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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 5,1907.
RECORD CROWD CELEBRATES BIG DOUBLE VICTORY
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BV
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Well, it was certainly a glorious Fourth right.
The Crackers won both games, the league attendance rec
ords were broken and everything was giddy.
Never before was such a crowd seen in the South. The ex
act official figures give the attendance at both games at 14,536
people.
Suppose this crowd had all tried to buy tickets at once—
the line would have extended up Ponce DeLeon avenue to
Peachtree street, down Peachtree to the heart of the city, up to
the capital, sixteen times around it and then out toward Kirk
wood a mile or so. And that does not take into consideration fat
men. If there were many in the line it would have gone clear
to Decatur and then some.
A morning crowd of 4,032 was something staggering, be
cause fans ns a rule do not take kindly to morning games. Dut
the fans of Atlanta would take kindly to one in the middle of
the night or before breakfast or any old time as long as Atlanta
played.
The afternoon crowd was 10,504, which is a Southern record
in itself. Never before have so many people crowded through
Southern League turnstiles and it is likely that the attendance
figures in some of the major league towns were worse than that.
It woidd take a brave guessor to estimate how many people
actually saw the game.
At last reports the estimate of the ticket tnkers on the rail
road traek, the trees nnd the other out-of-the park seats and
standing room were not “in,” but it is likely that five or six
thousand more people saw the Crackers tuke down a couple of
victories.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that the Atlnntu asso
ciation gets a large share of the money which earne through the
gate. Nay, nay. They lump it with the receipts of the other
cities and then get back an eighth of it, minus the per cent.
It is just one of the many contributions that Atlanta makes
to the weaker clubs in the league—New Orleans, Birmingham
and the rest!
ATLANTA FANDOM CELEBRATES GREAT AND GLORIOUS 4TH
WITH BIG DOUBLE VICTORY AND RECORD-BREAKING CROWD
Cracker Team Cops Both
Games in Very Hand
iest Style.
The day was full of cheerful happenings for Atlanta. And
not tho leaat of the joyful doings was the defeat of Memphis by
Shreveport.
Two wins for Atlanta and a defeat for the' Babblers did a
lot of filling in and that fatal gap is closing slowly.
If things break all right for Atlanta and as wrong as we hope
for Memphis during the second invasion of the Knst by the
West, then it will not be such a very great while before Atlanta
will be bfiek where she belongs—in the lead of tho pennant rape.
PASKERT BADLY HURT;
SPADE IN OUTFIELD
George Paskert, the beet outfielder In
the Southern League, Is suffering from
a badly sprained wrist and will bo out
ot the game'for some little tlmo.
This accident, coming right at tho
time when Atlanta was due a winning
streak, has greatly discouraged Billy
Smith. He realizes the great value of
Paskert, and he hates to dispense with
Ills services. *
Billy had plnnned to pitch Spade In
the last Montgomery game,, which i-. on
comes Saturday, but there Is a chance castleton.
that he will use Spade In the field and
pitch one of his other men—Zeller or
Swnlni. In case Spade Ir pitched, BUI
will doubtless put Sid Smith In the
outfield and let Sweeney remain behind
the bat,'where ho has done so well.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUERS
PLAY AGAIN SATURDAY
WHERE THEY PLAY SATURDAY.
Sun Proofi vi. Beck A Gregg, Ponce
DeLeon avenue and Myrtle street. K.
B. Sykes, umpire. •
Koea Nolo* va. Southern Railway,
Gam mage Crossing. J. P. Denny, um
pire.
M. Kuts vp. Southern States Electric
Company. Piedmont park. Carleton
Floyd, umpire.
The Commercial League™ will clash
again Saturday afternoon for Tin*
Georgian's pennant, and some close
and exciting games are sure to result.
The Sun Proof* will play the Beck &
Gregg league leaders and this will cer
tainly be one of the best of the season.
At present Beck A Gregg is leading
the league, but one game lost would
give them a bad setback.
M. Kutx and the Southern Htutes
Electric Company teams will meet each
other on the ball field and thli game
will probably settle that fight which Is
now going on for second place.
Koca Nolan and the Southern Rail
way teams will probably play a classy
battle. These two teams are tied for
last place and gee, what a game they
will play to get out of the rut!
Koca Nola reserve list: Bolins, Hun-
ntcutt. Strange, J., Strange, K., Hulsey,
Hall, Banks, Frank, Perklnson, Burno
Wilson (signed), Claud Adair (signed).
By their request, Henley, Collins re
leased.
Released by Kuts, Kitchens; signed
by Kuts, Kelly.
Released by Sun Proofs, Logan, Ba-
rill; signed by Sun Proofs, Daley nnd
McGovern.
SQUIRES KNOCKED OUT
BY BURNS IN ONE ROUND
San Francisco, July 5.—The much-heraided fight between Tommy
Burns, of Canada, and BUI Squires of Australia, lasted about two min
utes. Burns Just toyed with the gent from over the seas and finally planted
a couple of hard ones which sent him down nnd out.
Burns took down a $*<*000 *<lde bet nnd an $8,000 guarantee.
Squires says he Is going tight back home.
By JAME8 J. JEFFRIES.
San Francisco, July 5.—The outcome
of the fight certainly surprised me. I
expected to see a longer battle and
hardly expected to see the "go” end in
the first round. I must say that Bums
13 a much better fighter than he gets
credit for being. He has done all that
has been asked of him so far, and is a
greatly Improved boxer. San Francisco
judged him by his appearance here
long ago, and his fights down South
have been overlooked by the followers
of the game up here.
It does not follow that Squires Is not
a good man because Bums beat him.
There are lots of men who would be
easy for Squires, but against a man
who has studied the game as thor
oughly as Tommy has In the last two
years, the Australian showed up very
poorly. Squires showed no ring gen
eralship, due to the fact that he never
had been in a long fight.
In his other battles he was a winner,
and an easy one at that, and when he
needed to use some headwork to help
him out, he suffered from his inexpe
rience In this line.
The referee's Joo In yesterday’s flgh
was a sinecure, as there was no ques
tion to arise.
Sixteen Hitless Innings
Now Bug Raymond's Record
-Bogs" Raymond, the "Human Mi
crobe,” established a new record for
the South Atlantic League Thursday
afternoon. For sixteen Innings not a
•ingle hit was made off the "Bug.”
If Raymond twirls anywhere near
that record next year when he goes to
the big league, he will make good on
the St. Louis team with ease. Ray
mond Is the best pitcher in the South
Atlantic League today, and a great fu
ture Is In store for him. maybe.
Raymond Is pitching great ball for,
the Charleston team, and It Is mostly
through his efforts that the team is
near the top and fighting for the lead.
The only pitcher In the 8outh At
lantic League that has approached
Raymond'* record was Kane, bought
of Charleston, but now In the Eastern
League. Kane pitched for thirteen
Killings without a hit being made
against him and ;ost hH* game.
Raymond’s record is all the more re-
markable because not a run was scored
i gainst hln^ In those Hxtecn innings.
Not a single Jacksonville rlayer reach
ed second base during that time.
j
4
Before the largest crowd that ever
witnessed a game of baseball In the
South, Billy* Smith's standbys shut out
the MQntgomery Sleepers Thursday
afternoon. Really !t was the glorious
and well celebrated Fourth for the
Crackers:
For the Climbers It teas a case of
being set off and blown up.
It was In the second Inning when
George Winters opened up the Hre-
works by doubling to left field that
Montgomery’s finish hove In sight.
Castro put a neat bunt down first base
line while Winters went to third.
Otto Jordan, the ever-ready
second baseman, then touched
off some more fireworks by singling to
right field. Winters trotted home. And
this was enough to win.
The Sleepers wertn ot In the game.
Little Roy Castleton had the matches In
his pockets and the Montgomery boys
could not light their fuses.
In the fourth Inning with one out.
Otto Jordan let a real oky rocket loose
when he lost the ball on the bank lr.
center field. Atlanta scored once again
In the flfth, when George Winters tried
to place one In tho same place that his
captain did. George did not sprint
culte ns fast nnd landed on third base.
Castro next hit one In front of the plate
and was thrown out. Then Otto again
came to bat ard singled to center, Win
ters scoring.
From the looks of tho box score Jor-
dnn and Wlnterj were the real boys
in setting off sky rockets among the
S« nators.
Only three of the Sl?eper» found
Cnutleton, Hausen, who put one In to
right field for two bags in the second,
Balls, who singled to right In the sev
enth, and Perry, who got a tuste in the
flfth inning, when *ne "one-baggered r *
to left.
While Perry was playing off first In
thut Inning, Nye knocked a hot liner In
Sky Jim’s hand whic h came very near
resulting In a pretty double play. Th*
Atlanta players started off the field,
thinking Jlin had touched Perry, but
Zimmer said "nit."
It was all. right, however, for Castle
ton madfe Hausen fan the atmosphere.
By the way, that trio. Perry*, Nye and
Ball, mako up a mighty strong Infield
with Baxter on first. Ball was let loose
by Billy Smith and he has over made
good.
In the seventh Inning Castro jammed
a hot one toward second, but Neal
made a one-hand stab and flung the
Count out at station No. 1. The crowd
guve him the glad hand.
The Atlanta team played errorless
ball up to the ninth Inning, when Hen-
line, the Memphis outcast booted one
to Castleton. Roy made a bad fling to
first base and Henllne was safe. Roy
then fanned Ball, and Baxter biffed
one to Pasket which was a dead one.
At w*hlch * point the fire was out with
the Montgomerltea.
JUST SOME NOTE8.
For the first time In many moons
George Paskert, the fleet-footed Atlan
ta left fielder, was caught trying to
Records Broken .To Smash
By Outpouring of
14,536 Pans.
OTTO JORDAN.
"Cap” made three hits In the
second game Thursday, one of
which was a screaming home run.
He also stole a base and fielded
especially well.
George Winters made two ot the
hits which were pulled off Thurs
day and scored two of the runs.
One of George's efforts was a
near-home run and he Anally col
lected three bases on it.
Winters’ playing right now is as
brilliant, If not more brilliant, than
any he has ever before displayed.
ab. r. h. po.
ROY CASTLETON.
er backstop, was the man that caugi
him. It Is a rare thing for a catcher
to catch Paskert stealing, but Hausen
turned the trick Thursday.
Dyer Is now playing a good game at
third base for the Crackers. For a
while Bill’s batting and fielding were
away off, but he has at last found his
eye. Thursday In both the morning
and afternoon games Dyer played good
ball. Especially In the afternoon con
test Bill made two pretty pick-ups of
hot grounders to third that looked good
for hits.
Jordan's home run Thursday after
noon was a peach. Otto knocked the
ball to deep center field, and by the
time the center fielder had landed the
ball Jordan had made his way to third
base. It was the longest hit ever made
at Ponce DeLeon, and possibly In At
lanta.
Neal Ball, the man Billy Smith sold
Ball made a pret
ty stab of a hot grounder off Winters’
bat in the third Inning and threw* Dyer
out at second. - Ball has Improved In
every way since he left Atlanta, and Is
now one of the beat shortstops In the
Southern League.
For all that, no Atlanta fans has any
regrets. Ball Is a good man, but he
does not stack up along side Castro,
and never did.
Of course. Ball Is a "comer,” and is
going to be a valuable asset for the
Montgomery team.
But both Montgomery and Atlanta
are satisfied with the deal, and there Is
happiness all around.
Local fans had heard much of the
work of Seabaugh, late of the Chicago
Nationals, who Is catching for Mont
gomery. And certainly he is a good
catcher. But In the morning game he
failed to show that he had anything on
Sweeney.
The lanky ex-Sally Leaguer Is cer
tainly catching nice ball. His work be
hind the bat Is nearly faultless, he
throws well to second and hits are Just
In his line. He did not connect In the
afternoon game, but In the morning
game he made a couple of nice bln-
gles.
In the opening game Sam Weems
made his first appearance on local
grounds since back In his Auburn days.
The last time he was In Atlanta he
pitched some good ball against the lo
cal collegians.
To think that the team which finally
took the edge off Manuel's record was
Little Rock! Atlanta tried It a couple
of times and failed. Then Finn's team
came along and did it. The best the
Travelers could do was to amass two
runs, but Grandpa Hart held the Peli
cans down to one.
There must have been a great* cheer-
lng-up In Birmingham Thursday. For
the Barons actually got awky with two
In a row.
The victims were the Dobbers.
Poor old Nashville. Her team Is
gradually sinking back Into seventh
place and oblivion.
And that is the team they were all
touting to finish near the top.
Generally a holiday game, played be-
*Emmons for Quality.’
SUCCESSFUL TENNIS TOURNEY
PULLED OFF BY WEST ENDERS
With the exception of the finals In
singles, the complete tournament of the
West End Tennis Club was played off
Thursday. MIddlebrooka and Carter,
after a hard fight against Spratlln and
Norman, won the title In doubles, w*hlle
the finals In singles remains to be
played between MIddlebrooka and Har
ris.
The play was fast throughout the en
tire day, but owing to several defaults,
the tourney was run through quicker
than expected.
The first round doubles: Giles and
Dundee defeated Arnold and Henry,
6-0, 6-2. Jennings nnd -McKensle de
faulted to Norman and Spratlln. Sprntt
and Willingham defaulted to Middle-
brooks and Carter. Abernathy and Irby
defeated Baker and Harris, 4-6, 6?2,
Second round doubles: Norman
and Spratlln defeated Giles and Dun
dee, 6-3, 6-2. MIddlebrooka and Car
ter defeated Abernathy and Irby, 6-0,
6-0. Finals In doubles: MIddlebrooka
and Carter defeated Norman and Sprat
lln, 6-2, 9-7, 6-2.
First round singles: Jennings de
faulted to Spratlln. Carter defeated
Henry, 6-2, 6-4. MIddlebrooka defeated
Norman, 6-2, 6*1. Irby defeated Arnold
6-2, 6-2. Adair defaulted to Harris.
McKenxle defaulted to Abernathy. Ba
ker defeated Giles, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0. Sec
ond round singles. Carter defeated
Spratlln, 6-1, 6-2. MIddlebrooka de
feated Irby, 6-0, 6-0. Harris defeated
Abernathy, 6-2, 6-3. Semi-finals: Mld-
dlebrooks defeated Carter, 6-1, 6-2,
Harris defeated Baker, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.
The finals In singles between Middle-
brooks and Harris will be played Sat
urday afternoon.
8outhern Leaauo.
. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Memphis ...... 63 39 24 .619
ATLANTA 69 38 31 • .651
Shreveport 61 31 80 .608
New Orleans 64 32 32 .600
Little Hook 66 33 33 .600
Nashville 71 33 38 .465
Birmingham 68 30 38 .441
Montgomery 70 30 40 .429
South Atlaniic League.
CLUB8- Played. Wou. Lost. P. C.
. . 73 45 28 .616
Charleston.
Jacksonville.
Macon . .
Augusta. . ,
Savannah . .
Columbia. .
Bowling Fest on
Local Alleys
.Th« Georgia Hallway ami Electric
Company'* bowling team will meet the
Atlanta team Friday night on George
Ca»e’a alley*, to bowl a match of
three game*. The** team* are In line
condition and nr* now bowling the be*t
game* of their career. Thostj who at
tend will no doubt wltnea* a cloae. ex
citing conte*t. The game atari, at 8:16
clock. Member, of team. ar. a. fol
low* :
Atlanta—Elliott, Hob*. Irwin, Shaf-
r, Uttley.
Georgia Railway—Chamber., Burk.,
yon*. Terry. West.
the
HONEY MELODY WINS.
New York, July 5.—Honey Melody
welter-weight champion, success-
fully defended hi* title ugatnst Jim
Donovan, a local lighter of prominence,
at the Brown A. A. C.. Ia*t night, the
Boatnn boy winning in the eevenlh
round.
Game Wanted Here,
The Commission Merchant* extend
challenge to any team for a game
for next Saturday,
Write or phone C. V. Logan, 59 8.
Broad street, city. Either phone (54.
Fred Houtx Is a good outllelder and
that*, no Joke. Thursday afternoon he
made two great catches in left held. ‘
"Rig Chief Zimmer handed Baxter
hot shot yesterday. The burly first
■acker In a moment of displeasure over
on. of Zimmer's decisions, tauntingly
remarked. "So you’re going to the big
league next year— Back came the
chief with, "I was there twenty-three
years and you lasted about twenty-
three minutes." Baxter subsided Im
mediately.—Shreveport Times.
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WALTHOUR LOST.
Boston, Mass., July 5.—Bobby Wal-
thour, the rhumplon bicycle rider of
the world, was defeated here last night
by Hugh McLean, of Chelsea, in a 50-
mlle motor-pared race. McLean won
by 2 miles. Walthour was second and
Elmer Collins third. McLean's time
waa I hour, IS minutes and 2-5 sec
onds.
Walthour has not yet recovered from
his fall In Germany.
NAT KAISER & CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds.
CLUB8—
Chicago .
Cleveland . . . , . „
1‘hllmlolphla ..... .66
Detroit 63
New York .... .61
Mt. Louts 69
Ronton 66
Washington . . .61
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Cool Clothes for
Summer Wear
CLPR8-
Chlcngu .
New York
Pittsburg ...... 64
Philadelphia 65
Clnrinnatl 68
Itostou 64
Brooklyn 67
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Shreveport In Memphis.
Little l(oek lu New Orlenns.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 8. Montgomery 4.
Hlnulnghnm 7. Nashville 2.
New Orieuus-Little Rm-lt, ruin.
Atlanta 3. Montgomery 0.
Shreveport :t. Memphis 1.
Little ltiM’k 2. New Orleans 1.
Birmingham 5, Nashville 3.
South 'Atlantic.
Charleston 6, Jacksonville 2.
Augusts 1. Columbia 0.
Navaunab-Marou. rain.
Augusta 6, Columbia 1.
Charleston 3. Jacksonville 0.
BsrsBMh 2, Macon L
American.
Detroit 9. St. Louis 4.
Detroit 7. St. Louis 6.
Boston 3, Washington 1.
Boston 7, Washington 0.
Chicago 3, Cleveland 1.
Chicago 7. Cleveland 1.
Philadelphia 3. New York 1.
Near York 7, rhilailelphia 3.
National.
Chicago 3. Cincinnati 1.
Chicago 2. Cincinnati 0.
Pittsburg 5. St. Louis 0.
Pittsburg 9. St. Loals 5.
Philadelphia 6. Boston 4.
Philadelphia 2. Bostou 1.
Brooklyn 1, New York 0.
New York 5, Brooklyn 3.
John Malarkey was out at the game
Thursday with hla usual happy smile.
John was heard to remark: "Atlanta Is
a great town and she has a good ball
team. This bail park reminds me of
those In New* York. Gee. what a crowd
There’s no need of a man
suffering from heat when
he’s got such a layout of
light weight airy wearing
apparel as this to select from.
Odd coats of Silk, Alpaca,
Sicilian and Serge materials,
odd trousers of Flannel;
Worsted and Cheviot mate
rials, extra light weight Un
derwear, cool negligee
Shirts, thin Hosiery, Straw
and Panama Hats—and
everthing else to wear that's
light and cool.
Excellent assortments,
too, in every line—to fit the
stout, lean and extra sine
man as well as the regular
size man.
they have out hero today!”
I
Silk Coats
$ 6.00
to
$10.00
Serge Coats
10.00
to
12.50
Alpaca Coats
5.00
to
7:50
Sicilian Coats
7.50
to
12.00
Odd Trousers
3 50
to
8.00
Straw Hats
1.00
to
- 4.00
Panama Hats
5.00
to
15.00
Negligee Shirts
1.00
to
2.50
Cool Underwear
50
to
2.00
Fancy Hosiery
25
to
.75
Wash Neckwear- —
.25
to
.50
Leather Belts
50
to
2.00
Two-Piece Suits
12.50
to
30.00
(O-^nmoni
fore a holiday crowd 1. punkerlno l«
the extreme. Something In the way
of a 18 to 13 victory for the home club
Is about what 1» generally to be er.
pected.
But It did not happen Thursday. Both
game, were filled with the most bril
liant fielding and were grand exhibi
tion. of baaeoall.
Roy Castleton, the gent from New
York, pitched a bwcM game for Atlnntz
Thursday afternoon. Roy allowed the
Climbers only three scattered hits. coj.
tleton certainly fling, good ball with
that left hand of hi.,
Wal.h pitched a creditable game, but
he wa. beaten. Walsh I. considered a
comer by , those who know his work
The entire Montgomery team playeii
ball, and good ball at that.
The box kcore:
Montgomery, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
lloutz, If.. ... 4 0 0 3 0 o
Henllne. rf. . . 4 0 0 0 1 o
Ball. 4 0 1 1 5 1
Baxter, lb. J. . 4 0 0 9 1 i
Gear, cf. . . . . 3 0 0 2 no
Perry, 3b 3 0 0 6 3 o
Nye. 2b 3 0 0 8 3 o
Hausen, c. . . . 3 0 I 2 2 o
Walsh, p 2 0 0 0 ii n
Total's 34 0 3 24 12 1
Atlanta.
Becker, rf.
Dyer, 3b. ... 4 0 1 1 40
Paskert. If. ... 3 0 0 2 0 o
Winters, cf. . . . 4 2 2 2 0 o
Castro, as. ... 3 0 0 1 0 o
Jordan, 2b. ... 4 1 3 4 4 0
Fox. lb 4 0 1 11 0 0
Sweeney, c. . . . 4 0 0 4 1 0
Castleton, p. . . 3 0 1 0 11
Totals 32 3 0 2* 10 1
Score by Innings: R.
Montgomery 000 000 ooo— o
Atlanta.- 010 110 00*— t
Hits by Ipnlngs: H.
Montgomery . . . . . .001 010 100— 3
Atlanta 021 120 03>— S
Summary—Two-base hits. Winters,
Hausen: three-base hit. Winters; home
run, Jordan; stolen bases Jordan: sac
rifice hits, Castro; first base on balls,
off Castleton 1, off Walsh 2; hit by
pitched ball, by Walsh (Becker): struck
out. by Castleton 3 (Henllne, Hausen,
Ball), by Walsh 1 (Paskert). Time,
1:40. Umpire. Zimmer.
39 and 41 Whitehall St.