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By Chick Evans.
T O mv m ! ml a gray day gflvas thr
Ideal golfing weather. Thi» sort
of a day frequently precedes or
follows rain and then ia something
in the moisrt freshness of the atmos
phere and absence of glare that in
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
seemv perfect berause the mointgn
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 gripe, it
is particularly true of the oiled leath
er kind.
For some reason, whether it Is a
duality 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 la 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
J» a comfort to the eyes and .t
strengthening tonic to the whofe
phyalque*. one’s game itself Is let
ter. too. for the moist greens hold
tlie 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. Than, on these match
less courses, in sight and sound of
the wave**, with tin- smell of tin-
sea and the moist freshness of its
breath in one's nostrils, the game is
enjoyed in all of its natural flavor.
Prairie Course* Harder.
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 riot stay where put and fine
points of the game are impossible of
application. But while wp miss much,
we are spared that frequent British
affliction -a downpour of rain iu the
midst of an interesting mpteh.
1 love an overcast day for golf, 11 if
gray sky and moist breeze are like
an inspiring draught, but heaven pre
serve me from a rainy day upon the
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FAMOUS IN SPORT—VII.
The Fight Manager.
THE FIGr. MANAGER IS AN
ever-pr* sant example
Tuesday Society Night at 'Drome
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af the value
of human endeavor, so long ns you
can get somebody else to do the
endeavoring It is the mins)mi of
the Fight Manager to liy« by the
toil of other men, and, so far as \\»
are a Judge, he does his duty. We
never neard of one who starved to
death.
Managing fighters ha.** all of the
advantage* of managing a bank,
With none of the risks When a
bank gets in bad you «an not shake
it and pick up another one; but the
average Bight Manager continues
to blow expensive cigar smoke into
tiie 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 ancj Fin* innati.
1-p.yt you be thus encouraged t«>
rush blindly into tlie business, it is
our duty to warn you that certain
natural gifts are estfntial. The
successful Fight Manager must
have tireless vocal chords, a barb-
proof hide, a property smile and
the Imagination of a mining-stock
talesman. Also, the gall of a po
liceman.
It is by no means necessary that
he hav& a fighter. Many men have
tried to get by with merely a
fighter and h^ve failed. It is much
better to tow around some muscu
lar misfit with a ten-ounce brain
and by persistent talking and
Vgettin' in with the right guys”
convince the public that he is a
fighter A real tighter usually has
enough Intelligence to want to
audit accounts every now ami
then, and this is a -t rioa# 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 »o three thousand
on mop. For
Bute Met’arty won
last fight, and when every
is there was $2$
Thai's a bu*i-
p*r cent profits
iiiatfir
in hh
ruse had gotten
left for the cfct.it
(Get set for the next on
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rr^l'ESDAY night has been selected
I hh "society night” at the M >-
tordrome, and a special card
hag 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 $ix
riders in' b. The award will be on
points.
Then there is a *hree-eornered race
among Jock McNeil, Harry (Jlenpand
Harry Swartz, which also promises
a lot of excitement.
Here is the program
Motordrome Purse.
(Heats. I mile, final, 2 miles; win
ner in each heat and second man in
fastest heal.)
First Heat—-Graves, Swartz and
Lgjckner.
Second Heat Ilk aids, Luther and
Repel.
Third Heat—McNeil, Lewis an-i
Glenn.
Three Cornered Match Race.
i Three heats, 1 mile, 2 miles and 3
miles.)
First Heat Glenn, McNeil and
Swartz. ()rie mile.
Final Motordrome Purse, two mile*
Second Heat —- Three - cornered
match race, two miles
R. F. maddox Sweepstakes.
(French point system, 10 for first, 6
for second and 2 for third; thrie
he its, 2, 4 an«l U miles.)
First J-feat 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.
Crackers Sign
'Goat' Holliday
For Next Season
PLAY TO-DAY
Food for Sport Fans
TWO MINUS ONE.
(Paraphrasing a well-known author.)
Ticu things greater than all th,ng*
arc.
One «« a hush league baseball star
Who smiles the ball irith a heart of
4*(I tarns th< halt they han paid
for him.
P S The other thing doesn't count.
It Is said Fred Merkle is the lad
who imot| 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
Kir. Merkle is alleged to play every after
noon, the slogan is; "Keep your eye on
the base."
Charlie Khbeta is eahl to be figuring
on a new mut r, thus showing that
he is willing t«< *?•* t«* any expense to
get something new to dedicate.
gets a trimming in a tennis tournament.
Iona '
We said occasio
ally.
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* 176 per
cent of the gate receipts.
The report that Clark Griffith has of
fered $100,000 for Ty Cobb leads one to
suspect that he is hitting 400 In the
hop league.
H ERE’S a grain of comfort. The
Crackers will be able to Bend
their regular line-up against
the Barons this afternoon, when the
first game of the aeries begin** at 3:30
o’clock—note the change in the time.
Manager Bmith said this morning
that Tommy Long had about got over
his severe cold and would be in left
fiold this afternoon. Chapman's
wrenched ankle has come around in
good shape and Harry will be back
of the wood.
As to the first slabman to get a
whack at the Moles, Bili is going to
try out the Gil Price Jinx aga'n. Gil
has had something on th$ 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
Trough was called away from the
club by a sister's illness, so Moles-
WOFth’s slab staff Is badly in need of
bolstering.
The Barone’ manager said thin
morning that Trough was expected
on almost any train from the direc
tion of Athens*, Ala., and that Erv
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 s&ckers in the South
two years &go and should prove a
good man for the local representa
tives in the Southern League.
As Joe Agier 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.
' 0 0 P [ Organize Dixie League Club Here
CAINS New Circuit Planned for South
Thousands at Burial
Of Mine War Victims
CALUMET. MICH., Aug. 18.- A big
public funeral for the two eoppe?
strikers killed ip 8 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.
We note in the newspapers that otic
Ar Chung, a Chinese lightweight, made
one I*tit MeCarty quit The A t>. H
will now proceed to start a libel suit.
A CORRESPONDENT WHO
takes prize fights >erh*usl\ and is
to ashamed of it tiiat he copceala
his mime, writ*- t»* charge us with
attempting t*> "fiiscnV.ii” Gunboat
pmith. Before pleading to the in
dictment we sliaU have to know
‘what the Gunboat is credited with
end by whom
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.
It Is rumored that Freddla Welch has
saved $100,000 out of his earnings. This
reveals the fact that his earnings were
$100,000.05.
Occasionally a youth from California
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 6UCH
THINC
YOUNG MR. JOHNSTONE has
earned the distinction of being the
only Californian who h s lost a
tfinpis title this ; e.ir
IF HIS VOIC- IS an.:
some pe have heard this ' - ar.
4^n hardly blame thos< Hal
fan- for choking the umpire
RINGSIDE NEWS
Tommy Walsh, <>f New Orleans, who
looks after the affairs of Joe MandoL
has also taken George ‘■Knockout”
Brown, the Chicago middleweight, under
his management. He has matched
Brown to meet Jack I»Jlwn, the Indian
apolis fighter, in a ten-round bout at
.i show to i»e brought off at Terre
Haute, lnd., on Labor Pay.
WHILE PRESIDENT E BEETS
denies the pan ha w of an out
fielder and piE ter from the Ameri
can Association it is believe*! that
it ifc only because he has not had
time t > prepare the dedication
fcpeech.
BARRY ACCEPTS GREER’S CHAL
LENGE
Li *NT>i *N, Aug lb Ernest Burry of
London professional sculling champion
f ihe world. to-da\ accepted a ehal-
l».rg from Frank B. Greer, of Boston,
Mass., professional sculling champion
{• th. United States, for a race on the
'Jr a me* m Nov*u btr for the ohamp oii-
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Tom McCarey, the fight promoter, has
offered to assist Jim Goffroth, the San
Francisco promoter iu getting a star
l*-«ui for his show on iMttor Day after-
i i'Oil .Ns (Tampion Willie Ritchie has
agreed to fight Freddie Welch at Van
1 >us'er > n that day, (Tffroth has been
left without an attraction. Mcfarey is
willing to let Ooffroth have Johnny
Dundee. Ad Wolgast or jiny fighter that
is under contract to him. .
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 Phil Brock in three rounds.
After this scrap White may go to the
• oast for a s£t-to with Harlem Tommy
Murphy
Jim m > t'labb> the veteran middle-
wr-ght is .ii Sai l iancisco trying to
get a match with Bob McAllister. Jim
Coflfroth is trying to match the i*air
for a September .'ate Flabby is one
• f the real marvels of the boxing game
.i,.'. - '• g h 1 on ti e c* ast
Chari* > M, who defeated Frank
The San Langford-Joe Jeannette
match, which has been hanging fire for
some time, is now a settled affair. Tom
MeCarey 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
tor the lightweight championship since
George Lavigiie and Dick Burge fought
in England a number of years ago.
It is ^impossible to any longer over-
• look Gunboat Smith as n candidate for
I tl heavyweight championship honors
i Smith has gone right along whipping
< vet> man h” has been matched will
His latest victory over Jim Flynn has
certainly added a big featnei in his cap
EMPIRE LEAGUE NOTES
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 befo r e
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 aeencie*- in the world to ruu
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 smro-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 by 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.”
Intense rivalry in Empire League
• hies is in evidence now in every game
played, i’barges 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 ha
pitched for t’ordele The Josses were
not his fault, as errors behind hitn let
his opponents score enough to win.
Brouthers. playing in the field for
Americas, came mighty near pulling off
a fatal play for hts 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.
T.eft Fielder Powers, of the Wayeross
team, has returned to Jacksonville He
was declared ineligible and Waycrosa
figd nothing to do but let him go. He
is a fleet fielder and has made a neat
record during his stay with Wayeross.
Ten victories to one defeat is the
pitching record held by Pacey, of the
Amerfeus 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.
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Day cant® back strong against the
Valdosta team after they knocked him
out of the box and won bis game with
ease for Thomasvijle His shut-out rec
ord in the Empire is a good*one
I Otto Jo: an seems good on picking
1 up good players He has landed Wise.
1 a catcher, und from ti e way the fel-
| low pla\« he is slate*! (dr faster com
pany. Gordon and Yaujfcian. 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
iFRANK GOTCH RETIRES
AGAIN FOR STEENTH TIME
A PPLICATION for a charter for
the Atlanta Baseball Club of the
Dixie League was tiled tlii?
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 Fulton 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 nc w league.
"It has the proper men back of it.
for one thing.” Mr. Hood said. "Then
it has the cream of the Southern citi« s
Here is the lisi 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."
Beaidps being an incorporator of
the Atlanta club, Judge Bacon is pres,
ident of the new league, ife 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 Reason with
out the need of placing any stock with
outsiders, though it is thought best
that • a oh 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 tiiat it was not the
plan of the Dixie League to fight th*
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 Ail-Southern championship
is suggested, similar to the world’s
series, between the champion club of
the Southern and that of the Dixie
League.
Another meenng of the directors of
the hague will be called within So
days, by which time the various local
clubs are expected to be well organ
ized.
Pennsylvania Lines
Empire 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 maU*‘ this impossible \'
tacks on umpires by players have re
ceived only minor treatment.
By winning four straight games, two
from the league leaders, Wayeross
climbed out <>f 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 Wayeross, has
started hitting at a terrific clip. He
got I wo home rune 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 Wayeross an*! went to Thomasville
when he was released, has been sus
pended for the balance of the season
at hia own request
"Handy" Anderson, who is playing
third for Wayeross, has developed into
a rcmurkably fine player for a young
ster He joined Wayeross from a school
team, and made good with a rush, tie
plays short splendidly and is at home
m the field His hunting is a feature
and he seldom fails to reach first when
he gets one placed t-- his notion.
» • «
Stewart, the new pitcher with Bruns
wick, lias a cros.'-tire hall lhat is might?
hard to hit. He has worked it with
success on the best batters and fooled
them e\ er\ time His brother, playing
with Americas, is also able ?«> work
some deceptive balls over the plate.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mlk’N . Aug. It.—
Frank Gotch, greatest of ait wrestlers,
is through with me 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 Zhysxko on September 5. I have
turned it down, as I will all other propo
sitions to return te the game-
"1 have enough money am happily
married, and will spend the balance *,»f
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, hut will be satisfied to
sit an the outside of the ring In the
fut lire.”
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