- emhers acted as officials of the meet, track, long noted as one of the most treacherous sand-surfaced In the country', was granted a license, notwithstanding that the fences removed 30 feet from the edge of the track as the rules specifically The fences were flush with the edge of the course. The turns were rutted and soft promoter stated that a member of the contest board of the national lion nnd generally conceded to bo a most capable official, had person- pected the track and Indorsed the application for the track license. *- brought out at the coroner’s Inquest. . 10,000 spectators In the stands on Saturday. June 10. the second the program was started. The unfortunate Basle crashed thru the tile bad turn and died an hour later. A few minutes following an- ■ plunged thru the fence a few feet farther along. The assocla- Iclal who had pronounced the track safe then caused the races to iped nnd Burman and DePalma were sent In for an exhibition mile pacify the throng. crowd greeted with yells of "fake." “robbery,” the announcement calling off of the remaining programed events. Instead of refusing w the gates to be opened the following day, the statement was by the officials that the track would be “repaired” and the “races" continue Sunday. other crowd of 10,000 was drawn evidently by the morbid desire to < more accidents. In the second race a ear crashed thru the fence “death turn.” and becoming thoroughly tightened, the officials de- the entire program off. But the Immense amount of money taken he gales was not refunded. i majority of the drivers do not know the chances they are taking. ie other drivers attaining great speed with thelr-cars, and given a wered racing machine, a youngster with practically no experience do the same thing. A vital piece of steel gives way and It Is all off. Id stories of the Immense earnings of racing drivers attract most of ;w drivers to the game. There is no driver who earns one-tenth lo warrant him taking the chances forced upon him. Once In a while lllot raptures a big race with a big prise. But there arc hundreds of nnd only a few big races. e professional promoter Is the curse of the racing game. But they Hied the goose which laid their golden egg. Thru a wilful disregard safety of the driver, mechanic and spectator, they have, In conjune- Ih the body accepting the sanction fees, brought to an end a sport If properly conducted, would rank with the greatest In the world. It > for a house-cleaning. All the disinfecting known to modern Bel li not now save automobile track racing. irlng has outlived Its usefulness to the Industry. No longer can it be ruthfully that racing Improves the breed of the motor car. .Contests ch speed and endurance proclaimed the victor, played a tremendous I the progress and development of the near-perfect car of today, it the task Is all finished. Cars have been produced that are capable of eater speed than can be utilised either legally or safely. These cars pable of sustaining that Speed for a much longer period than any will ever run them. Racing did much to produce and hasten these Players Galore Have Been Hired and Fired This Year Chattanooga Team Has Used 25 Men This Season, At- ' lanta 23-Ah, Ha", 23! This picture shows one of the fast teams In the cladsy new Commercial league. The players shown are: First row (left to right), H. P. Andrews, W. P. Henry, manager; J. T. Henry. 8econd row. S. H. Baynas, G. 8. Chask, L. P. Moore. Third row, C. G. Guthrie, L. R. Weodis, G. B. Jerikins. Fourth row, C. C. Chapman, captain) L. 8. Tounsley, pitcher; C. L. Bishop. Fifth row, Olan Blair, mascot, MAKES RUN TO SAVANNAH IN 12.03 This is the Buick that “hit ’ar up” at a 25-mile-an.hour gait from 1 Atlanta to 8avannah. av Harroun, winner of the 928.000 Indianapolis race, has really retired the game for good and all. Harroun may exhibit his "wasp" at some 1 larger state fairs and allow the megaphone artists to eulogise him I the Introduction ceremonies, but there Is no more real racing for tho Arab. ran across him a few days ago lo Chicago and suggested that he ought P right at It and clean them all up again. I pointed out the rare chance e press agent to grind out "spine-chilling," "nerve-tlngllng," "death- '*' end o*er crimson tinted adjectives when describing his driving. \ n more of that hero stuff for mine." he replied. "Along about 1970 I the lecturer on the aeroplane rubber-neck cars to point out an old guy i gray beard six feet long and say, 'That’s Uncle Ray Harroun; he’s tho man In the state.’" arroun got a pretty good Idea of the danger of the game when he ■shotted the concrete wall around the Indianapolis speedway with a : car while going 90 miles an hour a year ago. It took them a week to tfie wall. R. V. Connerat, manager of the Buick Motor Company of Atlanta, recently made a phenomenally good run from Atlanta to Savannah by the Macon, Mllledgevlllc, Sandersvllle. I.oulsvllle, Milieu, Statesboro route. Tho trip last ed from June 8 to 12, but the actual running time was 12 hours and 3 min utes for the 803.1 miles, or virtually 28 miles an hour. Mr. Connerat drove the model 39 Buick that took part In the Savannah- to-Charlotte run and which won the Columbia hill climb. It carried four passengers on the trip to Savannah. This route which Mr. Connerat used for this run Is tipped off by him as the very best one from Atlanta to Savan nah. ■ The routo, distances and the time taken by the model 39 arc here given: Routs. Miles. Tims. Atlanta to Macon 97.2 3 hrs. 49 M. Macon to Mllledgevlllc.31.2 1 hr. 19 M. Mllicdgevllle to San- dersvllle 29.2 1 hr. 10 M. Sandersvlllo to Louis ville 28.9 1 hr. 23 M. Louisville to Mlllen.. .33.7 1 hr. 20 M. Mlllen to Statesboro.. .29.7 1 hr. 06 M. Statesboro to Savan nah 88.8 2 hrs, 04 M. 303.1 12 03 BENEFIT GAME PLAYEDT0DAY Georgia Railway and Electric Team Will Play Fifth Regiment Club.' All baseball fans will wander tnwaftj Ponce DeLeon park thla afternoon for tho benefit same between the Georgia Railway nnd Electric team and the Fifth Regiment. The receipts will go to the C*r Em ployees association. The line-up: Fifth Rsgt. Gs. Ry. & E.-Co. J. White, 3b H. Holland, 3b. ...A. Martin, ss. ,.. .Hchufffer, rf. Griffin, 2b. Farris, c. ..8. Holland, lb. ...P. Martin, cf. Dodgens, If. . .. .G. Martin, p. By MAURICE HAAS. A Nearly 200 players have been tried In the Southern league this season. The pitchers of the league have given the managers a lot of trouble, and new twlrlers swelled the number largely. Memphis Is the only team which has gone thus far with fifteen men, but some changes will be made on the Turtle team soon. , Montgomery has tried but nineteen men this year, and the team is going strong- much better than ever before. The changes made/by the Bllllkens have been mostly In the outfield. New Orleans, Birmingham, and Mobile have tried 22 players each. Most of New Orleans' changes have been In the Infleld. tho a few pitchers have been swapped. Mobile has had a lot of trouble with Its pitching staff. Eight hurlers have been tried and there Is no telling how many more will get a chance. The Barons have had the largest assortment of hurl ers this season, and out o fhte whole bunch there are but two gt ‘ chenges were made In the of accidents and Illness. The Vole, tho they have had 24 ath letes on their pay roll, have not been ajble to nut the team In shape. The pitchers could t\ot get right. Ten elabmen have of men used on the team this year. The total number of men who have been tried out Is 23. Nine of them were hurlers. There are still five left, but really only two seem to count. The Atlanta club is fine In the field, but the box! The club has not a single right hander who can be depended upon. Man ager Jordan should look also for a good catcher. The catching staff seems to be the greatest weakness of the team. Chattanooga leads the league In the number of men used. It may be mention ed. tho, that the changes were made V good advantage. Bltly Kmlth's team la not the same that opened the season at Ponce DeLeon. Thero have been many the Southern league. __ w . for the league Is 120 for the eight clubs. Out of this bunch 66 were pitchers and 22 catchere. A great many trades have been pulled since the beginning of the season. List of Playtrs and Positions. Chattanooga...... Nashville Atlanta New Orleans Birmingham. Mobile Montgomery Memphis NO BALL GAME FOR CRACKERS It Rained Plentifully at Bir mingham on Friday and Club Just Loafed. Douglas, lb. Smith, If Duke, 2b \W White, as... P. Shaw, cf Ryan, rf Clarke, c Brown, p -and the only insurance Icar- ■ was to use rcstonc riRES TIANTA branch, 58 Auburn Ave. TONE TIRE A RUBBER CO, UROH.O. -H-I-i-H B •!• 4 CLEVELAND COUNTRY CLUB + WIN8 TOM MORRIS TROPHY + 4 Chicago, Juna 17.—If the official + + return, bear out the preliminary + + report., the Tom Morrl. trophy + + will be held for the forthcoming + + twelve month* by the Country f 4 club of Cleveland. In the match + + against par played yesterday the + J Cleveland team waa only 19 down. T The unofficial return, .howed th. + + Exmoor Country club of Chicago + + * poor Mcond. 28 down, and th. T . ‘ - close + * + Portsmouth (Ohio) club ♦ r' third, 23 down. H-H WOMEN HAVE SAIN WON TENNI8 EVENT •lphi» June 17.—The woman’* -haniptonshlp will go to th* >e*r. for Mina Florenc. Sut- erday defeated Ml.. Eleanors In tho final round of paraent and Trill this afternoon l H »“ Hotchkiss, of Berkley, ■w vhalleng* round. the human torch at lk-w FOUR AVIATOR8 REACH KIEL. + Kiel, Germany, June 17.—Four + of the aviators in the 1,164-ml!e + national aviation circuit race ar- + rived here today from Hamburg. + They were Aviators Bueehner, + Llndpalnter, Wlencxlera and + Schaumburg. . T Wlencxlera made th* distance In + the shortest length of time, taking + only 61 minutes to negotiate the + 66 miles. Undpalnter'a Urns waa + 13 mlnutaa Buechner's was 66 + minute* and Schauenburg’a was + 77 minutes. . .. t This was tha fourth leg of the + , Journey, the men having finished + + the third from Bqhwsrin to Ham- * + burg on Thursday. -r UtMIIH-H-H-4 •I rIT'S THE SAME OLD. TALE- Chattanooga won, Athletics won, Gulls lost and Cy Young won—Please note Brown Keen, Atlantan, who is hitting some with Springfield in Ohio Stn'tc league. =By INNIS BROWN = fc: Same old story. Chattanooga won again. Consistency, which atones for a multitude of sins, must surely be the Lookouts' middle name. Additional—Imagine the expansive smile that distorts the visage of BUI Smith. Incidentally, Coveleskle, the one-time heaver of Pennsylvania bituminous, won another. Dr. Thomas opposed the Hun, and but for an error on a fly ball by Judson Daley, who, it Is re ported will Join Brooklyn shortly, ths bone-setter would have grabbed the decision. While the elements were doing things distasteful to baseball folk In Ootham, causing the Tigers and Yanks to Idle away a perfectly good week-day after noon, Eddie Collins and associate play ers were trimming the trappings from the choicest offerings of a trio of White Sox slabmen In Sleeptown, with the re sult that the Mackmen are now riding securely at anchor some twenty-five point* back of the Detroiters. The Turtle* saved the Crackers the humiliation of finding themselves trap, ped In tha "hoosgow" after Friday’s game, by flogging the crippled Oulls. Flnlayson, from Brooklyn, allowed the Birds but four hits, while the latter worked under the additional handicap of playing a pitcher and cntcher In the meadows In place of regulars. The goddess of baseball, a personage of whom no mention is made In the best authorities on mythology, shook up a new combination In the National league after Friday’s matinees. By a bit of timely hitting and a triplet of errora, the Cubs beat the Phillies, while the Cardinals were maliciously pum- metlng the Giants. The Bearlets went bock to the lead with a twelve-point margin. Rcouts who are looking for real un varnished exponents of slug would do well to take a slant at Brown Keen, the young Atlanta player who Is with Rprlngfleld In the Ohio State league. A few days since he broke up a gams with Hamilton by smacking out a ho mer with the bases full, and In addi tion to this stunt, secured a triple and a single In four trips. Figures on his work are not at hand, but he la easily one of the heaviest hitters In this Class D circuit. THE MOTORCYCLE For all-round road work and especially for stand-up ability In climbing hills, the Flying Merkel haa no second. The machine with a spring fork frame, do ing away with all Jolts Sensible peo ple in buying an automobile pay for the beet and get a recognised standard. The same applies to a motorcycle, and espe cially the Merkel. Write for our complete catalog, lilt models on display. The Motorcycle and Supply Co 42 Walton Street. ATLANTA, GA.’ Play on Saturday For Holland Cup The qualifying round for the Dr. Frank Holland cup will be played Saturday afternoon over the A. A. C. course at East Lake. The affair will be a han dicap event nnd match play rounds will follow as usual, ff-l’’l-I-I-M"I’'l"l"l-I"l“I-l"l"I"l"I-I"l’’i-I’ + LUCK GOE8 TO YAZOO. + + Catcher Jim Lurk, the ex-Gcor- + gin Military academy baseball + + player, has been sent to the Yaxoo + t elly club, where he will finish out + the season. 4* H-K-I-H WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH EXCURSION, VIA SEA- BOARD, JUNE 27. 86.00 round trip, good six daya. Spe cial train* leave Old Depot 7 p. m. Pullman reaervatlona, 88 Penchtree. 8KATING RACE8 AT WHITE CITY. Three exciting pursuit races were held In the White city skntlng rink Friday night before a large audience. The first race was won,by Roy Peddls. the second by Harry Winchester, and the third by Ben Sheppard. Birmingham, Ala., Juns 17.—Yester day's ball gams turned out not to be a bolt game at all. Instead It was met- amorpholsed Into a postponed affair and shoved up In the league's calendar to August 7, when It will appear as the abbreviated second section of a double header, Yes. It rained. That was the answer. It rained good and plentiful. It wasn't actually pouring at gnmo time, but It might as well have been, for'the field was reduced to a state of xcesslve “goolness” that made rea: play a Joke. As usual, there was no kick from the players. The Crackers have been hav Ing an especially hard time of It. and after the double header of Thursday they were glad of any excuse to take a rest. MAHER LASTS NEARLY A ROUND WITH BURKE New York, Juno 17,—Jim Maher, the so-called middleweight champion of Ireland, has made a bad beginning In the United States, for In his first try out lant night with Sailor Burke at the Twentieth-Century Athletic club he was knocked out In the first round by a dangerous hook on the Jaw. BIRMINGHAM PLAYER8 WIN. Montgomery, Ala., Juns 17c—A clean sweep of the tennis trophies was made by the Bartlett and Brook* team, of Birmingham, Ala., here yeatorday. They won both the Alabama and the Cotton State* doubles championship and Brook* won the singles championship of the Cotton State*. The only unfin ished event Is the Alabama singles, In which Dowdell will play Edgar. In the challenge match for the Ala bama tournament, Bartlett and Brook* defeated Kealhofer and Dowdell, of Montgomery, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. In the challenge match for the Ala bama doubles Bartlett and Brook* de feated Harold nnd Edgar, of Montgom ery. 6-3. 6-4 and 6-3. Brooks, of Birmingham, defeated Ed gar, of Montgomery. In the challenge, a match for the Cotton ’ States singles, 6-4. 4-6, 6-8, 8-6, 6-4, GADSDEN GETS MERCER MAN. Macon, Ga., June 17.—First Base- man Reach, prominent In all -athletics at Mercer for several seasons, left this morning for Oadsden, where he will Join Lem Bailey’s Southeastern league club and begin to play regularly. Reach Is the property of tho local club. WRECK DIDN'T WAKE THAT PAIR By W. A. PH E LON. "Ball clubs." says good old Frank Ban croft, "have been fortunate In escaping railroad accidents. Only a few Instances are recalled where aerioua Injury haa bean Inflicted on any number of ball clivers when you consider the number of the boys who are making the .circuit* from April to October:their ■pod luck aeems to almost Justify the belief that they have charmed fives. Char- ue Bennett, of courae, lost hla legs In a * ni1 jimmy Ryan waa so on on ® “ccaalon that he wex out of the game meat of the snsnon. Taken on the whole, howevir.theboye have been the luckiest of all tha people rail* m **® nun, eroue Journey* on th* "I we* In one smash-up, nearly twenty that waa a SorkTr. ahdjet had 111 funny aide. The Iteds—with Comlakey In command and old Pet* Browning as the star slugger—were com- !sftst er °? ,5‘ om ,3i- I * 0 ““’ and. In th* middle of the night, a freight craehed Into us. A scene of horror and confusion followed, doubly augmented when the two sleepers stood on end and then pitched down a deep Incline. "Somehow, Some way, we scrambled out In pajamas or without them, and took a census of our members. Rid MrPhre had a smashed nose. Frank Dwyer hsd a skinned elbow, and there were a few mi nor Injuries, but nobody.waa killed or even crippled. And then, to our utter horror, we found that Charles-Comlakey and Pete Browning were mlaslng. ”'Ve remembered that they were In tha forward and of the second sleeper, which was on fire. If they had not been killed by the fall, thay would anon be burned, and there waa no time to lose. With th* train crew, we grabbed axea and hand spikes. We tolled madly, and In a Jiffy we had cut a road Into the aide of that biasing car. "We struggled along the aisle or th* car, almoat tilted on end, and conse quently a tough place to travel. The green curtains bad fallen out. bedding and splinters war* heaped In the aisle, and tbe flame* were gaining ground. On ward we struggled, and at fast wa pulled aside the last obstructions, dreading what ight be revealed. "It was some reveal, too, for there lay Charles Comleksy and Pete Brown ing.'standing on their heads In the bertha, with their feet pointing heavenward In the upturned car, and both of them sound >. ■ Hers! Nel- i awakened Heved. saved!’ wa ve to drag them forth to safety. And Pete Browning, taking a trouble V It wiil' aii~over Arfie_ La n hero. When the train flew on ine tree a, a woman screamed 'Help, help—I shall be killed,’ and aren as she squawked. La tham, parachuting from HI* berth and landing on his neck right In front of her, yelped: ‘Lady, he not afraid! W# ara *11 gentlemen In the dark!' PIRATES’ PROTEST PA88EO UP. New York, June 17.—The protest of the Pittsburg club against the decision of Umpire Doyle In the game vjrlth Cin cinnati May 17 has been chucked out of court by President Lynch. WAYCROSS WIN8 GAME. Jtsup, Ga., June 17.—The Waycrosa baseball team defeated the Jeaup nine by the score of 9 to 8. Bntterles: Waycrosa, Gardner and Smith; Jesup, Lester and McCullough. NA8HVILLE HAS GOOD TEAM. Nashville, Ga., June 17.—The Nash ville baseball team returned Friday morning from Tlfton, where three ganfts were played. Nashville won the first by a score of 10 to 7. and alsoi the second, score 6 to 3. Tlfton won the Inst game by the acore cf 7 to 4. 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