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ATLANTA TEAM PLAYING VERY SPEEDY BASEBALL By PERCY WHITING. Special Correspondence. Memphis*. Tenn.. An*. 22.—The Atlanta team made a highly creditable allowing Id Memphla. The first game waa fairly and aqoarely Boat, but with a disorganized team and against the greatest pitcher of the Kouth- ern League, the ahowlng waa highly cred itable. The aecond game waa a safe Tlctory and a well-played conteat. The Crackere allowed up In line atyle, and took the fame In a romp, after a see-saw conteat, The third game proved to be another victory, and waa one of the moat enter taiuiog games seen this aeaaon. The Crack ers were on the Jump from beglnulng to and. and never gave up, though the run In the first Inning and the subsequent star twirling of ••Sally*’ Suggs made things look decidedly blue for the Atlanta delegation. The game waa won on Memphla* errors, to be sure, but the Cracker* were right there to take advantage of them, and fancy base running by Otto Jordan was about ‘ what beat Babb’s Burglars. The fourth gome speaks for Itself. At lanta Just outplayed Memphis at every point • Tho old nem’-gire-up-tlll-the-laaf-mnn-J*- out spirit has shown up strong through out the series. Tho boys hove nil done their level best, and If they were right at the top and bad the pennant In sight, they could have worked no harder to win. That they have been up against the team which la, on form, dope and post performances, • the best In the league, has not worried the bunch In the slightest, and they have fone after games with a will. The return of Childs fo hfs true form sought to help the team. In Tuesday's game, he pitched wonderfully well. He had good control of both his curves and his fast ball, and the steam he put Into the Utter was somethlug pretty startling to the Memphis batters, especially as most of the game was played with the sky heavily overcast. • If the players can keep the pace they have set in the Memphis series, their ahowlng through the West should 1m» some thing which will surprise the natives. The Little Rook games ought to prove easy. There Is no reason to suppose that the Travelers are any stronger than usual. ft In hoped that Archer will he la good playing shape by the time the Shreveport series begins, and If he Is, Gllks’ IMrates ought not to prove so very formidably Of course. New Orleans Is likely to cause a world of trouble, and the series In the Crescent City is likely to be one full of exciting Incident». But the Crackers have every right to expect an even break down there. If the trip goes on as smoothly ns It has started, the Atlanta team ought to come back In a position which will give thenj chance to make things exciting during the concluding games of the season, wblcb will be played at Piedmont. Too much can hardly Ik* said in praise of the playing of the Atlanta team In Memphis. Kid Smith Is decidedly at home behind the bat. and says that hi has the confidence there which he alleges be has lacked—though bis playing has certainly not shown It—on third base. Fox Is the same old Jim on first. Jordan has been doing tnarveloua fielding at second, and hfs base running was the star feature of Tuesday's game. Morse has been playing steadily and efficiently at short. Hoffman has done even better at third than he did at second, and that is saying a hunch. His fielding has not suffered at all by com parlsoo with Charley Babb. Evers has done nicely In centeetteld, and his hit ting Is what took the starch out of Mem phis In Monday's game. As for Crosier nnd Winters, well, they are always there with safe and sure fielding and hard hit ting. The pitchers are working well, and altogether things are looking up. TRIMMING ’EM SOME! League Standings I 30UTH ATLANTIC. Mgr. Smith Wants Archer and Wants Him Right Quick Club— Auruita . Savannah . . . 101 Macon 104 Columbia . . . 105 Charleston . . 100 Jacksonville. . 101 Ployed. Won. Lost. P. Ct. 41 .610 40 .604 51 .510 54 .486 54 .460 68 .327 By PERCY WHITING. Little Bock. Ark.. Ann. 28,-Althouah he sow ba. a winning combination In tho 8,14. Manager Smith iranta Jimmy Archer to Join the team. In or«1»r that Sid Smith may go back to third and Hoffman to cen* tar held. He haa wired Jimmy again, or dering him to get to Little Rock In tlm. to play In Friday's game. Zeller for Atlanta and Keith for Little Hock will ba the offering tn the twirl act thla afternoon. After tha great ahowlng it Memphla. tha team expects to make a dean awasp In Little Rock. Two games aril! ba played Saturday afternoon. The deal for "Bow BUI" Oannoa haa bean declared off. Memphis wanted ISdd for hla release. Smith balked at the Mg price for a player who might not report. Nothing has been heard from the Hous ton player, Mowrey. ‘ Chief Zimmer, manager of the Little Roek elnh, suspended Third naaemao Hickey yesterday for not reporting at the baseball nark. Hlrkey la about alt In aa a liaaehall player. Offletala of the Memphla club anld yea- terdny that they will protest all games In Which Birmingham uaea Castro against Post-Season Series Sure Between Two N. Y. Clubs Club— . Chicago . . . Philadelphia New York . Cleveland . . St. Loula . . Detroit . . . Washington . Boston . . . Played. Won. Lost P. Cl. .723 .648 .838 .468 .434 .393 .363 Played. Won. LostP.Ct. 110 110 113 104 10« lOt 107 110 .609 .572 .662 .558 .523 .486 .393 .300 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. S3.—It has been set tled that the Giants and Yankees will play a post season aeries for the championship of New York. To the sporting editor of The Kyenlng Journal, Frank Farrell, pres ident of the Yankees, writes: "1 am very dealroni of having Ibe Yan kees and Glint! play a series nf gsmea thla aeaaon. I should want the games played under the rules that govern the ! world's championship aeries, and under the direction of the national commission, the : aeries to ba for a permanent trophy era- blematle of the Mtamplonsblp of Manhat tan. I want It distinctly understood that I will not wager a dollar on tha result. My associates In the American League are opposed to tietttng on baseball, anil I myaelf think the sport might suffer If the Inter ested parties het' on the games. 1 wlU meet Mr. Rrnah to complete arrangrmgBta for the aeries at hla eonreolenee.-’ To this, Mr. Brush replies: "I certainly favor n |>oat-scaaon aeries between the Yankees and the Giants under national commission rules, and, according to the suggestion of Mr. Farrell, contingent upon neither rluti finishing flrat In 111 respective league." This ought to settle It. Played- Columbus . . Milwaukee . Toledo . . . Minneapolis . Kansan City. Louisville . . 8t. Paul . . Indianapolis . Played. Won. Lost. p. C. . K4 76 48 .613 . 123 69 54 .561 . 123 66 56 .541 . 123 63 61 .508 . 124 62 62 .500 . 123 61 63 .496 . 122 53 69 .434 . 124 43 81 .347 ATLANTA TAKES ANOTHER FROM BABBLERS AT HOME Sid Smith, of South Carolina, Latest' Hero Among Sports By PERCY WHITING. Special to The Georgian. -Memphla. Tenn., Aug. 23.—The Atlanta team, which haa heretofore thla aeaaon been the clnchleat aort of proposition for Mem phis, put the concluding touebea on a large paatel of revenge Wednesday afternoon by walloping the Babblere by the score of 3 to 0 and winning the third game out of four played in the series. ** Kidney Smith, the willing worker, waa the whole show for Atlautn. This, youug man, who played hut’ll a good game tit third that he couldu't be used beh-'nd the bat until Archer t>ecaiue hurt nnd Evers got In had form, performed brilliantly. Hla throwing to second Wednesday was by fnr the heat aeen In the Southern League thla year. He flung down four men trying to steal nnd got assists on two other plays by nice strong-arm work. Then again—Atlanta's first run came In on Sid's hit nnd a double steal In which he figured. Ills three-bagger brought In an other run nnd enabled him to score. ' Harley pitched a good game but brilliant support saved his life several times. Morse pbtyffl a phenomenal gnme at shortstop, scooping up sure hits time after time. Twice the bases were filled right Jam-np —once with iioltody out—hut brilliant Infield work cut off runs. Atlanta’s runs came like this: Fourth Inning—8ld Smith singled to ceil- •r. Morse sacrificed. On Hoffman’s out. Smith went to third. Jordan walked. Smith tallied on double steal. Eighth Jnnlng—Winters popped oot Cro- iler bunt«l and not to third on Lelblwir. wHd throw. Hs scored on 81.1 srolui j triple. Morse walked. Hoffman grmm.wJ 1 to third and on Babb's error Smith The kenrp- *• The score: ATLANTA- Wlnters, rf. Orozler, If S. Smith, c Morse, ss... .. .. Hoffman. 3b 4 It. H. pf : ::3 ....4 Totals.. - Score by innings: 0 I 1 0 0 3 9 Atlanta.. .. Memphis i Sumnini Jordan. S. ley L- by LJebbnrdt 2; hit br utu-im bio plsys. Morse to Smith to F«x 1 MEMPHIS— Plass, If Carter, rt 3 AB. R. II. I n. a F •Oil-** 0 0 4 0 114 0 Totals 29 0 5 27 11 ..4 0 2 r, 0 . ...,3 0 0 10 0 0 .8 0 0 3 1 0 4 .3 0 0 0 1 J] I .....0 0 0 1 0 0 02 M. OOOOOOOO 0—0 hroe-bnso hit, 8. Smith; stolon bases, plan. I lev 3, off Llehhardt 4: struck out bv Hnr. i rlnss; sacrifice hits, ('rosier. Morso; ,i,m. 1:30. Umpires, Wainscott and Bodderham. HMMMtMtMtMMIMMttMttttMWttl The latest hero In the sporting world Is the chubby South Caroliunn, Sid Smith, who seems to have struck the gait of bfs life during the past four days. Sid has played the roost Important part In the winning of the last three games of the Memphis series. His work liehind the bat has been iu- perb, nnd just one base has been stolen off him In three games. He has thrown out seven men trying to steal In the three games. Ills stick work has cut a most conspicuous figure in all three games. As a utility player. Smith is one of the best In Dixie. tast year, when with Charleston, h«* playcil every position on the team exeept that of pitcher, and he thinks there are now worse twlrlers in the South- ■n League than he would be. It lil n funny thing tbnt Smith thinks he Is a poor third haseman, and doesn't want to play the |»os!tlon. It Is true that he is not n Bradley or even a Babb, but his work at the last corner, taken day In nnd day out. Is far above the Southern League average. Blit Smith snys he never feels certain of himself at third. *r loses a certain nervousness, and is always fenring a disastrous bobble. He prefers catching to playing any other position. It looks as though that is his forte. Roosevelt Has Been Invited To See Nelson-Gans Battle By Privats Leased Wire. Goldfield. Nev., Aug. 13—It waa made practically certain that thera would be no hitch to prevent Joe Gana and l'nltllng . Nelson from entering tha ring on time on : Labor Day when both the fighter, reported -today that they had mads the required weight. 133 pounds. In tha cm, ot Nelson than waa nothing surprising about this, but It bad not been expected that the Baltimore 1 fighter would reach tha flgura so easily. In ’ fact, Gana did not put blmaelf under any 'great strain to maks hla mark, and found 1 that It vis only tha result of Ms regular ' training that put him than. Tha easy training that Gana underwent ts reach tha 133-pound mark has bsen some what surprising. Bill Nolan, tha Battler’s manager, waa very sanguine that Gana would not sneered lu getting down to the required weight, and when making the ileal for tha Dana to mast him waa much con cerned about thla matter. The weather waa so cool and nice today after tho rain and ball storm of yesterday that Gens did all of hla work outdoors. In the early morning hu had a wrestling match with a frisky burro. He hud a lively Ume and displayed great agility In dodging the heels of the long-eared animal that thawed ■ decided disinclination to cloaa with tha pugilist. After this Cans ran ICO yard* with the champion 72-year-old sprinter of Nevada, and was Inglorioualy beaten by the length of the old man'a Bowing whiskers. Gana was In a gay mood and seemed to enjoy th.se antics. 'About t o'clock he went for hla road run and cantered oot for 4H miles and bock without apparent effort. He strikes a toping gait and keeps It up for a mile or two lit, a horse. He wears a cap, n heavy sweater, khaki trouseri and carries a heavy stick that be.might hare borrowed f(om the i resident of the ratted States. Ilia weight .ttys at 133. Follow in. message is said to have been sent to I'rr.ldent Booaevelt: "Goldft.VI extends to yon n cordial Invl* tation trend the Nelsoo-Gans contest for tv. I’ cut weight championship of the worM •„ i, held In Gnldttehl Lalvir Day. The title-.. of Goldfield having conquered the d...and made of the kind of stuff thst m,ke» men endnre to win In nny atrng worth traveling thousands of miles to see. Imbued with thnt spirit of sturdiness which makes tho argonaut, they view tho ap proaching event ns an exemplification of that determination of purpose and aggres siveness of spirit thnt so dominantly char acterises the American race, and which has In n great measure conduced to the ad vancement of our beloved country. (Signed) "I. M. SULLIVAN. WEDNESDAY’S RE8ULTS. Southern— , Atlanta 3, Memphla 0. New Orleans 2, Montgomery (sixteen Innings.) Shreveport 4, Birmingham 2. Nashville 6. Lillie Rock 1. South Atlantic— Jacksonville 2, Charleston 1. Charleston 1, Jacksonville 0 (seven Innings.) American— Chicago 6. New York 1. Roston 3, Detroit 2. I’hlladelphla 5, St. Louis 3. Washington 4, Cleveland 0. Chicago l. New York 6. National— Pittsburg 2, New York I. St. Louis 3. Boston 2. Chicago 4, Philadelphia 3. Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 4. Eastern— Montreal 3, Newark 1. • Newark l, Montreal 0. Rochester 2, Jersey City 0. Rochester 5. Jersey City 3. Providence 3, Toronto 1. Providence 4. Toronto 1. 'Buffalo 4, Baltimore 0. SOUTHERN. JIMMY ARCHER SEES RETURNS Among the vast crowd watching The Georgiau flu*l» if*.returns on the huge wall above Good rum'a tobacco store was Jimmy Archer, Atlanta's star backstop. Jimmy said he had wired Billy Wednes day afternoou that he wouldn't be able to report right away and said he didn't really know how much louger his lunlmed shoulder would disable him. Archer was hobbling about, aided by a pretty stick Some one had glveu him as a token for his conscientious work. The game little receiver says the fact thnt he can’t split the honor of win nlng those games on the road Is bothering him nearly ns bad ns his hurt. •’The hoys nre moving some, and that's what they're going to kt-ep doing from now on. Is fny opinion," said Jeems when he was asked what he ttmught shout our crip ples taking a trio of contests from the MemphlJ after they bnij strengthened them •elves for th** occasion. Kays Jimmy: "I'm like I>oc Childs, when I see the hoys on the field working out T could swear there wasn't a nine in America that eould wallop them, but somehow luck Isn’t on our side of the scorecard. You never see a single off the hat of one of our boys take a bad bound and go for three liases like the other fellows* singles do. No. sir, we can win without luck helping us some, and from what I cau gather Hilly 8mlth has a hammer lock on the god of good fortune." OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o 0 WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O 0 O O Atlanta In Little Rook. O O Birmingham In Shreveport, O 0 O 00900000000000000000000000 Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct . 108 68 40 .630 . 1)1 63 48 .568 . 113 64 49 .666 . 110 61 49 .555 .555 .482 .342 110 .313 Notes Around Circuit "Red" Tom Fisher was bearded In hit own den. Thst Is going too far. The Shreveport fans should not lie subjected to too much Indignity.—Birmingham ledger. We have done the same. The curves prescribed by Dr. rhllds proved troublesome medicine for the Mem phis—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. On no occasion this season have local folks been shocked so suddenly. Georgie Huggs, always at his l»est when twirling against his erstwhile companions from At lanta, proved a puxsle to Mannger Smith’s men throughout the trying ttrdcal. Until the ninth liming only c’roxle r hail connect ed with the liases.— Memphis Commercial- Appeal. The lAehharxlts and the Hnggses are busy •electing men for their battle royal on Sep tember 16. Llehhardt announce* his line as foliowp: Owens, ••; Liebhsrdt. p; kdale. rf; Nadeau, lb; Nb-bolls, as; Smith. 2b; Thiel, 3h; Powell, ef; Wagner. Huggs will send the following: Hurl hurt, c; Huggs. p; l.oucfc*. rf: Carey, lb; Plass, 21*; Babb, ss; Carter, Sb; Mauusb. Boyd, If. A feature will be Club— Birmingham. New Orleans Memphis . . Atlanta . . . Shreveport . Montgomery. Nashville .,.114 39 75 Little Rock ... 112 35 77 American Association— Louisville 12, St. Paul 2. Minneapolis 1, Indianapolis 0. Virginia State— Portsmouth 7, Danville 2. Lynchburg 6, Roanoke 2 (8 nlngs.) Richmond 1, Norfolk 0 (11 Innings.) Richmond 5, Norfolk 0. Cotton States— Jackson 14, Mobile 3. Baton Rouge 6, Gulfport 4 (6 In nings.) H Meridian 7, Vicksburg 5. SHUSTER SAVES PELICANS AGAIN In gle. . <>k upon this conteat as u battle yard dash between Carey and llurlburt, aud Nov* BAD COMPANY. You and a greasy hat. Bussey can clean and reshape (the hat). 281-2 Whitehall. other tests of stamina and speed between other Meinphll. Photographs of the entire group will be presented to the spectators. —Memphis Commerclal-Appesl. Jeffries, of the Jackson chib, In the Cot ton Ktntes league, got off with a great record In the game with Mobile yester day. He waa at the InH live time*, made fire bits, made three runs and stole three base*.—Birmingham New*. The rare for the Houtir Atlniftlc League pennant continue* to be n red hot nffairi l*etweeo Augusta aud Sstauiiab.— Mucuu to help Frank and his nine Kavanaugh or- That Kavanaugh-Frank-Kbuster clique has got under full steam again. Wednesday In New Orleans, after Montgomery and the Pelicans bad played a fifteen-inning contest and Montgomery had scored three runs In her end of the sixteenth, this imported tool of Charlie Frank allowed Jakey Ata, the human phonograph, to kick until he saw fit to atop, and then called the game on ac count of darkness. When Kbuster called the game l>lg Domi nick Mullaney made a break for the al leged Judge of play, but, according to the press reports, some <jne he$d the big mana ger. Thla la exactly what happened here In At-« lanta when the locate were playing Nath- vllle. It. Hmlth made a break for the unips, whose decisions carry with them the odor of an nutlquated cabbage. Shuster, not satisfied with robbing the Crackers of the game, returned to hla hotel and wlretl a deliberate falsehood to Kavanaugh, stating that Manager Hmlth had struck ^Iro. Shu* ter will probably turn the same trick <>u Mullaney this time. That stunt pulled off Wednesday wasn't directly against Atlanta, but it was playing right In to Coe Frank’s foxy tints. The attention of the fans la called to the fact that Shuster has for more than a month hr*n directed to follow the New Or leans teaift aud judge the gamaa In which that club played. Four day* after Shuster demonstrated here In Atlautn hfs ability LABOR AND LEISURE ! B Y ELLA WHEELER WILCOX! T SID SMITH. NO-HIT GAME. Special to The Georgian. Bnrnesvllle, Ga., Aug. 23.—In a very In terestlng game of halt, Thomastnn won over the atrong Hillsboro team. Mangum, who pitched for Thomastnn, did not allow «i or a bate on balls, and struck out fifteen men. Davenport, who pitched - ' for Hillsboro, allowed only two hits, one of which waa a home run by Anderson. Score by Innfngs: It. H. E. Thomastnn Ml 209 009—3 2 S Hillsboro. m 900 000-0 0 2 Batteries: Mangum nnd Farris; Daven port and Colie. and New Orleans were playing. From that day to this Shuster has been with the N**w Orleans team unhampered by any assisting umpire. It will be remem hered that at the same time Shuster was ordered to Memphis Buckley was given his release. NAT KAISER & CO. Confldantlal loam on valuables. Bargain! In unredeemed Diamonds 15 Decatur 6b Kimball Houaa Confided for a season to our care, tabor and Leisure make life tanutlful When well divided, nnd when tabor means Deserved reward, nnd leisure tweet repose. Or happy explorations In the fair Ascending paths of pleasure. When we grow In health. In wisdom nnd in happiness. Through hours of freedom, then, anti then ( We prove our right to clamor for more time. But when the ginshop nnd the gambling den. The dire, the public dance hall nnd the street Send sodden creatures slowly back to toil After the ending of n holiday. It makes a louder protest than the voice Of tyrant Greed against the shortened honr And lengthened wage of tabor. Look to it That Leisure lifts you ere you ask for more. HE ni*ove lines, written by me nnd published In the Sunday American some months ago, have called forth several criticisms and protest*, some kindly In Intent, some meant unktmllv, from working people nud their defenders. All these protests hntfe been made from a mistaken point of view. No one living Itelfevea more fully in the shortening or the hours of labor than the writer of the lines quoted. I work frequently fifteen hours a day. But I work for myself and because I like my work. I have no empbtyer. That makes an entirely different thing «>f labor. Eight hours a day nre quite enough for continuous work or nny kind. Most era* yera, heads of business bouses nnd rapi sts, who have the money mhking fever work more than that. Ilut they also work for themselves. No mio can find fnmt or discharge them or dock their wage they happen to he late or take n holiday. To be compelled to go tm work nt a certain hour nnd to remain until a prescribed time, ns has already been stated. Is quite an other story. I hone to live to s new Inventions and new conditions the whole drudgery of the world s work will be done on five hours' time and the human race allowed the remainder to grow, men tally and spiritually. A Voice of Greed. As I come of a long-lived race on two aides, I may realize my dream, but the world will realise It some time, surely. When I think of the rtitton mills, with their deafening roar and flying dust, where I have seen women working ten nnd twelve hours a day and begging (tosltlona for their min - — * • need that the quoted lines were written. The employer a objection to the short* hour for labor Is understood ns the voire I Tha Great Danger. But when the ginshop and th** gambling I den. , The dive, the public dance hill nr street Send sodden creatures slowlv bark After the ending of a holblnv. It makes a lomler protest than the Of tyrant Greed. I have seen n woman weei lid hej orklnj children (and opposing tiny movement to prevent the employment of children, ns I personally knew them to do); when 1 think of the feather fnetorle* and the sweat simps am! the thousands of other uinnufactorles where no light of day ever penetrates, ami men. women 'dron un* saerffirfna - Jcfng eyesight an*l health on the altar of greed and civilization. I long to 4»pen all the diMirs nnd send the tollers forth to green fields nnd cool wo«k1s for half of every working uny; and I know the world would be bet ter off and the progress of the hninan race accelerated were It made possible for In thr '—* ‘I - v' «*• • air each day. • It Is because I want the tollers them selves to help make the world realize their -'en nnd regret the announcement of an u holiday for her husband. He was i mnn. a laborer. She knew the holiday meant the wnatlnc I pf hi" wages nnd greater Injury tn hit health than two days of hard work. It meant the ginshop and th- cambllnr den. 1 When an employer sees and kno many similar results from hoHda.ru he it 1 strengthened In his argument-* nzslnst shor tened hours of labor. He «!«>(** not stop tn think of the thousands of women nnd th* I hundreds of sober nnd morn! men nil nlwtit I him, who need the added leisure to innke I home life worth th% name. He does not consider the pitiable of good fathers, who love their children, .ref who never see them save when th**r nre asleep. Nor the numbers of wives nnd mother! rising at the dawn to prepare a breakfast .... w j JO re turn nt night- more than fall Into n- K misfortune, when the laboring himself, by hla bad habits during hour! of leisure, makes n louder protest than th* mo * - ' l- “ at I ask for more. OOOOOOOO0OOO00OO0OO0OOOOOO O POISONING OF TREPOFF O RESULTS IN ARRESTS. 0 | O Special Cable—Copyright. S 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 23.—Sev- 0 eral arrest*, one of the prisoners 0 O being a woman, have been made 0 O as a result of an attempt to poison 0 O General Trepoff. A rook and three 0 O servant* In the general’s employ 0 O had already been taken Into cun* 0 tody by the police. Trepoff Is said 0 0 to be very III as a result of the £ O poison, but It I* not believed that 0 f O he 1* In a aetfoun atate. 0 oooooooooooaoooooocwowo, TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN we -Take YOUR WANT ADS. UcrcU him to Mcmuhla. where the Mvmubil EXCURSION RATES TO NEW YORK Account Home-Coming of W. J. BRYAN Account Home-Coming of Wm. J. Bryan, August 30, the Central of Georgia Railway, in connection with Ocean Steamship Co., will sell tick ets Atlanta to New York and return at rate of $31.00, for sailing of August 27. Tickets limited to leav£ New York not-later than September 4. W. H. FOGG, Dist. Pass. Agent. JJ