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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1907.
CRACKER CLAN FAST CLOSING IN ON SOUTHERN PENNANT
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT views] ATLANTA WINS TWICE,
AND BABBLERS LOSE;
. LEAD IS CUT
Well, after what happened Lnbor Day can you blame the
fans of Atlanta for beinff “plum foolish” about baseball!
We tried to be moderate in our hopes and it seemed too
much to ask that Atlanta win both games and Memphis lose both-
But that was what came to pass.
When Johnny Dobbs Wes' in Atlanta the last time ho said:
“Wait 'till we get those Memphis people up home. We’ll make
them hurry faster thnn they ever hurried before.”
We thought it was idle josh then, but Johnny seems to have
put it across.
Grant Sehopp beat the Dobbers in one game. Stanley
Yerkes did the same thing in the first. To those gentlemen and
the other performers of the Nashville team Atlanta is obliged. If
the Birmingham and Montgomery players will only do as well
we’ll get that pennant sure.
That was a giddy, gorgeous crowd at Ponce DeLeon Mon
day. And for the second time this year the people of Atlanta
have put a large bunch of coin into the pockets of the Southern
League and paid their annual assessment for the benefit of the
weaker brothers. For, as all good fans know, the receipts of the
holiday games are pooled and divided equally among all the clubs.
“Dusty” Miller, once of Memphis, and formerly of Cincin
nati, has testified in court that “drinking does not hurt a ball
player if he indulges in it ns a beverage.”
“Dusty” does not go on to say how much booze constitutes
a beverage.
And then ho runs a thirst parlor, anyway.
The successor to the spit ball has been discovered.
It has not been named as yet and nobody can pitch it, and
those who are monkeying with it enn’t tell what it is going to do,
but anyway, it’s the real thing.
The new curve is secured by pressing very tightly with the
third finger of the pitching hand nnd the ball is guided and
twisted with this finger.
What 11 you bet that McKenzie, the Human Merry-Go-Round,
don’t use it inside of the week.
Great Games Played on
Labor Day Afternoon
Ford wins morn
ing game for At
lanta and Cas-
tleton does same
stunt in the after
noon, shutting out
Shreveport team.
Memphis team
beaten twice in
Nashville and
Crackers are now
only one full
game behind the
leaders of the
league.
DOWN
Crackers are go
ing stronger than
ever before thi
season and Bab
biers seem demor
alized. Lo cal
fans can’t see any
thing on horizon
but
N
e w
pennant.
Orleans
team here Wed
STORY OF THE GAME
It Is with some considerable pleasure that we take our typewriter in
hand to narrate the fact that Monday afternoon's game went the same
way that the morning battle did, and Atlanta won B to 0. q
The second game of the home stretch series was a hummer. Castlet™
choked the Shreveport Pirates oft with five hits, three of which were di«
tlnct scratches; and never as much as gave them a peek at scoring terri
tory.
Roy had that queer old hook of his working to perfection, and ti,«
Pirates were the most helpless lot of grown men that you win often see
Warrender, a batter of renown, struck out twice. Benson slammed the bui
three times to Sid SmltH and never once got it out of the Infield. Dais*
made three hits, but every one was a scratch, and Hickman, who HAS been
known to hit'the ball, fanned thrice. • “
You can take It from us, that Roy_ was all there. If he had pitched
any hafder It would have spoiled the fun. As It was, the one million
pie—more or less—who saw the battle never really had any cause for un.
easiness.
Pigmy Gordon Hickman twirled for Shreveport, and counting out th.
fifth Inning, he allowed only three hits. Unfortunately for Gordon, Jnrd„„
nlnnl nd n n/1 atolo ononnA In tbo fl fl b Dvzu* clntrlorl Qumonot, saerill ' (J
singled and stole second In the fifth. Dyer singled, Sweeney
Castleton singled. Becker filed out. Winters doubled and Clark perpetraS
ed an error—all In the fervid fifth.' The result- was four runs for Atlanta
Jordarf, In the sixth Inning, scored the lost run by spectacular bn«
running. He singled, went to second on Dyer's out, stole third and went
home on Clark’s error.
That settled the scoring In the afternoon game, and at the end of
first half of the eighth Umpire Rudderham called It oft. It was getti„,
Jitebv ansi duatv nnrl It U'fin nhvlOllR tfl fill thnt two hnum mown ...... . *
dusky and dusty, and It was obvious to all that two hours more of piavln?
tfniiLl nnl hava rlnnn anvthlncf innrn thnn InrrfiflUA Atlnnt'i'a land * *
would not have done anything more than Increase Atlanta's lead.
So the Crackers called It a day's jvork, after putting two victories to
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 6, Shreveport 2 (morning game).
Atlanta 5, Shreveport 0 (nfternoou game).
Nashville 2. Memphis 1 (morning game),
Montgomery^9,^Little Itoek 0 (forfeit).
inin 1 (morning
game).
Birmingham 13, New Orleans 0 (afternoon
game).
nesday for four
games.
ROY CASTLETON, WINNER OF SE COND GAME.
'Birmingham and New Orleans broke
even In a double bill on the Slag Pile
Monday afternoon. The Pellcana won
the first contest by a count of 2 to 1,
and lost the last by a score of IS to 0.
• "Silver Bill" Phillips was on the firing
line for the Pelicans In the second
contest and wma knocked out of the
box In the third Inning. Centerfielder
, Gaston took his place and the game
i was turned Into a farce. Birmingham
, made 14 hits. "Eva" Wilhelm made
four safe swats out of a* many times
: at bat.
I/Utlo Rock and Montgomery played
only one game In Montgomery, Mon
day afternoon, and the Travelers won
that by the score of 6 to 1. The two
clubs were scheduled to play a double-
header, but the Travelers were late In
arriving at the Climbers' headquar
ters and Umpire Rlnn forfeited the first
contest to Montgomery. Mike Finn,
of the Travelers, will contest the de
cision, however.
Columbia won a double-header
from Charleston, the Sally League
leaders, Monday afternoon. The cellar
champions won the first game by the
score of 2 to 1, and the second 8 to 1.
Columbia played good ball In both
contests, nnd tho slabmen were In
vincible.
The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
played the New York Giants
a BtandHtlt Monday afternoon In
twelve-inning game, score 0 to 0. Ames
twirled for th* Giants ana Bell for
Brooklyn. Each slabman allowed six
hits.
Cleveland defeated St. Louis In a
ten-Innlng game Monday afternoon, by
the score of 3 to t. Joss, of the Naps,
t. JOSS, u. in
and Powell, of the Browns, both
pitched good ball and the honora were
about even. The Naps won the con
test In the tenth Inning on Bemls' safe
swat.
Macon Won Both Games From
Crozier’s Augusta Team
Macon, 8ept. I.—In a double-header yesterday with Augusta, Macon
won both games by outplaying an d hitting the visitors.
The first gam* dragged considers bly for the first three Innings, when
both Augusta and Macon played fas t ball for the rest of the afternoon,
and nothing but big league ball wa • delivered.
Rowan, In the first gams for Ms con, only allowed Augusta four hits,
and these he kept well scattered, wht le Macon pounded Sparks for seven
safeties. ,
Only seven Innings were played of the second game. Stowers, the new
man for Macon, was In the box an d delivered the goads. His support was
good and the game was much faste r than the first.
The largest crowd ever seen on t he Macon ball grounds attended the
games Monday.
Scores:
Macon.
Murdock, cf. .
Llpe, 3b
Stinson, rf. . ,
Houston, If.
AVohllsbeni lb.
Rhoton, 3b. . ,
Peps, as
Lutlttn, c. .. .
Rowan, p. , .
First Game.
r. h. po.
. Totals. , ,
Augusta.
Crosier, If. , ,
Bterman, as. .
Bender, rf. .
Dexter, lb.. .
Custus. cf. . ,
McKenna, 2b.
Busch, 3b.. ..
Carson, c. ..
Sparks, p.. ..
.210 030 02x—3
Totals. . . .23
Score by Innings:
Macon
Augusta 810 000 000—3
Summary—Left on bases, Macon G,
Augustas 3. Struck out, by Rowan T,
by Sparks 2. Bases on balls, off Row
el 2, oft Sparks 3. Home run. Sparks.
Two-base hlls, Rhoton 2, Murdock.
Three-base hit, Houston. Double play.
Vohlleben (unassisted). Hit by pitch
ed ball, Houston, Crosier, Wohlleben.
Passed boll. Carson. Stolen bases.
Wohlleben 2. Houston. Sacrifice hit,
Pepe. Time of game, 1:55. Umpire,
Buckley.
Second Game,
Macon. ab. r. 1]
Murdock, cf. . . 8 1
Llpe, Sb 2 0 I
Stinson, rf. . .. 3 o ;
Houston, If. , . 4 0
Wohlleben, lb. . 4 1 <
Rhoton, 2b. ... I 1 1
Pepe, as 8
Lafltte, c.
Stowers,
1
Totals
August*.
Crosier, If. . .
Rlerman, ss.. .
Bender, rf. . .
Dexter, lb. . .
Custus, cf. .
McKenna, 3b-lb.
Busch, 3b. . , .
Carson, c
Nelson, p. . ..
Kendiix, 2b. ..
ab. r. h. po.
pitcher In the league. Spade Is In fine
trim, Zeller Is In form and McKenzie
Is still doing work which entitles him
to his hold on to first place among
Southern League pitchers.
The Memphis team Is evidently off-
edge. The bunch has never recovered
from the demoralization which result
ed from Babb's leaving the game, and
the gAng Is nqt playing much baseball
now, even though Charley Is back.
And right here we want to hand It
to Grant Sehopp. This ex-Atlantan
has made good his threat to lick the
Bluffers for us, and has won two games
from Memphis In four days. He and
Yerkes were the gentlemen who hand
ed defeat Into the Babblers Monday.
The weather during the middle of
the morning looked very un-baseball-
llke, but If there Is any chance for It,
Shreveport and Atlanta clash In a
double-header Tuesday afternoon.
Spade und McKenzie are the slabstera
scheduled for a performance for the
locals, while Fisher and Graham are
likely to work for Shreveport
Tom Fisher hurt himself rather
badly In the morning game, Monday!
The little finger on his left hand was
either badly sprained or slightly
. broken by one of his field perform-
Innces, and It was with the grenteat
j effort that he finished out the inorn-
| ins game.
This Injury will probably not hurt
Fisher's pitching, but It will take the
edge off Ills fielding!and batting.
Atlanta Is closing In on Memphis in
the drive for the wire.
Monday afternoon the first games of
the last Invasion of the east by the,
west were played, and Atlanta lopped
off two full games of that hrnd-start
which Memphis had. Atlanta won both
games at Ponce Del-eon and Memphis,
lost both at old Athletic Park, In Nash- i
villa.
As a result, Atlanta ts Just one full '■
game behind Memphis, nnd 11 more
days' agony remain. If Atlanta wins
twu today and Memphis does not play
—or tics: or If Atlanta loses one nnd
ties one and Memphis loses; or If
but what's the use?
The Pirates had .an awful trip to
Atlanta. They left. Shreveport at 6
Totslsl
.000 102 1—4
Augusta 000 000 2—2
Summary—Left on bases, Macon «,
Augusta 5. Bases on balls, off Stow-
2, off Nelson 1. Struck out, by
8towers 2, by Nelson «. Hit by pitched
Irsll, Crozlor. Passed boll. Carson.
Home run. Pepe. Double plays, Rho
ton to Pepe to Wohlleben. Time of
game, 1:20. Umpire, Buckley.
{ Standing of the Clubs.
8outhtm*
Played. Woo. Lost. P. C.
... 122 70 52 .574
ui.T'ns—
Chari-**,,,,
Jarks
. llliron
Align-
tile
South Atlantic*
Ployed. Woo. Lo*t.
Hi 74 * 45
118
M
62
.475
CLUBS—
Detroit . .
riitiudelplifit
American.
Played. Woo. Loat. P. C.
. . . 117 71 48 .607
t’lrvefnnd .
New York .
Huston . .
Kt. I^iuU . .
Washington
ri.rns-
Ctolfmgo . .
lit (shunt .
National.
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
. . . 124 6$ 36 .706
Itruoklyu ...... 120
Cincinnati * 121
Boston n»
»t. Louis 124
Atlanta played notable ball Monday
In both urutnes, and. despite the absence
of ('astro from the line-up. Hie team
looked like a pennant winner. Bid
Smith Is playing Remarkably well in
Castro's place, und has been the hero |
of the closing weeks of the Southern
League season. .Sweeney kept up hla
nice work behind the bat, and looks
good to hold out until Llpe can relieve
Sid Smith and let him get back Into
the catcher’s box.
P. Llpe. by the way, will not report
mull Friday. Business will detain him
In Macon until then. t
South Atlantic.
Colaiuliln 3, Charleston 1 (morning game).
Columbia 8, Charleston 1 (nfteruoou game),
hnvunnnh fi. Jacksonville 1.
Mncon 8, Augusta 3 (morning gntne).
Macon 4, Augusta 2 (afternoon game).
Americart.
Detroit 6, Chicago 5 (morning game).
Chicago 4. Detroit 2 (afternoon game).
ago ... „
Clcrelnml 3, St. Louis 2 (morning game).
8t. Ixmls 4. Cleveland 1 (nfternoon gnnie).
Washington 3, Philadelphia 1 (morning
Phil ndelphln 8, Washington 2 (afternoon
game).
Boston 12, New York 2.
Boston 2. I'htlnilelplitn 1 (morning gome).
St, Loots 8, Chicago 0 (afternoon game),
St. I .mils 8, Chicago 0 (afternoon gnine).
Brooklyn 0, New York 0 (twelve Innings).
Shreveport.
Warrender, ss.
Benson, 3b. . .4
Daley, If. . ..4
massing rf. . . 4
Lewee, 2b. . ..2
Melver, cf. . .. 2
Clark, lb 3
Rapp, c 2
Hickman, p. ..3
Afternoon Game.
ab. r. ,h.
0
0 1 I 0 i)
Totals. .
Atlanta,
Becker, rf. .
Winters, cf.
Paskert, If. .
Smith, ss.
.28
ab.
3
3
4
4
r. h. po.
0 0 j
Fox, lb 3
Jordan, 3b.
Dyer, 3b. ..
Sweeney, c.
Castleton, p.
1 0 0 l)
loos
..80
24
Totals.
Score by Innings:
Shreveport
Atlanta
Summary—Two-base
Three-base hit, Smith.
Melver, Clark, Daley, Jordan. Poskrtti
Smith 2, Sacrifice hits, Winters, Sa te,
ney. Double play, Sweeney to Jordan.
Base on balls, off Castleton 3, off Hick,
man. 2. Struck out, by Castleton },
by Hickman 3. Time of game, 1:45.
Umpire, Rudderham.
. .oon ooo oo-o
. .000 041 Oz-5
hit, Wlnteri.
Stolen bases,
ABOUT 11,000’FANS
SAW MONDAY’S GAMES
can't stand It.”
So says Ruddy.
Jesse Becker’s stay In the sec
ond contest wa* very brief. At
4:15 he advanced to the plate to
start the game. At 4:17 Rudder
ham called a third strike on him.
At 4:17 1-8 Jesse had called Mr.
Rudderham a liar, and at 4:17 1-4
was out of the game for the re
mainder of the afternoon.—Arkan
sas Gazette.
Ruddy's account of the Incident Is
amdrlng.
"When I called Jess out on three
strikes,” he said, "he threw his bat at
I the grandstand. Then I put him out
(Of the game.
"TVin ♦ wlrrH
Look at It any way you want to. and
it seems certain that Atlanta han a
better chance than Memphis for that
pennant. The local pitchers are work
ing better than ever before. Ford was
at his best Monday and so was Castle-
o’clock Sunday morning and reached
Atlanta after ten o’clock Monday^ The
bunch took their breakfast on the 'bus
as they went out to the park, and they
were a pretty weary crew before the
finish.
Rudderham will spend the winter at
Providence, R. I., as usual. He man
ages a large bowling alley at that
place.
Rudderham does not know whether
or not he will be back with the South
ern League next year, but local fans
. . . - hope he will. He Is easily the best
ton. Either mail ranks now with any and not hand me any bock talk. 1 “umps" In the league.
Umpire Rudderham Is another tired
one. “I have lost count,’* says Ruddy,
"but I think I have umpired 87 games
in the last two weeks. My disposition
Is ruined. They better split the plate
That night I saw him at the hotel
and said: ‘Why, how are you. Jess?
Just as though I hadn't seen him be
fore In a month.
" 'Hello,' said Jess, 'you blankety
blank blank, double-back-action son
of a blankety blank blank.’
•"Why, that’s ail rlgnt, Jess,’ I told
him. *80 long os you would speak to
me I'll not fine you for this afternoon, 1
and we've been good friends ever
since.”
Some Random Notes On Monday 9 s Game.
A musing Incidents were more thnn
numerous Monday afternoon.
One gentleman appeared In the out
field during the progrese of the game
arrayed In a dress suit, high Fat and a
full log. He tva* the center of Inter
est for awhile.
Another laugh came about as a re
sult of the boldest piece of highway
robbery ever perpetrated at the park.
A chap brought out a large burgler-
alarm rattle—one of tlioec things you
whirl around and It makes a noise like
a sawmill In action. He had a large
time with It during the game. But
when he started out of the park three
men fell on him. took it away from him
and starte a rough house. The small
est policeman In the park saw the trou
ble first and-for about ten minutes he
was In the middle of a seething crowd
• hat seemed likely to get him under
foot nnd damage his features. Finally
the crowd, in aw eying around the park.
Jostled several other cop* who then
came to the assistance of their wor
ried brother. And that ended the fight.
Becker's catch of Clark's fiy In the
fourth Inning was the moat brilliant
seen at Ponce DeLeon In moons.' The
thing looked safe over Fox's head, but
Decker started after It and by digging
his feet Into the ground and running
to the limit, he managed to fall under
the ball and hold onto It, though he
rolled a dozen feet before he could
stop.
Husk King, the Pirates' third base-
man, came In last night from Shreve
port, where hi* wife Is 111, and will play
third today. Warrender. who played
third and short for Shreveport, will go
back to his o!d position In thl* after
noon's games—right field.
Tile Pirate* should put up a -better
article of ball now that the full team
Is on deck. , •
B ASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. SHREVEPORT.
DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
ATLANTA vs. NEW ORLEANS.
The crowds of Monday were a shade
smaller than those of July 4, but at
that probably 11,000 people saw the two
games.
Ths morning crowd was estimated
by Secretary Ethridge at 2,400 and the
afternoon crowd at 8,400. This was
•'paid admissions.'' As some "paper"
was floated, tho total was probably
higher.
The July 4 crowd numbered • un
tiling like 18,000, counting, paid admis
sion*, passe* and "slch,”
Doubtless the Labor Day crowd at
Atlanta wa* larger than that of any
two of the other cltlea whore game,
were played.
G. Rice Dopes It That
Atlanta Gets the “Rag”
Now for a whack at the good old
dope—the last clean punch before we
draw the real stuff without any fancy
guessing tossed In, when the bleak,
bare facts will hand It to us straight.
Atlanta or Memphis? You can take
your pick, but the dope passes the
laurel twig to the Georgia outfit, and
weil show you why.
When Smith’s brigade cut loose on
Its last western swing, Memphis had a
lead of one battle.
Atlanta was booked for 18 games In
the wild and woolly section, while
Babb's collection of baseball'biic-a-brac
was set up for 15 matinees at home.
At the opening of this Invasion we
figured that Memphis would be forced
to scramble 6 games Into the front In
order to cinch the flag, and we also
figured she would be able to turn this
trick. Wc are willing to admit that the
dope tricked us there good and plenty
—but It wasn't the first time, so what's
the use?
Out of 19 road affairs Atlanta choked
off 8 wins, me draw and met with 10
defeats—pretty nearly an even break.
This U about the way we figured
them out.
At this writing—Sunday afternoon
before the final Memphls-Nashvllle
score has oozed In over the wires—the
Bluff City crowd had only copped 8
wins out of 14 games. We had figured
them for at least 10, and therein took
the count.
Smith’s people blew away with 2 out
of 6 from Memphis, 1 out of 4 from
New Orleans, 2 out of 4 from Shreve
port and 3 out of 5 from Little Rock.
After the groggy start at Memphis
lar champeens today. Memphis opsin
her road engagement only 3 flabby win*
to the good. A defeat for Memphti
Sunday would leave only 2 victories tJ
spare.
The rest of her schedule calls for 11
games on hostile soil, the opening gun
bting fired here today.
The full program Includes 3 games
here, 3 In Atlanta, 3 In Birmingham and
3 In Montgomery and 1 at Memphis
with Finn's team.
Opening before friendly faces for the
wind-up, Atlanta’s menu consists of *
games with Shreveport, 3 with I.IJuJ
Rock, 3 with Memphis and 4 with Ne*
Orleans—14 games all told.
and New Orleans the come back was
the trick which shoved them In the
race again.
Memphis took down 4 out of 8 from
Atlanta, 2 out of 3 from Mr. Vaughn's
near-tallendera. 1 out of 3 from Mont
gomery and, up to Sunday, 1 out of 2
from Nashville.
Having finished with the preliminary
bout, weil now cut Into the main ar-
guraent. .
Granting that they trim Dobbs’ cel-
To finish In front, therefore, Allan!*
must saw off 4 more wins than Mem
phis does before the middle of Septem-
In other words. If Babb’s clan win I
out of 13. Atlanta must get away wits
11 out of 14.
Should Babb's men knock down only
6 out of 13, Smith's team would halt
to win but 10 out of 14.
Out of her 14 home affairs, we figure
Atlanta to pluck about 10. She may
win 12 or win only 7 or 8, but the dope
awards her 10, and we nre going »>
the dope In this Futurity frame-up.
This means 2 out of 1 from Mempm«.
3 out of 4 from New Orleans, 2 out «
3 from Little Rock and 3 out of 4
Shreveport. . .
If Memphis can yank down i or ner
IS games, she should crawl In front
by a short eyelash. The query—can
she do It? To do this she must win
nt the odds of 2 out of 3 from Na-" -
vllle, 1 out of 3 from Atlanta, 2 out <«
3 from Birmingham and 1 out of *
from Montgomery, and the final game
with Little Rock.
It looks nip and tuck any way yjjJ
• - ,(our mousy
-but th*
play It—too close for any of our
to go stalling around for a bet—I
shade belongs to Atlanta. k
Which means to our way of thin*
Ing that It looks easier for Atlanta
? :rab 10 out of 14 at home than It dor*
or Memphis to nip off 7 out of
the road, for with Scnopp anu Yf.s
In form. It Isn't any double-decs 1
that she will nail any * out of »
—Grantlnnd Rice. In Nashville
iere.—Grantland Rice,
Tennessean.
Memphii Looked Easy to
John Dobbs' Performers
By G. RICE.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 3.—The Dob-
berr. defeated the Memphis pennant
leaderc Monday In two games played
before one of the largest crowds of the
season. The teams played gilt-edged
ball.
The pitching of Sehopp of the second
game wa* the feature, not mentioning
Yerkes, who was the star of the morn
ing game. _ ,,
Hardy, who has been to Chicago __
play With the Cub* In the champion'
snip game*, returned anu
regular place In both game*. He pi*>”
a good game and was there wl ,h
willow. .
The morning game wa* close and *
citing, while the afternoon game ***
Nashville's all the way through-
i- ■
J I