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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. BEEN BEtllLLEI II Polly and Her Pals <* Oapyrtsht, 11MS, rrrt*<m»tloc»1 N>ewi flwrrloa None of Us Is Superstitious, but-- N ASHVILLE, July 22.—Too much foxy stuff on the part of Presi dent Alibi Hirsig knocked the Vols’ deal for Almeida into a cocked hat, and In order to bolster up the works around the hot corner Dave Bunting has been recalled from Akron. Garry Hermann, of the Reds, sel a price of $1,800 on the Cuban third packer’s head, but Hirsig had his ears crowded full of chatter about Ra phael’s pater owning about three- fourths of the Island of Cuba, so that Almeida spent his time in the States merely to study the habits and cus toms of the natives and was pretty apt to leave baseball flat on Its back most any time. Havin ' only a little while ago parted with $1,500 for Artie Hofman, the Vol mogul figured out he had a fine chance to get stung by slipping the Reds 1.800 Iron men. s<* be wired Herrmann offering him $900 for Immediate delivery of Almeida and the remaining half provided the Cu ban reported to the Vols next spring Hlrslg figured that Garry was foolish. He learned different. The old “ill wind" stuff came in when the Interstate League began to wabble and Manager Slegle, of the Akron club, advised Hirsig that he was ready to return Bunting to the Vols before the big blow-off came. Dave has been going in great style for Seigle and ought to be able to jump right in and take care of third base, for Bobby Baumgardner is quite a distance from being ripe and lacks class, although he is a pretty handy man with the ash. Hirsig has departed for Detroit to have a confab with President Navin in regard to having the Tigers farm Catcher Gibson to the Vols again next season. Gibby looks ripe for the big show, but Hirsig hopes that the Jun gle ites can spare him next year, and that is about all that is left for the poor old Vols to do—to build up a club for 1914. since all hope of getting out of te ruck is gone. Several clubs are known to be after Gibby. but Hirsig is hopeful, which is about the best little thing that he does. I oosw! But 1 HAD A DRE4M LASl AM6HX toLLVj I pf?EAM7 Amur K/tTS! MlLllowS Aw' MILLIONS OF 'EM ! R/47S, did you SAV SAM'L . RATS' 2 I 5Po5t k'Wov*/ WU4T IT MEAUS To DPtAM ABOUT ' RATS sam’l' ie Sbu See a BLACK Cat wiTmu The kitVT TvimTV TouiR. hours Vot^t_T : A '/Vn^lFP I f FtooJ Ftoo! MWGoyit rr! pbol Fbof You KIKI- Scoff-I IF V'LIKE. J Bdr ive Seem it work A 'Thousand AM' I A/H/CR kk/ooc/F P »T to tail v«t! S4M&W4Vl GAubm'i'i Ftr KRAZY KAT • • No Chance to Quarrel in This Game f5uutJ The TaC-Ds J ttftA^yTT FCAy Thsm - QDAfl6.fi C.S AOMAYu) T \CiMB OF TWE/W jr WAOUAV5 ■ PFoo - ■Such Tack _ , THAT - Skem. oh Too IewAtees - ; UiHy | H*v& PcAYfcb CAfcDS Foe. Y&Aft-'b A WO AJEVBft. fMB I A njAUA e ft £l=-T— OH, Bur I6AIAT2 " T It is So -j MEVEF, iw ALL The Ivb Played‘SocTAi^H-^Ave HAD A G.UAfeRgc. ’ AJEVEP. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip The Phillies are still keeping pace with the Giants. They hummed the Cubs twice, coming from behind in both games. * • • Three-fingered Brown was the hero in both game;) of the double-header be tween the Reds and Braves With his teammates in danger of losing each con test in the final innings, he rushed to the rescue and averted serious mishap. • • • In a great rally in the ninth inning the White Sox, aided by Rath’s long single, won out from the Senators. * • • The Naps had their batting eyes with them and drove two Red Sox pitchers from the box, scoring an easy victory. * * • The Athletics received a surprise when the Browns hit both Brown and Houck hard and scored a shut-out victory. * * • The Yankees lost their batting eyes in the game with the Tigers, getting only three bingles and narry a run. • • • The Dodgers were pushed a little fur ther down the ladder when the Cardi nals took them into camp in rather easy fashion. • * • Jack Coombs will be back in the Ath letics’ line-up in about five weeks The big pitcher, who is up in Maine recov ering from a severe illness, is rapidly re gaining his strength and expects to help his team regain their lead during the last month of the season. * * * Pitcher Kent was sent to the minors by the Brooklyns. He goes to the To ronto International League team. * * • Heine Zimmerman is rapidly recover ing from the injury to his foot and his phjsician states he will be back in the ga ne in about two weeks. * • * Now is the time for Jake Stahl to come through with an interview about the serpent’s tcoth. the head that wears a crown, arid the quality of mercy. * * • It appears Fielder Jones can still go after the high ones, whether he gets them or not. * * * On the other hand, if F. Chance really i»’-«-fe-Ts Zeicier < n the hospital roster to H.T Chase on first, what is he twitter ing about? • * * Watch the sportographs for a fearful epidemic of "crucial serieses" to-day. The Pirates are at the Polo Grounds and It may be the last chance to spring the old favorite • * • If the Yank? can’t win any pennants ♦hemselves, they can at least make a rusty splash in the general situation. Last year (for instance) they played twenty-one games with the Red Sox. The Yanks won two. And It may be recalled that the Red Sox won a pen nant. N. B.—The Athletics have won fourteen out of fifteen games from the Vanks so far this year * • • Now are the well-known exciting days of 1776 being more or less re-enacted in the sporting warfare between Uncle Sam and John Bull. There is golf, cor responding to Bunker Hill. And there is polo, which resembles Brandywine. ' »-■! about this tennis business, now— ’et’s wait a bit. * * * What a sad commentary on the pitch- r.«- talent of the Cardinals, that, after tr« tting out practically the entire staff, a person named Doak should be the only one to show any ability against the Oiants. t • * The cry in Nashville is either for an other fi r st-class slabman or some more hitting strength on the club. No chance to get that combination in any one per son, any how. * * • Those reports of a slump by the Mack- men have an indefinable favor as of a war scare between these United States and Great Britain » • * • Rabe" Adams, the no-hit idtcher, the Volunteers fancied they purenastd from Savant ih. still continues to past me in th* Sally League, which doubt ess is helping the Vols a lot. Food for Sport Fans -c By GEORQI B. PH AIR. H By Otto C. Floto. D ENVER, July 23.—Whenever a youngster wins wn champion ship. or a champion defends his title, he Invariably lays himself open to attack by all contenders through the columns? of the press, or via. Uncle Sam’s route through the postoffices. It Is on occasions of this kind that the ever-rendy letter writer gets his inning. Willie Ritchie is no exception to the rule, and his daily mail contains ail sorts of defls and challenges. Evidently Willie must have been somewhat peeved at a let ter Dan Morgan in sending to the sporting editors throughout the lana in which the merits of Jack Britton are lavishly exploited. In addition Morgan would have us believe that Ritchie fears the issue with his rep resentative. Hence the following epistle from the title holder: “Morgan in Wrong.” “Either Dan Morgan, the manager of Jack Britton, has mud in his bel fry or he takes the great American public to be a set of asinine individ uals that can have the wool pulled over their eyes by the manager of a fighter at his own time, pleasure and convenience. He declares that I fear the issu. with his boy Britton. Well, I need but recall the time that Britton and 1 met in a four-round bout and Jack was hanging on for dear life at the end. I had him all but knocked out. “To show you the respect in which I hold Britton. I told Packey McFar land and Emil Thlry in Kansas City when we met there that Britton was a sucker, and that Packey would beat him sure. (At that time Packey was matched with .Tack.) The result of the battle will bear me out, and Mc Farland can vouch for the truth of this statement. In addition I told Thir.v I wished 1 never had anybody harder than Britton to beat. Willing to Meet Britton. “Now. as to Britton. I’ll meet him. I’ll agree to ntop him when, we do meet. But first I am looking after Willie Ritchie. I think that boys like Cross have a far better claim to iny attention just now than Jack. At that, if a promoter will offer what 1 think my services are worth in a bout between Britton and myself—well, the match is on right now. “Morgan finds fault with my fight ing Rivers at 134 pounds. Pardon me. while I laugh. Remember when Jack fought McFarland and weighed 138 pounds? I’ll bet right now Brit ton can't make 134 ringside, and if he does he'll he so weak it won’t be a fight—it’ll be a burlesque on the art. There’s only one fault to find with manager" like Morgan: They play the public for suckers and at tempt to put things on sporting edi tors , that insult their intelligence. Rest assured of one thing: Britton will have no cause to complain about my willingness ’to battle him when I see the proper financial inducements in sight." THE PLAYERS’ UNION. The score was knotted in the ninth, a man on every base, And on the slab the pitcher stood with sorrow on his face. Then up stepped mighty Tyrus Cobb, his bludgeon in his hands. And mighty were the cheers that rang throughout the crowded stands. But Tyrus never smote the ball upon that fateful day. For all the athletes turned their backs and calmly walked away. “There's nothing doing," they averred, and left the baseball yard. “We van not play against that guy— he has no union card" Some base wretch has unearthed the fact that Mr. Chappelle’s first name is Laverne This shows that you can al ways get something on somebody if you dig deep enough. Old Bill Naughton uttered a great truth when he said that fighters get more than they are worth. A conserva tive estimate is that most of them get 99 per cent too much. If those Pirates do not have a care they may be thrown into the hoose gow for exceeding the speed limit. If the National League schedule were to open on the Fourth of July, the Pi rates would finish approximately 147 parasangs to the good. The sole trouble with the said Pirates is that they can’t break the old habit of being left at the post. Bobby Wallace did the hero stunt at a fire yonder eve. thereby garnering al most as much glory as if be had made a home run with the bases full. KILBANE PLANS LONG TRIP; TO MEET BEST IN CLASS CLEVELAND. OHIO. July 23 — Johnny Kilbane. featherwieght cham pion. has announced that his prom- iit-d trip to Ireland will be extended into a boxing tour of the world. The champion will go after the best in England. Ireland and the Continent, after which he may visit Australia and meet the best featherweights LARNED AND WRIGHT WIN OVER LITTLE AND PELL BOSTON. Julv 23 —William A. Larned and Peals C. Wright, former national singles chamrions. defeated R T> Little and T. R. Pell In the best match of the second round of the annual tournament for the Eastern doubles championship at the courts of the Longwood Cricket Flub yester day. The scores were 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1. W M. Washburn and Gustave F. Tourha’.d. of New York, eliminated Dean Mathey and George Church, the former Prin< et<*n team, in four sets. 9-7, 6-3, 2-6. 10-8. ELUES RELEASE FEINE. KANSAS CITY. MO.. July 23.— Louis H. Feine. utility playei was released by Manager Carr of the local An*| n Association baseball team last night. / love to see Old Joe Dunn as he gayly frisks about, As graceful as a William goat that suffers from the gout. Bat Nelson says he has quit the ring In order to have more time to count his money. This always has been Mr. Nel son's favorite pastime. The reason Brooklyn is not losing more games Is that there is a rule for bidding it to play more than two games In one day. “The Giants will win In a walk,” quoth Joe Tinker, who, having been walked on by said Giants, knows something of their walking ability. The man who first called it the sport of kings must have had an awful grouch against the monarchial form of govern ment. THE SPORT OF KINGS. Without a dollar to his name the piker left the track, For he had lost his final dime and he must hoof it baek t . And as he labored down the road a motor car whizzed by, A great, big scarlet buzz machine that passed him on the fly. And there upon the cushioned seats, a picture of content, He gazed upon the bookie who had copped his last red cent. He ate the dust that filled the air, he smelled the gasoline. And all forlorn he wat<hcd the car that faded from the scene. “The sport of kings!" he muttered, as he clenched his trembling fist. “If racing is the sport of kings, l am an anarchist!" BASEBALL SUMMARY STANDING OF THE CLUBS. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Atlanta at Memphis. Chattanooga at New Orleans. Nashville at Mobile. Birmingham at Montgomery. Mont. Mobile Atlanta B’ham. Standing W L. Pc 55 40 .579 56 43 .566 50 40 .556 47 43 .522 of the Clubs. W Chat. M’phls. N’ville. N Or L. Pc 48 44 .522 46 53 .465 41 52 .441 31 59 .344 Tuesday's Results. Atlanta 4. Memphis 0 Montgomery 5. Birmingham 4 Nashville 6. Mobile 2. Chattanooga 4. New Orleans 0. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Jacksonville at Albany Colpmbus at Charleston. Savannah at Macon. Standing of the Clubs. W. L Be | W. L. Pc. C'bus. 16 7 .696 I Albany 11 12 .478 S'v'nah. 12 9 .571 Chas'n. 10 15 .400 J’ville. 11 11 .500 I Macon 8 14 .364 Tuesday's Results. Columbus 4-9. Charleston 1-0. Albany 5. Jacksonville 0. Macon-Savannah, rain NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Cincinnati at Boston. St Louis at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. Standing of the Clubs. W. L Bet , W L. Pet N. Y 60 26 .698 B klyn. 38 43 .409 Phlla. 50 32 .610 Boston 36 49 429 P’burg. 44 42 .512 S. Louis 35 53 .398 Chicago 45 43 .511 I C'nati. 35 55 .389 Tuesday’s Results Philadelphia 6-8. Chicago 6-6. New York 8-2, Pittsburg 3-1 (second game 11 innings). St, Louis 3. Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 4-3, Boston 3-2 (first game 10 innings* AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Washington at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis. New York at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland. Standing of the Clubs. Phi la. ("land. Wash. Chicago W. L P< 63 27 .700 54 37 .593 51 39 .567 51 44 .537 W. L. Pet. Boston 42 45 .483 Detroit 39 57 .406 St Louis 38 58 .3'.'6 N. Y. 28 59 .321 ay’s St Louis 4, Philadelphia 6. Chicago 6, Washington 5. Cleveland 8, Boston 5. Detroit 2, New York 0. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Waycross at Cordele. Americus at Thomasville. Brunswick at Y aldosta. Standlnn of the Clubs. W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet C’dele. 12 8 .600 T’ville '0 10 .500 B’wick. 10 8 .556 Am’cus. 10 11 .476 Valdosta 9 9 .500 W’cross 7 12 .368 Tuesday's Results. Thomasville 2. Americus 1 (12 in nings*. Cordele 2. Waycross 1. Valdosta-Brunswick, rain. GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. I.aGrange at Anniston. Talladega at Gadsden. Opelika at Newnan. Standing of the Clubs. W. L Pet * W. L. Pet. Od’sden. 38 30 .559 j Gpelika 34 34 500 Newnan 36 31 537 T’d^ga 31 38 .449 L’Gr'ge. 34 33 .507 I An'ton. 31 3S .449 Tuesday's Results. LaOrange 12. Anniston 4. Newnan 4. Opelika 1. Gadsden 2. Talladega 1. OTHER RESULTS. ague. Petersburg 4. Richmond 3. Norfolk 6. Roanoke 5. Newport News 1. Portsmouth 0. , Carolina League. Asheville 5. Greensboro 1. Winston-Salem J. Raleigh 1. Charlotte 4. Durham 2. American Association. St Paul 7. Columbus 2. Milwaukee 12, Toledo 0 Kansas City 6 Indianapolis 0. Minneapolis-Loulsville. rain. Cotton States League. Selma 2. Jackson 1. Jackson 2, Selrba L Sports and Such sport. r UEY were pothered nt the rinpeide at twentp hueks per chair; The champion pup wan walloping his enemy with care. “Hep! Soak 'im! Can the stall in’!" all indipnantlp they shout. “Cut loose with one good honest slam and knock the rummy out!” And soft the, champion answers as the mutt he gently pounds: “I’ve contracted with the movies, and this fight goes twenty rounds!" Around and 'round the motor track the mad-speed demons flu. While thousands cheer those heroes who still dare to do or die— The modern gladiators brave who dread nor death nor hurt. And boldly risk erasure in the grand old name, of sport. Kow comes the far-flashed mes sage, Lo! The conqueror is in! And slowly is this line ticked out: “Tight-Rim-Stick Tires win!" * * • CHAMPION RITCHIE IN HIS plan to take a long rest Is not so ill-advised as might at first appear. There Is no ease on record where a champion ever lost a title while resting. • • * THE SPORT CALDRON IS bubbling madlv. In addition to the protested Yanks-Browns game and the white heavyweiguu v.— pionship controversy, Capablanca now claims a forfeit in his contest with Tenewurzel in the chess- masters' tournament. * * * SINCE JOHNNY COULON HAS declined to meet Kid Williams one Eddie Campi is going to tackle the little Baltimore terror again, thus proving the old adage that dubs rush in where champions pre fer to rest. ... THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORI- ties should investigate Frank Mc- Guinness, who claims to have been champion of the English navy. He has knocked seven men in seven starts around Xew York, which is enough to demonstrate that he was never remotely con nected with tlie English navy. ... THE MAGNATES MUST BE right in their contention that ball players draw bigger pay to-day than ever before. It is only with in the last year or two that they could afford appendicitis. * * * THE NATIONAL COMMISSION, furthermore, is eoming to the aid of the ballplayer more every day. When badly injured in a gann other injuries don’t count—he can not now l>e released on the day he goes to the hospital. The owner is compelled to wait a couple of weeks. * * • BAN JOHNSON SAYS THERE are no big profits in baseball now adays. We gathered as much from the fact that big league fran chises are going begging at $1,000,- OOO or so in the open market. Mike Saul, the voting referee, is on the warpath. Mike is after the scalp of Eddie Hanlon and says he will not rest until he drags the latter into the ring with him. “Let Hanlon make 135 pounds at 3 o’clock and 1 will give him a $60 side bet," wails Mike, “and if he can’t make that weight let him step out of the lightweight division." After dispersing with these few words Mike darted up Peachtree with a large cigar between his teeth. * « • The question of weight is holding up the proposed Jack White-A be Atrell match on the coast for August 25. At- tell is demanding 124 pounds ringside, while White is sticking out for 126 pounds at 3 o’clock. * * • Charlie White writes from Chicago that he is ready to come to Atlanta for another ring engagement. The crack tVindy City battler says he will meet any boy the promoters wish to put him on with. A match between White and Whitney should prove a corker. * * * Kid Y'oung has entirely recovered from his battle with Charlie Lee and is now ready to meet his rival in a return en counter. Young says he will start light work at once so as to be. in the best shape in case he does get another match with Lee. * * * Ad Wolgast is to be seen, in action on the coast again. Tom McCaroy has signed the ex-champion to meet Johnny Dundee in a 20-round affair next month. Dundee ard Wolgast are at Los Angeles at *he present time and will start work for the mill some time next week. * * * Coast fans are going wild over the coming Matty Raldwin-Leach Cross bout scheduled to take place at Los Angeles on July 29. Baldwin is w r ell thought of our West, as be holds a 20-round verdict over Willie Ritchie, the present title holder. C. EVANS LEADS OOLFERS; ALLIS’ TEE SHOT INTO CUP Jake Abel is to retire from the boxing game. This information comes from Max Abelson, borther of the lightweight battler. Jake has been discouraged from bis recent knockout at the hands of Charlie White. However. Abel should remember that many other boys have been handed the same dose by the hard hitting Chicagoan. * * * New Orleans boxing fans are picking Yong Denny to defeat “Wildcat’’ Ferns when the pair clash at the Pelican City on Labor Day. Ferns and Denny met on July 4 in a ten-round mill with the former getting a slight shade. The com ing scrap is billed to go twenty rounds. Johnny Lore, the Eastern lightweight, fs hot after a return go with Frankie Russell. The latter was given a knock out decision in twelve rounds over Lore about two weeks ago when Johnny fell out of the ring. The Eastern boy says he will give Russell a neat side bet if he wil consent to meet him again and will i cut the purse any way suitable to Rus- ‘ sell. Joe Levy is after a re-match with Champion Ritchie, but if such a propo sition is not forthcoming he is willing to send the Mexican against the winner of the Baldwn-Cross fight. * # * Sammy Harris, manager of “Kid” Williams will be presented by McCarey with the diamond-studden belt emblem atic of the bantamweight championship of the world. Harris says he will keep Williams on a farm until August, when he will start him on his training grind for the Campi bout. CAPITAL CITY EDLF TOURNEY BEGINS AUG.1 T HE Capital City Country Club announces that the qualifyiife round in its golf tourney for the president’s cup is to be played Saturday, August 2. The play is to be match with handicaps. Following the qualifying round the first and second rounds are to be finished by August 5, the semi-finals by August 7, and the finals will be played August 9. A large force of workmen ha\4 , been putting the course In shape for the tournament, and the condition of the links will be excellent by the time the matches begin. The pairings will be announced later. MOpium Whiskey •nd Drug H«blt« treat< . Rmt Home or ut Sanitarium. Book on snbjr j I Fret. DR B M. WOOLLEY.. 24-N. Sfletu ■ SeuiULrium. Atlanta. Georgia CHICAGO, July 23.—Charles Evans, Jr., present champion, led to-day w'hen the contestants in the ‘amateur golf championship in the Western Golf Asso ciation started the second round of 36 boles at the Homewood course Evans topped the field, one stroke below War ren K. Wood, whom he defeated last 'ea~ at Denver by one stroke in the finab\ “Ned” Allis, of Milwaukee, made what i was bet’eved to be a world’s reco’-d shot i yeste-dav when be drove from the first tee 30S yards into the cup. International League. Montreal 4, Jersey City 0. Montreal 9, Jersey City 6. Providence 4. Rochester 1. Toronto 5, Baltimore 1. Newark 5, Buffalo 1. 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Striking examples of the develop ment of the West are Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. Crater Lake National Park with its extinct volcanoes now stocked with trout will delight the angler. See Den ver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Bake City and Yellowstone National Park en route. Liberal stopovers and side trips. Excellent Daily Trains from Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. The route follows the beautiful Columbia River by daylight. Union Pacific STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST Heavy double tracks — dustless roadbed — Automatic Electric Block Safety Signals. Go now while the low round trip rates are in effect. Write now for illustrated booklets giving detailed information on points of interest. A. J. DUTCHER, G. A. 908 Olive Street St. Louis, Mo. C. M. ROLLINGS, T. P. A. 620 Woodward Bldg. Birmingham, Ala. *44b