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6 THE ATLANTA O EGRET AX AND NEWS. L[ Us Boys Jt#»gTi.‘«tore<J United States Patent Office • •• 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 \ \ 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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FROWi WYROtO 0E BDSSETf 0)HT tS A TRAMP LIKE A FLANNEL SHIRT ? KRAZY KAT • • • • Can You Imagine a Balloon Driven by Horses? 1 AiY Two Bft.oTHeft.% ( Kk.A2.tEft. Aaid'Ka^jie , 5T ' HAVE 6ons NofcTN To wtsfT Mk Pole H BAib.7 -JfiNAT? ’ / Well, thats A/icTX how did Thev go i boat *y I oh mo, They HtrcHtD a ("Team op Hon4E.-ft.its To A \Ballodai, and Dhove There^ Wes, nes Thats ' What They Did. Back to the’Hoss-Swapping’ Days •r»+ +•+ 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. • • • 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. • • • 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 #•*. v• 4* -I-• -f- -!-• -I- *!••*!• •{••t 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 • • • 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. • * • 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. • « • 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. • • • 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. • * • 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 * * * 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. • * • 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. * * ♦ WE NOTE THE APPEARANCE of a new box-fighter named Gall. Yes, Gera’d, he is a White Hope. * * • 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. * * * MATHEMATICS. Three tie*, eleven rescues. And vie'tries six or eight Now give the twirling hero Some twenty triumphs “straight.” i * * 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. * » • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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 □- 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. — * 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." FORSYTH \ HERE IS REAL VAUDEVILLE GREAT Variety Show 3 Berlin Madcaps—Van Hov- :n—Annie Kent—Harry Hay ward & Co.—Pern W'~-n Freeman & Dunham and Ev. srest's Monkey Hippodrome. • 6 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. lllW II I I MW IIMIII 11 I———— ; Opium WhUkey aid Drug Hablta trrate* • t Home or at Sanitarium. Book on aubjed 1 FKm. DR. B. M. WOOLLEY, 24-N. VUsm Sanitarium. Atlaom. Cuoraiu SEE THE n i MOVIES AT TWIT E 1 A 1 ,1 tllj GRAND 1 ALL SEATS 10c L OF SCABS What could be more pitiful than the condl- | tion told of in this latter from A. II. Arery. Waterloo. N. Y We hava been using your Tetterlne. It's the heat on earth tor skin ailments. Mr*. S. C. Hart was a sight to see. Her face uat a mass of scabs. Tetterlno hat curod It. Cured by Tetterine Tetterine cures ecssema. ground Itch, ring worm and au skin troubles. Its effect tnacical 50c at grcgqlats. or by mall. SHUPTSINE CO.. SAVANNAH, GA. 0UISVILLE THROUGH SLEEPERS Lv.7:12AMu 5:10 PM. 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.