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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1907.
AFTER TODAY’S GAME CRACKERS HIT PIKE AGAIN I
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING | <
GOOD PLAYERS ON R. E. LEE TEAM
PERCY H. WHITING.
Xow that thingx in th<* baseball world are going pretty
smoothly, it is an appropriate time to suggest that everybody
quit knocking.
It isn't so hard, if you try.
By cutting down, the number of "dead-head” passes this
year the management has hc^ueed the number of growlers.
If a man who is paying his way to the game does not think
that the playing of the team suits him, he just stops going to
games. But the “dead-head” goes anyway, because it doesn’t
cost anything—and then roasts everybody.
Of course, though, there are knockers, too, who pay their
way in. And, as a rule, they arc well meaning but misguided.
They are so anxious to have the team win that they make it
a personal matter between themselves and the players who are
not doing well.
And here we are, back again at the old trouble of trying
hard to win. How often it crops up as a cause for athletic
abuses!
One thing which the rabid fan often overlooks is the' fact
that an ounce of encouragement is worth a pound of abuse in
getting results out of a baseball team.
It may seem strange and lots of you never thought of it
before—and maybe aren’t thinking it now—but Borne ball play
ers are just as sensitive as you or I.
Give them encouragement and they will play their heads off.
Roast them and they quit. Of course quitting is nothing worthy
of praise but you can't blame players sometimes.
And speaking of quitting—the average fan is as rank a quit
ter as a wind-broken diMcey-leggcd quarter-horse. Let the team
they are rooting for stay in front and they will split a lung in
the good cause. But let the home team get behind and the
“fight” is all out .of "ye avernge fan.” He folds up his voice
and tucks it away, only bringing it out for an occasional knock.
The fan who brags the loudest after a victory and who
roasts the “quitters” on the team the loudest, is tho first one to
yell "Help! Police!! Take him out!!!” when the pitcher be
gins to “get his bumps.”
If Atlanta is to get the pennant this year it will take the
support of the fans. A little noise and a little encouragement
nnd a cessation of Hammer activity will do a lot.
The team can be counted on to do the rest.
Tech Lost to Mercer For
First Time in Three Years
By dropping the some Friday after
noon to Mercer In Macon, Tech lost
the flnt battle to Mercer In throe "on
ions. In both 1905 and 1108 Helsman's
Yellow Jackets took four straights from
the Baptist boys from Macon. Tech
took tho (lrit game this season by a
ecore of 4 to 0, so that so far the teams
have broken even, flaturday's game
will bo tho rubber.
Bo far Tech la ahead of both her
competitors, Georgia and Mercer, In the
race for the college championship (I
Georgia, though the margin I" small
Tech has taken one game each from
Georgia and Merrer and dropped one
to Meroer, while Georgia has dropped
one to Tech and taken ope from Mer
oer.
The standing of the teams la as fol
lows:
Won. I.ost, PC.
Tech 2 l
Georgia I I • r ' w
Mercer t 1 .833
SENIORS BEAT
EMORY SUBS
Special to The Georgian.
Kmory College. Oxford. Ga,, April 13.
The aubs lined up against the seniors
on Weber Held yesterday afternoon,
and when the game waa called at the
end of the eighth Inning the score
stood 10 to 2 In favor of the seniors.
They came to bat aa follows:
Seniors—W. Woodruff. 3b.; Burt,
cf.; P. E. Bryan. 2b.; Simmons, c.;
Howard, so.; W. Bryan. Ib.; 8mlth, cf.;
J. Woodruff, rf.; Stipe, p.
Subs—Hatcher, rf.; Dorsey, If.;
Walker, p.; Jackson, 2b.; Barnett, c.;
Bullard, lb.; Lyndon, as.; Arrington,
lb.’. Jones, cf.
Summary—Hits, off Walker 12, off
Stipe 8; two-base hits, W. Bryan 2.
Simmons 1. Dorsey 1: struck out, by
Walker i, by Stipe 7; left on bases.
Subs 2. Seniors I; lilt by pitcher.
Hatcher, Simmons; errors, Subs ID,
seniors 8; bases on balls, off Walker
i, off Stlpa 1. Time, 1:45. Umpire,
Roberta
Score by innings: R.1L E.
seniors 018 011 0*—10 18 8
Hubs 008 000 00— 2 1 12
White Sox Juniors
Issue Challenge
To the Sporting Editor Georgian:
The White Sox. Jr., would like to get
games with any teams under 12 years
old, to play on their grounds or on ours,
on the corner of Jackson and Irwin.
The line-up Is as follows:
Moousy, cf.; Hair, rf.; Bradberry,
rf.; Taylor, captain and 2b; Herbert,
2b; J. H. Ewing, ss.; Wynn lb.; Mar-
klesees, c.; Woodson, manager and p.
Address all challenges to Carl Taylor,
170 Highland avenue, Atlanta, Oa.
’Phone 4871 Main.
CLEMSON WILL
TRY GEORGIA
llpedal to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga.. April 13.—Clemson will
play Georgia this afternoon at 3:30
o'clock on Herly Held. The South
t'arnllnans look stronger this year, as
they pushed Tech close In two games
last week.
Georgia Is also woYklng better, owing
to a shake-up In the hatting order.
This change caused the Mercer outlteld
to work over time Wednesday,- and It
will probably be continued. Georgia’s
line-up will be practically the same
tlrst and Graves w ill probably pitch,
us usual, except that Cosort will cover
Albany School Is
Playing Some Ball
Sporting Editor The Georgian:
Dear Sir—The Albany High School
has organized Ita team under the di
rection of Captain T. Lockett. They
have played live games this season
with the city team and defeated them
each time. The feature of all of these
games has been the battery work and
the fielding nnd batting of Page In left
held nnd Terry Lockett on first base
The manager ts busy arranging games
with the school teams of neighboring
towns.
The Une-up of the team ts as fol
lows :
Fleetwood, catcher: Muse, third
base: Rawlins, P„ shortstop; Pope, left
field: Baldwin. P„ shortstop; Malone,
right Held; T. Iswkett, tlrst base;
Brown, center fletd; B. Lockett, second
jrnae; Altheliner. Scott, substitutes.
The attendance to the gnmes Hint
have been ployed has been fairly gntsl
and the school boys are encouraged at
the prospect. Yours truly,
WALTER W. MUSK.
Press Agent.
GENUINE REGRET FELT OVER
DEPARTURE OF DICK HARLEY
As piped off In yesterday’s Georgian, Dick Harley Is going to Macon.
He leaves Atlanta Monday and reports for the first home game of the
Macon bunch.
The fan* of Atlanta will feel a genuine regret at the departure of
Harley.
The Atlanta team never had a harder working, more conscientious
pitcher than Dick. He takes the best of care of himself, plays his best
at all limes, and la wonderfully effective. Ho pitched some fine gamer:
for Atlanta last year, amt vrhat lie will do tor the batters in the South
Atlantic League will be something worth thinking about.
ATLANTA, SEVENTEEN STRONG,
LEAVES SUNDAY FOR ALABAMA
Spnday afternoon the Atlanta base
ball team will leave for Birmingham
over the Seaboard.
Billy Smith will carry Jhe regular
team, six pitchers, two catchers and
one extra Inflelder. That probably
means that O’Leary or Ball will be
left at home.
Zeller, Sparks, Schopp, Rowan,. Spade
and Ford will all take the whirl
through Alabama and will each get
a game or two on the road.
Sid Smith will probably do most of
the catching, but Sweeney will be used
now and then. For the present, Castro
will continue at shortstop and It would
not be surprising If he holds the Job
regularly. Hoffman will be carried as
utility man.
The team will leave for tbs Alah» m .
trip In excellent condition and oJSJi
to sweep In a few games while o n th.
rosd. The Montgomeryltes should S!,
reasonably easy, even on their
diamond: and Birmingham will ^2.
prove hard, robbed of the backlmrnf
the nve thousand fans who helncd ,v
defeat Atlanta on opening day! *
GEORGIAN'S CITY LEAGUE WILL
MEET AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT
A meeting of the City League will,
be held tonight at 8 o'clock In The
Georgian office.
This meeting Is for the purpose of
hearing a report from the committee
on grounds; and, It possible at so early
_ _ , . ROB HIGHTOWER.
R. E. Lee has a fast baseball team thia year, and among the stars of
the team are Second Baseman Lewie and Outfielder Hightower. R. E.
Lee supporters believe Lewie to be the fattest fielding second baseman
in the league.
Sewanee Squad Cut Down
By King Bailey to 25 Men
Special to The Georgian.
Sewanee. Tenn., April 13.—At Se
wanee the varsity ball nine Is rapidly
roundtag Into form. ( "King” Ball-y
reached the Mountidn Inst Monday
and the weeding out process hua begun.
About twenty-five men report dally
for practice at Harded Park.
It Is yet n lUtle early In the Henson
to predict too murh or to make com
parison*. but It *eem* a* If thin year's
team will maintain the standard of the
strong Sewanee teams of tho past two
season*. Tho one weak spot at present
la th* pllcher'a position. Sparkman's
failure to return to the university this
spring menns a heavy loss 4o the tenm.
Coach Halley Is now trying out sev
eral men for the pitcher's box. among
whom Stone, Williams, McMillan nnd
Scarbrough tire showing up the best.
Rut Stqnc has smashed the Index nn-
ller of hla pitching hand and will prob
ably be unable to, play for A week'B
time.
After the practice games with Mooney
Inst Monday, the Sewanee enthusiasts
had a big scare. Wadley, who tin i
been among the best cntchers Scwnnc-e
ever hail, complained of it pain In his
side, nnd upon examination was re
ported to have a heart too weak to
continue playing. But the scare ha*
blown over, nnd Wadley Is as lively ns
ever and his heart still beats beneath
bis breast-protector.
This past week one of last year’s
a*; “A
Preparing for
College Tennis
The Intercollegiate Tennis compiUtee
of the Atlanta Athletic Association has
Issued the following circular:
“Under the auspices of the Atlanta
Athletic Club the Southern Intercolle
giate Tennis Tournament In single* and
doubles will be played on the courts of
the Athletic Club at East Lake on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. May
18, 17, 18.
“Male students of all Southern uni
versities, colleges, .preparatory schools
and high schools are entitled to enter.
“All medical, dental, law and other
professional school students are entitled
to enter.
“The number of contestants from any
given'school Is unlimited.
"The only requirement for entrance
Is that each contestant be a bona fide
student of some Southern educational
Institution.
"The entrance fee will be 81.50 In
singles and tl In doubles for each con
testant. v
“The winner In singles will be the
president of the Southern Intercolle
giate Tennis Association for the follow
ing year. The two winners In doubles
will be the first and second vice presi
dent* of the association, and the run
ner up In glngles will be the secretary
of the association for the same length
of time.
Entry list will close on May 1, 1907.
a date, to adopt a constitution and by
laws.
To the.sporting editor of The Geor
gian was entrusted the task of secur
ing a constitution and by-laws and
thus far he has been unable to secure
the one he wants. However, it has
been sent for and may reach Atlanta
In time for the meeting.
A* the league will not open until
early next month, there Is plenty of
time to settle this matter.
Hew Diamond at Marist
Is Used For First Time
The new baseball Held of the Marist
College waa opened Friday. Th* Blues,
under Esmonde Fnlvey, and the Golds,
captained by Jim Harrlsqn, met In the
Initial contest of a seven-game series
for the college championship, Falvey's
Blues winning out by a score of 12
to 11.
The Infield of the new diamond Is
very fast and gave the young athletes
with speed ample opportunity to show
wlfat -they could do.
At the close of the series the Elber-
feld trophy wjll be presented to Ilia
player with the highest batting record
It will be remembered that Norman
Elberfeld, of the New York team gave
the boy* some Interesting talks oo
baseball during his etay hare. Result*
of these helpful hints are much In evl-
dence through Improved form, both in
batting and base running.
'Every effort is being made to give th*
boys good all-around baseball develop,
ment. The encouragement of their
friends Is cordially Invited for the re
maining games every Wednesday at
2:30 p. m., on the Marist campus.
TECH LOSES
TO BAPTISTS
hack ami left fielder. In again In hi)
hunehall togs*. He 1m a good baxo run
ner and covers a wide territory In tli »
field.
Two game* scheduled with Moo
ney the latter part of tlm week
were cancelled on account of the heavy
rain at Sewanee Saturday morning.
The flr*t team of the S. 1. A. A. that
Sewanee meet* la Howard College. Thin
team will nrrlve on the Mountain on
Wednesday morning nnd play* two
game*.
SIL0AM TEAM ISSUES CMALLNEGE
foro thAt time."
Comer Defeats
Bowman Players
Kpeelal to The Georgian.
Comer, On., April 13.—Comer defeut
ed Bowman In a ball game here today.
Store 4 to 3.
The feature of the game was the line
pitching of Sorrells for Comer. This
was lHe best game that has been play
ed on the Comer ball ground this sea
son. The score was tied at the seventh
Inning 3 to 3. but by the good playing
of the whole team Comer untied It at
the rlghth Inning:
The players were a* follows:
(Photo by C. H. Dean.)
Tow row (from left to right): R, Robins, If.; F. Corry, cf.: C.
F.
Rhodes, coach; EL Reynolds, 3b.; J, Calloway, 2b., manager and captain.
Second ri — - ■ ■
Reynolds, rf.
, , . , igef
Second row: D. Davidson, p.; H. Cridelle, 1b.; F, FiTlingim. •».; W.
nolds, rf.
Third row; B. Rhodes, c.: E. Merritt, maoeot; L. Rhodes, p,
— 1 ' * * “— 1 —’— L -“ 'or Silos
Team, Slioam, Ga,
Th# above team is expecting to play winning ball for 8iloam. It is
open for challangoa. Address Manager Siloam Baaeball
Some Info. About Sallys Who •
Went to the Majors in 1905
Comtr.
Sorrell*, p.. ..
David, c
Gholxtnn, 2b...
Murrah, cf...
Ruxxell, If
Moon, 3b
Porterfield, rt..
Howard, lb...
David, an
Bowman.
....Adam*, 2
....Burden, rf.
...Johnnon **.
....Bagwell, p.
Ward, If.
... Bagwell, 2b.
.. .Huddeth, 3b.
Brown, cf.
... ..McGee, c.
1000**0880****1
Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
Please advise me ns to how ninny
ball players who played In the South
Atlantic League during the season of
1905 went to the National or Ameri
can Lengue In 1906, and made good.
Also how many were drafted.
If convenient, please furnish names.
Tours and oblige,
A. P. LITTLfe.
Due West, S. C.. March 31, 1907.
Here It the .dope:
Ainfusta—In 1903 Eddie Clcotte,
pitcher, went from Augusta to De
troit. from which team lie was tlrst
secured and pitched two games, win
ning one. Released by Detroit, he went
to Lincoln, Nebr., In the Western As
sociation. whehe he Is playing this year.
Two baseball players went to a highet
league that year, however, and. made
good. Tyrna Cobb, left llelder, pur
chased by Detroit Americans, where he
has played ever since; Clyde Engle,
second baseman, sent to Newark. N. J,
of the Eastern league, where he
played last year and where he will
again play this year.
Columbia—Not a man on the Colum
bia team In 1905 went to the majors.
The league only furnished three play-
era to the majors that aeaaon, and
they were Cobh und Clcotte. of Au
gusta, to Detroit, and Mowry, of 8a-
vannah, to .Cincinnati. Columbia did
bettor this iiast season and Granville.
Hweeney, Needham nnd Bchlrnt went
to faster leagues. Hweeney Is with At
lanta, Granville with Sioux City, Need
ham with Montreal and Bchlrm at
Buffalo. Granville is mnklng good with
a rush and so are Needham and
Bchlrm.
Savnnnah—Third Baseman Mowry
waa Bold to Cincinnati and made good.
Pitchers Hoff and Kane were drafted
»y Philadelphia Nationals, anti both
were repurchased by the Savannah
club during the spring of 1908.
Charleston—Clarence Munson, the
fsst backstop for Charleston In 1905,
was purchased by the Philadelphia Na-
tlona'a near the end of the season for
81,000. He lacked experience and did
net make good. Munson was farmed
out to Jersey CJty. Sid Smith, who
played every position on the team of
that year, was drafted by the New
York Americans.
. Jacksonville—There were no players
drafted In 1*03 from Jacksonville's
team by major league lemma
Standing of the Clubs.
ri.iBH-
NimUvUtt* 2 2 0 l.CKX
Atlnntn 4 3 1 .TTrf
Mttlc lt(H-k 2 1 1 .5*
Hhn>r«port 2 1 1 .6oc
Mtui|)hlN 2 1 1 ,5of
Nt»w Orleans 2 1 1 .fioc
Birmingham :t l 2 .an?
Montgomery 3 0 3 .ooc
South Atlantic League.
Cl.VBS- Vlayoil. Won. Dwt. P. C
Jai'kooiivllle 5 4 1 .&ki
Havannah 4 3 1 .7M
CLl’BK—
Philadelphia
find mint l ..
Chicago ,
Boston i i o l.ono
I Utnhurg 1 o 1 .000
fll'4M>kl>Ji .. ..1 •«> 1 .000
Ht. I*nds I 0 1 .000
CLlTBft-
NVw York ..
Boston .. .*
Ht. Iritis .. ..
Detroit .. ..
WnNliliiKton ,
Philadelphia
fhlcag
1.000
1.000
1,000
Chicago .. .
Clevetiuid ..
WHERF THEY PLAY TODAY.
8outharn.
Montgomery In Atlanta. Pledmot*. park.
Game called nt 3:30 o’clock,
nirmlneham In Naahvllle.
I.lttlc Rock In Memphis.
Kbrereport In Near Orleans.
South Atlantic.
Jacksonville 4. Charleston 0.
Havannah 1. Columbia 1 ou'venteen In-
D Sficon 7. Augnata G.
National.
Boston 1, Brooklyn 0.
Hjieclal to The Georgian.
Macon, Oa., April 13.—In one of the
prettiest game* of the season Mercer
defeated Tech at Central City park Fri
day afternoon. Score 6 to 4.
Hogg and Loflln did the slab work
for the Baptist*, while Brooka, Lafltte
and Knights worked for Herman’s
bunch.
Hogg, the mighty twirler of Tarr’a
force; after rounding out eight inning*
of a* pretty *!ub work as any collegian
ho* ever done In thl* town, weakened
nllghtly In the ninth, ullowlng the vl«-
Itor* to score twice.
The score:
Mercer. r. I
Loft In, c. .. l
Mallory, lb 0
Power*. 3b o
Kendrick, 2b. . . .1
McCathem, If. . . . 1
0
Comer, **..
Smith, cf o 1 1 o
William*, rf. . . . 2 0 0 0
Hogg, p* ........ 0 1 0 4
Totala. C 14 27 7
Tech. r. h. po. n
Robert, If 0 2 0 0
Buchanan. **.... o o l o
Lafltte, lb 0 0 5 1 0
Knight, c 1 0 7 o
Brook*, p 1 2 1 0
Wright, cf 0 1 2 0
Davenport, rf 1 1 2 o
Hightower, 2b. ... 1 1 4 2
Parker, 3b 0 0 0 2
Total* 4 7 27 4
Score by Inning*:
Tech 020 000 002
Mercer 022 000 02*
Summary—Inning* pitched, by Brooks
3. Lafltte I, Parker G; struck out, by
Hogg 12, by Brook* 2; base* on balls,
Parker 1, Brook* 1, Hogg 5; wild pitch,
Hogg: hit by pitched ball. Brook* 1
(Mallory); hit*, off Brook* 8, Parker 6;
double play*, Buchanan to Hightower
to Lafltte; three-base hIts, Robert;
two-base hit*, Power*. Conner, Mallo
ry, Kendrick, McCathem; stolen bases.
Power*, McCathem, Conner 2, Wright
4, Davenport, Robert 2.
Baseball Doings
In Many Leagues
Atlanta wasn’t the only place where
baseball was played yesterday. Up In
Nashville the Birmingham team went
down in defeat again. The error* were
even and Birmingham made one more
hit than Nashville, but the Dobbera got
away with the game, 5 to 4.
Memphis Jumped Into the Little Rock
leant and won by a score of 5 to 3.
There was a bit of a row during the
game and Page and Hess were run out.
The feature of Friday wo* played ia
Savannah, where Savannah and Colum
bia played a seventeen-inning tie, with
the score 1 to 1. Ford and Heismon
were the dpposlng pitchers all the way
through.
Macon beat Augusta and Jacksonville
Bhut out Charleston.
Cold weather, rain and snow put
baseball out of business In all National I
League cities save Boston, where Bn*,
ton and Brooklyn-met. Boston won,
1 to «.
In the American League not a single
game could he played, on account of
the bad weather.
MAXWELL GETS
HIS "BUMPS”
With a ruthless disregard for tht
feelings of everybody In Montgomery
the Atlanta batters fell on tho Pride nf
the Pretzels, Pitcher Maxwell, and after
six innings of awful thumping, sent
him to the very tallest tlnjber.
Burnum was run In for the next
“sacrifice" and managed to do pretty
well. But the game was gone to Bally,
gat by that time, as far as the Monties
were concerned, and Atlanta won, 1
to 5.
Aa usual, the Atlanta team waa hit
ting ’em on the nose. Maxwell, who
looked mighty good to the Majors,
didn't Impress the Crackers as any
thing very puizllng and he waa mors
than bumped.
Sparks was hit pretty hard In ths
first and Inst Innings, but In between
he was effective nnd got away with his
game In fine style.
The score:
Montgomery, AB. R. H. PO. A. &
Hout. If. 8 2 0 1
Nye, ss 3 1 1 0
Connor, 3b. . , .3 1 1 1
McCann, rf. . . .4 1 0 1
Apperlous, cf. . .4 0 3 3
Perry, 2b. . . .3 0 1 4
Ratchford, lb . .3 0 1 10
Hausen, c. . . .3 0 0 4
Maxwell, p. . .2 0 0 0
Burnum, p. . . .1 0. 0 0
Totals 27 5 6 24 1
Atlanta,
Winters, cf.
Jordan, 3b .
S. Smith, c.
Becker, rf. .
Dyer, 3b . .
Fox, lb . .
Paskert. If. .
Castro, ss. .
Sparks, p. .
Totals . . .
1 14 11
.29 9 10 27 13 1
Score by Innings. ■ ,
Montgomery 201 000 oo.—S
Atlanta 103 004 10-—*
Summary—Two-base hits. Winter*
Fox. Castro; three-base hits, Jordan.
Conner; stolen bases, Jordan, Pasknj
Winters, Dyer; sacrifice hits, Nye •>
Jordan 2. Paskert; double plays, P*«-
kort to Fox; Innings pitched, by Max*
well 6, by Burnum 2; hits apportions 11 ,
off Maxwell 9, off Burnum 1; first bef*
on balls, off Maxwell 3, off Sparks I.
hit by pitched balls, by Maxwell (Pa’
kert), by Burnum (Dyer): struck our.
by Maxwell 4, by Sparks 1:
pitches. Sparks, Maxwell. Time. 1 ■>«•
Jmpires, Rudderham and Rlnn.
I
GANS AND NELSON
WILL MEET AGAIN :’
New York, April 13.—Some day. be
tween now nnd next Christmas. J
Gan* and Battling Nelson will
again In the ring to settle the mum
discussed lightweight champ “nsmp.
There never waa a fight that drew
much money and attracted as muci.-i
tent Ion as their first battle did.
meet again, what a bummer the h<
will be!
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