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T O mv mind a Kray day gives the
ideal golfing weather. This sort
of a day frequently precedes or 1
follows rain and there l.* *» something
in the nnoiet 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 lie 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 grlpa, It
is particularly true of the oiled leath
er kind.
For some reason, 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
Sun’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. But 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, grasjxy
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 one's nostrils, the game Is
enjoyed In all of Its natural flavor.
Prairie Courses Harder.
We miss, perhaps, n 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 rnln in the
midst of an Interesting match.
I love an overcast day for golf, the
gray sky and moist breeze are like
an inspiring draught, but heaven pre
serve me from a rainy day upon the
links.
Tuesday Society Night at ’Drome
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R.F.MaddoxSweepstakes Feature
Crackers Sign
‘Goat’ Holliday
For Next Season
FAMOUS IN SPORT—VII.
The Fight Manager.
THE FIGHT 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, to far at wi
are a Judge, he does his duty. We
never neard of one who starved to
death.
Managing fighters ha*» all of the
advantages of managing a bank,
with none of the risks When a
bank gets in bad you can not shake
it and 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
aged have gone back to sparring
for pork chops in the outskirts of
Detroit and Cincinnati.
Le>'t 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 amt
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 io£tow around some muscu
lar misfit with a ten-ounce brain
and by persistent talking and
’•gettin’ 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 eerloua 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 hi." last fight, and when every
one had gotten his there was $26
left for the estate. That’s a busi
ness
(Get set for the next one—“The
Queer Ride.”)
• • •
A CORRESPONDENT WHO
takes prize fights seriously and is
so ashamed of it that he conceals
his name, wrlten 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 being the
onlv Californian who has lost a
tennis title this year
• • *
IF HIS VOICE IS anything like
•ome we have heard this year, we
can hardly blame those Raleigh
fans for choking the umpire.
• * •
WHILE PRESIDENT EBBETS
denies the purchase of an out
fielder and pitched 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 1*.—Ernest Barry of
London professional sculling champion
of the world, to-day accepted a chal
lenge fron* Frank B. Greer, of Boston,
Mass . srjfessional sculling champion
of the Drifted States, for a race on the
Thames In November for the champion
ship of the world. 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 eaeh. 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 Purse.
(Heats, 1 mile, final, 2 miles; win
ner in t-ach heat and second man in
fastest heat.)
First Heat—Graves. Swartz and
Lockner.
Second Heat—RU ards, 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 mile?
Second Heat — Three - cornered
match race, tw'o miles.
R. F. i.iaddox Sweepstakes.
(French point system, 10 for first, 6
for second and 2 for third; throe
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.
Food for Sport Fans
TWO MINUS ONE. j
(Paraphrasing a well-known author )
Two things greater than all things
are.
One is a hush league baseball star
Who smites the hall with a heart of
vim
\n<l earns the kale then have paid
*'»»• him.
P S. The other thing doesn't count.
It Is said Fred Merkle Is the lad
who smote John McQraw 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
ke 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
team. But one might be surprised to
read that he is satisfied with the team
he has.
Occasionally a youth from California
yets a trimming in a tennis tournament.
We said occasionally.
Ban Johnson announces that the
world’s series will open on October 6.
The announcement is received with
great enthusiasm among ticket specu
lators.
It Is claimed that tickets speculation
on the world series has been reduced to
a minimum. Figuring thusly, 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 not® in the newspapers that one
Ar Chung, a Chinese lightweight, made
one Pat McCarty quit. The A. O. H.
will now proceed to start libel suit.
It Is rumored that Freddie Welch has
saved $100,000 out of his earnings. This
reveals the fact that his earnings were
$100,000.05.
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.
PLAY TD-DAY
H ERE’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 begins at 3:30
o’clock—note the change In the time.
Manager Smith said this morning
that Tommy Long had about gnt over
his severe cold and w r ould 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 flrot slab man 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. ha.s 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.
McGilvray is 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 the right
man.
Thousands at Burial
Of Mine War Victims
JEFFRIES ‘DOPE
STORY’ tills
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.
RINGSIDE NEWS
Tommy Walsh, of New Orleans, who
looks after the affairs of Joe Mandot,
has also taken George "Knockout”
Brown, the Chicago middleweight, under
his management He has . matched
Brown to meet Jack Dillon, the Indian
apolis v flgh ter. in a te.i-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 GofTroth, the San
Francisco promoter, in getting a star
bout for his show on Libor Day after
noon As Champion Willie Ritchie has
agreed to fight Freddie Welch at Van
couver ».n that day, Coffroth has been
left without an attraction McCarey is
willing to let Coffroth have Johnny
Dundee. Ad Wolgast or any tighter that
is under contract to him.
• • •
Jimmy dabby, the veteran middle
weight. is in San Francisco trying to
get a match with Bob McAllister. Jim
Coffroth ia..trying to match the pair
for a Sei’tWiiber date. Clabby is one
of the real ‘marvels of the boxing game
and should be a big hit on the coast.
• • •
Charley White, who defeated Frank
Whitney here last week, will meet
Johnny Griffiths In a twelve-round bout
at Akron, Ohio, on Labor Day. Griffiths
recently defeated Young Saylor and also
knocked out 1‘hll Brock in three rounds.
After this scrap White may go to the
coast for a set-to with Harlem Tommy
Murphy.
• • •
The San Langford-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 tne 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 Lavlgme and Dick Burge fought
in England a number of years ago
* • •
It is impossible to any longer over
look Gunboat Smith as a candidate for
the heavyweight championship honors
Smith has gone right along whipping
every man he has been matched with.
His latest victory over Jim Flynn has
certainly added a big feather in his cap.
Intense rivalry in Empire League
cities is in evidence now In every game
. played. Charges and counter charges
I 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 Waycrosa
team, has returned to Jacksonville. He
was declared ineligible and Waycrosa
had nothing to do but let him go. He
is a fleet fielder and has made a neat
record during his stay with Waycrosa.
• • • •
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 of the box and won his game with
ease for Thomasville His shut-out rec
ord in the Empire is a good one.
• * •
Otto Jordan seems gtopd on picking
up good players. He has landed Wise,
a catcher, and from the way the fel
low plays he is slated for faster com
pany. Gordon and Vaughan, pitchers,
will both land In the Sally 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 runs in succession and
four hits 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 Waycrosa and went to Thomasville
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 to his nation.
• • •
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 U* work
some deceptive bails over the plate. 1
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 In
an evening paper to-day.
The statement follows, in part:
“Jeffries hired one of the greatest
detective agencies 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 the
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 flght
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 by turning .Tudas. One man
whose available cash was also secret
ly wagered on Johnson smilingly
posed as n friendly adviser of Jef
fries during the fight.”
FRANK GOTCH RETIRES
AGAIN FOR STEENTH TIME
Organize Dixie League Club Here
*'r»r •!*•*!-
New Circuit Planned for South
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 FAilton 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 ” Mr. 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 two
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 the 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 flght the
Southern, but rather to arrange Its
schedule so as to furnish continuous
baseball In the six cities which would
havdv two clubs. At the end of each
season an All-Southern ch&mpionahip
Is suggested, similar to the world’s
series, between the champion chib of
the Southern and that of the Dixie
League.
Another meeting of the director* of
the league will be called within 80
days, by which time the various local
clubs are expected to be well organ
ized.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.. Aug. 18 —
Frank Gotch, greatest of all wrestlers,
is through with tne mat forever. In
a letter to the sporting editor of The
Minneapolis Dally 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 be an Interested follower of the
wrestling game, but will be satisfied to
sit an the outside of the ring In the
future."
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