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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TtJESDAY, MAY 28, 1WV,
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LIVE DOINGS FRESH FROM THE SPORT INCUBATOR
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NE WS, BUT VIEWS |
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Nat Thornton and Bryan Grant, Atlanta’a best tennis per
formers in singles and doubles, leave Tuesday for New Orleans
to defend both titles in the Gulf States championship.
both men are in fine condition and unless the unexpected
happens they will succeed in defending their titles—Thornton
in the singles and Grant and Thornton in the doubles. If they
take the doubles event they bring the Gulf States doubles cups
home with them as their private property.
It looks like a cinch now. It was thought that Russ and
Cresson, the Texas sharps who also have two legs on the cup,
would come up and take another chance at it. Their names do
not appear in the entry list, however, and it looks very-much
as though the Atlantans would win in a canter.
The doubles match is set for 3:30 Thursday afternoon and
the challenge round in the singles Friday at 3:30 p. m.
SOME FEW OF THE SNAPPY SHREVEPORTERS
The news of the signing of Gene Demont, published in Mon
day’s Georgian, created quite a ripple among local fans and
players. It is the belief of all that Demont will make Birming
ham a good man and that he will help to pull the Barons out of
the hole. Gene has been having hard luck up in Toledo and has
been hitting way down. But it is presumed that he will do bet
ter down here. Ilis relations with the Toledo management
have not at all times been of the most cordial nature and it is
likely that he will do better with a dub where the surround
ings are more pleasant.. - ' •
There is no discounting Demont’s ability as a ball player.
He proved with the Atlanta team that he could perform any
stuqt that any man could and ho knows “inside ball’’from cov
er to cover—and then some things not in the book.
Montgomery, Nashville and Birmingham gave the West
erners what was coming to them in Monday’s battles. But, alas,
Atlanta could not turn the trick. *
Never mind, though. We can’t expect to win all the time.
Spoil the fun, you know.
Memphis is here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
And then the fur flies sure.
• If there is one team in the whole league which Atlanta
delights in beating it is the cohorts of “Chesty ” Charles Babb,
the Boy Manager.
Last year the blooming Babblers beat Atlanta out of sec
ond place and Billy Smith has had a rod in pickle ever since.
The Bluffers have a good team this year. Throughout the
circuit it is the general opinion that Memphis is the team At
lanta has to beat if she wants the pennant.
Billy Smith does not think that the Hustlers are as strong
as last year, but they aro certainly playing baseball now and
will give the best of them a hustle.
Grand Rejuvenation For
Columbia’s Crippled Crew
Columbia, S. C„ May IS.—The weak
epots on the Columbia team are briny
strengthened. DeArmond, with Little
Rock iait year, haa been brought from
Seattle and breaka <nto the game at
■third tomorrow.
Lew Drill, the veteian old big league
catcher, hai bten purchased from St.
Paul, through PresUknt Boyer, and he
get* Into the game Thursday.
Pete Tlebatd, "Red" Ruasell and
Outfielder Huber have been released.
Red McMahon, a star of the Virginia
League, » playing short for Colum
bia.
An effort was made to get Jimmie
Jackson, the faat little outfielder of the
Cleveland club In 1905, but the deal fell
through.
Inter-City Bowling Matches
Come to End Tuesday Night
The contestant! In the tnter-etty
bowling match, consisting of four two-
men teams, representing Chicago,
Cleveland, New*York and Atlanta, will
meet at O. V. Case's alleys Tuesday
at SMS o’clock, to bowl the laat aeries
healthy lead on Cleveland, and Cleve-
lnd has a slight lead over New York.
Members of these teams are aa fol
lows:
Chicago—Irwin and Hobs.
Cleveland—Kulow and Shaffer.
New York—Rlanchard and Cowan.
Atlanta—Eagan and Klllott.
Those who attend will witness some
splendid bowling, as each member Is
In the pink of condition, having prac
tlced faithfully for the past week. All
the teams are confident of making a
strong finish.
At the close of the Inter-city match
there will begin an Individual tourna
mem of local bowlers to ascertain the
champion bowler of Atlanta.
There Is also a challenge out by the
Atlanta team of five men for a series
of games with the strong team repre
senting the Atlanta Athletic Club.
SOME NEW CASTRO STORIES
. The day of the comedian on the base
ball field Is passing. Perhaps It Is the
Introduction. of commercialism Into the
greatest sport on earth that has done
this, but whatever the cause. It It to be
regretted. The funny man on a ball club
does much to make long jumps be
tween cities pass off pleasantly and hie
presence on the field of battle adds test
to the game. There are no Arlle La
thams In the game nowadays, more's
the ptty.
Count Louis Castro, of tha Atlanta
team, belongs to the class that I* fast
disappearing. His humor la natural
and flows with a freedom that Is at all
times cheering.
Just before the Atlanta club left for
Its last road trip, Castro walked one
afternoon In front of the bleachers and
after critically Inspecting the big crowd
that was seated In the biasing sun.
said: "You fellows will have to dress
up a little better after we get over to
our new park. You'll have to wear
your Sunday clothes over there.”
But the crowning feature of hla hu
mor was played on a big gathering at
St. Paul. He was with Kansas City
and-the two clubs were scheduled for a
double-header. The day was exces
sively hot and after the first contest all
of the players and empire Haskell
went under the rrand stand to cool off
a bit.
"Ocr.Jnit I feel bad," said the umpire.
"I'll call It off." said Castro. Then
he darted out and In front of the
stands.
"Ladles and gentlemen,” said the
count, "owing to the sudden Illness of
Umpire Haskell, It has been decided to
call off the second game of the after-
ndon. Now, we are fully aware that
there will be some people among you
not satisfied.
"Realltlng this, we have decided to
run a foot race, for the benefit of those
not pleased, between the two teams,
from the park to the hotel. The foot
race will be run In buses. Now. plsase
quietly file out of the grounds."—Ex
change.
NOT DUSTY, BUT DAKIN.
To the Sporting Editor Georgian:
Is the Miller playing with Little Rock
"Dusty,” of Memphis and Atlanta
fame? * v
No. Dakin Miller Is a Kansas City
man. who played with Wichita laat
year.
A CORRECTION.
Special to The Georgian.
Union Point, Ga„ May IS.—Penfield
ball team defeated the Union Point Mill
boys, and not the regular team.
Not a man who played against Pen-
field Is on the Union Point team. This
game has no effect on the standing of
tha Union Point team.
ft
BASE
Atlanta vs. Shreveport
Lall
MAY 27-28. GAME CALLED 4 P.M,
LADIES' DAY TUESDAY
j Standing of the Clubs. !
Southern League
CLUBS-' Play, >a . ?Von. L
Metnabia ...30 in
ATLANTA. 2! is
Nnshvillo .15 19
New Orleans 39 15
.Shrereport 2$ 14
Little Bock 33 16
Birmingham 22 13
Montgomery .... 33 13
South Atlantic Leaaue
c, - u, ^„ .. V p s
«S» 4 2* S •
. .I : —S !? !» M
Augusta ‘
Columbia. ....
Jacksonville.
Chnrlei
S:i v :i 111
Mu con
Augusta.
CARR.
CONSIDERABLE NEWS ABOUT BASEBALL, AND
NOTE ABOUT MONDAY'S DISASTROUS GAME
With one more game Impending with
the Shreveport team, then some four or
so with Jltemphls and one with Little
Rock, there Is not likely to be' any
dearth of baseball excitement this week.
THe' Shreveporters bring their visit
to a close with Tuesday’s game. ..
Then come the Babblers.
The’Memphis team must play here
twice on Thursday. - •‘ ■■
That day Is a Federal holiday and
will be observed by the ball players'at
least with two games. 11 -— • •
Just how these games will be played
will be decided by Mahagefa ■ Fisher
nnd Smith. It Is probable that a dou
ble-header will be the bill. • k it
Friday' the. Bluffers' conclude: their
Initial visit to the city and. right on
their heels come Mike Finn's Travelers
—no Iqnger the ragged, battered, down
trodden wanderers of last year, but a
cracking good bunch of ball' players,
ready and ivjlllng to give a run to any
team Inthe league.
. —— - » ■ r r
Secretary Ethridge, of the local club,
oaks that lt.be formally.and officially 5
announced that hereafter Tuesdays and
Fridays will be ladles' day's for the re
mainder of the season. During tha first
of the season It n^aa necessary, .to. make'
these days changeable festivals, but
from now on they "go as they He.”
With Qije. Exception. "
The Labor Day game la .not a ladles'
day. The ladles will be given some
other day out of that series,^,. .
The official figures on tfie Saturday
attendance at Ponce DoLe
8.4C0. '• ■ «■'.•••
.If any of the ?lubs In the league have
anything to sajt about crowds, we shouhj
be pleased to hear'from them.
As our friends from ,the country re-
mark with nerve-irkstelltig regularity,
the Shreveport and the 'Atlanta, boys
crossed bats Monday'afternoon.’ Score
5 to 1,' favoring the visitors. - Tha fee.
tures of the' game' WAS "tji'e cold
weather" and the , twojbase hlr. of
Clark,,scoring thrqe'rqns and .Winning
the game. ’ '
And after all, despite the convention
ality of the language, 'the whole'sad
story Is right there. •
Some say Dyer’s - play—or mlsplay—
in the first: Inning, cost the game. After
Warreifder Had walked, Lewee singled
and Carr and Daley had gone out, Mas
sing sent one down the tHlrd.base line,
which 'Dyer .'did not negotiate. Clark
followed with a three-bagger and the
game was gone .to Guinea or Kllwa
Klvlnje or some such African winter
resort. ,
After the - play the fans shrieked
aloud and railed for Dyer's sculp. Hut
the press box voted Massing a hit and
presumably-It'was, one, though doubt
less there was room for'a doubt'and
Massing and Dyer got the benefit of It.
.. Prince. GasklU, of . the .Flat Face, heir
appnrent to the throne of Houston.
Tex., 'was Just naturally a little' too
much for the Atlanta batters. This
man has a nice assortment of every
thing In the baseball line and thoreis
nothing stingy about the way hb dishes
them up.
We .will have to pass a vote of con
fidence to Big Jack Rowan, too. The
DetrolJ. Discard rallied after the first
Inning- and gave only 3 hits'. ' 1
It was decidedly wintry up In the
"fighting top-”-(alias, press box) and
none too calm and genial In the stands.
Thd sun 'gods had all the best of It
and the best, was bad enough. For It
was too cold for baseball.' The pencil
puslierB clung to their salary sticks
. with frigid wings ord marveled that
park were. me .ball players did not make more
' ' 1 *' errors than good plays.
Larry Hoffman watched most of the
game;from.the .players’ bench and Just
before the game ended he bade good
bye'to his ex-team mates and started
on tfie, hike to .Mobile, where he will
perform-for the remainder of the sea
son.
Billy Smith has given Larry his un
conditional release and there are de-
thlnk not.
The score follows:
Shreveport. ab.
Warrender, rf. . 3
Lewee, 2b. . . . t
Carr, sc. . . . . 4
Daley. If..' . . . 4
Massing,' cf. .". 4
Clark,'lb. ... 4
King, 3b. . ... 3
Rapp, 3
Gasklll, p.. . . .3
Totals
Atlanta. at
Winters, cf. ... '5
Dyer, 3b. . v . .3
Smith, c. . . . 4
Jordan, 2b. ... 4
Paskert, If. ... 4
Becker, rf. . . . 4
Fox, lb. . . . .4
Castro. s«. . . . 4
Rowan, p 3
'Spade
1 g. 27-11- -0
’ R.
.800 000 000—3
.010 000 000— 1
' ' ' - * H.
-.020 020 112— 8
.300 100 oir— 6
-T.otals
Runs by Innings:
Shreveport . . .
Atlanta •• ..
'flfts'by Innings: 1
Atlanta. .". . . .'
Shreveport . .
Summary—Two-base hits, Clark, S.
Smith. Masslrigt"stolen bases, Beckar|
Fox. King; double plays. Dyer to' Jor
dan to Fox; 'first' base on balls, off
Rowan 2, off Gasklll 1; struck out. by
febder, Hi
tro.. Rowan).
Pfennlnger.
.Time. J:45. .Umpire.
NAT KAISER 4 CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOAtfS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.
' Bargains in- Unredeemed Diamonds.
Cotton States Leaaur
iiK . . ;:»w«'"W^. , L g «. p .
:l s »
Vicksburg 34 17 } '
Jackson % 14 J, •>
Columbus 35 13 S? ']
American League.
Played. Woo. Lost. P. c.
a asniiigton it 3 j,
, National League.
.CLUBS- Played, woo. Lost P c
£ l -si
26 * .765
19 13 .694
H 13 .56?
New York 1 33
YESTERDAY'S RESULT8.
Southern.
Shreveport 3, Atlanta 1.
IUrmJngham 7, Little Rock 2.
Montgomery 9. New Orleans 3.
Nashville 2, Memphis 1.
- South Atlantic,
fhnrleston 5, Augusta 0.
Savannah 5. Macon 4.
Jacksonville 7, Columbia 1
American.
Washing ton-Phlladelphia, rain.
National.
8t.' LonJ* 2. rittsburg 0.
Cincinnati 3, Chicago 2.
Mobile 3, Vicksburg 2.
Virginia 8tate,
Norfolk 1, .Lynchburg 0 (five innings).
jfoia. *u ;drdund / that thdre: are any
HtrlngH to Iloffman. ’ .
But Just put thU down In your lit
tle red book:, . . .
Atjanta. need* Hoffman he will
come back—on five days' notice.
We may be wrong about thla, but we
First Rounds Are Played m
Gulf States Championship
In the fkilf-fitates Tennis tournament were
played Monday, with the following results:
E. Wood won from E. C. Palmer by.de-
fault. ..........
J. H.’ Elliott won from T. Roehi, id. 9-T.
Lucas Moore won from’ John Miner by de»
fault , ,
Den Magglnnls defeated Arthur Derby
with a score of 4-6, 6*2, g-8.
M. Levy won from K. Logan by default.
H. M. pander# beat F.- Dameron. $-8, 9-7,
■nd I. R. 8aal won from O. A. Swan by de
fault. -
In the first round nr <he singles the. fol
lowing matches were played: • . J
Phelps-beat Henrtersou. *64.’ 6-2.
II. P. Hart nnd Theobold both defaulted.
Burnt boat R. Rruraby. 0*2. 6-3.
B. Grant forfeited to Soule.
E. Roberts beat B. Duncan, 6-4. 4*6, M.
R. Foster defaulted to W. Grinin.
Leverieh beat M. Levy, 6-4, 6-4.
It. G. Bneh, Jr., beat G. BchnelcUiu, 6-4,
'"Vorlma hoot H. McCall. t-L 4-2.
A. ,R’ Segtm beat L Nottingham. M; «-•».
11. ‘Logan- won from F/ R. Richardson by
default*
Sand Idee defeated M. Coate, 6-f. 6*2.
M. Rmlth beat J. Hudson, 6-1, 64.
AND THEN HE WOKE UP
By GRANTLAND RICE.
If I waa only mogul hare In JoHnny Dobbs' placs
I'd land a train which sure as tat“ would' win this pennant race.
I have a list of names In view Lknow could turr. tne trick.
And ere the wind-was In alglit they'd make the rest look flck.
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I'd sign both Flick ar.d Keeler, then I'ii beiicli 'em mighty quick.
My outfield clan would ba sd fast these people couldn’t itlck.
I'd bsg Lajole, and Wallace to act as Infield sub»—'.
My .regulars .would make thtg. pa Jr resemble bush league dubs. ■
i
My slabmen all would be so fait and all so hard to hit .
That on the bench old Mathewaon and Addle Jose would sit.
I'd roake.-McGraw. ground,keoper—let C, Mack carry bats,
While Griffith would be water boy and fan away, the gnats.
I'd make- Pulliam secsetorj—let Ban Johnson keep the score; •
Dreyfus would sell my cushions, Garry Hermann tv..tch the door.
' I'd nave, no place for Fielder Jones unless’ ho. took a drop , *
From managing to handling.all tjie iwanuia end the pop.
I'd' put Plerj. Mqrgrn on first hose, eyttH Harrlman on third;
I'd need no one *t second base or ihcrt—Just mark my word.
Between these two It's "eaay mop" III every hard-fought fray • .
That nothing anywhere in eight would evet get away.
Rooseveit with his bludgeon wou'J l«d off for’me each day
(This Isn't Democratic, but Itfs quite the reoper play).
The next In line as cure as fate \yould drive the first run In;
Bill Bryan with his timely nit .w-nuld raise an awful din. .
'I'd sign bvt' one outfielder, but you l*t he'd be a peach—
His name Is Rock-e-feller—he'd.uritb everything In reach— /
And then If things went bad for us and we were put to rout.
He'd “dig Into that aock” of his and buy the umpires out
I’d give bbx parties every day to plug tho game along.
And Harry Thaw would dally hate a brain storm for the t.iroqg.
I'd'stand Uamegle at the gate In everybody's view
To give ten-dollar bill* away, and hero medals, too.
I might not win the pennant, but at least there’s little doubt
These little plans I’ve mentioned would entice the people out.
. , —Nashville Tennesseean.
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