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6 - gam cowi® nxmF 5 EPITLD Jy W S FARNSWORTH ’ £ - Z72JVs7 2J No Use Talking, Mutt Is Too Lazy to Chew His Food :: :: By “Bud” Fisher 1 f u/tLL, I'b \ ( \ ( x ■ x —————x I ’O'J i>o R.e nt a SHI? AHO \ I ANO rt> **° To ViouiON-T s Ay, ar.l you . j <t Down w<tm \ e you JAG Too LAZY To EV€N 9 Ova I HAb A h'WW. I HAD A AND Hlt€: / HAMMOCK of the FOR.YouR.OWN • I UVU-M uouu .. J J SlHfcVOWe ANb / CHA-APAGrit Afw ,f-□ /f ' ' ; A -> h <i>o TO euR-OPt / SERVANTS to J 1 W aF" ~ | A ,f„ 'jA ' V W WS i|> ® 1 jr 4W O ML «MF JW vttt .„ i* lj FfrO - W ’CTt — — i~R ■ —~~ I” 1 ' I i —=— -|i | —■- LJp J|— —— -FS - ly i I h r QiS «hgW' M ftL « ””" ~ -■ - . * 3/b 4r Fans’ Last Chance to See 1912 Crackers; Brace With Lookouts By Percy H. Whiting. rpHE finish comes todaj A I double-header is slated far this afternoon at Ponce De- Leon —and then they break the slate. When the last man Is out in the last inning of today's last game the season Is over tn Atlanta. All those who are sorry will sig nify it in the usual manner. Today's double-header will be for blood, as usual. The Crackers are determined to wind up the season here with a good showing—or know why not When the game is over the Crackers will hike for Memphis, while the Volunteers will beat it for Nashville in Memphis on Sat urday the Crackers play their last game and disband, • • • ep H E easy way in w hich Jackson * sonville trimmed Columbus in the post-season games was un doubtedly right ano proper and the best team won. But doesn’t a sea son like the one just passed in the Sally league show the undesir ability of the "split-season" scheme? Jacksonville won the pennant in the first half It was always right around the top In the second half. But somehow It Just couldn't man age to win. Os course, a post-sea son series meant money for every body And there was one. When it came to the show-down Jackson ville won handily. Now, nobody would charge that Jacksonville held back and let the Columbus team win enough games in the second half to make a post season series necessary. Yet, such a thing could happen and Is likely to. at any old time. From the financial standpoint a split season may be a success. Rut FODDER FOR~FANS | Karl Horten, who has pitched amazing nail for Jacksonville this summer, likes the town and will make it his permanent home It Is »ather expected that some club will draft him Ihe players on the pennant winning Houston leant of the Texas league were given ehecks for SIOO each after the sea son ended, as a present front the ,'lub i owners and fans Joe Wood has relied on speed, control and support for his recent victories He doesn’t use his curve unless lie has to. • • • tv ell. the' all lost money in the Vir ginia league except ma' be. Richmond and possibly Petersburg ami Norfolk The Old. complaint too large a circuit poor umpiring, bad weather and to,, high • salaries The I.os Angeles Examiner conducted a voting contest for the most valuable pla' er of the Coast league and Johnn' Kme got the prize He pla.'s Centerfield tor V ernon • • • Eddie Hallman, recalled by St Louis fron. .Memphis, has been offered t<» the San Francisco club and may be sent there • • • Metz, nf San Antonio, was the* leading batter of the Texas league this season, with an average of 323 Foster, of Hous ton was the leatHng pitcher Brown Rogers, of the Sail Xntonio club, was fifth among the hurlers of the circuit Os the All-Star American Hague team that gathered last \»-ar n Cleveland to play for the Addie loss benefit all hut two are still playing big league baseball These are the two catchers Baddy Liv ingston and Gabby Street • • • Austin and Fort Worth were the only Texas league clubs which lost money this year None of them got rich • • • A team made up of society girls sum mering at Lenox. Mass has'< ballet.g» .I a team of societv men at Pittshehi. Mass for a game and the challenge has been • a< < epted The men wili plav with no <»ultwlder s. jp an effort to even things up • • • ’I io Xt kat s.is l»en.ocrat has laum he*] t;,» « and ;<iacv of William M Kavanaugh for president of the National league But. t! ‘-n d the\ name * im who will r .n Lit th Hoi k • • • Mohj> panel*- sa\ that the attendance has been - bad at New «»rhans this y par ti at Charley Frank has had all the paaaes taken up ' ' N< M ■T- there will always be some doubts about the honesty of the race when one team wins in one half and one wins in another. And quite probably these split seasons are inimical to the best Interests of baseball. • • • THE long wrangle that arose 1 over the question of whether o: not Walter Johnson should have been credited with a game won at the time his winning streak was attracting much attention suggests, that the matter of deciding when a pitcher should be credited with a game and when he should not ought to be set down in the rule book. It Is ridiculous that each league has a rule of its own to de slde this. A suggestion has been made by a former manager as follows; Credit the pitcher who is re hexed with a lost game whether game is won or lost Credit the one who relieves him with a worn game If won or a lost game if same Is lost. This matter may be gone into from many angles, hut I offer the above as fairest to all concerned, and think it would have a tenden cy 'o make each pitcher extend hlms< f if he knew the matter restet. wholly with him. A lot of rules ought to be In the regular code that ate not there The whole matter of scoring needs to be stiaightened out. At present the scoring rules ate a crime. This association of baseball writers ought to take the matter up and suggest changes. If nothing is done by the na tional bodies in regard to a change in the method of ci editing pitchers with games won and lost the Southern league ought to consider the matter at Its next meeting and should decide on some more rea sonable and equitable method than the one now in use in Dixie. against Berger Helnie made Bunting non to the infield with a snap pitch but stnckdale mad* him throw it over At that It s a silly rule The batter ought to be ready for whatever comes. Wise sayings of baseball. The man ager of a losing ball club is a mark for the new spapers '' ,„£■ ' papers are panning Kid Elberfeld fur outbreaks ■ f temper and pt. - fault' on the Held The.' II have a tine time with him o'er m Chattanooga as manager Ihe \\ lute Sox have dropped Mattv M< Int vre and Mutt Ens The former goes t<» the San Francisco club, the latter to St loseph • • « < »wner Rick Woodward has promised the players of the Birmingham team some kind of ;l blow mt w hen the season ends 1 he bum h wil be slipped a piece of mon ev all around • • \ decision which called Billy Zimmer man ia Cracker last yeari safe in a game 1 at Newark started a boy sued riot in 1 which the umpire was hammered a bit before the police could interfere • » • Pave Fultz says there are men in the ' major leagues playing for S9OO a year and that the new players* union is going to help them •>f course. S9OO is too little But then there are plavers getting 000 Hou can you equalize It** •> • • It is likely that sonic big league club ‘ I will slip n a draft tor Harry • Welchonce ,I He is leading th. Southern league hat I ters and is a nlftv placer . . . George Stovall is another baseball p.av. er who has recently taken up golf and gone rrazv about it NAT THORNTON LOSES AT TENNIS IN CLEVELAND. 0. i CLEA ELAND. OHIO. S. pt |1 Aline Ini'd-f,night matches '.st.-nkiv I marked the progress of the Ohio stale i tennis tourmiment at th. K.i-' End elub Among the encounters that at trited gre. t. st inter,-t were tho.se in jwhi. li Nat Thornton of Atlanta lost to : I *’ R"'"ll. of <'lev. i..nd, ' fi. 3-6 f> 2. js T Nash Cleveland lost to T AA . | Steph, ns. of Plttsbiiig. 6-3, 6-2 In th. V .... H - -mgles Mis- Rudn |Stepiifn- !■' . I -tit ... n w.,- defeated b' Miss Lots M„J<. ~f Toronto, 6-4. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN 4ND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11 191° ■■ ■ Coach Donahue Writes Special Story for The Georgian on His Outlook AUBURN SHOULD HAVE STRONG ELEVEN THIS YEAR By Mike J. Donahue. Coach Auburn Football Team. m I'BURN, ALA.. Sept. 11.— Though these sultry Septem ber days make football seem to be an affair of the dint and dis tant future, an examination of the calendar will show that the pig skin chasing time is upon us and that it. is high time to consider our football prospects. Auburn will lose by graduation Bonner, guard: Allen, guard; Burns, center; Cogdell, end; Davis, full back, and Manning, half back. These men, to a large extent, fur nished the weight and power of the teams of the past two years. Others who are doubtful, but who may return are Lamb, tackle; Meadows, tackle, and Moore, half Because of injuries and sickness Inst year, an unusually large num ber of players made their letters, ami of these the following are sure to return: Pitts, center; Thigpin. guard. Louisell, tackle and full back; Newell, quarter back: Hart, half back; Ressljae. full back; Ma jor, half buck; W ingo, quarter back; AiniAl, end; Kearley, end, and Robinson, end. The losses are very severe, but Forty-Five and Fifteen-Round Bouts With Decisions Will Help Game NEW ORLEANS ABOUT TO HAVE BIG BOXING BOOM By Left Hook. N" EW ORLEANS is coming into its own as a boxing center. They are going to reopen fighting down there this fall and w inter w ith a big rush. There will be fifteen-round con tests in the city proper and forty five rounds can he staged across the river. And they will be able to give de cisions in the fifteen-1 ound battles, too which will he a big help. New Orleans is one of the strongest . betting cities in the world. They are wild to bet on everything, any thing. down there, from a fly alight ing in a circle to a world's cham pionship fight. And without deci sions it is not much of a comfprt to put yom money down You don't get such good action for it. Boxing on the Boom. Despite the great dissatisfaction JACKSONVILLE IS WINNER OF SALLY LEAGUE TITLE t’oLl'.Mßl’S. GA. Sept. 11 Jack sonville’s team l.s the undisputed cham pion of the South Atlantic league, sea son 1913. having won Its fourth game of the post-season series from Colum bus yesterday afternoon. b\ a decisive victor.', 5 to 1. The visitors led all the wav. and there was little doubt at any time that the outcome would be as it was Th. visitors scored one run in the ‘irst inning and four in the second, will'll sewed up" the game so tightly that th. locals didn’t have a "look-in. ’’ In th.- ninth inning the locals hit three times which netted one run, but that "as the best they could do Abercrombi. did the pitching for the I visitors and. while he gave up seven I h’ - thej wen scattered except in the ninth Weldell, for the locals, did ex cellent mound work, giving uponli four! hits, but poor support contributed to the size of the score of the visitors. RITTER CATCHES EVERY INNING FOR UTICA NINE I'Tlt’A. N A Sept 11 The mem bets of the I’ll, a baseball team. < h im pious of the N, w York State league were banqueted bv local fans and each player rt eeived sioo in gold. la>u Ritter t is announced, estab lished a world’s record by catching ever' inning placed I v the team in 139 games and th. thiee innings of I’tii a - postponed game »f the s, he.lu’i. Th. gam. was stopped b' rain those returning have all had some experience in college football, so that they are not entirely green. Has Men From Class Teams, As Auburn never gets any prep school stars, the college has to look to its own class teams for ma terial. and as it has not been disap pointed in the past hope in the fu ture will show good results. A few of the most promising players developed in the class Barnes this spring are Bedy and Harris, full backs; Esslinger, cen ter; Hollingsworth and Culpepper, guards; Faucett and Hallmark, ends; Ellett. tackle; Robb and El liot, half backs. With these add ed to w hat will return of last year’s varsity, it is hoped that Auburn will be represented by the usual team on the gridiron. Mike Likes New Rules. There is no question in my mind but that the new rules will make for a more attractive game. It will be much easier for the better team to score than was possible under last year's rules. The offense has been strengthened twenty-five per cent, and the defense near the goal has been weakened to a like extent. The new rules will not favor the weaker teams of the with w hich the newspaper decisions have beenjreceived there, boxing always has flourished in New Or leans. especially in the last few years, or since the "old days" when Jim Corbett whipped John L. Sul livan there and McAuliffe beat My er and Fitzsimmons showed his worth by downing Jack Dempsey and Dan Creedon. all the finest of titular matches. Now that they can get a referee's verdict they will be entirely happy, the only thing lacking, apparently, being the right .sort of a referee. Writes Fred Bukowitz. secretary and treasurer of the New Orleans club: "We have been giving decisions in a peculiar; manner. There are four papers in New Orleans, and each writer that the paper had at the ringside gave a decision after a bout was over. These were read off by the announcer, and the majority ruled. The referee only cut in on The Big Race Here is the up-to-the-minute dopb jn how the "Big Five " batters of the American league are hitting: PLAYER. A.B. H. Ax. COBB .. 492 204 .415 SPEAKER 509 202 .397 JACKSON 495 182 .368 COLLINS 456 154 .338 LAJOIE 362 119 .329 Ty Cobb gained three points yester day when he secured three hits in four times at bat. Speaker hit .500 for the day. grabbing two safe swats in four attempts. Jackson secured two clouts lin five trips to the plate. Collins failed :to connect in two attempts. Lajoie I was very much on the job with the big I stick. He secured four hits in five j | times up. BRISTOL MAKES IT TWO STRAIGHT OVER ROANOKE BRISTOL A \ -TE.N.N, Sept. Il I I'll,' Bristol Bo.xsteis yesttuda' took tile se. ..nil straig-ht gam, from the Roanoke Tig.-is In the post series championship ,gam*'s between the p.nnant winneis in! the Appalachian and A'irginla leagues I respectively. linen was on th. mound fop the vis- i itors and yielded seven hit- which the. Boosters mule count for three scores . AA li-on worked for Bristol and was hl’ 1 freely, giving up ten hits but h, was I eff. , tivo in pin. hes and held the visi tor- down to two tallies country very much, because the stronger teams will be able to keep possession of the ball nearly all the time. The ball will not change hands as frequently, and the oppor tunities to score because of your opopnents’ mishaps will not be as many. Pray Is Assistant Coach. The assistant at Auburn this year will be I. R Pray, of Bev erly, Mass., who has coached high school teams successfully in the neighborhood of Boston. He comes well recommended, and will no doubt prove Auburn a valuable man. Here Is the Schedule. Auburn's schedule is as follows: September 28—Montgomery A. C. in Auburn. October s—Mercer in Columbus. October 12—Open. October 19—Clemson in Auburn. October 26—Mississippi A. and M. in Birmingham. November 2—Tech in Atlanta. November 9—L. S. U. in Mobile. November 16—University of Flor ida in Auburn. •November 23—-Vanderbilt in Bir mingham Thanksgiving—Georgia in Ath ens. the decision in case the papers were two and two. "This never was a satisfactory way of deciding bouts, and w hat we want now is a capable referee. You see. it is rather difficult for a man to work there, because of the heavy betting that is done. This naturally prejudices and inflames a crowd, and the referee comes in for a lot of censure and abuse, no matter how he decides. To Have a Big Arena. "We are enlarging our arena and will have a seating capacity of 3.500 when we have finished the al terations. Mr. Tortorich retains a controlling interest in the club. "If we are successful In getting on any championship fights we can take them across the river, where it is possible to box forty-five rounds without interference. That’s a pretty sweet plan for the fight ers who want to go that far, and I’m sure we will do well." GOLF TOURNEY FOR CLUB TITLE BEGINS SATURDAY The golf tournament for the cham pionship of the Atlanta Athletic club will begin on Saturday, when the qual ifying round will he played over the East Like course The players will qualify from scratch, and match play In the first flight will also be from scratch. In the other flights the elub handicap will apply The first and second rounds of match, plat must be played by September 20, the semi-finals by September 21 and the finals by September 22 H. G. Scott is the present club cham pion and he will he on hand to de fend his title in this tournament. Herweim Ogar Joe Wood Ties Johnson’s Record And Now Hot After 20 Straight CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—Joe Wood, the Boston American league pitcher. equaled Walter Johnson's record in the Ban John son circuit yesterday when he de feated the White Sax, 5 to 4. Fif teen straight wins is the mark now held jointly by the Washington and Boston hurlers. But Wood announced this morn ing that he is not through yet, by any means. He has his nose point ed toward nineteen successive vic tories, the world's record, which was established this year Rube Marquard, of the Giants. But Chicago fans want to see Wood heave against their own great pitcher. Big Ed Walsh. This morning Manager Jimmy Callahan, of the White Sox, challenged Man ager Jake Stahl, of the Red Sox. to a pitchers' duel between Wood and Walsh. Stahl can hardly ac cept the defi, as it is hard to fig ure "how it can he done” this se ries on account of Sir Joseph work ing yesterday, and the two Sox teams don't meet again after to morrow. Still it is just possible that Wood may feel well enough to go in again 24 hours hence. Wood started on his winning streak July 8. Here is what he has accomplished since that day; July B—Beat8 —Beat St. Louis. 5-1. July 12 —Beat Detroit. 1-0 (thirteen In nings). July 17 —Beat Chicago. 7-3. July 23—Beat Cleveland. 6-3. July 28 —Beat Chicago. 5-4. August 2 —Beat St. Louis. 9-0. August 6—Beat Cleveland. 5-4 (eleven innings). August 10—Beat Detroit, 4-1. August 14—Beat St. Louis. 8-0. August 16—Relieved O'Brien in eighth after game was lost and pitched two In nings. August 17 —Relieved Collins after win ning rally in seventh, but Ban Johnson has given credit for win to Collins. August 20—Beat Detroit. 6-2. August 24—Beat Cleveland, 8-3. August 28—Beat Chicago, 3-0. September 2—Beat New York. 1-0. September 6—Beat Washington. 1-0. September 10 —Beat Chicago, 5-4. Wood's next game will probably NEWS FROM RINGSIDE Jake Abel. Chattanooga lightweight, who split with his manager after his tight with Joe Mandot, some time back, is now under the management of Jimmy De- Forest. who predicts great things for the little scrapper, Abel's latest fight was against Young Smith, of England, who lasted nine rounds against the South erner. • • • It now looks as though there will be no bout between Packer McFarland and Ad Wolgast in New York this month un less the promoters agree to give the champion a guarantee of $20,000. Adolph sprung a yarn about injuring an arm in the hope that Billy Gil.son would come aroun 1 with another $5,000. but there was nothing doing. Gibson saxs if Ad refuses to box for the original sum named. $15.- 000. some goo*l lightweight will be substi tuted for him. ♦ ♦ w 'lom Jones, the champion’s manager, is on his way to Cadillac, to hold a con ference with his protege in regard to meeting McFarland. ♦ * ♦ Wedge. ~f Omaha, Nebr.. "’lll return to the prize ring if barred from the Presbyterian ministr.' The parson is in Omaha this week awaiting the meeting of the Kearney presbytery at Gothenburg Wedge las been offered matches with ('laron.-e Earns. Ray Bron son and Clarence English. However, be will rot re-enter the ring unless barred from the ministry. The fighting par son has written a book, entitled "The THERE is what wood? 2 HAS done SINCE het ? BEGAN RECORD HUNT I + ah. r. bh. th. bb. so. wp hb.4 July 8.31 17 9 2 8 o 04 4* July 12.35 0 5 8 1 10 0 14 4. July 17.33 3 6 7 2 8 1 0 4 4 July 23.35 3 9 9 2 71 1 4 4 July 28.34 4 6 6 4 7 0 14 Aug 2.29 0 3 4 3 5 0 0 4 4 Aug. 6.40 4 10 12 0 5 0 14 4 Aug. 10.32 17 10 2 10 0 1 4 4 Aug. 14.26 0 4 4 3 9 0 1 4 4 Aug. 16.7 0 1 2 11 0 04 4 Aug 17. 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 04 4 Aug. 20.32 26613004 4 Aug 24.36 4 77 2 8 0 0 4 4 Aug. 28.32 0550800 4 4 Spt. 2.31 08938004 4 Spt. 6.30 06.8 39004 4 Spt. 10.30 3 10 1.2 3 6 0 0 4 4 _ _ 4 Total.sol 26 102 121 32 112 2 64 be against the lowly St. Louis Browns. He has always been able to beat Stovall’s aggregation, and the Boston players are confident that he will capture his sixteenth win there. Along about the 19th of the month the Hub team will be in Cleveland, and the Naps have been every bit as easy as the Browns for Wood. So the seven teenth win will be forthcoming there. At least, that is the pre diction of Joseph's teammates. On September 20 Boston opens a three game series in Detroit. The Tigers are looked upon to furnish the eighteenth win for Wood. The nineteenth victory is figured to be won over the lowly Yankees in Boston on about September 25. The Red Sox meet Washington in the capital city the last two days of the month and October 1. Here Is where the Boston diamond stars figure that Wood will have to be at his best to win the world's title, the twentieth game. Fighting Parson of the Barbary Coast The volume will be published in a fe days. • ♦ » Jim Savage, the big "hope." who L been going so strong in Gotham recent 1 is ill. and will not be able to appear f some time. Danny Morgan, his managi denies the rumor that Jim is under tl ban of the .New York boxing commissio Johnny Kling, the Chicago lightweigr who has found it so hard to get bout although his record is good, can t» Johnny Connors, also hailing from tl Windy City, if he chooses. Connors. "I claims he whipped Kling in Kenosha son time back, says he is willing to bi Johnny again. REDS SIGN AMATEUR PITCHER CINCINNATI. Sept. 11.—" Ch Smith, a left-handed pitcher who h been playing with amateur teams this city, was signed by the Cincinna National league club today. Calla Taxi PHONE BELLE ISLE Ivy SIQO Atlanta 1518 Touring earn and closed car? for all occasions DAY nr NIGHT. Any road. Anywhe e. Any time Office: 4 Luckie St., Opp. Pied mont Hotel. Belle Isle Auto Rent Senice