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CRACKERS TAKE IST GAME--TRY FOR 2ND
ILL MARa
SHOREN
NMAL
lASH
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30—
Rene Thomas, driving a Delage
car this afternoon, won the 500
mile race against the fastest field
of racing cars ever assembled on
any course. In addition to win
ning $25,000 in cash, Thomas
won trophies amounting to near-
Iy $lO,OOO. Foreign cdrs took the
first four prizes.
Duray, in a Peugeot; Guyot, in a
Delage, and Goux, in a Peugeot, in
order; Barney Oldfield, the foremost
of the American entrants, finished
fifth
Thomas’' time for the 500 miles was
6:03:45.99, an average of 82.47 miles
an hour. He broke all records for
speedway events from. 100 to 500
niiles.
Duray's time for the 500 miles was
8:10:24.29. Guyot was over three
minutes behind him; Goux was more
than ‘"ree minutes behind Guyot, and
Cldficld was over six minutes behind
Goux,
Only Once in Danger,
Only once during the entire race
was homas in any danger of losing.
When the race had gone 325 miles,
Georges Boillot's Peugeot car, which
during practice, had been driven at a
rate of 100 miles an hour around the
course, crept into first place. Boil
ot held the lead only a few miles,
when he was forced out of the race
by the breaking of the frame of his
machine.
Christiaens, in an Excelsior car,
finished sixth, and Grant, in a Sun
beam, finished seventh.
More than 100,000 persons witness
ei the race.
Thomas won the Schebler trophy,
which contains $lO,OOO worth of ster
ling silver. This is the most valuable
trophy offered. Winning it three
times in succession gives the driver
permanent possession of it.
The first lap was made by Chris
tiaens in 1 minute, 45.95 seconds, an
average of 85.75 miles an hour.
Christiaens, at the end of ten miles,
had made a new speed record, nego
tiating the distance in 6:55, an aver
age of 87 miles an hour.
Trophy tor Thomas.
At the end ot 100 miles Thomas
#till was leading, having covered the
distance in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 35.45
eeconds. The old record for 100 miles
fs 1:13:87.25, made by Tetzlaff in a
Fiat in Indianapolis May 30, 1912
For his record to-day Thomas wins
the G. and J. trophy.
At the 152 d lap Barney Oldfleld was
driving a sensational race. Every
time he appeared on the stretch in
front of the main stands, was the sig
nal for loud applause. 1t appeared
the American race fans were pinning
their faith to him to capture the hon-
Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
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. THE WEATHER. |
. Forecast for Atlanta and '
. Georgia—Partly cloudy Sat- §
urday and Sunday; not quite .
50 warm. ¢
THE ONLY KATZENJAMMERS, =is:eiacneirdi SUNDAY AMERICAN
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I VOL. X 1 NO. 259
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT MEMPHIS e % Wt
NEW ORLEANS ........ 000 000 000 - 0 8 3
MEMPHIS .............100 001 002 - 2 6 O
aik. Walker and Adams; Goulat and Bemis. Umplires—Breitensten and Chest-
SECOND GAME.
B e.. ..o s
... e
Weaver and Higgins; H. Merritt an d Schey. Umplres—Breitenstein and
Chestnut,
AT CHATTANOOGA— e e R H. E
MONTGOMERY ........ 000 000 200 - 1 5 0
CHATTANOOGA ....... 030 000 02X - 510 3
Black and Donahue; Boyd and Strest., Umpires, Pfenninger and Kerin.
SECOND GAME.
L S | R R R
ST R R . . . 0L s ey
Black and Kieinow; Sline and Grah am., Umpires—Kerin and Pfenninger.
AFTERNOO N GAME.
AT NASHVILLE R. H. E
. e Yy
FAEETHAE ... ..o D, s
Robertson and Schmidt; More and G lbson. Umpires—Ketllum and Fifield.
I FEDERAL LEAGUE
AFTERNOON GAME.
AT BUFFALO— R "N n
BRODRLEYN ... ...... 000 902 .-%10 - 3 7 1
BUTTALD .............. 000 100 w 0 - 1 & 4
Lafitte and Land; Krapp and Blalr. Umplres—Kane and Goeckel.
AFTERNOO N GAME.
AT BALTIMORE— N
PETEEE .. L os
SRR ..o 000 B .. s L.
| Brer?:a"r:?“z and Berry; Suggs and Nu namaker. Umpires — McCormick and
FIRST GAME.
AT ST. LOUIS— R W &
KANSAS CITY ......... 020 200 000 - 4 8 2
Y LU ... ... 002 WO e - 2 B S
Packard and Brown; Keupper and Hartley. Umpires, Anderson and Cross.
SECOND GAME.
B S e ey
B TS e
Cullop and Easterly; Brown and Simon. Umpires—Cross and Anderson.
FIRST GAME.
AT CHICAGO— R. M. K
INDIANAPOLIS ... .... 001 013 €OO - 5 9 0
CHICAGO .............. 000 000 000 - 0 § 2
Falkenberg and Rariden; Brennan, Lang and Wilson. Umpires, Mannassan
and Bush,
SECOND GAME.
INDIANAPOLIS ... .... 000 000 000 - 0 9 0
CHICAGO ... ........ 010 000 00X - 1 3 1
Billlard and Warren; Hendrix and Wilson. Umpires—Mannasau and Bush,
LATEST
"NEWS
LONDON, May 30.—T. P. O'Connor,
in behalf of Iro{and, sent a message
to the Cenadian Pacific Railway to
day expressing condolence for the rei
atfves of the victims of the Empress
of Ireland disaster,
PARIS, May 30.—M. Viavinni,
French Minister of Marine, this after
noon telegraphed to the president of
the British Government Board of
Trade expressing the condolence of
the French navy for the reiatives of
the Empress of Ireland victims,
MEPTON PARK, ENGLAND, May
30.—The 2-year-old plate, worth
$4,000, was won here to-day by Ver
vaine. Snow's Madden ran second
and Harry Payne Whitney's Lady
Lamburg third.
BELFAST, May 30.—8ir Edward
Carson, the Unionist leader in Ulster,
arrived here to-day and was given a
noisy welcome. While a squ-cf of Ul
ster volunteers fired a revolver salute
Sir Edward was carried to his auto
mobile on the shoulders of his follow
ers. Two suffragettes tried to ap
proach Sir Edward for an interview,
but theg were seized and beaten so
badly they had to go to a hospital.
VERA CRUZ, May 30.—Decoration
Day was observed here to-day by ths
United States soldiers and sailors, A
salute of 21 guns was fired at noon by
the warships, and afterward the land
forces fired a salute for each State in
the Union. A half holiday was de-
clared, but the Americans had little
opportunity to take advantage of the
occasion, as it rained steadily all day.
The German steamer Ypiranga ar
rived from Puerto Mexico, where she
unloaded a car'&o of war munitions for
the Huerta overnment. Refugees
from Mexico City declare that Huerta
is making much of the Ypiranga inci
dent, pointing to it as evidence of
Germany's friendship for Mexico.
LONDON, Mn_?/ 30.—~The Govern
ment Board of Trade to-day opened
negotiations with the Government re
garding an inquiry into the fatal sink
ing of the Empress of Ireland. The
British and Dominion Governments
will co-operate in the clmfipaign. A
public fund for the benefit of the
families of the drowned was opened
here and in Liverpool under the su
pervigsion of the Lord Mayors.
LIVERPOOL, May 30.—The new
Cunard liner Aquitania, one of the
biagest, fastest and most palatial
ccean liners in the world, sailed for
New York to-day on her maiden voy
age. Tens of thousands of persons
lined the wharves as the liner
steamed down the Mersey River. All
the shipping in the harbor saluted
the new ship.
LEEDS, ENGLAND, May 30.—Elev
en miners were killed and a number
injured in an explosion in the Silk
stone colliery near Wharncliffe to
day.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
First Game—Score: R. H. E.
Indlanapolis . . . . 230 000 000—6 7 1
Louisville . . . . . 100 00 000—1 6 2
Batteries—Merz and Livingston; Ton
ey and Sewold. Umpire—Johnston and
Irwin.
First Game—Score: R. H. E.
Milwaukee. . . . 001 000 000 00-—1 6 1
Kansas Clity . . 000 100 000 01—2 8 3
Bateries—Hovlik and Hughes; Gallle
and Geibel. Umplres—Westervelt and
O'Brien.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1914.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
i AT BROOKLYN— AFTERNOON GAME. R M E
NEW YORK ............ 103 000 000 - 411 1
SBOORLSE .. ........ 00 000 008 -0 7 1
| Tesrau and Meyers; Reulbach and M lller. Umplires—Klem and Hart.
| AT PITTSBURG— AFTERNOON GAME. " ‘. &
CINCINNATI .... ...... 100 200 600 - 310 O
PITTSBURG ........... 000 000 000 - 0 6 2
Devenport and Clark; Adams and GI bson. Umpires—Rigler and Emsile.
&% BGARR AL TTN MR, R. H. E
PURION ............... Il - 3 % 0
PHILADELPHIA ....... 000 001 010 0 - 210 2
Crutcher and Whaling; Alexander and Burns. Umpires—Easonand Quigley
AT CHICAGO— L e R. H. E.
BT TOUEN ............00%0 W 8 910 - 4 8 2
CHICAGO ...............0%0 150 003 - 6 7 2
Doak and Wingo; Vaughan and Arc her. Umplres, Byron and Orth.
SECOND GAME.
B ... oW s
- . ...y
Sallee and Wingo; Smith and Arche r. Umpires—Orth and Byron,
AMERICAN LEAGUE
FIRST GAME.
AT ST. LOVIS— R. N
DEIRRET .....ci.on-.. 008 000 OO - 3 4 3
PE.NES ....o0 .0 0w -1 1 3
eel".(:oveleskle and Stanage; Hamliton and Agnew. Umpires, Connally and Din
SECOND GAME. g
R Yy
e . W e
Malin and Stanage; Wellman and C rossin, Umplres—Dlineen and Connolly.
- AFTERNOO N GAME.
AT BOSTON W
WASHINGTON ......... 000 020 000 - 2 5 2
PN ... 0 0 B T 4N
“n‘smw, Ayers and Henry; Bedlent and Thomas. Umpires—Chill and Sheri-
AFTERNOO N GAME.
AT NEW YORK— N B W
PHILADELPHIA ....... 400 000 010 - 5 10 2
NEWTORE ...... ..... 000 111 418 -10 8 1
Pennock and Lapp; Caldwell and Nunamaker. Umpires — O’Loughlin and
Hildebrand,
AFTERNOO N GAME.
AT CLEVELAND-- M E
SHIARD .............. 0010 2% B 0 - % 9 3
CIEVELAND ..... .... 100 000 0 - 2 7 O
Russell and Schalk; Gregg and O'Ne ill. Umpires—Evans and Egan.
RACING
RESULTS
| AT BELMONT,
FTRST--41¢ furlongs: xCatalona 109
(Kederis), 7-2, 7-5, 7-10, won; Priuce
Henri\; 112 (Noter), 6-5, 1-2, out second;
xPebbles, 112 (R. Hoffman), 7-12, 7-5,
7-10, third. Time, :53. Also ran: Lam
von_ Keymar, Dismiss, Two Royals,
Montrose, Ptolemy. xCoupled, Butler
entry.
SECOND-—About 2% miles: Mission,
146 (Haynes), even, out, won; Foot
lights, 150 (Hannigan), 9-3, 2-5, out, sec
ond; xßryndor, 147 (O'Brien), 7-2, 4-5,
out, third. Time, 5:33. Merry Task,
Rock Abbey also ran. xAdded starter.
Mission and Merry Task coupled, Bei
mont entry.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Helen Barbee,
99 (J. McTaggart), 12, 5, 5-2, won;
xxMeeting House, 127 (Notter), 8-5, 7-10,
1-2, second; Tranid, 100 (Brady), 15, 6,
8, third. Time, 1:12 1-5. Rockview,
Montresor, Springboard, Andes, Grover
Hughes, Tartar, Connemara also ran.
xxAdded starter—Tartar and Montressor
coupled. Wilson entry.
FOURTH--Mile: Charlestonian, 115
(Burlingame), 40, 6, out, won; Gainer,
118(Buxton), 30, 4, out, second; Roamer,
116 (Davies), 10, 13-10, out, third. Time,
1:89 4-5. Superintendent and Cld Rose
bud also ran. Superintendent added
starter.
FIFTH—MiIe: Water Welles, 146 (Mr.
J. Tucker), 11-20, out, won; Absconder,
151 (Mr. T. Wright), 6, 8-5, out, second;
Coreopsis, 146 (Mr. F. Alpers), 7-2, 4-b
out., third. Time, 1:423-5. Knight of
Moroi and Judge Walser also ran.
AT TORONTO.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Squeler, 96
(Smith), 8.30, 4.00, 2.40, won; Colquitt,
-04 (Collins), 4.20, 3.20, 'second; Briar
Path, 105 (Taplin), 3.80, third. Time,
1:132-5. Also ran: Miss Gayle, Re
?{\gram. Jocomo, Luther, Yorkville,
yderoseros, Arran.
SECOND--Four and a holf furlongs:
xBplutter, 106 (Taplin), 5.90, 4.20, 3%.
won; xLackspark, 106 (Nathan), 4.20,
3.00, second; Harry Bassett I, 106
(Gray), 3.40, third. Time, 1:00 3-5. Can-
nie Jean, Pepper Sauce, Waverney,
Gartley, John Thompson, Golden Jug
also ran. xCoupled as Henrie entry.
THIRD—Five rurlongs: Sir Edgar,
118 (Taplin), 28.70, 7.30, 3.50, won; Ed
Crump, 123 (Hanover), 3.00, 2.30, second;
Crystal, 115 (Smylhe{. 2.70, third. Time,
1:01. Lindenthal, Polly Flinders, Ormu
lu, Tokay, Dr, Larrick also ran.
FOURTH-—Mile and an eighth: Wal
ter Bars, 104 (Smytne), $lO.OO, $3.80,
$2.90, won; Knight Stick, 105 (Watts),
$3.30, $2.80, second; David Craig, 104
(Hanover), $3.50, third. Time, 1:52.
Calgary, Black Eyed Busan, Dorothy
Dean, Pardner, Lochiel, Floral Park,
Kingley and Cabaret also ran.
AT LOUISVILLE.
FIRST-—Mile and one-sixteenth. Bell
Horse, 111 (Neylon), $4.80, $3.70, 22‘70.
won; Yenghee, 107 (Radtke), $5.00, $3.10,
gecond; Claxonette, 97 (Haynes), $2.60,
third. Time, 1:45 8-5. Huntress, Trans
portation, L. H. Adair also ran.
SECOND--Six furlongs: Quartermas
ter, 111 (Neylon), 8.20, 4.70, 3.70, won;
Mack B. KEubanks, 108 rMathews),
14.80, 10.00, second, Royal Dainty,
7.60, third. Time, 1:13 1-6. Miss De
clare, Grazelle, Lost Fortune, Esther
Blues, Sureget, Flying Yankee, Beau
Chliton, Fellowman also ran.
THIRD-—Mile and a quarter: Dilatory,
105 (Keogh), $17.00, $6.00, $3.10, won;
Sam Hirsch, 100 (Dishmon), $3.40, §2.40,
second; Mary Ann K. 105 (Neylon),
$2.40, third. Time, 2:082-5. Pliant,
Prospect and Gold Color also ran.
FOURTH-—SIx furlongs: Leochares,
120 (Neylon), $7.20, $3.10, $2.80, won;
Meridian, 127 (Keogh). $3.00, $2.50, sec
ond; Casuarina, 101 (Deronde), $3.30,
third. Time, 1:112-5. The Norman,
Boots and Saddle and Hawthorn also
ran.
. AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—Four and a half furlongs:
Faker, 114 (Burns), 2-5, out, won; Mrs.
Campbell, 111 (Taylor), 16, b, 11-5, sec
ond; Star and Garter, 106 (Teahan), 12,
3, even, third. Time, :56 1-5. SBtill Day,
Chilton, Fellowman also ran.
SECOND-—-Five furlongs: Lindestra,
118 (Burns), 1-8, out, won; Corn Broom,
108 (Riley), 1-6, out, second: Irish
Heart, 106 (Bchilling), 5, 7-10, 1-4, third.
Time, 1:15. Stonyecroft, Baechanta also
ran. Lindstra and Corn Broom coupled.
THIRD—Five and half furlongs: Right
Easy, 108 (Brown), b, 8-5, 4-5, won;
Striker, 112 (Hin), 3-2, 7-10, out, sec
ond; Just 11., 110 (Andress), iO, 4,2,
third. Time, 2:08 1-5. The Spirit,
Rye Straw, Uncle Fd, L’Alglon also ran.
C ight, 1900, PAY NO
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RICKWOOD PARK, BIRMING
HAM, May 30.—A rally in the slxth;
inning netting Billy Smith’'s men four
runs gave the Crackers a 5 to 2 vie
tory over the Barons here this aft
ernoon. he Crackers scored their oth
er tally in the third session. ‘
Birmingham registered two runs In;
the third inning. ® |
Brown started on the mound for
the home boys, but was routed in thei
sixth. He was replaced by Johnson.
Elliott Dent did the slab work for
Atlanta. He kept the ten hits se
cured off his delivery well scatiered.
FIRST INNING.
McConnell walked. Kircher flied
to Mcßride in deep left. Eibe] crack
ed a single over Covington’s
head, Amby stopping at second. Long
walked, filling the cases. Eibel was
caught off second and put out, Dil
ger to Ellam. Welchonce hit a liner
to Carroll, retiring the side. NO
RUNS, ONE HIT.
Carroll rolled a slow one down to
short and beat it out, but turned his
ankle when he stepped on the bag.
His injury was not serious, and he
continued in the game. Dent caught
Carroll off first after several atempts,
and the runner was out to Eibel. Mar
can struck out. Stewart hit over
‘short for a single. Knisely flled to
‘Tommy Long. NO RUNS, TWO
"BITS.
SECOND INNING.
Jennings fanned. Flanagan flled
to right, Knisely going close to the
fence to get it. Tyree grounded to
Marcan and was out to Covington.
NO RUNS, NO HITS.
Mcßride gnrounded out, McConnell
to Elbel. Covington singled to center.
Ellam flied to Flanagan, Covington
was caught off first, Dent to Eibel
NO RUNS. 'ONE HIT.
THIRD INNING.
Dent hit a high one to Ellam for
an eady out. McConnell hit a hit
liner to Brown and he couldn't handle
it, Mac reaching first. Kircher pop
ped te Covington. McConnell stole
second, Eibel walked. Long singial
over third, McConnell scoring and
Eibel going to third, Long went to
gecond on the throw to third to catch
Eibel. Welchonce grounded out,
Brown to Covington. ONE RUN.
TWO HITS.
Dilger singled to center. Brown
bunted to short, forcing Dilger, Jen
nings to McConnell. Carroll doubled
to left, Brown stopping at third. Mar
can singled to center, scoring Brown
and Carroll. Stewart struck out, and
Marcan went out trving to steal sec
ond, Tyree to Jennings. TWO RUNS.
THREE HITS.
FOURTH INNING.
Jennings filed to Ellam. Flanagan
flied to Mcßride in deep left. Tyree
struck out, NO RUNS. NO HITS.
Knisely hit safely to center for one
base. Mcßride hit a high one to
Tommy Long. Knigely went out steal
ing, Tyree to McConnell. Covington
grounded out, Dent to Eibel. NO
RUNS. ONE HIT.
FIFTH INNING.
Dent flied to Knisely. McConnell
singled to center. Kircher grounded
into a double play, Carroll to Marcan
to Covington. NO RUNS. ONE HIT.
Ellam fanned. Gilger al- fanned.
Brown flied to Long. NO RUNS.
NO HITS.
SIXTH INNING.
Eibel doubled to right. Long walk
ed. Welchonce grounded to second,
forcing Long, Marcan to Ellam, Eibel
reaching third. Jennings hit a hot
grounder to Covington, which he
couldn’t handle, scorng Eibel. Flan
agan singled to left, Welchonce scored
and Jennings taking third. Flanagan
taking second on the throw to Dilger.
Johnson replaced Brown on the
mound. Jennings scored when Dilger
let one get by him. Flanagan took
third. Tyree fanned. Dent singled
to right, Flanagan scoring. McCon
nell flled to Covington. FOUR RUNS.
FOUR HITS.
Carroll flied to Jennings. Marcan
flied to Welchonce. Stewart walked.
Knisely flied to McConnell. NO
RUNS. NO HITS.
SEVENTH INNING.
Kircher popped to Marcan. FEibel
walked. Long flied to right and Elbel
was doubled at first, Knisely to Cov
tnfion. NO RUNS. NO HITS
cßride singled to center. Coving
ton popped to Eibel. Ellam singled
to left, Mcßride stopping at second.
Dilger grounded out, McConnell to
! Box Score Ist Game |
CRACKERS. ab. r. h.o 8 @
McCohnell; 2b... . 4 1 2.8 8 0
Bweher 35 .- b 0 0012 0
Hbel b . .1 2 11800
enge b - .. 2 0 1801
Welchonce, ¢f. . . 4 1 0 0 0 O
Jennings, sa. . . .4 1 1 2 4 0
¥lanagan. rf. . ... ¢ 1 2 2 0.0
HYvee- 0o 6 0128 0
Pont-n . . o, 40 28 0 0
Jotels . .. 32 5 9 22613 1
BARONS. abiroho &8
Earpall 80, .. .. .4 12 3 8 1.9
Faoan-2b. .. ... ¢ 01 3 & O
Bisaart. e .. .. .39 1 90 0 %
Wuiwely 8. 040 1 44000
MeHride 0 40 00
Qovington,lb. <. .. ¢ 0 2 6 0 0
WEam. Be 0008 000 8200
Higer. o, 0.8 0 1 & 3 0
NEDSen” B . 00l o 1000 1 )
Jonneon, oLt 190 000
Totals. . .. ... 852 231032710 0
Score by innings:
Atlanta. . . . . . 001 004 000— 5
Birmingham . . . . 002 000 000—2
Summary: Two-base hits—Car
roll, Wibel. Stolen base-—McConnell,
Double play—Carroll to Marcan to
Covington. Bases on balls—Off Dent,
1 off Brown, 4; off Johnson, 1. Struck
out—By Dent, 4; by Brown, 3; by
Johnson, 1. Umpires—O'Toole and
Rudderham.
Eibel, Mcßride reaching third and Ei
lam second. Johnson grounded out,
Kircher to Elbel. NO RUNS. TWO
HITS.
EIGHTH INNING.
Welchonce flied to Marcan. Jen
nings flied to Knisely. Flanagain
singled to left. Flanagan went out
trying to steal second, Dilger to El
lam. NO RUNS. ONE HIT.
Carroll grounded out, Jennings to
Eibel. Marcan grounded to McCon
nell and was out to Eibel. Stewart
flied to Welchonce. NO RUNS. NO
HITS.
NINTH INNING.
Tyree hit safely to left. Dent
popped to Carroll. McConnell popped
to Ellam. Kircher grounded to short,
Tyree was forced at second, Ellam to
Marcan. NO RUNS. ONFE HIT.
Knisely flied to Flanagant Mcßride
grounded out, Jennings to Eibel. Cov
ington singled past second. Ellam
flied to Flanagan. NO RUNS. ONE
HIT.
4 Negro Slayers Are
Resentenced; 3 Die
OnSameDay,Junel9
Four negroes Saturday were resen.
tenced to hang by Judge Hill. Thay
were Robert Paschall, Will Hart and
George Hart, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. Seth Irby, of Jefferson Coun
ty, and Ed ¥lder, convicted of the
murder of his wife,
The date for the executfon of the
first three was set for June 19. El
der’s hanging was set for the next
Friday, June 26.
Paschall, when arked if there wara
any reason why sentence should not
be pronounced, made a long talk to
the court, protesting his innocence
and laying the blame on two other
negroes who are now at large. The
Hart boys also denied that they had
any part in the crime. The cases of
all four have been before the Supreme
Court,
Atlanta Clearings
For Month Jump
Nearly $9,000,000
The Atlanta Clearing House Asso
ciation’'s monthly report Saturday
showed the remarkable galn of nearly
$9,000,000 in bank clearings for May
over the same month of last year.
C'learings for the month were $59,-
191,838.32, For may of iasi year they
were $560,305,104.5¢. ‘T'he increase in
clearings for the corresponding
months was $8,886,733.78. The phe
nomenal jump was due, {n part, to
Shrine week, when an enormous sum
of money was left here. The clear
ings that week were the largest in the
history of the city.
Clearings for the last week were
$11,793,817.29, against $9,258,983.38 for
the corresponding week in 1918, this
being an increase of $2,534,833.91,
Saturday clearings were $1,747,-
767.80, as compared with $1,412,088.09
for the corresponding Saturday of last
year, an increase of $335,679.71.
FINAIx
PERRYMANON
MOUND IN
CECOND
BATTING ORDER, SECOND GAME:
ATLANTA. BIRMINGHAM.
McConnell, 2b ........... Carroll, 3h
Kircher, 3B .............. Marean, 23
Bibal B .. . ciiiiiie, s StoWERE @
CORBL I ..o i iiias Knise:{, r
Welchonce, ¢f ........... Mcßride, If
JONRINGE B iiaeeie CovinEgton. ib
Flanagan, rf .... 0000 0.0 Ellnin; 68
B iiiiiiiiianas Trafleuor. Q
Porryman, p ............vs Harbin, p
RICKWOOD PARK, BIRMING
HAM, May 30.—Perryman and Har
bin were the rival hurlers when the
Crackers and Barons took the field
for the second game of their double
header.
About 7,000 fans witnessed the
struggle.
FIRST INNING.
McConnell singled to center. Kir
cher bunted to Harbin and was out
to Marcan, who covered first. Eibel
singled to right, McConnell scoring.
Long grounded to short, Eibel being
forced at second, Ellam to Marcan.
Welchonce singled to right, Long
;stopping at second. Jennings popped
to Tragessor. ONE RUN. THREE
HITS.
Carroll walked. Marcan singled to
left, Carrol! pulling up at third, Stew
art grounded to short, forcing Mar
can, Jennings to McConnell. Carroll
scored, Jennings making a wonderful
stop. Stewart stole second, and went
to third when Dunn ‘threw wild to
second trying to get him. Knisely
fanned. Mcßride flied to Long. ONg
RUN. ONE HIT.
Atlanta Invited by
Boston to Exhibit
At Pure Food Show
When Albert R. Rogers, of Boston,
came to town Saturday with an invita
tion to Atlanta to take part in tha
exposition to be held in Boston October
5 to October 31, the largest pure food
and domestic sclence exposition in the
world, he declared, he based his invita
tion on unique grounds.
‘““Boston and Massachusetts want to
learn something from the South and
from Cuba,” he said. “There is a lusty
spirit of agricultural development, and
there are thousands who are seeking
pfaces for the investment of their capi
tal in farm lands. We want to see
what Georgia can offer in the way of
investments.
“New Orleans, Birmingham and At
lanta are the only three Southern cities
to which invitations have been extend
ed. An invitation has gone to Havana,
Cuba, as well, and from Havana, New
Orleans and Birmingham I have already
obtalned assurances of co-operation.
Havana will send its great municipal
band.”
Real Estate Men to
Play Baseball Game
An exciting game of baseball {s prom
{sed the fans of Atlanta when the
“Leans” and the “Fats”’ will meet in
battle at Pledmont Park next Saturday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The two teams have been chosen from
members of the Atlanta Real Estate «
Board. George Bonnell is captain of the
“Leans,” and Ben Treadwell will pilot
the ‘“Fats.”
Harris White, president of the real
estate board, has announced he will pre
sent the winning team with a silver
loving cup. The judges will be three
newspaper men, one representative from
each Atlanta newspaper.
Slayer of Planter
Held for Shooting
ATHENS, May 30.—The body of A.
V. Harrison, who was shot and killed
at Bogart, a few miles west of Ath
ens, in a personal encounter, by Ed
Summers, a tenant on Harrison's
plantation, was buried this afternoon
in Jackson County. Harrison was a
prominent planter of Bogart,
Summers was arrested at Winder.