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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 i g ! I 1 tn 1 c TAXI SERVICE Day and Night > ; ^ GEORGIAN BAGGAGE Phone TRANSFER CO. Phone i 1 <x> i 86" Office Georgian Hotel 66 oq 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. zsJ 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.