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10 TTTT 7 ATLANTA CEORfiTAN AND NEWS HELP GIANTS If Mutt Loses To-day It Looks the Bastile for Him * * 4 By “Bud” Fisher Bv .Tamos Clarkson. Dfieplt* th* fact that Mg JHT Te«- raati. a giant of the Ozark Mountains before he became a New York (riant, hns not been going any too well this season. Manager McGraw, the smart and brainy leader of the probable winners of the National League hunt ing Is pinning his faith In the big twdrier, whom he believes will prove one of the stars of the world's ae ries during the coming fall. Tesreaa Joined the New York club In the fall of 1911. Me was not given much work that fall, but when the Giants went to Marlin to open their 1912 training season the big moun taineer was taken In '-barge by Wil bert Robinson, McGraw’s chief ad viser and coacher of young pitchers, and before the camp was three weeks old great things were predicted f<»r 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 notices by pitching winning ball for McGraw all of last season. In fact, it was Tesreau’s work, along with that of the famous Matrtjewson 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 hy a brother who had traveled all the way 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 and j the like in the Ozark Mountains do much toward keeping McGraw’s men in a good humor when things on the diamond appear to be a little bad i for them The big right-hander has the honor j this season of leading the National | League flingers as to strike-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 hall of which | he is capable, and with Mathewson and Marquard. to say nothing of Deinaree, all In first-class shape, his New York Giants should experience little difficulty in grabbing the big end of the series with the PhJladephift Athletics when the two clubs battle for the world's championship In October. Turn Out for McNeil Benefit 4-»+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +• + Dead Rider's Mother Needs Aid BOXING News of the Ring Game Frankie Bums, the classy 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 pul up an interesting ntili. • • • Jim OrlfTln, the coast referee, has been selected to Itidge the Willie Kltchie-Freddy Welch bout at Van couver next month. The rival scraps pers agreed on Griffin yesterday. * * • Young Shugrue, who ts 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 Leach Cross, Tommy Murphy and ‘‘Knockout’’ Brown. He should give Shugrus a tough scrap for ten rounds • • • Not so very long ago Arthur Pellcy I swore that he had retired from the box ing game forever But he changed his mind when he learned that the only- other way he could earn a living was to work. • • • Toni Capon! and Jack DfTlon are scheduled to clash in a ten-round en gagement at Winnipeg, Canada, on Sep tember 16 They have agreed to weigh 160 pounds for a night fight. • * • I^each Cross has left Ix>s Angeles for Vancouver The ‘‘Fighting Dentist” wants to be on hand when Kltchie and Welch clash In the squared ring Cross 4 was accompanied by his brother, Sammy i Wallach. • • • Tf Charlie White succeeds In defeat ing Johnny 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, writea from Chicago that he received an offer from the coast promo ter last week. • • • • Tom O’Rourke says that A1 Pslzer Is the real works among the “white hopes ” Reason, because 1‘alzer in his last fight drew more gute money than either Smith or Flynn • • • Billy Walters, who recently defeated Young Denny at New Orleans, signed articles yesterday to meet Eddie Clabby, brother to Jimmy Clabby, in a ten-round mill at Hammond. Ind . on I*bor Day. Clabby Is a big card in Hammond where he has still to suffer hts first defeat. • • • Jeff O’Connell, the veteran feather weight. and Freddie Enck are billed to meet In a ten-round go at Aurora, Ill , to-nlght O'Connell Is anxious to stop Enck, so as to get a return scrap with Matty McCue. BIG LEAGUE SCOUT sTaRE 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 be was killed. And It Is up to those admirers to dig down in their pockets and Ree 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 riders promise to ride as they never have ridden before. They will r1*k their own lives to help out a most worthy cause. So let the fans risk the price of admission. And, by the way, If you have a little extra change, take along a few- friend*. Here .8 the complete card of events: First Event. First Heat Southern Championship (trial heats, one mile, final, two miles. First two men In each trial heat to qualify)—-Swartz, Graves, Iyewlg 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, 6 for second and 3 for third)—Swartz, Luther, Lewis, Lockner, Renel and Glenn. Distance, two mfles. Sixth Event. Second Heat Special Match Race— Graves vs Richards. Distance, two miles. Seventh Event. Second Heat McNeil Sweepstakes— Swartz. Luther, Lewis, Lockner, Renel and Glenn. Distance, four miles. Eighth Event. Third Heat Special Match Race— Graves vs. Richarda. Distance, three miles. Ninth Event. Third Heat McNeil Sweepstakes— Swartz, Luther, I^ewls, Lockner, Renel and Ginn. Distance, six miles. Johnson's Speed Beats Curves •j.»+ +•+ +•+. +•+ +•+ 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 Ty Cobb by his fellow-players In the I Appalachian League He holds the league record for home runs, having knocked twenty this sea son In one hundred games His batting average for the season to date Is 397. Cochran Is an old Clemson College play er, and played last year with Bessemer, in the South eastern league. COAST OWNER TURNS DOWN $350,000 OFFER FOR CLUB SAN FRANCISCO, Auk 28 — Georg* E 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 $350,000 for the San Francisco club, Its franchise, its grounds and its good will. Ewing laughed at the offer “I have been offered as high a a $4<v*. OO0 for the San Francisco club,” said Ewing, "and have refused It. The club is making money in spite of its lowly position in the pennant race ” DODGERS SIGN COLl EGIAN. BROOKLYN, Aug. 28.—The Brook lyn National League club to-day an nounced that it had signed Fred H. Cross, captain, second baseman and shortstop of the Leland Stanford University team of California. Gross batted. .396 for his college year. He ill report next month. By Bill Bailey. C HICAGO. Aug 28.—Walter John son. marvel of the Senatorial pitching staff, not only is one of the greatest twlrlers who ever stepped on a slab, but he is a hurl ing freak. . . t . He Is the only pitcher I ever looked at who apparently didn’t care whether the batter knew what wns coming or not. There may be other twlrlers who tell the batter in advance what is coming when they are so far ahead that it makes no difference, or so far behind that the game Is a Joke, 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 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 Bodle lost a fly ball in the sun and permit ted two runs to count. Those tw'O runs gave the Senators the victory. But that isn’t the burden of this story* This story Is of Johnson as a pitcher, and it isn’t based upon that single game Did you notice how he pitched to Chase In the first round? Heady Work on Slab. Berger reached first because 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 to stick that first ball over the plate. Anfl 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 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. It he had possessed a rifie 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 ball for the plate and Hal swung. It broke wide and the first sacker fanned on a near wild pitch. But the first two times that Chase swung he knew exactly what was coming. Yet he couldn't hit. Why? It was 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 dozen throughout the battle. You know what the average pitchef tries. If he has control he pitches Inside or outside, he tries for the corners. If he has the batter In the hole, he 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 coses 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 os he did to Shano. With two gone, Bodle and Chappell singled and Schulk, 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 second likewise was a strike. Now, the ordinary twirler would have kept the ball Inside or outside or high or low, as he figured the 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 twirler* who don’t care whether the batter knows what ts coming or not. But they are mighty scarce. Bodle came up in the sixth. He 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,” 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 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 w hat’s coming, and it comes. The only trouble Is that you are no better off than if 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 afternoon fined Dr. B L. Kennedy and Jim Caylor $5 each for Indulging in a race the night before. “PERSONAL LIBERTY.” « sy 1{ Glorious Constitution Cr The, sad Bookmaker said, “Ordains for each of us the right To grab his daily bread. All night I’m flarin’ 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, too!" the Fight Promoter Took up the woeful tale. “They're try in’ hard to stop me From nailin' any kale. Fm grabbin' easy money By matchin' White Hope Jokes, An' then when some bone-headed plug Can't take a wallop in the mug, They blame me when he croaks t“ • • • IT 18 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 18 willing to sell the 8t. Ivouls Cardinals for $500,- 000. Which gives rise to the ap palling thought of what & club la worth that makes $60,000. • • • OLD BILL NAUGHTON 8AY3 that the “somethlng-ln-the-tea” story about the Jeffrles-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,” announces a contemporary, which we consider a big news beat, if true. We never heard qf 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 GlantB are claiming the deal by w'hlch Byrne and Camnltz go to Philadelphia was framed up 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 Ebbets 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 W. J. Bryan draws to the gate, Owner Shlbe Is Justified In Insisting that Connie Mack loosen up and talk more than has been his wont. Long Sets New Record for Runs +•+ -!•••{• +•+ ■}•••!• +•+ QUITTER, SAYS Great Work Boosts Mark to .101 C HATTANOOGA. TE5NN.. Aug. 28. Harry Coveleskie, well-known In Southern League fandom as the star hurler of Kid Elberfeld’a Lookouts, is peeved at one William Prough, of the Barons. Wee Willie, Just at present, Is the only lad w’ho is leading the Pole in the race for the medal for the leading hurler of Pater Kavanaugh’s circuit, and the Hun openly charges that the elon gated Baron has held his lead by laying off during both series with the Atlanta Crackers. Just at present Prough has won 21 and lost 5 for a percentage of .805, while Covey has won 24 and lost 8 for an average of .760, but the Pole is of the opinion that Wee Willie kept his average from being 21 and 7 by dodging an engagement with the Smlthmen. The Barons lost two straight series to the Crackers, and the future Tiger doe« not believe that they would have fared any bet ter with the ex-Red on the mound. Local fanatics are pulling hard for Covey for the hurling trophy, as they considered him entitled to it He has pitchy In harder luck than any man In the league and among the eight games that are charged to him as lost is a no-hit affair with Char ley Case, which the Hun lost, 1 to 0. on errors. He lost two consecutive games when the Lookouts failed to ■core behind him In as many innings. And yet In spite of this he has hurled more innings than any man in the league, and still retains a wonderful average. A N old-establlehed 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 runs, 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 games 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 hap a dozen games In which to add other runs to the mark. RITCHIE AND WELSH SIGN FOR TITLE BOUT SEPT. 20 VANCOUVER, B. C„ An*. 28.—Ar- tides for the world’s lightweight championship boat 1 ere 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. WAYCR0SS AND BRUNSWICK PLAY IN RECORD TIME WAYCROSS, GA., Aug 28—Way- cross and Brunswick teams of the Empire League yesterday morning played a nine-inning game In one hour and nineteen minutes, breaking the league's record and establishing what Is believed to be a new record for Class I> leagues. Hartner pitched for Brunswick and Clark for Waycross, the locals win ning B to 1, McLaughlin was the umpire and he kept players on the Jump from start to finish. SPENCER WISHART SMASHES RECORDS ON ELGIN COURSE ELGIN, ILT., Aug. 28.—All 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 Wlshart 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 speed of 78 miles per hour. . VOLS PURCHASE TWO. NASHVILLE. VENN., Aug. 28 — The management of the Nashville baseball club has purchased Smith, a promising young oatcher f the Hop kinsville, Ky., club, and Snyder, a pitcher from the H«iderson, Ky„ club., COCHRAN TRIUMPHS OVER EAST POINT IN TITLE GAME COCHRAN, GA.. Aug. 28.—Coch- | ran. by winning two out of three games from East Point, claims the I State championship among the ama teur baseball teams. In a fast game, I the last of a series of three with the crack team from East Point was won 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 was out In the ninth Inning, j Pure, Delicious Refreshing “ZIM” LOST; CUBS LEAVE FOR HOME WITHOUT STAR NEW YORK, Aug 28.—As the Chicago Cubs were leaving here It developed to day 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 ths Polo Grounds on Saturday, and some of ths Chicago players seemed to think that hs 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 A Most Effective Treatment, j Quick in Results. Salt 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 tivity of the tine 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. Ask at any drug store for a bottle of S. S. S., and 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 In the blood with the same degree of certainty that Is found In all 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 ts marvelous. Out through every skin pore, acids. I 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 I Into the blood; the bowels, kidneys, bladder and all emunctories of the body I are marshaled Into a fighting force to j expel every vestige of impurities. Get a bottle of this famous remedy to-day. and if your case is stubborn or peculiar, write to The Swift Specific i Co., 1SS Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. 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 5 Cents a Bottle Everywhere Made by The Red Rock Company, Atlanta, Georgia > , » V Indiana Race Track Closed By Governor PORTER, IND., Aug 28.—Steps w r ere taken to-day to dissolve the Mineral Springs Jockey Club, and announcement was 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 violations of the In diana betting laws, were ordered to re main a few days longer, to make sure no attempt would be made to rssume ths 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 Mexloo.” D00IN GIVES FREE REIN TO STRENGTHEN PHILLIES PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28.—Manager Dooln, 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. Dooln Is to start immediately In an effort to strengthen the Phillies. < i t