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MATHEWSON UNO LAVENDER PITCH SECOND GAME • 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.) io?srW 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- The Price of I w f r flfl fli flfl R GINGER ALE is a lot smaller than its quality. The price is only a nickel. The quality is the | same as that of the most i j expensive imported brand. I At Founts and Stores—by the glass, smalk j bottle, pint or quart. Yes, we make that good LEMO-LIME you buy at the ball park and all stands. I I .1 II ■■ •W ■ ■■ I . - ■■ ■■ ■■■■ ,1 ■ ■■■■!■ I ■ ,1 ■ IM M ■■■— ■■■■!■ I ■ ■ -■ ,1 . I. ■■■■!■■«■■ -M. H ■■■■■-■■■ ■ 1 ■IM ■ ' : _ 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." It’s at Hartman's, It’s Correct” Saturday Sale SI.OO Shirts At- 70c | And. gentlemen, if you're any judge of Shirts, you’ll agree that they're mighty good dol- I lar values, too. Neat, handsome striped percales, in any shade you want, these dandy *Coat Shirts are made for comfort as well as style—are made to tit perfectly. A great big dollar's worth of Shirt tomorrow at 70c. All Straw Hats 1 2 Price And many other August reductions. 11 Six Peachtree Street (Opp. Peters Bldg). “If It's Correct, It's at Hartman's” SITTON TO HURL FOR ATLANTA IN 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. ' 1 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. MARTIN MAY X* ' 19% PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLED6ES > X. FOR SALE fry IXJEOTIOX-A PER- * MAN ENT CURE , i (i of the most obstinate cases guaranteed in from i' z 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment required. ij ■ i c Sold by all druggists. IremedyforWnl ! , C - " " * Satisfies c’WtR jWwty \ ' yRSKk? v < *uß&mw •*' ’ f aflwA"^ I '’ ** There never was a y, WSglll thirst that Coca-Cola couldn’t satisfy. / It goes, straight as If an arrow, to the I r< ■ J? « i ■ dry spot. And g*<'•■ ’s' I S besides this, <C '- jL / ■ 2251 c ; Bhy I Jg? Zw.. 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See our window display. ESSIG BROS. CO. 26 Whitehall Street All Straw Hats SI.OO, worth from $2.50 to $4,00 gast match for two days later at Billy Gibson's rival Garden club. 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. 11