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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906. * 0 3 000000000000000' BIG DOINGS IN BIRMINGHAM @0000 0© 0© © O 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ NEWS OF THE »v Sporting world 2000000000000000000000000000000 EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING TENNIS TOURNEY CLOSES © 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. 0<H>00OO000<H>000004^^ 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. OOQCKHCKKiOQOOiMKiOOOOOQOQtlKiO 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. .IP*’ 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. GRESHAM ASHFORD SHOE CO. 93 PEACHTREE ST. Thlrtr-four i of which 30 foreign cars. ufaeturer* arc r- r „ Ainerlrau au'l NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loan, on valuable* Bargains In unredeemed DlamcnO* 15 Decatur SL Kimball Ho**