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Crackers' Batting Averages, Including Yesterday's Game These averages Include yesterday's with the Mobile Gulls: F P avers. G. AB. R. H. AV. p. i?e r p • • • • 3 8 1 3 .3 < o H.?bi=op ss. ... 25 82 9 27 .329 u-—nhiil of. . . *5 286 35 90 .315 nX rs. .... 79 281 51 82 .292 A'ntrman, 2b. . . 79 299 41 82 .281 C ' >an If ... 37 159 20 38 .240 rynahue,’ c.’. ... 30 93 8 22 .236 c .... 29 86 9 20 .233 VeElveen. 3b. . . 85 313 38 72 .230 V, kin l p 15 39 3 8 .205 Bradv" P-' 11 35 17 .200 l r “r lb 16 49 5 9 .184 ic.’trn. P 16 40 17 .175 Waldorf, p. .. . • 1 9.0 0 .000 STERREtFof" PRINCETON WILL STICK WITH YANKS XEW YORK. July 15.—Sterrett, the vv'.i-j backstop from Princeton univer < • . vi.= t now holding down the initial for the Highlanders, has made . . -a favorable impression upon Ha+*- - Wolverton that he will be given a e in the outfield as soon as Chase is' .'.bit to resume his place at first has His hitting is doing the work of kr'vvng him in the big show. ’ Isn't often that a colleigan comes •r ar..*, makes good right off the reel." t'a-.-s Wolverton, "but this Sterrett lad it there with the goods. His hits have the right ring to them. ■ He s going to play one of the out fi' i prices as soon as Chase is back, and I* expect him to make good.” Sterrett was picked up by Arthur Ir win t ’ o years ago, though he refused to sign until he had completed his course at Princeton. FAMOUS HORSE. RAOUL W.. RACING FOR TWELFTH YEAR PITTSBURG. July 15.—Many horses have earned national reputation, but it j ? wubtful if any horse now in train ing is known to as many light harness fans as is the veteran pacer. Raoul W., 2.in. 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 circuits "f the country, and now at the age of fourteen appears to be in fine shape for the 1912 campaign, which will b, rhe twelfth season that the veteran has gone after the money. Dr. Hughes O SPECIALIST v". Nerve, Blood and **! Skin Diseases J 1 treat successfully |\jF\ all private diseases', f ew Kidney. Bladder and Prostatic T.rouble. Blood Poison (in herited and otherwise). Piles, Fistula and Nervous Debility. I give 606 suc cessfully. I cure you or make no charge. FREE examination and con sultation. Hours: Ba. m. to 7 p. tn.; Sundays 10 to 1 Call or write. DR. J. D. HUGHES, Opposite Third National Bank. 16/2 N. Broad St., Atlanta. Ga. “Correct Dress for Men” Essiq Bros. July Sale nf Men’s and Young Men’s Fine Clothing 33a Per Cent Discount for Cash OUR entire stock of Two and Three-Piece Suits in Cheviot, Worsteds, Cassimeres, Crash, Homespuns, Sumar Cloth and Mohairs. Every Suit must be sold; noth- 4 ' -XL ing reserved-all fancy patterns as well as Blue and Black Unfinished Worsteds and M Blue Serges. lun vRVw 515.00 Suits Now . . 5*10.00 Aflfl Tkaiiqai'c fiicAAiini i m is 50 Suits Now.. 12.35 ALL STRAW Vila I rousers 4a mscouni [ j 20.00 Suits Now. . 13.35 UATC $ 5.00 Pants Now ? $3.75 IWf 22.50 Suits Now . . 15.00 Hfl I L v . lif I 25.00 Suits Now . . 16.65 MM I 6.00 1 ams Now . . 4.50 IJI / 27.50 Suits Now . . 18.35 7.00 Pants Now . .5.25 11 L 30.00 Suits Now . . 20.00 8.00 Pants Now . . 6.00 1 )ur higher priced suits reduced DISCOUNT 9.00 Pants Now . . 6.75 in same proportion. _ 10.00 Pants Now . . 7.50 ' >ur 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 ESS IO BROS. COa IN° Goods I Positively a “Correct Dress for Men” Charged at Cash Sale 2S Whitehall Street Reduced Prices FODDER FOR FANS Moran, of Brooklyn, has been laid up with a twisted ankle » « « Walter Jantzen, characterized by Man ager atoyall as “the best outfielder on my club. was developed in the Kitty league. He played at. Vincennes and Cairo. Never befre have so many bush league piayers been picked up in mid-season as this vear. The Sox have just swung bnto Ralph Bell, a left-hander from Bur lington, of the Central association. • • ■ Many things wreck many men, but Larry Doyle had the toughest luck of the season. He wrecked his stomach with a broiled lobster It cost him seven days on the sick list. • • • ®J r i n S er th'n? K 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 club, of the Texas league, is in mild distress, as the result of poor work by rhe team; but 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 may yet be a race in the National league—though it isn’t likely. « « • Coast papers say that, though Dick Bayless arm may be gone he can. when peeved with an umpire's decision, throw his hat on the ground as hard as any body. • ■ • On July Q, 1911. the St. Louis Browns had won 20 games and lost 52 Three hundred and sixty days later they had won 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 reported to the Brawns. • • • Receipts are off in the Three-I league. Each club has netted but $317 out of the July 4 games. Shipe, of the East Liverpool club, has fanned 61 batters in the last four games he has worked. • • • The reason South Bend canned Jesse Tannehill was. according to the man agement, that he was “trying to pro mote discord.’’ Nashville's present to “Doc” Wise man was a diamond studded Masonic ring Rainy 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. • a • Heinie Zimmerman, of the Cubs, has one hobby neckties. He often carries a hundred with him on a trip and changes ■ them three times a day. He never wears ; a collar but once. When he takes it off ; he throws it away. ! in Morgantown. W Va., on Saturday , there was a reunion of ball players who I performed back in the seventies. They had a game in which the ball was tossed underhand and in which the batter had the privilege of calling for a high or a low ball. . • • The Red team has tried seventeen young twirlers this year and all have failed. a • • Clark Griffith doesn t get. any more popular with umpires as his team im proves. He is chased every few days. • • Jess Hecker is batting .330. Castro is hitting .286. Watson is hitting 282 .(about his clip in the Southern), Arlie 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 they are quite likely 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 Caldwell 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. ♦ * • It 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 to pitch along side Rube Marquard, is charging that the 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. V » • Even Indianapolis would not keep Ed die Hohnhorst. The former Cracker first sacker was sold to 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. • • a 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. » V * Ty Cobb, in a recent game at New York, reached second on what would have been a single for any other player And then he got no farther than third when Crawford hit a two-bagger Cobb thought ft 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 Highlanders, 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 $25,000 to corral half a dozen shining minor league lights Maloney 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 $5,000, though he has never twirled a game in the big show Keating, the New England league (wiri er, cost the Highlanders $7,000, and he will not join them until September He is said to be sure of making good. Thompson, the University of Georgia twirler. has yet to show what he has. Sterrett, Princeton's catcher. Is the. best of all rhe youngsters pressed into serv ice by Manager Wolverton, indeed, the only one earning his salary. He is cer tain to be retained. REMINGTON SHELLS AND GUNS USED BY YANKEES Supreme in a majority of the main events so far reached in the Olympic games at Stockholm, the American team was most notably triumphant in its magnificent clean up of the shooting competitions. Against a formidable field of experts picked from the nations of the world, the Yankee marksmen upheld our rep utation as a nation •of crack shots in a manner to make glad the heart of every American. In clay pigeon shooting, an increas ingly popular sport, requiring quick ness and steadiness of hand and eye, the American team was consistently victorious. In the team contest the Americans,, five high men shooting Remington-VMC American made shells "killed” 532 birds out of a possible 600. taking the first place. The English team was second, with a score of 511. The Germans took third, scoring 510. The world’s individual championship was won by J R. Graham, of the Chi cago Athletic association, who, with a Remington-UMC pump gun and Rem ington-UMC steel-lined shells, brought down 96 birds out of a possible 100. Mr. Graham also made the best indi vidual score in the team competition. In an interview after the competition Mr. Graham attributed a great portion of his success to the easy’ action and reliability of the arm used and to the speed and accuracy of the American made ammunition. Another Yankee marksman, A. P. Lane, was prominent in the cablegrams as the maker of a new world's record in the revolver and pistol competitions. Mr. Lane, using Remington-UMC me ta lie cartridges for the world’s revolver and pistol experts. Shooting the same ammunition. Mr. Lane also won both the individual competition at 30 me ters, score 287 out of 300, and won first in the team competition at 30 meters, score 292 out of 300. Old world countries have, not yet re covered from the shock occasioned by the sensational success of the Ameri can crack shots in the shooting events which were regarded as easy for the European reports. motorcycle'drivers on TOUR TO CHAMPIONSHIPS CHICAGO. July 15.—Between 150 and 175 motorcycle riders left today on the Northwestern branch of the F. A. M national tour to Columbus, Ohio, where the national championships will be held. Sixty of the riders are Chicagoans, a number from Milwaukee a few have come from Cleveland to take part in the spin and other are gathered from Illinois. Michigan. Ohio and Wiscon sin points. The first division, under J. Campbell, of Toledo, tourmaster. left at 6 o'clock. The. cyclists left in pairs at intervals of two minutes. No driver will be al lowed to exceed 20 miles on hour. The first leg of the tour ends at Fort Wayne. The cyclists will get Into Columbus Wednesday. NEWS FROM RINGSIDE Buck Crouse will make his first appear ance tn New York tonight when he is scheduled to go ten rounds with Young Dave Kurtz. Crouse, who has never had a decision rendered againsi him. is considered one of the best middleweights in America. He has been sidestepped by McGoorty, Klaus and many others. • • a Eddie McMahon, of New York, has wired Joe Rivers an offer of $5,000 for the Mexican to box ten rounds with .Tack Britton at his Gotham club. • t • Since Rivers' good showing with Cham pion Wnlgast he has been peppered with offers from clubs all over the country However, his manager, Joe Levy, has not made any contracts yet And will prob ably not do so until the matter of a re turn bout between his protege and Wnl gast is settled. • • • If Wolgast refuses to meet the Mexi can scrapper on Labor day Rivers will probably make his debut in the East some time about the first of August. Patsy Kline is now looked on as coming champion. The little featherweight con tinued his good fighting the other night when he all but knocked out Young Wag ner in New York. Wagner was hanging on the ropes at the finish and the bell was all that saved him « » • Leach is probably the best lightweight for a match with Ad Wolgast, the bout to be of any length and to be staged any where to the champion's liking. • • • Cross says should Wolgast be wise THE BASEBALL CARD SOUTHERN LEAQUe. Games Today. Atlanta In Mobile. Birmingham in Memphis. Nashville in Montgomery Chattanooga in New Orleans. Standing or the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P C B'ham.. 52 31 .626 N. Or. . 37 38 .493 Mobile . 45 42 517 Mont. .38 46 452 C’nooga. 40 39 506 Nash. .35 43 .449 M'mphis 40 39 .506 Atlanta .34 43 .442 Results. Mobile 4, Atlanta 3 Nashville 8. Montgomery 3. Birmingham 10. Memphis 4. Chattanooga 5. New Orleans 3. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Macon in Albany. Columbia >n Columbus Savannah in Jacksonville. Standing or tne Clubs. W. L. P C W. L P C Macon . .10 5 .667 Tville. . 8 7 .571 Sav ... 9 5 .643 Cola. . . 6 10 .376 C'bus. ..86 .615 Albany. . 4 12 .250 Yesterday’s Results. No games scheduled. GIRLS ONLY AT NEW SOIL SCHOOL: OVERALLS GARB LOS ANGELES, July 15.—A new agricultural college, exclusively for women, is to be established here. While at work on the farm the girls will wear overalls. 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 llghtweigth howling for a chance at the champion. He has proven his ability by defeating K D Brown, Tommy Murphy and many 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 he beat Joe Jeannette up so badly while he was the former's spar ring partner in France that the black man made him leave his training camp for fear he 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 Kllbane’s affairs, denied the report that the Garden A. C. of New York refused to give the champion a bout because he wanted too large a guarantee • • Dunn says Kilbane will take a vacation until next September, when he w’ill 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 davs on'a hunting expedition. • • • Jack Johnson is certainly there with the high-class stuff. "LH’ Arthur" paid $67 each for the cuspidors in his Chicago case which was thrown open to the pub lic a few days ago. AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Today. Chicago in Washington. St. Louis in New York. Detroit in Boston Cleveland in Philadelphia. Standing es the Clubl. W. L P C W. L. P.C. Boston .56 25 .691 C'land. .42 41 .506 Wash. . 50 32 .610 Detroit . 39 42 .481 Phlla. 45 35 .563 S Louis 22 55 .286 Chicago .43 35 .551 N. York 21 55 .284 Yesterday's Result*. Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 3. Only one game played. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Brooklyn in Pittsburg, Philadelphia In Cincinnati. Boston fn Chicago. New York in St. Louis. Standing of the Clubs. W. I. P C W 1,. P.C. N York 58 18 .763 Phlla 39 44 470 Chicago .46 28 .622 S Louis 29 44 .397 P'burg. .43 31 581 Br’klyn. 28 45 .384 C'nati. . 41 37 .526 Boston . 21 58 .266 Yesterday’s Results. St Louis 3, New York 2 (first game 1 St. Louis 4. New York 2 (second game.) Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 1. Chicago 6, Boston 5. WASHINGTON IN ELBERTON. ELBERTON, GA., July 15.—Wash ington will play three games with the locals this week, beginning Wednesday. Zellers, Elberton's star pitcher, who will pitch one of th< games, let Cross Hill, S. C.. down last week with three hits, one of which was a scratch. This is some feat when it is known that the Carolina boys are all heavy sluggers. Hemphill Announces That He Will Stand Pat Rest of Season Mobile. ALA., July 15.— Manager Charley Hemphill, of the Crackers, eaid today that there would be no further changes in the Atlanta line-up this sea son. He will stand pat with the pres ent players and says there are no deals to be made. He has only one cornplaint to make of the club and that js the way the boys run the bases. He has had numerous heart-to-heart talks with them and impressed upon them the fact that they must use more head work when they get on the lines. With the club hitting and fielding as it is he believes they will finish well up in the first division as soon as they master the art of base running. Hemphill today wired Manager Frank, of New Orleans, relative to play ing a double-header over there this week The Crackers have a postpon ed game in New Orleans and will probably play it out with the Peli cans next Sunday afternoon. DOOIN TRYING TO MAKE CATCHER OUT OF WALSH PHILADELPHIA, July 15. Manager Dooin is endeavoring to make a catcher out of Runt 'Walsh. He has been warming up the pitchers of late and also throwing to bases, while Pat Moran has been coaching the Runt in catching high fouls. Dooln believes that Walsh has a good whip and can get the ball away about as fast as the majority of the catchers in the league. As a matter of fact, Walsh is an all around player, having played every position on the Phillies. 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. s sns: - .u 2 CS3 c s< s*co Fl-hSU= ? 13