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■ — i,. l i,.„i, I'yhpi m" EXODUS OF BALL PLAYERS COMES SATURDAY NIGHT With Arrhcr Improving nlcsly. crsry mnn on the Atlanta team laying for the Babb- Itea and everythin* going strong. the l»a«e- hall aitnatlon looka blooming. In spits of Thursday's defeat. Atlanta la •till only one amall Tlctory from the lead and the prospects for going to the front look fine and dandy. Memphla ahot her one lilf holt when LleOhart wan allowed to pitch, and It looka aa though a trimming waa nl*out all whl^h la now due them. Secretary McCullough, of the Memphla team, leaven Atlanta Friday night for Bir mingham, where he will nttend the league meeting. He aaya that he doea not now what la likely to happen there, hut be la not at all worried over the probable out- C< Tbe Atlanta rloh will alan have a repro- aentatlve at the meeting—proluihly Secre tary Lowry Arnold. The lackers of the local club are not looking for trouble. Tbo •uapenalon of the t«aebal! players against whom the various clnha are kicking waa genuine, they any, and they state positively •hat the suspended men have been draw ing no ihoney since they were droppd. consequence It la Impossible to nee how the league cau do anything nboftt the mat ter. Saturday will be the closing day of the team's stay at home and the gsme will In* «*alled at 3 o'clock to allow the tennis to make quick Jumps—Atlanta to Shreveport and Memphis hack home. Manager Babb seems quite confident of making It two out of three. When unsure.I that Ills team waa going to lose the last two games he said: “Why. you're away wrong. We'll win two out of three and maylw nil of them. The team hero Is all right, hut oura la l»ett#r. Look out for trouble. We'll win In a walk." And for n fact J»e Mid it Just aa though he believed It. Funny how, by telling the same story time after time, you actual ly get to bellere'lt. flame way with Babh. Thursday’s Games Ground Into Fancy Baseball Hash Well, we had to lose sometime, and It waa • pleasure to help along the bunch from Memphla. They need the games, and then they are a clever crowd aud play hard ball. With the “ifa" cut out there la not ao much to say about Thuraday'a game, ex cept that It waa a screamer. Llehhart Is aald to be among the beat Pitchers In the league, and maylm he la. Manager Babb aaya that hla game Thurs day waa the poorest he has pitched this year. 'Tittle Cborgle" Rugga la In rare form this year and will prove a troublesome man. Laat year waa an off year with him, hs with most of the member* of the Mem phis team, but he la back In hla old Houjli Atlantic form this eeaaou and la a terror to batters. gparks replaced Loucka In the sixth. The “Lucky One" waa having an unlucky day. ■parks did well, but no man could atop the Memphis batters after the start they got. The game lasted 173 minute*, which la gnir.c after the long distance record. Gee. but that was a great winning streak while It lasted. Wonder bow much the absence of Arehe bad to do with the result. It Isn't ao much the abseneo of n player which hurt* as It In the demoralising Influence of having a man Injured. It was very thoughtful of Bhreveport to Iom* Thursday. That leaves Atlanta right within strtlng distance of the lead. Old Bobby Ullks la hark In the game at Fhreveport. lie hatted .833 Thursday. First thing we know Bobby will h epltehlng a game, Just to show that he still has the win*. Guess Nashville and Little Rock arejiot . laving hall for the laat poeltlr whlrly-gormind swum *• *-••• Tburaday. l'robably u*xt. _ aat pei nlng team Atlanta had—Pop Knowles' 1895 bunch, which landed the rag but was eurhered out of It. Ho played a number of games at second that year and lu later years. When hla artn gave way be gave up pitching and becatuo nu Infleldcr. HE WONT BE HAPPY TILL HE GETS IT. he had been sold to a tbc Pelicans down while the Crackers at ■ land to Memphis. We don't want to be !»***»• i by New Orleans again. Well, wouldn't It thump you. Chicago best New York If to 0. The Hpuds made ! It took the Now York American. thirteen Inning. to hoot tit. Lonta. Old "Noodle*" ' Hahn m In the box tor the Yankee*. Hartxell'* error loxt the game. "Bat*" ' >o‘»l for lo*t In Frank Callahan, who haa boon aeenred to play aecond Iwae for Montgomery, waa OOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOO o o O WHERE THEY PLAY TOOAY. O O Q o o o 1 O Shreveport at Birmingham. O - SH ■ o o OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Memphla at Ptadmont park at 4 p. m. New Orleana at Montgomery. Shreveport at Birmingham. IJttle Rock at Nashville. ‘BIO ED” IS VALUABLE. POLICE STOP BOXING SHOW By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 7.—A cordon of police was thrown about the Lmgncrc Athletic club laat night and a proposed boxing ex hibition slopped. The boxing show waa ealled off by Man ager Mike Newman. Ncwtnau maintained thnt hla club la a luma fide one, and that the police hail no right to Interfere with Its show, hut Hlughnin'a orders were to stop all boxing exhibitions In this city. Hundreds of men who had metnltersblp cards were turned away from tbo door of the club by the police. AU8TELL WIN8 EA8ILY. Special to The Georgian. Austell, Gn., June H.—Ill a alow game of bull played here yesterday, Austell defeat ed Marietta by a score of IS to 0. The feature of the game waa the pitching of Martin and Htrlcklnnd, who atruek out 15 men. Auatell plays Dotiglasvllle and Powder Springs Friday and Saturday. Score by Innli Winning Stroke Ends in Long Extra Inning Game nga: Edward L. Hurlburt. Taken nil around, “Big Kd," aa he la fa miliarly known, la the biggest nisn In the league. Slim Jliu Fox Is slightly taller. Dominick Mullnney stands a little higher when hla hair la mussed; but Ills Kd out weight any of them by five pounds. He doesn't throw quits as well as Jimmy Arch er, but he certainly la a big help to young pitchers. -Like all successful athletes, Mr. Hurlburt Is good to his folks. He doesn't have to hcGiecnuse they are well flxed, but he doea Just to make sure of Ills success. He hsa smashed the muchly talked of fib that be carries sixteen trunks of swell clothe* by displaying an affidavit to the efect that but ten trunks, two suit cases and a valet are part of hla personal follow ing. Kd clouts the Imll, as l*oth t/nicks and Baxter Sparks will testify. But he hates to ruu aud coutenta himself with taking two liases when the ball he hits safe stays In the lot. Mr. Hurlburt taught a rowdy member of the New York Giants a lesson In Southern politeness recently. The New Yorker nt tempted to address a Indy on Main street In Memphis without waiting to he Intro duced aud «n» promptly knocked Into the gutter by the Intrepid Memphis catcher. The Georgian’s Score Card. I League Standings Club— 1 Shreveport . Atlanta . .. . New Orleana Birmingham. Memphla . . Montgomery . Nashville . . Little Hock . Club— Auguata . Columbia . Charleston Savunnah . Macon . . Jacksonville 80UTH ATLANTIC. Played. Won. L . 44 28 1 . 43 24 1 CLUBS— Waycroaa . OorUele . . Columbus . Valdosta . Albany . . Amerlcun . CLUBS— New York . Cleveland. . Philadelphia St. Louis . Detroit . . Chicago . . Washington Boston . . , GEORGIA STATE. Played. Won. Lost. Played. Won. Loot. ATLANTA. R. H E. MEMPHIS R. H. E- CBOZIER. It .... || THIEL, If ...... WINTERS, rf ... || BABB, 3b S. 8MITH. Jb... II NADEAU, cf .... MORSE, aa NICHOLAS, la.. FOX. lb i CABKY. ll> STINSON, cf .... PI-ASS, 2b JORDAN. 2b .... II j, MANUSH, rf .... EVERS, e HURLBURT, c.. HARLEY, p .... SUGGS, p TOTALS TOTAl-8 Score by lnplnia: 1 t 2 « ii'J Score by Kl All.mla.. lx Club— Chicago . Pittsburg ... 44 New York . . .48 Philadelphia . . .50 SL Louis 48 Brooklyn ... .46 Cincinnati ... .50 Boston .... 48 NATIONAL. Played. Won. .009 .574 .563 .543 .457 .375 .260 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Played. Won, Lost. CLUBS— ; Toledo . j Columbus . { Milwaukee I Kansas City j Louisville, j Minneapolis ; St. Paul . . ; Indianapolis THURSDAYS RE8ULTS. South Atlantic. Auguata 0, Columbia I—lat game. Auguata 3. Columbia 4—2d game. Savannah 2. Charleston i. American. Detroit 7, Washington 1. Cleveland 4, Boston 0. Detroit 7, Washington i. New York 6. St. Loutn h National. St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 3. Chicago 19. New York 0. Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2. American Association. Minneapolis 4. Indianapolis 1—first game. Columbus 4, Milwaukee 2. ADDITIONAL SPORTS ON PAGE SEVEN Memphla declined to add the twelfth straight victory to the Firecrackers* string Thursday, hut It took the Bnbhites eleven Innings to quench the battling spirit of the Smith cohorts. “Ifa" loom prodigiously In the flnale. If the hits had come any manlier of times when eager Atlantans tottered on hnse ready to romp home, It would have been “another story." But at most of theae crucial, stages LHbhnrt * tightened up and vetoed the bntter. Both tenma did some hitting, and both eontrlbuted some large nml yellow errors. The Memphll excelled n bit In both de partments. Nirholl* Had a merry time try ing to atlck hla (In* In the rap* down hla way. At that he made two or three daxxllng stops. The visitors started off with a rush, send ing a couple across on n base on balls and two safeties. From then on the game ricocheted first oue wav. then the other. When the ninth opened the fans got n renewal of hope by Ktlnson'a single and Jordan's double, which tied the score. Twilight shadow* lay over the Held aa the eleventh liegnn. Memphis sent two around the circuit In that Inning. Big Hurlbutr owning the way with a ripping double. Atlanta could only get one over, and the rooter* went home sail over the defeat, hut comforted with-the thought thnt the ATLANTA- Ah. It. H. PO. A. K. Crosier. If 5 l 2 4 o c Winters, rf 3 1 2 2 0 0 8. Smith, lb 5 Morse, as. 4 Fox, lb 6 Stinson, cf. 4 Jordan, 3b Babb, 3b. .. Nadeau, cf. Nlrholls. as. t'nrey, lb. ... Total ........ 42 >Jeore by tunings: Summary—Two-lmse hit*—Nadeau, hurt 2, Fox, Carey, Thiel, Jordan. Ever*. Stolen bases—Thiel. Plasa. Jordan 1 Kvers 2. Sacrifice hits—Winters 2. .Ionian 2, Babb, Smith. Double plays—Nlrholls to Carey. First base on IniIIs—Off Loucka 2, off Sparks 1, off Llrbhart 4. Struck out—By Sparks 4, by l.lehhnrt 6. Wild pitches—Sparks 1, Llebhart 1. Time, 2:62. Umpire—Uuddcr- NEWS OF THE FESTIVE PUGS By Private Leaned Wire. New York, June a,—Hock Keyea, the Auelrallan champion who recently de feated Amby .McGarlty, la conalderlng returning to the Antipode*. Keyea nay. that he lia. Issued challenge* to the beat lightweights In the country, Including Nelson, McGovern nnd Britt, and up lo the preaent has not heard from any of them. "Fighting" I Mrk Hyland, whose tout with Kid Goodman was called off, will THIEL IS SMALL, BUT! leave today for Denver with his man ager. Hyland has been promised _ match before one of the Denver clubs. Jnck (Twin) Sullivan, the New England middleweight, and Mlko Schreck, of Cincinnati, have been matched to box twenty rounds before the Terre Haute Athletic Club June 2#. Billy Nolan, the manager of Battling Nelson, declares that (he Dane will not light again until next fall. Nolan has contracted for Nelson to appear with different theatrical companies and his engagements will keep him busy until early In October. Ike Bradley, the Engllah bantam, will make his llrst ring appearance In this country tonight In a bout against Tmn my O’Toole, at the National Athletic t’lub, of Philadelphia. Jack Blackburn whipped Kid Wilson In the wind-up nt the Broadway Ath letlc Club at Philadelphia last night. ! It wan a hard light, and Wilson kep» 1 Blackburn on the Jump nit the time. In the fourth round, a right Bwlng by , the Jersey inan sent Jack to the floor. BUFORD WINS GAME. Special t«» The Georgian. | Buford. G«., June Buford and Flowery Branch pl*ye«l here yesterday aud Buford ! won by s score of 12 to 2. The game waa 1 a one-Hided affair aud was Buford's from start to finish. Allien, of llnford, was Invincible and atruek out ten men. gave up only four hit*. This makes the I fourth straight game for lluford this sen- i *»n. They have won one eaeb from Grace church Bsrnen nnd Southern Bell and two j from Flowery Branch. Buford la ready for j all comers. j TUe % line-up for yesterday*! game was aa follows: Buford—Allen. 2b.; O'Kelly, c.; Smith, I Ik; Shndburu, 3l».; Stringer, as.; B. Power, If.; Brogdon, cf.; Vanre. rf. Flowery Bra m b—Stevenson, p.; Holland, e.; Parks, lb.; rinrk. 21k; Woodllff. 3b.; Pugh, aa.; K. Kelly, If.; Parsun, ef.; Dsvte, rf. Umpire, Hob Burton. EDGEWOOD SECOND WIN8. eaterday afternoon the Kdgewood Second team met and defeated the “Victor*" In a very one-sided contest. Kdgewood played four aulistltntes lu the game, while the “Victor*" were short two of their men. Score by Innings: Victors 001 W- 3 Edgewoml 504 002 #*-17 The game wss called In the eighth on account of darkness. Batteries: Victors, Fahey. V/ivey and nor words. Buck's actions weak for themselves. Yesterday he wss as busy as a * ra,tl * •***! Uollghtly. I mptre. Dr. Smith. J - Three of the four run* arc red-! Scorer. Fraud*. Go- |S0IWE RANDOM SHOTS AT THE BASEBALL SITUATI0H By WILLIAM BYRNE. (Baseball Writer for The Memphis Commer cial-Appeal.) It's an awfully nice thfug to travel with a ball team that Is knocking tar out of clults In the cities visited. It's another thing to travel with a losing club. But when you get on the rood with a small band of earnest workers whose losses of the day liefore are buried with the past aud all thoughts turn to the task laid out for the present day’s work, there's a feel ing nkln to brotherly love for. the boy* working hard to win. The recent losses encountered by Babb's Iwy* on the road'are not to be wondered at. There never warn team from the Gtauta on down, nor yet « player of even the Lnjole or Wagner type, that didn't have a dark day. But thp silver lining of dull losing clouds Is bound to make its appear ance nt the proper’time. On Southern dlnmonds there are two flelda that stand out preeminent. Piedmont park nnd Bed Kim park are the two. Sodded Infield nnd grassy outfield preseut pleasing nnd restful pictures to the tired ball play ers' eyes and the glare of a burning sun Is offset. Other diamonds around the circuit are “skinned" and the sun Is mirrored In the white sands almost as vividly as it would be In n looking glass. The heat and glare worries players from Atlanta nnd Memphis who are used to their emerald surroundings. Rut there are other drawlmcka more serious aud one lu par ticular. The umpire! As long as baseball exists—and thnt will he n* long ns the United -States Is n re public, which meant for all time—the urn- Pirn question will be *. vant itrl problem. Ulsht now In ,h, £ ern w there .re two umpire, .2® vlnltln* plover, tru.t. One In n.r«2?* •“» " Ue ° f " 0, > ‘h- levo earned It justly hy hla feerie,, o,.,, regardless at periona and plnre, Ilecentljr an, umpire lu the' go U ,i,.„ Lcsgue waa aatonlted hy a coward ,? hlracbera. who hurled n bottle * field. The missile whistled close bv th» « plre’a head. He turned. .,7. * ward the bleacher., pl.ced bla tunnel ahape and In a few choice wi* directed at the perpetrator dem.n.l,,, he .how MmwH. The man or perm, w foaed. The umpire walked back to a diamond dud umpired a game. An rldual, probably (welled with hi. own to! portance, .wore out a warrant f„ r S umpire charging him with uatng Indeo.2 Iangu«ge. The umpire wa. forced to bond end will be pnt to no end of , r „„ h (Imply became ha rearmed what he bell,,,! to be a perionat attack. In the meaatta. the origin of all the trouble I, a ma2J quantity and will remain In th» bark I ground. ** I AH heeauee a fair-minded umpire conja not pleaaa one rabid home fan. There ,2 apeclraena of anch fane In every < ity T .„ can’t be helped. But for the good of ol game some effort ahould he made to tact good umpires from fam Inflicted with hydrophobia of the lunga. Kcnrlr« are ecarce and eapeclally In the Sootbero league. Glre us some more of the "On the level" kind and patrona of the gum, T|II ace baseball played that Is worth double the price of admission. Yeiterdaj'a cam. was a sample. “BOBBY" WINS THE RACE Bobby Walthour, the liest. bicycle rider the world haa ever seen, added another feather to bln cap Thursday night, whet* he defeated Tommy*Hall, the champion of Knglflnd, In two straight beats. The time for the five-mile events was 7:38 3-5 nnd 7:31. Atlanta sport lovers dearly lore bicycle races and especially motor-paced events. And the way they turned out lost Thurs day night must * hare brought Joy to the heart of Jack Prince, who wns tiehlnd the scheme and who has transformed FRENCHMAN PLAYS SOME. Buck Thi.l. The diminutive left ietdtr of the Mem- >bll Ju.t nlaait even, up In Inchea with th-klr ('rosier, and, Ilk. rmler, hi. worth t» lb. Mciuphll I. not idler do. Phil Nad.au. Memphis wa. downright lucky to get the big Frenchman from New Orleana. Every -lay be aprtng. n new wrinkle when the chance present. Imclf. Either a I mac hit at the proper moment or n |>eg to the plate from III. far aland In renter Held, or else he purloins n baae. He uaca hla noodle whenever he can. He got hit In the head at Montgomery by a pitched ball. Yester day he chased all over center Held, rob bing Atlanta turners of legitimate hlta, but It nu noticed that be took what wa. com ing to him nearly every lime he Hepped up to Imt. He .ent Thiel ncroM the plate thrve time, hy timely drive.. Both heat., though won hy Waltbont were stubbornly contested nnd were wlknj exciting. The huge double cylinder motwa were working In Dno shape and the way they annihilated . distance down the stretches and negotiated the aharply Imnkel turn, brought gasp, from the apertate™. The sensation of seeing for the flrat time a motor bicycle, followed hy a rider on a racing bike, hit one of those turn, la nerer to he forgotten and tha fascination of watching them la one which never wean off. Walthour showed himself to he In his old form and had the Englishman at bla mercy at all stages of the game. Bov. Hall proved to be a game rider and stuck close to hla pace at all atagea. H. J. Norton took the mile event In good style. The lime wns 3U7 2-6. The concluding .rent was nn cahlbltlm motor-pared mile hy William Jenkins, a local rider, who will meet Norton In it* near futnrp. Jenkins covered the mile It 2 minutes flat. FITZ MAY YET FIGHT BURNS By Privat* Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Pa., June 8.—The promoter! of the Tuxedo Athletic Club at Bwlnutmi lmve not yet given up hope of having ih» Fltzslmmons-Rums bout lw*for»* their Hub. The promoters are hopeful that nt ln«t they hare found s waj out of tin* tangl# nnd that Governor Pennypnoker will c«*n- aent to their reopening the doors of th« club. The attorneys for the club have Iwen working hard for the past week nml today something definite In the way of a state ment wns made by II. I>. Prettynuin. of tb» firm of builders which erected the dnb h6use. Mr. Prettymnn, who I* the ruling spirit hgte lu the club, said: “The bout ha* m-t been indefinitely postponed, ns hn» ls~s stated. We are still endeavoring i<» i»r- •unde the governor that we ore not violat ing the Inw nnd we are hopeful of Mag successful. If we can get the governor to cancel hla edict the two men will meet club Monday evening next, and ws would welcome any official sent l».v ths governor to see tliat the contest win* per fectly legal." Tommy Burns has continued to train fof the event. N0RCR088 A WINNER. Special to The Georgian. Noreross, Os., June 8.—In a fast •nappy game of Itall here yesterday Sm* cross defeated the strong Buford team by the score of 11 to 6. Amos Martin, of cross, put the ball over deep center nri-i fence for n home run. IHxlson, for Norcross, pitched « ph. nome nal game, allowing Buford only two hits AMUSEMENTS ^ b i'..V. a ir,irW,e."7iT. I “■“* £’ cn«u ; ;fl».«k and Alexan-ler. grati In the il.tk after ’ Slim Jlm’i" lane E : .*“ 8, “ h ? grab lit the ilatk after "flllm Jlm’i’’ long . i. Kmlth. lb.; Unas, naptaln, »>.; C. liner was a bit of the Herns order, but it|Kmlih and t’nrMx, manager, kb.; Alexander was the only chance that Thiel bad lo grat It and he la the kind that never dodge, a chance. Buck aa. parvhaaed -y Mriu t>M. from Omaha. and a good gam* la expected. Furata. aa.; Pbclpa. If.; FranHa. cf.; I’dgewooil plan the Grnrprymen Friday ^CASINO TONIGHT—MATINEE 8ATURDAY Vaudeville’s Greatest .Novelty. Latky and Rolfe’e Spectacular Produc tion, THE MILITARY OCTETTE and The Girl Behind the Baton, the DeMuths, Lewie and Green, Azra, Her ald Square Quartette, Cameragraph. Next Week—Little Chip and Mary Marble. Atlanta vs. MEMPHIS NOWJPEN A PERFECT AMUSEMENT RES0BT! BAND CONCERTS DAILY. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loan, on valuabl.*- Bargains In unredeemed DiamoMa 15 Decatur SL Kimball Hon** , JUNE 8 and 9. Ladies’ Day Today. 6ame Called At 4 P. M.