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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
Veteran Alexander's Match With
Patterson Is Talk of Tennis World
Alexander First Attracted Nationwide Attention 1900 While
at Princeton.
New York. Sept. 5.-speaking

New York, Sept. 5.--Speaking OF
the grand old men OF sports. have
you ever seen Frederick b. Alexan-
der?
II you lean at all toward tennis
and have not seen this veteran In
action you have missed a real treat
for he is a Hindoo with tennis
racquet, and don't let 'em tell you
| differently.
In the recent national lawn tennis
tournament at Forest Hills this
erandpop of most of the present daV
tennis stars was very much among
those present in the first round, but
he drew a tough baby when he was
called upon to face Capt. Gerald
Patterson. star of the Australian
team, and went down to glorious
defeat at the hands of the Antipo-
dean.
But even in defeat Alexander was
a hero in the eyes of the tennis bugs
who saw his efforts against the star
from the far away Pacific. And those
who were familiar with Alexander's
history, as well rs that of Patterson,
playins in Davis cup matches before
Patterson ever came into prominence.
In fact, Patterson chased balls IN
matches in which Alexander took
part At that time Patterson was In
his early teens, while the veteran New
Yorker was at the top Of h form.
In Justice to Patterson II must be
recalled that he played against Alex
ander with a sore right arm. He in
iured his arm in the national doubles
tourney at Boston and came onto the
court at Forest Hills with bandages.
But he had youth on his side, and
the speed and strength that go with
It,. while Alexander, sans the fire and
STAYING power that were his In other
wears. was finally forced to bow to
the younger man, but only after one
of the most interesting matches or
the whole tournament.
The veteran burned himself out In
the first two sets. He won both sets
with comparative ease, or at least II
seemed so to the spectators. Wiser
tennis critics nodded their heads and
said that Patterson was letting the
"old boy wear himself out, and this
proved true with the beginning Of
the third set. But, as we said before
Alexander was great even in defeat
Pitted against the average tennis
player the veteran Gothamite can
still put up a brand of tennis that
makes spectators sit up and yell or
clap their hands until the palms
sting. He had a repertoire of shots
the like of which is not boosted by
any other player in the United States,
and, as they say in other lines OF
sport. he has forgotten more about
the game than many play ever
knew.
Alexander first attracted country
wide attention back in 1900 as
player for Princeton. He won the
intercollegiate doubles title with r.
ID. Little as his partner that year.
The following year he captured the
intercollegiate singles championship.
In 1905 he won the middle states sim
giles championship, and the same
year. with H. II. Hackett, took the
doubles title for that section. Again,
in 1910 and 1911. Alexander and
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06

the home plate on double steal. Sew
eral other times the hide covered pei
let collided with his mighty bat, but
failed TO land in safe territory.
One of Frisch's best points is that
he is n natural born baseball player,
not a man made solely by hard train
ing. At Fordham he was an all
round athlete, winning honors on the
diamond, on the gridiron and at bas-
ketball. In fact he made such daz-
cling plays on the gridiron that he
was considered for American hon
ors and was much sought by the rep
resentatives of professional football
teams.
As Johnny Evers, who was in the
press box during Frisch's exhibition,
said: He sure is a conner, Kids like
him seldom go back to the bench"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
Tagging the Bases

The portsided fog ball propelled by
Clarence Mitchell was too jazzy for the
Giants and Brooklyn took their meas
ure.
Cobb, Bush and Heiman helped
make life miserable for three st. Louis
pitchers in a game that was a mara
thon for the Tigers.
Babe Ruth, super swatsman has tied
the home run record of Buck Freeman.
He made his twenty flfth homer against
the Athletics and got five hits in six
times at bat in a game in which the
Sox romped in easy victors.
Eddie Cicotte added another victory
to his long string by taking the In
dams with six hits
Timely hitting by Smith and Mann
and Cheneys wildness, enabled the
Braves to defeat Philadelphia.
Heath's single and steal followed by
McHenry's timely single in the eighth
gave the Cards the only run scored
in their game with the Reds.
Jim Caughan. of the Cubs, pitched
a five-hit shut-out with Pittsburgh as
the shock absorber
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Hackett were middle states doubles
champions.
Alexander mas shared the national
indoor doubles title six times. In
1906. '07 and '0S he held the title with
Fl. II. Hackctt. In 1911 j IL he
won it with r. r. Pell, and in 1917 he
and DIR. Rosenbaum captured the
event. He was also runner-up for
the indoor singles title in 1918, when
S. II. Voshell captured the honor.
This veteran, by the way, has de-
voted most of his time to the play
ing of doubles, and at this branch of
the game he has always been Il
wizard. He held the national out
door doubles title with H. H. Hacllett
for four successive years, from 1907
to 1910. inclusive. In 1917, in the
patriotic tourney, he finished on top
in the doubles, teaming with Harold
Throckmorton. He was at the top of
his form as n seasoned player back
in 1908 when he represented the
United States in the Davis cup
matches with II. II. Hackett. These
two players comprised one of the
most famous and consistent tennis
teams ever formed in this country.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
(BY FRED TURBYvILLE.)

The best punters in the game to-
day are those who practiced longest
to become expert. The knack of it
doesn't just come to a man in flash.
There are several points to be learned
and the leg must be taught some
tricks, too.
And even after the kicking part of
it is mastered a star punter must be
one who won't wilt under fire. stand
ing. in an open field, with no oppo-
nents around, isn't standing in the
midst of twenty-one other fighting,
struggling moleskin warriors. eleven
of them intent to get at you. The
punter must learn to be cool.
A free leg movement is absolutely
necessary to successfully get off a
long punt. The leg should describe
a curve in coming up to meet the
ball. The foot should swing out
wardly Just a trife and then in.
The ban should be received from
the CENTER with arms straight out.
The center must be accurate. The
punter then sizes up the situation
and drops the ball. His toe will
strike it almost as It leaves his
hands
To kick a spiral the ball should he
held with the point a trifle to the in
side of the toe tip. The bulk of the
ball should At into the curve of the
foot, as in the picture. The tip of
the toe does not do the work this
tirne-it is the rest of the foot.
Keep everlastingly at it.
Practice! Practice! Practice!
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Australians Defeated
By American Tennisers
Invaders Will Make Des-
perate Effort Today
to Come Back.

Forest Hills, N. Y, Sept. 6.--An eff
fort to overcome the handicap of three
matches lost was made by the Aus
tralian lawn tennis team when they
met the American four in the final three
events of their international team match
here today. To defeat the Americans
the visitors faced the task of winning
all three events and outscoring the
Americans on sets won on the two days
play as it had been agreed to count the
sets won in case of tie.
William NJ. Johnson, of SAP Francisco,
American champion. had as his oppo-
nent, Norman E. Brookes, while Will
liam T. Tilden, End. of Philadelphia,
national runner up. met Gerald Patter-
son. In the doubles r. Norris Williams.
End, of Boston. and Wallace F. John
ston, Philadelphia. opposed Randolph
Lvcett and r. V. Thomas.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
Atlanta Crackers Are 1919 Champs
OF John DOnelsOn Martins Circuit
Three Straight Over Pels Turned Trc-Looouts Are Now
Leading Second Division.

Crackers won 1t, to Q. And Wednes-
day, championship day, Boone. the
Cracker hurler, shut the former
champions out, to 0. Atlanta made
a clean sweep of the series Thurs
day by taking the game. to l. And
yesterday the 1919 champions de-
feated Birmingham, 3 to 2.
Little Rock. in the heaviest bill OF
the circuit, was at a winning gait.
The Travellers Were victorious in six
of eight games. After taking three
games from Memphis and a trio of
a quintet from Chattanooga, the Lit
tie Rock club had a 21-point lead at
second place over the Pelicans.
Pels Fall Hard.
New Orleans fell hard. The Peli-
cans opened the period with a dou-
BILE header from Birmingham, but in
turn dropped three games to Atlanta
and yesterday lost a double bill to
Mobile.
With the Bears victorious In FIVE
of seven diamond engagements,
fourth place can be claimed by Mo-
bile. as Chattanooga is IS points be
hind. The Bears, however are nine
games behind New Orleans.
Chattanooga, leading the second di-
vision, had n margin of less than a
game ahead of Memphis at sixth
place. The r.ookouts won three
games and lost four. The Chicks had
an even break in six contests.
Birmingham, after a period OF dis
astcrs, finished certain seventh. The
Barons lost five of six games.
Nashville dropped four out of fvc
contests and fell below the 400 mark.
remaining at last place And when
the final curtain on the Southern as
sociation is rung down on four fields
Sunday, the Volunteer club will trail
the OF her SeNen.
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COBB EASILY
LEADS LEAGUE
Georgia Peach Il Points
Ahead of veach in
American:
RUTH TIES FREEMAN
Cravath Clings to Leadership
in National, With
$40 Mark.
RUTH TIES FREEMAN

AS the clubs Of the American
league swing into the final month Of
the pennant race, Ty Cobb is driv-
ing for the batting championship,
which, with the exception of two
seasons, has been in his possession
for twelve years.
Unofficial averages released today
show the celebrated Georgian hitting
.371. twenty-one points ahead of
Oscar Veach. his teammate, and
closest batting rival. In the 1O4
games Cobb has whaled out 1855 safe
blows for a total of 210 bases. The
averages include games of Wednes-
day.
Babe" Ruth tied the worlds rec
ord yesterday for home run hitting
established by Buck Freeman, with
twenty Ave homers in one season.
Ruth tops the league in total base
hitting, according to the figures up
until Thursday morning. He has
stretched 11S hits bagged in Ill
games for a total of 240 bases.
George Sisler, the st. Louis star,
continues to show the way to the
base stealers, with twenty-seven.
Harry Hooper, of Boston, is runner
up, with twenty-five. Eddie Collins,
of Chicago, Is third, with twenty
four. Chapman, of Cleveland, is the
leading sacrifice hitter, with forty
three.
Other leading American league
batters for forty or more games:
Jackson, Chicago, .34S; Sisler, st.
Louis, .345; Peckinpaugh New York,
$40; Jacobson, st. Louis, 1884.
Rousch Slumps.
Ed Rousch, the Cincinnati star,
suffered a setback in his attack for
the National league batting honors.
dropping into third place, with an
average OF 1928. Cravath, of Phila-
delphia, chung to the leadership with
$40, while Thorpe, of Boston, swung
back into second place with .324.
Rousch. however, leads the league
in total base hitting. Competing in
lie games, the Red outfielder has
slammed out 143 hits for total of
1913 bases. Cutshaw, Of Pittsburgh,
continues to show the way to the
base stealers, with liberty one. In
home run hitting Cravath is out in
front with eleven. while Williams, OF
Philadelphia, and Kauff, of New
York, are tied for second with nine
each.
Other leading National league bat
ters for forty or more games:
Meusel, Philadelphia, .S18; Groh,
Cincinnati, .S11; Doyle, New York,
1902; Young, New York, sol.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
THREE CHAMPS
In DIXIE OPEN.
Irish, Canadian and French
TitIeholderS to Compete
in Classic.
MEET STARTS ON MONDAY
Formidable List Of Entries
for Big Atlanta Tour
nament.

Atlanta, Sept. 6.-The Irish cham
pion, the Canadian and French cham
pion Though here we have two in
one), the South African h m p ! n
and the runner in the
western open are some OF the
golf stars who've already paid their
entrance fee and by that token IN
doubtedly will be ready to tee Off
when the Southern Open Golf tourna-
ment begins Monday at East Lake.
Indeed, the tournament Is taking on
the aspects of an international at-
fair. We will have all corners of the
globe represented, from County Cork
to the Congo.
The notables whose names are def
nitely on the entry list include Tom
Boyd, of the Fox Hills club, New
York, and Tom, If you'd know, Is the
Irish champion.
Then we have George Fothering
ham, also of New York, who holds
the South African championship
where golf is quite English and
played with highest skill, in spite OF
the lions.
Next, of course, is J. Douglas Ed
gar who is both French and Ca
madam open champion.
After that the list Of the first en-
tries shows such names as Leo Der
gel, of the Detroit Country club, run
ner-up in the western open; Carl An
derson, Of the Bronxville Golf club,
New York: naturally Bob Jones, rum
ner-up in the national amateur tour
nament at Oakmont, and quite a
number besides.
The Southern Open will be played
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at
East Lake, with prizes totalling over
$1,000, and ranging from first prize
of $500 on down to 500. The tourna
ment will consist in seventy-two-
holes medal play. Eighteen holes will
be played Monday, eighteen Tues
day and thirty-six Wednesday.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06
Chattanooga Tennis Team
Clashes With Knoxville
First Of Series of Matches tx
Decide Intercity II
Title, 81

Knoxville, Sept 6,--Chattanoogs
meets Knoxville here this afternoon y
the first of a series of team matches II
decide the intercity tennis Champion
ship of Tennessee. The schedule is 81
follows: M
Singles 4
r. NJ. Carothers, Chattanooga, vs.
John NJ. Allen, Jr., Knoxville.
A. NJ. Johnson, Chattanooga, VS.. AL
len Ware, Knoxville
Henry Foster, Knoxville. VS.. II. 5
Chamberlain. Chattanooga. M
C. NJ. Boyer knoxville. vs.. Alexan,
der Query, Chattanooga.
Marker Patton, Chattanooga, vs.. G
Coffman. Knoxville.
Doubles S
Carothers and johnson VS.. Ware ant
Foster. M
Chamberlain and Patten VS.. Allen ant
John Ayers.
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THE. INTERNATIONAL CARNIVAL.

100000 souls compete even
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IS
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NOEL SLATED
TOWORK TODAY
Decatur and Street Announced
as Probable Battery
for Vols.
REDLEGS AT ST. LOUIS
Browns at Detroit-Dodgers
Play Again at the Polo
Grounds.
REDLEes AT ST. LoUI
iTODAY'S BASEBALL
AOuTHERN LEAGUE

6OUt mn GEHSSG
Nashville at Chattanooga
clear.
Atlanta at Birmingham; clear.
Mobile at New Orleans; clear.
Memphis at Little Rock; clear.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at New York; clear.
Philadelphia at Boston; clear.
Chicago at Pittsburgh: cloudy.
Cincinnati at st. Louis; clear.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Washington
clear.
Boston At Philadelphia ttwo
games): clear.
81. Louis at Detroit; clear
Only three games today.
SOUTHERN TOMORROW
Nashville at Chattanooga
IAttie Rock at Memphis.
Mobile at New Orleans.
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BIG OFFER FOR DEMPSEY

Reno Promoters Want Champion to
Tackle Willie Meehan.
Reno, New. Sept. 6.-An offer of
SEQ, coo to Jack Dempsey TO fight VIII
lie Mcehan twenty-five rounds in Reno
some time after the first of the year,
was made yesterday by the Reno Ath-
letic club in telegram to Jack Kearns
Dempsey's manager. Members of the
club say Meehau is willing to fight. The
offer made to him was not given out
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American League.
Standing OF the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing OF the Clubs.
Yesterdays Results.

r II Il
At New York (Barnes. Winters
and Gonxales) ............ 2
Brooklyn Mitchell and
Krueger) ................. 0
At st. Louis Cloak and Glenn
onSl ..s.,...s.s....' .s..s. "
Cincinnati (Ring and Win
go) .............'...'. q
At Boston (Causey and Cow
dy) ..........,....... So /
Adams) ................. IS o
At Pittsburgh (Karlson, Miller
and Schmidt) ......,,...0 0
Chicago vaughn and KILL
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KID GLEASON.

One from day that is long since dust,
Part of a lost regime:
One whose record is red with rust,
Back with an ancient team
Overlooked where the high lights step,
Blown from far decade,
But the Kids still there with the same old pep
Leading the long parade.
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HOYT AWARDED PELS
Commission Suggests Boston Be Al

lowed to Buy Waite.
Cincinnati, Sept. 6.--The rational
baseball commission yesterday held
that the New Orleans club has a prior
right TO the services OF Pitcher Waite
C.. Hoyt, but recommended that the
Boston American league club, with
which the player has been practically
all season, be given an opportunity to
purchase his release at a reasonable
consideration.
The commission said II the two clubs
fail to come to terms within ten days
the award of Hoyt TO New Orleans is
to become effective and win be en-
fer-Ad.
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BRAVES BUY SULLIVAN

New Orleans Outtielder Sold to Boston
National League Club.
New Orleans. Sept 6.-lack Sullivan.
outiielGer of the New Orleans baseball
team. has been sold to the Boston Ma
tionals. announced \. j. Heinemann.
president OF the local club. here last
night. sullivan will join Boston after
Sundays game here. the close OF the
season for New Orleans
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CHICAGO AND BOSTON.

adjacent Neither
1919
worlds
Is
pertinent
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-06

Noel and Neiderkorn for Chatta-
~oosa and Decatur and Street for
Nashville were announced as the
probable batteries for the opening
CONTEXT Of the anal series OF the 1919
southern league season In Chatta-
nooga. The Lookouts and Vols play
ernin tomorrow. officialiy ending the
season, The Crackers and Barons end
their season this afternoon, but the
travellers, Cbicks. Bears and Pelicans
Win stage their fine tomorrow along
with the Lookouts. The lineup to-
Aav fol1owss
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1911 ssHsss ssss.'' ss'ss
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

II II e
schsik) ..................9 13 II
Cleveland Myers. Faeth.
Klepfer and ONeilD ,.... l s 3
At Philadelphia (Noyes, Geary
and Perkins, .....,.,..... II 3
Boston Zones and Schang) 10 %
At Detroit (Dauss and Aim
smfth) ...................1 IA / !
st. Louis (Gallia, Wright
and Severely .........,.. Z l |
M nfhars
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DOPE VS.. DOPE.

Don't forget, suggests South Side fanatic of pur
the White Sox have never yet lost worlds SERIES"
Neither have the Cincinnati Reds.
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Series Of 1919 Southern League Season Andrews
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
BOCHE SOV|ETs PLOT
TO GAIN BERLIN RULE
Government Orders Drastic
Measures to Suppress Move
ment; General Strikes Con-
tinue to Spread.
By FRANK J. TAYLOR.

Berlin, April 5.-The German gov
eminent announced today it had dis
covered plans for a military uprising
in Berlin for the purpose of establish
ing a Soviet republic. The cabinet or
dered that drastic action be taken to
suppress the movement
A dispatch from Augsburg (35 miles
northwest of Munich) said the Bava-
rian Soviets had opposed a meeting Of
the landtag scheduled for April s. de-
claring they are the supreme authority
of the country
The general strikes continue to
spread. In fighting between 400 Spar
tacans and government troops at
Stuttgart, 16 persons were killed and
70 wounded. At Swinemunde, radicals
conducted a hunger demonstration
against the government. Mobs plum
dered the fish markets in Hamburg
Strikers at Magdeburg demanded So
cialization. In the Essen district the
number of strikers has grown tc
| 10000.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
PLANNING A BIG TIME FOR
THE RAILWAY TRAINMEN

Columbus. Ohio. April 5.-Nearly
$4,000 delegates from all sections of
the United States and Canada are ex-
pected to be in Columbus May IA to
June IA, for the triennial international
convention of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and Ladies' Aux
iliary.
The local reception committee has
opened Headquarters and plans are
being made for the reception of the
railroad men.
All business sessions of the Broth
erhood will be held In Memorial Hail.
General headquarters will be at the
Deshler hotel. The Chamber of Com
merce will be the meeting place of
the women's organization.
Postmaster Kinnear has notified the
committee in charge that a special
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
PLAN DRIVE TO MOSCOW

London, April 5.-The Omsk govern
ttnent Is about to begin drive with
Moscow as its objective, according to
a dispatch from Omsk today. Admiral
, X otchak in a proclamation to his
TROOPS said:
1--WE have been given orders to
launch an offensive with Moscow as
1.-THE objective. The people are fmpa-
tiently awaiting you as liberators from
the Bolshevik yoke"
The Bolshevik official communicate
received today reported fighting con-
ning on the Archangel front
an the direction Of Pinega the
enemy launched an unsuccessful attack
| against Mamburskoye, the statement
said TN the direction of Archangel
fighting continues north of the station
of Yemza and west of Oboserskoye."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
DEEP SLASH MADE
IN R. R. RATES FOR
SUMMER TOURISTS
Reductions Expected to Reach
1873 Per Cent of War Scale
Effective From June 1 to
September 80.

Washington. April Big slashes in
passenger rates to encourage summer
travel to all the nations beauty spots
will go into effect June 1, it was stat
ed tonight by the railroad administra-
ton. Reductions are expected to
reach as much as 1873 per cent of the
increased rates during the war or a
virtual return to summer excursion
privileges of pre-war days.
Railroads have been asked to spend
100000 in advertising the new rates.
A nation wide newspaper and maya
zine campaign will commence April
Is, 1t is said.
Every effort will put forth to en-
courage the people to travel, it was
explained at the administration office.
The rate slashes will be in effect
until September 80, according to pres
ent plans. Biggest cuts will be west
of the Mississippi river over long
journeys. Thus hundreds are expect
ity to visit the national parks, Col
orado and the Grand Canyon.
In the east, special rates are ex-
pected to attract thousands TO Allan
tic City, the Jersey coast and New
England coast resorts and summer
colonies. The northern Michigan ant
other Great Lakes resorts also will bs
favored.
There will be two classes of fares
One will be those on tickets limited tt
three months and the other on ticket.
limited to Is days