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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. MAY 17, 1907.
CRACKERS HAVE REACHED SHREVEPORT AT LAST
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING. •
It begini to seem as though Atlanta would never get a
chance to play another game. And such a thing as two games
in sncceRtion is absolutely unheard of.
Thursday the Crackers missed connection at the flourishing
burg of Texarkana and did not reach Shreveport in time for a
game. So it goes over until next trip.
We note that Shreveport waxes acrimonious over the fact
that Billy Smith did not charter a special train to rush the
Crackers to Shreveport for the game.
Confidentially, oh ye fans of Shreveport, it wns because—
on the strength of last year’s attendance figures—Billy Smith
wonld not have been justified in chartering a bag of peanuts—
because the disappointment of all the fans who saw the games
the last time Atlanta was in Shreveport would not have
amounted to such a very great lot of disappointment.
Chartering a train for a Sunday game in Memphis or New
Orleans or a week day game in Atlanta or Birmingham would
have been good business. But alas, week-day receipts in Shreve
port and the cost of special trains are far apart—with all the
difference in favor of the speoial train.
Nashville won again yesterday and fairly stood the Crescent
City team on its head.
Hurrah for Nashville—and the East.
And everlastingly "Down with the Dutchman.”
It is painfully reassuring to lenm by telegraphic dispatches
that Billy Smith will not have to go to the New Orleans club.
That story looks from here like a large, juicy hoax and there
was never anything in it but a nice joke perpetrated by some
Little Rock wag.
Zeller is slated to work the opener in Shreveport.
Pirates.
GEORGIA TEAM REACHES CITY
AND IS ALL READY FOR TECH
Poor
The announcement that Bryan Grant will go to New Or
leans with Nat Thornton to assist in making another try for
the Gnlf States championship is welcome to local tennis enthu
siasts. Thornton holds the Gulf States title in singles and Grant
and Thornton have twice won it in doubles. If the local play
ers can get away with it again the cups become their property.
And unless Russ and Cresson, the Texas sharps, appear and
are better than usual, or unless something unexpected happens
the two titles are likely to come back to Atlanta.
As the local players are the champions they will not have
to play in the preliminary matches, lmt they will probably go
to New Orleans May 28 or 29 to get in shape for the tournu-
ment.
Redfearn Will Doubt
less Oppose Lafitte
in Opener.
FOLEY, QA., PITCHER.
The Georgia baseball team, chaper
oned by Manaser Carmichael and
Coach Stouch. reached Atlanta Thurs
day night and after a good nlght'a rest
are tn fine shape for the games with
Tech Friday and Saturday.-
v-oaeh Tommy Stouch states that he
has one of the best teams he has ever
coached. The Georgia team has
strengthened greatly In the past two
weeks and they confidently expect to
take one, if not both, of the games from
Tech.
Redfearn, the star left-hander, wilt
be uaed In the opening game, and If he
Is In condition will probably be sent In
to pitch again Saturday. Of late he
has besn remarkably successful, having
allowed only one run In the last four
games he has been In the box. and one
of these was a fourteen-inning affair.
In the four- games he pitched Just 41
Innings. In addition. Stouch has Foley
and W. Brown, both left-handers, and
good men.
The line-up In the game Friday will
he as follows:
Georgia—J. Brown, e.; Cobb, lb;
Derrick, 2b: Williams, 3b; Mnrtln, **.:
Graves, If.: Hodgson, cf.; McWhorter,
rf.: Redfearn, p.
Tech—Knight, c.: Parker, lb: Stew
art. 2b; Burhonan, 3b: Wright, **.;
'Robert, If.; Davenport, cf.; Brooks, rf.;
j Lafitte, p.
I The game will be called at 3:30 p. m.
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MARTIN, GA„ SS.
EAGAN PARK WINS.
The Eagan Park baseball team met
and defeated tbe strong Piedmont Cot
ton Mills team Tuesday In a very ex
citing game. The score was 7 to 4.
The Tcch-Georgia games on at Tech Friday and Saturday
promise to be tho best thing that has happened in ■Southern
college baseball this year and doubtlesa the lovers of the game
and the supporter! of tho two colleges will be otit in force to
see the fnn.
REFORMED SPORTING EDITOR ADDS
TO ILLUMINATION OF SCORING RULES
Vaughn’s effort to trado Montgomery and Ragan for a cou
ple of Shreveport playors has fallen by the wayside. Poor
Harry. It was a bed of roses last year—and a bed of thorns
this year. *
COMMERCIAL LEAGUERS
PLAT AGAIN SATURDAY
SATURDAY GAMES.
Berk 4k Gregg ve. Southern Railway.
Carleton Floyd, umpire.
Sun Proofs vs. M. Kutx, at north dia
mond, Plodmont Park. c. McGoney,
umpire.
Southern States Electric Company va.
Koca Nolas. at a am mace Crossing.
Henry Watts, umpire.
With every Indication pointing to
ward a third aueceesful round of games,
tho Commercial League baseball play
ers will clash again Saturday afternoon
in tho race for The Georgian's pen
nant.
The south diamond at Piedmont Park
will not bo avaUabla for Commercial
League use Saturday, and President
Thomas will announce In the noon edi
tion of Saturday's Georgian where tho
Bock A Gregg-Southern Railway game
will be played. The new diamond at
Piedmont, which la being prepared for
Commercial League use, will not be
ready until the following Saturday.
Contributions In the way of new re
serve lists and notaa of games and
players will be found below:
FROM BEciTdL GREQQ.
Balow wa submit tha following re
serve llat:
Pariah, Garwood. Grist, Johnson,
Adams, V. Moore, Thompson, Candler,
H. Moore, Davis, Vlcksry, Payne, Net-
ML
The feature of last Saturday's game
was tha playing of Parish. H* rapped
out a trlpple. two doubles and a sin
gle.
"Iron-armed" Garwood wa* right
there Saturday, giving up only four
scattered hits and whiffed out eleven
candles.
V. Moore's one-hand stab of a fly
Charles Grist, first baseman for
Beck A Gregg, la playing the game like
a veteran.
Candler. Thompson and Darla played
good ball, and Candler's two-bagger
was a dandy.
80. RY. RE8ERVE LIST.
Barry, Oppenhelm, Maurk. Parker,
Erwin, Howell, Alfred, Shumate, West,
Calllff, Mlnkey, Tenney, Martin. Mc
Pherson; W. O. Parker, manager.
KUT2 CO. LINE-UP.
W. A. Winn, manager; Huddles
Ahlea, Richardson. Lamina, Edona,
W. Sullivan, Sartorlus, R 8ulllvan, N.
Sullivan, Bumsltad, Bosch*.
KOCA N0LA8 REORGANIZE.
Th* Koca Nola baseball club held a
meeting yesterday afternoon and elect
ed offleer*.
Strang* was elected manager. Sol ms,
captain of tba team and Hill secretary
and treasurer.
Strange la working hard to give tbe
club a winning team. The weak points
mad* manifest by the two games play
ed have been strengthened and all the
players ar* now working In perfect
harmony. After a few d«a of practice
for th* purpose of developing team
work they expect to make th* other
teams In Ihs league hustle for every
thing they get.
Watch the Koca Kolas!
Th* present reserve list Is as follows:
Strange, manager; Solms, captain;
Mlddlebrooks, Crane, Collins, Hunnt-
cutt. Weaver, Dukes, Henley. Gores,
"Make All the Noise You Can;
. Treat Visitors as Guests
—COACH HEI8MAN,
“Remember that th* visiters are our guoste, and treat them at all
times as such. Whether we win or leee, let them see that under all clr-
cumstaness wa can behave at gentlsmsn and sportsman should. Mtk*
all the noise you can, cheer th* teem from stort to finjsh, but don't foil
to chtor th* visitors also.”
99
To hla honor, Percy H. Whiting, tho
sporting editor of The Atlanta Geor
gian, esquire, add some other things:
Personally appeared before me, my
self, J. D. Gortatowsky, who most awk.
wardly and awfully doth perpetrate the
following:
The writer understands perfectly
that reason Is out of reason on a
sporting page, for. as you said In your
charming, effervescent effervesce
Thursday, the fellow In The Georgian
office—the aforesaid J. D. Gortae, etc.
—who opined that Spade should have
credit for the game won from Little
Rock Wednesday, Is a reformed sport
ing editor.
Let the aforesaid nnd the now-say-
Ing set forth the facts which revolved
around his dome of thought and fur
nished the power for his contention.
According to tho writer's understand.
Ing of scoring rules, when one man
succeeds another In the pitcher'* box
when hla team Is behind and thon Ills
team forges ahead and wins, tho sec
ond pitcher gets credit for tho game
won. It his team loaes, the first pitch
er gets credit tor tho gam* loet.
In other words the second pitcher
stands a chance to win a game, but
absolutely none to lose.
A* previously Intimated, Common
Sense and Scoring Rules are not tin
best of friends.
Again, If one man succeeds another
In th* pitcher'* box while hi* team
i* ahead and his team stays ahead, the
first pitcher get* the credit for the
gam* won. If th* team' drops behind
after the second pitcher goes In, the
second pitcher gets the credit—rather,
discredit—of a gam* loet.
Under these circumstances the sec
ond pitcher has no show of winning a
game, but stands oftentimes a glori
ous chance to have a loss marked up
against him.
Wherein Scoring Rules bats Common
Sons* In the eye.
Let us do a little* supposing. It the
home team were ahead by a score of
1 to 0 In tho ninth Inning, and then
the home pitcher walked the nrsl three
men up and another pitcher waa sent In
to succeed him and struck out the
next three men In "suction," tho man
who had been taken out of the box
would be given credit for the game
won, and the 'man who hod fanned
three batsmen would got credit, as far
us games ore concerned, for not a
dad-blasted, dod-gasted thing.
Scoring Rules sends an uppercut to
th* Jaw and laugha with fiendish glee.
Common Sense Is groggy and clutches
wildly at the ropes.
1 contend, according to scoring rules,
that Spade, who did not pitch n ball,
und who batted but one time and then
did not even draw a single, should have
credit for the game with Little Rock.
Caatleton had been taken out of the
box when the Atlanta team was behind.
He wns out when :he Atlanta team
forged ahead and Zeller had not been
put In.
You say Spade merely batted for
Caatleton. As a matter of fact, didn't
Spade nominally go to the bat as
pitcher. It not, why couldn't Castle-
ton have continued to pitch?
If Caatleton had been taken out when
the game was won and Zeller had not
yet been put In, then Spade must have
been tho pitcher or Atlanta would have
violated the rules by nor having nine
men In tho game.
You can't say Caatleton had not been
taken out when the winning run woe
made. You can't say Zeller had suc
ceeded Spade when tho winning run
was made, for Spade was on base at
the time. Therefore. Spade should have
the credit, according to Scoring Rule*
—and he didn't pitch a ball!
Eight-nine-ten. Common Sense takes
the count!
j Standing of the Clubs.
Southern League.
. CLUBS— Plnyrd. Woo. Loet. P. C.
ATLANTA 24 15 9 .to
•NMhtlUo 27 II U .595
Little Stock 2C 14 12 .639
New Orhwoe 22 11 U .500
Memphis 20 10 in son
Shreveport
Monti— -
Montromei
Blrmlnghai
. 24
•In
Ton went the greatest hleaalnf of ell-
health. Be careful about your chewing to*
bacco. No Imparities In BQUARK AND
HONEST.
MAY SUTTON
HAS SAILED
With these words Coach Helsman,
of Tech addressed tb* student* Thurs
day. and In addition mad* a personal
appeal to them not to Indulge In per
sonalities In “rooting" at th* Tech-
Georgia gain**.
In hla talk Mr. ‘Helsman related an
Incident which occurred while he was
at Auburn with th* team recently.
While out walking with two of the
athletics' directors at Auburn he was
told that th* Auburn team wa* never
treated better and more courteously
than when they were at Tech last rail.
In conclusion, Mr. Helsman urged the
students to llvs up to their past reputa
tion.
At the meeting money waa raised to
hire a band to play at th* game Sat
urday, and steps were taken to secure
the firemen'* drum and bugle corps. If
possible.
Great Interest la felt In these games
and practically tb* entire student body
will attend.
Banks. Frank. Cookran, Boroughs and
Hill.
(Signed) CURTIS HILL,
Sec retar)'.
FROM THE 8UN PR00F8.
Mays, of the Sun Proofs, does stunt*
around first base a la Jim Fox. He
accepted 14 chances In the last game
with ease. He'll do.
In tho Sun Proof-Koca Nola game 14
put-outs went to the credit of the first
baseman, while 10 put-outs go to th*
credit of the catcher of the Sun Proofs,
out of a possible 27. That certainty
proves that Johnny Cunyurs was pitch
ing some for the Sun Proofs.
In tho two games played to date, the
Sun Proof team has secured 32 hit* 1*
each game, Including two home runs,
tlx triples and live doubles. That Is
iretty good hitting—a totql of 21 extra
protl
base
Woodward and Glore released by Sun
Proof*.
Vos* nnd Traynham reserved by Sun
Proofs.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
tS Dec—ur St Kimball-Hsus*
Bargain* in Unredeemed Diamond*.
New York, May 17.—Mlsa May Sut
ton, who formerly held the woman's In.
ternatlonal tennis championship, sail*
today on the Cedric to make an attempt
to bring the title back to the states
once again. She won the title In 1901
by defeating Mrs. S. L Combs. Last
year she was beaten by Mrs. Chambers
In two games.
Miss Sutton will play her first game
In England on June 2, at Manchester
and has entered for the atl-Englnnd
championship which starts at Wimble
don on Juno 2. Mr*. Chambers has
announced her retirement from the
game but there Is a possibility that she
will meet the American champion In
a match.
8outh Atlantie League.
CLliBft— lityed. Won. Lost. P. C,
•M
Jacksonville.
Charleston 33 19
Macon ji i«
Knvnnnab at 14
Auxunta *1 l)
Columbia St u
, Cotton State* League.
MehiV. 88- Cl.yed. Won. Lost. P. C,
MODUS 25 16 9 640
Uulfport J6 » j*
Meridian M 14 13
Columbus ..... *6 11
Vicksburg
Jscbtou
14 .191
19
.3*1
not experience n priceless
CHARLESTON SHAKE-UP.
Special to yhe Georgian.
Charleston, S. C, May 17.—Tb*
Charleston baseball team has been
much shaken up by recent changes.
Lohr has been sold to Columbia. Willi*
luu been bought by Savannah. Wilk
inson, first baseman, ta to give way to
First Baseman Hunter, of Baltimore.
Jimmy Smith, second baseman, will
also likely give place to 8hlppy at sec
ond. Frost plays third. Hunter Is
given by Baltimore for the privilege of
picking any man of the Charleston
team at the end of th* season without
extra cost.
Our hundred to one shot IHIIy Smith
chews SQUARE AND HONEST tobacco.
Xou know be knows chewing tobacco*
_ Amarman League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost, P. C.
x-DICAffO * * t # a * 26
Detroit 23
SStta.
Philadelphia 33
Boston 23
IVashlnxton 31
8t. Louis . a i 17 .330
CLUBS- N, * l0, \Cc3 , ^u. Lost, P.C.
New York .... 23 30 s .870
Chicago — —
Ptttibnri . ,
Philadelphia
Boston . . .
Cincinnati . .
Ht. Lonls . .
Brooklyn ...... 22 3
' American Association.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P. r.
Kansas City 18 “ -
Columbus 22
laottisvtlle 19
Bt. Pml 24
Minneapolis 22
Milwaukee 26
Toledo 23
Indlanspoili 25
Every leaf of SQUARE AND HONEST
tobacco cleaned by a machine of our own
Invention; not an Iota of grit In a thousand
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern.
Shreveport—Atlanta railed to arrire.
South Atlantic.
Jacksonville 3. Columbia 0.
Charleston I. Maroo It
Augusta 3, Savannah 0.
Cotton States League.
Meridian S, Mobile 0.
Jackson 1. Qalfport 3.
Vicksburg I, Columbus 2.
■■cinni I. iww ion u.
Chios go 7. Washington 2.
American Association.
Columbus 5, Milwaukee o.
St. l*aul 13, Louisville 5.
WAKE FOREST VS. GEORGIA
IN TENNIS SEMI-FINALS
Tech and Gordon Players and Deane, Geor
gia Champion, Defeated in Inter-
Collegiate Championship.
There I* nothing to the singles cham
pionship of the Southern Intercollegiate
Tennis Association except Georgia and
Wake Forest. The Tech and Gordon
player* were defeated In the prelim
inary round* at East Lake Thursday
and Mississippi Agricultural and Me
chanical players did not show up, and,
therefore, defaulted all their matches.
By fast work the singles were pushed
through Thursday to the semi-final
rounds and at present the survivors are
H. M. Poteat and E. B. Earnshaw, of
Wake Sorest; B. B. Davis and E. V.
Carter, Jr., of Georgia.
This practically makes the tourna
ment a cinch for the Wake Forest men.
for Davis and Carter are not the
strongest of the Georgia players, nnd
when H. H. Deane went out Georgia's
last hope expired for the singles cham
pionship.
The defeat of the Dawson boys, of
Tech, wa* a hard blow to the followers
of the local college. These young
players are head and shoulders above
anybody else In the tournament on
"form," but they lack age and strength
when pitted against some of the older
men. These two players are likely to
be heard from In the doubles, nnd will
certainly make their mark some time
In the Southern tennis world.'
Earnshaw, of Wnke Forest, Is looked
upon a* the sure winner of the tour
nament. He handles himself like a\
veteran and could doubtless go a good
ways, even In the Southern champion-
! v
The seml-flnal matches In the sln-
; gles will be pulled off Friday, and the
final* Saturday afternoon.
The doubles matches were started
Friday morning, and continued through
the day. The finals wilt be played Sat
urday morning.
The results In the singles follow
Preliminary Round.
R. R. Stewart. Tech, defeated H D
Watson. Mississippi A. & M., by d#
fault.
First Round.
H. H. Deane, Georgia, defeated E n
Blanton, Mississippi A. & M. by dei
fault.
H. M. Poteat, Wake Forest, defeated
R. B. Scott. Georgia, 6-0. 6-0.
J. D. Dawson, Tech, defeated o W
Wight. Gordon, 6-1, 7-6.
W. T. Gary, Georgia, defeated V. a
Dawson, Tech, 7-6, 7-6.
_ E - v j, Carter, Jr., Georgia, defeated
T. H. Burrlss, Mississippi A. A M bv
default.
O.C. Mlddlebrooks. Georgia, defeat
ed W. B. Coleman, Gordon, 6-1, 6-t
E. B. Earnshaw, Wake Forest, de
feated W. Watson. Mississippi ;
M.. by default.
Davis, Georgia (who drew bye), de-
feated Stewart, of Tech, 6-4. 2-6, 8-3
Second Round.
Poteat. Wake Forest, defeated
Deane. Georgia. 6-4, 6-1.
Davis, Georgia, defeated J. Datvson.
ech. 4-6. 6-2. 6-4. *
Carter, Georgia, defeated Gan - . Go,
Earnshaw. Wake Forest, defeated
Mlddlebrooks, Georgia, 1-6, 6-4. 6-1.
Ooe of life's luxuries—a apod chew of
"tobacco. SQUARE AND HONEST Is foot
Birmingham now claims Introduction
of the double squeexe. Wonder If they
Invented the hit-and-run game!—New
Orleans Item.
We Invented "hot nlr," out Atlanta
claims the honor.—Birmingham Ledger.
That's a fact. It’s all hot atr In Blow-
vllle.—New Orleans Dally States.
' “I can't understand why Lajole let
Frltx Buelow go and held on to Nig
Clarke," remarked a friend of the Oer.
man a few days since.
“That's the'reason," yelled his neigh,
bor as Nig slammed out a Corking sin.
gle and scored two men—Cleveland
New*
A mighty good one, too.
Kansas City 4, Toledo I
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