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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, SEFTEAIDER 17,1907
BASEBALL NOW OVER IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE—NOW FOR SOME FOOTBALL
NOT news. BUT v,ews} EXHIBITION GAME AND HELD DAY
It's all over.
Even the shouting has died away.
And rapidly, by ones anil two, the players are flitting north
ward and homeward.
The baseball season of 1007 in the South has been practical
ly wound up.
Interest in the major league races still continues—especially
in the fight for first honors in the American League.
And when the world’s championship comes the eyes of tho
whole country will be focussed on the teams #s they play.
But generally speaking the stage is clear for football.
So lead on your gridiron warriors.
Last year the state of Georgia did not have the most bril
liant football season of her career.
Tech was way below par. the state university did not have
a really high-class team and Mercer made her football debut with
a creditable—though weak—aggregation.
PROVE TO BE COMPLETE SUCCESS
Otto Jordan’s Team Won
Game By Score of
7 to 3.
This year the prospects are better all up nnd <*own the line.
Jfcroer has fair inaterinl, Tech has good material and Georgia
has the best ever.
Verily the prospect plenses.
And we think a little football will be very nice for a change.
HISTORY OF ATLANTA'S
FIRST PENNANT WINNERS
By CLIFFORD HORTON.
CHAPTER II.
About thf Player*.
The players of 1885 and 1886 hit the
ball and they hit It hard. Lajole In his
prime might have been ashamed had he
been living while J«?vene. Cahill. Me-
Vey, Henke, Lyons, Collins, Murphy,
Landis and other stars of tho diamond
were hitting the bill.
Jevene and Cahill, of Atlanta, were
feared by all pitchers In all cities. Je-
vene’s batting average on August 1,
3885, was .545 for the season. He was
a natural batter and would have made
Meeks, of the Barons, take to the woods
at the sight of his big stick.
Cahill was a great batter and fielder
and he could also pitch. A inan who
made a baseball team In those days had
to be able to play any old position on
the diamond.
Cahill knocked many home runs for
Atlanta and won many games with his
big stick. He was the greatest short
stop In the South In his day, and at the
close of the campaign of 1885 was
bought by the St. Louis Nationals for
$1,000.
Cahill went to the big league, where
he played the same article of ball he
Always put up In the Southern League
tor Atlanta—his best.
Atlanta was not the only team that
had good men on Its pay roll, flood
baseball players could be found any
where In those days. The whole South
ern League was full of them.
First Weeks of 8eason.
The first weeks of the ’85 season
passed off all right nnd ns nil of the
clubs were going well no kicks were to
be heard. Macon was loadlrg the
league on April 26 by n fair margin.
Most all of the games were hard-
hlttlng affairs and for a pitcher to hold
a teafn down to 6 or 8 hits was consid
ered phenomenal.
It required 7 balls for a batter to get
free transportation to first, and there
was not much doing generally by the
free-pass route.
Before a game the two managers
would toss a coin to see which team
should take the field.
Atlanta led the league by two nnd a
half gnmea on May 9. Nashville was
second. At this stage of the game tho
race was Intensely exciting.
Nashville playod Atlanta In this city
for four games, beginning May 10. At
lanta won the first gnme by the score
of 4 to 2. Over three thousand people
witnessed the contest.
The following Is the standing on
May 17:
W.
Atlanta .. ..
Nashville ...
Uolumbus ..
Macon
Chattanooga
Augusta ...
Memphis ...
Birmingham
..17
...12
PC.
.809
.600
12
14
.523
.400
.400
.400
.263
BROXTON WINS.
Broxton. Go,. Sept. 17.—Broxton de
feated GuIIv Branch Saturday by the
score of 12 to 10. The Hne-up
Broxton.
Rlcketson, lb. .
Leggett, p. .. .
Newbeme, If. .
McGovern, ss.
Clement. 3b. ..
Tramaln, 2b. ..
Little, c
Huggins,
Jty Branch.
Gully
..J. W. Hikes, lb.
Smith, 3b.
.. .. J. Carver. 2b.
Hall, c.
,. \V. A. Dikes, ss.
,. J. K. Carver, cf.
.. R. A. Dikes, If.
Day, rf.
Woolsey, rf. Whatley, p.
Umpire, F. Preston.
The Atlanta club was still leading on
June 8.
The four umpires the league em
ployed hod a time of It on July 8. All
four of those worthy gentlemen were
mobbed by Irate fans, or anyway were
given a hot old time.
Umpire McCue was seriously Injured
In Nashville. He was rescued by eight
policemen nnd It took their combined
protection nnd a few other copg to keep
him from being killed.
It was a rule of the game In those days
that If the first strike had been pitched
over the plain and a rain storm came
up, the fans did not get their money
back. And this rulgf It Is needless to
say. caused trouble.
The following were the standings of
tho clubs on July 19:
W.
Atlanta 45
Nashville 36
Augusta * 34
Macon 29
Columbus .28
Chattanooga 23
Memphis 23
Birmingham 14
Macon won three games from Birm
Ingham on August 12. The score were:
Macon, 11-4-4; Birmingham, 6-1-3,
which was something of a stunt.
The Nashville club was Atlanta’s
worst enemy during the season of *85.
The Middle Tennessee club wanted to
win the pennant so bad that It was
charged that It bribed left nnd right.
Baseball history ho* It that Nashville
paid the clubs that heat Atlanta large
sums of money. Nashville finished a
bad third.
Moral: “Don’t bribe.’’
The season closed with a big row
on September 13 nnd the following is
the way tho clubs stood:
W.
PC.
.737
.620
.576
.493
.411
.396
.264
Atlanta
Augusta
Nashville.. ..
Macon... ... •
Columbus... .
Memphis
Chattanooga...
Birmingham..
31
36
P.C
.659
.636
.632
....42
.. ..38
. ..30
.518
.431
.332
.209
To be Continued.
A Peaceful Discussion
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
Fir John MclJmiv nnd Hunk O'Day
Were talking, of a certain piny
Which happened In nbotit thin way:
The banes were congested.
When Michael Lynch tore off a hit
That hounded from the pitcher’s mit.
And toward right Held begun to tilt
Ere It could bi arrested.
•J
Brave Second Baseman Alperman
After the hounding leather ran.
And from third u New York man
Came prancing with a tally;
Behind him thundered Danny Shay.
Who also tallied on the play,
And Louis Mann was heard to say,
"Well, boys, this starts the rally!"
But stay! Young Second Baseman Doyle
Sent Whltey crashing to II— soli
And fell beside him In a coll
While Mr, Shay was scoring.
••Time, time! King’s X!" yelled Hank O'Day.
'‘Get back to third, you Danny Shay!”
This, gentle readers, was the play
That started all the roaring.
•'Now, Henry.” murmured John MrGraw,
"Let's speak about the baseball law;
I'll prove that your decision - * raw
With no display of temper.
Hank, you nnd I are peaceful Jays.
With thoughtful minds ano gentle way.;
As the old Roman poet says:
’.Vlix vomica. 81c Semper!' ”
"Thankii. John,” said Umpire Hank cVDay,
• Now that you’ve had your little any
Back to the bench for youra and stay!
Please do not be offended.”
“I'll go,” nald Mac, “but an for you.
You piece of cheese, you fat-head stew.
You’re wrong In everything you do!”
And there the matter ended.
| —New York American.
The memorable baseball season of
1908 went out yesterday In the con
ventlonal “blase of glory”—a “blaze”
that made all similar efforts look like
the expiring struggles of an undersized
candle.
The affair was the benefit game, giv
en by tho fans of Atlanta to the team
which won the Southern League pen
nant of 1908. And it was. a benefit that
benefited.
The crowd was unexpectedly large.
It looked a little out of the ordinary
because most of It was In tho grand
stand, while the preponderance usually
wanders bleacher ward.
But It was a large crowd and every
person there probably Represented at
least two paid admissions—which
meant that ft was a good paying crowd.
Beyond the lamentable fact that the
greased pig was a ghastly failure anti
would do nothing but sit down and say,
In unmistakable pig-talk: "All come
and catch me at once”—barring this,
we stute the affair was an unmistaka
ble success.
The weather was good, the attend
ance large, the parade a brilliant suc
cess, the field sports exciting nnd the
game a hummer.
Did we mention that Otto Jordan's
team won? Yes; It was even so. 8ev-
en to three was the final count of the
concluding game of the season.
To begin nt the beginning, there was
the parade. It was much like other
baseball parades—with a band ami the
players In open carriages. Only there
was an unusual amount of enthusiasm
stirred up over this one, and the cheer
ing was louder and longer than usual,
which was a fitting and proper show of
appreciation.
When the “pee-rnde” reached the
park the field sports were at once un
corked.
Bill Smith, acted ns announcer and
master of ceremonies and covered him
self with glory In his new role.
“The first prize on our program.” os
Bill Smith put It, was the hundred-
yard flash. In this Dyer was the hero.
Paskert was barred, ns It was admitted
that he had the rest unchored. Later
hb ran an exhibition hundred In ten
seconds flat—which proves whnt has
often been asserted In Atlanta, thut he
will prove as fast it man as any In the
big leagues. Paskert, of course, won
the base-running event and the dis
tance throw.
The fungo hit for distance proved n
surprise, for Mackenzie got away with
the money.
In the match race between Jordan
Paskert Hero Field Sports
and Made Good Show
ing.
t* nm In 1908 wa* pulled off. The local
talent was divided up between Otto
Jordan and Bill Smith, and the team
went out for blood.
As a general thing, post-season ex
hlbltlon games are farces, with the
laughs left out., But this time each
player on the two teams had chipped
In a dollar for the event and the win
ners took all the pot. As a result of
this wise provision the spectators were
treated to some high-class baseball.
Jordan’s team got away well by scor
ing the first man up In the first Inning
1 he Jordanltes put over another In the
fourth.
Bill Smith's team evened things up in
the fifth and took the lead by lighting
Into Castleton and scoring three runs.
The Jordanltes replied by a volley of
hits In the sixth and put across five
runs. This gave them the game and
from then on It was a caJb of “hurry-
up-and-let’s-get-lt-over” to the finish.
The score:
Jordan's Team nb.
Winters, cf.. . . 4
Jordan, ss. . ..5
Paskert, If. . ..4
Sweeney, c. . . 3
Smith, c 1
Fox, lb 5
Dyer, 3b 3
A1 Jordan, 2b. . 3
Castleton, p. . , 4
Zeller, rf 4
r. h. po. n. c.
GET-AWAY
TOR TEAM
Champions Split Up And
Go Their Several
Ways.
BENEFIT GAME
NETTED $1,200
From Today Until March,
1908, Baseball is Deac
in Atlanta.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCiOOo 0 coa
NO BARN8TORMINQ, o
O
The members of
the Atlanta O
T «“*■ «•«»»« ucclded not to 0
O take the trip to Richmond, and 0
O the barnstorming affairs are all 0
O ,,ff ' 5
OOOOO0DOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOCO
EDWIN MORGAN MACKENZIE.
Here is the man who pitched for Bill Smith’s team in the benefit
game and the man who will be one of the mainstays of the Crackers'
twirling staff next season.
nnd Winters the former had a shade
the better of It.
The summary follows:
One Hundred-Yard Dash (Paskert
barred)—Dyer, first; Jordan, second;
Becker, third. Time, 10 4-5 seconds.
Long Distance Throw—Paskert first,
368 fpet; Fox, second, 345 feet; Zeller,
third, 342 feet; Castro, fourth, 326
feet.
Fungo Hitting for Distance—Mac
kenzie, first, 341 feet: Sid Smith, sec
ond, 332 1-2 feet; Spade, third, 317
feet; Ford, fourth, 301 1-2 feet.
Base Running—Paskert, first, 14 1-3
seconds; Dyer, second, 14 4-5 seconds;
Becker, Castro, Sweeney and Spade
tied for third. 15 Seconds; Jordan and
Fox tied for seventh, 151-5 seconds;
Winters and Castleton' tied for ninth
place, 15 2-5 seconds; William Smith,
eleventh, 15 4-5; Zeller twelfth, 16 sec
onds.
Match Race, 100 Yards—Joidnn, first;
Winters, second. Time, 11 1-5 seconds.
Against Time. 100 Ynrds—Paskert
(paced by A1 Jordan), 10 seer nds.
Greased Pig—Declared off owing to
the indisposition of the pig.
The comedy element was supplied
by Sid Smith In the base running event.
Sid run us tar .as second nnd then did a
feke faint, which was highly realistic.
His companions came to his rescue
with tho water barrel and he was finally
resuscitated.
With these events out of the way,
the last game* played by the Atlanta
Totals. . . .36
Smith's Team. ab.
Becker, rf. . . 4
Lipe, 3b.. .< ..3
S. Smith, 2b. . . 3
Sweeney, 2b, ..1
Spade, lb. ... 4
Castro, ss 4
B Smith, cf. . . 4
Ford. If 3
LaFJtte, c. . . . 3
Mackenzie, p. .. 3
7 10 27 15
13
Totals. . . .32 3
Score by Innings:
Jordan 100 105 000—-7
Smith 000 030 000—3
8ummary—Two-base hit, Winters.
Stolen bases, Paskert, Fox, Sweeney.
Double plays, Lipe to Smith to Spudc;
Paskert to Fox. Bases on balls, of
Mackenzie 2, off Castleton 1. Hit by
pitched hulls, Castleton (Lipe), Mac
kenzie (Winters). Struck out, by Mac
kenzie 4, by Castleton 3. Passed balls,
LaFItte. Wild pitches, Mackenzie,
Custleton. Time of game, 1:50. Um
pire, Rudderhani.
GRIFFITH HAS CONFIDENCE
IN NEUER AND NEAL BALL
Don’t lose faith In Mr. Neuer, late of
Savannah. Clark Griffith hasn’t lost
fnlth. He’s more concerned about the
success and failure of these Yankee
pitchers than any of the fans. Mighty
BUI Donovan, of Detroit, great Ed
Walsh, of the White Sox, and even the
marvelous Brown, of the Cubs, have all
had their bumps. Why should Neuer
escape ?
There may be ^iore behind this de
feat than shows to the superficial.
There were three youngsters on the
Yankee team yesterday and another
who Is not yet considered a great inun
in his position. Neuer knows not all
there is to know about the science of
the gnme. Neal Ball at short Is yet as
Innocent of the finer points of baseball
as the average busher. I.owden, the
Texan, was put out on third by Griff
as an experiment. Then there was La-
porte In centei Held.
These players did not add to the con
fidence of Neuer. That may explain
why the Washington gentlemen got
seventeen hits off him. Anyway, what
ever the reason, they banged him good
ond hard. Griff let him stay In to take
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Standing of the Clubs, j
his medicine. Griff knew that the
pitcher must have that experience once
In his career. So the sooner he went
through the fire the better for him und
his dub.
“It was a good thing for his head.”
said a baseball fiend. “After having
won Ills first three games In a big
league there was a possibility that lie
would become so swelled up that he
would become usdei s. Now he knows
that lie cun lose.”
Griff Is having a nice time trying out
his new purchases from the Hitler
leagues. So long as he can't win a pen
nant he might a- well try out his
youngsters and season them now as to
wait until next season when they might
cause trouble and lose games that
would be important.
Lnwden showed fairly well. But it
was Impossible to toll his real caliber
because he was nervous. He went up
lu tin* air so far In the second inning
that ho didn’t get back .before the ninth.
Ball In his third game with tho club
showed Improvement. He showed that
he Is getting used to big league play
ers.—New York Globe.
AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE IS
STILL AS OPEN AS THE SKY
The race for the pennant in the
American League does not moderate In
Interest as the season progresses.
Connie Mack’s Philadelphia team
manages to stay out In front, and just
at present has two full games’ ad
vantage over Chicago. The Sox’s lead
over the Naps is even more slight. One
game separates these two teams. Ayd
Larry Lajolo’s team Is just half a game
ahead of Detroit.
The Philadelphia team has not any
cinch on it. Monday the New York
team—which Is chiefly engaged at pres
ent In the useful but not winning pas
time of trying out recruits—handed the
Connie Macks h defeat of 3 to 2. Cleve
land took another and Chicago lost to
Detroit—all of which tended to even
things up.
It Is pretty likely now that the Phila
delphia team will get the money, but ft
Is still anybody’s race by a large ma
jority.
V. M. C. A. GYM CLASSES
WILL BE OPENED SEPT. 18
Gymnasium classes at the. Young
Men’s Christian Association will
opened Wednesday, September 18, for
the season of 1907-8.
Business ami professional men’s
classes will meet Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at 5:15 and 6:15 p. m.
THESE TWO GO HIGHER
131
133
Cleveland . _
Detroit ...... 131
New York . .... 133
Boston 136
Louis ISO
Washington 14.'
I'lttMlnirg .
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn 185
liiclnimtl .... 131
Boston . .... 132
Louis 134
MONDAY’S RESULT8.
dand 5. Kt. l.ouU 2 (first game).
Cleveland 2. St. DmiIh 2 ou»oonil gnme).
Detroit 7. Chicago 0.
Washington 2. Boston 2 (first gauiet.
Washington 6, Boston 0 (second gutne).
National.
Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 0 (second .
Boston 3. New York 1 (tirst game*.
Boston 3. New York 2 (second game).
Pittsburg 4. St. Lonla 2 (tirst garnet.
St. Louis 5, Pittsburg 1 (Second game).
Club Directors
Hold a Meeting
The meeting of the directors of the
Atlanta Baseball Association, which
called for Monday night, wA* turn
ed Into an altogether Informal affair
by the absence of Lowry Arnold, see-
lctary and treasurer of the association.
Young men’s night class on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 8:15 p. m.
Those who are planning to enter tho
classes will do well to start In at the
beginning of the season and get tho
full benefit of the season’s work.
There are hundreds and thousands
of men Of all ages In Atlanta who are
greatly In need of some form of bodily
exercise to put them In good, vigorous
condition physically, and the Young
Men’s Christian Association depart
ment of physical training offers excep
tional opportunities to such men to se.
cure this much-neeiUd exercise.
The physical director of the associa
tion will bo glad to confer with any
one about the work of the physical de
partment.
Here are two men tent by Tennessee teams to tho hip leagues.
Bills goes to tho Philadelphia Americans and Lister it already play
ing with Cleveland and making a good showing.
The directors present dlsyuss.ed the sit
uation and heard the financial report
of Acting Secretary Ethridge.
When Mayor Joyner and Mr. Ar
nold return to the city a regular meet
ing will be held.
It was ’announced by the directors
that the number of people who saw the
games In Atlanta this year was 196,000,
an average of about 2,700 a game.
Jimmy Manning will Join hi* brother In
Memphis Sunday morning and l*u!i will
•tart for Binghamton. N. Y., Monday after
noon.—New Orleans exchange.
Atlanta and Memphis played nineteen
games thic season. Each won nine
and one was a draw. The question of
supremacy would have been determined
if Manager Smith had not got cold feet
and refused to huzard a double-header.
—Memphis News-Sclmltnr.
We opine that there is not much
question of supremacy now.
Since Block hns been catching for
Washington, Charlie Smith lias won
all of his four games, as many us he
had won all season.
INDIANS TO PLAY.
Lacrosse between two Indian teams
and baseball games between a team of
Cherokee Indians nnd the Carter &
Gillespie bunch are slated for the old
ball grounds nt Piedmont park Sep
tember 19, 20 nnd 21.
Tuesday Is get-away day far the
Members of the Atlanta baseball tram,
champions of 1908.
This morning the baseball associa
tion's office In the Candler building
hummed with the activity of cleaning
up the accounts of the beneht game.
Good-bye, began to be said very early.
It la probable that each player on the
team will take down slightly less than
*100 as his share of the receipts Mon
day. The receipts have not been count
ed' as yet. but they Were probably about
*1.2(10.
In addition to this amount, though,
each player gets his share of *2.500 and
his salary for the last two weeks of the
season, so It Is not likely that nny of
them will have to "bone" their friends
for car fare to get them home.
Billy Smith leaves this afternoon for
Cincinnati, whore ho will stay a day or
two, making plans for his scout through
the P. A O. League and elsewhere.
Billy will probably be gone until short-
ly before the drafting season begins
for Class A leagues—which Is Octo
ber 15.
Ed Sweeney goes back to Chicago
Tuesday afternoon. He expects to take
It easy this winter.
Russell Ford leaves for Minneapolis
Tuesday afternoon and will work at
his profession during the coming wln-
' •• He Is a draughtsman.
•Rube" Zeller and wife are going di
rectly home. "Rilbc” opines that he
will not work much during the cold
month*.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fox have left for
North Carolina. Jim's plans for the
winter are still unsettled.
Sid Smith Is going back to Camden
nnd will spend the winter, as usual,
hunting and playing polo.
Castleton has gone to New York and
will probably pitch a game or two (or
Clark Griffith before he goes back to
Salt Lake City for the winter.
Bob Spnde and his family are going
hack to Ohio. So Is Mackenzie nnd hi*
family.
Otto Jordan will spend the winter In
Atlanta, raising chickens.
Castro’s plans are as yet unsettled,
but unless there appears to he big
money In the undertaking business In
Birmingham the "Count” will grab a
Job In Atlanta and winter here.
BUI Dyer is going right back to
Worcester, Mass., and will soon re
sume his studies In the Boston l nl-
verslty Law 8chool and will again take
charge of the Bill Dyer Orchesirn—of
which he Is leader.
Mr. and Mrs. Paskert left Tuesday
for Cleveland. George will work during
the winter at his trade. He Is a ma
chinist. . ,
George Winters Is going back to
Dear Old St. Louie," where he will
pick up a Job as traveling salesman,
and will Incidentally dabble In politics,
as secretary of a Democratic club.
Jesse J3ecker and family will proba
bly winter In Atlanta.
Secretary Newt Ethridge has re-
turned to Macon, where he will *P* na
the winter.
Guese a five-spot If he won
game In Nashville. Whltey
his head ofT to get that bill, as t
help buy cows for hU farm.—N* w
leant Item.
What a Jolt the Atlanta ton* and
press will be given niter all hffila
boo they have been raising about
Firemen being sure of the rag. « “
be extremely sad If Little R™ k \, h
three out of the four, while M • i ■
won the entire scries from the .
ers. Such thing* can happen.^
Orleans Exchange. Why,
ATLANTA DESERVED IT
Atlanta won a well deserved pennant,
The team deserved to win because it was the best In the
• nt- if.tiu ucBcuni io win iwenune u whb mu - wer
Smith deserved to win because he fought for It as no manager nas
fought for a pennant In the history of the league, . . , n .»,,,
The club owners deserved to win because they were more liberal »•»
way of accommodations for their patrons than any other set ox o
And the fans themselves deserved a winner because they supporter i
team In better style than any other Southern League team has e\er
supported before. * vcr
Without any doubt, they set a record for attendance that nas n
' been equaled In the South by several thousand souls.
All Ir all. It was a finish deserved In every particular.
Next season Is still several laps ahead, but from the Pj®*ento i
the 1908 race will be In every way another banner year, • Fr 12!,,niu
nounces that the Pelican owners have* already put $40,000 Into gr j
for a new park, and that upon this location a $25,000 stand will be ere •
Birmingham Is to have a new park and stands, or stands at leasi-..^
Mike Finn announces a new battlefield and stadium for Little Rock.
Isn’t any doubt that Nashville, too, will have new stands, althougn
matter of location Is still in doubt. .
Atlanta and Memphis have both planned big Improvements ,r ,„
line-ups for next season, while Frank announces that he isn t gm *
take any chance of winding up worse than first. Finn has already
ten new men to his 1907 list, and Red Fisher says he has eight nm- (0
additions. Montgomery. Birmingham and Nashville are aut hustling t .
beat the band, so the 1908 melee should be something woolly fro
Jump—If the dope carrier within 20 leagues of the truth.—Grantiano
In Nashville Tennessean.
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