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ATLANTA GEORGIA#, MONDAL, SEPTEMBER 3.1006.
SPORTS Ml FIGHTING FOR SECOND PLAGE
ATLANTA TEAM CAN LOSE
ONLY ONE MAN BY DRAFT
Jimmy Archer nnd Ottn Jordan bit#
been drafted from the Atlanta dob, the
former being claimed by the Detroit and
the latter by fit. Louis, both American
League dubs. *
And It la more than probable that
Jim Foi, Rid Smith and Rube Zeller will
be called In the name way.
Hut there la one good thing about It
all: According to the drafting mica
adopted laat fall, Atlanta can loae only
one man by draft. It la like thle:
Suppose for luatance that Archer, Jor
dan. Smith. Fox and Zeller are drafted
each by a different chib. At the end of
the drafting teuton, Octolier 15, the national
commission will meet. It will be wen that
there are five e]alm* for players ngnlnat
the Atlanta club. According to the rule,
a Claaa A league club can lone only one
roan. 8o the five clainia are put In a
hat. nnd one allp la dratru. The club
whoae name cornea out this way get a Ita
player. The other four loae, and Atlanta
wins. It may l»e that Archer will go; It
may be Jordan, or It may be any of the
other three. IJut it la certain that Atlanta
can not Buffer heavily from the operation
of the rule, and that the nucleus of a pow
erful team will lie left.
The greateat loaa that threatens the At
lanta team, however, la the departure of
Tom Hughea, who will doubtleaa be recall
ed by the New York Americana.
Drafts Announced.
The drafta announced Sunday contain
much of Interest to Atlanta fans.
One of particularly local, Interest la the
purchase by Clnelnnntl of Robert Olln
Chappie. Atlanta's only product playing In
first-class organised baseball. Chappie wna
In 1900 captain nnd atnr pitcher of the
Atlanta Roya* High srhool baseball team,
end he learned to piny the game on the
lota ont at West End. After being grad
uated from the high school, he went to
the Florida State college, where he achieved
considerable note aa a pitcher nnd football
player. In 1904, he waa signed for Jack
sonville, where he pitched well for two
years, ranking well up atdong South At*
Untie League players.
This year he was taken to the Scranton
New York State League club by Eddie
Ashen back, nnd by his brilliant work he
has put the team 100 points to the good In
the pennant nice. lie has pitched thirty-
six games this year and has lost only six.
Ubapple's forte Is his change of pace.
He usea but few curves, although he has
'em, but reilea on putting the boll over
the corners, slow and fast.
Another draft of interest hero Is that
by which Rrooklyn gets Weldon Henley
from the Rochester Eastern longue club.
Henley bos pitched excellent ball for the
New Yorkers this year, and onght to
strengthen the Trolley Dodgers.
The Southern League drafts announced,
aside from those mentioned In the fore
going, are: *
fly New York American League—Maxwell,
of Montgomery.
By New York Amerlcnn League—Bailee,
of Hlrmlnghnm.
By St. Louis National League—Byrne of
Shreveport.
Purchase Claims.
By rittsburg National League—Maxwell,
of Montgomery.
Ily Flttsburg National League—Abstain,
of Shreveport.
Ry Cleveland American League— Lleb-
hnrdt, of Memphis.
There Is u mix up over Maxwell, New
York claiming him by draft nnd Pittsburg
by purchase.
It also ap|war* that after nil Connie
Mack does not get Nap Rucker and
Holmes from Augusta. Rrooklyn gets the
Crabapptc wonder by draft, and the claim
on Holmes Is cast out because of filing
of papers nffer specified date.
Joe Bean, the captain of the Jersey City
Eastern League club, who lives In Atlanta
during the winter, has been drafted by
Washington.
Ed Minahnn. formerly of the Birming
ham team, has been secured from Toledo
by Cincinnati.
Hughey Jennings, who used to conch the
University of Georgia baseball team, but
who Is now mnnnger and part owner of
the Baltimore Eastern League club, hns
been claimed by Detroit. It Is said that he
will succeed Billy Armour ns the mana
ger of the Tigers.
WANDERERS HAVE MADE
GREAT RECORD ON ROAD
The Atlanta team, which arrives this
afternoon from its last trip of the year,
has made a magnificent road record
agalnat three of the strongest teams In the
league, and one club, while not powerful,
la not to be despised on Its own grounds.
Atlanta played sixteen games on the trip,
meeting Memphis, Little Hock, Hhreveport
and New Orleans iu series of four games
each. The team returns, having won ten
fames, lost five, snd tied one.
Memphis wss beaten three out of four.
Little Rock was beaten three out of
four.
8hreveport was beaten three out of
four.
New Orleans was beaten oue game, won
two and tied up one.
Good pitching and heavy batting enabled
the team to win Ita games.
Tom Hughes pitched three games on the
trip, winning all of them. Harley pitched
two games and won nil of them. Rube Zel
ler getting the discredit of Friday’s de
feat at New Orleans. Zeller pitched four
games, making an even break. His last
gnnq* was a bad one, but otherwise he
pitched well on the road. Doc Childs lost
two out of three, both of them being 1 to 0
defeats. Baxter Sparks pitched three
games, winning two.
The brunt of the run-getting fell on
four men, Morse, Winters, Rid Smith and
Jordnu. Crosier, Hoffman, Fox, Archer and
Evers all figured prominently In the games,
but the first-mentioned quartet did the hulk
of the hltttug nml the run-gcttlng. Their
averages for the trip are:
PLAYER- AB. R. H. P. CT.
Morse 29 6 12 . 414
Winters 60 12 20 .333
Smith 68 9 20 .294
Jordan 59 4 17 . 289
Team Will Arrive Late;
One Game To Be Played
Because of the lateness of the Atlanta and West Point train, the Atlanta team
will not arrive In the city from Now Orleans before 3 o'clock this afternoon, and
it Is necessary to call off the double-header scheduled to be played Monday after
noon with the Memphis club.
Only one game will l»o played, beginning at 4 o'clock.
The Atlanta team will hardly have time to do more than get to the baseball
park and change clothes before time for the game to start, but everything looks
good for a victory over the visitors. •
Harley will doubtless pitch the game for Atlanta, opposing either Suggs or
Uebhardt.
TOURNEY DATE
WAS CHANGED
The date of the eighth Georgia state
trap-shooting tournament, to be held nt
the Atlanta Gun .Club, hns beeu changed
from September to October 4, 5 and 6.
The change Is mode ou account of the
former dates conflicting with tournameuts
•t Cincinnati nnd Louisville.
Since the change hns been effected, It Is
certain that many of the leading pro
fessional shots of the country will attend
the shoot
Au Interesting shoot was held at Lake-
Wood Saturday, at which the following
•cores were made, each figure representing
the targeta broken out of 25 trials:
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Evans. . . .
Kelley. Sr. .
Mitchell... .
Fender. . . .
Ilnnnlcutt. .
Everett. . .
Haynes. . .
Jackson. . .
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O Memphl, In Atlanta, Piedmont O
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O Shreveport In Birmingham. O
O New Orleana In Montgomery. O
O Little Rock In Nashville. O
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More Sports on Pago Six.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loana on valuables.
Bargalna In unredeemed Diamond*
15 Decatur 6L Kimball Houaa
JACK O’BRIEN
IS BACK AGAIN
By Private Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, I*n., Kept. 3.—“Philadelphia
Jack" O'llrlen surprised the fighters yes<
terday by his arrival from Europe.
Not even the members of his family
knew that he was back In this country, or
Intended to arrive nt this time, until a tele
gram waa received from Jack Saturday
night.
Ills return Is now in lino with dope nt
the time of his departure, when ,lt was
predicted that his trip across the ocean
would be merely preliminary preparation
for hts bout with Sam Berger this fall.
He wns here only long enough to change
his clothes and run for a train for At
lantlc City.
DOUGLASVILLE WIN8.
Special to The Georgian.
Itotigtasvllle, Ga., Kept. 3.—Douglasville
defeated n picked team from Villa Rica
Austell and I.lthla Springs at Austell Fri
day afternoon by the score of 2 to 0.
Selman, for Douglasville, gave up only
two bits, while Griggs, for the opposition,
gave four.
The game was In doubt at all stages nnd
was one of the fastest ever seen here this
SUNDAY'S RESULTS.
8outharn—
New orlenns 9, Atlanta l.
Atlanta 6, New Orleana 2.
Memphis 11, Nashville 0.
American—
Chicago 4. Cleveland 1.
8t. Louis 1, Detroit 0.
National—
St. Louis 5, Chicago 2.
Cincinnati 4. Pittsburg 2.
American Association—
Louisville 11, Indianapolis 10.
Louisville 4, Indianapolis 2.
Columbus 1, Toledo o.
St. Paul 4, Kansas City 3.
Ht. Paul 5, Kansas City 3.
NO HIT GAME
FOR T. FISHER
Tom Fisher pitched Saturday one of the
three greatest games In the ahnats of pro*
fesaloual baseball, letting Montgomery
down without a bit, a ran, or even a man
to first base. lie received errorless sup
port, hkd perfect control nnd struck out
fourteen men.
His performance ranks In baseball with
the feat of Cy Young two years ago and
Erwin Wilhelm this year.
TEAMS BATTLE
FOR 24 INNINGS
Quite the most remarkable game In the
nnnals of professional hnsetmll was plsyed
nt Boston Saturday between the Philadel
phia and Boston American League teams,
the former winning In the 24th Inning by
the score of 4 to 1. It was only one In
ning shy of the world's record, the gitne
played In 1891 between Fargo snd Grand
Forks going 25 innings.
The feature of the game wns the magnifi
cent pitching of Coombs, the young colie-
ginp recently signed by Connie Mack. -In
the twenty-four Innlngn he allowed only fif
teen lilts nml one run. His nerve In pinches
made his work undoubtedly the finest exhi
bition of twirling seen In recent years. For
Instance, Ferris aud Parent each got two-
baggers In the game nnd Parent got a
triple, and once or twice the hnses were
flllM up, with dangerous hitters at the bat,
but when this wns the case Coombs put on
all bis steam and wonld strike out the fol
lowing batters.
Harris, for Boston, pitched finely, but
weakened In tfie twenty-fourth snd merely
lobbed the ball over, three runs being
floored.
The game wna started at 1:33 o'clock and
lasted till 6:20 o'clock, requiring four hours
and forty-seven minutes. •
League Standings
80UTHERN.
Clubs— Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Birmingham. . 120 76 44 .633
Memphis ... 120 70 60 .683
New Orleans . 121 69 62 .670
Atlanta .... 121 68 63 .662
Shreveport . . 122 67 65 .549
Montgomery. . 121 59 62 .488
Nashville ... 122 40 82 .328
Little Rock . . 125 37 88 .296
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Clubs—
Savannah . .
Augusta . . ,
Macon . . .
Columbia .
Charleston, .
Jacksonville .
113
109
no
105
111
COTTON STATES.
Clubs—
Mobile . . .
Meridian . .
Gulfport . .
Jackson . . .
Baton Rouge.
Vicksburg . .
116 62
116 67
415 57
115 55
114 43
NATIONAL.
P.C.
.626
.611
.523
.473
.448
.315
P.C.
.623
.534
.491
.496
.478
.377
Club*— Plaved. Won. Lost P. C.
Chicago .... 125 98 32 .744
Pittsburg ... 121 78 43 .645
New York . . 118 75 43 .636
Philadelphia . . 121 65 66 .451
Cincinnati . . 124 62 72 .419
Brooklyn ... 117 47 70 .402
St. Louis ... 123 46 77 .374
Boston .... 123 40 83 .325
AMERICAN.
Clubs— Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Chicago ... 119 72 47 .605
New York . . 117 69 48 .690
Philadelphia . . 117 66 51 .564
Cleveland ... 116 63 63 .543
St. Louis ... 118 61 67 .517
Detroit .... 116 56 60 .483
Washington . . 119 46 73 .386
Boston .... 120 38 82 .317
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Club— Played. Won. Lost P.C.
Columbus ... 136 83 53 .610
Milwaukee . . 135 77 68 .570
Toledo .... 134 71 63 .630
Minneapolis . . 134 68 66 .507
Kansas City . 134 65 69 .485
Louisville ... 138 67 71 .486
St. Paul ... 133 61 72 .459
Indianapolis . . 138 49 89 .355
SATURDAY'S RE8ULTS.
Southern—
Atlanta 1, New Orleans 1.
Birmingham 3, Little Rock 0.
Birmingham 3, Little Rock 0.
Shreveport 4, Montgomery' 0.
Nashville 3, Memphis 2.
South Atlantic—
Columbia l. Charleston 1.
Savannah 1, Jacksonville 0.
Savannah 3, Jacksonville 0.
National—
Brooklyn 6. Philadelphia 3.
Pittsburg 9, Cincinnati 7.
Chicago 8. St. Louis 1.
New York 7, Boston 2.
American—
New York 5, Washington 4.
New York 5, Washington 3.
Philadelphia 4, Boston 1.
Detroit 3, St. Louis 0.
Cleveland 7, Chicago 0.
Cotton States—
Mobile 6, Gulfport 3.
Vicksburg 8, Meridian I.
Jackson 2. Baton Rouge 0.
American Association—
Milwaukee 8. Minneapolis 2.
Toledo 1, Columbus 0.
Indianapolis 2, Louisville 1.
Louisville 5, Indianapolis 2.
Virginia Stato—
Lynchburg 2, Danville 1.
Danville 7, Lynchburg 0.
Richmond 1, Portsmouth 0 (10 In
nings.)
Richmond 0. Portsmouth 0 (11 In
nings.)
The Birmingham club Is probably the big
winner this year. The nt tends nee In the
Smoky Burg hns undoubtedly lieen enor
mous.
If Atlanta had had a pennant winner—
but that's quite suother story and. any
way. Atlanta has nut lost auy money uti
this season.
BAT NELSON’S HAPPY GRIN
CASE OF OTTO JORDAN
AND THE "RUBBER BALL”
WILL BE ALLOWED TO DROP
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
New Orlenns, Sept. 2.—The “Otto Jordan
case" will be heard September 17, two days
after the Southern League season ends. It
Is doubtful If anything will come of It.
Presumably It will be thrown ont of court
for lock of evidence.
While the team was In New Orleans Otto,
Secretary Ethridge nnd some local newspa
per men went, over to the court, hnd n
look nt the famous rubber ball, nnd talked
with the Judge.
From what could !»« learned, the ease Is
regarded In n seriocomic (and mostly the
hitter end of the hyphenated word light by
everybody connected with the court before
which It will be heard. It Is the opinion that
Jordan did the only possible thing In keep
ing possession of the ball, ns the umpire re
fused to take the matter In his own hands,
nnd It Is predicted on nil sides that the
case will be quietly smothered.
Jordan wns torn with conflicting emotions
to visit ngnln the scene of his famous es-
cnpnde nnd pointed ont gleefully the cell
In which he wns confined, snd the patrol
wagon which he alleged wss the Identical
one use<l In conveying him to the police
station. •
The writer carefully examined the ball
now In the possession of the New Orlenns
police which Is being held for evidence.
This hall Is supposed to Ih» the famous
"rubber” ball nnd certainly the cover Is
the one which wns ou the ball taken from
Jordan by the police. It bears on the out
side the signatures of Jordnu nnd Secretary
Ethridge. Also It hns a mark made by tin
Indelible pencil, which the Atlanta players
believe wns put there by Charley Frank to
distinguish that ball ns a “phoney” one.
one thing about the ball, nslde from Its
marvelous "liveliness,” which looks suspi
cious, Is the fact that no trade mnrk is
discernible. The Imll Is comparatively n
new one and It la presumably Impossible
that the trade mnrk could have been re
moved by the. amount of play It received.
Unless appearance* are more deceitful than
usual, the ball now held by the New Or
lenns police authorities Is not a regulation
ball which Is required to be used by the
by-laws of the Jengue.
The possibilities that the ball hns been
“switched” since the time It was taken
away from Jordan, while remote, are wor
thy of consideration. It hns been kept loose
In n drawer of a desk In the police station.
Any one who had the run of the place
could readily have pulled the ball out, sub
stituted g dummy In Its place, mnde any
change nnd slipped the hall back again. To
have made a change the cover would have
hnd to be removed. Auy one who desired to
make any changes would have hnd to take
the cover off and sew It back on another
ball. Such a stunt Is possible, but far
from probable.
Anyway, there Is also remote possibility
that the ball Is not the Identical one which
proved so "rubbery” In the famous game In
which Mauuel knocked the unexpected home
run.
However, there is not a member of the
Atlanta team who would not like to be
present when the ball Is opened.
One by-product of the dope factory In
New Orleans during the rubber ball discus
sion was the statement made by a New
Orlenns paper that Manager Mtillnney of
the Montgomery team staled that he didn’t
get the rublier boll he had In his possession
from New Orlenns nt nil, but that he got
It from Smith when Billy was using rub-
lier balls down In Macon.
That this statement was made l>y Mullq-
ney Is denied absolutely by a man who
heard the Interview, nnd the day after It
appenred Mtillnney branded It as a fabrica
tion.
The story wss taken nt first ns one of
Militancy's Jokes, but now It appears that
"Mull" did not tell It, anyway.
SATURDAY’S GAME.
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
New Orlenns, Kept. 3.—Not to be out
done In the matter of "whisker finishes."
the Atlanta team pulled off a uinth Innlug'
rally which saved Saturday afternoon's
game from lielng a snd defeat.
In the fourth Inning, the fearsome Peli
cans put a run over the platter, and there
after, until the ninth Inning. It appeared
that the Crackers were-buff a low! or elked or
eagled or aomethtug equally fatal to their
aspirations as run-getters. For hardly a bit
and never a run made they.
Then came the ninth Inning, which Lit
tle Richard Crosier inaugurated with a
dean single. Smith waa up next, and he
sent -n bounder down third Iwse line.
Breathers thought for a fatal second that
It was going to roll foul, nnd so evi
dently did O'Brien aud Cargo, for they
stood idly several yards from first base.
When "Chest l« Artie” saw bis error, be
picked up the ball, but noliody was at
first to head off Smith, and the scorer
chalked up n hit. Then Jimmy Fox com
pleted the stunt so neatly started by Cro
sier aud so fortunately carried on by
Smith, when he singled to left field and
scored Crosier with the run which tied
things up.
New Orleans did nothing In the ninth,
nnd Umpire Cnmpan railed the game when
that Inning ended, alleging that It wns
too dark to play. It was 5:55 when he
rendered his decision, nnd a couple of In-
ulngs more conkl easily have l*een played.
As Tommy Hughes was getting stronger
every minute, while Manuel wns apparently
weakening, It looked like a cinch for At
lanta If the game hud gone on until It
wss really too dark to play. But Cam-
pau saw U otherwise, auu neither side pul
up much of a protest.
The steady pitching of Tom Hughes, nnd
the timely "nsh work” of Crosier, Kid
Smith and Fox hnd pulled the fat out of
the fire, aud Atlanta had more or less
cause to he pleased.
The game passed off ns smoothly as that
on Friday. Every time Jorrinn came to
bat. cheers and npplnnse, mingled with
hisses, were’ heard, hut aside from the
hisses, there were no hostile demonstra
tions.
The score follows
“b: it. it. 1*0. AM.
...3 0 ‘ 2 4 0 0
..311500
..4 0 1 3 5 0
...4 0 1 6 0 0
..4 0 0 3 1 0
..4 0 0 3 1 0
..4 0 2 4 1 1
..1 0 0 2 0 0
ATLANTA-
\YInters, rf
crosier, If
.Smith. 3I>
Fox. lh
ll<»ffuian, •*
Jordnu. 2b
Archer, c
Evers, cf
Hughes, p
Totals 90 1 7 27 13 2
NKW ORLEANS— Alt. R. H. PO. A. E.
Rtckert. If 4 0 1 1 0 0
Cargo, 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0
Bronthers, 3b 4 0 0 1 2 1
Blake, cf 4 0 0 1 1 1
Knoll, rf 3 0 110 0
At*. ss 3 0 0 3 7 0
O'Brien, lb 4 0 1 14 0 0
Stratton, c.. 4 0 1 6 5 0
Matincl. p 3 0 1 0 4 0
Totals
■ 31 I 5 27 21
Hears bv innings
Atlanta 000 000 001—1
New Orleans.. .. .. .. 000 100 000-1
Bat Nelson and Joe Gans
Get Ready For Their Fihgt
FACTS OF THE BIG BATTLE
Principals—Joe Gans, of Baltimore, and Battling Nelson, of Heg*.
wlsch, Ind.
Battleground—Arena of Goldfield Athletic Club, Goldfield, Nev.
Conditions—Fight to a finish at 133 pounds, weigh in half an hour be-
fore battle. *
Title at Stake—Lightweight championship of the world.
Title now' held by Gans.
Referee—George SUer, of Chicago.
Purse—130,000; divided, $20,000 to Nelson win or lose; $10,000 to Gans
win or lose.
Betting—Gans favorite at odds of 10 to 8.
Forfeits Posted by Both Fighters—$5,000 for failure to make weight
at each weighing in; $5,000 for failure to appear in the ring.
Conditions of Fight—Straight Marquis of Queensberry rules. Fight-
ers to break at word of mouth.
Size of Ring—Eighteen feet square.
Probable attendance, 10,000.
Fight starts 3:30 p. m. coast time (5:30 central time.)
By W. W. NAUGHTON.
By Private I.cnwd Wire.
Goldfield. Nev., Kept. 3.—Joe Gans and
Battling Nelson will iu a few hours meet
here to decide who Is the champion light
weight of the world.
They will fight to a finish to decide It.
There can be no draw, cither one or the-
other must go down In defeat.
If ever u mnu wns built for a finish fight
that man Is Battling Nelson. While he
was- engaging In a six-round bout in the
east he wns a Joke. Fight promoters put
hint on In cheap preliminaries or did not
put him on at all. Over the short courses
he wns no better than any of the other
cheap men, nnd not as good as the clever
ones.
Then he came West, where the twefity-
round fight Is the ultimatum. He jumped
Into prominence at once. Every man whom
be met gave him a terrible drubbing In the
early rounds. Spider Welch did It nt Salt
Lake, but In the cud he weut down nnd out
before Nelson.
Martin Canole beat Nelson off for fifteen
rounds—In fact, he wore himself out pound
ing away nt the whalebone tnnu In front of
him.
It was the same story when Nelson fought
Hanlon. Eddie pinned the Dane In the cor
ner for seventeen rounds nnd the contest
became one of n test of endurance. In the
eighteenth round Hnulon wavered nnd Nc»l-
son finished him In the nineteenth.
What Bat’* Victims Think.
The only reason why Nelson whipped
Young Corbett In such quick time wns be
cause Corbett, finding a man whom he could
hit with every punch In his make-up, put
up such a fast fight that his bolt wns soon
shot. I have talked with three men who
have felt the Dane’s knock-out punch—
Jimmy Britt, Eddie Hnnlon and Young Cor
bett. They all told me the same thing.
Young Corbett—It Is nothing In the world
hut bis endurance. He Is such an easy
mark to hit that you can bit your head off
before yon know It.
Eddie Hanlon—Nelson never hit me n
punch which hurt me. I have fought n
dozen men who are clenner nnd harder
punchers. Nelson Is always right on top of
you nnd you whale away, thinking that nt
every wallop that you are Just going to get
hint and then you blow up nnd he comes
along nnd gets you. He Is there In his style
of fighting.
Britt said: "I bent myself at Coma by
trying to atnnd np with a slugger. He hns
more vitality than any mail I ever saw
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O HOW FIGHTER8 COMPARE. 0
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O Nelson. G»n». o
O 135 Weight 134 l-i o
O 5 ft. 7 1-4 In. .Height. 5 ft. 61-4 In 0
O 6 ft. 7 1-4 In. ..Reach .5 ft. 10 1-4 In 0
O 14 1-4 In.. .. Neck 14 1-4 In 0
O 34 In .Chest 35 1-2 In 0
O 29 In Wai.t .. ..211-2 In.0
O 12 5-8 In Biceps.. ..13 7-8In. 0
O 10 7-8 In. .. .Forearm. .. 111-4 In. 0
O 7 1-4 In Wrist 6 3-4 In. 0
0 20 1-2 In Thigh.. .. 20 1-2 In. 0
0 14 1-4 In Calf 13 1-4 In. 0
O 8 1-4 in.. ., ..Ankle 8 1-2 In. 0
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Another point on which they agree Is that
Nelson hns no killing punch. He scores a
few clean knock-downs. Go to the records
of the best fights nnd note the few In
stances In which he has floored bis man.
To sum up In a few words. Nelson has
nothing but his stamina. To say that h«
is clever Is rot. To make him a clever
fighter would be to kill his usefulness.
At to Joe Gant.
Now, ns to Joe Gans. He it six years oidtf
than Nelson, nml he has been fighting ffrt
years longer. Gnus Is the cleverest light
weight this country hns ever produced. He
goes about a fight very much
makes a watch. He knows everythin!
which contributes to a winning fight; he
hns ring generalship down to an exact
science, nnd, In addition to this, he hns
knock-out punch In either hand.
, Gans won the lightweight championship
with a single punch, nnd since that time
men nt 133 pounds have been very shy
of the negro's game. He has been forced
to fight big men, and his string of victo-
rles over the toughest welters In the world
Is enough to convince any man that tht
negro Is the fighting marvel of the decade.
/He lins beaten men with whom It Is con
ceded tbnt Nelson wouldn't have a look Id.
Onns says he will hkve nothing to fear
from Nelson’s punches. Whether the ne
gro will be able to win In a punch
whether he has stamina to pick Nelson to
bits for fifteen or twenty rounds and
wearing hint down with n succession of
Jarring punches to the body or Jaw Is some
thing which the fight must decide. He
snyr *“ * ...
flRh
Last Double-Header of Trip
Results in an Even Break
By PERCY WHITING.
New Orlenns, Kept. 3.—Atlanta closed Its
last road trip of the year by splitting a
double-header with the Pelicans Sunday.
The first game went to the home dub by
the score of 9 to 1. Zeller betng lambasted
nil over the lot nnd receiving poor support.
Whiter Guese pitched for the Pelicans nml
held the Atlnntnns down to two hits. One
of them—Hoffman's double—yielded Atlanta
Its ouly run.
Ilnxter Kpnrks wns the goods In the sec
ond bnttle, and got away with his game—6
to 2—because he received excellent batting
support. Foxy old Rrelt was hummer!
lmru. Winters, Crazier, Fox nnd Jordnu
hogged all of the hits except one.
Both games were snnppfly played by the
victors, nnd In each Instance the losing
club showed up poorly.
Ttfe scores:
First Game.
ATLANTA—
Winters, rf
Croxler, If. .. ,, ,, ,
AB. It. H. Fa A.E.
...3 0 0 3 2 0
Fox. lb
Huffman, ss
Jordan, 2h
Archer, c
.,..3 0 0 6 2 1
...311130
,.3 0 0 5 0 1
3 0 0 6 3 2
Zeller, p ,
..3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
..29 X 2 24 14 4
NEW ORLEANK-
Rlckert, If. . . .
Cargo, 2b
Rrotitbers, 3b
All. R. II. PO. A. E.
....4 1 0 0 0 0
...4 0 2 0 4 0
...311000
Knoll, rf.. .. ., .. .
Atx. ss
O’Brien, lb
Stratton, c
Guese, p
..4 2 2 1 0 0
....3 2 2 14 0 0
....3 116 2 0
....3 0 0 0 3 0
Total,
...31 9 10 27 13 0
K4’4ire by innings:
Atlanta
New Orleans
010 000 000—1
403 OoO 20*—9
nummary: Two-nase hits. Hoffman':
PICKED UP IN
PELICANVILLE
three-base hits, O’Brien; stolen bases. Kick-
New Orlenns 8, Atlanta 2: first base oa
errors. New Orleans 2. Time, 1:49. I m*
Second
Game.
ATLANTA-
Wlnters, rf.. .. .. .
Croxler, If
Smith, 3b
Fox, lb
Hoffman, as.. .. .. ..
Jordan, 2h
Archer, e..
Evers, cf
Sparks, p ,,
AB. It. H. I’O. A. E
....5 2 3 3 "!
..4 0 2 «0
..61X12'
..4 9 2 11 1
....4 1 0 2 5 J
. ..3 1 2 « 3
...4 1 0 2 3'
...4 0 0 1 1 '
Totals
.37 6 10 17 17
NEW Oin.EANk—
IUckcrt, If
Cargo, 2!>
Rrouthors. 3h
Blake, cf.. .. ,.
Knoll, rf.. .. ., ,,
Atx. ss
O'Brien, lb
Stratton, c
Dreltenatelii, p. , ,
AB. It. II. Pa A. t
....4 0 0 4 0 1
..4 0 0 2 1 0
....4 0 2 0 0 '
....3 0 0 5 0 '
..210101
..8 1 2 2 l J
...4 0 1 10 2 J
....4 0 13"!
...2 0 1 0 4 '
Totals
Score by Innings:
Atlnuta
New Orleans
001 100 Oll-J
000 010 10M
By PERCY WHITING.
New Orlenns, Kept. 1—New Orleans peo
ple called the Atlanta players "yellow” af
ter they took their terrible hratiug In the
eighth Friday, but they had another song
to slug In the game Saturday, when Atlnuta
made her rally In the ninth and tied the
score.
That makes three times this season that
Summary: Two-base hits, Winters, LY*j
xler, Ats, Smith; three-base hits,
sacrifice hits, Croxler, Atx; doable pUj*
Hoffman to Jordan to Fox, Breltenstdl
to At* to O'Brien; struck out by Brdb
eustein 2, by Kpnrks 2; bases on Dfllli
off Rreltcnsteln 1, off Rparks 2; hit bf
Pitched hall, Blake, Knoll; left on ba**
New Orlenns 6, Atlanta 5; first ha*** fll
errors. New Orleans 9, Atlanta 2. Time,
1:05. Umpire, Cnmpatt.
Outside of the batting, the side-line case*
Ing of Winters nnd Archer was the fentnrt
of Saturday's ninth Inning rally. The
ran up and dmvn like caged tigers. yeuW*
like a couple of hyenas. Ami their low
noise certnluly had Its effect on Manta*
who was dearly bothered.
f’nmpnn's decisions Saturday caused «
of lieefing by tiotb teams, but ou the wd*’’,
be hardly gave either team any the won*
of It.
When Atlanta lost Friday the fans
an hi the Crackers were "yellow.’
New Orlenns allowed a tie-up In the nW**
• ey said the Pelicans wer** *«*
roust have something to
plays, Jordan to Fox; struck ont by Manuel
«, by Hughes 4: liases «*i balls off Manuel
1. Hughe* 2; hit by pitched hall. Evers.
Knoll; wild pitches. Hughes; passed halls
l*y Stratton: left ou liases. New Orleans 7.
Atlanta 7; first Imse on errors. New Orleans
2. Atlanta 1. Time, 1:55. Umpire, Cam-
pan.
Watch Brotman Grow.
ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS
SEPTEMBER 3-4-5.
GAME CALLED AT 4 P. M.
LADIES’ DAY TUESDAY. ,