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12 TirE ATLANTA fiEOKCrTAN T , MONDAY. JULY 2. l.W 00000000-000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000®®®®®®®©®®®®®®®® 0 a This Week a Busy One for Atlanta’s Baseball and Tennis Players | ■© 0 00000000O0000000000000000000000000 Edited by PERCY H. WHITING 00000000000000000000® ©0 000000000000 ORLEANS LITy ? HOJTPITA1 SE RIDES Fourth Will Be Great Day With Local Sport Lovers Fourth of Jnljr.Tl*. with Intcrcit In th. o -ortltiff world with tin* idlirr hlg dnjr '“ th* ■|">rt'a cnlHiflnr—lailHM- tUiy. tt*twr*D th* two their la little rholr* and there la alwa;a emnethlng allrrlm In the a|K>rtlni way In Atlanta un liotb of thoae tree I holldeya. The proapecta for lilt happenlnta on tbla JulJ t are *ood. The baaelwll team will play two fatuea with Nnahvtlle. The flrat one will lie railed In the morning at 10 a. m. and the eeeoud nt the ueunl time In .the afternoon. It la llhrly that. If the weather la fair all day. a crowd the like of which tho league haa never known will he on bond for the featlvltlee: nod If attendance rac- orde are not ahnttered the weather man will undoubtedly he nt fault. The local aeeoclatlon la not worrying II aelf to death about tho attendance lighten that day, for the money will he (moled any way. hut they would Ilka to aet a new yacord, however, and they etand a good chance of doing no. The Intereat In haaelmll will not lie con fined to the profraalonal end. The Com mercial League, for etample. haa three good gamca for that day. which will un doubtedly Intereat all the frtenda of tho conteatanta and draw largo rrowda. And In addition to that there will tie the Innumerable Iweelmll guinea among tho amateur teama. from the conteala between CORDELE TEAM • WILL STICK MANAGEMENT DENIES REPORT THAT TEAM WILL DROP OUT OF THE STATE LEAGUE. Hpedal to The Georgian. Cordate, Ga. t July 2.-A report appeared recently In certain UeorgU papers that tbs Cordate (emu iron Id drop out of tho league. The management and own era of the Cordeli* team. Messrs. Holt ami Dupree, atated today that tho Cordate team would remain In the league until the end of tho season. They Mid thnt aonie of tho games night Im plsyed at other places. Put thnt the team wn# certalu to finish the schedule. If the others did. The Cordele team left this morning for Albany for the next series nccordlug to schedule. CAPTAIN HANK HAFF DEAD. Special to The Georgian. Islfp. L. I.» July 2 — Hank Half, one of the most famous and most expert captains of raring craft that the world haa ever known, died here yeaterday. Ilia two great est feats were the sailing of the fidunteer and tho Defender to victory lu races for the American cup. men whoso hair la atreaked with gray or perhaps tot ally larking—tho men who play once or twice « yenr—right down to the kids who piny every day. Certain It la that every diamond In At lanta will l»e In use for that day, and the awnt of tho Pasebal! will drown out In the afternoon tho nolae of the featlva firecracker. Tin* Southern Tennis championship will ho In full blast July 4 and will attract large iiunit>ers of spectators. Heata have I>ecii provided for the spectators and a large crowd will Is* on hand to see hat ties for tennis honors. One of the fea tures of the afternoon will l>o aonio of the matches In the woman's championship, which always attract much attention. The two Atlanta gun clubs wilt undoubt odly put In busy days. All day ahoota are on nt the Atlanta Athletic Club and tho Atlanta Gun Club and the havoc which will l>o wrought lu tho clay pigeons will he something rather fierce, though entirely blood lew. The local golfera will put In a quiet day and It Is doubtful If anything will ho stir ring among the Atlanta lovera of tho groat Scotch game. All In nil the Fourth promises to bo cele brated In a strenuous, If not lu a particu larly fitting inaiitior, hy (ho sport loving public of Atlanta. Itarrlng rain It will bo a Idg day with the oporto. Work-outs At Gravesend. By Private leased Wire. Gravesend. N. Y., July 3,-Weather cloudy; track faat. Daudellou. mile lu 1:41 3-ft. handily. Clev erly done, la fit. Hantn Catalina, 6 furlongs In 1:07 24, tireeling. Not fit herself. Gray Day, 4 furlongs In :54, broealng. Kilter, 6 furlongs in 1:17 14. handily. Acting better. Acountant. 4 furlongs lu .80 3-ft, broealng. Acts all right. Tangle, 6 furlongs In MS, handily. In line trim Ormnndnle. mile and a half In 3:43 24. handily. Only a nice gallop. la In lino trim. Inquisitor, mile and furlong In 2:04, breea- lug. At hla l*est. Knight Errant, ft furlongs In 1:01 14, brsestng. Eugenia Burch, 4 furlongs In .4914, breea- Ing. Tribes lllll. 6 furlongs In 1:01 14, handily. Colonial Girl, 4 furlongs In :!0, handily. In good trim. Wsterhury, 1 furlongs In :SS 14, handily. R08WELL~SECOND WIN8. Special to The Georgian. pitcher In the box against Alpharctta'i end nine pitcher. This contrast between the two was the only feature of the game. Alpharetta has won six games out of seveu from Boswell this season. The Georgian’s Score Card. ATLANTA. R. H E. |! NASHVILLE. R. H. E. CROZIER. It .... PEARSON. If ... WINTERS, rf ... GILBERT, cf .... 8. SMITH, 3b... WISEMAN, rf ... MORSE. M !| JAN81NG. 3b .. . FOX. lb I| BOHANNON, lb JORDAN. 2b .... II l| FRARY, lb ...... B. SMITH, cf.... || CASTRO. ■« .... ARCHER, c .... COOGAN. c 8PARK8. p CHINN, p 1 J 1 TOTALS 1 TOTALS j Score bp Inn!nee: 12 1 4 8 6 T 8 » 1 11- -R Doctor Says Athletics Are Worse Than Strong Drink League Standings ATLANTA BALL PLAYER8 BY CART00NI8T BREWERTON, NO. 2— CAPTAIN OTTO JORDAN. Commercial League Games Prove Quite Interesting N.w Orleans . IS Hh ravrport . . 70 41 Rlrmlnfiham. . II 31 Memphis ... 14 34 Atlanta .... II 34 Monifiomery. , IS 31 NeahVlII. ... ;o 37 I.lttle Rock . . II II .100 .100 .670 .611 80UTH ATLANTIC. Clubs— Played. Won. Lost P.C. . II 40 31 .101 Augusta . , Columbia . . Savannah ... Charleston . Macon . . . Jacksonville. GEORGIA STATE. CLUBS— Played. Won. Loat. Waycroas ... 42 30 13 Brunswick . . 41 26 11 Cordele .... 10 21 20 Valdosta ... 43 24 21 Albany .... 40 16 26 Amerlcua ... 20 10 20 NATIONAL. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost Chicago ... 17 47 20 Pittsburg ... 14 43 21 New York . . 16 42 23 Philadelphia. . II 34 34 Cincinnati . . II 21 41 Brooklyn ... 14 21 37 St. Louts ... 10 26 44 Bolton .... 17 23 46 AMERICAN. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. Cleveland ... 14 30 26 New York . . It 17 24 Philadelphia. . 01 31 26 Detroit .... 16 31 20 Chicago ... 14 13 Jt St. I<nula ... is 3] 33 Washington . . 12 22 40 Boston .... 12 II 41 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. Toledo .... 70 41 31 Columbus ... 73 43 30 Milwaukee . . IS It so Louisville ... 19 || 11 Minneapolis . , 71 34 37 Kansas City. . 10 32 37 St. Paul ... || 21 41 Indianapolis . . II 21 13 .611 .413 .410 SATURDAY'S RESULTS. Southarn League— Birmingham 6, Atlanta 3. Memphis 5, Little Rock 6. Shreveport 1. New Orleans 4. Nashville 3. Montgomery 2. South Atlantic League- Charleston 4. Macon 3. Savannah 3. Jacksonville 3. Augusta I. Columbia 4. Augusta 3, Columbia 2. Georgia 8tata League— Brunswick 3, Vatdoaia 1. Albany I, Amerlcua 1. American League— Philadelphia I. Washington S. Detroit 2. St. Louts l. Detroit 3. St. Uvula 2. Chicago 6, Cleveland 4. Chicago 11. Cleveland 12. Natisnal League— Pittsburg A St- Uvula 3. Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 4. Chicago 2, Cincinnati l. Boston A New York A American Association— Columbus 7. Toledo 3. Louisville A Indianapolis A Louisville A Indianapolis 2. Minneapolis 4. Milwaukee A Minneapolis 11. Milwaukee t. City A SL Paul 14. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July A—Athletics will soon Ive on t par with drink and drugs, as a de stroyer of young manhood If some of the doctors are to be believed. Dr. Roliert K. Coughlin, of Brooklyn, affairs that athletics are detrimental to health, and that when a man sccka strength for strength's sake he Is on dangerous ground. The physirlsu—nod he stands high— has collected a mass of statistics to hack up his claim. He declares that athletes are especially subject to: Heart disease. Pneumonia. Cerebro spinal disease ttnentngltle, neuritis and the like). Tube.-culusls. Infectious diseases of many klgds. He affirms that 128 athletes died In th, year Juat closed, their deaths being largely due to their unusual exertion,. The average age at death of ths 128 wn, 27 years, while the average duration of life, according to Insurance statistic*. Is 33 years. Kdvvard I-ayson, Weston, Jim O'ltourkc, Jim McGuire, Charley Courtney and a heat of other mighty rneu In the athletic field ore ntprely frenks according to tbs doctors exceptions which- pro™ the rule. • lint np to this time there Is no falling off In the salejof hunhitll bat*, golf para phernalia and other sporting goods Freeman Leads at Lakewood SATURDAYS RE8ULT8. We*I Bod* 9, J. Hcgenstcln A Co. H. John Bllvey A Co. 17, Foot A Davies Co. 11. M Kuts 11, Beck A Greff 1 STANDING OP THE LEAGUE. Played. Won. leost. 1*. C. Hllvey 1 1 0 1.000 Went End* 1 1 0 1.009 M. Kuts 1 1 0 1,000 Foote A Davie*. ... 1 0 1 ,000 4. RsgenstPlu. ... 1 0 1 .000 Beck A Gregg. .. .,,.1 0 1 .000 The recently organised Commercial I.eague played it* first gamea Haturdny af ternoon and Interesting contest* resulted. Foote A Davie* team wna defeated hy the John Hllvey team hy * *eoro of 17 to 11 In a great slugging match, while the West End Htnr* proved too roueh for the J. Hog- ensteln team. The score In tho latter fame was 9 to 3. The game* went off smoothly and were witnessed hy large crowds. The second round of fames In the leafue comes on tho Fourth of July. The fames *4 beduled for that day are: M. Kuts vs. Foote A Davies. UegeiiHtelu vs. Beck A Gregg. Wl**t Ends vs, J. Bllvey. While the opening games did not prove much nlHiut the strength of the various ag gregation* after the next games and after Saturday'* contests the •canon will Im* un der full headway and It will Ik* pnaalhte to get a pretty good Idea on the*poMll>le pen nant wtuner. JOHN 8ILVEY A CO. r. llodnett, n., I i Unimex, Zb.... 2 1 Jacobus, e J Holnmotison, cf 2 Bomar. lb.. .. 2 Folk. 21> f Young, sn I Parker, If 1 Hhnngfer, Cotton, ib Hull, 2b.. Glhsoli, “ Carrie, Aiken, Berry, Hyatt, A DAIVE8 CO. r. 1 1 1 i,,,, 2 f 2 0 , Rainbo.*’” ....11 The regular {Saturday ahoot of the At lanta Gun Club at the grounds at Lake- wood Saturday afternoon was on unusually successful one. Three full aqunds were on band aud the scores made were excellent. II. I>. Freeman, who was shooting as nu amateur for the last time, mnde a re markable showing. Shooting once from the 24-yard line he broke X straight and from 20 yards rise he accounted for 118 out of 125. Remarkable shooting was done also by Relsendorfer. who broke 108 out of IX, Evans, who broke the same number; Hun- nlcut, who broke 103 out of IX, and Boole, M. KUTZ TEAM WINS. 8ILVEY TEAM WINS. The.John Sllvey A Co. team won their first Icarfue game Saturday from the ■ troug Foote A Davies team—17 to II. The features of the game were the home run by Bshwonw and the heavy hitting of the Sllvey team. There was a large' and In a snappy game of haft played at Fort McPherson Saturday the M. Kuts Co. team defeated the hard hitting aggregation of Beck A Gregg by a score of ll to ft. The game wna Interesting from start to finish, and was marked by long bits. Adatus. of Beck A Gregg, took th* honors, securing two home runs. Bteven* also Is credited with a homer. Sullivan and Stephens pitched magnificent hall, hut costly errors enabled the enlargement of the score. The 11 tie-up was as follows: Beck A Gregg. Kuta. Harris, c W. Snlllvsn, as. Adams, as J. F. Edena. 2b. Farnsworth, lb R. Sullivan, c. West. If C. Sartor!us. 31*. J. Stephens, 3b J. Franklin, lb. Strange, rf E. Sartortns, if. Kttchlngs. Zh M. Abrams, rf. Wlnburn, cf t\ A hies. cf. Stephens, p N. Sullivan, p. ANOTHER GAME G0ES_WR0NG ATLANTA PLAY8 GOOD BALL, BUT COAL BARON8“CANT BE BEAT.” who smrshed 108 out of IX. The scores follow: Freeman 21 X X Relsendorfer 21 23 20 Kvana 22 24 20 Itunnlcut 21 22 19 Poole 20 21 21 Porter 20 19 19 Cantrell 18 X Pope 18 Jortlnu 17 SO Davis 18 Williams 14 19 Jackson 20 21 Johnaou 21 19 Venable ; 15 Lane 18 2 21 23 a 3 a Score hy Imlnga: R. II. E. ...520 011 300—11 8 5 .. .010 102 Oil- 8 8 5 The Daily Dope Display Nashville made It three straight from Montgomery Saturday. And yet the Climb era took two oat of three from Atlanta. Wonder what that would seem to Indi cate alMMit the possibilities for the Nash vtlle series? Ivra't you think It, though.- It took Nashville and Montgomery 2.52 to play nine Innings, and at that they did not watt for the last out In.the last lulling.* r natural horn slowness that's hard to beat. • Shreveport did another “three straight" SUNDAY'S RESULTS. Southarn League- Little Rock 8, Shreveport 2. Memphis 5, New Orleans 1. National Loague— Chicago l, Cincinnati 0. 8t. Louis 3, Pittsburg 1. Pittsburg 8, 8L Louis 1. American League— IV'tndt 3, St. Louis 2. Cleveland I, Chicago I. American Association—- Columbus 1, Toledo 8. Minneapolis 2, Milwaukee I. Kansas City 7. St. Paul 5. Kansas City 1, St. Paul 4. . Eastern Ltagi stunt, defeating Charley Frank'a aggrega tion hy a score of 8 to 4 In the closing contest. The vote of thanks-to Bobby Gllks la made unanimous. Memphis scored three runs In the eighth Inning and saved Saturday's game from Little Rock. Chap named Tester was doing the catch ing for the Travelers. The once-great and always self-satisfied Poor old Larry I^ijtde. Chicago l*eat hla team two games Saturday and the Lake Erie bunch weut out of first place. There sure was sadness In the local camp Ksturday when Fox felled to hit safe In the seventh Inning with three meu on bases and two out. A hit would have meant two runs and a tied acore, hut the Old Reliable was unable to perform bit usual stunt and the opportunity was gone. lie got the glad hand nevertheless, for the fans knew be Motesworth made one of the most an tlonsl catehea of the year In the aixth I of. and It waa several momenta before | the crowd could realise wturt had happened. Archer pasted the ball lato deep renter and It looked good for nt least a three-) I Nigger. Bnt Moleoworth Is a faat bog, sod by a tilt of sprint lug reached the fence In a loosely played, hut, si times. In tensely exulting contest on the Piedmont diamond Saturday afternoon, licfore the largest crowd of the week, the Firecrack ers gave up another game to the Birming ham Iron Workers, tuneb to the chagrin of the local fans, who were uoufldcnt thnt with the mighty Hubs In the l*ox the lo cals would surely turn out a victory. Rut It was not the Bul*e's fault that the locals l*oya did not pull out victorious, for at all stages of the game he pitched good hall, particularly when a hit would have meant two or three runs. This hap pened In the fourth nud sixth Innings. An error hy Morse and the failure of Billy Rmlth to- connect with a tty were respon sible for. at least, two runs. Both teams sent men over the plate In the third. Sallee, Moles worth. Smith and Alcock each got n single In succession, and the two former scored. When Athuita t»*ok her turu, poor pltchlug on the part of Sallee gar* Zellar, Crosier and Sid Smith free passes to first, fllllug the liases. A timely two-bsgger by Whltey Morse brought three men home. A three-bagger hy Gear In the fourth and a single by Oyler were responsible for the run which tied the acore. and only excellent pitching by Zellar prevented the visitors from scoring two more ruus In the same Inning. But the two came In the seventh, when singles hy Moleswortb, Al cock and Gear gave them two easy runs. In the second half of the seventh, with bases full nnd Fox up It Inked like, st least, two more for Atlanta, hut fast field- Ing prevented the materialisation of an/ runs. This Is how the crowd waa entertained ATLANTA. Crosier, If. Morse, at.... in. ft. 11.1*6. A.£ ,.31041 ..4 0 0 0 0 .31214 •"J , ii.,.7... Jordan. 2b; % B. Smith, cf 4 Archer, c 4 SCeller, p 2 •Evers.. I 0 1 S 2 1 0 17 10 0 0 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 2 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 at the name time as the ball and wna ane- cessful In holding It. although only a few Inches away from the fence. Maybe the crowd didn't cheer the plucky fielder, and they had cause, too. Jim Fox played hla usual fine game at first, and what he lacked In bits be made up In fielding. Mora than one Imll that ordinarily would have been good for a hit were scooped up l*y the long boy and the runner retired. Totals S3 3 8 27 •Rutted for Zellar In the ninth. "TmtJdnMtiAM-: lira. H. WEX £ Moles worth, cf 5 2 2 3 t\ Hnilth. rf 4 0 2 1 Alcock, 31* ....» 1 2 l Meeks, lb 2 0 0 9 Gear. If 4 1 3 4 Walters, 2h. . . .. 3 0 0 S Kuo gun, p.. Totals.... ..82 ft 11 27 16 ! Nun re by lunlugs: IL II. K. Birmingham 002 100 3WV-0 11 I Atlanta 003 000 000-8 I l Summary: Two-base hits. Morse; thru**- base hits. Gear; sacrifice hits. Winter* Matthews, C. Smith; double playf, Fox to Jordan; first liase on ball* off Zeller 1. off Sallee 2, off Reagan 0; hit by pitch ed hall by Zellar 2. by Sallee 8, by Rengrii 0; struck out by Zellar ft, by Salle* 1, »>/ Reagan L Time, 2 hours. Umpire, Pfsa* nlnger. Attendance, 3,000. HUNT BEATS RODGERS. Nashville. Tenn.. July 2.—Reuben Hue*, the University of Michigan star, defeated Cowan Rodgers. Tennessee tennis cham pion for 190ft. end won from him that UuS and hla cup. The scores were ft-J* ft-2, ft-L MORE SPORTS ON PPAGE 6 NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loans on valuables. Bargains in unredeemed Diamonds* 15 Decatur SL Kimball House ATLANTA vs. NASHVILLE LADIES' DAV TODAY. [ JULY 4, Morning Same 10 O’C'ock. OFF DAY TUESDAY. Afternoon Game, 4 O'Closk-