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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. OOOOOOO0OOOOOO0OO0OOOOO0OO O O OFF DAY TODAY. 0 0 Owing to the necessity of put- 0 O ting In two games July 4, no O O game I. scheduled for today. The O O last game of the Montgomery *e- O O rles comes Saturday afternoon at O O 4 o'clock. It will be ladies' day. 0 a a 0O0OO0OOOO00000O0000000O00 0 FALSfe ALARMI O O The rumor hit Atlanta Thurs- O O day night that Billy Smith and 0 C Newt Ethridge had bought the 0 Q Macon franchise and team. O O Both nu n deny the rumor. O O O OOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O O O MISS SUTTON WINNING. 0 0 O 0 London. July 8.—May Sutton, 0 0 the California tennis champion, 0 0 took the first set. 8-1, In her match 0 O today with Mrs. Chambers for the O 0 English tennis championship. 0 O00OO0OOOO000000000O0000OO 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.