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Whiting. i 4 T we ' ose today I know what’s I the matter with us,” said Charley Hemphill before yes terday's 3-1 defeat, 'it's because we need more work. Some teams do better with occasional rests, but the Atlanta team this year needs seven games a week, every week, to keep in shape. We have pitch ers who need work to be good. The bad weather lately has kept us from getting right.” This is offered as the Extenuat ing Circumstances, which is anoth er title for our old friend, Colonel A. N. Alibi. The Crackers lost, hut they lost a good game, a corking game as far as fielding stunts went. The Peli can fielders went "plum crazy” and pulled stuff that ought to land them In Milledgeville. Spencer, for ex ample. went twice up the, right field bank after balls, and once he, fell down, balanced on one shoul der, caught the ball, rolled over down the bank, but HELD THE BALL. Any tpam is hard to beat when it is going like that, but It is especial ly hard to stop when it has a pitch er working as Ducky Swann was working yesterday. This lad, who is as old as lie is small, and as con fident as he is old, had the Crack ers feeding from his mitt. Maybe it was the old "pygmy pitcher hoodoo," varnished up and put in running order for the 1912 season. In years past the Crack ers could drub the big guys, and the bigger they were the harder they fell; but the little ones were jinks. Gordon Hickman, no bigger than a self-respecting flea, used to make the Crackers look like jokes. And now along comes Swann, who is little larger than Hickman and probably a good bit older, and he hands the locals some of the old-time stuff. The Crackers sent their smallest pitcher, Tommy Atkins, against the Pelicans, but it was of no avail. Atkins pitched a first-class game. If it had not been for one error he would have held Frank's men to two runs, and that's surely all you can reasonably ask of a pitcher. It has been Tommy's curse for years that his teams wouldn’t make any runs for him and the hoodoo seems still to hover over his head. J T seemed odd not to see Mana ager Hemphill in the game. The manager explains his absence from the line-up as follows: "What chance have 1 got to break in, with all of them hitting the way they are? I can't afford to break up a good combination. Besides, 1 want to give Earl Sykes some work. What good is a utility man if he doesn't get a chance to do something now and then? They are all doing all right and 1 may Stay out several days.” That's what Hemphill says. MONEY TO LOAN ON DIAMONDS ANO JEWELRY 8 trie t ly confidential Unredeemed pledges la diamonds for sale, 30 per cent less than elsewhere MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul & May ) 1! 1-2 PEACHTREE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Hank Bldg Both Phones 1584 WE BUY OLD GOLD Ball Friday Atlanta vs. N. Orleans PONCE DELEON PARK Game Called 4:00 •••••••••••••••••••••••••a : PRIZE COMPETITIONS : : IN SERIES BETWEEN J : CRACKERS AND PELS J • Al O’Dell won the prize for the • • most brilliant play in yesterday’s • • game, on the strength of his fly- • • Ing catch of Johnston's liner in the • • third. • • Hairy Bailey is the only Crack- • • er who scored a point for the • • Maier & Berkele prize. He made • • tile hit that drove in the Crack- • • ers’ only.run of the day. • • Sykes and East are tied for the • • leadership for the Parks-Cham- • • bers-Hardwick Company prize, • • which goes to the man who makes • • the most hits. Each made two • • yesterday. • • Walter East lias the leadership • • in the long-hit contest, for the • • George Muse prize, with a terrific • • three-bagger. • • Tommy Atkins put a 7-hlt, 4- • • strikeout, no-bases-on-balls game • • to his credit for the Law Brothers • • prize. • • All contests, except that for the • • most brilliant play, which was de- • • elded yesterday, will go for the • • whole New Orleans series. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a What we think is that “Hemp" will be back in a couple of days, ... '■pHE Shriners added much to the * interest in the day's doings— especially the Arab patrol. This body, attired In uniforms which are the gayest of the g iy In color and design, marched through the [baseball Diamond News and Gossip George Stovall, the new Browns' man ager. made his big league debut in 1904. And after all these, years he has sunk to his present low station. • « • When Bert Schotten was hit on the head by a fly to the outfield the other day It appeared to amuse Germany Schaeffer. . When the next man came to bat the comedian yelled: "Hit 'em over the heads. Don't kill anybody.” * ♦ • Fred Clarke Is after Empire Klein, and all because of his continued velp that the umpires of the National are giving Ex I?! 1 Q Day the best of it. He claims that when he asks umpires to investigate the legality of an opposing pitcher’s position they laugh at him. but that when O’Day asks the same thing the umpires hound his pitchers for hours. It's really awfully ttagic. • • • President Fielder Jones isn’t having anv too smooth a time with his North western league. Tacoma has just died out as a ball town and Jonee has a franchise on his hands. • • • •b’hn Kerr, with a batting average of is right around the top with the ri-btate league hitteft? He caught his first five games without an error. • • • Jake Daubert has walloped in with a suggestion that walls which placers ma\ run into when chasing foul balls be pro tected by wire screens a foot or so from the obstruction. He figures that this would save players from such injuries as that which Hans Lobert acquired • • • Honolulu is the wildest baseball town on the map. Chinese and Japanese teams play and the feeling is torrid. Fans camp all night on the field to be in time for good seats. About 2.000 is an average crowd for a week day game and 8,000 on Sunday. • • • You can prove that the sacrifice is a great play bj the Sox. who lead the American league in using It: and that It isn’t by the (Hants, who have made less than any other team in the National. • • • You don’t see the name of that esti mable old German. Hans Wagner, In the papers so often these flavs. but the old lad continues to wallop the ball better than 300 and to field like a fiend. i FOOTBALL PUT IN GOOD STANDING BY COLUMBIA N FAX WRh, June 6 In a demonstra tion lasting twenty minutes »»00 gradu ates «>t Columbia university cheered yes terday for rhf reinstatement of football as a sport in the university. rhe game was banished several years ago by President Nicholas Murray Butler. He was present at yesterday's meeting *--- - -I _ .. u . _ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. J'HL’KSDAY, J USE 6, 1912. • streets, headed by a band, before the game, and then, Just before the > umpires called, “Play bail.” they > gave an exhibition of plain and 1 fancy marching and a sabre drill ' that was a wonder. , Then came Illustrious Potentate ( John Hynds, who thi-eyv the first , ball. And be it said, to the lasting honor of Illustrious Potentate ! Hynds, he threw a vastly better , first, ball than the average. , By no stretch of imagination , could an umpire have called it a t strike —if Johnston hadn’t obliging- ly hit at it. It wasn’t even near. But it didn’t roll along the ground, nor did it sail over the catcher’s head, which was out of the ordi nary. One special feature of the day , was the fact that the Shriners had ! offered sls to the Atlanta player ! who made th® most brilliant play. , Al O’Dell won ’t in a canter and he didn’t waste any time about doing ! It. It was in the third inning, whqn , Johnston hit a hard semi-liner out ( O’Dell's way. Al ran for it awhile ( and then flew a bit. When he had leached an altitude of six feet or so , lie stuck out both hands, grabbed the bail, fluttered a bit in mid air and slowly settled back to earth. It was worth the sls. • • • DONAHUE was one of the bright lights of the game. He didn't lilt any and his fielding, while excellent, was not brilliant. At throwing, though, he was a won.- der. Four Pelicans tried to steal end four Pelicans failed miserably. Ev ery throw was sent away fast and was winged to exactly the right spot. Haigh,, the New Orleans catcher, also threw well and per formed creditably. | BOXING Late News and Views L Luther McCarthy and Al Kaufman have been practically matched for a tight in o San Francisco June 26. » ♦ • Howard Morrow has refused to box Ed p die McGoorty at Benton Harbor July 4. J as he wants to stay at Las Vegas and ■ witness the Johnsdn-Flynn scrap ♦ ♦ ♦ e Frank Moran and Harry West will mix in a ten-round affair at Columbus June 7. p Ihe twenty-round bout between Joe . Jeannette and Sam Langford, scheduled t for Los Angeles July 27, has been called p oft as will be detained in Aus i tralia on account of a lawsuit pending r there. ►’ fu To E ,ny <b.odman was disqualified by the New ork boxing commission for stalling in a bout with Jack McHenry at , Albany last week. i • ♦ * i Eddie Murphy and Ray Temple have i been matched to fight ten rounds at Clary, Ind.. June 14. • • • f New York boxing promoters are ar ’ ranging to stage a ten-round fight be ’ tween Ad Wolgast ami Willie Ritchie if they can get the champion to agree to reasonable terms i ♦ • ♦ I’ackey McFarland and Frank Brennan are scheduled to box in Muskegon Mich i tonight. • • • ! Chief of Police Young, of St. Louis, has Issued an order that will stop boxing in that city. However. promoters believe i they will be able to resume boxing again > in the fall. • ♦ • • ""ells is scheduled to box Bobby ’ ilson at Utica tomorrow night i • • • K. <> Brennan and Honey Mellodv will box ten rounds in Baltimore June lb • • • Jim Corbett says Toninn Ityan has no equal In the world as a trainer. George Brown and Jack Dillon will mix It in t olumbus tomorrow night. The proposed bout between Eddie Mur phy and Matty Baldwin, which was to be staged In Boston, has fallen through. Tat White and Dan Ridge will box in Brooklyn tonight. Joe Rivers will begin hard training next week for his bout with Wolgast tn Los Angeles July 24. MRS. BARLOW WINNER. ST. MARTINS, PA., June 6.—-Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow , of the Merlon Crick et club, today won the women's East ern golf championship. She went out on 43 and came in 4S, a total of 91 «. «wol# » * --• * J n ’ * Crackers* Batting Averages, Including Yesterday's Game These are the Crackers' batting av erages, including yesterday's game: Players. G. AB. R. H. Av. Dessau, p 9 27 2 9 .333 Hemphill, «cf. . .42 163 23 54 .331 Donahue, c. . . . 9 27 4 8 .296 Sitton, p 8 18 1 5 .278 Alperman, 3b.. .46 179 29 48 .268 Bailey, If 46 164 31 43 .262 Sykes, lb 30 89 14 23 .258 O'Dell, utility . .42 145 21 37 .255 Brady, p 1 4 0 1 .250 East, 2b 36 114 10 28 .246 Graham, c. . . .15 39 4 9 .231 O'Brien, ss. . . .40 146 17 33 .226 Callahan, cf. . . 4 17 1 3 .176 Atkins, p 9 24 2 4 .167 Johns, p 10 20 3 3 .150 ASSORTED FIST FIGHTS ENLIVEN GAME AT TULSA TULSA, OKLA., June 6.—Four first fights, the ejectment from the grounds and jailing of the umpire and the fainting of a ball player who was in the grand stand served as a. prelude to yesterday’s game between Tulsa and Okmulgee, of the Oklahoma State league. It was ladies' day, too. First some one questioned the sobriety of Umpire McKee. Then came a fisticuff between the umpire and Owner Bleckley, of the Tulsa club. Umps McKee came out second best, but had sufficiently re covered when Manager Gardner, es the Okmulgee team, who is under suspension anil who, McKee alleges, assaulted him after yesterday's game, came on the field to engage him in battle. At this stage spectators swarmed on the field, and Mc- Kee was carried bodily into the dressing room under the grandstand, where two Okmulgeeans acted as his opponents in bout No. 3. in the absence of the umpire, two spec tators were selected as umpires, and the game started. It had not progressed far. however, before McKee was on the field again, and exchanging blows with Man ager Price, of Tulsa. This fray was at its height when Shortstop Black, of Ok mulgee, fainted. Four policemen put an end to hostili ties by arresting McKee. Tulsa won the - game, 4 to 1. HORRINE CLEARS BAR AT 6 -4 INCHES NEW YORK, June 6.—George Hor iine, the Stanford university athlete who Is here practicing for the interna- J? tional Olympic games, today expressed the opinion that he would be able to duplicate the record-breaking high . jump which he accomplished yesterday , at Travers Island in a tryout when he 1 leaped over a bar 6 feet 8 1-4 inches above the earth. Although this beats the world's rec c ord. it can not be regarded as a new ' world's mark, because it was not made o in an athletic competition. Horrine’s ! previous mark was 6 feet 7 inches, j ’ WOLGAST TO INSIST ON 133 POUNDS RINGSIDE! t CHICAGO, June 6. —Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast, while in Chica go last night, declared he would follow ‘ the example set by Battling Nelson and ■ Joe Gans while they held the title and insist that hereafter all challengers for the championship would be required to make 133 pounds ringside. Lines to the Lowly By William F. Kirk. i How sleep the brave who in the spring Aspired to honors stellar, And now, in spite of everything Are resting in the cellar? Boston and Brooklyn, do not cry. Though your home fans may roar. The Giants can't jump through the sky And j ou can't journey lower. ... A battered man lay dying on a sultry summer day— The choicest kind of day to die, if one must pass away. A comrade knelt beside him and saw his life-blood ooze fl hate to write this parody, but baby needs sotnc shoes). The comrade asked his fellow fan. "Why do you want to perish, Dan?" The dying rooter raised his head and whispered with a whine: "1 was born In Cincinnati—Cincinnati t George Adair Trims Schwartz, Medal Winner; Byrd Also a Victor ATLANTANS MAKE BIC SHOWING IN GOLF EVENT CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. June 6.—The second round of the championship flight and the fii'st round of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth flights of the eleventh annual tournament of the Southern Golf association began this morning. H. M. Block, of At lanta, and A. M. Post, of New Or leans, inaugurated the day’s play promptly at 8:30 o'clock. The weather was cloudy and rain threatened. At the meeting of the association last night Montgomery was chosen as the place for the 1913 tourney. In the matter of officers H. F. Smith, of Nashville, was re-elected president and J. C. Ryan, of Nash ville. secretary. George W. Adair, of Atlanta, was unanimously re elected vice president. The new board of directors is as follows: H. F. Smith, Nashville; George W. Adair, Atlanta; Leigh Carroll, New Orleans; R. H. Baugh, Birmingham; D. M. Goodwyn, Louisville; E. D. Thomasson, Chat tanooga; A. S. Mallory, Memphis; W. C. Redding, Macon: W. A. Gun ter, Montgomery. A resolution was adopted to the effect that all members of the as sociation should adopt the U. S. G. A. method of arriving at handicaps. Schwartz Wins Medal. A tremendous surprise was sprung yesterday morning when Albert Schwartz, of New Orleans, winner of the first Southern cham pionship, held in Nashville in 1902, makes hot days cool I In Bottles-—lce Cold at the ball game. IT’S SIMPLY D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S “Call the Boy with the Khaki Coat” turned up the winner of the low score prize. He was second on Monday, with a 78. but it was pre sumed that Rube Bush, who had a stroke on him, could hold the lead. He failed to do it, however, and Schwartz’s 79 yesterday morning gave him the low score medal, with a total of 157. Yesterday afternoon the first match rounds were played, and some surprises resulted. George W. Adair, of Atlanta, defeated Al bert Schwartz in a great match, 3- Another former champion went down when B.ooke, of New Orleans, bested Leigh Carroll, of New Orleans, one up. Another sur prise came when Arch Henderson, a Birmingham golfer, who is short on form, but long on results, trim med H. G. Scott, of Atlanta. Two former champions met when Gaines played Whitney, and naturally the latter won, 6-4. Stewart, of New Orleans, the present title holder, downed W. R. Tichenor, of Atlanta, 4- F. G. Byrd, of Atlanta, a for mer champion, defeated D. S. Hen derson. of Chattanooga. 4-3. As the men defeated in the first round of the championship flight form the first flight. Atlanta kicks into that division with a pair of great play ers, W. R. Tichenor and H. G. Scott, either of whom should be good enough to win. Results in First Round. The results of the match play in the first championship round fol low : Adair defeated Schwartz, 3-2; England defeated McAfee, 3-2; Brooks defeated Leigh Carroll, 1 up; Henderson defeated Scott. 1 up; Wright defeated "'eaver. 1 up; Edrlngton defeated Spurlock, 6-5; Crawford defeated White. 1 up, 19 holes; Whitney defeated Gaines, 6-4; Bush defeated Davidson, 4-2; Ward defeated H. T. Wilson. 1 up. 19 holes; Webb defeated E. H. Coy, 3- Stewart defeated Tichenor, 4- Byrd defeated D. S. Hender son, 4-3; Selden defeated A. Stew art, 6-4; Baugh defeated Daley, 5- Rotvan defeated Bouden, 1 up. The Atlanta golfers who got in other flights were H. Block, second flight; C. V. Rainwater and T. B. Paine, third flight; R. E. Richards and Paul A. Wright, fifth flight. DANVILLE QUITS WHEN GATE RECEIPTS SLUMP ' DANVILLE. VA... June 6.—At a meet- t ing of the stockholders and directors of * the Danville Athletic club it was unan imously decided last night to surren der the franchise. The franchise was turned over to J. O. Boatwright, president of the league, who will endeavor to place it with Suf folk. The team left here last night to plav at Petersburg, according to schedule, and will continue to plav until some city is found to take it. Baseball in this city has been a losing proposition since the beginning of the season and latterly, with constant re verses and poor gate receipts, it be came apparent that the local club could not weather the storm.