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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AJS’D NEWS. FRIDAY, J ONE 21,1907. 1 ALL THE NEWS OF THE BASEBALL AND SPORTING WORLDS SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS ' Prom the pen of Grantland Bice once flowed these lines: Jim McGuire has lust been appointed manager ot the Bos ton Americans. He has bad more experelnce at the game than any other player.—Baseball Note. Methuselah, the Good Book aays, was quite an aged man; He held the record once, It seems to me. He started his career In life Just as the world began. And took nine hundred years to “twenty-three." But I've some information that I'll now dispense to you, Though It may give historians a shock. , If you'll but follow up the dope you'll find It Isn’t true, For Jim McGuire has got him skinned a block. Skinny" Shipp, Footballist, Will Go to Good, Old Yale Bpsclsl 1c> The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 2t.—Frank Shipp, better known to football lovers throughout the South as “Skinny," will not be with the Tiger squad of Sewanee next fall. The man who created such a furore In college circles last season when Coach Helsman, of Tech, threat ened to protest a game lost by Tech to Sewanee because Shipp boil ’played, will not carry the pigskin for the pur ple next year. Instead, he will, If he makes the team, represent the blue of Tale on the football gridirons ot the East. Chtpp's decision to leave Sewanee was reached about two weeks ago. He S acked up bag and baggage about ten ays ago and returned to Chattanooga from the "mountain." declaring that he would not go back, and thnt he Intend ed to leave for New Haven about the middle of August and matriculate nt Tale University, He Is going some four or five weeks In advance of the open- Inr of the college In order to get In some work with the Vnle squad. When asked If he expected to play on tho team. Shipp stated that he only hoped to, but was not at all sure that he could mahfe the 'varsity. It Is not known why he suddenly determined to leave Sewnnea. He played with the baseball' team this year and was considered one of Its best men. Shipp was at Sewanee for two years. During that time he, was never given any honors by the team, although he was considered about the most useful man on both the football and baseball teams. Many of his friends believed that he would be elect ed captain of the football team at the close of the last season. Shipp Is making Chattanooga his home this summer. Ills father Is sher. Iff of Hamilton county, and during his vacation the ex-Sewanee boy Is a Sherlock Holmes. He Is a regularly sworn In deputy and has raided many crap games, and Is feared aa much by ebony gamblers of Chattanooga as he was by the Yellow Jackets at At lanta last fall. "Skinny" also plays In the city baseball league, being sec ond baaeman of the "Dux" team. He Is a swell batter, but has made a number of errors In the Held. The rough diamonds here may be responsi ble for that. Last fall Shipp wan about the moat widely discussed athlete In the South. It was Intimated that lie was a "pro fessional" and Coach Helsman, of Georgia Tech, threatened to protest a game because he was In It. Shipp claims that when Helsman starts pro testing games In which he plays that he will get after the Tech coach so strong bb to run him out of the Southern In tercolleglate Athletic Association. Just what Shipp Is hinting at Is not defi nitely known. Shipp has been playing footbnll In the South for years. He has attended St. Albans. Mooney School, Sewanee and one nr two prep Institutions. It Is believed that he will "mnke good” at Yale, ns he has been almost univer sally picked as an All-Southern player for a number of years. He Is larger and stronger this year than ever. Knock-Out May Result in Death New York, June 21.—Gustav Ltnhey, the lightweight who was an badly beat en by four smashing jabs on the Jaw In his contest with Ed Smith, at the Long Acre Athletic Club, Is In a dying condition at Bellevue hospital. Smith, his opponent, was locked up with the seconds and the referee. Llnney Is from South Boston, Mass. GREAT GAME, THIS! Washington. Ga., June 51.—One of the moat amusing spectacles ever wit nessed on the local diamond was the game Wednesday afternoon between the “Fats" and the "Leans," which was played for the benefit of the Con federate monument fund. The "Leans" won the game by a score of 15 to 10. Battery for the "Fats," Smith. Sales, Terry and Cofer pitchers and Blnns catcher. For the "Leans." Miller and Jacksdn. Umpires, Johnson and Col ley Two hours and flftien /minutes were required to play the game, during which time the "Fats” amassed Just SS error? The feature of the game was the splendid base running of T. J. Barksdale for the "Fats.” About l&O was added to the monu ment fund. Memphis Signs Pitcher Savidge Special to The Georgian. Jacksonville, Fla.. June 21,—Pitcher Savidge has been sold to Memphis, and will report at the close of the South Atlantic League season. Jacksonville gets Eddie Plass In the deal and he will report here at once. SILOAM WIN8. Slloam, Ga., June, 21.—In a very In teresting game of ball Union Point was again defeated by the strong Slloam team by the score of 5 to .1. The score was tied up to the last half of the ninth Inning, when Reynolds came up and sent a hot one to short and on a fumble he was safe at first: then Hall, who followed him, sent a scorching two-bagger to left. Reynolds scoring on the hit, and he himself ecored a minute later on a wild throw from Benedict. The game was very exciting anil It was a pitchers' battle from beginning to end. Davis for Slloam gave up only- six scattered lilts and fanned eleven mss. Stokes, who pitched for Union Point, did well, allowing only eight hits and fanning eight Slloam batters. The following is the score by Innings: SOME MORE EX-SOUTHERN LEA GUERS NO W IN COTTON ST A TES The above touching effusion is of interest right now owing to the fact that Charley Frank has recently signed Lave Cross. And it is a Known and recorded fact that Lave Cross was an old man when he began to teach Jim McGuire how to play base ball. Here is the history of Lave Cross: He wsb born lu .Milwaukee, WIs., In 1867, and at the age of 17 was playing with the Sandusky (O.) team. In 1886 be played at Altoona, Pa., and the two following seasons found him at l/tulavllle In the National League. In 1889 he first went to Philadelphia, going to the Athletics, but the next year he cast his lot with the Brotherhood and played In op position to the Athletics. In 1891 he was back with tbeAtbletlcs, and from then on to 1897 he wore the uniform of the Philadel phia National League club. St. Louis had him In 1898 and he divided 1899 between St. Louis and Cleveland. When Cleveland went out of the Nation al League Hanlon got Cross for Brooklyn, but In 1902, during the war between the National and and American Leagues, Lave “Jumped" to the Philadelphia Americans, Connie Mack's Athlet ics. He played third base and was captalu of the team when It won the American League pennant In 1902 and again in 1905. The date of Cross’ birth is doubtless wrong. Lave was "Old Lave” fifty years ago—in fact, he was on the dock when baseball landed in America—and he has been playing the game ever since. But Lave Cross isn’t the first fossil Charley Frank has ever dug out of the Paleozoic deposits.* Goodness knows Breitenstein is one of the prc-Aborigines and was an antique before the flood. And Bill Philips—.why Bill makes the adjectives andtedilu- vian look positively juvenile. Gucse is another of the Obsolctes. But at that he is a mere chicken compared with "Breit,” and Bill, and Lave, and yet he will never aeo his sixtieth summer again. What we shall call them is a puzzle. The Fossils, or tho Primevals, or tho Venerables, or the Preadamites all sound too disrespectful. And respect for age is one of the things we arc long on. You can safely look out for them, though. Charlie Frank never had a poor team in all his stormy exist ence and he is not likely to begin now. And certainly not by adding Lave Cross to his team. Lave is one of the best inflelders in the business and knows baseball like a book. Frank can now lard in the vacancies with a lot of young- iters and be reasonably certain that his team will keep its feet in the midst of most trying circumstances. ANDREW PETIT. MICKEY O'BRIEN. "RED” WRIGHT. Petit it a catcher with the Jackson, Mist., team. He is the oldest man on the team in point of service. The year yellow fever broke up the Cotton 8tates—1905—Petit finished up the season with Memphis. Mickey O'Brien is a well-known ex-8outhern Leaguer. He used to be with Montgomery. Thornton is considtred the most valuable outfielder in the Cotton States League. He was formerly with Montgomery and played good ball there. Last year Thornton was in the thick of the fight over the salary question—a fight which led to the bxpulsiort from the league of George Reed. Thornton is known as the "Adonia of the league." "Red" Wright, who ie first baseman and manager of the Columbus, Miss., team, used to be in the Southern League back in the earlier days. He is mak ing good down in Mississippi. Crackers The Babblers Club Is in Good Condition and Expects to Win This Afternoon. WOOOIE THORNTON. ZELLER AND SPADE, ATLANTA PITCHERS, HA VE GREA T A VERAGES Which la* the better pitcher. Rube Zeller or Bob Spade? This is a hard question to answer, but If you will lpok over the records of the two pitchers you will note some Interesting facta. Zeller has been pitching great ball tbla year and so has Spade. Some people In this city claim that Zeller is the best pitcher, while others say that Spade can twirl the best ball. In 16 games pitched this season Zel ler has allowed only 32 runs—an aver age of two runs per game. Spade, on the other hand, has allowed 32 runs In 10 gamea pitched, an average of three and one-flfth runs per game. For 16 games this season Rube Zel ler has allowed 84 hits, an average of 6 and three-sixteenth hits per game. Spade has allowed 74 hits In ten games, an average of 7 and four-tenth hits per game In fielding the two pitchers are about In wild pitches and hit by pitched on even *erms. Zeller’s average is .952, balls Spade and Zeller are about even. | while Spade Is fielding at the rate of In 16 games this season Zeller has .921. made no wild pitches and has hit six The records of the two players fol- hfitamRn finado has mmln rm« wild Ugvlu Pitching Average. Played. Won. Lost. Per Cent. ...16 12 4 .750 batsmen. Spade has made one wild low pitch and has soaked four batsmen In j- the short ribs. Zeller has struck out 84 men this 1 Zeller year, an average of 5 and a little over per game. Spade has struck out 24 men in ten games, an average of about two and a half per game. Zeller Is leading Spade in pitching; but the ex-Macon boy, as every one knows, Is one of the best batters on the t^am and Is leading Zeller by a handsome margin In stick work. The two pitchers have been support ed about equally well, with the advan tage slightly In Spade’s favor. Zeller has been in 16 games and while pitch ing that numbtr the players have made 23 errors. The players have made only 12 errors behind Spade In 10 games. .700 Spade 10 7 Batting Average. Games. AB. Runs. Hits. PC. Spade, j . ...26 52 9 17 .325 Zeller 16 50 1 Fielding Average. Games. PO. .058 Zeller. Spade. .16 33 ...25 13 22 Long Distance Hitting, 2-BH. 3-BH. H-R. Total No. B. Spade .5 0 0 5 Zeller ..0 0 0 0 IIIMMIHIMHIIMMHMMMHIIII IIMttIMIHMj j Standing of the Clubs, j Southern League. v CLUBS- Ployed. Woo. Lost P. C. Memphis 50 31 19 .620 ATLANTA 53 31 22 .5® New Orleans 51 27 21 .529 Little Hock 54 26 28 .4*1 Hhreveuort 48 22 26 .4 Nnkhvllle 56 25 30 .4 Montgomery 53 24 29 .4 Ulrmfiigliam 52 22 30 .4 South Atlantic League. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost. P. ( Jacksonville 58 39 21 .6 Chnrlestou 62 36 26 .5 Macon 61 33 28 .5 Augusta 58 26 32 .4 Savannah 6S 26 33 .4 Colombia ........ 57 19 38 .3 Commercial Leaguers to Play Again on Saturday CLUBS- Chlrago . . . Cleveland . . Detroit*. . . Philadelphia New York . . St. Louis . . Washington Boston . . . . Played. Won. I.oat. P. C. National League. Philadelphia Pittsburg . . Huston . . . Cincinnati . , Brooklyn . . tft. Louis . . YE8TERDAY'8 RESULTS. Southern. I.ltle Rock S. Birmingham 2. Shreveport 6, Nashville 0. South Atlantic. Jacksonville 6, Mncon 0. Charleston 4, Columbia 2. Savanuah 3, Augusta 2. American. Philadelphia 4. Detroit 0. St. Louis 9, New York fi. Cleveland 4, Washington 2. Chicago 2. Boston 0. National. Pittsburg 4. Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 3. St. Lulls J. Cincinnati 6, Now York 5. Chicago 4, Hostou 0. American Association. Minneapolis 7, Milwaukee 5 irtrst game). Milwaukee 4. Minneapolis 3 (second game). Toledo 2. Indiannpolis 1 (eleveu innings). Louisville 3, Columbus 3 (twelve Intilug*). Cotton Stataa. Mobile 5. Vicksburg 3. . Meridisu 3. Columbus 2. Gulfport 4, Jackson 4 (eleven Innings). Virginia 8ttae. Richmond 2, Portsmouth 2 (thirteen In nings). Roanoke 4. Lynchburg 2. Norfolk 5, Danville 2. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. dttle Rock won another game from Birmingham Thursday afternoon, with Keith, the former college star, in the box. Birmingham, like the Bobber*, has made a very poor showing on this western trip. Saturday Gamea. Beck & Gregg vs. Southern Railway. Carleton Floyd, umpire. Sun Proofs vs. M. Kutz, at north dia mond. Piedmont, park. C. McGaney, umpire. Southern States Electric Company vs. Koca Nolan, at Gammage Crowing. Henry Watts, umpire. The Commercial Leaguers will play again Saturday afternoon for The Geor gian’s pennant and three hot games are expected. All of the teams have been practicing hard this week for the games Saturday, and every one of the clubs will be in good condition. The new south diamond at piedmont park will not be available for use Sat urday and President Thomas will an nounce In Saturday’s Georgian where the Beck & Gregg-Southern Railway game will be played. The new south diamond at Piedmont will be ready for next Saturday’s games. Contributions In the way of new re serve lists ahd notes of games and play ers will be found below: Kutz Company Line-up. W. A. Winn, manager; Huddleston, Allies, Richardson, Latnma, Edens, N. Sullivan, Sartorlus, E. Sullivan, W. Sullivan, Bosche, Kitchens. Southern States Electric Company's Reserve List. Borrough, Harris, Hudson, Starry, Dukes, Reese, Fargoson, Jordan, Clif ton, Lockhart. Hull, Woodward. Harris will pitch the double-header for the Southern States Electric Com pany Saturday afternoon against the Koca Nolas. Notes From M. Kutz, "Manager Bell, of the Beck & Gregg, has one ot the fastest teams I have met this season; they are heavy hitters, fast fielders and good base runners."— Manager Winn, of M. Kutk. N. Sullivan, of M. Kutz. at third, is In a class to himself. He’ tyakes a hard chance look easy. 8un Proof Notes. The Pittsburg Plate GJass Company’s Sun Proof team will be In the field Sat urday with the strongest line-up the management has yet put In uniform, and the fight this team will put up for •econd plice will be interesting. Sun Proof supporters are expected j out In large numbers, and the rooting will be of the kind that helps to win games. The Sun Proofs have placed Golightty on the reserve list and released Vos*. Koca Nola Reserve List. Collins, of.; Hunnlcutt, rf.; Perkln- son, If.; Mlddlebrooks, c!; Baertchey, !>.; Hulsey, p.; Holms, lb.; Henley, 2b.; Frank, as.; Banks, 3b.; Wright, lb.; Strange, substitute. Charleston defeated Columbia Thursday afternoon. Viebahn, a new pitcher secured by Charleston, pitched and won his game. Umpire Buckley, who formerly umpired In the Southern League, officiated yesterday. Savannah won from Augusta Thurs day afternoon. Holmes was in the ri fle-pit for Augusta, but was not at hla best, and lost his game. lie never had a look In at winning the game. Brooklyn won another game Thurs day afternoon with Rucker, the former South Atlantic League,star, In the box. Rucker has been pitching good ball for Brooklyn this year, ahd Is considered a star In the National League. Shreveport shut out Nashville Thurs day and won the game In easy fash ion. Nashville has been having a bard time winning on this western invasion. The Dobbers have been beaten at every stage of the game by the western teams. Ball players nre the most superstitious creatures in the world. Their manner of wearing their uniforms is one Instance of It. For example, Baird -wears a stock- lug with a hole in it near his ankle. Satur day he had-the stocking on the right leg. Yesterday be had changed It to his left. Of course, he did It to change his luck. He ot a two-bn sc hit his first time at hat. nother, SnpU Crab,’ wears ruluhow under wear, and ho very immodestly displays the sleeves of bis garments for the ndmirutiou of the fair sex. Of course, he thinks there Is luck in lornl colors, or he would he more tasteful In Ids selections. A ball player will go out.of bis way to pick up a horse shoe or a hit of Iron lying In the road. He wants the hell at the grounds In a certain position and he wants this, that and the other that only the grouudkeeper Special to The Georgian. Memphis, Tenn., June 21.—Billy Smith ahd his Firecrackers were U p and out early this morning and are ail as’fit as a fiddle and In good condi tion to play the Babblers this. Q f t . ernoon. * The sky here la clear and the sun is out and shining bright, # and there is every indication that there will be a game this afternoon. Billy Smith will probably depend on Castleton or Zeller this afternoon. Smith* wlH moat probably pitch Cas-i tleton this afternoon, as it is his turn to go in the box. Manager Babb will probably send in either Joey Bills or George Suggs. Bills Is in go^d condition, and It Is more than likely that he, will be on the slab for the locals. It Is reported here that Swalm, the new pitcher Smith signed a few days ago, will arrive here some time this aft. ernoon or tonight. Swalm is a big giant and it is expected that he will help Smith out wonderfully. Matthews Signs Another Pitcher Special to The Georgian. Charleston, S. C„ June 21.—Charles ton has a new pitcher In the person of \Vllliam Viebahn, who blew’ In this morning from Johnstown, Pa., rec ommended to Matthews by Arthur Brouthers, now’ with the Johnstown team. Forest Wright and Inflelder Reddick left Denver last night Charleston, and Griffin Is expected from Toledo In a day or two, for the infield. Matthews will have to let three or four men go. If he uses all the new' men. He has abandoned his announced trip to Pennsylvania, where he was going to get Viebahn, who is a young, stalwart pitcher, coach for two years at Dickinson college, r had trouble with his manager, who name, strange to say. Is Billy Smith, and took Brouthers’ hook for Charles ton. The great “Bugs" Raymond has re turned from Chicago, In spite of dif ferent reports, and was presented on Monday with a handsome sliver mug and platter for his new son, "Little Bugs.” He says ne will, name the boy Charleston. cau supply. If you, don’t believe the piny- ord. The greatest series of the season thus far will begin here Friday, when Atlanta iuoks horns with the Hustlers. The close rare for leadership of the longue has put the fans of both towns on the wire-edge of *•»- thusiasm and a large delegation is expect ed to come up from the Georglu city to watch the games this week. Memphis forged ahead of the Firemen Monday ana Will strain themselves to keen the lend. Ho far Atlanta and Memphis hnve played live games, but only one of these was won by the locals.—Memphis News-Helm!tar- 12 “EAGLE REFRIGERATORS” $8.50 For tomorrow’s selling we have left only 12 of our Family size Eagle Refrigerators at .$8.50. Put in an early order if you want one. - Alex Smith In Hard Luck NAT KAISER d CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decatur St. Kimball House. Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds. Hoy Lake, England. June 21.—An un fortunate start yesterday probably pre vented Alec Smith, of the Nassau Country Club. New York, from occu pying a leading place nt the eipl of the first half of the competition for the British open golf championship. Smith’s first drive was caught by the wind, which blew with the force of half a gale, and carried out of bounds. Oth er shots were similarly unfavorable. Thirty-six holes were played yester day and the remaining thirty-six will be played today. FINN GETS PITCHER. Special to The Georgian. Little Rock. Ark., June 21.—Manager Finn has purchased Oromilllon, a southpaw', from the Monroe Gulf Coast League team. Gromllllon has a great record this year. He has pitched nine games and has won all of them. He will probably be worked this afternoon against Birmingham. MALARKEY"BUYS PITCHER. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., June 21.—Manager Malarkey has signed a new pitcher In the person of Shields, a Pacific coast pitcher. Shields was with Tacoma In 1906 and was the leading slabman of the team. He is also a good batter. His aver age for last season was .270. Manager Mataikey bought Shields from McClos- key, of the St. Louis club. Jack Foy Will Fight in East Jack Foy, the local welter weight pu gilist who made such a good showing tu hit fights around Atlanta, (a at pres, ent In New York and will soon begin training at the New Polo Athletic Club in New* York for his first fight in the East. No opponent has yet been selected for Foy, but he has the promise of plenty ot bouis. 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