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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 MOuCiWOftTH AT THft MAT HIS UMPS A STUDY ¥ THIS kleptomania si Ski OiNG TO seco<Mp SMITH A/ABS WALTER'S MUFF IN THE SEVENTH •Inn Inward the end of the netteeu. The preeneet, ere hrlfthter now then %ver, ■II the tun* will pull for the Tourists. League Standings HHHHtftHMHMMHtMIHMHHIMIMMMi 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 How MEEK1 TRIPPED ARCHER, in THE TV EvCRS GETS H15 base ®OW Low TO OUR Cri PPl.ES 'BOVS — * they're- SURE- \ THE • game invalids! ■ SALLY thought he was still IN THE j Box * WHEN he wcnt-tq Bat and THREW HIS WILLOW DOWN TO third 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: JOBIUCP.S- I Ilnll if - - „ IKIdgety * Campbell ' i.... lb. Vom M Ktlpati Fnln i 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 34 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 O O O0000000000000000000000000 O FOY CHALLENGES. O O o O Jack Foy, who bare no one at O O 145 to 160 pounds, would like to 0 O meet some good man In hla class. 0 Address him care of The Atlanta O Georgian. 000OOOOO000000OO00OOOOOO0O 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. AR. It. II. PO. A. E. Huffman. 2h.. Wlntera. rf.. . H. Hmlth. 3b. Morse. ga.. .. Archer, I1>.. .. Even*, c. . . Wallace, cf.. . Ilnghve, p. . •Jordan .!5 110 0 ....403141 ...4 0 1 2 0 0 ...411240 .. ..4 2 3 1 1 1 .. ..4 0 1 11 1 0 5 0 0 8 2 1 ...311100 ....3 0 0 0 3 0 ....1 110 0 0 BIRMINGHAM* Moleawortli, cf. «\ Hmlth. rf. . . Montgomery, 3b. . ....S 0 0 3 0 0 Meeks, lb. Gear, If 4 Walter*, 2b 4 Garvin, at 4 Matthews, .,.,4 Ha lice, p? Wilhelm .3 0 0 1 2 0 115 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 10 10 0 0 15J1 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 j *11:11 fed -- T NAME- JACK FOY. This local pusiltat la rapidly go Ing up the ladder which leada to oooooooooocch>ooooooooooooo l« * 0 0WRAY IS SATISFIED 0 O WITH HARVARD CREW. O O 0 j 0 Special Cable-Copyright. O lO London. Aug. 14.—The Harvard 0 j 0 crew, which Is to row Cambridge O j 0 next month, Is out on the river 0 0 twice a day, and Coach Wray Is 0 0 gradually getting hla men Into 0 |0 shape for the International con- 0 • O test. » 0 0 Hard work will be the order at O 0 Bourne until the end of next week, 0 :0 when the Harvard men wll go O O down to Putney to fpmtllarlae O O themselves "with the course over O 0 which the race will be rosed, and 0 . 0 to put the finishing touches on 0 ! O the work of the crew. O O Wray professes to be sell sat- O O rafted with the condition of hls 0 O men. and declares that he win 0 0 prove them tn perfect shape by O 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 id’S*an'""'"i ' • • •** ««* 84*-m 8 0 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 a ol O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY, ol ft . r. I Birmingham In Atlanta. New Orleana In Shreveport. Memphis in Little Hock. Nashville In Montgomery. 000000000000000000000000001 SPOKANEWON 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 Klnpui’d || Tim**. I .. . .3:43 :"81 . .*..3:44:551 . ...3:45:* I .....3 46:35" ... ..3:4«:« 3:4711 3:47:37 3:4f‘<4 3:.v>: h 3:51.02 , 3:51:* .3:51* llayseed HI Wludrliu Kid... Manchester...... Vim EUen Hklddon Honed re! Ueraiuba ... Sumatra Auk.... Ghewlnk VI.. .. New Orleans... 3:57 ■:! nauy *111........ ..... .... #•••••• -nl Alecto i:; 3 ?*, 3 ? I Cod * Disabled* 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* hi. , hutu-h.. >0 the time the signal Is given. The O big engagenranta and large bum.nea 0 ttmnu , Mrtman- Rudolph Leh- O of money In the pugilistic world. 0 m „ nn „„„ . member of pari la- o 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 O plrr. OOO00000000OOO00OOO00O0OO0 Atlanta vs. Birmingham AUGUST 13,14 AND IS. Game Called 4 p.m. Tuesday, Ladies’ Day.