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'ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, MARCH 18,1907. MACON TEAM HERE FOR GAMES WITH CRACKERS SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING BY PERCY H. WHITING. Throe wild week* of exhibition games stretch ahead for the Atlanta team. Every week day from now until April C has a game slated for it and all will be played barring rain. These next three weeks are going to be critical ones for the AtlantaVeeniits and for at least one or two of the regulars. Man ager Smith has now, of course, several more players than he has anv use for. The team must be cut down to fourteen men and Manager Smith will begin the cutting as soon as he is sure of hit mCn ‘ ’ .. . . Just now he has one more catcher, two more possible short stops or third basemen, one more outttelder and two or three more pitchers than he can use. The chief worry for Manager Smith and the chief excite ment for the fans for the next three weeks will be in watching the games and doping out the men who are likely to be drop ped. Right now we have a couple of hunches ourselves, which it would be quite unparliamentary to mention; and so have most of the fans. It ia just a question of whether or not Manager Smith will see it the same way. Anyhow—whoever is dropped and whoever ia kept—we are counting on a craeking good team. There is no two ways to it—'Atlanta is going to be up in the race this year—barring a whole season full of bad accidents. There is only one bad sign—everybody picks Atlanta to win. And that is always “hard luck’’ for any team. That same "one best bet” proposition has put Cleveland on the blink year after year and threatens to do the same for Atlanta. Since Charley Babb gave vent to his now historic remark that “I'm going to win the pennant, barring Atlanta,” the mana gers and dope artists have vied with each other in selecting the Crackers for first plnce. And right now every team in the league is more afraid of Atlanta thiui of any other aggregation. (Please file denials of this in writing.) In the meantime Manager Smith is going steadily forward with his men, putting the tlock through every possible trial and trying to get the billy goats cut out from the bunch and backed up near the can pile. In years past Billy has done well in get ting rid of the dead ones and banging onto real wide-awake prop ositions. No player to whom he applied the festive can has ever made very good and no player he has retained throughout a sea son was ever very much of a fizzle. So if he does not pick thegoats the way we do there is is go ing to be no complaint. We are willing to risk his selections. HAPS GETTING READY FOR GAME AT ATLANTA By ED F. BANG, of The CUvaland Now*. Moron. Go., March II.—Everything considered. the Nop* are In better con* dltlon right now than nt any time in the hletory of the club at this Reason of the year. Several of the player* are . troubled with sore amis and bum knee*, t but barring these minor complaints the Naps are In such condition that they , could Jump right Into I»Ik league work , at once. Horry Hay’s knee is Improving rap idly and Silver Is confident that lu» will be fit at the tap of the gong The blow which Nig t’lark received on the leg from a tip foul In Haturday’s game ’ did not cause Mm any Inconvenience, illetnic Berger ami Jake Thlelman have lame wings. Addle Joss has trouble with his right leg. but Ids ami was never In such good condition so eurlv In the fame Practice Plant. The Naps will work three double practice turns this week. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, commencing at 10 In the morning and 2:Jo In the aft ernoon. They will have Tentral <’ltv pork to themselves Monday and Tues. day. as Macon plays in Atlanta. Wed nesday the Naps and Macon play their second game, while Friday and Satur day the Naps play In Atlanta They will leave for Atlanta Friday morning and return Saturday night. Joss. Bay, O’Brien and llerger will be left behind. Llebhardt. Khmstf. and Thlelman will be depended upon to do the pitching. Don't Want Cobb. Vice President Somers, of the Cleve- You will do better work for • cup of fragrant delicious ARIOSA Coffee—and you will rest better afterwards. Cuts your coffee bills about in half. Sold in one pound packages only, sealed for your protection. Loose coffee isn't the same—■ it may be dusty, dirty and bad for your stomach and nerves. C—h.MA.Ilull. ■!■***.NmumIFM. fw«U».Ctow Ha WI.IWMWia.ru. land baseball club. Is determined that Klmer Flick shall 'play with the Napa the coming season. Klmer has been uuoted as saying that sooner than play with Cleveland again he will retire from the game. He has expressed a willing ness to be traded, hut the rieveland owners will not hearken to a deal of this kind. This became evident Sun day. when Hughey Jennings, of De trolt. after on altercation with Tyrus t’obb offered him to rieveland In ex- clmnge for Flick. Mr. 8omers said there was nothing doing. <*obb batted ,S2ii for the Tigers lout season, while Flick poked the sphere for a St 1 average. The Bedford boy had It all over the eccentric Ty In fleldlttg. however. PRl to .991. Flick played in "\cr fifty games more than robb. There Is no denying that Cobb Is a good man. but he Is scarcely to be compared to Flick. OTTO’S TEAM WINS AGAIN Special to The Georgian. Mllledgevtlle, Go.. March 18.—Satur day afternoon G. M. r. met and de fented the team of players from the Georgia State Sanitarium, score 9 to 3. Though dull at times, the game had Us redeeming features, otto Jordan and Ham Joined the invaders, which made the two teams more evenly matched. But even so. the rndets bad It on the visitors, clouting the hall to nil par. of the lot. Wilson, K.; Smith. M.; Jor dan. Harper and A. Smith did good work, and a few more like them would have changed matters. Ham at third made two pretty stops. The official* score Is as follows: ass AIIIIIIIIIM A K Wilson. I. f. and p... .4 © ti i l Little, r f 4 o o i o Smith. K. lb 4 I 1 9 2 2 Gllninn. 8.. c. f 3 0 0 rt t llam. 3b 4 1 I 2 • Jordan, tv, a. * 4 o 1 5 i © Smith, A , c. 4 © © 3 3 © Gilman. F.. 2b 2 1 I .1 1 © Harper, p. and 1. f 3 0 © 1 1 MACON TEAM TACKLE BILLY SMITH’S BUNCH “REUBEN” ZELLER IN ACTION Hera l( the “fal low through" of "R" Zollor, tho pltchar on whom Atlanta will do- pond for tho bulk of-hor winning thio ■taion. Rubo hao re ported in Ana trim thio year, and thooe aide-arm and under-hand doliv- erios of hie prom- ioo to bo oo eonfua- Ing thio year as ovor before. Rubo hold tho otriko-out record of tho league loot year, and with one possible oxcoption woo tho boot pitch er loft in tho league after tho drafting oeaoon ended. The third exhibition Rome nt the local aeason to scheduled for Piedmont park thta afternoon. Macon and Atlan ta will be fhe‘conteatanta. From the looks of thlntis It will be a treat game. The Atlanta team has showed good form In both games played and Macon Stacked up In great atyle against Cleveland. Doth teams look like pennant per formers In their respective leagues and the Sally l-eaguern cun be counted on to make the Crackers hump. The Macon delegation will probably put John-Fox In the box for the open ing of the game, while Billy Smith will count on the t,wlrllng services of Bparks and Schopp. The probable line-up follows: Atlanta. Positions. Macon. Becker .. .. ..right Held .. ..Chandler Castro short atop Llpe Wallace .. ..center held .. ..Murdock Hoffman .... second base .. ..Rhoten Packert left Held ? ? ? Sid Smith .. ..first base Harris Ball short atop Pope o'I.eary catcher Harnlsh and Sweeney and Walah Sparks pitchers Scanlon and Schopp. Helm, Clark, Fox O’LEARY IN ACTION LIVE DOINGS IN YANKEE CAMP •y SID MERCER, of Tho Now York Globe. Ao the reoult of a fight between Out fielder Tyrus Cobb and Catchar Schmidt, of tha Detroit club, on tho boll hold at Augusta, a*.. on Saturday, the former baa been placed on tho market by Manager Hughey Jennings with a good chance of bit becoming a Yankee. While Manager Ortfflth does not ad mit that ho lo bidding or Intondo to bid on Cobb, tho feet remalne that ho would Ilka to -acquire poeoesslon of him. If the Detroit club would accept land club has all but closed a deal for Frank Delahanty In exchange. It lo be-. Ileved (hat Ortlf would make the trade or that he would be willing to pay cash for the outfielder. •Td like to have him." said Griff yes terday. "but I don't know Just how the cans stands, and of course I wouldn't make a mova until I am officially noti fied that Cobb.la to be dlepostd of. Ho is a groat ball player." It la two weeks now sines the Yankee squad started for Dials and Delahanty attll sticks grimly to his determination not to report until the salary matter la adjusted to hte liking. The remainder of the team has trained faithfully and unless Del capitulates soon he may wake up some morning to find himself out of a Job. eo far aa the New York teem Is concerned. If Ortff can see hie way clear to add eucti a good hitter and fielder as Cobb to his team, ha la not likely to exercise any more patience with the Cleveland boy. Cobb bit bet ter than .100 In the American League last season and would be n welcome addition to any team. Lost season Cobb had trouble with certain members of tha Detroit team. Last Saturday he and Schmidt had words on the field and before other players could Interfere a terrific fight ensued. It was then that Jennings declared that Cobb must leave the team. In Detroit last season Matty McIn tyre and Cobb had come trouble and McIntyre was suspended. For Ibis and othar reasons McIntyre Insisted on a transfer. This was refused and tha Staten Island boy would not report to Jennings this spring. It Is said that Uclatyn will don bis Detroit uniform Just as soon aa Cobb goea.elaawhare. It la uadaratood here that the Clove Cobb. Jennings wants players, not money. He can get Elmer Flick In ex change for Cobb. Flick Is holding out for more money and has refused to re port to Manager Lsjole at Macon. If Ortfflth should offer to trade Dela hanty. Jennings might Ilka this propo sition better then the Cleveland offer, as Delahanty Is young and a comer, while Fllck'e day aa a star la waning. Jennings, It Is said. Is determined to esc rifle* Cobb to show that dlactpllns must prevail In the Detroit team. If he succeeds he will do something which Frank Dwyer, Ed Barrow and Bill Ar mour failed to accomplish. Cobb la a center or left fielder, while Flick la a right fielder, and Jennings already has a good man In right field—Sam Craw ford. Delahanty would, therafore. seem to be the more acceptable man and he probably could get the salary he asks there. The dispute between Delahanty and hli present employers has now narrowed down to n personal affair of pride. Neither wishes to make a single concession. There le no news from Hal Chase. The players here all seem to think that Chase will report before the team laavea Atlanta. They are waiting to eee what ha will say to our head office boy In San Francisco this week. Another nt the Hotel Aragon yesterday, but' Is not tha man wanted. «? n ^ morn,n * ‘ h * Yankee. out to Piedmont park at lo o'clo. > remained there until after noon Th,. wna the only practice seexlon of day. and from now on the New y„2 team's workouts will be Irregular tk. Macon team of the South AtiantlJ League plays bore Monday and t u ,,? day. so the Yankees will not be able „ Ing* 0 " dl * mond «*«Pt In the n.orn. No team In elthar league ha., ro un ,|M Into playing shape more quickie i>„„ Griff's bunch of athletes, for there h.., been no break In the good weather Th. Yankees have worked ao ham that are beginning to feel the strain I'.-uaii, there are a few rainy day, which cam. pel a rest, but the dally grind f th, last two weeks la beglnnlnx t t.a Griff had arranged a game with th. soldiers at Fort McPheraon vesterday several of tha playree are on the ha.ni but Saturday night he called u ’ { >ltal list temporarily. Dr. Mike Martin • buxy with hla medicine chef t, ut has no serious cases. The j.!.iv*n unanimously Indorsed the canced.iti,™ and spent St. Patrick's Day quietly Several members appeared in trm ties and badges. Griff wore a |.. U r socks with green polka dot, In hotter... tha day. It was a warm Sunduv tnl none of the Yangees got fur from th. hotel. They appreciated the rest In the morning Frank Lapon, Kid Elberfeld went out to the Federal I prison, where Berttllon Expert Nve pur Laporte's shoulder under th. X-ray machine. Laporte's lame should.-r not yielded to treatment nnd he keep quiet for a few day,, a, he hardly throw serosa the dlumond. FOX TWIRLS FOR MACON; HARRIS AT FIRST BASE Totals G M. t\ Klker. o Forhe*. 3t» Whllden. lb McLain, I f -Ionian. A , 2b ... Hamm, s. s Alim. c. f Tant. r. f. Gorham, p Hicmbrlctge. p. 8uitth, p. ... ...-12 3 42? IS Alt n BUBO A i: 6 1 0 6 I © 5 2 6 4 11 4 1 1 10 1 1 6 0 © 4 © 0 .3 3 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 © I 0 ©00 Totals U 9 10 2? 14 9 8ummar> . 8* ore t>>- innings G K. 8 0 © 0 © 1 2 (I 0 0—3 G M C 2 0 111111 J—9 Two.base hit*. Otto Jordan. F«»rbe*. Whllden. Ihmble play*. 8mlth, E.. to Jordan to Smith. E . Jordan to F. Gil* man Left on basses, G. 8 8.4. O. M. C. 9. Struck out. by Harper 1. by Gorham 3; Htmibridgf l Inning* pttrhed. b> Harper V Wilson 1. by Gorham 4 Sternbrtdge 3. Smith 2 Time of game, 1 hour 69 minutes Umpire, Hardy. • ] O'Leary hat just caught tha ball and ia returning it to tha pitchor. RiQO*' who was at bat, fall backward to avoid an insnoot. Ha was juit recovering whan tho shutter got in its deadly work. Griff Tries Out M. Figman of “The Man on the Box" Mark Griffith had a new man out this morning Hr wna ml-headed nnd n bit stale, but he went nt his work like n veteran, and will probably round Into trim some time during the season. When he was at college mid used to P itch for his team he was called ’•Brick" igtnnn. and he was then the man In the box. now he Is called Max Figman. and Is "The Man on the Box." "Ball playing was a habit 1 acquired before I accumulated this more last ing habit of acting." he confided to Moriurlty when the lanky first base- man had come down out of the air. whither he had gone after one of Flg- uian’s high ones. "They are both dls* easfH. and 1 have a relapse of the ball playing one each spring " Max Figman this afternoon sits In the bleachers watching the game. .Mon day night he will keep up the baseball atmosphere by playing to several boxes full of ball player*, for this morning he asked Clark Griffith and hi* whole bunch to see "The Man on the Box" at the Grand tonight. The invitation was accepted. Fisher, Shreveport Mogul, Getting Ante-Season Bumps Hpcrlal to The Georgian. Shreveport. La.. March IS.—Second Baseman Lewes, for whom Jeffries and Powell were traded to Decatur. Ill. Is objecting to reporting to Manager Fisher. He claims he feara becoming 111 in the South. Jeffrie# and Powell do not want to go to Decatur. Fisher has twenty men at practice. Frit*, pitcher, and Kennedy, outfielder, are not expected. Frit* want* more money than’Fisher offered him. Noth, ing hux been heard from Kennedy. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, We want orders for TIMBERS AND HEAVY FRAMING in ear lots or lewt. We ean furnish orders of any size, also everything in mill work and dressed stork. E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS., 542 Whitehall Street Hpeclal to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., March II.—This morning the Macon club left for Atlanta, and John Fox will probably be sent to the Blab this after noon. Fox la the only member of the slab eorpa who has not yet been worked. The lanky one hat l**en a bit alower than the others In getting Into shape, but no feara are entertained on this account. In the abaehqe of Wolleben, who was call ed to Cbleagq‘4o attend the funeral of hie slater, first base will l>e covered during the two games lo fhe Gat# City Joy Harris. Haturday Barrie played without erring, aud moved around the station gracefully. He la also a -catcher, and his been used by Llpe behind the bat. • Here la a good one that Umpire ’’Slats" Davis brought to Macon with him last Friday from Savannah* It Is partly on Darla himself, but he recited It at bis own expense. "Kid Gtaason." said Davla, "had been atrock lu the month the day before by a lint drive through the Infield. lie was watching another batter at the time, and didn’t know whst bad happened until a team mate was pulling the pieces of leath er from between bit teeth. He was sent back to the hotel at once, and we did not expect to see ‘him ont for several days. "The next afternoon I was standing at the entrance to the ball park when the kid came along by himself. 1 was rather surprised, for he was wearing the regular uniform, and had hla mouth plastered i "I called out to him. ’Say, Kid, you don’t Intend to play today, do your •* ‘Sure/ waa the reply. " ’And with that mouth ao battered up?’ I aaked. " ‘Sure again.’ waa hla answer, ’You don’t think l‘m going to catck them all with my teeth, do you.’" Scouts have been sent out by Manager Llpe to sign, shanghai, steal or **t a mas- cot. lie has offered s season ticket for a mascot with the right ear-marks. Goats and dogs are barred. What Lips wauts la something altogether new. ATLANTA P. A WINS OPE The team from tk* Atlania Collog* of I'hsrslclans ami Hurgoou* plnyeil Ita first gam* Haturday with th* nine from th* Atlanta ffebool of M*dlcfn«- Th* gam* waa won with hand* «lowu at a score of 13 to 4 In favor of th* Burgeon*. Thl* waa really a practice gam** for th* Ilutler atreot hove, their tnatrrlnl l»*lng far aonerlor to th* nn-l.«ekt* *tr**t play- era. gull* a large crowd of the student* VD S. TEAM NING CONTEST and faculty from Loth college* mw the game plnyed. The l'byalclati* *nd Hnrgeon*’ team la largely made up of player* who bnv«* piny- *d thefr four year* at llferarr college*. It promt*** to lie one of the lending tenuis of the Athiutn amnteur*. t’aptalu Joe Cof fee ha* the hoy* lined up a* follow*: Brannon, c.; Baldwin, p.; Justice, lh.: Fattereon. rf.: Brown. 2©.: Garrett, If.; Cline. 3h.; Berry, cf.; Mhhlletap. a*. IV. K. Stone Wins Handicap Over the East Lake Course The gnlf 1', 11 handicap played by the Atlanta Athletle ('tab memliers over the Fast lahe morse Hnturdny afternoon re sulted In a vletory for W. K. Btone. Mr. Btone turned tn n 09. which, with 14 off, gsve him n net score of 55. S. C. Wi|. llnms was second with 10215-17, nml four players. Thmuns Paine. C. House. William Olenn and W. tt. Tlehenor. tied for third with net scores of 55. A good sited Held attrted. and the scor ing was excellent, considering the wrelrd* nest of the surface of the temporary put- "l 1 ! 6”T?yrd, with n It. bnd t low gross The score* follow: arou. Hdcp. N«t. W. K. Stone »♦ 14 S5 S. C. Williams 103 15 57 IV. H. Olenn 10» 20 55 C. L. Rune 11* 30 88 T. B. Pnlne 98 to 88 W. R. Tlchnor 100 12 88 George W. Adair .... 114 25 89 F. M. Mlkell U0 2« 90 L. D. 8cott 12|) 30 90 Dowdell Broun 104 14 90 H. flay Moore 103 12 91 O. D. Btreet 101 lo 91 F. O. Bvrd 91 Scratch. 91 B. A. Palmer. 104 12 92 F. W. Btone 108 14 94 W. J. Tllson 96 2 94 B. M. Grant 120 25 9B C, P. King 120 25 9« W. P. Hill 98 2 M C. Angler 106 10 96 N. R. Broylea 117 20 97 Frank Holland 106 6 100 T. A. Hammond 110 14 112 P. E. Huger 117 12 105 Total number of entries 27; three golfers failed to return cards. JORDAN SIGNS W1THD0DGERS Charleston. 8. C., March IS—Big Jordan haa signed. Th* balking member of the Trolley | Dodging aggregation haa come across, | Jordan, the big, hard-hltilng Urn baseman, waa here yesterday on hi, i way to Jacksonville. He ha, accept*! Manager Donovan's term, and in-mu j practice! this morning. YANKS LAND ANOTHER ONE I CHILLY WEATHER FEATURE OF | SATURDAY'S GAME AT PIEDMONT. With the mercury doing stunt, »ItE the bottom of'the tube and the chilling xephyra blowing dust and pneumonia germs across the frigid diamond u-1 Into the faithful fans, the Atlanta and New York teams met,, Saturday after noon for the second exhibition game of the season. New York won 6 to 5 Zeller and Spade pltfhed fine ball tv Atlanta, while Clarkson nnd Hughe, did the same for the Highland, r- Both | teams fielded phenomenally well, penally considering the weather. The dope sheet: New York. D. Hoffman, cf. Keller, rf. . . . Elberfeld. ns. . Morlartty, lb. . Williams, 2b. . IatPorte, 3b. . . Conroy, If. . . . Klelnow, c. . . Clarkson, p. . . Hughes, p.. . . Totals . ab. r. h. i" .35 6 10 27 Id 4 Stone Mountain Team Wins Junior Basket Ball Honors Stone Mountain demonstrated to the thorough satisfaction of a large crowd of basket ball enthualaats that tbey were the matters of the situation and all to the candy when they put a crimp In the Young Men's Christian Associa tion second team's Jacket by defeating them In the fastest game of the season by the tune of I* to 13 Haturday night In their own yard at Btone Mountain. Ten men got busy when the game be gan. and Judging from the way the youngsters played, they would be pret ty liable to cause some of the big teams around town trouble were they to mix It. The first half waa replete with pretty shots for goal, and some splen did pats work done on both sides. In the second half the two teams did hot evidence any weartnega aa a result of their hard work tn the first halt and went at It hammer and tonga with renewed energy. If there was a slow moment It escaped the writer's nottra. When th* smoke of the battle had claw rad away and th* spectator* hail grown calm the score waa counted, and to tha delight cf Btone Mountain's friends and to the deep regret of the Young Man's Christian Association ad- ■Hirers ll was found lo ha 3« lo 13, r with the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation swinging on to the 13. This settled the dispute as to the champion ship of ths Junior League for the sea son Just ending. For the winners the star* wer* Woodruff and Dotlsr, whose great work aa forwards won the game. Tha goat shooting of Woodruff was espe cially fine and amply deserved the large amount of applause which waa given Tt. It would hardly be fair to say that the two men named above were tha only stars on the teams, as the whole teams played ball that waa way above the average, every man playing fast and anappy basket ball. The line-up of Btone Mountain waa aa follows: Woodruff and Dorter, forwards: Bmlth, center; Tappan and Bailey, guard*. Although the loser*, this tact did not keep the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation second team from showing those present that they were there with the merchandise when It came to playing basket ball, and every man who playrd with the Young Men'a Christian Association played aa they had never played before and kept the spectators on their feet throughout the entire tame. Urten. Jones and Beers did the star work for the Young Men’s Christian Association tram. Tha Una- Atlanta. ab. r. h. I* Becker, rf. . . . 5 o 1 3 Wallace, cf. . . . 4 1 2 3 Bid Bmlth, lb. . . 5 0 3 9 Paskert, If.. ... 5 o 1 i Castro, 3b 5 0 " 3 Ball, as 1 ii 1 I Sweeney, c. . . . 4 1 I L. Hoffman, 2b. . 4 1 2 •> Bpade, p 2 0 1 " Zeller, p 2 0 0 1 Totals .... 4 : l » 3 i2 s | Score by Innings: ^ I New York. . . .013 011 32''— - J- ? I Atlanta 030 ooo too— * w M Summary—Two-base hit,. Smith.Jk I Hoffman, Williams; three-base h “[| Wallace, D. Hoffman, Conroy st'** I bases, Keeler, LaPorte, L. H dim*** I sacrifice hits, Wallace: double pwj I Williams, unassisted, to MoriarlH ■ base on ball*, off Spade 3. 21 Clarkson 2. Hughes t; hit l> v i 1 ' "w! I ball. Bpads t (Keelen; struck .;ut. 1 Spade 2, Zeller i, Clarkson 3 H'lF’" I 3; wild pitch, Bpade. Time. . h,ur M Umpire, Biggs. Not Ylt But Di-R*ctly. And now the frisky mlnorin I* showing the South that In Jam. But soon he'll lead the cam-nr Bumplty-bump to Kalnnnu ' 11 up was as follows: Beer- ' ... and Ort*n, forwards; Phillip*- ' " I Jones and Mltcholl. guard. Referee—Nat Thornton MUENCHA BEIERSDORFEf THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamond*, Watch**, Jew*"'/' H Watch, Clock rnd Jowtlry BeR**] W Psschtroo Street Atl»" u * j B4L Phona 11H NAT KAISER A CO. , CONFIDENTIAL L0A1W ON VALUABLE* II Doe-lar St **”2*.-sola Bargains la Usrad***""*