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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JULY 29,1907. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS The second invasion of the East by the Western clubs ended Saturday. It lasted two weeks, and during that time Atlanta fared very Well. The other Eastern clubs did not break any records, but in a general way the Westerners had a slight crimp put in them. And we do not see. them again until the series which ends tlie season. Then the West gets over into thcJSnst for the lost time. And in that series the Pirates come first, theq the Pelicans, third the dreaded Bluffers and last the Travelers from Little Bock. And with the last Little Bock game, which is scheduled for September 14, the season ends. One week more of “home-and-mother” remains for the At lanta team. Then the Crackers go out on the road for that long August trip which keeps the bunch away, except for August 12, 13 and 14, the entire month and until September 1. The end of the East’s last trip into the West finds Atlanta over in Little Rock. Shreveport, the club which meets the Crack ers here on Labor Day, September 2, is at home then. And a couple of long hjkes will bo necessary to get the two teams here for the last holiday games of the season. However, barring railroad accidents, they will ranke it all right. But if anything happens, especially to the Shreveport team, in the way of break-downs, missed connections or railway accidents, there is likely to be a gameless holiday for Atlantans. It ill be a pretty hard day or two for the Pirates and the Crackers. They are slated for two games Labor Day. And, ns Shreveport has a postponed game here it is likely to be played off September 3. So there will bo four games in two days. However, Atlanta will doubtless need the games and ought to be in as good shape to win them as Shreveport. The'blow-up of the South Carolina state league, or at least the near-blow-up, calls to mind the fact that there were less league “bloomers” this year than usual. For a long time the “Fourth of July” leagues were as numerous at the ■'♦art as any other kind. But times have changed. Baseball is getting more nnd more n business. Leagues arc run on a business basis and blow-ups are less frequent than they used to be. Excessive salaries—the old familiar fault of “trying too hard to win”—have exploded more leagues than any other enuse. No team outside the major leagues can spend what they would like to for players. They have got to keep the salary list down below the earning power of the club. ^ The leagues wherc-reasonable salary limits are enforced arc the successful ones. J And the Southern will not be in a position in many, many years to overlook this fact. Which wasn’t what wc started out to say, but it’s true, any how. "SUN PROOFS” LEAD COMMERCIAL LEAGUE LAST SATURDAY’S GAMES. 8un Proofs S, Kuts 1. L. & N. 6, Bock & arose 4. Western Electrics il, Koca Nolaa 4. STANDING Of"tHE CLUB8. ' Played. Won. Lost. P.C. 2 .769 4 .867 5 :«is 8 .589 9 .908 19 .077 Bun Proofs Beck A Grew ..12 M. Kuts 12 Western Electrlc.12 L. *,N.' 18 Koca Nolas .. . .18 NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES. Bun Proofs vs. Western Electrics, Gamtnngc Crossing diamond. E. B. Sykes, umpire. M. Kuts vs. L. & N. Carleton Floyd, umpire. Berk A Grew vs. Koca Nolas, Ponce DeLeon avenue and Myrtle street. W. F. 8humate. umpire. SUN PROOFS WIN. In a nifty game the Bun Proof team defeated the M. Kuts team by a score of 5 to 1. Both teams played nice ball, but the paint people managed tb bunch hits with the other people's errors In a winning way. The score: 8un Proofs, ab. r. h. po. a. e. Rice. ss. . . . 4 1 1 1 0 0 Wall, 8b. ... 8 l 0 2 1 0 Cunyers. cf. . . 4 1 1 1 0 0 Lockridge, c. .. 4 0 1 12 5 0 Keene, rf. . . . 4 1 0 0 0 0 Daly. 2b 4 0 0 2 2 0 Klelne, If. . . , 4 1 1 0 0 0 Mays, *b. ... 4 « 0 8 0 1 Harmon, p . . 8 0 1 0 8 1 Totals . . . .24 6 6 27 11 2 Kuts. ab. r. h. po. a. e. E. Sullivan, c.. 8 0 0 8 I 0 N. Sullivan, 8b.. 4 0 0 0 4 2 Edens. 2b. ... 8 0 1 1 1 0 Glenn, If. ... 4 1 1 2 0 « Sartortus, lb. . . 4 0 0 9 0 1 Moss. ft. . . . 8 0 1 10 0 Collins, cf. . . . 4 0 2 0 0 0 W. SulUvun, ss.. 4 0 0 8 1 0 Kinsey * _2 _2 J? _!! _H Totals ... .22 r 8 24 9 4 » Score by Innings: Sun Proofs 10J JO# J**—* Kuts 000 001 000—1 Summary: Two-base hits. Lockridge, Glenn; struck out, by Tarmon 14, by Kinsey 11: bases on balls, off Har mon 1, off Kinsey 1; stolen base*. Rice 2. Wall 1, Cunyers I, Lockridge 1, W. Sullivan I; passed balls. Lockridge, Sullivan:.wild pitches, Hannon 2. Kin. sey 1; hit by pitched ball, by Harmon (E. Sullivan, Moss). Umpire, Shu mate. Time, 1:85. SUN PROOF NOTES. dM ES£NB%£LC3 SSC On account of the tie-up tbe feme did net ► NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St. Kimball Houte. Bargains In Unrcdt. .ted Diamond*. Harry llnrmon pitched his usnnl perfect nine, allowing the bonnet builders but Carl Wall attempted to steal second, hut before he could reach the bag the se I>ssemen had the ball end fire Kuts pis tried lo tag him, but bo got bark io Brat safely. "Never touched "Less talk and more piny" seems to he Johnnie Cunyus' motto on the Held, hut Hsttinlnr those stockings of bis were any. thing else tint sUent Second station wan watched with a close ness that wns felt by the Kuts aggregation and Italy plays It strongly. Tommy Kline had very few chances In right, but he-knew what to do when he went tu the plate. L. & N. 0, B. A G. 4. In one of the best games of the sea son the Louisville and Nashville Rail road team met and defeated the strong Beck A Gregg team Saturday by the score of 8 to 4. The Louisville and Nashville boys started the fireworks In the first, with a walk, a single and a three-base hit, and retained the lead during the entire game. Hawkins, the Louisville and Nash ville slabman, was certainly there with the goods, striking out 14 of the hard ware men and giving up only three hits. The railway boys played a beautiful game both In the Reid and at the bat, and It was just a case of being out played for the Beck A Gregg boys. The score: L. A N, ab. r. h. po. a. e. R. Everett . . , . I 2 0 9 1 41 Kay 4 1 2 0 2 0 Holland 4 11 2 2 2 0 Barry 4 1 8 4 14 4) Green 8 0 1 0 0 0 C. Everett .... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jones 8 0 1 0 9 0 O. Everett . . . „ 8 « 0 1 4 0 Htwklns 4 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 12 8 10 37 13 ~0 Back A Gragg, ab. r. h. po. a. e. Davis 4 1 1 0 0 0 O. Moore .... 4 0 1 12 0 0 Parish I 0 0 * 2 0 Adams 4 0 0 0 I 1 Clink 8 0 0 t 0 0 J. Moore .... 4 0 0 2 0 1 H. Moore 4 0 0 1 1 0 Cannon 4 1 1 0 2 0 Garwood .... 2 2 0 0 2 0 Totals 12 4 I 27 10 2 Score by Innings: R. Beck A Gregg 010 100 020— 4 L. A N. 200 200 02*— 8 JOHNNY DOBBS’ TEAM IS HERE FOR A THREE-GAME SERIES Pete Lister Not With Dob bers On Account of Spiked Foot. The Nashville team, slightly disfig ured by the absence of Pete Lister, the #4,600 beauty (If they get It), arrived In Atlanta Monday In two detachments. One bunch came straight from Nash ville and landed about breakfast time. The other delegation, headed by Man. nger Dobbs, came by way of Chatta nooga and did not reach the city until later. Lister wns left at home and Hardy will play first. Pete was stabbed by a Memphis play er In that little spiking match at Nash ville the other day and has a bum foot, which Is likely to slay bum for eome little time. It Is our old friend Elmer Duggan's turn to pitch, and It Is likely that the •chool-teacher-southpaw will do the stunt Monday against the CrackOrs. 5 Ford or Spade will pitch forB. Smith and It le likely that Ford will get the call In the opener. RusacII has been lucky this season against the Dobbers and will probably try It again. Nothing very exciting In the way of baseball deals was uncorked over Sun day. The Paskert, Zeller and Sweeney trades still hang Are, and no disposi tion has yet been made of Schopp. Billy Smith has practically decided that he wBl not leave the Atlanta team for any scouting ventures os long as there Is a chance for that much-de sired pennant. If, as the season pro gresses, It becomes evident that there Is no chance for the rag Bill may do a little scouting In Texas and the Central League. In the meantime Bill has a couple of correspondents In Texas who are look ing out for him. The baseball (leg did not fly-over the Candler building Saturday, even though there was a game. The ropo parted Friday night and It was not possible to get a man to climb that pole on short notice. Monday morning a man was found who agreed to do It for five plunks and the flag files again. A Dayton correspondent of Billy Smith's has tipped him off that Tom AVERAGES OF TEAMS The team batting average of the At lanta team Is still th( best In the league. Just at present It Is at .278, which Is A highly respectable showing and one to be proud of. \ Atlanta has made 844 hits this season, which Is mpre than any other club except Nash, vllle. The Dobbers rank second to the Crackers, because they have had more than 200 more "times at bat." Memphis has scored more rune than any team In the league—808—but Nash ville Is a close second, with 306, and Atlanta a swift third, with 302, On the flgures to date, It-takes two hits to'score a run for Atlanta, while Memphis regularly gets away with the same > proposition on a hit and a half. Great hustlers, thoas Memphll. Right now New Orleans Is leading the league at team fielding, while At lanta le next to la»t. The team batting averages of ths league follows: A.B. R. ....2.244 202 Atlanta .. . Nashville .. Montgomery Shreveport .. Little Rock Memphis .. New Orleans Birmingham ..2.124Y 299 696 ..2,214 257 667 ..2.264 283 644 ,.2,148 108 498 ..2,148 222 464 ..2.099 288 604 The tram lidding averages of the league follows: P.O. A. .. ..2.200 920 ....1,842 994 .. ..2,041 962 , ...1,900 892 .. 8.1,920 i.’.M, McCullough, secretary of the Memphis club, -.van seen scouting up that way recently. Evidently the Babblers are Jealous of Hilly Kmlth’n success In copping out good players like Paskert and Ford from that league. Official notices have been sent "out from league headquarters giving the results of the recent meeting of ■ the board of directors. Here Is the full text of the new In terpretation of the waiver rule, about which Where has been considerable doubt: "When a club has asked waivers on any player and the player In question has been claimed by any other club, the club claiming the player shall Imme diately send the amount of the claim price (2400) to the president in he for warded to the club owning the player, and the relenslng club shall Immediate ly forward the release of the player to the club purchasing said player under the claim. When a club has asked waivers upon a player and no other club has made claim to the services of the player Ip question within the re quired time, the club owning the serv ices of the player shall have thlrtydnya In which to decide whether or not he Shall keep or release the player.” Fratlk /lender's life sketch of Chief Zimmer, which wns copped bodily and without credit by New Orleans papers, has reached At lanta, where The Georgian has gracefully given credit where cred it is due for a most Interesting yarn of the life of one of the game's most picturesque and shining lights. That Atlanta paper alone In the South was good enough to admit, that the sketch waa bor rowed sweeta. Thanks. The sporting editor of The Georgian trlea to make It a rule to credit every Item taken from any other paper. Once In a. white thla Is overlooked with very email notes, but It Is not the custom here, as It Is In New Orleans and some other cities, to cop stuff bodily without giving credit. Reports from Birmingham have it that Detroit will land Jakey Atx and George Suggs for.try-outs next spring. Memphis has at. last succeeded In buying from Montgomery her claim to Charley Shields. Shields la a Memphis boy, who made hla first big debut with the famous' Chlckasaws, of Memphis. It will be like old times for him to pitch to Ed Hurlburt, for the Big Lad Elmer Duggan Against Bus sell Ford In Opening Battle. was with the "Chicks” when Shields Hardy and Nichols are the only mem bers of the visiting team who are bat ting over .300. Hub Perdue has beaten the record of Ford and has only one hit for this season. It will be remembered that Ford recently made his second hit—a corking three-bagger. Perdue's bat ting average Is .029. • Not'contented with winning half of a double-header on Saturday, the Bluff ers of Memphis downed Ll|Ue Rock Sunday by a score of 6 to 0. Charley Shields made his debut and shut out the Travellers. Memphis was rather lucky lo land Shields. The Bluffers got him because he happened tn bo a Memphis boy and wanted to play with his home club. Montgomery showed the enterprise to secure his services, but Shields .would not play with the Pretxels. So they had to turn him over to Babb.. It was with pleasure that we noted that Umpire Eldrldge worked In New Orleans Sunday. He la probably too far away to get back In a hurry. The ex-sportlng writer may have "the makings" of a great umpire, but he locks control of the players at pres ent and that Is a crying fault. ' Muggsy the Mut" McGraw contin ues his paclllc career. After his team hod lost two games to Cincinnati, he got In a row with an officer and was smnshed In the face for his pains. Muggsy la one of the loveliest char acters' In baseball and aa daya pass the prospect that he Is going'to get out of baseball becomes more and more wel come. ' /■ ' ' The Atlanta baseball club, the direc tors of the local baseball association and local newspaper men were the guests of Mayor Joyner Sunday at hla farm, near Marietta. A barbacue was served and the af fair was one of the moat enjoyable events of Its kind this year. ■NOTES OF THE GAME 00000O0O0O0O0O CH»00O00O000 0 O 0 ATLANTA WON MOST. O 0 0 O Here are the figures on the last 0 0 excursion Into the Easf by the 0 O Western clubs: O O Team. 0 Atlanta 0 Nashville:. .. 0 Birmingham... 0 Memphis.. .. 0 Shreveport.. , 0 New Orleans.. 0 Little Rock... 0 00000000000000000000000000 w. I.. P.C. 0 9 3 .750 e 8 « .671 0 6 .638 C 7 6 . .538 C 6 8 .500 0 7 8 .467 C 6 7 .462 0 3 .» .260 0 0 New Orleans Nashville .. Montgomery Shreveport . Memphis .. Little Rock Atlanta .. .. Birmingham E .1.967 1,004 .1,940 994 957 111 905 138 121 P.C. .969 127 .960 149 .954 128 .953 .952 .947 114 WHITTIER MILLS WIN8. In a closely contested game at Chat tahoochee Saturday the Whittier Mills team defeated the King Hardware team. Both teams played good ball throughout the game, but the mill boys won out by bunching their hits In the fifth and sixth Innings, which netted seven runs. Although Edwards, for Whittier Mills, gave up nine hits, he managed to keep them well scattered and In consequence the hardware men counted only four times. The feature of the game waa a beau tlful running catch In left field by Rich ardson, for King Hardware. It was a hard-hit line ball which he pulled down with one hand. Also .the fielding on both sides was especially fast and the errors were few. The box score follows: Whittisr Mills. McClain, c 0 Daniels, 2b 0 Cook. lb. 1 Edwards, p 0 Ashley, cf. ...... 2 Harllee, 3b 2 Davis, 1 Smith, If. 1 Parris, rf. 0 Totals 7 Kino Hardware, II. Hull. 3b 1 Ahles, cf. 0 Richardson, If. ... 2 A. Hull. 2b. . . . . 0 Landrum, sa . . . . 1 Manck, lb. ..... 0 Hilton, rf. 0 Caraway. | Barrett, c. h. r. h. po. a. e. " * til L 0 0 I t 0 V Totals ...... 4 * 24 7 4 Summary—Sthick out, by Edwards *,fi by Caraway 6. Standing of the Clubs. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.. Southern. National. Boston 6, Chicago 2. Cincinnati 8, New York 8 (drat game). Cincinnati 3, Now York 1 (second game). Ht. Louts 1, Brooklyn 0 (Oral game). - Brooklyn 4. St. Louis 3 (second game). American Association. Indianapolis 7, Toledo 5. Columbus 5, Louisville 4. Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 2. Cotton 8tat4e. Vicksburg 3, Jackson. X WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Nashville In Atlanta, Ponce DeLeon park. Game called at 4 o’clock. Montgomery In Birmingham. Shreveport In New Orleans. Memphis In Little Botk. ‘ Southern. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost P.C. Memphis. 51 ...» .402 ATLANTA 87 . 49 88 .03 New Orleans , , , St . /45 41.. .9j7 Nashville, . ,. . . 91 0 48 .464 Little Rock. . ... 88 43 - ‘4$v .- .477 illrmltiffhfttu • • • * . 97 41 49 Hhrereport 89 98 48 Montgomery 92 41 51 PITCHERS' RECORDS Joey Blits, ex-ldol of the Iowa League, .and now twirling for Memphis, is the leading pitcher of the Southern League. He has' won 15 games and lost 8, which gives him a per cent of .714. Since last week Roy Castleton, Clark Grlfllth’s ground rent man, has forged Into second place and Rube Zeller Is third. The flgures follow: W. Bills, Memphis ...... 15 Castleton, Atlanta-. . Zeller, Atlanta .... Stockdale, Memphis . Guese. New Orleans'. .' . 10 Wilhelm.'Birmingham . .10 Nelson, Nashville XI Terkes, Nashville .... 3 Gasklll, Shreveport-. .9 Cristatl, Memphis .... 9 Spade, Atlanta ... . . 11 Eyler. Little Rock . . . Phillips, New Orleans. . Fritz, New Orleans . . Sorrell, Nashville . . . Fisher, Shreveport . . Manuel, New Orleans . Clarke, Birmingham . . 7. Duggan. Nashville . . Hart, Little Rock . . . Malarkey, Montgomery Walsh, Montgomery . . Reagan, Birmingham. . Maxwell, Montgomery . Ford, Atlanta ...... Keith; Little Rock . . . E. Duggan, Nashville . Suggs, Memphis .... Graham.-Shreveport . . Perdue,. Nashville l. ... 4 Breltenateln, New Orleans 1 Hoffer, Little Rock ... . 1 Turner, Birmingham.. • . 5 Swalm, Atlanta .0 For the seventeenth time this season, Atlanta got away with a wen by-one-run game Saturday afternoon. Dn ” And, as has happened several times, the winning run was nun. the ninth Inning. e “ And two hands were down. All honor to Becker and Sid Smith. They were the men who did th. pinch hitting, when a 4-tp-4, play-tlll-the-traln-goes affair seemed tn hi In prospect. Becker was the first man up in the ninth and he singled. Winters ase rlflced and Paskert fanned. Two out, a man on second and the score Knowing these things full well nnd even more. Sid Smith—soon to ba of the American League—walked to bat and rapped out one of tho»* pinch singles which have "made him famous tills year. ’ —* Of course Becker didn’t waste a little bit of time In coming hom. with the winning run. And the game broke up right there. ■ But the finish was not the only feature. One thing not to be overlooked wns the debut of "Scotty" Mackenzie, tho Speed Merchant. / ’ This ex-Columbia (S. C., not college) twlrler has been keeping a sec tion of the Atlanta bench warm for several days, and Billy Smith an- nounced that he would go In for one of the Nashville games. But when In tho fateful third Bube Zeller was soaked on the digits and retired, "Scotty" was called In to do his best. And It was pretty good. He found things In a bad way, but when he got them straightened out he kept them there. ( * And hla good showing Is encouraging. Bill Smith wants "Mac" as one of his regulars for next year and If he makes good this year It solves one of the pinny problems which are vexing the Atlanta manager. Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the "Juice" at the Bull Sluice power plant of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company went dead and for thirty-five minutes every street car In town was at a stop. Many fans going to the game were temporarily delayed. The cars were stopped at twenty-five minutes of 3 and exactly 3:10 the current was on again The cars going to the ball park resembled picnic cars In some re. spects. Those on the cars Jeerojl and hooted at those who tried to get bn- the already over-filled cars. Second Baseman Lewee, of Shreveport, made one of the prettiest catches Saturday afternoon ever seen at Ponce DeLeon park. In the third Inning Dyer knocked the ball back of second and every one thought sure It would be a hit. But Lewee was equal to the emergency jind by a good run and a Jump he stabbed It with his right hand. He was ap plauded roundly. Mackenzie, the human cork-ecrew, wns a little nervous when he went In the box for Atlanta In the third lnlng. Clark, the first man who faced him, singled, and went to second on a wild pitch. Massing filed out to center and Graham went out, short to first. Carlin then doubled and Clark scored. Benson singled and Carlin scored. Not another hit was made oft Mackenzie during the remaining five Innings. Benaoh, tho Pirates' little shortstop, Is a good man and he plays the game for all It's worth at all times. Saturday he played without an error and he also had five hard chances. Benson has an arm that will even rival , I Castro’s In the art of shooting them to first. Jim Fox played a good game at first for Atlanta Saturday. James made 14 put-outs without an error. The' same may be said of Clark of Shreveport. Fred made .12 put-outs and 1 assist during the afternoon. GREAT SHOOT AT LAKEWOOD Weekly Affair Notable For Great Work jby Pro fessionals. ab. 16 7 10 ft 8 7 10 12 8 10 The Atlanta Gun. Club held Us usual Saturday shoot at Lakewood Saturday afternoon, and the affair was made notable by the shooting of two pro- fesstonals, Ward and Freeman, the lo cal expert. Ward started off with a 22, and from that point forward he did not miss a target during the afternoon, breaking 163 In a row. Freeman did not get as good a start, but made 84 straight. And both scores were unfllshcd when darkness came. The shooting will be continued Mon day. The scores made Saturday follow: —Targets— 25.25.25.25.25.25.25 22 25 25 25 25 25 26 24 25 24 24 24 22 20 23 21 20 21 19 It 17 21 18 19 25 25 24 24 26 25 25 18 16 -15 17 16 18 22 23 22 20,18 .. 21 19 21 20 19 23 25 25 24 .. .. 16 17 16 16 19 21 20 22 20 22 23 24 20 19 22 .... .. 20 21 Ward (prof.) . Everett Venable Dr. Willett . . Kelley Freeman (prof.) Lester . ... . Bleckley ... . Hunnlcutt . . . G. Baker Currier . . . , Culberson . . W. Armstrong . Frazier ... . . Porter Camden . . . . Wllzon Cox CLUllS- Chlenco . . Cleveland . . Detroit . Philadelphia New York . at. Lulls . . Boston . ■ • Washington . Amsrlean. „ Played. Won. Lost P.C. ...... 87 ■ SI M .60* . . . . *4 ST * .602 . . . 84 60 31 .695 ... 65 4* 16 .574 . 13 .82* 8outh Atlantia. CLUBS- . l’layed. Wuo. Lost. P. C. Charleston *9 54 94 .90? Jnoksonvllle ....»! 53 38 Macon *1 51 40 Auxuata II 46 45 Savannah 68 40 48 .455 Columbia 88 26 68 SATURDAY’S RESULT8. Atlanta S, Shreveport 4. Memphis 2. Nashville X Nashville 1, Memphis 0. New Orleans 8, Montgomery 6. New Orleans 4. Montgomery 0. , Itlrmlugham-ldttle ltnck—Rain. South Atlantia. Jseksonvllle L Mseon ft Cleveland 1L New York 10. Washington 8, 81. Ixmle L Detroit 6, Boston 4. Brooklyn k 8t. Loots 1 Cotton Stetss. Mobile 3. Calf port X Columbus 2. Jseksoa X Vtekelinrg-MerldUn game railed to SfCODd Inning on areount of rain. Virginia Stata. Portsmouth X Itlcbmond L GRAHAM IS STARFANNER Struck Out More Men Than Any Other Pitcher. To Graham, Shreveport's southpaw, belongs the honor of making the most strikeouts "of the year—18. Next - to him comes Bills, of Memphis, with an even dozen.' ’ The records of all the pitchers In the league who have made more than six strikeouts or allowed more than five bases on bolls In a single game are given below: S.O. B.B. Graham. Shreveport .. ..13 Bills, Memphis ...... ..12 6 Gasklll. Shreveport It .. Manuel, New Orleans .. ..10 7 Suggs, Memphis 10 Keith. Llttlo Rock 10 Clark. Birmingham 10 Zeller. Atlanta 10 Castleton. Atlanta 10 8 Walker. Montgomery,.. ..9 ., Hart. Little Rock 8 6 Stockdale, Memphis .... 8 Guese. New Orleans .. .. 7 .7 Sorrell. Nashville 7 Ford. Atlanta 7 Hickman, Shreveport .... 7 Walsh. Montgomery .. ..7# Crlstall, Memphis .. •• ..7 WASHINGTON 8THEET SLUGGERS WIN. The Washington Street Sluggers de feated the St. Philips team on Saturday afternoon on the grounds at Love and Pulliam streets by a score of 78 to 2. The teams have played four games with each Other. The St. Philips club won the first, lost the second, won the third and lost the fourth. They will have two more games to play on the grounds of the Washington Street Sluggers. Score by Innings: R. W. S. S 201 421 2—12 St. Phlllpls 100 010 0 2 The game was called In the seventh on account of darkness. Batteries—William Close and C. Rose; L. Fox, J. Fox and Armstead. NELSON DEFEATS BLUE RIDGE. Special lo The Georgian. Nelson. Oa„ July 29.—In an excit ing game here Saturday afternoon Nel son defeated the crack team from Blue Ridge by the score of 5 to 0. Cralg Day was In fine form and S Itched superb ball, nllowlng but four Its. The features of the game were the all-round playing of the home team ?? d wr. , . l ?. e b * au * l,ul running catch of McWMlIam, who played center field for the visitors. Batteries—For Nelson, Day and Jor- M&ne f y r B ' U ' n,d * e ’ Mah '>' ra and The pitcher often finds It hard To please the noisy fan. For If the bather knocks a fly He may receive a can. For off the diamond he will go. The boss will hand him straight A lemon sure unless he puts The ball across the plate. —Indianapolis Star. Tyrtjs Cobb holdi the distinction of running up the best batting average In the South Atlantic League. In the ^S’mt.ere* wf.b"* fln " ,h * d flr,t amon E i . .. t,er * * a percentage of .422. 7 News! 1 *“ w,th - m -—Macon The score: Shreveport, Carlin, 3b. . . .4 Benson, as. . .4 Daley. If. ... 4 Warrender, cf. . 3 Lewee. 2b. ... 4 Mclver, rf 4 Clark, lb 4 Massing, c. . . I Graham, p. . ..2 Beeker, p 2 Totals. .. Atlanta. Becker, rf. Winters, cf. Paskert. If. Smith, c. ., Jordan. 2b. Fox. lb. .. Castro,, ss.. Dye}. *b. ., Zeller, p.. McKenzie, p. ♦Spade.. .. 8**24 h. po. 3 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 14 0 1 Os 0 0 (A 0 0 0 0 '0 0 1 «1 ..101 200 000—41 ..100 030 001—IT .212 300 ono-ll .102 121 002—91 Totals. . . ,13 5 9 27 14 1| •Hit for Zeller In third Inning. ••Two out when winning run wu| made. Runs by Innings: Shreveport Atlanta Hlta by Innings:' Shreveport Atlanta.. .. , Summary—'Two-base hits, Carlin -.1 Slnson. Three-base hits. Smith. Sto.l len bases, Daley. Sacrifice hits, War- render. Paskert, Winter*. Doubld Plays, Castro to Jordan to Fox. Bn«| on balls, off Zeller 1. off Beeker 1. oftP Grahnm 3. Hit by pitched balls Gr* , l ham (Winters), struck out, by ZeJIerl (2), Mclver. Lewee: by McKenzie Daley 3, Beeker; tay Graham (2 •. FoLf McKenzie; by Beeker (2), Jordon. PM- kert. Wild pitches, McKenzie. Time of game, 1:60. Umpires, Eldrldge sis Davis. Ye M. C. A. Team Takes Another The Y. M. C. A. baseball team h»J| an eaay time of It on the home groitMil Saturday afternoon, when the Decaturs team took its seconfi defeat by the >■! M. C. A. aggregation to the tune II to 0. ‘ J Tha features of-the game were tail batting and pitching of "RIP 0r ? I for tho’Y. M. C; A. ■ He pitched a no-mta game, struck out 14 men. allowed omr| one base on balls, and hit a three-nag p ger with bases full. ,. Decatur worked hard, but could n cross home plate. Score by Innings: . < Decatur.. 00# 009 Y. M.C.A.. 007 OOOjEa Batteries—Decatur, Ray, Trottl; Y. M. 7‘Uck. „ 1 ,i| Summary—Struck out. by Green Reese I. Ray 3. Base on ball*. - ~ * TX.se 1 Mlf bV PI Three 1 Reese. Oreenjt A., Green and| ed boll. Reese 2. J. Greene 1 ba*e hit. E. Green. . ill The association team has pw I games and has won 16 of these. il The next game will be with the B.»“| Insurance Company on August . the Jackson street grounds. BATTLE HILL 7, CASCADE 5. In a snappy game of ball defeated Cascade Saturday ah' ■ by the (core of T lo .5 Both played nice ball and the game hem»..| to either team until the last ms ° U ktterles-For Battle HUL P a ^* B, | Hill; for Cascade. Otis and PerHh- BEN HILL WINS. Ben Hill won the third end I"*' J* from Hemphill Saturday afternoon ■ the score of 13 fo J. Ben Hill ^V, rf 41 seven of the last eight garnet pw ■ with Hemphill. R.H-^1 Score by Innings: .• if Si Ben HIM 300 403 002-» (I Hemphill 000 001 030-.» ^1 Batteries—Roberts, Brya ni yheats; Barker and Jones. ' A.