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SPORTING PAGE,
APRIL. 27, 1908
The Atlanta Georgian
PERCY H. WHITING,
SPORTING EDITOR
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
It surely looks like old times in the Southern to see Mem
phis at the head of the Southern League race. Charley Babb’s
team has been there so often in the past and was so alarmingly
attached to that position during the critical days of the past sea-
son’s pennant race that it is a familiar sight to see the standing
leading off with that West Tennessee team.
As usual, it is impossible to explain how it has happened.
Memphis does not seem to have much of a team. We have not
had a squint at the new men yet, but they have certainly set no
diamonds affre in the past.
It must ? be Charley Babb at his old tricks. He certainly
makes his ball players go some.
As a second place proposition Montgomery can’t last. Jim
my Ryan haa a great team—one that will scrap it out to the end.
But it does not class with the leaders.
Atlanta’s position is satisfactory. The Crackers are only
one fnll game behind the leaders, and a couple more days of play
ing may see the Crackers back in front. If not, there is no
hurry.
The more we see of Billy Smith’s team the better we like it.
The catching staff, which was a point of weakness at the start,
is coming along nicely, and the Crackers are not going to suffer
this year from any weakness behind the bat.
The Atlantans do not promise to do any .350 batting, but
the line-up is punctnated in a half dozen places with pinch hit
ters of the snappiest order. With these timely tappers, backed
up by pitchers who will keep the scores of the opponents down,
and by a team of scientific ballplayers, there ought to be no
trouble to stay well np in the Tace from start to finish.
ATHLETIC CLUB GOLFERS
WIN FROM MACON PLAYERS
Th« colt team ot the Log Cabin Club,
of Macon, met defeat here Saturday
afternoon at the hande of the Atlanta
I AtMstlo Clnb players. The match wae
, played under the Nassau system, one
' point for each nine holes and one for
the match. Under this ayetem, every
Atlanta player but one won hie match
and all but two made all the points
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Southern.
. CLUBS- Ployed. Won. Lost. P. C.
Memphis 8 » 8 .661
Monti
W. J. Tlleon won one point from TV.
C. Redding.
B. C. William* won three points from
William 8olomon.
W. R. Tlchenor won three points from
Eden Taylor, Jr.
H. Clay Moore won three points from.
Checkley Shaw.
P. Thomton Marye loet one point to
J. B. Jemlson.
Owing to the bad condition of the
last nine holes, the ttrat nine were
played twice. These holes are In ex
cellent condition, especially considering
the recent heavy rains. The players
were ferried from the ninth green to
tbe first tee.
Before the match the members of
both teams were entertained at a buf
fet lunch by Thomas B. Paine at his
East Lake residence.
Montgomery 8
1 Allants 7
Nashville 6
New Orleans 10
Birmingham 7
Little Rock 8
Western Electrics
Capture Another
The Western Eleotrlo team Journeyed
out to Decatur Saturday afternoon and
Increased their number of victories by
scalping the Decatur team, 8 to 4.
In the early part of the game .
looked like a pitchers' battle, but the
Electrics gradually warmed up to
' Reese's assortment and won handily.
The score:
Decatur. eb. r. h. po. a. <
Ehle, 3b 4 0 0 1 1
Alston, c. .... 1 0 0 | 0
Ramspeck. rf.... 4 0 0 0 0
j Trottl. If. c. ... 5 0 2 8 0
South Atlantic.
CLUBS- Ployed. Won. Lost. P. C.
Jackson rills 12 io 2 .761
Columbia 10 6 4 .600
Macon 18 7 6 .638
Augusta 14 7 7 .601)
Harannah 12 6 7 461
Charleston 16 3 12 .200
CI.UBS-
Rt. louts .. .
Naw York ..
Cleveland ..
Boston
Philadelphia
Chi
Chicago 11
Dotrolt 9
Washington 16
• XOrH ee •• te •• ••
ftesit:: ::
Brooklyn
Philadelphia'..’, ! IlO
Ht. fouls il
BIG MGS
BY MONTIES
Ryan Gets Rough and Is
Benched—Atlanta
Wins 7 to 0.
• By THE OB8ERVER.
It waa lovely billiard* up to the last
half of the fifth. Van Anda, for Mont-
Mannlng negotiating the circuit, wa*
the only evidence up to thl* point that
did not harmonise with the unbroken
etrlng of aeroes. »
But In the last half of the aforesaid
fifth the eunehlne was turned off. It
began with the attenuated Fox, of
whom Manager Smith recently re
marked:
"Behold him! Sllmly built and tall;
With hande that would reaembl*
Llext'e,
Did they not forcibly recall
The contour of FUxalmmone' Asti?"
Well. Fox took vengeance of a
straight one and It dropped eafely In
center. McMurray waa eafe at Arst on
Uremlnger'i'error. A moment later he
stole second and Castro had actually
the patience to wait for four bad ones
and the baaes were full.
Hchopp connected and when the ball
waa discovered It wa* a few feet In
front of the plnte. Mesnlt grabbed It.
touched homo to dispose of Fox and
completed the double to third. It all
happened In 11 flash. Then Pfennlnger
said, "Foul ball!"
Grent heavens, you should have seen
them! Montgomery players came from
all directions on the Jump. They sur
rounded poor little "Pfenny" and said
things to him. Yes, they made harsh,
cruel remarks which were undeserved,
for the ball had lilt Schopp on the leg
when he struck It and rolled In front of
the plate.
His 'lumps" explained this, but the
Montgomery bunch was not hankering
for explanations. Finally Pfenny elec-
trlAed the crowd by benching Ryan.
Ton should have seen Ryan take to that
bench. He went to It much after the
fashion of a cat climbing Into u pall
of water, unwillingly, but he went. For
once Pfenny was In earnest.
Then Schopp drove to right and the
rocess of murder was on for fair.
Ihannon, who was on the bench by
hereditary rights, never having been
listed to go to the bat. got excited at
the sight of things and spoke harshly
to pfenny. and the latter, who evident
ly relished the taste of blood, ordered
him off the Held. Shannon, too, wus
loth to leave the bench for the great
unknown.
For some strange reason Baxter be
came excited nnd rushed behind the
grandstand nnd defied the Atlanta po
lice force, Individually nnd collectively,
to put him out. He was so positive on
the subject that he offered 250 to any
old policeman who would undertake the
Job.
In about a second there was action,
but Mayor Joyner enme on the scene on
a Jump and Baxter relented. The po
licemen did the snme, and they all
shook hands and Baxter got back In the
game. Atlanta mad* six runs, and
thsreby hangs Montgomery's second de.
feet and shut-nut:
The box score:
Montgomery, ah.
HARD BATTER
COLLEGIANS
BREAKEVEN
Sewanee and Tech Each
Win One of Saturday’s
Double Bill.
Tech and Sewanee broke even In the
double header played at Tech park Sat
urday. The first game, an eleven In
ning affair, went to Tech by a 2 to 1
score, while the eecond, of seven In
nings, went to the visitors;. score 3
to 2.
Tech scored flret In the second In
ning when Pease, who was hit by a
pitched ball and advanced to third by
Frailer, scored on a hot one thru short
by Mayer. Sewanee tled>a knot In the
score In the fourth when Elsele scored
on a hit byFaulkenberry. Neither side
scored again until the eleventh when
Tech, settled matters. Davenport
scored on Luck's single.
'’Chlp"kRobert w*nt In to pitch the
second clntest. but the Sewanee boys
lit on to Tech'* captain with a ven
geance and batted In a couple of runs.
Mayer replaced Robert and was able to
stem the tide, letting In only one run.
The box score:
. FIRST GAME.
MEMORIAL DAY GAME
WITH RYAN’S TEAM
Barring the arrlvnl of more rain
there will be a game of ball this after
noon at Ponce DeLeon.
The special holiday starting hour
will be 4 o'clock. All other games
of this week will begin at 3:30.
The Montgomery .team, which has
dropped down to- second place as a
result of the two beatings adminls
tered by the Crackers, will again h.
on hand and will take Its third
at Bill Smith's pets.
The Ryanltes play tomorrow a!-..
Then Harry Vaughn brings the bp'
mlnghnm team here to finish nut the
week. On Sunday the Atlanta ten ,,
leaves for the longest trip of the ve v
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Meets on Tuesday
kb.
h. DO.
The managers of The Georgian's Com
merclal League will meet Tuesday
night In The Georgian office to elect a
team to All the vacancy made by the
retirement of the M. Kutz team. There
are several applicants for the vafant
place.
The meeting was originally called for
Monday night, but was postponed at
the request of President Thomas, who
Hightower, 3b
.3
0
0
2
1
0
Davenport, es.
..4
1
0
2
2
1
Robert, If. . .
.4
0
3
2
0
0
Buchanan, c .
.4
0
0
y
5
0
Luck, lb. . .
.5
0
1
8
1
1
Pease, 2b. . .
.2
1
0
7
1
0
Ayres, rf . .
.4
0
«
0
0
0
Frnzler, cf . .
.4
0
0
'I
1
0
Mayer, p . * .
.4
0
2
2
4
0
Totals
2
6
33
15
2
Sewanee—
ab
r.
h.
po.
a.
e.
Brown, na . .
.5
0
1
1
3
0
Lanier, 2b , .
.5
0
1
1
1
1
Elsele. lb . .
.4
i
0
y
2
0
A. Stone, 3b . .
.4
0
3
5
0
0
Fpulkenberry, c
•4
o
1
11
1
0
Lyne, rf. . .
.4
0
1
1
0
0
F. Stone, If . .
.4
0
0
2
1
0
L. Williams, cf .
.4
0
1
i
0
0
Shaddlx, p . .
.4
0
1
0
6
0
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' would have been unable to attend on
Monday.
The Commercial League opens Its
season Saturday afternoon. All .if th»
teams In the organisation are In good
trim and so .far Avo managers have an
nounedd that their team has the pen
nant practically won.
PEACOCK WON~ONE,
Peacock won from the Olympians
Saturday of Piedmont Park hv the
decisive score of IX to 2. After the
third Inning the Olympians were well
out of the running.
Cunyus f<* Peacock pitched a very
pretty game. Lockhart, third baseman
for the Olympians, starred.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Olympian* . . . .010 100 000— 2 4 5
Peacock .012 021 221—11 15 1
Batteries—WItham and Foster; Cun.
yus and Ewing.
“True Blue”
WHERE THEY PLAY
TOOA
Hardeman, rf.. If. 3
Chlvers, M„ lb . 4
Barry, lb.’. . . 8
iHendee. as. ... 2
Chivere, P., cf. . 3
•Thompson ... 1
Total 84
West Else. Co. ab.
Allen. 2b 5
Snell Inge, at. . . 5
! Tanner, rf. . . . 4
Brown, If. ... 6
Daley. 3b 6
Pope. lb.. ... 4
Cook, c. .... 4
Xing, p, .... 4
Pinch, cf. . . . . 4
1
h. po.
27
Totals ... .40
Score by Innlnge:
Decatur 000 Old 088—4
Western Electrlo Co. ..001 101 411—8
Summary: Three-base hits. Brown,
M. Chlvers: two-base hit, Hardeman;
struck out, by King 8, by Reese 11;
bases on balls, off King 6; lilt by pitch
ed ball. King 1, Reese 1; passed balls,
Cook 1, Trottl 1; stolen bases, Allen
I: Snelltngs 3. Tanner. Daley, Cook 3,
King 2, Pinch 2, Hendre; double play,
Hardeman to M. Chlvers; left on bases,
W. E. Co. 6, Decatur 8. Time of game,
1:88. Umpires, Chlvers and Thornton.
Pool Tournament
At Athletic Club
The annual pool tournament of the
Atlanta Athletic Club begins Monday
night. There If a large Held ot entries.
Tbe winner becomes the pool champion
of the club.
Atlanta, Ponce DeLeon
Montgomery In
park, Game railed at % o'clock.
HlrraltiffhiiiD in XasbrlHe.
Mobile In Meinphl*.
Little Rock In Sew Orleans.
YESTERDAYS RE8ULT8,
Southern.
Saw Orleans t. Little Rock 1.
Memphis- Mobile; rein.
National.
Cincinnati 4. St. Ixnila 0.
Chlcago-PIttaburf. rain.
SATURDAYS RESULTS.
Southern.
Atlanta 7, Montgomery 9.
New Orleana 9. Little Rock 1.
Memphis 6. Mobile 1.
Naahrllle 3, Ulraiicfham 0.
South Atlantio.
Sarannah L Columbia 1.
J Iacon 9, Charleston 1.
erkaonvllle 4, Augusta t.
Cotton 8tatea.
Gulfport 6, Monroe S.
Columbus 10, Jackson 3 Hirst game).
Columbus 6. Jackson 1 (second game).
Meridian 3, Vicksburg S (flrst game).
\ teksburg a. Meridian 1 (second game).
American Association.
? t Paul I. Louisville 4.
oiutnbus 9, Milwaukee «.
Indianapolis ft. Minneapolis ft.
National.
Boston 9. Philadelphia 1
Plttaburg i, 8t. I-ouls 9.
Brooklyn 4, New York L
American.
Detroit 9. Cleveland t
Philadelphia f. New York ft.
Washington 3. Boston 1.
Chicago 6, Ht. Louta 2.
Virginia State.
Richmond 4. DanTlIle 4 mine Innings; eall.
ed account darkneos).
Portsmouth 2, Norfolk 1.
Lynchburg 5, Roanoke 0.
Bowdo .
Brown l. Wesley flu J.
Cornell 6, Niagara 2.
Fordhnm 5, West Point 9.
Virginia 4. Davidson 0.
? avy 9, Pennsylvania 0.
nle 7, Columbia 4 (fourteen Innings).
Princeton 10. Mout Clair Athletic Club 9.
Georgetown 2. Howard 9 (ten Innings).
Tennessee 5. Vanderbilt 1 (drat game).
Tennessee 12. Vanderbilt 3 mecoinl gams).
Houth Carolina 3. Presbyterian t'ollegs 2.
Henline,
Rvan, cf. . .
Haanett, cf..
Baxter, rf..
Oremtnger, :
Perry. 2b. . .
Persona, If. .
Pepe. as. . .
Menslt, c. . .
Van Anda, p.
0
h. po.
0 0
.30
ab.
Atlanta.
Manning. If.
Winters, cf.. . .4
Becker, rf. . . . 4
Dyer, 3b 3
Jordan. 2b. ... 4
Fox, lb 4
McMurray, c. . . 3
Castro, as 2
Schopp, p. . . . 2
.31
h. po. a. e.
27 11
.000 000 000—0
Totala
Score by Innings:
Montgomery
Atlanta 100 0«0 00*—’
Summary—'Two-bum hit, Fox: Btolen
baaes, Perry. McMurray: sncrlflce hit,
Dyer; bases on balls, off Van Anda 1.
off Hchopp 1; struck out, by Van Anda
3. by Schopp 4. Time of game, 1:40.
Umpire. Pfennlnger.
VERY GREASYTTsLICK)
renames. straws, .oft nnd .tiff hat,
rivalled, dyed, relh*p*d. Bussey, 2858 While
kill.
Totals 38
Score by inning*:
9 31 13
Here I* the Pelican Delehanty.
Charley Frank seems to have tamed
this manager-eater and he I* playing
good ball for that Dutchman’s team.
ED LAFITTE'
PITCHES WELL
ab. r. h. po.
.2 0 1.2
.4113
Ed Lafltte has pitched his first game
In the Eastern League and It was a
brilliant success, even tho a 0 to 0 tie
was the best decision he could get.
Here is what The Sun says about it:
"Jersey City and Toronto struggled
thru eleven Innings In the windup of
their spring series at West Side Park
yesterday without either side being able
to work a runner around the circuit.
Ieafltte, from Atlanta, showed up better
than Mitchell. He allowed only four
hits and fanned eight of the Canadians.
In the tenth Inning, after Frick got to
third on a two-base hit and a wild
pitch with none out. LafltteVetlred the
side without a score. Jersey City had
runners on second and third in the
eleventh, but they were left."
I.afltte gave only three baaes on balls
and struck out eight men. He made
two wild pitches.
ACMES DEFEAT
WEST ENDERS
The Acmes defeated .West End Sat
urday afternoon by a score of 9 to 5.
Akers, for the Acmes, pitched a good
game, allowing only 3 hits.
The Acmes will play the White Caps
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
Poplar Springs. A large crowd Is ex
pected.
MILLIONS EAT
LEEBOLOS SALTED PEANUTS
VERY HEALTHFUL IN HOT WEATHER.TRY THEM.
ATLANTA VERSUS MONTGOMERY
APRIL 24th, 25th, 27th and 28th.
LADIES’ DAY, TUESDAY, 28TH.
“New” Golfers
To Play Veterans
The "new” golfers of the Atlanta
Athletic Club, several of whom are
playing a very strong game these days,
have challenged the "veterans" for a
team match to be played Monday aft
ernoon. This match will be the feature
of the Memorial Day doings at tho At
lanta Athletic Club. The mutch wilt be
red unless there Is a heavy rain.
r he "now" golfers state that they will
keep right on challenging the "veter
ans" all the season und that they will
beat them before the season Is over.
Tech Field Day
Held Wednesday
The annual Field Day will he held
at Tech on Wednesday the 29th. be
ginning at 2:30 p. in. There wl'l he no|
admission charged and the public I*
cordially Invited.
Beside* the regular event* there will
he several noveltle* for the amusement
of the crowd. There will, he a sack
race, three-legged race, faculty race.
'.>»** running contest, and greased |dg.
Prlxe* have been donated by various
merchant* In the city, a list of which
will be given out on Tuesday.
TUCKER WIN8 ONE.
TUCKER. Ga., April 27.-Tucker 7.
t'larkaton 5. waa the result of n ten-
inning game here Friday.
The batter!.* were: For Tucker.
Lindsay. Goldsmith and Nash: for
Clsrkstnn. Laird and Chewnlng.
Tucker Is open for games and will
meet all nines.
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Tech 010 000 000 01—2
Sewanee 000 100 000 00—1
Summary: Two-base hit, Robert;
stolen bases. Frailer, Robert; sacrifice
hits, Buchanan; double plays, Mayer to
Luck; base on baits, off Shaddlx 4; hit
by pitcher, by Shaddlx 1 (Pease):
struck out, by Mayer 9, by Shaddlx 10;
wild pitches, Shaddlx. Time of game.
1:45. Umpire, McKenzie.
SECOND GAME.
Teeh.
Hightower, 3b .
Davenport, ss.
Robert, p.. If . .
Buchanan, c . .
Luck, 1b. . .
Pease, 2b . . ,
Ayres, If., rf . .
McClure, rf . .
Mayer, p . . .
Frazier, cf . .
Total*
Sewsnee—
Brown, ss . ,
Lanier, 2b . . .
Elsele, lb . .
A. Stone, tb . .
Faulkenberry, c .8
Lyne, rf . . . .8
Stone, If . . . .8
L. Williams, cf
S. Williams, p .
ab.
.3
0 0 10 0
Totals 20 3 7 20 (
Summary: Two-base hits. Brown,
Buchanan, F. Stone, Davenport; stolen
bases. Hightower 2, Davenport, Ayres;
sacrifice hits, Lanier, Elsele; base on
balls, off Mayer 1, off Williams 5;
struck out, by Williams 5. Umpire,
McKenzie.
L. & N. Team
Wins in a Walk
In a very uninteresting game at Pied
mont park Saturday afternoon tho L.
& N. team of the Commercial League
defeated the Southern Hallway team
by the big score of 20 to 4. The only
feature of the game was the heavy hit
ting of the L. & N. boys.
The score: i R- H. E.
L. ft N 814 312 1—20 IS 2
Southern 020 011 0— 4 5 6
Batteries: L. A N„ Southard, Erwin
and Barry; Southern Railway, Jones
and Gorse.
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TIE AT ORAYMONT.
GRAYMONT, Gs., April L/—Gray-
mont and Vldnlla lined up here Friday
and the game resulted In a tie score, 7
to 7. A collision by Shortstop Roun
tree and Left Fielder Durden gave the
visitors four runs In thetr half of the
first. Left Fielder Durden made a sen
sational running catch, and completed
one of the prettiest doubles ever teen
on this diamond.
Summary: Batteries, Durden and
Durden, Dent, McColsey and Hall.
Struck out, by Durden 12: hits, off
Durden 3; struck out. by Dent and Mc-
Coleey 6: hits, off Dent and McColsey
double plays, G. Durden to H. Dur
den. Umpire. Swain.
CORNELIA WIN8 HANDILY.
Cornelia High School won an excel
lent game of ball from the fast Pied
mont college team on the Cornelia dia
mond Saturday, score 10 to 1. The
features were the pitching of Bagwell,
of Cornelia, and the fast work of Pied
mont'! Second baseman, Ritchie.
Profeesor Ritchie, coach of the Pied
mont team, was formerly on the Geor
gia football team.
Batteries: Cornelia, Bagwell and
Handbrook; Piedmont, Chllllon and
Dohn. Umpire, Profeesor J. W. Marlon.
GREENWOOD, 8. C„ April a7.-The
Clemson team defeated Furman 7 to 2
1% a one-sided game on the local dia
mond Friday afternoon.
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