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'Che QPORTING EDITOR’S
COLUMN
Charley hemphill has a
pennant-winning team ON
PAPER. But on the diamond
t’-iey are a most promising ?andl
for the cellar position. And
Cere is only one thing that is
keeping them 'way down in the
ss, ond division.
The lack of snap and ginger, nr
good old pep." as they say in base
bad slang, is the item that stands
between the team and a berth
among the first four.
Th* writer witnessed Saturday's
farce at Pohcey park. And what a
nightmare it was! The Atlanta
placers were as quiet as a bunch
of deaf and dumb mutes at a prayer
meeting. They took their turn at.
bar as per the. order, and they
located their positions when Mont
gomery was at bat.
But it requires more than me
chanical motion to win baseball
games. And it is up to Charley-
Hemphill to get a big syringe and
Inject a bunch of this "pep" into
his men.
\s J have said, they can waHC in
from rhe field, locate their ben-ch
without a guide, sit down without
being told, know when it is their
turn to bat. realize when three are
out. ran find where they left their
gloves, put 'em on without instruc
tions and- prepare for the opposi
tion's assault without being signed.
But that lets them out.
♦ * •
q-HEIR work on »he bases is pa-
1 thetic. In eight innings of the
first game Saturday they garnered
thirteen hits and yet cashed only
two runs. They took about as much
> hance on the paths as John D.
CHANCE READY TO QUIT
JOB AS CUBS' MANAGER
ST. LOVIS. July B.—The collapse of
Manager Frank Chance, of the Chicago
Cubs, during the first game of the double
header with, the Cardinals, at Robison
field, last Thursday, may mean the per
manent retirement of the "Peerless Lead
er' as manager of the once famous base
ball machine. He became so 111 during
rhe.matinee that he moved to the South
ern, hotel before the games were finished,
and Thursday evening departed for Chi
cago. chaperoned by Morriecai Brown.
According to a certain member of the
chi. ago baseball party who was here with
the.team. there was a whole lot of truth
to the report from the East during the
Cubs' stay there that Chance had in
tended retiring from the game While the
'earn was in Brooklyn he was affected In
». similar manner, and ft was rumored
thal he was thinking of quitting baseball
and going to his orange rwnch in Cali
fornia.
Later this rumor was denied, but the
fart that Chance was unable to stand the
heat and baseball excitement during
Thursday's --first game would -Indicate
(hat he is about through as a baseball
skipper
PHONE clicks so fast
COPS ARE NONPLUSSED
Hl< XGC’. July 8. The use of the a 11-
tnmatic telephone by handbook operators
nas greatly increased this form of gam
bling 'n Chicago, according to Assistant
' nips O s Police Schuetler. The difficulty
nf ihp police in locating these phones
’nmugh listening on the wires is the rea
•sAn for jt,. T| le that there is no
operator as in the case of the other
phones, leaves the police to make prac
f'cally-a ••blind” hunt for the gambling
places
sav that the automatic numbers,
are indicated by ticks, come so fast
’ "He listening on the wires, that it is
nipossible to count them. For several
n *f“!ys the places raided are found to he
nearly altogether with the au
instruments. As a result it is
many new “books” have sprung
' Jr and old gambling places have sought
quarters which, as yet. have not been
rrated by the. police.
JO PLAY GAMES SATURDAY.
HJ XTSVILLE, ALA.. July S. -Pre-
Jinma ' plans are being made here to
'i an amateur baseball league to be
'Oiiiposni ( ,f . lubs representing the
Znub-. Dallas. Merrimack. New
Madison and Gurley, and have
I*;'" “'Try Saturday through the re
of the season The teams are
. ' aG .' "'.-ganized and are showing a
s„,' n . lnlr ‘ f "i l in baseball and it is he-
. r ; -hat if a championship is being
kffno ■ fr " th<> intprcst "'lll be much
1 <-,rJ?, H ,, PURSE FOR WINNER.
tXL; t '"A E ' KY - 8 - i' he an
value of the Kentucky endur
bet ■ "hrnh will be run on orto-
lan ntciA o P ftn >’'S day of the ntne-dav
hs4** ln|f a » Churchill Downs, will be
'•a, T? Ore ’'tan double that of last
i -i, e a Y ' alue makes this the richest
r«iar, i sr f,n Ihe American turf Sec-
Lori-v.p, nian H. Davis, of the New
bianu •' lackey Club, will send out entrv
b«?. 1,,,, n, ° npp k and expects that the
’till rk ? fiis 'ance horses in the country
The r- mered for this four mile race
t»k spt fall was won by Messen-
. ...”' n *2, hv Eugena Lutz and the
t»ri> ■ "'ll be trained again for the
*°HFVrt N t E c- HOLES TO COURSE
fiorbina N • luly S The ab-
ature week in social
r,IP formal opening, with a
r.-,,/’ u .r nament • the nine new
’ hf Vhpvi'ii ' added to the golf links of
‘'gb-p ft p . | ' °untry Club -giving It an
’hr most ' c ’>urse. This is now one of
tn. p' c 'uresque courses in the conn.
! ’ hs one of the sportiest. The
t, .. - was beautifully decorated with
club - ■ ’’ags. trailing vines and the
Jl'n.w arits - and Mesdames Charles I.
Harold Rees acted as hostesses.
HlMrr AR . 18 CREW WINNER.
r-w •I, , 1 p-THAMES. Julv S The
Ta 110,,.. " I ’eparis won the Thames
''"Hex*- J? I .', /'PfeaHng St John's
’•5 c, lime. 57 minutes and
The i ’ a
Bowling Club of New South
f”?.•i ~p grand challenge cup. de
,,r,der Time. 7 minutes and 6
PAk) C ? T T . WI „ NS golf title.
H"n ,\|j i,.,’! 1 ' ’• An Englishman, the
g.,’« •'"'•HI. today won the ama-
i.-ih. . ampionship of France on the
| Mr - Hcott defeated the
-'■-r- < . 'll'lerson. >e»terdav in
-1 up and 2 In pint
BASEBALL
' TUESDAY — BBgS«g» i
vs, Birmingham
r ; OUEnii P4RK GAME C*LLfO 4:00
Rockefeller does of losing his oil
trade when he boosts the tax a
couple of cents per gallon.
Bailey is one of the fleetest run
ners in the country. Callahan is
nearly as speedy. Al perman is not
a slow man by any means. Hemp
hill, while not as fast as a half
dozen years back, can still burn
the dust. McElveen and Aglet- both
look Heel of foot, while Harbison,
despite his elongated pedals, ap
pears to he able to cover the soil
in fair fashion.
Still they forget all their speed
once they get on. They fail to
make the best of opportunities fur
nished and can stick on a cushion
longer than any players 1 ever saw.
Gn lhe hit-and-run Saturday,
long singles to right only sent a
runner from first to second, when
third could have been reached with
ea se.
Fast legs are great things to a
ball plater, but they are worthless
"if there isn't an active brain steer
ing them.
'W HEN Hemphill was In the big
leagues he was known as a
gingery player. He was always
out on the line coaching and yell
ing. He was filled with "the old
pep." But right now he is a« quiet
as the rest of his team.
Come on. Charley; don't get dis
couraged because the "breaks"
haven't been coming your way.
Keep on fighting, wake up that
bunch of sleepy players and that
team will- start climbing.
But there sure Is nn chance for
improvement until the Cracker
crew does wa.ke up.
! ONCE KING OF JOCKEYS/
NOW DYING IN POVERTY
SAN ERA NCI SCO, CAL., July 8.
Willie ("Monk") Coburn, once greatest
of jockeys, idol of the turf and rider for
King Edward VII, is dying, penniless.
In this city.
I p to a few days ago he was a pub
lic charge, an inmate of the tubercular
ward of the city and rounty hospital.
But his mother moved him to her bum
ble home at 96fi Pine street. She want
ed to save him the humility of spend
ing his last few days a pauper and pub
lic ward.
Physicians attending hint say he can
not possibly live another month.
Coburn in his heyday was one of the
greatest jockeys who ever threw leg
over a race horse. At Emeryville Im
was given his first mount by "Tommy"
Lottridge. He rode a horse named Feb
ruary. February was Ififi to 1. but in
that first race "Monk" Coburn showed
there were few jockeys around that
track who were his equal. In a des
perate finish, February won, and John
ny Rieff, who rode the derby winner in
England two.weeks ago. had been out
ridden by the'exerei.se boy, ".Monk" Cq
burn.
Then up the ladder of prosperity Do
burn literally flew. Every horse owner
w anted , him to ride, and his engage
ments wer« booked far in advance.
Coburn's reputation spread to Eqg-
I land. He was induced to go there,
ami in a short time was riding under
the colors of King Edward of England.
It is said King Edward VII took a
great fancy to Coburn and showered
him w ith gifts. The lad's pictures were '
in the magazines and lie was the idol of |
the hour. Coburn made several thou- I
sands of dollars and spent the money
just as rapidly and as easily as he
made it.
But weight began creeping on the
"Monk." He often had to go to the
Turkish baths to reduce. He had to
lake long runs. All this was weakening
him. Then the cough—"a mere noth
ing.” he said at first, "just a cold." But :
tuberculosis had settled in his lungs.
His strength began to fail. No longer I
had he the firm hold on the bridle —his |
hands had lost their cunning.
A few weeks ago "Monk" Coburn ;
draggde himself back to his old home— !
San Francisco. His mother was the only I
one who greeted him at the Ferry I
building. His friends of earlier pros- I
perity were not there. Those men he
had clinked glasses with had forgotten I
him.
"Monk" is onlx 29.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Garries Toaay.
Birmingham in Atlar.ta. Ponce de Leon ;
game e.lled at I o'clock.
Mobile in Memphis
Montgomery in Chattanooga.
New Orleans in Nashville,
Standing ot toe CtUPs.
\V I, PC W D. P C I
B'ham. 50 27 .649 Chatt. .35 37 .486 I
M’phls 39 .35 521 Mont. 37 40 <Bl (
X or. 35 35 500 Atlanta 31 40 437
Mobile in 41 494 N ville .31 42 .425
Yesterday s Result*.
Mobile 2. Memphis 0.
< mix one game scheduled
soui h Atlantic.
Games Today.
Columbia in Albani
Jacksonville in Colymbus
Savannah in Macon.
• Standing or the Ciube
U. L IT W L PC |
S'v nah 7 2 778 <’"bus. 4 1 500
Macon 5 4 .500 J'ville 4 5 141
f' bia 5 5 .500 Albany 3 8 .200 j
Yesterday's Result*.
No games scheduled
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Si Louis in Boston
Cleveland in Philadelphia
Standing of the Club*
W I. PC W L PC
Boston .51 24 .fißii ("land .37 36 507
Wash 45 31 5H2 Detroll 37 39 487
I’hlla . 41 30 .577 S. Louis 30 M .283
Chicago 43 31 .573 X. York Hi 50 .275
Yesterday's Result*.
Cleveland 4. Si. Louis 0.
Chicago - ()etroll, postponed
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games T od.iv,
Philadelphia in Pittsburg
Rrookh n in Cincinnati.
New York in Chicago
Boston In St Louis
•
Standing of the Clubs,
W L P C TV L P C
N York 58 13 812 Ph!’* 31 41 168
Chicago to 27 597 B k lyn 25 *. 37.1
P burg <0 28 588 i- Lou!* 24 1- 364
Cjprjn 38 34 9-5 Rc-ron 52 2 *
Yesterday* Result*.
1 'bp ago 7. st. Louis 0.
Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn '
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, TITA’ 8. 1912.
Seven Golf Tourneys
Still Remain on Card .
At East Lake Course
Seven more golf tournaments remain to
be played by the golfers of the Atlanta
Athletic club before the golfing season is
eventually completed.
The next event on the schedule is the
Invitation tournament, which will be held
on Thursday. Eri<iay and Saturday. July
18. 19 and 20.
The other tournaments in their order
are as follows;
the junior championship.
Open to Junior Members Only—Play From
Scratch.
Qualifying round. July 8. to a m.
1-irs.t round. July.. 9. 10 a m.
Scco'nd round., July 10, 10 a. m.
Third round. July 11. 1.0 a. ,m.
Fourth round. July 12, 10 a. m.
All matches for 18 holes.
Cup for winner offered by Valentine
Davis. Cup for runner-up. cup for low
qualifying score.
THE PRESIDENT'S CUP.
Handicap—Players Qualify Accord'nq to
Net Scores.
Qualifying round. July 27.
First and second rounds, by August 2.
Third round, by August 3.
Finals, first flight 36 holes, other nigbts
18 holers, by August 4
PERRY ADAIR TROPHY.
To Be Won Three Times —Players Qual
ify From Scratch.
Qualifying round. August 10.
First and second rounds, by August 16.
Third round, by August 17.
Finals, first flight 36 holes, other flights
18 holes, by August 18.
DAVIS A. FREEMAN TROPHY.
Handicap. To Be Won Three Times.
Qualifying round. August 34.
First ami second rounds, by August 30.
Third round, by Augtist 31.
Finals, first flight 36 holes, other flights
18 holes, by September 4.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.
Qualifying Round and First Flight From
Scratch —Other Rounds. Handicap.
Qualifying round. September 14.
First and second rounds, by Septem
ber 20.
Third round, by September 21.
Finals, first flight .36 holes, other flights
18 holes, September 22.
THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TROPHY.
Handicap.
Qualifying round. October 5.
First and second rounds, by October 11
Third round, by October 12.
Finals, first flight 36 holes, other flighis
18 holes. October 13.
SOLDIER BASEBALL NINE
LOSES TO ATLANTA STARS
Thre# 1 thousand baseball fans saw the
crack soldier team of Fort McPherson
go down in defeat before the Atlanta
Stars yesterday afternoon in the first
game of a double header It was the
second Sunday game the soldier team has
lost this season. The score was 6 to 5.
The opposing pitchers were Blanton,
for lhe. Stars, and Zickerfooge. for the
Soldiers. Both pitchers were steady in
the pinches. Jeffries and Barnes, of the
Stars, were leaders at the hitting and
of the game.
In the second game the Solfliers were
victors over a fast team composed of
players from the City league by a scora
of 7 1o 5. The feature of this game was
ihe fielding of lied Parker in left field for
the <’ity leaguers.
Vi B
He Was a helpless crip
ple from rheumatism
Put he ts now well and happy.
' I was so sore from rheumatism T could
not step on my feet nor hold anything in
my hands”, writes Mr. Phillip J Cor mi sky l
of East Mauch Chunk, Pa. “I could not
even feed myself with a spoon. Butthrough
your helpful medicine. J am now I
well and happy and able to earn SIOO a
month on a locomotive”.
"I suffered for 3 years. T tried several
doctors. They failed to help me. 1 was
run down so bad they said I could not be j
cured. 1 could find no place on account of
my sickness. I wasn’t fit for anything
whatever. I was almost wearing crutches.
And I was only a handful. After T started J
to use 8.R.8. 1 gained 25 pounds in two
weeks. J now weigh 165 pounds; and itill
gaining”.
t Your case can't be worse than
that. Yottr money back if H. 8.8.
fails to help you. Get it of your
druggist. j
“If It’s at Hartman's, It's Correct"
COT PRICES ON
MEN’S OXFORDS
Men. here's your oppor
tunity to get sumnier low
cuts in any model or
leather you want al
wreath reduced prices.
Grasp il. Sale now on.
SB.OO for $4.35
$5.00 for $3.85
$4.00 tor $3.15
$3.50 for $2.95
Sole our window display.
Six Pearhtree Sfree f
t Opp Peters Bldg. >
'7l H's Correct, It’s at Hartman's"
FODDER FOR FANS
McGraw says his team of this year is
stronger than that which won the cham
pionship in 1905. It may be that and \et
not strong enough to win the world’s
championship this fall.
old Lou Durham is working out at Ver
non, <’al . and expects to be performing
again soon Lou is said to be* less than
100 years old.
A 10l of ihe credit for Washington's
good showing this year should go to Jim
McAleer, lie willed most of ihe players
to (’lark Griffith, with which the < ’ld
Fox is burning up the American league.
Catcher Louis Nagelson. of the Peli
can team, got in a row with the umpire
when the Pels were playing an exhibition
game at Pensacola. The umps slipped
him one in the jaw and then let some
players intervene,
a • •
After St. Haul trailed Mike Mei'ormivk
to Toledo ho beat it to a lake near his
home and went fishing for a week or so.
Lavander has pitched 31 innings against
the Pirates without allowing them as
much as a run.
• • •
Alickex Keliher. who was competing
with Brown Keene for the first base ,i«»b
<>n the Pittsburg team, which neither of
them got. has been turned back on the
Pirates by ihe Toronto club, to which
he was farmed
• • *
There's nothing the matter with Char
ley Adams, of the Pirates, hut a spiked
ankle and a crick in his arm.
* • -
Ed Konev, nf the Cards, accepted 181
chances in 44 games without making an
error.
EauC’laire has quit the Minnie league,
leaving only three clubs. Folks wouldn't
turn out for Sundav games and it was
all off.
Claude \\ . Lavis, secretary.and treas
urer of the Nashville baseball club, has
resigned and Edwin Booth has been
named in his place.
• • •
Ivey Wingo. Georgian, isn't doing much
for the Cards now and the St. Louis sport
writers are taking back a lot of the
boosts that they handed him earlier m
thA season.
♦ ♦ *
The Oklahoma Stale league has again
been discontinued.
• * •
Women are said to be heavy h yers
in baseball pools in Eastern cities
• • •
The worst thing about baseball pools,
to the baseball folks, is that folks use
the money to invest in them that they
formerly spent to go to baseball games.
• • •
In 1889 John McGraw pitched and won
Hefnah eim Cig a
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for his services. • He was IS then. Now.
at 39. he is making SIB,OOO a year.
Kill Chappelle has bought an automo
bile.
• • •
Rube Hen tort's bad work Fourth of July
is attributed to the fact that he missed
the train for Pittsburg and had to rise a
tattler. His work showed it.
7he Springfield. Ohio, team Kad 15 men
left on bases in a recent game.
• ♦ •
The Sacramento club is a fussy organ
ization. They have canned Herb Byram,
the old Princeton star, who never did a
thing this season but lose all eight games
he pitched.
7 err\ 7’urnor recently made it 24
games In a row without an error.
When the <’uhs fell on King ('ole the
other da\ they mixed a little kidding with
the bitting. Cole, somewhat peeved, hurl
ed the hall a couple of times at Tin
ker s head, but he had no luck.
• • •
Manager Callahan has naturally de
nied the published story that he' slug
ged Pitcher Benz because that worthy
refused (o walk Laporte when ordered to
do so.
STORBECK AND STEWART
MEET IN GOTHAM TONIGHT
\EW YORK. July 8. Frank Storbeck.
heavyweight champion of South Africa,
will make his initial appearance in New
ork tonight, when he will box ten rounds
with Jim Stewart at the Madison Square
< Janlen.
Manager Billy Gibson, of the Garden
Athletic club,'has promised to match the
winner of the Storbeck-Stewart bout
against lhe victor -of the ten-round bout
between Bombardier Wells, of England,
and Tom Kennedy, former amateur (‘ham
pion heav\ weight of the I'ni’ed States, al
Madison Square Garden on July 18.
By this process of elimination Gibson
will get an opponent for Luther McCar
thy. the new Missouri white hope. The
other bouts of the week are of minor im
portance.
REDS PAY $3,000 FOR PITCHER.
KNOXVILLE. TENN . July 8. Pitcher
Frank Davis, of lhe local Appalachian
team, has been sold to the Cincinnati Na
tionals for $3,000, according to announce
ment there. Davis will report at Cincin
nati today.
GRANDSTANDS WILL SEAT
50.000 AT AUTO RACES
MILWAUKEE. Jul.v 8. Three grand
stands with seals for 50.000 persons will
bp erected before the Vanderbilt cup race
to be held here in September. Another
stand for the accommodation of news
paper and telegraph men will also be
built The enormous stands have been
planned in the light of attendance in
figures al previous Vanderbilt races. It
is believed Milwaukee will entertain 300,-
<’oo visitors for the event.
The main grandstand will he approxi
mately a quarter of a mile long and will
l)p divided into fiO sections.
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Spent the firsf money he earned/*
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has been credited. Kindly have same en
tered on your Passbook. Interest not with
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PLAY FINALS TODAY FOR
CUNNINGHAM TROPHY
7’he finals in the four flights of th<
W. Cunningham golf trophy wHL
be played over ihe East Lake cour?f
<»f the Atlanta Athletic Club this aft
ernoon.
In the first Might R. E Richards wt!
meet Dick Jamison
In the second flight, C. Angier will meet 1
H <’. Moore.
In the third flight’ H. K. Neer will meet
S. Hudson.
In the fourth flight E. G. Ottley wll
meet W. F. I’pshaw
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