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*2 D TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1013. 1 COBB THIS 7 hree Crack. Local V/ielders of Racquet Who Will Struggle for the Cotton States Trophy Pelky May Be Getting In Bad’ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Lifts Ban to Box lack Johnson D ETROIT, Auk 30.—The famed Tv Cobb is noted foT being: mighty peculiar. Just now the re doubtable Tynrn Is trailing Joe Jack- son of the Naps crew for premier batting honors In the Johnson circuit. In this connection comes the follow- This is .T. K. Orr, Jr., who right now is playing at his V f| best. He is JJ sure to be a big M m factor in the it tourney at if ;W East Lake. * This is Carleton Smith, who is picked to win the “Cotton States.” He is considered one of the best tennis players in the South. fnf interesting story: Tyrii ryrtis Raymond Cobb Is no longer the confident chipper swat man that he was In mid-season. When Gen era] Jackson pushed his way to the batting le-ad and had not been shoved back to second place In June, Cobb told a baseball scribe: “Don't worry about me. I’ll head 'em all the same as usual. If Jackson hits 400, I’ll hit .401: If he hits .500. I ll hit .501. Just make a little bet on Tyrus Raymond Cobh to lead all the batters in the world this season the same ia al ways.** By W. W. Naughton. S AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—“I want It to be understood that I will never box a colored man. i Some time ago, when the promoters ! decided to discourage the making of mixed matches and contests were ar ranged to decide who was the white heavyweight champion, I thought It one of the best moves ever made in i pugilism. I am still of that way of thinking. I call mywelf the white j champion and feel that I have every right to do so, but if the public took ; the stand that I ought to accept matches with negroes, I’d be willing to drop out of the game entirely,” —Arthur Pelky. "I think he is right. Of course, I fought a negro when I met Jack Johnson, but if I had my time to go over again, he w'ould wait a long time for a match.”—Tommy Burns. In the words given above, White Champion Arthur Pelky made his dec laration of principle and Intention when he first arrived in San Fran cisco from the North, and in the ex act language accredited to him Tom my Burns accorded his protege moral support. ^T)W, both Burns and Pelky have experienced a change of heart. The former has given out that Pelky has been offered a match with Jack Johnson in Paris, and has fully made up his mind to accept, “if the terms are right.” In palliation of this double somer sault, Burns says that he Is satisfied that Johnson has reached a stage where any young husky can lick him. He adds that he feels he is duty bound to send Pelky after Johnson. “I lost the championship for the white race, and I think I ought to all in my power to recover it,” says Burns. A very commendable impulse. Tom my, old boy, but can’t you see that you are putting Arthur in a doubtful light? You say Johnson is easy to lick and you leave Pelky open to the suspicion that he barred Johnson be fore because he feared the big negro. All the time we were patting Pel ky on the back, thinking him ao- tuated by high-spirited, unselfish mo tives. Well, it looks a9 though there te to be a return to the old order of things. Pelky la not the only one who has proved recreant to the principles of the modern order of white hopes, for Gunboat Smith—through Jimmy Buckley—19 talking of fighting both Jack Johnson and Sam Langford. IJAYING shouted to the winds that 1 A the bars are down so far as he Is concerned, Mr. Pelky will scarcely be allowed to confine himself to half way measures. Having signified a willingness to meet Jack Johnson, he will have to extend similar courtesies to one Samuel Langford. Arthur might get around the dilem ma by announcing that Langford Is ineligible on the score that he is not “easy to lick.” but it is doubtful if Burns' protege would humiliate him self thusly. No, sir. If the John9on-Pelky fight took place and Pelky came out on top, Langford would be ready with his demand for a match and the pub lic would stand behind him. And even if nothing comes of the John son-Pelky proposition—and, to be truthful, I do not think anything will come of it—Pelky has left himself wide open so far as a challenge from Langford i6 concerned. Since he was willing to box one negro he can not very well refuse to box another. STEEN READY FOR WORK AGAIN. CLEVELAND, Aug. 30— Pitcher Bill Steen, who up to the time he broke his wrist, two months ago, was one of the Naps’ most consist ent winners. Is expected to resume his regular turn in the box some time next week. FRENCH RIFLE TEAM LANDS. NEW YORK. Aug. 30.—The French rifle team, which is to compete in the International tournament at Camp Perry, Ohio, during the early Septem ber, arrived here yesterday from Havre. There are thirteen marks men In the party. Jimmy Callahan Will Not Be Ousted to Make Room for New Leader. C HICAGO, Ang. SO.—President Charles A. Comletkey, of the White Sox, agrees that a man never Is too old to learn something. Some Information he acquired to-day was contained in a story from Boston that Chase and Lord hare gone after Jimmy Callahan’s Job as manager be cause Comlekey is dissatisfied with the Zelder-Chase trade as engineered by Callahan. 'There is absolutely nothing to It,” he said. “I am satisfied with every detail of that famous swap. There are no cliques on the White Sox team. Nobody Is after Calla han's job that I know of. “I want to say that there !v one thing, and only one thing, wrong with the White Sox. They are not hitting. That sums it up—tells the whole etory. Every ball team has a slump of some kind now and then. Ours is In the batting. “As for Callahan, he has done and Is doing everything possible to give the South Side a winning ball team. To say that he is about to be dis missed as manager is absurd. To say I am sore over the Chase trade is equally ridiculous. As a matter of fact, I gave Jimmy authority to mako any swap he wanted to for Chase, leaving the details to him.” HONOR DUKE KAHANAMOKU. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Aug. 30 — Before he sailed for Hawaii, the noted Duke Kahanamoku, holder of many world’s swimming records, was made a non-resident member of the Olympic Club. ■ ■ T>UT now the Georgian is singing a different tale and he's worrying because JaokHon keeps the lead. Also some one has kidded him into believ ing that the pitchers are framing It to make it easy for Jackson to beat him to the batting wire. When the Nationals were in this city Cobb approached Walter John son, the league’s premier hurler. and said: ‘'Say, Walter. Is it true that you’re pitching ’em In the groove to Jackson and saving all your stuff for me?" J OHNSON merely laughed at this ridiculous accusation and thought It a Joke until Cobb continued: “Well, It’s funny. I know I have to work my head ofT to get & hit against you and even' once In a while my rival for hatting honors cracks one against the fence. And it's the same with the other pitchers. They give me all their stuff and I And it hard to ke*»p going. I know I'm not popular with some of the players, hut I’d think the pitchers would think more of their own averages than to dish up easy balls for Jackson to hit.” Ed Carter Is shown here returning a volley. The popular rap- tain of the Athletic Club basketball team is go- in £ great puns these days. C OBB is plainly worried at his in ability to pass the Nap alugge” And his worries have been increased because the Detroit paper* every cou ple of days publish comparative | Standings, showing the Jackson and Cobb race for the hatting champion ship. Tv had confidently expected to be far ahead of Joe by this time, and his lead is getting on the nerves of ] the Georgian. Growing List in Tennis Tourney +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ -M-S- +•+ Local Cracks in ‘Cotton States’ Universal Definition Of ‘Amateur' Drafted International Athletic Federation De cides No Pecuniary Reward Must Be Accepted. Bpsclal Cable to The American. BERLIN, Aug. 30.—The convention sf the International Athletic Federa tion reached a critical stage here to day when the committee appointed to Craft a universal definition of .in Amateur turned in its report. The chief points of the rule is that an athlete who accepts pecuniary re ward, no matter how small, becomes g professional. Excepting track and field sports, amateurs and profes sionals may compete together for Con-money prizes if the rules in the Country In which the competition Is held so permit. Teachers, trainer* and coaches come under the head of professionals, although countries may fcxempt employees of the Government •f tieceasary. The selection of events for th* ftandardized track and field program Occupied much time. Different coun tries fought for the retention of the r favorite events. England demand d |hat there should be plenty of walk ing contests, while the Swedes, Nor- I kegians and Finns wanted the am- ! tidextrous items in th»* Javellr. shot putting and discus, and America in- | •i»ted on the standing Jumps. After a lengthy discussion, the com mittee in charge of this section of (he session finally agreed on a ten’a- tlve schedule. The standing Jumps tell by the wayside, and so did the Ambidextrous contests with the Jave- Hn, shot and discus. Only best hand Contests in these will be allowed. The •calks will be retained, and it was a rictorv for the United .States that th.? H-pound weight and 400-meter hur- flle race were inserted. The Germans knd Swedes termed the standing lumps “circus stunts.” \ T THEN play begins on the famous \\ clay courts at East Lake in the Cotton State* champion ships, staged here for the first time by the Atlanta Athletic Club, from 40 to 60 of the best known tennis players In the South will be In the opening round. From Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Knoxville, Montgomery, Birmingham and probably Louisville, contestants for the titles In singles and doubles will gather in Atlanta, and the tourney is expected to bring out a class of tennis never excelled In a Southern meet. The date, which is the latest ever set for a tennis tourney here, is ex pected to prove a pleasant and con venient one. The weather at that time of the early fall is peculiarly suitable to fast and hard tennis, and the innovation—due largely to the initiative of Carleton Y. Smith—Is welcomed as a change from the usual blazing heat of July and August tour neys. l*ocal cracks will occupy a large share of the spotlight. Nat Thornton, Bryan Grant, Ed Carter, Carleton Smith, J. K. Orr., Jr., Carl Ramspeok and others vr\V represent the known quantity in At lanta tennis, while the younger ele ment is certain to furnish some bril liant contestants, such as H. M. Ashe, Jr., Harry Hallman. William Math ews, RofT Sims. Jr„ and others. The entries are being received at the Atlanta Athletic Club, and are be ing sent by mall to Carleton Y. Smith, No. 608 Walton Building. Atlanta. Handsome trophies have been offered for the title-winners tn singles and doubles, and for the consolation frame. Browns' $3,500 'Find' Handed His Release BUNNEL TO PLAN WORLD TOUR. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.- Rich ard Bunnel. who has charge of th° arrangements of the world tour be tween the Giants and the White Sr,\. sailed yesterday for Japan to tom plete plans for the proposed route in the Far ST. LOUIS. Aug. 30.—Charley Flan agan, the “l^ajoie the second” of the Pacific Coast, W'hose release cost the Browns $3,500, has received his ten days’ notice. That means that unless the club management is able to sell his release to some other club Flana gan will be free at the end of the next ten days to sign with whatever club cares to take him, or re-enll»t In Un cle Sam’s navy. Flanagan was a tar aboard the good ship Iris. This cruiser was sta tioned at San Diego. Cal., and by a special agreement Charles played on the days when the San Diego (South ern California League) team wa* at home. He did not make the road trips with the club. He hit well in that company and Dick Cooley, manager of the club, sent broadcast notices of Fanagan’s great ability as a ball tosser. Hitting was his forte and he was hailed as “I^ajoie the second.” Cooley demand ed $4,000 for the player. The Browns needed hitters and were e ger to grab him. An option was asked to enable a scout to look ov r him. But Cooley insisted on an immediate deal, and finally accepted $3,500 tor the “Steamboat,” Subscribe Expenses For Olympic Teams NEW YORK, Aug. 80.—The New York A. C. has started & dollar sub scription list among its members. The money Is to be used as a sinking fund to defray the expenses of athletes to future Olympic games. Should any member care to con tribute more than the dollar requested in a circular sent out It will be highly acceptable. It is expected that in three years the Mercury Foot will have collected a fund of $20,000. The New York A. C. gave $10,000 to the Stockholm team. Captain Paul Pilgrim said yester day that If the Greeks sprung up w ith their Athenian festival the New York A. C. would send a team at Its own expense. Pilgrim is backed by M. P. Halpin, chairman of the athletic com mittee of the club. Several influen tial members are of the same mind as Pilgrim and Halpin. Eastern Boats Not To Compete for the Manhasset Trophy Friendly Relations Between Chicago and New York Yachtsmen In Danger of Being Severed. CHICAGO. Aug. 30.—Entries of three Eastern boats in the Manhasset Cup races, scheduled to begin here September 6, have been cancelled, it was announced to-day, and friendly relations between yachtsmen of Chi cago and Now' York are in danger of being severed. The cup was won last year in races on Long Island Sound by the Mlchl- cago, of the Chicago Yacht Club, and under the deed of gift it was speci fied that this club should defend the trophy this year. Commodore Heyworth received word last night from New York that the Eastern owners had decided not to participate in the races. BUYS PITCHER. CHICAGO. 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Therefore, when he signed to battle Joe Rivers on the Fourth of July, he forced “Mexican Joe" to have the match fought at 134 pounds. This enabled Ritchie to enter the ring with the fight "under hi9 belt." McFarland is confident he would be able to vanquish Ritchie if the weight for the whirl were 134 pounds. Pack ey believes he would prove too fast and clever for the champion. For the Household Delivered to your kitchen door, like groceries Budweiser 175,000,000 Bottles Yearly R JTCHIE probably will try to avoid a meeting with McFarland, as he knows that the latter has forgotten more about the boxing game than the average title chaser knows. McFar land has engaged in hundreds of bouts and has never sidestepped legitimate challenger, and the worst injuries he received were two black eyes. No boxer in the world can boast of such a record, not even Ritchie. That U why the coast fa vorite must give McFarland a bout if he i*»rstats in having his matches fought at 134 pounds. 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