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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 9,1907. CRACKERS HAVE REACHED ENEMY’S COUNTRY SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING >•••••••••••• NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS BY PEROY H. WHITING. Let*8 have some public baseball parks. There seems to be a considerable stew over the question of what disposition shall be made of Piedmont Park. But how ever the discussion ends, the finish of the'two baseball parks inside the race tracks is to be feared. The sporting department has enough troubles now without cutting into city politics; but it wishes to rise again to re mark : Give us plenty of public baseball parks. Or, anyway, leave us those we now have. This idea of public baseball parks is nothing especially novel. Scores of cities in the country have them, including many in tho South. The larger cities in the United States have not only their public , baseball grounds, but public tennis courts, golf courses and fields for athletic sports. Why should-not some of the level places in Atlanta’s public parks be used for this purpose? And if there arc no places why not mako a few? Baseball in public parks affords not only an opportuhity for the healthy amusement of nearly a score of vigorous young Americans who take part in each game, but the games offer also a form of pleasant entertainment to hundreds of specta tors. And speaking of baseball—the first Western invasion be gins today. Atlanta opens nt Red Kim in Memphis, Birming ham at New Orleaps, Montgomery nt Shreveport and Nashvillo at Little Rock. <■ Tho first day of the campaign finds the Eastern clubs occu pying the following places in the standing of the league: At lanta first, Nashville third, Birmingham seventh, Montgomery eighth. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Atlanta and Memphis westle it out for the lead in the pennant race. Next to Atlanta Memphis seems right now to have the strongest team ip tho league. And on home grounds the Bluffers will be hard to beat. Castleton is slated for the opener and ought to take it. Zel ler will doubtless pitch one game and with luck should win. The other game is a gamble. One thing, though—Memphis has apparently no star pitchers this year and doubtless the heavy hitting Crackers will S ';nre tho air nround Red Elm with multitudinous binglcs g the next three days. Whether they will get enough hits to win remains to be seen. MILITARY COLLEGE STARS TOM BURNS GETS DECISION IN 20-ROUND “RUNNING MATCH” 00000060000000000000000000 O BATTLE WAS EASY. O SAYS TOMMY BURNS. O O 0 O By Tommy Burnt. 0 0 Lot Angeles. CaJ.. .May 9.—I O 0 guest "Individual Supremacy" O 0 Jack O'Brien had all ho wanted 0 0 last night. Ha was easy. 1 would 0 0 have put him down to be count- O 0 ed out In a coupla of rounds more. O 0 I am now going to get after that O 0 Australian champion. BUI Squires, 0 O and when he Is licked will face C O any man that chooses to toe the 0 0 mark. The championship passed O 0 to me last night, and I am ready 0 0 to defend It 0 O 0 00000000000000000000000000 Georgia Defeats Stone Mountain Special to The Georgian. Athens, Ga., May 9.—The Stone Mountain “prep” team held the heavy hitting Georgia ’varsity to a score of 4 to 1 here Wednesday In a alow but In teresting game. The prep boys bunched hits on Graves In the first Inning and scored. The squeexe play failed, else the score would have been different. Phenome nal fielding by Martin saved Graves several hits. Score by Innings: R. H. E. Oeorgla ..... .011 000 000— 470 Stone Mt 100 000 000— 1 4 2 Batteries—Graves and Hodgson; Goldsmith and Smith. By JAMES J. JEFFRIES. Los Angeles. Cal., May 9.—Tommy Burns defeated Jack O'Brien last night and he deserves all the honors which go with the victory. He won by four miles and a half actual distance cov. ered. It was more of a running match than n fight, for the simple ' reason. that O’Brien refused to light Burns waa willing enough and 'never let an op< portunlty escape to mix It. and mix It hard, but O'Brien was .evidently afraid to let himself loose, and for round after round he. did little but run about the ring, with Bums after him. It was one of tho most remarkable the decision, the crowd saw one man rushing and rushing and rushing, while the other backed away and even turned his back and ran. There were seconds when something In O'Brien seemed to prompt him to stop and show fight, but he was-al ways ready to back away when Burns opened up. It Was a poor bout- to watch, for the reason that there was so little fighting. In but one round of the fight did O’Bri en really do any fighting. This was the fourth. In this round the Phila delphian sent In numerous straight lefts to the face .which brought blood from Bums' nose. This was the only round In which I could give O'Brien anything. In half a dozen rounds there waa not enough doing to give the shade to either of them, but In the others It was all Bums. - - — Bums was up against the hard prop osition of a clever man who would not fight, and he made the best of It, but I believe he had O'Brien In such distress several times that he should have fin ished him. 00000000000000000000000003 O O'BRIEN SAYS HE o EARNED a DRAW. 5 o By Jack O’Brien. O Los Angeles. Cal., May 5 _ n O Bums had the referee with him 5 O or he would not have been given O O the decision. The worst I should o O have received was a draw. I land, o O ed more punches than Bums and O O had the fight been a finish affair 3 0 would have won out. In spite of o 0 all "expert opinions," I «a» o 0 strong and could have gone a O 0 much longer distance. I am not 3 0 kicking, though, but would like to 0 O meet Bums again to show that I o 0 can lick him. 0 0 o 00000000000000000006000^ "RIP” RAGAN TO QUIT GAME Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., May 9.—It n probable that "R|p” Ragan, formerly I one of the best pitchers In the South, 1 has appeared for the last time on a Southern slab. Because he failed to draw a lower berth when the Western trip was be. gun, "Rip" refused to accompany the team. He was thereupon suspended In definitely. It was reported today ihat Ragan plans to return to Cherrvvale. Kane., resume the transfer business and quit the game. The fans here hart demanded hla head. Ragan has been out of condition all the season and haa been Ineffective for the most part. PUGILISTIC SPRINTING MATCH, BY AN EXPERT METROPOLITAN HANDICAP WILL PROVE GREAT RACE By J. 8. A. M’DONALD. New York, May 9.—A big horse race haa old New York agog today. The Metropolitan handicap, for three years and up, will be run at Belmont Park today. Judging by the crowd that this early la wending Its way to the track, proba bly 40,000 persona will be thronging Belmont Park aa the magic yell, “They'ro off!" breaks forth, thrilling all . hearts and hurrying the pulse of every man and woman poseessed of a drop of "sporting blood." To the owners of tho first three horses home will go the rich purse of about 911,000, a magnet which has served to bring forth the best horses In training at the present time. The field is evenly balanced, thanks to a Judi cious allotment of handicap weights, to the fourteen candidates which stand entered over night. Roseben Is, as he has been tor some time, the favorite In the race. Sewell Is at 4 to 1. to win the race, with the 1909 Brooklyn Handicap winner To- kalon. and Tanya, next choices at about 6 to 1. Two 9-year-olds from the Newcastle stables—J. c. Core and Hugh Grant— OOO0OOO0000O0O0O0O0000OO00 0 O O New York May 9.—Farts about O O today's Metropolitan handicap: O Name of race—Metropolitan O handicap. a 0 Distance—One mile. o O Value to field—9900,000 (estl- 0 O mated). O O Probable number of spectators— 0 O 40,000. 0 0 Amount bet—9990,000. O O Money spent by spectators— O O 9200,000. O O Race record—1.-99, made by O O Gunfire In 1909. , u OOOO0000O00O0O000O00000O0O and Brown's Sewell, named after the Jockey of that name who fell from the saddle to death at Aqueduct last au tumn. nre formidable. Though fourteen horses were entered yesterday, four, or perhaps six, will bo added starters. James R. Keene may send the splen did filly Hulfrago to the post with Notter or McDaniel In the saddle. This year the handicap will come to hand as the third race of the day In stead of the old-time custom of put ting It on as the fourth event of the program. The horses should be at the post at 1:90 o'clock. High School Boys’Track Meet Will Be Finished on Friday The Boys' High School track and field meet, which was postponed from last Friday, will bq pulled off Friday afternoon, beginning at 9 o'clock. The only event finished last week was the 100-yard dash, which was won by Rice In 10 4-9 seconds. This event will not be repeated. All the other •rent* on the program will be decided STAR BALL BY EMORY TEAMS Special to The Georgian. Emory College, Oxford, Ga., May Perhaps the moet sensational game ever pulled off on an Emory College diamond waa played here Tuesday. The Sophomore team, which has hitherto been considered a strong factor In the pennant race, went down In defeat be fore the Sub-Freshmen to the June of 4 too. Hitherto «Very game fn which the Subs have participated haa been a farce from beginning to end. Contrary to all expectations, the game was filled with brilliant pitching and phenome nal ptaya on the part of the Subs. The downfall of the Sophomores came In the first five Innings, when falls off Pitcher Green connected with errors on the part of his teammates netted the Subs four runs. After this great calamity the Sophomores sent In their star twlrier. Burt, off of whose de- not a Sub reach For the Subs Dorsey, at short, and Jonas, at center, put up a fine article of boll. For the Sophomores, Smith and Burt played stellar ball. Score by Innings: R. H. E. Sophomores 090 000 000—0 9 9 Subs 9*1 010 OO0—4 0 2 Batteries—Sophomores, Green, Burt Friday. Thirty-eight boys are entered In the various events and they promise to be well contested. In the relay rare seven teams of four boys each will take part. In ad dition to the usual track and field sports there will be wrestling bouts for boys In lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight classes. Hartwell Athletes Form Association Special to The Georgian. Hartwell. On., May 0.—The sport lovers of this place have organised an athletic association, which Is headed by the following officers: President, R. E Matheson; vice president, L. L. Stapleton: secretary, Steve Skelton. The association, out of the local ma terial. will organise one.of the swiftest ball teams In this section of the state. A. S. Richardson, prominently con nected .with the ball team of the Uni versity of Georgia a few years back. Is manager of the team, with McAlpIn Thornton ns assistant manager. Fred Richardson, another old university and Tech player, Is captain; Clarence Lin der and 8. A. Kendrick, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Indications point to some fine ball here this sea son. On the left is “Dick” Stembridge, believed by Milledgsville fans to be the premier prep league twirlor. On the right stands “Rubs" McLain, a southpaw wonder. “Big” Reynolds graces the center. He ie eaid to be the beet backstop In prop rankt. The “Crawl Stroke” Best For Short Distance Swimming “Two years ago the 'Crawl stroka’ was an unintelligible phrase to all those not familiar with late Innovation! In the atyle of swimming.” said Edward Hopklnaon, Jr.,' captain of the swim ming team at the University of Penn aylvbnla, when Interviewed yesterday, “but within the past year Ita fame and progress have been remarkable, and every swimming club In the country now has one or more of Its members trying to master the peculiar knack of this stroke. The new stroke Is said to have originated In an odd way. Two friends In Australia were swimming a race and one of them qulto easily out distanced the other. The next time they swam, the former winner as a handicap had his legs tied, but even then to everyone’s surprise hla victory was as conclusive as before. After a little experimenting he expounded the theory that In old-fashioned swimming the resistance of the water as the legs are drawn up and spread out quite counter-balanced the power created when the legs were stuck out. "The superiority of the 'Crawl stroke' Is that It minimises (he resistance of the water by using a vertical motion of the legs Instead of drawing them up and opening them. The position as. sumed Is as follows: Tho head Is level on the water with the face under the surface except to breathe, and the THIS IS “WHITEY.” and Drake. Subs. Pean and Barnett. The result of today's game puls n new aspect on the present race for the 1907 pennant, and to win the pennant the Sophomores will have to nib all the remaining games. whole body floating on the surface. The legs are alternately raleed slightly above the surface of the water, strik ing the water with the front of the leg and the Instep, the toes being pointed ae nearly horlsontally aa possible. Even without the use of the arms the body la propelled through the water at a fair speed and the power of the new style of kick proved. The movement of the arms, similar to that of crawling on the ground. Is only a variation of the trudgenn stroke, though a trifle short er and quicker pull Is used. Daniels, however, who holds all the American records, having swam 100 yards In less than Cg seconds, swims the crawl and the trudgeon strokes with practically the same arm motion. "The breathing problem In the 'Crawl stroke' Is the most serious and difficult thing to overcome, for every time the head Is raised to breathe the progress of the swimmer Is materially checked. This would soem to preolude the use of this stroke successfully for long-dis tance work, as Irregular or Insufficient breathing quickly saps the strength of the swimmer. "For all distances up to 100 yards, or even 200 yards, however, the experience of the.past year has proved that the crawl Is by far the fastest stroke that Is used, and Penn believes It not at all Improbable that It may be so modified as to make It practicable for long-dis tance swimming." Notice Manager East Point Club By C. E. VAN LOAN. Los Angeles, Cal., May 9.—Tommy Burns won a 20-lap running match from Jack O'Brien last night before the moet disgusted crowd that' ever as sembled under ehlngioa to watch a championship battle. Just before the gong rang for the first round, Referee Eyton advanced to the middle of the ring. "Gentlemen.” eald he. "for good and sufficient reasons, I declare ofT all bets on this contest." Burrs came In head down and arms working like pistons. O'Brien turned his back and sidled along the ropes, looking back over his shoulder like a scared rabbit. Before the fight was 20 seconds old the crowd began to hiss O'Brien and It never stopped throughout the evening. At the end of a minute of Ineffectual pursuit. Burns dropped his hands and begged O'Brien to light. O'Brien put up his hands, crouched double and ad vanced, but when Burns threw up his hands to meet him O'Brien turned tall again and shunted around the ring. "Get out In a ten-acre lot, • yelled one man in the gallery. The Jeering had some effect on O'Brien. In the second round he stood up for about three seconds and Burns was all over him. swinging blindly and with little direction. O'Brien clinched and Burns' Impetuosity carried both men off their feet. O'Brien falling on his back and Burns sprawling over him. After he got on his feet O Brien clinch ed repeatedly and Eyton warned him about holding. . In the third Burns discovered that by sprinting ahead of O'Brien on the turns he could meet him and head him off. O'Brien usually turned and ran the other way, but once Burns nailed him, and In a mix-up brought the blood from Jack’s mouth. The fifth, sixth and seventh rounds were wretched exhibitions on O'Brien's part and In the eighth Burns managed to sneak in a, good punch of a eort sel dom seen. O'Brien hung on until the referee tore him away And Just as Ey ton forced his way between them Burns let fly with a high 1 right swing and nailed O'Brien high on the side of the head. In the ninth round Bums chased O'Brien along the ropes, met him rounding a comer and slugged him back the way he came, landing one good body blow and missing a dozen In a whirlwind mix-up. In the fourteenth round four of the arc lights over the ring went out and the house waa left in half light. O'Brien doubling along the ropes, remarked for the benefit of the spectators: "Maybe the lights were fixed." By clinching, running away and Jab bing at long range, O'Brien managed to escape without any further III to tils face, but the bell was welcome, for he was very tired when It rang. Bums tried for a knockout in the nineteenth, but O'Brien waa too fast for him, and the one time when there was a chance for a finishing punch O'Brien ducked his head and let the right swing whistle by. The crowd was howling to Bums to go In and clean up the Job when the bell rang for the last round, but Bums, disgusted with O'Brien's tactics, made two or three futile rushes and then lapsed. When the bell rang Eyton hoisted Bums' glove and Nolan rushed O'Brien from the ring. Jack was asked to make a statement, but at first he refused flatly. , "I will guard my statement,” he said. But the general opinion after the flaio last night was that no amount of talk ing will ever square Jack O'Brien with the spotting people. As ■ a drawing card the fight was | somewhat disappointing, the receipts amounting to something over 922.000. Burns will now be matched with Squires and the articles of agreement I will be signed today. Burns came out of the fight with nothing but a slight bruise over the right eye, while O'Brien's face was | slashed, especially about the eyes. Manager McCarcy Is the man who declared all beta olf. He Instructed Eyton to make this announcement Just before the gong rang. "I know the Los Angeles spurt . people will believe me when I say that I had very good reasons for calling iff the bets,” said McCSrey after the flgh'. "I would’ rather do this a thousand times than take a ctiance on a Job being put through, and It was done to protect the betting public.” Beyond this rather ambiguous state ment, McCarey would not go. The O'Brlen-Bums fight for the heavyweight championship was the sourest lemon ever handed to the sport ing people In this part of the country, but It proved beyond question that Tommy Bums can beat O’Brien ajy day In the week. Sporting Editor Georgian: The manager of tho Commission Merchants' would like to hear from the manager of the East Point club, re garding a game next Saturday, through The Georgian. C. V. DOOLITTLE. Manager. VERY CLOSE A-TcOMER. Special to The Georgian. Comer, Ga., May 9.—Danlelsvllle and Comer had a most Interesting game Monday on the Comer grounds. Comer defeated Danlelsvllle by the score of 9 to 7. The line-up was as follows: Standing of the Clubs, j CLFBS- ATI.A.NTA. . Memphis. . . Nashville . . t.lttle Hock. . Sew Orlenus.. khrereport . . South Atlantic League. CLVB8— I'luyed. Won. UM.V.C. 8 § JK£r m .V. -. ::S § aKSf-.vr-./J lo I’ :i§ American •-caguo. Nr tv York . Phllnrtolpbta Detroit . . nwrlntul. • Ponton . . . & Comer. J. Long, p.. . H. Long, c.. .. Cooper, lb.. .. Moon. 2b Carithers. 9b... Whelrhel. ss.. . Chandler, rf.. . Denison, of... Alexander. If... Danlelsvllle. Murry, p. . .. Thompson, c. White, lb. . . .R. David. 2b. .. Porterfield. 9b. ... ..Gordon, ss. ...H. David, rf. Bonds, cf. . ..W. Murry. If. LINDALE BARACA TEAM IS3UES A CHALLENGE. To the Sporting Editor Georgian: The Llndale 1 tunicas are ready to cross bats with any team of ihetr j class (amateur) in north Georgia. We play only clean, honest ball for the (un there Is In It. J. D. WINCHESTER, Manager. | Llndale, Oa. WASHINGTON 12, HELENA 3; FRANK MOHShAUSLH. Hire Is "Whitey" Morse, who performed so well for Atlgma lost year and who now does stunts for V.-hvllle Special to The Georgian, i Washington. Oa.. May 9.—Washlng- j ton defeated Helena In the fastest game I of the season hero Tuesday by a score I of 12 to 2. I The Helena team could not touch I “Colley." the pitcher for Washington, 1 who struck out twenty men and let up only four safe hits. CLUBS- Columhos . Louisville ■ Imllcnopells Toledo . . Kit lisa* City Milwaukee . Si. Paul . . Mluneu polls Cl.Cllh- Xew York . , Chicago • . rittalmrs . . Philadelphia . Boston . . , Clurlnnstl . 8t. Louis . . Brooklyn . . American A«.e.jtlon^ t p & “PRESERVED” GINGER. :ft l Played. W on, last P. C. I? 10 ■M2 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American. Cleveland 7. Chicago 5. National. St. Louis A Philadelphia 4. Chicago 12, Brooklyn 4. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. bvlile la Liuia Ita*. JACK EVERS. Here la the big catcher who worked for Atlanta last year and who performs with Augusta now. 0000000O0000O0O00O00000000 O 0 0 TECH OFF FOR AUBURN. O 0 ' O O The baseball team of the Geor- O O gla School of Technology will O 0 leave Thursday night for Auburn, O O Ala., where oh Friday and Satur- O O day It will compete wlth'the Ala- O 0 bama Polytechnic Institute team. 0 O 0 00000000060000000000006000 RATS WIN GAME. Special to The Georgian. 06000000000000000000000000 O FOOTBALL SCHEDULE . 0 O FOR SEWANEE TEAM, 0 0 0 O Here is the Sewanee football 0 0 schedule for this fall: ° 0 September 28—Mooney School. 0 O at Sewanee. • . ” 0 October 10—Mississippi A. and 0 O M„ at Sewanee. _ ? 0 October 19—Auburn, at Blr- 0 O mlngham. ? 0 October 2»—Mississippi, at 0 O Memphis- „ ° O November 2—Virginia, at Nor- 0 O folk. Va. O November 9—Georgia Tech, at o O Atlanta. . . “ O November 11—Georgia, at Ath- 0 O ens. _ ., 2 O November U—Open, probably 0 0 Tennessee. . . . 2 O Thanksgiving Day—Vanderbilt, o 0 at Nashville. O0O00O0000000O0000000OOOOO social"whirl CAUSES COLLAPSE New York, May 9.—Mrs. Tom L Johnson, wife of the mayor of clew* land. Is In a private sanitarium ruffer* Ing from nervous collapse caused W the strain of the past strenuous In the social whirl. Her condition not believed to be serious. DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE- Special to The Georgian. Tallahassee. Fla., May 9.-S-n.itof Reard’a resolution proposing an arucM- ment to the constitution of Florid i lim iting suffrage to white citizens. defeated In the house by a rote of 4i » | 14. The senate passed the three weeks ago by a vote of 23 i# * liner v* cenn uj » - .l. Forest Park. Ga., May 9.-On May 4 I Carmel ball team butted In against the teenth and fifteenth amendments real things when they struck the Pooh -■ — Creek Musk Rats or Whlteoak Spring team, and got iheir Just recompense. Score 12 to 1. The homeliest ball players arc the best for wear, according to an eminent authority. Jimmy Long and Billy Crts- tall were almost Adonises, for Instance, while Butch Schaffer waa a Mercury, or some other heathen. They have all departed, leaving rough am! ready be hind to win the pennant.—New Orleans Picayune. The Wisconsin Deadlock. Madison, Wis, May 9.—The with drawal of Mr. Lehroot aa a senatorial candidate was followed tonight by the withdrawal of Congressman H. A. Cooper. Concert for Vetsrans. For the benefit of Stonewall •on (’amp. U. C. V.. an entertain^** will bs given Thursday nigh* o’clock at the Baptist Tabernacle JW’i mission will be free, but yolun *W, contributions will be received. R. B. Russell will preside and It * James L. Mnyson will deliver an * j dress on "Dixie Before end After - ter." A number of musical select j will bo rendered. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Dsc-'.ur 8L Kimball How* Bargains In Unredeemed Diemen** ft