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TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
VDLS HUGH AT
Mutt Hated to See Jeff Miss What Was Coming to Him
By “Bud” Fisher
N ashville, tenn, au* so
That loud wall Harry Co-
veleskle emitted In T©gar<.
to the “quitting” proclivities of
Wee Willie Prough look* to be onh
another case of pot calling the kettT
Mack, and If the big Pole doesn’t
do some fancy sidestepping, his slams
on the Baron slabber are liable u»
prove a boomerang.
Bill Schwartz and other members
of the Vols almost laughed themselves
to death when they read the yarn
Cove leak le was spinning about Prough
picking out the soft spots and being
a bit too much of a saffron hue to
tackle the Crackers, in order to pre
serve his record for the Rose trophy
The Vols now claim % that the Giant
Killer passed up his regular turn In
the box to sidestep the Schwmrtzmen,
who always take kindly to Harry’s
benders. It was on the Vols’ last visit
to Lookouttown that Elberfeld ad
mitted, so the Vols aseert. that the
future Tiger would not go In against
Bill Schwartz's crew. The locals al
ways made the going so rough for
"Covey." You know I am nurs
ing Harry along for that medal." the
Tabaeco Kid Is quoted as having given
as his reason for sending Rudy Som
mers to the hill in the Pole's place.
• m •
N OBODT ran blame Elberfeld for
picking the soft places for hie
star ftlnger and not Jeopardizing his
chances for the Hose medal by send
ing him out against a club which Is
pretty apt to give him a drubbing
But It certainly 111 becomes the big
Pole lo holler "quitter” against
Prough. Bill Is only working on the
same system which the Lookout boss
admits he is following In Harry's
case
Bill Schwartz, while on the subject
of medals holds the opinion that
neither Prough nor "Covey” Is right
fully entitled to be called the "best
pitcher In Judge Kavansugh's cir
cuit." no matter If their records do
show this pair of stars to be ho far
out In front of the slabbers' held
"The man who should be entitled
to a medal Is the pitcher who can go
In there whenever his club needs him,
either to take his regular turn In the
box. or to pull a game out of the
Are," says Bill. "A pitcher like El
mer Brown, for Instance. Of course,
he has no more chance to cop the
Rose medal than I have the one for
base-stealing. But Brown has been
worth a whole lot more to Dobbs
than either Prough or Coveleskie. Hi
is alwavs resdy to work. In turn or
out. He goes In there to pitch his
head off. when some other pitcher is
being mauled, and he pitches for the
Montgomery club to win tne game,
not so that Elmer Brown can win a
gilt badge.
* • •
• •’’THESE medals are all wrong, anv-
1 how. What good do they do’
And I can show you a whole lot of
harm they cause. They stir up bit
terness among hall players, in gen
eral. they break up teamwork for
fellow s w ill get to working for a field .
ing or batting record and won't risk
chances on a lot of plays, for fear
they will hurt their fielding or bat
ting record.
“Look at that Cobb-Lajole scandal
over In the American League, all on
account of the Chalmers trophy, and
Just us long as some fellow who
thinks he Is causing a stimulus n
hitting, running or pitching, keeps
on offering prizes, Just ao long are
you going to see bad feeling crop
ping out among the players”
And after you slop to think It all
over the Vols' boy pilot hasn’t had
i^bad guess at that.
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DIXIE LEAGUE
National Links Sure Severe
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Low Scores Are Impossible
C'
C HATTANOOGA, TENN.. Aug. 31
There seems no poslbillty of the
Southern League recognizing
the new Dixie circuit.
Not that the magnates of Kava-
naugh'B organization are opposed to
the project of the Memphis pro
moters, as most of them feel friendly
toward the new organization, but be
cause of the fact that If Dixie League
clubs are allowed by the Southern
League In Nashville, Chattanooga,
Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham and
New Orleans, as Is suggested, the
classification of the Southern League
would be lowered to U, as only one-
half the population of the six towns
mentioned would be used in deter
mining the total source of attendance
of the circuit and in fixing Its classi
fication.
• • •
1 EAGLES are ranked by the Na-
-» tional Association of Minor
League Clubs in Class AA. Class A.
Class C. Class C and Class D, ac
cording to the total population of the
towns comprising the circuits. The
Southern, of course, Is Class A. hav
ing a good margin over the required
gross population, but if Dixie League
clubs are sanctioned by the Southern
League moguls, the total population
of the circuit that Is. from a stand
point of classification—would be too
low for a Class A rating. Class B
would be the new ranking of the
league.
• • •
T HE disadvantages of this are un
doubtedly too great to be con
sldered, for it would give the West
ern League the right to draft from
this circuit at the price fixed for Class
B clubs. In other words, the clubs
of the Southern League could lose
two men by draft each year instead
of one, not to speak of the other dis
advantages of a lower classification,
such as a lower price for the men
drafted.
The fact that only half the popu
lation of towns supporting two teams
with the protection of organized ball
can be considered In determining the
classification of a league was brought
out this spring, when Charley Frank
attempted to put the Cotton States
League In New Orleans. President
Kavanaugh informed Frank at that
lime that Secretary Farrell of the »a
tional association would reduce the
league rating If the plan were per
sisted In.
YANKS BUY MONTREAL STAR.
NEW YORK, Aug 31.—Frank Gilhoo-
ley. the much sought outfielder of the
Montreal club of the International
League, figured in a deal whereby he
became the property of the Yankees
. George McConnell, the New York pltoli-
CH1CAGO, Aug. 31 M Dick Bonnell er, ami a hash consideration were giv-
Charles A Comiske/'s advance agent en to the Montreal club fi*r the highly
for the coming New York-Chlt ago recommended outfielder The amount
world’** baseball tour, .sailed yesterday of money paid for the outfielder was not
from Vancouver on tlie Empress of Ja stated, but is understood to be $o.o00.
pen. the Canadian ship - bartered to I
arry the teams across the Pacific Mr TWO SOX VISIT BLOOMINGTON,
Bonnell will visit Japan, China. the BLOOMINGTON, ILL.. Aug 31.—
Philippines and Australia to conclude all p, u .i, er Scott and Shortstop Weaver, o’
details of the 4 .tour, and will return to lhe Chicago Whit* Sox. witnessed tin
*’ “ * *“ * w “ Hloomington-Davenport game here yea-
terterday. being on a scouting tour for
Comiskey.
Cards Will Not Be
Sold, Says Britton
CINCINNATI. Aug. 31 —With ru
mors running wild In the East that
numerous changes would be made In
the ranks of the Cardinals, especially
In the ownership. President Schuyler
P Britton makes a complete dental
of any gale. Britton arrived here yes
lerdav from Atlantic City, and will
remain with the team until its return
home. „ ,
After the Curdlnala left New York
s story tame out to the effect that
bidders were in the field to buy the
Cardinal? and thut Mrs Britton was
more than willing to dispose of her
major league club.
"Mrs. Britton Is not going to sell."
declared President Britton this morn
ing. "I can't understand how such a
-tory could be printed. We are ex
tremely disappointed with the show
ing of the team this year, but Mrs.
Britton Is making every effort to
strengthen the team for 1914.
"Many players have been bought,
and we are willing to spend 1100,000
to secure new material. 1 will say
one thing, and that is that there will
be several important trades during
the winter.
"Manager Huggins is negotiating
with rival managers, and we have
told him to complete any deal he sug
gests that will be att Improvement
for the Cards Anybody will go If
we can improve the club."
Bonnell Sails for
World's Ball Tour
Yokohama in time to meet the Empress
of Japan when she brings out the teams.
It was learned to-day that arrange
ments for the world’s tour have been
practically perfected for the itinerary
beiween Vancouver and Port Said. Ex
hibition games will be played at Yoko
hama. Tokio, Kobe Nagasaki. Shang
hai. Hongkong and Manila From Ma
nila the teams will proceed to Austra
BALL TEAM TO TOUR JAPAN.
SEATTLE, WASH., Aug 31.—The
rniversity of Washington baseball team
sailed on the Yokohama Maru for a two
„ months' tour of Japan, where games
ia arriving at Brisbane New Year’s . will be played with teams representing
Day Ther** will probably he games the leading universities.
150 IN GOLF TOURNEY.
: GARDEN CITY. N. Y . Aug 31.—
! The national amateur golf tourney
which opens here Monday will have ISO
1 entrants. Abe Mitchell. the famous
English golfer may not compete He
• has been delayed in coming to this
1 country to qualify.
By Chick Evans.
HICAGO. Aug. 31.—A large num
ber of Western amateurs have
recently received invitations
from the founders of the National
Golf Links of America to compete
In the annual invitation tournament,
beginning on Thursday, September
11, and ending on September 13. It
Is Indeed an honor to be asked to
complete In an event that furnishes
the severest teat of golf In America
This tournament follows so closely
upon the National that competitors In
the latter event can easily play In
the former—If they have the time.
It Is a matter of great regret to me
that my business will prevent me
from taking part In It this year, and
my regret Is all the deeper because
I had the pleasure of playing the first
tournament of the National Golf
Links of America and realize fully
Just what I am missing.
Many Noted Players There.
I had heard something of the Na
tional golf links of America before I
went there. For a number of year®
the building of the course had been
going on. ^ and rumors of the great
work had traveled as far as Chicago.
In 1911 the national championship
was held at A pa wamis, a really good
course at Rye. just outside of New
York, and this year found the Na
tional golf links almost completed.
The first of their tourneys was then
and there instituted, and all of th* %
players of note and some others were
invited to participate.
There were many unforgettably
pleasant circumstances surrounding
this event. Immediately after the
National final we visiting players
were driven In an automobile to
the Yacht Club at Rye. where we
boarded a motor boat, and soon we
were headed for a large, dark-look
ing object, studded with twinkling
lights, which proved to be the private
yacht of Ledyard Blair. Mr. Blair
was commodore of the New York
Yacht Club and his yacht was the
flagship.
Evans Finishes Third.
In the morning, off in the distance
we saw a strip of land that Recalled
a bit of British coast. The new
clubhouse loomed prominently above
the sand. and we knew we
were at our Journey's end. Some of
us were put up at the clubhouse, but
Albert Socket, Mr. Hilton and 1
stayed at Chateau Hencoop, C. B.
MacDonald’s beautiful home at the
edge of the course. The tourney was
a big success, and 1 was fortunate
enough to win one of the prizes. The
playing denied remarkable at first.
Herreshotl won low ncore with an
84. and something like 85 ended the
flight. I myself played the only
double figures of my life when I took
12 on the sixteenth. I made 89. and
instead of being woefully out of the
running, as I supposed. I qualified
third. It seemed strange to see these
men who had been consistently scor
ing 75 or better piling up strokes
in lavish fashion. But there we were
up against the severest test of golf
in the world. It was a thoroughly
delightful event, however, only marred
by a plague of mosquitoes, and these
Insects, being unaccustomed to dining
on Englishmen, seemed particularly
desirous of making a meal off Mr
Hilton. Perhaps* they were cham
pion mosquitoes.
English Course Is Model.
The history of the construction of
the National golf links of America
is very interesting. Lying up along
the shore at the end of Long Island
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Billy Gibson, the New York promoter,
is trying to arrange a match between
•■Harlem" Tommy Murphy and Packey
McFarland for next month. The two
met a couple of year? ago, Packey carry
ing off the decision after twenty rounds
of hard battling. However, many think
that Murphy is a much improved tighter
now.
• • •
Dan McKetrick will take Joe Jean
nette. Young Ahearn. Barney Williams,
“Commish” Picks on C. Murphy
*£••*!« -i-e-I- •*•§+ *!* • v • ^
May Be a ‘Farmer’ But No Rube
Is this bit of what an Englishman I Fran* Moran and Mike Dunn to 1'aris
might consider ideal golfing land, '
treeless and sandy, with lhe Rf-ntle ! » n «x tc hea for most of^hia figliters.
and frequent undulations of a British I Ad Wo)gast . g ngxt appearance in the
seaeoast. 1 he prime mover in the | ring wi |, take place ljabor Da> . af[( . r .
building of this course was C. B. noon, at Oakland, Cal. His opponent
MacDonald, who did so much for Chi* ; will be Joe Azevedo, a promising young-
cago golf. The idea was to construe*, ster in the boxing game
a course composed of eighteen exact
reproductions of famous British holes
Tni3 has accordingly been done, and
startling. Details have been carried
out with afftonishing exactness, and
the only criticism to be made Is the
difficulty of the course. No poor golfer
can be expected to play successfully
eighteen Much holes in one round.
Japanese Journals
Urge Fair Umpiring
Foreign Newspapers Knock Home
Arbitrators for Poor Decisions
Against American Team.
For *he 99th time Jack Dillon has
been forced to call off a match with
.v. George "Knockout" Brown, the Chicago
the resemblance to the originals is j middleweight Brown and Dillon were
matched to box in Terre Haute, Ind.,
on Labor Day. but yesterday the Indian
apolis boy wired the promoters that he
will not be able to fill the date on ac
count of a broken rib. Gus Christie
has been substituted for Dillon.
* * *
Jack Reed, an Australian lightweight
of promise, who took the long trip here
with Sam Langford, will be one of the
new attractions this season.
• • •
Again we hear from Jimmy Grant, the
popular little bantamweight. Jimmy is
at present in Chicago helping Charlie
White train for his ten-round go with
Johnny Griffiths at Akron, Ohio, Mon
day. Jimmy wants to come here to box
either Spider Britt, Kid Young or Char
lie Lee. He has already stopped Britt
and has a draw to his credit with Kid
Young.
• • •
A1 Palzer and Frank Moran are down
to hard training for their ten-round
set-to at New York on September 18
Moran is training with Joe Jeannette
and Sailor White, while Palzer is box
ing with Tom Kennedy and "Soldier"
Kearns.
• • •
A New York club is after a match
between Carl Morris and A1 Kubiak.
Local fans well remember the tough
scrap Kubiak gave the Oklahoma heavy
weight here some time ago.
• • •
Even though he lost his match with
Johnny Dundee at Los Angeles on Labor
Day. Leach Cross will not be idle on the
holiday date. He has cinched a bout
with Jack Boscawen at Vancouver.
Willie Ritchie will be an interested spec
tator at the mill.
* * *
Billy Walters has been made a 10 to
7 favorite over Eddie Clabby in their
ten-round affair at Hammond, Ind.,
Monday. Walters’ recent victory over
Young Denny at New’ Orleans has boost
ed his stock sky-high among the welters.
When a baseball scribe pulls that
moih-eaten gag, "robbed by the um
pires," you always find that the of
ficials are put on the pan for dis
criminating against the home team.
It’s queer, but the home scribe.*? never
see where the home team gets any of
the breaks from the umpires.
We can take a lesson from the Jap-
enese, for while they roast the um
pires over there the same as they do
In this country, the roasting is often
because the visiting team has not re
ceived justice. Recently the Leland
Stanford University club lost a game
to a Japanese nine. Look over what
the Japanese prints had to say the
following day:
The Japanese Gazette says: "Jap
anese baseball umpires have once
again given a public demonstration
that in matches in which visiting
teams are opposed to their country
men they are unable to be fair in
their decisions. The umpires, Koyama
and Naoki, gave a disgraceful exhi
bition of partiality.”
The Japan Mail rises to remark:
"The umpiring can not be too se
verely censured. It was not umpir
ing: It was .-imply a disgusting ex
hibition of the grossest partisanship,
every decision of importance without
exception being given in favor of the
home team."
The Japan Advertiser adds this
comment: "The umpires, both Koya
ma and Nabki. were to all appear
ances out for Keio to win by hook or
crook.”
And get this from the Yorodzu:
"The umpires’ incompetence, it must
be said in justice to the Stanford
team, was much against them Mr.
Koyama, bail umpire, was often per
plexed to decide whether the ball was
foul or fair.”
“W
CATCHER REPORTS TO NAPS.
QUINCY, ILL, Auk. 31 .—Joseph
Billings, the Quincy catcher, has been
ordered to report to Cleveland.
KETCHEL TO BOX GOODMAN.
SUPERIOR. MGS.. Aug. 31—Danny
Steve Ketchel will fight
MOHR. BUCK AND HICKEY
WIN BOUTS IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Aug. 31.—Here are the
results of the boxing bouts staged at
Rockawvy last night:
Wr?'*er Mohr of Brooklyn outpointed
Patsy Kline of Newark, N. J., in ten
rounds.
Tommy Buck of Philadelphia out
pointed Banty Lewis of Newark, N. J.,
In ten rounds.
Young Hickey of Harlem and Kid Al
berts of Elizabeth, N. J., boxed to a
ten-round draw.
WHITE LECTURES FANS.
MOLINE. ILL., Aug 31.—"Doc"
White, of the Sox. spoke to more than
500 fans here at the reception for the
local shop league players "The trou
bles of the big league pitcher" formed
his theme.
Goodman and
here Monday night,
FULL
What could
[ Uon told
OF SCABS
September 1.
at Brisbane. Sydney. Melbourne and
Adelaide, as the stay in the antipodes
will last about ten days.
In anticipation of the courtesies that
will be extended his team during their
Australian visit. Mr Comskey has turn
ed over his White Sox Park to the
Australian crickeiers who are also
making the world's tour.
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SHUPTnINE CO.. SAVANNAH, LA.
HY pick on me?” That is
what President Murphy, of
the Cubs, is asking these
days.
Usually the first matter to be taken
up at a session of the National Com
mission, that is. after the first for
malities have been disposed of. is to
decide the paramount question—
“What shall we do to Murphy to
day?"
This is not a defense of President
Murphy, but isn’t the National Com
mission a little harsh in its treat
ment of the owner of the Cubs?
Murphy was recently fined $500 for
farming out players to Louisville.
Is it possible Murphy Is the only
“farmer" in the National League, and
are no rural citizens in Ban John
son’s organization?
If there are other farms in both
leagues why is it Murphy is made
the goat and a fine of $500 is dropped
on his shoulders?
Maybe the Commish knows, and Its
word is law*; in fact, the baseball
moguls who shape the destinies of
the national game, and shape them
to suit themselves, work on the the
ory "the King can do no wrong.”
and they are "the King.”
It is the opinion of more than one
who has been following the national
pastime for a number of years that
If any National Commission would
do a little prospecting it might suc
ceed in finding a number of so-called
•farms” in both big leagues.
• • •
M AYBE the National Commission
is wmrking on the theory that
Murphy is not only a farmer, but
also a rube. If so. there are several
baseball moguls who are slated for
a rude awakening some of these days.
• • •
T T will be many moons before the
* world will see another Weston.
The veteran pedestrian stands alone
in the hiking game, if one can stand
in that game. He has been walking
almost ever since he learned how to
walk, but the others find riding on
the rattlers more to their liking.
* • *
YyiLLIE RITCHIH is rapidly giv-
ing proof to Billy Nolan's state
ment that he won’t tackle tough
game. In Vancouver he is going to
battle Freddie Welch’s sparring part
ner. an unknown, so to say. Think of
a real champion meeting third-raters
on a big day such as Labor Day with
the game full of suitable opponents.
Do these actions stamp Willie a Gans,
Nelson or Wolgast? Not much.
a a a
T HEY use plenty of dope in the
fighting game,
Such as ail sorts of booze and hops,
But the brand that makes the cham
pions lose fame
Is the old-fashioned knock-out
drops.
MACK A LUCKY MANAGER;
PLAYERS WANT JOB ON TEAM
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.—Con.
nie Mack, of the Athletics, not only in
a wise manager, but he is one of the
luckiest in the business. It seem*
that all Cornelius has to do when he
needs good players is to send a scout
into the bushes.
Mack must be sort of a human mag
net, for most of the good men coma
his way. Take Wall!© Schang’s case*
for instance. This youngster, who is
now noted as one of the most prom
ising catchers in the big leagues, cost
the Americans a small sum. Lucky
Mack got him by the draft route. He
wouldn’t part with him now for four
times the amount he spent to secure
him. He is a wonderful thrower, fast
on bases, a timely batter, and that’s
the reason why he has supplanted Ira
Thomas.
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