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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, JULY 36,1907.
PELICAN SERIES NOW HOLDS THE CENTER OF STAGE
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS |
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Well, wasn’t it cheerful the way the Western clubs had
things done to them during their first day in the East!
Nothing could have been more cheering than the way At
lanta pinned it on New Orleans. There was also a decided satis
faction in the way Birmingham downed Memphis. The fact that
Montgomery shut out Shreveport 8 to 0 rather lets the Crackers
down easy and modifies the sting resulting from what the Pret
zels did to the Crackers last week.
Tho only team of the East which did not get away with it
was Nashville. The Dobbers lost to Little Rock, a team which
is “coming strong;’’ and did it by tho narrow margin of-5 to 4.
It was some credit to beat New Orleans, too, for Charley
Frank certainly has a baseball team.
For the first time thh season he really has all the holes
patched up and all his cripples on the field. And the result is
an aggregation that plays baseball from the jump.
His pitchers are strong. Manuel has been doing wonderful
work, and the veterans—Phillips, Breitenstein and Guese, are
good. Fritz is also a good reliable man to fall back on.
Frank’s infield is not to be sneezed at. Sabrie is a good
first baseman, Qatins is a handy man at second, Jakey Atz is a
brilliant inflelder—and Lave Cross at third—well, what’s the
use of talking about Lave. Everybody knows what he can do.
Rlckert, Gaston and Nadeau are strong men and form a good
outfield. Nadeau is not doing as well as he did last year, but he
is all there yet.
Behind the bat Stratton and Matthews make a steady pair
of performers.
There is no discounting this team of Frank’s. If he had had
it in running order at the first of the season it would halve been
so elose to the top right now that there would have been no com
fort for Atlanta, or Memphis.either.
And there is no certainty that it will not ram its way pretty
close to the top before the season ends.
This team has only one weakness—inability to hit. Ilowever,
this may be overcome, now that all the men are in good running
order. Frank has had a lot of men injured and out of the game
and the regular line-up brokon tip. Tho result has necessarily
been a general demoralization.
If the Pelicans cheer up and hit some from now to the end
of the season they are going to be dangerous.
Elsewhere on this page is printed a communication from A1
Christenson, wrestler, defending himself from the writer's general
charge that most wrestlers are fakers.
The writer has nevor charged Christensen, nor has never
heard him charged with faking. As fnr as is known Christensen is
on tho square—and his matches likewise.
But this does not change the fact that the bulk of wrestling
matches are about as open and shut propositions as the bout in
“As You Liko It” or tho chariot race in “Ben Ilur.”
And it does not change tho writer’s conviction that the only
way to proteot tho public is to do away with public professional
wrestling.
If you are interested in wrestling, don’t overlook the Chris
tensen communication. It is from a man who knows the ropes.
He says, among other things: "I ioin with you in regard to
fake matches. I have exposed moro fakers than all the newspa
per men in the country. The trouble is there aro so many dis
honest sports and gamblers that any honest man has a hard time
getting matches unless he will do business.”
All of which goes to show that the man who bets on a wrest
ling match unless he personally knowsw both wrestlers, their
managers and tho promoters of tho show, is taking a sad chance.
Christenson’s solution of the problem—that of never wrest
ling in a town again if bearten and never giving a return match
to a man you beat, does not seem like much of a solution. Wrest
lers, like thoroughbreds, ought to run true to form. Return
matches are necessary to provo this. What we would be reassur
ed to see would be return matches which did turn out according
to the dope.
Christenson’s suggestion thnt overy wrestler be given an hon
est trial and then if crooked, exposed, is a good one—but quite
impractical. Sporting editors have little time to operate a detec
tive side-line and it is not always possible to tell a wrestling fake.
That is one reason why the game has fallen into disrepute. It is
so easy to fake. Only a doublc-aud-twistcd expert can tell wheth
er a wrestling match is on the square or “on the mako.’’
Wrestling is a good gamo when it is on the square. But until
somebody shows us how to keep it there we aro quito positively
"agin’ it.”
BEST HITTER IN NATIONAL
PITCHER PROBLEM
WORRYING SMITH
With Ford In the box, the seeond
■ame agulnat the Peltcana Is slnted for
Tuesday afternoon.
Billy Smith Is rather hard pressed for
pitchers right now and the men are all
likely to be worked about to the limit.
Caatleton haa had too much to do lately
and Billy Smith U going to give him as
much rest as he can. Spade and Ford
are In good running order and the for
mer. fortunately. Is a man who can go
In twice a week and get fat at It.
Zeller Is still in bad shape. "The
misplaced, hard-boiled egg," as Castro
terms the sweUIng on Zeller’s arm,
does not show any encouraging symp
toms, and It Is more likely to be three
weeks than It Is one before "Rub*"
goes back In the box again.
Swalm has not rounded Into condition
yet. and shows no symptoms of It.
"Oee, but that man Is a good pitcher,"
sold Billy Smith, as Swalm was pitch
ing to the Atlanta batters Monday In
the preliminary practice. “In his last
year's form he would be os good as
anybody In the lengud. He Is ail
bound up, though, and 1 think the spit
ball did It. He can’t seem to let out at
all. I shall have to work him soon. I'm
afraid. If he la In shape he will fool
some of them. But I*m afraid he Isn’t."
The rumor that Dyer Is to go has hit
Atlanta hard, and Is heard everywhere
except at club headquarters. When
Billy Is asked about It, he simply says:
"I don’t know what I am going to do.
It depends."
It can he safety said, though, that If
a stray third-baseman shows on the
hortaon Bill Smith will make an effort
to capture him.
FIRST SETS PLAYED IN
AUGUSTA TENNIS EVENT
HARRY LUMLEY.
Thla photograph ahowa tho groat aluggor of tho Brooklyn Dodgora
roady to atap Into tho box to lina out ono of tho aafo hita that aro making
. him famoua. Lumloy ia batting right around .350 and loada hia leaguo.
Short Order of Notes on
Monday’s Great Battles
"Bugs" Raymond was clouted hard
Monday afternoon when the Jackson
ville sluggers mnde four hits and three
runs In the third Inning. Raymond
was also hit on the foot by a batted
ball and was Carried off the field. Mul-
laney, Jacksonville's manager, knocked
the ball that hit Raymond.
Buck Thell, the former Memphis
outfielder, Is playing a great game for
Jacksonville. Thell secured three of
the five runs Jacksonville made Mon
day afternoon. Thell had some trouble
getting In shape early In the season
and Memphis released him. Now that
he has rounded Into form he will make
any team a valuable man.
Augusta lost Monday afternoon's
game to Macon through the Inability
of Catcher Connelly to hold "Duckle"
Holmes, Augusta’s star slabman. The
Macon club played a good article of
ball and batted well In the pinches.
Harley, the former Atlanta slabman,
held the Auguatons down to five hits.
Chicago defeated the New York
Americans Monday afternoon by the
■core of 15 to 0. Orth and Moore, the
Americans battery, were batted all over
the lot by the White Sox. Chicago
made 16 hits. New York made only 8
hits off three White Sox pitchers.
The Boston Americans defeated St.
Louts Monday afternoon In a pretty
slxtecn-Innlng game by the score of 5
to 2. McOulre's Boston team played
great ball and finally won out after a
grent finish. In the sixteenth Inning
Boston made four runs and St. Louis
mnde only one run. Tannehlll pitched
for Boston and Petty opposed him on
the tiring line.
The New York Slants lost again
Monday afternoon. Cincinnati was the
winner. New York played good ball,
but Ewing, the Clnolnnatl slabman,
had the Giants at his mercy and "Cln-
cy" won with ease and then some.
FIRST GAME OF THE SERIES IS
WON BY CRACKERS' SLUGGING
“Mysterious Moxie” Man
uel Solved Easily and
Hammered Hard.
Charley Frank sprung a revivified
bunch of Pelicans on Atlanta Monday
and opened up the series with his best
pitcher, ’.'Marvellous Moxie” Manuel,
no-hlt performer and shut-out wonder.
The ’’Dutchman” seemed determined
to begin things with a rush, and he
certainly had some reason to expect a
victory.
But alas, for New Orleans, the vic
tory did not come.
For the Cracker crew hammered
Marvellous Moxie" as though he had
been a bustler and outflelded the second
best fielders In the league.
Also Atlanta won, 6 to 3. In a game
that was not In doubt from the third
Inning.
Asldo from an error by Cross on n
desperately hard chance, a near-error
by Jordan and a piece of dumb playing
by Gatins, the game was as pretty an
exhibition of "How to Field” as was
ever doped out by Jhe bonks. Both
teams were keyed up until they fairly
hummed and the chances they took and
the things, they got away with were
something marvellous.
Spade pitched for the Crackers and
unloaded one of his typical games. He
let the Pelicans hit quite a bit and did
not attempt any strlke-out perform
ances, but steadied down In the pinches
well enough to hold the Pelicans safe.
And while he was doing all this, the
Crackers were batting out a victory.
In the first Inning a single by Win
ters and a double by Sid Smith netted
a run. In the second nothing happened.
But In the third Spade opened up with
a Dingle, Becker sacrificed, Winters
singled, Paskert hit a three-bagger and
Jordan singled. As a result three runs
orossed the pan.
In the fourth the Atlanta players
drew a blank, but In the fifth, after
Becker had walked. Winters sacrificed,
Paskert singled and Sid Smith doubled.
That netted two more runs.
Also, It ended the run-making, but as
Spade hud the Pelicans pitched help
less, there was no hurry about making
any more.
he Pelicans’ first run came over In
the same fashion as the Crackers—
from a single and a two-bagger In tho
first Inning.
In the fifth Gatins singled, Stratton
walked, Atz was hit by a pitched ball,
Rlckert singled and Nadeau singled.
That gave the Pelicans their last two
runs. In the last four Innings they
made but a single hit.
Presumably, Umpire Rlnn was slated
to serve In Atlanta Monday. However,
he did not turn up, nor did anybody
else, so Ed Sweeney and Harry Math
ews went In. Both did well. They
announced balls and strikes in a loud
voice, made their decisions well and got
away with It In extra fine style.
The figures on the game follow:
Atz,7s. . IT* 5 h ’ '
Rlckert, If.
3 0
l 0 »
3 0 o
Nadeau, rf. . . . 3
Cross, 3b 4 _ .
Sabrie. lb. ... 4 0 0 J 3 }
Gaston, of. ... 4 a o * . 1
Gatins, 2b. ... 4
Stratton, 0, . . . 3
Manuel,
0 0 0
3 3 0
3 3 0
Totals . .
Atlanta.
Becker, rf. .
Winters, cf.
Paskert, It ,
Smith, 0. . ,
Jordan. 2b. ,
Fox, lb. . .
Castro, ss. .
Dyer, lb. . .
Spade, p. . .
Totals . .
Runs by Innings:
New Orleans . . . ,
Atlanta
Hits by Innings:
New Orleans . . . ,
Atlanta
7 21 6
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1 11 2 0
0 0 5 0
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Smith 2, Paskert; stolen bases, \vi' n “’
ters, Paskert 2; sacrifice hits, Rlckert
Becker. Winters 2: double plays r, a .
tins to Sabrie. Stratton to Gatins' jnr;
dan to Fox; bases on balls, off Bp,id,
2. off Manuel 1; hit by pitched ball by
Spade (Atz); struck out. by Spade 3
(Stratton, Sabrie 2), by Manuel 3 (Cas.
tro. Spade, Dyer); wild pitch, Manuel
Time, 1:40. Umpires, Sweeney and
Matthews.
Notes on a Strenuous Victory
It was a great battle that the Crack
ers won. Nobody has a picnic beating
the Pelicans with Manuel In the box.
The Birds have begun to think that
with Moxie operating they are Invin
cible.
But that theory was bumped some
Monday.
Spade pitched a nice game and bat
ted .838. That man Is the slugging
pitcher, for sure.
Dyer had hard luck to miss a hit
In the fourth. He sent an awful swipe
down to Lave Cross. The veteran
ought to have flagged It, but didn’t,
somehow, and the ball went way out
Into the outfield.
Another close scoring decision came
In the fifth, when Nadeau sent a stinger
down to Jordan. Otto made a pass at
It, but did not land the ball and Na
deau was given a hit.
Men like Jordan, Cross, Babb and
such stars play In hard luck when It
comes to scoring, because they take
such long chances and get away with
them so often that everybody expects
the unexpected from-them.
The dullest play of the day was per
petrated by Gatins. In the fifth, after
Paskert had singled. Smith hit a two-
bagger. The ball was thrown to ffec-
ond In an attempt to catch Smith, but
Sid beat it there. Gatins got It and
held It calmly all the time that It took
Paskert to score from third.
It was nice base running for George,
but sorrowful head work for Gatins.
Chnrley Frank states that he has se
cured Pitchers Weeks and Bolles from
Alexandria. But they have not yet re
ported.
When they come, there will neces
sarily bo some shake-ups In the Pelican
line-up.
Charley scoffs at the Idea that he has
been over the player limit this season.
Usually I have been getting along with
about eloven men,” said Charles. “Right
now I have thirteen. But my men
have been sick and In trouble and I
have been down to hard pan several
times."
The New Orleans manager promises
trouble for Memphis when his protest
against paying the famous $300 fine Is
heard.
Charley maintains that the game over
In Memphis, the day he protested
against the wet batters' box, was ac
tually In charge of the umpire and that
the umps did not do-his duty.
His side Is, that when the umplrt
came out and said. "Play ball," or "Bat.
ter up,” that he had token chargo and
that the game, In effect, had begun. He
holds that Pfennlnger should have or
dered the wet box filled up with dirt,
and he does not believe that the league
directors will make him pay the 1300.
Also, he la so sore on Charley Babb
and Tom McCullough that It hurts him
to talk about It.
"Whltey" Guese was not carried with
the Pelicans on the trip to Atlanta but
will Join the Birds at Birmingham.
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A WRESTLER'S DEFEN8E.
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Standing of the Clubs. \
Clnb».
Memphis . •
ATLANTA .
Little Knelt
New Orleans ,
Blrinlnirlmm .
Nnxlivlllf* . .
Clubs.
Charleston .
Jacksonville .... 80
Macon 80
Augusta 79
Clubs.
Chicago . . .
Cleveland . .
I Detroit . .
Philadelphia
New York . ,
St. Louis . .
Savannah defeated Columbia Mon*
day afternoon by the score of 6 to 0. Moren, the former Atlanta pitcher.
Hoff, of Savannah, held Columbia down lost his game Monday afternoon to
hit The only hit made off Hoff | Chicago by the score of 1 to 0. Moren
was secured by the Columbians In the had hard luck and the game was won
ninth Inning on a bunt. Buckley 1 by the Cubs on an error.
Augusta, Ga, July 16.—DtspKe un-
favnrable weather conditions, the
Bouth Atlantic tennis tournament open,
ed here yesterday afternoon most aus*
plclously. The first match was between
Marlon Rldgsly and Val Dawson, and
the former won two straight sets by
the scores of 5-4, 7-5. The other con
tests were of less Interest and were
won with more ease. Nat Thornton
and Williams, of Atlanta, have arrived.
and the Rodgers brothers, of Knoxville,
Tenn., will also come.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
IS Daeatur St. Kimball Houat,
Bargain* In Unredeemed Diamond*.
Must Not Change
Order of Batting
Rportln* Editor Tbs Oeorglnn:
Dear Sir: 1 want to nsk your opinion on
« decision made by the umpire In a series of
games between Illakely and Camilla. The
decision Is this: With the score standing 12
to I In Camilla's favor, In the last half of
the ninth Inning, which was Blakely’* time
up, she had two men out, and with one
man on second and one on thiol. They
bars s weaker batter up. but Instead of let
ting him bat they take a msn from the top
of the regular order of batting and put him
In thla man's place. What I want to know
is. can thla be done) If yon will furnish me
this Information 1 will appreclnro it. Tours
very trol£ ^ LEO^ PERKY.
Such a change In batting order la not ac
cording to the roles and should not hart/
'The batting order • • • mnat be follow*
cd throughout the game unless a player bs
substitutoil for another, in which case the
substitute must take the place In the bat
ting order of the retired player."
Clubs.
Chicago . , ,
New York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia
To Sporting Editor of Georgian:
1 have read your lines In regard to
take wrestlers, supposed to be from The
Commercial Appeal. I receive that pa- J^sUm
per and must say that I never had the
pleasure of reading any such traah. I
must say and Join with you In regard
to fake matches. I have exposed more
fakers than all the newspaper men in
this country. I had the pleasure of
showing up Professor Dewyer at Tam
pa, Fla., and Frank Coleman, Emile
Klank and exposed others at New Or
leans. But do you think all men are
alike? There are a few of us honest.
While at Memphis this paper (The
Commercial Appeal) was the wrestlers'
friend. I have serveral offers to go
back, but I won my match in four
and nine minutes, and won $350 that
was a side bet. I have never been ac
cused of faking In my life, and I can
truthfully say I have never faked.
There are sporting editors on your most
valuable paper In htls city that have
seen me In matches where $50,000 was
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WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
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Memphis In Birmingham.
Hhreveport In Mont,
Little llocIt In Nnsb
BOWLING MATCH ON.
The Atlanta bowling team will meet
the Georgia Railway team to play a
match of three games Tuesday night
on George Case'* alleys. Those
who attend should witness some fin*
bowling. Games begin at 8:15 o'clock.
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this match at New Orleans
to save my friends' money one hour
and eighteen minutes, with two broken
ribs. If it had been a fake. I certainly
would not have done that In my
match at Memphis the paper stated
next iloy It was on tbe level, and had
a big flashlight of the match, taking up
fifteen Inches of the sporting page.
They would not have done that If they
had thought It waa crooked. The trou.
ble Is there are so many dishonest sports
and so-called gamblers that any hon
est men has a hard time getting a
match, unless he will do business; and
for aa many dishonest wrestlers and
backer* I have found Just as many dis
honest sporting editors. Now, th* pro.
moters can have that matter only one
way, that le by doing as I do. If I am
beaten In a town, I never wrestle there
again, and If the other fellow Is beaten,
never give him tbe second match. The
whole trouble Is caused. Just aa It waa
In tbe fighting Une, that Jack O'Brien
was found out, and the other honest
fellow* if there were any, got the
blame. William Demetrtah the Greek, is
the man that the public ought to shut
out, and sporting editor* ought to give
each man an honest tryout, then If they
find where It I* crooked, expose IL I
myself don't care. I have money enough
to go through this world with, and If
I can't get a side bet from the wres
tlers themselves, I do not bother with
any of th* others. I can take an oath
that I have always wrestled or fought
on the level. There are crooked men In
all businesses, and we hav« to use our
Judgment. While I am here I will not
wrestle professionally, unleaa there Is
a side bet, and then all the knockers
can do as much harm as they wish. I
can look you all In the face and say I
am as honest as you all are. Some
bees allowed by the umpire. Role 23 says: 00O00000000000000Q00000000 smart fellows of ours are not wanted in
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yesterday's RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 6, New Orlean. 3.
Montgomery 8, Shreveport A
Birmingham 2, Memphis 3.
Little Rock 6, Nashville 4.
South Atlsntlo.
Savannah 6, Columbia 0.
Jacksonville 6, Charleston L
Macon 3, Augusta 1.
American.
Chicago 15. New York 0.
Boston 6, St. Loulg L
National.
Ht. Louis 1, Boston 0 (first game).
Boston 4, Hr. Louis 0 (second game).
Cincinnati 8, New York 2.
Pitt ’ — ' ’
Chi.
Cotton States.
Virginia 8
Norfolk 6, Lynchburg C
Roanoke 4. Danville 1
on this letter, for they are too evil-
minded to think hone.t of their tight
hand. I have written this Just to let
you know that It hurts when you are
trying to do right Hoping to meet
you personally, I beg to remain, re
spectfully.
AL CHRISTENSEN.
Atlanta, Ga.. July 12, 1107.
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CLAYTON WINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Clayton. Ga., July 15.—Clayton di-
feated Dillard 14 to 4.
The box score;
Dillard. ab. r. b. pa a *•
York, p 4 « 0 2 3 1
Dillard, ss. . .. 4 1 2 3 1 3
Hall, c 4 0 3 4 0 1
I'ortner, cf.. .. 4 1 1 2 1 -
White. 2b 4
Ledford, lb. . , 4
Darnell, rf. . , 8
Powell, If. . ... 8
Wlndby, 3b.. ..3
Totals. ... .83
Clayton. at
Derrick, F., a. .4
Evans, lb 3
Derrick, C., p. .5
Rafter, 2b. ... 6
Stinespring, ss. 5
Burton, rf. . , 5
Paris, 3b. .. .. 4
Mancnglll, cf. . 4
Rice, If 3
Totals $3
Score by Innings
Dillard
Clayton.. — — „. w „.
Summary—Two-base hit, " hltt '
Three-base hit, F. Derrick. Home iw
C. Derrick. Double ploys, Ledford w
White, Darnell to Ledford, C. Derrl«
to Paris to Rafter. Struck out, by'Yore
3. by Derrick 8. Base on halls. "' 1
York 4. Hit by pitched ball. Part*. Sto
len bases, F. Derrick 3. Evan* 3 Hat
ter 3, Rice L Left on bases, DUI*™
Clayton 8. Umpires, White and Mena
CHAMPION SKATER HERE.
Professor Sidney Charlton, chan
plon fancy and trick skater of <
world, arrived In Atlanta Sunday «
ernoon and will give exhibitions da r
at the skating rink of the St Mchol
auditorium at Ponce DeLeon P ar *\
These exhibitions will Uto
each evening at 8:10 o'clock and I
mediately following the matinee P*
formancea of the Casino Theater »
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
emoons. Wherever he has been t.
fessor Charlton has o/tonDhed nw .
dlences by the daring gracefulne*”
his strokes; the ease with wWfl> .
cuts all sorts of figures and the P"
which he can attain upon his Pr
event.
American Association.
Indianapolis 5, Kansas CUT L
Minneapolis 2, Toledo L
Milwaukee 5. Columbus 4 (ten Ipnjneii.
8t. Paul 5. Louisville 4 (ten Innings:
1 0 1 J J
1 1 0 0 3
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BASEBALL
ATLANTA VS. NEW ORLEANS
July 15-16-17. - — Tuesday Ladies’Day-