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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEM BEK, 11, 1907. | MEMPHIS Atlanta ~~ 2 GAMES AHEAD? Coleman, of Memphis, Says Npt and States His Reasons. "When the Memphle teem arrived in Atienta it waa tied with Atlanta and it la new only ene game behind.” Such tu the statement Tuesday night of President Coleman of the Memphis club. "Tou people In Atlanta are taking It too strongly for granted,” said he, "that you have the pennant cinched. We are Inclined to believe that the direc tors of the Southern League will give ua back that game awarded to Shreve port by President Kavanaugh and If they do It may place an entirely dif ferent aspect on the pennant race. "We are confident that President Kavanaugh had no right to declnre that game forfeited to Shreveport— that he exceeded his rights In doing It. "And of course If we need that gnme we are going to carry tho protest up to the league directors and havo them settle the matter. "If they decide our way it may cost Atlanta the pennant.” When Manager Babb, was asked for his views he said: "Our violation was purely technical. We were over the fourteen men limit only for an hour. "And the joke of It Is that we had been In Atlanta and Atlanta had sev enteen men In uniform Including sev en pitchers." (It may be mentioned In passing that Babb Included Schopp and Swalm as Atlanta pitchers. The national commission has since decided that Swalm never belonged to Atlanta and Schopp was not signed.) "Then we went on to Nashville where they had fifteen men or so. and then to Little Rock, where they had eighteen or something like that. My figures may be wrong, but anyway the point Is that all the rest of the clubs were over the limit. "And then when we get one man over for one hour a game Is forfeited against us and we are made an exnm- S le of. And It Is done by a man who as no right to forfeit a game. We admit that we were over the limit, but we think that the other clubs were and we do not think that President Kava naugh had aright to forfeit that game.” ooooooooftowoawooooooaooo 8 ° PIGSKIN PRACTICE AT TECH 0 BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON. 0 O 0 0 Coach Hetsman will line his O 0 football candidates up this after- O O noon at Tech hollow for the first 0 I 0 practice of the season of 1*07. 0 0 Only light practice will be In- O 0 dulged In. 0 0 A large number of football can- O 8 dldates will be out this afternoon. O Here are a few who will be on 0 8 hand: Tiny Henderson, Captain 0 Sweet, Hightower, Chip Robert. 0 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 O 0 0 ILLUMINATED PARADE. 0 0 The suggestion that Atlanta 0 0 fans celebrate the winning of the 0 0 pennant, provided It Is won, with O 0 an Illuminated parade, has been O O made by J. W. Thomas, president 0 8 of the Commercial League. 0 "The fans ought to turn out In a 0 0 parade Monday. I know all the 0 0 amateur teams In the city and lots O O of the merchants and business O O houses would get in the thing. If 0 0 there Is to be that burlesque O 0 game Monday night we could O O march out to that,” says Sir. 0 0 Thomas. 0 0 This plan la being talked about 0 O by the fans and may be acted 0 O upon If Atlanta gets the rag. 0 O 0 00000000000000000000000000 Jl’HT DOPE. Memphis players say that the Birmingham team boasted that tbey Intended to put Memphis out of the race and that Manager Vanina worked Wilhelm nut of his turn la deference to orders from Bill Smith. They elslm that Smith offered to give the Birmingham pitchers 1500 for each game they won sgstnst Memphis.—Little ltock Osteite. Ob, what rot! In a lettar to The Boston Globe, Wal- A hefty backstop | j« N ox NEWS' BUT VIEWS” ABOUT TOPICS OF VITAL INTEREST HEAD BLUFFER TEAM THROWS HORRIBLE SCARE INTO THE CRACKER BUNCH i Sower RESCUED ATLANTA EDWARD HURLBURT. Ed u«cd to perform for Atlanta back In the early day*, but has been with Memphis for several years. Golf Tournament Begins Saturday Owing to the success of the handicap match play tournament which was fin ished Idibor Day, another one will he atarted Saturday over the Mast Lake courae of the Atlanta Athletic Club. The former tournament wna. art In vitation event, but this one will be open to all members of the club. . The exact conditions Imvo not been announced, but new handicaps will be arranged nnd a qualifying round played Saturday afternoon. Either eight or sixteen will be qualified and fhe match play rounds will be continued during the following week. It Is expected that n large entry will take part In the event. THIS IS THE GUY GEORGE 8UGGS. Here is tho mar (who was slated to defeat Atlanta Tueiday when tho rain cut In and saved the day. Ho will be worked again Wednesday. thmir wild: ••Believe lue, 1 will rub It Into McLean In Europe for cutltiui himself the champion of America, iu he rode me when I wan a cripple and I could not average much bettor than a 1:38 «nlt. I am no crip ple now. My knees are tu good shape. GRANDSTAND CRITIC By WILLIAM F. KIRK. "If I could but manage the Giants awhile,” The grandstand critic said. "I would make the dubs bent Chicago's Cubs And wallop the Pirates dead. • I would trade spike Shannon for Iterate McGuIrk And Seymour for Sherwood Magee; Nope but the best, from east to west. Could play on a club for me. "And If I were managing Griffith's gang,” The grandstand critic averred. "I would trade Bill Keeler for Sammy Strang, And play Hal Chase on third. I would make Al Orth pitch most of the games. With Thomas behind the bat; Then the New York cranks would love the Yanks— Just peste that dope In your liat!" The grandstand critic went home to dine— There was nothing at all to eat; His bridge-fiend spouse was away from the house, And his kids run wild on the street. The cook had dressed and gone with her beat For a nice little twilight roam. So he eat In the dust and nibbled a crust— Thai's the way he managed his home. —New York American. BASEBALL ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS. September 9-10-1L. Tickets on sale at Oppenheims. It is certainly encouraging to observe that luck seems to have turned Atlanta’s way at last. This season has not been a notably unlucky one for the Crackers, but oil the other hand it lias not been particularly lucky and most of the games won have been won by hard fighting. A recent piece of hard luck was the dropping of those two games which ought to have been won from Shreveport. It rained and they could not be played. Tuesday rain undoubtedly saved Atlanta from defeat. As a general proposition Atlanta can overcome a three-run lead nnd win out or tie up—along about the seventh inning. But George rruggs is the kind of a man you don’t “make up” on. If he gets off in the lead he is likdly to stay there. And he had a start that tickled him. Also the Atlanta team was a hit “hacked.” Perhaps the moral effect of that defeat will be good. Atlanta had not been scored on but once in the 42 previous innings and Castleton lind just finished pitching three consecutive shut outs. Naturally the team was just a bit satisfied with itself and a shade over-confident of beat ing Memphis. . And you can tnke it from us that it never pays to get full of the idea that Memphis is any snap. That team is likely to come back at you any time. Fortunately the moral chastening came to Atlanta without any cost and on Wednesday the Crackers will go at their opponents for blood. The showing -of Castleton is another explosion for the theory, that a pitcher needs to nest up a lot before n supreme effort. They told us that Zeller would be extra good after one of liis long rests. And he was ham mered all over the lot. Then Castleton wbn saved up for this big affair nnd hardly handled a hall between his last full game and Tuesday’s effort. The consequence was that he was “soft.” To keep muscles in.shape they have to he used. What happened to Castleton Tnesdity shows this—if it needed any showing. Local fans hardly need to get unduly worried over the threat of the Memphis moguls that they are going to have that game which was taken away from them by President Kavanaugh given back by the league mreetors. When the contest was awarded to Shreveport, after it was fairly,won by the Babblers, At lanta fans united in saying that they did not care to get the advantage of any game won on a tech nicality. But no protest was made at that time—that is, officially; and the Atlanta team went ahead on the supposition that Memphis was going to take her medicine. And now it seems that there is a howl due. It is our humble opinion that the directors will not reverse Judge Kavanaugh’s decision. _ The excuse that the other clubs were over the limit will hardly hold. Because one man is breaking the law it does not give nny other man the right to do the same thing—particularly if he gets caught. We aren’t very wise'legally (or otherwise, for that matter), but that looks clear enough to us. The question of whether or not Judge Kavanaugh has a right to throw out that game seems to us to be of interest only as subject matter for argument. Maybe the president of the league has no such right as he exercised. But the league rules provide that any game played by a team which is over the limit shall be forfeited to the opposing team. , Babb admits that his team was over the limit. If the matter goes to the directors they will have to act on Babb’s confession that lie was breaking n law of tip; league and will thereupon forfeit the famous game to Shreveport. Which in the long run amounts to exactly the same thing as if Kavanaugh had forfeited it against.’Memphis. And the Kavanaugh method is so much more expeditious. We are sorry to sec a chance that the pennnnt may go tp Atlanta .on a technicality; but if it must be, then the only thing for Babb and his men to do, is to stand the gaff. And, anywAy, we believe Atlanta is going to win by such a margin that that one game will not cut nny figure. THE CHARLES BABB. Here Is the man who has pllot- ted the Memphis team through two successful seasons. RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE SURE THING FOR WEDNESDAY The lust game of tho famous Mem- phts-Atlnnta series will be culled at Ponce DeLeon park nt 3:30 Wednesday, and It Is our positive best bet that a crowd which breaks all records will bo on hand for the last battle between tho Rnbblors and the Crackers. More thnn 5,000 rain checks were put in circulation Tuesday afternoon nnd the majority of them will go back into tho ticket box Wednesday. In addition, u couple of thousand persons who could not arrange to get out Tuesday will bo on hand Wednesday. m After Monday’s game the people of | Atlanta had a hallucination that Mem phis was easy and thnt the games be tween the Babblers and the Crackers would be runaways. A rude awakening came Tuesday, when .the Bluffers tore off that trio of tallies In the first inning. In consequence, there is a renewed interest in Wednesdays battle. And the town Is going to shut up shop and move out to Ponce DeLeon— thnt Is, If It does not rain. Rain Doesn’t Count. And If it does rain a bit there will be 6,000 out at least. The Tuesday’s crowd was* the most marvellous “clotidy-day crowd” that the Southern League has ever known. It looked ns though It might rain any minute all the afternoon, und when the last thousand or so started from Atlanta It was al most a certainty thnt there was going to be undue precipitation. But the fans came on anyway and managed to get one tnnlng and some rain chocks for their money. Castleton vs. Suggs. Castleton will undoubtedly be sent back by Billy Smith to get another trial nt the Memphll. Roy 1ms had "their A GOOD MEMPHIS PITCHER Here is a view of the "phiz” of Charles Jes samine Shields, the Memphis pitcher who is likely to work for the Bab blers Wednes- day, provided Georgie Suggs does not care for the job. Shields is a star pitcher and has a little eon- test on with Mc Kenzie and Schopp for the league leader ship among the twirlers. Shields is one of Ibe most ex pensive men on the Memphis team. The Montgomery club bought him and paid a big price for him. But he would not report to Malarke y ‘s team and final ly his contract o as sold io Memphis fot a figure we have not seen pub lished. The other day somebody said to Babb: "Luck was with you when you got Shields. ” "Nam, ’ plied Babb, luck, moneyT re- 'not I Standing of the Clubs. Southern. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost P. C. ATLANTA. ..... 229 75 54 .531 Memphis. ...... 129 73 66 .566 Little Hock. .... 123 65 62 .512 New Orleans 127 66 64. .608 Montgomery .127 Shreveport. ..... 121 .. — --- Birmlntfham 133 62 71 .4o7 Nashville 131 67 74 .435 American. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost P. C. Philadelphia 126 77 49 .611 Detroit 125 75 50 .600 Chicago 127 75 52 .690 Cleveland 128 * 74 64 .678 New York 128 60 58 .508 Boston 128 56 72 .438 St. Louis 122 50 72 .410 Washington 136 38 88 .802 National. CLUBS- Plnyed. Won. Lost. P. C. Chicago 131 93 38 .710 Pittsburg 128 76 52 .693 New York 129 75 54 .581 Philadelphia 134 68 56 .549 Brooklyn 129 60 69 .466 Cincinnati 129 54 75 . 418 Boston 125 47 78 .396 St. Louis 131 40 91 .306 WIIEBE THEY PLAY TODAY. Memphis in Atlnntn, I’once DeLeon park. Gnme called nt 3:30 o’clock. Shreveport In Nashville. Little Hock In Birmingham. TUESDAY’S RESULTS. Southern. Atlantu-Menipliis. rain. Shreveport 3. Nashville 0. Birmingham-Little ltock, rain. American. Boston 5. Philadelphia 0 (first gnme). Philadelphia 3. Boston 0 (second game). New York 1, Washington 0 tflrst game). New York 5, Washington 3 (second gome). National. Brooklyn 5. Philadelphia 3. Boston 3, New York 2. ANOTHER BABBLER tfj- Memphis Had Good Start When Rain Ended the Game. THIRD BASEMAN RICHARDS. Hera Is the man who has played nice bull nt third base for the Mem- phlt this year. goat” most of the season, and both he and B. Smith coincide In the view that Castleton can beat the Babblers If any body can. However, Bob Spade will be held In reserve and will be sent In if Castleton shows any signs of wssdtenlng. And “Well, we’re about due torn. i uc lq and this Is the time It came In handy.” So said Bill Smith, with a larg, smile, after Umpire Pfennlnger called off the game of Tuesday afternoon on account of wet grounds. As a general proposition Billy |, th, most sorrowful little thing In ten coun. ties when a game Is called off. But times were changed Tueaday. For Memphli scored three runs off Roy Castleton, the best pitcher In the league, In the first Inning of the game. And the aebre stood 3 to 0 In favor of Memphis at the end of the first Inning, when time was called. That waa the worst Inning that ever happened. Bills, the first man up, went out all right, from third to first, and the crowd yelled madly at the ease with which it waa done, Babb waa walked and then Neighbors singled. Carter waa walked and Ca rey singled. Then .Tomes dittoed. And an a sad and styrowful consequence of these happenings Babb, Neighbors end Carter scored. Richards hit Into a double play that relieved a situation which becamo more embarrassing every moment. That Suggs, who was In the box for Memphis, waa in form may be Judged from the fact that he fanned George Winters and George faskert after let ting Becker out on a pop fly to ,hort. Then, providentially. It began to rain. And that rain undoubtedly saved At. lanta from a drubbing. It was a peach of a young storm, ail right The black clouds piled up mountain high and along toward the end of the second half of the first Inning the dust blew across the diamond so that play had to be suspended for a moment. Just as Atlanta was retired It began to rain lightly and when Hurlburt cumc to bat for Memptds the downpour came and the Atlanta players gladly took shelter. As a general proposition Billy Smith has a couple of tarpaulins which ho yanks over the catcher's box and the pitcher’s box when the rain begins to full, In order to keep these critical areas dry. . But this time Bill did not want them dry. The start had beon too bad to please him and It was his sincere hope that the field would become too wet to play on. And It did. The rain lasted about twenty min utes, but while It did last It was a sprinkler right. At the end of twenty-five minutes Babb and Bills appeared on the dia mond with brooms and started sweep ing the water off the base lines. This irritated the Irascible B. Smith and he dashed out on the diamond and yanked a broom away from Bills. Then followed some slight display of acerbity on both sides. Bill Smith and Joe Bills wrangled around awhile and then Garter cut Into the argument and Smith, who would rather fight than cat nny time, made a couple of passes at the big Babbler. When, with due deliberation, a fores of four fcopa appeared on the flela, tne hostilities came to a reluctant close. And about that time Dan Pfennlnger made his apearance, walked onto the fit Id, sank ankle deep In mud—and then called the game—to the decided relict of most of the fans present. The many who had come from a dis tance to see that game were bltterh disappointed. But the genuine fan saw where that game would have finishes If It had been played out, and was more than pleased. There was one amusing feature—ana really only one until the game was called. And that was the presentation if the turtle. ,, ... Because of the fact that the Memphis team plays on a turtle-backed dlaiivuv , thev have been christened 'The Tur tles." and have all this year used a tor- tolse as their emblem. ... So Count Castro, the official humorist of the team, procured a specimen one of the remote species of the ™ Testudinata, commonly known as a tui- tie, and presented it to Charles Babb v.hen that worthy came to bat in m" first Inning. . Charles accepted it gracefully and turned It over with due flourish to t rey. who carried It over by the M* phis bench; and, after chasing bora out of the lot by poking It at made a little pen for the beast and Kep him there throughout the brief ga And Immediately thereafter the ca Inmlty previously narrated bet n 'Ci ackers. And In consequence th* Bubblers have adopted that turtle their mnacot, . <„ r The box spore does not follow, "there ain't any." Bob Is "right" and trained to therein- ute. His last two games base ne the best ever and he Is ready to “• Memphis or anybody else that n up. Suggs wtll work again for Mere phis. Little Roek Next. Just how the Atlanta pitchers w work against the Llttte Rock ** which opens at Pone* DeLeon Th day la a matter of uncertainty. Russell Ford will twirl one of '• games. Probably either Cast let on • Spade—the one who doea not j day-will go In Thursday. The" Fora Friday. McKenxIe may get n cham them also, especially If a double-head la played. Kavanaugh Coming. Judge William Kavanaugh. Pr** ,a " of the Southern League, will be m * lanta Friday and Saturday tor the'» two games of the «eaaon. Fre* 1 f Kavanaugh Is making hi* • e ® on ^_ h i f of the eastern clubs and wind* U P