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■ 16 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 OOO000000O0O00O000O0O00OOO o BRITT WAS HELPLESS. O O "l was utterly helpless. I could O O not even hold up my left hand O O after I broke it. I had to guard O O for (inns' left ami had no punch O O except with my right."—Btatenient O D*of Britt after the light. O O 0 OO0OOOO O0000O0O000OOO0OOOO 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 OO000000000000000O000O000O O O O GANS IS CHESTY. O O O 0 "It was Just as 1 expected. Even O O If Britt had not suffered the In- O 0 Jury he alleges lie received I 0 0 would have collected the winning 0 O end of the purse."—Statement of O 0 Gans after the battle. 0 0 0 000O0000O000000000000O0000 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,