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' •- THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1907. '••••••••••••••••MM***#*' IMHIHMHMI ItMHIHtMMMMMI IIHHIHHtnHHM ALL THE NEWS OF THE BASEBALL AND SPORTING WORLDS IMIMHMUIMI IIIMHHIMK IMMItllUIMtllllll,,, IIHIIHIMIIHMMHMMIHniMI t 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. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 16 Decatur St. Kimball House. 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 Matthews Arrested | Standinf , rf tKc Qub ~ 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. 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