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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1907.
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[ NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
It was lucky that Atlanta won Wednesday, for Birmingham
spilled a pame to the Babblers and the Memphis tepm still has its
one and one-half game lead on Atlanta.
And only nine more playing days remain in this season—that
is, nine for Atlanta and ten for Memphis.
It looks as though Birmingham might have won that game
Wednesday. Suggs certainly pitched miserably enough and his
support had rough edges on it.
But somehow the Babblers got away with it by a good safe
margin.
It is up to Birmingham to tnke a game or two. The Baron
players claim to be pulling for Atlanta; and, if they are, they
can not show their sympathy in a way that would be more appre
ciated than by hammering Memphis down aways. Somebody has
got to do it. and we can more safely count on Birmingham than
Montgomery.
The Legislators presented second place to the Memphis ag
gregation last year.
We are now sincerely rooting that they will not give the
Babblers the pennant this year.
Little Rock lost Wednesday to Nashville, which encourages
us somewhat. We had fears awhile back that the Travellers
would he a mighty tough proposition when we got them over
here, but if they are easy for Nashville, they ought to be easy
for anybody.
That Dobber team, by the way, is making quite a finish and
is hammering such select aggregations as Memphis and Litttb
Rock.
RATTLING GOOD BATTLE
WON BY CRACKER CREW
The Sally League season is over and Charleston took the
pennant. We would have rather seen a Georgia club turn the
trick, but the best of the lot in the state was Macon, which land
ed third. However, Georgia was the whole show in the Sally last
year, and maybe it is better to divide up.
SALLY SEASON IS OVER;
CHARLESTON WINS RAG
8TANDINQ OF 1907.
Ct-UBS- Played. Won. Lott. r. C.
Charleston 121 75 46 .620
Jacksonville .... 118 68 M .578
Macon 123 68 56 .653
Augusta lit 68 60 .492
The Sally League Reason ended Wed
nesday afternoon and Thursday all the
teams of the league disbanded.
Charleston won the pennant with
Jacksonville second, Macon third, Au-
8TANDINO OF 1906.
P. W. L.
Savannah ...113 71 42
Augusta 114 70 44
Macon 110 67 63
Columbia 112 63 69
Charleaton 107 .48 69
Jacksonville 112 35 77
P.C.
.629
.617
.618
.473
.449
.312
gusta fourth, Savannah flfth and Co
lumbia sixth.
This Is a great change over last year,
when Charleston and Jacksonville were
at the bottom qt the llet.
BARONS WANT CRACKERS
TO CAPTURE THE PENNANT
Second Baseman Gatins, who
threatened to start something with
Ills hit In the ninth.
McKenzie Batted Out
Box, Spade Saves
Day.
of
Savannah Plans
Football Team
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. t.—If the
Barons loss the series to Memphis It
will be because the Memphlt not only
outplayed them, but because luck broke
hard.
The Barons, ons and all, are deter
mined to defeat Memphis, not because
the victory will send Birmingham a
point or two forward, but because a
defeat of Memphis would be a boost for
Atlanta.
Just why the Barons are pulling so
hard for Atlanta can not bs learned, but
It Is true that they are.
Wilhelm, the pitching star of thi
cal stair, stated, yesterday that the
Memphis aggregation would .walk upon
tho rock destined to wreck them
Birmingham.
"They have been playing out of their
class nil this season, and this fact will
be brought to light this week. If I w
a betting man It would all go for At
lanta to win the pennant."
Macon Loses Last Game of
Season in South Atlantic
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Go., Sept 6.—Macon and Augusta broke even In the last two
games of the season. Macon won the first game by one run and Auguata
the second by the snme small margin.
Pitchers for both gamea worked well, and were given fairly good sup
port.
At periods of the games the playera on both sides played like a bunch
of school boys. The scores:
FIR8T GAME.
Macon. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Murdock, cr.. . 4 1 1 I 0 0
Llpe, 3b 2 0 0 1 1 1
Stinson, rf, . . . 4 0 1 1 0 0
Houston, If. ... 3 2 2 0 0 0
Wohlleben, lb. . 8 0 2 11 0 0
Bhoton. 2b. . . ■. 4 0 0 ' 3 0 0
Pepe, ss 4 0 0 5 4 0
Lalltte, c. .... 3 1 0 3 1 0
Clarke, p. . . . 3 1 1 0 4 2
Totals . .
Augusta.
Crosier. If. .
Blerman, ss. . . 4
Bender, rf. . . . 4
Uexter, lb. ... 6
Kuatus, cf. . . . 4
McKernan, 2b. . 4
Busch, 3b. ... 2
Carson, c. .... 3
Holmes, p, . . . 4
ab. r. h. po.
Totals 2S 4 10 24 12 0
Score by Innings: R,
Augusta 040 000 000— 4
Macon 031 010 00*— 5
Summary—Left on bases. Stacon 7.
Augusta 8; struck out. by Clarke 3, by
Holmes 4: bases on balls, off Clarke 2.
off Holmes 6: home runs. Murdock,
Crosier* three-base hit. Wohlleben;
two-base hits, Houston 2; stolen bnses.
Crosier, Busch, Bhoton; hit by pitcher,
Busch. Time, 1:50. Umpire, Buckley.
Matthews was dopey yesterday. An
amusing feature was hla attempt to
blame Davis for his wild throw to third
•hat allowed Page to score In the first.
The fat catcher claimed that "Slats"
was standing too close and Interfered
8ECOND GAME.
Macon.
Murdock, cf.
Llpe, 3b 3
Stinson, rf. . . . 1
Houston. If. ... 1
Wohlleben, lb. \ 2
Bhoton, 2b. ... 2
Pepe, ss l
Robinson, c. ... t
Harley, p l
Rowan, p. . . . l
Totals 17
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Auguata.
Croiler. If. .
Blerman, ss.
Render, rf. . . . 2 0 1 0
Dexter, lb. ... 2 0 0 2
Kuatus, rf. . . . 2 1 1 0
McKernan, 2b. . 2 o 0 1
Busch, 3b. ... 2 0 0 1
Conley, c. . . . 2 0 1 7
Holmes, p, , . . 2 0 0 0
Totals 19 1 4 15
Score by Innings: R.
Augusta 010 00— 1
Macon 000 00— 0
Summary—Left on bases, Macon 1,
Augusta 3; struck out. by Harley by
Holmes 6; bases on balls, off Harley 0,
off Holmes 3; two-base hits, Stinson,
Kuatus: double play, Pepe to Rhofon to
Wohlleben. Game called at end of fifth
Inning per agreement. Umpire, Buck-
ley. Time, 60 minutes.
with him. At that. Page had the base
stolen.—Arkansas Gazette,
The Idea of "Gold Brick" blaming
any one save himself for his ftcrcM
throwing to bases.—Birmingham Age-
Herald.
B ASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. NEW ORLEANS.
_ THURSDAY,FRIDAY and SATURDAY.
Ml
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah. Oa., Sept. 6.—With base
ball on the wane, the aportlng devotee
In this neck of woods Is turning hla
thoughts to football.
It la quite certain that the South will
again witness mid-winter football be
tween the star Savannah team and nn
all-Southern aggregation. Neyle Col
quitt, manager of last year's team, has
returned from North Carolina, where
he saw "Pee Wee" Forsythe, the cap
tain of the famous all-Southern Stars
ho played here last winter. Forsythe
has already begun corralling playera.
He says he proposes to marshal the
most formidable team ever gotten to
gether In the South. The games will
probably be played Christmas and New
Years, as last year.
STARS DEFEAT SEAL8.
Ths Merrill Stars defeated the Seale
Saturday afternoon In a pretty gome
by the score of 9 to 2. The features
of the gome were the batting of Con-
nally and Wrlgley brothers.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Merrill Stars . .300 021 12*— 9 11 2
Seals 001 100 000— 2 6 4
Batteries—Connolly and N. Wrlgley;
Miller and Phillips.
It took precisely three Innings for
the New Orleans players to knock Mc
Kenzie .the "Champeen" pitcher of the
league, otlt of the box in Wednesday's
game. And from that time to the
whirlwind finish the Pelicans looked
dangerous in the extreme.
But Billy Smith's men tied the score
In the famous lucky seventh and won
the game In the eighth.
The score was 4 to 3 and the game
had whiskers on It.
It was obvious that there was some
thing wrong with the leading pitcher of
the league when Jakey Ats, the ,flrst
man up, ripped off n two-bagger. Man
ning then sacrificed, Cross singled,
scoring Atz and tallied on Brelten-
steln’s single.
Tills was not mueh of a pennant
winning start, but the doughty Crack
ers showed what they were made of by-
sending two runs across the plate in
their half of the first Inning. Singles
by Becker and Winters and a three-
bagger by Paskert did the stunt.
The third 'inning saw the finish of
old Scotch Oats. Atz opened up the
Inning again with n single. Manning
was walked and Cross and Sabrle sin
gled In turn. And one run was put
over, which gave New Orleans the lead,
3 to 2.
Then Bob Spade was called to the
rescue and he did not do a thing but
pitch swell baseball. From the time he
started business until two were down In
the ninth Bob did not allow a hit or
anything that looked In the least like
one. He had a world of speed and
first-class control.
Both sides took things easy until the
seventh.
Then, as usual, events transpired.
You can always tell when the cele
brated seventh arrives, provided At
lanta Is not leading. For the Instant
that the first Cracker goes to bat the
rooting begins, stronger than ever be
fore.
Fox responded' to the cheering yes
terday by ripping off a single. Jordan
sacrificed, Dyer singled and Sweeney
filed out to the catcher. Spade was the
works, though, and sent out a hit that
Atis Jumped sixteen feet for nnd missed.
Whereupon James Fox tallied with the
run that tied the score.
The eighth Inning beat New Orleans.
Paskert uncorked a two-bagger the
first shot out of the box. Sid Smith
sacrificed him to third and he scored
on Fex’s grounder which did not rise to
the height of being a hit, but which
was good enough to win the game.
Things looked a little bilious for At
lanta In the ninth. With two down
Gatins singled and Stratton hit 'out a
two-bagger that sent the New Orleans
second baseman to third. "Matty" Mat-
thewa waa sent In to bat for Frit* and
local fandom held Its breath. There
was a lusty sigh of relief, though, when
"Matty" hit up a high foul. Jim Fox
got under It with due celerity and wna
not even contented to let the ball fall
Into his hands. Lest some mistake be
made he reached right up into the near
clouds and pulled down the ball.
And right at that point ended a sen-
TWO WEEKS’ TRIP
FOR BARNSTORMERS
Atlanta Players Go to Rome, Chattanooga,
Knoxville and Richmond---Smith to
Sdout P. and O. League.
The day after the big benefit game
Is pulled off at Ponce DeLeon the
Atlanta team, headed probably by Act
ing Bench Manager Newt Ethridge,
will go on a two weeks' barnstorming
trip, which wll Include games at
Borne, Oa.; Chattanooga and Knox
ville, Tenn., and Richmond, Va,
Frank Jtoffett has written Billy
Smith,. asking for games before the
Crackers go to Richmond, and Billy
has figured it out that the Barnstorm
ers can play September 17 In Rome,
Ga.; September 18 and 19 In Chatta
nooga. and September 20 und 21 at
Knoxville. Then oh Sunday they can
Jump to Richmond and play there the
week of September 23-28.
Bill Will Scout Some.
Manager Bill Smith Is not going on
the trip. The players have asked him
to manage the tiffalr, but Billy Is go
ing to Jump Into the Ohio and Penn
sylvania League and have a look at the
talent there, with a view of drafting
anything that looks good.
That league Includes the following
clubs: Youngstown. Akron. Lancaster,
New Castle, Marlon, Newark, Mansfield
and Sharon, and last year It turned nna
some star players. Including n.,ne
Castleton ° Ur °’ d ^ ‘"'™* H
Last yea.- Bill Smith made a ,, ml
lar scouting trip up through the c..'
tral League, and fans well rememk-
that on that expedition he made ht
plans to land Paskert and Ford i.
stars of the 1907 team. ' 1,1
Bill will probably be gone a com,:,
of weeks on this trip. upl '
The Atlanta players are enthunlaiM,
over the proposed barnstormin' • ■
and probably every man of the
aggregation will go out on the
The team will have a chance t „ , "
up some money and will doubtless h
a pleasant trip. The team will ijj,
band at Richmond, September ’S m
vlded the trip Is made. ' ’ p
62,500 If They Wit
Local fans have raised a , IUW ,
22,500 for the Atlanta players
the team wins the pennant. For tfcJ
lovely bunch of money the AtlantJ
players can be counted on to do thtlif
level best—though they have been ,
ing that right along.
satlonat game—one of the best Atlanta
has had this year.
The score:
New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a.
Atz. ss 3 1 2 1 3
Manning, rf.
Cross, 3b 4
Sabrle. lb. ... 4
Breltenatein, If. . 4
Gaston, cf. . . . 4
Gatins, 2b. ... 4
Stratton,'c. ... 4
Fritz, p 4
•Matthews ... 1
Atlanta.
Becker, rf. .
Winters, cf.
Paskert. If. .
Smith, ss. . .
Fox. lb. . .
Jordan. 2b. .
Dyer, 3b. . .
Sweeney, c. ,
McKenzie, p.
Spade, p. . .
2 2
2
Totals 28
Score by Innings:
New Orleans . . .
Atlanta
Hits by Innings:
New Orleans
4 9- 27 14 0
K.
.201 000 000— 3
.200 000 11*— 4
H.
.*03 000 002— 9
Atlanta . .310 100 31*— 9
Summary—Two-base hits, Atz, Jor
dan, Paskert, Stratton; three-base hit,
Paskert; double play, Manning tc
Stratton: struck out, by McKenzie 1,
by Spade 3. by Fritz 1: bases on balls,
off McKenzie 1, off Fritz 2; sacrifice
hits. Manning, Winters, Dyer, Fox, Jor-
dnn, Smith: stolen base, Cross. Time
of game, 2 hours. Umpire, Rudder-
ham.
EX-SOUTHERN LEAGUERS
PERFORMED VERY WELI
Macon and Augusta broke even In afternoon by the score of 8 to
the concluding games of the year In
the Central City Wednesday afternoon.
"Wild Bill" Clarke was on the firing
line for the Llpers in the first game
and he pitched a sterling game. Holmes
pitched good ball for Augusta In the
first contest. Harley twirled the sec
ond game for Macon and Holmes for
Augusta. Duckle won the last contest
and got away with an even break for
the day.
Columbia, the cellar .champions of
the Sally League, played like real
champions Wednesday afternoon and
defeated the Sea Gulls from Charles
ton by the score of 3 to 1. Columbia
made thirteen hits.
Bugs Raymond, formerly the "human
microbe,” of the Sally League, but who
now holda the same position In the Na
tional League and who Is ranking
along with the great nnd only "Rube”
Waddell, lost his first game for St.
Louis to the Chicago Cubs Wednesday
Cubs secured ten hits off Ravmnnd'i
delivery and had It not been for Bn
glaring errors the Bug might have wet
the contest. Reulback pitched fur thi
Cubs.
The New York Giants and thJ
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers broke even!
In a double-header In New York B'edl
nesday afternoon. Handsome Arrj
McIntyre, formerly of Memphis, in ttr
Southern League, loaf the first garat.
for Brooklyn, but Nap Rucker, the SlaJ
rtetta marvel, was equal to.the occJ
slon and won his game by the score of
4 to 3. Rucker allowed the Giants on;y|
four scattered hits.
Our old friend Glen Llebhardt 1*1
feated the Detroit Tigers Wednesday
afternoon with &Iitllln pitching, by tbt
score of 6 to 5. The Tigers could t
hit Llebhardt to any extent. By toslg)
Wednesday Detroit drops to secot
place In the American League stand-1
lng. Philadelphia now tops the bunch!
NOTES ON THE GAY DOINGS AT PONCE DE LEON
If there have been many better
gntnea this year than the one Wed
nesday then we must have over
looked them.
Not an error waa made by either
team and the fielding was sensa
tional, In spite of the muddy field.
The going was bad when the
game began, but at the end of the
Pelicans' half of the eighth It was
made worse by a shower that fell
with considerable violence out of a
sunny sky. It looked for a min
ute as though there would be no
more baseball and that the score
would go down as a tie. Finally
the rain stopped and after tarpau
lins had been hauled over the
catcher's box and sand had been
piled on the wettest of the base
lines the game continued.
The game opened up with as
much wrangling as has been heard
this year. It looked to Atlantans
ns though Ruddy were giving the
Crackers a shade the worst of It.
nnd local players protested loudly
and the fans hissed and hooted.
The Pelicans thought that they had
the* worst of It, too, and put up
their full share of the complaints.
Altogether It was quite exciting.
Ed Sweeney, usually the most
peaceful of mortals, camped on
Ruddy's trail for awhile until Rud
dy stepped up' and "called him"
with the threat, "You catch ball or
out you go."
And Sweeney showed good Judg
ment by quieting down. For If he
had been put out of the game At
lanta would have been In the very
dickens of a fix.
Cross showed a bit of quick Judg
ment In the third inning. Paskert
bunted a peach down third base
line and Cross started at It like a
cat goea after a mouse.
It was a marvelously good bunt,
though; and as Cross neared the
ball It became obvious that Pas
kert was pretty sure to beat It out
and that there waa a chance that
the ball would roll foul.
Cross took the chance, anyway.
He ran over the ball and then
turned around and watched It roll
outside the tine. It was a close call
for the Pellcnns, but a lucky spin
In the mud sent the sphere out In
foul territory.
Paskert’s three-bagger In the
first Inning would have gone safe
with a dozen fielders on the Job.
But Gaston woefjlly misjudged It
and ran way forward before he
tumbled to the fact that George
had lammed out a screamer.
The first kick on Rudderham'a
decisions came In the first Inning
when Paskert tried to score from
third on Fox's fly to right field.
From the press box, wHbre an ex
cellent vtew of plate decisions can
be obtained. It looked as though
Paskert beat the ball to the plate.
But probably he did not, for Ruddy
Is generally right, and always fair.
The real loud howl came, how
ever, In the second Inning, when
Otto Jordan made the neatest at
tempt of the season to steal home.
"Cap" had hit a two-bagger and
had been sacrificed to third. With
two out and McKenzie at bat It
wnz obviously up to him to get
himself home snme way. So he
started with Fritz’s arm and dash
ed for the plate.
He beat the ball there, too. but
unfortunately McKenzie Interfered
with Stratton nnd Jordan was
called out for this Interference. The
crowd thought that Ruddy claimed
that Otto had been touched out
and roasted “his umps" In fine
style.
The trouble with McKenzie on
Wednesday was nothing In the
world but over-anxiety. "I knew
what wa*tbe matter with him In a
minute,” said Billy Smith, after
the game. "He was over-anxious
and that was all there was to It.
Qtto Jordan said the same thing
at the end of the first Inning. His
next time out he will do better.”
Atx made an awful stab for Fox's
hit In the seventh Inning and Jump
ed about "steen” yards Into the
air. When he landed he fell flat.
When Croas stole In the first In
ning, Sabrle clearly and deliberate
ly Interfered with Sweeney In hla
throw to aecond.
Sweeney tried to get Rudderham
to call Cross out because of the
Interference, but Ruddy couldn't
see It.
Then Sweeney turned to Sabrlo
and with all due deliberation re
marked: "You do that again and
I’ll Jump all over you,” und he
certainly looked as though he
meant It.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
New Ortons In Attauta. Pone* DoLe<
|»nrk. Game railed nt 3:3rt o'clock.
Memphis In HlniiliiKhntii.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern.
Attests 1. New Or!****!!* %
Meniphln **. Btnntnglmni 2.
Montgomery 1 NNteveport 0.
Nashville 8. I.tttle Hock 3.
South Atlantic.
<V»ltimUln 5. t'harlestmi l.
Mne.ui ft, Augusta 4 (Unit game!.
Augusta 1, Macon 0 isecond game).
Cotton State*.
Jackson 8, <»ulf|mrt 6.
Vicksburg 8, Mobile 2.
Columbus 4, Meridian 2.
American.
Philadelphia 4. New York 2. ■»
Chicago 2. 8t. l,ouIs 1.
Cleveland 6, Detroit 5.
National.
Pittsburg 3. Cincinnati 0 (first gam*).
U*fttsbnrg 6. Cincinnati 2 isceonil game).
New York 4. Brooklyn 1 (first gnme).
Brooklyn 4. New York 3 taecoud garnet.
Chicago A St. Louta 2. *
QUESTION ANSWERED.
Mr. P. H. Whiting. Sporting Editor,
Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Will you pleaae. decide the
following:
A la pitching for the home team, and,
being very wild, lets In four runs In
the first Inning. He la taken out at
the end of that Inning and R finlahe*
the game, allowing only one hit, but
no more runs are made, and the home
team la shut out. Which pitcher get.
the discredit of loalng the game?
Please quote rule, If not too much trou
ble.
provides that when a pitcher Is taken
out of the game and hla team Is ahead
he gets the credit of winning If hig
team wins and the other pitcher gets
the discredit If the team loses. If his
team Is behind when he Is taken out
and loses the game the defeat goes
against him. . If the game Is won it
goes to the pitcher who replaces him.
Such an arbitrary rule often works
unfairly and ought to be obsolete, but
the Southern has not yet waked up to
that fact.
Season in Cotton States
May End Next Safordayl
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 5.—While not yet
definitely determined, there Is an effort
In progress by some of the clubs of the
Cotton States League to close the sea-
| Standing of the Clubs, j
ATLANTA
N>\v Orlcnna 122
Little Hock 117
Montgomery 122
Hlrmlnghniu 128
Shreveport 117
Nflitivflie 127
8outh«rn.
Played. Won. Loat P. r.
. . 124 72 52 .581
54 .581
69 .51*
son next Saturday. September 7.
One reaaon Ik the long and erraUcl
Jumps made by (he schedule-maker fori
two-game series from September ll
to 18.
CLUBS—
Mobile . .
Vicksburg .
Jnckuon . .
Gulfport .
Meridian .
Columbus .
Detroit . . ,
Chicago . , .
Cleveland. .
New York. .
Boston . .
8t. Loul*. . .
Washington. ,
Cotton States.
Played. Won. fsont. P. C.
... 123 76 47 .618
American.
Played. Won. Lost. P «\
CLUBS—
Chicago
Pittsburg 123
New York 121
Philadelphia H7
Brooklyn 124
Cincinnati 124
Boston ...... U9
8t. Louis 124
National*
Played. Won. Lost. p. r
. . . 126 91 35 ,72‘.
AUBURN HAS
GOOD SCHEDULE!
Kpoelnl to The Georgian. ...
Auburn, Ala., Sept. 5.—Auburn »»l
play the following games ot footWH
this season: I
October 5—Howard College, on ca«.|
pus. I
October 7—Maryville, Ky., College, »|
campus.
October 12—Gordon Institute,
campus.
October 19—Sewanee, at Blrmlni
ham. I .
.October 26—Georgia Tech, at At-|
tnntn.
November l—Olcmson, on campus
November 9—Mercer, at Macon
November 18—Alabama, at Blrmlnf-I
ham. I
November 28—University of GeitrfU|
at Atlanta or Moron. . ,„l
W. 8. Kelnholz arrived today to i“'|
charge of the football team for twj
season. He trill be assisted by
Donahue. , lU l
Mr. Kelnholz Is a graduate ot !™l
University of Minnesota. He J™|
coached the University of Coi™|l
team and the team of Agricultural
Mechanical College, of North caro-w
llna. ^ o.l
The style of play to be used by **1
, Kelnholz Is not known. His cost* ■
'am ,n * will not Intereferc with Mr. Dow ■
.411 hue, as he Is the regular elected cen J
.370 of all athietlca, as well at
.306 1 In English In the college.
LEVERETT WANT8 GAMES.
gpeclal to The Georgian.
Leverett. Oa., Sept. 5.—The Leverett
baseball team of this city has played
fifteen games this season and has won
fourteen. The locals would like to get
games with any team In the state.
The line-up Is as follows: Wright,
pitcher: McCracken, catcher; Nosh,
first base; Freeman, aecond base;
Wilkinson, third base; Crtglns, short
stop; 81ms. right field; Martin, B„
.. , . . . center field; Martin. J„ left field; "
Idiotic and entirely unfair rule, which we |. pitcher; Crawford, catcher.
Thanking you In advance for this
courtesy, beg to remain, very tnily^
The game goes against "A."
There Is no settled rule, though there
should be.
In the National and American
leagues they use the sane niethod of
putting all the facts of the case up to
the league secretary and letting him
decide on his own Judgment. _
AJU!2S2w I 2££%2 M«riln. J...left flew! Telw.
MEMPHIS MANGLED
By GRANTLAND RICE.
Mr. Babb, the Memphis mogul, was a most dejected gent.
ln contemplation on a flagstaff, badly bent;
Slip., tcar-AUed lamps were tilted at an angle toward the floor.
While a piece of crepe was swinging from the knob outside his door.
'r U i l ?.„ an * u, " h wlth accent of despair,
.. be , " ft *? ,rom bla b «d ,ar *» * ob « of hair;
And as his mourning playera all around him closer drew.
He softly murmured to himself, "The bottom's fallen through.
r I „i bou * h ‘ 1 .■a*' that pennant as a vision In a dream:
* avln * proudly over Mississippi’s stream:
hL-kL* I 0411 "* gently through the autumn atmosphere" -
Hare he walled for the splaahlng of a large and burly tear.
'“"Jr I"*” advancing through the badly conquered east;
S.J uere rising—ever rising—like a pungent lump, of yeast; ...
Me had ^thrown the hooks In Nashville—we had dumped them donn tn(
F ° r bruits W ° played 1,ke champions while they played like Jib ***
" ,oney wb * n we left bom * Sunday nlght-
Fnr ml ”* foll - of •£** b, * a and our bunch was full of fight:
wl ?* U ? r champeen. looked to us like easy nie.it -
Me would go through them. I figured, like a thresher through the wheat
S*..- .‘JJ* *au<ly pennant, and across the star-lit' gloam
Mb L he emblem to the-dancing lights of home. j
WhTn T* at the d * pot and I heard a stirring shout—
When some one bumped me roughly—AND MY PIPE WENT OL T
—Nashville Tennessean-
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