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THIS ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1907. THE REAL LIVE DOPE JUST FROM SPORTVILLE SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING NAVAL ACADEMY’S FAST CREW BY PERCY H. WHITING. These columns have at various times contained appeals for the maintenance of the baseball grounds now laid out at Pied mont Park. And though this isn’t supposed to be about base ball, it may be mentioned that all the Piedmont diamonds are still in good running order and a new one is being constructed. For which same every Atlanta lover of amateur athletics is duly and deeply thankful. The question we desire to propound this morning is. why not go a step further and give us public tennis courts and public golf courses? Especially tennis courts! Who EVER HEARD of public tennis courts? Not many of us, maybe. And yet, according to the current issue of American Lawn Tennis, Boston has 125 free public courts, New York has 200 in Central Park alone and nearly 500 in the whole “greater” city. And a city the size of Louisville, even, has 30 tennis courts, on which last season nearly 30,000 people played. No city contributes over much to the entertainment of its citizens and especially to the poorer classes. And no city can make a better contribution than to furnish the grounds on which healthful and pleasant exercise can be taken. It wouldn't cost much to put in a couple of courts, just as an experiment. And this money would be well spent. And, then, when city tennis courts have “won a home” the city ought to take over the golf course at Piedmont Park and open it to the public. Of course the public might not use it very much at first. But the way interest would grow would be something astonishing. It isn’t improbable that the readers of this column are tired of hearing so often about public playgrounds. But, anyhow, we would rather tire you than let you forget. Log Cabin Club Golfers May Play Here Saturday W. C. Redding, captain of the Log Cabin Golf Club team of Macon, hn* written that Macon expects to send a team of el*ht men to play a return match with the Atlanta Athletic Club tenm Saturday There Is mme uncertainty about It snd a definite announcement will be made later. RAIN PREVENTS GAME WITH NEW ORLEANS ROAD TRIPS COME HIGH Invasion Just Ending Cost East 22 Defeats—Won But 17 Games. NO PARADE, JUST BALL Big Crowd Assured .to See the New Ball Park. Barring nothing but rain, the formal opening of the handsome new Ponce DeLeon park will take place Friday afternoon, at which time Atlanta and Shreveport will open the first game of the second home series. After some consideration, It was de cided that the opening of the new park Was enough of a feature In Itself and that all other formalities would be dis pensed with. There will be a band, of course, and quite probably the mayor will twirl the first ball. But the ball game and the new park will be counted on as the main attrac tions, and unless something quite un expected happens, there will be the best crowd on record for a mid-week, not- hollday affair. > The management wishes It announced that the following scale of prices goes Into force at the new park: General admission 26 cents, grand stand 50 cents, first live rows of grand stand ?S This picture shows the crew of the Middies of the United States Naval Academy, upon which the stu dents of the Annapolis institution are depending for victory in the interoollegiate championship regatta to be held at Poughkeepsie in June. Unless this crew shows a big revorsal In form it has an excellent chance of winning the great event. The crew is boated as follows: Lavis, bow; Bagg,- No. 2; Pritchard, No, 3; White, No. 4; Leighton, No. 5; Rockwell, No, 6; McKee, No. 7; Captain Ingram, stroke; Roberts, coxswain. PROF. SANFORD, OF GEORGIA, WRITES OF THAT FAMOUS “DEFAULTED GAME" cents, boxes 76 cents. The management wishes also to deny the rumor that there will be no accom modations for the negro patrons of baseball. It Is stated that the accom modations for them will be far better than they were at Piedmont. The report that there was no place for them caused quite a stir among the colored fans, and they have been be sieging the baseball association's office ever since It got started. New Orleans, May 2J.—Rain fell In heaps and bunches here today and the field of baseball battle was,wet with the gore of the skies when the time for the game marched around. And so, the last game of the series between Billy Smith's bunch and Charley Frank's Pelicans was called off. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Min... AT MEMPHI8. (39 (KJO B'ham 000 021 .... Batteries: Cryatall nnd Hurlburt; Ragan and Garvin. Umpire, Zimmer. AT LITTLE ROCK. Little Rock. May 21.—The game be tween Montgomery and Little Rock, scheduled for Thursday, was called r.f In order to allow the Montgomery team catch trnln nnd arrive home In time for game Friday. 1 AT 8HREVEPORT. Shreveport, May 2S.—No game ached- uled for Thursday. The Pirates have left for Atlanta to meet the Crackers at the new Atlanta park Friday. SOUTH ATLANTIC. AT CHARLESTON. Clia'$!on...ool ooo oo2 2- 5 8 2 MlC0i....oo2 loo ooo 1-- 4 9 5 Batteries: Evans and Evers; Helm and Harnlsh. Umpire, Davis. AT COLUMBIA. CoinmDia.. ooo ooo ooo -o 8 3 Aipssa... 12o 111 000.-6 12 0 Batteries: McKenzie nnd Hawkins; Holme* und Fpx. Umpire, Mace. AT JACKSONVILLE JaiYlllf.... ooo olo olx - 2 7 3 Savanna!?, olo ooo ooo -15 4 Batteries: Savldge and Schorr; Dea Bpnde had been selected to de the twirling for the visitors snd Guese for New Orleans. The Atlanta team will catch the first train out, In order that the team may be rested when the game with Shreveport la railed Friday after noon, which marks the opening of the new park. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Detrolt- Wimhlnffton. Detroit. . . Hnttorlra: ■ml I'njrno. 00000(f00fi-0 . . . .ioooso«o *-10it i Patten and Warner; Killian Umpire, Krnna. count of wet * round ■ At Ft. laOcilA— It I! K Ponton 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0—0 8 1 tit. I .null SOOOSOOO •—6 10 ! Ilntterlea: Tannehlll and Artnliruater Peltjr and Connor. Umpire, Stafford. .0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0-0 I ( Cleveland 0 0001400 *-6 0 ( Batteries: Oootnha and Hrhreok; Thiel man and Clarke. Umpire, Connolly. RACE RESULTS. ver and Kahlkoff. Umpire, Fltaalmmon*. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Brooklyn— K II E Cincinnati. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-3 0 2 Brooklyn; oooooooom « « Batteries: Coaklejr and McLean; Strick en and Batter. At Roaton— ft H E Bt Louis. . . .0 0120011 0—4 10 0 Boaton 0 0000010 0-1 * * Batterlea: Beebe and Noouan; and Brown. Pfeifer At Flttabnrg— U II F. Pittsburg. . . a . e .0 0 0 0*0 0 0 0 0—0 2 0 Philadelphia 2 0 o o 0 0 1 0 a -3 R 1 Batterlea: Philippi and Siultb; Pit Huger and Doom. *¥ori.!o 0 0 « 0 ! « ® 4-2 ill Batterlea: l.undgren and KHng; Wlltee and Brranahan. NAT KAI8ER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. B; GRAVE8ENO. First Racs—Charles Edwards, 6 to 1, won: Oraculum, 4 to I, second; jack Atkins. 2 to 6, third. Time, 1:09 3-6. Second Race—Phantom, 7 to 2, won; Caller, even, aecond; Ora, 4 to 1, third. Time 4:00. Third Race—Zambesi, 3 to 1, won; Montgomery, even, second; W. H. Ca rey. 1 to 2, third. Time 1:44 1-6. Fourth Rsce—Jacobite, 4 to 1, won: Pretension, 6 to 2, second; Pantoufle, 4 to 6, third. Time 1:09 2-5. Fifth Race—Maaantello, 4 to 1, won: Robador, 6 to 1, second; Kilter, 8 to 6, third. Time 1:46. Sixth Race—Sepot, 7 to 5. won: King Cobalt, 6 to I, second; Jubilee, 7 to 6, third. Time 1:01. TORONTO. First Race—Avaunteer, 7 to 10, won; Elllcott, S to 5, second; Grucchus, 6 to I. third. Second Rare—Johnnie Blake. 7 to 10, won; Lsrlken, even, second; Wash, 10 to 1. third. Time, .55. Third Race—Cobmoaa, 4 to 1, won; Urtnondes Right. 1 to 3. aecond: Mond, 1 to 2. third. Time 1:38, Fourth Rare—Tourento, 4 to 6. won: Picaroon, 3 to 2. second; Gold Note, 3 to 1, third. Time 1:48 4-5. Fifth Race—Firefly, 4 to 1. won; John O'Grady, even, second: Healing Salve. 2 to 1, third. Time 2:16 1-6. Sixth Race—Chippewa, 12 to 5, won; Nellie Burn, 7 to 10, seronl; Malbar, 3 to 1, tfltrd. Time 1:46. While Vaughn Is manager of the Birmingham club he la also Lord May or of Eleyton, Birmingham being a suburb of that thriving city.—New Or- leana Dally Slatea. The Unlveralty of Georgia aide of the recent "defaulted game" controveray haa been given to the public by 8. V. Sanford, faculty repreaentatlve of ath- letlca of the University of Georgia. Boiled down, Professor Sanford’s contentions follow: i In reaching a conclusion the funda mental 'distinction between professional baseball and college baseball must be observed. In the former the game Is played as a mere matter of business, having vic tory as Its sole object. "Now, college baseball Is a sport be tween students, entered Into without compensation and solely for amuse ment. Consequently If reasonable sus picion arises In college athletics that a game was fraudulently cast by the umpire, then Irreparable harm will re sult. "In professional baseball a protest can be entered only on technical grounds, because It Involves compen sation to players and contract money on the game, but tn college baseball, which Involves no such commercial consideration, no game should stand where It Is reasonably sure that such game has been cast by fraud. "After the game on Friday state ments were made to mo by men of In tegrity and character that the decision complained of was so flagrant as to create on their minds the conviction of fraud. While It would be difficult, of course, to prove before a court of In quiry the motive of Hoffman, at the same time his decision was of such at “Besides, If the mattsr had been sub character ns to carry conviction that mltted to arbitration. It Is more than he was acting unfairly and fraudulent- likely that Interested partisans who ly and with some ulterior motive. “Actuated, therefore, by the motive of serving the best Interest of both In stitutions and of pure athletics, I took the matter up with Professor Randle and suggested that the game on Friday be set aside. I suggested that If this game was set aside the team» play a game on any day he might des ignate or that the game on Saturday count as a double game, or a double- header be played on Saturday, or as many games as was desirable, provided, of course, the Friday game were elimi nated. “As this suggestion was not satis factory to him. he suggested that the matter be left to a board of arbitration. "Let tts examine the question of ar bitration: "To submit the matter to arbitration was the very worst possible thing that could be done for both Institutions. •in the first place there was no money consideration between the two Institutions to be arbitrated. "Again, there was no decision of Hoffman's that was protested which re ferred to a technical violation of the rules. “The objection to the game was that It was cast by a glaring, patent fraud on the part of the umpire, and to sub mit this Issue to arbitration would have Involved the friends of both Insti tutions In fruitless, long and bitter division. had wagered money on the game would have volunteered as witnesses to either side. "The question between us was not a question for arbitration, for It was one of principle, and as such could not be satisfactorily passed on by a board of arbitrators. "The question to my mind was sim ply this: As physical director of the University of Georgia, In charge of Its athletics, could I countenance a game cast by an ’Umpire by a decision that seemed to shock the moral sense of a large number of non-partisan specta tors? "I was as anxious as any man to have the gamp ployed on Saturday, nnd as n final resort. I suggested to Professor Randle that I would leave the matter for Anal settlement to any three of the gentlemen who were sufficiently near the first base to see It distinctly rfnd who saw the play and ( noted the de cision—the three selected to decide the Issue on their own observation. "Professor Randle did not agree to this suggestion, and In the Interest of college athletics I reluctantly called the game off. Had this team been told to play ball on Saturday, each man would have cheerfully responded nnd would have done his best to uphold the reputation of the university. As It was an administrative question, I decided It, and the team Is In no wise responsible for not playing on-Saturday." If Atlanta can cop the game in N>» Orleans Thursday, .of which then seems a fair chance; the Crackers win draw an even break through the west Up to yet Billy Smith's cohorts hav. won four, lost five and tied one. This Includes only the western games. Before going wesji however Atlanta won one and lost ts^n Nash' vllle, making the full road score Won' 6; lost, 7; tied, J. "• In Memphis Atlanta played twice on this trip. The first game was the fa" mous 2-to2 13-lnnlng tie. when tleton and Crystall opposed each other The last Memphis game wss Zellers famous-3-htt effort, which Atlanta won ■ A .V.i nt ^. pI “ y \ a two * ime * iikewiis j In Mike Finn's burg. Little Rock took Then the Crackers Jumped south and played three In f ireveport, winning ona! I and losing one. The scores were- 7.1 I 2-7 and 8-6. *'1 The last stop on the Jump was Stw | Orleans, and In this town of talk and trouble Atlanta has dropped two games and won one. On the whole, It has been a preitv good western trip. Usually the team Is lucky to escape with the loss of a man or two, not to mention about 81 per cent of tha games. But so far all the players have kept In good condition and only a shade more than half the games have been lost. Nashville has done the best work of any of the easterners on the trip win ning six and loxlng five, with no ties The Dobbers have been going pretty strong alt the way, and if they can keep up an even break on the road and win their share at home, they will fin ish so very near the top that there will be no fun In It. Up to yet Birmingham has taken down only three games on the road, lost five and tied one. Montgomery his done a shade worse, with three won eight lost and two tied. One of the ties was a 15-lnnlng affair. On the whole invasion 43 gsmes have been played. Of tills number the east erners have won 17, the westerners 2f and the rest have been tied. That's pretty good; Now, let's wait and see what the westerners do In the east. IM8IM6IHMMHMWMHm^HH*lllllt88IH4 j Standing of Hie Clubs, j j LITTLE HICKMAN PITCHES OPENER AT NEW PARK Shreveport, La.. May 28.—The Shreveport team lenvea late this nfter- noon for Atlanta to play the opening game In Atlanta's fine new park. Hickman will pitch the opener. He left Shreveport yesterday and made the trip by way of Birmingham. Every Pirate Is In good shape and expects to make a cracking good dis play of baseball In the Gate City. SPRING PRAC TECH FC Spring football procure haa been an. nounced for the Tech football team and the flrat work will bq done Thursday atternoon. It will be very light, of course. The following men will be out: TICE FOR fOTBALL TEAM Monroe, Robert, Buchanan, Emeraon Luck, Sweet, Hendcraon. McDonald ■tone., Mean., Fleming, Hitt, Snyder Adam,on, Moore. Captain Sweet will direct the proc ure. NEW DIAMOND FOR C0MME Owing to the aham battle which 1. to he fought at Piedmont park Saturday It ha« been necessary to aeek new dia monds for two of the Commercial League garnet. Prealdent Thomaa took the matter uji promptly, however, nnd announce, that the Gammnge t'rnaalng and Ponce DeLeon nvenue-Myrtle atreet diamond, are available. The Becretary, therefore, aaalgned the SANNOUNCED RCIAL LEAGUE M. Kutx-Southern Railway game to th» Ponce DeLeon-Myrtle atreet diamond and the Bun Proof-Southern 8tates Electric gaaie to the Gammage Croaa- Ing diamond. The Beck and Oregg-Koca Nola game will be played aa prevloualy an nounced on the G. M. A. ground*, at College Park. Frank Bandy will umpire the M. Kut*-Southern Railway game. ALABAMA BASEBALL TEAM CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP Special tn The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., May 23.—Coach Pollard claims for the University of Alabama the Southern baseball cham pionship. Alabama defeated Vander bilt, and Vanderbilt defeated Tech and Sewanee. Alabama defeated Auburn, and Auburn defeated the Tech. Tech defeated Georgia. In the west, Ala bama defeated the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, and that tnstlutton handed a lemon to tbe university of that state. Alabama sustained defeat at the hands of the Louisians State Univer sity, which team was afterward beaten by Auburn, and the team of .the Ma-' rion Military Institute, both of which went down before the Alabama team. On these figures the championship was claimed. White In town. Coach Pollard made known the schedule of the Eastern trip, which has caused a great deal of spec ulation not only in the South, -but throughout the East as well. It fol lows: June 4-5—Dartmouth College, Han over, N. H. June 6-7—University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. June 8—Fordham Unlveralty, New York city. June 11—Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. June 12—Amherat College, Amherat, Mass. June 13—Holy Cross College, Wor cester. Mass. June 15—Wllllama College, Wllllama- town, Mass. June 17-19—Brown University, Prov idence. As has been reported, the trip, be ginning at the termination of the col lege term, will not Interfere with du ties. It has been so arranged that the tenms encountered In the East will stand all expenses. Coach Pollard stated today that he expected to land some of the games on the right side of the ledger. As has been stated, a football trip throughout the West will be made during the Christmas vaca tion. Alabama's sole remaining games of the Southern schedule are with Mercer University, In Mncon, next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. TECH TENNIS 8TAR8. KNOCKS FROM NEW ORLEANS. MORE COMPLETE DOPE ON NEW FOOTBALL RULES LOUISVILLE. First Race—Jim Myers, 3 to 1. won; Synchronized, 4 to 6, aecond; Budge- work, 4 to 5. Time :64 4*5. Second Race—Warner Or la wold, 3 to 4, won: Alta McDonald, 7 to 1, aecond; Hard Shot, 4 to 1. third. Time 1:41 4-5. Third Race—Tangle wood, 4 to 1, won; Orlandwlck, 7 to 2. aecond; Electorlne, 5 to 1. third. Time 1:24 1-5. In addition to two new football rulea mentioned In yksterday’a Georgian, to the effect that a touchback ahall be declared when a forward part goea over the goal line, either rolling or on the fly, and that ’ the man behind the line who receives a forward paas must he at least one yard behind the line, except the quarter back,*’ new penal- tie* and official ruling* were made at the recent rule* committee meeting In New York. The more important of the*e were the following: There ahall he a penally of lire yard* for a didH’erate attempt to dniw an 'Opponent off *lde. r« by n fal*** start. _ .jy _ There ftknll he n penalty «‘f fifteen yards If a plotter Interfere* with the Imll when mi «ipt»onont I* amklng a fair catch. The |M>nnft.r formerly applied only to Interfering Fourth Race—Moquette, 9 to 5. won; ^iVkWer ami the holder of the hall are Partnlan Model, 3 to 2, aecond; Geneva 8, 7 to 6, third. Time 1:00 4-5. i io o, mini, iime *-o. Fifth Race—Panadena, 3 to 5, won; Jacqutn, 7 to 6, aecond; Royal Breeze, to 6. third. Time 1:25 4-5. Sixth Race—Demo, 21 to 5, won: Decatur St. Kimball House. Albert Fir, 5 to 2, aecond; Leopold, * Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds, in, third. Time 1:45 1-5. exempt from the ruling that player* slinll l*e n“* * “ plan* kick I* made. of the Immiiii!* when a Iterognlflou of two Hoe* of scrimmngc I* made lu the rule* defining the line In row- pllnm-e with the neutral zone rule. If the captain* fail to agree on the time of halve* when a abort game i* dent red, the referee *hnU order thirty-Are mtante halve* after ten minute*. The rule regarding touching the hall I* changed tn read: "If the IniII Is put In piny hy kicking. Instead of mapping It bark, no pln.ver of the »hle may touch It until It ha* been touched hy nil op;»oucnt or until It ha* gone ten yard* Into tbe op|Hiuent*‘ territory. The extra umpire, who will be called the field Judge, will be an assistant to both the umpire and the referee. He will occupy a position wall back of the defensive team and nearest the aide of the field opposite the linesmen. He can thun relieve both umpire and referee on the work down the field. He will report violation* of the rules of holding. Interference, the conduct of player* In any part of the field, in addition to hi* down field work. He will assist the referee In his jurisdic tion over the ball on Interference and other foul*, and In the rules governing the catching, securing of passing of the ball when It ha* been kicked or passed down the field. The rule* have all been codified and the new rule book will be a wonder for clearness. The committee meeting June 7 will; have no Interest for the South, as the j Eastern managers will then decide upon a plan for picking their officials. Billy Smith I* objecting to the fans yelling "rubber balls" and other kindred expressions at his club. Don’t Billy know that the Pelicans on one of their trips to Atlanta were deluged with rub ber balls, Moxle Manuel being hit In the head with a rubber football? Sauce for the goose should be good for the gander. So don’t kick, Billy.—Dally States. The Atlanta pres* Insists that the Trackers are the cleanest ball players In the leAgue. This may be true of them a* long as they are at Piedmont park, but when they get down here I l hey lose all such attribute*. Jordan. > Sid Smith, (.’astro and one or two others {are always fuming and fussing about something. This trio will draw many games until dusk unless they are curbed by the benching process.—New ! Orleans Item. Southern Leaaue. CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P. C. Memphis . ~ ATLANTA. Nashville . . 30 547 II 16 15 IX .514 CLUBS— Jacksonville. Charleston. South Atlantio League. Ployed. Won. I.ost. P. C. Mncon . 37 Augusta. ..... *7 Columbia 37 __ Cotton States League. CLUBSr- Played. Won. Lost. P. r. Mobile . Meridian Gulfport Vicksburg 12 11 2) 20 .375 .85 American League. CLUBS- Played. Won. Lout. P. C. Chicago ..... 31 21 10 .677 , Cleveland 31 19 12 .*11 Detroit .28 16 12 sn New York 28 15 13 Philadelphia 28 14 14 Ht. Louis 30 11 19 Boston 28 10 18 Washington ..... 26 9 17 CLUBS— New York , Chicago . Pittabnrg . Philadelphia National Leagua. Played. Won. lost. P. C. Boston . . Cincinnati 4t. Louis . Brooklyn rules limiting the clubs to fourteen players and also adopted a salary limit. Every club in the league has compiled with these rules except Atlanta. The question now comes up, Is Billy Smith to be allowed td rule the Southern League or not? If Smith can violate the league rules, then let every other manager do the same thing. "To h—» with the expense." Charley can ahow Billy Smith a few’ things wttn it come* down to violating rules Iron fount (astro, the Venesuelan : Guinea, was guilty of dirty ball play, j ) n * he slugged maimed Stratton | In the neck In attempting to score. It ' was cowardly In the extreme, as Strat- ton had no chance to defend himself, . having both hands on the ball tagging ! ihe dago. Such "things" In baseball aa Castro do the sramc nn *nnH rtoiu. VAL AND JIM DAW80N. Here are the two Augusta boys who have been playing great ten nis out at Tech this year and who made a good showing In the Inter collegiate championship. Pre sumably they are twins, for they look so much alike they can not tell themselves apart. But anyway they are good play ers «»nd have the form which makes champions' Another'year or two will see them figuring In the South ern championship. Since Billy Smith has been connected with the Southern League there has been a series rtf brawls and other scan dalous episodes In which he figured as the chief. Last season he started the rubber hall story on his first visit to New Orleans and continued It on the next visit. Last season he violated the players’ limit rule am: also the salary limit and managed to get away with ail of these things without being pun ished. At the last * meeting of the __I Si .a^ntlth I* iwj stopped. If such a policy Is pursued look out for the Southern League, a* the smaller clubs will never be able t) stand the expense and It will be "good bye” baseball In the South. It 1* «P the board of directors to act on tnt Smith case promptly and give Bini Smith to understand that he 1* not tne ruler of the Southern League—Dally States. ENGLISHMAN GETS DRAW By TAD. Philadelphia, May 28.—'Tommy Mw" phy, of Harlem, and Johnny Summer* of England, battled a neck and ne» six-round draw last night at ’he • tlonal Athletic Club. It »«’ * for the simple reason that neither had such a decldtd advantage that y^ could honestly leave the club hou»e say this or that fellow won. Summer, dropped Murphy four t. twice In the aecond and twice in fourth. In the third Murphy b*5\ him all over the ring, belting h‘* . with lefts and right*. In the “ Murphy outfought him: a**' 1 ’, fifth he backed Summer; around J Southern League the league adopted more. The xlxth wa. »