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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1906. • STRUGGLE FOR SECOND PLACE STILL ON SPORTS Edited by PERCY R WHITING ATLANTA AMD MEMPHIS ARE NOW TIED 1 i i— CRACKERS AND BURGLARS TIED FOR SECOND PLACE Tied with Memphis at last. After nearly a month of hard fighting the Crackers reached the coveted sec ond place Wednesday afternoon, though Just at present that oerth is occupied in company with the hated Burglars. From now on it as case of ‘ war to the bat and bat to the handle'*—and then some between the two teams. Each team now has 77 games won and 55 lost. If the Crackers win more from the New Orleans team than Memphis can from Militancy's pets over In Mont gomery. then second place and some $66 to a player goes to the Atlanta men. If the reverse happens, then down go the Crackers to third place. The last three days of the league season will see the fight fought out from first base to home plate, and times will be stirring. There is no danger but that the New Orleans team will do Its best to keep the Crackers from staying In second place. There is no large amount of love lost between the players on the two teams and less between the man agers. These games are the Pelicans* last chanc to get revenge, and doubt less they will try to take it. The Crackers are playing with nerve, skill and luck well combined these days, though, and are hard to beat. If MuIIaney can be counted on to force his team to the limit against Memphis, it looks like a good, chance for an even break, at least for Atlanta. But the Montgomery bunch is pretty far down In the league race, and It Is doubtful If the Legislators will extend themselves to the limit against such a bunch of hustlers as those Burglars are. However, 1 t*s up to MuIIaney and his crew. Here's hoping they do their best. SENSATIONAL GAME ENDS WITH “FLUKE” HOME-RUN FIRST GAME ATLANTA 3. SECOND GAME ATLANTA 2. Time—Yesterday. Place—The ball park. The second game wss In the last In nlng. The score was tied. Larry Hoffman was at bat. Pltcber Lee: "U-u m-p" (and he sent • straight one over the plate). The Bnt: "Crack." ’The Ball: "Ouch!" Dense silence for ten seconds, while the ball sailed over the center fielder’s head and landed In the deep grass at the foot of the center field fence. The Ball: "Here's where I lose my- 1 self," and he did. Center Fielder King (Branching vainly through the grass): "Where Is that blank •ty, blank ball? Cusa, cuss, cuss, blank, blank blank!" Larry Hoffman (Steaming around second and third toward home): "Puff, puff!" Larry scores, tho crowd yells Itself to pieces, aud drifts away lu street cars, au tomobiles and otherwise. The Scoreboard: "Atlanta 2, Shreve port 1." Bobby Gllka (Walking sadly homeward): "And yet they call this baseball." 8low curtain; sod music. Such In brief Is the dramatic story of tho dosing game of tho Shreveport se ries. The first game was n nice sdfo win all the wsy for Atlanta. Tho Cmokers tab Hod two In tho first Inning, aud that won the game for them. Zeller was Invincible lu every Inning but the fourth, and In that session one run wna Bhreveport’s limit. In the next gnine, Zeller tried It again, and did well, but Shreveport got away with a run In the first, and ns nobody could seem to rounect with Lee'* curves It looked like a "I to 0” fiasco. In the eighth Inning rally, however, Zel ler went safe on nn error nnd scored on 3!orse*s bit, tying the score. In the first half of the ninth, Shreve port was helpless before the game "Rube," . and In the last half Larry Hoffman walked to the bat and lost the ball In the weeds. Of course, It was n fluke home rttu. The . ball was hit bard, bnt It should not have been good for more thah two tune*. However, It was the luck In baseball, and It Is a poor rulo to kick against luck when It comes your way. The scores: FIRST GAME ATI. A NT A— Winters, rf. . Crosier, If.. .. Hid Smith, c.. Morse, ( ss.. .. Hoffman, 3b.. , Jordan, 2b.. .. Evans, 2b.. Kennedy, rf .. ..3 Abstelu, lb 4 Tony Htnltb, ■«. Daley, If. King, rf. .. Hess. 3b.. .. Grafflus, c. Score by innings: Atlanta 200 000 10*-8 Shreveport .. ,.. „.. ,000 100 00ft-r Summary: Two-bnsc hits. Absteln. Tonj Smith, Fox: stolen bases, Tour 8r* ul “ -“** rlfice hit, Kennedy; double piny, Graffiti*; first base on balls off King to ^ __ Zeller 1, off Fisher 1: struck out by Zeller A, by Fisher 5. Time, 1:30. Umpires, Pfennlu- gcr and Wnlnscott. SECOND GAME. n. it. ptVA'.'E TECH FOOTBALL PLAYERS REPORT THIS AFTERNOON Thursday afternoon the first regrular football practice will be held on Tech field. Wednesday Coach' Helsman and a few men were out and at work, but the regular reporting day has now arrived and Tech gridiron will be a busy place every afternoon from now to the sunset of Thanksgiving Day. Little can be told about which men will be back or about the new material for a day or two. Captain Wilson will be on hand and a good bunch of last year's men. The new material Is re ported to be good and altogether things sensational look bright out at Tech. Rumor has It that HMg changes In the style of play win“be|P troduced by Coach Helsman, in order to take full advantage of the new rule. Tech Is fortunate this year in havlnc a coach who not only knows football but who thinks. It Is doubtful If ant- coach In the country has made a more careful study of the game or can bet. ter understand before a ball Is put In play under the new rules Just how they are going to work out. Some sensational football mat- be expected on Tech field this year and the early practice will be watched with unusual Interest. New Football Rules From Prep School View Point .SHREVEPORT 1 .8HREVEPORT 1 ATLANTA- Winter*, rf.. Crosier, If.. . . lf>“ V. *! Archer, c.. .. Wo I lace, cf.. Zeller, p.. .. Totals RllllKVbl'O] Evans, 21).. .. Kennedy, rf., Ahstcln, II).. Tony Smith, i Daley, If.. .. King, cf.. .. 1 lews, 31».. 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 i 4 0 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 S 5 1 8 0 0 12 0 0 ..,.8 0 0 5 1 0 8 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 .. ..31 2 6 27 14 rnrror League Standings Total*.. .481130 ..4 0 0 0 0 0 ..4 0 2 11 1 1 ...3 0 0 1 8 1 ,.4 0 0 2 0 0 ..4 0 0 3 0 0 ..8 0 0 2 2 0 ‘01810 0 0 18 0 ■82 1 ~4 *24 13 1 ♦No one out when winding run was made. JHcore hy Innings: Atlanta.. ........ Shreveport ,...000 003 011—2 , ... ... ...100 000 COO-1 Two-hase hit, Morse*, fc ~ stolen base*, Morse. l.__ man; first base on b*ll* off Zeller 1; struck out by Zeller 4, by I.ee 2. Time, 1:80. Umpire*, Pfennlnger and Wnlnscott. MATCH BURNS AND O’BRIEN parse of 820,000. As soon as O'Brien heard of the 820,000 offer, he hunted up Tex Rlcard. who Is one of hi* admirers, and Tex agreed to back O'Brien for 110,000 a side. 8IGN YOUR QUESTIONS. To Sport: The Georgian does not nn- It printi sign all OUTING EIGTOIl. DAVIDSON MEN HARD AJ WORK Special to The Georgian. Davidson, N. C., Sept. 13.—Graham I* glv. Ing the football *<|uad n lot of hard work, hut they stand up to It like men. Although I>avId*on has lost all of her t>e*t old men, she still has n squad of nlxty brawny fellows from which to select the team. Following I*' s schedule of the games which will he played "off hill" thl» sea- September 2d—University of North Caro lina In charlotte, N. C. October 27— Georgia Tech In Atlanta. November 8—Clenison college lu Charlotte, N. C. November 17—Virginia Polytechnic Insti tute In Roanoke, Vs. Thsnksgtvtug—Virginia Military Institute, In Lynchburg. Vn. Several good atroog games will also bo played "on the hill. The Georgian’s Score Card. > WINTERS, rf CROZIER. If S. SMITH, c.. MORSE, » HOFFMAN. 3b JIM FOX. lb WALLACE. *cf ... SPARKS, p ■fotAI.8 E. |j NEW ORLEANS. [ R. | H. \ E. RIKERT, If RROl!THER8,3b KNOLL, rf ATZ, as STRATTON, c.. PHILLIPS, p. TOTALS Score by Innings: 1214 » 10 11—R New Orleans Clubs— Birmingham . Atlanta . . .. Memphis.. . New Orleans Shreveport . Montgomery • Nashville . . Little Rock . Clubs— Chicago . , New York . Pittsburg . . Philadelphia Cincinnati. . Brooklyn . . St. Louis . . Boston . . . SOUTHERN. Playtd. Won. Lost P.C. 139 132 132 131 131 128 131 134 130 130 131 133 120 132 133 .644 .584 .584 .557 .519 .492 .654 .623 .459 .429 .403 .364 .316 BAD OUTLOOK FOR HARVARD Cambridge, Masa., Sept. 18.—Harvard's football season opened here with n squad of ouly twenty-six men, many of whom looked like real 'varsity material. Iu the sqtiad were five of last year’s "II" men. They were Captain Foster, left halfback; Kers- berg, left guard; Mendel, right halfback; Lockwood, fullback; McDonald, end. It looks as If Coach Reid and his assist ants will huve a hard time developing a successful team this year. "Poroh’ r Donovan, the new trainer, was on hand and made a good Impression. . FISTVILLE GOSSIP AMERICAN. . Clubs— New York . Chicago , . . Philadelphia Cleveland . . St. Louis . . Detroit . . . Washington . Boston . . . Pltyed.Won.Lost. P.C. . 128 78 50 .609 . 128 77 51 .6111 56 .559 67 .648 62 .519 67 .468 80 .380 89 .320 126 129 126 129 131 WEDNESDAY'S RE8ULT8. Southern— Atlanta 3, Shreveport 1. Atlanta 2. Shreveport 1. Birmingham 10, Memphis 0. - Memphis 3, Birmingham 1. Montgomery 2, Little Rock 2. New Orleans 7, Nashville 1. American— Boston 4, New York 2. Philadelphia 5, Washington 1. Detroit 5, Cleveland 4. Chicago 13, St. Louis 5. Nations I— New York 9, Boston 7. Cincinnati 6, Pittsburg 5. Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 3. ■ American Association— Toledo 2, Columbus 1, Kansan City 7, Minneapolis 6. Eastern— Montreal 5, Newark 3. Rochester X, Jersey City 0. Providence 4, Buffalo 0. Baltimore 2, Toronto 0. Baltimore 6, Toronto 5. Buffalo 6, Providence 1. WORLD'S RECORD. Have your old felt hat cleaned and reshaped at Bussey’s, 28 1*2 White hall street. TROTS FA8T MILE. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 13.—Sweet Marie In the grand circuit races yesterday af ternoon trotted a mile In 2:034* In the 2:06 trot, lowering hy a half second her own nnd the world’a record for'the fastest time made by a mare In a race. This wu done In the thirst race. Her only com petitor was Wentworth, who did not press her or the would have trotted in faster time. New York, 8ept. 13.—At the Broadway Athletic Clnb of Philadelphia tonight tho wind-up will bring together Georgo Cole, of Trenton, and Jock Williams, of Grays Ferry. Billy Roche, the fight promoter, who la representing the National Athletic Club, of Hnn Diego, Cal., Is nlao In the field for bidding for the coming Gnns-Uritt bout. Roche snya he will offer tho men tho snmo purse offered them hy the Goldfield Ath letic Club, moaning 825,000 for a finish fight. He says if the men will accept his offer he will pull off the bout In Decem ber. • Eddlo Ilnnlon, the California lightweight, has secured tho services of Hpldor Kelly, the trainer and handler of pugilists, to get him lu shape for his twenty-round bout with 1‘Flghtlng Dick" Hyland, which Is to take place In Frisco on the night of Bop- tomber 28. Fred Bradley has boon matched to meet Billy Burke, the Quaker City welter, for fifteen rounds at a Inning show to he pulled off by the Casco at l'ortlaud, Maine, on Friday night. T. J. O'Neill, of la>wlston, Maine, sent n telegram to Boston recently, offering to match nu unknown ngnlnst any "welter" In the country for 82,500. He is not ad verse to his man meeting Joe Walcott. Ham Lnnford. hearing of the offer. Imme diately wired O'Neill. Lanford la still wait ing for aii nnswer. Abe Attell nnd Terry McGovern will In* matched within a day or two to meet in six-round bout for the featherweight championship. Eddie Kelley and Tony O'loole have been matched to meet In the Quaker City Saturday night. The articles call for them to weigh In at US pounds. ALL THEWORK-OUTS 00000000000O00000000000000 o a O THEY 8AY J. O'BRIEN 0 O WILL BOX JOE GANS. 0 0 O 0 Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 13.— 0 0 Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, It la 0 0 said, haa been matched to box 0 0 Joe Gans for atx rounda. 0 0 Thla little fistic arrangement 0 0 has Just leaked out and while 0 0 nothing definite la known aa to 0 0 time and details, It Is said upon 0 0 good authority that the match Is 0 0 assured and will take place at the 0 O Rational Athletic Club. 0 00000000000000000000000000 Much has been said and written about the effect of the new football rules on the college game and very little about Its effect on the prep school game. While the youngsters play under the same rules ns their older brothers, yet the game they put up differs In many respects. The Georgian, therefore, asked Frank J. Blake, the most successful prep school coach In the eutlre South, for his views on the new rules, and they are given below. By FRANK~J. BLAKE. I nm at a loss Just what to say In re gard to the new rules. I nm afraid my opinion, ns compared with the more expert authorities of Atlanta and the vicinity, on the new rules, would be of little value to you or the publ!|. nnd I would really prefer to keep out of the limelight of publicity as far as prac ticable. As to the rules, I fall tp sec the neces sity of such radical changes so far as the game ns played In the South nnd West last season, Is concerned. True, In the east matters were In a sad plight, but Judg ing from the success of the western and southern tennis, I should say the fault In the east was due to the players nnd not to the rules of the game as played In 1906. As to what will be the result or effect of the changes, that can 1>e told only after they huve been thoroughly tested In play. I am afraid the offense has been too everely handicapped by the 10-ynrd rule. It would have been much more conserva tive to have nllowed, at least, four downs, instead of three, for the necessary. 10 yards. By thus handicapping the offense, I should think that the rotighneik of the game, Id that# the determination to gain J* j a . creased, will be proportionately greater. However, I think there will be fewer f a . talltles under the new rules, but the broken limbs will be more numerous than ever In the history of the game. Every football players knows It Is more dangerous to make a flying tackle or to l. e thug tackled than It Is to be tackled | n the line, nnd ns the rules are so con structed ns to Increase the open field piny, so will the Injuries due to such play be brought to a mnxlmum. The forward pnss, « very radical chnnge, while It greatly aids the offense, will also prove dangerous to the runner. The rule specifies that the hall shall bo cleanly ban died, and In order to do so,* a player will, while on a dead run down the field,* he looking back to receive the ball, and while In this position may be suddenly tackled by nn opponent. The Outside kick Is a good one, and /» Intended to assist the offense and at th« same time weaken the defense by keeping nu extra man In the back field to take care of these punts. The rule prohibiting any of the five center men from being drawn bnek of the line, unless they are, at least, 5 yardi back (nnd then one of the hacks must take his place In the line), will have a very strong effect on the offense. Hardly n play was made last year but that one of these menwns drawn from his position and used very effectively, either lu car rying the ball of In the Interference. Hummed up ns a whole. It seems to me that the weak tenjns have been made weaker und put more at the mercy of the stroug ones, the very thing which the >nnmttee was trying to obviate. The Imlance of the changes are of minor Importance, and will not greatly effect tU play. 0 9 Brien Will Fight Burns 40-Round Bout For $20,000 THE 1907 CRACKERS DOPED OUT BY TRACY "DOC” GANLEY DEAD. New Haven. Conn.. Kept. 13.—Harry Gan- ley, known to Yale men for the last dozen year* a* "I***" Gnnley, assistant la the Yale gymnasium to Mike Murphy. Yale's former trainer, died hen* Inst night of ty phoid fever, lie was Instructor In training lust year iu the Yale Hummer *4'hOol of physical culture. Gauiey was V years old. Gravesend, S.. Y.» Sept. 18.—Weather Is lotidy and track good. IUIa, five furlongs in 1:5, breeslng. Speedy. Daisy Frost, four furlongs in :i0 3 5, hand- l!y. WUI do. James Reddick, one mils In 1:443-5, breez- fng. At hi* l*est. Brush Up, six furlongs In 1:16 1-5, hnudily. Never lari ter. Nicetas, seven furlongs In 1:80 2-5, breez ing. Hen Water, four furlongs In :49 2-5, hand ily. Tim O'Toole, five furlongs In 1:02 3-5, hand ily. Will do «oon. Rehlmore, five furlongs In 1:00, breezing. Edith James, one mile in 1:43 2-5, breezlug. At her l>e*f. Water Dog, mile in 1:47, breezing. ItotMdor. six furlong* In 1:1$, galloping. Water Tank, six furlongs In 1:16 2-5, breez ing. Very »p«*edy. Furze, five furlougs In IHC 3-5, handily. Will do. Shot Gun, six furlongs In 1:18 3-5, gallop Ing. Never so good. Rye, mile In 1:43, handily. Getting enough work. Hem tor Ulay, six fnrioegs In 1:162-5, breeslng. Very speedy. By THE 8ENI0R OFFICE BOY. Billy Smith is ready for the trip he Is going to take when the season closes. He will scout through the Central League for new timber to try out next season. Just what this trip will amount to will be seen Inter. BHly has bis eye on something nnd la sawing wood and saying nothing. He 16 out after new pitchers, n couple of Inflehlers, a catcher, and most likely a heavy hitting outfielder. As Archer has l>een drafted, no other At lanta player Is In danger of going to the majors this season. When the gong sounds for practice next spring, Atlanta will have some new timber to try out. Hhl Smith, who lias been showing great form 'since he was replnced behind the pan, will prohnbly he seen in the same po sition next season. Nothing need be sahl about "Hteeple" Jim, for he will most surely I be on first. Jordan will hover on second, nnd probably Morse will be nt short. Win ters will surely be seen In right field, for it can safely be said that he is as good nn nil-round player as Is In the Southern League toduy. If Bobby Wallace keeps hitting the ball he will lx* seen in ceuter garden, for Bobby Is a fielder from away bnek. There Is n lot of talk that Crosier will not be seen In an Atlanta uniform next year, but from the way things look he will report to Billy Smith In the spring. Nothing has been said of a third basemnu, which BHly has been In need of nil the year. Hoffman has Iteen playing great (mil slnco rejoining the team. It seems that he is In a habit of doing very unexpected things these days. • Now, for the pitchers. If Billy can land another Tom Hughes and a second "Rube" Zeller we will !»» satisfied. But pitchers like these two do not hang around doing noth ing. Hushes nnd Zeller have done the bulk of the pitching this season, aud If Atlanta hnd lmd another one like Hughes Birming ham would uot hnve hnd the pennaut cinch- •Rube" will likely wear an Atlanta uniform next spring. With any kind of luck next year nnd a launch of good players Billy will show Dnd Vaughan nnd Charley ashb what he would have done this sen*4>n vr!fh good luck. By W. W. NAUGHTON. Ban Francisco, Cal., Hept. 13.—Heavy weight Jack O’Brien will not he on the steamer Hlerrn tomorrow when she sails for the Orient. He has postponed his trip because he has been matched with Tommy Burns for n contest of forty rounds and a purse of 120,000. The affair will take place nt Arcadia, near Los An geles, nnd tho prize money will be fur nished hy the Arcadia Athletic Clnb, of which "Lucky" Baldwin Is a prominent member. O’Brien had waited nil day for some news from Hum Berger, who hnd promised .to fight him If he postponed his trip to Australia. A few days ago, Eddie Grnney offered a purse of 815,000 for the Berger- O’Bricn match. Jack Gleason said that the amount was not large enough, but O’Brien had hoped that Berger would he Induced to accept It. Graney kept the wires hot today telegraphing Berger, who Is In the east, but received no answer. At 9 o'clock last night, O’Brien had bis mind made to go to Australis. When O'Brien received news of the Ar cadia offer, he said: "That settles It. Tho match with Bill Squires can stand over. I will stay her* now, even If the go with Burns hangs fin* for n few days. When he is so anxious to meet me, nnd the Arcadlnns are so willing to hnng up a $20,000 purse, something must come of It. Burns, I understand, has put up $1,000 with The Los Augeles Examiner. I will cover Burns' forfeit, nnd the match Is on. As to the division of the purse. I will leave that to Burns, with the under standing that the winner receives not le«i than 73 per cent. It he wishes, we will tight on a winner take all basis." The terms were wired to Lo* Angelei nnd within an hour news was received that the Arcadia Club would post a certified check for $20,000 with The Los Angelos Ex- nminer. The promoters will leave the se lection of the date to the puglllsls, and O'Brien stipulates that .tie contest tnk# place within the next two months, only terms Imposed by the club an the articles will provide for forty round*. If necessary, anti flint the contest must for Hie/henvywclght chnmploushlp of the News and Notes of Sport. Frank does not like Billy Smith. The I'clJcon manager believes that the manager of tin* Atlanta Firemen Is a chump and a brush leaguer, unfit, from point of nhillty, for Southern League company.—Birmingham Age-Herald. If Billy Smith Isn't fit for Southern Longue compnny, then It's awful to think hat Frank Is fit for, sluee his team Is finishing below Siuith’fr-nnd he Is spending more money for It at that. BHly Smith has brought up some Sallle League pitchers. Spade and Fox have Joln- ed the Firecrackers. For won s game Sat urday from the Trnvelerr.—Birmingham New*. There’s a sample of Birmingham accuracy. Spade has not joined the team. az>l Fox has not pitched a winning game- SPEED CARS 0VERC0URSE MOTORS ARE BEING TUNED UP FOR VANDERBILT ELIMI NATION TRIAL8. New York, Sept. 12.—At daylight yester day' morning practice for elimination trial for places on the American team In the Vanderbilt cup races began, mul aa all the drivers will be able to forget the speed limit for the next nine days between 5 nnd 8 a. m., the course will be a good place for timid persons to nvold. Motor drivers will lie out in force nnd for the next ten days we will hear of marvelous laps iu thirty- minutes or letter from the Krugers Corner dockers, who, with their marvelous flights of fancy, added much to the gayety of the nations last fall. This year's course Is 29.71 mile* In length nnd good Jndges like Herbert Lytle aud Joe Tracey think that ns It Is slower than Inst year's that laps In about 28 or 30 minutes will be n!)out the correct caper. I-ast year Iainca covered the fourth lap of the 28.3-mlle circuit In 23 minute* aud 18 seeouds, or nt the rate of 73 miles an hour. Duly eight of the sixteen American can didates were on the eourse yesterday, viz: The Frnyer-Mlllers, the rope-Toledo, Chris tie, Haynes and the Olds, Which arrived the day previous. The absentees Include the Thomas trio, preparing at Buffalo; the two Maxwells, fitting out nt Tarry town; the Mnthewson nrd Appersou, on the way, and A. II. L. nnd M. W. May, not being finished tn time. OTTO GOES TO NEW_0RLEANS CAPTAIN JORDAN LEAVES SUN DAY FOR HIS TRIAL IN NEW ORLEAN8. * Captain Otto Jordan, of the Atlanta bn*- ball team, and Secretary Ethridge, of th# same organization, will leave Atlanta Sun day for New Orleans, where Otto has t# be on Monday to answer to the charg* of I wring guilty of petty larceny nn-' tnrhlng the pence. It will probably take nl*>nt bis* dny finish up the case, which will be head Monday. There Is little doubt hut tbat Jordan will be discharged, nnd that the New Orleans association will get the horse Isugh. During Jordan's stay In New Gr!e.irJ he nnd Secretary Ethridge will he p<’h aotiaty conducted by Charley Lee. sporting editor of The States, who guarantees to g* Jordan off scot free. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loan, on valuable,. Bargaln, In unredeemed Diamond* 18 Decatur 8L Kimball Hou»* Let Brotman, The Tailor, Make your (all clotbea, S E. Ala bama St., opp. Century Building* Watch Brotman Grow