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lft THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY AUG. 4,1006. 1 CRIPPLED ATLANTA PLAYERS HAYING TROUBLOUS TIMES | mr HOFFMAN HAS REPORTED; FOX IS ORDERED HOME Larry Hoffman, ordered back from Savannah by Hilly Smith, turned up at lire headguartera Saturday, and la ready for anything that may be stirring. • Hoffman waa ordered to Join the team the day Smith left for Mont- ■ornery. He waa told to report In Atlanta, and It la auppoaed that he will Join the team In Blrmtncham. Hoffman haa been puttlnc up aenaatlonal work with the Savannah team, and he will make a valuable addition to the Crackers' etaff. Preaumably Fox will be placed under "friendly suspension," In order to allow the sign ing of Hoffman. The newa of the Injury to Fox. which came to the faithful In the base- ball extraa Friday, waa a hard blow. It aeema that Perry add Into the flrat baseman'* arm and cut It badly. At llrat It waa reported that Fox waa out of the game for the aeaaon, but the cheering newa now cornea that the wound may be healed Inalde of two weeka. The Crackera have two tamea In Montgomery Saturday afternoon, and then go on to Birmingham, where they have live games, which muat be played In three days. FOX WELL IN TWO WEEKS. In response to The Atlanta Georgian's telegram asking: "How long will Fox be out of the game? Who wilt, take hla place? la there any thing new about your auapenalon 7" Manager Smith sent the following telegram: "Fox In bad condition. Sent home today. The doctor said that he will be able to play In two weeka. Archer will take hla place. “No newa about suspension. "BILLY SMITH." AWFUL BLOW TO ATLANTA CRACKERS ARE 8HUT OUT TWICE IN SUCCESSION BY THE SPEEDY CLIMBER8. First Game.. .Montgomery 2, Atlanta 0 Second Game.Montgomery 7, Atlanta 0 fip+etaJ to The Georgian. Montgomery, Al«., Aug. 4.— Pemorallaed hr the nliacnc* of Jim Fox, petrified l»y the fierce currea of l?.» Montgomery pitch- ere, and altogether to piece*, the Atlanta ten in went eighteen long Innings here yea* terdny without scoring s run. In the meantime, the Climbers were get ting a profusion of bits, and succeeded In ecorlng two runs In the flrat game and aeren In the second. For the few Atlanta rootera present, It wn* three hours of misery. The Atlanta ten in was all to pieces as soon as Fox went out, while the crippled condition of the Crackers seemed to encourage the Climb ers, and they played sensational ball. The scores follow: First Gams. ATLANTA— Croaler, If., Jordan, 2b.. .. Winters, rf.. .. Smith, at*.. .. Morse, as.. .. liters, lb.. .. r«'\, lb Walls re, cf.. , Archer, e.. .. Harley, p. , ;. A $ .4 ...S it. II. ro. A. E. 0 110 0 DERBY TODAY AT BRIGHTON 80ME DERBY FACTS. 0 Race—The Brighton derby for O O three-year-olds. o O Value—Its,000 guaranteed. O O Where Run—Brighton Beach 0 O race track. O S SI.rt.ri, Welghta, Etc. O Accountant, 110 pounds, own- O O ed by James Jl. Ilrady. O O Ramson, 120 pounds, owned by O O Fred Burlew. a O Albert F., 112 pounds, owntd O 0 by P. J. Dwyer. 0 “ Fllmnsp, 112 pounde, owned by O O'Neill. a I Frank ..400100 ....4 0 114 0 ...I 0 0 2 1 1 ...2 0 0 * 0 0 ii 0 4 24 II S MONTOOMBRY- 1 louts. If llnuson, lb.. „ ,, An MCi mm. 11 Terry. 3l».. Young, 21*. Husclj, MS McAleese, Mnlnrkey, p Total*.. JA. S 4 . J Cm ii 0 ... i . .S O 0 s s • ...27 2 7 27 10 0 Alrrtr, Malnrkey, McCann: stolen' baae. Morse. Time, 1:40. Umpires, Buckley and Sh inter. 8ooond Gams. m TYUS'tA- Crotler, Jf. , . Jordan, 21* . Winter*, rf 8 Smith, 2b.. .* Morse. *s Krera. lb snd C.. Wallace, cf. .. . Archer, c and lb.. Sparks, p Totals.. Ah. urn. w>. a: k ..4 0 0 3 0 0 . ..« 0 1 3 S 0 ..4 0 0 1 0 1 ....4 0 0* 3 1 0 ....3 0 0 3 0 0 * 0 l 4 0 2 ....3 0 0 6 2 1 :m*ia.. j s mwmnm-—mTr.Tr.T6. a.b: *ut*. If 4 A * - A A : ...el iu*en. lb.. .. perlou*. rf.. •Cano. rf.. .. rry. It*.. ,. , one. 2b.. ., •eh. as ■Aires**, C.. . HtenstHn, p.. ntals.. .. 0 10 0 0 J 2 2 0 0 ...4 2 2 1 0 0 ,,..1 1 2 4 3 0 ....4 0 2 0 3 0 ...4 0 0 1 2 1 ....4 16 7 10 ,...3 1 0 0 2 0 ...at ~7 1 n ii 1 ienrt by Innings: Atlanta ooo m noo-o Montgomery... .. .. ........330 000 02*-? ■ ryl Two-lmse bits. McCann; l»a*o off Mrrttenatrln 1; hit by pitch- ilummar on ball* i er liy Ilr< Perry; stolen base*. ............. ....... Krera: flrat on errors. Montgomery 3, At lanta 1. Time, 1:30. Umpires, Buckley and O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O O O O Atlanta In Montgomery. o Birmingham In Nashville. O Little Bock In Memphis. DOO&OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O0000000000000000D0000000P By I’rlrsle Leaied Wlrs. New York, Aug. 4.—Only four horses fsce the bsrlrer today for the running of the $16,000 Brighton derby, a con dition due partly to the bemtred con dition of the track at the Brighton Beach course, and to the fact that .Jie high-class horses now In training In the East have been lent to Saratoga, where racing will begin Monday. Early today James Buchanan Brady'a brown colt. Accountant, for which he paid 146,000 not long ago, waa consid ered an almost certain winner of-the derby. The only other atarter sent out In the over-night entries were Fred Burlew'* Ramson, carrying 126 pounds, egual weight with Diamond Jim's en trant: P. J. Dwysr'i Albert F. and Fllmnap, from the recently organised table of Frank O'N.III, the former (SB. OUR CRIPPLES! THEY ARE GAME WARRIOR8, THOUGH, AND ARE STRUGGLING AGAINST GREAT ODDS. Atlanta is Still Fourth But Prospects Are Gloomy The *Iuklng of Friday** *un found Atlanta ■till in fourth place In tb* pennant race, hot two game* worsa off than on the pre vious day. New Orleans. howeTcr, Improved her posi tion and the Pelicans nre now In second place, with Memphis third. Birmingham still haa a reasonably safe hold on first place. If misfortune continues to chase after the Crnckers at It* present high sne#a m Will keep Hilly Smith worried to (Si the aecond division. Just at the present shouting Atlanta k only “three games won and two lost*' of 8 fare report, and Division No. 1 tw. looks like finite Q bit, but with two’r, m J Saturday and perhaps five games workM Into Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday "/ next week the prospect* of staying out at the second division look bad. 01 Mohawk II. Should Capture $10,000 Saratoga Handicap . .. By J. S. A. MACDONALD. Fflrntngn, N. Y., Aug. 4.—Monday wilt be red letter day In the rnnml of the year's raring, for the celebrated $16,000 Saratoga handicap will lie ran and won. One of the alrongeat racea of the year will remit, for jM Hat of probable »tart- era Ii not only large, hot «everal of the candidates are the top-sawyer, of the year. There will be eereral added .tarter., while many of the horaea tent out laat night In the entrlea at aure starters will decline the l.me at the eleventh honr. If the track la fast, almost everybody expects Mohnwk II to come V> the post and' win. He 1, the colt of Iloekton-Ies Toaea. who won the Saratoga special laat year for the Messrs. ■ Pandford. of New Amsterdam, N. Y. He la under 10R pounds. He worked a mile In 1:4014 late la.t week, which Indi cates sufficient speed to win from the Held aw entered. ( After Mohnwk II. the probable starters moat seriously considered are “Diamond Jim" Ilrndy's Wnterllght, Sydney Faget's mare Tradition, Andrew Miller's 4-year- old Merry Lark, the horae Jockey "S| u . relnu." .Miller will ride; R. w. J.wnf, Bedouin, Francis II. Hitchcock's lll-taek Dandelion. J. W. Brown’s Agile, win,., of the 1£K6 Tennecoe snd Kentucky d.rbr "Whitney" Langdon's Flip-Flap. R. T. wt son's Dolly Spanker. John F„ Madden', Tit Quail and John A Drake's greatly lmoro.2 colt Wes. ” The complete list of eligible., tognw with the official weights, follow: Olscnn IK Bants Catalina in Go Between 123Timber ... '"{J t'aughnawagd .....119 Dolly Rpanker' Ii "IM Mint 11- The Ofil The l'leket 118 KUtnMh? Water light 115 Bull’s Ei Cairngorm 114 Kurnkl.. Lord of the Vale..114 Bohemian Fort Hunter Ill Vendor .. Tradition lift Perverse Merry Lark 110 “ Bedouin 1» Dandelion 106 Mohawk II 106 Agile 107 Flip-Flap 107 Bad News 106 .....BIP* Hlandy 106 Havens " Knight Errant ....106 Goldsmith .. 1'ulsus 106 Afric Jewel Tangl Klnl.o m.! ffjfz Holscher KNOCKOUT NEWS. Dy Prlvats Leased wire. New York. Aug. 4.—The prospects for a fight lietween James Edward Britt and Ter ry McGovern are as slim ns ever. These two boy* received an offer of a 110,000 puree to appear before the sports of Gold fields, Nev., on Labor day. Whatever Britt thinks about the purse does not real ly matter, non* that Joe Humphreys, Ter ry's manager, haa expressed himself on the matter. Joe aaya: ••The only conditions Terry, would accept are a lift,ooo purse and a big guarantee- lit $7,500. He still dings to the conditions he announced some time ngo as regards the match with Britt.'* This attitude on the part of McGovern Is enough to kill the match. Hughey McGovern, the featherweight of Brooklyn. Is matched to meet Tony' Los song, of Dnryea, Pa., the latter part of this month, for fifteen rounds, at Plym outh, Mass. Joe Galllgan'a match with Harry Lewis at Grand Haplda haa l»een called off by Isewl*. Although he stxned the articles, |<ewts sent word to Match maker Mcpad- den that he could not go through with It, aa the weight—132 pounds at 3 o’clock—It too low for him. Tom McCarey, manager of the Pacific Athletic Club of Los Angeles, la trying to remJtch Frankie Nell and Abe At- tell lie would like to have the boya In a fifteen-round bout early next month. Sundry Wails, Groans and Lamentations PEACH GROWERS SPREAD ELABORATE BARBECUE. Bpeclal to The Georgian. MarshaUvllle. Qa, Aug. 4.—This com munity for several years has enjoyed day of recreation and a barbecue given by eome of the proeperoua peach growers. A barbecue given yesterday by Murph e Baldwin. Hlappey * Jones, W. J. Watksr and A. J. Hamilton A Sons, known as the Flint River orchard, surpassed any attempt of the kind be fore undertaken. NELSON WILL FIGHT JOE GANS TO FINISH FOR $30,000 PURSE By Prlvata Leased Wire. pNew York, Aug. 4.—The following telegram from Battling Kelson tells of hts having been matched to fight Joe Gan* at Ooldfleld, Nev., for a purse of 330.000: Balt Lake, Utah. Aug. J.—Tad, New York.—Well, they finally came In with the money. Tex Rickard, of Goldfield, .Nev., offered ISO.OOO for our fight. Money la In Goldfield bank. Fight Labor Day, In open air. I only Insist on 133 ring side, and a fight to a finish, so that either Clans or I will be the real undisputed lightweight champion of the world. No limited rounds with Gana for me, aa the one man In this world I want to beat, and I think in a finish fight I am a sure winner. One thing Is cer tain, I w in either win or die In the attempt. If we fight all day to do It. Hope to see you at the ringside. • Have long put Cans off, as he was a self-confessed fakir, but the public craved a real championship fight, and they came through with the real money, and I have never refused to fight anything If It looks like a fighter, If the maxurna* Is In fight. (Signed) BATTLING NEL8QN." Biff! Biff, biff! Ouch! Ouch! Help! ■ What was It hit us? Felt like a combination of oarthquakn, hurricane, steamboat explosion aud free fight. Alas, though, It was only two straight shut-puts at the hands of the Climber*. And Jim Fox Ii hurt ami out of the gams. This Is the hardest blow of all. The two most tylunble men on the team were Archer and Fox. Flrfit, Archer was put out, and now It Is Fox. Well, one thing sure: Wo kuowr bow to sympathies with Shreveport. There Is no denying that every Atlanta fan Is mighty blue. However, this Is the time they demonstrate that they nro as good losers as winners. Don't blame the Crackers for having played such a poor game after Fox wns hurt. You would have done no better yourself. there Is no excuse for working him to pieces. Three gnrnes In the National League Fri day wore won by scores of 2 to I, aud oue by a score of 1 to 0. Shuster's disregard for the ordinary ruloH of veracity Is something appalling: In The Montgomery Advertiser he says: •'It was ton dark to play." ••Smith struck me on the shoulder." The first statement la not true, and the second la—well, nil who saw It know what the second statement Is. Billy I'livle has changed his inlnd again, and will try It with the 8t. Louis Na tional*. It la understood that be Is to get 3400 a month. "Cy" Seymour, who wit* sold by Cin cinnati to New York, want* a slice of that 310,000 that John Toutb Brush gave up for hi* service*. Until he gets It, bo lays he will not play baseball. Though lm*cb(\)l hn* been played for over sixty year*, nnd though the game ha* flourished professionally for more tlinu forty. It eiM'iii* to be so new in some places that the most ordinary rules nlmut It are no! known. Take Montgomery, for example. The Ik>x score sent out from there Friday con tained n note, "Hausen called out for Ii|cr- fere nee.” It would seem that baselaill has been played long enough so thnt the offlclnl scorer there woohl know the rule#, and Once In a while the big leaguers slip score such n piny correctly. The rules ner being declared out for Interference . . . the ‘out* should bo credited to the player who would have made the play but for hte action of the baae runner or the announcement of the umpire." CLARK GRIFFITH MAY_RETIRE MANAGER OF NEW YORK AM»I CAN8 IN BAD HEAL^Tt FROM TOO MUCH WORRY. Into pretty poor baseball. Even such •tnra aa Cleveland snd rhlladclphln have their off games. Look at Friday's: Cleve land tuade seven runs, eight bits and live errors, Philadelphia made ten runs, nine hita and four errors, and the game, though only nine Innings, lasted two hours aud twenty minutes. I leaver abut Augusts out Friday. The big boy Is pitching well these days. Well, In our day we have seen some queer scoring, but a new one came out of Nash ville Friday. In a note under the ttoi score of -the game was the following: !*ctir*on down, run to first when be bit to Clark In the ninth." Even giving the scorer the benefit of the doubt In supposing that the won! "dowu" was meant to be "did not," It Is obvloua that the pnt ont should have gone to the first baseman, whether the ball waa thrown there or not. Looks aa though Memphis was out to get her money’s worth out of Llebhnrdt. Not content with pitching the IhttrhuiaM't bead off In every double bender, they play him In the field In other games. Just because ho Is willing, and tiecauae he will go to the big league any way. BADLY CUT. Panama, rltancd, reshaped with same bands $t.oo; new bands. $1.26. Bussey. 2$ 1-2 Whitehall. illultuctly say: r "In ease of the l»aae run- By Private leased Wire. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 4.—Urged on by the request of the players of bis club, who have been worried nt bis nervous condition of late, Manager Clark Griffith, of the New York American Leagne club, visited a well knowii Detroit specialist yesterday after- noon. As a result, Griffith Is said to have re ceived the unwelcome news that be must cither quit bis responsible position as the head of the club that has been fighting for the leadership of the league nil through the season, or else take n chknerf on n chronic state of 111 health, which will only make the retirement obligatory. Instead of voluntary. 3he Ming passion. &von in sffeep. By EARLE E. GRIGGS. The game was waxing furious, nud llie score was at a tic And each limit met hla Wnterlnn at first. And still the player* entue to Imt with thought to do or die, For each other’* tdqfid tue teams were nil athirst; ' v One fan at«M*t on hi* tiptoe*, nnd he yelled with much acclaim. And he used up l*ittles often on th*» seats, l'«*r he wn* n fan of nil the faun—a* game ns game could l>e— And he nejer quite gave tip—e’en to defent*. He conch**! th” player* Jointly, uml lie e*Mched them each by uame, And be prayed, in-sought ami pleaded for a sun— He told the pitcher loudly that the other team was tame, And he claimed he «| give him money If he won. Aud only by n ml nude a hit was ever made, Aud each one was the nigual for a veil. And the property around him and his fetlow-fnii* alike Were tortured i»y him more than tongue can tell. The game waa growing older nnd a dog-fall was In sight ... * 1, ’ n * rackers made n lonenonie. lonely run— nl1 " w ** w l »" exhibit hla delight— Which he dlil as If the game was nuilly won!- came In to bat with slaughter In their eyks And « heavy hitter ambled !•* the plate. **R *»•' the corner off the hall. It will he no surprise!" Thought the npxhma fans-wlm hadn’t long to wnlt. He picked hlm*e!f a beauty and be lifted It on high And U snared, and snared, direct for Flara Mere— Hut pickle. Uroxler was too quirk: he sprang npou the fence, ^Aud wifely sheared the dlMppearlng sphere! burnt I bis room Intact, The fan awakened with a start _ But the furniture was ail iievnnd repair. He’d smashed mr* -** **-- — * -* And be swore « Work-outs At Gravesend Bjr Prlvste Lwised V'lrs. Saratoga, H. Y„ Aug. $.—'TTy-outs—wrath rr clear; track fait;. Brookdale Nymph. 1 mil* In 1:4$ $-6, lircci tog. Nartr so good. KtlUckraukla, 6 furlongs In 1:02 $-6, hand. Ily. She I* tit. , Merry England, 6 furlong. In 1:22, gallop ing. Yorkshire Lad, 1 mile IB 1:4$, hreexlng. Jack Dolan. $ furlonga In 1:1? 2-6, breez ing. At hla beat Graxlalln, 7 furlonga In 1:26 2-6, hreexlng. Nerer better. Tom Gordon, 7 furtonge In 1:30 2-6, breex- Ing. Looks well. Jocund, 7 furtonge la 1:26 34, handily. Water Dog, 1 mile and a furlong In 1:66 3-6, handily. Nerer better. Demand, 6 furlongs In 1:16, handily. Worth remembering. King Ahab, 4 furlongs In :4$. breexlng. Speedy. Single Shot, * furlongs In 1:17. Memories, i fnrlonga tn 1:1*14, gallop ing. Kentncky Bean, 6 furlongs In 1:6264, han dily. Old Faithful, 4 furlonga In :49, breezing. Acta well. * Pegasus, 6 furlongs In 1:1$, breexlng. Gretna Green, 6 fnrlonga In 1:01, breexlng. A good colt. Outcome, 1 mite In 1:4114, breexlng. Net- er so good. . Wee, mile In 1:4124, handily. At bis beat. Prince Hamburg, i furlonga In 1:17 24, breexlng. POOR, CRIPPLED JIM. JAMES FOX. Her* 1m the latest photograph ot -ong James, the best flrat baaen f the Sonthe that Jim’s injury la not mo seti that he will be long out of the game, for without him, the pen nant chance* of Atlanta are all to the had. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loans on valuables. - Bargains In unredeemed Diamonds II Decatur St. Kimball Houea SOUTHERN. Club— Birmingham. New Orleane Memphis . . Atlanta , . . Shreveport . Montgomery. Nashville . . Little Rock . Played. Won, LoatP.Ct • ?> 64 26 .*07 93 29 64 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Club— Augusta . . Savannah . . Macon .' . . Columbia . . Charleston . Jacksonville Played. Won. LoeLP.Ct • *? 81 34 Ml NATIONAL. Club— Chicago . . New York . Pltteburg . . Philadelphia. Cincinnati . . Brooklyn . . St. Louis . . Boston ... Played. Won. LoetP.CL .761 60 $2 69 22 .41! 41 61 .444 42 16 .411 Club— Philadelphia . Now York . Cleveland . . Chicago , . . Detroit . . . St. Louis . . Washington. Boston . - . AMERICAN. Played. Won. Lost P. Ct . » 68 14 .416 . 91 66 16 .401 . 92 62 46 .141 . 95 62 43 .141 . 93 48 45 .514 96 26 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Club*— Played. Won, Lost PC. Columbus . . 106 67 39 .613 Milwaukee . . 104 os 46 .551 Toledo . . . . 103 06 47 .544 Louisville. . . 104 64 50 .519 Minneapolis . . 106 -68 53 .50D Kansas City . 101 49 55 471 St. Paut . . . 103 44 59 .417 Indianapolis. . 104 36 68 .344 FRIDAY’S RESULTS. Southern— Montgomery 2. Atlanta 0. Montgomery 7, Atlanta 0. Birmingham 5, Nashville 0. Little Rock 7, Memphis 2. New Orleans 3. Shreveport 1. South Atlantlo— Columbia 3, Charleston 2. Macon 3, Jacksonville 1. Savannah 4, Augusta 0. American— ■H Chicago 4, Boston . 0. Detroit 3. New York J. Philadelphia 10, Cleveland 7. Washington 1, St. Louis 0. National— Chics Brooklyn 2. Pittsburg 1. Boston 2, Cincinnati 1. Virginia State League— Lynchburg 2, Roanoke 1. Portsmouth I. Danville 6. Cotton States League— Meridian 0. Mobile 1. Gulfport 8, Vicksburg 1. Baton Rouge 7. Jackson 6. American Association— Milwaukee 8, Louisville I. Toledo 13. St. Paul L Columbus 4. Minneapolis 1. Kansas city 2. Indianapolis 3. Kansas City 8. Indianapolis 0. Eastern— Baltimore 3, Providence L BOUGHT STOLEN MULE THEN NOTIFIED OFFICER Special to' The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Aug. 4.—Henry ColHsa a negro. Is In Jail here for horse theft, havtng been pointed out to the ofltc* 1 * , by Dr. O. W. Lee. who had Just pur chased a mule from him. . He had stole the animal from u *• Downs, a farmer of Paschal, G*. *“! vestlgatlon revealed the negro also nw a sorrel horse and buggy at a Hv*|J stable here, which Is said to belong ™ another farmer. A buggy and harm" were found hidden In the negro's hoU*» and his operations are said to hst* been extensive.