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14 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907. DOINGS Of THE DAY IN THE WORLD Of SPORTS SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING L NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS THREE STARS OF THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE Of course we don’t mind figuring out the standings of the Southern League pitchers and we expect that they will be cop ied but we should be obliged if the papers which copy would give due credit. Birmingham Ledger and some others please copy. The Cleveland papers seem to be after the scalp of Larry Lajoie as manager. Under a seven column display head Frank Critt, of the Cleveland News, is calling for his scalp and sug gesting Patsy Tebeau as manager. Lee Heacoek under a two- column, black-face head wants to know whether it will be Pot or Larry next year. And so it is going. In the meantime Larry is making the gamest kind of an up hill fight with a crippled and mutinous team. Poor Larry. President Shettsline, of the Philadelphia club, is going to ask the National League to act in favor of cutting down the number of balls allowed a pitcher from four to three and to make it a rule that double-headers be cut down to seven-inning games. The desirability of the three-ball change is questionable but who among us will not “root” for the other! Eighteen consecutive innings of baseball is too much. No body wants it, spectators least of all. Every time there is a double bill the attendance figures hit the up-slant. And yet every man who stays all the way through is pretty tired before it is over. Just as many people would turn out for two seven-inning games—more, probnbly. And think how much easier it Would be on the players. It’s a good idea, and here’s hoping that they put it through. Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian: Dear Sir: Will you please answer this question for me In you? paper: Who Is the best all-round player, Paskert.or Becker; pinch hit ting, base running, fielding and batting considered? If you will, I will be much obliged. ALLIE FRASER. Sure. We’re always glad to please. Paskert is regarded In Atlanta as not only the best outfielder on the Atlanta team, but In the ontlre league. His hitting has been notably good In the pinches, at base running he has no equal In the Southern and bis batting Is first-class. This Is no reflection on Becker, either. Jesse Is a conscientious field er, a good hitter, a first-class base runner and a good all-round man. He has few equals In the league. ' We aren’t usually inquisitive, but there are a few things we want to know. For instance: Why aren’t the game laws enforced in Georgia! Especially why isn’t the dove law enforced! Have we any game wardens! If so, who are they and why don’t they do their .duty! If there aren’t any, why not! And last, but most important, what are we going to, do about it! And when ! The open season on doves begins September 1. The bait ing of doves is positively prohibited by law. The killing of more than 40 doves per day per man is also a violation of the game law. And yet dove slaughters are being held almost every day throughout Georgia. And something ought to be done. This law ought to be enforced—first because it is a law; second because it is a good law, and third, out of fairness to the true sportsmen who live up to it Game protection in .this state is something we can’t afford to neglect. Georgia Bportsmen are about due to wake up. Thursday’s Snappy Doings In Big Leagues and Small OUST, WIND AND RAIN PREVENT BALL CAME Crackers and Dobbers at Rest Thursday, But Double-Header Is Billed For Friday. * News of the Players. No game was played In Nashville at this time, when we hav. Thursday afternoon. portant games to nlav i„ . fl,r lm ‘ An mievea «,inA ..h ...i Th at man Klem certnmiy m^?. ^ -is a——,-i _ . y made HART, LITTLE ROCK. BOWCOCK, LITTLE ROCK. 8MITH, BIRMINGHAM. Old Bill Hart ie one of the wonders of the league. He Is known to be somewhere between 40 and 60—we hesitate to eay just whert, for Bill is sensitive about hit age. Any way he is in the class with Stockdale and Breitanatsin, But despite his age he hat pitched extra good ball this season and ranks well up among Southern League pitchers. Horaethoa Smith la one of the steadiest outfielders in the league. He hits the ball hard and fields well. Bowcock it playing right field for Mike Finn and it putting up good ball. PENNANT IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE WILL BE WON OR LOST SATURDAY SATURDAY'8 GAMES. (Postponed Game)—Beck & Gregg vs.' Western Electrics, north diamond, Piedmont park. L. & N. vs. Koea Nolas, Gammage Crossing diamond. Carleton I-’loyd, umpire. Western Electrics vs. M. Kutz, at Ponce DeLeon avenue and Myrtle street diamond. S. V. Stiles, umpire. Sun Proofs vs. Beck ft Gregg, north diamond. Piedmont park. W. F. Schu- mate, umpire. 8TANDING OF~THE CLUBS. P. W. L. P.C. Sun Proofs 14 11 3 .786 Bock ft Gregg 13 9 4 .092 M. Kutz 14 9 6 .643 Western Electric.. ..13 7 6 .638 L. &N..... 14 4 10 .286 Koca Nolas 14 1 13 .071 The last games of the Commercial League series of 1907 will be played Saturday afternoon and by sunset the ownership of the pennant offered by The Georgian may be settled. But a tie Is possible. If the Beck ft Gregg team wins the postponed game with the Western Electrics, which will be played early Saturday afternoon, and then takes She second contest from the Sun Proofs, the Painters and the Hardware men will be tied for first place. And In that case a play-off will be necessary. , In case the Beck & Gregg team loses cither game, however, the Sun Proofs have the rag copped out. The final contest between the Sun Proofs and the Beck ft Gregg team ought to be the best of the year, for the ownership of the pennant Is going to hinge on that one game. Changes In reserve lists and com munications from managers follow: Ellis Lockhard has signed with B. ft G. B. ft G. will play Western Electric Company Saturday afternoon at 2:30, North Diamond, Piedmont park. Robinson, the man who pitched such good ball last Saturday, will be on the firing line In the first game. And Old Bill Garwood will do the twirl ing In the second. Signed by Sun Proofs, Joe Jones, re leased by Sun Proofs, McGovern. In the game Saturday Jhe Western Electrics will use men selected from the following reserve list:, Sears, Stiles, Snetllngs, Jones, Cook, King, Coleman, Jackson, Cay, Keating, Howell, Gallaway, Norman. Donnelly, Signed by Sun Proofs Camp; re leased Potts, Billy Crlstall, of the Babblers, do feated the Pirates, of Shreveport, Thursday afternoon In a pretty game by the score of 6 to 2. Southpaw Graham, of the Pirates, pitched a good game against Memphis but errors by himself and his team matea lost the game. Memphis secured only four hits oil Graham. Shreveport made six hits off Crlstall. Birmingham defeated Montgomery Thursday afternoon by the" score of 6 to 4. Turner and Wilhelm did the slab work for the Barons and each was batted hard. Sam Weems, the former Auburn College star, twlrlde for the Climbers and he was also batted hard. Turner, of the Barons, made the first home run of the year at the Electric park grounds In Montgomery. Old BUI Hart .won another game for the Travelers Thursday afternoon. Hart's victim Thursday waa ths Peli cans, of New Orleans. Bill shut out New Orleans yesterday afternoon and allowed her only three scattered hits. Moxle Manuel was batted all over the lot by the Travelers. Breltensteln played first base for the Pelicans and made three errors. Our old friend. Jack Rowan, lost an other game for Perry Line In the South Atlantic League Thursday afternoon. Charleston was the team to defeat him and the score waa 4 to 1. White twirled for Charleston and showed up In fine styles Charleston made only seven hits off Rowan while Macon made nine oft White. Columbia defeated Augusta Thurs day afternoon by the score of 6 to I. Schw-enck pitched a great game for Columbia. He allowed Augusta only three scattered hits and Lakoff, who twirled for Augusta, waa batted rather hard. Columbia made eight lilts off the former Little Rock twirler. Lew Moran. formerly of the Crack ers, and EM Ruelbach, of the Chicago Cubs, engaged In a pitchers battle at Chicago Thursday afternoon In which Reulbach came out with flying colors. Each pitcher allowed two hits and al though Moren lost, he pitched a great article of ball. Neither team made an error and the game was one of the best exhibitions of baseball seen In Chi cago in a long time. Credit also must be given Reulbach. Ed pitched supurb ball at all times and had his enemy at his mercy throughout the contest. Moren Is considered to be one of the best pitchers in the National League at present and Is ranking along with such star men as Matthewson. Reul bach, Brown and others too numerous to mention. The New York Giants won two K ne* from the Pittsburg Pirates by ■d bitting Thursday afternoon. The first game reeulted in a score of 4 to 3 In favor of the Giants and New York won the other by the score of 7 to 0- Matthewson pitched good ball for the Giants In the first gome and Pittsburg was easy. Wtltse pitched a great article of ball In the second af fair and the Pirates secured only three hits off his delivery. The Trolley -Dodgers of Brooklyn de feated the Reds of Cincinnati Thursday afternoon by the score of 6 to 1. Strlcklett pitched good hall for Brook lyn and the Reds never had a look In. Coakley was batted all over the lot by the Trolley Dodgers. Brooklyn se cured 16 hits off his delivery, Carger, of St. Louts, allowed Boston only two hits Thursday afternoon and shut her out by the score of 3 to 0. Dorner, of the Bean Eaters, was batted hard by the Cardinals. Detroit defeated Philadelphia Thurs day afternoon by the score of 6 to 3. Plank, of the Athletics, was batted out of the box In the third Inning and Dygert, who succeeded him, allowed Detroit only one hit In six Innings. Mulltn pitched for the Tigers. Falkenburg, of Washington, allowed Cleveland only three hits and struck out eleven men Thursday afternoon and then lost his game by the score of 4 to 2. This was hard luck In a large package. Cleveland won the game on two costly errors by the Washington club. Before one of the largest crowds that ever attended a ball game In Boston the Bean Eaters and the White Sox of Chicago, broke even In a doubleheader Thursday afternoon. Score first game, Boston «, Chicago 1; second game, Chi cago 6. Boston 4. Winter pitched great ball for Boston In the first contest and the Bean Eaters had no trouble in winning. Walsh and White were bat ted hard by Boston In the second game but the White Sox finally won. The New York Americans defeated the St. Louis club Thursday afternoon by the score of 6 to 6. "Happy” Jack Chesbro was batted out of the box In the seventh Inning by St. Louis, who tied the score, but Griffith sent In a fresh pitcher and New York won out In the eighth Inning. 00600000000000000000000000 O GANS-BURN8 FIGHT OFF. O O O O Los Angeles, CaL, Aug. 9.—The O O Gans-Burns fight U off. The O Q championship affair was called off O O yesterday afternoon, ft Is alleged O O that Jimmy Burns Is In bad con- O D dltlon physically. O O O epOQOOOOOOOOQOQOOOOOOOOPOO Barons Are Stuck To Pay 300 Bones Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 9.—Elyton, In which burg the Birmingham baae- ball park Is situated, by the demanding a llcenae of $300 for the remainder 6t the deanon, has added Its sting to the troubles falling thick and fast upon the Barons and their management. The new town, as Is remembered, sprung up like a toad stool In the night. It existed -quietly for a month or more, then made the domand above mentioned. The alternative is that the Barons will be arrested next Thursday afternoon when they report to the park for a game with Nashville. It Is probable that the demand will be met, although at the present time the management states that nothing will be paid. Best Professional Shooters Are Coming to State Shoot An alleged wind and sand storm was on at 4 o’clock and Manager Dobbs kept putting off the contest until 4:30, when rain actually fell. Considering that Dobbs’ team was pretty well worked out as a result of Wednesday's efforts,' It Is -not Im probable that Johnny was not overkeen' to pull off an engagement Thursday. Well, maybe the «rest helped the Crackers too and that was a bless ing. The games Friday and Saturday wind up the present venture into the East. On Monday the Crackers open at home with Birmingham for the three games. When they are finished the Atlanta team jumps to Montgomery and then out* into the West for the last ”inva- slon” of the year. • , When Manager Fisher, of the Shreveport team, was In Atlanta he said that a big league team was going to train at his park next spring and that this big league club was to get first call/on the services of Southpaw Graham. .It now develops that the St. Louis Americans are the said big leaguers. Manager McAleer has closed the deal for the park and the player. Dale Gear hasJlnally wound up Mobile. Bernle McCay, with the fine disregard for salary limits that 'has Secured ’ for him a winning team, grabbed the man as soon as he was re leased by Montgomery. Gear will strengthen McCay’s team very materially and his coming gives Bernle a near-Southern League line-up. Now' that Gear has gone, Montgom ery Is playing with Hausen in right field, which seems \to mean that Sea- baugh will do most of the catching for the remainder of the season. Rabbit Plass has Joined the Vicks burg, Miss., team and Is playing short, stop. President Pulliam has put McGraw under suspension until Sunday for re marks made to Umpire Klem. Here Is what McGraw' says: *Tm sorry thnt the suspension comes rancid decisions couldn’t help telling hTm“ about “JL 1 1 asr5s.’j«i!rfcs*iS Sfasaj? — ■ ™«-j| Macon Murdock and Pepe season begins. expects to sell Wohlleben I before the drafting I drafting Harry Vaughn Is trying to get P,- lant now with Meridian In the Cottoil States League, to take the place of Ginger Clark, who Is under suspen- Standing of the Clubs. ! __ , Southern. . .CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost pel Memphis ...... 98 69 29 ATLANTA 96 65 40 Little Rock 98 49 49 gew Orleans 92 48 49 Birmingham ... .100 47 63 Nashville 101 48 65 Montgomery 102 47 55 Shreveport 95 41 64 South Atlantic. Flnj-ed. Won. Lost, p 0. “ “ 37 .cj CLUBS— Chsrlegton Jacksonville 100 Mncoti 100 Augusta 100 Savannah 96 Columbia 97 American. •CLUBS- Played. Won. Lo«t P.C. Detroit . . .4 ... 93 67 36 su Philadelphia 93 Cleveland 99 New York 96 Boston 94 St. Lonls . . t . . . 96 Washington 93 National. .58J CLUBS— Chicago . - Pittsburg . , Now York . Philadelphia Brooklyn . . Cincinnati . Boston . . St. Louis . , Played. Won. Lost P.C.I 99 73 26 96 67 38 nirmlnghnm in Montgomery. Shreveport tn Memphis. Probably three-fourths of the really famous professional trap shooters In America will be In Atlanta August 14, 15 and 16 for the state shoot which will be held those days by the Atlan ta Gun Club. Not tho least famous of these stars Is Harold Money, who for many yeara has been prominently before the American public as one of the lead ing experts with a shotgun. For the last two years he has ranked well up among the leaders In trap shooting, Ills average being over 90 per cent for about 12,000 targets shot at. At the tournaments he attended In 1905 he won In all twelve first aver ages. He has made many long runs, and many “straight scores" are to his credit. The reports of his shooting for the last year show that at Trinidad, Colo., September 4, he broke 196 out of 200 targets; and at Larned, Kans., Novem-. her 2 and 3, he scored 381 out of 400. He holds the world's record for one of the most difficult forms of target shoot ing. Shootlpg at 60 pairs In a three- cornered race at St. Louts, in 1903, he made a score of 99. A FINE COLLECTION OF BASEBALL JUNK It was the real article that 123 fans and one big fat man saw at Athletic park Monday nfternoon. The fat man didn't see the whole game, owing to the fact that he became over-enthu- elastlc and was naked to restrain him self or leave the grounds. He did the latter. But while ho was In the stand he divided Interest with the payers, and furnished the crowd with smile after smile. He didn't know the dif ference between the two teams, but he wanted Shreveport to win, und didn’t mind saying so.—Shreveport Times. After an interval of eleven years, Andrew Freedman, former president of the New York National League Club, 1s ready to pay Fred Pfeffer, once a member of the Giants, what he owes him. When Pfeffer was released Freed man forgot to pay him for the time he was benched, and the hero of many a baseball battle went to court about It. John M. Ward undertook to collect the amount. The case ran through the courts of New York, Freedman con sistently losing and appealing. Fred received a letter from Ward today stating that everything waa settled and that the original amount of 6680 had been growing some ns the decision al lows Interest on the money since the suit was started. Frank Bowerman, of the Giants, says Ames Is the hardest man to hold he has ever caught. Ames Is pitching better lull just now than any of the Giants' slab artists. Gentle fans, when you think that your own and peculiar lot Is too hard to bear, turn your optics to Columbus, Miss. Or better still, read again thnt sane and logical poem of how, in Mudvllle once upon a time, Casey, great Casey, with the bases full, struck out. After which, one might dare ween, a song will burst in the heart, and everybody smile again. After which, taking up the subject, attention Is colled to another defeat suffered by the Barons at the hands of Billy Smith’s Crackers. The defeat carried with It the series, the second lost by the Barons this year. Still, even this frown can not Igat, tor just a year ago, gentle Annie, we beat every man who put his face within the Inclosure, and beat him black and blue to boot.—Birmingham Age-Herald. By the way. Bugs Raymond won his 1 10th game for Cbarleatou last Fri day. Now, If he had been with Co lumbia, maybe we would have been a few names better to the good, even if the other pitchers didn't win any.— Columbia State. Edward McKenxte pitched his third game for Atlanta Saturday. While he did not win his game, he made It a draw, by allowing Just two hits, walked and hit none and struck out seven McKenzie Is a human cork screw that's not likely to uncork many losing games for Billy Smith this sea son.—Sally League Exchlnge. W. A. Cummings, the Inventor of curve pitching, now living In Athol, Mass., writes to say that he will be In Boston for Old Home Week and will be ready to do a little pitching at the gathering of the old-timers, August 1, at Peddock's Island. Mr. Cummings suggests that pitchers be allowed nine balls instead of four. Cummings dis covered the possibilities of curve pitching forty years ago this summer on Jarvis Field, Cambridge, while pitching against the Harvard team.— Boston Herald. In the Fourth of July sports In Hon olulu the Chinese Alohas, a baseball team composed of Chinese, defeated a team composed of soldiers from the Twentieth infantry, U. 8. A., by a score of 32 to 1, In seven Innings. The Chinese team also defeated a picked team from the whole Island of Hawaii by the score of 7 to 1, at Hilo. The work of Shortstop Ball has been something far above the run. T' same Ball, by the way. seems to hav dark shade on any other shortstopper In the league today, view him from any angle that you will.—Nashville Tennes. seen. We are perfectly willing that Man ager Vaughn manage hts team as he sees fit, but here Is a suggestion: Do not instruct Meek to bunt when a man Is on second and none out. It Is all right for any other man to play the game, but let Meek sting the ball. The big fellow Is not the most ac curate hunter In the world, and Is one of the best natural hitters. That's all. Manager Vaughn, you are now again In charge.—Birmingham Age-Herald. In going round the circuit to pick up the pitchers, • one would get Manuel from New Orleans, Zeller from Atlanta, Bills from Memphis. Maxwell from Montgomery and Eyler from Little Rock. No one Is noticing Irwin Wil helm. And yet, had this boy his due, he would be leading them all. With a tail-end team he Is already .600 per cent, and ,has won eight games that he has not been given credit for. Wil helm promises to lead the league In pitching this yeah. The boy Is un doubtedly far and away the best of It. —Birmingham Ledger. CLOTHIER AND LARNED WIN EASTERN DOUBLES As a result of the defeat' of Beals C. Wright and Raymond D. Little by W. J. Clothier and W. A.- Larned at Longwood Thursday It Is practically assured that Clothier and Larned will meet Alexander and Hackett In the first match of the East-West-South event at the Crescent club. The win ners of this match meet Grant and Thornton, of Atlanta, the Southern champions. YESTERDAY’S "RisULTS, “Emmons for Quality." Reductions on ‘ Odd Trouser&\ Brighten up the old coat with a new pair of odd! Trousers. Here you are, this, season’s best styles atl one-fourth less regular price—a great assortment, too, of| patterns to select.from: $3.50 Trousers... .. $2.65 $6.00 Trousers... .. $4.50 4.00 Trousers... .. 3.00 6.50 Trousers... .. 4.90 4.50 Trousers... .. 3.40 7.00 Trousers... .. 5.25 5.00 Trousers... .. 3.75 8.00 Trousers... .. 6.00 Memphis 6. Shreveport 2. Illrmlnghnm 6; Montgomery 4. Little Rock 6, New Orlenua 0. South Atlantio. Charleston 4, Mneou 2. Columbia 5, Augusta 2. Jacksonrlfie-Ssvannnh, rain. American. Detroit 5. Philadelphia 3. New York 6, St. Louis S. Cleveland 4. Washington 2. Boston $. Chicago l (first game). Chicago 6, Boston 4 (second game). National. Brooklyn 6. Cincinnati 2. Chicago 2, Philadelphia 0. New York 4. Pittsburg S (first game). New York 7, Pittsburg 0 (second game), fit. Louis 3, Boston 0. American Association. Minneapolis 11, Louisville 6. Milwaukee 2, Columbus l. Toledo S, Kansas City 2. Indianapolis $, fit. Pant 3 (first game). Indianapolls 7, fit. Paul 3 (second game; six Innings). Cotton States. Gulfport 2, Meridian 1 (ten Innings). Virginia State. Roanoke S. Norfolk 1 (first game). Norfolk 4. Roanoke 2 (second game). Portsmoutb-Dantllle; no gams; rain. Lynchburg 5, Richmond L Reductions on Men’s Sin'fsl All men’s fancy mixed weave Suits are reduce® one-fourth. Many of these Suits are medium weightsl and can be worn until late fall. A good assortment oil two-piece Suits for immediate wear. | $12.00 Men’s Suits $ 9.00 $22.50 Men’s Suits $16.901 15.00 Men’s Suits 11.25 25.00 Men’s Suits 18.751 18.00 Men’s Suits 13.50 30.00 Men’s Suits 22.601 20.00 Men’s Suits 15.00 35.00 Men’s Suits 26.25| Reductions on Boys’ Suits\ It would be a great saving for mothers to lay in supply of Boys’Wash Suits for next season. An 0 PJ portunity now to get Emmons quality at one-fourth off.1 All wool Si)its, too, are reduced one-fourth—and in ag« s | up to 17: $3.50 Wool Suits...$2.65 4.00 Wool Suits:.. jMP 5.00 Wool Suits... 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