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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