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fflMffl SWW WDK® * BUMF] 'DOPE' UPSET IN MAJOR LEAGUES' PENNfINTHUNTS By Damon Runyon. BASEBALL has n "ay Os In variably upsetting all prog nostications. The only sure thing about the game Is that 1t will always be different from what la expected. After the hairline finish In th* National league last season It generally believed that the ISI2 race 1n the older organisation would be a thrilling affair, while the American league campaign was , figured as simply an uninteresting parade, with the Athletics in tha band wagon showing the way. Many fans believed that the Giants were lucky in winning the pennant in the National and that the Phillies, the Pirates and the Cubs would give them a terrlble_ battle this season. They also be lieved that the Athletic bend would run Its opponents off their feet eartl’ In th? game and have the pennant cinched early In the sea son. Hard Fight In Young*r League. In other words, Ts seemed certain that the National league would again afford all the excitement, while the American league race would be tame and uninteresting Condition* are Just reversed. While moat people are engaged In figuring out Just how far the Gl»nW> will win, the Johnsonian orgarriz.atlon has settled down to a hand-tn-hand struggle with six clubs in the melee. John J. McGraw's club 1s now believed to have better than a !- to-1 chance of repeating in the Na tional league, while 1t was hardly even money at the close of the ISI 1 season. Connie Mack's dele gation was considered a cinch at any raids to win another pennant In the .American longue this year, particularly after tha world’s series, but now 1n the merry month of June ft Is>believed that he will have the fight rtf his life to overhaul the White and'Tted Sox Ho may do It probably most fans believe he will —but a strong element of un certainty has entered into the mat ter. Phillies Big Disappointment. It is a-remarkable upsetting of the "dope." The Phillies -supposedly the Giants' most dangerous foe after last season—are nowhere. The McGraw machine Is far out in front and the only other new sen sation of the National league—the Cincinnati Red*—faded early. Pittsburg and Chicago are coming very, very slowly; probably too •lowly to do them any good, while the other clubs are running to form. In the American league there h*v* been two distinct surprlees— the White Sox and Washington The Red flux are living up to the winter books, as they were always figured 1n the fight for the Job of runner-up. at least Cleveland did not doaßweH as expected, and De troit has failed to Justify the win ter psophedes Meanwhile, the champions of the world are lagging •long and showing but little of their 1911 form It may he argued that they lagged last season, too, but with such delegations as the vari-oolored Sox out In front, It behooves the champs to be up and doing—for this Is the middle of the merry month of June WAIVERS ASKED RY TIGERS ON MULLIN AND SUMMERS DETROIT. June 17. —The Detroit Amer ican league baseball chib. It was learned today, has asked waivers on George Mullin and Fiddle Summers, veteran pitcher* and stars of season past. Sum mers has been in poor health, and It la claimed Mullin has been indifferent. FREE RHEUMATISM CURE Old, Deep-Seated Cases Take Notice! 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He only earned part of It In the Southern • • ♦ Tn his last fiO trips to the plate George Paskert has made 24 hits. • • ♦ The Tri-Rtate league makes more fran chise changes than the Southeast Ar kansas league and is a close second to the Kitty. The Altoona franchise has been transferred to Reading You all know why. It was due to our old friend. "I. of p.,” which, being Interpreted means lack of patronage. • • • There are several clubs in the South ern league suffering from that same "L of p '' complaint ♦ • • The Columbia, S. C., team has bought four players from the Cincinnati team But not the Reels. Nixie. The U. S. league thing "Reel" Keating, who fizzled with Al bany, has been signeel by Jacksonville. * • • Every time the Mobile team wins as many as two games in a row the Gulvllle scribes swear the team has just struck its stride. Wild Rill Downvan Is doing a little scouting among American association clubs for the Detroit team. • • • The Southern league haw a grand lot of road teams this year Only two of the eight chibs have won more games at home than away frrom home The Crack ers have played nearly a hundred points better on foreign soli than at Ponce Dr- I«eon • • • Cy Watson, the man who recently pitched a no-hit no run one base on-bajls game for Houston, has only managed to fwin five out of his ten games this year Scouts for the Browns are looking into his case, but he hopes with luck to be saved from any such misfortune. • • « “Luck and Bad I’mpiring Wreck Cubs' Chance.” says a Chicago headline They could have reversed to read, "Wreck Chance’s Cubs ” It ia ever thus—when you are losing The United States league may he con tinued with four clubs this season And then again it may not ba continued at all ♦ • • '‘Peaches ' Graham wfll go to Toronto If waivers are secured. • • • O’Day would have claimed Pe4ty for the Reds If Washington had waived on him ‘Hank” thinks Felty's arm is all right, but that ha needs a new team • • • Reumlller, ex-Cracker shortstop who has bam playing phenomenally good ball for tne phenomenally bad Louisville team, is out now with a broken thumb • • • Herman Schaefer, as his baseball abil ity slips away, replaces it with new vaudeville stuff He now does an Imita tion high wire act along a chalk line (hat is said to hr- funny enough to make ’ Silvers swallow make-up The other day Schaefer was sent in to b;it f.«r John Henry As the giant catcher walked to the bench Schaefer grabbed him and holding him by the band, turned t<> th» stands and announced: Ladies and Gentlemen. Allow me to introduce to you Mr Henry, He Is the gentleman i am to bat tor.” When Schaefer walked to the plate I’m- I pire Hilly Evans ask* .I him who he was hutting for AL \ oiled Seha. for. ’’Who M IL’ Wl • am I batting f«u Lin batting for exorcise ' • • • ’’distant shifts of players have hurt !tho 'rigors this \<a* They have never • filed down into a »eal team yet QUITS TEAM BECAUSE HE COULD NOT ROOM ALONE M.U’oX. GA . lune 17 Because the proprietors of a 10. al hotel, who are also • .‘Wners «»t the Macon hall club, refused < to give him a room to himself at a less rate than wa> charged the other players. Shortstop John Cook has quit the mam \ll of the players stop at the hotel, and ’wo are assigned i-> a room. Cook wanted to b> by himself at half , ihe price • barged tw< players for a room. -nd when this was «knioi him he de « lined to play with the team an> longer Dresden’ Ethrridg’ ass he will be s i.- ueuded indefinitely. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. TT^TTWr League Schedule Hands Atlanta Awful Lemon in Short Saturday Games KAVANAUGH COULD HELP SOME, BUT NEVER WILL By Percy IL Whiting. \SK any baseball man what is the best .baseball town in the Southern league and he'll tell you "Atlanta.” Ask anybody in„. Atlanta what city is getting all the worst of this year’s schedule and every year’s schedule. and they’ll give you the same answer, “At lanta." Os all punk arrangements ever ( Inflicted on the public this schedule that makes Atlanta the victim of six-inning games on Saturday aft ernoon is the most outrageous. The Standard Oil Company never in flicted anything worse on a com petitor. • • • WHOSE fault is'it? Not the lo cal association's surely, for the directors put up an elegant yell against it. But they had one vote against seven. The local associa tion has been protestipg for years against an arrangement that neces sitated short Saturday games. And all ft has achieved was some ex ercise for the lungs. The Southern league is responsi ble primarily and ttie league sched ule committee secondarily. And. since the main cheese of the sched ule committee ie President W. M. Kavanaugh. It is likely that he is the ring leader tn unloading such an imposition on the best baseball city In tile league • • • A TLANTA gets short gajnes on -*■ Saturday so that the teams playing here can get away in time to play Sunday games. It so hap pens that the big Sunday towns — Memphis. Mobile and New Orleans are reached by trains that leave Atlanta early in the evening, so early that teams playing with the Crackers must get an early start •in order to catch them The whole rotten arrangement arose from the obsession of the Southern league that the money it makes on Sunday is a little better than the money made on week days And the league will delib erately cripple its .-ix,day-a - week cities tor the benefit of those which play Sunday ball \xr HAT'S to be done abbtlt it'.’ *• it's too I ate to ■ mange the schedule this year and it would be impossible to get a majority in At lanta’s favor, anyhow. t.tne thing that could be done would be to waive this silly rule that Ute game must be called one hour before train time. Waiting automobiles could hurry players to either station in 15 or 20 minutes. It would cost visiting teams a shade more and it would be dtiee.i ly unpleasant for the visiting play ers to have to dress on the train. But it seems to us that the added - xpetise and the added trouble would lr. more than justified by the fait that the people of Atlan ta would pet a little more baseball for their money. Thes< early games are hurting Atlanta's attendance. tnotb. i tl lng tbit '*,01,1 t„> ,|one would be tv instruct lilt umpires to hustle thesi abbreviated games They could increase the speed of i any game a good 25 per cent., if they only would. By playing these games at very top speed and by keeping them going until 20 or 30 minutes of train time it ought to be possible to play a full game every Saturday afternoon. The baseball fans do not so much mind tlie early start. What is hurting the attendance is the fear of the fans that they will not see a full game, even if they go early. Os course Saturday’s game was particularly short because the rain just before game time made a slight delay In starting necessary. A game that starts at 2:15 is all wrong. Three o'clock is not bad. Very probable 3:30 would be the ideal game time in Atlanta in mid summer. But 2:15 is too early. Doubtless early starting of Sat urday ball games have cost the Atlanta Baseball association three Crackers' Batting Averages, Including Saturday's Game These averages include Saturday’s game. with Memphis: Players— I G. IAR I R. I H. I Av. Dessau, p| 11 I 32 I 4 I 11 1.344 Hemphill, cfl 49 191 I 24 61 1.318 Bailey. If. 53 1190 1 35 I 54 .284 Donahue, c 15 I 43 5! 11 1.256 O'Dell. Ibl 49 170 | 26 j 43 1.253 Alperman, ss i 53 206 29 51 1.247 O'Brien, -s -2b 50 168 19 141 .344 East, 2b . 11 1130 11 I 291.223 Graham, c 17 'ls 4 10 .222 Sitton, p1 10 23 1 ' 5 1.21. Atkins, pI 10 26 3 1 5 .192 i 'allahan, cf .. . 11 53 I 3 9 .170 Brady, p‘ 3111 I 0 1 ‘ 091 HOW THEY PAIR OFF for McMichael cup The following are the pairings in the three flights of the golf tournament for the J g McMichael cup: First Flight. T B. Fay vs. 1. L. Graves. C. Knowles vs. C J Holditch. D. R Henry vs XV. Holleyman J. J McGill vs. I S. Raine, Jr C. P King vs H <’. Moore W illiam Richards vs. T I’ Hinman R P Jones vs. XV. F, Spalding Dr F. Holland vs E Corwin Second Flight. C. Angier vs. D. Jemison J P Webster vs II I’ Thorn G \ Nicholson. lr.. vs G. A. Howcd. J. D. Osborn vs. XV. R Tichenor. P Xdair vs. B. M Blount. R X Palmer vs H .1 Hopkins <’ \ Thornton vs. I McMichael ,1. Moor/* vs E. R. James. Third Flight. W L. Hudson vs T. X. Hammond J \X Pearce vs. G W Adair. \ R. Broyles vs W U Uuuninghatn. \ W Hodnett vs \V. G Warren. L H Heck vs J D. Eby G M S' i pie vs \\ F I pshaw Srott Hudson vs H G Butler C S Davis vs. R. E Richards OFFER JOHNSON $30,000 TO BATTLE JEANNETTE LAS VEtIAS. June 17. John Arthur Johnson is certainly u lucky man. The Erem h boxing promoters, through Vic tor Breyer, have cabled an offer of $30.- UOO to the champion if he will tight Joe Jeannette 30 rounds in the fair city of l’,ri“. Ami that Jtm.iem goes whethei LU Anita wins, loses or dra.is. or four thousand iron men in the last two years. 'T' HERE is small chance of ma terially bettering conditions this year. President Kavanaugh is, of course, too busy with the task of running Little Rock to give any attention to the Southern league. Witness that when Nashville was about ready to drop out of the league, which would have been the severest blow that had fallen since the league was organized. Presi dent Kavanaugh couldn't waste the time to go over and 16ok out for things himself. He sent his sec retary. Small thanks are due the league’s chief executive that the tangle was straightened out as well as it was. Because the league president is getting his fat salary for giving the league his moral support only, which some of us believe isn't worth the price paid, no remedy i« is sight right now. Whether the future will offer any improvement can’t be determined. The anti-Atlanta forces of the Southern league would be In the majority if the matter of giving the Gate City a square deal with the Sunday ball towns came for a vote at the next schedule meeting. President Kavanaugh, who will, of course, be elected president again next year by a doting and misguid ed following, will make the sched ule and if past schedules can be taken as a criterion he can be counted on to give Atlanta all the worst of It. That ulcer can be cured Your case is no worse than what these People had. Yet see how quickly 8.8.8. cured them. “I was down three years with an ulcer on the leg," writes Mrs. Marie Cooper of Mobile, Ala. “I used only three bottles of 8.8.8. and it did me more good than fifty-six bottles of another remedy. Thoy who knew my condition and saw what 8.8 B. did for me were surprised.” Mr. R. J. Irving of Center Point, Texas, writes: “I had a bad sore leg which I could not get cured. I had the best physicians: and tried various rem edies. All failed until I used 8.8.8. Now tny leg is cured entirely and gives me no pain.” Miss Florence King of Atlanta, Ga., writes: “I had a very bad foot. I could not walk for six months. I spent much money trying to be cured. Since using 8.8.8. the foot has healed up. All in flammation is gone and I can walk withoutpain. 8.8.8. is the best blood Medicine I ever took.” These are only three cases out of thousands, which 8.8.8. has cured quickly and completely after every other treatment' failed. Any good druggist will supply you with 8.8.8. Insist on having it. Year money back if H H.Tt. fails to help you BOXING Late News and Views L. . Joe Mandot is certainly training hard for his bout with Willie Ritchie in New Orleans June 24. Joe boxes daily with ambitious youngsters who are willing to don the gloves with the Southern champ. • • • Jim Flynn is now down to 195 pounds. The fireman will probably enter the ring against Johnson at this weight. • ♦ ♦ Johnson will probably weigh 215 pounds w’hen he faces the Pueblo fireman. Al though he will have some weight on the white man, Flynn says his speed will even matters up. • • • Governor Donald says the anti-betting law will be strictly enforced at the John son-Flynn fight next July. Many fans anticipated open betting. • • • The Gowanus A. C., of New York, will hold its last fight two months from to day, when Willie Fitzgerald and Al Mc- Coy will mix it in a ten-round bout. • • • Now that Al Palzer has clinched the match with Bombardier Wells for June 28 he is working out every day in order to be in the best of condition when he enters the ring against the Englishman. LONG SHOT CAPTURES $37,200 FRENCH DERRY PARIS, Jun* 17. The Prix du Jockey club, the French derby at the Chantilly course, was won by a rank outsider, Prince Murat's Friant 11., at 32 to 1. Au gust Belmont's Amoreux 111., quoted at S to 1, finished second, and Compte De- Berteux’s Ckase 11.. at, 17 to 1. was third. W. K. Vanderbilt’s Sightly finished fourth, but Didius. also a Vanderbilt entry, ran unplaced. The French derby is a three-year event at one and one-half miles It is wortli this year $37,200. Seventeen horses started. Friant won easily by two lengths. The Road of a Thousand Wonders SUPERIOR SERVICE Via NEW ORLEANS to TEXAS, OLD and NEW MEXICO. ARIZONA. CALIFORNIA OK EGON and WASHINGTON TWO daily TRAINS to PACIFIC COAST with connections tor PORT LAND and SEATTLE. Leave New Orleans 11:30 A. M. and 9:25 P. M. * THREE daily trains to HOL’STOX with direct connections for NORTH TEXAS POIXTS. Through Standard and Tourist, Sleeping Gars The Safest Route, Every Inch Protected by Automatic Electric Block Signals Oil-Burning Locomotives—No Smoke—No Dust—No Cinders Best Dining Car Service in the World LOW ROUND TRIP EXCURSION FARES TO California And * Oregon Washington In effect during May. June. July, August, September October DELIGHTFUL OCEAN VOYAGE ONE HUNDRED GOLDEN HOURS AT SEA NEW ORLEANS TO NEW YORK SERVICE For particulars and literature, call on or -vrite O. P. BARTLETT, Gen. Agent, R, 0. BEAN T P A 1901 First Avenue. 121 P eac htree Street. Birmingham. Ala. Atlanta, Ga. MEES IND DUNES TO PUT DN SME VARD By W. J. Mcßeth. NEW YORK. June 17.—1 n thf» sordid age of business a man who wilfully closes his eyes to an opportunity for doubling his profits is usually regarded as a fit candidate for the "white house on the hill.” They may be bom every minute —but they are not so dense as to stumble across a bundle of yellowbacks without taking th« trouble to pick It up. All of which is apropos of the local baseball situation. Frank Far rell has the privilege of playing on the Polo grounds in the future. President Brush is willing to share the beautiful Brush staudium with his rival promoter. The sentiment springs from no philanthropic In stinct on the part of John T. He does not Intend to welcome the competi tor as a hallowed guest. With him it is a plain business proposition and consequently entails profit to himself. Brush stadium, the most gor geous, monumental tribute to or ganized baseball, was conceived after the old wooden stands at the Polo grounds had been burned in the spring of 1911. Erected of re inforced concrete and steel, the edifice proved correspondingly cost ly. Before the foundations were laid Brush estimated a $750,000 ex penditure. It comes from excel lent authority that the sum even tually proved far greater. For un scrupulous under-officials —perhaps the number should be held to a singular—taking advantage of Mr. Brush's poor health, let out con tracts irrespective of blds at self profit and consequent disadvantage to the owner of the Giants. Yet, calculating the cost of Brush stadium at no more than $750,000, we find Brush with a gigantic financial proposition on his hands. That sum, at the low rate of 5 per cent, would earn $37,500 annually. Before building his remarkable plant it was nec essary for the boss of the Giants to take out a 30 years lease on his grounds from the Coogan estate. The rent is said to be $40,000 a year. Wherefore, before he makes one cent profit on his investment Brush must clear $77,500 each sea son. That sum doesn’t cut a great figure to a promoter blessed with such an aggregation as McGraw’s championship Giants. Yet there have been years—and they may come again—when the Polo grounders found little in the treas ury after paying salaries, travel ing expenses, rent and office held for a dull campaign. Farrell pays SB,OOO yearly rent for the Hilltop. He got the prop erty, when it was practically val ueless, on a ten years lease It cost him considerable money to convert a, huge boulder into a playing field, so his rent altogeth er has not been as modest as the lease figures would imply. Mr. Farrell's lease has almost expired. It is up to him to move, tor the landlord will not listen to sane tig ures. The property that was made valuable by the occupation of the American league team is now a mighty fine real estate proposition. Brush has offered to rent his stadium to Frank J. Farrell. By such an arrangement both the Giants and Highlanders would util ize the historic Polo grounds. Such a plan would be quite feasible, for there have been no local major league conflicts for some years. It is said that Brush Is willing to lease bis grounds for half the rent lie pays, $20,000 a year.