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Predicted on April 17 That Cobb
Would Join the New
York Club.
By W. S. Farnsworth.
A S it is a habit with sporting
writers in the South to come
out with a big: story whenever
their prediction* come true, we cheer
fully wish to announce that we were
first to predict that Ty Cobb would
become a Yankee.
We printed in The Georgian on
April 17 the following story:
Ty Cobb i» going to wear New
York American League spangles.
On the face of matters, it
doesn't listen good, but about
three months ago Ban Johnson,
high muck-a-muck of the Ameri
can League, dropped off In this
burg for a couple of hours. B.
B. J. came down to this neck of
the woods to look over an island
off the Savannah coast. He and
C. Comlakey, White Sox franchise
possessor, wanted said isle to fish
and hunt on.
Yours truly paid Mr. Johnson
a call at the Piedmont Hotel.
The topic of interest in b. b. cir
cles at the time was the report
that Francois Chance wav to affix
his J. Hancock to a Now York
contract. I asked Ban about it.
“Cinch the Yankees will get
Chance. I fixed the thing all up
myself.” So spoketh B. Byron.
And his chest swelled a couple of
inches ns he spoke the “I.”
“Farrell is going to have a win
ner, too,” added the $25,000 per
president. “I believe he will have
the greatest player In the world
with him if a deal that is pending
goe?« through.”
I was inquisitive, but Ban would
go no further. And trying to get
a bit of new s out of him w hen he
doesn’t care to give it is like try
ing to tear your teeth through
an Athens steak.
But right now everything points
Cobb’s way.
The American League simply
has got to get a team In New
York that can compete with the
Giants. Gotham is the National
League stronghold Ban Johnson
Is a wise gaztnk He never over
looks a bet. With Cobh and
Chance both in New York, Mc-
Graw and his bunch would have
to divide prestige with the Amer
ican League team.
Now. isn’t it likely that there
is a perfect understanding be
tween the player, the Detroit
owner. Frank Farrell and Ban
Johnson ?
Fay Defeats Ellen
In Finals for Davis
& Freeman Trophy
Playing in great form. T B Fay won
the Davis & Freeman trophy yesterday
in the final round of the big golf tour
nament on the Atlanta Athletic Club
course at Fast Lake. . defeating J. A.
Ellen in a grand battle tHat went the
entire thirty-six holes to reach a de
cision. An idea of the class of golf
played may be gained from the fact
that the last round of eighteen holes was
played In 82 and 83 strokes by the con
testants. •
This is Mr. Fay's first win of the
handsome trophy, which ha* been won
at various times by '•Tick" Ticbenor.
Hamilton Block and F G. Byrd, the lat
ter having won it twice. To become
permanent property, the cup must be
won three times.
In the second flight, J. G Darling de
feated H C. Moore. 3 up and 2 to play,
in a close and well-played match. Mr
Darling's trophy also is a handsome cup.
^ The third anti fourth flight finals were
decided Saturday.
Great Races To Be Staged at Drome To-night
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Pursuit Event is Feature of Good Program
I 'MIE management of the Atlanta
Motordrome is to give the local
motorcycle fans a real treat
to-night. The pursuit race Is to be
added to the regular program Sev
eral of the fastest riders will be on
the track at one time In this event
and the fans should certainly witness
a great race.
Usually the first races of the week
have been held on Tuesday night, but
plans were switched so as to give
the fans a chance to see some sport
on Labor Day night. The races are
to be known as the Labor Day Sweep-
stakes and a record-breaking card
is expected to see riders start to
night.
Local fans have never before had
the opportunity of seeing the famous
pursuit race. The riders have their
machlne.*i in good shape now and It
would not he surprising to see some
new- record hung up.
Four riders are to be put on the
track at the same time In the pur
suit race, one rider starting as soon
as his opponent has a good star*
As there is a great deal of rivalry
between the local speed demons it is
a safe bet that the winner will have
to go at his best to finish in front.
Besides the pursuit race several
other interesting events are to be
pulled off. There will be the South
ern Championship, the Sw'eepstakes
and a special match race between
Graves and Richards
Bill Stoddard, local fan. has agreed
tp give a handsome loving cup to
the rider who thrice wins the South
ern Championship at the local track
The cup is to be known as the “Stod
dard i zed Trophy.”
The cup is one that anyone would
feel proud of winning, and the speed
demons can be counted on to race
as they never have before in order
to come out a winner. In all, the
rates to-night appear to be the best
of the season and some real excite
ment should be given the fans.
Following are the summaries:
Southern Championship,
(One-mile heats, two-mile finals,
25 points for first, 15 for second and
1" for third.)
First Heat—Swartz, Graves, Lewis
and Glenn.
Second Heat — Luther. Richards,
Lockner and Renel.
Special Match.
(Best two out of three, one, two
and three-mile heats for a side bet
of $50.)
First Heat—(One mile)—Graves vs.
Richards
Final—Southern Championship.
Sweepstakes.
(French point system, 10 for first,
6 for second. 3 for third: Heats, two,
four and six miles.)
First Heat—Two Miles—Lockner,
Renel, Swartz, Luther, Lewis and
Glenn.
Second Heat—Four Miles—Sweep-
stakes.
Third Heat—Three Miles—Special
match race.
Third Heat—Six Miles — Sweep-
stakes.
Colored Drivers to
Race in Big Meet
Everything is in readiness for the
automobile, motorcycle and bicycle meet
to be held under the auspices of Big
Bethel Church at the Speedway to-day.
The races will continue through Satur
day.
The events will begin promptly at 2
o’clock every day and an admission fee
of 10 cents will be charged. There will
also be a midway with fifteen different
attractions.
In the 100-mile automobile race a
Stearns, a Fiat, a National, an Everett,
an E. M. F. and some added starters will
compete for a cash prize of $100 to the
winning driver.
There will be a footrace once around
the 2-mile track, bicycle and motorcycle
races. Cash prizes are hung up In every
event.
Costello, the only colored aviator in
the world, will make flights at the
Speedway every day and will race
against automobiles.
Football Work Starts at Tech Field Tuesday
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Coach Heisman Should Have a Corking Team
F OOTBALL practice starts Tues
day at Grant Field for the Tech
squad, when all the preliminary
training and coaching will be gone
through before the opening of col
lege, when the real grind begins.
The new field is rapidly being
rounded Into condition, and by the
time of the first game will be in first-
class condition. The new concrete
Htadium Is being rushed and that,
too, will be in readiness for the first
game The first unit of the stand is
up and will hold about 2,500 people.
Bleachers will be erected alongside of
this for this season until the rest
of the stadium can be completed.
Tech’s prospects are far from
Had Crackers Started Spurt Sooner, Local Club Would Have Copped Pennant
BILLY SMITH NEARLY EQUALS BERNHARD’S FEAT
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
H AD William Andrew' Smith and
his Crackers started their sen
sational spurt to the wire at
the quarter pole Instead of waiting
until the stretch, William Andrew-
and the Crackers would have per
formed a feat that has been done but
once before In the history of Judge
Senator President Kavanaugn’s cir
cuit It would have been the case of
a club's rising in one brief year from
cellar to the top rung of the per-
FansDiscussTennisAheadofTlme
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Seven Ball Leagues
Close Season To-day
Seven baseball leagues will bring their
•easons to a close to-day with double-
headers.
Here Is the list: South Atlantic. Ap
palachian, Canadian, Central, Kitty,
Michigan State and Northern
There are several other leagues that
close their season with the end of the
present week
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
The Cleveland Naps moved half a
game nearer the Athletics by conquer
ing the St. Louis Browns Within a
week the Naps have succeeded in reduc
ing the lead of the Athletics from 9 4
games to 7.
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Twenty-two hits were made in Sun
day’s slugging match between the White
Sox and the Detroit Tigers, the Tigers
wincing the game
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The National League went through
yesterday s schedule without a forfeited
game The Reds slammed the Cardi
nals twice aod the Cubs beat the Pi
rates
Not counting purchases by the draft
ing process on September 15 the New
York Yankees have spent $50,000 for
new players this season who will help
Manager Frank Chance make up a
strong baseball team next year.
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Legal Adviser Branch Rickey, of the
St. Louis Browns will succeed George
Stovall as manager within two weeks,
according to an authoritative report
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It is said that formal charges will be
brought by President H N Hempstead,
of the Giants, against Manager Dooin,
of the Phillies, for the latter’s un
bridled talk after Saturday’s forfeited
game in Phiiadelphia It is charged
that Dooin made the assertion in Hemp
stead's presence that “the New York
ants could buy the umpires . ”
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The Boston Braves who tackle the
ants to-day have been greatly
•engtheoaL since their last apear-
ance at th^PoJo grounds.
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Fine Prospects for ‘Cotton States’
W ITH the advent of the present
week—the last before the bo-
ginning of the big Cotton
States tennis championships—there
is evident in Athletic Club circles,
and among all the tennis fans in the
city, a disposition to get into hot
arguments as to the outcome of both
the singles and the doubles events.
To begin with, one pair of rivals
and grand tennis cracks will be found
in Carleton Smith and Nat Thornton,
and local fans find difficulty in imag
ining any foreign experts wresting
the final honors away from these
players, both of whom are at the top
of their game.
In the doubles. Bryan Grant and
Ed Carter are paired, and the com
bination is one of a stability too
well known to require comment. But
Mansfield and Smith, and Orr and
Ramepeok—the latter fresh from tri
umphs at Augusta—will be on hand
with a word to say before the matches
get to the finale stage.
But it must be remembered that
Lee Allen Brooks, of Birmingham, the
present champion, will be present to
defend his title; while Brooks and
Bartlett, the crack Birmingham team,
w ill be entered In the coming tournev.
The new- date—September 8. the
latest ever selected for a tennis meet
here—the fact that it is the big ten
nis event of the year in Atlanta, and
the class and number of the players
entered, all combine to arouse a most
unusual interest in the approaching
tourney, and it is probable that some
of the greatest assemblies ever seen
at the famous red clay courts at East
l^ake will be on hand to watch the
play in every round, from preliminary
to finals.
Frank Reynolds has been charged
with the important post of chief ref
er ee. which assures spectators and
players of well-handled matches.
Out-of-town entrants are sending
their nHtnes to C. Y. Smith, 608 Wal
ton Building. Atlanta.
SENATORS ORGANIZE GOLF
TEAM IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1 —Golf has
forced the more weighty problems of
statesmanship temporarily out of the
minds of Senators. Rumors that lead
ing and boastful golfers of the House
were crowing of their prowess on th®
Chevy Chase and Columbia Club links
led golfing Senators to perfect the
Senate Golf Association, which will
soon he "ready for all comers "
Senator Saulsbury has been the ac
tive figure in bringing together th<j
golfing enthusiasts, who include many
of the leading men of both parties.
Here is the roster of officers and di
rectors of the new’ association, as giv
en out by Senator Saulsbury:
Honorary president. Vice President
Marshall; honorary secretary, Senator
Gallinger. president. Senator O'Gor
man; vice president. Senator Cum
mins. treasurer, Senator Lipnltt; sec
retary. Senator Hitchcock; executive
committee. Senators Pittman, Bris
tow’, Townsend, Walsh and Ransdell: .
manager. Senator Saulsbury, captain'
of team Senator Hollis
Former Senator Jonathan E. j
Bourne, as ex-officio member of the :
Senate association, wi" aid in the j
management of the team He is a.i ;
expert plaver and defeated President j
BOXING TOURNEY BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 1.—It is pos
sible that a boxing tournament be
tween the professional boxers of the
West and those of the Middle West,
or between New York State and Wis
consin* will be arranged next winter.
Some of the boxing fans have sug
gested such a tourney now that the
sport is legalized in both New York
and Wisconsin.
The Western section, or rather the
Middle West, could put forth some
pretty good men In a tourney of any
kind, having Eddie McGoorty. Jimmy
Clabby and Jack Dillon for middle-
weights. Packey McFarland. Char'le
White and Pal Brown for ligh*-
weights, with Ray Temple to draw ->n
if necessary; Mattie McCue in th^
featherweight class. Ray Bronson and
Billy Walters In the welterweight
class, and Young Mahoney and John
ny Coulon for the bantams.
ARE YOU LOOKING for results' The
Want Ad pages of Hears! s Sunday
American and Atlanta Georgian fill the
bill
ALL TELEPHONES lead to Hearsfe
Sunday American and Atlanta Geor
gian Want Ad Department via both
phones 100
Taft on sevf .U occasions.
WOl'LD YOU BUY a good automobile
‘'heap' The automobile columns of
the "Want Ad" section carry a list of
autoinobilesrand accessories.
centage ladder.
Bill Bernhard turned the trick for
Nashville in 1908, and strange to say,
he did it after the Vols had finished
in eighth place for two successive
years.
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TT is strange that the feat Is not ac-
1 complished more frequently. Of
course, taking a cellar major club to
a pennant Is a different thing, but
in the minor league, w’here clubs are
practically built anew each year, it
w’ould seem far from impossible for
the team of lowly standing to rise to
the Mublimest heights in a twelfth-
month.
But It’s evidently a pretty tough
job. If It were not It would be done
m ire often. «
The first pennant of the rejuvenate 1
Southern League was won In 1901 by
Newt Fisher at Nashville. He re
peated in 1902.
Charley Frank won his brackets
with Memphis in 1903. but Frank had
been well up in the first division the
year before and had a team of vet
erans in a circuit that was far from
being as strong as it is to-day.
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L EW WHISTLER took what Frank
left in the Turtle City in 1904
and galloped In with the honors, but
Frank left him much of his pennant
winning bunch.
Frank had builded well In New Or
leans that year and had his club in
third place at the end of the sea
son. He came back in 1905 and Just
breezed in, though his club was driven
from home by the last yellow fever
ep 4 demlc.
Harry Vaughn had made a ijood bid
for Birmingham in the closing year
of 1905 and in 1906 came along and
won a pretty race.
Atlanta had been comfortably clc5*e
up when Vaughan won and under Bill
Smith’s capable guidance came in
with the Crackers’ first pennant 4 n
1507. TltKt year John Dobbs had the
Nashville club and finished a miser
able last, despite capable, manage
ment. Bill Bernhard was put in charge
in 1908 and, with the fine nucleus
of a ball club left by Dobbs and a
little loosening of the Nashville pur.^
strings, won in a hair-raising finish
from New Orleans, the odd«-on
favorite.
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rA LD Bill Smith had been right up
^ fighting all year and was in ex
cellent shape to come back in 1909.
And he did. winning in a grand race
with Nashville and New Orleans a?
the principal contenders.
Frank had a great organization in
1910 and won with case, although
crowded at times by the Barons, who
had taken on new life with Moles-
worth as manager and Rick Wood
ward as owner of the club.
He repeated in 1911 after a ihrillirg
finish with Dobbs’ Montgomery club
and the Barons. That year the
Crackers finished a sorry eighth.
The Barons had been building for
three years and came along for the
championship in handy style in 1912
and won handily, though driven once
or twice by Mobile, which gave in
dications last year of the strength It
has shown this year. The Crackers,
BASEBALL SUMMARY
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
New Orleans at Atlanta, morning ai.d
afternoon Morning game at 10:45. Af
ternoon game at 3:30 o’clock.
Mobile at Chattanooga (two games).
Memphis at Nashville (two games).
Montgomery at Birmingham (two
games).
6tanding of the Clubs.
W L. Pc 1 W L Pc
Mobile 80 51 .611 Mont... 66 62 .516
Atlanta 75 56 573 M phis 62 68 .477
B ham 69 63 .523 N’ville 57 74 435
Chatt 65 61 .516 New O. 43 82 344
Sunday’s Results.
New Orleans. 3; Montgomery.
Nashville, 11; Memphis. 3
No other games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn (a m and
P m.)
Boston at New York <a m. and p. m.)
Cincinnati at Pittsburg (a. m. and
P m )
Chicago at St. Louis <a. m and p m.)
Standing of the Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
St. Louis at Detroit (a m. and P- m.)
Chicago and Cleveland <a. m. and p
m.)
Washington at Philadelphia (a. m.
and p. m.)
New York at Boston (a. m and p. m.)
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pc. | W. L. Pc.
Phila... 81 41 .664 Boston. 09 61 .492
Cle’land 75 49 .605 Detroit 54 71 432
Wash... 69 52 .570 St. L... . 48 81 .372
Chicago 65 61 .516 New Y 42 77 .353
Sunday's Results.
Detroit. 5; Chicago. 4.
Cleveland. 9; St. Louis, 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Charleston at Columbus (two g-ames)
Albany at Macon
Jacksonville at Savannah
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pet W L. Pet.
Sav'nah 34 24 586 Albany 26 31 456
J'ville 32 26 .552; Ch’ston.. 25 30 .455
Col’bus . 31 26 .544 I Macon 22 33 400
W L. Pc
New Y 83 38 .*86
Phila 69 46 600
Chicago 67 56 544
P'burg. 64 56 533
W L. Pc
B'klyn 52 66 441
Boston.. 52 66 441
Cin’nati 52 76 406
St L 45 SO 360
Sunday's Results.
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No games scheduled
Sunday's Results.
Chicago. 10; Pittsburg. 0
Cincinnati. 10-8. St Ji^uvs, 5-2.
No others games scheduled
Texas League.
Waco. 5; Dallas, 2.
Fort Worth. 3; Austin. 0.
Houston, 5; San Antonio 0
Gglveston. 6; Beaumont, 5
Federal League.
St Louis, 6; Cleveland. 1.
Chicago. 4. Kansas City. 3
No other games scheduled
I nternatlonal League.
Montreal. 8; Jersey City, 5
Montreal. 7; Jersey City 2
Newark. 1. Providence. 0
No other games scheduled.
it will be remembered again, finished
an low as they could without drop
ping out of the race
And now it seem9 that the runner
up Gulls of 1912 are to be the cham
pions of 1913, but the Crackers under
Smith have put up a remarkable bat
tle. considering the fact that Hemp
hill left Billy nothing but Alperman
and Agler.
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I F Smith had won, more credit would
have been due him than was due
Bernhard for his remarkable 1908
race. For Dobbs had left Bernhard
a ball club, or the basis of one, while
Hemphill left Smith nothing.
gloomy, despite the fact that only six
of the varsity will return and an
swer the call of the gridiron. Among
these are Captain Homer Cook, the
star halfback of last year’s team;
Loeb, the plucky center; Means, a
lineman; Fielder and McDonald, half
backs. and Thomasson, who played
end.
With these men as a nucleus,
Coach Heisman has a number of last
year’s scrubs who will make a strong
bid for first string honors.
Those that showed up best as
scrubs last year and look good for
this year are Rainey, Trawick, Lang,
Moore, Lucas, Beard, Goree, Relf-
snider. Crutcher, the Montague broth
ers, Edgar and Tyler, and the Gard
ner boy*a These men played last year
under the w’atchful eye of Assistant
Coach Alexander and developed great
ability and, with last year’s experi
ence. should do well.
A h )st of new material is expected,
but at this early date not much is
known about their prospects. Several
prep school star.** have signified their
Intentions of entering the college,
but until school convenes for the win
ter session not much will be learned.
It Is expected that Coach Heirman
will lay especial attention and stress
on kicking ability this year. Mc
Donald, of la.*»t year’s varsity, showed
up wonderfully during the season,
and this year should win great hon
ors with his boot. He is young, will
ing to learn and has great ability,
his trusty toe gaining lots of ground
for the Jackets last fall.
Tech has not had a good kicker
since the days of "Lob" Brown back
in 1907, and with the aid of a regular
toe artist, coupled with the fighting
spirit of the Jackets, a winning team
should be turned out.
The varsity men of last year who
are not expected to return are Leutir-
mann, last year’s captain, who grad
uated; Hutton, Stegall. “Scrappy”
Moore, Colley and Fax Montague, wno
is ineligible this year owing to his
playing time being over.
From now on the practice will con
sist mainly of getting into fit physi
cal condition, kicking, falling on tho
ball and such preliminary tactics
before the regular season begins.
Middle Division Sadly Run Down
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Billy Papke Only Old-Timer Left
By W. W. Naught on.
I N deploring the lack of high-class
heavyweights at the present time,
the fact that th e middleweight di
vision is even worse run down than
the class above seems to have been
overlooked. Jimmy Clabby, Eddie
McGoorty, Jack Dillon, Frank Klaus,
Billy Papke and Mike Gibbons are
recognized as the best of the lot. Pic
ture, if you can, what Stanley Ketchel
in his prime would have performed
had the six of them been shoved into
the ring for him to dispose of, one
after the other. Or, sadder still,
imagine if you can any of the six
before Bob Fitzsimmons when the
freckled one was in his prime.
Papke was once a great fighter; but
it is not what you used to be. but
what you ar e to-day in pugilism.
Billy is stringing along on the
strength of his past reputation, and
at that is about as good as any of
them, slowed up even as he is. In his
prime he could have beaten the bunch
in less time than it takes to tell it.
He is the only one of the six possessed
of a real knockout wallop, or rather
did possess one when he was in his
prime.
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D ILLON and Klaus are roughhouse
fighters, whose ring actions more
resemble barroom squabling than
scientific boxing. They are tough,
game to the core and hit fairly well,
but are almost as devoid of science
as it is possible for men to be who
have engaged in boxing as a prQi.es-
sjon for years. Neither is hard to hit.
Before either Ketchel or Fitzsimmons
they would have been punching bags.
Klaus once boxed Ketchel. but that
was after the great Grand Rapids
fighter grew careless, began to de
cline and did no more training than
to reduce weight by a hair cut and
shave.
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C LABBY - and McGoorty are clever.
fast and tricky, but neither hits
hard enough to have even so much as
slacked the pace of such fighters as
Ketchel or Fitzsimmons. Gibbons is
fast and clever, but only looks good
against third and fourth raters, seem-
f g-ir4usir«ra
ing to choke when staked up against
real class. There are a number of
reasons to believe that he is not as
game as a man should be if he ex
pects to adopt boxing as a profes
sion. The writer is of the opinion
that Joe Gar.s and Jack Blackburn,
lightweights, when in their prime,,
could have disposed of the best men
in the middleweight division to-day,
and that Welterweight Joe Walcott
could have beaten them easily, even
despite fifteen or twenty pounds dif
ference in weight.
ureat Johnson
Suffering From
Lame Shoulder
I Opium Whiskey tod Drug Habit* treated
I at Home or at Sanitarium. Book on ai'fcjeta
iFree. DR B. M. WOOLLEY, 24>N, Visttt
I Janiuritaan, All ante. Goers*. y *
B OSTON, MASS.. Sept. I.—Wal
ter Johnson, the great pitcher
of the Washington Americans,
is suffering with a lame arm. It de
veloped to-day that Johnson has been
working with his shoulder, which
pains him whenever he delivers the
ball. He contracted it after that fif
teen-inning game, which ended in a
tie, wdth the St. Louis Browns sev
eral weeks ago. and since then has
been winning iiis games without ever
having to extend himself. Johnson
to-day was asked about the story that
his arm was sore and he replied:
V^ES, it is. It has been paining
1 me ever since I worked in that
fifteen-inning tie game against St.
Louis. At times it pains so badly that
I want to quit, but am stalling along
because I do not want the opposing
players to know that I am not right.
I have surprised myself bv winning
the games I have been in, for I have
been far, far from right.
ECZEMA SUFFERERS
Retd what 1 8. Glddena. Tampa. Fla., tays.
1 It proves that
Tetteririe Cures Eczema
For seven years I had eozema an my
ankle. I tried many remedies and nu
merous doctors. I tried Tetterlne and after
eight weeks am entirely free from the ter
rible eczema.
Tetterlne will do as much for others. It 1
, cuics ecrema. tetter. eryMi-elas and other ekln
, troubles It cure* to stay cured. Get U to-
, uay—Tetterln’
50c at drugglite. or by mall.
SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH, GA.
McTaggart Is
Jockey King
In Year’s Time
N EW YORK, Sept. 1.—From mes
senger boy to the top run* of
the racing- world in less than
a year is the record of “Little John
ny” McTaggart, who is without a
doubt the very best American Jockey
sporting the silks in this country.
“The Kid,” as littie Johnnie is
called at Saratoga. Is a brother of
Jockey Tommv McTaggart. This
time last year he u’as chasing his
legs off running messages for a New
York telegraph company.
Johnnie got his first real chance at
the recent Belmont Park meeting,
where he piloted to victory August
Belmont’s horse Mission. At Sara
toga “The Kid” had four mounts and
won with three.
• • •
T N the history of racing it has never
been recorded where a boy made
such a rapid and brilliant rise as this
little jockey, whose actual measure
ments would scarcely overtax a yard
stick.
A decade or more ago the racing
slogans were. “Follow Sloan,’’ or “Fol
low Miller." To-day the cry Is, "Back
the Kid’—meaning Johnnie McTag
gart, of course. Jeff Livingston. R.
F. Carman, August Belmont and R.
T. Wilson, Jr., are all after his serv
ices.
• • •
C AM HILDRETH, the foremost in
^ America, who has just returned
from abroad to take charge of the
Belmont stable, declared after seeing
McTaggart ride that the youngster
was the best rider of his Inches the
turf world has ever known.
The little jockey is only 17 years of
age and can ride at less than 90
pounds. He is under contract to
Hugh Penny, a former star rider of
the West. Jeff Livingston offered
Penny $10,000 for the "Kid’s” con
tract. He was told he couldn’t have
the boy for twice'that amount.
Palzer and Moran
Ready for Big Bout
New YORK, Sept. 1.—All is in read
iness for the ten-round bout to be
staged here Wednesday night between
A1 Palzer, who comes from Iowa, and
Frank Moran, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Both men are in prime condition and
each i« confident of victory. The win
der will most likely get a chance to
swap wallops with Gunboat Smith, who
is hailed as the best man in the white
heavyweight division.
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