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If It hadn't been for Ben dis covering that stuff we wouldn't nave all these trouble* with buy numbers. But back to the biscuits. When we mention "White Hopes” ’alzer's name must necessarily •nine first. A “White Hope," like LIGHT, is hard to detine, but you can tell it when you see it. Palzer has been seen and he has shown. He is no notoriety seeker It is doubtful if he has ever visited a newspaper office in bis life. He has no stories to tell. Is no poser, and has little inclination to meet any one except a rival for pugilis tic honors. His record to date includes knockouts over Tom Kennedy Al Kaufman and Bomba: tile. Wells. Van you expect much more front a novice about 24 years of age" OLYMPIC ATHLETES ARE SUSPENDED BY N.Y. A. C. NEU YORK Aug X.--The New York Athletic eluli. maintaining its po ir> if strict enforcement of Its regulations, has placed a number of athlete- mule: ban for failure to pay dues at a desig nated time. Among those who have automatically suspended themseivi s from the organization are live athletes who competed in the Olympic games a Stockholm last month Ben Adams, Simon Gillis. Gordon B Dukes, C. V. Childs and Fred Kaiser are the Olympic athletes who have ex pelled themselves from the aristocratic institution Adams is one of the best standing jumpers in the country. Gllli* is a hammer thrower of repute. Dukes is a pole vaulter; Childs Is a weight man. and Kaiser Is a pedestrian The suspension of the Olympic ath letes created quite a stir, it is possible that upon payment of dues these mem bers will be restored to good standing. perry adair cup next ON CARD at east lake The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic club will qualify Saturday for play for the Perry Adair trophy, one of the handsomest of the annual golf cups given at East Lake. The cup Is a affair, the player winning it three times getting it for his personal property. The first and second rounds of match plav must be played by August H>. the semi-finals by August 17. and the finals by August 18. ATHLETICS SIGN COLLEGIAN MINNEAPOLIS, MINN . Aug - Robert Stevenson, who was considered one of the best football and basebal men last year at the University of Min nesota but who was unable to play be cause of eligibility rules, has been sign ed bv the Philadelphia club of the American league. Stevenson's leg was broken while he was playing semi-pro fessional ball with an Alexandria. Minn team last week, and he will not re port until next spring. Palzer has everything a novice in the game should have. He has the ability to take a terrific licking, and his recuperative powers are almost unbelievable. Tom Kennedy lifted him clean off the floor with a right hand punch in the fifth round of their tight, yet Palzer a moment later was whaling Kennedy from post to post, apparently unhurt. Al Kaufman, in his fight with Palzer. smashed the big Dutchman flush on the chin with that deadly right three times in succession in the fourth round of that fight, yet a few moments later was lying on the floor in a neutral corner taking the final count. Jim Corbett, who had never seen Palzer until that night, fell off his chair with sur prise. In the Wells fight Palzer was knocked to the canvas in the first round as clean as ever a man was dropped. He looked as though he was gone. At the count of nine he scrambled to his feet, and, although drunk with punching, chased the dancing Englishman. Five minutes later Wells was carried to his cor ner a beaten man With about ten more tights un der his belt and some good, careful coaching, this Palzer will be a fit opponent for the great colored fighter who now wears the crown CHARLEY CARR TO HEAD A BASEBALL COLLEGE DETROIT, Aug. S.—A baseball col lege is to be established somewhere tn the South next fall, if plans now being made are completed The idea is to eliminate a large part of the expense of spring training trips and at the same time furnish trained material for man agers of the major league clubs to take to other spring camps. Clubs which have a number of new players may send them to college, w here each recruit will be taught indi vidually by a former star. Charles Carr, manager of the Kansas City team of the American association, will be the proprietor of the institu tion, and owners of all major league clubs will be invited to contribute and to take part in its benefits. IOWA FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY OLD SMASHING GAME IOWA CITY, IOWA. Aug S. A par tial return to the old line-smashing game this tall is anticipated by lowa university football authorities, and they are laying their plans accordingly. A heavy back field is now - sought by Coach Hawley, and to secure this lie will attempt to shift Captain Hanson from guard to fullback Hanson f* : very fast and weighs over 200 Last year he was used often In a guard's back play and seldom failed to gain through the line. Kirk, who is also heavy, will h- shifted to a halfback position, and another heavy back will be sought. EXHIBITIONS FOR LOOKOUTS. CHATTANOOGA. Aug. s. The Look- i outs are slated to play exhibition games ' in Pensacola on Vigust I". 14 and IS. I according to a stati nent at baseball ; headquarters today . The locals have off | days on the dates mentioned. FHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1912. Agler, Becker, Bai/ey and Harbison May Leave Local Team RECALL WILL ROB CRACKERS OF STAR PLAYERS By Percy H. Whiting. ONE of the saddening fea tures of the closing days of this most doleful of baseball seasons Is the fact that big league recalls w ill rob the Cracker team of severaj of its best players this fall. At least four or five will be called higher, over the optional agree ment route, before the season ends. One man sure to go back for an other big league trial is Joe Agler. Joe’s hitting hasn't been “big league" this year, but his fielding has, and Charley Murphy is sure to call for him. if for no other reason than that he wifi try. next spring, to sell him back to Atlanta or to some other club at an advance of price. Joe w ill hardly make a big league player unless his batting im proves a bit—which It might easily do—but he Is bound to be a shining star tn the A and A A leagues. Another man whose going will cause regret is "Buck" Becker, who belongs to the Washington club. Manager Clark Griffith has already’ notified President Callaway, in formally, that he plans to recall the man and to give him another trial next spring. There is doubt whether Becker is ripe for the big leagues yet. But at that he comes mighty near it. It will not be sur prising at all if he is carried on the Washington staff next year. The fate of Rudolph Waldorf is tn doubt. The opinion is now that Charley Murphy will leave him here for further seasoning. He hasn’t beey a big winner with Atlanta, and his work on paper hasn’t been impressing. Manager Alperman says, however, that if he can get him at the first of next season he will make a ball player out of him sure He says the man Just reeks with ability, and that all that is n< eessarv is to steady him down and teach him where the plate Is located. There seems a fair chance that the Yankees will refrain from ex ercising their otion on Harry Bai ley. If this happens the Crackers can thank their lucky’ stars that Harry’s batting .slumped a bit Just at the fag end of the season. If he had kept going at a .300 clip, as he was before the Crackers got ut terly to pieces, he would have been recalled surely As it is, he Is in a bit of a slump now. and there is a strong likelihood that the Yankees w ill let him stay ♦ ♦ • J T will be a matter of surprise if ■* some big league club does not buy “Dug" Harbison. The chap is us promising an infielder as has been turned up in the Southern league in moons. He has fielding ability, i Inverness and a punch. It is al most a certainty that some big league club w ill t ike a chance with him tliis fall. 1) ECKER Bailey Agler and Har bison are fout men the Crackers f can’t well afford to lose. If both Aglet find Harbison go. the Crackers will have just one man left around whom to start building an infield next spring. This one fs EDI TUP 4r W. S FARNSWORTH Alperman. McElveen proved disap pointing at third and may be shift ed to the outfield next season. . So Manager Alperman must find men who can play first, short and third —which is some contract. ♦ * * jyjAYBE the outfield will not fur nish a problem next spring! With Bailey gone, not an outfielder will have a position cinched. Lyons, the new’ man from “Hoptown,” may or may not do. He hasn’t been at it long enough yet so that we can tell. Callahan will furnish another prob lem. The Crackers will surely never carry him another season un less his batting improves. And yet there is every reason to suppose that it may improve a lot next year. Whether or not McElveen can develop into a good outfielder, he will be given a chance to demon strate next year. If Mack should get in a hitting stride, he ought to make good. One department is not causing much worry—the catching staff. Graham has improved steadily. He is a useful catcher. His side part ner, Rey’nolds, is inexperienced in rapid company, but shows a peck of promise. The pitching staff will need a world of strengthening before next season. It is probable that a lot of . the pitchers who have shown so | miserably this year would have 1 LOUISVILLE ASKS 2-CLUB LEAGUEJN CELLAR WAR LOE ISV ILLE. Aug. B.—A suggestion has been made by a number of Louis ville fans which they contemplate put ting up to the association authorities. Their plan is to have two divisions for the association race. One division is to consist of Louisville and Indianapolis, the other of the other six clubs. There will be two races, one between the oth. or clubs for first place and one between Louisville and Indianapolis for last place. In this way the struggle be tween Louisville and Indianapolis for the cellar will be given dignity and an aloofness that it does not now possess. It will be a real fight instead of a trail. The Louisville fans have also noticed a new habit the Colonels are forming. It is a habit of winning on Sunday. They won a game last Sunday and one the Sunday before. It is be lieved tile Colonels have determined to win every’ Sunday game, even if they lose every other day. By keeping this up thy will be assured of some per centage at the close of each season. REDS GET PITCHER FRILL. CINCINNATI. OHIO. Aug. B—The National Baseball Commission ruled that the Cincinnati National league club was entitled to the services of Pitcher Frill, formerly of the Jersey’ City club of the Internationa! league. The com mission held that Frill belonged to the St. Louis National league club, and that St. Louis acted within its rights in re calling the player from Jersey City and releasing him to Cincinnati. QUITMAN IS VICTORIOUS. QUITMAN. (SA., Aug. B.—The win ning game of the series fell to Quit man yesterday against Brunswick. 12 to 1. The Brunswick team plays Way < ros< today, while Quitman plays Adel here. done well with a strong team. But there is no use of taking any chances, and the Cracker club will have to strengthen with the addi tion of four or five real pitchers before next season starts. • • • 'p HERE is one consolation —the Crackers have a couple of play- ers they can recall. The best of them is Erskine Mayer. “The Scis sors” has done wonders in the Vir ginia league. There is great likeli hood. however, that he will not be with the Atlanta team for training next spring. Mayer has done so well this year that some big league club Is almost certain to buy him or to draft him this fall. Another player the Crackers will call back is “Kid” Wolfe. This lad. y’anked out of a job as shipping clerk and planted on the Atlanta diamond this year, absolutely with out professional or semi-profes sional baseball experience, looked mighty’ good. He has had a year of experience now in league ball. Next spring he ought to be a useful citizen. He certainly knows how' to field a ball. The Crackers have a few other players planted here and there, but Mayer and Wolfe seem to be the only ones who make any difference. Ira Hogue looked like a star when I he was turned back this year, but he hasn’t done anything this sea- 1 son. and seems to be hopeless. CUNNINGHAM WILL SOON CALL OUT FOOTBALL MEN ATHENS. GA.. Aug. 8 —The football team of the University of Georgia will be called together within the next two weeks. W. A. Cunningham, who was last spring appointed head coach of football and baseball for a term of four years, has returned from Ann Arbor, where he took summer work at the University’ of Michigan, and will soon gather his football candidates together at Judge McWhorter’s summer home for lectures and light work. The squad will return to Athens early in September and get down to business BRENNAN OF PHILLIES DEVELOPS DIPHTHERIA PHILADELPHIA. Aug. B—Conster nation reigns in the Philadelphia Na tional league club as a result of Pitcher Brennan developing a case of diphthe ria and being quarantined. Not only will this prevent him from taking part in any' game for some time, hut Grover Cleveland Alexander, the mainstay of Dooin’s pitching staff, who has been living with Brennan, may also be affected. The disablement of these two stars, admittedly the best pitchers the club possesses now. will materially affect the Philadelphias’ chances of remaining in the first division. MADISON BEATS ELBERTON MADISON. GA.. Aug. B.—Madison took the second game of the series from Elberton, 6 to 5. Madison se cured nine hits, Elberton four. P. Bur rus*. for Madison, put the ball over the left field fence in the seventh. Not a Chance of Johnson Ever Returning to Ring, Says Smith By Ed. W. Smith. CHICAGO, Aug. B.—His first real sensations of “being a real man" proved too strong for Jack Johnson. Tha't’s why he announced his retirement and fol lowed it up with the further state ment that he meant to stay retired. Few can take the big athlete’s statement as being sincere, but it certainly looks as if Johnson is the one champion who will retire and stay retired with the title. He has found that a real untram meled life, free from the thought of diet and without restraint as far as smoking and drinking are con cerned, and with no conscientious pangs of remorse at the possibility' of loss of athletic power, is the only life for him, after eighteen years of struggling to attain the top rung of the ladder. He wants now to drink a bottle of beer or smoke a cigar when he pleases and the rest of it can go hang. Business Too Good, Too. Hence the retirement. Further, business is so good just now and the coin is rolling in so freely that he doesn’t care a rap for all of the fat purses that could be hung up. He's through, that's all. And another fact is patent to “If It's at Hartman's, It’s Correct" “Remnant” Sale of Oxfords $5, $4 and $3.50 Oxfords I Choice $2.45 Tans, Gun Metal. Vici and Patent Leather. It's onlv a question of finding your size. These are “remnants" of our regular line—all fresh, new stock, but the size range is so badly broken that to make a final and complete elean-up we’ve decided to sell out these regular $5 00 $4.00 and $3.50 Oxfords at the ridiculously low price of choice $2.45, beginning Friday morning. Manhattan Shirts Reduced I $2.50 “Manhattans” now $175 S2.CO “Manhattans” now $1 40 $1.50 “Manhattans” now slls Our regular Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Begins, Friday, 8 AM. Six Peachtree Street (Opp. Peters Bldo } "If It’s Correct, It’s at Hartman's" those who know Jack pretty well. The longer he is retired, and the stronger becomes the lure of this thing of "being a real man," the less chance there is of his coming back, or even trying to. Jack looks upon th*. prospects of training again with the horrors that a man must feel who has been sentenced to the gallows. It is actually as bad as that with most athletes who attain the age that Johnson has and try to retain their form. It’s entirely unnatural for a man of such age to enter into the rigors of road work, and they feel the keenest distress when starting in and during the early stages of the struggle with stiffening muscles and limbs and arms that no longer respond to the commands of the brain the way they used to. NAPS SELL EASTERLY TO CHICAGO AMERICANS CLEVELAND. Aug. B.—Catcher Ted Easterly was sold to the Chicago club of the American league by the Cleve land club. He joined the Cleveland club in 1909, coming from the Pacific Coast league.