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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