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a THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1007. FIRST GAMES IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE SATURDAY j SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING f NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS BY PERCY H. WHITING. And then it rained. i Nashville was inundated and the Crackers rested. It was good of Memphis to lose again Friday. That defeat left the Crackers still well in the lead. Nashville and Little Rock are still in the first division, which means the Crackers will tackle in succession the three first division teams—Nashville, .Memphis and Little Rock—in the order named. Probably when that tnckliflg is over some of them will have dropped out of the first division. And hero’s hoping it's Memphis. It looks now as .though Nashville woidd have the pleasure, of bucking Atlanta's two star pitchers—Cnstleton and Zeller. And if the Dobbers win, then they are good batters, all right. If Atlanta had four games with Memphis very likely the Mormon would be saved and worked twice against the Babblers. But as there are only three this trip Castleton will doubtless get but one chance in the Bluff City. They’re off in The Georgian’s Commercial League today and a good season is promised. All the players in the league seem to have entered into the game with the right spirit and it is hoped and expected that there will be none of the untoward incidents which sometimes mar the records of the best regulated leagues. The success of an amateur league depends chiefly ot\ the caliber of the officials, the umpires nnd the managers. If these officials have the right amount of interest in the welfare of the league and the right amount of spirit in maintaining discipline ( in the organization there is no reason why the sailing should not be smooth. Especially is the success of the league up to the umpires. These officials have full power to keep order on the playing fields, and it is to be hoped that they will do it. If they do not it will be their own fault. U. OF GA. ATHLETE. The people of Atlanta who are interested in amateur base ball are invited to witness the games, which will be played to day. No ndmission fee will be charged. Two of the games will be played at Piedmont Park, one at Gainmage Crossing. MY, SUCH A WET WETNESS! NO GAME AT NASHVILLE Special to The OoorRlnn. Nashville, Tonn., May 4.—It wos a cue of more rain more rest for Billy Smith's Firemen yesterday. Shortly before the time to call tho anme the weather began to behaVe In regular April fuhlon, and It wun't Iona before Athletic Park resembled a full-fledged duck pond. Managers Dobbs and Smith waited patiently to see It the wetness wouldn't hold up and allow the game to proceed, but such was not to be. It continued to pour In torrents nnd the Firemen did not leave their hotel, where they are tak ing things euy. The chnmplnns appear In lip-top shape, nnd Billy Smith elntms he will trim the Boosters all right. Sparks will likely work this afternoon against Johnny Duggan, and with such n pair BURNS DODGES BILL SQUIRES San Francisco. Cal, May 4.—After signifying his willingness to meet Bill Squires, the Australian champion, be fore Jimmy Coftroth’s club. May 30, Tommy Burns has refused to post n *1,0(10 forfeit to hind the papers which he signed. He announced lata last night that he had decided not to flrfit Squires on the percentage basis offered by Coffroth, which he dlil not believe would warrant him In making another hard fight *o soon after tho u'Brlen battle. pitted ngalnst each other In the box, a spirited battle Is anticipated. Manager Smith so far hu heard nothing from Becker, who left for home several daya ago on account of the serious Illness of his wife. Manager Dobbs, of tho Nashville team, hu been out of the game recent ly, owing to the. fact thlit Mrs. Dobbs hu been In rather a serious condition u the result of an operation for ap pendicitis. Hardy Is holding down his position In the center garden during the absence of the player-manager. The Nnshvllle fans are keenly await Ing an opportunity of watching Billy Smith's hopefuls perform. Yesterday was ladles' day and a great crowd of them had planned to give the Firemen the rind band. If the Boosters don't win tho pennant the fans hero want Atlanta to have It. w AMATEURS 1 GET BUSY; i Opening Games in Commercial League Played Today. GEORGIA CHAMPION LEAGUE MANAGERS MET FRIDAY NIGHT Two Teams Asked For Ad mission But Managers Voted Not to Enlarge League. KYLE SMITH. Smith la one of the best track athletes at the University of Geor gia, and lut fall he played good football with the Athens team. Team at Winder Is Re-organized Special to The Georglao. Winder, Ga.. May 4.—A Inrge gath ering of cltluna, fans and ball players held a very enthuslutlc meeting Tues. day afternoon In the city hall, for the purpose of organlalng a team for the coming season. , Mayor J. T. Strange was selected chairman of the meeting, nnd In a very eloquent address commended the team for retaining the amateur cham pionship of northeast Georgia for past three seasons, nnd wishing them the nun suecees for the coming season. The following omreri were elected for the season: J. J. Wilson, president; J. W. Mlllsap, manager; L. A. House, treasurer, and F. E. Durst, secretary. The Winder tenm le ready for games with any strong team of northeast Georgia. ORPHANAGE BEAT COLLEGE. PfHTlnl to The neorgtnn Clinton. S. C, May 4.—The orphan age lode took the last game from the | ]'reshyL 1 Plans, it was an Interesting BARTL THROWS W. DEMETRAL Special to The Georgian. Nuhvllle, Tenn, May 4.—"Demon' Bartl, the middleweight champion, threw William Demetral. the Greak heavyweight, two auceesstva falls last night In quirk order. Bnrtl used a half Nelson nnd a leg twist each tlmo nnd punished his man unmercifully. The match came near ending In n row at the conclusion of the first fall, when Dari Pons, Demetyal'a second, mn out on the mat, Demetral weighed about 180 pounds. Bartl weighed about 16*. Bad Shut- Out For Sanitarium Team MUIerigevflle, G#., May 4.—Georgia State Sanitarium couldn't score on G. M. C. yesterday, losing a fast game by the score of 10 to 0. Only two G. 8. men reached .second during the nine Innings: The tubulated score: G. 8. 8.— ab. r. h. po. a. e. Gilman, cf. . . 4 0 l 1 0 <» Smith, C\, lb. . 4 0 l 5 2 0 Smith, R, 2b, . 4 0 0 5 3 1 Smith, A., c. . . 3 0 1 7 1 0 Hudson, ss. . . 3 0 0 3 2 0 Lockhart. 3b. . . 3 o 0 2 1 2 Wright, rf. . . . 3 0 0 0 •* 0 Wilson, If and n. 3 0 o I l o Harper, p. and If. 3 0 1 0 0 2 Totals ... .30 G. M. C — ab. Kiker, 3b. . . .3 Forbes, 2l». & cf. 4 2 IUynoldfi, c. . . 5 2 Whilden. lb. . . 4 l llut< hlnson. If. . 5 1 Jordan. 2b. ... 3 0 Damn, as. . , . 2 2 Allen, rf 4, 1 Smith, p 3 0 MrleUln. rf. . . 0 1 Totals . . . .33* 10 8ummary. Socre by Innings: O. 8. S. G. M. C. 4 24 10 h. |h>. a. DAHLONEGA VS. BLACKSMITHS The Furman team, which waa sched uled to play at Tech Park Friday and Saturday, canceled the games, and there waa no seaslon at Tech Friday afternoon. Saturday, however, the Dahlonega bunch will be here for a battle with the Yellow Jackets. The Tech team had a *100 forfeit with the Furman management for each game, nnd will make a stout effort to collect the money. Sam Woodward and his Dahlonega players arrived In Atlanta Saturduy morning and they hope to make a good ahowing against Tech. The North deorgla tenm made a late atari this year and has not played a great many games. Their principal en gagements were: Lost to Gordon. 4 to 0 and won from Gordon 3 to 2. Played 4 with Gainesville, won 2 nnd lost 2. On Monday the Dahlonega play, era lost to Galnesvlla by a score of ( to 0 nnd the next tiny won by a score of 13 to 1. In the Monday gamo four of the Dahlonega regulars were out of the line-up. In speaking of the team Coach Wood, ward said: We have a good team nnd I believe that we will make n good showing against Tech. The players have plenty of ability, hut of course they lack ex perience. If they will do na well In the gutne ns they do In practice we will give Tech a rubt" Sam Woodward will probably join the Mobile team after his season ends. The Dahlonega line-up In Saturday's game will be: Harbour, catcher; Morris, nltcher and left Held; Charters, first base; Da. vtdson, second base; Reese, shortstop; Akers, third base; Hancock, right Held; Davis, center Add; Humphries, pitcher and left Held. The second season of The Georgian's Commercial League Is Inaugurated to day when the six teams Included In the organization get together In the opening festivities. The games scheduled are: Southern Railway vs. Bun-Proofs, at j Gam mage Crossing; S. V. Stiles, um- | plre. Southern States Electric Company vs. Beck & Gregg, on the north dia mond at Piedmont Park; Carlton Floyd, umpire. M. Kutx vs. Koca-Nola team, south diamond, Piedmont Park; Henry Watts, umpire. It Is hard to tell much about the teams at this stage of the proceedings, but It looks as though they were evenly matched and as though the season would see a closely contested fight for the pennant. The last preliminary meeting of The Georgian's Commercial League was held In the office of The Georgian Fri day night. The six teams composing the league wore represented. Representatives from tho Georgia Railway and Electric Light team and the Schmidt Home Bakers were pres ent. Both of these teams asked for admission to the league. The ques tion was qpted upon and It was de cided that the two teams could not be admitted. It was deemed advisable by the managers to keep the league down to a six-club organization. The managers stated that they would have ben glad to let the two teams In at the start, but as the schedule was ar ranged nnd grounds secured for six teams, It would perhaps be harmful to make a change. The six teams posted their cash for the guarantee fund. TURF MILESTONE IS REACHED THURSDA METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, RUN MAY 9, BELMONT PARK 1 For Three-Year-Olds and Up. One Mile. Value $10,000. Horse & Age. Wt. Owner. Jockey. Glorlfler. 6 ..119 J. L. McCormick.... Garner ... Dr. Gardner, 4.. .120 D. T. Sullivan ■ ■ , # , . Dishabille. 5..: .116 George C. Bennett... Nlcol Whimsical, 4.. . .114 Frank Farrell Notter ... Cairngorm, 5.. .112 S. Paget Horner.... Oxford. 5 •m J. McLaughlin Cherry ... Dolly Spanker, 6 .m R. T. Wilson. Jr...... Lowe W. H. Carey. 4.. .110 R. F. Carman Koerner .. Don Diego, 4.... .110 A. Belmont Mountain . •Suffrnge. 4 .106 J. R. Keene Miller .... Juggler, 4 .104 Fred Berlew Hennessey De Mund, 3 .104 P. J. Rainey Rndtko ... •Philander, 3 . 93 J. R. Keene Myers J. C. Core, 3.... . 98 •Newcastle Stable... t t r , Rosemont, 3.... . 95 P. C. Randolph Schilling . Bat Masterson, 3 . 93 Schwarts Bros Preston .. ■James R. Keene Entry. DEANE. Here Is the champion In singles of th* University of Georgia. He will represent Georgia at the Inter collegiate tennis meet In Atlanta. AUBURN WINS FROM GEORGIA Special to The Georgina. Athens, Ga., May 4.—Auburn beat Georgia h'ere yesterday by a score of 3 to 4 In a game which ended In the seventh Inning on account of rain. The score: Georgia. ab. r. h. po. a Foley. Derrick, 2b. ... 2 Brown, c 2 Hodgson, cf. . . 3 Cobb, lb 2 Graves, If. ... 3 Martin, as. ... 3 Williams, 3b. . . 3 Watson, rt. ... 3 ‘1 KMT-.r. & CO CONFIDENTIAL LOANS Of* V A-.r^LF-S. . v* .r ht. Kiribati Hou** wirc mi »« t.'nrerfeemtb Diamond*. • Two-bftne hit, Harmn; three-l>a*c hit. Reynolds; Inning* pitched, by Har per 2. Wilson 6; hits, off Harper 6, Wil son 4, Smith 3; base tin ball*, off Har per l, off Wilson 3: double play*, Kiker j to Wblklcn to Jordan, Hudnon to ! Smith, K.; left #*n basest G. 8. 8. 3, <’» :.l l\ 5. Time «5f iminr. I hour 13 I ndnu-*. I'mplre, Stembrtdge. QuestionAnswered Hportlng Editor Atlanta Georgian: If not asking too great a favor of you, I will appreciate your Informing me the city of the Houthern League' whose gate receipts were the greatest for the season of 190*. Some fans of this city think New Orleans has the honor, while others contend fur Atlanta and Birmingham. liease use the en closed envelope for reply, nnd I thank you In advance for your kindness. Yours respectfully, PORTER KING. Anniston. Ain.. April 25. You are all wrong. According to the amounts paid by the different clubs to the sinking fund. Memphis led last year's league. Atlanta second, Blrmlng. ham third and New Orleans fourth. President Chambers, of Montgomery, Is up In the air about the plentiful gos sip going nut from Montgomery about the Senators' franchise being trans- ferret] to Chattanooga or Mobile. He says the anvil chorus which rang laud anti clear during the tlmt part of the season has been hushed, and that Montgomery will he aa good a baseball town as Shreveport or Little Rock. Ms. larky Is learning more nnd more nbout running the dub. anti will make a fairly good manngcr In the roume of a few years.—New Orleans Picayune. ••••••••••••••••*•••••••«••••••••••*••••••••••••» j Standing of the Clubs. •MMH«t«HH4HUlMH(((«*HlttlMtUH*M*H*{ Southern League. CLUBS— Played. Woo. Lost. F. C. ATLANTA 18 12 6 Memphis 12 > 7 5 Niuhvllle 16 9 7 Little lt4K*k 17 9 8 New Orlenns . ... 13 6 7 Shreveport 14 6 8 lUrniliitflinni 17 • 7 Hi Montgomery 17 6 11 South Atlantio League. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lo«t. V. C, Savannah 20 12 8 .600 Macon. . . . Jacksonville. Columbia. . . Augusta . • CLUBS- Mohlle. . . Merldlnn. . Vicksburg . Gulfport . . Cotton 8tates. Played. Won. Lost P. C American t-eague. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P. C. Chicago 16 11 6 .687 Philadelphia 16 10 . 6 New York 16 10 6 (Me vein ml. ...... 16 9 7 Uotrolt 16 9 7 flonton 17 7 10 Washington 15 5 10 Kill iiu ton Louis. CLUBS- New York. . Chicago. . . . Pittsburg . . Philadelphia. Boston. . . . Cincinnati . St. Isoula . . Brooklyn. . . Columbus . , Louisville . Indianapolis. Tohtlo . . . Kntiftjis (Tty . Milwaukee. . St. Paul . . . Minneapolis . YE8TERDAY'8 RESULTS South.rn. Attant.-Xa.hvllle. Kiln. Illrtnluglimn-Montgomery. Its In. “ ft-New drleniin. Unln. ck 5, Meuipbl. 4. South Atlantic. Ci'InmM;i t. Msidu a Jacksonville 2. Augusta 2. Chariest™ 1, Savannah 0. 'bleats’ 0. Boston 3, Washington 0. Ht. Loula 10, Cleveland 5. National. New Tork 1.' Brooklyn 0. Boatnn «. Philadelphia I. American Association. St, Pant. I. Columbus I. Tea Innings. Milwaukee «. Indianapolis 3. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Atlanta In Nashville. Totals . . . Auburn. Marks, 3b. . Ware, If. . . Steele, 2b. . . Burgers, lb. . Weema, cf. . McClure, aa. . Schwartz, rf. Whltner, c. . Reynolds, p. , .24 4 7 21 ab. r. h. po. .27 Totals . Score-by Innings: Auburn ....... * 21 1* R. .020 020 1— * Georgia . . .' 200 200 0— 4 Summary—Three-bate hit, Oravez; two-base hit, Derrick; struck out, by Foley *, by Reynolds 1; bases on balls, off Foley 3, off Reynolds 2; passed halls, whltner 1. Brown 1; double plays. Martin to Derrick to Cobb; hit by pitched ball, by Reynolds (Cobb); wild pitch, Reynolds 1; stolen baaes. Graves; sacrifice hits, Marks, McClure. Umpire, Foster. DOBBS CANS TWO PLAYERS Special to The Georgian. Nashville. Tenn., May 4.—Manager Johnny Dobbs, of the Booster's, has re. leased Fred Schmidt, pitcher, and Jim Hacketl, Infielder and pitcher. BUI Sorrell or Johnny Duggan will pitch for Nashville today, and either Bparka or Zeller for Atlanta, Curtis, of Mich., To Coach Tulane Special to The Oenrgtan. New Orleans, La., May- 4.—Joe Cur tis, captain of last year’s University of Michigan team, has been appointed coach of the Tulane University foot ball team for next fall. By J. S. A. MACDONALD. New York. May 4.—On next Thurs day at Belmont Park one of the mile stones of the turf Is reached when the Metropolitan Handicap—an Annual oc casion for a great outpouring of met ropolitan society and-the Inauguration of the real racing season—Is run. It Is an event for 3-year-olds and up at a mile, nnd It stands today as one of our cherished classics of American racing, for the fixture has been con tinuously contested for upward of thirty-six years. At Jerome Park In the old sporting days of New York, the Metropolitan Handicap was the race of all races, but It has been essentially a modern turf function since 1891, when it saw Its first running dt Morris Park. There Tristan beat Tenny and Clarendon, the owner of the w|/iner taking down 37,500 as his share of the prize. ^Already New York Is talking of noth ing but the Metropolitan Handicap, so It would seem that the attendance rec ord for the event may be broken, which Is quite a momentous affair In Itself, since 32,000 persons cheered home Gun Fire at Morris Park In 1903. With clear weather, not fewer than 30,000 people will see the race on Thursday. With the Metropolitan Handicap but a few days off. a field of about sixteen horses Is In prospect. For the first time In a long while, "Davy" John Roseben receives an Indulgence in weight. He Is asked to take up pounds, as against 126 on a 4-year. Accountant. The latter horse has withdrawn. Now that the Sulltvan-Farrell-Jo son triumvirate has won a signal tory over the Jockey Club through Infusion of politics Into the tilt Jockey Jack Martin, that young nu n-ill ride Roseben. He will probably to the post a favorite, though the r of the Metropolitan Is a trifle long. Incidentally "Big Tim" Sullivan start Dr. Gardner, but Martin will Johnson’s honfc. Martin is under tract to the “Big Three." The reinstatement of Martin Is fo nate for the “Big Three,' for he Is the sort of boy required for Rose at this route, aa the big sprinter cornea heavy headed after three-qu tors of a mile. L. McCormick's Glorlfler. w|- of the Carter Handicap, and the luck less 3-year-old, De Mund, are prl- factors along with W. H. Carey, f California hero, and James R. Kee filly, Suffrage. The season Is a bit early for Go Between, winner of t 1906 Suburban Handicap, and his gr- rivat, Dandeloln. They are doub starters. The winner will be aeclal- as the beet handicap horse In tralnl at the present time here In the East Terrible Terry’s Conqueror Is Slaughtered by Sulliva Baltimore, Md„ May 4.—When Young Corbett was stretched out unconscloue In the eleventh round of hie fight with Kid Sullivan last night, there waa pre sented one of those peculiarly pathetic pictures associated with the prlxe ring. Once the mightiest of the little men of the ring, nnd twice the conqueror of "Terrible Terry” McGovern, he lay there completely defeated, a victim. It seemed, of his own fate. Corbett had really been beaten down In the fifth round, but though blinded and dazed from the blow he had come out and gamed It through. In the tenth round Corbett had gone down for a count of eight and hnd come up doubled with pain and hardly able to stand. Yet he had stalled It out to the gong and faced hie victorious op ponent- without a sign of flinching in the eleventh. Before a storm of body and Jaw blows he went through the ropes, gerlng around the stage, and so refuge In his own corner, where he w given a cold water douche. Fins!' unable to stand the punishment, was knocked through the ropes down the stage. Stretched on his b face upward and completely done, manager threw up the sponge ber ths work of examination had *- completed. Dragged to hla corner and rcauscr ed. Young Corbett’a first thought for another battle with his conque who even then etood over him str Ing hands and-wishing him good I Then Joe Humphreys, Corbett's ma ger, told the departing throng that man wanted to meet Sullivan ag»- within six weeki for any reason purse and a aide bet and the cu ' was rung down, aa Corbett, still with pain, made his way to the d Ing room. Bernie McCay To Be Here Sunday Bernie McCay, manager of the Mo bile team, In the Cotton 8tatea League, will be In Atlanta over Sunday on busi ness. THE CUB’S ...COLUMN... Pointing Fancy 2-Year-0lds For Valuable Spring Event ‘‘It tickled me Immensely to hear the crowd give the glad hand to Bachman, the St. Alphonsua runner, whose num ber was 23, when he finished the Mara thon run." said Bob Fowler, who waa second In the race. "It brought back to me the memortes of my trip to Ath ens a year ago. when everything I stacked up against bore the hoodoo number. My stateroom was 22, my seat at the dining table was 23, my number In the race was 23, and I think there were several other 23s that have By J. S. A. MeeDONALD. New York. May 4,-A-Through none of the valuable two-year-olds In the stables of New York's millionaires has shown so far at the Aqueduct meeting, two score or so of priceless thorough breds arc now In point under the di rection of the star trainers of the East. As usual, the chief trainers have the beet babies. By common consent, this year Is going to be a banner one with the, stable of Harry Payne Whitney, so far as two-year-old racing la con cerned. In years gone by his Meddler youngsters stood as the Whitney reli ance, but another Richmond le now In the field. This Is Sandringham. This Imported sire has sent about as line a lot of colts and Allies to the races this spring as ever went to the care of Trainer John Rodgers. The culls of the lot will be raced late In the current meeting and at Jamaica, but the prize Juveniles of the "Eton blue” will be reserved for the opening at Belmont Park, where the 315,000 Juvenile stakes and the *25,000 national stallion stakes are sure to bring out the flower of the establishment. A Sandringham miss named Forge (dam the old-time steeplechase mare. Forget) and a bay Ally, by Hamburg Mornlngslde, are talked about The litter filly Is one of the leggy upstand ing sort which will not come to hand until the warm weeks of June nr July. Bonnie Star, a chestnut Ally, by Star Shoot-Bonnle Blue H, Is also the tip of the paddock. Rodgers has a great hand of Al lies, but le lamentably weak with colt division. The beat colt, so far recent works Indicate, Is a fellow j Nasturtium-Equality. He Is called None. He worked a very fast qu' for Rodgers last Sunday, and the - hie hands are saving up to have a nr on him In hie first start. Yankee * not n single exceptionally prepn- Ing eon or daughter In the lot. H ever. It le a wise trainer who wi holds a prediction concerning this that two-year-old until they get to races, for many a scrawny one on gallop grounds amounts to a star w the silks are up. Mr. Whitneys i ble deserves a more than ordinary S ree of aucceaa this coming sum; lothlng but 111 luck attended It In 1 First, the great mare. Artful, thrown out of training for the Su ban handicap and retired to Brook farm. Then came the break-down Burgomaster, probably the best or three-year-olds and certainly the r ter of Accountant. As If the cup bitterness had not tilled to the ■ Tanya, the best daughter of Mod broke training with an attack of 1 fever, and waa sent to the farm. At times the ordinary colt, Ironsl aa the only race horse lit to bear Whitney colors. The stable's gre success came with the victory of laloe In a good stake over James Keene’s Pope Joan and other ones. The fact that Harry Whitney estimated the loss at ca Ing his stable In 1906 at 150,000 gt one an Idea of Just what sort of mo Is entailed In keeping up a flret-c racing stable on the Metropolitan J On the whole this looks like a » M* year. Late advices say that master will stand training again. slipped my memory. I wasn't feeling any too good when I was handed my number by the clerk of the course. Martin Sheridan drew 23 In the discus event. Greek style, but he laughed so heartily over It that I fety encour aged. However, when he waa d(squat, tiled, he came bad: to the dressing room and was Inclined to think that there was something In the hoodoo aft er all. When I started out for the long rare I was trying to forget the number 'that was on my back. For the life of me I could not. Ir was like the old man of the sea. It seemed to hear me down. I beams to co bad at 20 miles. fought tt out as long as I could finally gave up. I had covered .3 of the run, thus completing the he That le why I was glad to «»,» man finish aa well aa he did- Grad, In Boston Herald. How long will It be before Billy ® klA* himself out of the league If thing keeps up? No woflder the) him eo In New Orleans.—Monig"- Advertiser. Billy kicks some, but If he can* make himself as odious as Mull and Durrett we will lake off our to him.—Birmingham Ledger.