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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
VERY WARM DOINGS AT PONCE THESE DAYS
—=sEdited By^
PERCY H. WHITING
CANS FOR I thR EE CELEBRITIES ON PELICAN TEAM
CRACKERS
CRACKERS WIN AGAIN
FROM BIG LEAGUERS
r-i-se I.eldjr, of the San Antonio
■A .« n Atlnnta and «• II probably
' ,,|avrr from the Atlanta club.
■ I nil going to get rid of a couple of
nitr’-i r* end a first Wiseman this week
JjV l guess I’ll Rive Letdy one." says
Smith- ___________
Jell Lost $5,000;
Now Wants It Back
fevrAst city. Arl*., April 7.—James J. Jef-
ffify former champion heavyweight of the
JnrM '.re enais «rot with a atatement that he
Hi r .hbed by Nevada gamblers in a dire
BS, i" Item, on tl>« olfbl of July *, 1,03.
Thru M* oltorney* *" WCHor court of
JK vr.trrdsy Jeffries nerutet Stout
glllrr. Who oro «ulng him, of itrllbcr-
juij plotlio* to rob him of $3,000.
fbOT N~EWS,~EUfViEWs\
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Well, that sturdy old reformer, Richard Croker, long famous for his
probity, fidelity. Incorruptibility, nicety of principle, rectitude and scrupu
lousness In the administration of political affairs in that noble old Institu
tion. Tammany Hall, has cqpe out with a statement that lie "regrets the
disposition in tbit country to frown 6n betting."
Well, there goes another moral wave smashing ttself on the break
water of a great man's opinion.
According to Righteous Richard, laws against race track gambling
are "restjletlons on individual rights.’ 1 Now. Is there any answer to' that?
It Is really brutal the. way the government In this country clamps
down on “Individual rights.” What individual rights has a burglar got
nowadays? What Justice was there In taking from the suicide his right to
end his own life? Is a government not wrong to tamper with the "Indi
vidual rights" of the men who buy votes and corrupt governments?
Poor old Dick Croker. He lived too late. In the dark ages he would
hare been at his happiest. s
The people In this country know, without any argument being neces
sary. that legalized betting is wrong, and they have gone after It and prac
tically wiped It out
If such actions have driven Croker and the other gentlemen ^ho just
must gamble, or else be unhappy, Into foreign countries, then It has ac
complished all It set out to—and considerably more.
The writer quite positively refuses to be drawn Into this discussion
as to whether Becker or Moran la the better fielder, tho he has had re
quests along the line.
If either one of them should stay In good health all of one season
he ought to go to the big leagues.
Last year Moran started out like a flash and looked like another
Paskert. Then he was taken sick In mldseason, and tho he played to the
end, he was not again at his best
He has started off again this* year Just as he did last and there la no
denying but that If he keeps going as he haa started he will be a big
leaguer before very long. It Is a question of keeping It tip.
Becker Is the steadiest hardest-working player that Atlanta or any
other club ever had. His trick consists In doing his best every second of
every minute he Is In the game.
Becker Is unfortunate in being troubled with asthma, and this knocks
him out of tho game quite often In the summer and hurts his playing at
other times. If Becker could keep In his best physical condition at all
times he would be a big leaguer, too, for he can both bat and field.
That'a the dope.
Which one Bill Smith will pick nobody knows, perhaps not even.Bill
hlmaelf. Perhaps he will keep them both. You can risk betting on It,
tho, that he will keep the better man, for BUI tloes not' make many mis
takes In picking players.
WILL PLAY
NO RAIN
Unless It la actually raining at 4:30
p. lit., the Atlanta and Brooklyn clubs
will claah this afternoon. ,
The rain of last night did not muddy
the Ponce DeLeon diamond and the
teams will play 'unless, It ie pouring
at "game time.”
Of the races of the world. «».«in.M0
white. 7KI.0M.0M yellow. 315,Mfl.pOfl Mark.
J5.000.000 brown or Malayan and 16,000,000
red, or American Indiana.
“Tommy” Atkins Is Hot Stuff,
.Say B. Smith and Horner
Two Experts Give a Good
Boost to Nervy Little
Left-Hander.
pirrtl all the games In Atlanta this season
GEORGIA IS ALL READY FOR
THREE GAMES WITH AUBURN
Athens, April 7.—Tbs Georgia squad Is
fc»rtl at work thla week atopplng up the
found In the game with Clemaod.
a * nr « Monday everybody has been leading
the strenuous Ufa and the results will ahow
ob Friday when Auburn arrives.
’fwb Lewis sprung a surprise when he
•ntftsd Hodgson from first to abort and
bum the vacant station with W. Griffith,
urn* is so accustomed to associating "Hodg-
•on with "flrat bate" that it will take
•erersiI days to get used to the change. It
Jf "^less to say that he Is making good
WTe. Griffith, too, is measuring up to the
i« ?v. lr< L He baa had previous experience
In this position. ■ ,
JWBln Derrick haa been abaent on ac
count of alckaeia this week, but will prob-
most acceptably. Other than these changes
the line-up irmulna the same.
Georgia expect* to have a lively nroposl*
tlon on her hands Friday when toe Ala*
barns lada come to town. . F rom all report*
It I* thought that they will put up a good
exhibition, but Georgia hopea to come out
victorious. These three gsmes will lit
played on a diamond familiar to the home
team, particularly in the matter of pitcher s
box. At Clemson Georgia was greatly
handicapped In batting by not having prac
ticed batting a pitcher In a ••flat box, as
the one here 1* raised. This will cause
considerable difference in the result! of
the two series. On Saturday the two team*
play a double-header.
Tech Is Getting Ready To
Play Games With Mercer
The Tech baseball players are busy pre-
r nn f f«r Mercer. The Daptlsts play here
JJfc n *. a on ^day and Saturday of this
. Tn . rc * r 1* ■» strong oa usual and
1‘n/e her bands full.
VttSPikf, al * l,0 P* Tech broke even with
liit » 1 * f nd Yellow Jackets are Job!-
over the fact. Tech played poor ball
the ™J rBl but Improved steadily n«
.Progressed. In the last gsme
if a. £ ay t? 'ondy off her feet.
R ,?bert *nd Collier showed up
r " the box, especially Mayer. Cof*
W H e w man, proved that he could be
^Pfuded upon to pitch hi* share of the
Both
SbmvM. . non Ifcoiicri nmnvin
1 ’ernent over last season and both
batted well in the last series, which Is un
usual for a college pitcher.
Captain Buchanan is still behind the bat.
takiug Armstead’s place. The latter waa
hurt Tn the last game of the Vandy Mrtse.
Sloan is tilling Buchanan s place at .third,
and dolug if very well. Whitley dad free
man are still scrappy* If our for second
base. It la very probable flint both lueu
will be used during the season.
my word for it, bat he certainly outpltched
the big leaguer. Hla nerve Is something
the like of which I never saw before. Once
got three batls against him and no
s and be curved the next three balls
_... the plate—CURVED them, mind you.
Now, when an ordinary pitcher gets In ri
bole ho Is tickled If be run «*» Vm nems-j
straight. They usually burn them up nmP
tlice fast straight ones are nuts for goo.
hatters. But when a man can curve them
over. It la going some, especially If he it ft
left-hander.
“I don't see how Atkins can fail to make
good. Of course be Is In good company,
out don't let that worry you. Tommy has
got the stuff."
In r* *
Saf Atkin.;"
nothing but good ball this season and he
looks_better right now than I evsr saw
Brooklyn
Jarvis Says He Has
“Frame-Up” Proof
A fina young row haa developed be
tween J. J. Jarvis, a local fight pro
moter of flret-clae. reputation and Al
Chrlatenean, fighter and wrestler. Jar
vis had scheduled Christenson to light
“Young Hugo" at Lakewood and called
off the match on the grounds that
Chrlatenean wai trying to frame It up.
Says Jarvla:
“At cama to me and proposed that
we go to Hugo and ask him to frame
It up for me to get knocked out early In
the tight. Then I’ll double croea him
and knock him out.
"This atatement waa enough for me
and I called off the fight."
Jarvl*. states that he has witnesses
to thlf conversation and that he will
meet Chrleteneen tonight at the time
and place -appointed by the latter
worthy and prove to the satisfaction
of all present that Chrletensen tried to
pull off a "framo up."
IN MAJOR LEAGUES
New York, April 7.—The New Tdrk Olants had another hitting frollo
when they met Richmond yesterday and won by a score of 9 to 2. w
Anderson, S. C., April 7.—The New York Highlanders were greeted by
the largest attendance of their training trip yesterday. They had to do
their best to win from the local team. Score: New York 12, Anderson I.
Charleston, 8. C., April 7.—The New York American second team acored
a no-hlt. no-run victory over Charleston yesterday, shutting the locals out
3 to 0. W’arhop and Harkins starred In the box, while Ward, Austin and
Gardner fielded^in a scniatlonal style.
Philadelphia, April 7.—BunchlngUlt* In the seventh Inning, the Ath
letics defeated the Phillies for the first time In the present series for the
city championship, 3 to 1. The series stands: Nationals won 3, Ameri
cans 1.
Terre Haute, Ind., Aptil 7.—Terre Haute', Central League team gave
Bresnahan's-St. Louis Cardinals a pretty good game yesterday until Lash-
brook, a local amateur pitcher, went In. The visitors knocked out their
only runs In the seventh and eighth Innings off his delivery. Score: St.
Louis 6, Terre Haute 1.
_ _____ _, _ the Cuba and
Evansville was called 'at the end of this sixth Inning on account of darkness.
Evansville, Ind., ^pril 7.—Yesterday's games between
Danville, Va., April 7c—Mike Bpwerman’s Doves won a 3 to 3 victory
from Danville yesterday, and It was about the hottest .contest that the Bos
ton team has engaged tn since the Southern exhibition tour opened nearly
a fortnight ago.
Charlotte, N. C., April 7.—Boston Nationals 2, Charlotte 0 wg* the score
of a good game here yesterday.
t All other exhibition gomes were postponed on account of rain.
“Hefty” Hanks Knocks a
Homer in Fourth With
Men on Bases.
risylng ente little rings snd circles sbmit
their ponderous hut helpless rivals from the
trolley-dodglng city of Brooklyn, the Crack
ers won another gome yesterday, downing
Hie Mg league boys I to ( In s ten-lnnlug
game. •
Now first 1st us consider the case of
"Nancy" Hanks, the gentleman who has
jumped from Bcottdsts tod oblivion to
t-rsekerdom and fsme to rapidly that stray
strands of cotton still cling fondly to hit
flowing locks.
Not longer ago than last fall "Old”
Honks, ns hit city league pals called him,
wna an ordinary pitcher In the city league,
lie was a pretty good lefthander, with
plenty of nerve and some batting ability.
■ Homebody tipped him off this season to
Billy Smith, and Bill arid that If ha wool.l
come out he might get a uniform. When
he showed up Bill liked bis size snd style,
and let him work. Henke did not ssr
much and showed some clast. So Bill ile-
cldetl to give him a gentle start snd
shored him right ln.agslnst ho Cubs In a
tight gome. The World's Champions best
him, but thru no fsult of bis.
Then Bill let him rest a few days snd
•tacked him up against such awful slug,
gers as Hummel, Sebrlug. Kustus and Thu
Jordan. And what did they do' to him?
Well, not a blame thing but "luck tn"
one run.
And what did he do to them?
mi?.' k', 1*0* waited until two men were
!>*»es In the fourth and then be knock-
«< a home run—none of your fluky drives,
5^2^ by the leftfleldcr and get lost In
bnt a long raker, that went al
most to the cepterflrld fence, and on which
he h«.j scored before the Brooklyn out-
fleldera got to tbe hall. If bis wind and
. bad bwted ha could have gono
ill''!'!', «•* bases on that ball and never
CROKER WANTS'
MORE BETTING
TOMMY ATKIN8.
RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
Show lug tr-f* arrival nml departure of pas-
eengrr trains <*f the following roads, aubjsct
irtiorwphlMl -rrnra:
ATLANTA & WE8T POINT R. ft.
■Terminal Station.
No. Arrlee From—
4:'. West Pt. 1.15 am
44. West Pt. f.SS am
Cnltimhns.10.7A am
Near O...10, *
40. New O...
•JO. I'nitimhus. 7.55 pm
14. Montf*y.. 7.05pm
git. Nmjst O...11.66 pm
No. Depart To—
35. New O.... E.4S am
19. Columbus.. f.M am
» Montfy... 9.10om
». New o.... 2.10pm
17. Columbus.. l.Mpm
41. West Pt.. 5.45pm
27. New O.... 6.20pm
Matthews Has More
Men Than He Needs
Charleston, 8. C., April 7.—Wilson
Matthews haa two white elephants on
hla hands In the shape of a pitcher and
a first baseman who arrived here Sat
urday from Panama.
Matthews cabled them on March IS
not to come, but they left on March 14.
He used them Saturday In the game
against Boston, Marshall, the pitcher,
doing fairly well. Bell, the Initial aack-
er, waa sent In to bat, but failed to hit.
Pitcher Elllnor was given a trial In the
box, nnd allowed Boeton seven hits In
the third inning. This gave the game
to the vlsltora.
Matthewe haa six pitchers and four
outfielders to reduce to elx players. He
also has an extra catcher. It looks as If
Downing, catcher: Hoffman, outfielder;
Bell, Inflelder, end Pitchers Marshall,
Elllnor and either Detnaree or May are
slated for other leagues. Paige and
Kane and May were too strong for the
Boston yannlgans. and made them look
foolish at tha bat. The New York
Americans play here Tuesday, and then
Charleston leaves for games with An
derson, Spartanburg nnif, Columbia.
Brssll being anxious to bare Japanese Im
migrants out steamship company haa pyom*
laed 3,000 within the next two years, the
state paying about M0 for etch Individual
over 13 years of nge.
Ex-Tammany Chieftain Is
Kicking on Lack of Per
sonal Liberty.
Washington, April 6.—Richard. Croker,
former Tammany rtilertaln. while here en
route from Palm Ilcsrb to New York, con
sented to an Interview. He anld:
You can't have horse racing without the
accompaniment of betting. I regret that
there is a disposition, tn tills country, re
sulting from n so-called 'nfyral wove,' ,to
frown on hot ting.
"Every inan who can afford It sboutd be
permitted to use his’money as ho see* fit,
in my oDlnlon bookmaking should lie legal
ized and men should lie permitted to bet
within their means. There should be so me
way of restricting wagers to fit the bettor's
means. -
‘Mki nrettv tilsek foe raring
whether
his Interest In America would ever prompt
ilm to race his horses here. "Too black,
n fact, to encourage n man to keep his
stable on this side. It will probably not be
long tiefore roost of the leading racing
men will be racing their horses on Euro
pean tracks, where the sport Is fostered
and no restriction has heeu put on betting.
"The whole question seems to be one of
Individual rights. I notice, too. tbe ten
dency to put s heavy restriction upon the
tlon states. Toward the Individual there
seems to he less liberality shown In this
country now than In Europe."
LAST CONTESTS
AT VELEDR0ME
End Comes Friday, With
Australian Pursuit Race
as the Feature.
The winding up of the race* nt the Velo
drome will !>e celebrated Friday night,
when n triangular Ml will be put on. with
Walthour. Fogler and Collins as tbe stellar
performers.
To guarantee a brilliant wind-up the man*
ngeihent has ^planned aneraj novelties.. In
addition to the Inevitable nnd always exolt
Ing motorcycle race there will be one new
stunt nnd one good old one.
Tho feature of the races will be an Aus
tralian pursuit race. In this three men
will be started at equal distance* from
each other on the track and will chase each
other. As soon as n man Is caught be
drops out. Of course ono man Is likely to
be overhauled very promptly, but tbe chase
you re-lt" • stunt, and as they are evenly
mttrhftd, they should put up a grand race.
Sprint races will also lie decided and
these will wind up the farewell bike per
formances of the season.
, ("I 1 Tl‘*l"e*‘I"I"I r 'I**I**I* , I"I' T I*** I'T r 1' I"f* I !' I I ' I 1
SEATTLE QET8 CAPRON. +
-1- LEMON-PLUCKING CHAMP •!•_
-i- WANTS TO FIGHT SOME MORE +1 +
•I* New York, April 7.—Hugh Me- +
+ Intosh, the Australian fight pro- +
-I- mater, has received a rablegran
+ from Tommy Bums, authorising +
+ him to post 16,000 for another +
+ fight with Jack Johnson. If the +
+ negro declines to tight. McIntosh
+ says Burns will taks on Stanley .
+ Ketchel, or Al Kauffmunn, under v
certain conditions.
-i- Mobile, Ala., April 7P-George -I*
+ Capron (Robb), the player pur- +,
+ rhaaed from Meridian last season t>
-i- by the Mobile club, haa been -H
+ transferred by Mobile to the S*- +
attle clutT of tha Northwestern
+ League.
+
Other train, run dully.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
Arrive From—
Jiu'ksoDVille... 5.55 am
Jnuksonrllle... M0nm
rove ll.it
nm
Experiments made In Germany ni TO
the germs nf ebolers or typhoid msv en- j. 4.20 j
danger not only .those t who live (How j- M0 |
stream, but also those nlmve th-* nollutcil , -j-
point. «« n«h rnrry the germs upetrwmi, ■ " *
REGAL SPRING OXFORDS
| IN 1-4 SIZE^gll
i?Regal Shoe
6 Whitehall St. '"'“ M
. . a * AT-STa.' 1 *
flltr FOtfM ANALOGUE — MAIL
Deport To—
Macon fl.oq_
Msrrrn 13.J0 pm !
Mncon 4.00pa
Jarkannrllle... (.07 pm
gflVNunnti.,... 9.30pm
Jacksonville...u,fl|
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE, - R. — R. (
I AtrltIng lift deporting time from Union
jtnilnn. A'linln, All train, ihlll.r.I
I le-itve. I Arrive. I
„ .... ■ "ivntu iun.-t.Mi n Ut> uy in
he eighth, playing, -piinkly," and letting
the misers acore three runa and tie up
the uffali*.
In tbe tenth Inning, with tbe acore 6 to
llmnmpl, the first man up, made n sinalo
off Atkins nnd things looked bad. But
the next three men went out from second
to first, which la the safest known way to-
fleld° Ut Whe “ Atlanta team la In tho
In Atlanta's half of the tenth. Moran.
Bn stil l it and Henn singled In succession
nnd Moran scored the winning run.
Except In the eighth, the Crackers showed
more Hass In a minute than the Dodgers
In im hour, nnd when the final pinch came
they were on hand with the bits, while th«
famed sluggers from Brooklyn couldn't get
the bn 11 outside the Infield.
"Kvn" Wilhelm, two years ago with Bir
mingham. pitched for Brooklyn at the start,
hut ho was not at bis boat, and tho Atlanta
olfl dny«°t t0 l m ®* b,ri1 ** ever In tbs
I loro la tbe box ecore:
Brooklyn— ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Btirrh, If, .... 4 0 1 1 O O
Patt.., 3b. . . -. . 4 o o 1 2 1
Hummel I, 3 3 0 7 0
Hebrlng, vf. . . . 4 1 1 a O <1
Kurin,, rf. . ... 2 l 0 4 0,0
•r. Jordan, lb. . . » 1 2 14 0. O
Lenox, 8b 3 o l o 0 O
P ,,r »n. < 2 O 0 1 o n
Totals . . .
Atlanta—
Bayless, ct. . ,
O. Jordan, 2b..
8mitb. t. . .
Moran, If. , .
Baitsin, Jb. •
Henn, rff . .
Newton, ss. . .
Walker, lb. . .
Hanks, p. , ,
Atklas, p. • •
Totals
0 13 80 18
*Ono out when winning run was scored.
8eore by inninge:,
Brooklyn _ _
Atlanta.. ..
Humrnnry:
..000 101 030 0—5
100 400 000 1—0
Two-base hita, T. Jordan.
Three-base hits, Smith, Newton, T. Jord_
Henn. Home run. llankt. Double piers’
Henn to 8mith. Innings pitched, by Hanks
4, Atkins fl. Wilhelm 5. Bell 5. Struck out
by Wilhslm 1, Atkins «. Bsll 8. Bases on
balls, off Hanks 2, Wilhslm 1, Atkina 2. Sac
rifice hits. Patter, T. Jordan 2, Kustna, New.
ton. Ktoien bases, O. Jordan. Time, 1:55.
Umpire, Horner.
WAIVERS ON “STOCK."
Mobile ha* asked waivers on +
+ Otl* - Stockdale and presumably 4*
•h he la to pass out of the Southern 4*
H* League tn which he once caused *r
•h such a sensation. •{•
| I'lm-ltiitad-l^ulevltte.*.
* Northwest
! i iu< niietl * l^»uKvil!e....
Kit e .Lie vlrt I Kile Itbltfe.
I Kit* * vllle via I'ltiiersrllle
5 15 a mil9.'40 pm •
PlftpmltrMnnr*
l*.&a * ml 6.15 pro i
6.11 n i»i 110.4j ,,.n
PONCE DELEON PARK
BASEBALL
.1 Today
BROOKLYN
ATLANTA.
:.1ZZ CALLSD AT 3:30.
GRIFFIN HIGH SCHOOL CLUb.
Reading from left to light, top row: Drake, BhorUtcp; W. Prothro,
E iteh.r; Wells, umpire; H. Prothro, third baM; Jones, right field; Wcat-
rook, left field. Bottom row: Ex. Gossett, fie'der-pitcher: Me'A’illiami,
ceteher, fielder and pitcher; Wation, matcot; Seat!, ateer.d bate: Ld-
warda. catcher and captain. .
This team has played two games, defeating rarntsvill,. 70 to 0. and
Newnan, 3 to 0. It it open to play any good school or university nine.
It is Presumption to Say You
Haven’t a Mind of Your Own
yet that is what is practically said to you,
when you ask for an advertised article and
ere offered a substitute by a dealer. He
would give you what you made up your
mind you wanted, but for the fact that a
cubstitute pays him a larger percentage of
profit. Such a dealer’s intcreat lies only in
making as much money out of you as pos-
tiblc. The first-class dealer would have
giver, you what you asked for, by that course
admitting that you had a mind of your own
end were capable of exercising it. Show
the substitutor that you have a mind of your
cwn by getting