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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26,1907.
ALL THE NEWS OF THE BASEBALL AND SPORTING WORLDS
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BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Nashville, Tenn., June 26—The Tennessee tournament in
progress here comes nnder the head of “small but seleot” affairs.
The field is diminutive in the extreme but for all that practically
every player who stands any chance of winning the Southern
Championship in Atlanta next month is here.
From present indications the big event looks like a three or
four-cornered affair with Thornton, Little, Cowan Rodgers and—
well, picking the fourth man is not so easy but the trio named
will be there very close to the finish.
This tournament is more of a Southern affair than the last
one.' Last year Hunt, of California, was very nearly the whole
show.
And somehow it seems foolish that the Tennessee champion
ship should be won by a Californian and the Georgia champion
ship by an Ohioan.
In the Southern golf championship only members of Southern
dubs are allowed to compete and it seems very much more rea
sonable to have such a rule.
Of course It makes it faster and in some ways better to have
the tennis tournament open to all but if it is to be called a
"Southern” championship it would be mtro reasonable to hold it
down to Southern players—or at least to members of Southern
dubs.
However, the only Northerners in this Tennessee tourna
ment will be called on to hurry some if they hope to do any
thing against the Southern players.
Barring accidents, Thornton has as good a chance as any
other player. He is playing a better game than he did a year
ago when he played Reuben Hunt clear off his leut and nearly
put him down and out.
Little and Cowan Rodgers are the only men who have any
license to beat him and they will have to perspire some to pull
it off.
It is said here that the New Orleans tennis club will not
have any entries in the Atlanta tournament and it is certain
that they have not made any here. This looks like a rather short
proceeding for the largest tennis club in the South.
Knoxville will have a better delegation than ever before at
the Southern championship in Atlanta. In addition to the
f Rodgers brothers there will be a half dozen or so first-class
players.
We’re a little out of the baseball belt up here. But it
■ wouldn’t do to make the mistake of thinking that the games in
Atlanta are not being watched with the most brcfthlcss inter
est. In this “sporting extra-less” town the real fans ha^b to go
to the baseball matinees but the people who run the “details”
are doing a rattling business
Local fans are about willing to admit that the Crackers are
a little too much for Nashville and they are viewing with some
alarm the present series in Atlanta and aro none too confident
over the prospect of the Atlanta games in this town next week.
VARSITY CREWS READY
FOR NATIONAL REGATTA
RAINING IN NASHVILLE;
PROBABLY NO TENNIS
HOW THE CREW8 COMPARE
IN AQE, HEIQHT, WEIGHT.
University Eights.
Crew- Ago. Ht. Wt.
; Cornell. . .
' Columbia . . .10
Pennsylvania . . 11
■ ’Wisconsin . ,
I Syracuse . .
1 Georgetown.
Naval Cadets
:ii
6.00
S.00
5.00
6.01
6.11
6.10
6.00
5.1
University Fours.
Crew. Age. Ht Wt
1 Cornell .0
1 Columbia .... 11
Pennsylvania. . 11
Syracuse .... II 6.00 1(1
Freshman Elghta
Crew. Age. Ht. Wt.
Cornell ..... 20
■ Columbia .... IS
1 Pennsylvania. . IS
Wisconsin ... 21
Syracuse .... 11
.11
.10
6.00
6.00
too
6.00
6.11
P0UQHKEEP8IE REGATTA
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY.
8 The program of the regatta at O
Poughkeepsie today, with the O
O courses for the various crews, O
O counting from the west shore, fol- O
0 lows: 0
’Varsity 4-oared crews, 1 miles 0
4 o'clock p. ra.: Cornell, li Cotura- 0
’ bla, 1; Pennsylvania. 1; Syra- O
i case, 4. O
Freshman l-oarad orews, 2 0
1 miles, 4:45 o’clock p. m.i Wlsoon- O
tin. 1| Colombia, 1: Pennsylvania, O
> 6; Cornell. 4: Syracuse, 6. O
l ’Varsity l-oared crews about 4 0
i mlleg, * o’dook p. nu Columbia. O
V 1; Cornell, 1; Syracuse. 5; Penn- O
O sylvanls, 4j Wlsmnitn, 6s Octree- 0
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Poughkeepsie, June *6.—Where, when
the big race ends—when the shining
shells (Urn over the finish Una on the
big glistening river, will flash tbs blue?
In the Is ad of all?
Past agile Columbia and plucky
Georgetown? Put sturdy Wisconsin
and speedy Syracuse, ahead even of
Champion Cornell ?
That Is the big question of the big
boat race this yeas
AH the morning, and now almost at
the hour of the great race, tt la atin the
•enaatlooel query of the minute. It la
the first tin that the young athletes of
Annapolis have stretched their hard
ened, trained muscles In this big na
tional svant—tbs event that rappUee
NAT KAI8ER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
16 Decatur 8L Kimball House.
Bargains In Unredesmsd Diamonds.
the American champion* among college
men at the oar.
The middles have been hitting u
pace In their prsatlce work that
startled the other camps. They have
held consistently a stroke four or eight
points blgher than Cornell's famous SI.
But four miles Is a long, hard drag
and there are croakers who say the
middles will never stand the strain.
. Veteran Courtney, of Cornell, smiles
knowingly. Rumors do not affect his
nerves, and while h* makes no talk, his
actions Indicate the confidence he feels
In his protegss from Ithaca.
What little betting Is done has to be
oonduoted In the shade of the pines—
or the bam door, for the chief of polios
and the mayor have decreed that no
wagers shall be made In public. What
reports come out of the darkness show
that last night the confidence of Cornell
was registered In the following prices
In the betting: Cornell. 10; Navy, 6;
Syracuse, 4: Columbia 3: Pennsyl
vania, 1: Wisconsin and Georgetown
paired at 2.
Negro Pug Will
Meet Lanky Bob
New Tort; June 16.—Jack Johnson,
the colored heavy weight champion,
hu finally got on a match. Sam Fits-
Patrick says ha hu completed all ar
range men te tor Johnson to meet Bob
KHetlmmone In a six-round boot at a
special boxing show to be held by the
Washington Sporting Club, of Phila
delphia, on Wednesday evening, July It.
The men win battl* for 60 per oent of
the gross receipts, of which each fight
er will receive 10 per oent
MACON LOSES 8ECOND
OF 8ERIE8 WITH AUQU8TA.
Special to The Georgian
Macon. Ga, June 16.—Maoon yes
terday lost the second gome In the ee-
ries with Augusta Both teams played
loose ball throughout the entire game,
and the pitcher* were hit freely.
Ih the eighth Inning Maoon took on
a hitting streak, and with the first man
up. Wolgallben lined one over left field
fence. This started the hitting and
four run* were scored.
Schopp wu taken out of the box in
tbe eighth, after being hit all over the
field by Maoon, and Sparks took hta
place. In the tlxtb Inning Hamlah,
who w«v catching for Macon, wu hit
on the finger by a ball, putting him out
of buelneaa for th* rut of the game.
Chandler, wbo 1s being carried u util
ity catcher tor Maoon, finished the
game behind tbe bat and put up a good
game of ball.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Nuhvtlle, Tenn., June 16.—If the
weather man does not pull out and
give the sunshine department a chance
there Is not likely to be any Tennuaee
tennis championship.
Monday It rained and Tuesday It
did likewise. Wednesday It looks very
dubious. If Friday and Saturday do
not happen to be good It means that
there will not be a championship. Be
cause next week the players move on
to Atlanta tor the Southern champion
ship.
Southern.
The drawing for the championship
seems to make It oertaln that one At
lanta man, at least, will go to tho
finish. Nat Thornton Is In the upper
tier with Smith, Farrell, Day, Vaughn,
Bates, Cox and Charlie Rodgers. With
any luok he ought to be able to de
feat any man In that lot.
The lower tier Is more dangerous. I*
D. Scott goes against a star In his first
match, for he ploys B. W. Daley. If
he wins that he gets either Charley
Rodgors or Orma the Indiana unknown.
If he wine that match he will undoubt
edly catch Dr. Karl Little.
It looks a good deal u though Dr.
Little or Charley Rodgers would meet
Thornton on the finale.
Thornton and Scott drew well In the
doubles, as they will have only to de
feat the winner of the Douglas and
Vaughn vs. Cox and Moore match. This
practically usurea the Atlanta team a
place In the finals.
ATLANTA PLAYS DOBBERS
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
The Crackers will play the Dobbere
the lut gome of the eerlea this after
noon at Ponce DeLeon park. The
Crockers will leave Atlanta after this
afternoon's game for Birmingham.
The Dobbere will depart for Nash
ville, where they play the Climbers of
Montgomery, Ala, on Thursday after
noon.
Billy Smith will send the Wltard
Rube Zeller to tbe slab this afternoon.
Kube Is In good condition and should
win his gams with ease. Sid Smith
will do the catching.
Manager Dobbs, of NsshvUle, will
probably depend on Nelson or Johnny
Duggan to win the game for him this
afternoon. "Kid” Welle will catah.
Large Number of Ladies
Enter the Tennis Meet
ATLANTA VS. NASHVILLE
JUNE 24-25-26
Game Called 4 O’clock
Ticket* On Sale At All
of Oppenbebn't Pieces.
A large number of ladles hare en
tered the big tennis tourney which will
be held et the Atlanta Athletic Club
tennis courts at Bast Lake on July 2
and throughout the following days of
the week.
There will be more ladles In the meet
this year than ever before. Already a
large number of entries have been re
ceived. It Is expeoted that a reoord-
breaklng entry list will be sent In to
those managing the meet by the’time
the tourney begins.
Ladles from Nashville, Cincinnati
and Macon have sent In to the man
agers of the meet their names, and
have requested them to enter their
names on the entry llets. It Is ex
peoted that many more ladles from
other cttles will enter the tourney be
fore the books era closed.
Miss Logan, of New Orleans, who
won the cup last year; Mrs. Norton, of
Memphis: Mies Kathleen Brown, of At
lanta; Mlsa Westmoreland, of Atlan
to, and Mias Florence Jackson, of At'
lanta, have all entered the tourney.
Miss Logan, of Now Orleans, yrtll
team with her brother. Bland Logan;
Mrs. Norton with her husband; Miss
Westmoreland with Nat Thornton:
Mias Jackson with Bryan Grant, end
Miss Kathleen Brown with 8. C. Wil
liams.
Many of the looal players are ou?
practicing on the East Lake courts
Wednesday afternoon. Some of the
Atlanta players ars showing surprising
form and are sure to make It hot for
the visiting players.
CARNE8VILLE WIN8.
Epee 111 to The Georgian.
Carnesville, Oa, June
vllle defeated the strong Livonia ag
gregation on the Lavonla diamond yes
terday, score 6 to 5. It was a hard
fought gama but the Carnesville team
showed up better than the Lavonla
nine. Features of the game were the
batting and all around hitting of the
Carnesville team. Batteries: Carnes-
ville, Brown and Rompley; Lavonla
Tribble, Ledbetter end Cannon.
Little Bell spoiled the Pirate victory lu
the first game by e sensational one-hand
ed catch, that was the prettiest teen on
the tocal grounds this year. And yet Count
Castro waxed wratliy when tbe Crackers
were here ipecause the writer classed Ball
at one of the lending shortstops of the
league,—Shreveport Times.
MOTOR BOAT RACE8
WILL BE GIVEN.
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Oa, June 24.—Arrange
ments are being made to celebrate tbe
Fourth of July at Cumberland Island
on a larger scale than ever before, Tbe
principal feature of the celebration will
be motor boat races. There will be
four of these races for that many
claaset of boats, and the officials of the
Cumberland Route Steamship Company
have offered substantial prises which
will be awarded the winner In each
contest
Atlanta
l.
a.
Earaa .......
Elliott ........
152
191
171
17*
199
21!
149
133
119
172
132
166
Irwin ........
200
807
171
834
211
884
Totals
Grand total ....
2,546
Gs. Ry. & Elsa. Co.
1.
2.
8.
West
164
185
175
Leach
114
119
107
Reeves
no
170
134
Lyons ........
Chambers
208
144
176
189
146
146
Totals .......
816
768
736
Grand total . . , ,
2.814
In addition to bowling the highest
score lost night Elliott bowled Tuesday
afternoon In ten consecutive games,
averaging 2171-16 per game, one of
the moat remarkable etunte ever done
In the South. Following are his games
as they were bowled: 116, 116, 127. 218,
201, 111, 217. 217, 114, 186. Total 1,116.
JACK’S BROKEN FINGER
18 ENTIRELY WELL.
8peels! to The Georglsn.
Macon. Ga* June 26.—Only a few
days more and then the smiling face of
Jack Robinson, the crack backstop for
Macon, will again be seen behind the
bat Jock had the misfortune of hav
ing one of hie fingers broken more than
a month ego, and since that time he
ha* been on the bench. Harnlah has
been doing good work for Macon be
hind the plate since Robinson was put
out of the game, but his throwing can
hardly come up to Jack’s, and the work
of the little backstop has been missed
by the Macon team.
DOBBERS TURN THE TABLES
AND WIN FROM FIREMEN
The Nashville Dobbers turned the
tables completely on the Crackers on
Tuesday afternoon when BUI Sorrell
shut them out. Final score 6 to 0.
BUI woe right there with the goods,
especially In pinches, Atlanta only get
ting eight safe drives off his delivery.
Roy CasUeton. who woe on the firing
line for the Firemen, was touched
safely for 11 hits. "Big Fete" Litter,
lastly of Birmingham, sent his batting
average climbing on Castleton's deliv
ery. getting four bite out of four times
up and walked once.
The Boosters went after revenge In
the first round, when Persons and
Wiseman both singled, Dobbs bunted
to pitcher, advancing the base runners.
Then Roy walked McCormick, filling
the bases. Whltey Morse, Atlanta’s
pinch hitter once upon a time, came to
bat and popped out to Jordan. Mc-
Elveen biffed one to Bill Dyer, who
muffed the ball, scoring Persons. Then
Roy Castleton, with the bases full,
walked Lister, forcing In Wiseman.
Bases still full, Roy became good and
walked Wells, forcing In McCormick.
The painful agony was ended by Sor
rell going out. Jordan to Fox. The
Boosters, not contented with three In
the first Inning, tallied one each In the
second, third and fourth innings. After
that there was nothing doing.
The nearest the Crackers came to the
plate was In the ninth Inning, when,
with two out and Castro on second, Boy
Castleton came to bat and singled to
right field. But alas! the Count was
over-anxious and was thrown
the plate.
NsshvUle. ab. r. h. po
Persons, If. . . 6 1 l 4
Wiseman, rf. . . 3 2 1 2
Dobbs, of. ... 4 0 0 1
McCormick, ss. . 3 2 1 1
Morse, 2b. ... 6 0 0 0
McElveen, 3b. . 6 0 2 4
Lister, lb. ... 4 1 4 8
Wells, c. ... 3 0 1 7
Sorrell p. .... 6 0 1 0
6 11 27 8
0 4
Totals 87
Atlanta. ab.
Becker, If. ... 4
Spade, cf. . , . 4
Smith, c. . . . 3
Jordan, 2b. ... 4
Paskert, If.. . .2
Fox, lb 4
Castro, ss. . . . 4
Dyer, 3b 4
Castleton, p. ..4
Totals 33
Runs by Innings:
Nashville
Atlanta
Hits by Innings:
Nashville
Atlanta 120 011 012—'.
Summary: Stolen bases, Wiseman,
Paskert 2; sacrifice hits, Dobbs; double
plays, Jordan to Fox; first base on
balls. .Castleton 6, Sorrell 2; hit by pitch,
ed balls, Castleton (Wells), Sorrell <Pu.
kert); struck out, by Castleton (3), Sor.
rell 2. Persons; by Sorrell (6), Jordan,
Spade 2, Fox, Dyer, Castro. Time, 1:50,
Umpires, Rlnn and Hockett.
.311 100 000-8
.000 000 000—0
.202 300 202—U
Standing of the Clubs.
Southern League.
ATLANTA . .
New Orleans .
Shreveport . .
Little Rock .
Nashville . , .
Montgomery .
Birmingham . .
. 57
34
8outh Atlantic League t
CLUBS— Ployed. Won. Loet. P.C.
Jacksonville M
Charleston 66
Mu con 65
Augusta
.605
19 42
35 .435
.311
Washington ..... 53
National League.
CLUBS-
Played. Won. Loat. P. C.
Nashville Golfers
Qualify Thursday
By PERCY H. WHITING.
NashvlUs, T*nn„ June 28.—The qual
ifying round of tbe Nashville Invita
tion golf tournament will be played
here tomorrow. Sixty-four players wUl
qualify In four divisions. Friday and
Saturday the watch rounds wlU be de
cided and Saturday afternoon a han
dicap will be played.
Tho Influx of golfers has begun. The
Atlanta delegation arrived here this
morning and Is stopping at the Maxwell
Hotel. It Is made up of George Adair,
Fulton Colville, W. R. Ttchenor and W.
P. II11I. Birmingham Is In with R. H.
Thatch, Sr. George Oliver, Thomas
Watson and J. B. Cobbs.
The Memphis players who arrived
this morning were R. G. Morrow, S. H.
Phillips and G. D. Rains, Jr.
ATLANTA BOWLERS
DEFEAT ELECTRIG
The Atlanta bowling team met and
defeated the Georgia Railway and Eleo-
trlc Company’! crook team Tuesday
night on the latter's aUeyt, by the
narrow margin of 211 pins for ths three
games. The games were characterised
by many brilliant plays, and after the
first game the Atlanta boys had every
thing their own way. The Georgia
Railway and Eleotrlo Company team
took the first game by 1 pins, and It
lookad for a while as If they were go
ing to make a clean sweep of their
opponents, but the faUIng down of
Leaoh and the large soores of Elliott
and Hobs turned the tables, and At
lanta won with ease. The thlnj series
of games will take place Friday night
on George W. Case’s alleys, and the
public i. oordt&llv invited.
Following was the official score:
New York 66
Philadelphia 67
Pittsburg . 65
Cincinnati 60
Boston . 60
Brooklyn 68
St. Louis 61
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
NsshvUle In Atlanta, Ponce DeLeon park.
Game celled at 4 o'clock.
New Orlesns In Shreveport
Memphis In Little Rock.
Montgomery In Birmingham.
YESTERDAY’S RE8ULT8.
Just Notes
Southern.
NsahvtUe 6, Atlanta 0.
Montgomery 4, Birmingham 1 (first game).
Birmingham 6, Montgomery 0 (second
gams).
Memphis 5, Little Rock L
Shreveport 6, New Orleans 4.
South Atlsntle.
Savannah 2, Jacksonville 0.
Augusta 7, Macon 4.
Charleston 1, Columbia 0.
American.
Philadelphia 3, Washington 1 (first gams).
Philadelphia 3, Washington 1 (second
St Louis 4, Detroit 1 (first game).
St Louis 4, Detroit 2 (second game).
Philadelphia I.
Bolton 6, New York 6.
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburg 2 (first game).
Cincinnati 6, Pttsburg 6 (second gems).
Cotton 8tates.
B cksburg 2, Gulfport 1 (ten Innings).
irtdlan 6, Columbus 1.
Jnokeon-Mobtls; rain.
College Results.
Ysle 14, Harvard 6.
In the sixth Inning, with Sid Smith
on second and Paskert on first, James
Fox tried to knock the ball over Man
ager Dobbs’ head, but tt didn't work,
Johnny'ran, turned-and caught the ball
facing the centerfleld fence. Hard luck,
Jim, but It's all In baseball.
Castleton and McElveen had a tongue
scrap In the third Inning. Me asked
Roy why he did not put the ball ever
the plate, to which Roy replied, "CanT
you see the ball curving over; why,
you are worse than Hackett.”
In the second Inning Sorrell, while
trying to catch Fox off first base, came
nearly throwing the ball In the smokers,
but "Big Pete” was there with his mil
Both pitchers seemed tb think that
Jim Hackett was a bit off at times on
balls and strikes, but the umps knows
hie "bis."
Castleton and Sorrell were sore at
Umpire Hackett Tuesday afternoon,
Castleton said that he was away off on
balls and strikes. Sorrell also com
plained at his umpiring. His umps has
a better view of the plate than the peo
ple In the grandstand, however, and It
Is probable that be was right in hl4
decisions.
Paskert Is probably the best btss
stealer In the Southern League. He
stole two bases Tuesday afternoon with
ease. There 1* hardly a catcher in
the Southern League that can catch
him stealing second. Paskert Is ths
nest outfielder In this league and wlU
probably be In the big league next
season.
Sid Smith caught a pretty game
Tuesday afternoon and played ball a
all times. Sid made two hits out o
three times at bat and he made no
errors for the afternoon. Sidney woe
probably thinking of his girl at tht
Grand opera house.
The Dobbers have gotten Into a habit
of throwing wild to first base. Whetbe*
It Is tbe Isinglass on the ground or
through their Inability to control tbs
ball Is not known. In Monday's gams
little Elmer Duggan made two wild
flings to first and lost his own game by
those errors. Tuesday McElveen mads
a wild throw to first and Spade ad«
vanced to second on the error.
Castleton struck out three Tuei-
day and walked six. Hoy also hit one
of the Dobbers. Sorrell on the other
hand made a much better record. Bill
struck out six men and soaked one
Cracker In the ribs. Sorrell gave up
only two bases on balls.
Clark Griffith and his New Toth
Americans defeated the Boston Ameri
cans Tuesday afternoon, 8 to 2. Bos
ton filled the bates with none out In the
ninth Inning and falldd to score but
one run. The Highlanders aro Impror.
lng In their playing and they WlU M
near the top In a short while.
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