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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. mam * gbob 3M 51 PO inns’ COVERED* EX uLUUuI urn IJ i a ti/ PCCTrnPPnir A Hunch Is a Hunch, Any Way You Get It :: :: :: :: :: :: j ULul 1 U11 u U LI 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 links. Pick a viiKNeC foRiw^-rweiE. ne's g>ot to .sowve INK*.N\ATtCN OP- A Hunch, r can Rwse *2 on Nk"t WATCH IP l CAN ONLV dey iOCAC INSID6 INFoR-WA-rCON 666! A P6LC0W Wire a Bun on. I'll okfep. .To take hin\ honcG. And H£ PUCoHT SUP N\e a bocks nor.e to Put vjiyn ® 2 • e veuse .sir.. 30 t can X CAUL you A C ACS ? <VA\n‘. (hkA You CAN'T Call m.6 (hiCt a CA5 k N ‘ c * OR ANVTHUifc £L-i6. 66T AWAY VJITH IT, 5E.E *. (H>OI the cast £uy that CALceb ' ^6 (HlO C.0M6THIN(, IS in Tne hospital (huS) T'M MEAn(.H'CN TAM (hO - T'M tOU6H (MX.) I'M GAY fotCi Co*v»»a«<T- tv T*» i'mnee iff**- 1 .. - ..<¥*■ KRAZY KAT >: Sure Krazy Knows W hat a Watermelon Is OH, > Th/nr Uclu of irV~ (6NAT2. -, Quite uifcu. - / MEAM / DoVbu' JHIMK I r'S.A Ffcurr ; on A V VE6ETABCE 7 K [l WOULD SAV irs A , FAA1f»Hie/0(JS AJuTfei/MtAir 7 /6WAT2-' Sports andSuch FAMOUS IN SPORT—VII. The Fight Manager. THE FIGr. MANAGER IS AN ever-pr* sant example Tuesday Society Night at 'Drome +•+ •i , *v •*••'1* *I* • *!• *!••%* %*• v R.F.MaddoxSweepstakes Feature 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 Queer Ride.”) -The 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- A 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. • » * 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.” T UUHUUU V1HDI I fnatty In S day*, liu prof* your health, proton* your Ilfs. No mor* •tooiarh trouble, no foul breath, no heart wear- Dean. Regain manly vl*or. calm narvea. alter ey*a aad auperlor mental strength. Whether you ch“W or SD>ok« pipe, cigarette* c‘,gnr*, eet MX • nt cr*rt!n* Tobacco Boot. Worth it* wvtght In told. Mailed fr*# C. J WOOOS- 514 Sixth A*a.. 74S M.. 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