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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 8,1908. SPORTS Edited by PERCY H. WHITING FIGHT FOR SECOND PLACE IN LEAGUE WARMS UP AS TEAMS NEAR FINISH LINE r | — T ' 1 1 1 1 1 J ATLANTA MAY RUN SECOND IN SPITE OF HARD LUCK HARVARD CREW RACED CAMBRIDGE TODAY Memphis, seventy-three—flfty-two. New Orleans, upvcnty-onf—fifty- four. Atlanta, seventy-two—flfty-flve. That’* how the team* stand now In the .race for second place. Memphis ho* won only one more name than Atlanta anil has lost three less. That would not be a (treat mnny— If the season had happened to be young— but quite a few with only a week and a day to play. The season ends next Saturday. At that time Birmingham will be declared the winner of the great and glorious rag—which rng will be formally award ed to Birmingham at the meeting of the Southern League, which will be held In the Alabama metropolis In Decem ber. This Is now a double-rivlted, special ly reinforced, one-best-bet sort of a cinch. Every man on the Baron team can fall dead this afternoon and yet the Barons will win. There Is nothing to that, and hasn't been—not since It became evident that the Southern League, out of what looks like a rather misguided spirit of generosity—decided not to go Into the Castro matter. But second place Is still open. And Atlanta, New Orleans and Memphis are 1 organised. running nose and nose—In the reverse order from that named. Atlanta has nine more games to play, Including Saturday’s contest. Memphis has eight. Well. If Memphis loses live and wins three, and Atlanta wins six and loses three Atlanta will get second place. The standing will then be: Club. Won. Lost. Pet. Atlanta 78 68 .871 Memphis 76 67 .6il This winning of second place ought not to be so difficult a matter. Shreve port and New Orleans come next week and they nrc both good clubs. But At lanta Is the best In the South on her own grounds and six out of nine. In cluding one from Little Rock, ought to be quite clnch-llke. As for Memphis-next week Babb's hired men will have to tackle Mont gomery and Birmingham. The former team ought to win a game or two and the latter to cop the majority. If they do, then Atlanta will win second place and the team will get that thousand dollars. For New Orleans does not seem to be In at present, though the pelicans din win n game Friday. It will take hard work and good luck to land Atlanta second—but here’s hoping. If Atlantn can finish second to Blrm Ingham It will be the best performance of eastern clubs since the league was Salvidere Looks .the Best Among2- Year-Olds of 1906 By J. 6. A. MACDONALD. New York. Hept. A-Early In the year the experts rooceded the 2-y«*ar-old champion' i Ship to Water Pearl. Then before the ruu- nln/r ot the Brighton he sprung a squeamish i tendon and went out of training. Within the very next week three comparatively tin | beard of stars calmly moved within the sphere of the championship ken—Salvidere, i::*etltnc<w and Fountilnblenn. Klnce then . their performances have t»een so high class ! a a to make-Water Pearl and Oran no bet ter Iliad equals. With the Flatbuah Htakes over, the 2-year-old championship laurels must he finally awarded to one or other of the above trio. There are but two othcra worthy of consideration. A filly, James It. Keene's Court Dress, has shown so well In her atako engagements she really deserves a ranking with the very top-notehera. Then Oscar Isewlaohn'a colt, Yankee Gun, ran ao strong a fourth to Electioneer, Pope Joan and De Mund that he la regarded 1>y many of the experts as the heat youngster • In training. Pope Joan, deaplte her Futur ity performance. In too whlspy to gain the smite of a sharp observer. « The Flatbush running baa not definitely j;,/jettled the question of the championship £,t 5 my mind. When the weather gets a lit- IlotJa bit cooler I should like to see HairJdere, ** Fountalnbleau, Electioneer, De Mund, Yan- ' ket Gun, Peter Pan and Court Dreas run down a seven furlong straightaway. Halvl- dere ought to win. The absence of the much-heralded colt. Jack Atkins, Is re gretted on all sides as much because of the (•opularlty of "Barney" Bchrteber aa the qnlet understanding of the youngster's abll- ' |ty to trim the t>e»t of tho New fyrk "ba- Met" when right. Horace ft., another colt brought East by Hcbrlebor, and which he sold Messrs. Ilalney for 126.089, Is too small and light In flesh to ahow the clnsa credited him. He has not grown an Inch since leaving Memphis. Tcnn., last May. All In all, I regard Mnlvldero aa the greatest colt of the year,* with Water Pearl almost ns fast and classy. Bnlvldere went to John E. Madden from the sales ring for 13.708. He has won Just 141,660 for Madden since then and could not bo purchased today for 140.000. Fotintsinbleaii came East from Louisville, Ky. He won two creditable races and then "Diamond Jim" Brady secured him at $£>,- 000. Electioneer Is by Voter, from the well known innro guesnnl. "Billy" Lakelnud, the old-time Jockey, who won fame In the days of the Bay District course at Han Francisco and the Mot arte course at New Orleans, bought Electioneer as a yearling for $2,900. James II. Keene bad given Major Thomas, of Dlxlnnna Farm, n free service of his sire, Voter. The major mated Quesnsl. Funny thing that three years later the progeny. Electioneer, should bent Kcone'n own entry. Pope Joan, for tho $37,- 040 first money and the renown of Jhe 1900 Futurity, something Electioneer did, aa we all know, on Heptember 1. Both Halvldere and Electioneer nre alow beginners, hut resolute flnlshera. Both will develop Into tremendous S year-olds. Yankee Gun la the one and only horse In Oscar Lewlshon’s ■table. He was running over the lenders In the Futurity when the finish came. He Is a son of Yankee and a great big colt It. Keene's I'eter " ‘ turlty and Is n bit c first class at that. SHARKEY OUT FOR TROUBLE; ' CHALLENGES JIM JEFFRIES New York, Heptember A—Tom Sharkey la Willing to re-enter the ring with Jim Jef fries, If the Goldfield club will hang up n purse, say, of the paltry aum of $60,- 000. If Jeffries will not agree to meet him, Tom will take on any other good man. Hut the purse must be $60,000 with Sharkey. One of tho hardest fights between light- weights that has taken place In this vi cinity In some tluie was pulled off at Fort Lee, when Jack I#ow*ry and Alex Dunspeath. of Paterson, n»«»t. The mill took place In a road house. The contest was a gruelling one, and was won by Low- try. In the fifteenth round, on a foul. ihtk Langdon. of Philadelphia, made a pronounced hit at Dayton. Ohio, last night, when' be carried little Gus Bexennh, of Cincinnati, along at such a fast dip for twenty rounds that It looked gloomy for Gna In the latter rounds. The decision of • draw wna not well received. The boys were re matched to box In October. Mika 8chreck, the Cincinnati heavy weight, la still after Sam llerger. Terre This is ths Hsrvsrd ersw which carried ths stsrs snd stripes in ths rscs today sgainst ths Cambridge craw. This craw is ths sama which do- faatsd Yals this spring in ths annual Yale-Harvard rscs at Naw London, on tho Thames. This aggregation has dona soma vary fast worn both in England and Amsrica. Perhaps no craw ever sent abroad has attracted more attention than this one. They went unheralded. The money to tend them was quietly raised ana they were shipped to England, But sines they have been there they have done stunts which have interested all students of rowina. The crew was most wdrmly re ceived in England and Its members have won innumerable friends. HARVARD IS BEATEN BY IN GRUELLING RACE CAMBRIDGE DOWN THAMES OUTFIELDER QUICK'S NAP FEATURE OF DREAMY GAME By EDWIN CAMP. Except for the consequences of a little aoooso that Mr. Quick took out In left field, aud a ninth liming flurry, Friday's game wus as serenely Innocuous as a rest cure sanatorium. Although the score was only 2 to 1, the Travelers never nettled In danger of winning, except In the flunl stanza, wbeu T. Hughes grew a little bit careless. The little nap Mr. Quick took -proved the most exciting event of the day. provok Ing Chief Zimmer to fearful wrath ami resulting in the ejection, of the sleepy one from the game. Quick was stationed out In left field, and up to the fourth Inning had had notblug to do but dreniu of days that had ua happy been, when Jim Fox lifted a sky-scraper toward lilm. On the ball flew In Its ascendent course, but Quick stood ns firm ns the rock of Gibraltar, bla forehead In Ills hand nud a look of deep dejection writ all over hla physique. It's hard to hare to play with a tall- ender. But, on the ball flew, and still mute and Inglorious stood Quick, when Zimmer cut loose a heartrending shriek. Quick Jumped, nnd then started for the hall. But he started the wrung way, nnd before be switched, Morse scored and JJm Fox got to second. Then Zimmer ordered Quick to the bench, nnd put Allen In left field. Quick chewed the rng a while with his dear manager, but there were no casualties. Hughes was the master at all times. Lit tle Hock's only run came In the first In ning. the product of Zimmer's stroll, Gll- tiert's sacrifice nnd DeArnioud's single. Long Tom made the unusual record of retiring the Travelers on three pitched balls In the sixth Inning. Zimmer, Gilbert nud DeArmoud each hit the flrat bail i.itrk. ed. 1 * Atlantn bit Brady freely, but dldn t mq many runs as a result. Winters’ Croxler’a sacrifice nnd 8. Smith’s doubij gave due .run In the first. Johnson» e p. ror on Morse's fly, Iloffuian'a bunt flD d Quick's nap gave Atlanta another fn »h. fourth. The throwlug of Bid Smith was sterling 976-1000 fine. He had five assists, threj of which were secured in retiring would, be baae-ruuners. Once, Bcrnlc Mc(’ny tried Otto Jordan's fudge steal, but Smith and Jordan cut him off. Zimmer also did prep ty good catching. The tabulated dlglta: I.1TTI.I: itUPEZ AlT'll. II. f. Kl linin' (illlii'rt. of DeArmond, rf.. . Quick. If Allen. If Bird, Sb Met'ay, 2b Johnson, aa Kiniiuerllug, lb.. Brady, p •Douglas -* 1 0 4 ] | -.801300 ..4 ft 2 Totals .. .. •Hatted for Allen In ninth. .. ..4 ft 0 1 j a ...no o r. i a ....3 0 0 1 1 1 ....2 0 0j>lo . ...3 0 0 0 6 0 ....0 0 0 0 0 o 1 4 24 15 "i ATLANTA- Winters, rf t 'rosier. If H. Smith, c Morse, ss Hoffman. 3b Jordan. 2b Fox. Wallace, ef Hughes, p Totals.. .. .. .... Score by luuliigs: Little ltock.. .. 100 000 Oftft—i Atlantn .. .. .. 100 ino no*-; Hniuuuiry: Two-Imse hits. »; Smith, r«x; stolen liases. Winters; sacrifice hits, ('ro sier. Hoffman, Gilbert; flrat base on balls off Hughes 3; struck out by Hughes 6. by Brady 2. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Ituddcrbmn. All. lUl mii ..4 1 2 0 0 J .3 0 1 3 (i o .4 0 3 6 5, . .3 o o n o o ...3 0 0 0 I 0 • ■29 2 9 27 IS l HOW CAMBRIDGE WON THE GREAT RACE Putney, England, Bept. 8.—The winning of the Cambridge crew from Harvard this afternoon wax one of the finest contests ever rowed on the historic Putney ti> Mortluke course. At 4 o'clock tho wind freshened nnd cut up the water or the Thamee. which was setting In with the last ot the flood tide. This put an obstacle In the way of the rowers which smashed all hopes of making tho course In record time. It was 4:28 when the crew put their shells In the water. The actual start of the race was two minutes ahead of schedule. Harvard won the toss for positions and hnd the Surrey berth, while Cambridge was In the Middlesex position. The real advantage at the start was with Cambridge, however, for tho Middlesex side of the river at Putney forms the Inner course of the flrst turn. So at 4:28 the race was on. Cambridge, taking full advantage of her position, put her full power Into the stroke nnd succeeded In gaining a slight lend at the very start. Harvard struggled beautifully und In perfect form to keep up with tho Englishmen, but they were at great disadvantage against the wind nnd the cantabs pulled away to such an extent that Cambridge was two and a quarter lengths to the good nt Crabtree. The boys from tho United States did not lose heart for a minute, but plugged steadily along. On the other hand, the long continued strain hnd begun to tell on tho leaders, who began to fall back a bit, so that when the crews came under Hammersmith bridge the Yankees hnd made up a length and a quarter. Inch by inch the crimson boat ale Into the lend of Its rival. As the crews passed Beverly Brook Harvard was only one length'to the bad and the rowers were still In ns good form as at the start. Now the race was nip and tuck, Cambridge striving to pull away and Harvard bending every effort to borne In even term* with her. At Load Mills the boats were still Just about a length apart, the bow of the crlmnon being on even terms with the stern of the light blue. Each crew was putting It up to the tune of 37 strokes a minutes. As tho racers came up Dovers, watchers on the bank saw the light of confidence grow bright In the .eyes of the giants from America. Captain Fllley called for a spurt, and the flght was on. Little by little, but with the precision of fate, the crimson shell answered to the strength of her drivers. Little by little her bow was pushed up along the quarter of the Britishers. Even ns they were about to enatch victory from defeat, the Har vard boat wont wrong. These races on the Thames are battles of coxswains, anyway, and It Is probably due to the superior knowledge of the waters of the course stored up In the memory of Cambridge's pilot that she won. How ever this may be. certain It Is that the Harvard boat went wrong at Chiswick. Blagden steered his boat out too fnr in the stream and that Is the story of his crew’s defeat. . At Thornycrofts, Cambridge was lending by one and a half lengths nnd at Devonshire Meadows there was two lengths between the boats. The race wns won then, and the Cambridge men let up a little, whereat the Harvard boat n-nln caught up a little nnd finished only two lengths In the rear. Tho offlclal time of the Cambridge crew wns 19:18. , Haute, Gram) Itnplils nnd Davenport rtubs nre ready to put tlm men, If ths nisteb esu tie srrsngvd. Tommy Murray, of Ilnrlem, outpointed Johnny Dwyer, of Perth Amlsiy, In one of the fastest wind ups ever pull'll off In Philadelphia, at the Xatloual Athletic Club, last night. Joe Jeanette, the colored heavyweight, who kiioeked out ''Illaek Bill," nt Pltlln- | n g that the affair Is an qren money prop, dolphin, on Thursday night, In anxious tot osltlon. meet Al Ksiifuuin In a sli.round bout In \oboily denied that the Harvard men nre the Quaker city. The National Athletic ln t, ( ,|(,, r y„ rm> i„,t, on the other hand, the Club Is ready to offer a purse If Knuf-1 Cambridge oarsmen hnd the advautage of nmu will atdeatep the color line aud make | greater familiarity with tho course, which Putney, England, Bept. 9-IIonr* before the time set Tor the grout contest between Harvard nnd Fainhrldge over this hlatori enl course, the river batiks and bridges were erowded and every available point the water was occupied by boats gully decorated. The light blue colors of Cambridge pre dominated. but there, wns nlao un ahum dant Sprinkling of rrlmson. Mnny English tneu wore tho two colors In combination. There seemed to lie nn unanimity of oplu Ion Hint the race would bo the greatest International nffnlr ever contested betw onratuen, nud while some bets are l»elng made st odds of 6 to 6 In favor of Cam bridge, It wna tho genral belief thin nioru- the match. 000000000900000430000000000 o O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Little Rock In Atlanta. Memphis In Nashville. New Orleans In llirinlngham. Shreveport In Montgomery. OOODOOOQOOOO<IDOO<IOOOO<HXIOO The Georgian’s Score Card. WINTER8. rf CROZIER. If 8. SMITH, c.. MORSE, ss HOFFMAN. 3b JORDAN, 2b JIM FOX, lb E. II L. ROCK. DOUGLA88, c GILBERT, cf DEARMOND. rf i QUICK, If BIRD. 3b JOHNSON, ss r WALLACE, cf ...,| i! KEMMERL'O, lb JOHN FOX. p ALLEN, p TOTAL'S - TOTALS Score by Innings: 1 2*4 » 10 11—R w Item of no small Importance In race of this kind. An effort «wns made this inornlng to se cure some expression of opinion on the outcome from both mptnlns. Captain Goldsmith, of the Cantab*, said liefor* the race: "Flense do not think that no do not real ise that the Americana nre foeraen worthy of our greatest efforts. We have been greatjy pleased with the attitude of the ynnkee captain and Ids men, and nre sur prised at their wonderful Improvement lu form since their arrival nt Pntney. But, of course, we expect to win. Wo Indleve wo nre Just ns fust as the Americans, and have the additional advantage of being fa miliar with the tides nud eddies of the river. We do not expect to wlu by n great margin, but we certainly should come home to Mortlake fully a length In the lead." Captain Fllley po**e*«M| nil the confidence Irani i»f full atreiigtli ami perfect reliance upon Ids crew mates, lie said: "We came over here to win, and hope to realise our expectation*. A race of this kind depend* upon the knowledge of the coxswain fully ns much us the oaraiiinu»tifp of the crew. Blagden has made a special am! careful study of this course since we have been here, nml we are willing to sir lu front ot him. ami believe Hint he will «b» tlm piloting correctly If w* furnish the apeed." GREAT INTEREST FELT. The race Is*tween the crews of the Eng lish nnd American "Cniubridgere" has «>e- cusbmed quite as much intercut along the Thames ns the usual luter-uulverslty races t»etwecu crews of the English college*. There Is no ilisguslng the fact also that Harvard has won mnny staunch support ers from the very ranks atf English row ing cracks. On every band, comment# i-onrernlug the respective abilities of the rlwil eights can Is* heard, but never a harsh word ngnlust the |«i|s who have nunr from across the sea* to contest with the lM*#t college oars men of the British Isle*. The odd# on the outcome nre close to even money, with a shade In favor of the Americans. A nttmlier of things have en tered Into the shaping of these «nM*. The Harvard boy* have lieen subjected to the scrutiny during their dally practice ■pins on the river, with the result that every trick nnd catch of their rowing Is kuown. Even tho most ardent partisan of old Cantab must confess that the form of the Americans Is perfect. They are train ed to the hour, nud show no evidence of having Imen through one gruelling contest already this year. . . On the other hand, It must be admitted that the Englishmen nre not perfectly fit. They have all the confidence needed, but their work does not show the nulted finish of their rivals, nml when they have been subjected to sever** strain, they show signs of exhaustion. This Is not true of tlu* liar vnrd boys. Even after their most severe trials, they have come down the course without apparent fntlgue. There I* a vast difference In the style of the two crews. The Harvard I tout Is rig- god with nil the modern appliances to aid the rowers lu their work. Hlldltig stents, swivel outriggers, lightweight—nothing has been omitted. Thus nlded, the Americans go to their work with a long slides which lengthen# out their pull to n very appre ciable extent. This arrangement makes It possible f*w the rowers to put every pound of strength Into the stroke; legs, laxly and arms nil contribute someth lag to the re sult. With the English rowers. It Is dif ferent. Their stroke Is 1 governed from the w*nlst up, and the greatest burden comes upon the nrtna hud the small of the bark. Whlle.lt Is possible to give some Idea of the style of the two crews nml their vis ible condition. It will he quite Impossible to ntiy adequate line on them until the O0QOQQQOQOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O 0 O UNASSISTED TRIPLE O O MADE BY BIG MURCH. O O O O Murch, tho Ms flrat baseman O O of the Mutu'hcnter team of the O O New EngUtml League, iierformefl O O the feut of executing n triple play 0 O unassisted In the flrat gume of O O toilay’a double-header. Drohnn O O and Coveney of the home team O O loth singled, the former being O O held nt second ba*e on Coveney's O O lilt. Then Knvunagh, a left-hand O O hitter, came to bat and drove a O O liner done to the ground, directly O O toward Murrh. Murch put down O O hi* hand and the ball *tuck In hla O O mitt. He then touched the bag, O O putting out Coveney, and as Dro- O O hun had circled around paat third O O bane, Murch trotted to second O O bane nnd touched that bag, com- O O pletlng the triple play. O 0 O oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o O BERGER AND O'BRIEN O O SION FOR A FIGHT. O O O O Chicago, Sept. 8.—Philadelphia O O Jack O'Brien nnd Sam Berger O O la*t night nigned article* for an- O O other content They style it the O O "heavy weight championship of O O the world." O O The articles were drawn up and O O signed In ten* than a half hour'* O O conference and there wa* little ar- O O gument over the proylslon*. They O O will meet «ome time In January. O O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO captain* have tanned for position*. SOMETHING ABOUT COUR8E. The I'nlney rourae I* not straightaway, as the case on the American rouraes. The Thame* between Putney nnd Mortluke hau the nltnpe of u great home shoe magnet, with the legs turned outward, tlm* mak ing n rourae with three turns. The north ern aide of tile rourae, or the outside of the horse shoe. Is on lha Middlesex *16*. It I* evident to ntiy one who will look nt tin; ninp, that the crew having the Middle- *<-x liorth will have the name adrantuxe aa the horae which haa the poaltlon on the rail. Should the crew bolding the no I side of Murrey berth succeed In holding tltelr iMuit on eveiujennn with the fnvor- II''*, they will have n great advantage when they turn the curve (uto the main hotly of the home shoe. The flnnt curve of the course haa been estimated to lie worth three-quart era of a length to the crew having the Middlesex l«crtli. It la plula to lie aeen. therefore, that should the crew In the Murrey posi tion secure u lend of n length un the great curve nnd stilt maintain Ita strength. Its chnneea of wiunlng are of the lieat. It la stated thut the Cambridge crew pinna to aturt Immediately and gain what ever advantage la possible on the outside, with the hope of placing Harvard In the stern poaltlon and tiring her ont. If the Harvard men are fooled l»y (inch tactics It will lie their own fault, for they know Just bow long It will take to cover ths course, nnd It Is supposed that they will row at their average speed throughout, paying little heed to the tactics of the Britishers. The enurae Is 44 miles long, a hnlf mile longer than the VsIr-Harvard course st New 1-ondon, hut this fort will not euuse the llnrrnrd crew any worry, for the race Is to la* rowed ou the flood tide, which will more than compensate for the extra distance. PERSONNEL OF CREWS. Her.' is the personnel of the two teams ns they will race: Some Shattered Comment On Baseball Happenings Of coane. Atlanta won. BET— Ho did Memphis, New orlenna nnd Hhreveport. If the other eastern claim will not do their duty, what chauco has Atlanta for second place. Poor old Nashville Is suffering nnder the reign of n pair of Incompoteuts—Shuster and Wnlhscott. The latter Is comparatively Innocnoua— but that Shuster!! J. riuvlus be thanked. It rained part of the afternoon In Nashville, and only one game could be played. Here's hoping It rains today. The. Breltensteln—the pitcher antique, the umpire pugnacious, the relic Interest ing—let Birmingham down with three lilt*, and helped the Pelicans to beat the Bar ons. Pfcnnlngcr nud R/an are umpiring In Bir mingham. Ought to be a pretty good team. That race for the pennant ln the Amer ican League Is warming up right along— and the teams still have a month to go. Likely to In* a very heated proposition be fore the finish Is reached. The New Yorkers nre leading by a nose right now, with Chicago nn entertaining second, and Cleveland right there. The race looks to Im between the first two, though there Is no telling about the Fish.. .. Flint.. . Morgan.. Ne whit II.. Fllley.... Blagden.. ....No. ___ „ . .. ..No. 3.. .. So. 4.. . . ..No. 5.. ., .. ..No. <?.. .. ...No. 7 ..Stroke.. .. . ..Coxswain.. . ..itomtldsnti .. ..Baynes Powell ...Johnstone Htenard Scott DILLON LEADS BUNCK. BLAKE TO COACH < GORDON AGAIN ! Frank Blake, a memlter of the famous Blake family, five of whom have been foot ball players, nud who has won such wide' spread reputation ns a football eoarh, leaves Sunday night to resume charge of the crack prep team of Gordon Military Institute, nt Barnes/tlle, On., says The Nashville Ban Last season, under the able coaching of Frank Blake, the Georgians mopped up with the best prep teams In the ftiuth, playing Tech a goutl game, aud could have defeated Georgia. Even the mighty Moon ey team lost the verdict In a uilx-up with the Barnenvllle bunch. This season the efforts and the schedule of Coach Blake's charges will 1h» eveu more ambitious. Bnrnesvllle will play Au barn. University of Florida, probably Tech again; Welsh Neck, the South Carolina prep champions, the Hoys' High school nnd Dnhloncgn. Should Couch Itlnke the prt*p championship of that section again, hi# team will challenge the cham pion* of Teuuevsee again, aud the game may be played In Nashville this time, as It was played in Georgia Inst year. Coach Blake's team will average lmtween 145 and 158 potimts this season, but what It may luck In weight It will more than make up In speed nnd generalship, for the latter qualities have always characterized the efforts of this splendid young coach. Frank Blake has been coaching three years now*, nnd In that period hn* lost only five games, nml failed to score In only two of those. It would not In* surprising to his many friends and admirers to see him coaching a big college team next year. It I# #abl that several unlvendtlea have Inn*u dickering with him for terms. Blake uses the Yoet-MrGugln "hurry-up" luck of hasebnll, and. perhaps, Clevtlxnd niny not l>e beaten yet. With the minor leagues closing up right along these days. It la likely that several of the ninjor league teams will be strength ened—eapeduIly In the line of pitchers. Tommy Hnghes, for example, in not likely to weaken tho New York Americans, or Llebhnrdt the Cleveland team. Ami they nre only two of a large bunch of tnlrlen who will he with the big league teams for tho last month ot the aennon. In the National* League, Chicago still runs out ln front, with a margin of nliout .109 separating her from McGraw's Micks. Winters nnd Sid Smith were there with the safe hits, aa usual. They have l»een doing a bunch of bitting of late. Jimmy Fox broke bark Into the base hit col umn again, and may be bock on his hitting stride. It Is a pleasure to see Chief Zimmer work lH»blnd the I tat. Time was when "the chief" wna one of the best In the business, and he has not forgotteu nil It yet. What n team of old-time wonder it con M In* dug up In the Southern League-wlth Zimmer catching. Breltensteln pitching. Harry Vaughan on first base nnd bnsty Miller In the outfield. These men were among the lieat lu the world In their day— nnd they are pretty well preserved vetersni right today. league Standings j NAT KAISER & CO. Cor.fldtntlal loans on valuables. Bargains In unredeemed Diamond* 15 Decatur SL Kimball House. Seagirt, X. J., Sept. A— About half of the shixttlng for the individual rifle champion ship was completed Friday. The flrst five men at the eud of the day's work were: First—Lieutenant Dillon, l.\ S. E., 1J0 out of a (Nksslble 150. Second—Captain F. 1*. Graham, l*. S. I., 129. Third—Sergeant Baptist, Massachusetts, m. F4»urth—Sergeant Brass, Montana. 139. Fifth—Corporal Gandy, t\ 8. I., 13$. More Sports ou Page Two. Let Brotman, The Tailor, Make your (ail clothes, 3 E. Ala bama St., opp. Century Building. Watch Brotman Grow Clubs— Birmingham -Memphis . , New Orleans Atlanta . . . Shreveport . Montgomery, Nashville. Little Rock , SOUTHERN. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. . 124 79 46 .417 . 126 73 52 .S*t . 126 71 54 .54! . 12 7 72 56 .887 . 126 6 8 58 .540 . 125 61 64 .!«! . 1*7 43 84 j 131 38 93 :M Clubs— Plaved Won. Lost. PC f'hlcago . . . . 130 98 32 .754 Pittsburg . . . . 127 t.i 46 .638 New York . 125 82 43 .633 Philadelphia . . 127 58 69 .457 Cincinnati . . . 130 54 76 .413 Brooklyn . . . .124 49 75 .395 St. Louie . . . . 130 48 82 .369 Boston . . . 129 41 SS .311 AMERICAN. Cluba— Played. Won. Lost. New York . . . 124 76 48 .611 Chicago . . . . 121 74 49 .6u* Cleveland . . 120 67 53 .551 Philadelphia . . 123 68 55 .553 Ht. Louis . . .123 64 59 Detroit . . . 121 66 65 .461 Washington. . 125 48 77 Boston . . . . . 127 40 87 FRIDAY'8 RE8ULT8. Southern— Atlanta 2. Little Rock 1- Memphis 4. Nashville 2. New Orleans 2. Birmingham 0. Shreveport 8, Montgomery American— New York 3. Philadelphia 2. Boston 4, Washington 1. National— Chicago 9, Pittsburg 1. New York 4. Brooklyn 2- Philadelphia 1. Boston 0. Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 3. American Association— Toledo S. Louisville 0. Columbus 5, Indianapolis 4. Minneapolis 5, Kansas CUT *■ St. Paul 14, Milwaukee 9. Eastern— Newark 2. Baltimore 0. Rochester 9, Montreal 1. Buffalo 3, Toronto 1- SAME OLD STORY- Bussey deans and reshapes all and itlff hats. 28 1-2 Whitehall St- Atlanta vs. Little Rock SEPTEMBER 8 Last Game ot Series. Game Galled 3:30.