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THE ATLANTA OLOTvLTAN ANT) NEWS.
GDLONEL PEEL
T ME Colonel William Lawson Peel
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
five miles. The winner will he ad
judged by the number of points 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
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PLANS have been made to '’tape
the second of the series of races
for the Southern championship In the
mile and two-mile events. The first
two men in each heat will qualify for
the finals. 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
five 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.
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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 FTidav night. Mrs. McNeil is
In Scotland at the present time. No
passes will be acknowledged at the
gate. 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
m«n in each heat to qualify.
Twenty-five points for first, fifteen
for second and five for third.)
First Heat—Graves, Renel, Lewie
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.)
F*lrst Heat—Graves vs. Renel, one
mile.
Final Southern championship, two
miles
W. L. Peel Sweepstakes.
(French point system, ten for first,
•ix for second, three for third.
Three heats, three, four, five miles.)
First Heat—T^ewis, 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.
Bringing Up Father
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By George McManus
Grayson SaysMurphy
Must Quit Baseball
ST. LOUIS, Aug. £5.—Barred by
organized baseball, William Gray
son. Jr., of St. Louis, ex-Louls-
vllle magnate, puts this question
to the baseball world to prove the
weak laws that govern the game and
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 $500 for
an offense which, according to base
ball laws, demands $1,000 and not a
$500 penalty.
If the National Commission will
keep its w'ord and move by its own
law's. Grayson intends to bring fur
ther evidence whore the president of
the Chicago Cubs was guilty at least
fifteen times in his illegal farming
process. Grayson contends if he is
forced to quit baseball, then Boss
Murphy must do likewise.
Sox Sell Morris Rath
To Kansas City Club
CHICAGO, TLL., Aug. 25.—Morris
Rath. White Sox inflelder, was yes
terday sold by President Comiskey
to the Kansas City club of the
American Asociation. He left lsst
night to join his new team and will
likely be played at second base upon
his arrival.
Rath has played second base for
Callahan during the greater part of
the present season, hut when the Sox
were in the East on their last trip
,Tne Berger was given a chance to
perform on the keystone corner.
Since 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
ball player as can be found In the
American League, but his hitting
ability 1s not of the caliber that
makes him a first-class performer for
a major club.
It was announced at White Fox
headquarters last night that Short
stop Breton, recently secured from
Kansas City, would report to Man
ager Callahan Tuesday.
CHICAGO NATIONALS REFUSE
TO PLAY AGAINST BLACK MAN
Mobile Gulls Keep Rolling Along
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Small Chance for First Place Now
SCHENECTAdT, N. Y„ Auk. 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
Wickware, the negro twirier of the
Mohawk Giants, but the Chicago
players refused to play against him.
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.,
w T e 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 as
much in the percentage column as
if it had been an honest one.
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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.
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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 combats 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.
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T HAT isn’t very cheering.
Let’s suppose that Mobile en
joys a fearful dump and Iqsrs 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, w’hieh is about
the limit of reasonableness.
Anil, at that, Montgomery might
come to life.
Or it might rain out some of the
games.
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O N the w’hole, 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.
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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.
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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 will keep
on peppering the hash.
Hope he rubs it in well on the
Gulls and Billies, too.
Woigast-Dundee Go May Be Off
Sept. 2 Bouts Cause of Trouble
Bv H. M. Walker.
L OS ANGELES, CAL., Aug. 25.—
Somebody has crossed the wires.
From San Francisco comes the
report that Ad Wolgast 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 »till
acts ns Wo-lgast’s manager, is In Los
Angeles and claims to have no
knowledge of the Azevedo affair.
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check f° r *1.000 is up to guar-
TVI tt ntee 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.”
“Soottv” 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
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."
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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 to run from $10,000 to $15,000.
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Y\/OLGAST would be taking little
VV 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. Cross Nothing that Dundee
has ever done in the ring would Jus
tify his manager in matching him
with a high-grade man like Iveach
Cross.
NFW SPEED BOAT ENTERS
KEOKUK RACES TO-MORROW
KEOKUK. IOWA. Aug. 25—Hydro-
Bulet. a 25-foot Fauber hydroplane
owned by Earl H. Deakin. Elkhorn,
Wts., and carrying a 100-horsepower
Vap 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
il’ustrated in the S erev William, a
17-foot Valley hydroplane, entered by
A. .1. Rnddick, of Gregory. Mo. The
Scarey William is powered with a three-
cylinder 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 20 miles an hour, or only about eight
miles less per, hour than the big 100-
horsepower planer
Searey William is expected to be one
of the sensations of the Keokuk regatta,
despite iier 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 Athletio
Club next Wednesday night. For the
star bout he has signed Johny Ixire 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 I.#ad,” who
has been persistently challenging Cham-
olon Johnny Kilbane without success,
will meet Joe Stacey, a Bronx feather
weight who has been making a fine
showing of late.
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 Sundav 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 ‘Jo minutes.
USHPRESS
By Chick Evans.
T HE English golf press is telling
us a great deal concerning the
slowness of American players.
Slow is an adjective thftt I 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
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.
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'THERE Is considerable excuse for
* our golfers who 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, and their game had suffered
from want of practice. Heinrich
Schmidt had come practically from
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 playe: 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
he destroyed. Of course, some men
are physically faster than others,
but that is not what is meant in
this instance.
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T HERE is the man who takes three
or four 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; and finally he gets
down on his hands and knees, and
occasionally his stomaefi, at both
ends of a putt. Sometimes he does
every one of these 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
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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” was 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 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, 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
KNOXVII.J.E. 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.
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 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' 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 Throwing—Silk umprella,
by George Muse Clothing Company.
Sack Race, 50 Yards—$5, offered
by the Atlanta Baaeball Association.
Yankees Must Deliver, Says P. L.
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Tired Of Receiving Sympathy
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, severally and collectively, that
they must 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 hie 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, who 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 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
top-notcher. Three other men, Ford.
Keating and Caldw’ell, are better than
they have been any time this season.
“A pitching staff can either make I
or break a catcher. Our pitchers I
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
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
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Memphis at Atlanta. Game called at
3:30 o’clock.
Montgomery at Chattar.oga,
Mobile at Birmingham
New Orleans at Nashville.
Standing of the Cluba.
VV. L. Pc
Mobile 75 50 .600
Atlanta. 08 65 .553
Mont. 65 55 .542
B’ham.. 66 69 .528
Ghat.
M’phis.
N’ville.
N. Or.
W I *. iv
61 59 .508
61 62 .608
52 72 .419
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. Pc
Sav’nah 29 21 .580 Gbany 22 27 449
C’bus. 26 22 .542 Cha« r n. 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
CMand.
Wash.
Chicago
Stnndlncj of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc.
78 39 .667
70 49 ..588
66 50 .569
64 58 .625
W. L. Pc.
Boston 67 68 .487
Detroit 67 70 .421
S. Louis 48 76 .387
N. Yk. 4074 .351
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Valdosta at Thomasvllle.
Brunswick at Waycross.
Cordele at Americas
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pet. | W. L. Pet.
T’vllle 27 16 628 ! V’dosta 22 23 489
Am’cus. 22 22 .500 j B’wick. 20 24 .456
W’crosK. 22 23 .489 | C’dele 20 25 .446
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 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, Pltsburg 0-2
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 8. 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. ouis at Philadelphia.
S^andlnc of the Clubs.
W L. Pc. t W. L. Pc.
New Y. 80 35 .696 B’klyn. 51 61 456
Phila. . . 65 44 Bt • -I 49 64 .434
P’burg. 62 53 .539 Cin’nati 48 73 .396
Chicago 62 55 .530! St. L... 43 75 .365
Sunday’s Results.
No gamea scheduled.
Motor Races
8:30 TUESDAY
Motordrome
FORSYTH TODAYAT
2:30 and 8 30
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