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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1907.
PRESIDENT KAVANAUGH PROMISING TROUBLE FOR ATLANTA MOGULS
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
When Billy Smith left Wednesday afternoon for Cincinnati,
from which point he begins his scouting trip througii the O. and
P. league, he left with a monumental task to perform.
llis pennant-winning team of 1907 has been absolutely shot
to pieces.
Catcher Smith was sold to the Philadelphia Americans.
Catcher Sweeney was sold to the New York Americans.
Pitcher Castleton was turned back to the New York Ameri
cans, to which club he belonged.
Pitcher Zeller was sold to the New York Americans.
Pitcher Spnde was drafted by the Cincinnati Nationals.
Third Baseman Dyer was turned back to the Cincinnati
team, to which he belonged.
Left Fielder Paskert was sold to the Cincinnati Nationals.
Right Fielder Becker was turned back to the Cincinnati Na
tionals, to which team he belonged.
On the face of the returns Hilly Smith has lost eight of the
fourteen members of his last year’s team.
But it is not quite as bad ns it looks.
Ed Sweeney went to the New York Americans with a pro
vision that he would be returned to the Atlanta team provided he
failed to make good and provided waivers could be secured on
him.
And this practically means that Sweeney will be with Atlan
ta next year. Clark Griffith docs not need any backstops for next
year and presumably only wishes to keep a line on tins cracking
good young catcher. Sweeney will presumably come to Atlanta
with the Yankees and work out with them during the spring.
Blit it is not likely that he will ever leave for New York. Consid
ering his youth and his none-too-high batting average Inst year, he
can doubtless be yanked through the waiver lines by Billy Smith.
So that means that Smith will have to round up only one
catcher, and it is possible that he has the right man in McMtir-
ray, the man he bought from San Antonio.
Castleton will certainly stick with the Yankees next' year.
But there is a possibility that Zeller may be turned back. Doubt
less Clark Griffith will give Bill Smith another pitcher to cinch
his grounds for 1909, and this man may be Zeller.
Dyer will probably come hack to Atlanta provided Bill Smith
wants him. And on the strength of his playing during the latter
part of the year Bill will doubtless clamp down on the Massachu
setts man.
While in Cincinnati on the present trip Smith will linve a talk
with Garry Iferrmann, owner of the Cincinnati club, and will
probably close with the Red mogul for Bill’s services. Of course
waivers will have to be secured on Dyer, but this ought to bo
easy.
Becker is another man who will almost certainly be with At
lanta next year, even though he was sold bnck to Cincinnati.
This sale was a mere formality and undoubtedly, Jesse will bo
“waived” out of the big lengues and turned over to Atlanta for
good before next season opens.
Bill Smith hns Ford and Mackenzie left over from this yenr’s
§ itching staff. Also he has bought Viebahn from Columbin, S. C.
chopp also belongs to Atlanta anil will doubtlessly bo used regu
larly next year.
This gives Smith four pitchers to begin on, and threo of
them he knows he can depend on.
Jim Fox will bo back nt first base, of course; and the same is
true for Otto Jordan. Maybe Smith will sign n new Infieldcr and
this man will doubtless get a trial against Dyer and Castro for
their positions. But it would not bo surprising to see the Atlanta
infield exactly the same next year ns it was this.
With Becker and Winters back, only Paskert’s place needs
to be filled and Bill Smith can doubtless round up a fast, linrd-
hitting man for the position.
Every mnn on the Atlanta tnnin was reserved by Manager
Smith at the end of the season, in addition to Dunlap nnd Brack
en. The former was bought by Atlanta two years ago nnd hns
never reported. The bitter was drafted from Rending, but at
present he is working nt his trade in Kent, Ohio. Neither of the
men is ever expected to report, but both arc reserved as a for
mality.
It is possible that a Memphis player may be on the Atlanta
line-up next year. One of them is nt liberty—one of the stars nt
that—and he may be picked up by Manager Smith.
Atlanta will draft ns many men out of the P. and Oj league
ns look good. The rest of the gaps will be filled up by purchases
next spring from the big league clubs. Bill Smith has been given
permission to go as far as he likes in buying players and he will
go the limit to get another pennant-winner.
j BEHIND THE TIMES, j
By THE TELEPHONE MAN.
Now, If after three monthn of tolling
the baseball scores over the ’phone,
and If. three days after the season
closed (and ^lanta had won the pen
nant) the ’pnone should ring and a
person would ask If It was The Geor
gian and he or-she (this happened to
be a "she") should—speaking In a
voice that would tame the "roughest"
man In the community—ask, "What Is
the score?” wouldn’t It Jar you?
It did me.
TBACY.
Ban Johnson Is expected to give a
ruling this week on a problem submit
ted to him by the Cleveland club while
It was In Chicago on the trip Just com
pleted.
Has an umpire the right to say that
a catcher shall not use dirt In his glove
when catching a spit ball pitcher?
That’s wh.it Manager Lajole and
Catcher Nig Clarke waqt to And out.
Over in Detroit Vmplre Connolly rail
ed at Clarke all through the game In
which IJebhardt and Clarke worked.
Every time one of the damp balls went
crashing Into Ntg’a glove a little cloud
of dust would be raised. No one ex
cept Connolly paid any attention, nnd
he kept telling Nig to stop loading hi.*
glove with dirt. As a result Nig lost
his temper and was bounced from the
game, which was finally lost. Clarke
claims that a little handful of sand or
dust tn his glove absorbs the moisture
on the ball and makes It possible to
handle it cleanly If It Is necessary to
make a quick throw.—Cleveland Press.
There’ll be no holding of Billie Smith
next season'since the Firemen won the
pennant this year. It Is safe to bet
that he’ll put on more "slag" than Sir
*Arry did the present one.—New Or
leans States.
Hats off to the "Bush Leaguer" next
year.
Many pitchers whose names appear
on the roll of honor In no-hit games,
says the New York Press, are dead—
Corcoran, Galvin, Radbouxpe, Hawke,
Porter and Seward being among the
men who have crossed the great divide.
John Clarkson Is In an asylum In Mich.
Igan. hopelessly insane, and others of
the one-ilme wonders -lave disappeared
entirely from view. Of those who re
tired Ward Is a lawyer, Richmond a
Physician In Ohio, Rusle a trenbh dig
ger In Indiana, Donahue a boniface In
Philadelphia, Kilroy a saloon keeper
in the same city, Hahn u surgeon In
Unto, Callahan a club owner In Chi-
LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR GIANT
$40,000 IF
SOX WIN OUT
Chicago, Sept. 19.—Charley Comlakey,
proprietor of the American League
team, hae announced that he will divide
$.0,000 among the White Sox In the
event they overcome the big odds
agalnat them and capture the pennant.
He saya that t.0,000 would be a small
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CATCHER HARRY CURTIS.
Here it a promising recruit for the Giants. McGraw hat alrsady tested
Curtis in regular games behind the bat and la well pleeeed yvith hie
work. Curtis will undoubtedly be with ths team when it goee South next
epring.
reward for them If they go over the
route now before theiff nnd land the
pennant.
Last season when they won at home
he divided a small fortune among the
players and this season he offers an
even greater reward.
ALL OF THEM
EASY FOR US
Crackers Won Majority of
Games From Every Club
But Memphis.
IS ATLANTA CLUB
DUE A BIG FINE?
President Kavanaugh, in Interview, Threatens
to Soak Atlan'a if Bonus Was Paid
Players.' 1
FOOTBALL TEAMS
PRACTICING HARD
Tech Men Are Going Strong—Bob Blake
Talks of the Prospects at
Vanderbilt.
The. weather thene days does not
make strenuous football practice the
mont fun ever, but for all that the
teams In Dixie are now working hard,
though only a few of the many col
leges which have football teams have
begun their terms ns yet.
The practice at Tech Park Wednes
day was good and the players are be
ginning to hurden up some and to get
In shape for the gruelling games of
the season.
Presumably Tech will Have the only
team—outside of the prep schools—to
represent Atlanta this year.
No. Y. M. C. A. Ttam.
The Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion has practically decided to pass up
football. Physical Director Weems
says: "1 am doing what I can to dis
courage football nt the Y. M. C. A.
I do not consider ft a game for any
thing but schools and colleges. The
kt in fJbi
cago, who gives employment to Mlk«
Dunlin; King a bricklayer In St. LouK i
and Morris, the proprietor of a billiard •
hall In Pittsburg. Henley, Hughes.
Breltensteln ami Kason have tumbled
Into the minor lengues, while these
taxmen remain on the major league
circuits: Young FhlUfppe, Willis.
Muthewson, Fraser, Lush, Pfeifer, Tan-
nehtll, Frank Smith and Dineen. I
(Mark Griffith denies the rumors tha*. j
he is to be replaced by George Davis
ns manager of the Yankees. Manager
Griffith is not nt ull pleased with the;
stories of his being superseded in the !
management of the Yankees that seem i
to emanate from Chicago with such
regularity whenever the Yankees are
In the Windy City. Said he:
"Some of you fellows will coat me my
Job If you don’t look out. That story
from Chicago originated from the same
source that mad? me have cancer of the
stomach not long ago, and there Is no
more truth In that story than In George
Davis coming here as manager and to
be traded for Elberfeld. As far. as I
am concerned personally, such rumor?
do not bother me overmuch, but they
•have a bad effect on my players. 1
know for a fact that Mr. FRrrell Is Just
as determined now us ever he .van not
to trade, release or sell Elberfeld. and
he has said that he would not sell him
for 150,000. That ought to settle the
altafr as far as Elberfeld is concerned."
—Exchange. j
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BOB BLAKE.
Captain of the Vanderbilt team
itntl ull-Southern end.
Tech melt, far example, are out al
ready anti hardening- up for the hard
work ahead of them. It we get up a
team we can not practice oftener than
twice a week, and we can not begin
doing that until late tn the season. In
conaequence our men are eofl when
they go Into gamea and are too liable
to be hurt."
Whether or not there will be any
profenilnnal performances remain* to
be seen, hut the efforts along that line
luat year were hardly successful
enough to call for any further gnmea.
That will mean that Tech and the
prep achool teams will hold the center
of the stage In Atlanta, though, of
course, there la always the deepeat lo
cal Interest In the teams at Georgia,
Vanderbilt, Auburn. Clemson and the
other colleges of this section.
Vandy’t Praip.ets,
Bob Blake, captain of the Vander
bilt-football team and as good an‘end
man. If not the best,-ever developed
In the South, was in Atlanta the other
day, and while, here he gave his view,
on Vanderbilt's prospects!’
"The outlook Is not quite as gloomy
as It seemed at Qrst," said Bob. "We
have only six old men back. They an
Stone, renter; Craig, right half; Cos-
ten. quarter; Vaughn Blake, left end;
McLain, left guard, und myself. I sup.
pose I shall play right end again, ai
1 did last Season. .
"Our new tnen look promising
enough. Campbell,-from Branham and
Hughes School,' of Spring Hl|l, Is a
strong player und ought to, make a
good half back. He has played with
some St. Louis prep team. Alexander
Is another Branham and Hughes man,
who may be used either at fullback or
In the line. Hall Is another man who
may do us some good. He Is a third-
year ‘Medic* and played prep school
football In Texas somewhere.
"The only substitute player of last
year who will be buck Is Morrison, who
was understudy for the back field Job*.
He Is light—something like 16u pounds,
I think—but fast.
"Only one scrub team man who hat
say great promise will be back. He Is
Souby. He played fullback on the
Bowen team and Is likely to got a trial
at tackle."
Bob Blake's main object in coming
to Atlanta was to persuade Williams,
the Gordon star, to go to Vanderbilt.
And fn this he was successful.
Williams seems to have made an In
stantaneous hit In Nashville.
The Tennessean says of him:
“The new men Included Stewart,
Marx and Mitchell, from University
departments, nnd Williams, the crack
half back of the Gordon Institute elev
en from the red hills of Georgia. Wil
liams is a likely looking candidate,
weighing about 160. fie Is fast and
knows a lot of football, which combi
nation Is sure to help his cause.
“A temporary line-up wa* whirled up
and down the field, with Williams and
Vaughn Blake at halves. Morrison at
fullback and Costrn at quarter. Wil
liams showed right off the reel that
the dope on his speed was correct, as
he proved to be fast at starting and
very active In every way, handling
himself nicely.'*
The appended table, according to The
Little Rock Gazette, shows that Atlanta
won the pennant by all-around effec
tiveness rather than by winning from
the weak clubs. The team's best show.
Ing was made against Little Rock, hav
ing won fourteen and lost five. They
were not defeated In the serlea with
any club, having won all but those from
Memphis, New Orleans and Birming
ham, with whom they tied. Memphis
won the series from all the clubs ex
cept Little Rock, to whom they lost,
and Atlanta, with whom they tied.
Little Rock was effective against
every elub except Atlanta. They also
lost the series tn Montgomery, although
by a slight margin. They won more
than half their gomes with all other
clubs. Their best showing was against
Shreveport. They won eleven and lost
seven.
New Orleans won from Birmingham,
Montgomery and Nashville, tied with
Atlanta and Shreveport and lost to
Memphis «nd Little Rock.
Atlanta . .. ..| 9|10 14|10|12|11|12|7S|.591
Memphis. .| 9|..|12| 9|UJU| 9|12|73|.BS7
New O. . . .1101 51..I 911311011 It 111691.515
Little Rock. 6|lo|loi.. 11 11 9 10 66 .500
Birmingham. 10 9 7 8 .. 11 10 1165.475
Shreveport |..| 6| S|10| 7| 9|..|13|«3|.470
Montgomery 6 9 8 10 10 8 .. 9 60 .462
Nashville .. 8 8 8 9 9 7 10 .. 69.431
Lost . . . 54 68165 66 73 70 69 78 II
TO ESCAPE BEATING
"UNK" FOULS VAN HORN.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19.—In the
seventh round of What was to have
been a IB-round bout between "Unk"
Russell, at Philadelphia, and Howard
Vun Horn, of Columbus, Russell de
liberately fouled Van Horn repeatedly,
finally hitting him In the groin, injuring
him so he could not proceed. The de
cision went to Van Horn on the foul.
The fight was a whirlwind affair from
start to finish. Russell appeared to be
good In only one round. He was a
badly whipped man when the foul oc
curred.
That the Atlanta Baseball .Assocla-
tlnn Is liable to a fine provided it can
be proved that the association gave the
players of the team a 32,500 bonus for
winning the pennant, Is the statement
made by Judge Kavanaugh.
Here la what The Memphis Cominer
clal-Appeal says:
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 16.—If, as has
been reported, the Atlanta baseball club
has offered a cash bonus to be distrib
uted among players of the team In case
they won the pennant.-that club Is like
ly to find Itself In serious difficulties
with President Kavanaugh. , “I am In
clined to believe that reports of thf club
having offered bonus are misleading,”
said President Kavanaugh. "I sincere,
ly hope so, for I would regard such
conduct ns unsportsmanlike.
"But If. upon Investigation. It Is
found that the club did offer a bonus to
players, I shall recommend to the board
of directors that the Atlanta club toe
fined to the full extent provided by the
constitution. The giving of a bonus
Is plain violation of the salary limit.
It Is. also prohibited by rules of the
national commission and If this report
should be true, Atlanta will find Itself
In difficulties witlf that body also."
President Kavanaugh will Investigate
the rumors that Atlanta e'ffered money
to pitchers of the teams that were op
posing Memphis.
"I do not believe that these reports
were true," said h*. “t|ut If they were 1
could not express tny disapproval too
strongly. In my opinion this is nearly
as bad as It would be to hire players
to throw games and a man who would
accept money for winning them I be
lieve would also accept It for throwing
them.”
Can't Prove Conspiracy.
"It Is a mistake," said one member
of the Memphll. when asked about the
report that pitchers had been reworded
by cash donations for pltthlng out of
their turns against the Memphll. "about
pltohera being offered money to pitch
out of their regular order to bent I
don't think that any member of the
Memphis train could say positively that
he knew- that money was being offered
to the pitchers to pitch out of tlvlr
turns. But they certainly got Induce-
ments to win games. I'd like to have
for my next two months' expenses the
amount, that Wilhelm got for beating
us In his two games at Birmingham
Maxwell was also 'salved.' of course
there Is no way to prove this. There
will neyer.be any way to prove nnv-
thlng of this sort. But for three week,
prior to the close of the pennant ra.-e
pitchers, the best the opposing clubs
could get. .were sent against us, re
gardless of their regular turns to pitch.
We thought we were as popular as the
Atlanta club. We still bellevd we are
But you kpow money makes the mon
go. and thht may have been the real
Inducement behind the whole works."
President Dickinson of the local as
sociation said, when shown the above
article:
"We do not care to go Into any new-s-
Ijaper discussion of whether or not we
■•aid the team a bonus for winning the
pennant. The association has tried tn
give the people of Atlanta clean sport
and we are willing to leave the verdict
to them without argument.
"If the league president or the league
directors have anything to ask us In
regard to the matter we shall be very
pleused to tell them all we know and I
am confident that we can show them
that the pennant was won fairly and
squarely and without any violation of
nny of the limits.
"As for the charge that the local as
sociation paid any pitchers or players
to win games from Memphis, that Is
absolute rot."
"WILD AND SAVAGE" ARE
THESE "INJUN" PLAYERS
If you overlook the performance of
the Cherokee Indians at Piedmont park
Thursday, Friday and Saturday after
noons you will undoubtedly miss a good
bit.
These wild men are the genuine
goods—none of your Norcum, Zimmer,
Bender, hatf-clvfilxed animals, but the
real wild stuff. The manager guaran
tees them as the only simon-pure ar
ticle. and they certainly are. One look
at them will convince you. Another
look and you will not envy the umpire
hie fob.
Last night a few of the red sk(ns
strayed away from the big pale ftfce
brother who watchps over them as a
great father, and raised progressive
hades down Decatur street and back
again.
In consequence, the manager pays us
a call this morning with the following
notice. Not being up on the law-, we
cun't vouch for It. but here It le any-
-ay:
"Not(ce.to saloon-keepers: It Is
against the law to sell whisky to
Indians. Anyone caught - selling
whisky to these Indians while In
this city will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
, "GEORGE FRENCH.
"Manager."
The mannger has guaranteed to keep
the bunch straight for the rest of their
stay here, nnd says that the games will
begin every afternoon at 2:30, as
scheduled. First, will come a game of
lacrosse between the Wolftown nnd the
Rig Cove teams, and that will be fol
lowed by a game between the Cherokee
t paid 30c for a want advertisement In The
Gcorglnn for somelssly to do embroidery:
22 women answered It. 30c for n want ad.
su.l a 40c box of Wiley's candy free.
baseball team and a picked team of
local players.
j Standing of the Clubs. I
American.
CLOB8- pissed. Won. Lost. F.
Philadelphia ftj 8S J! -fU
Befrolt * *' 5; ™
Chlrniro ...... 187 HO 5«
(Mo vela ml 1* S '!r»
Now York 133 J3 iJJ *ji!
WiiNliliitfton ..... 131 80 .333
National.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Loaf.
Chicago -•••••
P.C.
135
I’lttnliurg
New York . .
I'lillndolphln
Brooklyn
riiichinatl . • • • e . 135
Boston
St. Louis 135
133 /'»>
71
WEDNESDAY'S RE8ULTS.
American.'
Washington 2, Boston 1.
Cleveland 2, 8t. Loul. 0.
Chicago 3, Detroit 2 lllrst game).
Detroit 3, Chicago : (second game).
National,
New York 10. Boston 2.
Chicago 2. Cincinnati 1.
Virginia State.
Richmond 6. Norfolk 2 <!lf*r w*m«|*
Norfolk 4. IlIrhmoiiilO tsrcoiifl game).
GAME AT MACON.
Macon, Ga.. Bept. 19.—Magnolia
Street and No. 4 Engine Company'''
baseball teams of this city. " 'i'PVi
at Central City, l*rk September 24
for the benefit-of the Macon Hospital.
They are good teams and a nire
game la expected.
ATLANTA’S FIRST PENNANT WINNERS;
HOW IT WAS DONE AND MEN WHO DID IT
By CLIFFORD HORTON.
CHAPTER III.
Race* of 1886.
The season bf 1884 began on Thurs
day, April 15, with the following teams
playing each other:
Atlanta at Charleston; Nashville at
Augusta; Memphis at Macon; Chat
tanooga at Savannah.
The flowing were the winners on
the first and second days of the race:
Atlanta. Augusta, Macon, Savannah.
The fololwlng Is the line-up of the
teams: ‘
Atlanta— Cline, shortstop; Purcell,
left field; Moore, center field; Lynch,
right field; Lyons, third base; Strieker,
second base; McDonald, first base;
Shaffer, pitcher; Ounson. catcher.
Charleston—Say, shortstop; Stroth
ers, right field; McAller, left field;
Brosnan, second base: Powell, first
base; Holland, third base; Gilmore,
center field; Weyhlng, pitcher; McNeil,
catcher; Conway, catcher.
Savannah—Collins, right field; Mo-
riarity, left field; Hotal|ng. renter field;
Strelt. second base: Field, firet base;
Miller, shortstop; Mortality, pitcher;
Murray, third base; Gillen, catcher.
Chattanooga—Graham, center field;
Malhals, shortstop; Dickinson, first
base; Croas,*third base; Pierce, second
base; Lewis.' first base. - Belly, right
field; Arundel, catcher; Hart, pitcher.
Macon—Stearns,’111112 basei Corcoran,
third base; Harter, catcher; Pelts, left
field; Decker, center field; Walslt,
shortstop; Miller, pitcher; Malay, right
field; Gelss, second base.
Memphis—Black, left field, Sneeds,
shortstop; Andrews, first base; Lorrtn.
center field; Whitehead, third base;
Fusselbah, catcher; Bradley, center
field; Phelan, second base; O'Leary,
pitcher.
Augusta—Hogan, left field; Harbrle,
right field; Kappcll, third base; Sly-
vester, center field; Phillips, shortstop;
Manning, second base; Sutcllff, catch
er; Bearden, pitcher; Parker, first base.
Nashville—Mann, center field; Golds-
by, left field; Hllley, third base; Saw
ders, right field; Beard, shortstop;
O’Brien, first base; Blttman, second
base; Baber, pitcher; Shatclsse, catch
er.
From the start of the race It could
be seen that Savannah had a strong
team and would be a contender for the
pennant. The fight was mainly be
tween Atlanta and Savannah all the
way.
The Atlanta club Jogged along
around second and third place until
about the middle of May, then Jumped
Into first place and was never once
headed, although Savannah put up a
game fight. Savannah led the league
from the beginning of the season until
the middle of May. Then the Atlantas
took the lead.
Nashville also had a good "club-In the
field and she played good ball through
out the entire season.
The following was the 'etdndlng on
May 23:
W. L. Pc.
Atlanta ...... » . 16 9 .640
Savannah . . 15 9 .625.
Nashville 14 12 .638
Augusta ' 14 13 .619
Macon . . . . .13 14 .481
Memphis 13 14 .481
Chattanooga ..... 10 15 .400
Charleston 8 17 .320
The Atlanta team strengthened her
club from the beginning of the season
until the campaign was over. Char1 p »
Morris, a pitcher. Joined the team on
Monday. July 24, and made good wltn a
rush.
Atlanta was leading the "
July 25. Savannah was pushing
Atlantan hard. Atlanta's standing
.623 and Savannah's .618. Augusta n
Chattanooga, had no possible .
finishing anywhere around the top. -
they were throwing games to the . ■
vannah aggregation by the wholesale
r °The Atlanta club ’ played a gr»"J
game from July 23 to August 10.
locals won 16 straight games. f>a-
vllle broke the winning streak
count of 7 to 6. j—„ n eJ
Chattanooga and Augusta dropped
out of the league °" Au ^‘, st , h l 2 ,'. acre
managers of the clubs said they ,
not making money and they could
afford a losing aggregation. .
The Atlanta and Savannah club* h|>
a big row about the end of the
which resulted In Savannah forfeiting
her franchise. ,,n
Savannah refused to-play AttanM
August 22. The Savannah ptaye””
fused even to go out to the llie
Atlanta men went out, and. alter
usual wait of half an hour, the K
was forfeited to Atlanta.
The Atlanta club cinched
nant on August 28. and after that
was easy sailing. _ , ;
The season closed on September
The following was the way the>
Atlanta «] ”
Savannah ....... 54 *t <r
Nashville « ** 4 V,
1! 50
Charleston ?!
Macon • “ ' I
TiIE END.