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THE GEOBGIAWS SPOBTffIG PAGE | - - J - - - *• ■ - ■ -- .A ■ ■ A—• ■ . . ______ __ , ■ ■wW Silk Hat Harry's Divorce Suit The Judge Has a Brave Heart But a Coivardly fair of Legs copyright, 1912. National News By Tad I - oUß '~ > \ ( 'wwonU ! KNOW I \ p4I£<XWAHD&R.'?A I ™is _ is 'A ’’MIHM 5 Gfr ’‘ 1 ' Wr WW?X •; WjZIIIg ■UI t sL- iR. - wit Sr ■ ; -'fc -|fl&. g-W -JlpgJiilta? - s&taefe ■ . W - Jlf L.’ i f 1 1 a. ■;? '- ? —-*l9 ’ FODDER FOR FANS flank f 'Day believes hp can handle “Bugs” Ray mend and wants him rein stated. .... *♦ . * Grover Landermilh, Cardinal cast off, is carrying the l,oiiisvill? dub virtually single-handed. Pop Anson is planning to lead a'team o< real Indian plays;., around the country later tn the season. * * * • t The Coast league is still working to get a serie- for the championship of Its division. Sow that the Coasters have been promoted to Class AA it is simpler than when they w* re in Class A. At that they will be a long time’irf getting such a series. The Milwaukee plaver.s are accusing Top.-’V Hartsei of stealing their s'gns. Topsy is said to be able to squat in the poacher's box and pipe all the catcher's finger work. Fixer Auss has fizzled. He is the catch* er Mobile got from the woods the one who rode 25 miles on mulebaek to take the train for Mobile. The Gulls passed him on to Huntsville and that club canned him cold Claud Barr, a brother of Hyder Barr, is playing with the Bessemer club. Eddie Sabrie is playing first base for the Pittsburg team (of the f. S. league). Charlie Swayne, the piano-legged giant who trained with the Washington club here Idst spring, is batting ,3f.n yvith Sac ramento. ♦. * * TbP Columbia club has Itgfnerl h. playel named Klork. Watch the punsters wind it up >' Ty Cobb has driven in more runs this year than any other player on the De troit tea'm. ♦ ♦ * The Bron ns have, two pitchers whose names are Brown and Brown.* <*>n£ sh. a left-hander and the other a right-hander. Elmer Brown, a re-ruit from Akron. Ohio, is the right-hander.' Charles F-own. fr'om Burlington. lowa, is the left-hander. , , . With the Indianapolis club going 'bad'' Manager Jimmy Burke a'job isn't any too secure. The York State league voted op ,thg question of increasing its salary limit from 5-.500 to $2.800, but the clubs voted it down ... Tommy McMillan ia batting .1011 with Rochester thus far this y ear. . . . Hans Wagner is suffering with a strain ed tendon in his leg. Roger Bre uahan has announced that he will not play any more but that he will manage bis club from the bench. * * * Howard Camnitz. of the Pirates, ir very- ——i . 7. ~ . ~? -J. ' A ■ ■ - “Ford-i-fy” yourself against excessive au to mob i1 e ex pense. First and last the Ford is an economy. Seven ty-five thousand painstaking buyers will purchase new Ford cars this -year—-because the Ford is ridiculously low in first' cost---and wonder fully economical in after cost. All Fords are Model T's —all alike except the bodies. The two passenger runabout costs $590 —the five passenger touring car $690 —the delivery car S7O0 —the town car S9O0 —f. o. b. Detroit, completely equip ped. Get latest catalogue from Ford Motor Company. 311 Peachtree Street, At lanta, or direct from Detroit factory. I BOXING xr I I DEVLIN vs. PERRY I I Gale City Club | slow in rounding into form this year and many doubt that he will ever be able •to-do it • • * * ♦ Eddie Collins made five errors in four games recently. • ♦ • • Any good ball players turned loose by any big lea-gue olnbs may have trouble in getting by the Browns. They need plavers and will not give waivers on any thing that looks promising. Del Gainer seems tn be one of those luckless players who is always injured or out of it for any reason or another. A sprained ankle is his latest complaint. Roy Golden, of the Cardinal team, has been --ent to St. Paul for a season of Class AA polishing. , "Socks” Seybold is playing right field for the Washington, U. S. league, club. I YESTERDAY'S GAME Mobile— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Maloney, cf. x 3- 11 2 0 0 Starr. 2b 3 2 1 4 2 1 Walsh, ss 4 0 2 1 2 0 Jheobsen, If 3 0 0 2 0 0 Rohe, lb 3 0 I) 10 1 0 Paulette, rs 3 0 0 2 0 0 Gardella, 3b 3 0 0 0 2 1 Dunn, c 2 1 Q 6 6 0 I.elivelt, p 2 0 1 h 3 0 Berger, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 xßowan, p1 0 0 0 0 0 • Totals -.27 4 5 27 16 2 Atlanta— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Bailey. If 3 0 0 4 1 0 Ganiev, rs. 2 - 2 0 2 0 0 Hemphill, cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 O'Dell, lh 4 0 2 7 0 0 Alperman, 3b 3 0 1 3 2 1 East, 2b3 1 0 1 2 0 O'Brien, se. .4.0 11 .1 > 0 Grabanl. c 3 0 1 5 2 0 Dessau, p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hogue, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 xxSvkeso 0 0 0 0 0 xxxW Millero 0 0 0 o 0 Totals2B 3 5 24 10 1 xßatted for Lelivelt in eighth. xxßatted for Dessau in second. xxxßan for East in ninth. Score by innings: R. •Artafitsf .". .. .. . . . .110 001 000—3 Mobileoo2 000 02x—4 , AHvmary—Turn-base hits. O'Dell, Starr, Wa’sh. saerifice hit, Graham; sacrifice fly, Fykes: stolen bases. Maloney. Starr. Gan- Av hits apportioned. Off Dassau 1 in 1 inning with no runs, off Hogue 4 in 7 In nings with 4 runs, off Lelivelt 4 in 8 in nings with 3 runs, oft Berger 1 in 1 in ning with no runs; struck out, by Lelivelt bv Berger 1, by Hogue 4; bases on balls, off Lelivelt 5. otf Dessau 1. off Hogue 2; wild pitch. Dessau: left on ba,ses. Mobile 2, Atlanta 5. Time. 2:10. Umpires. Fitzsim mons and O'Toole. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY. MAY 7. 1912. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Atlanta in Mobile. Memphis in Birmingham. Chattanooga in Montgomery. Nashville m New Orleans. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W L P C Mobile .15 8 .652 Atlanta .9 10 .471 M'mp'ts .11 8 .579 Mont. ..9 13 .409 C'nooga .11 8 .579 N'vflle. ..7 11 .389 ' B'harn . .14 11 .560 N. OTans.7 14 .333 Yesterday's Results. Mobile 4. Atlanta 3 New Orleans-Nashville, rain. Memphis 10, Birmingham 0 Chattanooga 8, Montgomery 7. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Macon. Columbus in Columbia. Jacksonville in Savannah. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L P C S'van'h. .10 3 .769 Macon . .6 9 400 Albany. .10 3 .769 Columbia 311 .214 J'ville ’ .10 5 .667 Columbus 311 .214 Yesterday’s Result*. Savannah 3, Jacksonville 2. ' Columbus 6, Columbia 1. Albany 5, Macon 1. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today, j Chicago in Washington. , St. Louis in New York. . Detroit in Boston. I Cleveland in Philadelphia. i Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P C ; Chicago .13 6 .684 Thila. .. .9 8 .529 1 Wash . .10 6 .625 Detroit ..9 11 .450 1 Boston . .10 7 .588 St. Louie .6 12 .333 j C'land .9 8 .529 N. York .4 12 .250 Yesterday's Results. ( All games postponed, rain NATIONAL LEAGUE. i Games Today. i Brooklvn in Pittsburg Philadelphia in Cincinnati. Boston In Chicago. New York in St Louis. Standing of the Clubs. W. L PC. W. L..P.C ; C’nati. ..14 3 .824 P'burg. ..7 10 .412 i N. York .12 4 .750 Brooklyn .6 9 .400 ' Chicago . 9 9 -500 Phila. .. .5 9 .357 . Boston . 8 9 .471 St. Louis .5 13 ,278 Yesterday s Results. Chicago 5, Boston 3. New York 6, St Louis 1. Pittsburg-Brooklyn, rain. Cincinnati-Philadelphia, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. 1 Columbus in Minneapolis. Toledo-in St. Paul. Indianapolis in Kansas City. , Louisville in Milwaukee. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C. W. L. P C M’apnlis .15 6 .714 K> Citv ..9 13 .409 C lumb's 16 8 .667 L'vllle ..8 12 ~400 Toledo . .12 9 .571 M'w'ukee 813 .381 St. Paul .12 11 .522 Yesterday’s Results. Kansas City 7, Indianapolis 2. Minneapolis 4, Columbus 1. Milwaukee 8. Louisville 1. St. Paul 12, Toledo 8. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Baltimore In Montreal Providence in Rochester. Newark in Buffalo. Jersey City in Toronto. Standing of the Clubs W. L P.C W. L. P C J. Citv. .10 4 .714 Rooster .6 7 .462 B ltimore 8* 4 .667 Newark ..6 8 .429 Buffalo. . 7 6 .538 Toronto ..5 8 .385 P'dence . 7 6 .538 Montreal .3 9 .250 Yesterday’s Results. Newark 10, Buffalo 8 Baltimore 7. Montreal 1. Rochester 2. Providence 1. Toronto 1, Jersey City 1. UNITED STATES LEAGUE. Games Today. Reading in Richmond. Washington in New York. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P C. W. L. P C. R'hmond 4 1 son c nnatf .3 3 509 Reading 3 1 .750 M’’ngton 1 3 .250 P'ttsburg 3 2 600 C'veland 1 4 .200 Chicago .3’ 2 .600 N. York 0 3 .000 Yesterday's Results. Cleveland 13. Chicago 8. Richmond 9 Reading 8 (10 innings,. New York-Washington, rain. Cincinnati-Pittsburg, rain. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Games Today. Jackson in Vicksburg Meridian in Hattiesburg. NewLH'leans in Greenwood. V Standing of the Clubs. |l W L P W L Pc- I M'rtdl'n 13 8 .61 '< J'ckson 10 10 500 | N O’ns 12 9 .571 H sburg 911 450 : I V’sburg 10 10 .500 G'nwood 713 .350 Yesterday's Results. * Meridian 12. Hh'tieshurg .5. I Jackson 12. Vicksburg 2 Greenwood-New Orleans, no game; rain. I Double-header tomorrow. CAROLINA ASSOCIATION. ’ Standing of the Clubs. W. L P C W L. P C I Sp'burg .7 3 .700 M’.-S'l’m 4 6 400 I Crlotte .7 3 .700 Gsboro .4 6 400 I A’derson 5 4 .556 G'nville .2 7 222 ! Yesterday's Results. II Anderson 5. Greensboro 0. j Charlotte 5. Greenville 2. I Spartanburg 12. Winston-Salem 6. Crackers' Batting Averages* Including Yesterday's Game Manager Hemphill’s hatting average has slurnred to .317, but he is atill leading the Crackers. Players— FgTTabTr. : iT. '■ avT Hogue, p. j 2 C 2 3 .50 r Hemphill, cf . . . . ID 1 75'14 ! 28 373 Ganiev, rs. 11 •36 7 12 .333 O’Del], utility .... 17 57 8 18 .316 Paige, p 4 11 13 .273 Alperman, 3b 20 72 10 19 .261 O’Brien, ss 1 4 5.3 4 13 21 > Bailey. If2o 68 18 16 .235 Kerr, c.lB 60 * 14 233 Sykes, lb,! 19 66 10 15 .227 Graharri, c 4 9 0 2 .222 Miller, pi 8 14 4 3 .214 Dessau, p' 5 14 0 i 3 ,214 Sitton, p! 3 6 I 1 > 167 East, 2b 11 32 ! 2 . 5 .156 Johns, p ..I 5 11 0 0 .000 Atkins, p ♦. 2 6 0 0 .000 SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Bessemer' in Rome. Selma in <ladsden. Anniston in Huntsville. Standing of the Clubs w. l p.c w. b. r r Selma. .11 5 .688 H’tsville 77 .50(1. Rome ..9 6 .600 A’niston 7 8 .467 B’semer 8 8 .500 Gadsden 3 11 .214 Yesterday's Results. Rome 4. Bessemer 0 Anniston-Huntsville; rain. Selma 5, Gadsden 4. I "■■ ■ - ■ ■' - - - —" llll llllll< ii f Had to Have ■ His Nerve I with Him— I ■ s nervcs > too—steady and strong for that moment of action. Ij|| No time to figure it out —just time to do it. That’s why the policeman R < j*'■ likes a good chew that keeps a man’s imachinery working good head machinery and hand machinery. ' fv nd what a heap of comfort it is R at those other times when the day’s work is—just being quietly on the l’ ob - That’s whan a man really bas hme to notice the difference ” "’ -m** between one chew and another. IMM That’s when he stops to pick out K • f DRUMMONO ~ | CHEWING TOBACCO I " . Yes, Drummond’s the mild, fragrant, nat- get a chew that Zs a chew. Get the whole ural leaf—the very best natural leaf, selected some, nerve-steadying comfort of a perfectly B carefully from the finest Burley—aged till grown, perfectly cured, perfectly prepared it’s mellowed up to that high Drummond Burley tobacco. Ask the tobacco man to- '■f* standard. Tuck away a bit of Drummond day to hand over that snug metal box of | . and get that splendid natural leaf flavor— Drummond. R IOC _ - H VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Lynchburg in Newport News. Norfolk in Roanoke Richmond in Danville. Petersburg in Portsmouth. Standing of the Clubs, \V. L. r. ( ' W. L. P u. P'snin’th 6 3 .667 P.-hurg .6 6 .500 Norfolk .6 4 .600 Danville 6 6 .500 Roanoke 7 6 .538 R'hmond 5 8 .385 N. News 8 7 .533 L hburg .4 8 .333 Yesterday’s Results. Portsmouth 5, Petersburg 1. . Newport News 8, Lynchburg 4. Other games postponed. TEXAS LEAGUE. Games Today. Austin in Galveston. Waco in San Antonio. Fort \\<»’th in Beaumont. Dallas in Houston. Standing of the Clubs. W L. P.u. W D. F.r. Waco. .13 8 .619 Dallas .12 12 .500 B'um’nt .11 9 .550 s \>io 10 io .500 Austin .12 10 515 G'v'ston 9 10 474 H’uston. 12 11 .522 F. W’th 7 16 .304 .. * Yesterday’s Results. San Antonio-Waco, rain. Galveston-Aust in, rain. Houston 5. Dallas I Beaumont 6, Fort Worth 0. OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. Washington and Dee 7, Georgia 7. ’ , A..and M. S. 5, Norman 2. Stone Mountain 3, Locust Grove 2. South Carolina 3, Tennessee 1. Clemson 2, Aubtirn 1. [news from ringside An effort will be madt? to paSs a state boxing law at the next session of the Ne braska legislature. Should the bill go through, boxing will be rondiieied on a plan similar to that of New York The bouts will be limite<t from ten to fifteen rounds. ♦ • * Reports from Columbus say that Sammy Trott and Matt Wells will box there some time this month. • • • Luther McCarty, the boy who knocked nut ('arl Morris a few nights ago. is only nineteen years old, yet he has knocked out ten of his last twelve opponents. • V • Frankie Burns has been substituted for Johnny Dundee and will box Johnny Kil b ine in New York May 14. Dundee lost the match when he was defeated by <’harley White a few nights ago. • • • Jimmy Johnson, who is managing Owen Moran, claims io have an offer of $5,000 for Owen to do battle in Australia. Moran is to receive two more bouts should he defeat his opponent in the first one. • • • Charlci White now looms up as the most logical contender for Johnny KH bane’s title. * * ♦ Hugh Mclntosh, whom reports say will shortly open a new boxing club In New York, already has two tight clubs, one in Sydney, N. S. W . and one in Paris. • ♦ • Buck Crouse and Leo Houck will box twelve rounds in Boston tonight. • * * Ad Wolgast, who has been working out in the mountains for a week or two, says' he is in as good condition as ever. * ♦ • New York papers say the six-rounfl go between Walter-.MeGirr anti a boy named King was the most brutal of any fight seen in New York Sam Austin, the ref eree. allowed Hie fight to go the full number of rounds and at the end King was in a serious condition. ... Daekey McFarland has hired himself out to hex Joe Boyle, a Canadian light weight. in Elkhart. Ind., on Decoration day. UPHAM OF HIGHLANDERS SENT BACK TO BROCKTON BROCKTON, May 7.—. Word was re- , ceived today by Manager Edflie Mc- Lean, of the local club of the New Eng land league, from Manager Harry Wol verton and Scout Arthur Irwin, of the New York Americans, that Pitcher‘Up ham. of the latter team, will be sent to Brockton Monday. Upham. like Bucß tj’Biien, of th.. R.-d Sox. pitched win* ning hall in the Connecticut league with Bridgeport. He had a record of 19 wins and !• defeats. * Pitcher Rciger, who has been playing with Lynn thisvseason. has booked up with the local team. <>ke\ Wood, who pitched good hall for Fall River a few seasons back, and who was tried here last season, is an other new t wirier Brockton has taken on. 9