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VITE ATLANTA GEORG TAM AND NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909.
SPORTS 1 CRACKERS OPEN HERE MONDA Y WITH TWO GAMES per ct'rwhiting
j NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
The Cleveland News publisher the pictures ot the "six great baseball
generals on whom the eyes of the baseball world are centered at the pres
ent time,” using photos of Jennings, Mack, Lake, Clarke, Chance and Me-
Graw.
Now, If we had been doing It, we should have used three pictures of
Fred Clarke and three of Jennings.
The Illness of Captain Corltsa Buchanan and the absence of Coach J.
W. Helsman made It necessary a while 'back that the Atlanta Athletic
club baseball team abandon the remainder of Its baseball schedule.
On the whole the season of the Athletic club aggregation has been
reasonably satisfactory. Tho the team was stronger than that of last
year. It was not so successful In eluding defeat. However, It won a largo
per cent of Its games and demonstrated the proposition that Independent
baseball Is appreciated In Atlanta.
The Tech football players will be at practice In less than two weeks.
It doesn't seem possible, now does it?
Well, the football cranks are glad. They welcome the coming of this
period of excitement, all too short at the longest.
Tech had a good football season last year. Starting with almost next
to nothing In. the way of tried material, Coach Helsman developed a really
marvelouB team. It played thru one of the most creditable seasons ever
known at Tech and distinguished Itself for Its gameness and real football
sense.
May the 1909 team do as well as Its brother of 1908.
Ton may not have noticed It, but Atlanta Is getting to bo something
of a football town. It turns out larger and larger crowds each season,
• and the public Is beginning to understand the game better and, therefore,
to Ilka It better.
Football really la a corking good game, especially to watch. There Is
more exhilaration to tho square Inch la a good long run thru a broken field
than In almost any other play of any kind In the sporting world.
It Isn’t much of a game If you go In for ladylike sports, but If a man
is equipped with red blood and the rudiments of knowledge about football,
he can hardly fall to enjoy a good contest
The chief trouble with tho Bport lovers of Atlanta has been that they
have never acquired even a rudimentary understanding of tho great sport.
As far as they can tell, each play works out like this: A lot of foolish
numbers are called, the ball Is handed back by tho man who was holding
It to another man and ho hands It to any one of three or four men In the
vicinity, and tho man with the ball runs any place he happens to take a
notion.
It Is pretty hard for the average man to understand that In every play
every man on the team that has tho ball has a certain duty to perform—
that tho signal, meaningless as It sounds, gives every man the tip as to
what is expected of him., .He will never know that the man who Is given
the ball Is appointed to tho Job of carrying It for sorijo good reason, and
that he Is told Just oxactly where he Ib to go. Thoy can't seem to un
derstand that be Is running behind certain men who are acting as inter
ference and that each other member ot his team has a certain opponent
whom ho is expected to keep out of the play.
Football Is a pretty deep game, well worth the study that baseball Is,
and In many ways a game of deeper thinking, tho not generally of such
polished execution.
Anywajl, it is something different and wlfljqaiheVs a welcome change
' after a season of most satisfactory and successful baseball.
GREAT CARD
FOR MONDAY
Harry BUten, who hns recently pulled
eff three boxing cerde which wero sucre*-
elvely the "best ever seen In Atlanta," has
one for Monday night which he belleeee
will ho the very best ono of them all.
For a preliminary he will repeat the
Mind buttle royal which made a moet de.
elded hit the lint time It vie sprung In
Atlanta. Staten haa corraled a trio of
Kcnrgamhlana of equal weight, atrongth,
nerTe and experience, and he hee doped out
some blinders that are guaranteed to stand
the strain.
His aeml wintl np will bo a six-round go,
between Knockemoffskl and Kid Grady,
Harry Stolen hua promised that If the
.Ilueslan whips the New Jersey lad he will
-put him on anon In a main boot with aome
of the top notebeni, like Jones or Henlell.
It has been the ambition of Knockemolt-
akt'a young life to get on In the wind-up
number of a good card. In coneequenee,
he has been working like all poaaeaaod to
get In the very beat trim.
Knockedtotfakt knowa that bla time la
DOUBLE-HEADER ON ''
MARIST CAMPUS
There will bo big doings Saturday
afternoon when the Marlet dice club
ball team and the strong Kirkwood
Athletic club team meet. Both teams
havo.bjen playing good ball. The bat
tery Tor the Glee boys will be Foster
and Diets In the first game. In the
second gnmo Lofty Turner, of "one-hit”
fame, will twirl. Kirkwood has not
announced Its batteries na yet, but can
put up n stunner. All are Invited. No
admission will be charged.
newcomer it the tap of the gong and put
him out or get knocked out hlniaelf before
the end of alx rounds. As for Grady—well,
he will do hla boat, lie has heard Knock-
rmolTakl'a tbreata and he haa prepared
himself as best be could. He likes the
Atlanta climate and wauta to slick here.
Hut be knows It'e up to him to swing a
freight If be loses. Bo look out for some
* The OordOfi-DUwkborst wind up will be a
plpnlrlnn. You can look at tho pair of 'em
and tell that. They are lilg, atrong,
dean looking men, with plenty of brawn
nnd weight, and they look the part of real
!«>xers. Men who have boxed with them
say they are both clever and awful hitters.
This iiffnlr will never go the ten rounds.
They both hit too hurd for that.
THIS HARRY PORTER IS REAL JUMPER
High Jumping Is one of the great
est, of all field aporta. it calls for
wonderful skill, strength and con
trol over the museles. These pic
tures show Harry Porter, the great
est lifgh jumper in the world,
'going over the bar In the moat ap
proved style.
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL TEAMS ARE PLANNING
FOR FOOTBALL SEASON, WHICH-OPENS SOON
- The football season Is closing In.
Already football practice has be
gun at Gordon Institute and the
colleges of tho South are fast an
nouncing tho dates when fall
practice will begin.
Football work at Tech will start
September 14 at 10 o'clock in the
morning. Coach J. W. Helsman has
Issued a call nnd bus written to all
of the 6ld Candidates and all of the .
new ones tlidt ho knows about. He
w ishes all men who will try for tho
team to bo out for practice at the
appointed time. The college dormi
tories will be open then nnd board
can bo obtained In the vicinity,
CLEMSON GETTING READY.
Clemson College, S. C„ Sept, 4.—
Clemson opens Wednesday, Septem
ber 8, with 760 studenta. The football
field haa been mowed, nnd tho track
has been sanded and bordered with a
cement railing. Everything Is ready
for a lively athletlo season.
C. It. Williams will coach the foot
ball team. Ho has always been suc
cessful at Clemson, as well as else
where, In turning-out winning teams
He It was who coached Clemson a few
seasons back when her goal line was
uncrossed.
C. M. Robbs Is captain of this year’s
team. He played fullback last season.
Britt and Hnncker, of Inst year's ‘var
sity. are already here. Practice will
begin at once.
Following Is Clemson’s schedule:
October 2—V. P. L, at Blacksburg.
Va.
October 9—Davidson, at Charlotte.
N. C.
October 18—University of Alabama,
at Birmingham, Ala.
October 29—Not filled.
November 4—South Carolina Uni
versity. at Columbia, S. C.
•November 11—University of Georgia,
at Augusta, Ga. f
'November' 13—Tho Citadel, In
Charleston.
November 21—Georgia Tech, In At
lanta.
So far no game has been arranged
for. October 23. It will be Been that
there Is no game, on the home grounds.
The schedule Is a good ono barring
tbese two defects.
Clemson will hgve a better team than
she has had In- thTCe ycqfs.
Bartlesville, Ga„ Sept, 4.—Gordon In
stitute has started football work with
a large squad on the field for the open
ing practice.
Notwithstanding the loss of nine
members of last year's team. Including
Ben Lawrente, Joe Mercer, Grady
Moore and Joe Smith, the prospects are
Gordon's, schedule Includes games
with Mercer, Georgia Tech. Clemson,
Auburn and Dahlonega. The football
management has hopes of Including In
its schedule games with Riverside and
Stone Mountain, and Invites any and
all prep, schools ta*a correspondence
for games.
PUSHING- AHEAD
Ilntu rp-uhnntMl, dyed blue, blnek. irreen or
brown Acme Hatter*, 100% Whitehall.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern.
Mobile, Sept. 4.—N*»h?ille won from the
locale here Friday by the score of 9 to 8.
Mbbila hit Kcllum hard, but could score only
Score by innings: ‘ ft. U. E.
Mobile . 011 010 000—8 14 1
Na.hvlll. 011 520 OOO—O 12 5
Batteries: Stockdaie and Ludwig; Helium
and Seabaugh.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Southern League.
Atlanta
N«*bvJI)ft ,. cr • • t
K,r: ry v.v .v8 5
Rirmingha
Memphis
locals Sere Friday by the score of 12 to 8.
Robinson was hit hard in the flrst inning.
Scare by inning*; It. H. E.
Memphis flOO 180 02*—12 11 0
Birmingham.* 101 000 010— 3 10 2
Batteries! Frit*. Keibcr and O’Leary;
Robinson, Flehsrty and lUub.
Soulk Atl.nllc— R. H X.
At Savannah (Floworo-Petit) ..i-4 6 1
Jacksonville (Reiss-Rotb) ........ 161
First (Inme—
At Knoxville (Stowers-Relslnger).. 0 6
Augusta (Plerce-Carson) .......... 3 9
Second Game—
At Knoxville (Rtowers-Relilnger)... 0 1
Augusta (Wagner-Caraon) ......... 3 3
At Columbus (Hlxon Smlth).... 11 14
Columbia (Rreltensteln-Fvnns).... 1 K
At Chattanooga (Uaskette-Meek)... 1 7
National.
W. L. P.C.
Pittsburg 87 33 .725
Chicago... 8139 .675
New York 71 47 .602
Cincinnati «3 58 .521
Phllndel.. 58 65 .472
Ht. Louis. 46 74 .383
Brooklyn. 42 78 .350
Boston... 33 87 .*275
American Association
W. U P.C.
Milwaukee 79 59 .572
Mlntienn.. 76 62 .55t
Louisville 71 66 .518
St. Paul.. 66 71 .482
Columbus 66 72 .478
Toledo.... 66 74 .471
Indlannp. 66 74 .471
Kansas C. 64 75 .460
Virginia.
W. L. P.C.
Roanoke. 65 46 .586
Norfolk... 65 48. "t675
Danville.. 67 67 .500
Richmond 67 57 .600
Portam’tb 48 65 .425
Lyncbb’rg 43 65 .425
P. 0.
.089
.599
.587
.517
.504
.448
.416
.841
Amertonn.
W. L. P.C.
Detroit... 79 43 .648
Phllndel.. 75 48 .610.
Boston.... 73 52 ,o84
Cleveland 63 62 .504
Chicago.. 63 60 .512
New York 55 67 .455
f?t. Louis. 61 70 .421
Wfnh’gton 33 90 .268
Seutk Atlantic.
Augusta.
W. I* P.C.
..... 82 18 .711
Clmtta.... 36 18 .867
.Savannah. 29 22 .560
Columbus 30 23 .566
Knoxville. 23 29 .442
Macon.... » 10 .388
Columbia. 18 36 .333
Jncksonv’e 15 31 .326
Eastern League.
W. L. P.C..
Rochester 76 53 .586
•Mte. Si? :SS
Toronto.. 65 6! .516
Buffalo... 62 66 .484
Montreal. 67 69 .452
Jersey C.. 55 70 .440
B’timore. (£70 .431
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
National League.
Boston nt New York; clear; 3:30 p. m.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia: fair; 3 p. m.
St. lands nt Pittsburg - - —
Chicago at Cincinnati;
American League.
New York nt Boston; cloudy; 3 p. ni.
Philadelphia at Washington; cloudy; 4
». m.
Detroit at Cleveland (two gamei); cloudy;
1 and 3 p.. m.
8t. Louis at Chicago; cloudy; 3:30 p. m.
AUTOMOBILE DOINGS
The way that the automobile buaincaa ia apreadins out In Atlanta la limply-
amazing. Hardly a day passes that Borne new firm does aot announce itself ti the
agency «f some new car, generally one not previously represented in Atlanta.
At the mad rate things are going now it will not be long .before most of tht
prominent makes in the country and some of foreign countries will be represented i a
Atlanta. * . 4
There is not much that is strenuously exciting in the local garage world. Almost
si! companies are waiting for 1910 shipments. The concerns which have the cars for
delivery are doing a bustling business.
The Olds-Oakland Company will move about the last of next week into its nev
show rooms at 132 Peachtree st. The first of the new models of the Olds cars wifi
be here next week.
J. E. Levi k Co. are anxiously awaiting the completion of their Peachtree st.
show rooms. They hope to be able to move in about the first of October. Demonstrat
ing cars In both the Reo and Premier lines are expected soon.
Steinhauer k Wight wilf move about October 15 into their new Peachtree-st. place.
This firm will have a big show room in the Murphy building and service rooms for
cars of the makes they sell 1 in'the rear of the building.
The Southern braneh of the White Company is doing a tremendous business. Ah
ready more orders have been'booked for 1910 cars than wero taken all last season—
and last season broke all records and exceeded all expectations.
The question whether an automobile ia a household effect is at last In a fair wit
to be definitely decided. The United States circuit court for the district of New York
has ordered the customs officials to return to court for review the record In the case
of Mrs. Charles T. Barney's automobile, which was brought in from Europe in 1907.
The appraisers found that the car was not a household effect and levied a duty of 45
per cent ad valorem. Mrs., Barney appealed.
Philadelphia and New York motorists well known in society are poking fun at
Anthony Drexel Biddle, of the former city, who has won fame aa s "society boxer”
by his bouts with "Philadelphia’’ Jack O'Brien. Nine months ago he paid $4,500 for
Recently he had it put
denly deciding to " * ”
private offer of $2,
, . ... first elsu condition for s trip to California
to Europe, instead, he put the car up St suction, first refusing a
Then, to bis disgust, the machine was knocked down for $2,000.
rT ben gasolL.. — _— — ....
family’s one pair of white gloves or prominent ss the agent which assisted heaven
ward small boys who investigated it with lighted matches. Today it Is procurable all
over the world, and In civiMzed countries ono rarely need carry a larger quantity
than the supply tank of the machine will hold.
An expert motorist declares that for s leak In the radiator flour is superior to
bran, in that it will stop .the aoerture without affecting the pump or clogging the water
passages. Two tablespoonfuls is 1hn prooer quantity to use, and enough water should
be added to form a paste which is free from lumps. The mixture la then ready to bi
Introduced into the radiator, and it will gradually work Into the openings and close.
i good
er wai
persons were killed.
whils
As a rule, lack of compression is considered an awful fault of an engine, when
it may be due to worn piston rings, which can be replaced for a few cents.
Extra shoes and tubes should ho protected by esses from the light and dust. Inner
tubes In particular should be given proper care. When not in use they should he
partly inflated and placed Inside the spare shoes. Extra tubes should be spread half
way, tnd rolled up with the valves on top. Talcum or soapstone powder should then
be freely sprinkled in the fold*.
— - -rtni
— — ... —..peal* h*ve been
— A. that have not hitherto given serioui
attention to this object, not only to provide sign posts for tho roads In their immediate
vicinity, but also to compile a clear, comprehensive road map of their districts.
The American Automobile association has begun a campaign for the securing and
. -. - * ... * -- a a Appeals have been
therto given serioui
A Western colt wrecked a motor car owned by John Morse, a rich manufacturer,
at Burlington, N. J. The colt was tied behind a farm wagon, and as Morse psssed in
his machine, reared, plunged, snapped its halter and struck out at the car with hi*
heels. The expensive lamps were smashed and the guards ripped and disfigured. Ai
the occupants were endeavoring to leap out, the car crashed into a tree, wrecking itself
and throwing the occupants into a field.
Side*slipplng and wear on tires is due to spreading of the front wheels,
caused by a bent distance rod or drag link connecting the steering
If this condition is present, even in a comparative slight degree, tn*
brought upon the tire will quickly wear out the tread, Inasmuch as the side slip con
tinues with the rotation of tho wheels. * In case of excessive tread wear, examine the
front wheels and find if they take proper position for straight ahead running.
, generally
knuckle*.
Wonder of Wonders! Crackers
Hit Ball Hard, and Yet Lose
Macon (Schultx-RoblniotO ........ 3 9 2
American— R. H. E.
At (’leveland tJoss-Ularke) 1 f
Detroit i Hummers, Works. Do no-
Walsh-Fsynej. 4 6
.‘Louis GVIty-rrigeri 8
Washington (Olterlin. Gray*
Street) 3 6
Philadelphia I Plunk-Thomas> 10 19
Mnrtell) 0 2
c'iti<*iiumtl tPromuie-Hoth) 3 8
Second Game—
At Philadelphia (Moron, (’aveieskte-
Dnolui A 11
Cincinnati (Ewing, C/iutwell, Dp.H
Imc-Roth) 7...U 12
At Brooklyn (McIutyre-Bergen) f .r/$. *«
Chicago (Pfclstcr. Higginbotham,
Brown-Archer, Needham, Mo
ran) It) 9
At New York (Ames-Scblei) 7 11
St. Lonts (Bachman, Harmon*
Pkelpe) 4 U
American Association.
Milwaukee ?. Kansas City 9.
Indianapolis 6, Toledo 0.
Virginia League.
Roanoke 4. Danville 3. .-
Portsmouth 2. Lynchburg 2.
Richmond Norfolk 12. 1
Wilmington 1, Greensboro Qb
Bill Bartley Knocked Out
of Box, Losing Game in
the Operation.
Littla Rock, Ark., Sopt. 4.—The moat
marvelous, game of ball, an exception
In three momentous ways to all the
rules that the Crackers have laid down
for winning! was played here yesterday
afternoon, and Little Rock won. 4 .to 2.
The game was flrst and foremost
notable for tho fact that the Crackers
made twelve hits for fifteen bases and
yet LOST THE GAME.
Don’t skip over this lightly.. Here Is
a team that wins games regularly on
one, two and three hits—a team that
only asks for a pair of hits In tho first
half doxen Innings and wins games
with that.
And yet this aggregation of Hltlesa
Wonders went out yesterday afternoon,,
compressed enough hit* to win a doxen
games Into one and then spilled it. Now,
can you, In any known way, beat that?
Another noteworthy feature was that
Brown Rogers, the Human High Sign,
pitched against Little Rock and loet.
Of course he did. not pitch all of the
game and the beans were spilled before
he was sent to the rescue, but anyhow
■ i pitched, and Atlanta lost.
Now, It has been the Joke In Little
Rock most of the season that the tall
boy held hi* Job on the Atlanta team
because he couldn't fall to beat the
Travelers. And then he failed. In that
critical contest. Of course the dis
credit for the defeat goes against Bart
ley, but Rogers’ heart Is broken and
he Is fearing for his job.
Tho third notable feature was that
while Atlanta was losing Nashville was
winning. As a rule, Nashville has
trailed Atlanta for weeks. If the Crack
ers won, so did the Champs. If the
Crackers didn't the Champs didn’t. Bill
Bernhard switched on 'em Friday, cop
ping a game while Atlanta was losing.
It was a real old-fashioned punkerlno
of a game that the Crackers lost. Twen
ty-six players were left on bases, the
doings lasted 145 minutes, and taken
all In all It was a wonder.
Bartley continued In the weak form
he has displayed lately. He appeared
worn by the hard trip and did not have
his old speed or his famous cunning. As
a result he was hammered all about
and a pair of runs were made off his
delivery In both the first and second
Innings. Then Rogers was sent In to
stem the tide of runs, which he did, tho
It didn’t get the Crackers anything, for
the game was hopelessly lost.
Bartley had nobody to blame but
himself. His support was all right,
but he was wild and when ho got 'em
over the terrible Travelers hit them
outrageously.
The Crackers managed to yank off a
run In the fourth and one In the ser<
enth. BUt thnt let them out.
What looked like tho makings of i
rousing rally was set In motion In tht
first of the ninth.
Lee, who Is batting like a craxy man,
opened the Inning with a two-sackft
and went to third when Jordan singled
Only two tallies were needed to Hi
the score, and It appeared that "t
makings" wore already on the bases.
Then Mike Finn 1 spoiled the fua
Sending Pitcher Rhodes to the wood*
he put In Toron to take his place, Juit
whnt this chap had, the Atlanta play
era could not determine, for It was get
ting too dark to see. It was also, np-
Walker couldn't do better than an In
field .grounder.
A considerable number of the dolngi
are recorded here: -
Little Hoek— sb. r. b. po.
Persons, If. ... 3 1 1 0
Ilory, rf 4 0 2 1
Collins, B 1 i l
Flood, 2I>. ... 4 0 2 4
Perry* SB. ... 2 0 1 o
Jones, ss 4 0 0 5 2 1
Grady, lb 8 0 1 11 1 #
Berry, c 4 1 t s no
Rhodss, p. . . , s 0 o 0 I o
Toren, p o 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 ~i 2? 13 1
Atlanta— ab. r. b. po. a. *
Winters, rf. . , . 4 0 2 0 no
McMurrsy, e. . . B 0 0 5 I 0
8mith, lb. ... s 1 l 7 n 0
Las, cf 5 l 3 2 0 0
Jordan, 2b. ... 3 0 2 4 2 ■
Newton, ss. . . . 5 O 2 1 4 0
Barr. If 4 0 0 4 Of
Walker, 3b. ... 3 O 1 1 2 •
Bartley, p. . . . 1 0 o 0 2 0
Rogers, p 8 0 1 0 0 >
Totals .... .28 2 12 24 11 •
Seora by Innings:
Summary: Innings pltehed—Rhodes 4
Toren 1, Bartley 2, Rogers 8. Bits appoe
tinned—-Off Rhodes 12, Toren O, Rogers 8,
" ‘ Two-bass hits—Colli
Hartley 3,
Grady, Le
Iloey, fim
I/a!'
Floo-l
Sacrifice hits—Boey, BsiJ
— -Rhodes 6, Bartley 2, Rogers ■■
Struck out—Rhodes 2, Tortn 1, Bartley 4
Rogers 2. Hit by pitched hall—By Bertler,
Persons. Left on bases—Little Rock 11, Ah
Isnts 15. Wild pltehes—Rhodes. Daubs
plays—Flood to Janos to Orsdy: Flood »
Grady; McMurray to Jordan. Tims—2:2X
Umpire—Rudderham.
CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED.
Sporting Editor of Georgian:
Dear Sir—Noticing a challenge from
Kid Duke In Wednesday’s Georgian. I
hereby accept same and will fight anf
time, any number of rounds, and at anf
place that Is satisfactory to challenger.
Have heard of Kid Duke’s fighting and
am positive I can send him back to the
cradle. KID SATER.
Champion of Atlanta at 80 Pounds.
ATLANTA’S AUTO SEASON
Is drawing near. Don’t be without a car, when good ma
chines may be had at such low prices as we are quoting at
our exchange, where we have among our stock of used autos.
Cadillacs, Fords, Pope Hartfords, a Thomas, Lambert, White
Steamer. Locomobile. Renault. American Mora Haynes. North
ern, Pope Tribune, Rochet Schneider, Searehmont and Nn-
tionSl. They range in price from $200 upward. Come down
and look them over, or write.
COLUMBIA AUTO EXCHANGE,
242-244 Edgewood Ave., City.
Bell Phone Ivy 501. Atlanta Phone 1883.