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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
LEADERS FIGHTING FOR THEIR
HEADS IN HOME STRETCH
LITTLE ROCK MOVED
UP A PEG.

THE ardor that has been manifest i'll
tbe race for the bit of coveted cloth
in the Southern League endures still,
and the struggle among the three lead
ers is bitter indeed. Manager Frank of
the leaders has spent thousands of
dollars in the last two weeks securing
new material with which to tighten his
grip on the top rung, and the Pebbles
are fighting hard to pull him down,
forging up ahead of Atlanta, who ex-
perienced the sensation of holding sec
ond place just ten days. So closely
are the three teams punched that the
difference of six games would put the
third place team in leadership, and
with the increased hitting ability of
the Little Rock aggregation it is not
an unwise prediction that the Pebbles
will come nearer to taking the lead
than Atlanta ever did.
With the end in sight the leaders
are putting on every bit of steam pos
sible, and further down the line the
others are struggling to see how near
they can get to the top.
For the next week the eastern por-
ton of the league will be playing on
the home grounds of the western
portion, and after that the western d.
vision will again come east and there
will be another shake up in the stand
ing of the team. Whether or not the
Atlanta aggregation can keep. close
enough to the top to go back into sec
ond place while playing on home
grounds is a question that is engag-
ing the speculative minds of the Cap
ital City fans.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
CORBETT CAN'T WIN
so SAYS "PARsON" DAVIES, THE
VETERAN SPORTSMAN.
CAN'T HURT JEFFRIES.
THE "PARsON" ALSO DIsCOURsEs
ON BOXING SITUATION.

He Says That the Situation Is Not
Encouraging for the Promotion OF
the sDOrt-He Says the Only Hope
Ii 10 Form n National Association
TO Protect the interests of All
Those Interested Everything
should BE strictly on the Square.
PEARSON" Davies, a man whose judg-
ment is unquestioned In the selec-
tion of the best man for a bout, has
put himself on record to the effect
that Corbett has no chance OF de-
feating Jeffries in the coming contest
"Corbett and Jeffries! 1t should be
an interesting contest. and If Cor
bett is In first-class trim, he should
make it warm for Jeff for a time. AS
for Corbett winning the bout, 1 do not
see how he is to accomplish the feat.
True. he has five rounds less than
the limit set in the Coney Island bout,
but the champions Improvement in
aggressiveness will offset that. Owing
to Corbett's style of hit and get away,
he cannot deliver a blow that will
hurt Jeffries, and the stories about
Corbett developing Knockout punches
may amuse those in the infant class,
but none others. The champion has
improved so much since that Coney
Island bout he should win from Cor
bett much before the limit.
GAS for Corbett losing that fight on
fiuke punch, why that Is also some
thing to amuse the groundlings. JEFF
fries did not follow his man up in
the early rounds of the fight. but when
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
B0STONS Squirt
IN THE HOME STRETCH.

Uncle Cy Young used his whip hand
last week and sent the leaders up sew
eral pegs, increasing his narrow mar
gin over the Phillies by several more
points than were allotted to him at
the end of last week. He will have
to keep hustling, however, for the
Phillies are pegging along only a few
points behind, and up to yesterday
were winning every game. Cleveland
has also developed strength in the
past week, and may yet be up among
the leaders.
Washington, the ill-starTed team of
the Americans, is hopelessly left at the
post, and occupies a position that she
has never before graced. The Senators
have been hoodooed from the opening
of the season, and have been worse
beaten than ever before in the history
of their baseball career. With some
of the fastest men in the league, the
team has never been able to go on the
field without some absentees that
caused defeat when the play came
down to a critical stage.
1t would hardly be safe just now TO
predict the winner in the American
League. 1t is safe to say however, that
1t will be between Boston, Philadel-
phia and Cleveland.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
HOW $500, 900 FIELD I'M SARATOGA
.e1~ HANDICAP WILL BE MADE UP

The best work of the Candidates in
try-onts has been that of Africander,
mile and "a quarter, in 2:10 2-5. handi-
ly: Gunfire, mile and quarter, in Eli,
easily, and Goldsmith, mile and a quar-
ter, in 2:12 3-5. McChesney had his
try out Friday, which was private, and
there was no indication of his recent
larneness. IferTnis and Waterboy have
been given little work; Irish Lad and
Golden Maxim have been put on keen
edge and, will do no work to-day be-
yond a canter Savable and Runnels,
the Drake entry. which is being over
looked by many of the sharpshooters,
is put down by some wise ones as dam
gerous horses. in, the race, even with
-McChesney and Waterboy.
Dom. Paul died Friday of acute gas
tritis. His. poor race last Monday was
attributed to sickness. Dom Paul was
bought by c.. w. Richardson for $4,000.
He first ran in the colors Of Jacob
Worth. He did SO well in his prelim-
mary trials for the Brooklyn Handi-
cap that Mr.. Worth was enthusiastic
over landing the classic Gravesend
event. Dom Paul was conspicuous for
considerable part Of the journey, when
he fell back beaten. Shortly after
wards he was disposed of to Mr.. Rich
ardson.
Advance Guard will be saddled for
the first time this season for q race
when . he starts to the post
In = the $. Saratoga handicap to-
morrow! BE- The old campaigner
has been taking it easy through the
summer, and Alex Shields hopes TO see
him in front in the rich classic.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

child. I have to go out to see a pa
tient, and as / walk along / propel
my legs alternately and consciously.
l don't drive them like horses, but
rather propel them like the cranks Of
a cycle. AS / proceed, however, the
cleavage seems gradually to disap-
pear, and as l return from the sick
bed / am once more unity-legs, arms,
body, head. The man Is alive, and not
merely the head. All this will be dis
missed by the superficial readers as
the normal process in waking, but
it is not so. There is a profound diff
ference of deepest psychological and
physiological meaning between what /
have described and my waking under
the same circumstances years ago.
am now Sc, have led a steady, tenn
perate life. am in good physical and
mental health. and neither under nor
overworked. This commencing c1eav-
age Is the beginning of that process
which, slowly misunderstanding acct
dents and disease-will end in natural
death; an end to life that only comes
to one in ten in this country. / am
growing old. But there are other
slight signs. am conscious of a loss
of elasticity. If 1 jump down little
hight, or run down hin. or stride over
broken ground, find / come down on
my feet and legs with increased weight.
Solidity seems to have replaced elias
ticity, with a resulting jar. / am some
what sitter in all my movements.
though very slightly so. There are, of
course, certain changes in my body.
The elastic tissue is not so elastic, but
l am conscious this is not all.
The bottom reason seems to me to
be that my feet and legs are no longer
an inseparable part of myself, as for
merly: are not, so to speak, 50 highly
vitalized: but are more wooden, more
like supports to the body than parts of
it. With all this. my brain and mind
seem brighter, If not brisker. Reason
burns with less smoke and a clearer
flame. AS the lego" seems to retire
into the spiritual part of me, slowly by
degrees, before 1t takes its final flight
at death. the mind seems more power
full and thinking becomes a more pos
tive pleasure. The separation of body
and soul in a healthy man seems then,
really a very gradual and almost inn
perceptible process, that begins when
ever the summit OF the hill of life Is
reached and the long descent COM
mences. It becomes more and more
conspicuous as old age creeps on, but
even at fifty is quite apparent. At
first, of course, the cleavage is only a
tiny fissure seen as phenome-
non at rare times. But IT soon be-
comes familiar, and one gets more and
more accustomed to looking on the
body as an external object. and not
ones self. This progresses until, to-
ward the end, II Is only, perhaps, for
a short time in the afternoons, when at
ones brightest, that the old feeling
of unity briefly returns; and thus the
way is gently prepared for the spirits
final flight, when the link at last Is
seVered-and the man dead.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
MILLER IN TRAINING AT TYBEE
TO BEAT CORCORAN

Herman Miller left for Tybee last
night to get himself In condition for
his bout with Corcoran on the 18th.
Miller said before he left: 81 am not
going to take any chances with Cor
coran, and am going to be as 1T
as possible when I meet him. It's easy
enough to sit outside the ring and look
at bout and pass opinions as to how
easy one man is for the other. but If
the outsiders were in the ring for a
moment that wise look that most of
them have would be changed to a sort
of a where-am-I-at look.
THE remark that you hear very
often passed around the ring by the
spectators is, He is letting him stav
awhile That is wrong. There Is no
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
KEICHAM TO SEND CREScEUS
AFTER A NEW RECORD.

George II. sKetcham, owner of Cres-
eeus, a2:OH, the worlds champion trot-
ter. commenced, training his speed
marvel at Cleveland yesterday, prepar-
atory to an exhibition tour in which
an attempt Wilt be made to lower his
own record. His first date is at Day.
ton, o., on Aug. 81. Other dates will
fill in until Oct.a15, when Cresceus will
finish his trip at Omaha, Neb. After
that Mr. Ketcham will take his horse
to Honolulu. Cresceus was seen on the
Savannah track last fall.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

Experiments Indicate That silk Pro

Experiments Indicate That silk Pro-
ductiOn Can Be Cbenpened.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Prof. C. w. Woodwork of the State
University is engaged in breeding silk
worms which will thrive on lettuce. 1t
appears that the leaf of the lettuce is
a. nutritive equivalent, or nearly so,
of the leaf of the white mulberry, and
is a much cheaper product, besides be-
ing available at all seasons of the year.
The fact, however, that, the. lettuce
and mulberry leaf are chemically near
~ identical does not by any means
prove that the silkworm will thrive
upon lettuce or that the quality of the
silk produced will equal that produced
on the natural food of the worm. We
do not yet know enough about the
physiology of digestion to say In ad-
vance what can or what cannot be
done. Neither is it certain that the
natural period of producing silk can
be materially extended or changed. 1t
is the business of the experiment sta
ton to find out such things.
There is no reason to doubt that in
any case a strain of silkworms can
be produced whose digestive apparatus
shall be adapted to a lettuce diet or
that by due process of selection a good
quality of silk can finally be produced
in that way. Where the outlook is
so promising it is the duty of the ex-
pertinent stations to investigate. Com
paratively few experiments bring re-
suits of much economic importance, but
some do bring such results and all
contribute to the sum of human knowl-
edge. Whether or not the silk indus
try can be made commercially profita-
BILE in any country so sparsely inhab-
tied as California Is uncertain, but
Prof. Woodworth's experiments are
certainly of importance to the industry
and as such are worth making wheth-
er the people of this state derive i'm
mediate profit from them or not.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
GOLDEN WHEEL RACE.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 1.-&Benny Mon
roe of Memphis, Tenn, was the record
breaker in the Golden Wheel race at
Charles River Park tonight, riding In
the fourth hour of the weeks contest,
40 miles q yards, which is ga yards
better than the worlds record made last
night on the same track by DeGuichard.
Monroe. at the end of the four nights
riding. is still in the lead with 100
miles, 1919 yards to his credit: De-
Guichard second. with 1S1 miles. 14S
wards
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

DIR. Alfred SchOfieId Describes Signs
of Increasing Age.

DR., Alfred SchOfield Describes Signs
of increasing Age.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The night bell rang. Mingllng at first
with my dreams as sleep profoundly,
it slowly disentangles itself, and a
second peal rouses me on conscious
ness. lie in bed with limbs of lead,
my body a dead weight, my head alone
is alive, and is consciously myself"
Yes, that's just it. The body is a
weight because 1t is dead; not dead
permanently nor conventionally, but if
death be the final separation of body
and spirit, 1 am conscious that that
separation has begun. In short, I am
growing old. 1 well remember how
different it was only a few years ago.
There was no cleavage, however, mi
mute, between body and spirit then. If
a bell reused me out of sleep, 1 sprang
up that instant out of bed, instinct
with life, my brain no more alive than
my body, and the whole--myself. I
was a whole, and had no consciously
defined parts.
Now, how different; The EGO" the
individuality at any rate, as l lie here
on waking seems to have retired into
the brain, and left the body a dead
machine, not myself, into which feel
the energizing power propelled from
the brain slowly and even painfully
entering. The cleavage has begun,
and death itself is merely its compile
ton. A surprising fact is the enormous
weight the body becomes the moment
it ceases to be part of the lego" 1 was
conscious of no weight at all in legs
or body as long as they were my
self" and a harmonious whole; but
now-the legs seem modelled in lead,
and form burrows in the bed; and as I
try to lift them l understand the enor-
nous amount of leverage required. l
have no thought of paralysis. l know
they will move when the power enters;
but It has to enter, and enter an APP
parently inert mass; and this entry,
moreover, is a matter of distinct eff
fort of will
At last am up; but it is not a
pleasure, but an effort still My head
forces my body into it's clothes as q
nurse would dress a somewhat wooden
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
BOXERS. WHO WILL BE
@.e.>-,~- SEEN HERE THIS WINTER.


bookings boxers will
Billy Wilson
be seen herea
o
Jack of Troy
Johnny. Regain, of of New
Terrible Tommy Hogan of
Jack Lansing of Philadelphia, Tommy
Feather Weight,
Joe Bernstein, of New York. Hamilton
Marty NcCue, of New Philadelphia
Billy Maynard Yonkers, Tim Callahan,
Weights
Tim Kerns, of New York, 1873
Jack Sullivan, of Bridgeport
coney, pounds
pounds.
o eland pounds.
o pound
Bobby Thompson, pounds
OF Bosto
Hugo-KeIy, pounds
Walsh pounds
-Hmmler of heavy eig
he
~ Fugerson
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
Standing of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Beat brooklyn Twice.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-PhiIadelphia
won two games from Brooklyn this
afternoon by hard hitting. Both con-
tests abounded with good fielding.
Score: RH n
Brooklyn E. 20 0O1O2O-4 8 3
Philadelphia A 0 402 x-14 II /
Batteries-Garvin, Schmidt and Rit-
ter; Mitchell and Roth.
Second Game rum
Brooklyn e. ....1 O01OO1O-3 9
Philadelphia 20 O0 2O21E 9
Batteries-Jones and Jacklitsch.
Sparks and Doom. Attendance. 9.517'
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
McGinnity Pitched and Won Both.

Boston, Aug. 1.-McGinnity insisted
upon pitching both games of a double
header with Boston to-day and New
York won both. to 1 and 5 to 2. re-
spectively. Scores: R.HE
New York 80 O211O0OOA 3
Boston E. ......0 0 010OO-1 6 2
Batteries-McGinnity and Warner:
Pittinger and Moran.
Second Game RHE
New York ....1 90 800 O-5 II O
Boston =. 100 0 OF OOOO-2 & 2
Batteries-Warner and McGinnitv.
Malarkey Piatt and Moran. Attend
ance, 1888.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

boxer in the world but wants 10 ,,,,-
as soon as possible, for many reasons
one is that knockout adds 10 hi,
reputation Another is that ii Il i'm.
possible to hold man safe for If a
Iellow gets an idea into his head thai
ne mas the other fellow safe then e
Just the time he is liable to have
punch handed him that nute III, -
Queer street, and he has H sten COW.
TO save himself from going in te
Dreamland.
10 those who think Corcoran ar
easy one l will say that found hi,r
70 De very tough proposition at All
times, and If he can't punch / want
TO know who can. 1 ought to know:
was there getting them. / know he
viii be better than he was. and 81 NE
me Off to Tybee to get good. / beat hjn
him again." $500
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
Each Won "A Game.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Washington
and Boston broke even in to-day's
double header. The home team scor-
ed the only run of the first game off
three successive singles and, won the
quickest game of the season.
Boston found Dunkle easy in the
sixth inning of the second game and
piled up four runs and were never in
danger after that. Scores: R,HE,
Washington -. 90 0 OIL 0 O. 0x--fr L q
Boston ..........0 0 o 0 0 o 0 90 Is 8
Batteries-Wilson and Kittredge;
Young and Criger. eE 80 VISA
Second game: t R2l
Ea R-HE
Washington % 0 o 0 1 0 00-1 z
Boston ........0 0 O o l a 0 0 0---6 Q 4
Batteries-Dunkle and Drill; Hughes
and J. StahL Attendance, 1926.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
M'LEAN WON IN RACE
WITH wheeling STARS

Revere, Mass, Aug. 1.-Seven thou
sand persons saw the sport at the Re-
we're Beach track tonight, the twenty
mile motor-paced race between Nc
Lean, Walthour, Butler, Moran and
Leander being the feature.
Walthour went out on the start and
led to the fourth mile, when his motor
refused to work. Mclean then took the
lead, which he held until the finish,
Butler getting second. Time 30:16 10.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

Detroit, Aug. 1.-Detroit broke even
with st. Louis in a double-header here
to-day which drew one of the largest
paid crowds ever at game here. At
tendance $500. Score: R.H.E.
Detroit -. 30 0 0 0 90 0 0 o. 8 6
st. Louis ....0 8 2 0 0 / 0 Is 10 1
Batteries-Mullin and Mcclure; Pow
ell and Sugden.
Second Game R.HE.
Detroit .... ...42O1O0O Ox-7 IL 2
st. Louis .....0 O01210 o. 10
Batteries-Kitson and Buelow; Hill,
Evans, Kahoe and Sugden.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
Standing of the Clubs.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Atlanta Beaten Again.

Little Rock. Aug. Third Baseman
Delehanty signalized his return to the
game by driving three singles in four
times at bat, one of which won the
game. Shortstop Bridwell of Atlanta
played a phenomenal game. Score:
R.H.E.
Little Rock 10000 Ox412 4
Atlanta 80. IL 0 o 0 1 0 o o. Z
Batteries-Watt and Lynch; Killen
and Lawson.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
shnf NnIdontn Out.

Quitnan. Ca, Aug. 1.-Va1dosta and
Quitman played a very interesting
game of ball here to-day, the score be-
ing to o in favor of the home team.
The game was hard fought from start
to finish. but the Quitman boys out
played the visitors. shutting them out
not allowing a man TO cross second base
during the entire game. The batteries
were Myddleton and Capo for Valdos-
ia, and elephant and Grower for
Quitman.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
McChesnev WOMB stnrt.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 1.-McChesney
will not start in the Saratoga Handi-
cap to be run on the Saratoga Asso-
cations track on Monday next. The
reason given is that it is not in fit
condition, and his trainer thought it
inadvisable to start the horse until
he is in proper shape.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

The press of Eastern Cuba, COM
menting on the serious illness of Gen.
Bartolome Masso, upon his estate near
Manzanillo, reproaches the senator's
and members of the national congress
from the oriental provinces of the is
land for not having made an effort to
have a special act passed comforting
q pension on the old veteran, who not
only served the Cubans in the field,
but was also the last civic head OF
their provisional government" during
the last revolution, fought for the In
dependence of the island from Spain,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
Birmingham 10, Memphis 3.

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. Errors by
the locals, coupled with Birmingham s
good work at the bat, won the game
handily for the visitors. Score:
R.H.E
Memphis =. ..1OOO11O 0,0-3 9 4
Birmingham II 90 8 / 0 0 40 16
Observation-Disclosures, French and Ac-
corsini; Campbell and Millerick.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
With Thirteen Runs.

Cincinnati, Aug. 1.-Cincinnati had
no trouble in taking the third game
from Chicago to-day. Taylor's wild
ness, coupled with cincinnatis timely
hitting. gave them thirteen runs ana
the game. Attendance, 5,355. Score:
eqx R.H.E.
Cincinnati 20 O4042O x-lS Is /
chicago ...1 OIL 0 oil ii l2 2
Batteries-Hahn and Peitz: TayIor
and King
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
Nothing Doing for Cleveland.

Chicago, Aug. Patterson pitched
a mastery game and with perfect sup
port shut out the visitors. Moore was
wild in the first inning and allowed the
locals to score two runs with the as
slstance of an error. Attendance, g.
100 Score: p n n
Chicago ........2 0 0000x-5 8 0
Cleveland 100 OOOOOOn- & .
Batteries-Patterson and Statte,-v.
Moore and Bemis
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
standing of the clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New World Bead PhtIndeIphin.

New York, Aug. lin spite of the
fact that they both outbatted and out
fielded the locals, the champions went
down to defeat again to-day. Score:
R.H.E.
New York 40 10000 Ox-3 A 2
Philadelphia 30 10 900 % Z 1
Batteries-Chesb OConner and
Beville; O'Connor and Schreck. Attend
ance S,02S.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
This Was Easy for Montgomery.

New Orleans, Aug. 1.-The locals
presented a veritable patchwork team
to-day, playing amateurs in center field
and at second base, a pitcher in right
and an outfielder at short, and Mont
gomery scored an easy shut out.
Score: u r. e.
Montgomery III 0 0030 0O--5a IL 2
New Orleans 20 0 0 0 0 0 900 4 5
Batteries-Schultz and Clark: Adams
and Hurley.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

the boilermaker did start after Corbett
the latter was worn down and put ONT
III Few rounds. / look to see Jeffries
make an aggressive fight from the
start, as he knows Corbett's blows cam
not hurt. Therefore, there should be
speedy ending in favor of the cham-
pion.
Situation Not Encouraging.
"As whole. the boxing situation IL
not encouraging. The interference with
bouts by church people, and the will.
lngness of officials to stop boxing con.
tests BECAUSE they think it is to their
benefit, make the future Iooh
dark. There is but one chance for
the sport, and that is in the formation
OF national association by those who
have it's interests at heart. For
many years past have tried to brina
this about, but the jealousies and
chickering's Of managers and promoters
nave prevented action that in the long
run would have been to their financial
benefit"
Harry Forbes, of Chicago, and
frankie Neil, of San Francisco. win
battle for the bantamweight cham.
pionship at Mechanics Pavilion the
night before the big battle between ths
heavy weights, Corbett and Jeffries.
Tommy Feltz is expected to arrive
In Savannah some time next week
Tommy has been in the hospital al
st. Louis suffering from an operation
performed just before his last go with
Sullivan.
Herman Miller will go down to Tv.
bee to-day and commence training for
his go with Corcoran on the night OF
the 18th.
Joe Bernstein. the Ghetto feather.
weight champion will meet Tommy
p Feltz in the arena of the Savannah
Athletic Club some time next month,
This will be the feature match Of the
season.
AL McMurray will referee the go be.
tween Miller and Corcoran on Aug. IL.
There Is fear on the part of some
of Corbett's party that he will over.
train. The ex-champion laughs at his
men when they complain that he Il
carrying them too fast.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02

Stolen Bases-Doty, 1: Harmon. 81
Lange, /: Graham, 2: Righton, /.
Left on Base-Chatham, /; Y. M.
C. A, 4.
First on Demonstrations. 0; Y. NJ
c. A.. g.
Wild Pitch-Krenson, /.
Bases on Balls-By Harmon, Q: By
krenson. 2.
Struck out-By Harmon, Ia; by Kren.
son. s.
Two-base Hit-McIntire, 1.
Three-base Hit-Harmon, 1.
Time or Game-One hour rs minutes,
Umpire-Capt. Henry BIune II
Played. Won. Lost. F. C.
y; L. A. ..........6 2 .es(
Ghathams ;. ......7 3 4 .4Ss
M. G. A. ......5 2 3 .4M
Next game: Y. M. C. A. vs.. C. T.
A., Saturday, Aug. 8.