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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907.
OUR OLD FRIENDS THE NAPS HERE FOR
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
By SID MERCER, N,w York Qlob*.
Macon. Oa.. March 21— Savaral hoifra
after the departure nf Napoleon I.a
Joie and hie flevela'nd team for At
lanta, Clark Orlfflth and eleven duet
berrlmrd Yankee warrior* eteppei
from a train here and moved on the
quartermaster it the Hotel I-anler. Th<*
Yankee equad le composed of all the
reculara, save Klberfehl and Williams,
two catchers and nve pitchers. Indud-
In* Manacer Orlfflth
Upon their arrlvul here the New
Yorkers ran Into several members of
the Cleveland team who had been left
behind. The two learns simply ex-
chanced tralnlnc camps for a couple of
days. It was too late for Qrlirs boys
to attempt a momlnc practice, hut they
will be out early tomorrow momlnc.
The first game with the Macon club
takes place this afternoon, and Torn
Hughes Is elated to start In the box for
New York.
Clarkson may pitch the Saturday
game, but he will he the team's left
fielder today. Ira Thnmns will catch
one game and Jack Klelnow the other.
Ortff and Klelnow will alternate nt
second base. Kid Klberfeld was left
In charge of the Atlanta sound, which
consists of llogg. Orth. Keefe. Hrock-
ett, Castleton. McOuIre and Williams.
This bunch practiced ns usual Unlay.
Brockstt Net in Shape.
After Castleton came llrockctt. Tlioj
Illinois boy la not In shape to pitch a
good game, lie npfieuts to be unable
to work with n freedom of movement
Hla swing seemed unnatural. Atlanta
scored some hits and runs off him be
cause he kept putting the ball over.
Brocket! seems to use too much of an
arm movement and lacks freedom
body movement. !d*rlmps that Is sim
ply his spring style, however. Brocket!
can hit the ball, though Ills first time
up yesterday he paste,! one to center
Held and mode n triple out of what
should have lieen a home run
If tlrlff does not promise one • f
his pitchers to the Atlanta team, he
may lose these training grounds. The
Detroit club will lie here next we-k
ready to hand over a tulrlcr and It Is
up to Ortff to put one of his youngsters
In pawn for these grounds next spring
It la going to he a hard mailer to make
a choice. When the Detroit team Is
here there Is a posslbllty of a ileal
being fixed up between Jennings and
Ortfllth which will alter the outtlclds
of both clubs.
LARRY LAJOIE’S CLEVELAND TEAM HERE FOR
TWO GAMES WITH BILLY SMITH'S CRACKERS
Big Crowd Expected
to See Favorites in
Old Role.
The Cleveland team of the American
league. heai|«(| by Napoleon I-aJo|«*.
the (treatvat hitter and the beat aecond
bneeinim In the world, haa landed In
Atlanta and will thla afternoon tackle
the Atlanta bunch. The (tame will be
called at 3: So.
The vlalt of the Napa la like the re
turn of old frlenda, for Cleveland
trained In Atlanta la*t year.
The lairrya made a big hit with At
lanta fann and their return la wel
comed.
Manager Hmlth la counting on the
largest crowd of the exhibition eerlea
or these games and If the weather
ontlnuea good It la not likely that he
will he disappointed.
probable that Glen Llebhardt,
the Memphta ••Dutchman” who preaaed
Hughes ao hard for flrxt honors
in the Southern league last year, will
allow up In the box In the game Satur
day. Llebhardt la eapeclally popular
in Atlanta and the mere fact that *ie
will pitch ia good to draw a crowd. •
•The Count” uaed to make a spe
cialty of downing Atlanta when he had
Memphis support, and he will doobt-
leaa make an effort to do the aame
thing with Cleveland behind him.
The Cleveland team la. aa all Atlanta
fans know, an all-star aggregation,
and .Manager loijnte Intends to put a
strong team In the field for the games
In Atlanta.
GOLFERS ARE
HANDICAPPED
The golf handicap committee of the At*
It*it««• Athletic Club T. II- Itjrrd, ehnlrtuno;
XV It Tlcbenor and XVIIIIani K. Htnoe—has
••ally gone over the handicap lint of the
Atluntii golfer* and rearranged the allot
ment of extra strokes for the tonrnauient
wlilt It will he held Ksturday. Thla affair la
the uBual golf ball handicap, and It la
eUMftcd that a large field will be oat.
The revised handicap Hat follows;
V. Angler 10 II. Udd »
II. M. Atkinson IV T. Mavra «
Lowry Arnold 12 II. Clay Moore ....12
It. Arnold 20 L. C. Moeckle ....»
A. H Adams » Out Mitchell SO
G. XV. Adair 22 K. V. Malone 40
Kdw. Harnett SO John Maddox 40
“ !». linker' 4U K. K Meyer »
11. Ilerrleu 4<> F. M. Mlkell 20
C, T; brocket! ....12 II. K. Moore 34
A rY. E. Ilrown ....20 — Naff tt
N. It llroylea M Walter Nash »
howdcll Ilrown 12 George Oltear 30
Stuart Iloyd 12 E. II. Moore SO
F. II. Byrd «H» T. II. I’atne 10
Fulton Colville 12 It. A. Palmer 12
llrutn* Clay 12 C. XV. Phllllpa 30
XV. O. Chairs 24 XV. I.. Peel 40
J. C CoUpiltt • C. lluae ............25
R. M. Cmmly 4*» It. Itee*| 12
A. Ward Cold* ....14 C. 31. llxtn*|M*ok.. .26
Arthur Clark 31 l». Rountree »
Milton Dargan 2 o l». Street 10
oke H. Hxvlx »> XV. K. Htone .
. T. Doonan jo F XX*. Htone
i. F. Fltxxlrotnon*. ,2U XV. IX. Htovall
I Fallows ») II. C. Htnekdell ,.|5
II. M. Grant 25 J. F. Htockdell
F. I.. <5lover 4*» Charles Ntron|C>.
John Glenn 2** L. I*. Monti
lean is Carlton Hmlth
Bv BOZEMAN BULGER, of Th. N.w
York Ev.ning World.
Marnn, Oo., March 52.—Having aban
doned the .lege nf Atlanta anil left tho
city In the hand, nf Napnlron Lajnio
for two day., the Highlander, reached
Macnn thl. morning.
It wa. neceanary for tlrlfllih to bring
four pltchero along, be.ldr. hlm.elf,
aa he feela that It I. hi. duty to piny
second banc If hi. club I. far enough
•bead. (Irimth alway. hail a notion
that ho could play the inltcld. and he
never overlook, an opportunity lo gel
In and .how hlmnelf up when some-
body-1. hurt. In the l«»t game In At
lanta he relieved Klelnow hi .econd
and the ffrat ball hit wn. a graa. burn
er aqu.rely between hi. lega which left
him .pinning on hi. head. Were It not
for Keeler that bnll would have been
going yet. Anyway, the Highland
chieftain I. certain to make another
atab at .econd here In Macon, for the
main rra.on that hr think, he can got
away with It. The hunch can't get
after him.
la Doyla Slow? Wall!!
Joe Doyle hasn't pitched yet. aa the
days are still a little too short f.*r him
to begin. If you remember, when It
comes to hurrying things along Doyle
Is the original president of the antl-
haste society of New York. In making
time he Is In » class with the Erie
railroud. and the worst of It Is be feels
proud of hi* record. List season he
helped the bnt buslnek* materially
around XVashtngton Heights, n* rooter*
had ample opportunity to take drink*
between every luGI be pitched. It xvm*
something like between acts nt the
theater Still we have got to hand It to
Jo*eph. for he got away with It. Ill*
exasperating slowness set many clubs
on their ears toward the latter part of
the summer, and 'twos six games be
fore anvhodv could head him oft. even
If he did keep us nil late for dinner.
Doyle 1* going to pitch here this aft
ernoon. He promises to finish In time
for the morning papers
Griff, Ihs “Cut-up.”
Griffith may also take a hand In the
pitching department while here. In
his frisky old age Griffith has taken on
so much pepper that he wants to butt
In at every angle of the game In a
few more years he will he a* bad n*
-Rube” Waddell when It runes to self-
reliance You needn't l»e surprised unv
day to see Griffith order everybody tiff
the field while lo* Is pitching but the
catcher and first ba*«*ttmn. and then te.
tire the side, lie Is u regular village
cut-up.
Had Wallace Tied.
During his forced retirement from
the diamond Kid Klberfeld Is dividing
his time between the Federal prison
and the poaching of -Hug' Wallace,
one of the most unique ball players on
the Atlanta club. At the Federal pris
on Klberfeld spends half his time look
ing over Bertlllon photographs and try
ing to dope out the iau*es of the va
rious brands of crime.
Hut It la with -Hug'* XVallaro that he
shines.
Wallace la a cracking good fielder,
but of late hi* hitting boa been falling
off. due to continually pulling away
from the plate. Klberfeld went out to
"f* him. «nJ hl« m.lhod I. novel If h ,, r „ ThP weii th.r wn.
not effective. He aetured one of the < . .... » t....... crowd was out to
big tarpaullne used to cover up the ex- I k !, L ... rg r
l>o.ed pnrt. of th. dl.mon-l .Kirin* : “T r ., ,i„. end „f tho
r.ln. and plac'd I. nvrr th. pi.., . on ! J* In.'.lt
Team Which Trained
Here Last Spring
Back Again.
By E. F. BANG.
Macon. Oa.. March 22.—The Napa
put In three hours of hard work Thurs
day. having two sessions at Central
Flty Park. Larry put the boys through
their hardest practice of the Henson.
Hunting, bane running and Inside play
made up the greater part of the pro
gram.
In the evening the players and news
paper men were guests of Alex Block,
one of Macon's leading dtlxens at u
crab sup|*er. Needless to say they
did full Justice to the feast.
Friday morning nt 8:35 the Naps left
for Atlanta, where they will contest
with the Crackers this afternoon and
again on Hnturday.
Cleveland's line-up for the first game
will be as follows: Bay. If; Ktovall. 1b.;
Birmingham, cf.; Lnjole, 2b.; Conga!-
ion. rf.; Bradley, 3b.; Turner, as.;
Clarke or Hernia, c.; Thieltnan and Kh-
man, p.; Herring, substitute.
ATLANTA MEN
EXPECTED SOON
Pitcher Ford, of the Atlanta team,
who hits been boiling nut at Hot
Springs, Is expected In Atlanta today
or tomorrow.
Dyer will probably report Saturday
or Sunday. When these two men blow
In the Atlanta team will be complete,
except for the Fox-Jordan-X\*liitera trl *
of college coaches.
Paskert lias signed a contract to
play with Atlanta this year. This Cen
tral League youngster Is regarded ;•*
pretty certain of making good, though
the competition Is still warm In the
outfield.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
One advantage that the New Orleans and Atlanta team* have
over some of the others in the league is in the number of exhibi
tion games which they play.
Billy Smith and Charley Frank start the hall rolling as snnn
as the big leuguers hit the South and they do not let any oppor.
Utilities slide by until the Southern League season opens.'
Charley Babb is one Southern League mogul who does not
believe in many exhibition games. He says he would rather havo
his men to himself and train them on signals, team play ami the
like off in a lot nil by themselves.
We will have to slip it to Chesty Charles that he got nW av
with it last year, pretty well; but seems to us his system is dead
wrong. i
lie has no chance to find out what his pitchers and what his
batters can do, unless he puts his men in a lot of hard games. Tu
stand Memphis batters up in front of Memphis pitchers does not
prove much. It takes an opposing team to bring out slugging
ability. It takes the same tiling to try out green twirlers.
By the time that Atlanta’s twenty exhibition games ar« I
played Billy Smith will come pretty near knowing which men he
can afford to fire and which lie can't.
Of course he has thirty days after the season opens before he
has to cut his team to the limit, but long before that time arrive*
he will have thinned out a lot of the deadwooil.
The ease of Doe Childs is puzzling the local baseball manage-1
meat.
Doe. in trim, is doubtless as good as any pitcher in the I
Southern League. But ''Doc” is “out of fix” with rheumatism]
right now.
“Is Doc Childs any gvtVtlT” asked a stranger of Sid Smith I
Inst night.
. “Good t” said Sid, “I should say he was. I'll tell you howl
gooti he is. He's so good that I have a special pad up stairs I
used to have to wear in my glove when I was catching him down I
in Charleston. He has more speed than any other man I ever)
caught anti his fast hall jumps a foot. When he is in trim he [
hns a curved ball that no man can beat and he can pitch with any
man in the league.”
“Blit.” added Sid. “I am afraid that it will take Hot Spring* I
to work the rheumatism out of his arm.”
As to the Debut of Griff
and the Doings of the Bugs
NAT KAISER & CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
IS D.utur 8L Kimball Houw-
Baroaln. In Untwd««iit,d Diamond,
“I)oe” Childs has been severely criticised by Atlanta fans |
for not being in condition, hut when all is said ami done “Doc"
is not lo blame for his rheumatism. In the game lie worked I
against New York he could hardly throw the hall to the plate I
ami unless he can work the rheumatism out of him he 1ms no|
chance.
Billy Smith is still anxious to have “Doc” go to Hot Spring*)
and believes that if he could get his rheumatism cured that heV
could out-pitch, or at least equal in pitching, any man in the |
league.
Kwrll tin,
* " ;.*ddnrd
Illll
Hr. F. Holland ...
linger
Hull
A. Ilntutnond
II llntnr*
F. II Hoyt
Ilolllday ...
Jlopkln* ....
!„ J. Ilarrla
F. Johnson
hark* IV Kill*
I* d»* Klnx
,ov I'. |.JI!lX*ton.
I*. t\ I .at timer ...
.. II Thompson
.12 XV It Tffhrnor ....10
. 2 XV. J. Tllann 2
. fi It Thornton X>
.14 IVrrjp Whiting ...12
.?n H. F. William* ....12
20 .1 C XX'hentlcv . . »i
.24 A XI XX’hitl»*y .....**
.32 |; XV. Itooxhfr ... ,X>
,40 I'ercy Taylor .%»
.?* Ittiaofll ttlfharria .J9
.SUli<nrp Dtwndo* ..35
.2f» J l*. Klrkpatrlrk. 49
.«» Ilnrvrr lliitohfr ...V»
4" S tV IXnkln* 49
. *» XV. A. Ilollaymmi .4*»
.20 U It Armstrong ..16
they may havo caused Puskert's fly
to fall Just a few Inches In front of
Griff'* Jolles (mites. Tho official aooror
says that's French for pretty paw*.
Hut. anyway, those Insects annoyed
tirllT. There was some talk of jtctttaK
an Injunction out oKalnst Hill Hmlth
to prevent the presence of tho bugs
again.
The score:
NKXV YORK.
Hoffman, cf
Keeler, rf. .*.
Conroy, s»
Morlarlty. lb
Klelnow, 2b
Griffith. 2b
Iml’ortc. 2b
Clarkson. If
Thomas, c
Castleton. p
Brocket!, p
o 3
FINLEY PLAYS
LOCAL COURSE
\\\ Finley, the president of the
Fouthern railway, played the Kn*t Lake
(otf course of the Atlanta Athletic
*lub Wednesday, as the guest of 1*.
Thornton Mar.ve.
Mr Flnlev expressed himself a*
gnutlv delighted with the course and
prohpe*letl that It would one day oe
among the bext In America.
DAVIDSON WON
OPENING GAME
Davidson. N. C . March 22—Davidson
College baseball team ilefeatetl the Col
legiate Institute XX'ednesdny by a score
«»f to 3. This was the first game of
>
one corner wax a rope loop which he
tied around Wallace’x ankle. He then
stretched the tarpaulin taut and had
three boy* sit on It. The pit* her then
toMed them over the plate and XX'allace
couldn't pull his foot hack II*- wax
hitting like a fiend until one curve ball
nipped him on the tied foot and he got
gun shy.
BA RON 3 LO 8 E AG AIN.
Birmingham. Ala. March 22—The
f.'hlrago Nationals put It user (firming,
ham again Thursday by a xuore of 11
to 3. The Cuba made 12 hltx and 5
errors, the llarona • hlta and 7 error*
Taylor. Durbin and Kahoe wotkrd f.*r
Birmingham, and Turner, Bruner and 1
Mask fur Birmingham.
By PAUL WILKE8.
Naw York 9
Atlanta .. 3
Mr. Clark Griffith dehutted Into the
fextlvltlex at Piedmont Park Thursday
afternoon midst the cheers of the mul
titude.
And as a sort of a celebration of the
main aqueexe working with his em
ployees, Mr. Sparks was unkindly
pummeled. Griffs entree Into the so
ciety of his pals was marked by a
merry-go-round match that resulted In
four more runs being added to the
score. Thl* was the final Installment.
The afternoon's festivities ended with
Bill Hmlth closely hugging another
lemon In the sha|*e of u 9 to 3 score.
Every man of the New York bunch
tried n hand at landing on Spark* Just
to show I hiss Mau Griff that they were
up and doing. XX'hen the smoke of bnt-
tie cleared away It was learned on
good authority that three single* and
one triple had been extern ted from the
Cracker lllnger.
Another Inning that proved disas
trous for the Hmlth tribe was the third,
when a couple of errors and as
many swats twttcd four run* for the Sparks, p
visitors. ' *S|*ndc 1
Griffith's entrance Into the limelight j —
was surrounded by singular difficulties. Total 36
lie was constantly annoyed by bug*. I Score by Innings:
Home of flu* onlookers say they wen* j NVu \*otk 994 914 009—1»
mosquitoes.'but lb«* general opinion Atlanta loo 000 200—3
wn* that they were gnat* They Summary— 1 Two-base hits. laiPorle
sefmed to know that the working of Becker. Hall; three-base hits. Paskert.
the big tnogul meant harm for the J ttrockett. Sweeney; stolen base
hotnefolkn. Ho they Incessantly buxted ; rov. Griffith: sit* rlllce hits, Wallace.
In tlrlff* face and eyes They kept {.aPorte; first base **n ball*, off Hr«»«
him shooing from the time In* entered ett. I. uff y.eller 2; struck out, by Ci
the game In the sixth until the finish. tlctnn 4. by Zeller 2. by Itrockett. l.
O'Leary. Time.
Totals
ATLANTA.
Becker, cf
Wallace, rf. ..
O'Leary, c
Paskert. If
Castro, 3b
Hall, ss
Sweeney, lb...
Hoffman. 2b...
Zeljer. p.
...3* 9 15 27 11 2
AH R1BPOA K
...5 1 2 1 1 1
... 4 0 2 0 0 u
1 10
0 6
0 0
9 27 IS 2
Frank Doesn’t Get Knight,”
Say Griffith and Billy Smith
According t*. Billy
Griffith, the story sent out from N
<‘Means Thursduv to the effect that
Janus Knight had been signed by
New Orleans to play third base I*
• greatly exaggerated "
Griff says that he has never given a
waiver on Knight and would never *!•»
so I'nless In* *I«h»* give a waiver on
the man. Philadelphia can not sell hint
to New orleans or any other minor
Hmlth and Clark league club
Ho there must be
ome mistake about
Smith doc* n»t believe that «’**nnle
lack w ould ever let go **f so promising
player ns James Knight and he ha*
it I filth's assurance that he would n »t
• civ** his claim to the man.
So t'harlrs Frank seems to »k*
spilled” on th* Knight deal.
Fuller
knock
ut Smith In the box In pine
u.lder. but with two out 4>ly
d a home run. breaking up the
MUENCH &
BEIERSDORFER
YHE PEACHYREE JEWELERS
Diamond,. Watch,,, J«w«lry. Pin,
Wjtch, Clock rnd Jowolrjr R.o.lr
Ing.
M Poochtroo Stroot Allanto, Go.
8,1. Phon, llll.
LITTLE WINNERS WANT «•-!•« » l'» cher The Ilne-up follows:
ONE GOOD PITCHER. I >Hitmhy. T..m St.ml. > K.»
_ . . .... , . I r.ilmi i. llmiin Kitn. <»'.itKv ll»mb>,
T.> the S|M.rlltiK K.tltor tle.irKliin |, » n l-:v,n». Milton Kvun*. nitty Kent-
The Little Winner* want n goal Jbeil. Bert Ilrown. Bernard Ilrown.
pitcher, who lias good curves xml g«* k! i A tub g**«**! pitcher writ** t.» Manager
control I T**u» Stanley. 12 Seim** ptreet. Atlanta,
Tie XVInnrr** have all the team e\- j«Ju.
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Wc want oixlt'i'K for *~—
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in rar lots or less. Wo can »mhfs of any size,
also overt thing in mill work and tlresstsl stock.
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“Emmons for Quality” \
Don’t Delay Buying
The Easter Outfitl
Sunday the 31st is Easter!
Is the new Spring Suit, the Hat and other little fixin's ready? If not you had
better visit Einmons—the earlier the better, too.
Here you are. n stoek of wearing apparel to select from such as you have never
seen before for Spring and Summer.
Suits of the celebrated Stein-Bloeli and Hamburger makes—hand tailored and
perfect fitting—in scores of exclusive patterns and stylish models. Hats and Furnish
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you appear well-dressed for Spring.
Come tomorrow.
The Smartest in Suits
i
i
The now two and three-button single and double-
breasted Sack Coats in an endless assortment of stylish
pattOMnii including the new Walnut Browns and Gun
Metal Greys—of smooth and rough effect materials.
Blues and Blacks, too, in Serge, undressed Worsted and
Thibet. Prices of Men’s Suits range from $1.').00 to
!?3.-).00. Youths’ Suits from $10.tK) to $?!5.00.
Hats and Furnishings
Hats of the world’s famous maker, John B. Stetson
—and the Emmons Special brands in all the new slui]>cs
and shades. Soft hat prices range from .f2.(X) to .$3.00,
stiff hats $3.00 to $3.00. Neckwear in new ami hand
some silks, in all shapes, 30c to $1.00. Shirts in new and
pretty patterns, $1,00 to $2.30. Fancy Hosiery in the
new Spring shades, 23c to 73i—ami everything else to
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