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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1007. SATURDAY BUSY BASEBALL PAY ALL ALONG LINE 1 SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING f’*’ * These Photographs Show How New Ponce de Leon Ball Park Looks latti GRAND STAND AND CORNER OF BLEACHERS. BLEACHERS IN FOREGROUN D, STAND IN BACKGROUND. THE BLEACHERS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE PHOTOGRAPHER HIKEDTO_PONCE DELEON_AND TOOK A FEW SNAPS AT THE NEW PARK AND THE BLEACHERS AND GRAND STAND J_ THE GRAND STAND. _____ __ __ _ N COURSE OF ERECTION. THE WORK 18 PROGRESSING WONDER. FULLY WELL AND THE FORCE THERE HAS BEEN PUSHING THINGS WITH A RUSH DURING THE RECENT GOOD WEATHER. THE FOREMAN IN CHARGE OF THE WORK ESTIMATES THAT 1^ WILL BE DONE ABOUT JUNE 1. ! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS | L IIIHIIMHIHHHIMtllMHMIl BY PERCY H. WHITING. Russell Ford will pitch the opener in Birmingham April 9. Rube Zeller will pitch the first homo game April 10. That’s the “dope from now.” Whether time will effect any changes in tho present “slate” only time will tell. And time is a slow talker. Ford showed up well in his opening game Friday. lie has a boil on his neck and ho had hardly enough time to limber up. But for all that ho showed rare form and certainly handled him self like a pitcher. Billy Smith believes that the cx-Ccdar Rapids star will clamp down a place on the Atlanta pitching staff and hold to it. Hero’s tho batting order and line-up which goes into effect Monday: Winters, center field. Jordan, second base. Sid Smith, catcher. Becker, right field. Dyer, third base. Fox, first base. Paskert, loft field. . Castro, short stop. And the pitchers. This ought to bo an effective batting order. Old G. Winters is a good swatter and a handy man on the bases. Jordan is a good bunter and a man who usually gets on first by some hook or crook. As a pair of run-produccrs the Sid Smith-Becker combina tion will be hard to touch. Both men are hitting wonders. Dyor and Fox, who follow, are handy stick men, nnd Pask crt is certainly no slouch with the stick. Castro is there with the “hitterinos,” too, and while he is waiting for a turn at bat con dish up a lino of persiflage that is calculated to worry tho opposing pitcher nnd keep tho Atlanta team cheered up. Whether Castro will figure as the regular short stop or os utility man time will also toll. For there is to be a “utility man.” Billy Smith has officially decided that. Ho will carry one loss pitcher than last year and one extra fielder. This plan will work nicely until the doublc-hcndors begin, at which time it is always comparatively simple to pick up a good pitcher. “Dutch” Frank has been getting away with it for several years, and B. Smith will take a hack at it himself. Just who will bo the short stop and who tho utility man it will take some timo to decide. It can bo counted on thnt Dyer is a certainty at third. That leaves Ball, Hoffman nnd Castro trying for the short stop and utility man jobs. You can take your pick. The job of cutting down tho team will not be so difficult this year ns last. The Atlanta club fed seventeen men Saturday. Fox, Jordnn nnd Winters will bring tho number up to twenty. So six men must go. The limit does not have to be reached within six weeks. But Billy Smith has announced that ho will let n man or two go before tho opening game at Birmingham. B. M’CAY WRITES ABOUT COTTON STATES DOINGS FRANK WILL RUN GIANTS AWAY FROM NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, La, March 30.—At the opening of the ninth Inning of yester day’s Glants-Athletlcs same It was an nounced that the Pelicans would be brought back to town to play the Ath letics today and tomorrow. This means the expulsion of the Giants from the local parte. They will not be per mitted to finish their series here. When Zimmer called yesterday’s game the Giants rematafd on their bench and the game was forfeited to Philadelphia. To keep faith with the holiday crowd of nearly 5,000, an exhibition game was arranged with Rlckert as umpire. The Athletics then shut out tho Giants 7 to 0. -Matthewson pitched four Innings. McGraw failed to appear on tho Held following Thursday’s trouble. Manager . Frank sold this - morning that not only would the Giants be barred from the local park In the fu ture, but both the New Orleans and Philadelphia clubs will carry tho Thursday trouble when McGraw dis continued the game In the first Inning to the national commission. Begin Work Soon on House For A. A. C. at East Lake A large part of the money needed for the erection of a house for the Atlanta Athletic Club at East Lake has been raised, plans for the building have been accepted by the board of YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Philadelphia $, Altoona 2. Washington and Lee 10, Columbia 4. Lafayette f. Guilford 2. Danville 6. Trenton 5. Brooklyn 9. Savannah 6. Harry Bay Is saving all the dimes he can lay his hands on. The deerfoot will be a millionaire if he continues, as f.e bow has 7,121 dimes stored away. directors and work will be started on the erection at once. The new club house will cost $40,000 and will be one of the handsomest and most commodious In the South. Lou Milton Dead Santa Rosa, Cal, March 30.—Lou Milton, the famous brood mare. Is dead at the Santa Rosa stock farm. Lou Milton was the first producer of a two- minute trotter and was the dam of the trotting champion, Lou Dillon. By BERNIE M’CAY. Mobile, Ala, March 30.—Several ex hibition games In each of the towns of the Cotton States League have given the fans a chanco to get-a line on the strength of the different clubs. However, none of the teams has so far placed Its full strength on tho field. The Chicago Cubs played two games here and ran against Ihe surprise of their spring training trip. They did not a n 11 c I pate a hard game In a Class D town, but Welch fool ed them com pletely for live Innings and had Chance sliding up and down the bench won dering hvhere his colts would connect. Except for a blow-up In the eighth Inning they would have beaten the local team only by a narrow margin of one run—1 to 3. The first gome ended 7 to 3 and the second 8 to 1. Last Friday nnd Saturday the locals Journeyed to Montgomery and engaged Mularkoy's Senators In it couple of con flicts, which were chiefly notable for the heavy hitting and loose fielding of both teams. Those were the first games on tho new diamond and considering that It Is rough and unfinished the games wero pretty fair exhibitions. The batters In the Southern Loague will surely fatten their averages on the Montgomery grounds and the fielders will suffer accordingly. The ground Is hard and the newly sodded Infield will hardly be In shape for accurate field ing. The Postal Telegraph team of New Orleans, led by genial Bob Petrlch, one-time secretary of the Atlanta Club under Abner Powell, played two games here Tuesday and Wednesday. The first was a fair game and the locals had to extend themselves to win 9 to 6, but the second was a run-away affair. Meridian and Jnckson have been playing games with Mississippi A. & M. and Marlon Institute college teams and the collegians seem to have made the leaguers extend themselves to win. But at this time of year a college .club Is liable to beat .a lengue team any time. Gulfport only managed to secure two hits off McDonald, the Postal Telegraph twlrler, last Monday, and only managed to score through the Telegraphers' nu merous bobbles In the Held. Yesterday Montgomery engaged Gulf port In a ten-Innlng battle and came out with honors even, each side man aging to push six runs across the rub ber. Malarkey used four twlrlers, Walker. Walsh, Bumum and Maxwell, while Gllks worked Bryant and Lively. Sam Apperlous distinguished himself by lifting one of Bryant's benders over the fence for a round trip ticket. And by the way. there will be a great many homers made on the Montgomery grounds this season as there Is plenty of room for the ball to roll once It gets by an outfielder. President Compton has called schedule meeting of the league to be held here Saturday and lively doings are anticipated when the magnates get together. Along with the adoption of the schedule, several other matters will be brought before them and some In teresting developments are looked for ward to. Just because Ben Hopkins, the Clevelander who Is watching the Naps train, looks like Cupid Childs and works out with Larry’s boys is no reason why nny manager should offer $10,000 for htin. NAPS DEFEAT MACON AGAIN Special to The Georgian. Macon, On, March 30.—With Clarke nnd Helm in shipshape order, Macon should make a good showing this aft eraoon against the Naps. In the gamo yesterday afternoon Cleveland beat Macon 0 to 6. The hit ting was heavy and the run making machinery was kept nt a white heat all tho way. Cleveland was In close danger of getting tied In the eighth, when Macon jumped from tlireo to six runs. Five hits In a row off Otto Hess did the work nnd for several minutes It looked bad for the Nap dinger. The score was as follows: Maeon. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Lipe, Sb 2 0 1 1 4 0 PAtlenco. 3b. . . 3 1 1 1 1 0 Stinson, rf. . . 4 1 1 1 0 0 Murdock, cf. . . 4 0 1 1' 0 0 Khoton, 2b. . . 3 0 1 3 2 0 Harris, If 4 0 0 1 1 0 Wolleben, lb. . 3 1 0 13 0 1 Pope. ss 4 1 1 0 3 2 Harnlsh, c. . . . 4 1 1 6 2 0 Fox. p 2 0 0 0 1 0 Wood, p 2 1 1 « 3 0 Totals 35 < 8 27 16 3 Cleveland. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Bay, cf 3 4 2 5 0 0 Thlclman, If. . . 3 2 1 3 0 0 Stovall, lb. ... 5 1 3 11 0 1 Lajole, 2b 5 0 1 2 6 0 Congalton, rf. . 4 1 3 0 0 0 O’Brien, 3b. ... 4 O' 1 1 3 1 Turner, ss. . . . 4 1 1 2 6 0 Wakefield, c. . . 3 0 2 2 0 * 0 Joss, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 Rhodes, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hess, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clarke, c. . . . 2 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 37 9 14 27 15 3 Score by Innings: Cleveland 321 000 102—9 Macon.. .. .000 030 030—4 Summary—Two-base bits, Harnlsh, Congalton. Btruck out, by Fox 1. by Woods 2. by Joss 2. Bases, off Fox 1, Woods 2, Rhodes 2. Hit by pitcher. Congalton. Double plays. Harris to Wolleben, Lajole to StovalL O’Brien to Lajole to Stovall. Sacrifice hits, O’Brien. Thlelman 2. Time, 1:45. Um pire, Davis. Juniors Win. Friday afternoon in a very Interest ing game of baseball the Fourth Ward Juniors defeated the North Side Cham pions by a score of 16 to 11. The line up Is as follows: F. W. Juniors. N. 8. Champions. H. Owen, c W. Greene, c. C. Temple, p. J. Hopkins, p. McGaughey, lb. G. Smith, lb. E. Hardin. 2h J. Smith, 2b. E. Hardin, 3b D. Christopher, Jb. A. Hopkins, as. C. Greenlee, ss. N. Beall, cf. L. Murphey, cf. B. Mason, If. J. Sneed, If. Zachry, rf. T. Mason, rf. FREE HITTING AT PIEDMONT Yanks Take Another Game in Which Long Whacks Abound. You can talk about your "free hit ters,” but that affair Friday waa all there with the amnckerlnos. Sparks, Ford and Clarkson were all touched for hits, and most of them went for extra bases, Tho Yanks scored 18 runs!—on Frl day! I Atlanta made 7—the some day. It was a warm old game, with plen ty of excitement, and a' good-slxed crowd saw tho fun. Tbc way we dope out the box score follows: ab. r. h. po. a. e. . 6 3 3 1 0 “ .44 13 16 27 12 1 ab. r. h. po. a. e. Now York. Hoffman, cf. . Keeler, rf. . . Conroy, ss. . , Morlarlty, lb. Williams, 2b. , Laporto, 3b. . Johnson, If. . Klelnow, c. . . Clarkson, p. . Keefe, p. ■. . . Totals , . . Atlanta. Becker, rf. . . Dyer, 3b. ... 5 o o o 2 z Sid Smith, lb.. . 4 2 1 9 0 0 Paskert, If.. . . 3 1 1 5 0 0 Castro, ss. . . . 3 t 2 4 3 1 B. Smith, cf. . . 4 0 1 1 0 0 Hoffman, 2b. . . 3 1 1 0 2 0 O'Leary, c. . . . 3 2 1 6 0 0 Ford, p 1 o 0 0 2 0 •Spade 0 0 0 • • • Sparks, p 1 0 0 0 3 0 •Sweeney .... 1 0 0 • • • Totals 32 7 9 27 9 3 •Spade hit for Ford In fourth. •Sweeney batted for Sparks In ninth. Score by innings: • New York 105 112 210— 13 Atlanta 211 210 000— 7 Summary'—Two-base hits, D. Hoff man 2. Paskert. Laporte, O’Leary. 8. Smith, Becker, Klelnow. Castro 2, B. Smith: 3-base hits. Laporte, D. Hoff man. Klelnow, Johnson: stolen bases, 8. Smith, Mortality, Castro: sacrifice hits, Keeler. Clarkson, Spade: double plays, Williams to Conroy; first base on halls, off Clarkson 3, off Keefe 1. oft Sparks 1: hit by pitched balls, by Sparks (Mo. riarity): struck out by Ford 1, by Clarkson 3. by Keefe 6. by Sparks 4: passed balls. O'Leary; wild pitches, Ford 3, Clarkson. Sparks 2, Keefe. Time 2:15. Umpire. Lafltte. A. A. C. Admitted Chicago, March 30.—The Atlanta Athletic Club has been formally admit ted to membership In the Western Golf Association. : LIVE DOINGS IN YANKEE CAMP 'HOME RUN JOHNSON” ARRIVED IN A HURRY. By BOZEMAN BULGER, of Tho New York Evening World. Clark Griffith Is sorry this morning that he agreed to send the young fel low to Montreal! "Home-run” John son Is not a myth. This limber dou- blo-jolnted fellew who Is getting free board here for a couple of days, until Manager Klttredge, of Montreal, can send him a ticket, Is pretty near the Candy Kid. He Is without the trim mings, and still a diamond in the rough, but within the next three years you fans will hear something more of ’Home-run” Johnson. Take It from me. So as to enable Conroy to play short, stop, Griffith sent the awkward-looking Mr. Johnson Into left. It happened to be a sun field, but that didn’t worry him a bit. He was picking them off like cherries out of a cocktail, but that Isn’t where he shone. When the young fellow came to the bat everybody smiled, because they had heard of the "Home-run" prefix applied up at Bradford, Pa. These smiles quickly changed, however, when the bucolic youth laced the ball against the fence three times In succession. Twice the drive happened to go straight to an outfielder, but the ball was hit on the nose Just the same. Hitters are born, and Johnson cer tainly came into the world with a wll- lolv in his teeth. Every ball he hit was squarely on the nose, and that Is some thing few ball players can do. Hit the ball on the snoitf and It will usually fall safe. It Is the eye that does it. Lajolo got his reputation that way. Johnson Is not a scientific hitter, but a natural born walloper. Griffith was immensely pleased with the showing of this boy left him by Detroit, and It Is not at all certain that Montreal will keep him more than a month. As you probably know, Mon treal Is the farming out grounds for the Highlanders. Griffith and Farrell are said to own an Interest In that club. Dobby Keefe was sent there last summer. But speaking of stars. Bobby Keefe Is today the talk of Atlanta. He pitch ed as good ball against Atlanta for four Innings yesterday as any man who ever wore shoe leather or spat in a glove. As several players say, If he could pitch that way regularly In the big league no team on earth could touch him. His big curve was simply a marvel. It would start somewhere near the batter's shoulder and then break across the plate, dropping fully a foot out of the regular line prescribed by the laws of gravitation. It Is really a wonderful twist In the four Innings that Keefe pitched only one Atlanta batter was able to meet the ball squarely or drive it Into safe territory. That was Billy Smith, manager of Atlanta, and he was not able to score. HIGHLANDERS CERTAINLY PUNISHED THE BALL By SID MERCER of The New York Globe. Aside from Johnson’s start with the Yankees, there were several features to the fifth game between Atlanta and New York. For one thing, the New York boys punished the ball from start to finish. They registered IS hits for a total of 29 bases, and might have done even better If they had not hurried to get through the last few Innings. The batting of Frank Laporte, Danny Hoffman and Jack Klelnow was enough to rout the Atlanta twlrlers. These players got eleven of the hits, and of the extra base drives Hoffman con tributed two doubles and a single, La porte a double and triple and Klelnow the same. Laporte and Hoffman got foul hits each. It was not a particularly Interesting contest, because of the fact that At lanta didn't have a look-in after the third inning. There were a lot of bat tery errors that counted In the run getting. Saturday morning the Yankees went out to Piedmont Park for a brief workout. Elberfeld Is in uniform again and Is able to bat out flies, but he con not do any fielding. He can not stoop, and when he starts to pick up a ball ha goea down on one knee to avoid strain ing the sore muscles In his back. Billy Hogg Is ready to work again, and he may be used In the latter part of today’s game. Bargar and Hnghss are also on the watting list OTTO’S TEAM WINS TWO Special to The Georgian. Mllledgevllle, Ga., March 30.—How' score of 12 to 6, when a prep league team bulls Into an aggregation of Southern Leaguers, Georgia Staters and all around good amateurs? Thursday afternoon Otto oJrdan's youngsters lined up against the Geor gia State Sanitarium’s nine, wallop ing them In Baldwin’s red dust, score 12 to 6. This makes the second game these two teams have played, the first one going also to G. M. C. by a good mar gin. The game as doped out In figures: G. S. S. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Wright, rf 4 0 0 1 1 0 Ham, lb 4 1 2 14 0 0 Jordan, ss.. .... 4 1 0 4 5 3 Smith, E. 3b.. .. 4 112 2 0 Smith, A.C....4 2 3 4 1 1 Hudgson, p.-2b.. 4 0 0 1 1 0 Gilman, If. ... 4 1 0 0 1 0 Lockhart, cf. . 4 0 0 1 0 0 Wilson, 2b.-p. . 4 0 1 0 6 0 Totals 36 6 7 27 17 4 G. M. C. Klker, 3b. . . . Forbes, cf. . . . 5 Whllden, lb. ... 4 Hutchinson, If. . 3 Jordan, 2b. ... 4 Barron, ss. . . . 3 Allen, rf. . . . , 4 Exley, c. . . . 4 Smith, p 2 Gorham, p 2 ab. r. h. po a, c. Totals. .34 12 14 27 Score by Innings: G. & 8 G. M. C. Summery—Two-base hits, Ham, Smith, A.. Hutchinson. Extey, Gorham. Three-base hit, Hutchinson. Left on bases, G. S. 8. 3, G. M. C. 4. Double plays, Ham (unassisted). Wright to Ham. Struck out, by Hudson 2, by Wilson 1, by Smith 2. by Gorham 3. Time of game, 2 hours 15 minutes. Um pire, Little. Friday the O. M. A. team beat the 0000000000000000000000000’S O O O BEAT MOTHER-IN-LAW O O AND NOW TACKLES HART. O a o O New York, March 30.—Marvin O O Hart, the heavy weight pugtllat, la O O another fighter who haa got the O O manta for picking out ’’Iemona” O O to beat up In a fistic battle. He O O has picked poor old Peter Maher O O and the pair will come together 0 O In a twenty-round bout at Hot O O Springs. April 10. -O O The only fight that Maher has O O won tn late times was that with O Q his mother-in-law, whom he al- 0 O most put out during an alterca- 0 0 tlon at New Orleans a few months 0 O ago. O B v - ■ O 00000000000000000000000000 Pitcher Trained in Georgia Puts It Over Hot Springers By ED. F. BANG. Macon, Ga,, Starch 30.—If the selec- beyond flraL Llpo’s single was a flake. tlon of a training camp for the Napa for next season was hanging In the balance and the showing of the veter an pitchers In the game Friday was to determine the choice of a stamping ground It Is almost certain that Macon would win out as compared with Hot Springs, There Is no denying that Addle Joss, who has done all his training In Ma con, displayed better form than either Rhodes or Hess. joss seemed to be right and he prob ably could have pitched the full same. Rhodes lacked control and when he did find tho plato, the Maconltes slammed the bail. At that Dusty only gave two free passes and allowed but one hit, errors aiding Macon to secure three runs. Rhodes said that his arm was As for Hess ha was touched for six bits, five being In succession In the eighth Inning, three runs resulting. Otto did not exert himself to any ex tent. His ambition seemed to be to locate tho plate and have the fielders However, the showing of the twlrlers ,i„ t h e work. His control was per- was no criterion and Dusty and Otto focL undoubtedly will rank among the lead era along with Joss at the close of th< American Lengue season. Joss had everything In the pitching line. He did not give a pars In the three Innings he pitched and struck out two men. No runs were scored and not a man got There Is no denying that the veteran .wirlers aro benefited by the baths at the Spring* and they will go back next year. It waa the audden change that weakened their arms slightly. Hess, Rhodes. Moore, and Bomhard say that their throwing arm* are gradually be coming stronger. Mllledgevllle team 13 to 1. Tabulated score: Milledgeville. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Brantley 2 0 0 4 2 0 Jordan, O, p.-ss. 2 0 1 2 3 1 Ham, lb.-p. ... 3 0 0 5 2 1 Moore, 2b. ... 3 0 1 2 1 1 Reynolds, rf.-lb. 1 0 0 3 0 0 Sheppard, Sb. . 2 0 0 3 0 1 Ellison, ss.-p, . . 3 0 0 2 0 1 Tant. If 3 0 0 0 0 0 Gorham, cf. . . . 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 1 2 21 8 5 G. M. C. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Klker, 3b 5 2 3 0 0 0 Forbes, cf. . . . 2 3 2 2 0 0 Whllden. lb. . . 3 2 2 7 0 1 Hutchinson, If. . 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan, 2b. ... 3 2 1 1 3 0 Allen, rf 3 1 0 o 0 o Exley. c 4 1 0 7 0 0 McLain, p. . . . 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 13 10 18 4 1 Score by Innings: Mllledgevllle 000 010 lOx— 1 G. M. C 302 043 310—13 Summary — Two-base hit, Klker. Three-base hits, Whllden 2. Innings pitched by Otto Jordan 2. by Ham 3, by Ellison 2, by McLain 6. Struck, by- Ham 1. Ellison 2. McLain 7. Hits, off Jordan 3, off Ham 4, off Ellison 3. Base on balls, off Jordan 1, olt Ham 3, off Ellison 2. Time of game, 2 hours. Um pire, Hardy. SHARP’S TEAM IS CHAMPION SHARP S’TEAM.. .. —WORTS .WJJ- Tho bowling tournament of the Athletic Club wss won Friday nlsbtuy Sharp's team from Patterson a. The - waa 2146 to 2090. The team acorea follow* — . — -- .. 4* . 421 , • 421 . • 415 , .55 'Patterson. Clarke. . . . Hatcher. . . Hendrickson. . u:: . 431 . 490 . 420 .396 .2000 *8barp. . Smith. . . Darla. . . Byrd. . . Strong. . Total. . R - E - LEE PLA a Y t 8 m.llepoev.lle. Milledgevtle, next game for Georgia M11 ‘ ta L c of lege Is Monday, when R. *•; Thomaston, tackles G. M. • ^ Mllledgevllle diamond. One gar^ already been played between tne teams, the cadets losing. NAT KAISER 4 CO. CONFIDENTIAL L0AN& ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St ' Bsrcalns In Unredeemed Dismay CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, We want orders for TIMBERS AND HEAVY FRAMING in car lots or less. We can furnish orders of any also evervthinp in mill work and dressed stock. . E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS., 542 Whitehall Street