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ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY AUGUST, 15
CRACKERS’ CRIPPLED CONDITION
Two More Cripples Added to
Rapidly Growing Collection
If Atlanta does not hare to go to »ml>
professional ranks before the rad of the
irrak to piece out a train then the luck of
the Crackera mill change In the meantime.
Fox Is atlU out. 80 la Jordan.
Jim Archer played out the game Tuesday
under the Influence of strong druga and It
took the courage of a Hpartan to pull him
through. When the game ended he was a
physical wreck and Jl J* doubtful If be con
play again for a few days.
Tuesday night Wallace bad a bard chill
and a doctor wan called In to care for hlin.
Whether he will round Into shape to play
Wednesday remains to ho seen.
That puts Atlanta to the tied for a regu
lar catcher, first baseman, second baseman
and center fielder.
If that’s not pretty puoky luck, then
soiueliody has made a wrong guess.
Poor old Archer pulled through the.game
Tuesday under the utmost strain. Ills bad
shoulder was In terrible condition, and be
should not bare gone Into the game under
any circumstances. With rare courage,
however, he played through to the finish.
Just how Billy Nmlth wilt meet the crisis
Is not known, hut It looks as though he
would !>« forced to play some pitchers.
The tentn Is so crippled and patched up
, however, that a change or two cau
make little difference.
May Quit Virginia League
In Favor of South Atlantic
Special to The Georgian.
Portsmouth. Va., Aug. 15.-Tbe Virginia
State League next year may not Include
BIcbmond and Norfolk.
There Is a movement on foot to get these
two big cities In the South Atlantic. 1
If Atlanta and Birmingham leave the
Southern League, Richmond and Norfolk
would be willing to Join them In the Mouth
Atlantic League.
M. B. Bradley, owner of the Richmond
dub and vice-president of the Virginia
League, says that the withdrawal of the
two clubs will probably be the outcome of
the present situation. If the two big clubs
of the state get out, then Newport News
and PetersImVg will probnbly Join lu. Nat
urflily then the lensyic will lie smaller.
Richmond has paid handsomely this year,
playing to 8,000 ond 10,000 crowds on Satur
days and holidays.
Portsmouth has paid well, and
Mouth Atlantic league team In Norfolk
would draw many people from this city.
BARONS PROVE TOO STRONG
FOR B. SMITH’S CRIPPLES
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BIRMINGHAM 2 ATLANTA 0
Ton nn't play the leading team In the Hnnthrm League with a btlncb ot crip-
pies and win. That fact was demonstrated Tuesday, when the tattered Crackers
made a plucky stagger against tbe Birmingham team aud lost In a good game
by a score of 2 to 0.
A sutatltute catcher was behind the bat. a sick catrjitr was on flrflt, a hurry-
call reinforcement from the Mouth Atlantic was.at second, and the center field
er wns on the verge of a severe chill. And yet, with such a handicap, tbe Atlanta
team Vvent right out. Just as though It wns going to win.
Tbe tmyg that played In that game are certainly made of the right stuff.
They fought to the last gasp, and never gave up until tbe umpire waved the last
man out 111 the ninth.
It wns nil right for the fans who sat comfortably on the seats and wondored
why the team did not win, but It wan another matter to play under the hot sun
with a shoulder that pained nnd throbbed or a head that ached and whirled prelim
inary to a hard chill.
The Atlanta temu deserves all honor for tbe game fight, nnd the defeat wns
as creditable as the average victory. They were up against a hopeleaa game, but
they played It to tbe end.
The Crackera abut out the Karons In every Inning but the eighth. In this one,
Holes worth was hit by n pitched ball, Hmltb went out on a foul fly, Montgomery
singled, and this wns followed by a hit from the tat of Meeks. This Inst blnglo
•Corral two ruus, and won the game for the Borons.
The acore:
""XVTanta- aB. it. irFo.XM.
Prosier, If. . .
Hoffiunn. 3b..
Winter*, rf. . ,
K Smith, 2b. .
Wallace, cf.
Sparks, p.. .
Jordon. , .
Totals.. .. .. .. ..
ftcore by Innings:
..I 0 0 0 0 6
.200140
4 0 2 2 0 0
....4 0 0 0 0 0
....4 0 1 2 2 1
....3 0 1 13 1 1
.. ..I 0 0 ft 1 0
....3 0 0 2 0 0
...3 0 0 1 5 0
.. ..1 0 0 D 0 0
.£ 1 1 27 5 *f<
orth, cf.
VfoleswortI
Smith, rf,
Montgomery, 3b..
Meeks, lb
Gear, If. . . .
Walters, 2b. . .
Garvin, os
Matthews, c.. ..
Clarke, p
Totals
’Ali.lOri'flTA. i:.
..401200
..412210
...3 0 0 2 0 0
..4 0 0 2 4 0
....S 0 0 11
..83 1 7 37 10
Club—
Savannah
Augusta .
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
•horlostnn .
Jacksonville.
Club—
hlcago . . .
New York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia
Cincinnati . .
Brooklyn . . ,
81. Louis . .
Boston 105
1G5
1U1
103
105
101
105
Club— Played. Won. Lost. P. CL
Chicago . . . 104 61 43 .517
Philadelphia. . 103 60 43 .583
New York . . 98 57 41 .582
Cleveland .... 99 58 43 .566
Bt. Louis ... 102 53 49 .020
Detroit .... 103 50 03 .485
Washington . . 101 39 62 .386
Boston .... 104 31 73 .298
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Club— Played. Won.' Lo»t. I
’olumbus ... 117 73 44
Milwaukee . . 115 64 51
Toledo - .... 114 62
Louisville ... 115 59
Minneapolis . . 115 58
Kansns city .117 66
8t. Paul ... 118 48
Indianapolis. . 114 40
.567
.544
.513
.504
.479
.425
*351
TUE8DAV8 RE8ULTS.
nummary: Stolen bases, Archer. Vlnntiruun'rv; tncrlOce hits. Hoffman; ilmihln
plays. Archer tunsMisted), Brers to Morse, lloffnmu to Archer; first base on halls
off sparks 1, off Clarke 1; hit by pitched hull by Hpnrks 1; struck out by Sparks 4,
by Curke 4. Time, 1:82. Umpire, Rudderhsui.
All Ready to Build Arena
For Battle of Lightweights
8outhtrn—
Birmingham 2,. Atlanta 0.
Montgomery 2, Nashville 1.
Little Rock 4, Memphis L
Little Rock 9, Memphis 8.
Hhreveport 4, New Orleans 3.
South Atlantic—
Jacksonville 1, Macon 1.
Columbia 4, Augusta 1.
American—
Cleveland 9, Washington 8.
National—
, Pittsburg 5. Boston 0.
Virginia 8tafa League—
Richmond 5, Portsmouth 3.
Richmond 1, Portsmouth 3.
Providence 4, Montreal 0.
Buffalo 11, Jersey city 3.
condition. IK* wind would not stand the
long go at this weight now. but iiioxt of
his work will be' of the oudiirniiro stuut.
HETO 00 This, ONE UP Rt&HT OH RO OUT Of: BuilHESy
CARTOONI8T TAD 8H0W8 HOW GAN8 WILL HAVE TO TAKE DOWN HIS SIGN IF HE FAKES IN THE
NELSON FIGHT.
NO DEFENDER
CHOSEN YET
TRIAL RACE TUESDAY DOES NOT
SATISFY COMMITTEE AND
MORE WILL FOLLOW.
By Private Lonsed Wire.
Marblehead, Mass.. Aug. lS.-The asms*
race for tbe selectlou of the defender ot
tbe Roosevelt cup did not prove very u.
laminating to tbe race committee Tb»
Cod, which was disabled and did not n„.
Ish at all la tbe Urst race, flnUhed nn,t
In tbe second. Caramba, which
ninth In the llrst race, was second In
second, and Cheewlok IV, which finished
twelfth Monday, was third Tuesday. Snn.
klue, which woo Monday, was twelfth
Tuesday, Ilayaeed III dropped from second
place to aeventh, and Wlndrlm Kid from
third to thlnl-from-last.
Hereafter, two races a day will he held
In tbe hope of arriving st some snllsfac-
tory conclusion.
The result Tuesday:
CHEERFUL NOTES ON A GLOOMY GAME
NAME-
Cod
Cnramta... v ...
Choc wink IV.. .
tally VIII
New Orleans....
Bonldrel
Hayseed III....
Elapsed
Time.
3:3:3
3:29:02
3:35:«
3:11:37
.. . .3:41:52
.. ..3:42:07
3:42:20
By Private leased Wire.
Goldfield. Nrv., Aug. 15.—Nelson and Gans
are gradually taking up their training.
Nelson did not Intend to go out to his
qasrters until Thursday, hut the crowd
that surrounded him all tbe time forced
him to glvs up the Idea of ataylng lu
town any longer.
Tbe work of building tbe arena till be
gin tomorrow. Tbe lumber is on band, nnd
Nolan has put In most of the time getting
the plans In shape.
Nelaon put Id another easy day. He went
to tbe Crystal baths, where he put In
tbe greater part of tbe day swimming
and working with an eierHser. The Bat
tler Is a great diver, and takes to water
like a flab. Jack Clifford was with him.
6 nd the two did a few light atunta In the
nth and out on the hill*.
Nelson now weighs 135. He says he Is
In good shape right now. and Is eating
little and drtnktug nothlug but mineral
water. The rayo of tbe sun do not seem
to bother him.
Nelson weut out to the grounds nnd took
a look at the place where the fight la to
ta held. The canopy of Nevada sunshine
Ihnt hung over the spot left no doubt In
Ills mind that It would bo warm enough.
Ill move out of the brewery tumor-
You can’t win baseball games unless
you have a team.
But, anyway. It shows the right spirit
to try. And Atlanta surely tried Tues
day.
If Atlanta wins another game this
week It will be something to be thank
ful for. It Is pretty hard work to take
games when* four or live regulars are
out of the line-up.
The Atlanta pitchers are likely to get
all that Is coming to them between
now and the end of the season.
The game had some fast young dou
bles In It. Archer got away with one
all by himself. *
Sparks struck out Molesworth the
first three times that that nifty batter
came up. Remarkable record, that. It
takes fancy curves to fool “Moley”
three times in succession.
The gAnie started off at high speed
and the first three innings were played
In 29 minutes. Then the team slowed
up a bit, though the fourth Inning took
only 10 minutes. The first five and a
half Innings were completed within the
hour.
Garvin had a hard Chance when
Hoffman sent a hot one down by him
In the sixth. Hoffman’s attempt came
very near to being a hit.
Wallace is certainly right on the spot
when It comes to fielding. With tw«
Barons on bases and two out In the
sixth Meeks laced out a long one to
deep center. It looked like a two-
bagger and the fans gasped, but Wal
lace went out under It % ana pulled It
down In fine style.
It took Shreveport twelve Innings to
beat New Orleans, but thank goodness
the Pirates got away with It. Bill
Evans broke the tie by hitting a two-
bagger, advancing on u'passed ball and
stealing home.
Stockdale lost the first game Tues
day for Memphis to Little Rock and
Loucks won the second. Brady was
the winning pitcher and Keith the
loser.
From a perusal of the New Orleans
papers It Is learned that Charles Frank
has filed a letter with President Kava-
naugh in answer to a document writ
ten some days ago to the president by
Lowry Arnold, secretary or the Atlan
ta baseball club. In this letter of
Frank’s It Is stated In The New' Orleans
States that Billy Smith will be ap
proached on subjects hidden and -far
away from public vision. Smith will
be asked how he won two pennants In
the South Atlantic League. “By win
ning games,” Smith will most likely
answer. But suppose, for Instance,
that Smith, while In the South Atlantic
league, used tops for baseballs or pur
chased games with filthy lucre, or
doped the opposing team or sneaked In
the league president’s office and
changed the figures, making his team a
winner, what on earth can this have to
do In Southern League circles? Smith
might have done everything, and then
again he might have done nothing, but
whatever he did will have no bearing
on the Southern League.—Birmingham
New's.
one which contained the Information
that he wouldn't accept the office
again.
Whether or not President Kavanaugh
expects to abide by his latest statement
is not known, but It Is learned from
authentic sources that there is a
probability that President Kavanaugh
again.—Binn-
Suumtrn 3:45:50
V*n 3:14:43
Auk...... 3:47:27
Manchester 3:18-57
nkane 3.J0.-44
llllloo 3:54:37
Wfurirlm Kid 3:57:«
Iairclcl.... r 4:01:06
Kill'll 4:91:11
Alecto did not finish.
COTTON STATES.'
Clubs—
Mobile . . .
Meridian . .
Baton Rouge
Jaekson . . .
Gulfport . . .
Vicksburg . .
Played. Won. Lost P.C.
99 61 38 .616
100 56 45 .650
99 60 49 .505
98 48 60 .490
99 48 61 .485
99 35 04 .354
Tlium'lnr. It will take a day to put up
hi* apparatus and get fixed up comfort*
blj.r m m H
Ur
training quarters.
tain climbing, all he has to do is to start
up ('oluiubls mountain right from tin*
front door. It Is the highest peak lu this
most of the time. After the first day’s
work, he sealed I35ty pounds stripped, lie
has felt no 111 effects of tbe altitude, and
he thinks he will.be down to weight any
time It Is necessary. He says he could
enter the ring lu two days at the required
weight, hut be would, uot be In flghtlug
The Georgian’s Score Card.
CROZIER. If.
HOFFMAN. 2b...
WINTERS, rf.
S. SMITH. 3b.
MORSE, ss.
ARCHER, lb.
EVER8. c.
WALLACE, cf.
ZELLER, p
BIRMINUHAM.
MOLESWTH, cf.
C. SMITH, rf...
|| M’TO'M'RY, 3b.
MEEKS, lb.
WALTERS, 2b
GARVIN, ss
MATTHEWS, c..
WILHELM, p..
Score by Inning*? 2 13 4
8 9 10 Jl—R
Birmingham
gave Walters an nnnlHt on the ball that
Smith caught after It laid dropped from
his linnds 7—Birmingham Ledger.
Whnt’H u "stereotyped scorer,” any
way? And whose hands?, •‘His" Is
so vague. And also,' why shouldn’t he
give "him” an assist unywny?
Tt is not at all Improbable that
highly sensational transactions may
tnke place In this league before the
close of ‘the season. It Is known that
plans now under the surface will cause
n uuuke that will be felt In every city
In the association when they arc put
In operation. The recent letter of Sec
retary Arnold, of Atlanta, to President
Kuvnnnugh was the torch that set the
IHiwder off, and when the smoke has
blown away It 'Is very probable that
-crtuln club managers ond club owners
In the association will see the folly of
their ways. Just what the letter hand
ed yesterday by Slnnager Charles
Frank to President Kavanaugh con
tained Is probnbly not known by any
save Mr. Prank nnd Mr. Kavanaugh,
but those close to the New Orleans
club believe that It contains a sensa
tional reply to that part of Mr. Ar
nold's letter which reflects on the man
agement of the New Orleans club. Lo
cal fans applaud the method of Man
ager Prank In giving the ryply to the
president of the league, Arnold's let
ter having been addressed to President
Kavannugh.—New Orleans Item.
Let 'er "bust.” We will see who
gets soaked.—Birmingham Ledger.
It Is believed In some circles that
William M. Kavanaugh will not an
nounce for re-election os president of
the Southern League next season.
It Is known that the present presi
dent has said that In the event he was
not chosen unanimously he would not
accept the position.
This statement was made following
Cotton States—
Baton Rouge 2, Vicksburg 9,
Gulfport 4, Jackson 3.
Mobile, 3, Meridian 1.
GOOD BALL AT ENTERPRISE.
B gl
-'■ontested until tbe -seventh Inning, when
the score st'sst 2 nnd 3 In favor of lisle-
vllle. The local. then milled ninl tied thw
score. After this, the visitors wero nt the
merer of Sninlers, the local twlrler, whll
Sntsrprlae Itoys Imtted I'nlevllle'
Ren Halley, one of the local plnrers, bed
a rather Vrlnnii aeeliient while running
home. Ills shoulder was broken. I>r. Mans-
field, who hnppcni'd to la* oil the grounds,
took lilui In hand promptly.
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FLUBETOPIA.
Hats affected with this malady
should bo taken to Bu>tey't, 31 1-2
Whitehall.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loans on valuables.
Bargains In unredeemed Outniond*
15 Decatur bt. Kimball He***
ME FOR GENE!
"They an* still giving (tat LcMonfrevllle the hot end of It,” write* hra>nl<l»*
Polk, once of The Na»hvllle News, an«l later of The Memphis Xews-Sdmltnr, hut
now with The Toletlo Nows-Hoc. “He Is on tbe bench again. Went to bat tb«?
other day for the pitcher in the ninth. Doubled! 8cored! Tied score! Back to
the bench. We won Id the sixteenth!!!”
Here Is what Mr. Polk wrote about It:
difTreut kinds uv fans. It takes
»o, you non i nev ler swniiow i
My choice, unless you want;
I’m Jes' opinin' i HHUnl like.
It’s uie ter Gene Iietuout.
“O, Gene’s the tay, nil right, all right!
,You pur 'Jin In the game,
Ur ke?p ’Ini out—don't do no good.
He gets there, Jes’ tb’ same.
For If he plars. he’s got the goods:
An’ If he don’t, I' sick.
You miss 'Iiu so. the bdll blame bunch
Uv rooters gits plum’ sick.
”Miek Kelly’s Millers come ter town
An' lickral Kd Grille's gong.
An' eft, next «lay. Gene op an’ lowed
As bow he’d Jes’ be dang
Ef something didn’t BEY ter drop;
An* drop she did, you l*et.
8he dropiiral so bimmI an’ plenty bar*!.
The echo’s ruiulding yet.
“Five times thet lanky Gene raw up
Ter bat. Four times: Ksr-whot.
He landed on I’adwsfile’s curve*
(Mix tags Is nil he got*.
Drove Jes’ four runs scrost tbe P«s»e
And nufufN'd bl**elt ter two;
Thorwwl fire -
Then wisht
“But, after thet. they all got off,
Kays Kelly. ’Whitt's do use?
DIs ain’t no Boaco exhtblsh;
l)nt chump’s er lemon Juice.
Bo, ev’rybody went an’ et.
An’ talked ux what they seen—
I got er right ter talk
tay. listen: MB FOR GENE!
Atlanta vs. Birmingham
AUGUST IS.
Game Called 4 p.m. Last Game of Series.