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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 . \ 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. 000O0004J000O00000000000000 O 0 O HUGHES WORK8 IN O O THURSDAY'S GAME. O 0 0 O Hughes will probnbly pitch, on 0 O Thursday In the Initial game O O against Montgomery. Munugcr 0 O Smith wants to work him In the 0 O Sunday game In Memphis and can O O hardly do so unless Tom takes 0 O his next turn Thursday. O O It has practically been decided O O to have the double-header against 0 O Montgomery on Friday Instead of O O Thursday. 10 0 O 000000000043000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 0 EVANSVILLE PAPER 0 O COP8 A FAN TYPE 0 0 r- o O Even the newspapers of the 0 O usually respectable town o( 0 O Evansville, Ind., are not above a 0 0 little hlgb-class pilfering—espe- 0 0 daily when they can get hold ot 0 0 a real good thing. Some unsigned 0 0 cartoonist pinched Mr. Brener- 0 0 ton's “Fan Type No. 21,” drew 0 0 It over and let It go as his own. 0 O Too bad those guys up there can't 0 0 have an original Idea once In a 0 O while. O 0 0 O000000000000000000O00O00O O 0 O REPORT OF DEATH 0 O QUITE PREMATURE. 0 0 0 0 When the Society for the Aboil- 0 0 tlon of All Healthful Sport sets 0 O out to hurt any game It docs not 0 0 let the truth stand In the way of O O a good Job. 0 From The Philadelphia Record 0 0 Is taken a list of alleged "baseball 0 O deaths,” In which la Included the O 0 following: "Sam Woodward, star play er of the Georgia Tech. Col lege, died while playing In the Cotton State League. H« was hit on the head by a pitched ball.” 0 0 0 0 o 0 O Sam Woodward Is certainly one 0 O of the llvest "dead ones" who ever 0 0 hit the town of Atlanta. 000000000OO00O0q000O0O000O ° WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O Birmingham in Atlanta. J New Orleana In Shreveport “ Memphis In Little Rock. * Nashville In Montgomery. g 0OOO0O0O00O00000OO0OOOO« ,<} More Sports on Page Seven. 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.