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L OS ANGELES, Aug 13.—Jack
White of Chicago, brother of
Charley, proved no match for
Johnny Dundee of New York, and
after going a short distance Into the
ninth round, fell to the floor from
two stout rights to the chin, a beat
en lad.
Weary of mind and body, worn
from the ewenty-odd minutes of high
tension of slugging. White came out
for the ninth. A couple of harmless
exchanges and Dundee sent home a
straight from the shoulder right to
the chin. White’s head sank low on
his chest and hla knees teetered un
der him.
He half turned around In a blind,
staggering way and Dundee repeated
with the same Jolt, sending Jack flat
to the canvas.
Sports and Such
FAMOUS IN SPORT—V.
The Marathon.
THE MARATHON WAS f.tar*o<l
some two thousand years ago by a
young Greek who didn’t realize
what he was doing or he woo’d
never have done It, ay the Greeks
were a highly civilized and Intelli
gent people. He can be excused
only on the ‘ground that h* was
young and flighty, and easily be
came excited over trifles.
A man named Darius had come
over from Persia — which was the
home of the White Hopes In those
days—to tight for the title. Twelve
men wanted first slam at him. and
in the draw for the privilege one
Mlltiades won. The mill was
pulled ofT at a little place called
Marathon, and Mlltiades knocked
him dead in a punch, showing that
White Hopes are much the same
in all agen.
Although everyone expected this
result, one young man. who Is now
believed to have been a cub re
porter. got so excited that he ran
25 miles to Athens to beat everyone
in with the news The run killed
him, the Greeks alwayB being lucky
In these matters.
Ever since that evil day other
young men of unstable mental
poise have gone forth In their un
derwear to run 25 miles on the
slightest provocation, although onlv
a few' have died Immediately after
the finish. Many comparatively
sane and useful citizens have been
cast into the booby-hatch for less
than a voluntary run of 25 miles *n
heat and dust, but the alienists
have not yet taken up this species.
In this much the Marathon is a
glorious institution. The fa<*t that
there is no law against it Is the
greatest single proof we have that
our country is still the Land of
Liberty.
(The n*xt film will be knook-
out—“The America Cup.” Get It
at any coat.)
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“THE GERMAN COMMISSION
will study various phases of ama
teur sports in America” is an
nounced. Ah—er—including “sum
mer baseball ?”
THERE IS OBVIOUS INCON-
Hstency in the ruling off of Jockey
Wilson, who has been nelping im
prove the breed of horses by pull
ing them up in such racee in which
they seemed to be going too fast.
It is surely for the improvement
of the breed not to overwork them.
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AS THESE LINES ARE batted
out Connie Mack has for the sec
ond time conceded the victory of
the Athletics in the American
League race. We are beginning to
think that he is nervous.
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THE FIGHT IN NEW YORK
the other night (lemormtrates that
Smith can hit hard enough to knock
out Jim Flynn, and ns knocking out
Flynn has ever he»n simply a ques
tion of hitting hard enough, the
battle doesn't prove much.
JEANNETTE-LANGFORD GO
MAY BE DECLARED OFF
LOS ANGELES. Aug 13 —The pro
posed Langford-Jeannette match is
"up In the air."
Jeannette claims that he must sail
for Paris on October 10 to All an
engagement with Georger Carpen-
tier, and asks for a September date
in Los Angeles.
Promoter McCareyy of the Pacific
A. C., replied that the September date
is filled. Jeannette will have to post
pone his Parts bout or cancel the lo
cal date.
Mexican Joe Rivers, matched to
box Leach Cross on Labor Day, re
turned from the mountains last night
and will open an early camp at Ven
ice. Cross is due from Catalina to
day.
Ad Wolgast is en route to Med
ford, Oreg., for a rest. He will re
turn here to train eight days for his
admission day match against the
winner of to-night’s fight between
Dundee and White.
HOUSE, SOX RECRUIT,
HURLS NO-HIT BATTLE
MUSCATINE, IOWA. Au*. IS.—
Pitcher House, of the Kewanee Club,
whose sale to the White Sox was an
nounced by Manager Richards, pitched
a no-hit game against the Muscatine
club yesterday, w inning 6 to 0. House
has pitched 36 innings without allow
ing a single score.
George Huff, the Cleveland scout,
made a trip to Muscatine to-day to
pick up House, but the Chicago deal
had already been consummated. Own
er Comiskey paid $1,500 for the young
ster.
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Mighty Arm Loses Old Cunning
By Ed W. Smith.
C hicago, ii.u, au* is—The
mighty Ed Walsh arm hng gone
The terrible whip that In yeafe
past kept the Sox in the running
when they wabbled and steadied th;
team when it was going at Its worst
has lost Its strength, its cunning and
its power—and the Sox are flounder
ing. Nobody seems to know what
li* the matter with Walsh and they
are arklng Bonesetter Reese to make
a diagnosis. Nobody is hinting that
vast overwork has “killed” one of the
greatest performers the diamond ever
knew — not that, because Walsh
•eemed to be as good as ever when
the spring season opened this year.
He pitched and won and the Sox fare
settled down comfortably to see “Big
Ed” give them another .season of
phenomenal work.
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F)T T T U wasn’t to be. In a little
while Walsh discovered that he
“wasn’t there,” and It didn't take
much longer for his friends to see
the s*me thing. That shrieking spent*
had dwindled and the “spitter” that
formerly almost dropped at the feet
of the batter as he swung far over It
didn't drop at all. The arm wasn’t
sore, but something had departed
from it and it remained merely an
artn—and without baseball value.
Maybe the bonesetting man can give
Walsh some relief He has done won
ders with some arms and knees and
ankles and shoulders that weren’t
very far gone. But if Walsh doesn’t
conie back It will be a tremendous
blow to President Comiskey and his
hopes* And It emphasizes again and
again the tremendous value to a team
of a single star pitcher.
/~*UB fans and Sox fans used to
argue and even fight over the
question of whether Mordecai Brown
or Ed Walfih was the greater per
former. And a year or so ago. when
the everblooming Brownie, idol of the
West Side, started to go wrong, the
Sox fan laughed and said there was
nothing to it; that Walsh was as good
as ever and probably would go on for
years skinning the Cubs In the city
series and generally being an eyesore
and a thorn In the aide of the West
Slder. Brownie was sent to the
minors because he wasn’t of service
to the West Side team.
But there never was anything the
matter with the Brown arm. His
trouble was all In the knee, and when
that was remedied, Brownie was as
good as ever. That smart young fel
low', Joe Tinker, knew and quickly
grabbed Brown back from the minors.
Brownie la beating National League
teams in the same old style—has
beaten tho Cubs, too. This Is both
pain and sorrow for the West Side
fan-comfort, though, In the thought
that Brown Is still going while Walsh
Isn’t. Which may or may not settle
the arguments of long ago.
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T HE pitcher is a tremendous factor
in the baseball of to-day. And
only a manager In Jimmy Callahan’s
present fix can realize what it means
to have Walsh gone. Jimmy knows
pitching angles a little better than
other managers, because once he was
one of the greatest of them all—
certainly the greatest fielding pitchgr
we ever had here, and one of the
best hatters. He has been gtting
a lot of good pitching out of Scott,
Cicotte and Russell, and especially has
worked the latter at a terrific pace.
Hence the general fear that he may
break the Texas wonder down. Oh.
for an Ed Walsh at this stage of the
battle!
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Batting Eyes in Focus Once More
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What Has C. Griffith Sent Us?
By O. B. Keeler.
T RULY ft has bean sawed:
**It*» a long worm that has no
turning.”
Now that the Craokers' batting eyes
have slanted back into something like
focus; they don’t know where to leave
off
The exhibition at SlRgville yester
day must have been positively im
modest—from a Baronial viewpoint.
But there is tha Hon. Prough in the
offing.
That probably will be where we get
off.
Even then, the Town Boys will have
got better than an even break on the
last road trip of 1913.
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\17HILE in a mood for general re-
Jolcing, kindly note the benefi
cent arrangement by which the hap
less Gulls and Billikens have been
cutting each others’ goozles* while the
Barons were getting theirs.
•Goozle—Early English for wea-
sand.**
••Weasand—That part of the hu
man anatomy most In danger dur
ing a sw'ord-sw’allowlng performance.
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\17E note with mingled emotions the
** addition of an operatic star to
the Cracker troupe.
Signor Caivo. who might reasonably
be expected to take the leading role
In Carmen, probably will be on hand
to-day to sing right field the rest of
the season, or as much of the period
as Holtz is unable to warble near the
30ft mark
O UT* Information is that Signor
Caivo is a Cuban and came from
Washington to this country. Clark
Griffith thought well of him, but not
quite well enough to bench Clyde
Milan In his favor. Still, that oughtn’t
be held against the new hand. Par
ticularly If he Is a slugger, he will
debut at a fcappy Juncture.
B EFORE letting go the Birming
ham situation we beg to note the
fact that Carl Thompson, who couldn’t
win for losing while with the Barona
Is going to get the last crack at his
ex-pals on their own lot this year.
It sticks in our memory that Bert
Maxwell never lost a game against
Atlanta after he went from the Crack
ers to the Pelicans. If he did. It was
entirely an oversight. Pitchers noto
riously are strong against clubs they
once have played with. This Is ex
plained by two things—they work
harder against them for one. and they
are excessively familiar with their
batting characteristics for another.
Now' it is up to Carl to bear out
these pleasant arguments.
VUHILE passing around the boquete
vv quets, let’s not forget that Har
ry Holland, who was off on the wrong
foot In his five games played here,
has been batting crescendo ever since
leaving home.
Harry has boosted his stick aver
age to the .800 mark in spite of the
big handicap of getting only one hit
in the first five games. In Birming
ham the Tech star has got five hits
in tw'o games, being charged with
only six times at bat. The sixth time
REVENGE.
(A Baseball Tragedy in Three Acts.)
ACT I.
Ike Hwntt, the mighty baseball star,
trns smitten with a dame
Who owned a flock of lucre and an
old and honored name,
Hut when he offered her his hand
she coldly syurned the same.
ACT II.
It was the final inning and they
needed one to tie.
Our Hero ambled to the plate and
saw three strikes go by.
The game was lost while she looked
on with murder in her eye.
ACT III.
For she had bet her fortune on the
prowess of his bat,
And when he took the final strike it
left the poor girl flat.
“Revenge!” she cried, in accents
wild. “I'll marry him for
thatr
John McOraw arises to remark that
the Giants this year are stronger than
they ever were Reports from the front
Indicate that they are particularly
strong with the left jab and the right
hook.
The rough house imong the Giants
merely proves the old theory that Larry
McLean Is contagious.
In spite of the fact that Mr. McGraw
once owned a billiard hall he does not
seem able to handle the Ivories.
GAMENESS — THAT’S A BUSI
NESS.
Lew Rlohle once claimed that he rode
his motorcycle for pleasure, thereby
demonstrating that he was one of our
greatest comedians.
We take exception to the claims of
those Western fight promoters that
fighters are getting more money than
they earn. A man who can amputate
money from a fight promoter earns it.
The report that Porter traok will be
opened again Indicates that the fall guy
haa saved up another bank roll.
TRUTH 18 8TRANGER THAN
FICTION.
A h«avytp«iffht floKter nanwd Flynn
W<u rmdmcrd with an ironclad oftynn.
Ho didn’t much care
If then walloped him there
Juot at long at he gathered the tynn.
POMlbly aom. ona can tell ua whether
the man who plcke out tho namea for
motor boata la a victim of the hop habit
or le Juat naturally that way.
The preaa agent telle ue that Mika
Sohreck la down to 177 pounde. But ho
doea not tell ua whether Mike haa am
putated h lelega or hit thlrat.
WHY?
“/ damn from Californiaremarked
a Western gent,
"But strange to say, 1 nmw won a
tennis tournament."
"It is a noble sight!" he said—"the
river marathont
It is a noble tight to see the athletes
fighting on.
It is a noble sight to see them stem
, the sullen tide.
But why do they prefer to swim when
there are boats to rider’
George Lockner Won Sweepstakes
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Morty Graves Injured an Eye
T HE Forrest Adair Sw'eepstakes
at the Motordrome last night
proved to be one of the great
est speed struggles ever seen in the
big bowl, and George Lockner finally
finished in the lead in the last heat,
doing the five miles in 3:39 4-5. Tex
Richards won the first heat and
George Renal the second, each of two
miles.
The last heat was a whirlwind af
fair. with the riders bunched so close
ly that the proverbial blanket would
have covered the field most of the
time.
Mortv Graves, captain of the riders,
met with a slight accident that at
first looked as if It might cause him
the loss of his right eye.
Morty* was tinkering on a pedal aft
er winning the first heat of the three-
cornered match race, when the pedal
flew upward and struck him in the
eye. Medical attention was secured
at once, and late last night it was
said the injury would not be perma
nent.
Here are the complete summaries:
Southern Merchants’ Purse.
Heats, one mile; final, two miles.
I First Heat—Jock McNeil, first;
Freddie Luther, second. Time, : 43.
Second Heat—Morty Graves, first;
Wilmer Richards, second. Time, :42.
Third Heat—George Lockner. firs:.;
Harry Glenn, second. Time, :43.
Final—Harry Swartz, first; Jock
McNeil, second. Time, 1:26.
Three-Cornered Match Race.
Best two out of three heats. First
heat, one mile; second heat, two;
third, three.
First Heat—Morty Graves, first;
Harry Sw'artz, second. Time, : 43 1-5.
Second Heat—Harry Sw'artz, first;
Jock McNeil, second. Time, 1:29.
Third Heat—Harry Sw'artz. first;
Jock McNeil, second. Time. 2:12 1-5.
Heats, two miles; final, five miles.
First Heat—Tex Richards, first;
George Lockner, second. Time,
1:27 3-o.
Second Heat—George Renal, first;
Freddie Luther, second. Time. 1:26 1-3.
Final—George LockneT, . first;
George Renal, second; Henry Lewis,
third. Time, 3:39 4-5.
DILLON TO BOX KLAUS IN
12-ROUND BOUT AT BOSTON
INDIANAPOLIS, IND,, Au*. 1 ( .—
Jack Dillon has accepted terms for a
twelve-round bout with Frank Klaus
at Boston, August 26. These men
have been recognized generally as
the best of the middleweights dur
ing the last year. Klaus defeated
Dillon in San Francisco, the bout
being a twenty-round affair, and Dil
lon squarely beat the Pittsburg cham
pion here in a ten-round go last May.
AUGUSTA AND TAMPA MAY
JOIN SALLY LEAGUE
COLUMBUS, GA.. Aug. 13.—There Is *
a movement on foot to add two clubs
to the South Atlantic League next sea
son, and in this movement the plan Is
to take In Augusta, Ga., and Tampa.
Fla. The movement has the backing
of the Columbus Board of Trade, and
Secretary Willis B. Powell haa already
opened correspondence with business
men of Tampa, hie old home, and they
are elated over the prospect of becom
ing members of a baseball league.
It is probable that more definite ac
tion will be taken within a few months
that will result in the addition of two
other teams to the league. ^
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or hit by a pitched ball.
That coincides with our Idea of a
useful citizen.
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r P HREE Musketeers have been sent
1 home to rest up for the ap
proaching struggle—Price, Dent and
Conzelman. They got here this morn
ing and began the resting process at
once by hitting the hay for a long
snooze.
It Is not understood that Gil Price
is home on suspension this trip, either.
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F the Frank trial continues being
tried for the next two weeks, as
JOHNSTON FORCED HARD
BY LEONARD BEEKMAN
SOUTHAMPTON. N. Y., Au*. IS —
William M Johnston, the California
schoolboy tennis champion, was forced
to play at his best In his match In
order to win over I^eonard Beekman.
of New York. In the third round of
the Meadow Club s Invitation men's ten
nis tournament here yesterday. Beek
man surprised the western crack by
winning the first set of their match 6-1.
The second and third sets went to
Johnston 10-8, 6-1.
In. the second round Johnston de
feated C. F. Walston, Jr., at 11-10, 6-1.
Wallace F. Johnson, of Philadelphia,
a member of the American Davis cup
team, scored an easy victory over Eric
Winston In the second round In straight
sets 6-1, 6-8.
William A. Lamed, the seven-time
champion, defaulted to A. S. Dabney
and afterward said he would not com
pete at Newport next week.
Play In the third round of the singles
will be resumed to-day.
Annual Mountain
Excursion
Southern Railway
Saturday, Aug. 16.
$6.00 Ashevffle, N. 0.
$6.00 Lake Toxaway, N. 0.
$6.00 Hendersonville, N. 0.
$6.00 Hot Springs, N, 0.
$6.00 Tate Springs, N. 0.
$6.60 Bristol, Tenn.
Final Limit September 1.
Three trains to Asheville.
Morning Noon
Is a
Wholesome
Delightful
Drink
A Ginger Ale that
is Recognized as
BEST, because it
has stood the test
of Thousands.
As a summer drink it has
no equal.
PURE
REFRESHING
RESTFUL
5c a glass at founts
Also sold in Pints and Quarts
Yes, we make that good Lemo-Lime always sold at
the Ball Park, and at the Motordrome.