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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 1906.
I SPORTS
ATLANTA TEAM IS MAKING
GREATEST ROAD RECORD
IN HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE
Tho Atlnntu club Just now If mnklng the greatest road record In the history of
the Southern league. Since leaving Atlnntn one week ngo from Inst Saturday, the
Cracker# have plnycd ten games.
Of the ten. eight hnve been victories.
The two thnt were lost, one to Memphis nnd one to Little Itoek, each went
the other way by a margin of one run. The Unit gnme on the trip wus dropped to
Memphis by the score of 4 to 3. Sparks, who was pitching against I.lebhnrdt, hav
ing one bad Inning. The other defeat was the final content at Little llock Katnr-
day. In which Hoc Childs got the small end of a 1 to 0 battle.
Can thnt,record In* beaten?
It was, and Is a crippled team. too.
As to why Atlanta has lieen winning—
Superb pitching, backed by heavy and sequential hitting, has turned the trick.
In the > ten games, Atlanta has made eighty eight bits, an average of 8.8 per
game.
Opponents have made fifty-four, an average of 5.4 per game.
Atlanta's team batting average for the trip, .258.
opponents* team batting average, .175.
Atlanta has stolen two bases to every one by opponents.
And the fielding has l»een on a parity.
Hughes, Harley and Zeller hnve won all the games they have pitched, two each.
Childs and Sparks have each won one and lost one.
Double-Header Will Close
The Series With Shreveport
By PERCY WHITING.
Shreveport, Aug. 29.—The weather permit
ting, the Crackers will play a double-header
With Shreveport this afternoon, thereby
completing their third series of the filial
trip away from home.
Sparks will pitch the first game. If he
wins It 4'hllds will be put In to work out
the second contest. Tom Hughes l>eliig sent
on to New Orleans to open the series there,
thence going straight to Atlnntn to open the
first series at home. Should Sparks lose,
however, Hughes will lie used In the second
game. Hilly figures thnt If anybody can
win from the Pirates, Hughes Is the mail,
and If Sparks loses his game he wants to
put forth the !>est effort to get the other
game and the dwlslou In the series.
HARVARD CREW
IS GOING SOME
By Private Leased Wire.
l’utney, England, Aug. 29.—The Harvard
crew gave the Englishmen another rude
■hock by rowing over the course from Put
Oey to Mort lake In nineteen minutes and
forty-five seconds. The time Is consider
ed very faet« although the conditions
were not very favorable, with the tide
running strongly and tho wind favoring
the crew inoet of the wny.
The course Is no crooked, however, thnt
the wind hindered the crew part of the
Way. The time of the row was a most
reinnrkalde one, when It Is romcnilH'red
that Morgan kaa l»eeii rowing only since
Saturday, after a slight attack of ptomaine
poisoning, and thnt Ulchardsoii tins been In
the boat only the same length of Hum,
■fter being out with toiisllltls' for ten dnya.
The times at various points along the
course were ns follows:
The first tnlle was taken In four minutes
■nd thirty-five seconds; Hammersmith
bridge, almut 1% miles from the start, was
reached In seven minutes and fifty-eight
second#; Chiswick church, a bit short of
f miles. In twelve minutes and nineteen
•econds; Homes bridge, nltout the 4-mlle
mark, In' sixteen minutes and forty seconds,
and the Ship, opposite the finish, In nine
teen minutes and forty-five seconds.
Had the crew rowed hard all the way,
It could have easily taken forty-flve seconda
from the time. When the time was an
nounced all tfie Englishmen at the finish
were astounded. It Is thought here todny
that the betting odds, which have hither
to fnvored Cambridge, will favor Har
vard tomorrow. Thnusnnda saw Harvard
row, and they applauded the Amcrlatns
enthusiastically along the line.
Cambridge rowed twice, bard both times,
but did not get out of the ordinary.
Wliltoy Morse, whose absence will hurt
the Crackers In n pinch, Is eepcoted to re
join the foam In time for th* New* Orleans
R unic Friday. It Is his brother-in-law who
i so III, and not his brother.
Hob Wallace will hardly Ih» used any
more this season unless further aeeblents
absences erlpple the team. Ilotli Evers
**"' lieen fielding In good
THREE OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS PIRATES
That was a false alarm about Hilly Smith
signing three new men. The fellow who
piped It off to me merely made n mistake
as to managers. It w*ns Hobby (Silk* who
got the men. He won't tell who they are.
League Standings
THE DOWNFALL.
Out on the field with their nineteen
straight
Strode the Sox with a confident smile.
While the public poured by myriads
through
The creaking and overworked stile.
••We've won nineteen games," said Fielder
/ Jones,
, "And the fame of the Providence Grays
■ball Im» eclipsed ere the sun goes down
— — * d*y of days.
Clubs—
Birmingham.
Memphis . .
Atlanta . . . .
New Orleans
Shreveport
.581
.669
.664
.647
.483
.328
.311
Some Pertinent Paragraphs
On the Great National Game
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Clubs—
Savannah .
Augusta . .
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
Charleston. .
Jacksonville.
Played. Won. hotit. P. C.
. 106 66 40 .623
. 110 68 42 .618
. 107 66 61 .623
. 108 61 67 ,472
. 10? 47 68 .446
. 106 33 73 .311
Club—
Mobile . . .
Meridian . .
Gulfport . .
Baton Rouge
Jackson , .
Vicksburg .
Clubs—
Chicago . . .
New York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia.
Cincinnati . .
Brooklyn . .
St. Louts . .
Boston . . .
COTTON 8TATE8.
Played. Won. Lost.
Wl
P.C.
.618
.545
.500
.496
.486
..356
.646
.641
.449
.424
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Clubs—
Chicago ... 115 70 45
Philadelphia. . 113 64 49
New York .... 120 62 48
Cleveland ... 112 62 60
St. Louis .... 114 60 54
Detroit .... 113 54 59
Washington . . 112 46 67
Boston 116 35 81
AMERICAN~A880CIATION.
Clubs—
Columbus . ,
Milwaukee .
Toledo . . .
Minneapolis.
Kansas City
Louisville .
Paul . .
Indianapolis.
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS.
8outham—-
tlanta 3, Shreveport 0.
3, Birmingham 2.
^ ~ shville 1.
Roetf 2.
If the fans Will kindly stop asking us
who Is In charge pf the local club, we
will consider It a great favor. We would
be glad to answer the question, but to tell
the truth, we absolutely do not know and
do not think nny one herenlmuts can on
lighten you on the subject. There Is a
president, manager, hoard of directors,
executive committee, and n whole bunch
of directors. All these have a say, and
—by the wny—yon should attend one of
the meetlngn. Talk about the "Kind Words
Club"—It's not In It with the Nashville
Itnsohnll Compnnyj—Nashville American
Poor old Nashville.
Hurley was In good form and let the
teal squad down with four hits. Only
In one Inning did the Pirates bunch swats.
Shreveport Times.
Hnpp, the young catcher whom Frank
took from Shreveport some dime hack,
caught his first gnme yesterday. Hnpp
handled himself pretty well. nlthoiiKh he
did not get much chance In throwing down
to second, because .Nashville did not At
tempt to steal.—New Orleans Picayune.
If.Jnkey Atx ataya In the game much
longer, the official scorer, physician and
gio.iml keeper will In* Joined by nn oflflclal
undertaker. Jakey attempts to smite peo
ple at random.—Birmingham News.
Manager Fisher announced Inst night
thnt he would pitch this afternoon's game,
lie Is anxious to win the long end of
the series during Ollks' absence.—Shreve
port Times.
Mike Finn Is credited with saying thnt
the Castro deal was made over his head.
The days of Aiinnnlns have returned. It
la positively known thnt Finn was pres
ent when all negotiations were being car
ried on.—Illrmliighatu News.
Money, money, money! Where hnve we
heard the word before? Oh, yes! It was
discussed at a meeting of the stockholders
few days ago. The local company la a
regular Hank of F.uglnnd whei It comes
to talking.—Nashville American.
"Rube" Zeller will work for the Ad-
erttscra. lie Is regarded one of the stnrs
•f the league nml a mlMip lie ween he
nd Fisher should certainly remit In n
racking good game.—SlireVeport Times.
Stockholders of the baseball el ib, who
vere In session tonight, when nuked If Cas
tro had been sold outright to tllrm'ughnui
stated 1« n telegram from IJUlW Hock,
said they know nothing whatever o( any
h trade, and thnt his .contract was still
held by Nashville. President Mr8weene>.
Is at French Lick, according to th«»***
ut. hud no authority to release the
player outright. An effort Is being made
>re to organ I te another company, to be
•mposed of ten men. A new manager of
ie elnb was taken up, and the names
Kelley, of Minneapolis, and Johnny
Hobbs, were under consideration. Nothing
definite was done.-Memphis Commercial-
Appeal.
Mike Mowery looked mighty good to the
thousands who filled every Inch of seating
■pace for the double-header Stuulny at
la-ague park, and hla debut at the tint was
auspicious. In response to the great burst
applause thnt greeted him, he linked a j
through the Glniits' Infield, scoring |
first two runs. Ho also made
before the first game ended.
tu, *“**? •
ytl the I
game.
hour and eighteen minutes was
required to play the game.
Winters made a fast double piny In the
second Inning, when he caught Byrne at
the plate.
n free pass to
Rad Fisher struck out six Atlnntn men,
while Rube made five of the Pirates swing
at the air.
BOGEY IN RUSSIA.
By WEX JONES.
It was i . .
Thnt left the Peterhof,
And started for the llnksky
To piny n gnme of guff.
glided hnllsky
den tee,
Jeweled drlrer
lie tried to make It gee.
He placed a all
Upon a goldei
Ann with n Jot
SECOND PLACE
TO DRAW $1,000
Treasurer John Dickinson. Tuesday after
noon telegraphed Billy Smith at Shreve
port, offering $1,000 to the team If It fin
ishes In second place.
The offer was made- by the board of
dlrectora of the Atlnntn dab.
With this Incentive held out ns nn addi
tional motive for doing their best, there
Is no doubt but that the Atlnntn players
will make n riffle toward keeping up the
Inning streak they have maintained while
on the road.
Zeller*s Artful Flinging
Brings in Another Victory
By PERCY WHITING.
Shreveport, Aug. 29.—Reuben Zellnr’s mld-senaou slump seems to he a thing of
the past, nml the- Pennsylvanian Is now pltehlug ns good ball as nny turned loose In
the league. Yesterday afternoon he held the pirates In the hollow of his hand and
mowed them down without runs for nine Innings. Meanwhile Atlanta pounded the
erstwhile "King" Fisher for a total of three runs and the victory.
The absence of IVhltc.r Morse changed the Hne-'up, Hid Smith going to short,
Hoffman to third, Archer behlud the bat and Evers to ceuter field. Hid couldn't ad
just his throwing arm to the shorter distance, nnd, after uinktug one hefty fling
clean over Jim Fox'a head, returned to third, Hoffman swapping with him. Smith's
had throw was the only error of tho game.
Zellnr was in greet form, his underhand delivery being particularly effective. The
five hits he allowed were scattered through aa many Innings and never was there
a probability thnt the Pirates would score. Fisher was effective up to the sixth In
ning, when \Yluters doubled. Smith singled gud Hoffman tripled, putting two runs
across. In the next inning Evers singled, Zellnr bunted and Winters singled, closing
the run-getting.
The absence of Morse didn't fense the team any. The squad was full of ginger.
Two hrllllnut double plays—one from Zellnr to Jordan to Fdx nnd the other from
Winters to Archer—were features of the team play. The guwe wag worked out la
1:18, one of the fastest of the season.
The news thnt the Atlnntn directors have offered the club $1,000 to finish second
wns received with great pleasure by the squad. "We’ll win that In a 'possum trot,"
said Jim For. %
The score:
SHREVEPORT—
Evans.
Kennedy, rf 4
Ahstcln. lb 4
Byrne, ss 4
Daley, If $
King, rf 3
Hess. 3b 3
Grafflns, e 3
Fisher, p.. .. .. .. ....3
All. H » V I'O. A. E. ATLANTA- '
Winters, rf..
o l o o o
0 0 8 1 0
0 0 3 2 0
0 3 4 0 0
0 0 13 0
Totals 31 0 6 27
rosier. If 4
Smith, ss and 3b. . . .4
Fox. lb.. 4
Hoffman, 3b nnd ss 4
Jordan, 2b 4
A rcher,
All. It. H. TO. A. K
_ T _ .
0 0 3 0 0
0 0 8 1 0
0 12 0 0
0 116 0
Zeller,
Totals..
ef..
-.4 1 1 S 0 0
...4 0 0 1 2 0
.35 3 8 27 11 1
Summary: Two-ba.V hits. Winters; thVee-bnse bits. Jordan, ""Hoffman; stolTH
bases, Daley? double plays, Zeller to Jordan to Fox, Winters to Archer; struck out
by Usher 6, by Zeller 5; bases on balls, none; hit by pitcher. Winters; left on bases,
NHeeveport 4, Atlanta 6; first base on errors, Shreveport 1. Time, 1:18. Umpire,
“Now on to New Orleans”
Battle Cry of the Crackers
Ami when he smashed his driver
He paused and swore like slu.
The awful Russian consonants
Caine out In bristling groups;
Hut i
The dnke at Inst swung right—
There came n blinding fiashsky.
And the duke was gone from sight.
He‘d lilt that blessed hnllsky
Smaek oil the blessed fare—
That hnllsky wns a bomhsky,
And blew him Into space!
The caddy started bolting—
lie was a noted "Red"—
But tripped up 011 Ills whiskers
And landed 011 his head.
And now around the palace
No goffsky Is allowed.
CYCLE RACES
POSTPONED
The bicycle races that were to hnve been
k jwirt of the day's amnsemeiita of tho La-
bor Day program nt Piedmont park hnve
l»een called off. Tho Federation of Trades,
, after deciding to go to Piedmont park, later
j changed to Ponce DeLeon. As there Is not
I a place suitable nt Ponce DeLeon to run
races and the Piedmont track hnd lieen let
to other pnrtles. Gun Cnstie decided to hold
them nt some Inter date, perhaps 011
Thanksgiving Day.
The medals nnd prison hnd nlreatyr lieen
arranged for, hut Mr. Cnstie says he did
not festive nny notice of the change until
too late to couiiteruisud the orders for the
prises. Having these on his hands, he has
decided to have the races Inter on.
The mcdnln are the regular N. C. A. offi
cial medals, and are very handsome, lielng
gold, sliver nnd bronxe for first, second nnd
third places In each of tho three events,
the one-mile championship,' five-mile motor-
paced rhninplonahlp, nnd five-mile motor
cycle race.
AN AMATEUR STAR
GRIFFITH GETS'
GOOD PITCHER
It looks as if Clark Griffith has landed
oue of the "finds'* of the season In Joe
Doyle, the young tw-lrler he bought from
Hie Wheeling club for $2,500.
Doyle donned a uniform Saturday morn
ing and tossed up some of his fnst nnd
slow curves to Griffith. After Doyle had
dealt out his assortment of lienders Griffith
said:
"That will do, Doyle. Be nt the grounds
at 1 o’clock and get on n uniform.”
Ibiyle warmed up well, and when he |>e||
rang he wit Iked out 011 the diamond, cheered
on by some 12,000 fans. For the first two
Innings he was rather nervous, and Klelnow
ami Kllierfehl had to keep talking to him
to steady him. After thnt he settled dowu.
accomplishing the remarkable feat of strik
ing out Lorry latjole.
Doyle lias everything that a pitcher needs
to Ik* a successful twlrler. lie has plenty
of speed, good control, nnd a great drop
ball nml a high iushoot, which bntters
usually go after. He mixes his curves up
very well. For a pitcher he swings well
nt a ball. On his showing of Katui^Iny he
ought to develop Into n great pitcher.
Only six games separate Griffith's crowd
from first place, and there Is still n chance
of overtaking Cmulskey's White Sox.—New
York Snn.
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
Little Rock, Aug. 28.—"On to .New Or
leans.’" That Is the crjUn the local camp
right now. • ,
The boys are going down to the Crescent
City with a determination to win If It takes
the very life that Is In them. Not a man on
the team but has 11 score to settle with
Charley Frank nnd his cohorts, nnd they
are going to settle them If It Is within the
limits of possibility.
"I’d l»e willing to lose every other gnme
this season If we could l>eat Charley Frank
out of all those games In New Orleans,"
wns Otto Jordan's sentiment. And ’'Cap'll"
can be depended on to work to the limit to
square his nroonnt with "That Dutchman."
Every time Otto sees a pntrol wagon these
days he grits his teeth nnd curses New Or
leans.
The Pelicans in their own nest have not
been such terrible birds this season, and
the players are of the opinion thnt, If all
goes well, the Crackers will take the series
In New Orleans. They are going* dowu after
It, at nny rate.
The team will have a day to rest up be
fore their first battle with "the blrjls,"
and they will take advantage of It to get
In the best possible condition.
Big crowds are expected In New Orleans
for the Atlnntn aerlea, nnd Secretary Eth
ridge Is counting on filling the club’s de
pleted poeketbook nt that point. Financing
a team that hits Little Rock and Shreveport
succession Is a strenuous game, hut
Sunday In New Orleans ought to help.
The most encouraging feature of the At
lanta team's dash for second place Is ths
fine work of the pitchers. Every on* of
them seems to lie at or very near his Iwst,
and If they can eoine down through the
atretch without a skip or a break things
will look pretty good when the bunch gets
back In Atlanta for that Labor Day double-
header.
Here la the dope on the hits made off the
Atlanta pitchers from the start of the trip
"up to yet:"
Date, Pitcher nnd Team. 'Hits.
Sunday, Aug. 19-Hporks, Memphis 9
Monday, Aug. 2A-IIughcs, Memphis 10
Tuesday. Aug. 21—Childs, Memphis 4
Wednesday. Aug. 22—Harley. Memphis.. 5
Thiipulnr Inn -'1 Vail,, t l**| n n
Saturday* Aug. 25-Chtlds. Little Rock «
Monday. Aug. 27—liar ey, Shreveport.... 4
Tuesday, Aug. 28—Zellnr, Shreveport.... I
This looks like pitching halt. The only
bad game on figures was Tom Hughes' and
Tom won that against "Luckless" Loucks.
Childs lost Ills game, hut he gave up only
six hits, nnd with nny kind of hitting be
hind him would have taken down the game.
Zellnr and Hpnrkn hnve pitched the two
star games, In each of which they held
their opponents down to three hits. Childs'
four-hit game and both of Harley’s stand
out well.
With the team fielding and hitting well,
the pitchers at the very top of their gnmes
and everything running smoothly, Atlanta
has small ronnon tor a kick.
If / Was a White Man,
Vd Lick You,” Says Gans
News and Notes of Sport.
By W. W. NAUGHTON.
By Private Leased Wire.
Goldfield. Nov., Aug. 29.—The dlreetfrs
of the athletic club had a very stormy
meeting Inst night, the terms Imposed
upon Gans In the matter of w*elghlng-!n
of Gnus lielng the cause of the turmoil.
Hilly Nolan wan there by Invitation, rfnd
Gans wns brought from his training quar
ters in an automobile.
Nolan said thnt he would Insist thnt Gans
weigh In In ring costume, according to
championship rales. The club members re
minded Nolan that when the articles of
agreement were belug drawn up, It
decided thnt screens should l>e placed In the
ring, behind which the fighters might
weigh, and It wns clearly understood then
that the men were to weigh In n nude
state if they desired. Nolan said he hnd
not understood It that way, but the club
directors, to a man. said thnt such wns
their understanding In the matter. Nolan
remained obdurate, and nt one stage of
the conference, Gr^ns said:
"If I wns a white man I'd lick you."
Nolan replied:
"Don’t ever thtuk of trying anything* like
that."
Tho meeting lasted nearly four hours,
but no Impression was made upon Nolan,
who said:
"We will forfeit $5,000 and withdraw
from the fight before we will give In."
Finally Gans agreed to adopt a very light
ring costume, to-wlt: A pair of fighting
shoes nnd nn abbreviated breech clout.
Nolan said:
"That la satisfactory to me," though
Just whnt difference the style of Gnus'
costume made to Nolan, so long as Gnn%
fought In It Is not very clear. The gist
of the whole business Is that Nolan car
ried his point. Gann must weigh In at tbs
ringside in fighting array.
George Siler had a talk with Gans and
Nolan relative to certain clauses In ths
articles. Clause 4 says:
"Orders by referee to break must be by
word of mouth."
Clause 5 reads: ,
"After a fighter has knocked down his
opponent he must retire to hts corner."
Siler held that there were times when
verbal order to break was Insufficient.
He satd thnt one man mlght.be dased,
nnd clinging to the other desperately. Io
such cases. It wns for the referee to part
the men. He held further that there was
necessity for n man to walk all the
wny to )iln corner after knocking down
his opponent. To step back n couple of
paces would be sufficient. Both Nelson
sml Gnns told Slier that they would abide
by bis ruling In the matters referred to,
but It Is probable that a more thorough
understanding will be bad Iwfore the fight
day comes around.
J. W. KELLY.
Who pitched for the Silvoy team*
which won Tho Georgian pennant.
He haa wona 18 gamee this year*
losing none.
By winning six of tho last eight gnmes
with the (Hunts, the Chicago Cubs showed
that they nre iu a class by themselves.
The 1'bJludeIphln nnd Boston clubs of the
American League hare signed * large
bunch of youugsters for next season.
It has lieen n bad season tor the three
star pitchers—Matty, Happy Jack and the
Reuben.
Why the Cludnatl team should allow* the
Boston outfit to wallop them Is one of the
mysteries of baseball thla year.
After making a fine record aWay from
home, the Brooklyn team weut to the bad
entirely.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loans on valuables.
Bargains in unredeemed Diamonds
15 Decatur St Kimball Houts. 1 Hea it three"great" liatawfc '*The scores
The Augusta and Snvannah teams, which
are fighting for the pennant Iu the South
Atlantic League, recently completed a
8a-
The IgtCroase club In the Wisconsin
J-cngiic ha* two rrftvkerjncjt pitchers In
Jones and Schnellherg. •
"Ducky" Holmes wants second place
for his Lincoln Western League team, nnd
Is not many gnmes away.
The Worcester club is lending the New
England league, aud Jesse Burkett would
like to smile, but Is afraid that he would
hoodoo the team.
It la a pretty safe bet that Birmingham
will enpture the Southern League pennant
nnd Mobile the Cotton States League em
blem for 1906.
MADDOX-RUCKER
CLOSES SEASON
The Mndtlox-Rncker iNtselwlI team closes
Its season Dlwr day, at Rlverriale, Ga..
where they play the Clayton County Cou
sins.
These teams hart aa even break ao far, the Commercial League.
U. S. BOXERS
ARE WANTED
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 29.—The National Sport
ing Club of Dmdon Is entering to Amertcnu
boxers. The latest man to receive nn offer
from England la Jimmy Murray, the New
England lightweight. The club want# Muf*
ray to meet Jnbet White Iu a 20-round bout
Murray says he will make the trip If
purse Is raised a little more.
and are equally anxious to win the decid
ing game of the season.
The bank clerks have been very success
ful the first year of their organisation. and
promise a faster team next yesr. Tb«*y
have won a majority of their games, fa*
rinding a victory over the champioei ci