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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, JULY 13, 190*
SPORTS I GAY DAYS IN ATHLETIC WORLD-SPORTS BUSY
Edited Bi
PERCY H. WHITING
TWO PLA YERS
A TLANTA BUYS OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN ON MONDAY WITH MUCH CEREMONY
Atlanta ha* bought Catcher Smith, of
the Norfolk team, of the Virginia
League, and Second Baaeman Clayton,
of the Roanoke team, of the aame
league.
According to advice* from Norfolk,
President J. W. Helaman. of the At
lanta club, haa been scouting thru the
Virginia State League and has already
picked up these two men.
Just when Clayton will report I* not
known. But Smith, the Norfolk catch,
er, will Join the Atlanta team by July
15.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
It is a pleasure to note that the papers throughout the league
are rising up and protesting ngainst the Southern League’s pres
ent asinine method of scoring games won and lost by pitchers.
Says Richard Yancey, Jr., in The Nashville Banner:
RECORDS OF OLYMPIC GAMES
Here are the records established at the last Olympic games held In
Greece und which may be beaten In the next fortnight In England:
50 Meters—A. Kraenseleln and A. Hahn, 7 second*.
100 Meters—F. YV. Jarvis, 10 5-5 second*.
200. Meters—A. Hahn, 21 3-6 second*.
400 Meters—H. Hillman, 40 1-5 seconds. *
100 Meters—J. D. Llghtbody, 1 minute, 55 seconds.
1,500 Meters—J. D. Llghtbody, 4 minutes. 5 2-6 seconds.
110 Meters, Hurdles—A. Kraensltln, 16 2-6 seconds.
Running High Jump—I. K. Baxter. 6 feet. 2 4-5 Inches.
Running Broad Jump—Myer Prinateln, 24 feet. 1 Inch. 1
Standing High Jump—Ray Ewry, 5 feet. 6 Inches. . ‘
Standing Broad Jump—Ray Ewry, 11 feet, 4 7-8 Inches.
Putting 15 lb. Weight—W. J. Rose, 48 feet, 7 Inches.
Throwing Hammer—J. Flanagan, 168 feet, 1 Inch.
Throwing Discus—M. J. Sheridan, 132 feet.
Weight Lifting—P. Kakosln, 248 pounds.
Will Southern
Ever Wake Up
and Score
Correctly?
There Is another manifest Injustice
in the compiling of the pitchers' rec
ords. How often does It happen that
the pitcher who has been tolling thru
most of the game weakens In the clos
ing stages, but Is left in long enough
to so involve his team that his suc
cessor Is simply fated to lose without
a chance to redeem himself?
In all their decisions the league au
thorities have always laid down one
rule to which they have uniformly ad
hered. If a pitcher goes In at a time
his own team Is behind and keeps
pitching until his own side ties the
score or goes Into the lead, the Anal
responsibility In the game shall be his. As a general rule, this may be
set down as well founded, yet It is not Impossible to Imagine a set of cir
cumstances which will make even this ruling an Injustice.
What Is the answer to the difficulty? First and foremost, common
■ sense. The decision and blame over the credit should be given by the
representative of the league who Is on the ground and Is capable of giving
the best Judgment The official scorer who Is paid by the league to rule
on other records of the game should bo empowered to decide on ganfes
won and lost In the pitcher's column.
He should take Into account all the Items that have entered Into the
condition which he confront* and his Judgment should be final In the mat
ter. as in the case of hits and errors. He should be guided In the deci
sion by the length of time the respective fllngera have tolled, by the con-
’ dltlon they have had to face and by the doien or more elements that
have entered Into tho progress of the combat to Influence the result.
We have hammered on this thing for four years and shall
keep on doing so. Some day yvc shall get action.
There is only one sane way of scoring pitchers’ averages.
That is for the official scorer to furnish to the league president
the full dope on the game—how many hits and bases on balls,
hoYv many runs and how many errors were made before each
pitcher was taken out. With full information at hand each case
can be decided on its merits and the pitchers will get a square
deal.
. This is the method employed by the American and National
Leagues and the ohly right one.
No arbitraiy rule can—or ever has—been laid down that will ‘
cover every case.
The Southern League’s rulo is not a good one and was obso
lete fifty years ago.
It is time that lcague'bfflcials ivaked up on this point. Hard
ly a week passes that some pitcher does not get the credit for a
game he has not won and another pitcher gets the discredit for a
game he has not lost.
The Atlanta team has reached the end of the first half of ita
trip thru the west. Despite hard luck the Crackers are still safe
ly in the first division and less than two and a half full games be
hind the leaders.
No matter how many defeats come during the present week
they can not put the Crackers out of easy reach of the lead. And
that is where we Yvant them. Once out pf the west the Atlanta
team can win as merrily as any of them.
About the most contemptible thing an amateur ball club can
do is to send in a false score to the papers.
If your team loses, swallow the defeat. Don’t make it worse
by sending in an account of the game giving your team the credit
for the victory. That adds deceit to-the disappointment of defeat.
LOCAL MEN
DEFEATED
Grant and Thornton Lose
Tennis Title to White-
head and Winston.
goooooooooooooooooooooooog
O STANDING OF THE CLUBS. O
O O
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPOO
Southern.
Ckfbs— W. Is. P.C.
Memphis .<• 3} .542
Orleans.40 34 . 541
NishrlUg .3(31 .637
^ llanta ...S5 33 .622
oblie ....17 M .507
Ut. Rock .39 33 ..6<W
Montg’y ...34 38 .472
Bins’ham .25 43 .3(8
American.
Clubs- W. L. P.C.
8t Louts ..44 31 .687
Detroit ....4 31 .597
Chicago ...42 33 .6(0
Cleveland .41 34 .647
B lla K 30 .60)
•ton 34 41 .453
Waah'tnn .29 45 .394
New York..29 47 .382
Amor. Association
Club*- W. L. P.C.
Indlanap. ,62 32 . 819
Lout nr I Hi* 49 36 . 683
Toledo ....47 38 .5«
Colomboa .46 40 .535
Mlnneap. ..41 40 .60(
Mllwank. .38 60 .432
Kan. Cltj..38 50 .413
St. Paul . 29 56 .345
Cotton 8tataa.
Club#— W. L. P C.
Jackaoa ..50 31 .617
Vicksburg 48 29 .562
Gulfport ..44 40 .524
?0lumhtlR .42 42 .500
Meridian M 47 . 434
Monroe ...32 53 .J7(
Eaat. Carolina.
Club#— W. L. P.C.
Wltaon ... I Ol.ono
Wllaftoo . I 1 .500
Glldaboro . I 1 .100
Raleigh ... 0 1 .090
South Atlantlo.
Club#— W. L. P.C.
Jack'vllla .58 19 .747
Harannah .40 34 .541
Tolumbla ..32 34 .477
Charleston 32 41 ,43ft
Macon S3 46 .418
Augnata ...27 45 .375
National.
Cluba— W. h. P.C.
Cbieigo ...45 29
Plttaburg .4(19
New York..45 32 ....
Cincinnati 40 37 .611
Pblla 32 37 .4a
Iloaton ...14 42 .441
Brooklyn .29 a .408
8t. Louts...28 <7
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O Y ESTER DA Y*8 RE8ULT8. O
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Southern.
for
Montgomery 000 000 090 009 ‘ ‘ ‘
Mtmpbla 000 000 000 000 . _
Batteries: Thomas and Hart; Shield* and
Owens.
MOBILE. July IS.—Yesterday afternoon's
game waa a comedy of arrora on tha part
of the locals. Oaaklll twirled winning ban,
but repaired rank support.
Brora: R. If. B.
NaahTlIle.. .. A 010 004 010-6 9 1
Moblla 000 200 00I-* 6 7
Batteries; Bernhard and Hardy; Gasktll
171 and Garvin.
Eactarn.
Cluba- W. L. P.C.
Buffalo ...41 30 .677
Baltimore 1712 .636
Pr'vld’nee 36 31 .530
Newark ...37 36 614
Toronto .. .35 36 .500
Montreal ..35 X .493
Rochester .30 3( .455
Jer. City..28 41 .406
Carolina.
Cluba- W. L. P.C.
Greenville 36 22 .(14
Greensb. .30 27 .5M
Spar'burg *3 27 .550
Winston . 31 31 .500
Anderson .24 33 . 421
Charlotte .24 35 .407
Virginia State.
Cluba- W. I.. P.C.
Richmond .42 27 .(00
Danville ...40 28 .689
Norfolk ...34 £ .493
Roanoke . 33 37 .471
Portstn'th 28 37 . 431
Lynchburg 28 39 .413
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Atlanta In Memphis.
Birmingham In Mobile.
Montgomery la New Orleans.
Nashville In Little Rock.
Helm, the former Montgomery' slab-
man. la twirling great ball for Jack
sonville.
Drink KOLA-ADE
-Ask ths Soda Watsr Man."
National.
R. H. E.
At Clneln. (Doeacbar—Smith) 0
Iloaton (McCarthy—Smith) 4
At Kt. L. (Knllee-Ludwlg. Hits
Brooklyn (Bell—Bergen) ...
First game:
At Chicago (IT tar. L'dgren-M'ran).0 6 1
Pblla. (Corrigan—Jacklltaehi ....2 I 0
American Association.
Kansas City 6. Minneapolis 4.
Kt. Pan! 2. Milwaukee 1 (first game).
KB Paul 4. Milwaukee 3 (second game).
,r * % ,
4, C*ol
NOT A SINGLE RUN.
Panamas, straws, anft tad .tiff hit. clean
ed. djed, reshaped. Hussar. 2SYh YVUltehalL
WHITE CAPS DEFEAT MAR18T.
Hawkins w«* In mid-summer condi
tion Saturday. He pitched a silt-nixed
game against the strong Marts! College
team, let them down with only one hit
and made thirteen o( the strong bat
ters fan the air. The features of the
game waa the all-round playing and
batting of the White Caps, who hit
Falvey for eleven safe hUs.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
White Caps 010 121 10»—5 11 t
Marlst 000 110 000—2 I 4
Batteries: White Caps, Hawkins
and Qullatt; Marlst. Falvey and Allen.
Btrurk out. by Hawkins 12. by Falvey
5. Hits, off Hawkins 1, off Falvey 11.
Umpire, Stoney. Time, 1:45.
With Grant and Thornton, twice
Southern doubles tennis champions,
playing about 87 degrees off their form,
the Virginia team, Hugh Whitehead and
James Winston, won the doubles cham-
E lonahlp Saturday afternoon at East
ake, scores 8-2, 8-1, 4-8, 8-4.
It waa a slaughter. The local men
never got In-their stride and Just beat
themselves. The points won by the
Virginians were absolutely as nothing
compared with those lost by the At
lantans. The only really aggressive
work was done by Winston, whose
smashes won more points than any
style of play by any other man.
The only comfort that Atlanta ten
nis fans got out of Saturday's play was
the victory of Miss Gertrude Jones and
I. Jones, of Atlnntn, In the mixed dou
bles. In this event they downed the
twice champions. .YJrs. Monroe and
Bland Logan, 6-3,' 2-6. 8-4.
The most brilliant tennla of the tour
nament waa played Baturday when
Whitehead defeated Rodgers In the I
final round of the singles tournament.
Such driving from the back line waa
never seen before In an Atlanta cham
pionship, and may never be again.
Whitehead won the event by running
Rodgers “to death.”
CITY LEAGUE
STANDING OF CLUBS.
ATLANTANS
IN MEMPHIS
Crackers Will Use Viebahn
or Johns Against Bluff
ers This Afternoon.
The American Team Loudly
Applauded in
Earade.
KING EDWARD IS
AMONG SPECTATORS
American Team Is in Good
Trim and Expects to
Win Meet.
Clubs.
Played. Won. Lost. P.C.
Ga R. ft E. Co.
Maccabees. . . 8 S 4
Scottdale 6 2 3
East Point... .9 4 5
Carter Elec. . .11 '3 8
Whittier Mills. 5 0 5
SATURDAY'S* RE8ULT8.
1000
.566
.400
.444
.27.1
.000
BILL VIEBAHN.
Cracker twlrler who will prob
ably work today against Memphis.
Score: R. H. E.
Ga. Ry A E. Co,.004 000 OOx—4
Carter Elec. Co..*003 000 100—8
Batteries—Keen and Eubanka, Lowry
and Beauchamp.
Score: R. H. E.
East Point.. .
Whittier Mills
Batteries—Nsbel and Luck, Robert
and McClain.
SCOTTDALE, Ga., July 13.—In the
prettiest and hardest fought game play
ed In the City League this season,
Scottdale defeated the Moccabeea Sat
urday, score 4 to 3. The game went
ten Innings. Chewnlng was In rare
form and gave up only 8 hits. iJilrd
and Y’lnson did fine work In the field
and their baae running waa of big
league style, Laird stealing home.
Herndon led the hitting, getting 4 hits.
Allen played a atar game at short for
the Maccabees, getting everything that
cam# his way.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Scottdale 000 100 200 1—4 12
Maccabees 020 001 000 0—I 6
Batteries—Scottdale, Chewnlng and
Eddleman; Maccabees, Sklpworth and
Spangler.
COMMERCIALS
STANDING OF CLUBS.
Clubs.
Beck A' Gregg 10
Banker* .. ..9
Coca Colaa ... 8
L. A N 9
YVest. Electrics 9
Acme Brews .. 9
Played. Won. Lost. P.C.
.800
.778
.628
.333
.333
111
The Beck A Oregg team defeated the
Bankers, 8 to 6, In the only game
played In the Commercial League Sat
urday. Here Is the score:
Back A Gregg, ab. r. h. po. a. *.
Lane, rf 5 1 1 2 0 1
Parish, c. . . . 4 2 2 IS 0 1
Adams, ss. . . . 3 2 2 3 0 0
Mayer, p. . . . 4 1 1 1 5 0
Grist, lb. ... 4 1 2 2 0
Hilton, If. ... 3 0 1 0 0
Knapp. 3b ... 4 1 3 0 0
Davidson, 2b. . . 2 0 0 0 2
Aldred. cf. . . . 4 0 0 0 0
By A. S. M'GEHEE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 13.—Every
thing look# good for a game here today.
It Is a typical summer's day—the sun
high In the heavens, without a cloud,
and a slight wind blowing.
The Champs arrived this morning,
and Smith says his lads will go some
here.
Big Bill Viebahn will probably op-
S ose his last year's team mate, Rudy
chwenck, on the slab.
Smith says he may change his mind
later and use John*.
Schwenck has not worked for some
days. The' big fellow says he will do
the honors against the Champs.
Bill Csrpentsr will umpire, for which
all are glad here.
"Red" McMurrny will moet likely
catch. Ed Hurlburt Is not popular here
and will probably not be used.
Babb haa bought two men for next
year, Willis, a pitcher, and Lindsay, a
shortstop, both from the Carolina
League. They are highly touted by
Nick Carter. Cranston wlu most likely
be sold to the Athletics.
Owens Is In good shape and will work
behind the bat In the series. Much In
terest Is felt In this series and a big
crowd Is expected. The fans are tired
of the recent Joke games,
The Cracker team plays three games
here and then goes over to Little Rock
to wind up the week.
Next Monday the Atlanta team opens
at home and plays for two weeks In a
row against the western clubs, In this
order: Memphis, Little Rock, Mobil*
and New Orleans.
»—:—-
Sun Proof Team
Defeats Canton
Totals.
Bankers.
Lemon, cf. .
Duncan, lb.
McLarln. 2b.
Asbury, a. .
Lane. Ib. .
Conway. If. .
Bean. rf. . .
King. c. . ..
McConnell, p.
33 8 12 27 7 3
ab. r. h. ps. a. e.
34
7
R.
101 310 OOx—8
Totals.
Score by Innings.
Beck A Oregg
Bankers 300 010 001 .
Summary: Two-bdse hits. Pariah.
Adams. Hilton: struck out by Mayer.
12. McConnell i: baae* on balls, off
Mayer 1. off McConnell 1: sacrifice hits,
Davidson 2; hit by pitched ball, Mayer,
Lemon: umpires, Bell and Thornton.
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Com
pany's "Sun Proof Team" defeated
canton at Canton Saturday In one of
the prettiest games of the season. Up
until the fifth Inning only fifteen bat
ters had faced Armlstead. the Sun
Proof twlrler, and altogether the home
boys secured only three hits off his de
livery, one of which was of the scratch
variety.
Jones, of Canton, also pitched a pret
ty game, but hts support In the latter
part of the game was weird, to say the
least of It.
Brilliant plays were abundant. Keen,
of the Sun Proofs, and Turk, of Canton,
making magnificent catches. Lockhart
starred at the bat, getting two doubles
out of four times up. and but for a
pretty running catch by Turk would
have had a third. Arml*tead's throw
ing to bases was good, and only one
man stole on him.
The Canton team Is composed of gen.
tlemen and sportsmen and the Sun
Proof team Is Indebted to them for a
mose •pleasant trip.
The score: R. H. E.
Sun Proof 5 6 6
Canton 2 3 8
Batteries: Sun Proof. Armlstead
and Armlstead; Canton. Jones and
YVood.
LONDON, July 13.—The great Olym
piad to establish the supremacy of
brawn throughout all the earth opened
here today under adverse weather con
ditions.
Representatives from practically ev
ery nation of the globe have foregath
ered and are trained down to a hair for
the events which shall decide the Inter
national championships.
The contenders who have gathered to
take part In the historic contest en
tered Into the opening ceremonies today
with a seat which bespoke their hearty
enthuslaslm. This day was practically
given over to the Initial ceremonies and
the flrsrday of real contests Is tomor
row. when the real program will start
at 10 o'clock In the morning. The pro.
gram as arranged allows games from
10 o’clock In the morning until noon,
and In the afternoon from 2:30 o'clock
on.
London with all her site and millions
of people shows the augmentation of
brawn even to the casual observer. In
nddltlnn to the thousand* of contest
ants there are thousands upon thou
sands of people of every nationality
gathered here to witness the events.
They come from the continent, from
over aess and from various sections of
j the British ‘Isles.
In fitting keeping with the splendor
which marked the Olympiads of ancient
times, the parade and opening cere
monies conducted before the king today
upheld the time-honored traditions of
the games. The first Olympic games
were carried on In Greece at an age ao
remote as to almost make them myths
rather than chronicles of old-time
prowess.
Huge Crowd Turns Ou*.
The vast stddlum, capable of holding
nearly 100,000 souls at a pinch and
75,000 In comfort, was well filled this
morning when the preliminary events
were commenced.
It ufaa an Inspiring scene and one
which will be remembered by all who
saw It. Indeed there were not a few
who were Inspired to allow their mljidt
to run back over the centuries pictur
ing to themselves the scenes In those
ancient amphitheaters which housed
the Olympic performers In ancient
Greece. Instead of being walled by the
mountains In the far distance and
bathed In a warm aunshlne from blue
and never-changing skies. Instead of
the picturesque attire of the contenders
and the spectators who filled up the
stadium. Instead of the glint of sun
shine upon armor and spear points and
the waving plumes upon helmet crests
and the cries In the ancient tongues of
all but forgotten days—Instead of this,
'lah stadium today presented a
scene fully as thrilling, but probably
not quite so romantic.
Flags of every nation fluttered;
tongues of every land babbled and
hurled forth cheers.
The keen Tank waved his banner of
red, white and blue and called loudly
for his favorites; the phlegmatic Eng
lishman, unbent, ao far nnd forgot
himself to the extent of crying for his
hero of brawn. The German, the Swiss,
the Swede, the Frenchman, the Hol
lander, the Russian, the Greek, the
Kalian—they all rubbed elbows In the
good fellowship which true sport en
genders and endeavored to cheer the
victor, no matter whether he was from
Quebec province or the Bush of Aus
tralia
Start Athletlo Evsnts.
The original Intention regarding to
day waa not carried out. It was
planned to have a parade and to give
TENNIS WIND-UP CONIES MONDAY
The annual Southern lawn tennis championship comes to an end
Monday afternoon, when Nat Thornton, of Atlanta, present Southern
champion, and Hugh Whitehead, of Norfolk. Y'a, twice Virginia chamoion
meet for the Southern title. - p n,
Doubtless a large crowd will be out to see' this match. *The attend
ance at the tennis this year haa been larger by far than ever before nnd
records should be broken Monday afternoon, for there Is the'most Intern,*
Interest locally In the match.
During the past two years Thornton ha* been presumed to be the hew
tennis player In the South. He lost the Southern title two years ago to
a Californian and won last year from a big field, including sever,, l
Northern and Eastern players.
• Before Whitehead made his debut the local player was supposed to
have the championship sewed up, but YY'hltehead’s really marvelous game
against Cowan Rodgers In the finals Saturday, morning have changed the
aspect of things.
It Is now believed that the Atlantan will have to go to the limit to win
and that he stands a good chance of being defeated.
CASTLETON
IS VERY ILL
Atlanta’s Best Pitcher Has
Typhoid and Will Be in
Bed For Weeks.
TEAM PLAYS
Chattanooga’s Stars Come
Over to Tackle A. A. C.
Players.,
ROY CASTLETON.
Atlanta pitcher who has typhoid
fever.
nonnoed Roy
man southpaw will be fil,I up for a month
or six weeks at lenst. It Is hardly probable
thnt lie will pitch ngsln this season.
This leaves Atlnnta In nn awful hole for
pitchers. YVItb L’natleton gone, Ford Is the
only pitcher In a winning way at present.
Doubtless another pltchef will he secured
by .Manager Smith as soon as possible.
The Chattanooga baseball team lines
up at Ponce DeLeon park this after
noon against.the Atlanta Athletic Club
team for the first of a series of six
games.
All six should be rattling contests.
EVEN BREAK AT MT. CARMEL.
MT, CARMEL, S. C., July 13,-Mt.
Carmen and Tfgnall played three
games here Thursday, Friday and Sat.
urday. T|te first waa a tie, the second
Tignall won and the third was captured
by Mt. Carmel.
Scores:
First game— R. H. E.
Tignall 010 000 000—1
Mt. Carmel 100 000 000—1
Batteries: Tignall, YY'nre and YVolfe:
Mt. Carmel. Mars and Miller.
8core by innings, second game:
Mt'. Carmel .010 000 100—2
Tignall 000 001 210—4
Batteries: Mt. Carmel, Mars and Mil
ler: Tignall. YY'are and YY’olfe.
Score by Innings, third game:
Mt. Carmel 030 214 010—11 lo'
Tignall 112 000 000— 4 7 4
Batteries: Mt. Carmel, Mars and Mil-
by"; Tignall, YVare, Sales and YY'olfe,
Blackwell.
GROVANIA 12, ELKO 8.
GROVANIA, Ga., July 13.—Orovtnls
defeated Elko again Saturday by a
score of 12 to 8.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Elko , .. ..200 100 118— 8
Grovanla 421 201 110—12 :
Batteries: Elko, Bragg, Houser. Eu
banks and O. Houser: Grovanla Brown
and Jones.
C
“MACK’S” GOOD WORK
HELPS CRACKERS WIN
By WILL .R. HAMILTON
NEW ORLEANS, July 13-Cold fig
ures show that the Pelicans outpointed
Pitcher Russ Ford and seven other
Crackers Sunday, but there was one
man on the Atlanta team—the small-
hat man at that—who put It all over
the Birds. His name Is McMurrny.
YY’lth his assistance the Atlanta team
won. 1 to 0.
The Crackers, who have brought out
more good catchers In the Inst four or
five years than all nthpr seven clubs
put together, have another wonder In
McMurrny, or he laid miles post his
form In Sunday's game.
His chunking tp the bases was the
.. . - —. - prettiest feature of the game and the
over the entire day to ceremonies But | most effective. After repented attempts
thl. ... eh.n..a .h. the on) y mnn that heat nne Of hlS
JEFFERSON 3, WINDER 2.
WINDER, Ga* July 13.—YVInder and
Jefferson played thhlr sixth game Sat
urday. beginning the game with
the odd number against them. Follow
ing Is the result:
R. It. E.
YVInder 2 5 3
Jefferson 3 8 3
Baterlea: YY’Inder, McElhannon and
Thompson: Jefferson. Lyle and Epps.
Umpire, Georgs BagwelL
this was changed by the committee In
charge, which decided on carrying out
the ath)etlo program.
Not long after the Initial display the
l,6<H>-mcter rare was announced.
Concerning the events of the early
day, the parade was one of the largest
ever seen In London and one of the
moat enthusiastic.
In nearly all the weight-throwing
contests, the standing high Jump, the
standing long Jump, the pole vault and
the 100-meter races, It looks as If the
Yankees will win without difficulties.
The Americans also are reasonably
sure of the hurdle contest and the run
ning broad Jump.
owever.' In the 400 and 300-meter
races the struggle will be a strenuous
one. British contenders look very
strong In the walks and long-distance
running events. America does not ex
pect to win the Marathon, altho Can
ada unless Tom Longboat Is expelled,
has a good show for supremacy.
Mike Murphy Satisfied.
The American* went to Brighton for
their training and are In the pink of
condition. The veteran trainer, Mike
Murphy, after a Careful last look a( his
charges. said:
"There Is not a man over-trained and
they are all as fit as they ever have
been. YY’e have been fortunate In hav
ing no accidents befall us. The season
must be late over here, for much of
the weather since we arrived has been
windy and rough. On account of the
climate some of the men have not had
enough work for their oun good. There
has been too much rain and too little
sunshine. I am confident and expect
to see the American team capture Its
share of honors."
Rain and Royalty Galore,
Rain was the only marring feature
today, but so splendid was the out
look that this did not detract a bit from
tho enthusiasm. As the athletes passed
In review before King Edward this
morning mighty cheers went up from
thousands of throats to echo and re
echo.
To the American team with ninety
member* was accorded the honor of
leading the prncesalon. and when they
paised in review the cheering was un
bounded.
Those who had hoped for fine weath
er this afternoon were drenched both
literally and figuratively. The down*
throws was Rlckert In the eighth In
ning, and that by a very narrow mar
gin. "Nig" Clarke never showed bet
ter form than this wee bit of a man,
•McMurray.
In the first Inning Manning got on
by a walk; and, thinking he hnd a bush
leaguer to deal with, started on down
to second. Everybody knows there’s
not a faster man on the paths In the
Southern than Manning. YY’ell. Little
Mac chunked him out by 10 feet or
more.
In the fourth Rlckert hit to the left
field-wall for a double,and a minute
later tried to steal third. In view of
McMurray'* good form Joe was entire
ly too daring. The Atlantan easily
tossed him out. In a few minutes Lord
walked and was thrown out nt third
on Rohe’s long single. Had Rlckert
stayed on second and Lord not tried
to go too far, two runs would hnve been
tallied on that hit of Rohe's.
In the fifth Dexter got down to first
on an error. The very- first time that
McMurray got the hall In hi* hand* he
threw accurately to Fox eatchlng Dex
ter off the bag.
In the sixth Manning arfhtn tried to
swipe second, but McMurray again
beat him to It.
"Mack's" really great work and an
other fine exhibition by Ru»»ell Ford
resulted In a nice victory for the At
lanta team. The spltbail man allowed
five hit*, but by graceful scattering and
fine support he got away with a vic
tory.
Breltenstetn pitched a game with t
net loss of le*s hits, some three In alL
In the eighth, however, he walked 1 'as
tro. Ford sacrificed the Count to sec
ond. Moran advanced him to third
on an out, and Bill Dyer, whose hitting
ha* been the feature of Atlanta * trip,
knocked out the winning single
which Castro romped home. Thnt
the only run of the afternoon.
Brown umpired the game and got
away with It all right.
The score:
ab.
pour did not cease at all. butt continued
with unabated vigor. Three kings and
many, lesser members of royalty sat In
the Imperial box this afternoon when
the games proper opened.
King Edward, who Is a sport-loving
monarch, cheered heartily as the par
ticularly good work was done, lie
took a keen Interest In the contests and
evidenced a broad knowledge of sports
In general.
American Team Cheered.
The best of feeling prevails among
the athletes and the spectator*.
Indeed In the review this morning the
cheering thnt greeted the American
team waa scarcely less In volume than
that which heralded the coming of the
Englishmen.
Rector, of the American team, looks
good for ihe 100-meter dash; Gilbert,
the pole vaulter, is another of the
American team who looks like a sure
winner.
Both are In fine fettle and ought to
give a good account of themselves.
Paul Pilgrim, after the conclusion of
the games, will tour In other European
countrlea, taking part in athletic con-
testa
Atlanta.
Moran, If. .... 3 '
Dyer, 3b 4
YY'Inters, cf. . . . 4
Becker, rf. . . . 3
Fox. lb 4
Jordan, 2b. ... 4
McMurray, c. . . 2
Castro, as .... 2
Ford, p 1
Totals 27
Ntw Orleans, ab.
Rlckert, If. ... 3
Mnnrlng, rf.. . . I
Lord, cf 3
Rohe, 3b 4
Dexter, lb. ... 4
NHL 2b 1
Huber, ss 1
Matthews, c.. . . 2
Breltenstein, p. . S
h.
0
1 1
1 3 27 15 1
r. h. po. a.
0 2 16 8
2 6
12
Totals 28 0
Score by Innings: .
Atlanta ..000 000 010—1
New Orleans .. .. .. ..000 000 000—*
Summary—Two-base hits, Rlckert,
Lor*]; stolen bases. Dyer, Rlckert: sac*
r Ifiohltn, McMurray, Ford; struck cut,
by Rreltensteln 4, by Ford 4: bases og
balls, off Breltenstein 3. off K^rd I. k**
by pitched ball, by Breltenstein (Beck
er); left on bases. New Orleans 5. At
lanta 5; first base on errors. New Or
leans 1, Atlnnta 1. Time, 1:54. I m “
plrb, Brown. v
NO” GAME SATURDAY.
NEW ORLEANS, La., July 13.-0**
Ing to rain, no game was played Sat
urday between Atlanta and New Or
leans.
TAZEWELL WINS EASILY.
TAZEWELL. GaTjuly 13.—Tasew
defeated Buena Vista by a score .>r
to 0 here Friday.
Score by Innings:
Tazewell 320 000
Buena Vista 000 000 «'
Batteries: Hogg and Helrp 8 -
Oregor. Belk and Williams. L'rr
Halley.
Me-