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a THE ATLANTA HEOHOTAN AND NEWS. I^oShIbui [V'd/MMt A \ "‘S1AR7" 4caTT M«466ie VoU /IIUY FPR6ITTEM V'PROMISEO T LEARAJ ME T'5\S£/IM ~ToJ>4Yj l PE You S4M'L? j Lo POLLV BV CKACKit! She's CurnuiV 6oT “The Vcu/JCr MEkJ OF t *BU(J HOUSE BEACH" (jOlM'i J CTUJHC^T Come oh iaj where* rr^ 5H4LLER £4Mt rjj Too Cold da uj/6dwe nr! 1 vtf/MV didn't i OOT WHElJ 1 HAD HERE OUl THE YANKEE OWNER PUTS IN CLAIM FOR CUBAN STARS T HE Motordrome Purse will oper the card. There will be three heats of one mile and a final of two miles. A apeclal match race between Glenn and Imckner heat two in thre* heats. Is also attracting much atten tion. The five-mile Invitation race open to all comers, fill* out the pro gram. Following la the complete card for to-night: First Event. Motordrome Purse (qualifying heats, one mile; final, two miles, win ners of trial heats and second man In fastest heat to qualify). First Heat—Richards. Lockner, Grave*. Second Event. Motordrome Purse—Second Heat— Glenn, Renel Swartz. Third Event. Motordrome Purse Third Heat— McNeil, I/ewH. T,uther. Shields Fourth Event. Special Match Race—Glenn v* Lockner (Two-mile heats; two best In three.) • Fifth Event. Motordrome Purse—Final heat Sixth Event. Special Match Race—Glenn vs. Lockner Seventh Event. Invitation Race—Distance, 5 mile*. Open to all comers. Eighth Event. Special Match Race—Third heat. If necessary. . Ninth Event. Twenty-flve-mlle race for cham pionship of the South—Graves. Swartz Shields. Lockner, Richards. Luther. Renel. McNeil. Ivcwls, Glenn Polly and Her Pals OUT TO 25-MILE TITLE T HE Atlanta Motordrome will | the erene of Pome interesting i races to-night. The featur* event will be a 26-mlle race between the ten riders here at the presen* time, and the speed demons should j furnisn enough excitement in this rac» j to last the fans for some time All the riders claim they hare th*’r machines working faster than ever and it would not surprise many to nee j pome dark horse win the <r.g grind Harry Glenn’s great race last Tues day has made him the *sTk of the town w ith motorcycle far* V «• ■*? ! them want to see Harry w - ' ' ■ ~ ght and prove that his great ndir.g Tues day was not a fluke. • • • THE 25-mile race is for the ch*m 1 an Atlanta boy capture this title j would be a great honor to the city Harry Glenn realizes this and it is a sure bet that Harry will be trying every minute of the time Richards, Graven. McNeil and Renel are also anxious to take the big event. Richards' machine was not going good Tuesday, but he says it is In great shape now. Graves is not saving much but Mortv Is out for some glory. McNeil and Renel can alno be counted on to be in the race from start to finish. Bringing Up Father bKf Do too \vhESg E=J ' *'N <,,r A, 51 in tmi^ I town *> I no MS TMI^> Vtsktioi 'TOO o^SK*> Do xe. Know whese YE Kin A in this town' By George McManus ©•pyrtitt, 1®11. Iatamatlmisl New* Scrrlew Just a Little Glimpse Below the Surface 6 RE AT GoH S J Bc/T Thc. , WAlERS Coco Vd4V! NEW YORK. Aug 8. President Frank Farrell, of the New York Amer lean League club, will apj>eal to the National Commission to set aside the sale of three Cuban players of the Long Branch team, of the New York and New Jersey League, to the Bos ton Nationals The players are Pitch er Laqua, Shortstop Arragon and Outfielder Padran, tccordlng to Far rell. Owner H«nr!quea, of the Long Branch team, re^irlv offerWI t • eell him the«e players. Farrell agreed to take them, and the price was fixed. According to the verbal agreement, the three players were to renort to Manager Chance yesterday Instead of the players reporting. Henrlques sold them to President Gaffrey, of the Braves. Fa roll says he ha.< sev eral witnesses to th'-* deal. CLEVELAND BUYS CATCHER BOWMAN; PAYS $2,500 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Auk The Grand Rapids club, of the Cen tral League, announces the sh’c of Pitcher “Abe" Bowman to the Cleve land American League club. The price Is given ou f at $2,500. Bow man will report to the Naps at the close of the Central sea>>n NEW BICYCLE RECORD. PARIS, Aug. 8.—Marcel Rerthel broke the world’s one-hour bicycle record unpaced by covering 26.35 miles The American unpaced bicycle rec ord for one hour Is 25 miles 600 yards, made by W. W. Hamilton at Denver Colo., July 9, 1898. BOW’S YOUR LIVER AND BOWELS? If Yon Are Taking Hot Springs Liver Buttons They Are No Donbt in Splendid Condition. If you would be cheerful, health ful, full of life and vigor, don’t fool with calomel or any violent rut V~, q rf | n HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUT TONS ar« made from the pre scriptions of one of the many great physicians of Hot Springs, Arkansas. If you have been to this famous health resort you know all about them, t<rr they are prescribed there generally by physicians for ail liver, stomach and bowel trouble. If you are having trouble with your bowels or liver and aren't feeling as full of energy and am bition as you should, get a 25- cent box of HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS at your drug gists to-day, take one each night for a week—they do not give a particle of discomfort. on the other hand, they are gentle, safe and sure They are simply splendid, every body says, and after you try one you’ll say the same. For free sample write Hot Springs Chem ical Co.. Hot Springs. Ark. Kniseley on Southern HurlersJ +*+ •!•••!• +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Explains Peculiarity of Hitters LOUT TO PITCH vETE KNISELEY, outfielder for Birmingham, undertakes to ex plain the good showing some of the pitchers make in this circuit, only to fall down when they get into the big show; also why Southern leaguers hit well in the majors. Says Pete: “The Southern League is the hard est place in th© country to bat up in the .300 list. No wonder a player hits higher in the major league than in the Southern. “In the majors, the pitchers do not exert themselves until real danger faces them. When the game is pro gressing without heavy hitting, the pitchers serve the bull over and give you a chance to swat it, hoping that it will go into one of the fielders’ hands. But not here. “From the beginning of the game until the finish, the Southern League pitchers work at top speed. As the result, the batter has a poorer op portunity to make a high mark. But 1 attribute the many ascensions in the Southern to this fact. Unless a man is of wonderful physique, he Is un able to twirl nine innings, putting his greatest effort on every toss. There are a few who are able to stand the pace Elmer Brown is a twirler of this class, while Bill Trough is an other. "But the average pitcher is able to stand the gaff for six or seven in nings. Then when he weakens the batters feast on the offerings and fre quently drive him from the mound. But of course, there are clever pitch ers in the Southern. Hardgrove and Foxen do not pitch hard until there is danger and are very successful. “1 believe that a .300 batsman in the Southern can duplicate the feat in the majors." T^NISELEY speaks truly both in av respect t<> tha pitching and bat ting. It has long been noted as a pe culiar fact that recruits from the Southern League and the Pacific Coast League seldom have batted less in the majors than In the minors. Under ordinary circumstances, it would be fair to discount the average recruit's minor league batting by 10 to 20 points when he gets to the real class, but Paubert and Wheat both have hatted better in fast company than they did in the bushes; Charles Stengel has become one of the ’heav iest clouters In the National and Red Smith is holding his own. All of them are from the Southern, and probably Knlwley ha? the right answer. The explanation of the ability of Coast leaguers to hit in the ma jors up to their Coast standards has been that the heavy winds in some cities and the dampness in others on the Coast keep th© batting down to a minimum, and a man who can hit in that country can hit anywhere tion of that very mistake in Frank Allen, who persists in working with all his might In every Inning, with the result that when he Is in a tight place he has comparatively little reserve strength with which to extricate him self. An even more pronounced case of the same sort was furnished by Bill Burns, who is a native of Texas, but got his start on the Coast. Bill was on© of the most powerful men tha.t ever broke into baseball, but he did not know how to conserve his en ergy. He was at different periods with Washington, Detroit and Cin cinnati, and with all his record was the same. H© had the habit of blow ing up at the end of the seventh or eighth Inning, and, if the game ever went more than nine innings, it was a dead sure bet that Bill had nothing but his glove and spikes left for the tenth. Nap Rucker used to fall for the same foolish policy in his callow days, but Nap has become old and wise and uses no more exertion now' than is necessary, although he ad mits it took years for the light to break on him. M’GRAW HINTS THAT GOLF COST MATHEWS0N BEATING PITTSBURG, PA, Aug One of Giants was asked Just before the New York team left Pittsburg for Cin cinnati why McGraw did not take Mathewson out of the box in th© fifth inning Wednesday, when seven runs were batted off his delivery. “I think Mac wanted to Impress something on Christy,” said the Giant. “McGraw has been arguing all along against his pitchers playing golf. He does not object to the sport for in- flelders or outfielders, but he claims it does the pitchers no good, and he has tried to make Matty cut it out. McGraw claims that handling a golf stick tires the muscles in a pitcher's hands and wrists." iJACK JOHNSON BARRED FROM BOXING IN PARIS Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS. Aug. 8.—Jack Johnson will not be permitted to box in this coun try. The "American Boxing Federa tion” has requested the French Fed eration ot prohibit Johnson, the American negro pugilist, from fight ing in France and that body has de cided to grant the request. THE tendency of young pitchers * from the Scuth to throw their whole strength iiifo every ball deliv ered has also been noted hv many obseor^rs. Brooklyn has an illustra- FIGHT MANAGER IMPROVING. CHICAGO. ILL., Aug 8.—Larney Lichtenstein, local manager of fight - | ers. who on Monday underwent an operation at the Alexl&n Brothers’ Hospital, where he had two ribs taken out. is recovering so rapidly that he intend* making the trip to Winnipeg on August 14 to be with Steve Ketchel for his fight there. Doc Briggs performed the operation, and It w&a very ■ucceasful. By Joe Agler. N ASHVII.DE. TENN., Auk. 8.— Manager Smith hasn’t decided whether Thompson or Love will pitch against the Vols to-day, but It will be one of them. Slim is eager for another crack at the enemy, and is sure he can lick them with out trouble. Chapman will catch. We lost another tough one yester day, and it looks as if the Jinx were closing in on us again. With the score tied up in the tenth inning, Dent was taken out to allow Price, a left hander, to pitch to Callahan and Spratt. both batting on that side, with Williams on second and one out. The move looked like the proper one, but Callahan spoiled every thing with » long drive that scored Williams and knocked us ou of a hard-fought game. Dent plched his usual fine game, and Harry Holland's hit drove in our only tally. Yesterday was "Business Men’s Day,” and there was a big parade of automobiles, and the players of both team* and a band. About 4,000 were at the park, where some field day events were put on before the game. Tommy Long beat Dave Callahan in the 100-yard dash, doing it in 11 sec onds, which is some fast time without sprinting togs on. Harry Chapman won the throwing contest from Smith, of Atlanta, and Young and Beck, of Nashville. JOCKEY CLAIMS HE WAS OFFERED $1,000 TO‘PULL’ SARATOGA. N. Y., Aug. 8.—hockey Wilson threw* a commotion into sporting circles here to-day by de claring that he had been approached with an offer of a bribe to throw a race recently at the Belmont track meeting. The stewards refused to comment upon it, as the matter will be sifted by the officials. The story Involves another Jockey, a friend of Wilson, who acted as an intermediary, and a well-known Bowery politician. Wilson’s specific statement was to the efTect that a man named Reed, who has been warned off the track a number of times, approached him at th© Belmont track and offered him $1,000 to pull Working Lad in a race on June 24. The stewards, it is said, have exonerated Wilson. No action has as yet been taken against the Bowery politician, but it is known that if he can not clear himself he will b© asked to absent himself in fu ture from all meetings given under the association’s auspices. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip A conference between Manager Tin ker, of the Cincinnati Reds, and Mana ger McGraw*, of the New York Giants, renewed reports of a Herzog-Bescher trade. Herzog has threatened to give up baseball and retire to his Maryland farm if McGraw trades him. Harry Williams, who made his debut as first baseman for the New York Yan kees. won the hearts of the Gotham fans by pounding out a home run. Ed Stack, the pitcher recently ob tained by the Cubs from Brooklyn In exchange for Ed Reulbach, pitched Chicago to victory in his first appear ance in & Cub uniform. The White Sox made It three out of four In their series with the Washing-, ton Senators. "Home Run" Baker, in four trips to the plate in the Philadelphia Cleveland game yesterday, pounded out tw'O dou bles and a single and scored or sent in six runs. DENT PUSSES 3 BATTERS IN By beating the Cincinnati Reds, the Giants increased their lead in the Na tional League to seven games. The Athletics are leading the Amer ican League by eight and a half games. A wild heave by Pitcher Allen in the first inning was responsible for the de feat of the Brooklyn Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals. Mike Mitchell, former Red and former Cub, made his debut in a Pittsburg uni form yesterday. Fred Smith, a Boston outfielder, was hit behind the ear with a ball thrown by George Gibson, the Pirate catcher, and badly hurt. COLE QUITS COLUMBUS TEAM; MAY JOIN FEDERALS COLUMBUS, OHIO, Aug 8.—Be cause Manager Htnchman fined and chased him oft the held here, after Umpire Cahill had lifted him from the game. •King” Cole to-day assert ed that he was done with pitching for the Columbus team. He says he's go ing to a nunnamed Federal League club. TOMMY DIXON FALLS FROM RING IN SEVENTH ROUND JOPLIN. MO., Aug. 8.—An Injury received by Tommy Dixon, of Kansas City, during a fight here last night with Freddie Cole, of Indianapolis, caused the contest, scheduled for fif teen rounds, to terminate in the sev enth round. Dixon fell through the ropes to the floor. Injuring his arm. RED SOX RECALL PLAYERS. BOSTON, Aug. 8.—The Boston Red Sox to-day exercised their right of option on three players in the Ameri can Association. Inflelder Krug, of the Indianapolis team, and Inflelder Scott and Pitcher Brant, of St. Paul, recently sold with the right of re- purch&se, w ere recalled. W HEN Elliott Dent walked Jack Spratt in the first inning of yesterday’s game in Nashville, the Atlanta pitcher interrupted slight ly the progress of a very fine bit of record-making in this league. It was his third base on balls in fifty-three innings. Before the game started yester day, Dent’s record, beginning July 18, was two bases on balls in forty-four innings. This Included a "long run" of thirty-three'innings, or practically three full games, without a walk be ing issued. The big right-hander is going at top speed just now, and his control is well-nigh perfect. He doesn’t get himself in the hole very often, either, and it is a rare thing for the batsman to be able to take a tight grip on terra flrma and wait confidently for the «next one to come over. Only the toughest kind of luck and very feeble hitting support cost the big boy an other win yesterday. RED SOX RECALL FOUR; BUY CATCHER M’NALLY Food for Sport Fans EE QIOROI ft. PH AI HOW SWEET. Hotc sweet to be a manager and run a baseball team— At least when you are winning games it is a blissful dream. But when the team is losing, is his job a thing of joy f Oi yoi, Oi yoi, Oi yoi, Oi yoi, Oi yoi, Oi yoi, Oi yoi! Whether Ed Reulbach or Eddie Stack la the better athlet* Is yet to be de termined, but It Is a well-known fact that the Cubs never again will own Reulbach'* equal as a badger fighter. We are In receipt of a song written by that far-famed pugilist, Packey McFar land. The song is entitled, "I’d Like to Know." So would a whole lot of pro moters, pugilists, managers and other insects. Not that we are an expert on song- ology, but after reading Mr. McFar land’s ballad we are convinced that he is a lightweight. If Joe Jackson were to do all his bat ting at Shlbe Park he would be chased to the minors or (worse yet) to St. Louis. It Is said that the said Joe Jackson has hit over .400 at the White Sox Park this season. Joe never would be mis taken for a White Sock—not even by a blind man. BOSTON, Aug. 8.—Th© Boston Red Sox to-day exercised their right of option on three players in the Ameri can Association. Inflelder Krug, of the Indianapolis team, and Inflelder Scott and Pitcher Brantt, of St. Paul, recently sold with the right of repur chase, were recalled. Michael J. McNally, shortstop for the Utica team. New York State League, also was bought by the Red Sox. There Is charity even In baseball. For Instance, Tom Lynch has handed a pro tested game to Joe Tinker. BigGI Horace Fogel avers that he wants to put a baseball team In New York. This leads one to suspect*that Horace has not heard of the adventures of Frank Chance. Washington fans having presented Walter Johnson with a loving cup filled with money, it Is said that Columbus fans will hand King Cole a shaving mug filled with lather. It is said that fighters can’t come back, but every day we note other wise. For instance, there is Jack Hei- men, the heavyweight. As he was leav ing the place some philanthropist said: "Wait a minute. Jack! We’re going to buy another.” He came back FORSYTH “ HERE IS REAL VAUDEVILLE A GREAT Variety Show 8 Berlin Madcaps—Van Hov- *n—Annie Kent—Harry Hay ward & Co.—Pero <4 Wilson. Freeman A Dunham and Ev erest's Monkey Hippodrome. LANGFORD AND JEANNETTE TO CLASH IN LONG BOUT Cares in 1 to 5 day* unnatural discharges. Contains no poison and mar be nsed full atrengtk absolutely without fear. Guaranteed not to stricture. Prevents contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? it Druggists, or we ship express prepaid upon receipt of $1. Full particulars mailed on request CO.. Cincinnati, Q. ONEY LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Real Estate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT CO. 1211-12 Fourth National Bank Bldg. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—Promoter McCarey last night received messages from Sam Langford and Joe Jeannette accepting his terms for a twenty-round bout. In all probability the date set for the heavyweight event will be Octo ber 7. "I would like to see the question of supremacy between Langford and Jean nette settled,” explained the promoter. "That's my reason for making the match. In a scheduled twenty-round go in my ring with Eyton refereeing, the two blacks will have to extend themselves. I will never stage a mixed match between a black and a white box er So long as the colored men battle among themselves I will put no handi cap in their way.” All doubt as to Wolgast’s willingness to box on the September date was re moved yesterday when the former light weight champion telegraphed as fol lows: j “Will positively meet the winner of the Dundee-White fight of August 12 Hope it will be Dundee, as I want to show the public the difference between a real fighter and a jumping jack." i SEE THE r | MOVIES AT TUF g 1 A1 1 HIj GRAND 1 ALL SEATS 10c