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pnppp^jpflupppppupfil THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. APRIL 9. 190? CRACKERS AND BARONS BATTLE IN OPENING GAME SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING BIRMINGHAM-ATLANTA'TO CLASH IN OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON They are off! Down In the city of Birmingham Tuesday afternoon the first official struggle of the 1967 pennant race In the Southern League will be on be tween Atlanta and Birmingham. Schopp and Reagan will stack-up against each other on the firing line, and will run the course If the oppos ing batsmen do not get to them too handily. Indications point to an Im mense crowd, as the flag raising cere mony In scheduled to precede the start of the game. • Fourteen strong, the Crackers, head ed by Billy Smith, pulled out of At- lahta Monday night at 8:80 o'clock. In the outfit were B. and S. Smith. Sweeney, Schopp,' Ford, Spade, Fox, Jordan, Castro, Hoffman, Dyer, Win ters, Becker and Paskert. Also there were a few fans and some newspaper men. More fans would h^ve gone over If the railroads had done something In the way of rates. Several of the tried and true colled up' The Ocorglan office Monday night and asked about rates. They were game to go, but did not get the proper encouragement. President Joyner and Lowry Arnold, secretary of the local club and vice president of the Southern League, hoped to be on hand, but both were detained In Atlanta by the bond elec tion. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS PERCY H. WHITING. Well, we’vo waited a long time for this day. And now it’s here we fully expect to be too busy to enjoy it. A few of us are in Birmingham for the fun. But the bulk of the well wishers of the team aren't. For them it will be a dull day until the baseball extras are ont. This present selection is one of these "Just Before the Bat tle, Mother,” affairs. It’s got to stand the strain of a half dozen editions and bo “right” for every one. So it will never do to risk any predictions, doubtless look foolish in the baseball extra. They will If Atlanta loses it isn’t surprising. It’s the first game of the season. Vaughn will use his best pitcher while Smith is reserv ing his star for the opening gamq at home. Then there will be the band and n few thousand loud-mouthed rooters all yelling for Birmingham. So the outcome is doubtfuL And then maybe it will rain. So let’s talk about the Wednesday’s game. We’re on safe ground there—unless it rains. With good weather, though, it will be a celebration right. The fans of Atlanta arc riper for baseball than ever before. The team looks like the best ever. And the opener should be a pippin. Billy Smith will pitch Rube Zeller and the going will doubt less be bnrd for the Pretzels. The tables will he turned for Atlan ta, over the opening day. For the Crackers will bo on home grounds, tho band will bo playing in their honor and the fans will he shouting them encouragement. But word comes from Montgomery that the Legislators’ pitchers are in wonderful form and they may givo the Billy Smithites a surprise. Anyway, all tho fans will bo out to see tho fun. Tho attend ance at the exhibition games hns been largo and that indicates that thcro will bo a fence bending crowd Wednesday. I THE CUBS’ | ...COLUMN... i... Bruner, the Baron pitcher, who caused Harry Vaushn lot* of trouble by Jumping the team, haa been (old to Mobile, of the Cotton States League. Bruner was not wanted by Meridian, the club he played with last season. President John I. Taylor Is still on a stilt hunt for a manager of the Boston club. So far he haa not succeeded. Luck to you. Mr. President, for It Is a hard Job to And a good one. The college baseball season Is now In full force In the East. As It looks now Princeton has a better team than the other live. Yale la not far behind. Paste this In your scrap book. Club Managers. American League—Chicago, Fielder Jones; St. Louts, Jim McAleer; Cleve land. Larry Lajoie; Detroit, Hugh Jen nings; New York. Clark Griffith; Phil adelphia, Connie Mack; Washington. Joe Cantlllon; Boston, John I. Tay lor. National League—Cincinnati, Ned Hanlon; Chicago, Frank Chance; St. Louis, John McCloakey; Pittsburg. Fred Clarke; Boston, Fred Tenney; New York, John McOraw; Brooklyn, Pat Donovan; Philadelphia, Billy Mur. ray. Dobbs Is also after a flrst baseman. He Is trying to get Kockrtll, flrat base man for Albany. In New York State League. Kockrtll batted .248 last year. "Doc” Childs may pitch for Charles ton this year. Matthews Is trying to get him with two other men, Laroque, flrst baseman, and Munson, a catcher. Good luck to you, "Doc." Pitcher Braxell, of Little Rock, will be farmed out to the Columbus club of the Cotton States League. He will have a string tied to him. Mike Finn has secured Schumann, a pitcher from the Philadelphia Americans. Pitcher Denton T. tCy) Young has declined to accept the management of the Boston team. He said: 1 am looking forward for one of my best years In the box and do not feel my self well fitted for the managership. HESS IS SOLD TO LITTLE ROCK Special to The Georgian. Shreveport, La., April 9.—Ftshar has nnnounred the sale of Hess to Little Rock for $1,000. Although Vickilburg started yesterday, a wreck on the Queen and Crescent caused the team to return and both games scheduled here were cancelled. Shreveport leaves this evening for New Orleans. MACON HOPEFUL OVER OUTLOOK Special ts The Georgian. Macon, Oa, April 9.—One thousand and more fans heard the news yester day afternoon that told of Macon's de feat In the opening skirmish at Charles ton. It was a 4 to 1 slam, but has not diminished napes a picayune's worth. Home clubs as a rule are quite liable to snap up the opener, and then Ma. con was forced to pry the season open under the extravngant settings of a South Carolina ball park. Any set of athletes not to the style or manner born are prone to fall vic tims In a close light on foreign territo ry, and Macon's loss yesterday Is gated upon In Just this way In Macon, was a case of turn about Is fair play, too, for last year Macon blanked Au gusta In the first light In Macon. Then again Wilson Matthews had a lot at stake In Gulltown, nnd would have missed two consecutive meals rather than have dropped his first battle as a Sea Gull chieftain. First Game Monday. Not until Monday afternoon next will the local followers of the sport be given a chance to eye the local athletes In nctlon In a championship season scrimmage. Charleston Is here for games on Monday, Tuesday nnd Wed nesday next, and then off again for a one-series trip to Suvnnnah. Owing to the Mercer schedule. It was Impossible to do better by Macon fans than one series out of tho flrst four. Mercer works hero Friday nnd Saturday of this week against the Georgia Tech, and then ngnln during the wind up of tho next week. By the opening the diamond here should be every bit us good os the In- fleld In Augusta. In tho.past Augusta has been given tho palm for the fastest InfleUl In tho circuit, hut an extra amount of work has turned tho ap- pearanre of the diamond hero and com pliments In profusion were passed upon It by the visiting major league clubs. Sally Begins 1907 Season SMITH HITS ONE. SEASON OPENS HERE WEDNESDAY, MONTGOMERY-ATLANTA PLAYING SID SMITH. Here is the Southern League's ng grounders to some i NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decatur SL Kimball Hous*. Bargains In Unredeemed Diamenda My Idea ts that a pitcher does not make a good manager and 1 must decline the honor." Cy will act as captain while Ihe team Is In Dayton. Fresfdont Tay lor has a new man In sight. The road uniforms of the Barons are touted hy the Birmingham scribes to be something swell. Gray with wide blue stripes running up and down. The a different way, “I Polly Polchow will play with Scran- Ion, Pa, this season. The New England League haa a rule that umpires must produce an oculist’s certificate of good sight. It might be a good Idea to have rooters produce such a certificate before throwlgg bot tles at the umpire. Says a Birmingham paper; "Atlanta Is hnrplng stout on that opening game with Birmingham. The bragging Billy Smith will bring over a bunchgof rooters ns long as from here to Pratt City, but when he gets through batting nt the curves of Rip Ragan he will not feel so chesty." The Oulf Coast League will begin business In a few days. Ths league contains the following towns; Alexan dria, Lake Charles, Monroe, Opelousas and Lafayette, La. The salary- limit will be $950. Carl Lundgrcn, the Chicago Cub’s cold weather pitcher, says he has de veloped u new curve while operating his extensive dairy farm at Marengo, He calls It his “milk boll" and will use It exclusively In the squeeze pUy. George Davis, the While Sox short- stop, who was reported to be holding oul for more money, will report. When seen Davis said that the reason he did not report was that he did not want to make the long trip to Mexico with tho other players. Among the noted ball players who have conynltted suicide were Pitchers Larkin nnd McNabb, Catcher Bingo, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, We want orders for TIMBERS AND HEAVY FRAMING in ear lots or less. We can furnish orders of any size, also everything in mill work and dressed stock. E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS., 642 Whitehall Street, x^'l^ua SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. P.C. Augusta 1 l o 1.000 Charleston .... 1 l o 1.000 Jacksonville ... 1 i o - l.ooo Columbia ... 1 o 1 .000 Macon l o l .ooo Savannah . . . . l o l .ooo The Hnlly Leaguers nrc off. What Is expected to be one of tho most successful seasons In Its history was opened In the Bouth Atlantic League Monday afternoon. The teama all seem to be In good shape for a hard race. All managers were required to cut teams down to the limit by the flrst day of play, so the teams which played Monday are the. regular teams. Savannah, the pennant winners of last season, were defeated by Augusta, who was beaten out of tho pennant last year by only a few points. Harry Mat thews’ Sea Gulls defeated Macon, which hns been looked upon as tho strongest team In the circuit. D.. Militancy's Jays smeared It over Columbia. 5 to l, in seven Innings. • The game was called on account of ruin and darkness. This Is the fourth year of the Sally League, Macon won the pennant tho first two years, then Savannah. The fourth Is quite undecided. Monday's games; South Atlantic. Jacksonville, B; Columbia, L Charleston, 4; Macon, 1. Augusta, 2; Savannah, 1. Get It In Early! At the risk of boring those of our volunteer correspondents who get In their stuff promptly the spoTtlng editor remarks again that -all stories of games played must be rushed to The Georgian office. We do not want for Tuesday's Issue stories of games played the pre vlous Saturday. Games played Saturday ought to be In the office before 9 o'clock Monday morning If they are to nppear In The Georgian. What we want Is news, not history. Rush In nil stories of games as soon as possible after the games arc played. Also, write on one side only and sign alt articles. Charleston Lost To Newberry Special to The Georgian. Newberry, S. C., April 9.—In a game devoid of features Newberry College defeated Charleston College yesterday afternoon by a score of 6 to 4. R. H. E. Newberry 6 I Charleston 4 < Batteries—Cline and Cabanlss; Legg and Phillips. PROFESSIONAL ROLLER RACE IS SKATED IN BROOKLYN, New York. April 9.—For the flrst time In twenty years a professional roller race was skated last night at the Clermont rink, Brooklyn. The distance was three miles and Chester Smith, of Scranton. Pa. was the winner. The winner's time was 11 minutes and 4 seconds. , BILL SQUIRES TO POST $5,000 FOR A CONTEST. Honolulu, Aprl| 9.—"Bill" Squires, the Australian heavy-weight champion, accompanied by his manager, Barney Reynolds, arrived here yesterday on the steamship Mentura en route to San Francisco. Squires says he will challenge the winner of the Jack O’Bricn-Tommy Burns fight and that he will go to Los Angeles to see the bnttte. On Ills arrival in San Francisco he will place $6,000 In tho hands of W. \V*. Naughton, sporting editor of the San Francisco Examiner, as a, side bet to bind the match. The flrsf game of the regular South ern season will be played In Atlanta Wednesday afternoon. The excitement Is due to begin at 3; SO o’clock, as usual. . The Montgomery team 18 due to ar rive In Atlanta either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, and Manager Mallarkey will do his best to beat the Crackers. Billy Smitt) will put In Rube Zeller to win for him, and is counting on success. Montgomery Is here Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. La dles' day will be Friday. All the other teams In the league are due to play Wednesday afternoon. ' | After the game with Atlanta, Bir mingham Jumps to Nashville; Shreve port opens In New Orleans and Little Rock In Memphis. Montgomery's Line-up. Special to Tlio Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., April 9.—The Montgomery baseball team will leave tonight for Atlanta, where the opening game la to be played tomorrow. The boys are In the best condition, with the exception of Andy Anderson, one of the catchers. His arm Is a little sore, but he Is expected to come around In a day or two. The following will be the line-up when the game Is called: Pitcher, Walker; catcher. Hausen; flrst base, Elsey; second base, Perry; shortstop, Sweeny; third base, Connors; left fi ( M Houts; centre field, Apperlous; rich/ field, McCann. ‘ While Sweeny will be given the firjt try-out at short. It Is expected .\ y6 and probably Busch will also be tried The boys are anxious for the battin and Mallarkey states that he is conn, dent he will take a majority of the games. He thinks Montgomery has a much better team than Atlanta, and he depends much upon his pitching staff With Walker in tomorrow, then comes' Walsh or Burnum; then Mallarkev and Maxwell. , A Dutch supper Was given the play, ers, the directors and sporting writers last night at the Pickwick, and thers was good fellowship all around. The fans are confident Montgomery will take the opening game. Miss Fitch and Miss Candler Win in Athletic Competition The public demonstration of gym nastics at Agnes Scott College was held Saturday afternoon. A shield was awarded to the academy for the first time this year, and re mains to be handed down to which ever school wins It In the succeeding years. This reward was given by a friend of the schools who has taken much Interest In the athletic spirit manifested, at the basket ball games during that season. Following this pre sentation speech, and the accompany ing speech of acceptance made by Miss Ella Young, principal of the academy, a silver loving cup was presented to Miss Pope, the director, who has had charge of this department for the past three years. The cups for the. winners (In both schools) for the highest sum total points for tho day, plus highest yearly average, were then awarded by the judges. 1 Summary of events: 1. Academy Drill—Rebekah Candler, flrst; Grade Berry, second; Marie Johnson, third. 2. Academy — Apparatus (drill)— Emmie Willingham, flrst; 'Rebekah Candler, second; Julia Pratt, third. 3. College Drill—Louise Davidson, flrst; Lila Williams, second: LI1 Phil lips, third. 4. College—Apparatus (drill) — Lila Williams, flrst: Lll Phillips, second; Marguerite Fitch, third. D. Academy Bow Contest—E. Wil lingham, flrst; Ruth Baker, second; J. Pratt, third. 6. Academy Horizontal Ladder—E. Willingham, flrst; Mary Lou McClarty, second; Louise Collier, third. 7. College Bow Contest—M. Fitch, flrst; Louise Davidson, second; Jean Powell, third. 8. College Horizontal Ladder—M. Fitch, flrst; Eleanor Frierson, second; Lll Phillips, third. 9. Academy Vaulting—Mary Leon McClarty, flrst; J. Pratt, second; Louise Collier, third. 10. Academy Swing Jump—Mary L. McClarty. first; Malmle Ansley, sec ond; Eulalle Hentell, third. 11. College Standing Broad Jump— Lll Phillips. 7 feet 7 1-2 Inches, flrst: Jean Powell. 7 feet 7 Inches, second; Louise Davidson. 7 feet 6 Inches, third; Vassar record. May 10, 1906, 7 feet 8 Inches, the winner lacking only 1-2 inch of making the record. 12. College Vaulting—Lll Phillips, flrst: M. Fitch, second; L. Davidson, third. 18. Ensemble Drill — College and Academy. Judges—Miss Elma Harvey, Y. W. C. A., Atlanta; Miss Thyrxa Askew, Agnes Scott Academy; Miss Berryman, Y. W. C. A.. Atlanta. 1. Presentation of Grecian shield to Agnes Scott Academy (for winning three games of basket ball from the College). 2. Presentation of loving cup to Miss Pope, the physical director. 3. Presentttlon of cups to winners. College—Marguerite Fitch. Academy—Rebekah Candler. Some Info. About Batting Averages Swclnl to The Georgian. Sporting Editor of The Georgian; Having disputed among ourselves (or over a month as to the manner of scoring a batsman's record, we have agreed to submit to you, as Judge, the question in point. We shall thank you to" reply. 1. If a batsman comes to the plate five times and makes throb hits, walks twice to flrst base on four balls, what ts his batting average tor that game? 2. If he advances the runner on flrst baae, but sacrifices himself, how does his batting average stand—supposing he haa made two hits, fans two times and sacrifices himself once? 3. If he comes to the plate four times and walks four times, his batting is what? VBry truly. L. E. MIDDLEBROOKS. Cordele, Ga., April 8. 1897. 1. His average Is 1.000. Bases on balls do not count as times at bat. Tha man was. therefore, “at bat" threa times and made three hits. 2. A sacrifice hit does not count as a time at bat.” Two hits, two strike outs and a sacrifice would give him an average of .500. 3. His average would be .000. If a man gets four bases on balls he has been, “no times” at bat and made no hits. The Cincinnati Reds will not train In Texas In 1908. The club owners are looking for training grounds In Geor gia or Alabama. gen, Pilcher Win Mercer nnd Jnmes McCalllgnn. once with the New York team of 1900. EM Dolnnhanty's death was ascribed to suicide, but there Is reason to believe that was tho victim of an accident. Of those unfortunates, Larkin. Rlngo, Crane and Stnhl took poison; McNabb nnd Bergen shit themselves, Mercer was asphyxiated and McCalllgan cut his throat."—Sport ing News. The Little Rock club has secured Third Baseman Ben Buwcock from the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast League. Buwcock played third for the E'all River team In the New England League for the past three seasons. Watch out for Mike Finn this sea son. . 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