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Knoxville Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 20

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920 1 game of ball. but was not given thd support which he deserved. Starting with Monday. the "Giants will meet the 'Pond Giants" from Winston-Salem. N.

In a three cerise game. first game with score of 2 to 1. Fridars game was taken by the -Nashville nine by-ii score of 4 to formerly of the Jacksonvilleteanz twirled his first game for the local team Friday, and put up an excellent New Orleans BirmhIghaa and zLTI Atlanta Clubs Still In Pennant Race. F10111LIO RAVELERS i TIM KNOXVILLE SENTINEL t---- A Dc .1 A i 4i 8 EFFOItT TO, 1 1 rir itk Et T. RAvELERs 1 2 714, IVA" ki EIM V121 11 4 s- 1.

i- Nevi, Orleans' Bfrininghaa and 1)s Atlanta Ball au Still In 1 1 A II, 1 Pennant Race. I ii cording to average, including Wednesdays games, released today. The league continues to be topped'by Ellis of Birmingham with a average of -with Harper. Little Rock. the runner up with .138 and Carroll, Mmephik third -with .31.

E. Miller of Little Rock fitilld to add to his home run record for the week bet his sixteen ism gives him the lead by a big margin over Griffith of Memphis Who has bagged nine. There is a merry race for Stolen base positions with Carroll of Memphis out in front with 36 whileHarper of Little Rock has 28 And Gleason, Chattanooga 25. Other leading batters: E. Miller, Little Rock 328q -Burke, Nashville, 31rstarry, ldemphis 312; Bern- ise Birmingham 311Wingo Atlanta Griffith, Birmingham, 295, and Bratchi Chattanooga 293.

ham meantime have been swapping third and four positions ablest from day. to day. The Travelers since they opened on the road July 18 for the present trip have Won nine and loet seven games accprding to figures compiled here a. remarkable showing for a midsummer grind with nearly all the games against first division teams. The struggle between Little Rock and the other three first division teams will continue few the next fortnight, however for after playing a series here next weeli and Travelers return home to meetNairminkham, Atlanta, Mobile and New Orleans in the order named.

Little Rock meeting Mobile and Birmingham in seven gaines since last Virday has won four and lost three games. Atlanta had tho best record in that time with five and two. New Orleans won four and lost two Birmingham four and three, Nashvills three and three, Memphis three and five. Mobile two and four. and Chattanooga one and four.

tal tl a a 90 i I (-- I 1 tbrix1.7Wil'e.tict.' Ot- Ill IRIS SPEAKER Is ON TOP OF BUNCH ou Let Your Husband IT I il I I International League At Baltimore, 1: Toronto, 10. At Reading. 3-8: Buffalo, 2-8. At Syracuse. 4: Akron, 6.

At Jersey City-Rochester, both games postponed, rain. exalt gue At Houston. 2-2; Shreveport. 6-3. At Wichita Falls, 2-7: Galveston, 0-2.

At San Antonio. Fort Worth, 9. At Beaumont, Dallas, h. WO sesysip THE CREAM OF ICE CREAMS DELICIOUS CHAPINZACKi CORP. Succoosoro To ATLANTA, Aug.

Southern associationaennant race that up few weeks ago was a six club affair with a constantly changing leaderdbip now appears to have developed Into a desperate struggle on the part of the New Orleans club, Birminitham and 'Atlanta to bead off the Little Rock Travelers. Memphis leacling the, seceind division showed digns last week nnd widened the gap between and the fogr first division teams but still maintaTned a good lead over Nashville and Chattanooga. Nearing the end of gruelling road trip the Travelers. haveApeen able so far to keep a respectable distance between themselves and the New Orleans which recently Atlas shown a persistency in hanging on to' second place. Atlanta and Birming ATLANTA, Aug.

7.The Southern I SOUTHERN LEAGUE GETS SHY ON "300" HITTERS "GIANTS" PLAY TEAM OF TAR HEELS NEXT WEEK The last of a series of three baseball games is being played this afternoon at the Booker Washington -)ark. between the Knoxille "Giants," Ind the Nashville, "White Sox," both teams of the Negro Southern league. The game was scheduled to start al 3:30 o'clock. This afternoon's game will conclude the series. Knoxville took th4 Virginia League At Petersburg, Suffolk: O.

At Rocky Mount. 0-2; Wilson, 3-0. At Portsmouth, rain. At Richmodd-blewport brews, rain. South Atlantic Association At Greenville, Charleston, 2.

At Charlotte, 1-3; 2-13. At Augustaa, Spartanburg, O. Mono Service Cream Both Phones 1444 CIIICAGO, Aug. 7.The "300" hitters are getting scarce in the Southern association. There are only seven Mayers hitting in the "select" class among the regulars who havtrparticipated in fifty or more games, ac, mo' 4 11 0 41.

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Ar1 1 1,1 4 kat? I kfit1 quommass 1'1'111 I iV ii-, Iffaimillik 111 4 lb 4 1. I Sislet and Jackson Runners-Up On Cleveland Manager's Batting Score. Chicago, Aug. three leading batteries in the American league fattened up their average during the past week but "Babe' Ruth the htme run champion who is in fourth place, suffered a slump. Trio Speaker, Cleveland manager, who tops the batterers, gathere eleven lilts in seven games and boosted his mark from 411 to 417.

George Sisler, the St. Louie star, is the runner up with an average of 402. Joe Jackson, Chicago White Sox is third, with a mark of 398, while Ruth is hitting, 391. The averages are of players who have participated in fifty or more contests and include games of Wednesday. Ruth continues to be the sensation of the league.

This was evidenced again in the series just plalred in Chicago between the Yankees and the White Sox. For the four days a crowd, officially estimated at 126,000 witnessed the games with a hope of seeing the big southpaw slugger crack the ball out of the field. Only once during the series was Ruth able to "deliver" on his specialty. That smash marked Ruth's 38th home run. Rice of Washingtnn is far out in front among the base stealers, showing that with a total of 43 thefts.

Other leading batteries: Rice, Wash ington 366; E. Collins, Chicago, 864; Mesel, Nwe York 354; Weaver, ot Chicago 341. Roger, Hornsby of St. Louis, conitnues '10 head the National league batters. The St.

Louts star knocked I out 13 hits in his last six games and boosted his average to 372. J. Smith a team mate, who was the runner tin among the regulars last week went Into a slump and dropped to fifth place with an average of 323, wtgle Nicholson of Pittsburg came ald'hg strong an.d now is runner up to Hornsby with an average of 336. of Cincinnati has pulled up into third place with a mark of 333 and Young of New York is holding fourth place with 827. Hornsby is far in I front in total bases with 220, acquired on 143 hits, which inculde thirty doubles, thirteen triples and seven circuit drives.

Cy Williams of Philadelphia bagged a brace of homers in the past week and now tops the circuit drive hitters with eleven. Robertson of Chicago is next with eight to his credit. Max Carey cit Pittsburgh Is setting a hot pace among the base stealers. He is showing the way with 36 thefts while Roush of Cincinnati has 22 and Neal, another nomber of the world's champions 20. Other leading batters: Williams Philadelphia 323; Konetchy, Brooklyn 321; Myers, Brooklyn 820; Hollocher, Chicago 318.

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eel vee pi 3t 4 0 BASEBALL RESULTS I I I -a afr 1141 IIII I NATIONAL LEAGUE How They Stand Clubs Won Lost Brooklyn 58 44 Cincinnati 54 42 New York 53 45 Pittsburg 51 45 Chicago 54 Boston 42 50 St. Louis 45 56 Philadelphia 39 68 Pct. .569 .663 .541 .531 .486 .457 .446 .402 Yesterday's Results New Yorp, 5-6; Chicago. 2-2. Boston, St.

Louis. 3. Cincinnati, Philadelphia, 2. Brooklyn-Pittsburg, postponed; wct grounds. 16 HOOVER ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPER FOR "YOU NEXT WEEK 1 Foi Where They Play Today St.

Louis at Boston. Chicago at New York. Pittsburg at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE How They Stand Club.

Won Cleveland 67 Chicago 65 New York 66 St. Louis 49 Washington 46 Boston Detroit 88 Philadelphia 82 Lost 35 46 41 51 51 55 52 71 Pet. .657 .619 .617 .490 .474 .444 3R0 111 Yesterday's Remits Chicago, Boston, 3. New York, 11: Detroit, 7. Philadelphia, Cleveland, 1.

St. Louis, 14; Washington, 7. I 7 Where They Play, Today Boston at Chicago. New York at Detroit Watzhington at St. Louis.

Philadelphia at Cleveland. HOOVER SPECIAL At Toledo. St. Paul. 9.

At Indianapolis. Minneapolis, 4. At Louisville, Kansas City, 4. SO LIITILIIN ASSOCIATION I 4,,, L1 ,...4.,,,,,, Abe nr: How Down and $5.30 Per month. FREE DEMON.

STRATION in your home $5, mon LsTR Pet. .592 .552 .542, They Stand Won Lost 61 42 69 46 57 47 58 49 55 54 51 56 49 115 89 69 Clubs Little Rock New Orleans Birmingham Atlanta Memphis Mobile Nashville Chattanooga .5115 .477 .430 .361 CZ: Ou eect by veacetli, irlatkalmg Ypsterdav's Results KNOXVILLE ELECTRIC CO. I Little 10; Birmingham, 1. Atlanta, 1. Memphis, 12; New Orleans', 4.

Nashville, 6, Mobi lev 2. Where Their Play Today Memphis' at New Orleana. Little Hock at Birmingham. Nashville at Mobile. Chattanooga at Atlanta.

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