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—==Edited By==—
PERCY H. WHITING
WELL, ANYHOW, CRACKERS LEAD THE LEAGUE
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1905/.
ELEVEN INNINGS OF DESPERATE PLAY ATLANTA WINS FIRST GAME;
LOST BECAUSE OF BAD DECISION OF UMPIRE BILL CARPENTER
CAPTAIN EAST. GOING SOME.
I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
L......
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
The Atlanta fans behaved with commendable moderation Thursday
.when they allowed Carpenter peaceably to depart fop town after hla won
derfully poo^ exhibition of umpiring.
Umpire chairing, mobbing and similar demonstration! get a city noth
ing but a bad conscience and a bad name.
If yon don't like the way an umpire does, don't yell at him and then
Join In the rabble (hat stands outside the gnte to hurl epithets and pop
bottles. Probably this man has done his best. Maybe he was having an
off day. Maybe he Is Just naturally Incompetent. Roasting will neither
improve his work nor get him removed.
The way to do Is to let the president of the league know that his work
Is bad. The league president Is the man who keeps the umpires In order,
who Jacks them up when they are bad and who puts the skids under them
when they are worse.
The president of the Southern league Is W. M. Kavanaugh, and his
address Is Utile Rock, Ark. He is the biggest man In that town, so a
letter addressed to him there will get him all right. If you think Carpen
ter was rotten and that he robbed Atlanta, sit down and write tho lengue
president about It. One letter will do more good than a hundred hoots,
and Is a lot more dignified.
Don't let your baseball peevishness get away with yon. It Is all too
easy to start a mob and nil too hard to stop one. If ever an umpire Is Ill-
treated or n mob does anything rcgretable at Ponce DeLeon park, the
news will Is- Unshed not only all over tho South, but all over the United
States. And It mentis a bad reputation for Atlanta.
First Game Is High-Pressure Pitchers’ Battle Between Bartley
and Case, in Which Case and His Team Blow Up in Eleventh.
In Second Game Robertson Is Allowed to Score on
Ball That Went Into the Boxes.
The Crackers won the first game of yesterday's double-header at Ponce DeLeon park. Then they messed
up the second game after having It won. In this deplorable process they were assisted quite materially by Um
pire Carpenter, and the wind-up found the fans and the Crackers peeved beyond the limits of propriety at this
usually excellent Judge of play.
The first game went to the last of the eloventh Inning. The first man up In the first half of the first inning
scored for Nashville. Then the affair racked along to the seventh, when the Crackers tied It up. Then It racked
some more, ending In the last half of the eleventh when, with nobody out, a pair of errors and a pair of hits
gave the victory to the cohorts of Bill Smith. •
Despite the fact that the second game got a late start, it went the full nine Innings, and the Champions were
at the long end at the wind-up, score 3 to 2.
Hut now comes the explanation of the peevishness at Carpenter. Bernhard's collection of talent had taken
advantage of Bay's single, Barr’s failure to stop the bit, Wiseman’s sacrifice and East’s bunt that nobody fielded
in the fourth Inning of the second game and scored a run. Then the Crackers had come back and apparently
won the game In the sixth In this wise: Walker had opened the Inning with a single to center./ Atkins had
demonstrated his versatility by sacrificing and Bayless thereupon singled to left. Bay fell as he tried to field
It and Bayless scampered home with the run. Barr bunted and nrarly beat It out, getting a sacrifice, tho he
failed In the more ambitious attempt. Then Sid Smith broke the'tie with a neat single to right and Bayless
scored.
We have now nearly reached the peevishness part.
East, first man up In the seventh, walked. Robertson stung one down to Newton. Motioning aside Otto,
who had run to cover second, Newton ran to the bag, touched It, retiring East, and then threw to first to double
Robertson at that point. The throw was a peach and It looked as tho the Nashville flrst sacker was out at
his old stand. •
Carpenter ran over toward flrst and then tried to give the double signal to .Indicate that the runner at sec
ond was out and that the one at flrst was safe. Or, anyway, that Is what he alleges.
To the Atlanta players It appeared that he had called both men out. and Smith thereupon tossed the ball
across to Walker, Just by way of warming up—tho goodness knows the whole thing was hot enough without any
warming. »
Walker threw the ball back In his direction, but It was a punky throw and sailed over Smith's head and
Into the boxes. In a second Bill Vlebahn, coaching at first, was yelling, "Go on, go on,” and Robertson was scur
rying for home.
Kirkpatrick, who had gone to right when Winters was put out for rasping Carpenter’s nerves, did his best
to get the ball, but It wasn't found for ten minutes, and In the meantime Robertson scored and Heck broke loose.
The Atlanta players danced around Carpenter, protesting, abasing and threatening, but, of course, it got
them nothing, and among murmurs of disapproval from the players anti hoots from the spectators tho game
went on.
But It was all over right then.
The Crackers’ “hearts were broke.” They made a pass at scoring In the eighth, but nothing came of It.
In the ninth Bay walked, Wiseman sacrificed and East singled, scoring the winning run.
In the last of the ninth Sid Smith did his very durndest, opening the Inning with a single and advancing
wlien Kirkpatrick was hit by a pitched ball. But that ended the attempt at scoring,jmd the second game went
to Nashville.
Billy Smith protested It.
Carpenter was given a "good time" after he left the park, .but the police looked out for him and got him
safely to Atlanta.
Of course, It Is hard to see It when you are warm under the collar and
when you feel thBt your team has been fobbed, but there are certainly
two ways to look at some of Carpenter's bulls.
First off, take that decision at flrst, when Robertson was called safo.
A lot of people, Including nil mombers of the Atlanta team, will swear that
Carpenter called both runners out. Well, maybe he did. A lot of us, how
ever, saw only his motion calling the man at flrst safe and the one at sec
ond out. Evidently Carpenter must have chnnged his decision, for ^ lot of
Credible witnesses saw It one way and a lot of others saw It another.
As to whether Robertson wsb safo or not, we don't pretend to say.
Carpenter was close to the play and should have seen.
Carpenter was clearly In error In allowing Robortson to score on a
ball Into the boxes. The umps knew and understood the local rule about
balls Into the boxes. The reason we happen to know Is that the writer
was talking with Bernhard when Carpenter came over to explain about the
rale.
"You understand about a ball jnto the boxes,” said tho umpire to tho
Nashville manager. "Yon get the base you were going to and then one.
A man on flrst goes to third. A man on second gocs home."
Carpenter may have thought that the ball was lost In the grass and
had not gone Into the boxes. Kirkpatrick evidently thought that, for when
be came In to Held the ball he looked around In a clump of grass In front
of the box where the ball was and appeared to think that the ball was
there. A lot of other people thought the same thing, and maybe Carpen
ter was one, tho that was small excuse.
Rill Smith seems to have kood grounds for his protest. The ball was
clearly In the boxes. The Tule allowing Robertson to go only to third was
also clear and well understood. It was no question of Judgment, but of
rules. Under such circumstances, the league directors would be likely to
act favorably toward Smith's protest, -.
EBBETTS CALLS OFF DEAL
TO GET KLING AS MANAGER
Wiseman, rf, .
Km!. 2b. . .
Robertson, lb.
Helgel, rf. '. .
Srthnugh, c. ,
Butler, ss. . ,
Noyes, 8b. .
SOME HAPPENINGS OF
A DESPERATE
DAY
Barr, If
Hmlth, lb
Winters, rf: . . .
Jordan, 2b. ....
Newton, ss
McMurrny, «...
Wslher, at>. . . .
Hartley, p
Totals 3
Score by innings:
Nummary: Two-base hits-w-McMurray, Hay,
Seijtel. Struck out—Hy Cass fl, by Hartley
4. liases on balls—Off Hartley 8, off Caaa 2.
Want n house? lc n word In Georgian.
Wnnt n bona**? lr n word In Georgian.
| GOOD PITCHER, THIS
Hannibal, Mo.. Aug* 13.—The deal for
Johnny Kling to man are Brooklyn is off.
President Ebhetta wired C. W. Murphy to
that effect today. “I’ll go along with Lum-
lay,** haid Kbhtu, “and this is why I of
fered Murphy four players. Cattermon, Dunn,
Pattortoua and Kuatus with $10,000 rash be-
listen to notning but Lumley, George Bell
and Catcher Erwin, of Rorhester. whom I
have bought. I thnurht this proposition over
and now bars derided to let Kling go by
HUMAN PUNCHING BAG WILL
GET IN THE GAME MONDAY
The boxing game ha* been painfully
quiet of late In Atlanta, but a revival
is due Monday night, when Joe Whitte-
more put* on a card of good bouts, with
Xnocketnoffakl and Kerr as the head
liners.
The career of the former has been
meteoric. A few month* ago he was
trying to break Into the game. Hts
method was to fight anybody who of
fered. Weigh: mattered little. He was
durable and willing. For a few week*
he was tbe Joke of the local boxing re
sorts. Then the men who boxed with
him quit getting funny. They found
that they could hit him as hard as they
wanted to without hurting him any and
that he had a nasty way of punching
back.
Knockemoffskl was an "unknown*
first, boxing under any old name. For
lack of information he was christened
Knorkemoffakl and the name has stuck.
He gradually worked hi* way down to
the semi-wind-up class and now* he Is
a full-fledged finalist and one of the
most dangerous inen In the business.
Kerr is juxt the kind of a performer
who I* cut out for Knockemoffskl. He
Is clever and willing. He is an In
finitely better boxer than the Russian,
but can't stand as much punishment.
With these two men in the main bout
and the two soldier scrappers—Bartley
Larkin and Joe Bailey—In the semi
wind-up tbe card should be a sizxier.
The flrst gntne started Kndly enough, good,
ness knows. liny singled. Wlaetnnn inert
flecd with bis Inevitable neatness nnd liny
went to BPrond. East was presented with a
bunch of wide ones. Robertson then hoisted
one over back of second. Jordan went back
a couple of rod* nfter ft—too far Iti fact, for
he scared off Winters, who might hnve got
It, nnd didn’t get It hhhself. The ball fell
snfe nnd the bases were full. Helgle fouled
out nnd liny mnde n bluff nt scoring, fell
down nnd wriggled hack to the bnse. Ills
trli ‘
After that wild Inning Hartley took a
brace nod did not allow more than n hit nn
Inning to the flnlsh. Nor did he Issue hut n
single additional base on bnlls. It wns n
marvelous showing nnd demonstrated him
to In* wbnt the records Indicate—the best
pitcher In the Southern league.
only two hits nnd Atlanta hnd to "go some’
to score. The method of "going some" was
ns follows:
In the seventh Winters walked, wns sne-
rlfleed to second Iwr Jordan nnd scored
when McMtirray produced a flrst-clnna two.
bngger. That run tied the score, by the
way, nnd It remained tied until the elev
enth.
In the eleventh apasm the Nnsbrlfte team
$nve way nt every point at wire. Jlsyless.
flrst np, went snfe wlnyi Robertson missed
n grounder. Bnrr hunted neatly nnd bent lr
out. Senlutugh fielded the bunt and threw
wldly to flrst. On the mlsplny Bnrr went to
second snd tlnjrless to third. Then came
America’* champion pinch hitter, kidney
Smith, of t’ntuden. 8. Rid produced the
old-time hlngie for which he Is so Justly
snd widely fnmous and Rsyless scored with
tbe ran that won tbe game.
And than the band plsyed.
It aura did.
It wsa the Ponce DeLeon band and It
yanked off several tune* between the Innings
and between the games.
. . . ...if
and throw that should __ . ..
•tond out among the exciting events of sn
exciting afternoon like sn open saloon in s
dry state. It didn't hnve any bearing on the
result. It was just sn artistic gem—snd, as
■nch, worth mentioning. Robertson mads It
possible by stinging a alow botinder down t«
a point just west of Newton's regular stand.
In n flash Walker waa after It and with one
hand and with' a single motion he grabbed the
ball and started it at high speed in the di
rection of first base. The ball started at a
point one foot from the diamond, where it
was when Walker got it, and it went on a
line to Smith’s hands, never getting much
more or leas than that one foot from the
und. It beat Robertson to the bate easily.
Nashville—
Bay, If. . . .
Wisemnn, rf. .
East. 2b. . . .
Robertson, lb. ,
Reigel, ef. .
Tonneman, c .
Butler, as. . .
Noyes, 8b. . ,
Perdue, p. . .
Totals . . . ,
Atlanta—
::
Smith, lb. . . ,
Winters, rf. . .
Jordan, 2b. . .
Newton, as. • • .
McMurray, e. .
Walker, 8b. . .
Atkina, p. . . .
Kirkpatrick, rf.
Totals . . . .
WINTERS BEATS IT HOME WITH A RUN.
GAME IS PROTESTED
A formal protest of tho second game of Thursday’s double-header It
being prepared by the Atlanta Baseball association and will be forwarded
to President W. M. Kavanaugh. of the Southern league.
This protest will be based on the local rule, understood by both teams
and tho umpire, that a man could get only the base he waa going to and
one more on a ball Into the boxes. In Thursday's game Carpenter allowed
Robertson to score from first on a ball Into the boxes, contrary to this rule.
President J. W. Helsman, of the local association, has several wit
nesses who are ready to swear that the ball In question did go Into th«
boxes. He would like to hear from more on this point, and asks that any
who saw the ball go Into the box call at the baseball office In the Lowndes
building, seventh floor.
8TANDINQ OF THE CLYJB8.
Score by innings:
Nashville ....
Atlanta ........ _ . _
Summary: Struck out—By Perdue 7, b;
Atkina 8. Baaas on balls—Off Atkina 0
Sacrifice hits—Wisemnn 2, Atkina. Stolen
:hed ball—By Per
Time—1:40. Urn
Wnnt a bouse? le a word in Georgian.
Wnnt • house? Ic a word In Georgian.
grou
As i
then the crowd roared.
bad for Atlanta. With two men oat Selrel
hit a two-bagger. With Heabaugh up this
looked bad and Bartley played it safe and
walked the Nashville catcher. All would
have been well If Walker had handled Rat
ter's drive, but he didn't, and the bases lilted.
Case nearly caught Winters napping In the
fourth inning of the first same. George had
‘ was leading off for second when
JACK WARHOP.
Ha Is doing fine work this season
for the Yankees,
Case mad* a quick peg for first. Wlnt
caught flat-footed and In hla anxiety, 1
Barr made eight put outs in left field In
the first game, which fa a record-breaking
number. He mad# more put-outs than all
the other players put together, except the
catcher and first baseman.
A notable incident of the second game was
the fact that Winters was ordered out.
Thie George Is a peaceable, well-disposed.
INVISIBLE TORIC
BIFOCALS.
Giving perfect vl.lon, both for read
tng nnd walking. In on. solid gla*a.
Doing away with two palm of glaasea.
We have fumiehed thounuide of
them, but you can’t tell they are bifo
cal, at all; no erama. no dividing lines.
A visit to our etore will convince you
we are leader. Ip this line.
WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO,
7t Peachtrr, St„ Atlanta, Go.
ONLY SINGLE
GAME TODAY
Double-Headers Will
Played Saturday
and Monday.
Be
The Crackers and the Volunteers tie
up again this afternoon at Ponce De
Leon In one game. This Is ladles' day
and a crowd of extreme size Is ex
pected.
Fisher will pitch for Atlanta and
prob&bly Vlebahn tojr Nashville.
On Saturday afternoon there will be
a double-header, with the flrat game at
2: SO. Bartley and John* will pitch.
There will alao be a double-
header on Monday with Birmingham.
Did you ever notice how much gen
ulne satisfaction you get out of a good
sneeze ?—Chicago News.
What a fortunate thing It would be If
we were fleet enough to outrun mlafor
tune!—Chicago Newa.
George, but It must have been something
This incident happened in ths fourth in
ns when Winters waa called out on strikes.
When Carpenter called ’’Ginger" out that
>rthy pulled his cap once, smiled aardonl-
Ily and started for right field. Ones there
he pleked up hie glove and when the crowd
turned to see who Bill Smith woe going to
tend to take hie place he disappeared.
Want a house? lc a word In Georgian.
Want a room? lc a word In Tbe Georgian.
Southern.
W. U P.C.
Atlanta... 62 39 .614
Nashville. 60 40 .600
New O.... 57 46 .563
Montg’y... 53 49 .620
Mobile.... 53 50 .515
Little R... 46 56 .451
Il'bnm 43 59 .421
Memphis.. 35 70 .333
Amsrloan.
W. L. P.C.
Detroit.... 63 41 .606
I'hllu 63 41 ,6i*6
Boston.... 63 44 .588
t.Me vein ml. 63 52 .506
New York 44 54 .476
Chicago... 49 54 .476
American Association
W. L. P.C.
Mlnno'lts.. 66 51 .664
MJJw’kee.. 64 52 .55?
Louisville. 61 55 .526
Columbus. 59 58 .501
Indiau'olla 62 55 .486
8t. Paul.. 65 60 .478
Toledo.... 54 62 .466
Kansas C. 52 60 .464
Virginia.
W. L P.C.
Borno’ie.. 53 39 .57c
Norfolk... 60 41 .544
Danville.. 47 44 .516
Richmond. 48 46 .511
Lynebb'g. 43 51 .467
1'ortsm'th. 36 56 .891
August
8 .680
Kuvhnnnb. 20 12 .625
Columbus. 16 16 .500
Columbia. 13 19 .406
Knoxville. 12 18 .400
Jnck'ville. 11 20 .355
Macon 30 19 .345
National.
-W. L. P.C.
Pittsburg. 72 2* .720
Chicago... 67 33 .670
New York 59 37 .615
Cliudptmtl 50 50 .500
l’hllfl 46 64 .460
8t. Louis.. 40 56 .417
flrookfyu.. 36 62 .367
Boston.... 26 76 .256
Eastern League.
W. L P.C.
Rochester. 57 46 .559
J'rov’ence. 63 47 .530
Newark... 53 48 .525
Buffalo.... 63 52 .505
Toronto... 49 52 .485
Montreal.. 48 64 .471
Jersey 47 53 .470
Baltimore. 48 67 .457
Carolina Association.
W. L. P.C.
Gi eens’ro. 62 41 .559
Anderson. 63 43 .652
Greenville 49 45 .521
Wllist'n-S. 44 42 .512
Charlotte. 41 53 .438
Hpnr'burg. 39 64 .419
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Boston at Cincinnati; cloudy; 3:80 p. „
New York at Chicago; clear: 3:30 p. m.
Brooklyn at 8t. Louis; clear; 3:45 p. m.
American.
Chicago at New York; rain; 4 m.
Cleveland at Boston; cloudy: 3:15 p. n
8t. Louis at Philadelphia; rain; 3:30 p. n
Detroit at Washington; cloudy; 4 p. m.
DATE CHANGED
BY H. STATEN
Not being dealrous of conflicting with
an affair of the cfaea of the Duffy-
Chrlatenaen fight (7), Harry Staten has
postponed hla card until the night of
Auguat 26. On that data he will pul
on a acreaming good bill, with Kddle
Jonea and Jack Sentell In the main bout
and two first-clans preliminaries to b<
announced later.
SPLENDID SHOWING.
On old hats mads new. Aema Hatters, 100*4
Whitehall. Out of town orders solicited.
Work done on short notice.
Want a house? lc a word In Georgian.
Want work? lc a*word In Tbe Georgias
LARGE INCREASE SHOWN
IN NEWTON TAX RETURNS
Covington, da., Aug. 13d—Newton
county tax return* show an Increase of
11,769,134 In the pa*t five years, and
al*o a remarkable Increase for each
year. The return* show an Increa*#
of 118,459 over that of 1908. This I*
to be considered good, owing to such
a shortage In cotton over that of last
year.
Sonthsrn.
Memphis, Aug. 18.—New Orleans took _
double-header from Memphis here Thuraday
hy the scores of 2 to 0 and 4 to 0.
First game: R. H. E.
New Orleans .. ..000 000 000 02—2 4 0
Memphis 000 000 000 0—0 5 1
Batteries: Maxwell, Hess and Schriver:
Quieaaer, Dick and O'Leary.
Second game— R. H. E.
New Orleans 001 300 0—4 11 2
Memphis 000 000 000 0—0 5 1
Batteries; Maxwell and Sehriver; Dick
and O'Leary.
Birmingham, Aug. 19.—Birmingham and
Montgomery fought to n 3 to 3 tie here yes
terday afternoon. Fleharty allowed three
hits in ten innings:
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Birmingham .. ..201 000 000 0—8 10 2
Montgomery 100 010 000 1—8 4 0
Batteries: Robinson, Fleharty and Kane;
Guese and Hart.
Little Rock, Aug. 12.—-Little Rock won
from Mobile here Thursday by the score of
4 to 1. Little Rock hammered Stockdale for
ten hits.
Score hy Innings: R. II. E.
Little Rock 200 100 01*—4 10 2
Mobile 000 100 000—1 4 1
Batteries: Rhodes nnd Casey; Stockdale
and Ludwig.
South Atlantic— R. B. E.
Flrat Gnme—
At Columbun tllelm-Coveney) 3 9
Jacksonville (Lee-Roth) 2 4
Second Game—
At Columbus (Eyler-Smlth)..... 0 2
Jacksonville (Kelly.Rofh) 2 4
At Columbia (Mtller-Knhlkoff) 6 8
Mncon (Weems-Lnfltte) 0 2
At Augusta (Plerce-Woodwnrd)..... 6 11
'Knoxville (Mny-Mnaslngt..
The bachelor who hasn’t enertf
enough to keep ahead when a widow
chases him deserve* to get married.-
Chicago New**.
YOUR CHOICE OF TWO
RESORTS TO SPEND
DELIGHTFUL SUN
DAYS.
$1.00 To Warm Springs and
Chalybeate Springs
Via A., B. & A.
Finest day coaches in the
South. Electric fans to kee
you cool en route. Ticket of
fice 70 Peachtree.
Want a room? lc a word In The Georfi**
Want a room? le a word in The Georgia-
Wnnt a room? lc a word In The Georfka
Second Gntne—
it Chlcn
Bothnia-
B. H. X.
•i I'httndelphla (Lapp, Bender-
Livingstone! 4 5 2
8t. Loafs iHalley, Grnhnm-CrlgenlA 13 0
At New York (Qulnn-Klelnow) 0 4 0
Chicago <Scoff-Owens! 2 II 1
1 Wnshlngton (Johnson-Kuhoc,
Rlanktnshljd 16 4
erly)
National League— R. it
Flrat Game—
At Pittsburg (Wlllis-Gfbaon, Simon>13 17
Philadelphia tMoren-Dooln. Mar
tel! S 6
Second Game—
At Pittsburg tMnddox-Gibson! 4 11
Philadelphia it'orrtdon-Dooln) 6 to
Flrat Game—
At Chicago (Brown-Archer! 2 5
New York (Wiltse-Meyera, Schlel) 5 8
Chicago (Pfelnter, Higgle-
notbnm-Archer, Mornn! ? !
NewJFork (Matbewson-Meyer*;... 3
: s
: i »
Boston iWbltc-Sbaw).
Second Gnme—
At Cincinnati (Rowau-McLean.
Roth!
Boston (Ferguson-Hhnw, RniMoiu j - j
At St. Lout. (Salle., Phelp^BIInl . b 5
Brooklyn (Rucker, McIntyre-IIvr- ,
CHI 61
Minneapolis 1, Ixml.rlH
Milwaukee 1, TnlrrtO 0.
Knnm, city «, Cnlumbn. 2.
lnill.nnpoll. 2, Hi. I’.ul 9.
CiroUna AiJocUtfaa.
Charlotte 3. Kinrtnnhtirir 9.
Anderson 2. ilreeueboro 1.
Wloeton-Haleiu 2, Greenville 1.
Virginia League.
Rlrbmond 2, Roanoke 1.
Norfolk 5. I.ynrbbark 3.
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