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T THE ATLANTA GEOTCCTAN AND NEWS Jeff May Be a Poor Gambler, but He’s a Good Investor By “Bud” Fisher IflTLHK By “Chick” Evans. H ARRY VARDON and Edward Hay, two of the foremost golfers in the world, are now on the ocean on their way to America. Wilfred Reid, another high-class British professional, is* with them. It has been thirteen years since Vardon came to this country and made an almost clean sweep of everything. Then came Duncan in 1911, and he. too, made an excellent showing. It is my prediction, however, that Var don and Ray will find a country of golfers vastly superior to anything that they have pictured. Since 1909, the year of the previous invasion, our country has taken tremendous strides in golf. Progress has been made not only in the addition of thousands of new clubs, but also in the standard of the game. A few years ago 80 was considered very good Indeed, but now it is merely fair and the 80 golfer bakes no special credit to himself. Will Arrive This Week. Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, our two most distinguished professional visitors, will be over here this week. Previous to the open championship, which will take place during the third week of September at Brook line, near Boston, they will play ex hibition matches all over the Ea>it, and after the open they will Journey Westward. Fine players as they are, I think that they will have a difficult road to travel, for not only will our pro fessionals give them a run, but there are some of our amateurs who may be able to quicken their pace a lit tle. I hope they will like our courses and our golfers. Truly, we have a country-wide array of courses on which much money and time have been spent. Our golfers are fine players, and good sportsmen, and the coming of the British visitors will do us a tre mendous amount of good. Thousands will watch their -lay and be benefited by many an Idea caught as they watch the execution of difficult shots by these masters of the game. Their scores will serve as an indicator by which we can know exactly what progress we have made in our own game. Exhibitions to Benefit All. Their coming will introduce into this country professional exhibition matches—a prominent element of British golf of which we know but little. We have not much of this now and there is no doubt we need more. It is something of which a country can easily have too much, but it can be of the greatest benefit to all players who wish to improve their game. It . will give to them throughout the country an opportuni ty to see the bes*t shots played by the best players, and thin practical exposition is of more value than all the lessons and books of instruction in the world. Of course, all professional golf is a money-making affair. For an exhi bition match of 36 holes, occupying a day. I understand Vardon and Ray are asking $600. This seems an enor mous amount of money to ask for the privilege of seeing a golf game, • nd it is difficult to see how they will b° able to get many clubs to stage <uch an expensive exhibition. The heat way would be to charge, say, a dollar for admis^on, and let the club ntand for the rest. Most people would glndlv trive up that much to see these world masters of thejinks. They are like the musicians who have spent a lifetime in practice. 'BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip \ 1 By heating the Pirates twice yester day at the Polo Grounds, the Giants in creased their lead over the Phillies to ten games The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals twice and sent the Westerners reeling back to last place. • * * The New York Yankees, who usually give a good account of themselves In the West, struck St. Louis and trimmed the Browns. * * * The troubles of the Athletics were augmented in Detroit, where the cham pions lost. But the Quakers found hope in the fact that the Naps were beaten by the Senators. * * * The battle of the two Sox resulted in the White shutting out the Red in a 1 to 0 contest. * * * Ivory baseball by the Cardinals In the first game in Brooklyn had Manager Huggins on the point of apoplexy yes terday. With Smith on first base, Fisher pushed a bunt. Mowrey pickeo up the ball and threw it to Konetchy. As Whitted failed to cover third, Smith the situation at third, and Mowrey, raced with him. Konetchy threw the leather across the diamond regardless of the situation and thtrc, and Mowrey, beaten to the bag by Smith, could not turn In time to catch the ball, so took it on the seat of his trousers. * * * Pitcher Ed Walsh, of the Chicago White Sox. has gone to Youngstown. Ohio, to see Bonesetter Reese about his arm. If the diagnosis shows a "dead’ arm, Walsh will become an outfielder. * * * President Gaffney, of the Boston Na tionals. has announced the purchase of Outfielder Zinn, from the Rochester, N Y., club, of the International League. * * * Manager Huggins, of the Cardinals has traded “Doc” Crandall, a pitcher, back to the Giants again. * * * The Chicago Cubs have been fined $5,000 for farming players. WILLIE LEWIS DEVOTED TO THE BOXING GAME OK .'RAPTURE!' MUTT 5TILL HAS FOUR SEEDS AND AS HE IS NO PIKER HE 15 dallying AGAIN TO-DAY. AND HE ’has SOME GOOD IN SIDE INFO, TOO. Grand Defense Aids Gil Price +•+ +•+ +•+ Mates Star in Field and at Bat By 0. B. Keeler. T HE value of co-operation stuck out all over the opening game with the Moles Monday. There w'pye so many points that to the Moles the Cracker club must have re sembled a hedgehog. There was no chance for Oil Price to lose that game. So bs nron, 7 to 2. But Gil had as hia thr assistants luck, stuff and beautiful ling. And that is pretty nearly good enough to win for anybody. * * * ■p)DN*T take this as meaning that Gil was saved against his will from a beating. The southpaw had some thing on the ball all the time, up to the ninth inning. And whenever he got it over the platter, the problem was simple. The Moles simply couldn’t hit. But Gil was having one of his famous struggles with the control lever, which persisted in Jamming on him, usually after two men were out. In other words, Gil’s marksmanship was somewhat to the fritz. But, sup ported by the class of fielding his mates put up, and his own stuff on the ball, his erratic periods merely served to liven up a long game that certainly was In need of livening. • * * T HERE was some hitting, too. The way the Cracker attack was working, Gil could have been quite a bit more to the Carnegie with his passes, and still got by with it. * * * M R. WELCHONCE was excessively prominent in the attack. Foifr runs came riding in on his two blows, one for three and the other for two sacks. Harry also scored a run him self. Me^rs. Agler, Manush, Smith and Bisland also deserve special men tion in the list of sluggers, the first pair getting three hits apiece and the others being content with a couple each. • • • B UT savage as was the artillery, the real clubby spirit was shown In the wav Gil Price’s help came through with the defense. The help behaved as if it liked Gil fine. And it must be said that Gil seemed to think pretty well of himself, too. He pulled as pretty a pair of field ing stunts as one would care to see. Once he raced toward first on a slow hit, bounding high, scooped the pill in his meat hand and sprinted over the bag—and there were Moles dig ging for home, with two out, at the time. And once he made a grand play on a difficult trap-bounder, fol lowing the pick-up with a fine peg. * • • IL wasn’t lonely In his display of defensive power. Chapman nipped Mayer off first by a peach peg in the second; Agler and Smith made runaway circus catches of short files—particularly Joe’s catch of Marcan’s foul In the seventh—and Calvo starred with a brilliant running catch of a low line drive in the fifth, and a rifle-shot peg to the plate In the ninth, cutting down the speedy Marcan who was trying to score from se&ond on a sharp hit to the Cuban’s territory. • • • DY the wav, there was a moral force acting hand In glove with Calvo in the matter of outfield pegging. In the third inning Carroll, first up. filed to the Cuban, deep In right. Calvo took the ball easily and whipped it to third, low and fast, and with wonderful accuracy. It looked a bit like showing off. But later in the game, when the Cuban nipped Marcan’s line drive with McDonald on third, McDonald stuck r|ght there, not caring to try out the little fellow’s whip. His throw on McBride’s single In the ninth, when the Moles were beginning to bite us. was a beauty, and It nipped Marcan for the last out as he came In from siecond. • * • A ND In the meantime, Mlque Finn’s wrecking crew was resting. The margin of safety for the Gulls, therefore, stuck at seven full games this morning. The Bllllkens who also rested, re tained second place by a margin of two games. Neither Billies nor Gulls are sched uled to-day. Chance to pick up a little honest change in the percentage column— what? Games Tuesday. Birmingham at Atlanta. Game called at 3:30. Nashville at Chattanooga. Standing of the Clubs. W L Pc i VV. L Pc Mobile 72 49 .595 Ohatt... 58 56 508 Mont 64 51 .657 ! M’phls. 59 61 .492 Atlanta. 63 54 .538 N’ville.. 50 67 .427 B ham.. 62 67 .521 1 N. O. 39 72 .345 Monday’s Results. Atlanta, 7; Birmingham. 2. Nashville, 2; Chattanooga, 1. No other games scheduled. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Tuesday. Macon at Albany. Savannah at Columbus. Charleston at Jacksonville. Standing of the Club« A W. I Col’bus. 26 20 .565 Sav'nah 26 20 .565 J’ville.. 24 23 .511 W L. Pc Ch’ston. 21 24 .467 Macon.. 21 24 .467 Albany. 20 27 .423 Monday’s Results. Charleston. 4; Jacksonville, 3. Columbus, 9; Savannah, 5. Macon, 4; Albany, 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Tuesday. Boston at Chicago New York at St. Louis. Washington at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Detroit. Standing of the Cluba. W. L. Pet. ~ Pbila.... 73 38 .658 Cl’land.. 69 45 .605 W’gton. 62 49 .669 Chicago 61 65 .626 W. L Po. Boston.. 53 56 .449 Detroit. 49 65 .430 St L.. . 46 73 .381 New Y. 38 69 .355 PARIS, Aug. 19.—Willie Lewis, the white American pugilist, who Is now attracting ns much attention at the Follies Borgeres as Jack Johnson did, said to-day: “Boxing is not merely my profes sion, but my devotion. I believe that it develops any sound Individual’s muscular and mental faculties more than any other athletic sr>°rt.” Regarding the rumors that he In tended divorcing his wife in order to marry Comtesae De Villenueve, Lewis said: “Though I greatly admire her fr*e dances, I never have spoken to her and you can contradict those rumors." Monday’s Results. Detroit, 6: Philadelphia, 4. Chicago, 1; Button. 0. New York. 4; St. Louis, 2. Washington, 6; Cleveland., 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Tuesday. Cincinnati at Boston. St fyouis at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. Standing of the Cluba. W. L. Pet. , New Y. 77 33 TOP : B’klyn. Phila... 64 40 .616 j Boston Chicago 61 51 .545 i C’nati.. P’burg. 57 53 .518 I St. L.. W. L Pet. 49 58 .458 46 61 .430 43 72 .374 42 71 .37? Monday's Results. New York, 5-5; Pittsburg. 3-1. Brooklyn, 7-6; St. Louis, 1-2. Boston, 4: Cincinnati. 1. Chicago, 10; Philadelphia, 4. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Tuesday. Brunswick at Thomasville. Valdosta at Americus. Cordele at Waycross. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pc. T’ville.. 25 16 .610 Am’cus. 22 20 .524 B’swick 20 22 .476 W. L. Pc. W’croas 20 22 .476 V’doata. 20 23 .465 C’dele... 19 23 .450 Monday’s Results. Valdosta, 6; Americus. 3. Waycross, 3; Cordele, 2. Thomasville, 3, Brunswiok, 0. OTHER RESULTS. American Association. Toledo, 7; Indianapolis, 2. Minneapolis, 3; Milwaukee, 1. Loulsville-Columbus game off; rain. Only three scheduled. International League. Montreal, 12; Baltimore, 6. Rochester, 7; Jersey City, 6. Providence. 6; Buffalo, 2. Toronto, 3; Newark. 2. Carolina Association. Asheville, 3; Winston-Salem, 1. Greensboro, 5; Charlotte, 2. Durham, 3; Raleigh, 2. Virginia League. Norfolk, 5; Petersburg. 4. Roanoke. 3; Richmond, 2. Newport News, 7; Portsmouth, 0. Federal League. Chicago, 9; Cleveland, 2. Other games postponed. Appalachian League. Bristol, 8; Johnson City, 0. Knoxville, 1; Rome, 0. Morristown, 3; Mlddlesboro, X. Texas League. Houston, 2; Dallas. 0. Galveston, 3; Austin, 1. Waco, 6; Beaumont, 0. San Antonio. 3; Fort Worth, 1. DANNY GOODMAN ROUNDING INTO SHAPE FOR BOUTS CHICAGO. ILL., Aug. 19.—Danny Goodman, local battler, who Is training for two ring contests, is rapidly round ing Into gTand shape and predicts a double win. Danny is down to 130 pounda and says he never felt better. On August 28. at IBbblng, Minn., Goodman meets Y Tognuoahsm- eta Goodman meets Young Thomas, and on September 1, at Superior, WlS., John ny Tillman Is to be his foe. BRAVES SELL PLAYERS. BOSTON Aug. 19 —The Boston Na tionals to-day sold Catcher Brown and released Catcher Mitchell. EITHER MID By Bill Bailey. C hicago, ill., au?. 19—The White Sox have a young out fielder who is de.-ttlned to be come one of the curiosities of the American Leggrue. Edward Rausch is his name and the thing that makes him wonderful Is the fact that he heaves the ball from deep right with his left hand and, from deep left field with his right. We’ve all heard about the ambidex trous ball players. A wav back when Anson was a recruit there were a couple of fellows who pitched with either hand. But it la doubtful wheth er there is one fan in a hundred who ever gazed upon a youngster who could throw as well with one hand as with the other. Manager Callahan didn’t know that he was getting a curiosity as well as a ball player when lie purchased Rausch from the Evansville club of the Central League. The youngster reported on FYiday. The Pox were at morning practice when the youth re ported. You thought it was too late in the season for morning practice? Manager Callahan is still In the hunt for whatever he can obtain and is determined to finish Just as high as possible. Which accounts for the fact that the men were being drilled In everything pertaining to baseball. Bent to Right Field. As was remarked, the Sox were at morning practice when the youngster reported. He was handed a eiit and told to go out and chase tty balls. H-* did. He went to right. “Who’s the youngster?” went the query. “Oh. that’s young Rausch." fro n Kid Gleason. It’s the duty of the as sistant manager to work with t'n* men, and especially the youngsters, at the a. m. drill. “Left hand thrower?” it was queried. “It would seem so,” was the an swer of Gleason. It also was apparent, for the youngster was shooting the balls In on a line from right field and he was employing his left band. Pretty soon he went to left field and played there awhile. One of the fel lows shot a line drive out there. And th*n everybody stood about in amaze ment. For the youngster returned th« ball with his right band. And he shot it in on a line, too. “Hey*” howled Gleason. He didn’t want any mistake about it, and he did want some Information. In trotted the youngster. “Are you a right or left hand throw er?” queried the assistant coach. “Don’t make any difference to me," answered the youngster. “When I play right field I throw' with my left hand. When I’m In left I throw wdth my right.” “Don’t make any difference to you. eh?” queried Gleason. "None at all. Why?” “Oh. I Just wanted to know ” Tt takes a lot to keep the assistant manager from retorting, but there was none on his tongue this time. Youngster G^ves Promise. The youngster is twenty years of age and if he can hit he will be there. There is no question about h1s speed. He worked out in left field before the second game against the High landers. He was going back as fast a® the ordinary' outfielder comes in. And he was grabbing the balls, which is more to the point. They tried him out In the preliminary batting prac tice and he slammed said ?q>here to several parts of the lot. Here an other surprise awaited the Box. They naturally supposed that a fellow who could throw with either hand would bat from either side of the plate Nothing doing. Rausch is a left-hand hitter and he doesn’t swing from the right side under any condition. Rausch was one of the first men purchased by the South Slders and cost $3,000. He hit In the neigh borhood of .315 in the Central League. From the way he handled himself in the field it looks a certainty that he possesses the speed necessary to beat out many infield hits No question hut that Rausch comes well fortified sr far a* fielding Is con cerned. Many managers have an ld**i that a right fielder should be a left- band thrower, uprin the same theory that a southpaw thrower 1s supposed to have it on a right-hander at first base. “Rausch throws equally well with either band.” said Manager Callahan. “It’s my opinion, however, that he would do better if he decided to throw with either his right or left hand and then sitlck to It.*' KETCHEL VS. JOHNSON. CHICAGO. Aug 19— Steve Ketchel and Eddie Johnson, of Denver, are scheduled to meet In a twenty-round battle in Pueblo, Colo., September 15, at 133 pounds. Food for Sport Fans 1 By GEORGE E. PHAIR Or HOW SWEET. (By Joe Tinker.) FToto 9tcect to be a manager and lose a lot of sleep To pull a bunch of boncheads from the bottom of the heap— To patch a broken-down machine and get it running fit And then to see the owner throve a monkey wrench in it! It's bad enough to run a team that plays in Cincinnati, But this here interference stuff would drive a fellow batty. In other words, Mr. Tinker Insists that he Is the only man who has a right to tinker with his team. Those who know Sherwood Magee aver that Mr. Tlncup Is not the only Indian on Dooln’s team. Not that we deMre to discourage a promising young athlete, but a Tlncup is a first cousin to a can. It Is rumored that John Evers thinks as much of Mike Mitchell as Mike Mitchell thinks of John Evers. SOMETHING LIKE THE CUB OWNER. There was a young magnate named Farrell With money stacked up by the barrel. He said: “/ will win Though it costs all my tin And they force me to pawn my ap parel .” V. S. B. Conundrum: If It costs $10 to call Bill Klem a catfish, how much would It cost to call him a sardine? Paul Westerlund, a Californian, won a medal by running a 31-mile marathon race up the side of a mountain range. Up to date Paul has not won any medals for consecutive thought. If Frank Navln were to accept that $100,000 offer for Ty Cobb we fear that Clark Griffith would break all existing sprinting records on his way to the cy clone cellar. Arthur Pelky announces that he will do his trainlna in Calgary. This shows that even a rude and uncultured pugilist often clings to the fond recollections of former days. Mr. Pelky is the youth who swore that h© had retired from the tight game for ever and forever. But he changed hrs mind when he learned that the only other way he could earn a living was to work. Mr. Mitchell, athlete, accuses Mr. O’Loughlln, umpire, of having used vul gar language on the field. And yet the fact that a man Is an umpire Is suf ficient cause to swear. England feels as badly over the de parture of Mrs. Pankhurst as a pitcher who has just recovered from a losing streak. In a way, Ralph Comstock, whom the Sox have bought from the Minneapolis team, is one of the most remarkable athleten extant. It is said that he is MONDAY’S GAME. Birmingham ab. r. h. po. a. e. Marcan, 2b. . . 4 0 0 2 6 0 Messenger, rf. . 5 0 0 1 0 ?) McBride, If. . . 4 0 1 4 0 1 Kniseley, cf. . 3 0 2 2 0 0 Mayer, c. . . 4 0 1 2 1 0 McDonald, 3b. . 2 0 0 1 1 0 Ellam, sa. . . . 4 1 1 3 2 0 Carroll, lb . . 3 1 2 9 0 0 Hardgrove, p. . 3 0 1 0 1 0 — — —- — —■ Totals . . . .32 2 8 24 10 1 Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Agler, lb. . . . 4 3 3 10 0 0 Manush, If. . . fi i 3 1 0 1 Welchonce, cf . 5 1 2 1 0 0 Smith, 2b. . . . 3 0 2 3 2 1 Bisland, ss. . . 4 0 1 3 4 0 Holland. 3b. . . 3 0 0 0 1 0 Galvo, rf. . . . 3 0 0 2 1 0 Chapman, c. . . 3 1 1 6 2 0 Price, p. . . . 4 0 0 1 3 1 Totals . . . .34 7 13 27 13 3 Score by Innings: Birmingham . ooo 000 (103 -2 Atlanta . . 100 010 32x -7 Summary: Two- base hits- -Agler, Welchonce. Three -base hit -Wei- chonce. Double plays— -Smith o Bis- land to Agler; McDonald to Carroll; Marcan to Ellam. Struck out— By Price, 5; by Hardgrove, 2 Bases on balls—Off Price, 6; off Hardgrove, 6. Sacrifice hits—Carroll, Calvo. Stolen base* -Agler. Smith Passed balls-— Mayer, Chapman. Wi’d pitch - -PrW-e Time—2: Ob. Umplrefc —Fifield and Rudderham. the only member of the team whose grandchildren are not voting. THE WHITE HOPE. He had a fist as hard as a rock, like wise an iron jaw. Without a doubt he was the hardest man I ever saw. Quoth he: “7 got my training as a player with MoGraw.” THE WORM. “The worm will turn,” a lad once spoke. He was a wise old guy. He was an educated bloke And what he said got by. “The worm will turn,” he said, and men Spoke, lightly of his name, But all interred the hammer when The Pelicans won a game. Not that we desire to Inflame the thoughts of our yellow brethren, but the report that Ah Chung whipped Pat McCarty reveals the fact that the 3oxer outrages have not ceased. The 100-mile marathon race at Bel lingham, Wash., reminds us that some men are nuttier than others. Joe Boehllng Is now engaged at the unpleasant task of demonstrating that .whatever goes up must come down. Reading Mike Mitchell's tale of his recent Job, one is led to suspect that being a Cub is like being in Jail—only more so. Charlie Ebbets announced yes morn that he would spend $60,000 to strengthen his team. We have not any Inside Information, but we have heard a well grounded rumor that to-day he will dedicate the $60,000. lyooking over Mr Griffith’s statement, one Is led to suspect that Messrs. Altrock and Schaefer are not the only comedians on the Washington payroll. The report that Hap Myers stolfe four ba.«©« off Jimmy Archer In one after noon reminds us that several persons could have outsprinted Arthur Duffey if Arthur had sustained a broken leg. Ben Tlncup, the Indian pitcher who has been purchased by the Phillies, Is on the wrong team. Imagine what a receiver Larry McLean would be for Tlncup. Not that It Is any of our business, but the gent who picks out the names for country clubs must he related to the citizen who perpetrates the monickers for sleeping cars and motor boats. Joe Tinker Is not dissatisfied with his |ob or anything like that, but he has a hunch that as a baseball magnate Garry Merrmann Is a good Judge of wine. NOT O’LOUGHLIN. There was an ump in our town And he was wondrous wise. Hr spoke his words in such a way That men eould recognize. STARRVILLE WINS. PORT.BRDALE. OA . Aug 19.—Por- terdale lost to Starrsvllle yesterday 4 to 3. The feature of the gnme was the sensational work of “Ki*" Harwell, who caught a grand game for the visitors. L. Cook also featured by his batting. Rocquemore fanned fourteen batters. NO-HIT. NO-RUN GAME. BUJERIOR, WIS.. Aug. 19.—In yes terday's Northern Leagues game at Su perior, Cy Pahlgren. of Superior, blanked Grand Forks without a hit of a run. Dahlgren was with the Cincin nati Reds this spring and was given an unconditional release after the training trip. . TlT3 fiBCIV TREATED. Quick relief, | JJluUJTu JL swelling, short breath f soon remoTed.often entire relief! n lfito 2ft days. Trial treatment sent FREE, fc Write Dr. M. H. Greens Sons, Box 0, Atlanta, Ga BROU’S riJL m a next JEEJLI of the most obstinate cases guaranteed in from 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment required. 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