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THE ATT. A NT A nEOITCFTAN, WEDNESDAY AUGUST, 15, l!Mf. ■ ■ r ' ^ 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 O O OOO00OO0000O0O00OO0O000OOa 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. O0000000000000000000O00WO 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. O000000000000000W‘»0OO«K> 0 WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY, 0 Birmingham In Atlanta New Orleans In Shreveport. Memphis In Little Rock. Naahvllle In Montgomery. ,5^00000000000000000000000 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.