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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
AUGUST 3907.
THE END IS VERY NEAR OF THAT WESTERN INVASION
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
• *
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
What are the minor leagues going to do to keep the majors
from cornering the visible supply of baseball players!
Nobody objects when the “big guys” get the cream of the
players. They hnve the most money nnd play the fastest ball.
But we do object when they get more than they need and
can possibly use. And we especially object because their obvious
object in so doing is to hold up tho minor league clubs next
spring when they sell the players back.
Weeks ago Billy Smith wailed that the major league man
agers had bought up every really first-class player in the little
leagues he was watching. *
Now that Harry Vaughn has gone out after players ho
stacks up against the same proposition.
Every player who is a real star in a small league has been
bought. The few overlooked in the first scramble will be draft
ed. And when teams like Atlanta, Birmingham and the other
Southerners want players they will have to take the minor league
culls or buy next spring from the majors at advanced prices.
From here this looks like a clear case of gouge.
Tho major leaguers have to employ scouts and can therefore
get a better line on minor league stars than can the Southern
League managers. They also have more money and can go right
out after any promising player.
It costs them nothing to hold the players over until spring
and then they can sell them off.
They buy them when .the demand is light and the price is
low. They sell when the demand is great nnd the price nigh.
In consequence they make money from the minor leaguers.
This thing is getting to be a regular trust, nnd wo guess it is
up to our friend, T. Roosevelt, president and trust-buster. If ho
would kindly give them a little of that Landis treatment it
would help the situation a lot.
With fine irony Will R. Hamilton dopes it out in The New
Orleans Item that the reason Charley Frank got Lave Cross to
come South was to place him as manager of the Memphis team.
He points out that (according to Memphis newspapers) Frank
was trying to get Babb drafted out of his job with Memphis and
says that he will put Cross in his place.
All of which is somowhat humorous—as was intended—and
only goes to prove that Cross will play third bnse for Charley
Frank again next year.
And in passing you might discount all these rumors that
Frank will manage Montgomery. They’re jokes.
LEADER OF THE CHAMPS
ED LAFITTE HAS SIGNED
WITH JERSEY CITY TEAM
Ed Lafltte has signed with the Jer
sey City team of the Eastern League.
This signing took place a oouple of
months ago, but official announcement
has Just come to light In a bulletin of
Secretary Farrell, of the national asso
ciation.
Lafltte will not Join Jersey City un
til next season.
Drawings Have Been Made
For A. A. C. Tournaments
BERNIE M'CAY MAY
MANAGE PRETZELS
Mobile, Ala., Aug.
20. — Official an
nouncement of the
sale of Manager
Bemey McCoy and
Center . F11 d e r
Woodle Thornton
of the local Cotton
.Stutos I.oaguc
team to .Montgom
ery of the South
ern League, was
made today by
Secretary C. Z.
Colsson. They are
two of the best
players on the
team.
McCay will prob
ably manage Mont
gomery next sea
son. Montgomery
is kicking for an
other Mobile play
er. >
Official confirma
tion is also mode of the
Pitcher Bell Bruner to New Orleans.
The news of the sale of Bemle
Cay to Montgomery and th™'eno«
that he may manage the aggre««>t„,
is welcomed by Bern!.’. man'y .
Bemle won deserved popularity sin,
the Atlanta team and fans by !
thousands who were sorry when h,
was turned away. "•
As mannger of the Mobile tens
Bemle has done very well. His team
has copped the pennant and he hu
displayed a wonderful knowledge of
baseball and players.
If he la given Mnlarkey’s Job u
manager of the Montgomery team h.
will doubtless do well. "
FOY COMING HOME.
Jack ,Foy, the Atlanta puguin.
who has been In New York looking
for some scraps, has re-opened an old
wound and will have to give un
fighting for the present. He will n .
turn to Atlanta to regain his health.
Hers Is Frank Chance, manager
of the terrible Cube, and a few
sketches depicting the hard luck of
the (Hants.
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I Handicaps sf Golfers
A new bunch of handicaps has bean pre
pared by the golf handicap committee of
the Atlanta Athletic Club for the tourna
ments Saturday nnd Monday.
Tbla handicap list. In addition to the 117
names which bavo been there since It was
first prepared, contains fifteen pew names
which hare been added within the last few
weeks.
The fnll revised handicap list follows
Atkinson.... 12
Armstrong
Lowry Arnold...
K. Arnold
A. 8. Adams....
O. W. Adair..
W. E. Ameud 1*
rae M , ......
... Lnttlmer 20
8 A. Lane 30
20 11. Ladd 20
OOF. M. Lsxton 12
Mary*.
Mo.
Plans have been made for the golf
tournament* over the Atlanta Athletlo
Club's course at East Lake on Satur
day and Monday.
The new list of handicaps Is pub
lished elsewhere oh this page. The
drawings for the Invitation tourna
ment which begins Saturday after
noon follow:
Holland vs. 8tovall, Byrd vs. Adair,
Whiting vs. Brown, Hill vs. Paine, An
gler vs. Tlchenor, Marye vs. Tllson,
Glenn vs. Arnold, Williams vs, Palmer.
Tho completo arrangement of the
teama for tho team match Monday
have not been made. However, Cap
tains Adnlr and Glenn have paired the
following player, and other names will
be added:
Glenn vs. Adair, Byrd v*. Hill, Tlleon
ve. Marye. Street vs. Holland, Tlche
nor vs. Arnold, Paine vs. Moore. WI1-,
Hams ve. Brown, W. K. Stone v*. Pal
mer, Goddard vs. Clay, Stovall vs.
Laxton, Phillips vs. Boyd, Charles King
vs. Hammond, Hopkins vs. Scott, Ruse
vs. Smith.
Fast Amateur Ball
Out at East Point
What promises to be on* of the most
exciting games of the season will oc
cur Saturday afternoon, when the
: Young Men's Christian Association and
| Maddox-Rucker teams play the first
gnmo of a series to determine the city
' championship of Independent teams.
As these games con not be played on
the Jackson street ground*, the owner
; having let the property for other pur
poses, the game Saturday will be play,
ed on the East Point grounds by spe
cial Invitation of the East Point team.
The same batteries that have kept
these teams so high In the percentage
column this season will work Satur
day—Green or Savlts and Luck, for
the Young Men's Christian Association,
and Alford and Williams for the bank
ers.
No doubt a large crowd of fane will
attend this gams, as the going Is bound
to be something strenuous. Cora leave
comer Broad and Alabama streets ev
ery ten minutes.
DAYTON GETS
JACOOWAN
"Big Lad” Finishes Season
With Central League
Team.
H. V. D. Allen
Mies Brawn .20
Edward Barnett.
W. Bongber...
Macon, Go., Aug. 10.—Jack Rowan,
one of Macon'e star pttohers, secured
from Atlanta this summer, will finish
the season with tho Dayton, Ohio,
team In the Central League.
Rowan was fanned out to Atlanta
by the Detroit Americans. Evidently
Jack could not make good in Atlanta,
and he was sent to Macon, where
from the very first he pitched fine ball,
and worked himself Into the, limelight
of the Central League, one of the
fastest clsse B leagues In the country.
Keep ArbockW Ariose Coffee in the
original package, and grind it at home as you
use it Wanning it sBghdy develops the flavor,
and makes the grinding easy.
That delicious appetizing
aroma is too good to lose in a
grocery store.
Coffee loses its identity as coffee after it
is ground.
If you know and want a good coffee buy
Arbuckles’ Ariosa
Coffee
and grind it at home. TLx cheapest good
coffee in the world. )
ARBUCKXJ3 BROS., New ork City.
.. BuiL... _
T. E. Brown...20
N. H. Broyles IS
Dowdell Brown.
Stuart Boyd —
P. O. Byrd b*
Fulton Colville 10
Brutus CUy 10
W. A. Connolly....»
W. O. Choirs...
J. C. Colquitt...,,
It. M. Crumley to
A. Word Cobb 12
Arthur Clork...
E. E. Clapp
Milton Dorgon.
Coke H. Dovls..
J . C. Dinkins..
. T. Doonon...
k
L. P. Potter 20
B. M. Grant 13
F. L (Borer W
Jobs (Bonn 28
W. n. (Benn 14
Ewell Bar 20
J. N. Goddard it
W. P. Hill "
Harvey Ilttrher...
Dr. F. Holland...- .
V. C. Ilollsjrman..23
P. Huger U
Hou.tonn Harper. .20
II. Hall U
0. A. Unwell 20
J. A._ Hammond...In
Hodgson 20
ii. Holliday!...201!
H. 1. Hopkins 1*1’
Harris to
„ ... h. r
H. D. Unit,
Geo. M. Ilk - -
J. F. Johnson 23
P. T.
II. Cloy Moore,
I* C. Moeckle.
Cuy Mitchell 23
E. F. Malone 20
lohn Mnddox 10
\ M. Unfelb
I. E. Moore SO
i. B. Naff,... "
•Valter Nosh,
E. II. Moore,
Geo. Obesr..
Phillips 18
Peel ....JO
Ituso I.... *0
Ri *
II. Reed,. 12
Russell Richards...,10
M. Ratnspcok..s.20
Rountree 80
D. Street 8
Wm. K. Stone 12
J. r, MOOKueu
Cbaa Wrong..
I. I). Rfott ....II
Carlton Smith 21
H.- Thompson 1
Percy Taylor 2
W. ft. Tlrbehor H
It. Thornton 20
8. Y. Topper, Jr....II
Percy whiting. 3
8. C. William. It
John C. Wheatley. .10
■ U. Whnlcy 23
B. Wynne 30
. E. Corwin X
W. C. Coles 30
Thornton 30
Frank Adnlr,....
Lawrence Grant
FT A. Johnson p
II. 1>. Storcr .,14
J. f>. Lynn to
Preston Hill N
Edward Anitln 13
lohn l'ltten 23
no Rtlne 30
Panl Goldsmith 30
chan. P. Kins *John Corrigan N
J. C. Kirkpatrick..* r
Clyde King 30
B. W. Ford 11
,. O. BYRD,
W. K. TIClIBNOn,
W. K. STONE.
Handicap Committee.
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HARDY A MAJOR NOW.
HARDY, First Bass.
This man, who was traded to the ■
Cubs for Seabnugh nnd a bunch of
money by Nashville, played his
first game with Murphy's team :
Tuesday.
| Standing of the Clubs. ]
Southern.
CLUBS— Flnyed. Won. Loat P. C.
Memphis. . .... 117 68 49 .681
ATLANTA 118 66 52 .669
Little Rock 113 59 64 .522
New Orleans 117 60 67 .518
Montgomery 117 66 61 .479
Birmingham 123 57 66 .468
Shreveport 118 61 62 .461
Nashville ..... 120 62 68 .433
CLUBS—
Charleston .
Jacksonville
Macon . . .
Augusta .
South Atlantia.
Played. Won. Lost. I*. C.
.... 115 72 43 .626
ft
. 4(11
.478
.233
111 23
64
American.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lo.t P. C.
Detroit 113 C9 44 .611
Philadelphia U3 67 4S ,B2
Chicago » 70 49 .688
Cleveland . . , , • 117 68 49 .381
New York 114 S3 61 .463
Boston ...... fif 6} 68 .429
8t. Louis 113 43 66 -425
Washington 121 34 77 .806
New York .
Pittsburg . ,
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . ,
Cincinnati .
Boston ... .
Bt. Louis .
National,
Played. Won. Lost. P._C
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. r . 117
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WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In Little Rock.
Birmingham In Shreveport.
Montgomory in New Orleans.
Nashville In Memphis.
PENNANT PROSPECTS
BRIGHTENING DAILY
With Crackers Only Two and a Half Games
Behind Memphis, and Going Strong,
Things “Look Good.”
According to the old saw there is a
lot of slippery going between the cup
and the outside edge of the food hop
per, or words to that effect.
But with all flue regard to this bit of
wisdom and a lot more about not
counting your chickens before the In
cubator corned off, we ar$ due to re
mark that It looks more and more like
Atlanta for tho pennant.
Atlanta's victory Thursday and the
fact that Memphis did not play, puts
the Crackers Just 21-2 games behind
the Babblers. . '
If Atlanta loses her four remaining
games In the west nnd Memphis wins
her three remaining games, Atlanta
will come homo only six games behind.
But nobody expects any such hard
luck for Atlanta.
The Crackers are going strong. Cii.
tro Is due to get back In the game to- |
day. That will put Sid Smith behind
the bat and give Sweeney that rett In
lias been needing.
Castleton, Zeller and McKentle era
pitching their best, and all three men
are practically Invincible. Ford won
his game Thursday and Spsde !■ In
fulr condition.
It Is hard to dopo It out any other
way but that Atlanta has the loveliest
chance ever for the snappy, happy, eld
rag that typifies the leadership In Un |
Southern League.
Double-headers will be billed Frt«
day and Saturday In Little Rock.
Monday tnomlpg tho Crackers opin I
at homo with Shreveport. A game *11! <
be played In tho afternoon alio,
TRAVELERS A CINCH
. IN THAT FIRST GAME!
YESTERDAY'S RE8ULT8.
Southern.
Atlanta 12, Llttls Rock 8.
Birmingham 4, Shreveport 0.
South Atlantic,
Augusta 1, Havannah 0.
Jacksonville 3, Macon 3.
Charleston 2, Columbia 0.
American,
Washington J, Boaton 2 (first game).
Washington 2, Boaton l (second game).
New York 6, Philadelphia 2.
Cleveland 5. Chicago 1.
Detroit 4, Bt. Louis 0.
National.
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburg X'
Chicago 5. Brooklyn 0.
Cincinnati 8, llostou X
KAUFFMAN KNOCKS OUT SCHRECK
San Franclico, Aug. 30.—Dope got
a bad upset here loat night when Al
Kauffman knocked Mike Schreck o|t
In the seventh round of their fight.
The blow that sent the big Cincinna
tian down for the count of ten was ons
to the stomach, and Schreck claimed a
foul on It.
Referee Roche refused to allow the
claim, and awarded the fight to Kauff
man.
The decision seemed to please the
people who saw the bout, though most
of the heavy betting hod been done on
Schreck. and the odds before the fight
favored him very materially.
Up to the time the blow was struck
that ended the fight Kauffman seemed
to have a shade the befit of It.
What the Fighters and Referee Had to Say
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Comhkey needs no scoot for tho Chicago
White Koi. lie makes good players out of
such cast-offs as llshn. Dougherty, Altrock,
Donahue and McFarland.
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If John McGraw, Fred Clark and Fielder
Jones sll quit nt the end of the season
there will he xmie strenuous bustling for
capable managers qext luring.
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O San Francisco, Aug. 30.—I was 0
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0 could do was to stay on the floor. O
O I tried to signal to Referee Roche O
O that I had been fouled, but I 0
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Fred Tenney says: "Jennings wss a great
hull player, tint b« bad It all over him.
With all due respeet. etc., notesly had It
all over Jennings or was his equal os a
shortitop.—New York Sun.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 30.—The
Traveler* made a poor show of carry
ing out their threat to put Atlanta
down In third place by losing the open
ing game of the series by a score of 12
to I.
Mike Finn was slightly nuts about
winning that game. If there was one
thing he wanted more than another, It
was first money In the contest,
So Mike put In Hughes, the man
who had only lost one game, and who
was leading the pitchers of the South
ern League.
And what the Crackers did to him
was a genuine sufficiency. He waa lam
basted for eighteen hits In the nine
Innings, giving up from one to three
'swats to every man on the Atlanta
team except Ford. Sixteen of the hits
were for one bag. The extra base hits
were made by Dyer and Becker. Pas
kert, Sid Smith, Dyer and Sweeney
helped their batting averages by get
ting three hits apiece.
Hughes was steady as they make
them. He did not allow many bases on
balls, he did not hit a batter, ho did
not moke a wild pitch.
He Just followed the old saw about
"puttin' ’em over nnd lettln' ’em hit."
And hit they certainly did, to all cor
ners of the lot.
Perhaps Ford profited by hts lesson
over In Atlanta, when ho held Bir
mingham batters down and hurt a lot
of feelings, when the Crackers were
winning a runaway game. This time
he waa generous with the hits, and
only used his deadly spit ball on the
rare occasions when It was needed.
In consequence, the Colts rolled up
gh
some fourteen hits and scored enougl
runs to win any ordinary game.
Atlanta's exhibition was marvelous.
The teem was tired as a llmburger
cheese from riding the long, hot, dusty,
bumpy trip across the barrens from
Shreveport to Little Rock. Also Swee
ney was pretty well "stove-up," ns n
result of his strenuous career behind
the bat, and Sid Smith was bock In
his old capacity of utility man and
playing In Castro’s place at shortstop.
This weary bunch of workers hit
right into Mr. Hughes at the Jump, and
when they found how easy It was to
hit, they freshened right up and began
to "lam" the ball In proper style.
After that It was all over but the shout
ing.
Little Rock was shut out to the sev
enth Inning. In the eighth and ninth,
however, the Travelers made eight rune,
four to the Inning.
The Crackers scored enough rune In
three Innings Thursday afternoon to
have won the game, although It would
have been a close call.
The nine runs were scored In this
manner:
Fifth Inning—Poskert singled to left
and went to second when Sid Smith hit
safe to the same place. On'a passed
boll Poskert advanced to third ard
Smith to second. Fox walked and tne
bases were full. Jordan singled to
center and Poskert scored. Bill Dyer
singled to left and on Miller's error
Smith andTox scored. Jordan went to
second and Dyer took a resi on first.
Sweeney filed out to right field. Jordan page
second to first . .
Sixth Inning—Winters flew out t*
right field. Pnskert singled to left tteld. I
Smith singled to right field and Paskert I
went to third. On a wild throw W
Bowcock to catch Pnskert at thin, 1
George scored nnd Smith went to »u- I
tlon No. 3. Fox walked. Jordan AM I
out to left field nnd Smith scored to I
the throw-in. Bill Dyer doubled to left I
field and Fox scored. Sweeney nit to 3
short nnd nn Rnckenfclil’s error DfU I
went to third and Sweeney to fim [
Ford fouled out to the catcher. I
Seventh Inning—Becker singled on: I
first and went to the keystone Ml
when "Ginger" Ooorge Winters elnglM I
to center. Poskert singled and BecW I
scored. Winters went to third to! I
Pnskert to second on the throw-la I
Smith grounded to third arid wse out tt I
first, no advance. Jordan hit to thin I
and Hess threw the ball wild, " Inter* I
nnd Pnskert scoring and Jordan golW I
to second. [
The Travelers scored their eight ruci
In this mariner: .
Eight Inning—Douglas singed H
center, nnd when Hughes singled »
went to second. Page hit to pitcher
Ford errored the ball and the btio
were full. Gilbert singled to center.
Douglas and Hughes scoring. Rocket- I
feld hit to short and was out at Urn I
Puge scoring. . . I
Ninth Inning—Hess best out a I
Douglas singled nnd Hess went to ««• I
ond. Keith batted for Hughes and i£ I
gled to left. The bases were full, rw I
hit to short, nnd on Smith’s error Hea I
Douglas nnd Keith scored (!) and/fS I
went to third. Gilbert doubled to us I
and Pago scored. Rockenfcld filed »* I
to left. Starke filed out to second »■ 1
Gilbert was caught off second. D°uw I
play.
Side out and Atlanta won.
The score:
•b.
6
Little Rock.
Page, 2b. . .
Gilbert, cf. .
Rockenfcld ss
Woods, c. . . ,
Stark, c, . . .
Miller, If. . .
Bowcock, rf. .
Hess, 3b. . . .
Douglas, lb. .
Hughes, p. . .
•Keith . . . .
1
2 1
0 2
» !|
i i « }|
1 ! *
X 2 • I
i o 3 !l
3 10 J
1 0 7
Totals ....•= » — -
•Batted for Hughes In ninth.
Atlanta.
.38 8 14 27
Becker, rf. .
Winters, cf. ,
Pnskert, If. .
Smith, ss. .
Fox, lb. . .
Jordan, 2b. .
Dyer, 3b. . .
Sweeney, c..
Ford, p. . .
Totals . .
By Innings:
Little Rock .
0 ! I
■! j
0 *
2 !
18 27 15
ooo non 044-»I
Atlanta -1
Summary—Two-base bits. 1,11 clier ;l
Woods, Dyer: three-base hits. “ , r; I
sacrifice hits. Poskert, lf ^ I
f-t■ .1.11 bases. Smith; base on I
Woods:
— .page to Douglas,
and Dyer remaining at their same stv- Fox. Jordan to Smith. Time
si n._i M s > • . T. ! .. s n,,.4.lo
BlUieu UBura, ossstas.. k 0 yt to ■
Hughes 4. off Ford 3, e*™ e rrof*|
Hughes 3. by Ford 3; « r " t n " n bl m t
Little Rock X, Atlanta >•
Little Rock 4. Atlanta 11^^ ts |
s; double plays, . <
to DouglaB. Smith to . ^
e« Ketilfh Tim® OI •
tlon*. fanned and Becker was out, \ Umpire, Rudderham.
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