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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 19,1907. SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING III TRAVELERS TO MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT Tackle Crackers Friday in Second Game. News of the Day From Many Ball Fields. The Crackers and the Travelers hook op for the second same of the series at Ponce DeLeon-. Friday. There Is no use In predicting that it will be a pippin. After Thursday's game that fact i« a cinch. Speaking of coincidences—the other day Russell Ford pitched a game for Atlanta. In the seventh Inning, with the score 1 to 0 against Atlanta, a sin gle was knocked, followed by a home run, and the game was won by the heme team. All Atlanta fandom re members that. That very same day, up In Minne apolis, Ford's brother was pitching for Minneapolis. In the seventh the score was 1 to 0 against his team. A man singled and this hit was followed by a home run. Minneapolis won, 2 to 1. A bit queer, wasn't ItT The hitting was light In the National League Thursday. Only one team made over si* hits—the Qlants: and they made nine. In the American League, however, Detroit made 10, Philadelphia 12, New Tork It and Detroit IS. Jim Lafltte I* going to Macon. Billy Smith has been trying to get the fire man for some little time for the Crack ers, hut Jim had a feeling against play ing In his home town. However, when Billy Smith piped It off to Secretary Ethridge that Lafltte could be landed by Perry Lire's team It did not take long to put the deal through. If Prince Gaakllt lets It happen again It may coat him his Job. Thursday Nashville made 18 hits oft his delivery, and these, with the kind assistance of 6 errors, gave Nashville IS runs. Sammy Weems, probably the young est pitcher In the league, stacked up against Otis Stockdale, probably the oldest. In the game at Sleepyvllle on Thursday, and the old man got away with It. Ancient Otis Is most assuredly twirling the ball this year. However, Maxwell won the opening game of the double-header and In con. sequence of that fact Memphis dropped a shade In the standing. Wilhelm added another man to the collection of two-bit performers Thurs- i day In hla operations against New Or leans. Blckert and Nadeau mode bln- glen. .That waa alL Birmingham won easily from Old Man Phillips, scoring a S-to-0 shut-out. Ons of the curiosities of Mike Finn’s collection is Pitcher Holfer. This rem nant of a pennant-winning team In , the major league worked on Wednes day In Nashville and will probably not perform here. Here Is what The Tenneaeean said of him: Mr. Finn announces that he will send Bill Holfer, our old college chum of a long-gone moth-eaten’ epoch, to the firing line today, Hoffer wae the entire cheeee here In ’»», Juet 11 years ago, but, llks Cy Toung, he hae eomehow sipped the nec tar of eternal youth and la still able to ehoot them over with hie old-time speed and cunning. Bill left here for Louisville, after wards helping Baltimore to run down a pennant by hie grand work. He wae probably the most popular of all who made up that old regime. Including Sammy Moran. Big Chief Borchers. etc. It should take a few of the old guard back over the hurdles of time to ob serve Mr. Holfer In action once more, as 14 years Is quits a run when you think It over. The Columbia Slate gives this send- off to Eddie Mackensle, the new At lanta pitcher: With pleasure and at the same time regret the Columbia admirers of Eddie Mackensle learn that he has been sold at a flattering figure to the Atlanta dub of the Southern League, Since the season was on the wane and Mackensle was having some contention with the Columbia directors, who had no hold on him for another season, they felt that it was only due to themselves and to the player that he should be allowed to accept a far better position than they were able to offer him. The "Human Corkscrew" hae pitched good ball for Columbia nnd haa won more games than any other pitcher on the team, barring Vlebahn. who hae worked In only a few games. Of the gamee he has worked In he has gen erally gotten away with from three to six hits, while In only one or two games has he been hit hard. He shows strong symptoms of big league timber and the admirers of "Scotty" through out the circuit have little fear that he will fall to figure along aide of the beet In the Southern circuit. Good luck. Scotty. Work as herd for the Firelighters as you did for the Chick* and you will land somewhere around the top. space now between them will be wld ened, but the Pelicans can even up by victory tomorrow, and large ahead by a second victory Wednesday. The last time the Pelicans were In Atlanta they won two out of three with a terribly crippled team. They should at least equal that mark this time with a whole team In good condition for the first time this season. The locals excel the Crackers In pitching, and right now the New Or leans pitchers are In excellent shape. Manuel was never an good as he le now. Bill Phillips seems to be Im proving with old age, and Is right now the best pitcher In the league; Guese le winning every time out, and Frit* has bean Invincible In the laet two or three games. The youngster Is getting hla nerve, and he will be a winner henceforth. Against superior pitchers the Atlan ta batsmen have little chance. Every body knows It Is mighty hard to shove across more than one or two runs a game on Phillips, Manual and Guese, and In nine games out of ten the Peli cans And It necessary to score but two or three runs to win. This should bo an easy matter agalnat such pitchers as Zeller, Ford, Spade and Castleton. The writer believes that tbs most diffi cult pitcher the Pelicans will encounter cn the rood Is Spade. Next comes the elder Duggan at Nashville. Optimistic William. The best the Pelicans could do here was one out of three. And they have about as much chance of winning second place Montgomery. SAME OLD SAD STORY; FITZ BROKE AND "OUT” Philadelphia, July 12.—Bob Fitzsimmons, the old lighter. Is nearly "dead broke." The 22.000 which Fitzsimmons should get for meeting Jack Johnson In this city Wednesday night, when Bob was knocked out easily In the second round. Is all he has In the world. This announcement will come ns an unpleasant surprise to many friends of Fitzsimmons who thought a few years ago that he had an In dependent fortune from which nothing could divorce him. All of that money which Fit* earned nnd kept with such care baa been sifted out In theatrical ventures and taken from him by sharpers. Fitzsimmons In his life has earned easily half a million dollars. There was 12,000 due him from the Philadelphia fight, and It Is said George Consldlne of New York attached this, having a Judgment of $4,200 which he had secured against the gladiator. Mr. Consldlne's ac tion, however, waa taken only to secure the money for Fitzsimmons himself. Others of his creditors were after It. THREE GOOD GAMES FOR COMMERCIAL LEAGUERS This is from Will Hamilton, of The New Orleans Item: The best baseball bet of the season Is that the Pelicans will beat the Atlanta Crackers out of second place. Indeed, the race (or second place may not be between the Pelicans and Crack ers. The Pelicans are likely to have to fight It out with either Little Rock or Nashville. Second place Is well-nigh cInched. Barring further accidents, the Pelicans will wads through that eastern contin gent like a scythe In the-grass. They should easily hold on to third place while on the eastern trip, and that would mean a quick grip on second place after returning to Athletic Park. Don't mean to predict here that the Pelicans are going to wait until they get back home to get a taste of second place sweets. Not on your life! They’ll spend a little while In that loft)" position before they leave the enterprietng city of Atlanta, but It's predicting most too much to say that they will hang on to the narrow mar gin by winning the majority of their gamee at Birmingham and Nashville. An even break will be good enough. A special from Mobile gives some in. formation about a row In which aome of our old familiar friends figured. It saye: Umpire Dawkins was assaulted at the Bienville Hotel here Saturday night by P. II. M. Tlppln, vice presi dent of the Gulfport Baseball Associa tion. Witnesses state that Tlppln, Keane and Grafllus wero seated on the veranda of the hotel when Dawklne walked through Into the lobby, and that Grafflue, who had been put out of the game, got up and followed him. In a few moment* Dawkins returned, with Grafflue behind him. When Daw kins reached Tlppln'* chair the latter asked: "Why are you tore on Gulf port?" ’What are you talking about? Will you repeat here what you said In Gulfport?" asked Dawkins, whereupon Tlppln sold: "Yes, I will," and struck the umpire. Dawkins, noticing the number of ladles about, looked at Tip. pin and walked away. No arrest* were made and the affair was hushed up. We learned from Charley Frank’* own mouth that the way ha love* the Memphis baseball management something fierce. Here le the Babb end of It: Manager Babb wae reticent concern Ing the fluttering of the peace god which for years has kept the Memphll and the Pelicans knotted together. “Manager Frank will run you out of the league, we eee,'’ said a fan yester day In Babb's hearing. "Yes," replied the man who's win ning the rag. The "yes" was all from Babb.—Exchange. They seem to think eomethtng of Mclver, the new Shreveport player, down In Dalla*. The New* of that burg saye: "Ben Shelton ha* told Otto Mclver to the Shreveport team of the South ern League, the purchase price being $600. Mclver waa second from the top of the list In batting averages Foley While being the leader, and he was considered the beet real hitter In the Texas league. Hla sale Is the first inroad higher cloza leagues have made cn the Texas league, and It Is not like ly that theta will be many more, as the club owners aro striving to win as high a position In the pennant race as possible, and the sal* of ball play ers la not conducive to Che patronage of the game. "Shelton, however, la excusable. It Is reliably stated that on the season he has lost about $1,700. Temple was very anxious to become & member of the Texas league, but like all smaller cities, Temple must have a winning team or the support will not be as en thuatastlc, and In such town* It mutt be a matter of town pride It th* game can be made to pay." They want Pitcher Keith of the Lit tie Rock team up In the big leagues. Manager McAleer of the St. Louis Americans has offered $2,600 for the Rhodes scholarship man, but Finn re fuses to sell. SATURDAY’S GAMES. Southern Railway v*. Weetem Elec tric Company. Ponce DeLeon avenue and Myrtle street diamond. Carleton Floyd, umpire. Beck A Gregg vs. M. Kuts. Gem- maze Crossing diamond. W. F. Shu mate, umpire. Sun Proofs vs. Koca Nolas, North diamond, Piedmont park. J. P. Denny, umpire. Above are the Commercial League games for Saturday. As far a* can be Judged, they will he hummers. An Interesting event will be the debut of the Western Electric Company team. This aggregation was taken Into the league nt the last meeting and will play the Southern Ballway on Saturday. The Beck A Gregg-M. Kutz game ■hould be the best. These teams and the Sun Proofs seem to have the pen nant between them. Here Is some dope from the M. Kutz press agent: Bosche scored his first run for the Kutz team Saturday. In thl* game Rlt crossed the plrte twice. He also used the etlck to advantage, one triple and two singles. Huddleston, Ahles and Edens scored twelve of the twenty-four runs, four each. Huddleston stole five bases, hit for a three-bagger and two singles. Ahles secured four hits, one for three bases. Eddie Sullivan accomplished the feat that no Kutz hitter haa so far this sea son, hitting the ball for a home run. He also hit for twd singles. The Kutz team at present Is hitting the ball at a hard clip. The regulars. Including twelve men, have' an average of .322, and have a fielding average of .899. They have scored against their opponents 96 runs, and have secured 108 hits, with 38 errors. Opponents have scored 4? runs, 69 hits and 49 errors. The following men have been signed by Manager Winn: Williams, Long and Donnelly. Released: Lamma, Phil Shaw, by own request. SLUGGING WON GAME Long Tie Battle Goes to Crackers in Snappy Finish. Bowling Teams Organized And Will Meet on Friday Two new bowling teams have been Atlanta team, which knows not the organised during th* past week and will meet each other In a series of nine games, beginning Friday night and playing three games at each meet. The new teams are known a* the Southern Bell and The Georgian bowling teams. These two team* are composed of good bowlers and are evenly matched. Those who witness the debut of these teams will see good bowling and a warmly contested game. The winners of this match will chal lenge the Georgia Railway bowling team, and if they can defeat this team, they will then be ready for the strong meaning of defeat. A city bowling league Is to be formed in the next few days, as there ore a large number of bowlers who are anx ious to come In. This sport Is proving popular In the South, and, Judging from present Indications, there will be more Interest and more games than ever be fore In Atlanta this bowling senson. Members of these two new teams are as follows: Southern Bell The Georgian. Sweat M. Elliott Lyle Davis .... Southers .. Stanley ... Purcell ... Shaffer . B. Elliott Blanchard Ninth Annual State Shoot Will Be Held Aug. 14-16 The ninth annual Georgia state trap shoot will be held August 14, 16 and 16, on the grounds of the Atlanta Gun Club. This event promises to be the biggest yet. Further details will be announced later by Manager Poole, |* Standing of the Clubs. Atlanta Players In Final Events Clnb*. Memphis . • ATLANTA . . New Orleans , Lfttfs Roek . Nnshvllls . . Birmingham . Hhrc report . . Montgomery » Clubs. JackaonYllls . Charleston . Macon . . . Augusts . . Hnvnnnnh . . Columbia * . Cotton 8tates. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. .... S3 R2 31 .626 Shrevtport ha* paid Oskaloosa $600 for First Baseman Patterson. This tnnn Is to get $250 per month. Four teen men at $260 per month would be $3,500. And the salary limit la $2,700. Great snakes! Should (he Crackers win. tbs little *r first. Six protests wlU be decided by ths directors at Saturday night’s meeting at Memphis. The appeal of Manager Frank, of New Orleans, from th* fine of $800 Imposed by President Kava- r&ugh will be decided, aa will the pro- tee 1 . of President Kuhn, of Nashville, from the fine Imposed for the game 'orfelted to Montgomery on July 10. Dobbs kicked so long on the decision that Rlnn forfeited the game and Frealdent Kavanaugh fined the club. The directors will also decide If these games count. Other protests that will be decided ere: April 26—Birmingham protest* game won by Montgomery; claims Interfer ence with fielder. Umpires Wilhelm and Walker. May 7—Memphis protests victory by New Orleans. Babb substituted run ner for Thiel, who was on third, with out notifying Umpire Pfenntnger, who called Thiel out. June 4—New Orleans protests Bir mingham victory; claims Garvin threw ball away. Jane 7—Memphis protests Birming ham victory. Hack,It called Richards hit by batted ball. Babb claims (hat the ball hit the Birmingham tuid- seksoo . Gulfport . Vicksburg new lore . 81. Loula . . Boston . . Washington Clnba Chicago . . , New York . Pittsburg . . Philadelphia Brooklyn . , Boston . . . Cincinnati . tit. I.onls . . The Cracker* won from the Travel ers. headed by Mike Finn, that ever- genlal Irishman, Thursday afternoon In great twelve-inning game, by the score of 3 to 2. Bill Dyer and Sid Smith were the men who won the game for the Crackers, Dyer played good ball, and It was he who tripled to left In the twelfth In ning and turned the tide to victory by scoring when Sid Smith singled to left. The Crackers and the Travelers play ed great ball and each fought hard to win. Pop Eyler, star twlrler of the Little Rock team, and Roy Castleton, one of the best men on the Atlanta club, pulled off a pitchers' battle, with the hpnors slightly favoring the Mormon. It 1. true that Atlanta won the contest, but then It was not all Eyler's fault. Nine hits were made oil Castleton and ten were secured oil Eyler. All of the hits made off Castleton’* de livery were singles, while three of the hits made off Eyler were good for extra bases. Castleton struck out 3 men and Eyler 2. Finn Has Good Team. Mike Finn’s team has Improved won derfully In Its playing since it was'here last. On the first trip to Atlanta the Travelers put up miserable ball. The Crackers won from them by large scores and they were clearly outclassed. Not so this time. Finn now has good team, which fact anybody could tell from the first game. Little Rock has one of the best outfields in the league. The game went along smoothly until the ninth. At that time, unfortunately, the scqre was tied. Both teams had garnered two runs and neither seemed to care to submit the matter to arbitra tion. So they played on. The tenth and eleventh brought noth ing but added excitement. The first half of the twelfth ditto. Dyer's Triple. With one down In the twelfth in ning, some of the faithful fans lost hope, • For Dyer was up at a critical Juncture. And Bill's hitting of late has not been very Lajolesque. He has been rapping the ball out pretty well, but somehow there has always been a fielder under the pill Just as It was ready to alight. But Bill was the works this trip. He hit a triple and Sid, who want to the tat for Roy Castleton, ended the gamo with a single to left, which scored Dyer and won the game for the Crackers. Betides doing some swell batting Thursday. Dyer also played a good fielding game. Bill Is getting to be a fielder on the sensational order. Thurs day he made some nifty pick-ups of hot grounders to third base that looked to be good safe hits Sweeney played cne of the best games of his career Thursday. The young catcher from the South Allan tic league was in the game at all times, The kid mode 11 put-outs, eight of which were made by catching high fouls. Travelers Score First. The Travelers scored the first runs of the afternoon on two hits and two free passes by Castleton. Gilbert sin gled to center and was sacrificed to second by BowcocA. Douglas fanned, and Stark and Miller walked, filling the bases. Page singled to center ant Gilbert and Stark scored. Jordan doubled to left In the seventh Inning. Fox filed out to left and Jor dan went to third on the throw In Castro was out from short to first. Then Bill Dyer singled and Jordan scored the first run for the Crackers. Paskert hit to short and on a wild throw went to second In the eighth Inning. Jordan singled to right and Paskert scored. This Is the Way things happened ae cording to the box score; | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep; Murmur some melody softly and low— Into the vista of dreams let me creep Just as I did In the dear long ago. There I may dream of Finn's team on the chutes, Tumbling and falling each battle they play, While our rivals are playing like bush league recruits And our own gallant players are leading the way. ’ Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep; Spring some old lullaby that I once knew— Let me not wake, for I’ll surely weep— Chloroform me when I start coming to. In dreamland I’m happy, for there I may draw A vision of pennants all waving high— A vision the grandest that man ever saw; So put a court plaster on each sleepy eye. —From “The Ballades of Bugvllle," by G. Rice, Not in any spirit of “Gee-he’s-a-goofi-player-but-I-beat-him" but as a matter of frigid fact Mike Finn has a pustty good team himself. The infield and the outfield are the same as when Finn was here before, but the battery staffs are changed and improved. Starke and Bob Wood are doing the catching. Finn picked up the former from Dubuque in the Three I league and the latter was turned loose by Toronto aud picked up by the Little Rock manager. The Traveller pitching staff is made up now of Eyler, Keith, Hart and Hoffer, all of them reliable men. You could hardly call Mike’S aggregation “The Kids” or anything like that. Bob Wood is a veteran of uncertain age, but much experience. His best days were seen back when he played with Cleveland and Detroit. Hoffer is the old National League pitcher. He had been out of the game for two years when dug up by Finn. Hart is another grizzled veteran, equal in age to Bill Phil, lips, Stockdale and the other league wonders. Douglas is another of advanced age and there are a couple of others who might be mentioned—without the hurting of feelings. Every one of these veterans is doing nice work for Finn and they are all steady as clock work. When the Travellers go "up in the air” it is generally due to an earthquake or a dynamite ex plosion. Little Rock. Rnckenfleld, sa. Gilbert, ef, . . Bowcock, rf. . Dmiffiaa, lb. . Stark, c. . . . Miller, If. . . . Page, 2b. . . . Hess, 3b. . . . Eyler, p. . . . ab. r. h. po. .41 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Shreveport 4, Nashville 3 utrst same). Nashville 16, Shreveport 1 (neeonil (sue). Birmingham 3, New Orleans 0. South Atlantic, Macon 11, Jacksonville 3. Augusts 6, Savannah 4. Charleston 6, Columbia 1. Cotton Stats*. Mobile 7, Columbus 3. Gulfport 1, Meridian 9 (twelve Innings). Jackson 8, Vicksburg 3. American. Detroit 6, Washington 2 (first game). Philadelphia 1, Clev Totals . . Atlanta. Beeker, rf. Winters, cf. . . . 5 Paskert, If. ... 6 Sweeney, c. . . 4 Jordan, 2b. ... 6 Fox, lb 6 Castro, as. ... 6 Dyer. 3b B Castleton, p. , . 4 •Smith 1 9**34 13 1 ab. r. h. po. 1 MISS EVANS. Miss Evans has played her way to the finale In the Auguata tour nament and meets Miss Brown, of Atlanta, In that event. Augusta, Ga., July 1*.—Atlanta still he* representatives In every division In the tennis tournament In progress here. Grant and Thornton have gone to the finals In ths doubles and meet Lee and Gary. In the ladles’ singles Mias Brown of Atlanta plays Miss Evans of Augusta In th* final event. In the singles Sam Williams has been eliminated, but Nat Thornton meets the winner In the finals. In which event Gary and Dawson ptay. In the tnlxtd double* two Atlanta trams play In the final*—Miss Jackson and Thornton vs. Miss Brown and Williams. NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur SL Kimball House, ... Bargain* In Unrgd««m*d Diamond*. Totals 4$ 3 10 36 14 •Hit for Castleton In twelfth. ••One out when winning run was made. Runs by Innings; Little Rock ... .000 002 000 000— 2 Atlanta 000 000 110 001—3 Hits by Innings; Little Rock . . . .022 102 000 110— 9 Atlanta .000 201 310 002— 9 Summary—Two-base hit. Jordan; three-base hits, Paskert, Dyer; sacri fice hits, Sweeney, Bowcock; double plays. Fox to Castro to Fox; .bases on balls, off Castleton 3: hit by pitched ball, by Castleton (Miller); struck out, by Castleton 3 (Eyler 2. Douglas), by Eyler 2 (Castro, Jordan). Time, 2:26. Umpire, Rudderham. ! Griffith Signs Ex-Princetonian New York, July 1*.—Arthur Hllle- brand, the ex-Princeton star, has been signed* by Clark Griffith, of the New York American League team. The Yankees have also signed Pitcher Man ning, of the Williamsport, Pa., club. M’Closkey Suspended, ew York, July If.—Manager Mc- Closkey. of the St. Louis National League club, was Indefinitely suspend ed by President Pulliam for abusive language to Umpire Klein, In Brooklr" on .Wednesday — - I Mike Finn is anxious to have settled this matter of keeping the teams of the league down to the 14-nien limit. “It cuts no figure to me how many men we are allowed,” said Manager Finn. “I can carry as many as anybody. But this business of keeping me down to 14 men because I represent the home town of the league president and can be watched and of letting Nashville carry sixteen men don’t go. Either we can all carry sixteen or we can’t any of us. “That’s where I stand. It ( is now up to the directors. They meet Saturday and will have plenty of chance to act on my pro test. “There is no question of the number carried by Nashville," added Manager Finn. “They admit it themselves. They havo fifteen in uniform nnd Morse on the pay roll. “By general consent the snlarv limit seems to be a joke. The number of people inside it is decidedly small. But there has been a pretense of living up to the player limit nnd I want to see an even break.” Manager Finn is certainly right about this. Atlanta is not now and never has been in favor of a small limit. But every body knows that the only way ter prove that roles are wrong is to enforce them. And there can be no argument over the proposition that it is unfair if Dobbs is allowed to carry sixteen men and Finn is kept down to fourteen. Emmons for Quality.’ Light Weight Unlined Coats Get into one of these light weight un* .lined coats and keep cool and comfortable this hot weather. Unlined and made of thin materials, yet they have a good shape and fit well. Sizes to fit every man—stout, lean or regular built. Serge Coats $10.00 and $12.50, Silk Coats $6.00 and $10.00, Alpaca Coats $5.00, Sicilian Coats $7.50 to $12.00. Light-weight two- piece suits $12.00 to.$30.00. Light Weight Odd Trousers With a light coat, a pair of these odd Trousers of light material makes an idea’ warm weather suit. Or a new pair with the the old coat is not bad—in fact they’ll almost brighten things up to the looks of a new suit. Light weight Trousers of Flannel and Worsted materials in stripes, checks and solid colors of grey and cream, with plain and roll-up bottoms, $3.50, $4.50, $5.00 aud up to $8.00. Straw and Panama Hats Extra Light Underwear | Cool Negligee Shirts Light Weight Hosiery I 39 and 41 Whitehall Su