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A I .tn -acler is slated for t - afternoon at Ponce !><■- Lena—."in then tin ■ break the slat* . V.li -n the la i min is out in tlie la-' Innins; of today’s last game the >' ison is ov* r in Atlanta. All those nho arc sorry will sig- • nify it in the usual manner. Today's double-header will be for blood, as usu:i . The <’racket's are determined 'o wind up the season here v. ith a good showing—or Know mh; not. When the gamt 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. • * ♦ T'HF. easy wav in which Jackson * sonville trimmed Columbus in the post-season games was un doubtedly right nnu proper ami 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 se ies 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 ami let the Columbus team win enough games in the second half to make a post •eason series necessari 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 t - f fodder for EANsH v. Horten, who has pitched amazing ball for Jacksonville this summer, likes the town and will make it his permanent •home It is e a th Pr expected that some Iclub will draft him. The players on the pennant w inning [Houston team of the Texas 1.-amie were ( given checks for 5100 each after the sea son ended, as a present from the club owners am! fans •• • t Joe Wood has relied on speed, control tend support for his recent victor o s lie doesn’t use his curve unless he Ims to Well, they all lost money In the Vir ginia league except, maybe. Richmond and possibly Petersburg ami Norfolk. '.The old complaint too large a circuit poor umpiring, bad weather and too high salaries • * * The Los Angeles Examiner < undueie<| a voting contest for (he most valuable plat er of the Coast league and Johnnv Kane got the prize He plays Centerfield for Vernon. « • Eddie HaUinan, recalled by St Louis from Memphis, has been offered to the San Francisco club and may be sent there. • • • Metz, of San Antonio, was the leading batter of the Texa< league this season, with an average of 823 Foster, of Hous ton, was the leading pitcher Brown Rogers, of the San Antonio dub. was fifth among the hurlers of rhe circuit <* * « Os the All-Star American leagm team that gathered last year in Cleveland to play for the Addie Joss benefit all but two are still playing big h.igut- baseball These are the two catchers ’’addy Liv ingston and Gabb> Str« vt • • • Austin and Fort Worth were the onh < Texas league clubs uhlch h -t mom \ this year. None of them got rich • • • A team made up of soviet' girls sum mering at Lenox. Mass.. has ( hailei.ged a team of society men at Pittsfield. Mass . for a game and the challenge has been accepted. The men will play with no outfielders, in an effort to even things uj • • • The Arkansas Democrat has launched the candidacy of William M Kavanaugh fur president of the National league Hut, then, if they name him. who will rim Lit tle Rock • • • Mobile papers sa> that tin attendance lias been >•■ bad at New Orleans this vear that Charley Frank has had all the passes, taken up • • • The other da> in a game at Neu < »r --<»« ’n ; St<-< k. ,tl. , nforc. .< n ■ league’s quick return* rule there will always be som doubts about the honesty of the race when one team wins in one half and one win- in another. And quite probably thc-e split seasons are inimical tn the best interests of baseball. • ♦ • t-HK long wrangle that aros * 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 side this A suggestion has been made by a former manager as follows: <’r<dit the pitcher who is re la led with a Inst game whether game is m on nr lost. I'redit ll.e one who relieves him with a won game if won or a lost game if same is lost. This matter may be gone into from many angles, but I offer the above as fairest to all concerned, and think It would have a tenden cy 'o make each pitcher extend himse.f if he knew the matter listen wholly with him \ lot of rules ought to be in the regular code that a:e not there. The whole matter of scoring needs to be straightened out. At present the scoring rules are 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 Pixie. aga list Berger Ileinie made Bunting pop to the infield with a snap pitch. nut Stockdale made him throw it over At that it s a silly rule. 'The batter ought to be reads for whatever comes. • a • \\ sc savings of baseball, 'l'he man iger of a losing ball club is a mark for the newspapers” « a • AloniKom, ry impirs ore panning Kid J ib’ - rfeld for outbreaks of temper and pro i.'itiitx on the Held. They'll have a tine time with him over in Chattanooga hh manager. • • • Ih< White Si \ law dropped Maltx Mclntyre and Mutt tins. 'l'he former goes to the San Francisco club, the latter to St Joseph < >wn?r Rick Woodward has promised the pla.wiN .1 the Birmingham team some kind of a bion -out when the season ( nils. The bunch wil be slipped a piece of mon ey all around. \ decision which called Billy £immer , ■ an ia Cracker last xeari safe in a game [Ut Newark started a box-sized riot in ‘ i vG'leh the umpire was hammered a bit before th< police could interfere • ». ■> , !‘ave Fultz says there are men in the ■ maior leagm - playing for .<**oo a year and ’ that th,' new players union is going to . help them Os course. S9OO is too little. Hut then there are placet s getting $9,000 1 How van y< u equalize it" ■ It is likely that sonic big league club I w 'll ‘ iip m a draft f.»r Harry Welchonce. H< is hading the Southern league bat- [ iters and is a nifty player. George Stovall is another baseball plav. !er who has recently taken up golf and >■ NAT THORNTON LOSES AT TENN'S IN CLEVELAND. 0. II > . ■ 1.1 A ILA NO i (fill >. Sept. IL Sii’uc hard-fought matches yesterday I marked tin progress of the Giiio state 1 t« i>i-ls t.eirii um-ir .it the .:.(«• End •tub .' ■iii’i: th' encounters that at tracted ur. .test interest were those in which. N.it Thornton of Atlanta, lost to J. i' Roy mi. 'f <’h vo la nd. S-6, 3-6. 6-2. S r N sb of I .V, land, lost to T W. ‘ | Stephens, ~f Pittsburg. 6-3. 6-2. , In till women's singles Miss Buda I St' • hi ryr oil' . ham’ ..rn y\ a- debated i»y Mis; Lid- Moy < ■ of Toronto. 6-4. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NWS. Coach Donahue M/r/fes Special Siory for The Georgian on His Outlook AUBURN SHOULD HAVE STRONG ELEVEN THIS YEAR By Mike J. Donahue. Coach Auburn Football Team. » I'BURN, ALA.. Sept. 11.— Though these sultry Septem ber days make football seem to be an affair of the dim 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, fid! 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 last year, an unusually large num ber of players made their letters, and of these the following are sure to return: Pitts, center; Thigpin, guard; Louisi 11, tackle and full back; Newell, quarter back; Hart, half back: Ressljac. full back; Ma jor, l(plf back; Wingo, quarter back: Arnold, end; Kearle.v, 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. NWW ORLEANS is coming into its own as a boxing center. They are going to reopen fighting down there this fall and winter with a big rush. There will be fifteen-tound con tests In the city proper and forty five rounds can be staged across the river And they will be able to give de cisions in the fifteen-round battles, too. which will be 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 tty alight ing in a circle to a world's cham pionship tight. And without deci sions it is not much of a comfort to put your 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 1 COLUMBUS. GA., Sept. 11. Jack : senville’s team is the undisputed chatn i pion of the South Atlantic league, sea- I son 1913. giving won its fourth game of the post-season series from Colum bus yesterday afternoon, by a decisive victory . 5 to 1. The visitors led all the 'way. and there was little doubt at any [time that the outcome would be as it | was ’l'he visitors scored one run in the I first inning and four in the second, which “sewed up" tile game so tightly that the locals didn’t have a "look-in.” In tin- ninth inning the locals hit three times, which netted one run. but that i was the best they could do. Abercrombie did the pitching for the visitors, and, while he gave up seven ! hits, they were scattered except in the I ninth. Weidell, for the locals, did ex , cellent mound work, giving up onh four hits, but poor support contributed to the size of the score of the visitors. RITTER CATCHES EVERY INNING FOR UTICA NINE UTICA, N Y. Sept 11.—-The mem bers of ihe Utica baseball team, cham pions of the New York State league, were banqueted by local fans and each player received SIOO in gold. Lou Ritter, it is announced, estab lished a world’s record by catching every inning played by the team in 139 games md the three innings of Utica's only postponed game of the schedule. The game was stopped by 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 games 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 what 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 which the newspaper decisions have been received 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 1.. 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 lucking, 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 Now 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 j The Big Race j Here is the up-to-the-minute dope jn how the "Big Five ' batters of tht American league are hitting: PLAYER. A.B. H. Av. CO BE 492 204 .415 SPEAKER 509 202 .397 JACKSON 495 182 .368 COLLINS 456 154 .338 LA JOIE 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 in five trips to the plate. Collins failed ito connect in two attempts, Lajoie was very much on the job with the big stick. He secured four hits in five times up. BRISTOL MAKES IT TWO STRAIGHT OVER ROANOKE BRISTOL VA.-TKX.X.. Sept. 11 I I’he Bri-tol Booster s'y<terday took the |second straight game from tire Roanoke rigors in the post scries champions pp games between the pennant winr. . ■ in the Appalachian and Virginia liag.ps' respectively. Green was on th, mound for the vis- i Hors and yielded seven hits, which the i Roost* rs m ide count for three scores. M ilson ry or ked for Bristol and was hit ' freely, giving up ten hits, but he was I etY'itiyo in pin. L,and held the visi tors 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 tunilies 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—fiercer in Colunibus. 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 1G -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 Mas a satisfactory M ay of deciding bouts, and what 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 BEGIN£ SATURDAY j The golf tournament for the cham pionship of the Atlanta Athletic club will begin on Saturday, when the qual ifying round will be played over the East Lake course The players will qualify from scratch, ; and match play in the first flight will also be from scratch. In the other flights the club handicap will apply. The first and second rounds of match play 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 be on hand to de fend his title in this tournament. Hessheim Ogap ft (joodNrqoke 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 Sox, 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 be 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 Minning 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 M ill probably NEWS FROM RINGSIDE Jake Abel, Chattanooga lightweight, who split with his manager after his fight with Joe Mandot, some time back, is now under the management of Jimmy Re- Forest, who predicts great things for the little scrapper. Abel's latest tight was against Young Smith, of England, who lasted nine rounds against the South erner. It now looks as thqugh there will be no bout between Packey McFarland and Ad \\ olgast 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 Gibson would come aroun 1 with another $5,000. but there was nothing doing. Gibson says if Ad refuses to box for the original sum named, $15.- 000. some good lightweight will be substi tuted for him. • * • Tom Jones, the champion’s manager, is on his way to Cadillac, to hold a con ference with his protege in regard to meeting McFarland. » * • Rev. W. R. Wedge, of Omaha, Nebr., will return to the prize ring if barred from the Presbyterian ministry. The parson is in Omaha this week awaiting the meeting of the Kearney presbvterv at Gothenburg. Wedge has been offered matches v.ith Clarence Ferns. Ray Bron son and Clarence English. However, he will not re-enter the ring unless barred from the ministry. The fighting par son has written a book, entitled. "The iHERE IS WHAT WOOD ? IHAS DONE SINCE HE? I BEGAN RECORD HUNT ? z 4* *** ah. r. bh. tb. bb. so. wp, hb.4. •I- July 8.31 17 9 2 8 0 04 * July 12.35 0 5 8 1 10 0 1 4 4- July 17.33 36728104 4- July 23.35 3 9 9 2 71 14 4- July 28.34 46647014 < Aug. 2.29 03435004. 4* Aug. 6.40 4 10 12 0 5 0 14. 4-Aug. 10.32 17 10 2 10 0 14 4- Aug. 14.26 0 4 4 3 9 0 14. 4. Aug, 16. 701211004. 4- Aug. 17. 812300004 4> Aug. 20.32 2 6 6 1 3 0 04 4. Aug. 24.36 4 77 2 8 0 04 4* Aug. 28.32 05508004 4* Spt. 2.31 0 8 9 3 8 0 0 4 -J- Spt. 6.30 0 6 8 3 9 0 0 4 4- Spt. 10.30 3 10 12 3 6 0 0 4 4* _ 4 4- Total. 501 26 102 121 32 112 2 64 ;...j ; ... . . 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 fpr Wood. The nineteenth victory is figured to be "on 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 m here the Boston diamond stars figure that Wood will have to be at his best to Min 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 has been going so strong in Gotham recenth is ill, and will not be able to appear for some time. Danny Morgan, his manager, denies the rumor that Jim is under the ban of the New York boxing commission. Johnny Kling, the Chicago lightweight, who has found it so hard to get bout although his record is good, can box Johnny Connors, also hailing from the Windy City, if he chooses. Connors, wh claims he whipped Kling In Kenosha som ■ time back, says he is willing to box Johnny again. REDS SIGN AMATEUR PITCHER. CINCINNATI. Sept. 11.—" Chit Smith, a left-handed pitcher who ha been playing with amateur teams i: this city, was signed by the Cincinnati National league club today. Calla Taxi PHONE BELLE ISLE Ivy 5190 Atlanta 1508 Touring cars and closed cars for i all occasions DAY or NIGHT. Any road. Anywhere. Any time. Office: 4 Luokie St., Opp. Pied mont Hotel. Belle Isle Auto Rent Sen ice