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t i a 4 t I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. III FI RACES Mutt Will Have to Do a Harry Thaw if He Doesn’t Win This Bet By “Bud” Fisher T EX RICHARDS "came back” Ia.it night at the Motordrome. He won ©very heat in which he started, making the biggest clean up of the season. Number "23Rich ards famous "boat,” returned from the factory yesterday morning, after a thorough overhauling, and it was just bubbling over with speed. The races last night were excep tionally good. While the time in some of the heats was not as fast as ex pected, yet the finishes were all close and exceptionally exciting. The feature event was the William L. Peel Sweepstakes. Colonel Peel was scheduled to start this event but on account of illness in his family he was unable to be on the job. Richards won the Southern cham pionship and the Peel Sweepstakes'. Luther ran second in both events, riding fine races, but his machine just didn’t have the necessary ppeed to nose out Tex. Morty Graves won the last two heats of his special match race against Georges Renel, after the latter had captured the opening heat. Here are the results: SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP. (On©-mi!e heats; 2 miles final; 25 points for first; 15 points for second and 5 for third.) First Heat—Henry Lewis, first: Harry Glenn, second. Time, 44 2-5. Second Heat—Wilmer Richards, first; Freddie Luther, second. Time. 42 1-5. Final—Wilmer Richards. first; Freddie Luther, second; Henry Lew is. third. Time, 1:26. 8PECIAL MATCH RACE. (Throe heats, 1, 2 and 3 miles, best 2 out of 3 heats.) • KRAZY KAT We Don’t Blame Ignatz for Hurling the Brick First Heat (1 mile)—Won by Georges Renel. Time, 44. Second Heat (4 mile?)—Won by Morty Graves. Time, 1:25. Third Heat (3 miles)—Won by Morty Graves. Time, 2:11 2-5. W. L. PEEL SWEEPSTAKES. (French point system; 10 for first, 6 for second, 3 for third; three heats, 3, 4 and 5 miles.) First Heat (3 miles)—Wilmer Rich ards, first; Freddie Luther, second; Harry Glenn, third. Time. 2:08 3-5. Second Heat (4 miles)—Wilmer Richard**, first; Freddie Luther, ^ec ond; Henry Lewis, third. Time. 2:55 Third Heat (5 miles)—Wilmer Richards, first; Freddie Luther, sec ond; Harry Glenn, third. Time, 3:43. Points—Richards, 30; Luther, 18; Glenn, 6; Lewis, 3. fHOlhir I WOVLD A'I Icpu&stio/u Propound' \Tc> ThOU / “I6A)AT2-^ [lAFHAT K&D OF A Hew 1AV’> A "Konpr. Stones "V/ * [A Plymouth Rock^) ( gcTjThe head* of Thy VARDON BREAKS RECORDS ON CLEVELAND GOLF COURSE CLEVELAND, OHIO, Aug. 27.— Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, Eng lish professional golfers, touring the United States, at the Mayfield club yesterday defeated Joe K. Bole, city champion of Cleveland, and Eben’ M. Byers, of Pittsburg. 5 up in a 36-hole match. In defeating Byers and Bole, Vardon broke the Mayfield course record, both for 18 and 36 holes. In the morning round he lowered the 18-hole record held by Byers, from 72 to 67. In the afternoon he beat his own newly es tablished record with 66, giving him 135 for 36 holes. The old 36-hole record w r as 155. In the afternoon round Vardon’s partner, Ray, bettered the former 18-hole course record, doing it in 71. John D. Rockefeller was an enthusiastic spectator. MERCER’S FOOTBALL TEAM MUST REPORT SEPTEMBER 5 MACON, Aug. 27.—Candidates for Mercer's football team will be re quired to report for training Septem ber 5, according to an official an nouncement sent out by Professor J. F. Sellers, acting president. this morning. Coach Lewie Hardage will report next Monday morning. MlTD-DAV IT T O-DAY’S the day—Field Day, you kno..\ Get out to Ponce DeLeon at 3 o’clock, or a shade earlier, and kill two guineas with one dornick—see the Atlanta and Memphis players in a track meet, and hand one to that cocky Birmingham, which has an idea of being a better baseball town than Atlanta. The game will begin at 3:30 o'clock, unless the special 100-yard dash, a challenge event between Doc Sea- bough and Joe. Dunn, should not be finished by that time. Anyway, Elliott Dent will pitch, and we may draw Rube Kissinger as of ficial pest for the Turtles. Bift the field sports start at 3 o’clock, and there will be at least five events: 100-yard dash, circling the bases, distance throwing, fungo hit ting. and a sack race. Another special challenge event is the Iftft-yard race between Jack Love and Bill Abstein, of the Turtles. Bill declined to bet on the result, saying he was ashamed to. But he has hound himself to buy Jack a hat. to cost not less than $f>, if Jack can beat him. Jack thinks that Is fair enough. FODDER FOR FANS Every team in the second division in the National League lost yesterday, New York. Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Chicago winning. As a result of victories by the Pirates and Cubs be‘h teams are still tied for third place the National League. The New York Yankees have bade farewell to the West this season, after dropping three out of four games to the Naps. The Athletics celebrated their de parture from the West by smothering the Brcwns for a shutout. "Big pitchers’’ is now the standing order to big league scouts The mag nates have found the big men can stand more work than the little ones. "Babe’’ Adams, the Pirates' twirler, Triples by Archer and Saier beat the not only pitched a shutout game against Dodgers. the Braves, but got a tfro-bagger as well. Tight Golf Battles at East Lake +•+ + •+ D. & F. Play Reaches 2d Round Bobby Byrne, the former Tirate, got into the game for the Phillies Tuesday, playing third base. He got a run and a hit. Linn Scroggins, a southpaw recruit, started for the White Sox. but proved easy picking for the Senators, who beat Chicago 5 to 3. "Josh” Billings, catcher for the Quincy, Ill., team in the Three I League, has been secured by the Clevelands. Pitcher George Davis, of the Roches ter. N Y , team Ln the International league, has been secured by the Braves. Davis was formerly with the New York Yankees. MULFORD’S PUEGOT CAR 'LANGFORD STOPS FLINN IN OUT OF BIG RACE FOUR ROUNDS AT BOSTON ELGIN, ILL., Aug. 27.—Automdblle racing fans were handed a disap pointment to-day when the announee- W^s made that Ralph Mulford was unable to get his Puegot car ready for Saturday’s race here. Mul ford will drive a Mason on both days of the race meet. The Puegot which Mulford was to drive was piloted to first place by Jules Goux at Indianapolis this year in the 500-mile international sweep- stakes race. The fastest practice lap on the 8 1-2-mile course was credited to Joe Datvson. winner of the 1912 500-mlle race at Indianapolis. He sent his Marmon around the course in 7 min utes and 13 seconds. Spencer Wish- art drove the distance in his Mercer five seconds slower than Dawson. player breaks jaw. EVANSVILLE, IND„ Aug. 27.— Punch Knoll, of the Evansville Cen- ' teal League broke his jaw yesterday afternoon during^ the game played here with Fort Wayne. BOSTON, Aug. 27.—Sam Langford scored a knockout over “Porky” Flinn in four rounds at the Atlas Athletic Association last night. Ten second.; before the bell sounded in the fourth round of what was scheduled to be a twelve-round bout, a right Jab to the jaw landed and Flinn went down f or the count. It was Langford’s first bout since his return from Australia. He received a surnrise in the first round when Flinn with, a smashing left sent him to the mat. EDWARDS FANS FOURTEEN. ROYSTON, GA„ Aug 27.—In the second of the series with Elberton, Roysten yesterday won by a score of 7 to 0. The features of the game was the heavy hitting of the Royston team and the superb pitching of Edwards, who fanned fourteen men and gave up two hits. Elberton used threfci pitchers. MORE GAMES FOR LAGRANGE. LAGRANGE, GA., Aug 27—Not sat isfied with a full season of regular league baseball the T^aGrange fanR are planning to have baseball games every week until October 1. The initial game of a five-game series to decide the town championship was played to-day. re sulting in a score of 19 to 2 in favor of the Northwest club against the South east club. M ATCH pla^ in the Davis & Freeman trophy golf tourna ment at East Lake began yes terday afternoon, and before play ceased for darkness the first round had been finished in all flights and several matches in the second round had been disposed of. The feature match in the first flight was that between H. Block and R. L. Jones, won by the former. 1 up, in a close and exciting round. The second flight turned up closer matches, on the average, than the first flight, and in two instances extra holes were necessary to determine the winner. In one. O. B. Osbourne de feated William Markham in 19 holes, and in the other C. J. Halditch de feated C. M. Sciple at the 21st hole. The lengthened holes, achieved by resetting the teeing grounds, made higher scores general, but the con testants were much pleased at the in creased "sportiness” of the celebrated A. A. C. course. Results yesterday: First Flight. First Round—W. R. Tichenor de feated R. J. Norris, 6 up and 5 to play: F. B. Fay defeated J. Q. Bur ton. 4 up and 2 to play; C. V. Rain water defeated J. B. Prtllard, 7 up and 5 to play; R. G. Blanton defeated D C. Root, 1 up; J. A. Ellen defeated H P. D. Comee by default; H. Block de feated R. L. Jonea 1 up; Dowdle Brown defeated Perry Adair, 5 up and 3 to play; George Adair defeated S. Hard, 4 up and 2 to play. Second Round—,1. A. Ellen defeated H. Block, 3 up and 2 tc play; Dowdle Brown defeated George Adair, 6 up and 4 to play. Second Flight. First Round—O. R. Osbourne de feated William Markhiwn at the 19th hole; H C. Moore defeated .J. D. Eie.v, 3 up and 2 to play; J. C. Payne de feated E. D. Duncan. 2 up and 1 to play; J. B. Martin defeated A. A. Doo- nan, 1 up; . E. Rose defeated J. W. Pearce. 4 up and 2 to play; J. D. Dar ling defeated H. R. Calet, 3 up and 2 to play;.C. J Halditch defeated C. M Sciple at the 21st hole; W. H. Glenn defeated P. A. Wright, 3 up and 2 to play. Second Round-^C. E. Rose defeated J. B. Martin. 5 up and 3 to play. Third Flight. First Round—C. Donaldson defeat ed W. F. Upshaw, 6 up and 4 to play; J E. Mellet defeated L. M Crichton, 4 up and 3 to play; W. P Hazelwood defeated Scott Hudson, 5 up and 4 to play; W. E. Warren de feated T. S. Ingram, 1 up; F. B. Mead or defeated Will Soul, 7 up and 5 to play; L. D. Scott defeated K. R. Cobb, 4 up and 3 to play. Fourth Flight. First Round—H. L. Dix defeated W. C. Spiker, 7 up and 6 to play; R. I. Gresham defeated G. N. Spring at the 20th hole; B. L. Craig defeated E. G. Beaudy, 6 up and 5 to play; G, L. Simpson defeated G. B. Allen, 1 up. Pinch Hit by Heed, Atlanta Boy, Won For the Phillies Milton Reed, of Atlanta, broke Into the limelight In Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, when he came to bat In the pinch for the Phillies against the Cardi nals and settled matters ln favor of his club with a smashing hit, the Phillies winning. 6 to 5. Pinch hitters were ln evidence all through the game. In the seventh in ning St. Louis led. 5 to 1. In that round Miller and Byrne delivered, E’askert— formerly a Cracker player—came through in the eighth, and then Reed finished K up in the ninth. SENATORS SIGN M’CABE. CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—William McCabe, one of the fastest semi-professional players In Chicago, has been signed by the Washington American*;. McCabe Is at home at second, third and shortstop, lie Is 20 years old. Savannah Indians Challenge Crackers For Special Series Word comes from the direction of Savannah that Perry Lipe’s Indiana, pennant winners in the Sally League, are earnestly desirous of playing a post-season series with the Crackera, following the last game of the South ern League season, September 6. It seems the Indiana, feeling pretty cocky over their own achievement* of this year, and recalling the lick ing handed the Crackers by Chatta nooga on a former occasion, when Atlanta consented to meet a smallar league club, are to be the challengers. Manager Smith said this morning he was going to take the matter up with the directors of the local club to-day and would soon know If the series could be arranged. Third Base Job Is a Cinch One +•+ Art Hofman Says So, Anyway A RTIE HOFMAN. the one-tlm* great utility player on the old Cub machine, more lately a Pirate gardener, and still more recently a man of all work for the Vols. having performed creditably in every infield position, except short- field, in the two months he has been with that club, thinks the third base job is the easiest on a team. Some time ago Artie gave the last cushion the ‘ once over” and passed it up as ‘‘nuts to crack for any ordi nary hall player,” to use his own ex pression. For giving the big laugh to third base. Artie is aware that the woods are full of ball players and sport scribes who will be howling to have him locked In the room so recently vacated by Harry Thaw. But ii We’ll Accomplish the Miracle of Modern Baseball ” Says Rube Marquard GIANTS BENT ON RECORD OF 4 STRAIGHT FLAGS By Rube Marquard I F we Giants Justify our belief In ability to win a third consecu tive pennant, Manager MeGraw will be in a position next year to ac complish the miracle of modern dia mond history—four flags in a row. Looking hack through history we find that few clubs have maintained winning consistently for more, than two successive years. The Cubs, uncer Frank Chance, were a wonder ful collection of brains and playing skill. They reeled off three straight championships and came back for a fourth after dropping behind Pitts burg in 1909. Throughout the five campaigns practically the same team had remained intact. When It broke, it split wide open, a* evidenced this year. Jimmy Collins, old Boston Amer ican, went to smithereens after two successful campaigns in 1903 and 1904. The Giants wop easy races in George "Knockout" Brown and Jack Dillon will go through with their ten- round go at Terre Haute, Ind., on Labor Day. Tommy Walsh. manager of Brown, writes from Chicago that George Is getting in great shape for the mill. This will be the fourth meeting between the rival mlddlewelghts. Frank Madole, the American light weight, who is in Paris, writes that he is tired of traveling in Europe and will he home any day Madole tells of sev eral of his experiences. He was forced to box three men in two weeks, going twenty rounds in one, and losing by the decision route. Harry Trendall, the St. Louis light weight, is back in the Missouri city from his trip to I^os Angelee Trendall left for the coast about a month ago to get a match with Leach Cross, but Mat ty Baldwin heat him to the big plum. Harry refused to take on any of the Recond-raters, so left for home. The death of "Bull” Young has put in a DC the boxing game on the coast in a fad light. It will probably be some time before the heavyweights don the j>added mitts out West agaii Sam McVey. who claims Paris as his home, has returned to that city from Australia, and the chances are that a twenty-round bout may he arranged be tween him and Jack Johnson McVey is a big favorite with the Parisians and a bout between him and Johnson would draw’ a record house. Young Eppy will meet Matty McCue in Racine, VVis., instead of Pittsburg on I>Abor Day. The match, which had been hanging fire for a week, was clinched yesterday. The two will weigh in at 122 pounds. Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo lightweight, is after a match with Tommy Murphy. Duffy has wired Jim Coffroth asking for the Admission Day date with the Harlem boy. LEW HARDAGE TO COACH MERCER FOOTBALL TEAM MACON, GA.. Augi Ail- Lew Hardage, former Vanderbilt football star, has signed to coach the Mercer University eleven during the coming season. Act ing President Sellers makes the an nouncement. Hardage succeeds I>r. C. C. Stroud, who has accepted the physi cal directorship of Louisiana State Uni versity. HAUSER OUT FOR THE SEASON. BOSTON, Aug jfl.—Arnold Hawser, the St. Ixuiis shortstop, feel* confident he will recover the full use of his in jured leg for next season, but Mana ger Huggins says he w’on’t be able to play any this year. 1904 and 1905. I have often heard MeGraw say that he was never so sure of a pennant as in 1906, when injury anrl sickness wrecked what appeared - a sure-fire third straight win. Yet. the bulwarks of the old- time Giants had crumbled from age. MeGraw came out of the wreck with an aggregation of entirely new blood. I have been told that McGrow’s experience of 1906 was responsible for many of his most successful methods now employed. He deter mined never again to be caught with out a reserve force strong enough to plug any emergency gap. He realized the importance of speed on attack. Speed and youth usually travel hand ln hand. With, the possible exception of the Athletics- no team of modern times has remained bo well fortified against the future, at the close of three suc cessive campaigns, as McGraw’s crew. The Athletics, through sheer over- confidence. overlooked a great chance for a third straight pennant last year. Connie Mack has a grand team of youth and ability that 18 likely to !*Jrf for a number of campaigns to come. Still I do not believe that Connie Mack to-day boasts the strength of MeGraw. I am confident tfiat the Giants will Atlanta Athletic ChibTallv heat the Athletics this year, if these old rivals clash ln the world’s series. Outeide the batteries, the *tearns are about as evenly matched as could be im igined. We have far^the better balanced batteries Meyers and McLean for all round efficiency and hitting ability will outshine Lapp and Schang. Schang. of course, la far speedier than either of New York's celebrated backstops. Our club has all the call on pitchers, though. Bender and Plank, the gnat mainstays of the Athletics, have both been overworked, and are not likely to have an opportunity to rest up for the season. Jack Coombs is strictly out of it. they tell me. Mack is not likely to stake his chances on young pitchers who have been very erratic. Two overworked veterans will have to stand the at tack *of four or five pitchers who have shown wonderful pitching consistency throughout the season. YOUNG SAYLOR IS OUT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE Walter DuBard is keen for the basketball season to etart. He says that the club team will be much stronger this season than It was last fall "Pie” Weaver is expected back from a short vacation to-day. "Pie” is confident of earning a regular berth on the basketball team this fall. Coach Joe Bean has Just announced that the training table for the basketballers wttl start October 15. The golf "bugs" still are talking about the ”80” that Tick Tichenor turned in last Saturday. It was a remarkable ©core inasmuch as th« "far-away” driving tees now are being used. Why not a golf match this fall between the Athletic Club and the Capital City Club players? The players of the clubs should meet on the links in a tournament at least once a year. The handball regulars are at. it every day, preferably about noon. There usually is a terrific cut-throat match on among three celebrated players who shall be nameless for the present, and they are getting ac customed to a "gallery.” Another regular feature 1« ’Gene Kelley. ’Gene Is training for a person named Smith, and he is not loafing on the Job. He also Is doing some wrestling, but it is not understood that he is plotting any rough- houae tactics for the prospective engagement. PITCHER ROSE TO YANKEES. NEW YORK, Aug. -J.—Manager Frank Chance announced last nigh! the purchase of Pitcher Rose, of the Houston (Texas) League .*iub. Rose, it was announced, would report Sep tember 10. ’Gene Ip not lonely ln his training. The person named Smith la to he found exploding the W. & D. pallet* about the same time. Carle- ton's training fancies are more ‘inclusive. He usually is to be found in a foursome, while 'Gene takes it out on some single partner. Entrants are filing their names with the club bulletin board for the Cotton States Tennis Championships, to he played the week of September 8 on the East Lake clay court**. Club members find that a convenient method of entering. Out of town contestants are sending their names to Carleton Y. Smith, 608 Walton Building. The list is grow ing daily. the one-time Cub has spent consid erable time cavorting around the hot corner and has his own convictions. Here’s the way Artie has it all doped out: “This third base, instead of being the hardest position in the Infield, In my opinion is the easiest. Figure how many batters ever reach first haw in a game. Still le** see second and by the time you get over to third, not many get that far. How many gam*? do you read of in which it says: ‘Only one man got as far as second?’ Not all of them, of course, but it hap pens most every day, in some league. "I guess I've seen a hunch of ball games in my time, and in lots of them the third baseman didn’t get hi6 hands on the hall but three or four times. There are mighty few ‘inside hitters’ in the game to-day, and whm they get all this stuff about third base being the hardest position on the in field is ‘by me.’ What about all those ugly hops the shortstop and second baseman have to handle, to say nothing of the low and wide heaves to first—and I ought to know be en use I have been in all those places mys.lf “The only time a third baseman la really In trouble Is when first and see. ond are occupied, with nobody down. That's something else again, for the batter Is almost certain to bunt. But If he ha. a smart pitcher and a clever first baseman there is a chance that all he has to do is stay on the bag and take the throw for a force play." UNIVERSITY DROPS FOOTBALL. Lancaster, pa., Aug 5... Having been notified that Susquehanna Univer sity, of Selinsgrove, has abandoned Its football schedule for the coming season, which Included a game In Lancaster on September 27. with Franklin and Mar shall College, the athletic authorities of the latter Institution have arranged for the Pennsylvania Military College, of Chester, to fill that date. FORSYTH TO-DAY AT 2:30 and 8:30 SVENGALI? Bond & Benton—Lewi* <t Dody Four Regal*—Joe Flynn Meredith Slaters—Claud* Golden Next Week: SAM MANN & CO MILWAUKEE, Aug jC.—Young Say lor, the Indianapolis lightweight, who has placed himself under the wing of Hay Bronson, Is most anxious to get a crack at either Freddie Welsh or Wil lie Ritchie, and has offered to take the i place of Welsh against the champion j at Vancouver Tin Labor Day. Saylor recently defeated Mickey Mc Intyre at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, giv ing away 10 pounds In weight He Is a fine young lightweight, having met moat of the stars of that class SEATS NOW SELLING LYRIC NEXT WEEK EMMA BUNTING “THE CIRCUS GIRL” Mitlnoe* Mon., Tuet., Thur*., & Sat. TO STAGE POLO TOURNEY. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. John B. Miller, chairman of the Pacific Coast section of the American Polo Association, plans to stage a world wide competition during the 1915 ex position in Ran Francisco. He hopes to construct a magnificent turf polo field within the grounds of the expo sition and invite England, India, Hawaii. Argentine Republic, Brazil and Australia, in addition to the American pololsts. BASEBALL -TO-DAY- Memphis vs. Atlanta Ponce de Leon Park, 3:30 i o'clock because Tettertne is scientifically to remote the CAU8K is well ss the Ice U u prepared Effect TETTERINE CURES SKIN DISEASES Jesse W. Scott. MiHedferllle, Ga., writes: I suffered with as eruption twe years and one box of Tetterlne cured me and two ef my friend*. It It worth Its weight In gold. Tetterlne cure* erseuia, tetter, ground Itch, erysipelas. Itching plies end other ailment* tiet It to-day Tettefln*- 90e at druggists, or by mall. SHUPfRINE CO. SAVANNAH. GA. 1 .-^.CATARRH < -WUFlrL'WM. 0F THE j BLADDER< Relieved In ; 24 Hours J Each Cap- . r enl9 bcar^ the (M10V) name av ^ Beware of counterfeits i