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♦GfOMAM SPOI kCT cot em SOME SEPTEMBER MOURNS By Tad ht, 1913,. International News Service. SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT vnuH mo*k)R i Am rwflT l f TUB vm/ Kajow \ +ten MOwOS IvjOuT ITAuO BASEBALL SALARIES OF OLD WERE RIDICULOUS CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—Baseball man- ogers and players of a quarter cen tury ago say they drew salaries that appear ridiculous compared with fab ulous sums which those of to-day are said to receive, according to figures gathered by a local sporting writer. “Captain” Adrian C. Anson was Said to have received the “princely” Sum of $2,700 for managing the Chi cago “White Stockings” in 1888, the fear after he had finished the season with a batting average of .421. Of this amount $700 represented his services as acting captain and man ager of the team. R. E. Smith, of Chicago, says he possesses the contract. Smith has also the contracts made by N. Fred Pfeffer and Edward N. Williamson when they played in the Brotherhood League in 1889. These two players were talked of at that time as the greatest in the game. The Chicago club paid Williamson $3,000, while Pfeffer, one of the greatest of all sec ond basemen, received only $2,000 and the score card privileges. A larger salary than any of these old-time stars was paid to Charles Comiskey. present owner of the Chi cago White Sox. when he jumped to the Brotherhood League. His con tract, also held by Smith, called for *7.000 In 1890. Comiskey was then regarded as the dean of fielding first basemen, although he was not re garded as good at bat as Anson. Big League Clubs in Homestretch »I* • v •.•••I* Ma jorRaces Have Been Interesting How to Get Rid of Eczema llil f you bruise your hand, you wlH .Ice that a scab forms, and when it Is oft, new skin has formed. Did ve do It? No! Skin ts the same muecle, bone, sinew, ligament. All ^ made from the blood, from the terials that your stomach and tn- tlnes convert from food Into what call blood. And this blood circulates the myriad of tiny blood vessels the skin. Start from your stomach, ere blood materials begin, and it n't be Ions before you are free of iema. Use S. S. S. for a short ie, and not only will eczema dla- pear, but the entire blood will be lewed. rhere Is one Ingredient In S S b. lch serves the active purpose of mulating each cellular part of the ly to the healthy. Judicious selec- n of its own essential nutriment, at is why it regenerates the blood jply; why It has such a tremendous luence in overcoming eczema, rash, nples and all skin afflictions. Jet a bottle of S. 8. S. at any drug re and you will not only feel bright i Vnergettc, but you will be the ture of new life. 8. S S. is pre- red only in the laboratory of Tht ift Specific Co.. IS? Swift Bldg ta, till. Beware of any atte'.ip. > vo u suaiufcfcuu* as guuu. Bv Monty. N EW YORK, Aug. 31.—See that date line? “August thirtieth.” It means that only the home stretch stage of the baseball season remains. Glance at the schedule. In the American League the West has had its last glance at the Eastern teams. In the National League the East has had its last look at the Western teams. Only one more spell of intersec- tlonal'battling remains. On Septem ber 9, a week from next Tuesday, the Western clubs of the American trek eastward and the Eastern clubs of the National go westward on the last long road trips of the year. After being absent‘until September 23 the trturists skidoo back to their native heaths, there to finish the cam paign against rivals in their own sections, with the big wind-up on Oc tober 5. , , It seems hardly a month ago w hen the season got under way. Odd how every bas»eball campaign has a knack of appearing shorter than its prede cessor. We take the liberty of pre suming that other fans are like those with whom we are in contact, that as they grow older time flies just that much faster. In the spring we all looked forward to the possibility of two of the closest races in the his- torv of the major leagues. \\ here are vour close races now? Gone, absent^ departed—wafted away in the heat of midseason, with the expected run ners-up so far from the pacemakers that hope has been abandoned, even in their home towns. • • • S URELY the season just closing has not been an uninteresting one. In many ways It has excelled most of those that have gone before. But It has proved a great disappointment in one way. The best part should be the last, just as dessert comes after the soup, entrees and salad. But there Is little dessert this time, except for the followers of the Giants and Ath letics nnd the moderate number of broad-minded enthusiasts who enjoy good baseball whether It Is by their own team or the rival. * * • B ACK in April we had laid out be fore us the greatest little three- team contest ever offered in the American I.eagut. The Athletics, Senators and Red Sox were to battle neck and neck all the way down to the wire, with the hottest finisher clutching the pennant. Instead, what have we? { The Athletics have sewed up the race and the dasn down the final five weeks of the way will be Bans com petition. Where are the Senators and Red Sox. They have given way to a new white hope, the Naps, who, fig ured by practically nobody to be in better than fourth or fifth place, have slashed their way ahead of both the expected contenders into second place. The Senators even have a battle on for third place, with the White Sox providing the worry, ana the Red Sox ,,,,, nowhere, an absolute fixture in fifth place unless perchance the Ti- ohniiH n#»rk uu and take that from them, shoving the Bostonese down to sixth. World's champions one year and second divisioners the next. Truly hard lines for Hub fans. Manager of the world’s champions one year and out of baseball entirely the next—poor Jake Stahl! * * * /~' AST your eye upon the Pirates— that crestfallen band of Bucca neers that had hoped to run the Giants ragged. It probably is safe to say that there were more persons who picked the Pirates to win the National League gonfalon than there were who thought the Giants would triumph. Yet third is the best that the Pirates can possibly get now, and the Cubs may beat them out of that. Again In the National we have that grand old institution—the dark horse —springing into view in the shape of the Phillies, w’ho have wrenched off second niche when hardly anyone considerd them in talking of the race before it got under way. An unusual condition exists among the fans of the American League cir cuit. Those of every city are dis gruntled at the showing of their home teams, odd as this may seem. It would be expected that somebody would b3 satisfied, but not so. The Athletics’ rabid followers had expected to see their favorites make a tremendous walkover of the race, with a margin of probably fifteen or twenty full games over the next club at this time. It’s funny how great things are de manded of Connie Mack just because he and his team, taken together, rep resent enough combined strength * j win a few more games in a season than any rival. But only three weeks ago thev were talking in Philadelphia of the possibility that the Mackmen would win 112 games this season and break the record. They couldn’t do that now even if they should win every remaining game. Though the Naps had been figured only as outsiders by fans In other cities, Clevelanders spoke of their pennant chances with alacrity, and when they got up there near the Quakers they said, “It’s all over now; the Naps will breeze in.” Just at a time when they seemed likely to make trouble for the Athletics, the Naps failed at the psychological moment and will have to accept second place. Chicago fans feel about the same to ward the White Sox. The attitude of Hub fans toward the Red oox Is ea^y to imagine, and as for the other tail- enders—St. Louis. New York and De troit—It is the same old story of false hopes gone to wreck. * * * I N the National League the fans that are well satisfied with their clubs are those who follow the Giants, the Phillies and the Boston Braves, who under Stallings have fought out of the cellar into a place where they have a chance to beat out Brooklyn for the leadership oi the second division. The Dodgers have had a discouraging mi 1- season after an encouraging star:, and will have to wait for next year, when Bill Dahlen will give way as mnsn Crcf ♦ r» H im- Smith Plf NTf• W,1 l a ID PUSS TEST IN OPEN TITLE “Money Seekers” Must Submit to Trial Qualifying Round Before Championship Proper. OF HIS ENGLISH RIICINJ STABLE American Horseman Quits Turf Abroad by Selling Thorough breds He Had in Training. M' N EW YORK, Aug. 31 —Official an nouncement of the new condi tions for the national open golf championship has been made by John Reid, Jr., secretary of the United States Golf Association. As was de cided at the annual meeting of the association last winter, the open meet is to be played on the course of the Brookline Country Club. For the first time in the history of the U. S. G. A. the professionals who enter for the open championship will have to submit to the test of a quali fying round before they are allowed' to play in the championship proper. This is the system that has been used in Great Britain for a number of years, and the increasing size of the fields in our open championship has at last made its adoption necessary here. • • • W HEN all of the entries are in, the field for the Brookline tourna ment will be divided into two equal portions, and the first half will play 36 holes on Tuesday, September 16. The lowest 32 will qualify for the championship proper, and the rest will be out of the running. The same process will be repeated with the oth er half of the field on Wednesday, September 17. The 64 who succeed in qualifying will line up on the morning of Thurs day, September 18, for the champion ship competition. As has been the case in the past 72 holes of medal play will constitute the test. The tourna ment will end on Friday, Septemb« r 19. • ft * T HE prizes are th^ same as have been offered in the past—-$300, a gold medal and custody, for the ensu ing year, of the championship trophy, for the winner of the title; $150 for second, $100 for third, $80 for fourth, $70 for fifth, $60 for sixth. $50 for seventh, $40 for eighth, $30 for ninth, and $20 for tenth. In the event of an amateur winning any of these prizes he will be given the equivalent in plate. With Harry Yardon. Edward Ray, Arnaud Massey and other foreign pro fessionals in the coming tournament, the open championship should be one of the most hotly contested that has ever taken place in this country. The present champion is J. J. McDermott, of Atlantic City, who has held the title for two years. By E. B. G. Fitzhamon. Special Cable to The American. I ONDON, Aug. 8C.—James B Hoggin's racing Jacket will never be seen again on an Eng lish turf, according to gossips at New market, where he has sold the last two thoroughbreds he had in train ing. One of these he named Final Shot, as If Indicative of his last ven ture on the fickle seas of racing. Final Shot Is a three-year-old filly by Haggln’s favorite stallion, Water cress, and she has proved a most provoklngly disappointing last ven ture. Time and again she ran a win ning race in big fields that always contained one horse able to nose her out In the last stride or two. Probably no horse of her age ever was beaten by a nose, a head or a neck so often In one season as Final Shot. Last year she ran second or third a dozen times, but never won until this summer, when she scored her maiden victory in her twenty- second race. * * * ANY jockeys failed to get home first on Final Shot, and, strange to say, the one that finally succeeded is named Charles Dickens. Though regretting the passing of Haggin’s racing colors, Newmarket expects to welcome the usual con signment of yearlings to Its Decem ber sales, and hopes to welcome sev eral more of his annual consign ments. The sale of the late Charles Koh ler’s Americaji-bred two-year-olds has been held, top prices being good. $8,000 being paid for Coronis, a filly by Voter, out of Court Dress. She was bred at the late James R. Keene’s Castleton stud farm in Ken tucky, and her dam carried Keene’s colors into second place in the Futu rity he expected to win with Peter Pan, or Ballot. • • • A PART from this filly, the Kohler two-year-oldc only sold for the prices of good, bad and indifferent selling platers. There were fifteen of them. A filly by Keene’s Superman made $3,000, and another, by Voter, nettled $2,400. Two colts by Uncle looked of little acocunt. and altogether they brought only $900, which is nothing as selling platers go In England. Emil Herz bought one of them for^ $600, also paying $550 for a colt by North ern Star out of Tochlight. After passing through the ring un sold at the Newmarket July sales, choicely bred English brood mares have been sold privately for $16,000 to John Sanford, and will be shipped soon to bis breeding farm near Sara toga. in New York State. This looks as if he retains some faith In the fu ture of thoroughbred racing in Amer ica. These mares are half sisters. Op pression and Light Opera. Oppres sion is by Saint Serf, out of Light Comedy, and Is In foal to Radium Light Opera is by Zlnfandel, out of Light Comedy, and Is In foal to Sun- star. winner of Epsom Derby two years ago. Graft for Ball Stars Near End +•+ +•+ *!••+ +•+ May Eliminate Player-Scribe “LEFTY” GILBERT TO DENVER. TERRE HAUTE, INI)., Aug. 3 "Lefty” Gilbert, southpaw pitcher turned over to Torre Haute by the Cubs, left to-night to join the Den ver club, to which he has been sold. BURNS HELD TO DRAW. DENVER, COLO.. Aug. 31—Beiy Chavez, the Mexican, and Frankie Burns, of Jersey City, went ten fast rounds here to a draw last night. CUBS VS. PERU. LA SALLE. ILL., Aug. 3. —After canceling the exhibition game at Peru for September 4. Owner Murphy, of the Chicago Cub>. decided to give a game there on September 12. G 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 wiped 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 Cornmlsi- slon 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 which 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: TH© 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 when it was exposed that the players did not write their articles. The names of the real authors and the piayers were 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 Mathewnon and a few other continue collecting from syndicates, although they do not write their own 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 norma! 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 tne job in 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 hla playing, when the truth is that Barry was badly injured in a series with the Naps two weeks ago, and was so badly crippled that he could not get back in the game. Imagine Mack benching Jack Barrv when he is physically fit to purade around short and use Oldring in that position! Matty’s Story Caused Trouble. In the 10Tl world’s series, an article “written” by Mathewson "called ’ Marquard for pitching a certain kind of a ball to Frank Baker, who got a homo run that won the game. Then, on the next day, Mathewson 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 the Athletics. Then last fail, the Red Sox, ap pearing In the world’s series, had sev eral members “writing” articles. The scribes did not weigh thoir words, but had one ’■‘layer 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 continually this spring, and re fused to aid the team play, which brought them down from a world's Letters From the Two High Bosses Sporting Editor The Atlanta Georgian and News: The commls- misMlon has taken no formal ac tion in regard to players waiting 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 welt 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 eay Just what action will be taken by the commission to put a atop to this practice, hut the commission is unanimous In its opinion that such articles should be handled by the newspaper scribes them selves. Yours truly, T. J. LYNCH. Cross May Act as Substitute for Welsh Against Champion VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug. 31.—Unable to get Pollock, mana ger for Welsh, down to business 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 chamr- pion that the promoters now proposed to open negotiations with Leach Cross when the “fighting dentist” comes to i 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 poet their forfeits. Springer accordingly gave them until Saturday noon. Welsh seemed to be able to convince Springer that he was getting in good shape and would have no complaint three wee Its from to-day that he was not ready to fight. Ojiamplonshlp chib to 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 playersf graft of be coming scribes Is at an end. White May Referee Palzer-Moran Scrap NEW YORK, Aug 31.—Frank Moran and A1 l’alzer, 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. Jock McNeil Benefit Races Next Friday The Jock McNeil benefit race® sched uled to take place at the Atlanta Mo tordrome last night were called off on account of rain. They will be run off next Friday. The regular program of races will be held on Monday night. The same events scheduled to be run off last night will be held Monday. An added event, the Australian pursuit, has been arranged by the management. HEAVYWEIGHT BOXERS ARE BARRED IN MIDDLE WEST CHICAGO, Aug. 3f —Heavyweight* will be barred from contests in Ken osha and Racine, Wis., boxing centers in the Middle Welt, following the killing of "Bull” Young in his bout with Jesse Willard at Los Angeles, It was announced to-day. The Kenosha Athletic Club, whose bouts art patronized largely by Chi cagoans, to-day abandoned plans for a meeting between Carl Morris anl Jim Flynn and put up the bar3 against the heavies. WILLARD HEARING CARRIED OVER UNTIL NEXT MONDAY LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31.—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 at Vernon, In which “Bull” Young was killed, the hearing was continued until next Tuesday. MRS STALLINGS DEAD. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 31.—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. 31.—Vardon and Ray, the English golfers, defeated the pick of American players of Wis consin on the Kenosha Country Club links. DON’T WAIT Frost arrives with winds and wintry blasts and yon are shaking and shiver ing, bnt bay your COAL NOW, and have it in the bin. Prices are I1IGIIT, delivery PROMPT. Randall Bros. PCTERS BUILDING, MAIM OFFICE. YARDS* Marietta street and North A retro©, both phones 376: South Boulevard and Oeorgia railroad. Bell phone 638, Atlanta 303; MoDanlel street and Southern railroad. Bell Main 36 4, Atlanta 321; 64 ’‘rog* street Ball Ivy 416ft, Atlanta. 706; lftl South Pryor atreeC both phone© lift. CAGO CHOICE OF ROUTES AND GOOD SERVICE