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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
AUGUST . 19 07.
BUMPING THE BUMPS STILL CRACKERS PASTIME IN WEST
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Says Myron W. Townsend in The St. Louis Star-Chronicle!
Stiperaensltlveness Is a characteristic of some professional
ball players.
They scan the papers to pick out paragraphs which reflect on
their ability to play the national game.
If they And one derogatory word, they pout and grunt and
curse and swear at the writer.
Professional ball players are "touchy."
They avoid newspaper men as they would rattlesnakes.
With low cunning, many of them attempt to conceal their
motives and movements.
Posing In the limelight as public celebrities, fresh water
players resent honest criticism. Flings of sarcasm rankle In
their souls.
Only the hard shelled veterans like Wallace and Yeager and
Jones*can stand the gaff.
Few players who could be cut down by the cruet spikes
without a murmur, can put up with the PEN prick.
This is an odd failing with ball players, as it is with actors
and actresses. They can’t stand the gaff of criticism.
Of course no public character dotes on criticism, no matter
how friendly.
Hut bull players, as a rule, are savagely sensitive and one
criticism rankles for a whole season.
The baseball writer who keeps on absolutely friendly terms
with a ball player for one entire season is a wonder.
The average ball player has a sneaking desire to fight you if
you happen to score a fielder an error when he thinks tha. he is
entitled to a hit. Or, conversely, if he makes an error, he wants
the batter credited with a hit—in which case the pitcher is stung
and kicks.
They are a good lot, these boll players of the . Southern
League, and never n man has been thrown with them who did not
like a large proportion of them.
But they make life hard for themselves and hard for the
men who write baseball by developing a sensitiveness to criti
cism instead of growing as thick a callous on their feelings as
they do on their hands.
PROSPECTS NOT SO BAD,
DESPITE MANY DEFEATS
Those New Orleans games did
not do a thing to Atlanta's pennant
prospects. One tie, one victory
and three defeats was hardly what
Atlanta fans bargained for. These,
combined with the Babblers' vic
tory Saturday and Sunday have
dumped the Crackers to n point
where It Is going to be hard cllmb-
owever, things are looking upl
%
Atlanta plays In Shreveport Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, and
the 8hreveport team Is genuinely
“easy.” Probably the Pirates will
hit a streak and play marvelous
ball, while Atlanta Is there. Every
team the Crackers stack up against
seems to do that these days.
But If Atlanta Is to win anything
this trip, her chance Is right now.
Moreover, the Memphis Hustlers
play the Montgomery team, and If
there Is one aggregation In the
east besides Atlanta which Is cal
culated to worry Memphis—and of
this we are not certain—It Is Mont
gomery.
The Climbers haven't any especial
love for Atlanta, and It Is a cinch
that they will not try as hard to
beat Memphis as they did to beat
Atlanta. But still, they can cer
tainly do as well against the Bluff
ers as Birmingham did.
In the sale of Ed Sweeney to the
New York Americans a legitimate
attempt to keep the star catcher
for next year?
It Is very probably the hope of
the local association that they can
get this man back from New York
sometime next spring.
Birmingham has at last tumbled
to the fact that Wilhelm will not
be with the Barona another year.
That became Inevitable when
Vaughn was signed for another
year. That pair mix like oil and
water.
Wilhelm Is a marvelously good
pitcher, and Atlanta or any other
Southern League club would be
glad to havo him.
Harry Vaughn ought to have
good man In Murdock and Schlap-
plcasse. They have played good
ball for the Sallies.
Mike Finn claims that Charley
Babb Is not Immune from draft
merely because he has released
himself as a player. Wonder If
Mike Is right. He has a habit of
being.
Savldge, the Jacksonville star,
who has been sold to Memphis, Is
slated to pitch the Inst game of
the season at Red Elm, Septem
ber 8, when Little Rock and Mem
phis clash.
A New Orleana paper contains
a story that Billy Smith and Char
ley Babb will be urged to play
with New Orleans next year.
Anybody who believes that story
puts himself In a class with the
man who wrote It.
Hughes and McKenzie Lead
Pitchers of the Southland
Hughes, of Little Rock, and Me-
Kensle, of Atlanta, are leading the
Southern League pitchers. Neither man
has pitched enough games to be re
garded as a regular, however; and the
league leadership goes to "Whltey"
Ouese, of New Orleans. Caatleton and
Zeller are still well up.
The pitching averages are as fol
lows;
Won. Lost. Pet.
Hughes, Little Rock . . 8 1 .780
Shields, Memphis ... 4 2 .607
McKenxIe, Atlanta ...» 2 .780
Caatleton, Atlanta . . .14 8 .638
Ouese, New Orleans. .14 7 .667
Schopp, Nashville. . . 2 1 .667
Crlstall, Memphis . . .11 6 .647
Zeller, Atlanta ... .16 8 .640
Bills. Memphis . . .17 9 .684
Oasklll, Shreveport . .11 6 .647
Wilhelm. Birmingham .14 10 .883
Btockdale. Memphis . .17 11 .807
Spade, Atlanta ... .18 11 .587
Maxwell, Montgomery .12 9 .871
Hart, Little Rock. . .10
Fisher, Shreveport . .11
Eyler, Little Rock . .13
Mnlarkey, Montgomery 9
Beeker, Shreveport . .10
Ford, Atlanta . . .• .11
Reagan, Birmingham .13
Suggs, Memphis . . .15
Clark, Birmingham . .14
K. Duggan, Nashville . 9
Frits, New Orleans. .10
Walsh, Montgomery. .17
Helm, Montgomery . . 1
Walters, Little Rock . 1
Phillips, New Orleans .11
Manuel, New Orleans .13
Yerkes. Nashville. . . 4
Keith Little Rock . . 7
Sorrell, Nashville ... 8
J. Duggan, Nashville . 8
Hickman, Shreveport . 9
Perdue, Nashville. . . 7
Oraham, Shreveport . . 9
Weems, Montgomery. . 8
Turner, Birmingham. . .7
McWeller, Birmingham 0
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ATLANTA’S PENNANT PROSPECTS BADLY DISFIGURED
BY THREE DEFEATS AND A VICTORY IN NEW ORLEANS
FISHER YS.
R.JELLER
Pirates' Manager or Gra-
ham Will Probably
Work Today.
MANAGER B. SMITH
ISN’T DISCOURAGED
Despite Jolt in New Orleans
He Believes He Has
Chance.
Atlanta, Ga., August 26, 1907.
Mr. Percy Whiting, Sporting Editor
of The Georgian.
Dear Sir—Having won every game
we have played In the city this season,
and having been defeated by only two
out-of-town teams. Marietta and Nor-
cross, we are very anxious to arrange
a game with the "strong" Y. M. C. A.
team. Should we win from them, we
believe we would be entitled to the
city championship of Independent
teams.
The Y. M. C. A. team has had a
challenge from us under consideration
for some time, but for unknown rea
sons are unwilling to give us a date.
As they are our particular friends, we
can not believe that It la a case of
"cold feet." Yours truly,
MADDOX-RUCKER BALL TEAM.
B. 8. Hula, Manager.
SILOAM PROVES EASY
FOR UNION POINT
Union Point, Qa., Aug. 16.—Before
the largest crowd that ever witnessed
a game of ball In 8lloam, the home
team went down In defeat before the
crack Union Point team by the score
I
to 1.
_ Finch, for Union Point, was Invin
cible, while “Rube" Davis, of Slloam,
»
Davis, of
was hit to all parta of the field by
Union Point (luggers. The score:
Union Point ... 200 010 004—7 11, *1
Slloam 000 010 000—1 S 10
Batteries;—Finch and Newsome for
Union Point; Davla and Lewis for Sl
loam.
Aoierlcau League. Just Uka him.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 26.—The pen
nant prospects of the Atlanta baseball
team got a knockdown blow and nearly
took the count here Saturday and
Sunday.
Four games were played during those
two days, and of these Atlanta dropped
three.
It waa an awful wallop for Billy'
Smith. The New Orleana team, In spite
of Its many real stars, has not been
hitting the ball hard of late, and In
consequence has not been winning
gamea. With Zeller and Caatleton In
rare and radiant form, It seemed cer
tain that the cohorts of Smith could
draw down three out of the four games,
at any rate. But one out of four
FIR8T GAME SATURDAY.
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Becker, rf. . ..3 2 1 1 0 0
Winters, cf, , ,. 4 0 1 1.0 0
Paakert, If. . . 3 0 0 5 0 0
Smith, as 4 0 1 2 2 0
Sweeney, c. . . 4 0 0 3 0 0
Fox, lb 4 0 0 13 0 0
Jordan, 2b. ... 3 0 0 2 2 0
Dyer. 3b 3 0 1 0 4 0
McKenxIe, p, . . 8 0 0 0 6 0
Totals. . . .11 3 4 27 11 0
New Orleans, ab r, h. po. a. e.
Att, an.. 3 0 0 1 2 0
Manning, rf. . . 4 0 0 0 0 0
Cross, 3b 8 0 1 1 3 0
Sobrle. lb. ... 4 0 1 15 0 0
Blckert, If. ... 4 0 1 0 0 0
Gaston, cf. . .. 3 1 1 4 0 0
Gatins, 2b.. .. i 8 0 1 0 4 0
Stratton, c. . . 8 0 0 6 1 0
Manuel, p. . .. 0 1 0 4 0
Totals. . . .80 1 6 27 15 0
Score by Innings:
Atlanta ....100 000 010—2
New Orleana 000 000 100—1
Summary—Two-baae hits, Smith, Ga
tina. Double play, Smith (unassisted).
Struck out. by McKenxIe 1, by Manuel
6. Bases on balls, off McKenxto 1, off
Manuel 2. Sacrifice hits, Gaston, Pas-
kert, Atx. Stolen bases, Becker, Gae-
ton. Wild pitch, Manuel. Hit by pitch
ed ball, Becker. Umpires, Eldrldge and
Rudderham.
proved to be the limit.
The Pelicans llvfed up to their repu
tation as hitters and garnered only 25
hits during the course of the games.
Rut these 25 were enough to guarantee
three victories.
The acorea ware:
First Garni Saturday—Atlanta 2,
New Orleans 1.
Second Game Saturday—New Or
leans 6, Atlanta 4 (seven nlnlngs).
First Game Sunday—New Orleans 2,
Atlanta 0.
Second Game Sunday—New Orleans
2, Atlanta 1.
"Scotty’’ McKenxIe waa the man who
brought home the victory In the open
ing game. Manuel, who opposed him,
wns wild aa a March hare; and his all-
too-plentiful bases on balls gave Atlan
ta the runs she needed to get the
SECOND GAME SATURDAY.
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Becker, rf. . .. 4 1 1 0 « 0
Winters, cf. . . 2 1 1 0 0 0
Paakert, If. . . 3 0 0 1 0 0
Smith, sa 3 0 2 0 2 1
Sweeney, c. . . 3 0 0 5 0 2
Fox, lb 3 1 1 6 2 0
Jordan, 2b 8 0 0 6 2 0
Dyer. 3b 3 0 1 2 1 1
Spade, p. . . . 2 1 0 0 2 1
Totals. . . .26 4 6 18 9 5
New Orleanx. ab r. h. po. a. e.
Atx, ss 3 0 0 1 1 0
Manning, rf. . . 4 0 1 3 0 0
Cross, 3b 2 0 0 0 4 0
Sabrte, lb. ... 3 0 1 7 0 0
Rlckert, If. . . 3 1 1 1 0 0
Gaston, cf. . . . 3 1 1 1 0 0
Gatins. 2b. . . 3 2 2 2 3 0
Matthews, c. . . 2 1 1 8 0 1
Phillips, p. . . 4 1 1 0 0 0
game.
The second game Saturday was
marred by darkness, rain, wrangles
with Umpire Eldrldge and a few such
things. The Pelicans tore off a quar
tet of runs In the second Inning, and
after that It was all over but the shout-
Ing. The Crackers played one of their
worst fielding games of the year, and
the boys from Georgia were never In
the hunt—for anything, or anybody but
Eldrldge. They certainly made things
miserable, though, for that mountain
of Incompetence.
Seven thousand people, many of
whom paid to get In, saw the games
Sunday. In addition, there were 4,000
at Saturday's games and a good crowd
Friday. All of which-Yiieans that for
once this year Secretary Ethridge had
no kick coming on the receipts at New
FIRST GAME 8UNDAY.
Orleans, and the Atlanta club took
away some money.
Ford pitched a marvelously good
game In Sunday's opener, but despite
the fact that he allowed the Pelicans
only four hits, he was beaten. Partly
he was to blame. He bunched bases
on balls with his poor throw to Dyer,
on which the third baseman got an er
ror. And with this combination of mis
fortune he let the Pelicans slip over
the hits that beat him.
Atlanta played errorless and speedy
ball In the second game, but the bat
ting of New Orleans In the sixth In
ning and a near-error of Sweeney's In
the eighth put Atlanta on the blink.
Castleton pitched a nice game, and If
he had not opposed as good a man as
Guese, would have copped a victory.
The scores follow:
SECOND GAME 8UNDAY.
Atlanta.
Becker, rf. .
Winters, cf.
Paakert, If. .
Smith, ss. .
Sweeney, c..
Fox, lb. . .
Jordan, 2b. .
Dyer 8b. . ,
Ford, p. . . ,
Totals 28
New Orleana. ab.
Atx, as 4
Manning, rf. . . 3
Cross, 3b 4
Sabrle, lb. ... 4
Rlckert, If. ... 4
Gaston, cf. . . . 3
Gatins, 2b. ... 3
Stratton, c. . . . 2
Fritz, p 2
r. h. po. a. o. Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
0 0 0 0 0 Becker, rf. . . . 4 1 1 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 winters, cf. . . . 3 0 1 1 0 0
0 110 0 Paskert, If. ... 3 0 1 0 0 0
° ? 1 J « Smith, ss 4 0 0 0 6 0
0,1 4 3 1 Sweeney, c. . . . 1 0 0 7 0 0
0 0 8 2 0 pox, lb 3 0 2 10 2 0
0 0 2 0 2 Jordan. 2b. ... 3 0 0 4 1 0
0 0 2 0 2 Dyer, 3b 3 0 0 2 2
0 1 2 6 0 Castleton, p. . . 3 0 0 0 0
•Spade 1 0 0 0 0
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Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, Aug. 26.—The Atlanta
Crackers left town last night not quite
as dapper and gay as they came. Out
of live games played the best they
could get waa one victory and a twelve.
Inning tie.
The Pelicans won two more gamei
Sunday afternoon, beating Ford and
Castleton. Fritz held the Crackers
down without a tally and Guese was
effective In the second game, although
he might have lost but for the best kind
of support.
Umpire Eldrldge was out of the wsy
Sunday, and there was a marked differ,
ance in the playing of both teams.
There Is no doubt that Eldrldge had
both squads completely demoralised.
Atlanta's bunched errors In Saturday's
second game were due to his rotten
work, and It was likewise his failure
to 6ee Winters’ foul two feet outside of
first base which gave Atlanta her first
run In the first game.
Eldrldge was warmly roasted by the
local press, and he failed to show u;
at the park Sunday. Rudderham han
dled the Indicator In both games.
Before leaving last night, Manager
Billy Smith said his hopes were by no
means blasted. He said he looked for
a hard time with the Pelicans, as this
team has beaten the Crackers every
series but one this season. Billy Is
counting strongly on making a clean
sweep of the Shreveport series and
then getting the majority *
Travelers.
from the
Standing of the Clubs.
6 24 14
h. po. a.
Totals. . . .27 6 8 21 8 1
Score by Innings:
Atlanta 102 100 0—4
New Orleans 040 002 x—8
Summary—Two-base hits, Smith, Go-
tins, Fox. struck out, by Spade 1, by
Phillips 4. Double plays, Gatins to Sa.
brie, Sweeney (unassisted). Baees on
balls, off Spade 3, off Phillips' 1. Sacri
fice hits, Matthews 2. Winters, Stolen
bases, Gaston, Rlckert, Manning, Sa
brle, Gatins. Wild pitch. Spade. Um
pires, Rudderham and Eldrldge.
Totals 20 2 4 27 12
Score by Innings:
R.
Atlanta . ’ 000 000 000— 0
New Orleans 002 000 000— 2
Summary—Two-base hits. Manning,
Smith and Ford; stolen bases, Sabrle
and Gatins; sacrifice hits, Stratton,
Jordan; double plays, Atx to Sabrle,
Ford to Jordan, Gatins to Sabrle;
bases on balls, off Ford 2, off Frltx 2;
struck out, by Ford 3, by Frltx 6. Time,
1:50. Umpire. Rudderham.
Totals 28 1 6 24 12 0
•Batted for Sweeney In the ninth.
New Orleans, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Atx. as 4 1 .1 2 2 0
Manning, rf. . . . 3 0 1 4 0 0
Cross. Sb 3 0 0 1 1 0
Sabrle, lb. ... 3 0 0 8 0
Rlckert, If. ... 3 0 1 1 0
Gaston, cf. . . . 2 0 0 2 0
Gatins, 2b. ... 3 0 2 5 2
Matthows, c. . . 8 1 1 4 0
Guese, p 3 0 1 0 3
Totals .... .27 ~2 *7 27 8
Score by Innings;
Atlanta 000 000 010— 1
Now Orleans 000 001 01*— 2
Summary—Stolen bases, Becker 1,
Atx 2, Manning 1; sacrifice hits. Fox
and Jordan; double plays, Gatins, Atx,
Sabrle; Gatins to Sabrle; base on
ball, off Guese 1; hit by pitched balls,
Sweeney 2. Manning; struck out, by
Castleton 6, by Guese 4. Time of
game, 1:30. Umpire, Rudderham.
New Orleans Fans Sore
at League’s Worst Umps
Orleana, Aug. 26.—The Indignation
meeting held by the baseball fans In At
lanta, In which President Knvnnnngh waa
sharply scored for keeping young Eldrldge
on hla atnff of umplrea, hna received the
approval of the Atlanta baseball playera
from Hilly Smith on down.
Even Mayor Joyner hna Joined the clamor
agnlnat the young newapaper writer who
auddenly turned umpire without qualifying
In any of the buah leaguea hereatwuta.
•'You can’t hold anything ngafnat El
drldge but Incompetence,” anld Mayor Joy
ner to a New Orleana newapaper man Sun
day. “He la wholly lueonmctent. He gave
na the rough end of everything In Mempbla,
but 1 blame It all to bta utter Inability to
hold a Job like that.”
Mercer Planning
Football Team
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 26.—Great prepa
rations are being made by the athletic
committee at Mercer University for a
atar football team thla comlfij? season.
The past several weeks Professor
Holmes has been making dates for the
team, and has secured several, among
them being Georgia, Tech and Auburn.
Captain Shaw will have a large
crowd of the men on the Held as soon
as the school opens, and under the
training of the new coach, Mercer ex
pects to turn out one of the fastest
football teams in the South.
WHITE CAPS PLAY.
The strong White Caps team will
play the East End team Saturday after
noon at Poplar Springs, at 2:30. This
Is the second game between these two
strong teams this season.
Last Saturday East End won by the
close score of & to 4.
Atlanta Is not the only town on the cir
cuit wondering why Eldrldge holds Ills Job.
When Umpire Flynn was discharged Just
ufter that Finn *<'nndnl. In which Malinger
Finn wns charged with forging Flynn's
name to a telegram to President Knvanaugh,
the president gave ns a reason thnt Flynn
was Incompetent. Flynn says he wss dis
charged simply to avoid a scandal In which
Little Rocks manager and Judge Knvn-
notigh's favorite would figure as the star
villain.
While Flynn was not the neme of compe
tency he wss certainly more competent than
Eldrldge and that any baseball player,
manager, writer or fan on the Southern cir
cuit will affirm.
Reputable citizens who are substantial
patrons of all ball games regard Eldrldge as
Barbers and Printers Will
Clash at Ponce DeLeon
Hold Water Sports
Next Saturday
The heavy showers of Saturday aft
ernoon made the water sports of the
Atlanta Athletic Club at East Lake
Impracticable and these events have
been postponed until Saturday.
The illuminated parade was held,
however, and witnessed by a large
crowd. The canoes were handsomely
decorated and the award of the prlxe
for the best decorated cano* to George
Walker and Mlxa Alice Vandiver met
with general npproval.
By way of a comedy feature, a man
dressed In women's clothes dived over-
hoard In front of the club house as the
GIRARD WIN8.
Girard. Ga., Aug. 26.—Girard xml Rnrdls
played here on Saturday. Lester made a
little hit ilowu third hose line and scored
the winning run.
.8 6992001 1-4
The game Wednesday afternoon be
tween the Union Printers and the
Union Barbers at Ponce DeLeon park
promises to he one of the beat contests
In amateur circles In Atlanta In a long
time.
The Barbers and the Printers are
both In good condition, and the going
certainly will be warm when the two
clubs get together.
game would be played until Saturday
night, when word waa received from
Manager Smith by the two managers
and tendered them the use of the
grounds at Ponce DeLeon .
All the proceeds will go to the aid of
the Old Woman's Home, and a large
crowd of fanatics Is expected to be out
The game will be called promptly at
3:30 o'clock.
Frank Challenges Babb
For Two-Game Matinee
New Orleana, Aug. 26.—Manager
Frank Is out with a challenge to Man
ager Babb, of Memphis, which should
arouse peculiar Interest In Atlanta.
Memphis and New Orleana still have
two games to be played, one a tie game
and the other postponed on account of
rain. Manager Frank contends that
the last time the Pelicans were In Mem
phis he asked that these two games be
played, but Manager Babb refused to
play them. Since then Babb has In
sisted that the weaker teams which
have been to Memphis play off all
postponed games.
His challenge to Manager Babb Is
that those two games be played off
next Thursday at Memphis. Next
Thursday is an off day for both teams.
He stipulates that the results shall
count In the championship race and
that either Umpire Rudderham or Um
pire Davis officiate. He wants none of
Eldrldge. Pfennlnger ■ or Rlnn.
"The net receipts Manager Frank
wants to donate to the fund for public
baths in New Orleans, Inasmuch as he
Is going to play these games on the
Memphis grounds, although of
them should be played here. However,
he says be will put this part up to
Babb.
''5Iemphls hasn't the best team In
this league by far." said Manager
Frank today, "and I want another op
portunity to show Babb that he hasn't.
When the Pelicans played Memphis
before my men were crippled up and
not able to play ball at all. We gave
him a hard run tor every game. If
Babb thinks he ran beat the Pelicans
two more games on hla home grounds
let him accept my challenge."
CLUBB—
Memphis
ATLANTA 114
Little Rook 109
New Orleans 114
Southard.
Played. Won. Lost P. C.
114 67 47 .617
i 81
119 88 64 .4*1
Shreveport 109 60 69 .461
Nashville . 117 62 66 .444
South Atlantia.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost r. C.
Charleston ...... Ill 88 48 .611
Jacksonville Ill 63 48 .6(8
Macon 114 81 83 .688
Augusta UO 66 66 .6(0
Snrnnnnh Ill 66 68 .416
Columbia ....... 113 83 80 .191
American.
Philadelphia ,
Chicago
Detroit ;
.691
.Ml
_ 44 *94
Cleveland 114 (6 48 .679
New York 110 60 60 .455
Boston US 49 64 . 434
St. Louis Ill 48 64 .43
Washington 107 32 76 .191
CLUBB—
Chicago ....
Plttahurg . . .
New York ......
Philadelphia 109
Brooklyn 114
Cincinnati 114
Boston ,110
Ht. Louis 118
National.
Ployed. Won. Loot P.'
. . . ill 82 n .1
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Nashville In New Orleans.
NEW FOOTBALL GUIDE.
Wilson’s Football Guide and Annual
Review for the season of 1908-7 has
Just reached the office. The guide Is
s new one In the football field and
Its author deserves credit for the man
ner In which It Is complied.
The volume contains 138 pages and
Is of a neat size. It It Illustrated with
the half-tone groups of all the lead
ing colleges, universities, high schools
and minor elevens of the country.
The Guide fairly bristles with foot
ball lore, facts and statistics, and Is
a valuable reference book and guide,
MILLEDGEVILLE WINS.
Milledgeville. Go.. Aug. 26.—Mllledge-
vllle defeated White Plains In the sec
ond game of the series Wednesday aft
ernoon by the score of 8 to 2. The
locals took the lead In the first Inning,
and the outcome was never In doubt.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS.
Annum 6, gpw wriPiiiis a ihlsv .
New Orleans 6, Atlanta 4 (oecond catx^V
Memphis 3. Birmingham 2.
■ Nnahvllle-Hhreveport, rain.
Montgomery 4. Little Rook 2 (flrat g«me».
Little Hook 10, Montgomery 0 (zecood
game).
8outh Atlantic.
Savannah 8, Columbia 3.
Auguata 2, Chnrleaton 1.
Macon 3, Jacksonville 2.
American.
Chicago 5, New York 2.
Detroit 8. Washington 5.
Cleveland 6, Ho*ton 1
Philadelphia 6. 8t. Lonli 4 (first g»me>.
Ht. lands 6, Philadelphia 0 (oecond game).
National. _ .
Philadelphia 5. Cincinnati 4 (flrat game).
Philadelphia 6. Cincinnati 4 (oecond game).
Ht. Louis 6, Brooklyn 1 (flrat game).
Brooklyn 7. Ht. Loula 6 (aecond gamei.
New York 7. Plttahurg 4.
American Association.
Cotumhns 8, Kanaaa City 1.
Indianapolis 2, Ht. Paul 1.
Minneapolis 14, Louisville 1.
YESTERDAY’S RESULT8.
Southern.
New Orlesn. 2. Atlanta 0 (8rst k*m->.
New Orleana 2. Atlanta 1 (second gam*b
Memphis 2, Birmingham 0.
Shreveport 2. Nnnhtllle 0 <8r»t gsmej.
Nashville 6, Shreveport 2 liecoml gam-1.
Detroit 7, Iloaton I. ...
Ht. I-onln 2, Philadelphia 1 («nt X*®'
Philadelphia 1. St. Lonli 0 (srcoml gam-1-
Chicago 8, New York 2.
VILLA RICA WINS.
Villa Rico, Ga., Aug. 26.—'Fills
defeated the Dallas team In a
fought game Friday afternoon by
score of 2 to 0. A feature of the go™
was the pitching of Ayers. Only