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14 TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907 i i THURSDAY CRACKERS HIT THE LONG TRAIL SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING ! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS : m , 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. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 11 Dte-'.ur St Kimball Hou*» Bargains in Unrcdtainod Diamonds. 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. * The Greatest of All Metal Bed BARGAINS Bed, Steel Springs All Cotton Mattress, 2 Feather Pillows, All lor $1.50 Cash; $1.00 a Week. The ‘‘Regina'” Metal Bed is simple, clean, and of open-work construction, so that every point is reach ed by fresh air and sunlight.' Dust and germs won’t collect on the “Regina.” The tubing is extra large and heavy, finished with a hard, smooth enamel- clean as a china dish. The “Regina” Bed is 63 inches high, 4 1-2 feet wide and 61-2 feet long. 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