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If Mutt Loses To-day, It's Right to the Cleaners for Him
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By “Bud” Fisher
By Joe Agler.
B irmingham, ala.. au*. is.—
Carl Thompson Is going to get
the Anal shot at the Barons In
Birmingham, and Carl is going to do
his level best to lick his old team
mates. Carl will be on his mettle in
this contest, as Trough, the Barons’
celebrated right-hander and a sure
trial horse in the Big Show next year,
has been saved for the last game with
t he Crackers.
Chapman will catch, and you may
be sure we will all do our best to pull
the game out for Carl. A few days
back we wouldn't have been very
hopeful against a biro like Trough.
But in the last two games we have
been hammering the ball savagely,
and it didn’t seem to make any dif
ference who was slinging it. Moley
has used up all his pitchers except
Trough in the last two games. And
maybe we can keep up the good work.
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T^ENT had an easy game yesterday
^ and let up after the fifth Inning,
which was the proper thing to do. as
we had the game well in hand. Hard-
grove was easy and Gregory was no
improvement. Evans got into the
going after our tongues were hanging
out with running around the bases,
and got away pretty well
Having taken the first two games
straight, we are going to fight hard
to make it a clean sweep, so as to go
home in the best possible shape for
the long and decisive home series.
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TV/TANAGER SMITH has shipped
1 1 Trice, Dent and Conzelman
home to rest up for the furious grind
that starts Thursday with a double-
header against the Lookouts They
will get a good rest and should be in
fine shape for the critical part of the
campaign of 1918. With Thompson.
Voss and Love w e should be able to
worry along through the game to
day, especially as we are hoping we
won’t need anybody but Carl.
FAMOUS IN SPORT—V.
The Marathon.
THE MARATHON WAS stai-tod
some two thousand years ago by a
young Greek who didn't real;/.*-
what he was doing or he wou'd
never have done it, as the Greeks
were a highly civilized and intelli
gent people. He can be excused
only on the ground that h» was
young and flighty, and easily be
came excited over trifles.
A man named Darius had come
over from Persia—which was the
home of the White Hopes in those
days—to fight for the title. Twelve
men wanted first slam at him, and
in the 1raw for the privilege one
Miltiades won. The mill was
pulled off at a little place called
Marathon, and Miltiades knocked
him dead in a punch, showing that
White Hopes are much the same
in all ages.
Although everyone expected this
result, on© young man, who Is now
believed to have been a cub re
porter, got so excited that he ran
25 miles to Athens to beat everyone
in with the news The run killed
him, the Greeks always being lucky
in these matters.
Ever since that evil day other
young mon of unstable mental
poise have gone forth In their un
derwear to run 25 miles on the
slightest provocation, all hough only
a few have died immediately after
the finish. Many comparatively
sane and useful citizens have been
cast into the booby-hatch for lees
than a voluntary’ run of 25 miles 4 n
heat and dust, but the alienists
have not yet taken up this species.
In this much the Marathon is a
glorious institution. The fact that
there is no law against It is the
greatest single proof we have that
our country is still the Land of
Liberty.
(The n*xl film will be knock
out—“The Amertca Cup." Get it
at any cost.)
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‘THE GERMAN COMMISSION
will study various phases of ama
teur sports in America’’ is an
flounced. Ah—er—Including "sum
mer baseball?”
THERE IS OBVIOUS INCON-
*isteney in the ruling off of Jockey
Wilson, who has been nelping im
prove the breed of horses by pull
ing them up In such races in which
they seemed to be going too fast.
It is surely for the improvement
of the breed not to overwork them.
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AS THESE LINES ARE batted
out Connie Mark ha* for the sec
ond time conceded the victory of
the Athletics In the American
League race. We are beginning to
think that he t« nervous.
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THE FIGHT IN NEW YORK
the other night demonstrates that
Smith can hit hard enough to knock
out Jim Flynn, and as knocking out
Flvnn has ever been simply a ques
tion of hitting hard enough, the
battle doesn't prove much.
JEANNETTE-LANGFORD GO
MAY BE DECLARED OFF
T/OS ANGELES. Auc 1S.- Thf> pro
posed Langford-Jeannette match Is
"up In the air .”
Jeannette claims that he must sail
for Paris on October 10 to flit an
engagement with Georger Carpen-
tler. and asks for a September date
In lx's Anfteles.
Promoter McCarey, of the Paclflr
A. C.. replied that the September date
is filled Jeannette will have to post
pone his Paris bout or cancel the lo
cal date.
Mexican Joe Rivers, matched to
box Leach Cross on Labor Day. re
turned from the mountains laet night
Ritd will open an early camp at Ven
ice Crate Is due from Catalina to
day.
Ad Wolgast Is en route to Med
ford, Oreg, for a rest. He will re
turn here to train eight days for hl«
admission day match against the
winner of to-night's fight between
SDundee and White.
Appalachian League.
Knoxville 5, Rrlstol 4.
Morlstown 8, Middlesboro V
Boije 1, Johnson City 1
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Mighty Arm Loses Old Cunning
By Ed W. Smith.
C hicago, ill.. Aug is.—The
mighty Ed Walsh arm has gone
The terrible whip that In year?
past kept the Sox In the running
when they wabbled and steadied ths
team when It was going at Its worst
has lost Its strength. Its cunning and
Its power—and the Sox are flounder
ing. Nobody seems to know what
Is the matter with Walsh and they
are arklng Boneaetter Reese to make
a diagnosis. Nobody is hinting that
vast overwork has “killed*’ one of the
greatest performers the diamond ever
knew — not that, because Walsh
seemed to be as good as ever when
the spring season opened this year.
He pttohed and won and the Sox fans
settled down comfortably to see “Big
PM” give them another season of
phenomenal work.
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DITT <t wasn’t to he. In a little
while Walsh discovered that he
“wasn’t there,” and It didn’t take
much longer for his friends to see
the sime thing. That shrieking speed
had dwindled and the “spitter” that
formerly almost dropped at the feet
of the batter as he swung far over It
didn’t drop at all. The arm wasn’t
sore, hut something had departed
from it and it remained merely an
arm—and without baseball value.
Maybe the honesetting man can give
Walsh some relief He has done won
ders with some arms and knees and
ankles and shoulders that weren’t
very far gone. But If Walsh doesn’t
come hack it will be a tremendous
blow to President Comiskev and his
hopes. And it emphasizes again and
again the tremendous value to a team
of a single star pitcher.
PUB fans and Sox fans used to
^ argue and even fight over the
question of whether Mordecal Brown
or Ed Walsh was the greater per
former. And a year or so ago. when
the everbloomlng Brownie, Idol of the
West Side, started to go wrong, the
Sox fan laughed and said there was
nothing to it; that Walsh was as good
as ever and probably would go on for
years skinning the Cubs In the city
series and generally being an eyesore
and a thorn in the aide of the West
Slder. Brownie was sent to the
minors because he wasn't of service
to the West Side team
Rut there never was anything the
matter with the Brown arm. His
trouble was all In the knee, and when
that was remedied, Brownie was as
good as ever. That smart young fel
low. Joe Tinker, knew and quickly
grabbed Brown back from the minors.
Brownie Is beating National League
teams in the same old style—has
beaten the Cubs, too. This is both
pain and sorrow' for the West Side
fan-comfort, though, in the thought
that Brown Is still going while Walsh
Isn’t. Which may or may not settle
the arguments of long ago.
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T HE pitcher is a tremendous factor
In the baseball of to-day. And
! only a manager in Jimmy Callahan’s
present fix can realize what it means
to have Walsh gone Jimmy knows
pitching angles a little better than
other managers, because once h« was
one of the greatest of them all—
certainly the greatest fielding pitcher
we ever had here, and one of the
best batters. He has been gtting
a lot of good pitching out of Scott,
Cicotte and Russell, and especially haa
worked the latter at a terrific pace,
lienee the general fear that he may
break the Texas wonder down. Oh,
for an Ed Walsh at this stage of the
I battle!
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Game* Wednesday,
Atlanta at Birmingham.
Memphis at New Orleans
Chattanooga at Nashville
Montgomery at Mobile.
Standing of the Chiba.
W. L. Pc f W L Pc
MoMle 57 4* 588 C’nooga. 55 54 505
Mont 68 45 .583 1 M’phis 55 59 482
Atlanta 60 51 .541 N’vllle 48 64 .429
B’ham. 59 54 .522 I N. Or 37 69 .319
Tuesday’s Results.
Atlanta 12. Birmingham 3.
Mobile 5, Montgomery 3
New Orleans 1, Memphis 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Chicago at Boston
New York at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L P« I W L. Pc.
N T. 72 32 .963 Boston 44 58 .431
Phila. 61 37 .622 B’klyn. 44 56 44t
P burg. 55 49 .629 C’natt. 43 67 391
Chicago 5 61 .519 , S. Ijouls 41 65 .387
Tuesday's Results.
Boston 7-9 Chicago 3-3.
Pittsburg 6, Cincinnati 2.
New York 6, Brooklyn 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pc | W L. Po.
Phila. 72 34 679 Boston 50 54 481
CLland. 66 43 .606 Detroit. 46 63 422
W’gton. 59 47 557 5. Louis 44 69 .389
Chicago 58 53 .623 i V. Y. 35 67 243
Tuesday’s Results.
Chicago 4. Philadelphia 2.
SL Louis 7. New York 2.
Texas League.
Dallas 2, San Antonio 3
Austin 0, Beaumont 6.
Fort Worth 6, Houston 4. I Norfolk
JVao^ X, Gaiveaton 2. 1 poned.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Macon at Charleston.
Albany at Columbus.
Savannah at JacksonviTka
Standing of the Clube.
W. ^ I W L. Pc
Sav’nah. 24 le .600 . Albany 20 22 .476
C’bus 23 19 .548 i Chas’n 19 3S 450
J’ville 20 22 .476 I Macon 18 22 .450
Tuesday's Results.
Savannah 4, Jacksonville 0.
Macon 4, Charleston 2.
Albany 10, Columbus 0.
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Newnan at LaGrange.
Anniston at Talladega.
Gadsden at Opelika.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P C. t W. L Pe
G’den. 49 34 .690 1 An’ton. 42 45 483
N’nan. 43 42 .506 i L’G’fe. 41 45 .477
Ojelika 43 44 .494 T’dega. 38 48 .442
Tuesday’s Results.
Talladega 4, Anniston 3.
Opelika 4. Gadsden 0
La Grange 11, Newnan 10.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday,
Cordele at Amerlcus
Valdosta at ThomasvIUe. •
Brunswick at Waycross.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pc * W. L. Pc.
T*villa. 20 16 .556 Am’cus. 19 19 .500
V’dost a. 19 19 .600 B’wlck. 18 20 .474
C’dele. 19 19 .500 W’cross 18 20 474
Tuesday's Results.
Waycross 8. Brunswick 2.
Thomasville 5. Valdosta 0.
Americus 4, Cordele 1.
OTHER RESULTS.
Virginia League.
6. Roanoke 4. Others post-
Sporting Food
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GEORGE E. PH AIR-
REVENGE.
(A Baseball Tragedy in Three Acts.)
ACT I.
Ike Sicatt, the mighty baseball star,
was smitten with a dame
Who owned a Jlock of lucre and an
old and honored name.
But when he offered her his hand
she coldly spumed the same.
ACT II.
It was the final inning and they
needed one tie.
Our Hero ambled to the plate and
saw three strikes go by.
The game was lost while she looked
on with murder in her eye.
ACT III.
For she had bet her fortune on the
prowess of his bat.
And when he took the final strike it
left the poor girl flat.
“Revenge!” she cried, in accents
wild. “I’ll marry him for
thatr
John McOraw arises to remark that
the Giants this year are stronger than
they ever were Reports rrom the front
Indicate that they are particularly
strong with the left Jab and the right
hook.
Tbs rough house among the Giants
merely proves the old theory that Larry
McLean Is contagious.
In spite of the fact that Mr. McGraw
once owned a billiard hall he does not
seem able to handle the ivories.
GAMENESS — THAT’S A BUSI
NESS.
Lew Richie once claimed that he rode
his motorcycle for pleasure, thereby
demonstrating that he was one of our
greatest comedians.
We take exception to the claims of
those Western tight promoters that
fighters are getting more money than
they earn. A man who can amputate
money from a fight promoter earns it.
The report that Porter track will be
opened again Indicates that the fall guy
has saved up another bank roll.
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN
FICTION.
A hoarinrsiffM tighter nnmrd Flynn
M as mdovrd trith an ironclad chynn.
He didn't much care
If they walloped him there
Jnet at long as he gathered the tyrm.
Po«»lbty *om. one can toll ua whather
tha man who picks out tha namaa for
motor boat. Is a victim of tha hop habit
or la Just naturally that way.
The preaa agent tells ua that Mike
Schrack Is down to 177 pounds. But ha
does not tall us whether Mike haa am
putated h lalegs or hie thirst.
WHY?
“I came from California," remarked
a Western gent,
“But strange to say, I net'er t<vm a
ten nis tournament."
"It is a noble sight!" he said—“the
river mar a than!
It is a noble sight to see the athletes
fighting on.
It is a noble sight to see them stem
the sullen tide,
But why do they prefer to swim when
there are boats to ridcf"
George Lockner Won Sweepstakes
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Morty Graves Injured an Eye
T HE Forrest Adair Sweepstakes
at the Motordrome last night
proved to be one of the great
est speed struggles ever seen in the
big bowl, and George Lockner finally
finished in the lead In the last heat,
doing the five miles in 3:39 4-5. Tex
Richards won the first heat and
George Renal the second, each of two
miles.
The last heat was a whirlwind af
fair, with the riders bunched so close
ly that the proverbial blanket would
have covered the field most of the
time.
Morty Graves, captain of the riders,
met with a slight accident that at
first looked as if It might cause him
the loss of his right eye.
Morty was tinkering on a pedal aft
er winning the first heat of the three-
cornered match race, when the pedal
flew upward and struck him In the
eye. Medical attention was secured
at once, and late last night it was
said the injury would not be perma
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Here are the complete summaries:
Southern Merchants' Purse.
Heats, one mile: final, two miles,
i First Heat—Jock McNeil, first;
Freddie Luther, second. Time, : 43.
Second Heat—Morty Graves, first;
Wllmer Richards, second. Time, :42.
Third Heat—George Lockner, firsu;
Harry Glenn, second. Time, :43.
Final—Harry Swartz, first; Jock
McNeil, second. Time, 1:26.
Three-Cornered Match Race.
Best two out of three heats. First
heat, one mile; second heat, two;
third, three.
First Heat—Morty Graves, first;
Harry Swartz, second. Time, : 43 1-5.
Second Heat—Harry Swartz, first;
Jock McNeil, second. Time, 1:29.
Third Heat—Harry Swartz, first;
Jock McNeil, second. Time, 2:12 1-5.
Heats, two miles; final, five miles.
First Heat—Tex Richards, first;
George Lockner, second. Time,
1:27 3-5.
Second Heat—George Renal, first;
Freddie Luther, second. Time, 1:26 1-5.
Final—George Lockner, first;
George Renal, second; Henry Lewis,
third. Time, 3:39 4-6.
DILLON TO BOX KLAUS IN
12-ROUND BOUT AT BOSTON
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. 1(.—
Jack Dillon has accepted term* for a
twelve-round bout with Frank Klaus
at Boston, August 26. These men
have been recognized generally as
the best of the middleweighta dur
ing the last year. Klaus defeated
Dillon in San Francisco, the bout
being a twenty-round affair, and Dil
lon squarely beat the Pittsburg cham
pion here in a ten-round go last May.
AUGUSTA AND TAMPA MAY
JOIN SALLY LEAGUE
COLUMBUS, OA.. Aug. 13 —There Is
a movement on foot to add two clubs
to the South Atlantic League next sea
son, and in this movement the plan is
to take in Augusta, Ga., and Tampa.
Fla. The movement had the backing
of the Columbus Board of Trade, and
Secretary Willis B Powell has already
opened correspondence with business
men of Tampa, his old home, and they
are elated over the prospect of becom
ing members of a baseball league.
It Is probable that more definite ac
tion will be taken within a few months
that will result in the addition of two
other teams to the league.
JOHNSTON FORCED HARD
BY LEONARD BEEKMAN
SOUTHAMPTON. N. Y., Aug. 13 —
William M. Johnston, the California
school Doy tennis champion, was forced
to play at his best In his matoh in
order to win over I^eonard Beekman,
of New Y r ork, in the third round of
the Meadow Club’s invitation men’s ten
nis tournament here yesterday. Beek
man surprised the Western crack by
winning the first sst of their match 6-1.
The second and third sets went to
Johnston 10-8, 6-1.
In the second round Johnston de
feated C. F. Walston. Jr., at 12 10. 6-1.
Wallace F. Johnson, of Philadelphia,
a member of the American Davis cup
team, scored an easy victory over Eric
Winston in the second round in straight
sets 6-1, 6-3.
William A. Lamed, the seven-time
champion, defaulted to A. S. Dabney
and afterward said he would not com
pote at Newport next week.
Play in the third round of ths singles
will be resumed to-day.
Carolina Association.
Winston 2. Greensboro L
Durham 5, Asheville 2.
Charlotte 8, Raleigh 1.
Charlotte 6, Raleigh 1.
American Association.
Pt Paul 5-3, Indianapolis 1-4.
Milwaukee 6, Louisville 2
Toledo 4, Kansas City 3
Minneapolis 6, Columbus 0.
International League.
Toronto 0. Jersey City 0.
Newark 2. Rochester 1.
Rochester 3. Newark 2
Providence 8, Buffalo 7.
Baltimore-Montreal rain.
Federal League,
Cleveland 0. Indianapolis 4.
Pittsburg 10, Chicago 2.
Kansas City o-4,£M. Louis 8-3.
Annual Mountain
Excursion
Southern Railway
Saturday, Aug. 16.
$6.00 Asheville, N. 0.
$8.00 Lake Toxaway, N. 0.
$6.00 Hendersonville, N. 0.
$6.00 Hot Springs, N. 0.
$6.00 Tate Springs, N. 0.
$6.50 Bristol, Tenn.
Final Limit September L
Three trains to Asheville.
Morning Noon Night
8:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 0:30 p. m. (
mSM BfiSESVATIONS NOW
Is a
Wholesome
Delightful
Drink
A Ginger Ale that
is Recognized as
BEST, because it
has stood the test
of Thousands.
As a summer drink it has
no equal.
PURE
REFRESHING
RESTFUL
5c a glass at founts
Also sold in Pints and Quarts
yes, we make that good Lemo-Lime always sold at
the Ball Park, and at the Motordrome.
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