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THE ATLANTA •fiEORfJT.'X AND NEWS THIS WEEK TD lORQm f POETS' COVERED* - J SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT • • • • The Last Word in Abuse •• Copyright. 1918. Interr»tlon»l New* Perric*. :: By Tad By Perry H. Whiting. T HE Franker* open this afternoon on what should be a large and* profitable week. To begin with the puny Pelicans, now holders of the Pooh Championship of the league, open here this afternoon for a three-game series. The Pelicans, not such a rank team Individually, seem to perform with about »k alight effectiveness this year as ever In the world's history. They are absolutely, abjectly, almost hope lessly last. ]f 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 Day. a double header wfill be played, the first on local soli 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 the Crackers should win five out of the seven games slated. The following week the Crack^s Jump out of town for games Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday and then back 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. • • * I F figures didn’t lie like “experts,” J 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: A.B. Atlanta . .1273 Mobile ..1284 Mont 1237 chatt.. ..1160 Mem ...1220 Birm. ...1040 \ O. , . 127:: Nash. ...1148 R. 198 191 159 111 142 IIP 139 123 H. S H. S B. 347 329 3 Ofi 293 233 283 251 55 61 47 41 46 52 60 58 Totals 9644 1182 2319 420 396 Pet. .273 .256 .247 .239 .238 .224 .222 .219 .240 League batting average .240. Average number of runs for each team 148. Average number of sacrifice hits made by each team in the league 52. Average number of stolen bases 49. Observe that the Crackers are bat ting .033 above the aver<i,ee of the league, that they have batted in 50 more runs than the average and 7 more than their nearest competitors, the Gulls. In stolen bases only do the Crackers fall below the average. * • • A TEAM that can hit the hall be - ter than any other club in the league ought to Fa-Y. And the Crackers do fly—at odd times. The Cracker players have not only m.nie the most hits of any team in the league but they have hit for the most total bases. They lead in hit ting two-baggers, are third in three- baggers and tied for second in home runs after playing their home games | on a field which lias no “short fenew Naturally. being sluggers, the Crackers are not much given to ab- | F^rbing bases on balls—and Strang • to relate they have struck out mon- times than any other club in the cir cuit. The extra-base bitting and the number of strikeouts made and has* a on halls received by the various teams are here given: I CAUT ST*U0 <T THAT 'i ALl- gjfp.SSOOl' li pUUUlWfr I iH'OU'-O ^ f \ ths -mam O^ffMT Au/o I 3UiT orou'ftUEO coue-T - MS VO* MW OBU- \ SM-AUC GEB v/jhi- 0F-,6,uu T*£ kiqsj se bJSI CAL V DAR.M IT VWIfE I CouUOmTJT>mO TH-6.T l SMwa> vJ/QURU TV! I |J<sr' ITi AU-OV/0 4 - *" MA *♦*- 1 ,SMOU«.0 JVWAU.OVM] * 1SUOCCT-CF 5001 I AMO 0E-COME a UTTUC PACS and Her Pals Know the New Diaphonous Waists—f^eTTC. U. fCinS? Copyright, 191.T, International .News Ferric* By Cliff Sterrett me aow oo you Like MV NEW I C U VM/4/ST. R4 ? ITS “The *LA$T vmopd' TJ?OM PAPi6l 1 ' -J-L-l The UfT £traw" I C4us rr! GoSw! y boAi'r mmw T'Teu DE These. MERE 1C-US’ IS CoUCA PE- r " POPULAR z -[ SoceI'Tme (jIQL-S AOf- B0VIW6 'EMI LIKE Hoi CAKES ! 7 1 UUDERST4HD ThEVv/eJ 5old OVER TfeN '-TUouCAHV Of EMI RI6H7 HERE IN THE Crrv AlfcE,wJ y- (ztOOD WIGHT uurSe! Ter Ta 1 Lcme oe Mud! R4, W The I UlA 2 * —y- Atlanta ....48 Mobile 4 7 M’ntgomerv 44 <" he^ta 4 3 Memphis Birm. . N O Nashville 2P. 3B. H R. T.B. B.B. 11 15 SO 11 39 18 7 450 118 11 439 147 .81 .45 11 11 15 431 357 130 116 386 12' 301 129 365 138 329 111 §.o. 172 1 34 142 146 138 12(1 1 T1 152 The team flatting averages of (he league follow: Nashville . . . Mobile Chattanooga At lanta Montgomery iuemphls . . Birmingham PO. 974 1082 968 982 1034 1025 New Orleans 40 1082 A. 464 554 466 4 83 516 484 411 520 P«t. •W‘ ; .341 .940 .956 .951 102 .940 E. 19 69 T Food for Sport Fans HP! Cmckers are about due to pull out for the lead. The pitch- <is are going to come around with 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 just beginning should furnish considerable uplift. If the Crackers can take five or six games, the newly acquired confidence will he worth a lot. SMITH RECEIVED $2,880 FOR BOUT WITH WILLARD PAN FRANCISCO, May 26.—The gross receipts of the Gunboat Smith- Jess Willard fight last week were $8,000 Smith, the winner, got $2,880, end Willard received $1,920. PUBLICITY. ‘ Thou shalt not speak; 1 t^e tuagnah suid t "t<> member8 ft Ihi pressj And if thou hast a 1<tlc to tell, just let the lowbrows ituess " The magnate bought himself a drink, and further more he spoke: "If it «ere not for baseball games, the papers iron hi go broke, tf it were not for baseball games, tin gents who journey by Would look upon the news stands with a cold and careless eye. The crowds would never think to buy the e.rtras on the street. We baseball magnates help to keep the papers mi their feet." When snow 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 imrds where baseball games are played, said baseball magnates then would have to seek an honest trade. Mr. Murphey of the Cubs denies the report that he has forbidden his ath letes to speak to baseball scribes. Get ting 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. Boh Fitzsimmons avers that he can make a regular champion out of .less Willard, demonstrating that too great attention to sport affects the mind. Edmonton, which Is In British Colum bia, offers $26,000 for a conflict between Messrs. Ritchie and Welsh. All of which goes to show what an Intoxicating cli mate there is In Edmonton. Some time, when we have about 1,000 | years to spare, we shall attempt to , write a book on what Jess Willard do c s not know about fighting. Quoth n boxing scribe: “In the first round Anderson fractured one of Man- dot’s ribs, making Joes famous left useless “ It must be comforting to fight a man when you know he cannot nit you with his left rib. Reading a number of Horace Fogel’a baseball magazine one Is convinced that he was more bulled against than bull ing. A scientist tells us that 76 per cent of all human energy Is wasted. Jess Wil lard’s press agent beat that average by approximately 26 per cent. C^XJAIS'! 1 <SoT MV BtKlVESN —fo ATTEaID To THfSy Summer. ! CHRISTY MTBEWSORS BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP B OSTON, May 26.—Within the last week two pitching staffs which were counted upon to swing into line at the beginning of the season have shown the form expected of them. The staffs belong to the Giants and Pirates, and from this point alone T predict that the race will settle down to a battle between the New York and Pittsburg clubs. They possess the two best batches of pitchers in the league now, with ttie possible exception of Philadelphia. Both Tesreau and Marquard have attained their last season’s form for New York, and Hendrix and Caranitz have resumed operations for the Pirates. Both teams have the natural strength to win hall games behind good pitching, which neither the Philadelphia nor the Brooklyn clubs, now lead ing the league, possess. That 1s the reason 1 figure out that the Giants and Pirates will finally battle for the title. The Cubs, who made such a brave showing at the beginning 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, lias developed in the club RINGSIDE NEWS NOTICE! Glosing-Out-Ends $7, $8, $9 Trousers Made- to-Measure Champion Johnny K11 bane must not be figured bv the fight promoters of ( all- fornia as much of a drawing card out t hero Johnny is only receiving a guar- antee of $1,000 and an additional $2.>o for training expenses to fight Jimmy Fox at Frisco, on June 10. Blink McCloskey. who was knocked out bv Buck Crouse the other night, | broke a hone In hie leg when he fell I in the fourth round. • • • New York boxing fans are still talk ing about the great fight .lliu Flynn put I ing about the great fight Jim Flynn put- up against Jim Coffey at New York Fri day night. Mlhough the Pueblo fireman I was outwelghted several pounds ite had ! a good shade at the finish and was forc- ! ing Coffey all around the ring in the tenth session. • • • i Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, writes that he will* probably take his protege i to the coast 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 ! before the fight, so that local fans will I be able to see him train for the fray. Matty McCue and Patsy Rrannlgan will dash In a 10-round scrap at Mil waukee. Wis . Monday night. If Mc Cue succeeds in trimming the Pittsburg boy he is to get a match with Abe At- t« ll at Kenosb^N AVIs. 4 • • i Scotty Montwth. who is still out In j Eos Angeles with his great little battler, j Johnny Dundee, writes that his boxer : is down to hard training for his bout j with Wolgast on June 12. • • • lie U* Ter s;a:< s that 1 e has matched I OundJT to fight Tommy Dixon for ten * n 'vojerauc. N M . on July 4. ..... — . ng more harm than good The youngster has gone stale and he needs a lot of exercise to get. 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, savs he lias the matter under serious consideration * * • Two Chicago welterweights will dash a 1 . Terra Haute, Ind . to-night, j Morrie Bloom and Phil Harrison are the gentlemen and the battle Is said io be I a grudge affair The winner has been i promised a match with “Wildcat” Ferns. . . . Jake Abel and Frankie White will also don the gloves to-night. The boys I are to meet at Memphis in a scheduled right-round affair • * • New Orleans fans are going wild over the Frankie Russell-Johnny Lore fight, which will be staged this wek. Promoter Tortorlch has promised to match the winner with Charlie White, the Chicago sensation, who is a great card in the Pelican City since his decisive wins over I Joe Thomas • • • Matty Baldwin has been matched to : "attle Joe Fagan In a U-round bout at BosVu on the afternoon of May 30. The me* have agreed to weigh in at 133 pounds at 10 o’clock In the evening • • • Jimmy Dime has declared himself. In a letter the veteran boxing manager writes that he wants bis middleweight. George Chip, to become the world's champion, and furthermore he believes this will happen in the near future. Kvers is up ngninst a hard proposi tion in Chico go now. So long ns the Cubs wore near the (op. everything was rosy for hi in, as il is for any manager with a winning hall club. The fans were behind him. But now that the team has started to lose, tin* followers of the game art* lieglnning to criticise Murphy for let ting Chance go. They were prepared to do that at the opening of the race, but tlu* unexpected winning streak of the club prevented tin* knockers from getting in their fine work. * * * T HE Cubs at present are playing below tlieir normal speed, as they were traveling above it at the beginning of the schedule. They will pick up some, but I never expect to see them out in front leading the league rare again this season. They have shot tlieir Imlt. They have not the pitchers to stand the going which will lie furnished by the Philadelphia. Pittsburg and New York clubs from now on. The Quakers are still attracting at tention In the front, although I re garded the club as a flash in the pan for a long time, mid was surprised to see it hold up the pace for such a protracted period. I am now begin ning to lie convinced that the team has a chance to stick In the fight for the flag with tbs Oiauts and Pirates, which teams are bound to make the quarreling toward the end of the schedule. What has surprised i»ost close fol lowers of baseball is the fact that the Philadelphia club is represented by practically the same men whose names appeared in the Ihix scores last season, and therefore its start was not considered to lie serious. There have been two angles from which the team has greatly improved. One is the pitching staff, which has always possessed the latent strength, and the other is the speed, pepper and ag gressiveness dflded to the club that can l>e attributed to the new condi tions in the management. The Phila delphia team has a lot of fighters in the game who are always “crabbing,” and several of the players are very fast. Dooin, now that he is no longer bothered by Horace Fogel, can inject a little of bis own giqger into the club and instill the players with his own fighting spirit. IY TNAPE, the second baseman, is a great fighter, never giving up any point without an argument, and Hoolau 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 his feet. He is also a very regular pinch-hitter, ns I have had reason to realize from some personal experience, f.obert lias 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, Paskert and Cravath covering the territory. I’askert is one of the best territory- covering outfielders in tin* league, and is sure on fly and ground balls. He is not the hardest hitter in the world, but he is a good liase runner, once he does get on the lings. Magee's bat 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, lie does tills with amazing fre quency. He is what is known in baseball as “a free-swinger,” and 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 ei+yr Park Now Open INE _ , rug Hib mt'tiom* or at Sanitarium. Book on subject Free. DR. B. M. WOOLLEY, 24-N, Vide* Sanitarium, Atlanta, Georgia. f TRUSSES Abdominal Support#, Elastic Hosiery, •to Expart fitters: both lady and man attendants; private fitting room# Jacobs’ Main Stora 6-3 Marietta St. itself on the bases, and the players are running the sacks with the liest teams in the league, taking all kinds of chances and frequently upsetting tlieir 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. * * * q-'HE lack of experienced substitutes -*■ is Dooin’s big weakness. If a couple of his regulars get bunged up and out of the game, be 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. Bnt should the team lioid together as it stands to-day, it is going to make it interesting for any aggregation that is in the fight 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 remembered, are getting out farther ahead all the time and will have a chance to drop back. AH that the Ginnts and Pittsburg teams can work at for the present is Catching up. and if somebody does not stop the Phillies soon, they will both have a man’s-sized job on their hands to complete before September. (Copyright, 1»13, by the McClure News paper Sj-ndfoate.) SUMMER FARES. Lake, Mountain and Sea shore Resorts. Dally on and after May 15 the Cen tral of Georgia Railway win have on sale at Its principal ticket offices round trip tickets at reduced fares to summer resorts in the North, 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. The Culis are trying to buy Rube Schauer of the Superior, Wis. Club. # « * Clark Griffith is sore. Doc Johnson nailed him names at Cleveland the other day and when he called some back the umpire put Griff out and let “Doc” 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 Alt rock to pitch for the Washington Club. Griff says he will send him in soon. TVhen 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 Fprguson Incident and says he will not let it happen again. + * * Vincent Campbell. ex-Vanderbilt foot ball star, later with the Pirates and Braves, is said to be slated for a berth with the St. Ixmis Federal League Club—which sounds improbable. * * * Jack 0’Con.nor’s* telephone bill is $2f dally. IJe is searching for players for his Federal League team but nobody seems to want hTs game. * * * Enos Kirkpatrick is head substitute inflelder for the Brooklyn team thes^ days, with a chance that he may land a regular job soon. • * * The Giants are handicapped by Red Murray's weak lotting. Old Sunset Top is apparently an in-and-outer. • * * Buffalo and Milwaukee may go In to Federal Circuit, Then, if Ix># An” geles. Nome and Tampa were added it would make a nice little circuit—for the railroads. DO YOU ITCH? If so. use Tetterlne. It cures eczema, ground 1 Itch, ringworm, itching piles. Infant sore h*ad | and all other skin troubles. Head what C. B. , Kaus, Indianapolis, says: Enclosed And SI- Send me that value In Tetterlne. One box of Tetterlne has done more for eczema In my family than $50 worth of other remedies^ have tried. Use Tetterine It relieves skin trouble that has bafTled the best medical skill. It will‘cure you. 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