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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JULY 1,19Q-|. TENNIS AND BASEBALL FEATURES OF THIS WEEK SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING J NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS Well, the cork is out of the can again and this week will bubble over with sporting events. The tennis tournament is on in earnest Tuesday and promises to be warm doings, as a genert.1 proposition tennis is not a game in which the general public takes any marked interest. The tennis germ—unlike the baseball bacteria—does not turn the infected person into a raving lunatic—a hooting, yelling fan. But for all that, the tennis tan is in our midst and will be out for the tournament. This is the first year that the general public has had a chance to see the Southern tennis sharks in action and the said “G. P.” will doubtless avail itself of the opportunity. Tennis is in the glare of the calcium up to Thursday. Then it steps aside—way back into the wings, for on July 4 the Crack, ers return from Nashville and open up with a big double bill. Fourth of July is the fans’ field day in Atlanta. Some three or four thousand regular offenders can be counted on every time the “Game Today” sign is stuck in the sporting page. And July Fourth does not look any different from Rny other day to them. But to the “baseball extra fans”—the men who don’t have time to go to baseball much and who usually see their games through the eyes of the sporting editors, the coming holiday is the biggest of the year, Christmas not excepted—for there is no baseball December 25. We note without regret tne passing of horse racing in Ten nessee. The supreme court has put the final kibosh on it and for some years to come, anyhow, there will be no horse racing, or at least no gambling on horse races. Nor is it likely that race track gambling will ever again be allowed in Tennessee. It has been noted that when a state once drives it out it is more thnn reluctant to let it back. Boeing hung on longer thnn it deserved to in Tennessee be-. cause of the cry the gamblers always raised when their game was threatened—"we must protect the breediug industry.” And there was some breeding in Tennessee—once on a large scale at Belle Meade and places of that kind, and Inter on small er farms. But finally it came over Tennesseans that the thoroughbred was little more thnn a racing machine and that protecting the in dustry of raising racing machines was little different from pro tecting the roulette table industry. After that the supporters of the racing game, outside the gamblers, quieted down, Tennessee will get on fully as well without racing as it ever did with it—and probably some better. The race meetings at Nashville and Memphis wqre pictur esque affairs, but the aftermath of small defalcations and sui cides left a rather bad taste in the mouths of the people. As run at present, the racing of running horses is a gamb ling game pure and simple, and deserves about as much consid eration as it has recently been getting. CRACKERS WIN, BARONS ALSO Birmingham, Ala., July 1.—The At lanta team wound up a disastrous en gagement here by breaking even In u double-header, which warn well played from end to end. A couple of errore were nil that cropped out during the niternnnn and both teams were right there with everything In the way of good playing. The opener was Blrm- Ingham'a I to 1, the second Atlanta's, 4 to 1. In the first game the Wlsard Zeller was not at his best and bump follow ed bump In loud succession. The Barons hit him about as they pleased and had the game aawad up from the Jump. In the second the tune was changed, however, for Smith tent Lefty Caatleton In to handle the puasls de partment and he had all of hie "myall- flere" working flno. Ae a result the Crackers broke their losing streak with s victory that waa aafe from tho very beginning. After tho game the Cracker* left for Nashville, where they play Monday, Tuesday and 'Wednesday. Tho scoros: First dams. Birmingham, ab. r. h. po. a. e. Moloaworth, cf. . 4 0 I 3 1 0 Demon!, as.. ..311150 Smith, rf. . . . . * 0 1 0 0 0 Hooks, lb. ... 4 « 21? 0 0 Walters. 2b. . . 4 0 0 2 7 0 Alcock, lb. . . . 4 1 I 0 0 0 Gardner, It. ... 4 0 t 1 0 0 Garvin, c. . . . 4 0 0 4 1 1 Ragan, I 0 0 0 6 0 Totals . . . Atlanta. Becker, rf. . , Winters, ct . . 3 1 0 2 0 0 Smith, c. . . . 2 0 0 * 3 0 Jordan, 2b. ... 4 o l 2 2 o Paskert, It ... 4 0 2 2 1 0 Fox, lb 4 0 0 10 0 0 Castro, as. ... 4 0 0 2 2 0 Dyer. 3b. .... 3 0 2 1 0 0 Zeller, p 3 0 1 0 « 0 •Spado 1 0 0 0 0 V Totals 32 1 2 24 12 0 •Batted for Zeller In ninth. Score by innings: R. Birmingham 100 100 00*— 2 Atlanta 100 000 000— 1 Summary—Two-base hit*,'Garner 2. Alcock; sacrifice hits. Winter*, Smith. Zeller; etolen base.', Paekert. Alcock. Gardner; (truck nut, by Ragan 2. by Zeller 2; bases on balls, oft Kagan 1; “double plays. Moloaworth to Meeks; hit by pitched ball, by Zeller 2 (Smith and Demont). Time of game, 1:60. Umpire. Zimmer. Second Gamo. Birmingham, ab. r. h. po. a. *. Melesworth, cf, . I 0 0 4 0 0 Demont. ss. Smith, rf. . Meeks, lb. . Walter*. 2b. Alcock. 2b. . Gardner, It Latimer, c. Turner, p. . .12 2 11 2? It 1 ab, r. h. po. a. e. , 2'->& 0 :! . 2 ab. r. It po. a. *. 11 2? Atlanta. Becker, rf. . Winters, cf. Smith, c. . . Jordan. 2b. . I’aakert, If. . Fox, lb. . . Caelro. ss. . Dyer. lb. . . Caatleton, p. Total* 32 Score by Innings: Birmingham noo 010 ooo— 1 Atlanta 200 lOO 100— 4 Summary—Two-base hits, Paekert, A1 ock; three-baa* bit, Sid Smith; aac- | Standing of the Clubs, j Memphis . . ATLANTA . . New Orleans . nbrereport . . NnehTllU .. .. Little Hock . Montgomery Birmingham . Loet. P. C. .627 M J0 .BIT .47* S S :8‘ 27 36 .429 South Atlantio League. CLUBS— Played. Won. Loet. P. C. Jacksonville 6S 42 26 .618 Charleston 69 42 27 .609 Macon.. 68 36 Augusta 66 31 Savannah <6 30 Columbia.. 66 20 .109 CLUBS- Chlcaao . . . Cleveland . , , Philadelphia . . New York ! *, St. Louie .... Boston Washington . . . J CLUB8- Chlcaeo . , New York . Pittsburg ; National League. . . 69 34 26 . . 6» 88 28 ’inoinnatl ....... 64 29 36 lost on 68 26 32 Irooklyn ....... 81 23 38 It. Louis 67 18 41 SATURDAYS RE3ULT8. Southern. Birmingham 2/Atlanta 1. Atlauta 4, Birmingham L Shreveport 2. Memphis 1. Nashville 3, Montgomery 0. Little Ilock 2. New Orleans 0. New Orleans 8, Little Hock 2. South Atlantio. Jacksonville 3, Colntnbla 0. Havannah 4. Augusta 3. Macon 8, Charleston 3. Chicago 9. 8t. Louis 0. National. rtttsburg 2, Chicago 0. Cincinnati 4. St. IjmiIs S. Cotton 8tatea. Meridian 2, Jackson 1 (twelve Innings; Orst game). Meridian 7. Jackson 0 (second game). Gulfport 1, Motdle 0. Vicksburg 4, Columbus 1. American Association. I^ulsvllle 8. Indianapolis 0 (first game). Louisville 6. Indianapolis 3 (second game). Minneapolis 2. Milwaukee 0. Columbus 16. Toledo 1. 8t. Paul 3, Kansas City L YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. TWO FAST AMERICAN LEAGUERS Southern. Shreveport 8, Little Cotton 8tato*. Vlck.barg 2. Gulfport 2. American. Chicago J. Detroit 0. Cleveland J, fit. Loula 1. , National. St. Loula 4. Cincinnati 1. Cincinnati 8, 8t. lemls 3. Pittsburg 5, Chicago 1 Pittsburg 4. Chicago 4. American Association. Minneapolis 8, Milwaukee 4 (drst camel. Minneapolis 8. Milwaukee 4 isecond garnet. ladl.nnpolL 3. Loul.vllte 2. Kansas City 10. fit. Paul 6. Toledo 11. Columbus 7. rtftce hits, Bid Smith, Fox 3; struck out, by Caatleton 7. by Turner 5. bases on balls, oft Turner 4, oft Csstleton li hit by pitched ball, by Turner 2 (Cas tro. Caatleton), by Caatleton 1 (Smith); double plays. Jordan to Fox, Dyer to Fox; stolen bases. Fox. Dyer. Tim* of game, 1:55. Umpire, Zimmer. y— * Hare are two men who make baseball history In tho American League. Tho gentleman at tha bat la Davy Jones, tho hard hitting De troit loft fielder, and Klolnow, the noted Yankee catcher, in behind him. Kiel now trained in Atlanta this •prlng, along with tho rest of the Highlander*, and he demonstrated hla ability to'alug several timos during the Yenkee-Craeker games. In fact at that time hi* bitting was more torrifio than that of any of his team matos. BECK AND GREGG AHEAD AGAIN IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE RACE SATURDAY’S GAMES. Southern States Electric Co. 9, Sun Proofs 4. Beck & Gregg 8, Koca No]ns I. M. Kuts 5, Southern Railway 2. STANDING OF~THE CLUBS. Name. P. W. L. P.C. Beck ft Gregg » 7 2 .778 Sun Proofs » 8 3 .567 Bou. States Elec, Co.. 9 « 3 .867 M. Kuts 9 6 3 .867 Southern Ry 9 1 8 .111 Koca Nola* 9 1 8 .111 Next Saturday*! Games. Sun Proofs vs. Beck & Gregg. M. Kuts vs. Southern States Elec tric Co. Koca Nolo* vs. Southern Railway. Umpires tutd diamonds to be an nounced later. day, and a good game Is expected. The score: Beck & Gregg, ab. r. h. po. a. Davis, cf 4 1 1 0 0 Richards, 3b .. ..5 2 2 0 2 Moore, V., 2b.. ..4 10 0 1 Parish, c 5 0 0 14 0 Adams, ss 5 1 2 1 0 Grist, lb 5 1 2 11 0 Clink, rf 5 0 0 0 0 Moore. H„ If.. ..4 1 2 0 0 Garwood, p .. ..4 1 2 1 6 ab. r. h. po. a. e. - - 14 12 9 0 2 0 9 2 0 0 The tie for the leadership In The Georgian's Commercial League Is now broken. The Beck A Gregg players won from tho Koca Nolaa Saturday aft ernoon and they are now leading the procession by a comfortable margin. The Sun Proof team lost and Is tied with two other clubs for second place. M. Kutx defeated the Southern Rnllway team Saturday and la also tied for sec. onil place. The Southern States Elec tric Company team la playing good ball now, and I* also tied for second place. Next Saturday's gntne* should be better than over. Beck * Gregg and the Sun Proof teams will light It out for the league leadership. The best game of the day will probably be the M. Kuts and the Southern States Elec tric contest. These teams are tied for second place and it battle royal will probably be the result of the encounter. Another good gamo will be the South ern Railway vs. Koca Nolas, These clubs are tied for last position, but when they line up next Saturday aft ernoon a good game will surely result. Each team Is anxious to get out of the rut and will play hard to win and got Into select company. The race In Tho Georgian's League Is a pretty one now and some good ball playing will be the result through out the remainder-of tho season. B, & G. 8; Koca-Nola 1. Beck & Gregg Jumped back Into first place Saturday afternoon. While the Southern States Electric Company was walloping Ptttehurg Plate Glass Com pany. Beck A Gregg was trimming kina Nola by the «core of eight to one. Not a man crossed the pan for Koca Nola till the ninth Inning, when a ball thrown to the plate to cut oft a run ner hit him and bounded to one side, letting In one run. all that the Koca Nolas could push across. The fenture of the game was the pitching of Old Bill Garwood. He had the Keen Nolaa completely under hla control. He gave up one sevatch hit, and fanned fifteen hatter*. He didn't walk a single man and fielded hi* po sition In good style, getting six assists. The whole B. A G. team batted well, aecurtng eleven hits. Fred Hulsey pitched a nice game for Koca Nolas, but was not up to his old time standard. B. A G. play* the strong Pittsburg team next Satur- WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Atlanta In Nashville. Ulruilughsni In Montgomery. Little Hock In XUrevoport. Now Orleans In Memphis NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decatur St. Kimball House. Baroalns in Unredeemed Diamonds. Totals 41 Koca Nola. Frank, 3b.. . Banka, as 4 Mlddlebrooks, cf .4 Hunnlcutt, o.. ..4 Roasenberg, If....4 McGregor, If 3 Btrange, J., lb....3 Hulsey, p 3 Strange, K„ 2b..3 Total* 33 1 1 24 7 6 Runs by Innings: Koca Nola 000 009 001— 1 Beck A Gregg 100 102 04*— 8 8umm*ry. Struck out, by Garwood, 15; by Hul- ney, 0; bases on balls, off Hulsey, 2; stolen bases, Davis. Richards, V. Moore, Parish, Adams, H. Moore, Middle- brooks, Hunnlcutt. for the S. S. E. Co. team and Kline did likewise tor the Sun Proofs. Starry knocked a horns run, as usual. This Is his third In three games. Wat kins played well on third base and made three hits out of four times up. Hudson showed up well on first base and made some fine stops. Kutx Wins Again. King Sullivan pitched the Kuts team to victory Saturday afternoon, when the Southern Railway team waa defeat ed 5 to 2. Sullivan was backed up by the marvelous fielding of McBride and tho entire Kutx team. The contest waa brilliant and worth seeing. In the fifth Inning, with the bases full and two out, H. Rumstead hit one which looked good for two bases, McBride made a pretty running catch and brought the yelling crowd to n quietness, Richardson was there with the stick. Out of four times at bat he got a double, a triple and a single. Edens also secured a beauty three-bagger. The railway boy* put up a good, snappy game, and Conway waa certain ly there with his salary whip. Following la the score: Kutx. Shaw, 3b.. McBride, If.. ..3 Bosdhe, 3b 4 Huddleston, rf .0 Edens, rf 3 Richardson, lb .. 4 Ahles, cf 4 N. Sullivan, p .4 E. Sullivan.'c.. .4 W. Sullivan, ss .. 4 ab. r. h. po. a. e. Total* .... Southern. R. Everett, lb . 4 H. Rumstead, ss. .5 Green, If 4 F. Everett, c.. ..0 Barry, c 4 Erwin. 3b 4 Conway, p 4 F. Rumstead.. ..3 Vaughn, rf 4 Totals 35 Runt by Innings: ab. r. h. po. a. e. 7 27 11 71« 000 020—5 Southern 000 002 000—2 Summary. Two-baee hit, Richardson; three- base hit*. Richardson. Edens; doubl* plays, McBride to Shaw to Bosche; W. Sullivan unassisted; bases on balls, oft Sullivan 3; Conway 1: stolen bases, McBride 2, Edens 1. Richardson I. W. Sullivan 1: hit by pitched ball, by Con- wav, McBride: stolen base*. E. Sulli van 2, R. Everett 1, F. Bumstead 1. Vaughn 1. Umpire, Bundy. Electricians Win. The Southern States Electric Com pany anil the Sun Proof team played a pretty game Saturday afternoon on the Gnmmage Crossing diamond. The Southern States took down the game In handy style, by a score of 9 to 4. Harris pitched a cracking good gome CLAYTON WIN8.. Special to The Georgian. Clayton, Ga., July I.—Clayton and Dillard played their last of a series of three games Saturday on tha diamond of the latter. The first game, played on Dillard’s diamond, was won by that team by the score of 15 to 2, and Saturday the third game waa won by Clayton on Dillard's diamond by the score of 5 to 4. The weather was perfect and a large crowd attended evory game. Batteries—Derrick and Derrick for Clayton, York and Fortner for Dillard. Umpire, Rafter. HEMPHILL WIN8. Hemphill defeated Battle Hill In a double-header Saturday. The score was 8 and 3 In the first game and 4 to I In the second game. There was a large attendance, and the playing of both teams was excellent. Barker struck out two men In every Inning of the .first game, 18 men In all. Barker gave up only five hits. The feature nf the game was the fast playing of Hemphill, who has been playing fine ball this season. Hemphill played eight game* and lost two. First Gsme. Score by Innings: K. H. E. Battle Hill . . . .002 100 000— 3 5 8 Hemphill . . . .040 010 021— 8 13 5 Second Gam*. Score by innings: K. H. E. Battle Hill 100 11— 3 4 5 Hemphill 102 10— 4 4 3 Batteries—For Hemphill, Barker and Corrle; for Battle Hill, Pack and Prince. Umpire. Pause. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS ON TUESDAY There's nothing to It now but wait ing for the preliminary gun to be fired In the Southern tennis championship. Everything Is ready and waiting for the opening of hostilities, and the first event scheduled is the drawing, which takes place Tuesday morning at the city club of the Atlanta Athletic Club at 9:80. At this time the last of the entries will be rounded up and the drawings made for opponents In sin gles and doubles. After this Important formality la out of the way, there Is nothing stirring until the actual opening of hostilities, which takes place Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Quite a number of matches will be played Tuesday afternoon, provided the weather 1* good, and the fun begins again In earnest Wednesday morning, when the play starts In at 10 o'clock. The bulk of the visitors to the tour nament are expected Monday. How ever, a few have already arrived. The most prominent player expected Is Wily-Grant, the best Indoor playw In America, and once a member of . doubles team which won a champion, ahlp of the South. Hla partner la it F. Westfall, and If the pair make th* trip to Atlanta they are likely to up the singles between them as tightly as Reyben G. Hunt, sewed them un last year. Hunt, as previously prophe. sled, Is not likely to be here to defend his Southern title. He did not defend It In the Tennessee championship which he would undoubtedly havedone had he !n(ended to make a Southern trip at all. It looks now as though there would be about 65 entries for the tourna ment. Last year there were 51, and t few more will be on hand this year. The grandstand at East Lake hat been erected and oil plans made for the accommodation of a large number of spectators. This Is the best chance of the year to see high-class tennli and all those Interested In. the game are expected to be on hand. W. R. Tichenor Only Atlantan Who Won Out at Nashville Nashville, Tenn., July 1.—W. R. Tichenor, one of Atlanta's most bril liant golfers, was the only one of the Gate City delegation who got away with a cup at the invitation golf tour nament, which ended here Saturday night. Mr. Tichenor, who was In the third flight, defeated Dick Wilson, a veteran golfer, in the morning round by the overwhelming score of 7 up and 5 to play; and in the afternoon defeated J. Horton Fall, Jr., after a hard-fought 19-hole match. The main cup went to Charles Nel son, of Louisville, winner of the Ken- nesaw junior cup In the recent Atlanta tournament. He downed Bob Morrow, of Memphis, In the morning. 1 up on 20 holes, and in the afternoon he "took Martin, of Chattanooga, Into camp in easy style. Two Atlanta players were eliminated from the race for the Hermitage cup Saturday morning.* Goodloe Ljndsley, of NaslWille. defeated W. P. Hill, 3 up and 2 to play, and C. A. Plepho, of Fort Thomas, Ky., defeated P. H. Whiting, 2 up. In the afternoon Pie. pho ate up Llndsley, winning by a .score of 5 up and 4 to play. D. S. Weaver, of Memphis, won th« Cumberland cup, with Armstrong, of Memphis, runner-up; H. H. Lurtin, Jr., won the Junior eight, first flight trophy; E. W. Daly, of Nashville, won In the second flight; B. W. Daniel, nf Memphis, In the third, and Raphael Bryan, of Memphis, In the fourth. The Atlanta players did not cut any figure In the handicap played during the day. Harvey Alexander, assistant adjutant general of the state, and Jor dan Stokes, a prominent Nashville at torney. tied with 75 strokes. The for mer had a sixteen hnndlcap and the latter eighteen strokes leeway over the scratch men. They Insisted on on 18-hole play-off, and It was way along toward dark when Alexander came home the winner. George W. Adair led the Atlanta golfers In this event, with a net score of 82. WHITTIER MILLS WIN, Special to The Georglaa. Chattahoochee, Ga., July 1.—The Whittier Mills team defeated the Ex position Mill* team at Chattahoochee Saturday by a good score. The features of the game were the heavy hitting of Whittier Mills, tho ex cellent pitching of Edwards, and the good all-around work of tho team be hind him. Exposition Mills played very good game, but they simply could not touch Edwards until the eighth In ning, when Dobson secured a three- base hit, which seemed to rattle Ed wards for a while and he gave up five hits In this Inning and also walked two men, allowing Exposition to score six runs. Up to this Inning the Atlanta boys had only secured one hit oft of Edwards. The Whittier Mills have Won nine ames played this season. ;e to arrange games with any amntcur teams for the 4th, -5th and 6th of July, morning or evening. Call Atlanta' phone 414 tor games and ask for F. J. Harllee, assistant man ager. The following Is the socre of Satur day's game; " Whittier Millatab. r. h. po. a. e. McClain, c. Cook, lb. . . Daniel, 2b. . Edwards, p. Farris, rf. . . Davis, as. . , Smith. If. . . Hnrllee, 3b. AshlOy, cf. . Totals. . . 3 2 12 .40 13 16 27 Expo. Mills. ab r. h. po. a. e. LaMonda. 3b, .. 4 0 0 1 , 1 2 Taylor, If. ... 4 1 2 1 0 0 Dobson, 2b. . . 3 1 1 3 3 1 Kinsey, p. . . . 4 0 0 3 2 1 Bates, lb. ... 3 1 1 6 0 2 White, ss 3 0 0 0 3 2 Ithlnehart, J., rf. 4 1 1 2 0 0 Garner, c. . . . 8 1 0 4 1 1 Ithlnehart, G„ cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 South, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 Reese, c 1 0 (' 0 0 0 Totals. . . .34 6 6 24 12 9 Score by Innings: Whittier Mills.. Exposition Mills. Struck out, by Edwards 11, by Kln- eey 3, by South 1. Norcross Beat Maddox-Rucker Special to The Georgian. ■ Norcross, Ga.r July 1.—After having defeated six of Atlanta's' strongest teams this season, the Norcross boys added another victory to their list to day when they shut out the Maddox- Rucker team In the best game seen on the Norcross diamond thla year. It proved a pitchers' battle between the old reliable Frank Wlnnlngham and Gordon Alford. Honors were about even, as both gave up the same num ber of hits, but. luck seemed to ha with the home team. In the first Inning Powers hit for two bases, stole third and came home on Martin's out to first. In the second Alford retired three men by the strike, out route. The third proved the Bank ers' undoing. After Truehart and Wlngo had hit safely, Truehart scored on the Bankers' only error of the game, which allowed Wah to land on first. Martin then placed a long fly near the right field foul line, which on a close decision allowed Wall and Wlngo to score, netting three runs for the home tenm. After this nothing was doing for either team In the way of runs. Several times the Bankers hoa men on bases but could not.get the necessary hit to bring them In. The line up was: Noroross, Wlngo. I., c Powers, 2b Wlnnlngham, p .. Martin, ss Garner, rf Wlngo, C.. cf.. .. Johnson, 3b.'. ., ,, Truehart, lb Wall, If Totals Maddox-Ruckar. Smith, 2b Dorsey, cf Williams, if.. .. .. Hule, lb Spencer, ss Upchurch; 3b., .. Hule, rf Hicks, c Alford, p.. Totals r. h. po. .119 .1 1 1 .0 0 1 r. h. po. a. e. KEENE’S COLIN A GREAT COLT xcfintutT TAora This is James R. Keene's Com- ando colt. Colin, which won bis first start In tueh sensational style at Belmont Parle. Without an ef fort he defeat'd Bar None by two lengths and the latter was twelve lengths before the other twenty- one starters. Mr. Keene think* h* bos a second Sysonsby In Colin.