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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. PROVES lit IS °y \r d. n<i Pl Hi sket By Davenport. C hicago, ill., au*. h —aii 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 who dafe to resent his ruling power have been relegated to the minors or disposd of in some oth^r manner. It l*i less than a week since the manager of the Cub® learned through the columns of a certain morning newspaper that he was about to b. 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 learn Just horn badly King Jawn felt over the sad news. "If all of the sport scribe.*' In Chi cago were as certain of their Jobs 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 player® 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 flrst one, and Jawn replied: "Well, there are a number of pitcher.*' 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 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 ha® been forwarded to Frisco by parcel post, and Lurid Lew Richie will grace Kansas City with his august and comical presence. NufT 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 cl "B thl. •S hav stoc che* ed 1 "B for \ have r brass qg „* curo UH t h e 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 w-ho can’t see things his way, It’s a 10 to 1 bet that person is going to enjoy some scenery en route t» somewhere. True, neither O/trail. Reulbach nor ........ Tlichle has shown anything aside from lip tl an enthusiast!.’ desire to connect with the pay roll this season, and that a mil ,llftn '’ reason for a change of climate pitch* for the trio, but the fact that they Lef tolled under Chance when Evers was ingly hut a common layman and with them ly the ls ample evidence that they are in- workr eluded among the pitchers "who know’ screen* 00 muc h about pitching to take or- The ler5? ” tare a The developments In the Cub camp was <>? ur,n 8 the past week mean much for flu»-na hn 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 Cub machine that won three pennants ls becoming worn find that the club that won a pennant two vear® ago can not be depended upon to repeat five years hence. In other word®, when the Cubs board the rattler for tlie sunny clime*' of Florida next March there will be a number of familiar physiogs missing. No Shift on Infield. It ls the firm belief of yours truly that the Cub Infield will be Intnet next season, with Saler at first. Ever® on the throne and Zim at third. We are making no prognostications ns to wli * 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'wtU be a new’ club in the way of pitchers, and there may be a new face behind the bat. which mean® that another face, familiar to all the base ball fans, will be missing No names mentioned, but be couldn’t get along with Mr®. Britton Evers will have a club that will answer to him and not try to dictate the managerial policies. i Overall. Reulbach and Richie have e»«lllved 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. Thl® wholesale canning business leave® 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, men—watch for some new developments and some young twirlers. I Mutt's No Piker; He Shoots the Bankroll u Bud 99 Fisher [ wet*, wuyt j^reN*. i y 0 ^ ocratxhed. TrfAr , s *** AtrOFPRcv.DeNte' SHOuJ YOU YOU SHOULDN'T GANVBLG. 'DCxy'r BET ft&AiN SANS That %tto r r TrflNK OF TH£ V6ARS ^ SUFFeiEED OAJ ! account of your. P<.ay«mc Rivee s. (m th£ Past, think of your. ou/n fcABies QRowlNG up To know TneiR. father. A5> CAM&IJrR. T 7 i PAUSE f THINK, 1 X PLEAD WITH YOU motto set., ah; I SEE BY THE THOUGHTFUL EXPRESSION ON YOUR. PAN THAT N\Y WORDS ARE GGTTfNCt, To YOUR. HEART. <WY WOR.DS have HAD EFFECT. You ARE THINKING of IAY WORDS; AR.6 You Not? WELL. To B6 PRANK n was Thinking ^F a WlNNeR. For Today L, -» », r f O IR T Y HUNKS OF COINI ON 'ANY THINCt ’’ To vuin I. got YUH, But take your NOSE OUT OF any ear. r r s m den Towoiutours Paper &ND WHAT MR. NiuTT T)0ES P^OR. H/N6ELF. FA/NT heart Aievep. f='LLeT> A SPADE FLUSH . . KRAZY K A I • • am * s B s s^* • • • • L » * A A • 9 •• • • •• •• •• 9 "* # f < fv rrz,— : ■ —x gnatz . s An Honest Yout i Worries Have. You Today • KTWZY' ISNAT2. /tAUST OAJE. A(-WAYs CAl<- a “SPADE,A SPADE L Vfcfcy 'DruThfuc one. Would call' a SPADIX A 4>PADE , '■KKKZV-1 untruthful should, CUB CALL ITi A SHOVELS HEV I6HATE'- - >.r2_ Crackers Facing Supreme Test *1* • *1- »r • i* • i* • *i* *!* • *1* •}••*!* Mobile Has Lead of 5 1-2 Games By 0. B. Keeler. H AVING duly touched off the red fire, ignited the Roman candles and called out the fire depart ment, we will now get out the old ehewed-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 b.* set down In signs like the following: !!!!. that the Cracker® trimmed Bir mingham a severely straight series, copped the final 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- peens. • • • THE exact situation lathis: 1 Atlanta ha® 26 games left to play all at home. Mobile has a lead of five and one- half full games over the Cracker®. Montgomery has an edge of three full game® But- Mobile has only two more games scheduled at home. And Montgomery is not mu^h bet ter off. having three. * * • TV .TAKING the matter as personal as I possible. ' the Crackers will got a regular crack at each of their prin cipal rival® in the long home wind-up The Bllliken® will bo here \ugust 21. 22 and 23. and the Gulls. September 2, 3, 4 and 5—about tin* time the last spurt for the wire is on, provided things 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 arrangenumt. Judging by the recent trouble In Gullvllle. • • • that’® the lay-out. ^ Chattanooga is here to-dav. opening with a double-header. Th • Lookouts also will play Friday and Saturday, and then the Barons will Mneak In Monday and try for a little of the revenge stuff. The following Thursday—the 2lst—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 with a single contest—Septem ber 6. • • • f NT FT t ICS T i N G, Is it not? 1 No? Weil. It’ll look a lot different, with 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 artis: pulling off his lid and bellowing: "The bat-t-tree-ees f’r t’day’s game: M uggurr/ry, Brown an’ Crib bing®; ’Tlanta, Dunt^n Cnipmunk!" That’s something else again. • * • WOUGH! .4 foxy young I'itrher named Prough dot mito a bit of a rough 11 Wh some Walloping Guys. And to his surprise, lie 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 is 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 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. • • • \17HICH 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. Trough’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. PROUGH AND MAYER ARE SOLD TO CHICAGO SOX BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Aug 14.— The star Birmingham battery. Prough and Mayer, has been secured by the -X. Chicago American League club. Ex- ' ereJslng an optional agreement, Wal ter Mayer, the young Baron catcher, was regained ofr 11.500. When Chicago placed Mayer with tfm Baron club, a blanket option was glBcaeted for the choice of a player for f*.5Qi'. Plough’s wonderful pitching "acted the attention of the White fccoc, and he was chosen. 1^ Sheading the league with a record of twenty victories and five defeats, Prough will gain his third trial in the majors- Previously Plttsbir*.] and CLnclni iti haw tried out the climat ed pitjCLi r and have returned him io the up »rs. ( The Georgia-Alabama season will eh>se 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 I) hall 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 the league, considered from the standpoint of both his playing and managerial ability. Randall brought several men front New Orleans who had been playing all winter and they were In good form when the season opened. Although Gadsden has never been off the top, however, the attendance at that nlace was tile poorest in the league, and ft 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 Utui >aturday night, when an Inspiring address was 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 meetng. Proctor, Anniston’s star oenterfielder, also proved himself a fine orator. He’s a graduate of ft Texas college and promises to K » up . tlJ i*-a b V if ague is kept together, there unanimous ape&l made for 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 old-timer wUh the Indicator, also gave better sat isfaction this year than ever before. • * • Boyd, whom Birmingham released to Talladega, wMl probably go back to the Southern when this league closes. His arm is getting in shape again and he has had pretty easy sailing Rice, New- run’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 wjould happen, and down the ladder they would go again. They almost reached there last Saturday but in the game Monday they hit the toboggan. • * • The two Georgia towns. New nan and LaGrange. led in attendance this year. Opelika did well considering the size 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 sport would not be interesting. This prove*.! erroneous, however. Fighting Carpenter Shows Remarkable Gameness in Great Battle FRANK WHITNEY EASY FOR CHARLEY WHITE Conzelman and Price Will Work -F»4- + • + 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 flrst time in his Southern ring career com pelled to leave the roped arena a beaten man. For ten rounds lit* 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 man over 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 cn its feet expecting to see him feel his flrst knockout in stead saw' him rally brilliantly, give blow for blow', never wincing un ler White’s terrible punching. Whitney was always a great big figure. But credit must be given White. The little Chicagoan seems every 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 x * 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 c*nd White was turned completeyl around by the force of the Dlovv. In this round Whitney had the shade, but all the others were either even or White’s. • • • iitHEN the gong rang for the sev- enth round, the battle was ap parently all even. Then White took tlie 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 w hich 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 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 I end, but there was not a dissenting I voice when 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 dash and viriliiJNtnd in the fourth I 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 w*ith a bump that could be heard for feet. Saul w'as apparently unable to fight back, and the 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 were nov ices, but both were willing. A fair house saw an excellent fight card. Tesreau and Matty After Auto v®*I* v • *r -I*®-!* *!•••!• ’’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 ar v O'her member of the Giants’ pitching staff. 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 Into the pro ceedings and not because he was not performing to the satisfaction of 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 w ho 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 ha® 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 Mathew'son to retire under fire Is St. Loui®, 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 agairst "Pig Six’ this year. They have received five of the thirteen passes Matty ha* issued thi® season, Ed Konetchy and Miller Huggin® each obtaini ng two a» j Ste/e Evans one. The eight other National Leaguers w'ho have been honored with complimt ntaries bv Mathewson this reason 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 j^nd completed M the Giant**’ pitchers this season: Complete Games Game® Started Pitched P.C. Crandall 1 1 1000 Mathewson ?2 17 .773 Marquard 20 1 ; .650 Demaree 16 7 .437 Ames 5 2 .400 Fromme 6 2 .3D: Tesreau 25 8 .320 Wiltse 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 i® 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 flag to Cracker- ville. That’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 pitcher?, and put up a great fielding game. That combination will win regularly against anything ii. this league, if only w'e can keep i working. • * • /^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 baa ankle. Chris Holtz has been released out right, and Jacinto Calvo, the Cuban outfielder Clark Griffith s>‘*nt us, wil: be in right field. We hear he is a bear with the wood and fast on thv? bases, and that is what we will need from now on. Holtz is a crack fielder, but weak at the plate. * * * TT ETURNING 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, where he is tied w'ith Coveleskie. Prough showed the stuff in holding down the runs as wel) as he did, for the Crackers were surely hitting the old pill. Once McBride, by a great running catch, robbed Harry Holland or’ 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 field fence probably was the longest hit o? the season in Birmingham, and just about settled things for Mr. Prough and his help. The help also cracked under punishment, while we kept up our good work In the field. • * * \17‘7LL, the Barons are out of the * » race, it seems, and it was our bunch that put them out w’hen the rest >r the league seemed powerless to head thm. Now' we w’ill have a chance at the others. We’ll do our best. Yu A#** Totals 97 50 .515 CINCINNATI ASKS FOR ! WORLD’S SERIES GAMES WAIVERS ON 4 PLAYERS WILL START OCTOBER G 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 wMth 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 infielders 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 'Pinker has been trying to pull a deal. Trades are under way for Sheckard. 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 cob 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— 1 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. 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 stop-over privi leges. Round trip fares from Atlanta are EADE'Sp. PILLS Th Popular Remedy „ . for Gou L. Rheumatism, # Sciatica, Lumbaaro; pains I in the head, face and limbs. 3 At druggists. IE. FOVOERA k CO.Inc., 1 Agents for 1* S., 90 Beckman Si-, N. X. DON’T SCRATCH' If you only knew how quickly ami easily i Tettertne cures ecstiua. even where everything i else falls, you wouldn't suffer and scratch. Tetterine Cures Eczema Read what Mrs. Thomas Thompson. Clarkes- vtlle. (la., says I suffered fifteen years with termenflng eczema. Had the best dectors, but nothing did .ie any good until I got Tetterine. It cu>ed me. I am so thankful. Ringworm, ground itch. Itching pile* and other i ektn troubles yield as readily. Get it today— , TtUerine. 50c at druggists, or by mall. SNUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. «V. Cincinnati $19.50 Charlevoix 38.08 Chautauqua Lake Pts. 34.30 Chicago 30.00 Colorado Springs 47.40 Denver 47.40 Detroit ----- 29.00 f French Lick Springs 21.70 Indianapolis 22.80 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 s great many others and we will he pleased to give full information upon application. Proportionately low fares from other points in Georgia. Let Us Arrange Your Vacation Tiip CITY TICKET OFFICE PHONES 4 Peachtree St. ATLANTA r REDS BUY CATCHER. < ROANOKE, VA., Aug. 14.—Mark Stewart, the big catcher of the Nor folk club, 1n 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.