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Tnn ATTiA.rvrA ttEtmtfiAiN amj aetwt<. Us Boys iSt dt htv 5UAlMP Mt KID STEP Sister 60T Me. I CAN'r PircH TO-DAY- Por skinny SHAMED IN'MY PLACE - HE'S THE 86ST PITCHER OOTS!t« QP ME THEY IS ! ;*terrd United fVUtw Patent Office. Eaglebeak s Admirer Deserts Him for the New Star S AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 6.—Fred die Welsh Is to get first crack at WlUle Ritchie, leightweight Jhampion of the world. Ritchie to- lay accepted the offer made by .1 Vancouver club for a twenty-found fontest there on September 1 with the Englishman as his opponent. The taking of the Vancouver match followed a four-hour talk between Ritchie and James W. Coffroth. of this city, who hoped to match Tommy Murphy and the champion for Sep tember 9. Ritchie's demand on Cof- froth was far greater than the local promoter cared to consent to and negotiations were dropped. While Ritchie would not say jus' what he is receiving for fighting Welsh in Vancouver, it is learned on good authority that he will receive a guarantee of $15,000 with a 50 per cent Interest in the moving pictures. The champion will depart to-dav for the mountains to shoot deer and Incidentally get himself a good start in the training line. Sports and Such FAMOUS IN SPORT—HI The Breed of Horses. T"HE BREED OF HORSES 18 A 1 good deal like the city gov ernment—It is in constant need of improvement. These improvements eat up a lot of kale, but they arp ! necessary, and the kale comes from | men who oughtn’t be trusted with money, anyway. Auto manufacture may erase at any moment, and you would be up against It without an Improved breed of horsv* to take you to the ofTice, especially If there should be a subway strike on at the same time. The men who have the Rreed of Horse** .nearest at heart are called Bookmakers. or Personal Friends They work without pay In tire noble cause When yem have paid yoiir $3 matriculation fee to study the subject, they merely show you a li.‘<t of horses and request you to decide in which the breed has been improved to the greatest extent, charging you for the privilege only f*uch sum* of money as you may have about you at the time. If you cannot see how this Improves the Rreed of Horses you are an un mitigated bonehead and notoriety- *eeker and are against personal liberty, and we wish you wouldn’t read this column any more. The funds thus accumulated are devoted to the purchase of high- grade autos for the bookmakers, as they are fat and so weighted down with bales of rush that It would injure the breed of any horse forced to haul them to the track The Track is the institution de voted to this form of altruism. In its ideals it is not unlike tho«e de voted to the improving of the rat* of call money. From this you can see that tIn- Breed of Horses Is not a compli cated subject for the Intelligent. You must merely nevfr disagree with a Bookmaker’s opinion on the breed of anv horse Of eours«\ he mav sometimes make a mistake, and then he is so ashamed that he sneaks out by the back fence be fore vou can find him. Before taking up the Breed of Horses seriously, devote your pay- check each week to the study of a crooked roulette wheel. It's grent training (“The Umpire" v ill be next in the amazinq series. Fix it with your newsdealer now.) • • • MR. M'ALEER, OF THE RED SOX, says that t'urrigan is to have a free hand. Probably to prepare him for the free foot. • • • THE ABRUPT ENDING OF A«1 Wolgast’s talk of a $25,000 side be r indicate-* that the delirium has re sponded to treatment. * * • UP TO DATE LARRY CHAP PELLE. the $18.ftftft slugg. r. has piled up two long files, a busted knee and a hospital bill. • * • THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT tlvere is to be no gambling at Sara toga will occasion no surprise In gambling the bettor «omptlim i s has a remote chance to win. • • • After J. Callahan. “/ feci that we must aid him" Said a Hankie to hi* pu*h. fin then grabbed the boob and strangled him And ton him from hi* rush. • • * • ARCHAEOLOGY AND BASE BALL have nothing in common.” says the director of the Pittsburg Museum, refusing Hans Wagner's uniform He doesn't know, evident- ly about C. Mathewson and other prehistoric relics A « • HAVING LOST AT TENNIS, the Australians are trimming us at cricket, and we can onlv hope they are as well satisfied as we are. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE plan to stop crediting pitchers with “games won" will do much to re vive the waning belief that base ball teams are composed of nine men. tGOO-Biy * (W s&U fw j .... — V 5k / i[5 \ 11 i & A^aTa - a FQ0D FOR FANS CookEO and s'SfV'*'- shrimp vooiiLDN'r^r ME PITCH YESTERDAt- BE WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME PLAY- H£ PITCHED HIMS6LP - TH£'0LEAS WAN. P.& DID YOU HEAR 0)HAT EA6LEBEAK. SAID ABDDT ME ? I 6 .410 & '7 .MS’ 'Ll a O .SYY. »3 as .317 SHANHRS 600ar oepr SMANU& HINTS TO no.* JUrUaTHW WEALTH TH61 i» wal 0)81 IS TUB LeTTER. 01 LIKE A BAUJUN6 BABY • Because it wakes ay a AY AO - 0O TOO 4ET it ? PROM HERMANN 6LIXK-D.S-A’ idhAT ’Contains wore FEET in. (VINTER. ThAK n Summer. ? Turned Down Trade for Joe Agler -J- • -I- *1- • 4* •!• f •!* d- • *1* +•+ I er sey CityOffered Barton for Him One Comfort, the Pole Is Out of the Way for the Time Being IT WAS A TOUGH GAME FOR THOMPSON TO LOSE Bv Joe Agler. C HATTANOOGA, TKNN., Aug. 6.—I reckon I ought to be feel ing sort of set up this morn ing. From what* 1 hear. Major Frank K. Callaway, president of our ball dub association, came up here to see President J. L. Lillis. «»f the Jersey City dub. who offered him Horton, recently of the White Sox, and an other player for my humble self. They tell me Mr. Callaway turned down the offer before the deal had got beyond the debating stage. Well, that makes me feel pretty good. 1 like to play ball for Atlanta, and it certainly cheers a fellow up to know he is wanted on the Job. I’ll just keep on doing the beat 1 can for the Crackers and the management. Getting back to the real business of the boll club, I want to say that we took a licking yesterday and we haven’t any yelp coming. Coveleskle was right, and when he 1» right he is a bear. He ought to have got a shut out except for a break in the luck. Carl Thompson, too, was in grand trim, though the Lookouts tied up the game In the ninth inning when he hit a batsman with the bases full. Then another hit batsman, an error and a base hit untied it in the tenth. Rut now we have the big Pole out of the way, and with Conzelman and Price to work this afternoon, we ought to get no worse than an even break at tlie outside. Then we tackle the Vols, and you know they looked pretty easy last time. BASEBALL SUMMARY -SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Atlanta at Chattanooga (two games). Birmingham ut Nashville. Standing of the Clubs. ,V L. To. i W L Pc Mont 60 42 .588 ; Chatta 52 50 .510 Mobile 64 46 .582 M'mphtS 53 57 .482 Atlanta 55 48 .534 | Nash. 45 fit .425 H ha mi . 56 50 .528 N. Or. 25 66 .347 Tuesday's Results. Chattanooga 2. Atlanta 1 GO innings). Birmingham 8. Nashville 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Philadelphia. Detroit at New York St. toui* at Bouton. Standing of the Clubs. Phi la O'land. Wash. Chicago W L Pc 69 31 690 (.4 U 622 56 4 4 560 54 51 .514 W L. Tc. Boston 47 52 .475 Detroit 43 61 .413 S tout a 42 65 .393 N. Y. 32 64 .333 Tuesday's Results. Detroit 10. New York 5. Cleveland 5. Philadelphia 0. Boston 3-2. St Louis 0-4 Chicago 4. Washington 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Gomes Wednesday. New York at Pitlshurg. Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago Philadelphia ut St. Louis. Standing of the Clubs W L Pc I W I a. N. Y 68 30 693 B'kivn. 43 51 Philo 59.35 628 I Boston 41 56 Chicago 52 48 .520 C'nati. 41 62 P'burg 51 48 .515 ; S. Louis 38 63 Tuesday's Results. Chicago 13 Brooklyn 2. Pittsburg 5, New York 1. Cincinnati 5, Boston 1. Philadelphia 1 ft Louis 0 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Charleston at Albany Jacksonville at Macon. Columbus at Savannah. Standing of the Clubs. W L. Pc | W L. C’bus 20 14 588 J'ville. 17 18 I Sav’nah. 19 15 .559 i Chas'n. 17 19 Albany 19 17 .548 Macon 13 22 Tuesday's Results. Savannah 4 Columbus 2. Jacksonville 9, Macon 1. Albany f, Charles,on 0. OTHER RESULTS. American Association. Toledo 9 Columbus 7. Louisville 7, Indianapolis 4| Carolina League. Charlotte 5, Greensboro 4. Asheville 6. Winston-Sal0. Kaleigh-Durham, rain. Virginia League. Norfolk 4. Roanoke 3. Portsmouth 3. Richmond 2 Petersburg 5, Newport News 4. Internatlonal League. Baltimore 2. Toronto 1. Jersey City 6, Montreal 5. Providence 6. Rochester 5. Newark 7. Buffalo 4. Texas League. Waco 4. Houston 1. Dallas 4. Galveston 1. Austin 3 San Antonio 3 Beaumont 9, Forth Worth 4. Appalachian League. Knoxville 6, Johnson City 5. Bristol 6 Rome 4. Morristown 6, ‘Middlesbor 3. Federal League. Cleveland 4. Indianapolis 1. Pittsburg 8, Kansas City 7. TUESDAY'S GAME. Chattanooga, ab. r. h. po. Walsh, ss. ... 3 0 ft 2 Flick, 2b. ... 5 ft 1 2 Johnson. If. . . 5 1 1 1 Elberfeld, rf. . 4 ft ft 2 King, cf. . . . 5 1 1 ft ! Ornff, 3b. ... 2 ft ft 1 Coyle, lb. ... 4 0 2 11 Street, c. . . . 3 ft ft 1ft Covoloskie, p. . 3 ft 1 1 Graham ... ft ft ft ft Grimes, p. ... ft 0 0 0 By 0. B. Keeler. O NE wad of balsam soothes the sting of defeat: The tough-grained Pole is out of the way. We expected It—and we got it. We didn’t get it as overwhelmingly as we thought We were going to. and that ie pome comfort. Carl Thomp son earned only praise for his stub born defense. And his helpers with him. Still, it would have been a grand little achievement to have trimmed the Irish NevvSboy. while the trim ming was so nearly good. One lit tle scratch tally in the ninth, now— * * * A NOTHER grain of comfort. Joe Agler ip going to stay with us a while longer. Major Callaway, president of the Atlanta Baseball Association, traveled to Chattanooga Monday to meet President Lillis, of the Jersey City club. Major Callaway didn't know what Mr. Lillis wanted to see him about, but Mr. Lillis’ wire said it was urgent. Mr. Lillis wanted our old friend. Joe Agler Mr. Lillis wanted Joe so much that he offered Borton, recent ly a White Sox, who went to New York in the Cha^e trade and to J. C for Jack Knight. Also Mr. Lillis of fered boot in the shape of another player. Major Callaway is reported by the newsfinders—entirely apart from what Joe himself heard about it—as turn ing down the deal as soon as he found out what Mr. Lillis wanted. Suits us fine. * * * W HEN the official wranglers in any old league run out of wrangling material, they usually dig up the clever and start in on the proposi tion of a ball player being out if he slides into first base, and. if so, why not ? There are plenty of wranglers on both sides. The last time the orool war broke out It was in the Ameri can Association. But it did not stay there. An honest German umpire named O’Brien called out a guy named Dixie Walker for sliding bean-first to sack No. 1 in St. Paul. Billy Friel, man- ager of the Saints and incidentally of Mr. Walker, protested to President Ohivington. Chivvy upheld the umpire, paying something about an “unwritten law" promulgated, or words to that effect, by the umpires as a rebuke to basc- runners who are merely trying t« “make the play close,” and confUS*, the worthy limps. * * * R IGHT away some loafer touched off August Herrmann about it The august August is about three- fourths of the National Commission— when Ban Johnson is away—and he ia ever ready to blow up about any thing. This time he performed as per schedule. Mr. Herrmann said, in part: “A player is permitted under the rules to reach any base by any method he sees fit." So long, it Is understood, as* the said player proceeds under hi3 own steam. Mr. Herrmann remarked further: “He may run, jump, crawl or walk on his hands, so long as he travels within the lines. ThiR is provided in the rules of the game, and no umpire or league president or anybody else has any right to change the rule.” * * • M R. CHIVINGTON. please copy. But here Is another rule: “Under no circumstances shall a captain or player dispute the accuracy of the umpire's judgment and de cision on a play.” Rule 65, if you want to look It up. And what we should like to inquire is. how is Mr. Herrmann to deride from the protests of outraged man agers whether the sliding-to-flrst- base runner was called out because the umpire was prejudiced against that mode of transportation, or be cause he really was out? Mr. Herrmann being notably strong for the rulee. you know. T~AROP a little tear for Cornelius ^ McGillicuddy. As if it weren’t tough enough ’o lose half a series to the wretched Browns, and have the furious Naps roaring along, only eight or ten games behind, here comes the news that Jack Coombs, famous iron man, is abou* ready to come back. Coombs has been out of the game since early in the spring. Typhoid was the cause. Now he is reported bigger and better than ever, just like a circus. Pity poor Connie! He was won dering and wondering who would pitch the opening game of the world’s series—Bender or Plank. And now here’s Coombs! [food for Sport Fans c By GEORaa«TpHAn^ j~ VOICE FROM CHICAGO. Welcome little drop# of moisture, Coming down in healthy flocks, For the ball yard is deserted And they can not trim the Sox. Horace Fogel is in Indianapolis talking things over with the Federal League. Indianapolis has no ordinance prohib iting unnecessary noises. The way to suppress Mrs. Pankhurst is to sentence her to watch a gang of cricketers playing a double-header. Belgium refuses to fall for Jack John son, but he still has Dahomey and Abys sinia to fall back upon. In fact, his ar rival in Abyssinia would cause great re joicing—in other parts of the world. As we perpetrate this paragraph the Naps are seven and one-half games be hind the Athletics. The said Naps have fully as much show as a horse seven lengths behind Sysonby in the last quar ter. Those Naps have been playing as if they did not realize that the Fourth of July has went from our midst. Still, It may be that they have fallen for thfe sane Fourth idea and refuses to blow up. In answer to the rumor that he in tends to quit. Frank Chance avers that he is satisfied with the outlook. It must be great to work for that kind of a boss. JUMPING OFF. It was a jilted lover and he sat icWi drooping frame. Quoth he: “/ do not care to lire since I have lost my dame." And so the lovelorn rummy joined the motorcycle game. EAST MEETS WEST TO-DAY IN BIG TENNIS DOUBLES CHICAGO. Aug. 6— Double teams from the East ami West to-day met for the final elimination in the National tennis championships. Clarence Griffin and John Htraehan. of San lanelsco, aciflc Coast champions, were matched against Gustave Touchard and \Y. M. Washburn, of New York, Bias tern chain- piona. t . The winners of to-day s match will be entitled to play Maurice E. Mctoughlin and Thomas Bundy, present National champions, at Newport. R 1 . on August 18. for the 1918 doubles honors of the United States. Totals ... .34 2 6 30 15 2 Graham batted for Coveleskle in the ninth inning. Pe 486 1 472 : 371 i FORSYTH S™” HERE tS REAL VAUDEVILLE A GREAT 8 Berlin Madcaps—Van Hov- ' -n—Ann e Kent—Harry Hay Variety ward & Co.—Pero A W ison. Cl Freeman & Dunham and Ev. i rrest's Monkey Hippodrome. 2:30 to 5 GRAND ‘IS’- REAL MOVIES »u. £IRST RUN SPECIALS SEATS 10 cts : AND JttIVE FEATURES EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Game* Wednesday. Thomasville at Cordele Waycross at Valdosta. Brunswick at Americas Standing of the Club* W L Pc. W L P C T’ville 18 13 .581 B’wick. 16 16 .5)0 Corlele 18 14 563 Am'cus 15 18 455 Valdosta 16 16 500 W'cross. 18 19 .406 Tuesday's Results. Brunswick 8. Amerlcus 6. Cordele 3. Thomasville 2. Valdosta 6. Waycross 3. GEORGIA ALABAMA LFAGJE. Games Wednesday. to Grange at Talladega. Opelika at Anniston. NVwnan at Gadaden Atlanta. Long, If. . . Agler. lb. . . Welchonce, cf. Smith, 2b. . . Bisland, ss. . Holland. 3b. . Holtz, rf. . . Chapman, o. . Thompson, p. ab. 5 4 5 Cj 4 4 4 3 4 h. po. 2 3 10 ft 3 1 1 4 ft W L Pc. j W L Pc GV.en 47 33 5R8 L’G ge. 38 40 .487 I Newman 41 38 519 ! A n’t on 39 4? 8! Opelika 39 41 487 ‘ T’deg.i. 35 45 137 Tuesday's Results. Anniston 2. Opelika 1 Gadsden 10, New nan 2. Totals ... .38 1 7 *29 11 3 •Two out when game ended. Snore by innings: Chattanooga .... ftftft ftftft Oft! 1—2 Atlanta ftftft 01ft 000 ft—1 Summary: Stolen bases—Flick, Long. 2; Agler. Sacrifice hits—Walsh. Street. Double play—Agler to Bis land to Agler. Two-base hits—Cove- leskie. King. Hits—Off Coveleskle 6 In 9 innings with 1 run. Struck out— Bv Coveleskie. 9; bv Thompson. 6. Bases on balls - Off Thompson. 3; off Coveleskle, 2. Hit by pitcher By Thompson Graff. Graham, Elberfeld. Wild pitch Thompson. Time -2:05. Umpires—Hart and Brettenstein. REDS BUY HARRINGTON FROM N. ENGLAND LEAGUE LYNN. MASS.. Aug 6.--Frank Har rington. a pitcher of the Lvnn club of U. New England league, to-day is heading to join the Cincinnati National league eearn An offer for Harrington made a month ago was accepted with understanding that the pitcher would not leave Lynn until the close of the New Kng’and league season. But Manager Flaherty received and ■•"•oepted an offer of a bonus if he would allow Harrington to join the Reds im- mtuiateiV Harrington is -1 years old. JACK KEATING KNOCKS OUT GALL IN THE FOURTH ROUND NEW YORK. Aug. 6 — Jack Keating, the local heavyweight. knocked out George (Jail, in the fourth round of a -scheduled ten-round bout at the At lantic A. C. Garden here last night. ;all was reeling around the ring hclp- 'ess in the fourth round when his sec onds threw up the sponge. John Lester Johnson. the South \merican heavyweight, knocked out Bob Lee. a dusky-hued boxer of Brook lyn. in the third round of the semi-final bout, scheduled to g<> ten rounds. JAKE STAHL MAY SUCCEED CALLAHAN AS HEAD OF SOX BOSTON, Aug. 6.—A rumor was in dustriously circulated in local baseball circles to-day to the effect that Jake Stahl, former manager of the Red Sox, is scheduled to succeed Jimmy Callahan as manager of the Chicago White Sox, at the close of the present year. Stahl has been spending the summer, since his dismissal, at Annisquam. but could not be reached there to-day. Some of Stahl's close personal friends are in- nned to ridicule the idea that Stahl will return to baseball. BRENNER GOES TO OMAHA. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 6—Pitcher Brenner, of the New Orleans club, Southern league, has been released to Omaha, of the Nebraska State league. BABLOT GRAND PRIX VICTOR. LEMANS. FRANCE. Aug 6. Bablot, a Frenchman, won the automobile grand prize of France, covering 336 5-8 miles 1 in four hours 21 minutes 50 seconds. His average speed was 77 miles an hour. , SMITH IN NO-HIT GAME; ARM NOW OUT OF SPLINTS PITTS El ELD. MASS . Aug 6—Wil liam l Smith, of the Pittsfield Eastern Asociation Baseball Club, who took his injured arm out of splints the day be fore, pitched a no-hit game against Waterbury yesterday, shuting them out 3 to 0. Smith isued no passes and struck out nix men Only three Water bury players saw first base, all on er rors. HURLS NO-RUN NO-HIT GAME. WINSTON-SALEM. N C . Aug. 6. - Pitcher Watson, of Asheville, in the North Carolina league, pitched a no hit. no-run game here against Winston- Salem. He walked three men. struck out six and out of three trips to the bat got two hits, one of which was a home run. SEASHORE EXCURSION AUGUST 7. | Jacksonville, Brunswick, St. Simon, Cumberland, At lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla., $8 —Limited 8 days. TWO SPECIAL TRAINS. 10 p. m. solid Pullman train. 10:15 p. m. Coaoh train. Make Reservations Now. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. \LL TELEPHONES lead to Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Geor gian Want Ad Department via both phones 800ft I Opium Wbi»kfty and Drug Habit* treated Bat Hofflt or at Sanitarium. Book on subject iFVu*. DR R M. WOOLLEY, VldB ■ "—ttartuB. Atlanta. Georgia , ANSWER—Just as you have read this will others read your ad if you place it in the Want Ad columns of this pa per. A word to the wise is enough. ATLANTA REAL ESTATE Is increas ing in value daily M.uiy bargains are offered in the Real columns of the “Want Ad" section of The Georgian. TOBACCO HABIT ^“uTsTjr,." I I-rove jrour total til. proton* your Itfe. So inoro aumiach trouble, no foul breath, do heart weak- oe<» K»v*ln maaly vl«*r. oalm nerve*, altar eyes and superior un-sual strength. Whether you cto-w or taiok* pipe, cigarettes, ri**r*. tet my Intereatln* Tobacco Boo’; Worth Ita weight In gold Mailed free, t J. WOODS. SJ4 Sixth Av*.. .48 M.. N*» York. H. Y. A Ginger Ale of Superlative Excellence It’s exquisitely PURE, And will charm away fatigue and heat when other beverages fail. As a summer drink it has no equal. Though it tastes just right at all times. For Particular People Sold by the glass or larger bottles Yes, we make that good Lemo-Lime always sold at the Ball Park, and at the Motordrome.