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SPORTS
Atlanta Loses Labor Day
Game to the Memphis Team
This la what the big Labor Day
crowd witnessed at Piedmont park:
First Inning.
Thiel walked. Babb out, short to
first. Sid Smith thew wild trying to
catch Thiel at second. Thiel went to
third. Pitcher threw to third. Hoff
man was napping and Thiel went
home. Carter walked. Nlcholls sin
gled to center. Carter caught .out try?
Ing to go to third. Nadeau out, third
to first One hit; one run.
Winters out, second to first. Crosier
died out to center. Sid Smith out.
snort to first. No hits; no runs.
Second Inning.
Carey out. second to first. J. Smith
doubled Hurlburt tiled out. J. Smith
r-itifht out napping off second. One
hit; no -uns.
Morse popped out. Hoffman doubled.
Jordan popped out. Hoffman to third
on passed ball. Fox fouled out. One
hit; no runs.
Third Inning.
Llebhardt lined out to third. Tide!
walked. Babb grounded out to drat.
Carter fanned. N6 hits; no runs.
Archer out, third to first. Harley
fanned. Winters out, second to llrst
No hits; no runs.
Fourth Inning.
Nlcbolls filed out Nadeau doubled.
Carey out second to first J. Smith
filed out One hit; no runs.
Crosier out second to llrst. 8. Smith
doubled. Morse Hied out. Smith to
third on passed bait Hoffman fanned.
One hit; no runs.
Fifth Inning.
Hurlburt hit to llrst and out at first,
pitcher covering the bag. Llebhardt
out pitcher to first Thiel out third
to first No hitst no runs.
Jordan grounded out to first. Fox
hit to right for two bags. Archer filed
out to center. Harley out pitcher to
first One hit; ns runs.
8ixth Inning.
Babb filed out to right. Carter dou
bled. Nlcholls out second to first. Car.
ter to third. Nadeau singled. Carter
scored. Two hits; one run.
Winters out, second to first. Cro
sier out pitcher to first Sid Smith
doubled. Morse out pitcher to first
One hit; no rune.
Seventh Inning.
J. Smith grounded to second. Safe
on Jordan’s error. Hurlburt's hit to
short resulted In double put out Lleb-
hardt filed out. No hits; no runs.
Hoffman out pitcher to first. Jordan
fanned. Fox out, third to first. No
hits; no runs.
Eighth Inning.
Thiel singled. Babb out pitcher to
first. Carter out, third to first. Thiel
to third. Nlcholls out pitcher to first
One hit; no rune.
Archer fanned. Harley fanned. Win
ters singled. Crosier singled. Winters
scored. Crosier out at second.
Ninth Inning.
Nadeau doubled. Carey sacrificed
out. J. Smith walked. Hurlburt out.
short to first Llebhardt hit to third:
on error Nadeau and J. Smith scored.
Thiel hit to first and out.
Sid Smith hit to short out at first
Morse fanned. Hoffman doubled. Jor-
out. second to first
RACE RESULTS.
NO HIT GAME
FOR T. FISHER
8HEEP8HEA0 BAY.
FIBST RACE—Fish Hawk, 4 t(
won: Malacca, out, errand: Eldorado,
6 to 1. third. Time, 1:1« 3-6.
SECOND RACE—Grand Pa, 9 to 10,
won; Ament, 12 to 1, second; Paul
Jones, out, third. Time, 6:16.
THIRD RACE—Electioneer, 7 to 6,
won; Tourene, 10 to 1, second; Altheu,
7 to 10. third. Time. 1:00 3-6.
FOURTH RACE—Fine Cloth, 26 to
1, won. Neva Lee, 3 to 1. second;
Dlehnhllle, 1 to 2, third. Time, 2:07.
FIFTH RACE—Far West, 0 to
won; Van Sent, 7 to 6, second; Joa
quin. nut, third. Time, 1:14 1-6.
SIXTH RACE—Onatas, 7 to 2, won;
Right Royal. 11 to 6, second; Neplun-
u», ? to 1. third. Time, :6« 1-6.
WINDSOR.
Windsor, Qnt., Sept. 2.—The races
here thle afternoon resulted as fol
lows:
FIRST RACE—Conde, 2 to 1, won;
Rnuben. 2 to I, second: Birmingham,
even, third. Time, 1:28 2-8.
SECOND RACE—Hanowuy, *0 to 1.
won: Eva leer. 5 to 1, second; Romeo,
oven, third. Time. 1:03.
THIRD RACE—Fair Calypeo. 4 t
I. won; Toots Mook, 2 to 3, second
Qransnda. 6 to 1, third. Time, 1:27 1-6.
FOURTH RACE—The Borglan, 3 to
1, won; Scalp Lock. 6 to 2. second
Miss Kail. 40 to 1. third. Time. 2:07.
FIFTH RACE—Roslnlnl, 8 to 1. won.
Posing, 6 to 1, second; Annie Berry
even, third. Time, 1:16 1-6.
SIXTH RACE—Julia Gentsberger,
16 to 1, won: Charley Ward, 6 to 2,
second; Minos, 7 to 2, third.
LOUI8VILLE.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 3.—The races
here this afternoon resulted as fol
lows:
FIRST RACE—Don Domo. 3 to 1.
won; Hector, 8 to 1, second: Mllttades,
4 to 1, third.
SECOND RACE—Salnrlda. 8 to 1.
won; Demo, 3 to 1, second; Lens, out,
third. Time, 1:03 1-5.
THIRD RACE—The Englishman, 16
to 1, won; Amberlta, 4 to 6, second;
Marshal Ney, even, third. Time,
1:44 3-6.
FOURTH RACE—Mies Doyle. 6 to
1, won: John L. Inglla, 2 to 1, second;
Devout. 8 to 6, third. Time, 1:61.
FIFTH RACE—Haughty, 10 to 1.
won; Merry Belle, 8 to 1. second: An-
gletn, 2 to 5, third. Time, 1:17 1-6.
SIXTH RACE—Alllsta, 8 to 1, won;
Percy Green, 8 to 1, second; Optional,
to 6. third. Time, 1:18.
SATURDAY’S GAME.
Atlanta.
Winters, rf.
Croster, If. ..
8. Smith, c. .
Morse, ss. .
Hoffman. 3b.
Jordan, 2b. .
Fox. lb.
Archer. If. .
Harley, p. ...
AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
1
Totals .. ■
Memphis.
Thiel, rf.
Babb. lb. ...
Carter, If. ..
Nlcholls, ss.
Nadeau, cf. .
Carey, lb. ..
I J. Smith, 2b.
: Hurlburt, c. .
Llebhardt, p.
AB. R. H.
27 II
PO. A.
Totals
Score by Innings:
Atlanta 000 000 000— 0
Memphis 100 001 002— 4
Summary.
Two bass hits—J. Smith, Hoffman.
Nadeau. S. 8mlth (1), Pox, Carter.
Double plays—Morse, oJrdan to Fox.
Struck out—By Hartsy S, by Llebhardt
2. Base on balls—Off Harley S, off
Llebhardt 1. Passed ball—Hurlburt.
Wild pitch—Llebhardt Umpire—Rud-
derham.
By PERCY WHITING.
Bpeelnl Correspondence.
New Orleans, Bept. 3.—Not to be out*
done In the matter of "whisker finishes."
the Atlanta team pulled off a ninth Inning
rally which eared Saturday nfternoon’s
game from being a end defeat.
In the fourth Inning, the fearaonie Pell*
cana put a run over the platter, and there*
after, until the ninth Inning, It appeared
that the Crackera were buffaloed or elkod or
eagled or aomethlng equally fatal to their
aspirations as run-gettera. For hardly a hit
and never a run made they.
Then came the ninth Inning, which Lit*
tie Richard Crosier Inaugurated with a
clean •Ingle, Smith wan up next, and he
Tom Fisher pitched Saturday one of the
three greatest games In the annala of pro.
festlonal baseball, letting Montgomery
down without a hit, a run, or even a man
to first base, He received errorless sup*
port, had perfect control and 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 moat reinsrknble gome In the
annals of professional baseball was played
at Boston Haturday between the I’hlladel-
phi® and Huston American league teams,
the former winning In the 24th Inning by
the score of 4 to 1. It. wns only on«
o!ng shy of the world’s record, the game
played In 1891 between Fargo nnd Grand
Forks going 25 Innings.
The feature of the giiuic wns fhe magnifi
cent pitching of Cnomhfl. the young colle
gian recently signed by Connie Mack. In
the twenty-four Inning* he allowed only flf
teen hits and one run. IIIh nerve In pinches
made Ills work undoubtedly the finest exhi
bition of twirling se<{u in recent years. For
Instance, Ferris and Parent each got two
baggers In the game mid Parent got a
triple, nnd once or twice the bases wero
filled up, with dangerous hitters at the bat,
but when this wnn the case Toombs put on
all his steam and would strike out the fol
lowing batters.
Harris, for Boston, pitched finely, but
weakened In the twenty-fourth and merely
lohhed the ball over, three runs being
scored.
The game was started at 1:33 o’clock and
lasted till 6:30 o'clock, requiring four hours
and forty-seven minutes.
! League Standings
WANDERERS HAVE MADE
GREAT RECORD ON ROAD
The Atlanta team, which arrives this
afternoon from its last trip of the year,
has made a mngnlflcent road record
against three of the strongest teams In the
league, and one club, while not powerful.
Is pot Ho be despised on Its own grounds.
Atlanta played sixteen games on the trip,
meeting Memphis, Little Itock, 8Ureveport
and New Orleans In series of four games
each. The team returns, having won ten
games, lost five, and tied one. .
Memphis was beaten three out of four.
Little Rock whs beaten three out of
four. \
Shreveport wns beaten three out of
four.
New Orleana waa beaten one 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 all of them, Rube z#L
Icr getting the discredit of Friday’s d*.
feat at New Orleans. Zeller pitched f OIir
games, making an even break. His i a *t
game was n bad one, bnt ptherwi*. h|
pitched well on the road. Hoc Childs I*,*
two out of three, both of them being l f0 •
defeats. Baxter Sparks pitched thre*
games, winning two.
The brunt of the run-getting feu 0|
four men. . Morse, Winters. Sid Smith ard
Jordan, Croxler, Hoffman, Fox, Archer^ hd
Evers all figured prominently In the jiffies,
but the flrat-mentloned quartet did'the bulk
of the hitting and the run-getting. Their
averages for the trip are:
PLAYER-
Morse
Winters.. .. .
Smith
Jordan.. .. ..
AB.
.29
..60
It H. P. CT.
12
:3|
Last Double-Header of Trip i
Results in an Even Break
Clubs—
Birmingham.
Memphis . .
New Orleans
Atlanta . . .
Shreveport .
Montgomery.
Nashville . .
Little Bock .
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
.670
.662
.649
.488
.328
.296
CASE OF OTTO JORDAN
AND THE "RUBBER BALL”
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Club*—
Savannah .
Augueta . .
Macon . . .
Columbia .
Charleston. .
Jacksonville
109
110
IDS
111
.623
.473
.448
.316
COTTON STATES.
OTHER GAMES.
AT NASHVILLE-
Morning Game—
Naahvllle 600 non 001— 1 10 3
Little Rock .non mi 240— 8 13 2
Batteries: Buchanan and Welle;
Brady and Duugtaa*. Umpire—8hua-
ter.
Nashville 200 *00 03J -; ” 3
Little Rock 000 000 01* —3 3 -
8orr.ll and Welle Keith and Doug!...,
Umpire.—Shutter and tVIn.too.
AT BIRMINGHAM—
Morning Game—
Birmingham .. ..Oin 020 on*— 8*1
Shreveport ... ..000 000 002— 3 8 0
Batterlea: Clark and Matthews;
Fritz and Powell. Umpire—Pfennin
gs.
Birmingham.... 201 HO 00£ —3 3 I
Shreveport 102 COO 003 —3 3 Z
Brag. 11 and Matthew.: Hlckm.ni and
Grafflui. Umpire—Pfenninger.
Second Game—
New Orleaiu 0C0 ZZZ ZZZ "Z 3 3
Montgomery ... 002 3T3 3:3 —I 3 3
Wal.h and Gulterei; Phillips and Rapp.
Umpire—Lauipau.
Montgomery .. .001 ion 000— 2 9 1
New Orleana ....uni 200 nno— 3 8 2
Batteries: Malarky and Hauaen;
Watt and Rapp. •
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
First game: *
Columbia 2
Charleston 0
Batteries—Hetaman and Smith:
ter and Fox.
2
Evening Game—
Augusta
Macon 0“ -
Batteries: Rucker and Carson, Spade
Halm mod Harrison.
^ Bl
•cut a bounder down third base line.
Rrouthers thought for a fatal aeeond that
It wna going to roll foul, nnd to evi
dently did O'Brien and Fargo, for they
■toot) Idly several yard* from first base.
When "Cheat!* Artie" saw hla error, he
picked up the ball, but nobody was at
first to head off Smith, and the scorer
chalked up a hit. Then Jimmy Fox com
pleted the stunt ao neatly started by Cro
sier and so fortunately carried on by
Bmlth, when he singled to left field and
scored Crosier with the run which tied
things up.
New Orleans did nothing In the ninth,
and Umpire Campau called the game when
that Inning ended, alleging that It was
too dark to play. It was 6:66 when he
rendered his decision, nnd a couple of In
nlnga more could eaally have been played.
i Tommy Uughea waa getting stronger
every minute, while Mauuel was apparently
weakening. It looked like a cinch for At*
lauta If the game had gone on until It
was really too dark to play. But Cam*
psu saw It otherwise, amt neither side put
up much of a protest.
The steady pitching of Tom Hughes, and
the timely "ash work" of Crosier, Bid
Smith and Fox had pulled the fat out of
tho fire, and Atlanta bad more or leas
cause to be pleased.
The game pnsset) off aa smoothly ns that
on Friday. Every time Jordan came to
bat, cheern and npplsuse, mingled with
hisses, were heard, but aside from the
hisses, *here were no hostile demonstra
tlons.
Flubs—
Mobile . . .
Meridian . ,
Gulfport . .
Jackson . . .
Baton Rouge.
Vicksburg . .
NATIONAL.
Cluba— R.H.B.
Brooklyn 030 13b 001—8 11 1
Philadelphia. . . .000 000 000—0 6 I
Batteries: Scanlon and Bergen;
Duggleby and Donovan.
Club*— R.H. E.
St. Louis 000 010 000—l 4 4
Pittsburg 020 000 000—2 7 0
Batteries: Kroger and Marshall;
Phillip* and Gibson.
St. Louis 100 000 000— l 5 2
Pittsburg 000 220 120— 7 10 2
Batteries: Higgins and Noonan. Wil
lis and Gibson.
Chicago 022 020 001— 7 16 0
Cincinnati 000 000 000— 0 2 4
Batteries: Reulback and Moran;
Weimer and Livingston.
First Game-
Boston 000 000 000— 0 3 1
New York 020 100 01*— 4 6 1
Batteries: Pfeffer and O'Neal; Ma-
thewson and Bresnahan.
AMERICAN.
Cluba— R.H. E.
Washington . . .000 100.000—l 3 6
Boston 000 011 01*—I 6 3
Batteries: Paikenberg and Warner;
Young and Crtger.
6 12
St. Louis 000 101 102
Detroit 010 ooo 001— 2 8 2
Batteries: Smith and Spencer; Don
ohue and Payna. _■
Clubs—
Chicago . .
Pittsburg . .
New York .
Philadelphia
Cincinnati .
Brooklyn . .
St. Louis . .
Boston . . .
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
Plaved. Won. Loat P. C. Orleans, Sept. 2.—The "Otto Jordnn
case" will be heard September 17, two days
after the Southern League season ends.
Is doubtful If nnythlng will come of It
Presumably It will be thrown out of court
for lack of evidence.
While the team was In New Orleana Otto,
Secretary Ethridge and some local newspa-
u went over to the court, had
look at the famous rubber ball, and talked
with the Judge.
From what could be learned, the case Is
regarded In a serio-comic (ami mostly the
latter end of the hyphenated word light by
everybody connected with the court liefore
which It will be bean!. 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 Ids own hands,
nnd It Is predicted on all aides that the
case will be quietly smothered.
Jordnn was torn with conflicting emotions
to visit again the scene of his famous es
capade nnd pointed out gleefully the cell
lb which he wns confined, and the patrol
wagon which he alleged wns the Identical
one used In conveying him to the police
station.
116
116
116
116
114
P.C.
.623
.634
.491
.496
.478
.377
Plaved. Won. Lost. P.C.
. 126 93 32 .744
124
117
123
.419
.402
.374
.326
Cluba—
Chicago . .
New York .
Philadelphia .
Cleveland . ,
8t. Louts . .
Detroit . . .
Washington .
Boston . . .
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
.605
.590
.664
.543
.617
.483
.386
.31?
First Game—
Chicago 200 001 000-- 3 9 1
Cleveland 031 005 io»—io 16 o
Batteries: Alt rock and Towne;
The writer carefully examined the lull!
now In the possession of the New,Orleans
police which* la ludng held for evidence.
This ball Is supposed to lie the famous
"rubber" Iwtll nnd certainly the cover Is
the one which was on the ball taken front
Jordan by the police. It benra on the out
side the signatures of Jordan nnd Secretary
Ethridge. Also It hns a mark made by an
Indelible pencil, which the Atlanta players
believe was put there by t'hurley Frank to
distinguish that hall as a "phoney" one.
One thing about tlie ball, aside from Its
marvelous "liveliness," which look* suspi
rin' fact that no trade mark Is
ATLANTA-
Wlnters, rf
Croxler, If. .. .. ;. .
Smith, 3b
Fox. lb
Hoffman, ss
Jordnn. 2b
Archer, c
Erers, rf
Zeller, p
AB. It. II. PO. A.E.
. ..4 0 1 2 » 0
...3 0 0 3 2 0
...4 0 0 0 3 0
....3 0 0 6 2 1
...311130
..3 0 0 5 0 1
3 0 0 5 3 2
....3 ’0 0 2 0 0
..3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals.
..23 1 2 24 14 4
NF.W ORLEANS-
Rlckert, If.’ . . .
v. v.
Blake, rf
AB. R. II. PO. A. E.
....4 1 0 0 0 0
...311000
...4 1 0 6 0 0
Atx. is .. ..
O'Brien, lb
Stratton, c
Guese, p
...3 1 2 0 4 0
....3 2 2 14 0 0
....3 116 2 0
....3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
...31 9 10 27 13' 0
Score by Innings:
Atlnntn
New Orleans
010 000 000-1
403 000 20*—9
Summary: Two-base hits. Hoffman:
Unless appearances are more deceitful than
usual, the ball now held by the New Or
leans police authorities Is not a regulation
ball which Is required to be used by the
by-laws of the league.
The possibilities that 4he ball has been
"switched” since the time It wns taken
away from Jordan, while remote, are i
thy of consideration. It hnn been kept loose
in a drawer of a desk tin the police station.
Any one who hnd the run of the place
could readily have pulled the boll out, sub
stituted a dummy In Its place, mnde any
rhnngc nnd slipped the ball back again. To
hnve made a change the cover would have
bad to be removed. Any one who desired to
make any changes would hnve hail to take
the cover off ami sew It back on another
bull. Such a itunt Is possible, but far
fro/ii probable.
Anyway, there la also remote possibility
that the hall Is not the Identical one which
proved so "rubbery" In the famous game In
which Manuel knocked the unexpected home
However, there Is not it member of the
Atlanta team who would not Uke 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 mnde by a New
Orleans paper that Manager Mullaney of
the Montgomery team stated’that he didn't
get the rubber ball he had In his possession
front New Orleans at nil, but that he got
By PERCY WHITING
New Orleans, Sept. 3.—Atlanta closed Its
last road trip of fhe year by splitting a
double-header with the Pelicans Sunday.
The first game went to the borne club by
the score of 9 to 1. Zeller being lambasted
all over the lot nnd receiving poor support.
Whiter Guese pitched for the Pelicans nnd
held the Atlantans down to two hits. One
of them—Hoffman's double—yielded Atlnntn
Its only run.
Baxter Sparks was the goods In the
support. Foxy old Brelt was hammered
hard. Winters, Croxler, Fox nnd Jordan
hogged all of the hits except one.
Both games were snnppily played by
victors, nnd In each Instance the lo
club showed up poorly.
losing
The scores:
First Game.
JACK O’BRIEN
IS BACK AGAIN
By Private leased Wire.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Sept. 3.—"Philadelphia
Jack" O'Brien surprised the -fighters yes
terday by his arrival from Europe.
Not even the members of bis family
knew that he wns back In this country, or
Intended to arrive at this time, until a tele
gram waa received from Jack Saturday
night.
Ills return is now In line with dope at
three-base hits. O'Brien; stolen bases. Klr|.
ert. Knoll, O'Brien; sacrifice hits, Cargo.
Blake, Atx, Brouthers; struck oat lit
Guese 7, by Zeller 5; bases on ball* nil
Guese 7, off Zeller 4; hit by pitched ball,
Stratton; wild pitch, Zeller; left on haw*.
New Orleans 8, Atlanta 2: first bn
errors, New Orleans 2. Time, 1:49.
pi re, Campau.
Second Game.
At*. R. II. Po. a. E
C'roxler, If.. .
Smith, 3b.. .
Fox. It
Hoffman, ss..
Jordan, 2b.. ..
Archer, c.. ..
Evers, of.. ..
Sparks, p.. ..
2 3 3
..31263
....4 0 0 1
Totals..
NEW ORLEAN8-
Rlckert. If..
Cargo. 2b
Brouthers. 3b,. ..
Blake, ef
Knoll, rf
Atx. ss
O'Brien, lb.. ..
Strntton, e
Rreltensteln, p.. .
....4 0 0 4 0
.4 0 0 2 1
.40130
...2 0 10 4
Totals ..
Score by Innings:
,.30 2 7 27 14
Summary: Two-base hits. Winters, Crn-
tier. Ate, Smith; three-base hits,
sacrifice hits, Croxler, At*; double play*.
Hoffman to Jordan to Fox, Breltenstrln
to Atx to O’Brien; struck out by Brelt-
enstein 2, by Sparks 2; bases on Imtli
off Breitensteln 1, off Sparks 2; hit by
6, Atlanta 6; first has* os
errors. New Orleans 0, Atlanta 2. Time,
Umpire, Campau.
like a* couple of hyena*.”’ And^thel'r !ou<
Only "
of It.
predicted that bis
across the occnn
would be merely preliminary preparation
for his bout with Sam Berger this fall.
He was here only long enough to change
his clothes and run for a train for At
lantic City.
TOURNEY DATE
WAS CHANGED
Thr rtnl» of the eighth Georgia .1*1,
trnp-.liooiing tournament, to lie held at
the Atlnntn Gun t'luh. baa been ebnuged
It from Smith whan Billy waa ualng rub. front September to Oetotn-r t, 6 and 8.
Iter ball. down In Macon. 1 The change I, made on neenunt of the
That thin .tatement wna mad* by Muila- former date, conflicting with tournnmenla
ney la denied absolutely by n man who! at t'lnrlnnntl nnd Lonl.vllle.
henrd the Interview, nnd the dny nfter It j Slneo the change hna been effected. It la
nppcareil Jlullnney branded It na a fabrlca-j eertaln that many of the lending pro.
foH.innn! ahota of the country will nttend
dlacernllde. The ball 'la comparatively n i Unlla
waa taken nt first a. one of! the shoot.
Jcke,. but
Tnwniend and Bernls.
Philadelphia .. . .100 001 100— 3 I
New York 000 021 001— 4 t _
Batterlea: Dygert and Powers; Doyle
and McGuire.
Washington .. . .001 030 002— 6 12 !
Boston 100 101 000— 3 7 S
Batterlea: Petten end Warner; Win
ters and Carrlgen.
EASTERN.
Flrat Game—
Montreal
Toronto .'
FATAL SHOOTING OCCURS
AT NEGRO FROLIC.
Speci,l t„ The Georgian.
Albany. Ga., Sept. 3.—While attend
ing a Saturday night negro frollck a
few mile, south of here, Jamea Sim
mons and Elijah Neal, both negroes,
became Involved In a difficulty, result
ing in Neal firing two load, of buck
shot tn Bltnmon*’ body. The negro
lived only a few hours. Neal has not
yet been captured.
More Sports ou Page Six.
NAT KAISER & GO.
Confidential loans on valuables.
Bargains In unredeemad Diamonds
IS Oocatur SL u t Klmbgll Hsuaw
and It la presumably lmpn..lldc | "Mall" did not lei! It, nnywny.
It nppenra that
ATLANTA TEAM CAN LOSE
ONLY ONE MAN BY DRAFT
An Interesting shoot wns held nt Lake-
wood Saturday, nt which the following
scores were made, each figure representing
the targets broken out of 25 trials:
RIFLEMAN-
Jimmy Archer ^ and Otto Jordan bnve
been drafted from the Atlanta club, the
former being claimed by the Detroit and
the latter by 8t. Louis, both American
league cluba.
But there In one good thing about it
all: According to the drafting rules
adopted last fall, Atlanta can lose only
one roan by draft. It Is Uke thia:
Suppose for Instance that Archer, Jor
dan. Smith, Fox and Zeller are drafted
each by a different club. At the end of
the drafting •enron, October 15, the national
commlMlon will meet. It will be seen shut
there .ire five claims for players against
the Atlanta dub. According to the role,
n ('lass A league club can lose only one
man. So the five claims are put In n
hat. nnd one slip Is drawn. The club
whose name comes out this way gets Its
player. The other four lose, and Atlanta
wins. It may be that Archer will go; It
may be Jordan, or It may be any of the
other three. But It la certain that Atlanta
of the rule, nnd that the nucleus
erful team wtU be left.
Draft* Announced.
One of particularly local, interest la the
purchase nv Cincinnati of Roliert Olin
chappie. Atlanta's only product playing in
first-class organised baseball. Chappie was
In 1900 captain and afar pitcher of the
Atlanta Boys' High school baseball team,
nnd he learned to piny the gome on the
lots out at West End. After being grad-
the Florida 8tate *
... Jege. whore be achieved
considerable note aa a pitcher amt football
player. In 1904. he wns signed for Jack
sonville where ho pitched well for two
ranking well u “ | *
League players.
This rear be was taken to the Scranton
New \ork State League club by Eddie
Ashenbnrk. nnd bjr bis brilliant work he
has put the team lno points to the good In
Jones. ..
six games this venr nnd has tost only six.’
Chappie’s forte Is his change of pace.
He uses hut few curves, although he has
’em. bnt relies on nutting the ball over
the coiners, slow nml fast.
Another draft of Interest hers Ik that
by which _ Brooklyn pets Weldon Henley
Kelley. 8r. ,
Mitchell... .
Fender. ...
Hunnlcutt.
Everett. ,
Haynes. . .
Jackson. . .
Culls ins.. »,
Lane
Johnston. ..
Williams. .
Kelley, Jr. .
26 | 25
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When Atlanta lost Friday the fans hesj
said i the Crackers were "yellow." WW
New Orleans allowed n tie-up In the nlntl
.Saturday they said the relienns were-yel
low." They must have something to knock
about.
The Birmingham club Is probably the blf
winner this year. The attendance In the
Smoky Burg has undoubtedly been cnoi
mono.
If Atlanta hod bad a pennant wlnner-
but that's'quite another story and, any
way, Atlanta has not lost any money oe
this season.
Ed Mlnahan, formerly of the Rirmlne
ham team, has been ‘ secured frOm ToM*
by Cincinnati.
Hughey Jennings, who used to coach the
University of Georgia baseball team, bat
who Is now manager and part owner "f
the Baltimore Eastern League club. bni
been claimed by Detroit. It Is said that h«
will succeed Billy * —
ger of the Tigers.
Armour ns the
Watch Brotxnan Grow.
0Y8TER SEASON OPENS
QUIETLY AT BRUNSWICK.
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 3.-—The oyster
season opened yesterday and the hi
valves were for sale In the local mar
ket. The demand was quite limited,
however, owing to the warm weather.
The local oyster canning factory j*
preparing for the season of 1906«’0«,
and will probably resume operation*
about the middle of this month.
strengthen the Trolley Dodgers.
The Southern League drafts announced,
aside from those mentioned In the fore
going. are:
By New York American League— Maxwell,
of Montgomery.
By New York American league—Sallee,
of Birmingham.
By St. Louis National League—Byrne of
Shreveport.
Purchase Claims.
Irisbtirg National I,eague— Maxwell,
-Alnitela,
PICKED UP IN
" PELICANVILLE
By PERCY WHITING.
New Orleans, Sept. 1—New Orleans peo-
f de called the Atlnutn players “yellow" af-
er they took their terrible beatli
her rally tn the ninth and tied the
of Montgomery.
By Pittsburg National Leagw
of 'Shreveport.
By Cleveland American League— Lleb
hardt, of Memphis.
There is n mix-up over Maxwell, New
York claiming him by draft and Ifttsburg
by purchase. i
It also appears that after all Connie!
Mack does not get Nap Rucker and i
Holmes from Augusta. Brooklyn gets the
Crabspjde wonder by draft, and the claim
on Holmes Is cast out because of filing ’
of pot-er* after specified date.
Joe Bean, the captain of the Jersey City 1
Eastern League club, who lire* In Atlanta J
luring the winter, has bees drafted by {
pau decided it was foo -‘dark-’ to play.
That makes three times this season that
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O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
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O Memphis In Atlanta, Piedmont 0
O park. Game called at 4 o'clock
O Shreveport In Birmingham
O New Orleans In Montgomery.
O Little Rock in Naahvllle.
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DOUGLASVILLE WINS.
Speelnl to The Georgian.
Dotiglssvllle, Ga., Sept. l-Dongla^ ,t1f
defeated a picked team from Villa Rif*
Austell and Lithla Springs nt Austell tH'
day afternoon by the score of 2 to 0.
Selmnn, for Douglasvllle, gave up
two hits, while Griggs, for the opp , *aM' 1fc
gave four. ,
The game was in doubt at all ****** V*
was one of the fastest ever seen here to
season. ,
• v.trtf
Washington.
ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS
SEPTEMBER 3-4-5.
GAME CALLED AT 4 P. M.
LADIES’ DAY TUESDAY.