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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. flllllMHMilltHHHHIHHMHIMIIIMIHMI j Standing of the Clubs, jl |‘|338I3**S3MMI3I ••••••3SSSS*SSSSSStl 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*.