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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907
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THURSDAY CRACKERS HIT THE LONG TRAIL
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
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BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Alleged news item:
“The time is not far hence when the Roosevelt col
ors will be seen prominently upon the eastern tracks.” 1
We beg to be excused for doubting it.
Of course the president may plan some such thing and possi
bly Roosevelt horses will one day take part in the merry 1 whirli
gig and assist the fly and festive bookmakers in their favorite
pastime of separating the poor, harmless, hopeless public from
its money.
But we don’t believe it and we hope it isn’t so.
The president is a lover of Rport, but the kind he likes is the
kind he can take part in himself. A brand of sport where he
paid a jockey to do the riding would hardly appeal to the most
strennous exponent of present-day strenuosity.
The sport that does good is the one you take part in your
self. There is a certain form of pleasure in going to a race track
and seeing a lot of jockeys—mostly either incompetent or crook
ed—riding some other man’s horses for your money.
But it is pretty poor business compared with getting out
in the good fresh air and taking part yourself in some sport. An
hour of hunting or fishing, walking, rowing, riding or play at
some of the many outdoor sports—baseball, tennis, golf or any of
the rest—is worth ten years at a race track.
The Atlanta team goes on the road Thursday night for the
worst trip of the season.
And here’s hoping.
If the Crackers can get an even break on the road they will
be lucky. And we guess they can.
The team this year certainly promises to prove a good road
aggregation. Almost every man left out of last year’s team is a
good road performer and just as steady when playing before a
crowd of opposing rooters ns ho is when at home and with Atlan
ta fans yelling encouragement.
And all of the new men seepi to do well on foreigndMds. Ed
Sweeney hns never performed for Atlnntn on the road, but he
has never shown the least symptoms of rattles. Ford. Spndo and
Castleton are cool and heady in any trying conditions. Castro
and Dyer are seasoned performers who do well nny.whcre.
Judged by bis work in Birmingham Paskert is even better on
the road than at home, and Becker seems to be the same con
scientious performer at home and abroad.
Atlanta lost the pennant last year because the team could
not <! i •• <•!I on the road.
I'i '-m now as though the Crackers would win this year’s
reason that they arc just ns good invaders as they arc
GEORGIA’S FAMOUS BROWN BATTERY
REVENGE FOR
BARON BAND.
The best of teams will lose now and
then and one of the best in the league
lost at Piedmont park Wednesday
when the Barons stung the Crackers
for a S to 0 defeat.
Rip Ragan, who haa been twice
this year batted all around the
by the Cracker#, took his revenge and
let the best batting team In the league
down with four hl|s.
Ford worked hard but he wasn't In
his usual form and gave up thirteen
hits.
The acore:
Birmingham— ab.
Molesworth, cf
Smith, rf 4
Gardner, if. . . .4
Meeks, .lb ... .5
Alcock. 3b. . . .5
Garvin, c 3
Oyler, ss 4
Walters, 2b. . . .4
Ragan, p. . . . .3
Totals
0.
.38 5 13 27 10
Atlanta— ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Wlntera. cf . . .4 0 2 2 0 0
Jordan, 2b. ...3 0 0 3 4 0
S. Smith, c. . . .4 0 1 7 1 0
Spade, rf 4 0 0 1 0 0
Dyer. 3b 4 0 0 3 1 1
lb 4 0 1 9 2 0
Paskert, If. . . .4 0 0 1 0 0
Castro, ss. . . .3 0 0 0 1 0
Ford, p 2 0 0 1 5 1
Totals 32 0 4 27 14 2
Score by fnnlifgs:
Birmingham 210 000 101—5
Atlanta 000 000 000—0
Hits by innings:
Birmingham . .311 022 103—13
Atlanta 100 001 Oil— 4
Summary—Left on bases, Birming
ham 10, Atlanta 8; struck out, by Ra
gan: Ford 2, Jordan. Spade. Cas
tro (#); by Ford: Alcock, Garvin, Ra
gan Molesworth, Oyler (5); bases on
balls, off Ragan 2, olt Ford 4; two-base
hits, C. Smith: three-base hits, C.
Smith: stolen bases, C. Smith; sacri
fice hits, Jordan, Ragan, Molesworth,
Oyler; double plays, Fox (unassisted),
Alcock to Walters to Meek; wild
pitch, Ford. Time 1:45. Umpire, Rlnn.
NOTES OF THE GAME
Stang, b'JImlny!
And this from Rip Roaring Ra
gan!
The first time the Crackers met
him this year they batted him out
of the box. The next time he waa
located for 12 hits.'
And now!
Four flabby hits.
Last Thursday when Ford pitch
ed he let the first two men up score
and then shut out Nashville
through the rest of the game.
Wednesday the first two men up
again scored, but alas! they did not
stop there.
It wouldn't have mattered much,
though; for Atlanta couldn’t locate
Ragan and one wobbly run would
have beaten them.
It's worth giving Carlos Smith a
three-bagger, Just to see him run.
When he gets his stride It Is about
sixty-four feet long an^ two steps
Is all he takes between first and
second.
A race between Carlos Smith,
Jim Fox. "Scoops" Carey and Ed
Walker ought to be a feafure.
Carlos Smith and Big Meeks
were the hitters for Birmingham.
Each made three’ Alcock made a
couple and every other man on the
team except Gardner got at least
one hit.
George Winters made half of At
lanta's hits—Sid Smith and Jim
Fox split the rest between them,
making one each.
"Grandstand" Oyler converted
the three chances which came his
way Into one assist and two errors.
Best shortstop In the league,
too: or so they say over In Btrmi
Ingham!
Guess we have about the best one
In the league ourselves. Castro i,
certainly playing the most brilliant
ball of bla Southern League career
these days, and local fans are be
ginning to believe that the foxiest
deal of the year was the one which
put the Count on the Atlanta team.
Atlanta wasn't the only home
team In the Southern League
which tasted the bitterness of a
shflt-out. m
Little Rock was shut out at home
by New Orleans, “Them Dubs"
turned the trick on Nashville, and
Babb's Blusterers shut out the
Shreveporters on Fisher's own field.
And there were others. Macon
shut out Jacksonville, Savannah
shut out Columbia, Cleveland shut
out St. Louis Americans and Pitts
burg shut out St. Louis Nationals.
As misery loves company the At
lanta fana have a lot to love as a
result of Wednesday's troubles.
AM the Southern League games,
except the one In Nashville, broke
badly for the Crackers. Memphis
and New Orleans won and that Is
always hard luck.
As a result of “The Misfortune"
Atlanta dropped out of first place
again and Memphis is back In the
load.
Those Blusterers are going lo be
hard to beat this year, but that
Atlanta team Is the one that can
do It.
J. BROWN. W. BROWN.
These two stars are playing great ball for Georgia. W. Brown does
the fancy pitching and his big brother is a catcher.
TECH PLAYS TWO GAMES ON SATURDAY,
MEETING DAHL0NEGA AND FURMAN TEAMS
Standing of the Clubs.
In the nhfiencft of th* Atlanta team
from the city next Friday and Satur
day, the Tech management haa ar
ranged for a strong combination for the
amufement of the fan*. Game** with
Furman have already been announced
for both Friday and Saturday, and In
addition Manager Hendrio announces
that he haa cloaed with the strong
D&hlonega team for a game Saturday,
a double-header to he played by Tech
on that date, one game being with Fur
man and the other with Dnhlonoga.
Ham Woodward, an old Tech atar,
has been coaching the Mountain boys
this spring and hoped to take a fall out
of his old teacher, Helsman.
Furman belongs to one of that group
of five or six South Carolina colleges
that turn out rattling good teams every
Henson, anti with the memory of thrt
defeats handed them by Tech last so.
son they are going to tight to take both
gamed.
BENDER LASTED ABOUT 7 1-2 MINUTES
IN FRONT OF TOM MURPHY, OF HARLEM
By TAD.
Now Tork, May 2.—Tommy Murphy,
Of Hsrlom, showed Tony Bender, of
Elisabeth, N. J.. Just where ho stood
last night when he knocked him out In
the third round of a ten-spasm affair.
Mr. Bender, who has bsen spilling
ambitious lightweights all over the car
d's of late, waa coming like a special
train In Ills class, and Tom O'Rourke,
of the National Club, figured Tony to
be Just the man to show the boy from
the goat district the Ins and outs of
the mitt game.
Bender Is a serious looking guy, a
bit taller than Murphy nnd built all
the way up. Tommy looked well him
self, and a bit husky at that. Mr.
Jawn Bummers, of England, who came
•ver hero looking for some one to get
gay. sat nt the ringside nnd piped the
go.
Those poor fellows with the Tiffany
stuff all over them wagered heavily,
some .of them betting that It would not
go ten rounds.
Off they went and started to swap
lefts Immediately. Murphy hooked a
bit cleaner nnd oftener thnn Bender,
and once or twice he got the latter'a
left arm under hie right nnd whaled
away some more. Johnny White, the
referee, cautioned Tommy, and they
went at It again. Murphy hncked Tony
around some nnd they clinched. In
the break Tommy clipped his man on
the side of the Jaw with a right and
the referee cautioned our Harlem man
once more.
Murphy hooked Bender nn the Jaw
some more, switched to the stomach
and took a few himself, which made
his noso red and Ills temperature rise.
At tho bell Tommy had a lead.
Tho merry gnmc went the anine way
In tile second. At the bell Bender was
pretty well mussed up and ready for
Ihe ammonia und other groceries.
Murphy at the beginning of the
third almost took Bender oft his feet
with a rush ami then sent him through
the ropes with it short right hook,
which curved nently under Tony's
block. Ha was helped hack into the
ring and stalled across lo the other
side. Tommy feinted with his left nnd
drove n right to Hie ear that loosened
the hinges on Bender's knees and they
bent again. He stopped another right
and fell over the bottom rope on his
face, whlio tho referee led Murphy to
his corner.
Bender was completely out and could
not resume tf he had been given the
limit.
Davenport and Goodier Star
In Track and Field Sports
the
the Georgia School of Technology waa ht»U.
on Ihe campus Wedneadajr afternoon. Good
records were made in uioat of the event a
when it la eonatdered that the track on
the Tech campua la a 7-lap one, nnd con
aldcraMv alower than that at Piedmont,
the — v -•.
where
intercollegiate meeta are held.
officiate Map roca thnn In any other even..
A IS atraw hat wbb offered for the win.
uer of thla race* and the cnuipetltlim waa
atrong. Professor Dwight B. Lowell, Into
resident of Maine, and graduate from the
University of Michigan, won by n none
from Professor J. Brooks Fmtth, who hails
from the claaalc shades of the University
of Virginia. A consideration of the dis
tance. 260 yards, convince* one that the
time made, JO minutes IS 33 seconds, was
really remarkable.
The result of the different events follow;
Half Mile— Daveuport, first: Jones, sec-
second; Johnson, third.
4 Inches.
Broad Jump- tiiMwiicr. first
Distance. 91 feet
Hubert, sec
first; Emerson,
und. Distance, 19 f,’i»t.
110-Yard Hurdles—l«egg,
second. Time, 22 Hccouds
Mile-Davenport, first: Willingham, sec
oud; Oay, third. Time 6:01.
Faculty 1-Lnp It ace—Professor Lowell,
first: Professor Hinltli. second: Professor
Fields, third; Professor Lowndes, fourth.
Distance, 260 yards. Time, 10:13 3 5.
IM-Varo Dash—Davenport. flrst; Robert,
second; Mnv. third. Time, 29 second*.
Quarter Mile—Davenport, first; McMillan,
second. Time. 69 second*.
High Jump-Goodlcr. first; Mmiroe, sec
ond; Legg. third.' Height. 6 feet 3 Inches.
220-Ynrn Dash Davenport, first; May. sec
ond: Uheney. third. Time. 21 seconds.
Pole Vault—Goodier. Height, 9 f«*ct 3
Inches.
MACON WINS FAST GAME AND
THEN LEAVES ON SHORT TRIP
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., May 2.—Macon's closing vic
tory over Mullaney’s Jaytown squad was
filled with neat plays, and. abova all, the
work of the Macon Infield shone out In n
striking contrast. Five of the neatest
and quickest double plays were pulled off
Without the turning of an eyelash, nnd
when it Is taken Into consideration that
the entire scrap was put through In a c«»n-
tlnusl shower of rain, the playing Is all the
more brilliant.
Another remarkable fact about the game hereabouts.
Is tbnt It was slipped through In just one
hour and twenty in I notes. Roth Clarke
und Stults were In ship-shape order. Ma
con secured her five runs through various
causes. A muffed fly by Viola tn the first
f uve two runs, nnd the rest were hit In.
'lola took n loug chance on the ball he
dropped. Moore or McMUtau should have
gone after the fly.
A visitor nt the game was Bylrester
I.oijfk*. late of Memphis. “Vos" hns been
l«*t out by Charlie ItiUdi for not winning
enough gam*-* to suit th** Momptili fol
lowers. He MiU urj Ukeiy get a berth
oooooooooooooooooooooooooa
O O
O LOUCKS 8IGN8 WITH O
O P. LIPE, OF MACON. G
2 O
O Macon, Go., May 2.—*'\>a" O
0 Louckfl waa signori last night by U
O Manager Llpe to pitch for Macon. O
O Loucka Is now in the city and will O
0 go to Jacksonville Monday to Join O
O the club there. O
O O
QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOD
COMMODORES WON.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., May 2.—Vanderbilt
took the game from the University of
Texas yesterday afternoon, making it
two out of three. Love went In the
box again for Vanderbilt, nnd he held
the visitors safe at all stages, keeping
the hits well scattered.
Vanderbilt plays Fewnnee on the
Mountain Friday und Saturday.
Score by Innings: R. H. F„
Vanderbilt 002 Old 03*—6 6 '3
U. of Texas 000.100 OH—3 3 7
Batteries: Vanderbilt. Love nnd In-
glls; Texas, Graham and Francis.
CLUBS—
McmphU
ATLANTA 17
Nashville 15
New Orleans. < .... 12
Little ItiH'k If.
Birmingham 10
Shreveport 13
Montgomery 16
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
South Atlantic League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Savannah IS 11 7 .611
Charleston 20 11 9 .650
JigiiNta.
iduuiblu
IS
11
.389
CRACKERS LEAVE ON LONG TRIP
MINUS SERVICES OF J. BECKER
Cotton States.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Loaf. P. C.
Mobile 15 10 5 .667
Meridian 16 9 7 .663
Vicksburg 15 8 7 .533
Gulf port 15 1 8 7 .533
Jack sou 10 7 9 .438
Columbus 15 4 11
CLUBS—
Philadelphia
Chicago . .
Detroit . .
New York .
Cleveland .
Boston . . .
Washington .
St. Loufa . .
CLUllh-
’hlcago .
few York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia
Boston . .
Cincinnati .
St. Louis . .
Brooklyn . .
American League.
Columbus ...... 13
Lmlsvllle .
Indianapolis
Milwaukee 14
St. Paul 14
Minneapolis 12
YESTERDAY'8 RESULTS
Southern.
lUrmlnittmm 5. Atlanta
Moutworn,Ty Nashville 0.
Memphis t. Htircvenort 0.
Nos- Orleans 6, Little Rook 0.
South Atlantic.
Moron 5. Jacksonville* 0.
With the kind assistance of Roy
Castleton the Crackers will attempt to
win the final game of the Birmingham
series. And after It Is over the At
lanta team will leave on Its long road
trip, playing series of games with
Nashville. Memphis, Little Rock.
Shreveport and New Orleans, In the
order named.
Billy Smith wants that last game
for the Crackers, and hence the use of
Castleton. The ex-Hlghlander south
paw would like another shot at the
Barons, nnd believes that he can serve
them the same turn he did Monday,
when he nllowcd them the ghastly to
tal of four hits.
Zeller is likely to pitch the opening
game In Nashville, though Sparks la
due a turn, and Billy Smith may use
the Mississippi wonder.
Where Is Becker?
Smith Is much agitated over the fact
that Becker hns not returned. The
Atlanta right fielder went to Detroit
to get Ills wife and was due to return
Wednesday. He haa not shown v
nor has he communicated with Billy.
Of course, It Is undoubtedly all right
and Becker may be back In time to
leave with the team. But. then, there
Is the possibility thnt he may not come
back, and anyway his .non-appearance
la disquieting.
Rowan Not Released.
The Impending release of Rowan did
not take place and will not for the
present. Billy Smith changed his
mind about the matter and will hold
onto him for a "spell." If Becker does
not return Spade will doubtless stay
in the outfield, and that would leave
Billy Smith shy a pitcher. Also there
Is a good chance that Rowan will be
given another good chance of making
good.
Thero was no false alarm, however,
about the releasing of O’Leary. Dai
has left for Rock Island, In the Thre,
r League, where he will finish out the
season.
Cotton Ststss.
Meridian 7, Jackson 1.
Meridian o. Jackaon 0 litre Innings).
Gulfport 10. Columbus 2.
Vicksburg*Mobile, rain.
114)814>U t, *»•
Cleveland 2. 8t. Loula 0. * *
Detroit 3, Chicago 3. ’ -' pr
National. *
Pittsburg 3, St. I.oult 0. ' T *
New York 7, Boaton 4.
American Association.
Louisville 3, Milwaukee 2.
Colntubns 2, Minneapolis 1.
St. Paul 7, Imllenapoliri
Kaiiana City 3, Tob*d° 2.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Birmingham In Atlnntn, Piedmont park.
Gnme railed nt 3:30 o'clock.
Montgomery In Nashville.
Memphis 111 Little Hock. ,
New Orleans In Shreveport.
Games Wanted.
The South Hide Amateur* would like
to fret games with any teams under or
at D» year*. S. H. A. ha* won seven
out of eight game* so far. Line-up a*
follows:
Wallace, catcher: Gollghtly, McOan-
ley, pitcher*; Griffin, short stop; Mill -
ner, first base; Johnston, second base;
Close, third base; R. McDougal. center
field; Kane, left field; W. McDougal.
sub; McCanley, Gollghley, right field.
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Marist College Blues Win
In Fourth Game of Series
The Marist Blues won the fourth game
of the college series Wednesday after
noon. Both teams have won two games
and as a tesult matters are becoming
very exciting. The young players are
getting accustomed to the speedy
grounds nnd did some very clever work.
Falvey for the Blues struck out six
men and gave up six hits, while, Red
mond for the Golds struck out three
men and gnve up seven hits.
I.lne-up:
Golds—Morris, ss.; Kaufman,
Dunwoody. lb; O'Keefe. 2b: Harrison,
3b; Redmond, p.; Hanlon. If.; Jentsen.
cf.; Callaghan, rf.
Blues—Falvey, p.; Battle, cf.; Jack-
son. 2b: Dubard. ss.; Williamson, 3b;
Carhart. If.; Dinkins, c.; Daley, lb;
Knight, rf.
Score by Innings: R.
Blues ....100 210 000—4
Golds 011 000 000—2
Umpire, C. McGovern. Time, 1:30.
Kanxler Is trying to spear Bob Spade
nnd string him on the Gamecock line.
Spade hasn't dug up sufficient class to
Imprwis the Firecracker fans and B.
Smith ts considering unloading him.—
Savannah Morning News.
Old pal. you will not get Sir Robert
this year for he ts bound to stick with
the Crackers. Kansler had better try
and spear another twirler.
In naming the players on the Little
Rock club, papers throughout the cir
cuit are Invariably omitting the name
of Jack Dolan. Perhaps they don’t
know that Dolan Is with the team, but
It Is a safe bet that they will have
heard of him before the season closes.—
Little Rock Gazette.
We're listening, pal; go on. *
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