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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 OOO00OOOO000O0O0000O00OO00 0 o 0 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. O 0 0 00aO0O000O0O00O00000000000 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 CJ000000000000000000000000O 0 O 0 LADIES' DAY. O 0 0 0 Business Manager Richard Joy- 0 0 ner of,the local baseball club an- O 0 nounces that the ladles' days next O 0 w eek will be on Tuesday and Frl- 0 O day. 0 O 0 000000O000000000000000000O ' 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. THE HANDSOME CUP We Are Offering to the Best Batter Is only one of the many pieces of ex tremely beautiful articles we produce from time totlme. The most reliable Jewelry, novelties, watches, clocks emanate from our es tablishment. NO HIGH PRICES. Muench & Beiersdorfer 99 Peachtree St. Baseball Returns Posted Every Afternoon at PAULSM’SPLACE 1 and 3 Broad St. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. 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. KODAK FINISHING SUPERB QUALITY and absolutely permnment brims. 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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. 120000006000000000000000000 0 O O SOCIETY LEADER TO O O FIGHT BOB FITZSIMMONS O O i O 0 PHILADELPHIA, April 27.— O O Burning with desire for more Aetic 0 O honors. A. J. 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