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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 1907.
CRACKERS WILL INVADE ALABAMA ON THURSDAY
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
BASEBALL MYSTERIES MADE CLEAR BY CARTOONIST TAD
TOO WET
TUESDAY
Big Crowd Went to Park
But Rain Spoiled
the Fun.
CASTLETON AND
RAGAN ON SLAB
Crackers Jump to Mont
gomery Thursday for
Three Games.
With Wednesday's (am* wound up
and stowed away In the right placa
the Atlanta team will be ready for
the nice, cool Jump to Montgomery.
And thla Jump will have to be made
In a hurry, for Thuraday afternoon the
Cracker* are slated to do business
down In 8Ieepyvllte.
Manager Smith la going to take the
whole team along. Only three games
are scheduled to be played there, but
with several of his men near-crlpplca
he does not care to save railroad and
hotel bills at the expense of his men.
Also there Is a postponed game there
which may be played.
So the whole packagp of Crackers
will be shipped over Wednesday night
and back Sunday morning.
Thess games In Montgomery end the
east-agalnst-eaat series. After they
are out of the way the Invasion of
the east by the west begins.
And with It trouble, for the west, we
trust.
Sufficient for the day la the game
thereof, so hurrah for Wednesday’s
battle.
Manager Smith will use Castteton
and Sid Bmlth for his battery while
Vaughn will probably work Ragan
and aarvln.
Paskert Is not feeling any especial
III effects from playing with his bad
wrist and wilt be back In the game
again.
A Birmingham dispatch to The
Memphis Commercial-Appeal gives It
out thst Harry Vaughn's hold on his
Job Is very weak and mentions Wil
helm as a probable successor.
Whether this has good foundation,
In fact, Is open to grave doubt. A
strong fight has been made on Harry
Vaughn In Birmingham, but hla work
Is satisfactory to the club owners and
that Is the main thing.
Another Birmingham dispatch has It
that Vaughn Is going to trade Turner
and a bonus for Sorrell. Mnybe so.
bdt we doubt IfT Sorrell Is about the
beat pitcher Nashville has and Dobbs
is not at all likely to let him go.
Vaughn also rled to land Klnloch
Swann, but this ex-8hrevsporter could
not be worked out of the American As
sociation.
The Birmingham Ledger, which
paper Is making a tight on the base
ball association, gives out ths In
formation that the baseball club clean
ed up 100 per rent dividends on ths
capital stock last year.
Pretty fair business, that.
“Rsd" Wright, the former Southern
Leaguer.
in »ftACriCE
WITH Line
... .BUT... *n the real Same
S'O - oifferehT.
BA3EBALL 18 A GAME OF WEIRD UNCERTAINTIES. 80ME OF THE THINGS WHICH HAPPEN IN IT ARE QUITE BEYOND EXPLANATION. SOME FEW OF THESE
ARE 8HOWN BY CARTOONIST TAD IN THIS CARTOON.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
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NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
10 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Bargains In Unredeemed Diamonds.
A slight atmospheric disturbance put baseball out- of busi
ness Tuesday. \
It wasn’t such a collossal disturbance but it managed to spill
water about ono inch deep over all of Ponce DeLeon.,
The trouble began shortly before 4 o ’clock, when a miserable
little cloud, about the size of a small table cloth, poked itself into
view over in the West. It wasn't n notable cloud in size but it
was the wettest little thing.
About 3:46 p. m. the spill began and it lasted all of an hour.
The ground-keeping force made a grab at the tarpaulins and
covered the pitchers’ and catchers’ boxes and some of the infield,
but the water piled upon the rest of the diamond And shortly
after 4 o’clock it became obvious that there would be no game.
However, nobody seemed to be in n hurry to go home. A
thousand fans or so sat around the grandstand and talked base
ball until the rain slowed down a bit.
Then they reluctantly pulled out for home.
Down in the burg of New Orleans the weather threnteded all
of the afternoon, but New Orleans and Memphis managed to pull
off nine innings.
Charley Prank’s pets made a run and so did Babb's boys.
The ninth came and went with the score 1 and 1, and it was
getting dark and looked like rain.
So Sorrowful JamcR Ilnckett flagged tho game aijd it went
over until Wednesday, when it goes off as a double-header.
With a patched-up line-up the Nashville team managed to get
one game out of two from Montgomery Tuesday. Elmer Duggan
lost the first, but Sorrell won the second.
Tho Dobbers are still playing with Wiseman at second base
and Johnny Duggan in the outfield.
Billy Smith has again assisted in putting the kibosh on one
of Charley Prank's schemes.
That Dutchman wanted to transfer some Montgomery games
to Now Orleans—thereby presenting his bunch with a few easy
victories. Of course it is a cinch to beat Montgomery at home
(usually) but it is a double and twisted snnp when you hnvc
them on your own grounds.
Tho voto of tho other league managers is not "known but it is
a practical certainty that Prank will not be granted permission
for the transfer.
As was to be expected, Charley Prank has refused to pay his
$300 fine until’ the matter is passed on by the league directors.
Nobody blames him for that.
And now comes Charley Babb, who says that he will pay
$500 to any New Orleans charity—half out of his own pocket
and half to be donated by the Memphis association—if ho is
found guilty of having tampered with the batters’ box or with
having it tampered with.
And still the merry war goes on, with the Memphis papers
calling names and the New Orleans papers doing likewise and
everything heating up nil along the line.
Gee, but it seems a shame for a nice warm fight like that to
be on and Atlanta not in it.
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| Standing of the Clubs.
8outhsrn League.
CLUB8— Played. Won. Lo«t. P. C.
Memphis 67 41 26 .612
ATLANTA 71 39 32 .549
New Orleans 68 35 33
Little Rock 72 37 85
Shreveport 65 31 34
Xmihvllle 76 36 40
Birmingham 71 32 39
Montgomery 74 31 43
Charleston
Jacksonville 76
Mncon 75
Augusta ... .... 74
Hnrannnh ..... 78
Columbia 78
Some Random Notes on
Baseball and Things
Macon defeated Columbia Tueaday
afternoon, acore 1 to 0. “Wild Bill**
Clark, the Macon twlrler, pitched su
perb ball and had the Columbians at
hit mercy throughout the entire con
test. Columbia made only two scratch
hits off Clark's delivery.
Augusta and Charleston played a
ten-Inning tie Tuesday. Both teams
played good ball and the game was a
peach from st^rt to finish. Lakoff, the
former Little Rock twlrler, pitched
good bnll for Augusta. He allowed
Charleston only four hits for the ten
Innings.
twirled against Philadelphia and he
received perfect support. Bartley, the
former Shreveport twlrler, was on the
firing line for Philadelphia,' and, al
though he pitched good ball, he was
beaten by the peerless White Sox.
The fans of this city remember the
game Bartley pitched against Atlanta
about three seasons ago. Bartley was
hatted to all parts of the lot and At
lanta won by the overwhelming score
of 25 to 5. Charley Smith pitched for
Atlanta.
The New York Amerfcanr trimmed
Larry Lajole's Clevelanders Tuesday
afternoon. ••Smiling” A! Orth pitched
a good game for Griffith and won his
game handily. Rhoade* pitched for
Cleveland ari was batted rather hard.
Now York
At. Louis . . i
Boston . . .
Wssblngton . ,
CLUBS—
Chicago . . .
New York .
IMttsburg . .
Phllntlelphli
Boston . . .
Cincinnati . .
Brooklyn . .
National League.
IMayed. Won. Lost P. C.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
3icnipli!s in New Orion us.
8hrevej»ort In Little Rock.
YE8TERDAY’8 RESULTS.
Southern.
Memphis 1, New Orleans 1 (called i
count of dnrkneMsl.
Montgomery 6, Nashville 8.
Nashville 8, Montgomery 1.
Little Rock 6, Shreveport 0.
Little Book l. Shreveport o.
South Atlsntio.
Macon 1, Columbia 0.
Savannah 3. Jacksonville 2.
Augusta 2, charleston 2.
American Association.
Minneapolis 8, Louisville 7.
ludtniMpoltH 7. Milwaukee l.
KnnMfl City 7, Columbus 2.
Ht. Paul 4, Toledo f.
Cotton 8tates.
Columbus 3, Gulfport 1 (first came]
Gulfport 6, Columbus 0 (second gnu
Vicksburg 4, Mobile 1.
Jackson 4. Meridian 2.
American.
Chicago 5. Philadelphia 1.
New York 3, Cleveland 1.
St. !.outa 5. Washington 4.
Boston 7, Detroit 3.
National.
Plttslmrg 8. Philadelphia 4.
Philadelphia 2, Pittsburg 0.
Roftton o, Cincinnati 1.
New York 5. Ht. Lottltf 8.
New York 6. Ht. Louis 5.
Chicago 7, Brooklyn 1.
Klick. Conroy and Ganley are the
best base stealers In B. B. Johnson's
Ircult. The former has twenty-four
to his credit.
DAVIS AND STINSON HAVE
FIGHT ON THE BALL FIELD
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., July 10.—During the
eighth Inning George Stinson, of the
Macon team, and Umpire "glats” Da
vis had a two-round match. In which
Stinson was an easy winner.
Davis appeared to be off all the after
noon on balls and strikes, and when he
called a strike on George that was al
most over the right fielder's head,
George kicked. During the argument
that followed Stinson was put out of
the game and told to leave the field.
He left the grounds, but before go
ing Jabbed several blow’s on "Slats”*
face, spoiling his facial beauty. They
were soon separated, and his honor,
the "umps,” Imposed a fine of $10 and
three days for his touching up.
Secretary Starr, of the Macon base
ball club, has wired President Boyer
of the affair and asked him to send
another umpire to Macon for the rest
of the series.
ATLANTA BOWLING TEAM
SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY
The Atlanta bowling team defeated
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany’s team last night on George W.
Case's alleys by the score of 116 pins.
The highest Individual score for single
game, made by Herbert of the At
lanta team, w*as 210.
One of the largest crowds that has
ever attended a match game In Atlanta
was present and witnessed some splen
did bowling, prior to the schedule
match a three-cornered game of nine
pins was played by Meeks, C. Smith
and A1 cock, of the Birmingham base
ball team, Molesworth acting In the ca
pacity of official scorer. The game was
close and exciting. In the tenth in
ning Meeks and Alcock were tied while
Smith was only a few points behind.
After repeated efforts to break the tie,
Alcock finally won, defeating Meeks
by one pin. The Atlanta bowling team
and a team composed of the Birming
ham baseball team headed by Meeks
will play a series of match games on
their next trip to the city. Scores of
last night's games were as follows:
Atlanta. 12 3
Elliott 168 186 189
Stanley
CLARKE WINS
GREAT GAME
Special to The Georgian
Macon, Ga., July 10.—Clarke pitched
wonderfully good ball for Macon yw.
terday. Seldom In his career has ht
showed up In better form.
Sles was the total of hits for Colum
bia, and In addition six men fanned.
McKenzie pitched nice ball for the
South Carollnans, but Macon mad, flu
hits off his delivery and scored one run.
Wohlleben had the distinction of br
ing the only man on either team nhg
made more than one hit.
The scoret^L
Macon. ab. r.
Murdock, cf. \ . 3 0
Llpe. 3b. . lJi.1l 0
Houston, If.-..I. 4 .1
Stinson, rf. . 3 0
Wohlleben, lb..j. 4 0
Rhoton, 2b. . ./. 3 0
Uepe, SB,.. . .1. 2 0
Hnrnlsh. c. . 2 0
Clarke, p. . . •. 3 , 0
Hurley, rf. . Y 0,‘ 0
Totals 27
Columbia.
McMahan, ss..
Qulgly. 3b. ... 4
Loher, If 3
Hallman, rf. . . . 3
Gnallng, cf. . . . 3
Schwenk, lb. . . 3
Lally, 2b 3
Smith, c 2
McKenzie, p. . . 3
t I
1 5 27 10 1
ab. r. h. po.
0 4 41
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.oon coo coo-41
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Herbert 181 210
Irwin 158 142
Hobe 175 183
Georgia Railway. 1 2
Chambers 202 188
West 143 192
Uttle.v 97 136
M. Elliott 187 136 198
Lyons 123
Totals
Score by Innings:
Columbia
Macon
Summary—Left on bases, Mnoon '
171 Columbia 5; struck out, by Clarke 41
161 by McKenzie 5; bases on holla, oS|
171 I Clarke 2, off McKenzie 3; wild pitch.
172 I McKenzie: stolen bases, Murdock 41
3 Llpe, Wohlleben; sacrifice hit. H»r
178|nlsh. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Davis.
201
166
Rhodes Scholarship Man
Is Pitching Some Ball
Jack Robinson Is
Now in the Gomel
The Chicago Whit. Sox defeated Charley Smith, the forme.- Atlanta
Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon In a pitcher, lost his game to St. Loula
well played game, acore 6 to L White Tueaday afternoon by the score I to 4.
St. Louis secured only 10 hits off
Smith’s delivery, while Washington
made 11. but luck was against him
and he lost. Smith Is a good pitcher
now. and he la holding hla own In the
American League.
The New York Giants won both
ends of Tuesday's double-header from
St. Louis. Matthewson gave up only
live hits In the first game and won hla
contest with ease. McGInnlty, the Iron
man of baseball, won the second game
for the Giants. He gave up only six
hits.
The Boston Nationals won out from
Detroit Tuesday afternoon. Detroit
could not hit Tannehtll and Boston
won with ease, score 7 to 3. Ty Cobh,
the Georgia boy, and Shafer were
about the only members of the Detroit
aggregation who could hit the Boston
pitcher to any effect. Each of these
players made a home run. •
Does this chap look like a scholar to
you?
No?
Well, he is.
This Is a good representation of
Charles Keith, A. B„ of the University
of Arkansas, and next fall to represent
his state In Oxford, as a Rhodes
scholar.
Just by way of working up for the
atrenuoslty of his season abroad Char
ley pitched two shut-outs yesterday
for Little Rock against Shreveport.
Ten hits was the best Shreveport
could do In the entire afternoon, and
at no stage In the game was there any
chance that a Pirate wns going to
score. Not a free pass was issued by
Keith.
This was far and away the best
long-distance performance of the year,
and if Keith can keep up this work
when he gets to Oxford, no doubt he
will lead the league—If any.
Keith looks more like a baseball
player than a scholar, but under the
careful training of Mike Finn, he Is
beginning to look “real Intellectual”
by spells, and right now he would
slack up pretty well alongside of Bill
Dyer, A. B.; Sidney Smith, Ph. D.. and
the other college degree men of the
league.
CRAWFORD WINS.
8pecln! to The Georgian.
Crawford, Oa, July 10.—Comer and
Crawfopd played their second game of
the- seaaon at Comer laat Monday.
Much Interest centered In this con
test since Crawford had already won
the laat three games played against
Comer and had not lost .a game this
year.
Norman pitched tine ball tor Craw
ford, while McCannon did similar duty
for Comer. It was simply a case of
too much Norman. Allen, Brooks.
Calloway and Hargrove played good
ball. The Anal score was 8 to 3 In
favor of Crawford. Earl Stevens um
pired a fair and Impartial game.
Batteries, for Comer, McCanncn and
Davison; for Crawford, Noritum and
All—
Hperln! In The Georgian.
Macon, Go., July 16.—After helnl
laid up and out of the game for ilk
past several weeks with a broken h0"B
ger. Jack Robinson, the crack btwft
stop of the Macon club, Is back Inti
the game.
Jack's Unger was broken while iw;|
Ing In this city several weeks age, i
since that time he has been on !■
bench. Nick Hnrnlsh has been cattle
Ing In Jack’s place, and during his th»
In thut position caught a good arikt
of ball. . -
Macon fans are all glad to see 1W|
Inson back In the game agnln. »• "1
Is one of the steadiest catchers l» tji
league, and when It comes to
throwing. Jack can make them **■
take notice.
MONROE WINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Monroe, Ga., July 9.—The str'tjl
Monroe and Rutledge bitseball
played here Tueeday In a fast and : |
teresting game of ball befon
and enthusiastic crowd.
The game was pronounced h;
to be the fastest contest ever P»J
on the Monroe grounds. It was I 1 *’
In the record time of l:2h.
Monroe scored her first ran on
error and the next two on two >
hits. The Rutledge boys filled
bases twice with one out, but ri
mond was very steady and rei
the side both times without
Bonnell pitched an excellent sh
allowing only four hits. Stone s th I
Ing to tho bases was a feature. -X
The score by innings: ^ "j tfl
Monroe
Rutledge .
Batteries
Bonnell and Stone.
Attendance, 250.
.010 020
’ .’ iooo 000 000—;o •
Hammond and Pf _.
> l
SPARTA L08E8, 2 TO 8.
Ini to Th** Oeorgian.
.Wathlnf* 1 *^
!p«*cl
nSSrusss •’tiyyre&rd.r
gnnie of a series. Battery **''*,;
Thurmond, Jackson; 8parta bn** or • ,,
am! Reynolds. lilts: Off Grate*
ATLANTA VS. BIRMINGHAM
JULY 8-9-10
Game Called 4 O’clock
Tickets On Sale At All
of Oppenhcim's Places.