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It Isn’t on Skinny This Time
Five Players Have Chance to Win
Popularity Race—Contest to
End Wednesday.
l T TITH the cloning of thin \s*ek
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oils catcher, leads Otto Jor
dan. Valdosta's valuable manager b>
$66 votes In The Hearst Sunday
American and Atlanta (ieorglan’s
contest to decide the most popular
player In the Empire State League.
Up to date Manchester hits receiv
ed 4.853 votes, while Jordan has 4.4K7
votes to his credit. "Goat” Holliday
and "Pat" Murphy are the next play
ers in the standing
Wednesday noon this contest will
he over The player leading at that
time will crowned the most popu
lar player in the Empire State
League, besides re- living a handsome
loving cup to b e donated by this pa
per
Three More Days Left.
Votes sent in after Wednesday noon
will be declared void. Therefore, fans
have but thre,. more days to rush in
their votes. To catch Manchester Is
no easy task. Hut it can be done
Hustling of the real type may do
most anything It put Manchester
from fourth place up to the lead in
l*ss than a week.
The Baseball Popularity Editor ex
pects these last few days to furnish
some real excitement. The fans real
ize that they are on the final round
of the race. The holdout fans un
bound to show their colors now and
come to the rescue of their favorite
player There are always holdouts
In a contest of this kind, and the>
love to show their hand during the
final days.
Fifteen in Race.
There are fifteen players In all
nominated. Five of them have a
great chance to win out. The cry
throughout the circuit is "catch Man
chester." fan they do it" Only the
remaining few- days of this contest
will tell
The coupon apepars in to-day’s pa
per. Pans. It is up to you to make
your final spurt. Start to-day and
win the big honor for your favorite
•-tar Clip the coupon, till it In and
mail it to the Baseball Popularity
Editor, Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta,
Ga.
THE LEADING PLAYERS.
Dick Manchester. Americas 4,853
Otto Jordan, Valdosta 4,487
"Goat" Holliday. Waycross 3,394
"Pat" Murphy, Thomasville . . 3,498
H. Champlin, Thomasville 3,002
Franks, Valdosta . . . 2,791
Dudley, Thomasville 2,228
B. Wilder, Cordele 2,008
H. Clark, Waycross 41,640
M. Gray, Cordele 1,420
R. Zellers, Valdosta 1,365
H. Griffin, Americas ... 1,122
W. Morse, Valdosta 310
C. Eubanks, Cordele 757
Schyler, Brunswick 180
Christy Mathewson
Is a Speedy Hurler
"Big Six" Is Greatest Time Saver.
His Games Average About 11
Minutes an Inning.
NEW YORK. Aug 9. Christy Math
ewson Is the gi>ut*-st time saver of all
the pitchers. Games with hint pitch
ing, with any sort of expeditloimnes* by
the other twlrler. go through in the
smallest possible time Here an* Ids
times for fifteen ful' games pitched by
him title season: 2:10, 1:25. 1 .".f, I T,
1:26. 1:58, 2:05. 1:40, 1:40. 1 50, 1:20. 1 Ml.
1:36. 1:30. 1:30 The 2:10 game was ten
innings long, so that only one of his
nine-inning game has gone over two
hours. Tyler was his opponent In that
one
He pitched a thirteen-Inning game
■ gainst Rucker and Stack In 1:65. re
markably Rhort for a battle of that
length in innings The fifteen games
average an hoir and forty-two minutes
In time HIs games average approxi
mately eleven minutes an inning. ..»• five
and one-half minutes for his half of the
Inning, granting, which Isn’t the case,
that opposing pitchers are as fast as he
RED SOX PURCHASE WALSH.
BOSTON. Aug 10 The Boston Tmer
lean l^eugue team announce.1 yesterday
the purchase of Outfielder Walsh from
the Worcester team, of the New England
League.
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Back to the’Hoss-Swapping’ Days
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Chance Gets Bunion and Busher
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
N EW YORK. Aug 8. That the
trading In baseball players in
beginning to take on the sharp
points of the good old "hops swap
ping” trattle of a Kentucky cross
rood.-* on court day. wuh Illustrated
recently when Manager Prank (’banco
of the Now York Yankees protested
against the deal which gave Hal
(’hnoe to the Chicago White Sox In
exchange for Rollie Zeider and Hor
ton. It would seem that the Peer
less Loader played the Deacon to
Jimmy Callahan's David llarum.
According to an affidavit by Zelder,
which was presented President Ban
Johnson of the American League, the
former was suffering from a sore foot
at the tim» the Chase deal was made;
that he had been treated by the White
Sox trainer for two weeks before the
d< e i and kanaft r < Callahan w at
aware of It, and that la* continued itis
foot treatment Immtdlatel.v upon join
ing tile Yankee-- As to Borton.
t'hame soon discovered that he could
not trot in the major class, so he was
sent to the bush tracks.
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I ^OR his side of the "swop" Callahan
attllrms that Manager Chance
had a careful look over his stable be
fore the trade was made, and if there
were any ringbones or spavins or
»tringhalt in the two entries for which
the Peerless one traded "Prince Hal."
it was Chance’s fault "It is cus
tomary." said* Manager Callahan, "for
a manager to take his medicine when
he finds himself on the short end of
h deal."
Chase was traded to Chicago at a
time when the unrivaled first base-
nian was tin* recipient of a pot shot
from every fan in the Last, and es
pecially in New York “Get rid of
Chase" was the cry that was Honed
Into Chance’s ears from morning till
night, lie finally yielded to the pres
sure and let Chase go. And In re
turn for the most brilliant Individual
player in organized baseball he re
ceived a bunion and a bush leaguer.
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I N justice to Chance it might be said
1 that at the time he let Chase go
the latter was In a decided slump. His
temperamental nature was very much
to tin* fore and he was doing the
Yankees little, if any. good. How
ever. since joining the White Sox
Chase has returned to his old form
and is unquestionably one of the big
gest asfaets in the Comiskey stable.
Joe Jackson Finds Johnson Easy
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Has Hit .456 Against Senator
J OE JACKSON has hit 400 or bet
ter on four diamonds this year,
the fields being those of Cleve
land, Chicago. Detroit and Boston.
At home the Slugging Southerner, up
to last Monday, had piled up an aver
age of .4 41. In the/Windy City his
record wa,s 419. and In Detroit and
Boston it was an even .400. Jack-
son. on his visits to St Louis, has
walloped the sphere at a .303 clip;
at the Polo Grounds hi- record is 383,
and at Shibe Park it is .133.
The Clouting Clevelander. who
ranked ninth in the competition for
the Chalmers car last season and who
Is likely to rank higher this season
if he keeps up his present timely
stiekwork. possibly would set a
world's record for a batting percent
age could he stay at home and bat
only against the Washington pitchers
Jackson 1ms torn off 16 safeties In
the seven games the Senators have
played in Cleveland this year, and he
only bus been at bat 23 time-: the
extremely high percentage of .694 be
ing the result of his activities against
Walter Johnson & Co. Jackson col
lected five hits In the two full games
the Idaho Phenom pitched against the
Naps in Cleveland, and his percent
age for the season against Sir Walter
is .456.
Jackson has hit at a .531 clip
against the Browns on his home
field, .471 against Boston, 412 against
New York. .400 against Detroit. 296
against Chicago and 2S6 against
Philadelphia.
He has made 40 runs and 79 hits
In the Forest City and 24 tallies and
39 safeties on foreign diamonds. Of
the 4 4 long wallops then to his credit,
28 were manufactured in Charles W.
Somers' ball orchard and the rest in
other parks.
Jackson has twice this year come
to the bat with the bases full and
emptied the sacks of all their in
habitants. The first cruel blow’ the
Southerner stuck was In the game of
May 10 with the Boston Bed Sox
Then he tripled against Charley Hall.
The next day the Highlanders played
the Naps, and in the first inning
Jackson hit for the circuit against
Heinie Schulz, making two clean-up
clouts for him in as many days. On
April 30, Jackson drove in both tin
runs his team made in the game with
Chicago, which the Naps won 2 to 1,
and on May 19 he was responsible for
three of his team's four tallies against
Hearst s Sunday American and Atlanta
Georgian’s Popular Ball Player Contest
1 V O X E
My Favorite Player in the Empire Leagueis:
of the Team.
When Frank Whltpey steps into the
ring with Charley Wrote at the Audi
torium Armory Wednesday night he will
not lack for admirers. Frank’s great
battles against "Battling" Nelson, Joe
Thomas and Jake Abel has made him a
popular boy among local fans
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Ad Wolgast, ex-lightweight champion
of the world, will probably be seen in
action on I^abor Day. Tom McCarey
yesterday secured Ad's word to meet the
winner of the Jack Whlte-Dundee bout
on August 12.
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Terry Nelson still thinks he can han
dle his mitts with the best of them.
Terr> has issued a challenge lo the win
ner of the Hanlon-Mike Saul bout and
says he will let the purse go winner take
all If either of these boys will make 136
pounds ut 3 o’clock for a night fight.
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Jlmmv Johnson, the New York fight
promoter, expects a tug crowd to at
tend the Jack Britton-Young Shugrue
go next month. Both boys have put up
Sensational battles In the Eastern cllies
and are big cards with the fans.
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Joe Rivers will have his last chance
to make good on the coast on latbor
Day when he tackles Leach Cross in a
20-round set-to. If Rivers loses he will
be through as a big attraction with the
Pacific coasters.
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Joe Mandot. the French baker boy,
intends to start a busy campaign on
Labor Day. He has already wired Lou
Castro, the local promoter, for a chance
at the winner .»f the Whitney-White
bout Mandot ought to be a big card
here
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Everybody is wondering why Knock
out Brown is not fighting anti whether
he is ever going to put on the gloves
again. His manage,. Danny Morgan,
savs lie'll start again as soon as the
hot spell is over In the meanwhile.
Brown is taking dally spins In his new
auto anti also taking frequent dips in
the briny He should worry.
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Arthur Pelky has refused to meet
Jess Willard In a 20-round bout. In
stead. he signed to clash with Charlie
Miller before Jim Coffroth’s club on
August 27. Tom Jones, manager of
Willard, claims that Pelky was afraid
of his protege
PHILLIES GET 12 OF 40
HOMERS AGAINST CARDS
ST. Lol’lS, Aug. 9.— Saving
homers until they face the Cardinals
is the habit of Charley Dooln’s Phil
lies. This season the National League
second-placers have batted out 40
four-husers. Twelve have come when
they were opposed by the Cardinals.
Five players have been the four-
ply batters when facing the Cardinal
pitchers. Luderus, Becker, Cravath,
Lobert and Puskert find the offerings
of the Cardinal pitchers to their lik
ing. and bat out homers.
Cravath, Luderus and Becker have
each made three circuit drives, white J
Lobert has connected for two and
Paskeri one. In the recent series
w ith the Cards in Philadelphia tlie* [
Quakers made seven homers.*four \i.
one game.
Sports and Such
IF YOUNG MR. JOHNSON CON-
tinues to trim the best tennis play
ers hereabouts we shall be re
luctantly compelled to believe that
his playing is not as rotten as ex
pert analysis proves it to be.
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WE NOTE THE APPEARANCE
of a new box-fighter named Gall.
Yes, Gera’d, he is a White Hope.
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VANCOUVER PROMOTERS ARE
going to give Willie Ritchie $15,000
for fighting Freddie Welch, though
moat anybody would do it for less
than half of that.
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MATHEMATICS.
Three tie*, eleven rescues.
And vie'tries six or eight
Now give the twirling hero
Some twenty triumphs “straight.”
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IT IS FURTHER ANNOUNCED
that the battle between Ritchie
and Welch will be for the light
weight title, but Ritchie has not
yet decided on the weight. The
champion names the weight limit
of his division these days as it
happens to emit his convenience.
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MANAGER CHANCE SAYS HE
is satisfied with the progress made
so far with the Yankees. Well, we
always HWed a chap who was easily
pleased.
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HORACE FOGEL IS CONFER-
ring with the Federal League heads.
And up to this time we had actual
ly taken the Federal League seri
ously.
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EUROPE’S CHAMPION Mo
torcyclist has come to this coun
try, which probably accounts for
the easing of the strained feeling-
on the other side.
$1,000 FOR EACH UMPIRE
IN THE WORLD SERIES
NKW YORK. Aug. 9.—This world's
championship series will mean that the
clubs of tlie big organizations National
and Americans, the great representatives
of the national game of baseball, will
receive 25 per cent of the share of what
ever is earned by the contesting teams
in the seven-game series. The umpires
Will each receive $1,000 for officiating in
the deciding games. Should the Ath
letics of Philadelphia and the New York
(bants be the contenders, the teams will
play In each city every other day
Food for Sport Fans
■y QfiOKQl ft. PHAIR
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MERELY A HECTIC DREAM.
Within the Hall of Fame I saw a
noble monument.
ft cost ten thousand dollars if it ever
cost a cent.
And breathlessly l asked the guide:
“Who is yon famous gentf”
"That man," he said, “is Adam Urnph
■—a man whose noble name
Will echo on for countless years and
fill the Hall of Fame.
He was a scribe who wrote about the
well-known baseball game.”
“And why.” I said, “should Adam
Urnph attain a statue tall
For un iting dope about the gents who
lean against the ball
When men like Cy and Charlie Dry
are given none at allf”
“At writing dope old Charlie Dry ran
put him in the shade.
Hut this is why,” he made reply, “his
fame will never fade:
“He never canned a manager nor
ever made a trade.”
In ancient days baseball was our na
tional game, but that was before we
took up the pastime of firing managers.
The fabulous sum of $26 is all that is
left out of Luther McCarty’s $4,000
purse. This explains why some men
would rather manage fighters than work
for a living.
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Horace. Fogel has wished himself on
the Federal League, but the said league
has been up against it so hard that it
Is too weak to resist.
If It be true that Tom Chfvington said
“1 should worry," we move that he be
barred forever from organized baseball.
The rumor that Artie Hofman will be
sold to the Ynnks leads some one to sus
pect that some one has an awful grudge
against the said Artie.
AMATEURS TO CLASH.
The Wesley and Jonathan teams in
the Karaca League, will play a double-
header ut Ponce Deleon Park Saturday
afternoon. First game called at 2:30
o’clock.
Washington, this also being a Cleve
land victory.
Jackson last season led his team in
driving in runs, and this season it
looks as if he would again show the
way to his mates. Thus far this sea
son he has put the finishing touches
to 58 counters, batting in 52 of these
on safe hits, two on sacrifice flies and
four on infield outs.
If Cleveland fans want to honor
their eminent slugologist. their atten
tion is respectfu l' called to the fact
that on August 25 Jackson will cele
brate his fourth major league birth
day. The Nans will then be at home
playing the Highlanders.
CUBS AFTER HALL, STAR
CLASS D LEAGUE PITCHER
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—Charles W. Mur
phy. owner of the Chicago Cubs is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the release
of Herbert Hall, star slabman of the ,
Southern California League
In a letter to the president of the
league Murphy says that the Cubs In
tend to start rebuilding right away for
next season and that special attention
will he given to promising youngsters,
A big league scout recommended Hall,
and It is quite likely he will get a trial
with Johnny Evers’ machine
OWNER REFUSES $20,000
BID FOR OLD ROSEBUD
SARATOGA. X. Y.. Aug. 9.—There are
two rival owners bidding against one
another to obtain OKI Rosebud, the win
ner of the Flash Stakes. Colonel Ed
ward Applegate is reported to have
turned down an offer of $20,000 for the
gelding, and the same information has
It that the Kentucky gentleman desires
at least $10,000 more before he parts
with the star two-year-old of the sea
son
CHANCE PAYS $17,000 FOR
MAISEL, BALTIMORE PLAYER
NEW YORK. Aug. 10—Nothing daunt
ed by his recent experience with Jimmy
Callahan In the Chase trade, Frank
Chance yesterday added to the lint ot
high-priced ‘‘beauties’’ when he pahi
Baltimore $12,000 in cash and Players
Daniels and Midkiff, valued at $5,000.
for Ed Malsel, the star shortstop of the
Orioles. Malsel is to report to Chance
here to-day.
Th§ high-priced infielder has been
much sought by the White Sox. the
Boston Braves and other clubs, but the
Yankees, striving earnestly to get a
winning club outbid the others. The
new man plays third base or shortstop
with equal facility. Last season he
hatted .276 in 159 games, fielded .925 In
138 games at short and .927 In 22 games
on the hot corner.
SHORTSTOP COONEY GOES
TO THE BOSTON RED SOX
WORCESTER. MASS.. Aug. 9.—
James Cooney, shortstop on the Wor
cester New England League team,
has been sold to the Boston club of
the American League. He will report
to the Red Sox at the end of the New
England league season. This is
Cooney’s first year in professional
baseball He is a resident of Crans
ton, R. I.
STOCK DRAWS SUSPENSION;
TO BE OUT FOR TEN DAYS
MOBILE, ALA., Aug. 10.—Shortstop
Stock, of the Mobile club, on account of
a suspension of ten days for fighting
with Manager Dobbs, of the Montgom
ery club, at the latter place, will be
out ten days, and Paul Sentell will play
short for the Gulls.
At the game to-day Baerwald and
Shanley, of the Memphis club, will be
presented with checks for $50 for hitting
the Bull signs on their home grounds
Dick Kinsella, of the New’ York
Giants and St. Louis Browns, is here
looking over Robertson, the outfielder;
Pitcher Cavet and Miller, the new out
fielder, secured from Duluth. Minn.
SAVAGE AND KUBIAK GO 10
HARD ROUNDS TO A DRAW
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—Jim Savage and
A1 Kubiak, heavyweights, hammered
each other for ten rounds to a draw
here last night. Both men showed signs
of severe punishment when they left
the ring
GAINESVILLE WINS GAME.
GAINESVILLE, GA., Aug. 10—Gaines
ville defeated the all star team from
Atlanta in an exciting and well played
game yesterday by a score of 5 to 4.
LIKELY TD NET
By W. W. Nauphton.
S AN FRANCISCO. CAL.. Aug. .—
Willie Ritchie has let it be
known that he had accepted the
offer of Vancouver promoters for a
match with Freddie Welsh on Sep
tember 1,
This means that Ritchie has little
thought of meeting Tommy Murphy,
his "logical opponent," in the near
future, and Judging by remarks heard
where sports congregate, Ritchie can
prepare himself for a renewal of tho
criticism he was subjected to while
he was touring the footlights and re
plying vaguely to questions put to
him in respect to his ring plans.
There is a whisper around already
that the Vancouver offer is not gen
uine but that Ritchie and Welsh are
simply stockholders in a venture
which calls for a 20-round bout and
the taking of moving pictures. Thoaa
who are responsible foe this rumor
say that the "international aspect"
of the bout ’eads all the parties in
terested to think that a big clean-up
will be made from the "movies."
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HERE IS
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GREAT
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Show
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Freeman & Dunham and Ev.
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BENTON DEFENDS NET TITLE.
DETROIT. MICH . Aug. 10 —"Chick"
Benton, of *, »evelan<l. yesterday suc
cessfully defended his title as tennis
champion of Michigan, when he de
feated A. L. Green of Chicago, chal
lenger. at the Detroit Tennis Club,
where the State tournament was held
this week Benton won In straight sets.
6-1, 6-2. 7-5.
NEW RECORD FOR NAPS.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 9.—It is be
lieved the Naps broke a league record
when they won three double-headers last
week. if they did not break It. they
at least tied the previous mark. It
was also the eighth straight victory
from Boston, the last three games at
Cleveland having been won by the Naps
PITCHER MARTINA SUSPENDED.
BEAUMONT. TEXAS. Aug 9.—Joe ,
Martina pitcher for the Beaumont
team, has been suspended for the rest of
the season and fined $50 for his indif
ferent work in a recent game.
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SENATORS BU W PITCHER.
HELENA. MONT., Aug. 10.—Manager
Flannary, of the Helena baseball club,
announced yesterday the sale of Pitcher
M. Williams to the Washington Amer
icans. The price stated was $3,000.
Williams will report to Clark Griffith at
the end of the Union Association season.