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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IQ, 1307.
ONLY BY MIRACLE CAN CRACKERS BE BEATEN NOW
CASTLETON AGAINST SUGGS IN SECOND GAME
Tom McCullough. «ecretorv, press
agent and jollier of the Memphis
baseball team.
Hoy Castleton, the cfmmplon pitcher
of the Southern League, will go In the
box Wednesday arternoon against
George Suggs.
By everybody Castleton Is regarded
a* the best man Hill Smith has on
his pay roll. By many Suggs Is regard
ed as the best of the Babblers.
The Atlanta line-up will not be
changed from Monday, except In the
pitchers* position. Memphis will use a
new pitcher and Bills is likely to play
in the left Held in place of Crlstall.
Big Crowd 8ure.
"That crowd Monday was the biggest
we ever played to,” said Trjn McCul
lough. secretary of the Memphis club.
And It was certainly a whale all right.
At baseball headquarters It is pre
dicted that the crowd Tuesday will not
be quite as large aa Monday's but It Isa
cinch that there will be 6,000 human
beings out for the excitement.
AH of the morning trains brought In
crowds of people from all near-by
points.
Among the distinguished visitors Is
Joseph Curtis, now of The Chattanooga
Times, formerly sporting editor of The
Atlanta News. Mr. Curtis states that
a score of people came down from
Chattanooga on the same train with
him to see the game, and that every
body who got on at Intermediate points
seemed to be headed for Ponce DeLeon.
Mayor Joyner brings In the news that
Marietta has closed up entirely for the
game and that most of the population
has come In to spend the day. And the
same thing Is true for Decatur, College
Park and all suburban points.
Both. Managers Confident.
Manager Babb Is not at all cast down
by Monday’s defeat. He believes that
with an even break In luck the score
would have been 1 to 1 instead of 4 to
1, and thinks that he can win Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Billy Smith Is equally confident and
there will be one disappointed manager
in Atlanta tonight.
Benefit Game.
Manager Smith announces the fol
lowing line-up for the benefit game on
Monday afternoon.
Bill Smith's team—Llpe, 3b; Castro,
ss.; Spade, lb; Smith, 2b; Ford, If.;
Becker, rf.; Bill Smith, cf.; Jim Lafitte,
c.; McKenzie, p.
Otto Jordan's team—Fox, lb; Al Jor
dan. 2b; Otto Jordan, ss.; Dyer, 3b;
Winters, cf.; Sweeney, c.: Castleton,
rf,; Paskert, if.; Schopp or Zeller, p.
Byrne With Team.
W. J. Byrne, formerly connected with
the sporting department of The Mem
phis' News-Sclmltar and Commercial-
Appeal and now city editor of The
Memphis Press, is In Atlanta with the
Memphis team. Mr. Byrne Is one of
the most brilliant writers bn baseball
subjects In the entire South.
HUSTLERS WIN.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Go., Sept. 9.—A game of
ball was played here between the High
School and the Hustlers' third nines
Saturday. The score was; Hustlers,
10; High School, 8.
Sid Smith, the man whose hitting
helped to land an easy victory
Atlanta. "
SCENES FROM MONDAY’S GAME BETWEEN BABBLERS AND CRACKERS
THE FIR8T PICTURE ON THE LEFT 8HOWS BECKER ON FIR8T. JUST BEFORE HE SCORED THE FIRST RUN OF THE DAY. THE NEXT VIEW IS OF ED HURLBURT, WAITING FOR THE BALL. THE TALL GENT IN THE NEXT
PICTURE IS ''8C00P8” CAREY, THE MEMPHI8 FIRST BASEMAN. IN VhE MIDDLE IS THE CONFERENCE BEFORE THE GAME. NEXT TO THE CENTER PIECE IS "COUNT” CASTRO, WARMING UP TO DO A LITTLE GOOD COACHING.
STOCKDALE 18 8HOWN IN THE NEXT PICTURE, AND THE FIR8T BATTER UP FOR MEMPHIS 18 SEEN IN THE CUT ON THE RIGHT.
DOPE ON CRACKERS'
PENNANT PROSPECTS
Being
Our Old friend “Not News
Views” in a New and Novel
Disguise.
But
By PERCY H. WHITING,
Gee, but it’s flue, isn’t it!
By winning the opening game the Crackers did not move
clear onto Easy street, but they certainly went up that way and
looked over a location.
The victory over the Babblers Monday Wns clean cut and
ought to be decisive. At every point the Atlanta players showed
up a shade the better.
Somehow the Babblers,did hot loom ns large—physically
and in other ways—as they did the last time they wore here.
James and Riciiards seemed a bit smaller than usual. Hiirlhurt
and Carey a shade slower and tho whole Memphis team was a
trifle “off.”
The Crackers on the other hand showed up to the best ad
vantage in battling with the second best team of the league.
Every man on the team distinguished himself in some way
or another and tho two men who gave vent to errors did so from
over-eagerness and the fans were ns pleased as the players when
the two misplays were finally oounterneted by Ford’s wonderful
pitching and by the support ho got after the team slipped those-
bobbles out of their system.
The rag isn’t cinched yet, though it seems hard to believe
that Atlanta can lose it now.
But still the Crackers are only two games nhend. If Babb
and his men should win the two remaining games then the teams
would be tied and Atlanta would have to win more from Little
Rock than Memphis won from Montgomery—arid that would be
something of a contract.
"SCOOPS” CAREY IS STILL CHEERFUL
IN THE FACE OF CERTAIN DEFEAT
By WILL GERALD BYRNE.
"Early to bed and early to rise,” Is
the maxim of the Memphis ball club,
but George "Scoops" Carey, seasoned
veteran. Is the only and original "early
bird."
Every member of the Memphis team
wns abed before 10 o'clock last night,
each fellow planning within himself
how he could help the cause qf the
Memphll In the great und deciding ae
ries of the season with Atlanta. What
their dreams of dteds of valor were can
not be put down In writing, but each
slept the sweet sleep of peace until the
late hours of the morning. All except
"Scoops." 'Before the sun hud chased
the morning mist, George was washing
the sleep out of his blue eyes. His
cheery "good-morning" was even, but
when I asked casually, "ScoopH, you
think we’ve got a chance?’’ he becamo
good and wide awake.
"Got a chance?" he repeated as the
towel flew vigorously over the weather
beaten countenance. "Well, 1 should
say we have. Why, those fellows
haven't got anything on us, even if
they are playing at home. I've been
through this before, and I know what
it Is to battle the last series to decide
championships." He rubbed a little
harder and sat down.
"Why, when I was with Baltimore
when we had to fight It out with Cleve
land in that 10-club National League in
1894, wo knew what It was to fight for
a game. We were liable to get a biff
In the Jaw from some frenzied fan or—
gee whiz—some w’otrtan was liable to
stick a hat pin In us. Well. sir. we
were nbout even with Cleveland when
we went down to play the New York
Giants. They weren’t up In the race,
but they hated us and wanted to see
Cleveland win. That was the year
Pat Tebcuu had such stars ns Cupp.v,
Cy Young, Cupid Childs. Jimmy Me-
Aleer, Chief Zimmer and others, and
they certainly were playing for the
pennant. We lost the first game] to
New York after a hard battle, and It
was up to us to win the second and
third. We got that second after a tight
fit and faced the worst when we went
un against Amos Rusle, who, I guess,
was the greatest pitcher of his day.
They had us 2 to 0 until the eighth In
ning. Then, with two out and two on
base. I was lucky enough to single^past
second. It tied the score. In New
York’s half they filled the bases, with
only one out. A young left-hander
smashed one straight on the nose—
blng! But Hughey Jennings dived
over second, snatched It with Ills mitt
and touched the bag, completing a dou
ble play. That took the heart out of
the Giants and in the next inning we
made seven runs off of the mighty
Rusle. You never can tell about base
ball. We are liable to beat Atlanta two
out of the three yet, and cop the rag."
IIMMIHIHMMMI
NOTES OF THE GAME
Janie, ruined it nice single In the sixth by trying to stretch It to two
bags. Becker and Jordan accomplished hlx downfall at the keystone sack.
Carter’s double came near to being an out. Paskert rah hnrd for It, and
all but scooped It up. It got by him, though, and went way out to the deep
woods.
Sid Smith's most brilliant piece of fielding came In the seventh when
he made a pippin of a stop and throw when Hurlburt soaked one down hts
wny.
It 1* unlikely, however, that Memphis will get over one of
the remaining two games. If the teams brenk even on the next
two then Atlanta is two games ahead When the last series of the
year starts. %
, In order to get a tie, under such circumstances, Atlanta
must lose three out t>f four to Little Rock w.hile Memphis is win
ning three out of four from Montgomery.
And can’t you just picture Little Rock winning three out of
four from Atlantal
If ’Atlanta can win both of tho remaining games with Mem
phis then it is practically all over—though not even then is it
outside the miracle limit. For two more victories over Memphis
would put the Crackers only four games nhend of, the Bluffers.
And then if Atlanta lost all four games with Little Rock nnd
Memphis won all four from Montgomery the teams would be
tied.
However, in a ease like that Bill Smith would probably re
fuse to play Finn more than three games and oineh the rag after
that fashion.
Practically Atlanta has the pennant cinched. There is no
beating a team that is going as strong as the Crackers are.
Theoretically though, it might happen that Memphis would
get the pennant and there will be no dying away in interest until
the Crackers have pulled down both games from the once-
haughty Babblers.
And if the Bluffers win either game the suspense is likely to
be carried along until well toward the end of the week.
But we might state it as our conviction at this point that the
best team in the league is going to win the pennant.
And the said best team does not represent n Tennessee oity.
B ASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS.
September 9-10-11. Tickets on sale at Oppenheims.
Maybe there was not a cheer sent up when Hurlburt’* fly In the ninth
Inning dropped into Dyer’s hand* and the game was over. Seven thousand
fan* heaved one large, simultaneous sigh of rellaf—and beat It for the
cars.
Jack Law, the catcher signed by Memphis to take Owen*’ place—and
then relen*e<i—wns In the press box during the game. Jack* Is looking as
vnnnir nml nw fie tits Via <11.1 l«inl/ In ttm An «,u iuhnn U- iimu hfllnlmr In U’ln
young and a* fit a* he did back In the days when he was'helping to win
pennunts for .Memphis. *
Umpire Pfennlnger couldn’t see Ford’s curves and shoots at all when
they cut the corners. Dan wanted ’em right across thc^ place, and after a.
while he got them there—for Ford had all kinds of control, and when he
found that nothing but plate-splitters would do, ho proceeded to split the
plute.
Carey made a ripping good stop of Fox’s grounder In the third Inning
and threw Jim out neatly ut first, where Htoekdale covered the bag.
Put Tannic Acid on Ball
To Spoil Ford’s Spit ball
In the game Monday afternoon Rich
ards, ojje of the Memphis players, put
tannic acid on the ball Ford was pitch
ing In order to keep him from throw
ing his effective spit ball.
Russell shon woke up to the fact that
he was being "doped,” however, and
complained to Umpire Pfennlnger.
Pfennlnger examined the ball and final
ly gave Ford a new sphere to hurl.
Monday was the second time the
Babblers have tried to work the old
gag on Ford. Some of Charley Babb’s
men got away with the trick over In
Memphis, using licorice, but It failed In
Atlanta.
Standing of tke Clubs.
CLUBR—
ATLANTA. .
Mt’iiipht*. . .
New Orleans .
Little Hook .
Itlrinliiglmiu .
Montgomery .
Southern.
Played. Won. Lost. P.
. 129 75 54
. . 129
. . . 127
. . 123
. . 133
Nnstivl
57
.438
American.
CM /*.?*- Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Philadelphia 124 76 48 .613
Detroit 125 75 50 .600
Chicago 127 75 52 .590
Cleveland ...... 128 74 54 . 578
New York 126 58
ItoMton 128 56
St. Louis ...... 122 oQ
Washington ..... 133 38
.500.
FORD PITCHES WELL,
AND BLUFFERS LOSE
First Game of the Deciding Series
Taken by the Crackers With
All Ease.
Was
CLITIIS-
Chh’ago . .
Pittsburg „
New York .
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . .
Clueluuatl . ,
Boston 124
St. Lulls 131
. P. C.
.710
.593
. 123
... 129
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Memphis In Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon park.
Game called nt 3:30 o'clock.
YESTERDAY’8 RESULT8.
Southern.
Atlanta 4. Memphis 1.
Little, Hock 3, Birmingham 0 (flrst gnme).
Birmingham 5. Little ’ Hock 0 (secoud
game).
American.
Philadelphia 0, Boston 0 (thirteen Innings).
I’hlitrtifik r. Il.iti-.klt 1
Chicago 5. Detroit 3.
New York 10, Washington 0 (first game).
New York 2, Washington 0 (second game).
National.
New York 10. Boston 0 (first mime).
Boston I. New York 0 (aeooud game).
Philadelphia 7, Brooklyn 5.
GANS EASILY BEAT BRITT
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By C. E. VAN LOAN.
Ban KranelBCO, Sept. 10.—Joe Guns Is
still the old master of the gladiatorial
college; the premier thumper of the
lightweight division.
Those who barked old age to beat
him and those who thought the rugged
native eon had a chance know now that
they gave most liberal odd. when they
put up 6 1-2 to win 10. The price
should have been 1 to 10.
Joseph is still the past master of his
bruising eraft; the greatest ring gen
eral of the age and the cleanest, hard
est hitter of all the lightweights now In
the ring.
James Edward Britt, the eliminator
of Battling Nelson, was himself elimi
nated yesterday afternoon.
The duke of the broken wrist may be
thrown out of consideration. Before
Uans blocked that left tip with hts el
bow Britt was a soundly beaten man
and every spectator knew It. Nothing
but a miracle could have saved Jimmy
from a knockout, and miracles do not
hapi>en to the other fellow when Garni
la In the ring.
Britt was outgeneraled, outfought nnd
outclassed at every department of the
game, and after the close of the second
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round he never had more than a dying
chance. Gans played with him for five
rounds, when he might have won by a
knockout any time after the second
round. He made Britt look like a
novice and did It with contemptuous
ease. When Britt set himself for the
touted left rip to the body. Joe poked
his left hand carelessly under Britt’s
nose, or laid It, paint out. upon the side
of Britt's jaw. and" gently pushed him
"Spit Ball” Russell Ford was In better
form than "Ancient” Otis Stockdale,
anti Atlanta played better ball than
Memphis.
That was all there was to the open
Ing game of the series which Is pretty
sure to decide the ownership of the
Southern League pennant.
Atlanta won 4 to 1.
The biggest week-day crowd of the
year—over 7,000 persons—saw the bat
tle of the giants. Every single seat In
the enormous new plant was tilled, and
there was an overflow crowd that en
tirely circled the Held.
The right field bank was black with
spectators, and there was a fringe all
around the outfield, a cluster Just over
the fence on tl;e railroad embankment
nnd a fair "Shreveport crowd" watch
ing the proceedings from near by trees.
The game wns slow and stubbornly
contested. Every Inch of ground Was
fought for with a determination which
Aould have done credit to any cause,
and the Crackers, as usual, did not give
up until the Inst out was made and the
game was gagged, bound and chloro
formed.
Ford's excellent work Wns largely the
cause of the Memphll defeat—that and
the stout clouting of the Crackers.
Tills ex-Three I wonder Is practically
acknowledged to be the best spit ball
man In the league, and he used nothing
but. the saliva-coated sphere. The
oonseqence was'that the Bluffers made
only six hits In all. And only once
were ns many as two hits bunched In
one Inning.
The bunching came In the eighth.
Crlstall went out. pitcher to first. Babb
singled, but retired at second when
Neighbors grounded to Jordan. Carter
was the man of the hour, however, and
milled Neighbors with a neat double.
That was Memphis' only run. nnd In
cidentally the first run scored on At
lanta In forty-one consecutive Innings.
Becker, the first man up for Atlanta,
scored. He walked, stole second and
tallied on Smith’s single.
In the, third Wlntetrs singled, stole
second and scored on Bid Smith's first
double.
Fox started the next trouble with a
single. He went to second on Jordan’s
single nnd scored on an error. This
mlsphty came when Sweeney hit a
fielder’s choice to'Babb. He threw the
ball to James and Jordnn was out at
second. But In attempting to double
Sweeney at first James threw wild.
Sid Smith's two-bagger nnd Jordan’s
single accounted for thyiast run. which
caine over In tile eighth.
Umpire Pfennlnger did not show up
for the start of the game, nnd Suggs
and Spade took the Job. Spade's de
cisions on balls and strikes did not give
satisfaction, and a riot was Imminent
when Pfennlnger dashed on tho dia
mond. And "Vinegar" had his troubles,
but got away with everything all right.
Atlanta fans.
Clearly the Crackers had It a shad*
over their closest rivals In every point.
There's nothing like scoring the first
man up—it has such a depressing ef
feet on the opposing team. Therefore,
for many reasons, Atlanta fans were
glad to see Becker get home with IS*
first tally In the first Inning.
Sid Smith was certainly the genuine
peanut taffy. His single scored Beck
er, his first double put Winters acrotl
the plate and he scored himself after
his near-home run.
That crowd—did you ever see the
like of It befm :?
If you did it was hardly In the
Southern League.
For the like of that turn-out on a
week day has presumably never been
seen In the South before.
How there could be any doubts In
the minds of anybody about which
team Is the better after seeing them
play Monday Is not comprehensible to
out of position, spoiling the swing and
making Britt hit the open air. When
Britt tried the choppy right-hander
which was to do so much damage at
close quarters, he hit nothing but el-
hows, forearms and shoulders, nnd
there were times when Joe let Jimmy
start a hnrd sw Ing and then ducked un
der It. coming up with a broad grin on
his fnce. Joe’s left was always under
Britt’s nose, a sort of brown feeler
with a glove on the end of IL
Sid had a depressing piece of hard
luck with that last hit. The manager!
ngreed, as Is usually the case when a
crowd circles the outfield, to count any
ball Into the crowd a two-bagger.
■ Sid sent one Into the crowd that wai
a home run from the Jump. But ra
course only two bases could be allowed
on it. <
When Sid hit It he saw that It w*»
good for four bags and went the Ml
wny. Just as an exhibition. After ha
was ordered hack to second by Pfen
nlnger ho Bcored on Jordan's single.
Jordan made a "wonder stop" In the
second when he caught Richard i
grounder and threw the Memphis thW
baseman out at first.
Things looked gloomy enough for At
lanta several times.
The first nerve-wrecker came in tM
third Inning When, 'after two had gone
out, Crlstall hit a two-bagger and Bans
walked. Neighbors was third up and
looked like bad medicine. But Ford a!-
lowed him'only"a'weak'lnfletd tty.
The real worry'camo In the sixth ]*■
ntng. The first ball hit "went to Sid
Smith and he dropped It. The next*
one was , In , Otto’s terlrtory and ne
threw It wild.' It was a' hard luck pW
at that. When Jordan got the hall nj
tried to tag Babb, but Charley dodged
and he then threw to first In an attempt
to Complete a double like he mane
ngulfist New Orleans the other day. BJ
hts TtJifow to first went wild and botn
men 'advanced a base. .
These two mlscues put Ford in tM
very deuce of a hole. But Carter went
out from pitcher to first and Carey ns
Into a double which was neatly ac
complished by Jordan, Fox and Swee
ney. 'Carey was put "out at first ana
Babb at the plate when he tried t»
score on the out.
The Score;
Memphis.
Crlstall, If. .
Babb, ss. . .
Neighbors, cf.
Carter, rf. . .
Carey, lb. . .
James, 2b. . .
Rlchnrds, 3b.
Hurlburt, c. .
Stockdale, p. ,
ab. r. h. po-
a. e.
1 •
1 1
Totals ... .33
Atlanta. ab.
Becker, rf. - . . 2
Winters, cf. . .3
Paskert, if. . ..4
Smith, ss. . < . 4
Fox, lb.. ., ., 4
Jordan. 2b. . 4
Dyer, 3b 4
Sweeney, c. . . 4
Ford, p 3
24 11 1
1 •
.0 0 1 1
Totals ... .32
Runs by Inning*;
Memphis
4 11 27 12
tiianpiufl .. ., ....000 000 OP
Atlanta 101 001 or"*
Hits by Innings: , <
Memphis J..011 too 12- »
- - ■ • its to? 22—•*
Atlanta '.. :. .112 102 —
Summary; Two-base hits. • ns«J ,
Carter, Smith 2; stolen bases, Becke.i
Winters; sacrtfice bl'a. Winters: d ’umfi
plays, Jordan to For to Sweeney. ™
on balls, off Ford 1, ofr Stockdale i.v
■truck out. by Ford 7,;by Slockd»>**Wj
passed balls. Hurlburt. Time of g-* 111 "
2:03. Umpire, Pfennlnger,