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» f [ IBj I1IW, •■ mym ■* 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. oooooooooooooooooaooooooao o O NAP RUCKER 18 O O POUNDED HARD. O O 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 O O ao'joooooooooooooaooooaoaao 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." NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. l& D*c«'ur Kimball Houm. Bargain* in Unrodeomod Diamond*. MUENCH & BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamonds, Watch**, Jswslry. Fins Watch, Clock rnd Jswslry Rtoslr Ing. ft Pssehtrss 8treat Atlanta, Ox ■si: Phons 1111. GET YOUR LUMBER FROM E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS We deliver promptly and guarantee satisfaction. A full stock of Luinber, Saab, Doors, ete., on hand. Prices are right CM2 WHITEHALL STREET. 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- BALL PLAYERS RUN A RACE LOCAL PLAYER GETS A TRIAL 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 A Stetson high crown hound edge telescope. In ]M>arl, with black hand or baud to match, brown and light tan, $4. spe in black only. Extra light weight, self-con forming and in quality the equal o r thr hest Derby. Price $:i.5C. The largest and most at tractive stock of wearing ap parel in the history of our business is now ready for Spring—and your inspec tion. Everything fairly blooms with spring freshness. The celebrated Stcin- Bloch and Isaac Hamburg er & Sons’ clothing (known far and wide as only the best in ready-to-wear) in all the new and smartest styles. Hats hearing the name of the world’s famous maker, John B. Stetson—and the Ennnons Special brands in all the new shapes and shades for spring. 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