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Advance Guard of Golfers on
Hand for East Lake Tourney
THE yolf course of the Atlanta
Athletic club at East Lake
is undergoing its final mani
curing A big force is working two
shifts putting on the last finishing
touches For on Thursday morn
ing the qualifying round of the
second annua' invitation tourna
ment of the Atlanta Athletic club
will .be started And throughout
the week the course will be alive
with local and visiting golfers
Already the advance guard of
players has arrived W. P. Stew
art. of New Orleans, Southern
champion, was in Atlanta last
week Ho will not be here for the
championship, but he brought
word that a good delegation was
coming Birmingham is counted
on strong The Country club there
sends more players to tournaments
than any other dn the South and is
sure to send nearly a score to the
local tournament A W. Gaines,
a former Southern champion, has
sent word that he will be unable
to be present at the tournament,
but that Chattanooga will have a
delegation. Nashville will un
doubtedly send several players,
while Macon is counted on for a
strong team
The course should be in good
shape for the tournament The
regular tees have been returfed
and are being "rested up" for the
affair b> the use of the "second
string - ” tees It Is likely that the
new tee on fourteen will be put in
order for the tournament, provided
ft does not rain steadily from now
until Thursday morning The
greens and the fair green are ip
MAY RACE THIS SUMMER
ON LONG BRANCH TRACK
NEW YORK. July 15. - Elkwood park.
Long Branch, may provide racing two
days a week for the rest of the sum
mer
At the track this report Is on the tip
of the tongue, but nobody in authority
will confirm it
That the top has gone out. however,
seemed certain, inasmuch as several
prominent bookmakers catne all the
way from Canada to look over the
ground.
The constitutional amendment pass
ed in New Jersey in 1892 closing all
tracks expires this fall and many resi
dents of Long Branch say they Intend
to make a strong effort to restore rac
ing, The passing of Monmouth park,
they declare whs a blow from which
the famous resort has never recovered
"If It’s at Hartman's. It’s Correct"
More of That Fine
Neckwear II
We have always made a
strong feature of our
neckwear department and
with a bunch of new ar
rivals the showing right
now is broader than ever
Stylish, cool-looking wash
four-in-hands in white
and dainty coloring.
Pure Silk Ties in every
wanted coloring or com
binat ion.
25c to SI.OO II
Six Peachtree Street
Opp. Peters Bldg. I
"If It’s Correct, It's at Hartman s”
reasonably good condition The
rains have kept the turf alive and
vigorous, hut have washed away a
lot of top soil and left the ground
somewhat gullied.
A very large local entry has al
ready been made and it is probable
that 6*9 or 70 local players will be
ready to face the starter, along
with the pick of the Southern
players on Thursday.
It seems probable that the At
lanta tournament is destined each
year to furnish fully as good a line
on golfing ability tn the South as
the Southern championship itself.
The local cnttnu’ Is so well recog
nized as the greatest In the South
that It naturally attracts the really
lop notch players. The East Lake
outfit is the stiffest golf course in
the Routh and one of the stiffest
In all America It bristles with
bunkers, is punctuated with haz
ards of amazing size and attraction
and offers trouble of high degree
to any golfer who can’t play a
good, long hall, straight down the
course
Naturally the Atlanta course is
not one which furnishes a big at
traction to duffers. But it does*
attract good golfers and every
tournament ever held nn the local
course has proved a fine test of real
golf.
The comin- tournament should
prove one of the big golfing events
of the South this year and a field
of unusual excellence will tee off
Thursday The man who wins the
first cup will be entitled to rank
next to the Southern champion
among Southern golfers
BILLY SMITH BACK IN
t CENTER FIELD AGAIN
NEW ORLEANS, July 15. Rill
J Smith, manager of the Chattanooga
club, broke back In the Southern
league as a player yesterday after an
p absence of six years. During this
' period Billy has continually been a
bench manager in the circuit with the
exception of one year, when he mo-
I guled at Buffalo In the International
league
' Manager Smith recently stated that
he might get hack In the game, and a
‘ few days ago signed a player's contract
which gave him the right to appear on
’ the coaching line Saturday Hyder
II Barr was seriously Injured, and Billy
donned the spangles and Jumped in the
J- fray at ■ New Orleans yesterday He
’ recently stated that he believed he
would hit .260 If he got back In the
. game again. Hl* average yesterday
was .500
’ Billy retired from the Southern
league as an active player on July 4.
1906. At that time .he was manager of
1 the Atlanta club and played center
/ field. Op the afternoon of the Fourth
he derrlcked Doc Childs, a native son
who was pitching for the Crackers,
after the opponents had made a rally.
The fans thought Smith’s playing in
center field was more responsible for
the rally than was Child’s pitching
and when Bill came to the hat they
hissed him for several minutes At
the close of the game Smith said he
would never play another game in the
league He observed the threat until
y .-sterday
TY COBB NOW SIX POINTS
TO THE GOOD ON SPEAKER
Ty t’obb is now leading the Atneri
'■an eague hatters He has passed
Tris Speaker, of the Boston Red Sox
Today Cobb is found clouting the pei
et at a 402 clip, while the Hub's star
outfielder'-, average is 596 Joe Jack
son. of the Naps, is third with .392
Solutions to THE GEOR
GIAN'S Proverb Contest
Picture Puzzles should bear
sufficient postage. Have
packages weighed before
’ mailing
THE ATLANTA GEOBGfAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, TTLY 15. 1
Well, It’s All Off Now---Cracker Team Is Absolutely LAST!
DEFEAT IN MOBILE SETTLED IT—HOPE IS GONE
By Percy H. Whiting.
I AST Hope dies hard. But then
j it dies, sometimes! Atlanta
fang ate abnormally hopeful.
Bttt even their buoyant spirits have
been somewhat depressed by recent
baseball happenings. What can a
man say about it? And yvhat can
be done?
Verily, it is a puzzler!
That Atlanta has a baseball club
can be demonstrated to the entire
satisfaction of any reasonable hu
man being. It can be demonstrated
mathematically. The figures show
it—prove it.
Yet today - the Cracker team
stands last and has just hit the
road for a trip that is likely to be
unlucky. Hope is failing fast.
• « ♦
rpHE home stay that ended Satur
' day was an in-and-out per
formance for keeps. The Crackers
won 8 games and lost 8. They won
3 out of 4 from their hated Chat
tanooga rivals. That looked good.
Then came the Cheese team from
Mobile. Rut the Crackers couldn't
do anything with them and won
only - 1 out of 3. Next arrived the
even cheesier Montgomery club,
the cast-off outfit of the league,
made up of odds and ends dieard
eil from other clubs
The Crackers were painfully anx
ious to down the Billikons because
of the Dobbs-McElveen incident.
Unquestionably the Cracker team is
the stronger of the two Yet all the
Crackers could get from the Bil
lies was a measly and tiepressing
1 out of 4.
Ry this time Hope was tn a bad
BELMONT GIVES OPTION
ON $125,000 STALLION
NEW YORK. .Inly 15 August Belmont
today admitted that he has given Mr.
Hallronn. head of a French syndicate, an
option on his stallion. Rock Sand, for
breeding purposes, in the interest of
French and American turfmen The price
to bd paid was $50,000.
Mr. Belmont will permit Rock Sand to
remain in France for four vears. He has
at his breeding farm there 30 mares and
the stallions llthelbert anti Rockflint,
one reason given for Mr. Belmont per
mitting Rock Sand to go to France Is
because any progency of the horse would
be eligible to all French races, whereas
those sired by him In America or England
would he eligible to only avert few-
French races.
Rock Sand is now twelve tears old
and his progeny were stake winners in
France. England ami America. One of
his daughters recently won the French
Oaks and his son, Tracery, ran third in
the Derby ami later defeated Sweeper II
in the St. James Palace stakes at Ascot
A two-year-old by Rock Sand, bred by
< larence Mackay and sold as a yearlink
In England last year, won the valuable
July stakes las* week As a three-year
old Rock Sand won for his owner Sir
James Miller, the three English classics
the 2.000 guineas, the Oerbv ami St
Leger—and after the death of his owner
had put the horse on the market Mr
Belmont paid $125,000 for him and located
him in Kentucky for breeding purposes.
FAN CLAIMS HE MADE
WALSH GREAT HURLER
CHICAGO. July 15 There was a
time when Ed Walsh was not a great
pitcher. In 1904 his speed was ter-
I rifle, hut his control was so bad that
j he had literally no idea, where the ball
I was going. He could seldom get catcb
ers to helt* him practice and had to fall
I back on an enthusiastic fan
This fan. after handling his erratic
shoots, gave Ed some advice. He
doesn't know if Walsh took it, but his
work indicates that he did something.
After the season of 1905." said the
"bug " 1 walked to the station with
Walsh. I asked him what he intended
to do in th- winter He said he was
going to do nothing
"Then I told hint he was about the
worse pitcher I had ever seen and de
scribed to him how Christy Matthew
son. before he gained control, had rent
ed a barn, painting a target at one end
and pitched into the target all winter
until he emerged tn the spring with the
best control in the league.
T don't know If Walsh took the hint,
but he certainly had the control when
he helped pitch the White Sox to the
-pennant next year,’’
way. with temperature high, pulse
wabbly and the death rattle right
in among its teeth. At this atvful
stage in the proceedings the Crack
ers took 2 games out of 2 from the
league leaders and the fans breath
ed again. But once more Hope
suffered a relapse. For the tour
flushing Pelicans arrived next and
the only game the Crackers could
yvin from them was by - forfeit.
• • •
AFTER an exhibition like this on
* * home ground, what can be
hoped for the Crackers on the road?
Not much, of course, except that
the local team has run by contra
ries this season, anil it may - go out
and yvin about umpsteen straight
on the road. Washington djd. so
It isn't impassible. However, we're
not going to pawn the family jew els
to bet on it.
If anybody wants to know where
the fault lies they needn’t ask here.
It seems as though the baseball
association itself can prove an alibi.
It has bought players, great gobs of
’em. But whether Hemphill can’t
make 'em play or whether nobody
could and it's the players’ fault
we're blessed if we know.
What makes it a hard matter to
diagnose is that the Crackers never
lose any two games for the same
reason. If they- kick off one today
w - ith errors, they will lose tomor
row's with a batting slump, Wed
nesday’s because the pitcher goes
wrong, Thursday’s "with dull base
ball and maybe they’ll win Friday
by playing baseball the Giants
couldn't beat.
If you study - back box scores
O'DAY LEARNED INSIDE
BASEBALL BY UMPIRING
Hank O'Day, who is getting good
work out of the Cincinnati Reds,
pitched for the champion Giants in
ISB9 and 1890. His catcher was the
famous William Buckingham Ewing,
and it was some battery, too. O'Day
wasn't particularly careful as to his
habits in those days and was proud of
the fact that he could drink more beer
than any other pitcher in the league.
When Hank's arm went back on him
he was forced to ask for an umpire's
berth, and in order to make good he
cut off the amber fluid. At first the
players treated him yvith disrespect,
but he soon made them understand
that he was not to be trifled yvith.
Sticking to his temperance pledge.
O'Day umpired for nearly twenty
years, a record of which he is justly
proud. He learned the meaning of in
side baseball and the weak points of
every player in the game. With this
knowledge, therefore. O’Day has been
able to tell the Cincinnati Reds many
things they never knew before
"I thought I knew all about catch
ing." said long Larry McLean the
other day at the Polo grounds. "But
after a heart-to-heart talk with Mr.
O’Day I found that I didn't know - a
thing I'm catching better ball notv
than ever before, and Mr. O’Day is
wholly responsible for it."
RUBE MARQUARD LOSES
2 GAMES TO CARDINALS
ST LOUIS, July 15.-—Rube Mar
quard lost two games yesterday to the
lowly St Louis Cardinals. About a
week ago Jimmy Lavender beat the
Giants’ southpaw his first game, after
a string of nineteen victories, and veri
ly the Rube hasn’t yet recovered from
the shock
St. Louis won the first game yester
day. 3 to 2. when Marquard. who re
lieved Wiltse in the eighth, was hit.for
three singles and gave a base on balls.
Marquard went in to pitch the second
game, but was relieved by Crandall in
the seventh inning when the locals
were leading 3 to 2. A single and a
wild throw by Myers in the next in
ning gave St. Louis another run.
ENGLISH TEAM COMING HERE,
FOLKSTONE. ENGLAND. July 15
The English team defeated their
French rivals In the international ten
nis championship match here today
The English team will meet next in
America and the winner of that match
"'ll challenge Australia for the Davis
cup.
you’ll think you are on the trail
of the elusive First Causes of de
feat when you note that it takes an
average of four or five score
a Cracker run. Not since the his
torical days when Tris Speaker and
Beals Becker were both playing on
the Little Rock team has there been
an organization in the South which
made as many hits and as few runs
as the Crackers.
Going further into the complaint,
though, you find that the poof
scoring work seems to result part
ly from poor base running and
partly from an entire absence of
pinch hitting.
The Crackers’ ill luck in devel
oping runs has ben uncanny. They
always seem to play it the wrong
way. If a man singles and the next
man sacrifices the next pair are al
ways easy outs, if the scheme of
things is shifted and the hit-and
run play flashed, yvith a man on
first, the batter always lines out
a fid the runner who was on first is
doubled off. Then if a reversion to
old-fashioned baseball is tried and
everybody takes a wallop at the
ball the first man will single, the
next man will hit a.short single,
sending" the first runner to second,
and the third man will scratch one
to the infiejd. filling the bases. Then
the next three men In a row will
strike out! Goodness only knows
why. But they always do.
Lack of timeliness in the offen
sive displays, lack of consistency
in the defensive work; —those are
the things that are keeping the
Crackers down at the bottom.
ENTRY BLANKS OUT SOON
FOR MILWAUKEE RACES
MILWAUKEE. July 15. Entry
blanks for the Vanderbilt cup and g 'nd
prize races to be run tn Milwaukee
in September will be ready - for distri
bution within a few days.
Tiie A, A. A. has not yet granted
official sanction for the race, but will
put an O. K. on the program and the
dates as soon as the arrangements for
policing the course have been com
pleted.
Drink Hires and Let
the Sun do its Worst |M|r
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cool and invigorate you without ill effects.
So good to know a drink that is made from
■Hi ZcjM Nature’s recipe—that combines the tonic
virtues of herbs and roots and forest saps, to u
you the most delectable of all summer
drinks. •
Try it right now. See the nearest Fountain
Man, and just say “Hires."
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F ■-'j V ■ healthful. Not a trace of drugs. Just helps
S- A"'J —never harms. No need to say "rootbeer.”
J ust sa Y “Hires.”
5c —sparkling, delicious. At your
home, carbonated, in bottles, i '•
Hemphill Will Use Waldorf on
Mound Today Against Finnites
Mobile, ala.. July 15.—with
"Buck” Becker injured,
with the team last and with
the players as gloomy as life-term
ers. ths Crackers enter today on
the second game with Mike Finn’s
Gulls.
The jump into last place jarred
the Crackers to the marrow of
fheir bones. They have been fight
ing against it and staving it off
for months past. Now they’re
there—absolutely last. And it was
a grumpy crowd of ball players
who moped around the hotel last
night and this morning, waiting for
a chance to get at the Gulls again.
Manager Hemphill will probably
decide to send Waldorf against the
Gulls. It is his turn and the
Cracker mogul figures that it does
not make much difference. For the
Gulls, it is Demaree’s turn, and as
Mike Finn usually sticks religious
ly to the regular order, he will un
doubtedly ‘work.
Yesterday’s game, that dropped
the Crackers to the very bottom,
was a typical Cracker game of the
vintage of 1912. The Atlanta play
ers excelled in everything but
scoring runs. They made more hits
and less errors than the Gulls.
EBBETS WORKED HIMSELF
UP FROM TICKET SELLER
NEW YORK, July 14.—Charles H.
Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club, is "a self
made baseball magnate. When the
Brooklyns, owned by Byrne, Doyle and
Abell, played at old Washington park
25 years ago Ebbets was a ticket seller
anl a schedule maker. He made up
his mind even then to become the own
er of the club some day, and he never
stopped trying.
When the Brooklyns were consoli
dated with the rival Players league
team at Eastern park, Ebbets was made
secretary, and when C. H. Byrne died
he was elected president. He held that
office after the Brooklyn-Baltimore deal
was consummated, fourteen years ago,
and gradually he bought up the stock,
until today he controls 9b per cent of
the club.
Somebody asked Ebbets recently if
he would sell the Brooklyn club and he
replied: “If I did, what -would I do to
pass the time? Baseball is a life study
with me and I would be lost without it.”
fielded more brilliantly and sho*'-d
more baseball sense—at everything
except the scoring of run-, w■ •
the Crackers, it was the old, sad
story. Nine runners died on bases.
It was a cinch to get Crackers nn,
but - impossible to put the runs
across.
The Crackers looked like winners
up to the last of the seventh. Then
the Gulls fell on Sitton and scored
two runs—not many, itjs true, but
quite enough to win the game.
The Atlanta players had a hard
time with Jack O’Toole, the um
pire who presented them with a
game in the New Orleans serie*.
Jack sent Donahue to the tall gras*
for jawing, and made the rest of
the Crackers "walk turkey"
throughout the remainder of the
spasm.
From the viewpoint of the. At
lantans, the best feature of the
game was the work of Douglas
Harbison. This clever little young
ster pulled some really phen<>m»-
nal fielding stuff and smacked nut
a brace of hits as well. It looks
now as though, if this lad keep- his
present clip, he will get a tall from
the big leagues this fall and wifi ba
tried out in faster company next
spring.
WELLS AND KENNEDY TO
MEET IN GOTHAM FRIDAY
NEW YORK, July 15.—Featu
this week’s boxing card is a ten-"" ! ind
bout between Bombardier Wei's. the
heavyweight champion of England, and
Tom Kennedy, former amateur heavy
weight champion of America. at Madi
son Square Garden, on Friday night.
This will be Wells' second appear:. •’.*•*
in this country and his friends pv lift
a better showing than he made - *n h:3
first appearance.
Among the olher contests on this
week's program are the following:
Buck Crouse, of Pittsburg, vs Young
Kurtz, a. Newark. N. J., middh■«eight,
at the Madison Athletic c *ih To A
Britton, a Chicago lightweight. va
Tommy Ginty, of Scranton. Pa at the
St. Nicholas Athletic club \Veclp - '' ,!; iV
night.