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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, MAY 6. 1907.
SPORTING VOLCANO IS NOW IN FULL ERUPTION
1 SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING [
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
A little hard luck.
Who ever heard of a one-hit game lost! Well, that was it
Don’t blame Castro. His error caused the trouble, but
overy player makes his errors and Castro’s have been notably
infrequent these days.
It was tough to lose, but it couldn’t be helped, and as for
blaming Castro—well, if the rest of the team had hit as well as
usual the one run his error let in would not have been so costly.
Speaking of that, it seems to most fans that the rule
which allows a man to score on a play like the one which beat
Atlanta Saturday is not entirely fair.
What happened was this:
In the third inning a wobbly ball was hit down by Wise
man to Castro. Castro could uot get a good grip on it and
when .he threw it. it soared over Jim Fox’s head.
Back of first base on the Nashville grounds is the house in
which are dressing rooms of the home team. Around this is a
wire fence. The wild throw went over this fence and into the
crowd gathered there. The umpire allowed Wiseman to score,
though the ball was returned to the grounds in time presuma
bly to accomplish the put out.
Somehow this doesn’t look like a square deal, nnd would
not if the luck had favored Atlanta instead of the opposing
team. It is as though there were n small niece of ground up
in the corner of the fence over behind first base on the Atlanta
grounds and a sign up saying: “ If a wild throw gets inside this
inclosure the base runner can go as far as he likes."
Of course it is perfectly true that it is as fair for one team
as it is for the other, but that’s a poor excuse for a poor rule.
Maybe we take a wrong view of this rule, but if wc do wo
should appreciate some enlightenment. -
And thnt fatal error was made after two were out.
The superstitions will point hgain to the fact that Atlanta
always has hard luck winning her thirteenth game. To which
we only remark "bosh!’' If there was over n team in a regular
league which did not score her thirteenth win before the sea
son was over we should like to hear about it. For it would be
worth a story. *
Can it be thnt those Dobbers will really bear watching in
this pennant race? It will be hard to tell before they have
played through the Western end of the circuit. But right now
they appear to be the second most strenuous proposition in the
East. Modesty forbids our mentioning the most strenuous prop
osition.
Two games in Nashville—and then Memphis.
Those West Tennesseans are going to be very t-oublcsomo
this year and they “have it in” especially for Atlanta.
However, their pitchers are weaker even than last year
as far as can be judged now, and Atlnnta has the advantage of
having a first class left hnuder to send against them in one
game.
HERE IS AMERICA’S BEST BUNTER
WILLIE KEELER.
Keeler Is the country's most sci-
entltlc batter and a wonder at lay-
•Ins down bunts. Long years of
practice and the continued use of
an excellent noodle have combined
to make him a terror to pitch—
era. He gets over to first safely
on about as many bunts as any
player In tho American League.
After Memphis comes Little Rock. And the Travelers nro
"it" this year. Mike Finn has a team that is a team; and the
Crackers will escape lightly with nn even break.
Over in Shreveport the sailing is not likely to be as
smooth ns might be suspected from the position of the Fish
eries in the lenguc standing. The 8hrovo|>ort team has had
more than its share of hard luck nnd has been losing games by
very close margins. With n long series ahead of her at home,
look out for a rise in the Pirates’ stock.
After Shreveport comes New Orleans.
But what’s the use of going that far into the future look
ing for trouble!
TOUGH LUCK
FOR ZELLER
Rube Allows Nashville One
Hit But Game Is Lost
On Error.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., May (.—The Nash,
vllle baseball management secured
liiore than ordinary satisfaction out of
the defeat of Atlanta Saturday after
noon by tbs score of 1 to 0. Here Is
PRETZELS MAY
LAND WILSON
y Quit Saloon
to Twirl—Nyo Back
in Game.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala.. May (.—It Is re
ported, though not from an authorlta-
live source, that Frank (Zeke) Wilson,
the ex-Cleveland, New Orleans. Atlanta
and Montgomery twlrler, will pitch the
opening game for the Legislators when
they reach Montgomery after their
western trip.
Nye, who has been at home for some
time with a sprained ankle, will Join
tha Legislators today at Birmingham,
and may be In the game, covering sec
ond base, his old poaltlon. This will
throw Baxter, the 8L Louis boy, on
first.
Tbs outfield Is working so splendldly
that McCroesIn. the Altoona boy. may
not even be given a try out. He Is
now with the team, but has not yet
played la a single game.
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NAT KAISER ft CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
IS 0«e.'.ur St. Kimball Hous->
Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds.
the reason:
When Castro was traded there went
up a long and loud wall from many
of the local fans over what they con
sidered a dire calamity and the local
management was roasted extensively
for the aforesaid trade. Some of the
enthusiasts swore the club had traded
off the beet man they had. Howhver.
that may be. it la not hard to realise
that those who made the Castro deal
got a lot of vindication Saturday when
the traded player threw the game away
for Atlanta.
Manager Billy Smith of Atlanta doea
not see It that way, however, as he fig
ures it was Just one of those unfortu
nate thlngi that wui occasionally hap
pen In the beat regulated ball game.
"I would rather have him than any
•hnrtatop In the Southern league;
that's what I think of him," declares
Billy Smith.
The game Saturday was a hummer,
full of brilliant fielding In which Mc
Cormick. Persons and Dobbs, for Nash,
vllle, and Spade, for Atlanta, starred.
Zeller had a shade the better of Sorrel
In the pitching line and only yielded
one safety.
The score:
Nashville. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Dobbs, cf. . . . 4 0 0 4 0 0
Wiseman, rf. . . 3 l o 0 o o
Persons. If. . . 1 0 0 4 0 0
Morse, lb 1 0 0 0 1 0
McCormick, ss. . 3 0 0 3 3 0
Wall, lb 2 0 1 3 1 0
Sorrell, p. . . . 3 0 0 0 3 0
MrEteve.n, 3b. . 3 0 0 2 1 0
Hardy, c. . . . 3 0 0 ( 0 1
Totpls 2$ I t 27 8 I
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Winters, cf. . . . 3 0 0 3 0 0
Jordan, 2b. ... 3 0 2 2 1 0
Smith, c. . . . 3 0 '1 4 0 0
Spade, rf 4 0 « 4 0 o
Dyer. 3b. ... 3 0 0 0 5 0
Fox, lb 4 0 0 10 0 0
Paskert. If. ... 3 0 0 2 0 0
Castro, si. .... 3 0 1 0 2 l
Zeller, p 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 4 24 9 "I
Buns by Innings:
Nashville 001 000 OOx—1
Atlanta 000 000 000—0
Hits by Innings:
Nashville 000 100 000—1
Atlanta 100 110 010—4
Summary—Stolen bases, Paskert 2.
Sacrifice hits. Smith. Two-base hit.
Smith. Bases on lulls, off Sorrell 3,
off Zeller 1. Struck out. by BorreU 6,
Zeller 3, Fox. Jordan; by Zeller 4. Mc
Cormick. Sorrell 3. Left on hoses,
Nashville 3. Atlanta 7. Double play.
Morse to McCormick to Wall. Wild
pitch. Sorrell. Passed boll Smith. Hit
by pitched bail, by Zeller. Wall. Time,
1:24. Cmptre Rudderhara.
NOT GUILTY,
SAYS M’CAY
Mobile Manager Here, But
Denies Report That He
Came To Bo Married.
"I am not married,” says Berate Mc-
Cay.
"I have no Intention of getting mar
ried this year.”
"I may get married some day. pro
vided I can find a girl who Is willing—
but not now."
Thus spoke Bernle McCay, manager
of the Mobile team In the Cotton States
League, who paid Atlanta a short visit
Sunday and Monday.
"I always come to Atlanta a couple of
times each yean" says McCay. "and
this Is Just one of the regular trips.'
The report that McCay had married
In Atlanta Monday came from New Or
leans.
JESSE BECKER HAS
TURNED UP ATLAST
Jesse Becker, Atlanta's missing out- Since then he has not been heard frm.
lelder. has returned. Land the uncertainty as to hi. u-v-I.
■to i,oo h„on o -- "oere.
Becker Is the right fielder of the At-1 abouts has been a cause of much
lanta team, and he left last week for to Manager Smith. He will join tsl
Detroit to bring his wife to Atlanta, team In Nashville or Memphis *
PITCHER ROWAN SOLD
TO AUGUSTA BUNCH
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., •'May (.—Pitcher
Rowun has been turned over to' Augus
ta by Manager Smith',and leaves today
for his new berth.
When asked if he was going to sign
any more men the Atlanta manager re
plied:
“What do I want to sign any more
for? I've got all 1 need now.".
No further Indication of any addi
tional changes has been given by Billy
Smith on his trip here.
will have.
Nashville Is an excellent town In
which to talk about a good ball park,
In view of the fact that the one here Is
and hks been "on the bum” for quite a
while, and Billy Smith's accounts of
the great park Atlanta is going to have
will r.o doubt cause the Nashville man
agement to “sit up and take notice."
"Thoy're going to have the greatest
park down there outside of New York
or Chicago," declares the Atlanta man.
ager, and then he waxes enthusiastic
as he tells about the things that park
Jimmy Gibson, who played with Bo.,
ton. may pitch one of the game. t~
Nashville against Atlanta. Gibson Ilvn
on a farm at White Bluff, a short dii.
tance west of Nashville, and he ha. s
sort of arrangement with Dobbs to I
pitch occasionally when the Boo-ter.
are at home. Gibson writes that h.
has been keeping In practice and l>
good shape. He may work In Thur«.
day’s game.
Either Spade or Sparks will work
for Atlanta today, and In Tuesday',
game Manager Smith will eend Castle,
ton In to try his hand. "He look,
good to me.” says Billy Smith.
Johnny Duggan will likely work to.
day for Nashville, and another great
game should be witnessed.
"Nashville seems to be a well hal.
anced team," aaya Billy Smith, "and
should make a good showing In the
race this season. The Boosters win d 0
It. too, If their pitchers hold up all
right. You take a well balanced team
and then have good pitchers, too, and
you come mighty near getting some re.
suite."
Standing of the Clubs.
GAME AT NASHVILLE, GA.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Oa.. May (.—The Nashville
. .innviiic, ur., may o;—me iNaunviuc
I third and second nines played a game
of ball here Saturday afternoon, when
the game was called the score keeper
declared the game a tie score, 11 to 11.
With two of the third nine boys down
In the last Inning, they got busy and
tied the score.
GEORGIAN'S COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
GETS A GOOD START SATURDAY
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Club.’
Beck ft Gregg..
M. Kuls
Hun Proofs..'.. ..
Kora Nolaa. . .
So. States Elec..
Southern Ry.. ..
PC.
1000
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1000
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States
SATURDAY’S GAME8.
Berk ft Gregg (., Southern
Electric Co. 5.
Sun Proofs 1(, Southern Railway (.
M. Kuts IS, Koca Kola 11.
NEXT SATURDAY’8 GAMES.
Southern Railway vs. Southern Statei
Electric Co.; north diamond at Pied
mont jiark; Carlcton Floyd,,umpire,
lb ft Greg H ~
diamond at Piedmont park; 8. V. Stiles,
umpire.
Sun Proofs vs. Koca Nolas; Gam-
mage Crossing diamond; Frank Bandy,
umpire.
With plenty of sunshine, spectators
and enthusiasm on tap Saturday after,
noon the first games In the rare for
The Georgian's Commercial 'League
pennant were played.
The.winners were the.Beck ft Gregg
teem, the 8uu Proofs and the M. Kuts
team.
Two games ware played at npdmont
park. Inside the race track anil both
were well contested. The Beck ft
Gregg-Southern States Electric game
was especially close, but the playing
In each was brilliant In the extreme.
Both games passed off with entire
smoothness. The umpiring was sat
isfactory nnd the conduct of the mem
bers of all the teams was above re
proach.
The game at Gammage Crossing was
a hummer from the go and though
somewhat of a slaughter, both teams
reported that "a large time was had/
ported that "a large time was naa.
Little can be told of the strength of
any of the teams by one series of
games, but It Is evident that three win
ning teams have strong aggregations
and that all three of them will be lisard
from often before the end of the sea
son.
Write-ups of the games follow:
Back ft Gregg Team Wins.
Beck ft Gregg defeated Southern
States Electric Company In a very ex
citing game Saturday afternoon. May-
field, for Southern States, pitched ex-
when ths Beck ft Gregg boys fell onto
his curves and from then until the
ninth Inning tho Beck ft Gregg team
went In with a rush and scored eight
runs.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Beck ft Gregg. .000 005 210— ( 7 5
8. 8. Elec. Co. . .320 000 000— 5 6 6
Struck out, by Mayfield 10: by Gar
wood It.
up. and the'erowd was kept Interested.
Manager Mlddtebrooks sent to the
firing line the wonderful Henley, while
Billy Winn put In his new find, whom
he considers the greatest amateur In
••I .an
Southern baseball, ''Lamma," that's all.
The oxeltement was due to begin at
3:30 o'clock, and ai no umpire showed
the third Inning Sartorfous, In the
■un field, made a brilliant catch of
Goree's line drive.
Richardson, at first, ran out and
pulled down Frank's hot liner.
Hnrtorloua and Lemma's three-base
drives were alsq features, the latter
being a drive to centrrfleld fence.
Ahles made his first error Saturday
being the only one he has made In the
past two seasons. The box score:
Kutz Co. ab.
Huddleston. 3b, c. 4
W. Sullivan, ss.. K
Ahles. cf. . . . 5
Richardson, lb.. (
Sartortus, If.. 3b. I
Roche, 2b, rf. . (
E. Sullivan, c. . 2
M. Bumstead, If. 3
Eden*, rf.. 2b. . 4
Lamma, p. . . . 5
h. po.
Gullatt, c. . .
Mays. lb. . .
Redwlne. If. .
Logan, cf. . .
Reynolds, ss.
Potts, rf. . .
Totals
Southern Ry. ab.
Barry, c. . . . 4
Dougherty. 3b. . 5
Howell, cf. . . 4
Malone, lb. . . 5
Shumate, 2b. . . 4
Erwin, st., p. . . 3
McNamara, rf. . 4
Bond. If. ... 3
West, p.. cf. . . 3
Artea, If. ... 1
43 1( 16 27 ( S
r. h. po. a. e.
Totals . . . .
Koca Nola.
Frank, ss. .
Banks, 2b. . .
Henley, p. .
llunnlcutt, lb.
Ooree. 3b. . ,
Mlddlebrooks,
Weaver, rf. .
Dukes. If. . .
Collins, cf. . .
.41 15 19 27 22 (
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
24 11
Totals 41
Summary—Three-base hits. Sartor-
lus. Iaunma; two-base hits, Huddle
ston, Goree, llunnlcutt. Edens; sacrifice
hits, Edens 2; stolen bases; Richardson
3, Huddleston 4. Edens 3. W. Sullivan t.
E. Sullivan 1, Sartorioua 3, Frank 2,
Mlddlebrooks 1, Ooree 1. Weaver I:
bases on balls, off Henley 1, Lamma 2;
struck out, by Henley 9, by Lamma 9.
flood Came for Kutx.
The Kuts Company and the Koca-
Nola teams played their firs: league
game Saturday afternoon at Piedmont
Park. The battle waa long drawn out.
but at timet startling features turned Wall, 2b.
SUN PR00F8 WIN.
In a real slugging match Saturday
afternoon the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company's Sun Proof team was vlct >r
over the Southern Railway team by the
score oMS to (. Thf game was played
on the Pine Knoll diamond, at Gam
mage crossing.
West, who started to pitch for the
Southern Railway, was dropped from
the box In the second spasm after the
Sun Proofs had found bis curves for
ten hits for about fifteen bases. Johnny
Cunyers pitched a swell game for the
Proofs, striking out fourteen men. The
heavy hitting of Nowell of the Proofs,
was another feature of the slugging
match. Out of six times at bat he
made four hits. Including a home run. a
two-base bit and a three-base hlL
The slugglhg match In figures:
Sun Proofs. ab. r. h. po. a. <.
Nowell 3b. . . 4 1 4 1 0 u
Cunyers, *■- - * i t n * «
(13 2
Totals
.15
Sumthary—'Two-base hits, Howell;
three-base hits, Nowell, Walle, Red
wlne. Harry, Howell; home runs. Now.
ell. Logan; double plays, Redwlne to
Mays. Dougherty to Malone; struck
out, by Cunyers 14, by West 2, by Er
win f; bases on balls, off Cunyers 3.
off, Erwin 4; stolen bases, Nowell 2,
Cunyers 1, Gullatt; passed balls, Gul-
Intt, Barry; wild pitches. West; hits,
off West 10 In two Innings, off Erwin 6.
Umpire. 8. V. Stiles. Time, 3:49. Hit
by pitched balls, Shumate.
CLUBS—
ATLANTA.
Nashville. .
Memphis .
Von. Loet P. C.
Montgomery.
is
11
South Atlantlo League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lout. P. C.
Bnvnnnuh 20 13 7 . .630
Charleaton 21 13 It) .G65
Jacksonville 23 12 10 .645
Macon. .
Columbia.
Augusta.
American Association.
CLUBS- Played. Wou. Lost. P. C.
olnml.UK 15 13 3 .800
Columbus
Louisville
India nopolls
CLUBS—
Savannah 3D
Charleston . .... Cl
Jacksonville . . . .22
Macon 22
Columbia 21
Augusta 22
n
CLUBS-
Mobllo .
Meridian •
Vicksburg 17
Gulfport 18
Jackeon 19
Coluuibua 17
Cotton 8tatea.
Played. Won. Lost.P. C.
. ... IS 13 6 .722
CLtJBS-
N»w York .
Chicago . .
Pittsburg .
Philadelphia.
National League.
Played. Won. LoaL P.
H
Boston.
Cincinnati
8 1 I.oul»
rooklyu .
, 16
10
CLUBS-
Chim go . .
New York .
Philadelphia
Cleveland . .
Detroit . . .
Boston . . .
Washington
fit. Louis . .
.. 17
. 19
. 16
American league.
Ployed. Won. Lost. P. C.
, is
12
, 17 11
Montgomery In Birmingham.
8ATURDAY’8 RESULTS.
Souhern.
Nashville 1, Atlanta a
Montgomery 3, Birmingham 0.
Little Hock 4, Memphis 2.
New Orleans 1, Shreveport 0.
South Atlantic.
Jackionvllle 2. Augusta 0.
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American.
New York 8. Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 2, Detroit 1.
Boston 6. Washington 0.
National.
New York 10. Brooklyn 0.
Chicago 1, l’lttshurg 0.
Cincinnati 6, fit. Louis 1.
American Association.
Indianapolis 2. Milwaukee 1.
Louisville 14. Kansas City 9.
Columbus 4, St. Paul 8.
Cotton States.
Gulfport 1, Jackson 0 (first game).
Jackson 2, Gulfport 1 (second game/.
Columbus 6. Vicksburg 4
Mobile 3, Meridian 3.
Virginia 8tate«
Danville 9. Norfolk 7.-
Lynchburg 1, Roanoke 0.
Richmond 2, Portsmouth L
College Results.
Georgia 2, Auburn 1.. .
Georgetown 1, Mrgiula 0.
Vanderbilt 2. 8ewanee 1 (first game).
Vanderbilt 6, Hcwanee 4 (second game).
Harvard 1. Holy Crosa 0.
Cornell 2^010 1.
Rlngham 2. Catawba 1.
Virginia Military Institute 16, R"*no
College 0.-
Vanderbilt University 8, University of
fiouth 1 (first game). 4
Vanderbilt University $. University of ths
South 4 (second game).
Cumberland University 5, Southwest*™
Cumberland .
Presbyterian 0 (second game).
Princeton 6. Penneylranla L
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Southern.
Memphis 2, Little Rock 0.
Shreveport 7. New Orleans 3.
National.
Chicago 1 Plttnhurg 1.
Cincinnati 11. St. Louis :
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In Nashville.
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