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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEM BEK, 11, 1907.
| MEMPHIS
Atlanta ~~
2 GAMES
AHEAD?
Coleman, of Memphis, Says
Npt and States His
Reasons.
"When the Memphle teem arrived in
Atienta it waa tied with Atlanta and it
la new only ene game behind.”
Such tu the statement Tuesday
night of President Coleman of the
Memphis club.
"Tou people In Atlanta are taking It
too strongly for granted,” said he, "that
you have the pennant cinched. We
are Inclined to believe that the direc
tors of the Southern League will give
ua back that game awarded to Shreve
port by President Kavanaugh and If
they do It may place an entirely dif
ferent aspect on the pennant race.
"We are confident that President
Kavanaugh had no right to declnre
that game forfeited to Shreveport—
that he exceeded his rights In doing It.
"And of course If we need that gnme
we are going to carry tho protest up
to the league directors and havo them
settle the matter.
"If they decide our way it may cost
Atlanta the pennant.”
When Manager Babb, was asked for
his views he said:
"Our violation was purely technical.
We were over the fourteen men limit
only for an hour.
"And the joke of It Is that we had
been In Atlanta and Atlanta had sev
enteen men In uniform Including sev
en pitchers." (It may be mentioned In
passing that Babb Included Schopp
and Swalm as Atlanta pitchers. The
national commission has since decided
that Swalm never belonged to Atlanta
and Schopp was not signed.)
"Then we went on to Nashville where
they had fifteen men or so. and then
to Little Rock, where they had eighteen
or something like that. My figures
may be wrong, but anyway the point
Is that all the rest of the clubs were
over the limit.
"And then when we get one man
over for one hour a game Is forfeited
against us and we are made an exnm-
S le of. And It Is done by a man who
as no right to forfeit a game. We
admit that we were over the limit, but
we think that the other clubs were and
we do not think that President Kava
naugh had aright to forfeit that game.”
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8 ° PIGSKIN PRACTICE AT TECH 0
BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON. 0
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0 Coach Hetsman will line his O
0 football candidates up this after- O
O noon at Tech hollow for the first 0
I 0 practice of the season of 1*07. 0
0 Only light practice will be In- O
0 dulged In. 0
0 A large number of football can- O
8 dldates will be out this afternoon. O
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8 hand: Tiny Henderson, Captain 0
Sweet, Hightower, Chip Robert. 0
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0 ILLUMINATED PARADE. 0
0 The suggestion that Atlanta 0
0 fans celebrate the winning of the 0
0 pennant, provided It Is won, with O
0 an Illuminated parade, has been O
O made by J. W. Thomas, president 0
8 of the Commercial League. 0
"The fans ought to turn out In a 0
0 parade Monday. I know all the 0
0 amateur teams In the city and lots O
O of the merchants and business O
O houses would get in the thing. If 0
0 there Is to be that burlesque O
0 game Monday night we could O
O march out to that,” says Sir. 0
0 Thomas. 0
0 This plan la being talked about 0
O by the fans and may be acted 0
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Jl’HT DOPE.
Memphis players say that the Birmingham
team boasted that tbey Intended to put
Memphis out of the race and that Manager
Vanina worked Wilhelm nut of his turn
la deference to orders from Bill Smith.
They elslm that Smith offered to give the
Birmingham pitchers 1500 for each game
they won sgstnst Memphis.—Little ltock
Osteite.
Ob, what rot!
In a lettar to The Boston Globe, Wal-
A hefty backstop | j« N ox NEWS' BUT VIEWS” ABOUT
TOPICS OF VITAL INTEREST
HEAD BLUFFER
TEAM THROWS HORRIBLE SCARE INTO THE CRACKER BUNCH i
Sower
RESCUED
ATLANTA
EDWARD HURLBURT.
Ed u«cd to perform for Atlanta
back In the early day*, but has
been with Memphis for several
years.
Golf Tournament
Begins Saturday
Owing to the success of the handicap
match play tournament which was fin
ished Idibor Day, another one will he
atarted Saturday over the Mast Lake
courae of the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The former tournament wna. art In
vitation event, but this one will be
open to all members of the club.
. The exact conditions Imvo not been
announced, but new handicaps will be
arranged nnd a qualifying round played
Saturday afternoon. Either eight or
sixteen will be qualified and fhe match
play rounds will be continued during
the following week. It Is expected that
n large entry will take part In the
event.
THIS IS THE GUY
GEORGE 8UGGS.
Here is tho mar (who was slated
to defeat Atlanta Tueiday when tho
rain cut In and saved the day. Ho
will be worked again Wednesday.
thmir wild: ••Believe lue, 1 will rub It Into
McLean In Europe for cutltiui himself the
champion of America, iu he rode me when
I wan a cripple and I could not average
much bettor than a 1:38 «nlt. I am no crip
ple now. My knees are tu good shape.
GRANDSTAND CRITIC
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
"If I could but manage the Giants awhile,”
The grandstand critic said.
"I would make the dubs bent Chicago's Cubs
And wallop the Pirates dead. •
I would trade spike Shannon for Iterate McGuIrk
And Seymour for Sherwood Magee;
Nope but the best, from east to west.
Could play on a club for me.
"And If I were managing Griffith's gang,”
The grandstand critic averred.
"I would trade Bill Keeler for Sammy Strang,
And play Hal Chase on third.
I would make Al Orth pitch most of the games.
With Thomas behind the bat;
Then the New York cranks would love the Yanks—
Just peste that dope In your liat!"
The grandstand critic went home to dine—
There was nothing at all to eat;
His bridge-fiend spouse was away from the house,
And his kids run wild on the street.
The cook had dressed and gone with her beat
For a nice little twilight roam.
So he eat In the dust and nibbled a crust—
Thai's the way he managed his home.
—New York American.
BASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS.
September 9-10-1L. Tickets on sale at Oppenheims.
It is certainly encouraging to observe that luck seems to have turned Atlanta’s way at last.
This season has not been a notably unlucky one for the Crackers, but oil the other hand it
lias not been particularly lucky and most of the games won have been won by hard fighting.
A recent piece of hard luck was the dropping of those two games which ought to have been
won from Shreveport. It rained and they could not be played.
Tuesday rain undoubtedly saved Atlanta from defeat. As a general proposition Atlanta
can overcome a three-run lead nnd win out or tie up—along about the seventh inning.
But George rruggs is the kind of a man you don’t “make up” on. If he gets off in the
lead he is likdly to stay there. And he had a start that tickled him.
Also the Atlanta team was a hit “hacked.”
Perhaps the moral effect of that defeat will be good. Atlanta had not been scored on but
once in the 42 previous innings and Castleton lind just finished pitching three consecutive shut
outs.
Naturally the team was just a bit satisfied with itself and a shade over-confident of beat
ing Memphis. .
And you can tnke it from us that it never pays to get full of the idea that Memphis is any
snap. That team is likely to come back at you any time.
Fortunately the moral chastening came to Atlanta without any cost and on Wednesday the
Crackers will go at their opponents for blood.
The showing -of Castleton is another explosion for the theory, that a pitcher needs to nest up
a lot before n supreme effort.
They told us that Zeller would be extra good after one of liis long rests. And he was ham
mered all over the lot.
Then Castleton wbn saved up for this big affair nnd hardly handled a hall between his last
full game and Tuesday’s effort. The consequence was that he was “soft.”
To keep muscles in.shape they have to he used.
What happened to Castleton Tnesdity shows this—if it needed any showing.
Local fans hardly need to get unduly worried over the threat of the Memphis moguls that
they are going to have that game which was taken away from them by President Kavanaugh given
back by the league mreetors.
When the contest was awarded to Shreveport, after it was fairly,won by the Babblers, At
lanta fans united in saying that they did not care to get the advantage of any game won on a tech
nicality.
But no protest was made at that time—that is, officially; and the Atlanta team went ahead
on the supposition that Memphis was going to take her medicine.
And now it seems that there is a howl due.
It is our humble opinion that the directors will not reverse Judge Kavanaugh’s decision. _
The excuse that the other clubs were over the limit will hardly hold. Because one man is
breaking the law it does not give nny other man the right to do the same thing—particularly if
he gets caught. We aren’t very wise'legally (or otherwise, for that matter), but that looks clear
enough to us.
The question of whether or not Judge Kavanaugh has a right to throw out that game seems
to us to be of interest only as subject matter for argument. Maybe the president of the league has
no such right as he exercised.
But the league rules provide that any game played by a team which is over the limit shall
be forfeited to the opposing team.
, Babb admits that his team was over the limit.
If the matter goes to the directors they will have to act on Babb’s confession that lie was
breaking n law of tip; league and will thereupon forfeit the famous game to Shreveport.
Which in the long run amounts to exactly the same thing as if Kavanaugh had forfeited it
against.’Memphis. And the Kavanaugh method is so much more expeditious.
We are sorry to sec a chance that the pennnnt may go tp Atlanta .on a technicality; but if it
must be, then the only thing for Babb and his men to do, is to stand the gaff.
And, anywAy, we believe Atlanta is going to win by such a margin that that one game will
not cut nny figure.
THE
CHARLES BABB.
Here Is the man who has pllot-
ted the Memphis team through two
successful seasons.
RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE
SURE THING FOR WEDNESDAY
The lust game of tho famous Mem-
phts-Atlnnta series will be culled at
Ponce DeLeon park nt 3:30 Wednesday,
and It Is our positive best bet that a
crowd which breaks all records will
bo on hand for the last battle between
tho Rnbblors and the Crackers.
More thnn 5,000 rain checks were put
in circulation Tuesday afternoon nnd
the majority of them will go back into
tho ticket box Wednesday. In addition,
u couple of thousand persons who could
not arrange to get out Tuesday will bo
on hand Wednesday. m
After Monday’s game the people of
| Atlanta had a hallucination that Mem
phis was easy and thnt the games be
tween the Babblers and the Crackers
would be runaways.
A rude awakening came Tuesday,
when .the Bluffers tore off that trio of
tallies In the first inning.
In consequence, there is a renewed
interest in Wednesdays battle.
And the town Is going to shut up
shop and move out to Ponce DeLeon—
thnt Is, If It does not rain.
Rain Doesn’t Count.
And If it does rain a bit there will be
6,000 out at least. The Tuesday’s
crowd was* the most marvellous
“clotidy-day crowd” that the Southern
League has ever known. It looked ns
though It might rain any minute all the
afternoon, und when the last thousand
or so started from Atlanta It was al
most a certainty thnt there was going
to be undue precipitation.
But the fans came on anyway and
managed to get one tnnlng and some
rain chocks for their money.
Castleton vs. Suggs.
Castleton will undoubtedly be sent
back by Billy Smith to get another trial
nt the Memphll. Roy 1ms had "their
A GOOD MEMPHIS PITCHER
Here is a view
of the "phiz”
of Charles Jes
samine Shields,
the Memphis
pitcher who is
likely to work
for the Bab
blers Wednes-
day, provided
Georgie Suggs
does not care
for the job.
Shields is a
star pitcher and
has a little eon-
test on with Mc
Kenzie and
Schopp for the
league leader
ship among the
twirlers.
Shields is one
of Ibe most ex
pensive men on
the Memphis
team. The
Montgomery
club bought him
and paid a big
price for him.
But he would
not report to
Malarke y ‘s
team and final
ly his contract
o as sold io
Memphis fot a
figure we have
not seen pub
lished.
The other
day somebody
said to Babb:
"Luck was with
you when you
got Shields. ”
"Nam, ’
plied Babb,
luck, moneyT
re-
'not
I Standing of the Clubs.
Southern.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost P. C.
ATLANTA. ..... 229 75 54 .531
Memphis. ...... 129 73 66 .566
Little Hock. .... 123 65 62 .512
New Orleans 127 66 64. .608
Montgomery .127
Shreveport. ..... 121 .. — ---
Birmlntfham 133 62 71 .4o7
Nashville 131 67 74 .435
American.
CLUBS- Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Philadelphia 126 77 49 .611
Detroit 125 75 50 .600
Chicago 127 75 52 .690
Cleveland 128 * 74 64 .678
New York 128 60 58 .508
Boston 128 56 72 .438
St. Louis 122 50 72 .410
Washington 136 38 88 .802
National.
CLUBS- Plnyed. Won. Lost. P. C.
Chicago 131 93 38 .710
Pittsburg 128 76 52 .693
New York 129 75 54 .581
Philadelphia 134 68 56 .549
Brooklyn 129 60 69 .466
Cincinnati 129 54 75 . 418
Boston 125 47 78 .396
St. Louis 131 40 91 .306
WIIEBE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Memphis in Atlnntn, I’once DeLeon park.
Gnme called nt 3:30 o’clock.
Shreveport In Nashville.
Little Hock In Birmingham.
TUESDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlantu-Menipliis. rain.
Shreveport 3. Nashville 0.
Birmingham-Little ltock, rain.
American.
Boston 5. Philadelphia 0 (first gnme).
Philadelphia 3. Boston 0 (second game).
New York 1, Washington 0 tflrst game).
New York 5, Washington 3 (second gome).
National.
Brooklyn 5. Philadelphia 3.
Boston 3, New York 2.
ANOTHER BABBLER
tfj-
Memphis Had Good Start
When Rain Ended the
Game.
THIRD BASEMAN RICHARDS.
Hera Is the man who has played
nice bull nt third base for the Mem-
phlt this year.
goat” most of the season, and both he
and B. Smith coincide In the view that
Castleton can beat the Babblers If any
body can.
However, Bob Spade will be held In
reserve and will be sent In if Castleton
shows any signs of wssdtenlng. And
“Well, we’re about due torn. i uc lq
and this Is the time It came In handy.”
So said Bill Smith, with a larg,
smile, after Umpire Pfennlnger called
off the game of Tuesday afternoon on
account of wet grounds.
As a general proposition Billy |, th,
most sorrowful little thing In ten coun.
ties when a game Is called off. But
times were changed Tueaday.
For Memphli scored three runs off
Roy Castleton, the best pitcher In the
league, In the first Inning of the game.
And the aebre stood 3 to 0 In favor of
Memphis at the end of the first Inning,
when time was called.
That waa the worst Inning that ever
happened.
Bills, the first man up, went out all
right, from third to first, and the crowd
yelled madly at the ease with which it
waa done,
Babb waa walked and then Neighbors
singled. Carter waa walked and Ca
rey singled. Then .Tomes dittoed. And
an a sad and styrowful consequence of
these happenings Babb, Neighbors end
Carter scored. Richards hit Into a
double play that relieved a situation
which becamo more embarrassing every
moment.
That Suggs, who was In the box for
Memphis, waa in form may be Judged
from the fact that he fanned George
Winters and George faskert after let
ting Becker out on a pop fly to ,hort.
Then, providentially. It began to rain.
And that rain undoubtedly saved At.
lanta from a drubbing.
It was a peach of a young storm, ail
right
The black clouds piled up mountain
high and along toward the end of the
second half of the first Inning the dust
blew across the diamond so that play
had to be suspended for a moment.
Just as Atlanta was retired It began
to rain lightly and when Hurlburt cumc
to bat for Memptds the downpour came
and the Atlanta players gladly took
shelter.
As a general proposition Billy Smith
has a couple of tarpaulins which ho
yanks over the catcher's box and the
pitcher’s box when the rain begins to
full, In order to keep these critical areas
dry. . But this time Bill did not want
them dry. The start had beon too bad
to please him and It was his sincere
hope that the field would become too
wet to play on.
And It did.
The rain lasted about twenty min
utes, but while It did last It was a
sprinkler right.
At the end of twenty-five minutes
Babb and Bills appeared on the dia
mond with brooms and started sweep
ing the water off the base lines.
This irritated the Irascible B. Smith
and he dashed out on the diamond and
yanked a broom away from Bills.
Then followed some slight display of
acerbity on both sides. Bill Smith and
Joe Bills wrangled around awhile and
then Garter cut Into the argument and
Smith, who would rather fight than
cat nny time, made a couple of passes
at the big Babbler.
When, with due deliberation, a fores
of four fcopa appeared on the flela, tne
hostilities came to a reluctant close.
And about that time Dan Pfennlnger
made his apearance, walked onto the
fit Id, sank ankle deep In mud—and then
called the game—to the decided relict
of most of the fans present.
The many who had come from a dis
tance to see that game were bltterh
disappointed. But the genuine fan saw
where that game would have finishes
If It had been played out, and was more
than pleased.
There was one amusing feature—ana
really only one until the game was
called. And that was the presentation
if the turtle. ,, ...
Because of the fact that the Memphis
team plays on a turtle-backed dlaiivuv ,
thev have been christened 'The Tur
tles." and have all this year used a tor-
tolse as their emblem. ...
So Count Castro, the official humorist
of the team, procured a specimen
one of the remote species of the ™
Testudinata, commonly known as a tui-
tie, and presented it to Charles Babb
v.hen that worthy came to bat in m"
first Inning. .
Charles accepted it gracefully and
turned It over with due flourish to t
rey. who carried It over by the M*
phis bench; and, after chasing
bora out of the lot by poking It at
made a little pen for the beast and Kep
him there throughout the brief ga
And Immediately thereafter the ca
Inmlty previously narrated bet n
'Ci ackers. And In consequence th*
Bubblers have adopted that turtle
their mnacot, . <„ r
The box spore does not follow,
"there ain't any."
Bob Is "right" and trained to therein-
ute. His last two games base ne
the best ever and he Is ready to “•
Memphis or anybody else that n
up. Suggs wtll work again for Mere
phis.
Little Roek Next.
Just how the Atlanta pitchers w
work against the Llttte Rock **
which opens at Pone* DeLeon Th
day la a matter of uncertainty.
Russell Ford will twirl one of '•
games. Probably either Cast let on •
Spade—the one who doea not j
day-will go In Thursday. The" Fora
Friday. McKenxIe may get n cham
them also, especially If a double-head
la played.
Kavanaugh Coming.
Judge William Kavanaugh. Pr** ,a "
of the Southern League, will be m *
lanta Friday and Saturday tor the'»
two games of the «eaaon. Fre* 1 f
Kavanaugh Is making hi* • e ® on ^_ h i f
of the eastern clubs and wind* U P