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THE ATLANTA C1L0RGTAN ANT) NEWS.
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ATHLETICS Til
STDUT-HEARTED
5 A.YS Connie Afaclc to Birmingham,
“I'm going to cop the rag, I am."
Says Birmingham to Connie
Alack,
“You have the goods, l tron’% talk
back—
But ice
will wait
and see.”
1 T seems to be all over but the
1 shouting, and that will be done at
the Polo Grounds and Shibe Park, as
usual.
Time was. and that not so long
ago, when It looked as though Connie
Mack might lose hold of first place.
Joe Birmingham and his Naplets
made great strides for a time
and threatened to spill the beans,
but in the recent series between the
Naps and Athletics the Naps ap
peared to be a little slow, although
tirey did make a strong finish. While
seven games only separates the two
teams the Mackmen seem to have the
class. They appear to liave more
heart than Birmingham’* men and
more likely to come strong in the
stretch when pushed.
It is the work of the silent man
on the bench that is pulling the Mack-
ites to a successful finish.
* * •
CILENT. but ever alert, that great
^ master of the national game sits
among his players and plans each
play. What though the Afhletic
pitcher may be wild, he advises his
men to take advantage of every open.
1ng offered by the opposing twirier,
and so the Athletics wage battle ta
a successful issue.
It will be the old-time sfruggle
• between McGraw and Mack for
eupremacy when the cheering world’s
series crowd gathers in October to
witness the contests between the
champions of the two major leagues.
McGraw has two defeats that are
Btlll rankling in his bosom, and he
-will be out for b-l-u-d this time, but
ihe will be called upon to depend upon
the same pitchers who lost in the
other contests—Marquard. Mathew-
son and Tesreau. Will it be a repe
tition of the former world’s series
games between the Giants and Ath
letics? Echo answers, “Will it ?’ f
* * *
\\7 HILE the eyes of the fans have
vv been riveted upon the pennant
contests in the two major leagues,
the clubs in the American Associa
tion have been staging a joy flag con
test well worth the price of admis
sion. Milwaukee took an early lead
and has held it up to the present,
but just now is being hard pressed
by Louisville and Minneapolis. Joe
t’antillon and his two-time pennant
winners came up recently from a low
ly position in the second division.
They have been winning cosiMtently
and right now are knocking at the
door.
Milwaukee and Louisville have fin
ished a desperate series of contests
for first honors that resulted disas
trously for Louisville, but the Colonels
are still holding firmly to second
place.
-There are five clubs within shout
ing distance of the pennant right now
and the fight promises to be hot
right up to the last day.
Federal League to
Build New Grounds
INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Aug. 21.—
Plans are being perfected to-day for the
enlarging of the Federal Baseball
League, the outlaw organization, next
year. At a secret meeting last night
the club owners, it Is said, signed
bonds which will assure players their
salary for next year. The grounds at
Cleveland. Chicago St. Louis and In
dianapolis will he abolished at he end
of the season and new and more acces
sible locations will be secured before the
1914 season opens.
It is possible that the league will be
Increased to ten or even twelve clubs
next year. A committee was appointed
to look oyer the situation in Baltimore
and Buffalo. If conditions are favorable
there clubs may he installed, and other
Eastern cities may be taken Into the cir
cuit.
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Birmingham Easy to the Last
• *!*
Birthday Party a Huge Success
OH, FUDGE! CHICAGO PUTS
VETO ON SLANG STORIES
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Slang as a
means of the proper description of
baseball games in the newspapers
came out a little behind straight-for
ward English, according to the ver
dict of several thousand readers in a
test vote taken by a Chicago news
paper, which was announced to-day.
Of a total of 3,930 ballots recorded
to-day, 2,004 declared for the English
prescribed by the dictionaries, and
1,4)26 were In favor of the use of
clang:. .
The figures in favor of tne pure
English were qualified by several
thousand voters who expressed them
selves in favor of the use of a mod
erate amount of snappy, descriptive
phrases, not limited necessarily to
dictionary words, however. Many
voted in favor of slang, but advocated
the elimination of nicknames.
Wednesday’s Game
Birmingham, ab. r. h. po. a. e,
Marcan, Zb. . . 3 0 1
Messenger, rf.. 4
McDonald, 3b . 3
Kniseley, cf. .3
McBride. If. . . 2
McGilvray, lb.. 3
Ellam, ss.
0
1 0 0
Oil
2
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0
0 0
0 0
1 10 1
Clifton, c.
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3 0 0
Ery, p 3
By 0. B. Keeler.
A FTER lamping at considerable
length th$ series justt finished,
the impression persists that if
only the Crackers had arranged to
play Birmingham all season, they
would have climbed clear up out of
the Southern League standing, and
probably would be In the first division
of one of the big leagues.
» * »
DE that as it may, the Moles were-
pretty soft. The toughest en
gagement of the final series was with
a rookie named Ery, too—|Jig Bill
Pro ugh not being able to be present
at the last sad rites of the Crackers-
Moles season.
Big Bill may have saved a few
points in his percentage, at that, the
way things broke.
• • *
AN’THOW, it was “Bill Smith Day.”
and there was a hifsky crowd out
to the doings—4,000 it looked, any
way. not counting the hand, which
rendered melody in compressed or
tabloid form between the acts.
The other visual evidence of the oc
casion being celebratory of Mr.
Smith’s anniversary was staged just
as the Crackers came to bat in the
first round.
• * •
T ] MPIRE FIPIELb held up a large
^ and warning hand at Mr. Ery,
who was winding himself up. and a
gentleman, whose name everybody
agreed was Smith, advanced cautious
ly to the platter. He carried a tray
on which were lavishly displayed a
Golden Horseshoe, tied with a bow of
very red ribbon, and something that
looked like a box of breakfast food,
only it was as done up in white paper
These articles were presented with
much eclat and very little conversa
tion to Mr. Bill Smith himself, who
turned a delicate cerise and bowed
inclusively to the other Mr. Smith
and the applauding multitude.
Whereupon the band played “Dixie,”
the multitude split a couple of wel
kins. Mr. Smith shouldered the horse
shoe and went back to the coop, and
Mr. Fifield said:
“Stee-rike one!”
• • «
N B.—It was discovered later that
the mysterious Large Package
contained eating tobacco—enough to
last Bill through a whole double-
header, it was estimated.
P.S.—Bill also gets a neat rake-off
on the paid admissions to his little
birthday party, with the compliments
of the local baseball association.
• • •
T HESE important ceremonies being
safely out of the way, the Crack
ers began earnestly to go about dis
posing of the youthful Mr. Ery, re
cently of the Georgia-Alabama circle.
On the Crackers’ bench it w r as freely
predicted thgit Mr. Ery would last
just four innings.
That estimate was slightly con
servative.
Mr. Ery stuck to hjs fifcgt job like
a sick kitten to a not brick. The
youngster pitched excellent ball right
up to the closing chapter—and then
the reserves had to be called out to
pinch him off.
* • *
I N fact, the first run of the game
was wrenched violently away from
no less a personage than Mr. Josephus
Conzelman, and for exactly two hours
Mr. Ery held the classic hurler even
—or a shade better.
Providence again was breaking our
way, operating mainly through the
eastern wing of Mr. Harry Chap
man. although there were symptoms
of the miraculous in a number of
fielding plays, notably by Wally
Smith.
TV/TR. CHAPMAN earned a special
chapter in this history.
The pet hobby of his side-kick was
to let some Baron, usually Messen
ger, get to first after two w r ere out.
The recipient, being' given one base,
would promptly try to take another.
Then Chapman would nail him. He
did this no fewer than five separate
and apoplectic times, and for good
measure nipped the mighty Kniseley
off second in.the fourth inning, w hen
that gent was there with nobody at
all in the discard—a most opportune
time for nipping.
Harry’s work was beautiful to
watch—from the Cracker bench.
• * *
W ELL, getting over It in a hur
ry, our Mr. Welchonce. having
a hunch that Scouts Bobby Gilks an-i
Billy Gilbert were In the stands look
ing him over, proceeded to get him
self a single every time he came up,
which was four. The last single ar
rived In the ninth Inning and paved
the way to the second and winning
run off Mr. Rookie Ery.
Smith’s sacrifice hit put Harry on
second, and Bisland was h. b. p. o.
The rookie was fluttering under a
roaring tempest of rooting, and Hol
land waited him out and walked.
Right there something happened
that looked bad for our little friend
Jacinta Calvo, but good for the ball
game.
Billy fcmith 9ent Frank Manush up
to bat for him, and after jockeying
with Ery to the two-and-two stag^,
Frank lammed one over second.
* * •
S SWITCHING off the gloat, we see
the Billikens in the offing, one
game to the north of us, with four
games scheduled to be played, begin
ning with a couple to-day.
Winning three of those games will
put the Crackers in second place
and keep them after the flying Gulls,
now just six laps in front.
’Nother chance to turn on o. f
Crucial Series. y
S T. LOUIS, MO., Aug. 21.—What’s
the matter with St. Louis? Folks
in the Ea‘*t think that the Yan
kees are in bad light, but the New
Yorkers looked so much better than
the Missourians yesterday that Ban
Johnson’s visit here is timely. The
American League Czar has sent word
that he would be here this afternoon
to talk over the St. Louis situation
with Owner Hedges Stovall and cer
tain newspaper men. The league po
tentate recognizes that baseball Is
pretty nearly dead in St. Loui9 and
he thinks he can produce a remedy.
Yesterday only 1,100 people saw
New York beat the Browns and that
includes the pass gate. People here
no longer patronize the game, either
at the American or National League
parks. For that matter, the Federal
League doesn’t draw’ either. There
was a time when this city was known
as the most loyal of all burgs, but
continued disaster has finally sick
ened the phtrons, and while 10,000
people visit the new public bathing
pond a measly 1.100 go to see the
cellar champions fight it out.
It is just possible that St. Louis
may beat it out of the circuit
and some other city take its place.
Secretary Tom Davis, of the New
York club, was disgusted yesterday at
the show ing. In Chicago the Yankees
drew splendid crowds, became they
are playing just as good ball as the
Athletics now, what with the four
pitchers going like demons and Swee
ney turning back nearly every man
who tries to steal.
“None of the clubs are making any
money out here.” said Davis. “Even
the Sunday attendance has fallen
away. I can not explain it, but the
local jump is beginning to be a hard
ship. considering that a visiting club
is barely able to make expenses.”
Ban Johnson may decide to shift
the circuit. For example, either Bal
timore or Buffalo w r ould be a better
paying proposition than St. Louis.
Many managers have had a go at this
team, hut not since the days of Com*
Iskey has there been a pennant win
ner here.
Totals. . .
Atlanta.
Agler, lb. . .
Long, If. . .
Welchonce, cf.
Smith. 2b. .
Bisland, ss. .
Holland, 3b .
Calvo, rf. . .
Chapman. C.
Conzelman, p
.27 1 7 25* 12
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Manush 1
0 10
Totals. .28 2 7 27 15 2
Score by innings:
Birmingham 010 000 000—1
Atlanta 000 100 001—2
Manush hit for Calvo in ninth.
♦One out when winning run was
scored.
Summary: Struck out—By Con-
t zelman 3, by Ery 2. Bases on balls—
’ Off Conzelman 3, off Ery 2. Sacrifice
hits—McBride, Smith 2, Holland.
Stolen base—Welchonce. Hit by
pitched ball—By Ery (Bisland).
Time—2:10. Umpires—Fifield and
Rudderham.
Swimmers Training
For Saturday Meet
The Atlanta Athletic Club swim
mers are training faithfully for the
Water Sports Day that will be held
at East Lake Saturday afternoon.
There will be nine events in all, and
handsome prizes will be given to the
winners.
A beautiful silver cup for the best
all-round water man has been donated
by Frederick Hoyt. A1 Doonan has
donated a beautiful silver cup for la
dies. Silver medals will be given to
the second best for both men and
ladies, and the bronze medal for the
consolation race for men.
To qualify for the silver trophies
all contestants must enter all swim
ming and diving events in their re
spective races. Prizes to be awarded
not to the winner for any particular
class, but to the one scoring the high
est number of points in all the events.
UHLAN’S ATTEMPT FAILS.
GOSHEN. N. Y.. Aug. 21.—Uhlan,
owned by C. K. G- Billings, failed
in its attempt to do better than
2:02 3-4. its own best mark and .the
world’s record for a half mile track.
BALL PLAYER MARRIES.
OPELIKA, ALA.. Aug . F. G.
Blackwell, second baseman of the Ope
lika team, and residing at Columbia.
Ala., and Miss Grace Lewis, daughter
of L P. Lewis, a merchant of this city,
were married Saturday at the residence
of Rev. W. M Garrett. In coming to
Gadsden to play ball, Blackwell met
Miss Lewis. A romance resulted, which
culminated in the wedding
Work on Atlanta
Autodrome Started
Secretary Frank Weldon, of the
Atlanta Autodrome Athletic Associa
tion, which will control auto racing
at Atlanta’s big autodrome, yesterday-
started a large force of men at work
at the grounds where the big wooden
saucer will go up.
These men were put to work clear
ing off the ground of all shrubbery,
stumps, etc., getting ready for the
grading, which will be the first step
toward the actual building of the big
board track.
The clearing will require a few-
days, and as very little grading is
necessary, work on the saucer will
commence within the next w-eek or
ten days and rushed to a rapid com
pletion.
Everything i9 sailing along smooth
ly, and if it continues to do so, the
track will be ready for the first races
in October.
NEW PACING RECORD.
GOSHEN, N. Y., Aug. 21.—Directum
1 the chestnut stallion, owned by James
Butler, of New York, to-day* is the pos
sessor of the world’s mile pacing record
on a half-mile track. The racing whirl
wind went the distance yesterday in
2 02\. which is the same record for a
half mile track as that held by Uhlan,
the champion trotter.
WALSH T0.TRY PITCHING
AGAIN IN ABOUT A WEEK
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Edward Walsh
is back in Chicago following his visit
to “Bonesetter” Reese at Youngstown,
Ohio. The “Moose” of the Sox hurling
staff refuses to wax joyful over the pre
dictions made by the Youngstown wiz
ard following the replacing of a slipped
tendon in the pitching arm of the great
athlete.
Walsh will rema|i idle for about a
w’eek and will tht.i don his togs and
test the faltering limb.
If the soreness has not disappeared by
then he will give up baseball for the
season and lay plans for next year.
According to Walsh, the ’ Bonesetter”
Is certain the repair will prove effective,
and pointed to a number of similar
cases he has handled.
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Jess McMahon, one of the famous
brother boxing promoters of New York,
is trying to arrange a match between
Leach Cross, the New York lightweight,
} and Willie Ritchie, the present title-
holder. Cross, according to McMahon, is
1 ready to sign the papers at once, if
Ritchie can be satisfied.
• * *
Meyer Tries, the local bantamweight.
Is in our midst once more. Meyer took
a trip to Chicago in search of ring
work, but found the going rather slow.
Meyer says he is simply aching for a
scrap and chirps that nothing would
satisfy him better than a return engage
ment with his ancient enemy, Spider
Britt. Meyer evidently doesn’t care
what happens to him.
* * •
Joe Rivers, the Mexican lightweight,
will not meet Leach Cross on Labor
Day. Tom McCarey, promoter, called
the match off yesterday and has decided
to put Johnny* Dundee in the ring
against the “Fighting Dentist.*
• • •
Despite his defeat at the hands of
Gunboat Smith at New York recently.
Jim Flynn does not intend to retire
from the hexing game. The Pueblo fire
man signed articles yesterday to meet
a Chicago heavyweight, Frank Cox, in
one of the fighting centers around the
“Windy City.”
• * ' •
Jess Willard is down to hard train
ing at Frisco for his twenty-round set-
to with “Bull’’ Young the latter part
of this month. Willard has been prom
ised a match with Arthur IV* Iky if fie
succeeds in defeating Young, and wants
to be in the best of shapA
• • •
Charley White, fhe Chicago sensation,
is to get $1,000 guarantee with a priv
ilege of 35 per cent of the gross receipts
for his twelve-round bout with Johnny
Griffiths at Akron, Ohio. The latter is
a big card in Akron, his home town,
where he has had 50 fights and has still
to suffer his first defeat
• » *
Young Denny, the New- Orleans wel
terweight, ran into a tartar the other
night when he took on Billy Walters,
the Racine boy. Walters banded Denny
a neat lacing in ten rounds, despite
the fact that he was expected to prove
e%*kv picking for the Pelican City star.
mm*
Lightweights all over the country con
tinue to dodge Jack Britton Britton
has offered to give either Ritchie, Cross,
Welch or Rivers a large side bet, but
they all seem to be looking for easier
game. It’s about time the promoters got
together and forced some of these star
lightweights to recognize the Chicago
boy or admit they are not looking for
his game.
■ ■ ■
Mike Schreck tried to come-back In
his bout with Dick Gilbert Tuesday-
night, but found Dick too tough a prop
osition. After thirteen rounds of fight
ing Schreck decided that he had enough
• • •
Jo% \fp^dot, the Southern lightweight,
says he will not enter the ring again
until November. Mandot Is taking a
good resign his farm and expects to
be right JPhen he dons the padded mitts
again. * v *
Scouts Look Over Welchonce?
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+•4* 4*«+
SUCCEEDED BY Also Have Hunch on Joe Agler
C HICAGO, Aug. 21.—Word reached
Chicago to-day that George
Stovall, manager of the St.
Louis Browns, would be succeeded at
the end of the year by Branch Rickey,
present secretary of the club.
It was reported that the official
statement to that effect w-ould be
made within a few days.
Rickey was formerly a catcher, and
before his appointment to his present
position was director of athletics at
the University of Michigan.
That Stovall w-ould have a succes
sor has been common belief for sev
eral weeks. The talk of a successor
began first when he ^nd Umpire Fer
guson had a run-in, which terminated
in the manager spitting upon the of
ficial. That aroused the ire of Presi
dent Johnson and drew- for Stovall
words of condemnation as well as a
suspension and a fine. The manager
also was compelled to apologize.
The American Leagye head is said
to believe that Stovall failed to learn
a lesson from this. President Hedges
•also is said to think his team de
serves a higher standing in the race
with the material he has given the
manager.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
B )BBY GILKS and Billy Gilbert,
veteran ball players and scouts,
respectively, for the Cleveland
Americans and Ihe New York Na
tionals, sat oqt.dn front of the hotel
last night and talked about the gum
shoe trade and its prospects.
The prospects seemed to be pretty
dismal, to hear them tell it. Neither
would admit any specific “looking
over” proceedings here, but both
w-ould talk—guardedly—about this
player or that player; merely from a
disinterested view-point, of course.
For example, Mr. (lUbert gave it as
his opinion that Joe Agler. sold to
Jersey City recently, would be work
ing for Frank Chance next year.
“He’s a sw-eet first, baseman, that
boy," said Billy. "Only has one little
fault in fielding and one in batting,
and he should get over both easily
He seems to have a little trouble
w-lth the force play at second on a
sacrifice bunt, but with his natural
speed and fielding abilty, coupled with
the fact that he is left-handed, he
should get over that quickly.
‘In batting, he is a little inclined
to pull, but it evidently isn’t because
he’s gun-shy. Also, he has a fine eye
for a pitched ball, and a little
spreading’ applied to his feet will
correct the pulling tendency. Then
he ought to hit well in any league.”
Both scouts maintain a lot of dark
some mystery as to their visit here.
They admit it is not for their health,
but that is all.
Taking a scatter shot at it, the best
hunch is that the sleuths are looking
at Harry Welchonce. That is only a
hunch, mind you, and there was
equally as much conversation .spilled
over Wally Smith and Bisland and
Tommy Long. But the Welchonce
stuff sounded sort of different.
Still, you can’t tell about a scout.
Billy Gilbert will probablv depart
to-night, while Bobby is likely to
stay the w-eek out in our midst.
Extra!* Terry Nelson has nothing to
say. #
M’LOUGHLIN AND BUNDY
VICTORY POPULAR ONE
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug 21—The
fourth day’s battling in tne National
Tennis Tournament began here to-day,
with only eighteen of the 148 entrants
still in the fight.
Most of the eighteen are stars and
some wonderful playing was In prospect
to-day and the women of the ultra-fash
ionable set vied with each other in the
display of wonderful gowns. It is esti
mated that almost $1,000,000 worth of
gowns have so far been shown.
The doubles victory yesterday after
noon of McLoughlin and Bundy over
Griffin and Strachan, after a. furious
battle, was a popular one.
MADISON IS WINNER.
MADISON, GA., Aug. 21.—Madison
defeated Newborn here. 3 to 1. Ghees
ling pitched superbly, as uqpal, leav
ing little cause for doubt as to final
results. Newborn’s lone run came in
the sixth on a triple to left, scoring
Holliday from first.
NEW MOTOR RECORD.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21—George Spert
to-day is the holder of the world’s half
hour motorcycle record. He established
it at Brighton Beach last night when
he covered 38 2-3 miles in 30 minutes.
The old record was 37 1-3 miles.
CAPT. SPRATT OF GEORGIA
IS SECOND IN B.G SHOOT
CAMP PERRY. OHIO, Aug 21—The
fifth day of flie matched of the National
Rifle Association shoot produced more
record scores.
The Leech cup match, fired on the
800-yard, the 900-yard and 1,000-yard
ranges, opened with 571 entries The
match was won by George Chesley. of
Connecticut, who scored a possible of
105 plus 13 bull’s-eyes. Besides the cup,
he will be awarded a cash prize of $30.
Second place was taken by Captain W.
T. Spratt, of Georgia, with a score of
105 and six bull’s-eyes
In the*championship regimental team
match, open to all service teams, mili
tary organizations and United States
military and naval academies and ca
dets organizationss, there were thirty-
five teams entered. This match was
shot on the 200-yard and the 600-yard
and 1.000-yard ranges
The winner was the first team of the
Massachusetts militia', which scored 832,
while the Fifty-fifth Iowa was second
with 829.
The Argentine Republic team and the
Peruvian team did some food work In
the Leech cup match by using the new
service Springfield rifles loaned them
for this match. J. H. Pettit, of the
Argentine team, scored 101 in the Leach
match, with scores of 34 at 800 yards.
33 at 900 yards and 34 at 1,000 yards.
By winning again from the" Giants
yesterday the Pittsburg Pirates took
three out of five in the series Just ended.
They also succeeded in pulling down the
Giants’ lead to nine games. The Pirates
clash this afternoon with the Phillies,
who are now going strong.
* • •
Centerfielder Collins, a recruit from
the Newark N .T., club, was a big help
to the Dodgers In whitewashing the
Cardinals. The Cardinals have in
trenched themselves more firmly In the
cellar position by losing yesterday.
* • •
Walter Johnson, of Washington, .the
pitching marvel of the season, will take
a long rest before he again goes into
ti\e box for the Senators.
When Leftflelder Max Carey, of the
Pirates, was caught napping off first-
base and Orth called him out, Carey
started to use some hot language. Sud
denly remembering that he used to be a
divinity student he checked himself and
aid instead: “Get thee behind me,
Satan.’’
• * •
Jack Barry, who has been nursing
a bruised shoulder, reported to Connie
Mack in Chicago to-day.
• * • ,
Following a double iefeat in St Louis '
the New York Yankees open to-day In
Detroit.
• • •
The White Sox made a clean sweep
of the series with the Boston Red Sox.
the world’s champions.
IVTNEIL’S FUNERAL WILL
BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON
The funeral of Jock McNeil, the lit
tle Scotchman, whose death-defying
stunts were a revelation to local motor
cycle fans, will be held this afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock at Greenberg & Bond’s
chapel. The other eight riders at the
Saucer will be the pallbearers.
Out of respect to McNeil's memory
the races scheduled for Friday night
have been postponed until Tuesday. A
week from Friday night a meet will he
held for the benefit of McNeil's family i
Everybody, including the officials arid
riders, will buy tickets that night.
ROLAND H0ERR WINS
WAY INTO SEMI-FINAL
DALLAS, TEXAS, Au&. 21.—By de-
feating J. B. Adous, Jr., of Dallas, one
of the Southern doubles champions,
Roland Hoerr, of St. Louis, Missouri
Valley champion, won his way to the
singles semi-finals In the tournament
for the tennis championship of the
Southwest To-day Hoerr will meet
R. F. Shelton, of Dallas. The other
semi-finals match will be between
Bradley B. Hogue, of Dallas, and J.
B. Rix, of Austin, Texas
The score in the Hoerr-Adous
match yesterday was 10-8. 3-6, 6-3,
and was a calculating battle of wits
OUTFIELDER HOLDEN IS
PURCHASED BY YANKEES
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—The New York
team, of the American League, has
purchased William P Hold ery center
fielder of the New London club, of rhe
Eastern Association. Holden > said
to be one of the fastest men !n tne as
sociation. and his batting average for
the season Is .349. He will report to
Manager Chance at the end of the East
ern Association season.
LAKEWOOD FANS TREATED
TO FIRST AQUATIC MEET
Aquatic fans were treated to some
fine sport at Lakewood, when the first
meet of the season was pulled off there
yesterday. Four races were pulled off
gand all proved exciting and interest
ing.
A surprise was sprung in the one-mile
relay race, Meyers tying Captain B H.
Schlomberg by a great spurt at the fin
ish. Schlomberg led most of the way,
but let up near the. finish, and was near
ly overtaken by his opponent.
The high diving of Frank Austin, a
12-year-old youth, who dove from a 52-
foot tower, was spectacular.
The demonstration of life-saving, giv
en by Captain B. H. Schlomberg. was
an enjoyable feature Captain Schlom
berg has successfully saved 104 peo
ple from drowning.
O’BRIEN Tp OAKLAND.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21.—“Buck” O’Brien
who for the last month has been on
the payroll of the White Sox, has been
released following his failure to get into
winning condition. The big “spitball”
pitcher was purchased from the Boston
Americans. He was sent to the Oak
land club of the Coast League, and will
be there in a few days. “Buck” says
he will be back in the big show before
long.
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GOLFER TELLIER SAILS.
CHERBOURGH, FRANCE, Aug 21.—
Louts Tellier. the golfing champion of
France has sailed for the United States
to compete in the golf tournament at
Brookline. Mass.
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