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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THIJRSPAY, MAY 30, 1907.
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DOUBLE-HEADER IS UNCORKED THURSDAY AFTERNOON
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
You can put this down in your little booklet, too—that
the Babblers are going to be the most troublesome team of the
year.
Someway it is next to impossibler to harpoon those miser
able Hustlers. They come wobbling along, work in the oldest
pitcher in the league on us and beat our star man, Gastleton.
Verily, it is unkind!
Speaking of calling the turn and things like that seems to
us that in addition to piping off the certain passing or O’Leary
from the Atlanta team we once said that Roy Montgomery’s
days were numbered with Birmingham.
This chortle is uncorked especially because calling the
'turn' is not our specialty, and when we get away with two
calls in succession it is worth talking about!
Nap Rucker won his game for Brooklyn Wednesday. If he
had won a game for Chicago or New York or Pittsburg it would
not have been so much of a stunt, but the man who can w.in for
Brooklyn is a twirler right.
Big Ed Walker, the man we were so sorry Atlanta did not
get, has been getting the most awful of bumps lately and may
be it was just as well after all. *
Nashville took a corner off New Orleans Thursday, and
was the only Eastern team which salted away a victory. Bir
mingham drew an even break with Shreveport, however.
A movement has been started to abolish the long, danger
ous steel spikes used by ball players.
As has been observed before in these columns these spikes
are a relic of barbarism and must go.
Of course players will always wear something in the way of
cleats, but this business of putting on the feet of ball players
such instruments of torture as the. present day spikes is
bound to cease.
The number of bad accidents which happen every year
because of these spikes is so large that it need hardly be called
to the attention of fans. Man after man is spiked and laid
out of the game for weeks, months and in some rare cases,
for life.
Leather cleats, such as are used by football players or
some similar devico Could easily be used and the result would
be a great lessening of accidents and no less ability on the part
of players to get around the diamond safely and speedily.
BABBLERS GET THE BEST
OF BILL SMITH'S BUNCH
j By GORDY.
| Thoso Babblers outpointed the fob
j lowers of Billy Smith In Wednesday's
| set-to and the 6 to 1 victory they gath-
' ered In was deserved.
j In the first place, old than Stockdale
had his twirling clothes on. which our
.esteemed friend and fellow cltlsen, Roy
Caatleton, did not Stock was effect
ive. The latter was Ineffective In the
pinches and the former was just what
the latter was not
It was lust one of those mean ktnde
■of days—speaking from a weather
. standpoint—when teams always play
.listlessly. Cold and damp, with never
a sign of the sun. and rain constantly
•threatening—the fans were In a fever
of discomfort and Indifference, and the
■players looked as if they felt the same.
Let's sea Babb's men drew eight
lilts and made three errors. Billy's ag
gregation tore oft six hits and perpe-
.trated four bobblea Doesn’t look like
a difference of five runs there.
Going further. Atlanta got two two-
(baae hits and ao did Memphla. Caatle-
vton gave up one base on balls and
(Btockdale handed out two. Caetleton
■fanned seven and Stockdale "nary a
Jone."
The same old 'ditty and two-step—
hlttln' 'em where they ain't when hits
l spell runs.
When Stockdale was pinked In the
back by one of Castleton’s swiftest,
Castro caused a ripple of merriment
among the fane by yelling out, "Hit In
.the turtleback."
The'box score:
Memphis.
Owens, rf. . . .
Babb, as. . . .
Caroy. Ib. . ,
Richards, 3b. .
Carter. If. . . .
Neighbors, of.
Hurlburt, c. .
Stockdale, p.
Place, 2b. . .
Totals. . . .
Atlanta.
Becker, rf. . .
Winter*, cf. .
Smith, o. :. . .
Jordan. 2b. . ,
Paakert, If. . .
Fox, lb
Castro, ss. . ,
Dyer. Sb. . .
CaaUeton. p. .
•Sweeney. . . .
Totals 34 1 8 37
•Hit for Caatleton In ninth.
Runs by Innings:
Memphis 200 002 002—6
Atlanta 000 000 001—1
Hits by Innings:
Memphis
Atlanta
Summary—Two-base hit*, Richards,
Castro, Smith, Neighbors. Stolen bases,
Carter. Sacrifice hit*, Carey. Double
plays, Richardson to Place to Carey,
First base on balls, off Caatleton 1, off
Stockdale 2. Hit by pitched boll, Cas-
tleton 1, Stockdale 1. Struck out, by
Caatleton (7), Stockdalo 2, Hurlburt,
Babb 3, Richards. Neighbors, Carter.
Paaied balls, Smith. Wild pitched Cas.
tleton. Time, 1:80. Umpire, Rudder-
ham.
Frank Mason Will
Coach Mississippi
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University, Miss, May 30.—Frank
Meson, a former coach and football
player on tbe Harvard elevens, will
,'coach MteaUilppt this year.
Mason played end and tackle on
Harvard teams of '31. *82 and '(3. Since
then he has coached oollege elevens In
'different pans of the county. Mason
also coached Harvard tn ‘34, '35, '88. '87,
•88, '88, '00 and '81. Maaon coached
Wesleyan for three years and he also
coached Dartmouth for three yean.
Football at the ITnivenlty baa taken
on new life. Every one Is Interested In
the game. The schedule as announced
by the manager la as follows:
October 12—Unlvenlty of Alabama at
'Columbus, Mies.
October 18—Open.
October 26—Sewanee at Memphis.
November 8—Vanderbilt at Nashville.
November 11—S. W. P. U. at Clarks.
Wllle, Tenn.
November 18—Louisiana State Uni
versity at Baton Rouge.
November 28—A. and M. of Texas at
Demont Arrives
In Birmingham
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham. Ala, May 38.—Gena De
mont, the former Atlanta second base-
man, who Is now a Baron ahortetop,
arrived thl* morning with Manager
Vaughn, and will get In the gamee this
afternoon. Latimer will be behind the
bat.
Roy Montgomery leave* tonight for
Jackson, where he dons managerial
robes.
Oylor will depart for his home In
Pennsylvania this week.
• F0R8YTH WINS.
Bpoclal to The Georgian.
Forsyth. Ga, May 30.—Forsyth and
Grlffln played a very Interesting game
of ball here Tuesday, Forsyth win
ning by the close score of 7 to 6.
The line-up of Forsyth follows:
Wilder, c.: McGowan, Pl; Bloodworth,
lb; Cater. 2b: McKay. 3b; Bltttck. a*.;
Duneas, If.; Hunt, rf.: Jossey and
Driakell, rf.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF STAR MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
November 28—A. and M. of Mtaais*
ftlppl at Jackson.
Dominick Mu Haney was laid up In
Jacksonville with a bad case of
■welled foot. Ueually It attacks man
agers In the other extremity.
NAT KAISER & CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
76 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Bargalni in Unredeemed Diamonds.
BASE
BALL
Atlanta vs. Memphis
DOUBLE HEADER TODAY. FIRST GAME GALLED AT 2 P. M
TICKETS OK SHE AT All OF OPPEKHEIM'S PUCES
ATLANTANS
TO JIEFENLI
Gulf States Tennis Tourna.
ment Draws to
Close.
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0 Memphis, Tenn, May 30.— 0
0 Charles Keith, the lanky Unlver- 0
0 elty of Arkansas twirler, who was 0
0 with the Southern League team 0
0 lost year, has signed to perform 0
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0 Keith won the Rhodes scholar- 0
0 ship for Arkansas and will sail 0
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GOLF PRIZES
HAVE ARRIVED
The 31 prizes which are offered by
the Southern Golf Association tor the
championship which begins fh Atlanta
next Wednesday have arrived and are
on exhibition at the Athletic Club.
The championship cup la a massive
piece of silver of a. rather unconven
tional shape and deilgn and the leaser
trophies are unusually handsome.
BABBLERS AND CRACKERS
CLINCH IN TWO GAMES
Sir Bob Bonehead
Gets Stung Again
From The Richmond News-Leader.
Maybe you didn't know It, but there
are some crack nool players on the
Richmond baseball team.
The chief star* are Waleh, 'Wallace
and Eckatone. Coaatdy Is something of
a cue artlet, but he*la outclassed by the
trio mentioned.
When Waleh Joined the team the
first thing Wallace did was to entice
him Into a pool parlor. And, mind you,
the big centerflelder did not know that
the Red Dome was something with the
stick. Walsh played like a rank ama
teur for the first game. That was
Just to get a bet. And Wallace thought
It was a cinch, so he took Reddy up.
It was Just a email wager on the
gamp, but It was terrible on Wallace.
The expression on hie face was some
thing fierce. The big fellow broke the
balls and Walsh ran fifteen balla.
Thought you couldn't play pool?*'
asked Wallace.
"Olt, that was Just an accident,” said
Walsh. "Let's try another one. and I
don’t care It we double the bet."
But there was no more betting. Wal
lace had enough.
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Double-header today with Memphis.
First game called at 2 o’clock.
The “play ball" flag Is flying today
from the top of the Candler building
and a stand-straining crowd Is expect
ed for the second appearance of Char
ley Babb’s famous Hustlers.
Zeller, so It Is rumored, will pitch
both games. THls means trouble for
the Babblers.
The Memphis team winds up Its en
gagement here Friday and then comes
Little Rock. After Little Rock New
Orleans performs. That Dutchman's
engagement here begins next TThurs-
day. Then the Crackers take to the
road again.
Perdue and His Mumps Put
Atlanta Players to Flight
Hub Perdue has ths honor of having
put the entire Atlanta team to Igno
minious flight all by his "lomesome,”
when the rest of the Boosters were a
hundred or more miles away. It hap
pened In New Orleans when Hub and
hla mumpa were conducting a soiree
In the St. Charles Hotel, after John
ny Dobbs and the others had gone to
Shreveport.
•'The Atlanta team blew Into the Pel
ican City and made'a rush for their
usual rooms In the hotel. They dis
turbed Hub, who. In turn, worried his
mumps, which In turn caused him
pain. He demanded what all the noise
was about In loud Gallatin tones, and
Count' Castro's face' appeared at the
crack In the door. It was speedily
withdrawn. "Come In." cried Hub.
There was a consultation and then Jim
Fox's head was thrust through ths
crack.
With hla mumpa. Hub was a sight
that would frighten any batter. The
Booster pitcher’s Jaws resembled bags
of meal in shape and hung down over
his shoulders. He had no chin appar
ent to the naked eye, and his orbs
were almost hidden In his swollen
cheeks.
Jim Fox surveyed him critically for
a bit and withdrew his skull. "Come
on In.” urged the Gallatin boy, per.
suaslvely, for he was . vary lonesome.
Rube Zeller was the next ■ to look
through the crack.
“What you got?” sold Rube.
“Mump*," said Hub.
There was a stampede outside.
"Where's my dress suit case?" cried
one Fireman. "Here, get my hat
there.” Hoof beats thundered down
ths hall and there was complete si
lence. Hub was alone with the mumps
again.
Thursday night before leaving for
Nashville Hub learned that the’Atlanta
players had secured rooms In another
pqrt of the hotel and that some had
wanted to be vaccinated for the
mumps.
Some Few Remarks About
Middle Georgia League
To any who may be interested In the
Middle Georgia League:
This "Middle Georgia League busi
ness" begins to wax amusing.
The fun started about a month ago,
when some of the regular contributors
began to send In standings of the
league. They were run In good faltH.
After the first two or three appeared,
corrections followed. Then more cor
rections. Then more.
Pretty soon the corrections began to
come In at the rate of two or three a
day. Some were printed. Some went
to the discard.
The other day another correction
blew In. this time guaranteed—so the
writer said—by Guy Hall, president of
the league.
Wrong again.
It seems that . Mr. Hall Is hot presi
dent. Maybe there wasn’t* any such
person anyway. ■
But let It go at that.
Hero la the most recent correction,
which la signed by C, G. Williams, of
The Greensboro Heratff-Journat.
May 27, 1807.
Sporting Editor Atlanta Geor-
g an, Atlanta. Ga.:
ear Sir—In your Satur-
the standing of the Middle
Georgia League, In which It
saye that Guy Hall, of Greens
boro, Is president and that he
guarantees the standingtto be
correct. Mr. Hall says that he
la not president, and never au
thorized anybody to tble end to
you.
Please correct this.
Very truly,
C. G. WILLIAMS.
P. S.—You have Greensboro
played three games, won one,
lost two, per cent .333. She has
only played one game and won
by a score of 3 to 4, from Sl-
loara.
NASHVILLE WINS GAME.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Nashville, Ga., May 38.—The Nash
ville and Alapaha second nines played
a game of ball here Wednesday after
noon.
As Alapaha defeated Nashville lest
week, the Nashville boye had It In for
them. The ecore of the game was 21 to
5, In favor of Nashville.
The line-up of the Nashville team
follows:
Morris, c.; Cooper, p.: V. Turner, lb;
Shaw. 3b: Luke, 3b; Grlner, ss.; Tyson,
rf.: McMillan, cf.; R. Turner, it
When Hope, tbe Jade, has spent It* day,
There's Mem’ry still to light the way.
Turn back a page, ye fans who fear—
See where we stood this time last year.
DOUGLASVILLE WINS.
Specie! to Tbe Georgian.
Douglasvllle, Ga.. May 38.—Douglas-
vllle defeated Dallas tn the last game
of the series here Wednesday after
noon by a score of 7 to 3.
Only two games were played .and
each team secured one.
Grlggx for Douglasvillc pitched al
most perfectly, allowing only two
scratches and no bases on balla.
The features of the game were fhe
pitching of Griggs and the Infield work
of the Douglasvllle team.
Batteries: Douglasvllle, Selman.
Griggs ar.d Entcrkln; Dallas, Ragsdale
Birmingham Age-Hcraldy and .Coley,
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CARRIERS TO
PLAY CLERKS
The clerks and the carriers of the
local postofilce will clash Thursday aft
ernoon at Piedmont park at 3:30 In
their first battle for the poatofflee
championship.
While the baseball which will be on
tap may not be up to major league re
quirements, there will be plenty of un
beatable enthusiasm and things will
hum as long as tho game lasts. No
admission fee will be charged and la
dles are especially Invited.
The Itne-up follows;
Clerks—Aiken, catcher: Hunt, first
base; Conyers, second base: Moore,
third base; Ragsdale, right field; Gins
berg, center field; Harper, left field;
Lawrence, shortstop; Livingston and
Blacjtnall, pitchers.
Carriers—Bankston, c.; Cross, lb.;
Cook, second bose; Rorlg. third base;
Rawls, right field; . Bedford, center field
Netherland, left field; Lynch, short
■top; Doughman, pitcher.
SMITH AND SEGUIN
WIN IN FINALS
Meet Grant and Thornton;
Next—Smith and Phelps
in Singles Finals.
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Special to The Georgian.
Ifew Orleans. La., May 30.-Thomt W
and Grant, the Atlanta tennis cham
pions. will make their first appearance!
In the Gulf States tournament here this'
afternoon, meeting Phelps and Logan,
the local celebrities who won the final!
in doubles Wednesday from Smith and!
Segutn.
Tho match In doubles In which]
Thornton and Grant wUl be called on J
defend their title will start at 4 o'clockl
this afternoon.
Smith, who, holds-ths local champion*!
ship In singles, and Phelps, are playing!
today to decide which Is entitled to
play a corresponding match In singles!
with Thornton, holder of that title.!
This round will be played,Friday after-!
noon. At this time the New Orleans 1
Lawn Tennis Club will give a tea com.
pllmentary to the Atlanta players, and
will present the various trophies.
The tournament was completed on
Wednesday, all but one round of sin.:
gles and tho two challenge matches.
The first match In singles complete*;
Wednesday was that between Phelps
and Bruns. The former won by 6-1,
6-3. Phelps and J. H. Elliott thea
played, Phelps again winning tbe sets
by 18-8, 6-3.
This was perhaps the prettiest fea
ture of tho tournament. Smith and,
Leverlchojlayed “the other half of the;
semi-final round. Smith winning by]
6-3. 6-3.
Smith and Seguln defeated Georgs
and Pitcher In the semi-finals of ths'
doubles by 6-0, 6-3. Logan and Phelps;
defeated Derby and Moore by 6-2, 6-2,
In the finals In doubles between Phelps'
and Logan and Smith and Seguln ths'
former pair won the first set 6-1. Ths'
second set was vigorously fought,]
Phelps and Logan again winning 9-7.
The third set also went to them 6-t,
Great confidence Is expressed here that!
Phelps and Logan will capture ths.
j Standing of the Clubs. j
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Southern League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Memphis. ..... 32
ATLANTA 34
Nashville S3 so as .c.s;
Little Rock SS 18 17 .SIS'
New Orleans 32 16 16 .!')
Shreveport 29 14 IS .M
Birmingham S3 13 20 .£1
Montgomery 36 13 22 .311!
South Atlentle League.
CLUBS— Played. Woo. Lost P, C.,
Jacksonville 41 28 13 .683
Charleston
Savannah .
Macon
Auguste 40
Colombia 40
Stickney Umpires
In Cotton States
Vicksburg, Miss., May 30.—Link
Stickney, late of the Vicksburg team,
In the Cotton States League, has gone
to umpiring. McKenzie, who has been
having considerable trouble with play
ers and fans, has resigned.
Stickney hurt hla hand a few days
ago and after getting the consent of
Manager Gtlks of the Vicksburg team
he asked President Compton of the
Cotton States League, for McKenzie's
place and It was given him.
Atlanta Players
Batting “Some*
Here are the batting averages of the
Atlanta players;
Name.*
O.
A.B.
R.
H.
P.C,
Paakert. . , .
. 35
122
19
42
.344
Smith. ... .
. 27
107
8
30
.294
Becker. ....
. 29
107
in
sn
.294
Spade. ....
.21
41
5
12
.291
Castro
. 35
120
in
33
.276
Fox
. 35
126
15
33
.261
Jordan.. .. ..
. 29
105
12
27
.257
Winters
. 34
134
19
24
.263
Dyer.. .. .. ..
. 35
127
17
27
.212
Rowan
. 5
12
3
1
.083
Zeller
. 10
33
1
S
.063
Castleton. . .
6
19
1
0
.000
Ford.. .. ..
4
7
0
0
.000
Sam Weems, the Auburn college
ditcher, is slated to pitch his first
eague game against the Shreveport
Pirates, on June 2. Many people expect
the tad to make a good showing.—
Montgomery Journal. ,
Cotton States League.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost. P,C.|
Mobile 39 25 14 .'■«■
Gulfport 88 22 16
Meridian 38 30 18 IN,
Vicksburg .
American League.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Chicago 31 24 » ■•*
Cleveland 36 24 12 .667 ■
Detroit 31 18 13 -Sol
Now York 32 17 IS ■»
Philadelphia 34 17 L -W
Bt. Louie 36 14 22 .W
Boston 35 11 24 .314
Washington ..... 30 9 21 .80
National League.
CLUBS- Pltyi '
Chicago ...... 3!
New York *••••* 81
Philadelphia . .... 3
Pittsburg ....... 81
Yvo'n. Lori. P-5
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Southern.
Memphis 6, Atlanta 1.
Nashville 8, New Orleans 2.
Little Bock 10, Montgomery 3. . tl
Bbreyeport 1, blrnilngbam 1 (*•" inmajw
South Atlantio.
Augusta 6, Charleston 0.
Jacksonville 2. Columbia L
Savannah 4, Macon 2.
Philadelphia 4, A Borion*<Uarst 0
Philadelphia 4. Boston 3 (second
Cleveland 9, Detroit 5.
Chicago 6, BL I.oul» 5.
New York 2, Wnblngton ft
National.
Brooklyn 8. Boston 6.
Cincinnati l. St. I .mils 8.
New York IS, Philadelphia L
Cotton States.
Jtckson 4, Meridian 2.
Mobile 1, Vicksburg 8.
Gulfport 6, Columbus o.
American Association,
Milwaukee 5. Kansas City «.
Indianapolis A Toledo 6.
Minneapolis 13, St. Paul 4.
Louisville 5, Columbus 4.
College Results.
Alabsma S, Mercer A
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Memphis In Atlnnta. Ponce WJlw**
Double-header; first game called st - «
little Bock In Montgomery. .j
New Orleans In Nashville.
BUrercport In Birmingham. ✓