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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN SATURDAY AUG. 4.1006. CRIPPLED ATLANTA PLAYERS EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING HAYING TROUBLOUS TIMES I HOFFMAN HAS REPORTED; FOX IS ORDERED HOME Larry Hoffman, ordered back from Savannah by Billy Smith, turned up at fire headquarter* Saturday, and la ready for anything that may be Stirring. • Hoffman waa ordered to Join ths team the day Smith left for Mont gomery. He waa told to report In Atlanta, and It I* supposed that he will Join the team In Birmingham. Hoffman has been putting up sensational work with the Savannah team, and he tvlll make a valuable addition to the Crackers' staff. Presumably Fox will be placed under "friendly suspension," In order to allow the sign ing of Hoffman. The news of tbe Injury to Fox, which came to the faithful In the base ball extras Friday, was a hard blow. It seems that Perry slid into the flrst baseman's arm and cut It badly. At flrst it was reported that Fox was out of the game for the season, but the cheering news now comes that the wound may be healed Inside of two weeks. The Crackers have two games In Montgomery Saturday afternoon, and then go on to Birmingham, where they have live games, which must be played In three days. FOX WELL IN TWO WEEKS. In response to The Atlanta Georgian's telegram asking: "How long will Fox be out of the game? Who wilt take his place? Ts there any thing new about your suspension?” Manager Smith sent the following telegram: ••Fox In bad condition. Sent home today. The doctor said that he wilt be able to play In two weeks. Archer will take hie place. “No news about suspension. "BILLY SMITH." AWFUL BLOW TO ATLANTA CRACKERS ARE SHUT OUT TWICE IN SUCCESSION BY THE SPEEDY CLIMBERS. First Game.. .Montgomery 2, Atlanta 0 Second Game.Montgomery 7, Atlanta 0 Special to Tbe Georgian. Montgomery, A In., Aug. 4.—Demoralised l-v the nhaiMic* of Jl»n Fox, petrified hy tli- fierce curve* of (?) Montgomery pitch ers, mid altogether to piece*, tbe Atlauta ten mi went eighteen long Inning* here yea- tenlny without scoring a run. In the meantime, the Climber* were get ting n profusion of blta, and aucceeded In scoring two run* In tbe flrat game and seven In the second. For the few Atlanta rooters present. It vent thro® hours of misery. The Atlanta tenm waa nil to pieces a* soon os Fox went out, while the crippled condition, of the Crockers seemed to encourage tbe Climb ers. and they played sensational ball. The scores follow; Flrat Game. ATLANTA— Crazier. If.. Jnrdsu. 2t».. .. Winter*, rf.. Smith, lb,. M«tm\ as.. .. Ei era. lb.. .. Vox Hi Wallace, ef.. ., . AIL II. H. TO. A. E. .301100 .. ,1 ...3 0 ‘ * - * DERBY TODAY AT BRIGHTON .. ...I 0 1 .3 0 0 I 0 0 ..5 *0 ~4 24 1C t Mnvi . iMERY- AO.It.II.rO. 11»**i14, If 4 0 2 3 linnsen. lb.. ... - L’ann. rf ,. ,.$ Ferry, lb ..4 V-.ng, 3b ....| Kn—h. ss 4 MrAleeae, ....3 Malar key, p Totals.. o o a o o 0 0 S 3 0 ....57 3 7 27 10 0 Summary: Rase on balls off Malarkey 2, i ff Harley 4; hit by pitched tiall by liar- ley (Young): double plays. Harley to Archer t<» Evert. Malarkey to Hausen to Berry; struck out by Malarkey a, by ITnrley 1; sacrifice hits.* Jordan 5. Hausen, Me- ANcge, Malarkey. McCann: atolen base. Morse. Time, 1:40. Umpires, Huekley and Fhuster. Atlanta- Crosier, If. . , . Jordan, 2b „ Winters, rf H Smith. 3t> Morse, ss., .. .. F)era. lb ami c.. Wallace, cf. .. ., Archer, c nnd lb.. . M'nr^s. p 'Ah.Tt ifrRhA. K. • ..4 0 0 3 0 C ..I 0 1 3 S C .. ..4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 ( 3 0 0 3 0 0 ...3 0 1 4 0 3 ....8 0 0 2 0 0 v:J I intnii ....23 0 2 24 7 6 MY5W«f5yimr-—AR. ir.'Tf. To. A. Hoots. If...UP Hausen. lb.. .. liMMS. cf.. McCann, rf.. . Ferry, 3h.. ., Young, 2b.. .. Ituscb. as.. McAleese, c.. Breltensteln, p Totals.. .. ferora by innings Atlanta.. Montgomery ...4 0 1 2 0 0 ....* 0 o io o o ....4 2 2 1 0 0 ..4 2 2 1 0 0 ....3 1 2 4 3 0 ....4 0 2 0 3 0 ..4 0 0 1 2 1 ....4 10 7 10 ....8 1 0 0 2 0 ..34 ~7 ~P 27 H 1 Summary: Two-lmar blta. MrCann; base on halls off Itreltenateln 1; hit by pitch er by Itreltenateln (Evers)* struck out by llrrliensteln t, by flparka 2; anrrilW hits. Ferry; atolen bases. I louts, McCann oooooooooooooooooooooooooo 0 WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O O O O Atlanta In Montgomery. O O Birmingham In Nashville, O O Shreveport In New Orleans. O O Little Rock In Memphis. O O 0 0OO0OO0OOOOOOOOOOO00OaO0OQ Race—The Brighton derby for ,, O three-year-olds. o O Value—116,000 guaranteed. 0 O Where Run—Brighton Beach 0 O race track. 0 S Starters, Weights, Ete. O Accountant, 116 pounds, own- O O ed by James fl. Brady. O S O Samson, 12$ pounds, owned by 0 Fred Burlew. 0 Albert F., 112 pounds, owned O • by F. J. Dwyer. O Fllmnsn, IIJ pounds, owned by O • Frank O'Neill, 0 O0OO0OO0O00OOOO0OO0OO0OO0O By I’rlvnte Lenned Wire. New York, Aug. 4.—Only four horsea face tho barlrer today for the running of the 116,000 Brighton derby, a con dition due partly to the bemlred con dition of the track at the Brighton Beach course, and to the fact that nearly all of the hlgh-claaa horsea now In training In the Eaut have been lent to Saratoga, where racing will begin Monday, Early today Jamea Buchanan Brady's brown colt. Accountant, for which ha paid 146,000 not long ago, waa conald- ared an almost certain winner of the derby. The only other starter sent out In ths over-night entrlea were Fred Burlew'a Samson, carrying 126 pounds, equal weight with Diamond Jim's en trant; P. J. Dwyer's Albert F. and Fllmnap, from the recently organlied stable of Frank O'Neill, tha former Jockey. OUR CRIPPLES! THEY ARE GAME WARRIORQ, THOUGH, AND ARE STRUGGLING AGAIN8T GREAT ODDS. KNOCKOUT NEWS. By Trivets Leased Wire. New York. Aug. 4.—Ths prospect* for a fight l»etween James Edward Britt and Tar ry Mr Govern are ns slim ns ever. These two boy* received nn .offer of a 110,000 pu^se to appear before the sports of Gold fields, Scv., on IjiIwv dny. Whatever Britt thinks about the purse does not real ly matter, now thnt Joe Humphreys, Ter ry’s mnanger, bns expressed himself on the matter. Joe says: •The only conditions Terry would gecept are n 110,000 purse and a big guarantee— at 37,(00. He still clings to the conditions he announced some time ago ns regards the match with Britt.” This attitude on the port of McGovern ts enough to kill the match. Hughey McGovern, the featherweight of Brooklyn, la matched to meet Tony Los- song, of Dnryea, Fa., the latter part of this month, for fifteen ronijda, at Flytn- onth. Mass. Joe Galllgan'* match with Harry Lewis nt Grand Rapids has l*een called off by I<ew|s. Although he signed the articles, Lewis sent word to Match maker McPnd- den that he could not go through with It, as the weight—132 pounds at 3 o'clock—Is too low for him. Tom ilcCarey, manager of the Pacific Athletic Club of I.os Angeles, Is trying to re-mdteh Frankie Nell and A tic At- tell. He would like to have tho boys In fifteen-round bout early ner.t month. PEACH GROWERS 8PREAD ELABORATE BARBECUE. 8p*H*tal to The Georgian. Marshallvllle, Oa., Aug. 4.—This com munity for several yeata haa enJoy«<l a day of recreation 'and a barbecue given by acme of the prosperous peach growers. A barbecue given yesterday by Murph : Baldwin. Slappey .A Jonea. W. J. Walker ami A. J. Hamilton & Sons, known aa the Flint River orchard, surpassed any attempt of the kind be fore undertaken. Sundry Wails, Groans and Lamentations Biff! Biff, biff! Ouch! Ouch! Help! What was It hit us? Felt like it combination of earthquake, hnrrlcnne, atenmboat explosion and free fight. Alas, though, it was only two atrnlght shut-outs at the hands of the Climbers. And Jim Fox Is hurt and out of tho game. This Is the hardest blow of all. The two most valuable men on the* team were Archer and Fox. First, Archer was put out, and now It ts Fox. Well, one thing sure: Wo kuow how to sympathise with Shreveport. There Is no dctiylug that every Atlanta fan Is mighty blue. Howercr, this Is the time they demonstrate thnt they are as good losers os winners. Don't blame the Crackers for having played such « poor game after Fox was hurt. You would hove done no better yourself. there ts no excuse for working him to pieces. Three games In the National !/>ngne Fri day were won by seores of 2, to 1, and oue by a score of 1 to 0. Shuster's disregard for the ordlnnry rules of versglty Is something appalling: lu The Montgomery Advertiser he says: “It was too dark to play.” “Smith struck u»o on the shoulder.'' The first statement |s not true, nnd the second Is—well, all who saw It kuow what tho second statement is. Hilly Chyle lias din aged his mind ngnln, nml will try It with the Rt. Louis Na tionals. It Is understood thnt hu Is to get 1400 a month. ”Cy” Seymour, who was sold by Cin cinnati t4»* New York, wants a slice of that IMV'TO that John Tooth-Brush gave up for Ids services, t’ntll lie gets it, ho says he will not play baaehall. NELSON WILL FIGHT JOE GANS TO FINISH FOR $30,000 PURSE By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aur. 4.—The following telegram from BattHnjr Nelson tells of hie having been matched to fight Joe Gaps at Goldfield. Nev., for a purse of ,30,000: Salt Lake, Utah, An*. 3.—Tad. New York.—Well, they Anally came In with the money. Tex Rickard, of Goldfield. Nev., offered 310,000 for our fight. Money la In Goldfleld bank. Fight Labor Day, In open air. I only tnefst on 133 ring aide, and a fight to a finish, so that either Gane or I will be the reel undisputed lightweight champion of th* world. No limited rounds with Onns for me, a* the one man In this world I want to beat, and I think In a finish fight I am a sure winner. One thing te cer tain. I will either win or die In the attempt. If we fight all day to do It Hope to see you at the ringside. "Have long put Oana off, as he waa a Self-confessed fakir, but the public craved a real championship fight, and they came through with the real money, and i heve never refused to tight anything If It looks like a fighter, if the masuma' Is In sight (Signed} BATTLING NELSON.” One® In s white th"* big leaguers Into pretty poor t*n*ebnll. Even kucU star# as Cleveland and FUlladetpUhi have their off games. Look nt Friday's: Cleve land mod« seven runs, eight hit's urn! the errors, Fhllndelphla made teu runs, nine hits and four errors, and the gamp, though only nine Innings, lasted two hours nnd twouty minutes. » Denver shut Augusta out Friday. The big boy It pitching well these days. Well, In our dny we have seen some queer scoring, hut n new one came out of Nash ville Friday. In a note under the tiox score of the game wn* the following: “lYanwn down, run to first when he hit fo Clark In the ninth.” Even giving tbe scorer the benefit of the doubt In supposing that the word ••down” wns meant to In* ••did not.” it Is obvious thnt the put out shouM hnve gone to the first baseman, whether the ball wns tlirowu there or not. t.ooks ns though Memphis was out to get her money's worth out of Meldinnlt. Not content with pltclititg the Dutchman's b*sd off In every double-bender, they ploy him In the field In other games. Just tiecnuso he Is wilting, nnd lieeauso he will go to the big league any way. Though baseball has been played' for over sixty year*, nnd though the game lias flourished professionally for more than forty, It sihmiis to !»e so new In some places that the most ordlnnry rules atom It are not known. Take Montgomery, for example. The box score sent out from there Friday con tained a note, •Tlnttscn.ealted out f»r liter- fe retire.” ould scetu that lw«e!will lias !«• played low* enough so that the official j , . „ . ... there w ould know the rules, n ,„| {rhrenle state of IU health, which will only dtp retire such n piny correctly. The rules | make the retirement obligatory. Instead of distinctly say: "In ease of the base run-1 volnutnry. uer being declared out for Interference . . . the ‘out* should lie credited to the player who would hnve made the play but for hte action of the base runner or the announcement of tbe umpire.” CLARK GRIFFITH MAY_RETIRE MANAGER OF NEW YORK AMMl CANS IN BAD HEALf-T? FROM TOO MUCH WORRY. By Private lasted Wire. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 4.—Urged on hy the request of tbe plnyers of his dub, who have been worried nt his nervous condition of late, Manager Clark Griffith, of tho New York American Longue club, visited a well- known Detroit specialist yesterday after noon. As a result, Griffith Is until to have re ceived the unwelcome news that bo must either quit his responsible position ns tbe head of the club that has boon fighting for the leadership .of the league all through i tlu* season, or else take a chance on BADLY CUT. Panamn* cleaned. reshaped with •*m« band, li on; n*n- bands, $1.-5. Bussey, 211-1 Whitehall. &he Ming Passion, &v>en in <3kep. By EARLE E. GRIGGS. And still C.j - players came to iwit with thought to do or die, I »r each other's blood the teams wen- nil athirst; fan stood on bis tiptoes. nn*l he yelled with inuclr acclaim. And he never qnlte gave up—eVi He told is game n* to defeat*. b by uame, team was tame. eiMebed the player* Jointly. «ud he rntiohed tkcui uraynl. Inaoucht «tul pleaded fi the Id teller loudly thnt the of hi Aim He clnltuc l he'd give him nomey If he Ami only by n tnlrsele n Ml w.»* ever made, And each one wn* the signal for n veil. And the property around him nud hi* fellow fan* alike Were'tortured i»y him more than tongue nut tell., Th-* gam** wn* growing older nud a doe-fall was in eight When the t'rnekcr* made n lonesome. lonely run— V.ejl thnt was nit be iieedeil t.* exhibit hi* ifetlgbf— i renlly won! with slnuBbter in their eyps* If the game Which lr» __ __ But the other luinch came In to In * * a heavy hitter ambled t •• the piste. lie picked idmse’f n Uvimy nud b» llftt^l It .. And It snored, and kooivhI. $lir*vt fi»r Clara Mere— lint Dlckte Crosier was too quick: he sprang spas the fence, # And safely speared the dlftip|M*:tritig sph *re! The fan awakened with a start and found his ruutu Intact, But the fttrtdture waa ail itevond refatlr. lle'd smnshixl out alt the window?* and the mlrvor'a far® waa cracked. And be snore off drvutu'ug i-useb all then aud there! . high Atlanta is Still Fourth But Prospects Are Gloomy The sinking of Friday's sun round Atlanta still In fourth place In tbe pennant race, but two games worse off than on the pre vious day. Sow Orleans, however, hnprored her posi tion ftnd the Pelicans are now in second plnce, with Memphis third. Birmingham still has a reasonably safe :hoI<! ou first place. If misfortune continues to chase after the Crackers nt Its present high speed u will keep Hilly Smith worried to dode. the second dlrislou. * Just nt the present shouting Atlanta |. only “three gnmes won nnd two lost” ahead of Shreveport, aud Division No. 2. this looks like qnlte a bit, lint with two gjimsa Saturday nnd perhaps fire games worked Into Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week the pro*j*ect» of staying out of the second division look bad. Mohawk II. Should Capture $10,000 Saratoga Handicap .. By J. 8. A. MACDONALD. Saratoga. N. Y.. Aug. 4.—Monday wHl be a red letter day In the round of the year's racing, for the celebrated 110,000 Saratoga handicap will lie run nnd won. One of the strongest races of the year will result, for the list of probable start ers Is not only large, but several of the candidates are the top-sawyers of the year. There will Im» several added starters, wbllo many of the horses sent out Inst night In the entrlea as sure starters will decline the Issue at the eleventh hour. If the track Is fast, almost everybody expects Mohawk ,!I to come to the post and win. lie Is the colt of Tockton-L* Tom-a. wfio won the Saratoga special last year for the Messrs. Raudford, of New Amsterdam, S. Y. lie Is under MB pounds. He worked a mile In 1:40VC late last week, which Indi cate* sufficient speed to win from the field now entered. After Mohawk II, the probable starters most seriously considered are “Diamond Jim” Brady's Watertight, Sydney Paget's mare Tradition, Andrew Miller's 4-year- Work-outs At Gravesend By Private Leased Wire. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 3.—Try-outs—weath er clear; track fast: Brookdale Nymph, 1 mile In 1:43 3-5, brew ing. Never so good. Kllllekrsnkle, 5 furlongs In 1:02 3-5, hand ily. She Is fit. Merry England, 6 furlongs In 1:22, gallop ing. Yorkshire Lad, 1 mile in 1:48, brewing. Jack Dolan. 6 furlonga In 1:17 2-5, breex- Ing. At hfi beat. Gratlallo, 7 furlonga In 1:29 3-6, brcexlng. Never better. Tom Gordon, 7 furlonga In 1:30 2-5, breez ing. Looks well. ^ Jocund, 7 furlongs In 1:29 3-5, handily. Water tx>g, 1 mile and n furlong In 1:56 3-5, handily. Never better. Demand, 6 furlonga In 1:15, handily. Worth remembering. King Ahab, 4 furlonga In :49, breezing. Speedy. 81nglc Shot, 6 furlonga la 1:17. Memories, 6 furlongs In 1:198-5, gallop ing. Kentucky Bean, 5 furlongs In 1:038-8, han dily. Old Faithful, 4 furlongs In :49, brewing. Acts well. Pegnaus, 6 furlongs In 1:19, breexlng. Gretna Green, 5 furlongs In 1:03, breexlng. A good colt. OutrAme, 1 mile In 1:43 3-6, breezing. Nev er so good. Wes, mile In 1:412-5, handily. At bis l*st. Prince Hamburg, 6 furlongs la 1:17 2-6, breexlng. POOR, CRIPPLED JIM. old Merry I.ark. the horse Jockey -Mil. veloux” Miller will ride; E. W. Jewett’s Bedouin, Francis U. Hitchcock’s Ill-lark Dandelion, J. W. Brown’s Agile, winner of the 1905 Tennessee and Kentucky derby “Whitney” Langdon's Flip-Flap, R. t. W||! son's Dolly Spanker. John E. Madden's The gunll and John A. Drake's greatly Improved colt .Wes. The complete list of eligible*, togeth # r with the official weights, follow: 136 Hnnti, Cntnllnn ...ij, Go Between 12a 'limber U?,Vf h x n ,'I' T . nflA ™ UP* Spanker '.'.'.M Mild Mint 114 The Quail ... The Picket lis Klnmeshn . " , Water Light 115 Cairngorm 114 l.ord of the Vale..114 Fort Hunter' 113 Mnhnwk II 108 * ‘ ..167 Fun-Flap.., 107 Had News 106 Blnndy 106 Knight Errant ....106 Pulsus 106 Hull's ... Knrokl.. , Bohemian .. Gslllrsnt . KInievdale » >*r*i t«f k Mr, n* Hnlwh-r .1 ,3 nftVMHI. 1 .,.,. .. (MiLmltn !si Afrit Jcnrt B SOUTHERN. Club— Birmingham. New Orleans Memphis . . Atlanta . . Shreveport . , Montgomery. Nashville . . Little Rock . rlayed. Won. Ln,L P. a ■ 64 35 .637 • 65 39 .535 " li W <0 • 57) ' ff i" .*»* • *1 « « .sat *4 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Club— Ausuata . . Savannah . , Moron . . . Columbia . , Charleston . Jacksonville Played. Won. 66 .331 NATIONAL. Club— Chlcaco . . New York . Pi It.Pure . . Philadelphia. Cincinnati . . Brooklyn . . SI. Louis ... «| Bostbn .... 95 Played. Won. & 60 12 Lost P. Ct. .761 v; AMERICAN. JAMES FOX. Here la the lateit photograph ot Long James, the best flrst baseman of the Southern League, who was so badly Injured Friday In Mont gomery. The fans Join In hoping that Jim's Injury la not so serious that he will be long out of the game, for without him, the pen nant chances of Atlanta are all to he hail. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loan, on valuables. Bargains In unredeemed Dlamsndw IS Otcalur St Kimball Hsu,9. Club— Philadelphia . New York . Cleveland . . Chicago . . . Detroit . . . St. Loufs . . Washington. Boston . . . Played. Won. Lost.P.Ct • »2 6$ 34 .630 . »1. 6} 36 .604 • >2 52 40 .665 • >6 52 42 .647 • 23 48 45 .514 .605 .415 .271 34 ' 66 , 2$ 70 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs— Columbus . Milwaukee . Toledo . . . Louisville. . Minneapolis . Kansas city 8t. Paul . . Indianapolis. Played. Won. Lost P.C. .106 67 39 .633 . 104 6* 46 .666 ■ 103 56 47 .644 103 36 FRIDAY'8 RESULT8. Southern— Montgomery 2, Atlanta 0. Montgomery 7, Atlanta 0. Birmingham 5, Nashville 0. Little Rock 7, Memphis 2. New Orleans 3, Shreveport L South Atlantle^— Columbia 3,‘ Charleston 2. Macon 3, Jacksonville 1. Savannah 4, Augusta 0. American— Chicago 4. Boston 0; Detroit 3. New York 2. Philadelphia 10, Cleveland 7. Washington 1, St. Louis 0. National— Chicago 1. Philadelphia 0. New York 2. St. Louis 1. Brooklyn 2, Pittsburg 1. Boston 2. Cincinnati 1. Virginia State League— Lynchburg 2. Roanoke 1. Portsmouth 1. Danville 6. Cotton States League— Meridian 0. Mobile 1. Gulfport S. Vicksburg 1. Baton Rouge 7. Jackson 6. American Association— Milwaukee 8. Louisville 6. Toledo 12, St. Paul l. Columbus 4, Minneapolis 1. Kansas City !. Indianapolis 3. Kansas City 8. Indianapolis 0. Eastern— Baltimore 3. Providence L BOUGHT STOLEN MULE THEN NOTIFIED OFFICER. Special to Tbe Georgian. Macon. Os, Aug. 4.—Henry Collin*, a negro. Is In jail here for horse theft, having been pointed'out to the officer* by Dr. G. W. Lee, who had Just pur chased a mule from him. , H# had stole the animal from L. J- Downs, a farmer of Paschal, Ga. In vestigation revealed the negro also had a sorre} horse and buggy at a llverT stable here, which Is said to belong t« another farmer. A buggy and harness were found hidden In the negro’s b'«* nnd hit operations are said to #»’• been extensive.