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GIOMLAM SPORTS’ COVERED* EXPERT
Americus Player Jumps to First
Place in Popularity Race;
Jordan Is Second.
H ATS off to Dirk Manchester!
The Americus player 1h now
leading: the Hearst’s Sunday
American and Atlanta Georgian’s con
test t<* decide the most popular player
Ir. the Empire State League. Tills 1* I
the first time Manchester has been
on top since this race started.
Otto Jordan, the Valdosta manager,
has passed Herbert "Pat" Murphy and j
is second. Murphy Is third In the
rate. 'Goat” Holliday, Wayeross'
first baseman, ha* dropped to fourth
place. Four thousand five hundred
votes separate the first four players
The margin between Jordan and
Manchester is but slight. Votea
poured In for these players yester
day. and both took turns In tuking
the lead. While the coupons were
piling In for these two, the Murphy
rooters must have been rating, us
very few coupons were received for
the Thomnsvllle shortstop. He ranks
third at the present time, and will
have a hard time regaining his old
position unless his admirers get busy
at once.
Manchester Is Hero.
Manchester, however, Is the hero of
the contest. The Pasebftll Popularity
Editor Btated several days ago that
this player was the dark horse in
the contest and was looking for some
thing big to happen. Not that he had
any Inside information, but the steady
way In which the votes kept corning
In for Dick made him think so.
H. Ohamplin. Dudley, R. Wilder.
Mutts Gray and W. Walker also hold
positions where a great deal of hus
tling might send them romping to the
top. They are all closely bunched,
but are not receiving their votes in
large enough bunches.
Make Every Day Count.
The tip now given out to the con
testants In this contest Is to make
every day count. Fighters are want
ed in this race, and a game fighter
never units. It's now up to the Em
pire State League fans to show their
mettle. So far they have done won
derfully, but there is ft111 room for
Improvement. The race Is surely one
remarkable fight, and the Popularity
Editor is having a tough time revis
ing the leaders. However, he Is so
interested in tile battle being wag°ii
that he Is willing to give up a few
hours’ sleep so as to give the players
and fnns his time.
Clip Out Coupons.
The coupon appears In to-day’s p.<
per. Hip It out. fill it in and mail
it to the Baseball Popularity Editor,
Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta, Ga. Re
member there are no resting days In
this contest. Every day Is another
day. so get busv and send your fa
vorite player into the lead. Don't
think that because vour player hasn t
been In the first five he has no
chance. Every player in this ntce has
a good chance. All he needs is some
real support by his followers. The
winner of the contest is to receive a
beautiful loving cup.
THE LEADING PLAYERS.
Dick Manchester Americus
Otto Jordan Valdosta
“Pat” Murphy Thomasville
“Goat” Holliday Wavcross
H. Champlin Thomasville
P. Wilder Cordele
M. Gray . Cordele
Pudlev Thomasville
W. Morse Cordele
Franks Valdosta
R. Zellers Valdosta
H. Griffin Americus
H. Clark Wavcross
C. Eubanks . Cordele
FORBES BACK IN RING:
MAY MEET JIMMY WALSH
CHICAGO, July 21. Harry Forbes
onop bantamweight champion of the
world, would reenter the boxing game.
He Is stirred to activity by seeing
some of the prenent day performers
In action, believing th it ho is eaxil.t
better than moat of thorn in tills sec
tion of the country.
The Fox River Club of Aurora, of
which Art Reid is matchmaker, is
anxious to get Forbes into a contest
and there Is a chance that they will
stage him with Jlmmv Walsh, tie
English bantam star now In this city,
within a short time.
JOHNSON, AINSMITH, LAPORTE
BARELY ESCAPE DROWNING
CHICAGO, July 111. Walter John-
Mon. Rob Ainsmith. John Henry and
Frank La port e, of t he Washington
Raseball Club, were caught in the
undertow while bathing at the Chi
cago Reach Hotel. Prompt work by
life guards saved them from being
carried out into the lake.
Gedeon, another player on th.' team,
was washed against a post by a wave]
ar.d was rescued unconscious by life
guards.
This Has Nothing to Do with the Weather, but Isn't It Warm ?
By “Bud” Fisher
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MOTORDROME
RACES TUESDAY
8:15 P. M.
By <). B. Keeler.
/% Nl) It isn’t all flowery beds of
case t<ir the manager of a
baseball club, even when tile
hands* art- going well and the breuks
are breaking properly, and the games
are piling up in the "W ’ column, amt
all Glut.
Sometimes, you see, one of the
hands may he going almost too well.
That i*. tf he has a string to him.
There in Carl Thompson, with the
Cracker- And then* is F. Leroy
Chant e, sometime Peerless Leader.
Carl is' here, and F. Chance is
there. Rut between them is the
string. Carl is stacking up a pretty
heap of workmanlike games. Th*»
p. L. is watching his alleged slab-
men ease off point alter point in the
J percentage column.
And so—getting to the tie that
hinds— one Major Prank Callaway
1 tosses restlessly these nultry nights,
by reason of something apart from
| the sultriness.
Claiming season is drawing close.
"And.” says Major Frank, "I’m ju>'t
hoping F. Chance will be looking the
other way when the date comes
’round.”
Because, you see, Carl Thompson
belongs to the Highlanders. And he
is looking more and more as if he
1 could sand the skids under that luck-
j less aggregation, which appears be
yond the present capacity of Russell
Ford, Ray Caldwell, et al.
Of course, it might be considered
something of a joke on Carl if he
I should be dragged .back to the Yanks
1 it this time. Rut that ball club Is
i likely to take a turn for the better
j one of these days—and the laugh
might be the other way ’round.
• • •
A ND that isn’t all.
"Chirk Griffith is mighty apt
Jo take hold of Gilbert Price.” Major
] Callaway remarked Saturday. “He’s
| just the style the Old Fox likes to
j grab while in its comparative infancy
and train according to his own ideas."
After which the i resident of the
Crackers intimated that the Hon.
Griffith had quite some ideas as to
Mystery in Death of
Negro at Pensacola
PENSACOLA. July 21—The body
of an unknown negro was found in
the D-*lip at the Commendancia street
wharf here to-day, and indications
are that he was murdered ami thrown
overboard. A Coroner’s Jury, inves
tigating the ease, adjourned until
Wednesday afternoon to obtain more
evidence.
The physician who examined the
body found the jaw broken and .1
number of teeth knocked loose and
gave as his opinion that the dead
negro had been struck in the face
Nobody has yet been able to identify
the negro. A policeman testified that
lie had heard a shot in that vicinity
on Saturday night.
MOORE MAY GO TO REDS.
PHILADELPHI \ July II Manager
'Pinker, of the Cincinnati Club, to-day
offered to trade Pitcher Suggs to Phila
delphia. Pitcher Earle Moore, who was
sold recently bv Manager Dooin to St.
Louis, refuses to report to the Cardinals,
but says lie would bo willing to play
with, the Reds.
the care and rearing of youthful slab-
men.
"Griff’s pretty hard to work for;
that is, for an opinionated young
ster," ho added. "1 doubt if ever
there was a u isi r old noodle cocked
over a pitching shoulder than that
owned by the Old Fox. He was a
great pitcher himself and he knows
it. So the kid who tries to toll Griff
something new about the slab game
is due to hear something not alto
gether to his advantage.”
• • •
THE Crackers now are at the crit-
* leal stage of their campaign
Much depends on the shape in which
the dub comes home after the pres
ent road trip. If Smith’s men should
start the long home series with only
a few games separating them from
the top—and that’s admitting they
don’t show in front on the trip—they
should make one grand little tight
the rest of the way.
An important point Just now is to
ket p the regulars in condition during
the hot, grueling road trip. Major
Callaway has telegraphed the club’s
secretary to provide bottled water of
the best type for the players on the
train, at the hotels* and on the field
the rest of the jaunt. It’s just a
precaution against the troublesome
and sometimes dangerous ailments
frequently caused by changes of
drinking water in widely-separated
points, particularly in hot weather.
And in baseball, ns in any other
business. itV the small points that
make or break, when it’s all footed
up.
COFFROTH ARRANGING FOR
BIG CARD FOR AUGUST DATE
SAN FKANC1SCO, July 21.—-‘Sunny
Jim" Coffroth has the August fight per
mit for this city and is busy arranging
a card for the show. Just who will
make up the main event James hasn’t
decided as yet, but he has assured the
fans that whoever the boxers are they
will be lads who will offer a crack card
Jim seldom fails in giving the public
the best possible, and all lovers of
the game are awaiting his decision. It
is understood he is on the trail pf
Lackey McFarland and Jack Britton, but
it is hardly likely that he will be Hble
to get this pair before Labor Day, if
he can land them then.
But he has Leach Cross, Matty Bald
win, Johny Dundee, Red Watson and
Tommy Murphy among the lightweights,
with Jess Willard and Sam Langford
to pick opponents for if he should decide
<'ii the big lads. Willie Ritchie has prac
tically assured Jam**s that he will do
battle with any lightweight on Labor
Cay. and Tommy Murphy will be Cof-
froth’s selection, this, of course, subject
to changes in the bill if McFarland
should decide to box.
O'BRIEN CLAIMS A DRAW
WITH FREDDIE WELCH
VANCOUVER, R. C.. July 21.—
Young Jack O'Brien to-uay posted
$1,000 with a local paper here to go
as a forfeit for a second m.-tch with
Freddie Welch, the British light
weight. O’Brien declares that the
worst he should have received in his
clash with Welch on Saturday should
have been a draw.
. What O’Brien asks in the second
match is an impartial referee.
LOOKOUTS TO RELEASE
OUTFIELDER ELSTON
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., July 21.—
President O. B. Andrews announced to-
djjv that Outfielder Elston is to be re
leased at once, while Kid Elberfeld will
go to right and Dee Walsh will play
short. The Kid believes that he will be
able to play in his usual form in the
outfield, where it will not be necessary
for him to stoop so much
HARD SUP SI
'5 LEAGUE I
THORNTON, EX-CUB HURLER,
HELD FOR SANITY BOARD
TACOMA. WASH.. July 21.—Walter
M. Thornton, a few years ago a twirler
for the Chicago National league Club,
last night was placed in the padded cell
of the county jail at Everett m be held
for examination by the county sanity
, board While pitching for Chicago he
was struck on the head by a batted ball
i lie has never been quite sane since.
C LEVELAND. OHIO, July 21.—
Frank Chance is red-hot at the
scurvy treatment he has received
in the American League. “They come
at you with a lot of salve,” he said
this rwornlng. "and all the while they
are thinking how to knife you. Not
being acquainted with ther little
game, T played on the levei with
Callahan over the Chase deal. I want
ed to get rid of Chase, though I
knew he was a good ball player.
"Callahan stated that this guy
Zeidcr was in fine shape, and I took
his word. Callahan turned out to bo
a first-class kidder. Wait till I get.
going and I’ll hand those blokes back
some of their own coin.
* * •
•*' 1 HEX the other da;' they gave us
1 a tine square deal in Cleve
land. Yes, they did. Fighting for
the pennant, and they have as much
ehanere to win ns I have, they thought
to strangle us by advertising a dou
ble-header, when It was all we could
do to reach hen- for oni game. Why,
the secretary of this club put up an
argument that we could have taken
another train by way of Chicago, get
ting here earlier. The boys would
have to had to occupy a day coach.
Fan you beat that? Even if we are
in last place, this club is not going
to be a piker.
* • •
,( CAY for me that David Harum and
Jesse James never had anything
on th,e gang I'm up against in the
American League; that is, barring
Frank Farrell."
MOLLIWITZ BEING LOOKED
OVER BY LEAGUE SCOUTS
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.MILWAUKEE, July 21.—The rec-
erds of such men as Chappelle. who
'■ante from a State league team, have
brought scouts to this territory.
The latest being inspected is Fred
Molliwttz, first baseman for the
Green Bay team. Eddie Sweeney has
been in the State to look him over fo.-
l’rank Chance, and Fred Lake came
from Detroit to see him.
Jock McNeil Some Mathematician
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Figures How He’ll Win Marathon
OCK M’NEIL believes that he is
going to win the big Marathon
grind at the Motordrome Tues
day night. “And not because I have
the fastest machine,” says Jock, "but
because I have figured out just what
I must do.
‘To win a long-distance race on
a hoard track, a rider must be some
what of an expert mathematician. A
machine carries two and one-half gal
lons of gasoline and two quarts of
•high-speed’ oil. In the Marathon
race Tuesday night there will be
nearly 105 laps, exclusive of the sev
eral rounds made before the race is
started.
"All riders carry a small pump
fastened to the oil can. With this
the oil is drawn from the tank and
shot into the engine. I figure on usnng
a ‘shot of oil’ every one and three-
quarter laps.
"If 1 should use a pump full every
lap and a half I would run out of
oil before the # race i» finished, and
that would mean the loss of one or
more laps to replenish my oil tank.
"It will he seen that a rider must
constantly have his wits about him,
keeping track of the laps, judge the
pace, stay at* close to the beateri pith
as possible and watch for other things
that might develop in the long rate.
"Riding on a circular track also
require.* a great deal of endurance
and skill. No one likes to set the
pace in a long race, as the leader
breaks the wind. The skillful rider
will always try to remain a yard or
so back of the leader until near the
finish, and allow himself to be carried
along by the suction in order to sav
his oil. and when the final lap is
reached he gives his engine a shot of
the lubricant and he spurts in front
of the pacemaker as if the leader had
suddenly stopped.”
McNeil didn’t intend to let it be
known that he had figured out how
he could remain on the track all tne
time, but Jock is such a good-natur
ed little Scotchman that he finally let
the other nine riders "in.”
Still it s a cinch that such a wicked
Pace will be set by the leaders that
every man will have to stop at leas:
once.
Like at the famous automobile
races, each rider will have a "pit" in
front of the paddock where he can
change a tire or a wheel in a very few
seconds, get a chain repaired, or
whatever is needed.
Those who are fortunate enough
to secure seats in front of the pad-
dock will surely witness a lot of in
teresting "doings” as the riders* stop
for necessary repairs.
A Motordrome Sweepstakes in three
heats and a final, a special match
race and a trial against time will
round out the card.
With such a program as this, the
attendance at the Motordrome Tues
day night is sure to be the largest
in its history. In the event of rain,
tlie events will be run off Wednes
day night, or the next night that is
clear.
Here is the complete program:
Tex Richards against time. One
mile. Present record held by Eddie
Hasha and Morty Graves; time, 38 4-5
seconds.
M ()TORDROME SWEEPSTAKES.
One mile to qualify for two-mile
final. Two to qualify in each heat
and three in fastest heat.
First Heat—No. 1, Morty Graves;
No. 2, Harry Schwartz; No. 3, Billy
Shields; No. 4. George Lockner; No.
5, Tex Riehards.
Second Heat- No. 6. Freddie Lu
ther; No. 7, George Renel; No. 8,
Jock' McNeil; No. 9, Henry Lewis;
No. 10. Harry Glenn.
Harry Glennf vs. Harry Schwartz.
(Special match race). Two miles, best
two out of three heats.
Final Heat of Motordrome Sweep-
stakes^-Two miles.
Second Heat of Special Match
Race—Glenn vs. Schwarthz.
Third Heat of Special Match Race,
if necessary.
Big Marathon Race—26 miles 385
yards. Ten riders to compete. Each
rider will have to ride 105 times
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