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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1907.
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Nashville, Tenn., June 27.—Now that Memphis is safely in
the lead and there isn’t any hard feeling we rise again to in
quire :
How the dickens do they do it?
We’ll have to grant them Charley Babb. The chesty boy is
the best player-manager the league has now and the best one it
ever had, ns far ns the writer can remember. We have had, and
have now, wiser managers, but they aren’t playing the game.
In the first place Charley is the best all-round infielder in the
league. It hurts to say it, but there seems no dodging. As a
fielder he has nothing on Otto Jordan, but he can outbat him. As
a batter he may not class with Larry Lajoie and a few such, but
he seems to have the back hair skinned off any infielder in the
league.
As a player alone he is worth the price of admission.
As a field captain he is equally good. He has ginger enough
to pass around "and he can keep his team keyed up tighter, with
out danger of breaking a string, than any other captain in the
league.
ne has a dogged way of “keeping aggressively at it” even
when times look troublous that makes him a hard man to beat.
ZELLER WINS FROM THE DOBBERS,
AND BREAKS HIS HOODOO AT LAST
Wc will all slip it to Babb. He is a wonder and worth all
; the men on the Memphis team put together.
But aside from Babb what has Memphis that is worth howl
ing about?
Take it position by position, beginning with the pitchers.
; Stockdale and Bills are the best pitchers. Bills is really a
. good man—and yet he never was and never will be a match for
I Zeller. Stockdale is pitching phenomenal ball—but how he docs
l it is a deep and doleful mystery that makes a complicated Black
t Hand tangle look like a double-acrostic. Why Stockdale, is older
'J than Breitenstein, older than “Pop” Anson, older than Fattier
Chadwick, older than the lamented Delehanty—older than Lave
• Cross—and that’s the limit.
Certainly Stockdale is not as good a man ns Bob Spade.
' Suggs is another pitcher who hns been doing nice work for
the Babblers, but he is not likely to keep it up. Oeorgie is the
hardest-luck pitcher in the league—and most of the hard luck he
brings on himself. He has a way of antagonizing every man on
‘ the team and in consequence usually ■ gets the lumpiest kind of
■ support.
Crystall is no great shakes. He is r. bloomer and usually with
ers up along in the summer. Neither man is the equal, in the
i opinion of Atlanta fans, anyway, of Castlcton and Ford.
Just what hns happeneA to old Scoops Carey lately nobody
• knows. Carey has always been a phenomenally brilliant fielder,
but this hitting number is something entirely new. He never put
that on the stage before this year and it seems hard to believe
that he can keep it up.
Just at present Carey has a slight bulge on Fox at the batting
game, but look out for James when he gets his srrine. This is
just about the season of the year when J. Claudius warms up.
James, the second hasemnn for the Babblers, is a new broom,
and ho is sweeping mighty clean just at present. But there is no
i telling how long his present streak will last—and if it lasts until
• the Gulf Stream freezes over he will not have anything on
Otto Jordan. Of course Manager Babb hns it a little
, over Castro—but not so everlastingly much. Babb is batting on
toward .100 better than Atlanta’s shortstop, but his fielding is
not much superior. Both men are the same style of players—full
of life pnd capable of pulling off the most brilliant plays and—
once in a great while—the most ghastly of errors.-
, At third Dyer and Richards nro evenly matched, and Atlanta
; certainly has the better outfield. Becker, Winters and Paskert
, compose the best outfield in the lenguc and ono of the best thnt
any Southern team hns ever had. Not ono of the Memphis out
fielders really compares with tho weakest of the Atlnuta trio.
In catchers Atlanta certainly “has it on” Memphis. The
Babblers nre pretty fair, with Hurlburt and Owens, but Sid
Smith can show up Big Ed in every department of the game and
Sweeney is certainly tho equal of Owens.
Well, there you nre.
The Crackers nre as good ns the Bnhblers and barring bad
> luck should regnin tho league lend nnd cop the pennant.
But, as we have remarked before on more than numerous
' occasions, “Ain't it n peach of a race?”
Day, of Nashville, Wins
From Thornton, of Atlanta
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Nashville, Tenn., June 27.—The pres
ence of Nat Thornton am! L. D. Scott
Id the finals of the Tennessee tennis
championship In the only thing which
! holds the Interest of Atlanta tennis en
thusiast* on the match, for otherwise
the Atlanta delegation 1* out—clear
out!
For Thornton, of Atlanta, hero of two
Gulf Stute* championships, star of two
South Atlnntlc championships nnd
near-winner of a Southern champion
ship, went down in unexpected defeat
at the hands of Day, of Nashville, a
comparative beginner at the tennis
game, who was playing In his second
tournament.
Scott, of Atlanta, also lost before
sunset yesterday, though only after
putting out E. \V. Daley, one of the
Nashville atars. In a first-class, up-hill
game. Cowan Rodgers, however, snuff
ed out the last Atlanta hope In the
singles by defeating Scott In the second
round. Victor Smith, the only other
Atjanta entrant, quit the deal In dis
gust after the second day of rain and
ths first match In which he was slated
to gppear went to Farrell by default.
ficott nnd Thornton played nice ten
nis In the double® and defeated a strong
teim—Douglass and Vaughn, in their
first and only round of the day. By
the “luck of the draw” this one match
puts them In the finals.
Day and Farrell uncorked a surprise
by defeating Little -and Bates, the
strong Cincinnati team. In the prelim
inary round. The winners meet the
Atlanta team In the finals, which will
be pulled off this afternoon.
The results follow:
Singles, First Round—Farrell, of
Nashville, defeated Smith, of Atlanta,
by default. Day, of Nashville, defeated
Thornton, of Atlanta, 6-2. 6-4; Bates,
of Cincinnati, defeated Winn, of Nash
ville, 6-1, 6-2; Charles Rodgers, of
Knoxville, defeated Co*, of Nashville,
by default; Scott, of Atlanta, defeated
Daley, of Nashville, 3-0. 6-1, 6-3; Cow
an Rodgers, of Knoxville, defeated
Ortne, of Indiana, 6-0, 6-1; Little, of
Cincinnati, defeated Douglass, of Nash
ville, 6-2, 6-1, Moore, of Nashville, de
feated Mooney, of Murfreesboro,
6-0. 6-1.
Second Round—C»
feated Scott, 6-4, 6-
Moore. 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles. First Round (Preliminary
Round)—Douglass nnd Vaughn defeat
ed Lawrence and Moore, 6-2, 6-2; Day
and Farrell defeated Little nnd Bates.
6-3, 10-8.
Semi-finals—Scott nnd Thornton de
feated Douglas nnd Vaughn, 6-2, 6-4;
Day nnd Farrell defeated Mooney and
Ornic, 6-1, 6-1.
BET DECIDED.
NAT KAI8ER & CO.
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Bargain* In Unredeemed Diamonds.
To Sporting Editor of The Georgian:
Will you kindly decide this bet? June
25, 1907, Birmingham and Montgomery
played a double-header. Montgomery
won the first game and Birmingham
won the second game. A bet is made
at 3:30 p. m. on these two teams. On
hlch game would the bet be, the first
or second game? Neither party knew
double-hendet* was being played.
A FAN.
Neither party knowing thnt a double-
header would be played Indicates that
the bet was placed on the regular
game, which would naturally be the
last one. The first game was practi
cally over, anyway, at 3:30 o'clock. |
SPORTING EDITOR.
Rube Zeller has broken the June hoo
doo that has been following him for
two years, at last.
There has been some kind of a hoo
doo that has been following Zeller for
years. Last year .Rube won one
game and lost six during the month of
June. Up to Wednesday afternoon,
June 26, Rube Zeller had won one
game and lost five. But the worm
turned at last and Rube ha* broken his
losing spell, hoodoo, or whatever you
want to call it.
Zeller defeated the Dobbers Wednes
day afternoon In handy style. Rube
had Johnny Dobbs and his cohorts
guessing at all times and never was
the wizard in danger of losing his game.
Paskort it Game.
Paskert is one of the gamest ball
players ever seen at Piedmont or Ponce
DeLeon. Wednesday afternoon Pur
due, the Nashville sfabman, soaked
him on the head with a pitched ball
and Paskert fell In hls # tracks as If
struck by lightning.
When the ball hit Paskert the noise
of the Impact could be heard all over
the park. Paskert was unconscious for
about four or five minutes, but he re
vived after that time and took his base.
George was given an ovation when he
went to first that will be remembered
at Ponce DeLeon for a long time to
come.
Paskert made a neat double play In
the sixth inning. He caught McCor
mick's fly In his left paw after a long
run and threw Wiseman, who' was
playing off second, thinking that the
ball might be a hit, out.
The Crackers scored one run in the
very first round. Sid Smith walked on
four wide ones and scored a moment
later when Captain Otto Jordan doubled
to center field.
The Firemen made five more runs In
the fifth Inning on five hits nnd an
error. Becker opened the fifth Inning
by tripling to center field. Spade then
flew out to second, no advance. Sid
Smith singled to center and Becker
scored. Jordan singled to right und
Smith went to third. Paskert was hit
In the head by a pitched ball and a few
moments later went to first. Bases
full. Fox singled to center and Smith
scored. Castro hit to center for one
bag and Jordan and Paskert scored.
Fox and Castro worked the double
steal, Fox stole home and Castro stole
second. On a wild throw by McElveen,
Castro went to third and was thrown
out In trying to score.
Nashville made one run In the sev
enth Inning. Our old friend “Whitey"
Morse singled to center. Wells hit to
left for one bag and Morse went to
second. On a wild throw by Paskert,
Morse scored the only run of the after
noon for the Dobbers.
The Crackers left Tuesday night for
Birmingham, where they play the
Barons this afternoon on the slagpile.
Swalm, the new pitcher, will probably
twirl for the Crackers this afternoon.
This Is the box score of Tuesday’s
game:
Nashville. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Persons, If. ..4 0 0 2 0 0
Wiseman, rf. . . 4 0 1 3 0 0
Dobbs, cf. . . . 3 0 2 3 0 0
McCormick, ss. . 4 0 0 1 1 0
Morse, 2b. ... 4 11 3 2 0
McElveen. 3b. .. 4 0 0 1 0 2
Lister, lb. ... 4 0 1 6 0 0
Wells, c 3 0 1 4 2 0
Purdue, p 3 0 0 1 3 0
Totals .
Atlanta.
Becker, rf.
Spade, cf. . , . 4
Smith, c 3
Jordan, 2b. ... 4
Paskert, If. ... 1
Fox. lb 3
Castro, ss. . . . 4
Dyer, 3b 4
Zeller, p 4
ab. r. h. po.
0. 1
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Onoerious Charge '
Totals 31 6 S 27 10 2
Runs by innings: R.
Nashville 000 000 100— 1
Atlanta 100 050 00*— 6
Summary—Two-base hit, Jordan;
three-base hit, Becker; stolen bases.
Persons, Paskert; double play. Pas
kert to Jordan; first base on balls, off
Zeller 1, off Purdue 4; hit by pitched
ball, Purdue (Paskert): struck out, by
Zeller 3 (Wiseman 2, McElveen), Pur
due 3 (Zeller). Time, 1:40. Umpires,
Rlnn and Hackett.
Special to The Georgian.
Shreveport, La., June 27.—Harry
Matthews, the Pelican’s catcher, was
arrested here at the grounds Wed
nesday, charged with disorderly con
duct, disturbing the peace. Secretary
Ehrlick of the Shreveport club signed
charges claiming that Matthews as
saulted Frank Zender, sporting editor
of The Shreveport Times.
Race Mare Is
Sold For $10,000
Lexington, Ky.. June 27.—John E.
Madden has purchased from J. F. Char
ley, of Newark, N. J., through his agent,
William Steele, of this city, the famous
race mare Los Angeles, by Imp. Glen
leg. Dam LaPolka, by Lexington.
The mare has a suckling filly at her
side and a two-year-old filly and a
yearling colt from her were Included
in the deal. The price was $10,000.
Los Angeles was one of the most fa
mous race mares of her cay, winning
altogether $97,000, and that was when
stakes were small. She was purchased
by Sbarley from Lucky Baldwin sev
eral years ago for $7,000.
8outhern League.
Memphis "^ u - L ?.«- P.(
CLUBS^
ATLANTA 69 33 •>?;
New Orleans 66 28 "v
Shreveport ..... 54 27
Little Itock 59 29 so
Nashville 61 2.8
Montgomery 61 *>7 o.
Birmingham 59 24 £
South Atlantic League.
CLI BS— Flared. Won. !.n,t r r
Jacksonville , , . . 65 47) 1 • •
Charleston 67 41 **
Macon 66 35 31
Augusta 63 30 r>
Savannah 63 28 35
Columbia 62 19 41
INVITATION GOLF
TOURNAMENT ON AT
NASHVILLE THURSDAY
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Nashville, Tenn., June 27.—Promptly
at 9 o’clock this morning the first cou
ple teed off In the Nashville Invitation
tournament, nnd until well on toward
sunset the beautiful little course at the
Country Club will be busy with stren
uous golfers, endeavoring bravely to
turn In low scores In the qualifying
round.
The conditions of the tournament re
quire that each contestant play eigh
teen holes. The man with the lowest
score wins a handsome medal. The
sixteen men with the lowest scores
qualify to play for the Harding Road
cup. The next lowest sixteen try for
the Hermitage cup, the next sixteen for
the Capital City cup and the fourth
sixteen for the Cumberland cup.
Tho fight for the only prize of the
day—the low score medal—promises to
be unusually keen. In the recent
Southern championship It was a cinch
that If Lawrence Eustls did not get tho
low score prize that one of a half doz
en other players would. But this tour
nament finds neither Lawrence Eustls
nor any other "low-scoring phenom
enons” present. At least a dozen men
have a look-in for the event.
Among the Nnshvllle players the best
scores may bo looked for from F.
Watts, H. H. Lurton, Jr., I. W. Read
and Goodloe Llndsley. Atlanta has a
first-class look-in with W. I». Hill. Tha
local course suits his game perfectly,
and he Is right at the top of it now.
Charles Nelson ought to be Louis
ville's most dangerous candidate for
the medal. R. G. Morrow or J. W. S.
Rhea nre the Memphis factors. Bir
mingham Is quite likely to be there
with George Oliver or Will Ward.
And with all this list, of golfing cele
brities It Is not impossible that tho
man who will get away with the much-
coveted prize has not been mentioned.
For never was a field more evenly
matched than It appears to be In the
tournament now In progress.
Undoubtedly it will take a low score
to win the medal. The course Is In
great condition now, and some star Is
certain to get very much "on his game”
cop the neat little chunk of plate
a score In the low seventies.
Is generally conceded that to qualify
In the first division It will take a score
of 84 or better.
was decided not to make a sched
ule of starters In the qualifying round,
but to put down balls and let the men
who first place their chunks of gutta
percha or compressed wind on the first
tee have the honor of making the ear
liest start. Unless something unex
pected happens. It ought to be an easy
matter to work through the qualifying
round without crowding. To get off
32 couples morning and afternoon Fri
day will be a more complicated matter.
The trophies which will be competed
for during the local tournament were
put on exhibition yesterday afternoon
In the dub house nnd the display is
one of the handsomest ever made by
nny Southern club for an Invitation
tournament. The cup for the winner in
the first lllght Is an especially l/ind-
some uffalr and all the minor trophies
are extremely beautiful.
Here Is the list of players registered
foi the tournament up to last night:
Atlanta—George Adnlr, W. F. Hill,
Fulton Uolvllle, W. U. Tlchenor, P. H.
Whiting and Florence Angler.
Chattanooga—J. Kent Loyd, K. B.
Squires, John Martin and D. 8. Hen
derson.
Louisville—Rev. Dr. Charles E.
Ctalk. I). M. Goodwyn, James Cralk.
Henry Hayburn. Percy Hudson and
Charles L. Nelson.
Memphis—Percy Galbreath. J. W. S.
Rhen. R. G. Morrow, G. D. Raine, Jr..
Duncan McCollum. 8. H. Phillips and
8. M. Williamson.
Birmingham—W. P. Ward, T. J.
Watson, J. B. Cobbs, Robert Thatch
and George C. Oliver.
Fort Thomas, Ky.—J. A. Piepho.
Nashville—F. O. Watts. H. F. Smith,
H. H. Lurton. Jr., Sloss I^axter. Brad
ley Walker. I. W. Read, Jordan Stokes.
P. L. Hoyte, Nash Read. Robert Lusk.
R. T. Wilson. T. I. Webb, Jr.. Alex J.
Porter, Goodloe Llndsley, Thomas B
Scoggins, H. H. Mayberry, Thomas If.
Malone. Jr.. Edward II. Fall. E. W.
Daley, Frank C. Fite, P. R. Cheatham.
John A. Bell. W. c. Pollard, W. T.
Prlggs nnd H. C. Alexander.
Jimmy Malden, the Atlanta golf pro
fessional, nnd H. Clay Moore arrived
tills morning for the tournament. As
Sherwood, the Memphis professional,
Oakes, of Chattanooga, and Benjamin
Nichols are already here, there will
surely be some nice profesolsnal
matches.
Jack Rowan Reports
To Manager Perry Lipe
W. L. Starr, secretary of the Macon
baseball club, spent Wednesday In At
lanta and closed a deal whereby the
Macon team gets the services of Jack
Rowan, former Atlanta slabman, for
the rest of the season.
Mr. Starr left last night for Macon.
Rowan is a good pitcher, is young, nnd
with a season or so of seasoning will
make Hughey Jennings, of Detroit, a
good man. A number of big league
managers have predicted a bright fu
ture for the boy.
While with Atlanta Rowan pitched
some good ball nnd was a gentlemanly
fellow at all times, whether on or off
the ball field.
Dick Harley, the former Atlanta
pitcher. Is twirling great ball for Macon
Just now, and It Is mostly through his
efforts that the Macon club is near the
top of the league race.
Rowan left last night for Macon and
will make Perry Llpe a good man.
He Is only 19 years of age.
Rowan's many friends In Atlanta re
gret to see him leave, but would be
glad to hear of him making good with
Macon. Jack Is popular In Atlanta with
the fans, and, In fact, he Is known all
over the entire Southern League cir
cuit.
CLUBS-
Chicago ...
(Meveland ...... 59
Philadelphia 68
Detroit 64
New York 55
St. Louis 6)
Boston 68
Washington 53
Played. Won. Lost. p.
CLUBS-
Chlengo . .
New York . .
hllndelphla .
National League.
Placed. Won. Lost, p. p j
Pittsburg
Cincinnati 60
Boston 56
Brooklyn . . . . . .69
8t. I^nils ...... 63
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In Birmingham.
Now Orleans In Little Hock.
Memphis In Shreveport.
Montgomery In Nnshvllle.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 6. Nnshvllle 1.
Montgomery 2. Birmingham 1.
Birmingham 5. Montgomery 1.
Little ItcM-k-Memphls. rnln.
Shreveport-New Orleaus, rain.
South Atlantic.
Chorleston 5, Columbia 2.
Savannah 5, Jacksonville 1.
Augusta 5, Macon 2.
American.
Cleveland 4. Detroit 1.
Boston 6. New York 2.
Chicago 1, St. Louis 0.
National.
Chicago 7. St. Louis 6 (first game).
Chicago 4, St. Louis 1 (second game).
American Association.
Columbus 3, Indianapolis 0.
Minneapolis 10. Kansas 5.
St. Paul 2. Milwaukee 1.
Toledo 0, Louisville 3.
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