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12 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. UPTON HIPPT: CHALLENGE HIS BEEN ACCEPTED 8pecial Cable to Tha Atlanta Georgian. L ONDON. May 21.—A cablegram just received here by Sir, Thomas Lipton from the New York Yacht Club definitely accepted his challenge for a yacht race in 1914 for the America’s cup. Lipton was delighted upon receipt of the accept ance of his challenge. The race will be sailed In Septem ber, 1914. The New Yorkers will dic tate the rules as to measurements, time allowances and racing rules. Upton will at once get into com munication with tlie beat boat build ers in England. Sir Thomas considers that the conditions of acceptance of his chal lenge by the New York Yacht Club are a great victory for him He says they will enable him to build a good, seaworthy boat. It is still a question whether Sir Thomas will be allowed to tow his yacht across the Atlantic. Asked whether he thought the de fenders would meet him with a trig ger boat than the challenger, Sir Thomas replied: "That does not give m«- the least worry. They have always treated me in the most generous and sportsman like spirit.” The New York Yacht Club’s ac ceptance of the challenge says: “The races are to be sailed as you suggested, under our present rules of measurement, time allowance • and racing rules, it being understood that the rule requiring a yacht to rate at the highest limit of her class in cer tain cases shall not apply to this match.’’ BOXING News of the Ring Game Joe Thomas failed to come hark in his second fight against Charlie White at New Orleans Monday night. The Chicago boy stopped Thomas in two rounds, flooring him no less Chan six Times. As in their previous engage ment. White's hard right-hand upper cut proved the undoing of the New Orleans boy. • • • After the bout Nate Lewis, manager of White, sent a challenge to Tom McCarey asking the coast promoter for a match against Rivers, Ritchie or Leach Cross. White is certainly en titled to a match with one of the Lig stars, as he has defeated some of the greatest boys in his division. Matty MoCue, the Racine sensation, will make his next fight against Patsy Brannigan. the tough Pittsburg featherweight John McCue, father and manager of the Racine boy, accepted terms for the match yesterday They will meet In a. scheduled ten round set- to at Milwaukee May 26. Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh middle ty, weight, started light training at Lewis . ffi gymnasium in Chicago for his six-round affair with Prank Klaus at .Pittsburg May 24 Rudy Unholz Is helping M Goorty get in shape for the fray Timmy Grant, who recently held Kid Young to a draw here, is taking a rest on a farm In Jacksonville, Fla. Grant write** that he is still after n return match with Young, and will give the latter a neat side bet if he will agree to make 118 pounds at 3 o’clock Eddie Hanlon, the local lightweight, is artxlous to get on with some boy of his weight around here Somehow or other the 183-pounders seem to make it their business to steer dear of Eddie. Hanlon is particularly wild to get on with Mike Saul or Terry Nelson Buck Crouse* is after a match with Frank Klaus, and says lit* will not rest until he drags the Pittsburg bearcat into the ring with him. Pittsburg fans are clamoring for the match, hh both boya hail from the “Smoky City.” The Jtm Flynn-JIm Savage scrap at the Auditorium should he a corker. Flynn always makes his best tights against a clever fellow, while Savage is some sharpshooter himself. • • •* Kid Julian and Joe Goldeberg will Clash in a ten-round battle at Rochester. N. Y . Wednesday night The boys are lightweights The Frisoo promoters who are after the Rivers-Ritchie match for July 4 will have to* secure Tom MeCarey's per mission before they can pull off the affair McGarey has a Ling string at tached to the Mexican, ami the latter has agreed not to fight unless the pro moters can fix things up with McCarey. Billy Nolaai, manager of Willie Ritchie, musi fed certain that his man can defeat Ptu:key McFarland. In a statement given out to a Western news paper, Nolan nays he will gladh give Packey a chance if the latter will make 185 pounds several hours before the fight. Can it be some more press agent bunk? Freddie Welsh received $3,600 for trimming Jack Rednu>nd the other night. Pretty soft for the Englishman. The (Toss brothers will be on the same bill Wednesday night. I^each takes on Johnny Mario, while Phil will exchange wallops with Kay Hropson. Both bouts are scheduled to go ten rounds at New York Jack Dillon yesterday began training ior his bout with Frank Klaus at Indian apolis on May 29. He will continue the work until two d*&>s before the tight Since his victory over Bob Moha. Dillon has been taking a rest Jeff Clark will be Dillon's sparring partner Luther McCarty and Arthur Pelky ate putting the finishing touches t-* their training for their 10-round scrap at Cal gary, Alberta, Saturday night 606 SALVARSAN 914 Neo SaJvarsan Tlie two celebrated German preparations that have cured per manently more cases of syphilMs or blood poison In the last two years then has heen cured In the history of the world up to the time of tlds wonderful discovery. Come and let me demonstrate to you how I cure this dreadful disease In three te five treatment!. I cure the foliowtoc disease, or make no chars. Hydrocele. t*Bnoocjie. Kidney. K ter and Proetatlc Trouble. Kost Man- hood. Strtewsr. Acute and Chnonio Oonorrhea. ana ah nervous ani , oh route 4l»e»*ea of men and women. Tree oupeoKatloc and examination: Houre: 9 a- tn| to 7 p. m.; Sunday. I to 1 1 § DR. J. D. HUGHES ortn Broad 8t„ Atlanta. Ga. itta Third National Bank SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT The Judge Gets an Earful of Suffragette Doings Copyright, 1913, International New* Serrlc*. • • • • By Tad ‘Chief’ Tells Secrets of Hitters 0 © O O O 0 © “Step Out in Front and Swing” Sporting Food 'By QEORQI B. PHAI By “Chief” Meyers (Star catcher of the Giants and one of the greatest hitters in the National League.) B ATTING ability Is the high art j of baseball. True skill with the j stick hides many a minor fault. | Brilliancy In all other lines pales into nothingness if not backed by at leant average hitting power. “(’an he hit?” is the universal ques tion which greets the announcement; of every new arrival to the game. The ; three magic words embody the chief j concern of scout, manager and pub lic. There is a so-called axiom in our profession that “hatters are born, not made.” I disagree with such logic. There is the same opportunity for im provement in batting as in fielding or base running. The sphere may bo just a trifle more limited because phy sical equipment enters more strongly into the calculations. Not every one, of course, no mat ter how studious, may become a Ty Cobb or a Honus Wagner. And it is a mighty good thing for the pitch er* and catchers that this is ho. Few athletes have the lightning speed of Cobh, which enables him to beat ; plenty of Infield raps which would he easy outs against average runners. J Few again have the muscular power of Wagner, which enables him lo drive the ball with rifle-like velocity Nevertheless, serious study and painstaking practice will go u long way toward overcoming the majority ! of physical handicaps. .300 Notch Real Feat. When one stops to consider condi- [ tions, a .300 batting average strikes! home as real achievement. It moans hitting safely three times in every ten chances. The botemen. single- j handed, must fight an army of obsta cles. In the first place he has a per fectly round stick with which to pro pel a perfectly round ball thrown from a distance of Gf> feet with all the force of human power. He has approximately half a second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's lingers until It is up to him. in that half second he must sw ing his bat eo that the curved surfaces of the two objects (bat and ball) meet fairly in the middle of their respec tive lines of flight. If he lilts the least fraction of an inch under the V»11 it means a fly of som <j sort -either foul or fair Now there are nine agile and active opponents so distributed throughout the playing field that any sort of high fly means certain retirement. If the batter hits a fractional inch over the ball he sends It down to the ground, where the speed is checked, and where it is generally quite easy for one of the infielders to Intercept it. Add to these complications a skilled pitcher who can make the ball vary many ways in its flight to the plate, and that little half second of grace dwindles almost Into nothingness. The wonder then is that so many reach the select class. Swing of Natural Hitter. Still there are certain principles of batting science that will help to overcome Gu-t* obstacles. Tbs most important, to my mind, is that of meeting the ball in front of the body. This is no more than the swing of the player who is termed the natural hitter. Zimmerman, Wagner. Lajoie, Doyle and Gobb all employ the style. Some of them may do it all un consciously. I know I did for sev eral year*' before J joined the Giants. I always hit the ball very hard. Mc- (5raw pointed out to me the reason. He drills and drills this Idea into iiis men morning, noon and night. Me- Graw has developed a number of high-class hitters from average ma in reaching forward to meet the ball. It is naturally the very steadiest pos» sible attitude, for it does not handi cap the eye. The line of vision does not change, as would be the case if one let the ball come up even to the plate. It will be readily appreciated that a style which permits the most advantageous use of such an Impor tant factor as eyesight is one of un- usuul merit. * THEM PELICANS. The little new team in (Joint in the dust, And hardln a chance to rise. The wrecked machinery iff red with runt And broken and bent it lies. 'Time teas when the little machine teas new; It went like a streak in spring. | Hut it struck a slump and it broke in two— Note look at the goldarned thing! Christy Mathewson will get three years’ salary when his playing days are over. Mordecai Brown got three swift kicks. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip Marty O'Toole is bumping the bumps again, indicating that he has returned to hie old-time form, Aside from an unquenchable desire to lift Cincinnati out of last place, the Pi rates seem to be totally devoid of am- I bltion. Cincinnati would like to trade Suggs and Egan for Sweeney, says a Cincin nati paper. Of course. So would anybody. Baseball may be a monopoly, but Walter Johnson appears to have a toe hold on the whitewash market. Derrill Pratt has started hitting but D. Walsh still lingers around the .182 mark. Jack Johnson, ex-Billlken with Browns, had a run of 27 trips to plate recently without getting a hit. Art Shafer’s case demonstrates that It Is impossible to play baseball while af flicted with an artistic temperament and a swollen bank roll at one and the same time. Rochester is going to release Roland Burrows, the player injured in a prac tice game nt Anniston. They have re ferred the matter *»f paying him to the National Commission. Ganzel sont Bar- rows a check but it wasn't enough and Roland turned it hack. DISTURBANCE. It is fun to watch the boxing Of two strong and husky boys, Hut a champion annoys us. With the accent on the noise. Technically Bill Chappelle was “work ing against his old team mates" Tues day Ah a matter of fact, however, there isn't a man on the Turtle club to-day who was there when Bill worked at. the Bluff City. Two fighters argufying over a referee are in the same class as the ten-twenty- thicty actor lady who has been robbed of $1,000,000 worth of jewels. Up to date the Brooklyn baseball club has raked in more than 100,000 silver shekels. Charlie Ebbetts will not enter the poorhouse tor at least a week. John Ganzel. Rochester manager, may bo popular with some Of his players. But you ought to hear what the three Rochester discards with the Crackers now -Graham, Alperman and Chap pelle—say about them Their testimony is corroborated by Third Baseman Ward of the Memphis club, also a Broncho cast -off Both Kroh and Chappelle, who work ed Tuesday, hurled spitters with con siderable - regularity— the only differ ence being that Bill was getting away with it. eri til A1 Bridwell is a player that 1 would term a “made” hitter. In a pinch he was one of our most trusty batsmen, for he was sure to play every *s*hade in his own favor. Brid well became proficient by learning to meet the ball in front of himself, j Hire are some of the advantages of this style of swing. More power is behind the thrust, for the entire weight of the body is called into play Make State and Coun ty tax returns now. Office corner Pryor and Hunter Streets. T. M. Armis- tead, Tax Receiver. Bisland. playing marvellously at short for the Crackers, never played that po sition before in his life until he came to Atlanta. You’d never guess it, though, to see him. Tinker has ordered his battery men never purposely to walk a dangerous batter in a pinch. Joe believes it pays to take a chance, even with the best of 'em. It would probably he chastening to Rube Marquard to get 19 straight de feats this year—and it might easily happen. Pitcher Rohmer, of the St. Louis club, of the Federal League, recently pitched ~ “ '~ J ‘ no-run game. no-hit, New York baseball writers say that the Giants are playing bad ball right >ng these days but that they aren't ilways caught at it Milt Reed continues to lead off for the Davenport team and is murdering the hall with satisfying regularity. Frank Allen, the ex-Southern Leaguer with the Dodgers, isn’t showing much improvement as the season advances and may prove practically useless to Dahlen [-0BACC0 HABIT You can conquer It tm- T Uuhuuv iihui « s"'dw; prove your health, prolong your life. No more stomach trouble, no foul breath, uo heart weak ness Keg a In manly vigor, calm nerve*, clear eye* and superior mental strength Whether you .Dw or smoke pip* cigarettes, cigar*, get iu> interesting ' r,, ‘ Us weight In gold Mailed free. E. J. WOODS. 1*34 Sixth Ave., 748 M.. New York. N. Y. THE SILVER LINING. As a rule, when rain comes tumbling down it causes me to grieve, But I often find my laughter hard to check, And I gaze upon the moisture and 1 chortle in my sleeve As the ticket scalpers get it in the neck. Ty Cobb Has Another Big Day G O © © O © © Pulls Everything on Calendar COBB had another one of his j “bad” days yesterday. He didn’t do a blooming thing against the Athletics—outside of getting two doubles and a triple in three trips to the plate, stealing second and home in the pinch, scoring three runs, in cluding the winning tally, in the tenth inning. And, besides, ne made four sensational catches in center field. A great ninth inning rally won for the Naps over the Senators yesterday, after they seemed hopelessly beaten. The Naps used eighteen players, in cluding five pitchers. * * * The Cardinals practically bunted Christy MatHewson out of the box yesterday and won from the Giants 8 to 0. The St. Louts boys made seven bunts in two innings, throwing the Giant infield up in the air and scor ing four runs. Hans Wagner played against the Dodgers yesterday. Of course he won. Hans walked to the plate with the bases full and delivered a swat that cleared them. do it; it’s bad luck.” Connie always has blamed automobiles for the long losing streak encountered by the Athletics at the beginning of last season. With the money won in the world’s series in 1911, the Quakertown boys bought autos, and Connie has often declared that the boys were so anx ious to buzz around in the benzine buggies that they forgot all about baseball. The Phillies hammered Fromme from the box in the third inning of the game against the Reds yesterday. Packard, who took up the pitching chores, held the Quakertown boys in check, but they already had amassed enough runs to insure victory. The Red Sox are slowly but surely creeping along. They have jumped into fifth place and are now only 26 points behind the Athletics. A week ago the difference was nearly 45 points. The Tech athletes who returned from the S. 1. A. A. meet at New Orleans say that if Joe Logan had not fallen on the last hurdle in the 1 20-yard race he would easily have established a new Southern record for that event. The man who passed Joe when he fell beat the old mark by 4-5 of a second, and Logan was six feet ahead of him when he hit the last hurdle. Although the bases were full with no* outs in the ninth inning of a game Monday, G. M. C. could not score, and the game was won by Riverside 3 to 0. Williamson, Riverside's all-prep pitch er, gave up only three hits and fanned 19 batters. The Southern prep sc4ason is fast nearing a close, and Riverside has yet to meet its first defeat this year. The team has the remarkable record of winning nineteen straight games. The University of Florida had a hard time defeating Gordon Institute in a game played Monday afternoon at Barnesville. The final score was 2 to 1. Pitcher Maxey, of the Gordonites, pitch ed splendid ball. Errors on the part of his teammates robbed him of a well deserved victory. Gordon pulled a beautiful triple play in the seventh in ning. Wednesday afternoon, on the Marist diamond, the local public grammar school championship will be decided when Formwalt and Edge wood schools meet. These two teams have played two games already and the count stands one each. The Sophomores easily trimmed the Freshmen at Emory College Monday afternoon in one of the decisive games of the interclass tournament now be ing played at the school. The Sopho mores are ahead in the race, and prac tically cinched the championship by de feating the Freshmen, who are second. * * * The Boys’ High-Peacock tennis tournament may be played next week on the courts at East Lake. Starr and Harris will represent Boys’ High. Sims. Sams and Black will be the entries for Peacock. These lads are all stars at the game, and the tournament should prove a mighty interesting affair. ITCHING PILES Every sufferer from itching piles should read * i these words from H. S. Hood, of Bellaire, Mich., * i who Cured by Tetterine m y*L from Itching piles. I got a box of Tetterine and less than half a box made a complete cure. Tetterine gives instant relief to all skin dl*- i eases, such as eczema, tetter, ringworm, ground < i Itch. etc. It hus the right medicinal qualities ( i to get at the cause and to relieve the effect. ' (Jet It to-day—-Tetterine. 50c at druggists, r by mall. SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA. The defeat of the Dodgers yester day and the victory of the l’hillies widened the gap between first and second place in the old league. i m * m Claiming that the Senators violated the league rule of having 26 players on its roster. President Johnson yes terday ordered that one of the play ers he chased off the bench and out of his uniform. "Nick" Altrock, the veteran pitcher and club comedian, | was the chased person. Brooklyn fans are so delighted with the showing of the Dodgers that they have started a popular subscription to buy Jack Daubert, captain and first baseman, an automobile. When Connie Mack, manager of the Athletics, heard about the Daubert auto fund, he at once wired President | Ebbetts, of the club: "Don't let them Confederate Veterans’ Reunion CHATTANOOGA, TENN. For the accommodation of the Veterans and their friends, the Western and Atlantic Railroad will operate train* Atlanta to Chat tanooga on May 26, to leave Atlanta as follows; 8:00 8:35 2:00 2:15 3:00 4:50 8:50 A. A. P. P. P. P. P. M. M. M. M. ML M. M. Round-tnp tickets will be sold Atlanta to Chattanooga and return at rate of $3.00. Tickets will be on sale May 24 to 28, inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive Chattanooga before noon of May 29, with return limit June 5, with an extension by deposit at Chatta nooga to June 25. C. E. HARMAN, General Passenger Agent. ISN’T THIS AWFUL? IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE White City Park Now Open Another remarkable case was brought to light at (Joursey & Munn’s drug store. Among those who called was Mrs. H. E. Goddard, living at North Decatur. R. F. D. No. 4. She said: ”1 got some Quaker Extract for my indigestion and 1 know it will show good re sults. but the most important is the case of our little girl. Lola May, who is three years old. For months she had been complaining with her stomach. She had severe pains, and was restless, fretful and nerv ous We gave her what was recom mended. but she wasn't benefited. When we got the Quaker Extract we decided to give her some also, as it is for worms as well as stom ach and indigestion After taking one-half bottle of Quaker Extract the girl expelled nearly a handful of small stomach worms. She is feeling better and is gradually gain ing health. Quaker is sure enough a mighty good medicine." The Health Teacher says any case of worms of any kind can be permanently cured by Quaker Ex tract. for it contains in its formula an herb that is powerful, though absolutely harmless to even an in fant For catarrh in any form, kidney or bladder complaints, rheu matism. indigestion or stomach trouble. Quaker Extract and Oil of Balm have never been equaled If there is a remedy “just as good." why hasn’t it made the cures? Quaker is not full of minerals, chemicals or any other of the or dinary dopes used, but is strictly pure herbs, roots, barks, berries, gums, leaves ami blossoms. Investigate any or all of the cases as they are published and de cide accordingly. All sufferers are welcome who have any of the above troubles to call at the Coursey & Munns Drug Store. 29 Marietta Street. Quaker Extract. 6 for $5.00. 3 for $2 50. $1.00 a bottle. Oil of Balm. 25 cents a bottle, or 5 for $1.00. Do not fail to call to-day and obtain good health We prepay ex press charges on all orders of $3.00 or over. Scene at Piedmont Lake The ab ove is a photograph taken at Piedmont Lake last season. Do you recognizethe bathers? They certainly have the ri ght id ea of fun, pleasure and wholesome exercise You may enjoy yourself just as much if you 11 come in to-day and get one of our strong, serviceable and cor rectly designed BATHING SUITS We have lots of em for Men and Boys plain and fancy trimmed cotton or wool For Men, *1»»to *5 011 For Boys, 50c to *2* Parks ChambersHardwick 37-39 Peachtree COMPANY Atlanta, Georgia