Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, Wc want oixlt'i'K for *~— TIMBERS AND HEAVY FRAMING in rar lots or less. Wo can »mhfs of any size, also overt thing in mill work and tlresstsl stock. E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS., 542 Whitehall Street. 1 “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 ing Goods in an endless assortment of all that’s new'and good—everything to make 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 If You’re Out of Town, Write Ut. Mail Order* Receive Prompt Attention. 39 and 41 Whitehall Street.