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Desert Atlanta Saturday
PERCY H. WHITING
EXODUS OF BALL PLAYERS
COMES SATURDAY NIGHT
With Arrhfr Improving nicely. ew; man
on the Atlanta trnn laying for th# Babb-
Itcs and everything going atrong, the l>«*e-
hall alt nation looks blooming, In spits of
Thursday's defeat.
Atlanta I* atlll only one email victory
from the lead and the prospect* for going
to the front look fine and dandy. Meuiphla
•hot her one Mg bolt when Llebhart wai
allowed to pitch, and It look* aa though a
trimming waa about all which la now due
Secretary MH'nllotigh. of the Memphis
team, leave* Atlanta Friday night for Bir
mingham, where be will attend the league
meeting. He aays that he doe* not now
what la likely to happen there, but be
la not at all worried over the probable oat-
The Atlanta clnh will aloo have a repre-
* rotative at the meeting—probably Hecre-
tary l/owry Arnold. The lisckera of the
local club are not looking for irotibb*. The
»a«penalon of the baaehall player* agalnnt
whom the various club* are kicking wna
genuine, they nay, and they ntptc positively
that the *us|iendcd men have been draw
lug no money alnee they were droppd. In
consequence It. la Impossible to *ce how
the league can do anything about the mat
ter.
Saturday will lie the dosing day of the
team’s stay at home and the game will tie
called at 3 o'clock t« allow the teams to
make quick Jumps—Atlanta to Shreveport
and Memphis Itack home.
Manager Babb seems quite confident of
making It two out of three. When assured
that bis team was going- to lose the last
two games he said: "Why, you're away
wrong. Weil win two out of three and
inaylie all of them. The team here Is all
right, lint ours la lietter. I-ook out for
trouble. Weil win In a walk."
And for a fact he said It Just as though
he believed It. Funny how, by telling
the same story time after time, yon actual
ly get to believe It. Same way with Babb.
Thursday’s Games Ground
4 Into Fancy Baseball Hash
Well, we had to lose sometime, and It
waa s pleasure to help along the bunch
from Memphis. They need the games, and
then they are a clever crowd and play
hard ball.
With the "If*" cot out there la not ao
much to say about Thursday's game, ex
cept that It was a screamer.
Llebhart Is oald to I* among the beat
pltrhera In tha league, ^and maybe he Is.
Manager Babb says that hla game Thura
da v was the poorest he has pitched this
year.
"Little Chortle" Huggo la In rare form
this year and will prove a troublesome
in.m. least year waa an off year with lilnr
hh with most of the members of the Mein
phi a team, but he la back In hla old South
Atlantic form this season and la a terror
to batters.
Hparka replaced Loticka In the sixth. The
"Lucky One" wna having an unlucky day.
Hparka did well, but no man could stop the
Memphis batters after the start they got
The game lasted 172 minutes, which Is
going after the long distance record.
Gee, but that was n great winning atrenk
while It lasted.
Wouder how milch the absence of Arche
had to do with the result. It Isn’t ao
the absence of a player which hurts
Is the demoralising Influence of having a
man Injured.
It was very thoughtful of Mhreveport to
lose Thursday. That leaves Atlauta right
within willing distance of the lead.
Old Ilohby Gllk* la hark !u the game at
Fhreveport. lie hatted .333 Thursday. First
thing we know Ilohby will It apltcblng a
game, Juat lo show that h# still baa the
wing.
Guess Nashville and Little Rock are not
playing hall for the last position. The
«blrly*o-rouml swung Nsahrllle'a way
Thursday, l*robaldy Little Rock Is due
apt
Montgomery sliced another chunk off New
Orlcnns. Many thanks, Mullsney. Hold
the iviican* down while the Crackers at
tend to Memphis. We don't want to be
passed by New Orleans again.
nlng team Atlanta had--fop Knowles' 1396
hunch, which landed the rag Imt mmm
eucherod out of It. He played a mil.. I
of games at second that year and lu later
years. When his arui gave way he gave up
pitching and became an Inflelder.
Well, wouldn't It thump yoo. Chicago
b«*st New York It to a The Hpuds made
thirteen runs In the second Inning. Mathew
s*>n was knocked out of the box In the Aral
Inning and McGInnlty In the second. The
"Giants" t?) made five errors and four hlta.
It took the New York Americans thirteen
Innings to beat 8t. Louis. Old "Noodles"
Hahn was In the box for the Yankees.
Itartsell'a error lost the game.
"Bags" Raymond woo n game Thursday.
Good for the hr ml p ter.
Addle Joaa pitched three-hit ball against
ft.** i Thursday and the once champions
lost la the usual style.
boas for Montfom.rjr, wu
OOOOOOOOOPOOOOOOOOO
O O
O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O
O 0
C Memphis at Piedmont park at O
O « p. m. 0
O New Orleane at Montgomery. O
O Shreveport at Birmingham. O
o Little Rock at Nashville. O
O O
OOOOOOOOOOODOOOOOOO
“BIO ED” IS VALUABLE.
HE WON’T BE HAPPY TILL HE GETS IT.
POLICE STOP
BOXING SHOW
By Private leased Wire.
New York, June 7.—A cordon of police
wna thrown about the I-ougncre Athletic
luh last night nnd a proposed boxing ex
hibition stopped.
The Inning show was called off by Man
ager Mike Newman. Newman maintained
that hla club la a bona fide one, and that
the police had no right to Interfere with
Its show, hut Bingham's orders wore to
stop nil boxing exhibition* In this elty.
Hundreds of men who had membership
cords were turned away from the door of
the club by the police.
AU8TELL WIN8 EASILY.
Special to The Georgian.
Austell, Un., June 8.—In a alow gome of
linll played here yeaterday. Austell defeat
ed Marietta by n score of 12 to 0. The
feature of the game was the .
Martin and Strickland, who struck out
15 men.
Austell plays Dpuflasvllle and Powder
Brings Friday and Saturday.
Hcore by Inning*:
Winning Stroke Ends in
Long Extra Inning Game
Springs I
Hcore ti
Austell ft
Marietta ft
League Standings
Edward L. Hurlburt.
Taken nil arouud, "Big Kd," as he la fa-
tnlllsrly known, la the biggest man In the
league. HUui Jliu Fox Is slightly taller,
Dominick Mullnuey stands n little higher
when hts hair Is mussed; but Big Kd out
weighs any of them by Ore pounds. He
doesn't throw quite as well as Jimmy Arch
et, but he certainty la a big help to young
pitchers. Uke ill successful athletes, Mr.
Hurlburt Is good to bis folks, lie doesn't
have to bo Itocnuao they are well Axed, imt
he does Just to make sure of hla success,
lie has annulled the muchly talked of Ah
that he carries sixteen trunks of swell
clothes by displaying an afAdavIt to the
tfect that hut ten trunks, two autt cases
and a valet are part of hla personal follow
ing. Kd clouts the twill, ns both trucks
and llnxttr Hparka will testify. But he
hates to run and contents himself with
taking two lames when the hall he bits
aafe stays In the lot.
Mr. Hurlburt taught n rowdy member of
the New York Giants a lesson In Hoiithern
politeness recently. The New Yorker at
tempted to address a Indy on Main street
In Memphis without waiting to be Intro
duced nnd wna promptly knocked Into the
glitter by the Intrepid Memphis catcher.
The Georgian’s Score Card.
80UTHERN.
Club— Played. Won. Lost.
Shreveport . . .46 28 17
Atlanta .... 46 28 18
New Orleans . 46 27 20
Birmingham. . .48 21 21
Memphla ... 46 25 21
Montgomery . . 46 21 25
Nashville ... 48 18 SO
Little Rock . . 44 11 33
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Club— Played. Won. Iuoat.
Augusta ... 44 28 16
Columbia ... 43 24 19
Charleston . . .43 22 21
Savannah ... 45 22 23
Macon .... 42 20 23
Jacksonville . . 43 17 26
GEORGIA STATE*
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost.
WaycroM ... 27 19 8
Cordele .... 24 15 9
Columbus ... 26 16 10
Valdosta ... 26 12 14
Albany . ... 25 8 17
Amertcua ... 23 5 18
' AMERICAN.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost.
New York ... 45 29 16
Cleveland. . . 40 25 16
Philadelphia . . 43 25 18
St. Louts ... 45 24 21
Detroit .... 40 21 19
Chicago .... 40 18 22
Washington . . 43 15 28
Boston .... 45 13 32
NATIONAL.
ATLANTA.
R. | H
«'
MEMPHIS | R. | H.
E.
CROZIER. It ....
THIEL. If
WINTBR8. rf ...
BABB, 3b
8. SMITH. 3b...
NADEAU, cf ....
MORSE, aa
1
NICHOLAS, aa..
FOX. lb
i
CAREY, lb
•
STINSON, cf ....
!
PLA8S. Ib
JORDAN. Ib ....
|
MANUSH. rf ....
EVERS, c
!
HURLBURT. c..
HARLEY, p ....
SUGGS, p
TOTAL8
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II TOTALS
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Score by Inninta: 1334 56789 10 11—R
Atlanta |
| | .
Memphla !
| |
! |
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Club—
Chicago . . .
Pittsburg . \
New York .
Philadelphia .
8t. Louis . .
Brooklyn . .
Cincinnati . .
Boston . . .
P.C.
.622
.609
.674
.563
.543
.467
.3f5
.260'
P.C.
.704
.625
.615
.462
.320
.217
P.C.
.644
.625
.581
.633
.525
.450
.349
.289
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
CLUBS—
Toledo . . ,
Columbus . .
Milwaukee .
Kansas City
Louisville. .
Minneapolis .
St. Paul . . .
Indianapolis
Played. Won. Lost. P.C.
. 43 27 17 .614
. 48 26 22 .542
. 40 22 18 .550
. 46 24 21 .633
.465
.455
.429
.349
THURSDAY’S RE3ULT8.
South Atlantic.
Augusta 0, Columbia 1—1st game.
Augusta 3. Columbia 4—2d game.
Savannah 2, Charleston 1.
American.
Detroit 7. Washington 1.
Cleveland 4, Boston 0.
Detroit 7, Washington 1.
New York 6, St. Louts h
National.
St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 3.
Chicago 19. New York 0.
Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2.
American Association.
Minneapolis 4, Indianapolis 1—first
game.
Columbus 4, Milwaukee 3.
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
ON PAGE SEVEN
Memphlp declined to add the twelfth
straight victory to the Firecrackers' string
Thursday, but It took the Rsbbltea eleren
Innlnga to quench the battling spirit of the
Hmlth cohorts.
"Ifa" loom prodigiously In the finale. If
the hits hnd come any number of times
when eager Atlantans tottered on base
ready to romp home, It would have l»een
"another story." But at most of these
crucial stages Lelhbnrt tightened up aud
vetoed the batter.
Roth teams did eotne hitting, and both
contributed some large and yellow• errors.
The Mempbll excelled a hit In both de
partments. Nleholls bad n merry time try-
lug to stick hla flus In the raps down hla
way. At that he made two or three dasxllug
slope. v
The visitors started off with a rush, send
ing a couple across on n base on balls nnd
two safeties. From then on the game
ricocheted first one war. then the other.
When the ninth opoMd-the fans got a
renewal of hope by Htlnson'a single and
Jordan's double, which tied the score. ,
Twilight shadows lay over the field na the
eleventh began. Memphis aeilt two around
the circuit In that Inning. Big Hurlbutr
opening the way with a ripping double.
Atlanta could only get one over, nnd tho
rooters went home sad over the defeat,
but comforted with the thought tbnt the
locals hnd put up n game fight for It.
The score:
The score:
xrfcxmx:
<'mxler, If. .
Winter*, rf.
H. Hmlth, 2
Morse, os.
Fox, lb. ...
Htlnsou, cf.
Jordan, 3b.
Kvera, c. .
Loueks,. p.
Hpsrks, p. .
Tra/ii. u. i*o. a.
.5 1 2 4 0 0
M KM I’ll 18—
Thiel. If.
Itabb. 3b
Nadeau; cf. :..
Nleholls, os. ..
Carey, lb
Itasa, 2b
Mnnush,-rf. ....
Hurlburt, c. ...
Lelbhart, p. ...
Hcore by Innings:
Memphis 101 000 03-7
Atlanta loo 021 ooi oi—«
Hmlth. Double plays— Nleholls to Carey.
First base on Italia—Off Lourks 2. off Hpnrks
1. off Llebhart 4. Struck out—By Hparka 4,
by Llebhart 6. Wild pitches—Hparka 1,
Llebhart 1. Time, 2:52. Linplro—Rudder-
ham.
NEWS OF THE FESTIVE PUGS
By Private Leaned Wire.
New York, Jun, S.—Hock Keyei, tha
Australian champion who recently da.
faatad Amby McOarlty, la considering
returning to tha Antlpodea. Koyea
aaya that he haa laauad challenge, to
tha beat llghlwelghta In the country,
Including Nelaon, McOovarn anil Britt,
and up to the present haa not heard
from any of them.
"Fighting” Dick Hyland, whose bout
with Kid Goodman waa called off, will
THIEL IS SMALL, BUT!
leave today for Denver with hla man
ager. Hyland haa been promised n
match before one of the Denvtr clubs.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan, the New
England middleweight, and Mike
Schreck, of Cincinnati, have been
matched to box twenty rounds before
the Terre Haute Athletic Club on
June 29.
Billy Nolan, the manager of Battling
Nelson, declares that the Dane will not
fight again until next fall. Nolan has
contracted for Nelaon to appear with
different theatrical companies and hla
engagements will keep him busy until
early In October.
lk« Bradley, the English bantam, will
make hla first ring appearance In this
country tonight In a bout against Tom
my O'Toole, at the National Athletic
Club, of Philadelphia.
Jack Blackburn whipped Kid Wllaon
In the wind-up at the Broadway Ath
letic Club at Philadelphia last night
, B wax a hard fight, and Wilson kept
Blackburn on the Jump all the Ume.
In the fourth round, a right awing by
. the Jersey man sent Jack^o the,floor.
BUFORD WIN8 GAME.
Hpef-UI to The Georgian.
| Itufonl. Ga., June S.—Buford and Flowery
Branch played here yesterday and Buford
I won liy a score of 12 to 2. The game wna
i n one-sided affair and waa Buford'* from
•tnrt to finish. Allien, of Buford, wa*
Invincible and struck out ten men. He
pure up only four hits. Thl* make* tho
fourth Ntralgbt game for Bnford thta sea-
•on. They have won one each from Grace
chun-h Bnraca and Southern Bell and two
: from Flowery Branch. Buford la ready for
• all comer*.
The line-up for yesterday's game waa aa
follow*:
Buford—Allen. 2b.: O'Kelly, r.; Hmlth,
IK; Hhadhuru. 3b.; Mtrtuger. aa.; B, Power,
If.: Rrogdon. cf.; Vance, rf.
Flowery Branch—Htevenaon. p.; Holland,
e.; 1'arW*. IK; Clark. 2K; Wnodltff. IK;
Pugh, aa.; E. Kelly. If.; Parsun, cf.; Davie,
rf. I'mplre, Boh Burton.
EDGEWOOD SECOND WINS.
Buck Thiel.
The ruminative left Udder-of the Mem*
bll Juat about evens ap In Inches with
■ ickle t'rotter, and. Itk# Croaler. hla worth
to the Meuiubll Is not measured by weight
nor word*. Buck's actloua streak for
th«*m•elves. Yesterday he waa aa busy aa a
setter dog. Three of the four runs accred
it**! Babb’s Iwya were counted by Buck.
Three hlta at*» helped sow* In pushing
runner* toward the Plate. Ill* on.- handed
crab In the dark after "Slim Jim**" long
liner waa a bit of the clmis order, but It
Iwnce. itiwk waa purchased -f Mem
phis from Uroaka.
csterday afternoon the Kdgewood Second
team met and defeated the "Victor*" In a
very one-sided con teat. Kdgrwond played
four subatltnte* In the game, while the
"Victor*" were short two of their meu.
Hcore by Innings:
Victors 010 001.16-S
. Kdgewood 604 002 r—17
' The game waa called In the eighth ou
1 account of darkness.
Batteries: Victor*. Fahey. Yavey and
Teague; Kdgewood. Cueata. Alexander.
‘ Smith and Kollgfatly. Umpire, Dr. Smith.
I Scorer, Fra acts.
The tine-op of Kdgewood follows: Go-
| lightly, r.; 31. C’ueatn. Smith and Alexander,
p.; L. Smith. IK; llaaa, captain. 2b.; c. 1
Smith ami 4'ueeta, manager. 3K; Alexander!
and M. Cuesta, aa.; Phelps, If.; Fraud*, cf.;
I«ocke. rf.
Kdgewood play* the Gmcerymen Friday I
ami a good game la expected. I
SOME RANDOM SHOTS AT
THE BASEBALL SITUATION
By WILLIAM BYRNE.
(Baseball Writer for The Memphla Commer-
clal-Appenl.)
a an awfully nice thing to travel with
a ball team that Is kuoeklng tar out of
club* In the eltle* visited. It'* another
thing to travel with a losing club.
But when you get ou the road with a
small band of earnest worker* whose losses
of the day before are burled with the past
nnd all thoughts turn to the task laid out
for the present day'* work, there’s a feel-
lug akin to brotherly love for the boy*
working hard to win.
The recent losses encountered by Babb's
l>oya on the rood are not to l»e wondered at.
There never was*a team,from the Giants
down, nor yet. a player of even the
Lnjole or Wagner type, that didn't have a
dark day. But the silver lining of doll
losing clouds Is hound to make Its appear
ance at the proper time.
On Southern diamonds there are two field*
that stand out preeminent, Piedmont park
and I ted Kim |mrk are the two. Hod (led
Infield and grassy outfield present pleasing
and restful picture* to the tired ball plny-
eraMeyea and the glare of. a burning aun Is
offset. Other diamonds around the circuit
are "aklnned" and the aun la mirrored In
the white aanda almost aa vividly as It
would l»e In a looking glass.
The heat and glare worries player* from
Atlanta and Memphla who arc used to their
eineyald surroundings. But there are other
drawbacks more serious and one In par
ticular.
The umpire!
A* long aa baseball exist*—and thkt will
he as long na the United State* Is a re
public, which means for nlf time—the am-
l>lre qnretton will be e, wrfon. a. ti„. .
vnl.t sir! problem. Went now In (He
mi league there are two umnlre. *
TlallltlK player* treat. One In r.nrtl -Ml”"
haa eiKrneil the title of -On the i"
«t»Hf.l« M'r hy hla fearless dm,ill!
wytWjM .t panon* and place*
aS^XlreV^lA SSTJZ n'm
plre’a he*.l7\ire, turned, and. wSkui
ward the IdeUera. placed hi, haSd *„ t
funnel abape. anW In n few choice word!
directed nt tho peWtratnr demanded tSt
be ahow hlmaelf. /rhe man or pc* "
fuaed. The umpire, walked th.
diamond nnd umpire), ,
vldunl. probably ,wene>il with hi. own h^
portanee, awore out aYwarrmt f„ r th
umpire charaln* him wft, H>! ,„decem
language. The umpire-wa.\ force i to *
bond and will lie put to nn V- i of
.Imply lieeauae he rearmed whahhe be^
to be n peraona! -attack, in tbe\ meantime
the origin of all the trouble u „ hidden
quantity and will remain In
ground. %
All heenuae a fair-minded umpire could
not pleaae one rnltlrf home fan T h „.
apeclmena of aueb fana In everr city'
can't lie helped. But for the geoi ■ ■/
game aome effort ahould be made to‘ Dr „
tect good umpire, from fana Inflicted .dti,
hydrophobia of the lunga. Fearleaa umpire,
are acarce and especially In the Konthern
League. Otra ua aome more of the "On tho
level" kind and patron, of the „...
aoc baaehall played that la worth double
the price of admlaalon. Yeaterday',
was a sample. ,
“BOBBY” WINS THE RACE
Bobby Walthour, the beat bicycle rider
the world has ever ieen, added another
feather to bis cap Thursday nJght, when
he defeated Tommy Hall, the champion of
KnglAnd. In two straight heats. The time
for the five-tulle events was 7:38 3-5 and
7:31.
Atlanta sport lorera dearly love bicycle
races Qiul especially motor-paced events.
And the way they turned out last Thurs
day ulght .must, have brought Joy to the
heart of Jack Prince, who was tHiilnd the
schemo nnd who ! has transformed the
FRENCHMAN PLAYS SOME.
Phil Nadeau.
Memphis wna downright lucky In get th,
hlg Frenchman from New Orleans. Kvcry
day ho springs a new wrluklo when the
chance present. Itself. Either a Imae hit
at the proper moment or n peg lo the plnte
from hla far stand In renter Held, or elae
he purloins n base. He usra hla noodle
whenerer he can. He gut hit In the head
at Montgomery by n pitched Iwll. Yester
day he chaaed all over renter Drill, rob
bing Atlanta Utters of legitimate hlta, bat
It wna noticed that he took what wa, com
ing lo him nearly every time he stepped
up to Ut. He sent Thiel across the plate
three times by timely drlvra.
Coliseum Into an Ideal place for blcyci,
raeea.
Both heats, though won by tYalthonr
were stubbornly contested and were u ,
eacltlng. The huge double cylinder moier.
were working In flne shape and ihc ,,y
they annihilated distance down the
stretches nnd negotiated the sharply hank-1
turns brought gasps from the apc.t,tr,r.
The sensation of seeing for the fine time
n motor bicycle, followed hy a rider ,. u »
racing hike, hit one of those turn, I, never
to lie forgotten nnd the fascination of
watching them Is one which never weara
off.
Walthour showed hlmaelf to lie In hi,
old form aud had the Englishman at hi,
mercy at all stngea of the game. How.
ever, Hall proved to Ito a game rider and
stuck clone to Ills pace nt all stage,.
H. 1. Norton took the mile event In good
style. The time waa !:17 2-5.
The concluding event wna an exhibition
motor-paced mlla. hy Wllllnm Jenkins, n
local rider, who will meet Norton In the
near future. Jenklna covered the mile In
2 minutes flat.
FITZ MAY YET
FIGHT BURNS
By Private Leasefi Wire.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jnne 8.—The promoters
of the' Tuxedo Athletic Club nt Kaiilngtnn
have not yet given up hope of having tho
Fltxslramons-Burna boot before their club.
The promoters are hopeful tbnt nt taut
they have found n way out of the tangle
and that Governor Pennypncker will con
sent to their reopening the doors of the
club.
The attorneys for the club have been
working hard for the past week nnd today
something definite In the way of a state-
ment waa made by If. 1>. Prettyroan. of the
firm of builders which erected the club
bouse.
Mr. Prettyroan, who la the ruling spirit
here in the club, said: "The bout has uot
been Indefinitely postponed, na has !«*en
■fated. We are still endeavoring to |n>r-
atinde the governor that we are not violat
ing the law and wa are hopeful of being
aucceaaful. If we can get the governor to
cancel hla edict the two men will meet nt
the club Monday evening next, and we
would welcome any official sent hy the
governor to see that the contest wa* per*
fertly legal"
Tommy Burns has continued to train tor
the event
NORCROS3 A WINNER.
Special to The Georgian.
Norrross, Ga., Jane 8.—In a fast and
snappy game of hall here yesterday Nor*
crons defeated the strong Buford team by
the score of 11 to 6. Amoa Martin, of Nor-
cross, put the halt over deep center Hold
fence /or a home ran.
Dodson, for Norcroas, pitched a phenome
nal game, allowing Buford only two hit*
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