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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS/ ,1907 NEW PARK IS OPENED—NOW FOR MORE —j SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING ! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS ■ BY PERCY H. WHITING. “Wei],’’ said Tom Fisher, the Shreveport mogul, as he looked admiringly at Atlanta’s new ball park, “the players ed i who graduate out of the Southern now need not be troubled by arks and big crowds. They will never see the beat of in the big leagues.” And it WAS a real Atlanta show, and something to be proud of—both the new park and the crowd which turned out for its dedication. And Atlanta won the first game played there, which was the mam thing for almost everybody. It must be a backhanded sort of a disappointment to the people who built the park. They planned it to meet all demands for the next ten years. And then the first day the crowd splits it wide open. Of course some of the crowd was “paper”—came in on passes and invitations—but, there was not any “paper” d|>wu >n the bleachers, and only a com paratively small amount any where. It’s going to look mighty lonesome out there sometime when the team is in a losing streak and the crowds thin out. But may that sad day never arrive—and certainly it does not seem to bC impending. With a little luck Atlanta is going into the lead ntyw in a day or two and then look out for her. The official attendance figures given out by the baseball association are between eight and nine thousand. As a matter of fact there were so many people there that nobody will ever know exactly and it may be a day or two before Secretary Eth ridge has it all doped out on the “paid admission” proposition. Savidge, Raymond and Schopp Leading Pitchers of the Sally ENORMOUS CROWD TURNS OUT FOR DEDICATION OF NEW PARK More Than 8,000 Fans See Atlanta Win Game. SCENES AT SATURDAY’S SEANCE H9b \0jll The opening of the new Ponce De Leon baaeball park was a howling, shouting, Jam-up success. Atlanta won the game by a score of 2 to I, but the game was far, far from being the feature. The thing that attracted the attention was the crowd. The baseball association gives It out that between eight and nine thousand people were there, and certainly they have not exaggerated. Every Inch of space everywhere, all the standing room, part of the roof and some of the outfield was filled. The crowd almost got away with the ticket selling facilities, but the fans were good natured and the fight for pasteboards was as harmless as It was strenuous. The game was a trifle slow, but good enough for all that. Rube Zel ler pitched wonderfully well, as he usu. ally dobs; and Hickman likewise proved a pussier. The Shreveport team stacks up like a good one, and will be heard from. The scqpe: nb. r. h. po. o. e. 0» 0 Special to The Georgian. Charleston, S. C.. May 27.—For the games Inclusive of Thursday's, Tom : Raftery Is the only Sea Gull who Is hit ting In the .209 class, although Meany and Johnson are within easy touch. The figures are as follows: AB. R. H. SB. SH. PC. Raftery . . .126 20 39 17 2 .309 Johnson . . .114 19 34 6 3 .298 Meany . . . .148 14 44 2 3 1 Mullln . . . .116 17 29 18 3 .260 Evers .... 8 1 2 0 0 .260 Rolslnger ... 88 6 20 2 2 .241 I Smith . . . .119 17 22 8 17 .185 Shlppy .... 88 1 7 1 0 .184 Frost .... 11 0 2 0 0 .182 Foster .... 30 0 4 o l .133 '•Wilkinson ...116 8 13 7 2 .112 Raymond ... 41 0 4 0 3 .098 Team batting: AB. R.* H. PC. Charleston .... 1,198 133 231 .243 Opponents .... 1,208 116 240 .199 Team fielding: PO. A. E. PC. Charleston .... 1.018 476 91 .942 Opponents .... 1,019 624 70 .966 SB. SH. 2B. 3B. UR. PC. Charleston . . .86 SI 41 6 3 .284 Opponents . . .62 60 27 6 1 .231 For the league. Including Thursday's ? :ames, figures for runs, hits and errors ollow: R. H. E. Charleston 183 281 91 Augusta .. 119 249 73 Columbia 86 236 70 Macon 106 269 66 Jacksonville 107 286 66 Savannah ..' 88 242 66 , For pitchers who have taken part In six nr more contests the records are as follows. Including Thursday’s games: Charleston. Won. Lost. Tied PC. .823 Raymond . Foster . . . Columbia. Schwenck ... McKensle .. Helsipan .. . White Augusts, Schopp .. .. Holmes .. .. Contlngor . Macon. Helm Harley Loueks Savannah. Deavcr Ford Jacksonville. Savidge .. .. Lee .. .1 .. . Sltton Stults .260 ,600 .300 .200 .260 .800 .662 .333 .683 .600 .200 Shreveport. Worrendei, rf. . 6 o Lewee, 2b 2 Carr, ss 4 Daley. If. ... 2 Massing, cf. .. 4 Clark, lb 4 King, 3b 2 Rapp, c 4 Hickman, p 3 'Graflhis 0 Totals .30 1 4 24 •Hit for Hickman In ninth. - Atlanta. ab. r. h. 'po. Winters, cf. . . 4 1 2 3 Jordur, ,2b. ...40 1 2 8. Smith, c. ... 4 0 1 4 Becker, rf. . .. 4 <’ O’ 1.1 Dyer, 3b 3 0 0 2 Fox. lb » 1 2 12 Paskert, If. . . 4 0 2 1 Castro, ss. ... . 3 0 1 1 Zeller, p 4 0 0 1 1 10 2 1 BATTLE'HILL WINS. In an exciting game of ball. Battle Hill met and defeated Cascade Satur day afternoon 4 to 3. With the ecore a tie In the latter part of the ninth, Wylie Wilson, of Buttle Hill, stole home, win ning the game. Another feature was the triple play made by Battle Hill In the elxth Inning. Battle lint haa won every game played this year. HOW THE BUGS FEEL By QRANTLAND RICE. 1 -went Into a barber shop and aaked ’em for a shine: ' The bootblack looked at me and eald, ’’We’ve got a winning nine.” I atepped Into a reetaurant and naked for meat and bread. ■’An even break—that’e going some,” wus all the welter said. I started for the depot and I tried to call a hack: “Hooray," the cabman shouted out, "the team Is coming back." I dived Into a tavern then and loudly called for beer, "I’ll bet a drink, the barkeep eald, “we win the flag this year," I dropped into another place—I had a bill to pay, , "How much Is It?" 1 asked at once. Bald he, ’’Who won today?’ I strolled Into a clothing store to buy a suit of clothes. The salesman shouted gleefully, “We trimmed ’em by a nose." My shoes were old. another pair I needed right away. "If Duggan’a right," tho shoeman said, "we’ve got a pipe today.” Quite frantic then, I traveled far beyond the city's reach. But as 1 ran some farmer yelled, "McCormick Is a peach." Quite daft, 1 grabbed an airship as It sailed above the woods. "Cherrup." the little birds chirped out. "Old Dobbsey haa tho goods.” I knew my flight was useless then and so I came back down. To whoop things up when Dobbs and men blew back again In town. —Nashville Tennessean. Gulf States Championship Begins at New Orleans The Oulf States championship begins Monday In New Orleane, with the largest field which ever faced tho bar rier In thia event. Nat Thornton and Bryan Grant, who hold the tingle and doublet titles, will leave In a day or two In order to have a little practice over the New Orleans turf courte before having to defend their titles. CLERKS AND CARRIERS TO PLAY ON THURSDAY. The Clerks and the Carriers of the local poatofflee will play a gam* on Thurfday for the postofflee champion- fhlp. This la a half-holiday for tho men In the Federal building, and tbe Clarka and Carriers will settle a long-standing difference of opinion at thgt time. Rube Zeller la pitching the beet ball In tha ltagua just at present. He la In the finest of form. When he pitches It la almost a cinch that Atlanta will win. —Birmingham News. Totals.. .. .-.87 2 10 27 16 3 Rune by Innings: Shreveport 000 001 000—1 Atlanta 001 100 OOx—2 Hits by Innings: Shreveport.. .. 001 011 010— 4 Atlanta 212 202 10X—10 Summary—Two-base hit. Becker. Stolen bases. Paskert. Sacrifice hits, Daley, Double plays, Lewee lo Clark to Carr, Smith to Caetro. First base on halls, Zeller 3. Hickman 3. Hit by pitched balls, by Hickman, Winters, by Zeller. King 2. Daley, Lewee. Struck out. by Zeller (8), Ilirkmap, Lewee. Rapp; by Hickman (3), Castro. Zeller 2. Passed balls. Smith, Rapp 2. Wild pitch, Hickman. Time, 2:15. Umpire, Pfennlnger. Another Baseball Sermon, Especially For Club Owners The following fable or allegory or whatever It Is was contrih,„.s by a baseball writer well known in Atlanta and Is published at his re quest. The ball club referred to might be Montgomery, or It mlsht k Columbia or It might be Brooklyn, or possibly Columbus. Miss' th! sporting editor doesn't know himself, but the moral of the tale lie know, wo the story goes as It stands: 5 were beginning to get dissatisfied o- I th ® players In running after YsJ ball stepped In a hole and sprained ankle. In their Ignorance the dlrect5£ were going to suspend the player,.? out oav. nenriinc hi. .—’ / "tin* In a certain league not many miles from here there was enrolled among Its members a city which had never before tasted the sweets of league ball. But the people of this town were enterpris ing. A meeting was held, officers elect ed, admittance to the league was gained and a manager signed. By the time the first league game was played the fans In the town were worked up to such a pitch of enthusiasm that they could talk of nothing else. Never had a town opened a season with such bright prospects. The opening of the season saw the new park crowded to the limits of Its capacity with a howling mob of fanat ics. who rooted and rooted with such vigor, and their team played such good ball that they had the pleasure of see- Ing their team a winner In this opening game. But alas and alack! the next two games of the series stuv their team de feated. The season went on—at times their team would win. and then all would be serene—but after a month of ups and downs the percentage column showed their club at the bottom. The club directors held meeting after meet ing, advice and directions were handed out to the manager by everybody,, but still they lost. Ah! happy thought—there were too many old heads on the team. So .they added to the team two of the best col lege players in the country around. They did well for a couple of games and then exploded. The club owners were fast gaining experience, but they still continued to Interfere with the manager, still con tinued to tell the players how to play the game, and by this time the players willing to lose his salary, he nludrir.' I wrapped up his ankle and played re next game. His bad luck did not reJ here, for. In trying after a hard-hit ton he split his little finger. Jumpin'*"S hosophat! the directors declared hf htA done so pufposely In order to get hi. pay without Playing. Such treatment as this could not long be endured. er,n by ball players, and a mutinous spin, j Boon asserted Itself. One player ou» I his Job In disgust and went home Th« team played listless, Indifferent belt and continued to lose. But still th, I blind men who owned the club could I not see; they went along trying to run the club as a bank is run—every one of the dozen directors knew more then the manager and kept interfering and dictating. When the manager had a I chance to sign good experienced bell I players, the directors said. ’’No, we I have better ball players right here In town,” and the chance to secure good I men slipped away. I And so it will be always in this game of baseball. There is but one way of getting good results and that Is, give the manager full rein and when hli work Is unsatisfactory release him, but so long as he Is manager, let him alone I Would-be wise men who are club I owners and directors, take warning by I the experience of this ball club, and there are plenty like this one. Keep I your hands off the management of the ! players and devote your talents to that I for which you are better fitted—the 1 handling of the gate receipts. j Stranding of the Clubs. CLUB8- Mcmphl* . . ATLANTA. . Nashville . . New Orleans , Little Itoek. Shreveport. . , 32 2D South Atlantic League. CLUBS- Flayed. Won. Loet. P. C. Jacksonville 39 26 13 .667 Charleston 41 23 18 .661 Snvnnnah 37 18 19 .487 Mncon. ...... 39 * 19 20 .487 Augusta Columbia. 12 26 .316 At the Top—The Atlanta bench. In the Middle—The grandatand, with Shreveport bench in foreground. At the Bottom—View of the bleachers from the top of tho grand stand. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE TEAMS PLAY TWO RATTLING GOOD CONTESTS SATURDAY’S GAMES. Beck A Gregg 10, Kocu Nnlas 3. Bun Proof. 6, Southern States Elec tric Company 1. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Played. Won. Lost, P. C. . . 4 4 0 1.000 . . 4 3 1 .800 .666 .600 .000 .000 Beck A Gregg Bun Proofs . . . . < M. Kuta 3 So. States Elec. Co. 2 Koca Nolaa .... 3 Southern Railway. BASE Atlanta vs. Shreveport BALL MAY 27-26. GAME GALLED 4 P. M. LADIES’ DAY TUESDAY NEXT SATURDAY’8 GAMES. Beck A Gregg vs. Sun Proofs, on Q. M. A. diamond. Southern States Electric Company vs. M. Kut* Company, Piedmont Park diamond. Southern Railway vs. Koca Nolas, Piedmont Park diamond. (Umpires to be announced later.) Only two regular games were played Saturday In the race for The Geor gian’s Commercial League pennant. Beck A Gregg and the Sun Proofs K roved the winners In two hard-fought attles. The Southern Rallway-M. Kutz Com. psny game was protested on a tech nicality before the first ball was pitch ed, and will come up for arbitration later. Accounts of the games follow: SUN PROOFS WIN AGAIN. In an Interesting game, replete with sensational plays, the Sun Proofs Sat urday defeated the Southern State. Electric Company nine by a score of 5 to 1. Neither side scored until the sixth Inning, when the Sun Proofs lit onto Cates, the S. S. E. pitcher, and pushed five runs across the pan. The S. S. E.’s did not score until the eighth, when they scored on an error. Cunyers pitched splendid ball and with men on base, was Invincible. Cates also pitched nice ball with the exception of the sixth. Before and aft. er that Inning he was all to the mus tard. Newell, ’’the Terror of the League," came In for a nice two-bagger, which ecored the flr.t run for the Sun Proofs, nd Rice played brilliant ball at short. For the S. S. E. Clifton and Bur- Next Saturday the 3un Proofs tackle the league yeaders. Back A Gregg, and spec ted. Look out for the Sun Proofs! er# of the great glass house wll be out In full force to root for the team. The box score follows: S. S. E. ab. r. h. po. a. Humphries, cf. .4 0 0 0 0 Storr, 2b. ... 3 0 0 ’ 3 3 Landrum, ss: , . e 0 0 1 3 Clifton, 3b. ... 4 1 t 2 2 Burroughs, c. . 4 ■ 0 1 12 2 Mayfield, lb. . . 4 0 1 9 0 Woodward, If. . 3 0 0 0 0 Cndle, rf. . . . 4 0 0 0 0 Cates, p. .... 4 0 0 0 2 ab. r. h. po. a. e Totals. . Sun Proof. Rice, ss . . Logan, cf. . Nowell, 3b. . Redwlne, It Wall. 2b. . . Gullatt, c. . Mays, lb. , Voss, rf. . . . Cunyers, p. Totals. . . ,38 Runs by innings: Sun-Proofs.. .. .. S. 8. E Double plays. Rice to Wall to Mays. LEADERsTwiN AGAIN. Beck A Gregg made another get away Saturday by taking the game .from the Koka Nola boys. The Beck A Gregg boys lit In at the start and never let up until they had ten runs to their credit, while three runs was the best the Koka Nolns could do. Garwood pitched a tine game and should have had a ono-hlt, no-run game, but three errors on the Beck & Gregg side gave the Koka Nola boys three runs. Dukes pitched a fairly good game and with a little more training would make a good slabsman. Davis was the man with the stick. He rapped out four clean hits out of five times at the bat. The score: Beck & Gregg, ab. r. h. po. a e. Davis, cf. . . . 6 3 4 0 0 0 V. Moore, 2b. . . 5 1 1 3 1 0 Parish, c. . . . 4 1 0 3 3 0 Adams, ss. . . . 6 1 2 2 4 0 Grist, lb. ... 4 0 0 13 0 1 H. Moore, 3b. . . 3 1 1 1 1 2 Thompson, rf. . 4 2 0 1 0 0 Williams, If. . . S 1 0 0 0 0 Garwood, p. . . 5 0 2 6 4 0 Totals 42 10 10 2 7 12 3! Koka Nola. Frank, If. t’rane, ss. . Henly, lb, . Dukes, p. . Goree, 3b. . . Collins, cf. . Weiver.,rf. . Bapks, 2b. . Banks, 2b. . Mlddlebrooks, ab. r. h. po. a. e. c. 4 Totals . . . . :39 3 3 27 10 12 The score by tnhings: B. Beck A Gregg 221 003 020—10 Koka Nolas 000 000 102— 3 Summary—Two-baso hits, Davis. Adams; stolen bases, Davis 3, Parish 2. Adams T, H. Moore 1, Thompson 1, Mlddlebrook 2. Innings pitched, by Garwood 9, by Dukes 9. by DN.. Garwood 9, by Dukes 9; hits, oft Gar wood off Dukes 10; struck out, by Garwood 10, by Dukes 6; bases on balls by Garwood 2, by Dukes 4. ONLY PRACTICE GAME. Owing to the disagreement over rules between Manager Winn of the Kulz Co. team qnd the Southern, Railway man ager, AVInn claims the game by a 9 to 0 score. There was a practice game between the two teams Saturday after the reg> ulnr game was declared off. Winn sent to the tiring line Edens, and his pitching enabled the Kutz Co.’s to win. Following Is the box score: Cotton State* League. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost. P. C. Mobile 86 23 13 .633 Meridian . .... v 35 Gulfport •••«... 86 Vicksburg at Stone Mountain Defeats Decatur I 13 22 • American League. CLUBS— Flayed. Won. Loet. P. C. Chicago . • Cleveland . . Detroit . . . New York . . Philadelphia . edelphl Louis . . . . . 34 14 Ronton 32 11 Washington 28 9 National League. CLUBS— Flayed. Won. Chicago ...... 33 26 New York ..... 33 26 1'lttshurg 28 17 Philadelphia 32 19 Boston ....... 31 12 Cincinnati 33 12 Ht. Lou la 34 11 Brooklyn 32 8 24 The American Association. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost. P. C. Columbus Kanintii City . . . Minneapolis .... Toledo Milwaukee Ht. Paul ,17 13 16 16 16 17 Indianapolis .... 34 Louisville 28 16 18 YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Southern. Memphis 4. Nashville 8. New Orleans 2, Little Rock 2 ((slxtec nlngs). St. Louis 8. Boston 3. National. Cincinnati 9, Chicago 3. Pittsburg 11. St. Louis 5. ab. r. h. po, a. e. 0 0 2 2 .39 9 12 27 14 5 ab. r. h. po. a. e. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. _ _ ^ Johnny Cunyera will be In the box 15 Decatur St. Kimball House. playing of Bumstead and the batting and support* Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds, and playing of X. Hull Ivan. Kuta. W. Sullivan, ss. Huddleston, 2b. Abler, cf. . . Edens, p. . . . Cottonham, lb. X. Sullivan. 3b. Sartorlu*. If. . E. Sullivan, c. Winn, rf. . . Totals. . . . Southern. Barry, lb. . . Everett, c. . . Whittledey, p. Erwin, §3. . . Shumate, If. . Martin, 2b. . . Bumstead, 3b. Parker, cf. . Paschal, rf. . Totals 40- 3 9* 27 14 6 Summary—Base on balls, of Whlt- tledey. 1. Struck out, by Edens 12. Whtttledey 8. The featuies of the game were the WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY, Shreveport In Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon mrk. (lams called at 4 o'clock. Memphis In Nnshville. Little Rock in Birmingham. New Orleans In 5!ontgomery. SATURDAY’S RESULTS. Southern. Atlanta 2, Shreveport 1. Birmingham 2. Little Rock 1. Montgomery 2. New Orleans 0. Halil in Nashville. South Atlantic. Jneksonvllle 3. Savannah 0. Charleston 2, Macon 0. Columbia-Augusta, rain. American. Cleveland 5. Philadelphia 2. Chicago 3, New York l. Hr. Louis 8, Boston 1. Washlugton-betrolt, rain. ago L. ... Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn 5 (first gsrae). Philadelphia 7, Brooklyn 4 (second game). Cotton States League. Jackson L Gulfport 0. Special to The Georgian. Stone Mountain, Ga., May 27.—The | U. S. B. team defeated the strong De catur team here Saturday afternoon by I the score of 6 to 2. This makes It four I straights for V. 8. B. against Decatur, j Smith made a home run In the eighth, after two men were down. Barili, in the box for U. S. B., struck out U | and allowed 5, scattered hits. The score by Innings: R. H E. | U. 8„ B. . . . . .010 030 01*—.5 7 Decatur .... / .020 000 000— 2 5 Batteries—Barlll and Smith; Chlver* | and Austin. Summary—-Struck out, by Barlll 8. by Clhvers 2; bases on balls, off Barili 2. off Chlvers 1; hit by pitcher, Reese, Thompson; home run, Smith; two-base hits, Hornig, Tapan; stolen bases, Sib ley, Thompson, Hanson, Arrington, j Umpire, Goldsmith. Tech “Subs” Win From the Seniors Coll.g. Rc.ulti, NASHVILLE LOSES. Special to The Georgian. Nashville. Ga^ May 37.—Nashville', second team played the Alapaha team at Alapaha Saturday. The Tech Sub. won an easy victory over the Senior. Saturday by a icon of 14 to 4. It was easy going for the 8ubs gfter the flr«t Inning, as they set tled down and did not allow the Seniors lo score afterward., Adam., for the Sub., pitched a fine game, only allowing two hits, and was credited with nine strikeouts. Wood, the Senior southpaw, was hit hara and often and was relieved by Ptttard In | the fourth. Following I. the line-up: Sub.—Smith, catcher; Adams, pitch- er; Henderson, flr.t base; Hill, second base, Harrl. third base, Eldredge short- atop; O’Kelley, left field; Meadows, center field; Ferst, right field. Seniors—Longlno, catcher; W ood and Plttard, pitchers: Haynes, first base, Marchinont, second base; Emereon, | third base; Stout, shortstop; Hotti- claw, left field; Wood and Plttard, cen. ter field; Riley, right field. Covenanters Clash In Classy Battlel The Inman Park Presbyterian church Covenanters met the Decatur, Ga„ <-ov- inanters at Decatur Saturday a,lcrn '’““ ami defeated them in an ii.tere.un* | game by the score of 13 to 7. , The feature of the game was *•>** . pitching and good catching by the tertes of the Inman r«rk 'earn, H and Maddox, and the pitching of ton for the Decatur team. M a ‘ l0X F f r “’! up four hits and fanned twelve, ton gave up eight hits and '"""''s ore The Inman Park Covenanters leading the Covenanter League ''The'Tlne-'up 8 o*f the teams was as fol- Inman Park— scoflekTsh, Browne. N. B., a s fii jb. Hall. H.. Ardner.If- Maddox, C.. Preston, P- Browne. Wm„ cf Ram .Stln «*• Cheek, G„ rf M a a Score by Innings; ijo—U 5 Inman Park Coy.. ..029 3.. , 5 Decatur, Ga.. Cov.. ..400 Batteries—Inman JP“ rk „,V Yla Cur- Hall and Maddox; Dec»Mr °^ mplr «, enanters, Preston and Candler. H. Bedinger. _ , .-rue: Standing of the Covenanter ^Lea*^ Inman Park Cov.. S. Pryor Cov.. .. North Ave. Cov.. Decatur, Ga., Cov.. 1.666 .Odd I .006 | .000 I Hoffman to Play On Mobile Team] hSSS B’S&’ifeSsSS Mobile.team. -Larry laarta to J° IB The acore; Nashville, IS; Alapaha, 17. Alabama team Monday nlgn'