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HELP GIANTS
If Mutt Loses To-day It Looks the Bastile for Him
By “Bud” Fisher
By James < ’larkson.
DespitP 1h<* fact that l>lK .la(T l>-“-
reau. a R ant <>r the O/.ark Mountain*
before he bn-mtif a Sev Vork i.iant.
has not been Rotnp any too well thl*
season. Mana*er Mf<;ra». the »nmrt
and brainy leader of the probable
vi inner* of the National l.eague
iiiR. is pinning hi* faith
twlrler, whom he believe
one of the stars of the
bunt-
the big
will prove
.orld's ae
ries during the coining fair
Tesreau Joined the New Vork elub
In the fall of 1911 He was not given
much work lhai fall, hoi when the
Itiants Weill to Marlin to open their
1912 training season the big moun
taineer was taken In barge by Wil
bert Robinson. McGrow's chief ad
viser and coacher of young plteher-
and before the camp was three weeks
old great thing- were predicted for
Tesreau Before joining I lie Giants.
"Big Jeff" performed with the Hhreve-
club in the Texaa-Oklahotnu
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League.
He made good all of his advance
notices by pitching winning ball for
McGraw of last season In Tact,
it was Tesreau’s work, along with
that of the famous Mathew urn 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 victorv 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
hi* fellow players, and his quaint
humor and stories of hear hunts and
the like In the Ozark Mountains do
much toward keeping McGrow’s men
In a good humor when tilings 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 flingeis as to strike-outs. He
also leads the league In the issuance
of parses, a record wnlch lie does
not care about retaining.
McGraw figures that with Tesreau
pitching the kind of ball of which
he is capable, and with Mathewson
and Marquard. to say nothing of
Demaree, all in (Irst-class shape, bis
New York Giant* should experience
little difficulty in grabbing the big
end of the series with the Philadephia
Athletics when the two clubs battle
for the world's championship in
October.
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Sports andSuch
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C/ The
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
E VERY motorcycle fan in Atlanta
should be at the Motordrome
Friday night. It will he a bene
fit performance, every r ent 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
Frankie Burns, the classy Jersey City
bantam, will exchange wallops with
Benny Chavez, the crack Trinidad boy.
in a ten-reund set-to at Denver to-mor- I
■ row night Both these boys have been
fighting good of la«e and should put up
an interesting mill
of bis 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 this great
distress.
Nobody is going to be allowed
within the wooden walls Friday night
unless they pay to enter. The of
ficials. 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 rider* promise
qualify)—Swartz, Graves. Lewis anc
Glenn Distance, one mile.
Second Event.
Second Heat Southern Champion
ship—Richard*, Luther. Lockner and
Renel. Distance, one mile.
Third Event.
Heat Special Match Race—
vs. Richards. Distance, one
PERSONAL LIBERTY.”
Glorious Constitution,”
sad Bookmaker said,
"Ordains for each of us the right
To grab his daily bread,
All night I'm fl.rin’ jockeys,
And work nil dug the same.
To pi n the sucker from his cash—
And lu re comes this reformer push
And tries lo nab mg game!"
If] HELD
Long Sets New Record for Runs
I *!-••!* •l**^ +•+ v*+ +• +
Great Work Boosts Mark to J01
Indiana Race Track
Closed By Governor
FI rst
Graves
mile.
to ride as they
never have ridden before. They will
riek their own lives to help out a
of
Jim Griffin, the coast referee, has. ,
beeti selected to Judge the Willie moHl worthy « mi. e.
Ritchle-Freddy Welch bout at Van- So let the fans risk th$* ;>rn e
rouve.r next month The rival scrap- I admission. And, by the way, If you J
per* agreed on Griffin yesterday. j have a little exlrH change, take along j
Young Shugrue. who Is matched to j
box Jack Britton at New York on Sep
tember 10, will take on Young Brown j
next week Brown is a tough light-
having met such stars at l.cr.oh (| , , heutB om . lnllp; two mil**
Cross, Tommy Murphy and Knockout 1 ;* 1 ' . * . % ot tll
Brown He should give Shugrue a Urst two men in eavh trial heat to
tough scrap for ten rounds _ . ...
few friends.
Here is the complete card of events:
First Event.
First Heat Southern Championship
Fourth Event.
Final Southern Championship. Dis
tance, two mlleH.
Fifth Event.
First Heat McNeil Sweepstake* to
be scored by French point system-—
10 points for winner. 6 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 Sweepstakes—
Swartz. Luther, Lew is, Lockner, Renel
and Glenn. Distance, four miles.
Eighth Event.
Third Heat Special Match Race—
Graves vs. Richards. Distance, three
miles.
Ninth Event.
Third Heat McNeil Sweepstakes—
Swartz. Luther, Lewis. Lockner.
Renel and Ginn. Distance, six mile*
Toni Caponi and Jack Dillon are
scheduled to clash in a ten-round en
gagement at Winnipeg. Canada, on Sep
tember 15 They have agreed to weigh
100 pounds for a night fight
yot so very long ago Arthur Pelky
•w'ore that he had retired from the box
ing game forevei But he changed bis
muni when he learned that the only
other way he could earn a living was to
work
Johnson’s Speed Beats Curves
• -1- +fv •!••+ +•+ •!••*>
Often Tells What He’ll Throw
“Me, too!” the Fight Promoter
Took up the woeful tale.
“Theg*re truin' hard to stop me
From nailin' any kale.
Vm grab bin' ratty money
liy matehin' W hite Hope Joke*.
An* then when some bone-headed
plug
Can't take a tea I lop in the mug.
They blame me when he croaks!”
A
IT IS 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. Louis Cardinals for $500,-
000. Which gives rise to the ap
palling thought of what a club la
worth that makes $00,000.
OLD BILL NAUGHTON SAYS
that the “something-in-the-tea”
. *ory about the JefYries-Johnson
fight is •gaining credence.” but ap
parently those with whom it is
gaining credence are keeping aw ful
ly quiet about it.
Y Ol’ 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
the plaudits of a big crowd, sundry
shoes and hats and silk shirts an 1
umbrellas and like usuables, 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-yar>. dash like
a regular sprinter, and circling the
bases in 14 seconds, only 2-5 of ii
second south of Hans Lobert’s fa
mous mark, set in Cincinnati a num
ber of years ago.
Our new’ outfielder, Mr. Nixon,
showed a powerful whip, winging the
pill in from deep center well beyond
the plate. The distance was too great
to measure, but it looked not far from
40ft feet. The record. 421 feet and a
few’ inches, is 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 siik
shirts for enterprise in fungo hitting,
walloping the ball nearly to the score*
board on the fly.
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 for the season of
1913.
The league record was 99 run a
scored by Gus Hill, of Nashville, 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
game* more in which to break the
record. But Tommy had other ideas.
Besides, 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 ha* 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. 28 —Ar-
tides for the world's lightweight
championship bout here between Wil
lie 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.
PORTER. IND., Aug. 28.—Steps were
taken to-day to dissolve the Mineral
t prings Jockey Club, and announcement
as made that there would be no fur
ther attempt to hold races 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 racing 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
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28.-Manager
Dooin, of the Phillies, announces that he
has received word from the club owners
that there is an almost unlimited
amount of money at his disposal, for
the purchase of players.
Dooin is to start immediately in an
effort to strengthen the Phillies.
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.
Leach Cross has 1* ft Los Angeles for
Vancouver The "Fighting Dentist”
wants to he on hand when Ritchie and
Welch clash in the squared ring Cross
w as accompanied by his brother. Sanun>
Wallach
If Charlie White succeeds in defeat
ir.g Jobnn\ Griffiths at Akron. Ohio, on
Labor Day he will probably get a match
with Tommy Murphy In Coffroth’s arena
at San Francisco. Nate Lewis, manager
of White, writSs from Chicago that he
received an offer from the coast promo
ter iast week
Tom O’Rourke says that Al Falser is
the real works among the "white
hops* ” Reason, because Palxer in his
last tight drew more gate money than
either Smith or Flynn
Billy Walters, who recently defeated
Young Denny at New Orleans, signed
articles yesterday t<» meet Eddie Clabhy.
brother,to Jimmy Clabby, in a ten-round
mill at Hammond, Ind . on labor Pay
Clabby is a big card In Hammond where
he has still to suffer his first defeat
Jeff O’OonreJJ. the veteran feather
weight. and Freddie Ruck are billed to
meet in u ten-round go at Aurora Ill .
to-night O’Connell is anxious to stop
EneV ao as to get a return scrap with
Matty McOue
BIG LEAGUE SCOUTS ARE
AFTER EX-CLEMSON STAR
ROME. CIA., Aug 28 Big league
scouts are looking over John Cochran
left fielder of the Rome baseball team,
and it 1r probable that be will be drafted
direct to the majors.
Cochran is declared to be a second
Ty Cobb by his fellow - placers in the >
AI’oalachian League
He bolds the league record for home |
runs, havii g knocked twenty this sea
son in ore hundred games His hatting .
average for the season to date is PM R a
Cochran is an old Clemson College play
ep. and played last year with Bessemer
in the Southeastern league
COAST OWNER TURNS DOWN
$350,000 OFFER FOR CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 28 George
E. Burnham who owns a part of the
New York club, of the National League
was at the Dali grounds to-da> and of
fered .1 Cal Ewing $350,000 for the San
Fran<*i*co club, its franchise, Its ground
and its good will. Ewing laughed at
the offer.
"1 have been offered as high as $40-.-
000 for the San Francisco club. 1 ' said
Ewing, "and have refused it The club
is making money in spite of its low Im
position in the pennant race.”
Bv Bill Bailey.
C HICAGO. Aug. 28.—Walter John
son. marvel of the Senatorial
pitching staff, not only is one
of the greatest twlrler* 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 was coming or
not There may be other twitlers
who tell the batter In advance what
is coming when they are so far ahead
that it makes no difference, or so fur
behind that the game is a joke, but
this Johnson does It right along He
, |oea U w hen the game la close
lie heat Jim Scott 2 to 1 last Sun
day 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 Hodie
lost a flv hall 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 ®tor\ is of Johnson as a
pitcher, and it l*n't bused upon that
single gain# Did you notice how he
pitched 10 Chase/in the first round '
He«dy Work on 9lab.
Berger reached first because of
Morgan * 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 *»f the se
ries was t fight for n run. Both man
agers figured that one run would win
Chase knew very well that Johnson
I was going to stick that first bull over
And Chase knew Just as
well that he was going to step into
it ami drive it out for a base hit if
he could. Likew ise, this Johnson per
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 ride
of a bore that shot a basebah 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 nmp.
Then Johnson pulled the unexpect
ed. tie started a curve ball for the
plate and Hal swung It broke wide
and the first sacker fanned on a near
wild pitch.
Hut the first two times that Chase
| the average pitcher tries. If he has
control he pitches Inside or outside,
he tries for the corners. If he has
the batter in the hole, le tempts him
with pitches that the batter dare not
let go by and which he can’t drive
far if he connects.
Johnson may do that occasionally,
but in the majority of cases he puts
that ball straight across
Did you happen to notice how he
pitched to John Collins in the ninth?
It would have been foolhardy for al
most any other twirler 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 feul and a strike. The second
likewise was a strike.
Now, the ordinary twlrler would
have kept the bail inside «*r outside
or high or low, as he figured the
weakness of 4he batter, because a
base hit meant a run and a tied
score. s’
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.
1 say there may he other twirlers
who don't care
knows what is
the> are mighty scare
Hodie came up in the sixth. He
had Just lost that tly ball In the sun
and was feeling pretty bad, so John
son began to “kla” him.
"Here's a good one.” said the Wash
ington twlrler.
"One strike." howled 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 thul 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 if he handed you the
"double cross.”
"WHITE HOPES PLACE BOX
ING IN JEOPARDY,” announces a
contemporary, which we consider
a big new s 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 Oamnltz go to Philadelphia
was framed up with the idea of
beating them oyt 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 Fbbets Field. It will be a
costly undertaking, but it will cer
tainly call for a bear of a dedica
tion speech.
WHEN YOU FIGURE ON THE
amounts that VY. .1 Bryan draws to
the gate. Owner Shibe is justified
in insisting that Connie Mack
loosen up and talk more than has
been his wot*.
the but..-,- WAYCROSS AND BRUNSWICK
ming or not. But ... ...
PLAY IN RECORD TIME
DRINK
COCHRAN TRIUMPHS OVER
EAST POINT IN TITLE GAME
COCHRAN, GA.. Aug. 28.—Coch
ran. by winning tw’o out of three
games from Fast Point, claims the
State championship among the ama
teur baseball teams. In a fast game, j
the last of a series of three with th - |
crack team from Fast Point was won j
by Cochran, 4 to 3.
The game throughout was replete
Pure, Delicious,
Refreshing
with brilliant plays, darinr base run- I
ning and fast fielding from the time I
the umpire called "play ball" until tho J
last man was 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
To Cure Salt Rheum
and Scaly Skin
WAYCROSS. GA , Auk 28 —Way-
cross and Brunswick teams of the
Umpire League yesterday mornliiK
played a nine-lnnlnK game in one
hour an 1 nineteen minutes. hret.Vlnsr
the leaKueN record and establishing
«hat 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 1 McLaughlin was the
umpire and he kept players on the
Jump from start to finish
Most Effective Treatment, ||
Quick in Results.
DODGERS SIGN COUEGIAN. swum: he kn,» exactly wnat was
BROOKLYN. Aug The Brook- coming Yei he > ouldn't hit. Why"
lyn National League dub to-dav an- I It was the tremendous speed that the
nounoed that It had signed fieri H elongated twirler »a> using.
Crons, captain. s.-,,.n,i baseman and , D'dnt Waste Any Balls,
shortstop of the Lsland Stanford ! Johnson didn't give a bass on balls : drome. Recorder Tarver yesterday
Tniversitv :eain «-f California 'in. during that game, and i is doubtful afternoon fined Dt B. L Kennedy and
tied .39fi for his college par. 11, ! if he wasted a.* many as half a dozen j Jim Ca> an $*» each for indulging in .1
report next month. I throughout the battle. You know what lave the night before.
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-
SPENCER WISHART SMASHES
RECORDS ON ELGIN COURSE
EIXHN, II.L Aug. 2S Ml previous
practice records for the Elgin Auto
mobile Speedway were smashed dur
ing the tunlng-up for Friday and Sat
urday's races yesterday, when Spen
cer Wishart in his Mercer was clocked
on two successive laps at 6:4^ for the
eight and a fraction miles speed
way This gave him an average spe?d
of 7S miles per hour.
VOLS PURCHASE TWO.
NASHVILLE, "iXN At 18
The management of the Nashville
baseball club has purchased Smith, a
promts ng voting catcher f the Hop
kinsville. K\ club, and Snyder.
1 pitcher from the Henderson, Ky., club.
Sait rheum. scaly skin and other
itching skin afflictions may be soothed
by frequent applications of witch hazel.
But the cure must come from the ac-
tivit} of the fine network of blood
vessels that make up the skin forma
tion You should use S. S. S. for the
blood. This splendid remedy Is a mar
vel for salt rheum, eczema, lupus, pso
riasis and scrofula -\sk at any drug
store for ,a bottle of S. S. S., ami you
are on the road to health. The
action of this remarkable remedy is
direct, positive, certain in its influence.
It is one of those rare medical forces
which act tn the Wood with the same
degree of certainty that is found in ail
natural tendencies The matter in
which it dominates and controls the
mysterious transference of the rich,
red. pure arterial blood for the im
paired blood la marvelous.
Out through every skin pore, acids. .
germs and other blood impurities are |
forced in the form of invisible vapor.
The lungs breathe it out. the liver is
stimulated to consume a great propor
tion of impurities, the stomach and in-
testines cease to convey harmful germs
into the blood; the bowels, kidneys,
bladder and all emunctories of the body |
are marshaled Into a fighting force to
expel ever> vestige of impurities.
Get a bottle of this famous remedy
to-day. and if your case is stubborn!
pet ••liar, write to The bw if; Specific
At the Ball Game, Motordrome and All
STORES AND STANDS
Keep it in the ice box at home,
the family will enjoy it.
NAME IS ON THE CROWN
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\ Made by
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