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THE ATLANTA O.EORflTAN AND NEWS H. Champlin Now Threatens the Leaders in Popularity Race; Manchester Passes Jordan. T tHOMASVILLE fans have a new hero in H. Champlin. He is now fifth in the Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian'con test to decide the most popular player in the Empire State League. Champlin’s admirers refuse to ad mit that any of the players leading him in the popularity race at the pres ent time will top him at the finish. They point to the fact that the great number of votes received by Pat Mur phy, also a member of the Thomas- ville team, has kept him from being higher in the race. Cup for Thomasville Player. Champlin is expected to make things exciting for the leaders in this rare before the winner is announced. He already is being called the dark horse of the contest. Thomasville fans, it is said, are waiting for the contest to get a little older, when the Murphy rooters are to swing to the Champlin side, or vice versa, so as to give a Thomasville player the loving cup to be donated by this paper. This does not mean that all the votes received so far in the race will be turned over to Champlin, as this would be strictly against the rules. Rut the fans who have heretofore been sending In their votes for both players will lend all their support to one of the players. That is. if an agreement can be reached among the fans. Manchester Leads All. However, Manchester, Jordan, Hol liday and Murphy continue their great race for the leadership. Manchester took the lead yesterday and is now topping the Valdosta manager by a few' votes. Holliday and Murphy are within easy hailing distance, with Champlin a good fifth. Mail in Coupons. If you fans want to see your favor ite player get the loving cup and win the honor of being the most popular player in the Empire State League, clip the coupon that is printed in to day’s paper. The race is at its closest stage now, and a little hustling might send your player into the lead. Don’t hang on to your coupons. Mall them to the Baseball Popularity Editor. At* lanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga. Vote to day. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. These standings do not include games played Friday. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Mont.. Mobile W. L. Pc. | 56 40 .583 58 43 Atlanta 50 41 B’ham. 48 44 .574 .545 .522 I Chat. M'phis N’ville. N. Or.. W. L. Pc 48 45 .516 47 54 41 53 31 59 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Phila... 64 21 Cl’land. 55 37 W’ton.. 62 39 Ch’go... 51 45 .703 .598 .571 .531 W. I . Boston. 42 46 Detroit 39 57 St. L... 38 59 N. Y.... 28 69 NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Y... 61 26 Phila... 50 33 Ph'go.. 46 43 ^’burg. 44 43 .701 602 .617 .506 W. L. B’klyn. 39 43 Boston. 37 49 St. L... 35 54 C'natl.. 35 56 .465 .436 .344 Pc. .477 .406 .392 .321 Pet. .476 .430 .393 .385 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. w. l. rc C’bus. 17 8 .680 S’v'nah 3 4 10 .5£3 Albany 13 13 .500 W. L. Pc. • Chas'n. 12 15 .444 J’ville. 11 14 .440 Macon 9 16 .360 EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. \V. L. Pc I W. L. Pc. C’dele 14 9 .609 B’wick 11 10 .524 T'ville 12 10 .545 A’cus. 10 13 .435 V’dosta 11 10 * .524 ; Wcross 8 14 .364 GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE G’den N’nan. W. L. Pet 39 31 .557 36 33 .522 Opelika 36 34 .514 W. L. Pet. L’G’ge. 35 34 .607 An’ton. 32 39 .461 T’dega. 32 39 .461 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE AT JACKSONVILLE— JACKSONVILLE— 000 300 00X - 3 9 1 CHARLESTON- 100 000 000 - 1 2 0 Burmeister and Krebs; Eldrldga and Smith. Umpire, Pender. AT SAVANNAH— SAVANNAH— h\ 000 001 - 3 9 0 ALBANY— V 100 010 000 - 2 Taylor and Geibel; MoUw Wells, Umpire, Barr. \ A AT MACON— “VV r MACON— yJ 010 000 100 t 2 V « 0 COLUMBUS— 000 000 030 - 3 5 0 Smith and Humphries; Ward and Thompson. Umpire, Moran. COTT$N STATES. FIRST GAME. Score: R- H. E. Jackson 002 110 x—4 9 0 Pensacola 000 000 0 0 3 2 Falrcloth and Robertson; Townsend and Hauser. Umpire, Williams. FIRST GAME. Score: R- H. E. Pensacola 000 010 000—1 6 2 Jackson 000 010 02x—3 5 1 Gugder and Hauser; Mallory and Rob ertson. Umpire. Williams. FIRST GAME. Selma 000 200 0—2 3 0 Columbus 010 000 0—1 6 1 Love and Guiterez; Poole and Toylor. Umpire. Law. SECOND GAME. Score: R- H - Columbus 130 100 x—5 2 1 Selma . 120 000 0—3 4 3 Young and Toylor; Love and Guiterez. Umpire, -Law. Jeff Couldn’t Read It---“Dynamite” • • • • • o • • By “Bud” Fisher LOOK (V-r StJ ' T C<\se X FOLKS! D OCs ■me cotneR. * A fcewAno for it. t r M6R IVMvie'S ON IT. HE>R PlR-ST NAMG t«, x CAN'T OUT I N<v*e. look see \ Y OU CAN fceAt) IT? . NOVI. I 'WONDER. 'MMA'r N\l/tt took IT ON THE Run ■? tcPvwh*«T 'I'S »r tmxtta. KRAZY KAT Ignatz Wouldn’t Stand for It Two Soocs untrf Bur A i— Sino>l£. Thou&KT Two We A ftps iajhat Beats S JoWfc LlOWEdt VC(?AMOMUjrl UJM0 5 BE. Tm^se HtAftY-i Aai£ Sol«.\ I ujhat beat aajd Th/a/vc as onr a 0W 'TuiajSS. AMD 'MmjE'sTi l&NATi 'TUiVS'j, A/vD, miivet Stoter Luce, y '5'ajo Such a. Thiajc -T^ SOUTHERN LEAGUE AT MOBILE— MOBILE 000 CHATTANOOGA 000 W. Robertson and Schmidt; Kroh a nd Street, nlnger. AT MEMPHIS— MEMPHIS 200 000 000 BIRMINGHAM... 110 001 100 Parsons and Seabough; Prough an d Mayer. Umpire, Hart. New Orleans-Nashville, no game; rain. 100 000 - 1 8 2 100 001 - 2 9 0 Umpires, Wright and Pfen- 2 4 3 1 6 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE AT PITTSBURG— PHILADELPHIA 200 000 000 - 2 8 4 PITTSBURG 320 311 02X - 12 8 1 Seaton and Killlfer; Hendrix and Simon. Umpires, Rlgler and Byron. No other games scheduled. EMPIRE LEAGUE AT WAYCROSS— WAYCROSS— 000 001 ... - 1 5 0 CORDELE— 000 000 ... -020 Clarke and Coveney; Hall and Eu banks. Umpire. Gentle. Called on account of rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE FIRST GAME. AT BRUNSWICK— BRUNSWICK- 101 000 0.. - 2 3 VALDOSTA— 001 200 1.. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. FIRST GAME. Score: R- H. E. Norfolk 010 000 020 1—4 10 6 Peaersburg. . . . 200 000 100 0—3 6 0 Weeder and Stewart; Richmond and Brennegan. Umpire, Clark. SECOND GAME. Score: R- H. E. Petersburg 000 000 000—0 6 1 Norfolk 000 101 100—3 8 3 PELKY AND SMITH MAY CLASH ON TURKEY DAY SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.—In.1i- cations are that Ar ’iur Pelky, Tom my Burns, heavyweight battler, and Gunboat Smith will do battle in this city on Thanksgiving day. Burns to Hedapeth and Brennegan; Dye and ! day announced that he would have his “ . -si , . m ,. .. Mnn ,. is tunl/nf /1 r i . - nnrl F Vs » t Ryan. Umpire, Clark Roanoke 102 010 010—5 10 4 Newport News. . . 100 200 000—3 8 1 Efird and Welsher; Paxson and Pow ell. Umpler, Norcum. Score: R. H. E. Portsmouth. . 100 000 201—4 5 0 Richmond. . 000 100 010—2 7 t Howell and Holloman; Griffin and Rogers. Umpires, Kelly and Cross. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Score: R- H. E. Indianapolis . 020 100 000 000 0—3 7 1 Cleveland. . 002 100 000 000 1—4 9 2 Blair and Tippy; Blake and Klelnow. Score: R* H. E. Chicago 401 010 22—10 12 0 Kansas City. . . . 000 000 OO— 0 3 5 Ashenfelder and Dennis; Jones and H icks. Called on account of ram. Score: __ R- H. E. Pltsburg. . . . 100^000 200 001—4 10 1 St. Louis . . A-jpofo>1$ 101 000—3 11 1 Knetzer antP^rfsoYrf Reiss and Rags- aale. ]\y iiaTalabama league, i ore: R. H E. Gadsden 000 410 30x—8 9 1 LaGcafige 010 010 000—2 5 3 ‘ MX/ and Jorda; Head and Billingsley. UBrpfre, White. yscore: R- H. E. Opelika 003 000 010-^1 8 0 Anniston 110 000 000—2 8 1 Ery and Bone; Glayner and Shepperd. Score: R- H. E. Newnan 100 000 000—2 4 1 Talladega. . 000 000 000—0 5 5 Lovett and Rice; Boyd and Richards. Umpire, Welch. man ready on turkey day and that Smith would be the foe. the match going to the highest bidder. HURLER SMITH ON SICK LIST. BOSTON. July 25.—The Cubs’ crip ple list had another addition yester day. Pitcher Charley Smith is con fined to his bed, suffering an attack of heart trouble, thought to be an after- math of his prostration by heat in Cincinnati a few weeks ago. Zim merman is in Chicago for treatment of his injured foot. 4 7 0 Hartner and Kite; Vaughn and Pierre. Umpire, McLaughlin. SECOND GAME. BRUNSWICK 000 11. ... VALDOSTA- 000 00. -230 AT NEW YORK— CLEVELAND 000 011 000 000 1 - 3 8 4 NEW YORK 100 COO 100 000 0 - 2 9 2 IMtchell and O’Neil; Fisher and Gossett. Umpires, Egan and Dlneen. AT BOSTON— CHICAGO 101 012 000 - 5 9 3 BOSTON 010 230 01X - 7 11 3 t Cicotte. Russell. Benz and Schalk and Kuhn; Bedlent, Leonard and Carrlgan. mplre, O’Loughlln and Sheridan. AT PHILADELPHIA— 3 DETROIT 000 000 000 - 0 4 1 PHILADELPHIA 000 000 40X - 4 3 3 Dubuc and Stanage; Shawkey and Lapp. Umpires, Hildebrand and Evana. AT WASHINGTON— ST. LOUIS 300 400 100 000 000 - 8 14 3 WASHINGTON 303 010 010 000 000 - 8 14 3 Baumgardner, Wellman and Agnew and Alexander; Engel, Hughes, Johneon and Henry and Alnsmlth. Umpire!, Connolly and Ferguson. Called on account of darkness. ,.-021 Vernlullo and Kite: Zeliara and Pierre. Umpire, McLaughlin; Called on account of darkness. AT AMERICUS— AMERICUS— 010 000 00. - 1 2 0 THOMASVILLE— 000 000 00. -050 Dacey and Manchester; Stiles and Dudley. Umpire. Derrick. Game called on account of darkness. NEGOTIATIONS ON FOR M’FARLAND-RITCHIE BOUT CHIf VGO, July 25.—Negotiations were begun co-day for a ten-round contest between Packey McFarland and Willie Ritchie in Milwaukee early in October. McFarland had agreed to meet Ritchie, who is considering the proposition. CAROLINA LEAGUE. gams, wet Charlotte- Asheville, grounds. Greensboro-Raleigh, wet grounds. Score: R. H. E. Durham 100 050 330—13 17 5 Winston-Salem 020 010 000— 3 6 3 Meadows, Ferris and Lowe; Hardlna, Ray and Smith. Umpire, Miller. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Score: * R. H. E. Newark 110 001 000—3 9 1 Toronto. 000 000 001—1 6 1 Lee and Higgins; Brown and Graham. Umpire, Finneran and Hart. Score: R. H. E. Baltimore 001 001 001—3 7 2 Montreal 000 020 000—2 4 2 Danforth and Egan; Maaon and Mad den. Umpires, Nallln and Owens. Score: R. H. B. Jersey City. . . . 000 201 111— 6 10 6 Rochester 340 201 04x—14 11 7 Davis. Mauser and Blair; Wilhelm and Jaeklitsch. Umpires, Kelly and Mullln. Score: R, H. E. Providence 020 100 108—7 10 1 Buffalo 200 100 100—4 9 2 Sllne, Mitchell and J. Onslow: Frill and Gowdy. Umpires, Hayes and Carpenter. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Score: R. H. E. Minneapolis .... 022 102 004—11 12 5 St. Paul 000 420 000— 6 13 5 Patterson and Owens; Brant, Walker and James. Umpires, Westsrvelt and O'Brien. Score: R. H. E. Columbus— 010 100 000 000 000 00—3 11 2 Indianapolis— 000 020 000 000 000 00—2 8 3 Cole and Smith; Schardt and Living* •tons. Umpires, Chill and Irwin. Score: R. H. E. Louisville QOO 000 000—0 6 1 Toledo 000 001 OOx—1 6 1 Dominick and Clemons; Georf- and Land. Umpires, Murray and Connolly. Score: R. H. E. Milwaukee . . .001 100 000— 2 12 3 Kenele Cltv. ... 600 011 201—10 12 1 Braun, Young and Hughes; Powell and Moore. Umpires, Johnstone and Han dlboe. GRIND TO-NIGHT U : NLE8S rain butt* in again, lo cal motorcycle fans will have their much-sought-for chance to see the Marathon race at the Mo tordrome to-night. The races were postponed on Tues day ftnd Wednesday nights, but if the weather man will dish out some dry weather for to-night the riders prom ise to give the fans some racing that should be the classiest of the season. $500 to Winner. The Marathon race, with ten rid ers on the track at the same time, is the big feature. The speed teams are scheduled to circle the track 105 times, and the winner is to receive a cash prize of $500. More thrills seem like ly to be crowded Into this race than all the other races ever pulled oft here. Other Races on C*rd. A special match race, three heats and a final of a sweepstakes and a trial against time by Tex Richards are the other events to be pulled off The following is the complete pro gram. Tex Richards against time. One mile. Present record held by Eddie Hasha and Morty Graves. Time, 38 4-5 seconds. One mile \o 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 Lioekner; No. 6, Tex Richards. Second Heat-*No. 6, Freddie Law * ther; No. 7, Georges Renel; No. 8, Jock McNeil; No. 9, Henry Lewis; No. 10, Harry Glenn. Harry Glenn vs. Harry Schwartz. (Special Match Race.) Two miles, beat two nut of three heats. Final heat of Motordrome Sweep- stakes—Two miles. Second heat of Special Match Race •—Glenn vs. Schwartz. 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 around the track. Winner to receive cash prize of $500. Contestants—No. 1, Morty Graves: No. 2. Harry Schwartz; No. 3. Billy Shields; No. 4, George Lookner; No. 5. Tex Richards; No. 6. Freddie Lu ther; No. 7, Georges Renel; No. 8, Jock McNeil; No. 9, Henry Lewis; No. 10, Harry’ Glenn. INDIANS SELL TWIRLER. INDIANAPOLIS. July 25.—George Keiserling. of the Indianapolis Amer ican Association club pitching 9taff, has been sold to the San p-rancisoo Pacific Coast team. Manager Kelly also announced the purchase of George Norton, a young leftlhander from the Hastings club of the Ne braska State League. BROU’S I im ~ JJ.S; Connie Mack, of the Athletic* takes | M A X E y T CFRF. exception to the etatement that the Sen- of the most obstinate cases guaranteed In from ators will beat out his 'ea™ Mack ea> e 3 to 6 dayB ; no other treatment required, Ms men fear nobody and will bream- Sold by all dmaalsu. home In the American League. I ^ — L 5*L TETTER T*»ttertn«* curat trtter Read what Mrs. V. C. McQulddy, EsUll Springs. Tenn. says: I had a severe case of tetter on botti hand! and I finally got helpless. A leading physolan knew of no cura. I decided to glva Tetterlne a trial. To my utter surprise and satisfaction It worked a speedy cure. Use Tetterine It mm «wms. tetter, ^ryslpelaa. Itching piles, ground Itch and all skin maladies. 30c st drugglata. or by mall. SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA. TO SPEAK FOR COLLEGE. GREENSBORO.—In the Interest of the’ Eighth District Agricultural and Mechanical College. Professor W. G. Acree, principal of the college, and C. G. Bradley, general secretary of the Morgan County Chamber of Com merce. will deliver several addresses in Greene County. PROTECT WEAK EYES Are your eyes tasily reddened by* sun. wind or dust” Our scientifically fitted lenses will correct the predis position. Oculist service at optician prices. L. N. HUFF OPTICAL CO. Two Stores: 70 Whitehall. 52 W. Mitchell. Adv. The Really good GINGER ALE Say it Plain By the Glass or in Small Bottles ALSO SOLD IN PINTS AND QUARTS Yes, we make that good LEMO-LIME That you buy at the Ball Park, Motor drome and ALL Drink Stands.