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had the Monties going from The official score: MAJORS AND MINORS ALL PLAYING BALL NOW SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS WHMWIMH— PERCY H. WHITING. The two major league* got away Thursday on their long grind. From now until almost this date in the,month of October the aixteen teams will battle for first honors. And then will come another championship. As a consequence of the cash grabbing policy of starting the baseball games before the winter ip over all the opening games were played with the mercury doing its famous disap pearance act. However, the crowds turned out just the same and the do ings were scintillant in the extreme. Our friends the Highlanders got away with the opener, de feating Washington 3 to 2. A1 Orth pitched the opener and the big fellow got away with it nicely. Our other American League friends, Cleveland, did not fare as well. With “Dutchy” Liebhardt in the box Detroit beat the Naps 2 to 0. “Lieby” held the Tigers down to a couple of runs but his team mates could not hit Mullin. Boston won her game from Philadelphia in 14 innings, and St. Louis shut out the Champion White Sox. In New York city tho Hyenas (ex-Giants) started trouble as usual. The Giant management failed to provide police pro tection and the ctowds swarmed on tho field. It must have been evident to all that the game could not go on until the field was cleared, but the citizens of the “Great Rube Town” prefer red breaking up a ball game to seeing one and Umpire Klem forfeited tho game to Philadelphia by the conventional score. Only two other games were played in tho big leagues. Cin cinnati beat Pittsburg 4 to 3 and Chicago downed St. Louis 6 tol ’ _ In the Southern League New Orleans turned the tabled on Shreveport, defeating them 3 to 2. However, it was a close call for tho Frankitcs and if tho New Orleans team “has much” over the Shreveport aggregation it has not shown it yet. With the ending of this week the fans of Atlanta will turn their attention from Piedmont Park to the baseball extras, for the Atlanta team will again hit the pike, hiking on a nine day trip through Alabama. The Crackers play April 15 to 18 in Birmingham and April 19 to 23 in Montgomery and then come home for four games with Nashville and four with Birmingham. And then comes that rough first western trip. The wander ers go first to Nashville, then to Memphis, then over the river to Little Rock, then down the pike to Shreveport, thpn down still further to New Orleans, where the trip ends on a prophetic date—the twenty-third. After the Western trip the battered remains will be shipped home and what is left of them "Will open in Atlanta May 24 with Shrevoport. That first Western trip is going to be one long horror. Tho team is on the road from May 3 to May 23, nnd it plays enough games to stand any team on its head. However, it may not.be so bad. The team ought to be a good road aggregation this year and Memphis proved last year that it is quite possible to go on the road and win. IIJ Atlanta has a good road team this year she’s going to win the—but what’s the uset We’ll know later, anyway. Manager P. Lipe, of Macon, Expects to Land Harley Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., April II.—Manacer Llpe Is away from ths city, so all of the Inside Information about the Harley deal la not known. It haa been stven out at the local baseball headquarters, however, that Harley Is to come to Ma con. and that the terms proposed by Manager Smith, of Atlanta, have been accepted. Should Harley go to Macon, It would very likely mean the release of Trib ble, the left-hand pitcher, who la now with the club In Augusta. When asked about the Harley deal Dllly Hmlth said, "Nothing doing yet." Of course, under the present arrange ment It Is necessary to get waivers on any man that any manager Intends to ship out of the league. This means thut If Harley Is to go to Macon every ntnnager In the league has a chance to buy him for S400. If none of them do want him at that figure, he can be dis posed of. Gordon Plays G. M. C. Saturday and Dahlonega Next Monday THREE GOOD PLAYERS ON PRETZEL TEAM PITCHER MAXWELL. Maxwell was Montgomery's star pitcher last year. He Is an Arkan sas boy and Is a wonder when It comes to steaming them over. PRETZELS GET M. RATCHFORD Ex-Sally Bought by Mallar- key and Niw Gets a Trial. THIRD BASEMAN CONNOR. This new man Is playing good ball for Montgomery, and seems to be a star. MACON FANS ONLYWAITING First Home Games Comes Monday—Big Crowds Expected. FIRST BASEMAN ELSEY. Here Is the man who will-work - against Ratchford fqr the job of regular first baseman for Mont* gomery. MJke Ratchford reported to the Montgomery team Thursday. Mike Is an ex-Sally and has been with Memphis this spring. However, Manager Babb found that no man had much chance at first base against the redoubtable ‘‘Scoops" Carey, and consequently sold Ratchford to the Pretzels. Ratchford will he given a chance to win a position from Elsey, who has been playing nice ball for Montgomery, and who will be a hard man to dis place. 8|MH'lnl to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., April 12.—No matter how the other two games of the week come out for Macon, one thing Is certain that she will Tflave done as well upon the road this week us she did at home last season. During the opening week of the campaign of 1906 Macon man aged to take two of the six games. The showing on the road so far has been more fragrant and the chances seem favorable to a better climax. What the fans of the city are now looking forward to with u great amount of Interest Is the opening of the cam paign on the home grounds next Mon day afternoon with Charleston, Many of the enthusiasts have It all doped out already. They seem to believe that If Macon was able to land two out of these games In Oulltown they should take all three contests here. One thing is certain, that no matter how tho other two games of the present Macon- Augusta series terminate the fans will back up the club In splendid shape here next week. The only thing that is troubling the anxious ones Is that but three engagements are to be fought out on Macon grounds of the first twelve games played. Atlanta Woolen Mills Team Wants Place in City League Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian: Dear Sir—We noticed In your pa|ier yesterday where you wanted two more good team* In your league anil we de elre to get In If there Is any poesIBIe chance. We have a very good team and play clean ball. We would have sent In our application sooner, but we did not think we could get oft soon '••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••MM*** ! Standing of tke Clubs. Southern League. Little ltm-k 1 Ninth! ill,. 1 Atlnuts 3 Shreveport - lllnnlngham - New Orleens - Memphis t Montgomery - Plsyeil. Won. I-oil. p. C, South Atlantic League. * CLUBS— I'liiyoil. Won. Isist. P. C. Jacksonville ..4 :: l .*50 Augusts Hnvunush Mnron .. Charleston Columbia Special to Tho Georgian. Barnesvllle. Go., April 12.—The Gor don Institute team tackles the Mll- ledgevllle bunch Saturday afternoon in a game which promises to be ahum mar. Gordon haa been putting on some fancy touchea In preparation for the first prep gams of the eeason. Big Joe Mercer eays he Is feeling M as a Addle and ready for the fray. He will be caught by williams, who played such- a brilliant game against Tech. In the Tech game, with two men on bases In the ninth inning and two down, Williams secured a clean single off Ed Lafltte that came near winning the game. Btalllnga will be seen in left Held for Gordon. He le a Newnan boy and la a good batter. He takes Durham’s place In the held. Durham recently left and entered R. E. Lee Institute. Stembrldge and Klker wilt perform for O. M. C. After this game Dahlonega comes for two games on Monday and Tuesday. It Is needlese to eay that Sam Woodward wilt bring down a good bunch from the Mountain. The memory of aif old college rivalry will be revived by the gome, for Sam Woodward and F. B. Anderson, the _ 'hllmlelphln Cincinnati ! ('htiiiffo 1 Near York . x .. .. • .1 enough to play. We get off now, how ever, at 1 o'clock on Saturday* and would like to get In if there is any chance. If we get In we will do our best to Interest all teams we come In contact with. We are known under the nnme of the Atlnnta Woolen MIHs. CARL BECK, Manager, 16 Bluff St., City, or DAN GLOWER, Captain. 8 Ella St. Atlanta, On., April 9. 1907. J. MALLARKEY RELEASES MAN Lets Shortstop Sweeney Go and Nye Takes His Place. Crackers Play Classy Ball; Rowan Pitches Winning Game The Atlanta team showed Its real class In the game Thursday, winning from Montgomery by the score of 6 to 2. Rowan, the man turned over to At lanta by Detroit, made his official de but. and he was the hit of the occa sion. He held Montgomery down to six blngles,’ and the only time the Mon tide got onto him was In the fourth, when a base on balls, a couple of hits and a wild pitch netted Montgomery their only rune. In the rest of the game he had them anchored. Rowan—and, by the way. that name Is pronounced as though It were spelled Ro-an, with the accent on the “ro”— looks like a combination of Raymond and Bumum, two members of the At lanta pitching staff last spring: and he seems to be more reliable than the former and to have more energy than the latter, with a good deal of the re markable ability of both. Atlanta made three rune In the third and Montgomery two in the fourth. It looked like anybody's game until the sixth, when Walsh and his support has brain storms and three more rqns came over. After that they pushed It through to a speedy conclusion, with nothing doing on either side Tile Crackers put up u high-class article of baseball, batted in a timely fashion, fielded wonderfully well and i Jump. Montgomery, ab. r. h.' po a Houtx, If. ... 4 (1 0 i a' Sweeney, ss. . . 4 0 1 3 , Connor. 3b. ... 4 o in 3 McCann, rf. . . . 3 0 0 0 0 Apperlous, cf.. . Z 1 0 4 0 Perry. 2b. ... 4 1 2 4 •> Elsey. lb 4 0 1 3 J Hausen, c. . . . 3 0 0 3 ■■ Walsh, p. ... 3 0 1 0 4 •Ratchford . . 0 0 0 On Totals 32 2 6 24 13 •Batted for Walsh In ninth. Atlanta. ab. r. h. po a Winters, cf. . *. . 3 1 2 2 n Joruan. 2b. ... 3 0 2 1 4 S. Smith, c. . . . 4 0 0 5 1 Becker, rt. . . . 4 0 1 4 n Dyer, 3b 4 0 0 2 » Fox. lb 2 1 0 10 n Paskert, If. ... 4 1 2 1 0 Castro, se. . . . 4 1 1 2 ■> Rowan, p. .... 3 2 1 0 3 Totals 31 6 9 27 12 Score by Innings: .Montgomery 000 200 000— 1 Atlanta 003 003 oo«_ « Summary—Two-base hit, Elsey; ,to. len bases, Perry, Castro 2, Apperloui Sweeney, Becker; sacrifice hit, Jor dan: double plays. Dyer to Castro to Jordan. Perry to Sweeney; first haw on baits, Walsh 4, Rowan 5; struck out .by Rowan 4, by Walsh 3; wild pilch line, 1:45., ••—■— - - Umpires, Rud- gpeclal to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala.. April 12.—Swee ney. who was secured from the Hudson River League and who played short stop In the first two games of the sea son. was today released and Nye, one of the men trying for the place, left here this morning to take his place. Americus to Have A Good Ball Team Special to The Georgian. Americus, Ga., April 12.—Americus will have one of the best baseball ag gregations that will be seen on any South Georgia diamond this season. The practice already reveals the fact that many good players are here, and after the next two weeks Americus will be open to nil challenges from teams playing Ideal men. She prefers Albany. Cordele, Columbus or nny South Georgia town of that else and all challenges addressed to Murray Dunn will And acceptance. TECH GOES TO PLAY MERCER The Tech team has left for Macon, where It plays Mercer Friday and Sat urday afternoons. These games are In the series for the college championship of Georgia, and will doubtless be hard fought. Johnny Dobbs, manager of the Nash ville team, seems determined to hnve the strongest, pitching staff in the league this season. He has made an offer to McGraw, manager of the Giants, for Harry Matthewson, brother of Christy. McGraw will give his an swer In a few days. Captains of the major league teams: Nationals—Chicago, F. L. Chance; Pittsburg. Fred Clarke; St. Louis, J. J. McCIoskey; Cincinnati. J. Ganzel; New York, D. McGann; Brooklyn, J. Casey; Philadelphia, W. Gleason. Americans—Chicago, F. A. Jones; Cleveland, N. Lajole; St. Louts, R. Wal lace: Detroit, W. Coughlin: New York, C. Griffith; Boston. J. J. Taylor; Wash ington, Joe Cantlllon; Philadelphia, H. Davis. Thirteen Innings and Nobody Scored Special to The Georgian. Tennille, Ga.. April 12.—The beit game of ball that was ever played In Washington county was played here this week when the regular team of the city played the Institute College tea.n. The battle lasted for thirteen inning., neither side scoring. ' Smith for the college boys gave up 3 hits and strnck out 17; M. G. Bavn», for the regulars, gave up 2 hits, strik ing out 24. Two All-American teams which have been selected by.a Birmingham fan: "First Team—Roosevelt, p; Taft, e ; HearsL lb: Harrtman. 2b: Jerome. 3b. Carnegie, s. «.; Gates, I. t.; Dvpcw, c. f.; Foraker, r. f. Second Team—Cannon, p.; Cleve land, c.; Fairbanks, lb; Bryan. Knox, Sb; Cortelyou, s. s.; Dolmas, I. f; Platt, c. f.: Rockefeller, r. f." Got the White Sox "skint" a block, by heck. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St Kimball Hou»* Baraalns 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 size, also everything in mill work and dressed stock. E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS.. 542 Whitehall Street "Emmons for Qualify’ The Best Ready-to- Wear Clothes That Brains and Skill Can Make Gordon coach, were old •time rivals — Woodward on the Tech team nnd An derson on the Georgia team. In Athens, back In 1904, Anderson Rot a two-base hit off Poole In the tenth InnlnR of a hard-fought gam \ . which scored the winning run for Gear- j gtu. Woodward, who was catching for * Tech, threw his mlt on the ground and tore It to pieces with his cleats. This Tech-Georgia rivalry between the coaches will be an added Interest In Monday’s game. i Gainesville Team Is After Games Dear Sir—In the following you will find the line-up of the Gainesville High School basebalt team, which you will please publish. We would like to ar range games with some high schools or boys’ colleges. Address all chal lenges to John Harblson, manager, Gainesville, Ga. Line-up; John Harblson, c.; T. J. Syfen, Jr., p.; Alfred Stevens, lb; I„ Costa, 2b; Leonard McConnell s. r. and captain; Ed Nott, 3b; Will Bag- well, I. f.; Roy Jones, c. f.; Grady Gas ton and Millard Bagwell, r. f. JOHN HARB1SON, Manager. 8t. Lulls I 0 American League. CLfTBS— IMnyed. Won. 1 New York I I Boston I 1 8t. Louis 1 t Detroit 1 l Washington 1 0 PhllndeTphln I 0 Chicago I o CleveliUJil X 0 GOOD WISHES FROM MULU\NEY Dominick Mutlaney le many things to many men, hut always he le a humorist. After Manager Mallorkey's Montgomery team lost Its (tret game to Atlanta. Mullaney, whose Jacksonville aggregation had won three straight games, wired "Smiling John": "Best of luck to all. Tub Walsh, loo. (Signed) Dangerous Mulla ney." WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Southern. Montgomery In Atlanta. Piedmont Fnrk. Game culled ut 3:30 o'clock. Bbrmlnthntn In Nashville. Little Rock in Memphis. Shreveport In New Orleans. YESTERDAY'8 RESULTS. Southern. Atlanta 6. Montgomery 2. - Nnehvlllq- Birmingham—Rain. Memphis-Little Rock—Rain. 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