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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14. W06.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SEASON WILL
SPORTS
Edited by PERCY H. WHITING
END ONE MONTH FROM WEDNESDAY
WWW
“DOC” CHILDS MAY BE
SUSPENDED FOR SEASON
On* month from Wednesday, on Mop*
timber 16, the last games of lull In the
Southern League srlll be played. On that
day. New Orleans Kinds tip In Atlanta
with the Crackers, and then the Southern
League will turu Ita attention from l*se-
ball to league politics for n couple of
strenuous months.
Juft at present, nothing particularly
giddy seems to Its stirring In the Atlanta
camp.
It may safety be tipped off, however,
that “Doc” Childs Is on the verge of get
ting hls suspcnoion for the remainder of
the season. Billy Smith was on the point
of releasing him, but he has made up hla
mind that, after paying Childs’ salary most
of the season, be will not turn him adrift
now, but will keep him out of tbs game
for the remainder of the aesson.
Doc will probably be given one more
chance this week. If he proves to be In
the poor condition he has In the other
games of late, he will be suspended without
pay for the remainder of the season. lit
la lu anything but good condition at pres
ent, and Manager Hmlth Is about ready
to adopt some heroic measures to bring hits
o round.
It Is doubtful If either Otto Jordan or
Jim Vox will get Into the second gams
against Birmingham, though It may not
lie finally decided until Just before the
game. ^.Itoth men are Improving, but so
slowly that It Is doubtful If they will
lie 'ready to play before the end of the
week, nt least.
Savannah-Augusta Series
Will Be Red-Hot Session
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta. Ga., Aug. 14,-The Augusta boys
■re bitting wejl, but the Havannab team
la doing Juat aa well, and It looks as
though the pennant will be decided by the
series that will be played lx*tween the lo
cale and the Colta here the last of till*
week. There la more real Intereat In this
series tbau has ever Itecn takeu before
In tall games in Augustn. If Augusta Is
•ble to come out on top In the games lit
Columbia today and tomorrow, there will
tw a hard acrap between the two Geor
gia teams, and It is safe to My that the
locals will get two. If not three, of the
games from Bavannah.
The rooters are forming In a band al
ready for the games Thursday, • Friday
and Saturday. There will not be seating
capacity for the large crowd, and It will
be necessary for the people to be tnrned out
In the park. This has been done on two
former occasions here.
Hsrnnnnh has a much worse road to trav
el for the rest of the season than has
Augusta. The home boys have twelve
games at home, while Havannah has the
majority of tbelr games on the road.
Out of the twelve games at borne, the
locals ought to win the pennant, and Man
ager Uanslck says that he will get It at
th*f time.
Havannah plays the locals the last three
days In this week, and then Havannah has
to play Bfocon In Macon, and It la safe to
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preeneet, ere hrlfthter now then %ver,
■II the tun* will pull for the Tourists.
League Standings
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SOUTHERN.
GOOD PLAY-ERS GRADUATE
FROM VIRGINIA LEAGUE
Club— Played. Won. Loit. p. Ct
Birmingham . . 100 <4 38 .<40
New Orleana . 101 <0 43 .583
Memphis ... 103 <0 43 .683
Atlanta , ... 101 ' 67 44 .564
Shreveport . . 101 65 47 .639
Montgomery . . 103 48 55 .466
Nashville .... 106 35 - 71 .330
Little Rock . . 104 31 73 .301
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CURVE8 AND ANQLE8 OF YE8TERDAY.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Special to The Georgian.
I'ortamoutli. Va., Ahgnat 14.—The Virginia
Laague, which baa twn the aponaor In the
bygone daya of many ball playera who hare
"delivered the gooda” In the major organ-
lintlona, la bringing Ita aeaaon of 1908 to
a clove.
That four cluba hare been gathered In
thla city during the preeent aeaaon la a
■tartler. But It la an actual fact. The
nrat team failed to mtke good. It wae
Bred, eo to epeah. And In rapid aoccea-
elnii enough men to make threo more
nlnea bare been brought here In an equal
number of inontha. and at laaL a painful
la,l. too, the management la aatlafled to
flallb the aeaaon with the aggregation at
hnnd-a bunch of tall-endera And yet,
I'ortnnontb and lllchroond bare played
th. record crowda of the league. Continued
defrata have not dlahenrtened the hungry
fan, of tbli city, ead the tail-end eggre-
K M|on baa drawn Ihouaanda of dollars
through the gatee of l'ortamoutb'a Athletic
Park.
tint ,peaking of Iwaeball timber, of which
Virginia and Its leagues of the past haa
been very p'rolltlc, thete are tome here that
will bear watching.
Plieckard. Fults, Ilrowne. McCreary,
Orth. Bowermah. Bob Stafford. McGanu,
Mntbewaon, Shannon, Leach, "Pug" Ben
nett. Tannehlll. Cheahro, Learar, Ata, et
nl. bare gone before from Virginia and
now the Philadelphia National Leaguo club
hn. ranched down and grabbed Moaer. the
best Dinger oh the Lynchburg staff.
Others are tinder surveillance. Of the
pitchers, Charles Shuman, a 339-pounder,
playing with Portsmouth. Is being watched
with especial ears. Willis, of Roanokt, la
the alar of that club's pitching stiff, while
HUH hit been holding tho Richmond club
In their place. Of the three Shuman la tha
beat. ’
McMahon may wear a Baltimore Oriole
uniform neat year. Hughey Jennlnga haa
been looking on. while "Mac” haa been
cavorting around third for Norfolk, and
he la reganled aa lit for faster company.
Edwards, for hitting, throwing and gen
eral nil-round work with the liver pad and
big mitt, la easily the beat catcher In the
Virginia l-eague. He la well worth a try
out on the Southern nr eastern circuits.
Iterell ranks with the beat twlrlera hare.
He has been playing with tha tall-endera.
Thnuaaml-dollar offers have lieen mede for
him, but none have been accepted ee yet.
Stanley, Norfolk's soulh-pnw, bee been
handing In some elusive abints and benders
with dlmalroat results to batting averages.
Hopkins. Norfolk; Brown, itonnoka, and
MrKrnltt, Lynchburg, arc nlaint all that
"luok good" In the nutflehl for advance-
raent. Darlnger. the champions' short
Beider, la like a rubber ball. In tha field and
on tha base lines, with a good atm thrown
i. Medium halter.
Atlanta, with the "Boutli Atlantic" bee
humming a coaxing song In the Oats City,
might get In on the ground floor and land
some of the Virginia League noaatblUties.
The season clows here September A
NELSON BEAT CANTON.
Special to The Georgian.
Nelson. Ga.. Ang. 14.—Nelson defeated
Canton ou Canton'a ground Saturday by
the score of 3 to 0. Batteries; Canton,
l'bllllpa and McClain; Nelson, Craig Day
and l'eoley.
Summary; Struck out by Day 20. by Mc
Clain I; bits off Day 2, off McClain IS.
BROWN8VILLE 8,
POWDER 8PRINQ3 3.
Special to The Georgian.
Brownsville, Ge„ Aug. 14.—The locals de
feated- tha visitors today In a fast game
by a score of 8 to A The features of the
game were the. betting of Foreytb for the
locals, and the fielding of (Monts. Bartlett
pitched a good, steady game and did not
allow tha visitors to score during the time
he was In the bog.
Ritterles: Brownsville, Bagby, Bartlett
and Heaton: Powder Springs, Nelson, P.
Nelson and Meadows.
JOBBERS 15, PACKERS 7.
The ConunlMlon Merchants defeated the
Peckers on the latter’s grounds St tb#
Federal prison Saturday afternoon In a
game which was close until the eighth In-
nlng, when hunched hits for the Mer
chants and costly Errors on the psrt of the
Packers gave the former team a good lead.
The line-up and ocor^ follow:
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Score by Innings: R. II. E.
Merchants 210 <WI W»-15 t 3
Packers 103 ooi— 7*4
The Commission Merchants are open to
challenges from city teams. Address C. V,
Doolittle, 25 South Broad street.
The Georgian's Score Card.
ATLANTA.
CROZIER, If.
HOFFMAN, 2b.
WINTERS, rf.
S. SMITH, 3b.
MORSE, u. ..
ARCHER, lb.
EVERS, c.
WALLACE, cf.
SPARKS, p.
BIRMINGHAM. !
MOLE8WTH. cf.'
C. SMITH, rf.
M'TG’M'RY, Sb.
MEEKS. Ib. ..
OEAK. If.
|[ WALTERS. 2b
GARVIN, aa...
MATTHEWS, c-
REAGAN, p.
Score by lnnlnfi: 1 2 2 4
8 10 11—R
Birmingham
Club-
Savannah . .
Augusta , . .
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
Charleston .
Jacksonville.
Club—
Chicago , . ,
New York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia
Cincinnati , .
Brooklyn . . ,
Nt. Louis .
Flared. Won. Lost P. CL
. 95 69 38 .<21
. . 98 <0 38 .812
. 98 61 47 .620
. 98 47 51 .480
. 93 41 62 .441
. 94 20 64 .319
OPEN COURSE MIGHTY BARONS BEATEN
SEPTEMBER 15
THOMPSON TO
MEET ELLIO'
LOCAL BOXER WILL FIGHT 800N
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF
THE 80UTH.
Jack Thompson, the local lightweight]
hat accepted the challenge of Joe Elliott .
fight for the championship of the .Solit!
In the lightweight dsss. The p'.-i-
the dote of tho fight have prnctlcoll^
been decided upon, and will be announoi
later.
ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB LINK8
CHRISTENED BY PLAY FOR
TRAWICK CUP.
IN WHIRL WIND FINISH NO HARD WORK
-FOR THE PUGSl
Played. Won. LoatP.Ct.
. 105 75 30
. 101 66 35
■ 103 63 39
105
101
... 106
Boston .... 104
Club—
Chicago . .
Philadelphia.
New York .
Cleveland . . .
8t. Louis . .
Detroit . . .
Washington *
Boston . . .
103
103
too
104
.583
.582
.561
.620
.485
.390
.298
The new golf course of the Atlanta Ath
letic Club nt East Lake will probably be
opened for play Saturday, Kept ember 15,
and the course will be christened the fol
lowing week by a four or five day tourna
ment for the Trawlck cup.
The play for this cup la an annual affair
In Atlanta, but heretofore It has been given
to the l'ledinont Park Club. It haa been
transferred, however, to the new course
and a letter has recently been received
from Its donor stating that he will l>e In
Atlanta September 18. It Is likely that
the tournomeut will be started soon after
hls arrival.
Full details ns to the prises for second
and third flights, number to qualify, length
of rounds and the like, will l»e announced
by the golf• committee In the near future.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Club— Played. Won. Loaf. P. Ct.
Columbus . ,
Milwaukee .
Toledo . . .
Louisville . .
Minneapolis .
Kanaas City
Bt.- Paul
Indianapolta.
118
116
117
113
114
COTTON 8TATE8.
Club*—
Mobile . . .
Meridian . .
Baton Rouge
Jackeon . , .
Gulfport . .
Vicksburg . .
Played. Won. Ixrat P.C.
98 <0 28 .812
99 66 44 .658
98 60 48 ,510
97 -48 49 .495
..410
.347
98
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MONDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern—
Atlanta 6, Birmingham 4.
Montgomery 6, Nashville 0.
New Orleans 4, Shreveport 3.
South Atlantic—
Savannah 8, Charleston 0.
Macon 8, Jacksonville 1.
Augusta 4, Columbia 2.
American—
Cleveland 2, Washington 1.
Boston 6, Detroit 4.
Philadelphia 8, St. Louts 0.
St. Louie 5. Philadelphia 1.
Chicago 0. New York 0.
Nations!— ,
Chlca
New-
New York 3. Pittsburg 1.
Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 0.
American Association—
St. Paul 4. Loulavllle 2.
St. Paul 3, Loulavllle 5.
Minneapolis 0, Indianapolis L
Milwaukee 2, Columbus 5.
Kansas City 8, Toledo 3.
Virginia Stats League—
Lynchburg 1, Danville 2.
Roanoke 9, Norfolk 0.
Ro&noke 6, Norfolk 1.
Cotton States—
Mobile 7, Meridian 2.
Vicksburg 8, Baton Rouge I.
Jackeon 1, Gulfport 1.
Eastern—
Buffalo 5, Baltimore 3.
Jersey City 4, Rochester 3.
Newark 5. Montreal L
O Special to The Georgian.
O Shreveporb La., Aug. 14.—Char- O
O ley Frank, In an Interview here, O
O denies hnvlng asked President 0
Q Kavanaugh to discharge Umpire O
O Buckley. fl, O
0 "All aeaeon PVW. worled along 0
O without protesting .Wn umpire, and 0
0 I'm going to try to finish up with- O
0 out doing eo," he said. 0
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O Jack Foy, who bare no one at O
O 145 to 160 pounds, would like to 0
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Georgian.
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LOCAL BOY A SCRAPPER.
ATLANTA 5 BIRMINGHAM 4
It Is only by again Invoking attention to the meritorious riding In the
stretch of the late lamented "Snapper” Carrleon that due credit may be
given the Atlanta team for ita stirring climax Monday afternoon, which
turned victory Into defeat’and humiliated the Barons, plus No-hlt Wil
helm.
About one-third of the falr-ataed Monday crowd had already filed
slowly out of the grounds and boarded the trolley cars when the excite
ment came. They missed the whole show.
It waa the last half of the ninth and the score was 4 to 3 against the
Crackers. Billy Smith took a sprinter’s start down on the bench and was
dislocating a plug of tobacco. Determination was written all over hie
creased lege. But It looked like a poor show, for Evers, Wallace and
Hughes—the tail-end of the batting Hat—were due up. None had been
hitting worth a hussa In hades. So he raced Ot Jordan In to bat for
Evers. Crosier and Zeller got busy on the coaching line* and managed to
stir up a smack of fuss from the sleepy crowd.
Then Otto smashed out a single to center, and the crowd began to
ring the welkin. Wallace missed two a mile, then dropped a little bunt.
Sallee spiked himself on the nose trying to field the bunt. Both hands eafe.
Crescendo-screams from the crowd.
Hughes up. The Birmingham team held a conclave In the middle of
1 the diamond, and decided to dispense with Sallee. Hls feelings were hurt
and he refused to go. They called on Wilhelm to take up the burden. Like
a good pitcher, careful of hla percentage of victories, he balked. It was a
bad Job, but he finally gave In. He thereupon pinked T. Hughes on the
finger and the bases were filled. Wagnerian dlscorda from the crowd.
Dick Crosier tried the squeeze and Jordan waa at the plate when the
bunt developed Into a foul. Then Crosier filed out to center. Jordan made
a desperate dash for the plate. The ball beat him but he waded Into Mat
ty like a ton of brick. The ball aped from Matty's fingers to" the water
bucket. Jordan safe. Wallace eafe. Game over. Tremendous applause.
It was real stirring, for a fact.
There waa no real reason why the game should ever have been In any
doubt, for Tom Hughes flung a magnificent game.
An error by Evers accounted for the first run. The Hams' next run came
In, well earned, but with one down In the seventh errors by Morse and
Hoffman resulted In two runs and the lead.
Sallee was hit hard by the Crackers, but the blngles brought In but lit-
tie In the shape of runs.
There was one remarkable Incident to the game. Hughes hit a Texas
leaguer to right field. Walters went after the ball, but n bounced out of
hla bands. Carlo Smith, who waa backing him up, nabbed the sphere be
fore It touched terra firms. 1 Something nifty.
The figures;
BITS ABOUT BOXERS
By Private Lenaed Wire.
New York, Ana. II.—Ilughey McGovern
will meet Tony Lornoti* In n fifteen-roiiisil
go the latter Wirt of thla month at Plym
outh. Mata. The boya will fight at 150
Joe Wagner, who declares himself to tie
the featherweight champion of the world,
la anxious to meet any of the liovg who
bare been loaning challenges lately. He
aaya all they hare to do la to put up a
forfeit, and he will cover It.
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THE WINNERS WON.
The Little Wluners won a game from
the East Atlanta, Jr., team on Monday
at 3 p. m. at the corner of South Delta
street end South Decatur car Hue. The
Little Winners kni.*n] four pitchers out
of the Ik>i .luring the afternoon. Bedford
was the Aral pitcher. David second. Haynes
third and llrlit fourth.
The Little Winners bars played twenty
gnniee and won fifteen. ’
Keore hr Innings: n it p
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Las? Atlanta. Jr 000 099 000- 0 3 5
..Battsrlo.: Little Winners, palmer and
Ktiutiell. Mat Atlanta. Jr., Bedford Da-
CUrk "SI! I**" 11 " •««!
iiarx. i wpfre, II. Palmer. Time. 1:50.
By Prlrnte Leaned Wire.
Goldfield, Ner., Ang. 14.—Netson
Gans are both ready to begin tbelr trnln|
Ing, but neither will do any hard wor
for a few days, owing to the necessity i
gettlug used to the altitude of 5,684 f<*
ubove the sea level, whtch la some blghei
than any point nt which either
ever trained before.
Nelson will train at the brewery luilld-|
Ing. aud the outdoor exercises will be bn
punching on a platform built for this!
work.
Ggns has already begun hls outdoor!
walks, and has hls punching apparatus la]
•hnpe for work.
Tho contract was signed todsy for thej
moving pictureg with Miles Bros., of H
Francisco, the same firm that made
panorama of the Britt-Nelson fight,
prooeeda are to be divided Into thirds,!
one-third to the club, .ope-thlrd to Xel-I
•on and one-third to Gans, with 12.600 to]
the firm making them before the division.
Orders for 1,000 scats have been rece|v(*d,|
an order for one hundred seats from Har
ry Corbett, of Han Francisco, being re-|
celved today.
There lias been uo betting of any con-1
sequence, so far, hut one man said he hr.dl
bet fifty bats upon Nelson, nnd that If b«|
won be would start a hat atore.
waow I
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Birmingham In Atlanta.
New Orleana In Shreveport.
Memphis in Little Hock.
Nashville In Montgomery.
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FIRST RACEI
By Private leased Wire.
Marblehead, Maos., Ang. 14.—The first
the races for the election of the de
fenders of the Ilooeevelt cup sgnlnit the
German yachts was sailed yesterday, and
was won by Hpokane. Hayseed HI was
second, and Wludrlm Kbl third.
The order of the finish and the time fok
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FLUBETOPIA.
Hat* affected with thlf iralady I
should be taken to Busiejr's, 21 Ml
Whitehall.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loane on valuables
Bargains In unredeemed Oilmen*' I
15 Decatur St Kimball Haul*
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big engagenranta and large bum.nea 0 ttmnu , Mrtman- Rudolph Leh- O
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More Sports on Page Niue.
Foy made a good showing recent
!y against Peter Maher, and la now
out with an open challenge to alt
men of hla weight.
0 ni.nt, haa consented to act aa um- 0
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Atlanta vs. Birmingham
AUGUST 13,14 AND IS.
Game Called 4 p.m. Tuesday, Ladies’ Day.
