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TTTE ATLANTA OBORGTAN AND NEWS. PR0«[S HE IS By Davenport. C hicago, nx., au*. h. — ah doubts as to who i» manager of the Cubs have been dispelled during: the past few days, for Jawn Evers Is not only the Keystone King:, but he rules with an Iron hand, and those wjio dare to resent his ruling: power have been relegated to the minors or diaposd of In some other manner. It is less than a week since the manager of the Cube learned through the columns of a certain morning newspaper that he was about to be dethroned. In other words, according to the word of on© who claimed to have the inside info, Jawn was about to be Maderolzed. Tour humble servant hurried to the throne of the Keystone King In an effort to learn Just horn badly King Jawn felt over the sad news. “If all of the sport scribes in Chi cago were as certain of their Job* as I am of mine." said Jawn, “they would be purchasing benzine buggies on the Installment plan. Pome scribes can’t get real news, so they manufac ture It. “The main trouble with the ball club has been that there were too many players on the club who thought they knew more about running the affairs of the club than does the owner or manager.” Rather pointed words, these, but they flowed as freely from Jawn’s mouth as milk and honey in that land where one never knows hunger. The cross-examiner shot a few' pointed questions at the King. "To whom do you refer?” was the first one, and Jawn replied: “Well, there are a number of pitcher*! on my stafT who know so much about pitching that they refuse to take any orders,” was the rather evasive reply. “Name them,” was the next hot one fired at Jawn. “I'd rather not Just now, but it will all come out in the wash,” spake the oracle. Stop, look, listen and cogitate. Reulbach Let Out. Ed Reulbach has been traded to Brooklyn, Overall has bepn forwarded to Frisco by parcel post, and Lurid I^ew Richie will grace Kansas City with his august and comical presence. Nuff sed. Who are the pitchers who were treading on Jawn’s artistic bunions? Reulbach, Overall and Richie, and they arc no longer Cubs. That’s the answer. John Evers is ruler of the Oub«», and he has been given to understand that his Job is is secure as the Constitution of the United States. Evers Shows Hand. He intends to manage the affairs of the club without either outside or inside Influences or assistance, and when he finds a person in the little family who can't see things his way, it’s a 10 to 1 bet that person is going to enjoy some scenery en route to somewhere. True, neither Overall, Reulbach nor Richie has shown anything anldo from an enthusiastic desire to connect with the pay roll this season, and that alone is reason for a change of climate for the trio, but the fact that they toiled under Chance when Evers was but a common layman and wdth them Is ample evidence that they are In cluded among the pitchers "who know' ( to6 much about pitching to take or ders.” The developments In the Cub camp during the past week mean much for the future of the Cubs. They mean that President Murphy is determined to inject new blood into his bail club. He has about decided that the old Cub machine that won three pennants is becoming worn and that the club that won a pennant tw*o years ago can not be depended upon to repeat five years hence. In other words, when the Cubs board the rattler for the sunny climes of Florida next March there will be a number of familiar physlogs missing. No Shift on Infield. It is the firm belief of yours truly that the Cub infield will be Intact next season, with Saier at first, Evers on the throne and Ztm at third. We are making no prognostications as to who will Jerk the pill out of the dust in and around short. Fred Williams will be among those who will cavort in the outer pastures, and further than that affiant sayeth not. It will be a new club In the way of pitchers, and there may be a new face behind the bat. which means that another face, familiar to all the base ball fans, will be missing No names mentioned, but he couldn’t get along with Mrs. Britton. Evers will have a club that will answer to him and not try to dictate the managerial policies. Overall, Reulbach and Richie have outlived their usefulness with the Cubs. They may show a flash of class with the clubs to whom they have been sent, but they will never wear Cub uniforms again. This wholesale canning business leaves Evers with *dx twirlers to fin ish the season, Cheney. Humphries, Lavender, Pierce. Smith and Stack. And the season will end in a few short weeks, tnen—watrh for some new' developments and aime young twirlers. PROUGH AND MAYER ARE SOLD TO CHICAGO SOX BIRMINGHAM. ALA., Aug 14.— The star Birmingham battery, Prough and Mayer, has been secured by the Chicago' American League club. Ex ercising an optional agreement. Wal ter Mayer, the young Baron catcher, was regained ofr $1,500. When Chicago placed Mayer with the Baron club, a blanket option was exacted for the choice of a player for $2,500. Prough’s w r onderful pitching attracted the attention of the White Sox, and he was chosen. Leading the it ague with a record of twenty victories and five defeats, Prough will gain his third trial in the Vijors. Previously Pittsburg and Ci.clnfcati have tried out the elongat ed pitcher and have returned him to tr.^rs. Mutt's No Piker; He Shoots the Bankroll • • • • By “Bud” Fisher I A/our. MUYr LI ireMI fe 0 SCRATCHED. TrfAr'i ACT OF PRoViDtN(.€ To You You SHOULDN'T GAN\BLG. DON'T BET AGAIN That %i+o r THINK OF YH£ years . 5<0FPei?6D CXSJ ! account or your Playing Tne Races in thf Past, think of your, own BNBigi growing up To know -rneiR. pat Heft. A5> * GAMBLER. Pause ? think* I PLGAO WITH You motto bet* AHJ X SEE BY TH6 THOUGHTFUL expression on your, pan THAT »AY WORDS ARJE GETTING To YOUR. HEART. IAY WORDS HAVE HAD EFFECT. YOU ARG THINKING of fAY WORDS; V are you Not? WELL, To BG PRANK x was thinking -OF A WINA/efL FpR Today FORTY HUNKS OF CCICU ON * ANY THING *■ TO VsllN L GOT YUH, BUT TAKE YOUIt NOSE OUT OF HAY EAR. de*’ TOMOlU^oy/^ Paper and sec WHAT NR. NiuTT Does HlV6eU\ FAINT heart MEvep. G'LLets a Spade flush ■ — KRAZY KAT .*»• * mm* • • • • • • • • / t ....... k — — J -v • 0 Ignatz Is An Honest Youth WoRRi&S HAVE. You YO DAV j; KD/v^y I GNAT 2. V MUST ONE. > Always call, a ? SPADE,A SPADE one Would beA VtRV LkuTHFUC one Would call' A SPADE-, A .SPADE. ‘ KD\zy - untruthful should ONE CALL trer A SHOVELS'^! HEY I6NAT5'-3 Crackers Facing Supreme Test -!-•-!• *•* -!-•-!• Mobile Has Lead of 5 1-2 Games Bv O. B. Keeler. H AVING duly touched off the red Are, ignited the Roman candles and called out the fire depart ment. we will now get out the old chewed-at-one-end section of pencil and put down a few of the thing?' popularly supposed not to mislead, which, by the way, is one of the most staggering fallacies the twentieth century staggers under. It is plainly to be seen, and may be set down In signs like the following: !!!!, that the Crackers trimmed Bir mingham a severely straight m ries, copped the Anal road trip in the ratio of seven to four and are in something of a position to contest against Mo bile and Montgomery for the posses sion of the title of Southern cham- poens. • • • THE exact situation Is this: 1 Atlanta has 26 games left to play—all at home. Mobile has a lead of five and one- half full games over the Crackers. Montgomery has an edge of three full games. But— Mobile has only twm more games scheduled at home. And Montgomery Is not much bet ter off, having three. • • • j AKING the matter as personal as •*•*1 possible, the Crackers will get a regular crack a4»cnch of their prin cipal rivals in the long home wind-up. The Billikens will be here August 21. 22 and 23, and the Gulls, September 2. 3, 4 and 5—about the time the last spurt for the wire is on, provided thing? become that acute. The Gulls and the Billies do not play each other any more, the latter probably being rather more than con tent with that arrangement, judging by the recent trouble In Gullville. • * • CO that’s the lay-out. ^ Chattanooga is here to-day, opening with a double-header. Th■» Lookouts also will play Friday and Saturday, and then the Barons will onenk in Monday and try for a little of the revenge stuff. The following Thursday—the 21st—the Montgomery series starts. Then comes Memphis for four games, then New Orleans and Mobile, four each, and then the Lookouts return to wind up the sea- non wdth a single contest—Septem ber 6. • • • T NTKRKST1NG. is it not? 1 No? Well, It’ll look a lot different, wdth a regular shoe-horn crowd wadded into the old Cow Pasture, and a sun burned bunch of men in white uni forms trotting out on the grass, and some sawed-off ; second-story artist pulling off his lid and bellowing: "The bat-t-tree-oes f'r t’day's game: Muggum’ry, Brown an' Crib bing?*; 'Tlnnta, Dunton Chipmunk!” That’s something else ngaln. • * • WOUGH! A foxy young Pitcher named Prough dot into a hit of a rough With name Walloping Guys, And to his surprise, lie found out he didn't know hough! • • 9 W HICH bit of gloating in a strict ly minor key leads up to the fact that, as G. Cleveland once eruditely remarked, It is not a theory but a condition that confronts us. The condition, roughly set forth, is to win two-thirds of twenty-six games—or better. / Two-thirds ought Just about to pass Montgomery and overtake Mo bile, who will have to travel on the high speed to break even on the long road trip that confronts each. But two-thirds of 26 games is be tween seventeen and eighteen. And that is a good many games to win. when it is mixed up with at least four double-headers. Also, it may rain. • • • U fHTCH brings on the subject of clouds. And just now, on the heels of five straight victories on the road, the everlasting rout of the Barons, the busting of Mr. Prough’s proud record, and the beginning of a long stay at home- well, just now, we are inclined to think the said cloud is turning outward a hit of the well-known silver lining. Fighting Carpenter Shows Remarkable Gameness in Great Battle FRANK WHITNEY EASY FOR CHARLEY WHITE Conzelman and Price Will Work v#-F GA.-ALA. LEAGUE NOTES The Georgia-Alabama season will close Saturday, and while hardly any of the clubs in the circuit have made money this year from the attendance, it is expected that several will realize on the sale of players. The abnormal speed of the Class D Southeastern last year militated against the sport in Anniston, Gadsden and Talladega this year, but it is believed that the fans are getting satisfied with real Class D ball and that the league will be kept Intact. • • • Gadsden has had the best club from the start, and they probably have the best manager in Jhe league, considered from the standpoint of both his playing and managerial ability. Kandall brought several men from New Orleans who had been playing all winter and they were In good form when the season opened Although Gadsden ha* never been off th.- top, however, the attendance at that place was the poorest In the league, and it was the only city to get games transferred. • • • A fine spirit of bon homme prevailed among both the fans and players at the banquet held in Anniston last Saturday night, when an inspiring address was made to the men by Hon. E. D. Wil lett, a well-known attorney and former president of th.- Anniston club In the Southeastern, At this meetng, Proctor. Anniston's star centerflelder, also prove*! himself a fine orator. He’s a graduate of a Texas college and promises to go up. • • • If the league is kept together, there will be M u unanimous apeal made for th© re-election of President W. J. Boy kin, of Gadsden, who has shown him self to be a live wire, a man of back bone and uniform fairness. He has pleased all tb© clubs • * • White, the one-armed phenom, who for a while played with the Anniston club, holding tl^» unique record of being the first one-armed man to perform in professional company, has made good as an umpire Joe Burke, an old-timer with the Indicator, also gave better sat isfaction this year than ever before. • • • Boyd, whom Birmingham released to Talladega, will probably go btyrk to the Southern w’hen this league closes. His arm Is getting in shape again and he has hud pretty easy sailing. Bice, New- nan's catcher, is one of those rare backstops who hit tHe ball and perform well at the same time with the mitt. In the last series at Anniston he got ten hits out of thirteen times at bat. • # The Anniston club this year encoun tered a h» ih!oo in the .500 limit. Every time the Chickens would get to the half pey'^ct mark something would happen. i>i Mown the ladder they would go again. They almost reached there last Saturday, but in the game Monday they hit the toboggan. • * t The two Georgia towns, Newman and La Grange, leo in attendance this., year. Opelika did well considering the s»ze of the place, but Gadsden, Anniston and Talladega had been used to faster ball, and when salaries were reduced this year the fans got the idea that the sjH*rt would not be interesting This proved erroneous, however. By Fuzzy Woodruff. I 'J by far the most thrilling, excit ing and scientifically waged ring battle ever seen in Atlanta, Frank Whitney, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, At lanta favorite, was for the first time in his Southern ring career com pelled to leave the roped arena a beaten man. For ten rounds he was scientifically hammered by Charley White, the marvelous Chicago light weight. And though Whitney left the ring beaten, he did not leave there with any smirch on his record. It is doubt ful If he ever fought more brilliant ly. It is certain that no mail ever showed more gameness than did the Iowa carpenter. There were cheers for the victor, but there were more cheers for the vanquished. It was simply a case of Whitney meeting a better man, but, though, at no stage of the game did he appear to have a shade, time and again when the crowd was on its feet expecting to see him feel his first knockout in stead saw’ him rally brilliantly, give blow for blow, never wincing under White’s terrible punching. Whitney was always a great big figure. But credit must be given White. The little Chicagoan seems even- inch a champion. He had a deep and abiding respect for Frank, though, and boxed carefully. Not until tLie sev enth round did he begin to take any thing like a chance, and then he was quic k to crawl back behind his breast works whenever Whitney seemed dangerous. • • • \S a result, Atlanta boxing fans saw boxing in the real sense of the word. Both men fought marvelous defensive battles. The sparring was fast and perfectly executed. Both used excellent ring generalship. It w’as White’s superior strength and his youth that told the story. Whitney's entire attack was from his right side. The few times he used his left It seemed to possess lit tle power, but at that he did quite as much leading as his opponent. In the fourth round his right landed and White was turned completeyl aiound by the force of the plow. In this round Whitney had the shade, but all the others were either even or White’s. • • • W HEN the gong rang for the sev enth round, the battle was ap parently all even. Then White took the lead. Both men had been cau tious in reference to infighting, but in this session White got busy at this part of the game and beat Whit ney at the feature of fighting in which he is most skilled. In the eighth Whitney wits very, very tired. His face was completely smeared, but his magnificent condi tion told the tale. In the ninth it was the same story, and in the last part of the tenth it seemed Inevitable that Whitney would be floored before the gong. He weathered it bravely and was on his feet fighting to the end, but there was not a dissenting voice when Referee Castro raised the Chicago boy’s glove. • * * tN the semi-windup Kid Young was A decisively beaten by Charley Lee. Young seemed to have none of his old dash and virility and in the fourth I 4 round after Lee had dropped him and Young arose to* continue his tactics of crawling under cover Castro an nounced LeA the winner. At times Young showed a flash, but it was never more than a flash. It seems that the promising newsboy boxer has about run his course. • • • JN the third round of their scheduled six-rjund go Terry Nelson drop ped Mike Saul with a terrific clip on the jaw. Saul came up on the count of nine, and after clinching desper ately backed into his corner and cov ered. He was apparently badly hurt, not only from Nelson's blow, but also from the blow he received when his head struck the canvas with a bump that could be heard for feet. Saul was apparently unable to fight back, and the referee declared Nelson the winner to save the Atlanta milk man from further punishment. Up to the knockdowm Saul had a big lead >ver the little Greek and was appar ently boxing in his best style. • • * TN the opening engagement “Mary” Payne knocked out Battling O’Leary in the second round of their four-round go. Both boys w’ere nov ices, but both w’ere willing. A fair house saw an excellent fight card. Tesreau and Matty After Auto *F#4* 4-s-J. “Big Six” Making Good Record Fans Will See Calvo in Right Field By Joe Agler. J OHN M’GRAW has called on Jeff Tesreau oftener to start battles this year than ary other member of the Giants’ pitching staff. Up to August 1, the “Little Napoleon” had given the pitching assignment to the big spit-baller 25 times*. Jeff only went the route on eight occasions, but on many of the times he was der. ricked he was lifted to allow' a pinch hitter to be inserted Into the pro ceedings and not because he was no 1 performing to the satisfaction tit his commander. Were Hugh Chalmers to offer a car to the National League pitcher who twirled the greatest number of com plete games instead of the player who is most valuable to his team. Christy Mathewson undoubtedly would be riding around in a new auto next fall. “Big Six” has opened on the firing line in 22 skirmishes for the Giants this year and has lasted through 17 engagements, which gives him a fin ishing average of .773. Matty quit twice because he had to, twice because his team had an enor mous lead ai)d once because McGraw wished to shove Harry McCormick in as a pinch hitter. club that has compelled The Mathewson to retire under fire is St. Louis, the team that handed him his first beating twelve years ago. when he first became famous*. The Cardi nals ought to be proud of themselves for their showing against "Big Six' this year. They have received five of the thirteen passes Matty has issued this season, Ed Konetchy and Miller Hugginu each obtaini ng two a* i ; Steve Evans one. The eight oth i National Leaguers who have been honored with compline ntaries bv Mathewson this season are Viox and Mensor, of Pittsburg; Bares anrl Groh. of Cincinnati; Zimmerman, of Chi cago, and Titus, Rariden and Marar. ville. of Boston. The figures below' show the number of games started and completed ’■**. the Giant?'’ pitchers this season: Complete Games Games Started Pitched P.C Crandall 1 1 1 00u Mathewson 22 17 .773 Marquard 20 13 .650 Demaree 16 7 .43: Arnes 5 2 • .401' From me 6 2 .83 Tesreau 25 8 .32 Wilts© 2 0 .000 H OME again! And glad to be here, you may be sure. Especially as we won’t have to hook any more rattlers and ride any more un til the season of 1913 is history. The boys talked it over, coming this way from Birmingham last night, anc they decided the Crackers had one grand little chance to knock the ever lasting lining out of about six other clubs in the next three weeks, and bring home another Mag to Cracker- ville. Tiiat’s what we will try our best to do. The Birmingham series has given us all a lot of confidence. We pounded the ball back of good work by our own pitchers, and put up a great fielding game. That combination will win regularly against anything ir. thi9 league, if only we can keep L working. • * • PONZELMAX and Price will work ^ in the double-header with Chat tanooga this afternoon, and Dunn probably will have to catch in both, as Chapman has a bad ankle. Chris Holtz has been released out right, and Jacinto Calvo, the Cuban outfielder Clark Griftuh sent us, wii be in right field. We hear he is a bear with the wood and fast on th? bases, and that is w'hat w’e will need from now on. Holtz is a crack fielder, but weak at the plate. * * * R ETURNING to the last battle in Slagville. which is a very, pleas ant topic with us. it will be noted that Carl Thompson, fiaron cast-off, pitched rings around his famous rival, Clinton Prough, stopping his winning streak at ten games, where he is tied with Ooveleskie. Prough showed the stuff in holding dow’n the runs as well as he did, for the Crackers were surely hitting the old pill. Once McBride, by a great running catch, robbed Harry Holland of what looked like a sure homer, with the bases full at the time. Harry kept up his hitting streak, and is now in the charmed circle of the .300 wal lopers And please don’t forget Wally Smith. His drive to the center flelJ fence probably was the longest hit of the season in Birmingham, and just about settled things for Mr. Prough and his help. The help also cracked under punishment, while we kept Uij our good work In the field. * * * W ’CLL, the Barons- are out of the race, It seems, and it w r as our bunch that put them out when the rest »l' the league seemed powerless io head thm. Now r we will have a chance at Lho others. Weil do our best. REDS BUY CATCHER. # ROANOKE, VA, Aug. 14.—Mark Stewart, the big catcher of the Nor folk club, in the Virginia State League, has been sold to the Cincin nati Red Sox for $2,000. Stewart is a young catcher, and was playing col lege ball at Washington and Lee Uni versity a year ago. His batting aver age has been .300. He will finish the season with the Norfolk club and re port to Manager Tinker at the con clusion of the season. Totals 97 50 CINCINNATI ASKS FOR 1 WORLD'S SERIES GAMES WAIVERS ON 4 PLAYERS WILL START OCTOBER PITTSBURG. Aug. 14.—Before the Cincinnati Nationals left Pittsburg it w’as reported from their camp that waivers had been asked on Suggs, Sheckard, Egan and Bates, veterans of the team All the clubs in the league have waived on Bates and Egan, and President Herrmann and Manager Tin ker are trying to make deals for them with American League teams. They ex pect to pull off a trade for Egan with either the Whtie Sox or the Highland ers, both being in need of inflelders of Egan’s class. Tt is likely that several other changes will be made. On the present eastern trip all the clubs have also waived on Suggs, for whom Manager Tinker has been trying to pull a deal. Trades are under way for Sheckard. EADE'S» railTeiMj [ B The" , "onr , ™"ancr MJ Popular Remedy Dr for Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago: pains I in the head, face and limbs. At druggists. | E. FOFOEKA & CO . Inc., Agents for C. 8., 90 Bet'kumu Si-, N. V*. CHICAGO. Aug. 14 —The world’s s - ries games are to start on Monday, Oc tober 6. This w r as the information Pres ident Ban Johnson, of the America . League, gave out. The play wMll cor ^tinue on each succeeding day thereafter until one club bas won four out of seven games. Should two Eastern teams be fortu nate enough to take down the glory in the National and American Leagues— and it looks certain—then Sunday will be an off-day, for the "blue” laws of the East forbid the parading of our na tional pastime on the Sabbath. DON’T SCRATCH If you only knew how quickly and easily i Tetterine cures fcutma, e»en where everything . else fails, you wouldn’t suffer and scratch. Tetterine Cures Eczema Read what Mrs. Thomas Thompson. Clarkes- 1 ville, Ua.. says: : sufferod fifteen years with tormenting eczema. Had the best doctors, but nothing did me any good until I got Tetterine. It curtd me. I am so thankful. Ringworm, ground itch. Itching piles and other skin troubles yield as readily. Get it today— Tetterine. 50c at druggists, or by mall. 8HUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH, GA. Low round trip fares North and West Commencing June 1st and daily thereafter round trip tickets over the Louisville & Nashville Railroad will be sold at greatly reduced fares to all the principal lake, mountain and sea shore resorts and to many of the larger cities in the North and West. These tickets will be good returning until October 31st, and bear liberal step-over privi leges. Round trip fares from Atlanta are Cincinnati $19.50 Charlevoix 38.08 Chautauqua Lake Pts. 34.30 Chicago 30.00 Colorado Springs — 47.40 Denver 47.40 Detroit 29.00 French Lick Springs .... 21.70 Indianapolis 22.SO Louisville 18.00 Mackinac Island. 39.50 Mammoth Cave $17.40 Marquette 45.70 Milwaukee 31.75 Minneapolis 43.20 Niagara Falls 35.85 Petoskey 38.08 Put In Bay 28.00 Salt Lake City 60.40 St. Louis 25.60 Toronto 38.20 Yellowstone Park 67.60 These are but s few of the points. There are a great many others and we will be pleased to giro full information upon application. Proportionately low fares from other points in Georgia, Let Us Arrange Your Vacation Ti ip CITY TICKET OFFICE 4 Peachtree St. PH0NES {H? UH ATLANTA