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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1,^1006.
i UMPIRE’S UNFAIR DECISIONS
EDITKD B Y
PERCY H. WHITING
FOLLOWED BY GIDDY DOINGS !
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PHOTOGRAPH OF 80ME OF THE CELEBRITES OF THE PRESENT RACING SEASON AROUND NE W YORK. ON THE LEFT IS IVAN THE TERRIBLE, OWNED BY W. W. DARDEN, WHO MAKES HIS HEADQUARTERS IN NA8HVILLE, IN
THE CENTER IS THE MAN EATER, ORMONDE’S RIGHT AND JOCKEY RADTKE. ON THE RIGHT IS THE GREAT SPRINTER ROSEBEN. to imui niwwiuiiiw in nmnnut, in
If Atlanta Wins Today
She Goes To Second Place
With any kind of lurk Wednesday, the
Atlanta tram will be In aecond place In the
pennant raett Wedneeday hlfht. Jnat at
prrarnt the Crackers are .001 twhlttd yew
Orleans and .003 ahead of Memphis.
If Atlanta takes l»oth games Wednesday,
she will fo to .090. If she wins one and
loses one, kIio will be .579.
Hut the Crackers are going to win, and
If they do they are safely In second place,
and right behind Illrmlugham.
Just now the nsrons are one game won
and three lost better than Atlanta. The
two games Wednesday * should cut this
down. Then If Atlanta can do as well as
she ought against Birmingham and Mont
gomery In* the coming trip to Alabama,
the Crackers will return home In the lead.
Hounds pretty fine, don't It? If we can
only keep this pipe lit a bit longer.
Or, maybe It Isn't a pipe.
Anyway, things look better now than
they hare In months.
RIPPLES IN THE RING
By Prlrate Leased Wire.
York. August 1.—The fifteen-round
bout between Mike (Twin! Nullran, of Bos
ton, nnd Hubs Smith, of Denver, which
«nx to have been decided Monday night,
hss been postponed until August 10, In or
der to give the men more time to get Into
forra.^They will box in a tent outilde of
Jack (Twin) Sullivan fa anxlnua to meet
the beat men of bis'weight, and particu
larly Ham Berger. Sullivan haa started for
Dawson Clir. where ho la to meat Jack
Mates, the big henry weight of that place.
In a twenty round bout for n purae of 12,500,
the lost- week In September.
The latest fighter to challenge Jack
O'Brien la Jnok Palmer, the hsarywtdj
champion «>f Ragland. Palmer anya
National Sporting Club, of I^imlon, la ready
to offer a good sited purse for a twenty-
round bout. The club would like to use
the bout late In September or early In
October. It is hgrdly likely O'Brien will
A! Delmont. the Boston featherweight,
has been matched to meet Ike Bradley, of
England, nt n boxing show to take place
st I.j mnnsvllle. B. L, August 7.
.Timmy Britt has refused to accept the
offer of the Evrrrtt Athletic Club, of
Washington, to meet Loole Ixtng. In a
tweoty-mund boat. When Britt received
the offer, be wired to the manager that
uld not think »f meeting Long unless
baof *6,000. This the
efused to
r
Berger 1ms decided not to take part
more fights until September, ller-
ys he needs a rest, and besides he
anxious to fight In warm weather.
... O’Brien In a twenty-round
battle Berger says the bout roust take
place In California, aa they can get much
more money there. *
Young Murphey ami Spike Robson are
hard at work training for their bout st
I’hlladclpbla next Monday night.
••Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien l» now on
the ocean, Imund for Rnglaud. Re soiled
from here without waiting for hla relatives
and frlendy to give hint a farewell recep
tion, aid will be gmv* for six weeks. Ills
■■■■■: believed to he preliminary
“ the ring, ns this U his
‘ ' r?l
age is bell
pahrn In tl
method of
ursa within the ropes, j
noxious to get Ham Bei
NEWS AND NOTES.
best nt the second station, but always has
beeu a weak hitter.
wyi develop Into the greatest ball player
the world eTer has seen.
The Chicago White Hox will have to start
— 7 soon If tt *
tie pennant.
When It comes to keeping a baseball club
iaar the top rear after year you will have
o pin the ribbon on Cohnla Mick.
This Is the fourth sei
Pittsburg and Chicago
testants for the Natjoi __ _____
with the other lire clubs trailing.
The Columbus club of the American As
sociation Won 19 out of 19 games on tbslr
receut western trip.
The Houston club won 16 out of the first
19 games In the aecond half of the Houth
Texas League season.
When It cornea to an evenly balanced
league, there la no baseball aggregation In
the country that has anything on the West
ern Association.
the pace In the Cotton Htates League
Jack O'Brien.
A movement Is on foot In Toronto to ap
point Edward Hanlon of rowing fame to
sonic imsttton In connection with the har
bor wfilch will lie a recognition of the pub
licity he gave Canada, mid particularly To
ronto, through hla aquatic prowess.
but for a twenty-round bout.
t7e at covin gton.
to The Georgian.
1 1 here i yesterday
the liM-als and Lexlngtau, resulting
n a ten Inning contest.
Despite the wet grounds ami a driaillng
rsln, the game was exciting throughout.
Htowers, the slab artist for Islington, and
a former Covington pitcher, was wild,
which resulted In a defeat administered to
him. Norman's pitching for Covington waa
steadier lu pinches. Both teams played
good ball.
Cnrlugton made the winning run In the
tenth Inning In this manner: Jackson sin
f led to renter, lloyd filed out to third,
erggren singled to rl«ht, advancing Jack-
son to second, who went to thin! on Htow-
era* wild throw, and scored on another wild
throw by Htowers to catcher.
Kcorc by Innings:
Covington. ..... .00 1 0 1 0 00 01—4
Lexington. ...... .00 1.1 000_00d-l
RIOTOUS SCENES FOLLOW DECISION
WHICH ROBBED ATLANTA OF GAME
Lively doings went on at Piedmont park
Tuesday afternoon just subsequent to the
calling off of the second game by Umpire
Hbuster.
Wbeu this utterly rank decision waa rep-'
dered, as more fully told about In the
story of Tuesdsy's game, the two or three
thousand fans In the stands stood on their
feet and booted nt the rottenness of It.
In a second after Hhuster made his an
nouncement, Billy Hmith and the other
members of the team rushed at the tabby
amp and demanded to know what he meant
by calling the game under auch circum
stances.
Billy Bmlth was almost beside himself
at the decision, and rushed at Hhuster,
pulling him around roughly.
When the police saw that trouble waa
Imminent, they closed.In. Smith turned
away from 8huster. After hesitating n
minute, be turned back again and went at
the umpire with hla fists. Fortunately for
the good name of the club, the police In
terfered before Hmith could laud a blow.
As soon as Smith was calmed down a
bit, the police started to bustling Hhuster
to a place of safety through the rapidly
growing crowd. Cries of ''Lynch him!"
"Kill the robber!" biases and cat calls
were heard on all sides, and the fans
showed a comparatively good natured deter
mination to press around and make thlnga
lively.
With ample police protection, Hhuster
was hustled through the players' gate and
along behlud the grand stand to the box
office. Behind the Dutch ump and bis
body guard came the "Roman mob," push'
lug, yelling and doing Infinitely more barm
to each other than to the umpire.
Hhuster reached the box office safely,
and here he remained for a half hour,
guarded by the police, while around him
a couple of hundred "Irreaponslbles" stood
and hooted.
When Hhuster was finally brought out of
the office, the crowd closed In again, and
on toward a hundred boarded the same car
and rode to the heart of town with him.
Here they disembarked and marched t^
the side entrance to the Kimball house.
In went Hhuster, nnd In wont the crowd,
too, creating no end of a sensation among
the guests of the hotel.
Out the other aide went Hhuster and a
couple of newspaper men, but then the
cops barred the door, while Hhuster cut
across the railroad tracks. A neat little
fight between a cop and one of Hhiiater'a
"followers" caused n flurry of excitement
around the Kimball doors, and during tt
Hhnster was spirited away Into hte dark*
When asked why be celled the game,
Shuster enld:
"It was too dark to play any longer.
Even the Atlanta men tsld that they could
not see the ball."
When asked later If he would be on hood
for Wednesday's game, he said:
"Sure, my schedule calls for me to um
pire tomorrow, and I'll be there."
While Shuster's decision waa rather the
worst that the writer or anybody else at
the game had ever seen, atilt there was
ho justification for Smith's attempted as
sault on 8buster, nor for the demonstration
which followed.
A ball player is not justified In hitting
an umpire under any circumstances on the
ball grounds, and If any of Smith's blows
bad landed, Shuater could have put the
local manager In a decidedly awkward po
sition. It Is always well to remember that
assaulting the umpire !a out of style in or
ganlxed baseball, no matter what the provo
cation may be.
As for the men who followed Shuster-
well, It seems aa though their sense of hu
mor would hare saved them from anything
ao ridiculous. Evidently no man In the
crowd had any serious Intentions' against
his umps, for a dozen chances to mob hint
were overlooked. The crowd which fol
lowed him went along In the hope tbnt
somebody else would do something. Bat
evidently not a man had the necessary
nerve.
Huch scenes, however, are likely to be
misinterpreted outside of Atlanta, and It
la hoped that the one Tuesday conclude!
the record of such performances for the
season.
AFTER WINNING BOTH GAMES TUESDAY
ATLANTA IS ROBBED OF THE SECOND
The Georgian’s Score Card.
ATLANTA.
CROZIER, .f ....
JORDAN, 2b .
WINTERS. Tt ...
S. SMITH. Sb ....
MORSE. ■■ .....
FOX. lb
WALLACE, cf ..
ARCHER, c ....
HARLEY, p
... T0TAL8 ...
Score bjr Innings:1
NASHVILLE.
GILBERT, cf ....
WISEMAN, rf . ||
PEARSON. If..
JANSINQ. 3b...
MILLER.. lb..,.
CA8TRO. »•......
BECK. 2b
WELLS, C
if BUCHANNON.p
9 10 11—R
After Atlanta had won the opening game
of Tuesday's double-header by a score'of
to 1, the Crackers were robbed of the
second by the most outrageous decision
that has been rendered on local grounds
by any umpire lu the memory of living
fans.
The second gntne had gon« four Innings,
and Atlanta led by a score of 9 to, 1. Only
three more oats bad to be made to make
It n complete game. The time waa 5:63
nnd as the clouds which had cov
ered, the aky moat of the afternoon were
breaking up somewhat, It waa compara
tively light, fully as light, at lenat, as
when the game was started, for nt that
time the aky was heavily overcast.
And yet, with the gsme only five or
six minutes from completion, and with
victory right In Atlanta's grasp, Hhuster
declared the contest over on account of
darkness.
From time Immemorial nnd undoubtedly
somewhat previous to that, umpires have
been making mistakes. It Is only human.
Bnt for Insane, Inefficient, balled-up. sap-
headed, ld|otlc, chuckle pated, miserable,
lop-sided, nutty, unfair, • Incompetent and
thievish decisions, that one takes the bln,?
ribbon.
It waa suspected from the jump that
Hhuster was n lemon, but up to the time of
thnt decision people did not consider him
ernsy. wliat they thought about him nf
ter ward*. Judged by their remarks, we
quite positively refuse to say.
There ls,no reason to suppose that Bhus
ter meant to h® unfair. The decision will
have to be put down to the score of In-
competency, and It Is humbly suggested to
Judge Kavanaugh thnt he replace Hhuster
with some mini who Is com|*etent to dis
tinguish darkness from daylight.
Atlanta won the first gsme from Elmer
Duggan, late a Cracker, but uow a Finn,
by the score of 4 to I. It was n rlp-anort-
ing game, punctured with errors by Nash
ville. but full of brilliant plays. Elmer
allowed only four bits, and deserved a vic
tory,' but errors sjxdlefl his chances.
Hparks pitched a nice game nml bad good
support, ,ln the seventh an error and
hit gave the men from Nashville their only
run.
With Nashville's half of the eighth In
ning played, and Wallace, the first roan up.
on first,'the wind which had been blowing
the dust nml dirt ucrofi* the diamond nt n
terrific rate, finally landed some rain, nnd
the gsme was declared off. pending a ces
sation In the fall of moisture.
Umpire Hhnster allowed the usual thirty
minutes and then a few for good measure.
Then he came out and announced that the
game was colled, and that the second
gsme of the double-header would gtart lu
ten minutes, provided the weather permit
ted.
At the end of something more than ten
minutes, It waa decided by Billy Hmith
that the grounds were In a condition which
ified a second ’game, snd as the rain
practically «os sei I to fait, he ordered
second game to begin.
. Aere can be no doubt but that mo
than the allotted forty minutes elapsed
between the calling of the llrit game ami
the beginning of the second. However.
^ Finn agreed to play, that fact
_ no Justification for the umpire In
hla act In calling the game at the eml of
ifc# fourth. In the opinion of Mlkt Muu,
Finn sent In johnny Duggan to pitch
the second game, while Smith depended i
**“ *■*— pin, Totsanr " *
had the Minnies just where he wanted
all the way, while Duggan proved easy, as
a result, Atlanta was three runs to the
good at Nashville’s end of the fourth In
ning.
As soon as Atlanta came to the bat,
thyre were loud cries of “Hurry up!"
"Strike out!" and the like from the fnns,
who wanted the game pushed through
first half of the fourth tuning, In order
thnt It might eount for Atlanta In the
clinmidouHlilp race. Archer nnd Hughes,
the first men tin, made easy outs, nnd
Dick Crosier deliberately fanned In order
to hurry things.
At this time, the clouds were break
ing fast, nnd It was certainly ns light
as when the second game wan started. In
fact. It would have liefrn nn easy matter
to have played thirty minutes longer.
To the surprise and disgust of everybody
present, however, 8buster called the
game.
The score of the first game follows:
ATLANTA-
Crazier, If
Jordan. 2b
Winters, rf., .. ..
H. Hmith. 3b.. ..
Morse, sa
Foz, lb
Wallace, cf
Evers, c.. ., .. ..
Hparks, p.. .. „
.. ,...3
3
4
1
I
3
2 13 11
0 0 0 2 0
0 0 15 0 0
10 10 0
0 0 3 1 0
0 0 0 9 0
...25 4 4 24 16 1
AB. R. II. 1*0. A- E.
...413101
...201 1 0 0
....4 0 0 4 0 0
3 0 0 2 1 0
....401512
.. .2 0 0 3 0 0
...3 0 l 1 3 1
...» 1 ~5 21 1 ~4
1 NAHIlVILf/fc--
Gilbert, ef
Wiseman. If. . . .
Pearson, rf
.Tansing. 3b ,
Miller, lb
Bohannon. 2b „
Castro, ss
Freary, c
E. Duggan, p. . . ,
Total*..,.. ,♦ ., ♦,
Hcore by Innings:
Atlanta 20.) 001 l*-4
Nash villa......x..,., 001 000 00-1
~~nummary: Two-base hits, Winters; stol
en bases, 8. Hmith, Morse 2, Gilbert 2. Jor
dan, Winters; sacrifice hits, Uobnnunn,
j Ever*, Winters, Wiseman; double plays,
Hparks to Even to Fox; first bnse on ball*
off Hparks 2, off E. Duggnu 6; bit by pitch
ed ball by Hparks 2; struck out by Hparks
2, by E. Duggan 2; wild pitch, E. Duggan
1. Time 1:40. Umpires, Hhuster nnd Buck-
RICHARD CROZIER.
The fickle fans change from one favor
ite to another as tutting average* go up
and fielding averages rotne down, but
there U one man on the Atlanta team
who Is always popular, and that Is Dick
Crazier. Richard is always lu the game
TEAMS MEET
AT PIEDMONT
The Atlanta Baseball Association has
tendered the use of Tledmout park Ha tar.
day afternoon to the Foote A Davies and
M. Kutx teams of the Commercial league,
and they will play there. A small admix
i elon fee will be charged, and It Is ex’
! pected. that many of the friends of the
| two teams will be out to see the con
test. , ’
Both teams are playing good baaeball
these days, and the contest ought to be
it well-played one.
TENNESSEEANS~FKJURE~~
IN CLASSIC "C. OF C."
By Private Leased Wire.
Cleveland, Ohio, August l.-A Tennessee
; owned mare, trained In Tennessee and
1 Urlvrti by a Tent |<*ecan. won the Cham-
low of Commerce Make here yesterday over
the (Renville track, when Ardelle captured
the opening day event at the local Grand
Circuit meeting.
The man* Is owned by F. G. Jones, of
Memphis, and waa trained last winter In
that city and waa driven by Ed Geers,
of Columbia, Tenn. Bonanza was second.
! freary’called AWAY
BY BROTHER’S ILLNESS
Some Knocks for Shuster
And Boosts For The Rest
It wa« certainly raw.
Back to the Three-I for Hhuster.
It la likely to become too warm for him
If ever an umpire made a worse de
cision It haa slipped our memory.
No umpire la ever roasted In these col
umns. All that la necessary in Hhuster'i
case Is the truth*.
Pretty hard on Tommy Hughes to lose
the credit for such a game aa he pitched.
Everybody got the worst of the rusj up
the alley to the box office Tuesday except
the umpire. One enthusiast nearly poked a
lung out of the sporting representative of
an afternoon paper, nnd then went around
bragging*that he "guessed he got square
with the blankety blank umpire."
The slight ruction betwe«*i a policeman
and an "Innocent bystander" materially as
sisted Shuster In his get-away. While the
crowd stopped to see the fun, Shuster made
good bis retreat.
Mika Finn would have had fairly good
grounds for protesting the second game.
Undoubtedly, it waa started mote than for
ty mlnutea after the flrat one was called.
•We did not try to delay the second
game," said Mike Finn, "while Atlanta
players deliberately went out lu order to
hurry It. That may not be against the
National Association rules, but the umpires
are instructed not to allow It. Hhuster did
right In calling the game. It waa only a
bluff, anjwray."
When seen .Wednesday, Mike Finn was
rather dubibnt about playing a double-head
er. "We don’t have to play It because
the league rules require that Smith give m<
twenty-four hour* notice In such n case.
And he didn’t do that. With Freary gone,
e are In bad shape for a double-header."
The wind and dirt storm which came up
during the first game was hard ou spec
tators and players alike. It finally ended
In a rain storm, and the rain precipitated
w, so thlnga went from bad to worse.
Ing of Elmer Duggan In th^ opening game,
He should have won It," said Mike.
Of Johnny Duggan, Finn said, "I think
he Is as good as any tnnn in the league.
We have had to work him to death, and be
la not quite at bis best now. If be had
had the support and the chances that some
of these other pitchers have, be would
rauk with auy of them." *
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWOOOOOOO
O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O
o o
O Nashville In Atlanta. o
O Montgomery In Birmingham. o
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TUESDAY’S RESULT8.
Southern—
Atlanta 4. Naahvllle 1.
Montgomery 8, Birmingham 1.
Little Rock I. New Orleans 0.
Memphis S, Shreveport 3.
South Atlantic—
Macon 1, Augusta 0.
Jacksonville 2. Columbia c.
Jacksonville 7, Columbia 1.
American—
St. Louis 3, Boston 1.
Detroit 5, Philadelphia 3.
Chicago 4, Washington 3.
' Cleveland 3, New York 0.
National—
New York 3, St. Louie 0.
Brooklyn 3, Pittsburg 2.
Chicago 5. Philadelphia L
Boston 4, Cincinnati 3.
American Association—^
Columbus 3, Toledo 1.
Louisville 6, Indianapolis. 4.
Milwaukee 3 Minneapolis 2.
St. Paul 9, Kansas City 8.
Cotton State,—
Mobile 1. Gulfport 2.
Jackson 0, Meridian 8.
Vicksburg 1, Baton Rouge 4.
Virginia State—
Danville 5. Richmond 1.
Roanoke 1, Lynchburg 4.
Eastern-
Providence 2, Newark 2.
Buffalo 3, Montreal 3.
Rochester 2, Toronto 0.
Baltimore 4. Jersey City 2.
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O 0
WHAT THEY THINK. O
o
0
0 A few prominent sporting au- 0
0 thorltlea were asked for opinions 0
0 In regard to Shuster, and his de- 0
0 clslon. 0
0 Billy Smith: “I think Shuster 0
0 Is a blankety, blankety, blank, 0
0 blank of a blankety blank, by 0
0 blank.” 0
O Mike Finn: "I couldn't aee 0
0 whether the umpire waa rotten or 0
0 not. It was too dark." 0
0 Umpire Buckley: "I refuse to 0
0 be interviewed. But It was rot- 0
0 ten.” 0
0 Ex-Captain Castro: ‘T can’t see O
0 that It will materially affect the 0
0 price of bananas." 0
0 Umpire Shuster: "Next time 0
0 they play till midnight. It as- 0
0 slats In the get-away." 0
0 Consensus of opinion: "Shuster 0
0 Is the rottenest umpire ever known 0
0 since baaeball began." 0
0 0
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league Standings
SOUTHERN.
dub— Played., Won. Lost P. Ct
Birmingham
New Orleans
Atlanta . . .
Memphis.. ,
Shreveport .
Montgomery
Naahvllle . .
Little Rock .
34
.405
.581
.550
.573
.582
.454
.327
.304
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Club—
Augusta . . .
Savannah . .
Macon . 1 . .
Columbia . .
Charleston. .
Jacksonville.
Piaved. Won. LosLP.Ct
33
.480
.418
.333
COTTON STATES.
Club—
Meridian . .
Mobile . . .
Jackson . . .
Baton Rouge
Gulfport . . .
Vickaburg . .
Played. Won. Lost P. Ct.
. *7 52 85 .598
. *7 61 38 .588
.87 44 . 43 .608
. 88 43 43 .600
. 88 42 48 .477
Club—
Chicago . . .
Pittsburg . .
New York .
Philadelphia .
Cincinnati .
Brooklyn . .
St. Loula . ,
Boston . . .
NATIONAL
Played. Won. Lost I
.438
.411
.379
.337
Club—
Philadelphia
New York .
Cleveland,. .
Chicago . . .
Detroit . . .
Rf Louie . .
Washington .
Boston . . .
AMERICAN.
Played. Won. LostP. Ct
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Clube—
Columbus . .
Milwaukee .
Minneapolis .
Toledo . . .
Louisville . .
Kansas City
SI. Paul . . .
Indianapolis .
Played. Wane Lost
P.C.
.622
.644
.515
BADLY OUT.
Panamas cleaned, reshaped with
same bands 31.00; new bands, $1.26.
Bussey, 28 12 Whitehall.
NAT KAISER ts 00.
Confidential loans on valuables.
Bsrgalm In unredeemtd Diamond*
IS Decatur St Kimball Heuem
Freary. one of the .Naahvllle catcher*.
| has been called to gt. ful. hr the III-
1 ne*« of Ills brother. It will be some days
before be return,, and. In the meantime,
the Nashville team Is likely to be ame.
what embarrassed for catrbetra, especial-
lr If anything happens to • Kid'’ Wells
ATLANTA vs. NASHVILLE
AUGUST 1.
DOUBLE HEADER TODAY;
FIRST GAME CALLED 2:30 P. M.
aidggfc.