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— —■ ‘Come Back’ of Heine Wagner Has Put Boston Team on Top By W. J. Mcßeth. THE name Wagner Is not to fade from the list of top notch ball players for a while yet. The immortal Honus has not yet gone back far enough to cure pitchers of ague when he goes to bat, and Boston has another Wag ner who is leading the speed boys in their dash for the American league flag. "If Heine Wagner's arm comes back into shape, we will have a baseball team worth talking about —Wagner is the only problem. If he's Wagner, we may beat 'em all; if he isn't, I don't know just what we’ll do.” President McAleer of the Red Sox made the comment before the Hed Sox started on their training trip this year. Then he observed: "This Wagner fellow is a won der. Last fall he was discouraged. His arm went bad and he was afraid it would never come back. I met him in the fall, t. 'd him to take it easy, forget about his trou bles and work himself gradually into shape. I told him we’d stick by him until he was his old self again. Now. we’ll wait and see how it comes out." Wagner's arm did come back; it is better every day of his life, and around "Heine” Wagner now re volves a team that has beaten everything in the American league and looks like it might wear well the title of the world’s champions this fall. Wagner is the pivot of the Red Sox leaders. He is the key of the Infield, and. without a stone wall infield, or something like one. the Red Sox could never hate ap proached first place. There Is no doubt Wagner today is far and away the best shortstop in the American league. Red Sox Have Best Outfield. The Red Sox have had the best outfield in the league—probably the best in the world—for a long time. Last year the pitchers did not work up to championship form and the Infield was a patchwork all season. Wagner’s arm went bad and he had to play second base, when he played at all. A second division ‘earn result- rhe Big Race The huskiest batters in the American league all poled the ball a bit yester day. Here is the present standing of the five in the race for topmost batting honors: Players. G. AB. P.C. COBB 391 165 .425 SPEAKER 409 162 .396 JACKSON 383 143 .373 COLLINS 365 119 .326 LAJOIE 246 77 .313 Nap Lajoie did the most efficient batting yesterday, with two safe ones out of three times up. Cobb made but one hit, but as he was charged with only two times at bat he pulled up a point in his average. Speaker made but one hit out of five times up and lost four points in his race with Cobb. Col lins, like Speaker, made but one hit. THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Toaav. Birmingham in Chattanooga. Mobile in Memphis. New Orleans in Nashville. Standing or trie Cluo*. W. L. t».C \V. I. P.O B’ham. 65 39 .625 C nooga. 47 50 .185 Mobile . 58 47 552 N’ville. .46 53 .465 N. Or. IS 47 .505 Mom. 15 57 ill M’mphis 48 49 .495 Allanta .41 56 .423 Yesterday s Result*. Atlanta 6, Montgomery 3. Birmingham 8. Chattanooga 2. Nashville 8. New Orleans 0. Mobile 6. Memphis 2 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Macon. Columbia in Jacksonville. Savannah in Columbus. Standing or tne Clubs. XV . L. C C W L P c Sav nah 21 13 .618 Macon 18 18 .500 J’ville 21 13 .618 Albany . 14 22 .389 C’bus. . 21 14 600 C’bia. .10 25 .286 Yesterday’s Results. Albany 8. Macon 3 Columbus 10. Savannah 1. Jacksonville-Columbia, rain AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Washington in Chicago. Philadelphia in St. Louis. S- New York in Detroit. | Boston In Cleveland Standing of the Clubs. tv L. p.C W L. P.C Boston 70 S 3 .680 Detroit 62 52 .500 B Wash. . 64 39 .622 ("land. . 46 56 .451 Phila. 59 42 .584 N. York 32 66 327 | Chicago .51 49 .510 S. Louis 32 69 .317 Yesterday's Results. Philadelphia 5. SI. Louis 1. Detroit 6. New York 2. Chicago 2. Washington 1. Boston 5. Cleveland 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Cincinnati in Boston. St. Louis in Brooklyn. Pittsburg in New York. Chicago in Philadelphia. Standing o* the Clubs. \V. 1. P' ■ W L. P c N. York 71 26 .732 Pin nail. 46 54 460 Chicago .63 35 .643 S. Louis 44 57 .436 P burg 57 38 600 Br'klvn 3,6 64 360 Phila 47 47 .500 Boston 27 70 .278 v esterday’s Results. Brooklyn 7. St. Louis 4. . Pittsburg 7. New York 2. Philadelphia 6. Boston 1. Cincinnati 6. Boston 3. If you sent a letter or telegram to the wrong address, you would hardly expect an answer, would you? The same is irue "hen you select the wrong medium to lave all tour a ants filler! Try Ihe rlg’i* way The Georgian Want Ad wav. ed. This year the pitchers are going good," Wagner is himself again and the infield—with Jake Stahl back in harness —finishes the championship baseball outfit " agner is the man who adds to the team just what was needed to win the pennant. His return to form has given the other infielders confidence. They are the ballast; he is the driving power. Shortstop is the hardest place to play on the diamond. Wagner is here, there, everywhere. Draw a line just back of the pitcher's box straight to the first-second base line, then carry it over around sec ond out into center field about 75 feet, then across the outfield to a point outside the left foul line, then in and around the position occu pied by Larry Gardner, and you have Wagner’s territory. Wagner Fearless Player. Wagner Is fearless. He is one of the few who pay no attention to Ty Cobb’s steam engine, feet-fore most dives, for instance. In the Detroit series Wagner calmly sat before the bag and waited for Cobb to slide in. Ty was out. "Heine" has evolved a play that gets the runners off second, even’ when they take short leads. He and Joe Wood are particularly suc cessful with the play. This is “Heine" Wagner in the field. At bat he does not hit in the .300 class, but he is a very time ly swatter and advances base run ners more frequently than his av erage would indicate. He is sure at the "hit and run" game, connecting even when he has to fling his club at the ball to stop a "pitch-out." Catchers frequently think they detect the "hit and run” signal, whereupon they order the pitcher to throw wide, so as to fool the batter and catch the base run ner. Wagner reaches for these and hits them. On the bases he is speedy and alive to advance himself and the others. He is daring and nimble footed. But, above all. it is Wagner's “baseball brains" that count. He is one of the quickest thinkers in the game, taking advantage of op portunities that other and slower wits would not comprehend until it was too late. iDAVE SMITH IS COMING ACROSS OCEAN TO FIGHT I LONDON. Aug. 7—Dick Klegin. tin New York promoter who helped to popularize pugilism in France, sailed ’ on the Cincinnati with Dave Smith, the Australian middleweight, who will fight McCarrep "Philadelphia Jack" , O'Brien s protege at Point Breeze this , month. This is the Australian's first i' visit to the I’nited States, but afi ■ ; the fight with McCarren he will try u ; git bouts with Eddie MvGoorly am ; Cyclone Johnny Thompson. Smith’s chief claim to consideratmn is his victory over Billy Papke in Au tralia. although, in the second bate- I Papke knocked him out. Smith is I young and strong, has a punch know n as "the patent extension" and - thought to have championship inak | ings. SIO ATLANT* TO PENSACOLA AND RETURN via The WEST POINT ROUTE Tickets on every Thursday up to and including August 22. 1912. Return limit ten days. Sleeping cars, dining cars, coaches. Call at Ticket Offices: Fourth Nations' Rank Blda. and Terminal Station. BASEBALL THURS DAY Atlanta vs. Mobile PONCE DE LEON PARK GAME CALLED 4 O'CLOCK. CORSYTH I mi 3 Atlanta'sßusieslTheater ) Toright 8:30 Marshall P. Wilder I Next Week ETHEL GREEN T McWaters & Tyson ! ’ ''' Gordon Eldnd i Co. i U/ORI 0 Three Yoscarys. Van Dei WVHUU Koors-Armstrong & Ford 1 DANCERS ISANTAL-MIDYI Q Relieves in 24 Hours [C) Catarrh of the Bladder All Druggists Deware of Counterfeits SANTAL-MIDYI MARTIN MAY XT 19V 2 PEACHTREE UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y FO R SALE X THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS WEDNESDAY. AEGLST 7, 1912. n COMPETE IN tourofful™ I'he one-da.v tour around Fulton county, a novelty among automobile tours, got away this morning. The start was made at 8 o’clock, and the 29 cars in the run were slipped off at one-minute intervals They sped out Piedmont avenue toward the northern end of the county. B\ I 3<l thro will begin cheeking in for the finish of the tour. Slightly more than lihi people started the tour. All the morning the party rolled pleasantly over the roads in the north ern end of the county. Midday found them at Mt. Gilead, in Briants district where the noon control was located At this point a barbecue was served to those who took part in the tun. Rev. P. A. Kellett, pastor of tin Mt Gilead Methodist church, rode in the tour and acted as toastmaster at the barbecue. After lunch the cars were cheeked out again and the run continued through the southern part of the county [BOSgNG~] Late News and Views I Willie Ritchie need not wear out liis stout fighting heart pining for some one to punch his nose. Hddie Murphy, nick named “the Boston Bull Dog.” has ex pressed ’his willingness to meet Willus. » « ♦ Murphy has two scraps scheduled for Boston in September. The first engage "’H b e a affair with Mattv Baldwin, who fought Eddie to a draw in the Huh city some time back The Bald win fight wil be staged September 10. Murphy will remain idle seventeen da vs and then tackle Jack Britton. And this should prove considerable bout as the New Yorker lias improved greath since his trip to tlie coast. * ♦ » After his two fights in Massachusetts Murphy will hike to Chicago an camp on lackey Mcb'arland’s doorsteps, even tak ing his meals there if necessary t«> get a talk with Backey. Murphy will reach the coast some time in November, am] it is there he plans to scrap Ritchie. • • * Dave' Smith, the Australian middle weight. sailed for America Sundax Smith will tight Jlct'arren. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien’s protege, at Point Breeze this month It' the Australian tighter is vic torious in this scrap he will seek matches with Frank Klaus and George Carpentier. * * * Billy Wagner will have a busy three weeks ahead of him. Starting August 12 and ending September I the Utile fighter has three matches booked. On August 12 he will tackle Eddie Nelson at Muskegon, Mich. Two weeks later he will travel to Peoria and box Harry Donahue, while his last light will be with Chuck Larson at Winnipeg on September 1. ♦ « • Young Jack O'Brien, of Philadelphia, will lay the foundation for a small fur tune and also gain great prestige in the pugilistic world if he knocks out I.each Cross when they meet in New York to night. On the other band should the tigbling dentist add another K. O. to his credit he will climb a step higher in the lightweight ranks and should have little trouble securing a championship tight when Wolgast returns to the ring. Ife. - : .. r : ' Si tCiiCii'< st ffMw ifthtfnZi&iirnriitinniiir A bank check is the way to pay yonr bills, because then you have a check on each bill. It is easy to keep your ac counts straight when you have your money in the bank, be cause the bank keeps your ac counts straight for you and saves you many hours of work and worry. 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It-required only his remarkable ex position of distance covering in three events, the 5.000. 10.000-meter and cross-country runs, to say nothing of capturing first place in the 3.000-meter relay for bis team, to settle beyond a shadow of a doubt his right to the title Os best individual performer. At the same time, another point stands out very strongly in his con nection. nothing more or less than that he is the greatest distance run ner of all time. A strong state ment. but when his performances are analyzed They stand out so clearly when compared with the champions of old and modern times that few will be found to dispute tire point. There was a giant in the old days in W. G. George, a man who could start iu every event on the English championship program and win them all on the one day; but George had nothing like the picked men against him that Kohlemainen had to contend with. Following George came Shrubb, who wiped out all George's records from two miles up and set new standards for the world w hich have defied all attacks for eight years. It is Shrubb's record that must be compared with the Finn’s in order to find out which is entitled to the palm. Forced But Once. In only one race was Kohlemai nen forced to run his best to win. That was in the 5.000 meters, where he met another great long distance man in Houin of France. Kohle mainen, previous to this race, had run the heat of the 10,000-meter race on Sunday and the final at that distance on Monday. On Tues day he had to run his trial of the 5,000. meeting Houin in the final on Wednesday. The Frenchman had stayed out of the longer race, and thus bad been able to key himself up for the 5,000. In spite of bis previous exertions. Kohlemainen won in 14 minutes 36 3-5 seconds The 5.000 meters is 189 yards over three miles, and for three miles Shrubb holds the world’s record of 14 minutes 17 3-5 seconds. If Kohle m linen had been able to finish his race at three miles, there is no doubt that be would have taken at least 25 seconds off his time, which would have made Ills record for the distance 6 seconds faster titan that made by tile Englishman, who has been a model for all distance men for a decade. * ~~ - ~^2.2.2. ~ ' Budweiser The only Bottled Beer in constant demand on Land and Sea, on all Buffet and Dining Cars, at Hotels, Clubs, Cases and Homes. Bottled with Crow ntor Corks Only at W _ WT 1 f -» \ the Hornet Plant in St. Louis Anheuser-Busch Brewery Distributor St. l.ouis, Mo. Atlanta 4 , Georgia ■ i Il (| If you need anything ( ’ mm ’ “ extra ’’ of e x t ra J TTMIE jj&RQIF value < at an extra IT MW HERE * T i Men sand Boys’ TA Clothing.Shoes,Hats, -TV”" Furnishings. r iPf I7Q Four-in-liand Wash or Silk Ties; 50c val- I 1 ILkT I1PS( 3 f or SOX Ony.x Silk and Silk Lisle. 50c value, 3 for sl. TJt' T r | "'C? 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The score was 4 to 1 for the Giants, the tally being made when Catcher Green let the third strike es- cape him, the man going to second on It and scoring a moment later wh r. Green made a high throw to nail him. The extra man to bat went out on u grounder, pitcher to first base. 1 he same clubs followed with another five-inning game in which Crawfo-d fanned twelve men. making 27 in the ten inning.- No hits were made in either game, the extra men in the sec ond game going out on grounders to third and second base and a fly to cen ter. No bases on balls were i.-sued in either game. 13