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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15,1907. DESPITE TWO WALLOPS, CRACKERS STILL FIGHT FOR RAG Here Are Some Recent Happenings in the Race For the Pennant, and Pictures of Three Men Who Figured | It's a queer game, tbls baseball. 1 And when the fates take a hand 2 there Is not much telling what will : happen. 2 Evidently the fates have cut In 2 the game. For try as Atlanta will 2 there Is no copping the lead. 2 IVhat Atlanta fans have been t praying for was a defeat for Mem- 2 phis. 1 It came Wednesday. But the At- 2 Ianta team took that day to swal- 2 low Its second consecutive defeat. 2 And here we are back at the old 2 stand and one full game behind 2 the Memphll. } Gee, but It's strenuous! A lusty wallop nos* and again Is alleged to have a beneficial effect In clearing the atmosphere of a baseball team. If so the Crackers ought to have the clearest atmosphere In the business. For the thing that Birm ingham handed them Wednesday afternoon was about the lustiest yet. The score was 7 to 1. And right here It may be men tioned that this tale has a moral and It comes right now/ When the Birmingham team hit the burg It was disorganised and altogether out of joint. While the members were determined to put up as good an exhibition as usual, they weren't going to sprain any ligaments. They haven't been doing It this season anyway. In the first game Tuesday they showed that nothing mattered much. They tossed the game away In the first Inning and then did their best to hurry It through. All they wanted we.s a little chance to fatten their batting averages. They said so afterwards. But Ford was out for a record and he soaked that old spit ball over the plate 'till their heads swam. Also Paskert grabbed some files In the outfield that the Barons MMMIHIHMMIIMMM | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS Wc have remarked on aevoral occasions that Atlanta bad a shade better team than Memphis. Wc are pleased to see our judgment backed up by so eminent an authority ns Grantland Rice. lie writes in The Tennessean: 4 fan writes In to aak how wc flgure Atlanta's team is stocked up with better talent than the Memphis array, claiming that In his opinion Babb has the best bunch In tho league. It's all a matter of one's opinion any way you look at it, but lining ’em up side by side, wc draw tho following deductions, or words to practically the same effect: Smith and Sweeney back of tho platter are several notchos above Hurlburt and Owen. There's no getting around this. Zeller and Stockdale are about equally elfectivo, while Castlo- ton and Bills seem to be on a par. Ford is over)’ whit as good as Suggs, while Spade and McKenzie may lie a short notch below Cristall and Shields. There isn't any great difference in tho two hurling corps, but if there's a shade It goes to Memphis. Fox and Carey are pretty well matched, although Steeplo Jim has a few short plunges the best of the leap. Jordan outclasses either Plass or Manning, while Babb looms up at an equal altitude over Castro. Dyer looks a bit better thau Richards, thus giving Atlanta a brief advantage over Memphis around the inlleld. The Georgia outfield Is far and awn/ better than any other In Dixie. Paskert is above Manning, Winters Is a notch above Neighbors and Becker looks much better than Carter. Paskert Is batting 10 points above Manning, Winters 30 points above Neighbors and Becker nearly 50 points above Carter, while the Atlanta trio is also faster on picket duty. Taking them team for team—Atlanta's material looms up at least 25 per cent above Mr. Babb’s baseball bric-a-brac. All of which goes to prove that we have as good a chance for the pennant ns Memphis. Mabel in the Press Box By WILLIAM F. KIRK. Mabel sat In the press box. a charming West Side queen, Mabel, little Mabel, with her face against the screen. "Why do they call the pitcher Hogg?" she asked her fleshy friend, "And what is it makes the bait he throws take such a funny bend? "I’m glad you write for the paper, and got me this dandy seat— Look at that cute little umpire! Isn't he just too sweet? What does he mean, I wonder, when he shouts 'Strike tuh!' so loud? Just bea.- the spectators yelling! Ain't It an awful crowd? "Isn't that catcher a darling? Look at his nice black hair! Why does he wear that pillow ? Why do the players swear? Look at that blonde up In the box! Well, I never In all my life! I'll bet she’s a vaudeville actress, or else an actor’s wife! ‘"There's a man two rows behind me—don’t look around Just now— That one with the big fat stomach and a forehead Hk<- a cow. He's trying to flirt with me, dearest; I think I saw hltn wink; Never mind now—he's going out—I s'pose to get a drink. “Who's that fine old fellow sitting three seats from you— The one with the silvery hair, love, and eyes of hazel hue? Til bet he’s a dandy writer, he looks so grave and smart— Oh, he turned around and smiled at me—well bless his dear old heart! •What's that? Is the game all over, and must we really go? I've had the loveliest afternoon, and I certainly thank you so! I think It was one of the finest games that I have ever seen!" Said Mabel, little Mabel, with her face against the screen. —New York American. V thought might have gone safe If he hadn't sprained himself to get tinder them. This, according to the cohorts of Vaughn, was bad base ball manners. The consequence was that the Barons got a grouch. They turned loose In the second game Tuesday and played spectac ularly, Just out of revenge, nnd on Wednesday they did their blamed- est. And they played the kind of ball thot won the pennant In 1006, and the Crackers never had a look-in. Those last two games Just went to show what the Barons might / have done this season In the way of baseball If they had not been so busy playing politics and trying to make It a losing proposition for Harry Vaughn. We have our old friend Gene De mon! to thank foi) the awful effort which was made to beat Atlanta and which resulted so successfully. He organized the forces and put the ginger Into this men that gave them the battle. There Is no beating a team that tries so hard to win as Birmingham did. Wilhelm pitched Just the brand of winning ball that he always does when he quits politics and attends to baseball and It was a magnifi cent exhibition. And the Birmingham players, white they did not field up to 1906 form, batted hard enough to make up for It. The game proved quite conclu sively that Vaughn's team could have come rather near winning the pennant this year If they had had any luck and If the players had tried. HARRY VAUGHN. Manager of team that harpooned Memphis fans are getting hysterical over tho fear that Charley Babb will be drafted nnd that they will be deprived of his services in 1908. There does not seem much cause for worry. If any of the big league teams had been after Bnbb they would have landed him Inst year. At that time ho was batting and fielding much more brilliantly than now. But the real reason why there is no great danger is that there is sort of a general understanding among major moguls that they will not draft minor league malingers. Just whnt screws tho minor leaguers are able to put on tho big boys to keep them “hands off” on the managers is uncer tain. But the. screws exist all right and are put on. Of course there is nothing but n “gentleman’s agreement” to keep tho major managers from drafting, nnd ns all the big leaguers aro not gentlemen, it may happen that Bnbb will bo picked up. But it will not do to worry about. Lenguo directors’ meetings in tho Southern League are get ting to bo humorous sketches. Tho one in July was n joke, be cause nothing was done. The one in August was a hoarse laugh, because a quorum was not on hand. Looks ns though what tho league needs is some directors who take enough interest to direct. Stern of New Orleans and Amerine of Montgomery seem to take very little interest in baseball and have an irritating way of skipping meetings. The less said about the same from the Atlanta standpoint the leas feelings hurt). Bn we will not dwell at any length on the thing. Zeller was hit pretty hard and Ills support left everything to BILLY SMITH. Atlanta manager shown, for the first time, taking a chew of tobac co. Picture not copyrighted. be desired.' From the very first Inning It was a losing game for Atlanta and nothing mattered much except to get It over with. The sole run Atlanta made was duo to the deliberate and thought ful kindness of our friend Car los Smith. With two down In the ninth ton!tig and Jordan on sec- "lul. Hill I>y,w M-m on.- out I" i 'nr- los Smith nnd "Horseshoo” muffed It with calm unconcern. Jordan scored and Smith threw Dyer out at second, ending the game a cou ple of seconds after Otto had tal lied. Becker and Winters strayed Into an unusual double play In the third Inning. Becker singled and Winters followed with n long fly to MoleBWorth. Becker must hove thought It was due to be a hit for he was caught off first and tagged out by Meek. When a pitcher of tho batting caliber of Wilhelm—“Wlll-hell-um'’ tho umpires call him—makes a two-bagger and a home run In tho same game there Is something loose somewhere. ■'Little Eva" was certainly wqrk- Ing for that game, drat him. ‘ , Molesworth's hit in the fourth In ning came within a whisker of being "out second to first." It look- cd out a mile, but His Umps said, otherwise and was undoubtedly right. Carlos Smith wusn't hitting ’em any! All he got was a pair of two- baggers and a home run! In the midst of all tho sorrow It Is pleasant to recall that the At lanta players did some brilliant fielding. Otto Jordan and Lou Castro were especially good at pulllne down hard ones. ’ After Wilhelm hit his home run Lee Garvin went through the pan- ‘ ak , l , n K UP a collection foi Little Eva and finally poured the mythical hatfull of non-exlst lap SmaU cllange lnto Wilhelm's The score: Birmingham, ab. r. h. po n , Molesworth. cf . o o * « * • Molesworth, cf • Demont, ss.. • Smith, rf. . • Meek, lb. . 2 Walters, 2b. • Alcock, 3b. , • Garvin, If. , • Lattimer, c. : Wilhelm, p. . .3 .5 2 8 1 , 12 27 11 h. po. a. 1.1 0 27 IB ..101 200 120— 7 ..000 000 001— 1 ..211 201 221—12 ..Oil 001 121 CHARLEY BABB. Manager of the Memphis team, who Is moving heaven and earth to win the pennant, and whose team is still a few points In the lead. Total 34 Buns by Innings: Birmingham .. .. Atlanta Hits by innings: Birmingham Atjants .. , Summary—Two-base hits, Wilhelm C. Smith, S. Smith; home runs, c' Smith, Wilhelm; stolen bases, Moles worth; sacrifice hits, Demont, Walters Wilhelm, Lattimer; double plays c’l Smith to Meek,-Smith to Jordan'De-‘ mont to Walters to Meek; base on balls, off Zeller 2; hit by pitched balls Zeller (Lattimer); struck out, by Zeller 3, Lattimer, Garvin, Molesworth; by Wilhelm, 7, Paskert, 2, Fox, Jordan 2 Zeller 2; passed balls, Lattimer. Time of game, 1:40. Umpires, Hackett nnd Pfennlngcr. lift••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••! New Orleans Papers Charge Finn With Not Trying to Beat New Orleans Club Charges of throwing games, intentionally poor ball playing and the like have been unusually numerous in the Southern League this season. Such a charge, however, as that made by the New Orleans papers—that Finn threw a game to New Or leans—has never been heard before In tho memory of mortal fan. Often enough the accusation will be made that teams are throwing games to rival clubs but papers don't often charge visiting teams with throwing games, to the home teams. But, read this, from The New Orleans Picayune, In regard to the lost Little Rock-New Orleans game, which the Pelicans won by an overwhelming score: / Ne-.v Orlcani 16, Llttlo Rock 0. Doubtless there were many specta tors among the 4,000 baseball patrons at Athletic park yesterday afternoon who have upon several occasldns sat or stood around the grand stand In- closure of some race track and watched Jockey "choke" a horse within an Inch of his life to keep him from run ning over his field and finishing way out In front. Perhaps, too, there were spectators present who have "fallen" for the foot race fakir of despised mem. ory who flourished throughout the country from five to twenty years ago. If there were any such In the stands watching the alleged ball game, the Inst of the season, between the New Orleans and the Little Rock clubs they saw a contest deliberately thrown awny—a farcical exhibition of the grandest athletic game ever Invented, a prostitution of n sport beloved for its wonderful possibilities of manly contest and clean athletic endeavor, a sport that claims more followers than all other field events put together. And to Mike Finn, manager of the Little Rock and one-time foot-racer, attaches the stigma for this rankest exhibition of ball playing ever pulled off on any ball field. It Is true that "Whltey” Guese pitched as great n game as he ever did In his career, but that Finn could have permitted Eyler to occupy the pitcher's slab beyond that awful second Inning, If he really de sired to win the game. Is absolute non sense. Eyler may or may not have been working under Instructions In the sec ond round, but he certainly took tho count all too easy to satisfy honest spectators and ringside patrons of the sport Eyler did everything he should not have dpne and nothing that any sand lot players could not have ac complished with far lesB show of fake. After two men were out tho Pelicans made five hits, and that sort of thing happens on the square once in a de cade of baseball. In this round Eyler hit one man, walked one and made such a bum throw to first of any easy chance to field a bunt that two runners scored, one coming all tho way from second base. That Inning was enough to send any pitcher to the stable, but Finn contin ued to sit out the matinee near the box ofllce entrance, nnd made no at tempt to change pitchers even after the third Inning when the Pelicans nailed Eyler for three tpore hits and three runs. Had that bad Inning arrived when the Pelicans were a mile ahead, and in the last three or four rounds, there would be logical reason to permit Eyler to continue in the box and get all the beating that could be handed to him. There Is nothing to be gained by relieving pitchers after the game Is beyond recall, but Finn had seven long Innings to overtake the Pelican lead, and yet he made no effort to compel Ills men to give a reputable exhibition. BIG LEAGUERS WANT MULLIN Charleston Will Sell Four Players to Big Leagues. Special to The Georgian. Charleston, 8. C„ Aug. 16.—Mullln, Charleston's crack center fielder, will probably be sold to Washington for a top-notch price. He makes the fourth man that will leave the Charleston team at the end of the season, as Raymond will go to St. Louis for fl.OOO, Raferty and John son go to the Pacific Coast Lenguo for the aggregate sum of 61,000, and now It looks like Mullln to Washington .for over 61.000. Others of the team will probably be sold at good prices, and the owners of the club are Jubilant. A players' day Is being planned for the members of what looks like the cham pion team of the league, and a snug sum of money Is expected to be re alised for them. Wesley 12, Capitol Avenue 7. The Wesley team defeated the Capi tol Avenue team Saturday by a score of 12 to 7 In a most interesting game. The Winnipeg team has a 200-point lead In the Northern-Copper Country League. Oooooooaooooaooooooooooooo o a a PRETZEL8HERE. O The Pretzel players are here and O O ready for the first battle of the O O transferred series. O O Billy Smith will put In "Scotty" O O McKenzie and Is counting on the'O O slim gent for a win. O O O COOCOOOOCKlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOa WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Montgomery In Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon pnrk. (.nine railed at 3:30 o'clock. Nnsbvllle In Birmingham. New Orleans In Shreveport. BOLTON ACCEPTS. To L. H. Feagln: I saw In The Georgian where you will accept my challenge at the weight of 105 pounds for tbe lightweight chum- ptonship. I think I ran come to terms. I hare several bouts on now, but can give you one also. Thanking you In advance for an early reply, yours truly, HENRY BOLTON. Six other errors were made by tho Travelers other than the lnexusable throw by Eyler In the second round and every one of those errors were placed where they would do the most good for the Pelicans. The latter put four men on first base on error*, which tells in a way the kind of game the Travel ers were playing. And then Stratton and Ouase worked off a double steal at another period of the farce. Think of It, Mr. Fan. you who have followed the "dopo" this season, Stratton and Guese getting away with a double steal! It Is harder to pick out a crooked ball player than It Is to catch a crooked Jockey or brand a foot-race faker, (pr nine men are In the game all the time on each side and six or eight of them may not know that the race Is 'fixed.” But though this Is an established prin. elide of baseball, probably no sworn evidence could be produced suflictently strong to convince that Jury of 4,000 baseball patrons that the Little Rock team, under the management of Mike Finn, did not deliberately and with malice aforethought decline to win that baseball game yesterday from the New Orleans club. What advantage there was to lose, or why lie should wish to lose, ho dne but Mike Finn knows, but the game was certainly the rankest kind of an exhibi tion on the part of the Travelers any team in any league in the country has played this season. Standing of the Clubs. !•••••••••••••••* Southern. Flayed. Won. Lo*t New OrlAina. lllriulnghnui. . Montgomery. . lfHH4tfH6U«lltl 161611616666661 NOTES OF THE GAMES "Chesty" Charles Babb's Babblers, Turtles, or whatever you want to call them, lost the third game of the scries to the Pelicans of New Orleans Wed' nesday afternoon by the score of 3 to 2. "Whltey" Guese putJ It all over Joey Bills. Guese was hit harder than .Bills, but even at that he had better sup port and won. Memphis made two er rors and New Orlean* none. Montgomery defeated Nashville Wed nesday In tho Climbers' town by tho score of 4 to 0, Because of the teleg raphers' strike ft Is Impossible to get the batteries. The Shreveport Pirates defeated the Little Rock Travelers Wednesday aft ernoon In one game by the score of 2 to 1, and played them to a standstill In the second. The Anal score of the sec ond game was 0 to 0 In thirteen Innings. Hughes, the new addition to the Trav elers' slab corps, pitched phenomenal hall In the second contest.■ For ten full Innings not a single hit was made off him. The Travelers played errorless ball and the Pirates never had a chance tc score. Shreveport made only four hits during the whole game. Eyler and Becker worked In the first game and both pitched good ball. Beeker received better support than Eyler. The much-talked-of down-and-out Columbia club woke up Wednesday aft ernoon and defeated the strong Jack sonville team by the score of 2 to 1. * Big Bill Donovan of the Detroit Ti gers defeated the Philadelphia Athlet ics Wednesday afternoon and now the Tigers are only four points behind Philadelphia. The Anal score was: Ti gers 9. Athletics 2. Donovan pitched superb ball and the Athletics could do nothing with his deliver!'. Connie Mack, of the Philadelphia club, used four pitchers to stem the tide of defeat, but ,„••« all In vain. But even with that bunch of slabmen victory was not his. The great and only "Rube’’ Waddell, Dygert, Bartley and Coombs, were batted all over the lot by the Tigers. Tho St. Louis Browns shut out Can- ttllon'H Woshlngton team Wednesday afternoon by the: Score'of 1 to 0. John son, a new recruit signed by Canttllon, pitched good ball for Washington. He allowed tho Browns only six hits. Pel- ty also pitched good ball for St. Louis. The New York Americans defeated the Cleveland Naps Wednesday stler noon by the close score of 2 to 1. "Hap. py” Jadr Chesbro pitched good ball for the Highlanders yesterday and the Naps fulled to knock him out of the box. ns most ball teams do. Thlelman was batted rather hard by the Yankees The White Sox defeated the Bean' caters Wednesday afternoon by the score of 0 to 5. Patterson nnd "Nick' Altrock pitched for the Sox nnd each did his part well. Glaze and Pruitt, of the Beaneaters, were batted hard. The Cincinnati Reds batted McGln< nlty of tho New York Giants out «f the box Wednesday afternoon and k'on the game with case by the score of 9 to f. Coakley pitched a swell article of ball “Handsome ’Arry” McIntyre, former ly of the Memphis Turtles, was knocked out of the box by the Pittsburg Plratei Wednesday afternoon and that clu'J won the contest with ease by the score of 8 to 0. The Trplley Dodge™ made five errors during the afternoon of play. Frank Sparks, of Cave Springs. Go, defeated the Cubs of the National League Wednesday afternoon by the score of 4 to 6. Sparks pitched good ball and ho had little trouble In win' nlng. FINE SCORES ARE MADE At GEORGIA STATE SHOOT FAST BALL THIS. Hpeolnl to The Georgina. Washington, Gn„ Aug. 15.—The strong White Plains team put It all over the Ipcnls hero yesterday to tho tune of 2 to 1 In the rosiest game of ball ever seen In Washington. < Davis ' was Invincible, allowing but three scattered hits and striking out twelve men. Collie, of the locals, also pitched line ball, allowing six hits and getting eight strikeouts. The feature of the game Was the snappy Inlleld work of White Plains. Cosart, Thornton and Stanton made sensational catches. The score: R. H. E. White Plains.. ..100 010 000—2 6 0 Washington 100 000 000—1 3 1 Batteries—Davlz and Short. Collie and Jackson. Time, 1:12. Umpire, Johnston. ' Attendance, 600. OOOOOOOOOOqOOCKKHXiOOOOOOOO O D O LIFE OF BOB FITZSIMMONS. O o o O Born—June 4, 1862, Helston, O O Cornwall England. O O First appearance—At Tlmura, O O N. Z., In I860: defeated four men. O O New Zealand Record—Defeated O O five men In a single night, among O O liiera the great Maori and Her- O o bert Blade. Fought fifteen other O O battles In Australia, winning them O O all. O C United States Record—Fought O O thirty-live big battles, his win- O o nlngs and earnings amounting at- O O together to about 66041000. O C Largest Purse—New Orleans, O O Man'll 8. 1896, defeated Jim Hart D O In four rounds; purse, 640,000. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO South Atlantic. CLUBS- Played. IVon. Lost. r. C. Charleston Jacksonville 10& Macon 106 Augnata 106 CLUBS— Philadelphia Detroit . . Chicago . . Cleveland . • New York . . Boston . • Ht. Lulls . • Washington . American. Played. Won. Lout. P. C. CLUBS- Chlcugo . . New York . Ptttshnrg . . Philadelphia P. O. .724 .504 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Southern. Blrminsham 7. Atlanta L Shreveport 2, Little Back 1 (drat game). Khreveport 0. Little Bock 0 (second game; thirteen Innings). New Orleans 6, Memphis 2. Montgomery 4, Nashville 0. South Atlantic. Savannah 4, Maenn 2 (first game). Macon 3, Savannah 1 Iteeond game). Colombia 2. Jacksonville 1. Charleston-Augusta, rain. American. Ht. I/Mils 1. Washington 0. National. Philadelphia 4. Chicago 2. Cincinnati 9, New York 4. Iflttsbarg A Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 4. Hosted X. 17 17 19 19 0 16 17 14 J 18 19 16 If 17 17 17 17 A large attendance and good shooting marked the opening of the Georgia State trap shoot at Lakewood Wednesday. Some of the best amateur and professional performers In the country were on hand for the opening day doings and excellent scores were made. .The event continues Thursday and Friday. Among the arrivals Wed nesday night were Guy Ward and A. M. Hatcher, two welt known profes sionals. The American Field’s correspondent, A. M. Reynolds, of New York, I* acting as cashier of the shoot. The scores made Wednesday follow: Crayton, J. E ..18 18 19 •Anthony,' J. T 20 18 18 Todd. J. W : 19 19 19 IVorthen, B 18 18 19 Bates 20 17 18 Rogers, F. E 20 18 19 Townsend, P. C. •• 18 17 16 •Money... 19 )g 20 •Hightower, J. W 17 20 •Hall, H. N is •Huff, Walter 20 Way, J. B is Way, L. T 19 •Holt. E. R 16 Baker, W. A - v •Freeman, H. D 19 Carnes, W. E is Henderson, George. 19 Bleckley, Logan 1# Wright, A ' 15 Reynolds, E. W Winters, E. E.. . 19 18 19 19 18 16 17 12 18 16 19 19 20 19 16 20 15 17 19 29 19 14 19 20 20 1» 15 19 20 19 12 1« .. 14 If 18 20 19 » 19 17 20 17 18 19 15 15 19 17 15 1* 18 20 16 If 19 li 14 If 16 1< 11 iiiicin, Ca. Eg.. ... ,,, .... ,,,,, |f t , t# , . .. •• Everett, C. E 1* •Professional. Marietta Defeats Acworth. After several weeks of labored corre spondence, In which each one charged the other with being "sheered," the managers of the Marietta and Acworth baseball clubs finally got their teams together here Wednesday afternoon. In one of the best and most exciting ever played here. „ „ Result—4 to 0 In favor of M»n«' Score by Innings: , j Acworth two 000 *9®—® i ) Marietta 102 000 01 4 Battery: Acworth. t*mon and. Bps: Marietta. Harmon and tuban B ASEB ALL- ATLANTA VS. MONTGOMERY August 15, 16, 17.- -Game Called Today at 3:30.- Tickets On Sale At Oppenheim’a. is A Irstk ins*a stritslMa *.