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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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By A. II. C. Mitchell.
B OSTON. July *3 —The question
of the moment seems to be,
-How will Bill Carrigan succeed
as manager?" It Is, of course, easier
to ask the question than to answer
It. In fact, it is Impossible to an-
iwer it, because Bill has not had a
chance to aemonstrate his ability In
a managerial capacity. However, it
may be said that there is no good
reason why he should not make
success of It. Ball players generally
agr**e that Bill has baseball brains.
He 1? a thinker, and as a catcher,
he has to be a quick thinker or sit on
the bench.
IT is the opinion of the writer that
* Wagner would not want the posl
tion if it were offered to him. Ho is
perfectly content to be captain of
the team Wagner is really a vef
shy and diffident man. While he m
a star ball player and a splendid
captain, it. is doubted if he would fit
In well as a manager. Doubtless Wag
ner would say*the same thing if he
were asked about it
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ever since they both became members
of the squad. They are roommates.
They comprised the "Board of Strat
egy” of the Red Sox organization last
season when the team won the pen
nant. It is more thin probable th.u
this combination will resume busi
ness again now that Carrigan has
been appointed manager. The meet
ings of the "Board’* were discon
tinued during the world’s series last
fall, when Darrlgan was not allowed
to go behind the* bat by Stahl, but
was sent to the coaching line Instead.
It is asserted that Stahl was Jealous
of the publicity accorded the "Board'
and decided to show all persons whom
It might concern that he wav the real,
sole and only manager of the team.
Of course, this report the writer h is
no first-hand information, but Stahl's
actions In the series would seem to
bear out the assertion.
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By George McManus
IT Is well that the change in man-
I a gen la mid* when it ia made
Carrigan will have the opportunity
to become accustomed to his new'
duties. And if things go along all
right he w ill have a chance to share
his team for next year. It is hardly
within the range of possibilities for
the Red Sox to win the pennant this
wear. It seems to be too late. But
the team can make a good finish If
properly handled, and that Is the work
cut out for Manager Bill. Carrigan
has the respect and confidence of
his players Stahl was well llke<J.
for that matter, but when the play
ers realized that he was making
wrong moves and not using the be%i
Judgment in the handling of his team
it, no doubt, had a bad effert on them.
SANTA MONICA WILL GO
AFTER SAVANNAH MARK
LOB ANGELES, July '.—Tlie
Santa Monica road race, to be run
on August 9, will be one event open
for all cars of 600 cubic inches and
under, covering the course 63 times
for n total of 445 miles
This announcement was made aft
er a meeting of the Santa Monica
road race committee, making a radi
cal departure from previous runnings
of the coast classic.
The moat Important reason ad
vanced for making the change and
increasing the distance by nearly 60
per cent was so that the contestants
might go after the grand prize record
for 400 miles made on the Savannah
course.
Because the 120-horsepower Fiat
with which Teddy Tetzlaff won the
last race and established a new
world’s record is above the displace
ment restriction, the cur has been
eliminated from this year’s race.
$20,000 FOR RITCHIE
FOR THREE N. D. BOUTS
NEW YORK. July ' ■ A $20,000
guarantee for three no-decision fights
of ten rounds each awaits Willie
Ritchie. Jimmy Johnston, match- i
maker of the St. Nicholas A. C.. to
day is awaiting word from the cham
pion as to whether he will accept or |
not. Joe Shugrue, Jack Britton and
Packey McFarland are the men picked
by Johnston. As there are no de
cisions rendered in this city, Ritchie
can not lose his title unless he is
knocked out.
Johnston is also willing to guar
antee Ritchie $7,500 if he will box
Freddie Welsh, the English light
weight champion.
GOLFTOURNEYS
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BOXING 1CHAPPELLE DUS
News of the Ring Game
Willie Ritchie has been receiving so
many offers for bouts from the different
clubs all over the country that he has
decided to inspect them all on August 4.
The one that the champion considers
the largest he will accept and will be
ready to meet the opponent picked for
him on Labor Day.
WASHBURN AND LEROY
QUALIFY FOR GOLF FINALS
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NEW YORK, July Watson M.
Washburn hnd Robert Leroy and Theo.
R. Pell and Raymond D. Little will meet
this afternoon in the final match of the
Round Robin tennis doubles of the
Westchester Country Club.
The Washburn-Leroy combination fin
ished at the top of the first division yes
terday by defeating Adee and Rawlins
by the score of 6-3, 6-3 This victory
gave the winners the right to play Pell
and Little, leaders of the second divis
ion, for tlfe trophies to-day
TURNS DOWN BIG PRICE.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, July Ed
Maier, president of the Venice Coast
League Baseball Club, to-day refuse*!
an offer of $200,000 for the team and
franchise by a syndicate which included
John McOraw, of the New York Na
tional League Club.
MOTOR RAGES
Tuesday, July 22d
8:15 P. M.
FORSYTH To
To-night at 8:30
KEITH VAUDEVILLE N .xt Weak
VALERIE BERGEF/E & CO CONROY
METROPOLITAN MINSTRELS
•RITT WOOD— LES 80U0ETS And H, »
AND OTHERS
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Bv "Chick” Evans.
C -CHICAGO, July — Tlie nn-
nouncement of the age limit
tournament at Shokie suggests
another thought. There is an in
creasing number of age-limit tour
neys in the golf world about Chicago
and u decreasing number of open
events for young golfers.
The age-limit events are excellent
things, but the lack of Junior events
is hard upon the young goifers. who
can only look forward to "coming of
uge" ami the chance, in consequence,
of bringing up future great golfers
becomes smaller yearly.
Didn’t Know Own Ability.
A player does not know his ability
until h<* enters Into competition with
other players In my own case, I
did not know that 1 was a first iiight-
er until my tournament scores dis
closed the fact. The big champion
ships, of course, are always open to
players with a low handicap, but the
field is usually large and the players’
abilities closely matched. If the young
players can only enter these tourna
ments he will soon quit competitive
golf, for the champion is only made
after years and years of hard work.
The beginner in the big tourna*
ments would probably be so far sur-
pa««ed that he would lose courage
and drop out of the game, for me
promising young player must be pro
vided with an occasional victory to
keep his heart up.
Youngsters Want Competition.
The business man enjoys golf as an
exercjae. but the youngster has hun
dreds of ways of getting exercise, and
there is a chance that he may denert
golf unless he has a better way of
showing his skill. It is true that he
will be sorry later on. but the aver
age Individual lives in the present.
Just now, there seem to be very
few young golfers of exceptional
promise, and this dearth may, in part,
be attributed to lack of competitive
opportunities The championship next
week max diK*lo*e some new lights,
but the chances are that the old,
familiar names will be seen at the
top of the list of qualifiers and in the
last four.
Packey McFarland, who does not be
lieve in fighting during the hot months,
has Just made an announcement in Chi
cago to the effect that he has no inten
tion of donning the mitts again until the
second week in September "I only
hope that my next bout will be with
Willie Ritchie," said Packey, "for I
think that I can wrest his title from
him."
Tommy Burns and his heavyweight,
Arthur Pelky, are now in Frisco. Burns
is trying to get his protege a match with
Gunboat Smith on I^abor Day. Pelky’s
chances of landing the mill, however,
appear to be very small, as the light
weights are the big cards on the coast
at the present time
The Leach Cross-Matty Baldwin bout,
scheduled to take place at Los Angeles
on July 29. may be called off McCarey
refuses to give Leach more than $3,506
for his end of the purse, while Cross is
holding out for $5,000
Danny Goodman managed to outpoint
Jeff McConnell in a 10-round battle at
Aurora. 111., last night. Goodman's
aggressiveness earned him the shade
Tommy Walsh, manager of George
‘‘Knockout* Brown, is a busy party
these days getting his protege in shape
for his engagement with Frank Klaus
at Butte. Mont., next month. Brown j
is doing hiH training in Chicago. The i
middleweight* are scheduled to go
twelve rounds.
Coast fans are now touting Kid Wil
liams as the bantamweight champion
of the world Tom McCarey handed
the latter a belt for trimming I*edoux
recently. Williams is to hold the belt
until he is defeated by some boy of his
weight.
Charlie White, the Chicago sensation,
will make his next fight against Freddie
Welch at Winnipeg The pair are
scheduled to meet In a 12-round set-to
on August 15
The middleweight division baa an
other contender in Tim O'Neil, the Ham
mond, Ind., scrapper. The latter recent
ly stopped Tom McMahon and is prac
tical! j matched to meet Jim Clabby at
Kenosha, Win.
By O. B. Keeler
N OW that It sppmfi pretty defi
nitely settled that Mr. Law
rence Chappelle, Milwaukee
outfielder, cost the Chicago White Sox
$18,000. or words to that effect, the**6
may be some small curiosity as to the
workings of a bit of baseball machin
ery that can get such an expensive
rating in the big show.
That is to say. what sort of a new
prize beauty is this Chappelle per
son.
Well, Chappy—as he w'as commonly
known in the American Association —
sports rather an odd distinctive fea
ture. This is the fact that he hasn’t
any. He can hit; he can field and
throw'; he Is no dub on the bases.
But there Is no one handle sticking
out of Chappy’s A. A. record that you
can lay hold on and say; "Here is a
wonder."
Chappy’s best point probably is his
hitting. That unquestionably was
what attracted attention in the Cal
lahan camp. Chappy did hit becom
ingly—in the A. A., which also de
veloped Mr. Gavvy Cravath, of the
Phillies. He Is a big fellow—strong
In the arms and shoulders, and able
to take a free swing on a fast ball or
a savage chop at a curve. He crowds
the plate and worries the pitcher.
In the field he is a good, steady per
former He is a good Judge of a liy
ball and covers a fair territory. He
can throw well, but hasn’t th■* arm of
Clarence Walker, of Kansas City. He
is no speed demon, like Shelton, of
Columbus, either in the field or on
the towpath.
If Chappy turns out to be a paving
investment for Comiskey, It will be
because he Is that really valuable
thing in baseball—an all-round play
er.
WILLIE MEEHAN BEAT MANTELL
OAKLAND. CAL, July .2.—Willie
Meehan, of Sun Francisco. won the
decision over Frank Mantell. of Paw
tucket. R. L, in a 10-round bout here
Iasi night.
Wolgast and Dundee
Will Clash Sept. 9
LOS ANGELES, July i -Tom
Jones has finally accepted terms of
Promoter McCarey, of the Pacific A.
C., and Ad Wolgast and Johnny Dun
dee are again matched to box at* Ver
non. September 9 has been set,as
the day for the battle. Jones has
been holding out for a guarantee and
a percentage as had been agreed upon
for their previous match which was
called off because of an injury to the
Dutchman’s hand. The winner of the
Cross-Baldwin bout is to be match
ed with Joe Rivers at Vernon on La
bor Day unless Champion Willie
Ritchie will agree to reasonable terms
for a bout with the Mexican on that
date.
Cross started training to-day for
his fight with Baldwin. I
COFFROTH (FTER
RITCHIE FDR GD
CONNIE MACK PRESENTS
OLD UNIFORMS TO INDIANS
PHILADELPHIA, PA,, July " —The
baseball fan frequently wonders what
becomes of the old uniforms, bats and
gloves discarded by big league clubs.
Much of their paraphernalia is used
until it is so worn or damaged as to
be of no further value, but every club
manager has on file applications for
outfitting* no longer suitable for the
major circuits.
Just at present the Indian team of
St Mary’s Mission School at Omak,
Wash., is proudly playing in uniforms
formerly worn by the Athletics when
they held the title of world’s champions.
Manager Connie Mack was appealed to
for some discarded suits early this
spring, and in answer to the request
forwatded not only uniforms, but gloves,
bats and balls as well.
O’TOOLE BETTER, BUT CAN
HARDLY WORK THIS YEAR
PITTSBURG, July Marty
O'Toole, the Pirate $22,600 pitcher
who w’as recently operated upon for
appendicitis, has left St. Margaret’s
Hospital and is now at his home in
Homewood.
Indications are that It will be many
weeks before he takes his regular
turn on the rubber again Baseball
men fear he will be of no further use
to the team this season.
LYNCH FINES TWO CARDINALS.
NEW YORK. July 7>.— President
Lynch, of the National League, has
fined Fielder Gathers and Second Base-
man McGee, of the St. Louis club. $25
each, for their fist fight at the Polo
Grounds last Thursday.
S AN FRANCISCO, CAL., July It.—
If James W. Coffroth, premier
ring promoter, can induce Cham
pion Willie Ritchie to don the gloves
on Admission Day. Tommy Murphy,
the Eastern lightweight, will be his
opponent. James has the latter
signed up and is angling with the
champ.
But Ritchie is coy. He is not averse
to taking a chance with any of the
ringstery who want to wrest the light
weight crown from his head, but he
wants to get the most money he e^r>
for taking a chance of losing his val
uable asset.
He has offers of big sums to box in
Vancouver, New Orleans and New
York. He is willing to consider bids
from anywhere, San Francisco in
cluded, and he informed Coffroth that
some time, about August 4, he would
consider all the bids and decide In
favor of one of them. When asked
if he would decide right away in
case he was offered something big
in the way of financial inducements.
Ritchie said:
"No. Nothing doing in the ac
ceptance line until August 4, when
all bids must be in.”
Coffroth is now matchmaker for
three clube here, the Shasta, Canal
and Sunshine, and is planning bouts
for thes*e organizations.
Labor Day is another date in Sep
tember for w'hich Coffroth is planning
something extra in the way of a
pugilistic attraction. The match that
looks best to him now is a heavy
weight one. between Arthur Pelky and
Gunboat Smith, the most prominent
members of the unlimited class. Pelky
will be here Monday with his man
ager, Tommy Burns, and Coffrcth
will endeavor to get them to sign
articles to meet the Gunboat.
For his August date, Coffroth has
a number of strings out. He plans
t© hold the August fight early in the
month so that it will not be close to
the two September dates, Labor Day
being the first of September.
Leach Cross and his manager, Sam
Wallach, had an interview with Cof
froth, and Coffroth made a proposi
tion to the New- Yorker to Box Red
Watson or Tommy Murphy in August.
"Scotty” Montieth, the manager of
Johnny Dundee, w r as another visitor,
and an offer was made him to bring
Dundee up here from Los Angeles
and meet Watson In August. Dun
dee has declared that he w'ill not fight
featherweights any more, and it would
be a good try-out in the lightweight
class to go against Watson. Coffrotn
also offered to match Dundee with
Abe Attell if Montieth liked him better
as an opponent.
CARPENTER BESTS KNIGHT.
DENVER, COLO., July w.—Frank
Whitney, the fighting carpenter, beat
Phil Knight here last night in ten
round*.
SOX BUY A. A. CATCHER.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 1 —Nick Allen,
catcher, who last season was a member
of the Minneapolis American Associa
tion team, has been sold to the Chicago
American League club.
LANGFORD GETS MATCH.
SAN FRANCISCO, July **.—8am
Langford arrived here from Australia
Friday and before he went to bed last
night Manager Woodman had match
ed him for a four-round go with big
Charley Miller for next Friday night.
EXCURSION
Atlanta, Carrollton, Forsyth
and intermediate points to
TYBEE and SAVANNAH
July 25.
$6.00 ROUND TRIP.
Special Train—Coaches and
Sleeping Cars.
Ask the Ticket Agent.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
DINING CARS
WITH A’LA CARTE SERVICE
TO CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE
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