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THE ATLANTA
GEOROTAN.
RATITRDAY, .TT’NE 23.
1006.
1 'U..I.
SPORT^ Cripples Still in Hard Luck
Edited by PERCY H. WHITIK6 11 < *
Firecrackers Win Second
From the Travelers
RACE RESULTS.
Little Bock. Ark., June 22.—The
Cracker* faced the locate today with
a handful of tan* out to see the strug
gle by them to retain lost laurels of
yesterday. The locals were as deter
mined to win the second of the series
ns they were yesterday to capture the
first. The came went oft as follows:
First Inning.
Crozler, the first of the visitors at
bat, grounded to third and went out at
first. Winters went out from pitcher
to first. 8. Smith went out from third
to first. Side out. No hits: no runs.
eArmond filed out to center field.
Watt fanned. Meaney grounded to
first, where the ball stopped. Side out.
No hits; no runa
Second Inning.
OTHER GAMES.
AT SHRKVKPOKT— It. H. E.
Shrcvep’t... 000110000—2 10 2
B'gham ... 100200000—3 5 0
Batteries: Frits and Grafflus, Ragan
and Matthews. Umpires—Buckley and
Bernstein.
Morse singled to center. Fox placed
a three-bagger In right, scoring Morse.
Jordan landed safe on a bunt In front
of plate. Fox scored. Stinson went
out from third to first, advancing Jor
dan to second. Evers made a line drive
to short, which was handed to second,
making a double play. Side out. Two
hits: two runs.
Douglass went nut short to first.
Johnson went out pitcher to first.
Hickey went down on a line drive to
abort. Side ouL Xo hits; no runs.
Third Inning.
Harley struck out. Crosier took one
In the slats and crawled to flrstr Win
ter* singled to center for three bags,
scoring Crosier. Smith doubled to left,
.coring Winters. Smith went to third
on n bad throw In. Morse walked. Fox
pop tiled out to catcher and Morse was
• aught at first. Double play. Side out.
Two hits; two run*.
Drennan filed out to left field. Orr
grounded to•short and went out at
first. Xewlln filed out to center. Side
out. Xo hits; no runs.
Fourth Inning.
Quick was put In the box by Little
Rock.
Jordan placed a two-bagger In cen
ter field. Burnum put In In run for
Jordan. Stlnsdn went out pitcher to
first. Burnum went to third. Evers
grounded to short and landed safe on
first, but Burnum i was caught out at
the plate. Harley went out third to
flrat. Side out. One hit; no runs.
DeArmnnd wlngled to right. Zimmer
put In to ran for DeArmond. Watt
lopped out to second. Meany filed out
i" left. Zimmer was caught out at
first. Double play. Side out. One hit;
no run.
Fifth Inning.
Crosier popped out to third. Win
ters filed out to right. Sid Smith filed
out to short. Side out. Xo hits and
no runs.
Douglas filed out to renter field.
Johnson fanned. Hickey popped out to
second. Side out. Xo hits; no runs.
Sixth Inning.
Morse went out short to first. Fox
filed out to right. Jordan filed out to
right field. Side out. Ko hits; no
runs. ,
' Drennan grounded to third, but land
ed safo on Sid's error, Urr grounded
to.short and landed nt first. Drennan
went out at second. Quick popped out
to second. DeArmond singled to ren
ter. Orr went to second. Craig put
In to run for DeArmond. Watt popped
out to second. Side out. One hit; no
run.
AT MEMPHIS- a H. E.
Memphis.. 30000000x— 3 4 2
Montgom'y 0000001(10— 1 4 4
Batteries: Suggs snd Hurlburt; Ma-
larkey and McAleese. Umpire—Pfeis-
nlnger.
AT NEW ORLEAN8-
Nashvllle. 010000000— 1 2 3
N. Orleans.. 100000001— 2 4 4
Breitenstein and Stratton; Dugan
and Coognn. Umpire—At*.
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Savannah o
Columbia ... j
Batteries: Denver and Berry;
rell and Sweney.
Macon / 2 12 o
charleston g g o
Batteries: Spade and Harnlah; Cur
tis and Reiatnger.
Jacksonville j 4 j
Augusta 1 1 2
Batteries: Parkins and Shea; Ruck
er and Carson.
Shsspshssd Bay.
Sheepshead Bay, L. 1., June 13.—The
races here this afternoon resulted as
follows:
First Race—Toddles, It to J, won;
Dulclnea, 15 to I, second; Miss
Strome, 4 to 1, third. Time 1:011-5.
Second Race—Bar. 2 to 1, won; Mc-
Klttredg*. I to 1. second: King Henry,
It to 8. third. Time 1:40 1-3.
THIRD RACE—Red Rover, 7 to 2,
won;• Okenlte. It to 5, second; Ken
tucky Beau, 8 to R, third. Time 1:00 2-6.
FOURTH RACE—King's Daughter.
20 to 1, won; Prince Hamburg, 10 to 6,
second: Roscben, 7 to 6, tlhrd. Time,
1:11 1-6
FIFTH RACE;—Samson, 8 to 1, won;
Maxnar, I to 1, second; Von Tromp,
It to 10, third. Time. 1:62 2-5.
SIXTH RACE—Tartan, 0 to 1, won:
Just So, 20 to 1, second; Telephone, 0
to 1, third. Time, 1:46 1-5.
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0 o
HE WANT8 TO KNOW. 0
Kenilworth.
Buffalo, X. Y., June 22.—The races at
the Kenilworth track this afternoon re
sulted as follows
First Race—dinette, even, won: Roy
al Window, 0 to 6, second; Tickle, 10
to 2, third.
SECOND RACE—Lucky Marie, 4 to
1, won: Bogum, t to 1, second; Mocca
sin. 20 to 1. third.
THIRD RACE—Hyperion,
won; Head Dance, 6 to 1, second; This
tle Do, 5 to 1, third:
FOURTH RACE—Blondy, even,
won; Workmald, 4 to 1, second; Af
finity. 6 to 2, third.
FIFTH RACE—Delmore, 15 to 1,
won; Elliott, 4 to 1, second; Celebra
tion, 4 to I, third.
SIXTH RACE—Minstrel, 8 to 1, won;
Olive Leaf. 8 to 1, second; Day Time,
6 to 1, third.
NATIONAL.
Philadelphia .. ..000 001 000— 1 I
New York .... .000 200 10<— 4 I
Batteries: Parks and Dooln; Taylor
and Bowerman.
Brooklyn 000 100 000— 1 7
Boston 051 000 03*— 3 14 2
Batteries: strlrklett nnd Bergen
Pfeiffer and O’Neil.
St. I.ouls 000 000 10— 1 6 1
Pittsburg ... 200 000 00— 2 6 0
Batteries: Brown and Raub; Llefleld
and Piets.
AMERICAN.
New York 001 000 000— 1 7 1
Washington .. ..001 100 00*— 2 9 3
Batteries: Klelnow and Orth; Hey-
don and Patton.
Detroit 000 000 000— 0 0 3
Chicago 010 040 00*— 5 8 1
Batteries: Slever and Payne; White
and Sullivan.
Cleveland 203 100 008—12 14 0
St. Louis 200 000 002— 2 7 1
Batteries: Bernhard and Clark;
Smith and Rickey.
Boston 200 020 000 002— I 11 I
Phlla 000 001 003 000— 4 IS 2
Batteries: Winter and Armbruster;
Coakley and Brhreek.
Seventh Inning.
Stinson tiled out to center. Evers
filed out to right. Harley grounded to
abort ami landed at first on Johnson's
• rror. Crosier singled |mat short. Har
ley advanced to second. Winers went
out second to first. Side out. One
hit; no runs.
Heaney Hirst out to left. Douglas
went out. pitcher to first. Johnson went
nut. second to first. Hide out. No hits;
no runs.
Eighth Inning.
Smith tiled out to center. Morse
went out. pitcher to first. Fox filed out
to center. Side out. Xo hits; no runs.
Hickey went out third to first. Dren
nan filed nut to renter. Odd walked.
Quick filed nut to left field. Side out.
No hits: no runs.
Ninth Inning.
‘ Jordan bunted to third and landed
on first on Johnson's error. Stinson
grounded to pitcher, ojrdan went out
nt second. Jordan safe. Evers singled.
Stinson went to second. Harley ground
ed to short. Double play. Short to sec
ond to first. Side out. One hit; no
runs.
DeArmond went out, short to first.
Watt files nut to renter field. Meaney
Went out to second.
LITTLE RUCK— R.
DeArmond. If. .... 0
Watt, 2b 0
Meaney, rf 0
Douglass, lb n
Johnson, sa »
Hickey, 3b »
Drennan, cf 0
Orr, -c. ,
Quirk, p <1
Xewlln, p 0
Totals
ATLANTA— R.
4'rosler, If 1
Winters, rf. I
a Smith, lb 0
Mors*, sa. 1
Fox. lb :.... 1
Jordan, 2b 11
Stinson, cf o
Evers, c »
Harley, p. ........ 0
H. PO. A. K
III 0 A
Totals
8ummsry.
Two-base hits—8. Smith, Jordan.
Three-base hits—Fox. Winters. Dou
ble plays—Johnson to Douglas, Orr to
Douglas, Croxtar to Fox. Struck out
—By Harley 2. by Newlln 1. Bases on
ballsi-off Harley », off Xewlln 2. Sac
rifice hit—Jordan. Hit by pitched ball
—Crosier. Attendance, 1,200. Umpire
—Rudderham.
When Attests came in hat In the second
Inning ft looked as though the flnlitb of
the Travelers had arrived' Morse singled
Fits then dotjldcd. nconnx "I'op" Mots*,
atlesm hit safe, arming "Ills Imglels."
With no one oat a rttn-g.itlng eean.e wsa
EASTERN.
Buffalo 102 000 101— T 15 1
Providence 000 000 000— 0 8 4
Hatterlea: Hosier and McAllister;
Cronin nnd Cooper. Umpire—Moran.
Rochester 000 000 001— 12!
Jersey City 011 001 10*— 4 10 1
Hatterlea: Cleary and Hteelman: Mo-
ren and Butler, Umpire—Kerins.
Toronto 000 000 402— 0 10 2
Baltimore 013 000 loo— 6 11 3
Batteries: Currie and Doran; Bur-
rhelt and Byers. Umpire—Kelly.
Montreal 000 000 101— 3 7 2
Newark 110 000 000 0— 3 7 1
Batteries: Pappalau and Dillon;
Fertach nnd O’Neill. Umpire—Cona-
han.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 002 010 300— 8 12 1
Louisville 110 020 000— 4 13 2
Hatterlea: Flaherty and Blue; Putt-
man and Bltaw.
Indlnnnpoll* .. ,.!00 000 OOt— 3 7 6
Toledo 103 123 000— 9 13 3
Batteries: 'Hillman and Holmes;
Plats und Land.
Minneapolis ... .010 002 000— 3 5 3
Milwaukee .. . .001 600 000— 6 8 3
Batteries: Ctulawnlder and Shannon:
Dougherty and Hevtlte.
81. Paut 102 002 OSt— 9 14
Kansas city ...020 100 000— 3 I
Batteries: Morgan and Drill; H
hanan and Mulllvan.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS.
Soulharn.
Atlanta 4, Little Rock 0.
Memphis 3, Montgomery t.
New Orleans 2. Nashville 1. >
Birmingham 3. Shreveport 3.
South Atlantic.
Columbia 3, Savannah 0.
Augusta 3. Jacksonville 1.
Macon 3. Charleston 2.
American.
Washington 2. New York I.
Chicago 6. Detroit 0.
Boston 6. Philadelphia 4.
Cleveland 12. 81. lout* 2.
National.
Xew York 4. Philadelphia 1.
Boston 0, Brooklyn 1.
Pittsburg 2. St. Louts 1.
Latonla.
Latnnln, Ky.. June 22.—Here are the
rasulta of the racea run here thin aft
ernoon :
Flrat Race—Zlnda, 7 to 10, won; Hl-
lona, 3 to 1, second; Lady March, 6 to
1. third.
SECOND RACE^—Mllarene, 9 tef 6.
won; Avendow, 6 to 2. second; Weber,
6 to 6, third.
THIRD RACE—Hubbard, 3 to 2,
won; Prestige, 6 to 1, second; Plller,
2 to 1. third.
FOURTH RACE—Col. Jim Douglas,
5 to 2, won; Atcor. 8 to 1, second; The
Englishman, 6 to 6, third.
nglisnman, o in u, imiu.
FIFTH RACE—Harold D.. 8 to I.
won; Yowrie, even, second; Warner
Griswold, 3 to 6, third.
I ■ IlltJ. 0 AW U| MlllUt
SIXTH RACE;—Adesso, 8 to 1, won;
J. K. F„ 8 to I, second; Capt. Bush,
1 to 3, third.
SEVENTH RACE—Happy Jack, 2 to
1, won: Bonnie Prince Charlie, 8 to 6,
second; Mainspring, 2 to 1, third.
Windsor.
Windsor, Ont., June 23.—Here are the
results of this afternoon's races:
First Race—Joe Levy, 20 to 1, won;
King's Guinea, 6 to 6, second; Marlm-
bo. 2 to 1, third.
SECOND RACE—Voting, even, won;
Wabash Queen. 7 to 10, second; Merry
Leapyear, 3 to 6, third.
THIRD RACE—Attllla- I to 1, won:
Wlllowden, 4 to 1, second; Little Mike,
out, third.
FOURTH* RACE 1 —Edwin Gum. 100
to 1, won; La Gloria, 4 to 6, second;
Sultry, even, third.
. FIFTH RACE;—Dance Music, 11 *0
5. won; Winchester, 2 to 6- second;
John Oarner, 6 to 1, third.
SIXTH RACE—King Pepper. 2 to 1.
won; Bert Osra, 6 to 2, second; Ravl-
ana, 4 to 1, third.
League Standings j
SOUTHERN.
CLUBS— Played. Won. LosL
Shreveport
New Orleans .
Birmingham .
Atlanta . .
Memphis . .
Montgomery .
Nashville. .
Little Rock .
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Clubs— Played. Won. Lost. P.C.
607
Augusta
Columbia .
Savannah .
Charleston .
Macon . .
Jacksonville
.571
.500
.491
.444
.270
CLUBS—
Chicago . .
Pittsburg .
New York .
Philadelphia
St. lamia .
Cincinnati.
Brooklyn .
Boston . . .
NATIONAL.
Played. Won. Lost
Team Will Play For Charity
Hist! Whence comes the sound 7-
Whence cornea the awful
noise?
'Tis Zimmer’s men In Little
'. Rock,
A trlmmln’ Billy's boys.
The pltchln’s slightly on the O
blink, - 0
The baitin'* on the bum; O
The team we had at Piedmont O
park o
Could beat 4hl* ten to one. 0
Won't some one please be kind
enough
To tell us faithful fans
Why Billy Smith has dropped
hla team *
Back with the "also rana?"
"THE TWO-BITS FAN."
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GAMBLERS WIN
. FIRST ROUND
POOL ROOM MEN GET RESULTS
FROM SHEEPSHEAD BAY IN
SPITE OF DETECTIVES.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 22.—Pinkerton detective*
p«troled the streets at Mheepshead Bay all
laat night, endeavoring to ontyrlt pool room
men nnd telephone compauj employee* nnd
to cut wire* thnt carry racing Information
from the Hbecpshond liny track to the New
York pool room*. The wires y run from pri
nt* house* on Jerome nvenue, faring the
rare track, nnd they supply the desired In-
formntlon to acorea of pool rooma.
A few N iiay* ago special telephone wires
were ntriing to n number of these house*
from the pole* on Ocean nvenue. llecelvers
were put In the houses nnd everything was
In readiness for n nmn to station hlmaelf nt
ench window with n pair of held glnanen
nnd telephone raring Information to his
confederate*. When the race* took place
the pool room men were able to telephone
post time, ■cratches nnd added starters,
nnd the fliflshes of each race, together with
other Information, nnd the pool ruotnn were
kept ns well posted ns the people In the
grandstand.
The pool room observer* were able to are
even the posting of numbers of the winning
horse*. Every pool room hnd an excellent
nml minute description of the Huburlmn
from the start to finish-
As the situation stands, the pool rooms
lire ahead of the Joeksy Club and are
waiting for the next more.
EAST ATLANTA BASEBALL TEAM.
JIM M0RAN--
NOT COLLINS
JIMMY BLOWS BACK FROM EU.
ROPE AND WALTHOUR SIGNS
HIM TO RACE HERE,/
If*
Standing—Burhnnnn. manager; Pitch, of.; Marnton. lb.; Clarke. If.; Beauchamp,
Inflelder; Haynes, secretary i\ml treasurer; Overton, of.; Thomas, lntlelder; Keene p.;
Jones, catcher and cnptnln.
Seated—Kuder, lntlelder; Benedict, Inflelder; Hardin, mascot; Martin, pitcher
and lntlelder; Hattawny, outfielder.
The East Atlanta baseball team, which
la shown above, will piny the Houthern Bell
team nt Piedmont park Saturday afternoon
at I o'clock for the benefit of the'East At
lanta school fund.
games this seamm nnd of that uumlier they
have won 11. lost 3 and tied 1. Keene, the
crack eoiithpnw, will l>e In the box for the
Everything But Knock-Out
For Human Punching Bag
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 22.—Bander Burke ghve
Joe Orlin a terrible lacing last night at the
Broadway Athletic Club In Philadelphia,
but failed to repeat the trick he performed
several week* ago, when he gave the Ital
ian the first knock-out of hi* .career.
In the fifth round Burke, .with a little
more reserve strength; might have finished
Crlm, hut Pptke did not possess the nec
essary steam.
Gnttllng Stinger nnd Terry Fltxgerald
came together In the setnl-wlnd*up. Htlnger
Imd n abode the better of It. Hughey Mo
Cann defeated Kid Peerless, nnd Frank Mc
Guire made Bill Kentlng quit In the third
round. ,
private, Jack Smith, of Newark, nnd Joe
In n fight heldyln Jersey Inst night In
Turner, of New York, were, principals.
Smith managed to snook over a hard right
to the Jsw In the seventh round and Tur
ner went out for five minutes. The mill
took place just outside of Elisabeth- and
was witnessed by 300 Newark and New
York sporting mod.
Hugo Kelly, of Chicago, and Young Ma
honey. of Milwaukee, are down to weight
for their bout on Saturday. They are to
meet l>efnre the Indlannpolls Athletic Club
to box ten rounds at 135 pounds ringside..
M. P. Murray, match-maker of the Lin-
roln Athletic Club of Cbelsen, bits matched
Willie Lewis and Honey Mellody to meet
In a fifteen-round l>out on July 4.
thour liistend of VoIIIiih ugntnit * Wnlthoarl
ns the feature of Itohhy's farewell «i,-i
pcarnurea at the Coliseum. *
Jack Prince, manager of the Coliseum
and promoter of all things proniotable. m,.
Wnltbour a blank contract when wt
on Ills trip East snd told him to sign th>
beet man In America nnd .Bobby thought
thnt Colllns'was the man. Before the <|4>*l
finally cloned, however. Mornn arrival
unexpectedly from Europe nml Wnltlmur
closed with him to race In Atlauta Tuev-
day and Wednesday nights.
So It In. an Jack Prince pats It. •■At
lanta's favorite. Jimmy Moran; ngnlunt the
'native aSti,* Bobby Walthour."
An soon an Mr. Prince gets the riming
bicycle, races off his hands bo will turn
hln exclusive attention to the plan of
building an automobile track In, Atlanta.
All those who will be In a position pi
put the scheme through are favorable to
It and It looks ss though the end of th«
summer would see Atlanta equipp'd with
the best automobile track In the world.
“LIVE BALL” DOPE.
New Orleans papers are howling umler
the sting of the charges lielng heaped high
by the Atlanta baseball association and the
Atlanta papers.
Maybe a little bowling will help. A lit
tle reform of methods would help more.
Manager Frank, of New Orleans, wm
shown the statement made by Billy Mmlthf
III regard to the treatment of Otto Jordan.^
According to The Item, Frank's reply wci:
"Every word of It Is untrue. I will make
Smith prove It or deny It."
Another catcher has been signed by IJh»
Pirates. He Is Bill Bapp, who was gbra
a try-out with Washington last yesr, but
who finished the season with Toronto, In
the . Eastern League, llapp Is said, to It
an exceptionally good receiver ntid Is rec
ommended by several * high-class playwt
who have witnessed his work. While with
Toronto Itapp was stationed at first haw
nnd finished the season with the following
record: Game* V, put-outs 533. assists
errors 18. per cent. 978. Batting—Gann * «,
nt but 264, runs 86, hits 73, total bases W,
two-bnse hits 7, ! three-base hits 4. home
i 2, sacrifice hits 9, stoleu liases 21, per
cent .276.—Shreveport Times.
.665
.508
.393
.400
.37*
.317
Club—
Cleveland .
Philadelphia
New York .
Detroit . .
Chicago . .
St. Louis .
Washington
Boston . . .
AMERICAN.
Played. Won.
Lost P.C.
20 .630
23 .582
23 .589
26 .526
26 .626
27 .600
36 .345
40 .286
Eight out of eleven lost on the road.
Gee, but that's an unfortunate average.
Ilnnk «»'l»ay still has fits nerve. lie
served notice on J. McGraw. J. McGInnlty
nml 4. McGnnn Thursday that they were
evicted ami had them run out of the Polo II
Grounds. Even wttliout them the Glnuts || % _ 8*
le'three runs In the ninth Inning off ji
MrFsrlnud ami l»eat Pittsburg. 6 to * ^
Go Between’s Name Now
In Shields’ “Gold Book”
By J. S. A. MACDONALD.
By lYtvste Leased Wire.
New York. June 22.— Alex Shields* satis
faction In winning n Suburban llsudlcnp
came In the fame aud honor of the affair,
backed up with a harvest of 333.630 In bets
sml purse money.
Early today the nature of Go Between'a
reward lie*-ame kuown. when the hearty
owner aatd;
"You ask what Is coming to Go Between.
Well, as stMtn na hla nbse showed In front
,at the finish yesterday he won for himself
a place in my ‘gold bwk.* Advance Guar#.
Hunter Ilalne. Zoroaster nud a few others
are In there, ami II menus that Go Belweeu
will never draw a milk wagon; but after
bin racing dsys tie will bare nothing to do
hut browse on rleb pastures and play and
romp like a child without trouble or csre
until he goes lieyoud with Ur bos by."
Shields Is a peculiar character. Below
tl»e exterior of the nmn la s warm heart
and pleuty of sentiment wrought by forty
years of hatttlug for a survival on the tnrf
In. all countries, aud In all classes, and In
contact with every type of mnn let loose.
He hives n rare horse which dors a good
turn for him ss lie would a mnn. Over at
Bound Brook. N. J.. where lie has n breed
ing sml training farm. Khtelds keep* old
Advance Guard up In hla knees lu clover.
It was this old fellow which realty ntnrted
Shields upon a streak of luck which mnde
him a rich man. Bare nftar race sift) Iwt
after bet he won for Shields nt Chicago In
BOO, and wsa still winning stable expenses
long nfter Shields came from the' West
Into the metropolitan field. The owner did
not forget It. for as soon sa 'Yanre went
tame, two years ago. bU name was found
to be registered In the gold Is** and sway
to the earthly eqnlnr paradise he went.
Now It Is la store for Ge Between.
FAN TYPES —NO. 14.
STUDIES IN EXPRESSION BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON.
How Have the Mighty Fallen
THIRD CHOICE
WON SUBURBAN
By Private Leased, Wire..
New York, June 32.—Go Between, third
choice In the betting, won the Suburban
Handicap yesterday nt Sheepshead Bay.
Dandelion, the favorite, eras second, and
Colonial Girl was third.
The race made np In' excitement of the
running what the field lacked In class.
/letween and Dandelion pnt np a terrific
race through the stretch to the wire, and
the former won by a narrow margin. Colo
nial Girl was a. poor but decidedly safe
third.
The others finished ns follows: Agile,
Tokslon, Proper, ‘Holly Spanker, Kurokl,
Cairngorm. Astronomer, Cederstromc, and
Oxford. Agile add Kurokl were added.
Oliver Cromwell was withdrawn.
The time was 2:061-5, record 2:06.
Birmingham and Atlanta have the ills
tlnctlon of pulling off the ‘Mrup-qulck*
stunt !ti the league staudlng. Atlauta
started away from home this tlmo tied
for first place.—Birmingham News.
Why stir up such grswsomo racollectloual
—Montgomery Journal.
SOME GENTLE RAPS
FOR BILLY SMITH.
Ilnra," sporting editor of The New Or
leans Item, has had several Illuminating
things to say about the baselmll squabble
»w on. Here Is his latest outburst:
."Manager Billy Kmlth, of Atlanta, has
made oolite charges which be will have n
bard time sithstnntlatlng.' Some of them
"That wbeu O’Brien slid Into the plate
and slightly lujured Evers lu Saturday's
game, the Pelican third baseman made the
rtton that be tried to break Evers' leg,
having had orders from Manager Frank to
employ snch tactics.
"That when Rlckcrt slid Into Jordan at
second base the Pelican left fielder tried
to "put Jordan out of business," In accord
ance with the same Instructions.
'That when 4he New Orleans team was
in Atlanta Manager Frank naked hla play-
to 'pump' Atlanta's suspended men to
find injt whether they were drawing pay
from the Atlauta club while uuder sus
pension. '
•Smith nlso Intimated that when Knoll
slid Into Archer at Atlanta and slightly
crippled the Atlanta catcher, be'did It In
tentionally. nnd covered It up by feigning
sympathy for the Injured man.
"Somehow or other 8mlth always gets In
He Is a 'busk leaguer' of the most
bad.
pronounced character, nml when he gets
Into good company he tries .‘bush league’
taettrs with disastrous results, lie 1* care
less snd bbt-hesded. ami has put himself
Into a bole from which It would he hard
to extricate.him If the matter was pushed.
"It Is uqt necessary to reply to those un
warranted assertions, ss there Is not even
a knocker In this dry who would believe
that O'Brien, Knoll snd Rlckcrt would lie
parties to such transactions. Their reputa
tions os gentlemanly ball players overbal
ance such charges. Neither would they he-
Here that Manager Frank Is such a fool In
this business to employ ruffian tactics when
kill a ball club quicker than anything rtae.’
It *!■ not right-and juat that .Shreveport
should gobble up Catcher Anderson. Llttl*
Rock got rid of Anderson to punish him
for assaulting Umpire Buckley. It In
meiubered that the big catcher struck the
frail umpire In the- face, knocking him
down. Inasmuch as this occurred In the
presence of President Knvsnangh. AnUcnwa
was Instantly discharged, Little Rock, lu s
crippled condition, thus did wbht was right,
but It regretled to see the catcher go. Now
Hhreveport has gobbled the catcher lip and.
Instead of lielng punished, the best thing
from a profctedutinl standpoint that Ander
son ^ever did was when he struck tiuplrs
Buckley. He Is now with a belter club snd
Is iustnntly restored to good graocs.-blrw-
liighaui Ledger. '
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The public Is rapidly hecomiug thoroughly
disgusted with alt the wrangling suil re
crimination Mug aired by some of the yel
low papers of the South, and reprinted.
They have ooiie to the conclusion thnt tbs
board of directors of th« league should get
busy and let the public sve real ball game*.
More noise Is made than uu attempted *e
■asslnatlon of the president would attract.
Mountains out of mole hills Is s very ml 4
way of exprvsstug It.—New Orleans Pics*
yune. .
That's right. J^t's have real basclmll.
But remember tbit It cau't be played with
"lively" balls, with metal catcher's I*oim
nud that It Is not .considered g«»od IsiselaU
etiquette tor one Player to try to kill
other during tnc progress of a game.
Charging that tbC Montgomery club
entered Into a conspiracy to secure baseball
players from other clubs. Manager Kraal
this morning declared, .that he would bring
positive proof 6t serious charges In n short
time, says a New Orleqii* dispatch.
The New Orleaua manager gave out tot
publication a letter from .Pitcher (ioodwls.
formerly of Montgomery, |o "Chic" CsrcV
the Pelican shortstop. In ’which the forts*
tried to coerce the latter -to secure bl« re
lease from New Orleans In order that
Montgomery dub could sigh him. The W*
ter to Cargo Is said to havsf been addressed
to Mrs. Cargo.
Manager Frank declares that it Is his
lief that Goodwin was Induced t<* write tM,
letter by Manager Militancy. He sail ra
wouldn't publish the letter before. !**»•«"
lie winded to take Che matter up witi
Presldcut Kavanaugh.
Home lively developments aisy occur, n
that the local manager has l*en pracOmw
adjudged guilty of "ringing" l» "rubber
balls ou visiting teams.
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