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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWSr SATURDAY, JUNE 24,1011.
Cracker Team Is Fast Being Strengthened
In Attempt to Put It Back Into the Race
GEORGIAN’S DOUBLE PA(
CRIMINAL PROSeCUTION
OF A.. A. A. DEMANDED BV
BARNEY OLDFIELD
After witnessing the accident which caused the
mr'rfc’ driver from Cincinnati, at the state fair
• grounds here thin week, I want to go
on’rccord as saying with all the emphasis
possible that if the American Automobile
association grants another sanction for a
meet on a dirt horse track or accepts any
.part of the gate receipts for sanction or
officials' fees, they should be prosecuted
for manslaughter If a “ * ‘
. driver Is killed,
hide behind ■—
-but-unavoidable-
sanction fee after the national circuit had
been abandoned. But the running of the
races was under the direct supervision of
three New York officials, who received
$260 each for their services. These men
had ahaolute charge of the races, drivers
holes on thn turns.
ti uck was dust-laden and Bob Burman charges It was full ot
The drivers all complained before the races and many of them would have
withdrawn had they been allowed. There Is no excuse for not calling a halt on
the slaughter of drivers. The association can show Its good Intentions bj^an-
celling sul dirt track sanctions and refusing to grant any more. If they are un
willing to do this, the decent element of the sport shouldarise and call on the law
to stop the ghastly and ghoulish exhibitions of sacrificing human life for gate re
ceipts.
But one frequently sees the fellow who haa ruined _ -
and encountered all aorta of experiences, on a tour which he had no excuse for
n “ k ;w;. "hfect was brought to my mind by receiving tl
That extra tools will I need In making a trli
l roada over which an nutomoblle has never traveled?” My advice to tms
~ ‘ These "pleasure" trips and
— * alue.
•pondent:
talna on roada over wmcn an automouue nas nev
fellow la to sell hla automobile and buy a burro.
contests over almost Impassable mountains and deserts have
i sport van
Pass up the other kind of tours and stunts. Or, if one must get one of these
trips out of his system, go alone, by ail means, and do not Inflict the penalty of
your foolishness on well-meaning and trusting friends
car. the "baby" of them all. la to be entered I
which precede# the speed els
American concern and not by
A number of persons will
■ i, »■ iu •uigrm in uio voiiurtuo, or ngiii i«r cvcui
classic, but It will be driven by the Perl, agent of tho
one ohour daring Yankees.
, be disappointed to learn that all the rare which
were said to have been entered by Americana, have been with-
for one, have lost hope.
Bo Lewla Strang, tha crafty. eonsrtrvatlrs. brainy driver, amaahed thru the
fence on one of the "licensed" death tr»r' dirt track* at Kenoaha, Wl*., last
Sunday and brok* an ankl* and an arm. This time the fence was not only not
removed *0 feet from the track aa the ruie* require, dui u woe a twelve-foot
high boon! foes. such os they used to hav^ r youml_ tM,eball_parki umll Jt be-
on tha license application?
.... i building Industry. TBs subject of dehsfe was the
Justice In barring from racing contacts * car. practical In every sense, with thou-
mlnlmum weight
agreed that any maker
.eight a ‘
op md
"of Them, tho builder* of’ medium weight care, ,
who could produce a practical car abnormally light ■ weight and great apeed,
should be permitted to race It agalnat any car of equal or greater pleton displace
ment. The other* apparently could not sss It that way. tho I am pure they
gained tome valuable pointers which they might well make use of In their next
year's models.
A press wire the other day carrtsd"»n Item about a driver who woe referred
to as a "veteran." The driver In question never drove a racing car until 1901.
tho he Is BOW almost as old In point of service aa an>* other* excepting Bert
Dlnglcy. Charlie Basle and Herb l.ytle., . _.. . ., „ _
The old-time pilots, Earl Kiser, Carl Fisher. Webb Jay. Al Wsblh Harry Cun.
rlnghsm. Alexander Wlnton, Henry Ford. C^artM 'i 1 Vi’£ r hEIVtl
Charlie (not Bob) Burman, Percy Owen. Henri Pegs and a few ethers have all
passed up tha gams for one reason or another. These were all great drivers In
<llC lVio "names'o’f’mrang, DePalma. Rohofteon. Bob Burman, Mulford end many
other now classed aa "veteran*" did no< become known until 1MI, about the time
Brlarcllffe rood race. “ —
of h uS BriarcTlite'road race ■'il»rrouii!“Altkeh; Dawson. Wilcox, Dfebrow. Teta-
leff^ruce-Brown end some of the recent prlie winaere were unknown to fame
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
The doom of the handbook in Georgia has been sounded.
Walter McElreath, representative in the Georgia legislature, has agreed to draw up and
present a bill which will wipe out the curse of handbook gambling,
With this bill once passed, public gambling on baseball games in the state of Georgia will
be at ah end. '
That this bill will pass can hardly be questioned. It will be drawn up and introduced.
Representatives will be op hand to see that it does not die in committee. Once out and put to
a vote, there will be no question as to its passage. For it would be a brave man who would
vote for the continuing of licensed gambling in the state.
Mr! McElreath will see to it that the bill will hold water after it is passed. He plans tp
make a rapid survey of the efficient anti-gambling laws of other states and then to pattern
his bill pfter what nppears to be the most efficient one of all.
It is not improbable that the New York law will be one of those taken as a guide. They
have wiped out race track gambling there, and have done it in the face of opposition from
men of wealth and power. So naturally it must be a gambler-tighi law.
The people of Georgia who object to open gambling, who are offended when men solicit
bets openly in the streets of the cities and who don’t care to see the young men of the state
going wrong, thru gambling, should give their co-operation in having this bill passed.
Write your representative or senator, telling him that this bill will be introduced and
asking his active support. There will not be any fight on a bill of that sort, of course, but
there may be a lot of folks who would willingly let it die a natural death. A little live support
for this measure is all that is needed.
HILL CLIMBERS
AT COLUMBIA
Entry Blanks Are Out For the
Event—Grade Will Only Be
2,640 Feet Long.
Entry blanks are out for the first
hill climb at Columbia. S. C.. which
will be held on the aftemooh of July 4
and will begin at 4 p. m.
Doubtless several Atlanta cars will
Journey over to take part In this climb.
The Conditions of the event, as pub
lished on the entry blank, are:
Contest held under the rules and
with the sanction of .the contest board
ot American Automobile association.
Contestants must be familiar with the
A. A. A. contest rules and by their sig
nature to the entry agree to be gov
erned by them.
"Flying start of CO yards In all events.
"Program Is subject
We have about given up hope that a game law will be passed at the coming session of the
legislature. If one is introduced and shoved thru, it is likely to be an ill-advised and half-
baited sort of an affair. For it is no easy matter to draw up an effective game law.
The history of the campaign for’game protection in Georgia has been one long tale of mis
management and poor politics.
We seem to recall that the first effort for a real game law was made by some unorgan
ized sportsmen.
It failed. - 1
Then a Georgia game protective organization was formed, and it proposed a bill.
It did not become a law.
Then the game protective association withdrew in favor of a conservation association, or
some such body, which was to do (and may yet do) great things. Our private prophecy as to
the action on the game law at the coming session of the legislature is as follows:
Nothing doing.
The legislature turned down the first law proposed becaiige they said it was too com
plicated.
So the game protective association modified the law in words of - one syllable and tried
again. This time, according to reports, a self-confessed pot-hunter went before the commit
tee which was considering the bill and out-talked the game protection folks.' We didn’t nt-
tendthe hearing, but that is the report.
The
iie first bill went wrong for lack of any organized support. The second fizzled because
the gome protection folks didn’t get strong enough representation before the committee which
considered it. The effort this year appears to be even less organized and less likely to succeed
than any of the others.
until one or two yoara ago. Champion;. I
fur morn quickly than In any other sport,
merry aa many Imagine.
The late Al Uvlngatode. killed on the. Atlanta Speedway last November, wot
it tv fellow. Llvlnsetone was drlvin* In torn# races In Lo* Angeles .one day
woe
ngeles ,one day,
money In at tha gate to
\l for an Interview. "I'm
•mall crowd. "I should
bum track. I'll bet
.... ... responded Living.
just eat that danger stuff up. What I am nervous about Is the hun-
ebody gete
•tone, "I Just -q-
dred bucks I am promised for raolng today.
Here are s few tip* on the care of tlrqp. and I did not loam about tiro* thru
re school course, either:
:0 « n ci*rS%*n h ew , cxi):k"t'.™'oh',h..M. of tho car skpored to tha eon.
• sunlight will quickly cause It to oxldlsa *
loflated to on. that I.
rt thru being pumped too herd, pireeeure gauge# orrVumpe ere very often In
hurt thru being pumped too 1
"’"whenever.tha tread of tires show excessive wear, exatfilne carefully tha allgn-
,nt Of the axle, see If «hs_sl^ngkn.ioklals v l<^s M If tha string r^s ys
too long or too short. It Is almost certain tp be caused by one of those defects.
When laying the ear up for any length of time, or for thi winter, deflate tha
tlraa partially and support tho weight of tho car by Jacks or clocks.
"■—and the only
life insurance lear
ned was to use
Firestone
TIRES
ATLANTA BRANCH,
58 Auburn Ave.
(HE FIRESTONE TIRE * RUBBER CO, AIRON, 0.
If the sportsmen in the state expect to get protection they will have to organize and
spend some money. There ought to be a real game protection organization, and there,<ought
to be real dues—say $10 n man, or more. Anybody who can afford to make any pretenses
as a. hunter, and who doubtless has hundreds of dollars tied up in guns, dogs, duds and equip
ment, can afford $10 toward the cause of game protection.
With the money thus raised a live secretary could be employed who could largely organize
the campaign, get out live literature, get metcings called, stir up attendance, get a bill pre-
pared, have it introduced and properly engineered thru.
Until the sportsmen are willing to spend some money and to go after the thing in an or
derly fashion, game protection in Georgia is a myth.
DEMONT TURNS DOWN
AN OFFER FROM 8ELMA
Memphis, ■ Tann, June 24.—
+ “Send your lowest term* to man- 1
+ age Selma'e team In tha South- 1
4- eastern league," la the wayamee- 1
4* sage reached Eugene Demontre-
+ vllle, former New Orleans, Blr-
. day, to which the Inflelder replied:
eh "I have no low terme; mine ore 1
p + all high." Thla la taken to mean ■
4* that Demontrevllle has retired for <
+ good from baseball after more 1
4* than twenty >e*re of i
to change,
necessary.
".Vo prizes awarded In ease of a
walk-over, four or more entries to fill
unless otherwise specified., If less, the
event may be declared off.
“Meeting la subject to postponement
in case of stormy weather.
“The right is reserved to reject any
or all entries. \
"The management Is not liable for In
juries to, or caused by contestants or
machines used by them.
“Each entrant shall hold the Auto
mobile club of Columbia harmless and
indemnify It against atl loss or damage
resulting directly or indirectly from, or
growing out of the operation, manage
ment or control of the car entered bj
him.
“An electric timing system will be
used. ,
"The entry fee will be 110 for each
car In each event,
"The hill Is 2,640 feet long. The grades
arc from 4 1-2 to II per cent."
The list of events follows:
Event No. 1, Class "E"—Open to any
gasoline car with a piston displacement
of 161 to 230 cubic Inches. Care can
not be Stripped except that lamps, tops,
wind-shields and mufflers may be re
moved. First prlxc, 76 per cent of total
entra fees In this event.
Event No. 2, Class "E”—Open to any
gasoline car with a piston displacement
of 231 to 300 cubic Inches. Cars can
not be stripped except that lamps, tops,
wind-shields and mufflers may bo re
moved. First prlxc, 76 per cent of total
entry fees In this event,
Event No,
WATER POLO
AT PIEDMON
Great Aquatic Game
Taken Up and Many
Teams Organized.
Water polo, a game which has I
played little, If at all. In Atlanta «
to the absence of a suitable pi ac .
competent Instructors, will bo tal
and played at Piedmont park
lake there.
T. R. Weems haa ordered, thn
local Spalding branch, a supply oft
for playing the gome, and as too
they arrive and ns soon ns the wait
deep enough In the lake teams
organized and the game played
feasor Weeme la an expert at'
polo and he expects to have no troi
In teaching the game to enough Die
to make It Interesting,
The advantages of this sport In,
nectlort with the public swimming
•k will be thretj
, Class "E? 1 —Open to any
of 301 to 400 cubic Inches. Cars can
not be stripped except that lamps, tops,
wind-shields and muffler* may be re
moved. First prlxe, 75 per cent of total
entry fees In this event.
Event No. 4. Class "E"—Open to any
gasoline car with a piston displacement
of 461 to 000 cubic Inches. Cars can
not bo stripped except that lamps, tops,
wind-shields and mufflers may be re
moved. First price, 76 per cent of total
entry fees In this event.
Event No. 6, Class "E”—Free-for-all.
Open to any gasoline car. Cars can
not be stripped except-thatJaraps. tops,
wind-shields and mufflers may be re
moved. First prize. 76 per cent of total
entry fee In this event.
Alternative Event, No. 6, Class "D"—
Free-for-all. Apcn to any gasoline car
or chussts. Cars ntuy be stripped If de
sired.
Note—Bonnets and floor nnd dash
boards must be carried In all events.
See rules 69, '69-A and 70, All drivers
must be registered with tho contest
board of the A. A. A. and driver’s reg
istration number must bu designated In
the signed entry blank.
Mrs. Hill Wins in
Consolation Event
The world’s champion Infield of tho Philadelphia Athletics, now performing with amazina effectiveness both
In the field end at bet. From left to right, ere. Captain Hary Davit, veteran first baseman) Frank Baker, pre
mier third saek guardian) Eddie Collins, best second baseman in tha business since Evert’ decline, and ajck
Barry, oanaational shortstop, who is daily doing marvelous desds. This quartet comprises tha bulwark of the
Athlatios’ strength and is tns dependence of Connie Mack In his fight to cut down the lead of the Detroit Tigers.
_ than twenty >e*re of service.
St. Nicholas Rink open.
.IV.
iDMCS^MSSOfe
ONLY FEW MATCHES PLAYED
IN GULF STATES TOURNEY
N#w Orlean*, June 24.—Shower# con
tinue to Interfere .with the Gulf State#
tennis event, but In spite of them It i
possible to work thru several inatcl
v*eferdiv
yesterday.
The results of ths matches played fol
low: •
Wallace Johnson,' of Philadelphia, de
feated Tom Holland, of Galveston, In ths
semi-finals, 6-4, 6-1.
David Pipes, Jr., defeated A. Leverlch,
7-6. 6-4.
Esmond Phelps won from Bland Logan.
6-4. 1-6, *6*^
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Oils, F —■“ ‘ ~ ‘ ‘
Oils, Presto Lite Tanks, Loathar and Rubber Good,, Diamond and Federal
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Tires. Everything to make your Automi
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FRENCH GRAND.PRIX 800N.
Paris, Juno 24.—Large number* of
treat team, haa caused
gore In the Eastern league to sit ui
fake notice. Tha aggregation
ft
ip and
tlttrod
very easy matter to beat
EAST POINT IS DEFEATED.
Eaet Point, Ga„ June 24.—The East
Point baseball nine lost a pretty game
of baseball to a picked team from the
city league Tuesday afternoon by the
•core of 6 to 4.
Both Dukes and Spencer pitched fine
boll, but the former received much bet
ter support:
Score by Innings: R.H. E.
City Leaguers .. 200 002 101— 6
East Point ... 000 100 100— 4
Batteries: Dukes,and Gillette; Spen.
cer and Phillips.
THIS MAXWELL BROKE RECORD
Americans who have been attending!
the coronation In London arrived here
today for (he Grand Prix, the richest
•take In the world, which will be run
tomorrow at Lnngehamps. Thla event
—the premier claaelc of the French
turf—bringir the week’s race meet to a
dose. The Grand Prix has always been
of international Interest, but the In
has bad the resu!
American turfmen to France with their
■tables. The value of the etake thla
year la 180,000. Last year It was about
170.000.
The Grand Prix (■ always a notable
event from a fashionable standpoint,
are first shown there.
WHITE CAP8 WIN GAME.
The White Caps, of Atlanta, 'de
feated Gainesville Thursday by the
score of 1 to 0. The White Cape’ fleld-,
re by Innings: R H E
White Cape 100 OKO 200—8 14 2
Gainesville 112 002 000—6 11 3
Batteries—Wiggins and Harrison;
Edward* and Orr.
ni* machiVi. want tram Atlanta to Jacksonville in 23 hours and S5
minutes, including • couple of hours while it was lost and wasn't going
particular. Thi* is • now record for th, trip and on* of tho
mm shown in tho picture are M. L.
x:
James Roach and Harry Mullins.
The flnnl matchea In the Piedmont
Driving club's tennis tournament will
be plnyed Saturday afternoon, wqather
permitting.
The results of Friday's matches fol
low :
Clarke defeated A. Smith, S-4, 3-6,
6-2.
Smith and Draper defeated Clarke
and Nunnnlly, 6-4, 6-t.
Mr*. Hill defeated Miss Jenkins, 6-3,
6-2.
Mrs. Hill defeated Miss Van Dyke,
6-3. 6-1.
By winning these two matchea Mm.
Hill annexed the cup offered In the
consolation division.
Mra. Hall and C. Y. Smith defeated
Mrs. Hill and Hopkins, 6-1. 6-0.
Miss Smith and Nunnally defeated
Mlsa Van Dyke and Draper, 6-t, 1-6,
BRITISHER BEST8 BOSTONIAN.
San Francisco, Juno 24.—Freddie
Welsh, formerly lightweight champion
of England, is fairly entitled to tho
decision given hint by Referee Hanlon
at the end ot his twenty-round fight
with Matty Baldwin, of Boston, at the
Auditorium last night. The Britisher
was far too clever for tho Boston boy.
M'GORTY DOWNS MAHONEY.
Gary, Ind., June 24.—Eddie McOorty,
of Oshkosh, won the victory over
Young Mahoney, of Racine, In a slash
ing ten-round bout here last night. De
spite the fact that there was a small
crowd at the ring aide, the boya foi
at Piedmont park
For one thing, tt will ofTer an inci
to the boys to learn to swim,
courae, none but good ■Wlmmcrs
have any chance to make any of
teams. For another thing, It will ■
ulate exercise. And for a third. It
furnish the sort of competition that
prove Interesting to spectators.
A good Ides of the game c «a
gained from the following Introdot
to The Spalding Guide on water j
"The'value of an athletic gtUL.
contest Is determined by four this
Its physical culture merits, its utl
its attractiveness ae a pastime t
spectacular features.
“Water polo, has few equals
means of developing the body
swimming alone In It would Insure ■
eral and symmetrical development,
the player wrestles besides, durli
game, and every part of the bod
given Its proportionate share of
gruelling work, developing all mui
In a uniform way,
"Aa to Its utility, It Is self-erli
Swimming haa come to be looked i
ae a necessity, almply because It i
be the means of saving life, nnd In
water polo Is the most pmctlrol
teachers. A player Is coached on]
to free himself from every kind (
tackle,. bow to assist an exhaa
teammate and how to apply the I
methods Of resuscitation when any
Is knocked out. Then these teach:
have to be practiced frequently *
the team Is at work, and one been
proficient Insensibly and as a mil
of course. It Is a revelation to set
expert player handle a drowning p
son, and more especially a frantic
The rescue Is performed In such
easy, matter-of-fact woy as to lesd
to wonder at the halo of herolim t
surrounds most cases of life Mil
Hardly a player but has sevcnil reic
to his credit, which he looks upon i
series of trifling services rendered
fellow mortal, and no more.
"As a pastime, water polo Is i
the leaders. Hard and exhausting
may. be, but there Is an cxhll;irall"i
dashing about the pool, fighting i
way to goal, that no other game i
And It has a feature that ap.
strongly to the man who has attai
manhood and IIS' numerous respond
ltles: the rarity of accidents. lira
and knockouts one gets n-plenty,
those serious Injuries which mar I
ball, hockey and lacrosse are I
unknown.
"Lastly, from the spectator's i
point, the gams I* fascinating. To ■
people tho mere disporting of a di
expert swimmers Is an exhibition
worth seeing, and when to this Is i
sd the zest of n clever and keen con
replete with brilliant action and ei
Ing encounter, no more attractive
can be Imagined."
SEMI-PROS TO
PLAY AT PON®
and
Company and the
meet at Ponce DeLeon park Sati
afternoon In what promise# to "
best semi-pro game of the aearon
These two clubs are now tied
flrat place in tho Clt;
le#fUL.
winner of thla contest bid# fair to b«
winner of the pennant.
A smpll #um will be charged for
eral admission.
Ross and McLeod
Tied in Golf Eve
Chicago, June 24.—If Freddie McL
and Alex !U»s can keep It up todtf
“— — In tnr
over the — ,
will spring a race that will make hfi
They battled all day yesterday a-
tfall were tied for first place,
nigh'tfall were tied for’ first place, «
140 each. O. G. Hackbarth, of HtnftV
111., waa third with 162. All contest
play SS more holea today.
was passed after fhe performance to
make up the purse.
A Practical, Popular - Priced
Light-Weight—With Magneto ’
EXCELSIOR
$225—Magneto, $250—Twin, $310
Roberts, 115 Whitehall
June 24.—M I ®
was shot by Ed HurlburU
former Southern league ball player, i
raid on an alleged gambling den.
Indicted yesterday by the grand Jury
violating th# Tennessee prohibition 1*
rial
cer. Hurlburt was serving as sp**
uty during the raid, and Sullivan w
cused of attacking Hurlburt and *
fling for
followed.
GEORGIANS DEFEAT RAILROADB
The Georgian baseball team, br
known to ths sporting wflri.i
"Daybreak Champ.,” defeatcl t ■
Georgia Railroad team Biturilaj n ra
In ons of tho moat Intsre.tlng
Th"reS!road boy* played a ttue. £jj
ime of taisball..and.would .*•;
and Young, of tha railway tram »<«
batting atara of. tho morning. ([ „
■ H It
Score by Inning*:
Georgian.. *** lit II i 6
Georgia Ran road.. ..01# 003 00 - * •
. BattCTlM—Duprso. J.ilrav«_a''" ! l .j^
etX6
tton game at Youngstown,
local Ohlo-Psnnsylvanls league ■'•"g
tore a big crowd, but rain sndedthe FJ
In tba fifth Inning, with tba l 10
I l