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MAJORS AND MINORS ALL PLAYING BALL NOW
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
WHMWIMH—
PERCY H. WHITING.
The two major league* got away Thursday on their long
grind. From now until almost this date in the,month of October
the aixteen teams will battle for first honors.
And then will come another championship.
As a consequence of the cash grabbing policy of starting
the baseball games before the winter ip over all the opening
games were played with the mercury doing its famous disap
pearance act.
However, the crowds turned out just the same and the do
ings were scintillant in the extreme.
Our friends the Highlanders got away with the opener, de
feating Washington 3 to 2. A1 Orth pitched the opener and the
big fellow got away with it nicely.
Our other American League friends, Cleveland, did not fare
as well. With “Dutchy” Liebhardt in the box Detroit beat the
Naps 2 to 0. “Lieby” held the Tigers down to a couple of runs
but his team mates could not hit Mullin.
Boston won her game from Philadelphia in 14 innings, and
St. Louis shut out the Champion White Sox.
In New York city tho Hyenas (ex-Giants) started trouble
as usual. The Giant management failed to provide police pro
tection and the ctowds swarmed on tho field. It must have
been evident to all that the game could not go on until the field
was cleared, but the citizens of the “Great Rube Town” prefer
red breaking up a ball game to seeing one and Umpire Klem
forfeited tho game to Philadelphia by the conventional score.
Only two other games were played in tho big leagues. Cin
cinnati beat Pittsburg 4 to 3 and Chicago downed St. Louis 6
tol ’ _
In the Southern League New Orleans turned the tabled on
Shreveport, defeating them 3 to 2. However, it was a close call
for tho Frankitcs and if tho New Orleans team “has much” over
the Shreveport aggregation it has not shown it yet.
With the ending of this week the fans of Atlanta will turn
their attention from Piedmont Park to the baseball extras, for
the Atlanta team will again hit the pike, hiking on a nine day
trip through Alabama. The Crackers play April 15 to 18 in
Birmingham and April 19 to 23 in Montgomery and then come
home for four games with Nashville and four with Birmingham.
And then comes that rough first western trip. The wander
ers go first to Nashville, then to Memphis, then over the river
to Little Rock, then down the pike to Shreveport, thpn down
still further to New Orleans, where the trip ends on a prophetic
date—the twenty-third.
After the Western trip the battered remains will be shipped
home and what is left of them "Will open in Atlanta May 24
with Shrevoport.
That first Western trip is going to be one long horror. Tho
team is on the road from May 3 to May 23, nnd it plays enough
games to stand any team on its head. However, it may not.be so
bad. The team ought to be a good road aggregation this year
and Memphis proved last year that it is quite possible to go on
the road and win. IIJ Atlanta has a good road team this year
she’s going to win the—but what’s the uset We’ll know later,
anyway.
Manager P. Lipe, of Macon,
Expects to Land Harley
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., April II.—Manacer Llpe
Is away from ths city, so all of the
Inside Information about the Harley
deal la not known. It haa been stven
out at the local baseball headquarters,
however, that Harley Is to come to Ma
con. and that the terms proposed by
Manager Smith, of Atlanta, have been
accepted.
Should Harley go to Macon, It would
very likely mean the release of Trib
ble, the left-hand pitcher, who la now
with the club In Augusta.
When asked about the Harley deal
Dllly Hmlth said, "Nothing doing yet."
Of course, under the present arrange
ment It Is necessary to get waivers on
any man that any manager Intends to
ship out of the league. This means
thut If Harley Is to go to Macon every
ntnnager In the league has a chance to
buy him for S400. If none of them do
want him at that figure, he can be dis
posed of.
Gordon Plays G. M. C. Saturday
and Dahlonega Next Monday
THREE GOOD PLAYERS ON PRETZEL TEAM
PITCHER MAXWELL.
Maxwell was Montgomery's star
pitcher last year. He Is an Arkan
sas boy and Is a wonder when It
comes to steaming them over.
PRETZELS GET
M. RATCHFORD
Ex-Sally Bought by Mallar-
key and Niw Gets
a Trial.
THIRD BASEMAN CONNOR.
This new man Is playing good
ball for Montgomery, and seems to
be a star.
MACON FANS
ONLYWAITING
First Home Games Comes
Monday—Big Crowds
Expected.
FIRST BASEMAN ELSEY.
Here Is the man who will-work -
against Ratchford fqr the job of
regular first baseman for Mont*
gomery.
MJke Ratchford reported to the
Montgomery team Thursday. Mike Is an
ex-Sally and has been with Memphis
this spring. However, Manager Babb
found that no man had much chance
at first base against the redoubtable
‘‘Scoops" Carey, and consequently sold
Ratchford to the Pretzels.
Ratchford will he given a chance to
win a position from Elsey, who has
been playing nice ball for Montgomery,
and who will be a hard man to dis
place.
8|MH'lnl to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., April 12.—No matter how
the other two games of the week come
out for Macon, one thing Is certain
that she will Tflave done as well upon
the road this week us she did at home
last season. During the opening week
of the campaign of 1906 Macon man
aged to take two of the six games. The
showing on the road so far has been
more fragrant and the chances seem
favorable to a better climax.
What the fans of the city are now
looking forward to with u great amount
of Interest Is the opening of the cam
paign on the home grounds next Mon
day afternoon with Charleston, Many
of the enthusiasts have It all doped out
already. They seem to believe that If
Macon was able to land two out of
these games In Oulltown they should
take all three contests here. One thing
is certain, that no matter how tho
other two games of the present Macon-
Augusta series terminate the fans will
back up the club In splendid shape here
next week. The only thing that is
troubling the anxious ones Is that but
three engagements are to be fought out
on Macon grounds of the first twelve
games played.
Atlanta Woolen Mills Team
Wants Place in City League
Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
Dear Sir—We noticed In your pa|ier
yesterday where you wanted two more
good team* In your league anil we de
elre to get In If there Is any poesIBIe
chance. We have a very good team
and play clean ball. We would have
sent In our application sooner, but we
did not think we could get oft soon
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! Standing of tke Clubs.
Southern League.
Little ltm-k 1
Ninth! ill,. 1
Atlnuts 3
Shreveport -
lllnnlngham -
New Orleens -
Memphis t
Montgomery -
Plsyeil. Won. I-oil. p. C,
South Atlantic League. *
CLUBS— I'liiyoil. Won. Isist. P. C.
Jacksonville ..4 :: l .*50
Augusts
Hnvunush
Mnron ..
Charleston
Columbia
Special to Tho Georgian.
Barnesvllle. Go., April 12.—The Gor
don Institute team tackles the Mll-
ledgevllle bunch Saturday afternoon in
a game which promises to be ahum
mar.
Gordon haa been putting on some
fancy touchea In preparation for the
first prep gams of the eeason.
Big Joe Mercer eays he Is feeling M
as a Addle and ready for the fray. He
will be caught by williams, who played
such- a brilliant game against Tech.
In the Tech game, with two men on
bases In the ninth inning and two
down, Williams secured a clean single
off Ed Lafltte that came near winning
the game.
Btalllnga will be seen in left Held for
Gordon. He le a Newnan boy and la a
good batter. He takes Durham’s place
In the held. Durham recently left and
entered R. E. Lee Institute.
Stembrldge and Klker wilt perform
for O. M. C.
After this game Dahlonega comes for
two games on Monday and Tuesday. It
Is needlese to eay that Sam Woodward
wilt bring down a good bunch from the
Mountain.
The memory of aif old college rivalry
will be revived by the gome, for Sam
Woodward and F. B. Anderson, the
_ 'hllmlelphln
Cincinnati !
('htiiiffo 1
Near York . x .. .. • .1
enough to play. We get off now, how
ever, at 1 o'clock on Saturday* and
would like to get In if there is any
chance. If we get In we will do our
best to Interest all teams we come In
contact with. We are known under
the nnme of the Atlnnta Woolen MIHs.
CARL BECK, Manager,
16 Bluff St., City, or
DAN GLOWER, Captain. 8 Ella St.
Atlanta, On., April 9. 1907.
J. MALLARKEY
RELEASES MAN
Lets Shortstop Sweeney Go
and Nye Takes His
Place.
Crackers Play Classy Ball;
Rowan Pitches Winning Game
The Atlanta team showed Its real
class In the game Thursday, winning
from Montgomery by the score of 6
to 2.
Rowan, the man turned over to At
lanta by Detroit, made his official de
but. and he was the hit of the occa
sion. He held Montgomery down to
six blngles,’ and the only time the Mon
tide got onto him was In the fourth,
when a base on balls, a couple of hits
and a wild pitch netted Montgomery
their only rune. In the rest of the
game he had them anchored.
Rowan—and, by the way. that name
Is pronounced as though It were spelled
Ro-an, with the accent on the “ro”—
looks like a combination of Raymond
and Bumum, two members of the At
lanta pitching staff last spring: and he
seems to be more reliable than the
former and to have more energy than
the latter, with a good deal of the re
markable ability of both.
Atlanta made three rune In the third
and Montgomery two in the fourth.
It looked like anybody's game until the
sixth, when Walsh and his support
has brain storms and three more rqns
came over.
After that they pushed It through
to a speedy conclusion, with nothing
doing on either side
Tile Crackers put up u high-class
article of baseball, batted in a timely
fashion, fielded wonderfully well and
i Jump.
Montgomery, ab. r. h.' po a
Houtx, If. ... 4 (1 0 i a'
Sweeney, ss. . . 4 0 1 3 ,
Connor. 3b. ... 4 o in 3
McCann, rf. . . . 3 0 0 0 0
Apperlous, cf.. . Z 1 0 4 0
Perry. 2b. ... 4 1 2 4 •>
Elsey. lb 4 0 1 3 J
Hausen, c. . . . 3 0 0 3 ■■
Walsh, p. ... 3 0 1 0 4
•Ratchford . . 0 0 0 On
Totals 32 2 6 24 13
•Batted for Walsh In ninth.
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po a
Winters, cf. . *. . 3 1 2 2 n
Joruan. 2b. ... 3 0 2 1 4
S. Smith, c. . . . 4 0 0 5 1
Becker, rt. . . . 4 0 1 4 n
Dyer, 3b 4 0 0 2 »
Fox. lb 2 1 0 10 n
Paskert, If. ... 4 1 2 1 0
Castro, se. . . . 4 1 1 2 ■>
Rowan, p. .... 3 2 1 0 3
Totals 31 6 9 27 12
Score by Innings:
.Montgomery 000 200 000— 1
Atlanta 003 003 oo«_ «
Summary—Two-base hit, Elsey; ,to.
len bases, Perry, Castro 2, Apperloui
Sweeney, Becker; sacrifice hit, Jor
dan: double plays. Dyer to Castro to
Jordan. Perry to Sweeney; first haw
on baits, Walsh 4, Rowan 5; struck out
.by Rowan 4, by Walsh 3; wild pilch
line, 1:45., ••—■— - -
Umpires, Rud-
gpeclal to The Georgian.
Montgomery. Ala.. April 12.—Swee
ney. who was secured from the Hudson
River League and who played short
stop In the first two games of the sea
son. was today released and Nye, one
of the men trying for the place, left
here this morning to take his place.
Americus to Have
A Good Ball Team
Special to The Georgian.
Americus, Ga., April 12.—Americus
will have one of the best baseball ag
gregations that will be seen on any
South Georgia diamond this season.
The practice already reveals the fact
that many good players are here, and
after the next two weeks Americus
will be open to nil challenges from
teams playing Ideal men. She prefers
Albany. Cordele, Columbus or nny
South Georgia town of that else and
all challenges addressed to Murray
Dunn will And acceptance.
TECH GOES TO
PLAY MERCER
The Tech team has left for Macon,
where It plays Mercer Friday and Sat
urday afternoons.
These games are In the series for the
college championship of Georgia, and
will doubtless be hard fought.
Johnny Dobbs, manager of the Nash
ville team, seems determined to hnve
the strongest, pitching staff in the
league this season. He has made an
offer to McGraw, manager of the
Giants, for Harry Matthewson, brother
of Christy. McGraw will give his an
swer In a few days.
Captains of the major league teams:
Nationals—Chicago, F. L. Chance;
Pittsburg. Fred Clarke; St. Louis, J. J.
McCIoskey; Cincinnati. J. Ganzel; New
York, D. McGann; Brooklyn, J. Casey;
Philadelphia, W. Gleason.
Americans—Chicago, F. A. Jones;
Cleveland, N. Lajole; St. Louts, R. Wal
lace: Detroit, W. Coughlin: New York,
C. Griffith; Boston. J. J. Taylor; Wash
ington, Joe Cantlllon; Philadelphia, H.
Davis.
Thirteen Innings
and Nobody Scored
Special to The Georgian.
Tennille, Ga.. April 12.—The beit
game of ball that was ever played In
Washington county was played here
this week when the regular team of the
city played the Institute College tea.n.
The battle lasted for thirteen inning.,
neither side scoring.
' Smith for the college boys gave up
3 hits and strnck out 17; M. G. Bavn»,
for the regulars, gave up 2 hits, strik
ing out 24.
Two All-American teams which have
been selected by.a Birmingham fan:
"First Team—Roosevelt, p; Taft, e ;
HearsL lb: Harrtman. 2b: Jerome. 3b.
Carnegie, s. «.; Gates, I. t.; Dvpcw,
c. f.; Foraker, r. f.
Second Team—Cannon, p.; Cleve
land, c.; Fairbanks, lb; Bryan.
Knox, Sb; Cortelyou, s. s.; Dolmas, I. f;
Platt, c. f.: Rockefeller, r. f."
Got the White Sox "skint" a block,
by heck.
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Gordon coach, were old •time rivals —
Woodward on the Tech team nnd An
derson on the Georgia team.
In Athens, back In 1904, Anderson
Rot a two-base hit off Poole In the
tenth InnlnR of a hard-fought gam \ .
which scored the winning run for Gear- j
gtu. Woodward, who was catching for *
Tech, threw his mlt on the ground and
tore It to pieces with his cleats. This
Tech-Georgia rivalry between the
coaches will be an added Interest In
Monday’s game. i
Gainesville Team
Is After Games
Dear Sir—In the following you will
find the line-up of the Gainesville High
School basebalt team, which you will
please publish. We would like to ar
range games with some high schools
or boys’ colleges. Address all chal
lenges to John Harblson, manager,
Gainesville, Ga.
Line-up; John Harblson, c.; T. J.
Syfen, Jr., p.; Alfred Stevens, lb; I„
Costa, 2b; Leonard McConnell s. r.
and captain; Ed Nott, 3b; Will Bag-
well, I. f.; Roy Jones, c. f.; Grady Gas
ton and Millard Bagwell, r. f.
JOHN HARB1SON,
Manager.
8t. Lulls I 0
American League.
CLfTBS— IMnyed. Won. 1
New York I I
Boston I 1
8t. Louis 1 t
Detroit 1 l
Washington 1 0
PhllndeTphln I 0
Chicago I o
CleveliUJil X 0
GOOD WISHES FROM MULU\NEY
Dominick Mutlaney le many things to many men, hut always he le a
humorist.
After Manager Mallorkey's Montgomery team lost Its (tret game to
Atlanta. Mullaney, whose Jacksonville aggregation had won three straight
games, wired "Smiling John":
"Best of luck to all. Tub Walsh, loo. (Signed) Dangerous Mulla
ney."
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Southern.
Montgomery In Atlanta. Piedmont
Fnrk. Game culled ut 3:30 o'clock.
Bbrmlnthntn In Nashville.
Little Rock in Memphis.
Shreveport In New Orleans.
YESTERDAY'8 RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 6. Montgomery 2. -
Nnehvlllq- Birmingham—Rain.
Memphis-Little Rock—Rain.
New Orleans 3. Shreveport 2.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Charleston In, Jacksonville 3.
Columbia 2, Savannah I.
Augusta 4. Macon 2.
natTonal.
Philadelphia 9. New York «.
Cincinnati 4, Pittsburg 3.
Chicago 9, Ml. Louts 1.
ameTucan.
New York 3. Washington 2.
Boston 9. Philadelphia 4.
Detroit 2. Cleveland 0. V
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