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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1907. THAT LEAD SO NEAR AND YET SO BLOOMING EAR SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS That lead in the pennant race is a tantalizing thing. Atlanta has nearly had it about ’steen times lately. But al ways that deadly .002—or something worse—intervenes between the Crackers and the lead. However, it’s exciting. And the Crackers' ore certainly playing their heads off for the money. Every man is going at it with a mighty determination to get the games, and it is a good team that can head them. While we sympathize with Montgomery in her misfortune'of losing a grand stand, ’still we are not sorry that circumstances have thrown three more games on Ponce DeLeon diamond. _ As far as can be ascertained it is the first time in the history of the league that transferred games have done Atlanta any good. " • We have a score or two to settle with “Them Dubs” from Montgomery. They beat Atlanta out of second place last year and on their last visit here they put an awful crimp in Atlanta’s hopes. It is now up to the Crackers to get some revenge and the last chances come Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And don’t for a minute think that Atlanta will overlook them. The treasurer of the Montgomery club had better take some nerve tonic before he counts the receipts of those Ponce DeLeon games. Tho Pretzel club is the “home club” on this trip and gets all the grand-stand rake-off. And, with a double-header and a Saturday game, there will be more money in the Legisla tors’ treasury as a result of those three games than they take in at home in sixteen years. However, Atlanta is in no position to begrudge them the coin. The Crackers will get more out of any one game from the visitors’ share than they would have been paid for the whole se ries if it had been played in Montgomery. Presumably the New Orleans papers will howl over the transfer. And we’ll admit that we would be “agin it” qur- selves if it were not that Montgomery has the good excuse of a blown-down grand-stand. We don’t believe in transferring games when it can be helped, and the fact that they are transferred to Atlanta does not change our opinion. However, with the Pretzels minus a grand-stand, there seems to be no help for it,. In yesterday’s Georgian we called attention to the fact that swearing in the hearing of the ladies at the ball park was not en couraged and mentioned Lee Garvin’s name. Now Garvin arises to say that he did not cuss, unless maybe in the heat of the moment. He states that he said “Go on, Dan,” to Umpire Dan Pfen- ninger. , We were a trifle inclined to credit the “heat of the moment” theory at first, but after hearing him say about the same thing in Tuesday’s game, we arc willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. • And be it said to Garvin’s credit, he has always behaved himself in an exemplary manner on tho Atlanta diamond, and has never failed ter play good ball. CLOSE FINISH AT BRIGHTON STATE SHOOT BEGINS TODAY AT LAKEWOOD At t:K Wednesday the flnt squid brgnn | smashing tarafts and Bring shot. Bring In tha Oforgta atata shoot nt Lake-1 About fifty crack abot awera on band for wood, and all day the air will ba Blind with I Ibc Brat day's ahooUng. ["Standing of the Clubs. ! Southern. CLUBB— Ptaffd. Won. Lott P. C. Memphis 103 61 42 .692 ATLANTA 101 69 42 .664 Little Rock 100 61 49 .610 Now Orleans 102 60 63 .486 Rlrmtaehnm 106 60 66 .463 B ttbrlUe 106 50 66 .463 iontgomery 102 47 66 .461 Bbrertport . 101 45 66 .446 8outh Atlantlos CLUBB- Flayed. Won. Lott. V. C. Charleston 101 62 28 .624 JaekaonrlUt 104 oo 44 .577 Macon 103 62 50 .516 Angoata 102 52 61 .606 Savannah . 100 48 62 .490 Cttnmbla 101 31 72 .101 Amarioan. CLUBB- Played. Won. Loat. P. C. Philadelphia 96 60 38 .612 Detroit 97 66 39 .698 Chicago 106 i 61 44 .681 Claveland 102 * 69 43 .678 New York 99 46 64 . 466 Boston 100 44 66 .440 8L Lout a 99 42 57 . 424 Washington 96 29 67 .802 National. CLUB8— Played. Won. I**t. P. C. Chicago li>4 76 28 .731 New York ino *> 40 .600 Plttahnrv 99 58 41 .686 Philadelphia 97 63 44 .646 Brooklyn 102 46 67 .441 Cincinnati . $ • . . 102 46 57 .441 Boston 101 38 fij .376 8t. Louis 107 29 78 .271 WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Birmingham In Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon park. Game called nt 2:20 o'clock. Nashville In Montgomei/. New Orleans In Memphis. Shreveport In Little Rock. YE8TERDAY*8 RESULT8. Southern. Atlanta 12, Birmingham 2 (first game). Birmingham 3. Atlanta 2 (second game). Nashville 10. Montgomery 0. Memphis 2, New Orleans 1. Little Rock 1, Hhrcveport 0 (first game). Little Rock 6, Shreveport 5 (second game). South Atlantic. Charleston 0, Augusta 0 (twelve Innings). Jacksonville 2. Columbia 0. Savannah 6, Macon 6. American. Boston 7, Chicago 4. St. Louis 6, Washington 5. Cleveland 15, New York 6. Philadelphia 3, Detroit 0. National. Brooklyn 8, Pittsburg 0. Chicago 6. Philadelphia 3. New York 6. Cincinnati 3. St. Louis 9, Boston 4. The snapshot shows Fair Play taking the lead In the Montauk stakes. This. event he won by a head. Royal Vane Is on the left and Home Again Is just behind Fair Play. PACING CHAMP BREAKS RECORD Galesburg, 111., Aug. 14.—Five thou- aand persona saw the opening day'a racing of the Great Western circuit here yesterday. Three races were on the program but the feature was the trial of the famous champion pacer, Dan Patch,'against time. Dan made tjie mile in 1:66 3-4. Dan Patch was driven by Horsey and broke the track record set by himself last year, clipping a full second off the former mark and also getting the fastest mile on &ny track this year. The horse was aided by two runners and a wind shield. Hersey got his charge away to good start and Patch went to the quar ter pole In 29 1-2; one-half In :58 1-2: three-quarters In 1:27 1-2, and the mile In 1:56 3-4. STORY OF GAMES Well, It was a dirty shame to lose the last one. But anyhow Atlanta won the first game of the double-header yeat.r day afternoon by a score of 12 to 2. ' ler " And then lost the second one 3 to 2. Things happened the way they usually do after a bunch of players h». romped away with one game. They let down and before they get amir? again they are distanced. * started That may not be any Invariable rule, but It happens pretty freni, and It was Just such a trick that Birmingham pulled off. H uy The first game was the most awful wallop you ever saw. Wilhelm started In to pitch, but the Crackers most certainly knock ed his metaphorical block clear off and Into the middle of next week Thrv hammered him around In a most promiscuous fashion and "The Ew li the Barons" was getting hts from start to finish. ' 01 With one down In the first Inning, Winters. Paskert, Fox and Jnr dan singled. Just for a change "Little Eva" walked Castro. Then fivll and Sid Smith singled some more. 1 >cr In all, this cataclysm netted five runs. Also it convinced Vaughn that Wilhelm would not do, so he Dut Weller In. The outlook was too discouraging for the long, dark gent from the Smoke Pile. He held the Crackers safe In the second, but In the thini they walked into him. And from then on to the end the sound of base hits and ^the^ deep hard breathing of the Baron fielders reverberated ’from It was as awful a thumping as any pair of pitchers ever got at Ponce DeLeon, and the final count showed nn even dozen runs for the Crackers And at that the game was called at the end of six and a half Innings "by consent." Bill Smith was satisfied. He had plenty of runs. Harrv Vaughn "got his," too—but not runs. The Barons did pull down a pair—one In the first and one In the last Inning. Russell Ford gave them these, Just to show that he was not stlnev After the first there wasn't much use of working, and "Russ" Just went at it hard enough to stir up a nice perspiration. But not BARONS AND CRACKERS CLASH, THEN COMES PRETZEL TEAM 00O00000OO0O00000O0000000O o 0 <J GAMES AT 3:30. 0 O 0 O All games hereafter will be.O 0 called at 3:30 inatead of 4 o’clock. 0 0 0 0000000000000000O0000000O0 The last Blrmlngham-Atltfnta game of tho season begins nt Ponce DeLeon park at 3:30 Wednesday. Then, Instead of taking the road and hitting the rails for Montgomery, the Crackers will receive the Pretsela on home grounds. Things aro breaking pretty bad for the Legislators at homo and In conse quence they aro more than pleased to gst a shot at Atlanta gate receipts. There may he a double-header with Montgomery or there may not. As the Montgomery team will be in tho role of "home team” here Manager Malar- key will be able to dictate this. Prob- nbiy he will want the double bill. His tenm needs the money and does not especially mind losing the game. Zeller or McKonxIe against Wilhelm Is the bill for Wednesday. Gardner Is still 111 and will doubt less not play In Wednesday's game. This fast left fielder Is down with fever and may not play for several days. Garvin will be In the outfield and Lattlmer will catch. Saturday’s gams Is likely to be an early affair. Atlanta has to get to Memphis for a Sunday game and to do so will have to leave on a train sched uled to pull out something after 4 o'clock. Of course the train will be held for awhile, but at that the game will be an early one. By long distance phone from Memphis It Is learned that Memphis made 10 hits and no errors In Tues day's games and New Orleans made 12 hits and no errors. E. Manning has been released by Memphis. At the directors' meeting In Memphis E. W. Booth, of Houston, was on hand and wanted to buy a Southern League franchise, Memphis or Birmingham preferred. No price could be obtained on the former and the latter was of fered for 350,000. No soles were recorded. Patsy Donovan will lead the Brooklyn team agoln next year. Only a few changes wilt be made In the Dodger team. . George Stovall and Frank Delehanty, of the Cleveland team, are said to have Jumped to the Atlantic League out laws. Savs The Montgomery State: Percy Whiting has clearly cap tured the title of First Ffgurer of the Southern circuit, but once In a while his geometry, or trigonome try, or whatever he uses. Blips an angle. Last Friday The Georgian said: "Turner, of the Barons, made the first home run of the year, at the Electric park grounds." Possibly more four seekers have eventuated this season at Elec tric park than on any other South ern diamond during the same pe riod. Fourteen Is the total number to date and here are the men that swatted them out and the pitchers who got swatted: Houts, off Manuel: Houtz, off Brltensteln; Molesworth, off Weems; Molesworth. off Malarkey; Perry, off Ragan; Perry, off Sor rell; Perry, off Kommers; Perry, off Eyler, Hausen, off Wilhelm; Hausen, off Turner; Lister, off Walsh: Henline, off Hoffer; Tur ner, off Weems. Perry Is the only batter who has collected more than two homers, the third sacker having four, twice as many as any other man. Hausen ripped off both his loop- the'-loop hits In the same game. The first one came In the second Inning with the bases full and caused Daddy Vaughn to yank Turner out of the box. In the vef-y next Inning Bill cracked out another off Wilhelm for the full circuit, shooting Nye In ahead of him. Hausen’s two home runs netted six scores In two consecutive In nings, which comes somewhere near being a world's record. Evidently we were wrong AGAIN. Wo copped the statement from some body and took It for granted that It was all right. . . Moral—Don’t take the other fellow’s word for It. Yes, we sort of had the laugh on Birmingham In the first, so In the second. Far, far from It—and very different. There wasn't any Atlanta laugh at all—not so you could notice It. Just by Way of clinching the large lead Bill Smith sent In Roy Cas- tleton, the best pitcher In the league, and Roy pitched all right. A cou ple of errors, a short moment of wildness and rather wobbly base running beat him. With perfect support Castleton would have won, or with per fect base running It would have been a cinch. Or If the Crackers had hit Ragan as hard as usual It would have been a spinach. But what's the use? The Cracker team had played Itself out In the first game, while the Barons who played In the opener seemed to give way to an aggregation that played like the pennant winners of 1906. And while they won less on their own merits than on Atlanta's "demerits" stilt they put up a nice article of ball. Most of the credit for Atlanta’s two runs belongs to Jim Fox. He soaked out a three-bagger in the first that scored Paskert from second and he hit another three-bagger In the fourth and scored on Walters' er ror. The second was one of the hardest games of the year to lose. It meant so much, for one thing. If Atlanta won both she went In the lead whatever happened In Memphis. But It was a hard luck game for other reasons. It galls to think that good fielding would have saved It. It stings to remember that good base running would have pulled it out of the fire. And It rankles a trifle because a shade of luck would have turned the tide. But what's the use? They took he second one by better playing and any team that out plays Atlanta Is entitled to the money. Here are the box scores: First Gams. Williamsport, a Trlstate club, has turned Pitcher Manning over to the New York American League club for some cash and the gift of Pitcher Sal lee. Manning Is one of the best In the Trlstate. Sallee formerly played with Birmingham, pitching a few games for the Vaughnltes last year.—Exchange. That taitc, That flavor, That cleanliness, That rich, round, aromatic toothsomeness—> is found only in Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee! Cheaper than anything “just as good”, and better than any thing “just as cheap.” And the best of all for youl aatiucxxs miba. New rots city. LAST MEETING OF COMMERCIALS; PENNANT GIVEN TO SUN PROOFS 0O0O0O000000000O00000OO0O0 0 ALL-COMMERCIAL LEAGUE TEAM. Catcher—Lockridge, Sun-Proofs. 0 Catcher—Parris. Beck A Gregg. 0 Pilcher—Harmon. Sun Proofs. O Pitcher—Garwood, Beck & O O Gregg. O O First Base—Grist, Beck & 0 O Gregg. O O Second Base—Daley, Sun O 0 Proofs. O 0 Short Stop—Rice, Sun Proofs. O O Third Base—Neely Sullivan, 0 0 Kut*. 0 O Left Field—Keene. Sun Proofs. O O Center i Field—Cunyus, Sun O O Proofs. O 0 Right Field—Hunnlcutt, Koca O O Nolas. O O O O0OOOO000000O0000OO0OO00Oa The lsit meeting of the Georgian Com mercial League of 1907 was held Tuesday night I—and that when the Southern States Elec- At this meeting the pennant won by the trie ftmtpnay tram reatgned and th» West- Sun Proof tenm wnn pronented to Malinger "rhe rare for the‘pennant was one of the Thorans, the guarantee fund returned to | rlosent ever ween In nu nnmteur longue. I’p tbo umnngeni and plans made for last year. * There were no formalltlea connected with the presentation of the flag. Rut there wai much Informal congratulation of Manager Thomas and the opinion expressed by all the manager* that the best team won. Congratulations are undoubtedly due. Manager Thomas, assisted by Captain Red- wine, who got together a wonderfully good nant after nn up-hll T* ■ ‘ It >16 he umpires, und Its members played like gentlemen. The entire senium has been notable for th«» absence of frtetton of auy kind. Not * plnrer on any team hag been fined, despite ie fart that every umpire was urged to n**e*s flues when necessary am! was assur ed that they would be collected. Not a se rious alterenttonThas taken place. And. al though there were a couple of changes In names, there was only one change In teams to n few week* ag ed with apparently eqn __ . winning the pennant. Kvon up to the lnat day there was a chance for a tie between Heck St Gregg and the Sun Proofs and not until thel nut games were finished was the thing settled. This h« the second year of the Commercial league aud the second year that The Geor gian has offered the pennant for that or- pnnlxntlon. Last year the John Bllrey team won the rag. The mnnugers of this year's league unanimous tn desiring to continue league next year and at the request of the managers a committee will he named by Prcablent Thomas with himself as chair man to look Into the matter of grounds for next rear. • ^During the course of the meeting votes of Gammage Crossing, W. D. Kills, Jr., of the psrk commission, 8. F. Huff, and Kd Peters of the Peters Land Company for their kindness In assisting In providing grounds for use during the league season. Birmingham, ab. Molesworth, cf. . 3 Demont, as. ... 3 Smith, rf 3 Meek, lb 2 Walter, 2b. ... 2 Alcock, 3b. . 2 Garvin, If 3 Lattlmer, c, , . 3 Wilhelm, p. . . 0 Me Weller, p. . . 3 Totals. . Atlanta. Becker, rf. Winters, cf. . .. 3 Paskert, If. . . 2 Fox, lb 4 Jordan, 2b. ... 4 Castro, ns. . ,.2 Dyer, 3b 4 Smith, c.. .. ..4 Ford, p.. .. ;... 2 r. h. po. a. o. ab. r. h. po. Totals. . . .28 12 13 21 10 0 Runs by Innings: Birmingham 100 000 1— 2 Atlanta... 504 120 x—12 Hits by innings: Birmingham 100 000 1— 3 Atlanta 612 130 x—13 Summary—Three-base hits, Paskert. Stolen bases, Winters, Becker. Sacri fice hits, Winter*. Double plays, De mont to Walters. Base on balls, off Ford 3, oflf Wilhelm 1, oft McWeller 7. Hit by pitched balls, by Ford, Meek. Struck out, by Ford (3), Demont, Wal ters, Alcock; Wilhelm (1), Ford. Time of game, 1:40. Umpires, Hackett and Pfennlpger. Second Game. ab. r. h. po. a. e. 3 4 27 12 1 r. h. po. a. e. Birmingham. Molesworth, cf. .6 Demont, as. . . 4 Smith, rf.. .. 3 Meek, lb 2 Walter, 2b. ... 3 Alcock, 8b. . ..4 Garvin, If 3 Lattlmer, c. • . 4 Ragan, p. . . . 4 Totals 32 Atlanta. ab. Becker, rf. . , , 3 Winters, cf. . . 4 Paskert, If. # ..4 Fox, lb.. 3 Jordan, 2b. ... 4 Castro, as 4 Dyer, 3b 4 Sweeney, c 4 Caatleton, p. ..8 Total 2 9 27 5 3 Runs by innings: Birmingham 000 000 210—1 Atlanta 100 100 000-1 Hits by Innings: Birmingham .-.100 001 110—4 Atlanta ..202 200 030-9 Summary—Two-base hits, Castleton, Molesworth. Three-base hits. Fox 2. Stolen bases, Paskert 2. Sacrifice hits, C. Smith, Becker. Bases on balls, off Castleton 3, off Ragan 1. Struck out, by Castleton (5), Garvin, Ragan 2, Walters, Lattlmer; by Ragan (5), Jor dan 2, Castleton, Dyer 2. Time, 1:60. Umpires, Hackett and Pfennlnger. "Friend of Humanity" Takes Shot at Owners of Club GAME NOTES FIRST GAME. Bid Smith was lucky to get his first hit. In the first Inning Sid, sent one out by Carlos Smith. "Horseshoe" fell down and the bolt got by him. When he picked It up lie fielded It to short stop but someway It got by Demont and was finally plucked by Alcock, who threw to the plate. However, Castro and Dyer scored before the ball reached tho plate. Fox's single In the first Inning came iretty near being a fielder's choice with ■askert out at second from Walters to Demont. Nobody In the Southern League but Paskert could have beaten the ball there. The foul-fly on which Dyer was re tired In the third was the lowest yet. It did not bound over a couple of feet high. And Lattlmer got under It. Jim Fox was certainly hitting them out. In the second Inning his fly-out to Garvin’ In left field was so far away from the bases that Becker went from second to third and Paskert from first to second on' the throw In. "Tax” Lattlmer got a real hit and a near-hit In the first game. The latter was the thing he sent down to Jim Fox In the second Inning. The ball hit his bat by accident nnd so surprised the Atlanta Infield that the Old Boy nearly went safe. Castleton covered the bag and nabbed him. The Atlanta players seemed to hate to give up their chances at the ball, especially If It was a fly. There were several occasions when players nearly collided. Ones the hall went to the ground. At another time Paskert final ly got under one that he and Win ters chased and It was nearly Jarred out of his hand by the Impact of "Gin ger's” bulk. SECOND GAME. Mcock appeared to be guilty of a bit of shady work In the second game. When Jim Fox hit his first three-bag ger he tried to stretch It Into a home run. When he rounded the third sack It appeared that Alcock Interfered Vtth him and Jim returned to "bawl him out” after It was over. This Isn’t the first offense of this kind on the Ponce DeLeon diamond this year, but local fans are sincere In the hope that It Is the losL A man Is entitled to alt the bases he hits for. Of course In this cose Jim had no chance for home and It was bad coaching that let him trt for It. However, that does not excuse Alcock's work. Roger Bresnahan still feels the ef fects of the blow he received on the head at Cincinnati. He has much trou ble sleeping at nights and a hot. broil ing sun maked It impossible for him to work owing to dizxfnes!). Roger got back into the gains earlier than his physicians advised and only his superb nerve has been keeping him us. Dear Percy; If you will Indulge me few moments I will pay my respects and the respects of a number of the downtrodden of the wild-eyed and leather-lunged to the Silent Thing be hind the Atlanta baseball club—not the manager, who la all right, but the di rectorate which Is all right every now and then--mostly then. It Is all about that doublcheader Monday which did not come to pnas, and about the way some of the faith ful were treated—rather mistreated—by those' gentlemen who, out of pure pa triotism, are running the ball club— the fact that they are making a few thousand every week or so being, of course, merely Incidental. It was advertised by the Silent Thing that two games were to be played Mon day afternoon and that one price of admission would be charged. If only one game had been advertised a few thousand fewer fans would have at tended. If It had been advertised that two prices of admission were to be charged for the two games, likewise and the same about the few thousand fewer fans. These fans paid to see two games. But one was played, and therefore all were entitled to get their money back or a proportionate part, the which they did not. Of course. It was not the base- twill association's fault that It rained. Neither Is It the theatrical manager’s fault when a wreck prevents his com pany from keeping an engagement. This, however. Is Just a little violet. There are bouquets, laurel wreaths, diadems, and haloes yet to come. Some there were who paid admission and for seats In the grandstand who came, to see only the first game—Just as some came to see only the last— and when the first was called off they left—possibly had to go. They got stung. This la about all they did get, excepting a free bath, a grove of luscious lemons, oodles of ex perience and the musical merry ha-ha! Still they had a chance to get half of what they were promised by remain ing, and ns this Is doing pretty well for the baseball association, no particular kick Is raised. Those faithful fellows In the bleach ers—by the way, I had a pass and sat In the press box—are the ones whose complaints I wish to voice. When It rained (they had to leave the grounds and go to shelter. The man agement had no more right to expect them to stt through the rain than tM fans had a right to expect the teams to play in the rain. When they came back for the second game, they were refused admittance to the park. They had paid to see t»° games. The first one was not P *>'*" and they were not allowed to witn«j the second. They had rain checks, too, and don’t forget that! , For the price of admission to t* games they were allowed to see neltn • They got absolutely nothing but tj» articles of commerce previously m e ". tloned, only In large quantity amt much more Juicy quality. . You fans who,, since the days wn ancient history was modern, have do working up an appetite for dinner w lambasting the players, why not t your attention to those who reail> at fault? And you warriors of/he sporting IP™; who have ever and forever been t» , hasting the afqresald wild-eyed leather-lunged, why not get out on skirmish line and make a feeble charts at the management—tho Silent Tntns the real directors and dictators - galvanised and lemonlsed fellow* hand out the nickels with fingers and greedily gather In the sb" Icons with baskets? Oh, some of these Silent good, I suppose. When they I anJ they are probably very, very IF when they are bum, they are |( , That's all. Pin the flowers on Percy. THE FAN’S FRIE> D B ASEBALL ATLANTA vs. BIRMINGHAM AUGUST, 12, 13, 14. GAME CALLED TODAY AT 3:30k