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1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1906. At kaufm«nh rYlLL V£LP fOR AND THE.R WH/" AT the. TITL .am/vteup T- TUB iHHER; TEP5 ^HE WONT 0& happy till Hfc GETS it" Memphis Sneaks Second Place Away From Smith 9 s Crackers Memphis. dod gast her! Every time It look* M though Atlanta bad a chant** In the pennant race* those accursed Babblers butt In. Never did Atlanta visit Memphis that tbe Cracker* did not tumble. Never haa Mem* phla come here that the same thing did not happen. And now, right here nt the first of Au gust. with the teams almost ready to enter the last lap of the contest, those blooming red necks, those burglars, hare to bump In with a double-header and take aecond place from us, Juat at a time when It look* ed ns though the place waa cinched. Of all the lohumab, acta ever perpetrated this heats them all. * The pennant race right now la so warm that It Is hard to get within talking dis tance of It. Birmingham's lead la decidedly wobbly. Just now the Barons nre running true and fast, but one swerro or one stumhlo will drop them back to nowhere. Ho far, the nirmlnghamltes have taken every hur dle and every ditch without a bobble, but It will surprise nobody to see them come a cropper nt any stage. Memphis has come up from nowhere In the last couple of weeks, -and will be bard to head. With Llebhardt winning three or four games a week, and the other pitchers doing pretty well—even down to fjourks, the Babblers have a wonder fully good chance for the pennant. Affnnfn Is In third place by a «hInker. Winning work will put Billy Smith's team In second place In a day or two, and n single tnlacue will put ths bunch In fourth place In that time or lea*. Just now the Crockers ore .003 behind Memphis, and .003 nhend of New Orleans. New- Orleans, whirl) club has made a spectacular drop from first to fourth place, Is far from being counted out. Frank's million dollar aggregation Is only .<#8 from Birmingham, and a winning streak will put the Pelicans back at tbo front In fast style. Shreveport haa taken her uanal midsum mer drop, and la back In the second divi sion, after flirting with the lead for weeks and weeks. It la probable that Gllks' team can nearly be counted out of tbe pennant race, though anybody who beta money on It Is taking a chnnce. Bobby Gllks la a hard man to keep down, and If he can ever round his team Into Ita true form, ho la llksly to be up In select company any day. Montgomery la a strong finisher, and al ways was, but Dominick Mullaney'a team can probably lie safely counted ouj. Tbo Climbers are In sixth place, and that la very far from tbe top, even In a race so close as la the one In the Southern League. ' If the present race has ever been beaten In Interest In the South, It Is hard to tell when. In yearn past, two or three tearna have been hung around the top, but not even when Atlnuta harpooned New Or leans In 1904 mid allowed Memphis to land the pennant by a whisker, or back In the mlatr past, when Mike Finn aud Little Bock participated In a couple of eyolatb finishes, haa thta one been equalled. Just now only .070 separates the leading team from the fifth, and tho prospects for ettdden changes arc bright Atlanta baa a hard time ahead of her. Within tbo next two weeks the Crackers have two aeries against tbe Birmingham team, now the league lenders. Up to the present, the local team has always been side to take the measure of the Bnrona, but they will And the Birmingham bunch hard to beat this trip. However, here'a hoping for the l**st. AS so ON AS He. G£T 3 OUT OF THE RING-THeyu. BUZZ SAM BERGER. ®!ACK OBRIEN, AS HE. 5 N .TO SHOOT OVER HlS TERRIFIC LEFT - WHEH HIS MAN IS GROGGY 8KETCHES BY THE CARTOONIST OF HOW JACK O’BRIEN FIGHTS Sheared. From Exchanges. ATLANTA CLUB AFTER STILL PORTSMOUTH REPORTS THAT B. 8MITH WANT8 VIRGINIA LEAGUE TWIRLER. Hank O'noj, the National Ltaniia um pire who haa In-on flnod and auaptiidad hr Pro.Mont Pulliam, nnnouncaa that b« wilt prnliabijr Jump to tho Trl-Htate League. Charlie Kehwnrta and III, wife lear. In the morning for Altoona, where he play, the Melon out with tbe outlaw league. He mill that he htnl offera from aereral cluba In tbe F-s.t, but that If ho algned with an organised club he could he ’ re- aerretl for neat rear, and nt tbe end of the aeaaon he would lie freo after ploying with the outlaws.—Montgomery Adrertlaer. Manager Frank la prattr sore with Mans- ,er Finn heoauso lteek waa released. When Finn asked for Ileek It was understood that be should remain with Nnahstlle throughout the season. Finn agreed to this at tbe time heeauae he needed Peek badlr. When Duatr Miller returned from Mobile Finn bred Beck and broke hla promise to Manager Frauk. Once before Finn secured a ball player mi ller promise that ho would keep him for' the remainder of tho aeaaon, and that Unto he nlao let tho man go. This waa Danue- hewer, the left-hand pitcher, who won'so ninny gomes Tor the Pelicans a few Tears back.—New Orleaaa Ptcajune. Campau haa reconsidered hla decision to resign from the steff of umpires of tbe Routbern I.»egtie owing to some trouble ea- perleneed lu Memphis. In Rundar's game Campau wet made the object of epithets and he Is reported as bating jelled out to tbe press while dope bottle# were raining around him that be Intended to resign. I’n- drr tbe circumstances ope could not blame Campau. Rome teas who attempted to turn Campau's heed Into a punching bag were arrested, but were released for want of prosecution. Tbe outbrreh In Memphis adds I another stein to tbe alreadj stained repu-, tatlnn of tbe fane of tbe Routbern League, outbreaks against umpires bare been made In Montgomery, Atlanta and Memphis. May the ln,t free-for-all flfht bare been fouabt on Bout hrrn diamonds. Campau. bj tbe - war, haa been in tbta'league about a month : ami since that Untie hla life baa been 1 threatened twice, fa Atlanta Campau e-eef the object which earned the reputation of tbe Atlenta fans to be atelned. This of. ficlat baa never worked In Birmingham. 1-fennlhscr Is good enough for this gaau.— Birmingham News. Poor old Zimmer doesn't seem to be able to win for loetng-end If they don't look out they will forget .what a run looks like. Pelicans abut tbeaa out again yeaterday.— Montgomery Adrertlaer. Tbe Atlanta Georgian aaya Tbe Item wanted trouble In Atlanta. And all becauae Tbe Item printed stories from Atlanta to tbe effect that trouble waa eaperted. The same report, were printed In Birmingham. Hid the Birmingham papers want trouble? Amt they >ay that It waa only on acroeat of the whole iiettallon of police stationed at the ground. Hint trouble was averted.— i New Or I ear. Item. Uebhardt woo hi, fourth double. Wednesday. Certainly that Is a phi ham. The Barons have been lieaten twlco running by tbo Climbers aud tbe knocking FOOTBALL TEAM COMING. Jeinilon, Aug. 2.—* large crowd gathered at the Kuatoti railroad station today to wit ness tho departure of tbs famona Corinth ian association football team for Uvcrimol, where they embark for Montreal for a ae ries of contests mrltb leading toama In C da and tf ' “ ad been Into*. anil It wan elation po‘ and Britts ifontrcnl. TbrbntoT ottaw'n, "Cblcag troll. Philadelphia. New York and ttoston. The Corinthians la Knaland's greatest am ateur football team. Tbe rlnb te composed exclusively of 'varsity and nubile school mett. The amorjatlaa baa undertaken two tours In Honth Africa, both of which were very successful. Ipeclal to Tbe Georgian. 1'ortaraontb. Vn., August ?.—It la reported here, that Billy Rtulth, of tbe Atlntitn club, Is after the services of "Colonel" Still, of tbe Itlcbmond tram of tbe Virginia Htfd haa been twirling good tuill for Charlie Hbaffer'n Richmond Colts, aud la re garded aa the (test member of hla pitching 1 Trite Detroit club of the American League haa been after Charles Rhuman, tho 230- pound pitcher of tbo Portsmouth club. oooooooooMSoooiwoooooooo p AS TO THE BET8. P P O p To nettle some disputed beta the O p following announcement ta made: O P The nm game Wednesday waa de- O p dared off and bets on that game P P do not stand. The second game O g was played and beta on that one O do stand. O Our one best bet, however. Is: O . Don't bet. O o a OOOOOOOOOOOChSOOOOOOOOOOOQQ another: HE CANT find 'EM' * STUDIES IN EXPRESSION BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON. The lo.d bowl la arising from Burning- ■■ ' """ League Standings 80UTHERN, Cluj)— Birmingham . Memphis .. , Atlanta . . . New Orleans . Shreveport . Montgomery . Nashville . . Little Rock . SOUTH ATLANTIC. Club— Augusta , . , Savannah . Macon . . . Columbia . . Charleston . Jacksonville .587 .684 .681 .588 .488 .821 .104 .807 .617 .468 .418 .828 COTTON 8TATES. Club— Played. Won. Loat. P. Ct. Meridian ... 88 61 38 .681 Mobile .... 88 62 28 .681 Jackson .... 88 46 48 .611 Baton Rouge . 87 43 44 .484 Gulfport ... 88 42 47 .472 Vicksburg ... 88 30 58 ,141 NATIONAL. Club— Chicago . . . Pittsburg . . New York . Philadelphia Cincinnati . . Brooklyn . . St. Louts . , Boston . . . Club— Philadelphia New York . Cleveland . Chicago . . Detroit . . . St. Louta . . Washington Boston . . . AMERICAN. Played. Won. Loat. P. Ct . . 80 56 14 .622 . 89 ' 64 36 .607 .80 63 >8 .678 . 83 60 43 .538 . 91 47 44 .516 . 80 , 45 45 .500 . 89 ' 83 56 .171 . 14 38 88 —77 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs— Columbus . . Milwaukee . Toledo . . , Minneapolis, Louisville . . Knnsas City St. Paul . . Indianapolis . Played. Won. Lost WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS. Southern— Montgomery 3, Birmingham 0. Memphis 8, Shreveport -1. Memphis 3, Shreveport 2. Atlanta 1. Nashville 0. South Atlantic— Augusta 1. Macon 0. t Columbia 9, Jacksonville 4. Savannah 3, Charleston 0. National— Philadelphia 5. Chicago 3. New York 3, St. Louis L Boston 6, Cincinnati 1. Pittsburg 1, Brooklyn 0. American— Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 1. Boston 3, Chicago 1. Detroit 2, New York 1. American Association— Columbus 3. Toledo 1. Minneapolis 5. Milwaukee 3. Knnsas City 3, St. Paul 0. Ijoutavllte 6, Indianapolis 3. Louisville 11, Indianapolis 0 Virginia State— Danville 4. Richmond 1. - Richmond 4. Danville 1. Eastern— Rochester 4, Toronto 2. Newark 4. Providence 3. Rochester 6. Toronto t PHONOGRAPH F0R_STABLE ALFRED VANDERBILT USES. ONE TO ACCUSTOM HIS HORSES' TO MUSIC AND NOISES. By Private Leased Wire. New York, August 2.—Alfred G. Vander bilt haa the Inventive genius of the fa mous old commodore to a marked degree, and had hd not Inherited vast wealth, he prohnbly would have achieved aucceaa any way. An evidence of this Is found In the pho nograph In the training ring at Oakland farm, near Newport,. .This phonograph Is almost four times the normal size, and Ita object Is to accustom the horses to noises beard upon the highways and In the ring. Records of hrass baud selections may be aa plainly heard as though one were en tering the Madison Square Garden In New York during horse show week. LEXINGTON A WINNER. Bpedal to The Georgian. Covington, Ga.. August 2.—The third and st game of a series of “““ »•-— between Covington and In /a- * 4 to 0. wwL.. ■ MPH P M lu three run* In the seventh, but at other stages Stillwell waa effective. Dodgcn. for I^xlngton. pitched well. Covington playa Conyers Thursday and Friday In Conyers. The score by innings: R. H. E. Lexington.. 000 000 301-4 » 2 Covington 000 000 000-0 4 5 Batteries: Lexington, iHulgeii and Far rias; Covington. Stillwell and Jackson. Summary; Struck out by Stillwell 7, by Dodgeu >: bases on halla off Stillwell 1; bit liy pitch*! ball, Htlllwell L THIS IS MULLANEY. IN SPITE OF HARD RAIN ATLANTA GETS ONE GAME ATLANTA 1 NASHVILLE 0 Tho umpires and the rain-makers seem to have combined to beat Atlanta out of a. double-header with Nashville. The attempt to play It Tuesday was frustrated by Umpire Shuster. On Wednesday, Billy Smith tried It again, but rsto fell before the first gantb waa well under way,’ and the opener was called off, aud the second game played. 1 Of course, Atlanta won It, but It waa by a narrow margin of one run to none. Buchanan pitched for Nashville, and did remarkably well. On “form," Buch- , nnnu has It over almost every pitcher In the league. His delivery Is more than businesslike, and be seems to have a little of everything. He allowed Atlanta just three hits, and except for battery errors of his own doing, would have scored a shut out. Itube Zeller officiated for Atlanta, and accomplished his shut-out with compara tive ease. The Nashville batters found him safely only five times, and with good support he managed to keep the Tennesseeans away from tho home plate. Croxler, the flrat man up for Atlanta, brought home the winning run. Ho open ed up with a single, took second on a wild pitch, and third on a bajk. Then Jordan struck out, but Winters sent a fly to center field, on which CroaJer ■cored. After that, the Atlanta batters were practically helpless, and could do nothing with Buchanan's delivery. The first game went only a half inning before rain fell. Nashville had been retired In one-two-three order, and Atlanta had Just begun to do buslneia when the rain came. And It certainly did rain some for a few minutes, and tbe wind which came with It sent the water right through the stand, making things decidedly wet both under shelter and on the diamond. In spite of the wet grounds, however, the second game was played off In rea sonably fast time. The score:? ATLANTA- AB. R. H. PO. A.E. Crosier, If.. 4-11201 Jordan, 2b 3 0 0 1 3 t Winters, rf 3 0 0 0 0 ( g. Smith. 3b ....3 0 1 2 1 ( Morse, « * Fox, lb i 3 Wallace, cf.... 3 o Evers, c. ..2 0 Zeller, p.. .. . .. .. ..3 0 Bohnnnn. 2b.. Castro, as....... Wells, c... .. .. Buchanan, p.. Totals.. .. „ Score by Innings: Atlanta ' 100 000 000—1 Nashville... noo 000 00«-0 Summary: fetolen imses, Wiseman, Janslng; sacrifice. hlta, Pearsons, Wiseman. Morse; base on balls off Buchanan 1; hit by pitched ball, by Buchanan 1, by Zeller 1; struck out by Buchanan 5, by Zeller 8; wild.pitches, Buchanan L Time, 1:45. .Umpires, Buckley and Shuster. Billy Smith Is Suspended; Shuster May Have Jumped The Atlanta playera left Wednesday night for Montgomery, where they play Thursday, Friday and Saturday. With them went Billy Smith, but Wil liam Is under suspension. Ju*$ l*efore tbe aecond game Wednesday, Umpire Buckley received notice from league headquarters that Smith waa Indefinitely suspended, and ordering him to keep the Atlanta mnnager off the grounds. As soon as Billy Smith .was notified he put on his cltlxens clothes, and when tht second game l»egitn he disappeared. Smith waa suspended because of bis at tempted assault on Umpire Shuster. It la stated that Shuster notified President Kav- nnnugh that Smith actually hit him. It Is well known by all who saw the Incident that Smith did not actually hit the tubby umps, and If Shuster made such a charge he waa In error, to put It mildly. SILOAM WINS SPEEDY GAME. 8pec!at to Tht Georgian. . Tnlon Point. Ga., • August 2.—In a one sided game. HI loam defeated Union Point Tuesday afternoon by the score of « Geer did the twirling for Stloam. and was right there with the curves and ■Pf* 1 - ,11. Reynolds caught the game, and did well. The fixtures of the game were the batting of b. Reynolds, Cutaway, and .'olnt, was tatted bard. The Utie-up dad score In defaff follow; Whi'u the Montgomery team was last in Atlanta, Tbe Georgian until a picture Manager Iknulnlcfc Mullaney. It was- a beautiful picture, and was much admired by tbe ladles. Now, here Is one of "Dam" as he really looks. , The Atlanta team will be st lb) trader mercies of Moltaney'a team for the next three dajfc SILOAM- Lewis, lb... „ H. Reynold*, L. Rhodes, 3b I>. Reynolds, 2b Cals way. as... B. Rhodes. If Jordan, cf r 7TTE ! o d o | 3 0 ::..r i i Um, p . 1 0 Totals... .. 12 11 2 I'.S'IOX POINT- K. Orerton, c Thorton, as Oliver. II* Overton. If Reynolds, rf .. ...... .... o. Reynolds. 2b Underwood, 3b Kldson. rf....... E. Rhodes, p 1 \ .: .r. i :: 1 ? :: r;.."::' i i .» 1 0 Total* 4 IS ■W l 7 - kka,e ‘ More Sports on Page Nine. Thursday morning, at the request of tbs baseball association, the sporting editors of the local papers Joined In a telegram to President Knvanmifh stating that tbs? saw the incident, and that Smith did not hit Shuster. It Is doubtful If the suspension of tbs Atlanta mnnager will extend over a loaf period of time. There wss, of course, as Justification for Smith's attempted assault on Shuster, and there la no doubt hut thst Nii’li nn ii*«siilt was Intended. Rut tfc# fn- t ri'fiinlns that Shuster was not hit tj Smith, and. In consequence, the local man ager's punishment will undoubtedly be com paratively light. It la supposed that Shuster Jumped ths Job from here. Aa far as can be lean ed, he did not leave for Montgomery, is he was ordered to, and It will not be surprising If lie “turned up missing." Well, small loss! WINDER TAKE8 OPENER. Special to The Georgian. Cotnmerre, Gn., August 2.—In an Inter esting game of ball on the local diamond yesterday. Winder took the first of a se ries of two gnmes to be plajed here. It «• i ;*s If the game was all nr. r : • seventh, when the score stood 7 to 1 la favor of the home team. Then the Win der players In-gan a batting streak or. I tied the sc4>re. Two more runs were add- "in** Im.vs In the elgh-I. nothing In the ninth, when Winder, bf good hitting, pushed three men across tbt plate, giving them the game by ths »e<** of 10 to 9. Three double plays were ms *• on each side. For Commerce. Rice an* Harbor led In batting, getting hits at poctttne times. MJllaaps secured the m< •- hits for the Winder team. Neither Andet^ aoa nor Eduard* was In good for*, ana both' were hatted freely. In the slxtfc Anderson retired In favor of Bush. Batteries. Commerce, F.dwsrd* and Har bor; Winder, Anderson, Hush and B. J*«* son. Umpire, T. Jones. — Hits off Edwnrds 15, off Anders*! ». Rush 5. BADLY OUT. Panamas cleaned, reahaped wlti same bands tl.00; new bands. U-O' Bussey. 28 1-2 Whitehall. NAT KAISER * 00. Confidential loan, on valuablta. Bargains In unredeemed DIsmsrM 1 15 Decatur SL Kimball Heui» I CRACKERS GO ON THE ROAD EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING TO TACKLE EASTERN TEAMS