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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1907.
LAST OF EXHIBITION GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
GRAPHIC STORY AND COMPLETE BOX SCORE OF THE OPENING GAME
OF SOUTHERN LEAGUE IN THE GEORGIAN’S GREEN EXTRA TUESDAY
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The Southern League Baseball season opens Tuesday afternoon at Birmingham, with Atlanta playing the Barons.
Atlanta has a good team. There is no question about that. Every fan will want to know how each Atlanta player
acquits himself on the diamond. The Georgian has made preparations to cover the contest as completely as possi
ble. A special leased wire will run from the Birmingham baseball grounds right into The Georgian building. Every
play and incident of the game will be recorded faithfully and accurately in the GREEN EXTRA, which will be on
the streets immediately after the final play has been made. A full BOX SCORE will accompany the detailed ac
count of the contest. Percy H. Whiting, The Georgian’s sporting editor, will go to Birmingham to witness the
initial game of the season and will give an expert account of the showing made by the Atlanta team. If you want
the best story of the game, the most accurate box score and the earliest full account, BUY THE GEORGIAN’S
GREEN EXTRA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NOTE—There will be other live sporting news in the extra, too.
PERCY H. WHITING.
Well, we’ve waited a long time for the opening of tho
Southern League season but it’s almost here now.
Monday night about, G :30 a Southern train will—or is due to
to—pull out, bearing the Atlanta baseball club—headed for Bir
mingham.
The aggregation is due in the Pittsburg of the South along
about midnight. Then for a ust until daylight—then strenuos-
ity.
The full details of the celebration in the Smoky Burg have
not been given out but there will be a pared?, with band, deco
rated carriages and a lot like that; exercises at the park, flag
raising by the Birmingham team—and then baseball—the'first
game of the Southern League season.
For the benefit of the many who have naked and for the few
more who may not know—this is a regular gnmc and counts in
the championship series. It is a game which the Southern Lcnguo
allows Atlanta and Birmingham to transfer from August 5, 6 or
7 to April 9.
If it happens to rain Tuesday there will he a lot of disap
pointed fans in Birmingham and a mighty disappointed base
ball association. For it will cost a lot of money to ship the At
lanta team to Birmingham, and if it rains the said trip is practi
cally a dead loss.
However, Birmingham wanted a flap raising at tho very first
of the season and the hackers are taking the chance.
After the game the Atlantn team bends back for Atlnnta.
Secretary Ethridge is working with the Southern to get them
to hold a train bo that the Atlantn players may start right back
after the game. If they do not make this one they will come on
a later train.
Whatever happens the Atlantn tenrn opens in Atlanta Wed
nesday afternoon with John Malarkey’s Montgomoryites.
This will be the “game strenuous.” It is tho season’s open
er for Atlanta nnd Billy Smith sends in Rube Zeller to win it for
him.
Three more games follow with Montgomery and then tho At
lanta team leaves for a tour of Alnlmma, playing first in Bir-
hinghnm and then in Montgomery. The Crackers will be gone for
eight games, returning to Atlanta April 24, when they open with
Nashville.
Atlantn fans can snfely await tho opening of the season with
serene contentment. They may not have n team which will win
the pennant, but they have one that is going to be almost there
at the finish—if not altogether on the spot.
This team only won four nnd tied one of the exhibition
giant's, and twenty were played—the full number scheduled.
But that cuts no merry ice.
The Atlanta team this year is better than it has ever been
before. Right at the Btart it looks better than any team in the
league was last year. Only two places on last yenr’s team were
weak. Both'of those arc now well filled.
And the pitching staff, which looked a shade wobbly at the
jump, is all there. With Hughes, Zeller, maybe the new Detroit
man and one or two others out of the excellent collection to do
the winning, it is hard to see how Billy Smith’s bunch can be
beaten out of first place. Maybe they will be. But, anyway, it's
going to be a race.
Atlanta is as sure of first division honors as Montgomery, for
instance, is of second division.
Right now the first division at the finish looks ns though it
should include Atlantn, Memphis, New Orleans and Birming
ham—perhaps in about the order named.
The rest go in the second division, with Shreveport fifth and
a likely candidate for first division honors; Little Rock next
and then Nashville and Montgomery.
The happenings of a season will no doubt prove this to be
bum gmessing. You can’t pipe off the finish before the first
game is played. If you could, some of these dope artists with bet-
ing proclivities would get rich.
But anyway that's the way it looks.
And what pleases most is that Atlanta looks more like n pen
nant winner than ever before in the history of a Southern
League race.
EAGLES WANT GAMES.
The Eagles would like to get a game
with any team In the city. They have
a very itrong team and can put up a
good game. The team Is captained
and managed by Tom Hadley.
The line-up; Hadley, c.; Sheard, p.;
Martin, a. a.; Bond, lb; Turner. 2b;
Moea, lb; Hayes, L L: Cook. c. f.j
Henley, r. f.
Anyone wanting game* can get same
by calling Bell 'phone 80* Malln. Blx-
teen-year-old class.
OSMOND SHEARD.
"George Darts can either report or
go to the biases." says Charley Com!*-
key. of the Chicago White Sox. Time
will decide which George Is going to
do.
BASEBALL OPENING THIS WEEK
IN SOUTHERN, SOUTH ATLANTIC
AND COTTON STATES LEAGUES
Tho three most Important baseball
leagued In the South—the Southern,
South Atlantic and Cotton States—
open their seasons this week.
The word "Go!” In the Sally League
comes Monday; "They're off!” In the
Southern Tuesday, nnd the Cotton
Staters break loose Thursday.
Here are the opening games In the
three leagues:
SOUTHERN.
April 9.
Atlanta In Birmingham.
April 10.
Montgomery In Atlanta.
Little Rock in Memphis.
Birmingham in Nashville.
Shreveport In New Orleans.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Macon at Charleston.
Columbia at Jacksonville.
Augusta at Savannah.
COTTON STATES.
Vicksburg at Meridian.
Columbus at Jackson.
Gulfport at Mobile.
Three other leagues of the Southland
open during April. They ai*e:
Virginia League, which opens April
18th.
Texas League, which opens April 20.
Gulf Coast League, which opens
April 24.
Everything points toward large and
strenuous openings all up and down
the line. *
The Sallys get away with a rush. The
Southern opening should be the best
ever, and If the Cotton States prospects
have ever been any better nobody re
members it.
SMITH AND THIRTEEN MEN LEAVE
ON NIGHT TRAIN FOR ALABAMA
Opening Game With
Birmingham To Be
Played Tuesday.
At 6:30 Monday night tho Atlanta
baseball team, accompanied by club of
ficials , newspaper men and a crowd jf
rooters, will pull out on the Southern
railway train, headed for Birmingham.
The bunch is due to land In the lan l
of smoke about midnight and Tuesday
afternoon, with bands blaring, pennants
flying and things humming generally,
the Crackers and Barons clash In the
opening game of the season.
Billy Smith will carry with .him
Paskert, Winters nnd Becker for his
outfield; Fox, 1 Jordan, Castro and Dyer
for his Infield; Smith and Sweeney to
do the catching; Schopp, Spade and
Ford for pitchers, and Hoffman as util
ity man.
The batting order will bo practically
tho same used by the Crackers In all of
HE PITCHES OPENER.
GRANT SCHOPP.
The little left-hander is in fine
trim now and Billy Smith has an
nounced that he will use him in
the opening game against Birming
ham.
their games last week.
Schopp will probably do the pitching.
Schopp Pitches, Smith
Catches and Castro
Plavs Short.
IMA GINAR YINTER VIEWS
WITH LEAGUE MOGULS
It Is a custom of long standing to
interview the Southern League base
ball magnates just before the season
ofens, with a view of finding out what
they think about the pennant race, and
the prospects of their own team.
To save the trouble of getting these
interviews, the writer Just piped off the
stralght-from-the-heart views of the
seven moguls ouslde Atlanta. Here is
what he thinks they think:
Charley Frank, New Orleans:
don’t like the cut of Billy Smlth’a face,
nnd I don't think he has a chance. New
Orleans will, as usual, win the pen
nant. The only thing that can change
the results will be the usual unfair
ness of the umpires and the superior
excellence of the other teams.’’
Charley Babb, Memphis: “Of course,
don’t say that our team will win
the pennant, but it will. I will play
JACKETS TIE
WITH TIGERS
Ford Is first reserve man and Spado
will go In If the worat comes. Sid Smith
will do tho catching. Castro will play
shortstop. Otherwise things will be .is
usual In the Atlanta line-up.
Zeller will be left at home to rest up
for Wednesday’s opener In Atlanta.
Rowan, the pitcher turned over to
Atlanta by Detroit, has reported and
will be used probably in the second
game against Montgomery. He Is a
great big chap, who did well in tho
Western Association last year and
ought to repeat It this year. O’Leary,
who played In the same league with
him last year, and Jim Archer, who has
caught his delivery this year, speak in
tho highest terms of his work.
The Southern railroad has promised
to hold the night train for the Atlnnta
team and they will get out of Birming
ham for Atlanta immediately after the
game with the^arons Is over.
The final game between Clemson and
Tech was a tie, 2 to 2; though the
teams battled 11 Innings through the
mud In an attempt to reach a decision.
This gave Tech one victory and one
tie in the series. The score:
Clemson. ab. r. h. po. a.
O. BissoH, If. . . 4
T. Blssell, c.
Lee, 2b.. ..
Lykes, rf, . .
Robertson, ss.
Barksdale, cf.
L. Blsyell, 3b.
Coles, lb. . .
Latimer, p. .
Farmer, p. .
. f»
..3 1
0
3
ab.
GEORGIAN’S CITY LEAGUE MEETS
AND TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS
The meeting of The Georgian
City League was held In The Georgian
office Saturday night and a temporary
organisation was effected.
The team* represented and their rep
resentatives were: •
Crackers—E. B. Whittlesey.
Sun Proof Team—J. M. Thomaa.
Southern Railway Baseball Club—W.
O. Parker.
West End Stars—Truner B. Mtddlc-
brook.
The Georgian—Hub Huddleston.
There seemed to be no question about
the desirability of forming a league
made up of the teams represented at
the meeting, and It was decided to
put In the present week at the prelimi
naries and to organise permanently
Saturday night.
It was derided to make the league a
six-club affair for the present, unless
there were two more desirable appli
cants. The sixth place will be Ailed by
the Beck & Gregg tenm, which was
one of the Arst applicants for a place
On The Georgian's League.
If two more desirable teams apply
before next Saturday, It Is likely that
they will be taken In, though the meet
ing expressed Itself as somewhat In
favor of a smaller organization.
It was decided to open the schedule
the Arst Saturday In Slay and to play
through to the second Saturday in
September. No games will be played
on the holidays, and very likely each
team will be given an open date or
two for postponed games.
It was decided to limit the league
strictly to amateurs. Otherwise there
will be no restrictions, but the ama
teurism of all players will be strictly
enforced.
At the meeting Saturday night a / Parker, J. M. Thomas and E. B. Whlt-
constltutlon will be adopted, officers tlesey was appointed to take up the
elected and Anal plans made for the matter of grounds, and this committee
season’s opening. will report to the meeting Saturday
A committee consisting of W. O. nigh.
FAMOUS SOUTHERN GOLFERS
Totals 36
Tech.
Wright, ss.
Roberts, If. . . 6
Buchanan, 3b. .. 5
Knight, c. . . .5
LaFittc, p. . . . 5
Brooks, lb. . . 5
Stewart, rf. . . . 3
Hightower, 2b. , 3
Davenport, cf. . 3
1 33 13
h. po. a.
shortstop, and I Aatter myself thd
shortstop will be well played. I < ;1
pect our tenm to win all the games .
the road. It always does. It has mort
nerve than other teams. I do not sar
who Instills this nerve Into tho teaix
but leave you to draw your own con.
elusions.”
Mlko Finn, Little Rock: . „„
robbed of one pennant Maybe I will
be again. But you can't down
Irish.” '
Harry Vaughn, Birmingham:
would rather not be Interviewed. .
may mention, however, in, passing that
I won the pennant last year nnd that
my team will win tho pennant this
year.”-
Thomas Fisher, Shreveport: "I hati
to say, honestly I do. But Just look a
flint llnn.ttn *• .
the
that line-up.
John Dobbs, Nashville: "I’ll win tbt
pennant easy.’’
John Mallarkey, Montgomery: “Me,
Now, what are you going to
against a game like that?
YANKEES TAKE
CLOSING GAM
The last game of the exhibition *
ries was an easy victory for the Xe
York Highlanders. The Cracke
could not And Hogg or do any damaj
to Griffith, who succeeded him.
that was all there wag to It.
The score:
.T
Atlanta.
Winters, tt
Becker, rf.
O’Leary, c.
Dyer, 3b.
Ball, 2b. .
Fox, lb. ,
Paskert, If.
Castro, ss.
Ford
h. po.
4
0
Harley, p. , . , x
Totals 33 1 5 27
7 33 10
Totals 29
Score by innings:
Clemson 200 000 000 00—2
Tech 000 200 000 00
Summary—Two-base hits, Robertson,
LaFItte. Stolen bases, Lee 2, Lykes,
Barksdale. Double plays, Robertson
to Lee to Coles. Hits, off LaFItte 1, off
Lattlmer 3, off Farmer 4. Struck out,
by LaFItte 12, by Lattlmer 1, by Far
mer 2. Base on balls, off LaFItte G, off
Lattlmer 2, off Farmer 1. Hit by
pitched ball, LaFItte 1. Passed balls,
T. Blssell 1. Wild pitch, LaFItte 1.
IlnningH pitched, by LaFItte 11, by Lat
tlmer 4, by Farmer 7. Umpire, Weeks.
Time, 2:25.
SHREVEPORT
STILL WINS
6peclat to The Georgftn.
Shreveport, La., April 8.—Vicks
burg arrived this morning to play to
day nnd tomorrow. Games were trans
ferred from Vicksburg to Shreveport.
The Pirates won the second game from
Meridian yesterday 11 .to 1. Billiard
held the Pirates to one htl to the sixth,
when he went up. Lew Dockstader's
Band gave a concert at the Sunday
game. Shreveport has won every game
so far.
New York.
Hoffman, cf. <-
Keeler, rf. . , . 5
Conroy, ss. . . , 5
Morlarity, lb. . . G
Williams, 2b. . . 4
LaPorte, 3b. . .. 6
Brockett, If. . . G
Klelnow, c. . . . 4
Hogg, p i
Griffith, p. . . . l
0
Totals 40 9 16 27 11
Score by innings;
Atlanta ..000 000 010-1
New York ..002 031 210—f
Summary—Struck out, by Hogg
Griffith 2, Ford 3. Bases on balls, IDff
1, Harley 1, Ford l. Hit by pitcher,
Hogg 1. Wild pitch, Griffith. Number
of innings pitched, Hogg 5, Griffith 4
Ford 7, Harley 2. Two-base hits, Hoff
man, Keeler, Conroy, Williams, La-
Porte 2, O’Leary. Home run, Klelnow.
Double play, Klelnow to Conroy. Tlraf
of game, 1:55. Umpire, Lafltte.
REYNOLDS IN
OTTO’S PLACE
MALLORY-MARYE-B YRD-DARGAN-BAUGH.
Albert Mallory, of Momphit, and Robert Baugh, of Birmingham, are
members of tho executive committee of tho Southern Golf Association,
and were in Atlanta last weak looking over the local course. Both voted
is Atlanta's best golfer, and P. Thornton Mary# and Milton Dargan are
in favor of it for the annual tournament of tho assoo-ition. F, G, Byrd
riaht up in the first five-
Bowman a Winner
Special to The Georgian.
Bowman, Ga.. April 8.—The Bowman
ball player* were In good ahape and
anxious for a game when Elberton
gave the dare, and the boy* Immediate
ly went to "see them." The score was
very uneven, being 1? to 3 In favor of
the Bowman team. Elberton will come
up another day and try to get even
Special to The Georgian.
Mllledgevtlle, Ga., April 8,-Sin,*
Coach Otto Jordan returned to Allan**
the practice of the G. M. C. baseball
team has been In charge of Managd
E. N. Reynolds. Major Reynolds is *
player of no mean repute and he ■>
keeping the cadets at the pace set el
Otto.
These dally practices, along with tin
games played up to the present,
bringing the ball club up to a high
standard of perfection. No team f* 1
seen on the local diamond has out '
Aelded G. M. C.’s bunch and they h»«
simply played In hard luck.
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