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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. get M