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■ MERCER TOUTS HUGHES AS HIGHLAND REGULAR Griffith Has a Pitching Problem, But He Will Solve it With Orth, Clarkson, Hogg, Doyle and Hughes. By 810 MERCER. atThrNs*. VarV jtlob*. Atlanta. Oa., March (.—Seven GrifTe pitchers are -now Pronina the klnlu out of their arm* at Piedmont park and not a move escapes the watchful eye of the-manacer. The pltchln* problem will receive a lot. of attention from Ortfflth title eprtn*. He had not counted on Cheebro falling him and a« It wae evident that , Hogg wae going to be good thla eeaaon. ' hie staff seemed to measure up to league standard with Orth and at least three good youngster* to rely upon. At this time It appears thnt Orlff will depend on Orth. Clarkson. Hog*. Doyle land Hughes as his regular twirier*. Hogg In particular la making a noise * Ilka m straw Tha Piidhln inti f&lllMl .like a star. The Pueblo lad gained some eighteen pounds this winter, but ‘took off some of It before he left home. ' However, he weighs around 1(6 now •where he Upped the scales last year at lit pounds a year a*o. Small Pitchers Osiers. Himself a pitcher of abort stature, Griffith la not a believer In the theory i that It takes a tall or heavy man to be n'snooesaful pitcher year after year. ■ Griff's own ease refutes this, but h* ‘did not win games by physical prowess alone. Not every little man, or bl* one for that matter, has the baseball noodle that sets on the shoulders of the Yan- None of the Now Tork pitcher* are giants or patterned after the build of I famous big men with the exception of 'Al Orth, who Is tall and splendidly pro- 'portioned. Bobby Keefe Is tall, but •thin. Hogg la growing Into a bl* fel low. Doyle la a midget. Uargar Is another tall fellow of small girth. Brackett I* of medium halsht. but he Is stocklly built and will weigh close to 170 pounds In conditions. Hughes Is tall, but not heavy. Clarkson does not change much from season to season 'and will never be a heavyweight. The (former Harvard star I* taking quite <pn Interest In outfleldlng and as he la a good hitter he msy take up that end of the game In a few seasons. Roy Caatleton. who will be the only left-hander on the staff, la a young fellow of little more than medium height. He has received permission from Griffith to report late nnd proba bly will not reach Atlanta before the last of next week. THREE CRACKERS HOLD OUT FOR MORE ROUND DOLLARS Paskert and Wallace Will Come Around, But Spade May Not—Seventeen Players Due by Sunday Night. day Griff railed each of his pitchers to the slab and stood behind them watch ing every movement. The Chase Mystery. Should Chase adhere to his determi nation not to report, the Infleld prob lem would worry Griff, but the general opinion among the players seems to he that Harold will soon be here and the manager shares In this. "I look for Chase to run In about two weeks from now," said one of the players today. “Ha has been playing ball all winter and must be In great condition. By the time the rest of us have Ironed out the kinks and knuckled down to hard work, Chase will com* along. •There's another angle to the case." continued thla player. "Tou see, Chase has been playing two or three times a week and getting good money for It. He probably doesn't like the Idea of giving up this easy money to work a month down here for nothing. We don't draw any salaries until April 11. iu know." And that explanation lust about fits the situation. There Is no doubt but that satisfactory terms will be offered to Chase as soon as Griff gets a chance to talk to him. For the present George Uoriarlty Is the team's ft rat-baseman. Frank Delehanty Is still to be heard _ om. Orlff Is Inclined to scold Del when he does appear. Should the Cleveland boy hold out for his original demands. Griff may pick up Riggs, the former outfielder of the Athletics. Riggs Is a beefy fellow, who can slug i the ball for keep*. He looks very good ■ to Griff and he would like to get a trial New York. The Yankee players spesk highly of him. | Billy Smith's worries are not all over yet. Wallace, Paskert and Spade have not signed. Wallace has reported, Paskert will report, but Spade?—well, there Is doubt about It. It's the old complaint—"holdoutltls" ns the New Yorkers rnll It. "We want more money," Is the cry. Wallace Is not so particular about the money. What he especially wanted was his re lease. As he couldn't get that, he has come down to play. Billy Smith Is certain that Paskert and he will come to terms all right. But he Is worried about Spade. “I don't know whether he will report or not," he said yesterday. "We can’t come to terms." The team has been counting on Spade, but of course Smith can get along without him If It becomes neces sary. There has always been a doubt as to whether or not the Macon pitcher would mako good. Atlanta's ball players will be piling In fast from all points Saturday and practice begins Monday. , Several of Billy Smith's ball players will not report Sunday, however. None of the men who are serving as college coaches will report until April 1. The coaches are Otto Jordon, who I, at Mllledgevllle: James Fox, who Is training the Furman team at Green ville. S. C„ and George Winters, who holds forth at the Presbyterian Col lege at Clinton, S. C. These men have been ordered back In time to give them seven days of actual practice before the season opens. Their absence will cripple the'Atlanta team for exhibition games, but as the three men are certain of places and as they will be getting Into trim with the college teams which they train. Smith thinks that their temporary absence will do no particular harm. Even without these men. Smith will have three catchers, four Inllelders, three outfielders and seven or eight pitchers. - -* ■ ... Neal Boll, the man who Is counted on to All Morse’s place at shortstop, was out to watch practice Friday after noon. He Is a man of good physique and seems to be the ball player which he has been advertised as. Regular practice for Smith's team will begin Monday. Billy has not col laborated >'et with Clark Griffith as to a time table, but he thinks that the Crackers will work from ( to 10:10 and from 2 to 1:30 every day. Rube Zeller has written that, he will report Sunday. BERN1E M’CAY WRITES OF PROSPECTS FOR GREAT SEASON IN COTTON STATES By BERNIE M’CAY. i NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS ByFZKO? H. WHITIHO. Crackers reporting today. Last of the fiVst installment in tomorrow. First Atlanta praotlee Monday. First exhibition game Friday! Gness things are not warming np some, yes I Harley and Wallace both look like the genuine goods right now. Both have apparently kept in the best possible con dition all the winter and certainly both have reported in tip top shape. Walla' polo all winter and ice has been playing roller has kept right down to weight. It wouldn’t take much to transform Wallace from what he was to one of the very best outfielders in the league. He is the original “fielding phenom." If he would only stand up and clout the hall ns he is capable of doing, he would be as good as any man’s outfielder. Maybe this is Iloh's year. Here’s hoping. Harley warmed up in good style Friday afternoon and doubtless Dirk is going to he the works again. He is a good, reliable pitcher, always has the team behind him,.and is there with everything that makes a hall player. Diek had the distinction last year of being the next to the poorest hatter in the league, but he won more than half of the games in which he pitehed and he fielded hotter than any pitch er in the league who took part in as many as twenty-five games. Birmingham is going to do thnt pennant raising thing strong. At no time during the history of the lengue has any team made such preparations for an opening day. Everything from the opening address by the mayor to the closing address by President Kavanaugh has been planned. It's all over now but the waiting. Atlanta will play an humble part in the preliminary festivi ties on that gala clay. Whether the Crackers will be content to stay in the background during the concluding exercises—to wit, the ball game part of it—remains to be seen. We hope not. Everybody hands it to Atlanta on the proposition of having the fastest infield of any tenm in the lengue. Tom Fisher says r that Memphis has the fastest outfield. The pennant Inst year, however, went To the team which had the best pitching staff. Wonder who has the best twirlers this year. ■“Parson” Houston May Play With Macon Again This Year Bpsetal la Tk* Georgias. Macon, Oa., March Local players an fast arriving. Scanlon came In .Wednesday. Hs Is well built and han dles himself well. Houston writes that h* Is on top of the fence and Is likely to tall at any time on the right slds and play with Macon again this season. "Parson" Houston Is a steady man for any dub, and has a One Influence, among tbs players. Bncton writes that his mother Is sick, hut he expects to Isavs for Macon Monday. All the old player* are expected cy today. rhs practice of the Macon team ye*, day was somewhat trying, as most the roan bad sore arms and stiff the. Patience and Peps are proving be fast Odder* at short and both ndle Ihssneotvsa well. All the old •n that are la the city worked out and seemed to be In good fn The work on the dl.unon I and grand 'stand at the park Is rapidly progress. Ing nnd will be In line shape by Mon- day. The practice al Mercer ls beginning to show up In tine shape and the team Is looking good to the fans. Yesterday the boys worked nut well. With Con- nor nt third In fine trim the tram Is working well and In a few more days clock-llke playing will be seen. In hatting, the tonm Is Improving wonder fully. secured a lot of new uniforms‘and the boys are procuring every afternoon. :<o that they con gel In trim The High Kchool boys are trying to gain admit tance Into the prep league, ami every thing Is pointing their way Asher Ayers Is captain of the team and Is a good player, covering short in fine style. Mobile, Alabama, March (.—Baseball is on the boom In the various towns irnund the Cotton States circuit, and If Indications count for anything, this league should have (h* most successful season In It* his tory. Any league of this slse that can recover from such a setback as the yellow fever of 1(05 and run through such a prosperous .season os that of 1(06, Is deserving .if oil the plums and good things that can be offered to any league. To day this league t« on a higher plane, both financially and otherwise, than any other Class L' league In the country, and there Is only one Class C league that compares with It In all-around strength—the South Atlantic, No other baseball organisation can show such a galaxy of star* who have In the profession as the Cot- ad vanned ton States—at least, not In Class D. A few of them, Niles, of Birming ham: Manuel, of New Orleans; Brett - ensteln and Maxwell, of Montgomery, and others I might name, are familiar to all Southern League fans. This season Tarlelon. Laird and Gultsrres will be seen with New Or leans, Robinson with Little Rock. Bru ner and tlnrdner with Montgomery and Woodruff and Clark will be found with Dr* Moines In the Western Longue. Hall and Pattlt both made good with Sioux City nt llie close of last season and both will be seen there this year. Moore, Prout and Wagner havo been sold to or drafted by Decatur Threo Eye League and Vernuelle was sold by Little Rock to Roanoke, Va. Every year the managers of clubs In higher classified leagues are paying more attention to the Cotton States, and this year will probably see more good men developed than ever before. How Teams 8tack Up. Gulfport Is going to njako a strong bid for the pennant this year, as is evi denced by their securing Bobby Oltks, of Shreveport, as their manager. Gtlka can always be relied on to put In a good team wherever ha Is, and he is certainly getting some fast ones for his Gulfport team. He has Tom Bird, from Little Rock: Chick Cargo, from New Orleans; Manush, of Memphis, al ready signed. In addition to the hold overs from last season's team. It Is said that he will play first base him self. Jackson looks pretty strong and so does Meridian. Vicksburg will line up 26 per cent better than last year, and It Blackburn can repeat his perform one* at Pine Bluff In 1(04 he will Just about own the town of Vicksburg. Franohis* Transferred. Owing to the failure of the owners to secure a suitable park sits, the Hat. tlesburg franchise was transferred to Columbus, Mississippi, and while the new town Is not so well located geo graphically, the chances are It will be u better ball ground than Hattiesburg ever dared to be. Columbus Is (( miles north of Meridian, which makes this season's mileage a little greater, but the people behind the club are all moneyed men and can be depended on to see the venture through to the finish. They say the place Is red hot for base ball nnd a good team should receive hearty support from the fans. Jack Ijvw will manage the team and will lake the players already signed with Hattiesburg. He has not given out any names of the players signed yet, so It is Impossible to get a line on what kind of a team Columbus will have. Four of my men are alreaidy here and by the first of next week we will start regular practice. ..Creed Bat**, who was some years .In the American Associa tion, has been signed for first base, and he, with Welch, Puckett and Thornton, comprise the roster of local players already here. Mobil* Is Ambitious. Mobile la craxy for Southern League ball and another season may see this city a member of that league. The at tendance here last season warrants the assumption that the town can east ly support a Southern League team, and Its acquisition would make a much more compact circuit In the Southern. Talk about your fine spring weather! Well, last 8unday It was so Warm out at Springhlll, where I went to see a game of ball, that I was forced to get Into the shade for protection from the sun. Ed Lauson. who caught for At lanta acme years ago, waa playing first base for the team from Mobile, and seemed full of ginger. He certainly Is far from a back number and can sling the ball as hard as any of them. He caught a fast on* on the end of bis bat and It started for left field like a rifle shot. It looked to be good for three bags, but the left fleldsr pulled It down, and then the antics Ed rut up were a sight to behold. It seemed a shame to rob him so early In the season, but bet ter luck may befall him after the sea son opens. Charlie Frits la working out every day and he certainly has got speed to burn thla year. I look for him to have a good season with Shreveport this year. He always has been a hard-luck pitcher, but luck Is due to turn his way some lime and when It does he will make things hum. By this time next week all the teams will have reported and the season will be on In earnest. THE HIGHLAND CHIEF AT BAT Htrs is Clark Griffith in tha act of swiping ths ball to ths outfisld. TW« t« OrifTs first agpaamnaa in a picture this year* GRIFF WANTS JAKE STAHL G. RICE NOT WITH LARRYS Galveston. Texas. March 9—Gant II- Ion nml hi* Washington,bunch roach?*! sunshine and green grans yesterday, having been on the road from Chicago for three day*, and will train ft couple of weeks or more In Galveston. ('lark Griffith, of the New York American*, who Is at Atlanta, mired (’antilion th.it lie want* Jake Htahl. the big first baseman an*! ex-tminagor of the National* He wanted to know If cash would buy him. (’untlllm promptly replied “Nothing doing for FORMER ATLANTA NEWSPAPER MAN WJLL NOT VISIT SOUTH ON SPRING TRIP. The Cleveland baseball team will pass through Atlanta Sunday on Its “Way to Macon. With the team will be several news paper men. but not Otantland Rice, of The Cleveland New*. The former At lanta new *|mper man find* It Impossl- hie to get away from Cleveland and The News will be represented on the Southern trip by Kd Bang. 80UTHERN LEAGUER A RHODES 8CHOLAR. Little Rock. Ark., March 9.—Charles A. Keith, a sophomore In the Arkansas University, the ’varsity crack athlete nnd last summer one of tho pitchers on the Little Rock Bouthern League baseball team, has been declared win ner of the Rhodes acholarNhlp and w ill represent Arkansas In the University of Oxford, Kngland- ROYSTON DEFEATED. Cpeclat to The Georgias. Bowman, Ga., March ft.—Royston met defeat for the second time nt the lianls of the G. M. A. boys Wednesday aft« r- noon before a Inigo and enthusiast|e crowd, composed largely of Indies. T'to game was fast nnd snappy, abounding In Juicy hits and free from errors. Both sides played fnultless hall. The scoring card shows 8 runs to the credit of Bow man and 7 to the Royston hoys. Burden and Bagwell. McC’ay’a two Bowman recruits, played star bull f-»r Bowman. The two Cobb boys. Tyros nnd Paul, constituted the main strength of the Royston team. Suddeth pitched for nowman and Cobb for the enemy. Tho O. M. A. team Is rounding Ino splendid form nnd would give nny prep tenm In the state a run for their money. Line-up: O. M. A. Suddeth. p Burden. H., c. .. Bagwell, lb .. .. Bagwell. E„ 2b .. Redding, a. s. .. . Burden. 3b .. u , Ward. 1. f Teasley, r. f. .. . Johnson, c. f. .. . ROYSTON. .. .. Cobb, p. .... Bond. c. .McCreary, lb Cobb 2b .. Ginn. s. » ..Crow. 2b . . .Crane, I. f. .. . .Jay, r. ?. .. Ginn, c. f. A CORRECTOR CORRECTED. In a communication to The Georgian a man w ho signed himself ’•Tech” stat ed the other day that The Georgian said that the 1905 Tech-Clomson game resulted In a tie and that the statement was Incorrect, for Tech won 17 to 10. If The Georgian had said that the game of 1905 was a tie it would have been Incorrect. But It didn’t. This correction of a correction Is somewhat belated, but anyway what The Georgian sold was: “Last season Clemson was victorious, the year before Tech; and the year be fore that it was a tie, 11 to 11.” Thla statement was quite correct. Clemson won last season—to-wlt. In 1909. the “year before that” would naturally mean 1905, and as we said and as ’Tech’’ said, the local college team won. Ho It seems that there waa bo error after aU. BROCKETT, OF CARMI, IS GENUINE ARTICLE Semi-Imaginary Sketch of Louis’ Life, by Bulger, With Incidents That Never Happened. By BOZEMAN BULGER, of Ths New York Evsnlna World. Mr. Brocket!, of Carml. III., would never buy a gold brick or fall for the old strep gag on Broadway. Out there In his burg some of the populace may havd to bathe like a canary—-In p. bowl; but Louis, ths elder of the house of Brockett, knows his way around with out a guide, and gels the tub and shower where others fall down. This dapper young man drifted Into the Aragon Hotel, walked up to tho counter and affixed his signature to the register In ((-point Italics. "Give me the best room In the house with bath,” he casually remarked to the clerk, as he carelessly turned around to Inspect the Interior decorations of the lobby. He waa Immediately fixed up In true Willie Astor style. When hla baggage had gone up lie calmly observed that he was a member of the New York ball club and the clerk was stung. As a consequence thereof, for two days Mr. Brockett will be enjoying the luxuries of a lord until Griffith gets him around In the ordinary rich man's suites set aside for the ball players. Idnatlon of his extravagance he In expli said that as long as the New York club was entitled to the best he saw no particular reason why he should dls. ided him on a silver platter. Brockett a Beaut That young man will do. He Is a big strapping fellow, with a figure like Apollo, Lave Cross, Pap Welkart or some of those old fellows. Being a lit tle jaded from hla Journey, Brockett took little part In the day's proceedings, except to show the Highlanders that he could handle a nibble of tobacco with as much dexterity as an old leaguer who had been hitting .100 for ten years. Shortly after the arrival of the gentle man from Carml, Griffith called him Into conference and his contract with the New York team was signed In leas time than It takes to mutilate a dollar bill In Atlanta. Brockett la not only a cracking good pitcher, but can play any of the Infleld positions and get away with It. Lost season he played third base for Buffalo for nearly a month and clipped the ban at a .300 gait during bis period of ffeldery. In Carml Brockett Is the favored ion. He ls In reality 'the man who mid. Carml famous, as they have no rartten. lor brand of beer In that locality Brockett showed evidences nf m, ball playing propensities quite early J the story runs In Carml. While yet in hla crib his mother waa astounded on. day to se* him throwing the nipni. from hla bottle and catching it on hit big t<M. _ At the age of 6 he complained nd got out of going to of a bad arm am kindergarten for three days, || e said It wasn't hla turn anyway. What stamped him as a ball pUver forever, however, waa one winter's dir when hla father came home and an. nounced that he would allow the youns. ater to take a Job when nchooi >u out In the summer. Little Ilroekett thereupon demanded a month's pay in advance and transportation to and from tho Job. Later he was turned over u a ptlnor league. Griff Gets Gay. The entire club waa In much better shape yesterday and was free enough of soreness to begin regular practice and running around the bases. They walloped the ball at a great rate, but Griffith was pitching. Don't Interpret that as a knock. It might not be polite. Griff had no Intention of going In at all until he heard a local fan remark to a friend ns he passed; 'That's n.rk Griffith, who used to be a great pitch- er.” The old wlaard thereupon got up on hie high horse and not only proceed, ed to twirl, but announced that h« would pitch the first game ugulnsi At lanta. During the day Walter Clarkson cut himself loose and waa the talk of the town. He -was shooting balls Into Kiel, now as If he had been at rifle practice Griffith finally stopped him. but no; until the 200 fans had got their monev'i worth. Clarkson, who Is naturally timid ud retiring, waa very much embarrassed during hla dinner. A bell boy came in with a call for "Walter Clarkson.* Morlarlty was the bureau of Informa tion and told the boy that Harkins was the "fellow sitting over there with Harvard on his face." The boy wai etlll looking when Morlarlty beat It. Amateur Teams Are Lining Up In Georgian’s Three-Leagues The proapects for three or four flrat- claaa city leagues of various kinds In Atlanta continue to Increase In bright ness. Work on ths organisation of tha reg ular City league team, made up of repreeentatlves of banks, Insurance companies. South Broad street mer chants, wall paperers and the rest, goes steadily and quietly forward. Baturday morning E. B. Adams, of the Beck & Gregg team, called on the sporting editor and applied for a fran chise In the Commercial League. Work on the organisation of this league will be begun soon and In the meantime the writer would be glad to hear from the managers of last year's teams os to whether or not they want to go Into the Commercial league this year. The Georgian has offered another pennant and will secure It and place It on exhi bition as soon as the organisation U effected. The Junior learns are lining up fait. The latest addition Is the Boy.il Ben- gals. C. Coleman, captain of the team, writes as follows: Atlanta, Ga.. March S. 1907. Dear Sira—I have noticed In several editions of your clean paper that you are helping the Junior ball players of the city to organise a league. Our team Would be glad to enter with play er* not over IS years of age. cur team has played for several year* under tb* name of Royal Bengali, and have in a large percentage cf our games. "« will gladly help If others will. TOM HADLEY. ■Manager. Per C. COLEMAN, Captain. This makes three or four teams on the Junior I-eague proposition. Let* hear from the other managers rl«M away. Roseben Is the Favorite For the Carter Handicap Now York. March 9.~From nil appear- anooa Ro*el*on, tho champion aprlntor. will ho favorite for tho Cartor hnmtlrap, tho flrat donate of the season to tie run nt Aqueduct April 15. Tho race I* worth tin,, mo and Davy Johnaon Intend* to got the biggest portion of thin fnt bundle If ponnl- Ho ban aecurod Jack Martin to pilot the grout weight carrier. Without doubt the gelding Is the fnntont nnd grenteot weight carrier In the world, nnd with Mar tin In the aaddle he la likely to lie a ntmng favorite when tho borsoa go to the p^t- Trainer Weir ban promised hi* frl«dit» have the horae In lit shape, and when ■ays the horse will bo fit there I* n<» nrd to worry. , When Davy Johnaon figures Roseben he plunge* to the limit. Bo la such a P"‘ ►Intent In'ttor thnt tho rank and file of I;*? or* take coarngo mol oft nboaru will Iw nt the trick on Carter hasdW day with a bundle of the long green Plrt.eo ou hi* gelding. . ,, ItoRdien won the Carter hsndleap l , *JR vetir nnd since then he ha* sn»a»h«i kind* of record*. DEFENDERS CHALLENGE. The North Side Defenders would bo glad to get games with nny team under 14 years of age. The line-up Is as fol- lows: Pat Dlnkers .. . Catcher Wingate Battle . First base H. Cantoy left field P. Penvy shortstop John L Hopkins . second base T. Heath Word Grocnc .. S. Cantsy C. Murphey .... Call B 'phono *»39 J North, or address Candler Murphey. 471 North Jackson street. NAT KAI8ER 4 CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Dsestur SL Kimball Hous*. Baruains In Unrsdssmtd Dlsmohds. POST FORFEIT FOR , GAN8-NEL80N BOUT Chicago, March *.—John t*. * Co., bankers nt Goldfield, today uirrd tho sporting editor of The < 'til. ago American. Informing hint that Tri Rickard, the Weitsrn fight pmnteisn had deposited with them 110.'""' a* a forfeit to bind the Ely. N' v tub, and as part ot the 330.0"" par* offered for a light between WKJJJ* - Nelson and Joe Gone, the battle t" 1311 place at Ely, Nev., on July 4. MUENCH& BEIERSDORFEB THE PEACHTREE JEWELER* Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry- Watch. Cloek rnd Jswslry Ing. S3 Peachtree Street—Atlanta. OS a.i: Phone 1311. GET YOUR LUMBER FROM _ E. G. 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