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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. MAY 14, 1907.
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
A COUPLE OF GIANTS
GEORGIA TEAMS MAY TAKE NO PART
IN S. I. A. A. TRACK AND FIELD
Rumor Has
| NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
It certainly lookR as though the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company meant business when it said that it would
have the new ball park ready for the return of the team.
Just to see what things looked like, the writer took a
trip out there yesterday. • -
A gang of fifty laborers was doing some leveling and pol
ishing off. At least fifty more men were working on the
grand stand. A steam roller, just then busy in extricating it
self from a hole, would soon be rolling the grounds again. “A.
B.,” the veteran ground keeper, and his assistants were polish
ing off the new diamond.
And it sure looked like a baseball park.
It is going to be a great institution, that park. The stands
and bleachers are decidedly better than anything in the. South
and the diamond and the outfield soon will be.
Just at present this outfield and the banks are as "grass-
less” as an asphalt pavement, but next year all that part of
the field will be turfed.
All that it has been possible to attend to was the infield.
That has been sodded and will be in fair condition, though there
is no denying that it will be a trifle “bumpy” this year.
They had an awful job getting the outfield in any sort of
condition. Finding it impossibl to cover it with grass they put
a roller on. But even then it wouldn’t “lie down.” The soil,
there is of a peculiar mica formation, which packs about as
readily 'as so much quicksilver.
After considerable work it became evident that the whole
field would have to be top-dressed with real old Georgia clay
and it took a few thousand loads before a surface could be ob
tained which would stand rolling.
The new park, when completed, will "stand” the company
“in” about $45,000, which is going some.
One complaint only against the new park has been heard.
That complaint is printed elsewhere.
A local fan objects to the fact that the bleachers are lo
cated right over a little branch which ho terms an “open .
sewer.”
Probably that is putting it a little strong, but just at
present this brook is obviously being contaminated.
Officials of the company say that the theater at Ponce De
Leon has been (and still is) lo.cated over this said sewer and
that there has nover been any complaint about it.
They seem to overlook the fact, however, that theater
goers and fans arc two entirely different propositions.
But—sewer or no sewer—it is a great "amusement plant”
and a baseball park of which Atlanta fans may justly feel
proud.
Also, it will bo finished and ready for the return of the
team. You can bank on that.
In the upper picture la shown
"Gentlemanf.?)" John J. McOraw,
manager of Muggrsy's Muts, so gen
erally loved In . the South. In the
lower, picture Is Devlin,'one of the
gingery Giants.
BUMPS
FOR .
Little Rock,. Ark... May 14.—Russell
Ford, the cx-Centra! League etar,
could do nothing toward corking up N>w*York
. * .• Southern League.
CLUBS— Ployed. Won. Lost P. i
ATLANTA. . . ... 13 14 9 .6
Memphis.*
Little Iiock.
NVw Orleans
XmihvUle. . .
Hhrevpport. .
South Attantlo. League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lott.P. C.
Jacksonville
L'hnrleeton.
Macon. . •
Savannnh .
Augusta,
Augusta. ...... 28 11 17 .393
Columbia. ..... . . 28 11 17 .393
American league.
, CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Chicago ._.... r> 17 8 .680
New York ..... 20 12 8 .600
Detrrit-’. .21 12 9 .871
<’let eland 23 12 11 .622
Philadelphia . ... 21 11 10 .624
Boston 21 9 12 .429
Washington ..... 20 7 13 .360
St. Louis ..... 23 7 16 .304
Tech Has Practically
Decided to Send
" . . No Men.
Georgia colleges are not llkc!y to send
ft Rlnplo representative to the Southern In*
tnrenl ingln Athletic Association meet
trhl^h will be held In NasbtIUe Saturday.
This Mu annual ehniaptnr.slilp will lie
held on Dudley field this jrenr, under the
ausplees of Yanderbllt-.Unlveraliy.
When the district meet was held here a
few days ago, it was announced mat-prac
tically the entire GeOrglft team, bended by
their wonderful sprinter, Ltpscbuts. would
go to Nnshrllle, but now. there la said to
Ge considerable doubt of this, us the
finances of the athletic association at
Athens are rumored not to be In the best
of condition. # ■ : ; •
Tech hml intended to send her two stars.
Captain Goo.ller and Davenport. Davenport
Is on the bosoball team, nnd rather thnn
tnlss the two games with Gcorgln next
Friday and Saturday,- he has decided to
forego the practical certainty of winning
two gold medals and the' Southern Inter*
collegiate Athletic Association championship
In the half mile nnd mile events. ,
Davenport has good staying qnnlltles and
the most wonderful sprint at tho end ever
seen In this section. In the half mile
In the district track meet he was about
fourth In the race until wTThln 40 or f>
yards of the finish, when ho made a dash,
seemingly without extra effort, which land*
meet
it That
Georgia Will Also
“Duck” Meet.
eil him nrrr the tnpo Mill. 15 f« t .
of tln> next nenrest moo. The sam, thu!
linnpenod In the mile.
Captain Oootller him been dole, ***«
work, owl expected to take severe I
nt N.ihrtlle, but rather than weaken ml
baseball teem by Davenport'. ,b,ea.-e h.
has preferred to .toy at home. rather than
that he and Davenport ibould couteit *t
Nashville. jS
TOMMY BURNS PROVES TO BE A FAKIR,
ALONG WITH THE OTHER "FIGHTERS”
Chicago, May 14.—Championship pu
gillsm was today shown up as the
greatest get-rlch-qtilck scheme In the
world. In tho word, of Tommy Burns,
champion of j the-world, by the good
grace of James J. Jeffries, retired. It Is
a game of'"get the money, but don't
take any chances.”
Los Angeles exposed Jack O'Brien,
’gentleman" real estate dealer, lawyer,
Beau ‘ Brummel and former "champion
pugilist” of tho world, as a fakir, who
never entered the ring unless the
"money"-was In sight and the light was
fixed. - •
Chicago comes back with an astound
ing expose of Tomrtiy Burns, the
"champion" who. was given .a decision
over O'Brien In twenty rounds at Las
Angeles .on-Wednesday night. In a se-
rles of letters written by Burns to
First Kick on
New Ball Park
'National L.ac
CLBBSr- 1'Iay.d. (
'on. Lott P. C.
All Athens Coming Up to
See Georgia-Tech Game
the overflow of Little Rock hits here
yesterday and Atlanta met defeat by a
score of 5 to 2. Tho reanimated Trav-
1'hleaao' . . .
I'hllatlclpbla
l'lltslmrx
Armed with a galling gun. and
backed by their great student band,
the wearers of the red and black ex
pect to Invade Atlanta In a bunch next
Friday and Saturday, with the avowed
Intention of carrying off Tech'a scalp
In the race for the Georgia atate cham
pionship In college baseball circle*.
Last season It was "King" Sullivan,
of Tech, but, alas! "Mikado" Lafltto,
of Tech, but, alaa! the king la no more,
hla days of college being a thing of
the paat. For a time It almost looked
aa though the mikado would not be
there, aa he hurt hla wrist badly, but
now he has "rounded to" and every
Tech man expect, him to be the real
goods when he goes Into tha box. In
the place of Sullivan Georgia will show
Red fern, their now southpaw, and so
well do they think of him that there Is
talk that he will essay to pitch both
games. If he should, and should get
away with both, he will have proved
hlm.clf a wondtr.
Tech on Friday win probably use
the same line-up which went Into the
first Auburn game: Robert, pitcher;
Knight, catcher; Parker, first base;
Lafltte, second haso; Wright, short
stop; Buchanan, third bnso, with
Brooks, Davenport nnd Stewart in the
outfield. Saturdays line-up will be
the eame, except that Lafltto will pitch.
Robert will go back to the outfield
and Stewart will play second.
Inter-City Bowling Matches
To Be Rolled in Atlanta
Tuesday night will witness the In
auguration of a bowling tournament on
Case's alleys that promises to be one
of the beet ever seen In the South.
There are four two-men team* en
tered. and the following cities will be
represented: Chicago, New York,
Cleveland and Atlanta.
Tha tournament will consist of IS
games and will be followed by a tour
nament to decide the Individual cham
pionship.
Games start at 2:15 o'clock sharp,
and every one Is cordially Invited.
There will be no odmls.lon fee. Fol
lowing aro the bowlers and the cities
they represent:
Hoba and Corwin. Chicago.
Irwin and Blanchard. Now York.
Kulow and Shaffer, Cleveland.
Elliott and Eagan, Atlanta.
Sewanee’s Football Team
to Be a Hummer This Fall
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tran.. May 14.—Several
member, of S.wsnee's great football
team of It04 ore likewise members of
this season's baseball nine and enough
waa picked up here and there during
their recent stay In Nashville from va
rious members of the Tiger team to
disclose the fact that Sewanee will
probably hare a great football team
next fall. In fact, the Hat of m.n who
will be In school has caused the Com
modores to sit up and take notice. Se
wanee .Imply has the nucleus around
which to build up a fine machine next
season under the leaderehlp of Erwin,
AUGUSTA GETS CROZIER.
Dick Crosier has accepted Manager
Ranstck'a offer and will flntah out the
Mason as an outfielder for the Augusta
team.
Dick will make Augusta a valuable
man. Me la aa hard a workar aa any
team ever had, an absolutely reliable
fielder, and he ought to tot a .2(0 or .220
hitter In the Sally League.
In addition to being a good ball play
er, Dick la a man of hlgn morel charac
ter and worth a good daal to any lean)
aa an example of what a ball player
ought be.
the Yale tackle.
"Skinny" Shipp, the great halfback
and and, will be back, to begin with.
Lexis Stone, the all-Southern tackle,
will be back. Barrett, fullback and
half, will be back. Markelay, half
back, will return. Cheap, a 180-pound
guard, will be In the line-up. There
will also be three small but speedy
ones In the persona of Elite and Lyne,
quarter and sub-quarter, and S. Wil
liam., end.
It will be seen at a glance' that the
Tigers will have all of their great
ground gainers back In the game, and
It will not be difficult for eo shifty a
bunch a. a Sewanee team to fill a few
vacant place*.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
O O
O BROKEN FINGERS PUT O
Q BARONS TO THE BAD. O
Q O
O Special t. Tha Georgian. O
O Birmingham, May 14.—Meeks will O
O arrive home this afternoon. He O
O broke hla finger In Shreveport and O
O will be out of the game for some O
O time. The Barons aro left In a sad O
o hole. Garvin, too, has a broken O
O finger and the backstop Is de- O
O fenaeless. O
O O
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llceton 19
tiiifimint! 20
Ht. I .mil. .23
Brooklyn .20
RUSSELL FORD.
Here Is the man who pitched for
Atlahta Monday. In tho back
ground lb Baxter Sparks,, ox-At
lantan.
elers had an awful collection of blngtee
In their system and they Just HAD to
get them out.,
It Is hoped by the Atlanta pitchers
that they got- them all out-ntonce, for
It was awful while It ..lasted. There
woe only one hit for extra bases, but
the way singles punctured the atmoS'
phert Was something frightful.
Gyler twirled a nice garde for the
redintegrated Travelers. He let the
hits out one at n time and deserved a
shutout. > .
The score:
Little Rock, ab. r. h. po. a.
Rockenfleld, ss.. 4 0 0 0 t
Gilbert, cf.
Douglas., lb.
Miller, If. . .
Hess, 3b. .
Page, 2b. , .
Bowcock, rf.
Kimble, c. . ,
Eyler, p. . .
Totals ■ • ■
Atlants.
Winters, - cf. ,
Jordan. 2b. .
8. Smith, c. .
Becker, rf. . ,
Dyer, 2b. . .
Fox. lb. . .
Paskert, If. .
Castro, ss. . ,
Ford, p. . .
*Spade
Totals ,
.22 2 < 24 15
Batted for Ford In the ninth.
Rune by Innings:
Little Rock 110 002 01*—5
Atlanta 000 000 200—2
Hits by Innings:
Little Rock 222 002 04*—12
Atlanta 010 111 101— t
Summary—Three-base hits. Doug
lass; sacrifice trite. Fox; stolen bases,
Gilbert 2, Bowcock 1; bases on balls,
off Eyler 1; struck out, by Eyler (7)
Jordan 2, Smith 2; Castro, Fox. Spado;
hit by pitcher, by Eyler, Becker and
Castro; first base on error.. Little
Rock 1, Atlanta 3; double plays.-Rock -
•nfield lo Page to Douglass. Time,
1:80. Umpire, Pfennlnger.
On, of Ilf*'. Iniurin-a .nnd rt.w of
tobacco. SQUARE AND I10XEST Is good.
YESTERADY’S RE8ULTS.
Southern.
Little Rock 5. Atlnntn 2.
XiiHtiviflo 2, Mnnt|itiln 1.
HuWi'tiort. 5. Birmingham 3.
New Orleans 6, Montgomery 4. >
South Atlantic.
Mnron 2. Charleston 1.
Hnviumnh 2. Augnfta-O.
Jiu'kmuvllle 2, Columbia 1.
American.
liillnrtclphln 9, Chlcllgo 1,
New York 7. Cl,vein ini 1.
Detroit 4. Kn.tnn I.
Ht. Lonln 6, Washington 2.
National.
Iitt.lmrg 14. Boston H.
Chleugn 5, 1'hlladelphln 2.
Ht. lend. 3, Brooklyn 2.
New York I, Cincinnati 0.
Toledo 9, Milwaukee 10.
Cotton States.
Vlrkalmrg 4, Meridian 2.
Mobile 1, tlulfpnrt 0.
Jackson 4, Columbus Ik
WHERE THeTpLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In Little Bock.
Birmingham In Hhreveport.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
o o
O SQUIRES TOO SMALL
O FOR JIM JEFFRIES. O
O -Hr"
O Now that Bill Squires has de- O
O elded to fight Mike Schreck at O
O Colma May 20, a real Interest la O
O being felt In the remote poaal- O
O blllty that some day Squires may
O prove good enough to meet Jef-
O fries.
O That h.a Is not likely to have O
O much chance with. the best of O
O the’ heavy-weights may bo Judged O
O by the following comparative fig- O
O urea, showing the measurements O
0 of the two men: O
O Squires. Jeffries. “■
O 8 ft. 10 In..Height..8 ft. 1 1-2 In.
O 178 lbs: Weight 248 lbs.
O 28 years Age.. ..-..*1 years.
O 76 In Reach.. ..76 8-4 In.
O J9 In Neck.. ..17 1-2 In.
O 401-2 In.Chest (normal) .48 1-4 In.
O 42 in..Cheat (expanded)....48 In.
O 881-4 Waist 33 in.
O 11 In Bleeps.. ..161-2 In.
O 112-4 In....Forearm....13 1-2 In.
O 7 1-2 In Wrist 8 In. Q
O 21 In Thtgh 23 In. O
O 15 3-4 In Calf 181-2 In. O
O 101-2 In Ankle 10 In. O
O O
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To the Sporting Editor The Georgian:
Dear Sir:—So niuch has been said
In regard to the new baseball grounds
beln/f built at Fonce DeLeon, beautiful
grounds, etc., but not one word has
been raid about the bleachers being
built over an open sewer. . Such Is the
case. The baseball company may claim
that the sewer Is not contaminated, but
with the amount of people witnessing a
game of ball dally and making use of
the toilets It will be very dangerous
on account of typhoid and malarial fe
vers. • Mosquitoes are In abundance
thle early In the season, what will be
the outcome when the summer starts
In earnest? I am Informed that some
of the city officials are aware of the
conditions existing at the new ball
park, but have done nothing to have
them remedied. The public should
know of this matter and Immediate
steps should be taken to have the sew.
er covered. C. C. B. C.
Atlanta, May 13.
"Billy" Gee, hie former manager and
a Chicago man, the modern game of
"ret the money, but don't take any
chances," Is thrown wider on the can
vas of publicity In a manner-calculated
fairly to take the breath of the hun
dreds of thousands of fight patrons
whose Interest and dollars have kept
alive the sport In the face of hostile
Inn'S and tireless reformers.
Names of Chicagoans are freely In
terspersed In these letters from Burns,
to Gee. They tell of efforts to ar
range a "fight” with John Wllle, the
west side German, In.which Wllle was
to "lie down;".of a scheme to approach
■'Jack'' Root, the Chicago Bohemian
and former light-heavy weight, with a
proposition to be "knocked out" and of
plans to post forfeits Insuring against
a "double cross" with Joe Klan or
Charloy Esslg, both of Chicago.
“1 am the champion and I must get
the doin'' Is a favorite expression with
Burns In these letters.
Johnson, a promoter at Salt Lake
City, offered him a chance to "get th.
coin” with John Wllle. “But Johnion
Is Wllle's pal and I won't take his word
and don't want him to take mine, si
you know, Bill, It's hard to trust on.
these days."
But-Burns was "out to get the coin'
and a little later he writes to a.,,
"Ypu-see Wllle and tell him what h.
has to do—no monkey business; w.
can ‘give him a little on the side."
Nor Is the heart Interest lacking In
these lettors of the ‘‘champion of the
world" (Burns). All through them
runs the story of his courtship of a girl
out In the country of orange blossom,
and "fake’’ fights.
.Soma of Burns’ letters, all In his own
handwriting, were surrendered to Th.
Chicago Examiner by Gee.
Fitz Gets on Another Fight l
John L. Sullivan Next, Maybe
New York, May 14.—Bob . Fltzslm-
mons Is to fight again. He says he has
few more fights left and has been
signed to meet Sailor Burke. - The ar
rangements were made yesterday and
both men are to make 163 pounds. This
Is the only stipulation thus far.
When asked where the fight will take
place and the number of rounds.lt Is
to go, said will depend upon the club
offering the best Inducements. Jo.
Humphreys, acting for Burke, mode the
arrangements with Fitsslmmons.
Humphreys, who Is also manager (or
Young Corbett, stated authoritatively
yesterday that Corbett had given up
hopes of ever returning to his old-time
lorm and would retire for good after
Ills fight now scheduled with Bean?
Yanger at Oshkosh.
HOW CLUBS STAND IN
MIDDLE GA. LEAGUE.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
4 3 . 1 . .730
. . . 6 3 3 .000
. 6 3 2 .600
. . .3 1 2 .333
. . . 3 1 2 .333
Union-Point.
Slloarn . . .
Washington .
Greensboro. .
White Plains,
FINE PREP IhtFIELDER.
NAT KAISER & CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
IS Oec**.ur St Kimball Houa*
Bargains in Unradaainad Diamond*.
Btmt Iraf of SQUARE AND HONEST
tobacco clrnnM br a mat-htn# of our own
inrrntion; not an Iota of grit In a thousand
HONEST.
Commercial Leaguers Expect
Good Games Next Saturday
The Commercial League Is still hum
ming with talk of last Saturday's good
battles and the prospects of more good
ones next Saturday.
The defeat of the Kutz team In their
encounter with the Beck & Gregg ag
gregation was something of a surprise,
and was especially Interesting because
of the rivalry between those two teams
last year. Both played good ball, how,
ever, and doubtless the Kutz aggrega
ilon will make up the lost ground be
fore the season Is over'
The Southern States Electric Com
pany teem made an exceptionally good
showing and will doubtless be up with
the leaders In another game or two.
They will have a hard game Satur
day, however, when they tackle the
Koca Nolas. Manager Mlddlebrooks’
team has had hard luck In the two
games played, losing both after It
looked as though a win were proba
ble.
NOTICE.
To Commercial- League Managers:
All managers who have umpires they
wish to nominate are asked to send the
Stone Mountain
Defeats B. H. S,
The team from U. S. B. added an
other to Its list of victories Monday
by defeating the strong High; School
team 6 to 2. The High School scorM
2 In the second on a hit man, sacrifice
and a hlt'by Smith, but thereafter they
were not able to touch Goldsmith, the
U. S. B. pitcher. ' .
The Stone Mountain team tied, the
score on hits by Hawes, Hampton and
Batty and added three more In the
ninth by hits, errors and a wild pitch
by Smith.
Score: R. H. E.
U. S. B. ; 000 000 020 3—6 7 2
B. H. S 020 000 000 0—2 4 4
Batteries: Goldsmith and 8mtth,
Smith and Lockrldge. Umpire, Rainy.
names at once to the .secretary of tht
league. A.mall vote will then be taken.
It Is necessary to qualify some um
pires at once.
The following umpires on the Com
mercial League list—Cal McGaney,
Frank Bandy, Henry Watts and Carle,
ton Floyd—are asked to send their
home addresses and home and business
telephone numbers to the sporting ed
itor of The Georgian.
Here are a coople of notes contrib
uted by the M. Kutz team:
After Saturday's defeat Manager
Winn said: , .
"I happened to the same accident
which overtook Mlddlebrooks May 4.
I thought 1 had a strong line-up, but
Beck & Gregg was stronger. I want
to hand It to them. They have a fast
team—good hitters, fast fielders ana
clean players. And that's what it take*
to win."
Lamma continues to hit the ball. H«
secured a three-sneker Saturday, as
usual. Bumstead, Huddleston ana
Lamma played good ball. It’s easy
for them. They Just can’t help It.
Clinton Players
End Their Season
Clinton. B. C„ May 14.—Newberry
College defeated the Presbyterians her.
on Saturday by a score of 8 to 0.
.The playing of the Presbyterians was
a' mixture of strenuoalty and error*
and though they played well for a time.
It was no use.
Newberry plays three more game*
nnd these g)ll decide the championship
The Presbyterians have played their
last game this year.
WHILDEN.
This li- G M. C.'s "big league"
first baseman. Cy has accepted 45
out of 148 chance, so far tills sea
son, which is fielding a few. With
the bat he Is quite handy, three-
baggers being his favorite. Otto
Jordan predicts a brilliant future
for this prep-leaguer.
You want the greatest blessing of all-
health. lie careful nhoot year chewing to-
bacco. No Impurities la SQUARE AND
One hundred to .
chews SQUARE AM) IIONR&. ...
You know he knows chewing tobacco,
FAYETTEVILLE DEFEATED
BY RIVERDALE TEAM.
Saturday afternoon Rlverdaie de
feated Fayetteville In on exciting game
of ball by the score of 9 to 8.
The line-up of the two teams was as
follows:
Fayetteville. Rlverdaie.
Kerlln. lb Moncrtef, ss.
Marcus, ss Hule. W, p.-.s.
Stlnchcomb, E., cf llule, R., c.
Redwlne. rf Farlow, 2b.
Memory, 2b Hule, 8., lb.
Stlnchcomb, R., c Travis, If.
Watby, p ...Hule, L., 3b.
Lawrence. If.-. Hule. Wade, rf.
Kemp, lb Hule, Y, cf.
Score by innings:
Rlverdaie.: ..042 000 OJx—9
Fayetteville 400 001 012—8
Batteries—Rlverdaie, Moncrlef. Hule
W. and Hule, R.; Fayetteville, Watby
and Stlqcbcomb, R. Umpire, Water-
son,
GRAYMONT 15, SWAINSBORO l
Graymont. Ga„ May 14.—In a
one-sided game of ball here Saturday
Graymont defeated Swatnsboro to t
tune of 16 to 8.
The features of the game were wo
of the batteries, for Graymont, R- j*
Durden and Gunn; Swatnsboro. Sana
and Eason. Seventeen men fell victim
to th. bender, of Curden. while o™
ntne of the hard hitting Graymontu**
fanned the innocent air. —
Durden wa« a pussle from beglrmfi*
to end. fanning the first three batter*
to face him.
The line-up was as follows:
Graymont. Swalnsbor rf.
H. Durden, lb T ’» C a*E5d a
H. C. Durden, cf J- S**™ 1 £
O. B. Durden, rf M Emma
R. L. Durden, p J. J 0 """ 0 "' a
D. Gunn, R- Coleman. «
E. J. McLain 2b £ Kabb, £
W. Rountree. If B. Caredy. «
W. Sutton, a 8.Mortoe
V. P. Rountree, lb.. .P. Herrington, »
Summary—Struck out, by D u ™' n t
by Saffold 9. Hits, off Durden «■
Saffold 10. Base on balls, off Durd«
2. off Saffold 8. Hit by P* tch . e i!2£
Eason, Gunn and McLain. I n P—
Thompson. Attendance BOO. *
1:45. Official rcorer, Cowart.