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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907.
AFTER TODAY’S GAME CRACKERS HIT THE ROAD
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
j NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
The "tumult and the shouting” get it in the aolar plexus
with the -setting of old Sol after the protracted session at Ponce
DeLeon Saturday afternoon.
During the next week all is quiet along the banks of the
Ponce DeLeon sewer. Save for the ground-keepers, the park
will be deserted.
Next week the fan retires to the seclusion of his baseball
extra. And the real fun is on at Birmingham and Nashville.
Speaking of baseball—there seems to be a much-mistaken
notion among alleged sportsmen of Georgia that the law is off
on doves. '
This view is quite erroneous. The 1006 session of the legis
lature set September 1 ns the date for opening the season on
doves. All who shoot the bird ahead of this time are breaking
the law.
It is known that the law is being repeatedly broken and
something ought to be done to enforce it.
Game protection is altogether too much of a myth in Geor
gia. True sportsmen ought to make every possible effort to see
that the game laws are enforced.
Unless they are the days of shooting in Georgia are surely
numbered^ It will take the game hogs, the pot hunters and law
breakers a*number of years to kill off all the birds, but they will
surely do it. »
Up in Cleveland some of the newspapers are on the trail of
Larry Lajoie. The Cleveland Leader says:
"It Is time to be trank. The NapR lack jmanagement. I
first saw M. Lajoie play In 1887, and I ever have admired
his playing, but as a manager he Is not successful.
“Great ball player that he Is, M. Lajoie 'Jacks that pecu
liar something that means victory. He can not guide the
men under him to success as a team, can not arouse that
enthusiasm, that spirit of homogeneousness that means
winning ball.”
This may be so. No man can tell from this distance.
But the case has hardly' been proven. \
Since Lajoie took charge of the Cleveland team it has had
the most phenomenally hard luck. Man after man has been in
jured, dose game after close game has gone to the opponents of
the gallant Naps on flukes and in every way things have brok
en hnrd for the greatest ball player in the world nnd his great
team. t
It seems certain that for two or three years nt least Lajoie
has had the best baseball team in the American League. j
And yet he can not win a pennant.
CRACKERS a Scrapper PRETZELS
Sid
CHEER UP
Smith and Zeller Are
Getting Back In
Shape.
BUY HELM
Macon Pitcher Secured By
Manager Malarkey for
$750.00.
ZELLER WILL WORK*
EARLY NEXT WEEK
ALSO GETS SCHMIDT,
LATE OF ANDERSON
Mayor Joyner Decides On
Trip and Will Join Team
, • At Memphis.
Highlanders and St. Louis
Browns Trying to Buy
Neal Ball.
It is another of our old friends, this question f—
“Is it some .mysterious and utterly unexplained thing,
called ‘inside baseball’ and ‘fine leadership,’ that wins pennants,
or is it bull luck t
We still incline to the “bull lnfck” theory.
Next to Last Games
For Commercial Leaguers
Thg 8un-Proofs-Western Electric game for today will be played at
Piedmont Park, on tha diamond the otha> aide of the race track, Inatead
of on tha Ponce DeLeon avenue grounda, aa prevloualy announced.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Beck A Gregg va. Koca Nola, Gam-
mage Croaa diamond. W. K. Shumate,
umpire.
M. Kutx va. L. A N„ north diamond,
Piedmont Park. Carleton Floyd, um
pire. ,
The Georglan’a Commercial Leaguers
will battle again thla afternoon In what
proiplaea to be the best games of the
season. The six clubs have been
strengthened wonderfully In the last
few weeks, and the teams are prepared
to play the best ball of their careers.
The race In The Georgian's league
la nip and tuck at present, and al
though the Sun Proof team has a lit
tle advantage at present, the other
clubs, by good playing, have a chance
to overhaul them.
The Sun Proof-Western Electric
Company game promises to be the best
contest of the nfternoon, oh the two
clubs are evenly matched and each
will do Its best to win. The Beck A
Oregg-Koca Nola game should be a
good one, as these teams are evenly
matched, too. Another good game wilt
be the M. Kutz-L. A N. contest. The
M. Kuta team has a good standing In
the race, and will do Its best to defeat
the L. A N. nnd win back Its lost
ground.
MAY RECALL
GRANT SCH0PP
Augusta Needs Pitchers and
Asks for Return of
“Shoopey.”
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga„ Aug., 3.—In sore straits
for pltchera Is the Augusta baseball
team at present. Not long ago there
were four slabmen on the pay roll,
all of whom were In good condition.
Now there la only one. Schopp was
recalled by Atlanta some time ngo
and In his place the local manage
ment secured Nelson from Nashville.
The new man Is not filling the ahcea
of the ex-Ottumwa- southpaw. Duckle
Holmes' finger was split open some
time ago by an electric fan and he
has been on the bench for two weeks.
There la no Immediate prospects of his
recovery. Lakaff Is III with fever nnd
Baxter Hparka Is the only twlrler who
la In good condition.
The local management la after
Schopp and may get him back, aa Bill
Smith aaya that he Is willing If Schopp
will consent to come.
Rill Hart la sore ov»an Item printed
In the sporting columns,of a local paper
to the effect that he was 4t years old
and the father of twelve children. Bill
wrote the sporting editor of the sheet
a letter as follows: "Dear Ananias—I
am 106 years old, have thirty-six chil
dren. eighteen grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren. Why don't you
tell the truth while you are at It? I
was 41 years old last week,” said Bill.
“At that, I’m not so awful much older
than some of the other fellows on this
team, only I tell the truth about my
age and they don't. Bob Woods has
been 35 for a dozen years."—Little
Rock Gazette.
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O BOOSTING COBB. O
O o
O Tyrus Cobb, of Georgia, sah. O
O gave a realistic Imitation of one O
O man trying to beat another team O
O single-handed. The Dixie demon O
O made things hum. He stampeded O
O around the bnses without regnrd O
O for the fact that there were nine O
O men bent on heading him off, got O
O nway with daring chances by slip- 0
O pery slides and fast running, belt- O
O ed the ball for four safe hits nnd O
O deprived Hoffman of a hit by a O
0 fine running catch. An all-nround O
O terror was Ty. • O
O In the seventh Inning Cough- O
O tin walked. Crawford sacrificed O
O nnd Cobb’s two-bagger scored O
O Coughlin. Rossman singled and U
O put Cobb on third. While Hogg O
O wns throwing Downs out at first, U
O Cobb was tearing for home, and O
O by an acrobatic dive through a O
O cloud ef dust he beat Chase's re- O
O turn throw. O
O The rnmpnnt Tyrus startled the O
O community with some more fancy O
O base running In the ninth Inning. O
O He curved a single to center nnd O
O sped from first to third on Ross- O
O man's sacrifice, Morlarlty to O
O Chase, third being left uncovered G
0 while Morlarlty was attending to O
O the sacrifice. Schmidt batted Cobb O
O-ln. In the last half of the ninth O
O the voracious Cobb scooted far O
O over toward center field nnd col- O
O lared Hoffman's drive.—New York O
O Sun. 0
O O
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Another of the Little Rock cast-offs
la doing stunts In the Western League
—Corklll, who wns In right field until
Bowcock came. Colonel Corklll has
already thrashed one umpire and a
couple of windy managers at Des
Moines, and at the same time Is one of
the best fielders nnd batters In the
league. Still another of the ex-Finn-
Ites, Hopkins, la setting the grass on
fire down I nthe Cotton States at Vicks
burg, and has been sold to the St. Louis
Cardinals. The critics down there say
he Is the beat all-round man ever grad
uated from that section.—Exchange.
, It looks like Spade and McKenzie
against We4hs and Walsh In Satur
day's double-header.
Sweeney will, of course, catch both
games for the Crackers, while Sea-
baugh and Hausen will divide it up for
the Pretzels. ,
Prospects begin to assume a little
less ultamarlne tinge for the Crackers,
despite Friday's defeat.
Sid Smith's bum ' ham) Is healing
nicely, and Zeller's back Is getting In
shape. Both men will be carried on
the trip.
"I am not going to use Sid until I
have to," soys the manager, “but I shall
take him along. If anything serious
should happen to Sweeney he could get
behind and stop the balls with one
hand. But I am not much worried now.
Sid 1s coming along nicely and Sweeney
Is In the best of trim.”
Zeller will be In shape to work early
next week.
Some slight wonder was expressed
that Jim Fox was put In fourth In the
batting order for the Crackers.
Bill Smith was asked about It.
"Sweeney said he was batting too
high up, nnd lately he has not been
able to hit a fly long enough to score a
man from third,” answered Bill. "Fox
has, so I put him In fourth and dropped
Sweeney where he asked to be. As
soon as Sid Smith gets back 1'U put
him In there, I guess; though yott can
never tell how any of them may be bat
ting by then."
Mayor Joyner, who has for some time
been considering the scheme of taking
the Inst whirl through the west with
the baseball team, has now practically
decided to go.
i'll take my vacation then,” says
the mayor. "I will Join the team at,
Memphis, I think, nnd g<v through the
western cities. I should like to go to
Montgomery, too, but can't quite make
the time."
Billy Smith Is a little Inclined to
laugh at the announcement that Mem
phis would have to forfeit the game
played with Shreveport Friday. He
calls attention to the fact -that a pro
tested game nevfr counted In any
league race, and he la doubtful If this
one will.
"They have sixteen men all right,”
says Bill. "They have asked waivers
on Crista!, but ns they pitched him
It la evident that they don’t Intend to
let him go. So they are two men over
the limit, all right."
While Manager Malarkey In buying
new pitchers for the Pretzels on the
road, President Chambers Is going
some at home. He has rounded up J.
G. Allen, of Newberne, Ala., n semi-
professional southpaw, nnd will get him
a trial whgn the team returns.
Manager John Malarkey, of the
Montgomery team, has purchased Ross
Helm, of the Macon team, for 3760.
This deal waft closed Saturday morn
ing and brings to the Southern League
for a trial one of the best men lit tha
Sally league.
Helm has been pitching great -ball
for Macon thla year and has been
closely watched by all of the Southern
moguls. Billy Smith has had both his
eyes glued oh him all the season but
finally decided that he was not quite of
Southern League caliber.
Malarkey has also secured Schmidt,
the pitcher who started off the season
with Nashville, but who was most
recently with Anderson In the late la
mented South Carolina League.
"I don't know what shape Schmidt
Is In.” said Mallarkey, “but I am willing
to risk him. When he Is himself he Is
as good as anybody.”
Schmidt Is due to report at once nnd
will be used through the remainder of
the season, provided he "has any
thing."
Manager Malarkey has had good of
fers for Shortstop Ball from Clark
Griffith and the St. Louis management
but has not sold him as yet.
"We will take our time with Ball,"
said Mallarkey. "He Is a good man and
we shall have no trouble selling him.
But I hate to let him go." ^
Bill Smith speaks In the highest
terms of the man he let go earlier In
the season.
"I gupss Ball Is easily the best short
atop In the' league," says Bill. "The
only other man In his class Is Atz. Ho
has Improved In every way about a
hundrjd per cent since he was here
In the spring. His arm was bad then
and that was why I let him go.
will make a good man for some big
team, I guess."
STORY OF GAME
Who ever heard of Neal Ball until Billy Smith Invented him’
What did he amount to until he came to Atlanta and tried'for n,.
Atlanta team? ,n *
And when he was uncorked and picked up by. Montgomery dldtci
everybody know that he would come back and smear It all over us Just
Well, it happened yesterday at Ponce DeLeon.
Montgomery beat us 4 to 1 and Ball did most of It.
He knocked the three-bagger that scored the run that tied thin,
up. He didn't figure In the next run because he did not get to the h.t
In time, but he everlastingly put over the blngle which tallied th.
run .and he came home himself with the fourth one. ,n ra
Also he fielded most sensationally.
‘ And then, Just to emphasize things, Castro had an off dav whi.s ■-
rare with the Court. y ' mc " “
And what made the sting of It almost unbearable was to watch
score board and see that Memphis was piling It all over ShreveDort
Maxwell was Just a bit too good. He didn't have what Malarkev n
hiblted on the previous day. But he kept the five hits pretty w»n
spread out, except In the first Inning, when two tallies went over "
In that Inning Winters wns hit by a pitched ball, advanced on Pa.
kert's single and scored when Jim Fox hit one out.
After that Atlanta never got within the excitement line, though an
error, a walk and a single In the last Inning made things look nrosner
oua for a short time. A double play at the first of the Inning sooUed
things, though. 0
Ford pitched an average game but his support left something to ha
desired. None of the fielding was really raw but It lacked that snao
and dash that has so often kept the score down while the Cracker bat
ters were pulling the team out of the hole.
Maxwell wasted about a half hour of good time In the first Inning
trying to keep Paskert from stealing. And while the effort was at
Its height Jim Fox ended the suspense by singling.
When Jordan sent a slow one down first base line In the fourth In
ning, Baxter got the ball and Maxwell touched first. The two Pret
zels and Jordan reached- the base at pretty nearly the same time and
Baxter touched Maxwell In place of Otto. However, he beat the Atlan
tan to the bag.
!
Umpire Rudderham Is the only umpire the Southern League ever had
who Is everybody's friend. Players, fans and newspaper men allk: regard
him as the best Indicator operator In the league.
BOWMAN WINS FROM HARTWELL
Special to The Georglaa.
Bowman. Ga.. Aur. 3.—In ft pretty
game of ball, played on the Hartwell
ground Tuesday, Bowman won by a
score of 6 to .l.
Batteries—For Bowman, Bagwell and
Brown: for Hartwell, Parker and Bur
den. Each pitcher allowed only five
hits.
This 1s "Sailor" Burke, the near-
heavywelght, who believes that he
Is n comer. He Is wilting to tight
any of the big ones.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
lontgoi
park. I)i
at 2:30 o'clock.
Birmingham In Nnshvllle.
Memphis In Shreveport.
New Orleans In I.lttlo Itoc
Some Snappy Notes on Friday’s Games
Atlanta vs. Montgomery
DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY.
Memphis defeated Shreveport Friday
afternoon by tho score of p to 2. It la
thought, however, that the game will be
forfeited to Shreveport on the ground
that Memphis Is carrying fifteen men.
The Turtle Backs have a new pitcher
named Shields and he pitched his first
game last Sunday.
Birmingham won a hard-hitting game
from the Dnbbers of Nashville Friday
afternoon by the overwhelming score
of 11 to 2. The Dobbers played listless
ball, while the Barons put up a good
article of the national game.
Old Bill Hart, of Little Rock, pitched
a good game against the Pellcnns Fri
day afternoon, and won his contest by
the score of 4 to 2. Miller, the Trav
ellers' left fielder, made a sensational
catch of n ball knocked by Brelten-
steln. Phillips pitched for New Or
leans nnd gave up 14 hits. Hart al
lowed 8 hits.
Baxter Sparks, the Mississippi Midg
et. pitched the game bf his life Friday
afternoon, when for fifteen long Innings
not a man scored against him and only
hits ''were made off his delivery.
Sparks pitched n great game and nt no
time did Savannnh have a chance to
score.
Much credit Is also due Charley
Denver, the, Savannah slabmnn. 1
also pitched fifteen Innings without
run being scored against him. The
game lasted two hours and forty-five
minutes, and during all that time nei
ther tenm could make a run. Denver
allowed 7 hits, which IS going some.
Morris. Savannah’s star shortstop,
played great ball, and It wan mostly
through his great playing that Augusta
failed to score.
"Bugs" Raymond, the "human mi
crobe," annexed another game to his
already long string of victories Friday
afternoon, when he defeated Macon by
the score of.5 to Raymond was op
posed by Helm, the crack Macon slab-
man, and although Helm pitched a good
game, he was unable to win with the
"Bug" doing such good work as he did
Friday.
Jacksonville hit Buckley, the Colum
bia slabmani hard Friday afternoon
and she won with ease. The final score
was Jacksonville 8, Columbia 3.
Hughey Jennings' Detroit Tigers won
both bills of a double-header from
Washington Friday afternoon and now
they are only 3 points behind the White
Sox. Detroit has.been playing treat
ball this season, and the people of this
nnnt, ns New York or'Cleveland have
fallen down In the attempt. The first
game resulted' in a score 'of 3 to 2. In
favor of Detroit, and the.Tigers also
won the second, a .hard-hitting game,
by the score bf 8 to 6.
The Bean Enters of Boston won a
hard-hitting ggtne, from'St. Louis Fri
day nfternoon by the score of 11 to 3.
Boston knocked Glade all over the lot,
and St. Louis never had a chance.
The New York Americans defeated
the Chicago White Sox Friday after
noon by the score of 7 to 6. "Slow"
Joe Doyle pitched for New York and
the White Sox could not hit him when
men were on bases. Doyle Is the fa
mous slow pitcher, and the game yes
terday which he pitched lasted two
hours for nine Innings. New York
made seven runs In four Innings oft
Nick Altrock... Chicago made 'en hits
and so did the Gothamites.
Larry Lajole's Cleveland club lost
another game yesterday afternoon.
Philadelphia was the club to beat
her and the final score was 9 to 1.
Rhodes was batted all "over the lot by
the Athletics and Cleveland Just sim
ply could not hit Bender, the famous
Indian.
Brooklyn lost another game to
Pittsburg Friday afternoon nnd three-
baggers by Abbattrehlo and • Lleflehl
turned the trick. The final score was
Pittsburg 6, Brooklyn 3. Lleflehl, of
the Pirates, pitched a good game
against Brooklyn and the Trolly Dodg
ers were helples at Ills hands. Strick-
lett also pitched well for Brooklyn, but
he was hit when hlta were most needed.
The great and only "Three-Fingered"
Brown, of Chicago, pitched a great
game against the New York Giants
Friday afternoon and the Cubs won
the contest In easy style by the score
of 5 to 0. The Giants made only
hits off Brown and only one man
reached second base during the after
noon of play.
that pitchers can’t be had. It would be
amusing If It were not so serious. How
ever, no matter how manjr pitchers we
might get now, the Barons would not
finish high. They will not play ball un
der the present mnnngement and the
fan does not blame them. In fact, the
funny thing Is that the fans have quit
knocking the ball players and gone aft
er their employers. And the fans are
right, too. It would do no good to
knock the ball players, while healthy
knocks at the management will produce
results or there will be new manage
ments.—Birmingham Ledger.
Catcher Nig Clarke, of Cleveland. Is
the leading receiver In the American
League. His throwing and batting and
general heady playing have never been
equaled In the league, and Nlg’s many
Little Rock friends—where he used to
play—hope to sec him acknowledged to
be the best catcher In the country be
fore the present season ends.—New
Orleans States.
A Nashville fah snys: "Just wait
and behold the glory of the sunset as
It shimmers Its rays in transplendent
beauty over a winning team at work
next year, 'sawln' wood and 'choppln','
too, to get the flag pole to fall over
here." He says that they didn't ex
pect to grow to It In one short season.
—Exchange.
At working the squeeze play the Montgomery team Is not the best
yet. Three times Friday they failed with it, and evefy time because the
Pretzels could not operate the bunt.
And the squeeze play, with the bunt omitted, Is about the saddest
sight In the world.
The man on third'made a good start for the plate all right. But the
batter always missed the ball and It landed with a thud In Sweeney's mlL
And each time a Pretzel died between third and home.
If the squeeze had worked. Instead of fizzling, the score would have
been somewhat worse than It was.
Atlanta has not had a more exciting "chase" In months than the one
In which Nye was run down. He fcot to second In the sixth and was
caught off. Sw eeney threw the boll to Castro. The Count slapped It to
Bill Dyer and Bill handed It on to Jordan. Then the whole bunch was
down around second base and Nye had doubled back toward third.
But the Crackers weren’t going to give Nye anything—but the
spikes—and It was James Fox who ran across the diamond, perched on
third base at that critical moment and tagged Nye out.
Ford had the strlke-out fever bud and ten times he struck out Pretzel
batters.
But as has been the case a dozen times a year, the pitcher who was
doing most of the striking out was not dotng much of the winning.
The score of Friday's game follows:
t Montgomery
Standing of the Clubs, j
Mtmplil*. . .
ATLANTA. . .
New Orleans. .
Little Hock. .
Birmingham. .
Nashville. . .
Montgomery. .
Hhrevcport. . .
Southern.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
. 97
. 90
CLUB8-
rhitrleston.
Jacksonville.
-M nco n, . .
Augusta , .
CLUBS—
Chicago . .
Detroit . .
Philadelphia
Cleveland .
New York
Boston . . ,
St. leOlllS .
Washington
CLUBS—
Chicago . .
l'lttshurg . .
New York .
Philadelphia
South Atlantie*
Played. Won. Lost. P. C,
94 58 38 .617
.... 96 66 40 , .583
- :: ! $
. . . w
American.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
.609
: 4 J?
© 54
© 63
93 64
36
National.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Brooklyn
Cincinnati ..... 92
Boston ....... 90
YE8TERDAY’8 RE8ULT8.
Hugh Jennings
Greatest of All
Sparks, the Georgia boy, defeated
St. Louis Friday afternoon by the score
of 5 to I. Sparks Is pitching great ball
for Philadelphia this year and hla good
pitching Is helping the Quakers to stay
near the top of the ladder.
This Just reminds one that Little
Rock has annexed Hufhes, a big league
twlrler. and he won hla first game.
Also, the St. Louts Americans have
annexed Bailey, of Texas, who was not
good enough for Birmingham. And yet
j . n AA UHU inm Bruiuiii, «iu ihv ut mu gmiu vnuugii lor oiiiiiiiikiimii. ahu jtci
XlTSt Game Called at Z:oU. city would like to •«« her win the pen- the wall *oee up from the local camp
Undoubtedly Hugh Jennings was the
greatest short stop that the‘country
has ever known. He could hustle fast,
er. field hard balls safer and cover
more territory than any other short
stop who has ever played ball.'
Here are the figures made by him
during 1t dozen years of play:
G. P.O.
Year. Club.
1391. Loulivllle.
1892. Louisville.
1893. Lou.’Halt..
1894. Baltimore.
1896. Baltimore.
1896. Baltimore.
1897. Baltimore.
1886. Baltimore.
1903. •Baltimore.
1961 ••Baltimore.
68 100 233
152 310 6a
38 14 180 _
128 307 497 (2
131 425 460 63
129 380 476 68
115 336 417 64
114 286 364
E. P.C. Cb.
37 900 6.44
84 912 6.34
23 m 5.97
“ 928 6.77
943 7.18
926 7.16
H 933 7.9:
49 944 6.17
7 861 i.78
5.60
- .. 687 5.86
51 121 IS If 928 5.18
56 134 IS* 37
Trials......... 109 25*4 iSm 4*9 9M 6.42
’Eastern League.
Southern.
Montgomery 4, Atlanta 1.
Mi'mnhls 9, Shreveport 2.
IllrmWhnm II, Nashville 2.
Little Itoek 4, New Orleans 2.
South Atlantie.
Charleston 5, Mneon 4.
Savannnh 0, Augusta 0 (fifteen Innings),
Jneksonvllle 8, Columbia 2.
American,
Detroit 3, Washington 2 (first game).
Detroit 8. Washington 8 (second game).
Boston 11, St. Louis 3.
New York 7, Chlrngo 5.
Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 1.
■ iii.onrR o itrooaiyn a
liniinnatl 5, floston/3.
Chicago 5, New Yon 0.
Phllndelphtn 5, St. Louis 1.
Cotton States.
Vlekshnrg 10, Mobile 9 (first game).
ab.
Houtz, If t
Baxter, lb 1
Ball, as 4
Henline, cf I
Perry, 3b. 8
Nye, 2b 4
Gear, rf. 4
Seabaugh, c. ...4
Maxwell, p 4
Total 10
Atlanta ab.
Becker, rf 3
Winters, cf. i
Paskert. If. .....4
Fox, lb 8
Jordan, 2b 2
Castro, as .4
Dyer, 2b 4
..2
..2
r. h. po. a. e.
114 0 0
1 0 11 0 0
Sweeney,’ c, ..
Ford, •>
0 7 0
27 17 l
Totals 20
Runs by Innings:
Montgomery 001 120 000—4
Atlanta 100 000 000—1
Hits by Innings: ... H ;
Montgomery 011 120 111—1
Atlanta 200 010 101-5
8ummary.
Two-base hits, Ford: three-bast
hits. Ball: stolen bases, Bell: sacrifice
hits, Baxter 2; double plays. Ball to
Nye to Baxter, Maxwell to Nye to Bax-
ter; base on balls, off Ford 4, off Max
well 2; hit by pitched balls, MaxwtH
Winters: struck out, by Ford (10), Ban,
Nye, Gear 8, Baxter, Maxwell 2, Hen
line, Seabaugh, Henta, by Maxwell
(8), Fox, Castro, Ford; passed balls.
Sweeney 2. Time of game, 2:05. Lmplre,
Rudderham. --•
ale x ande w R e and r hacketT|0 N1
Chicago, Aug. 2.—The Western
championship In tennis doubles was
won here yesterday by F. B. Alexan
der and H. Hackett, of New York. Thef
defeated Emerson nnd Neely, 6-0.
6-1, 6-1.
Alexander and Hackett will
with the Eastern champions at
Crescent courts In Brooklyn later In tns
month and the winners meet Grant
and Thornton for the right to challenge
for the doubles championship «
America.
American Association.
Minneapolis 12, Toledo I (first •
Toledo 9, Minneapolis 2 (second gsme).
Louisville «. Milwaukee 5.
Indianapolis 4, Kansas City 4.
Virginia 8tsts.
Norfolk 8, Danville « (first
Danville 4, Norfolk 2 (second gsmei.
OUT ON THE LINES
By GRANTLAND RICE.
It Isn’t so much—"Did you make a hit?”—but “How did you swing st * h ®
Did you go up to bat with your nerve all gone and never half fry
Did your heart beat strong? Were your eye gleam* bright? Did > ou
suing as It cut the plate? .
Or did you stand In a listless way and hit at the ball too late.
It Isn’t ao much—"Did you score a run?"—but "How did you act
Did you run It out at the crock of the bat with a rattling, dashing P n
Did you look for a chance to steal a bag? Did you score by yonr
keen wit?
Or did you get all the way around on another fellow’s hit?
It Isn't so much—"Did you win the game?”—but "How did you P Ia! '
old scout?” , . ou t;
Did you give ’em a fight to the bitter end and scrap till the last bao g
Did you lej. ’em know they were Tn a gome? Did you always come
Or did you loaf when the game seemed lost—and quit when the 1>reak
went wrong?
Winning or losing Is much the same—
.If you stick to the finish and play the game—
If you stick to the finish and come back strong
When the game seemed loet or the "break" went wrong.
—Nashville Tennessean.