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New Recruit Does Well And Crackers Get Bumped MEMPHIS 7. ATLANTA 1. Memphis tried out her new nisi), Laird, In Wednesday morning's gntup. and he proved a most effective pitcher. The Cot ton Htntes youngster twirled nice toll and had line support. In consequence, he al lowed only one run off his delivery. He waa bit quite often, Hilt all attempts to bunch them failed, except In the flfth. when two hits and n stolen base netted one run. In the meantime, the ftaldders were working havoc with Baxter Sparks' curves, and they earned a victory with their sticks. Babb made four hits out of four times at bat, and Nadeau made three out of live. The Memphis bunch played error less I tall, and were thero with the pep per and other condiments. The crowd was easily the ama^est of the year—as might have l>oan expected on a week-day morning—and the league cluto will not get a large amount out of their eighth of the receipts. Probably 300 people saw the game. The contest was without special features. Sparks ns the •'starter" and Fox ns the "finisher," operated lu a couple of donhlo plays. Jordan was the middle man In the first and Morse In the second. The score In detail: ATLANTA- Winters, rf.. Crosier, If. . . S. Smith, e.. ., Morse, as Huffman. 3b.. Jordan. 2b.. .. Fox. ll> Archer, cf.. .. Sparks, p.. .. Totals. . . . . urirtf'iHonrE: 4 0 1 ..3 0 0 4 1 0 ,...4 0 0 2 3 0 ..3 0 1 0 4 0 ..4 0 0 9 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 .32 1 4 27 19 1 All. It. II. PO. A. b. ..4 2 1 0 0 0 ...414210 Xicbolis, as.. Xndcnu. cf.. , Carey, lb.. ,. J. Smith. 2t>.. Hurlhurt, c.. Laird, p Totals.. 5 0 3 0 0 0 . . ..4 0 1 11 0 0 .....6 0 1 4 4 0 3 1 2 7 0 0 .87 7 16 27 14 Scorn lijr Inning,: Atlanta. 2?? 22~J M.iupiiii .010 ooo ya-7 Winter,, Hurl Huimiiiiri" Two-tmae lilt ,-urt, Itntill; iluulili* nlny., HtM to Fox, Hpnrk. to Mono- to Fox: .truck out l»y Hpnrk. 2, .truck out hr lAlrrt 5; Mae* on tmtla off Knnrk. 3, off f.nlril 1: «ucrlBo» lilt., t'nn-r, ». Hmlth. lAlril; .tolcn lwi«'«. t'nrt.r, Fox; hit hj- pitched imll bx Spark, : (llurlluirt, Babb). Time, 1:45. Umpire, A Few Stray Shots From Tuesday 9 s Pitching Duel The Babblers may be In’second place at the finish, but they were headed the wrong way Tuesday. , Suggs Is an unlucky dog. It takes n man with an over-supply of misfortune to lose • two-hit game. Itut that's easy for Cleorge. He can lose them when they are.hitless and errorless—which Is pretty good for a minor league pitcher. Nlcbolls played nice toll Tuesday, and It • seems likely that he will make any of them hustle to keep him out of a Job ns substi tute Inflelder of the Philadelphia Amerb I cans. If hs can hit In fast company he Is a big leaguer for keeps. Otto Jordan was eating them up down his way Tuesday. One of the hits made off Muggs' delivery was very much of a scratch. It went right hy Babb, but the scoring department, after a consultation, decided that, to the best of Its knowledge and belief, the ball was not touched by Charles, the swift, and hence was a bit. Thomas McCullough, secretary of the Memphis club, was among those present In the press Ih»x during the early atages of the game. Just after the one run was scored Tom excused himself on the ground that he had to count the money. Must have l>ecn n lot of money, for he did not come back. May to the score had something to do with It. You'll have to pass It to the Babblers on one thing. They certainly have the best fielding Infield In the Mouth. However, they nre only a bit better than "the Billy Smiths" at fielding nrJ no better at bat ting. The gamble for players already drafted hns begun, and Detroit won Archer from Atlanta, while Ht. Louis had to give up her claim on Jordan. I saw the stlkeo pennant proudly floating Above the spacious grandstand on the heights: ^ iiaturn" Recalling . 1 aaw the Culm of Chance all dead and burled 'Neath the avalanche of hlta we made each day: 1 beheld the flag unfurled, lntoled "Cham pions of the World—" —William F. Kirk In New York American. Atlanta fans always have dreamt like that At the first of the year. But they alwaya wake up. ' However, we'ra going to win that pen nant next year, and .that'll help some. , The unanimity of opinion In the Southern -League about Umpire Shuster Is Uttle short of marvelous. From Nashville to New Or leans and from Atlanta to Little Rook he Is regarded as the worst In the business. He will |>e lucky to last through the season. I The Pelicans meet Atlnnta In the wind-up of the seasou over In Atlanta, and that se ries will no doubt be a hot battle.—New Orleans Picayune. It will tie worse than n battle—It will be a slaughter. Manager Frank coujd not tell just whst will happen lu regard to the Breltenstelu draft, but If St. toul* cannot he ludtircd to let go Breltenstelu will, of eonrse, have to report. lie has taken the matter up by wire and ho|»ea for good results, but will not know for several days.—New Orleans ITcayune. If McCloskey could have seen Atlanta clouting the grnnd old man last Sunday It would have I*een a cinch to get Brelt's re lease. Poor old Charlie Frank and his yellows will have to travel the stony puth unless sll signs fall, ill* men can’t bit and the twirl- . era are only fair. Watch Birmingham, At lanta and Montgomery give him some nice entertalnmeut.—Birmingham Ledger. It would be nice to get a rubber ball party for Charlie's benefit—Just to make things seem home like, but alas! Charlie has the rubtor |mll market cornered. Birmingham gets the pennfiut this year for the first time In fourteen years. More tlmn 7,900 persons saw the game In Birmingham tabor Day. If the Atlanta team had landed nt Pied mont park In time to play n morning and an afternoon game these figures would Hourly have been equaled. Umpire William J. Buckley, the Southern tongue field Indicator, who received a per emptory dismissal at the hands of President Kavnuaugh some time back, has lauded a berth In the Eastern longue. In a letter to the sporting editor of The Birmingham Age-Herald, Umpire lluckley anys: "I mall you herewith dippings showing that I have ngnln got my feet upon the din mond. I wish to tlm nk the various-spurt ing editor* of the South for the encourage ment that they gave me, and for the words spoken In my behalf In the hour of my rather unexpected dismissal. I am well pleased with the new lierth, and believe that I will give satisfaction. I look back on my days In the Southern League with pleasure. In spite of the heavy clouds that appeared toward the end, resulting In storm In which I alone suffered. For one In the league do I hold a grudge. It Is nil forgiven, and we will try to forget, have nothing but the best of wishes for everyone In the South. 1 congratulate yon on the probability of landing the rag." The clippings referred to were most c pllmeutary to the best umpire that the South hns claimed since the days of Billy CnriM»nter. It Is said that his salary Is ex- rdlent and there Is a general pleasure that his name Is enrolled.—Birmingham Age-ller- ald. Innta team, will be on the pitching staff wit If Harry McIntyre, late of the Southern League, next year, for he has been drafted bv Brooklyn. Washington took h crack nt him, too, nut Brooklyn won In the run-off. The Washington club has secured Joe Bean by draft. THREE OF THE SCRAPPY GIANTS LEAGUE LANDS UMPIRE RYAN Special to The Georgian. Little Bock, Ark., Sept, 6.—President Kav- nnaugh has secured a new umpire, Tim Ryan, who reported nt Montgomery yes* terdny. Ryan hns toon with the South At lantic tongue and was secured by President Kavanaugh In response to a telegram ask ing President Boyer to send his tost um pire for use In the Southern tongue. THORNTON WON FROM COLLINS By Private Leased Wire. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. B.—Nat Thornton, Atlanta's tout tennis player, upset nil cal culations here yesterday afternoon when he defeated Krelgh Collins, of Chicago, one of the tost players In the United States, by n score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. In n match Just previous, Thornton had defeat ed Philip Eckert 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. This vic tory, like the other, was clean cut, and Thornton won by putting up a great game of tennis. Charles Rodgers, of Knoxville, was do- feated by Ned Peebles, of Cincinnati, 3-6. 6-3, 6 4, and Bryan Grant, of Atlanta, was defeated by U, T. Emerson by a score of 6-4, 6-1. The Georgian’s Score Card. WINTERS, rf CROZIER. If 8. SMITH, c. HOFFMAN. 3b JORDAN. 2b FOX. lb ARCHER, et CHILDS, p NICHOLLS, „ CAREY, lb J. SMITH, 2b.. HURLBURT. c.. STOCK DA I.K, |> 'totALB Score bjr Inning,: 12 3 1 3 10 11—R Mempbl, STRANGE BUT TRUE. To Albany Stakeholder: You need have no hesitation In paying the bet. Boston and Philadelphia certainly plnyed a 24-lnnlng game last Saturday. If yon see It In The Georgian It Is so.-Spt. Ed. In the center Is John J. McGrow, man ager of the New York Nationals. Behind the mask Is Bpger Brcstmlinu and on McGraw'a right Is Dan McGann, the loudest toefer of them all. These three men have been trouble makers for Na tional tongue umpires this seasou und show uo signs of being tamed ns the season ndvnnces. DRAKE TO QUIT RACING GAME FAMOUS HORSE OWNER SAYS HE’8 DI8GU8TED WITH CONDITIONS. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Sept. 5.—John A. Drake announces that Ije will sell all of his horses at auction at the conclusion of the present meeting, and will retire from active participation In racing. •"I’m utterly discouraged at the pros pect before me," he said. "Under the conditions there Is not the slightest chance to break even on expenses. My complaint Is against the layers. They treat mo unfairly In the way of odds against my horses. No matter how much they may be beaten the book makers offer me ridiculous prices, us ually less than even money, more often 3 to 5. Wes Is a sample. He has not won Clubs— Birmingham. Memphis . . New Orleans Atlanta . . . Shreveport . no". 7n~a"~longT tlme, 'ye*. The JESSSE"*- RIFLE SHOOT HAS STARTED By Private Leased Wire. Seagirt, N. J., Sept. 6.—At the end of yesterday's shooting Jn the national rifle tournament, the New Jersey team was lending, with Massachusetts second and New York third. The scores of the leaders follow: 200 200 TEAM— Ynrda. Yards. Total. New Jersey 609 504 1,015 MaKsachusetts 509 490 999 New York 495 502 997 United States Marine..41*0 606 966 Wisconsin 467 496 9X3 Ohio 495 488 983 Pennsylvania 507 473 98 1 ) Rhode Island 489 490 979 Connecticut 503 475 978 United Stntes Infantry..489 487 976 The scores made by the Southern teams were: 290 200 TEAM— , Yards. Yards. Total. Florida 481 441 925 Georgia 467 455 922 Texas 453 427 860 South Carolina 474 394 868 New Mexico 409 357 7Wi Tennessee 888 360 7 IS Louisiana 383 356 739 Oklahoma 384 313 697 Alabama 405 375 685 Mississippi 378 231 619 Weather conditions here were per fect, with the exception of a strong wind that blew across the range. League Standings A Little Unofficial Dope On the Pitching of Rube One of the thousands of "Roto" Zeller’i admirers In Atlnnta hns furnished some In terestltig dope on tbo "Uuto’s" work for Atlanta tills season. According to this dope. w*hlch Is undoubt edly accurate, Zeller has pitched: • Threo two-lilt games. Three three-hit games. Five four hit games. Five five-lilt games. Five six-hit games. Four seven-hit games. Two elglit-lilt games. Three nine-lilt games. Two ten hit games. Two eleven-lilt games. During the thirty-two games In which Rato hns pitched the full nine Innings, he has allowed 188 lilts, which have been converted Into seventy-three runs. Ily a little simple division. It becomes evident Hint Ituto'* opponent* have scored mi aver age of 2.3 runs n game, ami made an average of 5.8 hits per game off bis delivery this season. To say that this Is good work Is putting It mildly. During the season, Rube has lost two games by n margin of one run, live by a margin of two runs and one by a margin of three. The fnll list of gnmes Bubo has pitch ed this season follows: Date. Result. 3 to 17. Bent Blriiilngluiui. . 19. Lost to Htrinlnghiim 24. Bent Montgomery. . 27. Bent Nashville.. .. MAY- 1. Beat Birmingham.. 5. Beat Nash\|llc. . . . 4 t< 19. tost to New Orleans. 3 t 12. Bent New Orleans. . 3 t K I .ost to Shreve|Hirt . 1 t< 21. Bent Memphis. ...4b 26. Bent Shreveport. . . 4 t< 9\ Bent Little Rock. .. 7 t< JUNE- Bent New Orleans. . 1 t< Lout to Memphl! to New Orleans. 0 t New Orleans, n t Uttle Rock.. X t I-out Lost t* 5L U*st t Lwt to Montgomcr Unit to Blrmliighai: JULY— 9. Bent Nashville. . . J2. Beat Montgomery. IV Beat Little Bock. 21. I*n*t to Memphis. 27. Beat New Orleans. AUGUST— 1. Beat Nashville. . . 4. Bent Montgomery 11. Tied Nashville. ... 3 to 3. 23. Beat Birmingham. . . 3 to 1. 17. tost to Montgomery. 2 to 8. ~ * .3 to 1. . 3 to 0. II. Lost to New Orleans.. 4 to 7. 'Did not pitch full game. 123 123 124 124 123 124 127 .585 .569 .557 .540 .488 .330 .299 If Gans Meets Nelson Again Winner Takes Entire Purse By Private Leased Wire. Goldfield. Nov., Sept. 5.~-"Good; I'll fight Nelson again, if he wants to, but with this difference: The winner must take all," was Joe Gnua' reply when the Ilenrst News Service correspondent told blip that Billy Nolan was clamoring for another chance nt him. Gann was very earnest. He laughed when be was Informed that Nolan had In sisted that Nelson did not foul Gnus, and that a deni was framed up to do Nelson out of the title. "Who will believe that?" said Gnus. "If yon can find one man In that crowd who saw us fight who will honestly u . that Nelson had the edge on we, and tint he did not foul me, not once, but a «]ot e| times. I'll give him (600 cash. That sot* to the limit. "Now, here Is what I will do. pu Nelson again next week, If he wants jo the sooner the totter. ‘Til give him all he asked of me. ■■ far ns the actual fighting conditions at# concerned. "I'll agree to weigh In at 133 pounds. I'U weigh In n doxen times the dnv the fight If Nolan wonts It." ^ HUGHES WINS HIS GAME FROM “LUCKLESS" SUGGS ATLANTA 1 MEMPHIS 0 Maybe Memphis hns second place sewed up In a sack, but the Babblers did not show it Tuesday when they lost to the Crockers by a score of 1 to 9. The Atlanta players bad had n chance to rest up after their tiresome Jour ney of Sunday and Monday, and they played the old time ball—the kind they always play at home. Tom Hughes faced George Suggs, and ns usual "Hard Luck George" lost h!i game by n narrow margin. lie pitched great ball and allowed only two bit* but bis own error, coupled with Oroxler's hit, cost hhn the gome. Hughes vvns In fine trim, and had the Ilabbltes traveling the shut-out rout# from start to finish. Three little singles were the tost they could do. Never hns Hughes shown to better advantage, and be hud the Memphians wonderlug it all stages. The game was full of sunppy fielding. The line-up used by Atlnnta Tuesday seems to be effective, and It may be seen quite often. The Memphis team plnyed Its usual good game and the Babblers were flghtini hard when the hist out vvns made In the ninth. They were just up against hotter fielding and totter Hose running than they were used to. The crowd looked rather small when the game started, but the spectators poured steadily In for a half hour after the game started, and It Is likely that Memphis pulled down something better than the guarantee. The score follows: MEMPHitP" XBTh. ri. P(». a: atlanta- Wlntcrs, rf.. Croxler, If. . Smith, e.. .. Morse, ss.. .. Hoffman. 3b. . Jordan. 2b.. ., Fox. lb. .. .. Archer, cf.. .. Hughes, p.. .. Totals AB. B. II. 1*6. ....3 0 1 1 0 ....1 112 9 ...30071 ..2 0 0 0 0 . ..3 0 0 (I 2 ....3 0 0 7 3 ..3 0 0 0 4 0 Itabb, 31 . .. n Carter. If.... 0 Nichols, ss.. .. 1 Nadeau, cf.. . 0 Carey, lb.. .. 0J. Smith, 2b. 0 Hurlhurt, c.. 0 Suggs, p. .. . 1. P<». A. v 13 0 6 0 2 1# ....24 1 2 27 10 1 Totals.. ..4 0 0 1 0 # ..3 0 0 1 5 0 ..« 0 0 1 0 4 . .4 0 1 12 0 0 ..2 0 0 1 1 0 ..3 0 0 3 1 0 ..3 0 1 0 3 1 ..29 *0 *3 24 U 1 Score by Innings: Atlanta Memphis ..0 0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Summary: Stolen bases, Carter, Thiel, Nadeau; sacrifice hits, J. Smith, Morse, Croxler <21; first base on balls off Hughes 2, off Suggs 1; bit by pltehed ball by Hughes (Nadeau); struck out by Hughes 4, by Suggs 3. Time, 1:33. Umpire, Hud- derhaui. Clubs— Chicago . . . Pittsburg . . New York . Philadelphia , Cincinnati . Brooklyn . . Ht. Louts . Boston . . . Plaved. Won. Lost. P. C. . 128 96 32 .750 . 124 81 43 .653 . 121 78 43 .645 . 124 56 68 .451 . 127 . 52 75 .410 . 120 49 71 .409 . 126 46 80 .365 . 126 40 86 THREE GAMES A DAY. The Olympics and The Atlanta Jour nal played n double-header Monday morn ing nt the corner of Highland avenue and Btindolph street, the Olytuples taking both games. Tin* scores were 10 to 0 nnd to 0. The feature of the game wns t fast playing of tho Olympics. They did uot allow a man to reach first base dur ing the first game. The Olympics played the East Atlanta, Jrs., Monday afternoon on the Intter’s grounds, nt Sanders Crossing, the Olym pies winning by the score of 7 to 1. The detailed score fellows: HAST ATLANTA, JUS.— McCarthy, c Palmer, p Hamby, lb David, ss Stanley, 2b l Bovvers, 3b 0 Bryan. If 0 Townley. cf 0 R. II. ....0 0 0 Keer rf... Totals.. ... OLYMPICS Everett, e.. . Miller. ll».. ., Rnmstend. Hudson. Pnmhnl. ..0 0 0 111 •51;:." Terrell. 3b. Frlddell. ef Cheek, rf Ixodtotter, If... iv team wishing to get s game with the oly tuple*, phone 2054 malt), and ask for Harry Paschal. NAT KAISER & CO. Confldantlal loans on valuables. Bargains In unredeemed Diamonds 15 Decatur St Kimball Houes Clubs— New York . Chicago . . . Philadelphia , Cleveland. . Ht. Louis . . Detroit . . . Washington. Boston .... 124 Plaved. Won. Lost. P. C. .604 121 120 118 121 119 122 .695 .558 .551 .529 .471 .385 .314 TUESDAY’S RE8ULTS. Southern— Atlanta 1, Memphis 0. American- New York 7. Boston 0. New York 1, Boston 0. Philadelphia 10, Washington 3. Ht. Louis 4, Detroit 3. National- New York 11, Boston 6. Chicago 3, Cincinnati 1. Pittsburg 5, St. Louis 1. Philadelphia 6. Brooklyn 2. American Association— Louisville 5, Toledo 0. Minneapolis 2, Kansas City 0. Columbus 2. Indianapolis 0. Milwaukee S', St. Paul 0. Eastern- Jersey City 8, Baltimore 2. Providence 4, Newark 6. Newark 16, Providence 8. Baltimore 4, Jersey city 1. Montreal 4, Toronto 3. GUN CLUB SCORE8. The Atlanta Gun Club held a shoot to tor Day over Its traps nt Lakewood. The scores follow: 1 3 1 3 25 5 l 36 "3" Fender Everett Venable 2*1 20 18 29 19 29 16 5! 23 m 21 29 29 22 18 17 20 3 *29* 21 § 21 21 !b>iM>ndnft>r. . . . . is 20 21 1'nole Hflles U.vuus •» 21 20 IT Bent Montgomery. .. 3 to Best Montgomery. . . 5 to Lost to Ulrmiughutu.. 2 to Let Brennan, The Tailor, Make your fall clothes, 3 E. Ala bama St., opp. Century Building. Napoleon to Job* |» playing ;n faster gnrae at present than ever before. He I* with out doubt the wouder of the baseball world. Ntoiie, of Ht. ton!*; Chaw, of New York, and tojole, of Clov-elaml, are fight- Watch Brotman Grow bon “” “* Uw Amerl " New Fall Hats Don’t wait another day longer—come let us re- , place the straw with one qf our hew Fall and Winter styles. If it will be a soft hat, make your selection from dozens of styles of John B. Stetson and other well- known makers. The telescope crown will be the most popular soft hat shape—pearl and gun metal will be the prevail ing shades, though we have every shape and shade that’s out for Fall and Winter. And if a derby, select the dimension that is best suited for your face in an Emmons Special—you'll get hat satisfaction never experienced before. They’re $3.50, but every inch the equal of the best $5.00 hat in qualify, in style and comfort. Soft Hat Prices Range From $2.00 up to $5.00 Derbies $2.00 and $3.00, Emmons Special $3.50 39 and 41 Whitehall Street. ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS SEPTEMBER 4 and 5. Ladies* Day Today. Game Galled at 4 p. m.