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i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS Bringing Up Father • m rn By George McManus Jordan, Manchester, Murphy, Holliday and Champlin Have Chance to Finish First. W HO is going to .win the hand some loving cup being donat ed by Hearst's Sunday Ameri- i;in and The Atlanta Georgian to the most popular player in the Empire dote League? This is the question it is puzzling fans in this circuit ilicse days. Five players are now closely buneh- rt, with any one of them having an xcellent chance to cop the big prize, then there are several others who mjy- still be heard from if their fol lowers will only get busy. But at the 'resent time Dick Manchester, Pat Murphy, Otto Jordan, Goat Holliday irnl H. Champlin have the best chance. They are the favorites and have been taking turns in holding the top rung of the ladder for the past few weeks. Jordan Setting Pace. Otto Jordan is setting the pace now'. The Valdosta manager has hit his early stride, and votes are pouring in fast for him. Manchester and Mur phy are right behind the Valdosta manager and may oust him from his present position any day. Goat Holliday was the big man yes terday. Several hundred votes were sent in by his admirers and he is but a few votes behind Murphy. Rube Zellers, Dudley, Mutts Gray, and Franks are also moving up in the race. Everybody Clipping Coupons. The coupon-clipping stunt is now the popular sport among the fans in this circuit. The fans have taken to this contest with a vengeance, and .every day some player does some star work, usually a batch of coupons are received for him the next day. When Valdosta wins, Jordan is remembered by the fans. When Murphy gets a couple of hits or has a good day in the field, Thomasville fans are heard from, and so on down the list. Send in Votes. The coupon appears in to-day’s pa per. so get busy and vote for your fa vorite diamond star. The more votes fent in by you, the better chance your player, has of moving up in the race. Remember, you can get your friends or neighbors to help you. By all means don't hang on to your cou pons. Mail them to the Baseball Popularity Editor, Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga. ‘CHICK’ EVANS LOW MAN IN WESTERN TOURNAMENT HOMEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB. FLOOSMOOR. ILL., July 23— Playing exceedingly fine golf. Charles Evans. Jr . the present title holder of the West ern amateur championship, played in the second half of the qualifying round here this morning and led the 64 survivors when he turned in a card of 73 for the round. This, with his score of 73 made yes terday. gives him a grand total of 151 for the 36 holes. He went out in 38 and came back in 35. On the home hole he holed his approach, which was off the green, a distance of 75 feet from the cup. and it gave him a four for the hole and enabled him to beat Warren K. Wood's score of 152. Warren Wood, of the Homewood Club, made the morning round in 75, taking 36 for the first nine holes and 3$ for the return trip. This, with his score of 77 made yesterday, gives him second best score ip the qualifying round. WOOD WILL BE OUT OF GAME FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BOSTON, July 23.—Joe Wood, star pitcher for the Boston Americans, will be out of the same for several weeks. Examination of his injured right under the X-ray yesterday showed that there is a crack’in the end of the big bone, and indications are that a piece of the bone has been chipped off. Un usual care is being taken in the treat ment of the injury to guard against stiffness in the joints, which would put an end to Wood’s usefulness as a pitcher NILES AND DABNEY WIN EASTERN TENNIS DOUBLES RORTON. July 23..—In the opening round of the Eastern tennis doubles at Longwnod yesterday Niles and Dabney defeated Clothier and Gard ner in one of the most sensational doubles matches ever played at the local court. Score, 7-5, 5-4, 4-6 and 6-4. In the only singles match played this morning S. C. Inman defeated H. C. Pray 6-4, 6-2 and 6-3. TIGERS BUY A THIRD-SACKER. DETROIT, July 23—The Detroit baseball club has purchased Third Baseman Beck, of the Weea club in the Texas League. WHITE SOX SELL SCHALLER. CHICAGO, July 23.—Walter Schaller, utility outfielder of the White Sox, has been sold to the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast League. MOTOR RACES TO-NIGHT 8:15 P. M. FORSYTH MATINEE T0 ' 0AY 2:30 TO-NIGHT AT 8:30 The Sensation of All Diving Acts ICHii F. CONROY mm SoWs Lester, Diero, Smith, Cook ar.d Brandon and Others SAFE, CLEAN. COOL. C0MF0ATABLE G n • U n MATINEE AT 2:30 It A !N! tJ TO-NIGHT AT 8:30 ? I WnHrtM TO-NIGHT AT 8:30 | Victor Hugo's Great i MATINEE | LES Ml CABLES ?* H C T I Hint Reels---I Acts j 25 and 80c '3E‘h - | LOVg ATHLETICS |» AsTHLETic MX CHAMPION HAMMER COLLPqe — \ ^ Us Boys Registered CnTted Sutra Patent Office Think of Taking Skinny for a Desperado VAN'S AuTflN)OBIl.e 1$ 6ONN* COWS | BY AND 66r Mg TO TAKE Me DP T0^S66 HIM - 1 601 MOMS TO MAKE ME SOME -MICE BREAD AND BUTTER. AND $D6Afc - y OOH- HeRFC COMES THE i AUTOMOBILE; /MOW'. 605 H, t Pltnn HOPE SHRIMP) sees me i / WW DO YA DO MISS ClTRONA? - THE AUfOMOBIL^ Drwer Told me To come here and you / VJODLD TAKE ME DP TO VAN'S ROOH)-HOWlS HE TO-DAY? I £0T SOME NICE - HELP! POUCE.f'WRD&R RE’S 6WN& TO BLOW US OP.REBOOT FOOD FOR, FANS COCiKE/5 AND SERVED AY 7 U 7 THE GOSH DARN FOOLS, THEY THINKED I WAS going to try and bldu/ UP THEIR TOinT with BREAD AND BUTTER AND 5U6AR.- HA.HAiHA. DAW IS GETTING MUCH BETTEtR- TO-DAY IDE PLAY THE HINklES- I GUESS l UllLL PLAY t DONNO THOUGH;^ •jSRAN&RS 6Q0W.1 DE?T Shaner's don’t site hints no ii Your finder. TO X0DN6 NAILS- MEN . . , Gm&u&i to WHAT KEY lM MUSK W/OOLD MAKE A 6000 ARMY OFFICE/*? A SHARP MAJQg- 00 YOU KAlOU) ANYTHINbAMor THAT ? HQTilci to-duty FROM RuTh M1UAR- D. S. A- U)«Ar GOES tOOsT AGA/NSf A farmer's gra/n ? SMITH ASKED But c Murphy Opened Up-Once +• + Bargain in Joe Agler Resulted By Otto Floto. T HE itjiid# story of how the match between Gunboat Smith and Jim Flynn was finally cinched is just coming to light. In Order to get th« Gunboat person's bold Spencerian moniker to the legal sheet of paper on which were written the conditions that are to govern the bout, Jack Cur ley was forced to guarantee Smith and his spiritual advieer. James Buckley, that their share would amount to' $5,000. Curley did not care to' assume the risk, but was forced up to a barrier which meant either comply with the demand or no match. Smith, it is claimed, wanted the re fusal to guarantee him the amount named above as a loophole to crawl out of the meeting with the Pueb- loan. “The very fact that I have shown such anxiety to clinch the bout for Flynn speaks louder than words how- certain I am that Jim can stow away the Gunboat," whites Curley. “If from what I have seen of Smith en titles him to be called the Gunboat then Flvnn is the Battering Ram and will sink the old hulk as soon as he jams into it. This battle, as you know, is the commencement of the elimination of ‘white hopes.’ Man ager Billy Gibson will offer a belt emblematic of the premier heavy weight honors among the whites. If Flynn wins if—and there isn’t the least doubt in my mind but that he will—I want to go on record right now- as saying he’ll be ready to de fend It against all comers. We’ll give out checks like they do In the barber shops on which will be printed the word NEXT.” JEANNETTE WINS BOUT. NEW YORK, July 23.—Joe Jeannette failed to make an impression here when he met John Lester Johnson The con test went ten rounds with Jeannette an easy winner Sheriff Harburger ordered the bout stopped between Willie Roth- well and Ralph Rose In the fourth round when Rose hit low. 'COOPERSTOWN WINS POLO MATCH. i NARRAGANSETT PIER. R. I . July I 23.—The Army polo polo quartet was defeated by the Oooperstown team in i the second round for the Overture Cup I at the annual Point Judith tournament ^ yesterday by a score of 9 ft goals to 7. Bv O. B. Keeler. S PEAKING of Chubby Chawles Murphy, however—and a good many people are speaking of C. C. these days—it musn’t be gathered that Mr. Murphy never has opened up his heart at all. just because he was the least bit fractious in that little matter of the Leifleld deal with Atlanta. Not by any means. There was a time, now, that Mr. Murphy did the Crackers a good turn, and you may Judge how good it was by the fact that the Cubs’ owner sold the Crackers a ball player for exactly half the price he could have realized elsew'here. Doesn't sound liko Mr. Murphy, does it? But It was—and he didn’t have to do it. either. Maybe you remember when Joe Agler came to the Crackers. Maybe you also remember Just how it w-as that he didn’t stay in Jersey City, where he came from. But if you don’t you may find an, excuse for a bit of history. • * * UERE it goes. * * Agler belonged to the Cubs. Jer sey City made an offer for him. Mur phy accepted the offer. Agler re ported. So far, O. K. Then came the trouble. Mr. Murphy asked for the pr’ce. He said it was $3,500. Jersey City said it was $2,500. Mr. Murphy show-ed a telegram offering $3,500. Mr. J. City showed a telegram, filed at the other end, offering $2,500. Apparently both were correct. Un deniably both were sincere in their convictions. The mistake seems to have happened along the wire some where. But, anyway, there was a fearful row. Jersey City offered to pay $2,500 for Agler. Mr. Murphy wouldn't touch it with boxing gloves. Right at the top of the squabble Mr. Murphy wired heatedly to know what the Atlanta club would give for a perfectly good fork-hand first Pack er. The Atlanta management said $1,250. Mr. Murphy said, “Done." And it was. And (considering also Mr. Agler s first basing capacity-) the Atlanta management has felt pretty kindly toward Mr. Murphy, which may serve to offset some of the regard enter tained for the Cubs’ owner in Jersey City. * * * N EWS from our old friend, "Lefty” Russell. The expensive southpaw didn’t have much luck with the Athletics, anl when he came to Atlanta year before last he didn’t find the come-back trail thickly set with four-leaf clovers. The prize beauty showed class in only one game. Then he flivvered. Also his habits were not of the most serene, and he was afflicted with tempera ment. It looked as if he never would be a regular pitcher. And he i. ci n’t now. He’s a first baseman with the Al lentown club, of the Tri-State League. And the last set of records from that circuit give Lefty a fine little rating. Playing in 61 games, the ex-slab- man has a batting average of .314 and stands well up toward the top of the heap. His fielding average is not so lofty, hut his .975 is explained by a willingness to go after anything in sight. And the folks down at Allentown like Lefty pretty well, thank you! * * • THE grim rally of the apparently * down-and-out Pirates is getting to he the talk of the National League. Not even the Giants have been steaming along with the powerful drive of the Clarke machine in the last two weeks, though the command ing lead of McOraw's clan overshad ows a spurt that otherwise might be threatening. The present series be tween the clubs cuts deeply into the situation, especially as the F’irates started it with the record of being easy for the Giants in every previous encounter this season. KILBANE PLANS LONG TRIP; TO MEET BEST IN CLASS Don’t All Speak At Once. By 0. B. KEELER. IXT BO was it said the Pirates V V irrrr through— That then lacked the class and the wallop, too ; Who kidded the slump of that mighty crew In phrases of light derisiont Who was it said that when Bonus passed The, fikull and Bones would crawl down the mast— That the One Best Wager, first and last, H as a berth in the Second Di visionf TJtfBO was it said they would V V walk forlorn In the Lowly Ways that are trimmed with thorn— Would play the target for wads of scorn, With never a flash of deflancet They’re traveling now, on the sea son's wane, At a mighty clip—but the dopesters strain For It Tip to quiet the wild refrain: “Will they EVER wallop the Oianter FRENCH CHAMPION QUITS; TAME BRAND OF KNOCK-OUT BOSTON, July 23—Mftriel Thomas, welterweight champion of France, was declared defeated by Mike Glover, of South Boston, In the fourth round of a bout here last night. Thomas had the better of the argu ment in the first two rounds, bui Glover became aggressive in the third After two minute« of fighting in the fourth round, Thomas dropped his hands and walked toward his comer, followed by Glover. Referee Sheehan interfered, rendering a decision of a "technical knockout." RED SOX SIGN RADLOFF, LEFT-HANDED MOUNDMAN CLEVELAND, OHIO. July 23.— Johnny Kilbane. featherwieght cham pion. has announced that his prom pted 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 featherweight** there. BOSTON, July 23.—The work of strengthening the Boston Americans for the pennant race of 1914 has be gun. Two young pitchers have been bought within a few days Pitcher Radloff, whose purchase from the Manistee club of the Michigan State League was announced here to-day, being the latest acquisition. The new comer Is a left-hander. He will re port at the close of the Michigan League season. Food for Sport Fans THE PLAYERS’ UNION. The score won 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. Hut Tyrus never smote the ball upon that fateful day, For all the athletes turned their barks and calmly walked away. “There's nothing doing." they averred, and left the baseball yard. “We ran 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 he had made a home run with the bases full. / 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 Qlants 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 monarchlal form of govern ment. WHITE AND CAPERS BEAT AUGUSTA NET CHAMPIONS AUGUSTA. GA., July 23.—When Hen. ry Garrett and Will Gary defated tfie Waring brothers, of Columbia, 9, C., for the championship in doubles In the recent South Atlantic tennis tournament it was thought that the Augusta cracks would rest secure with their hard-fought- for honors until next year, at least, when an effort would be made to defeat them. Rut such was not to be. There 1r being conducted a city ten nis tournament here and Ed H. White and Frank H Capers, who did not look at all serious in the South Atlantic ten nis tourney, defeated Garrett and Gary 6-3, 3-6 and 6.0 It was about the fud- est Jolt that Messrs. Garrett and Gary have had in a long time. TOBACCO HABIT e V a°V”J7STJ- I i/rote your health, prolong your life. 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