The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, June 18, 1906, Image 12

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THE ATLANTA OEORGTAN - , MONDAY. .TTTKE Crackers Now Safe in Memphis S| ^. Mor? About New Orleans Mix-Up PERCY H. WHITING S VI * NEW ORLEANS POLICEMEN ARE ROUGH ON JORDAN Billy Smith has written to Atlanta about the ••phoney” ball outrage which was committed at New Orleans Friday, tnd his epistles are certainly warm. “It waa the most outrageous thing I jver saw,” he aald. In one. The po- Ice grabbed Otto Jordan after he land ed tt^e hall, and dragged him to the ?lub house. There they held him while they telephoned for a patrol wagon. J went in and asked them If they meant to carry him to tho ata-* tlon house and In a patrol wagon, and Charley Frank said: 'Yes, let him go that way/ So they carried him, In hla baseball uniform, down to the police station.* The Atlanta team and the Atlanta people are Justly Incensed at such conduct, and they Join in hoping that something will come of the Investiga tion which President Joyner has prom ised of the "live hall” question. Couldn’t Remember Score But He Sure Heard Things Ttary. fhe office boy, took In Saturday's Koine at Piedmont park Saturday, and, according to lilm, thla la what he »»w: ■ Among the wit nearer at the ball yame between the lire fighting aggre gation nnd the Athletic boya were Cap tain Joyner and Jamee Archer. Jamaa ji able to walk on one crutch and aaya lU foot will be well enough for him to get Into the game next Monday after noon when the Crackera return from their road trip. Although we mlaa Archer behind the bat. Jack Kvera la Jolng line work, and la also batting at a good clip. Gee! but Cap. Joyner roasted that New Orleans bunch Saturday as he onked on at the game between tho Firemen ’and the Athletic boya. He did not pay much attention to the game, hut waa talking nil the time about Charley Frank and hla dirty work of playing bad ball. “I will run thla thing down If It awampa the treaaury. None of my money la too good to get the true dope on thoae rubber balla that were tiaed In the Loulalana burg commonly called New Orleana." Jamea Archer la alao pretty warm about the way the team haa been treated on Ita trip. When the boy who waa calling the acore between Atlanta owl New Orleans anlil the score waa 4 and 2 In favor or Atlanta, he eald: I wlnh It waa 42 and 2.” I did not pay much attention to the .jaiito between the Hone Twlrlerg and Athletlcn, for I waa giving too much attention to what Cap. and Jim Archer were aaylng, but anyhow the fire eat- era came out at 'the long end of the acore. The Horse of the Century Drops Dead in His Stall By Private leased Wire. New York. Julie 19.—Syaonby, the ‘‘Horse »f the Uentury,” dropped dead In his stall it the Hheepsbend Hay race track yester- 5 ay. Ills owner, J nines It, Keene, wps In the Animal's stsll when tho end esme, Syaonby'a Illness bnd l»een puzzling the .eat veterinarian* of the country since last rail, when the great colt broke out with ft peculiar eruption. At first the symptom was not regarded ns serious, but ns It per- dated his owner became greatly worrlwi All through the winter nnd spring Hysouby was carefully treated, but no Improvement was shown. A few weeks ago It was ported thnt Syaonby was dying, but this •lory Mr. Keene Indignantly denied. The »nd came yesterday, however, and the best American horse of the century and perhaps the liest the world, has ever seen passed under the last barrier nnd Into (he last front straightaway, Bysonby was n bay colt, 4 years old, by Melton out of Optltue. As s 2-year-old be won every stake In which he started, In cluding the Brighton Junior, Flash Btnkes, Saratoga Special, and Junior Champion, racept the Futurity, In which ho finished third to Artful nnd Trndltlou. ' At s 9<year-old be waa oarer bcatetf. He made hts debut In the Metropolitan Handi cap. In which he ran a dead heat with Race King. After that hts triumphal march was unchecked, and In turn he won the ridai. Commonwealth, Realisation. Iroquois, FREEMAN LED THE SHOOTERS A auccessfiil shoot was pulled off by the Atlanta Uun Club at Ita grounds Bnturdny afternoon. Only two squads shot, owing to the absence of several of the regular shooters from the city, but tome tine tfork was done. II. I*. Freeman, who was shooting from twenty yards* rise, while the rest were at atiteen yards, did tho beat work, breaking 97 Wut of a possible 100, This was Mr. Free* man's last shoot before departing for the Grand American Handicap, In which he will be one of the contestants, and bis club mates were greatly elated at the showing be made In his final work-out. Poole did steady work, breaking out of 78, and Iluhnlcutt accounted for 96 out of l». The scores were: 4 Freeman ....... Poole ...„ Mltcheir llunnlcutt Kwiag Pharr Scott Venable Porter Itetsderfer Jordan .... * j » 14 ! 15 14 j ilia i Total. Work-outs At Gravesend. By Private Leased Wire. Gravesend. I- I., June it,—Weather cloudy; track heavy; try-outs: Proper, 6 furlongs In 1:04 3-5, breeslng. Bosdy. I Utility. 5 furlongs Is 1:04 2-5. breeslng. Hbe Is good. Water Tank, mile in l:tf M, galloping. Pan ton fie. T furlongs tu 1:91. 2£, breeslng. Never better. Kestor. 9 furlongs In £8 3-5. handily. At bis'best. Account nut, tulle Is 1:29 25. handily. Looks well. Belb strom, 4 furlongs in & 3-5, breeslng. She Is good. Oxford, mile in l;5S, galloping. Looks well. Inquisitor, tulle | D 1*3. breeslng. At bis liest. Red Friar, 6 furlongs in 1:39 3-5. breeslng. Ban welt last time. Ursmndale. « furlongs is l.w galloping. Try him again. Brighton Derby, the $42,000 Great Republic and the Ceutury. In all of them ho won as he pleased. ' *• Ills total winnings for Ills two years on the turf were $184,000, and hail he remained Id form ho would undoubtedly have swept the Imards clear this year nnd brought hla winnings well up to $300,000. Bysonby has bean hurled at Bheepshead Bay, but later hla IkhI.v will lie taken to the Caatleton stud In Kentucky, where It will he burled beside the bones of Mr. Keene's other famous horse. Doinlno. a ml the grave will be marked with a suitable atone. Few men can say truthfully thnt they have seen tears.In Janies It. Keene’s eyes. This grim old warrior of finance Is uot given to weeping. Ills eyes were wet and there was n sob In hls throat ns he stood taslde the body of hls great race horse, Hysouby, the greatest thoroughbred III tho history of the American turf, who died lit Bheepshead liny yesterday of a strange dis ease which the veterinarians hove been un able to diagnose. "There lies nil that remains of what was the gentlest, truest and best In a horae. In ay he was every Inch a klt>|x. No Tenter rnce horse lived/ ffi_ - - , - . Keene, nud the history of the great horse bears out the eulogy. When the late Marcus Daly's great mares from hls Bitter Root fsrin were offered for safe nf \tn<thunt Square Garden fn tmt Uptime, which her owner had bred to Mel ton In England. was brought Into ring. She was then with fonl nnd after sharp •r L * 1 Caatleton farm. STATE LEAGUE NOW IN VERY WOBBLY CONDITION ' Strenuous ami troublous times are on in the Georgia State J .digue. Amerlcus has dropped out of the league and Columbus Is trying to transfer her franchise to Bruns wick. A. local rumor has It, however, that Cordele has sold out to Brunswick. At any rate. It Is known that the Colum bus franchise and team nre on the market nnd will probably go to the highest, bidder. Here la the Americas view: Special to The Georgian. Amerfeus, Ga., June if.—The Aaterlcua Baseball Club disbanded yesterday morning. A meeting was held and the sltuatiou was discussed thoroughly by the manage ment nnd the players, and after due con sideration It was thought-best to disband. The club Is uow able to pay the and Its other debts, but It was time the management that ns the league self-sustaining It was l»est to te!en«- players tafOre their salaries J»ecnroe that It would be Impossible to pay So other town In the league has iJ better attendance than Amerlcus. am] ,1 one or two of them have equalled n tea . n J .T ould probably have run nwhlb- i.ITH er If the present management did n..t to contend with the Indcbtednc** „f ,1] former management. It Is generally tbuaih thnt Amerlcus will organize an JmJei,,., team. 1 !l \ Nothing Is known positively yet >•« J where the franchise will go. Bainbtidge. Tbomnsvllle nud Brunswii-hl are groapectjve towns. Thenlnye^^J GIDDY SERIES OVER AT LAST ATLANTA PLAYERS E8CAPE FROM CRESCENT CITY WITH LIVES. LOSE SUNDAY. GOING DOWN! CRAIG DAY GETS OFFER TO JOIN BATON ROUGE Bernle McCay, of the Baton Rouge team In tho Cotton States league, likes the work of the two Tech men already with him, McMillan and Woodward, so welt that he Is trying to get their old team, mate, Craig Day, to Join hls team to pitch and play the outfield. Tills combination seems to be Day's specialty, as he has made tbs All- Hoiitheru lit thla capacity for two years. This year the necessity of playing him at second base most of the time kept him from showing hls natural fielding ability, lie Is one of the swiftest nien on Ills feet that Southern college ball has ever known, nnd should make good with ease. Besides this he Is n good hitter and hunter, a qual ity thnt Is rare In professional ball. Day has not yet decided whether or not he will go Into professional ball, but la dickering with McCay ns to terms, and If Rutdli Rouge can put up enough coin It It very probable that he will Join that team soon after hls graduation. FIREMEN ARE IN MEMPHIS Special to The Georgian. Memphis. letin.. June IN.-Manager Smith's Firemen arrived this morning to play their flrat return engagement with tho Memphis team. The Georgians pulled out after their flrat visit with two In threo to their credit, but the tables this time are expected to Ih» turned. Baxter Sparks will pitch for the visitors nnd Clark or I/oticks for the home team. The latter U anxious to take s turn against Atlanta, ns he Is reported to ta sore <ou Smith for releasing him on account of n bad finger. MEMPHIS TOOK TWO TROPHIES By Private leased Wire. Nashville, Tcim.. Juno 1*.—Birmingham took one of the prlxcs offered by the Nash ville Golf nnd Country Club In Ita annual Invitation tournament while Memphis took the other two. Tho Harding Rond Cup, which Is offered for thf first flight, was won by George Oliver, of Birmingham, one of the younger generation of Birmingham golfers. He defeated F. O. Watts, the Nashville tanker. In the finals. lit the Dixie Cup., for tho second flight. Dr. Dudley Saunders. Jr., was the winner over It. F. Tate, of Memphis. The former player has been at the game only a little over a year, while the Inttrr Is, In point of age nnd golfing experience, oue of the oldeat golfers in the South. R. T. Bennett, a Memphis 'lumberman, took the consolation prise from Turner Hen derson. of Nashville. The haudlcap tourna ment was won by Buford White, who had a liberal handicap. ATZ STARTS LEGAL FIGHT Special to The Georgian. being tarred from playing with the New Orleans team to the courts. Ats has placed hls'case In the hands of Judge John Clegg, I’lilted States circuit court to compel I'rosl- dent Knvmmugh and Secretary allow him to cam a llrellhoo< contract with Manager Frank. 00000090 0 0 00 0000000 to o o o o o o o WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O O Atlanta In Memphis. O Birmingham In Xe«v Orleans. O Montgomery In Little Rock. Xashvliln In Shreveport. ATLANTA 4 NEW ORLEANS 2 NEW 0RLEAN82 ATLANTA 0 Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, June 18.—The most strenu ous tasetall series of the present Southern League season ended when the Crackers packed their bats and departed from New Orleans.. Following the defeat of the At lanta team on Friday, when ..charges of ‘.‘phoney” balls and "general fake” were made, the team came out Saturday looking for trouble. They did not get It, but Um pire Kennedy did. In the last Inning he called Rlckert out for Interfering with a baseman, after Joe had butted Into Otto Jordan and knocked down the Atlanta cap tain. Tbla decision enabled Atlanta to win the game by a score of 4 to 2, and 'after the game the .nngry fans swarmed on the dia mond and tried to mob Umpire Kennedy. The timely Interference'of Charley Frank nnd the New Orleans police saved the um pire from violence. Sunday's game was comparatively tame and uneventful. Theodore Rreltenatcln was In rare form nnd downed Zellar In goad style. The old fox lowered the Cracker* to earth with a sum total of four hits and scored n shut-out. New Orleans' got two runs and nine bits off Zellar. The scores: SATURDAY GAME. WEST END BEAT KINGS. The West Bnd baseball team met nnd defeated the King Hardware uine Satur day by the close score of 3 to *2. Features of tho gnme were the pitching of Hall nnd the Imttlng of Banks, for the West End Ik>jb. nnd the star work of Procter In the tax for the "Kings.” This Is the tenth game the West End boys have won this season, and before baseball time Is over, they expect to win teo more. (Signed) TURNER MIDDLEBROOK8. TRAVELERS STRENGTHEN. The ranks of the Travelers were aug mented* yesterday. saya the Little Rock Gazette, by the arrival of two uew players. One la Catcher Dexter, of Jackson. Tenn., who has lieen playing with the Vicksburg team of the Cotton States League, and the other It Outfielder Craig, of Toledo, who ployed with the Bay City (Mich.) team until It went defunct a few days ago. NEW ATHLETIC FIELD FOR THE COMMODORES By Private Leased Wire. Nashville. Tenn., June 18,-Vsnderbllt uni versity has Just purchased a largo tract of land which Is to be used by the university ns an athletic field- The tract cost $22,000 nnd is located near the university campus. It Is 559 by 870 feet and Is several times larger than Dudley field. The Vanderbilt Athletic. Association hopes to ta able to raise the money to reimburse the university for the money spent on this property. League Standings j FIREMEN WIN GAME FROM ATHLETIC CLUB A Am- itnme of Irnll wna pinyp.] nt ppy moot |iork Hatonlny lietwooo tlie t-'tmun ami the Athletic Club. The Rnim rc.nlt„| In a victor, for the Firemen by a ■ « to 5. The .(fair wan nip-ainl-tmk frur, Jump. The Athletic, tallied Brxt. three run. In the third Innlus. The Firemen enmo right Imck nt them In the* ilfih with Are rune. The Athletic Club tied the In the next Inning, hut In the .lath tu Firemen.put over another, anil It game, for neither aide waa able to moire af ter thnt time. The wore: SOUTHERN. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost Shreveport . . S3 32 21 New Orleans. . 55 32 23 Birmingham. .55 31 24 Atlanta .... 54 30 24 Memphis ... 52 28 28 Stontgothery. . 54 28 28 Nashville. . . 58 24 32 Little Rock. . . :51. 14 31 P.C. .604 .582 .564 .556 .500 .481 .429 .276 80UTH, ATLANTIC. Clubi— Pityed. Won. Lost. P.C. Augusta Columbia . Savannah harleston Macon, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU What Pelican Papers Think About Squabble •Here arc a few comment* from New Or leans papers ou the troublous happenings on the New Orleans tasetall diamond Fri day'sad Saturday: A* a ta the attempted assault on Umpire Kennedy Saturday, the Ulcuyunt* wtys: THE ESCAPE FROM THE RABBLE. A* n little prelude to whnt was to route, suutelHMly from the grandetniiil near third tase fired nit empty |Mip tattle Into the field nt Kennedy. The tuUnlle didn't con nect, but It showed the temper of the crowd, ami when the ntigry fnus came In droves Into the grounds, and. shouting and yelling, walked over to where Ketiuedy Rtnod uear the I Vilen ns* bench. It was aery Idem that au nssault was Intended. The people. n* they approached, called Kennedy thief, robber, cheat and such names, nud he umpire tried to lose himself by passing through tl»e small passageway under the grandstand near the bench. The shoutlnt men overtook him nt the door to the .pass age. but tafore they could make nit at tack Mr. Frank stepped nut. waved the people hack. nnd. taking Kennedy under hts protection, escorted him through the passage and along the hoard walk under the stand to the local players' dressing room. Kennedy re maided there until the crowd had dispersed, when he was escorted to his car by several detectives and police men. JORDAN AS A PRESS AGENT. fn a way Jordan has tn-ftied the game along alnee the Atlanta team has l»eeo here. The advertisement of the fiasco at the park Friday helped to »wett the gat* receipts yesterday, and Jordan was the * will likely reach MM ns Ibe result of the bitterness Ik*tween the two clubs which has t»eeii caused by Jordan. A valuable uteuitar of the club Is he, for. t»esldo*,l»olHg the liest second tasemnu III the league, he Is one of the l»est scrap pers and a scrapper Is the ta«t friend the pres* agent has. Look at Muggsy Met Iran New Orleans Item. CALL8 FIRECRACKERS QUITTERS. This story lit not Intended ns n defense of any tasetall rlub for using "live" base- tails. Neither 1» It Intended ns n vindi cation of the part the New Orleans club took Itt the farce comedy which took place In the open air nt Athletic park Friday afternoon. It Is Intended ** tin unbiased statement of fact - something sometimes un known In New Orleans, where the matter of a few passes changes the |ndlc|es and opinions of newspapers and of men. In the statement of fact then* Is rebuke for eertaln memtars of the Atlautn team, who gave the piddle plenty of reason to csR them quitter*—New Orleans Item. CALL SMITH NAMES. We nil remember what a silly hoy Billy unde of himself the last time he bad one f Frank's tails "investigated.” lie gave ut an’ Interview Just after leaving this city that he believed he bail n "live*’ tall and that he Intended having It opened he got to league headquarters at lit tle Rock. Smith didn't say any more aboat it after that, for President Knvsnaugh personally performed the operation on the tall, and O* " «» M* K®« in, Mill, mi thv i t ... ID W , rvtulmlon Utai hall, fnrnt |»*r, III.' amiMjvrm l.w. »hrn , hl , th,. New lIHmtn. mm-l th. | |ng of thv K.mth.'rti t.v.fiiv maxiuti... under a $25d bond NICE CROWDS THERE. As soon £s Umpire Kennedy auuouuced to the. gnuid stand that Atlanta Usd for feited to New* Orleans a surging crowd of men nnd boys surrounded the Atlanta play ers’ tiench. For n time It looked n* If Jor dan might be handled roughly by the crowd, but plain clothes men. regular police In uniform ami Special* Porter nud Feaney siirroiiuded the Atlanta captain, preventing tiny harm being done him by the Justly In furiated crowd. During all this time Jor dan held on to the tall, which had not lieeu In play, refusing to gtre It up.—States. KENNEDY’S STATEMENTS. His "I mps” Jim Kennedy made two re markable statements concerning the tails played with yesterday. To a Picayune rw porter. Mr. Kennedy raid that all the tails tooked qfleer to him. and to the Times- Democrat reporter he stated most emphati cally thnt the balls were 4>r the proper kind. The truth of the matter Is that Kenuedjr was In such a condltlou of tulud that he really did not know what he was talking about. Ills failure to keep order among the Atlanta players ta what caused all the trouble. If Mr. Kennedy had shown that he was master of the situation Otto Jordan and Billy Smith would have acted quite differently. On the contrary, Mr. Kennedy allowed himself to be run over by them* two players ami only enforced the rule* when Atlanta walked off the field.— States. ROUGH ON DETECTIVES. Detective Padents and hls companions ere roughly handled by the crowd. The detective* stood their ground with the prls and It la to the detectives that Jordan . ..jg of the Southern League _ barge of |*etty larceny. Yesterday the* It dors look like Billy Is s hard loser.— should ta grateful for hls deliverance.— crowd numbered around 3.50J and today It Item. States. AtlUlUIl* ...... 18 mm mt Jacksonville . 49 20 29 ATLANTA. Trustor, If. . . • • . . Winters, rf. Smith. Sb AB. U. H. PO. A. K. .801000 .4 1 0 10 1 .411080 Fox, lb . . StlnaoQ. cf. Morse, as Evers, c. *. Huge*, p. . . . . • . . 4 0 3 2 0 0 . 4 0 2 2 0 0 . 4 0 0 330 .401410 .401210 Totals .36 4 $ 27 14 2 NEW ORLKAN8. Rlckert. If. ...... Fargo, *s ltlnke. 2b Knoll, rf. . . . . ... Ileck, lb. . . Bird, cr O'Brien. 3b Stratton, c. ...... . Uttese, p.' . AB. R. H. 1*0. A. E. .311100 .402220 . 4 0 0 3 3 2 .411200 . 3 0 2 12 0 1 . 4 0 0 3 1 0 .4 0 1 0 2 0 .3 0 1 3 2 0 .4 0 0 1 7 0 Totals .sj i i n li i Score by inuings: Atlanta. New Orleans. . .0 00001010-4 . .00000 1 1 0 0-2 Summary: Two-base hits. Fox. Stolen bases, Hb-kcrt, Jordnu. Sacrifice hit. lle<*. Double plays. Hughes to Morse to Fox. Guese to Beck, Bird to Blake. Struck out, by Guese 5. by Hughe* 2. Bases on halls, off Guese 1. off Hughes 5. Time, 2:09. Um pire, Kennedy. SUNDAY GAME. ATLANTA. Urash-r. If. Winters, rf. . , . • , • Smith. 3b. Jordan. 2b • • Fox. lb. Stinson, cf * . Morse, as Evers, «*, ......... Zellar. p. . . .... . AB. R. IL PO. A. E. .400000 .401010 .400320 .401900 .301650 .4 0 0 1 0 0 .201310 .3 0 0 2 3 0 . 3 0 0 0 2 1 Totals. ....... .31 0 4 24 14 1 NEW ORLEANS. Rlckert. If Cargo, m* Blake, 2b. All. It. II. PO. A. B. .3 1 0 2 0 0 .2 0 1 0 2 0 . 1 0 1 4 4 0 .311200 Ileck, ll>. Bird. cf. o'Itrlcn. 3b Stratum. •- Breltensteln, p. . . . . .402700 .4 0 0 4 0 0 . 3 0 2 1 2 1 . 4 0 1 7 0 0 .301020 Totals. ........ .» 2 » 27 10 1 Score by Innings: Atlanta . . . New Orleana. ...... . .0 00000000-10 . .1 o i 0 o 0 o o CLUBS— Chicago . . Pittsburg . New York , Philadelphia St. Louis . Cincinnati. Brooklyn . Boston . . , Club— Cleveland . New York . Philadelphia Detroit . . Chicago . . St. Louis . Washington Boston . . NATIONAL. Played. Won. Lost .608 .586 .500 .438 .449 .408 ATHLETICS. Hamilton, 3b. . Browning. If. . Tlchclior. 2I». . , LifittP, lb.-p. . . Stovall, c. . . . Thompson, sa. . Freeman, cf. . , Dunlcnse, rf. . . Hulsey, p. . . . Stiles, lb.» . . . Totals. . 37 5 All. It. H. Po. a. k • 41113* FIREMEN. AB. It. II. I’D. A. E. tawnhe. rf.-cf. . . Pritchett, 3b. . . . Short, Uottltighnni, p. , . . 4 1 2 1 o .) . . 4 1 1 I 1 A ... 4 2 2 3 3 1 . . 4 1 1 1 5 Joyner, lb Haney, cf . . . 2 0 0 n o a Totals. ...... . . .34 6 • 27 11 1 Score by Innings: Firemen Athletics. . . « . .0 .0 0 5 0 1 0 00-4 . . . .0 0302000 0-5 Bnramnry: Two-tai* hits. Peel, llmm* run, Tlehenor. Htoleu bases, Tlchenor. II*- ucy. Duplense (2). Double piny*. Stm-nll to Tlclicnor, Hulsey to Lnfltte to Hamilton. First base on tails, off Cottlnglinm 4. *>fT tafltte 2. Struck out, by Hulsey 4. by Lot- -- talmlls, cVSol. BOBBY IN BOSTON. Bobby Wslthour, the Atlanta Meyrls rider, left Saturday for Boston, and will ride there Monday night ngnlust Hugh M< Lean. On Thursday Walt hour I* expect*! back In Atlanta, nnd probably on Hntunlnjr night will Ito seen at the Coliseum motor-paced race with Albert' t.'Uatuplmi, tbs French rider. NO FOOTBALL FOR GEORGIA. AMERICAN. Played. Won. Beck. Fox. Sacrifice hit. Cargo. Double plays. Cargo to Blake to Beck. Smith to Fox to-Jordan. Struck nut. by Zellar 2. by Hretteastetn 7. Bases on tails, off Zellar 3, off Breltenatetn 2. lilt by pitched ball, by Zellar l. Passed tab. Evers. Time, 1:3$. Umpire, Jakey Ata. DUBLIN LOSES HOT GAME. Special to Th« Georgian. Wrightsville. Ga., Jnna 19.—Lost Thurs day afternoon at Dublin the Wrtfhtarllle tasetall nine defeated the Dublin nine 3 to The game was hotly contested. The special features of the game were the pitch ing of C. E. Brinson for Wrightsville, who struck out' 13 men and gave np only two singles, and the stick work of W. 8. Bryan, who brought In the three runs scored by Wrtghtfrttta. Club— Waycroaa Columbus Cordele . , Valdosta . Albany . . Amerlcus , GEORGIA STATE. .615 .588 .531 .520 .509 .346 .283 .ess .581 .515 .313 .310 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs Toledo . . . Columbus . . Milwaukee . Louisville . . Kansas City . Minneapolis . Indianapolis. St. Paul . . . .576 .568 .545 .500 .482 .382 .358 SATURDAY’S RE8ULTS. Southern League— Atlanta 4, New Orleans 2. Birmingham 2, Memphis 1. Montgomery 7, Shreveport 4. Little Rock IS, Nashville 3. Georgia State League— Amerlcus 4, Waycroaa 0. Columbus 8, Albany 0. nth Atlantic League— Columbia 1. Savannah 0. Macon 4, Augusta 8. tional League— New York 11, St. Louis 2. Boston 4, Cincinnati 8. Cleveland 9, Philadelphia 4. Chicago 6, Boston 0. Detroit 2, New York 6. American Association— Columbus 6, Minneapolis 3. Louisville 4, V^lwtfuke* 7. Louisville $. Milwaukee 1. Toledo 5, St. Paul 4. SUNDAY'S RlttULTS. Southern League- New Orleans 2, Atlanij 0. Birmingham 6, Memphis 0. Montgomery 8, Shreveport 2. American Lesgue— Chicago S, Boston 1. - St. Louis 7, Washington 3. National League— Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn 9. Eastern League— Buffato 2, Newark 0. Montreal 7, Toronto • Special to The Georgian. ' * . Athens, Ga.. .June 18.—Foot bn 11 will be played by the University of Georgia »f- ter this full, unless some decided mndlflcn* tlons arc made In the rides. Such an decision of the trustees of the University at their meeting Saturday. DECATUR BEAT KIRKWOOD. Decatur won a pretty contest Saturday from tho Kirkwood team. Score by Innings: Decatur o 4 0 a 11 0 n n l-f Kirkwood 20200000 ft-4 The feature of the game was Mason's two-bagger In the nlutb inning, whbl scored n man from second base aud tlier»-l»y won the game. The Decatur team has played six gam-4 tbla year nnd lias only lost one, giving thf» a percentage of .834. WHEN TIRE BURSTS IN INDIA. Exciting Experience of Automobiliitl at a Jain Temple. From Motoring Illustrated. A thrilling story of bow the able siipplBf of h motor ear nearly resulted In a m f“ talng roasted alive Is told by Ernest K dale. Tho Incident occurred In Dublin, vlllnge on the rand from Delhi to Bombay. The car wna talng driven slowly past Jain temple, muld the whooping «>f natin and the tantlug of tomtom*. "At the temple entrance,” write* Mr. r> dale, "stood two priests, regarding u* «nl no friendly visage. Bang! and our w*** tire was bnrat—a deep rut In the rwul baa caught the wheel, too. In a moment awerve around, nnd, horror! smash rlsn Into the temple door. Alas! we have <*o' rnltted sacrilege, and of the worst kind. We set to work to repair the tire, a Just as we have finished a heart remllnj ear-piercing shriek rings out from th** tern* pie tnclosure. We rush lu, brushing «««• Juvenile priests, who try to stop progress. A crowd of whlte-rotad i>rie« stand between u» and the Inner lam-tuarj. But the three of us are old football pwy«s» the priests are down like gtnepln*. "We tear the curtain aside and * for a moment rooted with horror. Th**r rude altar our poor native motor talng literally roosted alive, only a end's pause to take In the sltunti"n, « with a rush we are ou them. „ ''Seizing the uplifted kuif*front1 £•'"JJJ _t fanatic. We cut the leather ntrlvs* ** lift the fainting aacrliUe from tta Then we l>eat the priests off. regam . ear and ride away amid a shower • - slles.” Mr. Jymes was a member of «lx societies. A friend tried to person* w- > loin apother one. _ . my "No.” be said. "I want to RpJ’UJ 80inlay evenings at hope. -r\outn * psulou. g \ Mr <le»r Mr." protr.lr.1 the ml««» *5 •tor. "I try to txkc • bro«<l «•»» of ' ' “““ on _ ... >n »,! t li liabllo anomtlon." "I oottco »oo i of It." mM tho dlwot I’tlnco Trlhonr. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loans on valuable*. Bargains In unredeemed 0lafiw"d4 l 15 Decatur SI. Kimball Ho J »*