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- n TTTE ATLANTA GUORC.TAN AND NEWS. EET If Mutt Loses To-day, It's Right to the Cleaners for Him By “Bud” Fisher Bv Top Agler. B irmingham. al,a., au* is Carl Thompson Is going to Ret the final shot at the Barons In Birmingham, and Carl is groin* to do his level best to lick his old team mates. Carl will be on his mettle in this contest, as Prough, the Barons celebrated right-hander and a sure trial horse in the Biff Show next year, has been saved for the last gamp with the Crackers. Chapman will catch, and you may he sure we will all do our best to pull the gamp out for Carl. A few days hack, we wouldn’t have been very hopeful against a bird like F’ropgh. But in the last two gamps 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 Prough in the last two games And maybe we can keep irp the good work. • • • TAFNT 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. Kvans got into the going after our tongues were hanging out with running around the liases, 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/fANAGER SMITH has shipped *** Price. 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 1913. With Thompson. Voss and Love We should be able to worry along through the game to day. especially as we are hoping we won’t need anybody but Carl. Can. yov thay» bf r OAl UHUC MUN" Town yCSTCROAv AMD ht waj scaatcnco ™ATt'4 YU/O DAY4 'N A RDw /Amp ro cop ! i-m, fcoNiwA Q\jiY. A 0<N) I’M TMROJ4H < YHAT^ 1 ACL. A AIPPY 6oT No Chance to Beat ’ fM - H6 OVnt 6ctNo 'NTORMA-riOA/. _ THE. wKOUa FORTY tCWti on aoamj express" spliy iy TnR.ee, WA.Y ^ -c 7 co^y^/i/r t9t3 ’By C* OH.HORtOgS* MWT PA ICED ON ANOYHel. 6fc T ^ej^rSK-OAY, UNCLE MUN WAS 5CRATCHW; HOo/eweff., fAVJTT IS 5HO0YINC, YrtC WHOt-E ,6AN<RJ)\.L Tooa^. ie F^DAPAS feitPBJcSS uoses vtiTCiVY, NVVJYTMONY HPMC .Nwsei ewoutH to Bert A PAIR. OP ueibo.csis ecR. A HONVNMCKb 0(R0. KRAZY KAT • • • • It All Depends On the Kind of “Hitting” 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. r«» 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 DarUis had come ft^er from Perwin 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 draw for the privilege one Mlltlades won. The mill was pulled off at a little place called Marathon, and Mlltlades knocked him dead in a punch, showing that White Hopes are much the same in all ages. Although everyone expected this result, one young man. who is no* 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 sine© that evil day other young men of unstable mental poise have gone forth In the*r un derwear to run 25 miles on the slightest provocation, although only a few have died Immediately after the finish. Many comparatively sane and useful citizens have been cast into the booby-hatch for less than a voluntary run of 25 miles ‘n heat and duet, 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 \v«. have that o».*r coifntry is still the Land of Liberty. (The next film will be knock- tut—“The America Cup.” Get it at any cost.) • • • “THE GERMAN COMMISSION will study various phases of ama teur sports In America’’ is an nounced. Ah—or—including “sum mer baseball?" THERE IS OBVIOUS INCON wlstency In the ruling off of Jockey Wilson, who has been Helping im prove the breed of horses by pull ing them up in auqh races in which thev seemed to be going too fast. It is surely for the improvement of the breed not to overwork them. • • * AS THESE LINES ARE hatted 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 the other night demonstrate* that Smith can hit hard enough to knock out Jim Flynn, and as knocking out Flvnu has ever he»n 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 t" the air." Jeannette claims that he must sail for Paris on October 10 to fill an » ensrugemt nt with Gc-orger Carpen- tier. and ask<= for a September date in !>os Angeles. Promoter McCarey, of the Pacific A <\. 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 Croas on Labor Day. re turned from the mountains last nigh! 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 his • dmisslon day match against the winner of to-night's fight between Dundee and White. mmmn Alb, I6NAT2'> aT How These. WWi G.FEAT AmouajT OF KAUElT/' ’THEM CHIA/XSp ORlEAJT^LS/ JVOO VtfHAT Form OF i CftUEUY DO YOU Accuse Thel f'oi ICH/NKS" OF HAVING Walsh to Visit Bonesetter Reese +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ -r« + Mighty Arm Loses Old Cunning By Ed W. Smith. C hicago, ill*, Aug is.—Th* mighty Ed Walsh arm has 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 ha® 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 asking Bonesetter 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 pitched and won and the Sox fans settled down comfortably to see “Big Kd“ give them another season of phenomenal work. • • • B UT U wasn’t to be. In a lltlle while Walsh discovered that he “wasn’t there,” and it didn’t take much longer for his friends to see the s»ime thing. That shrieking spe.V 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 bonesetting 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 back it will be a tremendous blow to President Comlskey and his hopes And It emphasizes again and again the tremendous value to a team of a single star pitcher. Appalachian League. Knoxville o, Bristol 4 Moristown 8. Middlesboro 4. Rome 7, Johnson City 2. f~MTB fans and Sox fans used to argue and even fight over the question of whether Mordecal Brown or Ed Walah 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 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 side of the West Slder. Brownie was sent to the minors because he wasn't of service to the West Side team. But there never was anything the matter with the Brown arm. Hit? 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 beat* n the Cubs, too. This Is both I>ain 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 THE pitcher Is a tremendous factor * In the baseball of to-day. And I only a manager In Jimmy Callahan’s I present flx can realize what it means I to have Walsh gone Jimmy knows I 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 beat batters. He has been gttlng i a lot of good pitching out of Scott, Cicotte and Russell, and especially has worked the latter at a terrific pace. Hence the general fear that he may break the Texas wonder down. Oh. for an Ed Walsh at this stage of the ‘ battle! Sporting Food George Lockner Won Sweepstakes DILLON TO BOX KLAUS IN 12-ROUND BOUT AT BOSTON BASEBALL SUMMARY SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Atlanta at Birmingham Memphis at New Orleans. Chattanooga at Nashville. Montgomery at Mobile. Standing of the Clubs. Mobile Mont. Atlanta B’ham. W L. Pc 67 48 .583 63 45 583 60 51 .541 59 54 522 \V L Pc C’nooga 55 54 .505 M’phls 55 69 482 N’ville 48 64 429 N. Or 37 69 .319 Tuesday’s Results. Atlanta 12. Birmingham 3 Mobile 6. 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 Pe W L Pc NY 72 31 963 Boston 44 58 431 Phila. 61 37 622 B’klyn. 44 66 441 P burg 55 49 529 • C'nati 43 67 391 Chicago 5 61 .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 Pc | W L Pc Phila. 72 34 679 Boston 50 54 481 Cl'land. 66 43 606 Detroit. 46 63 422 W'gton. 59 47 557 6. Louis 44 69 389 Chicago 58 58 523 V Y 35 67 343 Tuesday’s Results. Chicago 4. Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 7. New York 2. Tex as> League. Pallas 2. San Antonio 3 Austin 0, Beaumont 5. Fort Worth 6. Houston 4. Waco 1, Galveston 2. •OUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Macon at Charleston. Albany at Columbus. Savannah at Jacksonville. Standing of the Clubs. W . *n. 1 W L Pc Sav’nah. 24 16 .600 i Albany 20 22 .476 C’bus 23 19 548 Chas’n 19 23 450 J'ville. 20 22 .476 1 Macon 18 22 .450 Tuesday’s Results. Savannah 4. Jacksonville 0. Macon 4. Charleston 2. Albany 10, Columbus 0. GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE. Gamas Wednesday. Newnan at LaGrange Anniston at Talladega Gadsden at Opelika. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P C. t W L Pe. O den 49 34 590 An'ton 42 46 483 N’nan 43 42 506 L'G’ge 41 45 477 OJelika 43 44 494 T'dega 38 48 442 Tuesday's Results. Talladega 4. Anniston 3 Opelika 4. Gadsden 0. LaGrange 11, New nan 10. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Cordele at Americus a Valdosta at Thomasvllle. Brunswick at Waycross. Standing of the Clubs. W. L Pe » W L. Pc. T'ville. 20 16 .566 Am’cus. 19 19 600 V’dosta. 19 19 500 B'wick 18 20 474 C’dele 19 19 .500 W’croas 18 20 474 Tuesday’s Results. Waycross 8. Brunswick 2. Thomasvllle 5. Valdosta 0. Americus 4. Cordele 1. OTHER RESULTS. Virginia League Norfolk 6. Roanoke 4. Others post poned. By GEORGE E. 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 v hen 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. ACJ 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 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. McGraw once owned a billiard hall he does not seem able to handle the ivories. +• + Morty Graves Injured an Eye 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 heavyweight fighter named Flynn Was endorred with an ironclad chynn. He didn't much care If they walloped him there Just as long as hr gathered the fj/nn. Possibly some one can tell us whsther 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? “I came from Californiaremarked a Western gent, “Rut strange to say, / never won a tennis tournament.* 1 “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 the sullen tide. But why do they prefer to swim when there are boats to ridet” 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 rider3, 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 9aid 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; 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 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; Georgy Renal, second; Henry Lewis, third. Time, 3:39 4-5. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. It.— Jack Dillon has accepted terms for a twelve-round bout with Frank Klaus a*t Boston, August 26. These men have been recognized generally as the best of the middleweights dur ing the last year. Klaus defeated Dillbn 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 —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 tw r o other teams to the league. JOHNSTON FORCED HARO 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 I^eonard 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- j fcated 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 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 8. Raleigh 1. Charlotte 6, Raleigh 1. American Aasociatlon. 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 Baltimore-Montreal rain. Federal League. Cleveland 0. Indianapolis 4 Pittsburg 10, Chicago 2. Kansas City 6-4, 6t. Louis S-3. Annual Mountain Excursion Southern Railway Saturday, Aug. 16. S6.00 Asheville, N. 0. $6.00 Lake Toxaway, N. 0. $6.00 Hendersonville, N. 0. $6.00 Hot Springs, N. C. $6.00 Tate Springs. N. 0. $6.50 Bristol, Tenn. Final Limit September 1. Three trains tc Asheville. Morning Noon Night 8:00 a.m. 11:15 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.