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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24,1907.
[NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Well, we hardly dared hope for the first two straight.
But they came.
In the opener Atlanta rather had the Bluffers hipped for
they were too tired and hungry to play, but in the second it was
a clear case of outplaying the Babblers.
The Memphis team finishes its engagement here Wednesday
afternoon.
And next comes our old friend, Thomas Fisher, the only
red-headed manager in the league.
And with him one of the neatest aggregations of ball players
in the South—and one of the unluckiest.
With an aggregation which looks like a first-division-sure
team Fisher is down in next-to-last place.
However, he nas a hard team to beat.
Tuesday, over in Birmingham, the Pirates threw a double
defeat into the Barons and at present the Shreveporters are go
ing far too strong for comfort.
The Shreveport team is the last of the Westerners—until
September. Nashville finishes out the month here and Mont
gomery performs the first three days of An gust.
Unless something more tnun unexpected happens Atlanta
ought to win a good majority of these games. And if she does
and Memphis hAs a reasonable amount of hard luck then Atlanta
ought to bit the rails in the last road trip with a fair lead.
And the last whirl around the circuit will decide it. And
maybe the decision will be our way.
It ought to be, for Billy Smith has a good team and it is
going strong now, despite the fact that the captain, O. Jordan, is
laid up with a bum back.
Birmingham wns the only Eastern team which lost Tuesday.
But the Barons tried to make up by losing twice.
Montgomery downed the Arkansas Travelers, Nashville won
out over New Orleans, and, well, what Atlanta did to Memphis
was a large and sultry sufficiency.
They talk about Zeller and say he is weak-hearted, but if
ever a man pitched an up-hill game Zeller did it Tuesday. Error
followed error all around him, everything broke wrong; he was
in hot water from the time the game started until it ended.
When things looked the worst and Bill Smith sent a pitcher
out to warm up the Memphis players loudly shrieked and called
Zeller’s attention to the fact that a substitute was being prepared.
But through it all Zeller pitched steadily, fielded his position
neatly and was marvelously good in the pinches. If it had not
been for errors he would have had n shut-out. As it was, he
pitched a courageous, up-hill game in the face of support which
would have taken the heart out of any pitcher.
Same Old Story—Atlanta
Bowlers Win With Ease
ATLANTANS
WIN BY
NOSE
The Atlanta team crowded leas base
ball and more excitement Into that one
game yesterday than on almost any
other occasion this year.
The Crackers have made a specialty
this year of winning out by a whisker
In. the last Inning, with two down and
the weakest batter up. Nothing In the
way of pulling out of holes has been
too hard for them. And usually they
do It In the last of the game.
But yesterday they took the lead In
PICK-UP TEAM MATCH IS
GOLFING EVENT OF WEEK
A pick-up golf team match Is slated
for Saturday afternoon 'over the East
Lake course of the Atlanta Athletic
Club, which promises to be one of. the
most interesting events of the year.
W. K. Stone and W. R. Tlchenor,
both members of the handlcaplng com
mittee, selected teams and these will
meet In a big match. Probably fifty
players will take part In the event.
The conditions as arranged by the
handlcaplng committee are as follows:
All matches to be at lS-holo match
play, the team winning the largest to
tal number of holes wins the match.
Entrance fee, two golf balls, ticket for
same, to be signed at buffet In boat
house before starting. Players taking
art In team matches may start at any
lour Saturday next prior to 3:30 p. m.
Players are requested to communicate
with their opponents as shown by
names opposite and arrange time for
starting matches. If for any reason a
player named In the list below Is un
able to take part In the team match, he
Is requested to please report promptly
to the captain of his team.
Division of the balls won by the
winning team to be made equally
among players constituting such team.
Players who desire to take part In the
team match who have not been as
signed an opponent will please report to
the captain of their team.
No threesomes nor foursomes will be
allowed on the course Saturday after
noon during the progress of this team
match.
Captain of the Captain of the
following team: following team:
F. O. Byrd against Joe Tllson
P. T. Mayre against 0. D. Street
S. C. Williams against. .Thos. B. Payne
F. W. Stone against H. Clay Moore
Brutus Clay against H. A. Palmer
C. H. Strong against. .Dowdell Brown
S. C. Dinkins against Percy E. Huger
Oeorge Adair against... .W. H. Green
L. D. Scott agnlnst Ralph Reed
F. M. Laxton against ..C. A. Langston
W. B. Stovall against......B. M. Grant
Harry Hall against C. P. King
H. J. Hopkins against..C. W. Phillips
H. E. Bussey against... .F. M. Mikell
Clarence Ruse.against... .Miss Brown
J. N. Goddard against .... Stuart Boyd
W. B. Holleyman against,
.S. T. Tupper, Jr.
H. V. D. Allen against S. B. Naif
Edward Barnett against. .A. H. Haynes
Foster Fitzsimmons against F. R. Hoyt
H. M. Ashe against. .John C. Wheatley
Clyde King against... .A. T. E. Brown
Carlton Smith against....A. S. Adams
H. W. Ladd against... .Arthur Clarke
IHHMIMMtMtHMtl
Standing of the Clubs.
CLUB&-
Memphla . .
ATLANTA __
New Orleans ..... 81
Little Kock 84
Nashville 88
Shreveport 80
Birmingham ...... 83
Montgomery 87
CLUB®—
Jacksonville 87
Charleston 87
Macon 87
Augusta 86
Southern.
Flayed. Won, Lost. P. C.
. . . 82 49 33 .698
84 24
.286
Cotton States.
CLUBS- Pltyed. Won. Lost. P. C.
Mobile 88 66 33 .625
Jackson 83 46 37 .654
Gulfport 88 47 41 .534
Meridian 88 45 43 .511
Vicksburg
Columbus
22
64
.256
The Atlanta bowling team added an
other Ylctory to Ite long list Tuesday
■ night by decisively defeating the Oeor-
| gla Railway team by the ecore ot SOI
pine on the latter's alleys.
A large number were preeent and
witnessed some good work.
It la understood that the Georgia
Railway team will challenge the At
lanta team for another series of games
and endeavor to show the Atlanta team
up. The scores of Tuesday night's
same* are as follows:
Atlanta.
1.
2.
Elliott .. .. .. .. .. .
173
175
Fagan
173
163
Herbert
185
163
Irvin
185
173
Hobe
166
127
Georgia Railway,
1.
2.
Hurt 216 127
Chambers ; 142 175
West 166 202
Lyons 162 137
GEORGE 8UGGS.
Here Is a life-like Imitation of
Suggs, one of the best but unluck
iest pitchers In the league. George
lost n tough-luck game to Atlanta
Tuesday.
National.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
. . . 84 82 22 .738
Gordon Man May
Play With Vandy
Special te The Georgian.
Naahvllle, Tenn., July 34.—Vander
bilt'. football proepecta have hit ni.
awful slump, now that hot weather te
here.
In addition to the fact that 8. W. P.
U. of Clarksville, Tenn., and Wabaah
have cancelled their contracts. It Is
learned positively that (lwsley Manter,
last year's full bock, will not return;
that Edwin Noel, If back, will be In
eligible, and that Ed Hamilton will not
return.
However. Vanderbilt la counting on
some strong recruits. 14*>mlnent among
them Is Williams, from Gordon Insti
tute, at Barnesvtlle. This man Is one
of the best prep school players In the
South, and would make a great record
with the Commodores.
England Loses
Tennis Trophy
London. July 34.—Great Brltnln lost
he Davis cup. the International tennis
rophy. to the Australian tennis play-
irs Tuesday aftsrnoon. The deciding
natches were played Tuesday. A. W.
lore. British Isles, won three sets to
ine from A. F. Wilding, of Australia,
rhe scores were 3-3, 6-3, 7-5. 6-3. The
fngllsh hopes were crushed In the last
ingles event, however, when Normon
3 Brooks, of Australia, defeated 11.
toper Barrett. British Isles, by tha
core of 6-3, 6-0 and 6-1.
CUTHBERT WINS AND LOSE8.
pedal to Tbs Georgian.
Cuthbert, Oa.. July 34.—Monday's
ine went to Cuthbert by a score of
to 3. Blakely turned the tables and
ron Tuesday's game by the score of
te 1, after eleven hard-fought In-
ilnge: _ _ _
Score by Innings: R.H.B.
Haktly. . . .000 000 001 01— 1 4 0
luthbert . . .000 00i 000 00— 150
Batteries—Irwin and Whlstner;
Cnlghton and Floyd.
The deciding game will be played
Vednesday.
EXCITEMENT
SHORT-LIVED
Macon Scored Three Runs in
First—Then Nothing
Happened.
NAT KAISER & CO.
IONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
Oeestur St. Kimball House,
laraalns In Unredeemed Diamonds
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., July 34.—In the second
game of the eerlee with Augusta, Macon
scored three runs In the first Inning,
and they were all which crossed the
plate during the entire game.
With two men on boaes, Wohlleben
lined one over left field fence, scoring
the three runs of the game.
"Wild Bill" Clarke held down the
rubber for Macon, and only allowed
four bite. Ho pitched a good came of
ball and was stssdy throughout tha en
tire game.
This afternoon's game winds up the
gamee at home for some time, as the
locals take to the road for the next six
games, playing three at Jacksonville
and three at Charleston.
Meeon.
Murdoch, cf. .
LI pc, 3b. . .
Houston, If. . .
Wohlleben. lb.
Rhoten, 3b. . .
Harris, rf. . .
Pepe, as. . .
Robinson, 0. ..
Clarke, p. . .
Totals ....
Augusts.
Crosier, If. . ,
Blermxn.es. .
Bender, rf. .
Dexter, lb. . .
Kustus, rf. .
McKernan, rf.
Bush, Sb. . . ,
Carson, c. . . .
Lakoft, p. . . ,
Kembrtck. , , .
1
1
Totals .
.33
7 34
Score by Innings:
Macon 300 000 00»—3
Augusta 000 000 000—0
Summary: r.eft on bases, Macon 5.
Augusta 13; struck out, by Clarke 6,
Lakoft 10: bases on balls, olf Clarke 1,
Lakolf 3; home run, Wohlleben; three-
base hit, Rhoten; stolen bases, Llpe,
Dexter and Bush; sacrifice hit. Bush.
Time, 3 hours. Umpire, Brody.
MEMPHIS VERSUS ATLANTA
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Ga., July 34.—The married
and single men played another game
here Tuesday afternoon. The married
men won the came by tbe unmerciful
JilLY 22, 23, 24. TUESDAY LADIES' DAY. GAMES CALLED AT 4 P, M. score cf 13 to i
msmm
ths third and hald It to the end. But!
they gave their backers heart disease
while they were doing it
When Memphis made two runs In the
second It looked like the finish right
there. Both runs resulted from errors
and the team seemed on the blink.
Then came the festive fourth. Dyer
singled—or anyway the ball went down
by Babb and Charley missed It and It
went out Into the field, allowing Dyer
to reach first. Zeller fanned, and then
George Suggs got his bumps. Becker
alngled, Winters trtppled and scored on
a balk. Paskcrt was hit by a pitched
ball and stole second. Then Smith
singled, scoring Poskert.
Net result, four runs for Atlanta.
This looked like the game sure for the
Crackers. But a bad error was made
by the Atlantans In the sixth, another
In the seventh, and still another In the
eighth. This one In the seventh let a
man go safe, who afterwards scored.
And the score stood 4 to 3 at the end
of the seventh.
In the eighth the very first man up
lived on an error, but Zeller managed
to hold thlnge safe tor the rest of the
Inning.
In the ninth the second man up sin
gled, and It looked like trouble for fair.
But Zeller was there again and retired
the side.
It was Zeller's game all right.
Only once before this eeason—on that
eventful day over In Shreveport, May
13, when the Crackers uncorked six
errors—has there been any such exM
billon of sloppy fielding.
About all the Crackers did In the way
of assisting Zeller was to yell encour
agement and to bat like fiends In the
third Inning.
Otherwise their exhibition was the
coldeat kind of a frost
But anyway Atlanta won. and that
was what the enormoue bunch of fans
who turned out wanted.
The Babblers, despite their two er
rors, played a much-improved gome.
Their speed was about a hundred per
cent faster than on Monday, and they
pulled olf some nice fielding stunts.
Suggs pitched his uaunt unlucky
game. He allowqtl the Cracker* ’es»
hits than Memphis made and In his
support there were only two errors,
neither of which cut any figure In the
scoring, while Atlanta players made
five error* and three of them resulted
In run*.
But still Georgia did not get away
with It.
The game was one of the most nota
ble of the season In the way of wrang
ling. FJdrldge. with the kind asatatanc*
of J. Ira Davis, managed to umpire on
balls and strikes and got away with It
fairly well. But eomehow a lot of close
BARNESVILLE WINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Washington. Ga.. July 24.—The
Barnesvllle aggregation ot ball tossers
took tho first of the series of games
from the home team Tuesday by the
score of 5 to i. The visitors hit op
portunely and were elded by the costly
errors of the Washington boys. The
game waa well played at ah times
and a large crowd witnessed the exhi
bition.
Batteries—For Washington. Thur
mond and Jackson; for Barnesvllle,
Lamar and Lee.
MARRIED MEN WIN.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
YESTERDAY’8 RESULT8.
Southern,
Atlanta 4, Memphis 3.
Montgomery 7, Little Rock 8.
Shreveport 4, Illrmlnghsm 3 (first gsms).
Shreveport 4, Birmingham 4 (second
game).
Nashville A New Orleans 5,
South Atlantlo.
Macon 3, Augusts 0.
Charleston 6, Cnlnmbta 0,
Jacksonville 3, Savannah I.
American.
Cleveland 8, Washington 0.
Batters On Trail
Of The Spit Ball
Detroit July 24.—"They're overdoing
the spltball thing and killing It," said
Norman Elberfeld after the game to
day. "Take It from me. we’ll be hit
ting the spltball all over the lot by the
end of the year. We have worked out
a system to beat It, but aa It haa not
passed the experimental stage 7et
won't say what lines we are working
on. But we'll solve It yet, mark my
word. Before they began to break the
spltter two ways It was not such a
hard problem. NowJ with apparently
the same delivery, lMns likely to break
either toward you or away from you.
"We're getting so much practlco at
hitting the delivery, with every team
carrying one or two spltball pitchers,
that we'll have a system down pat to
beat It before the year Is over—then
they can forget the talk of legislating
against It. There are plenty of pitch
ers using the spltball, and about four
or five who know exactly what to do
with It.
'Walsh, Llebhardt, Orth, Howell and
Dygert are about the best spltballlsts
In the business. Walt till fall and see
where the pitchers will bo who have
nothing to bank on but the spltter—
that’s all.”
Stockdale was fading fine when the
train left for Atlanta last night "I
never felt so confident of winning," he
said, speaking of his chances In At
lanta. The gray fox firmly believes
he can fix the Georgians to satisfy the
Memphll taste. He says he likes to
pitch on the grounds. He Is to work In
the opening game of the series against
Castlston.—Memphis Commerclol-Ap-
ptsL
MEMPHIS WIND-UP
COMES WEDNESDAY
Shreveport Team Finishes Out the Week.
Nashville and Montgomery. Next
Week’s Victims.
With the lost game of the Memphis
series out of the way, as It will be
Wednesday night, the local fans can sit
down In calm contentment and watch
tho Crackers Improve their standing In
the league race, by haihmerlng Shrove-
port, Nashville and Montgomery around
at will.
Spado or Ford will probably be the
Atlanta twlrler In the closing game.,
Sweeney will catch and Sid Smith will
again appear at second.
Otto Jordan Is Improving nlcsly, but
It will be the latter part of the week
before he will be In shape to work.
The rumor that Paskert hod been
sold to Cincinnati, hit town Tuesday,
but It Is discredited by the Atlanta
management.
"Cincinnati Is only one of a number
of clubs which are nfter Paskert.” said
Billy Smith. "The Cincinnati scout,
and O'Brien for Cleveland, arc the only
men who have been down this way vet.
But we have had sheaves of telegram.-
Philadelphia, Boston and Pittsburg are
three clubs which are especially strong
to get him.
"But nothing definite has been done,”
says Bill. “We shall give them all a
chance. It wouldn’t do to sell to the
first man who comes along, ire have
got to let him go. for If we don't sell
him they will draft him sure. But we
propose to get the highest price."
Rumor has It that Schopp, who was
called back from Augusta, will go to
Macon. This Is not confirmed at head
quarters, but it Is announced that
decision about Schopp will be reached
about the end of the week. The little
southpaw has not been re-slgncd by
Atlanta. .
Some uncertainty seemed lo exist In
the minds of fans Tuesday In regard to
the play that scored Winters from
third. There was not much epecula-
tlon about how he got theifc He hit
the neatest three-bagger of the year,
bending the ball over third base with a
curve that sent It against the bleachers
and would have sent It to home-run
territory except for tno stand.
But right after thla play Suggs
dropped the ball and Umpire Eld ridge,
after a consultation with Umpire Da
vis, sent the player over the pan Itt
run.
This play was a balk, because Suggr
made a motion while In position to
deliver the ball to the bat. without de
livering It. Instead of soaking the ball
across the plate Suggsy let It slip from
his hand and over by second bane.
On last year’s rules the men could
not have scored from third on the play,
but under "the National Assoctatlon'e
rules, os Interpreted by President Kav-
anaugh, etc," he came home with i
run.
er. M Geor7e7 InCh th * b<U1 a ,H,le Uffh '*
Manager Smith asks that It be
nounced that a gold "B. H 8 l#o«-
stlck pin was found Tuesday at the ben
park. The owner can aecure It by on.
plying at the park. y p
■ Perry Line's Macon team put It an
over Dick Crozler's Augusta club Tum
day afternoon In Macon, "Wild RID*
Clarke, the former Southern League
slabman, held tho Augustans aafely o
all times, and never was he In dancer
of losing the contest. The final acori
was; Macon 3, Augusta 0.
Jacksonville defeated Savannah
Tuesday by the score of 2 to 1. MuU
laney's team played good ball and th#
Savannah club never was In the run
ning. Stultx pitched for Jaekaonvliu
and Kelber for Savannah.
Charleston defeated Columbia 6 to «
Paige held Columbia down easily and
won his game with little or no trouble
fl hwenk pitched a good game for Co-
lfmbln, but waa unable to win because
ot the Indifferent playing of the Co-
lumbla team.
Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati Tuei-
day afternoon by the ecore of 2 to 0.
The Trolley Dodgers Just across tba
river from New York have been play-
Ing great ball for the last two weeks.
Out of the laat 11 games Brooklyn hu
won 10 and lost 1.
McIntyre, the former Memphis slab-
man. pitched good ball for the Trolley
Dodgers, and had the Reds at Ills mer
cy. He gave up only 6 hits.
The New York Giants defeated the
Chicago Cubs yesterday afternoon by
the score of 1 to 0 In a ten-inning game.
Ames, of the Giants, pitched a good
game and h e was opposed by the »-eat
and only Three-Fingered Brown. Ames
won his game in handy style and he
had the Cuba guessing at all times.
WAYNE8BORO WINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Waynesboro, Ga, July 24.—In an
eleven-inning game Tuesday afternoon
Waynesboro defeated Tennllle by tbs
score of 7 to 6. The game waa c
the most exciting contests ever played
on the local diamond and was full I
surprises. Wilson, for the locals,
pitched fine ball and won his own con's
with a hit In the eleventh Inning.
Hartley pitched a good game for tin
visitors.
FREE PRIZE
i
National.
Boston 5. Pittsburg S.
S ew York 1, Chicago 0.
rooklyn 2, Cincinnati 0.
Cotton States.
Gnlfport 4, Columbus 0.
City 5, Toledo 2 (first came).
, Knnane City 8 (second game),
lul 4.
Virginia State.
Norfolk L Portsmouth 0.
Richmond 8, Roanoke 2.
NEWBORN DEFEAT8 RUTLEDGE.
Speclnl to The Georgian.
Newborn, Ga., July 24,—A pretty
game of ball waa played here Friday
between Newborn and Rutledge,
which the vlMtora were defeated by a
■core of 9 to 4.
decisions came up and there waa con«
alderable wrangling.
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Total. 36
Atlanta. ab.
Becker, rf. . . 4
Winters, cf. . . . 1
Paskert, If. ... 3
Smith, 2b. ... 4
Sweeney, c. . .3
Fox. lb. .... 3
Castro, ss . . . 3
Dyer, 3b. . . .3
Zeller, p. . . . 3
15
Totals 33 4
Score by Innings:
Memphis .020 000 100—3
Atlanta 004 000 00*—4
Hits by innlngs:
Memphts 011 020 301—3
Atlanta 004 110 01*—7
Summary: Three-base hits. Hurl-
burt. Winters; stolen base. Paskert;
sacrifice hits. Carter. Winters; double
plays, Richards to Corey, James th
Carey; base on bolls, off Zeller 1, Sugg*
l; hit by pitched boll, Suggs (Paskert):
struck out. by Zeller 5 (Richards 2.
Manning. Suggs. James), by Sugg* 5
{Becker, Zeller, Paskert. Sweeney,. Fox;
balk, Suggs; wild pitch. Suggs. Time
of game, 3:10. Umpires, Eldrldge and
Davis.
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