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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1907.
DETROIT TEAM HERE WEDNESDAY FOR TWO GAMES
1 SPORTING RAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
••IHftNli
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Speaking of baseball—did anybody say anything!
Yes, Augusta won the game—1 to 1. '
What’s the odds!
Three star members of the team missing, third baseman play
ing his position for the first time, made more hits than the oppo
nents and less errors. And lost!
Zeller started out the day as though he were going for a
record. He made the first three innings hitless nnd nllowed two
hits in the next three innings. The seventh and eighth spoiled
him.
“Rube” is rounding into form, though; and is more than like
ly to finish onc-two-three among the league’s pitchers.
Bill Dyer, the new third baseman, got a good start. The
first chance that eame to him was a hard one and ho got awny
with it. The first time at bat he made a hit. His second time up
he went safe on an error and scored Atlanta’s only run. The next
two times up he made hits—one a double.
Dyer looks like the player thnt everybody touted him to be.
And here’s hoping. Atlanta has been needing a third baseman
since the league started and is lucky indeed if Dyer proves to
be the man.
Why Castro should be wasting his talents as a baseball play-
o* in summer and an undertaker in winter when he could be coin
ing a fortune ns n comedian is hard to tell.
Not thnt ho isn’t a good ball player or undertaker, though
we can’t testify on the latter count; but the game is so much
easier on the stage.
His cheerful good nature can be counted on to jolly the
Atlanta team out of many a bad slump this season and his play
ing will be a help worth counting on.
Dyer’s two-bagger wns a lucky one. Kustos lost it in the
sun, ran in for it, and before lie got track of it, it almost hit him
on the head. He dodged and the pill went to the fence.
There seemed to be some doubts on the part of some fans
as to why Becker wns out in the ninth inning. After Spade
reached first on a single, he took three fruitless swipes at the ball.
Evers dropped it nnd neither touched him nor threw to first.
Becker was out, of course, under the rule which says: "The
batsman is out if while first base is occupied by a runner three
strikes be called on hint by the umpire, unless two men are al
ready out.”
It’s tough luck to hit a dozen times for 15 bases and then
get one run out of it. However, such is baseball.
AUGUSTA HIT
ATLANJA HARD
Sallys Get Away With
Game, Though Apparent
ly Outplayed.
Oh, well*
The Highlanders had their Mncon,
the White Sox their New Orleuns and
Boston her Little Rock.
Therefore, it In only fitting that At
lantn should have her Augusta.
As to the score:
Atlanta 1 Augusta 4
It wasn't a bad game either, except
for its apparently endless length. It
began fn the middle of the afternoon,
but the moon was shining at the finish.
Atlanta pluvod pretty well, too, even
though she lost. The Crackera made
more hits thun their brethren from the
Sally League, but somehow the sub
minors got away with the goods.
The score:
Augusta
Bender, rf. .
Maloney, cf. . .3
Wagnon, lb. . .5
Holmnnon, 2b. . 4
Kvers, c 4
Kustun, If. ... 3
Itelnhart. 3b. . . 4
Brennan, ss. . ,4
t'ommlngor, p. . 2
Platt, p 1
Totals 34
Atlanta— ub.
Becker, rf. . . . 4
Dyer, 3b. ... 5
Bid Smith, c. . . 4
Paskert, If . . .4
Castro, cf. . . . 4
Ball, ss 4
Hoffman, 2b. . .4
Bweeney, lb. . .4
Zeller, p 3
Bpade 1
nb. r. lb. po.
0
r. lb. po. u. e.
0
o
Totals 37 1 12 27 15 2
8core by Innings: R.
Augusta 000 000 130—4
Atlanta 001 000 ooo—1
Summary’: Two-base hits, Bid
Smith, Dyer, Bender, Hoffman; stolen
bases, Hoffman; sacrifice h»l», Malon
ey, Kustus: double plays. Wagnon to
Kvers; first base on balls, off Zeller
4, off f’ommlngor 1; hit by pitched
ball, by Zeller (Bender); struck out, by
Zaller 7, by Conmmlngor 2; passed ball,
Smith. Time, 2;20. L'mplre, Lafitte.
Naw Bank for Jackson.
Jack-soti. Mias., March 24.—Jackson
Is to have a new banking institution
with a capital of half miMion dollars.
All arrangements for the launching of
4fcU bank have been completed.
SOPHS MAKE
MOST POINTS
Special to The Georgian.
Emory Collie, Oxford, Ga., March
26.—The Hpohomores easily won the
class field day, amassing 49 points to
the closest opponents, the Seniors, 26.
The Sophomores took first place In four
events, the Seniors In four and the
Juniors nnd Freshmen two first* each.
The star* of the meet were Blckley,
senior, who took three firsts; Dewar,
Junior, with two firsts; Joe Bryan,
sophomore, with two and Butler, fresh
man, with two.
The detailed score of events follows
100-ynrd Dash—First, Blckley, sen
lor; second. Ward, soph.; third, Me-
Fann, soph. Time, 10:6.
Half Mile—First, Dewar, junior; sec
ond, B. Green, soph.; third, Culbreuth,
soph. Time, 2:17.6.
High Jump—First, J. M. Bryan,
soph.; second, Roberts, soph; third,
Bedlnfleld, Junior. Height. 4.11.
22o-yani Dash—First, Blckley. sen
lor; second, Ward, soph.; third, Hasch-
er, sub. Time, 24:2.
Pole Vault—First, Dillard and Bryan,
sophs; third, Sewell, senior. Height,
8.6.
440-yard Dash—First, Blckley, sen
ior; second, F. T. Wilson, soph; third,
Young, soph. Time, 57.2.
Hummer Throw—First, Wiscnbaker,
senior; second, Bedlnfleld, Junior
third. Williams, Junior. Distance, 72.1.
Low Hurdles—First, Butler, fresh;
second, Almand, senior; Bedlnfleld.
Time, 30.2.
Shot Put—First, Iminbert, soph; sec
ond, Hammond, fresh; third, Wlsen-
bttker. senior. Distance, 32.4.
High Hurdle—First, Butler, fresh.;
second, Muscher, sub.; third, Almand.
senior. Time, 17.6.
Broad Jump—First, J. M. Bryan,
soph; second, D. L. Smith, soph; third,
W. S. Bryan, soph. Distance, 17.9.
Mile Run—First, Dewar, Junior; sec
ond, I'ulbrenth, soph.; third, F. T. Wil
son, soph. Time, 5:12.
Summary—Seniors, 26; Juniors, 16;
Sophomores, 49; Freshmen, 13; subs, 4.
WHY. SEE WHO’S HERE!
Groat thing, these exhibition games. Doesn’t do any harm
to lose them; and may do a lot of good. ,
Three men on the Augusta team were ex-Sotmtern League:«
—Jack Evers, “Red” Hohannon nnd Wiley Piatt. Jack and
“Red” were in the league last year, the former, of course, with
Atlanta,.and the latter with Nashville. Piatt was with Nash
ville, let'a see, must have been in 1903, though maybe it was '0
Anyway, he distinguished himself that season by pitching more
games than nay other twirler in the league. ,
IREVENGE ON AUGUSTA!
THEN CONES DETROIT
A MACON CATCHER.
THIS 18 HOFFMAN.
gentle pattime of knocking—the half.
“SO LONG, MARY."
Revenge!
Augusta beat Atlanta Monday with
Atlanta's brag pitcher In the box.
But look out for another story on
Tuesday.
That game Monday was just one
of "them things."
It Is doubtful If Augusta can do II
again. Anyway, Billy Smith will do
his best to put In a team which will
prevent It.
Detroit arrives Wednesday morning
for two games.
The American League Tigers have a
strong team, It seems, and will doubt
less show some first-class baseball.
Considerable Interest center* around
the games they will play, but even more
around the fact that Manager Hugh
Jennings will very likely leave a player
or two In Atlantu. Just how this mat
ter will be arranged and Just whether
New York or Detroit will get the train
ing privilege at the new Ponce DeLeon
park for next spring will probably be
urranged before Detroit leave* here.
The New Yorkers end the week. Next
week Cleveland. Brooklyn and New
York furnish the exhibition bill.
The old bunch looks much the same, except that Bohannon
has put on a little flesh.
Jack Evers played a nice game and showed that he could
handle the back stop position as cleverly as of yore.
"DOC" CHILDS.
Thi, ii positively tho farewell
appearance ef Doo Childs. Last
aeaaon ha waa an on-and-off mem-
bar of the Atlanta aggregation, but
‘ ibeon securely
Athletics in New Orleans
For Series With the Giants
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans. 1*1., March 2C.—The I’liIHi*
delplil* Athletic* arrived here last night
for their series with the New York Giant*
beginning tomorrow afternoon. The Giant*
are expected today from Han Antonio.
Mike Bonlln. who has held out for $600
more salary from Manager McOraw, ar
rived lu New Orica ii* tul* morning nnd
will Join the team here. He any* financial
mnttera have lieeti adjusted. Boullu 1* In
condition and will play In th Jt series.
Tin* I'ellenus left today on n tour of
up|K*r Louisiana nnd MlNfdKSIpid. They will
play thi* afternoon nt Thll»oa*ux. Jumping
to Alexandria and Boiialdsnnvllle for a few
gnmea. and then will play nil exhibition
aerie* with Juck*oii, Ml**., and Gulfport,
Ml**.
Donohue Round
Into Fine
Anhnrn, A!a„ March M.-The team that
Is going to represent Auburn In the H. I.
A. A. for the coming season Is showing up
well.
Conch Donohue Is giving his men s lot
of enreful training, which wns plainly seen
In the Montgomery-Auburn gsme on' the
rnmpus Inst Thursday afternoon. The
gnmc resulted In n victory for the Aulinrn
boys by the score of 3 lo t. Aulinrn hns
ono of tho swiftest Infields In the South,
which Is composed of Burgess nt first, last
ing Auburn
Fighting Trim
year’* catcher; Steele nt aecond: Mark* nt
third; McClure at *liort stop. Whit tier will
do the linckntnp work, and Sr.iu and I'eck
Worm* will do tho twirling.
The outfield will prohnldy consist of
Alexandria In left field; center field lie*
lie twee ii Ware, Mr Lemon; nnd Webb, or
Reynolds: and Swart* will probably work
In right field.
The team will leave for Baton Rouge
Wednesday morning, where they will piny
the L. S. IT. three game*. They will retfirn
about April 1. nnd on the 4th, 5th nnd 6th
they will piny Marlon on the campus.
FORD, OF MISSISSIPPI, HAS REPORTED
AND IS A PEACHERINO, ALL RIGHT
Have you "saw" him?
Ills name Is Ford—no, not Ford of
Cedar Rapids, but Ford of Columbus.
No, not Ohio—Mississippi.
Yes, that makes two Fords on the
pitching stall—for a while.
This H. L. Ford la tho Mississippi
phenomenon who was touted off to
President Dickinson.
Somebody down In Mississippi agreed
to pay all expenses If Billy Smith
would give him a trial.
This made the proposition look pret
ty good, so Billy wired transportation
to tho man nnd Monday morning he
arrived.
Ford spent the morning looking at the
tall buildings and was a tritle stiff
about the neck when he reported nt the
park. But It did not take him long to
work It out.
When he walked on the diamond he
was nonchalantly pulling a store cigar
ette. it took Billy Smith about fifteen
seconds to reach him and then he
chucked the cigarette.
' Immediately he grabbed a ball nnd
began soaking them In to Sweeney.
Tho first two or three were easy ones,
Just to warm up. Then he began cut
ting them over nnd every time one
lunded Sweeney winced. Finally, with,
out any warning, he bent one. Sweeney
missed It entirely and cursed. (It
might be mentioned In passing that
outside of Mississippi when the pitcher
switches to a curved ball he signals
that fact to the catcher so thnt that
worthy enn be on the lookout for trou
ble.)
"Where did you get that one. Kid?"
naked Sid Smith'when he eaw It. nnd
Sid Immediately got up and took a po
sition behind Ford. Pretty soon Billy
Smith Joined the group nnd presently
there was a small crowd watching the
Mississippi wonder.
"What's he got?” asked somebody of
Sid, after Billy had sent the youngster
out Into the box. "He has the speedi-
reno and the curvereno," said Sid. "And
maybe he has the noodle."
•'Here's where I run an automatic
ball In and knock It out of the lot,''
added Sid, and forthwith did It.
But Sid Smith wns not the only
member of the Clan of Smith who was
impressed, for Billy likes his looks and
will use him soon, probably against
Detroit.
Ford (H. L.) Is a great big chap,
with an Ideal build for a pitcher, plenty
of steam nnd fine curves. If ho has
control nnd a head Billy Smith has
picked up a wonder. Anyway, Bill Is
game to find out.
C. GRIFFITH
IS WORRIED
Finds it Hard to Part
With a Single
Pitcher.
NEEDS ALL HE HAS
“AND THEN SOME.”
Wants to Clinch Hold, How
ever, on Training Grounds
For Next Spring.
WALSH.
Catcher Walsh ha. been forced
<o leave the Macon team on ac
count of illness, but Manager Lipe
hopes to got him back soon.
CUBS DEFEAT
DOBBS’ TEAM
Naflhvllle, Tenn., March 26.—In a fast
and unappy game the Chicago Nation
al* defeated the Nashville team yester.
day 3 to 1. The fielding was brilliant,
and the Na»hvllle team annexed the
majority of the hit* made. The same
team* play again thi* afternoon.
Score by Innings:
Nanhvflle 000 010 000— 1
Chicago 000 120 000— 3
Batteries—Sorrell and Well*; Tnylor
and Kahoe.
Annual Tennis 1
Ends at
Fournament
Marist College
The second nnnunl tennis tourunment hss
Just been finished nt the Mtrlst College.
Esmonds Falvcy nnd Walter Hnhnril won
out In the senior doubles snd Henry L.
Collier captured the singles In the same
class.
Winners In the Junior doubles wero Owen
O'Keefe nnd Topllff Parts. Dsvls also
took tho Junior singles.
Tho gntues were held early this yesr In
order not to clash with the Inter-class
bassbsll series. This series will occur Ira-
ius.Hatel) after Easter ou the superb dia
mond In the college grounds already de
scribed In The Georgian.
A new tcnnl* court Is now being laid
which will be the equal of au.v. What with
the splendid gymnasium; the Immense
hand-hall alley*; the equal of any profes
sional diamond nnd the fine tcnnl* courts,
the MnrUt College l* able to hold It* head
up with npy Institution of the kind In the
country. Father Gunn Is * stickler for
perfection In the poetry clow; for higher
mathematic*; for Latin nnd for the com
mercial course, but a* a time tried uni
versity man himself he 1* a ntroug believer
In an abundance of fresh air.nnd In manly
upon*. "Hound bodies for sound minds,"
miyt the genial rector of the Hncred Heart.
H. PULLIAM’S
FATHER DEAD
ATLANTA TRIP
PLEASED NAPS
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CLEMS0N TEAM
ROUNDING TO
Ctemson College, March 26.—Since
the close of examinations nnd the ad
vent of hot weather, baseball practice
has taken on new life. Coach Hhaugh-
nesscy Is fast rounding the men Into
shape. Ills plan of sending a man In
from tho practice when he makes In
excusable errors has had the effect of
keeping the men on the alert.
The 'vnrslty has not been permanent
ly picked yet, but the line-up will be
somewhat as follows:
Cuptsln T. H. Blssell, catcher: Farm-
cr, pitcher; Barksdale, first base; Coles,
second base: Robertson, shortstop:
I,afar Blssell, third base: I.ykes, rich
field: I<ee, center field: O. II. Blskell
left field: Latimer, substitute pitcher.
DODGERS DUE
ftpeclnl to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., March 26.-11. C. Pul
Uam. Sr., fuller of President llurry l'ul-
Until, of the National l.engne. died tiers
lust nigh:, utter n lingering Illness, lie
wns M years old nnd a native of Allen
"strl^vSibim Is survived by three sont
in.,I two daughters. He lived hero with
his daughter. Mrs. U. W fa n. The burial
will tuke place lit Dullsville Wednesday.
I'resident Pulliam was with hla father at
tho end.
Calloway Signs
Siloam Players
Hllnnm, Ga.. March 26.—Manager
Calloway of the Siloam baseball team
has about finished signing hts aggre
gation for 1907 and expects to have n
very fast team In the field.
I.. Rhodes nnd Davidson wilt do the
pitching, nnd they are stars In their
line. With B. Rhodes behind the bat.
Corry on first. Calloway on second,
Ftlllglny nt short. D. Reynolds on third,
Crldelle. Reynolds, Ward and Johnson
In the outfield. Siloam expects to have
siloam expects to have a winning
omblnatlon.
8END IT EARLY*.
o press agent* for amateur baseball
team*:
P|ea*c send all notice* of amateur
team* early if you wi*h them lo ap
pear In The Georgian. The sporting
page done* nt 10 a. ni. and nil notice*
Intended for use on the *i»orting page
should be on band by 9 o'clock.
Macon, (}«„ March 26,-If la bock among
the old folks with the N«|m.
Larry** hoy* returned !•» Mncon Saturday
evening, after * very profitable vl*lt to At
lanta, where they trimmed the t’rneker*
In two game* with »*u*e. Reside* wiuuing
the game* l»y large margin*, the Nap*
brought a considerable bunch of coin with
them, playing to over 3.DOO people In the
two games.
The Nap* never played better ball than
a gainst Atlanta. The • system" wns very
niiidi In evidence, nnd.close observer* who
have *oen both teams In netlou against At
lautu expressed themselves thnt the Nap*
hot! it over the Ynuks forty wnv*. and
then some. Kven KM KllierfeW, the
Yanks’ shortstop, gave It as hi* opinion that
If the Naps showed the same form against
Amerlean league team* tlint there would
not be tnueh doubt nliont the 1907 winners.
Manager UJole was very well pleased
with the showing of Ids men. In only one
iilav dhl thcr fall down, that being on a
bunt along the first base line. Berger and
Stovall both making for the ball, leaving
first uncovered. Tills same play Is not like
ly to catch the Nans asleep again.
The Nap sound arrived from Hot
Hi»rings late Monday afternoon. Elmer
Flick Is expected here by Tuesday. Hard
work will then be on In earnest, nnd.
although the Itotrolt Tigers wlM Ih» here,
the Inside play will In* continued Just a*
If lennlngs* men were still nt August*.
Detroit plav* here Monday nnd Tuewlny.
The Naps play Mncon Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. There will only lie one dou
ble practice during the neek. Thursduv.
which ls an opeo date lu Mneon.
The t’levelauder* will depart for Allan-
la next Sunday. Indng scheduled there Mou-
lay and Tuesday. They will lay over there
until Thursday afternoon, leaving for I»uy-
m. when* they play Friday.
There Is no denying Hull Atlanta I* a
„rcat I sill town. For so early In the sea
sou. the Naps played to big crowds.
Il w.is lucky for Sid Smith, the heavy
liltter of the Southern League, lb*; Hclnle
Berger was not In tlrst-rlas* stiain* utieiij
lie Itouneed the ImII off hi* lienti lu Katnr- J
Special to TIip Georgian.
Savannah, tin., March 26.—The Brooklyu
Superb** are expected here tomorrow, to
renmlu until Sunday. They have beeu lu
Jacksonville, administering sternly defeats
to Mullnnoy's Dotnlnleker*. The Phillies
gave the locals a *erlen of Jo Its, but some
new men have arrived and the Chain to
expect to deliver the good* to the kuock
lug fan*. The latest Acquisition to th*
local aggregation Is Huber, wbo hall* from
Gotham.
Brunswick Team
Is Now Organized
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick. Ga., March 26.—An amateur
bnselHill team ha* lieem organized In thi*
city and practice will commence at once.
being prepared.
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O Colorado Springs a few year* O
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Hayes Wants Fight
To the Sporting Editor The Georgian:
Eddie Hayes, the Atlanta feather
weight, won what was to be ft twenty-
round fight here Friday night by
knocking Young Jenette out In the
fourth round, and would like to get a
fight on with B. Gunn or Kid Kelly
right away, the match to be pulled off
In Savannah or Albany.
Yours truly,
J. M. SULLIVAN.
Manager for Eddie Hayes,
Featherweight Champion of the .South.
Savannah, Ga., March 23. 1907.
STRUCK OUT
25PLAYERS
Donald Fraser Pitcher Does
a Stunt and Wins Close
Game.
Donald Fraser defeated G. M. A.
Monday by the score of 9 to 8. The
game was played on G. M. A.’s ground*
and wnfi exciting throughout. Tolleson,
for Donald Fraser, pitched wonderful
ball for a prep player, striking out 25
of G. M. A.’* players. Croble started
the run getting In the sixth Inning by a
home run with a man on first
that time on Donuld Fraser kept the
lend, but It wa* so close that all were
on edge until the last man wa* out.
The l’ne-up:
Donald Fraser.
Croble, ss
Travl*, 3b
Ree*e, 2b
Cook, fcf
Beene, If
Tolllson. p. .1 ..
Kelly,, lb
McColklll, c
Spencer.Mel I, rf...
G. M. A.
.. . .Whitely, c.
May, 2b.
,. .. Horton, 3b.
.. ..Troaler, *s.
Montgomery, lb.
.. ..Cooper, If.
. .. Cingwell, rf.
Griffin, cf.
. .Doty-Mayer, p.
Hot Game This!
Score Only 45 to 3
In 6 1-2 Innings
Special to The Georgian.
Dahlonegn, Ga., March 2C.—The N.
G. A. C. team von a game Saturday
from Gainesville on the home grounds.
From the word "play hall" Gainesville
wns hopelessly outclassed. The score
was 45 to 3 In favor of Dahtoncga. The
game lasted 6 and 1-2 Innings.
By Sid Mercer, of The Naw York Globe,
Manager Billy Smith, of ;hc Atlanta
team, had another talk with Clark
Griffith last night about the transfer of
one of the young Yankee pitchers t„
the Atlanta team as security for the
use of the Atlanta grounds next sprln
arlff w ants to come here In 19ns an I
ho would like to accommodate the At
lanta manager, but right now he is | n
a quandary. His twirlers ull look
good that ho hates to think that he may
he passing up a winner In any man
that he may turn over to the local elm,.
Al Orth, Billy. Hoggs and Walter
Clarkson are the veterans of the pltcn.
Ing department, not counting Griff,
nnd of the seven young men looking
for berths there is not one that does
not appear promising enough for further
trial. But Smith needs his pitcher very
soon now and whoever draws the as
signment will be left here when the
Yankees start North. '
If Griff can not aparo a man, he may
have to seek new training quarters. The
Detroit club, which plays here Wednes
day, stands ready to hand over a twirl
er for the same consideration. Thero
Is some talk of both Detroit and New
York training here next spring. New
York to use the new grounds, to he
opened In about two months, nnd De
troit to practice at piedmont park.
Is hnrdly likely, however, that either
Jennings or Griffith would be pleased
with this arrangement.
It doesn’t seem likely that either
Hughes or Keefe can be turned back
to the minors. Smith would think him-
self lucky If he could have the use of
Cnstlcton for a season, but this young
mu'n looks like a winner. He ls a good
student of the game, notes the weak
nesses of bntters and remembers them
and ls tho most ambitious youth that
ever entered Camp Griffith. The other
day when Cleveland was playing here
Cnstleton sat directly behind the plate
and noted what the Cleveland bntters
liked and what fooled them and stored
It away In bis mind for future use.
this way ho Is a pitcher after Grift's
own heart.
Bobby Keefe Is another strong con
tender. Jt can be almost positively
stated that Keefe Is going to remain a
Yankee all season. A year ago he was
not right and he finally had to give up
because of appendicitis. While lie -s
not n rugged athlete, Keefe hns sur
prising speeil and endurance. A good
slow ball, so Griff thinks, will make
him one of the best pltchera In thi
league. He has all the other things
and a change of puce would make him
a puzzle to batters. Keefe's curved
ball Is a wonder.
Tom Hughes Is certainly entitled P»
show whnt he can do In the Amerlean
League, for he was the best pitcher In
the Southern League Inst season.
Hughes hns done very well In the ex
hibitions he has pitched.' These nra
only the men who have had a chance to
show class. The others are not so far
ndvnnced, but every one Is good, and
when they get to going it will he a liar 1
matter to let one go. Brockett ant
Doyle are pitchers who do not put lit
their best licks until the season Is ue'l
under way. When It gets hot and the
"phenoms" begin to blow up, pitchers
of this sort begin (o come to the front
and usually remain there all season.
Cy Unrgar Is another very promising
young man. He has speed and a Jump
on the ball that entitles him to consid
eration. . ....
Tuesday morning all of the pltrlierj
went through their traces at PtedmoK
park with Griff standing by Inspect tut
eaclt man’s work closely. This k tnn
feature of practice these days, for th’
rest of the team Is in good shape. Mu
ring Elberfeld. TI rare was only ■ "*
period of practice again Tuesday,
the afternoon the Yankees will
Augusta ami Atlanta play again, w
Augusta team beat Detroit lost . rtur
day and Atlanta yesterday, so the
Ynnkees are,not the only ones to w,
trimmed by'a South Atlantic Lcagu-I
leant. Wiley Platt, who used to pm a
for Griff back In t’hlcago in 190.. «■'»;
on the slab for Augusta yesterday.
Elberfeld will be out for posslbl) «
days or two weeks. He was so anxi.
to get to work once more Hint I'
on a uniform last Saturday and “
his doctor says It was the worst thins
he could have done. The strain';'
muscles must not be exercised -f ‘
nnd massaging Is the treatment 1-
scribed and Elberfeld is not a
pleancfi with his lot.
MONDAY’S BASEBALL.
Brooklyn *4. Jacksonville 0.
Philadelphia 3. Charleston I.
Detroit 6, Macon 0.
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