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T HE 25-mile race is for the ch«m-
plonship of the South. To hnv- A
an Atlanta hoy capture this title
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 RenH
are also anxious to take the big
event. Richards’ machine was pot
going good Tuesday, but he says it
is in great shape now. Graves is not
eiylnsr much but Morty is out for
some glory. McNeil and Renel can
alno be counted on to be in the race
from start to finish.
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Bringing Up Father
By George McManus
T HE Atlanta Motordrome will be
the scene of some interesting
races to-night. The feature
event will be a 26-mile race between
the ten riders here at the present
time, and the speed demons should
furnisn enough excitement in this rac*
to last the fans for some time
All the ridel’s ’ m tliev have ttnlr
machines working faster than ever,
and it would not surprise many to *ee
some dark horse win the long grind
Harry Glenn’s great race last Tues
day has made him the talk of the
town with motorcycle fans Most ">f
them want to see Harry win to-night
and prove that his great riding Tues
day was not a fluke,
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T HE Motordrome Purse will open
the card. There will be three
heats of one mile and a final of two
miles. A special match race between
Glenn and Ivookner best two In thre-
heats, is also attracting much atten
tion. The five-mile invitation race,
open to all comers, fills out the pro
gram.
Following 1s the complete card for
to-night:
First Event.
Motordrome Purse (qualifying
heat/r. one mile; final, two miles; win
ners’ of trial heats and second mnn
In fastest heat to qualify). First
Heat—Richards, Lockner, Graves.
Second Event.
Motordrome Purse—Second Heat —
Glenn. Renel Swartz.
Third Event.
Motordrome Purse -Third Heat—
McNeil, Lewis, Luther. Shields
Fourth Event.
Special Match Race—Glenn vs
I_/Ockner
(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 miles
Open to all comers.
Eighth Event.
Special Match Race-Third hewt, if
necessary.
Ninth Event.
Twenty-five-mile race for cham
pionship of the South—Graves.
Swartz. Shields. Lockner, Richards,
Luther. Renel. McNeil. Lewis, Glenn.
YANKEE OWNER PUTS IN
CLAIM FOR CUBAN STARS
NEW York. Aug f. President
Frank Farrell, of the New York Amer
ican League club, will appeal to the
National Commission to set aside the
sale of three Cuban players of the
Long Branch team, of the New York
and New r Jersey League, to the Bos
ton Nationals The players are Tfltch-
er 1 aqua. Shortstop Arragon and
Outfielder Padran, iccor^lng to Far
rell Owner H^nriques, of the Long
Branch team. re~wlv offered t • sell
him these players. Farrell agreed to
take them, and the price waa fixed.
According to the verbal agreement,
the three players were to renort to
Manager Chance yesterday Instead
of the players reporting, Henrlques
sold ’hem to President Gaffney, of
the Braves. Farell 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 s\’c of
Pitcher “Abe" Bowmnn to the Cleve
land American League club. The
price is given oil* at ??.500. Bow
man will report to the Naps at the
close of the Central sea-on
NEW BICYCLE RECORD.
PARIS, Aug. 8.—Marcel Berthel
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, 1888.
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generally by physicians for all
liver, stomach and bowel trouble
If you are having trouble witn
your bowels or liver and aren't
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They are simply splendid, every
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Polly and Her Pals **
Cupyrllbt, 1MI, Tnt*m«t1rmal Serrir*.
Kniseley on Southern Hurlers
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Explains Peculiarity of Hitters
UK TO PITCH
3
ETE KNISELEY, outfielder for
J”-' - Birmingham, undertakes to ex
plain the good showing some
of the pitchers make in this circuit,
only to fall down when they got Into
the big show; also why Southern
leaguers hit well in the majors. Says
l’ete:
"The Southern League Is the hard
est place in the 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 ball over and give
you a chance to swat it, hoping that
it will go into one of the fielders'
hands. Rut 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. Ufiless a man
Is of wonderful physique, he Is un
able to twirl nine innings, putting hls
greatest effort on every toss There
are a few who are able to stand the
pace. Elmer Brown Is a twlrler of
this class, while BUI Prough Is an
other.
"But the average pitcher la able to
atand Uie 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
1respect to the 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 circumstance*. 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 Daubert and Wheat both
have batted better in fast company
than they did in the bushes. Charles
Stengel has become one of the heav
iest elouters In the National and Red
Smith is holding hls own
All of them are from the Southern,
and probably Kniseley has the right
answer. The explanation of the ability
of Coast leaguers to hit in the ma-
J<ys 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.
• • •
PHE tendency of young pitchers
* from the South to throw their
whole strength into every ball deliv
ered has also been noted by many
obsen' «rs. Brooklyn has an illustra
tion of that very mistake in Frank
Allen, who persists in working with
all his might in every inning, with th*
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
Bums, who is a native of Texas, blit
got his start on the Coast. Bill was
one of the most powerful men that
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. He 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.. An* *.—On* 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 ail along
against his pitchers playing golf. He
does not object to the sport for ln-
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.”
'JACK 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.
FIGHT MANAGER IMPROVING.
CHICAGO* ILL.. Aug. 8. Larney
Lichtenstein, local manager of fight
ers, who on Monday underwent an
operation at the Alexlan Brothers'
Hospital, where he had two ribs
taken out. Is recovering so rapidly
that he Intends making the trip to
Winnipeg on August 14 to be with
Steve Ketchel for hls fight there. Doc
Briggs performed the operation, and
It was very successful.
By
.Toe Agler.
N ashville, tenn., Aug s —
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 a long drive that scored
Williams and knocked us ou of a
hard-fought game Dent piched his
usual fine game, and Harry Holland’s
hit drove In our only tally.
Yesterday was "Business Men’s
Day.” and there w’as a big parade of
automobiles, and the players of both
teams 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—Jockey
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 w’ill 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
11.000 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 be 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.
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Harry Williams, who made hls 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 a Cub uniform.
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The White Sox made It three out of
four In their series with the Washing-,
ton Senators.
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"Home Run" Baker, in four trips to
the plate in the Philadelphia Cleveland
game yesterday, pounded out two dou
bles and a single and scored or sent in
six runs.
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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 Dodger# by the
St Louis Cardinals
m • •
Mike Mitchell, former Red and former
Cub, made hls debut In a Pittsburg uni
form yesterday
• • •
Fred Smith, a Boston outfielder, was
hit behind the ear with a ball thrown
by George Gtbson, the Pirate catcher,
and badly hurt.
COLE QUITS COLUMBUS
TEAM; MAY JOIN FEDERALS
COLUMBUS. OHIO. Aug. 8.—Be-
cause Manager Hinchman fined and
chased him off the field 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 hls 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
purchase, w ere recalled.
Just a Little Glimpse Below the Surface
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Y 7T THEN 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 Anna 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 sm
other wMn yesterday.
RED SOX RECALL FOUR;
BUY CATCHER M’NALLY
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.
Food for Sport Fans
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HOW SWEET.
How 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 joyf •
Oi yoi, Oi yoi, 04 yoi, 04 yoi, 04 yoi,
04 yoi, 04 yo4/
Whether Ed Reulbach or Eddie Stack
la the better athlete la yet to be de
termined, but It It a well-known fact
that the Cuba never again will own
Reulbach’s equal at a badger fighter.
We are In receipt of a song written by
that far-famed pugilist, Packey McFar
land. The tong is entitled, "I’d Like to
Know.’’ So would a whols lot of pro
moters, pugilists, managers and other
Insects.
Not that we are an eroert on soci
ology, but after reading Mr. McFar
land's ballad we are convinced that he
it a lightweight.
If Joe Jackson were to do all hit bat
ting at Shlbe Park he would be chased
to the minors or (worse yet) to St.
Louie.
It It said that the said Joe Jackson
has hit over .400 at the White Sox Park
this season. Joe nevpr would be mis
taken for a White Sock—not
a blind man.
even by
There is charity even in baseball For
Instance, Tom Lynch has handed a pro
tested game to Joe Tinker.
BicGj
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 Hel-
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.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—Promoter
McCarey last night received, messages
from Sam Langford and Joe Jeannette
accepting hls 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 iAngford and Jean
nette settled," explained the prometer
"That's my reason for making the
match In a scheduled ttventy-round
go in my ring with Eytnn 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
ainonr themselves I will put no handi
cap fn 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:
"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 jao^” 1
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