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TB) A - X m/AX saw crane, wj ryu( ))).\ v((tt left hock, sol flex, „ ATHLETES IN BIG i THYOUTS TODAY ) \ AMBpiDGE. MASS., June B. I Witrf ideal weather conditions the pick of Amer ican , college, club and school ath letes gathered here toda%- to com pete at the Harvard stadium in the Eastern Olympian tryouts. It was expected to be the greatest meet ever held in |his country, and over 20,000 persons were expected to witness the don tests. The air was cool and crisp, but was tempered by bright sunlight. The athletes declared that they could not ask for better conditions. The men who make the best show ing will be selected to represent the United States at the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden, this summer. Almost every athlete of note in the East and middle West was entered in the events, and rec ords were expected to be broken. The first event was scheduled to begin at 2 p. m. With three and four, and in some cases even more, headliners en tered in the different contests, in dications pointed toward many thrilling battles for supremacy in i . the field of track events. Very few * of the men who have gained hon ors on the track and field in the past few years were missing. Judging from form, the winners in today’s events stand a good chance of duplicating their victo ries at Stockholm, despite the fact that .hey will be pitted against the best in the w’orid. SYKES DEAIIn AIR; EARL MAY GO OR STAY The Ears Sykes deal is in the air. Joan Dobbs wants the man for the Montgomery team and he feels that he has what virtually amounts to a prom ise of Sykes. At the same time Manager Hemphill wil not let him go until he is certain that he does not class up to Cracker standards. Dobbs is anxious to give Danzig his ralease. The big fellow is far from well and ought to be out of baseball. EARLY GAME TODAY, AS PELICANS MUST‘BEAT IT’ Yesterday’s game was the second in r a row which was postponed on account j ‘ of rain. The field was a lake and there wasn’t a chance of anything In the way I ' of a contest. * Today’s game will be called at 2:45 < o’clock, because the Pelicans have to leave for New Orleans, where tftey are scheduled, as usual, to play a Sunday game. Monday the Crackers open with Nashville. 5 c f H|l| lgglg Call The Boy With The Khaki Coat He Will Serve You Properly With jfl 1 Oft That - OFI Delicious Drink » WW I KwMB MM» • 4 | THEBASEBALL CARD SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. NeW Orleans in Atlanta Birmingham in Nashville. Montgomery in Chattanooga. Mobile In Memphis. Standing of the Clubs. VV. L. P C W. L. P.C. B’ham. .12 19 .627 M’mphis 2.1 24 .489 Mobile 29 24 .547 N, 'Or's 22 24 .487 Chatta. .24 23 .511 Atlanta’.2l 23 .477 Mont. . .25 26 .490 Nash. . .17 30 .362 Yesterday's Results. Atlanta-New Orleans; rain. Mobile 1. Memphis 0. Chattanooga 6, Montgomery 5. Nashville 4, Birmingham 3. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Macon. Columbia in Jacksonville. Savannah in Columbus. Standing of the Clubs W. L. P.C W. L P.C Albany .26 14 .650 C'l’mbla It 28 .282 J’Ville. .25 14 .641 C’bus. . 17 23 .425 S’v’n’ah 25 15 .625 Macon . .14 24 .368 Yesterday's Results. Columbus 2. Savannah 0. Macon 1. Albany 1. Columbia-Jacksonville, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Washington in Chicago. Philadelphia in St. Louis. Boston in Detroit. New York in Cleveland. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C. W. L. P C Chicago .30 17 .638 Phila. . .21 19 .525 Boston 27 18 .600 C’land.. .21 19 .525 Detroit . 25 22 .532 N. York 14 27 .341 Wash. . .25 21 .543 S. Louis 13 32 .289 Yesterday’s Results. Detroit 4, Boston 3. Washington 4. Chicago 2. • New York 7, Cleveland 0. Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Today. Pittsburg i-n Boston. Chicago in Brooklyn. Cincinnati in New Ydrk. St. Louis in Philadelphia. Standing or the Clubs. W. L. P.C. W. L. P.C N. York 3.3 7 .825 S. Louis 21 26 .447 C’nati. . 26 19 .578 Phila. . .17 21 .447 Chicago 23 18 .561 Br’klyn. 13 26 .333 P’burg. .21 19 .525 Boston . 1.3 31 ,295 Yesterday’s Results. New York 7, Cincinnati 6. Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4. Chicago 7, Brooklyn 2. Pittsburg 4, Boston 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Milwaukee in Indianapolis. Kansas City in Louisville. Minneapolis in Columbus. St. Paul in Toledo. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C W. L P.C. Toledo 34 16 .680 S Paul . 22 32 407 M’apolis 34 17 .667 I’apolis. .20 33 .377 C’bus. . .34 19 .642 L’vifie.. .17 32 .347 K. City .30 24 .556 M’w’kee. 16 23 327 l ” Yesterday’s Results. Indianapolis 15, Milwaukee 7. Louisville 4, Kansas City 2. Columbus 6. Minneapolis 5, Toledo 10, St. Paul 7. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 1912. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Montreal in Toronto. Buffalo in Rochester. Newark in Baltimore. Jersey City in Providence. Standing of the Clubs W. L PC. W. L. P.C. Roch. . .26 14 .650 B’more. .18 21 .462 .1. City 25 16 .610 Newark 18 22 .450 Buffalo .20 15 .511 M ntreal 16 24 .400 Toronto .18 21 .462 P’dence. 14 24 .368 Yesterday's Results. Baltimore 15, Newark 4. Jersey City 10, 'Providence 4. Rochester 9, Buffalo 8. Montreal 2. Toronto 1. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Norfolk in Newport News. Lynchburg in Richmond. Danville in Petersburg. Roanoke in Portsmouth. Standing of ths Clubs. VV. L. P C. W. L. P C. R'anoke 25 15 .625 N. N'ws 19 18 .514 P’sb’rg 24 17 .585 R'hm’d 19 18 .514 Norfolk 21 15 .58': D’nvilie 11 24 .314 P’sm’th 17 14 .548 L’hb'rg 929 .237 Yesterday's Results. Portsmouth-Roanoke; rain. Petersburg 7, Danville 3. Norfolk 3, Newport News 1. Richmond 4. Lynchburg 2. CAROLINA ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Spartanburg in Winston-Salem. Greenville in Charlotte. Greensboro in Anderson. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C W. L. P.C A’ders'n 25 12 .676 C’rlotte 19 25 .432 Sp’b’rg 19 17 .528 G’sboro 13 21 .382 W.-S’m 17 22 .436 G’nvllle 13 22 .371 Yesterday's Results. Winstdn-Salem 6, Spartanburg 2 (first game). Winston-Salem 4, Spartanburg 1 (sec ond game). Charlotte-Greenville; rain. Anderson 5, Greensboro 3 'first game). Anderson 0, Greensboro 0; called; dark ness (second gamal. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Gadsden in Selma. Huntsville in Bessemer. Anniston in Rome. Standing of the Clubs W L. P.C W L. P.C. A'nist'n 25 15 .625 B'ss’m'r 20 24 .455 Rome 20 20 .500 G'dsden 19 2.1 .452 Selma 20 21 .188 H’sville 17 25 .405 I Yesterday’s Results. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Asheville in Cleveland. Morristown in Bristol. Knoxville in Johnson City. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C W. L. P.C. A’eviUe 13 7 .650 C’vel’nd 10 11 .476 Bristol 13 8 .619 K’xville 11 13 .458 J. City 12 8 .600 M’town #8 12 .400 Yesterday’s Results. Bristol 6. Morristown 5 (first game). Bristol 10. Morristown 3 (second garnet. Johnson City 2, Knoxville 0 (first gamei. Johnson City 4, Knoxville 0 (second game). Asheville 4. Cleveland 2. SMITH FIRES SPENCER: ATZ TO TAKE HIS PLACE CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June B. Third Baseman Collis Spencer was re leased last night by Manager Smith of the local club. He will be permanent ly replaced by Atz, but Runser, who was farmed to the Virginia league, will appear at the third-quarter sack this afternoon and until the ex-Pel arrives. TWO FAIR BOUTS PUT ON IN NEW YORK TONIGHT NEW YORK. June 8. - Lee Barrett, a welterweight from Wisconsin, will box ten rounds with Young Hickey at ths Fairmount Athletic club tonight. At the St. Nicholas Athletic duh Tommy Houck, the Philadelphia feath. erwelght, will meet Young Reilly, a lo cal featherweight. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Games Today. Columbus in Greenwood. Yazoo City in Jackson. Meridian in Vicksburg. Standing of the Clubs. VV L F W. L. P C M’ldlan 30 19 .612 .T'ckson 25 25 .500 V'ksb’rg 30 20 .600 C’mb’s 23 27 .460 Y. City 28 22 .560 ± G wood 15 35 .300 Yesterday's Results. Yazoo City 5, Jackson 1- Greenwood 4. Columbus 3. Vicksburg 1, Meridian 0. TEXAS LEAGUE. Games Today. Fort Worth in San Antonio. Dallas in Houston. Waco in Beaumont. Austin in Galveston. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C VV. 1,. P.C. H’ust’n 34 19 .642 Austin 26 27 .491 B’mont 26 24 .520 Waco 25 29 463 S. An'io 29 27 .518 G’vest’n 24 28 .462 Dallas 26 25 .510 F. W'th 22 31 .415 Yesterday’s Results. Houston 5, Dallas 0. San Antonio 3. Fort Worth 2. Waco 1, Beaumont 0. Austin 14, Galveston 7. OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. Kitty League. Hopkinsville 10. Evansville 4. Clarksville 9, Cairo 8. Henderson 5, Paducah .1. Bl KB IW| IS ra B ere the y S°' Georgia l1 ’ 8 Atlas Campaign is a lH | 111 pH B| lap Ws B rousin S success. Everybody wants one and the supply * s getting lovr, but another shipment is now on the way. It wk Iff We don’t want anybody to be disappointed, and must I S ok 0 '%% ■£ ur ge our readers to lose no time. 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THIS $1.50 11 A 11 1/ I MMHhMmMSMBII atlas, MM BOlftflilMll tSgK 11 W 4 ® i 5 9 Manufacturers, s;ii ; i S $ Managers, 1 ; 11 QB S iMMMiMBI j aSzSt t £S» Wf ® WWte :i $ Superintendents, Sf-gt ;S: j :t SsSwSfeßs ® Teachers, M ® ®|BE i < OBM i S ’^y‘ys : <•?:: Policemen, 8 S S Firemen, Y®S:' ?<< - S Conductors, i I® S $ Motormen, m® M ® Engineers, iW- SOW S $ Foremen, F- : ; ## & Workmen, •.?:•%•: :;:X .<:•.• -V: WHICH & B: : - < & $ INCLUDE ;W $$ £ ® ® Mothers, M ; W i | L T ADnts ’ Uncles, ft Cousins ’ •’•*•’ ENTIRE FAMILY | FODDER FOR FANS~| The other day when Washington was ge\ting to a White Sox pitcher Germany Schaeffer spoke to the stdnds. Said he, “latdies and these are sad scenes we are gazing upon. It is almost sad enough to bring tears to the eyes of a rocking horse to see our boys hitting your pitcher so hard. I thank you.” And he escaped with his life,. » « « George Jackson’s batting, the wonder of the National league the latter part of last season, has fallen off this year. Baek to normal for George. • * • Johnny Kling says that Bridwell is not through as a player and that even if he were the Braves would keep him as a scout. • • « We knew it. Somebody has said, "The New York Americans tried out a young pitcher named Shears, but he didn't cut much figure.” Not only funny, but true. , * * • Bennie Kauff, turned down cold by Manager Hemphill, has fizzled with Rochester and slumps to Brockton. * * * O’Day says that the Reds are as good as the Giants, except for slabmen. It may be so. Alas yes. But that's a heck of a big exception. • • • Bessemer has a battery, "Ery and Pierre." We don’t know how you speak it, but both of 'em hail from Mobile. # * * Harry Niles continues to go like a mad man Out of 45 games in which he has played this season he has failed to hit In only four. » * v Bob Unglaub has been taken on by Minneapolis. « « « Pitcher Frank Smith, turned down cold bv half the Class A A and Class A clubs of the country, has landed with Mon treal. - z • • « Everybody thinks it’s funny now to say that there is one good reason why the Highlanders aren't last—St. Louis. When they ran out of money the other day at the headquarters of the Washing ton, United States league, club, they paid George Browne off in uniforms. Keeping a team going is a cinch if the subs are good. Look at the Giants. They haven't had their regular team in the field but a few times this year. Yet. they are doing fairly well. In the Giants' pres ent string of Red Cross victims are Wil- son. Hoyle, Groh, Meyers, Merkle and Drucke. * • • * Cleveland will send Old Oleson to Toledo and take Ray Chapman In exchange. It's great to be a farm—for the owner of the farm. * • • Rowdy Elliott may go to Newark in ex change for Pitcher Frank Allen. Baltimore will let Jimmy Dygert, for mer Pelican, and Rube Wickers out. Manager Dunn has also decided that Dan forth, the great "finisher" for the Ath letics, needs to drop back still another peg before he will get where he belongs. Bob Riggs, than whom there has been nothing more marvelous in these parts since the days of "Bonehead Bob" Wal lace, has been forced to quit the Houston team and to beat it home to Etowah. Bob's leg is bad and he may not be able • to play again this year. • • • President Hedges, in explaining why he disposed of Bob Wallace for George Sto vall, makes It absolutely lucid. "It is because," says Colonel Hedges, "we must have a winning ball club.” He doesn’t say when he found that out. • • • They say that when Ira Selden was holding out on Wichita the secretary of the club learned that Ira's son was col lecting cigarette coupons. So when a contract was sent three coupons were in closed. Ira signed. You can believe this or not, as you please. • * • Here's another one you use your Judg ment on: When Klawitter and Catcher Haigh were roming together in New Orleans early this season Klawitter waked up one morning to find that Haigh was in bed with his cap on. "I’ve heard," said Klawitter to Haigh, “of players who wore their uniforms to bed to keep from being released, but why the cap." Whereupon the truthful Haigh. “I wear it to keep my hair from being mussed.” • * • Somebody has discovered Almeida's batting weakness. It is that he Is bat ting so hard he will soon bat himself out of the league. • • • Clark Griffith studies the details of games which other teams in the Ameri can league play, finds the weaknesses of the young players and then roasts them when they are playing against Washing ton. VANDERBILT TO TOUR 4 STATES NASHVILLE, TENN., June B.—lm mediately after school is out on June 19, the Vanderbilt university baseball team, undisputed Southern college champions tor 1912, will begin a barn storming trip through Tennessee. Ala bama, Georgia nad Mississippi, playing the best amateur teams they can find. Manager 4ack Sevier is arranging for the trip now, and has already booked a ood many dates. This will be the first trip of its kind ever undertaken by a Southern college team, Tend. If the team is able to realize its expenses, it will probably be repeated next summer. Every regular member of the cham pionship team, with but two exceptions, will make the trip, among them being Wilson Collins, the leading pitcher of the team, who won six games and lost none during the past season. Collins is thought by many to be the best col lege pitcher in the South, and has been offered a contract by the Washington Americans. However, he has two more years at the university, and, being a football star as well as baseball, ex -1 pects to keep his amateur standing un questioned until he leaves college. During the past season Vanderbilt never lost a series in baseball, winning fifteen games and losing but three—one to Sewanee, one to Georgia and one to Auburn. The leading batter of the team was Freeland, of football fame, who hit .338 in eighteen games. Those who will take the trip this summer are Ray Morrison, captain; Freeland, first base; Lyle, second base; ' Llpyd. shortstop; Turner, third base; Hardtige, left fl-lrt; Morgan, center field; Covington, right field; Kent Mor rison. Wilson Collins, Bob Harris and Herbert Jones, pitchers. 5