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ZOWIE! SOME HITTING!! 29 SWATS FOR 20 RUNS PITCHER CUVET FITED TO LOST HIS RIGHT EVE T RITE baseball fans, no matter how much they want to see At lanta beat Mobile in the ap proaching aeries here, will regret to learn that the Gulls will be minus the services of -their prize southpaw. Pug Cavet. And it will be with deeper regret they learn that Pug probably has. pitched his last game. Members of the Memphis club said yesterday that (’a vet’s right eye. which has troubled him from child hood. hatj been getting steadily worse with some malady that would proba bly necessitate its removal in order to save the other eye and not render the lanky pitcher totally blind. Specialists are treating Cavet, but hold out little hope of saving the eye. I It would be a mechanical impossibili ty for a one-eyed man to play base- | ball successfully, owing to the ex treme necessity of Judging distan 'e at all times a feat accomplished un consciously by the eyes themselves, using the distance between them as the base of a triangle, with the ob ject on which they are focused as the point. Should Cavet be forced to retire the game will lose a most promising voung pitcher and one who was prac tically certain of making good in the Big Show Come On, Cracker Fans, Let’s Beat Out Birmingham We MUST Prove That Atlanta Is the Best Baseball City in the South by Turning Out Biggest Yearly Attendance. TWO MONTREAL PLAYERS GRADUATE INTO MAJORS BROOKLYN. Aug. 27—President Lyehtenheim. of the Montreal club of the International League, announced vesterdav at Ebbets Field the sale of two prominent Montreal players, out fielder Giiheely goes to the New York Americans in exchange for Pitcher George McConnell and a cash consid eration not stated. The Philadelphia Nationals secured Catcher Burns in exchange for Catcher Howley and two other players to be announced later. BOXERS IN DRAW BOUT. NEW YORK. Aug 27.—Tommv Berges, of Lewiston. Maine, and Bull Anderson, of this city, fought a ten- round draw here last night. MONEY LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Real Estate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT CO. 1211-12 Fourth National Bank Bide. “Now is the time for all good fans to come to the aid of their ball club.’’ You remember the old racing “speed sentence,” the first one everybody learns to pick out on a typewriter? Well, it says “party" and omits the reference to baseball fans. But the exigencies of the situation in Atlanta seem to war rant a little editing of the famous old sentence. Over in Birmingham they are going after two things, both of which now are held and much prized in Atlanta. One is the reputation of being the Best Baseball Town in the Southern League. The other is the attendance record for a season's play. ATLANTA HOLDS THE PRESENT RECORD—196,000. And that is what makes Atlanta the best baseball town in the circuit. That is, it is one of the things. There are others too numerous to mention just now. Anyway, Birmingham, with a club that is fighting to stay out of the second division, is near breaking the attendance record 'this year. And Birmingham is a couple of jumps ahead of Atlanta, right now—and Atlanta with a ball club making a great little fight for the pennant, and almost sure to land as high as second place, anyway. The Atlanta merchants and business men are taking up the boastful challenge from Slagville. It doesn't listen good to them, this hearing that another town is the best town in the Southern League. And so, boys, here's a little tip: Requests for the afternoon off, beginning to-day and lasting until the afternoon of September 6, will be given preferred atten tion in Atlanta business and mercantile offices— PROVIDED— The petitioner adds that he WANTS TO GO TO THE BALL GAME! Try it and see. The following, just for example, have asserted openly that they will grant afternoons off to just as many employees as they can possibly spare, from now until the end of the season—to go to the ball game! W. E. Chapin Insurance Company, Royal Insurance Com pany, Georgia Railway and Power Company, Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company, Third National Bank, V. H. Kreigshaber & Son, and others who are adding their prestige to Atlanta’s battle to retain the title of the “Best Ball Town in the Southern League.” Try it and see. TRY IT TO DAY. To-day’s a mighty good time, what with it being the grocers’ and butchers ’ half holiday, and the date of the baseball track meet of the Memphis and Atlanta clubs, starting at 3 o'clock, with five events for which Atlanta merchants have offered prizes. Sports andSuch EVERS IS HAPPY. “/ have /to complaint* to make” Said Ever* to a fan, “Itut the um/>* 1ire out to break And slough me if the}/ can. “The Giants' luck still blocks me; My team is full of kinks; And Bresnahan still knock* me, And Murphy is a jinx!” A BALL PLAYER HAS BEEN fined $10 for calling Umpire Bill Klem. a catfish. And yet—what should he have called him? PRESIDENT EBBETS IS SIGN- Ing up a few college men, but not with the idea that they will assist In the preparation of forthcoming dedication speeches. ^These will still be the old Ebbets*brand. MANAGER MILLER HUGGINS Is going to be asked to resign be cause he has been finding fault with the playing of the Cardinals. YVe don’t wonder. Hanging is too good for him. WE ALWAYS WELCOME A touch of softer sentiment in a box- fighter. Arthur Pelky is going to do his training at Calgary, right where he killed Luther McCarty. PELKY. BY THE WAY, retired from the ring on that occasion, but only in the Pickwickian or Buffalo Bill sense. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE attitude of the magnates on gam bling. we would be inclined to be lieve that Connie Mack’s daily an nouncement of casualties among the Athletics* might be a sign that he is laying back for bets. MR. SNODGRASS. (World’s Series, 1912.) Me, oh my! Here's a fly! I'll nail it with a half a try. There it goes— On my toes! The gang will break my nose! YOU HAVE TO ENVY MR. Chance his* optimism. After losing two games to the Browns in one day. he still thinks the Yankees are not the worst team in the league. MR. CHANCE. THE MANAGER, and Mr. Touchard. the tennis player, each understands how the other feels. Both lay all of their troubles to foot-faults. IT’S FUNNY THAT ball players succeed In annoying Hank O’Day. You’d think that any man who had managed the Cincinnati team wou^d be immune. LEACH CROSS LEAVES FOR VANCOUVER TO SEE CHAMP T RULY it has been said, It’s a Long Worm that has no turn ing. The Crackers turned yesterday and ripped off a couple of games, tfye same being all two ends of a double- header—something that hasn’t hap pened in weeks and weeks. Scores. 12 to 2 and 8 to 0. Memphis was the rippee. of course. But that isn’t the point. This being supposed to be a feature narrative, a feature must be found. You can get the news from the Box Score. Well, here are a brace of feature*, the second of which can be subdivided ad lib. 17OR example, there was one in- 1 nlng in the first game—the seventh—when six hits were arranged carefully in a row, one after another Then an error was inserted, and two more hits added, the total produc tiveness being limited to five runs only by scandalous performances on the basea but the ground was heavy, which af flicted Mr. Smith’s feet, and he was out at third after a nice gooey slide. Thompson pitched a one-hit af fair in the six innings the Turtles batted in the second game, w r hile Doc Newton discovered a lot more about the law of gravitation by watching a shower of base-hits dropping in various parts of the field. him. Abstein swung at him with the ball, Bizzy ducked right to the ground, dodged under the big fel low’s wing and beat it to first. He was safe—and he hadn’t run out of the line, either. Mobile pEATURK No. 1—Winning both A games of a two-ply matinee. Feature No. 2—The method of win ning same. (~)F course, there was extremely alr- w tight pitching, for one thing. But that would have won with a good deal less than a total of 29 hits and 20 runs In fifteen innings. That might be construed into pil ing it on. And when It comes to I N another round of the same en- A counter, four hits produced four runs, but the Turtles kicked in with three boots, which naturally aided. Everybody on the Cracker club took at least one safe whack while the whacking was good. Long, Smith and Blsland took three apiece, ar.d Agler Welchonce. Nixon and Chap man were content with two each. Nixon scored three runs and made himself otherwise obnoxious to the enemy. A MONG the other legitimate head- 1 * liners might be mentioned Jack Love’s glove-hand stab of a line drive from Bisland’s bat; Schweitzer’s long running catch of Smith’s fly; Agler’s stab of Bisland’s assist on Shanley; Nixon’s great running catch of Ab- stein’s foul fly, and Baerwald’s de bate with Umps Stockdale in the* first inning of the first game. Baerwald spoke with fervor, but lost the decision. Also, he was cannel from the game. O EGULAR daily feature: won. Bearing on the death grapple: We Just got back the half-game we lost the day before, when the Gulls won while we got into a dogfall. Prospects for first place: Chilly. YVT ALLY SMITH got the long hit of ** the day, a triple that rolled nearly to the score board. He du plicated the feat in the second game. O NE more feature, because it’s one you don’t see oftener than once in an ordinary lifetime. In the fourth inning of the first game. Bisland hit a sharp grounder to Abstein at first. Abby came in to threaten Smith, who was on third, and Bizzy stopped right in front of f A H, yes—it rained, too. Another one of those inhuman showers that appear to contradict the adage that the rain falls alike on the just and the unjust. This particular rain fell mostly on the ball park. The sun was shining everywhere else, as on the celebrated occasion when Mr. Casey was at the bat. But it certainly did rain be tween games. At that, most of the flood dis appeared from the earth by the time Bill Smith did the dove act. and the second game got its 5 1-2 innings played in less than an hour, In spite of the sloppiness and the terrific hit ting of the Crackers. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 27.—Leach Cross, the New York lightweight, shifted his plans of coming back to New York immediately and left with his retinue for Vancouver. B. C., to watch Willie Ritchie, the champion in action there on Labor Day. TUESDAY’S GAMES. FIRST GAME. Memphis. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Love. 2b ... .3 1 0 6 3 0 Merritt, cf . . ,3 0 0 1 0 .0 Baerwald, If . .1 0 0 0 0 0 Ward, 3b ... 4 0 2 1 2 1 Schweitzer, If . 3 1 2 2 1 0 Abstein. lb . . .3 0 1 5 0 0 Shanley, ms. . . 4 0 0 4 1 2 Seabougli. c . . 3 0 0 4 3 0 Parsons*p. . .. S 0 0 ft 1 } Harrell, rf . . .3 ft 0 -2 2 0 Totals ... .3ft 2 5 24 13 2 Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Agler, lb ... to 1 2 12 ft ft Long. If . . .5 ft 3 3 ft ft Welchonce. cf . 5 0 2 3 ft ft Smith. 2b ... 4 2 3 4 2 0 Bisland. ss . . 4 2 3 1 6 1 Holland. 3b . . 5 ft 1 2 3 1 Nixon, rf . . . 5 3 2 0 ft Chapman, c. . . 4 2 2 1 1 0 Price p. . . . 4 2 1 ft 3 0 Totals ... .41 12 19 27 15 2 Score by innings: Memphis lftft Oftft ftOl— 2 Atlanta 010 420 5ftx—12 Summary: Two-base hits—Bisland, 2; Agler. Schweitzer. Three-base hit—Smith. Double play—Holland to Smlth^to Agler. Struck out—By Price. 1; by Parsons. 2. Rases on balls— Off Price. 2. Sacrifice hits—Merritt. Abstein. Stolen bases—Welchonce, Nixon, 2: Bisland. 2. Wild pitch — Price. Hit by pitched ball—By Par sons (Smith). Time—2:ftft. Umpires —Pfenninger and Stockdale. Second Game. Memphis. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Love. 2b ... 3 ft 0 1 1 0 Merritt, cf . . 2 0 ft 4 0 0 Baerwald, rf . . 2 0 1 1 1 0 Ward, 2b ... .2 0 0 1 1 1 Schweitzer. If . 2 ft 0 1 ft 0 Abstein. lb . . .2 0 0 3 1 0 Shanley, ss . . .2 0 0 0 0 1 Snell, c .... 2 0 0 4 0 0 Newton, p. . . 2 0 0 0 1 2 Totals ... .19 0 1 15 5 3 Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. • a. e. Agler. lb. ...4 ft 0 8 0 ft Long. If .... 2 1 1 ft ft 0 Welchonce. cf . 2 2 1 0 0 0 Smith. 2b. . . 3 0 1 0 1 0 Bisland. ss . . 2 1 1 1 2 0 Holland, 3b . . 3 2 2 2 1 0 Nixon, rf. . . . 3 1 1 3 0 ft Dunn, c . . . 3 1 2 3 ft ft Thompson, p . . 3 0 1 1 0 0 Totals . . .25 8 10 18 4 0 Score by Innings: Memphis (>A0 000—ft Atlanta 223 lftx—8 Summary: Two-base hits—Smith, Holland Double nlay—Love to Ab stein to Snell. Struck out—By New ton. 3. by Thompson, 3. Bases on balls—Off Newton. 2. Sacrifice hit-- Bisland Stolen base—Long. Time— :55. Umpires—Stockdeil and Pfen ninger. BASEBALL SUMMARY SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Memphis at Atlanta. Game called at 3:30 o’clock. Montgomery at Chattanooga. Mobile at Birmingham. New Orleans at Nashville. Standing of the Clubs. Mobile Atlanta Mont. B’ham. W. L. Pc | 77 50 .606 70 55 .560 65 57 .533 66 61 .520 Chat. M’phis. N’ville. N. Or. W L. Pc 63 59 .516 61 64 .488 54 72 40 78 .339 Tuesday’s Results. Atlanta 12-8, Memphis 2-0. Chattanooga 2. Montgomery 1. Mobile 6, Ilirmingham 2. Nashville 10. New Orleans 7. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Pittsburg at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Standing of the Clubs. N. Y. Phila. P’burg. Chicago W. L. Pc. 1 W. L. Pc. 82 35 .701 I B’klyn. 51 63 .447 67 44 .604 Boston 50 65 .435 63 64 .538 ! C’nati. 48 75 .390 64 55 .538 I S. Louis 43 77 .358 Tuesday’s Results. Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 5. New York 1, Cincinnati 0. Pittsburg 3, Boston 0. Chicago 6. Brooklyn 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. N<* games scheduled. Phila. C’land. Wash. Chicago Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pc. 80 39 .673 2 49 .595 67 51 .563 65 59 .524 W L. Pc. Boston 58 59 .496 Detroit 62 71 .423 S. Louis 48 78 .381 N. Y. 40 76 .345 Tuesday’s Results. Washington 5, Chicago 3. Cleveland 3. New York 0. Philadelphia 8. St. Louis 0. Boston f. Detroit 6. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Valdosta at Thomasville. Brunswick at Waycroes. Cordele at Americus. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pet. | W. L. Pet T’ville. 30 17 .633 j Wcross. 23 26 .469 Vdosta. 26 24 .520 Am’cus. 22 27 .449 B’wick. 23 25 .476 I Cordele 22 27 .449 Tuesday’s Results. Waycross 2. Brunswick 1. Cordele 6. Americus 3. Valdosta 8, Thomasville 2. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Albany at Charleston. Columbus at Jacksonville. Macon at Savannah. Standing of the Clubs. W. J. Pc Pav’nah 32 22 .711 C’bus. 29 24 .547 J’ville. 28 26 .519 W. L. Pc. Albany. 24 28 .462 Ch’ston. 22 28 .440 Macon.. 22 29 .431 Tuesday’s Results. Columbus 3-0, Jacksonville 1-4. Other games off. rain. McLoughlin Retains His Tennis Title OTHER RESULTS. American Association. Louisville 5, Toledo 1. Milwaukee 4. Minneapolis 2. St. Paul 3, Kansas City 2. Texas L-aque. Houston 8, Beaumont 0. Dallas 8. Waco 4. Galveston 2. San Antonio 0. Austin 10, Fort Worth 4. International League. Buffalo 20. Baltimore 4. Rochester 13. Newark 6. Toronto 17, Jersey City 7. Montreal-Providence, rain. Carolina Association. Winston 9. Greensboro 0. Durham 10. Asheville 4. Raleigh 3. Charlotte 4. Virginia League. Norfolk 4, Newport News 3. Petersburg 6. Roanoke 3. Richmond 6, Portsmouth 1. Appalachian League. Morristown 12, Bristol 3. Johnson City 6. Midllesboro 3. Rome 8, Knoxville 5. NEWPORT. R. I., Aug. 27.—The lawn tennis championship record for 1913 was practically completed on the Casino Grand court when Maurice E. McLougfhlin, of San Francisco, suc cessfully defended his own title in singles and maintained the Pacific Coast supremacy by defeatin'”- R. Nor ris Williams, second, of Philadelphia, in the finals of the all-comers tourna ment. in a vveli-fought four-set match. The scores 6-4. 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. As McLoughlin and T. C. Bundy, of Los Angeles, won their second cham pionship in doubles last week and Miss Mary Browne, of Los Angeles, is still the women’s title holder, the ascen dancy of California in the principal departments of tennis is assured for another year. JIM GRIFFIN TO REFEREE RITCH!E-WELSH TITLE GO VANCOUVER, B. C.. Aug. 27.—Ne- gotlations for the Freddie Welsh- Willie Ritchie battle for the world’s lightweight championship were offi cially closed here. Jim Griffin, of San Francisco, will referee. GERMANY SCHULZ GETS JOB. ANN ARBOR. MICH., Aug. 27—Germ any Schulz, called ‘‘the greatest center that ever played football,’ has taken the Job offered by his alma mater, and will coach the Michigan linesmen this fail under the supervision of Head Coach Yost. SMITH TO MEET WINNER OF PALZER-M0RAN BOUT NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—Gunboat | Smith announced to-day that some time in September he will meet the winner of the Frank Moran-Al Fal ser ten-round bout, which is to be staged in this city September 3. GEORGE BEATS COFFEY. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 27.—"Kid” George, of Stockton, Cal., won the decision over Walter Coffey, of Santa Rosa, Cal., in a twenty-round boxing contest here Monday night. The gong saved Coffey In the seventeenth. 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