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7 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. SOME SEPTEMBER MOURNS By Tad Copyright, 1913, International News Service. SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Graft for Ball Stars Near End May Eliminate Player-Scribe J. Conzelman Is Air-Tight, While J. Pluvius Fails to Hit in Pinches CRACKERS WIN TWICE, BUT GAIN ONLV HALF A LAP By 0. B. Keeler. W HOEVER had that seven-in ning hunch deserves a fair slice of credit for the two ball games the Crackers wrenched forcibly away from the dejected Peli cans yesterday. The scores don’t indicate closeness. 6 to o and 6 to 2. But In addition to the Pelicans, who weren’t particularly tough, there was J. Pluvius. And Jupe always is a tough cus tomer. especially for the Crackers. It was the seven-inning hunch that enabled Bill Smith’s help to slip it to the opposition and J. Pluvius at the same time, thereby demonstrat ing the advantage of pickling two Pelicans with one dornlck, as set forth In musty adage. * * * S O far as the opening combat is concerned, the flowers go to Mr. Joe Conzelman by acclamation, of words to that effect. Joe was right, and there was noth ing else to It. The Pelicans amassed one hit and a base on balls off Joe in seven Innings, the rest of the at tacking side of the box score being computed in virgin ciphers. It was Lefty Wilson who got the hit, too. which would ordinarily be considered adding insult to batting average. • • • W ELCHONCE and Nixon led the boarders in their attack on the lunch counter, each getting a pair of hits, one of each brace being checked to second. Nixon also distinguished himself for bravery on the field of battle by stopping a foul with hi9 face, the ball glancing from his bat to the plate and bounding up vicious ly. The plucky little outfielder'was laid out. but resumed play after some emergency treatment and later beat out a pretty bunt and made a couple of neat catches. How to Get Rid of Eczema of the Cinci variety. A dozen hits in nine games will give Harry the mark. Tommy Long boosted the total runs mark a couple more, and now stands spectacularly at 103. • * • IVTNG the enemy his due. we de- sire to mention a grand running catch by Kyle of a long drive from Bisland’s bat toward the fence In left center. Kyle went racing over, stuck out his gloved hand, and froze the ball by the narrowest of human margins. The Pels also consented to allow Manush to run for Harry Welchonce after he got a hit in the third inning of the first game. This was not the customary relief that takes a player out of the game, but a matter of courtesy by the enemy that permitted Harry to return and punch out a disastrous double In the later rounds. Thanks, enemy. We reciprocated later, letting Mr. Stevenson pedal for Yantz wheln It looked as if the Pels might break it up on Price in the second game. Vive Sportsmanship! A has Piking. * • • D AILY feature: Mobile won. Special feature: Mobile lost half a lap, at that. Cheering prospect: Coveleskle. you bruise your hand, you will ce that a scab forms, and when it , off new skin has formed. Did e do it? No! Skin is the «ame nuecle, bone, sinew, ligament. All made from the blood, from the eiiale that your stomach and in- lnes convert from food into what •all blood. And this blood circulates he myriad of tiny blood vessels he skin Start from your stomach, re blood materials begin, and it ’t be long before you are free of .mo. Use S S. S for a short » and not only will eczema dis ear. but the entire blood will be •wefl. hifl-e Is one Ingredient In S. 8. 8. ch serves the active purpose of mlatlng each cellular part of the y to the healthy, Judicious selec- of Its own essential nutriment, t Is why it regenerates the blood ply; why it has such a tremendous mnce in overcoming eczema, rash, pies end all skin afflictions et a. bottle of S. S S. at any drug e and you will not only feel bright ’energetic, but you will be the nre of new life. S. 8 S. is pre- >d only in the laboratory of The ft Specific Co.. 189 Swift Bldg.. At- a Ga. Beware of any attempt I: you soaieihinii junt iiood. IT was In the second game, how- * ever, that Nixon flashed the brightest ray he has emitted thus far. With two Pels on the way, the pow erful Kyle walloped a terrific drive to the foot of the Bull sign. The two Pels counted, of course, but Nixon, after a fine sprint to the Red Mourf- taln, shot that pill, low, fast and on the first hop, straight Into Holland's hands at third, and only a wild slide, aided by Umps Pfenninger, saved Kyle's life. The throw, for distance, speed and accuracy, hasn’t been equaled at Ponce DeLeon this season. • * • H AVING wrapped up the first game with neatness and dispatch, the Crackers stalled out to make it two straight and gain half a lap on the Gulls, who couldn’t win more than one, because that was all they were playing. * Gil Price was opposed to Peddy, and It was all over but the rain In the second round. Five hits, notably a double by Welchonce and a regular triple to the score board by Honest Joe Dunn, cleaned up five runs. Then Wally Smith, whose single scored the last of the five, saw that iiu.sk and drlzzle # were closing In ind got himself nipped off first, as fol- lows: Green to Yantz to Kraft to McDow- ell to Kraft to Erwin to Peddy to Er win to Kraft. • „ That Is all, except to add that Wally got back to first once during the chase, set off for second again, and finally fell on one ear from exhaus tion and was tagged on the left ankle, which was entangled In Kraft’s collar. * * - T HE Crackers had a hard time gat ing out fast enough in the do mestic section of the fourth, Dunn and Price getting singles in spite of themselves, and the Pels staged a smail flurry in the first of the legiti mizing round, tapping Price for two safeties before succumbing. * * * T 3TTING up the achievements of our various record-busting he- I roes, we find Mr. Welchonce cutting down the .ead of the Season’s Hit I Record from fourteen to eleven, by two regular punches and one fluker BASEBALL SUMMARY -SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Saturday. New Orleans at Atlanta (two games). First game called at 2; 16 o'clock. Mobile at Chattanooga. Montgomery at Birmingham. Memphis at Nashyille. Stancilna of the Clubs. W L Pc j W. L. Pc. Mobile. 80 50 .616 Chatt. .. 04 61 .612 Atlanta 74 65 .574 M’mphls 62 66 .484 Mont ... 60 59 .528 N’vllle. 56 74 .426 B’h&m.. 67 63 .515 i New O.. 41 81 .336 Friday's Results. Atlanta, 6-6; New Orleans. 0-2. Mobile, 6; Chattanooga, 0. Memphis. 6; Nashville, 5. Birmingham, 3; Montgomery, 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Saturday. Columbus at Albany. Savannah at Charleston. Macon at Jacksonville. Standing of the Club! W. L. Pet J W L. Pet. Sav’nah 33 24 .579 Albany 20 30 .464 .I'ville . 31 26 .544 l Ch’ston. 25 29 .463 Col’bus.. 30 26 .536 Macon.. 22 32 407 Friday’s Results. Jacksonville. 2; Macon. 1. Albany. 2; Columbus, 1. Charleston, 2; Savannah, 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Saturday. Boston at Brooklyn. New York at Philadelphia. Chicago at Pittsburg St. Louis at Cincinnati. Sending of the Clubs. W L. Pc 1 W. L. Pc. B’klyn 52 64 .448 Boston.. 50 66 .431 Cin nati 49 76 .392 St. L... . 45 77 .369 New y. 82 38 .*.83 Phila.... 69 45 .605 Chicago 66 55 .546 P'burg. 63 55 .534 Friday’s Resul 1 *. Chicago 6; Pittsburg. 1. St. I»uis. 3; Cincinnati, 2. Philadelphia, 3; New York, 2. AMERICAN, LEAGUE. i Games Saturday. Cleveland at St. Louis. Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. Standing of the Clubs. W L. Pc. W L. Pc. Phila... 81 39 .675 Boston. 69 69 .600 Ci land 73 49 .699 Detroit 52 71 .423 Wash... 67 62 .663 St L... 48 79 .378 Chicago 65 69 .524 , New Y.. 40 77 .342 Friday’s Results. Cleveland, 3; St. Louis, 0. Other games postponed; rain. OTHER RESULTS. American Association. Minneapolis, 3; St. Paul, 2 Columbus. 5; Louisville. 4 Indianapolis, 8; Toledo, 2. Milwaukee, 10; Kansas City, 3. Carolina Association. Asheville, 4; Raleigh, 4. Durham, 7; Greensboro, 2. Other games postponed. International League, Toronto, 7-2; Baltimore, 6-8. Newark, 2-5; Buffalo, 0-8 Montreal, 7; Jersey City, 3. Rochester, 2; Providence, 1. Appalachian League. Johnson City. 3-3; Bristol, 1-0. Knoxville, 3; Middlesboro, 2 Morristown, 5; Rome. 0. Virginia League. Norfolk, 4, Petersburg. 3. Newport News, 7; Portsmouth, 3 Richmond-Roanoke, rain. Federal League. . Indianapolis. 11; Pittsburg. 5. Cleveland, 3; St. Louis, 3. Kansas City, 6; Chicago, 1. Texas League. Houston, 4; Galveston, 1. Austin. 5; Waco, 3. San Antonio. 6; Beaumont, 4 Dallas, 5; Fort Worth, 1. CLASS TO-DAl O UR tall and lanky friend, Slim Love, may get a chance to break into the iron man class in the double bill with the wretched Pelicans this afternoon. Manager Smith said this morning that he was uncertain as to his pitch ing lay-out for the pair of seven-in ning games to-day, as Elliott Dent needed a little more rest, as Bill saw' it, before starting up against the Gulls in the final drive next week. Bill said he was going to start Love in the first game, and if the long boy got along well and felt like it, he probably would let him go right back at the Pels In the afterpiece. For the Pelicans, Glavenich and "Dixie” Walker are slated to oper ate. As the situation now' stands, it looks as If the Crackers will have to take four more games from the Pels to stay. In the running. If Mobile gets as good as an even break In Chatta nooga. And the Gulls took the jump game there yesterday. A whale of a crowd is expected to day and for the two games I^abor Day, one of which will be a morning game, at 10:30 o’clock, the other being played on the regular afternoon schedule. G' BURNS HELD TO DRAW. DENVER, COLO., Aug. 30.—Benny Chavez, the Mexican. and Frankie Bums of Jersey City, went ten fast rounds here to a draw last night. Friday's Games First Game. New Orleans ab. McKillen. If. ..3 Erwin, ss 3 McDowell, 2b. .3 Kraft, lb 2 Hendryx, 3b. ..2 Kyle, cf 2 Green, rt 2 Adams, c 2 Wilson, p 2 Totals . Atlanta Agler, lb. Long. If Welchonce, cf. Smith, 2b. . Bisland, ss. . . . Holland, 3b. . Nixon, rf Chapman, c. .. Conzelman. p. . .21 ab. .. .3 .2 3 .4 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2 H. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 h. 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 ft 4 1 4 0 2 0 18 po. 9 1 1 0 1 0 t 9 21 10 Totals 24 Score by Innings: New' Orleans 000 000 0—0 Atlanta 001 103 x—6 Summary': Two-base hits—Nixon, Agler, Welchonce. Double play— Bisland to Agler. Struck out—By Wilson 2. by Conzelman 6. Bases on balls—Off Wilson 5, off Conzelman 1. Sacrifice hits—Long. Conzelman. Time—1: 45. Umpires—Pfenninger and Rudderham. N. Orleans. McKillen, If. Erwdn, ss. . . McDowell. 2b. Kraft. 1b. . . Hendryx, 3b.. Kyle. cf. . . . Green, rf. . . Yantz, Second Game. ab. 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 Peddy, p. . . . 2 Totals . Atlanta. Agler, lb. Long, if. . Welchonce. Smith, 2b. Bisland. ss. Holland. 3b. Nixon, rf. . Dunn, c. . . Price, p. . cf. .21 ab. . 2 . 2 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 2 ! 2 . 2 .17 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 h. 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 po. 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 12 po. 6 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 15 0 4 1 3 4 0 0 2 3 17 a. 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 RAFT for the ball players in “writing” articles for papers around the circuits, especially being featured during the world’s se ries. is to be wdped out by the Na tional Commission. Letters received from B. B. Johnson, president of the American League, and T. J. Lynch,! president of the National League, bring out this Information. While nothing definite has been ruled by either the National Commis sion or Johnson or Lynch, as heads of their league’s or members of the National Commission, tne two high moguls state that steps will be taken to do away with the evil w'hich has brought rounds of criticism from rival players, managers, magnates and even the scribes. Reading between the lines of Presi dent Johnson’s letter there are two ways in which the player will have to retire from the field of journalism. First: The National Commission may rule prohibiting the athlete from allowing their names to be used on articles not written by themselves. Second: .The league presidents will suggest to the magnates of the con testing clubs preventing the players from encroaching upon the field of the legitimate scribes. The first step to eliminate the play er-scribe came last winter w'hen it was exposed that the players did not write their articles. The names of the real authors and the players w'ero brought before President Johnson, and he Immediately sent out a warn ing in his league. Johnson’s Command Obeyed. President Johnson's command was obeyed and every American League player had to refrain from “writing.” At that time Frank Chance intended to join the field of “writers,” but when he signed up with the Yankees he was forced to withdraw. And President Lynch, too. fought against the player-scribe. However, Manager McGraw, of the Giants; Christy Mathewson and a few other continue collecting from syndicates, , [although they do not write their ow« 0 stories. That It is foolish to allow the player to become a scribe is gleaned from the following paragraph, which appeared in McGraw’s story this week: Men who have been considered steady veterans have gone all off their normal form. Barry was taken out of the game last week because he was going bad ly, and Barry was considered to be one of the infield mainstays. “Connie” Mack put Oldring, a regular outfielder for the last several seasons, at shortstop, and he seems to be handling the job jn pretty good shape. The crack ing of his veterans is what wor ries a manager. McGraw says that Barry wa? benched because he fell off in his playing, when the truth is that Barry was badly Injured in a series wdth I the Naps two weeks ago, and whs 0 j so badly crippled that he could not Letters From the Two High Bosses? Sporting Editor The Atlanta Georgian and News: The eoinmls- mission has taken no formal ac tion In regard to players writing for the papers. As president of the American League I have taken the ,subject up with our club owners, and insisted that this practice be stopped. The commission is wait ing on Joe Jackson, the president of the Baseball Writers’ Associa tion He promised to write Chair man Herrmann on this matter and request that some action be taken. It is our purpose, however, to "stamp out” the evil, and some thing will be done at the next meeting of the commission. Sin cerely yours, B. B. JOHNSON. • • • Sporting Editor The Atlanta Georgian and News: There is no question but what the commission, at its meeting to arrange for the world’s series, will take up the question of ball players writing for the newspapers and covering this series. I am not prepared to say just what action will be tAken by the commission to put ?t stop to this practice, but the commission is unanimous in its opinion that such articles should be handled by the newspaper scribes them selves. Yours truly, T. J. LYNCH, championship club tp a fifth place one. Commission Is Supreme. The National Commission is com posed of Messrs. Johnson. Lynch and Herrmann, and is the supreme court of baseball. What they say goes. And If Mr. B. B. Johnson writes that “It is our purpose to stamp out the evil” then the players’ graft of be coming scribes is at an end. Cross May Act as Substitute for Welsh Against Champion VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug 30—Unable to get .Pollock, mana ger for Welsh, down to businees regard ing the arrangements for the fight scheduled for September 20. Hugh Springer, head of the local fight syndi cate, to-day notified the English cham pion that the promoters now proposed to open negotiations with Leach Crosa w'hen the "fighting dentist’’ comes to town to-morrow, and put him in as an opponent for Ritchie, Instead of Welsh. This threat had the effect of the re ceipt of an Immediate understanding by Springer from both Pollock and Welsh That they would appear Saturday morn ing at any place designated and post their forfeits. Springer accordingly gave them until Saturday noon. Welsh seemed to be able to convince Springer that he was getting in good ahape and would have no complaint three weeks from to-day that he was not ready to fight. WILLARD HEARING CARRIED OVER UNTIL NEXT MONDAY LOS ANGELES. Aug 30 —After hear ing the testimony of three witnesses in the preliminary examination of Jess Willard. Promoter T J. 'McCarey, and ten others who "participated” in the fight nt Vernon, In which ' Bull” Young was Killed, the hearing was continued until next Tuesday. MRS STALLINGS DEAD. BUFFALO. N Y., Aug. 30— Mrs. George T. Stallings, wife of the man ager of the Boston National baseball team, is dead at a local hospital here after a long Illness. ENGLISH GOLFERS WIN. KENOSHA. WIS.. Aug. 30.—Vardon and Ray, the English golfers, defeated the pick of American players of Wis consin on the Kenosha Country Club links. White May Referee Palzer-Moran Scrap NEW YORK, Aug 30.—Frank Moran and A1 PaJzer, heavyweights, to-day stopped quibbling over the selection of a referee for their bout here Wednesday night. A slate of three names was made by the managers of the men who would be suitable as referees. Those men are Billy Joh, Billy Roche and Charley White. Final selection of a referee will be made from that list, with the chances favoring White. BASEBALL =TO-DAY — CUBS VS. PERU. LA SALLE, ILL. Aug. 30.—ASU canceling the exhibition game at Ivru for September 4. Owner Murphy, of the Chicago Cubs, decided to give a ^ime there on September 13. Totals Score by Innings: New Orleans 002 00—2 Atlanta . 150 Ox—6 Summary: Two-base hits—Erwin, Welchonce. Three-base hits--Dunn. Kyle. KtTUck out—By Price, 3; by es on balls—Off Price, Sacrifice hit—Wel chonce. Stolen bases Nixonfi Agler, Long (2). Pfiassed balls—Dunn. Yantz i Time 1 hou-. Umpires- Rudderham *und Pfennig,jrg t it-'ty V Bases 0; off iJ-d«|y. 1. get beck In the game. Imagine Mack benching Jack Barrv w’hen he is physically fit to parade around short and use Oldring in that position! Matty’s Story Caused Trouble. In the 1911 world’s series, an article "written " by Mathewson “called' Alarqunrd for pitching a certain kind of a ball to Frank Baker, who got a home run that won the game. Then, on the next day, Mathew’son pitched, and Baker also found "Big Six” for a home run. These stories, according to reports in the East, caused trouble in the ranks of the Giants*, and aided in their defeat by tho Athletics. Then last fall, the Red Sox, ap pearing in the world’s series, had sev eral members “writing" articles. The scribes did not wpigh their words, but had one flayer attacking the other for this or that play, with the result that several scraps were held in the clubhouse after a game. Reports, too, went the rounds tha* the Red Sox players resented the stories “written,” and caused a dis turbance that the players were nag ging epntinually this spring, and re fused to aid the team play, which brought them down from a world'* New Orleans vs. Atlanta Double-Header o’clock FORSYTH I° 0 D . A nL^ SVENGALI? Bond A Benton—Lewis A Dody Four Regats—Joe Flynn Meredith Sisters—Claude Golden Week: SAM MANN & CO. 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