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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 23.1907
LIVE DOPE JUST FROM SPORTVILLE
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING |
NAVAL ACADEMY’S FAST CREW
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
These columns have at various timeR contained appeals for
the maintenance of the baseball grounds now laid out at Pied
mont Park. And though this isn’t supposed to bo about base
ball, it may be mentioned that all 'the Piedmont diamonds are
still in good running order and a new one is being constructed.
For which same every Atlanta lover of amateur athletics is
duly and deeply thankful.
The question we desire to propound this morning is, why
not go a step further and give us public tennis courts and public
golf coursest Especially tennis courts!
Who EVER HEARD of public tennis courts?
Not many of us, maybe.
And yet, according to the current issue of American Lawn
Tennis, Boston has 125 free public courts. New York has 200 in
Central Park alone and nearly 500 in the whole “greater”
city.
And a city the size of Louisville, even, has 30 tennis courts,
on which last season nearly 30,000 people played.
No city contributes over much to the entertainment of its
citizens and especially to the poorer classes.
And no city can make a better contribution than to furnish
the grounds on which healthful and pleasant exercise can be
taken.
It wouldn’t cost much to put in a couple of courts, just ns
an experiment. And this money would be well spent.
And, then, when city tennis courts have “won a home” the
city ought to take over the golf course at Piedmont Park and
open it to the public. Of course the public might not use it very
much at first. But the way interest would grow would bo
something astonishing.
It isn’t improbable that the readers of this column nrc
tired of hearing so often about public playgrounds.
But, anyhow, we would rather tire you than let you forget.
NO PARADE,
JIOT BALL
Big Crowd Assured to See
the New Ball
Park.
MORE COMPLETE DOPE ON
NEW FOOTBALL RULES
In addition to two now football rules
mentioned In yesterday 1 * Oeorslan, to
the effect that a touchback ahall be
declared when a forward pa** roc*
ever the goal line, either rolling or on
the fly, and that "the man behind the
line who receive* a forward paa* must
be at leaat one yard behind the line,
except the quarter back," new penal
ties nnd official ruling* were made at
the recent rule* committee meeting In
New York.
The more Important of these were
the following:
There ahall be n peealty of Hr* yard* for
* deliberate attempt to draw an opponent
off aide, ee by a falae atart.
There ahall be a penalty of llfteen yard*
If a player Interfere* wlih the hall when
an opponent la making * fair catch. Tlic
penalty formerly applied only to Interfering
with the player.
The kicker and the holder of the ball are
eiempt from the ruling that none of the
playera ahall tie out of bonnda when a
place kick la made.
Recognition of two line* of ecrlramage la
made In the rule* deflnin* the line In com
pliance with the neutral lone rule.
If the captalne fall to agree on the time
ef halve* when a abort game la deilreil.
the referee ahall order thlrty-llve-mlnute
VETERAN WINS
WARMBATTLE
Castleton Faces Breiten-
stein and Victory Goes
to Pelicans.
halve* aflor ten minute*. ‘
The rule regarding touching the boll la
changed to rend: "If the hull I* nut In
nlny hy kicking. Instead of snapping It
Imck. no piny or of tho ahlo may touch It
until It lina hccu touched by nn opponent
or until It Ini* gone ten yards Into the
opponents 1 territory.
The extra umpire, who will be called
the field judge, will be nn assistant to
both the umpire and the referee. He
will occupy a position well back of the
defensive team and nearest tho aide of
the field opposite the linesmen. He can
thus relieve both umpire and referee
on the work down tho field.
lie will report violations of the rules
of holding, Interference, the conduct
of playera In any part of the field. In
addition to his down field work. He
will assist the referee In hie jurisdic
tion over the ball on Interference and
other fouls, and In the rules governing
the catching, eecurlng of passing of the
ball when It has been kicked or passed
down the field.
The rules have all been codified and
the new rule book will be a wonder for
clearness.
The committee meeting June 7 will
have nn Interent for the South, as the
Eastern manager* will then decide
upon a plan for picking their official*.
Fpecia! to The Georgian.
New Orleans. La., May 21.—Caetle-
ton and Breltenateln, the league 1 * new.
•it and the league's oldest southpaws,
faced each other here yesterday, and
the Ten Thousand Flunk Wonder had
a shade the better of It. Alto New
Orleans won I to 5.
The Atlanta team gave Castleton
support which wasn't quite up to par,
but at that came pretty close to win
ning.
The score:
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Winter*, cf. , . 6 l l l o o
Jordan, Zb. ... 4 1 2 7 2 1
Smith, c. . . . 5 0 1 1 : o
Becker, rf. . . . 4 0 1 o o 0
Dyer, Zb 2 X 1 0 2 1
Fox, lb 4 0 0 8 5 0
Paakert, If. ... 4 0 2 5 0 0
Castro, so. ... 4 2 2 1 1 1
Castleton, p. . . 2 0 0 1 Z 0
•Spade 1 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 3a 5 11 24 14 3
•Batted for Caatleton In ninth Inning.
New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Nadeau, rf. .,,4 1
Beecher, “
Rlckert.
Sabrle, lb .... 4 I 3 11
Gaston. cf. . . . 3 1 0 4 0 0
At*, as 3 1 1 3 3 0
Gatina, 3b. ... 3 0 2 1 5 0
Matthew'*, c. . . 4 0 0 0 0 0
Breltenateln, p. . 4 0 0 0 3 1
Total* 23 8 0 27 13 1
Run* by Innings: R.
Atlanta 000 210 200—6
N*w Orleans 200 103 02*—8
Hits by Innings: H.
Atlanta Olt 120 312—11
New Orleans 110 202 12»— 8
Summary—Tw o-base bit*. Dyer. Cas
tro 2, Jordan; three-base hits, Gatins,
Paskert: hums run, Rlckert; stolen
bases. Beecher, Dyer 2. Gatins. Castle
ton, Oaston 2; struck out. by Rrelten-
stetn (4), Becker, Fox, Jordan 2: by
Castleton (1) Matthews; bases on balls,
off Breltenstein 1. off Castleton 4:
passed balls. Smith: left on bases. New
Orleans 6. Atlanta 8: flret on error*.
New Orleans 2, Atlanta I. Time, 1:48.
Umpires, Hackett and Rudderbam.
ENGLISHMAN
By TAD.
Philadelphia, May 22.—Tommy Mur
phy, of Harlem, and Johnny Summers,
of England, battled a neck and neck
six-round draw last night at the Na
tional Athletic Club. It was a draw
for the simple reason that neither men
had auch a decided advantage that you
could honestly Isave the club house and
•ay this or that fellow won.
Hummers dropped Murphy four limes,
twice In the second and twice In the
fourth. In the third Murphy backed
him all over the ring, belting hie body
with lefts and rights. In the fourth
Murphy outfought him; again In the
flfth ho hacked Summers around noma
more. The sixth was a toss up.
Record of Vandy
In Past Season
Here Is what Vanderbilt has done
this season:
• March 22—Vanderbilt 1, Nashville 4.
March 23—Vanderbilt 2. Nashville 8.
March 28—Vanderbilt I, Nashville IS.
April 4—Vanderbilt 1, Alabama I.
April 6—Vanderbilt 4. Alabama 7.
April 8—Vanderbilt 7, Howard 2.
April 11—Vanderbilt 4, 8. P. U. 2.
April 12—Vanderbilt 4. 8. P. U. 6.
April 13—Vanderbilt 10. 8. P. U. 1.
April 18—Vanderbilt 14, Cumberland
2.
April 18—Vanderbilt 3, Cumberland
4.
April 20—Vanderbilt 4, Cumberland
April 26—Vanderbilt 6, Georgia Tech
0.
April 28—Vanderbilt *, Georgia Tech
6.
April 27—Vanderbilt 2, Georgia Tech
April 29—Vanderbilt 11, Texas 0.
April. 30—Vanderbilt 3. Texas t.
May 3—Vanderbilt 3. Sewanee 1.
May 4—Vanderbilt S, Hetvunee 4.
May 9—Vanderbilt 3. Sewanee 1.
May 10—Vanderbilt 4, Sewanee 4.
May 11—Vanderbilt 4. Sewanee 2.
Barring nothing but rain, the formal
opening of the handsome new Ponce
DeLeon park will take place Friday
afternoon, at which time Atlanta nnd
Shreveport will open the first game of
the second home series.
After some consideration. It was de
cided that the opening of the new park
was enough of a feature In Itself and
that all other formalities would be dis
pensed with. There will be a band, of
course, and quite probably the mayor
will twirl the first ball.
But the ball game and the new park
will be counted on as the main attrac
tions, nnd unless something quite un
expected happens, there will be the best
crowd on record for a mid-week, not-
hotlday affair.
The management wishes It announced
that the following scale of prices goes
Into force nt the new park: General
admission. 25 cents, grand stand 50
cents, first live rows of grand stand 75
cents, boxes 75 cents.
The management wishes also to deny
the rumor that there will be no accom
modations for the negro patrons of
baseball. It Is stated that the accom
modations for them will be far better
thnn they were at Piedmont.
The report that there was no place
for them caused quite a stir among the
colored fans, and they have been be
sieging the baseball association’s office
ever since It got started.
While Vaughn Is manager of the
Birmingham club he Is also Lord May
or of Eleyton, Birmingham being a
suburb of that thriving city.—New Or
leans Dally States.
This picture shows the crew of the Middles of the United States Naval Academy, upon which the atu-
dents of the Annapolis institution are depending for victory in the intercollegiate championship regatta to be
held at Poughkeepsie in June, Unless this crew shows a big reversal in form it has an excellent chance of
winning the great event. The crew ia boated a* follows: Levis, bow; Bagg, No. 2; Pritchard, No. 3; White,
No, 4; Leighton, No. 5; Rockwell, No. 6; McKee, No. 7; Captain Ingram, stroke; Roberta, coxswain.
PROF. SANFORD, OF GEORGIA, WRITES
OF THAT FAMOUS “DEFAULTED GAME”
The University of Georgia side of the
recent "defaulted game 11 controversy
has been given to the public by S. V.
Sanford, faculty representative of ath
letics of the University of Georgia.
Boiled down. Professor Sanford’s
contentions follow:
"In reaching a conclusion the funda
mental distinction between profesalonal
basebnll and college baseball must be
observed.
"In the former the game Is played as
a mere matter of business, having vic
tory ns Its sole object.
"Now, college baseball Is a sport be
tween students, entered Into without
compensation and solely for amuse
ment. Consequently If reasonable sus
picion arises In college athletics that a
game was fraudulently east - by the
umpire, then Irreparable harTn will re-
suit.
“In professional baseball a protest
can be entered only on technical
grounds, because It Involves compen
sation to players and contract money
on the game, but In college baseball,
which Involves no such commercial
consideration, no game should stand
where It Is reasonably sure that such
game has been cast by fraud.
"After the game on Friday state
ments were made to me by men of in
tegrity and character that the decision
complained of was so flagrant as to
create on their minds the conviction of
fraud. While It would be difficult, of
course, to prove befor© a court of In*
qulry the motive of Hoffman, at the
same time his decision was of such a
character as to carry conviction that
he was acting unfairly and fraudulent*
ly and with some ulterior motive.
“Actuated, therefore, by the motive
of serving the best Interest of both in
stitutions and of pure athletics, 1 took
the matter up with Professor Randle
and suggested that the game on Friday
he set aside. 1 suggested that
If this game was set aside the teams
play a game on Any day he might des
ignate or that the game on Saturday
count as a double game, or a double-
header be played on Saturday, or as
many games as was desirable, provided,
of course, the Friday game were elimi
nated.
“As this suggestion was not satis
factory to him, he suggested that the
matter he left to a board of arbitration.
“Let us examine the cpiestlon of ar
bitration:
“To submit the matter to arbitration
was the vei*y worst possible thing that
could be done for both Institutions.
“In the first place there was no
money consideration between the two
Institutions to be arbitrated.
“Again, there was no decision of
Hoffman’s that was protested which re
ferred to a technical violation of the
rules.
“The objection to the game was that
It was cast by a glaring, patent fraud
on the part of the umpire, and to sub
mit this Issue to arbitration would
have Involved the friends of both insti
tutions in frultleas, long and bitter
division. ,
“Besides, If tho matter had been sub
mitted to arbitration. It is more than
likely that interested partisans who
had wagered money on the game would
have volunteered as witnesses to either
side.
“The question between us was not a
question for arbitration, for It was one
of principle, and as such could not be
satisfactorily passed on by a board of
arbitrators.
“The question to my mind was sim
ply this: As physical doctor of the
University of Georgia, In charge of Its
athletics, could I countenance a game
cast by an umpire by a decision that
seemed to shock the moral sense of a
large number of non-partisan specta
tors?
“I was as anxious as any man to have
the game played on Saturday, and as a
final resort . I suggested to Professor
Randle that I would leave the matter
for final settlement to any three of the
gentlemen who were sufficiently near
the first base to see It distinctly and
who saw the play and noted the de
cision—the three selected to decide the
Issue on their own observation.
“Professor Randle did not agree to
this suggestion, and In the interest of
college athletics I reluctantly called
the game off. Had this team been told
to play ball on Saturday, each man
would have cheerfully responded and
would have done his best to uphold the
reputation of the university. As It was
an administrative question. I decided It,
and the team is In no* wise responsible
for not playing on Saturday.”
ROAD TRIPS
CONE HH
Invasion Just Ending Cost
East 22 Defeats—Won
But 17 Games.
If Atlanta can cop the game In New
Orleans Thursday! of which ther*
seems a fair chance, the Crackers win
draw an even break through the west
Up to yet Billy Smith 1 * cohorts have
won four. lost flve and tied one.
This includes only the western
games. Before going west, however
Atlanta won one and lost two In .Wish.’
vllle, making the full road score Woi"
5; lost, 7; tied, 1.
In Memphis Atlanta played twice
this trip. The first game was the fa
mous 2-to2, ll-lnnl:ig tie, when Cas.
tleton and Crystall opposed each other
The last Memphis game was Zeller's
famous S-hlt effort, which Atlanta wo
. ^tlantex plexyed two games likewise I
In Mike Finn's burg. Little Rock took
the first game 5 to 2 and Atlanta
second 4 to 3.
Then the Crackers Jumped south and
played three In C"treveport, winning on,
and losing one. The scores were-
2-7 and 3-6.
The last stop on the Jump was New ,
Orleans, and In this town of talk nnd
trouble Atlanta has dropped two game,
and won one.
On the whole, It has been a pretty
good western trip. Usually the team
is lucky to escape with the loss of a
man or two. not to mention about 85
per cent of the games. But so fnr all
the players have kept In good condition
and only a shade more than half the
games have been lost.
Nashville has done the best work of
any of the easterners on the trip, win
ning six and. losing flve, with no ties.
The Dobbers have been going prettv
strong all the way, and If the}- can
keep up an even break on the road and
win their share at home, they will fln-
ish so very near the top that there will
be no fun In It.
Up to yet Birmingham has taken
dortn only three games on the road,
lost flve and tied one. Montgomery ha,
done a shade worse, with three won,
eight lost and two tied. One of the tie,
was a 15-lnnlng affair.
On the whole Invasion 43 games have
been played. Of this number the east-
erners have won 17, the westerners !I |
and the rest have been tied.
That's pretty good. Now, let's t
and see what the westerners do In the I
east.
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LITTLE HICKMAN PITCHES
OPENER AT NEW PARK
Shreveport, La., May 28.—The
Rhreveport team leaves late this after
noon for Atlanta to play the opening
game In Atlanta's line new park.
Hickman will pitch the opener. He
left Shreveport yesterday and made the
trip by way of Birmingham. ,
Every Pirate Is In good shape and
expects to make a cracking good dis
play of baseball In the Gate City.
ALABAMA BASEBALL TEAM
CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Bargains in Unredstmsd Diamonds.
SPRING PRACTICE FOR
TECH FOOTBALL TEAM
Spring football practice has been an
nounced for the Tech football team and
the first work will be done Thursday
afternoon. It will be very light, of
course.
The following men will be out:
Monro®, Robert, Buchanan, Emerson,
Luck, Sweet, Henderson, McDonald,
Jone«, Mean®, Fleming, Hill, 8nyder,
Adamson, Moore.
Captain Sweet will direct the prac
tice.
NEW DIAMONDS ANNOUNCED
FOR COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Owing to the »ham battle which Is to
be fought at Piedmont rark Saturday
It ha® been necessary to week new dia
mond® for two of the Commercial
League game®. President Thomas took
the matter up promptly, however, and
announce® that the Gammage Grossing
nnd Ponce DeLeon avenue-Myrtle
street diamond® are available.
The secretary, therefore, assigned the
M. Kuti-8outhern Railway game to the
Ponce DeLeon-Myrtle street diamond
nnd the Hun Proof-Southern States
Electric game to the Gammnge Cross
ing diamond.
The Beck and Gregg-Koea Nola
game will he played as previously an
nounced on the G. M. A. grounds, ut
College Park.
Frank Bandy will umpire the M.
Kutx-Southern Railway game.
Spade Vs. Phillips or Guese
In Last Game at Frankville
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., May 23.—The last
game of the Pelican-Crackers series
will be played here this afternoon.
By winning today Atlauta can split
even end hold second place; by losing.
the Crackers may tumble to fourth
place.
Spade will probably be nn the firing
lino for Atlanta. Either Bill Phillips or
Guese will pitch for the locals.
The weather Is fine.
Log Cabin Ch
Maj Play
IV. C. Redding, captain of the Log
Cabin Golf Club team of Macon, baa
written that Sfncon expects to send a
team of eight men to play a return
ib Golfers
Here Saturday
match with the Atlanta Athletic Club
team Saturday.
There Is rome uncertainty about It
and a definite announcement will be
made later.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., May 23.—Coach
Pollard claims for the University of
Alabama-the Southern baseball cham
pionship. Alabama defeated Vander
bilt, and Vanderbilt defeated Tech and
Sewanee. Alabama defeated Auburn,
and Auburn defeated the Tech. Tech
defeated Georgia. In the west. Ala
bama defeated the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Mississippi, and
that Instlutlon handed a lemon to the
university of that state.
Alabama sustained defeat at the
hands of the Louisiana State Univer
sity, which team was afterward beaten
by Auburn, and the team of the Ma
rlon Military Institute, both of which
went down before the Alabama team.
On these figures the championship was
claimed.
While In town, Coach Pollard made
known the schedule of the Eastern trip,
which link caused a great deal of spec
ulation not only In the South, but
throughout the East as well. It fol
lows:
June 4-5—Dartmouth College, Han
over, N. H.
June 6-7—University of Vermont,
Burlington, Vt.
June 8—Fordham University, New
York city.
June 11— Lehigh University, South
Bethlehem, Pa.
June 12—Amherst College, Amherst,
Mass.
June 13—Holy Cross College, Wor
cester, Mass.
June 15—Williams College, Wllllams-
town. Mass.
June 17-13—Brown University, Prov
idence. ■
As has been reported, the trip, be
ginning at the termination of the col
lege term, will not Interfere with du
ties. It has been so arranged that the
teams encountered In* the East will
stand all expenses. Coach Pollard
stated today that he expected to land
some of the games on the right side
of the ledger. As has been stated, a
football trip throughout the West will
be made during the Christmas vaca
tion.
Alabama’s sole remaining games of
the Southern schedule are with Mercer
University, In Maron, next -Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
TECH TENNIS STARS.
KNOCKS FROM NEW ORLEANS.
VAL AND JIM DAWSON.
Here are the two Augusta boys
who have been playing great ten
nis out at Tech this year and who
made a good show ing In the Inter
collegiate championship. Pre
sumably they ere twins, for they
look so much alike they enn not
tell themaelvea apart.
But anyway they are good play
ers and have the form which makes
champions. Another year or two
will see them figuring in the South
ern championship.
Billy Smith la objecting to the fans
yelling "rubber balls" and other kindred
expressions at Ills club. Don’t Billy
know that the Pelicans on ono of tlielr
trips to Atlanta were deluged with rub
ber balls, Moxie Manuel being hit in
| the head with a rubber football? Sauce
for the goose should be good for the
gander. So don't kick, Billy.—Dally
States.
The Atlanta press Insists that the
Crackers me the cleanest ball players
In the league. This may be true of
them ns long ns they are nt Piedmont
park, but when thej get dmvn here
they lose nit such attributes. Jordan.
Sid Smith, Castro nnd one or two others
are always fuming and fussing about
something. This trio will draw ninny
games until dusk unless they are
curbed by the benching process.—New
Orleans Item.
"Count" Castro, the Venesuelan
“Guinea." was guilty of dirty hall play-
ng when he slugged maimed Stratton
tn the neck In attempting to score. It
was cowardly In the extreme, as Strnt.
ton had no chance to defend lilmself,
having both hands or. the ball tagging
the dago. Such "things' 1 In baseball as
Castro do the game no good.—Dally
State*.
Since Billy Smith has been connected
with the Southern League there has
been a series of brawl* and other scan
dalous episodes In -which he figured as
the chief. Last season he started the
rubber ball story on hi* first visit to
New Orleans and continued It on the
next visit. Last season he violated the
players' limit rule nnd also the salary
I limit and managed to get away with
all of these things without being pun
ched. At the last meeting of the
Southern League the league adopted
Southern Leaaus.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Memphis 26 16 10
ATLANTA. ...... 30 .17 13
Nashville ‘.33 16 15
New Orleans 28 15 13
Little Rock 81 II IS
Hhreveport 26 13 13
Birmingham 3 11 18
Montgomery 31 - It 20
: :S
Jacksonville ....
Charleston. ,
Snvnnnah. .
Mnron. . .
Augusta: „ ....
Columbia 36 12 21 .333
Cotton States League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. V. C.
Mobile 33 26 13 ,4N .
Meridian 82 19 13 ret
Gulfport 31 18 13 .5*1
1 lekshurg 23 14 15 .4*3
Jackson 32 12 ..in
Columbus 31 11 20 .355
American League.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost. P. r.
Chicago 31 21 19
Cleveland 81 19 12 .613
Detroit 28 16 12 .St I
New York 28 15 13
Philadelphia 28 14 14 »I
St. Louis 30 11 19 .XI I
Boston 28 10 18 .35. I
Washington 26 9 17 3(4 |
New York 30 25
Chicago 30 24
l'lttsliurg 24 14 19
Philadelphia 28 16 12 1
Boston 28 11 17
Cincinnati 29 10 19 .3b I
St. Louis 10 9 21 3™ I
Brooklyn 28 7 21
YESTERDAY'S RESULT8.
Hhreveport 7, Nashville 1.
Little nock 3, Montgomery 0.
Memphis 3, Birmingham 1.
South Atlantic.
Charleston 4, Macon 0.
Augusta 8, Columbia 3.
Savannah 5, Jacksonville 0,
American,
Detroit 6, Philadelphia 5.
Cleveland 3, Washington 2
National.
Philadelphia 7, Pittsburg 4.
Cotton Statea.
Jttekson 10. Mobile 5 (first gnmel.
Mobile 5, Jackson I (second gome'.
Meridian 2,-Colnmbua 1.
VirginhTstate.
Lynchburg 6. Portsmouth 2.
Roanoke 2, Danville 1.
Norfolk 3, Richmond 1.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlnnta In New Orleans.
Birmingham In Mempbl*.
Montgomery In Little Book.
rules limiting the clubs
players and also adopted a » a,iry
Ever)- club In the league ha* compu
with these rules except Atlanta- •
question now comes up, ® iLohern
to be allowed to rule the Southern
League or not? If Smith can 'I
the league rules, then let ever,
manager do the same thltw- . T ' , h „r
with the expenae." Charley can
Billy Smith a few things when I
down to violating rules If 8 ' n,t l
stopped. If such a policy e .„
look out for the Southern Leaf ,
the smaller clubs will never be » ,
stand the expense and It WBI be •”* ,
bye" baseball In the South. It 1“P>"
the board of directors to act „
Smith case promptly and--«t T * , h ;|
Smith to understand that he Is n I
ruler of the Southern league. I
State*.