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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. COLONEL PEEL Bringing Up Father • • • • • • By George McManus T HK <’olon> I William Lawson Peol Sweepstakes will be the feature event at the Atlanta Motor drome to-morrow night. Colonel Peel has agreed to start the three heats of this event. Six riders will compete In each heat and they will ride three, four and Tlle "Inner will be ad judged by the number of point* he has at the finish. Ten points will be allotted for first, six for second place and three for third in each heat. Speed fans are promised some fast riding in the Sweepstakes event and it would not be surprising if one of the speed demons set up a new mark • * * PLANS have been made to «tage the second of the series of races ror the Southern championship in the mile and two-mile events. The first two men In each heat will qualify for the finais. There will be two heats and four riders will race in each heat. Twenty-five points goes to the win ner in the Southern championship event, fifteen points to second and “ v ,e points to the third man. The- • rider having the most points by the middle of next month will be pitted against some of the fastest racers from the East and West, who are to be brought here later. * * * A SPECIAL match race between **■ Morty Graves and George Rend ■will also be staged. Three heats will be run off. The riders will hold a special bene fit at the track for Jock McNeil's mother Friday night. Mrs. McNeil is in Scotland at the present time. No passes will be acknowledged at the eate. All those interested in the meet have agreed to donate their services free. Following is the complete program for to-morrow night: Southern Championship. (One-mile heats, two miles final. First men in each hea* to qualify. Twenty-five points for first, fifteen for second and five for third.) First Heat—Graves, Renel, Lewis* and Glenn. Second Heat—Swartz, Richards^ Luther and Lockner. Special Match Race. (Three heats, one, two and three miles, best two out of three heats.) First Heat—Graves vs. Renel. one mile. Final Southern championship, two miles. W. L. Peel Sweepstakes. (French point system, ten for first, six for second, three for third. Three heats, three, four, five miles.) First Heat—Lewis. Glenn. Swartz, Richards. Luther and Lockner, three miles. Second heat special match race, two miles. Second heat sweepstakes, four miles. Third heat special match race, three miles. Third heat -sweepstakes, five miles. «'Grayson Says Murphy Must Quit Baseball ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.—Barred by organized baseball. William Gray- I son. Jr., of St. Louis. ex-Louis- V ville magnate, puts this question to the baseball world to prove the weak laws that govern the game anJ the National Commission: "If I was blacklisted for supposed illegal business, why wasn't Charles W. Murphy, who was as guilty as my self, given the same punishment?” By exposing his dealings with the Chicago National League club, when president of the Louisville Colonels, Grayson intends to continue his fight against Murphy for the $2,000 alleged due him for Pitcher Larry Cheney. Further, the St. Louis baseball man declares he will go o the civil courts to prove that baseball laws are weak and the National Commission is not fair in its rulings Grayson and Murphy were judged guilty by the supreme court of base ball. Grayson was blacklisted, while Murphy drew a fine of only $5(W) for an offense which, according to base ball laws, demands $1,000 and not a $500 penalty. If the National Commission will keep iis word and move by its own laws. Grayson intends to bring fur ther evidence where the president of the Chicago Cubs was guilty at least fifteen times in tis illegal farming process. Grayson contends if he is forced to quit baseball, then Boss Murphy must do likewise. f Sox Sell Morris Rath To Kansas City Club CHICAGO, ILL.. Aug. 25.—Morris Rath White Sox tnfie'der, was yes terday sold bv President Comiskey ,o the Kansas City club of the American Asociation. He left last right to join his new team and will likely he played at second base upon his arrival. Rath has played second base for Callahan during the greater part of the present season, but when the Sox were in the East on their last trip Joe Berger was given a chance to perform on the keystone corner, gjnee the first day that Berger play ed the position Rath has had no chance of getting back. He is a grand little fielder and as smart a bail player as can be found in the American League, but his hitting "ability is not of the caliber that makes him a first-class performer for a major club. It was announced at White Sox headquarters last night that Short stop Breton, recently secured from Kansas City, would report to Man ager Callahan Tuesday. Mobile Gulls Keep Rolling Along [||[)|J[jH PRESS +§*b 4*4 Small Chance for First Place Now GULLS YANKLL By O. B. Keeler. S LOWLY recovering from the ad miring daze hung on us Satur day by the miraculous fielding exhibition of Rivington Bisland, Esq., we note Mobile still is declining to loosen up. In fact. Mique Finn’s inexpensive help is» running along like a dollar watch and sticking to that ha’f-a- dozen games lead like a porous plas ter. It looked as if the Vols would slip them something Saturday. But no. With victory staring them in the face. Mr. Schwartz’s help came apart at the seams, and the Gulls eked out a fragile victory, counting just a.-- much in the percentage column as if it had been an honest one. • * • A CCORDING to the latest compu tation. the Crackers have fifteen more games to play—all at home. The Gulls have thirteen scheduled contests, with a couple of postponed affairs, making the same number. Four of the games are to be played here. * * • W ELL, then— If the Gulls manage to scrape up wins on as many as nine of those fifteen games, the Crackers can cop all the rest of their comoats and still finish second. If, on the other hand. Mobile just breaks even—a difficult thing to do in fifteen games, by the way—the Crackers, by winning all but one of their remaining games may sneak over a pennant. * * * T HAT isn’t very cheering. Let’s suppose that Mobile en joys a fearful slump and loses ten or eleven games, of which we win the four played here. . . . You under stand, this is not a prediction. Well, in that case, the Crackers could win the flag by capturing eleven of their fifteen starts, which is about the limit of reasonableness. And. at that, Montgomery might come to life. Or it might rain out some of the games. • • * N the whole, maybe we’d better ^ devote out attention to spiking down second place, which is a high ly dignified and even exalted station for the Crackers, considering their finish last year. And year before last. Not so bad—what? And not cinched either. • • • H OW’-DO, Turtles! Much obliged to meet you, es pecially after handing that little backset to our pet enemies Sunday. Also much obliged for Rube Kissin ger being out of the way temporarily. At that, the Rube will be staring us in the face along about Wednesday, which, by the way, is the long-looked- for Field Day at Ponce DeLeon. It is now up to us to turn Turtles a while. * * * O H, yes—and now Montgomery and Mobile have got to go and play at Chattanoga a while. Now that Tabasco Person and the Pepper Kids will have a fine little chance to show some more of that Polish stuff they used in polishing off the Crackers recently. Or does the Kid like the Gulls and the Billies any better than he does the Crackers? Does he like ’em well enough to give up his chanc ; at third place to help pull the Crackers out of first and second ? No. We have an idea the Kid w’ill keep on peppering the hash. Hope he rubs it in well on the Gulls and Billies, too. CHICAGO NATIONALS REFUSE TO PLAY AGAINST BLACK MAN SCHENECTADY, N. Y.. Aug. 25.— The Chicago National League team yesterday defeated the Rutland Tri- State League club, 5 to 0. At no time did Rutland have a chance of making a run Rutland wanted to pitch iWickn re. the negro twirler of the Mohawk Giants, but the Chicago niavers refused to play against him. Wolgast-Dundee Go May Be Off ^.#4. +•+ +•+ 4*4 4*4 Sept. 2 Bouts Cause of Trouble By H. M. Walker. L OS ANGELES. CAL., Aug. 25.— Somebody has crossed the wire®. From San Francisco comes the report that Ad Worgast is to box a little boy named Azevedo in an Oak land ring on Labor Day. It is also stated that Johnnie Dun dee has closed a contract to box Leach Cross on the same day. These reports are puzzling, inas much as Wolgast and Dundee have signed to box twenty rounds before the Pacific Athletic Club at Vernon on the afternoon of Admission Day. September 9. They have posted for feits of $1,000 each, and a clause in the articles says that neither man is to engage in a contest between now and the date of their meeting here. "Cherokee” Tom Jones, who still acts as Wolgast’s manager, is in Los Angeles and claims to have no knowledge of the Azevedo affair. • • • B]\1Y check for $1,000 is up to guar- iVl antee that Wolgast will lkve up to the Admission Day conditions," said Jones yesterday. "I have had no advice from him other than that his injured hand was mending nicely and that he intended to go through with the Dundee date. There must be something wrong somewhere." "Scotty" Montoith. Dundee’s man ager. cailed Promoter T. J. McCarev over the telephone yesterday. He claimed that Wolgast was going to box on Labor Day and claimed the fame privilege. "I don’t know what it Is all about,” said McCarey last night. "Our con tract is a plain one. Neither man must enter the ring before they box for me on Admission Day. If they do. they may consider their Los An- geies date cancelled.” • • • W OLGAST is still a big drawing card in the South. Dundee, by the improvement shown in his work when he so decisively beat "Chicago ' Jack White, made of himself a fair attraction. The fact that Wolgast and Dundee would meet on a pound-for-pound and an inch-for-inch basis, together with the feeling that Wolgast has gone back,” gives the proposed card such an even look that the match would in all probability draw a big house here on the holiday- date. Should Ad and Johnny break their contracts they will be prac tically passing up a house that fig ures lo run from $10,000 to $15,000. • • • W OLGAST would be taking little chance of defeat in meeting Azevedo, who is an unknown boy with no ring record behind him. On the other hand, Dundee courts almost cer tain defeat In taking on the tough veteran. CroMs. Nothing that Dundee has ever done in the ring Would Jus tify his manager in matching him with a high-grade man like Leac'n Cross. NEW SPEED BOAT ENTERS KEOKUK RACES TO-MORROW KEOKUK. IOWA. Aug. 25—Hydro- Bulet. a 25-foot Fauber hydroplane owned by Earl H. Deakin. Elkhorn, Wis.. and carrying a lOO-horsepow-er Van Blerck motor, was entered to-day for the Mississippi Valley races here August 26, 27 and 28. She is believed to be a "dark horse, ' anJ is said to be capable of sensational speed, though she has been unknown up to this time. That tremendous power is not al ways necessary to attain high speed is frustrated in the S orey William, a 17-foot Valley hydroplai e. entered by A. J. Ruddick, of Gregory. Mo. The Scarey William is powered with a three- cylinder 15-horsepower Erd high speed motor, aaid at the Quincy races recently she cleaned up every other boat except ing the Teaser IV., which has 100-horse power. With only 15-horsepower the Scarey Wtlliam made within a fraction of 30 miles an hour, or only about eight miles less per hour than the big 100- horsepower planer Scarey William is expected to be one of the sensations of the Keokuk regatta, despite her small power, and is sure to trim everything in her clas, barring un foreseen accidents. LORE AND REILLY WILL CLASH IN NEW YORK RING NEW YORK. Aug. 25.—Jimmy John ston has just closed a good match for his show at the St. Nicholas Athletic Club next Wednesday night. For the star bout he has signed Johny Lore and Young Reilly. This should be a "hear" of a fight, as the keenst rivalry exists between the two boys. They are boxers of the same type, and that presages a whirlwind battle. Both are strong ag gressive, good stiff punchers and fairly clever. In the se.nl-final contest. Patsy Cal lahan, the "Fighting Irish Lad," who has been persistently challenging Cham pion Johnny Kilbane without success, will meet Joe Stacey, a Bronx feather weight who has been making a fine showing of late. By Chick Evans. T HE English golf press is telling us a great deal concerning the slowness of American players. Slow is an adjective that I never expected to see applied by a Briton to an American: hitherto terms indica tive of speed have usually come our wav from that quarter. Things have changed, however, since our las*t in vasion of Great Britain. It appears that all of our players who went across the water this year took an unconscionable time over every golf stroke. First there would be a gen eral reconnoitering all along the line of play, then five or six practice strokes, and then, and not till then, the stroke proper. • * * THERE Js considerable excuse for * our golfers w ho went abroad this year for the British amateur cham pionship. They were much impressed by the seriousness of their undertak ing, the unusual nature of the Brit ish courses differing widely from our own, an£ their game had suffered from want of practice. Heinrich Schmidt had come practically fiom shipboard to St. Andrews not more than three days before the champion ship began. Therefore, our American entrants in the British amateur were, perhaps, justified in going slowly along these unaccustomed ways. But there is no doubt that, general ly speaking, the slow player Is trying to the nerves and temper of his op ponent and never more so than dur ing an important tournament. It seems impossible for such a player to realize that there are others in the compe tition, and if every one went at such a pace all pleasure in the game would be destroyed. Of course, some men are physically faster than others, but that is not what is meant in this instance. • • • T HERE is the man who takes three or :’our practice swings; who goes ahead to look over the ground for,a cleek, or full midiron, or even a half-iron shot; who throws grass up in the air, seven or eight times, to determine the direction of the wind; who tries first one club and then another; ano finally he gets down on his hands and knees, and occasionally his stomach, at both ends of a putt. Sometimes he does every one of theae things and some times after doing them his shot fails. Many of these things are excellent, particularly taking practice shots, to loosen one’s muscles, but they should not be continued indefinitely to the detriment of others. A game should not be delayed unnecessarily. Con sideration for others is an admirable thing in golf as in other things. Turtles Here for Four Games +•+ +•+ +•+ Track Meet Set for Wednesday T HE Memphis Turtles and the Crackers open their final se ries of the season at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon at Ponce De Leon. The series is to he a four-game affair, and it is up to the Crackers to take as many of the four games as possible, the entire layout being none too many in view of the effort to cinch second place and stay in the hunt for thet itle position. Gil Price probably will open against the Turtles, with Chapman catching. Bill Bernhard isn’t sure who will be on the mound for his crew, but we know it isn’t the dreaded Ruge Kis singer, because the Ruge toiled yes terday, and did us a good turn by beating the hated Gulls. Wednesday the much talked of Field Day is going to be staged, starting at 3 o’clock, half and hour before the game. The five events will be open to members of both clubs, and there is a good deal of rivalry on the side among members of the Crackers s to speed and hurling ability, so the "track meet" should be well put on. Atlanta merchants have offered the following prizes in the various events: Hundred-yard Dash—Hat, by Law' Bros. Co. Circling Bases—Pair of shoes, by Byck Bros. Co. Fungo Hitting—Two silk shirts, by Parks-Chambers-Hardwick Co. Distance Throw ing—Silk umprella, by George Muse Clothing Company. Sack Race, 50 Yards—$5, offered by the Atlanta Baseball Association Yankees Must Deliver, Says P. L. +•+ *1* • -i- Tired Of Receiving Sympathy Water Ball Game Called by Ebb Tide COLLEGE POINT. N. Y., Aug 25.— A game of water baseball between two teams recruited from the American Life Saving Society, and played in Flushing Bay, was called yesterday on account of low tide. The umpire noticed that the third baseman an/1 first baseman of the "outs" was standing instead of swim ming, which is against he rules. He immediately called the game off. NEW MOTORCYCLE RECORD. COLUMBUS, OHIO, Aug. 25.— What is said to be a world’s record for 100 miles on a dirt track for a mo torcycle was made Sunday afternoon by Harry Goudy, of Chicago, when he rounded the local mile track 100 times in 92 minutes flat. The prevL ous record for a 100 miles on a dirt track was 95 minutes. TIGERS SELL JOE LAKE TO MINNEAPOLIS CLUB DETROIT. Aug. 25.—Another ma jor league veteran of many years has been sent to the minors. To-day President Navin, of the Detroit American League Baseball club, an nounced that Pitcher Joe Lake had been released to Minneapolis and that Catcher Rondeau, a recruit, would accompany him there. The two players go to Minneapolis in part payment for Pitcher Com stock, purchasedlast week. Lake's last major leagffc appearance oc curred Saturday when New York knocked him from the mound in two innings. D ETROIT, Aug. 25. *— Frank Chance is tired of being pitied. He wants no more sympathy. He has brought about a crisis in the club’s affairs by announcing to the men w severally and collectively^ that they mum play intelligent baseball or get the gate. This came about because the Yankees thought that being in last place was funny. "They used to sit around the club and kid about being in the cellar,” quoted Husk “Well,” he added grim ly. "they don’t do it now.” Chance has shifted his attitude toward the men. He is the real dis tant but determined leader and the Yanks are about the worst serious proposition in fast company. The oldest pitcher on the club is Warhop, w’ho is now in New York, having his arm treated, and the only other veterans are Ford and Swee ney. The latter has begun to appre ciate that Chance is out to make good. The big catcher never showed such form as on this trip. Only one base has been actually stolen on him since leaving New York, the other thefts being allowed. Eight men were turned hack in Chicago and six here. Said Sweeney 1 as the Yanks left St. Louis for De troit: “fHANTE will have a hall club next v -' year, take it from me. He has as good a pitching staff right now as there is in the league, barring per haps that of the White Sox. Fisher is a high-class man. and if the club was hitting a lick he’d show up as a top-notcher. Three other men, Ford. Keating and Caldwell. are better than they have been any time this seawn. ”A pitching staff can either make or break a catcher. Our pitchers have only begun to hold up runners lately. They’re all on the job now* Furthermore, we have two cracker- jack men at short and second—Peck and Knight. You can cut the ball loose and feel certain they are cov ering. <*T RA THOMAS was a poor catcher * when with New York and De troit. He went to Philadelphia and hooked up with clever pitchers like Plank, Bender and Coombs. He im mediately showed form. Chan.es pitching staff will make them all sit up before the season 1 «• over. Of course, we’ll heat out St. Louis." BASEBALL SUMMARY SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Game* Monday. Memphis at Atlanta Game called at 3:30 o’clock. Montgomery at Chattanoga, Mobile at Birmingham New Orleans at Nashville. Standing of the Cluba. W L, Pc W L. Pc Mobile 75 50 .600 Chat. 61 59 .508 Atlanta i>8 55 553 , M’phis. 61 62 .508 Mont. 65 55 .542 N"ville. 62 72 .419 B'ham.. 66 59 .528 I N. Or. 40 76 .345 Sunday's Results. Nashville 3, Chattanooga 2. Memphis 4. Mobile 1. New Orleans 7, Montgomery 4. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Albany at Charleston. Columbus at Jacksonville Macon at Savannah. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pc. I W L. Sav'nah 29 21 580 Ubany 22 27 449 C’bUB 26 22 642 Gharn. 21 26 447 J’ville 26 23 .531 | Macon 21 26 .447 Sunday's Results. No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Monday. Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. Phila. C’land. Wash. Standlno of the Clubs. W. L. Pc. 78 39 .667 70 49 . 588 66 50 .56* « Chicago 64 68 .525 SOUTHERN GOLF TOURNEY TO BE HELD AT KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, TENN., Aur. 25.— A Southern golf tournament will he held in Knoxville, September 11, 12 and 13 on the links of the Cherokee Country Club, members of all golf clubs belonging to the Southern Golf Association being eligible to enter. Twelve handsome cups will be awarded the winners in the tourna ment. Nearly every golf club in any Southern city is a member of the Southern Golf Association. W. L. Pc Boston 57 58 .487 Detroit 57 70 .421 S. Louis 48 76 387 N Yk. 4074 351 EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Monday. Valdosta at Thomasvllle. Brunswick at Waycross. Cordele at Amerlcus. Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pet. T’ville. 27 16 628 Am'cus. 22 22 .500 W'cross. 22 23 489 W L. Pet V’dostH 22 23 489 B’wlck. 20 24 .455 C’dele. 20 25 .445 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled. OTHER RESULTS. American Association. Kansa City 8-2, Minneapolis 7-13. Milwaukee 6. St. Paul 0 Louisville 2-4. Toledo 1-2. Indianapolis 4-6, Columbus 0-1 Texas Leaaue. Dallas 4-6, Austin 2-4. Waco 4. Fort Worth 0 Houston 2-1. San Antonio 0-4. Beaumont 8, Galveston 2 Federal League. Cleveland 6-1, Pitsburg u-2. C. W. MURPHY JINX TO CUBS. NEW YORK. Aug 25.—John Evers, manager of the Chicago Nationals, considers Charles Murphy, his club owner, to be a Jinx. "That’s why I left Murphy in Chicago on this trip." said Evers, "for we are anxious to finish at least second in the race.” Sunday’s Results. Washington 2, Chicago 1. Boston 3. Detroit 0. Clevelan/j 4, New York 0. Philadelphia 9, St. Ix>uis 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Monday. Pittsburg at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Nev York. St. ouis at Philadelphia. Standino of the Clubs Motor Races 8:30 TUESDAY Motordrome W. L. Pc New Y. 80 35 696 Phila. . 65 44.596 P’burg. 62 53 .539 Chicago 62 55 .530 W. I. Pc R'klyn. 51 61 .455 Boston 49 64 .434 Cln’riati 48 73 .396 St. L... 43 75.365 Sunday's Results. No games scheduled. FORSYTH TODAYAT 2:30 and E 30 SVENGALI? Bond A Benton—Le*is A Dody Four Regals—Joe Flynn Meredith Sisters—Clauds Golden U xt Week : SAM fo'ANFi&CO. Suitable For Any Occasion Pleasant to Every Taste m The popular drink that’s here to stay, be cause its quality is unsurpassed. Try it —you’ll agree it’s the biggest nickel’s worth in the world. On Sale Everywhere A bottle of KO-NUT will add to your enjoyment of the ball game. Also the Motordrome races. 5 Made by The Red Rock Company Atlanta :: Georgia