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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, SEFTEMBEK 7, 1907.
ATLANTA SHUTS OUT NEW ORLEANS, AND MEMPHIS LOSES;
LOCAL TEAM AT LAST LEADS IN RACE FOR THE PENNANT
\ NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS ]
Atlanta leads the league!
The long fight for first place has been won at last and now
begins a short, sharp engagement:
To hold the lead.
There's the rub, perhaps.
But no use worrying about that now. The Atlanta team is
playing as never a Southern League team played before and no
bunch under the determined leadership of Billy Smith will ever
let up until victory is cinched.
The rejoicing in Atlanta Friday when the baseball extra
came out with the news of the defeat of Memphis by Birming
ham and incidentally the account of the third downfall of New
Orleans was something that has not been equalled in baseball cir
cles since Atlanta won her last pennant back in the prehistoric
days of “the other league.”
It has been felt all along that if the Crackers could once get
ahead of the bunch and out of the ruck in the stretch there
would be nothing to it but a clean pair of heels to the finish.
And now at last the Atlanta colors have flashed in front and
it is up to the Crackers themselves to fulfill the fans’ predictions.
As has been said a dozen times, the whole thing is going to
hinge on those Mcmphis-Atlanta games next Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
And won’t they just naturally be hummers!
Billy Smith is going to sprain a wing winning them and
the consumption of tobacco and the wear and tear on the At
lanta bench where Bill slides up and down will be something
awful.
And maybe the crowds will not be out to root the Crackers
home to victory!
On Monday the attendance will doubtless break every,
known league record for a Monday game. Tuesday and Wed
nesday will also see record-breaking crowds on hand. Thoso
three games will decide the much mooted question of whether tho
flag will fly in Tennessee or Georgia this year and not a fan in
Atlanta but is vitally interested in tho question.
Bight now is a period of awful suspense in baseball circles.
Atlanta has the lead. The question is, can she hold itt
It is too much to expect of Birmingham that the Barons
will win again Saturday. They have certainly done their fair
sharo toward keeping the rag in the East. And there will be no
hard feelings if they lose today.
So, evidently, it is up to Atlanta to make it six straights if
the Crackers do not want to start off somewhat behind Memphis
next weok. *
This is especially true because of tho fact that Memphis
plays at home Sunday afternoon with Little Bock and will, of
course, win that game.
If Atlanta and Memphis both win today and Memphis wins
Sunday then tho last week of tho season will find the Crackers
and the Babblers absolutely tied, with 74 won and'54 lost this
season.
And then comes the battle royal for the rag.
The honor of pitching Atlanta to victory Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday will doubtless be divided among Cnstleton,
°pade and'Ford.
At first Smith thought of using Castleton twice, but the fact
Hint he needed his services Friday mndo a change m plans neces
sary. Boy wanted to work twice against the Babblers, but once
against-them and once against Little Bock will probably finish
up his career in the Southern League.
NOTES OF THE GAME
It takes a pretty good team to shut New Orleans out for twenty.f 0UP
consecuUve Innings.
But then we have always maintained that Atlanta had just such a
team.
There Is no denying that Atlanta made an awful start. The verv fir,,
ball hit was missed by Sid Smith. That wobbly play sent Atz safe to flr,,
and he whs advanced to second on Manning's sacrifice. 1
Cross was the third man up and he hit up as punky a pop as you oftm
see. Either Smith or Jordan could have got It with ease. Both tried for I,
but It fell between them after one of those nerve-racking ffter-you-Ai
phonso acts.
However, Castleton Just flourishes on hard luck and he puUed out of tin
hole with neatness and dispatch.
The closest call of the day came In the seventh Inning. After "Rrslt"
had filed out, Atz and Manning singled In succession and Cross advance)
them both a base on his out. 0
And Sabrle, the mighty batter who has made a hit or two even- ea m ,
was next at bat. '■
Castleton took no chances, but pitched the tall first baseman four aid.
ones. It filled the bases, this stunt;but as was to be expected, Bill Phllltai
the next man up, proved an easy out and the Inning (and likewise the
suspense) was over.
Sid Smith's two-bagger was a long one. It rolled way out Into right
field and quite a distance up the bank.
Fox's two-sacker was a fooler. When J. Claude came to bat Brelten.
stein motioned Gaston to move over toward right field. And then For
spnt one right where Gaston had been.
In nine cases out of ten Gaston would have been In the right place
but the team Is flgHtlng for the pennant now and every case Is the tenth
case.
We wonder somebody has not named the New Orleans team "The
Colts." With Breltensteln, Phillips and Cross In the line-up they are as
much entitled to It as the Little Rock team.
Becker seemed destined to go out on a foul In the first Inning, no mat-
ter what happened. He first sent a long one to Bill Phillips and old Silver
Top ran under it. lost It In the sun and let it go to the ground. The next
foul went over Stratton's head and Milo nailed It.
Jakey Atz pulled off his great whirling dervish act In the eighth In
ning. Sid Smith sent a warm grounder to him and after missing It he
booted the ball a bit. Then he lost It utterly and spun three times around
like a top. When he had located the ball Sid Smith was Bafe a mile.
Standing of the Clubs, j
Crackers Light 4 on
Breitenstein in the
Opening Inning.
EXTRA POOR FIELDING
HELPED MEMPHIS TO LOSE
The Birmingham Barons slaughter
ed little Joey Bills, the pride of the
Memphis pitching staff, on the Blagplle
Friday afternoon by the score of 9 to 4.
The batting of Demont, Meek and
James was the feature of the contest.
Demont got 6 hits out of 5 times at
the bat and two of those snfe swatlets
were two-baggers. Meek and James
each made 4 hits out of as many times
at the bat.
Turner, who twirled for the Barons,
vraa batted hard by the Babblers, but
the Memphis boys could not win. Bills,
who twirled for Memphis, was batted
•11 over the lot. Big Ed Hurlburt, the
Memphis backstop, did much toward
helping the Babblers to lose. Hurl
burt played loose ball and he threw the
game away many times.
Little Grant Schopp, the man who
f Itched the first game for the Crackers
n Birmingham at the beglnnlhg of the
season, won his fifth straight game for
Nashville Friday afternoon when he
defeated the Little Rock Travelers by
Big Entry For
Cincincy’s Sports
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 7.— Almost
every team In the two big baseball
leagues will have representatives on
the ground when the baseball field day
events are run off here next Tuesday as
part of an outdoor affair to be given by
the bowler*, of Cincinnati and vicinity.
When the list of entries was closed
last night the names of thirty-five well-
known baseball players were on the
lists. The winners of the events will
receive $100 and a gold medal.
Among the players taking part will
be Bernle McCay, of Mobile.
OCILLA WINS.
t*P«*«*lal to The c;«*r>rgtan.
Ocllla, Ga., Sept. 7.—The Ocllla sec
ond team won a shut-out game from
Fitzgerald on the latter's diamond by
i score of 7 to 0 Friday.
the score of 5 to
great ball and he allowed the Travel
ers only six hits. Pnge's fielding was
brilliant in the extreme.
Shreveport defeated Montgomery
Friday afternoon by the score of 4 to
3. The Climber* could not hit Torry,
the Pirate twlrler, to any extent, and
Shreveport won with ease—and then
some. Walsh, who twirled for Mont
gomery, was hit hard. The Pirates
made 6 errors.
Boston won two games from Wash
ington Friday afternoon. Scores, first
game, Boston 9, Washington 2; second
game, Boston 3, Washington 2.
The Philadelphia Athletics defented
the New’ York Americans In both bills
of a double-header Friday afterpoon.
The first game resulted In a score of
0 to 4 and the last 6 to 2.
Detroit defeated Cleveland Friday
by the score of 7 to 4.
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O Bob Spade, the man with *'ev- O
O erythlng,” is slated to oppose the O
O Pelican batters on their last ap- O
O pearance on Georgia soil this O
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O Moxle Manuel, the star of the O
0 New Orleans collection, will go in O
O the box against him. Theodore O
O Breitenstein will be back in left O
O field, and Manning will play O
O right field. O
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On Friday Afternoon Atlanta com
pleted the double-barreled wonder-
etunt of shutting New Orleans out for
the twenty-fourth straight Inning, and
of winning the fifth consecutive game
since returning home.
The game meant the leadership of the
league to the Crackers, and they more
than went after it.
After a first half made lurid by er
rors and near errors, the Atlanta, team
hit right Into Theodore ($10,000) Brelt
ensteln and gave him one of the worst
half Innings of his career.
The rattle of base hits and the
scratching of the scorers’ pencils cc
blned with the cheers of the crowd
make things decidedly lively for a few
minutes.
When the dust, mud, chunks of
leather, excitement ami shattered repu
tations settled, it was observed that At
lanta had scored five runs and sewed
up the thing In a burglar-proof sack.
It was an uproarious Inning. Every
man on the Atlanta team got at least
one crack at the ball, and Becker was
up twice.
How It Happened.
Jesse went safe right on the Jump
because of an error. Becker sent a
slow 4 one down to Sabrle and Breiten
stein mis«ed It wlien the throw was
made to first,
To the writer It looked like Sabrie’s
punk “throw, but the official scorer
called It Breitenstein’* error, and it did
not much matter. Somebody blunder
ed ami Becker was safe.
George Winters sacrificed In his
ever-nrtlstlc fashion. Then Paskert
pulled oft a one-bagger, which sent
Becker to third. Sid Smith was there
next with a double, scoring two run
ners, and he scored next on Jim Fox’s
two-sucker.
Just by way of variation, Breitenstein
walked Jordun. And then came Dyer
with what the scorer said was a flit,
followed by Sabrle’n wild throw’.
Whether Bill was due the credit of a
hit is problematical, but, anyhow, the
bobble let Fox home. Sweeney follow
ed with a hit and Dyer scored the last
run of the day.
It was a whale of un Innlpg all right.
Old Brett’s arm had not wanned up
and he had nothing but the proverbial
“prayer."
Monroe. La.. Is trying to get a Cot
ton States League franchlre. If Mo
bile. Ala., ever gets into the Southern
League, the task should easily be ac
complished by the Louisiana team.
Bill Kremmer, the Mobile first base-
man, who plated a few games with
New Orleans while Sabrle w’as away,
Is back with his old club.—Little Rock.
Gaxette.
B ASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. NEW ORLEANS.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY.
The score:
New Orleans. ab.
Atz, KS 5
Manning, If. ... 4
Cross, 3b. . . .6
Sabrle, lb. ... 3
Phillips, rf. . . 4
Gaston, ef. . . . 4
Gatins, 2b. ... 4
Stratton, c. . . 4
Breitenstein, p. . 4
Total* . .
Atlanta.
Becker, rf.
Winters, of. . . 3
Paskert, If. . . 3
Smith, ss. . . ,4
Fox, lb 4
Jordan, 2b. ... 3
Dyer, 3b. . . .3
Sweeney, c . . 3
Castleton, p. ..3
r. It, po. a. e.
ab.
Totals ... .30 6 8 27 12 2
Score by Innings:
New Orleans 000 000 000—0
Atlanta 600 000 00»—6
Hits by innings:
New Orleans Ill 210 210—0
Atlanta 000 100 100—g
Summary: Two-ba«e hits. Smith,
Fox. Sabrle; sacrifice hits. Manning,
Winters; double plays. Cross to Gafins
to Sabrle: Breitenstein to Gatins to
Sabrle; base on balls, off Castleton 1.
off Breitenstein 2; struck out. by Cas
tleton 6. Time of game, 1:40. Um
pire, KuUderham.
STOCKDALE
WILL PITCH
FIRSTGAME
Suggs and Shields to Pitch
Other' Games Against
Crackers.
BABB HOPEFUL
DESPITE DEFEATS
Denies Report That He Has
Protested Labor Day
Games.
Protested Games May
Wreck Interest in
Raa.
CLUBS—
ATLANTA
Memphis 1Z6
Little Hock 119
New Orleans . * . . . 124
Montgomery . .... 124
Blrndnghnm 130
Shreveport . .... 119
Nashville ...... 129
CLUBS— Played
Philadelphia .... 123
Detroit .121
Cleveland 125
Southern.
Played. Won. Loat P. C.
127 73 64 .675
New York
Boston ...... 120
Ht. Louis 120
Washington ...... 130
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 7.—
Stockdule, the gray fox of the
Southern League, will be Babb’s
opening offering to the fans of At
lanta Monday.
On Tuesday afternoon George
Suggs will be trotted to the slab
In an effort to kink the striding
limbs of the fast moving Firemen.
Charley Shields, the human work-
house, will go on for the Wednes
day performance with his left arm
as the side from which the ball
starts.
The Memphll are In good shape,
with the exception of Pitchers
Stockdale and Bills. Stockdale
seems to have gone stale, and his
performance against the Barons
Thursday afternoon was miserable.
The home club simply drove ev
erything he offered to the tall tim
ber. The fact that Suggs worked
against Birmingham Wednesday,
again Saturday and against At
lanta Tuesday, would Indicate that
Suggs Is being overworked. The
Firemen should beat him.
Shields in Shape.
Charley Shields Is In excellent
shape. He has been begging Babb
to work him twice against the
Crackers, but Babb would not con
sent. Shields will engage Eyler
in the Sunday game a* Memphis,
and, of course, could not tljen pitch
twice against Atlanta.
Babb will use Cristall in left
field, possibly alternating with
Bills during the Atlanta-Memphls
series,
Hurlburt will do all the receiv
ing.
"We are not out of the race yet,”
said Babb to a Georgian reporter
Saturday morning. “You must re
member that we will get that game
that Kavanaugh took away from
us from Shreveport. There Is noth
ing to It but ’us.’ We won the
game fairly. I am over the limit
Just one hour. Other dubs In the
league have been openly violating
the rules, and Memphis should not
be made the scapegoat.
Babb’s Bluster.
’•We are going to Atlanta to win.
Stranger things have happened
than a club winning the pennant
on the road. Jt I take two out of
three from Atlanta, we will have
easy sailing In Montgomery, while
the Travelers are going to expend
every ounce of energy* against At
lanta. I have not given up hope,
A regular flurry of prtests Is im
minent In the Southern League. After
all, the fight for the pennant may come
off In the directors’ rooms.
Nashville advices have It that Babb
has protested that double-header
played In Nashville Labor Day on the
ground that Dobbs had fifteen players.
Dobbs claimed thrg he suspended John
ny Duggan for being out of condition,
and cut his team to fourteen men.
But Memphis claims that such a sus
pension was not legal.
Atlanta Kicks, Too.
But this Is not the only row. At
lanta moguls still claim that Babb is
over the limit. They pblnt to the fact
that Cristall was In the game Friday,
though he was'supposed to be sus
pended. When President Kavanaugh
asked the Memphis club why Cristall
was suspended, the Judge was told that
It was for "excessive gambling.”
Evidently he has been forgiven.
But It Is hard to see how Memphis
escapes from being over the limit, and
there is a chance that Birmingham wJJl
be asked to protest Saturday’s game,
provided Memphis wins it.
Bill Qmith Sore.
"I don’t see how* they get away with
It,” says BUI Smith. ”If I tried it they
would come over with a special train
to Jump on me. But Babb defies the
league right along and gets away with
In case It proves true that Babb has
protested those two games that Nash
ville won from him, some 'retaliatory
protests will be In order, and the ques
tion of leadership of the league may
be a matter of a lot of doubt up to the
time the director’s meet, \
It Is regretted that Babb Is "losing
hnrd,” for we should all like to see
the race run on Its merits.
McCullough’s Views,
Here Is the Memphis dope on It, from
the dispatches of Tom McCullough,
secretary of the club, to The Commer
cial Appeal:
The legality of the suspension of
Frankie Ow’ens and Billy Cristall
has been questioned from league
headquarters and this, It Is said,
caused a hurry'-up trip from a
Memphis attorney', who accomna-
nied President Coleman here Wed
nesday. President Kavanaugh
wanted to know more about the
suspensions. Owens’ mangled hand
leaves no room for doubt about his
fate, but It Is hardly probable that
the Memphis management will be
inhuman enough to “dock” him his
season’s remaining pay, salary lim
it or no salary limit, for he was
hurt In the heat of battle, fighting
for the team’s cause. Cristall has
now been reinstated and is ex
pected to report here Friday.
Manning is 111 and Is suspended.
He leaves for Memphis on the first
train. Meantime Billy Smith, the
Inventer of the handy suspending
and reinstating process. Is In good
shape with a full set of athletes,
who are not to be tampered with
at all.
Zeller “AM Out. H
Rube Zeller seems to be all out.
When BUI Smith was asked w'hen
Zeller would be worked, he replied de
voutly: "Lord knows.”
The Big Rube, after threatening a
return tp form, went to pieces again
CLUBS—
Chicago
New York 124
Pittsburg ...... 125
Philadelphia 120
Brooklyn 125
Cincinnati 125
Boston .... ,. 120
SL Louis 126
National.
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
. . 128 91 37 .711
SMITH TAKES
CHAMPIONSHIP
Defeats Thornton For First
Honors of Athletic
Club.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Now Orlonn* In Atlants, Ponce DeLeon
pork. Gome colled nt 3 o'clock.
Memphis In Birmingham.
YESTERDAY’8 RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 5, New Orleans 0.
Birmingham 9, Meraphl* 4.
Shreveport 4, Montgomery 3.
Nashville G. Little Rock 4.
America n.
Detroit 7, Cleveland 4.
Boston 9, Washington 2 (first game).
Boston 3. Washington 2 (second game),
Philadelphia 4, New York 4 (first gome).
Philadelphia 6, New York 2 (second game).
National.
New York 8, Philadelphia 6 (first gome).
New York 2. Philadelphia 0 {second game).
Boston 3. Brooklyn 3.
St. Louts 6, Cincinnati 0.
Pittsburg 5, Chicago 4.
oven though Birmingham haa dis
appointed us."
Babb (lenle* the report sent out
from Nashville to the effect that he
will protest the two Labor Day
games. He charges that Dobbs had
fifteen men, but he wants games
that are won on the diamond and
not through the council chamber.
and Is not likely to twirl much more
this season.
Castleton, Ford, Spade and McKenzie
are the boys now—and each one Is
“delivering" In turn and delivering
right.
Vaughn Back Home.
Harry. Vaughn returned to Birmtng-
hnm Thursday afternoon, after his long
scouting trip. Harry looked over some
material In the Sally League and also
the Virginia League.
Vaughn Is much pleased over the
outlook for next season and he will
draft some players ns soon as "the law
Is off."
Vaughn would not give out any news
on his return, only saying he would
have Birmingham filled with men next
season.
Two Games in Memphis.
Local moguls are worrying over the
prospect that Little Rock will play two
games with Memphis on Sunday. In
Little Rock's present condition these
two games would be In the nature of a
gift for the Babblers and would proba
bly give the Memphis team a tempora
ry lead over Smith's team.
Just now Finn Is up against the pros
pect of losing Keith on Monday.
Walters and Hughes, the two best
men outside Keith, are said to be en
tirely out of commission. This wifi
help Atlanta Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, but It will make things easy for
Memphis Sunday. *
Kavanaugh Coming.
William Kavanaugh, president of the
Southern League, will pay Atlanta an
official visit Friday and Saturday of
next week to see the Inst stages of the
pennant victory of Atlanta.
Peasants for Players.
Every Atlanta baseball player who
makes a hit In Monday's game be
tween the Babblers and the Crackers
will receive a handsome tie donated by
the Globe Clothing Company. Anil to
mouse more enthusiasm In the contest
they will also give a hat to any Atlanta
player who knocks a home run.
Some of the Crackers will probably
get enough hits and enough ties to last
them all next season.
“Vinegar” Will Work.
It Is likely that Dan Pfennlnger will
be In Atlanta to umpire the closing
games of the season at Ponce DeLeon
This Is Umpire Rudderham's dope
The local fans would be pleased If
A colossal surprise was sprung on
local tennis players Friday afternoot
when Carleton Smith defeated Nit
Thornton, tennis champion of the
South, In their challenge round for the
Atlanta Athletic Club championship.
While Smith Is one of the club's best I
players, he was not regarded as rank
ing In the same class with the speedy
Thornton and tennis experts were flab,
bergasted at the result of the match.
Thornton was Just naturally out.
played and lost by scores of 3-8, 8-8,
1-6. 6-4, 6-2.
This Is the first time that Smith ha,
ever put a leg In the club championship
cup.
Just Notes
IHUIMHIIMI6M6I6I
Johnny Dobbs, the Nashville mogul
has at last released Johnny Duggan,
the young gent who showed up no will
In the earlier part of the present year.
Duggan Is a good pitcher and is capa
ble of twirling winning ball, but he wai
worked to death, his arm went bar*
on him and he was released. If John
ny can get Into condition by the lM
season, the-Dobbers or any other c up
In the league would be glad to get him.
Outfielder Jimmy Manning, of tM
Babblers, Is III and Charley Babb ii
now playing Joey Bills, the pride «
the Memphis pitching stnff, and Cri<-
tall. In the outer gardens.
left the team at Birmingham and hai
gone to Memphis.
Prince Gaskin, the man who pltcWl
such good ball for tho Shreveport■ pi*
rates and whose arm finally went d***
on him about the middle of the year,
has retired from baseball for the rm
of the season. GasktU will gh' e
arm a thorough rest, ahd by the begin
ning of the 1908 season should be u
good as any of them. In the mean
time, he Is umpiring games In
Shreveport City League and Is gettiw
away with his new Job fairly well, a •
though he Is being mobbed once «
twice a week.
Ruddy were left to wo^k during tho.7 tTonsT.'
last games, but presumably It H I 0 *
to be.
Double-Header, Maybe- ,
There Is a possibility that there
be one double-header In Atlanta durini
the Little Rock series. ,...
Local fans will remember that at 1
spring meeting of the league in
ta the league voted the Little K
club permission to trar*fer certa
games to other cities. And Little n*
has one game left with Atlanta an
wants to play It. Mike Finn has a *
that It be run off as a double-heat
the last Saturday of the season. L
Billy Smith does not want M ™ I
the risk of rain, and would rain r
have It Thursday or Friday. , ,
There will be no double-head
while Memphis Is heee, unless one
the games Is tied or postponed on I
count of rain.
"Chesty" Charles Babb,
the Memphll. haa decided that h«' "
not experiment with the young "
ers he bought from the Sally Leas •
Bchwenck and Savldge—unless « .
accident should cripple his present
corps. I* |
Babb says the race for the pennsiu
too hot at this stage of the game t
any experimenting, and that
end on Bills, Suggs, Stockdale am
hlelds.
The national commission h **
ut some Interesting notices periai"
to the Southern League. Neal
award to the New York Amen .
ha* been disputed by Chics*"' p
Louis has bought ThomaaL.fi-
of Shreveport; Benson, of Shre'ei"
and Keith, of Little Rock.
Sallee, who waa with Birmingham >
season, will be with the St LouU •