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TirF ATLANTA CJEORCrTAN AND NEWS. IN EVERY ATLANTA HOME By Tad Copyright, 1913. Internallonal News Bervics. SILK I 1AT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Crackers Were Greatest Team Ever in Southern League, Says Billy SMITH PROUD OF VICTORY -PROUD OF HIS MEN By Bill Smith. F OR the third time, I am to-day the leader of a Southern League pennant winner For the third time Atlanta can boApt a championship club. It la entirely natural that T am proud But my proudness comes from the thought that I have had the honor of leading the greatest, gamest club that has ever fought for a Dixie title. There have been clubs to win pen nants before, but there has never been a club to com- from behind and. wi ll relentless purpose and undying sp rl’. do the things that my club haR done. I take no credit for myself. 1 be lieve that every man. from Agler to Welchonce, and that's as near to the end of the nlphnbot as I can come, have contributed as much and more to the success of the club as I have. • • • A NT> don’t think for a second I am ** overlooking old Charley Frank. In the last analysis, Frank won the pennant for Atlanta. The schedule makers put this Job up to him rather than to me No two cities in the league are more closely allied than Mobile und New Orleans. Frank hlmwdf 1m a native of Mobil*. There is where his family lives. There Is his real home. Rut Frank proved the honesty of baseball Me knew that hts two games with Mobile would decide the series. He tried hie bent in each game. IF* battled valiantly for the first and came nenr winning. When he sent ■•Finis” Wilson in fer the last he knew lie was doing all that mortal man could do. He didn't want to beat Mobile. He didn’t want to aid Atlanta. He wanted only to preserve the in tegrity of baseball. And he did It. [ GUESS the fans of Atlanta can * realize how 1 felt yesterday Can you imagine your sensation when you are handcuffed and a rjbbtr Is gjing through your pockets? Can you imagine how you would feel when your automobile breaks down in the middle of the Sahara bewrt for lack of water? You know that you have got to de pend on tome one else to help vou through. You know th.it you are helpless in aiding yourself. I had to sit through yesterday afternoon listening to the telegraph instruments, and I thought that every dot and dash would mean blighted hope and unachieved ambition t<» rne, I couldn't see the sunny side at all. And when the last message came over, 1 was too faint to cheer, but I will ?gy that I rendered a prayer of thanks. Aftermath stuff is always bad. • • • I WANT to say Just a few things in * conclusion, though. Atlanta has been represented by the best ball club this year that ever won a Southern League pennant. That team has been supported by the most loyal fans that ever gave encouragement to a band of profes sional .athletes. I believe the Southern I^eague has seen its beat race this year. Mont gomery finished fifth nnd was in the race for the pennant up to two weeks ago. That’s enough. As for next year. I have only this to promise. 1 will work as hard as I did this* year. My hope is that I will have the splendid support that players and fans gave me this season. If 1 do another pennant will fly at Ponce DeLeon. Play Starts To-day For A. A. C. Title Match plays In J^e four flights for the golf championship of the Atlanta Athletic Club will commence this aft ernoon over tht Fast Lake course. Here are the pairing* in the four flights: First Flight. George Adair vs \V. P. Hazelwood. J. 8 Deer vs. 1 L. Graves. II. P. D. Cowee vs. Lowry Arnold. R C. Richards vs. i' V. Rainwater. J. Ornmnd Smith vs. C. E. Corwin. \\\ R. Tichenor \s. It. L. Winston. W. J. Tilson vs. H. Block. F. B. Fay vs. R. G Blanton. Second Flight. ' Perry Adair \ Mill Saul J. 8. Raine vs. S. C. Williams. C. J. Holdltcli vs. K. T. Jones, Jr. R. A. Palmer vs \ T Todd. D. E. Hoot \s It. E. Tripper. \V. H. Rowan vs. G. N. Howell R. P. Jones vs. Frank Adair. A. A. Pooiuin vs i B Holt. Third Flight. C. G. Lippold vs. D. K. Henry G. N. Spring vs. X. t*. Warren. K. J. Morris vs J M. Hoxaey. W. Markham vs. K. It. Cobt. Clark Donaldson vs. H. M Ashe. R. I. Gresham vs. St oil II jiUon. E. H. Barnett vs s. Hard H. R. Cab f vs Winter Alfriend. Fourth Flight. G L. Bimpaon drew a bye. J. C. McMichael vs. J J Smith. W. B. Seabrooke vs. W. B. Nininger. E. D. Richardson vs J. S. Cohen. Dr. jacks.>n J. K Hick* \ D. A I. Hspcram e .1 G Mriling B. M. Blount vs. Keith Conway. Unofficial Figures Give Welchonce Batting Trophy Unofficial figures give Harry Wel chonce, leading stlckman of the Champion Crackers, the top place in the list of Southern League batsmen for the season just * nded Wel chonce and Robertson of the Gulls tied at .*4o when Mobile and FOUR MUSKETEERS By O. B. K. (Being a Small Argument for an Old Contention That a Team Is as Good as Its Pitchers.) You may sing- of the speed of the Rabbit— Of the noodle of Billy Smith; You may point to the bludgeon of Welchonce As a scepter to conjure with; You may boast of the smooth machination. Team-play at the top of its bent- lint the heart of that organization Was Thompson, and Price, and DenJ— And Conzelman. While you cheer for a pennant, unfurling, As the work of a master-mind Spare some little praise for the hurling That trailed eager foemen behind; And the moral of this little story, While proudly the gonfalon flies, Is to give a big slice of t he glory To Thompson, and Dent, and Price— And Conzelman. Xfw Orleans* started their final strug gle The‘great D«ve failed to get a hit in four times at bat and hlipped back below his rival for the first time since early in the season Unless the official figures turn up a discrepancy. Welchonce will get the handsome Rose medal for batting and win emablUh a new record for total number of hits in a season, his mark being 193. as compared to Huelsman s total of 191 in 1901. THE WONDER. “Look icell upon yon white man> hope,'* a .stranger said to me; “Look well upon yon gent—he is a wondrous sight to see. He never was a wonder as a wielder of the mitts; An ordinary irhite man's hope could put him on the fritz'* “Then tell me why the lowbrow is so famous." answered J. “He never whipped AI Falzerwas the gentleman's reply. Bill Carrigan has been condemned to manage the Red Sox In 1914, but It strikes the caaual observer that the Job Is more in Oscar Hammersteln’s line. Frank Chance has signed a youthful 1 pitcher named George Shears, probably on the theory that he will cut a wide swath. I HARVEST TIME. • An elegy written by a wrestler.) Full many a dollar lingers all un- seen Within the pockets of the wrestling fan. Full tunny a healthy roll of virgin green. Full many a coin we call the Iron Man f The boasts of challengers, the pomp of pme'r And all that press stuff lures the wrest ling crank. R> cop the coin and four flush for an hour— The paths of wrestlers lead but to the bank. Frank Gotch has returned to the game, but not because he needs the money It is simply because collecting coins le one of his incurable hobbles. One deplorable feature of Mr Gotcha return is thftt it will cause one Zbyssko to burst In with an ultimatum or two Messrs. Gotch and Zbyszko will un doubtedly meet this winter. If the pub lie will stand for It. P S.: The public will stand for any thing. No Heart-Breaking Rally, No Blood-Sweating Finish, Can Beat Us Now! THANKS TO C. FRANK WE’RE STILL THERE-TO STAV! By O. B. Keeler. F OR the LAST TIME, boye— We’re THERE! We’re there, and we’re still there, and we’re going to STAY THERE. Champion*—1913! * * * N O hard-luck flurry in the ninth can rob us now. No more blood- sweating finishes; no more heart breaking rallies; no more agony of suspense as brain and whip are pitted against brain and bat in the pinches. It’s all over. And we’re THERE’ • • • T HANKS. Dutchman! We couldn’t have done it better ourselves. Thanks, Finis Wilson. Your good left whip wrote a mighty “FINIS” under the last chapter of that absorbing* serial, ‘‘The Pennant of 1913.” Thanks. Pelican*. You cinched the pennant already morally won by Gamest Team on Earth— And you proved again, and bril liantly. and gloriously, the ABSO LUTE HONESTY OF BASEBALL! * • * T HE Crackers deserved that rag. if ever any club deserved anything Bill Smith deserved It. Atlanta de served it. A month ago—two week?*—two days ago. It seemed that the sole reward of a great, game club and its great, game manager was to be the splendid flght they had made, to lose at the finish only the crown that would mark, but add no luster to, the Homeric campaign of 1913. And now we have the glory of the fight.”and the crown of championship, as well. A NT) just a word for Mike Finn and ** the Gull*. They lost, just a* the Crackers came near losing. And they loat fighting—fighting gamely to the end. even as the Crackers would have lost. In a way, Mike Finn and his Gull* helped the Crackers to the champion ship. For it was Mike Finn’s good, game ball club that finally stopped Montgomery’s long winning streak, and tore the Billiken* from their high place and sent them reeling into the discard. And in doing that, Mike Finn and his good, game ball club fought oift their hearts and arms, and, when the* final test came, they had nothing but their courage left. That never left them. They re quire no sympathy. There will be no feeble wail from that fine old Irishman. No flowers—no tears for Mike. But—hats off, boys, to Mike Finn and his fighting ball club, that came so near to beating us! N OW, about this Honesty of Base ball thing. How many unwitting fang—or imi tation fan®—have you heard say in the last two weeks: “Oh, it’s all a frame-up. to get the gate receipts. It’s all fixed for Mo bile to win out from the Pelicans. Mobile didn't need to win in At lanta.” And how many times have you heard it said in the last three days: “Well, it will be a tie, now—and a fat series to play it off in.” If the last game of the season In Mobile did nothing else, it added one more ABSOLUTE PROOF of that clearest and cleanest thing in the realm of sport— THE \ BSOLUTE HONESTY OF BASEBALL. • • * W E’LL let it go at that. boys, with one more small comment, which you may possibly have seen before — We’re THERE! | Sporting 1 my QBOAQI ft. Food ph Ain- BUSINESS OF YAWNING. In the duns when trees are budding and the baseball bqt starts thudding And the baseball trams are all a'thirst to get each ether’s gore, Men will hang around the ticker watching for each little flicker And on every mortal's lips we hear the question: “What’s the scoref” But in days of mild September there is but a dying ember Of the flame xce mortals cherished in the happy days of yore s’o one hangs around the ticker watching for each little flicker And we answer with a yawn when someone questions: “What's the scoref” Ju.t as we had begun to think there was nothing new In baseball Tom Lynch busts In and decides a protested game against the Giants. Mr. Lynch deserves great credit for his adamantine firmness, etc., but the Giants didn't need the game, anyhow. We note by the paper that Cleveland fans are looking forward hopefully to nest year. This Is the best little thing they do In Cleveland. Babe Adame is now the Iron man of the National League, but it would take an expert accountant to keep track of all the wooden men. WHAT’S THE USE? “I am worth ten thousand dollars,’’ said the player from the bush. Hut 1 failed to notice any signs of gladness on his mush. “I am worth ten thousand dollars,’’ he repeated with a sigh. And In wiped away a tear drop that was shining in his eye. “I am worth ten thousand dollars to the man I’m working for, llut I haven’t had a two-bit piece for seven days or more.” Clark Griffith arises to offer $100,000 for Trls Speaker. Clark Is bound to be one of our best little spendthrifts, as long as It doesn’t cost him anything. Another sign of approaching winter is the annual tale that Joe O'Brien is going to be president of the National League. HARBINGER. Full well I know that summer wanes and autumn comes apace. 'Tis not because I see the gold upon Home Mature's face 'Tis not because I see the leaves are falling all about While children wend their way to school, nor pause to laugh or shou t 'Tis not because I see the flowers die in glade and glen— 1 know it when I read that old Frank Gotch is loose ogain. Richards and Graves to Clash +•+ +•+ 'J*#*!* *!••+ Big Race at Drome To-morrow T WO of the greatest *peed mer chants in the world will hook up to-morrow night at the Mo- tordhome when Tex Richards on his Indian flyer and Morty Graves, strad dling his Excelsior record-maker, will engage In three heats of a special match race of one, two and three miles, respectively. Last week they staged the greatest match races ever pulled off with mo torcycles. Graves won the first heat. Richards the second and the third was a draw. They went at an aver age speed of 88 miles an hour. Can you imagine just how fast that iB? They circled the local saucer four times in 41 seconds. That’s al most as fast as you can tell about their doing it. The remainder of the program is also good. There will be the two heats and the finals in the Southern championships and the three heats of the sweepstakes. Here is the complete program: (Heats 1 mile, finals 2 miles, 25 points for first, 1b for second and 10 for third.) First Heat—Lockner, Lewis. Glenn and Graves. Second Heat—Renel, Luther, Swartz and Richards. SPECIAL MATCH RACE. (Best two out of three, 1, 2 and 3- mile heats, for side bet of $50.) First Heat (1 mile)—Final South ern championships. SWEEPSTAKES. (French point system, 10 for firat, 6 for second, 3 for third.) (Three Heats, 3, 5 and 7 miles.) First Heat (3 miles)—Lockner, Lewis, Glenn, Swartz, Luther and Renel. Second Heat—Special match race (2 miles). Second Heat—Sweepstakes (5 miles). Third Heat—Sweepstakes (7 miles). FODDER FOR FANS Persons with gambling instincts are laying slight odds that the Braves beat the Red Sox in October when the two • earns meet in an inter-city series. The Braves for the past three weeks have been putting up just about the best brand of baseball being displayed in the National league, and if they go into the series with the Bed Sox trav eling at their present clip It would not be surprising if they grabbed the city championship in eaAy fashion. • • * Just about the best slugging exhibi tion of the year was staged in Chi cago \esterday against the Cardinals when the Cubs, in a double-header, punched out three doubles, six triples, three home runs and five singles, which swats were enough to give them both game. • • • Baumgartner. of the Browns, triumphed over the White Sox In a pitcher's’ battle with Bentz and Cicotte, gaining the count 1 to 0. * • • Those pesky Nars refuse to let Con nie Mack and his Athletics dream un interrupted pennant dreams Counted out of the race at least a half dozen flmes in the last six weeks, the Cleve landers continue to harass the Phila delphians. and now are only six full games behind the league leaders, with each team having about twenty-five games still to play • * • It was the wonderful fielding and time ly batting of Larry Turner, the veter an third Packer, that enabled the Naps to win over the Tigers yesterday Time and again Turner stopped Detroit ral lies by brilliant stops and throws, and it was his war club that earned three tallies for the Nap6. • • • Mathewson. of the Giants, has been skidding badly in the last month, being beaten in the majority of gai#iet> in which he has started. Frank Schulte, of the Cubs, who is aiming for the title of the best home run hitter in the old league, cracked out a brace of four-base swats yester day. * * * Waiter Johnson, the wonderful twirler of the Senators, whose $7,000 contract expires t-hls season, has announced he will hold out for $12,500 for next sea son. It isn’t likely that Johnson will hold out for very long The Washing ton management is said to be perfectly willing to pay him the price he de mands and give him a three or five year contract to boot. ‘‘Kid*’ Elberfeld. the old Yankee j shortstop, has resigned as manager of the Chattanooga team, in the Southern \ League, and will handle the reins for the New Orleans team next year • • • The Giant and Athletic recruits and. substitutes clashed in Newark, N. J., yesterday in an exhibition game for l charity. The battle ended in a 1 to 1 tie at the end of the eleventh inning j because of darkness. • • * Ty Cobb, of the Tigers, gamed on Joe • Jackson, of the Naps, who is leading ; him ir. hatting in the American League, yesterday. Joe went hitless in five trips ! to the plate: Ty got one out of three at- ! tempts. Cotton States Play Begins at East Lake This Afternoon The third annual tournament for the Cotton States Tennis champion ships is to begin this afternoon on the celebrated red clay courts of the Atlanta Athletic Club at East Lake, with one of the finest cards of tennis cracks £ver assembled in a Southern meet. Forty of the best players in the South are entered for the tourney, which was obtained by the Athletic Club as its feature sporting event this year. Carleton Smith was at the head of the movement to get the Cot ton States event here, and his work has been amply rewarded by the class and number of the entrants. Players from Birmingham, Chatta nooga. Nashville, Knoxville, Macon, Montgomery, New Orleans and other cities are here as guests of the Ath letic Club, while Carleton Smith, Bryan Grant, Nat Thornton, Ed Car ter. a»d a host of other local cracks are prepared to bring the big title to Atlanta, if it can be done. The present title holder, I^ee Allen Brooks, of Birmingham, will be here before the week is out to defend hi* title against the winner of the tour ney. while Brooks and Barrett, also of Birmingham, will be contestants in the doubles matches. The drawings for the opening round are being held at the East Lake club house this morning, and play will be gin this afternoon before a great crowd of tennis fans. Special ar rangements have been made to handle the attendance, which is expected to be record-breaking. THE ATLANTA MATINEE WEDNESDAY. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, LITTLE MISS FIXIT Nights, 25c to $1. Mat.. 26c to 7So. FRIDAY & SATURDAY The STRAUSS Music Play The Merry Countess Orchestra of Fifteen. SEAT SALE TUESDAY. Night*, 25c t 0 $1.50. Mat.. 25c to $1. LYRIC OKS. Mats. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday The Season’s Greatest ^lay THE CALL OF « HE HEART A Cast of Merit A Great Stage Production. Matinee Prices, 15c, 36c. ^^ —>iiHM hnc|h^Prices^15c^Mc. MOTOR RACES Tuesday Night 8:30 P. M. MOTORDROME FORSYTH WORLD’S GREATEST TURK TROTTERS. Frank Inez HALE and PATTERSON LYDIA B P ?Y QUi-tN of kiuiHDhniii Si*Gi*b CQMt0| Delmore ar.d Lee: Doris Wlfl and__Company. and others.