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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JUNE 24.1007.
ALL THE NEWS OF THE BASEBALL AND SPORTING WORLDS
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Though Atlanta dropped three straight to the Memphii, they
come home from the Western trip with a record of five games
won and six lost—a better record than any of the other teams
made.
Then the team is still in second place, which is something
worth while. Local fans had hoped for at least one out of the
Memphis series, but the Babblers are hard to down on their own
turtle-back.
Beginning at Ponce DeLeon park Monday afternoon the team
will play a series of three games with Nashville. Then they go
away for eight games, after which there is a long stay on the
home grounds. With Winters hack in the game, the team ought to
be able to fight it out now with any of them. It looks like a battle
royal between Atlanta and Memphis for the flag.
Bob Spade led the local bunch with the stick during the past
week. He has an average of .338 to his credit. Spade is a
very valuable ball player, and seems to have hit his stride in the
flinging part of it. Paskert hit at a .308 clip for the past week,
and Becker .308. As a whole t he team is not batting badly, and
will give many a pitcher worry from now on.
That Moxie Manuel seems to be going some himself. Sunday
he turned out his seventh straight victory, shutting out Nashville
and letting them down with three hits.
Please observe, also, that it is appearing in accounts of the
New Orleans contests “Cross’ hitting was a feature of the game.”
Old Lave will make himself felt down in this neck of the woods.
This will be a great week in sporting circles. Wednesday the
great intercollegiate regatta will take place on the Hudson at
Poughkeepsie. Thursday the Yale-IIarvard contest for aquatic
supremacy will take place on the .Thames. American tennis rep
resentatives will meet English experts at Wimbledon Monday.
Beale Wright and Karl Behr will represent this side. Tuesday
play will begin at Wissahickon, Pa., for the woman's national ten
nis championship.
Saturday two great racing events will take place at Sheeps-
head Bay—the trial for two-year-olds, and the Coney Island Jock
ey Club stakes for three-year-olds.
THREE OF NASHVILLE’S STAR PLAYERS
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BILLY’S BOYS BACK HOME
FOR NASHVILLE SERIES
The Atlanta team returned home
from Memphis on Monday over the
Southern railway. The Crackers have
made a good showing on the Weetern
trip which Is now over.
The pitchers have Been going good,
and. In fact, the whole team has been
playing Jam-up baseball.
Nashville, the teem that made Buch
a bad showing on the Western Inva
sion, has arrived from New Orleans,
where they played Sunday.
Neither of the teama will be In very
good condition to play this afternoon.
The Crackers have traveled all the
way from Memphis and they will be a
tired bunch of ball players when they
arrive In Cracker town.
This afternoon’s game should be a
corker and as the team has been awav
a good while It Is expected that alS
crowd will turn out to welcome the!
Crackers home. ’
The Dobbers were here In Atlanta on
May 3, 4, 6 and 7 and played the’ 1
Crackera. The Atlanta club won three;
out of the four games. The Crackera
worn the first series handily. They bat
ted Schmidt, Hackett and Duggan an 1
over the Piedmont Park ground" In
the second game played of that series
The Dobbet* have not been playing
very good ball lately, but they ma5.
brace up In their playing at any min.-
udte, and the Atlanta t?am win haw’
to play good baseball to win the pres
ent series from them.
JOHNNY DUGAN, PITCHER.
SORRELL, PITCHER.
SUN PROOFS TIED
FOR FIRST POSITION
WHERE THEY PLAY 8ATURDAY.
SOME INFORMATION
TO THE LOCAL FANS
There has been muoh talk as to
which Is the better shortstop, Morse of
last season or Castro of the present
season. So to satisfy a lot of the fans
who will read the sporting page of
your paper, I will give them the fol
lowing figures, comparing the two
players for the first 66 games of last
and this season:
O. AB.
Castro. . .56 K1
Mores, v ;.E5 197
Fielding averages:
H. PO. A.
47 75 161
47 84 174
PO. A.
84 174
75 161
H. P.C.
31 814
17 816
Batting averages:
O. AB. R. H. P.C.
Moris 66 187 21 47 .218
Castro 65 181 20 47 .246
I think this will prove which !• the
better of the two.
The Westerners have treated the
Dale Gear Signs
With Montgomery
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June 24.—Dale
Gear, the former Birmingham captain,
has signed tq play center field for
Manager Molarkey’s Preticle.
Gear will make Montgomery a good
man. He la a good batter, can run
bases and Is a good fielder.
The Birmingham Age-Herald says of
Gear:
‘It now remains to be eeen whether
the fane did right In roasting the for
mer Baron left fielder, because at times
he appeared Indifferent and weak with
the willow.
•'This season the present position of
the Barone te attributed to the fact
that Gear's head is working somewhere
In other fields. To tell the truth, Qear
has a wonderful head. He Is a great
S neral. He le a great ball player, a
Ir hitter and a fast fielder. He, when
bunting le considered, has no equal In
the Southern League. It was due to
the Joint work of Gear and Molesworth
last season that tht famous 'squeeze'
Easterners very badly on their own
grounds, having dealt them 16
shut-outs, the Weetern clubs only suf
fering 2. M. H.
BATTLE HILL WON.
Battle Hill defeated Cascade Satur
day afternoon 18 to 15. Both teams hit
the ball hard. The home run ot Wil
son In the fifth Inning, untieing the
score, was a feature. Hattie Hill made
a beautiful double play In the sixth In
ning. The home runs of McGee, I.aur-
enn and Beteell were also the features.
Battle Hill lost the first game to West
End, 8 to 7.
Southern States Electric Company
vs. Sun Proofs, Gammage Crossing
diamond. Carlton Floyd, umpire.
Southern Railway vs. M. Kutx, north
diamond Piedmont Park.
Koea Nolas vs. Beck A Gregg. The
diamond that these teams play on will
be announced later. J. P. Denny, um
pire.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Name. I
Beck & Gregg.. ....
Sun Proofs
Southern States Elec.
M. Kutz
Southern Ry«. .. ..
Koca Nola
P.C.
.760
.760
.626
.626
.126
.123
8ATURDAY'8 GAMES.
Sun Proofs 6, M. Kuts 2.
Southern States Electric Co. 13-3,
Koca Nola 7-2. '
^ Southern Railway 6, Beck A Gregg
BOGART WIN8.
Special to The Georgian.
Bogart, Oa., Juno 24.—Bogart de
feated Btatham here Saturday by the
score of 7 to 2. The game was called
at the end of tho eighth Inning on ac
count of ratn. Batteries: Bogart,
Nunnally and Nunnally; Btatham, Ross,
Wall and Lester.
KNOCKS FROM NEW ORLEAN8.
From The New Orleans States.
"Bush League" Smith was a sad soul,
And a sad soul was he.
And he called for his Otto,
And he called for his Castro,
And he called for hie pitchers three.”
Becker and no-"Count” Castro se
cured two hits each off Moxie. Beck
er’s hit In the seventh sent the only
tally across the plate.
Atlanta has not made a home run
since they left Ponce DeLedn. The
only place that they can hit Is at home.
In addition to this tho kind-hearted
scorer refuses to credit fielders with
errors so as to Increase their batting
averages, at least that la what the
Pelicans claim.
The Barons may now be last In the
.jce. but to our way of thinking f
are a much better team than Atlt
Hard luck and sickness put the Bsrons
on the blink, but they are sure to come
to the front again.
play, to which the other teams of the
league are Just 'falling to,' was per
fected.
'Fans In Birmingham, at any rate,
wish Gear welcome again Into the fold,
and wish him luck and great success.
‘Till the Last Man Is Out”
Old pal, Is the Game Just s trifle too rough?
Is the flag of success floating out of your view?
Doea the Schedule of Life seem too rocky and tough?
Is the umpire "throwing It Into you?" ..
It may look that way. but fight on JUBt the same—
Get back at your rival* with "clout for clout"—
Don't think you are beaten and ao pull up lame—
For “the game's never done till the last man Is out"
"Run out every hit," whether hard one or not—
"Sacrifice" right when It's well up to you—
Don't try to "hammer the ball from the lot"—
Just "hit where they ain't,” and s single will do—
There's many a line-up which came from behind
When the outlook was gloomy and clouded with doubt.
You’il be In the running If you'll bear In mind—
"No game's ever lost till the last man Is out.”
Quits often the "hoodoo will camp on your frail”—
And the luck break against you with never a atop—
The harder you struggle—the more you will fall—
Ae you "tumble ’em”—"boot 'em" and "let 'em all drop.”
But It's all In the game, so swing on to your pace
And don't mind the knocking that's floating about—
It'e the finish that counts—not the start of the race—
And "the game's nerver lost till the last man Is out."
Good Fortune may take you along for a day—
But Fortune Is fickle—don't bonk on her strong—
"Fast work on the bases” In each scrappy fray
With "team work and hitting” will take you along—
You can't help your errors—but cut out "dumb plays"—
For these are the mlecuei that put vou to rout—
"Stand up to the plate" and remember always
That "the game's never lost till the last man Is out."
L'ENVOL
When you ponder It over, they're both much the same,
For Life, Just like baseball. Is shrouded In doubt:
And the point of them both Is to "play out the game"
And never give up "HU the last man Is out."
—GRANTLAND RICE In Nashville Tennessean.
8UN PROOFS WIN.
In one of the prettiest games seen on
Commercial Leaguo diamond this
season, the Ptttsburg Sun-Proof team
defeated the Max Kutx boys after sev
eral hours of hard playing and wrang
ling with the umpa.
Lamma, the M. Kuts pitcher, re
fused to pitch after the seventh In
ning on the grounds that the umpire
was not fair, so Mr. Edens was sent
to the firing line.
In the third Inning the M. Kutz
boys shoved two men across the rub
ber, but the Sun Proofs tied the score
In the fourth and untied It In the fifth
Inning. The only time Keene, the Sun
Proofs' pitcher, was In danger, woe In
the third. All the rest of the game he
had everything going hla way. Lam
ma pitched a very good game but
quit. Edens, who succeeded him,
showed up well.
Notes on the Game.
Joseph Redwlne made a pretty run
nlng catch by going under a tree and
pulling down a hard fly.
"Bit" Lockrldgo was the "candy
kid" behind the bat and besides catch
ing a good game, he- came across with
a three-bagger.
Nowell and Wall each got a couple
of safeties, one of Wall's was good for
two bases.
Richardson, of the Kutx team, seems
to be the "McGrow” of the Commer
cial League, but he plays the game. N.
Sullivan played a pretty game at the
third sack.
The box score:
M. Kutz. ab. r. h. po. a
Edens, rf.-p. ..3 1 0 0 1
Richardson, lb. .41240
Sullivan, 8b. 4 0 1 2 3
McBride, rf. . . 1 0 0 0 0
E. Sullivan, c. .. 2 0 0 17 2 1
Ahles, cf 3 0 0 0 0
Huddleston, If. . 0 0 0 0 0
W. Sullivan, is.. 3 0 0 l 0
Bosche, 2b. ... 3 0 1 0 1
Sartortus, If. . . 2 0 0 0 0
Lamma, p. . . . 3 0 1 0 0
Edens 1. Stolen bases. Rice 2, Bosche,
Lockrldge 2. Passed balls. E. Sulli
van. Hit by pitched ball, Huddleston.
Umpire, Dockendorf.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WON.
In one of the most Interesting games
of the season the Southern Railway de
feated Beck & Gregg, the league lead
en, Saturday afternoon by the score of
5 to 3. While the Beck 4 Gregg team
outhlt the Southern Railway, they were
clearly outplayed In every other way.
Conway, for tho Southern Railway,
pitched a nice game, and while he Woe
touched up for seven hits, they were
very widely scattered and while men
were on the bases he was Invincible.
The game was called In the seventh
Inning.
Tho game was witnessed by a large
crowd.
The box score follows:
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I Standing of the Clubs.
Southern League.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Loat. P. C.
Memphis 63 34 18 .642
ATLANTA 66 31 23 .364
New Orleans 64 28 26 .618
Little Koek 67 28 28 .608
Nashville 68 27 31 .468
Shreveport • , , • . 62 25 27 .481
Montgomery ...... 67 26 82 . 433
Birmingham 66 13 83 .400
South Atlantlo League.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Loat P. C.
Jacksonville 62 40 ‘ 23 .645
Chnrleston 64 38 26 .694
Mncon 63 14 28 .640
Augusta . . . . . 60 28 32 .467
Columbia ,
. 69 19
40
Back & Gragg, ab.
Davis, cf.. . . .3
Candler, 3b. . . 3
Pariah, c. .... 3
Adams, as. ... 3
Grist, lb. ... 3
Williams, 2b. . . 8
Duncan, rt . . 3
Clink, If. .... 3
Garwood, p. . . 3
Totals. . .
Sun Proofs
Rice, as. . . ,
Nowell, lb. .
Cunyus, If. .
Lockrldge, e,
Vaughan, rf. .
Wall, 2b. . . .
Redwlne, cf. .
Maya, lb. . .
Kline, p. . . .
Logan, cf. . ,
.28 1 6 24 6
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
..80 6 « 27 16
Totals.
Score by Inntngs:
Sun Proofs 000 211 Olx—5
M. Kuti 002 000 000—2
Summary—Two-baee hits, Richard
son 2, Wall. Three-base hits, Lock
rldge, Lamma. Struck out by Kline
8, by Lamma It, by Edena 4. Boses
on balls, oft Kline 1, oft Lamma 4, off
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Totals ....
Southern Ry.
Barry, c. . .
R. Everett, lb.
Bumetead, 3b. .
C. Everett, as.
O. Everett, 2b.
Green. If. . .
Paschal cf. .
Shumate, rf. .
Conway, p. .
Totals
.27 3 7 18 6 7
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
American League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Loat P. C.
Jhlcaao 64 33 19 . 641
Cleveland 66 36 21 .626
Detroit . 61 30 21 .688
Philadelphia 64 30 24 .634
New York 61 23 28 .461
St. Louis ...... 67 24 33 .421
Washington 49 17 32 .347
Boston 64 19 36 .332
National League.
CLUBS— Played, won. Loat. p, £t
FIRECRACKERS LOSE ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
New York 63
Philadelphia ...... 64
Pittsburg 62
Boaton 64
Cincinnati 67
Brooklyn 66
St Lome 60
Scroe by Innings:
Beck & Gregg 101 000 I
Southern Railway. . . .031 100 <
Summary—Struck out by Garwood
8, by Conway 3; bases on balls, oft
Conway 1, oft Garwood 8: stolen bases,
Davis, Adams, R. Everett Conway; hit
by pitched ball, by Garwood 2. Tima
1:80. Umpire, Soldier.
SOUTHERN STATES*ELECTRIC
COMPANY WINS TWICE
The Southern Statea Electric Com
pany's team gobbled up a double-head,
or Saturday afternoon from the Koca
Nolae. The first game ended with the
score of 13 to 7. Harris did the pitch
ing stunt for the Southern States and
Baertchey for the-Koca Nolas. Eleven
hits were secured off each pitcher.
The second game lasted five innings,
3 to 2 in the Electrio boys’ favor. The
same batterlea were used oa In the first
gams.
Dukes, of the Koca Nola team, played
a star game and got a home run to hie
credit. Hunnlcutt, of the Southern
States, also got a home run In the first
game.
The scores:
First Game.
R.H.E.
S. S. Elec. Co. . .221 031 040—18 11 (
Koca Nolas ... .00 042 010— 1 11 27
Batteries—Harris and Lockhart;
Baertchey and Mlddtebrooka.
Summary—Home runs, Hunnlcutt
and Dukes: three-base hits, Starry,
Henly; two-baee hits, Hull, Hunnlcutt;
struck out, by Harris 10, by Baert
chey 8.
Second Game.
R. IL E.
S. 8. Elec. Co. . . . .011 1*— 3 8
Koca, Nolas 100 10— 2 4
Batteries—Harris and Lockhart
Baertchey and Mlddtebrooka.
Summary—Three-base hit, Collins,
struck out. by Harris 8. by Baertchey
3; hit by pitched ball, Baertchey 1.
The New England la the oldest
minor league In existence and Is only
second In age to the National League.
The Boston Blues were members of
the New England League In 1888 and
played at the Dartmouth street
grounds In Boston, and later In the
South End grounds.—Lynn (Mass.)
Item.
Mulloney looked good on first base.
The old Scout has no equal In the
Sally, or any other minor league, when
it comes to playing the Initial comer
and the club always looks stronger
with him-In the lineup His batting
eye appears to have remained with
him during hie absence from the
game.—Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon.
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8ATURDAY'8 RE8ULTS.
Southern.
Memphis 7, Atlanta a
Montgomery 2. Shreveport L
Shreveport 8, Montgomery 0.
Little Rock 7, Birmingham 0.
Little Rock 6. Birmingham 6.
Nashville 2. New Orleans 1.
South Atlantic.
Macon 3, Jacksonville 2
Angnsta 2, Savannah L
Charleston 2, Columblt L
American.
Boston 12, Now York 2.
Chicago 4. Detroit 3.
Cleveland 1, St. Louis L
Philadelphia 4, Washington 0.
National.
Pittsburg 6. Cincinnati
Brooklyn 6. Philadelphia 6 (first gamo).
Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 1 (second game).
American Association.
Kansas City 7. St Paul 4.
Toledo 3, Indianapolis 1.
Columbus 7, Louisville 2.
Minneapolis 4, Milwaukee 3.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
Memphis, Tenn., June 24.—More than
6,000 people saw Memphis make It
three straight from Atlanta Sunday
afternoon, but It took hard work to
turn the trick, for the visitors had
their fighting spirit up.
The locals also won Saturday's game
from the Crackers, making 6 runs oft
Rube Zeller In the first Inning. The
Firecrackers played the beet ball they
could Saturday, but could not win
from the Babblers.
With the score a tie In the eighth,
Babb ripped oft a fierce single In the
ninth. Carey sacrificed him to second,
and when Carter's elusive roller got
away from Dyer, Babb came home with
the winning run.
Atlanta presented a broken line-up.
Winters was out of the game with
bad finger, and Paskert was sent to
center and Caatleton to right. It was
a disastrous change, for Paskert mis
judged Owen's fly In the second, mak
ing possible two rune.
Pfenlnger gave decisions on strikes
and Hackett on bases.
8undsy's Game,
The score:
Atlanta.
Becker, cf. .
Spade, p. . ,
Smith, c. .
Jordan, 2b. .
Paskert. If. .
Fox, lb. . . .
Castro, ss. .
Dyer, 3b. . .
Caatleton, rf.
Totals.
ab.
h.
a. e.
Paskert, Castro, Stockdale 2. Three-
base hit, Paskert. Baaes on balls oft
Spade 2, off Stockdale 3. Struck’out
by Stockdale 4. Hit by pitched balU
Babb. Sacrifice hits, Spade. Smith.
Neighbors. Carey 2. Double plays
Dyer to Jordan to Fox. Time, 2 hours!’
Umpires, Pfenlngar and Hackett.
Saturday's Game.
The score:
Atlanta, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Becker, rf. . .. 4 0 1 l o 0
Spade, cf 6 2 3 1 o 0
Smith, 6 0 1 3 l o|
Jordan, 2b. . . 2 1 2 3 1 o f
Paskert, If. . . 4 0 1 2 o 0
Fox, lb 4 0 1 11 i o
Castro, ss. . . . 4 0 1 1 3 o
Dyer, 3b 4 0 1 2 1 0
Zeller, p 3 0 0 0 3 o !
•Sweeney. ... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.
•Hit for Zeller In ninth.
Memphis. ab.
Manning, If. ..5
Babb, ss 4
Carey, lb. ... 4
Richards, 3b. ..8
Carter, rf 4
Neighbors, cf. . 8
James, 2b. . ..4
Owens, o. . ..4
Suggs, p. . . . 4
.86 3 11 24 10 0
1 0
Y 1» 27 13
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...600 010 OOx—7
.84 5 11 *28 16
•Two out when game ended.
all
8, Moi
Detroit 2, St Louis L
National.
Chicago 2, St. Loula L
Flttsburg 6, Cincinnati I (first game).
Cincinnati 3, Pittsburg 0 (second game).
American Association.
St Paul , _
Toledo 3, Indianapolis 1
Ixmlsvllle 6. Columbus t (called hy agree-
YANK BOXERS
BEAT BRITONS
The preceding six months of 1807
have been disastrous for British box
ers who have been matched against
Americans. Many of the best men
among the Englishmen who have met
Americans have gone down to defeat,
and there le little expectation for some
of them that they will recover their
prestige.
Johnny Summers, beaten by Young
Erne, Is the last of them to go down
before a clever American boy. Jack
Palmer, beaten by Jack Sullivan, was
another victim. Tiger Smith, stopped
ATLANTA PLAYERS
READY FOR TENNIS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., June 24.—Nat
Thornton, L. D. Scott and Victor Smith,
the Atlanta representative! In the
Tennessee tenuis championship, arriv
ed here this morning and constitute far
and away the strongest team In the
tournament.
From present Indications there will
be about sixteen entries for the local
event. Dr. Karl Little, Georgia cham
pion, and his partner. Hugh Bates,
both of Clnolnnatl: the Rodgers broth
ers, of Knoxville, and Daley and Far
rell, are regarded as the moat prom
ising of other contenders. New Or
leans will not send any delegates.
Nothing has been heard of Reuben
Hunt, the present champion, and It la
-actlcally certain that he will not de-
nd the title.
The drawing will be held and the
first preliminary round! will be played
today.
Memphis.
Manning. It.
Babb, ss 3 2
Carey, lb 8 0
Richards, 3b.. . 6 0
Carter, rf 4 1
Neighbors, cf. . 4 2
James, 2b 3 0
Owens, c. . . . 4 1
Stockdale, p. . 4 0
Totals. . . .85 6
Score by Innings:
Atlanta
Memphis
Summary—Two-base
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
13 27 18 0
.301 000 010—6
.020 002 101—6
hits, Smith,
Totals 85
Runs by innings:
Atlanta
Memphis
Hits by Innings:
Atlanta
Memphis
Summary—Two-base hits, Carey,
Smith, Paskert. Stolen baaes. Carter,
Jordan. Base on balls, oft Zeller L
off Suggs 2. Struck out, by Zeller (3)
Manning 2, Suggs, by Suggs (5) Spade,
Zeller, Paskert, Dyer, Sweeney. Hit,
by pitched ball, Jordan. Passed ball.
Smith. Sacrifice hit, Richards. Double
play, Babb to Carey. Time, 1:55. Um
pire, Pfenlnger.
WH E RE THEY PLAY TO DAY.
Nashville In Atlanta, Ponce DeLeon pert,
Game called at 4 o'clock.
Montgomery In Birmingham.
Now Orleans In Shreveport.
Memphis In Little Rock.
DRAWINGS FOR TENNIS
MATCHES ARE ANNOUNCED
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., June 24.—The
drawings for the Tennessee tennis
championship were had here this morn
ing. Thornton and Scott drew a bye
and will play the winners ot the Doug
las and Vaughn vs. Cox and Moors
match. Victor Smith, of Atlanta, will
team with Hener Ormo, an Indiana
player. This pair have drawn a bye
and Farrell vs. Little and Bates match.
This puts both Atlanta teams In the
semi-finals for their first matches, as
there are only enough entries to pro
vide three rounds.
In the singles there are sixteen play
ers, and thsr* will be four full rounds,
Victor Smith, of Atlanta, will plsf
Farrell, of Nashville. Thornton most*
Day. a Lea! player, and Scott plays
Daley. Nashville's best performer,
and will meet the winner of the Day,
How Much Is Mr. Frank
Paying Colonel Lave Cross?
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June 24.—Those
fans who know, without balng able to
prove what they know, that Charlie
Frank la paying Lave Cros* a prince
ly salary were strengthened In their
views yesterday when B. M. Brazeal, a
stockholder In the local olub, returned
from a business trip to Louisville, Ky.
Manager Eddie Aahenbach had his
SL Paul aggregation In Louisville at
the time of the trip. Mr. Brazeal states
that he himself saw where Cross was
released before Aahenbach did. In
fact, Brazeal called Aahenbach'* at
tention to the fact that the old star
was down and out
Say* Mr. Brazeal on returning to
Birmingham:
"As zoon as I mentioned to Ashen-
bach that Cross was free to sign wher.
ever he pleased, he jumped Into the
air like a cat shot with peas. Hs In
stantly scribbled off a telegram. He]
showed it to me. It was an offer to,
Cross of 1400 per month. 'Do you ,
think that that amount will land him?
I asked. If It doesn't, • replied Eddie,
1 will offer more/ Now, I can not say ;
whether or not Azhenbach Increased
that offer, but do know that Cross U
not playing with Aahenbach, and harii
reasons to believe that he 1* getting,
more than 2400 a month." _ ,
If Cross accepted Frank's offer I
to play in the Southern League over.
an offer of 1400 monthly salary from
Aahenbach to’ play In the American As-1
eoctntlon, what amount do you *uppo«* j
Frank is paying him? What amount,.
Indeed, do you suppose Frank Is paying
his aggregation, which Indisputably.
numbers- more than fourteen men. **• j
elusive of his three allies In his Quit-
port dependency.
’ Sam Langford, was a third, and
Iplke" Robson had a narrow escape
In hit bout with Tommy Murphy. The
only one who has so far escaped le lit
tle Sammy Kcllar, who claims the 110-
jound championship of England. Al
though few persons paid attention to
him and his claims, he showed Terry
Edwards a few things before a crowd
of society men at the Strollers Club
last night.
Alt ot which may be due to the pe
culiar methods of training of the Brit
on*. Long ago the Americans learned
that alcohol did not mix with ath
letics. Though fighters may have
drunk too much when they were not In
training, they have quit when work be
gan. But many of the Englishmen
have insisted that ale Is one of the ne
cessities of their diet when In course
of preparation for a fight When John
ny Summers was getting ready for ws
first bout tn the United State*—that
with Murphy at the National Athletic
Club In Philadelphia—he drank a hair
pint of ale each day. His manager*
did not like IL but Johnny so strong-,
ly Insisted that he knew what he »"j
doing that he wa* permitted to go on.
He also took large quantities of tes,
another of the national beverages o
Britain. Though the ale was cut cm i
In the preparation for the contest «i ,
Young Erne, he stuck to the tea. J
hours before he went Into the ring o ,
Wednesday night hs drank almost »
pint of tea.—New York Glob*.
ATLANTA VS. NASHVILLE
JUNE 24-25-26
Game Called 4 O’clock
Tickets On Sale At All
of Oppenhelm'e Places.
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