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THE ATLANTA GEOliUIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 26,1907.
men when they commence' fighting.
Ho wanta IIS pound* ringalde, with
fighting toga on, while Sana wanta 111
pounda ringalde, atrlpped.
Finally Guns offered to abide by
what the reviaed London prize ring
rulea aald on the subject, and to thla
Nelson's manager agreed.
Today it waa found the London prize
ring rulea don't contain anything In
regard to the "toga," ao dona hna won
out and the m«n will have to weigh-in
atrlpped, without any toga.
Southern.
Played. Won, Lott.
CLUBS—
Memphis. .
ATLANTA. ,
Now* Orleans
Nnuhrlllc. .
lllrmtuehem.
Little I took.
Mirereport. .
South Atlantic.
Played. Won. Lost. P.
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Charleston.
i ncksouvllle.
lacoo. . .
Augusta. .
Hnvnunnh.
Columbia.
ACHING FOR REVENGE, CRACKERS WILL TRY AGAIN
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
NEW BASEBALL ARMOR
The Crackers’ pennant aspirations have received a couple of
pretty severe blows in rapid and sickening succession.
Bnt don’t let that disturb you any. ,
Two full games makes a lot of difference in the looks of
things with Memphis and Atlanta, but the game is young yet.
The Crackers have hit a temporary fielding slump, but it can
not last.
Performers of the variety of Fox, Sid Smith, Castro, Dyer,
Paskert, Winters and Becker are not likely to be “off edge” long.
And when they get back the merry dash for the pennant
will go on in earnest.
The Memphis players have nothing on the Crackers and never
had, except a slightly chesty belief in their own invincibility.
And they are due to be punctured before the season ends.
If the average fan were allowed to score a game the error
column would be worked to death and the hits would be few and
far between. Ye A. F. is an unforgiving individual and every
time a ball gets by a player he wants to have that man suffer for
it—even if the ball went by him like a limited express on a real
railroad.
From an ex-
Professional scorers differ in their views, too,
change we cop the following, on this subject:
Many tans would like to .know why scorers sometimes differ In giv
ing credit for a baeo bit or an error. For the some reason that two
loving hearts, which have sworn to eternally beat as one, will often
take a trip In diametrically opposite directions and make the neigh
bor* think there's a railroad collision In the flat If every one thought
alike there would not be any real thinks to mako the thunks which
move the world. No two pair of lambs are trimmed at exactly the
same angle. Boxing gentlemen have been known who could see a punch
coming In the dark, and others who never knew what was In the offing
until the Are bells rang.
There are lnflelder* who can locate a silver dollar clear across the
diamond, and somo who frequently take aim at first and hit the bumps
behind the plate. It'a a matter of vision.
One icorer will see the runner bent the throw; another has the
ball In the baieman's mit before the runner haa thrown away hta bat. It'a
one man'a Judgment against another's. The question relates to whether
the lnflelder could or could not have corralled the ball In time.to nail
the other fellow at the bag.
Willie Fitxgerald, of Brooklyn, is the latest of the pugilistic
muck-rakers. He has denounced Jimmy Britt as a faker and a
“fixer of fights.” Somewhat before his announcement Joe Gans
said the same thing about Britt.
This business is now getting monotonous. The only way to
create a real sensation in the fighting world is to look up an hon
est fighter, and to prove it.
Our hats are off to the man who discovers a really honest
performer in the ring today. Doubtless they nre there, but of late
we have been hearing so much about the other kind.
Nelson and Gans Will Fight
At Reno, Nev., on Labor Day
Ban Francisco, July 28.—Reno, Nsv.,
will have tho big fight on Labor Day,
September 2, between Oans and Bat
tling Neleon. Jim May, a sporting
man of Nevada, wa# In thle city last
night and met Manager Nolan and
Joo Oans to talk matters over. May
offered them a 222,000 purse to ap
pear there with a substantial guaran
tee that they will get the coin. Nel-
eon'e manager refuaed to go bock on
hie stand In regard to weight of the
Bowling Tonight
At Case’s Alleys
The Piedmont bowling team will
meet the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company's team Friday night on Geo.
W. Case's alleys, to bowl a series of
games. ,
The Piedmont bowling team la one of
the large number of teame that are
now organising, preparatory to the or
ganisation of a city league.
■ The members of the Piedmont team
are well-known bowlers and will en
deavor to make their debut surcessful
by defeating the Georgia Railway team
as a beginner.
Oames begin at S o’clock. The teams'
members are as follows:
Piedmont—Shaffer, Surat, Lyle, Dean
and R. ElUott.
Georgia Railway—Chambers, Graves,
Hurt, West and Lyons.
The New York Americans defeated
Larry Lajole'a strong Cleveland club
Thursday afternoon by the score of 9
to 4. Famous Slow Joe Doyle was In
the rifle-pit for New York and he kept
the Clevelanders from hitting him to
any extent. Doyle has defeated Cleve
land more than once since he has been
In the big league. latte during the
season of 1204 Doyle pitched hts first
game for New York against Cleveland
and he won from Larry's team. He
let them down with only two hits.
Doyle fanned Lajole three times that
day.
CLUBS—
Chicago . .
Detroit . . .
Ole return! .
1'hllitdelphtt
Sew York .
St. lands . .
Boston . . , ,
Washington ■
American.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
... Ml 52 23 .<12
M. KUTZ NOTES.
The Kuti team was unable to secure
the service of Williams and Long.
Able* has quit playing ball. His
batting average waa .211 and his field
ing was .725.
Ahles has a splendid record and Mike
Winn loses a good man.
The Kuts team haa released Kelly,
Williams, Long and Ahtea, by request,
and signed Kinsey, Emerson, Glenn and
Moss.
WHERE THfiY PLAY TODAY.
Shreveport In Atlanta. Ponca DeLeon
pork. Game called at 4 o'clock.
Little Rock tn Birmingham.
New Orleans In Montgomery.
Memphla In Nashville.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Barcalna In Unredeemed Oiamonde.
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t'hlcago .
New York
Pittsburg 82
rhltnrW'tphta
Brooklyn
ItfMtnn .
Cincinnati
BL Louis
YESTERDAY’S RESULT8.
Southern.
Hhroreport 4, Atlanta 0.
Birmingham 4. Little H«x*k 1.
Montgomery 6, New Orleans
game).
Montgomery 2, Now Orleans 1
game).
Memphis 11, Nashville 0.
0 (drat
(second
South Atlantic.
Jacksonville 1, Macon 0.
rharleaton 8. Huvsnunh 0.
Augusts 3, dotumbta 2.
American.
Detroit 2. Boston 1 dlrst game).
Detroit 3. Boston 2 (secoud game).
Philadelphia 2, Chicago 0 (first game).
Philadelphia 7. Chicago 3 (second game).
Thla photograph of Roger Breen han, the Giants’ catcher, shows that
great player arrayed in hie new ear muff. “Brea.” has adopted this re
galia because of the recent Injury to hit ear caused by a swift shoot,
thrown by Andy Coakloy, of tho Cincinnati Reds.
Cotton 8tatcs.
«. m. ■ mu n.
Kanatts City 1 Mtlwnukee 2.
Louisville 12. Columbus 5.
Toledo 5, Indiana polls 1.
SHREVEPORT versus ATLANTA
July 25, 26, 27.
Games Called at 4 p. m.
SATURDAY’S GAMES.
Bun Proofs vs. M. Kuts, north dia
mond, Piedmont park. W. F. Shumate,
umpire.
Western Electric Company vs. Koea
Kolos, Ponce DeLeon avenue and Myr
tle street diamond. Carlton Floyd, unv
pire.
L. & N. vs. Beck & Gregg, Gammage
Crossing. E. B. Sykes, umpire.
The Georgian's Commercial League
teams will battle again Saturday after
noon for The Georgian's pennant. The
race In the league Is getfing to be very
exrttlng these days, and some warm
battles will surely result when the
teams get together.
One of the best games on Saturday
will probably be the contest between
M. Kuts and the Sun Proofs. The Bun
Proof team Is leading the league nt
present and Is going well. M.,Kuts Is
not very far behind In the race' and one
or two games won would put them
back In the lead.
L. (k N. will play the Beck A Gregg
team, and thle also should be a good
contest. Western Electrics and
Koea Kolas will also battle.
Tomorrow’s games all should be good
ones, as the teams are evenly balanced
and the clubs are all In good condition.
Contributions tn the way of notes
and reserve lists will be found below:
Koce Nolet’s Reserve List.
Manager Strange has signed W. B.
Kales, J. E. Tenny and Oppenhelm.
The reserve list Is Strange, Banks,
Wilson. Btlner, Brady, Lipscomb, NIs-
bet. W. B. Estes, J. E. Tenny, Oppen
helm.
MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS TRYING
TO BUY FOUR ATLANTA MEN
Sweeney Wanted by Cleveland, Zeller on “Shop
ping List” of Several Clubs, and Paskert and
Smith Sought After—No Deals Yet.
The selling season la on In earnest
and Just at present Manager Billy
Bmlth Is having far more trouble In
keeping hie men than he Is In getting
rid of them.
Clnclnatt haa an option on Paskert
for a price decidedly In advance of
anything mentioned In any of the sto
ries on the subject.
But the option has not been closed
and the deal Is pending.
Three clubs are after Bid Smith, one
of which Is tha Philadelphia bunch, but
no deal has been closed for him and no
deal will be until the offers are all In.
The price paid for Sid will be a big
one If he Is let go.
Sweeney and Zeller are the other two
men sought after. Tom O’Brien,
Cleveland's scout, when here asked the
Atlanta club to set a price-—any old
price—on the young backstop. But
Atlanta does not want to let him go.
And no price was set. When O'Brien
left, It was with the threat that he
would draft the man. —
The fourth man who Is under the
watchful eye of the big league scouts
Is Rube Zeller. In spite of Rube's, mid
season slump, the big moguls are
watching him and already some good
offers have come In.
But none of them hts been accepted
as yet.
cording to Eldridge'e agreement with
Slats Davis, as announced by him In
the Atlanta Baseball Association's of
fice, Davis was to make the decisions
on balks.
Bill ssys moreover that It was no
balk.
He quotes the balk rule to prove his
cues. According to his Ideas, wh'ch
arc obviously correct, the only port of
the rules which could cover the case
are:
‘‘Rule 34. A balk shall be (section 1)
Any motion made by the pitcher. . .
to throw to FIRST base when occupied
by a base runner without completing
the throw.
“Sec. 2. Throwing the ball by the
pitcher to any base to catch the base
runner without stepping directly to
ward such base In the act of making
such throw.”
None pf the other sections) of the
balk rule could possibly apply.
And anybody who saw the play will
admit that the motion was made to
ward THIRD base and that Ford
stepped directly toward that base to
make the throw.
So how It was a balk nobody can
possibly guess.
vllle Friday night. He was not heard
to express any opinion of his umpire,
who worked during the gams, K
nesday and Thursday. ”
Hickman and Massing are slated for
the Pirate battery performers In th.
second engagement.
Hickman Is the smallest pitcher In
the league, In fact, probably the email
est player.
But at that the lad Is a wonder
Roy Castleton will pitch today for
Atlanta and Sweeney will be behind th*
bat.
Otto Jordan Is In such shape that he
will be In the game by Saturday, in all
probability, but he does not care to risk
It today.
Therefore Sid Smith will perform on
second again.
Bill Smith Is still highly Indignant
over the decision of Umpire Eldridge
calling the balk on Ford In Thursday's
game.
He says In the first place that, ac-
Those mix-ups between players In
Thursday’s game look peculiarly
nasty.
It will be remembered that Babb was
the man who put Hardy out of business
for nearly a month recently by collid
ing with him. And It Is said by Nash
ville players that Babb made the threat
that he was going to do It before he
pulled the event off.
The next time the two men play
against each ether, Hardy and Babb
meet again In a frightful bump. May
have been an accident, but It looks de
cidedly like premeditation on the part
of somebody.
And such tactics are not encouraged
In the Southern League.
President Kavanaugh left for Nash-
Graham Is the only man Shreveport
Is likely to lose during the selling or
drafting periods.
Already Fisher has had five or six
offers from American League clube for
the man, and will doubtless close t
deal soon after he returns home
Shreveport wants a major league
club to train In their burg next spring
and training grounds for the eprlng
will doubtless be Included In the deal
A month ago Gasklll locked like big
league timber. But suddenly he de
veloped rheumatism In his pitching
arm and the last two times out he wee
hammered for nearly two score hits
Fisher had a wire from him Thurs-
day night and he said that he was un
der a doctor's care and that he hoped
to get In shape In a couple of weeki.
Fisher Is strong In his hope that
‘‘the Prince" will come around for the
August games.
manage
When asked If he would
Shreveport next year, Fisher said that
he “supposed so.” Tom has done well
with the Pirates this year, despite a
marvelous run of hard luck, and will
doubtless be given the Job again next
year.
Fisher Is enthusiastic In his praise
of Ford.
"He's a grand pitcher," said Tom
after the game. "And his spit ball li
the finest I ever saw. All the boys
commented on It. Besides he has ateam
and control. There are few better men
in the league."
FISHER TOO GOOD IN PINCHES,
AND CRACKERS WERE SHUT OUT
C0MMERC//U LEAGUERS
BATTLE AGAIN SATURDAY
Atlanta 0, Shreveport 4!
Shut out by the league tall-enders!
Gee, It was awful!
And If they had not done It so nsatly
we should bs somewhat ashamed of
the performance.
The way that bunch of Pirates dished
out the great national game made It
look as easy os shooting fish. They let
off a couple of harmless, errors and
Tommy Fisher gave out a hit now and
then.
But when there was a pinch the
whole Pirate crew, from Captain "Kid"
Fisher on down, was steady as the
Rock of Gibraltar.
Tom Fisher hod everything. Back
In his palmiest days In cultured but
chilly Boston, he could not have dis
played more speed and better control.
He clipped the edges and sent them
high or'low; he put them over the
middle or any old place where he
thought It would pusxle the batter.
And he certainly puszled them.
Not but that the Crackers could get
bits.
In the third Inning Ford was the first
man up and got his second—or was It
the third?—hit of the year. And It
was nothing less than a three-bagger.
It was a question who was more sur
prised—Russell or the crowd.
But In either rase, with a man on
third and nobody out, It looked l|ke
runs. They did not go over, though.
were
Becker, Winters and Paskert
cinch outs.
In the fourth, with one out, Sweeney
and Fox singled. And nothing further
happened.
In the fifth Ford, the first man up,
went safe on an error. Becker filed
out. and then Winters singled. That
put two men on bases and one out.
After which nothing Happened.
The last chance came in the seventh.
Dyer was the first man up and he
singled. After that not a single Crack
er could get as far as first.
And that was all there was to It—as
far as Atlanta was concerned.
In the fifth the famous plonk-walking
act came off.
No one, unless troubled with a mor
bid mind, would care to hear the sad
details. Sufficient to say that War-
render nnd Mclver made hits, Lowee
was hit by a pitched ball. Ford made a
balk, and Castro and Fox mado errors.
Shreveport scored four runs.
From that point the Pirates had the
game crocheted Into a hard knot.
Nothing could have loosened up things
but an ax. And Atlanta did not have
the ax.
The second out of the day afforded
Becker an opportunity for a brilliant
catch. The ball looked like a guaran
teed two-bagger, but Becker raced aft
er It apd managed to spear It before
1* hit terra flrma.
Boiled down to a last analysis and
shorn of excessive verbiage, Fisher was
too good In the pinches and the At
lanta fielders had another off day.
And speaking of off days—It was the
third In a row.
The score:
8hr*veport
Carlin, Sb. . . ,
Benson, ss. ; . ,
Daley. .If. . . ,
Warrender, cf. ,
Lewee, 2b. . . ,
Mclver, rf. . . ,
Clark, lb. . . .
Rapp, c. . . .
Fisher, p
Totals 21 4 5 2? 9 t
Atlanta.
Becker, rf.
Winters, cf. . . . 4
Paskert, If. ... 4
Smith, 2b. ... 4
Sweeney, c. . . 4
Fox. lb 2
Castro, ss. . . . 4
Dyer, ss. . . . 4
Ford, p. . . . 2
Total 34
Runs by Innings:
Shreveport 000 040 000—4
Atlanta .. .. 000 000 000-4
Hits by Innings; . ,
Shreveport 010 120 001—1
Atlanta 011 210 10*—4
Summary: Two-base hits, Carlin:
three-base hits, Ford; sacrifice hlta
Fox. Warrender; struck out, by Ford
. (Carlin, Warrender, Lewee, RsPP
Fisher I), by Fisher 2 (Paskert, Fox,
Castro); bases on balls, off Ford 1; nit
by pitched balls. Ford 1 (Lewee); balk
Ford. Time of game, 1:60. Umpire*.
Eldridge and Davis.
Doleful Notes on the Awful Catastrophe
Beck A Gregg Reserve List.
Parish, Garwood, Grist, V. Moore,
Adams, Cannon, Power, II. Moore, O.
Moore, Davis.
Dope.
C. Parish’s timely single and Virile
Moore’s beautiful drive broke up the
game In the ninth last Saturday.
Cannon pitched good ball for Beck A
Gn*itg last Saturday.
SUN PROOF NOTE8.
There wll lie no changes In the Sun
Proof team from now until the end of
the season.
The Sun Proof boys have played
three successive errorless games.
The Sun Proof-Kuti game tomorrow
at Piedmont Park will be the game of
the day In the Commercial League.
All the boys connected with the
sphere last Saturday!
Will It
Will it be "\vtn” r or only Winn to<
morrow? sometimes a name 4lke that
•Kutz” quite a dgure.
Sun Proof friends are Invited to wit,
ness the contest tomorrow.
A. A. C. Tennis Championship
Will Be Started on Saturday
The ninth annual tennis champion
ship of the Atlanta Athletic Club will
begin on the East Lake courts Satur
day at 2 p. m. As many matches as
possible will be played off Saturday.
The remaining events will be stretched
through the following week. The week,
day matches will start at S o’clock.
The winner of the singles event must
meet Nat Thornton, present champion
of the club, and In the doubles Grant
and Thornton.
Tom Fisher may not be a "contin
uous performance” Iron man, but he
has Just established a record.
During the last seven days he has
pitched four games. Friday, Bun-
day and Thursday he worked. The
other three days he rested. v
Pretty good performance that, espe
cially as his lost day he shut out the
hard-hitting Crackers.
support he would have won his game.
Sweeney made two singlet In a row.
And they were the first two hits of
the game for Atlanta.
Paskert’s grounder to Carlin In the
firat looked like a hit. It woe a des
perate chance and "Car Line" missed
The crowd was distinctly small.
Whether this was due to Wednesday's
defeat or to the fact that the Shreve
port club Is way down In the list is un.
certain.
Probably the former explanation
would stand. Atlanta fani hate to see
the team lose and a couple of defeats
cuts Into the gate receipts In awful
style.
Ford's three-bagger was an event. If
Rube Zeller hod made a home run
there could not have been more sur-
Pr Russe!l had an awful run for It and
slid manfully at the bag. He beat the
boll there a mile, actual measurement,
but he did not Intend to take any
chances.
Ford struck out seven men, which Is
the record along that line.
And he pitched nice ball. With the
Ford took an awful chance In the
fourth, when, after Carlin had doubled
Benson sent a grounder to him and he
threw to third Instead of to first. Dyer
handled the ball perfectly and Carlin
was tagged. But It was the closest de.
clslon of ths day and took absolutely
perfect execution to get away with It.
At fielding his position. Ford has few
equals In the league.
Tom wasn't on hand to prevent *
fight In the bleachers, though.
Just as the excitement died do*»
on Uie diamond a couple of men In <
bleachers began to cut loose, andI *
a few minutes there was some ram?
milling.
In the fifth there was a hot wran
gle when Umpire Eldridge allowed
Lewee's claim that he was hit with a
pitched ball. Many fans, and several
of the Atlanta players swore that El
dridge called the boll foul and that It
was foul, but the young umpa sent the
man on to first.
After Carlin doubled to left Paskert
gave him a' fright. He threw the ball
right to the bag and the Pirate had to
hurry some.
In the fifth It was on even break
between Castro and Fox. as to which
deserved the error on Carlin's ground
er. Castro threw on the ground and
Jim missed It utterly.
usual Atlanta hitting and the usual fare.
looked like a real warfare In
the fifth, when Umpire Eldridge de-
clared a balk and allowed Warrender
to acore. •
“V - * a mot,on In throw to
third, hesitated and then threw. El-
3£M«« *a!4 It was a balk and sent
Mum across the plate with the first
score of the day.
Then Bill uncorked a demonstration
and It looked to the caaual spectator ss
though he was going to thump his
umps. But Tom Fisher interposed his
huge bulk between the would-be bel
ligerents and effectually ended the war-
Everybody took a hand *“
within reach, nnd It looked Ilk*
young riot.
The comedy element was fural>n„
me comeuy cieniciu , J iha
by the police. ' With everybody “
grounds standing up and yelling
two fighters, the officers were the «
onee who did not see the excitement.
And they did not start for the sera
of activity until the milling wa *
°'bui at that they made a couple ot
arrests.
Rapp's fly In the seventh ««J*J
downward Just between Winters*
Sid Smith. Both went for «. *»» „
looked like a catastrophe sure, lor J"
were yelling. "I got It." «"<>
aide showed any signs of*toppin* d
Finally, Just as a col 11 * 1 ”" “Xd,
Inevitable, Sid grinned bc oa ‘ ,1 >;
"Then take It." and folded his arm
os he came to a stop.
And Ginger did.
Ford struck Tom Fisher ™'
times In a row. And that »'*■'
stunt, for Tom hits hard as a rule.
There were a couple of neat pjee*^°*
"backing up" by the Atlanta
In the seventh Mclver sent on
that Ford slapped at. but ml* *• anJ
Smith was behind him, lh red
with marvelous quickness, *'* ,,
th. ball and threw the runner out
""h the ghastly Mte-upASfle'uS*
Paskerfs dash from left fl«w to
base and hie neat fieldingJJVJy won*
ed the disaster from being ■“*
than It was.