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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. Vov MEAfcb CAU-lWJ , r'SORE, I HEARD txAV, *HOOR^ X AAV t>B.A,f^ \CQMfe. - ft*’- (joop- 2AM ~T) SOUTHE DIXIE LEAGUE National Links Sure Severe • -*« +#•{• 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. You tar conquar It e«*iij In 3 Sty*. 1m »s*l*n« your lit: No more f«ul l<re*tb. no heart weak- r. calm narvaa. dear eyci an* •lreiv*th. Whether you ch»w or cigar*. *et B< Interesting It* weight In goLi Mailed fraa. Ava.. 744 M.. Maw York. N. V. more rltiful than the rondl- In this letter from A. R. Avery. Waterloo. N. Y We have been using your Tetterlne. It's the best en earth far skin ailments Mr*. &. C. Hart was a tight to tee. Her faoe *at a mass of scabs. Tetterlne has cured IL Cured by Tetterine Tetterlne cures ecaema. ground itch, ring worm and all akin troubles. Its effect Is magical 50c at druggists, er by mall. 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. from Cincinnati including the famous Mid-day Limited Leave Cincinnati 12:10 noon Arrive New York 9:11 a m Arrive Boston 11:55 a. m. NewYork&ntral lines Big Four—"The Water-Level Route" Four Other Fast Trains Leave Cincinnati 8:30 a. m. 3:00 p. m. 6:05 p. m. 12.05 a. m. Arrive New York 7:55 a. m. 3:45 p. m. 5:00 p. m. 10:10 p. m. Arrive Boston 10:40 a. m. 6:05 p. m. 8:15 p. m. 650 a. m. 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