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■ Double-Cross in Montgomery Cost Atlanta Second Place The Atlanta team flniahed the Southern League season of 1906 Id third place. Atlanta won her game Saturday, but the Memphla Bluffera managed to work the double crou and get one dome credited to them, while they dodged the impending de feat In the aecond. Aa usual, It waa the railing of a game too early that dumped Atlanta. Por a fact, If all the gimea In the Southern League bad been played out to the finish this year or had not been called until It waa really too dark to play, Atlanta would hare been tecond with n safe lead over Memphis. The Shuster atrocity, the early calling of ft game during the last New Orica ns series, another such Incident In Shreveport and a few others ruined Atlanta's chances for second. The dosing Incident was n si\d one. If Memphis had played out the second game in Montgomery the Burglars would undoubt edly have lost and dropped to third place and the Crackers would have hold the sec ond position. However, the Babblers had a l»encflt gome at Memphis Sunday, and they allowed tills affair to Interfere with a regular league game. To play It they had to break off the second game before enough hnd been played so thnt It counted. However, It’s all over now. And, anyway, the Crackers got the 31.000 offered by tho directors In disc the tenin finished second. These men felt that, though the club hnd the worst of the deal In Mont gomery, It was not fair to refuse the play ers the money which they had 1 oat on a fluke ond they voted to give each man his share of the thousand—a matter of 966 apiece. At this meeting of tho directors Billy Smith signed his contract for next year and Secretary Ethridge was given $100 and offered a contract for next year. Dutch Frank Starts Fight For a Thirteen-Men Limit There will l»e two sides to the “play in' limit" fight In the coming annual meeting of the Southern League. For Charley Frank Is going to hold out for a thirteen-man limit Just ns atrongly is Atlanta and 8hroveport will "root" for I ••no-llmlt" dub. “Thirteen men Is enough on any team," laid Charley Frank before he left Atlan ta. "Look at my team. I wont through Host of the season with twelve meu. Later [ put on Watt and Ilapp to help out dur- ng the double-headers that piled up agnfnst as. Then 1 cut down again, aud In the sloslng games ! hnd ten men on th- itaff. "Of course, your players may be Injured, >Ut more often they are shnmmlug. or they lay to themselves, ■•There’s a couple of fellows on the bench making as much noney as mi-let them work.’ Aud so :bey say they are hurt. '*! have had men on my team this year who really were hurt, but they knew tbore van nobody to take their place, so they llayed right along and forgot their trou tes. "Another thing, Jf you only have twelve men you can pay each one an average of 9325 with the present salary limit. If you have fifteen men on the team you can pay ouly 9190 to n player, ond thi\t does not get you a player who does much In the Southern tongue. Twelve 9226 men will come nearer winning a pennant than fifteen 9180 men. "Then,- If you carry n team of twelve men there In n big saving In traveling ex penses and hotel bills In a season. It will run Into the thousands every year. "Of course, expenses cut no figure to At lanta, New Orleans and Memphis. We pay expenses every year any way. But we have got to look out for the little fellows. The Having fur them In n small team Is the dif ference between making It puy and losing money. It looks pretty bad when n team changes hands at the end of each season. It means thnt the peoplo who had It the year before are tired. By and by, yon have w . . mu. unu ini the league goes out peddling n franchise. "I hope tkat the Noutkern League will see It this way. It will be better for the big and small cities, too. If the 'players* Hut- «IIU ■IliMlI nur*, HIU. • » UtB It’ ts cut down to thirteen." Course Was Opened Saturday Tournament Begins Tuesday The new golf course at East Lake, ft'hlch Is said to be the longest in the United States and which will some day >e the best In the South, was opened lay afternoon a tournament will start here for the possession of three hand- wme cups, one offered by Sam Trawrick ind the other two by the Atlunta Ath ene Club. A Held of perhaps 35 will start in the oumament. Should tho number fall >elow 30, three divisions of eight men ?ach will be qualified. If the number Is ibove that, eight will qualify for the Trawlck cup, and 16 for the aecond and bird. No ground rules will be allowed dur- ng the tournament. All balls will have o be played from where they lie, ex- ground will be considered under epaJr, however, and the "ground under epalr" rule goes out of business for the oumament. The new course proved a dlsappdnt- nent to the players, who dJd not realize he handicaps which had been put in he w ay of the committee In getting the jtw 18 holes ready for the opening. As matter of fact, there Is Just cause for .order that every thing was as nearly eady as it proved to be. The greens In their present condition •present about three weeks of work under proper conditions, and another three weeks or so will see a marked Im provement. Blue grass was planted on the greens In the belief that water would be provided and that they could be taken care of. The water was ngt forthcoming, though, and the grass burned out. After the water was finally turned on the work had to be done over again. The holes which have been played on for a few weeks art* In good trim, and it is evident that the course will be In reasonably good condition within a month or so. A couple of dozen golfers were out for opening day and owing to the long grass and the roughness of the course the score* were all high. The 102 made by Joseph Tllson waa the lowest re- ported, and Is likely to stand for a few days. Scores as high as 12.'* were the rule rather than the exception. GOLF AT MEMPHIS. 8pe,-|nl to The Memphis. Ti-m MeinphU •eorglaii. . IT.—John Kerr. «»f on tOe ilk st flight •■up I it the Memphis tournament, defearing Will Ward, of llmninghsm. Horner It towtoh, Jr., of Nashville. the o; d flight cot*, and In. l*uie*3i». of IiirSiUigtisn.. tto thud flight <ut*. The handt-*np |on>.d *.n Satur day resulted In n victory for Memphis meu. Harrv W'arriner had the best gross scon*, and Harry Neivland the best net sevrs. How Crackers Lined Up in Closing Games of Last 5 Years Here are- the line-ups of the Atlanta teams of the last five years as they appeared In the last game of each season: 1902. ' 1903. 1906. 1904. 1905. Frank, If. Delehanty, 3b. Crozler, If. Bridewell, ss. George Winters, right field. Richard Crozler, left field. Winters, rf. Crosier, If. Croxler, cf. Noblett, rf. Winters, rf., Lauzon, cf. Sidney 8mtth, catcher. Koehler, cf. Rlckert, If. Valdols, ss. Stafford, lb. F. Morsehouser, shortstop. Morse, ss. Morse, ss. Hoffmelster, lb. Dougherty,^ rf. Larry Hoffman, third base. Stafford, lb. McKay, 3b. Archer, c. Hurlburt, c. Morse, 3b. Otto Jordan, second base. McKay, 3b. Stouch, 2b. Koehler, 2b. James Fox, first base. Osteen, 2b. Moren, p. Strelt, cf. Matthews, c. Robert Wallace, center field. Clarke, c. Zeller, p. Baker, p. Ely, p. Peter Zeller, pitcher. McMakln, p. Burnum, p. The team of 1902, which was the first that Atlanta had in the Southern League,% scattered to the four winds of heaven—or otherwise. Frank went to Little Rock after Atlanta canned him, and from there he dropped out of baseball. Delehanty is now playing with the Highlanders. Winters Is still with Atlanta, Valdols was playing In the New England League when last heard of. Hoffmelster played In the Northern League lost year, and presumably has now dropped out of baseball. Ed Hurlburt is catching for Memphis and Tommy Stouch coached the University of Georgia team last year. Oscar 8trelt. after a various career In Birmingham and Memphis, dropped out of the Southern and bobbed up this year with Binghamton, in the New York League. Baker, who pitched the closing game of .the 1902 season, was with Jacksonville during the season which so recently closed. Other members of that first team were Pabst, Krug, Leldy, Henley, Lattlmer and Zeke Wilson. DE8IGN FOR NEW 8HAMROCK. Glasgow. Sept. 17.—Messrs. Denny, the noted yjieht builders, have submitted to Sir Thomas Llptrfn proposals for a new Shamrock. The Dennys stipulate they shall have a free hand ami promise a scientific model of a wholly new neslgn. ry" McGovern, who. wl.« u .. ,• summering In the Herkshlres, has been bar red from the Colonial thcntcr. A per formance of the "Irish Pawn Brokers" did not please the pride of Brooklyn, whose demonstrative language, according to the TENNI8 MEET AT DALLAS. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 17.—A large number of tenuis enthusiasts thronged the courts of the Dallas Club at Lake Cliff park today at the opening of the regular annual tournament of the Texas State Lawn Tennis Association. The play will continue four days. Judging from the large entry list and the promptness of officials aud play ers In the opening contests, the tournament will go on record as the most successful ever pulled off under the auspices of the Texas association. theater management, caused women __ leave the play house. McGovern will qot be allowed In the theater ngaln. FAN TYPE FINAL. No. 3 0. STUDIES IN EXPRESSION BY CARTOONI8T BREWERTON. League Standings 80UTHERN. (Final Official Clubs. Played. Birmingham. . 132 Memphis . . Atlnnta . . . New Orleans. Shreveport . Montgomery. Nashville . . Little Rock . 134 133 136 136 130 137 137 8Undihg.) Lost. P.C. .644 yon. Losi ItN, 47 .590 .688 .651 .516 .485 .343 .292 Clubs. Chicago , , New York . Philadelphia. Cleveland . . St. Louis , . Detroit . . . Washington . Boston . . . 131 133 131 133 135 P.C. .514 .606 .566 .657 .604 .469 .383 .319 Clubs. Chicago . . New York . Pittsburg . . Philadelphia. Cincinnati . Brooklyn . . NATIONAL. Played. Won. . 137 106 Before Leaving for Trip Smith Talks of 1907 Team Billy 8m!th, manager of the Atlanta team for next year as he was this, left Atlanta 8unday afternoon for Cincinnati, Dayton and the cities of the Central tongue. Before leaving, Manager Smith said: "1 am glad that I shall be back In At lanta next year. This season has been a very satisfactory one here, though I wish thnt the team could have finished higher. "We were beaten out of second place by some dirty work In Montgomery, but we will hare to let It go. "1 feel that I have a good start for next year. The way Bid Smith has Im proved was very encouraging, and I am counting on him to do moat of the catch ing for next season. Then I am all right In ttie Infield, though 1 shall try ont a pie of men, and It will not be much tronhti to get n good outfield. Wallace may com* back next year niul hit like a pile driver. Any way, we’ll give him a trial. "I think I shall, have no trouble in pick* Ing up a good pitcher, a good lnfielder and a good outfielder. Of course, 1 shall draft any good men 1 can get bold of ami work them Into any place where they fit. But I am not going to experiment muck with new players this year. I want liable tnen. "I hope that we can win the pennant for next year.** Local Team Has Never Been Out of the First Division The Southern League team which has maintained the beat average position Irf the league race since Atlanta has been In the league Is Memphis, whose average position has been exactly third. Atlanta Is second, however, only a fraction of a position behind the Burg lars. Memphis, during the last five years, has finished first twice, second once, fifth once and sixth once, Atlanta, on the other hand, has been wavering between second and fourth places—once second, twice third and twice fourth. Never since the Crackers have been In the race have they been out of the flrat division. ATLANTA WINS CLOSING GAME at. Boston 134 137 , 133 137 133 42 91 .642 .627 .470 .424 .414 .350 .316 8ATURDAY’8 RE8ULT8. Southern— Atlanta 4, New Orleans 1. Memphis 6, Montgomery 0. Little Rock 4, Birmingham 0, Birmingham 2. Little Rock 0. Shreveport 8, Nashville 3. Nashville 11. Shreveport 6. American— Washington 3, New Tork 1. New York 6, Washington 1. Philadelphia 3. Boston 1. Philadelphia 2, Boston 0. Cleveland 7, Detroit 2. Chicago 6, 8L Louis 4. National— Brooklyn 6, New York 2. New York 9, Brooklyn 5. Philadelphia 7, Boston L Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 4. Chicago 6, St. Louis 2. Chicago 4, St. Louia 0. American nssociation— Kansas City 4, Milwaukee 2. St. Paul 6. Minneapolis L Louisville 15, Columbus 3. , Louisville 0, Columbus 7. Indianapolis 10, Toledo 4. Indianapolis 6, Toledo 0. FOOTBALL RULES. Carry your old felt hat to Bussey to be cleaned and reshaped. 28 1-2 Whitehall street. Club U another toaetoll The r.rie, organisation — - T With Crane. Clark. Cmnaron and Cole. *ut one over on llttshurg recently to the line of 4 to 3. ..an wife tot that MeGntw waa mail when Brooklyn took two In one aftet- uooa. The closing game of the Southern League season at Piedmont park proved nit easy victory for Atlanta. The acorn waa 4 to 1. It waa a typical Atlnnta day and a reg- utar Cracker victory. Zeller waa pitching flrat-claas ball, and held the Pelicans safe except In the fourth, when one ruu went over the plate. Atlnnta had the victory safe all the way. Two run* went over In tho third, oue In the fourth nnd one In the sixth. Cy Watt wna lambasted to a considerable ex tent, nnd hits came when they rotmteil. The gnme waa a line featlval. The At lanta plnyera were dead In earnest, nnd bo waa the crowd. But for all thnt. It wn* a holiday crowd nnd a holiday nmtaton. Everybody waa out for a good time, nnd all nave tho foolish few who tot on New Orleans had It. The acorc of the closing game tdlowa: The average positions of the teami during the last five seasons has been: Memphla, average position third. Atlanta, average position slightly be low third. 4 New Orleans, average position slight ly better than fourth. Birmingham, average position slight ly better than fifth. Nashville, average position exactly fifth. Little Rock nnd Shreveport, tied an average standing slightly below fifth. Montgomery, with a percent slightly better than sixth. “AL” THOMAS IS EXPELLED Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 17.—"A!" Thomas, one of the present figures on the harness turf and widely known »H over the country as a leading traWf and driver, was expelled yesterday from the turf for life. The expulsion as under rules 17 ond 45 of the National Trotting Association, which forbw withdrawing hofses without permlsilon of the judges and lack of decorum. H- bred, trained and raced that some-tun* champion trotter’of Europe, Alta Ax- worthy, 32:10 1-2. ATLANTA- W’lntera, rf.. .. ,, Crozler, If All. It. 1L fo. A E. . ..3 1 1 1 u a ....3 1 2 4 0 0 Hoffman. 3b Jordan. 2U Fox. lb Wallace, cf Zeller, p . ..3 2 . .4 0 ....3’ 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 10 0 1 4 0*0 0 0 4 0 Tidal*.. .. ..30 4 10 27 10 2 S’fcw ORLEANS— All. R. H. 1-6. A. E. Cargo. 2b Hr*Hither*, Jb Blake, cf Ilapp, c Atz. •> O’Brien, lb Brettenatein, rf.. .. Watt, p ....4 0 . ..4 0 ...4 1 ....4 0 . ..3 0 ....4 0 ...4 0 0 2 2 0 110 0 110 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 12 0 Totals ...96 1 t 24 10 1 Kenrc by inning*: Atlanta New Orleans .002 101 00*—4 .006 190 000-1 fflMWJOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOW^ 0 J. O HUGHES HEADS LEAGUE, g O The finish of the Southern 0 0 League season found Atlanta O best pitcher, Tom Hughes, out-» “ O front of the other twlrlers of the O league 'by a go«l margin. H* 1 g 0 pitcher’s record was: r 0 0 Won. Lost Tied. ? c : 2 0 25 7 .761 0 in 0 This per cent puts Hugh- - „ O the position of premier twtrifr 0 0 the Southern during 1906. q O 00000000000000000000000000 NAT KAISER & 0ft Confidential loan* on valuable* Bargain* In unredeemed D** r '° 15 Decatur St Kimball H0U " drr.tb; stolen tones. Winter*. Hoffman; i "iirrs, II >uicia, Ill’ll 15531 it; . icriflrj- hit*, Crotler. Jordan *2); flmt tone j ...» toll* off Watt 2. off Zeller 2: *tmek I out bv W att 2. by Zeller 4. Time, 1:40.1 Umpire*. I’leunlugcr aud ttyau.