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PERCY H. WHITING
SPORTS
WIND-UP OF SHOW-DOWN SERIES COMES TODAY
TODAY’S DOUBLE HEADER AT PONCE
CUTS SOME FIGURE IN RACE FOR RAG
I AUTOMOBILE DOINGS
THEY PITCHED
FRIDAY'S GAME
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Both Teams Will Strive 1
the Utmost For Double
Victory.
Offense and Defense of the
Crackers Too Strong
For Visitors.
BY PEBOY H. WHITING.
Still another Detroit factory haa been annexed to the E-M-F Com
pany—this time one of the largest producers of automobile forglngB and
.castings In the auto city. ^
Following the purchase of the big De Luxe automobile factory at River
and ClarM-sts., announced recently. It Is now announced that the E-M-F
Compahy has purchased the entire property of the Western Malleable Steel
and Forge Company adjoining the De Luxe property.
In explanation of this move. Walter E. Flanders, president and general
manager of the E-M-F Company, said:
“Yes. I believe we are the first concern to own Its own drop forging
plant. A plant like the one we have Just bought had capacity sufficient to
supply forgings for several manufacturers under the old method of small
quantity production. But we will build 40,000 cars next Vear—15.000 E-M-F
"30's" and 25,000 Studebaker-Flanders "20's." -Forgings will enter largely
Into the construction of both these models—so largely that we will not only
use the capacity of the present equipment, but will at once Install several
additional forges and hammers."
It Is understood the consideration was about 3300,000.
Well, what do you think now—Nashville or Atlanta for the pennant?
Of course the games of Saturday are yet to come and they may upset the
form, BUT WE PICK ATLANTA. And that pick goes, even If Atlanta
loses both of the Saturday games.
The "show down" series stands 2 to
1 In Atlanta’s favor.
. The odd game was played yesterday
’ afternoon and was made notable by
. the first appearance this year over the
full route of Bill Bernhard. Bill pitched
like a son-of-a-gun. too, and put no
bad gnme to his credit. But the
Crackers managed to escape with the
long end of the 3.to 2 score.
There was a lot of hard fighting and
desperate playing on both sides. The
Crackers evidently started with the
ildea that to win It was necessary to
take long chances, and three of the
first four men who reached bases for
IAtlsnta tried to steal, only to be cut
down by the unerring pegs of Tonne-
.man. Then the tactics were switched
and the Crackers settled down to the
old, reliable method of grinding It out.
A start at scoring was made In the
first half of the sixth, when the Cham
pions tallied once. The .Crackers re
turned the compliment and then one
by scoring two In the last half of the
sixth. A tie-up was promptly forth
coming when Nashville scored one In
the seventh.
After which nothing much hap-
Ipened until the last of the ninth ar-
>rlved. and with It the Inevitable
iCrpcker rally. Bernhard got himself
i|n a near-hol# at the very start by
I passing Newton. McMurray tried a
sacrifice, but It degenerated Into a
nop fiy. Walker grabbed at, the first
iball pitched him and chopped off a
dinky single, not long but Intensely
useful. Newton went to second on
that. Then Bernhard spoiled his own
chances by passing Fisher. This filled
the bases and mode It possible for
Newton to score when Bayless sneaked
a little dinky one that Robertson
slapped down, but couldn’t throw In
If the Atlanta team can win today*
double-header at Ponce DeLeon the
Nashville team may. as w?ll kiss , h .
pennant good-bye, * Not only will th.
Crackers have a lead of n_ > .
games, or .042, but they will fi av "e the
Champs’ whole herd of goats and «|ji
play the rest of the season with a con-
fidmee that nothing can shake
If the Crackers lose both ends of ts.
double-header, they will not " my d™
to ,eoc. Just .004 ahead of XashS
but they will have a fright hurled into
them that will be a long time in com
ing out. ™
Naturally both teams will fight t „ th „
last ditch, the last gasp and th' ho
red drop of gore In their courageous
carcasses. And naturally it will
irnmp " '
For the last time, take a comparative look at the teams:
Both have strong catching departments. In actual figures the Nashville
catchers are better hitters, but neither Seabaugh nor Tonneipen Is the pinch
hitter that Sid Bmlth Is, and neither can run bases like McMurray.
As fielders both the Nashville catchers are good, and so are both the
Crackers. On the whole, probably Atlanta has a shade in the catching de
partment, but not much.
In the box Atlanta's advantage becomes apparent. Bartley, Fisher and
Rogers are the leading pitchers of the Southern league. Of course, close
behind them jne Case and Perdue, but still there Is no question that Bartley
and Asher -re the best rlght-handersln the league and In their present form
about as good as the league ever had. In left-handers Atlanta's advantage
la eifualtyapparent, and there can be no doubting but that Atlanta has all the
advantage *lh the box.
Lewis Slrang, winner of the Savannah. Brlarclllfe and Lowell road races,
sprung the surprise of the racing season a few days ago with the announces
ment that he would have at the opening of the Indianapolis motor speedway
a V-shaped, eight-cylinder Bulck racing car,< capable of a speed of ’130
miles an hour, straightaway.
Strang first came Into prominence as‘ a racing driver when at Birming
ham. Ala, he broke the world’s circular track record with the front drive car
of Walter Christie, and since that time has been figuring on the produc
tion of qn exceedingly light, big-powered racing car with a high-speed en
gine. The construction of Strang's new car shows Bulck stock parts
throughout, with regular Bulck cylinders nnd other working parts of the
engine. Identical with the stock Bulck which Strang drjves on track and
road, the only exception being an enlarged crank case and crank shaft,
adaptable to the shape and size of the motor.
In the short Intervals between the purchase of several factories, as re
ported last week, the E-M-F Company found time—and the surplus—suf
ficient to declare a 40 per cent dividend on its stocjt.
* On first base the Champions have an excellent player In Robertson, a
fair hitter and a good fielder. When the Cracker team shakes down Into
form and ths cripples get going presumably Bair will be playing first. Of
course he has never tackled that position in Atlanta amt It Is hard to say
how he will succeed, but from all reports he will do well.
At second, of course Atlanta 1s ' ( a bit stronger than Nashville, thn East
Is a good man. However, he does not field In the Jordan class. He Is a bet
ter hitter, however, than Otto.
At shortstop both clubs hhve good men. Butler Is the younger and live
lier of the two, hut by the same token Newton Is the older and more expe
rienced. Butler has all the advantage In batting.
At third base are remarkably good men on both teams. However, as
Walker Is undoubtedly the best fielder In the league and as neither .Walker
nor Noyes Is much of a hitter, the ad van take seems, (o' lie with the Atlanta
team In that position.
On the whole, therefore, Atlanta has a faint shade In the Infield on
the Champions.
Both" teams have wonderfully brilliant left fielders In Moran and Bay.
Both are wonderfully fast In the field and on bases. On throwing Moran
haa an unquestlonable # advantage, while at hitting all the laurels go to the
Champion.
In center field Atlanta la certainly the stronger. Selgel Is a good,
steady, useful player, but he can not cover the territory, throw ns well or
bat as well as Bayless. * ft- -
In right field arc veterans on both teams. Wiseman nnd Winters. Both
are excellent players nnd the advantage that the Nashville player has In
throwing Is nearly counterbalanced by Winters' extreme usefulness on the
bases. It Is probable that Nasbvllle la a little stronger In right field, but
not much.
GAME AT SOUTH KIRKWOOD.
The Chamberlin - Johnson - DuBos,
Company second team will clash with
South Kirkwood players Saturday at 3
p. m„ on the latter’s grounds.
on the latter’s grounds.
LOCAL MOGUL
OUT ON SCOUT
' TOM FISHER.
Who also pitched well and won
a fine game In good style.
President Heisman Off Soon
on Trip Thru the Big
League Towns.
hBIHK OF Tft£ FANS
J. W. Heisman, president of the At
lanta Baseball association, will leave
Saturday afternoon tor Detroit, Cleve
land and other "big league points” on a
combination scout and pleasure trip.
While President Heisman Is away he
will close several deals of the greatest
Importance to the Atlanta team, the
nature of which he can not at present
announce.
There are- few hotter Judges of base
ball players In the South today than
Mr. Helstnan and It Is certain that he
will locate some good players before ho
returns to Atlanta.
Now, Is there any reason why that Nashville team should win that pen
nant from Atlanta? Well, not one bit.
And will It?
WELL. HARDLY!
DRAFTING BEGINS SEPTEMBER l,
CONTINUES MONTH AND HALF
FRIDAY'8 RESULTS.
Southern.
Little Rook, Attf. 14—Mobile lost to the
locale here Friday by the score of 1 to o.
HiRxioe wee hit herd, but no demece wee
(lone off hie delivery.
Score by Innings: R. H. B.
Little Rock 000 001 00*—1 0 1
Mobile ... .000 000 000—0 10 D
llatterles: Higgins end Ceeey; Ilickmen,
Husxe end Ludwig.
Memphis, Aug. 14.—Memphis won from
New Orleans here Friday by the score of 5
to S. Paige wee knocked out of the box
io the fnurth Inning.
Score by innings: . R. H. E,
Memphle 201 OOS 00*—S 10 8
Sew Orleans 002 001 000—3 9 1
Batteries: Kelber end O’Leary: Paige,
Pruitt end flchrivrr.
Birmingham, Aug. 14.
kick at the meetings last winter, and
finally got a class AA ranking, the
drafting seaeon of the major leagues
was shortened to fifteen days. The
AA’n were also .given the privilege of
drafting from class A teams. But this
agreement has not been ratified by the
proposed AA leaguers, and In conse
quence the whole deal Is off and tho
drafting season and condition revert to
last year’s rules.
In only a little more than a couple
of weeks the drafting season for the
major leagues begins, and for a while
the minor league teams will be raided
and riddled.
The drafting season this year will be
the same as last year—September I to
October 16.
When tho American association and
the Eastern longue made their famous
on a fielder’s choice, got to eecond on
Newton’s error and scored on Wise
man's second consecutive two-bagger.
It was a typical Tom Fisher sort of
game. Big Bed pitched Just hard
enough to win. The Champions, mighty
hitters tho they are, doubled up hits on
miiarB mo limy lire, uuuuihi u|> iiua «»u
him only twice, and each time a single
run. nnd only one, was scored.
Umpire Carpenter got thnfithe game
all right, tho there were murmurs at
Various times from players and fans.
He and McMurray had some spicy
iwords once, and as Mack walked back
■to tho bench. Canienter called after
(him, In fatherly tones: "If you want to
'stay In this game, you have to be a
! gentleman.” Whereupon McMurray
: grinned a sickly grin and behaved.
It was Friday, the thirteenth, all
(right, but that did not prove unlucky
>for Atlanta.
Wiseman got Jhe benefit of a full-
( grown doubt when he was given a two-
bagger for his first hit. It cams close
to being a nice single and an error
for Bayless.
A question of scoring arose In the
eighth Inning. Butler, after hitting a
single, started for Second on Noyes'
grounder to Newton. The ball was
thrown to Jordan, and there was an
obvious error on the play. Because of
this mlsplay, Butler was safe at sec
ond, and was so motioned by Umpire
Carpenter. But Butler hit the bag so
• hard that he went beyond. While he
. was struggling bark. Jordan got the
ball and tagged Butler out.
Now. should the error have been
counted?
It was clearly an error that let But
ler get safely to second. And he was
obviously safe there, and was so mo-
•tloned by Umpire Carpenter. Then he
slid by the bag. and was Just as clear
ly touched out.
After some hemming end hawing In
the press box, the error was not
counted.
Another scoring question arose In
the seventh, tho the rule In this case Is
very clear. Hay started to steal, and
McMurray pegged perfectly to Newton.
Bay would easily have been out If New-
ton had held the ball. But he didn’t.
He dropped It. and Bay wae safe. Un
der the 1909 rules, Newton was given
an error and Bay was not given a
stolen base. The rule governing this
reads: "In event of palpable tnulT of a
ball thrown by the catcher, when the
base runner Is clearly bloW^ed, the ln-
flelder making the mufC shall .be
charged with an error, and the base
-Blrmlnshem end
Montgomery tied up e double-header here
Friday by the eeme ecoree, 3 to 0 In each
cnee.
Fire! seme— R. H. K.
Birmin-hem. . .. .. '..000 000 0—0 1 2
Montgomery Q03 oOO 0—3 9 0
Retteries: Sehepp end Renb; Bllae end
Hart.
Second *emo— R. H. K.
Birmingham 000 120 *—3 0 0
Montgomery 000 000 0—0 3 2
South Atlantic— R. H. B
At Columbus (ITIxnn-Smlth) * II 3
•Viejtsnnvllte iWeriver-Teffeel S 9 I
At Columbia iLcwfs.Knhlkoff) I ID I
Mncnn (Srhults ltohlnson) 0 S t
At Cbntlnnoogn (Baskeitf-tfeek).,., 2 9 3
Knvnnnnh (A. SVhults-lJtuson).,:. S 9 4
At Augustn illllllnrd-Woodwnrd)... 1 7 0
Knoxville (Haritey.-Relsluger) 9 6 0
American— R* R. K
At Philadelphia fDygcrt, Conmhs-
Livingstone) t. 9 13 0
St. Louis (Wsddeli. DlneenSte-
phene) S 11 2
At Washington tohertln, Smith-
Dlanklnslilp, Ktlllfrr) 0 9 4
Detroit inonovsn Srhmldt) 5 14 1
At New York (Wsrhop-Rweeney)... 3 7 4
t'blongo (Wslsh-Otrene) 7 10 I
At Boston K’leotte-Cnrrlgnn) 7 10 1
Cleveland (Berger, Rhoades-East
erly) 2 7 2
National League— R. It E.
At chlesgo (Kmh. Ilfcitlnhothnm,
Hngeriuan. Overall.Mnrnn) 2 7 2
New York (lloymond-Sehlel) 9 12 1
At Plttsbnra (l^evpr-tillison) 2 9 0
Philadelphia (Meijullten-Dooln)... 1 II 1
Trade Enos Kirkpatrick For
Star Outfielder of
Peach Team.
BILL BERNHARD.
Who pitched well, but lost.
STANDING OF THE CL’JBS.
Sooth Atlantic. *
w. l. rr
Aiumntn... IK 8 .692
ChBtt’gn.. 24 12 .667
Snvnnimh. 21 12 .635
('nliimbu*. 17 16 .513
Columbia. 14 19 .421
Knoxville. 12 19 .387
.jRok’Ylllo. 11 21 .341
Macon 10 20 .333
Southern.
w. n p.c.
Attnntn... 63 39 .618
Nnahvllte. 60 41 .694
New O.... 57 47 .548
MontR’y... 64 50 .519
Mobile.... 68 51 .510
Little It... 47 66 .456
Il ham..... 44 60 .4113
Memphis.. 36 70 .M0
Antxloan.
W. L. P.C
Detroit..,. 64 41 .610
Phlln 64 41 .61*)
Bouton.... 64 44 .593
Cleveland. 63 53 .50*)
Chicago... 60 54 .481
New York 40 86 .471
St. I.outn.. 46 56 . 451
WftHh'ton. 30 76 .2S3
I Have a Glove. Mitt, Meek. Belli Bet,
Outfielder Lee (who la an infletder,
too, by the way) ha» been secured by
Atlanta from Macon In return for Knot
Kirkpatrick, and, presumably, a cash
consideration.
Kirkpatrick and Lee will make the
swap on Sunday and will be on their
new Jobs Monday, Lee will be played
In right field for the present, and Win
ters will be given a rest.
Cap and Belt for Ever
Who Will Write to
National,*
W. L. P.C.
Pittsburg. 73 24 .723
Chicago... 67 34 .663
New York 60 37 .619
Cincinnati 50 60 .500
Pblla 46 56 .456
St. Louts.. 41 56 .423
Brooklyn.. 26 63 .361
Boston.... 26 76 .256
Eastern League.
runner shall not be credited with a
stolen base."
American Aiaoelatlon
W. L. P.C.
Mlnno'lls.. 66 52 .559
Mllw'kee., 64 53 .547
Louisville. 62 55 .539
Columbus. 60 58 .5iW
India no ils 53 65 . 491
Kf.‘ Paul. 55 *1 .474
Toledo.... 65 62 .470
Kaunas C. 62 61 .467
Carolina Aiaoelatlon.
W. L. P.C.
Orcena’ro. 53 41 .564
Anderson. 54 43 .557
lVinsf'u-M. 4G 42 .523
Greenville 49 4*1 .610
Charlotte. 41 54 .433
Npar’hurg. 39 60 .411
W. L P.C
Rochester. 57 46 .563
Prov'ence. 54 47 .536
Newark... 54 48 ,r.29
Buffalo.... 53 53 .50*)
Toronto... 50 52 .490
Jersey C.448 53 .475
Montreal. 48 56 .466
Baltimore, 47 57 .452
* Virginia.
W. L P.C.
Roanoke.. 54 39 .681
Norfolk... 51 41 .554
thinelile.. 48 45 .516
Richmond. 48 47 .506
LynchW’lt. 43 52 .453
Here Is the score:
Nashville— ab. r. h. po. a. s.
Buy, If. .... 5 1 1 0 0 0
Wiseman, rf. ..612100
East, 2b. .... 3 0 1 1 4 0
Robertson, lb.. . 3 0 # 2 11 0 0
Selgel. cf 2 0 0 2 0 0
Tonuemon, c. . . 4 o o 6 3 0
Butler, ns 4 0 1 4 2 0
Noyes, 3b. ... 3 0 0 0 3 0
Bernhard, p. . . . 4 0 1 1 3 0
Totals ... .13 2 8 *25 15 0
•One out when winning run was
scored.
Atlanta— sb. r. h. po. a. e.
Bayless, cf. . • . 4 11 1 0 0
Barr, If 4 1 1 1 0 0
Smith, lb 3 0 1 12 2 0
Winters, rf. . . . 3 0 1 1 0 0
Jordan, 2b. . . , 4 0 1 6 3 0
Newton, ss 3 1 1 3 6 1
McMurray, c. . . 4 0 2 3 1 0
Walker. 3b. ... 4 0 1 1 5 0
Fisher, p. ... . 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 30 3 9 27 19 1
Score by Innings: R.
Nashville 000 001 100—2
Atlanta 000 002 001—3
Summary: Two-base hits—Bay,
Winters, Wiseman 2, Barr. Double
play—Walker to Newton to Smith.
Struck out—By Fisher 1: by Bernhard
5. Bases on balls—Off Fisher 8; off
Bernhard 5. Sacrifice hits—Selgel,
Smith, Stolen bases—Robertson. Wild
g tch—Bernhard. Hit by pitched ball—
y Fisher, Noyes; by Bernhard. Win*
ten. Time—1:40. *' ~
WHERE THEY PLAY TOOAY.
• National.
Philadelphia at Pittkburg; ctehr; 3 p. m.
Boston at Cincinnati; clear (two Rimes);
2 and 4 p, tn. .
New York at Chicago: rain: S:4.» p. a.
Brooklyn at St. LouU; clear; 4 p. m.
American.
Chicago at New York; clear: 9:30pp. m.
Cleveland at Boston; clear; 8 p. nt.
St. Loitii at Philadelphia: clear; 3 p. ra.
Detroit at Washington; tkmdy; 3:30 p. mi.
Swimming Classes
At Central Y.M.C.A.
Special rlaaaea In swimming are be
ing nrgnnlxed for the juniors of the
Central.Y. M. C. A.
As every person, male or female,
ahould know bow to swim, the Central
Young Men’a Chrtittan aiaoelatlon In
tends to do Its part for the male sex.
The lessons will be given under the di
rection of the physical director.
csroiias Association,
WUwton-Sntem *, Spartanburg 0.
Wlnxtou Salem 4. Spartanburg 3.
Amtemon 3, Charlotte I.
Uret*n»lH>ro 3. Greenville 0.
t Virginia League.
Norfolk 3. Lynchburg 2.
Danville 4, Portsmouth 1.
* BREIT TO QUIT PITCHING. +
+
4- New Orleans, Ls„ Aug. 14.— +
+ Theodore Brelienstefn sold today +
+ that he would retire from pitching +
+ at the end of tbl* season. He says +
+ hie arm Is all right, but he Is tired +
+ of the strain. He wants to play +
+ the outfield or urtiplre. +
+ It ha* been reported that Brelt- +
❖ ensieln would be suspended this +
d* season to make room for flicker d*
Eddie Foster, who ta here now, but d*
d• Frank denies this. <•:
RtrLki
Umpire—Carpenter,
UNITED WE STAND.
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