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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1909.
SPORTS [
THEY ARE PLAYING PIPPIN BALL AT OLD MOBILE
Edited By ^ 1
PERCY H WHITIftG j
SHRIMP”BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE LITTLE MORE: CHANCE IN SOUTHERN THAN IN BIG LEAGUES
There Are Not Over a Half Dozen Really Notable Midgets in Southern League.
Atlanta Has Three of Them—Bayless, Walker and Mc-
Murray—Other Clubs Have a Few.
ujKOON HICKMAN.
8H0RT3T0P PEPE.
HUGH M’MURRAY.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
That Nashville team Is never dead until It Is entirely defunct, and
don't you doubt that
Just as a slight token of returning consciousness the Champions won
a pair of games Thursday.
Fortunately, Nthe Crackers have a good lead and continue to win. So
the last frenzied kicks of the defeated Champs matter but little to At
lanta.
If that Nashville team had had a little better luck, tho, there would be
somo pennant race now going on, and don't you doubt that, either.
They were talking nliotit the six«* of play-
era In the his leagues the other day and
trying to prove thnt sISe did not. rut much
figure. As examples of good little chaps
were rlted Jup HariMwn nml the ex-Shreve-
: iMirter Hyrue at third, Kid Elberfleld and
Tenuity McMillan at ihortatoo; Johnny
• Rttfm of the Cnbt, nnd Anihv McCon*
• nail. of the Bed Ho*, nt second l*nse; Wil
lie Keeler, of the Highlanders, and Tommy
I.eii''h, of the Pirates, In the outfield, nnd
ll)rtlno, v |turhla. of the Reds, and Jim ray
Itygert, of-the'Atheltlca, In the pIMlfn*
ta»x.
Hut when the enumeration hud hem made,
the |M>lnt hadn’t, and It true obvious that
little men have small ehauce In the major
leagues.
It a a trifle different, tho, In the Southern
Dixie organisation. To liegln with, the At
lanta team for one. There (a Dick Hay-
leas, than whom there la not a better out-
Adder In the league; nnd yet he la
bigger than a pint of elder. There la 1
wise Hugh McMarray, the smallest entr .
In the Rauthern league., and one of the
heat. Theta, la also little Heott.
the Southern league's heat thlril
of the year. They don't make ’em any
better or any smaller, in the pitching de
partment of the t’rneker dub there aren't
any little ones except Tommy. Atl
he Isn't so very llttfe at tlrnt.
The Pelican team‘ doesn’t run to little
The Greensboro, N. C., baseball team Is going to win tho gwnhant In
the Carolina association. The season ends Saturday, but the docldjng game
was won by the Greensboro club on Thursday.
Tho Philadelphia team certainly covered itself with all other things but
glory In tho sorlos with Detroit Thursday's game was a perfect cinch for
the team that Ty Cobb made famous. ,
However, tho American league* has a few playing days left In August,
all of September and some of October, and n lot of things can happen In
that time.
The National loaguo Is getting to be a total loss. The Pittsburg club,
with unezamplod and Inexcusable selfishness, refuses to let It be Interest
ing.
The Manufacturers' Contest association Is mighty late in getting out its
notices that there will bo a Vanderbilt cup race this fall. And even this
tardy announcement la conditional. It doein't stick unless enough entries
are pledged by September 1 to guarantee the success of the race. That
allows something like tour days to get up entries.
Swell way to run a big race, Isn’t It?
SCOUTS WILL PROBABLY
STICK IN SALLY LEAGUE
That Jacksonville will retain It* Bally
league franchise and that the South
Atlantic season will go thru to a bril
liant flnlsh, was the prediction of Oli
ver B. Andrews, president of the Chat
tanooga Baseball association, who
passed thru Atlanta Thursday night on
his way to the emergency meeting nt
the Sally league, which will be held
Friday In Augusta.
With Mr. Andrews were Joseph B.
Curtis, formerly sporting editor of The
Atlanta News, now acting In the same
rapacity for The Chattanooga News,
and Garnet L. Corter. secretry of the
Chattanooga ball club.
The trouble In Jacksonville, accord
ing to Mr. Andrews, Is that there are
two factions In the Jacksonville Base
ball association. They both hate each
other moat heartily and are fighting
for the sole ownership of the team.
The league will presumably vote the
team back to one faction or the other,
and let baseboll go on In Jacksonville.
Mr. Andrews made the prediction
also that Mr. Jones, president of the
league, would resign at this meeting.
If he does not, It Is Mr. Andrews' opin
ion that he will 'not serve next year
because of business reasons.
At the meeting Friday the Chatta
nooga delegation will Insist that the
league decide on rules for conducting
the post-season series, provided one Is
necessary. Chattanooga won the first
pennant. If any other club wins the
second, a play-olf will be necessary.
The Chattanooga delegation left
about midnight for Augusta.
OMAHA KID IS
BIG SURPRISE
Sentell Does Fast Work and
His Scrap With Jones
Is a Pippin.
By PAUL B. WILKES.
There was some claim to Him going nt
Armory hall Thursday night In Hint Hen*
tell-Joiif* taint. From thr time the gong
sounded the opening of the Drat round until
the flutsh of the tenth, the crowd of npeo-
tatora packing the hall had something to
yell about, and there was no chance to
•offer from "onwee."
ge hi
chance of having Him gone In it few more
rounds. Sentell'* training told wonderfully,
nud. nltho Jones had hint worried at times,
flnlsh It was nt» exhibition of rupld-tlre
•lugging. Kven when he appeared groggy
nud wobbly on hln pins, Jones would hand
out ferritic Upper cuts that would have
the other bund Frank' 1 tins gome of the.
biggest men In the league— Huelsninti, Hill.
Hess snd the like, ’
The Hull ff'rtni has one of Hie most
table "little men", liv-.the H luthier it league
In (Jordon Hickman. . He,.la small as a
twelve-yen r-obl .boy,' fuit he can certainly
pitch that ball. lie Is Hie'Wst small pitcher
that the league has ever had. nnd that's
not overlooking the lamented "B.iIh» v
Brown.
M. tm* weight nickimin never weighed
jiver tW pouiKls, ntur.wtaui he falls off n
bit he drop** to-115. • 'Despite 'Illbkinun's
small wlke. his specialty- Is speed, and be
throws Just ns' fast n bnlt ns speed mer
chants like Hess nnd Fisher—men almost
SCOTTY WALKER.
DICK BAYLESS.
such n powerful pcewee I
The Little Ityck team has no notable
•mall wen. Casey, the kid catcher. Is n
comparatively small plnybP, but not n real
mlrtgct. , . . ‘ . i
..ilWf-ormry ho. e mgfegrfor.idone up In
ffimffiffS 1 rn?
Fepe has never grown up. The exact
weight of Fehe ta doubtful, blit It cer
tainly Isn't over 125 bounds, nnd lie Is
short, even In titoiiortlou to this weight.
He Is wonderfully lively, tho. nud ns good
a small ball player ns the. Southern league
ever had. Daley, of Montgomery, Is an
other comparatively small .'player, tho no
dapperling.
Mobile has
Hickman. Tl........... .. ... .J 1-
rldedly stocky and by no weans a «unt of
man.
Illrinlnhnm I* short on shrimps. Moles-
worth Is very short, but n wonderfully
powerful man for nil that, having n marvel
ous amount of brawn ami speed tucked
away In live feet six. or thereabouts. Lnr-
sen Is probably the smallest man on tho
Hlrmlnghnui team. Ho Is no chit of a thing,
but rather under the average also. !
Memphis hasn't any small mqn. A few of
he Bluffers are slightly below the aver
age, hut there are no genuine gnats In
the outfit.
When you come to think of It. outahle of
the Atlanta team there are very few pyg-
who are star players. The really no-
manikins of the Southern league,
outside of Atlanta's three, are Illckuuin
nud Pope.
When all Is said nnd done you can't es
cape the fact that It takes men of good
| >u || i i to inakt> good ball players.
reptlous should be treated ns ex-
and Hint's nil. There aren't
enough of them to serve another purpose
than to prove the rule.
Jim Keady Will Not Coach
Athletic Teams at Georgia
BIG LIGHT
HAS BROKEN
Crackers Demonstrated, to
Mobile How Pennant Is
Being Won.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 27.—James T.
Keady, the Dartmouth Coach who had
been signed by the University of Geor
gia to coach the athletic team, of.that
Institution for the ensuing year, will
not nerve, according to advice. : re
ceived, from Athletic pirectar 8. V.
Sanford.
It .eeiim that Mr. Keady'. father re
cently died, nnd, therefore, the Georgia
coach did not de.lre to aa.ume hi. Job
In the South and be compelled to leave
hi. mother and family. So he wired for
hi. relrnae, and. of couree. »ecur»d It,
leaving the university without a coach
to tutor their athletic team, this year.
However. Mr. Keady and othera have
recommended several men to Athletic
Director Sanford, and one of them will
be .elected In a feiv day., and by the
time the university open. In Septem
ber the new coach will be on tho cam-
K us ready to go to work with the foot-
all .quad.
In nil likelihood a Princeton man
wlllbe selected for the Job, tho Mr.
Sanford ha. not yet announced
choice.
KM had they landed where Intended. When
not hammering June.' wind, the kill would
■end right nnd left to the head In Unlit;
Fans of Griffin Protest
Against Letting Smith Go
Sporting Editor The Georgian:
At tbs request of the fans, of who* there
•re ■tuny st this pises, I writ* la protest
of tka dispensing with the services of Billy
Smith as manager of the Atlanta team. He
is regarded hers aa a man of Jrigh moral
character, a clever, clean manager, a good
lodge of baaebatl material. To him is doe.
■atoms jr.
to • greet extent, the high plane upon which
the Southern league is placed. Without
Billy ftmith the Moothern league would lose
• very valuable, conscientious man, and wo
hope he will continue to manage the Atlanta
team. Respectfully,
A. O. JONES.
# For the Fans.
Griffin. Ga„ August 3d.
iilng like Jnbs am! th«*n work for Hie wind
ngnin. Nearly tho entire ton rounds the
men mixed It. doing much fust fighting
ml getting both hands In action nt every
osslhlr opportunity.
It was the Ijeat boxing card put on this
csoon nnd the crowd left rongmtulntltig
Hurry Staton on his class of goods de
livered.
A six-round preliminary between Spnugler
nud Hall watt Interesting from a scion-
title viewpoint, nltbo no attempt was lum'l
nt heavy slugging. Hall showed consid
erable knowledge of the gome, nnd while
be Ineks steam for his punches, he make* I
It difficult for nn opponent to land on him.
With exhibitions (Ike tbnt of Thursday
night. Interest In the game here will not,
diminish.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS.
ItAlli guinea of n dohlde-header here Thurs-
y by the scores of * to 1 and I to 0.
First game— R. II. “
Nashville 003 00* *- 7 15 1
Mill; Bock tXKHMM-t 9 I
Itutti-rli-a: Kellnm amt He.li.ugh; lllgglii*
nt linntv. „
Second gam.— ' _ _ K. II. K.
Nnshvlllc 552 ®? -
Little Buck 000 000 0-0 5 0
llntti-rlim: Vlelmhn .ml Tuimetunu; Keith
.ml Berry.
MOBILE WANTS
R-R-REVENGE
of 6 .to 4.
Score by luulugs:
Memphis
Aug. 27.-ff-lfe«nphi
re Thursday by the
R. II. E.
.... JMPB..002 600 002— 4 7 4
Montgomery .000 031 OSD— 6 10 1
Batteries: Hohwenok nnd O'Leary; Jt|td
and Shannon.
Sonth Atlantic—
published In The Georgian's want
eotmniin on every Tuesday, Thursday nnd
Saturday.
NELSON TO FIGHT MTARLAND.
Chicago, Aug. 27.—Battling Nelnon
will take on Packy McFarland In a bat
tle for the lightweight championship
at the terms suggested by McFarland—
namely, 133 pounds, three hours before
the contest. The boas* will not be
staged until after October,
A complete list of til houses for rent In
Atlanta Is published In The Georgian’s want
columns on every Tnesday. Thursday and
Saturday, t
•M IIIIIH l-H-HH-H-H-l-H'll-E
* CLOTHIER WINS TOURNEY.
+
+ Newport, R. I., Aufl. 27.—WII- +
+ Bun J. Clothier defeated M. F. 4>
4- McLoughlln. Pacific coast char.,- 4-
+ plon, in the final round of the +
+ United State, tennl, champion- 4-
4- ship, more 7-5. «-«. r-U. «-». He *
4- will next nlav WllUant A. Darned. +
4- preeent champion, for flm honor,. +
At Columbia iLewls-Knhlkolfi....... 4
Augusta (Hilliard, Pleroe-Caroon). 7 9
At Columbus tllehn-Crtvetibt) 6 10
Knoxville tRedfenm. Hartley- ^ ^
Rclalnger)
At Detroit (Mulllp*8ehmMHI
Philadelphia (Render. Krause, By-
gB*rt-Livingstone, Thomas).r..... <1
First Game *
nun
Second Game—
At Chicago (Suter-SuHlvnnV.* 0 6
Boston (Cotlln•-lX>pahue) 3 6
At Cleveland (Vbttng-Knatcrl/1 8 12
Washington (Groom, Oberlln-
Street) 2 12
At St. bonis (Dtncen, Grabam-Ste-
pbens) ............................. 1 10
New York (Hughes, Sweeney- _
Klelnow) . ..5 10
Notional League—
At New York (Aui
rk (Ames-SohleH 3 _
iLolfteld. AduniH-Gibson) d 13 1
iRcaalon-Bcrgen)..
n* ~
Cincinnati (Rowan-Iloth.”Clark).. 7 II
‘llfg-Dooln). * 17
ie-’ura-
...10 12
Harmon,
Wants It Bad, Too, and Will
Try To Get a Small
Hunk Today.
Mobil,. Alt.. Alia. 27.—.Mobile I, go
ing after the Cracker, this afternoon to
even up matter, for yesterday's defeat.
Bred trill probably name Sugg, and
Ludtvlg ns the buttery for the Gulls.
Hartley or Rogers, whichever is feeling
the better when the wurming-up pro
cess Is on. will be sent in bv Manager
Smith.
Weather conditions are most favor
able. Because of an old hurt, which
was aggravated when boarding a car
Mobile, Aug. 27.—Maybe the Mobile
fans were Just dull about It. Or maybe
they didn't want to see it.
. Anyhow, up to yesterday, afternoon
they couldn't see that Atlanta bad the
pennant sewed up.
The Great White Light broke over
them yesterday afternoon, nnd there
Isn't n fan In Mobile who isn’t willing
to swear that Bill Smith has another
pennant won.
It wasn't that Mobile lost the game
by such an Impressive score. In fact,
the Gulls were only defeated by the
comparatively narrow margin of 3 to
1. The impressive part was that the
Crackers obviously outclassed the
Gulls. There was really nothing to It
but Atlanta from the time Dicky Bay-
lesa opened the game by hitting a
home run until the last tired Gull was
retired In the ninth Inning.
The Crackers took a notion that It
was their day to hit, and they ham
mered the horsehlde moat aoulfulty,
getting ten tight swats. When one
considers that the Crackers win regu
larly on two hits, it will be observed
that there was nothing to It. anyhow.
The fielding of the Crackers was
quite up to par and altogether It wa,
much of a game.
The Cracker runs came In small
bunches of one. The first one was the
before mentioned homer of Dicky Bay
less, a hit that Jarred the very sole-
leather In Otl, Stockdale's shoes and
made his pitching wabbly for the re
mainder of the game.
After that the Crackers didn't score
n single run umll the third. Then, with
one Cracker down and out, Atkins hit
n grounder that took a peculiar bound
and went safe for a single. Baytess,
on the strength of his previous hit, was
not nllowed a fair crack at the ball,
but was purposely passed. This, forced
Atkins to second. McMurrny then
stung a single thru the Infield and
Atkins scored with the run that won.
In the seventh everybody got liberal
and both teams made runs, or rather
a run apiece.
The Crackers made theirs on the
disputed double play. The Gulls made
their one ond only tally on a three-
bagger by Wagner and a sacrifice fly
by Ludwig.
From end to end It was a great
game. The Crackers were always safe
winners, but the Gulls stuck doggpdly
to the task and contested each point
with stubbornness. They were unwill-
losers, all right.
'ommy Atkins hurled most heroical
ly. He was good In every department
of the pitching gnme and was never
worried
Here Is the score:
Moblli
. JOHNSON
THREATENS
TYRUS COBB
Says He Will Make Exam
ple of Next Player Care
less With Spikes.
Chicago, Aug. 27.—President Ran
Johnson, of tho American league sound
ed a final warning today against thos.
baseball players who are accustomed
to using the spikes. This warning win
directed particularly against Ty Cobb,
the star of the Detroit club. - Cobb I*
accused of having driven his spiked
shoes against the arm of Third Buse-
mnn Baker In the Detrolt-Philadelphls
series.
■'There has been too much of this
work .and I will make an example of
MeJBliiyar who tries It again,” said
Johnson.
A romplet, list of all houses for r
Atlanta Is published In The (leorglsn's want
columns on every Tuesday, Thursday r
ttaturdny.
8TANDING OF THE CL'JBS.
Wntson, 3b,
asked President Kavanaugh to permit
him to retire for the remainder of the
season. He Is unable to ofliciate be
cause of a fractured rib.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOB TODAY.
National Loacna.
rhirngn at New York; cwqr; 4 p. m.
t'mslmrg at Brooklyn; clonr; 4 p. m.
(’luvIntKttl nt Boston; rlvnr: 3:15 p. in.
Mr. Louis nt I'bilmlolphin; clear; 3:30 p. ni
American League.
Now York mt Detroit; clear; 3:3) p. m.
Boston nt t’levelnnil; Hear; 3:3>) i>. in.
\Vnnhlngton nt t’klmjro: Hear; 3:30 p. m.
rhllailelptalu nt Mt. Louis; Hear; 3:3) p. in
At Boston (Mattern,
bam)
St. Loula (Bachman,
Melter-Breanaban) ...
■Hi Minneapolis 6.
Minneapolis 9. Milwaukee 0.
81 i'aul 1L Kanina City L
Kansas City 7. Kt. I'aul 1.
Eastern Carolina.
Raleigh 4. Wilmington 1.
Hooky Mount 6, Wilson 4.
Wilson 2. Roeky Mount 0.
Fayetteville 4. Gol«Ista»ro I.
Fayetteville I, Goi<Ista»ro L.
Virginia League.
Danville * Norfolk 4.
Lynchburg L HlebinotuJ X
1’ortaiuoutb «, Roanoke 2.
Thornton, cf. ,
Sentell. as. . .
Rhotnn, 2I>. . ,
Wagner, rf. .
I.mlmitr. . .
Stoekilnle. p. .
•Miller. . . .
Totals. . . .
Atlanta—
Bayless. rf , . .
MrMurray, e 4
Smith, lb 4
I^e. rf 4
Jordan, 2h 4
Newton, as. . . .
Atkins, p. . . . .
Totals ,
•Batted for Htoekdnle In the ninth Inning.
by Innings: u.
30003010 0—1
Atlanta 1 01 000 1 0 0-3
Nummary—SaeriAea hits—Wheat, Ludwig.
£Lutf*w! y- “t udwl J!' Two base hlt~*
Smith. Three-base hit—-Wagner. Home run—
Plwr 8 *" 1 **! «« Rhoton to
JSeS?.*' JKH . l* 7. Bases on bails—
Off Stoekdsla 1, off Atkias 2. Struck out—By
h r Alifcp 4. Left on*haaea—Mo-
Morom AlUnu S. Tima. 1:41. Umpire,
10 27 13
Southern.
W. L. P.C.
Atlanta... 72 41 .637
Nashville. 67 46 .593
Now O.... 61 54 .530
Mobile.... 61 54 .530
Montg’r.. 83 67 .600
Little It... 53 63 .457
B’hnm 48 68 .414
Memphis. 40 78 .339
American.
W. L. P.C.
Detroit... 73 43 .630
“■hlln 71 45 .612
toston.... 72 47 .605
Cleveland. 60 69 .600
Chicago... 66 59 .487
New York 53 62 .461
St. Lonls.. 47 66 .416
Waib'ton. 33 84 .282
Eastern League.
W. L. P.C.
Rochester. 67 51 .568
Newark... 62 52 .544
Prov’ence. 63 53 .543
Toronto... 61 58 .613
Buffalo.... 69 62 .488
Jersey C.. 55 61 .474
Montreal. 52 65 .441
Baltimore. 50 66 .431
Virginia.
W. L. P.C*
Roanoke., 62 42 .596
Norfolk... 60 46 .666
Danville.. 54 53 .506
Richmond. 61 65 .481
Lynehb’g. 47 60 .439
Portsm’th 45 62 .420
Rational.
W. L P C
Pittsburg, si 31 .a
Cblesgo... 10 37
New York m « •£'!
Clnetnnstl if; “
Phils W g
St. Lout... *>S3
Brooktrn- JJJJ Bj
Boston.... 39 53 .Jw
Aawlesn'Ajtwhtk?
Mlnn’oll.. M M y
Mllw’kee.. 73 B *>•
I^JUtsvtlle. id •»'
Columliu*. r " y
S“?a£g3 d-i
Toledo.. . . K ®
Indian oils G
oswllns Aif«l*t;«^
Greens'ro. M « SJ
Anderson. « « -g
Greenville f
WlnsftpB. Sj W -j
Ctforlotte. £
Kpar’burg. *> 65 M
iplete list of Ml bouses for root |»
Atlanta Is published In The Georgbi s * 1 ^
columns on erery Tuesday, =
Rnturday.
South Atlantle.
W. L P.C.
Augusta.. 2411 ,(W
Columbus. 25 2<»
Knoxville. 18 24 .42
Columbia. 1? 2T
Macon 1*» ^
Jnck'vllle. 12
seebes
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