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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1908.
SPORTS ! CRACKERS TO CLASH WITH POWERFUL PELICANS
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PERCY H. WHITING
IT WAS THE LONGEST HIT HIRAM EVER SAW
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By PERCY H. WHITING.
With one day's rest to the Rood the Crackers will ro after
the mighty Pelicans Thursday for the first of four games—and for
blood.
There isn’t nny especial reason—barring the hoodoo—why
Atlanta should not break ns good ns even ip the Crescent City.
The Pelicans are not as mighty hs they once were, anil tho they
•till lead the league, they do not do it by ai^y convincing margin.
It is a hard game over in the vest this trip.
The Mobile team, which appeared the softest of tho western
ers, disheartened the Crackers by taking three straights. New Or
leans and Memphis are in first and second plnces in the lengife race
and going strong. Both will be hard to beat. And so will Little
Jlock. Mike Finn’s team, which was not in extra fine trinv'at the
•tart, is doing better work now and does not look one little bit like
a second division aggregation.
So the Crackers have their work cut out for them.
Hopes are high in Atlantn that all four tennis titles will be
retained in the Gate City for the first time in tennis history.
Nat Thornton ought to be the best in the singles and should
win his challenge round. In the doubles no team in the tourna
ment seems to have nny edge on the present champions, Grant and
Thornton; and they Rhould win the challenge round.
MisR Gertrude Jones, now a resident of Atlanta, seems to have
a nice chance to win the ladies’ singles and she' and her brother
look a shade the best in the mixed doubles. •
With good luck Atlanta will mnke n clean sweep of it this
year.
In yesterday’s Georginn there was a communication from a
lady fan in which she entered three complnints—agninst spilling
pop and tobacco juice on the iloors of the grand-stand, against
open betting in the stands and against the use of profanity in the
hearing of ladies.
The tobacco and pop proposition jvould seem to be only/ a
matter of common decency on the part of the men who go to the
gnmes. And the same for the profanity.
The above mentioned evils nre questions of manners rather
than morals.
Open betting at the gamea is a nytre aerious matter. Base
ball has been kept the great nationnl sport by keeping it divorced
from open betting. And nobody wants to see the two re-married.
So long as there is little betting and no open betting on baseball
it will stay n clean, decent game, liked by all who favor clean
sports. If open betting is tolerated the game will in due time
sink down to the level of horse racing, professional wrestling and
faro. *
The betting evil can be wiped out here in Atlnnta and the
other unpleasant features complained of can be held in check by
proper policing of the stands. Let large signs proclaim that peo
ple spitting on the floors, using profane langungo and betting will
be put out of the stands. Then have enough live men around the
stands to enforce these rules.
The elimination of the spitting evil will protect the health of
the patrons as well as their clothes.
The elimination of betting will insure that the great national
game is kept clean and healthy.
SHOWERS INTERFERE
WITH TENNIS GAMES
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O SPARKS. OF GEORGIA, WINS O
0 POPULARITY CONTEST O
0 In a baseball popularity contest O
0 In which 1*0 players were voted O
0 for and In which over 150,000 O
0 ballots were cast. Frank Sparks. O
O the Cave 8prlng*. Ga., boy. and O
O Roy Thomas received the most O
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O Sparks did not appear to be In O
O the race until the day the content O
O closed. Then the Frank Sparks 0
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O of 22,85* vote*. , 0
REDS GET ROBINSON.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 9—rttchg
er Mack Robinson has been sold by
Birmingham to Cincinnati, to report at
the end of thd Southern League season.
Manager Morris, of Savannah, haa
released First Baseman Morgan.
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Mall orders promptly executed for
Spalding's Baseball and Tennis Goods.
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OOQO0OOOC99OCOOOO00O9QOO Atlanta. Ga.
Courts Busy All Day Wed
nesday, Rain Bothers
On Thursday.
A spanking young shower hit
Fast Lake Thursday morning Just
about the time that the first gnmes ..
of the morning play In the South
ern tennl,* championship were slat
ed to start. In consequence all
proceedings were suspended, pend
ing the passing of the shower; and
it will be late before the courts wljl
be dried out sufficiently so that
play may be resumed.
The wisdom of Referee Frank
Reynolds In rushing all events as
fast ns possible was evident when
today's storm broke. All events
are so well advanced that a dny’s
cessation from piny will do no des
perate damnge.
If the afternoon Is clear and the
courts dry out play will be resumed
Thursday afternoon.
Three Incompleted matches will
be taken up first. The play In All
events will be started.
Only n half dozen players were left
In the singles at the end of Wednes
day's play.
In the lower frame Cowan Rodgers,
of Knoxville, and 8. C. Williams, of
Atlnnta, reached the semi-finals.
In the upper frnme Hugh Whitehead,
of Virginia, did likewise.
To decide which man will be the
■emi-flnallst' to meet Whitehead, Mld-
dlebrooks and L. D. Scott must play
and the winner must meet Carleton
8mith.
It looks like Cowan Rodgers io win
the tournament and meet Nat Thornton
In the challenge round. He Is perhaps
not playing In his 1907 form, hut even
at that he defeated Winston, the strong
Virginia player, on Wednesday, 6-2, 6-3
In the senib-seml-finals.
To get to the semi-finals Williams
defeated Po*t, 6-3, 6-4 In a hard match.
Whitehead achieved a like honor by
defeating Clarence Angler, Jr., 6-3, 7-6
In a pretty contest.
On present dope Whitehead and Rod
gers meet in the finals.
In the doubles no new teams joined
Smith and Howell In the semi-final
round. Two seinl-semi-final matches
CARTER AND MIDDLE BROOKS.
Intercollegiate doubles champions
who are playing well in Southern
championship.
Eastern Carolina
Begins All Over
RALEIGH, N. C„ July 9.—Because
Newbem withdrew from the league
Saturday night, releasing all players,
who then left the state, Kingston has
also dropped out, her action being vol
untary. At a meeting In Goldsboro the
penna/U was awarded to Wilson, and
the new season will begin Thursday.
The clubs now are Wilson, Wilmington, j
Goldsboro and Raleigh.
schedule for the \yeek has been
arranged. July 8-10, Raleigh nt-Wll- j
ton, Goldsboro nt Wilmington; July
13-16, Wilson at Goldsboro, Wilmington
nt Raleigh.
THORNTON
WINS IT
Takes Tennessee Title From
Cowan Rodgers, of
Knoxville.
Nat Thornton, of Atlanta, Southern
.t>ennl» ohamplon, Added another title to
his long list when he defeated Cowan
Rodgers, of Knoxville, on the East
Lake courts Wednesday afternoon in
Jhe incompleted challenge round for the
singles championship of Tennessee.
The match was started In Knoxville
last Saturday and stood In Thornton’s
favor, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, when It was
called there on account of darkness.
The local man needed only two games
to take the match and the champion
ship, and those two he won In fine style
Wednesday afternoon. The tennis was
as brilliant as It was brief.
STAGE EMPLOYEES WIN.
The Stage Employees, in tho Union
were started but neither was finished League, defeated The Constitution team
when darkness put an end to the day’s Wednesday by the score of 6 to 2.
play. Farrell and Rodgers put up sur
prisingly good tennis and after losing
the first set to .Whitehead and Winston,
the favorites of the tournament, they
won the second in good style.
The sensation of the day was fur
nished by the "kid team” from Knox
ville—Cowan and Van Glider—which
defeated the veterans, Scott and Wil
liams. 7-6. 6-4, 6-4.
In the ladles* singles only one match
►was completed. Miss Jones, of Atlanta,
defeated Miss Murphy, of New Orleans,
6- 1, 6-1. The final round between Miss
HI Miss
staffed, but not
darkness.
Steady work was done all day on the
consolation matches.
In the lower frame of the consola
tion Logan and H. W. S. Hayeg reach
ed the semi-finals. In the upper Ea
gan. Sanders, t'oleman and Holliday
reached the semi-semi-finals.
Wednesday's results follow:
Men's singles, Third Round—Post de
feated Orr, 6-3, 6-2.
Singles, Fourth Round—Williams de
feated Post. 6-3, 6-4. Whitehead de
feated Angler. 6-3. 7-6. Rodgers de
feated Winston, 6-2, 6*3.
Ladles' Singles. Second Round—Miss
Jones defeated Mtsa Murphy, 6-1, 6-1.
Men’s Doubles. First Round—Cowan
and Van Glider defeated Scott and Wil
liams, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. Whitehead and
Winston defeated Logan and Post, 6-2.
7- 5, 6-4. Carter and Middle brooks de
feated Angler and Smith, 6-3, 9-7, 6-3.
Lowry and Taylor defeated Byrd and
Thornton, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Stage Employees .021 0Q0 03*—6 7 3
Constitution . . .000 011 000—2 6 2
Batteries—Vlning and Bettle; Agri-
cola and Weaver.
Aegur, the new hackstopper recently
signed by the Augusta management,
haa reported.
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Murphy and Taylor defeated IB**
Jackson and Thornton, 6-3, 6-3.
Consolation Matches.
Men's Singles, Consolation, PreJIm-
Inay Round—W. Nunnally defeated H.
M. Ashe, default. Eagan defeated
Orme, 6-1, 6-7, 6-2. Sanders defeated
Matthews, 6-1, 8-6. Sphatllng defeat
ed Berrien, 6-4, 6-3. Prescott defeated
Alfrieml, default. Coleman defeated
B. O. Smith. Jr.. 6-4. 3-6. 6-4. HoUl
day defeated Daniels, default. Arnold
defeated Farrell, default. Logan c de
feated A. Haas. 6-1, 6-1. Fitzsimmons
defeated Hulsey, 1-6, 7-6, 10-8. Grant
defeated Byrd, 6-3, 6-3. ColqUltt de
feated Lowry, 6-4, 6-2. Hayes de
feated Ogburn, default. Sawyer de
feated Hudson, default. Ramspeck de
feated Stone, default.
Consolation. First Round—Egan de
feated Nunnally, 6-3, 6-1. Sanders de
feated Spratllng, 6-L 8-$. Coleman de
feated Presrott, default. Holliday de
feated Arnold, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Hayes de
feated Colquitt, 6-4, 7-5. Sawye-r de
feated McTyson. default. Logav> de
feated Ramspeck, 6-1, 6-0.
Second Rqund—Logan defeated Fitz
simmons, 6-0, 6-0. Hayes defeated
NAT THORNTON.
A.A.C.TEAM
WINSBOTH
Takes Second Game From
Americus Team in Good
Style, Score 7 to 6.
Mixed Doubles, First Round—Miss Sawyer, (■*, 2-5, 7-5.
Cunyu* pitched really a rent ball for
the Atlanta “Athletic Club team In the
game at Ponce DeLeon Park Wednes*
day afternoon against the Amerlcue
team, champions of south Georgia. In
consequence hi a team-mates were able
to pull out a victory, score 7 to 5.
Ansley twirled nice ball for the Amer.
lout team and allowed the slugging
Athlete.- only 5 Jilts. With the kind as.
slsiancc of two Americus errors, how
ever, the locals managed to pu>! thru a
victory.
This game ended tfc Americus series.
The Chattanoogr. team wit! be here all
next week.
Score fc;’ innings: R. H. E.
Americus 002 220 000—5 4 2
Athletics 202 003 00*—7 5 2
Batteries—Cunyu- and Lafltte, Ana-
ley and McGregor.
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CRACKERS OPEN TODAY
ON NEW ORLEANS DIAMOND
Chas Fritz and Russ Ford
Will Work in Opening
Battle.
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.—'If tart'
weather does not cut Into the game, un.
Invited, and spoil the proceedings, the
Atlanta team and the home club will
play thie afternoon In the first of four
games.
Bgth managers allege uncertainty In
.regard to which pitcher they will work.
But Bill Smith seems to have his heart
set on trying- Russell Ford again, while
Charley Frank will take another chance
with Charley Fritz, the erratic south
paw. If this happens, there should be a
game with quite a few hits on each
aide and plenty of excitement.
The Crackers believe that they can
beat the Pelicans with Ford working
against Fritz, and they will go right out
after the game. .
The New Orleans team Is not at Iti
best and will not present Its strongest
line-up.
There’s always league-wide Interest
In games between the Crackers and
Pelicans and the series which begins
today on the New Orleans grounds Is
looked on as the banner event of the
mid-season.
Figuring It down to a line point more
really depends on these next four games
than most fans Imagine.
The Pelicans are hanging to first
place by a mere thread.
Will the Crackers dump them over
board?
Once dumped the birds may easily
be beaten. Their eastern road trip Is
not far In the future. The Crackers
nje holding to last place In the first dl.
wslon by the merest straw.
Will It mean the chutes for Billy
Smith’s gang or will they take three
out of four gamea and get In easy
reaching distance of the lead, sending
the Pelicans groping In the darkness of
the second division?
All of these things are possible, even
probable,*so the fan who does not keep
his eye on these next few games Is like
ly to miss something.
The Crackers and Birds are not
scheduled to open until Frldsy. hut
they have a postponed game to play, so
hostilities will begin today. The series
will wind up with Sunday’s game Billy
Smith announced late this morning that
he may send In Schopp or Vlebahn.
Clark Is a possibility for the Birds,
tho hla turn does not come until Fri
day.
The morning presented good weather
Indications, but you can’t tell what will
happen In that line fifteen minutes be
fore hand In this climate.
8ILOAM DEFEAT8 UNION POINT.
CHARLEY FRITZ.
He pitches opening game against
Crackers.
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Southern.
Clubs- W. L. r.c.
X. Orleans.30 32 .519
Memphis ..37 31 .544
Nashville .34 31) .531
Atlanta ..33 31 .515
Mobile ....38 M .514
Lit. ltnck..3SM .493
j Montg’y ...32 *8 .471
I Rlrtnliam .23 40 .385
South Atlantic.
Clubs- TV. L. P.C.
Jack’rllle ..54 18 .750
Snvunnnh .40 31 .583
Columbia .31 32 . 492
Charleston 29 41 .414
•Macon ....30 45 .400
Augusta ..28 43 .377
Amer. Association
Clubs- W. I„ p.c,
Indlsnap. .50 31 .817
Lculavllls .49 32 .808
Tolivlo ....46 34 .575
Colitmhna .0 40 .518
Mlnneap. . 38 38 .500
Milwaukee *8 48 .439
Ksn City .34 48 . 415
St. Bnul ...28 53 .329
Jackson ..47 tt .«!
Vicksburg 47 38 .588
Gulfport ...41 40 .608
Columbus .38 41 .481
Meridian .*6 0 .482
Monroe ...31 60 .383
Carolina.
Chibs— W. L. P.C.
Greenville .34 21 .618
Snnr’hurg .32 26 .681
4freensb. ..29 27 .618
Winston . 29 30 .492
Anderson .23 32 .418
Cbsrlott* .22 34 .393
Amorlean.
Clubs- W. L. P.C.
Detroit ...42 30 .583
St. louts..42 30 .583
Cleveland .89 32 .549
Chicago ...40 33 .648
Phlln 38 33 .622
Boston ....33 39 .158
tVnsh’ton .27 44 .380
New York.27 0 .375
. National,
Clubs- tV. U P.C.
Chicago ...42 27 . 609
I’lttshurg ..41 29 . 603
New York .42 3) . .688
Cincinnati 38 35 . 521
Boston ...32 30 . 516
Phlla 29 0 .463
St. touts .28 43 . 394
Brooklyn ..28 42 . 382
Eastern.
Clubs— W. L. P.C.
Buffalo ..38 29 . 687
Fr’vld’nee 34 29 . 610
Baltimore .35 31 .530
Newark ...38 83 .522
Toronto ...34 32 . 515
Montreal ..32 35 . 478
Clubs- W. L P C
Wilson ...16 6 .727
Raleigh ...14 9 .809
tVllm 7 ton .14 9 .609
Goldsboro 11 10 .524
Kinston ... 6 14 .300
Newbern .. 6 16 .231
Virginia State.
Clubs— W. L. P.C.
Danville ..39 28 .800
Richmond .39 28 .800
Norfolk ...32 *4 . 485
Roanoke ..31 35 . 478
Lynchburg 27 37 . 422
Portsm’tb .28 *8 .419
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In New Orleans.
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CITY LEAGUE;
, SATURDAY'S GAMES
Whittier Mills va. East Point, at
Whittier Mills.
Scottdale va. Maccabees, at Scott-
dale.
W. E. Carter Electric Co. va. Georgia
Railway and Electric Co., at Piedmont
park.
NOT A SINGLE RUN.
Panamas, straws, soft and stiff bate clean
ed. dyed, reshaped. Bussey, 2*K WhltehalL
SILOAM, Ga., July 9.—In a very fast
and Interesting game of ball played on
the Union Point grounds Tuesday aft
ernoon, Slloam defeated the strong
Union Point team by the score of 6 tor.
The game was very fast and snappy
Brooks, the star pitcher of Wood-
vllle. was batted out of the box In the
second Inning. He was relieved by Pry-
ant.
Score by Innings: *7
Slloam #12 002 l f -'—•
Union Point 000 302 oo«-»
Summary: Two-base hit*. Durham.
Davis, Boswell and Rcy; struck out,
Davis ll. by Brooks *, by Bryant 6
Umpire, McWhater.
BOGART 7, 8TATHAM 2.
BOGART, Ga., July 9.—Bogart met
amf defeated the Statham team on tn ;
latter’a ground by the score of > to - j
Score by Innings: ...
Bogart 300 000 013—•
Statham 000 100 ooi-i j
Batteries: Nunnally and McLeroy. :
Ross and Evans. Umpire. Nunnally ^
Time of game. 1:50.
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