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THE ATLANTA CJEOROTAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, M06.
CRACKERS GO ON THE ROAD
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
TO TACKLE EASTERN TEAMS
'-'he wom. t et
happy tiu Hfc
Gets i T
Memphis Sneaks Second Place
Away From Smiths Crackers
Memphis. dod past her!
Every time It looks M though Atlanta
had a chance In the pennant race, those
accursed Babblers butt in.
Never did Atlanta visit Memphis that the
Crackers did not tumble. Never has Mem
phis come here tbat the same thing did
not happen..
And now. right here at the llrat of Au
gust, with the teams almost ready to dnter
tbs last lap of the contest, those blooming
red necks, those burglars, have to bump
In with a double-header and take second
place from ns, just at a time when It look
ed as though the place was cinched.
of all the Inhuman acta ever perpetrated
this l*ats them all.
The pennant race right now la so warm
that It Is hard to get within talking dis
tance of It.
Birmingham's lead Is decidedly wobbly.
Just nrnv the Herons are running true
and fast, but one swerve or one stumble
will drop them 1»aek to nowhere. Ho far,
the nirrolnghamltes have taken every hur
dle and every djteh without a bobhle, but
It will surprise nobody to see them come
a rfopper nt any stage.
Memphis haa come up from nowhere In
the last couple of weeks, and will be
herd to head. With Llebhnrdt winning
three or four games a week, and the
other pitchers doing pretty well-oven down
to Houcks, the Babbler* have a wonder
fully good chance for the pennant.
Atlanta Is In third place by a whisker.
Winning work will put Wily Smith’s team
In second place In a day or two, nnd a
single mlsrue will put the bunch In fourth
place In that time or less. Just now the
Trackers are .003 behind Memphis, And .003
ahead of New Orleans.
New Orleans, which club haa tnado a
►pectncular drop from first to fourth place,
is far from being counted out.
Frank's million dollar aggregation fa only
.028 from Birmingham. and a winning
streak will put the Pelicans buck at the
front In fast style.
Hhrevcpoft has taken her usual midsum
mer drop, hud Is back In the second divi
sion, after flirting with the lend for weeks
and weeks. It Is probable that Ullks' team
can nearly be counted out of the pennant
race, though anybody who l»cta money on
It Is taking a chance, Iiobby (Silks Is a
bard man to keep down, aud If be can
ever round his team Into Its true form,
he la likely to be up In aelect company any
day.
Montgomery la a strong finisher, and al
ways was, hut Dominick Mullaney’s team
can probably lie aafely counted ouj. Tho
Climbers are In sixth place, and tbat la
very far from the top, even In a race so
( close no la the out In the Southern
League.
If the present race has ever been beaten
In Interest In the South, It is hard to tell
when. In years past, two or three teams
hsvc been hung around the top, hut not
even when Atlanta harpooned New Or
leans In 1904 mid allowed Memphis to Innd
the pennant *by a whisker, or back In the
misty past, when Mike Finn nnd Little
Itoek participated In n couple of eyelash
finishes, has this one lieen equalled.
Just now only .070 separates the leading
team from the fifth, nnd the prospects for
sudden changes are bright.
Atlanta has a bard time ahead of her.
Within the next two weeks the Crackers
have two series against tho Iilriiilnghsiu
team, now the league lenders. Up to the
present, the local team has always been
able to take the measure of the Huron*, hut
they will find the Hlrmlnghain bunch hard
to heat this trip. However, here's hoping
for the liest.
Sheared From Exchanges.
Hank O'Day, the National iMgiio um
pire who baa lioon HiimI and tni.|xmtl«l by
I'rr.l'l.nt IUIIIain, anniiuncoa that bo will
probably Jump to lb. Trl-Btat, Loaiu,.
Charlie Brhwarta and bla wlfa laara In
the morning for Althona, where ba playa
the pennon not with tho' outlaw league,
lie anld that be had oSera from aereral
dubs In tho Rant, bat tbat If he algned
with an organlaed club ba could lie ro-
aerred ft>r neat year, and at the end of
the tea eon he would, lie free after playing
with the outhwu.—Montgomery Adrertlaer.
Manager Frank la pretty nnre with Mana
ger Finn liecnnae Deck wna relearnt. When
Finn naked for ll,ek It wna underatood tbat
be aboold remain with Nnabvllle throughout
the aeaaon. Finn agreed to tbla at the time
heeauee he seeded Deck badly. When Duety
Millar returned from Mobile Finn fired Beck
and broke bla promise to Maoager Frsuk.
Once before Finn secur'd n ball player un-
iler. promise that he would beep him fur
Ihe remainder of the aeaaon, and that time
hr alao let the man go. ibis was Dauue-
hnwrr. the left-hand pitcher, who won so
many games for the Pelleana a few years
* back.-.New Orleans tlcayune.
Campau has reconsidered bla drclaloo to
resign from the atalf .of umpire, of tba
Southern league owing to some trouble ex
perienced In Memphis. In Sunday 1 , game
Campau was mads tha object of epithets
and ba la reported aa harlug yelled out to
the preas while dope bottles were raining
around him that he Intended to resign. Vo
der tha circumstances one eonld not blame
Campau. Some fans who attempted to turn
Campau’s head Into a punching bag were
arreted, but were released for want of
prosecution. The outbreak In Memphis adds
another stain to the already atalaod repu
ration of the fans of tb« Southern Lmgtn-.
Oatbrraka against umpires hare been made
In Montgomery, Atlanta and Memphis Mti.v
the lant free-for-all fight hare been fought
on Southern diamond, Campau, by the
way, haa been It tbla league about a mouth
and since that time hla Ilf, haa been
threatened twice. In Atlanta Campau wui
tha object which rauaed the reputation of
the Atlaata fans to be atalned. This of
ficial baa uerer worked In Birmingham.
Pfeunlnger It good enough for this game.—
Birmingham New,.
Peer aid Zimmer doen't teem to he able
to win for losing—and If they don't look
out they will forget whtt a run looks like.
Pelleana shut them out again yesterday.—
Montgomery Adrertlaer.
The Atlanta Georgian say. The Item
wanted trouble In Atlanta. And all because
The Item printed etorle, from Atlanta to
the elfect that trouble ws, expected. The
am report, were printed In Birmingham.
IHd the Birmingham paper, want trouble?
And they My that It wa. oaly on account
of the whole battalion of poMee atnthcwd
at the grounds that trouble wa, averted.—
Sew Orleani Item.
ham. The narona hnro lieen beaten twlca
running by tho Climbers nnd tbu knocking
FOOTBALL TEAM COMING.
■ emnim. nug. - o targe crown gathcreil
at the Knatnu ritllnmd alntlnn totliiy to wit
ness Ihe departure of the fnnmtia t'orliilh-
lun naaoHatfon fnothatl tenm for UeeriHMl,
where they emlntrk for Montreal for n a«-
rlea of content, with tending teams In Cun-
ndn and the t'ntti-d Stole,. A snltton train
hntl been e.peelnlly engaged for the ath
letes, nnd It wna decorated with the nano-
rlatlon eolora nnd n nuiiilter of American
nnd Hrlttali flags. Aeeordlng to the nreaeut
program, Ihe tenm will piny mstrliri nt
Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, t'blengo, De
troit, I’hllailelphln, New York nnd lloaton.
The Curlnthlana la Kngland's greatest am
ateur footlmll team. Tho club la mmimaed
eaelualerly of ‘varalty and public school
men. The naam-lallon hna unnrrtnkennwn
tours In South Africa, both of which were
very anceeaaful.
ATLANTA CLUB
AFTER STILL
PORTSMOUTH REPORT8 THAT B.
SMITH WANTS VIRGINIA
LEAGUE TWlrtLER.
Ipeclal to The Georgian.
Portsmouth. Va., August 2.—It Is reported
here that Hilly Hmlth, of the Atlanta club.
Is after the services of “Colonel” Still,
of the Uli'huioiitl team of the Virginia
Hasp haa been twirling good liall for
Charlie Shaffer's Richmond (Tilts, and Is re
garded us the liest member of his ptteblug
tIh* Detroit club of the American League
i, the 230-
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AS TO THE BET8. O
0 t 0
0 To aettln some disputed beta the 0
0 following announcement In made: O
0 The first game Wednesday wan de- O
O flared tiff nnd beta on that game O
0 tin not stand. The aecond gamo <1
0 wan played and begs on that one O
O do atnnd. 0
Our one beat bet, however, la: O
Don't bet. O
0 O
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I. ebkardt won hi, fourth double header
Wf'.neaday. Certainly that la a pbesasM
an reread.
The :uod bawl la arising from Blrulag-
League Standings
Club—
Birmingham .
Memphis . .
Atlanta . . .
New Orleans .
Shreveport .
Montgomery .
Naahvlllff . .
Little Rock .
.087
.584
.581
.539
.489
.323
.304
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Club—
Augusta . . .
Savannah . ,
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
Charleston . .
Jacksonville .
Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
. 87 53 34 .609
. 84 61 33 .607
. 87 45 42 .517
. 88 41 47 .466
. 92 38 54 .413
. 92 27 55 .329
Club—
Meridian . .
Mobile . . .
Jackson . . .
Baton Rouge
Gulfport . .
Vlcksburk , .
COTTON 8TATE8.
Played. Won. Lr
.591
.611
.494
.472
.341
NATIONAL*
Club—
Chicago . . .
Pittsburg . ,
New York .
Philadelphia ,
{Cincinnati . .
Brooklyn . .
St. Louis . .
Boston . . .
Played. Won. Lost P. Ct.
. 95 66 29 .695
. 91 59. 32 .648
<u r.n 1 32 .648
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Played. Won. Lost.
102
Clubs—
Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo . . . .101
Minneapolis. . 104
Louisville ... 102
Kansas City . 101
8t. Paul ... 101
Indianapolis . . 101
PHONOGRAPH
FOR STABLE
ALFRED VANDERBILT U6E3 ONE
TO ACCU8TOM HI8 HORSES
TO MUSIC AND NOISES.
• » wsooh as he. gets out
' ' OF the rins-the/ll buzz
IN SPITE OF HARD RAIN
ATLANTA GETS ONE GAME]
ATLANTA 1 NASHVILLE
The umpires and the rain-makers ( seem to have combined to best Atlanta
out of a double-header with Nashville. The attempt to play It Tuesday wai
frustrated by Umpire Hhuster. On Wednesday, Billy-Smith tried It again, but rsfu
fell before the first game war well under way, and tha opener was called off, and
the aecond game played.
Of course, Atlanta won It, but It was by a narrow margin of one ran to none.
Buchanan pitched for Nashville, and did remarkably well. On “form,” Buch
anan baa It over almost every pitcher In the league. Hla delivery la more than
businesslike, and be seems to bare a little of everything. He allowed Atlanta just
three hits, and except for battery errors of his own doing, would have scored
a shut out.
Rube Zeller officiated for Atlanta, and accomplished blf shut-out with compara
tive ease. The Nashville batters found him safely only five times, and with good
support he managed to keep the Tennesseeans away from the borne plate.
Croxler, the first man up for Atlanta, brought home the winning ran. He open
ed up with a single, took second on s wild pitch, and third on a balk. Then
Jordan struck out, but Winters sent a fly to center field, on which Croxler
scored. After that, the Atlanta batters were practically helpless, and could do
nothing with Duchnnan's delivery, «-
The first game went only a half Inning before rain fell. Nashville had
been retired In one-two-three order, and Atlanta had Just begun to do basinets
when the rain came. And It certaluly did rain some for a few minutes, and tbs
wind which came with It sent the water right through the stand, making things
decidedly wet both under shelter and on the diamond.
In spite of the wet grounds, however, the second game was played off In rea
sonably fast time.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, August 2.—Alfred O. Vander-
blit has the Incentive genius of the fa
mous old commodore to a marked degree,
and had he not Inherited vsat wealth, he
probably would have achieved success any-
way.
An evidence of this Is found In the pho
nograph In the training ring at Oakland
farm, near Newport., This phonograph Is
almost four times the nofmnl site, and Its
object Is to accustom the horses to noises
heard upon the highways nnd In the ring.
Records of brass band selections may be
as plainly heard ss though one were en
tering the Madison Square Garden In New
York during horse show week.
LEXINGTON A WINNER.
L»Xll
Covlngtou plays
Conyers Thursday nnd Friday In Conyers.
The score by lunlugs: R. II. E.
!.exttJgton -000 000 301—4 9 2
Covington ..000 000 000—0 4 5
Batteries: Lexington, Itodgen slid Far
ris*; Covington, HtlllweU and Jnckson.
Summary: Htrnck out by Stillwell 7. by
Dodgeti 9: buses on hnlls off Htillwell 1;
hit by pitched ball,. Htillwell 1.
THIS IS MULLANEY.
The score:
ATLANTA- AB. B. H. PO. A.E.
Crosier, If.. 4 1 1 2 0 I
Jordan, 2b 3 0 0 1 3 <
Winters, rf.. .. 3 0 0 0 0'
H. Hmlth. 3b. 3 0 12 11
Morse, ss 2 0 0 3 3 1
Fox. lb .-...3 0 0 12 0 t
Wallace, cf .3 0 1 0 0 (
Evers, c. 2 0 0 7 4 1
Zeller, p 3 0 0 0 5 (
Totals..
..26 1 3 27 16 1
NASHVILLE- AB. R. II. PO. A. E.
Gilbert, cf 4 “ " ‘
Wiseman, If 2
013001
Miller, lb.. .
Bohsnan, 2b..
Castro, ss.. .
Totals..
0 1 3 0 ol
..3 0 0 0 1 0 I
.,..4010111
3 0 1 7 1 0 I
....I 0 0 2 1 Of
.. .2 0 0 1 2 1
... .2 0 1 6 0 0
.. -.3 0 0 0 0 0 I
..27 ~0 1 24 1 11
Score by Innings: *
Atlanta * 100 000 000-1
Nashville... .»... .. 000 000 00^-0
Summary: Stolen bases, Wiseman. Janslng; sacrifice hits, Pearsons, Wiseman!
Morse; Imso on balls off Buchanan 1; hit by pitched ball, by Buchanan 1, by
Zeller 1; struck out br Buchanan 6, by Zeller 3; wild pitches, Buchanan L Time,
1:46. Umpires, Buckley and Hhuster,
Billy Smith Is Suspended;
Shuster May Have Jumped
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS.
Southern—
Montgomery- 3. Birmingham 0.
Memphis 6, Shreveport 1.
Memphis 3, Shreveport 2.
Atlanta 1. Nashville 0.
South Atlantic—
Augusta 1, Macon 0.
Columbia 9, Jacksonville 4.
Savannah 3, Charleston 0.
National—
Philadelphia 5. Chicago 3.
New York 3, St. Louis L*
Boston 6, Cincinnati 1.
Pittsburg 1, Brooklyn 0.
American—
Cleveland 8. Philadelphia 3.
Boatcn 3. Chicago 1.
Detroit 2, New York 1.
American Association—
Columbus 3, Toledo 1.
Minneapolis 5. Milwaukee 3.
. Knnras City 3. St. Paul 0.
Louisville 6. Indianapolis 2.
Louisville 11. Indianapolis 0
Virginia State—
Danville 4, Richmond 1.
Richmond 4.* Danville I.
Eastern—
Rochester 4, Toronto 2.
Newark A, Providence 3.
Rochester 5, Toronto $
The Atlanta players left Wednesday
night for Montgomery, where they play
Thursday, Friday nnd Haturdny.
With them went Billy Hmlth, hut WU
llam Is under suspension. Just before the
second game Wednesday, Umpire Buckley
received notice from league headquarters
that Hmlth was Indefinitely suspended, nnd
ordering him to keep the Atlanta manager
off the grouuds.
As soon as Billy Hmlth was notified he
put on his cltlsens clothes, and when the
second gnnur began he disappeared. •
Hmlth was suspended liecause of his at
tempted assault on Umpire Hhuster. It la
stated that 8huster notified President Ksr
nnaugh that Smith actually hit him. It la
well known by all who saw the Incident
that Hmlth did not actually bit the tubby
urnps, and If Hhuster made such a charge
he was In error, to put It mildly.
SILOAM WINS SPEEDY GAME.
Special to The Georgian.
I nt.iu Point. O*., Angiiat 2.-la a one-
•Mnl game. Ml,win defeated Union I'olut
tu"T” 3 " f,< ' ruoo “ I'f the score of 12
Goer .11.1 tho twirling for Slloom, and
tvne right there with the enrree nnd
Tri-n 11 ’ '•»“*>!« the game, and
did nelL The feature* of the game were
>->' •<* ■>/ I'- ttejrnnlda, Caffwag, and
the fielding of B. Rhodes.
E. Rhodes, the star pitcher of Union
Point, was bntted hard.
When the Montgomery tenm was last
In Atlanta. The Georgian used a picture
of Manager IHtmlnlct, Mnllaney. It was
a beautiful plctnro, and was much admired
by the ladle*. Now, here Is one of “Dom”
as he really looks.
The Atlanta team wilt be at the tender
mercies of Mailsucy's team for the next
three days.
hi Loam—
Lewis, lb
H. Reynolds, c
I*. Rhodes, Sb
D. Reynolds, 2b
Cola way. ss
It. Rhodes, if
Jordan, ct
Hurt, rf....
Geer,
It. H. E.
0 2 0
0 1 0
3 0 2
2 2 0
3 2 0
2 2 0
.... 0 10
? 5
Totals... ..
....12 11 1
I'NION lUlXT—
K. Overton,
Thorton, ss
—shite:
...;0 o l
J o 2
Reynolds, cf
O. Reynolds, 2b
Underwood, 3b
Klilson. rf
E. Rhodes, p
....1 1 2
.. ..0 0 1
0 l 3
1 0 2
0 1 0
Totals
.....J 1 u
by Rhodes 3: hast* km hulls'off"
>. Attendance 470. Umpire. King.
More Sports on Page Nine.
Thursday morning, it the request of ths
baseball association, the sporting editors I
of the local papers Joined In a telegram [
to President Knvannugh stating that .they
saw' the Incident, and that Smith did not
hit Shuster.
It Is doubtful If the suspension of tbs I
Atlanta manager will extend over a long
period of time. There was, of course, no |
Justification for Smith's attempted ssi
on Hhuster, nnd there la no doubt hut thst I
such an assault was Intended. But tbs I
fact remains that 8buster was not bit by [
Smith, and, In consequence, the-local mnn- |
ager'a punishment will undoubtedly be
paratlvely light. ,
It Is supposed that Shuater jumped ths I
Job from here. Aa far as can be learn
ed, he did not leave for Montgomery, ■» |
he was ordered to, and It will not I 1
surprising if be “tamed up missing.”
Well, small loss!
WINDER TAKES OPENER.
special to The Georgian.
Commerce, Ga., August 2.—In an Intro I
eating game of ball on the local diamond
yesterday. Winder took the first of a ss- |
rles of two games to be played here,
looked as If the game was all over Id tbs I
seventh, when the score stood 7 to 1 In
favor of the home team. Then the Win
der players began a batting streak and
tied the score. Two more runs were ad-l
ed by the home boys In the eighth and
nothing In the ninth, when Winder, ]
•wui bitting, pushed three men across *
late, giving them the game by the at,.- .
f W to 9. Three double playa were made
n each side. . For Commerce, Bice and
(artier led In batting, getting hits at op-
ortune times. Mlllaaps secured the most
Ita for the Winder team. Neither Audefj
II iruicu is. »»»■>* UI ___
Batteries, Commerce, Edwards and Har*
er; Winder, Anderson. Bi ‘ * "
on. Umpire, T, Jones. . -
Hits off Edwards 16, off Anderson 1 off
BADLY OUT.
im cleaned, reshaped ***
nds *1.00; new bands, »1»
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