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n 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 | ******* MHWMWMMIMMMHIHMHtWWWWIMM— 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 r - h. po. } « 2 0 1 11 2 0 0 0 5 0 Olio _1 1 2 0 >0 < 10 27 H “o .100 020 000 *3 .108 020 00*— « .210 030 100—*7 .214 020 io»—10 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. ' O0000000000000000000000O0O o o 0 BALL PLAYER CLA8SED O O WITH HOD CARRIER. O O O 0 Vicksburg, Miss., July 18.—By 0 0 a decision of Justice Henderson, 0 0 a baseball player is classed with 0 0 hod carriers and other day labor- 0 0 ers, and not as a professional 0 0 man. Charles Bishop, a pitcher 0 0 In the Cotton Statee League, 0 0 served with garnishment papers, 0 0 secured exemption under the stat- 0 0 utes aa a laborer. 0 O ’ 0 00000000000000000000000000 A WRESTLER'S DEFEN8E. [ WIMWWMMSHIIMWMmiMWIIIIinWWItWJ 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 l 1 10 1 0 & WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. f> 24 7 « h. po. a e. 2 8 2 1 1 10 0 « 2 0 4 1 2 2 2 3 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. 0000O0OOOO000OOOOOO00O00OO o o O FRITZ TO PITCH. O O O 0 Charley Frjt* It elated to pitch O 0 for the Pelicans today, and Milo O 0 Stratton will probably catch. Oth- O 0 erwlae tbe Pelican line-up will be O O the same as Monday. O O O 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 ) 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. 00000000000000000000000000 O 0 0 RIP RAGAN HAS 0 0 EPILEPTIC FIT. 0 0 O 0 Special to The Georgian. 0 0 Birmingham, Ala., July 18.—Rip 0 0 Ragan suffered an epileptic at- O 0 tack In a local barber shop this 0 0 morning and In an unconscious 0 0 condition was carried to a local 0 0 hospital. It Is feared that a re- 0 0 turn of bis old trouble which laid 0 0 him out through one whole sea- 0 0 son, Is to bo expseted. He entered 0 0 the shop with a severe headache 0 0 and It was while the barber waa 0 0 applying hot towels that he keeled 0 0 over. 0 UO00O00000O0O0O00000000OOO 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 14 13 27 13 * .080 001 000—J .204 420 02x—14 BASEBALL ATLANTA VS. NEW ORLEANS July 15-16-17. - — Tuesday Ladies’Day-