Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

T4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JUNE 24.1007. ALL THE NEWS OF THE BASEBALL AND SPORTING WORLDS ItHHMHIHIMHMtHItUHINHMHMimMHHIMHIMHIMHK IHMIlltliua, IIMIHIHIMtHMI | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS Though Atlanta dropped three straight to the Memphii, they come home from the Western trip with a record of five games won and six lost—a better record than any of the other teams made. Then the team is still in second place, which is something worth while. Local fans had hoped for at least one out of the Memphis series, but the Babblers are hard to down on their own turtle-back. Beginning at Ponce DeLeon park Monday afternoon the team will play a series of three games with Nashville. Then they go away for eight games, after which there is a long stay on the home grounds. With Winters hack in the game, the team ought to be able to fight it out now with any of them. It looks like a battle royal between Atlanta and Memphis for the flag. Bob Spade led the local bunch with the stick during the past week. He has an average of .338 to his credit. Spade is a very valuable ball player, and seems to have hit his stride in the flinging part of it. Paskert hit at a .308 clip for the past week, and Becker .308. As a whole t he team is not batting badly, and will give many a pitcher worry from now on. That Moxie Manuel seems to be going some himself. Sunday he turned out his seventh straight victory, shutting out Nashville and letting them down with three hits. Please observe, also, that it is appearing in accounts of the New Orleans contests “Cross’ hitting was a feature of the game.” Old Lave will make himself felt down in this neck of the woods. This will be a great week in sporting circles. Wednesday the great intercollegiate regatta will take place on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. Thursday the Yale-IIarvard contest for aquatic supremacy will take place on the .Thames. American tennis rep resentatives will meet English experts at Wimbledon Monday. Beale Wright and Karl Behr will represent this side. Tuesday play will begin at Wissahickon, Pa., for the woman's national ten nis championship. Saturday two great racing events will take place at Sheeps- head Bay—the trial for two-year-olds, and the Coney Island Jock ey Club stakes for three-year-olds. THREE OF NASHVILLE’S STAR PLAYERS .«* ■'•i ■ . JOHNNY DOBB8, MANAGER. i.i -A* - i- - Otk. ' *' ■ 1 ; •/ -• "M4/. * Tjff' ■ -m BILLY’S BOYS BACK HOME FOR NASHVILLE SERIES The Atlanta team returned home from Memphis on Monday over the Southern railway. The Crackers have made a good showing on the Weetern trip which Is now over. The pitchers have Been going good, and. In fact, the whole team has been playing Jam-up baseball. Nashville, the teem that made Buch a bad showing on the Western Inva sion, has arrived from New Orleans, where they played Sunday. Neither of the teama will be In very good condition to play this afternoon. The Crackers have traveled all the way from Memphis and they will be a tired bunch of ball players when they arrive In Cracker town. This afternoon’s game should be a corker and as the team has been awav a good while It Is expected that alS crowd will turn out to welcome the! Crackers home. ’ The Dobbers were here In Atlanta on May 3, 4, 6 and 7 and played the’ 1 Crackera. The Atlanta club won three; out of the four games. The Crackera worn the first series handily. They bat ted Schmidt, Hackett and Duggan an 1 over the Piedmont Park ground" In the second game played of that series The Dobbet* have not been playing very good ball lately, but they ma5. brace up In their playing at any min.- udte, and the Atlanta t?am win haw’ to play good baseball to win the pres ent series from them. JOHNNY DUGAN, PITCHER. SORRELL, PITCHER. SUN PROOFS TIED FOR FIRST POSITION WHERE THEY PLAY 8ATURDAY. SOME INFORMATION TO THE LOCAL FANS There has been muoh talk as to which Is the better shortstop, Morse of last season or Castro of the present season. So to satisfy a lot of the fans who will read the sporting page of your paper, I will give them the fol lowing figures, comparing the two players for the first 66 games of last and this season: O. AB. Castro. . .56 K1 Mores, v ;.E5 197 Fielding averages: H. PO. A. 47 75 161 47 84 174 PO. A. 84 174 75 161 H. P.C. 31 814 17 816 Batting averages: O. AB. R. H. P.C. Moris 66 187 21 47 .218 Castro 65 181 20 47 .246 I think this will prove which !• the better of the two. The Westerners have treated the Dale Gear Signs With Montgomery Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 24.—Dale Gear, the former Birmingham captain, has signed tq play center field for Manager Molarkey’s Preticle. Gear will make Montgomery a good man. He la a good batter, can run bases and Is a good fielder. The Birmingham Age-Herald says of Gear: ‘It now remains to be eeen whether the fane did right In roasting the for mer Baron left fielder, because at times he appeared Indifferent and weak with the willow. •'This season the present position of the Barone te attributed to the fact that Gear's head is working somewhere In other fields. To tell the truth, Qear has a wonderful head. He Is a great S neral. He le a great ball player, a Ir hitter and a fast fielder. He, when bunting le considered, has no equal In the Southern League. It was due to the Joint work of Gear and Molesworth last season that tht famous 'squeeze' Easterners very badly on their own grounds, having dealt them 16 shut-outs, the Weetern clubs only suf fering 2. M. H. BATTLE HILL WON. Battle Hill defeated Cascade Satur day afternoon 18 to 15. Both teams hit the ball hard. The home run ot Wil son In the fifth Inning, untieing the score, was a feature. Hattie Hill made a beautiful double play In the sixth In ning. The home runs of McGee, I.aur- enn and Beteell were also the features. Battle Hill lost the first game to West End, 8 to 7. Southern States Electric Company vs. Sun Proofs, Gammage Crossing diamond. Carlton Floyd, umpire. Southern Railway vs. M. Kutx, north diamond Piedmont Park. Koea Nolas vs. Beck A Gregg. The diamond that these teams play on will be announced later. J. P. Denny, um pire. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Name. I Beck & Gregg.. .... Sun Proofs Southern States Elec. M. Kutz Southern Ry«. .. .. Koca Nola P.C. .760 .760 .626 .626 .126 .123 8ATURDAY'8 GAMES. Sun Proofs 6, M. Kuts 2. Southern States Electric Co. 13-3, Koca Nola 7-2. ' ^ Southern Railway 6, Beck A Gregg BOGART WIN8. Special to The Georgian. Bogart, Oa., Juno 24.—Bogart de feated Btatham here Saturday by the score of 7 to 2. The game was called at the end of tho eighth Inning on ac count of ratn. Batteries: Bogart, Nunnally and Nunnally; Btatham, Ross, Wall and Lester. KNOCKS FROM NEW ORLEAN8. From The New Orleans States. "Bush League" Smith was a sad soul, And a sad soul was he. And he called for his Otto, And he called for his Castro, And he called for hie pitchers three.” Becker and no-"Count” Castro se cured two hits each off Moxie. Beck er’s hit In the seventh sent the only tally across the plate. Atlanta has not made a home run since they left Ponce DeLedn. The only place that they can hit Is at home. In addition to this tho kind-hearted scorer refuses to credit fielders with errors so as to Increase their batting averages, at least that la what the Pelicans claim. The Barons may now be last In the .jce. but to our way of thinking f are a much better team than Atlt Hard luck and sickness put the Bsrons on the blink, but they are sure to come to the front again. play, to which the other teams of the league are Just 'falling to,' was per fected. 'Fans In Birmingham, at any rate, wish Gear welcome again Into the fold, and wish him luck and great success. ‘Till the Last Man Is Out” Old pal, Is the Game Just s trifle too rough? Is the flag of success floating out of your view? Doea the Schedule of Life seem too rocky and tough? Is the umpire "throwing It Into you?" .. It may look that way. but fight on JUBt the same— Get back at your rival* with "clout for clout"— Don't think you are beaten and ao pull up lame— For “the game's never done till the last man Is out" "Run out every hit," whether hard one or not— "Sacrifice" right when It's well up to you— Don't try to "hammer the ball from the lot"— Just "hit where they ain't,” and s single will do— There's many a line-up which came from behind When the outlook was gloomy and clouded with doubt. You’il be In the running If you'll bear In mind— "No game's ever lost till the last man Is out.” Quits often the "hoodoo will camp on your frail”— And the luck break against you with never a atop— The harder you struggle—the more you will fall— Ae you "tumble ’em”—"boot 'em" and "let 'em all drop.” But It's all In the game, so swing on to your pace And don't mind the knocking that's floating about— It'e the finish that counts—not the start of the race— And "the game's nerver lost till the last man Is out." Good Fortune may take you along for a day— But Fortune Is fickle—don't bonk on her strong— "Fast work on the bases” In each scrappy fray With "team work and hitting” will take you along— You can't help your errors—but cut out "dumb plays"— For these are the mlecuei that put vou to rout— "Stand up to the plate" and remember always That "the game's never lost till the last man Is out." L'ENVOL When you ponder It over, they're both much the same, For Life, Just like baseball. Is shrouded In doubt: And the point of them both Is to "play out the game" And never give up "HU the last man Is out." —GRANTLAND RICE In Nashville Tennessean. 8UN PROOFS WIN. In one of the prettiest games seen on Commercial Leaguo diamond this season, the Ptttsburg Sun-Proof team defeated the Max Kutx boys after sev eral hours of hard playing and wrang ling with the umpa. Lamma, the M. Kuts pitcher, re fused to pitch after the seventh In ning on the grounds that the umpire was not fair, so Mr. Edens was sent to the firing line. In the third Inning the M. Kutz boys shoved two men across the rub ber, but the Sun Proofs tied the score In the fourth and untied It In the fifth Inning. The only time Keene, the Sun Proofs' pitcher, was In danger, woe In the third. All the rest of the game he had everything going hla way. Lam ma pitched a very good game but quit. Edens, who succeeded him, showed up well. Notes on the Game. Joseph Redwlne made a pretty run nlng catch by going under a tree and pulling down a hard fly. "Bit" Lockrldgo was the "candy kid" behind the bat and besides catch ing a good game, he- came across with a three-bagger. Nowell and Wall each got a couple of safeties, one of Wall's was good for two bases. Richardson, of the Kutx team, seems to be the "McGrow” of the Commer cial League, but he plays the game. N. Sullivan played a pretty game at the third sack. The box score: M. Kutz. ab. r. h. po. a Edens, rf.-p. ..3 1 0 0 1 Richardson, lb. .41240 Sullivan, 8b. 4 0 1 2 3 McBride, rf. . . 1 0 0 0 0 E. Sullivan, c. .. 2 0 0 17 2 1 Ahles, cf 3 0 0 0 0 Huddleston, If. . 0 0 0 0 0 W. Sullivan, is.. 3 0 0 l 0 Bosche, 2b. ... 3 0 1 0 1 Sartortus, If. . . 2 0 0 0 0 Lamma, p. . . . 3 0 1 0 0 Edens 1. Stolen bases. Rice 2, Bosche, Lockrldge 2. Passed balls. E. Sulli van. Hit by pitched ball, Huddleston. Umpire, Dockendorf. SOUTHERN RAILWAY WON. In one of the most Interesting games of the season the Southern Railway de feated Beck & Gregg, the league lead en, Saturday afternoon by the score of 5 to 3. While the Beck 4 Gregg team outhlt the Southern Railway, they were clearly outplayed In every other way. Conway, for tho Southern Railway, pitched a nice game, and while he Woe touched up for seven hits, they were very widely scattered and while men were on the bases he was Invincible. The game was called In the seventh Inning. Tho game was witnessed by a large crowd. The box score follows: JIHtttnHHHMnNMHMMMMHttlHMlHHnHj I Standing of the Clubs. Southern League. CLUBS- Played. Won. Loat. P. C. Memphis 63 34 18 .642 ATLANTA 66 31 23 .364 New Orleans 64 28 26 .618 Little Koek 67 28 28 .608 Nashville 68 27 31 .468 Shreveport • , , • . 62 25 27 .481 Montgomery ...... 67 26 82 . 433 Birmingham 66 13 83 .400 South Atlantlo League. CLUBS- Played. Won. Loat P. C. Jacksonville 62 40 ‘ 23 .645 Chnrleston 64 38 26 .694 Mncon 63 14 28 .640 Augusta . . . . . 60 28 32 .467 Columbia , . 69 19 40 Back & Gragg, ab. Davis, cf.. . . .3 Candler, 3b. . . 3 Pariah, c. .... 3 Adams, as. ... 3 Grist, lb. ... 3 Williams, 2b. . . 8 Duncan, rt . . 3 Clink, If. .... 3 Garwood, p. . . 3 Totals. . . Sun Proofs Rice, as. . . , Nowell, lb. . Cunyus, If. . Lockrldge, e, Vaughan, rf. . Wall, 2b. . . . Redwlne, cf. . Maya, lb. . . Kline, p. . . . Logan, cf. . , .28 1 6 24 6 ab. r. h. po. a. e. ..80 6 « 27 16 Totals. Score by Inntngs: Sun Proofs 000 211 Olx—5 M. Kuti 002 000 000—2 Summary—Two-baee hits, Richard son 2, Wall. Three-base hits, Lock rldge, Lamma. Struck out by Kline 8, by Lamma It, by Edena 4. Boses on balls, oft Kline 1, oft Lamma 4, off NAT KAI8ER 4 CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St. Kimball House. Baraalne In Unredeemed Diamonds. 41x34 Continental Tires Four Tires used 800 miles. Con tain original air. Never punctur ed. WU1 sell for about one-half price. Address. . TIRES, Care Georgian. Totals .... Southern Ry. Barry, c. . . R. Everett, lb. Bumetead, 3b. . C. Everett, as. O. Everett, 2b. Green. If. . . Paschal cf. . Shumate, rf. . Conway, p. . Totals .27 3 7 18 6 7 ab. r. h. po. a. e. American League. CLUBS— Played. Won. Loat P. C. Jhlcaao 64 33 19 . 641 Cleveland 66 36 21 .626 Detroit . 61 30 21 .688 Philadelphia 64 30 24 .634 New York 61 23 28 .461 St. Louis ...... 67 24 33 .421 Washington 49 17 32 .347 Boston 64 19 36 .332 National League. CLUBS— Played, won. Loat. p, £t FIRECRACKERS LOSE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY New York 63 Philadelphia ...... 64 Pittsburg 62 Boaton 64 Cincinnati 67 Brooklyn 66 St Lome 60 Scroe by Innings: Beck & Gregg 101 000 I Southern Railway. . . .031 100 < Summary—Struck out by Garwood 8, by Conway 3; bases on balls, oft Conway 1, oft Garwood 8: stolen bases, Davis, Adams, R. Everett Conway; hit by pitched ball, by Garwood 2. Tima 1:80. Umpire, Soldier. SOUTHERN STATES*ELECTRIC COMPANY WINS TWICE The Southern Statea Electric Com pany's team gobbled up a double-head, or Saturday afternoon from the Koca Nolae. The first game ended with the score of 13 to 7. Harris did the pitch ing stunt for the Southern States and Baertchey for the-Koca Nolas. Eleven hits were secured off each pitcher. The second game lasted five innings, 3 to 2 in the Electrio boys’ favor. The same batterlea were used oa In the first gams. Dukes, of the Koca Nola team, played a star game and got a home run to hie credit. Hunnlcutt, of the Southern States, also got a home run In the first game. The scores: First Game. R.H.E. S. S. Elec. Co. . .221 031 040—18 11 ( Koca Nolas ... .00 042 010— 1 11 27 Batteries—Harris and Lockhart; Baertchey and Mlddtebrooka. Summary—Home runs, Hunnlcutt and Dukes: three-base hits, Starry, Henly; two-baee hits, Hull, Hunnlcutt; struck out, by Harris 10, by Baert chey 8. Second Game. R. IL E. S. 8. Elec. Co. . . . .011 1*— 3 8 Koca, Nolas 100 10— 2 4 Batteries—Harris and Lockhart Baertchey and Mlddtebrooka. Summary—Three-base hit, Collins, struck out. by Harris 8. by Baertchey 3; hit by pitched ball, Baertchey 1. The New England la the oldest minor league In existence and Is only second In age to the National League. The Boston Blues were members of the New England League In 1888 and played at the Dartmouth street grounds In Boston, and later In the South End grounds.—Lynn (Mass.) Item. Mulloney looked good on first base. The old Scout has no equal In the Sally, or any other minor league, when it comes to playing the Initial comer and the club always looks stronger with him-In the lineup His batting eye appears to have remained with him during hie absence from the game.—Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon. O0O0000OOO0O0O0O0O0OD0O00O O O O SALLY LEAGUE DIRECTORS O MET ON SUNDAY, a O O Special to The Georgian. O O Charleston. S. C.. June 24.—The O O Sally League directors met here O O Sunday. They decided to have 0 O four umpire* In the league. Co- O 0 lumbla and Jacksonville are the 0 O only team* within the salary llm- 0 O It The other teams have been O O warned to get In the limit. O 0 Q00OO00 Q000000000Q00OQ0000 8ATURDAY'8 RE8ULTS. Southern. Memphis 7, Atlanta a Montgomery 2. Shreveport L Shreveport 8, Montgomery 0. Little Rock 7, Birmingham 0. Little Rock 6. Birmingham 6. Nashville 2. New Orleans 1. South Atlantic. Macon 3, Jacksonville 2 Angnsta 2, Savannah L Charleston 2, Columblt L American. Boston 12, Now York 2. Chicago 4. Detroit 3. Cleveland 1, St. Louis L Philadelphia 4, Washington 0. National. Pittsburg 6. Cincinnati Brooklyn 6. Philadelphia 6 (first gamo). Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 1 (second game). American Association. Kansas City 7. St Paul 4. Toledo 3, Indianapolis 1. Columbus 7, Louisville 2. Minneapolis 4, Milwaukee 3. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Memphis, Tenn., June 24.—More than 6,000 people saw Memphis make It three straight from Atlanta Sunday afternoon, but It took hard work to turn the trick, for the visitors had their fighting spirit up. The locals also won Saturday's game from the Crackers, making 6 runs oft Rube Zeller In the first Inning. The Firecrackers played the beet ball they could Saturday, but could not win from the Babblers. With the score a tie In the eighth, Babb ripped oft a fierce single In the ninth. Carey sacrificed him to second, and when Carter's elusive roller got away from Dyer, Babb came home with the winning run. Atlanta presented a broken line-up. Winters was out of the game with bad finger, and Paskert was sent to center and Caatleton to right. It was a disastrous change, for Paskert mis judged Owen's fly In the second, mak ing possible two rune. Pfenlnger gave decisions on strikes and Hackett on bases. 8undsy's Game, The score: Atlanta. Becker, cf. . Spade, p. . , Smith, c. . Jordan, 2b. . Paskert. If. . Fox, lb. . . . Castro, ss. . Dyer, 3b. . . Caatleton, rf. Totals. ab. h. a. e. Paskert, Castro, Stockdale 2. Three- base hit, Paskert. Baaes on balls oft Spade 2, off Stockdale 3. Struck’out by Stockdale 4. Hit by pitched balU Babb. Sacrifice hits, Spade. Smith. Neighbors. Carey 2. Double plays Dyer to Jordan to Fox. Time, 2 hours!’ Umpires, Pfenlngar and Hackett. Saturday's Game. The score: Atlanta, ab. r. h. po. a. e. Becker, rf. . .. 4 0 1 l o 0 Spade, cf 6 2 3 1 o 0 Smith, 6 0 1 3 l o| Jordan, 2b. . . 2 1 2 3 1 o f Paskert, If. . . 4 0 1 2 o 0 Fox, lb 4 0 1 11 i o Castro, ss. . . . 4 0 1 1 3 o Dyer, 3b 4 0 1 2 1 0 Zeller, p 3 0 0 0 3 o ! •Sweeney. ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals. •Hit for Zeller In ninth. Memphis. ab. Manning, If. ..5 Babb, ss 4 Carey, lb. ... 4 Richards, 3b. ..8 Carter, rf 4 Neighbors, cf. . 8 James, 2b. . ..4 Owens, o. . ..4 Suggs, p. . . . 4 .86 3 11 24 10 0 1 0 Y 1» 27 13 ...000 001 020—8 ...600 010 OOx—7 .84 5 11 *28 16 •Two out when game ended. all 8, Moi Detroit 2, St Louis L National. Chicago 2, St. Loula L Flttsburg 6, Cincinnati I (first game). Cincinnati 3, Pittsburg 0 (second game). American Association. St Paul , _ Toledo 3, Indianapolis 1 Ixmlsvllle 6. Columbus t (called hy agree- YANK BOXERS BEAT BRITONS The preceding six months of 1807 have been disastrous for British box ers who have been matched against Americans. Many of the best men among the Englishmen who have met Americans have gone down to defeat, and there le little expectation for some of them that they will recover their prestige. Johnny Summers, beaten by Young Erne, Is the last of them to go down before a clever American boy. Jack Palmer, beaten by Jack Sullivan, was another victim. Tiger Smith, stopped ATLANTA PLAYERS READY FOR TENNIS By PERCY H. WHITING. Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., June 24.—Nat Thornton, L. D. Scott and Victor Smith, the Atlanta representative! In the Tennessee tenuis championship, arriv ed here this morning and constitute far and away the strongest team In the tournament. From present Indications there will be about sixteen entries for the local event. Dr. Karl Little, Georgia cham pion, and his partner. Hugh Bates, both of Clnolnnatl: the Rodgers broth ers, of Knoxville, and Daley and Far rell, are regarded as the moat prom ising of other contenders. New Or leans will not send any delegates. Nothing has been heard of Reuben Hunt, the present champion, and It la -actlcally certain that he will not de- nd the title. The drawing will be held and the first preliminary round! will be played today. Memphis. Manning. It. Babb, ss 3 2 Carey, lb 8 0 Richards, 3b.. . 6 0 Carter, rf 4 1 Neighbors, cf. . 4 2 James, 2b 3 0 Owens, c. . . . 4 1 Stockdale, p. . 4 0 Totals. . . .85 6 Score by Innings: Atlanta Memphis Summary—Two-base ab. r. h. po. a. e. 13 27 18 0 .301 000 010—6 .020 002 101—6 hits, Smith, Totals 85 Runs by innings: Atlanta Memphis Hits by Innings: Atlanta Memphis Summary—Two-base hits, Carey, Smith, Paskert. Stolen baaes. Carter, Jordan. Base on balls, oft Zeller L off Suggs 2. Struck out, by Zeller (3) Manning 2, Suggs, by Suggs (5) Spade, Zeller, Paskert, Dyer, Sweeney. Hit, by pitched ball, Jordan. Passed ball. Smith. Sacrifice hit, Richards. Double play, Babb to Carey. Time, 1:55. Um pire, Pfenlnger. WH E RE THEY PLAY TO DAY. Nashville In Atlanta, Ponce DeLeon pert, Game called at 4 o'clock. Montgomery In Birmingham. Now Orleans In Shreveport. Memphis In Little Rock. DRAWINGS FOR TENNIS MATCHES ARE ANNOUNCED By PERCY H. WHITING. Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., June 24.—The drawings for the Tennessee tennis championship were had here this morn ing. Thornton and Scott drew a bye and will play the winners ot the Doug las and Vaughn vs. Cox and Moors match. Victor Smith, of Atlanta, will team with Hener Ormo, an Indiana player. This pair have drawn a bye and Farrell vs. Little and Bates match. This puts both Atlanta teams In the semi-finals for their first matches, as there are only enough entries to pro vide three rounds. In the singles there are sixteen play ers, and thsr* will be four full rounds, Victor Smith, of Atlanta, will plsf Farrell, of Nashville. Thornton most* Day. a Lea! player, and Scott plays Daley. Nashville's best performer, and will meet the winner of the Day, How Much Is Mr. Frank Paying Colonel Lave Cross? Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 24.—Those fans who know, without balng able to prove what they know, that Charlie Frank la paying Lave Cros* a prince ly salary were strengthened In their views yesterday when B. M. Brazeal, a stockholder In the local olub, returned from a business trip to Louisville, Ky. Manager Eddie Aahenbach had his SL Paul aggregation In Louisville at the time of the trip. Mr. Brazeal states that he himself saw where Cross was released before Aahenbach did. In fact, Brazeal called Aahenbach'* at tention to the fact that the old star was down and out Say* Mr. Brazeal on returning to Birmingham: "As zoon as I mentioned to Ashen- bach that Cross was free to sign wher. ever he pleased, he jumped Into the air like a cat shot with peas. Hs In stantly scribbled off a telegram. He] showed it to me. It was an offer to, Cross of 1400 per month. 'Do you , think that that amount will land him? I asked. If It doesn't, • replied Eddie, 1 will offer more/ Now, I can not say ; whether or not Azhenbach Increased that offer, but do know that Cross U not playing with Aahenbach, and harii reasons to believe that he 1* getting, more than 2400 a month." _ , If Cross accepted Frank's offer I to play in the Southern League over. an offer of 1400 monthly salary from Aahenbach to’ play In the American As-1 eoctntlon, what amount do you *uppo«* j Frank is paying him? What amount,. Indeed, do you suppose Frank Is paying his aggregation, which Indisputably. numbers- more than fourteen men. **• j elusive of his three allies In his Quit- port dependency. ’ Sam Langford, was a third, and Iplke" Robson had a narrow escape In hit bout with Tommy Murphy. The only one who has so far escaped le lit tle Sammy Kcllar, who claims the 110- jound championship of England. Al though few persons paid attention to him and his claims, he showed Terry Edwards a few things before a crowd of society men at the Strollers Club last night. Alt ot which may be due to the pe culiar methods of training of the Brit on*. Long ago the Americans learned that alcohol did not mix with ath letics. Though fighters may have drunk too much when they were not In training, they have quit when work be gan. But many of the Englishmen have insisted that ale Is one of the ne cessities of their diet when In course of preparation for a fight When John ny Summers was getting ready for ws first bout tn the United State*—that with Murphy at the National Athletic Club In Philadelphia—he drank a hair pint of ale each day. His manager* did not like IL but Johnny so strong-, ly Insisted that he knew what he »"j doing that he wa* permitted to go on. He also took large quantities of tes, another of the national beverages o Britain. Though the ale was cut cm i In the preparation for the contest «i , Young Erne, he stuck to the tea. J hours before he went Into the ring o , Wednesday night hs drank almost » pint of tea.—New York Glob*. ATLANTA VS. NASHVILLE JUNE 24-25-26 Game Called 4 O’clock Tickets On Sale At All of Oppenhelm'e Places. ■mqz 1 L