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\j CTr TJTF ATLANTA ULOKtilAN AND NEWS. SITS MEYERS By John (Chief) Meyers. (Star Catcher of the Champion New York Giants and one of. the leading sluggers of the National Leagued) A L DEMAREE is, to my mind, one of the' most picturesque characters in baseball. He is . but a colt, yet he is one of the chief resources of the Giants. His’ career has been meteoric—as professional baseball careers go—yet it is one that is not liable to flivver and sputter out before many, many years of use fulness. Demaree is to-day Just about the best ytfung pitcher in the business. That is putting it pretty strongly. I will admit. One must not overlook Jtieh class as that boasted by .Joe Boehllng, the sensational southpaw of Washington. Boehllng is doubtless a frahd pitcher. . He has shown it by Betting a record of eleven straight vic tories for the season before he met defeat. 0 ? Naturally, I am not familiar with this work—he is in a different league. But ! .would go broke that he pos sesses no more stuff than Demaree, I i. tjor knows how to use to better ad- •* Vantage his natural endowments. Demaree Forces Recognition. Griffith, hounded ’ by misfortune, wap forced to take a chance on the \ recruit. It is to the credit of Joe p that he won. his spurs. But Demaree forced recognition through pure class alone. He so im- ^ „ pressed McGraw that our very able ^manager from almost, the very start f of the season assigned the- youngster ’ to the same consideration as a regu lar to.sser. a That fact in itself Is the highest M praise It is not McGraw’s wont to |f accept a green man as a regular. His time-honored custom—and it has pro- % duced wonderful results—has been .to 1 cultivate talent through observation of “inside - ” baseball from the bench, r Outside of Demaree there are praeti- §|, cally no exceptions to this rule. Demaree needed* no further school- , Ing when he came to our club. He s one of those very, very rare young y men possessed with the head of an kf old man He seems to have shed his I* youth in his boyhood days. He is a very clos^ student of thp game; he never forgets to profit by experience. Knows Batters’ Failings. No man in our club—with the ex ception of the grand, old master, Mat ty—is better verged in the strength and weakness of opposing batsmen. Much of his knowledge A1 has gleaned “ from perwrifar observation. A great store he has laid in from conversa tion with teammates. , ‘ Demaree is the closest approach to Mathewson I have ever seen. In f many respects he resembles the “Old Master.” Like “pig Six-.” - he is* pos sessed of a beautiful delivery—one H from wh’ich the ball cOtues right on ■ . top of the batsman before* he sees ■ It. For a youngster of his limited ex- l perience, Demaree possesses a change Wk H of pa-ce that is truly phenomenal. But |*j\ono of his greatest attributes is con- I■15x01. V This very important adjunct of the | pitching ark is usually acquired only v after long years of experience. Dem- < aree possesses it at the very begin- Hr ning. Were he equipped physically B as nobly as was Mathewson' when ■ "Big Six” broke into the big show. I i should predict for A1 every bit as Vbrilliant a future. ■try Demaree is a pitcher who will last for many, many years. He may never be able to shoulder the same amount of work that Mathewson has per- ft formed.. But he will* come through. m triumphantly in the great majority rot of his starts, because he pitches as H? much with his head as with his arm. Be. When in easy going he depends upon K| his support. Only when absolutely B necessary does he employ all the cun- iv ning at bis command. Master at Changing Pace. B I said before that Demaree is p If master at changing pace. His con- I'y'ii trol is well nigh perfect. Add to this a good curve ball and a fine turn of speed and you will see he has quail fleations of worth possessed by very few recruits. Furthermore, he holds runneD* to k their bases very well. He hasn’t $$ caught a great many of them nap- ping. Yet his delivery is so puzzling that they are always fooled and forced i to hug the cushions. They do not I know when he is going to throw to first, and those few he has caught • have been nailed flatfooted. Demaree is verv easy on his catch-' er. He throws what is known in I baseball parlanc-e as a "light'' ball ij" It is not hard to handle. Beoause of M the known quality of steadiness Al's '?teber can always be in a position to "throw well. This, with his afore mentioned deceptive delivery, puts the Ibaae-runner at a distinct disadvan tage. Wonderful Blood Remedy Brings Health to a Host of Sufferers The remarkable action of S. S. S. in the blood is giv en impetus by a letter received from Earl C. * Cook, 708 South Center St., Bloom ington. III. He says, “I suffered several months an(J t°° k treat r ^WL ment here, but ob- C ' . tained relief only for a few days at a time. Becoming doubtful of re sults, I quit the doctors, and there was marked improvement from the ttart. I used thirteen bottles of S. S. S. and was entirely, cured. My blood was in a dreadful condition, and 1 ' can not thank S. S. S. enough for my wonderful recovery*” This preparation stands alone .among specific remedies as a blood • purifier, since it accomplishes all that was ever c.laimed For mercury, io dides. arsenic ahd other destructive mineral drugs, and yet it is absolute ly a purely vegetable product. These fact? are tfrought out in a highly in teresting book compiled by the’medi- * cal’ department of The Swift Specific Co.. 102 Swift Bldg., Atlanta. Ga. It Is mailed free.- together with a special ’ letter of advice to all who are strug gling with a blood disease. Get a bottle of S. S. S. to-day* of your druggist. Lt will surprise you with Its wonderful • action in the blood. At That, the Way Some Guys Talk About Coin Would Drive You Dippy By “Bud” Fisher Polly and Her Pals Copyright, 1013, International Ne^ra Serri^. All Pa 1 lad to Do Was Walk In Packey McFarland Praises White ‘5 More Lbs. and He’d Be Champ’ Bv Packey McFarland. C HICAGO; ii-L., Aug. 5.—.Five pounds in weight is the only thing, that stands between Charlie * White and the lightweight championship. J firmly believe that Charlie to-day can take either Ad Wolgast Johnny Dundee or any other boy weighing around 128 or 180 pounds and stop him. Furthermore. I will say that if the lightweight limit was 133 pounds ringside. White would .have a great chance to.cop the title. 1 have boxed with Charlie- several times, and can, truthfully s:;\* he packs th$ hardest wallop of any .boy I have ev^r met. This may sound a. little boastful, but, •nevertheless, it is true If I could give Charlie my excess poundage—that is, the added weight that keeps me from being a legiti mate lightweight—I think a battle between 1 White'and myself would be the greatest of all battles. Charlie’s big handicap now is his weight. Wil lie Ritchie, the present title holder, can not make 133 pounds ringside'. If White were to meet. Willie, the lat ter would make 133 pounds in the morning, which would bring him into the ring around 138. Charlie Weighs Only 128. Now. Charlie never weighs more than 128 in condition. I know this to be a* fact, as ,1 boxed .with him four days before he went to box Britton at New Orleans on July 4, and he tipped the beam at 127. I also told Nate Lewis a year ago, when Charlie left to box Owen Moran that his protege- would surely defeat the Englishman. At that time I had a match pending with Moran on he coast, and when Lewis told me he hatj White signed to box Owen I nearly cried. I was to get $5,000 guar antee to box Moran, but I knew White would beat him and rob me of the bout. Many of the local sporting men laughed at me when I told them .Charlie would beat Moran. TJiey told me that Charlie was too light and all that. But I knew Moran was making 133 ringside, and Owen was taking White lightly. Charlie stopped Moran in .nine rounds and proved my assertion. I lost the match and $5,000. Morin never has been any good since that fight,' and I don’t think he ever 'will amount to much again. That left hook, of Charlie’s will take? the heart out of anyone. White Has Stiff Punch. When Lewis matched White with Britton, I told Nate that White’s only hope was to stop Jack. -It was a good match at that, as Charlie has a good chance with any of them, and had everything to gain and nothing to lose. And. believe me, if Charlie ever caught Jack on the jaw iristead of on the neck in the seventh round, it would have been good night, with Britton's* claim for a chance at Ritchie’s‘crown. Luckily Charlie hue his hand landing the wallop, and had to do the rest of the milling with his right member. Charlie After Britton. When OharMe returned from thi* match he begged .Lewis tb.get him a return engue«fnent Lewis, how ever,' told Charlie to wait until 1 *- took on a couple of pounds.. During the entire eighteen rounds of milling in the recent Britton-White go. the former never even floored White Charlie told me that Britton never evert staggered him. A badly cut lip caused blood to flow from Charlie’s mouth and made it look bad to the ministers around the ringside, and they appealed-to the Sheriff to stop the. bout. Now, can you.imagine a boy weigh ing 128 . pounds fighting Jack Britton at 138 and putting up the battle he did. Jack is one of the leading claim ants to a match with Ritchie, and is also one of my greatest rivals. Yet Charlie to-day .would be ^nearly an even-money bet against him. Blow Travels Four Inches. Yfs. if Charlie White had five more, pounds In weight he would be light weight. champion of the world. If the lightweights were fighting at 13*. pounds ringside, Charlie White would be an even money bet against the bes*t of them. He has the, one big advantage over all the 133 pounders to-day. He has the punch, and it only travels four inches. If I had his wallop I would box any heavyweight in the world ‘ to-day. Take my tip and watch this boy’s rise in the next year. All Set for Polo Match To-morrow The Atlanta polo four await with interest the announcement of the quartet representing the Seventeenth regiment, which will meet them in the first polo match ever put on in Atlanta, scheduled for to-morrow at’ the big parade ground. There has been much rivalry for peaces on the officers' team, and there probably will be a long list of substitutes left over when the final selection is made. The Atlanta squad is composed of Captain J. O. Seamans. Albert S. J. Tucker, E. M. Landrum and Milton Wise. All are experienced in the game. Preliminary to the match there will be gymkhana events—wrestling on horseback, a mounted tug-of-war, and other equestrian sports and ex hibitions. The officials for the match are Colonel M. E. Carthew-Yorstoun, referee: Robert F. Maddox, timer; Wilmer L. Moore, scorer; and James R. Gray and Clark Howell, goal judges. AUSTRALIAN HANGS UP NEW MARK FOR 300-YARD RACE MANCHESTER. ENGLAND, Aug. 5. —Jack Donaldson, of Australia, world's champion, sprinter, broke the 300 yard running record at a professional athletic meet here yesterday, covering the dis tance in 29^4 seconds. The former rec ord of 30 seconds wag made by H. Hutchins and had stood since 1884 WELLS CAN LICK SQM EBODY. LONDON, Aug. 5.—Bombardier Wells, the English heavyweight fighter, knocked out Pat O’Keefe, welterweight • hampion of Ireland, in the fifteenth lound of a bout held in the Blackfriars District last night. IRE OFF F THIS SEASON By Sam Crane. N EW YORK, Aug. 5.—There has not been a season in my re membrance dufing which so many pitchers have been out of com mission on account of lame arms as this. Now, why is.it? I. do not think it is due to anv peculiarity of the weather this year that has been different from other years, but there surely must be some reason for it. As for the Yankees, their arm trou bles came in the early months of the championship season, and just at th. •time. too. when their inability to get into proper form counted most dis astrously. It was, in fact, failure of his pitchers* to get into shape that placed Manager Chance fn the posi tion where he could not escape the taif-end place. It is reasonable to presume that the spring training in Bermuda was the chief cause of the Yanks’ pitchers’ ’failure to "get there.’’ The sudden change from the enervating climate of Bermuda to the bleakness of an early spring in New York surely tie ! up the arms of the Yanks*. Russ Ford has told me that hlsarm never felt better than when he left Bermuda to sail for New York, nqd others of his fellow pitchers say tilt same wf their wings. Will Not Train at Bermuda. Now. lt has taken thfe Yanks' box- men. until midsummer to round into shape. It therefore required lots of hot weather to enable them to re cover their true form. None of them has been overworked Keating, being young and strong, was not so much influenced by the sudden change of climate as was older pitchers of his team, and he did great work at the start, but Bermuda as a training place appears to have been thrown Into the discard. A S' to Walsh, of the White Fox. it 9'cms to md -that his slump is because he has been over worked. Walsh in the heyday of his youth and physical prime was a '‘horse’’ for work, and he loved it. He couldn't go in the box enough to ’suit himself, and the managers who had hitn in charge, taking advantage of his youthful ambition and willing-' rres« to further their own ends, sim ply worked the youngster.to death. It was Walsh’s splendid physique that enabled him to stand the ter rible strain he was put to so long It is a pity that all pitchers of the caliber of- Walsh. Brown and others did not have the head of our great Giant. Christie Mathewson. Johnson is a star performer still, but he ha^ not been in the business nearly as long as Matty. • RED SOX BUY SHORTSTOP. BOSTON. Aug. 5.—The Boston Red Sox have purchased Jimmy Cooney, the shortstop of the Worcester team of the New -England League He wifi report to the World’s Champions at the close of the New England League season. BOXING News of the Ring Game Eddie Hanlon uml Mike Saul are still wrangling over the weight question for their coining bout on August 13. Billy Lutz, manager of Hanlon, called at The Georgian Sporting Department yester day and stated that he would let Eddie make 138 pounds at 4:30 for the Fight ing Hebrew He is now waiting to hear from Mike. Big Race at Motordrome To-night -I* • *!* v • *r* *!*•*!* *r • v *1* • *!* *!*• v Richards and Graves to Clash Kid Ruff, local featherweight, is after bouts with some boys in his division. Ruff says he is* particularly anxious to get on with either Kid Young or Charlie Lee. Dan McKetrick, manager of F’rank Moran, claims that all the big fellows are side stepping his protege. A1 raiser has been offered a date with the Pitts- burger, but he is holding out for more money. Kid Williams, of Baltimore, and Frankie Burns, of Jersey City, may be matched for a 20-round go on the coast. Tom McCarey is after the match for a September date. ‘Some time ago the New York Box ing Copjmission passed one of those fool rules which, in effect, was that then should not l>e over 10 pounds difference in weight below the heavyweight class How about the Beecher At tell go? Frank Loughrey. the Eastern welter weight, has been engaged by a Boston club* to meet “Wildcat’ Ferns in about two / weeks’ time. A Milwaukee promoter has offered Knockout Brown, of New York, a guar antee of $3,50(r to box Ad Wolgast oh I^ahor Day. Danny Morgan, acting for Brown, has accepted. Wolgast is now being sought by the Brewer City club. Johnny Dundee and Jack White will be the principals In the next boxing show to.be staged on the coast The pair are hilled to clash in a 30-round set-to in Tom MoCarey's arena on Au gust 11. Following this bout comes the heavyweight affair of August 22 be tween Jess Willard and “Bull" Young “If Young Abe Attell is seeking action in the padded ring. T will sign tip for a match at once,’’ chirped Kid Brooks after reading Attell's challenge in The Georgian the other day. Brooks says the sooner Attell signs for the match tha better. Terry Nelson is seeking some trouble with the padded mitts again Terry is particularly wild to get a certain gen tleman. Mike Saul, into the ring .with him Nelson says he will make any weight suitable to Saul Ritchie and Wolgast, two fighters, side bet of $25,0<TO and a purse of steen millions. Can't tell whether it’s the heat or not, but the press agent is earning his coin f*>r the way he bats them out Jack Robinson and Danny Morgan, take notice Jimmy Murphy, the Chicago newsboy boxer, has been matched to box Mickey Sheridan in a ten round go at Terre Haute. Ind . on Thursday night. Mur phy recently knocked out Danny Good man in the Hoofeier City, and is a big card there Jack Dillon, claimant of the middle weight title, will trade wallops with George Ashe at Winnipeg, Man., on Fri day night. They are scheduled to go 15 rounds, hut George will he a lucky party if he is on his feet at the end of the tenth. N EW YORK, Aug. 1.—Manager George Stovall has departed from hitherto to yon in search of talent. A friend of his connected with'the Wilmington, Del., club drop ped in the day the Browns arrived, and »aid he knew two pitchers and i catcher who can hit. Stovall is not so keen for the pitch ers. but he most surely would like a receiver who can swat the pill. Hence he departed for Wilmington in search of the juvenile phenom. He will look him over carefully and make recom mendation to Colonel Hedges*, who has said he will join the dub in Bos- H AS Tex Richards’ days of su premacy over the motorcycle demons* at Atlanta at the pres ent time come to dn end? Morty Graves thinks it has, and says he will prove it to-night when the pair clash at Jack Prince’s Motordrome. Local fans had their first chance to see Morty on his new machine last week, and those that were present know what happened. Graves defeat ed Richards by a nose in the only race they clashed in. and is out to prove that it wasn’t a fluke. On the other hand. Richards thinks he is still king of the demons* who are spending their time here. Rich ards says that Morty took him bv surprise last week, as he underrated the speed of Graves’ new machine. ton. Manager Stovall did not get a chance to see the Wilmington phe- noms perform, as an adult rain broke loose just as- he arrived at the Dela ware ball yard. Hence $5 worth of perfectly good expense money was wasted on a vain mission. Ftovall did have a pleasant after noon with Rill Coughlin, the old De troit star who is managing « club in the Tri-State League. Rill .-till pla\H once in a while, and says managing in the minors is no slouch job Wanted Elmer Brown. Stovall, by the way, is greatly dis appointed that Elmer Brown got away. "I told Mr. Hedges," he said, “when Brown was sent to Montgom ery last year that he should send him with a at ring attached, and he led m*; to believe that Brown went out that way. “La«*t year he was not exactly right physically, and could last for only six or seven innings. In thai time h** showed everything, but he would blow up. "1 have follewed his work carefull.v this year, and I understand he ha» been leading the Southern League. “I considered him too good a man to get away, and I was disappointed w hen shown clippings that he was go ing to Brooklyn. We need good righ’- handed pitchers, and 1 am pure, from what Brown showed and from his record thi -A year he w as just the mar to strengthen our staff next season. Nobody Consulted Stoval. “However, I was not consulted t* the matter. It may be that the club’.* scouts have dug up a world-beater it this Manning. “I know nothing of him. but I do know that I would like to have had Elmer Brown back next season, and I know he would have been a lot of use to our club.” "T T will be a different story to- 1 night,” void Tex yesterday. 9 “l am going to let my machine out at full speed, and if Morty beats me, he will have to break some record. I have my machine in perfect shape, and Graves will be the most surprised man on the track when the race is over.” Graves will ride In the Atlanta Sweepstakes, the Hassle event of the local season. In the same race will be “Tex” Richard-. Swartz, Lewis and Lockner They are all ready for the sound of the gong, and some race 1 1 should be. The distance in the final of the Sweepstakes will be tan miles. THKRE will be two heats to the 1 race, with five men in each event. In the second, Renel, Shields. Glenn, Luther and McNeil will compete. A special match race between Glenn and Shields and the Motordrome purse and other events are to‘be put on. so one can readily see that some real sport is to be handed-the motor cycle bugs. / Here is the complete program: First Event. Motordrome Purse—Three 1-nvle qualifying heats: final 2 miles. First heat. Graves, Swartz and Shields. SA:pnd Event. Second Heat -Motordrome Purse— Lockner, Richards, Luther. • Third Event. Third Heat Motordrome Purse— Renel, McNeil, Lewis, Glenn. Fourth Event. Special match race between Glenn and Shields. Distance, 3 miles. Best two heats i|| three. • Fifth Event, Final of Motordrome Purse, 2 Miles —First in each trial heqt and second man In fastest trial heat. Sixth Event. Special Match Race—Second heat between Glerfn and Shields. Seventh Event, Atlanta Sweepstakes—Two 1-mile trial heats and 10-mile final. First heat, Graves, Richards, Swartz, Lew is, Lockner. Eighth Event. Second Heat Atlanta Sweepstakes— Renel, Shields, Glenn, Luther; McNeil. Ninth Event. Third heat, if necessary, match race between Glenn and Shields.' Tenth Event. Final. Heat-'Atlanta Sweepstakes, 10 Miles—First and second men in each trial heat and third nVan in fastest trial heat to start. TETTER Tetferlrie cure* tetter. Reafl what Mrs. V. C.’ McQuiddy, EatiII. Springs. Tepn. hays I had a s.yere c:»se of tetter on both hands and I finally flot helpless A leading physclan knew of no oure. I decid'd to give Tetterlne a trial. To my utter surprise and satisfaction *it worked a speedy cure. Use Tetterine It Hires eczema. erysipelas, itching < i piles, ground itch and all akin maladies. < 50c at druggists, or’by mall. SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA. ■thevictoc DR _ WOOLLEY’S SANITARIUM and all Inabrlaty a®4 drug addictions •cicntl- flcally treated. Our M — f - w years' experience showf these diseases are curable. Patients also ti*eated at their homes Consultation confidential. A book on the iut* Ject free. DR. B. B WOOLLEY 4k «*>**.. Ne* >*■ Opium and Whisky Sanitarium. Atlanta. Qa “THE OLD RELIABLE” Two other'good battles are scheduled for this week Jtm Flynn is carded to take on Gunboat Fmlth In a ten-round engagement at NeW York Friday, while on the same day'-Bob McAllister and Sailor Petroskey are hilled to go o^er the twenty-round route at Frisco. R E M E DYfor M E N AT DRUG6IST8.0R TRIAL BOX BY MAIL 60e FROM PLANTEN 93 HENRY ST BROOKLYN.NY. , —BEWARE- OF IMITATIONS*- , EXCURSIONS Two great tours Best and West; special train*, exclusive ships, all ex pense paid; best hotels. On August 9 Southern Merchants’ Tour (free to merchants) visiting Cincinnati. In dianapolis. Chicago, Milwaukee and Lake Michigan. An eight-day ex pense-paid trip for only $49.76 (ticket good for thirty days), August 16. Our great 6,000-mile circle tour of Cin cinnati, Detroit, Buffalo. Niagara Falls. Great Gorge. Toronto. Thou sand Islands, Montreal. Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, • Washington, Baltimore and Savan nah, with steamer trips on lakes, river and ocean An eighteen-day expense-paid trip tor only $88 85 (tickets good for thirty days, with stop-overs). Special trains on both tolirs leave Atlanta, Birmingham. Chattanooga and Knoxville. • Limited and select party ’Special cars for ladies alone Write to-day for reser vation and full particulars. J F. Mc Farland, Agt . Box 1624, Atlanta. Ga. i