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The New York club got off well and secured a lead, chiefly because the Brooklyn and Boston clubs of fered little resistance to the Giants, and also because the Philadelphia Nationals, who are now playing great ball were in a badly crip pled condition. While the Giants were meeting with little opposition during the early part of the season, we were experimenting with our line-up to some degree and were also battling with strong clubs, like Pittsburg and Cincinnati, which went very well early in the season, and St. Gouls This flying start put the New York club In a position where It sented to have things its own way, but the present line-up of the Chi cago club Is such that we will keep fighting until the last ray of hope is gone, and If the Cubs can get some assistance from other clubs in the way of downing the Giants now and then, the race may continue right through to the end of the season. Says Cubs Better Than Giants. Personally. I believe that the Chi cago club, as it la now lined up, is superior to the New York club. I also believe that the Philadel phia National league club is equal, if not superior to the New York club We have h«d the misfor tune to lose the services of Mor decai Brown, who sustained an in jury to his knee, and that has hurt us some. We have also had the same bad luck with regard to Che- [NEWS FROM RINGSIDE », has signed articles to fight ' Boh Bmwn. in Birmingham, <ia\ I Gilbert has been boxing In Florida re- < cently and is in good shape for the mill • • • Although no title is involved in the tight - between I-h.-k.-v McFarland and Ail \\,.|- I * asl - ’<* _ h, ‘ staged In New York Sep tetnber 27, as much Interest is centered on the match as was ever shown about | any championship contest of ant weight < ytth the possible exception of the Jef-’ fries-Johnson tight. • • • Promoters of the Orleans Athletic club of New Orleans, have secured Freddie Atelshs consent to meet the winner of the Joe Thomas-Leo Kelh fight to be staged In that city Mond'ax It Welsh s defeated hi Rax Temple when the' meet Labor day. Temple will be given the match instead of the Englishman • • • Leach Cross will tackle .Teddy Malonev 1 In a six-round affair at Philadelphia Sep tember « ‘ • • • T>annj Morgan Is doing his best to match Jack Britton with Ilarrv Trendall for a ten-round bout, to be staged before the club offering the best inducements • • • Patsy Kline, the Newark bov, who Is i picked by many to succeed Joinin' Kll bane as featherweight champion has ■greed to box Young the Atteil in (Tn- 1 ctnnati some time this month x.. oate has been set for the bout Al Kaufman, who has been on the shelf for some weeks, is going t. be taken d..wt and dusted off about the first of October! by a San Francisco sport, who Haims t.. be willing to wager $2.50V th, big h.. P ,. I <an defeat the winner of the lira Hinn- Charlie Miller light • • • The Wabash Athletic chib, an» w box ing club at Terre Haute. Ind . w ill have Jack Johnson as a drawing .aid i 1-abor day. No. Arthur isn’t g. mg i., defend hfs title The champion •- .■ i. rented to second Kid Shelly, wl tights K O. Brown there on that date Shell' was one of Johnson's sparring partners l at Las Vegas when Jack was training ' r his match with Jim Flynn • • • Bombardier Wells, English heat.'weigh: champion, will sail for this countr;. ah. n one month front today Wells says he has been taking on weight and is • .fa cially anxious to get a return match w ■ Al Palzer, who knocked him out in his first fight on this side a • « Champion Johnny Kilhane, who fight* Johnny Dundee in New York \\ ednesday. In my judgment, the Chicago team knows more inside baseball than any team in the country, and I think we have increased our pitching strength materially in Loifleld, Lavender and Cheney. Reulbach is going fine at this time, and will no doubt be a big factor in our success throughout the re mainder of the season. I do not think I ever saw Mana ger Chance manifest more interest in the game than just now, and this Is largely due to the fact that he is feeling better than he has for some time past. The tremendous batting of Zim merman, together with his all round play, has helped us largely, and Manager Chance recently said he would not trade Zimmerman for any third baseman in baseball. Baler and Leach are both playing great ball and have fitted into our machine nicely. Evers, Tinker, Sheckard and Schulte are going along as well as they have in for mer years, and the catching of Archer Is something that people talk about every place the Cutis go. We are well fortified in having Tom Downey and Jerry Downs for utility infielders, as both of them are good tiatters and base run ners and men of experience who know the game. Outfield Well Fortified. Our outfield l.s well fortified in having such men as Good. Wil liams and Miller for extra men, as we are practically carrying two outfields. Needham and Cotter are both good catchers and good bats men, so that we are pretty well fortified behind the bat. If we do not beat the Giants from now until the end of the pen nant race, we will at least give them a battle and a mighty good scare. Personally, I think my club has more than an outside chance for the pennant. will appear tn Gotham again on Septem ber 1!I, When he meets Eddie O'Keefe in a ten-round encounter. * • • Morris Bloom and Bert Stanley are - hednled to go ten rounds in Milwau kee Monday. Ixnil-s Del’onthler. lightweight cham pion of France, and Tommy Gary, of Chicago, are scheduled to box ten rounds at the Carden Athletic club, in New York Monday night. DAN P. WINS 2:16 PACE FEATURE AT MACON TRACK MACON GA. \ug. 31. Dan P. owned b.v C c Cook, of Atlanta, won the 2:16 pace for a purse of $l5O here The event was the feature of the sec ond da.v of the three-day race meet. Ihe time was 2:15 1-2. Three heats were required to decide the winner, Dan P winning the first. Patchen Heart the second and Dan P coming back in good shape in the third. 1 atchen Heart finished second in the other two heats, while Lecco Wilk*, owned by Dan O'Connell, of Macon, wh" rd me ,y hold the Georgia record, finished third in all three heats. The 2 tn pace, for a purse of SIOO. was won by Sain Dillon, owned b) H H Piero, of Cartersville, in two straight beats, the time being 2:23 1-4 Today tin feature will be a free-for a> - in which Handsome Bov, who broke the Georgia track record Thursday and wh . is owned b> Bill Escoe. of Athens, ano \ eteran and Nellie Gentry both owne . by Dan O'Connell, of Macon at.' entered. SCHEGG STARTS SOUTH: IS DUE HERE ON SUNDAY So-athpaw Schegg. the Washington ■ unknown secured by the Cracktrs for I < t’d., ... is been shipped South by dark Griffith He will reach Ytlanta Sundav •me tak. his first workout Monday. He .mi! b, stuck in a game either Tuesday Jor Wednesday, provided he proves to by tn tolerably good condition THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND jjEv» r>. SATURDAY. AUGUST 31. 1912. Crackers End Trip to Chattanooga Today, Then Beat It Homeward WILLPUYDOUBLEHEADER LABOR BAY AT PONCE By Percy H. Whiting. rrxHlS is the Crackers’ last day f In Chattanooga. They con clude their argument with Billy Smith’s team this afternoon and then bump home over the state of Georgia's somewhat lumpy W. A.- A. to Atlanta. And on Mon day, the same being Labor day, they open at Ponce DeLeon for the last stand on the home lot. Monday will be a big day. Noth ing In the world hut rain can stop it. The mere fact that the team is finishing last, and a hopeless, be draggled last at that, will have nothing to do with the ease. It's Labor day, and there’s a double header on tap. That's all the peo ple want to know. There are a lot of folks whose la bors interfere with their baseball. They would like to see every game of the season. But as a rule they don’t see any except those of July 4 and Labor day. Do you suppose that the mere fact that the team isn't winning quite all its games these days is going to make any difference? Nary a bit. They'll all be there. • • • ep HE Memphis bunch w ill furnish * the opposition on Monday. Bill Bernhard has a club this season that hasn't anything to speak of on the Crackers. And the contests should he tolerably even. The Turtle club stays until Wed nesday night and then passes on, to be replaced Thursday by the Nashville club, which finishes out the week. Then, on the following Monday, Bill Smith and his Chat tanooga club will be here for three days. And with the departure of the Lookouts the Crackers will likewise depart. They hike to Mem phis for three games and then quietly fade away. • * * 'p HE chief Interest in the coming home stay of the Crackers lies PLAY SEMI-FINALS TODAY FOR DAVIS & FREEMAN CUP The semi-finals in the three flights of the Davis & freeman golf trophv tournament will be played this after noon over the East Lake course of the Atlanta Athletic club. Two matches were completed yes terday, bringing every flight to the semi-finals stage. They were: First Flight. W. R. Tichenor defeated A. Davidson, 3 up and 2 to play. Third Flight, R. I. Gresham defeated A. W. Hod nett. 3 up and 2 to play. The following is the schedule of matches for today: First Flight. Dick Jemison vs. H. Block. A Davidson vs. W. R. Tichenor. Second Flight. R. P. Jones. Jr., vs. G. A Nicholson, Jr. W. C. Holleyman vs. H. G. Butler. , Third Flight. / T. L. Cooper vs. P. A. Wright. R. L. Gresham vs. S. Hard. MILLER AND FLYNN UNABLE TO AGREE ON A REFEREE SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31.—There is a deadlock on the selection of the referee for the Miller-Flynn contest next Monday. Promoter Jim Coffroth spent two hours yesterday in consul tation with Manager Louis Parente and Jake Curley, but could not reach an agreement. Another conference w ill be held today Five names were suggested at the conference, including Jim Grif fin. Harry Foley. Jake Welsh. Eddie Hanlon and Toby Irwin. It has been know n all along that Cur ley would prefer Jake Welsh, but so far Coffroth ,has been unable to learn w hether Welsh would be willing to act in the event of being chosen. packey McFarland is an EASY WINNER OVER HIRST PHILADELPHIA, Aug 31 In a one sided six-round bout before the Olympia tthletle club here. Packey McFarland, the Chicago lightweight. received the popular decision over Joe Hirst, of Phila delphia. In all but one round. McFar land landed at will, while the few blows of his opponent lacked force. in the fact that some new men will be tried out. Schegg, the new southpaw pitcher, will be shoved in t and given a chance. Sisson, the out fielder from Columbus, will replace . Lyons in the outfield. And possi bly there will be quite a batch of other changes, though they have not been announced yet. • • • Q PEAKING of recruits, a list of a dozen rules for the guidance of those just breaking into base ball has been recently promulgated and is here given, with the earnest hope that it will be of benefit to any who are trying to smash their wax into the national game: 1 Be sure to call your manager Roge, Connie, Jake or Muggsy, as the case may be. Baseball tacticians dislike a cold greet ing. 2. If you arrive in the city late at night, get your manager out of bed by a phone call and ask him directions to the park. 3. 'Tell everybody you meet that night that you are Bingen, the new outfielder, and can make Cobb, Speaker, Wagner and Bak er look like lazy picnic larries with the willow. 4. If you were drafted from a bush league for SSOO. don’t admit it. Say you cost $25,000. but your owner doesn’t want it known, be cause too much publicity over the amount involved hurt $22,500 O'Toole. 5. At the breakfast table, tell strangers that your minimum base steals a season are around the 75 mark. 6. On arriving at the park in the morning for practice, burst in the dub house and shout, “I’m Bingen, the new outfielder. Say. Cobb, you play right field here after. for I want center.” 7. Help yourself to the star pitcher’s uniform and. when on the field, make the others go to the infield and outfield and have an hour of batting practice. 8. In going back to the club house for a shower, make some crack that the team is loafing • Tell the star shortstop that he doesn’t play deep enough, and ad vise the spitball iron man to cut out the moist delivery, as you are afraid of muffing a wet ball. 9. Call the manager aside and say: “Lookahere, you let me bat in fourth place, as I am the clean up kid and have a better chance to drive In runs.” I he Big Race Here's the latest on the race for bat ting honors in the American league, right off the bat, as it were: PLAYER— AB. H. P. C. COBB 457 187 .409 SPEAKER 487 196 .402 JACKSON 464 171 .369 COLLINS 437 148 .339 LAJOIE 331 106 .320 Yesterday was a hard day for Cobb. By scoring the only run off the hitless pitching of Hamilton, of the Browns, he acquired a certain amount of honor, but by failing, as did all his team mates, to get a hit, he dropped back two points in the batting race. Speak er made two hits out of five times up and that rather useful performance netted him a loss of one point. Jack son and Lajoie each made one hit out of three times up. Collins, like Speak er, made two out of five times up. HAMILTON HURLS NO-HIT GAME. BUT COBB SCORES DETROIT. MICH.. Aug 31.-Earl Ham ilton held 1 >etroit hitless yesterday, but he tailed to keep Cobb off the bases. St. Louis won. 5 to 1. In the fourth Cobb walked, took second and third when Pratt booted Crawfords grounder, con tinued home when Austin attempted to catch Crawford at second and beat the return to the plate by sliding around Alexander. St Louis gave Hamilton splendid sup port Hamilton failed to retire a bat ter on strikes, but his fine cintrol. puz zling delivery and excellent curve ball kept the Detroit players for the most part popping flies or rolling grounders to the infield. HYDER BARR SUSPENDED: GASTON REPLACES HIM CHATTANOOGA. TENN . Aug. 31 Hyder Barr was placed on the ineligi ble list today by Manager Billy Smith, and Dave Gaston, formerly of the Co lumbus Foxes, was signed until the close of the season Barr is suffering with a wrenched knee. 10. Should the manager surprise you by asserting that he would stand pat on Cobb In center field, snap your fingers at him and de clare that he is a bum and not fit to run a squad of washer women. For a final thrust yell, "Either you go or I go." 11. View it philosophically. The best get it. 12. Just explain to the boys sit ting on the chairs in front of the Dewey hotel in Maysville that ev erybody had it In for you and they wouldn't give you a chance. Anyway, you like Maysville bet ter than Detroit. ... "J* H E fact that the Mobile club has been unable to hold the Barons in their big series now in progress seems to indicate that Mike Finn and his merry men are done. If they could win today and tomorrow and then perforin a string of miracles, the Gulls might win the pennant yet. But nobody would regard such a happening as at all probable. The race is over and the best team will win. It isn't the best team the league ever saw. b.v tenor a dozen. But it's a well balanced, well managed team, and it is a moderate credit to the league. ♦ • ♦ T NTEREST in baseball from now on will largely be directed to ward the world series. The Amer ican league race is as good as over. There is no*chance that the Red Sox will be headed. The Giants may yet be overhauled, though it is not highly probable. The South ern league race is as good as over. In the Sally league it is neck and neck, but the closing games of the regular season come Monday. The end of baseball! s drawing nea r. And there will be no great out burst of sorrow in Atlanta when the finish comes. A tail-end team for two years running is something that few cities, outside of Boston and St. Louis, can stand with' equanimity. AMATEUR GAMES GALORE TODAY AND ON LABOR DAY Following are some of the important amateur games scheduled for today and Labor dav: • TODAY’S GAMES. City League. | Moose vs. Southern Shops. Southern Bell vs. Bean & McGill. Inman Yards vs. Company A. Saturday Afternoon League. Atlanta Top Company vs. Fulton Bag at Fulton. Continental Gin Company vs. Inde pendents, at Piedmont. Center Hill vs. Piedmont, at plant. Whittier vs. Exposition, at Exposi tion. Commercial League. J M. High vs. Rich Bros., at Fort McPherson. Smyrna vs. Keely Co., at Smyrna LABOR DAY GAMES. Smyrna vs. Agogas. Sunday School league team vs. Trol ley league team. American National plays Fourth National. The American National has already practically won the pennant of the Bankers league. Sunday School League. The Sunday School league closed its season last Saturday. Capitol View winning the pennant, with the St. Philips team a close second. CAPTAIN BRIGGS WINS WIMBLEDON TROPHY RIFLE RANGE, SEAGIRT. N. J.. Aug. 31.—Seven important events on the program of the Seagirt shooting tournament were completed yesterday. The championship company team match of the United States was won by Copany K of the First District of Columbia infantry: the championship revolver team match, by the First cav alry of New York: Wimbledon cup match, by Captain A. L. Briggs. U. S. A.: the Spencer match, by Corporal H. E. Major. U. S. marine corps; the Gen eral E. P. Meant, match, by G. W. Chesley. of Connecticut: the all-com ers squadded revolver match, b.v A. R. Lane, of New York. The champion ship company team match was open to teams of four, each member firing ten shots at 2011 yards and ten shots at 61)0 yards. Gotham Clubs May Play Sunday Baseball on New Jersey Land By Monty. NEW YORK, Aug.*3l.—Sunday baseball for New Yorkers would be quite an astonish ing development. Yet, such a thing has now come within the limits of possibility. Jt will become a real ized fact if plans of a certain New Jerseyite materialize. Professional ball on the Sabbath is forbidden in the Empire state by enactment of law. The law not only is on the books; it is enforced. New Jersey has a similar law, but by mutual agreement of all, it is not enforced. So the idea is to have the Giants and Highlanders—whichever hap pens to be in town at the time traipse over to the Skeeterland on Sunday. The ineeptor of this novel, not to say revolutionary proposition. is President Lillis, of the Jersey City club of the International league. Oddly enough, his bold project finds Inspiration in adversity. Grounds at End of Tube. The new h me of the Skeeters, according to pi esent intention, is to be on what is known as Jersey Meadows, on the direct line of the "tube,” which passes under the Hudson river from New York. Rid ing on the "tube” trains the exact running time to the new park from the heart of New York city will be thirteen minutes, from the heart of Jersey City four minutes, from the heart of Newark seven minutes. Thus a tremendous population will be tapped by means of the "tube” alone. President Lillis has the idea work ed out in a most interesting way that should prove a money maker FODDER FOR FANS Lou Castro’s career as manager of the Portsmouth team has been one long riot. The club president went over Castro’s head to release players. Then Castro went at him in the papers. What has followed since can easily be imagined. • « « Joe McGinnity quit the Newark team while it was at Montreal and gave out the news that he wanted to "get out." Apparently the "Iron Man” is almost done as a mogul. • * * it has been reported in Virginia that Lou Castro would manage the Richmond team next year, but this report is denied. * * • Pitcher Eugene Moore, tried out by the Reds, will be returned to Galveston. Moore was said to have promise, but no curves and less speed. Charley Dryden says the folks of White Sox Jim Scott, the famous moose hunter, have a moose chained to a tree for "him in the front yard at Lander. Wyo. He will shoot it this fall. • • • College stars continue to look good to the big leaguers. The Pirates are nego tiating for Tommy Quigley, of Notre Dame, who is now playing center field for Gary. « * * Mystery! The Giants are being fol lowed by a mysterious woman or ladv they don't know which. She followed them throughout the entire Western trip. She was never seen at the hotels nor on the trains, but was at all games If anybody knows the answer he hasn't told yet. ■ • • It is noted in the Chattanooga papers that President O. B. Andrews "is satis fied Mr. Elberfeld will make a satisfac tory manager." • ♦ • When Tubby Spencer, former big league backstop, appeared before Judge Collins, of the police court in Indianapolis charged with fighting a losing fight with John Barleycorn, his honor remarked "1 don't know whether the boss out at 'the works' needs a ball player or not. but you are on your way.” And Tubby went. • • • The White Sox have bought Pitcher Harry Smith, of Lincoln. * « • Rochester fans are willing to wager a little two-to-one that Jack Lelivelt will never stick In the btg leagues He can hit—but he's flat-footed. * « * Nap Rucker has confessed that his real name isn’t Nap at all, but George Some ribald sport writer bung the "Napoleon" on him. and it lingered. • • • If anybody with money could have guessed that the Reds were going to shut out the Giants two games in a row he could have gambled his wav up to a million dollars at least King Cole may go to the Columbus team on a trade. for all concerned. Hi- Jersey City club would play all its home games ! n the new pa k, including Sundays. " lien thej haci a home game on the Sabbath it would form the opener of a double-header, with Giants or Highlandcis providing the second one. When his team is out of town on Sundays the at home New York club could have the grounds for its game alone. Lillis has in mind an arrange ment by which the New York clubs could pay him either a flat rental for each Sunday’s use of the park or a percentage of the receipts. He believes that a record bunch of fans could be herded inside the grounds. The "regulars” would come over from Gotham in addition io base ball lovers who now do not see any big league ball because Sunday is their only "day off." Besides, he considers several thousand fans from Jersey who would enthuse over the chance to get the big league article close to home. He can’t see anything to it but a big bunch of coin for all concerned. He has mentioned the thing to President Frank .1. Farrell, of the Highlanders, and President John T. Brush, of the Giants. They are non-committal as yet, but Lillis says they are favorably disposed toward the proposition. Philly Clubs May Try It. If the innovation is tried and goes through successfully, it may lead to the Philadelphia clubs do ing a like stunt—moving across into t’amden. N. J., on Sundays. Pennsylvania has a law similar to New York's that prohibits the Phillies and Athletics from work ing at home on church day. If the Lookouts lose Saturday to the <. rackets. Bill Smith might as well pack up and move away. His popularity in Chattanooga is at a low ebb right now. • • • Chicago exchanges contain the news that Al Champion has received a 10-cent donation to the Lew Richie automobile fund and that Lew has demanded an ac counting. • ♦ ♦ The debut of Dan Griner, former Moon ey school star, with the Cardinals, was stormy After a couple of homers and some other stuff had been made off his de livery he was retired. At that, the lad Is only just out of prep school. nr'r'2 a i rI LJF'r 1 ' 11 * suspension has bfcen fines'ag2in. he ' 8 ° n the <oach,n » The charge that Handiboe had received !he r, v'.nL ne ' lt st year for Playing with tlan ls allowed under the D \ i2 gUP L ul o S ,whlch sav th at no man than t-n dth u ar "ho made more l b . a " tv° r> m ?J" h las ' Vf “a r > was proved false b) President t’erish. of the Sallv L e . a ? ue i -'.PPafently they don't pav such high salaries on the Yank team. with e > l nt'hi^ h T' f ' a new Pennant pole— of IHIO h g PUt " n '' but the ra < lerod 1 ' in?; , *> l J eagUF ma gnates have en- O sell n it is said, not ~t„Ke ' "‘.I! 1- P'ayers to big-league vear bx dr'f. W K have to ,oße one a This , bul , keep the rest. • nis should make for faster ball in the foTn blockq’th'V is ’ ,nfair to the players, m the kS leVgues Chan, e ° f advan^n l ent • • •> conNL-n?,?? 0 ? ,he Cuba have won the convei sation championship. tlwnT" JY a,t ? ad hi * safe| y in more W It/r Os . games in a row when swats ,ohnson interrupted the flow of * * ♦ offl? n , ;'°hnson has made Hank o'Dav an her 'e on the umpiring staff of the ;\n ? t an n hFt g } ,e ; ‘2 is ohlvotts that he can t go back into the National league Wise sayings of baseball: "ft is nos sible for a ball player to be great with out shooting off his mouth " g * * • tl !•' Vifi ms? 1, | ,ler, ” ai1 ’ hiR stick man of career s » ?t gue ' his hitting a riddv inr Kt, lf er - He developed from He can i?ii i ra ' hr " presentable player. g.Jf conrs d J' Ve an awf ul ball on the ’table all-round “ P “ Pretty ered ‘ be'ee’L’ ite t,K> fact ,h at Washington has tha? the e aa ! L n ' ''" n 'onder. it is reported materia'a§vTnee* e ' ! ’ tS Shown Ihe < levelcind and ’Toledo learns mavJ tram together at PensacX. n 2. Mxt