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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1907. ATLANTA WINS THE PENNANT HOW SOUTHERN LEAGUE RACES HAVE FINISHED FOR THE PAST SIX. YEARS 1902. 1903. Nashville 80 Little Rock 77 New Orleans ..72 Atlanta (8 Memphis... 68 Chattanooga 60 Shreveport ...48 Birmingham.. >9 W. L. .688 Memphis 73 .611 Little Rock 71 60 .805 Shreveport 68 68 .491 Atlanta.. 62 60 .456 Nashville 60 64 .424 Birmingham 69 64 .400 .Montgomery.. 63 67 .127 New Orleans 46 78 1904. .6(9 Memphis 81 .687 Atlanta 78 .639 New Orleans ..79 .608 Birmingham 73 .484 Nashville... 72 .480 Little Rock 61 .442 Shreveport ..65 .170 Montgomery... ..44 1905. W. L. in Which Goes to Show That £*£££!'.'" "w m .577 Atlanta. T1 60 ii* Crackers Have Never Fin- Birmingham 70 61 .452 Memphis.. ... 89 62 .404 “ ' - .223 ished Worse Than Fourth, Nashville... ... .....47 Littles Rock.. ...39 • 1906. P.C. w. Ij. 47 P.C. CLUBS— 1907, Played. Won. Lost. p. c 55 73 57 i 56 •JJjJ New Orleans. M 61 s •!:s .634 Shreveport ..70 66 67 ’Sqk Shreveport.. . .Y.’.ig a 65 65 .348 Nashville. ..47 90 97 .343 Montgomery. • :::JS 69 69 ■K •«! ■4k IIHHIMtMIMHINMMMMIII ATLANTA HAS WON THE RAG Hooray) Hoorayl the deaf.nlng ory Comes rolling up the street; It echoes to the listening sky In cadence strong and sweet. From east to west, from north to south, It bursts and will not sag, From lip to lip, from mouth to mouth— “Atlanta's won the rag I” Hoorayl Hoorayl go ring the bell, Light bonfiree everywhere. Hoorayl Hoorayl tho small boy’a yall Splits wide the shudd’rlng air, And _ strong men weep and babies crow And all the fans do bragt “ ’Tie come at last—I told you so— Atlanta’s won the rag I” ’Tis true, 'tie time!. It Is no dream. Hoorayl Hoorayl Hoorayl Babb's club at last has found some men Can beat ’em every day; Go write in characters of gold High on the walls, nor lag LII. u!nn tn thn WApIfi' “ H While saying to the world: “Beholdl Atlanta’s won the ragl" GAME THAT WON CHAMPIONSHIP CAPTURED BY STRENUOUS BATTING The game that settled the pretensions of ’’Chesty'' Charles Babb and his crew to the pennant of 1907 was something In the nature of pickled picnic. After the sixth inning. Up to that epoch-making spasm of run-getting the Travelers looked like dangerous contenders. But four runs were sent over In tho sixth and two more In the eighth and the wind-up showed Atlanta the winner—score 9 to 3. Ju*t after the curtain went up on the first act the critics pronounced It nn artistic failure. The Crackers, In their eagerness to win, gave every symptom of nervousness and the fielding was lumpy all over. Russell Ford worked hard for success, and after a bit the Atlantans got In their stride and began to hit. After that It was all over but footing up the totals. “Old Bill’’ Hart did not have anything, anyway, but his "noodle.’’ For a couple of Innings he rather "had It on ’em" mentally. Then the Crackers began to out-thlnk him and the boom of the base hit woke the echoes around Ponce DeLeon—and kept them awake. r* j^00000000000000t XK5CH:K>Oj> 0 OMAHA WIN3 RAO O IN WESTERN LEAGUE, 0 Dea Moines, Iowa. Sept. w_ 0 Omaha yesterday won the tv,,? O Prn T.pninio hosaKnli . ship, which Des Moines had Hu 0 for two years, by defeating thj 0 home team In the second gam. i 0 to 0 after Des Molne, had cL O tured tho first game. 8 to 5. 00000000000000000033 &0tX» POOR GREENVILLEI WRESTLERS ARE THERl Special to The Georgian. Greenville, S. C„ Sept. 14.—Thli has become the mecca of the ---• slonal wrestlers of the country the past lew weeks they have all b« here except the great Gotch ■ In a faet match at the Grand betvu, Christensen and Burt Hudson Chrt. tensen In endeavoring to break . hu, mer lock of Hudson’s vaulted and iuj ed on his head, sustaining & slight cm cusslon of the brain. The match m furious while It lasted, but was f1„0 declared off on account of the accMi. to Christensen. ,0 “ The New Orleans and Memphis mo re going utter the Pelicans for drooffi four straight games In Atlsnts. Tbs certainly .hasn't changed so mnch tut lie Frank Is throwing games to Smith. The "fighting rubber bit] can not be Imbued with much broth* love—Birmingham News. For the last few weeka Providence has had ths Atlanta club as Its special charge. In the critical places luck has always pulled Atlanta out. But for a while yesterday it looked as though Providence was asleep on The cogs slipped during the third Inning. Starke struck out as a starter. Then Hart sent a slow grounder Jo Fox and Ford went to ftrst to receive the ball. But somehow he did not connect and Hart was safe. Ho went to second on a wild pitch and scored when Pago singled. Gilbert followed with a blngle and stole sec ond. Then came the play that brought tears to our eyes, itoekenfold Hied out and Page scored, which was all right. But nobody took the ball on tho throw-ln. It went to the stand and Gilbert also scored. It was the only time on record where two men scored on a fly-out—and no errors. » Few Runs Didn't Matter But, pshaw! the three runs did not matter. Fox’s three-bngger—the second In two days for Jim, by the way—followed by Jordan’s single, netted the flrst run. Paskert’s homer brought In the second. Then Smith walked and Castleton, who ran for him, was sacrificed to second by Fox and scored when "Boston Bill" Dyer singled. That tied up the score, and the fans rose on their hind legs and rejoiced, with much vocal demonstration. The real whlrly-go-round came In the sixth. Fox, Dyer, Sweeney and Ford singled and Winters doubled. Result, four runs. In the eighth came the wind-up of the min-gettlng. Sweeney walked, Becker hit a Texas Leaguer and Paskert tingled. Result, another pair of runs. So you will observe that It was something of a cinch. But who'cared? Everything was all right as long as Atlanta won—for that game was the one the Crack ers needed In ordor to reach up and grab the pennant. When the news came that Memphis was benten In Montgomery the Crackers were eo far ahead that the game was cinched. And anybody could ace that Atlanta hnd at lait won a pennant. And the happiest man on tho grounds was Bill Smith. The hardest loser In the wofld, for such Is Bill, blushod as red as an embarrassed school girl and smiled The score: Little Rock, Page. 2b 4 Gilbert, cf. . . . 4 Rockenfeld. ss. . 4 Wood, c 4 Miller, If 4 Bowcock, rf. . . 3 Hess, 3b 4 Starke, lb. . . . I. Hart, p 4 ab. r. h. po. a. e, 1 Totals 34 Atlanta. Becker, rf. . Winters, cf. Paskert. If. . ab. r. h. po. a. e. Fox. lb 3 Jordan, 2b. ... 3 Dyer, 8b. . . . 4 Sweeney, c. . . 4 Ford, p 3 Totals .35 9 13 2? 11 Runs by Innings: R. Little Rock 009 000 000— 3 Atlanta 010 294 02*— 9 Hits by Innings: Summary—Two-base hit. Winters; three-base hit. Fox; home run, Pas kert; stolen bases, Gilbert, Dyer, Jor dan; sacrifice hits, Bowcock, Fox; bases on balls, off Ford 1, ofT Hart 4; struck out, by Ford 6, by Hart 4; pass, ed ball, Sweeney, Time, 1:60. Um pire, Pfennlnger. Naps Will Carry Their Own Cook When the Nape come South to train next spring. Instead of stopping at the hotels In Dixie, they will bring along their own cook. The Cleveland players complained when they were South'last spring that they did not like the meals that were being served them. And so this year Instead of stopping at the hotels they will have their own cook and live In a flat or house leased for the occastoa nant rsce la 1908, much will depend upon the materiel gathered; but area more will dejiend upon whether or not thet materiel tinker* ere suspended, end those to keep tu condition ere either uroppei ! Into submleetou to tie club rules- . one csij prewet sorcessruity •here th* other three games for ths world a championship will n. played stands a chance .of nuking a fortnne between now ' 6 If his money holds ouL LITTLE ROCK WILL HAVE NEW STAND NEXT YEAR Little Bock Is to have a new grand stand and an altered park next year. Such Is the welcome news brought over by M. Finn. It seems that the city has bought PRACTICE BEGINS AT MERCER UNIVERSITY. 8peclal to The Georgian. Macon. Go., Sept. 14.—Football pros pects at Mercer are brighter thnn In several years. While this form of ath letics has not received much attention for n park the ground* on which the diamond Is located and Is planning to put a street through the outfleld. This will necessitate a general switch, and In the resulting mlx-up Little Rock gets a new stand. In past years, and In fact, last year might be called the Initial seaaon, yet there are many devotees of the pig skin game among the students of the Institution. Coach Schenkcr has already arrived. Captain Shaw Is here with a small squad of men. CRACKERS CELEBRATE BA TTLES OF FRIDA Y, THE 13TH, CINCHED “RAG”FOR ATLANTA “111 win the pennant,” said Manager Bnbb, of Memphis, at the annual league meeting, “barring Atlanta.” And what he said came true—except that Atlanta refused to be barred. Friday night and Saturday were times of big rejoicing for the Atlanta ball players und Atlanta fans. It Is not every team that can win a pennant, and It Is an event of a lifetime for the players. Naturally the celebration was long drawn out and riotous. And a large time was undoubtedly ‘had” bv nil of tho players. George Paskert was a fair example. George walked Into the baseball as sociation's ofllce Saturday morning looking slightly drawn In the face and a trifle blood-shot of the eye. When he took off his hat he fingered his head gingerly and then he looked ruefully at the hat. 1 have made some mistake out ray hat or my head or something," said George. “First I thought I had Bill Dyer’s hat. Then 1 thought I had Sid Smith’s. But now I see by the name In It that It Is mine. But someway It Is a couple or sixes too small this morn ing. ’Oh. gee!” said George, "But It WAS n celebration!’’ The grand possibility that Atlanta for once in twenty-one years, might have a champion baseball team was realized Friday—and Friday, the thirteenth, at that—when Atlanta won from Little Rock and Memphis lost to Montgomery. This happening put Atlanta three games and a half to the good and oven if Atlanta loses Saturday and Memphis wins, and even if the directors give that Shreveport-Memphis game back to Memphis, Atlanta wins the pennant by a game and a half. There can be no denying that Atlantans are delighted that the home team has wort by snch a margin that there can be no argument about forfeited games and the like. The Cracker bunch has finished so far ahead that there is no question about its superiority. Memphis can have all the games it ever claimed, and even then Atlanta gets,the pennant and gets it easy. Easterners Helped Some And in the midst of our rejoicing let urf not forget that Atlanta owes a considerable debt to , the other three Eastern clubs—Nashville, Birmingham and Montgomery, Thcpe three could have beaten Atlanta out of a pennant. If they had cared tp throw the Crackers down it would have been a einch—by not working very hard against Memphis. But the Easterners hung by Atlanta nobly and every team in the lot played its level best to down Memphis, In consequence Memphis was downed-and Atlanta got the rag. The fans or Atlanta owe the other Easterners a debt of gratitude that they will be slow in forgetting. It was a great personal victory for Bill Smith. In two years this winner of pennants has given Atlanta a rag and he has done it by working night and day, worrying all the time and losing harder than ever man lost before. And don’t let’s overlook the* team. ' It was just a case this year of a locomotive working without a hitch from throttle to driving wheels. The directors put up the money for players and kept their mouths shut, except in encour agement. The manager got as many good ball players ns he could nt the start, and when some he got proved not to be good he let them go and got some more. And the players put their heads right down and worked all the season without friction—doing their best at all times. And don’t let us forget our old friend LUCK. He played his part, the old lobster—sometimes * by keeping hands-off, sometimes by sending rain when it would do the most good and in many and various ways. And LUCK helped, and without it no pennant was ever won or can ever be won. We can’t do much in the way of rewarding LUCK, out for Bill Smith. And the baseball association will look National. Flayed. Won. Lo«t. P. C. . . *133 93 38 .714 . . . 130 77 *3 .532 Brooklyn 131 Clnotnnatl 182 Boston 128 St. Loots 132 WHERE THEY PLAY 8ATUROAY. Mttla Book In Atlnntn, Ponce DeLeou park, On me called at 3:89 o’clock. Memphis In Montgomery. Shreveport In BlrmlnghnmV New Orleans In Kabhvtlle. FRIDAY’S RESULTS. Southern. Atlanta 8, Little Itock 3. Montgomery 2, Memphle Blrininghnm 2. Shreveport 2 (called < 000000O0O000000000OO0OOOO6 0 A RHYME BY SIME— 5 0 THAT’S ALL C 0 They fought the battle bravely. O It took three month, or more. O But tho finish was the grandest 0 Ever known In baaeball lore. 0 n O The pennart prove* their knowl- ° O edge O Of how tu field the ball, 0 Or catch or pitch, 0 No matter which, O They played the beat— 0 That’, all. 0000O000000000000OO0OOO0O3 N'.ehrille X American. Cleveland 4, Detroit 1 (Bret Detroit 10, Cleveland 0 (second Washington 10, New York X Boston 1, Philadelphia X National. _ Philadelphia X Boaton 1 (Oret Philadelphia X Boston 3 (eeoonu Chicago 3, Cincinnati X New York 2. Brooklyn Plttahurg 4, St Louis Batteries for the opening J?'; 1 / fot the world's series: Brown and KHn* r Het Cuba and and — for • .'"‘Jo,.- for those who flit In the blank* Exchange. B AS EBALL ATANTA vs. LITTLE BOCK. September 12,13,14. Tickets on sale at Oppenheim’ 8 * /