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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
Mutt's No Piker; He Shoots the Bankroll
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By “Bud” Fisher
By Davenport.
C hicago, n.u, Aug. 14. — aii
doubts as to who is 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, knd
those who dare to resent his ruling
power have been relegated to the
minors or dlvposd of in some other
manner.
Tt Is less than a week since the
manager of the Cubs learned through
the columns of a certain morning
newspaper that he was about to bu
dethroned.
In other words, according to the
word of one who claimed to have the
inside Info, Jawn was about to be
Maderoized.
Your humble servant hurried to the
throne of the Keystone King in an
effort to leirn just horn badly King
Jawn felt over the sad news.
"If all of the sport scribes in Chi
cago were as certain of their Jobs
as I arn of mine," said Jawn, "they
would be purchasing bensine 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 w’ere 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 polhted 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
lirst one, and Jawn replied:
"Well, there are a number of
pitchers on my staff 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
tired at Jhwn.
“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 been 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 are no longer Cubs.
That’s the answer. John Evers Is
ruler of the Cubs, and he has been
given to understand that his Job is
as 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,
11*8 a 10 to 1 bet that person Is going
to enjoy some scenery en route to
somewhere.
True, neitho.- O/trail, Reulbach nor
Richie has shown anything aside 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 with them
Is ample evidence that they are in
cluded among the pitchers “who know*
too much about pitching to take or
ders.”
The developments In the Cub camp
during the past w'eek mean much for
the future of the Cubs.
They mean that President Murphy
is determined to inject new blood
into his ball club.
He has about decided that the old
< ub machine that won three pennhnts
Is becoming worn and that the club
that won a pennant two 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 physiogs missing.
No Shift on Infield.
It is the firm belief of yours truly
that the Cub infleld will be Intact next
season, with Saier at first. Evers on
the throne and Zim 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 fthom they have
been sent, but they will never wear
Cub uniforms again.
Thin wholesale canning business
leaves Evers with six twirlers to fin
ish the season, Cheney, Humphries,
Lavender. Pierce. Smith and Stack.
And the season will end in a few
short weeks, tnen—watch for some
new developments and some 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,
wa* regained ofr 11,500.
When Chicago placed Mayer with
the Baron club, a blanket option wa*
exacted for the choice of a player for
J2.500. Prough’s wonderful pitching
attracted the attention of the White
Box, and he was chosen.
Leading the league with a record
of twenty victories and five defeats,
Prou^A will gain his third'trial In the
majors. Previously Pittsburg and
Cincinnati have tried out the elongat-
pitcher and have returned him to
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Crackers Facing Supreme Test
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Mobile Has Lead of 5 1-2 Games
By 0. B. Kepler.
H AVING duly touched off the red
fire, ignited the Roman candles
and called out the Are depart
ment, we will now get out the old
chewed-At-one-end section of pencil
and put down a few of the things
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 series,
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 Ui* title of Southern cham-
peens.
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TUIE exact situation is this:
1 Atlanta ha# 26 games left to
play—all at home.
Mobile has a lead of five and one-
half full games over the Crackers
Montgomery ha/ %n edge of three
full games
But —
Mobile his only two more games
scheduled at home.
And Montgome^v is not much bet
ter off. having ttf e.
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]\Y AKINO the .tatter as personal as
possible. the Crackers will get
a regular crack at each of their prin
cipal rivals tn 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
things become that acute.
The Gulls and the Rillies 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 Gullvllle.
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C (> 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
^eak 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
son wdth a single contest—Septem
ber 6
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INTERESTING, is It not?
1 No?
Well, it’ll look a lot different, with
a regular shoe-born 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-ees f’r t'day's
garm : Muggum’ry, Brown an’ Crib
bing*; ’Tlanta, Dunton Cnipmunk!”
That’s something else again.
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WOUGHI
.4 fatty young Pitcher named Prough
Got into a hit of a rough
With eome Walloping Guys,
And to his surprise.
He found out he didn't know hough!
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W HICH bit of gloating in a strict
ly minor key leads up to the fact
that, as G. Cleveland once eruditely
remarked, it la not a theory but a
condition that confronts u».
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 seyenteen 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.
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XIIHICH 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. Brough'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 bit of the
well-known silver lining.
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 I) 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.
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Gadsden has had the best club from
the start, and they probably have the
beet manager in the league, considered
from the standpoint of both his playing
and managerial ability. Randall brought
several men from New Orleans who had
been playing all winter and they were
in goed form when the season opened
Although Gadsden has never been off
the top, however, the attendance at
that place was the poorest In the league,
and ft was the only city to get games
transferred.
A tine spirit of bon homme prevailed
among both the fans and [Jayers at the
banquet held in Anniston last Saturday
night, when an inspiring address wus
made to the men by Hon. E. D. Wil
lett, a well-known attorney and former
president of the Anniston club in the
Southeastern At this rneetng Proctor,
Anniston's star centerfleider, also proved
himself a fine orator. He’s a graduate
of a Texas college ami promises to
go up.
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If the league is kept together, there
will be a unanimous apcai mad* fur
the 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 the clubs.
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White, the one-armed phenom, who
for a while played with the Anniston
club, holding the unique record of being
the first one-armed man to perform in
professional company, has made good as
an umpire Joe Burke, an ola-timer
with the indicator, also gave better sat
isfaction this year than ever before.
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Boyd, whom Birmingham released to
Tallatlega. will probably go hack to the
Southern when this league closes. His
arm is getting in share again and he
has had pretty easy sailing Rice, 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.
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The Anniston club this year encoun
tered a hoodoo in the 500 limit. Every
time the Chickens would get to the half
perfect mark something would happen,
and down the ladder they would go
again. They almost reached there last
Saturday, but tn the game Monday they
hit the toboggan.
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Tlie two Georgia towns. New nan and
I*aGrange. led in attendance this year.
Opelika did well considering the size
or the place, hut Gadsden, Anniston and
Talladega had been used to faster hall,
and when salaries were reduced this
year the fans got the idea that the sport
would not be interesting. This proved
arrotteous. Low ever.
Fighting Carpenter Shows Remarkable Gameness in Great Battle
FRANK WHITNEY EASY FOR CHARLEY WHITE
Conzelman and Price Will Work
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By Fuzzy Woodruff.
I \ T 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 tune
in his Southern ring career com
pelled to leave the roped arena a
beaten man. For ten rounds lie was
scientifically hammered by Charley
W r hite, 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 man ever
showed more gameness than did the
Iowa carpenter. There wore 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 un lor
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 the sev
enth round did he begin to take any
thing like a chance, and then he was
quick to crawl back behind his breast
works whenever Whitney seemed
dangerous.
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\ 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
was 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 pow'er. but at that he did quite as
much leading as his opponent. In the
fourth round his right landed c*nd
White was turned completeyl aiound
by the force of the olow. In this
round Whitney had the shade, but all
the others were either even or
White’s.
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7HEN 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 featdre of fighting in
which he is most skilled.
In the eighth Whitney was very,
very tired. His face was completely
smeared, but his magnificent condi
tion told the tale. In the ninth it
was the Wine 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 w'hen Referee Castro raised the
Chicago boy’s glove.
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tN the semi-windup Kid Young was
1 decisively beaten by Charley Lee.
Young seemed to have none of his
old dasli'and virility- and in the fourth
round after Lee had dropped him and
Young arose to continue his tactics
of crawling under cover Castro an
nounced Lee 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.
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|N the third round of their scheduled
six-round 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 fhe referee declared Nelson
the winner to save the Atlanta milk
man from further punishment. Up to
the knockdown Saul had a big lead
over the little Greek and was appar
ently boxing in his best style. •
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TN the opening engagement "Mary"
Payne knocked out Battling
O’Leary in the second round of their
four-round go. Both boys ware nov
ices. but both were willing.
A fair house saw’ an excellent fight
card.
Tesreau and Matty After Auto
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"Big Six” Making Good Record
J OHN M’GRAW has called on Jeff
Tesreau oftener to start battles
thi» year than ary o-her member
of the Giants’ pitching P'.aff. Up to
August 1, the "Little Napoleon” had
given the pitching assignment to the
big spit-baller 25 timea 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 'nto the pro
ceedings and not because he was not
performing to the satisfaction of his
commander.
Were Hugh Chalmers to offer a ear
to the National League pitcher who
twirled the greatest number of com
plete games inMtead of the player who
is most val lable 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 and once because McGraw
wished to shove Harry McCormick in
as a pinch hitter.
The club that has compelled
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 show ing against "Big 9ix'
this year. They have received five of
the thirteen passes Matty has issued
thin season, Ed Konetchy and Miller
Huggins each obtaini-ig tw’o ar i
Ste/e Evans one. The eight other
National Leaguers who have been
honored with complimentaries bv
Mathewson this season are Viox and
Mensor. of Pittsburg: Bares and Groh.
of Cincinnati; Zimmerman, of Chi
cago. and Titus, Rariden and Marar.-
ville, of Boston.
The figures below show* the number
of games started *»nd completed bv
the Giants*' pitchers this season:
Complete
Games Games
Started Pitched P.C.
Crandall 1 1 1 iMW
Mathewson 22 17 .773
Marquard 20 13 .650
Demaree .. .... 16 7 .43."
Ames 5 2 .400
Fromme 6 2 .332
Tesreau 25 8 .320
Wiltse 2 0 000
Fans Will See Calvo in Right Field
By Joe Agler.
H OME again! And glad to be here,
you may be sure. Especially
as we w-on’t have to hook any
more rattlers and ride apy more un
til the season of 1913 is history.
The boys talked it over, coming this
way from Birmingham last night, anr*
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 fiag to Cracker-
ville.
That’s what we will try our best
to do.
The Birmingham aeries ha9 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»
this league, if only we can keep L
working.
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f'ONZELMAN 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 Grifluh sent us, will
be in right field. We hear he is a
bear with the wood and fast on the
bases, and that is w*hat we will need
from now on. Holtz is a crack fielder,
but weak at the plate.
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RETURNING to the last battle in
^ Slagville, which is a very pleas
ant topic with us. it will be noted
that Carl Thompson, Baron cast-off,
pitched rings around his famous rival,
Clinton Prough. stopping his winning
streak at ten games, w here he is tied
with Coveleskie.
Prough showed the stuff in holding
down the runs as well as he did, for
the Crackers were surely hitting th«*
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. Harr »
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 field t
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 v.e kept up
our good work in the field.
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\17CLL, the Barons are out of the
** race, it seems, and it was our
bunch that put them out when the
rest • »f the league seemed powerless u»
head thm.
Now' we will have a chance at the
others.
We’ll do our best.
REDS BUY CATCHER.
ROANOKE. VA., Aug. 14.—Mark
Stew'art, 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 wa? 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.
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Totals 97
50
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CINCINNATI ASKS FOR
WAIVERS ON 4 PLAYERS
PITTSBURG. Aug. 14.—Before the
Cincinnati Nationals left Pittsburg it
was 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 w'ith
either the Whtie Sox or the Highland
ers. both being in need of lnflelders of
Egan's class.
It 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.
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WORLD'S SERIES GAMES
WILL START OCTOBER 5
CHICAGO. Aug. 14 —The world's se-
ries games are to start on Monday, Oc
tober 6. This was the information Pres
ident Ban Johnson, of the American
League, gave out. The play will con
tinue on each succeeding day thereafter
until one club has 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— I
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 »eu only knew how quickly aud easily
Tetterlne cures ecaeroa. e?en where everythin*
eiae fails, you wouldn't suffer ant! scratch.
Tetterine Cures Eczema
Read what Mrs. Thomas Thompson. Clarkea-
Tille. Oa . aays:
Buffered fifteen years with tormenting
eczema. Mad the beet doctors, but nothing
did me any good until I got Tottorlne. It
cured me. I am 10 thankful.
Rinirrorm. ground itch. Itching pllea and ether
ekin troubles yield as readily- Get It today—
Tetterine.
50c at druggists, or by mall.
SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA.
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Low round trip fares
Y North and West
Commencing June l*t and daily thereafter round trip
tickets over the Louisville & Nashville Railroad vrill
be sold at greatly reduced fares to all the principal
lake, mountain and sea shore resort# and to many of the larger
cities in the North and West. These tickets will be good
returning until October 31st, and bear liberal stop-over privi
leges. Round trip fares from Atlanta are
Cincinnati..... $19.50
Charlevoix 38.08
Chautauqua Lake Pts. 34.30
Chicago 1— 30.00
Colorado Springs — 47.40
Denver 47.40
Detroit — 29.00
French Lick Springs 21.70
Indianapolis 22.80
Louisville - 1800
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
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