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TTTE ATLANTA OEOROTAN AND NEWS HELP GIANTS If Mutt Loses To-day It Looks the Bastile for Him * * By “Bud” Fisher By -Tamos Clarkson. Despite the fart that hi* Jeff Tea- reau, a Riant of the Ozark Mountains before he became a New York Giant, has not been going any too well this season. Manager McGraw, the smart and brainy leader of the probable winners of the National League bunt ing, is pinning his faith in the big 1 wirier, whom he believes will ^prove one of the stars of the world's se rie.s during the coming fall. Tesreau Joined the New' York club in the fall of 1911. He was not given much w'ork that fall, but when the Giants went to Marlin to open their 1912 training season the big moun taineer war taken in charge by Wll berr Robinson, McGraw** chief ad viser and coacher of young pitchers, and before the camp waa three week.** old great things were predicted for Tesreau Before Joining the Giants. “Big Jeff*’ performed with the Shreve- port club in the Texas-Oklahoma League. He made good all of his advance noticea by pitching winning ball for McGraw all of last season In fort, It was Tesreau’s work, along with that of the famous Mathewson and Marquard, that piloted the New York machine safely over the National League goal. He won and lost, a game each during the 1913 cham pionship against the Boston Red Sox. his victory having been witnessed by a brother who had traveled all the wav from Seattle, Wash., to see him perform In a world series game. Tesreau Is a popular fellow among his fellow players, and his quaint humor and stories of bear hunts arid the like In the Ozark Mountains do much toward keeping McGraw’a men Jn a good humor when things on the diamond appear to be a little bad for them The big right-hander has the honor this season of leading the National League (lingers as to atrike-outs. He also leads the league In the issuance of passes, a record which he does not care about retaining. McGraw figures that with Tesreau pitching the kind of ball of which ho Is capable, and with Mathewnon and Marquard. to say nothing of Demaree, all In first-class shape, his New York Giants should experience little difficulty in grabbing the big end of the series with the PhiladephlA Athletics w'hen the two clubs battle for the world's championship In October. BOXING News of the Ring Game Turn Out for McNeil Benefit +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Dead Rider's Mother Needs Aid Frankie Bums, the claesy Jersey City bantam, will exchange wallops with Benny Chavez, the crack Trinidad boy. In a ten-round set-to at Denver to-mor row night. Both these boys have been fighting good of late and should put up an interesting mill. Jim Griffin, the ooaat referee has been selected to Judge the Willie Ritchie-Freddy Welch bout at Van rouver next month The rival scrap^ l»er8 agreed on Griffin yesterday • * » Young Shugrue. who la matched to box Jack Britton at New York on Sep tember 10. will take on Young Brown next week Brown is a tough light weight, having met such stars at I.each Cross. Tommy Murphy and “Knockout" Brown. He should give Shugrue a tough scrap for ten rounds • • • Toni Capon! and Jack Dillon are scheduled to clash In a ten-round en gagement at Winnipeg, Canada, on Sep tember 16 They have agreed to weigh ItfO pounds for a night fight. • • • Not so very long ago Arthur Pelky swore that he had retired from the lx>x ing game forever But he ('hanged his mind when he learned that the only other way he could earn a living was to work • • • Iijeach Cross has left Ix>a Angeles for Vancouver The “Fighting Dentist” wants to he on hand when Ritchie and Welch clash in the squared ring Cross was accompanied by his brother. Sammy Wallach • • • If Charlie White succeeds in defeat log Johnny Griffiths at Akron, Ohio, on Ijibor Day he will probably get a match with Tommy Murphy In Cofffmth’s arena at San Francisco. Nate Lewis, manager of White, writes from Chicago that he received'an offer from the coast promo ter last week • • • Tom O’Rourke says that A! Falser 1* the real works among the “white hopes “ Reason, because Palzer In bis last tight drew more gate money than cither Smith or Flynn * » t Billy Walters, who recently defeated Young Denny at New Orleans, signed articles yesterday to meet Eddie Flabby, brother to Jimmy Clabby, in a ten round mill at Hammond. Ind on Iaibor Day flabby is a big card in Hammond where be baa still to suffer his first defeat * • • Jeff O'Connell, the veteran feather weight. and Freddie FJnck are billed to meet In a ten-round go at Aurora. Dl., to-night O'Connell Is anxious to stop Knck. so as to get a return scrap with Matty McCue. BIG LEAGUE SCOUTS ARE AFTER EX-CLEMSON STAR E VERY motorcycle fan In Atlanta should be at the Motordrome Friday night. It will be a. bene fit performance, every cent above ex penses going to Jock McNeil's mother In Scotland. This same Jock McNeil, hero of many a thrilling race at the Saucer, time and again gladdened the hearts of his admirers by dare-devil riding before he was killed. And It Is up to those admirers to dig down in their pockets and see to it that Jock’s mother is given aid In thin great distress. Nobody Is going to be allowed within the wooden walls Friday night UnleflB they i«v to enter. The <»f fteials, the newspaper men and even the riders must “kick in.” Let’s make it a banner night. The program arranged is a “bear" and the riders promise to ride hs they never have ridden before. They will risk their own lives to help out a most worthy cause. Ho let the fans risk the price of admission. And. by the way. If you have a little extra change, take along a few friend* Her* is the complete card of eventa: First Event. First Heat Southern Championship (trial heats, one mile, final, two miles. First two men in each trial heat to qualify)—-Swart*. Graves. T^ewls and Glenn. Distance, one mile. Second Event. Second Heat Southern Champion ship—Richards. Luther, Lockner and Renel. Distance, one mile. Third Event. First Heat Special Match Race— Graves vs. Richards. Distance, one mile. Fourth Event. Final Southern Championship. Dis tance, two miles. Fifth Event. First Heat McNeil Sweepstakes to be scored by French point system— 10 points for winner, 0 for second and 3 for third)—Swartz, Luther, Lewis. Lockner, Renel and Glenn. Distance, two miles. Sixth Event. Second Heat Special Match Race— Graves vs. Richards. Distance, two miles. Seventh Event. Second Heat McNeil 8weep*t*kes— Swartz. Luther, I^ewls, Ix>ckner. Renel and Glenn. Distance, four mile*. Eighth Event. Third Heat Special Match Rare— Graves vs. Richards. Distance, three miles. Ninth Event. Third Heat McNeil Sweepstakes— Swartz, Luther, I/ewla, Lockner, Renel and Ginn. Distance, six miles. Johnson's Speed Beats Curves •{•••{• +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Often Tells What He'll Throw ROME. GA.. Aug 28 Big league scouts are looking over John Cochran, left fielder of the Rome baseball team, and it is probable that he will be drafted direct to the majors Cochran is declared to be a second Tv Cobb by his fellow-players In the Appalachian League. Tie holds the league record for home runs having knocked twenty this s*-a 8"n in one hundred games His batting average for the season to date is 397 Cochran is an old Clemaon College plac er. and played last year with Bessemer, in the Southeastern league COAST OWNER TURNS~DOWN $350,000 OFFER FOR CLUB SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 28 George K Burnham, who owns a part of the New York club, of the National league, was at the ball grounds to-day and of fered J Cal Ewing 1350.000 for the San Francisco club, its franchise, its grounds and its good will. Ewing laughed at the offer “I have beer offered as high as $400,- 000 for the San Francisco club." said Ewing, “and have refused It The club is making money in apite of its lowly Volition in the pennant race.” DODGERS SIGN COLI EGIAN. BROOKLYN. Aug. 28.—The Brook - Vn National League club to-day an- vounced that it had signed Fred 11 «Toss, captain, second baseman and hortstop of the Leland Stanford [’diversity team of California. Gross itte# "VG for his college year. Ho HU Import next month. By Bill Bailey. C HICAGO, Aug 2R.—Walter John son. marvel of the Senatorial pitching stafT, not only Is one of the greatest twlrlers who ever stepped on a slab, but he is a hurl ing freak. He Is the only pitcher I ever looked at who apparently didn’t care whether the batter knew what wan coming or not. There may be other twlrlers who tell the hatter in advance what is coming when they are so far ahead that it makes no difference, or so far behind that the gHmc is a Jok»\ but this Johnson does it right along He even does it when the game is close. He beat Jim Scott 2 to 1 last Sun clay on the South Side. It’s very true that Johnson had to possess much luck to get the verdict, which gave him his fourteenth straight win With two on and two out. Ping Bodie lost a fly ball In the sun and permit ted two runs to count. Those two runs gave the Senators the victory. But that isn't the burden of this story. This story is of Johnson aa a | pitcher, und it isn’t based upon that single game. Did you notice how he i pitched to Chase In the first round” Heady Work on Slab. Berger reached first becauqg of Morgan's error and went to second on Lord’s infield out. Chase trod to the plate. Now a base hit would have put Berger across and the Sox would have had a lead of one run. Mind you, this first game of the se ries was n fight for a run. Both man agers figured that one run would win. Chase knew very well that Johnson was going tq stick that first ball over the plate. And Chase knew Just as well that he was going to step Into It and drive it out for a base hit if * he could. Likewise, this Johnson pei*- 1 son out on the slab knew that Hal would step into it. Did he put it anywhere except over the plate? He did not If he had possessed a rifle of a bore that shot a baseball he couldn’t have put It nearer the center of the plate. "One strike" howled the umpire. The next ball was In the same place, and Hal swung again. “Two strikes,” howled the ump. Then Johnson pulled the unexpect ed. He started a curve hall for the plate and Hal swung It broke wide and the first sac^ fanned on a near wild pitcl* But the first two times that Chose swung he knew* exactly what was coming Yet he couldn't hit. Why? It wa«* the tremendous speed that the elongated twirier was using Didn’t Waste Any Balls. Johnson didn't give a base on balls during that game, and i f is doubtful if he wasted as many as half a do-en throughout ihe battle. You know what the average pitcher trie* If he has control he pitches inside or outside, he tries for the comers If he has the batter in the hole, he tempts him with pitches that the batt*r dare not l*t g-' by and which he can’t drive far If he connects. Johnson may do that occasionally, but In the majority of cases he puts tha< hall straight across. Did you happen to notice how he pitched to John Collins in the ninth? It would have been foolhardy for al most anv other twdrler In the business to have pitched as he did to Shano. With two gone. Bodie and Chappell singled and Schalk, who ran for Ping, was on second. Collins had been hit ting fairly well. This time he whipped the first ball pitched into the stands for a foul and a strike. The aecond likewise was a strike. Now. the ordinary twlrler would h*.ve kept the bail Inside or outside or high or low, as he ftgured th* weakness of the batter, because a base hit meant a run and a tied score. What did Johnson do? He put on a bit more steam and whipped the ball square across the plate and waist high. Collins swung and the game was over. “Kidded” Ping Bodie Out. I say there may be other twlrlers who don’t cafe whether the batter knows what la coming or not. But they are mighty scarce Bodie came up in the sixth. H had Just lost that fly ball In the sun and was feeling pretty bad, so John son began to “kid" him. "Here’s a good one,” said the Wash ington twirler. "One strike.” howded the ump. But Johnson had kept the faith. The ball was square across the plate. The only trouble was that It was a bit too fast. "Well, you didn’t hit that one. so I’ll give you another chance." laughed Johnson. "Two strikes," howled the ump. Yes, It was .straight across. The only trouble was that Ping's eye wasn’t quick enough to telegraph Ping's brain that it was time to swing that club. Yes. Ping struck out. But telling is quite a habit with this Johnson. He tells you what's coming, and it comes. The only trouble is that you are no better off than !f he handed you the "double cross." AUTO RACERS FINED. DALTON. Aug 28.—Seriously ob jecting to two automobile drivers us ing Hamilton street, Dalton’s main business thoroughfare, for a motor drome. Recorder Tarver yesterday ?ftemoon fined Dr. B. L. Kennedy and Jim Caylor $j each for indulging in a i^ce night beXer* ‘PERSONAL LIBERTY.” : s~\r R Glorious Constitution” G j'he sad Bookmaker said, “Ordains for each of us the right To grab his daily bread. All night I'm firin’ jockeys, And work all day the same, To pry the sucker from his rush— And here comes this reformer push And tries to crab my garnet" "Me, toot" the Fight Promoter Took up the woeful tale. “They're tryin’ hard to stop me From nailin' any kale,. I’m grabbin' easy money By matchin’ White Hope Jokes, An' then when some bone-headed plug Can't take o wallop (n the mug, They blame me when he croaks!" t • • IT 19 TO BE HOPED that the Powers that Be will now' take some steps to abolish the White Hope Parodies from the box fight map. Killing them off, even at the rate of two every three months, is a slow and unnecessarily harsh method • • • HAVING LOST $60,000 this sea son, Mrs Britton is willing to sell the St. Louie Cardinals for $500,- 000 Which gives rise to the ap palling thought of what a club 1* worth that makes $60,000. • • • OLD BILL NAUGHTON SAYS that the "something-ln-the-tea” ftory about the Jeffries-Johnson fight is "gaining credence," but ap parently those with whom It is gaining credence are keeping awful ly quiet about it. • • • PITCHER JOE LAKE, OF THE Tigers, has been sent to Minneapo lis. this being considered the largest single consignment of Ivory ever shipped to a minor league city. • * • “WHITE HOPES PLACE BOX ING IN JEOPARDY,” announce! a contemporary, which we consider a big news beat. If true. We never heard of any white hopes who got near enough to boxing to place it in Jeopardy or anywhere else. • • • BY WAY OF FURTHER demon strating that professional baseball Is a great sport, the Giants are claiming the deal by which Byrne and Camnitz go to Philadelphia was framed lip with the idea of beating them out of the pennant. • • • IF THE BIG LEAGUE CHIEFS keep on Insisting, year after year, that baseball Isn’t on the level, people will begin to believe them after a while. • • « PRESIDENT EBBETS IS NOW thinking about building: a bicycle track at Tvbbetg Field. It will be a coetly undertaking, but It will cer tainly call for a bear of a dedica tion trpeech. • • • when you figure on the amounts that W. J. Bryan draws to tbs gate, Owner Shlbe Is Justified In Insisting that Connie Mack looaen up and talk more than has been his wont. WAYCR0SS AND BRUNSWICK PLAY IN RECORD TIME H-ATCTtOSS. OA . Aug 21.—Way- cross and Brunswick teams of the Empire League yesterday morning played a nlne-lnnlng game in one hour anl nineteen minutes, breaking the league’s record and establishing what is believed to be a new record for Class D leagues. Hartner pitched for Brunswick and Clark for Waycross, the locals win ning 5 to l. McLaughlin was the umpire and he kept players on the Jump from start to finish. SPENCER WISHART SMASHES RECORDS ON ELGIN COURSE ET/3IN, ILL., Aug. 28.—All previous practice records for the Elgin Auto mobile Speedway were smashed dur ing the tuning-up for Friday and Sat urday’s races yesterday, when Spen cer Wishart in his Mercer was clocked on two successive laps at 6: 4C for the eight and a fraction miles speed way This gave him an average spe Q d of 78 miles per hour. Long Sets New Record for Runs +•+ +•+ +•+ +**9 +•+ Great Work Boosts Mark to .101 Y OU Just have to hand it to those Crackers. If you didn’t, they probably would run away with it, anyhow. Yesterday was field day at Ponce DeLeon, and the Crackers made a clean sweep of the field. They cap tured first place In every one of the five events, getting unto themselves, In addition to honor and glory ^nd the plaudits of a big crowd, sundry shoes and bats and silk shirts and umbrellas and like usuabies, offered by enterprising Atlanta merchants to stimulate competition with Bir mingham in the Grand Attendance Contest now waging fearfully be tween the two cities. Tommy Long was the Individual hero, winning the 100-yaru dash like a regular sprinter, and circling the bases in 14 seconds, only 2-5 of a second south of Hans Lobert’s fa mous mark, set in Cincinnati a num ber of year# ago. Our new outfielder, Mr. Nixon, showed a powerful whip, winging the pill In from deep center w’eli beyond the plate. The distance was too great to measure, but it looked not far from 400 feet. The record. 421 feet and a few Inches, 1* held by Sheldon Le- Jeune. Frank Manush also was a double prize winner, copping $5 for expedi tion in a sack race and a brace of silk shirts for enterprise in fungo hitting, walloping the ball nearly to the score board on the fly. A N old-established Southern League record went glimmer ing yesterday in the fifth in ning of the combat between the Tur tles and the Crackers. Tommy Long started the game with 98 runs to his credit Xor the season of 1913. The league record was 99 runs, scored by Gus Hill, of Naihvllle, in 1902. Tommy went right after the record. He doubled himself on in the domestic portion of the first inning and scored the record-tying run when Smith tripled. A lot of ball players might have stopped there, figuring on a dozen games more in which to break the record. But Tommy had other ideas. Beside*, the Crackers got to needing more runs right then. So in the fifth inning Tommy scored another run, rounding out his cen tury mark and breaking Mr. Hill’s record. Then in the seventh Tommy got up with Agler on the towpath and Just naturally kissed that old pill nearly to the edge of the visible universe. That was the third run, making 101 in all, and putting Tommy two ahead of the former record. And Tommy still has a dozen games In which to add other runs to the mark. RITCHIE AND WELSH SIGN FOR TITLE BOUT SEPT. 20 VANCOUVER, B C„ Aug. 2S —Ar- tides for the world’s lightweight championship bout l.ere between Wil li* Ritchie and Freddie Welsh Sep tember 20 were signed to-day. For feits will be posted to-morrow\ Jim Griffin, of San Francisco, will ref eree. Indiana Race Track Closed By Governor PORTER, IND., Aug 28.—Step* were taken to-day to dissolve the Mineral Springs Jockey Club, and announcement was made that there would be no fur ther attempt to hold raoes at the Min eral Springs track this year. Two com panies of state militiamen, ordered here by Governor Ralston to stop the racing because of alleged violation* of the In diana betting laws, were ordered to re main a few days longer, to make sure no attempt would be made to resume the racing program. Ben Hymen, track manager, speaking for the raclna association, said to-day that the stand taken by Governor Ral ston was "worse than anything ever pulled off in Mexico.” D00IN GIVES FREE REIN TO STRENGTHEN PHILLIES PHILADEJIaPHIA, Aug. 28.—Manager Dooln, of the Phillies, announces that he haa received word from the club owners that there is an almost unlimited amount of money at his disposal, for the purchase of playera Dooln Is to start Immediately In an effort to strengthen the Phillies. COCHRAN TRIUMPHS OVER EAST POINT IN TITLE GAME COCHRAN, QA., Aug. 2*.—Coch- ran, by winning two out of three games from East Point, claims the State championship among the ama- I teur baseball teams. In a fast game, ! the last of a series of three with the crack team from East Point was won j by Cochran, 4 to 3. The game throughout was replete with brilliant plays, darinr base run ning and fast fielding from the time the umpire called “play ball” until the last man w’as out in the ninth Inning. “ZIM” LOST; CUBS LEAVE FOR HOME WITHOUT STAR NEW YORK. Aug 28 As The Chicago Cubs were leaving here It developed to- dav that Heine Zimmerman, the famous third baseman, has been missing since Tuesday morning. Zimmerman was sus pended for three days because of a rum pus with the umpire at the Polo Grounds on Saturday, and some of the Chicago players seemed to think that he looked for this penalty so that he could get a vacation. In fact. It was asserted that Zimmerman had not treated Manager Evers with fairness Pure, Delicious, Refreshing C-# VOLS PURCHASE TWO. NASHVILLE. TEXX. 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