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FIRST GAME OF SEASON AT PIEDMONT TODAY
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
Yank Dope
■y BOZEMAN BULOER of Tho Now
York Evonlns World.
A Wrookod Hand.
Thirty ••lx broken and twined bone*
.In one band Is tho aocrot disclosed In
tba Ufa of James MeOotre this mom
Inc when Mr. Nye. official pholosra
pher and examiner at prisoners for the
United States government at the fed
oral prison here, presented the veteran
catcher with an X-ray • picture of his
light fln.
What McGuire thought was a timing
accident twenty-four hours ago devel
oped Into something very much more
substantial In the way of pain, and It
will be more than two weeks before
the grand old man of the game can
play baseball again. A swiftly -thrown
i ball struck him on the hr*I of the right
.band. The old man felt a deadening
pain for awhlls, but thought nothing
more of It until he awoke to and hie
entile arm stiff and sore. A doctor
was called and he diagnosed the trouble
.as displaced ligaments.
To be certain McGuire was taksn out
to the federal prison and there pho
tographed Just the earns as If hs had
been a noted criminal. The X-ray was
turned on hla arm and wrist, but It
iwaa found that no bones were broken
But that was not the story.
What Camara Showed.
Mr. Nye came In early Friday mora
ine with a large photograph of Ihe
bones In McGuire's hand and present
ed them to the club. He said It was
! the most remarkable hand ever seen
; Under the camera. Prom scientific In
terest several doctors gathered around
j And skid they couldn't understand how
ft was possible for a man to keep play-
'ing ball and remain strong and sturdy
I under the terrffic shocks to hla hand.
'The X-ray photograph show* thirty-
six broken places In the bones of the
Ungers and huge knots resembled the
Iknarled places on an old oak tree were
! clustered around every Joint. The
I bones In the smalt anger were knitted
• and warped In the shape of an Inverted
latter "J."
In several of the Joints Instead <f
i fitting In the sockets regularly the balls
Ion the ends of the bones are Oattened
- and set on one side.
So remarkable was this freak of a
hand that several of the doctors had
Ooptra made of the X-ray photograph
for future study.
McGuire explained that most of the
Injuries shown In the photograph were
received during the old days when
catchers wore no mlts. The Injuries,
he told the doctors, were the effects -if
II years of professional baseball. Think
of what that hand has been through
Just for Ihe entertainment of lovers of
sport I
The Highlanders' work this morning
will be very light, as the regular play
ers were very tired after their trip to
Athens to meet the college club yester
Homebody will have to be dropped It
the next three or four weeks and Orlf
Oth Is going to give all the new pitch
er* a thorough try-out soon, so aa to
tnaks his selections.
Castlston Did Well.
Griffith came In delighted with ths
work of Caatleton. his new left-hander,
against the University of Georgia.
Tommy Htnurh, the old league second
baseman, Is coaching the college boys
and Griff says he has gotten together
a cracking good amateur team. Caatle
ton pitched ffve Innings against these
i boys and Griffith nays hs was as cool
as a cucumber. He would atari that
' long left enn swinging from his hip
land when he did cut It loose the ball
[would fairly sing serosa the plate. The
■ college boys got three hits off him, but
(two of them were very much flabby.
I The collegians had a brass band nut
'•ad did everything possible to rattle
1 ths Mormon. Castleton refused to get
- excited, however, and us Klelnow says
Jcept ramming that hook curve into the
knot hole.
The comedy came off. however, when
I Griffith went In to relieve t'asllcton
i The manager didn’t have enough sited
, to dint u plate or butter, but lie bail
‘ the athletes standing on their heads
I going slier dinky curves, one minute
• he would pitch a low one around their
I knees and then have them striking at
| them over their heads. Not one hit
• did they get off the veteran "The only
trouble." explained Orlff, "Was that I
•uldn t throw them high enough "
CRACKERS AND HIGHLANDERS CLASH TODAY
IN FIRST GAME OF THE EXHIBITION SERIES
Schopp and Orth Will
Probably Be Op
posing Pitchers.
The first professional baseball gafhe
played In Atlanta during the aeaaon of
1107 will be pulled off at Piedmont
Park this afternoon.
The contesting aggregations will ba
ths representatives of ths altltudlnous
diamond of ths great metropolis and
the standard bearers of the Gate City
of tho Hnulh.
The festivities will bsgtn at I o’clock,
with Riggs acting as umpire.
You ran write your own tlcketn on
the line-up. for It la a gamble at best.
Dut here Is a guess at It:
AMEIllfAXB. ATLANTA.
Iloffman. cf. O'Leary, c.
Keeler, rf Sweeney, lb.
Klberfeld. e« S. Smith, 2b.
Moriarlly, lb Hall, os.
Williams, 2b Castro, 2b.
Laporte, Sb Becksr, If.
.Conroy, If Wallace, cf.
Thomaa, r Paskert, rf.
Orth, p Schopp, p.
Harley, Zeller.
Becker will probably lead off In tho
batting for Manager Smith's team. He
TWO CRACKERS AT PRACTICE
Bocksr (at right) hat just hit tht ball, and hat started for first bast.
•ai ' J r **
arrival
... — iai t1
O Lsary it tatn on tho left, pottd ready to catch the throw whioh atvor
vod.
looks am though hr It going to hr a ter
ror with the stick and a handy man
around thr bases. Ho Hilly will gl*/>
him a trial at the head of the hatting
Hat. The batting order of the other
members of the aggregation will not
be decided upon until after the morn
ing's practice.
A big crowd la expected at the game.
It la the season’s opener and that
means a large bunch, sure.
Manager Hmlth expects his team to
do well, considering the little time they
have had for practice. Bchopp wtll be
given a good trial, and Hmlth is looking
to him for a fine performance In the
box. The little left-hander Is hard as
flint. He put In the winter as a brake-
Game Will Be Called
at Piedmont Park
at 2 O’clock, e
man nn a western rami and In conse
quence he Is In tine trim far baseball
or any other form of strenuoelty.
The other pitchers are In good con
dltlon and the whole team ought to
make a good light. Presumably they
will lose. That la to be rxjiected when
a team like the Crackers stacks up
against one of the best aggregations in
America. But the Georgia boys can be
counted on for a stiff argumsnt.
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O POUNDED HARD.
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Q Jacksonville, Fla., March IS. O
O The Brooklyn regulars defeated O
O the Yannlgans by a score of I to O
O I In the first game played here O
O Wednesday afternoon. O
O Nap Rucker pitched the first O
O live Innings and gave up 13 hits. O
O The first exhibition game— O
O Brooklyn, against Jacksonville— O
O takes - place today. o
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GEORGIA SHOWS WELL
AGAINST HIGHLANDERS
Athenians Meet Defeat
But Put Up Good
Fight.
Ilroi
pcou
DOYLE HERE
FORA TRIAL
ANOTHER PITCHER REPORTS TO
GRIFFITH AND WILL
GET BUSY.
Joe Doyle, a gent who registers from
Clsy City, Kans., turned up at the Art.
gun Friday morning.
Mr. Doyle Is a niemher of the New
Turk team and la a pitcher.
Doyle Is the man who unloaded a
sensation on the public Ihe Ural same
he pitched for New York by shutting
out the heavy swatslers from Cleve
land, Ohio.
Doyle was not In good condition last
year, owing lo Ihe fart that hr had
been overworked, but Griffith believes
that hs con make a fine pitcher out of
GAME WANTED
The Olympics want a gam# for Raturda.T.
Aay flrst-daaa trum which would like to
urklo tba Olympics la sskrd to trlrpbnnr
Henry Frtdall (Bell phone), ©02 or KC.
University of Georgia, Athens, Go.,
March IB.—Tho O. A. R’*., otherwise
known as the Yankees from old Now
York town, came over from Atlanta to
Invade the claaalc burg of Athena and
Join battle with the Oeorgia varsity.
Everybody expected the Yankees to
snow Georgia under, but she didn't
The game was Just as close as most
college games, and ths score—7 to 2.
In the two days that the game was
advertised the fame of the Yankees
had spread throughout the surrounding
country, and evsry little vlllagt anu
hamlet for miles around poured In its
delegation of wild-eyed yaps who wers
determined to see big leaguers for once
In their llvee. and they saw them. too.
Clark Grimth. the grand old man,
was much In svldence on the coaching
line. While Orlf wan over on the line
by first base Intently watching the
pitcher and giving much fox-l!ke ad
vice to the batter, one little girl In the
nearby grandstand anxiously Inquired
of her father. "If Mr. Urlfllth wax real
ly seventy-five years old." Anyhow.
Orlf get* there with that foxy, slow
ball of his.
The same braa* band that need to
delight the Tech rooters last year with
Glory, Glory to Old Georgia." wax on
hand by a largo mujortty.
Georgia come to the bat first, but
wax retired with one man loft on base.
The Yankees' run-getting began In the
first, when, with one man down. Keeler
walked and Klberfeld made first on
Hodgson's error. Keeler going to sec
ond. lilg George Morlnrlty then came
up and lined n hot one out to center-
field. Keeler and Klberfeld coming
home on It. Kedfern struck mil Wil
liams and I.aporte. the next two
men up.
Nothing doing for either team In the
second.
In the third, ltedfem. the first man
up for Georrla, placed a neat single
to left. McWhorter put another hit
almost In the same spot In left. Ited-
fern going to third. Derrick sacrificed,
scoring Red fern, and McWhorter went
to second. Great enthusiasm! Mc
Whorter stole third and scored on a
passed ball by Klelnow. Brown out
from second to first, and Martin hit at
three In vail*.
Hcore tied. Oeorgia rooters went
Griffith filed out to left. Hoffmsn
fanned, and Keeler walked—three men
on base. TJjfit Elberfeld tripled,
clearing the bases. Mortsrtty Walked
and Williams singled to left. Then
Georgia took a little balloon trip, but
recovered In time to nab Moriartty at
the plate, who, during the confusion
hsd stealthily tried to annex another
run.
The box ecore follows
Americans.
Hoffmsn. cf. ...
Keeler, rf
Elberfeld. ss
Morlnrlty, lb....
Williams, 2b....
Laporte, If
Brocket!, 2b
Totals
Georgia.
McWhorter, cf..
Derrick, tb
Brown, c
Martin, ss
Hodgson. 2b
Cobb, rf
Graves, If
I#ee. lb
Redfearn, p
Totals .......
AB RHPO A E
5 0 110 0
6 2 1 1 0 0
,421111
S I 0 9 0 0
3 0 112 0
3 0 0 7 0 0
4 110 10
4 1 2 7 3 0
2 0 0 0 0 0
t 0 0 0 0 0
32 7 * 27 7 1
AB RHPOAE
3 114 0 0
4 0 113 0
4 0 0 * 2 1
4 0 113 0
4 0 0 0 2 1
2 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 2 0 0
3 0 0 9 0 0
3 1112 0
32 2 4 24 12 2
rthl.
from
After this Genrgta refrained
scoring any more.
In New York's half of the third.
Kcrler hit to right, but was caught a
block trying to steal second. Elberfeld
Hied out to center Morlnrlty walked
and stole second, likewise Williams
Morlnrlty scored on a passed hall f
Brown and laporte walked and stole
second Itrokett Hied out to center, re-
tiring the side.
In the sixth. Brokett. the first man
*. singled to right. Klelnow singled
left, advancing Brokett t-o third.
Hcore by Innings:
Georgia ft 0 5 0 ft ft ft 0 ft—2
Americans 20 10 0 400 x—7
Humtnury: Struck out by Redfearn.
5; by Castleton. 3; hv Griffith. 1. Bases
on balls, off Redfearn. 7: off Castleton.
2. Three-base bits. Klberfeld. Hit by
Pitcher, Redfearn. I. Empire, Carlton
lleusse.
NAPS ARE ALL READY
FOR OPENING BATTLE
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Sjr P JUICY H. WHITUQ.
This is the day.
They’re off in a bunch at Piedmont
Highlanders vs. Crackers—American League against South,
era, Clark Griffith against Billy Smith, unlimited salary roll
against I?,700 a month.
" '* f *
To say that we shall all be there is putting it mildly. I Q
spite of business duties, chilly weather, counter attractions and «
few such, the old guard will be on the spot
Of course a large collection of enthusiaam is not looked for.
It doesn't especially matter which team wins. What we all want
to see is how the Crackers will work 'under pressure. And the
Highlanders will be right there with the pressure.
Joe Wall, the first baseman signed by Jshnny Dobbs, must
be the swatting wonder. Hit .306 in the Western League in
1902. hit .314 in the New York State League the next year, .346
in the Eastern League in 1904, .346 the net year with the same
league- And last year he played wjth East Liverpool, Ohio.
Now the question arises, where is the screw loose!
For anybody with a half pint of baseball sense- knows that
big league managers are not going to let any such hitters as that
sail around undrafted unless there ia something radically wrong
with him in some other department of the game.
However, we don’t begrudge Wall to Nashville. We have
a man who will outhit him and besides stack right up with the
beat catchers in the league.
Lajoie’s Team Is Boil
ing Out and Getting
in Fine Trim.
By ED F. BANG, of Ctsvstsnd Nsws.
Mscon, Ox. March 15.—Lsjole's Naps
hsd tholr best bolllnx out since com-
Ing to Macon, Thursday, the mercury
reaching the highest point of the sess-
on, 81 degrees. The hest wax oppres
sive at times, and Manager Larry only
permitted s brief practice of on* hour
In the morning. Thursday afternoon,
however, the boys put In almost two
hours of hard work.
Every one of the Naps worksd hard
and they sit perspired freely, all of
them feeling better after the strenuous
practice.
The Infield practice of the Naps was
lightning fast and sit of the four reg
ulars hsd the 305 tans present to wit
ness the workout applauding almost
continuously by pulling off spectacular
plays. Perrlng and O'Brien also putted
off several good plays.
Thursday night the Naps were the
guests of Lew Dockstader at hla min
strels at the Grand opera house. Lew
wrote out a pass to "JaJole, Com
mander," for twenty-eight people, the
number In the Naps party.
Nall O’Brien. Ihe famous comedian. Is
a cousin of Pets O'Brien of the Naps.
A close friend of Joe Birmingham la
•Iso a member of Ihe company. They
both reside In Elmtrx Jos saw hla
friend In ths parade and said that he
was "playing heavy on ths baas drum."
Managsrs Lajole and Lips, of the
Cleveland and Macon teams, announc
ed their lineups today for Saturday's
game as follows:
Cleveland—Birmingham, If.; Stovall,
lh; Hlnchman. cf; Lajole, 3b: Congal-
ton, rf; Bradley, 3b: Turner, sa; Clnrk
and Bemls. c; Joas, Llebhardt, Berger,
Montgomery's Sweeny has not shown up nor has Bill Evans,
There’s trouble right off the reel for “Smiling John" Mallark.v—
real trouble, too.
However, Brandt. Maxwell, Burnum, Houts, McCann, IVrrv,
Busch, Connors, Biggers, Nyc and Anderson are on hand and it
looks as though Montgomery would be all there in the exhibition
games.
The New Orleans States says:
“As sure as spring rolls around and ‘King Baseball’ is the
foremost figure in the Athletic world, the Birmingham fans and
Vport writers of that village gird up their typewriters, sharpen
their pencils and fill their ink-wells with vitriol so as'.to attack
the New Orleans ball club and more particularly Charlie Frank,
its manager. At least that is what the writers do while the fani
are chasing up an extra supply of pop and coca cola bottles so
aa to receive the players of the Pelican club.”
How these baseball writers do love one another.
Thlelman and Ehman. p. leben. lb: Patience or Pepe, sa: Han-
Mscon—Chandler, rf: Line, lb: Mur- lah or Walsh, c; Clark, Helm and Fox
doch. cf; Rhoton. 2b; Harris, If; Wohl. p.
New Spring Suits
New Spring Hats
and Furnishings
Two More Teams Apply For
Places in Amateur Leagues
Adders. Address manager.
Hoping ibis application will meet
your approval. I xtlll remain, very
truly yours,
ROBERT CON LIEF.
Mn linger "Crackers."
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It looks right now c* though there
would lie entries enough for (lie «’Uy,
Commercial ami Junior leagues to make
two leagues of each variety. Two more
teams made application!* for positions
Friday morning. They are (lie "Crack-
era." managed by Robert A. *’oneIff,
which club warns n franchise In the
City league, and Ihe Commission Mer
chants* learn, managed by C. V. Doo
little, which wants to play In the Com
mercial league. f
The first of next week will see , - . . -
enough tram, on hand lo flit all thrra W(Uto „, o( th , Atlama „ am| an „
trasur* The l..«t chance to put In niKK> . Eastern League player, who
Application, for positions «lll then working out on the local diamond,
have (Kissed H-» all teams desiring! are matched to race 100 yards Friday
berths In The Georgian's City, Com-1 « *l«l* bet of *5.
tnerclul or Junior'leagues, will please |
rush their application** in It* the sport-
Ing editor of The Georgian Meeting*
of all three leagues a ill probably be
heltl next week.
The letters of application received
Friday morning follow*
Spotting Editor of The Georgian:
The Commission Merchants' Ball
Club Is tfexlmus of membership In
the Commercial league that Is being or
ganised and a committee from same
will lie present If notified when a meet
ing Is lo lie held
low ing lineup , „,,,
Dabney, caich: Rldgley, pitch; Hall. I Macon
first base. Everett ..?• Browder, sec
ond base. Logan third base; Doollt-
tie. short stop. Ueddtngton. left field:
Brow tier or Everett, center field.
Hutchinson, right field.
Would also like to sign up two more
good pltcheis.
c V. DOOLITTLE, Manager.
Hporting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
Will say in applying for place In the
city league that I have a fast team
1 dare say will tarry off the ban*
ner this season.
The players c.re all practicing now
and are getting In goml shape, for w*
expect to stait from the Jump.
The pitchers are Mangum, Whit
tle#)- and Hllncoe. Bamtnw is the only
catcher. The tnAeiderj are Johnson,
first base. Lawrence, second base. ,
Carter, short stop; Contlff, third base
outfielders are the best in the city ;
Thomas, left field;. Holly, center field. 1
and Ford, right field.
1 am in need of a couple of good la-
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Mnngutn. a local pitcher, was given
a work-out by Manager Hmlth at Pied
mont Park Thursday afternoon.
Tho Atlanta southpaw showed a
world of speed and nice curves. Hmlth
submit the fol-Jts much Impressed with his work and
will doubtless give him a trial against
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