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All-Star Team Proves Weakness of the League
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In But Few Positions Are Men Up to Standard
By Percy H. Whiting.
NOTHING is better calculated
to show what a dub year
. this good season of 1912 has
been in Southern league baseball
than the weakness of the all-star
team, picked according to the aver
ages.
This is the team automatically
selected from the latest crop of
figures:
Position. Player. Club. BA. FA.
Catcher, McAllister, Mont. .272 .965
Catcher, Seabough, Nash. .262 .978
Ist base, McGilvray. B'hm. 319 .981
!d base, Wares, Mont. . . .285 983
3d base. Almeida. B’hm. . 320 .898
Short. Elberfeld, Mont. . 275 .934
Outfield. Johnson. Mont .354 1.000
Outfield, Welchonce, Nash 308 975
Outfield, Stengle. Mont. . 303 .982
• • •
OF course, that is not necessarily
the real all-star team of the
league. But the best players, ac
cording Jo the averages, are there.
McAllister, of Montgomery, gets
the position of leading catcher be
cause of his good batting and de
spite the fact that In fielding he
stands seventh among the regulars.
Seabough Is second among the
catchers in batting and third in
fielding, so he Is entitled to the
other position. Bilger, a really
good fielding catcher, is out on the
strength (or rather weakness) of a
.173 batting average The once
highly touted Elliott Is down to
.255 tn batting and stands third
from last in fielding Haight, of
New Orleans, has pretty decent
marks, with a batting average of
.255 and a fielding of .978, which
puts him second in fielding
• • •
T OOKING over the infield, it is a
pretty easy matter to pick
those entitled to positions. McGil
vray's good batting average gives
him first place among the first
basemen And that despite the
fact that he is next to the worst
fielding first baseman in the league.
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
These averages Include all game#
played tn date
Players- g- ab. r, h. av.
Harbison, ss . 61 211 24 59 280
Bailev. If. . .1 15 402 72 109 271
Agler, lb. ... 51 170 31 46 271
Alperman. 2b .118 43« 58 ns 269
Callahan, cf . 74 285 29 72 253
Graham, c ... 54 167 17 41 241
Becker, p. ... 13 30 2 7 233
McElveen. 3b. .120 435 47 96 221
Sitton, p. . .25 58 11 10 172
Brady, p. . ... 20 62 2 10 .161
Reynolds, c. .13 43 4 6 150
Johnson, p. .. 6 11 0 i ill
Wolfe, utility . 7 19 2 2 105
Evons, rs. ..■ 24 72 3 7 09.
Waldorf, p. . . S 21 0 1 647
TOMMY~MURPHY FIGHTS
IN GOTHAM THIS WEEK
NEW YORK, Aug 26 -Ki.l Willmm
of Baltimore, who Is after lb. .. ■ of
Johnnv Coition, th'- bantamweight
chaiuplon. will show Ms - this
evening when he meets KM K«
New Orleans, in a ten-round ■ r ■ <t
Madison Square Garden Willi mis has
posted 31.000 forfeit < - ouMn
At the St Nicholas Athleti. club n
Wednesday night. Tommy Murph?
lightweight, will make anothet bow t.-
home crowd after his sue < ■ ssful bouts
1n the West His first fight will be
with Young Brown, an East S de prod
uct
At the Atlas Athletic club. Ro. kaw av
Gunboat Smith, a California light
weight. is scheduled to box ten round'
with George Godfrey tomorrow night
WELSH MAY MEET TEMPLE
MILWAIKEE Aug 26. Ray Tem
ple and Ereddi* Welsh, of England,
probably will meet In a twelve-round
no-deciahm contest at Winnipeg, Man
«u Labor day.
You can't figure anybody else in.
however, for Sykes, who is leading
the regulars in fielding, is batting
■ inly ,?35, and Agler, who is second
in fielding, is batting nowhere.
Wares Is out by himself among
the second basemen. He leads the,
second sackers in both batting and
fielding. Alperman is a good sec
ond, with a batting mark around
the two-seventies and a fielding
record of .959.
Almeida gets his position the
same as McGilvray does—because
of good batting and despite poor
fielding. His slugging mark Is .320.
but he is fielding next to last
among the regulars. Spencer, of
New Orleans, has much more con
sistent marks—.27s In batting and
960 in fielding
Among the shortstops ft Is a toss
up. Harbison Is leading the short
fielders ,1n batttng. with a hefty
mark, but ho Is next to the worst
fielding shortstop in the league.
Balentf, who Is batting Just behind
Harbison. Is fielding Just one posi
tion better. Elberfeld Is no star
at either batting or 'fielding, but
gets the position for lack of a bet
ter man. •
• • •
J N the outfield the stars aren’t
peculiarly plentiful. Johnson,
of Montgomery. Is batting 354 and
fielding "a thousand.” But ho has
been in only 39 games. Welchonce
is proving himself a real star with
a weak team and is entitled to a
position, stengle kicks in, despite
the fact that he stands fifteenth
among the regular fielders of the
league. The only man who presses
hibn oven close for a pi«ition is
Jimmy Johnston, of Birmingham.
The rest of the outfielders aio a
total loss, as far as the averages
show
• • •
N'’" disregarding the pitchers,
for lack of real statistics (a
mere record of 'games won" proves
nothing!, isn’t that a pretty sorry
team to stand out as the best of-
|ne\vs from ringside
' Joseph Askey, 62 years old. and a good ■
frten.l of .luck Dempsey. the deceased
o , . er ' ' ms btst returned to his home in
Baltimore from Portland. Oregon, where
lie a ent to plant flowers on his former
friend s grave
• • •
• Harry Thomas, the English f.’ather
weight. Who defeated Erankle Conlev in
I.OS Angeles last week, will not be seen In
I action again until Labor Dav when he is
t scheduled to tight Joe Thomas m New
• Orleans
. Hugh Melnt .sh, the Australian fight
promoter, has agree.! to post SIO,OOO with
, Al Tearney. tn get Jack Johnson to go
to the Antipodes and fight Sam McVex
I and Sam Langford Mclntosh offered
1 "Lil Arthur $50,000 for the two battles
I '1 he promoter wanted to post the forfeit
, mono? with a Chicago bank, but John
son Insisted Tearnec be made stake-
' holder.
• • •
Joe Mandot and Joe Rivers have got
down to the actual grind of hard training
, and should be in the best of condition for
their 30-round contest Labor Day Man
<loi has made man? admirers In bis fast
Workouts and will have quite a following
when he enters the ring
t • • •
t It looks as though there will soon be
s some shake up In boxing circles al <'in
f elnnatl The trouble-all st arted be< a use
, tw. fighters, ruictll and \ttell, signed
artii'i.'S tt. tight at sex.-ral diff. rmt clut«s
4 on lhr same date The boxing commis
sion has taken up the case and will prob
abl\ <ettle tin- matter in a feu day*
• • •
’ All PhUatielplda is singing the praises
s <>f Bill Mct’arren, of Allentown. I’a 'l'he
, b«>\» • who is known as Jack O'Brien’s
s.>‘.'.ooo find. leaped suddenly into popu
larity hx his quick knockout of Jack
' « nning a f»*w nights ago He sent the
former amateur middleweight champion
to dreamland n less than two rounds j
Tommx Burns wlio i> training at ("al
gar> with ins brother Eddie. is consider
ing going t». XustraHa to tight Sam Lang
f.«rd »1 ere Lab.-t I»a \ Hugh Mclntosh
has offered the former luav s weight chain
- pion a guarantee id Hoaoo f<.r a bout
there on that <iate
Joe • and Fi ankle Russell ait in
good con.in u !. i heir ten r< und tight
at the Orleans A C , >ew Orleans, to-
rn rz ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, AUGUST 26. 1912.
sering of the entire Southern
league?
Don’t McAllister and Seabough
stand up as a fine pair of catchers
alongside of such giants of the past
as Jim Archer, Ed Sweeney, "Nig”
Clarke, Sid Smith and a few more? ,
Oh, elegant! McAllister Is a fair
man. nothing more. Seabough was
canned by the second worst team
in the league In mid-season and is
not due to last very long in Class A
company.
McGilvray Is a pretty sorry "Star
of the First Basemen." He doesn't
measure up to the standards of
other days—Jake Daubert, Jim Fox
in his prime, or any one of a dozen
that might be mentioned. His bat
ting is excellent and above the
average. But his fielding is a
crime.
Wares, of Montgomery, is a tol
erably good second baseman. ac
cording to the averages.
Almeida is a useful third base
man because of his grand sticking
But he’s a sorry fielder, even if he
has done good work «n the Atlanta
diamond. Elberfeld at short Is
playing good ball, though neither
his batting nor his fielding record is
remarkable.
• « •
T T is In the outfield that the pres-
1 ent league shows weakest.
Johnson is a fair man, according
to the present averages, but he
would have to play longer to make
it certain that he could keep up
such work. Welchonce is a gen
uinely good outfielder, but no star.
Stengle Is Just an average man.
Compare these chaps with the
great outfielders of the Southern
league’s past—Speaker. Jackson
and the boys who have made good
in the big leagues, not to mention
men like “Daddy” Dungan, Moles
worth, Winters. Wiseman and the
chaps who grew old in Southern
league harness.
Oh. yes, it’s a fine league this
year.
But nobody will be sorry if next
year’s effort is just a shade better.
night Although Russell has been fight
ing little more than a year lie is picked
by many followers to defeat Coster.
• • •
Willie Ritchie will have to train little
for his 20-round bout with "One Round"
Hogan on the coast Admission Day, as
be is in good condition from the many
mutches be trained for that fell through
BERLIN OLYMPIC STADIUM
TO BE BIGGEST IN WORLD
CHICAGO, Aug 26. —Within a short
time active work will be begun for the
erection of the stadium at Berlin, Ger
many, where the next Olympic games
will be held in 1916, According to a
Chicago authority, who has been on the
grounds and who witnessed the recent
meet at Stockholm, this new stadium
will surpass the latter one In every re
spect.
The field is a big one and the stands
will be built in the center of a race
track. An idea of the size of the place
mac be gathered from the fact that
one of the steeplechase courses is 7,01 m
meters in length.
The Germans are planning for a great
stadium, in which there shall be a
-2u-metr straightaway, and which will
accommodate more speyjtators than ever
graced a quadrennial classic
RIVERS SLIGHT CHOICE
IN FIGHT WITH MANDOT
l.«»S WGELF.S, Aug 26 Fight fans
ai»> daily docking to the training camps
•f Joe Rivers and lor Mandot who u ill
battle on the afternoon of Labor Pay
F'rom the Interest displaxrd the bout
might be a world's championship ex ent
instead of a meeting that at best «an
in. an nnlx a • hnn< r t" tight \d Wolgast
R 'th Mandel and Risers are n irking
1 ard and both are doing a lot «»f boxing
The betting stands 10 to £ with River*
favonn a larg< amount ia bring
u agered.
CRACKERS CLASH
WITHVOLTEAM
TODA!
Nashville, tenn., au K . 28.
No game is carded between
the Crackers and Vols in the
schedule for today, but as these
teams have a couple of postponed
arguments to settle one of ’em will
be held today and a double-header
put on the bill tomorrow.
The Crackers arrived here from
Montgomery after losing the last
game of the series with the Billi
kens to the tune of 9 to 4. Pitcher
Johnson blew up in the fifth inning,
allowing six rounds to count before
he came back to earth.
After the series here the Atlanta
team moves to Chattanooga. They
wind up the week with the Look
outs and then return to Atlanta to
open up their last home stay in two
games on Labor day with Memphis.
Nashville and Chattanooga follow
in turn at Ponce DeLeon park.
The Crackers will close the sea
son away from home, the finishing
series being carded for Memphis.
M’LOUGHLIN WINS
TENNIS TITLE BY
BEATING JOHNSON
NEWPORT, R. 1., Aug. 26.—Maurice
E. McLoughlin, the Pacific coast crack,
defeated Wallace F. Johnson, the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania champion, in
the title round of the National Lawn
Tennis singles here today, 4-6. 2-6, 6-2,
6-4, 6-2.
McLoughlin’s great spurt just when
he looked to be beaten beyond a shadow
of a doubt was simply w-onderful.
Johnson completely outclassed him in
the first two sets But the young col
legian tired in the third set. He tried,
hard to come back in the fourth, but he
didn't possess the necessary- stamina to
pull him through.
MATCH PLAY STARTS FOR
DAVIS & FREEMAN TROPHY
Match play in th* three flights for the
Davis & Freeman golf trophy will begin
this afternoon at East l*ake.
The pairings in the three flights are as
follows:
First Flight.
G. W. Adair vs. T’. Adair
D. Jemison vs. E. T. Winston.
E. G. Ottlev vs. C. Knowles.
H. Block vs. S. T King
A. Davidson vs. C. M. Sciples.
D Brown vs. F Adair.
D. B. Osborne vs. H. J. Hopkins.
J. D Eby vs W R. Tlchenor.
Second Flight
T. B Fay vs. R. P. Jones, Jr.
T r. Hinman vs. J. C. McMichael.
J S Baine. Jr . VB. C. E. Corwin
J. D. Osborne vs. G. A. Nicholson.
C. Angier vs. J. B. Martin.
W. c Holleyman vs. R. J. Morris.
E. R Jones vs. H. G. Butler
J. F. Glenn vs. F. C. Fleming.
Third Flights
H. M. Ashe vs T L. Cooper.
S. M Tupper, Jr., vs. XX M. Markham
r A Wright vs. H K Dix.
W. F. (’pshaw vs. W. A. Alfriend.
R. D. Gresham vs. W. C. Springer.
X XX Hodnett vs. H. Hentz.
S Hard vs. J. M Beasley.
XX \ Jackson vs A. M French.
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The Big Race
Here is the newest dope on how the
"Big Five" batters of the American
league ar hitting:
PLAYER— AB. H. P.C.
COBB 444 183 .412
SPEAKER 461 187 .406
I JACKSON 446 167 .374
COLLINS 419 141 .336
LAJOIE 309 97 .314
As there were no games scheduled in
i the American league yesterday, none of
I the batters were able to increase their
j clouting averages. Tris Speaker is only
i six points behind Ty Cobb, and the
i Georgia Peach has got to keep going to
keep the Boston slugger from nosing
I him out, for Tr's has been coming like a
whirlwind during the past four weeks.
Motorcyclists Want to Use the City Race Track
T*’r ❖•• J" •?••{• -1-S-?
Park Board Refuses to Give Them Privilege
By W. S. Farnsworth.
THE Atlanta Motorcycle club,
an organization of 150 local
men, has a great big kick
to make. And it is a just one, too.
For some reason or other they are
being deprived of their rights. The
following letter to the writer ex
plains itself:
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 26, 1912.
W. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Editor
The Georgian.
Dear Sir: The Atlanta Motorcycle
club, numbering about 150 young men
of the city, wishes to be heard from on
the Piedmont park question.
Recently we wanted to hold a mo
torcycle race meet and being unable
to get the use of the Piedmont park
half mile track we had to go to Rome,
Ga., our little neighbor of 20,000 popu
lation, to get a track to ride on. The
grounds at Piedmont park were closed
by the city fathers to all fairs, ex
positions and pay amusements and
promised to the people free as a play
ground.
The ball teams of the CHy league
are allowed to use the baseball dia
monds. the concessionaire at the lake
is allowed to hold swimming matches
and the like to attract crowds, and yet
the motorists of the city are denied
the use of the splendid driving track.
The club has taken the matter up
with Manager Carey, of the park
board, and after considering the mat
ter he Is favorable to allowing the
track to be used, but the park hoard
purposely took this out of his hands
by passing a special order prohibit
ing bicycles, motorcycles and automo
biles from using the track
The reason given is that people are
crossing the track to go to the lake.
They should be reminded that there is
FODDER FOR FANS
FODDER FOR FANS
The fund to buy John Ganzel an auto
mobile has reached the sum of S7OO. If
they would put that in some safe savings
bank and let the interest pile up they
would have enough in 5'- years to buy an
E.-M.-F.. with a few dollars left over for
accessories
• • •
Mathewson has spent 11 years trying to
find Wagner's batting weakness and
threatens to give out entirely before he
arrives at the answer
• • •
The Cleveland owners are tired nt fool
ing with the Toledo team. Roger Bresna
han Is wearied of petticoat rule at St.
Louis and wants to buy a minor league
chib. This situation may result in a
sale.
• • •
There are five men in baseball who wore
graduated from mines into the game.
They are Jake Daubert. Hughey Jennings,
Mordecal Brown, Larry Doyle and Joe
McGinnity.
• • *
Fred Clarke is up against ft. When he
uses Mike Donlln Mike can hit. but
can’t do anything else. When he puts
Mensor in Mike's place the kid can do
everything but hit.
"Players caught in the draft," says L.
C. Davis, "are usually the first to blow.”
• • •
The Giants easily lose th*lr floats to
pitchers and then have an awful tune get
ting them back Richie is the latest ex
ample. A couple of others, well known
in the South, were Coveleskie and Bob
Spade
• • •
In an effort to save the Northern Indi
ana league the season will probably be
materially shortened
• • •
X home run hit over the feme at Fort
Wayne the other da.\ nicked a telegraph
pole and bounded back into the field A
DcMjb umpire declared it a two-bagger,
which was rank rohber>
Before Bert Grover, the Maysville
pitcher, departed for <*hatanu<>g.t the own
ers of the baseball association provided
him with a suit of clothes not that he
didn’t have one already, but they wanted
to show their appreciation
• • •
• The elder a player gets says Fred
Clarke, '‘the less he is kn<»wn. '
Naturally.
* * •
•’Waiter Johnson is the greatest pitcher !
of all time nays Hal Chase. ‘ I haven’t !
seen ail of em. hut 1 don’t have to. to
know that
• • •
The aecuhd defense of the Red Sox
is sa.4 to b«- the best of any team tn either
league Jake Stahl •an lose two <»r three
men and still liave an air tight team
• • •
Ihe S '» S -.gna ! Iha I 1..,« b. eu < i e., .
iix » . mil' 1 <li>curbane us late in 1,.,.*,
hal’ wirelex- rlrclea . onies from W) e»
ng Wfh the xegaon >«<i week* from
I lie ra<| Illi •. aim* .-gns of not being able
to laat through
a beautiful graded driveway which
leads around the track, one at each
end of the track in fact. Nobody
would expect to see automobiles us
ing the sidewalk; why then deny the
motorists the use of the race track
simply because people want to walk
across it?
In all our neighboring cities, Macon,
Griffin, Augusta, Dublin, Columbus,
Rome, Gainesville, Athens, Chatta
nooga, Columbia, Montgomery and
Birmingham, the motorists are al
lowed to use the race tracks and pe
destrians are warned by signs not to
walk across the tracks. This is noth
ing but fair. Also In these cities when
any fair, convention or other gather
ing is scheduled the motorcycle clubs
respond liberally and willingly by giv
ing exhibitions of racing; it can not
be denied that racing is interesting
to nine people out of every ten.
The Atlanta Motorcycle club was or
ganized by the older participants of
the sport at the beginning of the year
because the promised enormous In
crease in the number of motorcycles
sold and used was sure to bring new
and Inexperienced people into the
sport, and these new members needed
the experience of the older ones to
curb their "speeding" tendencies.
The alm of the club is to Instill into
every man a wholesome regard for the
rights of his fellow citizens; to curb
the use of the muffler-cutout, the
"open muffler fiend,’ as he is known,
and to bring the motorcycle before the
public in a favorable light and im
press upon all people the utility, com
fort and dependability of this modern
vehicle.
Toward these ends the Atlanta Mo
torcycle club is bendl-t unceasing ef
fort, and the police records of our city
will show that Atlanta has fetter mo
torcycle arrests than anv other city
, .. The national commission has decided
that the team which buvs a player from
i another team must pay the salary of the
player during the time he is on the way
i to join the club.
Nine brothers form the team which rep
resents Madison Mills, Va. Their names
i are \\ lllie, Oscar, Harry, Rov, James
I Leonard, Carrol, Vivian and Hugh Gillum’
The passing of Derrick to Baltimore
may mean the making of the young Geor
gian. He has not had enough baseball
with the Athletics to keep in good prac
tice. His batting has been off for two
• years, but with regular work should
mount again.
• • •
The White Sox have organized a local
, m the National Players' Baseball union
Doc M bite was chosen to represent the
local at the meeting which will be held
at the time of the world’s series.
• • •
There have been many Giant-killers.
, but none like Lew Richie. I.ast year he
won six out Os seven for the Cubs from
. the Giants. This year he has also won
, six out of seven Some killing, that
Mould that there were more like him.
• • •
Umpire Garnett Bush, who worked in
Texas last year, and who was tried out
, in the National this year, has been sent
to the South Michigan to learn the um
piring art.
• • ■
; Tacoma purchased Pitcher Ben Hunt
from Sacramento. At the end of the sea
son the White Sox gave $3,000 for him
Officials of the Sacramento club are
pretty well lamed up as a result of kick
ing themselves.
♦ • •
The first no-hit game pitched in the
American association was hurled by
Ducky Swann. That was In 1906 There
have been an even dozen refolded in that
league since then
A hot game will la- placed in Mobile
Sunday, September 1. when the Barons
hike over to Gullville to play off a post
poned affair Even if it is m Mobile we'd
like a cut on tbe gate receipts
Germane Schaefer refuses to down
Kan Johnson nut a damper on his comedt
work on the diamond, but the other morn
ing lie and t'h.'-k Gandll •c<iulred a b:rdv I
gurdy and a monkey and made a tour of
Washington, pla> Ing to big mont e
WISHART BREAKS ALL
RECORDS AT COLUMBUS
t.'td.l MUI OHIO. Ai« 26 hui.pitx
all ret ords from 75 mile- <u up •<, .!0?i
miles before him .<* h. went .-|e *i !
Utsiiari drove a liorx;. .■ yf<i.,i
victory hrie in a SflO-ndle I,ef u.- fu
Oigi peo|He Hr , vial'ltetiw,l a ik m I
re. for 2<»o ", 4 .. .. r a ■ ■., ■ ■., K ,
It at 3 hours mir> t 1 » , oti,t" '
Hi» prize wm 11 ,<mhj uno a ellver trophy
her size in the United States. When
we are working hard to make the mo
torcycle inoffensive to the general
public we feel that this unwarranted
discrimination on the part of the park
board is grossly unfair and should be
rescinded.
Dan Carey Is manager of the park
department and is in active charge of
the parks. When he has made an in
vestigation of this matter, and guided
by his experience and judgment in
park management, he finds there is
no objection to this procedure and
even indorses it as having distinct
benefits, it certainly seems entirely
unreasonable that the park board
should impose this unjust discrimina
tion on a certain class of the city's
population.
ATLANTA MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
T. C. BUTLER, JR.
• « •
rpHERE is a track at Piedmont
park and it was constructed
Yet because some few
lazv pedestrians do not possess the
snap and ginger to walk on the
sidewalk that was built for them
they have verily pulled some wire
whereby their journey is shortened
for them at the expense of the mo
torcyclists.
The Motorcycle club has asked
the park board to give their reason
for closing the track to motorists,
but they have never given a satis
factory answer.
Is it because none of them ride
motorcycles? Perhaps if some <,f
them did the track would he open
to the sport for which it was built.
At any rate, it is about time that
this matter was looked into and
wrong made right.
Giants Look to Have
An Easy Week Ahead:
In Cincinnati Today
( INCINNATI, Aug. 26.—Facing two
i more games before returning to the
Polo grounds, the New York Giants are
jubilant over the success of their West
ern trip, which had been viewed with
qualms by all. from Manager McGraw
down, The Giants awoke today with a
six and a half-game lead over the Chi
cago Cubs, and their predictions include
victory both this afternoon And tomor
row over the Cincinnati Retjs.
After the hard campaign in Pitts
burg. when the Giants took four out of
five games, the New York players were
buoyed up by success, and apparently
did not feel the strain under which they
were kept at full speed.
With an easy lead, the Giants will
have a comparatively easy time of it
this week After the two-game se
ll's here, they return to the Polo
grounds Thursday for a series with
Brooklyn.
Three double-headers will ho played
in a row by the Giants and the Phil
lies.
SPEED TRIALS ARE HELD
ON ELGIN RACE COURSE
ELGIN. ILL.. Aug. 26.—First official
peed trials over tin- Elgin road race
course were held today. The course
work on which has been practically
completetl. was closed to the public
While the big ~,rs were sent around it
to te.-t Ils curves and angles. The
elglitriiiile stretch was guarded by spe
cial patrolmen ami flagmen.
I he roads hav< been put In excellent
condition for the four races that will
be run I rldny and Saturday, and it is
expected tn.it some new speed record*
will be made.
PLAYERS MIX ON TRAIN-
ONE SENT TO HOSPITAL
1 "LI MBUS. MIS.~ \ug 26. | n <
i'tuaii'i which occurred between P.iym.
1 41 f»l!'h»'! on the < 'oliHtibti?
and Parke, ahorixtop ,
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tin right mm and painfully, though
not dnngi ro ~|. « mind< d I p., n , r r
1 or the Hain in t|u h ,| K p.,,.!,,
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