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Farnsworth. I- S the American league faster than the National league? That question has been asked a thousand times. Yesterday I re received a letter from a fan In Rock Hill asking me to decide a wager on the above. While there is no real way of telling which organi zation is the stronger, it is my opin ion that the Johnson circuit is far and above superior to the Lynch league. True, there are as many .800 bat ters in the National league as there are in the American. But the American league ha« by far the bet ter pitchers. And it is the hurling material that makes the younger organization the stronger, in my opinion. ' The National league stood pat too long. When the American league began to prosper the Na tional sewed up every player of value. But when these players be gan to enter the veteran class the managers did not look far enough ahead; they did not go out and un earth promising material. McGraw alone proved the exception. • • • a ND all this time that the Na ** tional league teams were standing pat the American league was developing players. This is especially so in the hurling depart ment of the game. Surely no one can class the National league pitch ers, as a whole, with the Ameri can league boxmen. Where can the National league dig up a bunch that compares with Wood. Johnson, Plank, Coombs, Collins, Dubuc, Hall, Bedient. Ford, Bender, Gregg, Walsh, O’Brien and M ullln ? Marquard. Richie, Mathewson, Tesreau, Alexander. Rucker. Lav ender. Reulbach and Camnitz are the best the National league pos sesses. Some of them are coming, but the old reliables —Mathewson, Camnitz and Reulbach—naven’t got very many more seasons left In them. Rucker has never been able to show advantage because of being glued to the Brooklyn roster. • • • IT is my opinion that the Ameri can league will again win the world's series this fall. Boston will undoubtedly cop the gonfalon in the A. L., while the Giants, in my opinion, will repeat in the N. I. But the Cubs are every bit as good as the Giants, and if they should nose out the New Yorkers, my weekly Insult will be placed on the Speed Hoys just the same. Boston has the best pitching staff in the country. Wood, Collins. Hall. Bedt.nt and O’Brien are all mar vels Against them the Giants would have to use Mathewson and Mar quard practically a!on< Tesreau right now appears to be going Stronger than either <.f McGraw's veterans of last year's title Series Still, he lacks the experience of go ing through such a struggle, and experience is the big asset in such a series. The Cubs would probably show better on the pitching end than the Giants against the Red S.x Richie. Lavender. Cheney and R. ulbach might give a good account of them solve- Richie would prob.ablv lie th<- mainstay. National I* igue batsmen claim ■’Comedian Lew” has got )< -s stuff than any pitche in the <dr- ult But he has a fine, quick-thinking Innin and knows how to hold runners once they get on the paths I’lv pey and Lavendel would probably blow up In a world's Serbs whll< s Iteullao I, never was noted sot Ids kaHinenre* whan In tight r- ' ! ;WHY LEW RICHIE CAN I ■ :beat giants, while* • OTHER HURLERS FAIL J • “Comedian Lew” Richie hae • • been crowned “The Giant Killer.” e • He hae given the New York team • • more trouble than any other hurl- • • er this »ea»on. The Giants have • • hit him and hit him good and hard • • at times, too. But it is after they • • get on the bases that Richie gets • • in his good work. The New York- • • ers sre great base runnere. Richie • • ha s practically no windup. He • • keeps the Giants glued to the bags. • • They are never able to get any • • lead on him. And with Archer e • catching him, Richie is the anti- e • dote for a Giant victory, for Jim- e • my nails 'em all going down. e ••••••••eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip v n?f eba l l Pljyrrr are panning Eddie < olllne about his baseball articles. They say they are bunk—and worse. • V Earl Shaw, who is third among the American association hitters, hails from Johnson City, Tenn., team He was offered T?,. r mn era ,! 1 ' 18 *P rln K for a song, but IleniphHl said he had too many left handed hitters already. * • • The Cincinnati team made a raid on the Akron team of the Central iearue and grabbed Outfielder Kyle, Pitcher Doak and Infielder Knisely • • • After Big Dominick Mullaney got in a muss in New Haven for punching a player while serving as an umpire he was arrested, along with two players. In court the player charged by • Mull ’ with starting the trouble was fined $5 and costs The judge ruled that an umpire has the right to protect himself and let Dominick off without a fine • • « Harry Davis says he has everything that g<»es to make up a ball club except Die •'pep/ In order to get that he plans to tire a lot of old timers and to ret lively youngsters in their places • • • Another player offered to the Crackers this year and turned down who has since made good is Bennie KaulT He is batting over 400 In the Connecticut league. • • • When you come to think of it there is no real kick on what the New York Amer*- leans did for the Crackers. They offered Atlanta Zinn, Kauff, I’plan and three or four other players who subsequently made good. What Atlanta lacked was not the chances to get good players, but a man ager who could pick the live ones Eppa Rlxey is so tall that he can not sleep In an ordinary berth and it is neces sary to engage two for him, take out the partition and let his feet extend over into the second berth. • • • Hank O’Day flocks by himself more consistently than any other manager. That is, of course, a relic of his days as an umpire • • • Emma place on the I’Diversity of Michigan baseball team to the manager ship of the Peoria team of the Three-I league, is the quick Jump that has been made in less than three years by Bussell Fountain. « • • Frank Manush, of the Toledo team, who has been unable to play of late be cause of injuries, has been doing a bit •>f scouting through Michigan for the Mud Hens. < »wnie Bush is off in his fielding and Hugh Jennings threatens to bench him and to give Red Corridon,- the Kansas <’ity recruit, his place. • • • Memphis went six game* recently in which the total number of runs scored was one The opponents of the Turtles scored 23 Before the current season started Er ' sklrw Mayer agreed to bet any part of ( floo that his brother Sam would he sold drafted by a team of higher t lasslflca f tion than Savannah before the season en 'ed Now Erskine has been sold to Pittsburg, but Sam sticks around at Sa | vanr.ah The question, “Is Mathewson done*’* <m best be answered these days by some ■ ilng to the effect that sometimes he is and sometimes he isn’t shade# of the lamented Father L'had w , Ru-** Ford is loading the Highland ix«rs w ’h a batting avetag* of nearh 1 3<X» • • • t>..vr GHHfi.n ha« final!) b»an rtrnl nut ■' tl.t Sall) Ifajn- It <fe. in- that l>■ rt • nlvert mor* lhan llf.o a rn- nth in aalar) la.-i tt-ar. which h a * hrlng <>ff<-nar in I tl f Sall) It tax lw»n Hvirtd flat onn fifth .4 all lutll autiiff arc wen hi tl <• ”lut k> uni that n it or, t ■ f thoae won '»< that inning art w<<n by I 11.« hotnt team • • • , Uaorge McConnell <bu<k«>i hi* till* i f Hard Lm k ‘’Luu n• t and * w • t tig «« i «• U «.■ Il'iW M-< Os Hit IlhkO’ ' ‘ urlera THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1912. Golfer Hilton Won’t Have a Cinch This Year Tech Eleven Will Suffer by Lack of Brawn By Percy H. Whiting. HARRY H HILTON, present golf champion of America, but a resident of England and registering from the Royal Liv erpool Golf club, has reached America and Is ready to defend his title over the course of the Chicago Golf club at Wheaton, 111., in the amateur championship, which will be played the week beginning with September 2—Labor day. With Hilton is Norman F. Hun ter, one of the top-notch golfers of Great Britain. It Is also reported, though not known for certain, that John L. Low, who captained the Oxford-Cambridge team which played In the United States in 1908, is In this country and that he will enter. It will be recalled also that Norman F. Hunter was a member of the same team. These English golfers are playing steadily and owing to their early arrival should be thoroughly accli mated and in first-class trim when the golfing begins at Wheaton. The Englishmen will find several American golfers in fine form to re ceive them. It has always happen ed that when the championship was played at Wheaton Western golfers have been the whole show. But this may not happen this year. Jerome Travers is playing grand golf. He has been tuning up for weeks over the course of the Mahopac Golf club, of Lake Mahopac, N. Y'., and is said to be playing his best, which means championship golf. He re cently holed the first hole of the Mahopac course. 130 yards, in one stroke. It was the first time in his life he ever accomplished the feat of making any hole in one. and he considered It a good omen. Another Metropolitan golfer who is going very strong is Oswald Klrkby. He won the New Jersey title, defeating Travers, and with luck should got close to the national finals. If Klrkby or Travers don’t defeat the Britishers It will be up to some of the Westerners, and of the whole lot by far the strongest is Charley Evans. He is playing the best golf of his career and if lie can settle down for a week at Wheaton he may send the Englishmen back empty handed • • • Hilton, in rather pour taste it ap pears, in a recent article in The London Weekly Budget, poked fun at Americans because the Ameri can title is held by an Englishman (himself), because the one Ameri can who went to England for the British championship. Fred Heres hoff. did not survive the first round, and because the American born professional, McDermott, who went to England for the British open, did not even qualify. The josh was started by the fact that Americans poked tun at the Britishers for their weak showing in the Olympic games V • • In England and Scotland at big golf championship events, they use policemen to keep the crowds back. • • • Hon Michael Scott. M. I’., and H E. Taylor, who had planned to visit America with Hilton and to play In the American championship, have been detained In England b) business engagements • • • You often heai of turds killed by driven balls but now comes James Blm k. i North Berwick profession al. uho < lalms he killed u allow with « drlvet H<- was taking some prat Het swinge along toward dusk when the bird »iru<k against his ilrlvei he was finishing a brisk stioks Tlie drlvt < Im the IHru on th< liend ah<l killed It cold, The Big Race Here it the newest dope on how the “Big Five" batters of the American league are hitting, Including yesterday’s games: Player. H. |P.C. Cobb 443 1183 T. 413 Speaker i 458 |lB6 j. 406 Jackson I 442 |l«6 |.375 Collins | 411 1140 j. 341 Lajole ; 303 i 94 ,310 Ty Cobb went to bat eight times In the double-header with the Senators and banged forth four safe swats. This .500 clouting boosted bls average a point and a half and today he Is stinging the pill at a .413 clip. Tris Speaker was up four times and garnered two hits. He jumped a full point thereby. He is now exactly 7 points be hind the “Georgia Peach.” Joe Jackson fell off 3 points yesterday by falling to get over one hit In five trips to the plate. Larry Lajole hit an even .500 for the day, his trusty wagon tongue connecting once In two times at bat. The Athletics didn’t play yesterday, so Eddie Collins “stood still.” WALDORF IN BOX AGAINST BILLS MONTGOMERY. ALA., Aug. 24 Manager Dobbs has announced that Elmer Brown, recently purchased from the St. Louis Browns, will pitch for the Billikens today and McAllister will catch. Waldorf and Graham will be the Atlanta battery. Montgomery is anx ious to keep its place in the first divi sion of the league race, while the At lanta club will try hard to dislodge it from fourth position. Manager Dobbs stated last night that there was no truth in the rumor from Atlanta that Harold Johns would be returned to the Crackers, hut that the hurler would remain with the Mont gomery team this season and would be retained for next year. The Crackers lost yesterday’s game, 2 to 1. QUALIFY TODAY FOR DAVIS & FREEMAN CUP AT EAST LAKE The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic club will this afternoon qualify for play for the Davis & Freeman golf trophy, a handsome silver cup that Is given by the well known local jewelers This Is the fourth year that the cup has been played for, being a three-year trophy. In other words, It must be won three times before becoming the property of any one. F. G. Byrd won -the trophy in 1909 and 1910, and W. R. Tichenor won |t in 1911. As Mr. Byrd is not in the city, and will not contest In the tournament this year, no matter who wins the cup It will be contested for again In 1913. The players will qualify from scratch, the club handicaps applying In the match play rounds. The first and second rounds of match play must be played by Augufct 30. the semi-finals by August 31 and the finals by September 1. I McLoughlin pushed hard BY QUAKER SCHOOL BOY NEWPORT. R 1. Auk 24 Maurice E McLoughlin, of San Frani’hco. who with T. c. Bundy, won the national double-, lawn tennis ehamplonshlp Tuesday, narrowly nilsgcd being elim inated from the tournament for the singles ihMmpl<>nsht|> yesterday by Philadelphia’s ebhoolb-iy playei Rich ard N Williams Ji McLoughlin «a» for. ed to extend himself io the limit In five hard sets. The si-ores acre d-< 5-7. <l-3. !•« «.J, It wu- >n< -it the four matches of the da' In the sll-coinris tournament A" the result of tl>. day’s play M. I.oughll, will meet William J I’luthier of I’uilsdeiphi.i and Karl II Blair, of Nea York. .v|fl | l.n Walls.e I John son (»Im. of Philadelphia, in the semi. By Percy H. Whiting. CALLS will go out soon for the Tech football players. Coach J. W. Heisman has been making his annual trip to Ohio, but will soon be ready to take up his duties. And it is likely that, be cause of the scarcity of material and the generally poor prospects out at the Flats, he will make an earlier and a more vigorous start than usual. The need for heavy men. which arises under the changed rules of 1913, will put the Jackets in a ter rible fix. They don’t get heavy men at Tech, somehow. Light, fast men and quick thinkers there are always plenty of. But Heisman has never had enough huskies, even under the rules that put a premium on speed and made but few big men necessary on a team. • • * Cupid has away of playing havoc with the University of Virginia football prospects. Last year, at a critical moment, Hedley McNeer Brown married and quit the game. This year John Forest Goodhue, of Beaumont, Texas, has married and has left on an extended trip abroad. • « • In addition to Goodhue. Virginia will lose Finlay, a Chattanooga boy who started his career at Sewanee. Except for Goodhue and Finlay, the entire Virginia team of last year will be returned. This sounds bad for Vanderbilt. • • ■ The Virginia team will probably do a couple of weeks of light, early training at Sweet Chalybeate Springs before, taking up real ac tive training. •• ■ • Money Is being raised to take the Tulane football candidates to Bay St. Louis for ten days of limbering up before the real season begins. The candidates will leave September 13. Head Coach Mason will take charge of the squad as soon as it returns from this jaunt. • * * The University of Alabama team is counting on the return of only five of last year’s regulars. They are Adrian, Hargrove, Van de Graaff, Hicks and McDowell. Ala bama has a pretty stiff schedule and the task of meeting Tech, Mis sissippi A. & M„ Georgia, Tulane, Mississippi, Sewanee and Tennes see in a row would test any team to the limits. The game with Tech will be played in Atlanta Octo ber 12. • • • The University of Texas football schedule has just been announced. This fall the Terans will neither make any long trips themselves nor bring any teams from great dis tances, with the exception of the University of Mississippi. • * • It will be noted that the Auburn team has cut out its usual Texas trips. Last year the Auburnites put on more mileage than Presi dent Taft. This year they will stick around home. They play two Kames on their own campus, two in Birmingham, one In Atlanta, one fn Columbus. Ga . one In Athens and one in Mobile. Coach Donahue’s men open up with a stiff game, Mercer, and only catch a feu easy ones all the sea son. The entire Auburn campaign ulll be shaped up this year with the one object of trimming Van derbilt in Hie game at Bitinlnghain November 23 • • • W alter <’amp. Jr., halfback of the Yale team an<l son of America’s gi atest football authority, is In a hospital suffering with neu ltlsand may n>>t be able to play this year. 4 • • Stetson university, of DeLnml. Fla., wl I take on -< fen Georgia tennis this year Games are sched uled with Riverside, ricfobel 2f and tionion. November ”S. and atr attempt Is being rrnidr to close Hth M«rc< fol NoVttllber 15, :WHAT IS NEEDED TO ; : PUT BOXING GAME ON; Z A SOUND BASIS HERE; • e • Reputable business man to di- o • rect management. • • Matchmaker who knows boxers • • and their records. e • Well ventilated club with proper ® • fire exits. a • Boxing commission to punish ® • fakers. • • Evenly matched performers. o ® Competent referee who can not • • be bought. a • Betting not allowed at ringside, e • Fighters to post substantial for- • • feit for appearance and condition. • • Reputable physician to examine o • boxers before they enter ring. • [boxing Late News and Views Grover Hayes, lightweight, left Tuesday night on a world’s tour all his own. His manager, \\ R. Stuart, has arranged a series of bouts for him in Australia, Paris and London. • • a Eddie McGoorty and Have Smith have shoved their battle back to Labor Day in stead of next Monday evening. Smith is being trained by Johnny Hayes, the win ner of tlie London marathon. The only possible trouble is that Hayes may get matters mixed up and train Smith for a marathon instead of a fight. • • a Johnny Kling, a Chicago lightweight, doesn t know whether to call himself a hoodoo fighter or one who is feared bv the other men of his class. Although the little boxer has sent out manv challenges ami has a good record to back the chal lenges with, he has been unable to secure enough bouts to keep the wolf from his door. • » » ol m is training hard for his fight with Charley Miller in San Francisco Labor Day. Inis match means much to Flynn, as the winner will be sent against 1 otnmy Burns, the former heavyweight champion. Flynn is confident and savs he will repeat the beating he gave Carl Morris. • • a Willie Ritchie ami "One Round" Hogan have signed articles to tight 20 rounds at Jimmy Coffroth's San Francisco club Ad mission Day. September 9. Coffroth tried to match Murphy with Ritchie but the Easterner was tied up in Gotham and can not get in action there on that date. * * * Y ork papers praised Tommy O Keefe for the gameness he showed in his ten-round tight with Leach Cross in New J ork a few nights ago. Although the Irishman was outclassed bv Leach he waded right in. He was groggy at the end from the many body punches the righting dentist put over. • • • Phil Cross was sick and unable to ap pear in the semi-final to his brothers match. Joe Motto, of Cleveland took Cross place and gave Johnnv Dohan a good argument for ten rounds, although the latter was declared the winner. • * * Phi! Brock has two matches scheduled for < leveland next month. On Labor Dav he will meet either Pal Moore or K 6 Brown, while he is matched with Sammv Irott for September 27. • * • Johnny Callahan and Tommy Bresna han are in good condition for their ten round encounter at Youngstown Monday night. Callahan is the tighter who wa« attacked by several dogs while doing road work a few days ago and escaped injure only after he had killed two of the dogs with a largo club, which he carries when on the road. « « « Tommy Ginty and Matty Baldwin fought a twelve-round draw before the I ilgrim A ( in Boston, a few nights ago. Baldwin landed often, but his blows lacked steam Although the proposed bout between J ;nL J "w nS ?i l a,l< ■ l " f ' ■ ,, ' annp ’ , e has been called oft. the matches offered “i il" Ar thur in Australia still stand and if ’the champion carts to travel to the Antipodes he can pick up quite a bit of change. Harry Forbes and Mattie McCue are i scheduled to go ten rounds at Racine ■ August .:i Forbes last two tights have I been draws, tut the littl. scrapper hones to gain a decision this time, as he is training hard. • • • When Frankie Russell sat at the ring- I Side one year ago ami watched J, )e Coster ' mtV r p'. ,k i , ‘ '’k' l ' a -°-'<'und bout meet ' However, the New Orleans' lad will tight this sum,. .1.,, |„ lhe SHni( . < Itt h. watched llm fight c„ n |ev nexl Monday mglit, and stunds u good <han<- ' winning, according to advi.es from that city. h rat.«. \\ hit . a Hl pride, will pr«<bal*l> u «.rt .la, k lu-.imond in a ten- i found bout ill M ■lw.nih-P the tartt .if Sep lembrt I» .. t.-at. I |.,.n !. t h Vv!l d I •»iit !>• th fightem lune aarrotl t<» thv ' match, him it In likely th< article* wilt be HiMiiftl Mh«»rtly 80XINGD.K.HERE UNDEBPROPEB WOT By Fuzzy Woodruff. dark, dank, dismal days of Winter face Atlanta sport lovers, even as the summer has been devilishly desolate. When the last crack of bat has been heard at Ponce DeLeon and the baseball season of 1912 has come to a wel comed close, the present outlook is that Atlanta’s only opportunity to indulge in things of a red-blooded nature will be to read the sporting sections, expectorate in the general direction of the fireplace and. enjoy gory combat over the checker board. It is true that for two brief months the bearmored heroes of the gridiron will entertain once a week at Ponce DeLeon, and there are those who will pursue the'elu sive golf ball all season though the thermometer do its doggondest to block their efforts, but hoi polio! was never strong for bearmored heroes, and a golf ball positively sickens it. Game Bad Last Season. Last winter boxing was revived in Atlanta, but the dose of digi talis that put new life in the game ' wasn’t strong enough to last through. Fora few weeks the fistic sport prospered in Atlanta even as the green bay tree is supposed to do. Then the game went to the blooming bowwows. An effort was made to run two rival clubs. Both died lingering, iiainful deaths. Then there was the suggestion that on more than one occasion the public was beautifully and scientifically bunked. There is ample field for boxing in Atlanta. The game properly con ducted would do much to alleviate the ennui of winter and it might add some shekels to the pockets of a promoter. Game May Be Revived. It may be that the game will again be given a shot of nitro glycerin and emerge from the state of coma in which it now rests. But if the game is to live this winter, Atlanta patrons must be shown that there are legitimate business men behind the movement, who will look after the rights of their patrons as well as their own privy purses. With capable matchmaking and a set of hidebound rul-es which must be abided by by both fighters and promoters, the sport should be developed to a high standard here this fall and winter. If this isn't done, any man who thinks there is money for him in the glove busi ness in Atlanta had better-lock his funds in a safety deposit box and throw away the key. It will save him money. WEISER, CRACKERS' NEW PLAYER. BREAKS FINGER Bud Weiser, the hard hitting fielder, purchased by the f'rackers from the Char lotte. Carolina league team, some time back fur delivery at the end of the Caro, linn league season, broke a finger during a game recently and will be out of the game for the rest of the season. Weiser was io have reported to the Crackers September 2. l>ut on account of tile Injury lie will not report here until nixt spring, Weiser was leading the leagm in liittlng when he was hurl and sl.nuld prove a valuable man to the At lanta club next year. DUGGLEBY APPOINTED MANAGER OF ALBANY ALBANY. GA . Aug. 24 Bill Duggi- - l>) who was sold to Atlanta and tlien recalled by the local club, lia.- been num. d t ■ rinunent nuinngi i of tin- local team to succeed Bernie Met'ay. also ■« toi ni. i i Hi. k i. wli<> ha- l>< en ii.m M vnj from the ortl- c for In üboriiinktlon