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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AX'D NEWS. BEST FDR GOLF B) r Chick Evans. T O mv mind a array day Rive? thf* Ideal golfing weather. This sort of a day frequently precedes or follows rain and there in something in the moiet freshness of the atmos phere and absence of glare that Is wholly delightful. The clubs at such a time seem unusually light and if they are your own there is a wonder ful balance and the blades appear to He supremely well. The grip also seems perfect because the moisture of the air gets into the leather and gives that feeling of absolute security to the grip. While this feeling in damp weather is true of all grips, it is particularly true of the oiled leath er kind. F\>r some reaaon, whether it is a quality of the atmosphere or because one's clubs feel so good, the flight of the ball seems steadier and the picture of the little white globe float ing in a true and steady line against a dull gray background of sky is a sight to warm the heart of every golfer 8un’s Glare Hampers Player. On a bright, warm day the glare from the sun is often distressing to the eyes of the golfer, and a round of golf under a midsummer sun leaves him exhausted. Hut an overcast day is a comfort to the eyes and a strengthening tonic to the whole physique. One’s game itself Is bet ter. too, for the moist greens hold the Iron shots and permit accurate placing. The game of golf evolved under gray skies, along wide, moist, grassy places by the sea. In Great Britain there are hundreds and hundreds of overcast days. Then, on these match less courses, in sight and sound of the waves, with the smell of the sea and the moist freshness of its breath in ones nostrils, the game is enjoyed in all of its natural ilavor. Prairie Courses Herder. We miss, perhaps, a good deal of this subtle enjoyment of the game on our sun-baked courses. When the greens are like lightning and the fair way cracked and seamed iron shots will not stay where put and fine points of the game are impossible of application. But while we miss much, we are spared that frequent British affliction—a downpour of rain in the midst of an Interacting match. I love an overcast day for golf, thf» gray sky and moist breeze are like an inspiring draught, but heaven pre serve me from a rainy day upon the links. an dSuch A Hunch Is a Hunch, A ny ’ Way 1 7 ou Get It :: :: :: :: :: :: By “Bud Fisher pick a xninnkb on PoKo^TMevG H€'i G>oY To NAvjV -SOME lNK*-Nv<VTUON OR. A HUN(h. 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THE FIGHi MANAGER IS AN ever-present example of the value of human endeavor, so long as you can get somebody else to do the endeavoring It is the mission ot the Fight Manager to live by the toil of other men, and, so far us we are a Judge, he does his duty. We never heard of one who starved to death. Managing fighters haw all of the advantages of managing a bank, with none of the risks When a bank gets in bad you can not shake It aryl pick up another one; but the average Fight Manager continues to blow expensive cigar smoke into the eye of the Sporting Editor long after dozens of fighters he has man- lied have gone back to sparring for pork chops in the outskirts of Detroit and Cincinnati. Deft you be thus encouraged to rush blindly into the business, it is our duty to warn you that certain natural gifts are essential. The successful Fight Manager must have tireless vocal chords, a barb- proof hide, a property smile und the imagination of a mining-stock talesman. Also, the gall of a po liceman. It is by no means necessary that he have a fighter. Many men have tried to get by with merely a fighter and have failed. It Is much better to tow around some muscu lar misfit with a ten-ounce bruin and by persistent talking and ••gettln’ In with the right guys” convince the public that he is a fighter A real fighter usually has enough Intelligence to want to audit accounts every now and then, and this is a nerlous handi cap to real success in this pro fession. But for the kind of man that fits into the profession it is certainly the kind of profession for him to fit into. Two or three thousand per cent profits are common. For instance. Lute McCarty won $4,000 in bis last fight, and when every one had gotten his there was $26 left for the estate. That’s a busi ngs (Get set for the next one—“Tn© Queer Ride.”) • • • A CORRESPONDENT WHO take> prize fights seriously and is so ashamed of it that he conceals Ms name, writer 1 to charge us with attempting to "discredit” Gunboat Smith. Before pleading to the in dictment we shall have to know what the Gunboat is credited with and by whom • • • YOUNG MR. JOHNSTONE has earned the distinction of belli* the only Californian who has loat a tennis title this year. • • • IF HIS VOICE IS anythin* llko aome we have heard this year, we can hardly blame those Raleigh fans for chokln* the umpire • • • WHILE PRESIDENT EBBETS denies the purchase of an out fielder and pitcher from the Ameri can Association it is believed that it is only because he has not had time to prepare the dedication speech. BARRY ACCEPTS GREER'S CHAL- LENGE LONDON. Aug 18.— Ernest Barry, of London professional sculling champion of the world, to-day accepted a chal lenge from Frank B. Greer, of Boston, Mass . professional sculling champion of the .United States, for a race on the Thames in November for the champion shir of - the fWOTtd. The stakes are to be $2,500 each. T UESDAY night has been selected as “society night” at the Mo tordrome, and a special card has been arranged to delight the large attendance that is expected to witness the events. The feature event on the program is to be the Robert F. Maddox Sweep- stakes. to be run in thr*'" heats of six riders each. The award will be on points. Then there is a *hree-cornered race among Jock McNeil, Harry Glenn and Harry Swartz, which also promises a lot of excitement. Here is the program: Motordrome Pune. (Heats. 1 mile, final, 2 miles; win ner in each heat and second man in fastest heat.) First Heat—Graves, Swartz and Lockner. Second Heat—Rk..anls, Luther and Renel. Third Heat—McNeil, Lewis and Glenn. Three-Cornered Match Race. (Three heats, 1 mile, 2 miles and 3 miles.) First Heat—Glenn. McNeil and Swartz. One mile. Final Motordrome Purse, two miles Second Heat — Three - cornered match race, two miles. R. F. aiaddox Sweepstakes. (French point system, 10 for first, 6 for second and 2 for third; three heats, 2, 4 and 6 miles.) First Heat—Two miles: Graves, Richards. Luther, Lewis, Renel and Lockner. Third Heat- Three-cornered match race, three miles. Second Heat—Maddox Sweepstakes, four miles. Third heat—Maddox Sweepstakes, six miles. PLAY TO-DAY Crackers Sign ‘Goat’ Holliday * For Next Season f F00D FOR SPORT FANS € By QEORQK ft. PH AIR. Or TWO MINUS ONE. (Paraphrasing a well-known author.) j Two thing* greater than all things arc. One is a hush league baseball star Who smites the ball with a heart of vim \nd earns the kale theg have paid tnr him. P S. The other thing doesn’t count. It is said Fred Merkle is the lad who smote John McGraw on the Jowl. This shows that Ivory never melts. In golf, which Mr. Merkle is alleged to play every morn, the slogan is: “Keep your eye on the ball." In baseball, which Mr, Merkle Is alleged to play every after noon, the slogan Is: “Keep your eye on the base." Charlie Ebbets is said to be figuring on a new manager, thus showing that he is willing to go to any expense to get something new to dedicate One is not surprised to read that Miller Huggins wants an entirely new j team. But one might be surprised to read that he is satisfied with the team he has. Occasionally a youth from California 1 gets a trimming In a tennla tournament. We said occasionally. Ban Johnson announces that the world’s eerie* will open 09 October 6. The announcement is received with great enthusiasm among ticket specu lators. It is claimed that tickets speculation on the world serie* has been reduced to a minimum. Figuring thualy, a maxi mum would be approximately 175 per cent of the gate receipts. The report that Clark Griffith has of fered $100,000 for Ty Cobb leads one to suspect that he is hitting .400 in the hop league. We note in the newspapers that one Ar Chung, a Chinese lightweight, made one l*«t McCarty quit. The A. O. H. will now’ prctceed to start a libel suit. It is rumored that Freddie Welch has saved $100,000 out of his earnings. This reveals the fact that his earnings were I10C.0OC.05. THIS PARAGRAPH IS WRITTEN TO IMMORTALIZE ONE HUMID KALLA PASHA. AN HONEST WRESTLER. HUMID IS HONEST ENOUGH TO AD MIT THAT THERE AIN'T NO SUCH THING. H CRE’S a grain of comfort. The Crackers will be able to send their regular line-up against the Barons this afternoon, when the first game of the series begin.** at 3:30 o’clock—note the change In the time. Manager Smith said this morning that Tommy Long had about got over his severe cold and would be in left field this afternoon. Chapman’s wrenched ankle has come around In good shape and Harry will be back of the wood. As to the first slabman to get a whack at the Moles, Bill is going to try out the Gil Price jinx again. Gil has had something on the Barons all season; they haven’t seemed able to make a start against the big left hander, and Gil himself is eager to tackle them In the jump game. A report from Birmingham an nounces the purchase of Ed Ery, leading pitcher of the Georgia-Ala- bama League, who is to report here to-day. "Rube" Evans, the big left hander has been suspended for fail ure to keep in condition, and Bill Prough was called away from the club by a sister’s illness, so Moles- worth’s slab staff is badly in need of bolstering. The Barons' manager said this morning that Prough was expected on almost any train from the direc tion of Athena, Ala., and that Ery was being looked for hourly, also. McGllvray 1s out of the line-up. too. Hardgrove is scheduled to pitch this afternoon. “Goat Holliday, the former crack first baseman of Tech, to-day signed a contract to play with the Crackers next season. He will report next spring. Holliday was one of the greatest college first sackers in the South two years ago and should prove a good man for the local representa tives in the Southern League. As Joe Agler has been sold to the Jersey City club of the International League, the Crackers will have to unearth a worthy man for the first sack. Holliday may prove th e right man. JEFFRIES ‘DOPE STORY’ GUNS Organize Dixie League Club Here •i-e-i* +•+ New Circuit Planned for South Thousands at Burial Of Mine War Victims CALUMET MICH., Aug. 18.—A big public funeral for the two copper strikers killed in a fight Thursday night between Deputy Sheriffs and strikers was held here yesterday. A special train brought the bodies here from the Champion mine and thou sands of strikers from every part of the copper district attended the ser vices. HANLON GETS PLAYERS. CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—E. J. Hanlon, president of the Sioux City Western League club, obtained from the Detroit Americans the outfielder and pitcher he needed for his team, it was learned to day. Hanlon’s visit here was brief and he did not give out the names of his new players. EMPIRE LEAGUE NOTES RINGSIDE NEWS Tommy Walsh, of New Orleans, who look* after the affairs of Joe Mandot, has also taken George "Kmx’kout” Brown, the Chicago middleweight, under Ms management. He has matched Brown to meet Jack Dillon, the Indian apolis fighter, in a ten-round bout at a show to be brought off at Terre Haute. Ind., on Labor Day. Tom McCarey. the fight promoter, has offered to assist Jim Goffroth, the San] Francisco promoter, in getting a star bout for his show on Labor Pay after noon As Champion Willie Ritchie ha* agreed to fight Freddie Welch at Van couver on that day, Coffroth has been left without an attraction. McCarey is willing to let Coffroth have Johnny Dundee. Ad Wolgast or any fighter that is under contract to him. • • « Jimmy Clabby. the veteran middle weight. is m San Francisco trying to get a match with Bob McAllister. Jim , Coffroth is trying to match the pair ! for a September date. Clabby is one j of tlie real marvels of the boxing game and should ta* a big hit on the coast. Whitney here last week, will meet Johnny Griffiths in a twelve-round bout at Akron. Ohio, on l^abor Pay Griffiths recently defeated Young Savior ami also knocked out Phil Brock in three rounds. After this scrap White may go to the coast for a set-to with Harlem Tommy Murphy. • • • The San I^angford-Joe Jeannette match, which has been hanging fire for some time, is now a settled affair Tom McCarey has received assurances from both fighters that they will be ready to go the marathon route on October 7. • • » If the proposed match between Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welch goes through it will be the first international contest for the lightweight championship since George Lavigne and Pick Burge fought in England a number of years ago. l a big hit on the a • wmite, who defeats Tt is impossible to any longer over look Gunboat Smith as a candidate for th® heavyweight championship honors. Smith has gone right along whipping ever> man he has been matched with. His latest victory over Jim Flynn has feated Frank certainly added a big leather in his cap. Intense rivalry In Empire League cities is in evidence now in every game played. Chargee and counter charges are being hurled at first one team, then another, while the president of the league gets his full share, too. # * • Babe Wilder, the wonder of the league, has lost the last three games he pitched for Cordele The losses were not his fault, as errors behind him let his opponents score enough to win. • ♦ • Brouthers, playing in the field for Americus, came mighty near pulling off a fatal play for his team recently. He tried to get a stone in center field, thinking it was the ball which had Just been hit safely A fellow fielder saw the mistake and nipped the real article up in time to save a run. • • • Left Fielder Powers, of the Waycross team, has returned to Jacksonville. He was declared ineligible and Waycross had nothing to do but let him go. He is a fleet fielder and has made a neat record during his stay with Waycross. • • • Ten victories to one defeat is the pitching record held by Pacey, of the Americus team. He was signed origi nally as a fielder but has developed into a pitcher as good as the best in the league. * • • Outfielder Schuyler, of the Bruns wick team, is climbing rapidly in bat ting He hits the ball hard regularly. • • » Day came back strong against the Valdosta team after they knocked him out >>f the box and won his game with ease for Thomasvilie His shut-out rec ord in the Empire is a good one. * * * Otto Jordan seems good on picking up good players. He has landed Wise, a catcher, and from the way the fel low pla>' lie is slated fos faster com- pan> Gordon and Yaufan, pitchers, will both land in the Bally and perhaps higher. Gordon has already gone to Macon and ought to make good. And the Valdosta team has others Just as reliable. • • • Umpire baiting in the league has ruined a number of games ’recently and the fans generally are in hopes of changes before another season arrives that will make this impossible. At tacks on umpires by players have re ceived only minor treatment. * * • By winning four straight games, two from the league leaders. Waycross climbed out of the cellar position for the first time since early in July, when the second half of the season started. • • • Added to his fielding ability Doc Fen ton. playing center for Waycross, has started hitting at a terrific clip. He got two home rims In succession and four hit* in succession the next day. His put-out record is eight for one game, and has no equal in the league. • • • Red Stiles, who started the season with Waycross and went to Thomasvilie when he was released, has been sus pended for the balance of the season at his own request. • * • “Handy" Anderson, who is playing third for Waycross, has developed Into a remarkably fine player for a young ster. He joined Waycross from a school team, and made good with a rush. He plays short splendidly and is at home in the field. His bunting is a feature and he seldom fails to reach first when he gets one placed tc his notion. • • • Stewart, the new pitcher with Bruns wick, has a cross-fire ball that is mighty hard to hit. He has worked it with success on the best batters and fooled them every time His brother, playing with Americus. is also able 01 work some deceptive balls over the plate. N EW YORK, Aug. 18.—The direct statement that James J. Jef fries, after his defeat by Jack Johnson at Reno, sought and secured proof that he had been drugged before the battle with the negro was made in a signed article written by a New York sporting editor and published *n an evening paper to-day. The statement follows, In part: “Jeffries hired one of the greatest detective ae-encle* in the world to run down the facts. The details he gath ered make up a complete story of the most sordid plot that ever turned fair sport into a sure-thing gamble. Pos sibly Johnson would have won In any case, but the clique that handled tha betting made it a certainty by drug ging Jeffries with the help of men who were In his confidence and who had the run of his camp. They cleaned up a fortune through betting com missioners stationed in many cities. In Paris alone they wagered $24,000 and won $40,000. In Reno and San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York their gains went into the hun dreds of thousands. “The ‘tip’ for the big killing was received by the waiting commission ers less than 24 hours before the fight when the gamblers knew that Jef fries was ‘safe.’ “The grst plot was broached In a back room; the last man necessary to its success accented his part In a meeting in a Reno alley two nights before the fight, after having learned that he could make no more money with Jeffries and that he could win .thousands bv turning Judas. One man whose available cash was also secret ly wavered on Johnson smilingly posed as a friendly adviser of Jef fries during the fleht.” FRANK G0TCH RETIRES AGAIN FOR STEENTH TIME A pplication for a charter for, the Atlanta Baseball Club of the Dixie League was filed this morning in the office of the County Clerk, the petition being signed by the following incorporators; Guy Hawkins and M. C. Kiser, of Atlanta; Carl Camp, of Fhilton Coun ty, and Judge W. J. Bacon and H. N. Pharr, of Memphis. W. W. Hood, local attorney for the club, which now is in the process of organization, spoke very highly of the prospects and aims of the new league. “It has the proper men back of it, for one thing ” MV. Hood said. “Then it has the cream of the Southern cities. Here is the list. Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Chatta nooga, Nashville, Little Rock and Shreveport. “With the exception of the last tw6 cities, all now are members of the Southern League, with established rating as baseball towns. Little Rock and Shreveport have held Southern League franchises, and are eager to get regular league baseball again." Besides being an incorporator of the Atlanta club, Judge Bacon is pres ident of the new league. He Is a man of much prominence and influence in Tennessee, and states plainly that the league has ample financial backing to launch its circuit next season with out the need of placing any stock with outsiders, though it is thought best that each club shall be controlled by men living in its own city. Application is to be made to tha Na tional Commission for affiliation un der the present national agreement which would give the new league a recognized standing at once. If that is denied, however, the league will proceed Just the same. In a statement issued to-day, Judge Bacon asserted that it was not the plan of the Dixie League to fight the Southern, but rather to arrange its schedule so as to furnish continuous baseball In the six cities which would have two clubs. At the end of each season an All-Southern championship is suggested, similar to the world’s series, between the champion club of the Southern and that of the Dixie League. Another meeting of the directors of the league will be called within 50 days, by which time the various local clubs are expected to be well organ ized. Pennsylvania Lines MINNEAPOLIS, MTNN.. Aug. 18.— Frank Gotch, greatest of all wrestlers. Is through with tne mat forever. In a letter to the sporting editor of The Minneapolis Daily News, received to day, Gotch says: “While the Minnesota State fair peo ple made me an excellent offer to wrestle Zbyszko on September 5, I have turned it down, as I will all other propo sitions to return to the game "I have enough money, am happily married, and will spend the balance of my days with the people of Humboldt, Iowa, which means more to me than living in a mansion in New York City or in a castle in England. I shall al ways he an interested follower of the wrestling game, but will be satisfied to sit an the outside of the ring in the future.” T vumvw IlMUl* easily In 3 day*. In* prove your health, prolong your Ilfs. >o more *tomach trouble, no foul breath, no heart weak* he** Regain manly vl#or, calm nerve*, clear eye* and euperlor mental strength. Whether you ch«w or amoke pipe, cigarettes, cigar*, set my Interesting Tobacco Book Worth Ita weight In gold. Mailed fre*. £ J WOODS- 534 Sixth Ava..748 M.. Naw York. H. 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