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' llir 2\ J 1 /\ MiA/nu j . UN .V.MJ Vj VV O, BE BIG HELP TO By Sam Crane. /■ V N EW YORK, Aug. 4.—Something must be done to the Yankees. The low position of the team has caused many fans to lose heart In the team’s success, while many others are appealing to Frank Chance to get the boys to working. What the team needs is pepper. Chance has installed more fire into the squad than any previous leader, but^ they should have more. Now, to counteract that falling off of interest and enthusiasm, it is al ways good business management to reawaken waning interest by afford ing something new in the baseball lines for the fans to enthuse over and talk about. And here is my idea of how to go fcbout it: Imagine Mike Donlin as a Yankee find play him regularly in the out field. The Yankees need more than any- Oiing else Just now some such elec- ic personality as Mike Donlin on e field to inspire them with the good •Id “pep.” Polo Grounds patrons have been educated to expect some fire, some snap to the games up there, and they resent it if it is not given them. 4 > JV/T IND you, this is not intended as a reflection on the methods Man ager Chance has chosen to adopt. He is the manager and his decision on how to run his team is final, but, nevertheless, more action, more snap among the home players would be welcomed, and to my mind, Mike Don lin affords the Moses in the present dilemma. Donlin may be thought by many to be a “has been,” but he is far from being that in my estimation. He is a fighter, anyhow, and has more real good baseball left in him than nine-tenths of the green youngsters who may be produced as problemati cal life savers and rescuers of the discouraging conditions. M IKE is so constituted physically and mentally that he cannot help putting the fear of defeat into the quaking hearts of the opposing players. He is a bundle 0** nerves himself, and he forces ’ils fellows to keep up the pace he sets. The principal thing now is that new interest should be aroused, and surely Mike is the boy who can do that. I do not know that Donlin would Join the Yankees, but knowing his love of the game and desire to keep in it, I have no doubt he could be Induced to don the -Yankee spangles. Baseball Summary. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Monday. Atlanta at Chattanooga. Birmingham at Nashville. New Orleans at Memphis. Mont. Mobile Standing of the Clubs. W L Pc | W. L. Pc. 60 42 .588 Chat. 51 49 .510 K4 46 .582 j M’mphis 53 57 .482 Atlanta 55 47 .539 | N’ville. 44 61 .419 B’ham. 55 49 .529 I N. Or. 35 66 .347 Sunday’s Results. Memphis 5-6. >^w Orleans 1-4. Nashville 9. Birmingham 2. Montgomery 6, Mobile 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Monday. Chicago at Washington. Cleveland at New York. St. Louis at Boston. Phila... Cl’land. TV” ton.. Chicago ding W. L. TV 68 30 .693 63 38 .624 56 42 .571 52 51 .505 W. L. Pc. Boston. 46 51 .474 Detroit.. 42 60 .412 St. L. . 41 64 .390 New Y..31 63 .330 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Monday. New York at Pittsburg. Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pet New Y.. 67 29 .698 Phila. 57 35 .620 Chicago 51 47 .5-0 p’hurg . 49 46 .516 W. L. Pev B’klSm. 42 50 .457 Boston 41 54 .432 C’nati. 39 62 .386 Am'cus 14 17 .452 Sunday’s Results. Chicago 12, Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 5. St. Louis 3. Cincinnati 8. Boston 5. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Monday. Charleston at Albany. Jacksonville at Macon. Columbus at Savannah. * Standing of the Clubs.^ W. L. Pc. Col’bus 21 12 .636 S’v’nah 17 15 .531 Albany 17 17 .500 W. L. Pc. Ch’ston 1/ 18 .486 J’ville 16 17 .485 Macon 12 21 .364 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Monday. Thomasville at Cordele. Waycross at Valdosta. Brunswick at Americus. Standing of the Clubs, W. L. P C " T’ville 17 12 .586 Cordele 17 13 .667 B’wick 15 15 .500 W. L. P C. V’dosta 15 15 .500 Am’cus 14 17 .453 iv’eross 12 18 .400 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled. GEORGIA ALAP^MA LEAGUE. Games Monday. LaGrange at Talladega Opelika at Anniston. Newnan at Gadsden Standing of the Clubs, \V. L. Pet Gadsden 45 33 .577 N’wna. 41 36 .532 Opelika 39 39 .500 % \Y. L. Pc. L’Gr’ge. 37 40 .481 A’niston 37 42 .463 T dega 35 44 443 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled.* American Association. Columbus 2. Toledo 0. Louisville 7, Indianapolis 6 Minneapolis 7, Milwaukee 0. St Paul 5-6, Kansas City 1-5. Federal League. Kansas City 13-1. Pittsburg 4-0. Indianapolis 13, Cleveland 5. Texas League. Houston 1. Dallas 0. „ Pan Antonio 6-3. Fort orth 3-0. Austin 2-2. Beaumont 0-7. Waco 5-2, Galveston 0-2. International League. Rochester 6. Newark V Providence 5-2 Montreal 2-4. Others not scheduled. The Fac: There Are No Coyotes on Long Island Makes No Difference By “Bud” Fisher VE'V * TH4Yn^ WH&T GOIISJC, TO MVJNT.SNIPES. (How\ou I SlN\PLY HIDE BEHIND 'THE feUNO ftNX) ) KE<5P VERM Q.viKT WHEN THe SNIPE CON\eS CLOSE YOU'LL HE(KR / HWA THEN GENTEY PEEP OUT 1 ANO SHOOT HIM Polly and Her Pals Copyright, 1913, International News Serrice. They Might Have Called the Camp “Never Inn” Xx/ SrfV VER WMILV I Vtf! TrtEV CPMH rt* ^ CoTTAGt AT "Bug House BEACH"! MAMED 'JAiM* " 1 someth (MGr« J Hit Trail for a Dozen Road Games Dent Will Face Lookouts To-day By O. B. Keeler. T HE Crackers, some scrappier by reason of their recent engage ment with the hapless Vols, have hit the Long Trail once more. And if it isn’t so long~this time, the little jaunt more than makes it up in importance. As far as can be seen in the course of human evente. Bill Smith's chance:-, to fly a third pennant in Atlanta de pend mainly on the shape in which his ball club returns to the old town lot August 14. Approximately a dozen games wili be played, making some little allow - ances for kinks in the weather and for extra double-headers. H ERE is the schedule of the final road trip: August 4, 5 and 6-6—Chattanooga. August 7. 8, 9 and 10—Nashville. August 11, 12 and 13—Birmingham. rVXE of the three series* ought to be ^ easy money, judging by the per formance of the Vols at Ponce DeLeon last week. The others are bound to be tough, particularly the Birming ham engagement. The Barons still are in the chase—and the clubs th-v encounter from now on are bound to realize it. J UDGING by the performance of the Smithmon in the last series, they will be pretty trugh picking. Four of the five games were splendidly pitched. In one of them Carl Thomp son came apart at the seams before anybody knew what wap coming off. In three of the other games. the enemy got one run per game. In the other contest, they got two. The defense was good. And the at tack was adequate. With a fair brand of pitching the present Crackers will win a majority of their remaining games. Thf*' at tack will not as savage as it was with Alperman and Bailey in the line-up Holtz hasn’t exhibited any startling slugging ability, and Holland has yet to get started. B OTH the new hand 1 ’, however, have showed marked fielding ability. Holtz starred with a number of fin* 1 running catches in the Nashville se ries and in the last two games Harr\ Holland was fighting off the Vols in the pinches with all the dash and ac curacy of a seasoned lerguer. AND then there is the other new ** hand, Slim Love. Experience has taught us (rather rudely at time*’) not to pin too much faith in snap judgment of ball play ers. Particularly is it risky in the case of a pitcher, and more especial ly if that pitcher is a fork-hander. jpoRT-WHEELERS are uncertain. 1 as a rule. When they are good, they are very, very good—like the lit tle girl with the well-known curl. And when they are bad—well, you remember the celebrated George Ed ward Waddell. Incidentally, there is what is said to be a scientific explanation of the southpaw’s erratic disposition and performance. He does his« jyork on the left side, and pitching' is some wrenching work. The heart is on the left side. Ergo, the system and Its nervous connections are continually upset, and you have a G. E. Waddell or a Jim Vaughn. On the other hand—that is, on the same hand, the other way round— there is that marvel of steadiness* and efficiency, Edward G. Plank. G ETTING back to Bill Smith’s phe- Injuries Wreck Big League Clubs 5[][[|j[f] +•+ TAKE ANOTHER Wagner, Cobb and Others Suffer TEffl SLATED BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip nomenon. It may be remarked that his showing the first time out proves one thing: conclusively—he has stuff. Whether he will be able to de liver it consistently is another thing. But the writer will vouch for a fast ball that is a fast bail, a baffling hop on the siame. and what will be a very fair change of pace, once he learns not to tip it off. The String’:* curve ball didn’t ap pear very useful Saturday. But that needn't bother him. As long as he can lay that fast one up there where he wants it, mixing in a few slow ones to set it off. no ball club in Class A society is going to slaughter him very profusely. And in the only game he has work ed so far. Slim seemed to have th“ control that compels the batsman to hit at balls he doesn't like—which is the only kind of control worth having. M anager smith is not given to making rosy predictions of what he expects to do to the enemy, espe cially In the enemy's own backyard. The most he would admit, .hist before leaving Atlanta, was that Elliott Dent would work in the opening game against the Lookouts. Still, that sounds pretty hopeful CHANCE WILL HOLD ON. NEW YORK Aug 4 —Manager Frank Chance, of the New York Americans, denied emphatically to-day the reuort from Los Angeles that he would reslgr as leader of the Yankees at the e.ose of the present season. I Mat o .<e was perfect 1> satisfied with the pres ent outlook for the team and the condi tions urcier which be was working. RED SOX PURCHASE PITCHER. HOST made t P< " ' ~ |,f the Hi Aisoc*atio N. A. £ day «f er.t wa3 ♦ he NAPS GET PRENT0N IN THREE-CORNERED DEAL ’’aul Lam, oi MAY ORLEANS. Aug. 4-Manager Cholly Frank, of the local Southern League t am, yesterday announced lie ^ ad obta’ntd from .Toledo, of the American Association. Pitcher Stephen k< r. and Out.^e'der M^Yil'en. and that •-•-cher Prer’cr. <f I*e»\ Orleans, had i rpj .n , ,, t 0 o.cxt a«ui, in Lfc Ame:- W ITH Comlskey holding an op tion on “Wee Willie” Prough, the Chicago White Sox will probably land the wonderful twirler. When the Chicago club placed Mayer on the Birmingham club, the mogul of the White Sox exacted an option on the Birmingham team. As Prough is leading the league, his third trip to the majors is assured. Although Prough would bring at least $6,000 were he placed on an open market, the Barons will get but $2,500 for his services. In view of the fact that Chicago holds an option on the club, the other major league teams have not bid for Prough. But four times during the season has the elongated right-harvder been beaten by the best talent of the league. The defeats administered came from the unexpected forces. The Pelicans downed Prough twice. His present mate—“Rube” Evans— downed him on May 4. 4 to 1 Bren- ton was the next victor, with a 3-2 ten-innings triumph on May 30. Som mers scored the third on June 3. with a 6 to 3 victory, while “Pug” (’avet scored the fourth, winning 2 to 1 T T ERALDED. Prough captured ^ his sixth straight victory when he defeated the Turtles recently. Th winning sequence was begun June 9, when Memphis was beaten 7 to 3. Hogg yielded before Bill’s masterful twirling on #he Fourth of July, 3-1. while the third straight came when Case was defeated, 10-1. on Ju*v 7. Relieving Boyd and tying Harrell prevented the growth of the recoro. hut Prough defeated Rigby on July 25 for the fourth straight. PAVKT had previously bo.iren him offer he had captured four straight, but Campbell, pitching for Mobile, permitted him to take the fifth when Birmingham won, 5-3. After a sore arm prevented him from t iking his regular turn. Piv! trounced th*' Turtles, I - J. and registered his sixth straight. JACKIE CLARKE WON TWO BICYCLE RACES S r. LOUIS, MO., Ail* 2.—Whin the list of accidents and in juries to major league players for this season is tabulated, then probably a record will be registered. Never before, anyway, not for re cent years, has there been so many mishaps to the athletes of the dia mond Only one team has escaped the wave of accidents, and this is the New York Giants. No doubt this probably accounts for the late streak of the N. L. champs which brought them up to the top of the ladder after they w r ere counted out of the running. All other clubs, though, have been victims of accidents which have taken away their stars for lengthy periods. And this, no doubt, has been quire an important factor in deciding the two major league pennant races Here is a list of the important in jured athletes: National League. Cardinals—Huggins, hit on head by thrown ball, out two weeks; Hauser, injury to knee which practically h i > kept him out all year; Wingo, broken thumb, out two weeks. Another crucial series will start to- [ day. The Naps and the Athletics begin more weeks; Stahl, injured foot, out all year; Bedient, sore arm, out two weeks. New York—Sweeney, broken fin- I ger; out a month. And while the list could he boosted by a dozen or more, this only shows the important athletes who have been kept out of the game since April. St. Louis Teams in List. The two St. Louis teams are in the list, and the Cardinals, by losing Hug gins, Hauser and Wingo at different times, have been wrecked completely Easily the loss of Hauser has been the greatest. O’Leary and Whltted have tried to fill the shoes of Arnold but without much success. Then in the spring when Wingo was catching great ball he had the thumb of his right hand broken. Almost at the same time Hildebrand and -Mc Lean were injured, and Huggins had to call for Heine Pejtz. and get young sters from the minors. With the Browns, Stovall’s absence is certain to tell. The inflelders have ruined Stovall’s hands, and before having for the East Wednesday he -aid that he thought he would nAt play any more this year. Wallace and Pittsburg—Gibson, fractured knee. 1 Johnston are the other victims. injure:! out two months; Wagner, knee, out almost all year. Chicago—Archer, twice suffered broken finger and out for four weeks. Zimmerman, injured foot and out three weeks. Cincinnati—Tinker, attack of ap pendicitis and sprained ankle, out three weeks; Hoblitzel, broken ank.e. nit four weeks; Marsans, sprain ankle, out three* weeks. The loss of Jake Stahl, Joe Wood and Hugh Bedient put the Red Sox out of the running. And finally Stahl, when he couldn’t play and the champs started to slip, his Injury cost him his job. McGraw Supplied With Subs. The case of the Nationals almost is the same, and but for being without I many of their stars they probably Philadelphia—Dooin. broken finger, ’would be right up with the Athletics out three weeks; Paskert. typhoid J to-day. Only for a short run has fever, out two weeks; Magee, injured i Griffith been able to present his entire arm. out two we*4bs i team on the field. Brooklyn—Rucker, injured thumb, J Fortunately for the Giants and Mo- out two weeks; Catchers Irwin and , draw, they have escaped the hoodoo. Miller, broken fingers, out indefinite- ‘ However, the shrewd John J. has sup- lv. ’ | plied himself with extra material, and Boston—Sweeney, Injured leg, out. an Injury to any of his infielders or two weeks. (outfielders would not weaken the New York—Nothing of importance. \ Giants much. He has Shafer, Grant. American Leaque. j McCormack, Cooper and Thorpe ready Brow ns—Stovall, injured hands, out | to step in. off and on, may not play any more i Even the pitching staff Is protected, this season; Wallace, broken left and it would take more than a mis- VKWARK, N. J . Aug 4.—Jackie ! C arl e, the “Australian Rocket.” cap tured the tQ-nille open professional race i hi easy style from a classy field of cy- at the velodrome here last night Caddy Hehc. was second and Lloyd I #»•••*as tl/-I The w * iner’s time was :!:28 1-5. Clarke also defeated Alfred j ' t oPet. of Australia, in their 1-mile •catch rac^ in two straight heats. Donald McDonald captured his fifth * it V ev r.t ih‘s year when ho won the nilo omr>*oi;: luce, thereby clinching • U‘13 tiUe. band, will be out four weeks. John ston. hit on head by pitched ball, out ten days. Cleveland — Birmingham, broken leg, out two months; Lajole, charley horse, out‘ten days; Chapman, In jured ankle, out a week. Detroit—Cobh, spiked twice. ut two weeks; Gainer, twisted ankle, out a week. Chicago—Walsh, sore arm. out three weeks, not with team now in East; Weaver, sore arm. out ten days.; Lord, sprained ankle, out ten days. Philadelphia—Coombs, typhoid fev er. out since first of season, has not pitched single game. Washington—Gandil, sore foot, out a month; Foster, typhoid fever, out two months. Many other minor in juries to players. Boston—Wood, injury to arm in spring, out tvA- weeks; injury to thumb now, will keep him out two hap to Mat’y or Marquard to stop the Giants, as Fromme, Wiltse and Cran dall probably couhl step in and hold up the Gotham crew. The Athletics, by developing sev eral young pitchers, have traveled along without Jack Coombs, who has been the only Injury. Even the in fielders have been in there every day since April 10, which has helpe*l But down the iist of the other teams all of them have been battered and punctured. The great Tyrus, Lajole, Wagner, Dooin. Rucker, Archer, Zim merman, Sweeney, Walsh and many others being the victims. T ( 0BACC0 HABIT JXr lm " prove jrour health, proton* your lit-. No more stomach trouble, do foul breath, no heart weak Dean Regain manly vigor, calm nerve*, clear e>e» and •uperlor mental strength Whether you rh-w or amoke pipe, cigarette*, cigars, get my Interintlr.f Tobacco Book Worth Its weight In gold. Mailed frae. ft. i. WOO OS. 044 Sixth Ava„ 748 M„ New York N. Y T j the first of four games. Birmingham’s men, trailing the leaders six and one- HE all-star polo team which will meet the Fort McPher *on quar tet Wednesday afternoon on the | parade grounds at the Fort has bt'en J practicing for a week, and are confi dent that they will defeat the soldier boys. The team consists of Captain J. O I Seamans, of the Governor’s Horse Guard, who played the game in th** army and who will lead the team: Al beit Sidney J. Tucker, of Lexington, Va.; E. M. Landrum, of Pensacola, Fla., and Milton Wise, of New York. Robert F. Maddox will act as timer; Wilmer L. Moore, scorer; Jame« R. Gray and Clark Howell, go ! *l Judges, and Colonel M. E. Carthew-Yor- stoun, referee. In addition to the game there will be a band concert by the regimental band, and music by the Glee Club of Company M. A tug-of-war on horse back and also wrestling on horse back. half games, will try to reduce the lead. The last time the Naps visited Qua- £ertown the margin was even less, but the’ Athletics took three out of four. The Naps, however, are playing better ball than the Athletics at the present time. Two doubles, four triples and four cir cuit clouts and twenty singles, marked the swatfest between the Dodgers and Cubs. The latter bunched theirs at the right time and Brooklyn was on the sliort side of the score again. The Phillies kept up their winning streak, bunohUig enough hits In the first three innings to grab the opener from St. Louis. The Reds took the Bostons into camp. Dickson pitched winning ball until the seventh, when he weakened ?nd Tin kers men romped home. HANLON VS. HARDY. CHICAGO. ILL., Aug 4.—Bud Han lon and Tommy Hardy, local feather weights, have signed articles for a ten- round boxing contest, to be staged by the club offering the best inducements. The boys will do 128 pounds. NEW 1914 PRICES Effective August 1, 1913 Model T Runabout $500 ModelTTouringCar 550 Model T Town Car 750 With Full Equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Ford Motor Company Detroit, Michigan m. »