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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- 000OOOO<HKh90OOOM00O<i0OOO0 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» NAT KAISER & 00. Confidential loan, on valuablss- Bargains In unrsdssmed Wa*** - * 15 Dscatur SL Kimball