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THE ATT. A NT A nEOITCFTAN, WEDNESDAY AUGUST, 15, l!Mf.
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CRACKERS’ CRIPPLED CONDITION
U SPORTS
GOES FAST FROM BAD TO WORSE
Two More Cripples Added to
Rapidly Growing Collection
If Atlanta doe* not have to go to aerol*
profeaatonal rank* before the end of the
week to piece ont a team then the luck or
the Cracker* will chance In the meantime.
Fox l« atlll ont. Ho la Jordan.
Jim Ar her played out the game Tuesday
under »He influence of strong drugs and It
took the courage of a Hpartan to pull him
through. When the game ended he was a
physical wreck and It Is doubtful If he can
play again for a few days.
Tuesday night Wallace had a hard chill
and a doctor was called In to care for him.
Whether he will round Into shape to play
Wednesday remains to l>e seen.
That puts Atlanta to the bad for a regu
lar catcher, first hoaeraan, second bakemau
and <*cnier flakier.
If thnt'a not pretty punkr lock. ,h ' n
anniplKHly linn mmle il wrong glle™.
Poor olil Archer pulled through the ggme
Tuc.'hiy under the utnioet .train. HU bad
■houldrr wo* In terrible conilltlod. and be
.li.tuld not have gone Into the game under
nnv elreuniatnnee*. With rare courage,
however, he ployed through to the flnUh.
4u«t how Billy timitb wUt meet the crlal*
la not knowu, liut It look* na though be
would bo forced to piny aome pitcher*.
The team I* ao crippled and patched up
now, however, that a change or two can
mike little difference.
May Quit Virginia League
In Favor of South Atlantic
Special to The Georgian.
I'ortamouth, Vn„ Aug. 15.—The Virginia
State League next year may not Include
Richmond and Norfolk.
There la a movemeut on foot to get these
two tdg eltlea In Ihe South Atlnntlc.
If Atlanta and Birmingham leavo the
Southern league, Richmond nnd Norfolk
woold be willing to Join them In Ihe South
Atlantic League.
il. B. Bradley, owner of the Richmond
club and vlc.-prwld.nt of the Virginia
League, aaya that the withdrawal of the
two clulia will probably lie the outcome of
the preaent eltnatlon. If tho two tdg clulia
of tho atate get out, then Newport New*
nod Petersburg will probably Join In. Nat
urally then the leoipie will tie amnller.
Richmond ha* pnld handsomely thl* yenr,
playing to s,000 nnd 10,000 crowd* on Satuf-
day. and hotldnya.
Portsmouth line .Vo pnld well, and a
South Atlnntlc league tenm In Norfolk
would drnw ninny people from thla city.
BARONS PROVE TOO STRONG
FOR B. SMITH'S CRIPPLES
BIRMINGHAM.. .. 2 ATLANTA - -0
You can t plnv the leading team In the Southern League with a bunch of crlp-
nleu and win That fact wan denion.trated Tueadny, when the Uttered Crackera
made a plucky stagger against the Birmingham tenm nnd lost In a good game
bJ A auhatItnte "ditcher wa* behind the lint, a alek catcher wa. on drat, a burry-
e.11 reinforcement from tbo South Atlnntlc wan at aeeoml, nnd the renter llehl-
" wa. onTireTerge of a aevere chill. And yet, with aueb a handicap, the Atlanta
... m r |~i,t ont. Just na though It waa going to win.
Tbs 'bor* that ployed In that game are certainly made of the right »tuff.
They fought to the In.t gasp, and never gnve up until Jhu umpire waved the laat
nl * I It n wa*"«l' 1 right for the fan* who aat comfortably on the "Cat. nnd wondered
why the team did not win, hut It wae another matter to piny under the hot eun
with a shoulder that pained and throbbed or a bend that ached and whirled prelim-
The Atlanta team deserves all honor for tho game tight, nnd tho defeat wan
as creditable na the average victory. Thoy were up ngnln.t a hopeless game, but
they played It tu the end. . _ . ...
Tho Crackers shut out tho Barons In every Inning but tho eighth. In this one,
iloleaworth waa hit by a pitched ball. Smith went out on n fool fly, Montgomery
singled, and thla wn* followed by a hit from the bat of Meeks. Thta laat tingle
scored two runs, and won the game for the Barons.
"AB. It. H. K>. A. F:.'
Tho score:
“ATLANTA-
'rosier, if7 . .
loffman, .1b.. .
VIliters, rf. . .
, Smith, 2b. .
torso, sn
ktvhcr, lb. . .
ardau.
Totals..
...3 0 0 - -
...2 0 0 1 4 0
,....4 0 2 2 0 0
....4 0 0 0 0 0
....4 0 1 3 2 1
....3 0 1 13 1 1
...3 0 0 6 1 0
....3 0 0 2 0 0
...3 0 0 1 5 0
...1 0 0 0 0 0
..» "0 *4 27 13 3
tooleawofth, cf.
Smith, rf..
Montgomery,
Meeks, ll»..
Unir, If. . .
Walters, 2b.
Garvin, ss..
Matthews, c.
Clarke, p. ..
r
1 2
2 2
. .3 1
..4 0
. ..4 1
....4 0 _ _ _ -
....3 0 0 2 0 0
..4 0 0 2 4 0
....4 0 12 11
...401611
....3 0 0 1 1 0
..33 ~2 1 27 10 *2
H4 ; ur K 1 ! 5 ! ,UU * l,fi: " 0 0000002 0-2
Birmingham 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Atlanta
"Summary: Stolon bases. Archer, ktontgomcry; sacrifice hits,
nlsrs Archer fuuasslsted), Ever* to Morse. Hnuman to Ar.uer,
ogSparka 1, c ff Clarke 1; hit by pltrt}*l ball by Hpnrks 1; strue
by Clarke 4. Time, 1:32. Umplrs, Rudder ha uj.
sacrifice hits,- Hoffman; double
‘ viler; first base on ball*
struck out tiy Sparks 4,
All Ready to Build Arena
For Battle of Lightweights
• Private !,eesed Wire.
Joldfleld, Nev„ Ang. H.—Nelson and Gann
, gradually taking up their training.
Ison did not Intend to go out to hla
artrre until Thursday, but the crowd
it surrounded hltu alt the time forced
n to give up the Idea of staying In
vn any longer.
rhe work of building the arena will be-
i tomorrow. The lumber la on hand, and
dan baa put In moat of tba time getting
> plana In shape.
{elaon pat In another eaay day. Ho went
the Crystal tmtlia. where he put In
, greater part of the day awfmmlng
d working, with an exerciser. ’Ihe Rnt-
r la a great diver, and take* to water
e a bah. dark Clifford wa* with him,
d the two dill a few light stunts In the
th and out on the hill*,
v’elaon now welgha 136. He aaya he la
good *hai>e right now. and Is entlag
tie and drinking nothing but mineral
[ter. The rays of the aun do not seem
bother him.
Nclon went out to the grounds nnd took
a look at the place where the light la to
lie held. The canopy of Nevada sunshine
that hung oyer the inot left no doubt In
hla mind that It would lie wnrm enough.
He will move out of the brewery tomor
row. and he ready for active training on
Thursday. Jt will take n day to pnt up
his apparatus nud get Axed up comforts
bly.
tlatta bna decidedly Ihe beat of It In
training quarters. The hotel faces a road
that gives Mm it long smooth run for 10 or
U miles, and If he wishes to do any moun
tain climbing, all he has to do Is to start
up -Columbia mountain right from the
front door. It Is the highest peak In this
vicinity.
Unlit, is about ns ehserfnl aa It la non
■Hilo to be, nnd his Ivories nrc In sight
most of Ihe time. After the llrst day’s
work, he sealed 136H pounds stripped, lie
has felt no Ill-effect* of the altitude, nnd
he think* he will be down to weight any
time It Is necessary. He says he could
enter the ring In two day. at the mu red
weight, hut Tie would not lie lu fighting
The Georgian’s Score Card.
Club—
Chicago . .
Philadelphia.
New York .
Cleveland . .
St. Louis . .
Detroit . .. .
Washington
Boston . , .
hehp.5 to do this one up Rifrwr os. &o oLfr op bu5jhes5.
CARTOONI8T TAtJ 8H0W8 HOW GANS WILL HAVE TO TAKE DOWN HIS 8IGN IF HE FAKES IN THE
NELSON FIGHT.
CHEERFUL NOTES ON A GLOOMY GAME
102
103
101
104
.583
.582
.566
.520
.485
.386
.298
AMERICAN A880CIATION.
Club—
Columbus . .
Milwaukee .
Toledo . . .
LoutBvIUo . .
Minneapolis .
Kansas City
Ht. Paul . .
Indianapolis.
Played. Won. Lost. P. Ct.
117
115
114
115
115
117
113
114
.624
.557
.544
.513
.504
.479
.425
.351
TUESDAY’8 RE8ULT8.
Southern—
Birmingham 2, Atlanta 0.
Montgomery 2, Nashvlllo 1.
Little Rock 4, Memphis 1.
Little Rock 9, Memphis 8.
Shreveport 4, New Orleans 3.
South Atlantic—
Jacksonville 1, Macon 1.
Columbia 4, Augusta 1.
Amtrican—* *
Cleveland 9, Washington 8.
National—
Pittsburg 5, Boston 0.
Virginia 8tat# League—
Richmond 5, Portsmouth 3.
Richmond 1, Portsmouth 3.
Providence 4, Montreal 0.
Buffalo 11. Jersey City 3.
condition. Ills wind would not»stnnd tho
long go at this weight now. but most of
his work trill l»e of the ciidurauce stunt.
He looks fit for s short fight, but Is go
ing to l»e ready for a long trip to the
finish.
ATLANTA.
CROZIER, If
R.
H. -
E.
BIRMINUHAM.
MOLESW’TH, cf.
R. |
H.
E.
HOFFMAN. 2b...
C. SMITH, rf....
WINTERS, rf. ..
M'TG'M'RY. 3b. .
.
B. SMITH. 3b....
MEEKS, lb
MORSE. M
GEAR, If
ARCHER, lb. ...
WALTERS, 2b ..
EVER8, C
GARVIN, ss
WALLACE, cf. ..
MATTHEWS, c...
ZELLER, p
I!
WILHELM, p....
1
1
TOTALS
|| TOTALS |
Scot* by Inning*:
1
3 I
4
6 6 7 3
9 10 11-
-R
Atlanta .......
Birmingham ....
You can't win baseball games unless
you have a team.
But, anyway, It shows the right spirit
to try. And Atlanta surely tried Tues
day.
If Atlanta wins anott tr game this
week It will be something to be thank
ful for. It is pretty hard work to tako
games when four or five regulars are
out of the line-up.
The Atlanta pitchers are likely to get
all that Is coming to them between
now and the end of the season.
The gamo had some fast young dou
bles In It. Archer got away with one
all by himself.
Sparks struck out Molesworth the
llrst three times that that nifty better
came up. Remarkable record, that. It
takes fancy curves to fool “Moley”
three times In succession.
The game* started off at high speed
and the first three innings were played
In 29 minutes. Then the team slowed
up a bit, though the fourth Inning took
onlv 10 minutes. The first five and a
half. Innings were completed within the
hour.
Garvin had a hard chance when
Hoffman sent a hot one down by him
In the sixth. Hoffman's attempt came
very neur to being a hit.
Wallace Is certainly right on the spot
when It comes to fielding. With two
Barons on based and two out in the
sixth Meeks laced out a long one to
deep center. It looked like a two-
FAN TYPE NO. 24.
l£)H.
VERY WELU!
SIX TO
NOTHING ?
|T WIGHT *
WOR S E 5
STUDIES IN EXPRESSION BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON.
bagger and the fans gasped, but Wal
lace went out under it and pulled it
down in fine style.
It took Shreveport twelve innings to
beat New Orleans, but thank goodness
the Pirates got away with It Bill
Evans broke the tie by hitting a two-
bagger, advancing on a passed ball and
stealing home.
Stockdalxj lost the first game Tues
day for Memphis to Little Rock and
Loucks won the second. Brady was
the winning pitcher and Keith the
loser.
From a perusal of the "New Orleans
papers It is learned that Charles Frank
has filed a letter with President Kava-
naugh In answer to a document writ
ten some days ago to the president by
Lowry Arnold, secretary or the Atlan
ta baseball club. In this letter of
Frank's it Is stated In The Now Orleans
States that Billy Smith will be ap-
proached on subjects hidden and far
away from public vlilon. Smith will
be aaked how he won two pennants In
the South Atlantic League. "By win
ning games," Smltn will most likely
answer. 'Hut suppose, for Instance,
that Smith, while In the South Atlantic
League, used tops for baseballs or pur
chased games with filthy lucre, or
doped the opposing team or sneaked In
the league president’s office and
changed the figures, making his team a
winner, what on earth can this have to
do In Southern League circles? Smith
might have done everything, and then
ngaln he might have done nothing, but
whatever he did will have no bearing
on the Southern League.—Birmingham
News.
Wonder If the "stereotyped scorer"
gave Walters an assist on the ball that
Smith caught nfter It had dropped from
hla hands?—Birmingham ledger.
What’s a "stereotyped scorer, any
way? And whoso hands? "His" is
so vague. And also, why shouldn t he
glva "him" an assist anyway?
••Jt Is not at all Improbabtn" that
highly sensational transactions may
take place In this league before the
close of the season. It is known that
plans now under the surface will cause
a quake that will be felt In every city
In the association when they are put
In operation. The recent lefter of Sec
retary Arnold, of Atlanta, to President
Kavnnaugh was tho torch that set the
powder off, and when the smoke has
blown away It la very probable that
certain club managers nnd club owners
In the ussitclallon will see the folly of
their ways. Just what the letter hand
ed yesterday by Manager Charles
Frank to President Kavanaugh con
tained Is probably not known by any.
save Mr. Frank and Mr, Kavanaugh,
but thoae close to the New Orleans
club believe that It contains a sensa
tional reply to that port of Mr. Ar
nold’s letter which reflects on the man
agement of the New Orleans club. Lai
cal fans applaud the method of Man
ager Frank in giving thq reply to the
president of the league, Arnolds let
ter having been addressed to President
Kavanaugh.—New Orleans Item.
Let ’or "bust." We will see who
gets soaked—Birmingham Ledger.
n Is believed In some circles that
William M. Kavnnaugh will not an
nounce for re-election os president of
the Southern League next season.
It Is known that the present prcsl
dent has said thdfln the event he was
not chosen unanimously he would not
accept The position.
This statement was made following
one which contained the information
that he wouldn’t accept the office
again.
Whether or not President Kavanaugh
expects to abide by his latest statement
Is not known, but It Is learned from
authentic sources that there li
probability that President. Kavanaugh
\ylll not make the race again.—Birm
ingham New*.
Club»—
Mobile . .
Meridian . .
Baton Rouge
Jackson ...
Gulfport . . .
Vicksburg . .
FLUBETOPIA.
Hats affected with this malady
should bo taken to Bussey’*. 28 14
Whitehall.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loan* on valuable*.
Bargains in unredeemed Diamond* ,
15 Decatur 8L Kimball
COTTON STATES.
Played. Won. Loat P.C.
, 99 61 38 .616
100 66 45 .550
, 99 50 49 .505
, 98 48 60 .490
i 99 48 51 I .485
. 99 35 64 .354
Cotton State*— %
Baton Rouge 2, Vicksburg 3.
Gulfport 4, Jackson 3.
Mobile 3, Meridian 1.
GOOD BALL AT ENTERPRISE.
Ineclol to The Georgian.
Enterprise, Ala., Aug. 15.—In a very ln<
terestlng game of ball here Monday after
noon. Enterprise defeated Daletille by
the score of 10 to 4. The game wits hotly
contests until the seventh Inning, when
the score stood 2 nnd 3 In favor of Dale-
ville. The locals then rallied and tied the
score. After this, the visitors wero at the
mercy of Handers, the local twlrler. while
the Enterprise boys batted Dnlevllle’e
pitcher all over the field and piled up six
good runs. The batteries follow: Enter-
home. Hit shoulder was broken. Dr. Mans
field, who happened to be ou the grounds,
took him la hand promptly.
O O
O HUGHES WORKS IN O
O THURSDAY’8 GAME. O
O a
0 Hughes will probably pitch on O
O Tfcirsday In the initial game O
O against Montgomery. Manager O
0 Smith wants to work film In the* O
O Sunday game In Memphis and can O
O hardly do so unless Tom takes O
O his next turn Thursday. - O
O It has practically been decided O
O to have the double-header against O
O Montgomery on Friday instead of O
O Thursday. O
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TRIAL RACE TUESDAY. DOES NOT
SATISFY COMMITTEE AND
MORE WILL FOLLOW.
By Private Leased Wire.
Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 15.—The second
race for the selection of the defender
the Roosevelt cup did not prove very l|.
hunt anting to the race committee. The
Cod, which was disabled and did not fin
ish at all in the first race, finished first
In the second. Carnmba, which flnlshM
ninth In the first race, was second In the
second, and Cheewlnk IV, which finished
twelfth Monday, was third Tuesday. 8(xv
kane, which won Monday, was twelfth
Tuesday, Hayseed III dropped from second
place to seventh, nnd Wlndrlm Kid from
third to thlrd-from-last
Hereafter, two race* a day will be held
In the hope of arriving at some satisfac
tory conclusion.
The result Tuesday;
Elapsed
NAME- Time
Cod ' 3:28:25
Cnraniha ... 8:29:33
Cheewlnk IV 3:35:45
Solly VIII 3:41:37
New Orleans 3:41:53
Bonidrel 3:42:07
Hayseed III..... .. 3:42:20
Sumatra 3:45:50
Vim 3:44:43
Auk 3:47:27
Maneheater . 3:48:57
Spokane 3:50:40
Sklddoo 8:54:37
Wlndrlm Kid 3:b7:«
Lorelei 4:01:06
Ellen.. i 4:01:47
Alecto did not finish.
O EVANSVILLE PAPER 0
O COPS A FAN TYPE. O
a 0
O Even the newepapere of the 0
0 usually Teepee table town of 0
O Evansville, Ind., are not above a 0
0 little hlgh-claaa pilfering—espc- O
0 dally when they tan get hold of 0
O a real good thing. Some unalgned O
0 cartoonist pinched Mr. Brewer- 0
0 ton’s “Fan Type No. 21," drew- 0
0 It over and let tt go aa hla own. 0
O Too bad those guys up there can’t 0
0 have an original Idea once In a 0
0 while.
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0
0 REPORT OF DEATH
0 QU | TE PREMATURE. 0
0
O When the Society for the Aboil
0 tlon of All Healthful Sport *et* 0
0 out to hurt any game It doe* not 0
0 let the truth atand In the way of 0
0 a good Job. ., _ , ?
0 From The Philadelphia Record O
0 I* taken n list of alleged "baseball 0
O deaths," In which L Included the O
0 following:
0 "Sam Woodward, star play-
0 er of the Georgia Tech. Col-
0 lege, died while playing In
0 the Cotton State League. Ho
0 waa hit on the j head by a
0 pitched ball.” . „
0 Sam Woodward la certainly one O
0 of the llveat “dead ones” who ever o
O hit the town of Atlanta.
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0 WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY,
0
Birmingham In Atlanta
New Orleans In Shreveport.
Memphis In Little Rock.
Naahvllle In Montgomery.
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More Sports on Page Seven.
ME FOR GENE!
“They are still giving «?n® DeMontrerllle the hot end of It.” writes LeonlJn*
Polk, once of The Nashville News, snd later of The Memphis Xews-Hclmitar. »*«
now with The Toledo News-Bee. “He la on the hyn«*b again. Went to bat the
other day for the pltrber In the ninth. Doubled! Scored! Tletl *core! Back o
the bench. We won In the ftixteeuth !!!*'*
Here Is what Mr. Polk wrote about It:
Ef something didn't HEV ter drop;
Au’ drop she did, yon *>et
Hhe dropi»ed so good an plenty noru,
The echo's rumbling yet. ^
“Five times thet lanky Gene come up
Ter Iwtt. Four times: Ker-wbot.
He lauded t*n C'ndwnllle’s curves
tfiix Imik* Is alt he got).
Drove W four runs serost the plate
And humped hUself fer^two;
80. you don't hev' ter swallow 'down
My choice, unless you want;
I’m Jos' opinin' casunl-llke.
It's me lor'Gene Demont.
“O. Gene's the boy, all right, all right!
You put *im In the gniuo,
Ur keep *lm ont—don't do uo good.
He gets there. Jos' th* same.
For It he playc. he's got the goods;
An' If he don't, V sick.
You mUs 'Ini so, the hull (dame bunch
Uv rooters gits plum’ sick.
“Mick Kelly's Millers come ter town
An* licked F.d Grftto's gang.
An* so. next day. Gene up an’ lowed
As how he'd Jos' be dang
“Bnt, nfter thet. they all got off.
Hays Kelly, What's de use?
DIs nlu't no Bosco exhttdsh;
Hat chump's er lemon Juice.
Bo. ev'rytxjdy went an’ et.
An* talked av what they *‘*0—
I got er right ter talk some, ton-
gay, listen: ME FOB GENE!
Atlanta vs. Birmingham
AUGUST IS.
Game Called 4 p.m. Last Game of Series.