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TTTK ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 9 COLONEL PEEL T FIR 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 be 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. * * * DLANS have 'been made to stage the second of the series of races for the Southern charrtplonship 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. * * * A SPECIAL match race between ** Mortv Graves and George Renel will also be staged. Three heats will be run off. The rider3 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 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 men in each heat to qualify. Twer.ty-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. 1 Second heat special match race, two miles. Second heat sweepstakes, four miles. Third heat special match race, three miles. Third heat sweepstakes, five miles. 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 Wickware, the negro ttfirler of the Mohawk Giants, but the Chicago players refused to play against him. ENTRIES ~1 AT SARATOGA. FIRST—3-year-olds and up, 8 fur longs: Gueen Sain 103, Miss Brush 103. Mohawk Girl 103. Ann Tilly 103. Siltri 110, Euterpe 103, Spotlight 105, Marge- ram 105. l^acliffe 103, Gray Planet 108, Noble Grand 105. SECOND—3-year-olds and' up, selling, mile: Toy 104, Roy Meteor 103, Stentor 100, xlmpression 08, Working Lad 106, xlvalinka 106, xCol. Cook 101, Joe Die- bold 103 THIRD—2-year-olds, selling, 0 fur: longs: Kilcrea 109, Bac 113, I! id as Brother 105, xSurpasseng 103, Old Ben 107. Bay Head. FOCRTH—3-year-olds, The Huron handicap, mile and three-sixteeths: Cock O’The Walk 123, Ten Point 126, Barnegat 100, Prince Eugene 116, Buskin #113, Night Stick 108. ’ FIFTH—2 year-olds maiden fillies and geldipg, 5Vi furlongs; Harvest Queen 108, Lady Fern 108, Joannina 108. Ap- plauder 108, Dombra 108, High Priest 108. Elbiod 108 Addio Caim 108, Hum iliation 108, Well Known 108, Hill Stream 108, Miss Cavanaugh 109, De coni 108, Athletic Girl 108, Fascinating 108, Valkyrie 108, Ash Can 108, First Cherry 108. ' SIXTH 3-year-olds, selling. mile: xBrookfield 98, Little Jupiter 105, Pro gressive 106, Orowoc 109, Afterglow 103. x—Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather clear; track fast. AT TORONTO. FIRST—Two-year-olds, selling, 5 fur longs: Charles T. 106, Littlest Rebel 106, Dead Loss 103, Shippigan 106, Rati- gan 106. Panama 10C, Rummage 109, Tom Hancock 109. SECOND—Three-year-olds, 6 y 2 fur longs: Lily Paxton 110, Tannie 110, Al- laneen 110, Black Branch 112, Palma 112. Danville II 112. .Vlaxton 112, Jim Milton 112, Horicon 115. THIRD—Three-year-olds and up. selling. 6V 2 furlongs: xGay 105. Merise 110, Adriuche 110, Dorothy Webb 110, AD Andrews 112, Star Ashland 112, Ducky George 112, Noon 112. Barn Dance 112. . FOURTH—Three-year-olds and up, selling, about 5 furlongs: Spirella 103, xBoobv 104. Pass On 105, May Bride 1G9, imprudent 109, Hilda’s Sister 109, Mau rice Reed 111, Silicic 111, Shreve 111, Mon Ami 111. FIFTH- Three-year-olds and up, sell ing. about 5 furlongs: xCreil 102, An con 102. xGolliwogg 103. xRaelng Belle 106, Star Board 108, Carrissima. Ill, Herpes 111. SIXTH—Three-year-olds and up, sell ing, 7 furlongs: xllenotic 107, Our Nug get’106, x.Johnny Harris 107, Cuttyhunk 108, Leillaha 111. Cassowary 113, Nila 106.’ SEVENTH—Three-year-olds and up, ■selling. 6*4 furlongs: xTaekle 107, M< ther 110, Mamita 110, Maltine 110, Premier 112, nakley 112, Cherry Seed 112. Kettery 112, Bay Brook 112. EIGHTH—Three-year-olds and up, se’ling about 5 farlongs: xPhew 95, Baveil Lutz 105, Field Flower 105, L!h- brook 705, Deiicious 105, Concarne 108, I^ady Etna 111, Monkey 111, Yankee Lady 111. John Marrs 113 xApprentice allowance claimed. Weather cloudy, track fast- Bringing Up Father • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • By George McManus i _ / i i - r . - * - ■ - — - - Mobile Gulls Keep Rolling Along [|j][|^|| pfj[[$ +•+ Small Chance for First Place Now Turtles Here for Four Games Bv 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 watch and sticking to that ha'f-a- dozen games lead like a porous plas ter. It looked as if the Vols would 9lip 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. • * • 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 combats and still finish second. If. on the other hand, Mobile just breaks even—a difficult thing to do in fifteen games, by the wvy—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 plaved 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. • * • O 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. Xoc 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 w r ell enough to give up his chane ; at third place to help pull the Crackers out of first, and second? No. We have an idea the Kid wrill keep on peppering the hash. Hope he rubs it in well on the Gulls and Billies, too. Wolgast-Dundee Go May Be Off +•+ •!•••!• •!•••!• Sept. 2 Bouts Cause of Trouble By II. 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 still acts ns Wolgast's manager, is in Los Angeles and claims to have no knowledge of the Azevedo affair. • • • BA/T Y check for $1,000 is up to guar- 1V1 an tee 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 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 geles 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 ^neet 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 he prac tically passing up a house that fig ures to run from $10,000 to $15,000. • • * W OLGAST would be taking little ohanee 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 toitgli 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 Leach Cross. NEW SPEED BOAT ENTERS KEOKUK RACES TO-MORROW KEOKUK, IOWA. Aug. 25.—Hydro- Bullet, 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 Searey William, a 4 7-foot Valley hydroplane, entered by A. J. Ruddick, of Gregory. Mo. The Searey William is powered with a three- cylinder 15-horsepower Erd high speed inator. 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 Searey William made within a fraction of 30 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 her small power, and is sure to trim everything In her class, 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 keenest rivalry exists betw’een the two boys. They are boxers of the same type, and that presages a whirlwind battle. Both are strong ag- giessive, good stiff punchers and fairly clever. In the semi-final contest, Patsv 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 allowing 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 Sunday afternoon by Harry Goudy, of Chicago, when he rounded the local mile track 100 times in 92 minutes fiat. The previ ous fecord for a 100 mile9 on a dirt track was 95 minutes. +•* *•* Track Meet Set for Wednesday By Chick Evans. T HE English golf press is telling us a great deal concerning the slow’ness 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 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 unconsci >nable time over every goll stroke. First there would be a gen eral reezmnoitering all along the lino' of play then five or six practice strokes, and then, and not till then, the stro te proper. * • • ’THERE is cons'Hpmhin excuse for * our b -olfp;s 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 slowdy 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 irpporlant 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; and 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 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. 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 the title position. Gil Price probably will open against the Turtles, with Chapman catching. Bill Bernhard isn’t sure who will be on the moftnd for his crew, but we known it isn't the dreaded Rube Kis singer, because the Rube toiled yes terday. and did us a good turn by beating the hated Gulls. Wednesday the much talked of Field Day is going to he staged, starting at 3 o’clock, half an hour before the game. The five events w 111 be open to members of both clubs, and there is a good deal of rivalry on the side among members of the Crackers as 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 Pa rks-Cham hers -Hard wick Co. Distance Throwing—Silk umprella, by Georgo Muse Clothing Company. Sack Race, 50 Yards—$5, offered by the Atlanta Baseball Association. Yankees Must Deliver, Says P. L. 4**t ■}•••{• Tired Of Receiving Sympathy D 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 Mushing Bay, was called yesterday on account of low tide. The umpire noticed that the third baseman and first baseman of the “outs” were 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 KNOXVILLE, TENN., Aug. 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. Tw’elve handsome cups will he awarded the winners in the tourna ment. Nearly every golf club in any Southern city is a member of the Southern Golf Asaociation. 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 his attitude toward the men. He is the real dis tant but deti-rrnined leader and the Yanks are about the worst serious proposition in fast company. The oldest pitcher on the club is Warhop, who i 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 h-^en 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; • • * “fHANTE will have a ball club next ^ year, take it from me. He has as good a pitching staff right nAw as there is in the league, barrir.g per haps that of the White Sox. Fisher is a high-class man. and if th" 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 season. “A pitching staff can either make I or break a catcher. Our pitchers j have only begun to hold up runners lately. They’re all on the job now. Furthermore, we have two crarker- Jack men at short and second—Peck and Knight. You can cut the ball loose and feel certain they are cov ering. U 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 iw over. Of course, we’ll beat out St. Louis.” Suitable For Any Occasion Pleasant to Every Taste 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 Clube. W. L. Pc | W. L Pc Mobile 75 50 .600 Chat. 61 59 608 Atlanta. 68 56 553 i M’phis. 61 62 .508 Mont. 65 65 .542 j N’ville. 52 72 .419 B’ham.. 66 59 .528 I N. Or. 40 76 .346 Sunday’s Results. Nashville 8, 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. pr Sav’nfth 29 21 .580 | vlhany 22 27 .449 C’bus. 26 22 .542' Chas r n. 21 26 .447 J’ville. 26 23 .531 I 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. Standing of the Clubs. Phila. O'land. Wash. Chicago W L. Pc. 78 39 .667 70 49 ,58b 66 50 .$69. 64 58 .525 W. L. Pc. Boston 67 68 .487 Detroit 61 70 .421 S. Louis 48 76 .3X7 N. Yk 4074 .351 EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Monday. Valdosta at Thomasville. Brunswick at Waycrosa. Cordele at Americus. 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'dosta. 22 23 .489 B’wick. 20 24 .455 C’dele. 20 25 .445 Sunday's Results. No games scheduled. OTHER RESULTS. American Association. Kansas City 8-2, Minmapolis 7-13. Milwaukee 6, Ht. Paul 0. IxMiisvllle 2-4, Toledo 1-2. Indianapolis 4-6, Columbus 0-8. Texas Leaque. 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. Pittsburg 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 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. Louis at Philadelphia. S t andlno of the Clubs W. L. Pc. New Y. 80 35 .696 Phila.. . 65 44 .596 P’burg. 62 53 .539 Chicago G2 55 .530 Motor Races 8:30 TUESDAY Motordrome a* W. L. 51 61 49 64 Cin’nati 48 73 8t U . 43 75 B’klyn. Boston. Sunday's Results. No games scheduled. Pc. .455 ! .434 .396 .365 I FORSYTH to-day at 2:30 and 8 33 SVEMGALI? Bond & Benton—Lewis & Dody Four Regals—Joe Flynn Meredith Sisters—-Claude Golden Mat Week : SAM MANN & CO. 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-NTJT will add to your enjoyment of the ball game. Also the Motordrome races. Made by The Med Rock Company Atlanta :: Georgia