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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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By Too Agler.
B irmingham, ala., aur. 13.—
Carl Thompson Is going to get
th* final 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 Pro ugh. the Barons’
celebrated right-hander and a sure
trial horse in the Big Show next year,
has been saved for the last game with
the Crackers.
Chapman will catch, and you may
be sure we will all do our beat to pull
the game out for Carl. A few days
bq^k. we wouldn't have been very
hopeful against a bird like Prough.
But in the last two games we have
been hammering the b»Ul savagely,
and it didrt’t seem to make any dif
ference who was slinging it. Moley
has used up all his pitchers except
Prough in the last two games. And
maybe we can keep up the good work.
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D 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 awiiy pretty well.
Having taken the first two games
atraight, we. are going to fight hard
to make it a **Jean sweep, so as to go
home in the best possible shape for
th# long and decisive home series.
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■MANAGER SMITH has shipped*
1M Price, Bent 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*» should be able to
worry along through the game to
day. especially as we are hoping we
won't need anybodjy but Carl.
Sports and Such
FAMOUS IN SPORT—V.
The Marathon.
THE MARATHON WAS started
some two thousand .years ago by a
young Greek who didn’t realize
what he was doing or he would
never have done It. as the Greeks
were a highly civilised and intelli
gent people. He cam be excused
only on the ground that he was
young and tllghty, and easily be
came excited over l rifles.
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. Twelv*
men wanted first slam at him. and
in the draw for the privilege one
Mlltiades won. The mill was
pulled off at n little place called
Marathon, and Mlltiades knocked
him dead tn a punch, showing that
White Hopes are much the same
in all ages.
Although everyone expected this
result, one young man. who Is now
believed to have been a cub re
porter. got no excited that he ran
35 miles lo Athens to beat everyone
in with fhe news. The run killed
him. the Greeks always being lucky
In these matters.
Ever 6tnce that evil day other
young men of unstable mental
poise have gone forth in their un
derwear to run 25 miles on the
slightest provocation, alt hough only
a few have died immediately after
the finish. Many comparatively
sane and useful citizens have bean
cast into tlie booby-hatch for lers
than a voluntary run of 25 miles ‘n
heat and dust, but the alienists
have not yat 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
Li bert y.
(The n®xt film will be knock
out—“The America Cup.” Get It
at any cost.)
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“THE GERMAN COMMISSION
will study various phase* of ama
teur sports in America” If* an
nounced. Ah—er—including “sum
mer baseball?"
THERE IS OBVIOUS INCON-
Mstency 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 Mack has for the sec
ond time conceded the victory of
the Athletics in the American
League race We are beginning to
think that he is nervous.
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THE FIGHT IN NEW YORK
trie other night demonstrates that
Smith can hit hard enough to knock
out Jim Flynn, and as knocking out
Flynn has ever b°en simply a ques
tion of hitting hard enough, the
battle doesn’t prove much.
JEANNETTE-LANGFORD GO
MAY BE DECLARED OFF
LOS ANGELES. Aug 13.—The pro
posed Langford-Jeannette match is
“up in the air.”
Jeannette claims that he must sail
for Paris on October 10 to till an
engagement with Georger Carpen-
tier, and asks for a September date
in Los Angeles.
Promoier MoCarey, of the Pacific
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 last night
and will open an early camp at Ven
ice. Cross 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
T>undee and White.
If Mutt Loses To-day, It’s Right to the Cleaners for Him
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KRAZY KAT
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It All Depends On the Kind of “Hitting”
SAlb, I6NAT2 '; A^HowThere A I
Amount of ICruelT)' among- ,
’ “THEM CHIAJUSE CRiBajTALS,
WHAT I HEV ^ITEMED
I bkJO ushat Form of
cruelty Do You l
\ accuse Thb, PoopX „
\CHIMS- of WAVIAJ& **
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Hit s TkE Pipes,.
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Walsh to Visit Bonesetter Reese
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Appalachian League.
Knoxville l, Bristol 4
Moristown 8. Middleaboro 4.
|Kora« 7, JohMon City z.
Mighty Arm Loses Old Cunning
By Ed W. Smith.
C hicago, ilu, auk is.—The
mighty Ed Walsh arm hay gone
The terrible whip that in years
past kept the Sox in the running
when they wabbled and steadied th»
team when it was going at its worst
has lost its strength, its cunning and
its power - and the Pox are flounder*
ing. Nobody seems to know what
Is the matter with Walwh and they
are asking Bonesetter Reese to make
a diagnosis. Nobody i« hinting that
vrtHt overwork has “killed” one of the
greatevt performers the diamond ever
knew — not that, because Walsh
seemed to be as good as ever when
the spring season opened this year.
He pitched and won and the Pox fans
settled down comfortably to see “Rig
Ed" give them another season of
phenomenal work.
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IJITT ! t wasn’t to be. In a little
* ' while Walsh discovered that he
“wasn’t there,” and it didn’t take
much longer for his friends to see
the sirne thing. That shrieking speV
had dwindled and the “spltter" 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, but something had departed
from it and It remained merely an
arm—and without baseball value.
Maybe the hon.setting man can give
Walsh some relief He has done won
ders with some arms and knees and
ankles and shoulder^ that weren’t
very far gone. But if Walsh doesn’t
come back 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.
I/^UB 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 everblooming Brownie, idol of the
West Side, started to go wrong, the
Sox fan laughed and said then- 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 wide of the West
Sider. Brownie was sent to the
minors because he wasn't of service
to the West Side team.
But there never whs 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 la 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.
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 he 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
Clcotte and Russell, and especially has
worked the latter at a terrific pac
Hence the general fear that he may
break the Texas wonder down. Oh.
for an Ed Walsh at this stage of the
battlft!
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Game* Wednesday.
Atlanta at Birmingham
Memphis at New Orleans.
Chattanooga at Nashville.
Montgomery at Mobile.
Standing of the Cluba.
W. L. Pc. [ W. L Pc
Mobile 67 46 .583 i C'nooga. 55 54 .505
Mont 63 45 .583 M’phis. 55 59 .482
lAtlantt. 60 51 .541 N’ville. 48 64* .429
B’ham. 59 54 .522 i N. Or 37 69 .319
Tuesday’s Results.
Atlanta 12. Birmingham 3.
Mobile 5, Montgomery S.
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. Te. I W L Pc.
N Y 72 32 .968 1 Boston 44 58 .431
l’hila 61 37 .622. B’klyn. 44 56 .441,
P’burg. 55 49 .529 i C’natt. 43 67 .391
Chicago 5 51 .519 ; S. Louis 41 65 .387
Tuesday’s Results.
Boston 7-9 Chicago 3-3
Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 2.
New York 6. Brooklyn 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L IV : W. L To
Phila. 72 34 .679 Boston.. 50 54 481
Cl’land. 66 43 .606 Detroit 46 63 .422
W’gton. 59 47 .557 >. Louis 44 69 .389
Chicago 58 63 .623 I S’. Y. 35 67 .343
Tuesday’s Results.
Chicago 4. Philadelphia 2.
St. Louis 7. New York 2.
Texas League.
Dallas 2. San Antonio 3.
Austin 0. Beaumont 5.
Fort Worth 6, Houston 4.
Waco 1, Valve*ton 2.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Macon at Charleston
Albany at Columbus
Savannah at Jacksonville.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. ^ > I W. L. Pc
Sav’nah. 24 16 .600 Albany 20 22 .476
(“bus. 23 19 .548 Chas’n 19 23 .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 LF AGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Newnan at La Grange
Anniston at Talladega.
Gadsden at Opelika. *•
Standing of the Clubs .
W. L. P C. t W* L Tc
G'den. 49 34 .590 l An’ton. 42 45 .483
N’nan. 43 42 .606 L’G’ge. 41 45 .477
Ojelika 43 44 494 1 T’dega 38 48 .442
Tuesday’s Results.
Talladega 4. Anniston 3.
Opelika 4. Gadsden 0.
LaGrange 11, Newnan 10
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday,
Cordele at Americus
Valdosta at Thomasville.
Brunswick at Waycross.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L Pc » VV L Pe.
T’ville. 20 16 .556 | Am'cus. 19 19 .500
Y'dosta. 19 19 .500 B’wick. 18 20 .474
C’dele. 19 19 .500 W'cross 18 20 .474
Tuesday’s Results.
Waycross 8. Brunswick 2
Thomasville 6. Valdosta 0.
Americus 4. Cordele 1.
Norfolk
poned.
OTHER RESULTS.
Virginia League.
6. Roanoke 4 Others post-
Sporting Food
■»y QBONOB «. PHAIM >
REVENGE.
(A Baseball Tragedy in Three Acts.)
ACT I.
Ike Swatt, the mighty baseball star,
was smitten with a dame
Who owned a flock of lucre and an
old and honored name,
But when he offered her his hand
she coldly spurned 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 h*'r fortune on the
prowess of his bat.
And when hr took the final strike it
left the poor girl flat.
il Revenge /” she (Tied, in accents
wild “I'll many him for
that!**
John McGraw arises to remark that
the Giants this year are stronger than
they ever were Reports from the front
indicate that * they are particularly
strong with the left jab and the right
hook.
The rough house among the Giants
merely proves the old theory that Larry
McLean is contagious.
In spite of the fact that Mr. MpGraw
once owned a billiard hall he does not
seem able to handle the ivories.
GeorgeLockner Won Sweepstakes
DILLON TO BOX KLAUS IN
12-ROUND BOUT AT BOSTON
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Morty Graves Injured an Eye
GAMENESS — THAT’S
NESS.
A BU SI -
Lew Richie once claimed that he rode
his motorcycle for pleasure thereby
demonstrating that he was one of our
greatest comedians.
Wo 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 heavyweight fighter named Flynn
Was endowed with an ironclad ehynn.
He didn't much care
If they walloped him there
Just as tong as he gathered the tynn.
Possibly some one can tell us whether
the man who picks out the names for
motor boats is a victim of the hop habit
or Is just naturally that way.
The press agent tells us that Mike
Schreck is down to 177 pounds. But he
does not tell us whether Mike has am
putated h islegs or his thirst.
WHY?
“7 came from California." remarked
a Western gent.
“But strange to say, I net*cr won a
tennis tournament."
“It is a noble sight!" he said—"the
river marathon!
It is a noble sight to see the athletes
fighting on.
It is a noble sight to see them stem
th( sullen tide.
But why do they prefer to swim when
there are boats to ride?**
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 it
first looked as if it might cause him
the loss of his right eye.
Morty w r as tinkering on a pedal af;-
er winning the first heat of the three-
cornered match race. w T hen 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 an> the complete summaries:*
Southern Merchants’ Purse.
Heata one mile; final, two miles.
Plrst Heat—Jock McNeil, first;
Freddie Luther, second. Time, : 43.
Second Heat—Morty Graves, first;
Wilmer Richards, second. Time. :42.
Third Heat—George Lockner. firs- ;
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 H^at—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 4-5.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. 1(.—
Jack Dillon has accepted terms for a
twelve-round bout with Frank Klaus
at Boston, August 26. These men
have been recognized generally as
the best of the middleweights 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, GA., Aug. 13.—Thero 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 w’ith 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 boy tennis champion, was forced
to play at his best in his match in
order to win over Leonard Beekman.
of New York, 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 set of their match 6-1.
The second and third sets went to
Johnston 10-8, 6-1.
In the second round Johnston de-
I 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. I>amed. the seven-time
champion, defaulted to A. S. Dabney
and afterward said he would not com
pete at Newport next week.
Play in the third round of the singles
will be resumed to-day.
Carolina Association.
^Winston 2. Greensboro 1.
Durham 5, Asheville 2.
Charlotte S. Raleigh 1
Charlotte 5. Raleigh t.
American Association.
St Paul 5-3, Indianapolis 1-4.
Milwaukee 5, Louisville 2.
Toledo 4, Kansas City 2.
Minneapolis 6, Columbus 0.
International League.
Toronto 0. Jersey City 0.
Newark 2 Rochester *1.
Rochester 3. Newark 2
Providence 8. Buffalo 7
Baltirnore-Montreal rain.
Federal League.
Cleveland 0. Indianapolis 4.
Pittsburg 10. Chicago 2.
Kansas City 6-4. tSt. Louis 8-;
Annual Mountain
Excursion
Southern Railway
Saturday, Aug. 16.
$0.00 Asheville, N. 0.
$6.00 Lake Toxaway, N. C.
$8.00 Hendersonville, N. 0.
$6.00 Hot Springs, N. C.
$6.00 Tate Springs, N. C.
$6.60 Bristol, Tenn.
Final Limit September 1.
Tkfee trains to Asheville.
Morning Noon Night
8:00 a.m. 11:16 a.m. 9:30 p.m.
MAKE RESERVATIONS 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.