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WOLGASTANO MS BEST W FOR GO IOS ANGELES, July 3. —Light- weight Champion Ad Wol gast and Joe Rivers, the Mexican challenger, have finished training for their scheduled 20- round battle at Vernon arena to morrow afternoon and today are resting. Both the Cadillac boy and the lo cal tighter are in prime condition for the bill, and fans look for the • best lightweight combat staged her? in a long time. Wolgast is every inch a cham pion—3 glutton for punishment, ag gressive and wonderfully clever from a purely •'fighting” view point. Rivers' rise has been rapid. Only recently did he become too large for the featherweight division. He suffered one defeat vvlien he fought in the 122-pound class, a knock out at the hands of Johnny Kil bane. and that has generally been considered a fluke. The Mexican is a powerful puncher and a clever lad as well. Wolgast is a strong favorite in the betting. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Mobile in Atlanta. Birmingham in Chattanooga Montgomery in Nashville. Vew Orleans in Memphis. Standing of the CtuD» W I. PC W. L. P.C. B ham . .47 26 .614 C'nooga. 33 36 .478 M mphis 36 32 .523 Mont. .33 39 .458 \ or 35 32 .522 Atlanta. 30 36 .455 Mobile . 38 39 .494 N’vllle. .29 41 .414 Yesterday s Results. Birmingham 3, Chattanooga 0. ttlanta 8. Mobile 5 (first game.) Mobile 9. Atlanta 1 (second game.) Nashville 2. Montgomery o (first game.) Nashville 9. Montgomery 4 (second game, i Memphis 3. New Orleans 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Cglumbia. Columbus in Savannah. Jacksonville in Macon. Standing or the Clubs. W. L 1- ■’ VV. L. P C cola 4 1 .800 Macon .23 .400 Sav .31 .750 J’ville. 2 3 .400 ("bus. 2 2 .500 Albany. . 1 4 .200 Yesterday's Results. Savannah 0. Columbus 0 (called at end of eleventh inning: darkness.) Jacksonville 8. Macon 2. ('ol'imbia 9. Albany 0 (forfented because Albani refused to pay fines Imposed by umpire. I AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Chicago in St. Louis. Cleveland in Detroit. New York in Washington. Boston in Phalidelphia. Standing of the Clubs VV I. p i- W L. P.C. Boston . .47 22 .681 C'land. . .33 34 .493 phila .39 26 .600 Detroit .34 36 .486 Chicago .39 29 .574 N. York. 19 44 .302 Wash 39 31 .557 S. Louis 19 47 288 Yesterday's Results. Detroit 8. Cleveland 7. Washington 5. Pbialdelphia 3. St. Louis 2. Chicago 1 (first game.' Chicago 5. St. Louis 4 (second game.) New York 9. Boston 7. NATIONAL ; EAGUE Games Today. Philadelphia in Boston. Brooklyn in New York. Standing of the Clubs. VV I. p <’ W. L P.C. N York 52 It .825 Phila. . 32 40 .444 Cnicago. 36 26 .581 Br'klyn. .23 37 .383 P'burg 37 27 .578 S. Louis 23 38 ,377 ("nati. .36 31 .537 Boston . .19 48 .284 Yeste r day’s Results. New York 7. Boston 3. Chicago-9. Pittsburg 2. Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn 6. cinrlnnati-Si. Louis: off day. DENVER FIGHT FANS BET HEAVILY ON TITLE BOUTS DENVER. COLO.. July 3. —For the first time there was much activity in the bet t'nc on the Johnson-Flynn fight in this c’ty today. Early in the morning John son ruled a strong favorite at odds of 3 to 1. but the many supporters of the Colorado fireman forced the odds down to in 1. and some bets were registered as low as 8 to 5. NAPS GET COLLEGE MAN. CLEVELAND. OHIO. July 3.—Ken neth Nash, captain and shortstop of the Brown university baseball team, report •'i here fora tryout with the ('leveland American league club "If H's at Hartman’s, It's Correct” ABOUT SUMMER OXFORDS We give especial atten tion to the ankle-fitting Qualities, the most essen tial feature in a low-cut shoe. Our popular line of Oxfords for men includes all styles and all leathers, with an especially large and attractive line of t am?. $3.50 to $6.00 Six Peachtree Street • Opp. Peters Bldg, i 11 H's Correct, It's at Hartman's” Ba!l Thurs., July 4 Atlanta vs. Montgomery PONCE DE LEO'I PARK Game Called 4:00 Marquard Attributes His Unparalleled Success to McGraw +•+ +•+ +•+ -{•••!• +•+ 4-»+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Greatest Pitcher of All Time Writes of His Baseball Career Twirier Who Has Won Eighteen Consecutive (fames Since Beginning of Season Declares He Had a Hard Time Remaining in Big League. Fears Boston More Than Any Other Club. Zimmerman His Nemesis at Bat. t By RUBE MARQUARD. MY success as a pitcher is due, first, to Manager John Mc- Graw, of the Giants, for his faith in me and in giving me a chance when nearly everybody else was calllug me a failure. McGraw kept saying i was a pitcher when I sometimes almost doubted it myself, and so it is McGraw who is responsible for me being a member of a championship club. And. naturally, that club has contributed very largely to my success. The boys behind me—each and every one—have helped me. I consider them the finest, gamest lot of ball play ers that ever made up a team. You may be sure I appreciate them. I certainly had a hard time in the big league from the moment I was bought by Manager McGraw for SII,OOO from Indianapolis in 1908 un til last season, when I finally began winning. People seem ed to expect more of me than of anyone else on account of the price paid for me by the club, and when I couldn't win for the Giants as I won for Indianapoiis. 1 was pan ned right and left. All that onjy made me the more determined to make good, but it was a long pull. Os course, 1 was greatly grat ified when I finally succeed ed: 1 would hardly have been human if I hadn't. It was Wilbert Robinson, the coach of the Giant pitchers, who really pushed me into my stride. ‘Robbie”—the best ’old boy in the world —took hold of me when I didn't have much confidence in my ability to get 'em over when run ners were on the bases. I would be fearful of tosing control, so I would try to put the ball right across the plate without anything to it. Then the batters would give me a fine lacing. "Robbie” took that out of me in short order. "You cut loose all the time, and never mind where ft. is going.” he told .me. '‘Atm for the plate, put your stuff on the ball and let er go," he said; and that’s what I did. With him coaching me constant ly I soon found that I had control, and my "stuff" at the same time, ■and then 1 got confidence. I think "Robbie” is a wonderful adviser for a young pitcher, and I owe a great deal to him. Has Developed New Ball. One thing which contributes much to my work this yetir, in my judgment, is a new ball I have de veloped that I call the "turkey trot." This is the slow ball that some one named the "buzzard wing dip” not long ago. I was monkey ing with different deliveries one day, trying to pick up a knuckle ball • and also trying to throw that thing that Mathewson showed at Marlin one spring, and which the writers named the "quiver." Using the same clutch on the ball that I use to throw my fast one. only letting the ball slip through the first and second fingers of my Cool Summer Suits t Delightfully cool are our Suits of Cana dian Crash and Sumar—the porous texture permitting the cool breezes to pass through and circulate where they are welcome. Besides the question of comfort these are Suits of striking elegance, of graceful cut with long easy rolling lapels. English or medium fitting models. • Colors in the Crash are soft grays and tans, making particularly smart mid-sum mer wear; or dark blue which may he smartly combined with white trousers. $25, $27.50 and SSO. Suits of Sumar in blue, brown or gray, with pin stripe of white, $25 We Close at 12 o’Clock Thursday, July 4 Geo. Muse Clothing Co. — i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. hand as I turned ft loose. 1 found it took a peculiar break. I kept working at it until I discovered I had picked up a valuable slow ball, and that was something I needed. J use just the same motion as I do to deliver my fast ball, which makes it all the better. The hardest batter for me in the big leagues is Heine Zimmerman, of Chicago, but 1 guess he is just as hard for all pitchers,• judging from his batting average. He is certainly a wonderful natural hit ter. You can’t tell what he k go ing to hit. or where he is going to hit it. I believe i* Is much more difficult to out a icss Zimmerman than Wagner. Honus doesn’t care much for a slow ball, and I’d rather see him up there in a pinch than Zimmerman, or even a fellow like Joe Tinker. Still, old Honus can certainly pickle 'em at times. They say he doesn’t like a spitball, but that is some thing I have never fooled with. O’Toole Is Toughest Opponent. The toughest pitcher for me—l mean the one who gives me the hardest fight—is Marty O’Toole, the Pittsburg boy. who came from the same league I did. The game at the Polo grounds this season, when he took me into extra in nings. was the hardest and most nerve racking fight I ever had in my life. Marty gave me the most trouble at the bat. too. ’I think he is a grand pitcher. He has cer tainly always given me a run for my money. Lew Richie, of Chicago, usually gives me a warm argument, too. Benton, of Cincinnati, gave me a hard fight, but Marty O’Toole is the boy who makes me hustle over every inch of the route. The hardest club in the National league for me to beat is Boston. That’s a tail-end outfit, but any time I go against them they give me a battle. It's been true ever since I got going good. It’s a mys tery I can’t very well explain. I don’t have a great deal of trouble against clubs that figure three to one better than Boston, but when ever 1 start against the Braves 1 anticipate trouble, no matter what pitcher is working against me. The only way I can account for it is that the Boston fellows are just up there to take a swat at the ball with the idea of fattening their batting averages, and with out any particular regard to the sit uation of the game. Boston Lacks “Inside Ball.” By that I mean that other clubs play more "inside ball.” as you Rube rites for Georgian Readers Exclusively His Personal Fjxfieriences as Baseball s Greatest Pitcher RICHARD DE MARQUIS, more popularly known as "Rube" Marquard is the greatest southpaw baseball has ever developed. He is the champion pitcher of the major leagues, and possessor of the modern pitching record for consecutive victories. The great left-hander of the Giants has won eighteen consecu tive games this season, and has yet to taste defeat. ) Yet Marquard is as modest as he is great. There is nothing of the "swelled head" about him. His won derful success with the Giants the "Rube” attributes to the encouragement and help of his associates. To Mc- Graw he tenders the humblest 'homage, for. says he. it was the Little Napoleon who stuck by him through three years of failure and disappointment, and whose sound advice in changing a faulty delivery finally led the big port-sider to unqualified success. Wilbert Robinson, the Giants' coach, according to the great pitcher, was almost as instrumental as McGraw in shaping the major league destiny of this wonderful star. In the accompanying article, written exclusively for The Georgian by the great pitcher himself. "Rube"’ Marquard for Jhe first time throws light upon some inside facts of his major league career. He tells why Bos ton has always been the toughest proposition for him, and lauds Marty O'Toole as his greatest diamond rival. Marquard fears Heine Zimmerman at the bat more than he does Hans Wagner—but let him tell It to you in his own fashion. might call it. and a pitcher knows in a general way what to expect from them. But about all you can look for from Boston Is a steady effort to slug the ball out. of the lot —and those boys ean do it. too. I have a good deal of respect for the hitting powers of the Bos tonians. 1 guess J have my best success against Philadelphia. At least, it has worked out that way. They haven’t beaten me; and 1 also have gjod luck against St. Louis. Chi cago is always a hard club for anybody, and so is Pittsburg and Cincinnati. The Chicago fellows are great fighters from start to In fact. 1 wouldn't say that any club in the league is a “mark” for me. or for any pitcher, and I never go into a game that I don’t look for a hard fight. You never can tell at what moment the weakest club will give you trquble. I seem to catch a lot of the best pitchers as my opponents, although I don’t mind that particularly. I figure that if I am lucky enough to win, it is more credit to beat *a hart pitcher than to beat an easy one. The other day I overheard a con versation on a street ear between some fans who were discussing the game that was on for that after noon. They were saying that Alex ander would probably work for Philadelphia, and that if I worked against him he would beat me. Confident He Could Win. It wasn’t my turn to pitch, but I felt good, and I wanted to meet Alexander, so I asked Manager Mc- Graw to let me work. I went to him in the club house before the game and told him I thought 1 might be able to win, and he said: "All right, if you’re that confi dent. go ahead." I did win. but Alexander gave me a tough fight. He Is a great pitch er, I think. 1 have asked McGraw before to let me pitch certain games, but as a rule a Giant pitch er never knows when he is to work, and you may be sure he is not al lowed to pick his games. When he knows it is his turn he also knows that McGraw expects him to be ready to work. He warms up. with McGraw and Robinson looking him over; and McGraw is the. judge. 1 think the manager of the Giants can tell just from a man’s looks as he sits on the bench whether he is in condition to pitch. He makes mighty few mistakes in that respect. I consider him the, greatest man in baseball, and I can never give him too much credit for anything I have done, or may do When I was going so poorly in the first three years I vias with the club it was McGraw who kept the heart in me. He told me to pay no attention to the "roasts" from the fans in the grandstand. I al ways believed, deep down, that 1 could make good, but I was mighty discouraged sometimes. McGraw Changes Pitching Style. When I first began pitching I used a side arm delivery almost al together. and that was my style when I came to the Giants. Mc- Graw told me to abandon the side arm style and pitch overhanded, so I could get. a better jump to my fast ball. I lost control as soon as I switched, and really had to start in and learn how to pitch all over again; but it was a great thing for me, that change. I rarely use a side arm movement now; so that is another example of McGraw ’a judg ment. Naturally, with my new delivery, I don't use a cross-fire like many left-handers. I believe now that the side movement Is very wearing on a pitcher. If I were giving a boy advice about how to succeed in the big league as a pitcher. I would tell Hermsheim /drink /\ goo d\ / hearty/ \ ° r \ x. / it’s \y oux \/ a favorite refreshing at the always delicious ball whole bracing some La game_A / 'CIS. I r-o I 7 7 / rive L'/v.L o ° /\ centimes / \ S RED ROCK CO. X* 7 \7 ATLANTA X/ him that, first of all. he must take care of himself. 1 have never dissi pated. and that has been of big ad vantage to me. I occasionally smoke a cigar, or a cigarette, ami I chew tobacco when I ani pitch ing. 1 think most pitchers do. I try to keep good hours and get plenty of sleep, and I think that is important. I figure about three days rest between games is enough for me. I weigh 185 pounds in pitching condition, and I pick up little weight in the winter. When 1 first got to going good I was out after strike-out records, but after a game against Boston, when I fanned fourteen men in eight innings and wore myself out. I quit that. They came on and gave me a beating in extra innings, because I was too weak to gt, through as a. result of my play for a record. I now follow Christy Mathewson’s system of depending upon my support to a great extent and 1 consider that support the most dependable in the league. Crackers* Batting Averages, Including Yesterday*s Games These averages include yesterday’s dou ble bill with the Gulls Players-|_G._ I AB. |_R._ LHjJAv. Coombs, p I 1| 1 ] Oil TOGO Dessau, p 14 142 9 I 1.4 |.333 Hemphill, cf. 65 1251 30 'Bl 1.323 Bailey, rs 69 |249 44 175 1.301 Harbison, ss 16 54 5 i 16 1.296 Alperman. 2b 69 >361 38 166 1.253 Callahan. If 27 >ll7 15 '29 1.248 O'Brien, ss 52 172 19 | 42 1.244 Graham, c 24 70 7 17 1.243 Donahue, c 24 75 7 > 18 1.240 McElveen, 3b 75 274 35 I 64 1.234 Atkins, p 13 33 3 I 7 >.212 Sitton, p 14 .35 17 >.194 Brady, p 8 25 I 11 4 1.160 Agler. 1b 1 6 18 I 2 ! 2 1.111 PITCHER WALDORF WILL SIGN CONTRACT TODAY Rudolph Waldorf, the big right-hand pitcher secured from the Cubs by Man ager Hemphill, will sign an Atlanta con tract today, and will be given a try-out at Poncey park at an early date. Wal dorf is as big as a house, has plenty of steam and knows how to mix his curves, which should go toward making him a gobd man He did some pitching w'hile at Notre Dame, and looked so good that Manager Chance grabbed him. He is only here under an optional agreement. Manager Hemphill may give him a try-out in one of the games tomorrow. PETE O’BHiEN TURNED LOOSE BY HEMPHILL Peter J. O'Brien, the former big league star, who has* been on the Crackers' salary list since the start cf the present season, was given his un conditional release by the Atlanta Baseball association this morning, and Chug Coombs, the Carolina league pitcher, was signed as utility man. Waivers were asked on O'Brien, but as none of the clubs wanted him he was made a free agent. LLBBB! l”J8g 1 111 1-■"■■L—LH . . ■! 'gßSg CALLER KING WILL GIVE RETURNS OF Flynn-Johnson Fight TOMORROW DIRECT FROM POSTAL WIRE. Blow for Blow, Harry Staten’s Old Club. MONEY TO LOAM ON , OIAMON3S AN J JEWELRY 8 t r I c t ly confidential. Unredeemed pledges !a diamonds for sale. 30 per cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul * May.) 1S 1-2 PEACH REc ST, UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Bank Bldg Both Phones 1584 WE 3UY OLD GOLD 11