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I Tennis Tournament and Ball Games Divide Interest in Atlanta I
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SOME EARLY ROUNDS ARE PLAYED IN
THE SOUTHERN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
A grand (tart wta mad* la the Southern
Tennis championship Wednesday on
courts at East Lake, where about thirty
matches were finished la etaglea and four
la doubles.
From 16:38 In the morning until sunset
every court was a scene of uninterrupted
activity ns the early matches la singles
and doubles were pushed through to com
pletion and much of the preliminary work
of the tournament was cleared away. >
la all a matter of M games were played
during the day. The weather and court
conditions were Ideal. The air was cool,
the son bright and the breete refreshing.
And the courts were In nearly perfect con
dition. Superintendent Pickering and his
force of men had been at work on them
from sunrise until the first matches started
and they were la doe trim-smooth, Just
the right degree of hardness sad eery fast
Host of the contestants spent the day at
the club, and lunch was served at pooa.
In the afternoon several hundred spectators
made the trip to Bast Lake and the seats
arouod the courts were dlled at all times
With Interested.onlookers.
The matches turned out a good deal, as
was eapected. A few surprises were noted,
however. For Instance, the , defeat of
Seguln. the veteran New Orleans player,
by II. M. Ashe was a hard blow to the
Crescent City contingent, while the way
r w. Haley, of Nashville, defeated Charlaa
Bodgera. of Knoivllle. In the second round
was somewhat of a Surprise, Llttle*a de
feat of Ashe la the second round was also
unexpectedly overwhelming. After the At
lanta man had won so easily from Heroin
bln chances against tha Cincinnatian looked, II. F. Prescott defeated W, D. McNeil
fairly bright, bnt ho went oat $4 8-L by default.
Howell defeated II. E. Moore by
With tha setting of Wednesday's sun
Atlanta’s chaacss for championship honors
In slngtss were left chiefly In tbs cars of
Williams and Thornton. Nona of tbo other
Atlanta contestants woro regarded as hav
ing a chance.
In the doubles only four matches wars
run oil, bnt a big hols will bs mads In
the early rounds Thursday.
Tbs results of Wednesday’* matebsa fol
lows v
t First Round,
I,. D. Scott defeated U. L.. Freeman,
U, 6-4.
A. M. Post defeated M. D. Berrien, 44.
U
Williams defeated Professor W,
D. Mooney, U 1-1
II. Logan defestsd F. O. Byrd. 64. 4-4.
T. Mailary defestsd O. Mlddlebrook, (-1,
U
W. C. Lao defestsd A. F. Fltxslmmons.
M. <1.
Karl Little defeated F. II. Sawyer, M.
II. M. Ash* defeated A. Seguln, t-t, T*
|, I). Scott defeated II. L. Freeman, 62,
A. Fischer defeated A. S. Adams. 62, t-L
Cowan Bogart defestsd N. B. Broyles,
U 61.
Nat Thornton defeated S. H. Blackihcar,
7-6. M.
Enormous Crowd Witnessed
Slaughter of the Finnes
Before 7.164 wildly enthusiastic baseball
fans at Piedmont park Wednesday after
noon, the largest crowd over assembled In
Atlanta to witness a baseball game, tbe
Atlanta aggregation bad little difficulty In
defeating tbo Nashville bunch to the tune
of ( to i. In a contest much mom close
nod exciting than tbe morning game. "Doc"
Cblldx was In the box for Atlanta during
tbs early part of the contest, but Sparks
was sent In by Manager Smith in tbe
fourth, after Childs had been found for
live safe ones and the visitors had two
Nnen on bases.
Both pitchers pitched good ball, the
weakening of Childs In tbe fourth and the
putting in of Sparks probably keeping
down the number of hits considerably. The
game was one of the slowest of the season,
but with the tremendous good-natured
crowd there was something doing svory
minute.
The crowd which lined tbs Held on sll
rides mads ground rules necessary, and
prevented sll chances of throe-baggers.
Atlanta started on her road to victory
In the second Inning. Fox, second man up,
hit Into the crowd In center Held, and
got his two Iwgs. He was advanced to
third by a timely single by Billy Smith.
Archer, Chllda and Crosier each singled,
nnd Fox, Billy Smith nnd Archer aafely
. crossed the piste. In the next Inning, the
■ good work was continued. Jordan hit s
single, Sid Smith and Morse did the same,
and n two-bagger by Billy Smith sent two
more mon across the piste.
The start of tbs homo team rather phased
. the visitors, and with the uphill light lie-
•fnre them they Were able to accomptlah
only a little In each Inning, la tha fourth,
j.Wlaemsn got a two bagger and Frary a free
ticket to flrat. A alngle by Caatro aent
iWlaeman home for tho flrat run for Nash-
I vide. Good pitching held them down, and
i there waa nothlag more doing In that la
ming.
In tho fifth, II loked good for, at tessb
two more runa for Naahvllla, but at tho
crlteal moment, Sparka waa put In the
box and aaved the day. Duggan, flrat up,
alngled, advancing on a alow hall from
Pleraon'a bat Ha was later thrown out at
second, but Pierson kept going tho cir
cuit, und on n hit by Wloeman, ha scored.
There wns nothing mors doing In that In
ning, hut In the seventh a single by Jan-
sing and another by Bohannon acorad tbo
former.
The official scorer saw tbs gtma fol
lows:
ATLANTA-
Crosler, If. and cf,
Jordan, 2b
Winters, rf
H. Smith. 3b
Morse, si
Fox, lb
11. Smith, ct. and If
Archer,
Childs, p
Hpafka, p
Totals
AB. It. II. PO. A. I
6 0 11
4 110 3 0
i o o o o o
« I If 27 7 3
NASHVILLE—
Pearson, If. 6
Gilbert, cf. 6
Wiseman, rf. I
rary, lb.
Castro, sa.
Wells, c. .
Dugan. p..„
4 0 1113
3 0 1 0 2 0
_ I j
10 24 13
Score by Innings: _ H. II. &
Nashville 000 HO 100-4 10 4
Atlanta 033 ofo 00*-i 13 2
Summary.
Twn-hsse hlta, Fox, II. 8mtth, Wiseman,
plays. Jordan to Morse; flrat haae on balls,
off Chllda 3. off Dugan 2, off Sparks 3;
struck out, by Childs 6, by Dugan 4, by
Sparks 6. Time, 3:26. Umpire, l'frtmluger.
Crackers Swinging Around
Through Eastern Circuit
Thursday night Billy Smith and hla
, cohorts left for a hurry-run around
I the Eastern circuit of the league.
; The Cracker* went flrat to BlrmliiR-
i ham, where they will clinch with the
I Barone In games Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. From Stnokevllle the bunch
takes a jump to Nashville. and after
trimming the Flnnltes will return to
Montgomery for a tuaeel with Man
ager Dominick Mullaney’s bunch of
Indiana.
From Montgomery the team returns
home for a two-weeks' stay, during
which time tho Bmllhltea will meet In
turn Llttl* Bock. Memphis, Shreve
port and New Orleans.
Though things did not break any too
well for the Crackers during their re
cent stay at home, Billy Smith haa not
lost hit cheerfulness, and he believes
that he and hi* men can make a better
showing against the Eastern teams on
their own grounds than they did
ngainst these teams when they played
lam at Piedmont
With road games against the East
ern loom and then home games against
the Westerners following each other In
feat succession It looks as though tha
t'rnckcra ought to get a start for the
top In tho near future.
It G. Hunt defeated W. ft Tlchenor,
defkuib
F, II. Smith defeated V. C. Kingman,
64, 6-1.
8eoond Round.
Daley defeated Charles Bugera. 6 3. f-L
Logan defeated Mallory, 6-2, 6-2.
Llttl# defeated Aaho. 6-0. 6-1.
l’oat defeated Unwell. 6-3. C-L
Cowan Ilogors defeated Itamapcck, CO, 6-L
Yarborough defeated Hpratllu. 64). 6-7, 64k
Mauafleld defeated Fleeter. 64 64
Hunt defeated Davis. 63. 6 L
Third Round.
Hunt dofoatad Prescott. 62. 62.
Thornton defeated Grant 74 63.
Dalay defeated Lee, 6L 66, 64.
Cowan Rogers defeated Manafleld 60, 66.
Hunt defeated l’reacott 62, 62.
Ilowell dofeated Kingman, 74 6L
Doubles.
The following are tho scores In the flrat
round of doubles:
Blackahear and Taylor defeated Byrd and
Tlchenor, 67, 6L
Solomon and Mallory defeated Jtsbe and
Broyles 64 74
Poat and Yarborough defeated Fltsalm-
mons and F. II. Smith, 64. 64
Hunt and Lee defeated Williams and
Scott, 64 64
ATTELL GETS DECISION
OVER GAME LITTLE NEIL
By C. E. VAN LOAN.
By Private Leased Wire.
Los Angeles, Cal., June 6—-Abrakam At-
tell, real lighting man. Is attll the feather
weight champion of tho world, and Frankie
Nell Is a vary soundly trounced young
man. Tha ex-bantam weight champion waa
beaten from end to end of a terrific twenty-
round fight—beaten at hla own style of
light by a man who had never been rated
aa anything mors than a superlatively
clever .boxer.
A low-browed gent In a stilt bat and a
flaring rad tit voiced my sentiments aa the
coatlea* man struggled In the runways after
the light waa over.
Abe Attell a parlor boxer, ehl" aald
’•Well, ohow mo where yoo get your
flghtori.'' If a featherweight ever took
more puntahmeut than game little Frankie
Nell stood np under yesterday It did not
happen In this part of tha country.
A* early aa tbo second round the blood
was streaming from Nell's nose; In the
fourth round Frankie's eye began to close;
from the tenth round on to the finish tha
blood poured from hla month. Blinded by
left jaba, dated by righthanders full In
tbs face, Noll kept on lighting like the
LEWIS LOSES
TO MELLODY
BOTH BOY8 TEAR OF SOME Faj t
FIGHTING, BUT HONEY LAND*
THE FATAL PUNCH.
By Private Lcssod Wire.
Ilnsion, July 5.-Tile championship eiain,
X" 1111a Y Ala-la ♦ V, _ V* a- *
tlons of Willie Lewis, the New York wpl
terweftgbt. got hitched to a skyrocket Uk
night nn<l Iloney Mellody, of Chxrlest£
touched off the fuse.
Th.:r boat at Ckstall lasted two -u.)
ut<-» nnd 31 a Into tbo third Moaij
Y. M. C. A. TEAM YVINS.
tpeclal to Thn Georgian.
IanwreDcevtfle, Ga., July 6.—The Atlanta
M. C. A. team played tho Lawruncevlllo
nine on the home diamond Wednesday and
won by a acore of 4 to 2.
Baraga pitched for the Atlanta team,
while Pentecost * “ *“ *
home boys.
wh.'ii Mnllody crossed hit right with £
Gotham lad's Jaw and Willie stretched hi*
self full length on the mat lie tnracg
over twice, but got no nearer to rhto
within the limit of the fatal ten Beconfc
*'A chance punch. I wta careless," mu
Lewis.
"I can do It quicker next time," mm
Mellody.
Up to the sudden ending of the cootaa
It waa decidedly In Lewla’ favor,
second round was one of the hardest fought
over seen In a local ring.
In the middle of It Lewla hooked bit left
to Mellody’a Jaw and Iloney went down for
the count. It looked bad for him, but he'
gained hta feet on the count of nine u4
tore In like a bull dog. At tbe end c{
the roupd both boxers were weak.
Mellody came back fresher In the thirl
while Lewis seemed tired, probably froa
the body blowy that Mellody had Loea
hooding him. At the rery start It was t*t%
that tbe fight had begun to turn lu Mel-
lody'a favor.
League Standings!
MIMMItlfMIMMlMIMI
80UTHERN.
CLUBS— Played. Won, Lost. p.£
little demon he Is. He htd no excuses to
offer; ha fought on* of tha byst fights of
hla life, bnt he met a man who proved
himself his master it everything which koes
to make np a fighter.
The grand climax cam* when the gong
rang for the nineteenth round. Nell came
out of hla corner and trotted to tho center
of the ring, hla bruised lower lip banging
Ilka a pendulum, hie nose spread to twice
Its normal slxe and hla right eye a blue
slot In a puffed cheek. Nell rushed In,
trying to land with right and left upper
cuts, but was sent back with a heavy left
under tbe chin. A left awing and a right
brought blood from Attell's now. Attell
put in a light left to tbe head and took
two hard lefts In the eye In return. Both
landed hard rights In the face and Nell
reached the head with right and left. It
was a question of brute strength and both
became exhausted.
< In the last round Attell fought more
carefnlly, but refuoed to give an Inch.
Attell rushed Nell, all over the ring, land
ing right* and left* to the head. They
both were so exhausted at the end of the
round thut they were scarcely able to stand
without holding on to each othor.
New Orleans .
Shreveport . .
Birmingham .
Memphis . ...
Atlanta . . .
Montgomery,
Nashville . . .
Little Bock , ,
64
46 .III
18 4 6 .281
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Clubs— Played. Won. Lost P.C
. 69 40 29 .114
. 68 38 30 .111
. 67 39 28
*0
.III
84 28 26 .411
64
22
42 .111
GEORGIA STATE.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.C. 1
. 4 4 31 13 .766 I
. 43 27 16
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ATTENDANCE 11,0001
Eleven thousand people saw
the two baseball games at
Piedmont park on July 4.
In tke afternoon 7,914 paid
admissions were recorded.
It Is now up to New Orleans
up to 1
O to say something more about Q
0 th* "backbone of the league.” o
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H. L. DOHERTY WIN8.
By Private Leased Wire.
Wimbledon, England, July 8.—H. L.
Doherty Is the International tennis
champion. He won that title here yes-
defeating F. L. Elseley In
round. The scores were
I.
cnampion. nv w
terday by defeat
the challenge rou
8-4. 4-8, 8-3, 8-3
The consolation round promises to bs
more than strenuous. With auch players
In It as W. I). Mooney, F. O. Byrd. A.
tennis Is bound to be turned looee.
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WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Good Shooting at East Lake
Twenty-three shooters took part In the
afternoon ehoot at East Lake Wednesday
ever tke Atlanta Athletic Club’s traps.
Carrier did perhaps tbe beat wuvk of tbe
day, breaking H* out or 126 target*. Hwnln.
who abut at U>0. broke IX Wortheu shot
steadily, breaking 101 out of 1&. aud Duuu
was close behind him with 104 out of IX
George Adair, president of the Atlanta
Athletic Club, was undoubtedly the real
hero of the occasion. Under pressure he
consented to give an exhibition aud suc
ceeded In npihlng the grand acore of 23
ttlsaes out of X That gives him a per
cent of .<*, which la remarkable.
The scores follow:
Targets.
» S 3 a S S 2
m ,r j r - •
M -ray 12
Lollard J
8 i r :::: :: ::
CTy8 ,| 8 :: :: :: ::
<*ormau
furrier
1‘roller
JYorthen
pass
***»-tl» *».»
way
6 2
r: a 31 :i
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22 if 23 a n
1» 21 17 _
n 71 W 19
» 17 24 22
Anderson
MADDOX-RUCKER WINS.
Ppecliil to Tbe Georgian.
Morrow, Ga., July 6.—To tbe surprlae of
many, tbe lltvcrdale baseball team met Its
first defeat of the season here yesterday,
at the hauds of the Moddox-Kocksr •‘money
changers.** of Atlanta.
The contest was remarkably free from
errors, considering the poor condition of
the grounds.
A. Ilule pitched a fine game for the
Clayton county boys, striking out twelve
meu. but as his team mates only secured
two lilts off Maddox-Uucker's veteran twirl-
er, McBride, defeat seemed certain from
the start.
The Maddox Kuckers offset their wild
throws by timely batting and base running.
B. Ilule knocked the ball Into tke woods
for s home.run.
A fine running catch by ftmlth, and the
excellent work of the catchers were fea
tures, while tbe umpiring of Jesse Blalock
wns without criticism.
Krone by Innings: It H. E.
Maddox Hucker 013 CIO 1«*-W • 4
lilverdale 010 QOS M2— 7 f 4
NAT KAISER Ss CO.
tonfld,ntial loens on valuables.
Bargains In unredeemed Diamonds
M ii i* it it & a 19 Decatur 6L - - Kimball
Atlanta. *t Birmingham.
.Memphis St Llttl* 1
Shreveport at New Orleans
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Commercial League Play
Good Games Wednesday
43
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PUGILIST IS DYING
AS RESULT OF FIGHT.
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, July 6.—Charles
Greenberg, a local prise fighter,
le dying In St. Mary's hospital
In Loselle from the effects of a
blow received In a battle with
Eddie TnnceL another Chicago
pugilist.
Greenberg took a terrible
beating and after the gong had
eounded In the last round, col-
lapaed completely. Up to t
o'clock today he hod not re
gained consciousness.
8TANDINQ OF THE LEAGUE.
TEAMS— Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
. .2 2 0 1,000
0 1,000
1 .600
COTTON STATE8.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P.C.
Meridian . .' . 62 35 27
Baton Rouge . 65 34 31 .lit
Jackson ... 65 36 30 .tit
Mobile . ... 63 33 30
Gulfport ... 64 31 33
Vicksburg ... 63 23 40
West End.
M. Kata.
Hllvey..
J. Helen stein. .
Foot and linvls.
Beck A Greff..
, ..3
..3
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FOURTH OF JULY GAME8.
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BELGIANS WIN CUP.
By Private Leased Wire.
London. July 6.—For the first
time In Its history th* grand
challenge cup haa been won by
a foreign crew. Today at Hen-
dub Nsutlque De Gaud, of Bel
gium. eseily won the final race
for the cup. Trinity Hall, of
Cambridge, was three lengths
behind at the finish. The time
of the winning crew was seven
minutes and nine seconds.
WEST END WINS,
a rather onesided game, the West
Ends defeated the J. 8threy team, at the
latter's diamond, Wednesday sfterlnoon, by
s score of II to 3.
J. Hllvejr seemed to be all off edge.
Every West End msn hit-the ball, and
hit It was almost sore to bs good
for a-base or mors. In tbs very flrat to
ning, West End had eleven men' np at
bat, made six hits and seven runs. They
ran the bases until tired. They added three
rune In each of the next two Innings, four
In the fourth, end two mare In the seventh,
while J. Hllvey got one each In the sixth,
seventh and ninth, on s wild throw and
two. htu. Boggs was Uko s rock, as nsusl,
Hllvey roolere. but they
SMHHBilM. 8olaon~ ~
beautiful catch of a long Gy.
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The Tourists t ” Augusta's Great Team
The score:
J. 81LVEY A CO.—
Daniel, lb
Bolomooson, cf
Young,
Sloan,
R. Young, aa
Rauuders, 2b
Polk. 8b
Miller, If
Loose/, rf.... .. «...
To tali.
WrisT
Hooa, if
Middle!)rooks, c..
.3 3 13
CLUBS—
Cleveland , .
New York .
Philadelphia.
Chicago . .
Detroit . . .
St. Louis . ,
Washington.
Boston . . .
AMERICAN.
Played. Won. Lost. P.C
k: urn
..2 2 6
..2 1 6
l’srks, 2b..
Boggs, p..-..
Frank, as...
1 2 0
. Hllvey 6
Vest End.
by Innings:
A Co.
.19 14 1
CLUBS—
Chicago . .
Pittsburg . ,
New York .
Philadelphia.
Brooklyn . .
Cincinnati .
St. Louis . ,
Boston . . •
NATIONAL.
Played. Won. Lost P.C
. 69 39 20 .711
. . 66 43 23 -Hi
Summary: Ylome run, Frank; three-hsas
Ills, Parke (2). II. II. Hannlcntt; two-base
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Loot. PC
77 46 20 .«4
Saturday afternoon West End plays Pot
it Davis, while J. Hllvey plays Beck
Gregg.
PITCHERS’ BATTLE.
A very fast gams at ball was playsd on
the 4th between J. Begenstein A Co., end
Beck A Gregg, at Fort McPherson.
It was a pitchers' battle from th* start
to the fnlsh. Each pitcher gsvs up only
six hits. West, for Beck A Oregjf|
gave live bases on balls, while Wslksr, for
Regensteln A Co., did not flv* soy.
Tbe time of the game was one hour nnd
twenty-live mlnntes.
The score;
J. BEGENSTEIN’ A CO.- II. It. B.
Schwab. 2b 6
Xsrharlss. lb 0
I'oUlua, cf .... I
Jacobus, c I
Walker, p _.l
Maodle, 3b 6
II,Ins. If I
Bar weld, rf....
Blck, •<
BEcg y BftErtd-
Parlsh. c..
Strange, lb.,
Garwood. 3b..
ti ll K.
II. Dockendorf, 3b....
WL r
WlBbnrn. »*f
C. Dockaudorf, If;. .
I
•
Totals..
■4 < 2
Th# W#st End tram aud tha M. Kutx
tram are tied for th# lead In.tbe Commer
cial League's race for Tho Georgian pen-
nant. The West F.nde best the J. Silver
team Wednesday, white M. Kutx look tbs
measure of the tmnrb which wears the Fort
A Davis colors.
Good crowds turned out for the Comtqer-
Hal Leagse games July 4. and th# congests
proved Interesting. The i to 4 victory of
J. Regensteln A Co. aver Berk A Gregg
were
played.
Tha players shown in tha accompanying cut are: From left to right, top row— Ransick,
South, ib{ Norcom, rf; Chamberlain (released); Carson,c; Howard (released): Rucker, p; Ku
Bottom row—Holmes, p; Eichler, 2b; Bierman, as; McKernan, utility; Shippy, 3b.
Moore, p;
SULLIVAN PITCHES WELL.
Inability to hit Solllrsn at
times lost Fort and Da via I
league game. The contest was alow, but
at times Interesting. It waa a hit feat for
Kuta‘s team. The feature of the game
Edeu’a loog drive
Score by Innings
Kutx ... ..
Fort and Porto
mrj;
right, which Hell pilled~down oat of s wi'Amia
Columbus
Toledo . . ,
Milwaukee .
Louisville . ,
Minneapolis ,
Kansas City.
St. Paul . .
Indianapolis .
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS,
Afternoon Games. .
Southern.
Atlanta 6, Nashville 3.
Birmingham I, Montgomery 2.
Memphis 7, Little Bock 4.
New Orleans 6, Shreveport 6.
South Atlantie.
Columbia 1, Charleston 0.
Macon. 6, Jacksonville 2.
Savannah 9, Augusta 0.
National. *
Philadelphia 6, Boston 0.
Chicago 1, Pittsburg 9.
ew York 3, Brooklyn 2.
New
SL Louis 2, Cincinnati 1.
Amsrioan.
Boston 3. Washington 3.
New York 2. Philadelphia 1.
Cleveland 2, Detroit 1.
Chicago I, SL Louis l.«
American Association.
Louisville 7, Columbus 1.
UUUIBTIUD l, LUlllimnw a* «js
Mslwsukee *, Kansas City 0. fl"**
Minneapolis 3. St. Paul 0.
Toledo 3, Indianapolis 3.
tree. The bit looked good for three »tftt
Edens also nude s pretty ploy when »
doubled Spongier at recoad ussssl.icd.
TI “ * cor ' : ntt
"KCHCT
N. Sullivan, *«..
E. Sartortus, If..
Aptes, cf
t\ Hsrtorlns, 3b..
Edens. 2b
E. Sullivan, «....
Franklin, lb
Abraham, rf
Hsltlvsn, p„„ ..
-I { I
: !
::: » •}
....•> : i
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Totals
FOKT AND DAVIS—
.'..111*
;:r. nr. } •
Moll, rf - J i I
Carrie, lb... , I
Banks, 2b. - — •_ _ .
— nrirf'
-Kara*
Totals..