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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 !?0000000000OO000000000O000 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