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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 190ff. Barons Here for Three Carnes 5^/? TS I News of the Tennis Players Editedby PERCY H. WHITING M THORNTON OF ATLANTA GOES TO FINAL ROUND 8pi*< iul to The Georgian. Na shrill*, Tenn.. June 28.—The semi-finals In Alnglea and douhlea were completed yea- terdny In the Kashrtlte Tennla Cldb'a tour- nainent and today will tell who will 1m* < hnmjtinn of the tournament. Yeaterday mar0Inf Hunt, the Western champion', de feated t'arleton Smith, of Atlanta, In the eenil-flnala In singles. Ilia score wot 6-1 and 6-2. Smith eeemed to ho off hla uaual aplendld form and the match waa a disap pointment. Nat Thornton also hooked up with Poat. of New Orleana, yeaterday morning and fared better than did hla colleague. Smith, for he managed to defeat Poat 7-3, 24, 3-7. Thla match came near l*elng poatponed, aa Thornton wna taken violently alck during Ita pmgrear, the hot aun and a too recent hreakfaat telling on him. Poat allowed great magnanimity, however, and gener ously waited an hour until Profeaaor Mooney nnd otliera reauacltated Thornton. The Atlanta boy waa game and went fn and tabbed the match, winning eventual ly Yeaterday afternoon Hunt and Lee. the Weatern champlona In douhlea, took the menaure of Daley and Day, the two beat Naahvllle playera, by a acore of 6-4 and *-4. Poat and Logan. of New Orleana, had little trouble In winning from Browder and Douglaa, of Naahvllle. The acore In thla match wna 6-1 and 6-2. The Ann I a In the doublea and alnglea will l>e played off today. Poat and Logan, of New Orleana, meet Hunt and I^ee, of the Weat, and Nat Thornton, In the alnglea, will meet Hunt. The winner of the champlonahlp In aln glea will play Cowan Ilodgera for the cup he holda na champion of Tenneaaee, and the wlnnera In the douhlea will have to play Cowan and Cbarlea Rodgern. Should Thornton win hla match today the chal lenge match In alnglea will l»e played Fri day afternoon In order to allow Thornton to leave for Atlanta, aa he la In a hurry to get home to get ready for the Atlanta tournament. The other challenge match, In douhlea, will be played Saturday after noon. Walthour Wins Final Race From Plucky Jimmy Moran MEL0N8 ARE RIPE. In hla farewell race In Atlanta before filling for Europe Bobby Walthour defeat- el Jlmtuy Moran, the pride of Chelaea, kl ' In one of the moat exciting racea aera in Jack Prtnce‘a anucer thla year. Jimmy Moran waa allghtly to the bnj| aa a remit of the tumble of Tueedny night, and appeared with hla nrma nnd lega ban- dnged. but he allowed that he waa game and rode Bobby to a flnlah. There were numeroua delay a, but none of them waa ihe reault of aerloua accident a end the race throughout waa exciting. Tha first atop came In the ninth mile, when CUMBERS ARE INVINCIBLE PLAY BETTER THAN THEY KNOW HOW AND WIN TWO GAMES FROM THE CRACKERS. MONTGOMERY 3 ATLANTA 0 MONTGOMERY 4 ATLANTA 2 Manager Mullnuey'a atar pitchers—Max* well nnd Mnllarkey—proved to lie about the wormeat team which hna hit the pike theae many decades, and between them they nmnaged to beat the Atlanta team In two gam re Wedneaday afternoon, 34 and 4-2. It waan* that Atlanta did not play good hall. Far from It." They put up a crack ing good game and fought every second of the long afternoon, dying hard. Hut they were Juat outplayed by a team which wna “doing better than It knew how.” Thote games Wednesday were not true Montgomery form. The playera must have mnatlcated a speed bolus or something b«- fore the game, for they Juit hit up a major league dip and beat the Crackers who could not muster up anything »*et?er than the VI"** A ball which they aro ex- peeled-to, play. Maxwell pitched a superb game, allow ing -two hits. The youngster hasn’t any thing mni'li but a faat ball, but be waa »••ling It right across the shoulders of the Atlanta players and they could not lorn to It. The first game was the Cllmbera' (note the omission of the conventional question B ark! from the word go. They did not t Zeller very hunl. but they hit him hard enough to win when they were getting sneli pitching ns Maxwell put up. The Moran's front tiro acquired one of those aln% punctures Ilka tha oue which caused hla undoing In tha race Tuesday night. This puncture needed attention nnd when It got It Moran went back to the race again. In the fourteenth mllo Walthour duplicated the stunt and another atop waa uecesaary. After thnt It waa a run-a way for Wnl- ♦hour, who won by two lapa. Time, 24:06. The nmatenr race waa one of the pret tiest seen thla year. It waa only by faat sprinting that ’Inylor came out ahead with Korten a close second. Time, 2:81. Commercial League Season Opens Saturday The Commercial League opens Ita regular season on Hnturdny. On thnt day the M. Kuts team will meet Beck nnd Gregg, the J. Hllvey team will meet Foot and Davlek and the West Ends will meet the Kcgen- steln bunch. Next week each team will play two games, one on July 4 and one on the fol lowing Saturday. According to the schedule the season will continue through August and close August Atlanta— Crosier, If. . Winters, rf. ... a Smith. Sb. .. Morse, as Fox. lb. Jordan, 2b. ... B. Smith, cf... Archer, c Zeller, Kvara Total AB. R H. PO. A. E. M'tgomery— Houu, If Hunch, aa Schwarts, 2b.. Appeiioua, cf.. Mullaney, lb. . McCann, rf. .. Perry, lb McAleese, c. .. Maxwell, p. ... Hausen AB. R H. PO. A. E. Summary. ’ Two-base hit—McCann. Struck out— By Zeller, S, by Maxwell 6. Baaes on balls—Off Zeller l, off Maxwell 1. Sac rifice hit—McCann. Passed ball—Mc Aleese. Hit by pitched ball—8. Smith. Umpire—Pfennlnger. THE 8ECOND GAME. After being shut out of the first game, the (Trackers went Into the second contest fully determined to split even with the visitors. That their hopes were so rudely •battered waa due In h large measure to the manner In which the legislators were able to bunch their hits off Harley to the lent advantage and to the Inability of HUly Smith's darlings to do the name with Malarkey when tha critical time had ar rived. Until the eighth Inning the contest waa exciting enough to suit the moat particular fan of the sereral thousand surrounding the diamond. Not a run waa made until the sixth Inning, when two hates on balls and a timely single by McCann netted the Montgomery aggregation one run. The In ning waa marked by an accident to Hla I'lnpa, which for a few minutes looked like serious business. Hausen had been presented with a free ticket to first, ami with Mullaney at tbe bat, attempted to steal second. Archer threw to second, the umpire got In the way of the swiftly mov ing sphere and was hit In the small of the luick. lie fell like a log, but after receiv ing medics! attendance he was able to return to the conflict. Atlanta's first run, which tied the acore, came In the seventh, when McAleese made a wild thfow to third In an effort to catch Fox, who was tbua enabled to score. The slaughter' came In Montgomery's half of the eighth. With two men out, Mullaney hit safe for two Itaga, followed by the aame atunt by McCann and Ferry and aln glea by McAleese and Malarkey. Thla whirlwind hitting took the life out of tbe houie pinyera, and although one tuan crossed the plate In the last half of the •Ighth. they had no show to win. Thin la the way the game looks on patter: ATLANTA. ' AD. ll. 11. ro. a;k: The last meeting of the league managers Itcforo the opening of the season will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at Foot and Davies. The prospects for n successful aegson for the Commercial League seem very bright. For some unknown reason It has been a very difficult matter to get n league under headway In Atlanta, but the Commercial league aeetns to have been organised along proper lines and It ahould prove a success. The opening for a successful city league In Atlanta seems very large. T%e town la baseball mad and the greatest Interest would undoubtedly be taken In a success ful organisation. The teams of the Commercial Lcagpe are made up largely of the employees of the bouses under whose names the teams play. But all players are strict amateurs and It la thought that the teams In tbe league will rank with any amateur organisations In the city. * Below Is the schedule of the league: Commercial League Schedule. West M. Ki uta Foote A Davies. July 14 July 28 * *‘v 21 July 7 / 4 Beck A Gregg. August June 30 August 18 Auguit 4 July 21 August 25 July 4 • July 14 August 11 jsiTf June 30 M. Katz. August 4 July 28 August 28 August 11 August 11 League Standings SOUTHERN. CLUBS— Flayed. Won. Lo.L P.C. World’s Richest Trainer May Quit Game This Fall New Orleana Shreveport . Birmingham Atlanta . . Memphta . . Montgomery . Naahvllle . . Little Rock . SOUTH ATLANTIC. Cluba— Played. Won. Lost P.C. lugusta .... 60 16 :■< .600 10 15 15 .683 .484 .173 .288 '’rosier, If. and rf. 4 winter., rf. . H. Kniltli. lb. Mnrae. as. ... 0 8 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 I •Minimi, uii. . B.Smith, cf. and If Archer, c Ilarley, p Totals "UoKfttoMKIiY. 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 . 34 "i *6 27 *6 1 Savannah . . 61 II 26 .641 Charleston . . . 67 27 30 .474 Macon . . . 63 14 14 .414 Jacksonville. 67 22 16 .17* GEORGIA 8TATE CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.C. Waycross . , 41 2) 12 .707 Brunswick , 38 22 16 .670 Valdosta . . 42 24 18 .671 Cordele . . . 39 11 19 .615 Albany . . . 19 14 25 .16* Atnericua . . 38 10 28 .161 COTTON 8TATE8. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.C. Meridian . . 61 S3 14 .571 Jackson . . . 80 It 21 .611 Baton Rouge r.i 30 26 .617 Gulfport . . 57 3* 21 .60* Mobile . . . 67 10 31 .60* Houtx, If. and cf Bunch, a*. .... IInumm), 2b. ... Aptmrloii*. cf. Mullaney, lb. McCann, rf. ... Ferry, 3b McAleese, c. . Malarkey, p. . Totals By Inninga: Montgomery *...000 001 0Kb-4 Atlanta ........>.000 000 110- 2 hiiiutnafy—Two-base kits—Fox, Slullaney* McCann, Ferry. Stolen base—Fox. Sac- rlflio hit—Winters. First Imse on balls— Off llnrley 4. Struck out—By Ilarley 4. by Malarkey 7. Time, 1:W. Umpire— Pfeu- All. U. TI. IV). A. R. 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 4 110 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 8 0 0 4 12 10 0 3 114 10 4 0 18 11 4 0 0 0 3 0 i 1 “i w 1 1 26 NATIONAL. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost 64 45 19 69 40 19 63 41 21 66 St IS 65 26 39 By J. S. A. MACDONALp. By Frlvato Leased Wire. Nawr York, Juno 28.—Once again the an nual minor of a spilt between Trainer John W. Kodgera nnd the Whitney stable Is current. At Hhecpshead Bay the ttory ran In effect that! the noted handler of thor oughbreds had decided on n severance of hla connection with the famous establish ment after the end of the Saratoga meet ing. When naked about It while saddling Perverse for tbe Marmald stakes he said: "Well, I am not going tb work all my life, but 1 have not thought of knocking off right yet.” On the other hand, close frlenda of the great tralher aabl that they thonght thla would be the Inst In for him aa an active director of n large racing establishment. The affairs of the Whitney stable are al ways of Interest to the public and particu larly any concerning Bodgsra and the younger Whitney, for they have been known aa not the beat friends for some time. Undoubtedly friction has arisen be tween them time and again, but when Rodgera gives up the game It will not ba because of this. He Is the wealthiest trainer In tbe world. He la also not of robust health and well In years. For this fortune Rodgers baa to Gunk In no ainatl measure the late W. C. Whitney, for that gentleman coached Rodgers Into Wall street Investments where he reaped hundreds fold profits In the last few years. OOOOOdOOOOOOOOOOOOO o O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Birmingham In Atlanta. Montgomery In Naahvllle. Little Rock In Memphis. New Orleans In Shreveport. 0O0O0000 00 0O0OQ00O0 TO THE WA8TE BASKET. The Georgian haa published several no tices stating that It would not use carbon copies of announcements about amateur teams which are sent also to the other At lanta papers. The Georgian will use the same story, hut It must be written up In allghtly different form. A notice of the Whittier mills taam hit the waste basket thla morning because that rule waa not lived up to, tad from now all carbon copies go the asms route. If local man agers do not*take sufficient Interest to write separate notices for The Georgian. Tbe Georgian does not take enough Interest to publish them. MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 9 Chicago Pittsburg . New York , Philadelphia Cincinnati , St. Loula . . Brooklyn . Boaton . . P.C. .701 .678 .661 .481 .111 .881 .401 .113 The Georgian’s Score Card, AMERICAN. Club— Played. Won. LoeL P.C. Philadelphia . . 66 1* 11 .610 Cleveland ... 61 15 11 .601 New York . . 61 35 34 .611 Chicago . . . M 11 27 .614 Detroit .... 60 31 28 .618 St. Loula ... 58 21 10 .600 Washington . . 61 10 18 .145 Boston ... 10. 16 44 .167 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.C. CROZIER. It WINTERS, rf S. SMITH, lb... MORSE, aa JORDAN. 2b B. SMITH, cf.... ARCHER, c HARLEY, p CHILDS, p TOTALS E. BIRMINGHAM. MOLE8WTH. cf SMITH, rf ALCOCK, 3b MEEK8. lb WALTER8. 2b M’ALEESE. c... MATTHKWB, e CLARK, p Score by Inninga: 1 3 S 4 * 10 11—R Atlanta Toledo Columbus. . Milwaukee . Louisville . . Kansas City. Minneapolis. St. Paul . . Indianapolis. 41 34 62 38 17 17 16 15 10 11 u 10 16 11 21 41 .ill .6*1 .511 .611 .4*1 .463 .166 .14* WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS. Southern. Montgomery 1, Atlanta o. Montgomery 4, Atlanta 2. Birmingham 2, Naahvllle 0. Birmingham 4. Naahvllle 1. Memphis I, Shreveport t. . Memphis 7, Shreveport 4. New Orleana 1, Little Rock 1. Georgia State. Valdosta 15, Aroerlcua 0. South Atlantic. Columbia T. Jacksonville 0. Augusta I, Charleston 0. American. New York (. Boston 5. Chicago 1, St. Louts 0. Detn.lt 6. Cleveland 1.' Philadelphia 6. Washington 0. Natiensl. Brooklyn 10. Philadelphia 0. New York 6. Boston 4. Pittsburg 1. Cincinnati 1. American Association. Toledo 4. Louisville ’1. Kansas City 2, Minneapolis L Indianapolis 1. Columbus 2. Milwaukee 3. St. Paul 6. Milwaukee 7. St. Paul 4. Cotton States League. Mobile 7. Baton Rouge 3. Baton Rouge o. Mobile L Jackson forfeited both games Meridian. Gulfport 5. Vicksburg 3. YALE AND HARVARD CREWS RACE TODAYDOWN THAMES Spectators Wednesday Night Numbered 25!,- 000 and Stream Poured in Thursday Morning—Betting Even. By Private Leased Wire. New London. Conn., June 28.—The sharp and clear-cut yell 'of tbe Yale bull dog Intermingles discordantly with the long drawn and resonant "It-A-II U-A-H” Harvard and the boat races are on. From every side of this country where the names of Yale and Harvard stand In the history of great athletic accomplish ments, the sous pf tbe two universities have come to this town and are paying tribute to the nlma mater on the occasion of thla great boat race—the four-mile strug gle between Yale and Ilarrard. The town It a ranss of color—tbe crim son outlined against tbe blue. Not only tbe male lovers of tbe great sport hare come to watch the great contests, but feminity, strong to tbe tens of thousands, Is here to witness what promises an even greater tussle than ever before. characteristic scene occurred as the midnight train from New York pulled Into the station, around the break of dawn. It was filled with a bunch of Yale ipen ufjo had just finished celebrating tbelr baseball victory. Pouring out of the train the boya struck up the “boola” song nnd marched up to the Crocker house, but were unable to get accommodations. They split up Into a dozen little groups and hung about the lobbys of the nearby hotels, with bank rolls In their hands, waiting to make bets. In the meantime, the Harvard delegation to New London had been having a celebra tion, the details of which leaked out early this morning. They celebrated the event the night before the contests In accord with traditions. Cynical students who hap pened to bo at the Pcquot, where the cali bration was In progress, remarked that the Cambrldgeltes* had better celebrate, aa they would not have a chance to do so to night. This brought forth rolls of Harvard money which the crimson men declared they were wllllug to bet at odds of 6 to 4 on their varsity crews. A small amount of It was taken, but the majority of It was left Injhe Harvard pockets. Guy Richards, the referee of the races, was on hand early thla morning In a launch and visited tbe quarters of the crews and gave them their last Information. The scenes on the streets In the early morning were all bustle and confusion. Visitors were procuring observation train tickets. Speculators were on hand trying to gobble np the premiums offered. Long before the trains jrere due to leave the station for the starting mark the crowds had gathered to seize the best seat*. Peo ple who have attended the races for year* say that this Is the biggest crowd they have ever seen In attendance on this big event An estimate of the visitors In town last night placed the number at 25,000. This did not Include the mnny persons who had state rooms on steamers In the bay or those who came on morning trains. The betting did not begin uotjl shortly before the time for the races. The boya from Yale did not seem anxious to put up very much money unless they could get a good proposition on odds. The fact that Yale waa unwilling to put up much money shows that tha two erswa In the varsity races are pretty evenly matched. Yale has done the beat tins trials on the river, their craw does not look nny worse than the six preceding crews from thnt sly college, til of which won their races. But tho Yale crew Is not as strong as that which won In 1906, while Hazard has tbe advantage In weight. H18TORV OFTHE RACES. Special to The Georgian. For thirty-four years, with occasional In tervals, the crews of Harvard and Ya!» have battled, the rival colors having beta borne during all those years by four, six, and elght-onred crews. In the forty races that have been rowed, since the Initial contest In 1852, five points now separate tha contesting universities, Yale having won twenty-two racea and Harvard seven teen. Daring the early year* of the contests tbe events were rowed on Lake Qulnslga- mond. In 1878, however, the event was held on the Thames, and with the excep tion of three years since that time the event harf been an annual fixture and on the Thames course. . Lake Qulnslgamnnd waa abandoned aa the place for holding the racea In 1869, and In the following year the erewa met at Lake. BsltonstalL The next year Springfield was chosen for tbe event, and after that came the Thames at New London. Early In the history of the event It was rowed over a two mile course, which was Increased to three miles In 1855.* Again the distance was Increased In 1876. this time to four miles, which ha% been the length of the 'varsity races ever since. Yale holds the record for this distance, having covered tho course In 1188 In 26 minutes 10 neconda. Harvard's laat victory was In 1899, since which time .Yale hai hnd- al.! successive victories. d'y ; . —. YALE CREWS WIN BOTH OF MORNING’S RACES By Private Le«»ed Wire. New London, June 28.—When the time came for the flret race on the program, the freehman eight., the wind had flattened out to a gentle xphyr and the river wae a. smooth aa the proverbial mill pond. The regatta committee, with the Judges, were on the judges’ boat, Aqull la, at the flnlah line near the navy yard. The observation boats pulled up to the starting point about 10 o'clock and tha two crews paddled up shortly after wards. It waa 10:23 o'clock before the two boats were ready for the starting sig nal. Harvard waa the flrit to get Into the water, and the youngsters paddled slowly up to the starting point amid the cheers of the crimson partisans. Yale was only a little behind, and then the sons of Ely had their Inning at the cheering game. Yale was given the eastern position and Harvard the western. At 10:201-2 o’clock the signal was tven to atari. Yale caught the water rat and took the lead. For some rea son, however, they were recalled and It waa 10:34 when the signal again was given, and the race started In earnest. Again Yale took the lead, rowing a steady swinging stroke, which gradu ally Increased the advantage. At the first quarter the Elyltes were half a boat's length In the lead, and before the half mile waa reached they were three-quarters of a length ahead. Then Harvard hit It up In grand style, and began to make up the lost ground. Blowly but surely they pulled up until the prows of the two boats were even. Then Harvard pulled ahead and drew away. At the mile and an eighth Harvard waa still In the lead, but Yale appeared to be picking up. Tbe cheer, and cries from the observation train waa ’deafening, and as they rushed down to the finish line lap the excitement waa Intense. The young oarsmen were working like tigers. Every ounce of strength was put Into every stroke. At the mile and a half Yale had made some gain and the boats were nearly on a level. A finer race never waa seen on the Thames. The Yale stroke was livened up and there were Indications that the strain was too much for Harvard. She waa splashing. Graduslly the Yale boat pushed Its nose ahead, and the men from Cam bridge let down a bit. In tha last quarter the stamina of Yale told, and when the finish line was reached there waa clear water between the stem of the Yale boat and the prow of Har vard. Aa soon aa the excitement over the freshman rare had subsided In a meas ure, the observation trains pulled down stream again and the officials took up their stations for the race of the 'varsity fours. These oarsmen were ready for them. No time wae lost In sending off the crews. Harvard got the start In this race. OOOOOOOG 0 0 00 0000000 TWO FOR OLD ELI. Yale won -both the freshman race and the 'varsity four-oared event. The official time for the fresh men was: Yale, 10:3*3-5; Harvard, 10:41. The official time for the four- oared'boats waa: Yale, 11:45; Harvard, 12:31. OOOOOOOO 0O0000OOOOO Both crews were pulling a beautiful stroke. Harvard waa fully two strokes to the minute faster than Yale, and thla told. At the half mile the Cam bridge men had a slight lead, but the New Haven athletes were pulling the steadier and stronger stroke and were gaining. By the time the mile po*t waa reached the prow of the Yale boat had been pushed to the front and slow • ly but surely waa gaining space. As In the freshman race, the Har vard stroke lacked finish, and there wa* more or leas splashing. Up to Vila time the Harvard stroke was the fat ter, but Yale’e boat traveled faster. The sons of Ell were rowing beauti fully, with an even swinging stroke. After the mile Harvard went la pieces and tha race became a alon. They had eight lentghs the belt of It at the flnlah. oooooooooooooooeooo O O FREE TO THE AMATEURS. O ft 0 O ft o ft ft ft ft ft o ft o o The sporting page of The 0 Georgian Is open to the ama- “ teur baseball players of At- o lanta and vicinity. Challenges, o notices of games to be played o and stories of games played, O will be printed In these columns, o There le no charge for this, o Write clearly on one aid* ° the paper only, get the stuff In “ early and It will appear In The o Georgian. Q oooooooooooooooooo° I PEACHES CHALLENGE. The Peaches ere open for ehallenjcs i W 4ioys of 14. Bend all challenge, to Cohen, 47 K. Butler .treet, city, at"* ,h ' | will be aniwered at once. NAT KAISER & 00. Confidential loan* on valuables. Bargain* In unredeemed Warn*"* 15 Decatur 8t Kimball Houiw | ATLANTA vs. BIRMINGHAM JUNE 28, 29, 30. Game Called 4 P, M. Ladles' Day Friday-