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Tn BANIUSH-HOTAID. ATHENS, GBORGIA
TUESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1925.
SPORT NEWS
oAmericus Winner in First Game
of "Little World Series ” 0>e r
oAlbany Team Monday, Score 5-1
DEWS WIIER OVER
services of tlicr captain ;
Hutchens wont town In cl*
fore .the Dews club by :
count. The long distance
AMERICUS, Ca.—(Spec-la'.; -
The little world series'’ between
Amerlctis and Albany began h re
Monday afternoon, Amerieug win
ning the opener 5 to 1. Two t iru-
sand fans, many from Albany and
other towns witnessed the game
which was fast throughout, with
both teams playing great ball.
Evans and Mayer were the um
pires selected by a committee com- •
pc.seiT of J. W. Hightower, of !•'
Americtis, and If. F. Hnley, of Al- 1 c,,anc<:
bany, after Manager Tom Bell and
Milton Reed for Albany had failed
to agree upon men for these po
sitions.
Evans’ appearance upon the field
was greeted by cheers from Al
bany fans massed ,in the west
bleacher, but Americua fans gave
such manifestation of apnrov'!
as the lanky fellow walked upo.
he diamond with mark and pro- <
ctor In hand.
George tflark, whose name was!
not upon the list of players certi- I ...
fled to Manager Tom Be” as those £ ,,"^7
»o compose tWe Albany line-up
ind protest against his playing was
registered. Albany refused, he.w-
■. to remove him from the team
anti he played throughout. Mnnager
Bell, for Amerlcuf. resigned Im
mediately* following the refusal of
Manager Reed, of Albany, to
upon umpires and retired from
connection with the team, he told
newspaper men Imnr jintely nfter-
•ards.
okly collect j ^nonslblo for their humiliation.
j Their lone, tally was the fruit of}
| purse of $50.70 was <
led for Brannon.
A;n-riais scored r.gnin in the : a,i , rro ‘-
sixth on Bui^ n’s double, Hallman*- Abe Link the conquering chunk?
sacrifice 'and Nolan's triple, and i %vas * n Hno fettle, giving up but j
again in the seventh on a single, three hits one of the scratch vari-J
a fielders’ choice, a pass and a p ty. The Broad street smoke-bailer
single. i would have turned in a shut out |
Albany’s lone tally was scored but f°r some glaring miscucs. I
In the third on a pass given Hoi- j the absence of : aptain "Ice Hooks
land. Farmer’s single ard a field- Abe Goodman took the hill. H
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choice, and this ended their twirled a fair game.
of winning. j The result of the game
The Box Score | tC) make the league standing still
Americui
, Williams, 3b
Jackson, rf 3
Brennon, lb 4
Folmer, cf 3
' »ndsry. sg ......4
Duren, ..4
Hallman, p 3
TOTALS ,
Reed. 3b
Holland, ss ....
Farmer, cf
McCullough, lb
"'♦cheli rf ....
Kimbrell, c
BRANNEN
GETS HOMER
The run getting started i:i the
first Inning when Brannen lac^d
out a homer over right field few,
two men on bases. Both Jackson
and Elmore had been walked by
Bill Statham, who was or the
mound for the visitors, and s. nred
when Brannen put over bis homer.
This set the, stands wild and o
Baseball Results
8TANDING OF CLUBS
80UTHERN LEAGUE
CLTTBfl: IV. U Pot
New Orleans 73 40 .64.'
Mobile 67 40 .678
Atlanta ....60 65 .532
Birmingham 6S 55 .513
Nashville 69 61 .402
Memphis 57 60 .491
Chattanooga 46 72 .347
Uttlo Bock 41 70 .360
/ AMERICAN LEAGUE
CLUBS: W. L.
New York 74 38
Cleveland 62 52
Detroit 55 53 .509
St. Louis ... M 54 66 .401
• hlcogo 52 60
Washington 64 57
Philadelphia 48 63
Boston 44 64
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLUBS: W. L.
New York ,.:74 43
Cincinnati 68 46
Pittsburg ... ...67 48
Chicago 63 63
Brooklyn 57 68
St. Louis ..67 68
Philadelphia 38 76
Boston 35 77
SALLY LEAGUE
CLUBS: W. L.
Mn<W 27 19 .587
Spartanburg 27 19 .687
Augusta ?0 ?t
Charlotto 26 20
Greenvlllo ... 19 25 .432
Gaatonla 17 29 .370
MONDAYS RE8ULT3
80UTHERN LEAGUE
Birmingham 6; Atlanta 0.
1 It tie Rock 5; Chattnnooga 3. -
Memphis 4; Nashville 2.
New Orleans 6-2; Mobllo 3-3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 6; Detroit 2.
New York 16; Chicago 5.
Washington 7; St. Louis 2.
Only three games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 6-8: Philadelphia 3-3.
8L Louis 2; Boston 5.
Chicago 10; Brooklyn 4.
Pittsburgh 3; New York 1.
SALLY LEAGUE
Spartanburg 4; Greenvlllo 1.
Charlotte 9.. Gaatonla 8.
Augusta 5; (Macon 3.
TUESDAY’S GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Birmingham at Atlanta.
New Orleans at Mobile.
Memphis at Nashville. *
Little Rock nt Chattanooga.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York nt Chicago.
Washington at St. LouIh.
Only two games schedul'd.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg at New York.
Cincinnati nt Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Boaton.
Chicago. at Brooklyn.
OPIUM CROP 18 8MALL
BKIXJ It A DB—The opium crop |i
Jugoslavia this year Is the *mn!l**t
In several years past. The present
crop. It Is estimated, will not b*
enough for seed puiposes. Plant*
*ti* are asking 'the government (A
help them Import seed from Asia
Minor.
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TOTALS 33
Scorn by innings—
nrrlcun ... 300 001 10x—5
bany 001 000 000—1 j
morn complicated. The leaguo Is (
_ i! < i,'otiing tighter and tighter and the
1 p ] finish should he something worth
0 o; ‘ neing. Despite the fact Hint he
0 o > has lost four straights. Hopkins
0 0 j leads the pack hut Is pushed hard
o (i | by the Pound crew. Record break- ;
1 ; Ing crows ere expected throuh-
it the week.
Jones of the Bodgood club w
— . in the lend of all the hitters
1 Monday’s fracas. He garnered 1
J usual two knocks. Jones is hltie
e. 685 at present. Lanier and H i\
o • McWhorter also willowed well.
0 { The Box Score
Oj DEWS— ab. r.
0 j Conolly . ..5 0
o Thornton \ .4 1 ‘
ft Lanier 4 1
0 j f
{ Faust 4
21 11 0 j Tliorntoi) 3
R. j Grlffeth 4
TOTALS .
Summary: Home run, Branr.on: I .BEDGOOD
fhreo-bnso bit. Nolan; t^'o-baae | Goodman
lifts. Holland. Mnrquard. Duren; I Franklin
crlfice .thi Hallman, stolen bases, j McWhorter
Holland, Mcf’ulough; 7 struck out!
by Hicks 6. bv Hallman 7
balls off Hicks ,3, off Hallman ' Men
left on bases. Amorims 10: Al- I xix
lmny 5; hit liy pitcher, IHcks,jups
fNr.lan). mplms. Evans and Maye
Attendance 2,000. Time of game ,
1:40.
