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1? THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY. JETT 4. 1906. 0 0 0 3 O ® 0 0 •::> a 0 •:> 0 0 0 0 O 0 $ e § @ ® O O Si § § @ S $ 5> 3- G «$S 00000000000000000 * 0 00000000000000000000000 0 o o o ■n ■■ . ■■m $ 0 0000000000000 o 6$<i 9 • 0 0 0 © 0 © 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edited by PERCY H. WHITING 000000000000000000000 00 0 00000000000 Glorious Fourth is a Strenuous Day in the Local Sporting World GEORGIAN GIVES PENNANT TO COMMERCIAL LEAGUE The Comnerdfll League of Atlanta. « ••• organisation the flrat teaton of whlcli !•. t>een ao aueceaafullj Inaugurated and whli u give# promlae of being one of the n»«**t ► Teaaful league* ever known In Atlanta, will play thla aeaaoa for a pennant offered by The Atlanta Georgian. Thla pennant waa offered Tneaday night at a meeting of the league, and waa grate fully accepted. . The hunting will be ordered In good time . and will go to the member of the organi sation which flnlahea ahead In the aeaeou which la now under atrenuoua headway. Aa waa to hare been expected, the league haa been overwhelmed recently with re fer placet In the organisation. - ii the blatory of moat city leagues *.t took aearcb warrants to get the lirat nix or eight testae In the league, aud that after the organisation had made a good start It waa necessary to use force to keep other teams out. Probably a doseu teams have made appli cation for a place In the league, but It has been decided that, as the season Is short mid ns the opening games bare been played the league will continue aa It atart- ed-n six-club organisation. The second round of games In the league will be olayed Wednesday afternoon, tiro- riding the weather la fair, and the third round on Saturday. RAW STOPS OF SOU! PLA THERh V AT TUI TENNIS ’ OPENINI rOURNAM ENT BILLY NOLAN WRITES OF NELSON-GANS BOUT *3&C. THE- LAKE- Weather Is On the Bumj Says Umps and Calls Game Only part of the Drat Inning wna played ■ Tuesday afternoon at Piedmont pnrlt In th« ' ptnw between Xaahvllle anil Atlanta. Then ' the rain began In fall and the teama took to abelter and the uaual thirty mlnntra wait followed. When the end of that time fame the Held waa In fair condition, and Utile or no rain wna falling. Hut Umpire 1‘fennlnger decided that It waa too wet to play, and the crowd went dlaguatedly homeward. A dlapoaltlon waa abown hy the fana to rrltlcae Manager Smith and Manager Finn for not playing the gama. Kuril crltlelam la rldlculoua, however, for tho fault lay . with tba umpire. Ilule 29. of the National Aaaoclatlon rulea, . quit* distinctly aaya: "When It Itegttn to min, after tho gamo waa atarted nnd had gone paat an In ning, we went under altelter and alayetl there nlHttil fifteen mlnntea. Then It let up, nnd we went hark to our bench, nnd aorne of the boya began paaalng the hall around. "Well, we waited there for the thlrtr mlnntea that tba rulea aak for, nnd then we wallet! a few tnlnutea orer. Itnt the umpire did‘not order ua to play ball. "Aud thou ho railed the game. "When I atarted out, the crowd began yelling at roe, and calling me n quitter, nnd nil that. Well, they ought to know that, nfter a game la atarted, tho umpire la aole Judge of the fltneaa of the ground, for play. I couldn't play unlaaa ho aaltl By Private rented Wire. New York, July 1.—Illlly Nolan, manager of Buttling Nelson, given today nn outline of hla position on the much dtarusaed proa- pert of a battle between Nelson and Joe finite. Thla la the altuatlon and the pros pect for the light: By BILLY NOLAN, Just to sort of clear np the cloud of talk and settle all the conflicting stories of what I.have aald about matching Nelson with Joe (Ians, I want to make this ata't- ment, and make It clear to the flghtlug public what I am willing to do: In the first plnra, we never drew tho color line, nnd don't Intend to. Then why don't you tight Bans? You'vo amusement, or anything Uke that. We ara looking for the money all the time, and we are not going to take oo one of tha greatest fighters the world ever saw juit for the chance of tho glory of beating him. You can go up along Broad and nnylody will tell yon there that Nelson and Bans would draw 131.000 In a barn, but tha dopd does not show It. Before you call me down on that, look orer flans’ biggest fights and see If h« orer drew anything like a really big cham- plonshlp house. There la another very Important point. Nelson does not claim to be anything hut IL’litwelght champion nnd ha doesn't bar any lightweight In the world. Bat we are After play haa been called to, and If he did I had to play whether I . (Started) by the nmplre, he alone shall I* the Judge of the fltneaa of the ground for resuming play after the game has been suspended on account of rain.” Mike Finn Is a bit sore that tha gama was not played Tneaday afternoon. "It Isn't that we need the money," said Mika Tuesday night, "bat we Just like to play baseball. Now, look at that game 1 yraterdey. We were settling to finish It out. nnd Billy Hmlth aaya that he waa trilling to finish It." PLAY DOUBLES AT WEST END Tbs matches In the doubles for the chain- plonshlp of the West Knd Tennis Club will ba played Tuesday on the courta of the club, on Park street. In Weat Knd. The Weat Knd Tennla Club haa about twenty members, union* them many crack teanla playera of the younger aet. Nine teama hare entered the tournameut, and tha day promises to ho full of sport. The tourney for the single championship of the club was played recently. The Anal matches were left unplnyed, however, owing to sickness of one of the participants. Among tboai’ who an* playing In the toarney are Abernathy, Wagner. Irby, Ar nold. Willingham. Prince, Nprntllti. l*con- nrd. Jennings, Mlddlebrooks and others. - The tourney la open to members only. CONYERS PLAYS S. R. Special to The Georgian. Conyers, July 4.—The crock Conyers team • will play a double-header with the Houtliern i railway team from Atlanta at Conyers to day. The batteries for Conyers will bo: First game, Manguiu and Code; second game, Griffin and Colie. The Conyers team haa been very success- Pal this season. It has won nine out of . ten games played, with the beet amateur teams In the state. wanted to or not. ••Somebody told mo that tho reason the game waa not started waa that tney were afraid that I would protest It. Well, that's the worst I orer heard. The ldea~of any sane man's protesting a gsrae on the ground that the umpire was qot capable of judg ing whether or not tho grounds wero flt to play. "Oh. gee!** said Mike. And then stroked hla mustache, which he denies la rod, and walked on. BIG DOINGS FOR SPORTS If the weather holds good to aonoet, some remarkable sporting ovents will pass Into history In Atlanta. In addition to two ball games at Pied mont park, the second round of gnmea In the Commercial League, and about a hun dred amateur games of greater or lets Importance, there will be Innumerable ten nis matches at Knst Uke In the Houthern Tennla championship, a doubles tennis tour nament of the West Knd Club, all-day shoots at Knst Uke and Ukewood, and some other aportlng dolnga of less Im portance. SOUTHERN BELL BEAT WINDER. Hpoelnl to The Georgian. Winder, Ga., July .4.—Winder lost her third game of the season yesterday to the Houthern Hell team of Atlauta by a score of 4 to 2 In by fnr the prettiest game plajrd here (his year. The teams nre even ly . matched nnd tho two winning runs resulted from what were seemingly easy outs, but which got hy the Adders. Today's game will I* a battle royal. The opposing pitchers will be Kd UFttte, the Tech slur, for Houthern Bell, and John Kcgara, the Georgia wonder, for Winder. Score by Innings: K. II. K. Winder 1MOIOWO-5 7 1 Southern Hell 100 003 100-4 10 3 Batteries: Bush aud 1H* UlVrrlere; Cot- tliicbsin and LaPltte. Time, 1:34. Umpire, liurst. The Georgian’s Score Card. ATLANTA. | R. " H E. ]| NA8HVILLE. R. H. E. CROZIER. U .... | PEARSON. If ... WINTERS, rt ... | GILBERT, ef .... S. SMITH. 3b... | WISEMAN, rf ... - MORSE, as ( JANSING, 3b .... FOX. lb | BOHANNON. 2b JORDAN. 2b .... 1 FRARY. lb B. SMITH, cf.... j CASTRO, as .... ARCHER, e .... || COOGAN. c CHILDS, p DUGEX. p II • TOTALS !| TOTAL8 Boon by Innings: 12 3 4 5(78 t 10 11- ~R Preliminary Matches Scheduled for Tuesday All Go Over to Wed nesday on Account of Tuesday’s Hard Rain—"Large Crowd Out for Opening Games. Bafor, tba flrat half dozen fames or tha flrat sots of tha flrat round of tha South era Tennla tournamant warn well under wnjr Turedajr, tha beer/ bitch clouds which Imgsn to fathar early In the afternoon eplllrd out n copious downpour of rain, and tha matchat wart off for tho day. For nearly an hour, the rain enme down In rbunha, and whrn It ceased the courts preaanted a very disheveled appearance. Large puddlee stood -In all the Indenta tions, lines war, all waahad nway and altofather tha prospect waa not cheerful. Had tha weather remelnnl good, the preliminary round of eighteen matches would have been played otr and the work of further elimination would then have gone steadily forward. Aa It waa, evarythlog went over until Wednesday, and from now on It will be a ease of "grind" In order to finish np tbo many events on tho schedule. The meu'e singles will probably occnpy all of Wednesday ahd a large part of Thoradoy, though tba doubles will undoubt- sdly be started Thuraday. Tha attaudanea Tuesday afternoon at tho tournament waa gi>od. and the proepecta era that large crowds will be out during the remainder of the week. The officiate of the athletic dob and tha Soutbarn. Tennis Aaaoclatlon ora highly gratified at tha large entry Bat In thla. tha flrat Houthern Tennla championship ever held In Atlanta. And basldrs being large, tho list Is ods which represents many sections of the rouotry. It comprises two men from Mlrbtgan. two from Ohio, ono from New York, and delegations from many parts of tho oouth. The drawings for the woman's cham pionship resulted In matching Ulas Kath leen Brown against Mlaa Florence Smith, and. Mrs. M. P. Word against Mian May l-egnn. Mica Caroline Weaimorelitnd drew a by,, and will meet tba winner of the Mlaa HrownMIrs Smith match. TOURNAMENT NOTES. The enpa offered hy the Atlanta Athletic Club are on exhibition In the club bouse, and hare attracted much attention. It was a beautiful display, and It la Just cause for andneaa that the caps may be scat tered all evsr the face or the (Tutted States at the end of the tournament. It aeema to be generally admitted that Reutwn Hunt haa something In tho nature of a first mortgage on tha Southern cham pionship. However, there will he eeveral who will fun him a very doee rare. And If the weather happens to turn broiling hot, he will find the going rather strenuous In tho final rounds. Tho annul meeting of the Honthern 1-ewn Tennla Aeeodatlon will ba held while the tournament la In progress—probably on Fri day.' __ Nat Thornton, who Is. the main depend enee of Atlanta for the singles champion ■hip, and who, ,wttlj hla partner. Hryan Brant, la regarfleil aa tho strongest doubles proposition In th, tournament, l> gradually recovering from the Ulnru which baa kspt him from tennis atneo hla return from Nashville. One of the most Interesting of the vle- Itora at the tournament ta Professor W. O. Mooney, of Murfreesboro, principal ot Mooney school, which now holds In th. Southern tutcrschatastlc world tb, position which Vanderbilt hejil last y»,r In the world of Houtbtrn- football, and which Tacit now hold. In baaeball. Professor Mooney Hi rleltlng Atlanta purely for tha pleasure of .the trip, as he baa email chance for the championship. He hea played tennis hut n few times this year, and* It la only hla wonderful eglllty, hi. good eye and hie Indomitable will wblrh make him the .formidable player which he will be found to bh during tha preaent tournament Professor Mooney Is aa good a handler of athletes aa ha la an athlete htmaelf, and hla football and track turns bav* won victories Innumerable for several years paat. Thla spring hla track tram made a clean sweep and bis football team of tba prerloua rail waa the champion aggregation of Tennssiss. The fame between Normal Farrell, .... of Nashville, and Bryan Grant haa been designated tho "Battle of the Serves.” Both men have tremendous swipes. Grant jn^rtkular hitting a pecqjlarly awlft and The amallnesa of the antry for the worn- an'a singles baa been a disappointment to lbe tennis enthusiasts, but It Is hoped that next rear the affair will draw a score or more of players. The raatebes for the !■ <11 mm' ohamnlnnahln nerunlu t.i ho n> let. The new boot house of the Atlanta Ath letlc Club was used for the Arat time Tuesday, and although it Is not yet en tirely finished. It Is already evident that Inc rooms are being \ ot the tournament. ton or the Iloffers brothers In the double*. But when It comes to picking tho "o. b. b." In the other events, the task Is even mors difficult. In the ladles' championship. It Is thought that Mlaa Brown and Miss Logan will meet In the Anals, though surprises may develop. In the mixed doubles, tbo affair seems to be glren by tbo experta to Miss and Mr. Logan, though the two Atlanta teama will work for the prises. Professor Mooney, who Is s close student of tennis, ssld of Hunt's tennis: •"Ha plays the game aa a man plays Willards, it la all a matter of strokes with -him. Ha does not leave hla position If ho is not forced to. And hla overhead work la re markable. To me It aeema certain that bo will win the championship.'* licked everybody else; see if you can lick him, Is whnt we get everywhere. And the answer Is easy. You don't see any body hanging up any deep-chested offer* for the Aght, do you? Noticed any 120,000 or 130.000 purses kicking around loose? 8‘uow us the money, that's the main dope. Nelson ain't Aghtlng anybody for the log# of tho game, or because Its bis form of not Aghtlng welterweights, and the best welterweight In the world at that, case It doea come to a question of talking Aght with Gano, that'thing might as well be understood now. Gnus will have to make the lightweight limit, which la 133 pounds at the ring side, nnd he will have to weigh Jn at' that Agure. PUGILISTIC JUMP-SPARKS. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 4.-Johnny Whittaker, of Colambua, and Guo Bexonah, of Cincinnati, have been matched to meet for twenty rounds before the club offering the largest purse for the bout. After watting for two months for an opportunity to meet Battling Nelson It be gins to look as If Kbl Hermann, of Chi cago, would be rewarded. The Hayes Val ley A thistle Club, of San Francisco, which Is controlled by Rddls Graney and Morris Levy, Is trying to match the boys twenty rounds on September 10. Herman has already accepted the offer and the dab officials are now waiting to bear from Billy Nolan, the Dane's manager. Bobby Lnhdle, of Denver, and Charley Dnnn are to meet for 30 rounds tonight at Bremerton, Colo., at 124 pounds ringside. Tom Corbett, brother of the ex-champlon, has been selected to referee the contest Harry Lewis, the lightweight, la after another match with Joe Gano, who de feated him recently In the Quaker City. Gana aaya he la not anxious to meet Lewis again, as he would not draw a good crowd. Gana says he would rather meet Battling Nelson than any one els? In the world. Fighting Dick Hyland and Eddie Hanlon, tha Frisco fighters, are to meet at Oak land on tba night of July 20 for 15 rounds weigh In at 128 pounds at 8 o'clock. Spike Robson, the Rngllah featherweight, and Tommy Murphy will meet before the National Athletic Club of Philadelphia at six rounds on Monday, July 21 Hobson recently bested Mnrphy in a six-round bout, but tba latter claimed that he waa not In shape and wants a chance to redeem hlmaelf. SOME SPORTING NOTES. large entry list is reported for the sixth annual tournament of the Richmond Gun Club, of Richmond, Va. The Illinois Valley harness racing circuit •tarja the ball rolling for 1908 with a meet ing opening today at .LaSalle, III. League Standings j SOUTHERN. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost PC. 71 41 28 .604 . 65 39 26 .604 . 67 39 28 .583 .531 Shreveport New Orleans Birmingham, Memphis . . Atlanta . . , Montgomery. Nashville . . Little Rock . . .515 • .470 .386 .290 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Ctubi— Played. Won. Lost. P.C. Augusta 67 40 27 .597 Columbia ... 68 36 30 Savannah .... 65 37 28 Charleston.... 61 10 II Macon .... 63 26 36 Jacksonville . . 62 22 40 GEORGIA STATE. CLUBS— Ployed. Won. Lost. P.C. Waycrosa Brunswick Cordele . . Valdosta . Albany . . Amerlcus . CLUBS— Chicago . . . Pittsburg . . New York . Philadelphia. Brooklyn. . . Cincinnati. . St. Loula ... Boston . . . .610 .558 .533 .375 NATIONAL. Played. Won. Lost P.C 67 22 44 .341 AMERICAN. CLUBS— Playad. Won. Lost. P.C. 61 37 68 18 65 19 New York Philadelphia Cleveland . Chicago . , Detroit . . St. Louis . Washington Boston . . . 607 .603 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.C Columbus , Toledo . . Milwaukee Louisville . Minneapolis Neil and Attell Fight for the Championship 00000004 40 4 00004000 a NEIL WANTS ANOTHER O WORLD-8 CHAMPIONSHIP O O By Frankls Ntil. O O I landed one world's chant* Q plonshlp and I think I can land O another one. A clever lighter O does not bother, me. All 1 ask O Is a chance to reach him with a O swing or two and It will be p -curtains.” I don't have to tell P anybody that 1 have trained P well. A good judge ot form can P look me over and tell that I P am as right as possible. P I know I can stand a good P hard pace, hit with either hand P and stop the light as soon as P I connect with a vital spot. I P will have the advantage ot P clover handling In my comer P and I feel confident that It will P he a question of stamina before p the end. If that is the case, t p think I will win. for I know I P have more natural strength P than Attel. - p There will be a new feather* P weight champion before night. P • P By l-rirste Leased Wire. Los Angeles, July 4.—This nftera'oon will see the first championship light ever held In Los Angeles. It will also be the first daylight boxing tourna ment ever seen In this city. Knthusl- asm In the event did not awaken until yesterday and last night, but. Judging from the activity In bet ting quarters aud the amount of Inter est taken In discussion of the merit, of the men, a record houee will no doubt be on hand. Promptly at 3 o’clock, after two six- round contests have been held, the men will enter the ring. Abraham Attel and Frankie Nell will face each other for the featherweight championship of the world. The arti cles call for 122 pounds ringside. Both men ore well under this weight. At- tel weighed 1I9H pounds yesterday af ternoon. Nett's weight was not made public, but In view of the fact that his fighting weight heretofore has been 115 pounds. It Ts safe to say that he wilt go In the ring well under the mark railed for by the agreement. Small as are the men. today'! mill promises to be the best, from every point of view, that has ever been seen here. PPPPPPPPPPPPOOOPPPP p p p P Special Cable—Copyright. CANADIANS LOSE RACE. O - London, July 4.—The Trinity P hall crew of Cambridge beat the O Argonauts of, Canada today for P the grand challenge cup. P OOOPPPOOPQPOPPPPOPQ PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 0OOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOOO ppppppppppppppppppp p p p p p p p pip ABE WANTS BELT FOR PAWNBROKERS’ WINDOW By Abe Attel. Shall I give you that old talk about never being In better shape and confident of my abil ity, etc.? But that Is not hot air with me. I really think I can win and win at any kind of fight Nell wants to start. I know hla style pretty well; 1 have seen him fight from the time we were kids together. We have sparred the aarae night In amateur fights. The night he knocked out Georgia Gibbs In two rounds I did the same thing to KM Powers In two rounds. I know hls style of a fight to a dot How am I to fight? Huh! He would like to know that him self. He'll find 1 out this after noon. But you can be dead sure of one thing: the Attel pawnbroking syndicate wants that gold belt to put In tha win dow, and we're going to get It. "Broadway Aleck”. Hmlth caufht lint same of the ssseea recently for the New York Nationals. Fred Mitchell, who was formerly with the Boston Americana and the Brooklyn Nationals, la Toronto's "main aqueeao” In tha box thla season. The Fort fleott clnb of the Kansas Btata League woo 34 same* not ot 46 played. With ao many youngsters breaking Into haaaball nowadays, thoaa old playera who wero ao hard to manage a year or two ago wilt BOW stand without being tied. Wlgc-Do yon believe that every aura baa la price? Wagg—No. Lots of men give themselves .way.—Philadelphia Record. Bacoo—Toe aay your wife does ell her owe rooking! Egbert—Yea: a he does her own. I taka ~iy meals at tka club.—Yonkers Statesman. “Hava you had any experience aa chant- fear?" "Well. I can show yet the receipts for fine# I have Wooten's Homo Indianapolis. . . . .1 SHIIIIIOIIUUIIg o The three days harness meeting opening Kansas City, at Terrs Hants' today promises to ho one I st. Paul of tba moot successful ever pulled off In that city, which la probably the heat town for horsemen In the whole of Indiana. The program provides -claaae# for tha 3:10, 2:12, 2:11, 2:20, 3:34 and 2:20 trotters and tha 2:06, 2:U, 2:14, 2:17, 3:20 and 3:3 pacers. .601 .577 .557 .543 .479 .471 391 .351 TUESDAY'S RESULT8. Southarn. Shreveport 5, Little Rock 1. South Atlantic. Charleston I, Columbia 0. Macon 2, Jacksonville 1. Savannah 1, Augusta 0. National. Philadelphia 4. Boston 1. American. Cleveland 5, Detroit 0. Chicago 5, St. Louis 3. Washington 5, Boston 0. Chicago 3, St. Louis 0. Amsrican Association. Columbus 5, Louisville 2. Minneapolis 7, St. Paul 3. Kansas City 6, Milwaukee 0. BREAK8 AUTO RECORD. Chicago, Ilia, July 4.-Ollle Havln. <* Texas, broke the world's record tor 50 mU** for stock touring cars hero yesterday I* tho ante meeting on tho Hawthorne track. Ho covered the distance In ona hour, rli minutes'and nine seconds. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loans on valuables. Bargains In unredeemed Dlamerda 15 Decatur 6L Kimball Houen LADIES’ DAY TODAY. Monlq 6»i 10:30 O'clock. TWO GAMES TOMORROW Aftinoon Gase, 3:30 O'Cioci.