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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915.
*GEORGIAN SPORTS COVERED 4 EXPERTSS
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Over Eighty Players Will Com
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pete in Georgia State Tennis
Tournament — Starts Monday,
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ENNIS players who wish to com
| pete in the Georgia State net
tourney to be held on the courts
of the West End Tennis Club, start
ing Monday, must send in their en
tries by tonight. |
A large number of players have al
ready entered, and it is expected that
many more will send in their names
today, The entry list has already‘
reached over the 80 mark. according‘
to J. W. Cooper, Jr.,, No. 121 Auburn(
avenue, who is receiving the entries.
The entry list will close at 10 o'clocki
tonight.
Pairings for the first round of play
will be drawn late tonight, and the|
first round of match play will start
Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clnck.l
Match play will begin at the same
time every afternoon, I
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T HE events for the occasion will be
the men’s singles and dnuhles!
and the consolation event in men'’s |
singles and doubles The tourney is |
open to all players representing clubs |
which are members directly or indi- |
rectly of the United States National |
Lawn Tennis Association |
A three-year trophy is offered in
the men’s singles. The trophy is to|
become the property of the player first |
winning it three times, not necessarily |
In succession. Laxt year's cup was!
won for the third time by Mr. (‘arletnn;
Smith. A new challenge trophy has|
been offered this year by the West |
End Tennis Club. The Georgia State
championship cups in men's doubles
are also offered by the W. E. T. C. |
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F OR the first time in the Georgia |
State tournament consolation dou
es will be played. Two trophies
snown as Parks-Chambers-Hardwick
Company trophy and George Muse
Clothing Company trophy are offered
to the winnevs by these firms,
First ance runner-up prizes will be |
awarded in each event. Wright &
Ditson championship balls will be
ised
Entrance fees are $2 in men's sin
r and $1.50 for each player in dou~ |
bles |
. Lead Over Rivals'
This Speaker continues to hold his
wn in the American League batting
race The Cleveland star got three hits
€ight times at bat and maintained
IS average of .391. Ty Cobb and Joe
lackson lost a point each. The Detroit
player hit safely once in three trips to
the plate and reduced his mark to .33¢
and Jackson, with one out of four, drop
ped to 348
Dave Robertson, of the Gilants, falled
'o hit in the double-header New York
won from St. Louls He was at bat
SX times and lost 5 points. Jake Dau
bert and Honus Wagner did not play
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} 368 131,356
Jackson .. 422 148 248
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Player " JAbH Pec
Robertson |, vk ) 364 130 .330
Daubert .. C 360 121,327
Wagner hssas 328 104317
Monroe Wins Again |
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From Winder, 1 to 0|
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MONROE, Aug. 12 —Monroe triumph- |
‘4 over Winder for the fourth consecu- |
Ve time yesterday, ) to €, in a plichery' !
ittie between Baumgartner, for the los E
re and Hollln’-wurth and Weston for |
e winners. } ~nllln“-“rn i a former |
Meoblle hurler A large crowd from|
neighboring towns attended the eontest
Weston 7-15'\'0-: Hollingsworth in the |
Seventh Inning for the 'ocals .
in_the eighth inning Harris singled,
! Monroe, Watson erred and Hawson |
Frgied over third, scoring Harris ‘.f’\‘
& winning tally e |
meore by Innings RH. ¥ !
Tinder ¥ L 000 600 000 5 3|
Monroe E 000 000 fix--1 & O}
Hatteries: Baumgartner and Plerre; |
T nEswerth, Weston and Hawson. |
mpire, Mluker i
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Plan Big Reception
For Nashville Team
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SASHVILLE, Aug. 12.--Despite the |
fowe of three successive games to the |
¥ Orieans Pelicans, Nashville fans
' reparing to give the leading Vols|
royal reception when they return on |
> fPesial train this afternoor t 1:3
L Eant parade will form at the !'nior
o 4tion and march through the prin |
[*' streets of the city. Wagers tha |
iville will fAnish lower than first |
® Are pobbled up eagerh |
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BASEBALL TODAY
ltlantazvs'.‘ u't“tle Rock
Matty Leads the Reds Now and So Do Seven Other Teams
B i TR A e P
Baseball
Summary
Results of All Games Played
Yesterday, and the Games
Scheduled for Today.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Southern Lufu'.
Clubs, W, L. Pet, Cluns, W. L, Pot
Nash. 656 43 .602| M'phis 53 57 482
New Or, 60 46 .571| L. Rock 50 56 .472
Atlanta 54 §1 .514| B'ham 47 53 .470
Chatta. 53 64 .495| Mobile 40 63 .38%
American League,
Clubs. W. L. Pet,: Clubs, W. L. Pet,
Boston 61 44 581 Bt. L. 59 51 .536
Cleve. 60 47 .561, N. York 55 50 .524
Chlclfo 61 48 560 Wash. 51 54 .488
Detroft 59 51 .536 | Phila. 20 81 .198
Nation.>! League,
Clubs, W. 1., Pet | Clubs. W, L, Pet.
Briklyn 62 35 .639' Chicago 49 51 .48
Boston 56 39 .589| Pitts, 44 53 454
Phila. 57 42 .576| Bt. L. 46 61 .430
N. York 52 46 .631 | Cincin. 41 68 .376
South Atlantic League.
Clubs. W, Ir Pot, Clubs, W. L. Pet.
C'l'mbia 26 1 591 | Jack. 21 21 .500
A'g'sta 23 19 548 C'l'mb’'s 21 24 .467
C'lest'n 23 20 .635 | Macon 19 25 .432
! WHERE THEY PLAY SATURDAY.
Southern League.
Little Rock at Atlanta (2 games).
Memphis at Birr-:ngham.
Chatanooga at Mobile (2 games).
' Nashville-New Orleans not scheduled.
| American League.
Cleveland at St. Louis.
Detroit at Chicage.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York (two
‘gamea).
| National League.
~ St. Louis at Cincinnati,
| (‘hlca{o at Pittsburg. |
New York at Philadelphia. |
~ Boston at Brooklyn (2 games). l
South Atlantic League,
Jacksonville at Macon.
Columbia at Columbus.
Charleston at Augusta.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,
Southern League.
Little Rock, 6; Atlanta, 5.
New Orleans, 7; Nashville, 1.
Birmingham, 3; Memphis, 1.
National League.
Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, 1 (first).
Brooklyn, 4; Chicago, 1 (second).
New York, §: St. Louis, 3 (first).
New York, 2; St. Louis, 0 (second; 7
innings),
Cinecinnati, 3; Phnadelrhm. 2.
l‘lnpburi, 2; Boston, 1 (Airst).
Boston, 4; Pittsburg, 1 (second).
American League,
St. Louis, §5; Cleveland, 4 (first).
St. Louis, 3; Cieveland, 1 (second: §
innings).
Detroit, 2: Chicago, 0.
Others not schedulpd.
South Atlantic I.u&uo.
Columbia, 4; Columbus, 3 (11 innings).
Macon, 2; Jacksonville, 0 (first).
Macon, 4: Jacksonville, 0 (second; 7
inninge).
Charleston, 5; Augusta, 1.
Carolina League.
Winston-Balem, §; Asheville, 3.
Raleigh, 10; Charlotte, 1.
Durham, 8; Greenshoro, 5.
American Assoclation.
Columbus, 3.9; Milwaukee, 2-2 :
Minneapolis, 4. Indianapolis, 3. !
Toledo, 11; Kansas City, 2. !
St. Paul, 2; Louisville, 1 ’
International League.
Providence, 3; Montreal, 2.
Richmond, 11-1; Toronto, 3-3
Others not scheduled.
Texas League,
Dallas, 4; Beaumont, 4 (13 innings).
Galveston, 2; Waco, 2 (12 innings).
Shreveport, 5; Houston, 0.
Fort Worth, 4; San Antonlo, 3.
Phillies Anxi
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Pur ‘Pug’' C
Purchase ‘Pug’ Cavet
| MOBILE, Aug. 12.-The Philadelphia
Nationals have made overtures to the
Mobile club looking to the purchase of
Teller P:z Cavet, crack twirler, who
has piteh great ball this season, de
#pite the fact that he was working for a
tail-end team.
The Phillles are exceadingly anxious
to land a capable -o\nh&-w to aid them
in their fight for the National League
pennant and ‘“‘Pug” would just about
put them in the hunt.
It is understood that the Phillles of
fered two players and a sum of money,
but the deal has not heen closed. Dr.
H. T. Inge, president of the Mobile club,
will visit Philadelphia d"m:f mmmm
mr and will then talk trade. mle
will have 10 be completed bhefore August
15 next Tundn,‘. as all players are sub-
Ject to draft after that date.
Title to Skeleton
Fd. Prater, former holder of the Geor.
gln State pociket J’Ml rh-mptomma. lost
i# title to Brady Skeleton at M.
Ru':'n place on Marietta street last
night.
iuolflm won over Prater, 300 to 178,
i the score of the entire match. The
l..nr- Friday night which decided the
champlonship was 100 to 8
Prater made the high run of the ses
sion by successively pocketing 27 balls
It is the first time In eightesn years
that Prater has been defeated in the
champlonship mateh,
With Battling Budd
Young Feldman, the Macon slasher, is
very much peeved 'fihmnn saten In
A langthy letter that Budd s really
inoking for action that he will fudh ac
rommodate Bim before any club or at
any time
‘pan pens that he would like to
got on with Pudd here on Labor Day
| night
Thomas to Train
White for Fight
CHICAOO, ILY, .\ur 12 «=Joe Thom
an, well known 1o local baxing fans, wil]
train Charlle White for his champlonahip
fight with Freddis Welsh, at ‘olarado
Springs, on Labor Imy Thomas has
ben In Minneapolis for m“lmo _but
returned hers .‘nuflu\z - gmtc
t for him e will leave with White
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For National Flag
BOSTON, Aug. 12.—“ It's New York,
not Brooklyn, we must beat out if we
are to win the flag,'” sald Captain John
ny Evers, of the Braves.
“The old Cubs never figured they had
the pennant won unless they had a jead
of six games on Labor Day. Here's
Brooklyn leading only five games with
Labor Day almost a month off, so why
should that team Le conzidered a sure
thing?
“Like Stallings, ! have plcked New
York all season as the club that will be
troublesome in the final drive.”
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| By George E. Phair—
'WE ARE NO LONGER AN ORPHAN
They may fight on the red fields of
Europe;
It doesn’t disturb me at all
And | am not concerned if Gallooff
ski is burned . g
And if Hoosit and Whatshisname
fall, \
| don't care a whoop if the Russians
Make saugage meat out of the
Teuts,
And if lntland is licked and the
Frenchman is kicked
| don't care a couple of hoots,
The Deutschland may cross the gray
ocean, |
It causes no pleasure nor pain, |
| don't care a groat if they sink or
they float. |
For the missus is with me again.
Foolish Question No. I.MG.MI—-]
Comrade wife telegrammed us from
Buffalo asking If we had saved any
money during her absence.
We understand that an uport‘
accountant is not required to keep
track of all the games won by the
Athletics. |
It 11l behooves a humane permn,‘
however, to make sport of the Ath-‘
lotics. As a famous sea captain In
the Spanish-American war sald,
“Don’t cheer, boys!: The poor devils
are dying!”
Up to date nobody has put forth
the theory that Mack's team is af
flicted with infantile paralysis,
It is not necessary to go in swim
ming in order to be bitten by a shark,
Just try to buy a pair of tickets to a
popular show. |
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MAYBE IT'S THE HUMIDITY, |
When da{t grow hot and brains grow
dul ‘
And baseball dope is slim |
The baseball writers fill their space
By trading Meine Zim, |
After a thorough investigation we
have found that the Great Zim
(which is Henry Z'mmerman’s maid.
en name) has been sold, traded and
exchanged 1247843 pseparate and
distinet times
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: WANT AD. ’
WILL EXCHANGE-~One almost |
{ ablebodied electric fan for a )
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Weather has caused the postpone
ment of forty-two games in the
Central Lu"uo this season, but we .
don't think the fans missed much,
A fight between Willard and Ful
ton would be m’nrnunz n a sort
of way We were handed a thrild
one morning when we saw two
motor tracks bump i
YEARNING.
| dote on a heavyweight fight
Where they stall and they clineh
and they swing.
It m\:MMMI my fond soul with de
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Blessings on the man whe invented
iee. But we can not say the same for
the man who sells it
‘THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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A \ A OHES &L /oYY
SYMPATHY IS WASTED ON CALDWELL.
HE DAY OF THE “BAD ACTOR"” IN BASEBALL IS DONE. The
I player who is paid to keep in condition and give everything he
can, mentally and physically, to his club no longer can get away
with “murder.” Ray Caldwell may reflect upon that. A poorer spirit of
loyalty toward his fellow players than that shown by Caldwell in his
latest escapade, hasn't been seen in the American League in years. It
~is not necessary here to dilate upon {t.
| Fortunately Caldwell's absence will not hurt the Yanks. He has
} been unable to pitch winning ball and, while his apologists have pointed
~out the statistical fact that the Yanks haven't been getting runs for
. him, they have not satisfactorily explained why it {s that he is also
beaten when they do get him runs. After all, resuits count in baseball,
CRldwell hasn't been getting them.
His disorderly conduct in St. Louis in the face of the critical fight
the Yanks are making stamps the big -right-hander as very near a
wholly undesirable ball player.
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TINKER PULLS A J. P. MORGAN.
JOE TINKER IS CHUCKLING over the Schulte deal.
“The Cubs sold Wilson to Pjttsburgh at the beginning of the season
for approximately $7,500,’ says John Seys, publicity man for Weegh
man's elub. “Now we have Wilson back, virtually in exchange for
Schulte, and, as Tinker had to let one outfielder go anyway you can
figure that the $7,500 gained in the exchange was pure gravy.”
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WE'D HATE TO THINK WHAT BROOKLYN wounld do to that
Nationall League crowd if it wefe not for an occasional “hole.”
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BILL WORTMAN, THE CUBS' NEW SHORTSTOP, probably will
succeed, but the management put in an awful knock for him when it
announced $22,500 had been passed over for Willle. Boy, stamp an en.
velope for Marty O'Toole,
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ON THE YANKS.
AH, THERE, HIPPOLITE! The Yanks are falling faster than the
price on Ford cars
. . .
OUR IDEA OF FITTING PUNISHMENT for Ray Caldwell would
be to fine him SSOO and trade him to the Philadeiphia Athletics.
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BUT ON SECOND THOUGHT Mack probably hasn't got a good
lawn mower that he could offer for the “Slim Sycamore.”
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CURRENT SUBMERSIONS: The Deutschland,
Benny Leonard,
. The Yanks,
Ray Caldwelll,
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SLIM FIGURES ARE IN vogue for catchers. John Tortes Meyers
may yet have to wear corsets
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HANS WAGNER HURT HIS THUMB flslding ane of Herzoz's hard
drives and wiil be out of the game for a week. There is virtually no
end to Charlle’'s valne and versatility.
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BROOKLYN I 8 STILL CRACKING-:'em on the nose'’
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HUGGINS LIKES BROOKLYN.
BEING OUT OF THE PENNANT CHASE HIMSELF, Manager
Miller Huggins, of the Cardinals, with dud regard for the ethies of the
thing, may pick the team he thinks will win in the Nationa! League
“1 ike Brooklyn,” sald Huggins the other day. “Robinson has the
pitching and his team is hitting where it counts. | don't see any reason
why the Dodgers should erack. The Braves are playing an in and out
game of ball, the Glants are so far back that nothing but a wonderful
winning streak will give them a chance. and Philadelphia fan't swinging
along as it did last year. Brookiyn looks good to me.'’
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HARRY POLLOK INSISTS THAT TWICE DURING the past
month there have existed plots to rob Freddy Welsh of his title In
Denver, he says, an under cover arrangement was made to have Wol.
gast regain his crown and In Minneapolis. he claims, gamblers had it
framed for White to “get” Welsh
“Irrespoctive of the fact that [ am Welsh's manager,” says Pollok,
“I am ashamed, as an American, of such Americans an these
Pollok does not specify the crooks, though he hints they Are cer.
tain Western gamblers
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NO STATISTICIAN 18 GOING TO BEAT US to the fact that it
cost Charlle Weeghman 20,000 cups of coffee when Tinker forfelted a
game to the Dodgers
FRANK BEATS FITZGERALD
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Sister of J. Dodge
MOBILE, Aug. 13.—An exhibition
game was phye«f here yesterday after
noon between. Thattanoga and Mobile
the proceeds of which will be turned
over to the little orah.n sister of John
ny Dodge, former Gull third baseman,
who was killed when struek on the head
by a thrown ball several weeks Ago.
A committee composed of members of
the Mobile team who have charge ‘:’
the fund, arnnounced that it will te
about £1,500, through the generosity of
baseball fans and players taroughout the
country.
Players on almost every professional
team In the United States purchased
‘some of the tickets. The fund will be
ig{rennud to Dodge's sister when the
obile team reaches Memphis, her
‘home, on the next trip.
Yerterday's benefit game was turned
into a farce in the latter Innings, Ree
ratary Senter, of the Lookouts {Juym
the outfield for the visitors. Mec \owoif
an outfeider, finished the game on the
mound for Mobile. The local club won,
5 to 3.
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Four runs In the ninth turned victory
into defeat for the Crackers yesterday,
6 to 5. Holmquist's double with the
bases growded scored three and tied the
score. Ware's double sent Hquul-t\
home with the running run. {
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Moran, Thrasher and Munch did the
heavy stickwork for the locals. Roy got
three hits, while Thrasher and l&mcfii
got two each. |
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Wilson pitched a good me until the
ninth inning. Before h!. knew what
happened in this session, the visitors
had registered tour mu‘u |
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Wares and Manning made five of the
Travelers’ «ignt hits between them
Wares chalked :g three safe drives.
Manning registered two.
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Meoflu!‘r:um another nice fielding
gAme at thi He accepted five chances
without an error.
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Rellly also took care of all the hot
shots that came his way, seven in num
ber, without a ll:pug. o
Cy Perking had a chance to save the
day for the Crackers in the ninth, when
he muffed Reiliy's perfect relay of Mo
ran's throw in that would have killed
Gibson, who scored the !‘ml run._ This
play lost the game, as Wares followed
with a double, scoring Molmquist with
the winning run
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Briliiant fielding pulled Wilson sut of
several bad holes. MeDonald, Munch
and Rellly 'on.nn.ov:v the Infleld.
A great throw by Mayer killed Walker
Lrying to g 0 third In the seecond inning
Walker should Mv: u:mwn beatter
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Thrasher's triple in the second and
Yerkes' long sacrifics n‘y tallied one for
the Crackers. Frank s long drives come
in mighty handy
. . .
Two gemes this afterncon, the first
starting at 3 o'clock
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For the Travelers, Wares was the
flelding star He handled the .ight
chances hit to ;nm. |n‘ perfect fashion
Chalk up another vietery for Burieigh
Grimes Yestarday the Barons’ star
tintuman bested Cy Barger in a huriing
duel, 2 10 1
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New Orisans made it three In & row
from Nashville vesteorday The Pels
Jjumped on Kroh and batted out & 7 to 1§
vietory "Pop Boy' Smith huried for
the Champions
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The Fede took a close one from the
Phils sutna‘y..l 1: 3.
MeGraw's Giants manrc 15 hand the
Carda a double lasing, winning the Arst
§lO 3 amd snru.r-'n! '!’.o second, 3 10 0
The Cubs #ise 198 t & pair of games
yesterday The Dodgers won over the
Chicagy umn:mr.. 2.M 1804 4 0 )
Pittsburg and Boston in the Nations!
League divided honore. The Pirates de.
seated the Rraves in the first, 3 1o 1,
:nn !‘umm‘ warriors took the second,
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The poor old White 8% have .
sered another one of their slumps %o
Tigers Jumped on them yesterday, 3 to o
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Heartbreaking Defeat of Black Friday Calls for
Grim and Horrid Vengeance in Double Bill
Today—Davis and Day to Piteh.
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By Fuzzy Woodruff. |
‘ AYBE there will be some dark
| and bloody vengeance wreak
\ ed out at Ponce DeLeon
Park this afternoon, and maybe there
won't be anything of the kind. But,
whatever vengeance is meted out, it
will be merited, even if it rises to
‘bolling the Trayelers in oil or the re
viving of every form of torture known
to the Spanish inquisition and the
chief medicine man of the Camanches
when they were In their aboriginal
condition.
~ For the Travelers deserve all that
can come to them. Here were our
Crackers out on their home ball lot
Friday afternoon, with a throng of
lady baseball bargain hunters present
that caused Duteh Frank to trot out
his handsomest hurler; and here the
Crackers were in the midst of a win
ning streak that promised to land
them anywhere that fond ambition
could imagine; and here the hand
somest hurler seemed about to get
away with a victory, with the count
five and two in his favor in the first
half of the ninth, and two men out——»
And then—blooie-blooie-~the win
ning streak is cracked, the Travelers
are triumphamt and the handsomest
pitcher is sitting on a hard bench
looking at his glove and wondering
how it all happened, and whether he
had better throw the glove or him
self away, and unutterable things in
general.
B .
l'r Was a terribie game to lose, and
iL was a tragic game for Finis
Wilson, the Cracker hurler.
When Frank sounded® his clarion
call for Cracker recruits to report at
Valdosta at the beginning of the
training season, Finis Wilson was
kamon‘ the first to report. He trained
as falthfully as an aspirant for pugi
listic honors ever 4id for a cham
;mfin-h!p battle.
| To show how well he trained he
won his first five games for the
| Crackers at the start of the season,
!;nd he was about the only pitcher
idoln. any winning, at that.
~ Then he was knocked out by a fe
‘ver of the most malignant type. He
recuperated siowly. Finally the
Crackers, after a glorious spurt, went
back to nothing at all. Frank's great
est need was for pitchers, and pitch
€ers aren’'t the easlest !hln'f in the
world to pick up on the roadside.
Wilson knew this, but so anxious
was he to serve Frank, who had
served him kindly, that he reported,
not much more than half well, and
tendered such services as he couldl
perform.
And yesterday It seemed that his
courage and his faithfulness were to
have their reward, Victory was prac
tically perched on his banners, crying
“Calooy, calaay,” or whatever victory
is supposed to cry.
Then the iliness told on him. He
simply didn't have the strength to
carry him through the ninth Inmnf.
and his club was beaten before ald
could be rushed to the firing line.
2. ® 9
WILSON says that as soon as this
season s over he Is going to
have 4 surgical operation porform-d.'
and he beileves that after that opera- |
tion ail of his pristine vigor will
return, i
It is to be devoutly hoped so.
For baseball needs stout hearts and
willing ones and courteous sportsmen
of the Wilson tvpe.
. . .
Cuvsan the Pelicans are drawing
on the Vols, and the promise is
that the last weeks of the Southern
League race will see one of the stern. 1
est Aghts ever waged for the Dixie
pennant. * |
It may be that it will he a repetition
of the famous finish of 1908, only on
that memorable occasion it was the
Pelican club that led right to the wire
only to be nosed out. by the Vols In
the final game r;! the .-uson |
.
'r\\'n bills are on the program today
’ at Ponce Deleon, the first ta be
ealied at 2 o'clock. 1t is likely that
Frank will work Davis and Day lnl
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ATLANTA. GA,
RR R A DA
i Travelers Clash With
{ Crackers in Twin Bill
{ AR 1
d HE Little Roeck Travelers
l'T clash with the Crackers
é here this afterncon in a
! double-header,
¢ Following the visit of the Trav
{ elers; Atlanta goes to Nashville for
{ a series.
! Here is the Crackers’ schedule
{ up to and including August 19;
{ Little Rock at Atlanta—August
{ 12, 12.
. Atlanta at Nashville—August 13,
‘\/ 14, 15, 186,
{ _Atlanta at Little Rock—August
; 17, 18, 19.
these engagements, saving Perry for
the opening clash on the road Sunday
with Nashville,
Little Rock, ab, v, h, po. a
‘C\'uru. lb.‘b. : E 3 g ‘ 1%
ovington, .o on
Blrbn‘re,sl....x g 9 3 : :
Jacobsen es. . , . 4 0 o * 0
YMESE Y. . s e ; i
Nanmiag. . .. .5 1 3 ‘
RNy, WD, . s .3 & ¢ o 0
SR 8 - . . ) * & §
Robinson, f ey B o
Chapman, Ib. . . . 2 0 0 3
Folmguist. 01, ...1 1 § & &'
Totals. . . , 28 ¢ B M B B
Atlanta an. P, h po. & &
McDonald, 3b. .. . 4 ¥ 9ah ;
S.. . % B
BN W, ... .8 2 3
Thrasher, rs. ~. g z
Yorkes, 2b. . . . 3. X
SRPE . ... i 8 vy :
Ulvan b $ B N
Perklns.c....; y 5 5 z ]
WHR .\ 8 s vy-3 3 o
—.-- — —
Totals. .. , 31 § ' M. U &
Score by innirgs:
Littie ROl ......00env.....000 300
Atlanta 010013
L Bummary: Two-base hit—Ho 4
Three-base hits—Thrasher, lonm
‘ble plays—Barbare to Wares to aowo
ton, Reilly to Yerkes to Munch, Me! -
ald to Yerkes to Munch, Manning te
Wares to Covington. Innings pitched—
By Robinson, 9 with 9 hits }t § l"1
| Struck nu(-b““’lbon 4, by Rol nw—
by Kirby 1. ses on bal
'3, off Robingon 2. Stolen bases—
Covington, Reilly Sacrifice hits—
glrh{, m:‘?‘“h v;lld“p“ch—-('élm
y pitched ball—By Wilson wln%*
\\'u{ker. Manning). Time—l:sß, m
pires—oO'Toole and Hart.
S ——————
Jacobsen in Race
Frank Thrasher, Cracker outfielder,
went into the lead in the Southern
League batting race yesterday, when he
pounded out two hits, while his nearest
rival, “Baby Doll” Jacobsen, went hit
less.
Thrasher is now lo&dlaf Jacobsen
three points. Frank is hitting the
at a 336 clip; Jacobsen boasts of a .
m?f"' the figur
ere are e Bures:
Players— G. AB. R. H. Pt
Thrasher ......... 90 343 61 116 z
Jacobsen .........107 393 56 131
COVINGTON DEFEATED, 3TO 1
MONTICELLO, Aug. 12.—Monticelle
won over Covington gon yvesterday at
College Flats, 3 to 1.
Latest Batting Marks
Of Atlanta Players
(Through Friday's Game.)
Players. G. AB. R. .M. PC.
Thrasher . . 90 342 61 118 z
Wilseon . . 13 24 28 A
Davis v+ B W = 7
Moran .95 314 58 101
Yorktos . . .0B ™ B B
MeDonald . 93 324 47 100
Mayer. . 104 374 48 103
Munch .94 297 28 N
Perking .94 201 8 W
Niederkorn. 45 100 7 23
Paryy . . . 8 8.80 B
Reilly i L 18
Brennan .. 25 48 9§ . 3
P s+, B 2 3
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