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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. C. [ 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. • • • 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. * • • ■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.) • • • “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. • • • 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. • • * 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 m • • • • • • • • • • • By “Bud” Fisher Can you imagine that » eer ONi UNCIE MON" Town Y6STERM"* AND Ml WAi SCRATCH to ~ r two day 6 fiv ardw rye TMUO ro cop ! x-AA Gonna Quit. THeBfe'i a .jin* oo, THROUGH / THAT i ) 6 GUN AIN'T 6oT 6iO chance To beat ’Cm. HE CAMT 6CTNr> 'NEORMATIOM. x>n\ - OH, HO**/**,* mutt rrfUED ON AMOY- yp vretcoAV* ( N CL £ MUN WAS S< RATCNttC HOWEV/eS., fAUTY IS 5tt00T<H<, -THE U/HOLt BANMUSU. ToOA'f. K 8 AOANVS loses xtstsyt, NVJTTUiONT HAKE AlONCY ENOUGH To Bert A Pws. of* L£<b&t«ds VOtL A HORUAKtfe QIR.O. KRAZY KAT • — • 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& ** wwrjimiTiVi DonY They All. The 7/me s Hit s TkE Pipes,. Hnrr/AJG is a KsuEciry it ajctt ?< Walsh to Visit Bonesetter Reese +•+ +•+ 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. * * • 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 -s-»* *•* .j. * a. 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.