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. ' THi$ ATLANTA (1 KOKH I AN AMI NKWS. WATL’KUAY, AKK11 j 20, 1SJU7. CRIPPLED CRACKERS STILL FIGHTING PRETZELS SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY K. WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j Montgomery is mad. « They say their game is being knocked. Here is what Leslie R. Hahn, managing editor of the soon-to- eventuate Montgomery States wires to the sporting editor of The Atlanta Georgian: Whiting, from Birmingham, declares there la Arm belief that the Montgomery ball team will quit. Absolutely nothing to re port. Wish sporting writers of Southern League cities .would cease knocking local club. Present anvil chorus from outside Montgomery ridiculous. It consistent, help turn tide through The Georgian. Now, lest there be a mistake, The Georgian wishes to statu that the Said Whiting did not state it as his opinion that Mont gomery was going to quit the league. lie said merely that the people over in Birmingham think so. Which they do. Also he expressed his hope and his belief that the rumor was a false alarm. FAST BECK & GREGG BASEBALL TEAM The spirit expressed by MrHahn’s wire is the right one and The Georgian is with him in any effort to keep baseball in Mont gomery. There is no denying that there has been a feeling in official circles that Montgomery’s hold on a place in the Southern Leagno was none too strong. This feeling has been expressed by several, in these “not-for-publication” interviews. But we are quite willing to take the State’s judgment in this matter and we again wi^h Montgomery a successful season. Certainly Atlanta should be grateful to Mallarky’s team for the helping hand extended in the opening games. With self-sacrific ing spirit the Pretzels went clear to the bottom in their effort to send Atlanta to the top. And we are not ungrateful. Tuesday Atlantn plays the last game of the road trip and Wednesday the Crackers open at home. That day marks also the debut of Manager Johnny Dobbs’ rejuvenated Boosters. Dobbs has a team so much better than the penniless and disorganized aggregation which represented Nashville last year that you wouldn’t know it for tho same bunch. And doubtless they will give Atlanta a hard run, especially as the Crackers will still be crippled by the absenco from the game of Sid Smith and Otto Jordan. GEORGIA TEAM HAS LEFT ON LONG NORTHERN TRIP 8perlnl to The Georgian. Athens, Ga., April 20.—The Georgia baseball team has left for a week’s tour around Washington. D. C., where games will be played with Washington and Lee, George Washington, the Navy, V. Ah I. and University of Virginia. On the way up Georgia will also play Clemson. Coach Slouch will take th« follow!,,* members of the team on tha trip- * Brown. Foley. Redfearn, pitcher,- Grave,, 3b: Cobb, lb; Brown c • n/’ rick, 2b; Martin. ■«.; Hodgson if . McWhorter, cf.; Watson, rf.; Lee and William,, utility. n<l Hurrah! Bill Squires Has Had His Photograph Taken By W. W. NAUGHTON. San Franclaco, Cal., April- 20.—Bill Squire,, champior^ of Australia, did not Indulse In training work yesterday, but he did the next best thing. He stripped and donned hi, lighting toga and gave critical crowd of San Franciscan snorting men an opportunity of study ing hi, conformation. Now. mind you, Hill did not appear In hi, war paint Just to please the vis. Itora at Shannons. He stripped be. cause a number of photographers be sieged his training quarters and as. sured him that no lighter ever yet reached the championship goal with out passing through an avenue of cameras. Here is the Beck & Gregg team, which is going to hustle any of them for first honors in The Georgian’s City Leagus, This is one of the best organized and best uniformed teams in the city, and can be counted on to put up a good fight. From left to right the playere shown in the picture aret Garwood, pitcher: Grist, left field; Barnell, second base; Thompson, center field: Moore, right field; Davie, first base; Candler, third base and captain; Parish, catcher; Holmes, shortstop; Bell manger. Jack Foy Back in Condition And Looking For a Fight GEORGIAN'S CITY LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING AND ELECTS OFFICERS E. W. D»ley, the Nashville tennis and golf player, wna in Atlanta Friday. He states that tho Atlanta Tennis Club with stood a strong effort last winter to put it out of business and that it is now on a firmer footing than ever before. He tells me that the Tennessee championship will again be held in Nashville and that it promises to be a better event than ever before. He says also tlidt Nashville will send a strong tennis team to the Southern tennis championship which will be held as usual this year in Atlanta. I note that in the forthcoming Southern trap ahooting handi cap “shooting names” will be barred—which means that every man in the tournament will be there under his own namo. It may be due to •dullness, but the writer is one of many who could never see any valid reason for n man to tako part , in a sport under an assumed name—unless there was something about the sport or himself that he was ashamed of. If he is ashamed to he in a tournament let him stay out. .If ho isn’t let him uso his own uame. Shooting under an assumed name is either a silly or a vi cious habit and in either ease ought to be barred. PRETZELS GET SOME REVENGE Spaclal lo The Georgian: Montgomery, Ala., April 20.—Atlanta la having hard luck with the close ones these days and yesterday lost another to Montgomery by a socre of 3 to 2. Malarkey ordered himself In to pitch and then sent himself to the bench In the seventh when the Cracker, began to locate him. Before lie beat a re treat two rutia had been eent over the platter. Montgomery batted In a couple In the •ame Inning and clinched the game with a single tally In the next. After that the Atlanta player, fought des perately for a run or two, but could not “put ’em over." Montgomery. Houts, If Nye, 3b . . . Anderson, c. . Ratchford, lb. Perry. 3b. . . McCann, rf. . Appertous, cf. Ball, as Malarkey. p. . Wal«h, p. . . Total,. . . Atlanta. . Winters, rf. . Hoffman. 2b. . O'Leary, c. . . Becker, rf. . . Dyer. 3b. . . Fox. lb Paakert, If .. Uaslro. s,. . Sparks, p. . . ab. r. h. po. a. e. 1 1 1 TENNESSEANS DEFEAT TECH The wearers of the purple made their 1207 debut In Atlantn Friday afternoon and defeated the Tech team by a score of 0 to 3. The game was loosely played and full of hitting, but It was Interesting and the local playere put up n gallant fight In the faca of certain defeat. Brooks and Parker did the battery stunt for the Yellow Jackets, while Watkln, pitched for Hewanee. Tho aenro • * ab. r. h. pa n. e. ab. r. h. po. a. e. The score: 8#wanee. Scarbrough, ss. Shipp, 2b . . . Lynn, If. . . . McMillan, If. . Stone. 3b , . J Wadley. c. . . J Elsele, ib . . . Williams, cf. . Poynor, rf. . . Watkins, p. . . Total, . . K . Tech. Wright. If. . . Robert, If. ... 4 Knight, c. . . . 4 Lnfltte, cf., 2b . 5 Brooks, p., rf. . . 6 Buchanan. Ib . . 4 Stewart, 2b, cf. . 2 Davenport, rf. . . 1 Parker, p. . . . 3 Derrick, lb ... 4 1 3 1 1 11 Totals 31 2 * Batted for Sparks In ninth Inning. Atlanta 002 000—2 Montgomery 000 002 lpx—3 Summon'—Left on base,. Atlanta 0, Montgomery 7. Two-btw hits, O'Leary 1, Malarkey 1, Fox 1, Spark, 1. Three- base hits, Houta. Anderson. O'Leary. Base on balls. Malarkey 3. Walsh 2, Sparks 2. Hit by pitched ball, by Sparks (Appertous). by Walsh (Dyer. Hoffman). Double plays. Fox to Hoff man. Struck out. by Malarkey 4. Sparks X. Walsh 1. Sacrifice hits. Becker. Dyer, Fox. Stolen beses, Pas- kert, Appertous. First base on errors, Montgomery 1. Time, 2 hour,. Um pire, Rlnn. Cairo Challenges Cairo. Ga.. April 20.—Cairo defeated Whlgham lu a onesided game here Thureday afternoon by a ecore of 23 to 3. The Cairo boya played a fast gome and the oppoelng team should never have scored. But It wae such a one sided game that the boy, gave them three run* In the I act Inning. Wilhite struck out It men, gave only one base on ball, and only one hit was made off him during the entire game. Cairo has one of the best amateur team* In this section end would like to have games with any town, accessible. The manager. B. M. Johnson, would l>e glad to correspond with any manager wishing a nice, clean game of ball. The team here Is made up of alt borne boy* and plays the game for llw tuu there is In U, ab. r. Ii. po. At a meeting of The Georgian's City League held Friday night In Tho Geor gian office J. M. Thomas, manager of the Bun Proof Team, was elected pres ident of the league; J. N. Bell, man ager of the Beck & Gregg team, was elected vice president, and P. H. Whit ing was elected secretary and treas urer. Chairman Thomaa, of the ground, committee, wa, made a favorable re port and It seems evident that the un usually puullng question of grounds Is to be easily solved. The commit tee was continued and will report Anal ly at a meeting of the league, which will be/neld next Wednesday night at The Georgian office. After tho election of ofAcers had been held a discussion of the constitu tion and by-laws followed. Many sug gestions were made and these will all he embodied In the constitution and by laws which will bo presented to the league for Anal action Wednesday night. It woe decided that eaoh team must post a small forfeit, to he held by the treasurer during the season and to be turned over by him to the managers at the end of the season. This forfeit will guarantee the appearance of all teams nt the times anil places where games are scheduled, will kuarantee all Anea which are assessed by umpires and should do much toward preserving order In the league. It Is proposed to give the umpires of the league the fullest powers and to buck them up to the limit. Umpires will be nominated by managers and qualllled by a vote of the league. The umpire will then be assigned to games each Saturday by some ofAcer of the league—presumably the secretary. An umpire will not, however, be assigned to serve In games where the team whoa manager nominated him In tak ing part. Umpires will be paid tl a game, each team contributing . fifty cents. The league will be conAned strictly to amateurs and It will be the under standing that an amateur la one who haa not played for pay more than thirty consecutive days. Of course a man who has ever received pay for playing Is no amateur but such a strict rul ing as that would bar many desirable players from the league. There will also bo a rule which will provide that If any player or team pay a player for taking part In a city League game that team shall forfeit the game to the opposing team. This rule Is Intended to prevent teams from hiring star pitchers for a game or two right at the end of the season. There will also be a rule adopted which shall forbid the trading of play ers during the latter part of the sea son. This rule Is aimed to prevent the friendly strengthening of certain teams at the end of the season by the tall- enders. The Southern States Electric Com pany team applied for admission to the league through Its manager, John Blellfton. and the M. Kuta team applied through Its last year's manager, Claudo Sartorlous. The M. Kutz team, which was In the Commercial League ioat year, has been granted the place which was held by The Georgian team. "Hub" Hud dleston, who was to have managed that team, will catch for the M. Kutz team. The Southern States Electric Com pany team may get the place formerly held " * Jack Foy, Atlanta's star welter weight pugilist who has been out of the Aghtlng game for some time on ac count of nn operation for appendicitis, has entirely recovered and Is back In the game again. Foy wishes It announced that he Is now In condition and that he Is ready rid by the Cracker team. M’CAY’S DOPE ON COTTON STATES DOINGS By Bernie McCoy. Mobile, Ala., April 20.—Just a week ha, elapsed since the Mason was cracked open, and now, after two com plete aeries have been played the fans are getting a llpe on the strength of the various teams. If Indications count for anything, the attendance all over the circuit this year will break all previous records. Open ing day In Mobile saw n crowd of 4,600 paid admissions and this Is no padded attendance either. This Is the largest crowd that attended u ball game In Mobile In recent years. In Columbus on opening day, the Mobile team played to a mob of 2,100 howling fanatics, who exerted and strained every muscle of their vocal organs In an endeavor to aid their team to win—and succeeded. Score—Columbus 5, Mobile 3. If the people of Columbus continue to support their teum ns well all sea son as they have the Arat series, the successor of Baton Rouge will be fur from u weak sister In this lengue. Talk about enterprise! - Any town that cun enter a league at the late date that Columbua did, und get a’bnll club to gether, erect a park, and atlr the peo ple up to such a state of enthusiasm as reigns there, Is deserving of a whole basket full of good things. And they have got a good team too! Turner, their catcher. Is about as accurate and quick a thrower to bases a, has ever been In the league. The pitching staff. May, Uruxeallc, Llttlepage, O'Maru and Casey. Is a strong one. Wright on Arst base Is as good In that position as any man In the league and Duke at second Is a reliable, steady Adder and hitter. Huber at short I, considered the best Adder In the league, although a little weak with the willow. Manual;, the ■ Memphis boy on third base, Is a mighty promising youngster. McDevttt, Pease and Orth Collins make a trio of outAelder, as good as any In the league and all arb left-hand hitters. Jack Law himself will proba bly do most of the catching. All the teams are gradually cutting down to the limit of thirteen men and by May 1 every club will be reduced to the number of men they will carry through the season. The Gulf Coast League Is greatly In need of pluylng talent, so nearly all the Cotton States discards And a place somewhere In thut circuit. Few people who saw the raising of the pennant In Mobile on the opening day, were awnre of the trials and trtbu- Intlons that attended the securing of the pole. One evening about a week More the season opened, Ray. O'Brien, Bates, Ned Colsson and myself started down tho shell rood Into the swamp til search of a suitable tree. Finally, about six miles down the bay shore, In the center of a swamp, the watchful eye bf "Micky" O'Brien espied a,tall •lender pine and then the fun com menced. The tree was about eighteen Inches In diameter and "Mickey" started chopping the tree down wt ' shingling hatchet. After about hour’s hard work the would-be pennant pole fell with a.crash across the shell road, through some telephone wires und a farmer’s fence. And to our great dis appointment about forty feet of the top broke off. This disaster to the pole pretty nenrly broke O’Brien’s heart nnd ho vowed lie should have climbed the tree before it fell In order to keep It from falling so hard. Ray showed himself to be perfectly familiar with the hanging of mules and after divers and sundry accidents and mlatakea, the polo was Anally de posited triumphantly in the ball ground, where, after being shaved, and a piece spliced on the end where It had broken off. It was Anally raised. And then to cap the climax, when the Aag waa being hoisted for the Arst time it w’as found to be upside down—and Mo bile lost the opening game of tho sea son. And another strange thing was that the hit which won the game from Mobile struck right -at the foot of the Aag pole, hooka to me like that par ticular pole was hoodooed. Totals . .36 3 10 27 19 Score by Innings: , It. Sewanee 101 031 000—6 Tech 100 200 000—3 Summary: Two-base hits, Shipp, La- Atte, Wright, Stone, Buchanan 2; three- base hit, Slone; stolen buses, Scar brough. Robert, Davenport, LnAtte, Buchanan. Stewart, Watkins, Shipp, Wadley; suerlllce lilts, Williams, Stew art; Arst base on balls, Brooks 2, Wat kins 3, Parker 4; lilt by pitched ball, Watkins (Wright), Parker (Watkins); struck out, by IVatklns 4, by Parker 6. Time, 2:15. Umpire. Crosier. Frank R. Jeffries Issues Challenge Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian: Pardon my Intrusion, hut a, I have never met you and Aghtlng Is my busi ness, I desire to Issue a challenge through your paper to box any middle weight or light heavyweight In the South. I nin now writing you with the hope of getting an Item In your sporting page and perhaps get a match on w ith some body In your or some near-by city. 1 Intend to moke Rome, Ga.. my home In the future, and anyone wishing to accept my challenge may be accommo dated by writing In your care or ad dress It to me. Hi,plus .u get a spare In your paper, remall., FRANK R. JEFFRIES, [tome, Ga., April II, 1907. TRAP SHOOT AT RICHMOND The Interstate Aasoclatlon'a second Southern handicap, target tournament will be held' may 6, 9 nnd 10 ut Rich mond, Va., under the auspices of the Deep Run Hunt Club. With the shoot os the main event und with the James town Exposition us a side line. It I, ex pected that nn unusually large number of trap shooter, will take port. Very likely Atlanta will send a delegate or two. • The association ha* pm up 91.000 for added money prizes und there will be numerous handsome trophies. The committee on handicaps for the event will be Elmer E. Shaner, of Pittsburg. Pa., chnlrman; B. Waters. New York city; C. M. Powers. Decatur. 111.; W. D. Townsend. Omaha. Nebr., and Dr. K. F. Gleason, Boston, Muss. This commit tee will meet May 8 and 9 to allot han dicaps. FRIDAY'S BASEBALL. Trinity. 4; V. M, L, 1. Davidson. 2; Washington and Lee, 1 Holy Cross, 1: Georgetown, 0. Wake Forest, 3; Roanoke, 0. Richmond. 6; Danville, 2. Carolina, 4: Bingham. 2. Mercer, 6; Auburn. 6 (ten Innings). NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decatur St Kimball Houe- Bargain* in Unredeemed Diamonds. CADETS BEAT GRESHAM HIGH Mliledgerllle. Ga„ April 00.—O. M. C. walked away with Gresham High Schools, of Miron, yesterday, winning with ease a 12 to I affair. The Macon boys showed good spirit throughout the game, and played aa hard tile last round as In the Arst. Tabulated score follows: G. H. S.— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Holt, 2b 4 0 11 2 1 Ayers, p. and ss .3 t) l ’ 2 1 0 Muck, ss. and cf.4 0 0 1 0 0 Neel, lb 3 0 0 8 1 1 Hogg. c. 3 U 0 8 » 2 Swarrenger. rf . .3 <• 0 I 0 0 Harris. 3b. . . .3 1 1 ! 0 1 Eubanks. 3b. d If 2" « 0 2 0 0 Whitehead, rf. .1 0 o o « 0 Houser, p t 0 0 0 3 1 Totals .... .27 1 3 24 7 6 G. M. C — ab. r. h. po. a. e. Klker, 3b 3 1 l 4 0 n Forbes, cf. . . .4 3 2 0 0 0 Reynolds, c. . . .4 2 3 7 2 0 Whllden. 2b. . .4 t 0 10 u 0 Hutchinson, If. .5 0 9 2 u 0 Jordan, 2b. . . .4 1 1 I 5 0 Barron, ss. . . .3 2 1 2 2 0 Allen, rf. . . . .3 1 1 1 0 u Smith, p 4 1 1.0 2 C TECH PLAYS TIGERS AGAIN The Tech and Sewpnee teams meet again this afternoon at Tech Park. The Yellow Jackets lost Friday but they will try to turn the tide today. Ed. LoAtte will do the pitching for the Tech team and doubtless he will have the Tennessee players guessing. MORE GOLF AT PIEDMONT T. R. Weems, physical director of ths Young Men’s Christian Association, has sent out notices like the following one, announcing a golf tournament over the Piedmont Park course next Saturday. The notice follows: Atlanta, Ga., April 19, 1907. Dear Sir—The next tournament of the Association Golf Club will bi played at Piedmont Park links on Sat urday, April 27, at 3 p. m. Golf balls will be given to the win. ners In the tournament and are offered ns follows: For best net score, 6: for second best net score, 3; for best gross score, 2; for highest score (booby prize),; 1. I hope that you will take part In the event. Please notify me by Thursday afternoon If you desire to enter: cull 1085, either ’phone. Respectfully, T. R. WEEMS, Physical Director. Commodores Beat Cumberland Team to meet any man In the South at 14' to 160 pounds. He want, a Anish fight and wishes It understood that he fa vor* "Aghtlng all the way’’—that is hitting In the clinches and breaks Foy claims the welter weight cham pionship of the South and Unready to meet any man at 142 -pounds. | Standing of the Clubs, i Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., April 20.—Vander bilt took the second game of the serlea with Cumberland yesterday afternoon on Dudley held by a score of 9 to 4. The Commodores put It all over their opponents In every department of the game and had no trouble In winning. The Aeldlng of the visitors was ragged. Many bases were stolen by Vanderbilt, and the Commodores hit when hits meant runs. The concluding game of the series la to be played this afternoon. Score by inning,: R. H. E. Cumberland 000 000 004—I 4 7 Vanderbilt 400 000 002—6 I Batteries: Cumberland, Jordan and Howard; Vanderbilt, Inglla and Fugler. Lavender Fans Twenty Players 8outhern League. CLUBS— Played. Woo. New* Orionne 4 3 ATLANTA 8 6 Little Rock 5 S Naibvllle 7 4 Memphis 4 2 Birmingham 7 3 Montgomery. ..... 8 3 Shreveport 6 1 .200 South Atlantio League. CLUBS- Ployed. Won. Lo*t. P. C. Jacksonville .... 10 8 4 Kavnnnnh. ..*.... 10 6 4 Mnron H 6 S Columbia 10 5 5 Charleston 11 S 6 Augnsta 11 4 7 American League. CLUBS— Ployed. Won. Lout. P. C. New York 6 Cleveland • 5 Detroit 0 Philadelphia. 6 National League. :S league. CLUBS— flayed. Woo. Lost P.C (.inclnnstl 6 Philadelphia 5 Boston 6 Brooklyn 5 Bill,burg 8 Xt. Lonl* 6 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Special to The Georgian: Montezuma, Go., April 20.—Montezu ma defeated Fort Valley yesterday In the Arst baseball game of the season. It was a very one-sided affair, re sulting In a score of 15 to 2. Fort Valley's two runs came as a re sult *>f a dropped ball by the catcher and several InAeld errors In succes sion. The feature of the game was'the su perb pitching of Lavender, a local boy, under contract with Billy Smith, but at present farmed out to one of the Vir ginia State League teams. He struck out twenty men, gave one scratch hit, and gave no bases on bolls. Southern. Montgomery 8, Atlanta 2. Birmingham 1, Nashville 0. South Atlantio. Charleston 6, Augusts X Columbia X Jacksonville 9. Savannah 3, Macon 2. American. Cleveland 4. Detroit 1. Chicago 1, St. Louis X National. New York 4, Boston 1. St. Louis 4, Cincinnati L WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Nftnhvlllft — Little Rook In New Orleans. Shreveport In Memphis. gOOOOO0OOO0OO0O0OO000OO00^| O COLLEGE MANAGER O LOST ALL HIS MONEY; 0 THEN HE WOKE UP. 0 O O Washington, April 20.—W. I 0 Robinson, manager of the Uni- 0 O versity of North Carolina baseball o 0 team, left this city yesterday short 0 0 810 and a frat pin. Fortunately o O he had deposited a larger amount o O fit money with the clerk at the o O Riggs House, where he was stay- 0 O Ing the night before, which saved O O the team the necessity of walking » O to Chnpel Hill. He doe* not know o O when he wae robbed. 0 000000000000000000000000°° Totals 33 12 1# 27 It «' Summary. i 11. H. 8 009 000 001— 1 0. it. V 001 too S2-—>2 Two-base hit. Reynolds; Innings pitched, by Ayers }, Houser 6, Smith 9; struck out. by Ayers 4. House.- (, by Smith 7; base oil balls, off Ayers 1, Houser 2, Smith I: double piayes, Neel to Holt, Jordan to Whtlden; left on bases. G. H. 8. 2. O. M. U. 6: time of game, one hour Afty minutes; um pire, Richardson. CLEVELAND TELEPHONE GIRLS GET CARBUNCLES OF THE THROAT FROM YELLING BASEBALL SCORES Cleveland, Ohio. April 20.—Dr. H. C. Long, physician of the HoHen- den Hotel, announces that he ha* discovered a new dlneaee, which, he de clare#, made Its* entry Into Cleveland with the opening of the baeeoa'i season. K He say* that 1,000 telephone girls in the city* are In danger of con tracting the disease, for which he can offer no remedy. He made this an nouncement after a half dozen telephone girls had called on him. The last wan Ml*** Alice Loretz, chief operator at the Hollenden exchange. He found that her. throat waa affected with laryngeal anthrax- » n other word*. *he had carbuncle* In her throat. “Undoubtedly *he haa been affected from yelling the scores over the telephone,” he *aid. “I believe that such work will break down any girl's throat in case it I* not trained.” Mies Loretz told him that the “tone* of her voice came In lection? o. chunk*/’ a* if the voice had been nuddenly cut off at Interval*. GEORGE MORIARITY. Here is the man who covered first sack for the Highlanders during the •hscrce of Chase. 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., 542 Whitehall Street