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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, OCTQBKK 10, i:>U7. SPORTING PAGE WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL STILL “WHOLE SHOW” • EDITED BY !P. H. WHITING ! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS i .:. When thp writer piped it off that the eight managers in the Southern League during the past season would be back next sea son it was evident that his dope was tangled. The confirmation of the rumors that Harry Vaughn will not be with Birmingham is a starter. Then it is a cinch that Tom Fisher, who belongs to St. Louis, anyway, will not be back with the club if the Shreveport franchise is transferred to Mobile. ' There has not been half as much said about this proposed transfer around the league as will be before long. Just what it will mean is uncertain. As the matter stands now the Shreveport franchise has been conditionally secured by Mobile. This act will have to be rati fied by the Southern Lenguc, the Cotton States League and the National Commission before it “goes.” But right now the chanbes look good. Shreveport is about ready to quit. Mobile is a good town and should make more money for all hands and the league than Shreveport ever did! But how about Little Rock ? That burg has no plnee in the league unless Shreveport is there. It is out in t he howling wilderness and the only thing that made it possible was the fact that teams going to and from it from New Orleans could break the jump in Shreveport. So if Shreveport goes Little Rock will have to or the South ern will have the lop-sidedest circuit in America. As a town Little Rock con well be spared from the circuit. The poor support for everything but an almost pennant win ner and its inaccessibility mnke it none too desirable. But the greatest regret over the withdrawal of Little Rock will come because it will probably cost the league its president. Judge Knvanmtgh has gone on record that he will leave the league if Little Rock disposes of her franchise. Just why he should is not entirely obvious. Perhaps he would be an even better and less biased official if his home tenm were not represented in the organization. But if Mr. Kavnnangh persists in his determination to with draw along with Little Rock it is not likely that the league will keep Little Rock on his account, provided Shreveport goes. The league is made up of business men and they will not send their teams hundreds of miles out of the way nor waste thou sands of dollars of useless mileage in order to keep any man ns president. While no man who knows as much of baseball and baseball laws as Judge Kavannugh can possibly be secured right at the jump, plenty ot satisfactory men can be rounded up—Lowry Ar nold for example—and Judge Kavanaugh’s place can be filled in a most satisfactory manner. We’re for the Judge as long as he wants the place, but not with any Little Rock string tied to his coat tails. SEVER VS. REULBACH • IN TODAY’S BIG GAME THE STAR OF THE BASEBALL WORLD This is Hughey Jennings, manager of the Detroit team, the remarkable baseball general, who “whipped his players into shape” and made the club a pennant winner. You can readily see what Jennings has in his head. Chicago, III., Oct. 10.—With one game nlready tabbed to their credit, the Cube look much the better for the series. Many are predicting now that De troit will win but one gome. Some say two and other* soy It will take the ecv. enth game yet to decide the series. One gome won Is a lot when a team has to win but four In order to get the Me title. But there are a lot of Tiger enthusiasts a* well oe those who are called careful critics, who declare that the Tigers will yet win out from tho Cub*. Just what these claims are based on we can not clearly see, for It appeals to us that they have extended themselves to thn limit In the first two games and have locked up nothing. They hnve used up their two best pltchere. Their one great twlrler, ‘'Wild mil" Donovan, woe held to a tie. Their next best, George Mullln. was rudely beaten. They have one mediocre left-hander nnd one crippled left-hander yet to try against Chanco's men. and It I* hard to see how either one of them Is going to put over a victory, unless the reisirt* ns to the crippled one, Killian, are stretched nnd he Is In condition. Then he might put one over on the National Leaguers. Cobb For Sale Once For $25 Ed Rnnslck, the Cincinnati manager, Who had charge of the Augusta (tin.) team when Detroit trained there last spring. I* very enthuataatlc over the Tiger*' chance In the world's series. Speaking of the work ot Jennings and hie men. Ranslck last night said: "The whole South la Interested In the Detroit*. The Southerners ndinlre Jen. nlngs for the plucky light he has made and want to see him carry off the ban ner. Ty* Cobb, one of the star out fielders Of the Detrolts. Is a Georgia boy. bla home being at Uoyston In that state. When the Detrolts left Augusta they were in the pink of condition, and that's why they mode such a splendid showing. Jennings used to put all his players over In the left held and then make them chose over to right Held, where all the fungo hits landed. This woe something new In the training line, as all the other managers placed the fielders In the regular positions, and nil they had to do was to take a few steps to catch the ball. Cobb, who Is now the leading batter of that organlxatlon. was once offered for sole for the large sum of lit. with no takers.''—Cincinnati En quirer. Rube Waddell will remain In Phila delphia next winter. He will do an afternoon and evening stunt at a 6- cenr theater, entitled "Monday, the Thirtieth" or "When a Man Gets His.” In Philadelphia the baseball scribes call Connie Mock by his right name, Cornelius McGIlllcuddy. They also speak of nailing the pennant to the mast and write about “Joy being In the heart of every devotee of the national game.” This Is what the editor* call "hot stuff."* Lejeune, the long-distance thrower, used to be a catcher. A habit of throw ing to center Held to catch a runner at second hose may have furnished the excuse for making him a fielder. Detroit has the champion trio of run getters in Jones, Cobb and Crawford. On the other hand the Cubs can go Into battle every day for weeks to come and strike just ns hard ns they have In the first two days of lighting. They have two or three more twlrlers just us strong aa Overall and Pfeleter and they expect to put Johnny Kltng In the game every day. Slever Is the man announced by Man- nger Jennings ns the twlrler today, and he Is the mediocre one of the staff. Ho Is a left-hander with erratic manners nnd has been known to slip over a bit of sensationalism once in awhile. He will have to do It today If he expect* to whip the Cub*. He ha* a peculiar mixed style of delivery that would fool the batters of any club, nnd when he has control of that style he gemrally wins. Ho flings them from every point from the top roach abpve his head to the heel of his shoe. Against him Manager Chance will likely put “Big Ed” Reulbach, the er ratic one of the Cubs, and here It can also be said. If Ed has control of the ball and Is light he Is almost bound to trim the American Leaguers, while at the same time he may tic badly whip ped himself, because he Is one of those pitchers that sometimes heaves the game away In one Inning. J. Baker Accepts McCrea’s Offer {(porting Editor Atlanta Georgian: McCrea's so-called challenge In your paper of October 7 Is a bluff. If Mc- Crea will deposit a forfeit of >600 reol money with you I will cover the amount and arrange to shoot him a match for >1,000 a sldo at .Savannah. Ga., next Monday. JOHNNY BAKER, With Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Montgomery. Ala., Oct. 0. 1907. Tho Detroit papers are now run ning baseball stories on the front page. They call the Tiger* "tlges" and run a life stxe photo of Hughey Jennings' face every day or two. Take It altogether, tho village Is quite excited. The National commission threatened to multiply the natural uncertainty of a world's series by making Tim Hurst one of the umpires. But they did not carry out the threat, CLOUD WAS RE-ELECTED MAYOR OF CRAWFOROVILLE. Special to The Georgian. Crawfordvllle. Ga., Oct. 19.—At an election for municipal officers Wednes day the result showed no change In the present mayor and council. The pres ent officers are: Hawes Cloud, mayor: W. C. Chapman. C. H. Golueke, C. W. Gee and C. W. Caldwell, councllmen. FAIR CLOSES CONTRACTS FOR MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS. Special to The Georgian. Droxton. On., Oct. 10.—The Broxton Exposition Company has about closed all contracts for Its midway and about completed Its race program for the btg fair, which opens here October 29 and lasts five days. The management Is advertising the fair very extensively and big croa-ds from all over south Georgia are expected In attendance. SUPERIOR BETTER WORK THE SECOND AND ON BASES GAVE GAME TO CHICAGO Johnny Kling Showed Up Detroit Catcher in Hot Style. By JAME3 CRUSINBERRY. Chicago, Oct. 10.—Johnny Kling, tho Cub** wonderful catcher. Is likely to bring the champlomhlp of the world here thl* year. I am going to predict right here that when the *erie* Is all over, If the Cub* have the four victo ries tabbed up to their credit, they will have Johnny Kling to thunk for It more than any other one player on the squad. He I* wonderful. He ataved off defeat In the opening game nnd saved the second encounter, so that the Cub* were able to get off In the lead In the fight. Kltng'n throwing, hi* judgment nnd hi* ability to steady the pitcher In tight place* hnve been the wonder and ad miration of . thousand* of spectator* who hnve watched the two encounter*. Kling *o far outcln**©* the Detroit backstop* that they look weak nnd unfit for major longue ball. In the first two battle* the Detroit boys have tried to put up some of their daring ba»e running trick* that they have worked on the teum* of the American League, and they have been most severely bumped. Kling ha* picked off the speediest runners of the Tigers with the accuracy of n sharpshooter. It is hard to sit up In the grandstand or the bleachers and realise just what this has meant to the Cub team. It. has probably won one game for them nnd saved them from defeat In the other. Putting It another way. It might be said that the Detrolts* inability to atop Chicago base runners from stealing has cost them the game each day. When one thinks that It Is possible for a single player to be of so much con sequence In a series for the baseball championship of the world, it Is easy to understand why one man can command such an enormous salary for Just play ing ball. The Cubs are now off In the lead with the first real game tabbed to their credit by a score of 3 to 1. In most departments of the game the Tigers have proven the equals of the wonder ful fighting machine built up by Frank Chance. But In the catching the West Side bunch has one great drive-wheel that Detroit can not du plicate, and the wheel Is the one best bet In the entire machine, and seems likely to roll the Cubs Into the cham pionship. Six times In the past two days Kling’s arm has picked Detroit base runners off the bags. Beside* thl», Kling has been perfect In his backstopping and has held the pitcher steady in tight places. His Judgment In selecting the kind of ball to be thrown Is about faultless. Next to Kllng's ability to nip the De troit base runners, the one thing that seems likely to shove the Cubs to the front is their own achievements on the bases. They have stolen eleven base* in the first two encounters und the De troit backstops have been powerless to nip them. Kling was also a factor in ths hitting, a* well as the stealing, nnd certainly proved the “Johnny on the Spot** of the series. After his hit In the second In ning yesterday he made the complete circuit and scored, but was forced In from third when MuMJn failed to get the ball over the plate with the base* Both Pfeister and Mullin Made a First-Class Showing. ty of speed, but It took him four in nings to get his control just right. The Tiger rooters nnd supporters were severely shocked by Mullin'* los ing his gnme, for they had counted on this ons sure a* their very own. In nddltlon to his line work n* a pitcher, Mullln Is a great hitter, hut he was too badly used up from the strain of pitch ing to such foxy batters nnd failed miserably every time he attempted to bat. The score: Chicago. Slagle, cf. . . Shecknrd, If. . Chance lb. . . Steinfeidt, 3b. Kling, c. . . Evers. 2b. . . Schulte, rf. . Tinker, **. . Pflester, p. . Totals . . . , Detroit. Jones, If. . . Schaefer. 2b. Crawford, cf. Cobb, rf. . . Rosaman, lb. Coughlin, 3b. Payne, c. . . O'Leary, e*. . . Mullin, p. . . Total* ... .32 1 10 24 15 2 Summary: Two-base hit, Sheckard: three-base hit, Rossman; sacrlilcc hits, I Sheckard, Ptlcster: stolen bases, Payne, Slugle (2), Chance, Evers. Tinker; dou- ! ble plays. Tinker to Chance (2), Craw- Iford to Schaefer: left on bases, Detroit t 5, Chicago 7; bases on balls, off Pfles- I ter 1, off Mullln 3; base on errors, Chi cago 1. Detroit 1: hit by pitcher, by Mullln (Steinfeidt), by Pflester (Cobb); struck out, by Pflester 3, by Mullln 5. Time of game, 2:17. Umpires, Sheri dan and O'Day. BILL KIRK’S COLUMN 00O0000O0OO0OOOOO0OOOOOO00O00OOO0O0000O000O00OtlO0fH)q THE SUCCESS OF HUGH JENNINGS. n O o 0000000000000000O0O0000O000000O000O00000O0O000OOO00O By Wm.-F, One year ago last spring, while the Giants were training In the Routh, the writer accompanied the team to Nash ville, where they were scheduled to play three exhibition games with the Nash ville boys. The night before we returned to Memphis the Cornell College baseball club arrived In Nashville to play a spring series and registered at the ho tel where the Giants were stopping. During the evening the college lads got together In the hotel parlor and began singing their football and base ball songs,, roaring out the choruses In true college style. The Giants, among others who were guests of the hotel, formed an Interested audience and ap plauded the youngsters after each glee club effort. “Now. boys,” said a red-headed chap, who seemed to be their leader, "sing that jolly song about ‘When the Big Red Team Takes the Field.'" The boys sang It. and the red-headed leader listened approvingly. "That's Bplendld, boys," said he, after the applause had subsided. “Now give the ladles and gentlemen that ripping college yell." The boys made good and received another hand. "That was very satisfactory, fellows," KIRK. said the red-headed songmaster. "Let us adjourn for the evening." The boys filed out, and the songmaa. ter headed for the corner where w* were sitting. He rushed up to Man. ager McOraw. shook hands and said' "Well, well. Mac! How's the old dog"' It was Hugh Jennings, the Cornell baseball coach. The moment that the college boys left the room Hugh drop, ped his college ways and was once more the Jennings who set Baltimore on Are In the days of the second "Big Four," McGraw. Jennings, Keeler and Kelley. Once more he was the Hugh Jennings whose wonderful shortstop play made his name a thing with which to conjure In baseball circles—Hugh Jennings, the crab; Hugh Jennings, the lighter. The euccees of Jennings during the current season does not come as a sur prise to those who know the man and his brains, l’he same ability to adapt himself to conditions which made him first a scrappy professional shortstop and then a genteel college coach, has boosted him in one short season to the highest pinnacle of baseball greatness. A thorough gcntlemnn off the baseball field, an aggressive fighter on the base, ball Held, and a red-blooded athlete first, last and all the time, he has come to his own. and those who know him best are not surprised. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOClOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOa O 0 O THE BATTLE. 0 O , 0 000000OO00000O0000000OO00O 00000000000000000000000000 (By Pegseut Piffle, for The Bugle.) To know that merit will wlnl If the tenm wins out that I pick to lose. O, what a wonderful struggle It Is, Between the Cubs and Detroit; One of them must get first honors and bliss, The other must surely get holt. It would be a shame and a sin. (Editor’s Note.—Mr. Piffle has been released and will no longer contribute to The Bugle. His work has been de. terloratlng steadily, nnd the above poem Is the last straw.) HEISMAN IS TRYING NEW MEN ON’VARSITY Just Notes COUGHLIN. Here is the captain and third baseman of the Detroit team. full. Jack Pfeister, the only veteran southpaw the Cubs have, did hand somely In the box for the home team. Left-handed pitchers are, as a rule, ef fective ngalnst the Tigers, because they bother Sam Crawford. The btg slugger was unable to connect safely even once with Pfeister** benders. Rossman was the only batter on the Tigers who was not one bit bothered by the flne pltcb- ine. George Mullln pitched beautiful ball after the fourth Inning. He bad plcn- On Jimmy Callahan's Chicago team Is a player who, It Is said. Is aston ishingly prolific In excuses for mlsplnys of his own making. Not long ago he muffed a fly. "Well, how'd It happen this timer’ asked Cnllahan, when the team came In from the field. "Why," said the player, “didn't you see? Just before the ball got to me a double wind hit It." President Ban Johnson, of the Amer ican League, has secured ex-Govemor Johnson, of Wisconsin, to proeecutq the bottle thrower of St. Louis, who In jured Umpire Evans last Sunday. Charlie Dryden, of the Chicago Tri bune, Is having lots of harmless fun at Jakey Atx’s expense. Mr. Dryden accuses Jake of writing to his frau asking for >75 so as to cut a wide swath riding In rubber neck wagons. A wise (?) morning paper baseball The preliminary practice work that the Tech football players got was peaches and creaA to what Coach Helsman Is putting the bunch through these days. "I've got bumps all over me," Is a very popular chorus among the football players these days, and sprains, bruises, black eyes and a few such are strictly In order. For the Tech football team Is cer tainly being whipped in shape In a hurry. From 4 o'clock until so late that a white-painted football has to be used the Tech squad 1s sent over the Jumps and the going Is very fierce from tho time the men get on the field until they drag their weary bodies to the dreeslng rooms. Wednesday Coach Helsman had no less than sixty men on the Hold, and nt one time two games were In prog- res*. with fifteen men on a eide In one game. The 'varsity was given Its usual scrimmage with the scrubs. And It was a game for keeps. Snyder was at center, as usual. Clyde Brown, Davis, Henderson and G. Smith were at their regular places In the line. But Wilcox got a work out at one end, opposite to "Chip" Robert, ami Jones, Fitzsimmons, Buchanan and Sweet composed the back field. Cap tain Sweet, whose leg has had him on the shelf for some time, was back In the game and playing brilliantly. This shift put a number of notables on the second 'varsity—Luck, Hightower, Emerson and Adamson—and this ag gregation was stronger than usual. Coach Helsman states that the line up used against Dahlonega will proba bly be very much like that which played against Gordon, although the exact arrangement Is uncertain at pres ent. VANDERBILT TEAM HERE ON WAY TO NAVY GAME The Vanderbilt football team arrived In Atlanta Thursday morning on Its way to Annapolis for the game with the Navy Saturday. Grantland Rice, the well-known sporting editor of the Nashville Ten nessean, Is accompanying the team, and says the men are In first-class con Maryville Bumped In Clemson, S. C. Clemson, 8. C„ Oct. 9.—Clemson de feated Maryville here yesterday after noon by a score of 34 to 0. The local team showed' up In far better form than In the game against Gordon, ami had the Tennessee players at Its mercy at all times. editor Informs his readers that Jake Atz Is a member of the Athletic club. Where Ignorance Is bliss, oh, what's the use.—New Orleans States. Fielder Jones Is accused of being so rich that he doesn't care what hap pens. We'll take a chance thnt If Fielder has accumulated some he wants more and wants It much. Philadelphia raised a rooters’ asso ciation on the prospect of the asso ciates being admitted free. What a gang we could get to follow our band > a proposition like that. The Philadelphia Ledger allows with a touch of show of concern, that the Athletics' lead did not allow for any quiet reposes. A contest that doesn't allow for reposes Is something terrible to Philadelphia. It has been quite thoroughly demon strated to "Cy” Hickey that a swell shape and a handsome face don't hold a candle In public esteem to a cracker- jack pitcher. Up In Cleveland a fierce slutke-up Is doped out for the Nape. According to the present crop of "Info,” Joss, Liebhardt, Thellman and Berger will be depended upon for most of the pitching next year. Bernhard, Hefs, Clarkson and perhaps Rhoades are slated for the can. Lattlmore and Graney, two new southpaws, are count ed on to help some next year. Bill Bradley and Stovall will be dropped out of the Infleld. Perrins Is likely to fill Bradley's shoes and the first-base Job Is open. Bernik and Clark will again be the standbys behind the bat With this aggregation Larry Lajole hopes to down the hoodoo that has camped on his trail so long—and so hard. dltton. Bradley Walker, a former Vir. glnia gridiron favorite and afterwards captain of the University of Nashville eleven, Is with the party and will ref eree the big game. The team wont to Ponce DeLeon soon after arrival and spent an hour or two In a fast work-out before leaving for Annapolis. “DOWN WITH B., JOHNSON" This is Now Battle Cry of C. Comiskey, White Sox Mogul. Chicago, Oct. 10.—Charles Comiskey. the White Sox magnate, declared war on Ban Johnson, president of the Amer. lean League, before a crowd of over two hundred at the Auditorium Annex. Comiskey denounced the executive of the league In no uncertain terms, par ticularly blaming him for the fact that Jake Stahl, the former manager of the Washington club. Is now an outlaw, and alleging double dealing on the part of Johnson. He contended that he ha* the votes of the Boston and Washington clubs. In addition to his own. against Johnson, and hopes to obtain the aid of Cleveland In defeating Johnson for the presidency of the American League. MERCER MUCH 8TR0NGER THIS YEAR THAN LAST. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga.. Oct. 10.—When the Uni versity of Florida meet* Mercer Uni versity on Saturday afternoon at the Central City park the Florida boy* will And that Mercer has a much stronger team this year than last. Following la the Mercer line-up for Saturday’s gar'ne: Left end, Melton; left tackle. Bell- Poole; left guard, Scogln; center, Bus sell; right guard, Underwood; right tackle, Parker; right end, Farmer- Spurllne; quarterback, Jameeon-Sut- ton; left halfback, Lnndrum-Mallary- right halfback, Newman; fullback Shaw (captain). Beside* the above line-up. Mercer has six strong subs, who are fast turn ing Into good material under the eye ot Coach Schencker.