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A SCHOOL SUGGESTION By Tad Copyright, 1913. International News Service. SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT v>orw iscrr tv« c*-o sooot Hcx>sc. as popl*v\r. As THE >WMmi*»<S- *4oU5 or YJELS-*-i‘S SACK s/^’-O fcH ’ W/iy Wo/ Stage Elimination Bout Between Johnny Dobbs and Kid Elberfeld? MANAGERIAL TANGLE SEEMS MIXED AT NEW ORLEANS By 0. B. Keeler. C OMES now a rumor that the Dobbs-Lookouts deal Is entire ly off, with both sides shedding grief to resemble a lawn-sprinkler. The rumor is twofold—a sort of Siamese rumor, in fuct. One end of It has Johnny aching to get on with the Honorable An drews, and prevented by some occult influence, merely hinted at in veiled, guarded and scary terms. The other angle has a certain bold ness about It. It comes right out and gay a J. Dobbs is under signature with C Frank to operate the New Orleans breadwinner in the next campaign. !^L of which moves one to Inquire what has become of K. Elber- A feld. taken a fancy to the tall boy's fast bull -Walter having quite a fondness for smoke, It seems—while Boahling, another forkhander. is teaching Slim to throw' hooks. A good curve would be a huge as set to Slim, especially if he could approximate the control with which he directs his fast on**. Slim’s curve ball while with the Crackers looked about the size of a shoe-hook, or perhaps a glove-but toner. • • • H ERE'S one on Tris Speaker, w'ho is remembered around the Southern League circuit by reason of his terrific hitting and long-distance pegging. Some smart guy recently bet Trls a suit of clothes that he couldn’t peg 22.1 feet. That sounded pretty soft, but there was an additional stipula tion that 223 feet must stand on end —the peg must go straight up in the air. Trls still thought the proposition was easy, so he went out into Fourth street in St. Louis and tried to chuck a baseball onto the top of the Pierce Building. Just 223 feet in heighth. Tris tried a number of times, to the imminent danger of twelfth-story windows, and then gave up the Job. Another surprising feature of the adventure is that St. Louis has a building 223 feet high. \Y7 ITII reference to that first-basing job with the Crackers next year —where it must be confessed Joe Agler’s shoes loom up very large and empty—notes froih the Springfield club in the Central League have Browne Keene, an Atlanta boy, play ing second base with much fervor and knocking the pill over the fence with astonishing regularity. Keene has rung the bell fourteen times this year, and Is getting some shorter hits, too. First base always was easier for him to play than sec ond—to hear him tell it—and there ma> be something doing for Keene in his Home Town next spring. Or is it possible the Pelicans will require TWO managers in addition to C. Frank’s overseeing job next sea eon? Hardly. If »o, you would envy J. Dobbs as co-manager with the Pepper Kid, would you not? You would not. • • • ^ OW that it seems certain Harry Welchonce finished in front of Dave Robertson by a butting spurt at the wire, it does seem rather a pity Harry isn’t to be decorated with the medal of honor. Dave's slump came coincidentally with that of his club, right at the most important stage of the wholo race. Harry’s sound walloping kept step with the sprint of his club—and helped the sprint. Not heaving Irish confetti at Dave, of course—hut which batsman would have won the Rose medal had it been awarded like the Chalmers trophies in the big leagues? • • • CPEAKING of Dave, however, It is ^ noted that a $5(*0 option—a scan dalously economical figure, bv the way—has Just been exercised by John McGraw, who has hauled the big slugger out of this league to join his Giants. It Is said to be Muggvy’s intention to use Davey in most *>f the remain ing gamet this year* provided the race doesn’t grow too close—which it won’t. A good many fans around the Southern League, by the way don’t know' that Dave primarily Is a pitcher with a bu»ted shoulder. A football game accounted for the bum whip, which since has worked around in good shape, so that McGraw has a combination In the new man. But we cant see Dave nosing Matty, Tesreau Marquard or Dema- ree out of a regular turn on the slab. Not next season. • • • O UR old friend, Slim Love, com monly known as the Human Of fice Building, is making quite a hit in Washington. Slim got into a game for one in- % ning the other day and dazzled the opposition quite successfully, being pinch batted for in the next frame, however.lf The hunch is that W. Johnson has Kilbane Is Out To Battle All Foes This Fall C HICAGO. Sept. 13.—Johnny Kil bane, the Cleveland colt, w'ho holds the featherweight title, is out with the announcement that he will be as busy as any champion In the business this fall. Little has been heard of the featherweight bops since he was held to a draw by John ny Dundee at Los Angeles in a cham pionship tight. Kilbane went up to Oaklund. Cal . a short time after that, out boxed a feather named Fox. amt then went quietly to his Cleveland home. W lien Nate Lewis and Chnrlie White went to Canton on Labor I>ay for the White-Griffiths quarrel. Kilbane was there with his manager, Dunn. The latter was betting money on White to win. Kilbane, with a talk with Ivewis. outlined his plans for the coming boxing season. 1 will admit,” he said, “that 1 have not been very active In the defense of my title of late. But I am going to get busy soon 1 will make n<- more careful fights from now on. Every bout I engage in will be a bat tle. I intend to become the Terry McGovern of the feathers and stop as many challengers as I can. I have spent most of the summer on a farm outside of Cleveland and now weigh about 127 pounds. However, 122 ringside will still be easy for me. 1 am in the finest physical condition of my life and Just itc hing for fights. ’ Lewis remarked when he returned to Chicago “Kilbane looks unbeatable to me at 122 pounds. He will be great for four or five years yet. probably as the king of the class. Where is there a boy of that weight who has a chance with him* He will not risk his title at any other notch, though In njay b'.\ a few lightweights In short bouts. I asked him to give Charlie White a chance at the Eng lish featherweight limit of 126 pounds, but he refused to listen to such a proposition. He’s a great fighter, and It will take a wonder to beat him —some one like Abe Attell at his best.” FODDER FOR FANS 35 WILLIAM MEN REPORT. WILLI aMSTOWN, PA.. Sept, 13 — Thirty-fix e . andidates have reported for positions r the Williams College foot ball team. Baumgardner, the spitball hurler qt the Browns, so completely lost control of one of his vapory flings yesterday thnt the ball Whtjtled into the fourth tier of the grandstand at the Polo Grounds, where a masculine fan reached out and grabbed It Juat as It seemed about to crash Into the head of a fem inine fun sitting alongside. • * • Maranville, the brilltant shortstop of the Braves, who has made a great rec ord in bis first year in the big league, is drawing only 11,800 for the season's work However, It Is stated that Ids contract for next year will be for a sti pend Just about double that of this year. ♦ • • With each of them enjoying a lead of eight and a half games* over their nearest ravlls. It seemed an absolute certainty tonlay that the Giants and Athletics would win the pennant in their respective leagues. • • • It also seemed a certainty that unless the Athletics get back into the stride they' used earlier in the season, when they piled up a huge lead, the Giants will be rather easy victors in the world's series games. • • • For more than a month the hatting orbs of the Quakertown sluggers have been very dim, the fielding has been of the wobbly sort, while the pitching staff has been "shot to pieces. Blank, the veteran southpaw, has been driven from the box in nearly all Ids past ten starts. Bender, the Indian, has fared little bet ter Connie Mack has had to depend on his youngsters to pull games out of the tire and they have been going none too well in the last month, as is shown bv the fact that the Athletics have not won l alf the games they have played In that time. • * • The five straight defeats handed the Naps by the Senators not only has put the Clevelanders out of the race, but has so lo> sened their hold on second place that they were shoved down under the fast-traveling Senators by 003 points yesterday. • • • The Naps, with a one-game lead over the Senators for second jtfuoe position, open a three game series with the Ath letics to-day. while theVox grapple with the Washington outfit It wouldn't be surprising if by nightfall the Naps will be routed from the position of “runner up." which they' have held practically all season. • • • Another shift in the American league standing may come about to-day. The Yanks, by handing several drubbings to the BroXvns, have lifted themselves up «o high and mighty that a victory for them to-day and a reversal for the Browns will mean the realization of the all-year dream of Frank Chance—of seeing his team out of the cellar posi tion. • * • Ray Caldwell, the rejuvenated twirler of the Yankees, continued his winning ways yesterday by again pitching an article of ball that added one more unit to his string of victories. * * * Frank Baker, the Athletic slugger, evIdenTTy is practicing up for the world's series gameH. He punched out a four- bagger yesterday , wnich came Just right, giving the Athletics the game after the White Sox apparently had it “sewed" up. « • * The Red Sox got great revenge for the beating which the Tigers handed them on Thursday by yesterday mauling three Tiger pitchers for eighteen runs and 11 hits, including three doubles and three triples. • • • Walter Johnson was at his best yes terday and as a result the Naps got only one run and four hits off his delivery. Nothing More Now Except Pope 'Sixes’ The Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford. Conn., makers of the Pope-Hartford motor cars. Pope mo torcycles and nineteen different makes of bicycles, have made the announce ment that beginning with their new 1914 models they will devote their efforts exclusively to the manufac ture of "Sixes.” Prices have not def initely been decided on, but it is un derstood that they will not market anything under $4,000. The remaining stock of four-cylin der models, which have heretofore been sold from $2,260 to $3,250, will be disposed of at somewhat lower prices. Umpire Perrine Held On Insanity Warrant OAKLAND, CAL.. Sept 13.—“Bull” Perrine. who was an umpire in the American League last season, is held here on an insanity warrant. His men tal breakdown is said..to have been caused by sunstroke. w&F-h he suffered in a game in Cleveland in 1911. By Chick Evans. T HE crisp, cool September weath er has sent the blood of the golfer bounding through hU veins In a wonderful manner and made these last few days most en joyable on the links. Many plavers And the autumn, when the terrible heat of summer Is over and compe titions and crowds are things of the Past, the best season of the year for golf. There are friendly games, early and late, and much social enjoyment mingled with the pleasures of the game. There are still, however, interest ing events to come. The readies’ Western and National have not yet beer, played, and there Is the Na tional Open at Brookline next week —the very biggest event In America —and every one of us golfers is fair ly aching to see Ray and Vardon and Maw- and Telller, as well as our own players, get off their pret tiest shots for our pleasure and In formation. • • * TV an editorial In that fine mapasine called Golf we have the following quotation from The Spectator: ‘‘Ul timately, In a more perfect world than promises Itself at present. It may be admitted that It Is after all a finer and happier thing to know how to play a game than how to win a game.” This English sentiment, spoken from a higher plane than most of U8 are accustomed to stand upon, ought to fall as a healing balm on the wounded spirits of those of us who have failed often and yet pos sess somewhat of skill, for many fac tors besides skill, ability and courage enter into a successful golf match. The trouble with this high British thought, however, is thnt for a time after a lost match even the best play er doubts his own skill; it hag un doubtedly failed in a great emer gency and has not met a test of utility. But there is a pleasure in a con sciousness of skill that no mere w in ning can ever give, for golf is not a business with a deni to be put through at any cost at a certain mo ment, but a great sport, perhaps an art, in which a high average of abil ity gives an ever and increasing sense of pleasure as the days go on. I suppose, furthermore, that most of us will acknowledge that medal play demonstrates the highest skill in the game, while match play, not to be underrated, shows a business like quality of “getting there,” some times regardless of the means. It demonstrates skill, of course, but not always of the highest degree. It is a contest between man and man, where skill for skill’s sake frequently gives way to various experiences. If I were not afraid of being mis understood I should like to say that match play bears about the same re semblance to medal play that the “best seller” does to a bit of real literature. One Is a triumph of the very ex cellent and useful American faculty of "getting there.” while the other, untouched at its best by the condi tion of another man’s work, can be made an approximately perfect ex ponent of pure skill: and the pursuit of the perfect round is the joy and the soul in golf. Charley White Will Fight Sheridan CHICAGO. September 13.—Charley White finished his training to-day for his 10-round battle in Racine Mon day night with Mickey Sheridan. The latter hopes to upset White and will find valuable aid in his endeavor. Harry Gilmore, Sr., veteran light weight, will second Sheridan. The winner is to get a chance at Ad Wolgast or Willie Ritchie. Ad already has made a bid for the match and Ritchie recently expressed a will ingness to battle White. N EW YORK, Sept. 13.—The man agement of the Atlantic Gar den, on the Bowery, which has been promoting boxing matches of late, helped the manly art of self- defense considerably by slipping it a shot of ground glass and then wal loping it over the head with a sledge hammer. They put on John Lester Johnson, a meerschaum brother, with Samuel I^angford, formerly connected with the boxing business, but now busily engaged In cornering the greatest crop of inanimate flesh worn by any one person alive. The management of the Atlantic Garden, with the aid of a press agent, had their bout advertised as one of the greatest boxing matches of the age. They drew an enormous crowd. • • * M R. JOHNSON, a small negro, en tered the arena just about the way a man meets the electric chair. Had he worn clappers on his knee® we might have thought a minstrel show was coming. Mr. Langford fol lowed Immediately, wearing a green kimono which Just barely reached around his enormous stomach. Had he been stuffed for a thanksgiving dinner a la turkey, he couldn’t have been any fatter. pH trained con scientiously on chops, cigars, chicken and watermelon. He was thoroughly prepared to give New' Yorkers the best fight that w'as in him. He looked more like John Bunny blacked up than he did lie a pugilist who was advertised t ■ be in fine form. Of course, the Boxing Com mission and the club management saw that the- people were not being bunkoed, and saw’ to it that Mr. I^angford trained properly. We wouldn’t for a moment say that either neglected his duty. • • * T HE bell rang. Mr. Langford crouched over a roll of fat as big as a sack of wheat. Mr. Johnson, the black demon, his opponent, im mediately proceeded to break all in door records for a mile. He did. Shadow Langford swung once and almost fell over. It touched Johnson on the foot and he fell. Cheers. He fell again and they counted 400. Mr. Langford then put on his kimono again, gave three cheers for the box ing commissioners and the Atlantic Garden, lit a oig cigar and eased his way out. Lieut, Devore Will Coach 17th Eleven Of interest to football fans in this sec tion is the announcement coming Friday from Fort McPherson which states that Lieutenant Devore, United States Army, former West Point football captain, and all-American tackle, is to coach the Fort McPherson eleven, this fall. Lieu tenant Devore was recently assigned to the Seventeenth Infantry, and arrived in Atlanta Friday afternoon. The largest and best squad in some years has turned out for the fall prac tice at Fort McPherson, and under the coaching of Lieutenant Devore, who is considered by a number of gridiron ex perts to he the best tackle of his time, an eleven to be feared by all contenders for Southern honors will probably be developed. The first game on the schedule for the soldiers is set for September 27, when they will battle with the Georgia Tech huskies on the Grant Park field. McGoorty Will Start Training on Monday CHICAGO. Sept. 13.—Eddie McGoorty. Oshkosh middleweight, spent a few hours in town to-day before his de parture for his home city, where he will spend Sunday with his folks. On Mon day he will return to this city and be gin training for his ten-round contest at Milwaukee with Frank Klaus, the bout being billed for September 22. McGoorty declares he will beat the Pittsburg “bear cat” and then take on Jimmy Clabby. TOBACCO HABIT £8,,*SXTJ! ■ prove vour health, prolong y*tr Ilfs. No more stom ach trouble, no foul breath, no heart weakness. Re gain manly vigor, calm nervo*. dear eyas and su perior mental strength. Whether you chew or srroke pipe. diMTttes, cigars, get my Interesting Tobgfcgo B«xiJc Worth its weight In gold. Mailed free. E. J. WOODS, 334 Sixth Ave., 748 M. ( New York, N. Y. By Ed W. Smith. A d wougast has moved on. He says he never will don an other pair of boxing gloves for a serious encounter in the ring and doubts very much whether he will ever be induced to even look at the modern tools of ring warfare again. What is happening to the boxing game when a man is passe at 25 years of age, for Wolgast doubtless is passe and spent In a physical sense? Does this incident serve to show that the general speed of the world these days is reflected in ath letics to this extent? In the old days a man was pretty good until he was well by the 30-year mark and wasn't considered old as long as he had a spark of vitality left In him. In the present boxing age a man gets a couple of defeats and he is considered thoroughly down and out and past all athletic redemption. 0 0 0 HTHE ring never had a flashier ca- * reer in its history than that shown by Wolgast. He started bat tling in 1906, was a sensation out on the Pacific coast in 1908, became lightweight champion of the world by defeating Battling Nelson on Feb ruary 22, 1910, twice broke his arm on mediocre opponents, suffered an attack of appendicitis and went through an operation, and then lost his title to Willie Ritchi® on a foul on November 28, 1912. Ivess than ten months later, after vainly trying twice to come back and regain his old laurels, the Cadil lac boy, now f-even months past his twenty-fifth birthday, Is written down as a dead one so far as possi bilities are concerned. Surely the world do move swiftly these days! • * • D ESPITE the fact that Wolgast must be tabbed as one of the world’s greatest fighting machines he always had a tough time getting any sort of recognition. * Perhaps it was an Indifferent personality and the fact that he whipped one of the coun try’s idols in order to gain pre-emi nence in his class that brought about the conditions for the little German. Perhaps it was a noisy manager who wasn’t particular whether or not he made friends that framed these unhappy conditions for the tough lit tle Michigan boy. At any rate, he never was a popu lar champion, even in the face of sterling fighting qualities. • * * O NE thing always will stand out magnificently in the Wolgast record 'and it is something that no body can take away from him. No more courageous man ever tapped a pair of hands in the boxing arena than this selfsame boy from Cadillac. His fearlessness was of the dare devil type that makes the success ful aviator and the leading jockey. Had he been less ably handled in his business dealings with other fighters he would 'have been whipped to a frazzle long before he was, be cause he never realized the impor tance of drawing the line closely In the matter of weight. I once heard him offer to fight Stanley Ketchel for the champion ship of Michigan, and that, too. when Stanley was at his best and the un doubted champion among the 158- pounders of the day! KickeyTakes Lessons From Ban Johnson CHICAGO, September 13.—Branch Rickey, newly ordained leader of.the St. Louis Browns, attended President B. B. Johnson’s class in baseball ethics to-day and picked up con siderable valuable information to be applied in his new field of endeavor as successor to George Stovall, The Mound City manager arrived in Chicago during the morning, attend ed rehearsal in the afternoon and made ready to catch a train for Cin cinnati, where he will be present Monday at the annual drafting pro ceedings of the big leaguers. During his connection with the Browns Rickey devoted the bulk of his time and attention to the busi ness affairs of the club and admit ted upon his arrival here that there are many angles in the game on which he needs enlightenment. That’s why he called on the league execu tive. By releasing three players Thurs day, Manager Rickey' reduced the personnel of the Brow’ns to permit of angling for ten new athletes at Cincinnati. Rickey has high hopes of putting the trailing organization well up in the pennant race next sea son. ANOTHER CINCH FOR SAMBO. CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Prombters from Kenosha were in Chicago yesterday to close a match between Sam Langford, the negro fighter from Boston, and Cleve Hawkins, one of Chicago's best ebony- skinned battlers. Hawkins Immediately agreed to the contest and Langford's answer is awaited from the East. Lupus Worst Form of Skin Diseases Here is a Home Treatment that Overcomes even Worst Oases. Lupin or Any Other Skin Dlaeaee W4N Qo Skulking Away If You Use 8. &. 8. Itfuotlvc to the tissues of ww »iun. «xt®rwU treatments will overoome it f* ft* of Iupu * impurities £ bl ?°d supply. The only knowi ftiathod of cure Is to get the blood eup ply under the control of S s. 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