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sSSEEu&wfc’ .^'^aaahi THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. C. [ If Mutt Loses To-day, It's Right to the Cleaners for Him • • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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.) • • • ‘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. • • • 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. • • • 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 G CAN. YOV IMAfelN.^ THAT* Ber JNt UNUE HON" To win TCSTEROAv to «[ was serterento TH-r * xia/0 DATS tty A Row Pvt I'fAUtP to cop ; Quit. a on cap I'N\ TMRCAJ4H t THAT*^ 1 all. A (w Alert Gey NO CHANCE To a r Tm. HG Cantcgt tto (NTormaticm. J lfvi _ OH,hokhor.v* ML»TTTAIL£D on ANtOTnef.' UNCLE MON WAS SCRATCH^; HOWeVGff., fAUTT IS 5HOOT(N(, TH€ WHOLt .BANKICPU. ToOAt. 'V AOAtAS fetfPWE** lx>S€*S ttjtflvy NVJTT MONT HAMC *0HC1 eNOUEH To But a wmh. o«» A HONUAmfe CURA. KRAZY KAT • • • • It All Depends On the Kind of “Hitting” 17MWE\ 'Alb, f 'l6NAT2 /\tj How The*e. wAt, A GREAT AmOUAJT OP IfftUftCT^ AAAOhJO- CHlA^SB OR/RAlTALS^ fkoaT' IW4T I HBV N k o0 'WHAT Form OF- I CRUELTY DO VOu \ Accuse The, FoorJ l Ch/nks 1 Op WAV/M6 t>cwT They 4u-The Dues') 'Hit TI-ie. PiPe?v Hitt/aJg is a Kfeueav IS IT AJOT **' It is mot \7kfyr is _ iMoT Always Walsh to Visit Bonesetter Reese +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ 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. • • • 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. m m • 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 i I By 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 +•+ +•+ -r • V 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 nent. # 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. 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