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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, JUNE 25,1907.
I ALL THE NEWS OF THE BASEBALL AND SPORTING WORLDS
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITINO.
Nashville, Tenn., June 25.—The cork came out of the tennis
bottle Monday afternoon, the golf tournament and the return of
the baseball team due Thursday and things like that impending,
this town is slated to bo lively in a day or two—too lively for a
sporting editor off on a vacation.
It looks now as though the Tennessee tennis championship
were due to be a protty nice event. In general make-up it will
not be very much different from the one last year, except for the
decidedly notable absence of the present Tennessee champion,
Reuben G. Hunt, of Alameda, Cal.
As far as can be learned Mr. Hunt will not defend any of his
Southern title 1 and in consequence there seems a better chance
than last year that the Tennessee and Southern championships,
will stay in the South.
Dr. Karl Little, of Cincinnati, Georgia state champion, will
doubtless be the strongest of the invaders. However, he is not
a player of Hunt’s class and it is doubtful if he will be able to
win his way to the top with the comparative ease that the Cali
fornian did last year.
NAVAL ACADEMY VARSITY CREW PREPARING FOR GREAT RACE
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With Thornton and Scott as the Atlanta delegation, there is
no especial reason why a prize or two should not go to Georgia. It
seems to be the feeling up here that Thornton—in his present form
—can handle any Southern player and that he is more than likely
to win the Tennessee championship. In Scott he has a strong
doubles partner and quite probably he will be able to make it
warm for the Rodgers brothers and the rest of the fast doubles
teams in the tournament.
The only visitors who arrived for the flrst-pf-the-week of
golf were Clarence Angier, of Atlanta; Percy Galbrcath, of Mem
phis, and Will Ward, of Birmingham. Mr. Ward went to the
semi-finals in the recent championship in Atlanta and will be a
strong contender here.
The Nashville course has suffered, like all Southern courses,
from weather not suited to the rapid production of grass, but at
that it is in nice condition and any old time it is the snuggest
little course in the South and one over which every Southern
player ia always pleased to perform.
As for baseball—well, this town is a little sore on the game
at the present shouting.
The Dobbers had dents put in their system over in the West
—like all the rest of the Easterners. And it hurt. Getting
baseball wallops was long the specialty of this town, but early
this year the fans got out of the habit and it pains them to get
back.
The kicking over here is very loud and very tempestuous,
but there is a general feeling that the change will be for the
better when the team gets back in the East.
The end of the Western games comes as a big relief to the
Eastern clubs.
The West is a more fearsome place this year than ever be
fore—and goodness knows it has always been bad enough.
With the East hack in the East things look rather better
and Atlanta will now go to the top. Yes!
But in the words of Grantland Rice—“Didn’t the Memphis
team pin things on us over there!”
This is the varsity crew of the Annapolis Naval Academy, now at Poughkeepsie. These husky young oarsmen have proved the biggest surprise of the Intercollegiate regatta thus far
Despite numerous time trials to which they have been subjected, they are handling their sweeps with wonderful skill and show no signs of a physical breakdown. Experts say that no
coach has ever worked his crew as hard as Glendon does the middles, and fear he may weaken them.
RUSSELL FORD PITCHES GREAT BALL,
AND WINS GAME FROM THE DOBBERS
CRACKERS PLAY DOBBERS
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
• The Crackers and the Dobbers will
play the second game of the series at
Ponce DeLeon-Parle this afternoon, and
a good *game Is looked for. Nelson,
the star Nashville slabn^n, will be in
the box for the Dobbers.
Billy Smith will probably pin his
hopes on Swalm, the new pitcher he
bought a few days ago. If Swalm
doesn't pitch Tuesday, it Is probable
that Roy Castlcton. the southpaw, will
do box duty.
The Crackers and the Dobbers are
going to fight hard for Tuesday’s game,
and the contest should bo a good one.
The game will be called promptly at
4 p. m.
Swalm Is Here and Will
Probably Pitch Today
Harry Swalm, the new Atlanta pitch
er secured by Billy Smith, is a giant In
site. Swalm is a big tall fellow and If
you could tell anything by looking at
him he should make good at once, for
everybody seemed to like his looks.
Swalm was out at the park Monday
afternoon and worked out with the
u Pat” Powers
Is a Prophet
While Pat Powers, boss of the East
ern League of baseball clubs, stood nt
the window of his office In the Flatiron
building wistfully watohlng the whist
ling winds toy with the ladles' skirts,
Frank Farrell, who had stepped
asked:
Tgt, what Is a prophet V
"I am." said Pat.
"How?" exclaimed the big lengue
baseball magnate.
"Well. I can show you. When the
baseball season opened X said that the
tight clubs which go to make up what
—excuse the boast—what I consider
the greatest league of thtm all, would
make a remarkably close race for the
pennant "
"We all said that," declared Farrell.
"Sure," answered Pat. "but in my
case it came true. In yours It didn't.
That’s how Pm a prophet and you're—
well, you're not. You will remember
that at the time that I presented my
1W7 schedule at the league meeting
last March I predicted that an unusu
ally close race would result If the
schedule was accepted and carried out
M outlined. That my prediction was
verified to the letter is evidenced by
the unprecedented closeness of the
present struggle. Never before in the
history of organised baseball has such
a race been known. Here It Is June,
two months after play was started, and
Toronto, on first plsce, has won only
seven games more than Montreal, in
last po*iuon,-~j;sw York Globe,
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Firecrackers. Swalm Is called the "Hu
man Whirlwind" down in bis home
town. It Is said he has a world of
speed.
Swalm may pitch the second game of
the series against the Dobbers this aft
ernoon. Swalm Is In good form now
and Billy may send him In to twirl at
any time.
Ford pitched a phenomenal game
against those haughty Dobbers Monday
afternoon, letting them down with only
one lone hit, and not a single run. Not
nan reached second base for the
Dobbers.
The Crackers played great ball Mon
day afternoon, and the boys from
Nashville didn’t even have the slightest
chance of winning the game with Ford
twirling like he did Monday. Ford
pitched one of the best games ever
twirled on an Atlanta diamond.
Monday's game almost equaled that
great game Rube Zeller pitched against
the Flnnltes. One man scored oft Zel
ler. Ford did not let a man cross the
plate Monday.
Ford had great control of the ball,
and In fact ho had almost everything
a pitcher needed. Te struck out six
men and had the Dobbers guessing at
all times.
Little Elmer Duggan, who on one oc
casion pitched a game for the Atlanta
hunch, was on the firing line against
the Crackers Monday. Duggan pitched
a creditable game, and with better sup
port would have made a better show-
ng. Duggan made two wild illngs to
first base In trying to catch base run
ners and lost his own game.
How Crackers Scored.
The Crackers failed to score In the
first Inning, but In the second they
made It hot for the Dobbers. Paskert
led off in the second by singling to
right Held. Fox singled past short and
Paskert went to second. Castro sacri
ficed and each man advanced a base.
Dyer hit to the pitcher and Duggan
threw the boll away and Paskert and
Fox scored. Ford went out from short
to first and Dyer scored.
The Crackers scored again in the
fourth Inning. Fox led off with a sin
gle to right field. Castro singled to
center field and went to .second. Dyer
SHELL CREWS ARE READY
FOR WEDNESDAY’S RACES
ever.
The Dobbers played good ball Mon
day. but they were not in it on the
winning side. Russell Ford pitched the
Atlanta team to victory Monday after
noon, and at no time of the afternoon
did the Dobbers have a single chance
to win the game. The Dobbers were as
helpless as little children.
Here Is the box score of Monday's
game:
RUSSELL FORD.
sacrificed to pitcher and on a wild
throw to first Fcf: and Castro scored,
and on another wild throw by the first
baseman, Dyer went to third. Ford hit
to short and on McCormick’s error
Dyer scored.
The Crackers made one more In the
seventh inning. Sid Smith, who will
be married shortly, doubled to left and
ent to third on Jordan’s fly out to cen
ter field. Paskert singled to left and
Smith scored.
Johnnv Dobbs, the Nashville mogul,
had a rather painful accident Monday
afternoon. Sid Smith doubled to cen
ter, and in chasing the ball Mr. Dobbs
sprained his ankle. Johnny will proba
bly be in the game this afternoon, how-
Naahvillo
Persons, If. .
Wiseman, rf. . . 4
Dobbs, cf. . . . . 3
McCormick, ss. . 3
Morse, 2b 8
McElveen, 3b. . . 3
Lister, lb 3
Wells, c 2
E. Duggan, p. . . 3
Totals ... .27
Atlanta— ab.
Becker, rf. . . . 4
Spade, cf. . . . 3
Smith, c. .... 3
Jordan, 2b. ... 4
Paskert, If. ... 4
Fox. lb 3
Castro, ss. . . . 3
Dyer, 3b 3
Ford, p 3
Totals 30
Score by Innings:
Nashville ....
ab. r. h. po. a. e,
7 10 27 13
.000 000 000—0
Atlanta 030 300 lOx—7
12345678 9—Hits
ashvllle . . .0 0001000 0— 1
tlanta 12 12 0 12 1*— 10
Summary—Two-base hit. Smith;
stolen bases. Spade; sacrifice hits, Cas
tro, Dyer, Becker; double plays, Jordan
to Castro to Fox; first base on balls,
Ford 2, Duggan 2; hit by pitched balls,
E. Duggan (Fox); struck out, Ford 6,
Person, McCormick, Wiseman, Wells,
McElveen; Duggan 2, Spade, Ford;
wild pitches, Duggan. Time 1:30. Um
pires, Rinn and Hackett.
• HMHIMUmi
Just Notes
Despite a rumor to the contrary, Cas
tro denied Saturday night that he had
Jumped his contract and left for Chi
cago, directly ufter Saturday's game to
accept a $10,000 Job with Manager
Mulhooley, of the Windy City Side
Lots. He will be on deck as usual to
day.—Memphis News-Sclmltar.
George Winters, of the Atlanta squad,
whs unable to play Saturday owing to
a broken thumb. But It is a remark
able thing that the plucky outfielder
worked throughout Frldny's game de
spite the fracture, which was received
In practice before the setto. George is
bewailing the fact that he will have to
remain out of the game for at least a
week.—Memphis News-Sclmltar.
Augusta Loses
To Macon Team
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., June 25.—In a game that
lacked considerable Interest, from the \
grandstand’s point of view, Macon took
the scalp of the Augusta team in the
first game of the series.
George Stinson, with his timely home
run, scored the only run of the after
noon, his long drive going out over
left field fence.
Both pitchers, Quinn for Macon and
Holmes for Augusta, pitched good ball,
and for a time it was a pitchers' bat
tle.
Box score:
Macon, ab. r. h. po. a,
Murdock, cf. . . 4 0 0 0 0
Lipe, 3b 3 0 0 3 3
Houston, If. . . 3 0 0 I 0
Stinson, rf. ... 2 1 1 0 0
Rhoton. 2b. ..20124
Wohlleben, lb. . 2 0 0 11 1
Pope, sk 3 0 0 4 4
Harnlsh, c. . . . 3 0 1 5 1
Quinn, p. . . . 3 0 0 1 2
She Is to Race
For Auto Cup
ab. r. h. po.
CAPITOL AVENUE STARS WIN.
Cspitol Avenue Stars defented the South
Side Amnteurs in a fust game Monday by
the score of 4 to 2.
The pitching of C. Suelllug nnd the catcb-
iug of L). Sinko nnd the aTt-round playing
of J. Boynton and W. Brooks were the fen-
hall for the Amnteurs.
IL If.
Stars 0 1 0 l 0 0 0 f 0-4 6 2
Amateurs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0—2
SWEETGUM WINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Law renew lit*, Gn.. June 25.-r8we«tgnm
again defeated on last Moudny Grayson’s
afnr team nt Grayson by n score of 4 to 1.
This Is the third gnma played between
these teams, the Stveetguins having taken
nil three by good scores.
The game was hotly contested. For live
innings It was three up and three down
with Grayson.
Montgomery did the twirling for Sweet-
gum in n manner that was disastrous to
Grayson's heavy batsmen.
The score by innings:
SWeef gum 2 101 0000 0—4
Gray sou luOOOftOO 0—1
Batteries—Montgomery ami Nunnaiiy; Nix
•ml NU. . *
Totals ....
Augusta.
Croxier, If. . .
Bieman, as. .
Bender, rf. . .
Dexter, lb. . .
Kustus, cf.* . .
McKernan, 3b.
Kendrick. 2b. .
Fox. c. . . .
Holmes, p. . .
Totals 31
Score by innings:
Macon
Augusta
Summary—Loft on bases, Macon 3,
Augusta 6; home run, Stinson; two-
base hits, Kustus, Bender; struck out,
by Holmes 7, by Quinn 5; bases on
balls, of Quinn 1, off Holmes 2; sacri
fice hits, Rhoton. Croxier; stolen bases,
Wohlleben, Dexter. Time 1:40.
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O GROUNDS ARE CHANGED 0
O AT PONCE DELEON. 0
O O
O The new grounds at Ponce De- O
O Leon have been changed since the O
O team has been away on that last O
O western trip. Two sections at the O
O grounds in the grandstand have 0
O been reserved for the ladles, and O
0 no smoking will be allowed In O
O either of the two sections. 0
O Only two sections are now re- O
O served—these being the 75-cent 0
0 seats. The management has re- O
O served two sections directly be- 0
O hind home plate and has placed O
O chairs In these. 0
0 All seats at the park now cost O
O 50 cents, except the box seats. On O
O special occasions the management 0
O will reserve other seats In the O
0 grandstand. Awnings have been O
O placed over the box seats under O
0 the smokers.
O O
Bowling Tonight
At Case’s Alleys
The Atlanta bowling team will meet
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany's team tonight In the second
game of the series.
These two teams are playing a aeries
of fifteen games, bowling three at each
meet. The next gatpes will be rolled
Friday night. The games between
these two teams are close and inter
esting and neither team seems to have
anything on the other.
Poughkeepsie, N..Y., June 25.—If the
plana of Mayor John K. Saguo are
carried out there will be no public
pool selling on the day before the In
tercollegiate regatta here or on regatta
day, which is Wednesday.
The Columbia crews are taking
things easy. "The hard work Is all
over now,” said Coach Rice.
Wisconsin's 'varsity crew did rather
a surprising thing yesterday In taking
a time row over the course. The Wls.
consln freshmen beat the 'varsity a
half length In the first two mfles.
The Cornell crew Is growing In favor
every hour with those who are fol
lowing rowing. The Ithacans are get
ting more Impressive with every row
they take and the chances are that
they will be prohibitive favorites in
the coming 'varsity race.
Captain Ingram, of the navy crew
says that the crew will move about
34 to the minute In the race on Wed-
nesday except for the last half mile
when the pace Is likely to be acceler-’
Died. Some persons take this to mean
that the navy Is not going to trv to
row away from the others at the star-
end will depend upon a flnlshlng spurt
to do the business.
The navy peopl6 expect that they will
have at least three distinguished vis
itors for the races here—Admiral
Goodrich. Admiral Evans and Victor
H. Metcalf, secretary of tt-e navy. The
monitors Nevada, Arkansas and Flor
ida are expected here tomorrow. The
observation train of thirty-nine cars,
all nicely covered, Is hero for the race.
GRAND STAND AT EAST
LAKE FOR TENNIS PLAYERS
Everything Is being put In readiness
for the Southern lawn tennis meet,
which will be held In Atlanta, on the
Atlanta Athletic Club’s tennis courts,
on July 2 and on the following days
of that week.
Grandstands are now being erected
to seat all of those comfortably that at
tend, whether to witness the play or to
play themselves.
There will be a large entry list, com-
posed of some of the best tennis play
ers In the South, In this tourney, and
a great week of tennis Is looked for
by those In charge of the meet.
The winners of the Atlanta tourna-
ment will be sent to Newport os rep
resentatives of the Atlanta Athletic
Club and the South, and to make this
possible the committee In charge has
decided to charge an admittance fee of
26 cents to see the Atlanta tourna
ment.
Unusual interest In the tourney Is
being manifested this year because the
winners of the Southern championship
in doubles have been admitted for the
first time by the National Lawn Ten
nis Association to compete with the
Eastern and Western champions for
the national doubles championship at
Newport in August.
IHIHMHIHMHHHHHMMMMIHI
j Standing of the Clubs.
Southern League.
Played. Won. Lott. P. C.
Jacksonville..
Charleston . ,
Mncon . . .
Augusta . . •
Savannah.. ..
Columbia . .
41
American League.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.
Chicago r ~
Cleveland !
Detroit ...
Philadelphia .
. 53
. 57
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MRS. GOODWIN GUEST.
Mra. Goodwin Guest la the fa
mous automobillat. SJie Is making
, a short trip to Europe. She will
return in time for the Vanderbilt
cup race.
BEN HILL WINS.
Ben Hill defeated Hemphill Satur
day in a hard hitting game, 21 to 11.
The features of the game were the
timely hitting of Simmons, Baker and
Sheats.
This makes the fifth straight game
Ben Hill has won.
Score by Innings. R. H. E.
Ben Hill 075 000 430—21 23 6
Hemphill 030 402 002—11 10 9
Batteries: Kimberly nnd Sheats;
Barker and Carey. Time. 2 hours. At-
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WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Nashville In Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon park.
Gsme called at 4 o’clock.
New Orleans in Shreveport.
Memphis In Little UoekT
Montgomery in Birmingham.
CHAMBERLINS WIN.
Monday afternoon the crack team of
the Chamberiln-Johnson-DuBose Com
pany defeated the Davtson-Paxon-
Stokea team by the score of 7 to 2.
Chamberlin has only lost two games
this season and would like to get
games for the coming Saturdays.
Their Une-up la as follows: F. Hill,
c; F. Pearson, 1st and captain; B. Ber
ry, 2b; E. Wylm, s»; J. Farmer, 3b; E.
Me Glason, Bridewell and Porter, out
fielders; A. J. 8aye, Gentle and E.
Sheartl. pitcher*.
Our grounds are situated on North
avenue, opposite the Tech school. We
would like to get a large crowd out
each Saturday. Gaines start at 3 p. m.
*
"NIG” CLARK
IS THE GOODS
Writing' from Washington, the sporting
man of The Cleveland Press hns this to
ssy regarding our old friend "Nig" Clark,
former backstop for the Firecrackers:
"Players nil around the circuit tell
that ’Nig’ Clark Is the best catcher In the
world, and I believe they are right," said
Addle Joss recently. "The little fellow la
not only a perfect mncblno back there,
catching nny kind of fast or slow or curvo
or spit ball pitching, but be la a reincar
nation of Buck Ewing in' his manner of
Jollying the batters Into hitting at the bad
ones.
"No
ronld 1
ndeed, a pi __
except to stand up there and band up what
k
nnd Crlger and SulHvan, and air the Test!
but Clark la the king of them all, nnd, more,
over, he i« getting better every time he is
* i the game."
COLCORD WANT8 GAMES.
The Colcord baseball team would like to
get games with any team In the city. The
Colcord club has a strong team this year,
nnd they will make a game Interesting with
team In this city.
dress all challenges to II. M. Beck,
344 McDaniel street, or telephone W. D. Os
borne, 97 west, or Standard 'phone 897. This
team would like to get a game for next
Saturday at 3:30 p. m.
YE8TERDAY’8 RESULTS.
8outhern.
Atlanta 7, Nashville 0.
Memphis 6, Little Itock 2.
Shreveport 6, New Orleans 4.
Montgomery failed to arrive In Birmiug
ham.
2 ST - L0 Ji'S PAYS *1.500 o
2 FOR “BUGS” RAYMOND. 0
s 0
O Special to The Georgian. 0
2 Charleston, S. C„ June 25.— 0
G Bugs Raymond. Charleston's 0
g muter ball twlrler, haa been sold 0
O to the St. Louis Nationals. He 0
2 IL ,U JP°t he released, however, until 0
O the South Atlantic season closes. 0
g Manager McClosky, of the Na- 0
O tlonals, came to Charleston under O
O an assumed name. He Is supposed O
O to have paid about J1.600 for the O
O eccentric pitcher. o
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How His Umps
Called the Play
.Huron i, s\iigiisin u.
SnTannnh 4, Jacksonville 2.
Charleston 4, Columbia 3.
American.
Philadelphia 9, Washington 2.
Philadelphia 6, Washington 3.
Cleveland 3, Chicago 2.
New York 9, Ronton 8.
New York 11. Boston 3.
National.
Chicago 4. 8t. Louis 1.
Cincinnati 13, Pittsburg 5.
_ , , Am.ric.n Association.
Toledo 8, Louisville 1.
Minneapolis 6. Kansas City 4.
Milwaukee 14. 8t. Paul 5.
Columbus 6, Indianapolis 0.
. Cotton States.
\ lektburg 6, Gulfport 6.
Jackson 2. Mobile 0.
Meridian 12, Columbus 9.
Possibly the ha'rdest decision an umpire
rer taektod fell to the lot of Jack Strat-
mi,-who was umpiring a game between
the Dallas, Ohio, team and the club from
Sycamore Valleys, years ago.
The teams wero playing down In Lynn’s
bottom at Sycamore Valley, and the score
was 15 to 12, or something like thnt, In
favor of Dallas, In the ninth Inning, with
two out and the bases tilled. At nny rate,
whatever the score was, 8ycamore Valley
noeded three runs to tie and four to win,
nnd It happened that Butch Carpenter, one
of the weakost bitters on the team, wae at
hat.
One strike bad been colled when Butch
hit the ball. Where that ball went no
one knows to this day. All the players
wero running—they saw the ball pitched
and saw It hit, but Jnat os the bat nit the
ball the boiler nt Ulokle’t saw mill, about
200 yards away, exploded.
About five minute* inter, when the smoxe
nnd Htoam cleared away, the base runners
remembered, nnd ran around to the plate.
The renl argument started about a nrut
hour Inter, when everybody had visit*!
the wreek. Sycamore Valley claimed tne
victory, declaring that four runB bad scerto
—nnd Jack Stratton allowed their clalm-
Clevelaml Press.
MADDOX-RUCKER WANTS GAME.
The Maddox-Rucker baseball lea™
would like to have a proposition 1mm
some fast out-of-town team tor the
Fourth of July. We can assure a go™
game with any amateur team in tne
state. „ ,
Address B. S. Hule, manager Mad-
dox-Rucker baseball team. Atlanta, Ga.
NAT KAISER & CO.
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Ticket* On Sale At All
of Oppenhelm’e Places.
JUNE 24-25-26
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