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NEW YORK. .July B.—A strange world, indeed. this little, spjiene of curs, and stranger Will that portion of its inhabitants which ramps and raves six months of the year over our national pas time Say one cold, cruel word against •Rube” Marquard to any citizen of Manhattan or environs and then get ready for a punch in the eye Whisper a scandal against the fair name of Fred Marine If you are contemplating suicide. Yet a brief spell back the enthusiasts who now worship at the shrine of this grand pair were denying them with oaths and curses. We will deal Just now with Mor kle’s case. Here Is a tribute paid him recently by Tom Lynch, presi dent of the National league. "Merkle.” said Lynch, "I consid er one of the most wonderful men that ever broke into baseball. He Is a man in every sense of the word His heart is as big as that of an ox Otherwise he wouldn't be in major league company today How many professional baseball play ers, do you think, could have stood the panning and the roasting and th® abuse heaped upon the head of thia young gentleman after he fail ed to touch second base in that memorable game of 1908? I'll tell yeti Not one In ten. no. not one tn fifty. "You nan not find many better first basemen today than Merkle. Why? Simply because he realized his mistake and decided tn live ft 4own by deeds of worth He didn’t \an Ik He didn't slouch He held a high head and kept a stiff upper Up. And Instead of worrying over that one mistake,, as most fellows would hav* done, he profited bv his experience end let ft stand as a warning Hl* game Improved H* was a far better first baseman In 1999 than in 1908. far better still tn 1910 This year he is among the beet In the game. 1 take my hat off to Merkle Has the prop ar stuff He’ll be better still In 1911.” Merkle a Corking Fielder, Tom Lynch comes prettv near tn knowing what he's talking about before he ever expresses himself. It Is very doubtful If there is a first baseman in the game more valu able than Fred Merkle. There are flashier players Hall Chase and Jake Daubert. possessing more natural advantages in that they throw left-handed, appear a bit more graceful, perhaps Yet ft is doubtful if either has anything on the Giant as a flelder Merkle is not sliowy But he is wonderfully sure and as expert in making pick-ups of mean bounders as even the great Chase He covers as much ground as Hal. is a® skillful a base runner and a more dangerous hitter. He is a trifle leas agile and can not go so high for strong arm pegs, nor is he so dexterous with the mitt hand Yet Merkle Is the only right-hand ed first baseman who can break up a sacrifice hit play almost as cun- 5 ti 5 >— 2 t 3-xs»x;3 B r S 11 F £ I’fill 4 - ° ? ningly as either Chase or Dau bert. No one versed In baseball will deny that Merkle ranks among the first three baseball's first base guardians. That is an honor In deed for a youngster that the fans were trying to hound back to the brush four short summers ago. But then he was unfortunate; simply the victim of circumstances. Had Mike Donlin. Arthur Devlin or the great Matty been on first when Al Brldweil knocked out the clean single that should have won the game, little would have been thought of the veteran's oversight. The fact that It was a recruit gave the knockers a chance. Or if New- York had won the play-off with the Cubs, as they shot,ld. Merkle's lot would not have been so hard In 1909 A® a matter of fact, both Mc- Graw and Mathewson were so much—yes. even more -to blame than Merkle He was a raw re fruit, in the big show for the first time. He had come up to one of the craftiest managers and one of the best teams in the profession from the then obscure Southern Michigan league Most of the sea son he had spent on the bench, studying Fred Tenny's style of play. Took Tenny’s Place. When Tenny’s underpinning went to the had the "Kid" was called upon. Now. when Merkle pulled his oversight Matty was coaching at first base and McGraw at third. When Brldweil went to bat with two out. Merkle on first and Mc- Cormick on third there was identi cally the same situation as the one at Pitsburg ten days previous ly when Johnny Evers and the Cubs tried to win over the Pirates on the same sort of technicality In deed. if the subsequent play had been rehearsed It could not have been better played into Chicago's! hand Chicago lost its protest over Pittsburg's victory because Hank O'Day, who was umpire -In-chief that day, had failed to note wheth er or not the runner did touch sec ond. Now, Chicago had certainly tipped its mlts by the ruction it raised over Pittsburg’s triumph. What excuse, then, could New York offer for not being on the alert Is is not reasonable to suppose that the coachers McGraw and Mathewson—were caught napping Just the same as was Merkle? It is quite true that the Giants were entitled to the pennant save for a little technicality. Yet technicali ties have lost empires as well as pennants and ball games. That was a painful afternoon for McGraw. Mathewson the Giants and in particular Fred Merkle. Yet in the case of Merkle it perhaps was one of those rare blessings it, disguise. McGraw stuck by the boy and gave bin, every encouragement. And Merkle understood that his chief was depending upon him to make good in spite of the crowd and wipe out the stigma of Giant carelessness. That one fatal slip up has been a beacon to Fred Mer kle. It has fired his zeal whenever it gave evidence of flagging So far as he is concerned perhaps, it was well that he did neglect to touch second. The pennant of 190 S is of little concern to the chan, pions of 1912 And you may bet that Merkle nor any of McGraw’s disciples will repeat such'neglect, in the world - series battles this fall BIG SHOOT ON TODAY. BISLEY. ENGLAND. July 8. The an nual meeting of the British National Rifle association opened here today with tin* weather The targets were set a 1 •JOO and t.Otto yard- the thief event of the day was the Waldcgrave match. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JULY 8. 1912. Crackers Will Be Lucky if They Aren’t Last by Saturday Night PIAV 9 GAMES IN 6 DAVS WITH STRONG CLUBS By Perry H. Whiting. I Y YELL, what shall we say y/y/ about the Atlanta baseball team now? It has cost as much as the Panama canal; it has taken as long in the building as the pyramids. Yet it stands at present next to last, and unless It can perform miracles of valor, an unheard of feat of arms, it will drop to last place before the end of the present week. We don't say, mind you, that It. will get. last, be fore Saturday’s sun sets -for there Is no accounting for Nashville’s ability to absorb punishment—but we do allege that it will have to do better this week than ft did last to keep from it We have led up, by easy stages, to the crucial question, to wit: "What's the matter with the Atlan ta team, anyway?” It's a question we don’t relish. We spent all last season trying to explain a tail-end team, and the job this summer hasn’t been mate rially better. "What's the matter with the Crackers?" Plenty! Chiefly, they can’t win games for losing. Why do they lose" We don't know. The other team always makes the most runs. We have spent the last ten years or thereabouts writing baseball in the South, and ought to know some thing about it if w e don’t, but that's as close to an explanation as we can get. • • • THE Crackers face a fearsome week. They must play nine games In six days with the Bir mingham and New Orleans teams. The natural supposition would be that, as the Crackers lost most of those they played last week wdth bum clubs, they will lose al! to . the good clubs. Fortunately, however, this does not necessarily follow The Crack ers are batting well. Os course, w henever one of their pitchers gets going they hit a batting slump. But in the main they are hitting the ball. They made eighteen hits in the first game Saturday—and LAVENDER. GEORGIA PRODUCT. PITCHING SENSATIONAL BALL The following is from The Chicago Ex aminer of last Saturday: "Gentlemen Jimmy Lavender, of the Cubs, may toss his bonnet into the arena in the presence of an, pitcher without fear of having it booted around That goes for mighty Reuben Marquard, the •nineteen straight' hero of the Giants National league enthusiasts have been watching Marquard these many weeks. Rube's work lias been marvelous Mar velous is the word still he was lucky to keep that straight siring of wins, for he deserved to lose about four of them. No knock on Rube. Just the truth Now-, however, folks are keeping .one eje on Mr John Lavender. of Mr Chance's gaiaxx or stars, and the other on Rube. There are two to watch instead of one. "Over on the west side, where tans for some time have been envious of the south side because it boasted some pitchers they are tickled almost to death Laven der is tlie favorite color. Take notice on ladies' day next week 'Lavender got a late start as a sen sation. but once started, goodness, hqw that lan has pitched! He's a whale' and a bear.' as the slangy fans say. all rolled into one "June 24 Lavender hit his stride. He lost a 1 to 0 game that day to Fromme of the Reds. Cincinnati counted in the fifth inning Four days later a Friday, he shut Pittsburg out here with one hit. 3to 0 The following Monday he blanked them again in twelve Innings. 1-0. Yester day he calcimined tlie Cards, 4 to 0. Some pitching' He has won but five games out of nine this season, hut he'll beat that percentage to a certainty. ' If Lavender and his spitball whale the Giants here next week we venture to pre dict the west side bugs will be offering bint their ho.tses and lots 'The Cub- it* great when they have a pitcher and 1 .it emir; is a pitcher. "That will be ail until he trims the Giants." Well, Now That We Know Each Other I MAYOR SAYS ARREST? iPLAYERS WHO “TALK? jBACK" TO “HIS UMPS”? + 4- WALLA WALLA, WASH., July 4- 4* 8 Players who have anything to 4* say to the umpire- -and most of them 4- have—don't talk to his nibs in Wai- 4- 4* la Walla. Not any more Mayor 4‘ 4- Gillis has put a stop to that. Play- 4- 4* ers who feel like expressing them- 4- 4- selves emphatically tq the dictator 4- 4- person face arrest for disorderly 4. 4" conduct 4. 4* -lust to see that this order to the 4- 4- chief of police was carried out, May- 4* 4* or Gillis attended the Pendleton- 4* 4- Walla Walla game Policemen were 4* stationed close enough to overhear 4* 4* the diamond conversation. The 4* 4- players didn’t say anything—while 4- 4- the game was under way. 4* 4* 4- -H-4-4»4-H~H®H-4-I"b4"bH’4®t--M®l-'H“k still managed to lose it. However, a team that is hitting the ball is likely to win a game any told time. So there is hope. The marvelous thing about the Crackers is the fact that they can * make a million hits and never a run. Saturday, in the first inning, the Crackers made three hits and got two bases on balls and scored only one run In the third three singles and an error netetd but one run. In the fourth three hits in suc cession resulted in no runs. In the eighth two hits, with only one down, resulted in nothing. It was nobody’s fault in particu lar. In the first Agler struck out with the bases full. In the second Callahan and Alperman fizzled with a man on second. In the third Donahue hit into a double play with the bases full. In the fourth Hemphill hit into a double play with the bases full. In the eighth, with two on and one down, Sitton and Callahan failed to do anything. And there you have it. of course, In that first game Sat urday the Billikens were lucky. Or the Crackers were unlucky. Figure It either way you please. But this bad luck is going too far. ■ ■ • IF the umpires had wanted to earn * their salaries Saturday they would have enforced the rule ALL-AMERICAN QUARTER TO COACH OHIO WESLEYAN DELAW ARE. OHIO. July 8. - M B. Banks, former Syracuse player, picked by Walter Camp and others as all-American quarterback in 1905, was offered the po sition of coach at Ohio Wesleyan univer sity. succeeding L. W. St. John, who goes to Ohio State Banks, who Is 28 years old and married, lias be err head coach at Central university. Lexington. Ky . the past three years He has played football, basket ball and baseball, and In addition taken part in track work. Although he has accepted a contract for another year at Central uni versity. Banks is expected to come here, and be visited the town last week seek ing the position. BILL CLYMER HAS SOME RECORD FOR PENNANTS Bill Clymer has outdone Bill Smith’s pennant record He won six rags in eleven years Here is his record: 1900. Wilkesbarre (Atlantic league!, first; 1902. Louisville (A. A.l, second, pennant lost last day; 1903. Ltuisville (A \l. second: 1904, Columbus (A A.I. sec ond, 1905. Columbus (A. A.), first; 1906. Columbus lA. A.I. first; 1907. Columbus (A. A.l. first; 1908. Columbus (A. A.l. third: 1909. Columbus (A. A.), resigned in mill-season; 1.910, Wilkesbarre iN. Y. State league!, first. 1911, Wilkesbarre (N. Y. State league!, first. PITCHER FALLS OUT OF WINDOW. BURLINGTON. IOWA. July 8. Pitch er Ed Hawk, of the Burlington (Central Association! team, for whom the Detroit American league team is said to have offered $3,000, was fatally injured by ac cidentally falling from a third story win dow of his hotel, while attempting to adjust a w indow shade If you sent a letter or telegram to the wrong address, you would hardly expect an answer. woukLvou? The same is trut when you select the wrong medium to hrve all your wants filled Try the right way—The Georgian Want Ad way. against delaying the game. The Billikens were persistent anft dis gusting offenders. In the second game they just kicked away, the time, throwing the ball around the lot and wasting time in other ways. This stuff hurts baseball. The league president ought to do some thing to speed up the games. « a • TATE have/with us today the league leaders—that tight little ball club gathered together by Colonel Carleton Mplesworth. We picked them, at the first of the season, to win the pennant. We haven't yet seen any reason to change our de cision. The Barons lack a lot of being the greatest bail club in the world. * but they are useful. The team has some clean-up batters, some fair fielders and a lot of spirit. It is winning chiefly with that spirit. The men have gotten together and are playing ball to win. The Barons are due for four games in three days. They play a double-header Tuesday. The Crack ers have managed to defeat the Barons once this season, so the chances for winning a lot of these games are none too good. When the Barons depart the Pel icans arrive. They play double headers Thurday and Friday and a single on Saturday. The locals have won one game this season from the Pelicans, so the outlook for a clean-up the latter part of the week is none too blooming bright. Yea. verily, if the Crackers are to be better than last on Saturday night they will have to go some. ARTHUR CHAPPLE HANGS UP NEW MOTORCYCLE MARK NEW YORK. July B.—Arthur Chap pe. on a trial against time, traveled three miles in 2:03 4-5 minutes on a motorcycle at Brighton Beach, clipping one and seconds from the record held by Johnny Albright, of Den ver. Fifteen minutes later he retained ifls Eastern championship title by defeat ing Harry Thomas, of Philadelphia, in the five-mile match race in two straight heats. His time in both heats was 4:38 2-5, If Your Are Buying a Truss Remember that if it doesn’t fit properly, it will not only rub ' and chafe and hurt, but It may result in a very dangerous con dition. Don't ever take chances with children’s trusses. Jacobs’ Pharmacy Has the Best Equipped Truss Department tn the South, and by far the largest stock of Truss®®, Elastic Hosiery, Belts. Bandages, Abdominal Sup porters. etc. At our Main Store we have Private Fitting Rooms, quiet and secluded, with men and women attendants, and the best professional advice is always at your command free of charge. Rupture is serious. Always get the best professional service—at Jacobs’ Pharmacy. It costs no mors, Jacobs' Pharmacy Atlanta, Ga, Copyright, 1312, National News Ass'n. Charlie Miller, the Latest Hope, Has Swell Wallop and Is Game By W. W. Naughton. SAN FRANCISCO, July B. There have been white hopes and white hopes, but assur edly no possible restorer of pu gilistic prestige to the Caucasian race ever developed under circum stances similar to those which marked the coming out of big Charlie Miller, of San Francisco. Miller is a Herculean Roumanian with literally no sense of It % >r. With him every incident of the day’s existence is. as serious as a smash on the jaw. Once, - out at Colma training camp, they fixed up an electric chair with a push but ton attachment for him, and it was a long time before they could ex plain the Joke to him. He thought the conversion of the chair into a galvanic battery was due to some vagary of the climate or that may be it was something he ate that af fected his muscles. M hen Miller first became enam ored of prize ring pastimes he was employed as a motorman on the street, cars. He used to present himself at the training quarters of any prominent pugilist who hap pened to be undergoing prepara tion for a match and volunteer as sparring partner. He asked no mercy, and for that matter the harder they slugged him the. better he liked it. Once Stan ley Ketchel! picked the largest pair of gloves he could find and flogged at Miller without stint. The mo torman was knocked out that aft ernoon. but the next day he was on hand again ready to take his medi cine. It got to be that he was quite a drawing card around the camps, the attendance being visibly swelled whenever it was known that big Fit*’ Uiiohac Specialist In Nerve, Ol ■ Blood and Skin Diseases 16'/, NORTH BROAD ST.. OPPOSITE THIRD NAT, BANK. ATLANTA. GA. I AM AGAINST HIGH AND EXTORTIONATE FEES CHARGED BY SOME DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS. To men and women my fee is $5.00t0 SIO.OO in all catarrhal chronic disor ders and simple maladies. I furnish you the medicine with the fee which is prepared by me personally in my private laboratory from the purest and best of drugs. If your ailment is chronic and you have failed to find a cure consult DR. HUGHES without the slightest obligation on your part. If he finds your case incurable he will frankly tell you so and advise you against spending your money for useless treatment. But remember DR. HUGHES has cured manj’ chronic sufferers whom other doctors had pronounced incurable If he accepts your case for treatment he will positively make you no charge if he fails to effect a cure. ST make the above statement so that you will know you consult a regular physician and sur geon -who is making a specialty of certain dis eases I possess skill and experience which few can share, and you can feel assured when you come to my office no deceit will be prac ticed. I meet you as man to man. open and above board. I invite you to come to my office I will ex plain to you my treatment for Varicocele. Stric ture, Hydrocele, Hernia, Nervous Debility, Blood Poison, Piles', Fistula. Kidney, Bladder and Prostatic Troubles, and give you FREE a physical examination; if necessary, a microsco pical and chemical analysis of secretions to de termine pathological and bacteriological condi tions. Every person should learn their true condition. A permanent cure is what you wan' Specific or Non-Speclfis Disorders. In acute troubles—all inflammation and Irrita tion stopped In day or two. This badjdisease cured in 7 Chron ic in 21 days I also cure Contagious Blood Polson and all complications from these ailments. My treatment and cure Is no new discovery with me and has long since l>ass6d the experimental stage. I cure this dis ease never to return. MY SERVICES COST YOU NOTHING UNLESS YOU ARE PERMA NENTLY CURED AND SATISFIED. It Is because my well tried, effective methods cure sitch a large per cent of cases that I am able to give this ad vantage which other specialists do not offer. HOURS: 8 A M TO 7 P. M SUNDAYS 9TO 1 FREE—CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION—FREE. Cal! or write for information before taking treatment, as you will find mv charges lower and treatment quicker and better than elsewhere DR. J. D. HUGHES Charlie Miller was to appear. In time Miller became a standby with promoters of four-round bouts in San Francisco, and he continued to be the heavyweight comedian of the Queensberry ring. He loved the stress of fierce fighting, and he has an utter disregard for punish ment. But he did not catch on to the technique of things, somehow Os the ordinary leads and counters of boxing he did not seem able to obtain a grasp. As they used to say of Sharkey in his cub days, he could not hit the postofflee unless you let him swing at it. Miller's most brilliant achieve ment was the spoiling of Al Kauf man's come-back dream. The two heavies met at Dreamland on, the evening of June 21, and Miller gained the decision after four rounds of furious work. Miller’s great bulk strength and assimi lative qualities stood him in good stead. By continued rushing he Kept Kaufman off balance, and did not permit Billy Delaney’s former protege to set himself properly for a-right clip at the chin. Has Heap of Confidence, From being a joke. Miller has merged into a conundrum It is felt that he will never acquire any kind of ring polish, but he has gained confidence and has formu lated a style of fighting that is baf fling to the fellows who are sup posed to know how. Miller is elated with his success He is still modest, but he is ambi tious. He claims the right to rank with Luther McCarthy and Al Bal zer, and it really seems as though he is to be reckoned with. His real name, by the way, Is Joseph Costamagna; so there Is a prospect of his being christened "Costermogger Joe” if he ever rises to the pugilistic heights.. Chronic Diseases. Kidney and Bladder, Urinary Trouble, Blood Poison (contracted or inherited). Piles, Pirn pies. Ulcers, Skin Dis eases, Nervous Trou bles. Catarrh successfully tr ea te d— all dropping and hawking stopped In a few days. Chronic Diseases of Men and Women cured to stay cured. By Tad My Treatment For "Nervous Debility," You have probably been treated for this so-called trouble and helped temporarily or maybe not at all This condition is merely a symptom of some deep seated and obscure com plication. My direct treatment removes the cause, thereby making permanent cures and restoring strength, health and hapiness.