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TO • pis n ‘MA' TO <- f 9 #/Q Aho TO<-D H/aa 77) CAM- A6-A/M- / • ' \ CHEAP - ' IO BuCK-S i ' HA-U 4 / ; <S|LK HAT f+AftFV- NOW HA i \ P BUNK ',.. 1 U/HAT-VEI He ft TKI Ctf HAT V Qfc£L ' \ Ha-ha > --r | WONDERS IF he \>/Aj \ I / r\ \ i VIH€?f—SES I’uL Be FlQ+t OmEK— / J / X -via. -—I L Jkpwk CT O Da ' j«F Am, « dGxllk CW\ <* »rt== il SB |Bty x — __ : zfW ; ® tf'/fcfF —.IE b~ x Mt'"’" ®2h_~ ?jS :Jae» J»jg| R '"X—-■ PERRYMAN WILL STIMINISW MOUNT Richmond, va. auk is Emmett Key Perryman is not going to let the lure of suc cess as a twirler in big league base ball interfere with hfs clerical am bitions Perryman Is the young ster who was imported into Vir ginia baseball circles from Georgia last season by the Danville club. This year he is playing with Rich mond. but if all goes well he will join McGraw’s Glajits at the close of the Virginia season, early In September. He was recently sold to that ag gregation for SI,OOO. He Is a big. rangy chap with worlds of speed, and when given proper support nearly always wins his game. "Yes. 1 am going with McGraw,” he said; “but that won’t keep me from finishing my course at Emory college. Oxford, Ga. I have already had two years there, and unless the unexpected happens I’ll return to college In October and capture a Ph.B. next spring Then if McGraw thinks 1 am still worth something to him, I’ll be ready to accommo date hint. However, 1 ’propose to teach a couple of years or so dur ing the winter seasons, and then I'll probably go over to Vanderbilt, at Nashville, to prepare myself for the Merthodlst ministry. What will happen after that I can’t say just now. I always did want to be a preacher, and I believe I’d make •amerthtng of a go at the calling.” Perryman Is a son of the late James L. Perryman, of Rockmart, Ga, member of the North Georgia conference for many years. Since •ntering college he has developed marked talents as an orator and debater and also as a student Baseball has always been his fa vorlte sport, and when not twirling for an Emory class team he put in most of his spare time playing ball in the Crack er state trntll he came to Virginia. Several of hH brothers are also passionately fond of the game. D H. Perryman, his eldest brother, who Is principal of the high school at Marshallville, Ga., is now pitch ing for the Gainesville team dur ing the summer season. When his team is in Richmond. Perryman spends most of his nights digging into bls books Just now he is doing some French parallel reading. He rooms with Doc Ay ers, also a rat mbet of tha Rich mond twirling staff, who came out of the Virginia mountains near Hillsville two years ago to take a medical course here NEWS EROM RINGSIDE] Battling Keffe has- canceled all boats that are scheduled for the i ext few months X. I that he 1 a.- any ergage ments, but h* s 1 anceled them There's a good reason Keffe was boxing with his pet bulldog when he smasher! the doggie plumb on the left eve ends later the Battler missed a part of his right rand S.. of course be ■an t fight until his band mends • • • Charley White will have a chance to avenge his brother .lack when th. i'hi cago lightweight meets Joe Htver-s Ar rangements hare been practical!;. com pleted for a ten-round scrap betw.en Charier and the Mexican to be staged at Kenosha some time next monte Articles were sign.si Friday for a six gound contest between Tommy I'lj.ii, of Kansas City, and Tommy (''Tool. at Philadelphia September 20 • • • Dan McKetrick has received large of fers to take .Joe Jeannette to \ustralia for a series of fights in the fall Dan has not accepted the offer yet and will probably talk it over with Joe before <abling an answer. • • • Johnny Bundle put an end to Patsy Kling's long winning streak by defeating him in New York recently. Kline was LOOKOUT FANS GUIN UMPIRES | ABE NOTON JOB C, HATTANOOGA. TENN., Aug 13.—Local fans are blaming the umpires of Pater Kava naugh’s staff to a large extent with the listlessness and apathy which have been exhibited by both the h<»iie and visiting clubs upon many occasions at Andrews field. The mistakes of the arbiters in decisions which have been many and numerous are not the greatest evils of which they have been guil ty in practically destroying the piquancy and snap of the contests. The laxness of the umpires in .stim ulating and accelerating the ac tion of the players and consequent ly the speed of the games has been far more exasperating to local pa trons. During the last series with the Pelicans this laxness was extreme ly apparent, and both teams loafed to and from their positions in a manner which gave the frays the appearance of mere exhibition con tests. One noticeable and unnec essary delay came when the receiv ers were either at bat or on base when the last out occurred. Under these conditions an actual delay of four minutes occurred during the time that the receiver was donning his shin guards and other parts of his panoply. Os course, some delay in such a case is necessary, but the slowness employed by the Pelican receivers, Angenneler and Haigh, especially was most exasperating to the stands. Another privilege allowed by the umpires and one that lends the frays the appearance of mere per functory affairs was the sojourn of home players upon the visiting bench and vice versa. Os course, the stands do not think that the players are mortal enemies, but the sight of them mingling on the field of battle and laughing and joking during tha progress of the frays lends the battles an air of levity and indifference which greatly sub dues their piquancy and sharpness. If the umpires would force the players to tret to and from their positions, remain upon their own benches ami assume any way se riousness and determination to win. the battles would draw far more patronage McFarland and wolgast MAY FIGHT IN NEW YORK CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Unless Tom Jones breaks in and spoils plans. Pack ey McFailand and Ad Wolgast will meet In Now York before the Garden Athletic club in a ten-round clash on October 3. looked on by many as a coming . humpion until his defeat bj Dundee. • • ■ Montana Dan Sullivan Is tinalh to get a tlame at some middleweight He is matched with Vic Hansen for a 20- roimd contest to be staged at Taft. Cal . August 17 The winner of this tight wlii be matched with Sailor Petroskey ♦ • • lack Britton Is keen for a match with xuo i. < ross The New Yorker savs i.eat n ( ross Britton claims that ■ wlipn he gets through purnmellng him ; W hen ( ross was offered a go with Brit ; ton he said he would think it over \c ; cording to Jack's manager this means he won t box Britton • • • 'a. k Denning and Jack MeCarren have “ gr V*’ 4 ,neet ,n a Hix-round bout at Vugusi Mc< 'arren Is b< ing managed b\ Philadelphia Jack l<‘ Brien and is considered a cmner • • • I I J.ssr Willard, the cow boy white hope' is match, d with <;ien Coakley f,,. ;l j,. n . ■ round bout at Fort Wayne Labor l>ay 1 • • • l.dtiie M< < h »rt \ will b» seen in the ; ring for the first time since his Jul\ 4 I engagvm<i.’ \ugust 20, w hen he meets I lummy uaugan at Cleveland 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. G/anfs Flickering; Cubs Are Now Only Seven and One-Half Games to the Bad CHANCE’S TEAM HAS GAINED .161 IN TWO MONTHS By Percy H. Whiting. ' | HE National league race is | getting somewhat thrilling. The Giants lost again yes terday. The Cubs and the Pirates again won. And this morning the Giants’ lead over the Cubs has been cut to 65 points—or a mere 7 1-2 games. This is a long load. But con sider: 1. That two weeks ago the Giants hafl a lead of .101 over the Cubs. 2. That one month ago their lead was .170 over the Cubs. 3. That two months ago their lead was .262 over the Cubs. 4. And that the New York team has the following games yet to play: At Chicago—August 15, 16, 17. At St. Louis—August IS, 19, 20. At Pittsburg—August 23, 23, 24. At Cincinnati —August 26, 27. Brooklyn at New York—August 29, 30, 31. At Boston September 2,2, 3. At Philadelphia—September 4,5, 6,7. Brooklyn at New York—Septem ber 9. St. Louis at New York—Septem ber 10. 11, 12. 13. Chicago at New York—September 14. 16. 17. Cincinnati at New York—Sep tember 18, 19. 20. Pittsburg at New York —Septem- ber 21. 23, 24. Boston at New York—September 26, 27, 28. Philadelphia at New York—Sep tember 30, October 1, 3. At Brooklyn—October 3, 4. 5. Look over the list. Then consid er that the Giants have but three real pitchers, anyway. One is the now erratic Marquard, another the faltering Mathewson and the third Tesreau, a good pitcher who al ways gets poor support. Wiltse is all in. Ames is yellow. Watch out for a big race in the National. The Giants must have nearly 50 games to play, includ ing postponed affairs. They will surely have to go some. * • • T T’S a queer thing about Ty Cobb. I He just will get on the first page oftener than any other living ball player. Witness the stabbing inci dent in Detroit. It Is entirely evi dent that Cobb plans to keep before tlie public strong enough, so that, when he makes his demand for $15,000 a year, he will get it. And he’ll be worth it. too, and a better investment at the price than any $250 a month man ever signed. Speaking of Cobb, it’s an odd fact, but the Chicago pitchers have departed with ids batting goat. He has hit only .310 this season against Walsh. Lange & Co Os course. .310 is fair hitting—but not for Cobb. The Red Sox. as might be expected, rank right next to their white hosed brethren in troubling the mightiest batter of the Ameri can league. At that he has hit .364 against them. Another thing that might be expected is that Cobb lias done his healthiest swat ting against the pitchers of the decrepit St. Louis Browns. They are peaches for him. to the tune of a .479 batting average. Here Is Ty Cobb’s batting record against the various clubs this sea son. not absolutely up to date, but neatly enough to give an idea of what the Peerless Georgian is doing against the opposition tills yea:: Opposing Team — A.B. H. Ave. Boston 4 4 1 6 364 Chicago 42 13 .310 Cleveland 66 25 .379 New York 41 17 .415 Philadelphia 17 7 4 1 2 St Louis 73 35 479 Washington 15 6 400 rxAI.E GEAR, tile elongated out 1.7 w |,!> was well known In tile Southern league for several ye si s and who has since been man aging with various but usually tol erably good success In • ■••rious mi ' nor leagues tells a pretty good one. Last year Gear copped the pen nant in the Texas league for Aus tin. This year he was grabbed by the Topeka club as manager. He had a fine ground keeper at /.us tln, a man named James Danbury. When Gear pulled out for Tope ka he shanghaied Danbury, and a couple of days later “Dan” was pol ishing the countenance of the Tope ka diamond, to the great satisfac tion of Gear. When Tom Iglehart, the presi dent of the Austin club, missed Danbury, he suspected what had happened. So he sat down and wrote one of the most remarkable letters of baseball history. It read as follows: “Dear Sir—No doubt you are Ig norant of the fact that you have violated a contractural agreement with the Austin club by leaving us | FODDER FOR FANS~] The last time Walter Johnson went in to pitch for Washington Kid Gleason yelped from the third base coaching line, ’’Watch us knock out of the box this promising young pitcher”—which they didn’t. . * * The American association continues to kid itself that it is nearly a big league. Columbus has just given up $5,000 (some of it in real money, no doubt) for Out fielder Middleton and Pitcher Ellis, of the Wichita team. • * • Eor more reasons than one we suggest Atlanta as the place for Charley Carr’s winter school for ball players. * * • Harry Billiard, once well known in the South, has lost out as a member of the Columbus pitching staff. • • * Ralph Capron has hooked on at St. Paul and has gotten away to a fast start. That's his custom, but he doesn’t hold his speed. Little Rock is tired of figuring in the capacity of "wolf'' for the Southern league.. Every time attendance slumps in the Southern league the club owners be gin to shout “Wolf, wolf! We’re going to sell the franchise to Little Rock." They worked it In Montgomery, Mobile and Nashville and every time somebody came through with enough money to save the club. • . . Charles Comiskey spends a world of money each year for recruits. What he spent last fall wasn't wasted, for be se cured Rath, Weaver and Benz. * ♦ ♦ Cleveland doesn’t care where it goes for ball players. Bob Gilkes has just landed Pitcher Hayes. He comes from the Ed monton club, of the Western Canada league. ♦ * * The Chattanooga team will play ex hibition games in Pensacola August 14 and 15. The Pensacola chib has repeatedly tried to get Atlanta to play there, but the Cracker club has had about all the base ball it could stand right in the Southern circuit this year « • • You can't toll a hall plaver bv the wav he stnrts. Four joke players at the start were Marquard. Merkle, McGraw and Jen nings. • • • In a recent game at Norfolk a horse belonging to a mounted policeman broke loose from his moorings, which was a little negro boy. and careened around the infield, kicking up his heels and charging at the players. The hit-and-run game be came very popular on the instant and when it ended the players had all de parted. leaving the nag a clear field. * « a If the Giants lose many more games this month McGraw will recall Charlev Faust. « « « If Ganz.el ever gets the pennant cinched in the International association he will at once turn Tommy McMillan over to the Yankees. But lie will never let the wee Atlantan go until it is. * ♦ • Jack Kerr. ex-Cracker. is hitting 'em a mile with Wilmington. The other day he I he Big Race Here s how- the ‘‘Big Five’’ of the American league are hitting the ball, the averages including yesterday's games: PLAYER. AB. H. P.C. COEB . . . . 402 168 .413 SPEAKER 427 171 .40C JACKSON ... 405 156 .385 COLLINS3B2 127 .332 LAJOIE 266 81 .305 Lajoie and Jackson were the only members of the "Big Five" who played yesterday. Each made one hit. Jack son out of four times at bat. Lajoie out of thtee times at bat. in this manner. I would have you understand that you were under a contract, duly promulgated, to keep grounds for Austin. You may cer tiorari if you will, but the baseball powers will sanction your suspen sion. Austin has not waived claims upon you. I beg to inform you that you are hereby suspended, finis electum.” About three days after Iglehart mailed this letter he received one from Danbury, postmarked Topeka. All it said was: "Dear Mr. Iglehart—lf that is the way you feel about it. I will come back on the next train." And back he came. When questioned about it. he ad mitted he was “sure seared.” "What got me back, though,” he said, “was that ’finis electum’ part. I don’t know what that means yet.” made four swats In a row. At that the records showed him a trifle under 300 for the season. ♦ * ♦ The loyalty of the White Sox fans, long a marvel, is flickering. The Sox got such a good start this year that it wouldn’t be human to watch them slip without yelp ing some. * • • Jimmy McAleer may buy the Youngs town team for a farm. If he does, this will be the last year there of Bill Phil lips, the old Pelican twirler, as manager. Sain Martina, brother of Joe who tried out as a pitcher with Atlanta, has been bought by the Beaumont club of the Tex as league from Eugene Demont’s Yazoo City wreck. • • * Connie Mack's much advertised shake up consisted of making Jack Barry the first hitter, sending Rube Oldring to left, benching Maggert and shoving Lord down to seventh place tn the batting order. The team has been going pretty strong ever since. “Correct Dress for Men.” Essig Bros. Co.===August Clearance Sale 331 Per Cent Discount for Cash Our entire stork of Men’s and Young Men’s fine Suits must be soldand sold quickly—nothing will be reserved. Two and three-piece Suits in Cassi meres, Cheviots, Worsteds, Homespun. Crash, Sumar Cloth, Mohair, Blue Serges. Black and Blue Unfinished Worsteds. fcZZTTTiSI blue seroeluiu $20.00 Suits now $13.35 $22.50 Suits now $15.00 $25.00 Suits now $16.65 A new lot .just received, and at $27.50 Suits now $18.35 'I'"""' 1 ~ 12;i5 ~ "'G' oonnn o -x Wlll not remain m stork lone Val- SoO.OO Suits now $20.00 ues guaranteed. Good assortment $35.00 Suits now $23.35 of sizes. assortment We take inventory on August 15, and want to close out our entire stock of summer goods before that date. This is your opportunity to buv dependa ble merchandise and save money. ' ‘ All Straw ESSIG BROS. CO. ~No fioodTH “Correct Dress for Men” Charged di $2122 26 Whitehall Street Reduced Prices JORDAN DATS SLIDINGINTD FIRST IS BAD CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Aug. 13—Is sliding into first base on close ones a good play? Most fans, and especially minor league ones, say yes. They argue that it gives the runner the ad vantage of at least a second and also shows the slider to be pos sessed of the proper pep and fight ing spirit. Two men, each repre sentative in his capacity in the Southern league, however, con demn the play as a poor one. These two men are Otto Jordan, admit tedly one of the best all-round players who ever donned a South ern league uniform, and Frank Rudderham, since Carpenter's de parture, the dean of the umpiring staff. "A abase runner does not gain time In sliding Into first,” says Jor dan; "he loses by It. In running the body is carried well forward and the leg advanced as much as possible to take the bag. When the runner slides, however, he must slow up and bring both to gether before he can throw him self forward for the slide. In doing this he loses a yvhole step. No man .can slide directly 7 from his stride. He must stop and bring his feet together. “The belief that sliding helps a base runner arises from the fact that it is universally employed as an aid in sliding into the other bags. It is an undisputed fact that a slide Into second or third is ab solutely indispensable. But bear this fact in mind, the runner hits the dirt not to help him beat the ball to the bag. but to evade the tag. A man can steal second or third when the ball beats him a full second, but a/ first he must actually beat the hall ” CRACKERS PLAY PELICANS TODAY AND THEN REST NEW ORLEANS, LA, Aug. 13. Today’s game Is the Crack ers’ last in New Orleans this year. Tomorrow and Thursday the Crackers take a good, long-drawn loaf. They will probably decide to spend their time In New Orleans, for there is more excitement here and no more heat than in Mobile. They will probably move over to Mobile on Friday, when they open a three-game series. Yesterday’s game, the third in a row the Crackers have lost to New Orleans on this trip, was a fright. Errors were numerous, but Bill Wagner pitched better ball and de served the decision. "Doc” Johnston spiked Agier Ih the fourth inning and time was taken out while Joe’s wounds were dressed. The Cracker was only slightly hurt and returned to his duties after a few minutes. Three umpires, President Kavanaugh and a few spectators were present. Frank Rudderham, who worked Sunday, let Stockdale and Hart la bor while he for once was privi leged to criticise the Indicator men from the stand. It was a wild hitting game. Every one of the locals hit safely except Haigh and every Pelican counted a run except Hendrix. Johnston starred with the stick, while Spen cer showed a liking for Brady’s brand that he had not manifested in a long time. Catcher Graham lorl thn iHcFtAFc 1 »I