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r r 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. Mutt's No Piker; He Shoots the Bankroll • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 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 mlaona | ui~r uvreNl 'I'tyreRtjAY Vour. Scratched. rt1 ^ “ AC.Y OP PRoViDtNc6 T ° SHOW YOU YOU SHOULDN'T GAN\B(_G. "DON'T 86T A&AIN ONb Sfwc That tu-o Trf/NK OF THE YEARS W6\/e SUFF6«6D ON \ account of your. Playing, | the Rac.65, (m th£ fast, thin*; of your, own Babies q^owing opto KNOW THElR father. ftS * GANMM.ER. ? 5 PAUSE f THINK,' t PLGAO WITH YOU not to eyr* ah | X SEG. BY THE THOUGHTFUL expression on your. Pan THAT fAY WORDS ARE getting, TO YOUfc. heart. NAY WORDS have HAD EFFECT. You ARE THINKING OF nay WORDS; AR.E you Not? r was Thinking OF A WlNNeR. For Today FORTY hunks of coin QN * ANY THING *' To WIN 1 OCT yuh, But take your NOSE OUT OF ANY ear. ce-> TOWORHours Paper and AMHftT NR. MUTT "Does’ C-OR. faint HEARJT FiLLers - A SPADS FLUSH KRAZY KAT • — e Ignatz Is An Honest Youth r IN ELL, WHAT worries have. You today \ RH OF Vou * IGNAT 2. t MUST ONE. AcWAVs CALL- A ^(JSPAbe.,a SPADeL \|F= one Would Bb- VfcPV Truthful one Would call A SPADB-,A ^PADfe, ‘ tfRAYV *- it>) LHen ONfe. Would Bt 1 UNTRUTHFUL should 0N£ CALL IT A SHOVEL.S NEV I6NAT2 •- ■* 7^) vrx Crackers Facing Supreme Test +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ 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. • • • 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. • i • ]\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. • • • 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 • • • 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. • * • 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! . • • 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. . • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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 v®* I- 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. • • • \ 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. W b 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. • • • 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. • • • |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. • • • • 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 +•+ +•+ "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. • • • 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. * * * 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. • * • \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. ■yji Totals 97 50 .515 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. EADE'SW IR r- Popular Remedy for Gout, Rheumatism. ^ Sciatica. Lumbago* pains in the head, face and limbs. E. FOrTl^R!f“icO..Ino.. Agent* for t" 8., M ii^kuiui Bv. N. I. 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. -Tn i 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 Tkess sre bat s few of the points. There are s greet msiy others **d we will be pleased to give fsll inforsution upon application. Proportionately Lsar fores b'orn other prints in Georgia. Let Us Arrange Your Vacation Trip CITY TICKET OFFICE 4 Peachtree St. PHONES atlayta