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Crackers’ Batting Averages, Including Yesterday’s Game These averages include yesterday’s _,~r. with the Mobile Gulls: •player*, AB. R- H. AV. porker p . . . ? 8 1 0-3<5 -bison, ss. . . .25 82 9 27 .329 14(mt* h 111 cf. • '5 286 ot> 90 .315 n,,i e 'v rs 79 281 51 82 .292 s'.'.-rman. 2b. . . 79 299 41 82 .281 *- a 1 'aban. If ■ • • 3' 159 20 38 .240 n.'.nahue c 30 93 S 22 .236 F-raham. c. ... 29 86 9 20 .233 VrElveen. 3b. - 85 313 38 72 .230 Atkin 4 p ..... 15 39 3 8 .205 Brad' p' 11 35 17 .200 TgVr lb 16 49 5 9 .184 Sitton. P 16 40 17 .175 Waldorf, p 1 2 0 0 .000 STERRETT OF PRINCETON WILL STICK WITH YANKS yrtv YORK. July 15. —Sterrett, the reting backstop from Princeton univer {uft now holding down the initial e j. . for the Highlanders, has made llj, 4 .1 favorable impression upon Han ■> Wolverton that he will be given a r.-.r-e in the outfield as soon as Chase ■e able to resume his place at first t-ccf His hitting is doing the work of keeping him in the big show. !• isn't often that a colleigan comes •n and- makes good right off the reel." = Wolverton. "but this Sterrett lad it (here with the goods. His hits have right ring to them. He's going to play one of the out fit-'. < places as soon as Chase is back, and I expect him to make good." - Sterrett was picked up by Arthur Ir win two years ago, though he refused tc ‘■'.gn until he had completed his ccur 4 ‘ at Princeton. FAMOUS HORSE. RAOUL W.. RACING FOR TWELFTH YEAR PITTSBURG. July 15.—Many horses have earned national reputation, but it 19 doubtful if any horse now in train ing i:- known to as many light harness fans as is the veteran pacer. Raoul W., 2:10. at present in By Wilson’s stable, out at the famous old Rockport track. For years Raoul W. has been a fa miliar figure of many of the foremost irouits of the country, and now at the age of fourteen appears to be in fine snipe for the 1912 campaign, which will be the twelfth season that the veteran has gone after the money. Dr. Hughes ‘f* *\ SPECIALIST Y'v, Vj Nerve. Blood and L Skin Diseases , w— > I treat successfully CJp’V all private diseases. I Y» - Kidney. Bladder and Prostatic Trouble. Blood Poison (in herited and otherwise). Piles, Fistula and hervous Debility. I give 606 suc cessfully I cure you or make no charge. FREE examination and con • 'j’ta'tior. Hours Ba.m.to 7n. m.: Sundays 10 to 1 Call or write. DR. J. D. HUGHES. Opposite Third National Bank N Broad St.. Atlanta. G». f< Correct Dress for Men” Essig Bros. July Sale of Men's and Young Men's Fine Clothing 33] Per Cent Discount for Cash OUR entire stock of Two and Three-Piece Suits in Cheviot. Worsteds, Cassimeres, Jj&L Crash. Homespuns, Sumar Cloth, and Mohairs. Every Suit must be sold: noth- ing reserved---all fancy patterns as well as Blue and Black Unfinished Worsteds and M Blue Serges. O .Q L ®® I A .■ eTDAuu I Odd Trousers 25"’Discount f ' 18.50 Suits Now. . 12.35 ALL dIKAW O \ 20.00 Suits Now . . 13,35 |j j* S 5.00 Pants Now . $3.75 Sw J 22. in Suits Xo"-. . 15.0 C HA I 3 6.00 Pants Now . .4.50 111/ 27.50 Suits Now . . 18.35 /.00 Pants Now . 5.25 JIL 30.00 Suits Now . . 20.00 8.00 Pants Now’ . . 6.00 f )ur higher priced suits reduced DISCOUNT 9.00 Pants Now . . 6.75 'S in same proportion. 10.00 Pants Now . , 7.50 Our Clothing is manufactured by America’s best tailors and our reputation is back of everything we sell. This is your opportunity to buy dependable clothing at one-third less than actual value. SALE NOW ON. This Is I ESSIG BROS ■ CO- ‘I Goods I Positively a Dress for Men” Charged at Cash Sale Whitehall Street Reduced Prices FODDER FOR FANS Moran, of Brooklyn, has been laid un with a twisted ankle ■ * * Walter Jantzen. characterized by Man ager Stovall as “the best outfielder on niy club. was developed in the Kitt? league. He played at Vincennes and Cairo • • • Never befre have so man v bush league players been picked up in mid-season as this J’ear. The Sox have just swung onto Ralph Bell, a left-hander from Bur lington. of the Central association • * • Many things wreck many men. but barry Doyle had the toughest luck nf T ne season. He wrecked his stomach with a broiled lobster It cost him seven days on the sick list. • • • Stranger things have happened than that Tommy McMillan should go back to the big ring next season. Tommy is a mile above the other shortstops in the International league this year. « • * The Austin chib, of the Texas league, is to mild distress, as the result of poor work by the team: bur the Austin own ers swear they will stick it out. • * Pittsburg experts hint that the Giants, having played for a long time a lot better than they know how, are now going stale. If the? do there mav yet be a race in the National league—though it isn t likely. • • • Coast papers say that, though Dick Bayless' arm ma? be gone he can. when peeved with an umpire's decision, throw his hat on the ground as hard as an'- body ft ft ft On Jul?- 9. 1911, the St. Louis Browns had won 20 games and lost 52. Three hundred and sixty days later the?- had w-on and lost identically the same num ber If consistency is a Jewel—but then it Isn’t, always. Johnny Daly, of the Mansfield. Ohio, team, has renorted to the Browns. • ft ft Receipts are off in the Three-1 league. Each club has netted but $317 out of the July 4 games Shipe, of the East Liverpool club, has fanned 61 hatters in the last four games he has worked. • ft ft The reason South Bend canned .Jesse Tannehill was. according to the man agement. that he was "try-ing to pro mote discord." • « • Nashville's present to "Doc" Wise man was a diamond studded Masonic ring. Rain?- weather interfered with the "Wiseman day" that was planned, but the presentation went through all right Rafael Almeida bought a Nashville made automobile while he was in the Rock City. He will take it to Cuba with him for the winter I• » • I Heinie Zimmerman, of the Cubs, has i one hobby—neckties. He often carries a hundred with him on a trip and changes i them three times a day. He never wears I a collar but once. When he takes it off the throws it awa'. In Morgantown. W Va.. on Saturday 'here was a. reunion of ball players who | performed back in the seventies. They 1 had a game tn which the ball was tossed I underhand and in which the batter had 1 the privilege of calling for a high or a : low ball. The Red team has tried seventeen young twtrlers this year and al! have failed. • ft • Clark Griffith doesn't get an? more popular with umpires as his team im proves. He is chased ever?' few days. • 9 » Jess Becker is batting .330. ''astro is hitting .286. Watson is hitting 282 'about his clip in the Southern' Arlie THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. MONDAY, JULY 15. 1912. Britton is going at a .248 rate and Jim Lafitte can't do anything better than .233 in the Virginia league. • -• * Lou Castro has his Portsmouth team going strong and the'- are quite like!?- to win a pennant. • * • In Philadelphia there appears a faint desire to knock the Athletics That's the trouble about being too good for a town. * * * Ray Cadwell is back in Wolverton's good graces again, but the kink isn't out of his arm yet, even if it is out of his habits. ft ft • If the Cubs could close up a little on the Giants there would be a revival of the old Giant-Cub feud. Charley Her zog has openly accused J Evers of try ing- to spike him. And feeling is run ning as high as the Himalayas Bull Durham, who used tn pitch along side Rube Marquard, is charging 'hat th" Rube is a bone. It may be. it may be. But there's a fierce demand these days for just that sort of a bone • • ■ Radabaugh has -won seven games and lost nine with Winston-Salem • ♦ • Even Indianapolis would not keep Ed die Hohnhorst. The former Cracker first sai ker was sold tn the Indians by To ledo on the condition that he was in good condition. He wasn't and the In dians ducked. • ♦ • Well, anyhow, the Cardinals have one ball player. He is Arnold Hauser He has been a long time making good and he isn't brilliant at best, but he's the best shortstop the Cards have had since Bobby Wallace jumped to the other St. Louis team. ft • ft Jimmy McAleer has come out with an interview saying that his Red Sox have only the Washington Senators to fear That's sort of a case of passing himself a compliment over the back fence, for McAleer got together most of the dub with which Clark Griffith is running wild. • «« * Ty Cobb, in a recent game at New York, reached second on what would have been a single for any other player And then be got no farther than third when Crawford hit a two-baggei Cobb thought it was a fly-out and hugged sec ond until it was caught. YANKS SPEND FORTUNE IN STRENGTHENING CLUB NEW YORK. July 15.—Though cursed with possibly the worst team in the two major leagues. Frank J Farrell, the mag nate of the New York Highlander?, is not sitting down and crying about it He is spending good money trying to gather a bunch of players capable of hold ing their own in the American league. Already he has tied up $35,000 to corral half a dozen shining minor league lights Malone?' and Dowd, two of the five from the Brockton club, of the New England league, have joined the Yankees Dowd was too costly for the bush leaguers, but was snapped up by Scout Irwin. Davis, the crack Williams college pitcher, just signed, now begins drawing L.ooo. though he has never twirled a game in the big show. Keating, the New England league tw'rl er. cost the Highlanders $7,000. and he will not Join them until September. Re is said to be sure of making good. Thompson, the University of Georgia twirler, has ?et to show wha' he has Sterrett. Princeton's catcher, is the bes’ of all the ?oungsters pressed into serv ice by Manager Wolverton: indeed, the only one earning bis .--alary He is cer tain io he retained BOXING Late News and Views Buck Crouse will make his first appear ance in New York tonight when lie is scheduled to go ten rounds with Young Dave Kurtz Crouse, who has never had a decision rendered against him, is considered one of the best middleweights in America. He has been sidestepped by McGoorty. Klaus and many others. • ft ft Edflie McMahon. nf New York, has wired Joe Rivers an offer of $5,000 for the Mexican to box ten round with Jack Britton at his Gotham club Since Rivers’ good showing with Cham pion Wolgast he has been peppered with offers from clubs all over the country However bl- mar? ger. Ice levy, has not made ary (tint.u . •ci And will prob- ably not do so until the matter of a re turn bout between his protege and Wol gasf is settled. If Wolgast refuses to meet the Mexi can scrapper on Labor da?- Rivers will probably make his debut in the East seme time about the first of August. Pats?' Kling is now looked on as coming champion. The little featherweight con tinued his good fighting th" other night "hen he all but knocked out Young Wag ner in New York. Wagner was hanging on the ropes at th" finish and the bell was al! that saved him. • • • Leach is probably the best lightweight for a match with Ad Wolgast. the bout to b» of any length and io be staged any where to the champion's liking ft ft ft Cross says should Wolgast be wise enough to refuse the challenge the forfeit holds good for a bout with joe Rivers in New York Labor day Leach is probably the best, lightweigth howling for a chance at the champion. He has proven his ability by defeating K O Brown. Tommy’ Murphy and manv other good scrappers. Edwin DeMartine, an Italian, is the lat est white hope to be brought to the front Martine, who has just arrived from Gen eva. Italy, says be beat Joe Jeannette up so badly while he was the former's spar ring partner -n France that the black man made him leave bis training camp for fear h*> would be knocked out ♦ ♦ • Martine is under the management of Ernest Repetti. the well-known candy manufacturer, who says his protege is training on candy. • • • Johnny Dunn who is managing Johnny Kilbane's affairs, denied the report that the Garden A C of New York refused to give the champion a bout be< ause he wanted too largo a guarantee Dunn says Kilbane will take a vacation until next September, when he will again be seen in action against some good featherweight • • • Jim Jeffries. with a small party, left a few days ago for the northern part of California, where he will spend several days on a hunting expedition * * * Jack Johnson is certainly there with the high-class stuff. 'Lil* Arthur ’ paid SG7 each for the cuspidors in his Chicago case which was thrown open to the pub lic a few days ago. GIRLS ONLY AT NEW SOIL SCHOOL: OVERALLS GARB LOS ANGELES. July 15.—A new agricultural college, exclusively for women, is to be established he e. YVhtie at work on th" farm the girls will wear THE BASEBALL CARD SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Atlanta in Mobile. Birmingham In Memphis Nashville in Montgomej?-. Chattanooga in New Orleans Standing at tns Ctutss W L. PC SV. L. PC B ham.. 52 31 .626 N. Or. . 37 38 493 Mobil" 45 42 517 Mont. 38 46 452 C nr,oga 40 39 506 Nash. .35 43 .449 M'mphis 39 506 Atlanta .34 43 442 Yesterdaws Reguita. Mobile 4. Atlanta 3. Nashville 8. Montgomery 3 Birmingham l n . Memphis 4 Chattanooga 5, New Orleans 3. - '■ ■ . . - ■II isl » SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Toda*. Macon in Albany. Columbia in Columbus Savannah in Jacksonville Standing or tne Ci-utse. W I. !• V W L PC Macon 10 5 .667 J’ville. . 8 7,57 J Sav . 0 6 643 Cola . 6 10 .375 C'bus. .. 8 6 615 Albany. 412 .250 Yesterday's Results. No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today, Chicago in 'Washington St. Louis in New York. Detroit in Boston. Cleveland in Philadelphia, Standlna of the Clubs tv l. p C T L. PC Boston .56 25 .691 '."land . 42 41 .506 Wash . 50 32 .610 Detroit .39 42 481 Phila. 46 35 .569 S. Lftuls 22 55 2M Chicago .43 35 .551 N. York 21 55 .284 Yesterday’s Results. Cleveland 5. Philadelphia 2. Only one game played. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Brooklyn in Pittsburg. Philadelphia in Cincinnati. Borton in Chicago. New York in St. Louts Standing o’ the Ctubs. W I. H C W L. P C N York 58 18 .763 Phila . 39 44 470 Chicago .46 28 .622 S. Louis 29 44 .3.97 P’burg 43 31 .581 Br klvn. 28 45 384 C'nati. .41 37 .526 Boston .21 58 .266 Yesterday’s Results. St. Louis 3. New York 2 'first game.’ St Louis 4. New York 2 'second game. > Philadelphia 2. Cincinnati ’ Chicago 6. Boston 5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Columbus in St. Paul. Toledo in Minneapolis Indianapolis in Milwaukee Louisville In Kansas City. Standing of the Clubs. " I. I- C W L. P C C’bus 32 .652 M w kee 42 55 .433 Toledo 57 34 626 S. Pau! .39 54 419 M'apolls 55 34 .618 L vllle. 34 54 .386 K. City 45 46 .495 Fapolis. 35 58 .376 Yesterday's Results. Louisville 3. Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 5. Milwaukee 1 (first game.' Indianapolis 10. Milwaukee 1 <second game.) Minneapolis 5. Toledo 2 'first game. > Toledo 7. Minneapolis 7 'second game.' St. Paul 12. Columbus 4 'first game.) St. Paul 4. Columbus 3 'second game.) INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Montreal in Toronto Buffalo in Rochester Newark in Baltimore Jersey City in Providence. Standing of the Clubs W. L. P C W L. P C Rack .51 32 .614 J. City 42 41 .596 B'more. .46 33 .582 P dence. 37 44 457 Newark. 41 39 513 Buffalo 33 43 434 Toronto .41 40 .506 M'treal. .30 49 .380 Yesterday's Results. Rochester 10. Montreal 0 Providence-Jersey City: rain Only two games schedul»d CAROLINA ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Charlotte in Anderson. Greenville iti Spartanburg. IVinston-Salem in Greensboro. Standing of the Clubs W. L P C W. L. P C A'ders’n 43 24 642 Sp'b'rg 31 36 163 C’rlotte 39 28 .582 G’sboro 29 39 .426 W.-S'm 38 32 .543 G nettle 24 45 .348 Yesterdays' Results. No games scheduled SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Talladega in Gadsden. Selma in Anniston Cedartown in Rome Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L P C G’dsden 16 3 842 C'd'town 6 9 .400 Rome 10 9 .526 Anist'n 6 10 .375 T adega 911 450 Selma 712 .368 Yesterday’s Results • No games scheduled. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Games Today, Jackson in Yazoo City. Meridian in Greenwood. Vicksburg in Columbin Standing of the Clubs. ?V L. P C W L P.C M'idfan 16 5 762 J'ckaon ~13 350 C’.mbus 14 7 .66) G'nwood 6 13 .31''- V'ksb’g 12 8 .600 Y City 514 .263 Yesterday’s Results. Columbus 11. Vicksburg 7. No others scheduled APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Asheville in Knoxville Bristol in Morristown Johnson City in Cleveland. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. r.C I w. L. P c Bristol 32 18 .640 | 4 eville 24 28 .432 K’xville 30 25 .545 C’v’l’nd 23 27 460 J. City 25 26 .490 | M’town 23 33 411 Yesterday's Results. No games scheduled. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Richmond in Portsmouth Newport News in Petersburg Norfolk in Roanoke. Standing of the Clubs. W !.. P C W. L P C P’sb'rg 43 32 .573 R'anoke 32 33 .492 Psm'th 43 36 .544 N. News 34 41 .453 Norfolk 39 36 .520 R’hm'd 31 44 .41! Yesterday’s Results. No games scheduled. I' YESTERDAY’S GAME' Mobile ab. r h po. a. e. Maloney, of 4 0 0 1 0 0 Starr. 2b < n 0 3 1 0 O'Dell. 3b 2 0 2 3 2 1 Long rs .1 n n 2 0 0 Jacobson If 3 1 2 ( 0 0 Paulet. lb 3 1 0 ; j 1 O’Briet:. ss 3 2 1 2 0 I Dunn, c 4 0 2 4 0 q Campbell, p 3 6 1 0 2 0 Totals 29 4 8 24 6 3 Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e Agio". 1h 1 0 1 « 1 0 Alperman. 2b 3 0 1 3 3 1 Callahan. If 4 11 0 0 0 Bailey, rs.. ....... 4 0 1 2 0 0 McElveen, 3b 4 0 1 3 0 0 Hemphill, cf 4 0 n 2 0 0 Harbison, ss 4 1 2 2 2 1 Donahue, c. n n n 0 J 5 Graham, c 3 3 2 3 1 0 Becker, p 1 0 1 0 1 q Sitton, p 2 0 0 0 4 0 Totals 33 3 10 21 13 3 Game called first half eighth: rain. Score by innings: Mobile 020 000 2x—4 Atlanta 000 200 10—3 Summary: Home Run Jacobson Three-base Hit McElveen. Two-base Hits —Dunn. Callahan. D'Brien. Sacri fice Hits—Alperman. Graham Stolen Bases—Becker. Agler Struck Out—By Campbell. 4: by Sitton, 1. Bases on Balls—Off Campbell. 2: off Sitton. 1. Passed Ball - Donahue. Hl’s Apportioned —Off Becker. 3 with 2 runs in 2 1-3 in ning--. Left on Bgses—Mobile. 3: At lanta. 9. Time of Game —1:55. Umpire— O'Toole TEXAS LEAGUE. Games Today, Austin m Houston XVaco tn Beaumon' For’ Worth in Galveston. Dallas in San Antonio. Standing of the Clubs. VV. L P.C. W. L. F C. H'ust'n 58 33 637 Austin 49 52 4’5 S. An'io 57 36 613 B’mont 37 51 .429 'A aco 53 38 .578 F. TV th 36 53 494 Dallas 48 47 .505 G'v'st'n 35 53 .393 Yesterday’s Results. Houston 5. Austin 2. Galveston 4, Fort Worth 0. San Antonio 10. Dalias 1. Waco 9. Beaumont 6. Close of Proverb Contest has been postponed. All so lutions must either be re ceived at this office or bear postmark to show mailing time prior to noon, Tuesday, July 23. MONEY TO LOAN ON DIAMONDS AND JEWELS S t r i c t ly confidential. Unredeemed pledges t» diamonds for sale. 30 r>«r cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAT (Formerly of Schaul A May ) 11 1-2 PEACH. REc ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Prr.-a.-< Opposite Fourth Nat. Bank Bldg Both Phones 1584 WE BUY OLD GOLO