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i THK A’! LAX I A UFJOKdl \N AM) NKVYfS. .MONDAY. MAY lf(i. I«n:5. THIS WEEK Til PROVE BIO DIE FOR CRACKERS By Percy H. Whiting. T HE Crackers open this afternoon on what should be a large and profitable week. To begin with the puny Pelicans, now holders <J the Iloob Championship of the lea.gu*, open here this afternoon for a three-game Serb's. The Pelicans, not such a rank team Individually, seem to perform with about as alight effectiveness this year as ever In the world’s history. They are absolutely, abjectly, almost hope lessly last. If the Crackers play up to their game they will take all three from the Pelicans, which will be helpful In deed. On Thursday the Montgomery club opens for four games in three days, on Friday, which Is Federal Decora tion Da>. a double header will be played, the first on local soil this season. The Montgomery club does not ap pear to class with the Crackers In strength and ought to furnish no very vicious opposition. Surely with any luck at all th* Crackers should win five out of the seven games slated. The following week tlie Crackers Jump out of town for games Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday and then hack for three more here. This jumping stuff goes on until June 22. when the locals beat it into the South again for their second tough trip. • • • 1 F figures didn’t lie like “experts," 1 the Crackers would be leading the Southern League by a margin so wide as to be pitiful For instance, take the matter of club hatting. Here are the Southern League figures: SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT The Last Word in Abuse Copyright. 1913, Intel-rational News Service. • • • • By Tad I CMJT sr»»e0 THAT 'i ALl- gaCT-SBOOF D PultewG- I SHOULD THE omea- it awo i kOTDOWN'EQ COUS-T - ME 'PO'A MW OE M ' | SM-Ai-c wof v vjjoRPv GEE WJM' 0 p.£U- T>VE ijQfJ S E 1 G-lO0ETp.ii A4 - eooeS '•! E ROTTEM lAU* / OAR.M IT VW1F-E- I CouU>wTJT7ViuO TH-W l Sl^OULO Nj/OftffQ TV41KJ Or - ITJ ALU OVCT- T 0' vW " rausrH^o T5 / Come moms. \ ua eA - ijmoulo JWALtoy- A OP■ SUOi A HO ©ETCO^c. . urn-er pai-G Polly and Her Pals Know the New Diaphonous Waists---the f. C. tJ^JCind? Copyright, 1WH, International New* Serrfee By Cliff Sterrett Atlanta Mobile Mont. . 1 ’ha : ' Mem. . Birm. X. O. . Nash. A.B. R 198 347 191 329 61 159 306 4 7 41 ..1229 142 293 46 .1040 119 233 62 .1273 . .1284 . .1237 ..1160 111 .1273 139 .1148 123 283 60 251 58 A t lanta . . . . 4K Mob • ... 47 .M’ntgomery 44 «’hatto 43 Memphis ...39 Birm 31 X O 45 Nashville . 34 17 15 30 1 1 18 *11 11 15 450 439 431 386 301 365 329 113 147 130 116 127 129 138 111 172 1 34 1 42 146 Lit 126 171 132 The team firiding averages of the league follow: Nashville . .. Mobile Chattanooga Atlanta .... Montgomery -r.empliis .. Birmingha m New (Orleans G. .37 .40 .38 39 .39 34 40 P.O, 974 1082 968 982 1034 1025 870 1082 A. 464 554 460 483 516 484 411 520 60 69 .966 .961 .900 .956 .956 .954 102 .940 T HE Crackers are about due to pull out for the lead. The pitch ers are going to come around wPh a rush after a bit. Warm weather and hard work, along with the fear “of the tinware, will produce the de sired result. This week that is jiiM beginning should furnish considerable uplift. If the Crackers can take five or six games, the newly acquired confidence will be worth a lot. SMITH RECEIVED $2,880 FOR BOUT WITH WILLARD SAN FRANCISCO. May 26.—The gross receipts of the Gunboat Smith- Jess Willard light list week were 38,O0n. Smith, the winner, got $2 >tc end M illard received 31,920. NOTICE! Closing-Qut-Ends $7, SB, $9 Trousers Made- to-Measure THE TAILOR, Inc. 8-10 N. Pryor St. NEAR UNION DEPOT 1 II S H. S.B. Pet. .273 HOW Do Vfcd LltCE. MV NEW I C U 'WAIS T. P4 * WS -THE *uST WDPDV TJ?OM P4T?l£! j “The L AS7 $TRM I calls rr! (join l yboAfr mmm TTeu me These HERE 1-C-Us 15 Sou A/4 f?E- r Popular z - ( SuetlTMt GiqlS Apb. BuV/W6 'EM LIKE HOT , CA\CE$ 1 j T 1 UUDFRST4MD ThEVv^ 5old over ~Teaj TkooS4HD OF BA R16HT HERE IW THE Cirv ALRt4Dyj Totals 9644 1182 2319 420 396 .240 League batting average .240. 'Average number of rune for each team 14b. Average number of sacrifice hits made by each team in the league 52. Average number of stolen bases 49. Observe that tile Crackers are bat ing .031 above th< average >>f the league, that they have batted In "0 more runs than the average and more than their nearest competitors, the Gulls. In stolen bases only do the crackers fall below- the average. * * • A TEAM that can hit the ball b<?.- ter than any other club in the league ought to Fh-Y. And the Crackers do fly—at odd times. The; Cracker players have not only made the moat hits of any team in the league but they have hit for the inost total bases. They lend In hit ting two-baggers, are third in three- baggeis and tied for second in home rams aftei playing their hom* game on a field which has no "short fene Naturally, being sluggers, t lie (‘rackets are not much given to ab sorbing bases on l>alla—and strange to relate they have struck out more times than any other club in the cir cuit. The extra-base hitting and the number of strikeouts made and has# s on balls received by the various teams are here given: 2P. 3B. H.R. T.B. B B. S O. Ter "Tha Love. of Mud! WhaT* The IDLd ? - / I |r ^ £rRE/TT (?uus ! 1 £oT MV BUTlMETC "fo A'FTEHD To IHlf ( summer. ! PUBLICITY. “Thou shall not speak.” the magnate said, “to members of the press; And if thou hast 'a tale to tell, just let the lowbrows f/uess The magnate tonight himself a drink, and further more, he spoke: “If it were not for baseball games, the papers would go broke. If tl were not for baseball games, thi gents who journey by Would look upon the news stands with a eoId and careless eye. The crowds would never think to buy the extras on the street. He baseball magnates help to keep the papers on their feet*' When snote is on the baseball yard and baseball games are nil The baseball scribes are grinding dope and drawing shekels still, And if the scribes would shun the yards where baseball games are played. Said baseball magnates then would hart to seek an honest trade. Mr. Murphey of the Cubs denies the report that he has forbidden his atn- letec to speak to baseball scribes. Get tin[1 In bad and proving an alibi keeps Mr. Murphy busy approximately 24 hours per diem. When a magnate forbids his athletes to associate with newspaper men, there is not likely to be any frenzied pro test among said newspaper men. Mr. Stovall has been fined, but If Mr. Ferguson had his way, Mr. Stovall would be sentenced to chew a sponge Instead of a chunk of tobacco. Pugilism and baseball both are af flicted with a malignant case of Too Much Johnson. Bob Fitzsimmons avers that he can make u regular champion out of Jess Willard, demonstrating that too pent attention to sport affects the mind. Edmonton, which Is in British Colum oia, offers $25,000 for a conflict between Messrs. Ritchie and Welsh. All of which goes to show what an intoxicating cli mate there is In Edmor ion. Some time, when we have about 1,000 years to spare, we shall attempt to write a book on what Jess Willard do e s not know about fighting. quoth a boxing scribe: “In the first round Anderson fractured one of Man- dot’s ribs, making Joe's famous left useless." It must he comforting to fight a man when you know he cannot nit you with his left rib. Reading a number of Horace Food's baseball magazine, one Is convinced that he was more bulled against than bull ing. A scientist tells us that 75 per cent of all human energy Is wasted. Jess Wil lard’s press agent beat that average by approximately 25 per cent. B OSTON, May 26.—Within the last week two pitching staffs which were counted upon to swhig into line at. the loginning of the season have shown the form expected of them, The staffs belong to the Giants and Pirates, and from this point alone I predict that the race will settle down to a battle between the New York and Pittsburg clubs. They possess the two liest batches of pitchers in the league now, with the possible exception of Philadelphia. Both Tesreau and Marquard have attained their last season’s form for New York, and Hendrix and Camnitz have resumed operations for the Pirates. Both teams have the natural strength to win ball games behind good pitching, which neither the Philadelphia nor the Brooklyn clubs, now lead ing the league, possess. That is the reason T figure out that the Giants and Pirates will finally battle for the title. The Gubs, who made such a brave showing at the loginning of the season, have faded very badly on this Eastern trip because of the crumbling of their pitching staff. Following this string of defeats, the dissension, which was anticipated, has developed in the club. Evers Is up against a hard proposi I lion in Chicago now. So long as the Cubs were near the ! top, everything was rosy for him, as I It is for any manager with a winning ball club. The fans were l>ehind him. But now that the team has started to lose. | he followers of the game are beginning to criticise Murphy for let ting Chance go. They were prepared to do that at the opening of the race, but the unexpected winning streak of the club prevented the knockers from getting in their fine work. RINGSIDE NEWS Champion Johnny Kilbane must not be figured by the tight promoters of Cali fornia hh much of a drawing card out there. Johnny is only receiving a guar antee of $1,000 and an additional $‘250 for training expenses to fight Jimmy Fox at Frisco, on June JO Blink MeCloskey. who wus knocked j out by Buck ('rouse the other night, broke*a bone in his leg when ho fell in the fourth round. * * • Nevt York boxing fans are still taik- | mg about the great fight Jim Flynn put : mg about the great tiglit Jim Flynn put- j up against Jim Coffey at New York Fri day night. Although the Pueblo fireman was nut weighted several pounds he had i a good shade at the finish ami was forc ing Coffey all around the ring in the tenth session. • • • Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, writes | that lie will probably take his protege j to the roast after he gets through with ' his bout against Jim Savage at the I Auditorium here June 13. Curley also .says he will have Flynn here ten days I before the tight, so tliat local fans will ' !»»• able to see him train for the fray. j Matty MeCuc and Daisy Brannignn will dash in a 10-round scrap at Mil waukee, Wts.. Monday night. If Me- m Tie succeeds in trimming the Pittsburg I b >y he is to get a match with Abe Ai led at Kenosha, Wit*. | Scotty Momieth. who is still out in j Dos Angeles with hid great little battler, i Johnny Dundee, writes that his boxer ] is down to hard training for his bout I with Wolgast on June 12. * • * He further states that he has matched ■ Dundee to light Tommy Dixon for ten nds at Albuquerque. X M . on July t Young Jack O’Brien's long rest and lay-off from the ring has done him more harm than good. The youngster has gone stale and he needs a lot of exercise to got into the condition that made of him one of the most talked-of boxers in the country * * •* Arthur Pelky has received an offer of $15,000 to box Gunboat Smith at Los Angeles Tommy Burns, manager of Pelky. says he has the matter under serious consideration. Two Chicago welterweights will clash at Terra Haute, Ind.. to-night. I Morric Bloom and Phil Harrison are the gentlemen and the battle is said to’ be I a grudge affair. The winner has been • promised a match with '‘Wildcat” Ferns. ” ' * Jake Abel and Frankie White will also ' don the gloves to-night. The boys gro to meet at Memphis in a scheduled eight-round uftair. • * * New Orleans fans are going wild over ; the Frankie Russell-Johnny 1 ore fight. 1 which will be staged this wek. Promoter j Tortorich has promised to match the I winner with Charlie White, the Chicago j sensation, who is a great card in the | Pelican City since his decisive wins over ! Joe Thomas. * * » Matty. Baldwin has been matched to I battle Joe Kagan In a 12-round bout at j Boston on the afternoon of May 30. Tin men have agreed to weigh in at 133 i pounds at 10 o'clock in the evening. * * * Jimmy Dime has declared himself. In a letter the veteran boxing manager writes that he wants Ids rniddlewelgh•. George Chip, to become the world’s champion, and furthermore he believes this will happen in the near future ttons in the management. The Phila- itself on the bases, and the players r piii: Cubs at A below tholi present are playing ir normal speed, as they were traveling above it at the beginning of the schedule. They will ploli up some, but I never expect to see them out In front leading the league race again this season. They have shot their bolt. They have not the pitchers to stand the going which will Is* furnished by the Philadelphia, Pittsburg find New York clubs from now on. . The Quakers arc still attracting at tention In the front, although 1 re garded the club as a flash lu the pan for a long time, and was surprised to see it hold tip the pace for such a protracted period. 1 am now liegln- nlng to be convinced that the team has a chance to stick In the light for the flag with the (Hants and Pirates, which teams are hound to make the quarreling toward the end of the schedule. What has surprised most close fol lowers of baseball Is the fact that the Philadelphia dub is represented by practically l he same men whose liana" appeared in the box scores last season, and therefore its start was not considered to In* serious. There have been two angles from which the team has greatly improved. One is j the pitching staff, which has always possessed the latent strength, and the I other is the sjieeri. pepper and ng } gressiveness added to the club that • an lx* attributed to the new condi delphia team has a lot of fighters In the game who are always “crabbing,” and several, of the players are very fast. Dooln, now that he Is no longer bothered by Horace Fogel, can inject a little of his own ginger into tlie club and Instill the players with his own lighting spirit. « * * K NABE, the second baseman, is a great fighter, never giving up any point without an argument, and Poolan Is another bur under the sad dle-flap to the umpires. He is also a very nifty shortstop, perhaps more highly regarded by ball players than by spectators. He covers acres of ground, and is fast on Ills feet. He Is also a very regular pinch-hitter, ns I have had reason to realize from some personal experience. Lobert has added strength to the team this sea son, because he is a vicious batter and is another “crabber.” The infield of the Phillies right now is a strong one. The outfield Is likewise formidable with Magee, I’askert and Cravath covering the territory. I’askert is one of the best territory covering outfielders in the league, and Is sure on fly and ground halls. He is not the hardest hitter in the world, but he Is a good hast* runner, once he does get on the bags. Magee's hat ting ability Is beyond question. He will break up a ball game for you any time If you give him half a chance. He can hit a ball as hard as any man in the league, and, what is more, he does this with amazing fre quency. He is what is known in baseball as “a free-swlnger,” aud there are few men playing the game who can take a long wallop at the ball and connect. The added dash to the team shows are running the sacks with the best teams in the league, taking all kinds of chances and frequently upsetting their opponents by these tactics. The pitching staff at present is one of the three strongest in the league. It is hard to say which one will show up to be the best finally, as time alone can tell that—time and a couple of long, hard swings around the West ern circuit away from home grounds and sympathetic crowds. The Phila delphia club may go through a sea son such as was greatly enjoyed by the Boston Americans last year when they buzzed out the schedule to a pennant with hardly an injury. • * * * T-HE lack of experienced substitutes Is Dooin’s big weakness. If a couple of his regulars get bunged up and out of the game, he won’t have anybody who can properly fill their places. It was this shortage of good substitute material which caused the club to collapse so badly last season. But should the team hold together as it stands to-day, it Is going to make it interesting for any aggregation that is in the tight for the pennant. Par ticularly will it be hard to overtake the Philadelphia team if luck pur sues it persistently, as it sometimes does a club after it has deserted it entirely for a couple of seasons. The Quakers, it must be rememliered. are getting'out farther ahead all the time and will have a chance to drop Imck. All that the Giants and Pittsburg teams can work at for the present Is catching up. and if somebody does not stop the Phillies soon, they will bath have a man’s-sized job on their hands to complete before September. (Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Clark Griffith is sore. Doc Johnson called him names at Cleveland the other day and when he called some back the umpire put Griff out and let ”Doo” stay in. * * * Griff, by the way. Is using the um pires as his stock alibi these days, which deceives nobody. * * * Ban Johnson has ordered his umpires not to allow Altrock to pitch for the Washington Club. Griff says he ■will send him in soon. When he does some umpire will have to forfeit a game against him. Then Johnson will be forced to fine Griffith $1,000. "Then he'll have to collect the thousand." says Griff. "Fine chance." * * « George Stovall admits that Ban John son was right In soaking him for the Ferguson incident and says he will not let it happen again. « • * Vincent Campbell, ex-Vanderbilt foot- DO YOU ITCH? If bo. use Tetterine It cure* eczema, ground ! Itch, ringworm. Itching piles. Infant sore head and all otlier skin trouble*. Read what C. B. Raus, Indianapolis, says: Enclosed find $1. Sond me that value In Tetterine. One box of Tetterine has done more for eczema In my family than $50 worth of other remedies I have tried. Use Tetterine It relieves skin trouble that has baffled tha beet medical skill. 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Opposite Third National Bank. ! i White City Park Now Open John Ruskin Two Sijes IrC} After Dinner - pece55 Nil for all men _ . uf lit Horn* or at Sanitarium. Rook on subject I FVe«. DR B. M. WOOLLEY. 24-N. Vldd I Sanitarium. Atlanta. Georgia. f TRUSSES! Abdominal Supports, Elastic Hosiery,^ etc. Expert flttere; both la ly and men attendants: private fitting rooms I Jacobs’ Main Store 6-8 Marietta St. SUMMER FARES. Lake, Mountain and Sea shore Resorts. Daily on and after May 15 the Cen- I tral of Georgia Railway will have an sale at its principal ticket offices round trip tickets at reduced fares to summer resorts In the North, I (South, East and West, and to New [York, Boston. Baltimore and Philadel phia via Savannah and steamships. For total fares, conditions, train serv ice. etc., ASK NEAREST TICKET AGENT CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY or write to W. H. Fogg, district Pas senger Agent. Atlanta, Ga. Adv. Highlands of Ontario Low Round Trip Fares from Chicago Muskoka Lakes $15.95 f French River . $19.10 Timagami . $21.60 fej^nWl Georgian Bay . $15.65 Algonquin Park $18.75 Lake of Bays . $16.95 $19.25 They will soothe your nerves, drive away the blues, clear the cobwebs off your brain and. strengthen your physical make-up. They will prepare you as nothing else will for a return to drudgery lu, Juur own saKe Highlands of Ontario and also Montreal Quebec tSD*Rtee/en agara FalU ' B ° St ° n ’ °' d ° rchard ’ L^lon, Newark and Nl Address .T D MrTV.n>,M « ~i-. ^ _ Kawartha Lakes $15.90 and routine. Canada awakens in you a love for the beautiful and sublime in Nature; you need not travel farther In search of Nature’s chiefest pearl. You should see this I ns polled Wilderness for its own sake and for your own sake. ball star, later with the Pirates and Braves, is said to be slated for a berth with the St. Louis Federal League Club—which sounds Improbable. Jack O’Connor’s telephone bill is $20 daily. He is searching for players for his Federal League t€$m but nobody seems to want his game. * * * Enos Kirkpatrick is head substitute infielder for the Brooklyn team these days, with a chance that he may land, a regular job soon. * •* * The Giants are handicapped by Red Murray's weak luatting. Old Sunset Top Is apparently an in-and-outer. • m * Buffalo and Milwaukee may go in to Federal Circuit. Then, if Los An geles. Nome and Tampa were added it j would make a nice little circuit—for the railroads.