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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 L 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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