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THiL' ATli/LNTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, AUGDST 8, liM.
[ NOT NEWS, BVP VIEWS
Excuse us while we give three ohfer*. Ilip! hip! etc.
Three straights from Birminghaih w^s pretty good sailing.
Now for a little of the same from Nashville, three good games at
home and then they’re off for the West and trouble.
Doubtless the fake news department of The New Orleans
States will see something sinister in the fact that Birmingham
dropped three games to Atlanta.
But no man with any common sense will ever believe that
there was anything to it but better ball on the part of (he
Crackers.
The disciplining of Ginger Clark ought to shake a few kinks
out of the Birmingham team. Doubtless Vaughn has been a trifle
lenient with his men, and they have been doing pretty mueh as
they pleased. A few touches of the no-salary harpoon will either
straighten out the old team or make a new one necessary.
That postponed game between New Orleans and Memphis
will never be played; though both teams made n most heroic at
tempt to cop it out. •'They started in to play it Monday, but
missed. They tried Tuesday, but couldn’t get off but one. And
on Wednesday they made their Inst try. The first game went
through nil right, but the second was called in the seventh in
ning with the score 0 to 0. And that game marked the last ap
pearance of Memphis in New Orlenns this year.
Please notice, though, that Memphis lost a game at last.
That helps quite a bit, and the Crackers are now but two full
games behind the Bluffers.
For the next four days, though, things do not break any too
well for the Crackers. They go against. Nashville for three sue-,
cessive games in Nashville, while Memphis lins four in a row at
home against Shreveport, the league tailenders.
Hugh Fullerton was guilty of fnking when he ran a head
over his always entertaining baseball stories, “What They Say to
Umpires.”
If he had put the tmth under that head ho would have lost
his job and the paper would have been suppressed.
What ball players say to (and of) umpires is too awful for
most people to contemplate.
They have lovely racing at New Orlenns. It is shady enough
in winter, but in summer it is sometlyng compared with which a
hippodrome is a gambling game right.
Not contented with Sunday racing and similar evils they now
have a syndicate book nt the Louisiana track and the poor bet
tors have to take any old price offered.
Syndicate booking was what started racing on its downward
course in Tennessee pnd will, in tho long run, put it to the bad
anywhere.
They are still sore over in Memphis because of that game
that President Kavanaugh forfeited to Little Rock.
In a recent issue The Commercial-Appeal says:
■'Shreveport may get the gameof Friday," saya Manager Babb.
“But at the same time Momphla, by same interpretation ot the rule
which applied to Friday’s game when Memphis was adjudged guilty ot
tolerating more than fourteen players, will get two games won by Atlanta
on the last visit trip.' We will also get three games lost at Little Rock
laat Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday It Justice Is dealt out.”
Both Manager Babb and Business Manager McCullough maintain
that President Kavanaugh warned Manager Smith of Atlanta about
carrying surplus players. They say that It the Memphis club must suffer
that Atlanta should be punlshod, too. They also claim that Manager
Finn ot Little Rock acknowledged to them that Kavanaugh had told Finn
last Monday that he would be compelled to release some player or for
feit the game, and that the iflayer was not released during the throe-day
engagement played In Little Rock by Memphis.
Manager Babb is in error in hia contention thnt Atlanta has
had over fourteen men at any time. Billy Smith has not even
been forced to resort to the expedient that he himself invented—
that of suspending men for being out of condition.
Poor old C. Babb. It is up to him to close down on thnt
howl and to take his medioine. They have his “tag” and
he’s “it.”
Says The Birmingham Ledger:
Take him his season In whatevor department of the game you may,
and Silent Lew Walters excels all other second basemen In the league,
with the possible exception ot his work In base-running.
Since Lew began to hit this season he has undoubtedly been the best
man In the league at his position. There have been seasons when Otto
Jordan was considered the premier second sacker, but Otto can’t come
up to Lew In either hitting or fielding this treason.
We regret to report thnt The Ledger is in error. Jordan is
batting .268 to Walters’ .260; the Atlantan is fielding .965 and
the Alabaman .961.
Lew Walters is a good, steady fielder, but he is not in Otto
Jordan’s class and never was.
71! THREE STAR TWIRLERS OF COTTON STATES
FORD AND PERDUE
WILL PITCH GAME
Eperlsl to Tho Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., ,*ug. S.—Billy Smith
i and his team arrived here this mom-
I Ing and all the men are In good form
I for this afternoon's battle.
It Is an Ideal day nnd a large crowd
will be out to see the opening game
with the Crackers.
Ford will do the slab work for the
, Atlanta aggregation, and Sid Smith will
i go behind the bat for the first time
, since he was Injured.
Sorrell and Hardy will be the bat
tery cast for the local club. Although
I Manager Dobbs suspended Sorrell for
a week last Monday, he will have to
■ work Bill this afternoon because he Is
the only member of the Boosters' twirl
Ing staff who Is In condition. Perdue
pitched a double-header Tuesday and
all three of the other twlrlers worked
yesterday. Terkes. who pitched In only
two Innings yesterday, Is sick with a
high fever. Wells will play In right
field this afternoon for the locals.
Billy Smith this morning received an
offer from Comlakey, of the Chicago
White Sox, for Sid Smith. "Commy"
seems to have overlooked the fart that
Connie Mack has bought 8ld.
The Nashville club has still
option on Del Mason, of the Cincinnati
Cardlnnls, and an offer of 11,(00 will
be wired for him today.
C. ANGIER, OF ATLANTA,
WINS PRIZE AT WHEATON
"BILL” PHILLIPS.
M’CAIN ROBINSON.
“RUFE” NdLLY.
Rotynnon, of the Jackson, Miss., team. Is considered the fastest pitcher In the Cotton States League. He
was laid up with whooping cough for a long time, but has at last rounded Into form. He is the man who hit
Sam Woodward, the Atlanta boy, last season and nearly knocked his block off.
Phillips lead the Cotton States pitchers last year (won 12. lost 1) and broke in this year by shutting out
Gulfport 1 to 4 (ten Innings). He Is studying for the priesthood at the Kendrick Seminary, St. Louis, and has
only one more season In buscball before he will be ordained. He Is called the liltklest pitcher who ever step
ped Inlo the box.
Nolly Is a Montgomery' boy, who Is doing his share In keeping Mobile at the top.
VAUGHN SUSPENDS CLARK
FOR INDIFFERENT WORK
Special (o The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 8.—Believing
that ‘Glngen” Clarke waa not pitching
the article of ball of which he la ca
pable, Manager Vaughn announced hla
auapenalon thla morning without pay.
’If at the expiration of ten daya,"
the manager averred, "Clarke again
ahowa form and a willingness to get
Into harneaa, everything will be all
right. If not, the auapenalon remain*
until the close of the season. Clarke's
lack of form Is due either to Indiffer
ence or a failure to take care of him
self."
Manager Vaughn stated, too, that
next season the players would be of
fered contracts at what they are worth,
and not according to their present
salary. The esprit de corps here Is
bad.
That last little dig by Vaughn comes
about from the fact that "Ginger"
Clarke gets the largest salary of any
member of the Birmingham team, un
less possibly Eugene Demont draws
more.
When Clarke came to the Birming
ham team he Had been drawing a big
salary and the Baron mangement con
tinued It. There Is a fixed belief In
Birmingham that Clarke Is not worth
what he Is being paid,
WARD DEFEATS FREEMAN
AND MAKES GREAT SCORE
The much-discussed 600-blrd match
between Guy Ward and H. D. Freeman,
the local professional trap-shooter, took
place Wednesday over the traps of the
Atlanta Gun Club at Lakewood, and
Ward won with a score of 480 to 484.
While Ward's best run was 98, and
although he was not quite at hli best,
his score of 490 out of 600 was really
marvellous and was the best score of
Its kind recorded In a very long time.
Freeman made the best unbroken run
—128 birds—and made a notably good
showing.
Both of these stars will take part In
the big slate shoot August 14, 16 and 18,
After the match between Ward and
Freeman was over, a shoot was held by
the Atlanta Gun Club members. The
scores made follow:
TARGETS— .
..25
25
25
25
25
Everett
..23
24
22
25
Carnes
..24
26
26
24
Stile*
...18
17
16
18
Shannon
..17
22
11
16
Wtllet
..20
22
21
Bleckley
..21
20
22
2i
;,
Kelley
..16
19
18
20
Jackson
..19
18
17
20
Hunnteutt
...21
24
22
Mitchell
...17
19
20
io
20
Little
. .20
21
19
Wilson
..19
21
Ward
..24
Franklin
...20
19
Hatcher .. ..
..34
25
G'lllam
...20
18
FIVE GO TO
MACON SHOOT
Quite a party of Atlanta trap shoot
ers left Wednesday night for Macon,
where a two-day shoot began Thurs
day 1 morning, over the traps ot the Log
Cabin Club.
Among the local men who will take
part are: H. D. Freeman, professional;
Dr. Carnes and Captain Everett. Two
well-known professionals, Guy Ward
and W. H. Hatcher, who have been
shooting In Atlanta, went down with
the local party.
Standing of the Clubs.
Southern.
l'layed. Won. Lost P. C.
cl'itbb-
Memphls .
ATLANTA 96 66 40
New Orleans 91 48 48
Little Uock ..... 97 48 49
Nashville ..... .101 43 65
Montgomery .... 101 47 64
Birmingham 99 46 63
Shreveport 94 41 (I
CLUBS—
Charleston
Jackaunrllle
Macon . .
Auguatn .
South Atlantlo.
Played. Won. Loet. P. C.
.... 98 61 37 .622
100 67 43 .670
Wheaton, 111., Aug. 8.—“Clase" told
In the first match play for the Western
amateur golf championship and when
the results of the long journey ot 86
holes were posted there were few sur
prises. Clarence Angler, of Atlanta,
was among the consolation prise win
ners.
Kenneth Edwards, of Midlothian, who
tied with D. E. Sawyer, the present
title holder, and W. I. Howland, Jr., of
Skokie, for the low qualifying score
Tuesday, narrowly escaped defeat at
the hands of Ralph Hoagiand, of Rlver-
■Ide, but finally won at the 38th hole.
Aside from this match, the winners
gained survival by wide margins.
Weather conditions yesterday were
Ideal for good golf and good (cores
were made. H. Chandler Egan’s 76 was
the best of the day. There will be but
one round of match play today and that
at II holes.
The winners were: Hunter. Midlo
thian, defeated Martin, Jackson Park;
J
Phelps, Midlothian, defeated Long,
Weetward Ho; Egan. Exmoor, won
by default from Plllsbury; Kllngman.
Homewood, defeated Maglll, Norman
die; Gardner, Hinsdale, defeated Booth,
Onwentsla: Howland, Skokie, defeated
Reankln. Wheaton; Eustls, Audubon,
defeated Clow, Onwentsla. one up; Ed
wards. Midlothian, defeated Hoagiand,
Riverside; Alnslle, Westward Ho. de
feated Hyde, Wichita; Sawyer. Whea
ton. defeated Seckel, Riverside; Wood,
Homewood, defeated Higgins. Arling
ton; Daniels, Midlothian, defeated In
gram, Midlothian; Leltch, Tuscumblo,
defeated Kuhn. Milton; Jones Whea
ton, defeated Edwards, Midlothian;
Cady, Rock Island, defeated Hilliard,
Louisville; Jones, Calumet, defeated
Lurton, Nashville, 8 up and 6 to play.
By making a total of 81 for 18 holes,
J. B. Hylan. of Westward Ho, and C.
Angler, of Atlanta. Oa, captured the
two-ball foursome, scratch, open to
players defeated In the qualifying round
for the championship.
DURDEN’8 HOME RUN WON.
Special to The Georgia n.
GraymonL Ga., Aug. 8.—In the pret
tiest game of the season Graymont de
feated Garflold by the score of 6 to 4.
With two men down and first and third
occupied In the second "Lengthy Bob"
Durden hit to deep left for a home run.
winning his own game. The feature ot
I he game was the work of Gunn, on
second for Graymont. '
Batteries—For Graymont, R. Durden
and H. Durden; for Garfield, McNuer,
Cowart and Byrd.
Summary—Struck out, by Durden 9,
by McNuer and Cowart 9; hits, off
Durden 4. off McNeur 4, off Cowart 2.
Time, 1:60. Umpire, Byrd. Attend
ance, 200.
WAYNE8BORO WIN8.
8peclsl to The Georgian.
Waynesboro. Oa., Aug. 8.—The third
game between Statesboro nnd Waynes,
boro went to Waynesboro by the score
of 6 to 3. Phelps, for the locals, was
evenly matched against Bayne for the
visitors nnd each gave three bases on
balls, six strike outs, one man each
hit by pitched ball. Phelps gave up
two hits, Bayne four. The first game
was a twelve-inning contest in fivor
of Statesboro and the second one a tie
after eleven Innings. Tomorrow the
strong Barnesvllle team comes for three
games.
EDDIE WANT8 BOUT.
To the Sporting Editor Atlanta Geor
gian:
I would like to get a boxing match
with the light weight champion, Henry
Bolton, Your truly.
EDDIE J. KARST.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 6.
TRION MEN "CHAMPS”
OF NORTH GEORGIA.
Special to The Georgian.
Trlon, Ga.. Aug. 8.—The Trlon team
this year has made a great showing
and claims to be the champion amateur
baseball club of North Georgia. The
club has won 34 gamea. lost 3 and tied
2 this season.
The following Is the line-up: Wig
gins. Kant, Rich, pitchers; Edwards,
catcher; Colley, first base; Tucker,
second base; Herndon, third base; Hat
field. left field; Smith, snortstop; Ta
tum, renter field; Bnuzell, tight field.
R. E. McWilliams, manager.
l’hllmTelphls
l.ievelnml . .
New York .
St. Louis .
Boston . .
Washington
CLUBS -
Chlrngn . . ,
Pittsburg .
New York .
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . .
Clminnntl . ,
Boston . . .
St. Louis . ,
. . . 94 39 66 .415
. . . 92 28 64 .413
. . . '. 92 29 63 .316
National.
l’lnyed. Won. Lost P. C.
... 98 72 26 .716
. . . 93 (7 16 .613
... 94 66 39 .685
... 91 51 60 .606
... 98 44 64 .449
102
78
YE8TERDAY’8 RESULTS.
8outhsrn.
Atlnnts 3, Blrmlnghnin 1.
New Orleans
New Orleans (. ,
Montgomery 7, Nashville 4.
South Atlantlo.
Savannah 2, Columbia L
Augusta 1. Macon 0.
Irmlngham 1.
■ 4, Memphis 1 (first come),
i 0, Memphis 0 (second game).
CRACKERS IN NASHVILLE
FOR A TRIO OF BATLLES
The Atlanta team Is In Nashville
and opens up Thursday afternoon at
Athletic Park with Dobbbs' speedy
bunch.
The three games scheduled ar4 the
last which Atlanta will play In Nash
ville this year, and In fact the last
that the teams will play against each
other until next season.
The Nashville team Is not at Its best
—or any better than Its best anyhow;
and local fans are strong In the hope
that Atlanta will win two out of three
at least.
Charley Frank le standing for an
awful roast from the New Orleans and
Memphis papers for not playing the
double-headers advertised for New Or
leans 8unday, Monday and Tuesday.
The Commercial Appeal, which Is
especially bitter against Frank, says:
Manager Frank received a merry
roasting today. He was basted with
caustic from a few faithful from
the home of tho Memphll. who.
encouraged at the remarks hurled
by natives, let loose with alt sons
of reminder to the man who caused
the eyes of the baseball world to
be forcussed on Memphis during
the St. Vraln and Billy Phyle econ-
dal and before he was eventually
chased out ot Memphis.
The cause was the weather.
Frank had promised and failed to
provide a double-header yesterdoy.
Today (Tuesday) many flocked for
the annonunced double-header, and
when they found they had been
denied a bargain they sought the
box office. The man there sent for
Frank nnd they were finally ac
commodated with their admission
back. It was the fourth double-
header announced by Frank with
the Memphlll as opponents, and
the fourth time the crowd was dis
appointed, two previous occasions
being on the last visit here, when
the Memphll were crippled.
Frank Is seemingly erased with
the heat and adversity In baseball
battle.
The grounds were In good con
dition to play two games, accord
ing to Manager Babb. The bleach
ers and stand vyere fairly filled
at 2 o'clock when the Memphll,
filed through. The crowd yelled
Its protest at being buncoed by
the latest Frankfurter play.
There was wild excitement for a
time when many marched to the
box office demanding their money
back. It was plainly to be seen
that the New Orleans natives are
tired of what Memphians suffered
from for three or four years.
The kaiser has fallen hard. Hla
subjects have turned on him. Hta •
throne Is shaky and a few mare
blunders will surely result In Lav.
Cross being a prime favorite with
directors as well as with public
for the position of manager for
1908. 1 '
The conduct of the Pelican man.
agement Is going to hurt the game
with the local fans. Their refuesl
to play the ffrst game of the dou-
ble-header today, the generally
crippled condition of the team and
Its Inability to play ball have Vn.
gendered a feeling of dlsguet which
will be felt In the future. *
Nor did the only roast come from
Memphis. The Picayune says" **
Southern League baseball as
shoved nt New Orleans fandom
suffered a sad sllp-up yeat-rdav
afternoon when the ffrst game of
the loudy-prpclnlmed double-head
er got stuck In the mud from no re*,
sonable cause whatever, and Mem
phis got hway with the last sec
tion by the score of 2 to 0 The
Babblers played fast, errorless ball
and deserved to win, but the lo
cals lost hoavlest when Manager
Frank decided the mud was an
eighth of an Inch too deep for them
to give the crow-d the double-bar
reled exhibition as planned
The good repute of the Pelicans
from manager down to bat-carrier
was hammered with scant court*.'
sy by the crowd. When the hour
for the first game—2:20 o'clock—
nrrlved, the regular afternoon
shower had Just completed Its
work. Although It had rained riot-
ously for a few minutes, nobody
doubted that both the games would
be played, and the park was filled
with 3,000 "bugs." However, ths
minutes flew by, and except for t
little wnrmlng up practice .'ndulged
In by the pitchers of both sides,
there was absolutely nothing doing.
When an enthusiast, bound to his
business most of the day, slips
away from store or office for a ball
game, that's about what he wants
to see. Sitting on the hard planks
of the bleachers or ornamenting
the grand stand for hours and some
minutes before any game Is started
Is calculated to try the patience
of a saint. Mr. Fan got busy with
the rag at once, nnd a few of the
bolder began to kick. Others, In
clined to be patient. Joined In the
bleating and like a flock of sheep,
pushing and crowding, a large
bunch of something like 500 bore
down on the 1)°*- office clamoring
for their money back.
TORE GAMES IN ROW
WON FROM BARONS
Philadelphia 4,
St. Louts 8, New York 4.
Wssblngton 7, Cleveland' 2.
National.
Philadelphia 3, Chicago L /
Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 2.
American Association.
7.oulsvtlle 10, Mlnnes|Milla 0 (first game),
lonlsvllle 3, Minneapolis 1 (second gnme).
Columbus 4, Milwaukee 3.
Indianapolis 3, St. Paul 2.
Toledo 4, Kansan City 3,
Cotton States.
Gulfport 6, Vicksburg 6.
Jackson 6, Columbus 1.
Mobile 1 («.—
llerldlnn 1 (second game).
Virginia Stats.
5, Norfolk 1 (first
I.yncbbnrg 5. Norfolk 1 (secon
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 8.—The At
lanta baseball club brake all existing,
records by administering the third
straight defeat to the Barons on thelrl
own slagplle here yesterday afternoon.
The trick of “trlple-harpoonlng" has
never before In the memory of mortal
man been pulled off successfully by
any team which opposed the Barons,
and the gloom which followed the
third straight victory for Atlanta was
something abysmal In Its depth.
It was a good, clean victory of the
Crackers, won by snappy playing, fast
fielding and the marvelously good
twirling of Sir Robert Spade, the Bat
ting Pitcher.
There was no getting away from the
excellence of the performance of Bob
the Batter. He strung his hits out In
neat style, except In the ninth, and
at that point he pulled himself out of
a hole so deep that It looked as though
somebody had cut the bottom out.
Up to that said ninth he made the
Baron batters look like a lot of tooth-
ilck handlers. At that critical point
n the proceedings he walked Meeks,
let Walters and Alcock get hits, and,
after accomplishing two outs, passed
Molesworth nnd allowed the only run
of the day to be scored agnlnat him.
However, Demont filed out after this
catastrophe and ended the Atlanta sus
pense.
j If It had not been for this slight
j weakening In the last Inning, Bob
Spade's performance would have been
In many ways the most notable of the
year In Birmingham. Up to the ninth
inning he had allowed but two hits, and
only four bases on balls.
The game, like Its two predecessors,
lasted over two hours but at that there
were brilliant plays galore. Three
snappy double plays were recorded, and
Jordnn, Castro, Demont and Walters
uncorked some very sensational per
formances.
“Roaring Rip" Ragan, he of the fits,
mental cataclysm, and tottering salary
Just a Few Notes on Wednesday’s Games
New Orleans defeated "Chesty'
Charles Babb's Babbled Wednesday
afternoon by the score of 4 to 1. For
the fourth time In as many days the
Pelicans and the Babblers attempted
to play a double-header but fate was
against Babl) and Frank and the sec
ond game was called In the seventh In.
nlng. "Kid" Frit* twirled for New Or
leans In the first game and he gave
Memphis only six bits and struck out
fifteen Babbler batted. Stockdale
pitched for Memphis and allowed seven
hits.
The Dobbers, of Nashville, sent In
three pitchers against Montgomery
Wednesday afternoon but they ell look
ed alike to the Climbed and the slab-
men were batted at will. Montgomery
piled up fifteen hits for a totals of
seven runs. Nashville made twelve hits
but she scored only four run*. Every
man on tho Montgomery team made
hits except Nye and Perry. Henline
mode four bits and so did Wiseman, of
-Nashville. Walsh twirled for Mont
gomery and Yerkes, E. Duggan and J.
Duggan did a similar stum for the
Luggu:
Dobbet
TS.
"human microbe,” won another game
for Charleston In the Sally League
Wednesday afternoon when he shut
Jacksonville out and allowed her only
three hits. Score, Charleston 4, Jack
sonville 0. Sltton pitched for Jack
sonville and was batted hard by the
Sea Gulls. Each team played an er
rorless game.
Savannah won out from Columbia
Wednesday afternoon In the ninth In
ning by scoring onp run. Score, Sav
annah 2, Columbia 1. Neur pitched
n good game for Savannah and Vie-
balin for Columbia. Each slabman al
lowed six hlta
Augusta defeated Macon In a bril
liant gnme Wednesday afternoon by
the score of 1 to 0. Dick Harley, the
tormer Atlanta slabman. twirled for
Macon and pitched a good game. Au
gusta secured only live hits off him.
“Duckey" Holmes was very • effective
Wednesday. He .struck out ten men
In the first six Innings.
Nap Rucker, the Georgia boy. won
another game for Brooklyn Wednes
day afternoon by the score ot 4 to 2.
clnnatl club and allowed them only
six hits. Roy Hitt, of Cincinnati, op
posed Nap, but Hitt, who. It Is said,
can not be hit, was batted rather hard.
Frank Sparks, the Cave Springs, Ga.,
boy, defeated the Chicago Cubs Wed
nesday afternoon by the score of 2 to.
1. Sparks allowed Chicago only three
hits and held her safely at all times.
It was' a great victory for Philadel
phia, as only one Chicago player
reached third base. Philadelphia se
cured six hits off Overall.
"Slow” Joe Doyle, like Llebhardt,
also received his In a large package
when he waa sent from the box under
a rain of base hits from the bats of
the St. Louis stickers. Score, St. Louis
8. New York 4. After Doyle was knock,
ed nut, Griffith sent In one of his
youngsters, named Tift, and he made
a creditable showing.
Our old friend "Bugs" Raymond, the Rucker defeated the hard hitting Cln- rather bard by the Athletics.
Philadelphia defeated Detroit Wed
nesday afternoon by the score of 4 to
The Athletics played good ball Wed
nesday and they deserved to win.
Bender, the Indian, pitched good bull
for Philadelphia. Wllllan was bstled goods, and the next three game
wing, did well for a while. But la
the seventh inning he hit the burnt*
so hard and with such a noise that thi
excitement was felt clear to Atlanti
After Castro and'Dyer had been re
tired, Sweeney, Spade, Becker. Win
ters and Paskert blngled safely and
three runt were tallied. It was simply
clouting and It finished off the Baroni
In grand style.
The score:
Birmingham
Molesworth, cf
Demont, as. •
Smith, rf.. ..
Gardner, If. .
Meek, lb .. ..
Walters, 2b. ..
Alcock, 3b.. ..
Garvin, c.. ..
Ragan, p.. ..
•Turner ..
Totals
r. h po. a. t
1 2 •
.30 1 4 27 11 1
•Turner hit for Ragan In ninth.
r. h. po. s. *•
1 3 2 0 9
Atlanta
Becker, rf..
Winters, cf...
Paskert, If.. .
Fox, lb.. .. .
Jordan, 2b.. ■
Castro, xs.. .
Dyer, 3b.. ..
Sweeney, c...
Spade, p.. ..
ab.
..4
-.2
7 2 *
1 0 j
0 1 •
27 12 J
Totals 32
Runs by Innings:
Birmingham 000 000 001—1
Atlanta '..000 000 300—*
Hits by Innings: *
Birmingham 101 000 002-1
Atlanta 211 011 600-U
8ummary.
Sacrifice hits, Winters. Faster!,
Sweeney; double plays. Fox to Jor
dan, Castro to Jordan to Fox, Wait*"
to Meek; struck out, by Spade I
(Turner); bases on balls, off Ragan 1.
off Spade 6; hit by pitched ball, Spad*
2 (Molesworth, Garvin). Time, 3:»
Umpires, Ruddenham and Hacked.
Dygert, the promising young pitcher
whom Connie Mack corralled a couple
of years ago, had. quite a strenuous
time when he first came Into fast so
ciety. Connie fetched him up from
New Orleans, where the black-hatred
boy was the pet of the town, as he had
everything faded to a atandktlll down
In the Southern League.
In the American League things broke
badly at flrst, and one day, while trying
to score a defeat against the St. Louis
boys, the now clever Dygert was made
the victim of a batting rally.
As this was the seuon when the
Athletics were after the pennant, which
they finally succeeded In landing, every
game was bitterly fought for by the
Philadelphians. So when Dygert lost
to St. Louis, Connie and the other boys
didn’t like it a bit, and they were a
grouchy lot when their ‘bus drew up at
the hotel.
On entering the hostelry Dygert
Walked up to the desk, and, In a voice
audible to his fellow players, asked to
hare the loan of a dictionary.
"What do you want a dictionary
for?" asked th&t merry kid of a Jack
Knight.
"Because,” replied Dygert, "I want
to look It over a bit and see If 1 can
find a cheerful word."
That remark broke the Ice, for soon
Connie and the whole bunch were tell
ing the young leaguer that he was the
the
That young Chicago player RcM,
whose great work In the post-ee** 00
series was largely responsible for the
Sox putting It so conclusively on tW
Cubs, Is a ball tosser who does sol
fritter his money away.
He Is of an extremely saving dlsp«*
sltlon, nnd when he was presentM
with his share of the gate receipts rent
ing from the duel between the Chiral’
teams last fall, Robs, In company *']“
a friend, made for a bank that Contis-
key had recommended, so as to pi*”
his wealth within Its vaults.
Rohe, whq was not at all fan™*'
wtth the section of Chicago wherein tn«
bank was located, after wanderm*
about until he was tired In his effort
to find the Institution, finally held up*
messenger boy and asked hlni n
much he would charge to direct him
the bank he was In search of. .
The kid, who wna a sharp one. »■
Rohe that he would take him to
building for 50 cents, paid In adva”"'
and Rohe, who was glad to have in
matter over with, gave the t»5
coin. The messenger then took K
around the corner and pointed out
bank to the ball player.
Rohe, in telling the story to Tanne
hill, remarked:
"I think that kid made that 60 cen»
easy, don't you?" .
"Oh. I don't know." yawned Tannfi
"you know bank directors
boy pitched he took them all In a row. money In Chicago.”—Exchange.
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