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FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 17. 1914.
ZELLARS WINS NEWNAN TAKES
SECOND GAME FIRST GAME
The “Big Three” Who Will
Try to Lift America’s Cup
"Rube" proved too much for Ncw-
tiun In Thursday’s Kamo. He not only
struck out eleven of the Newnanites,
nnd walked only one, hut got two
.safeties out of three times at bat.
O. Donalnon secured three out of
the seven hits that wore credited to
the LaGrange club and Allen trot a
two-bagger. One of “DounyV’ sing
les hit the center field fence ubout
two inches from the top. It was
In a hard luck game Wednesday af
ternoon, in which a series of costly
errors by LaGrange forfeited the
first (came of the series la-tween La-
Grnngc and Newnan to the latter
club, our sportsmanlike little rivul
city was given her first opportunity
to crow victory over us in .^ome time.
Tha features of the gume wore the
excellent pitching of Mav for New
nan, and the.hatting of Jim LaFitte,
that same Mhv again, up well as the
pitching of the new cluster of hril-
mir nnd might have pone to lienee, Mc( rarV, who arrived In La-
■rlsMit two from Noifbllq!/Va., to pitch
thiee limes at bat.
The game was interrupted
minutes in the first inning by
shower of rain.
logo dub also contribut
toward our defeat.
' Tary showed up in good form
probabilities are that h
The box score follows:
Newnan ah
Sanders, If 3
Howen, hh. . 1.1... .4
Mackey, 2b 4
Howell, lb 4
Smith, cf 4
Graven, rf 1
Edmondson, 3b. .3
Kimbrell, c 3
la-welyn p 2
Long, rf 3
TOTALS 31
La Grunge ab r
I)onaIson, J., hh. ..2 1
Allen,If. 4 0
Dennison, ()., cf. ..4 0
Waldron, 3d 4 0
Holland, 2b 4 0
LaFitte, c 3 0
Hannister, rf 3 1
Zellurs, p 3 0
Amason, 1st 3 0
TOTALS 30 2
remain with
u* for
Home
time
to
come.
| Newnan
al>
r
h
po
e
po a
c Sanders, If,
..... .4
1
0
1
0
0
4 0
b Bowen, hh. .
...?..4
1
1
1
7
2
1 2
bj Mackey, 2b.
4
0
l
1
4
i
3 2
1 Howell, lb.
1
1
15
0
0
4 0
5 Smith, cf. ..
5
0
0
1
0
0
3rd.
1 5 24 0 2
po
2
2
4
2
0
0 12
0 0
2 0
l r>
** Edmondson,
JJ Kimbrell, c
yiMny, p
°| TOTALS
„ i I.nGrange
Dunulson, J., ss.
| Allen, rf
91 Donation, O., cf.
VI Waldron, 3b
*| Holland, 2b. ...
LaFitte, c.
.35
all
. .5
. .1
. .4
. .3
. .3
4
.. ..... ■ ,
,1 Hannister 4 0
7 27 7 2
Score by innings:
Newnan ....000
LnGruugc ...110
001
000
000--1
00 x—2
Amason, lb.
McCrary, p.
/Cellars, If. .
Weston, p. .
TOTALS
Score by
Newnan ..,
LaGrange .
Summary:
7 27 17
h
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
po
2
0
1
2
fr
6
3
1 12
1 0
1 1
0 0
SOME FAMOOS
HOME RONS
Some of the fumous home runs
made in the major leagues may be
cited as follows:
Hans Wagner’s four-base swat in
Pittsburgh which broke the wind
shield of an automobile standing out
side the grounds.
Chief Wilson's drive, which landed
320 feet from the St. Louise Ameri
can ieugue park. It also was a 820.
footer.
Big Bill Ijinge’s homer over the
center field fence in Cincinnati. It
smashed through a ptaie glass win
dow of a saloon und broke up a
Mel
the
WEST POINT
PLAYS L. H. $■
The West Point High School boys
crossed hats Tuesday afternoon with
the LaGrange High School team in a
double header.
By agreement before hand, the
games were scheduled to go sevea
innings each.
The first game was lost to West
Point in the sixth inning When Ware
loosened up and allowed the visitors
several hits which assisted by errors
netted tiiepi four runs. This was the
only inning tiiat the West Point boys
scored. LaGrange scored one in the
Sti
34 3 7 27 10
innings: r h
..000 010 121-5 7 3
..021 000 000—3 8 5
Home runs, LaFitte,
] May. Stolen bnses, Holland. Double
Two base hits, Allen. Stolen bases, Plays, Howen to Mackey to Howell.
Howen. Double plays Howen to j Base on halls, off May, 2; off Me.
llowel. Sacrifice hits, Lcwclyn. Base
on halls, Zellurs 1, Lewclyn 2. Left
on BaseH, Newnun 5, LaGrange 0.
Struck out, Lewnlyn 7; Zellurs 11.
Bussed hulls, Kimball. Wild pitches,
Lewelyn. Umpire Blackwell.
&
O. DONALSON.
“Donny" was the guy with the big
stick Thursday. He secured three
safeties out of four times at bat.
Crary, 2. Left on bases, Newnan, 0;
LaGrange, 8. Hit by pitched balls,
Kimbrell and SanderR. Struek out,
May, 7; McCrary, 5. Passed balls, La-
Fitte. Sacrifice hits, Holland, Amason,
Bowen. Time of gume 1:45. Umpire,
Blackburn.
Oxford Has East Indian Qolfar.
Oxford university In England aim
call upon a young East Indinn golfer
to strengthen Its team In tile Inter-
varsity match. He Is H. S. Malik of
India, who has been enjoying a won
derful mil of success Id tils matches.
Mr. Malik learned Ills golf at East
bourne a year or, two ago. lie IhkIsIh
on wearing his native turban In pref
erence to any other headgear.
ll Is iimlerstood that the Oxford au
thorities are chary of Introducing a
tiirbancd golfer among their team for
the Intervarslt.v tnatcli. but whether
they will he able to prevail on Mr.
Malik to adopt the European tweed
cup or even play bareheaded Is open
to i)tiustIou. tie does not lilt a pro
digiously long ball with Ills wooden
clubs, but Ills play Is Invariably very
accurate. Perhaps the best features
of Ills game are Ills iron shots. Like
most natives of India, he has very thin
wrists, but they are extraordinarily
supple and as strong as steel.
Thrilling Finish of Great
Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta
It sailed over a tree 5<J
I fence and splashed int
Billy Alvord's hom<
| Cleaveland ball
t Hot Springs.
1 feet frpm the
o ft creek,
sr at the old
1t knocked
Photo by American Press Association.
EKE they are, the "big three’’ who will endeavor to take the America's
cup away from Uncle Ham. Left to right the men are: Sir Thomas
I.lp'oli, owner of the challenger, Shamrock IV.; Designer Nicholson
and \V. P Burton, skipper of the challenger. Burton Is said to he
the best amateur sailor In Great Britain. The Shamrock IV. has proved sen
sationally fast In her trial heals, and a thrilling series of contests off Sandy
T, o**W lo Sotitofo'-o' pc-iin'-ed
H
ANNISTON, SELMA LAGRANGE HOLDS
ROME WIN FOURTH PLACE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Talladega . 3 5 3
Anniston ...4 4 2
Battery for Talladega, Decatur und
Baker; for Anniston, Francisco, Kil-
lingsworth and Sheppard; Umpire
White. r h
Opelika 0 6
Selma '. 3 <5 5
Battery for Opeliku, Davis and
Williams; for Selmu, Morrison and
Guitterez; Umpire Davis. r h
Gadsden ,3 9 2
Rome 4 15 7
Buttery for Gadsden, Sigmund and
Jorda; for Rome, Knight and Taylor;
Umpire, McGrnth. Gadsden-Rome 12
innings.
STANDING OF CLUBS.
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS
THROUGHOUT STATE
Photo copyright, 1»U, by American Press Association.
N EVER was there a more thrilling rowing rare thau the contest at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., for the national championship of the varsity
eights Columbia won the big event after a heartbreaking spurt la
the last half mile. Pennsylvania came lu second. The much tooted
Cornell crew could not make tielier thau third. The photo show a the Colum
Ua crew BnlsliRig. Pennsylvania following.
Augusta.—The annual district con
ference of the Methodist churches in
the Augusta district adjourned to meet
next yeur at the White Ouk camp
grounds.
Hroxtou.—Guests at a local hotel
hnd a narrow escape getting out of
live building in their night clothes
when the hotel was destroyed by tire
originating Iti the tear of an adjoin
ing drug store.
Decatur. ~Tli£ Decatur hoard of
trade is planning n series of automo
bile trips over Dekalb county. The
purpose of these trips Is for the peo
ple of Decatur to become better ac-
uuainird with the people of oilier sec
tions of the county and with the coun
ty Itself.
Washington, I). O. -The war depart
ment has announced candidates for ap
pointment to the military academy at
West Point at the beginning of the
academic year 1915. The list includes:
Georgia: Lucius DuH. flay, Marietta;
Julian K. Miller, alternate, Augusta;
.Malcolm Moll. Mauer, alternate, War-
renton.
Macon.—It's- the easiest thing in the
world to get elected to office in Bibb
county, or rather it would appear so
from the fact that a man who lias been
dead for ten years has Just recently
been elected a member of the Bibb
county Democratic executive commit
tee tn the recent county primary held
here.
Atlanta.—Dumb animals will be ben
eficiaries of a fund of $25,000 which
will be raised by the Atlanta Humane
society. Col. J. F. Burke, retiring
president, at the animal meeting,
pledged to donate $5,000 to the fund.
He declared that he will make pro
vision for that amount in his will
to be paid at his death provided mem
bers of the society raise, by donation
or subscription. $20,000 additional.
Americus.—Camp Sumter, United
Confederate Veterans, with a member-,
ship exceeding 200, in monthly meet
ing. assembled here, adopted resolu
tions to the effect that Inasmuch as
no city had yet extended an invitation
to the Georgia division. Confederate
veterans, to hold Its annual meeting,
that Macon, being a central and ac
cessible point, be adopted as the an-
uuwl meetiue aLu'w.
Clubs:
P.
W
L.
P.
Newnan
... ,r>7
39
28
582
Selma
....54
37
27
578
Rome
....63
36
27
571
LAGRANGE ..
62
33
29
532
Opelika
.... 64
34
30
531
Anniston
.... 64
30
34
469
Gadsden
.... 63
23
40
365
Talladega
64
23
41
359
park.
three bricks off a chimney near the
fence.
Mike Tiernan’s smash over the
fence at the old Cleaveland park. It’s
traveling yet.
“Buck” Freeman's drive off Chief
Bender at old Columbia park. Phila
delphia. The ball went over a block
of houses beyond the fence nnd land
ed in the scoond-story window of a
house on a side street between Twen
ty-ninth and Twenty-eighth.
Home Run Baker’s world series
drive that broke Christy Mathewson’s
heart.
Red Ames' four-bagger at the Polo
grounds. It was one of about four
hits he made during the season.
Hcinie Zimmerman’s two homers,
mude over the left field fence in Cin
cinnati. He was the only player that
ever put $he hall over that wall.
Cy Seymour’s hit from Boston to
New York. The hall fell into a coal
car attached to a fast freight and
was found by n hrnkeman when the
train reached New York.
Nap Ijijoic's drive, which stuck in
the screen in the old left center sub-
wav at League park in Cleaveland.
Buddy Ryan’s smash over the right
field wall at Somers’ park, with the
j bases full.
Frank Baker’s crash over the right
field wall in Washington off Wnlter
Johnson, which made the management
deride to enlarge the park.
Miller Huggins’ hit in Cincinnati,
which fell 20 feet behind the right
fielder, who lost the ball in the sun
and didn’t locate it until Huggins had
crossed the nlatc.
Fred Clarke’s circuit swat in the
Detroit-Pittsburgh world’s scries, the
hit that shook the Tigers’ confidence,
Alva Williams’ heart-breaking ho
mer. which sailed over Buddv Rvan’s
head and won a game for Washing
ton which* the Naps seemed to have
sewed up.
Harry Davis' clout over the deep
center field fence at Bennett park, De
troit. It cleared that long fence by
at least 30 feet.
Walter Johnson's drive in Wash
ington. The force of the blow tore
the cover off the ball.
Fred Luderus’ two homers against
Pittsburgh, the first one tying the
score and the second one winning the
game, 2 to 1.
Ham Hyatt’s hit at Forbes field last
year, which cleared the right field
fence by 25 feet.—Ex.
Girl’s Record Swim.
Starting from t lie Conshohoeken
bridge. Schuylkill river, and swimming
to the Philadelphia Swimming club
wharf, Lafayette, n distance of three
and one-half miles. In the fast time of
1 hour and 4-t minutes. Miss Kathryn
Halrc, the seventeen year old local
swimming starj broke the women’s
record for the distance? ■ ——
The old record was 1 hour and 50
minutes and was made by Miss Hnlre
on July 15 last year. She lias made
many remarkable swims on the Schuyl
kill nnd Delaware rivers
Score by inning: * r h e
West Point . ..(>00 004 0—4 10 4
LaGrange 010 100 0—2 6 6
Battery for West Point, Collins
and Williams; for I-aGrange, Ware
and Speartnan, Umpire, Hammett.
The second game ended in a squab
ble in the last of the seventh inning
when the score was three to two in
favor of West Point and LaGrange
with the bases full and nobody out.
The West Point boys left the field
because IgiGrange sent in two pinch
hitters. The feature of this second
game was the pitching of both Ham
mett and Griggs and the three-base
hit of Harris who pUyed right field
for I.aGrange.
"Sphegctti," who was an associate
of the West Point club, however keep
ing his scat on the bench, was an im
portant member of the last game.
Score by innings: r h e
West Point ...011 001 0—3 4 3
LaGrange 0JO 010 x—2 5 3
Battery for West Point, Griggs and
Williums; for LaGrange, Hammett
and Spearman. Umpire, Hammett.
To Carpet Decks of Shemrock IV.
Tlie decks of Sir Thomas Llpton’s
Shamrock IV.. with which he hopes to
lift the America's cup In contests with
the American defending yacht next
September, will he so carpeted as to
prevent the sailors from slipping.
Britieh Motorboat Races In August.
The British International motorboat
trophy races are scheduled to be held
at Cowes. England, on Aug. 12, 13
and 14.
Place your orders now for
Blue
Gem
Coal
it is now at the lowest price
of the season and you can make
no mistake in buying the
BEST COAL MADE.
LaGrange Ice
& Fuel Co.
ONE OF “RUBE'S" SWIFT ONES.
Zellarq must have had something
on that ball Thursday. He fanned
eleven and walked only one.
Mr. Robert Lee
Visits in Atlanta
Mr. Robert Lee, the efficient man
ager of the City Ckfc has just return
ed from Atlanta where he has been
visiting friends. Mr. Lee is a restau
rant man of long experience, and his
courteous manner has won for his
firm many new customers.
THE USUAL PENALTY.
Little Dick, who was in the habit
ot receiving a good old-fashioned
punishment when he said naughty
words, was much excited the other
day when he found his mother
washing out the new baby’s mouth
with an antiseptic. “Hooray for
her!” lie cried, looking at Little Sla
ter with dawning admiration. “Aw,
Mother, tell me what she said, won’t
you?”—August Woman's Home Com
panion.
Accepts Position
With Dixie Mill
Mr. E. S. Johnson, of Atlanta, has
accepted a position in the offices of
the Dixie Mill and arrived in La
Grange this week to take up his work
Mr. Johnson is an expert office man
and comes highly recommended. He
is a genial good natured young man
and will no doubt make many new
friends here.
Pleasure and Protection
“One of the best reasons why I would not be
without telephone service,” writes a Georgia far
mer, “is the pleasure it gives my wife and the
knowledge that while I am away, she has the pro
tection that the telephone gives.”
On the farm the telephone dispels loneliness
And is the meins of bringing help in. any enter-
gency that may arise.
If you haven t a telephone on your farm see
the nearest Bell Telephone Manager or write for
our free booklet and learn how little this service
costs.
FARMERS’ LINE DEPARTMENT
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
12 SOUTH PRYOR STREET, ATLANTA, GA.