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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1907.
GAINING AT EVERY STEP, CRACKERS DASH FOR RAG
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
New Orleans was beautifully stung by a "wrestling contest”
the other day. A local boy named Bonura wrestled Ackerman and
was easily thrown twice in 17 minutes and 46 seconds. This cost
t world of money to a lot of victims who had bet that Ackerman
sould not turn the trick twice in an hour.
The odorous part of the deal came out later when Bonura
claimed that Ackerman did not live up to a secret agreement not
to throw him more than once within the hour.
So the thing was a clear case of fake and hold-up. Bonura
was evidently double-crossed by Ackerman and Bonura’s backers
were stung.
Everybody who knows enough not to buy green goods or
gold bricks knows that so many wrestling matches are fixed that
there is no use risking the honest ones.
The point worth making is that if otherwise self-respecting
newspapers did not prostituto their columns by puffing tho fakes
the bouts would not pay and fake wrestling would die without a
struggle.
The elimination of this evil is up to the sporting writers.
GEORGIA'S SCHEDULE
CRACKING GOOD ONE
Special to The Georgian.
Athena, Ga., Sept. t.—Following la
Georgia's football schedule for the
season of 1907:
October 5—Dahlonega at Athena.
October 12—Tennessee at Knoxville.
October 19—Mercer at Macon.
October 26—Alabama at Montgomery.
November 2—Tech at Atlanta.
November 11—Sewanee at Athens.
November 16—Clemson at Atlantn.
November 22—Open.
Thanksgiving Day—Auburn.
Coach Whitney will arrive about Sep
tember IS to take charge of the squud.
Eight of laat year's regulars will return
and practically all of the scrub team
will be on hand when practice begins.
In spite of reports to the effect that
they will go elsewhere, Blms, of Dah
lonega, and Williams, Franklin nnd
Barrett, of Gordon Institute, will enter
the university. In addition to these
men, six of Stone Mountain's regulars
will enter.
Graves, who played end last season,
has been during the summer perfecting
the place nnd drop kicks. He Is at
present punting an nvornge of 86 yards.
In addition to the eight games al
ready scheduled, Manager Mills expects
to arrange another later with Missis
sippi A. & M„ to be played In Colum
bus, Miss.
Driving and Approaching
Events For Local Golfers
A driving and approaching contest
will be held on the Atlanta Athletic
Club golf course at East Lake next
week for ball prlxes offered by F, O.
Byrd.
In the driving contest eight balls will
be presented to the man driving three
balls In the course with the best ag
gregate dlstunce and four to the man
driving the longest ball within bounds.
The driving contest will be held from
tho fifteenth tee.
In the approaching and putting con
test the prize will go to the man put
ting three halls Into the hole In the
least number of strokes. This event
will be pulled off on the eleventh green.
First prize Is eight balls, second prize
four balls.
Four straight victories ami the lead only a half a game away I
Such was the verdict after Thursday’s game.
The Crackers played the ball of their lives and Birmingham
beat Memphis.
As a result Atlanta is exactly five points behind the leaders.
We have to slip it to our old friend, “Little Eva” Wilhelm.
After he handed that luscious lemon to us at I’once DeLeon awhile
back we wanted to garrote him. But lie evened up by handing '
some fruit of the same variety to Memphis, and he is now square
with the game.
We can't help feeling that it looks all right for Atlanta.
The Crackers have not cinched the pennant yet, but if they keep
playing the way they have beeu they will certainly win it—bar
ring something unusual in the way of hard luck.
It looks as though Birmingham ought to be counted on to
take one more game from Memphis. Then the Babblers move on
to Atlanta and the games ought to be the warmest ever. We
flatter ourselves that Atlanta will attend to the Babblers during
those three games nnd that they will not give the Bluffers any
thing that is not coming to them.
If only Montgomery can be counted on to give us an even
break when Memphis plays there, Atlanta ought to get the pen
nant. The prospects of n double cross, however, are too bright to
be encouraging.
Last year Malarkey and his pets handed Memphis the second
place on a platter. This year they may be able to give them the
E ennant by the same class of work. And all through the season it
as been evident that Montgomery’s friendship is for the western
team instead of for her sister of the east.
We don’t ask Malarkey to give us anything except a square
deal. But we would much prefer that he does not give Memphis
anything else.
The fact that “Smiling John” lets Ball go just before tho
Memphis series docs not strike us as an evidence of good faith.
Another wrestling match is to be pulled off in Nashville nnd
some of the papers are whooping it up in fine style.
The last time a wrestling bout was held in Nashville the pub
lic was, as usual, thrown down hard. A claim that the thing was
fixed was made and the case went to the courts.
GUESE BLEW UP JUST ONCE;
CRACKERS BA TTED OUT VICTORY
Ford’s Pitching and Cas
tro’s Coaching Looked
Good to Fans.
LITTLE EVA WILHELM, of the
Baronz, who beat Memphis Thurs-'
day.
Things Happened Thursday
In Many Baseball Battles
It may. have been due to the longi
tudinal, eaffron-hued streak which Is
alleged to lie adjacent to "Whltey"
Guese’s spine. Or, then, again, It may
be that the Crackers are so determined
to get the pennant that there Is no
heading them.
Anyhow, It happened that In the
fourth Inning of Thursday's game
Guese went skyward, and before he
was on hls feet again Atlanta had made
(three runs—the only tallies of the day.
Outside of that Inning, Guese handed
a large, fat, green dill pickle to At
lanta, allowing but three hits nnd three
bases on balls. But the fatal fourth
llxed him.
Paskert, the first man up In the In
ning, walked. Smith laid down a bunt
and beat It out—a truly wonderful per
formance for Sid, who refuses to take
hls own base runnltlg seriously.
Fox went out, "second to first,” but
mannged to get over a run during tho
performance. Jordan then singled,
scoring Smith, and Dyer singled, scor
ing Otto.
With one more man out, Ford pulled
off hls second successive single, but It
did not produce any runs.
It took brilliant base running to put
over those three runs, and every man
had to slide for It.
The Pelicans played marvelously
good ball and gave Guese absolutely
faultless support.
The fenture of the seance was the
vocal work of Count Castro. Billy
Smith sent hls Injured man onto the
LAVE CROSS, the ex-big league
third baseman.
LOCAL MOGULS SAY
BABB IS OVER LIMIT!
Charge That He Has Fifteen Men, and Take|
Matter Up With League Presi
dent.
That Charley Babb has fifteen men
on hls Memphis team and that he Is
violating the laws of the league and
liable to the forfeiture of several games
Is charged by local baseball moguls.
The matter has been taken up by
President Dickinson with Judge Kava-
naugh and It Is likely that something
will happen.
In any event Babb will be prevented
protest, provided he Is over the ntar»l
limit. Any games he may win In o I
ianta will doubtless be taken
from him If ne has more than fnurt«!l
men with him. “I
The matter will likewise be thra.hu I
right out and not left for decision hi
the next league directors' meeting 1,1
present It Is up to Babb to prove th, I
he has only fourteen men or to take SI
consequences.
McKenzie and Breitenstein May Pitch]
Castleton or McKenzie will do the
twirling for Atlanta Friday. And prob-
I ably the latter will get the call.
Billy Smith believes that "Scotty"
! cun easily bent New Orleans, and does
not count hls previous effort against
j the PellcaTis In their favor.
! it Is Billy's Idea to save Castleton for
I the Memphis series and he will not
pitch him unless necessary until I
day. ' 1
Breitenstein or Manuel are billed f
performance by New Orleans. p rob , 1
bly Brelt will get the nomination H«l
wants to get away on a trip, and to do I
so he will have to work Friday if hi I
does Manuel will take hls turn Satur.l
day. 1
coaching line and he riddled Guese with
an line a line of talk as has been heard
this year.
There Is no deserting the fact that
Castro did hls full share In winning
the game. The Count Is the best coach-
er In the league. He Is large-mouthed,
noisy and has a bunch of conversation
that Is calculated to worry the best
of them.
Billy, knowing Guese's weakness,
sent Castro onto the coaching line with
instructions to "give 'lm the best you
got," nnd Louis followed Instructions.
The Instant Guese walked Into the
box Castro unloaded a broadside of
Invective and he kept on unloading
until "Whltey” was hopelessly beaten.
"Oh, Whltey, come down, come down.
What are you trying to throw anyway?
Oh, you Big dub! There goes the yel
low cropping out!"
Then he would turn to the batter
and shriek: “It's all right. He's laid
down. He's quit. Just hit It any
where.”
Set down In cold pencil on ordinary
copy paper, Ij looks neither very edi
fying nor very amusing.
But somehow It kept the crowd
laughing at ''Whltey'*’’ expense and
It worried the big chap to the limit.
Toward the end he got to looking at
Castro Just before he threw every ball,
and Anally the desired event happened
and "Whltey" exploded.
After the pieces were picked up and
pasted together again, “Whltey" was
the pitching marvel once more. But
the game was lost for New Orleans.
Nothing very extensive has been said
about Colonel Russell Ford up to this
time, but that was an oversight.
Russell was the man whose magnlA-
cent pitching shut out the Pelicans.
Four hits were the best that the New
Orleans players could do off Spit Ball
Russell's delivery. Two of these hits
came off In one Inning. Matthews
BIG ED SWEENEY, who is catch
ing good ball for the Crackers.
made the Arst one, which looked like a
mistake, but after he made It he tried
to steal, which was certainly a mis
take. He was pinched a mile or more.
Guese followed with a single, and that
ended the batting for that Inning. The
other two came In the fourth and sev
enth Innings.
The score: • *'
New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Atz, ss 3 0 0 3 1 0
Manning, rf. . . 4 0 0 1 0 0
Cross, 3b 4 0 0 3 3 0
Sabrie, lb. . , 4 0 1 9 0 0
Brelt., If 3 0 0 0 0 0
Gaston, cf. . ..3 0 1 » 1 0
Gatins, 2b. ... 3 0 0 4 2 0
Matthews, c. .. 3 0 1 4 3 0
Guese, p 3 0 1 0 1 0
Totals. . . .30 0 4 24 11 0
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Becker, rf. . . . 4 0 0 2 0 0
Winters, cf. . .. 3 0 1 2 0 0
Paskert, If 2 1 1 1 0 0
Smith, ss. t .. 4 1 1 1 3 1
Fox, lb ;. 3 0 0 10 1 0
Jordan. 2b. ... 3 1 1 6 3 0
Dyer. 3b 3 0 1 0 6 1
Sweeney, o. . . 3 0 0 6 2 0
Ford, p 2 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 7 27 17
Score by Innings:
New Orleans 000 000 000—0
Atlanta 000 300 000—8
Hits by Innings:
New Orleans.. .. .. ..002 100 010—4
Atlanta. 201 400 OOx—7
Summary—Double play, Jordan to
Fox to Smith. Base on balls, off Ford
1. olT Guese 4. Struck out, by Ford 3,
by Guese 2. Time of game, 1:46. Um
pire, Rudderham.
Saturday's Game Will Start Early
Saturday afternoon's game will be
called early.
The NeW Orleans team was due .to
play three games In Montgomery Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week.
But the league gave Malarkey per
mission to transfer the games to New
Orleans and already one of the thru I
has been played. 1
So tho Pelicans are going to New Or.
leans and play a double-header Sun. ■
day. Then the New Orleans and Mont. J
gomery teams will have three dayi to 1
lay off before their next series. i
In order to let New Orleans get awiyl
Saturday's game will start earlier than f
usual. 1
Mobile Wants to Play Atlanta Team\
Dale Gear, acting tor Bernle McCay,
has asked Manager Smith for post
season games In Mobile. Hls applica
tion will be turned over to the players
of the team, and they will act on It
as they see At.
Probably the Rome-Chattanoog». ■
Knoxville-Richmond trip will be taken. I
In any event, no exhibition games will I
bo played In Atlanta after the big af
fair Monday.
Many Baseball Players in Atlanta
SOME NOTABLE EVENTS OF THURSDAY’S GAME
The Shreveport Pirates defeated the
Montgomery Sleepers Thursday after
noon by the score of 6 to 4. "Kitty"
Beeker. the Shreveport alabman. put tt
all over the Climbers, and Montgomery
could not hit him when hits meant
runs. The Climbers secured only six
htts ott BeekeFs delivery. The Pirates
batted Ross Helm and John Malarkey
to all pasts of the lot
Little Rock took the second game of
the series frortj Nashville Thursday
afternoon by the score of 5 to 4. The
Dobbers played good ball and Stanley
Terkes was in Ane form, but somehow
the Finnites won the contest. Walters
twirled for the Travelers and allowed
the Dobbers 12 hits.
Camtnltz, the former American Asso.
elation pitcher, but now a Pittsburg
Pirate, shut out the Chicago Cubs
Thursday afternoon and allowed them
only one hit. Camlnttz pitched a great
game and the Cubs simply could do
nothing with him. Lundgren twirled
for the Cubs and was batted hard.
The Cleveland Naps defeated the De
troit Tigers Thursday afternoon In a
pretty game by the score of 3 to 0.
Addle Joss, the star twlrler of the
Naps brigade, allowed the Tigers only
one hit, and Detroit could do nothing
with hls puzzling delivery. The Naps
If he has. It Is strange that the news
papers didn't And out something about
It before this time. A St. Louis paper
carries a story to the effect that Fisher
has been bought and will report next
spring.
B ASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. NEW ORLEANS.
£ THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY.
r \ *
If you talk with some of the “Great
Unbalanced,’* they will tell you that
New Orleans Isn't trying very hard
to beat Atlanta. Maybe so. But If
the Pelican* did not try Wednesday and
Thursday then we should like to nee
them let themselves out Just once. They
played major league ball both days.
Thursday's game was full of long
foul*. Sweeney got one right up
agnlnat the grand stand In the fifth
Inning, Dyer missed one In the ninth,
Matthews got one In Uie fourth and
one In the sixth, Cross got one In the
■Ixth and Manning captured one out
by the score board In the ninth.
BUI Dyer was the last of the Crack
ers to report Thursday afternoon and
hls team-mates and the fans gave him
a round of Ironical applause as he am.
bled Into the field.
The first two throws Bill uncorked
would have gone by a less efficient
fielder than Jim Fox, but J. Claudius
stopped them all right. After that
Bill's fielding was sensational In the
extreme, and he did some one-handed
stopping and aerial throwing that has
not been equalled at Ponce DeLeon this
year.
Dyer Is certainly playing the game
now. When Tom Fisher was here he
said: "You have the best third base-
man In the league.’*
And after BUI pulled off a particu
larly sensational stop Thursday Brelt-
ensteln turnoil to the applauding stand
and Bald: "Go on; clap. That’s the
man you have been roasting all sum
mer."
The Crackers pulled off an t>dd dou
ble in the sixth Inning. After Guese
had gone safe on Sid Smith’s error and
out on the grounder that Atz hit to
Dyer, Manning sent a grounder to Jor
dan.
» Atz started to second and Otto tried
to tug him. Then J.ikay changed his
mind and went bock toward first. So
Jordan changed his mind, too. and
threw Manning out at first. Then Fox
threw to Sid Smith at second and Sid,
after a run, retired Atz.
Getting hit by pitched balls Is one of
the delights of George Winters’ life.
The other day some amateur volun
teered to pitch awhile during the early
batting practice. He had steam te let
and about as much control as a runa
way automobile.
One by one the batters walked to
the plate, dodged a couple and then
went back to the bench and sat down.
"Where all you fellows going?**
asked Winters. "YVhy, that guy ain’t
got any steam.’’
Whereupon George walked up to the
plate ( whisked Into the throw and let
It hit him full In the usual place.
■'I told you he didn't have anything,”
said George.
Paskert had hard luck with htz steal
In the eighth. He slid for second base
ao hard that he went beyond and was
touched out. However, he gets credit
for the steal.
Good Pitching and Batting
Helped . Charleston Win
Bpeelal to The Georgian.
Charleston. S. C., Sept. 6.—Charles
ton's pennant winning team got a rous
ing reception here today, returning
from Columbia, where they dropped
three out of four games with the rag
cinched. The players had a good crowd
at their benellt game yesterday after
noon.
Perhaps that pennant Is due to the
work of Charleston’s pitchers as much
an to anything else. The following dope
may be studied for comparison of the
Sally League pitchers' work for the
f eason:
Charleston—
W. L. T. P.C.
Raymond 37 13 5 .740
Paige 15 6 0 .714
Johnson... 5 3 0 .625
Foster ,.10 13 I .433
Columbia—
Sthwenck 15 22 t .405
McKenzie 8 12 2 .400
Buckley 2 10 0
Augusta—
Schopp 12 6 1 .667
Holmes., .. .. .,,.22 15 4
Sparks 14 15 * 2 .488
Nelson 3 5 1 .375
Lakolf 2 7 1 .285
Maeon—
Clarke 16 9 0 .640
Harley 19 14 1 .576
Helm 17 13 2 .567
Rowan ...5 5 2 .500
Quinn 5 6 1 .453
Savannah—
Xeuor 17 14 2 .513
Deaver... 14 14 5 .500
Kc Iber * 8 0 .420
Ford ....6 0 2 '.343
Half 4 8 1 .333
Jacksonville—
Lee..' 20 11 1 .645
Savldge 18 10 4 .643
Sltlnn 16 16 3 .500
Stultz 13 11 0 .541
Other*—
Willis. Chas.-Sav. . 4 6 0 .400
Vlebahn, Chaa.-Col.. 6 12 1 .338
White, Col.-Chas.. . 7 . 17 1 .293
But maybe the batting figures show
how those seventy-Ave games were
won. The swatting, rant, hits and
stolen bases of Charleston for the year
follow:
AB. R. H. SB. P.C.
Lohr K 10 2* S .301
Raftery 420 65 123 73 .266
Johnson. . . .376 44 97 23 —53
.432
.214
..443
.140
..282
Meany. ,
Gridin. .
Mullln. .
Evers.. .
Heixtngcr.
Fox.. ..
Smith.. .
Wilkinson.. .341
Shlppy. . ..291
Paige. .
Frost. . .
Foster.. .
Reddick.
Raymond.
..132 17 23 10
27 53 20
. 74
. 74
.. 83
..145
17
.245
.241
.232
486
.184
.183
.174
.155
.162
.150
.150
.132
.125
.117
Atlanta Is Just reeking with distin
guished baseball visitors these days.
The Arst arrival yesterday was Dick
Harley, the ex-Atlanta player who ha*
been In Macon this year. He watched
part of the game from a box and de
parted late In the afternoon for hls
home In SprlngAeld, Ohio.
Other Sally League players in town
are Jack Lee, Sttton, Kahlkoff and :
Evans.
And last but nq| least, our old col
lege chum, Mose wormser, league aud. i
itor, Is here to go over the books ol the I
Atlanta association. I
' Mose has been to the Alabama town I
and winds up hls career this season by |
looking over the books In Nashville.
Will Keep Castro, Line-Up Unchanged]
Perry Llpe has reached Atlanta, but
Manager Smith has decided not to sign
the Macon manager.
Louis Castro worked out Thursday
end appeared to be at Irlght, so he will
retain Castro as utility man and mil
take on Llpe. I
There will be no change In the line-1
up. •
"You don't catch me breaking a win. I
nlng combination,” aays BUI.
MtlHHMtHJ
Standing of the Clubs.
Sacrifice hits to the number of over
155, eighty-seven two-bane clouts,
eighteen three-baggers and eight home
runs helped some.
League figures In runs, hits nnd er
rors show that Charleston made moro
runs and mote errors than any other
team In the South Atlantic League. The
figures are:
Charleston 393 804 261
Macon 352 894 194
Jacksonville ..324 769 199
Augusta 312 800 219
Savannah 280 775 243
Columbia 270 767 255
Errorless games: Charleston 20, Co
lumbia 18, Augusta 30, Macon 33, Sa
vannah 16, Jacksonville 28.
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chance In a gruelling post-season O
0 series, but would also come near- O
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0 championship, he would try to O
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Memphls. . ,
ATLANTA. .
Little Hock .
New Orleuns.
Montgomery .
Birmingham .
Hhreveport . .
Nashville , .
New York . .
Boston . .
St. Louis . ,
Washington .
CLUBS—
Chicago . . .
Pittsburg . .
New York .
Philadelphia .
Brooklyn . .
Cincinnati . .
Boston . , .
St. Louis .
Southern,
Played. Won.
... 125 72
. ... 126 72
. ... 118 61
. . . . 123 63
. . . . 123 59
. ... 129 59
. ... 118 53
... 128 56
American.
Flayed. Won. 1
. ... 121 73
... 120 72
, ... 123 73
... 125 73
L S tP i6
64 .671
67 .517
60 .512
121
. . . 124 54
.... 120 60
... 128 36
National.
Flayed. Won.
... 127 91
. ... 124 72
. . . 122 73
, ... 118 66
71 !413
81 .308
Lost. P. C.
S g
. 120
. 125
45
75
0 Maxwell, Fritz, Suggs. 0
a Catchers—Smith, Hardy, O
O First Base—Fox. 0
0 Second Base—Babb. O
O Shortstop—Atz. O
O Third Base—Cross. O
0 Left Field—Paskert. O
•Center Field—J. Manning. O
Right Field—Becker. 0
0 —Hamilton. In The New Orleans 0
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WHERE THEY"PLAY TODAY.
New Orleans In Atlanta, Ponce DeLeon
park. Game called nt 3:30 o’clock.
Memphis In Birmingham.
Little Rock In Nashville.
Shreveport In Montgomery.
YESTERDAY’S RESULT8.
Southern.
Atlanta 3, New Orleans 0.
Birmingham 4, Memphis 0.
Little Rock 5, Nashville 4.
Shreveport 6, Montgomery 4.
American.
Cleveland 3, Detroit 0.
Ht. Lou!* 4. Chicago 3.
N. w York 6, ■ ’hlladelphla 3 (Ar.t game).
Nvw York 8, Philadelphia 3 (second same).
National.
Roston 2. Brooklyn 1.
Philadelphia 5, New York 2.
Pittsburg 5, Chicago 0. •
8t. Louis 6, Cincinnati 6.
$1,300 Raised
For Briskey FundI
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 6.—Asa flttlol I
Jlnn!e to the baseball seaaon, the S* - 1
vannah team allowed Itself to he beat- I
en by the local amateur aggregate I
Thursday. The acore waa 6 w i. tm ■
game waa given' a* 'a benefit to ’*1
Briskey fund, and a large amount I
reallxed, swelling the fund to aboffll
*1,300. _ .1
George Butler, formerly of Tech.** 1 ]
who played quarter on the local w"'*
ball team last season and kicked tat,
two Aeld goals which won fmmjnii
ailSouthern team, waa on the nriat I
line for the amateurs. But si* hail
were made from hla delivery, and «*> ■
ler swatted out a clean single w hen tci ■
bases were full In the eighth. B*7*J I
a brother of "Brindle" Bayne, who w I
recently been pitching for Mercrr*— I
several minor teageu teams, oppos—l
Butler and pitched a fairly good K*"*I
The rest of the Savannah team ® ,n |
the regulars.
Season in Texas
Closed Thursday]
Austin, Sept. 6.—The Texas
... a,-.... Lragurtl
season came to an end yesterday. *>“ |
Austin the winner of the pennant.
Has Tor- Fisher, manager
of t»l
Siam A III' TIBilOi, .pal
Shreveport Pirates, been bought t>S |
St. Louts Americans?
If we could take you through
our establishment, and show you
the vast care and cleanliness
which produce the old original
egg and sugar coated Arbuckles’
Ariosa Coffee, no one could
ever tempt you to change to
any other coffee.
A1UJUCKLB BR03., New York Cttjk