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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906.
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EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
TENNIS TOURNEY CLOSES
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THE WHOLE FAN FAMILY
OLD LATJYEAH
WILLIE ian:<
CARTOONIST BREWERTON L00K8 IN UPON THEM WHILE THEY ARE DISCUSSING THE GAME. (Copyright, 1906, by A. W. Brewerton.)
Southern Tennis Association
Holds Its Annual Meeting
The annual netting of the Southern Lawn
Tennla Association wna held laat Friday
night, and conalderable business transacted.
The officers were all re-elected unani
mously, and Atlanta continues to hare two
out of tha three officers of the associa
tion.
The association decided to aend two rep-
resentatlres to the Tri-State Tennis tour*
nament, which will lm held Reptembcr 1
at Cincinnati. In this tournament, all tfie
cracks of ths country meet each year, and
this year for the first time time the South
ern Tennla Association will be represented.
The team which will represent the South
will be selected by a ranking committee,
which will !m» appointed by the president.
This committee will rank the first ten
playtrs of the South, and the first two will
form the team sent to Cincinnati.
It was also decided to appoint a commit
tee of ladles to stir up Interest In the Is*
dies* championship, and to secure entries
for the neat tournament. Miss May to
ga a was appointed chairman of this com
mittee, nnd Miss Kathleen Drown, of At-
. Unts, and Mias M. t\ Kvnns. of Illchmond.
• were named as members. The full com
mittee wilt be announced later.
OFFICER8 ELECTED.
The officers of the Southern
Tennis Association for 1906-'07
are:
Sam Williams, of Atlanta,
president.
Norman Farrell, Jr.,Naahv!lle,
vice prealdent.
L. D. Scott, of Atlanta, secre
tary and treasurer.
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Tho association ordered the secretary to
notify the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Association* that the courts of tho various
clubs which sro members of the associa
tion are open to the collbgei of the South
ern Intercollegiate Athletic Association for
use for tournaments,, end everything possi
ble will 1h» done to encourage collegiate and
Intercollegiate tennis throughout the
South.
Considerable other routine business was
transacted by tbo association befora ad
journment.
REUBEN HUNT, OF CALIFORNIA, WINS
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE SOUTH
Reuben O. Hunt, of Alameda,
Cal., Southern champion.
Dr. Karl Little, of Cincinnati,
runner-up.
Miss Kathleen Brown and
Sam Williams, winners of
championship In mixed dou
bles.
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Two of the five events of the Southern
Tennis championship were finished at the
Kaat Lake courts of tho Atlnuta Athletic
•Club Friday afternoon.
Ileuben H. Hunt, of Alnmedn, Cal., proved
the winner of the Houthern tournament to
decide who wns privileged to challenge W.
C, Davidson, of Washington, D. C., cham
pion of 1906. for the title of Houthern chani-
cup
npiM I by L -. HI - ,—
went to Mr. Hunt with no further matches.
The trophy will, however, remain In
Atlanta.
•I will leave the cup here,” said Mr.
SOUTHERN CHAMPION
Just Some Baseball Notes
A team which htta the way Atlanta did
'Friday Is entitled to wtn games, llut hits
foo not count for much unless bunched.
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jean
Too bad the Birmingham scorer does not
ths Tules a bit. Ills attention la
dtad to rule 86. section 6, which says:
I'Ts rase of the base runner belrig declared
for interference the out
[Should be credited to the player who vfould
have made the play but for the action
1 of the base runner or the announcement of
ftbe empire.”
: Crosier made three hits Friday and Fox
[had Billy Rmlth two each.
t Billy Smith la hitting the ball pretty
l hard these days. Made a two-bagger and
• a three-bagger Friday.
j The Idea of bitting twelve times for twen-
I ty one baeee and thru only getting four
I rant- That la pretty near a record for tbo
I year.
Sallee made a bklk Friday! That must
have been about the first one of the year.
One more with Birmingham and the on
[to Nashville.
I Nashville out to be an eaay mark for a
DENNY MEEHAN MAY
LAND WITH PORTSMOUTH
Special to the Georgian.
Portsmouth, Vs., July L—Denny Meehan,
somewhat the worse for wear, dropped Into
* Portsmouth from the South. Meehan, It
will be recalled, played short for the Au
gusta club of the South Atlantic league
last year. He has asked Manager Kaln, of
the Portsmouth Virginia league baseball
dob, for a chance to work on third.
"All Bill wants Is a chance,” he sold,
when he struck town after a very, glorious
'< Fourth, "and If he don’t make good In
( any position but pitcher, then It's on the
road for Bill.”
”Young” Itreltennteln let Nashville down
with two lilts. Schmidt, the newcomer
the Nashville staff, gave up only five him
self, but that was enough for Montgomery.
Memphis plays one of the pluckiest up
hill games of any team In the league.
Friday Little Dock, with Brady In the bos.
was two runs to the good In the eighth,
hut Babb -and hfs men pulled out of the
game winners by a single tally.
New York Nationals frere Jolted again
Friday. The Giants could not operate
Dor nor nnd moreover they made four
errors.
Harry McIntyre was batted hard by
Philadelphia Friday. Fourteen hits were
totalled against him.
Chesbro shut out Boston In the llrst
game Friday and Newton nnd McUuIre
duplicated the stunt In the second.
The poor old Gsotgla State league,
has bad an up hill fight and It seems to
have lost.
her best.
Accountant, mile and a half In 2:37 4-6,
handily. Good work.
Pautuonok, i furlongs In :52, breeslng.
Una not run hla race.
1:04, galloping.
M'RAE BEAT EASTMAN.
Work-outs At
Gravesend.
■ By Private Leased Wirt.
Gravesend, Long Island, July T.—Weath
er clear; track fast.
.Colonial Girl, mile end e furlong In 1:68,
| handily. Never so good.
Hot Toddy, mile la 1:43 2*, driving. Hure
, to win soon. *•
Outcome, mile In 1:43, handily.
Mabel lUcbardaon. 7 furlong* In 1:29 3*.
driving. Not no much.
Bye, 7 furlongs In 1:293*. breeslng. Nev
er so good.
High Chance, 6 furlongs In 1:07 2 3, gal-
TO Klnors. 6 furlongs In 1:06. handily,
Xmaa. 4 furlong* In :49. *
i
H handily.
Mercea. 3 furlong* lu :37. handily.
• 'onfederate, C furlongs lu a:16 3 5, hnti
4 furlongs la £12 5, tree slue, bice
Special to The Georgian.
Mcltae, Ga., July 7.—McRae defeated the
Kastman tenui on It* home grounds Juf 4
by the score of S to 3. Kastman never had
a |.*ok In. The features of the gnme were
the pitching of Flauders and the batting
of the Me line team. Flanders and Itrewton
hit for three bones.
McRae’s line-up: McCary, c.; Stamps, as.;
Uya!*, lb.; Flanders, p.; Hrewton, If.;
Walker, rf.; Hines, 3b.; McRae, 2b.; Ar
mour. cf.
After the gtine of hall Dr. tone and
John Stamps, of McRae, defeated tho cham
pion Kastman team at tenuis.
Lane and Stamps won five sets by the
•cores of 4-1, 6*, 6 3, 6-1, and 6 0.
GUN CLUB 8H00T ENDS.
Special to the Georgian.
Thomaavllle, Ga., July 7.—The Cracker
Gun Club’s shoot which closed here yea-
terday proved to Ik* a great success.
Kmmot Mitchell, of ThomasvIUe, was the
high-gun for two Usy*. with n score of
327 out of n possible Wo. He won two prises
open to amateur*, the Dupont trophy nud
the Western cartridge Company out*. The
former wa* for hlgh-gtm during the two
•lay* and the latter for high gun on opening
l*r. T. II. Crovntt
for the be*t score out of twenty-live shot*,
and Will Hopkins won the Hunter Arms
Coinpauy trophy for the beat sc or* at Uou-
but I
would lw* another matter.
blllty of carrying homo such a valuable
cup.
••I nm very glad I won," added Mr. Hunt.
"The title of Southern champion Is one I
am glad to have. 1 wish that 1 could come
The other event wl
conclusion was the mixed double*, which
was won In flue style by MIrs Kathleen
Brown and Ram III the tluiil*
Friday afternoon, the Atlantn team de
feated Mist Logan and Mr. togun. o
New Orleans. The New Orleans pair
counted for Mr*. Word nnd Mr. Scott In the
morning, nnd took the second set from
Ml*a Brown and Mr. Hcott, but lost the
first and third nets.
The doubles nnd women's singles were
brought dowu to the final round*, nnd the
consolntlon within one match of the finals.
In the double*. Atlanta I* represented by
Grant nnd Thornton* who have pome
through all their matches lu line style.
They will meet Hunt nnd Leo for the
the affair ha* been narrowed down to So
... final*, nnd lllackshear and
Smith, who are tn the semi finals. First
class tennis hns been played In the connota
tion event, and the winner ran truthfully
say that he fought hla way through a
high class field.
Ths results Friday follow:
brothers, 6-4, 0 6, 6 2.
mi I*} liw, u
Grant and Thornton defeated Daley and
Farrell, 7-6, 6 4.
MIXKD DOt’BLKR.
Mrs. Word and Mr, Scott defen toil Miss
Westmoreland uud Mr. Berrien, 6*. 7-3.
REUBEN G. HUNT.
Word and Mr. Scott. ^
Mis* Brown and Mr. William* defeated
Mis* Rodgers and Charles Rodgers by de
limit.
Ml*
Miss Logan nml Mr. Logan.
LADIES' SINGLES.
Miss Rodgers defeated Mr*. Word, 6-1,
6-0.
Miss Logan defeated Miss Rodgers, 61,
SINGLES.
Hunt defeated Cowan Rodgers, 6-3, 6-2.
Little defeated Daley, 6-2, 6-L
, CONSOLATION SINGLES.
Sawyer defeated Freeman. 2-6, 64, 6-L
Rlnckahenr defeated Rnmgneck by default
F. H. Smith defeated Farrell by de-
TOURNAMENT NOTE8.
With a Californian and an Ohioan In the
finals for the Houthern tennis championship
the sympathies of the crowd were pretty
well divided.
Dr. Little, though he went to the final
round with flying colors, and put up
plucky game against Hunt, stood no chance
with the lengthy Californian. Mr. Hunt Is
In so much a clnsa by himself that be was
forced tq work hard only once during tho
•tournament, and that was when he beat
Howell.
It Is to be regretted that Hunt was not
forced to extend himself to the limit dur
ing the tournomeut, for the student of the
game would have liked to see him play.
It la tho opinion of 8am Williams.* Pro
fessor W. D. Mooney and the others who
have seen the crack tennis players of this
country nnd England ptay at Newport and
elsewhere that no American has ony bet
ter “overhead game” than Hunt. His sys
tem of play seems to be that of returning
all ball* easily nnd tn as difficult place
ns possible, and of waiting patiently until
Ills opponent ban the misfortune to get a
ball In the air. Then he lands on It so
hard that the return Is usually an Impos
sibility.
The Nashville doubles team—Farrell nnd
Daley—played exceptionally good teunla
Friday. Farrell's work wna notably good
and hla serve* pustled all of hla opponents.
Illnckshenr, of Mncon, hns played good
tennis throughout the tournament He Is
a terrible *•*wiper,” and his serve Is about
the most deadly one exhibited during the
tournnment, not even barring the powerful
ones of Hrynu Grant nnd Norman Far
rell, Jr.
The present tournament has run off with
remarkable smoothness nnd there has been
a notable absence of any disagreement or
exhibition of unsportsnwnllke play ou the
part of any of the contestants.
Referee Reynolds has bad the tournament
well In hand at all atngea and hat kept
things running smoothly throughout.
IMANAGER SAYS THE TURK
CAN “THROW THE BULL”
When a real masterpiece Is donated to
the sporting department It would be a
shame to ruin It. M. Cbnrlson, of Chi
cago, who is In Atlanta with a couple
of wrestlers looking for a match, Is bis
own press agent* Here Is his contribu
tion to Saturday's Issue:
Manager Cbnrlson says If he falls to find
either some perofesslnals or twenty local
TEAMS PLAY
UNTIL DARK
THE BARONS AND CRACKERS GO
ELEVEN INNINGS TO
A 4-4 TIE,
ATLANTA 4 BIRMINGHAM 4
Special to the Georgian.
Birmingham', Ala., July 7.—For eleven In
nings the Barons and Firecracker* played
baseball here yesterday afternoon, and
when, after two hours and forty-live min
utes of strenuoslty, the gnme was called
account of darkness, the score stood 4
to 4.
Atlanta led to the eighth, when the Bar
ons put two runners over and tied the
score. After that, neither side could
tally.
Hughes nnd Sgllee were both hit hard, but
the Atlanta hits were longer, and If they
had been properly bunched, there la no
telling how high the score would have
gone.
The score:
BIRMINGHAM—
Moles worth, cf. .
man to wrestle bis men he will get a bull
far The Turk to wrestle. We are sloping
at Chlldes Hotel which Is run by Mr. Basil
a countrymen of ours wo certainly nre
treated loyaly. Mr. Basil says that he
will Book the Greek Demon for $1,QU0
agalnat anybody.
there Is a chance for some wrestler and a
good lnducemen come on you wrestlers.
League Standings j
Clubs—
8hreveport ,
New Orleans
Birmingham ,
Memphis . .
Atlanta . . ,
Montgomery ,
Nashville . .
Little Hock ,
80UTHERN.
Played. Won. Lost.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Clubs—
Augusta • •
Savannah . ,
Columbia . ,
Charleston . .
Macon . . .
Jacksonville.
.565
.565
.469
.463
.333
CLUBS—
Waycross .
Brunswick
Valdosta •
Cordele . ,
Albany . .
Americus ,
GEORGIA 8TATE,
Played. Won. Lost.
.643
.567
.523
.370
.273
Smith, rf..
Alcoclc, Jb..
Meeks, lh.. .
Gear, If.. ..
Walters. 2b..
Oyler, as.. ..
Garvin, c.. .,
..511601
..4 0 0 3 1 0
..4 2 1 6 0 1
.412100
,.5 0 1 8 0 0
..3 0 0 1 1
....1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals..
..40 4 11 32 6 2
The attendance continued large at the
tournament Friday. All the aeata were
Piled during the afternoon and the en
thuslasm ran high.
A large delegation will leave as soon ns
the tournament Is over for the Georgia
ch.roplou.lilf> ,t M.roo. Ilanj, tV
C i^e. several members or tne or-
ton it. nnd Mverml from Atlanta
will m.ikr tho trip.
Gathered With the Shears
The strong should bear the Infirmities of
the weak; therefore, pity snd not scorn Is
felt for the Atlanta fans In this city.—
Birmingham New*.
Oh, splash?
According to all accounts, the Atlanta
faus gave Billy Smith and Baxter Sparks
a raw deal In the Fourth of July game. In
whleh he substituted Sparks for Childs
after the latter had given up live bits In
a couple of Innings. Wonder why Sparks
Is unpopular with the Atlanta fans?—Mont
gomery Journal.
Bnxter Isn’t. That demonstration did not
reflect on Sparks.
Good for evil Is a sweet life. The At
lanta writer* attempting to throw the
harpoon Into the aides of the local writer*
when Birmingham wa* losing* and At
lanta winning, forgetting for a time the
line*, “There will come a time sotne day.”
The babbling* of the writers In the Boost
ing City are now safely lodged In their
throats, and they are attempting to
•wallow them. In their misery they will
be let nIon*.—Birmingham News.
e! When we have to stand for sympa
thy from Birmingham things are In a pret
ty bad way.
Otto Jordan la one of the best second
basemen In the South.—Birmingham.Ledger.
Every other city In the Booth has known
it for more than m year.
Mike Finn, It la reported, practice* with
a deaf man for three hours each day. Prac
tices what? Why, yelling, of course. You
ought to hear the awesome sound* that
proceed from behind those, tierce raus-
tnebeos when the other side Is wtunlug.—
Montgomery Journal.
There ought to be lots of fans In Bir
mingham today when the Barons hook It
up with Atlanta. Here’* hoping that At
lanta wins.—New Orleans States.
When Atlanta plays New Orleans, the
Birmingham people root for Atlanta, and
when Atlanta plays Birmingham, the New
Orleaus fans do likewise. Gee! It’s great
to be popular.
Whltey Morse played a fase game at
short, receiving five put outs and making
•tx assists without an error. Going some,
“Daddy.”—Birmingham New*.
Atlanta’s Infield Is one of the best In
the league. The players support each other
like clock work. Fox. at first, will get the
hull, it makes no difference how high It Is
thrown. Otto Jordan, will nearly always
pull In a grounder, and Morse, at short, and
Hid Smith, at third, are always there when
imnders and
It romes to picking nn grounder* and
making double plays.—Birmingham Ledger.
Babbit riasa la now a full-fledged Mem
phian.
Until the last trip, he had been
>m> property of the New Orleans team,
but was simply loaned to Memphis. Man
ager Babb and Secretary McCullough work
ed hard and long with Charlie Frank to
persuade the natute Dutchman to sell the
faat little player, but it waa no go, nntll
a personal Interview was obtained. Of
course, ltabblt comes high, but the Mem-
phtl have to have him.—Memphis Scimi
tar.
It Is predicted in this city thut before
many moons Montgomery will pass At
lanta. This ‘la goed dope, at that. At
lanta Is on the road for nine games, and
three of these nre scheduled for Mont
gomery. Montgomery will be at home for
some time. At present. 51 points separate
the two clubs.—Birmingham News.
Shreveport expects three new players to
join them here. A few days ago. Bob Gllks
was out among the Texans to aecure new
players, and It Is aald that be has cor
railed three stars to finish out the season^-
New Orleans Htates.
LUCKY BALDWIN ILL,
By Private Leased Wire.
Los Angeles, CaL. July 7.—E. J. (Lucky)
Baldwin, the noted turfman. Is very 111.
He has been quite sick for some time, and
frleuds are worried over his condition.
More Sports on Page 7
- This Section.
ATLANTA-
Crosler, If. . •
Jordan, 2b.. ..
Winters, rf.. ..
H. Smith, 3b..
Morse, *■
..511100
..50104
lb..
5 115 4 0
W. Smith, cf..
Archer,
Hughes, p. . .
,.5 0 2 1 0
..501630
..5 0 0 1 2 0
..45 4 12 33 20 1
emitn; iwo-i>nse rms, crosier, winter
Fox. W. Smith. Archer; stolen bases. Mole
worth, Walters. Garvin: nacriflce hits, AI
cock; double plays. Jordan to Morse to
Fox. Sallee to Meeks; struck out by Hal-
lee 6. by Wilhelm 2, by llughea 4; bases on
hall* off Hughes 2, off Sallee 1*. wild pitch.
Wilhelm, Hughes; balks. Sallee; passed
ball, Garvin; hit by pitcher, Hughes
(Meeks); Innings pitched* Sallee 8, Wllheliu
3. Hughes 11; hits off Hsllee 11. off Wll-
helm 1. off Hughes 11. Time 2:45. Um
pire, ltudderham.
GIDDEN TOUR
BEGINS SOON
By Private Leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y . July 7.—On Thursday the
Glldden tour will start from Buffalo. In
terest In automobile circles throughout ths
country will be centered on Buffalo on
that day. Machines of every make and
horsepower will be represented In the tour.
The trip will last about twelve days.
The (Hidden trophy was won last year
by Percy Merer, a Buffalo boy.
Over a hundred automobiles are expected
to participate In the tour this year.
The points which are to be decided In
the contest are counted according to the
conditions of the machine at the end of
each day’s run and the number of adjust
ments required dally. Last year rterre
went through the tour without a single
adjustment and waa fortunate enough uot
Clubs—
Chicago . • ,
littnburg , ,
Now York . .
Philadelphia ,
Cincinnati . ,
Brooklyn . ,
St. Louis , ,
Boston • . •
Played. Won. Lost.
Clubs—
New York .
Philadelphia.
Cleveland . ,
Chicago , ,
Detroit . , .
St. Loula . .
Washington .
Boston . . .
AMERICAN.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet
.612
.60?
.552
FRIDAY’S RE8ULT8.
Southern.
Atlanta 4, Birmingham 4 (eleven In
nings.)
Montgomery 2, Nashville 0.
Memphis 7, Little Rock 6.
South Atlantic.
Columbia 2, Jacksonville 0.
Charleston 0, Augusta 0.
Macon 3, Savannah 1.
American.
New York 4, Boston 0.
New York 8, Boston 0.
I or* n, isosion v. .
Philadelphia 2. Washington E
National.
Pittsburg 3, Chicago 2.
Philadelphia 10, Brooklyn 0.
Boston 2, New York L
Eastern.
Rochester 2, Toronto 1.
Providence 8, Newark 5.
Montreal 7, Buffalo 6.
Jersey City 8, Baltimore 4.
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