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GUBS CONFIDENT
MOM.
WILL 8E BICK
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. —Whether
the Cubs can reduce the
Giants' lead in the National
league pennant race to five games,
or whether the Giants can in
crease it to seven, was the one top
ic that was discussed at every
breakfast table in Chicago today.
The city has gone baseball mad
and no world's series contests ever
awakened more discussion or more
partisan feeling than the present
series between the ancient enemies
of the big league.
That Johnny Evers will be back
In the game today was a delight to
the Chicago fans. They are count
ing on the little second baseman to
do wonders in the contest. That
"Lurid Lew" Richie, who won the
first game of the series for the
Cubs, would be on the mound for
Chance’s men with Christy Math
ewson doing the heavy work for
the Giants was the program of the
leaders early in the morning. An
other enormous crowd was expect
ed at the contest.
With Tesreau pitching in fine
form. New York defeated Chicago,
7 to 4, yesterday and evened up
the series. The big right-handed
pitcher held Chicago to three hits
until the ninth inning, while New
York drove two pitchers out of the
box early in the game.
New York forced Jimmy Laven
der, who started the game for Chi
cago, to retire before he had pitched
two innings. Then Reulbach was
sent, in. but gave way to Cheney
in the seventh after New York had
made four hits off him. New York
got a run off Cheney in the eighth
and he was relieved by Toney in
the ninth.
Tesreau was given brilliant sup
port. Murray made two sensation
al catches, running back into the
crowd and pulling down drives that
otherwise would have gone for two
base hits. New York ran wild on
the bases, stealing six off Archer
and one off Cotter.
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THE 16TH B. M. C., G. U. O. O. F. OF AMERICA
ATLANTA, SEPTEMBER 9-14, 1912.
WHAT is the 16th BM. C.? It is the largest and most representative Negro Convention in the world. The subordinate
branch being the unit, it’s composed of 8,000 representatives. It bears the same relation to the Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows of America, that Congress bears to the Nation. This great Congress will convene in our city September 9th, as the
guest of Atlanta. Their entertainment promises to be one brilliant flash of July festivities. The citizens of the city have responded
heroically and liberallv to the members of the Order in preparation of this great event. The G. U. O. O. F. is the greatest Negro
organization in the world, andtheir entertainment will be worthily fitting the dignity of the institution and the usefulness of its members.
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B J. DAVIS,
Chairman Committee. on
Arrangements.
inputs for the benefit of the delegates and visitors. Atlanta stands socially high,
and will vie with her own record, entertaining thousands during the week. I’ues
day night the lion. Harry S. Cummins, Baltimore, Attorney General of the Order,
will deliver the Biennial Address; following which the famous Tuskegee Band of
fifty pieces will render a number of their exclusive musical productions. Admis
sion 25c and 35c. We expect to till the Coliseum from pit to dome. Wednesday
night there will be a free entertainment given in the Auditorium by the Commit
tee on Entertainment and Reception for the benefit ami amusement of our guests.
I’lvsses the Great, will give several numbers of his inimitable tricks, supported
bv a brilliant array of local talent. Music will be furnished by Tuskegee Band,
Middleton's Band and the Odd Fellows Drum Corps.
ATLANTA CLUB GETS
KEATING AND NIXON
FROM PORTSMOUTH
Atlanta has bought Shortstop Keat
ing and Outfielder Nixon from Lou
Castro's Portsmouth team of the Vir
ginia league.
The Crackers gave in payment a re
ceipt for the $1,500 that Portsmouth
has owed the club from the first of the
season for the batch of Cracker play
ers turned over to Manager Castro.
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.O | XX' L. PC.
B ham . 66 ft .600 I C'nooga 50 52 490
Mobile . 61 51 .545 j Mont. . 52 58 .473
N. Or. . 56 50 .528 ■ Nash . 49 58 458
M'mp’s 53 54 .495 I Atlanta .54 63 .405
Yesterday's Results.
Atlanta 7. Mobile 2.
New Orleans 4. Chattanooga 2.
Montgomery 4. Memphis 0
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
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Games Today.
Albany in Jacksonville!
Columbus in Columbia.
Macon in Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs.
XV. L. P.C. | XV. L. P.C.
Sav'nah 26 15 .634 Macon . 21 22 .188
C'bus. . 25 18 .581 I Albany . 17 26 .395
J'ville. . 24 20 .545 I Cola . . 16 28 .364
Yesterday’s Results.
Columbia 7. Columbus 3.
Jacksonville 6. Albany I.
Only games played.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in Philadelphia.
St. Louis in New York.
Detroit in Boston.
Cleveland in Washington
Standing of the Clubs.
XV. 1.. P C ' XX'. L. P.C.
Boston . 76 35 .685 j Detroit . 55 59 .482
Phila. . 67 43 .609 i C'land . 51 60 .459
Wash. . 68 44 .607 , N. York 37 73 .336
Chicago 54 56 .491 I S. Louis 35 73 .324
Yesterday’s Results. '
Philadelphia 3. Cleveland 1.
New York 9. Detroit. 8.
Washington 4. Chicago 0.
St. Louts 3. Boston 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Philadelphia in Pittsburg
Brooklyn in Cincinnati.
New York in Chicago.
Boston in St. Louis.
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Standing of the Clubs.
XV L. P.C XV. L. P.C.
N. York 74 30 .712 C’nati .51 58 468
Chicago 69 37 651 S. Louis 49 59 .454
P’burg .65 41 .613 Br’klyn. 39 70 .358
Phila. . 51 54 .486 Boston . 27 77 .267
Yesterday's Results.
New York 7, Chicago 4.
I Philadelphia 5, Pittsburg 3.
I Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn 3.
St. Louis 7, Boston 5.
The great Congress will be called to order at the
Auditorium-Armory Monday morning. September 9, at
10 a. m.. by Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Deputy
Grand Master of America, who will preside as Master
of Ceremonies through the public exercises.
The Welcome Address in behalf of the state will
be delivered by His Excellency. Governor Joseph M.
Brown. Hon. E. 11. Morris. Grand Master, will re
spond in behalf of the Order. The W elcome Address
in behalf of the city will be delivered by His Honor,
Courtland S. Winn. Mayor. Associate Justice Wil
liam R. Morris, of Minneapolis, will respond.
Promptly at 10 a. m.. Tuesday, September 10.
Grand Master Morris will call the great Congress to
order in the Auditorium and Grand Worthy Superior
Mary Parker will call the Grand Household to or
der in the First Congregational church. Grand Staff
Council will be called to order in the Bethel A. M. E.
church, and Past Grand Master Council at Wheat
Street Baptist church. Daily sessionr-will be held at
these places by the different departmeiW of tlje Or
der. The nights will be spent in brilliant entertain-
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, SATURDAY. AUGUST 17. *1912.
ATHLETES OF ENGLAND
HAD RATHER “DOLL UP”
THAN DO ANY TRAINING
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—“ The English
athlete spends two weeks in making
himself pleasing to the feminihe eye
and one week in conditioning himself
physically previous to a contest. In
short, they look upon an athletic meet
more in the sense of a gushing society
event.”
This statement was made today by
Colonel Robert M. Thompson, of the
American Olympic commission, return
ing home from Stockholm, in answering
the criticism of the English press of
the victorous American team of ath
letes.
“If English athletes would give more
serious thought to their training I have
no hesitancy in saying they would
reach a much higher degree of athletic
excellence.” he added. “XX’e take ath
letics seriously over here and our boys
go out to win. thinking more of their
muscles and training than of whether
their cheeks are red, their uniforms cut
to the trevailing fashion and their halt
combed in an approved parlor style."
Jackson, the great English runner
who showed up well in the Olympic
games, was an exception to his brother
athletes from England, declared Colo
nel Thompson.
It- will be many years, said Colonel
Thompson, before another team like,
the recent American squad will be sent
to an Olympic meet.
"It was the greatest team of ath
letes ever got together and It certainly
did not smack of professionalism as
the English critics averred," he de
cfared. “Most of'the men were college
men and young business men. Any
way. we cleaned up the British lion in
a manner that he will be years in for
getting. If there has been any un
sportsmanlike attitude shown by any
one, as the British critics accuse the
Americans, it is being shown by the
British, who are howling themselves
blue in the face over the worst beating
they ever received."
Colonel Thompson was high in his
praise of the way that the Swedes con
ducted the games and of the impar
tiality shown all competing nations.
YEARLING TROTS 2:19 FLAT.
LOUISVILLE, KY„ Aug. 17.—A spe
cial from Lexington to The Herald this
morning says:
“At the Blue Grass fair today the
brown colt, Peter Volo, owned, trained
and driven by Ed Willis, colored su
perintendent of Patchen Wilkes' farm,
trotted to a world’s record for yearl
ing trotters of 2:19 flat, displacing the
time made by his relative. Miss Stokes,
of 2 19 1-4 in September, 1909."
DIXON AND WEST DRAW.
SAPULPA, OKLA., Aug. 17.—Tommy
Dixon, of Kansas City, and Emmet
West, of Keifer, Okla., fought six fast
rounds to a draw here last night.
BHADY WILL TRY
TO HOLD 001
GOLLS TOI
•» irOBILE. ALA.. Aug. 17.—De
ly/l termined to get square for
the defeat .of yesterday, the
Gulls will go after the Crackers
with vengeance thisfafternoon. Just
when the local team looked to be
still In the race for the pennant.
Whitey Alperman's Atlanta crew
took a fine, young tumble out of
'em. Hence this afternoon plenty
of warm doings at t"he local pas
ture.
Brady will probably do the hurl
ing for the Crackers today. The
big fellow is going good light now.
and he may pull his team through
to another victory. Mike Finn an
nounced that Cavet would be on
the mound for his jolly ball tossers.
The Crackers made Campbell
look like a selling plater yester
day when he hooked up with Ved
der Sitton in the first game of the
series, which Atlanta won. 7 to 2.
It did not take long to discover
that Sitton had Mobile's goat, as
was exemplified in the fact that the
locals got only one,scratch and one
clean single in the first six innings,
while the Crackers had slammed
Campbell safely seven times during
that same space of time, two of the
seven being doubles.
The Crackers fook kindly to
Campbell's assortment and ham
mered the ball through the infield
like rifle shots, and then over their
heads to all parts of the pasture
where the fielders were not; and
the score would have been much
larger had it not been for the phe
nomenal fielding of Maloney, who
captured at least two seeming
triples running with the ball.
Lyons’ left-handed stab of Pau
let's drive to the right-field fence
in the seventh was easily the fea
ture, and beat Mobile out of a cou-
I pie of runs, men being on second,
and third at the time. Alperman's
fielding and hitting was another
feature.
SANTAL-MIDY
@ Relieves in 24 Hours (to)
Catarrh of the Bladder
All Druggists Betvarr oj Counterfeits
SANTAL-MIDY
Thursday the Grand Parade, the most brilliant
and spectacular feature of the great Congress, will be
pulled off. 10,000 Odd Fellows will line the streets
from Capitol to Ponce DeLeon park. The line of march
will be under command of Major General Buckner, of
Illinois, and his staff. The line will be formed at. the
capitol and advance down East Mitchell to Whitehall
street, up Whitehall to Peaqhtree street, down Auburn
avenue to Jackson street, up Jackson street to the
Circle, down the Circle to the Park, where the Grand
Prize Drill will beheld. The Committee on Reception
expects to fill the park that day. The Committee ex
pects every scat to be taken. Regulation prices will be
charged. Thursday night the great Full Dress Ball
will be pulled off in the Auditorium. Admission SI.OO.
The Committee on Reception expects 10,000 people to
attend the Ball. Atlanta expects to afford the most
brilliant Ball in the history of the Order. Every dance
will be clean and moral. All the latest steps, drills
and marches are on the card. Chairman .Morton and
his committee are leaving no stone unturned Io make
it the most brilliant social affair ever pulled off in the
South.
Atlanta's fame is world wide; she is known as the Convention City, whose
hospitality and sociability is without bound. Atlanta has the best looking and
best dressed colored folk in the world, and on this occasion she will appear at
her best advantage in honor of our guests. Our white neighbors are responding
substantially, and we are grateful to them for financial assistance. The city will
be wide open to our visitors, and our neighbors are contributing in every way
for the success of the great MEET. The City Council has just appropriated
$250.00 to help us entertain our guests, and in every way the entire city is co
operating for the success of the great Congress.
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
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These averages include all games
played by the Crackers this season;
PLAYER— g. ab. r. h. Ave.
Harbison, ss 53 180 21 50 .277
Alperman, 2b 108 407 57 112 .275
Bailey. If 108 375 68 101 .269
Graham, c 49 147 16 .38 .259
Agler, lb 43 139 24 35 .252
Becker, p 11 24 1 6 .250
Callahan, cf 66 256 25 62 .242
McElveen. 3b 112 405 46 93 .230
Reynolds, c. ... . 10 32 4 6 .188
Brady, p 18 55 2 9 .164
Sitton, p 23 55 10 8 .145
Lyons, rs 16 45 3 3 .067
Wolfe, utility ... 5 16 0 1 .063
Waldorf, p 6 17 0 0 .000
Johnson, p 3 5 0 0 .000
PIRATESGET MAYER FOR
$2,500: REPORTS SOON
\ The Atlanta Baseball association has
sold Pitcher Erskine Mayer to the
Pittsburg club of the National league
for $2,500.
Pittsburg accepted terms on the ex-
Tech player this morning, and he will
doubtless report to the Pirates at the
end of the present X’irginia league sea
son,
Mayer has been tried out three times
by the Crackers, but has never been re
tained for any length of time. He has
been tremendously successful in the
Virginia league this year.
JOHN DOBBS SIGNS TO
MANAGE BILLS AGAIN
.MONTGOMERY, ALA., Aug. 17.
John Dobbs has signed a contract to
manage the Montgomery Southern
league team next season. Agreements
between the manager and the Mont
gomery Baseball association were con
cluded yesterday and the contract was
immediately signed.
NGLISH SPORTSMEN DIFFER.
LONDON, Aug. 17—The British
Olympic council met last night under
the presidency of Lord Desborough to
discuss future plans of the council. The
long discussion developed marked dif
ferences of opinion. No report of the
deliberations was issued and it is un
derstood that a definite plan is not
likely to be decided upon for some time.
' 1914 PEACHTREE STREET
UPSTAIRS
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES ,
FOR SALE A
BROWN KEENE RECALLED
BY INDIANAPOLIS CLUB
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 17.—Buste"
Keene has been brought back from the
Springfield team. Manager O'Day de
cided to .recall the young first sacker in
order to make sure that he may escape
the draft.
O'Day brought Keene along with him
from Springfield when he took the
managerial job here and sent him back
again after a trial of three or four
days. He now believes that he was a
little hasty.
S&OFULCMS T&CWBEES
No truth is more forcibly manifested in physical life than the old
saying “like begets like;’’ for just as the offspring of healthy ancestry are
blessed with pure, rich blood insuring good health, so the children of blood
tainted parentage inherit a polluted circulation which fosters a chain of
scrofulous troubles. The usual sign of a scrofulous inheritance are swollen
glands about the neck, weak eyes, pale, waxy complexions, sores and ulcers
and general poor health. These symptoms are most often manifested in
early life, though sometimes maturity is reached
before the trouble breaks out. Treatment should
be commenced at the first indication of Scrofula sot
\ it may get beyond control if allowed to run un
\ checked. S. S. S. is the very best treatment for
I Scrofula. It renovates the circulation and drives
all scrofulous matter and deposits. S. S. S.
& oes to bottom of the trouble and removes the
VijGUmijP cause and cures the disease. Then it supplies the
weak, blood with healthful properties. S. S. S. is
made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, and .is an
absolutely safe remedy for young or old. Book on the blood and medical
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DOBBS STARTS WORK TO
BUILD UP THE BILLIKENS
MONTGOMERY. ALA., Aug. 17.
Manager John Dobbs is making prep
arations now for next year’s baseball
season. He is trimming up the Billiken
squad, getting new material and letting
go the men whom he can do without.
This has been made evident by his re
lease <>f Hallman, who played left field
for Montgomery about two months
Walker, the heavy swatting recruit
from the Selma (Ala.) team, has taken
Hallman's place.
“Hallman is a splendid ball player
and a good man,” said Manager Dobbs,
"but I am fixing my team up for next
year and had to let him go.”
'IB.
WM. DRISKELL,
Corresponding Secretary.
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