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iTHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1907. CRACKERS NOW TACKLE PRETZELS A FEW TIMES SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING TOO BAD! WE_L0SE! Wet Ball Causes Errors, and Errors Cause * Defeat. HITTING KIDS FOR THE YANKS CRACKERS RALLY, BUT ALL IN VAIN Barons Outhit by Crackers But Errors Prove Very Costly. It was a queer (tame the Crackers dropped, out at Ponce DeLeon yes terday. It was one of those "If affairs. Suppose It hadn't rained nfter the first pluy of the day and the ball hadn't been slippery anil Caatleton hadn't chucked It over Jim Pox's head In the second Inning—score 3 to 2 In favor of Atlanta. Or Imagine that Billy Smith hod taken Castleton out Just one inning sooner than he did—score J to 3 at the end of the ninth Inning. Or just think If Hnrry Vaughn hod left Ragan In the box—score IS to 4 In favor of Atlanta. Or Just for example Imagine that Dyer had made a three-bagger In the ninth Inning, after Sweeney and Becker had singled—score 6 to 4 In favor of -Atlantn. But what's the use? Here are the figures: Birmingham’ 4, Atlanta 3. So help us, It was a hard game to lose. You’ll have to admit that the Bnrons were playing the kind of ball that won the pennant for them last year. Not an error did they make in the neld and not many hits. But they transformed their five hits Into four runs and "got away” with everything movable. After aome of the things they pulled ofT, It wae a wonder that they left even the diamond. To begin with the worst of the trou bles, Roy Castleton had an ofT day, Moleaworth, who was the flret man up, made a hit. Just after that happened It began to rain like mad. and for a few mlnutee the game wae called. When It wae etarted again every- thing wae wet and slippery, including |, e , ril |" the ball that wae put In play. I l'ullsddeiphlii Caatleton could not curve It any and New lark Smith tingled. Then Gardner hit a nice one down to Caatleton and the Mormon picked the ball up and with all possible delib erateness threw It S? feet over Jim Fox's head. On a dry day It would hnve been a genuine punkerlno, but with the ball as slippery as a chunk of warm Ice, Boy was hardly fo be blamed. However, blame or no blame—-Molea. worth and Smith eoored. Then Meeke hit for one bate and Gardner scored. In the third Inning things began to get squally again, even though four consecutive hits In the second had giv en Atlanta two runs. For Castleton walked Molesworth and let Demont go safe on another er ror. Molesworth died at third, but Gardner singled and Demont scored. In tha fourth Inning Ford was sent In to relieve Castleton, and a hit was all he allowed Birmingham during the real of the game. It was Ford's prettiest exhibition In Atlanta. Russell has always handled himself like a real pitcher, but he wile getting results yesterday. Every ball he put over seemed to be Just what the catcher ordered. He had the Bar ons all guessing, and If he can keep up that 3:03 clip he hit he will make the league wonders hump some. Regan gut enough In the second. The tail-end of the Atlentas' batting order fell on him In clusters and knocked him out of the lot. Then "Little Eva" Wilhelm went to the rescue and managed to keep out of hot water, except In the eighth. However, It was warm some 111 the ninth. Twice the Crackers rallied Just as though they meant business. In the eighth Becker. I’askert and Castro singled and Paskert scored. Otto Jordan was the batter who ended the Inning. It was a swell chance for one of his home runs, but someway It did not come off. In the ninth, nfter Fox and Bid Smith had given It up for a bad Job. Sweeney was sent In to hit for Ford, end landed a single. Becker followed with another. With two men on bases It was up to Bill Dyer, but William tlld not have a hit In his system at that point and the game ended. Among those who watched the game waa Will McQueen, qne of the owners of the Birmingham franchise, and a prominent capitalist of the Smoky Town. Mr. McQueen did not seem worried over the baseball situation, especially after the Barone won the game; and he bellevea that the team Is going to do well. The score of Wednesday's game: Birmingham. Standing of the Clubs. Southern Leaaue CM:BN— l'lajred. Wm Meniphl ATLANTA 72 Lit Up Bock 73 Nctr OrlruiiM .. . . . . r.5» Hlireveport 66 NubIivIiIp . f. 77 Blriiilnffhnm 72 Montgomery 75 8outh Atlantic League. CMJBfi— PlartMl. Won. I.nat. I*. C Chnrlestnn 76 Jacksonville . . , . .77 Mncon *6 Augusta 76 American Leaguo. IMiitihI. Won. Loet. P. C. St. Louia 7.1 Boston 71 Washington 65 New York . . , FtaJhiv/. coop Natlona! League. cflSjgr.... rf y Bolton . . . t’lncliiimtl ..... 73 Brooklyn 71 ttt. Dade WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Atlanta In Montgomerr. Birmingham In Nashville. Molesworth, cf ..I Demont. ss .. ..4 Smith, rf 3 Gardner. If 4 Meeke,. lb 4 Walters, lb .. ..4 Alcock, lb.,* ,....» Lsttlmrr. c .. ..I Ragan, p.. . .Wilhelm, p.. Total .. . Atlanta. Becker, rf.. Dyer. 3b.. . Paskert. If.. Winters, cf .. ..4 Castro, ss 4 Jordan, lb 4 Fo*. lb 4 Smith, c.. Caatleton, p Ford, p.. •Sweeney .. f Tom it i n ii to i YESTERDAY’8 RESULTS. Southern. Birmingham 4, Atlanta 3. Memphis 3, New Orlruni 0. Montgomery 3, Nashville 0 (forfeited). . Little Ilock 4, Ihreveport 0. South Atlantic. Augusta 1, Charleston 0. Macon 5, Columbia 4. Marnnnah 3, Jacksonville 1. American Association. Milwaukee 4, Indianapolis 2. Kansas City 5, Colnndiua 2. Toledo II, ftt, Paul 4. Minneapolis 11, Louisville X Cotton 8tatei. * fport I. Ilsn 1 (twelve Innings). Philadelphia 1. Chicago h. iloaton 5, Cleveland 0 Hirst game). Cleveland 2. Beetou o (second game). Detroit 3, New York 4. National. Philadelphia 3. Pittsburg t Brooklyn I, Chicago 0. v..... \... w r h, 1 ...ii— i Carnes, Semi-Pro, Signed By Vaughn 8peclal to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ain., July 11.—Manager Vaughn hna signed a seml-profesalonal, Carnes, who has been pitching this sea son for Anniston. The youngster will report here Monday and will be given a thorough tryout. Manager Vaughn Is endeavorlpg to release Turner and get In exrhange a first class twlrler, preferably a left-hander. •Hit for Ford In ninth. Runs by Innings: Birmingham 301 000 000— 4 Atlanta 030 000 010— 3 HIM by Innings: Birmingham .. . 30100010 0— 3 Atlanta.. ...‘...1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 3—11 Summary: HR* oft Ragan, 6 In 1 3-3 Innings: Wilhelm, * In « Innings; Caa- tleton, 4 In 3 Innings; Ford 1 In 0 In nings: two-base hit. S. Smith; three- base hit. Alcock: stolen base. Wilhelm; flrst base on balls. Castleton 1. Ford 1; hit by pitched balls. Ford 3 (C. Smith. Alcock); strnck out. Castleton 3. De- mogt. Meeks; Ford 3. Lnttlmer. Moles worth. Walters; Wilhelm 4. Paskert, Castro. Dyer. 3. Time. 1:45. Umpire, Zimmer. The Yankees have not been hitting anywhere near up to par this year, but at that thsrs are three men oh the team who can usually be count ed on to get hits when hits are needed. They are Laporte, Keeler and Elberfeld. The picture shows the trio. CHATTANOOGA NOW AFTER NEW ORLEANS FRANCHISE The Chnttanooga Times of Wednes day carries n story to the effect that prominent citizens of that burg are contemplating buying the New Orleans baseball club's franchise l%caae Char ley Frank, because of refusing to pay that 1300 line President Knvnnaugh assessed against him, gets thrown out of the league. The city of Chatlunoogn would be very glad to get Into the Southern League, and it would probably pay as well as some of the others, though It did not do very well when It wo* last In. • It Is not very probable that Chatta nooga will get a chance to buy the New Orleuns franchise. Charley Frnuk Is a foxy manager, and Is about ns likely to let his franchise go as Rockefeller is to give away his Standard Oil stock. The fans of Atlanta would not be very sorry to get Prank out of this league, but It would be a mighty hard Job putting him out. What Happened Wednesday On Several Ball Fields Ross Helm, of Macon, won hie game Llebhardt. Winters, of Boston, let the Wednesday afternoon by the eeore of Clevelanders down with only 2 hits; Cleveland turned the tables In the second affair, however, and had "Bavy- 5 to 4. Helm pitched a good game and won the contest handily. Buokley, a slabmun unheard of around this burg, fsebre was NAT KAISER ft CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur 8L Kimball House. Bargains In Unredeemed Diamond*. on the firing line for Columbia, Macon made 15 hits. Somewhat of a swat-test for Llpe’a boys. Umpire Buckley, formerly of the Southern League, Is still doing a simi lar duty In the South Atlantic. Little Grant Srhopp, the former At lanta twlrler, la pitching Wreat ball for Augusta at present. Wednesday he de feated the great and only "Bugs” Ray mond by the score of 1 to rt. Schopp allowed Charleston only 3 hits and had perfect control. Raymond gave up only 6 hits. Schopp has been pitching good ball since going to Augusta and he will moat probably be In the Southern League again next season. Lew Moren, the former AtlantA pitch er, defeated Pittsburg Wednesday In a pretty game, score 3 to 2. Moren Is now conatdered to be one of the best pitchers In the National League. Lew 5aa been pitching great bail all season and none of the youngsters In either of the big leagues has shown better form than he. Moren let the hard-hit ling Ptttsburgers down with only five hits. "Jeems" Archer, who caught such good ball for Atlanta last, year and who was drafted by Detroit, is catching quite regularly for that club now. Archer has been playing great ball this season and he,I* now doing the bulk of the catching for Detroit. Archer's batting has also Improved since he left Atlanta. Larry I^ajole’s Clevelanders broke even yeaterday In a double-header with Boston. Llebhardt. the former- Mem phis twlrler. lost the first game for Cleveland. Boston secured 9 hit* oft Joan pitched for Cleveland artd Young did n similar stunt for Boaton. Brooklyn won another game Wednes. day. Chicago was the victim of Scan lon’s good pitching. When Brooklyn wins a game It Is not because the team plays the ball, but because of good pitching. Chicago made only three hits off Scanlon Wednesday. The New York Olants won from St. Louis Wednesday afternoon, score 7 to 1. Ames was on the firing line for New York and let St. Louis down with 8 hits. Not so much of. a record, but Ngp York won the game. FREE! 40 Cent Box Wiley’s Candy With Every 30 Cent Want Ad. This offer is open to every body, men, women and chil dren—Bring your cash want ads of 30 cents or more to The Georgian and News of fice tomorrow (Friday) at any time during the day or up to 12:30 Saturday for Sat urday insertion and get a 4C cent half-pound box of Wiley’s highest grade candy free. Want Ad Department. Phones—Bell 4929—Atlanta 4401 Golfers Finish Qualifying Round Cleveland, July 11.—Thirty-three contestants for the national amateur golf championship had finished their qualifying rounds of 36 holes, with scores of 165 or better, at the close of play last night. The qualifying scores follow: 1st. 2cl.Total. XV J. Travis. Garden City . 76 71 146 F. Herreshoff, Garden City 76 75 151 Walter E. Egan, Exmoor . 76 76 161 VV. C. Fownes, Jr., Oakmo’t 79 76 Norman Macbeth. Oakmont 80 76 P. W. Whltemore, Brookline 76 81 D. E. Sawyer, Wheaton. . 76 82 D. E. Sawyer. Wheaton . . 83 76 W. A. Stickney, St. L. Co. 83 75 F. R. Marton, Lambton, T. 81 79 W. K. Wood, Homewood . 81 80 C. H. Stanley, Cleveland . 80 81 C. M. Sherman, Utica ... 76 86 S. G. Stickney, St. L. Co.. 79 83 Max Behr, Morris Country 80 83 A. A. Omlstnn, Oakmont. . 84 79 Mason Phelps, Midlothian. 83 81 B. It. Chase. Oil City ... 93 102 E. M. Barnes, Englewood . 86 79 E. M. Barnes, Englewood. 79 85 A. M. Reid, St. Andrews . 81 84 H. W. Fraser. Inverness . 86 79 J. H. Childs, Alle. Country 83 82 H. E. Fownes, Oakmont. . 82 83 J. D. Cllmo, Cleveland ... 80 86 W. T. Tuckerman, Chevy C. 82 84 Albert 8. Eckel, Riverside. 83 84 H. R. Johnstone, Myopia . 86 83 R. P. Nevlns, Jr.. Allegheny 84 85 E. H. Brown, Euclid .... 8# 80 C. H. Seeley, Weeburn . . 84 87 E. E. Giles, Pittsburg ... 87 88 J. B. Kennedy. Mahoning . 84 89 XV. B. Smith, Phil. Country 81 92 Charles Evans. Edgewater 88 92 W. 8. Harban 90 86 E. F. Byers, Allegheny. . . 93 83 R. L. James, Allegheny. . 82 86 H. C. Roess, Oil City . . C. H. Rider, Inverness . C. W. Fownes, Oakmont C. B. Cory, Columbia si 87 Leon Mitchell, Rock Island 90 89 H. S. Mead. Inverness ... 91 88 G. B. Higgins, Arlington. . 93 90 M. D. Dullery, Oakmont. . 94 90 Walter Gilliam, Normandie 97 90 187 W. F. Hart. Pittsburg ... 97 102 92 90 87 87 90 165 163 164 NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS Well, seems as though our.dope about winning three gatnei from Birmingham was slightly poor. Rain won one and Birmingham took the other two. Such is the uncertainty of baseball. And thing* like that add to the spice of the sport. But they do not improve our trances of copping the (jehnant. Old Hard Luck seems to be out on our trail again. Not satis- fled with knocking out Sweeney for a day, putting dents in l» as . kert and Sid Smith and presenting two games to Birmingham he has now laid his clammy hand on Rube Zeller. Rube has been off for a couple of games and Wednesday the cause of the trouble was ascertained. A swelling was located un- dcr Rube’s pitching wing and he is likely to be out of tlw game for some little time): But this isn’t all. For Spade was quite sick Wednesday. He was able to come to the park and get in uniform,but B. Smitli was worried over his condition and there is considerable doubt about his being able to take his turn. , As Zeller nnd Spade are the team’s leading pitchers the hard luck of having two of them in bad condition at once is obvious. Castleton, Ford and Swalm are the only twirlers who are in really first class condition. And two of these men pitched Wed. nesday. Considering that the team has gone to Montgomery with the prospects of playing four games there in three days, things do not look quite so blooming cheerful as they might. However, there’s ho use in having hysterics about it, Tf the regular pitchers go on the blink the irregulars will work, and against Montgomery almost any team ought to be efficient. In their present form, though, the Pretzels aren’t to be de spised. They have picked up some and are playing prettv good ball. O 0 S Special to The Georgian. 0 Montgomery, Ala., July 11.—The 0 O Atlanta team hae arrived and the 0 0 bunch Is ready for the battle thle 0 0 afternoon. O O Smith announces that Castleton O 0 will pitch again today. Sid Smith 0 0 will work behind the bat. 0 O For Montgomery. Malarkey and O O Seabaugh Is the probable battery. O 00000000OO00000OO00000OO00 TENNIS PLAYER. Awhile back we said that the West Would find the East stronger on their arrival Monday than they did the last time they invaded. And from several points came hoots and whoops. Well, since that story was written Atlanta has fallen off some, due to injuries to players, but at that the Crackers are able to give an account of themselves. Birmingham is certainly strong er right now and playing better than in a long time and the same is true of Montgomery. Poor old Nashville is pretty well shot to pieces, but for all that the Dobbers have a few wins left in their shattered anato mies and will make some of the bunch from the Far West hump yet. Nobody would exactly care to say that the position of the Eastern clubs is encouraging, but two of the Easterners—Birm ingham and Montgomery—seem to be on the tip slant. Little Rock has just finished a marvellous performance. Three times in a row the Travelers shut ont Shreveport and four times straight they won from the Pirates. For 34 innings Shreve port did not make a mn. New Orleans, with the “Peerless Manuel” in the box, was shut out Wednesday by Memphis, 3 to 0. And that is the brand of encouragement we are getting from C. Frank. Looks as though Dobbs perpetrated a piece of foolishness when he forced Umpire Rinn to forfeit a game to Montgomery Wednesday. With the score tied in the sixth Dobbs put up such a protracted howl over a decision that Rinn gave the game to the Pretzels. Three Good Games on Tap For Commercial Leaguers I SATURDAY’S GAMES. Sun Proofs v». Southern Railway. Ponce DeLeon avenue and Myrtle itreet diamond. -W. F. Shumate, um pire. M. Kutx v». KOca Nolan. Gammage Crossing diamond. E. B. Sykeg, umpire. The‘Beck ft Gregg game will be played on the Piedmont Park (north) diamond., S. V. Style* will umpire. With three team* tied for the lead- erehlp In the Commercial Leaguo, the proepect for a good fight for The Geor- 8PARTA WINS. Special to The Georgian. Washington, Go., July 11.—Sparta •hut out Washington Wednesday by the score of 5 to 0. Alfrlend woe In the box for Sparta and Mtrurk nut five men and allowed five hits. With the score 1 to 0 In the ninth Inning, Sparta bunched four hits, which netted four runs. FIGHT AT BALL PARK. New York, July 11.—Benny Yanger and George I.ltile have been matched to go ten rounds at the Summit Ath letic Club at Fort Wayne. Ind., the bout being n match for $1,200. The club conducting bouts there has been pulling them off In a ball park, and this go Is likely to be fought In the open. glan’s pennant were never so bright u I now. [ One more round Is to be played, aid before the season ends every team III the league will have to meet every ots-1 er team Just once. In these five gamtt I which remain the race for the p*»'l nant will be decided. And from pr„'| ent Indications, the battle for the ril I will be a hummer. ,1 The schedule does not throw an, « I the league- leaders together this ijsi'I urday. On the following Saturday I however, the M. Kuts team ptaya Betti ft Gregg, and something will be stir-I ring at that time. ‘ KEENE’S STABLE BURNS. New York, July 11.—Fire In the •i»'l ble of James O. Keene, a wealthy Ket- I tucky contractor at Sheepahead B»( I .today, completely destroyed the bulM'l Ing and endangered the Uvea of M' I teen, race horses. . I The horses In the biasing ataw* I were cut loose, and with some din- I culty led to safety. ■ An alarm was «»■' I In. but when the lire department react-1 ed the scene the building wae entire! I destroyed. I The lire Is believed to have b« I caused by a match thrown Into a pwj of hay. GRIM’8 ALIVE YETI . Philadelphia, July 1L—Joe Grim,'*I pugilist, today brought suit George Young, a teameter of thl ?, c 2| for $20,000' for false arrest. I™*I alleged, after a visit to hie home " by Grim, he had missed eevcrnl h“ I dred dollars of Jewelry and mono He failed to appear against •■rim- EOEN TAYLOR, JR. Mr. Taylor is one o( Georgia's best tennis plaVcrs and puts up a strong game of golf as well. He Is secretary of the Log Cabin Club of Macon. OLD CY’S SOLILOQUY By GRANTLAND RICE. (Cy Young Is pitching better ball for Boston this season than ever before In hla seventeen ycers of major league service.—News Note ) Waddell's on the downward trend while Matthewson, the mighty, Hae lost his grip, for now and then he gets a trllle flighty; These two were stars and for awhile they both were mighty clever- But men may come and men may go, while I pitch on forever. How well do I remember now when Radbourne waa a dandy, v And In the daya of ion* ago old Swciney waa the candy; Now both of them are paaaed away—fond ties they had to aever- ror men may come and men may rfo. but I go oir forever. And Amoa Ruale, where ia he? he uaed to be a wonder; < L‘ ,pp £' Meelctn* Nopa and Crane— alba, they've None Under! * . p : jnch college chuma of mine—but now I aee them never— tJuat like the r*at, they came and went, but I *o on forever. I A^T n n!L whert> ° u * S’ e £ h,nf man no team could rattle? And Ramsey—poor old Toad la dead—he’a worked hla final battle. John Clarkson, too. la down and out. and Hoffcr, fast and clever For atara may ahtne and atara may fade, but I ablne on forever , —Fl-om the Baverlcs of Cy —Nashville Tcnn---«*