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TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
-OXDAY,.SEPTEMBER 21. 1908.
SPORTS NASHVILLE^ WINS FINAL GAME AND THE PENNANT
(NtHMHM
—“ -Edited By- —
PERCY H. WHITING
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GREAT BATTLE FOR THE RAG FOUGHT IN NASHVILLE IS WON BY THE VOLUNTEERS
Bill Bernhard’s Team Made. Plucky
Fight From First of Season to End of
Final Game and Won on Merits.
The Best Team Got the Rag.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITINO.
When a man haa Just come, home after seeing the wind-up of the
greatest game of the greatest series In the closest race that any league
ever saw, he can*t be expected to write otherwise .than chunklly.
If there were time and room, we should like to fricassee the whole
dictionary In pralae of the Nashville baseball club. The players are en
titled to a garland of rhetorical roses about as long as such things run.
The Nashville team Is the marvel of modern baseball. At the start
It was the darkest horse in the closest race the Southern League ever
saw*. It got away running sideways and didn't get fairly _ straightened
out and headed for the first turn until the rest w,re well away.
From the start to the finish the Nashville team plugged along, tend
ing strictly to business and doing Its best. For months and months It
was not regarded as a serious contender.
Just how the team scratched along and got to the front will never be
clear In the minds of many.
The Volunteers were accorded the honor of having the best catching
stair at the start, but Hardy hit an endless hatting slump and Seabaugh
developed a stiffness In his arp that never let up. So the Volunteers
were never very strong behind the bat.
The Nashville Infield certainly had Ita troubles. Daubert has been a
good man all the way thru—the best man In the league In his position.
But Butler was never regarded as very strong, and East was handed to
Bernhard as a lemon after McCormick "played.the wild” as usual.
The Nashville outfield was never a marvelous affair. Selgel was al
ways good. Bay was lust what he always has been—good at fielding and
base running, weak at hitting and throwing. Wiseman, who usually
plays a steady game, -has done just that thing.
The pitching staff has been the real pennant winner. And yet two
of the star, members, Johnny Duggan and Hub Perdue, were nothing at
all last year.
Tet with such a team, Manager Bernhard has won the greatest pen
nant race ever run In the Southland. ,
Therefore, all honor to Mr. Bernhard!
But now about Saturday's great game:
It's a cinch the best team won.
Generally the best team DOESwAn. But In the series Just closed for
the championship there wasn't an earthly doubt-
The Volunteers didn't have any vast margin. But take them position
by position, and they stacked up better.
My dope has been a dozen times that Nashville was the better ag
gregation. Its pitching staff Is stronger. Its catching staff Is fully as
good. So Is.tbe a Infield. The outfield Isn't much worse.
Only one cog In the writer's dope slipped. He figured Breltensteln
the best pitcher In the league until Saturday's game. Now he takes It
back and any honors that go to the finest twlrler In the South should
be awarded to Vedder Sltton.
Sltton clearly outpltcbed Breltensteln. The youngster never made a
mistake, never weakened, never erred In judgment or execution. He was
Invincible and a wonder.
In fielding the Volunteers had all the best of It McElveen made the
"wonder stops," and was the fielding star. East did the great head work.
In every .department of fielding the Volunteers showed up a shade bet
ter. They never made anything that looked IIKp an error. There was
never anything but the finest head work. Not anything remotely resem
bling a dumb play crept In.
There was never a fielding blow-out by either team. It was expect
ed. but It didn't materialise. Despite the tension, both teams played like
machines. Another thing that didn't crop out, tho It was expected, was
a flurry of hits to right field. The bank was covered with humanity,
and any easy pop was a two-bagger, provided It headed for right field.
But only one ball went over there, and a fielder got hts bands on that, tho
he didn't hold the pllj.
The crowd was a credit to Nashville, and that's a high honor. The
weather was also up to Tennessee's usual standard. And the game was
better than the weather, and that's progressing In the right direction, to
some extent.
Baltimore Wins
In Eastern League
BALTIMORE. Md . Kept. ft-Tbe E»»fern
LMtiu ««i»nn ended yesterday
wfti double-header* at Newark and Prevl*
d**nde.
Baltimore won the pennant.
It was not until the final gatnee that
tjie poeaeeaor t>f aeoond place wan deter
mined. Newark captured the opening game
from Jersey City. while Providence downed
the Baltimore Oriole~
DALLAS WIN8.
PALLAS, Oa., Sept. 21.—Pallas defeated
the atrong Hiram team hera Friday by the
acore of 6 to 2.
Score:
Pnllaa 001 003 21-8
Hiram 010 001 00-2
Retteries: Cooper and Lawrence; Kuy
frendal and Parris.
WHA T EXPERTS SA Y OF SEASON'S WIND-UP
By GRANTLAND RICE.
When Earth's last ball game Is fin
ished
And the bata are twisted and dried;
When the oldest player haa vanished
And the final Rooter haa died;
From the gold-covered gateway of
Heaven
To the red-cindered pathway of
Hell,
We shall dream for aeon and aeon
Of a battle In Sulphur Dell.
And age after age shall pass by us
And the centuries fade In their
flight
Till the last red star of the heavens
Has dimmed In the depths of the
night;
But as long as the flicker of memory
Flares up In the spectral years,
The ghost of the Nashville rooter
Will quaff to the Volunteers.
When Earth’s last ball game la fin
ished
And the dope of the ages Is done;
When the final base has been stolen
And the last hard conflict won;
The annals of balldom will show us
The battle that takes first rank—
The battle when Bernhard's stalwarts
Stormed over the Tribe of Frank.
And the aoula of Fans who have wan
dered
The Trail of the Mystic Way.
Shall talk of 8 might struggle
They saw In a distant day;
Shall boast tilt they hear the story
In the Land of the Spectral Years.
As the soul of the Nashville Rooter
Shouts, "Skoal to the Volunteers."
—Nashville Tennessean.
WILLIAM KAVANAUGH.
(President Southern League.)
So protests against Keshrllle neve been
Sled end there Is no chance for the win
ners of Hstnrdsjr's game to lost out. Nash-
villa lost In the rase of the one protested
game, that with Montgomery, but that has
already been counted, so the standing that
S res them the pennant liy about 1 point
correct. While It made little difference
to me which club won the cbamplonahlp,
It la gratifying that as game a hunch as
Nashville should win the honor. Bern
hard's hunch ctme from behind and won
out In s hard, gruelling finish, and won the
pennant after a game fight. They won. and
are entitled to all of the honor* that go
with their achievement”
By BLuF WING.
(W. J. Ewing, Sr., Managing Editor
Nashville American.)
1 was the flret time In baseball history
1 that a championship was won by one
! point and by one run—In this case the
only run of the game.
Nashville wins the championship
with a percentage standing of .672:
New Orleans finished .671.
The Volunteers won the game clearly,
tho If the Pelicans had played per
fect ball or even up to their form on
the road trip the score would possibly
have been reversed.
The game and the pennant were won
and lost on four hits .off Breltensteln.
which came In the seventh Inning after
two Nashville players went out.
By W. J. EWING, JR,
(Nashville American.)
Vedder Sltton. recently recruited
from the South Atlantic League, where
he has established a fine record, was
Nashville'S dependence In the rifle pit In
Saturday's game.
Young Sltton, who Is destined to
make a mark as a pitcher in the base
ball world, had wonderful speed and
fine control. He walked only two men.
He depended almost entirely on the
"eplt" ball and the manner In which It
broke over the corners of the plate for
him was a revelation to the Pelicans.
The college lad was cool. The enor
mous crowd, the largest he had ever
performed before, had no tendency
i whatever to rattle him. He went about
his work Just as If he had been In the
business for years and it was this
splendid Judgment that carried him
thru a stubborn content to victory.
Tho great credit Is due every single
member of tho team for their fight, the
; one Important factor of the game was
Vedder Sltton.
"DOC” WISEMAN.
His hit In sevepth Inning of gams
Saturday won pennant for Nash
ville.
their handling on and off the field. It wlm
also because, at the eruelal moment It bad
a corpa of pltchera which, collectively, ha*
never been excelled In thla league. Ever
since Bernhard got clear of the one or two
disturbers In the, team, a well rounded or
ganisation has bean hli.”
"NiabvlUc wlna tba Southern League pen
nant after the fiercest struggle In the hl«-
tory of the gam# to the South. It wins
of the generalship of Manager
and the liberality of tho raanage-
'vlng him free rein In the pur-
developmeut of players and tn
tory of tbi
because
Bernhard
WILL R. HAMILTON.
(New Orleans Item.)
Thla was the first time In the history
of organized baseball that a cham
pionship hinged on one game played
between tho two leading teams, it
-I- STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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1§
CLUBS—
NaahvlUe .. ..
New Orleans..
Memphis .. -
Montgomery ..
Atlanta
Little Rock ..
Birmingham ..
Amarloan.
Clubs- W. I., r.c.
Detroit ...79 61 .678
Cleveland .80 80 .671
MuV.ISS J8
BrJfl g
Wash’ton .69 75 .440
New York..48 90 .888
.801
Newark ...7SS7 .678
Pr'vld'nct 77 57 .676
Buffalo ...78 84 .648
Montreal .81 78 .448
Toronto ...SO 77 .4SS
Jer. City...87 78 .422
Rochester .66 82 . 402
Southern,
Played. Won. Lost. P. C,
.. 121 76 18 .6?i
62
.182
N.-tlonal.
Club*— W. L. r.c.
New York.87 47 .«6
Chicago ...88 68 .819
rittaburg ..84 64 .814
Phlladsl. ..n «1 .644
ctnctnaatl M 72 . 471
Boston ....67 81 .412
Brooklyn .47 90 .841
St. Loafs .47*1 .241
Virginia 8tats.
Club*— W.L.P.C.
Richmond IS 40 887
Danville ..72 61 .6S<
Roanoke ..82 88 .414
Portam'th 68 70 .444
Norfolk ...53 77 . 408
LynchBurg 60 77 .394
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
National.
Pittsburg at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
American.
Boston at Detroit
Philadelphia at Chisago.
New York at Cleveland.
Washington at 8t. Louis.
ter and aa the Grays again defeated the
Orioles In the second game, second place
goes to Stallings' crew.
The race was one of the closest battles
since the kague was organised. It was
OVER TWENTY THOUSAND FAN? SA W
NASHVILLE-NEW ORLEANS SERIES
Twenty thousand two hnndred and right paid admissions were eollected dor fog
the Neshvllle Ncw Orleans series which cloaca Saturday In Nashville.
Here are the figure* by days:
Thursday 4.8*5
Friday 4.812
Saturday ...10,711
The receipts during the three games were 27,58*.40.
On Saturday not leas than 12.550 persona watched the game from Inalde the Sul-
phnr Dell Inelnenre and probably 2.500 more tmm the outside. At Is uaual on hlg
days, the fence was tom down to let In a few hundred, a few hundred more came
over the top or underneath, a few hundred came In on "dead" rain checks, a few
hundred went right thru the gates without making aty pretense of giving up tick
ets, and of coarse a few hundred came In on peases.
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Grand, Orpheum and Bi
jou Songs. Arno Music Com
pany, 43 Peachtree.
Assistant Coach
Reports at Athens
ATHENS, G«„ flept. 21.—Georgia** new
assistant coach reported for work today.
He la Thomaa Kirby, of Washington, an
old Georgetown atar. He graduated from
Georgetown with the claaa of IKS and
played end on the ’varsity for several
years. Rlnce finishing school he haa been
snorting editor of The Washington Hern Id.
and la generally considered an authority
on atbletlca.
Personalty the new coach will be very
acceptable to the aquad and to the student-
body In general, and In Boeock and Kirby
Georgia haa two of the strongest coaches
In tho South.
Practice la picking up ateadily and the
outlook la brighter, than It haa been since
the season opened. The two Bottwlrks.
Henry and Hugh. two of the beat men of
last year n aquad. hare reported on the
field.
VOTE FOR JOS. LOEWUS
BUSINESS MAN’S
CANDIDATE.
ALAS, POOR
CRACKERS!
Their Saddest Season Ends
in Blinding Blaze of
Gloom.
By PAUL WILKES* -
A fair-sized crowd of ths faithful jour
neyed to Ponce DeLeon Saturday afternoon to
witness the last sad rltea incident to the
demlae of the baseball season. It had been
announced that the two team* would try for
a record. Just what record was open to
either of the teams was not quite clear until
somebody said it was the record for fast play
One of the honorable "sport writes" who
wearily watched the final game of the season
record was a joke of large dimensions.
But even at that thsre wera a faw isolated
features that earned the few faithful to for
get they were attending tha last sad rites
and which caused them to take their eyes
away from the big scoreboard where the re*
suit of the Nashville-New Orleans game was
being chalked up at Intervals.
One of these features was a goodly swat by
Jim C. Fox which enabled that worthy to trot
the circuit for a home run. Another wee an
.exciting moment when the Little Rock outfit
became demoralised and allowed Atlanta’s
acore to Increase.
Oh, yes; one thing more—Atlsnta won.
The score was S to 3. Thus periaheth all ev
idence of the crime.
Here live the last box acore
Atlanta— ah. r. 1
P-
». a.
.92 5 10 24 12 0
ah. r. h. po. a. *.
Becker, ef. . . .
Jordan. 2b
Clayton. 3b
Moran, It
MrMurray, rf. . .
Wilkes. <•
Smith, e
Fox. lb
Ford, p.
• Total*
Little Bock—
Blakely, ef.
Collina. ee.-p
Coaaor, lb
Hvee, 3b.'
Page, 2b
Welle, It
Wood, c
Eyler, rf.-ea
Hart, p
Bnrhanan, rf. . . .
Atlanta. . . ". . . . .280 Oflo Ox—5
Little Bock 110 000 00—2
Summery—Two-bsee hit. Connor: three-
three-baea hit, Jordan: home run; Fox: atrurk
out, by Ford 4. by Hart 1. by Collina 2: wild
pllcbee. Ford. Collins. Time, 1:20. Umpire,
Jimmy Collina, of the Philadelphia
Americana, will manage the Buffalo
team next aeaaon.
By H. T. M’DANIEL.
(Memphia News-Scimitar.)
The aeaaon la over, and NaahvlUe
wlna the pennant. But It was not until
after a long, hard fight In which the
players put forth every ounce of brain
and brawn that the Sulphur Dell ag
gregation came In first.
Early In the aeaaon It became ap
parent the fight for the bunting was to
be a red-hot affair. As late aa August
10. with the aeaaon only five weeks
from Its end. Montgomery In seventh
position, was only six games out of filet
place, or Juat .66 points behind Nash
ville In first. And then the fight
dragged on until only two weeks re
mained. and New Orleans, Nashville
and Memphis were bunched at the top,
a blanket of one game covering the
three. The last week found Memphia
out of the race on account of Injuries
to players, and the rax narrowed down
to New Orleans and Nashville, with the
last aeries of tha season on Nashville
grounds aa the determining factor.
Vedder Sitton OutpitchesTheo. Breiten-
stein—Volunteers Outplay Pelicans,
and Nashville Wins Pennant by Margin
of Less Than Two Points.
THAT PENNANT GAME
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SATURDAY’S RESULT8.
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oouunrn-
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 2L-Bsoer allowed
four bits In both games here Saturday.
Score 1 to 0 and 2 to 2.
Flret game: R. H. E.
Birmingham 000 000 0—0 f
Mobile 000 010 0-1 L .
Batteries: Bauer and Raub; Hlxon and
Garvin.
Second game: . R. H. E,
Birmingham.. I. . 110 100 *-3 6 (
Mobile 100 100 0-2 3 0
Batteries: Bsner and Ranb and Meek;
Hlxon and Garvin.
At Chicago (White—Sullivan! 7 12
Washington IWItherup—Street) .3 10
At St. Louie (Howell—Spencer) ....0 3
Phlladel. (Rcblltzer—rowerai ....2 7
At Detroit (Mnllln—Scbipldt) 5 8
New York (Warhap. Manning—
Blair) 8 10
At Cleveland (Llebbsrdt—Beralt) ..8 9
Boston (Stella. Wood, Morgan
—Crlgor) 8 9
National. R. H. E.
At Boston (Chappelle, Msttern—
Graham) 8
Cincinnati (Spade, Rowan—Mc
Lean) 8
Flret game:
At Phlladel. Rlckle-Dooln) 0 8 ]
Chicago (Reulhacb—Kllng) 0 8 !
First came:
At Brooklyn (Mclntyro-Holmes,
Pastorlous—Farmer) 1 2
St. Louis (Higginbotham, Ray-
mond—Bliss! 8 8 i
8eeond game:
At Brooklyn (Wilhelm—Dunn) 0 4 !
St. Lou!* (Raymond—Bill*) 1 3 (
At New York (Ames. Crandall— _
Bresnahan) 2 * .
Pittsburg (Llefleld—Glbsonl ...8 11 '
Eastern League.
Providence 8. Baltimore 1 (firet same).
Trorldenre 11. Baltimore 4 (second game).
Buffalo 8. Toronto l (first gams).
Buffalo 3, Toronto 1 (second game; five
Innings).
Virginia 8lats.
Richmond 12. Lynchburg 2.
Norfolk 4. Portsmouth 2 (flret game).
Portsmouth 7, Norfolk 4 (second game).
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American.
R.H.E.
Phlladel. (Plank—Lapp)
At St. Louis (Waddell—Smith) 2
Washington (Johnson—Street)...!
VOTE FOR JOS. LOEWUS
ALDERMAN SECOND
V/ARD.
Jimmy MeHale, of the Providence
Club, has been released by Manager
Duffy.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
The closest race that the Southern League ever saw come to a glorious
close In Nashville Saturday afternoon when the Nashville team downed the
New Orleans club, one run to none, and thus landed the Southern League
pennant by a margin of less than two points.
If ever a finish was filed down finer or a final game played more fiercely
It has not come to our notice.
After more than five months of bloody battling the Pelicans and Volun
teers had managed to eliminate from the race all clubs but their own.
The final elimination fell on Saturday.
NaahvlUe had to win the closing game to win the pennant.
New Orleans, owing to a slight lead, had only to get a tie to box the
hunting.
With the New Orleans team In good trim and with Theodore Brelten-
steln ripe to pitch the final game. It appeared as tho the Crescent City crew
had a slight advantage.
By determined play, superb pitching and timely batting the Nashville
players ovsreame this advantage and won the game by the narrowest mar
gin possibly—one measley run.
For six Innings the game racked along with no material advantage on
either aide and It began to appear that the marvelous defensive play of the
Pelicans was going to be too strong for the Volunteers.
Then came the seventh—the inning In which pennants are won and lost
Not a Pelican got the ball out of the Infield while the Louisiana team
was at bat.
The Nashville team came up and the first two men were easy outs. Dau
bert popped to Dexter and Butler grounded out to Tarleton.
With Hurlburt and Sltton up next, that Inning appeared to be over.
A thing often noted In tight games Is that the tall end of the batting
order la the one that furnishes the runs. And this very thing came true for
Nashville.
Ed Hurlburt, America’s champion lumber wagon, the slowest hall player
In the world and a man who has been dropped from two Southern League
teams because of his absolute arrant Inefficiency with the bat, ripped off a
clean single, the fourth hit of any character off Breltensteln and the first
clean one by any Volunteer. The ball went over Tarleton and Just short of
Roy Montgomery. Sltton, who Is some base runner and considerable of a hit
ter, raked a grounder between first and second bases, nearer to Tarleton
than Dundon. The ex-O. & P. first baseman went after the ball with his
right hand, slapped It down and then chased It on the ground almost to
second base before he finally collared It. Charley Frank alleges that this play
was an error for Tarleton. but there was no argument over scoring it among
the many baseball writers gathered in the Nashville press box. It was
conceded that the ball was too far over for Tarleton to handle, especially
with a fast man running to first.
Probably Jake Daubert, Jim Fox or "Scoops” Carey could have got It,
but nobody blames Tarleton.
This scratch single sent Hurlburt to second. Harry Bay. always a
frump batter, was next up And it seemed pretty certain that the Nashville
team wopld go out right then and there.
But Harry dropped a bunt down the third base line that was as per
fectly executed aa any bunt that any man evr made. It stopped about
equally distant from catcher, pitcher and third baseman and all of them
started for It. The bunt was eo well placed and the play was so unlocked
for—since bunts don't usually come with two men down, two men on
bases and with the sleuth on second about the slowest In the world—that
It worked like a charm. Hurlburt reached third, Sltton second and Bay
first In safety. In fact Breltensteln. who finally got the ball, did not throw
It at all.
With the bases full “Doc" Wiseman, the league's veteran, came up.
And "Doc" won the game.
He met the ball slightly above the equator, probably about the north
temperate zone, and sent It bounding way over Dundon's head and out Into
Lord’s hands. Hurlburt scored on the play and Vedder Sltton tried to, hut
was out at the pan, from Lord Jo Matthews.
But that run of Hurlburt'a. ‘which took four singles to get It across the
plate, d*on the game. At no other time could either team score or even
come near to It.
When that run was tallied such a yell was let out of 12,000 wind-pipe*
aa few men ever heard before. But It was a yelp that did not last long,
for the crowd was reserving Its demonstration until the game was surely
won.
From the time that Nashville's only run came across until the last
Pelican was out In the ninth the crowd held Ita breath. In the eighth one
man fanned and two went out to the infield.
In the ninth Rohe, whose batting once won a world's championship,
went out from first to second. Lord, mightiest batter of the Pelican team
and one of the beet In the league, Ignomlnloualy fanned.
, Then came Tarleton. last man up In the last game of a great season. And
thl* tall lad fared no better than Lord. He struck out.
Then came a demonstration that was a sight to see. As tho at the
word of command 10.000 fans swept from their seats and into the field,
converging In the middle and closing In around the pitcher’s box before
Sltton could get to the club house. From our lofty perch on top of tho
grand stand It was a marvelous sight as these wild fans, yelling their vers*
loudest, stampeded down toward Sltton, raising a blinding cloud of dust-
all bent on some celebration In honor of the great victory.
But not for Vedder. The police and players closed around him and
because of his embarrassment, and even fear that, in their excess of Joy.
the fans would accidentally harm him. Sltton wrenched a club from a po
liceman and stood off the yelling fans. What would have happened had
the delighted cranks reached him Is uncertain, but mnny a player has
been hurt during such a demonstration and Sltton was taking no chances.
He waa hustled out of the park and after a couple of hours the fnns de
parted, marching about town In a weird procession.
It was a spectacular wind-up of a grand raco In the' best Class A
league In America, and our hats are off to Vedder Sltton and his team
mates. They won by playing great baseball.
Here are the official figures on the great game:
IjRaTi *n., •• •* ••
McElveen. 3b
Beljrel, of
Dnuhert, lb
Butter, m
Hurlburt, C
Sltton, p
Totals
NEW ORLEANS—
Montgomery, rf.. ..
Rohe, 3b
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
.. 4 0 1 0 0 0
.. 8 0 3 1 0 0
..401180
..301810
..4 0 0 1 0 0
.. 4 0 1 10 1 0
.. 3 0 0 1 3 0
..311900
..301110
4 0 0 1 0 0
4 0 0 0 4 0
4 0 0 0 1 0
4 0 3 12 2 •
3 0 13 3 1
3 0 110 0
3 0 0 2 2 0
3 0 0 4 0 0
10 0 13 0
,5 1 1 21 5 l
Dex*er. sa
Rlckert. If
Dundon, 2b
Matthews, c
Brclteuateln, p
Totals
Score by innings: _ _.
Narbvllle 000 000 £
New Orleans ooo nno <v
Summary: Two-base hit, Wiseman:
rlttce hit, McElveen: bases on ball*
Sltton 2, off Breltensteln 1; struck out nr
Sltton 9. by Breltensteln 3; left on base#,
Nashville 8. Now Orleans 4; double ptoT*
East to Daubert. Time. 1:42. Umpire*.
Carpenter ang Fitzsimmons.
ASK JOHN D. TO GIVE $5,000 IF
CLEVELAND CLUB WINS PENNANT
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 21 .-^Cleveland baseball enthusiasts are al
most In a mood to commit suicide If the Napa do not win the pennant,
and to prevent, aa far as possible, thla contingency arising. County Clerk
Charles P. Salen, on behalf of the fans, has decided to ask John D. Rocke
feller to provide a fund of $5,000 for the team if It wins the pennant.
Mr. Rockefeller takes a great Interest In sport, and still greater in-
tesest In Cleveland's welfare. On the ground that It will he a public
calamity If the Naps should lose, being close to the head of the list tn
the American League race. Mr. Salen. on behalf of the rooters of the
Rooters’ Club, an organisation of 6,000 fans, will ask the oil king for the
money. It Is Intended to raise $1,000 for Lajole, the manager of the team,
and $600 for each of the players who take part In the game that wins tn»*
pennant fior the Naps.
HOW SOUTHERN LEAGUE RACES HAVE FINISHED FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
W.
L.
P.C.
W.
L.
PC.
W.
L.
PC.
\v.
L.
P.C.
W.
L.
P.C.
Nashville ..
80
40
.888
Memphis -. ■■
71
61
.689
Memphis .. .
SI
64
.600
New Orleans
84
45
.831
Birmingham ..
85
47
.644
Little Rock ..
49
.811
Little Rock ..
50
.687
Atlanta .. ..
57
.578
Mr ntgomcry ..
54
.576
Memphis .. ..
66
.590
New Orleans .
72
47
.805
Shreveport ..
88
58
.589
New Orleans
79
58
.577
Atlanta .. ..
71
60
.542
Atlanta .. ..
SO
56
.588
C
Memphis .. .
52
61
.468
Nashville .. .
80
64
.484
Nashville .. .
67
.318
Bliinliigkiim ..
70 *
6t
.534
Shreveport -. .
6J
.515
Chattanooga .
60
68
.424
Birmingham ..
.. .. ..5*
84
.480
Lillie Rock .
81
74
.452
.Memphis .. ..
'»2
.537
Montgomery ..
63
67
.4.14
Hhr. voi rt ..
72
.400
Montgomery ..
- 87
442
Shreveport ..
81
.401
Nashville .. ..
88
.248
Xashvlllo ....
90
.343
Birmingham ..
80
.327
New Orleans
78
.870
Montgomery ..
88
.233
Little Rock ..
86
.307
Little Rock ..
97
.292
1801.
w.
Nuhvtlle 78
{Little Rock 78
{Memphlt 76
JNew Orleans ..88
{Shreveport .. .. ..66
Chattanooga 47
.Birmingham 46
J Prime 37
PC.
.834
.828
.110
.548
.486
.120
.381
•*«
1907.
W.
Atlanta 78
Memphis 72
New Orleans 89
Little Rock 88
Birmingham 8*
■Shreveport .. .. .. -.82
Montgomery ..8#
Nashville 59
78