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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.
DOINGS Of THE DAY IN THE WORLD Of SPORTS
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
THREE STARS OF THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Of course we don’t mind figuring out the standings of the
Southern League pitchers and we expect that they will be cop
ied but we should be obliged if the papers which copy would
give due credit.
Birmingham Ledger and some others please copy.
The Cleveland papers seem to be after the scalp of Larry
Lajoie as manager. Under a seven column display head Frank
Critt, of the Cleveland News, is calling for his scalp and sug
gesting Patsy Tebeau as manager. Lee Heacoek under a two-
column, black-face head wants to know whether it will be Pot
or Larry next year. And so it is going.
In the meantime Larry is making the gamest kind of an up
hill fight with a crippled and mutinous team.
Poor Larry.
President Shettsline, of the Philadelphia club, is going to
ask the National League to act in favor of cutting down the
number of balls allowed a pitcher from four to three and to
make it a rule that double-headers be cut down to seven-inning
games.
The desirability of the three-ball change is questionable but
who among us will not “root” for the other!
Eighteen consecutive innings of baseball is too much. No
body wants it, spectators least of all. Every time there is a
double bill the attendance figures hit the up-slant. And yet every
man who stays all the way through is pretty tired before it is
over.
Just as many people would turn out for two seven-inning
games—more, probnbly.
And think how much easier it Would be on the players.
It’s a good idea, and here’s hoping that they put it through.
Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
Dear Sir: Will you please answer this question for me In you?
paper: Who Is the best all-round player, Paskert.or Becker; pinch hit
ting, base running, fielding and batting considered? If you will, I will be
much obliged. ALLIE FRASER.
Sure. We’re always glad to please.
Paskert is regarded In Atlanta as not only the best outfielder on the
Atlanta team, but In the ontlre league. His hitting has been notably
good In the pinches, at base running he has no equal In the Southern
and bis batting Is first-class.
This Is no reflection on Becker, either. Jesse Is a conscientious field
er, a good hitter, a first-class base runner and a good all-round man. He
has few equals In the league. '
We aren’t usually inquisitive, but there are a few things we
want to know. For instance:
Why aren’t the game laws enforced in Georgia!
Especially why isn’t the dove law enforced!
Have we any game wardens!
If so, who are they and why don’t they do their .duty!
If there aren’t any, why not!
And last, but most important, what are we going to, do
about it!
And when !
The open season on doves begins September 1. The bait
ing of doves is positively prohibited by law. The killing of
more than 40 doves per day per man is also a violation of the
game law.
And yet dove slaughters are being held almost every day
throughout Georgia.
And something ought to be done.
This law ought to be enforced—first because it is a law;
second because it is a good law, and third, out of fairness to the
true sportsmen who live up to it
Game protection in .this state is something we can’t afford
to neglect.
Georgia Bportsmen are about due to wake up.
Thursday’s Snappy Doings
In Big Leagues and Small
OUST, WIND AND RAIN
PREVENT BALL CAME
Crackers and Dobbers at Rest Thursday, But
Double-Header Is Billed For Friday.
* News of the Players.
No game was played In Nashville at this time, when we hav.
Thursday afternoon. portant games to nlav i„ . fl,r lm ‘
An mievea «,inA ..h ...i Th at man Klem certnmiy m^?. ^
-is a——,-i _ . y made
HART, LITTLE ROCK.
BOWCOCK, LITTLE ROCK.
8MITH, BIRMINGHAM.
Old Bill Hart ie one of the wonders of the league. He Is known to be somewhere between 40 and 60—we
hesitate to eay just whert, for Bill is sensitive about hit age. Any way he is in the class with Stockdale and
Breitanatsin, But despite his age he hat pitched extra good ball this season and ranks well up among Southern
League pitchers.
Horaethoa Smith la one of the steadiest outfielders in the league. He hits the ball hard and fields well.
Bowcock it playing right field for Mike Finn and it putting up good ball.
PENNANT IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
WILL BE WON OR LOST SATURDAY
SATURDAY'8 GAMES.
(Postponed Game)—Beck & Gregg
vs.' Western Electrics, north diamond,
Piedmont park.
L. & N. vs. Koea Nolas, Gammage
Crossing diamond. Carleton I-’loyd,
umpire.
Western Electrics vs. M. Kutz, at
Ponce DeLeon avenue and Myrtle
street diamond. S. V. Stiles, umpire.
Sun Proofs vs. Beck ft Gregg, north
diamond. Piedmont park. W. F. Schu-
mate, umpire.
8TANDING OF~THE CLUBS.
P. W. L. P.C.
Sun Proofs 14 11 3 .786
Bock ft Gregg 13 9 4 .092
M. Kutz 14 9 6 .643
Western Electric.. ..13 7 6 .638
L. &N..... 14 4 10 .286
Koca Nolas 14 1 13 .071
The last games of the Commercial
League series of 1907 will be played
Saturday afternoon and by sunset the
ownership of the pennant offered by
The Georgian may be settled.
But a tie Is possible.
If the Beck ft Gregg team wins the
postponed game with the Western
Electrics, which will be played early
Saturday afternoon, and then takes
She second contest from the Sun Proofs,
the Painters and the Hardware men
will be tied for first place.
And In that case a play-off will be
necessary. ,
In case the Beck & Gregg team loses
cither game, however, the Sun Proofs
have the rag copped out.
The final contest between the Sun
Proofs and the Beck ft Gregg team
ought to be the best of the year, for the
ownership of the pennant Is going to
hinge on that one game.
Changes In reserve lists and com
munications from managers follow:
Ellis Lockhard has signed with B.
ft G.
B. ft G. will play Western Electric
Company Saturday afternoon at 2:30,
North Diamond, Piedmont park.
Robinson, the man who pitched such
good ball last Saturday, will be on
the firing line In the first game. And
Old Bill Garwood will do the twirl
ing In the second.
Signed by Sun Proofs, Joe Jones, re
leased by Sun Proofs, McGovern.
In the game Saturday Jhe Western
Electrics will use men selected from
the following reserve list:,
Sears, Stiles, Snetllngs, Jones, Cook,
King, Coleman, Jackson, Cay, Keating,
Howell, Gallaway, Norman. Donnelly,
Signed by Sun Proofs Camp; re
leased Potts,
Billy Crlstall, of the Babblers, do
feated the Pirates, of Shreveport,
Thursday afternoon In a pretty game
by the score of 6 to 2. Southpaw
Graham, of the Pirates, pitched a good
game against Memphis but errors by
himself and his team matea lost the
game. Memphis secured only four hits
oil Graham. Shreveport made six hits
off Crlstall.
Birmingham defeated Montgomery
Thursday afternoon by the" score of 6
to 4. Turner and Wilhelm did the slab
work for the Barons and each was
batted hard. Sam Weems, the former
Auburn College star, twlrlde for the
Climbers and he was also batted hard.
Turner, of the Barons, made the first
home run of the year at the Electric
park grounds In Montgomery.
Old BUI Hart .won another game
for the Travelers Thursday afternoon.
Hart's victim Thursday waa ths Peli
cans, of New Orleans. Bill shut out
New Orleans yesterday afternoon and
allowed her only three scattered hits.
Moxle Manuel was batted all over the
lot by the Travelers. Breltensteln
played first base for the Pelicans and
made three errors.
Our old friend. Jack Rowan, lost an
other game for Perry Line In the South
Atlantic League Thursday afternoon.
Charleston was the team to defeat him
and the score waa 4 to 1. White twirled
for Charleston and showed up In fine
styles Charleston made only seven
hits off Rowan while Macon made nine
oft White.
Columbia defeated Augusta Thurs
day afternoon by the score of 6 to I.
Schw-enck pitched a great game for
Columbia. He allowed Augusta only
three scattered hits and Lakoff, who
twirled for Augusta, waa batted rather
hard. Columbia made eight lilts off
the former Little Rock twirler.
Lew Moran. formerly of the Crack
ers, and EM Ruelbach, of the Chicago
Cubs, engaged In a pitchers battle at
Chicago Thursday afternoon In which
Reulbach came out with flying colors.
Each pitcher allowed two hits and al
though Moren lost, he pitched a great
article of ball. Neither team made an
error and the game was one of the best
exhibitions of baseball seen In Chi
cago in a long time. Credit also must
be given Reulbach. Ed pitched supurb
ball at all times and had his enemy
at his mercy throughout the contest.
Moren Is considered to be one of the
best pitchers in the National League
at present and Is ranking along with
such star men as Matthewson. Reul
bach, Brown and others too numerous
to mention.
The New York Giants won two
K ne* from the Pittsburg Pirates by
■d bitting Thursday afternoon. The
first game reeulted in a score of 4 to
3 In favor of the Giants and New
York won the other by the score of
7 to 0- Matthewson pitched good ball
for the Giants In the first gome and
Pittsburg was easy. Wtltse pitched a
great article of ball In the second af
fair and the Pirates secured only three
hits off his delivery.
The Trolley -Dodgers of Brooklyn de
feated the Reds of Cincinnati Thursday
afternoon by the score of 6 to 1.
Strlcklett pitched good hall for Brook
lyn and the Reds never had a look In.
Coakley was batted all over the lot by
the Trolley Dodgers. Brooklyn se
cured 16 hits off his delivery,
Carger, of St. Louts, allowed Boston
only two hits Thursday afternoon and
shut her out by the score of 3 to 0.
Dorner, of the Bean Eaters, was batted
hard by the Cardinals.
Detroit defeated Philadelphia Thurs
day afternoon by the score of 6 to 3.
Plank, of the Athletics, was batted out
of the box In the third Inning and
Dygert, who succeeded him, allowed
Detroit only one hit In six Innings.
Mulltn pitched for the Tigers.
Falkenburg, of Washington, allowed
Cleveland only three hits and struck
out eleven men Thursday afternoon
and then lost his game by the score
of 4 to 2. This was hard luck In a
large package. Cleveland won the
game on two costly errors by the
Washington club.
Before one of the largest crowds that
ever attended a ball game In Boston
the Bean Eaters and the White Sox of
Chicago, broke even In a doubleheader
Thursday afternoon. Score first game,
Boston «, Chicago 1; second game, Chi
cago 6. Boston 4. Winter pitched great
ball for Boston In the first contest and
the Bean Eaters had no trouble in
winning. Walsh and White were bat
ted hard by Boston In the second game
but the White Sox finally won.
The New York Americans defeated
the St. Louis club Thursday afternoon
by the score of 6 to 6. "Happy” Jack
Chesbro was batted out of the box In
the seventh Inning by St. Louis, who
tied the score, but Griffith sent In a
fresh pitcher and New York won out
In the eighth Inning.
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O GANS-BURN8 FIGHT OFF. O
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O Los Angeles, CaL, Aug. 9.—The O
O Gans-Burns fight U off. The O
Q championship affair was called off O
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Barons Are Stuck
To Pay 300 Bones
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 9.—Elyton,
In which burg the Birmingham baae-
ball park Is situated, by the demanding
a llcenae of $300 for the remainder 6t
the deanon, has added Its sting to the
troubles falling thick and fast upon
the Barons and their management.
The new town, as Is remembered,
sprung up like a toad stool In the
night. It existed -quietly for a month
or more, then made the domand above
mentioned. The alternative is that the
Barons will be arrested next Thursday
afternoon when they report to the
park for a game with Nashville.
It Is probable that the demand will
be met, although at the present time
the management states that nothing
will be paid.
Best Professional Shooters
Are Coming to State Shoot
An alleged wind and sand storm was
on at 4 o’clock and Manager Dobbs
kept putting off the contest until 4:30,
when rain actually fell.
Considering that Dobbs’ team was
pretty well worked out as a result
of Wednesday's efforts,' It Is -not Im
probable that Johnny was not overkeen'
to pull off an engagement Thursday.
Well, maybe the «rest helped the
Crackers too and that was a bless
ing.
The games Friday and Saturday
wind up the present venture into the
East. On Monday the Crackers open
at home with Birmingham for the
three games.
When they are finished the Atlanta
team jumps to Montgomery and then
out* into the West for the last ”inva-
slon” of the year. • ,
When Manager Fisher, of the
Shreveport team, was In Atlanta he
said that a big league team was going
to train at his park next spring and
that this big league club was to get
first call/on the services of Southpaw
Graham.
.It now develops that the St. Louis
Americans are the said big leaguers.
Manager McAleer has closed the deal
for the park and the player.
Dale Gear hasJlnally wound up
Mobile. Bernle McCay, with the fine
disregard for salary limits that 'has
Secured ’ for him a winning team,
grabbed the man as soon as he was re
leased by Montgomery.
Gear will strengthen McCay’s team
very materially and his coming gives
Bernle a near-Southern League line-up.
Now' that Gear has gone, Montgom
ery Is playing with Hausen in right
field, which seems \to mean that Sea-
baugh will do most of the catching for
the remainder of the season.
Rabbit Plass has Joined the Vicks
burg, Miss., team and Is playing short,
stop.
President Pulliam has put McGraw
under suspension until Sunday for re
marks made to Umpire Klem.
Here Is what McGraw' says:
*Tm sorry thnt the suspension comes
rancid decisions
couldn’t help telling hTm“ about “JL 1 1
asr5s.’j«i!rfcs*iS
Sfasaj? — ■ ™«-j|
Macon
Murdock and Pepe
season begins.
expects to sell Wohlleben I
before the drafting I
drafting
Harry Vaughn Is trying to get P,-
lant now with Meridian In the Cottoil
States League, to take the place of
Ginger Clark, who Is under suspen-
Standing of the Clubs. !
__ , Southern. .
.CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost pel
Memphis ...... 98 69 29
ATLANTA 96 65 40
Little Rock 98 49 49
gew Orleans 92 48 49
Birmingham ... .100 47 63
Nashville 101 48 65
Montgomery 102 47 55
Shreveport 95 41 64
South Atlantic.
Flnj-ed. Won. Lost, p 0.
“ “ 37 .cj
CLUBS—
Chsrlegton
Jacksonville 100
Mncoti 100
Augusta 100
Savannah 96
Columbia 97
American.
•CLUBS- Played. Won. Lo«t P.C.
Detroit . . .4 ... 93 67 36 su
Philadelphia 93
Cleveland 99
New York 96
Boston 94
St. Lonls . . t . . . 96
Washington 93
National.
.58J
CLUBS—
Chicago . -
Pittsburg . ,
Now York .
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . .
Cincinnati .
Boston . .
St. Louis . ,
Played. Won. Lost P.C.I
99 73 26
96 67 38
nirmlnghnm in Montgomery.
Shreveport tn Memphis.
Probably three-fourths of the really
famous professional trap shooters In
America will be In Atlanta August
14, 15 and 16 for the state shoot which
will be held those days by the Atlan
ta Gun Club.
Not tho least famous of these stars
Is Harold Money, who for many yeara
has been prominently before the
American public as one of the lead
ing experts with a shotgun.
For the last two years he has ranked
well up among the leaders In trap
shooting, Ills average being over 90
per cent for about 12,000 targets shot
at. At the tournaments he attended
In 1905 he won In all twelve first aver
ages. He has made many long runs,
and many “straight scores" are to his
credit.
The reports of his shooting for the
last year show that at Trinidad, Colo.,
September 4, he broke 196 out of 200
targets; and at Larned, Kans., Novem-.
her 2 and 3, he scored 381 out of 400.
He holds the world's record for one of
the most difficult forms of target shoot
ing. Shootlpg at 60 pairs In a three-
cornered race at St. Louts, in 1903,
he made a score of 99.
A FINE COLLECTION OF BASEBALL JUNK
It was the real article that 123 fans
and one big fat man saw at Athletic
park Monday nfternoon. The fat man
didn't see the whole game, owing to
the fact that he became over-enthu-
elastlc and was naked to restrain him
self or leave the grounds. He did the
latter. But while ho was In the stand
he divided Interest with the payers,
and furnished the crowd with smile
after smile. He didn't know the dif
ference between the two teams, but he
wanted Shreveport to win, und didn’t
mind saying so.—Shreveport Times.
After an interval of eleven years,
Andrew Freedman, former president of
the New York National League Club,
1s ready to pay Fred Pfeffer, once a
member of the Giants, what he owes
him. When Pfeffer was released Freed
man forgot to pay him for the time
he was benched, and the hero of many
a baseball battle went to court about It.
John M. Ward undertook to collect the
amount. The case ran through the
courts of New York, Freedman con
sistently losing and appealing. Fred
received a letter from Ward today
stating that everything waa settled and
that the original amount of 6680 had
been growing some ns the decision al
lows Interest on the money since the
suit was started.
Frank Bowerman, of the Giants,
says Ames Is the hardest man to hold
he has ever caught. Ames Is pitching
better lull just now than any of the
Giants' slab artists.
Gentle fans, when you think that
your own and peculiar lot Is too hard
to bear, turn your optics to Columbus,
Miss.
Or better still, read again thnt sane
and logical poem of how, in Mudvllle
once upon a time, Casey, great Casey,
with the bases full, struck out.
After which, one might dare ween,
a song will burst in the heart, and
everybody smile again.
After which, taking up the subject,
attention Is colled to another defeat
suffered by the Barons at the hands of
Billy Smith’s Crackers.
The defeat carried with It the series,
the second lost by the Barons this
year.
Still, even this frown can not Igat, tor
just a year ago, gentle Annie, we beat
every man who put his face within the
Inclosure, and beat him black and blue
to boot.—Birmingham Age-Herald.
By the way. Bugs Raymond won his 1
10th game for Cbarleatou last Fri
day. Now, If he had been with Co
lumbia, maybe we would have been
a few names better to the good, even
if the other pitchers didn't win any.—
Columbia State.
Edward McKenxte pitched his third
game for Atlanta Saturday. While
he did not win his game, he made It
a draw, by allowing Just two hits,
walked and hit none and struck out
seven McKenzie Is a human cork
screw that's not likely to uncork many
losing games for Billy Smith this sea
son.—Sally League Exchlnge.
W. A. Cummings, the Inventor of
curve pitching, now living In Athol,
Mass., writes to say that he will be In
Boston for Old Home Week and will
be ready to do a little pitching at the
gathering of the old-timers, August 1,
at Peddock's Island. Mr. Cummings
suggests that pitchers be allowed nine
balls instead of four. Cummings dis
covered the possibilities of curve
pitching forty years ago this summer
on Jarvis Field, Cambridge, while
pitching against the Harvard team.—
Boston Herald.
In the Fourth of July sports In Hon
olulu the Chinese Alohas, a baseball
team composed of Chinese, defeated a
team composed of soldiers from the
Twentieth infantry, U. 8. A., by a
score of 32 to 1, In seven Innings. The
Chinese team also defeated a picked
team from the whole Island of Hawaii
by the score of 7 to 1, at Hilo.
The work of Shortstop Ball has been
something far above the run. T'
same Ball, by the way. seems to hav
dark shade on any other shortstopper
In the league today, view him from any
angle that you will.—Nashville Tennes.
seen.
We are perfectly willing that Man
ager Vaughn manage hts team as he
sees fit, but here Is a suggestion:
Do not instruct Meek to bunt when
a man Is on second and none out.
It Is all right for any other man to
play the game, but let Meek sting the
ball.
The big fellow Is not the most ac
curate hunter In the world, and Is one
of the best natural hitters.
That's all. Manager Vaughn, you are
now again In charge.—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
In going round the circuit to pick up
the pitchers, • one would get Manuel
from New Orleans, Zeller from Atlanta,
Bills from Memphis. Maxwell from
Montgomery and Eyler from Little
Rock. No one Is noticing Irwin Wil
helm. And yet, had this boy his due,
he would be leading them all. With a
tail-end team he Is already .600 per
cent, and ,has won eight games that
he has not been given credit for. Wil
helm promises to lead the league In
pitching this yeah. The boy Is un
doubtedly far and away the best of It.
—Birmingham Ledger.
CLOTHIER AND LARNED
WIN EASTERN DOUBLES
As a result of the defeat' of Beals
C. Wright and Raymond D. Little by
W. J. Clothier and W. A.- Larned at
Longwood Thursday It Is practically
assured that Clothier and Larned will
meet Alexander and Hackett In the
first match of the East-West-South
event at the Crescent club. The win
ners of this match meet Grant and
Thornton, of Atlanta, the Southern
champions.
YESTERDAY’S "RisULTS,
“Emmons for Quality."
Reductions on
‘ Odd Trouser&\
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.. $2.65
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.. $4.50
4.00 Trousers...
.. 3.00
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.. 4.90
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.. 3.40
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.. 5.25
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.. 3.75
8.00 Trousers...
.. 6.00
Memphis 6. Shreveport 2.
Illrmlnghnm 6; Montgomery 4.
Little Rock 6, New Orlenua 0.
South Atlantio.
Charleston 4, Mneou 2.
Columbia 5, Augusta 2.
Jacksonrlfie-Ssvannnh, rain.
American.
Detroit 5. Philadelphia 3.
New York 6, St. Louis S.
Cleveland 4. Washington 2.
Boston $. Chicago l (first game).
Chicago 6, Boston 4 (second game).
National.
Brooklyn 6. Cincinnati 2.
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 0.
New York 4. Pittsburg S (first game).
New York 7, Pittsburg 0 (second game),
fit. Louis 3, Boston 0.
American Association.
Minneapolis 11, Louisville 6.
Milwaukee 2, Columbus l.
Toledo S, Kansas City 2.
Indianapolis $, fit. Pant 3 (first game).
Indianapolls 7, fit. Paul 3 (second game;
six Innings).
Cotton States.
Gulfport 2, Meridian 1 (ten Innings).
Virginia State.
Roanoke S. Norfolk 1 (first game).
Norfolk 4. Roanoke 2 (second game).
Portsmoutb-Dantllle; no gams; rain.
Lynchburg 5, Richmond L
Reductions on
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20.00 Men’s Suits 15.00 35.00 Men’s Suits 26.25|
Reductions on
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It would be a great saving for mothers to lay in
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All wool Si)its, too, are reduced one-fourth—and in ag« s |
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