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/ ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 29,1907. r YANK-CRACKER GAMES END WEEK AT PIEDMONT | SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING IMIHIMHMHHMIHU NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j BY PERCY H. WHITING. “Pitcher Wallace!” Ye*, the same old Bob, who used to play centcrficld and throw the ball from the back fence over the top of the grand stand, just as a pastime. And the great part of it is that Bob is “getting away with it.” He pitched part of the game against Detroit Wednesday, after having pitched for the New York Yannigans in the morn ing. Thursday he again pitched for the Yannigans in the morn ing and in the afternoon pitched part of the game against De troit. He has asked Billy Smith for permission to pitch both games against New York, one against Cleveland, both of the Brooklyn games, and he wants to finish up the exhibition series by twirl ing both games for New York and is negotiating privately with Clark Griffith for a double header the dosing Saturday. This Wallace is certainly a glutton for work. “I never had a sore arm in my life,” says Bob. “I have it rubbed down every night, whether it needs it or not, but there - was never a kink in it. Bob is the twirling wonder these days and has the crowd with him. When he went in to pitch Thursday ho got the best hand of the season and long before Harley was through the fans began calling for Bob. Here’s hoping he arrives. Those Crackers certainly do hit? Next to losing most of the exhibition games it is the most encouraging symptom of the sea son thus far. The only pitcher who 1ms held the Atlanta batters down for any length of time was “Ducky” Holmes, and it is doubtful if he could do it again. These hits haven’t always been bunched, but they have been there all right and as long as a team is hitting the ball right on the nose it will win some games, from teams of its own class, any way. DETROIT LEFT NO PITCHER BUT MAY SEND ONE BACK Left Hander Smith Gets One More Trial. NFW THIRD SACKER. Ball and Dyer arc the Cracker cripples these days. Ball’s arm is bad—so bad in fact thnt he had to drop out of Thurs day’s game before the finish. And poor Dyer is lame from head to heels. The news of the sad end of “Chick” Stahl was a profound shock to the sixty-odd professional baseball players who were in Atlanta yesterday. Most of them knew him personally and all spoke of him in the very highest terms. One of his baseball friends suggested Inst night ns his epi taph “He was a good baseball player and a gentleman.” NAPSMAYBLOWSOUTH NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT \ajoie Figures That There Will be 100 Ball Players Here and Wants to Prevent Crowding. By ED F. BANG. Macon, Ga., March 19.—The Cleve land team may cut Its stay in tho I South short by two days. As now planned the Naps will lay over In Atlanta Wednesday and Thura. day of next week, playing there tho first two days. Manager Lajolo figures that as three other teams will bo In Atlanta at tho 'same time none of them would got In 'very much practice. In all over loo players will bo there at tho samo time. Of course tho Napa could train nt the Georgia Tech grounds, but tho pitchers object, ns they aro compelled to throw uphill, tho diamond being Inclined. Lurry Is of tho opinion thnt two days more further North will servo to acclt- nmto tho Naps to the chilly blasts that are almost certain to be experienced. It Is probable that the Naps will leave Atlanta Tuesday evening and train In Dayton for two days prior to the game on Friday. ATHLETIC CLUB SHOOTS WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY The trap shooting season at the At- .lanta Athletic Club will be Inaugu rated Saturday afternoon. Tho East {Lake traps have been put In order, the shooting lodge has been opened and Barney Worthcn, who manages tho shoots, has secured flvp famous profes sionals to give an exhibition as an opening day feature. The professionals who will be on hand arc: A. M. Hatcher, of Bristol, Tenn.; Harold Money, of New Haven, Conn.; J. M. Hawkins, of Baltimore, MB.; Walter Huff, of Macon, Go., and J. C. Hightower, of Amerleus, Go. Tho management hopes to moke a big feature of these shoots, which will be held every Saturday, beginning at 3 o'clock. The I effort to Interest tho shoots, and those Interested are urgent ly Invited to be present. When Hugh Jennings and the De troit Tigers left Atlanta Thursday night they carried with them that left- handed pitcher that Billy Smith wants. However, he may come back. Jennings received orders from the club owners to carry the man on with him to Meridian, Vicksburg nnd Little Rock and to work him as often as pos slble. From Little Rock the decision will come ns to whether or not Smith will get the man. The prospects look good, however, and Jennings has practically assured Smith that he has a swell chance of landing the pitcher. With this man and the one that Clark Grimtti Is suspected of having Inten tions of turning over to Atlanta, the Crackers' pitching staff ought to be the beet In the leugue. The week Is finished out with games between the Highlanders nnd the Crackers. Smith will pitch Zeller on Saturday and arimth has promised to put Hughes In against him. So the two star pitchers of tho Atlanta team last year will face each other on the Piedmont diamond. Otto Jordan will report Saturday morning nnd will be In the game Sat urday afternoon. Just how Smith will chnngc his line up to accommodate Otto Is not known. It Is quite possible that Hoffman, who Is In fine trim now, will go'to the relief of either Ball or Dyer, who are both In bad shape. Griffith will probably play Conroy at MAY FIGHT AT BALLGROUNDS Jack Gleason Trying to Get Gans and Nelson Together. Atlanta and tanks Meet Friday and Saturday. Mnriarlty'a legs still worry him and he thinks by a rest of a few days they will Improve much more rapidly than If he tried to work on them. Elberfeld thinks the same - way about his back and the doctor has advised him not to attempt any real work for another week. In the meantime, the Kid Is pawing up earth and champing at his bit. He Is anxious to get out and help things along. Without him In the Infield It has no pivot. He Is director general of all the plays there. When he and Chase are both uway things do not balance. BILL DYER. Here is the man who holds down third for the Crackers this year. San Francisco. March 29.—Jack Glea son, the baseball man, wants to get into the thick of tho frenslcd fisticuff whirl. Gleason met Nolan and Sellg, managers of Nelson and Gans, respectively, last night, and told them he would give a purse of 140,000 for the Gans-Nelson fight If they would agree upon terms. Gleason thinks he could put tho men In tho ring at the new baseball park on July 4 and mako money out'of the ven ture. short and Klelnow at first. Mortality and Elberfeld are both too badly crippled to get In the game. MURPHY WINS ON A FLUKE Knocks Out Sullivan Technicality and Riot, Follows. on Baltimore, Md., March 28.—Kid Sul livan was knocked out by Ilarlcm Zeller vs. Ragan In the “Opener Birmingham, Ala.. March 29.—Local fans arc taking a big Interest In the opening contest of the Southern Ligue, which takes place between Birmingham nnd Atlanta April 9. The fans here are giving odds that Birmingham lands the first game from Atlanta. Information has reached here that that first game will be pitched for Atlanta by Dr. Zeller. The fans are anxious that Ragan twirl for Birming ham. These two stars will make that first game more than Interesting. The visitors from Atlonta and Mont gomery—many are coming—will see gathered here many of the moguls of the league, including President Kuva- naugh. The Arkansas judge will de liver on address and will raise the pen nant. dTd you hear TIGERS ROAR? Crackers Did and Lost the Game by Score of 8 to 5. After tho loose-jointed exhibition of bush bail given by tho Detroit and Tommy Murphy In tho second round AtInn,a teams Wednesday both aggre gations reformed Thursday and played << HOME RUN” JOHNSON JOINS HIGHLANDERS By SID MERCER, of Tho New York Globe. Johnson,” and though he doesn't an. pear heavy enough to do such lone range hitting right along, his recoFd speaks for Itself. The Giants have cause to remember this young man. They played an ex hibition game last summer at Brad- ford. Pa Johnson was a member of the Bradford team. He got two home runs In the game. The first time he went to bat his manager Instructed him to hit a certain figure on the score board. Joe McGInnlty was pitching Johnson followed Instructions and the ball missed the spot he aimed for only by a few Inches. It was a Ijome run all right. Last season Johnson had a trial with the Phillies, but Hugh Duffy didn't give him much of ashow. Last night when Jennings released him to Griff, Johnson declared he want, ed to go home. He wasn't strong for the Montreal thing, but he didn't have a ticket and so he Is going to stay with the Yankees until they go North. Jen- nlngs gave him a fine recommendation. He says that Johnson has a future If he will not lose henrt and advised him to spend a year at Montreal, as he Is not experienced enough for major league tbly will play him In There will be a new face In left field for the Yankees today when the team lines up against Atlanta for an exhibi tion game. Charley Johnson, of Ches ter, Pa., turned in hla Detroit uniform to Hughey Jennings late last night and now Clark Griffith Is paying his board bill at the Aragon. While It Is hardly likely that John son will remain with the Yankees after the season starts, still he will get a chance to show what he can do, and it he Is fortunate he may draw the extra outfielder’s assignment. Detroit could not use him and as Griff offered to place Johnson with the Montreal team, the player was left here when the Ti gers left Atlanta last night. He will remain here for the remainder of the training season, at least, and there Is just a possibility that he will stick after that. Johnson Is a ball player who doesn't weigh any more than Willie Keeler, though he Is a bit taller. He has played independent ball with high-class teams In Pennsylvania and Is famed through, out that section for his hitting ability. Up there he Is known as "Home Run ball. Griff probafa left field In the remaining' exhibition games and by the time the season opens he will have a line on Johnson's abil ity. Suicide of Chick Stahl Has Cast Gloom Over Yankees By BOZEMAN BULGER, of The New York Evening World. NEW ORLEANS G AME ENDS IN YOUNG RIOT Special to The Georgian. New Orlenns, I.a., March 29.—The New York-Phlladelphla game hero on Thursday broke up In a squabble In the flrnt tnnlng. Umpire Zlinmer gave the game to Phlladhlphla, 9 to 0. McOraw and Bresnahnn wore ordered off the field for cursing Zimmer when he refused to advance runners on an alleged balk of Pitcher Plank. Rresnn- han was forcibly ejected by the police, but McOraw would not budge, nnd aft er a squabble of fifteen minutes tho game was forfeited. It Is likely that the scries will be called off and It is rumored that the New Orlenns club will sue McOraw. About 3,500 were at the park when tho trouble arose. Manager Frank took matters Into his own hands and paid back the spectators. at Fords theater last night. It was a technical rather than clean knockout, and tho fluke so en raged tho house that a Hot seemed Imminent. One extra savogo enthu slant hurled a whisky bottle on the stage that Just missed Referee Crow, hurst. Tho fight was a whirlwind af fair. Complies with all requirements of the National Pure Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington. KNEEPADSAND SHIN GUARDS FOR N. CLARKE Spcclnl to The Georgian. Macon, Ga.. March 29.—Nig Clarke, the little catcher of the Naps, will In augurntc nn Innovation nninng AmcH can League catchers the coming soa. son. Nig will wear shin pads. Clarko Is one of the lightest back stops In the business and last season suffered nny number of hurts and bruises us the result of tip fouls bound ing off his lower niotorettes. Nig has decided to safeguard against n repeti tion of the Injuries this year and will don shin guards and horse-hair knee pads. FREEMAN MADE GREAT SCORE “Fresh Roasted Coffee?—bah I Mother didn't use fresh roasted coffee, she had Arbuckles.’ The way to get a good cup of coffee that tastes like Coffee with all the delicious flavor and aroma intact, is to buy a package of the old original Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee, and grind it as you want to use it, first wanning it a little to develop the flavor and make the grinding easy. Coffee loses its identity as Coffee after being ground or exposed to the air and is easily contaminated by handling. Arbuckles* was the first roasted pack aged coffee. The pores of each coffee berry are sealed after roasting with fresh eggs and granulated sugar to hold the goodness in and make the coffee settle clear and quickly; an actual appli cation by machinery, of “ Mother’s" methods— as patented by this firm. SdJ «Jy la pacbflN, nU tm dw ' —<- — r - J fat md*. Sala lor J7 yonnend im <aW ah. <4 »B Ae ate, patleed caiaat The lag cafc« Idf yoa la driak, aad am Tree now lawlra. Saa^UC-a^UBa aU ofa. If yaar dniff anal mmb. writ, la ARDL'CKLE BROS, New York City. The visiting trap shooting profes sionals gave a fine showing nt the At lanta Gun Club's traps Thursday aft emoon. H. D. Freeman, the local professional, broke 149 out of 150 birds, missing his 131st. Other scores were: Name. Shot at. Broke. A. M. Hotelier 100 Harold Money 100 Tom Hunnleut 60 Clarence Everett 130 135 West End Stars Play Saturday The West End Stars will play their first match game on Saturday after noon at 3:30 o'clock, Grady Place dia mond, West End. Benches have been put on the grounds nnd a dope stand will soon be I erected so those who come out ■ have nil they are looking for. i The team which will oppose the Stars ] will be unother West End bunch enp- ‘ mined by ''Sis'' Falvey. This team was defeated by the Stars Ip '06, but this nr Captain Falvey says that he will win. Time will tell. Both teams moat cordially Invite I their friends to come and see what “swell” teams will represent West End ! this year. • j The probable line-up of the'Stars will i be: W. E. 8. Middlebrooks, catcher: I Henley, pitcher: Ward, first base; j Crane, second base; Frank, shortstop; I Harks, third base; Stauffocber, Collins, Evcret, Terrell, outfield. real baseball. Errors were numerous enough, but they were mostly made on circus chances and the hitting was just "free” enough to mako things lively. The visitors went right at the run making In the first and by steady hit ting had enough tucked away In the fifth to end the suspense. Though errors played somo part In this run-gcttlng, It was mostly due to swift slugglnf. Paskert, Hoffman, D. Jones and Cobb figured most frequent ly In this bat-waftlng performance. Atlanta made her dash for the game In the seventh and eighth. In the for mer three hits off Eubnnk turned the trick nnd In the latter a base on balls, a single and a two-bagger off Willett produced the same result. Rnssman was out of tho game on ac count of a boll on his thumb and Craw ford was In his place. Cobb’s batting was fierce, his three-bngger being line drive that nearly knocked a board off the back fence. The score: Atlanta— ab. r. h. po. Becker, r. f. Dyer, 3b 5 0 S. Smith, lb .. ..5 1 Paskert, 1. f. .. ..6 1 Castro, c. f, s. s..3 0 Ball. s. s 2 0 Spade, c. f A 1 Hoffman, 2b .. ..3 1 Sweeney, e. .. ..4 0 Harley, p 2 0 Wallace, p 2 1 Totals 35 5 Detroit— ab. r. D. Jones, c. f. ... .5 2 Coughlin, 3b ....5 0 Cobb, I. f 4 2 Crawford, lb ....4 l McIntyre, r. f. 1 12 h. po. a. c. Downs, r. f. Schaeffer. 2b Archer, c. .. O’Leary, s. s. Killian, p. .. Eubank, p. . Willett, p. .. Rossman .. Totals ....1 ..4 . .38 8 11 •Batted for Eubank In eighth. 8core by Innings: Atlanta *10 000 220—5 Detroit 201 210 200—8 Summary: Stolen bases, Crawford, McIntyre. O’Leary: two-base hits, Becker. Sweeney, Cobb: three-base lilts. Paskert. Cobb. D. Jones, Schaef fer; double plays, Schaeffer to O'Leary to Crawford; Innings pitched, by Har ley 6. by Wallace 3. by Killian 3. by Eubank 4. by Willett 2; struck out. by Killian 2. by Eubank 2, by Willett t, by Harley 1. by Wallace 1: bases on balls, off Eubank I, off Willett 1. off Harley 1, off Wallace 2; hit by pitched ball, by Killian 1 (Castro, by Eubank 1 (Hoffman). Umpire, Lafltte. Time of game, 1.40. Shreveport Team Is Down in Texas Special to The Georgian. Shreveport, La., March 29.—Shreve port opens at Houston today, plays three games there and three at Gal- eston. returning home Wednesday. The team will be divided and Sunday gaines played both at Houston and Galveston. Fisher expects to let Pitch er Noah go to a team In the Pennsyl- vanla-Ohlo League. Baseball was forgotten last. night when tho Detroit and New York play ers got together and discussed the sad end of Chick Stahl, the one-time great ball player who committed suicide at WeBt Baden. Chick Stahl was one of the best loved ball plnyers In America. He had friends by the score In every city where he traveled. He was of a Jolly, sunny disposition and always carried a smile. It was often a saying among ball play ers that "You couldn't get sore at Stahl because he was always there with that happy smile.” Both New York and Detroit players are at a loss to know the reason for the suicide. Stahl's worries as manager were not sufficient for him to brood over It. He took tho position tempo rarily, anyway. Less than a week ago he asked to be relieved of the Job. ns the responsibility Interfered with his playing. His request was granted and unless there Is something beneath the surface the players have no idea what could have prompted such an act. The death of Stahl cast a damper over the Highlander camp this morning nnd mqch of the pepper was missing as tho plnyers started to the park. The practlco was scheduled to bo very light, however, ns New York plays Atlanta again this afternoon. This should be a very Interesting game. The Atlanta pitchers have Improved wonderfully In tho past week and as New York's In field Is crippled It ought to be close. The Regulars defeated the Yannigans again In a practice gome yesterday and the affair brought out the fart that New York has another pitcher and one who has almost been forgotten. He Is none other than Mr. C. Griffith himself. The old fellow went In to pitch against the Yannigans and what he did to his team mates was a plenty. Even his old friend McGuire was buffaloed. Grif fith used nothing but a slow ball and nn occasional curve. He had the young fellows and the pitchers breaking their backs going after It. Castleton was given another tryout, but ho got a bad start and could never catch up. Right off the reel the Regu lars Jumped on him for four hits and these, aided by an error, gave four runs —and that was enough. The Yanni gans did manage to get three, but the Regulars made 7 nnd Jim McGuire led his team of colts from the field In dis gust. Toward the latter part of the game Castleton got control of his curve ball and the players were unable to do anything with It. Old-timers like Wil liams. Keeler, Conroy and Hoffman were baffled. Griffith would frequently come behind tho plate and watch this curve break. As tho season approaches Griffith continues to be Impressed with his now southpaw. Castleton Is a very modest kind of a fellow and as he is always willing' to be taught all the players llko him. Ho will work for an hour trying to do something that ho has seen an old player do. TECH TEAM ALL READY FOR GAME WITH MERCER Tech stacks up ngatnst a real com petitor Saturday afternoon when tho boys from Mercer will Invade Atlanta, hoping to carry away with them tho first of the state championship games. Within the past two years Mercer has dropped eight straight games to Tech, and It would not surprise many If they should turn In nnd get a portion of their revenge In the first game of the season. Reports from Macon state thnt a number of last year's veterans arc hack nnd that the team" Is showing up In great shape. If this is tho case the bat tle on Tech field will be a sharp one. with advance honors about even. Lafltte Win be In the box for Tech, nnd great work Is expected of the man who did such remarkable twirling In hla first season In college ball. I; he Improvea proportionally he should be the wonder of the South this year, and bids fair to prove a second Weldon Henley, whom he resembles In phy sique. The Tech line-up will be as follows: Lafltte, pitcher; Knight, catcher; Brooks, first base; Parker, second base; Buchanan, third base; Wright, short stop; Davenport, left field; Robert, cen ter field; Stewart, right field. Tho game will be called at 3:30. Cleveland Plays Macon Twice Then Starts For the North Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., March 29.—Yesterday was an off day with tho Macon club, and the players spent the afternoon, prac ticing and getting ready for the two final clashes with tho Cleveland Amer icans. The last game will be played Saturday afternoon, and then the Naps pack trunk for their trip back to the middle West, stopping first In Atlanta Eagles Want Game The Third Ward Eagles have organ ised a strong team nnd wish to chal lenge any team under 16 years. The line-up Is us follows: T. Had ley. catcher; E.' Shed, pitcher: F. Mar tin. shortstop; S. Bond, first base: N. Turner, second base; H. Morse, third base; W. Hayes, center field; B. Daw son. left field; S. Henley, right field. Address all challenges to T. Hadley, 395 East Fair street. B. M. /. Wins Game Special to The Georgian. Asheville. N. C, March 29.—The Bingham-Military School baseball team defeated Waavervllie Wednesday by a score of 8 to 1. Today Secretary E. S. Barnard will confer with Secretary H. H. Starr, of the Macon club, for the purpose of closing a contract for next spring. Cleveland Is more than anxious to re turn, for should rain hold off tomorrow all three weeks will hove been com pleted without the loss of one minute In training. kl „. The selection of a Macon pitch ng corps for this season Is still keeping Manager Llpe upon tho anxious seat. In Scanlon and Tribble, both left- handed men, he has found nothing above the ordinary, and may yet “«• cldc to retain Shumann. Clarke ana Helm are sure of their positions, ana there Is but little guess work about John Fox. .... When not engaged In Judging P 1 *' Slats Davis, the South Atlantic League's new arbiter. Is busy securing advertisements upon his own two Davis has but little regard for a man who Is not able to grip onto a side line- and he Is using his head to good ao vantage. In Macon he has plannra 1 place a satin or plush banner. plenty of adds surrounding the senea ule for the season. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Oee-tur St Kimball Hour* Bargains in Unredeemed Diamond* CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, We want orders for TIMBERS AND HEAVY FRAMING in car lots or less. We can furnish orders of any suWi also everything in mill work and dressed stock. E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS., 542 Whitehall Street