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LAVENDER PITCH
SECOND GAME
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CHICAGO. Aug. 16. —Prepara-
tions were made at the
Cubs' park today to handle
the biggest crowd that has ever
thronged the West Side battlefield.
The prospect of a decisive contest
between the historic enemies—the
Giants and the Cubs—was expect
ed by President Murphy and his
crew to draw a crowd that would
make the fences bulge.
The fact announced early in
the day that Christy Mathewson
would be on the mound for the
Giants and .lim Lavender for the
Cubs added to the interest of the
fans. Not in years has any series
here attracted as much attention
as the present one. In spite of the
interest, there was no open bet
ting on the outcome of the day's
game, the series or the pennant
race.
Chicago won the opening game
of the series from New York. 5 to
1. driving Marquard out of the box
In the fifth and reducing New
York’s lead in the race for the Na
tional league pennant to five
games. It was estimated that 25.-
fittO persons witnessed the contest.
Thousands had to be denied ad
mission to the park for lack of
space.
Marquard’s defeat came in the
fifth inning. With Archer out,
Richie singled and Sheckard walk
ed. Merkle got Schulte’s fly. Tink
er drove a slashing double into the
right field crowd, shoring Richie.
Zimmerman sent a double to the
same spot, bringing Sheckard and
Tinker home. Leach singled to
right, scoring Zimmerman, and
raced to second on Murray’s throw
to the plate. He took third on a
wild pitch. Saier walked and Downs
hit safely ‘to right, scoring Leach
and sending Saier to third.
Manager McGraw then sent
Crandall in to replace Marquard.
Archer lifted a fly to Murray, end
ing the inning.
Doubles by Murray and Merkle
scored New York’s only run in the
fourth inning. Murray opened the
inning with a two-base hit. and
Merkle sent him home with a two
base drive into right field. Merkle
went to third on Herzog's sacrifice,
but was caught between third and
home when Meyers drove the ball
at Zimmerman. Meyers then at
tempted to reach second, but Zim
merman relayed the ball to Downs,
catching Meyers ten feet from the
■base.
THE BASEBALL CARD
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta in Mobile
Nashville in Birmingham
Memphis in Montgomery.
Chattanooga in New Orleans.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L PC.
3 ham .66 44 .600 C’nooga. 50 51 .495
Mobile .61 50 .550 Mont. . .51 58 468
N. Or. . .55 50 .524 Nash. .49 58 .158
M'mphls 33 53 .500 Atlanta .42 63 .400
Yesterday's Results.
Nashville 4, Birmingham 2.
Montgomery 5. Memphis 0.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Albany in Jacksonville
Columbus in Columbia.
Maeon in Savannah
Standing of the Clubs.
.W. L. PC. \V. L PC
Sav'nah. 26 15 .634 ' Maeon . .21 22 488
C'bus. . 25 17 .595 I Albany .17 25 105
J'ville. . 23 20 .535 1 Col a . 15 28 .349
Yesterday’s Results.
Albany 6, Jacksonville I.
Columbia. 3, Columbus 2.
Savannah 6. Macon 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in Washington.
St. Louis in Boston.
Detroit in New York.
Cleveland in Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L R.C.
Boston .76 34 .691 Detroit 558 487
Philo 66 43 .606 ("land .51 59 464
Wash . 67 44 .604 N. York 36 73 .330
Chicago .54 55 .41'5 S. Louis 34 73 .318
Yesterday’s Results.
Washington 4. Chicago 3
Philadelphia 5, (.’leveland 2.
Boston 13. St. Louis 6.
New York 5. Detroit I
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Philadelphia in Pittsburg.
Brooklyn in Cincinnati
New York in Chicago.
Boston in St. Louis
Standing of the Clubs
W. I. P.C W L. PC
N York 73 70 .709 ("nati. . .50 58 .463
Chicago 69 36 657 S. Louis 48 59 .449
P'burg. .65 40 .619 Br’klyn. .39 69 .361
Phila. . .50 51 .481 Boston . 28 76 .269
Yesterday's Results.
Chicago 5. New York 1
St. Louis 7, Boston 5.
Pittsburg 7. Philadelphia I (first game.)
Pittsburg 4. Philadelphia 0 (second
ga me.)
Brooklyn 7. Cincinnati 3 (first game.)
Cincinnati 5. Brooklyn 0 isecond game.)
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RIVERS IS A FIXTURE IN
LOS ANGELES ARENA
CHICAGO. Aug. 16.—There
isn’t any chance of Joe Riv
ers. Mexican lightweight—or
is he a Spaniard?—leaving that
dear old Los Angeles for a long
time to come. There have been re
ports that he would box around
hete in the early fall and that his
manager. Joe Levy, former Chica
goan. who is guiding his destinies
in the ring, was considering offers
from nearby clubs.
Much as we would like to see the
swarthy little lightweight in action
at Kenosha or some equally acces
sible place, we must confess, after
a chat with Levy, that the conclu
sion is obvious that there isn’t a
chance of such a thing. Promoters
who are figuring on giving Levy
and Rivers enough of a guarantee
to insure their appearance here
might as well move over Into the
next stall. They are up against it.
Too Big a Card on Coast.
The reasons are obvious when It
is known that Rivers is drawing
wonderfully well in all of his en
counters in Los Angeles. Even with
Jack White, w ho practially was an
unknown to the fight fans of south
• ent California when he landed out
there, there was a house of $12,000.
Inasmuch as half such a sum would
be next to impossible around here,
unless Packey McFarland was on
the other end of the skit, Rivers
will remain in Los Angeles for some
time to come.
At least as long as he is the big
winning card he is at the present
time. And. judging from the cali
ber of men going against Rivers
now. he is to be a winner for some
time to come. It will take a Wol
gast or a McFarland, or mayhap a
Ritchie, to best him. but alas! there
isn’t much chance of an early meet
ing with any of them.
Levy Has Good Reasons.
There are reasons, too. says Levy.
Wolgast is ill, or out of shape, and
can not box for some time to come.
McFarland and Ritchie are too big
and hence the lighter class of men
like Joe Mandot must perforce be
accepted as opponents.
The San Francisco papers are
persistent and insistent in stating
outright from time to time that Joe
Levy is only a figurehead in the
management of Rivers, Tom Me- •
Carey being the real fellow. I
asked Levy about this ttt other
afternoon and he denied the state
ment flatly. "They know I'm Joe's
manager because they have seen
me sign articles of agreement for
him,'' Joe said. "McCarey doesn't
need me or anybody else as a fig
urehead in his deals. He uses Riv
ers right along because Rivers is
making him a lot of money. Every
one of his fights draws well and
why shouldn't he stick to him?
Not Afraid of Ritchie.
"Wolgast used to be the great
card out there and is still—that's
true —but Joe has the call now. Yes,
1 see they are toasting me and Me-
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN IND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. 1912.
Carey for taking on Mandot instead
of Willie Ritchie. That's natural,
because Willie is a San Francisco
native. Joe is not afraid of Ritchie
or any other man in the world any
where near his weight. But that's
the hitch. Ritchie is too big. He
can make 133 pounds at the ring
side. but says he won’t do it for
anybody but a champion.
"Well, Rivers isn’t a champion—
not yet, at least—but he ought to
be. He is like 'Wolgast and can
make 128 pounds . without any
trouble at all right today. So why
should he be giving away a chunk
of weight to a fellow like Ritchie,
if Ritchie can make 133 for Wol
gast. let him do it also for Rivers.
He can make more money and gain
a bigger reputation by whipping
Rivers than he could by doing any
thing else, except whipping Wol
gast.
Mandot a Second Gans.
“Mandot is a good toy, no mat
ter who has beaten him. and
mighty few have. He boxes more
like Joe Gans than any man I've
seen in years; in fact, is the near
est approach to the famous colored
star that 1 ever saw. So I’m not
looking for any picnic with him,
and neither is Joe."
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MOBILE TODAY
MOBILE. Aug. 16.—Sitton and
Campbell and
Dunn are the batteries who
will probably wot k in the opening
game of the series between the
Crackers and Gulls here this after
noon. Mobile still has a hunch that
their crew of jolly ball tossers will
cop the pennant and the fans pre
dict that their favorites will clean
up the Atlanta aggregation.
Mike Finn's team is about 50
points behind the leading Barons
today and that margin looks to be
big enough. But Finn has a con
fident bunch and they are putting
up a great finish.
The Atlanta players are all
pleased over the tact that Bill
Smith is going to manage the
Crackers next season. “Whitey"
Alperman is a strong booster for
Smith and the present leader- pre
dicts that William will give the
Gate City a winner in 1913.
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The Big Race
Here’s how the “Big Five” of the
American league are hitting the ball,
the averages, including yesterday's
games:
PLAYER. A B. H. P.C.
COBB . .. 412 171 .415
SPEAKER 437 173 .396
JACKSON 417 159 .381
! COLLINS 391 132 .337
LA JOIE 278 86 .309
Ty Cobb dropped off a couple of points
in his batting yesterday by failing to
get over one hit in four attempts. But
Speaker didn’t get a single blow in four
trips to the plate and dropped back
three points. Jackson, too, failed to
connect in four chances. It was a bad
day for the three top men. Coliins.
however, kept up his hitting streak,
which has been well over the .500 mark
for a week, by garnering two safe swats
in three trials. Lajoie grabbed only !
one hit in four times at bat.
REPORT THAT STALLINGS
WILL MANAGE HUB TEAM
BoS 1 <>N. Aug. 16. — George Stallings,
the Georgian who made good as man
ager of the New York Americans three
years ago and at present leader of the
Buffalo International league team, is to
manage the Boston Nationals next sea
son. At least a report from Buffalo
says so.
It is understood here that Johnny
Kling will become manager of the
Kansas City American association club
next year.
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NEGRO FIGHT
CHICAGO. Aug. 16.—The McMahon
brothers, promoters of Johnson-Jean
nette fight at Neu York September 25,
look for a gate of $70,000. They have
3.000 seats in the St. Nicholas arena
and the prices will be $lO. S2O and S3O.
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Boxing followers fear that the car
nival of boxing in this city during the
w eek of September 23 may have a bad
effect on the game. Four champions
have been signed up to appear her«*.
They are Heavyweight Champion Jack
Johnson, Lightweight Champion Ad
Wolgast. Bantamweight Champion
Johnny Coulon and Featherweight
Champion Johnny Kilbane.
The pessimist group believe that with
all these stars on the scene, with the
large amounts of money involved, cir
i cumstances might arise which would
do a great deal of harm to the sport if it
did ont kill it altogether. If serious
, punishment should be inflicted in any
> of tlie bouts, it would cause the usual
, wave of resentment on the part of the
Tadical anti-boxing element while,
• while charges of crookedness might
p come from the supporters of defeated
• champions.
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