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Wild Bill Donovan Popular With Fandom Country Over SOUTHERN friends of Wild Bill Donovan, former Detroit z star, received with delight the news that the once great hurler has found not only a comfortable but an excellent berth as manager of Providence in the International league, now that his years of use , fulness as a major leaguer have passed. Though Donovan was never on a Southern payroll, he is a familiar figure to Dixie fandom. For years he visited the land of cotton in the spring, and each year he made more friends. This season he spent much of the summei looking over ball players of this section for the Ti gers. His spectacular career has been watched with the keenest per sonal interest, and the heart of every fan beats in response to the following tribute to his services from The Detroit Nows: “Good-bye, Kill. This town will be darker when it loses the glow of your effulgent smile. You've been here so many years. Rill, that we looked on you and your grin as one of our institutions Wo who know you as a man with an arm of steel and a heart of oak just kind of hate to see you go. We get think ing back to the days when a tip would be feverishly passed out {hat ■Donovan is to pitch' and we'd rush out to the park j*el! mell. You were the idol of the fans in those days. Bill, and it is a remarkable tribute to you that with your pass ing as a pitcher you still retain that love of the baseball public. "We remember. Rill, when you first came to the city, i lean, smil ing giant from Brooklyn. What speed you had. Bill I How you mowed them down! And. Rill, what rotten support you got! We re t member how you lost game after game, though you held the opposi tion to one, two and three hits. Rut you never quit. Bill; you gave them the best that was in you. Great Battle With Waddell. “We remember. Bill, those sensa tional pitching duels with Rube Waddell, then at ill- best. It was enough to announce that vou and the Rube were going to battle—the park would be tilled. And we re member how after passing the lean years you stepped forward to get your first reward in 1907 when toil set a world mark ax a winning pitcher. “What a yen that was! Hey, Rill'.’ Rememli' r that 17-lnning fight in Philadelphia that year the game that broke the spirit of the Ath’etics and sent tiie Tigers on tin !!■ ' d title "f victory? We do. aaakWs^r.. _-* zr !s? : ft I i eyes ’ hands an d I 8 j |||V < nerves always ready 8 Clang! Clang! Clang! ■ —^ llS rnan ' s attention must n<)t waver f° r a single instant. I ts on J *°k s l’k e that H : y ou a £°°d chew—a nerve - soothing chew —to I c,leer and steady you, and ■ keep you alert to your duty. ■ W" DRUMMOND” CHEWING TOBACCO I I Drummond is just tnat good chew. Its satisfaction—it’s really the economical tempting, satisfying flavor is the natural chew. flavor of selected Burley tobacco. In its Wrapped in wax paper, enclosed in neat rich mildness you get none of the harsh- metal box, Drummond keeps deliciously ness of the old style black plug. fresh until the last crumb is gone. Drummond goes farther in good chew lb«r dealer has Drummond. lOC O^^ZZJf M JI -- i> i<«'”*^ _ <.» - We recall now how you stood in the breach that day in the gloom of early evening with your smile as wide as ever, encouraging the boys to keep at it. " ‘Give me a one run lead, boys,' you kept saying: 'just one run. and they'll never beat us.’ “We remember the excitement, too, when you landed on Monte Cross' jaw when Silk O’Loughlin had his back turned. It was funny, Bill, to see Monte sprawling on the ground with 30.000 wild-eyed fans roaring for your lite blood. And (here you stood smiling and serene. Poor Claud Rossman! Silk thought it was he who hit Cross, and he fired him from the game. The Man of the Hour. “And, Bill, we remember that day in Chicago, the last day of ■ the league season, when the three teams —Cleveland, Chicago and De troit—practically tied for first place, you were the man of the hour for us. Remember how the telegrams, letters and telephone messages poured into the hotel for you that night? “ 'Detroit depends on you. Bill,’ was the gist of them all, “And we who were on the inside remember. Bill, the tragedy of that night. You were there with your smile, telling the boys that you never felt better—and they believed you. They did not know. Bill', how you writhed in agony from rheuma tism all that night, with Trainer Tuthlll and two' rubbers working over you. Bill. They were kneading your pain -wracked body into shape for a battle that meant the Ameri can league pennant. And by morn ing they had you in pretty good shape. You slept a few hours and then told the Tigers that you could win in a walk. You were working on your nerve alone. Bill, but you didn't want the boys to know, for fear ii would affect their playing. Staggered Ira Thomas. "And well do we remember that game. Bill. We remember how. once you got warmed up. big Ira Thomas staggered every time the ball shot into his big mitt, so terrific was your speed. We can see you now with your ever-present grin, hold ing the fighting clan of Comiskey at bay. while the fajnous old Tiger s< oring machine drove 'Big Ed' Walsh from the box and declared themselves champions of the league. "And we remember that night, while the rest of the hoys were making merry you sat alone, a man sickened by pain, but still happy. "And now ybu're going to leave us. Rill. Your aim may not be as strong as 11 was, but your eye is as clear, your wonderful old noodle is working as well, and your heart is ns stout as . ver. “You can bet. Bill, we'll remem ber you. not only for your deeds on the diamond, but as a man. gentle, kindly, thoughtful of others and full >f the humor that goes to make up a true Irishman. "Good-bye. Bill and good lurk.” THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, AUGUST 26. 1<)12. NAP RUCKER B BE TRADER FOR BRESNAHAN ST. LOUIS, Aug. 36. — From an authentic source, it has been learned that negotiations be tween Brooklyn and St. Louis for a trade which is to involve Roger Presnahan, manager of the Cardi nals. and Nap Rucker and Zach Wheat, of Brooklyn, are under way. Mrs. Helen Robinson Britton, owner of the Cardinals, would not deny the story today. She said in answer to an inquiry: “I have nothing at all to say." A report says that Bresnahan is to take Dahlen's place as manager of the Dodgers and that Huggins is to become boss of the local club. THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Atlanta in Nashville. Birmingham in New Orleans. Mobile in Montgomery. Chattanooga in Memphis. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.O. I W. L. P.C. B'hatn. .73 47 .609 M'mphis 65 61 .474 Mobile .68 51 .572 C'nooga. 53 60 .469 N. Or. . 63 53 .543 Nash. . 52 64 .448 Mont. . 58 60 .492 Atlanta .44 70 .386 Yesterday’s Results. New Orleans 5. Birmingham 0. Mobile 4. Nashville 3 (first game.) Mobile 4. Nashville 1 (second game.) Montgomery 9. Atlanta 4 Memphis 8. Chattanooga 2 (first game.) Memphis 8, Chattanooga 0 (second game.) SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Today. Jacksonville in Albany. Columbia in Savannah. Columbus in Macon. Standing of the Clubs. W I. P.C | W L P.C Sav'nah. 30 19 .612 I Macon . 23 27 .460 ("bus. . 30 20 .600 i Col'a. 19 31 .380 .1 ville. . 29 21 .586 | Albany . 19 32 .373 Yesterday's Results. No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Chicago in Boston. St. Louis in Washington. Detroit in Philadelphia. Cleveland In New York. Standing of the Clubs. W L P C I W. I. P C Boston . 82 36 .695 Detrfoit .56 65 .163 Wash. . .74 45 .622 C'land . .52 66 .411 Phila. . 71 46 .607 N. ork 41 75 353 Chicago. 59 58 .504 S. Louts 37 81 .313 Yesterday's Results. No games played. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Boston in Pittsburg. New York in Cincinnati. Brooklyn in Chicago. Philadelphia in St. Louis. W L P.C | W. L P.C N. York. 81 33 .711 C'nati. . 54 63 .462 Chicago .75 40 .652 S. Louis 52 64 .448 P'burg. .67 18 .583 Br'klyn. .42 74 .362 Phila. . .55 58 .487 I Boston . 34 80 .298 Yesterday's Results. Cincinnati 3. Philadelphia 2. St. Louis 11. Brooklyn 4. | Boston 7. Chicago 6. Strangle Is Held on Pennants By Clarke, McGraw and Chance By W. J. Mcßeth. T-r THATEVER their personal X/V/ prejudices. hates and shortcomings in general, it can not be denied that John J. Mc- Graw. Frank Chance and Fed Clarke are the Three Sturdy Musk eteers of the National league. Ned Hanlon may have been a beat in his day. He surely . proved it in his pennant trust activities in Bal timore and Brooklyn. Rut Ned has passed to the great beyond as an approved leader of modern base ball machinery and in his vener able decline must doff his cap to the little brotherhood of three who for the past twelve years have had the National league pennant policy all to .ourselves. Fred Clarke is the veteran of the trio and holds the record of pen nant achievement. Since 1901 his club has never finished below the first division and in that time the Buccaneers have annexed our Hags and one world’s pennant. Pitts burg won three gonfalons in a row, beginning in 1901. Then New York broke in for two successes in 1904 and 1905, respec tively. McGraw, a new-comer in the National league, had begun to make his presence felt. But Ills • old team crumpled up after their second straight victory in 1905. Chance Entered in 1906. Then came Mr. Chance, the Peerless Leader, and present thorn in the side of Manager John J. Mc- Graw. of Gotham. He butted into the lipielight in 1906 with a record of 116 victories for the season, and though he took a very humiliating trimming at the hands of his neighbors, the White Sox. that fall in the world's series tilt, lie never theless engineered such an array of talent together that the gathering of three pennants and two world's championships the following sea sons was simply a matter of form. The Peerless Leader fell down on the job in 1909, losing to Pittsburg, which in turn cheated the Detroit Tigers out of their third straight bid for a world's championship, the Cubs having turned the trick in 1907 ami 1908. McGraw, who has always been there or thereabouts, was quite peeved by this time. He had been knocking about for a team of young blood. It made a gallant bid in 1910, but was not quite sea soned enough, and when the Pi rates fell by the wayside in the stretch run old Chance and his Bear Cats were found showing the way to the field on a comfor table margin, a grim satisfaction that had some of its edge taken off I when the Athletics walloped the wadding out of these same Cubs In the annual world's series unpleas antness. McGraw was ready last yea", though. His youngsters had just the proper seasoning and when the Cub pitchers went to pieces and old Hans Wagnei broke an ankle, little Johnny's Giants nosed out Chicago and Pittsburg for the fine pennant raised at Coogan’s bluff a few brief days ago. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a brief synopsis of tiie lives and accomplishments of the Three Little Musketeers of the National league. SALLY LEAGUE CLOSES SEASON IN ONE WEEK Tiie South Atlantic league second season will come to a close one week from today. The winner of the second ■season will have to play the winner of the first season, which was Jackson ville. I This Set $3.50 Ml 4f. W n J ..... Vs, Ak . ipilM'v ~' . I I .. H - T mL. • V. .Ilu. ./ (T\ I * Oft R And Six Premium Coupons Cut From The Georgian I (SEE PAGE TWO) 'These sets have proved a wonderful surprise to readers of THE GEORGIAN who have taken ad vantage of our offer. See the Sample Sets in our office window The Atlanta Georgian Premium Room 20 E.Alabama St. Correct Proverb Solutions Picture No. 41 Picture No. 42 i"koot monii A '! 1 Ye iint I V; IME SCOTCH I I. I .11 '' A PRESS' 7 I I WISH THAT MAtuX I ) , j . Il WOOLQ MOVE AStpe ) r ( IT’S I At I OaN Sas ti I I allrkht xYLLUII. THBeACK O* ", ' I EXCEPT I f /that KtO’sS G HIS j ; Tx. ‘THE funny , MAO AT AT lb WF Ak 1 SOMETWC,; / Tjr— £tt[ , wfc .bSj a ■ & WWw SB® .A® A crooked slick will have a crooked shadow. lie who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him. SOLDIERS MAY BATTLE WITH PRISON BALL NINE Arrangements art- being perfected for a game of baseball on the United States penitentiary grounds next Sat urday between a picked team from the members of the teams that play every Saturday at he grounds and a team from the Seventeenth infantry at Fort McPherson. This should be a grand game of base ball. and the interest at the fort and at the prison is at fever heat. The soldiers believe, of course, that they are going to have an easy victory, but Atlanta fans who have had the pleasure of witnessing a game or two at the prison say that the claims of the soldiers are unfounded. BIG MOTORDROME PLANNED OUTSIDE OF CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. Aug. 26. Plans have been practically completed for the election here of a motordrome with a quartor-mile track, to cost ap proximately SIO,OOO and to seat 15.000 people. The promoters of the new project have secured an option upon a site of land between Chattanooga and Rossville, Ga., upon which they plan to erect the motordrome, which will, when completed, be the only one in the South. |JOHNSON IS THE REGULAR KID CHICAGO, Aug. 26. —Jack Johnson retires one day and the next he is back in the ring. On Saturday he let it be known that he was so disgusted with the fight game that he would never enter a ring again in a real fight. To day he called up the local papers to tell them that he has heard nothing di rect from Paris regarding a recent of fer of $30.000 to fight Jeannette, but if he hears he will communicate and ac cept. under favorable conditions. ' 19i/ 2 PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y Xx ™ SALE /A 11