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1(5 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. <HSWOGD<HXHJO<HKHJO<HHHWCHHW 0 / o 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 <HWOOOO<HJOOO<KKJOOOOOOOOOOO 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.