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“THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,190%.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
DISTINGUISHED HORSEMEN, AND A HORSE
Well, well, well!
We win, Memphis loses.
Can you beat itf
Instead of being four full games to the bad, Atlanta, by one
large jump, is now only three full games to the bad.
And this on the road.
Verily, things arc looking up.
If Atlanta had lost again Tuesday and Memphis had won,
things would have looked feloomv enough. Five games to the bad
would have been an awful hole.
The Memphis team is certainly weakened by the loss of Babb.
Cooligan hasn’t got onto the curves of the tricky and unfair tur
tle back diamond and is booting 'em regularly. Also he is hit
ting like an old woman with a cork arm. It is an awful note when
a pitcher has to be sent in to bat for the man who took Babb's
place. But that happened. j
With the prospects brightened mate,
rlally by a victory (or Atlanta and a
defeat for Memphis, the Crackers whirl
Into the Pirates for the third time on
Wednesday. After this game the At
lanta club catches a train for the heat
ed hike to Little Rock.
Just six games are possible in the
three dayr In Little Rock. It Is not
likely that such a number will be
played, however. About live would
seem to be a large and tiresome suf-
Ilclency.
On Saturday afternoon the Crackers
begin their lengthy hike homeward, and
on Labor Day open against Shreveport
The Memphis team without Charley Babb is not so much of a
team. As we have said something like sixty-steen times, Mem
phis hasn't much of a team. The lively work and the red-hot en.
couragement of Charley Babb is what has kept it up where it is.
Of course Babb is on the bench and urging his team on, but
it is not the kind of urging ho has been doing all season nnd the
Bluffers have not the example of the hardest working player in
the league.
Of course it is possible for the Metnphii to win the pennant
with Babb out of the line-up, but it is going to take hard work.
If the team, without him, is as demoralized at home—as it
seems to be—what will it be on the roadf
Hurrah for Charley Frank and the scare he threw into Bnbb
that made him take to the bench. Frank says that he never
wanted to have Bnbb drafted, but anyway, the thing.worked out
all right for Atlanta.
In another column is a communication from a fan which is
worthy of consideration by the local baseball moguls.
It is a cinch that, with a good day, there will be an overflow
crowd at Ponce DeLeon on Labor Day.
In consequence such a crowd should be prepared for.
The writer is no expert iq handling crowds at hall parks and
is not going to make any suggestion as to what ought to be done.
But there are men cpnnected with the association who are double-
and-twisted experts at those sorts of things and they ought to
make all arrangements to handle the crowd as it .should bo
handled.
Sid Smitll has boon knocked as often this year as any man on
the Atlanta team with the sole exception of Dyer. And yet, if
Atlanta wins the pennant, Sid will have done more than his
share. In addition to catching good ball he has filled in every va
cancy that has occurred in the line-up and in every position ho
has been placed he has played well.
Diamond Doings Tuesday
On Various Ball Fields
PROSPECTS BRIGHTER FOR CRACKER!
LARNED MEETS
ROBERT LEROY
Last Game in Piratetown
Wednesday, Then On, to
Little Rock.
In the first games of the last series of
the season.
These Players Reach Finals
in Nations] Tennis Cham
pionship'.
Newport, r R. I., Aug. 28.—Former
Champion William A. Lamed, of New
Jersey, and Robert Leroy, of New
York, will meet today In the finale of
the all-comers' national lawn tennis
touraameht for the honor .of challeng
ing Champion Willie J. Clothier, of
Philadelphia, for the title,
Lamed yesterday met) nn old oppo
nent In former Champion Clarence Ho
bart, and won 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Hobart
played his usual steady and resource
ful game, but Laraed's brilliant placing
gave him a comparatively easy tvln.
The match between Molllnliauer und
Leroy proved to be much closer. Leroy
finally won. The score: 4-fl, 6-4, 1-6,
8-6, 6-0.
"rest" for
August Belmont and 8enator Smith, of New Jersey, are shown dis
cussing a question of horses with Jockey Mountain.
In the upper picture Jockey Mountain is seen riding Mr. Belmont’s
colt Fair Play to victory.
BASEBALL SERVED HERE IN ALL STYLES
■Ham" In The New Orleans
The Montgomery Climbers defeated
the Memphll Tuesday afternoon In n
pretty game on the Turtle Back dia
mond by the score of 4 to 1. Maxwell
pitched good boll for the Climbers and
the Memphll could do nothing with his
benders. Shields lost hla game because
of poor support.
Tho Barons defeated the Travelers
Tuesday by the soore of 10 to 0. Keith,
the Little Rock slabmon, waa batted
all over ’.he lot. while Clark, of the
Barons, was very effective. The Trav
elers mado four errors.
Blivet BUI Phillips, of the Pelicans,
pitched one tf the best games of his
career Tuesday afternoon when he shut
the Dchbers, of Nashville, out and al
lowed them only two measly hits. Sor
rell twirled for the Dobbera and he was
not hit to any extent. The score was S
to 0 In favor of New Orleans.
Savldge. who will go to Memphis at
the close of the South Atlantic League
naacn. won another game for Jackson
ville Tuesday afternoon when he de
feated Augusta by the score of 3 to 1.
Augusta secured only 4 hits off Sav
ldge. Holmes was batted rather hard
by the Jays.
Detroit defeated Washington again
Tuesday afternoon, and this time the
score was 6 to I. Mullln twirled for
Detroit and Falkenburg for Washing
ton.
Happy Jack Cheebro won a game for
the New York Americans Tuesday aft
ernoon, nnd his victim was the Boston
club. The score wns S to 1. Old Cy
Young was batted hard by the High
landers.
Nap Rucker, the deorgla hoy, lost his
game to the Chicago Cubs Tuesday
afternoon, although he allowed that
team only four scattered hits. Rucker
Pitched great ball against the Cubs, and
out for an error, It Is probable that he
would have won the contest. Lundgren
was on the firing line for the Cubs, and
he allowed only three hits. The score
waa 1 to 0.
The New York Giants defeated the
Bt. Louts Cardinals Tuesday afternoon
by the score of 1 to 0. Christy Mat
thewson was on the firing line for the
Giants and he twirled great ball. The
Cardinals secured only three hits off
his delivery. Karger was batted hard
by the Giants.
Even It the Rt. I.null Cardinals can't win
the pennant this season you must give them
credit for holding their own—eighth place.
We are certainly excelling ourselves and
everybody else in the present quality of Ar-
buckles’ Ariosa Coffee.
No such quality of coffee
can be sold out of a bag, bin
or tin, or under any other
name by anybody in this town,
for anything near the same
can
price.
That’s a strong statement, but you
take our word for it, and we are the largest
dealers in coffee in the world. Another thing
—the egg coating on ARIOSA COFFEE
does not improve its appearance but preserves
the flavor and aroma.
Remember that ARIOSA is
not sold to look at, but to drink.
Complies with all the requirements of the
National Pure Food Law. Guarantee 2041
Filed at Washington.
ARBUCKLB BROS, New York City.
Say*
Item:
"Becker I* one of the beat outfielder*
In the Southern, but It 1* extremely
doubtful whether he will make good
with Cincinnati, the club which really
owne him.”
We regret to report
wrong, "me tod."
that you're
IUIIg, IliV
When the deal went through for Paa-
kert Atlanta got Becker for good and
all.
What follow* le from the pen of the
•aid “Ham." but In thl* he Is more or
lei* right:
There are not two pitcher* In the
Southern League or any other
league more alike thnn the two who
pitched the remarkable Pelican-
Cracker game of Friday. Oueee and
Keller are In the same cla**.
Myron W. Townaend laid not
long ago that "Rube" Waddell had
a J10.000 arm and a ten-cent head.
Reducing hi* figure* a little we
might apply thl* to both Gueae and
Zeller.
Gueae and Zeller are the two best
mechanical pitcher* In the South
ern League. There Is hardly a
doubt on that acore. In fact, they
proved that Friday lust as much a*
the question could be proved. There
wa* no great amount of thinking
on the pitchers' part In Frldny's
game. It can hardly be said that
the success of both Ouese and Zel
ler came through their knowledge
of the opposing batsmen. It came
through their ability to pitch the
ball over the edges of the plate
with such steam and such control,
coupled with some curves, that
few batsmen would have been able
to hit. One pitcher was about as
. good os the other. They both
E Itched the same kind and class of
all, and they both depended on
their one pitching asset—a great
arm.
But suppose the bases hod been
filled with Crackers at any period
of the contest. In that case It
would have been a two to one bet
that Guese would have exploded
like a Russian anarchist’s bomb.
Or If two’ or three Pelicans had
f rotten on bases with nobody put,
t would have been Just as good a
bet that Zeller would have forced
men over the plate until he had
to be taken out. Of course, there
are times when both pitchers pull
themeslves out of such holes, but
look up the dope book and you'll
find that pulling themselves out of
j Standing of the Clubs, j
CLUBS-
Momphti ..... 116
ati Ant a 116
Little Rock Ill
New Orleans 116
Montgomery 116
llIrtnlnKham 121
8brereport Ill
NnibvUU 119
CLUBB-
Charteeton .
Jacksonville
Ms con
South Atlantic.
Plajetl. Won. Lost. V. C.
lit "A A* Mt
Augusts
Savannah
82
.287
American.
CLTTB8— Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Detroit ...... Ill 67 44 .6W
Philadelphia 112 67 46 .6M
Chicago .-.4
Clove la ml .
New York .
O s 0
O ISBELL IS INJURED. O
a ; , 0
0 Chicago, Aug. -28.—Frank Is- 0
0 bell has played hla last game of 0
0 ball with the White Sox. Ho was O
0 badly spiked in practice Monday 0
0 and left last night for his Kansas 0
0 home. The Injury to III* hand Is O
O so serious that there Is no chance 0
O for him to play again this season. O
_ Next year ho will be with the O
O Wichita club, In which he has O
0 secured a controlling Interest. 0
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ROY8TON DEFEAT8 HARTWELL.
Special to The Georgian.
Rnyston. Ga.. Aug. 28.—Royston and
Hartwell played their last series of the
season on Hartwell's ground*. The con
such.holes Is the exception Instead
of the rule with Messrs. Guese and
Zeller.
And that's why neither Guese
nor Zelhr will make good In the
big leagues. Zeller is said to have
been sold to Clark Griffith. There
Is little, doubt that he Is going to
New York next spring In exchange
for Castleton, who now belongs to
New York, but watch Zeller either
hike back to Atlanta or go to Grif
fith's "farming out” club at Mon
treal, Canada.
Here Is the dope on Colllgan, Mem
phis' new shortstop:
This Is Colllgan’s third year.as a
professional. His home Is at Oneata, N.
Y„ where he attends St. Buenaventura
College and where he got his first real
experience on the diamond. In 1905 he
Joined the Oneata club, In the Inter
state League, and played two seasons
as an Inflelder with that team. Last
spring he was traded to the Oil City,
Pa., club. In the same league, for two
players, and worked with It up to last
week, when he was sold to the Bluff
City squad nnd started South to Join
the Memphll.
He Is Just 22 years old, but Is said to
be a remarkably well-developed ball
player. Scout O'Brien, of the Cleve
land Americans, recommended him to
Manager Babb, declaring that Colllgan
would certainly be In major league
company season after next.' Colllgan
was batting at a .280 clip when he left
Oil City.
games to the Western teams an*
done with It nobody knows na
This cheese-paring policy of Mor
gomery's Is hurting Atlanta In her ra
for the pennant, for Memphis gets t,
series against Montgomery after V
weakening process began and Atlan
gets none.
Says Grantland Rice In the Ten.
nessean: “
Barring a submarine upheaval or
a 24-karat earthquake, it looks
like Memphis in a canter under
heavy wraps.
That double wallop which Mr
Frank’s rejuvenated athletes pas..'
.a pe9p , e 8| P“J*
Whltcy Morse Is about himself
again and expects to play with the
Dobbers when they get home from the
Western trip.
The Little Rock Goxette states that
Malarkey Is going to let Neal Ball go
to New York before the Pretsels re
turn home. This la cheerful for At
lanta. Not contented with firing Sea-
bnugh, the Pretsels will now let go
about the only other good man they
have.
Why Malarkey does not fire his
whole team, forfeit all the remaining
ed Bill Smith 1
about wound up the festiveYcrim^
mage unless the imforseen ahould
butt In and sidetrack the dope
Atlanta’s road shdwlng in' the
West up to date hasn't been as g ar
and gaudy as her supporters hoped
for ten days ago. Counting up
through Sunday's program the
Georgia delegation had won only
three out of ten, while Babb’s pen.
nant chasers hod annexed six out
of nine.. Even if Atlanta should
draw up a bit by Wednesday night
the last part of the week's curd
. doesn't offer any hope, for while
she is booked for Little Rock a
team playing the fastest ball In the
league today, Memphis feeds upon
the soft flesh of Nashville's re-
mains for four consecutive battles
Ever>' turn now looks to be
against Bill Smith’s Beerless team,
nnd the odds are that Memphis
will take the road next week at
least six games to the good.
Atlanta's role chance now seema
to be a clean sweep of her Sep
tember series, accompanied by a
dlsxy slump for Memphis. But it
Isn't likely that Memphis Is going
to drop many games In Nashville
or Birmingham, with Suggs
Shields, Bills, Stockdale and ('rls-
tall working 'n ruch spectacular
form.
Maybe so. But things don't look
so bad right now. .
WHAT, AGAIN? WHY, YESI
CRACKERS WIN IN 11TH
BY SCORE OF 3 TO 2
Zeller, by the way, has Improved
wonderfully, and can pull out of holes
now with the best of thenV
To date the Memphll have won
59 per cent of games played at
home since the last series started,
which Is still far from that 70 per
cent an expert said was necessary
for the team to win In order to go
on the final tour with a chance
for the pennant, - Atlanta's fate on
the road, however, was not figured
by tho expert.—Memphis Com
mercial Appeal.
To-date Atlanta haa won five, lost
seven and has thue won about 42 per
cent of her games.
SPEEDY FIELD
IN BIG EVENT
Angus Pointer is Best of Lot
in Park Brew
Stakes.
Providence, Aug. 28.—"Park Brew
Day" at Narragansett Park brought out
large crowd in the expectation of
interesting racing. The moat that waa
r<¥)utred of Angus Pointer, the winner
of the event, was to equal the record
made by Gallnher In 1904, 2:04. The
.674
Iloaton
st. l^ula . .
Washington
116
112
60
.429
CLUBS—
Chicago .
New York
Plttatmrg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . . . • .
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louts
National.
Played. Won. Lott. P. C
. . 116 *4 32 .724
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
... Rock.
Montgomery In Memphis.
Nashville In New Orleans.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
Atlanta 3. Shreveport 2.
Montgomery 4. Memphis 3.
New Orleans 3, Xnahrllle 0.
Birmingham 10, Little Rock 0.
South Atlantic.
Jacksonville 2, Augusta L
Macon 3. Colnmlda 2.
Charleston 2, Savannah L
American.
New York 5 V Boston 1.
Detroit 4, Washington 3.
National.
Cincinnati 3, Boston 2.
Philadelphia 5. Pittsburg 2.
New York 1. HI. Louis <K
Chicago 1, Brooklyn 0.
test* were three of the hardest fought fastest field ever entered In euch an
games of the year. The first was won
by Royston by the score of 1 to 0.
Frank Anderson did not allow Hart
well a semblatice of a chance to score.
Cox also pitched good ball for Hart
well.
The second game went to Hartwell
on errors. Cox wa* batted for ten safe
ties and Ginn. Royston's young pitcher,
allowed only five hits. The ecore was
4- to 3.
Tiie Utiiu same went to Hartwell by
a score of 5 to 1. Vickery pitched nice
ball for Hartwell, while Anderson’s
arm was weak from the first game.
These teams have played eight games
this reason. Royston has won five.
The first game Hartwell won was be
cause Royston let Hnrtwell have Cox.
who had been pitching and playing
for Royston, to pitch for them on July
4 Hartwell plays good bal, but It
has been clearly outplayed by Royston
all the year. The only team that heat
Royston n majority of games this year
was the Southern Bell. Royston and
Jefferson play three games this week
for the championship of northeast
Georgia, after which the Royston team
will disband.
BOSTON WINS.
The Soque baseball team played a
gome with the Boston team on Sat
urday on the Boston dL-tmond. h was
the first match game either team ever
played. The score wa* 17 to 13 In fa
vor of Boston.
The second gam* come* off Sbptetn-
thts race. Angus
3-4; Audubon Boy,
event started
Pointer, 3:02 _
1:59 1-4: Oratt, 2:02 1-4; Baron Grat
tan, 2:03 1-4, were all picked to do
wonders, but Angus Pointer waa the
only one of the lot to show bis metal,
capturing first money In straight heat*.
The 2:09 trotting required an extra
heat.
Summary: > •
2:15 Class—Trotting, purse, 82,000—
Margaret O., b. by Onward, (Davis),
won; Tempus Fuglt, ch. g.. (Geers),
second; Wild Bell, br. g., (DeRyder),
third. Axtellay, b. m., (Thomas),
fourth. Best time, 2:08 3-8.
Park Brew—Free for all, pacing,
purse. 15,000—Angus Pointer, b. g„ by
Sidney Pointer. (8under!ln), won; Bar
on Grattan, b. g„ (Geers), second; Bol-
llvar. b. g„ (Brady), third. NerviL b.
h, (Cox), fourth. Best time, 2:04.
2:09 Class—Trotting, purse, 31,000—
Lotto, blk. m.. by Guy Thistle, (Mc
Henry), won; Beatrice Bellnl. blk. m.,
(Dickerson), second; Jack Leyburn.
ch. g., (McCarthy), third. Charlie
Belden, br. g., (DeRyder), fourth. Time,
2:09 1-4.
2:12 Class—Pacing, purse, 81,000—
Ethan Roberts, b. g„ by Ethan Wilkes.
(Snow), won; Peacemaker, b. h.. (Mur.
phy), second; Johnny Snteeker, b. g.,
(Cox), third. Gentry's Star, b. nt,
(McHenry), fourth. Best time, 2:0» 1-3.
Shreveport, La, Aug. 28.—For con
sistency, you couldn't find the equal of
the Craekers In a week's hunt.
Score, Monday, 8 to 2, 11 Innings.
Score, Tuesday, ditto In every par
ticular.
When It comes to slipping the win
ning run across In the eleventh In
nlng, tho Shreveport fans have to hand
It to Atlanta—In large packages.
On Monday the Atlantans broke up
what looked like a continuous perform,
ance by double-stealing a man home.
On Tuesday they turned the trick In
the eleventh on a passed ball.
It was a rip-snorting game, al
right. Lefty Graham, the soon-to-be
St.-Louls-American. pitched phonome,
nal ball, and during the eleven-inning
contest allowed only three hits. If It
had not been for bis wild pitch it
would have been easy money for
Shreveport to get a tie at any rate.
Something that does not usually
happen came to'pass In the game. At
lanta managed to make all three hits
count In the run-making.
In the ninth Inning, with the score
1 to 0 In favor of Shreveport, Winters
went safe on Graham's error, ad
vanced on Paskert's single, the first
Atlanta hit of the day, tallied, along
with Georgle, the swift, on Sid Smith's
double. Please score another pinch
4ilt -for Sid Smith.
This gave Atlanta a one-run lead
and It looked as though victory would
be easy, but It wasn’t, for Shreveport
scored one In her half of the ninth.
The tenth Inning passed ott quietly,
with both teams laying back for the
supreme effort In the eleventh.
Becker started the fun In tho elev
enth with a neat one-bagger. Winters
and Paskert failed to get the ball out
of the Infield, but they were handy
enough with their hits so that Becker
was able to get to third.
Then Graham, with all due delib
erateness, tossed the ball over Mas
sing’* head, nnd Becker came home
with the run that won the game.
It was a hard game for Shreveport
to lose—one of the dozens they hsvs
lost this year by a whisker.
It looked at first glance as though
Graham deserved a victory, yet the
first man who scored owed hla Job u
a base runner to Graham’s error, and
the last one who scored came home os
Graham's wild throw.
"Lefty" has no real kick coming os
a defeat, despite his 3-hlt exhibition.
"Serpentine" McKenxle hurled well
for Atlanta. Ten hits were made, bul
they were well scattered and h* hell
Shreveport down nicely. Especially
after the score waa tied up he ehowet
great steadiness and Impressed loctl
fans as good 1908 material for tbs
Crackers.
The score:
Atlanta.
Becker, rf. .
Winters, cf. ,
Paskert, If. .
Smith, c. . ,
Fox, lb
Jordan, ss. .
Castro, 2b. .
Dyer. 3b.
McKenxle, p.
0 4
1 I
0 I
Totals. . .
Shreveport.
King, 3b
Benson, ss. .
Fisher, If. .. .
Warrender, rf.
Lcwee, 2b. . .
■Mclver, cf. .
Clarke, lb. . .
Mossing, c. .
Graham, p.- .
8 33 14
h. po. a
2 2 0 4
3 4 I
Totals.
.88 2 10 33 14 1
Score by Innings:
Atlanta ...000 000 002 01—*
Shreveport 000 000 101 OM
Summary—Two-base hits, Smith,
Warrender. Three-base hit. Massing
Sacrifice hits, Winters, Smith. Itonsoa
Lewee. Stolen bases, Becker, Paskert
Benson, Mossing. Bases on balls, m
McKenzie 4, oft Graham 4. Struck out
by McKenxle 8, by Graham 11. to*
on bases, Atlanta 3. Shreveport t
Wild pitches, McKenxle. Graham.
Time. 2:20. Umpire, Davla.
“Overflow Crowd Is Certain,
So Prepare For It,” Says Fan
Atlanta, Ga., August 27, 1907.
Mr. Percy Whiting, Sporting Editor
The Georgian.
Dear. Sir—As It Is almost Inevitable
that there will be an overflow crowd
at the Labor Day games, I want to
get you to say a word or two In be
half of the people whose patronage
to the club this season and In past
years has not deserved the treatment
ntilch they have received on holidays
and overflow occasions.
First, It Is a custom to admit to the
field many persons who sit or stand In
f;ont of the occupants of boxes. As
the occupants of boxes pay 50 cents
more than the regular admission (trice
for these choice seats, this Is mani
festly unfair to them.
Second. After the field Is opened for
the overflow, the .bleacher crowd, 26c,
hurries over to the points In front of
the grand stand, thus crowding out of
standing room those who, because they
entered a different gate, paid 25c mot*
for the privilege of alttlng on
ground than a bleacher seat w°»“
cost. . .it
Third, and most Important of
there should be ropes put up at tn
foul lines In the field and at the bocs
of the outfield, to keep the croud bacs
against the fences, as It Is quite tmpoe
slble to have a satisfactory game w«
the crowd in the outfield, prevent™
the fielders from getting many a m
that would be an easy fly, thus
Ing farces of these Important
well-attended games.
As It It not necessary for any
these uncomfortable and unfair c
■Milan* to exist In the new grouse*
step* should be taken at once to 9
vent them, and Labor Day wouia
a good time to start, as all the
of the next two weeks may well be
pected to have overflowing cr°*°\.
REST 1C REATEN.
The Fayetteville baseball team met
and - defeated Rest. Saturday, by the
score of 5 to 4. It waa one of the
prettiest games that Fayetteville has
figured in this season.
Canfield Will Sell His
Saratoga Gambling Pisa
Saratoga, N. Y.. Aug. 21.—The "For
Sale" signs were put up tn the grounds
of Canfield's club yesterday.
When Inquiry wax made at the club
as to the meaning of the signs, the fol
lowing statement waa given out:
"It Is true that this property Is of
fered for sale. The reason It Is put
op the market Is. because of the de
cision of the present management not
to reopen the place. The decision not
to reopen either the club or the ree-
tsurant Is flnaL For a length °f
the property will be offered for f
If a purchaser Is not found ultmn
reasonable time tor the entile P r ' -
It will be cut up Into lots and sow,
that manner.'
Richard Canfield, more than »"* *3
person, ws* responsible for the renwj
►ance of Saratoga, about **'f. r ; d ! tM t
ago. It may be taken for gnintet
with the passing of the summer .
will! Ii«r ~ _ .lord *
the most famous gsmbllng r .y
this side of the Atlantic will M