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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, -TUNE 18, 1907.
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
What the West did to the East in the Southern League Mon*
day "was something awful to contemplate.
Here is the list of the casualties:
Atlanta slaughtered by N'ew Orleans.
Birmingham annihilated by Memphis.
Montgomery eradicated in one game and exterminated in the
next by Little Rook.
Nashville wrecked by Shreveport.
Not only did the four Eastern clubs get defeated in five
games but in four of them the Easterners were shut out.
The sum total of runs scored by the teams from the Near-
Atlantic end of the circuit was the ghastly total of two and this
grand collection was secured by our despised friends from Mont
gomery.
Old Bill Phillips, of New Orleans, was the man who handed
the hypo into us.
The man he beat was Zeller. And that was the unkindest
cut of all.
The Atlanta team gave the Pie Eating Champion the best
kind of support and tried to hit the same as usual, but someway
Old Bill, was there with everything he ever had back in the
palmy days before the war—no. not 1812, the Revolution—and
no especial damage could be done.
We hadn’t exactly stated in so many words up to yet that
Memphis won her game. But she did. Wilhelm flung his very
head off but someway Bills was a little better and the Barons
were shut out—even though they made 8 hits.
In consequence Memphis is again in the lead for the South
ern League pennant.
But not for long. Atlanta has two more games in the
Crescent City and three in the City on the Bluff. After that
the Crackers come into the East for quite a spell and the West
ern clubs have to come after them.
Then look out for the drop of Memphis.
Raymond, the Bug, signalized his return to the Sally League
and celebrated the birth of a son by pitching n 2-hit game Mon
day against Savannah, shutting out the Georgia team.
Why,.oh why, didn't The Lunatic pitch that kind of ball for
Atlanta!
M’CAY AND TWO OF HIS MOBILE PLAYERS
SPADE WILL PITCH
AGAINST KID FRIT2
ARNOLD ADAMINA.
BERNIE M’CAY.
FRANK RAY.
—Photos by Lurry Hoffman.
. _ H,r ® '* the ,ate ’t Photo of Bornie McCoy and two of hi» mon. Larry Hoffman call* MeCay tho Johnny
McGraw of the Cotton State*, but it is doubtful if ho is in earnest.
Frank Ray it a pitcher, and it showing oood form in the box for MoCay’t team.
Adamina it an Italian and Bernio brought him to the Cotton State* from the eoaat. He ia known at the
"Caetro of the Cotton 8tatee,” and ia a great eoachcr and entertainer.
Larry Hoffman swear* that ne ia the president of the San Francisco branch of the dreaded Mafia or Black
Hand band. K* it alto under tuepioion (by Larry) of being in league with Caetro to overthrow the government
of Venezuela and dierupt the South American League.
Special to The Georgian.
New* Orleans, June 18.—The Crack-
era are going lo try to get back at the
Pelicans this afternoon by using one of
the best emergency pitchers In their
ranks. ,
Spade, the South Atlantic graduate.
Is slated for duty on the visitors’ slab.
Spade Is not only an effective man
In the box, but he is a rattling good
stlrker. It was not his fault that he
struck out Monday when he went to
the bat In Zeller’s place. It ua .
fault of one BUI Phillips. ™
Against Spade the Pelicans will —
Fritz, the Katsenjammer Kid -S’
weather Is bully and as this is |adt.e
day. Indications point to the best ant
cle of ball In the repertoire h ,,v
clubs. Oo, «
Umpire Rudderham Is doing indie,
tor duty here. Manager Frank h„
gone away looking for new plavers -
It Is reported there will be a shake '
In the Pelican line-up In a few daw
SILVER BILL PHILLIPS
TOO MUCH FOR ZELLER
At this time in the season it certainly looks us though
there was small need of any changes in the rules to introduce into
the game any more profuse hitting.
On Monday Brooklyn and Boston Nationals made 0 hits
each, tho Giants made 13, so did their Highland brothers, while
the World's Champions made 11, the Athletics 10, Washington
10, and St Louis Americans 23 in two games.
PRESENT TAIL-END TEAM
LED LEAGUE A YEAR AGO
The Southern League standing of
thl* day looks very decidedly differ
ent from what It did one year ago.
For one thing the firm haa become
last with a vengeance. One year ago
today Shreveport led the league with
a per cent of .404. Today Shreveport
la bringing up the rear.
By a coincidence, however, the per
oent of the leading team la the same
—.404.
The last team thla year haa a per
cant of .412, however: and last year
Little Rook, then aa usual. In last
place, stood at .275.
Which rather goes to nhow that the
rare thla year la closer even than that
of last y
The difference between the first and
last tennis at present la .182. A year
ago the difference was .828.
June 18, 1907, sees the Improvement
of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville i/id
IJttle Rock over what they were a
year ago, and sees likewise the sinking
of flhroveport. New Orleans, Birming
ham and Montgomery.
Here are the figures: v
1906. 1907.
Shreveport «04 .422
New Orleans 682 .031
Birmingham 564
Atlanta 556
Memphis 500
Montgomery 481
Nashville 420
Little Rock 275
.449
Ed Lafitte Still Undecided
About Joining Newark Team
It la more than probable that the
mighty Ed Lafltte lias gone to the tir
ing line for Tech for the last tim*. He
has received an offer of a good berth
from hta old coach, Joe Bean, now man
ager of the Newark team In the Eastern
League, and will probably report there
aa soon as examinations are over at
the Tech. He le now trying to secure a
position with aome Atlanta concern and
If he doe* h* wlIL of rourae, stay here
and be a Tech atar again next seuson.
Should h* entar professional ball he
would be forever deburrttd from playing
on a college team.
Lafltte Is very anxious to finish his
college course nnd take a degree In en
gineering. and as a consequence he
feela thi»‘. he would be Justified In
playing professional bill during bis va
cations und studying In the winter.
It la the hope of all local lovers of
the sport that Lafltte will be able to
secure a position in Atlanta sufficiently
remunerative to enable him to come
back to the Tech next year with his
amateur alatua entirely rlear.
Atlanta Bowling Team Meets
Railway and Electrics Again
HITTING THE BALL ON THE NOSE IS
OPEN SECRET OF CRACKERS’ SUCCESS
Atlanta Players Have
Made 409 Hits,
Opponents 230.
The Crackers certainly have been
playing great baseball this year, and
the fans of this city arc proud of the
team that Billy Smith has collected.
Manager Smith has a hard-hitting
team this year. and. In fact, he has
signed the best minor league ball team
that has ever come to Atlanta.
Bill Smith has a team this year which
will win the Southern League pennant,
barring any accident. He has a fairly
good pitching staff and men that can
handle the stick.
He hns the hardest hitting bunch of
players that have ever landed In this
burg, barring, of course, the major
leaguers. One thing that the Fire
crackers can do, and have been doing.
Is to be. Maybe urn Is why they have
always been so 1 mi the top.
Billy Smith's teirt has made almost
twice \s many hl*s this year on the
home grounds ana on foreign soil as
have Its opponents. The number of
hits made by the Trackers this season
Is: Atlanta 409, opposing teams 230.
That Is a good record, and It shows
that all of the Firecrackers know how
to bat. At present the Atlanta bunch
is leading the league in bnttlng.
The Crackers have made 16 hits on
two occasions, once against Nashville,
with Bchmidt, Hackett nnd Duggan In
the box. while the largest number of hits
made off an Atiahta pitcher was made
off Ford. Birmingham and Little Rock
turned that trick. The number of hits
made was 12. secured by each club.
Zeller has the no-hlt record for this
season, as every one knows. He pitch
ed that great game June 4 against
Little Rock. McCafTerty was pitching
for the Flnnltes.
In twenty-seven games played this
season the Firecrackers have averaged
over H hits per game. In twenty-throe
games played the Crackers have aver
aged over 10 hits per game. There Is
hurdly a club In the Southern League
that will beat this record.
The Atlanta pitchers have also spun
out some very pretty games this season.
Zeller has permitted the least number
of hits. The other pitchers on the staff
are about even, with the exception of
Ford, on the stnall-number-of-hlts
proposition.
Zeller has been pitching great ball
this year, and besides pitching a no-
hlt game, he has pitched a one-hit
games, two two-hit games and numer
ous three and four-bit affairs.
The Atlanta batters smashed the ball
Most Hits Per Game
15, Least Made Mon
day in N. O.
for fourteen hits on one occasion this
year against Buchanan, of Little Rock.
Billy Smith und his bunch have made
twelve hits in four different games this
year.
Five times this season the batters
composing the Atlanta baseball team
have made eleven hits. Six times the
Atlanta batters have made ten hits.
The smallest number of hits made by
the Atlanta team was Monday, when
Phillips let the Crackers down with
three hits.
The Atlanta club has been batting,
fielding nnd pitching In great style this
season, and It It keeps It up will proba
bly win the pennant. Anyhow, here's
hoping.
New Orleans, La., June 18.—The un
expected happened at the ball park to
day—yes and no.
For BUI Phillips, lie of the silvery
locks, the advanced age, the crabbed
disposition, and the fancy curves, shut
>ut the snappy Crackers by a score of
2 to 0.
This was the expected for New Or
leans. the unexpected for Atlanta.
What added to the general unex
pectedness In Camp Atlanta was tho
fact that Rube Zeller was pitching for
the Cracker team and when the man
with the wide smile and the woozy de
livery is in the box every Atlanta fan
has a hunch that Atlanta wins.
The hunch got tangled In the barrier
Babb Signs James.
Memphis. Tenn., June 18.—Manager
Babb has signed Second Baseman
James, late of Baltimore, and he will
report here In a few days. In case
James makes good little “Rabbit” Plans
will probably be released.
June No Month of Roses For the Rube;
Never Wins But Once in That Month
The month of June certainly Is a
hoodoo to Rube Zeller. You may talk
about thirteen hoodoos and picture
taking before a game, but the month
of June Is the limit to Rube. He has
been pitching good ball this month,
but somehow or another he just simply
can’t win with the month of June star
ing him In the face.
Last season the same month was a
hoodoo to Rube. He pitched five games
last June and out of that number he
won one lone game. This year the
Rube has pitched four games and haa
won one and lost three.
Zeller lost two games to New Or
leans and one game to Gaakill, of
Shreveport, this month. Zeller has
| been pitching us good ball as he ever
• did und his losing Is only acounted for
[ because of the hoodoo.
■ Whether this hoodoo will last Is hard
to tell. It has been following him for
I two seasons. Some baseball players
! don't think anything of a hoodoo, but
this one following Zeller seems to be a
real thing.
j Standing of the Clubs. I
Tha Atlanta bowling team haa ac
cepted the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company's challenge to play a ae
ries of fifteen games, beginning Tues
day night and playing three garnet at
each meet, which will be on Tuesdays
and Fridays, until completed. These
teams have just completed a series of
games and the Atlanta team won out
by the small score of 26 pins. Each
Local Athletes to
Invade Nashville
Atlanta will have a strong delegation
at the coming golf and tennis tourna
ments In Nashville.
Only two tennis players are now
sure of making the trip, Bam C. Wil
liams. president of the Southern Lawn
Tennis Association, and his partner, L.
D. Scott, secretary of the association.
Probably a dozen Atlanta golfers will
go up for the tournament. The list of
practical certainties comprises F. u.
Byrd, winner of the championship
junior cup at the recent local tourna
ment; W. P. Hill, winner of the Dixie
cup; Fulton Colville. W. R. Tlchenor.
Clarence Angler. Dr. Frank Holland
and George Adair.
team Is In good condition and the pub
lic will witness some fine bowling. The
first game will begin at 8:16 o'clock on
George W. Case's alleys. The public
Is cordially Invited.
The members of each team are as
follows:
Atlanta—Elliott, Eagan Hobe, Irwin.
Shaffer, Herbert.
Georgia Railway Company—West,
Chambers. Burks, Terry, Graves, Lyons.
TO ALL PRESS AGENTS
OF BA8EBALL TEAMS.
CLAYTON WON EASILY.
£|***cla! to The Georgian.
(’layton, Ga.. June 18.—The Clayton
and Dillard nines played their second
game of the season here Saturday.
Just by way of the ninety-sixth gen
tle reminder, please get all matter In
tended for publication on the sporting
page of The Georgian Into the office
EA RL Y.
Matter Intended for use the day It Is
sent to the office must rearh the sport.
Ing editor not Inter than 10 a. m. The
earlier the better.
Also, do not wait until Tuesday to
send In stories of games played Satur
day. We are not running a history.
SPORTING EDITOR.
Clayton won by the score of 15 to 2.
The feature of the game was the excel,
lent showing made by the Clayton
CLITR8-
Memphis . .
ATLANTA . ,
New Orleans
UlriuUiglixtu .
Montgomery .
Shreveport .
Southern League.
Flared. Won. Lost. !•
rums
Jacksonville
Charleston
South Atlantic League.
Played W4111. i .out p
American League.
CLUBS- Flayed. Won
Chicago . 4:* 32*
Clevehim! 51 32
lietrolt 4.*. 27
Philadelphia 4'.* 77
New York 46 22
St. l.onis 52 21
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Chicago . . .
New York .
I’hllndelphla .
Ptttshurg . .
Boston . . .
Cincinnati . .
Rr»okl>n . .
St. Louis . .
Planning Now For
Big Tennis Meet
Announcements are out for the open
tennis tournament of the South, which
will be held in Atlanta July 2-6.
Five events are scheduled and hand
some prizes are offered for each event.
F. II. Reynolds will act as referee. En
tries close 9 a. m., July 2.
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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern.
New Orlenn* 2, Atlnntn 0.
Memphis X llhuiitighnm 0.
Little Jtoek 3, Montgomery 2 (first g;i
Little Hook l. Montgomery 0 1 second
game).
Shreve|>ort 6. Nashville 0.
South Atlantic.
Augusta C, Jacksonville 1.
Chrrlestou 4. Savantiuh 0.
Columbia 2. Ms con 1.
American.
New York 4. Chicago 3
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 1.
Out roll n, Washington 4.
St. Louis 11. Boston 4 Hirst game).
Boston 3. Mt. Louis 1 (second game).
National.
Hrooklvn 2. St. Louis 0.
Chicago 2. Boston 1. *
New York ?. Cincinnati 1.
Philadelphia 7, Pittsburg t
American Association.
1 C
Toledo 5.
Minneapolis A, Louisville 1.
Columbus 2. Milwaukee 1 (eleven innings).
Indianapolis i, St. Paul 4.
Cotton 8tatai.
Vicksburg 4. Meridian 0.
Mobile 6, Gulfport A
Jackson 4, Columbus 1
Virginia State.
Lynchburg 1. .Portsmouth 0.
I hi Grille 5. Roauoke I.
and two runs was all the Dellca*
could do. But two did not happen tj
be few enough to suit Atlanta ., n th<.
festive occasion.
His loud-mouthed nibs Yaeob At*
scored both the runs. He singled u
the first, was sacrificed to second and
scored when Breitensteln doubled
And Brelt Is the gentleman for whoa
head the Fellcanvllto fans have be*u
so long and so loudly calling. Would
that this Call of the Wild had been an.
swered.
In the sixth Atz singled again ad.
vanced to third on outs and scored oa
Sabrie's single.
The score:
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. t
Becker, rf. . . . 4 0 2 2 n 4
Winters, cf. . . . 4 0 1 0 0 4
Smith, c 4 0 0 4 3 m
Jordan 2b. ... 3 0 0 1 l|
Paskert, If. ... 3 0 0 1 0 0
Fox, lb 2 0 0 14 04
Castro, 88. ... 3 0 0 1 50
Dyer, 3b. ... 3 0 0 1 40
Zeller, p 2 0 0 0 34
•Spade 1 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 29 0 3 24 16 0
•Batted for Zeller in ninth.
New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. «.
Atz, ss 4 2 2 1 5 4
Beecher, 3b. . . 4 0 0 0 3 4
Breitensteln, If . 4 . 0 1 5 11
Sabrle, lb. ... 3 0 1 12 0 4
Nadeau, rf. . .. 3 0 0 2 1 4
Gaston, cf. . .. 8 0 1 0 0 4
Gatins, 2b. ... 2 0 0 6 2 0
Stratton, c. . . . 2 0 0 2 1 4
Phillips, p. ... 3 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 28 2 6 27 14 2
Runs by Innings: R.
Atlanta 000 000 000-4
New Orleans 100 001 00*-l
Hits by Innings:
Atlanta ..* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1
New Orleans .. ..2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 *-S
Summary: Two-base hits, Breiten-
stein; stolen base, Gatins; double
plays, Breitensteln to Atz to Sabrie,
Nadeau to Gatina; struck out, by Phil
lips 2, Paskert, Spade; Zeller 3. Sabrle,
Gatins, Phillips; bases on balls, off
Phillips 1, off Zeller 1; hit by pitched
ball, Gatins; left on bases, New Or
leans 4, Atlanta 3; first on errors, At
lanta 2. Time, 1:26. Umpire, Rud
derham.
BILL PHILLIPS.
yesterday, though, and never got fur
ther than the post. For Bally Bill had
the Cracker batsmen on the guess from
start to sunset and three hits was the
best they could do.
Zeller pitched a magnificent game
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Sally League Notes.
The repented complaints of the Au
gusta players against the treatment
they are receiving from Umpire Davis
can not be wholly without foundation.
It seems that they have had trouble
with him ever since the series with
Charleston commenced and now they
say that they do not want Slats to um
pire In any other game they play this
year.—Augusta Herald.
Raymond, th eeceentrlc but effective
pitcher of the charleston club, haa been
recommended to Manager McCloskey
by Umpire "Slats” Davis, according to
report. He has two 1907 no-hlt games
to his credit and looks like a good In
vestment. His habits are a handicap
to him. but McCloskey could doubtless
prevail on him to pass up booze during
the playing period. “Bugs.” as he is
nicknamed, has great natural pitching
ability and a good head.—Sporting
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In New Orleans. ,
Birmingham Id Memphis.
JJouti>muery In Little Hac*.
New
If the Columbia team keeps up their
present playing, there Is nothing that
can keep them In the cellar. The In
field Is as strong as it ever haa been in
Columbia's history.—Columbia State.
How is this for a definition of a base
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April to September, when species flock
together In bunches between the hours
of 3 and 6 p. m. Go out of business in
the winter season. The chief attribute
of a fan Is dexterity in wielding the
hammer, lungs like a rhinoceros, and
a remarkably keen eyesight, which en
ables him to see a play better than the
umpire, whose nose Is dangling over
the contestants. The fan subsists chief
ly on peanuts and pop. Ever and anon
b* chews tobacco or smokes a stogie.—
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