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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 1907. i Running the pennant up the pale, rubbering in the rear are Montgomery elothee ie Harry Vaughn. Juet before the pennant swung clear. The man in the foreground with hie back turned end hie hat off ie Judge Kavanaugh. Harry Vauohn ie the big guy juet in front of the president. | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS [ UwMOMMMMMMMMHHmWMMMItMWWMWHHMMmMWHHHHMHHWWMMIMMHHIWIMW PERCY H. WHITING. The first game of the Southern League peason is now a mat ter of history. It did not turn out just as we might have desired. Rut, any way, let it pass. Birmingham needed it so much more than we did that we’re more than half glad they won. We’ll get it back from them later in the senson, too. Let’s forget about it. Montgomery is here for four games, which is much more exciting to talk about than any post mor- tems over dead and gone happenings. The Montgomery series ought to be something pretty fine. On paper Atlanta is some considerable stronger than Montgom ery, but gomes arc not played on pnper these days and the “Monties” are likely to give the Crackers a run. I guess this’ll be about all for today. The prevalence of news so overwhelms one thnt there really isn’t much time for views. , WHAT THE NOTABLES THOUGHT OF GAME After the opener wan over the sport Ing editor jammed Into the rrowd at the rate and Anally reached the open. The Aret man he met was Secretary Ethridge. "What did you think of the game?" asked the sporting editor. "I think there were nearly 4,600 people there," was the verdict. In the Atlanta sleeper Billy Smith was located, engaged In the placid pastime of shedding his clothes. The queery, "What about It Billy?" brought out this: "We ought never to hnve lost It. Schopp pitched winning hull. Dumb errors lost It for us. But I am not surprised or much disappointed. I thought they would probably win it. It would have been a hard game for us to win." Up In the other end of th« enr was President Dickinson. The writer asked him about it. "If they had let Mayor Ward and me finish It out the score would have been closer, and more numer ous. I was In Ane form. That ball I pitched split the diamond. 8plt- ter. too.” About that time the train pulled out and the sporting editor tumbled off. On his way to the hotel he met Harry Vaughn. ••Well, Harry, how about It?" •Tin glad we win," said Harry. "It means more to us than one game. We had to get away with it because It was the first one. "1 want to say that Atlanta has a great team. Neither team was at Its beat and neither one played quite up to what It should have under the circumstances. I consld* er Atlanta's tefun extra strong and It looks to be between Birmingham and Atlanta for tho pennant." The sporting editor missed President Baugh, of the Birmingham club, but he sut near him through the game and from the way he fidgeted around In hlv seat nnd from the “I-won't-be-hnppy» tlll-lt's-over" expression he wore It is a cinch that he would have said he wmi* glad Birmingham won. Wobbling along under the weight of an overcoat, a camera and a suit case, headed for tho midnight train, the sporting editor ran across William Kavanaugh. president of the Southern League, In the station shed. Asking "how about It” was chronic by then nnd It slipped out before tho sporting editor thought. "It was a lucky game," was tho president’s comment. "Either team could have won It a couple of times. At least twice a hit by Atlantu would have tied the score." "I want to compliment the At lanta team. It Is a wonderfully good one. The outfield and tho In field are both strong. So Is the catching department. And so will the pitching department be. 1 liked the work of Schopp. He han dles himself like n ball player." "Well, good night," said the Judge, and he swung on the Mem phis sleeper. Top row: Meek, starting home from third with the first run of the Southern League season; Mayor Ward, of Birmingham, pitching ths first ball; Sid 8mith, sliding back to first, aftsr reaching there on the first hit of the season. Bottom row: (on ths Isft) Ths Atlanta manager, Jordan. Larry Hoffman and Russell Ford, ready for ths parade to start; (in the center) Mayor Ward and President Kavanaugh; (on the right) the platform and the no tables who took a prominent part in the flag raising. From Isft to rip™. they art: President Kavanaugh, Harry BIRMINGHAM COPS OPENER AN EXCITING CONTEST ATHLETIC CLUB OFFICIALS WILLIAM GLENN. GEORGfc ADAIR. : Her* are pictures of George Adair, whs waa re-elected pre.ident, : and Wililam Glenn, who wae re-elected vice pre.ident, of tho Atlanta ; Athletic Club at the meeting Tuesday night. Beth men ara anthu.ia.tic golfers and are here (hown in their golfing rigs.” Opening Day Cele bration Was One of the Best Ever. By PERCY H. WHITING. Yes, the Crackers went over and lost It. Lost It, too, in the face of pitching which ought to’have meant a victory. Lost It on a couple of bobbles where easy "outs” were on the bill. But, anyway. It was a Ane game, and I'm glad I went. They gave Atlanta a huge time, won the game by out playing tho Crackers ami when It was uli over everybody was satisfied. Atlanta was practically "yelled” out of Ic. The five thousand rooters fought hard as the Barons, and when the coal people pulled off anything good thousand frantic fanatics tried to split n thorax. It was the awfullest noise yet. And it would have shattered the nerves of a sphinx. The Crackers didn’t have the rattles or unythlng like that. But in the ex tra critical moments there developed Just the few bits of nervous work which meant defeat. x Up to this point I haven’t mentioned the score, and probably you know It anyway. But Just-as a matter of rec ord, It was 7 to 4 In favor of Birming ham. Probably you know about the game, too, and the parade and the flag rais ing nnd ull that. But. unyway, here Is the Atlanta eml of It. First, there was the parade. Now, barring circus parades, these strung-out affairs are generally frosts. And If the populnee of Birmingham did not enjoy the one Tuesday any more than the participants. It was certainly dull stuff. It was a good celebration, though, as such things go. It started on time, and It put up an unexpectedly good front. There were mounted police, a big band wagon, carriages for city, club and league officials, carriages for newspaper men. carriages for the two ball clubs and in the rear a donkey : drawing a cart In which were "Hip” I Hagan and Ginger Clarke. Tlie thin! carriage behind the band wagon was reserved for newspaper men. But when the parade was ready to start the Birmingham afternoon pa per men were away "faking” stories of the pennUnt raising: the morning news, paper man wasn’t up yet. and The Georgian's representative was the only "visiting newspaper man” who mate rialized. This solitary grandeur game Is vastly overrated. The query. "Who’s that guy all by himself?” gets on your nerves in time. And the farther a parade goes, especially In Birmingham, the less you like It. So it wasn’t to be wondered at that the newspaper carriage accidentally dropped out of the parade. When the carriages reached the ftroun^ the band ami the two tennis entered through a gate In deep left field and formed in battle array-#ihe band in the center and the teams, fifteen men abreast, on each side. At the word the band hit up some thing noisy, and the parade ztarted for the home plate. It doesn’t sound very Impressive. I’ll admit. But when the teams reached I the first stand and four thousand fans stood up on their hind legs and cheered until the ground shook. It made the tingles run up and down your nerves and you realized, If never before, that the great American game means some thing more, to a lot of people, than a mere matter of entertainment. Just over home plate was a tem porary stand and on this Judge Ka * “ naugh stood to make an address, was one of the president’s usual happy efforts. He said a lot of nice things about baseball and Birmingham in very few words, and Just when the peo ple settled down to listen he quit. Un dor the circumstances. It was a one- best-effort. He said Just the right things in just the right number of words and retired. Then the parade formed ugaln, and with the Crackers on right flank and the Barons on the left, marched to deep center field, where Birmingham’s first pennant pole had been erected. There was nothing complicated about the ’’rag” raising. The Birmingham player grabbed a rope, somebody turned the pennant loose and up she went. And yet there were more nerve tin gles when the handsome piece of red, white and blue bunting, which pro claims the Birmingham players "Cham pions Southern Association. 1907,” went snapping out In the brisk breeze. And how the crowd .veiled. Then, with the band playing "Dixie," and the fans yelling some more, the players marched to their benches. Thero was the usual practice by both teams and then the Haronn took the field. Hagan, who was to do the firing, stooped to one side when Umpire Hud- dernam called "play ball," however, and Mayor Ward walked into the rifle pit. once he spat on the bpll and once he pulled his cap down over his eyes. Then he stepped forward, held a fake consultation with Catcher Garvin, walked back to the box, yanked ut his cap again and pitched the ball. Then he bowed and President Dick InNon walked Into his tracks and hurled the sphere. And here the formalities ended. The field was cleared of everybody but few thousand spectators and the game us on. There is no use of going into details about it. Sid Smith made the first hit, giving the Southern’s premier batsman the honor of the first bingle made In the league this year. Moles worth made the first hit for Birmingham and "Big” Meek* scored the first run. Everything went well enough until the second inning. Then, with men on buses, liitle Schopp had a chance to force a man on third. It was a dead open and shut thing. He had the man a mile. Instead of throwing It he walked almost over to third and tossed it un derlaid about 37 feet over Dyer’s head and into the overflow crowd. Before the Inning ended the Barons had four runs. They squeezed In one of them. And that tickled Baronvllle almost to death. For a fact, to hear them talk over In Birmingham about that play you’d think that they invented it. They How it Looked to Only Atlanta Writer on the Job. ANNUAL BATTLE FOR RAG BEGINS TODAY With Montgomery playing in Atlanta, Birmingham performing In Nashville, Shreveport holding forth In New Or leans and the rejuvenated Little Rocks "debutting” In Memphis the Southern League opens up today all along the line. Firing begins at all points at 3:30 and Is due to last until sundown. In Atlanta the Montgomery team will attempt to do what Birmingham got away with yesterday. Whether or not It will succeed Is a matter which will be told In detail In the baseball extra. , Here Is the best dope on the line-up: Montgomery. Atlanta. Walker, p... ,, Zeller, p. Hausen, c Smith, c. Klsey. lb Fox, lb. Perry, 2b Jordan, 2b. Sweeney, ss Castro, ss. Connors, 3b Dyer, 3b. Houtz, If. Paskert, If. Apperlnus, cf Winters, cf. McCann, rf. Becker, rf. Rube Zeller will do the slinging for Atlanta and needless to say it will be well done. Billy Smith wants the open er and he wilt split himself wide open in an attempt to get it. Hickman Perform,. Shreveport.: La.. April 10.—Witter, mood and Noah were released this af. ternoon. Hickman pitches the openinr game In New Orleans. THE START AT NASHVILLE. Special to The Georgian. Nashville. Tenn., April 10.—Nashville fans are going to turn out In force this afternoon to help make the opening <( the Southern League season In Nash ville most auspicious. The local public believes that Johnny Dobbs has cor- raled a good bunch and they will root I for a victory from Birmingham. Johnny Duggan will be on the tiring line for the Boosters and Clarke will j work for the Barons. The Nashvlll, team will line up as follows: Dobbs, c. f.; Wiseman, r. f.; Person;, 1. f.: McElveen, 3b: McCormick, s. Morse, 2b; Hackctt, lb: Hardy, c., and Johnny Duggan, p. Both Dobbs and Vaughn appear con fident of annexing the game and tho fans are anticipating a fine exhibition. The weather Is fair, but a little crimpy.j The field Is fast. NAT KAISER « CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. ii Dec-.ur St Kimball Hou**- Qarcains in Unrsdcstnsd Diamonds. There la no uae going any further Into the sad details. Atlanta rallied gatnely In the fifth and sixth und drove Hagan to shelter. Vaughn yanked Wil helm right off the bench, where he had been shivering along with the rest of us; and without giving him the slight est chance to warm up he sent him In to pitch. It was an awful chance, but Willie” got away with It. The fielding of the Barons was bril liant In the extreme: and so was that of the Crackers. And this Is especially true of the outfield. Paskert made a stab which brought the Birmingham fans to their feet with a stonn of ap plause. and Becker twice sat down and caught the ball from a reclining posi tion. The paid admissions Tuesday were 4.300. The Birmingham officials gave Jt out as "between 4,600 nnd 6,000,” but Judge Kavanaugh piped It off as 4,300, and that must have been it. After the game the Atlanta players piled into carriages and rushed for the station. There they had a car to them selves, where they changed their uni forms for "cits;” and In It they hiked peacefully for Atlanta. Here Is the box score of Tuesday's game: Birmingham, ab. r. h. po. n. c. Molesworth, cf. . 3 0 1 5 0 0 Smith, rf. . . . 3 1 2 1 0 0 Gardner, If. ... 3 0 0 3 0 0 Montgomery, 3b. 4 1 0 1 0 1 Alcock. ss. . . . 4 1 3 I 3 2 Meek, lb 4 1 2 0 1 1 Garvin, c. . . . 4 1 1 2 2 0 Walters, 2b. ... 3 1 0 4 2 0 Hagan, p 3 1 o 0 4 0 Wilhelm, p. . . . 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total* .. . .1)1 7 9 27 12 4 Atlanta. Winters, c Becker, rf. . . . 5 S. Smith, c. . . . 4 1 3 6 Dyer, 3b 6 1 0 l Jordan. 2b. ... 6 0 0 3 Fox. lb 4 0 I 8 Paskert. if. ... 4 1 I 3 Castro, ss. . . . 3 0 2 0 Schopp, p. . . . 4 0 1 I Y. M. C. A. Golf Players to Have Tournament Saturday Another golf tournament will be held over the Y. M. C. A. golf course at Piedmont park Saturday afternoon. The prize will be golf balls. The handicaps have been rearranged and It seems certain that the contest will be a close one. Interest In golf Is rapidly growing among the member* of the Y. M. C. A. golf club. The course Is now In first- class condition. The turf on the fair green Is all that could be asked and the putting greens are In nice condi tion. Chris Crosby, who has been profes sional at the Piedmont park course during the winter, ha* resigned and will probably go to the coast. A com- t petent greens keeper will have rharp of the course during the summer. The handicaps for the golf tourna ment Saturday follow: John T. Blossom, 18: Rev. L 0. Broughton. 14: L. G. Broughton, Jr, 14; J. B. Campbell, 10: Commlsky, 10; J. J. Hagan. 6; J. B. Flcklen, 8: Mat thew Harper, 10; S. M. Inman, 6; Ow. K. King, 6; Dr. J. N. LeConte. 12: J H. Lumpkin, 16; J. W. Millard. IS: Our Mitchell. «; K. B. Muse, 10; \V. V. Ogletree, 8; T. B. Paine, 8; B. L. Rid-: ley, 8; F. B. Robinson, Jr., .1; F. 1. Seely, 10: Morton Smith, 10: F. 1 Stone, 10: E. J. SpratHng, 10; James J. Slaton, 12; W. L. Walker, 6; T. K.J Weems, 18; Walker White, 18; John K. White, 18; Percy Whiting, 8; J. B- Whitman, 12. Mercer and Georgia Clash In Championship Battle Special to The Georgian. Athenn, Ga., April 10.—Mercer ar rived in Athens this morning and play Georgia this afternoon at 3:30 on Herty field.' This Is the first championship game between the two teams nnd Georgia will do her best to annex It. Redfearn or Foley, both left-handers, will probably work against the Bap tists. Redfearn pitched a good game against the New* York Americans recently and Foley kept the Gordon hitters guessing. He nlso allowed North Carolina only 2 hits in a seven-inning game played Friday In Chapel Hill. ILKHTLY HAKES Tiit Totals .... .38 4 9 24 7 3 Score by Innings: Birmingham 040 020 01*— 7 Atlanta 000 013 000— 4 Summary—Three-base hits. Meek, Alcock; two-base hits, Castro, Paskert, Garvin; sacrifice hits, 8. Smith, Smith, Molesworth, Gardner; stolen bases. Montgomery, C. Smith; double plays, Jordan to Fox; struck out. by Schopp 4. by Ragan 1. by Wilhelm 1; bases on balls, off Schopp 1, Ragan 1 Wilhelm 1: wild pitch, Schopp; Innings pitched, Ragan 7, Wilhelm 2: hits ap portioned, Ragan 8,' Wilhelm 1. Time of game, 1:50. Umpires. Ruddcrham and Rinn. LADIES’ DAY IS THURSDAY Ladle*’ day Thursday instead of Fri day. All feminine fanastlcs please take notice. It was the original intention to have Indies’ day Friday, but there was a mistake In the advertising and this mistake stands. And Thursday Is fa dies’ day. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, We want orders for TIMBERS AND HEAVY FRAMING in car lots or less. We can furnish orders of any size, also everything in mill work and dressed stock. E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS., 542 Whitehall Street SOUTHERN LEAGUE. CLUBS— Birmingham. Montgomery ... .0 Shreveport 0 Little Rock ... .u Nashville 0 Memphis 0 New Orleans ... .0 Atlanta 1 80UTH ATLANTIC. CLUBS— Played Won Lost P. C. Jacksonville ... .2 2 0 1.000 Charleston ... .2 I 1 .500 Augusta ......2 1 l .5H0 Macon 2 l 1 .500 Savannah ... .2 t 1 .500 Columbia .... .2 0 2 .000 Yesterday's Rssults. Savannah, 2; Augusta. I. Macon, 8: Charleston. 6. Jacksonville, 1; Columbia. 0. If you want to drink tead^coSee, buy a sealed pack; age of Atbuckles ARIOSA and grind it in • vour ow» kitchen as you want to use it Roasted coffee loses its strength and flavor if exposed to the air. and even its identity as colfce after grinding. Loose coffee sold out of a bag, bin or tin is usually dusty and soiled by handling- Don’t take it! Cmetowa «!«»«■—eacf AtNakwIf* .P-dLsw.CemewN-204l.SU-V***— j ; ! ! “THEY’RE OFF” AT PIEDMONT PARK TODAY ! !! J SPORTING RAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING SPORTING EDITOR’S CAMERA RECORDS INCIDENTS OF PENNANT-RAISING DAY