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THE ATLANTA GEOHCTAN AND NEWS. COLONEL PEEL Bringing Up Father By George McManus T HE Colonel William La^on Peel Sweepstakes will be P feature event at the Atlan/ Motor drome to-morrow night Colonel Peel has agreed to star'the three heats of this event. Six riders will corripetei each heat andj»they will ride thr* four and five miles. The winne^vill he ad judged by the number'f points he has at the finish. Tfl points will be allotted for first, 9 for second place and three for thipin each heat. Speed fans are pronged some fast riding in the Sweepstff'-s event, and It would not be surpsing if one of the speed demons setP a new mark. * * Deans have beenhiade to . c *tage 1 the second of tt- series of races for the Southern ch^pionship in the mile and two-mile ents. The first two men in each ho will qualify for the finals. There 111 be two heats and four riders 7II race in each heat. Twenty-five poitf goes to the win ner in the Sout‘ r n championship event, fifteen poi* 5 to second and nve points to tfi third man. The rider having thehost points, bv the middle of next pnth will be pitted against some o'the fastest racers from the East ad West, who are to be brought heritor. 1 * * A SPECIAL atch race betJveen . Morty Gr/es and George Kenel .will also be stf e d. Tnree heats will run off. The riders hold a social bene fit at the tr’k for Jock McNeil’s mother Frida night. Mrs. McNeil is in Scotland j? the present time. No passes will 1 acknowledged at ‘the gate. All tfse interested in the meet have greed to donate their services fref Following^ the complete program for to-morrv night: Soutlrn Championship. (One-mile |ats. two mile s final. First m^n in sach heat to qualify. Twenty-^e points for first, fifteen for secoi and five for third.) First Hf—Graves, Renel. Lewis* and Glenn Second peat—Swartz, Richards, Luther at Lockner. $ecial Match Race. (Thre e l*ats, one, two and three miles, 1st two out of th'-ee heats.) First —Graves vs. Renel, one mile. 1 Finapouthern championship, two miles, j /. L. Peel Sweepstakes. (Frerp point system, ten for first, six * or second, three for third. The heats, three, four, five miles.) Fiji Heat—Lewis. Glenn. Swartz, Riort'ds, Luther and Lockner, thr< > mile Sfond . heat special match race, twenties. Srond heat sweepstakes, four mi/- . flird heat special match race, thje miles. I ^ nird heat sweeprtakes. five miles. Gayson Says Murphy ^ Must Quit Baseball 1st. LOUIS. Aug. 23.—Barred by rganized baseball, William Gray- 1 Em, Jr., of St. Louts, ex-Louis- ( lle magnate, puts this question the baseball world to prove the 6ak laws that govern the game and Ihe National Commission: j “If I was Macklisted for supposed illegal business, why wasn’t Charles W. Murphy, who was as guilty as my- iself, given the same punishment?" By exposing his dealings with the j Chicago National League club, when j president of the Louisville Colonels, ' Grayson intends to continue his fight : , against Murphy for tke *2,000 alleged due him for Pitcher Lurry Cheney. Further the St. Low baseball man I declares tie will go to 1 toe civil courts to prove that baseball Saws are weak and the National Commission Is nut fair in its rulings Grayson and Murph were judged guilty by the supreme Jourt of base ball.' Grayson was bla'klisted, while Murphy drew a fine olonly $aOn for nn offense which, acceding to base ball laws, demands $1100 and not a $o»0 penalty. , I . . If the National Ctfimission w 11 keep its word and mde bv its own laws Grayson Intendsto bring fur ther'evidence where tfe president of the Chicago Cubs wasguilty at least fifteen times in Jus Hega! farming process. Grayson cofends If he is forced to quit baseKll, then Boss Murphy must do llkeyse. Sox Sell Moris Rath To KansasJity Club CHICAGO, ILL., ug. 25.—Morris Path White Sox irelder, was yes- l, the Kan-as 1 -V £ub of the American Asocial!,. He left last night to join bis r* team and will likely be played ateeond base upon his arrival. . , . „ Rath has playe« second base foi Callahan during !•’ greater part of Ihe present seasonbut when the Sox were in the Kasim their last trip Joe Berger was tven a. chance to perform on the keystone corner. Since the first da that Berger play ed the position,Jath has had no chance of getti/ back. He is a grand little HeH' and as smart a hall plaver as n he found in Ihe American Leaf?, but his hitting ability is not f the caliber that makes him a fir-class performer for a major club. It was anntoced at White Sox headquarters ft night that Short stop Breton, fently secured from Kansas City, tould report to Man ager Callaha/Tuesday. CHICAGO HI0NALS REFUSE TO PLAY JAIN ST BLACK MAN SCHE#ADY, N. Y.. Aug. 25.— The Chi/# National League team yesterd/ cfefeated the Rutland Tri- State l/*Tie flub, 5 to 0. At no time Mid RiZnd have a chance of making rur y Rutland wanted to pitch vhr\J rv ' The negro twirler «»f the Mob/' Giants, but the Chicago play/ refused to play aga.nst him. thi^ »«> L _T T 0US.E- '1 Do Be / <3oi et < ! a 1 J '•v'EU- • Tet_L VE "* T Hne,Tv Jou set -i A CSlWb wiw or the Cam ■ LOVSUX ( BEALLX 1 ,T ^> LOVEux j OF COURSE ns, nothisk, CrijiPsREDTn "it VIU-A IN ERANCII ' "V a 1 i. <D HE't-E.a 'n’AIT A Mir-HjTe' V Mobile Gulls Keep Rolling Along|^Q|_|5H PRESS *j*#**- **«#•}• •!•••*• *!*••!* *!*•*»* Small Chance for First Place Now CALLS YANKEE Turtles Here for Four Games *!* • v *!••►!• *!* • *1* v • *!* •!*•*!• *!••+ Track Meet Set for Wednesday By 0. 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 wafdh and sticking to that ha'f-a- dozen games lqad 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 crime apart at the seams, and the Gulls eked out a fragile victory, counting just as much in the percentage column as if it had been an honest one. * * * A ’CORDIKL to the latest compu- tation. the Crackers have fifteen more games to play—all at home. The Gulls have thirteen scheduled contests, with ^ couple of postponed affairs, making the same number. Four of the games are to be played here. * * * \T7ELL, 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 kump 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, tne 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 os 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 Cracners?' Does ho 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 will keep on peppering the hash. Hope he rubs it in well on the Gulls and Billies, too. ^T'MIE English I us a great Wolgast-Dundee-Go May Be Off o -I* -1* • -I- »!* • *1* *!*•+ • v *!* ® v Sept. 2 Bouts Cause of Trouble Bv 11. M. Walker. L OS ANGELES, CAL., Aub. 25 — SOiTiebody Iia3 crossed the wires. From San Francisco comes the report that Ad Wolgast is to box a little hoy 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- feita of $1,000 each, and, a clause in the articles says that neither man is to engage in a contest between now anil 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. • * • <iT\/[Y check for $1,000 is up to guar- TVl antee that Wolgast will live 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” Monteith, Dundee’s man ager. called Promoter T. J. McCarey over the telephone yesterday. He claimed that Wolgast was going to box on Labor Day and claimed the same privilege. "I don't know what it is gll 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 geles date cancelled." * * • V\7 0LGAST 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 attractiqn. The fact that Wolgast and Dundee would meet on a pound-for-pound and an irteh-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 to run from $10,000 to $15,000. * * * Y\J 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. Crofs. Nothing that Dundee has ever done in the ring would jus tify his manager in matching him with a high-grade man like Loach Cross. By Chick Evans. golf press is telling it deal concerning the slowness of American players. Slow' is an adjective that 1 never expected to see applied by a Briton to an American; hitherto terms indica tive of speed have usually come our way from that quarter. Things have changed, however, since our last in vasion of Great Britain. It appears Siat all of our players who went across the w’ater 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 is considerable excuse for 1 our golfers who went abroad this year for the British amateur cham pionship. They w ere much impressed by the seriousness of their undertak ing, the unusual nature of the Brit ish courses differing widely from our own, iqn'd their game had suffered from want of practice'. Heinrich Schmidt Jiad come practically from shipboard to St. Andrews not more thau three days before the champion ship began. Therefore, our American entrantm 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 a no tern [’or of his op ponent and nev«# more so than dur ing an important tournament. It seems impossible for silch 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', bur that is "pot what is meant in this ffistance. • * * T HERE is the man who takes three or our practice swings; who goes ahead to look over the ground for a eleek, or full mid iron, 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, and finally he gets down on his hands and knees, and occasionally hie stomach, at both ends of a putt. Sometimes he does every one of these things and some times after doing them ml shot fails. Many 'of these things are excellent, particularly taking practice shots, to loosen one’s muscles, hut they should not be continued indefinitely to the detriment of others. A game should not bo delayed unnecessarily. Con sideration for others is an admirable thing in golf as In other things. T kE 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 be 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 r 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 i n’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- C ham bers - Hard w ick Co. Distance* Throwing—Silk umprella, by George Muse Clothing Company, Sack Race, 50 Yards—$5, offered by the Atlanta Baseball Association. Yankees Must Deliver, Says P. L. •J*s*f* •!*•*!• Tired Of Receiving Sympathy D etroit, Aug. 25. — Frank Chance is tired of being pitied. • Ho wants nt > more sympathy. H* has brought about a crisis in the club’s affairs by announcing to the men, sev< rally an 1 collectively, that 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 100-horsepower 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, ' and 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 illustrated in the b corev William, a i 17-foot Valley hydroplane, entered by A. J. Ruddick, of Gregory Mo. The Scarey William is powered with a three- cyllnder 15-horsepower Erd high speed motor, and 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 William 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- j foreseen accidents. LORE AND REILLY WILL CLASH IN NEW YORK RING NEW YORK. Aug. 25.—Jimmy John ston has just closed a good m^tch for his show at the St Nicholas Athletic Club next Wednesday night. For the star bout he has signed Johny I»re and Young Reilly. This should be a “bear" of a fight, as the keenst rivalry exists between the tw*o 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 semi-final contest, Patsy Cal lahan, the "Fighting Irish Lad," who has been persistently challenging Cham pion Johnny Kllbane without success, will mee* Joe Stacey, a Bronx feather weight who has l>een making a fine showing of late. or get the gn‘c. This came about bfcause ;h* Yankees thought that t>ejng in iant place was funny. "They used to sit around the club nnd 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 hut determined leader and the Yartks are about the worst serious proposition in fast company. The oldest pitcher on the club is Warhop, who is now in New York. a lng his ai m tr ted, a nd i i< 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 back in Chicago and six here. Said Sweeney as the Yanks left. St. Louis* for De troit: “fHANCE will have a ball club next 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 tnp-notcher. Three other men, Ford. Keating ind Caldwell, are better than they have been any time this season. "A pitching staff can either make >'T break a catcher. Our pitchers hove only begun to hold up runners lately. They're all on the job now. tava two cracker- jack mm at short and second—Peck and Knight. You can cut the ball ! arid feel « t-rtain they are cov ering. • • • <‘I RA THOMAS was a poor catcher 1 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. Chance’s pitching staff will make them all sit up before the season is over. Of course, we’ll beat out St. Louis.” BASEBALL SUMMARY 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 previ ous record for a 100 miles on a dirt track was 95 minutes. 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 and first baseman of the "outs" wns standing instead of swim ming, which is against he rules. He immediately called the game off. TIGERS SELL JOE LAKE TO MINNEAPOLIS CLUB DETROIT. •Aug. 25.—Another ma jor league veteran of many years has been sent to ttae 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, purchased last week. Lake's last major league appearance oc curred Saturday when New York knocked him from the mound in two innings. SOUTHERN GOLF TOURNEY TO BE HELD AT KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, TENN., Aur. 25.— A Southern golf tournament will be 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. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Monday. Memphis at Atlanta. Game called at 3:30 o’clock. Montgomery at Chattanoga, Mobile at Birmingham. New Orleans at Nashville. Standing of the Clubs. W 1> Pc W. L. Pc Mobile 75 50 .600 1 Chat. 61 59 .508 Atlanta. 68 56 553 , M’phis. 61 62 .508 Mont. 65 55 .542 , N’ville. 52 72 .419 B’ham... 66 59 .528 I N. Or. 40 76 .346 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. I,. Pc Sav’nah 29 21 .580 vlbany 22 27 .449 ("bus 26 4J2 .542 i Ohas’n. 21 26 .447 J’ville. 26 23 .531 ! Mac-on 21 26 .447 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Monday. Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Ht. Louis. Boston at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. Standlno of the Clubs Phlla. C’land. LSI Chicago W \. iv 78 39 .667 70 49 ..588 66 60 .569 64 58 .525 Sunday’s Results. W. L. Pc. Boston 57 58 .487 Detroit 57 70 .421 S. Louis 48 76 .387 N. Yk 4074 .351 Washington 2, Chicago 1. Boston 3, Detroit 0. Cleveland 4, New York 0. Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Monday. Pittsburg at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. St. ouls at Philadelphia. S t andina of the Clubs. W. L. Pc New Y. 80 35 .696 Phlla... 66 44 .596 P’burg. 62 53 .539 1 Cin’nati 48 73 .396 \V. L. Pc. B’klyn. 51 61 .455 Boston. 49 64 .434 Chicago 62 55 .530 1 St. L... 43 75 .365 Sunday’s Results. No games scheduled. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Monday. Valdosta at Thortmsvllle. Brunswick at Waycross. Cordele at Americus. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pet. T’vllle. 27 16 628 Am’eus. 22 22 .500 W’cross. 22 23 .489 VV L. Pet V’dosta. 22 23 .489 B’wlck. 20 24 C’dele. 20 25 .455 .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-i. Texas League. 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 0-2. C. W. MURPHY JINX TO CUBS. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. —John Evers, manager of the t’hicago Nationals, considers t’harles 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.” Motor Races 8:30 TUESDAY Motordrome FORSYTH J°o D . A J^ T o SVEMGALI? Bond A Benton—Lewis A Dody Four Regats—Joe Flynn Meredith Sisters—Claude Golden Next Week: SAM MANN & CO. Suitable For Any Occasion Pleasant to Every Taste v I IP 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 bottlo of KO-NUT will add to your enjoyment of the ball game. Also the Motordrome races. Made by The Red Rock Company Atlanta :: Georgia