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I { THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, -TUNE 18, 1907. SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS What the West did to the East in the Southern League Mon* day "was something awful to contemplate. Here is the list of the casualties: Atlanta slaughtered by N'ew Orleans. Birmingham annihilated by Memphis. Montgomery eradicated in one game and exterminated in the next by Little Rook. Nashville wrecked by Shreveport. Not only did the four Eastern clubs get defeated in five games but in four of them the Easterners were shut out. The sum total of runs scored by the teams from the Near- Atlantic end of the circuit was the ghastly total of two and this grand collection was secured by our despised friends from Mont gomery. Old Bill Phillips, of New Orleans, was the man who handed the hypo into us. The man he beat was Zeller. And that was the unkindest cut of all. The Atlanta team gave the Pie Eating Champion the best kind of support and tried to hit the same as usual, but someway Old Bill, was there with everything he ever had back in the palmy days before the war—no. not 1812, the Revolution—and no especial damage could be done. We hadn’t exactly stated in so many words up to yet that Memphis won her game. But she did. Wilhelm flung his very head off but someway Bills was a little better and the Barons were shut out—even though they made 8 hits. In consequence Memphis is again in the lead for the South ern League pennant. But not for long. Atlanta has two more games in the Crescent City and three in the City on the Bluff. After that the Crackers come into the East for quite a spell and the West ern clubs have to come after them. Then look out for the drop of Memphis. Raymond, the Bug, signalized his return to the Sally League and celebrated the birth of a son by pitching n 2-hit game Mon day against Savannah, shutting out the Georgia team. Why,.oh why, didn't The Lunatic pitch that kind of ball for Atlanta! M’CAY AND TWO OF HIS MOBILE PLAYERS SPADE WILL PITCH AGAINST KID FRIT2 ARNOLD ADAMINA. BERNIE M’CAY. FRANK RAY. —Photos by Lurry Hoffman. . _ H,r ® '* the ,ate ’t Photo of Bornie McCoy and two of hi» mon. Larry Hoffman call* MeCay tho Johnny McGraw of the Cotton State*, but it is doubtful if ho is in earnest. Frank Ray it a pitcher, and it showing oood form in the box for MoCay’t team. Adamina it an Italian and Bernio brought him to the Cotton State* from the eoaat. He ia known at the "Caetro of the Cotton 8tatee,” and ia a great eoachcr and entertainer. Larry Hoffman swear* that ne ia the president of the San Francisco branch of the dreaded Mafia or Black Hand band. K* it alto under tuepioion (by Larry) of being in league with Caetro to overthrow the government of Venezuela and dierupt the South American League. Special to The Georgian. New* Orleans, June 18.—The Crack- era are going lo try to get back at the Pelicans this afternoon by using one of the best emergency pitchers In their ranks. , Spade, the South Atlantic graduate. Is slated for duty on the visitors’ slab. Spade Is not only an effective man In the box, but he is a rattling good stlrker. It was not his fault that he struck out Monday when he went to the bat In Zeller’s place. It ua . fault of one BUI Phillips. ™ Against Spade the Pelicans will — Fritz, the Katsenjammer Kid -S’ weather Is bully and as this is |adt.e day. Indications point to the best ant cle of ball In the repertoire h ,,v clubs. Oo, « Umpire Rudderham Is doing indie, tor duty here. Manager Frank h„ gone away looking for new plavers - It Is reported there will be a shake ' In the Pelican line-up In a few daw SILVER BILL PHILLIPS TOO MUCH FOR ZELLER At this time in the season it certainly looks us though there was small need of any changes in the rules to introduce into the game any more profuse hitting. On Monday Brooklyn and Boston Nationals made 0 hits each, tho Giants made 13, so did their Highland brothers, while the World's Champions made 11, the Athletics 10, Washington 10, and St Louis Americans 23 in two games. PRESENT TAIL-END TEAM LED LEAGUE A YEAR AGO The Southern League standing of thl* day looks very decidedly differ ent from what It did one year ago. For one thing the firm haa become last with a vengeance. One year ago today Shreveport led the league with a per cent of .404. Today Shreveport la bringing up the rear. By a coincidence, however, the per oent of the leading team la the same —.404. The last team thla year haa a per cant of .412, however: and last year Little Rook, then aa usual. In last place, stood at .275. Which rather goes to nhow that the rare thla year la closer even than that of last y The difference between the first and last tennis at present la .182. A year ago the difference was .828. June 18, 1907, sees the Improvement of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville i/id IJttle Rock over what they were a year ago, and sees likewise the sinking of flhroveport. New Orleans, Birming ham and Montgomery. Here are the figures: v 1906. 1907. Shreveport «04 .422 New Orleans 682 .031 Birmingham 564 Atlanta 556 Memphis 500 Montgomery 481 Nashville 420 Little Rock 275 .449 Ed Lafitte Still Undecided About Joining Newark Team It la more than probable that the mighty Ed Lafltte lias gone to the tir ing line for Tech for the last tim*. He has received an offer of a good berth from hta old coach, Joe Bean, now man ager of the Newark team In the Eastern League, and will probably report there aa soon as examinations are over at the Tech. He le now trying to secure a position with aome Atlanta concern and If he doe* h* wlIL of rourae, stay here and be a Tech atar again next seuson. Should h* entar professional ball he would be forever deburrttd from playing on a college team. Lafltte Is very anxious to finish his college course nnd take a degree In en gineering. and as a consequence he feela thi»‘. he would be Justified In playing professional bill during bis va cations und studying In the winter. It la the hope of all local lovers of the sport that Lafltte will be able to secure a position in Atlanta sufficiently remunerative to enable him to come back to the Tech next year with his amateur alatua entirely rlear. Atlanta Bowling Team Meets Railway and Electrics Again HITTING THE BALL ON THE NOSE IS OPEN SECRET OF CRACKERS’ SUCCESS Atlanta Players Have Made 409 Hits, Opponents 230. The Crackers certainly have been playing great baseball this year, and the fans of this city arc proud of the team that Billy Smith has collected. Manager Smith has a hard-hitting team this year. and. In fact, he has signed the best minor league ball team that has ever come to Atlanta. Bill Smith has a team this year which will win the Southern League pennant, barring any accident. He has a fairly good pitching staff and men that can handle the stick. He hns the hardest hitting bunch of players that have ever landed In this burg, barring, of course, the major leaguers. One thing that the Fire crackers can do, and have been doing. Is to be. Maybe urn Is why they have always been so 1 mi the top. Billy Smith's teirt has made almost twice \s many hl*s this year on the home grounds ana on foreign soil as have Its opponents. The number of hits made by the Trackers this season Is: Atlanta 409, opposing teams 230. That Is a good record, and It shows that all of the Firecrackers know how to bat. At present the Atlanta bunch is leading the league in bnttlng. The Crackers have made 16 hits on two occasions, once against Nashville, with Bchmidt, Hackett nnd Duggan In the box. while the largest number of hits made off an Atiahta pitcher was made off Ford. Birmingham and Little Rock turned that trick. The number of hits made was 12. secured by each club. Zeller has the no-hlt record for this season, as every one knows. He pitch ed that great game June 4 against Little Rock. McCafTerty was pitching for the Flnnltes. In twenty-seven games played this season the Firecrackers have averaged over H hits per game. In twenty-throe games played the Crackers have aver aged over 10 hits per game. There Is hurdly a club In the Southern League that will beat this record. The Atlanta pitchers have also spun out some very pretty games this season. Zeller has permitted the least number of hits. The other pitchers on the staff are about even, with the exception of Ford, on the stnall-number-of-hlts proposition. Zeller has been pitching great ball this year, and besides pitching a no- hlt game, he has pitched a one-hit games, two two-hit games and numer ous three and four-bit affairs. The Atlanta batters smashed the ball Most Hits Per Game 15, Least Made Mon day in N. O. for fourteen hits on one occasion this year against Buchanan, of Little Rock. Billy Smith und his bunch have made twelve hits in four different games this year. Five times this season the batters composing the Atlanta baseball team have made eleven hits. Six times the Atlanta batters have made ten hits. The smallest number of hits made by the Atlanta team was Monday, when Phillips let the Crackers down with three hits. The Atlanta club has been batting, fielding nnd pitching In great style this season, and It It keeps It up will proba bly win the pennant. Anyhow, here's hoping. New Orleans, La., June 18.—The un expected happened at the ball park to day—yes and no. For BUI Phillips, lie of the silvery locks, the advanced age, the crabbed disposition, and the fancy curves, shut >ut the snappy Crackers by a score of 2 to 0. This was the expected for New Or leans. the unexpected for Atlanta. What added to the general unex pectedness In Camp Atlanta was tho fact that Rube Zeller was pitching for the Cracker team and when the man with the wide smile and the woozy de livery is in the box every Atlanta fan has a hunch that Atlanta wins. The hunch got tangled In the barrier Babb Signs James. Memphis. Tenn., June 18.—Manager Babb has signed Second Baseman James, late of Baltimore, and he will report here In a few days. In case James makes good little “Rabbit” Plans will probably be released. June No Month of Roses For the Rube; Never Wins But Once in That Month The month of June certainly Is a hoodoo to Rube Zeller. You may talk about thirteen hoodoos and picture taking before a game, but the month of June Is the limit to Rube. He has been pitching good ball this month, but somehow or another he just simply can’t win with the month of June star ing him In the face. Last season the same month was a hoodoo to Rube. He pitched five games last June and out of that number he won one lone game. This year the Rube has pitched four games and haa won one and lost three. Zeller lost two games to New Or leans and one game to Gaakill, of Shreveport, this month. Zeller has | been pitching us good ball as he ever • did und his losing Is only acounted for [ because of the hoodoo. ■ Whether this hoodoo will last Is hard to tell. It has been following him for I two seasons. Some baseball players ! don't think anything of a hoodoo, but this one following Zeller seems to be a real thing. j Standing of the Clubs. I Tha Atlanta bowling team haa ac cepted the Georgia Railway and Elec tric Company's challenge to play a ae ries of fifteen games, beginning Tues day night and playing three garnet at each meet, which will be on Tuesdays and Fridays, until completed. These teams have just completed a series of games and the Atlanta team won out by the small score of 26 pins. Each Local Athletes to Invade Nashville Atlanta will have a strong delegation at the coming golf and tennis tourna ments In Nashville. Only two tennis players are now sure of making the trip, Bam C. Wil liams. president of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association, and his partner, L. D. Scott, secretary of the association. Probably a dozen Atlanta golfers will go up for the tournament. The list of practical certainties comprises F. u. Byrd, winner of the championship junior cup at the recent local tourna ment; W. P. Hill, winner of the Dixie cup; Fulton Colville. W. R. Tlchenor. Clarence Angler. Dr. Frank Holland and George Adair. team Is In good condition and the pub lic will witness some fine bowling. The first game will begin at 8:16 o'clock on George W. Case's alleys. The public Is cordially Invited. The members of each team are as follows: Atlanta—Elliott, Eagan Hobe, Irwin. Shaffer, Herbert. Georgia Railway Company—West, Chambers. Burks, Terry, Graves, Lyons. TO ALL PRESS AGENTS OF BA8EBALL TEAMS. CLAYTON WON EASILY. £|***cla! to The Georgian. (’layton, Ga.. June 18.—The Clayton and Dillard nines played their second game of the season here Saturday. Just by way of the ninety-sixth gen tle reminder, please get all matter In tended for publication on the sporting page of The Georgian Into the office EA RL Y. Matter Intended for use the day It Is sent to the office must rearh the sport. Ing editor not Inter than 10 a. m. The earlier the better. Also, do not wait until Tuesday to send In stories of games played Satur day. We are not running a history. SPORTING EDITOR. Clayton won by the score of 15 to 2. The feature of the game was the excel, lent showing made by the Clayton CLITR8- Memphis . . ATLANTA . , New Orleans UlriuUiglixtu . Montgomery . Shreveport . Southern League. Flared. Won. Lost. !• rums Jacksonville Charleston South Atlantic League. Played W4111. i .out p American League. CLUBS- Flayed. Won Chicago . 4:* 32* Clevehim! 51 32 lietrolt 4.*. 27 Philadelphia 4'.* 77 New York 46 22 St. l.onis 52 21 Wasblugto Bo u m Chicago . . . New York . I’hllndelphla . Ptttshurg . . Boston . . . Cincinnati . . Rr»okl>n . . St. Louis . . Planning Now For Big Tennis Meet Announcements are out for the open tennis tournament of the South, which will be held in Atlanta July 2-6. Five events are scheduled and hand some prizes are offered for each event. F. II. Reynolds will act as referee. En tries close 9 a. m., July 2. NAT KAI8ER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decatur St. Kimball House. Bsrgalns In Unredetmed Diamonds. O OOO OOOOaOOGOOdO DOCK) OO OOOO o o O GILKS GETS GRAFFIUS. O o a O Shrevejiort, La.. June 18.—Graf- O O fius has been secured by Hobby 0 O Gllks, manager of Gulfport. Bobby 0 O brought “Graff” from Toledo to O O Shreveport In 1903. Fisher Is re- O O ported to he after Norcum, a for- O O mer Pirate. Meeker and Perdue 0 O are today’s pitchers. 0 O000O0OOoo0OO0OO000rwmo YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Southern. New Orlenn* 2, Atlnntn 0. Memphis X llhuiitighnm 0. Little Jtoek 3, Montgomery 2 (first g;i Little Hook l. Montgomery 0 1 second game). Shreve|>ort 6. Nashville 0. South Atlantic. Augusta C, Jacksonville 1. Chrrlestou 4. Savantiuh 0. Columbia 2. Ms con 1. American. New York 4. Chicago 3 Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 1. Out roll n, Washington 4. St. Louis 11. Boston 4 Hirst game). Boston 3. Mt. Louis 1 (second game). National. Hrooklvn 2. St. Louis 0. Chicago 2. Boston 1. * New York ?. Cincinnati 1. Philadelphia 7, Pittsburg t American Association. 1 C Toledo 5. Minneapolis A, Louisville 1. Columbus 2. Milwaukee 1 (eleven innings). Indianapolis i, St. Paul 4. Cotton 8tatai. Vicksburg 4. Meridian 0. Mobile 6, Gulfport A Jackson 4, Columbus 1 Virginia State. Lynchburg 1. .Portsmouth 0. I hi Grille 5. Roauoke I. and two runs was all the Dellca* could do. But two did not happen tj be few enough to suit Atlanta ., n th<. festive occasion. His loud-mouthed nibs Yaeob At* scored both the runs. He singled u the first, was sacrificed to second and scored when Breitensteln doubled And Brelt Is the gentleman for whoa head the Fellcanvllto fans have be*u so long and so loudly calling. Would that this Call of the Wild had been an. swered. In the sixth Atz singled again ad. vanced to third on outs and scored oa Sabrie's single. The score: Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. t Becker, rf. . . . 4 0 2 2 n 4 Winters, cf. . . . 4 0 1 0 0 4 Smith, c 4 0 0 4 3 m Jordan 2b. ... 3 0 0 1 l| Paskert, If. ... 3 0 0 1 0 0 Fox, lb 2 0 0 14 04 Castro, 88. ... 3 0 0 1 50 Dyer, 3b. ... 3 0 0 1 40 Zeller, p 2 0 0 0 34 •Spade 1 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 29 0 3 24 16 0 •Batted for Zeller in ninth. New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. «. Atz, ss 4 2 2 1 5 4 Beecher, 3b. . . 4 0 0 0 3 4 Breitensteln, If . 4 . 0 1 5 11 Sabrle, lb. ... 3 0 1 12 0 4 Nadeau, rf. . .. 3 0 0 2 1 4 Gaston, cf. . .. 8 0 1 0 0 4 Gatins, 2b. ... 2 0 0 6 2 0 Stratton, c. . . . 2 0 0 2 1 4 Phillips, p. ... 3 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 28 2 6 27 14 2 Runs by Innings: R. Atlanta 000 000 000-4 New Orleans 100 001 00*-l Hits by Innings: Atlanta ..* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 New Orleans .. ..2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 *-S Summary: Two-base hits, Breiten- stein; stolen base, Gatins; double plays, Breitensteln to Atz to Sabrie, Nadeau to Gatina; struck out, by Phil lips 2, Paskert, Spade; Zeller 3. Sabrle, Gatins, Phillips; bases on balls, off Phillips 1, off Zeller 1; hit by pitched ball, Gatins; left on bases, New Or leans 4, Atlanta 3; first on errors, At lanta 2. Time, 1:26. Umpire, Rud derham. BILL PHILLIPS. yesterday, though, and never got fur ther than the post. For Bally Bill had the Cracker batsmen on the guess from start to sunset and three hits was the best they could do. Zeller pitched a magnificent game HAVE A REAL VACATION and read The Georgian and News svery day whila away. 8ent avarywhsrs 45 cents a month, 10 cents a week. Phoni 4928 or write circulation department, Tha Georgian and New*. No trouble to change address. Sally League Notes. The repented complaints of the Au gusta players against the treatment they are receiving from Umpire Davis can not be wholly without foundation. It seems that they have had trouble with him ever since the series with Charleston commenced and now they say that they do not want Slats to um pire In any other game they play this year.—Augusta Herald. Raymond, th eeceentrlc but effective pitcher of the charleston club, haa been recommended to Manager McCloskey by Umpire "Slats” Davis, according to report. He has two 1907 no-hlt games to his credit and looks like a good In vestment. His habits are a handicap to him. but McCloskey could doubtless prevail on him to pass up booze during the playing period. “Bugs.” as he is nicknamed, has great natural pitching ability and a good head.—Sporting WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Atlanta In New Orleans. , Birmingham Id Memphis. JJouti>muery In Little Hac*. New If the Columbia team keeps up their present playing, there Is nothing that can keep them In the cellar. The In field Is as strong as it ever haa been in Columbia's history.—Columbia State. How is this for a definition of a base ball fan? *An animal that is almost hu man In tome respects. Runs wild from April to September, when species flock together In bunches between the hours of 3 and 6 p. m. Go out of business in the winter season. The chief attribute of a fan Is dexterity in wielding the hammer, lungs like a rhinoceros, and a remarkably keen eyesight, which en ables him to see a play better than the umpire, whose nose Is dangling over the contestants. 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