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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1906.
STRENUOUS SPORT
BETWEEN SHOWERS!
Shifts Are Made by Both
B. Smith and Chief Zimmer
Owing: to the 2 Inches, and then
•me, of water which fell upon
Atlanta Tuesday morning:, the diamond
at Piedmont Park was slightly to the
Atlantic by 4 o'clock and the contest
scheduled between Atlanta and Little
Rock was declared off until so,me later
date.
Which was very unfortunate, for Lit
tle Bock needed the money.
Just to keep up the Interest, both the
Atlanta and Little Rock managers did
a little business.
Manager Zimmer sent for Allen, the
Waycross pitcher, and that worthy re
ported Wednesday morning. Even with
this new man Zimmer la still safely
Inside the limit without releasing any
one.
Zimmer also traded Cy Watt to New
Orleans for Bird, the outfielder. This
trade Is rather hung up, however, by
the refusal of Watt to go to New Or
leans. Just why he objects Is rot
stated, for New Orleans would seem
rather a pleasanter berth than Little
Rock, but Cy has been with the team
which represents the City of Roses for
a number of years, and It may pull hla
heart strings to leave.
To local fans there seems something
mysterious In the fact that Zimmer,
who Is hard up for pitchers, and who
has been In sad need of them all this
season, should let his best man go to
New Orleans right In the middle of the
season, when the race for the pennant
la really warming up.
Some few claim to see the all-pow
erful Influence of Charley Prank behind
this deal and cite It as another evid
ence of Frank's ability to get any man
he needs or any concession he wants
from Little Rock, Shreveport and
Memphis.
An effort was made by Billy Smith
to urrange for a ladles' day Wednes
day, because It rained on Tueaday, but
Manager Zimmer could not see It that
way, and the next one will probably be
on Friday as usual, though Thursday
may be decided.
Manager Smith Is In doubt whether
to play the postponed game with Mem.
phis during this coming series or to
put It off until September, when the
Hustlers will be here again. It Is
likely, however, that ho will try to play
ft Friday and get It out of the way.
Like all Managers, Billy Smith does
not core to pile up too many games to
bo decided at the end of the season.
And then ho needs the games, and
Memphis ought to furnish them.
Manager Smith Is trying to arrange
a game which the children of the,Jew
ish Orphanage can witness free of
charge, but thus far he has been un
successful. Later, however—perhaps
during the Memphis series—he will
give the children a treat.
Jack Evers has been reinstated and
Brown haa been turned adrift.
C. Babb and His Hustlers
Open Here on Thursday
Charley Babb, Tommy McCullough
and the speedy bunch of Memphis
Hustlers will be here Thursday morn
ing, ready for their three or maybo
four games with the Atlanta team.
Memphis at present Is otlly .016 be
hind the terrible Crackers, and If they
take the three games In Atlanta they
will force Atlanta back Into the second
division. Nobody expects that they
will do any such thing, but still there
1s always a chance for trouble against
a team which haa pitchers like Lleb-
hardt, Stockdate and Suggs and a man
ager who puts the ginger Into his team
that Babb does.
Local fans hope for three straight
victories over Memphis, and at any
rate they will turn out In droves to see
the attempts. The Memphis team al
ways draws good crowds In Atlanta
nnd It deserves to. Babb has a fine
tenm and the men play good ball, right
from flag-fall to finish. The men be
have decently on the diamond, fight
hard for the games, but always fight
fair.
The following opinion of the Mem
phis team and Its manager 1s from The
Birmingham Ledger .and Is echoed by
local fans:
■'Mnnnger Babb Is extremely popular
and should be able to get everything
nut of his men that can be gotten. In
Llebhardt many think that he numbers
JUDGE KAVANAUGH
WILL NOT DECLINE
Just to get It In the president's own
handwriting and so that there could bo
no dodging, the writer sent a letter to
William Kavanaugh, asking him for a
positive denial or affirmation of the re
port that he had announced his Intend
ed retirement from the presidency of
the Southern League. The reply,
which follows, was characteristic:
"July 16, 1006.
"Mr. Percy H. Whiting, Sporting Editor
Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta, Go.
"Dear Mr. Whiting: I beg to ac
knowledge receipt of yours of the 14th
Instant, and In reply beg to say that I
have never said to any one that 1
would refuse to accept the presidency
of the Southern ljeague for another
season. 1 have not said that I Intend
ed to retire from the presidency of the
league. On the other hand, I have
never sought the position of president,
but have accepted It because It seemed
to be the unanimous wish of the club
members that 1 should serve them In
that capacity. I do not know who
started the recent report, and I do not
care. If the club members do not want
me to serve them as their president I,
of course, do not want to serve. At any
rate, I am not going to solicit votes for
the presidency. If they think they
can find some one else who can do
better than I have done, I am perfectly
willing to step down and out. I ac
cepted this position at considerable
personal sacrifice In order to perpetu
ate the game In the South. That haa
been my sole purpose of remlanlng at
the head of the organisation, and In
the star minor leaguer of the country.
Suggs, too, is a fine twlrler. He seems
to be pitching In hard luck this season.
No one realises this more than Suggs.
There have been rumors that the team
docn not support Suggs, but Suggs de
nies this and attributes his losses to
hard luck. There Is such a thing In
baseball and It will sometimes follow
a player through two whole seasons.
Everyone remembers the hitting of
Tamsett. The boy could drive one out
which looked good for extra bases and
some fielder would make a sensational
catch and Tamsett would die. This was
Invariably the case during his stay In
Birmingham. The same kind of a hoo
doo seems to be following Buggs
through this season. "Old Man"
Stockdale showed himself to be In fine
form Sunday. Whether he can keep It
up Is another question. In condition
Clark Is a good man. He Is now suf
fering from malaria.
"Everybody here like's the genial
Tom McCullough and the gentlemanly
llabb, and Birmingham fana wish for
them much success on the season's
work. Secretary McCullough Is sore
about the reports going the rounds of
the circuit that Memphis laid down
In the recent series to New Orleans.
Ho elnlsm that Babb only entered the
game because Frank would have taken
his men off the field, and Babb did not
want to stop the game and thereby dis
appoint the .patrons of Red Elm Park.’’
A yrORD OR TWO ON
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Any one desirous of finding out If s
standing of s league Is correct will find
It a troublesome matter, lint It Is quite
often easy enough to find out that It Is
Incorrect.
A fairly accurate test Is to add the
won nnd lent columns. They should sdd
the same. For example. In the Rontbem
league atntidlng of Wednesday, the won
column mid the lust column should each
total 311. ^
It Is obvious that every time a game Is
ptnyrd, ouc Is added to each column, sad,
therefore, they must nlwnys bslsnce.
It might happen thnt the won Hud Inst
columns of n tongue standing bslnneed, and
•till the standing would he Incorrect, lint
If they do, tt Is a cinch that the standing
is wrong.
Try this test on the Atlanta papers to
day.
pursuing the policies I have pursued.
•"Very truly yours,
"W. M. KAVANAUGH.
"President.”
This seems to settle It.
If President Kavanaugh will stand
for re-election he will get the support
of every team owner and of practically
every paper In the league. Certainly
he will have the support of The Geor
gian.
No squarer man than the present
president of the league has been known
In the history of baseball and what
William Kavanaugh has done for the
game In the South will always be re
membered and appreciated.
And one thing Is certain—Just os long
as President Kavanaugh will stand for
re-election he will be the president of
the league.
The Georgian’s Score Card.
ATLANTA.
CROZIER, If
JORDAN, 2b
WINTERS, rf ...
S. SMITH. 3b
MORSE, ss
FOX, lb
WALLACE, cf ...
ARCHER, c
SPARKS, p
L. ROCK.
DEARMOND, ss
NOn LETT, 2 b
MEANEY, rt ....
DOUGLASS, lb ..
IT
|| QUICK, If
ZIMMER, c.
HICKEY. 3b ■ ■
DRENNEN, cf ..
JOHNSON, p
Atlanta
Little Rock
Just anEven Half-DozenNotes
Babb la the most popular manager
who visits Birmingham. This gentle
manly player deserves to win, and the
fans had rather lose to him than to any
one else.—Birmingham Ledger.
Gee, but Charley Babb must have
been smearing the free cigars on pret
ty thick to get so good a notice in Bir
mingham. Knocks are more In order
there. And when they have not the
home team to knock, as happens to be
the case at present, they turn on any
thing In sight, Including each other.
Birmingham Is full of baseball poli
tics. The town Is red-heated In the
chase for the pennant, and as the city
is drawing the largest crowds In the
circuit this year, the present series
with the Memphll and the coming se
ries with Charley Frank's Pelicans will
moat likely break all records for at
tendance at Southern ball games. Offi
cial returns show thst Birmingham out-
drew New Orleans and all other cities
on July 4 by many dollars' worth of
gate receipts. Manager Vaughan has
retired from the active Interest on the
diamond, but the aged Baron Is watch
ing everything transpiring like an eagle
from a high perch. He Is Instilling pol
itics Into the ears of the local fandom
and enthusiasts of the press until every
other line of type or conversation con
tains some charge or allegation which
does the game no good.—Billy Byrne In
Com merclal- Appeal.
Bight you are, Billy.
Sporting writers all over the circuit
are picking Birmingham, Atlanta and
New Orleans to light It out for the
rag. Shreveport and Memphis are nev
er mentioned. It would be funny If both
these teams finished on top. Back
water would be the order of the day.—
Birmingham Ledger.
Well, If It must be a Western club.
Memphis Is our pick.
Note this from the Macon News:
"No matter who takes the pennant,
Augusta or Savannah, It's going to be
a race well worth watching. Up In
Atlanta Smith is noticing the doings of
his old right-hand man, P. Llpe. It Is
too bad, though, that Smith cannot get
before hla gaze the correct league
standing. He is going by the Atlanta
dallies for the figures, and they are
frightfully balled up.”
The Joke Is that The Macbn'News had
Its own South Atlantic standing badly
balled that very day, which could be
easily proved by adding the won and
lost columns. They did not balance
and The News was twisted.
Which reminds us of a wise but very
old saying about people who live In
gloss houses.
An eastern alleged critic said the oth
er day that he considered the Little
Rock and Nashville aggregations bands
of amateurs. The laugh will be on
him when the Travelers hit Birming
ham. Maybe they used to be weak,
but right now this Little Rock bunch
Is one of the hardest In the league to
beat. There are a great many new men
In the line-up, and every new-comer
Is right there with the goods. The team
Is hitting hard and the only weak spot
is In Its pitching staff. Keith, the col
lege man, promises to do all kinds of
things, but Watt has played out, and
that's about all Zimmer has In the
way of pitchers, except when Brady Is
right, and he takes Johnson out of his
position at short.—New Orleans Item.
The Little Rock team Is certainly
Improving. But it did not give Atlanta
much to think about In the opening
game here.
Harry Kane Is quietly piling up a
beautiful record for himself. Since he
camo back to the league on May 23 he
has pitched In sixteen games. Of this
number he haa won thirteen and lost
two. One of these losses was to Co
lumbia. the no-hit, and no-error, thir
teen strlke-out contest. He pitched in
a tie game yesterday.—Columbia State.
Alas! for that lOct. head of Harry’s.
But for that he would be one of the
country's wonders.
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GREEK TO WRESTLE SWEDE
FOR BIG BUNCH OF MONEY
START AGAIN
ON LONG TOUR
By Private Leased Wire.
Hotel Champlain, N. Y„ July lS-Ah..*
forty-fire cars started from here for Mon.
treal to the (Hidden tour, and six started
In the Doming race. In the Glldden twertV
six autos claimed clean Korea. Only tw'en
ty-lwo started "clean" from here | 0
Glldden, and In the Demlng contests thers
were only three clean starters.
Efich car will be taxed 810 for the good
of the ting. The ran to Montreal t „|„
will be made In Ore hours and Bfty slx min.
utes, covering n distance of seventy-elm*
miles. The roads are said to be "sticky
part of the way at least.
When the tourists reach the Place vig»r
Hotel In Montrenl tonight they will hart
completed Just one-halt of their distance.
There will then remain six days of real
nlng over the worst and moat dangerous
part of the 1,200-mile tour.
The official score keeping and many
things about the tour are being bitterly
complained of, and It la Impossible now tn
give an absolutely accurate recount ot ths
standing ot the cars.
OOOOOOOOOlWOOOOOOOOOOeoojHj
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Little Rock in Atlanta.
Memphis In Birmingham.
• New Orleans In Montgomery.
Shreveport In Nashville.
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Special to The Georgian.
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GAME FOR SATURDAY.
The Grace Church Baraccas will play
the Fourth National Bank team Sat
urday afternoon on the Grace Church
Baraccas' grounds, corner of Highland
avenue and Randolph street.
League Standings
Clubs—
Played. Won. Lost
Pet
New Orleans .
. 82
49
33
.595
Birmingham .
. 76
46
31
.593
Shreveport .
. 76
45
31
.593
Atlanta . . . .
. 76
43
33
.540
Memphis . .
. 77
43
35
.545
Montgomery .
. 77
36
41
.454
Nashville . .
. 82
28
54
.341
Little Rock .
. 77
24
53
.111
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
WOMAN WILL
RIDE IN RACE
By Prltite Leased Wire.
London, July 18.—There Is much Interest
In sporting circles In the North Midlands
ovet a coming match between a race horse
owned by a gentleman of York nnd one
owned t»y a woman uear by, who will ride
their own mouuts In a 6-furloug flat race.
The conditions are weight for age. The
wonutti claims allowance for a year.
The only woman Jockey ever recorded In
the British racing calendar wna Mrs. Thorn
ton, who. In 1904, rode astride In a 4 mile
match fot 600 guineas, and lost.
PREACHED AT
BALL GROUNDS
By Private Leased Wire.
Beloit. WIs., July 21—Iter. Jnines Car
den, rector of Ht. Pauls Kplacopal church,
delivered a sermon ou the baseball grounds
yesterday In the iutervnl Itetweeh a double-
header. In which Beloit ctud Oshkosh
struggled for supremacy. He took ns his
test, “Itcmeiulier the Babbath day to keep
It holy.**
••Whether Surnhiy baseball playing Is a
sin,” said he, *i» only a matter of con
science. i admit U Is a godd clean sport,
but under the lass of the state. It Is un
lawful to play Suuday games. I admit
that the worklpgmau must have recreation,
but he must not violate the state'laws In
getting lt. ,f
A crowd <>r 6,000 gave him respectful at
tention, and when he anlshed, the visiting
team gave Beloit n drulddujr. Itev. I'nr-
dtMi sat through the game. Ilia ouly com
ment was:
•‘If Is bad enough to play on Hunday,
but to get beaten on Huuday was a
slu.”
BANK CLERKS TO
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The Maddox-Rucker Banking Pompnny
uud Rlverdale baseball teams promise an
Interesting game next Hatunlay at 4 o’clock
p. m., when they meet on the Jacltsou
street grounds.
The Ulverditle boya are the pride of
Clayton county, and have suffered but one
defeat this season, while the hank clerks
are confblent of bolding them to a close
score. The clerks have won their last three
games.
All fans are Invited to see the game. No
admission fee to to he charged.
CONNIE MACK
GETS LENNON
By Private Leased Wire.
Altooun, I’ii.. July 18.—'Third lluaemnn
Lennon, ef the Lancaater Trl-Rtnte I,engue
club, baa algned a routraet^wlth the Phil-
adelphtn club ef the American League.
Lennon will Join the Atfiletlea Saturday.
The laiaenater club will appeal to the
eourta to prevent I.ennnn from ptnylux wltb
the Athletic. In I’hllndelplila, aa waa done
In flic Lnjole, Bernhard, Delehnuty and
other cases.
A BIRD, BUT NO PELICAN.
Thia it Bird, the outfieldar, re
cently traded to Little Rock by
New Orleana for Cy Watt,
A wrestling match for real money
and for real blood will be decided Wed
nesday night at the .Peachtree Audito
rium between Olsen, the champion
wrestler of tho South, and Demetrlal,
the Greek, who threw Glllmorc In hla
bout Monday night..
The men will wrestle with a side bet
of 42,560 depending on the outcome, and
the affair will be no exhibition, but the
real thing from way up In Wrestleville.
Stavros Ynlulln, a local man, la back
ing the Greeks while the Swede la put
ting up hla own coin.; ,
Demetrlal la right In hla beat form
and full of confidence aa a reautt of hla
easy victory over Oillmore Monday.
Olsen, who threw the Turk, Bob All,
thinks that there la nothing to tt but
Olsen, and the contest la certain to be
full of interest.
Practically every Greek . In Atlanta
will be out to cheer for the Greek
champion and a good crowd of wrest
ling fans of other nAtlona will also
be on hand. The bouts Monday night
proved to be so very much the real
thing that the public la confident that
It will get Its money's worth Wednes
day night. ^
The match will be catch-as-catch-
can. beat two but of three falls and
Police Gaxette rules will govern.
Before the main bout Bob All and
Miller will do a few exhibition stunts.
Philadelphia.
78
47
29
New York .
76
46
30
Cleveland . .
77
46
31
Chicago . .
78
44
34
Detroit . . .
78
41
37
St. Louis . .
78
40
3S
Washington .
77
37
50
Boston . . . .
80
19
61
STARROS YALALIS,
Ths local man who it backing
Greak.
Today*s Dope Developments
Long Herman, the. Iron Man of the
Southern I-engne, Una announced hla re
tirement from baseball.
The passing of Arthur marks the end
ing of n long nnd useful luiseliall rn
revr. Wheu.be started In baseball Is u mat
ter for historians to decide.. A collector
of baseball relies In Nnahvllle haa a pic
ture ef a baseball team which represented
Nashville Ivack In the days not so very
long after the end of the war. And prorn-
Inent In the plrtare It the famous Arthur,
looking every day aa old oa he did the last
time he wan seen on the Atlanta dlamoud.
Herman It a Hue example ot the way a
man laata who takes care of himself. He
waa never given to excesses, lived a rea
sonable life, and Ms career was a long
uud notable one.
Bags Itsyntond won for Savannah Tues
day. charleston made six hits off the er
ratic twlrler.
Brother Johnny Duggan pitched some
baseball Tueatlay against Shreveport. In
thirteen Innings, the men who nuke a spe
cialty of knocking pitchers out of the box
secured only six hits elf the brother of
Atlanta's newest recruit.
Nashville did not da much lu the bitting
line either, and the game ended 0 to 0.
New Orleans got a strangle hold on Monh-
gonicry Tneaday and wen by a score of 1
to 0. ‘'Bruiser" Ureltenstrln was In the
box.
Thnt nun Sparks, of Philadelphia, In
pitching some these days. What he did to
Pittsburg Tneaday was something of a ela
tion.
Rt. Louis nude fourteen bits off "Btnd-
»me Harry" McIntyre Tuesday.' and
Brooklyn lest, 7 to L
Murphy's Spuds won from UcGmw's
Mats Tuesday. The mighty Mathewson
gave up nine hlta. •
While a warfare of charges and counter
charges Is being carried on between east
ern writers nnd the arrlives In Pelicnnvllle,
no [versons! Insinuation* are Intended
•gainst the Pelican writer*. Prom the tone
of the New Orleana paper*, one I* led to
believe that the writer* would furnish some
pugilistic exhibition* If they conld only
reach their adversaries. Nothing personal
Is Intended, Ivoys, nnd you should stand
the "gaff."—Birmingham New*.
The only two of the New Orleana
writers that are known to Ive spelling
for a fight la "Willie Win Flowdr" and
the "Count." ‘Willie Wist* would like to
knock the block off the Birmingham gang,
while the Count would like to wallow In
the gora, of "Bnrhcr Joe" and Percy
Whltlug.—New Orleans States.
LAVONIA WINS GAME,
Special to The Georgian.
Lnvonla, Ga., July IS.—In a game of lvfcll
pulled off here yesterday, Lavoula defeated
Carneavtlle to the tunc of 7 to 3.
The features of the game were the pitch
ing ef Robert* and the catching of Craw
ford, who played In big league style.
Batteries: Lavoula. Roberts and Craw
ford; CtmerrlUe, Porterfield, Adafr tad
Canon.
Clubs—
Augusta ..... 76
Savannah .... 76
Columbia ... 76
Macon .... 74
charleston . . 81
Jackaonvllle . . -81
39 37 .613
COTTON 8TATES.
Clubs— Played. Won. Lost P.C.
Meridian ... 76 43 33 .571
Mobile .... 75 4 3 32 .571
Baton Rouge . 76 39 36 .620
Jackson ... 76 39 37 .51!
Gulfport ... 76 37 38 .491
Vicksburg . . ; 74 24 50
Clubs—
Chicago . . .
New York . .
Pittsburg .... 79
Philadelphia. . 82
Cincinnati ... 83
St. Louis .... 84
Brooklyn ... 79
Boston 81
79 51 38 .«« |
.311 ;
,341 !
.311
Played. Won. Lost.
PfL
.413
.005
.59?
.644
.524 ,
.519
.311
.231
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Clubs—
Columbus. .
Milwaukee .
Minneapolis ,
Louisville . .
Toledo . . .
Kansas City
St. Paul. . .
Indianapolis.
Played. Won. Lost PC
. 99 65 34 | ;
. 85 47 38 -5M |
. 88 48 40 5«
. 85 44 41 »
. 8 4 4 4 4 0 .52}
. 86 38 48 443 ,
84
33
, TUESDAY’8 RESULTS.
Southern— .
New Orleans S» Montgomery 0.
Naehvllle 0. Shreveport 0—tie.
South Atlantic—
Macon 4, Columbia 3.
Savannah 6, Charleston 3.
Augusta 1. Jackaonvllle 0.
American—
Detroit 5, Boston 3.
National— . .
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg 1.
Cincinnati 12, Boston 4,
St. Louis 7, Brooklyn I.
Chicago 6, New York 3.
Cotton Statss—
Mobile 4, Meridian 7.
Mobile 3, Meridian 1- .
Baton Rouge 1, Jackson 3.
Vicksburg 2, Gulfport 3.
American Association—
Columbus 5, Milwaukee 4.
Indianapolis 8, Kansas Ut> !•
St. Paul 5. Louisville 0.
Minneapolis 8, Toledo 0.
Eastern—
Newark 5, Buffalo 4.
Providence 6, Rochester 3.
Toronto 3, Baltimore 3.
Montreal 9, Jersey City 3-
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ATLANTA vs. LITTLE ROCK
Double-Header Today.
FIRST GAME CALLED AT 2:30
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