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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906.
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SMITH
CRIPPLED TEAM
SPORTS
Edited by PERCY H. WHITING L!ll
LEAVE TONIGHT TO INVADE WEST
BADLY CRIPPLED TEAM
HEADS WESTWARD TONIGHT
Jim Pox ha* blown back to tow
looking and feeling fine. But the
wound on his arm Is still In rather bad
condition. It has not healed, and if
Jim uses his arm he will do so at con
siderable risk. Whether he will be able
to play Saturday or the early part of
next week will depend chiefly on the
result of consultations with his doc
tors.
Jimmy Archer's shoulder, which was
Injured Monday when he did the
ground-and-lofty tumbling act at first
base, is *till in wretched condition, and
it Is not unlikely that he will not be
able to go out with the team for the
opening of the trip, though perhaps he
will be able to rejoin the bunch later.
Of Wallace's condition nothing defi
nite I* known, except that he Is yet far
from well.
The Atlanta team pulls nut Saturday
night on the Prlsco train for Memphis.
The bunch will play three game*
against Babb's Burglars, four against
Little Rock, including a double-header
August 25, three games at Shreveport
and three against New Orleans.
Then they come back for the Labor
Day opening and the final series
home, at the end of which the team
disbands and the baseball season
over.
With the team badly crippled a* It Is,
local fans look with dismay on the
coming swing through the West. Un-
less luck changes, it Is likely to be a
scries of misfortunes, and there will be
Just cause for thankfulness If the bunch
comes back with whole skins.
Atlanta has gone back to fifth place.
That double-header Friday was more
than the standing of the club could
bear and there was a decided slump.
Birmingham still has a good lead in
the race, but If the gap in the Infield
caused by the illness of Oyler and
Aleock is not filled, there is trouble due
for the tribe of Vaughn on the coming
ing through the West.
THANKS
rf
Friday’s Battles Both Go
Same Route As Thursday’s
FIR8T GAME—MONTGOMERY 1, ATLANTA 0.
8EC0ND GAME—MONTGOMERY 8, ATLANTA 2.
About Friday’s game there is little to say from Atlanta's standpoint
which isn’t profane.
After the scores—Montgomery 1, Atlanta 0; Montgomery 8, and At
lanta 2—any healthy-minded man would most desire to cuss a few soulful
curses. Just to relieve hls feelings.
It was a case of cripples against cripples, In which the product of the
Alabama invalid foundry had all the better of It.
Mullaney's Pickle* were more or less "stove up," though they only had
one man out of hls regular place, and that was Pitcher Breltenstein, who
was at second base. ,
Atlanta’s line-up was on the order of a crazy quilt at the start and
after Archer hurt his bad shoulder and had to come out and Hughes went
in, the once stout local aggregation was far, far. (and then some) from
Its best:
The members of the team played with the same disregard tor physical
ills and with the same determination to do their best, be It ever so painful,
which has characterized their playing qll along, but even this kind of work
did no good.
In the first game It was a case of too much Maxwell. This twirling
■tar allowed Atlanta only a single hit, which was Std* Smith's two-bagger.
Doc Childs, who opposed him, pitched a magnificent game, allowing only
three lilts and keeping these three hits scattered one to an Inning.
A base on balls, a wild pitch and an error allowed the only run to ’
cross the plate.
There would be no pleasure In writing about the second game and less
In reading what might be written. So let It go, with the statement that
Zeller was not at hls best and that he received only such support as could
be hoped for from a very tired and very sick lot of cripples. Malarkey
opened up for Montgomery, but he was off and Walsh was sent in to
take hls place.
The scores:
First Gams. Second Game.
K tf y?' x
1,4.. f
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W/
'UW
AUGUSTA WINS AGAIN
AND STILL HOLDS
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■AY ^ -su ^
HANDING 'EM THE "LEMONI"
All. It. II. PO. A. E.
Hoffman. 2b 3
Winter*, rt 2
8. Smith. 3b 4
Mora*.
Jordan, lb,. ,
Ever*, c..
Archer, cf.
Child*, p. .
- Totals....
0 0 0 ft
0 0 3 3 0
0 0 2 1 0
0 112 2
0 0 110
....1 0 0 12
3 0 0 0 2 0
..27 0 1 27 14 4
" fioS’TGOliKUY- AB U. llTPO. A. K.
Iloutz, If 4 0 0 4 0 0
Hauaen, e 4 0 0 3 2 0
Appertous, cf 4 0 0 6 0 0
McCann, rf ...4 0 2 2 ft 0
Mullancr. lb 4 0 1 9 0 0
Perry, 3b 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hum'll. a» 2 0 0 3 2 0
Brcltenatcln, 2b 2 0 0 0 4 0
Maxwell, p 3 0 0 0 2 0
..28 1 1 27 10 1
Score by inning*
Montgomery
Atlanta.
....000 000 010-1
MS) 000 000-0
Two base lilts. *H. Smith;
sacrifice hits. Perry, Breltenstein: first base
on balls off Childs 2. off Maxwell 5; struck
out by Childs 5. by Mnxwell S; wild pitch,
Childs. Time. 1:40. Crnplre. Hudderhnni.
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0 GOVERNOR CANT O
O STOP BIG FIGHT. O
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S By Private Leased Wire. O
Goldfield, Nev„ Aug. 18.—'There O
O Is only one man In Nevada op- O
0 posed to the Gans-Nelson tight, O
O and he happens to be the govern- O
O or of the state. O
0 Governor Sparks expressed hls O
O view* upon the subject after this O
O fashion: O
O "My sentiments against the O
O licensing of prise fighting are O
O strictly against permitting them O
0 under any circumstances. I have O
O no power to prevent them under O
O the law, however, though I deplore O
O the stgtute, which I consider a O
0 disgrace to the state." Q
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All. It. II. PO. A. E.
Huffman, 2b 3
Winters, rf And cf 3
8. Smith, 3b 4
Morse, mm 4
Jordan, lb..
..41110
10 13 0
0 2 2 0 0
Football Season Which Opens Next Month
Promises To Be Best Atlanta Ever Had
Ev
Archer, cf..
Zeller, p. .
llUKbes, rf..
0 0 3 4 2
0 0 12 ft 1
....4 0 0 7 0
.2 0 0 0 0 0
....S 2 5 27 10 4
Totals
MONTHOMEUY- All. H. It. 1'<V A. E
limits, If.. *
Hausen, c..
Apperloua, cf,
McCann, rf..
.4 2 2 4 0 0
..6 2 1 4 0 0
Perry,
Busch.
Brcltenatcln, 2b.,
Malarkey, p.. ..
Witlsh, p
Total*..
Score by I linings:
0 0 3 1 0
0 0 3 0 1
0 10 0 1
....37 8 10 27 7 3
...003 040 100-8
..110 000 000—2
haw* hit*, Walsh; stolen
Summary: Two
hascM, Apperloua;
double plays, •••
Busch to Militancy; first base on ball* off
6. by
i, Zef.
Itudder
by Walsh 1: struck out by .
Malarkey 2, by Walsh 2; wild pitches,
ler 2. Time, 2 hour*. Umpire,
haul.
ONCE AGAIN—"SIGN IT."
A story of the Foote & Davles-Edge
wood game pent to the office Friday
was turned down becaue It was not
signed. News stories and communica
tions of all kinds must be signed or
they are not acceptable for publication
in The Georgian.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loan* on valuablaa.
Bargain! In unredaemad Diamond*
IB Decatur St Kimball Houat
The Georgian’s Score Card.
ATLANTA.
CROZIEU, If
R.
H.
E.
MONTGOMERY.
HOUTZ. If
R.
H.
' E.
HOFFMAN. 2b...
| HAUSEN, c
WINTERS, rf. ..
|| APPERIOUS, cf
S. SMITH. 3b....
| M’CANN, rf
MORSE. M.’ ....
j| MULLANEY, lb..
JORDAN, lb....
|| PERRY. 3b
EVERS, c
1
BUSCH. «s 4 .
HUGHES, cf ....
|| BREITSTEIN. 2b.
HARLEY, p
1
TRIBBLB, P
1
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TOTAL8
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TOTALS
Score by Inning,:
1
2 3
4
6 6 7 8
9 10 11-
R
By BRIAN 8. BROWN.
Those residents of Atlanta who love
the gentle and lady-like game of foot
ball will have abundant opportunity
to gratify their tastes during the com
ing season. There will be fought out
at Tech park during the coming fall a
series of what should be the most
memorable games known to the history
of Southern colleges athletics, and un
less all signs fall, the Southern cham
pionship In football will be decided
upon the same field whereon last May
the baseball championship wo* fought
out. *
The schedule of the eleven represent
ing the Georgia School of Technology
will probably bo the heaviest of any
Southern college this year, embracing
as It does every team which now seems
to have a look-in at the championship
—8ewanee, Vanderbilt, Ciemson and
Auburn. Present indications do not
point to Georgia as a candidate for
high pig-skin honors, yet Athens has a
football tradition that will go far to
ward the regeneration of the once
haughty Red and Black. Hopes are
expressed all 'over Georgia that the
change of coaches at Athens will result
In a much better team than represent
ed the institution on the gridiron last
year.
With Williams in charge at Clemaon,
there should be no let-up of the high
standurd which the Tigers have main
tained for years past.
Representing tile technical school of
the two great states of South Carolina
and Georgia, t'leinson and Tech have
been natural rivals for athletic honors
for years, nhd though the palms of vie
tory were waved over the old Gold and
White last Thanksgiving day, Tech
feels that it will take several such
drubbings to wipe off the slate the
to-0 defeat of 1903, Williams was the
only man who was ever able to get the
decision over Hetsman while the latter
was coaching Ciemson, and now that
he has left South Carolina college,
where football has been abolished, and
gone to ciemson, warm times may be
looked for there. Watch the prediction
that the Thanksgiving day game will
he a memorable one, with a memor
able crowd to witness It.
Vanderbilt! There we have the key
to the situation. Most authorities in
the South say that when the Gold and
Black of Tennessee meets the Gold and
White of Georgia that there will be
decided the real question as to "who’s
t" In Dixieland. Those in a posi
tion to know, state that the material
that will line up for Dan McGugin’s
Inspection next month will not be near
up to the standard of last season, and
though no one doubts that he is a good
oach, he will have to match his brains
against the smoothest artist In that line
the South has ever seen. Jack llels-
man is a law graduate of Pennsylvania,
hut he doesn't confine his plays to
e he learned nt college. The fact
is that he d*»esn't use the same plays
any two seasons In succession, even
when there Isn’t any change In the
rules. John Counselman was assistant
coach nt Tech in I9'»4, and when he
went to Cumberland last year he
thought he knew all of Heisman's
plays and how to meet them, but so
skillfully did the "wizard” of South
ern football train Ms men that the
double pass which Counselman had
helped to drill into the men the year j
before was worked right under ids
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o TECH'S SCHEDULE. O
0 O
Q The corrected Tech football O
O schedule follows: O
O September 13—First practice. O
0 September 29—Practice game. O
0 October «—Practice game. O
O October 13—University of Flor- O
O Ida. O
O October 20—Sewanee (prnctl- O
O cully certain, though contract not O
O yet sighed). O
0 October 27—Davidson. O
November 3—Auburn. O
November 10—Georgia. 0
November 17—Vanderbilt. O
November 24—Mercer at Macon. 0
November 29—Ciemson. O
All except the Mercer gamo will 0
0 be played on Tech field.
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I. man couldn’t see
Under the new rules the grandfather
of football would hardly know* the
game. Originality of attack and de
fense Is going to count a w'hole lot and
Helsman Is nothing If not original.
With all due respect to evefy coach In
the South, he has done more with the
material entrusted to hls care than any
other man who has ever attempted to
guide a Southern team to gridiron hon
ors.
Another team that Is going to make
hard going for Tech is the Orange and
Blue, of Auburn. Like Ciemson, Au-
bqrn is a technical school, and as Its
students play the best football In Ala
bama they are natural rivals of the
Atlnnta college.
Although Mike Donahue’s team
wns weak last season, he Is no novice,
and may be depended upon to give a
good account of himself with this year’s
squad.
Sewanee is another college where
there is a football tradition and the
purple-clad Tigers may be looked for
to give the mighty Blacksmiths a
struggle as vicious as they did last
year when the best the two teams
could do was an even break—18 to 18.
It looks as though Helsman Is going
to haVe to put up a half new team this
year. Day and Clark, two of last
year’s stars, are sure not to be back,
and the chances are Just about even
that Brown and "Red” Wilson have
played their last games. If was stated
at first that Billy Wilson, who Is due
to captain the bunch this year, would
not be back, but later developments
make It look as thbugh the plucky lit
tle player will be there when the ref
eree blows hls whistle for the first
down of the year. Another man who
will be badly missed Is Butler, who,
next to Kyle, was considered the best
quarterback In the South last year.
He was conceded to be the finest inter
fere r who ever played in Atlanta.
Sam Roberts, who played such a star
game on Thanksgiving day, graduated
in June, but Is to be back for a course
In mechanical engineering, and will
probably be used to fill the gap at
quarter. Though light, he Is one of
the quickest men on his feet which
the game has developed. Selman, who
played guard in most of the games last
season, will not be back. ,
Little things like brenklng in a new
team have no terrors for a man of tho
resourcefulness of Helsman, and when
the Atlanta public Journeys to Tech
park next October and November It can
expect to see playing that will he well
worth the price of admission, both by
the Blacksmiths and their rivals.
American Association—
Indianapolis 1, Milwaukee 4.
Indianapolis 3, Milwaukee 4.
Louisville 2, Kansas City 7.
St. Paul 6, Columbus 6.
Minneapolis 2, Toledo 0.
Cotton 8tatss—
Gulfport 7, Mobile 3.
Meridian 2, Baton Rouge 0.
Jackson 6, Vicksburg 2.
8peclnl to The Georgina.
Augusta, Go., Aug. 18.—The Augusta team
took the second of the series with the erst
while leaders of the South Atlantic League
yesterday afternoon by again shutting Sa-
vaunoh out.
Nap Rucker, the ex-Atlanta star, was
the firing line for the locals, and the w
derful Harry Kane was doing the box stuut
for the visitors. He wns, us he usually
is, while in Augusta, ”off color," nn*T n'L*&
he first went on the grounds It could be
seen that he did not have the goods. The
very first ball that be tossed In the game
plastered Frank Korean), and the big In
dian made hls way nrnuiid the circuit be
fore he could 1h» stopped.
The Augusta team played good hard ball,
and there wns not a time that it looked as
though the visitors were going to do any
thing with Rucker. The old Georgian
wns in the finest of form, and had every
thing that was needed for the capturing
of the game. He allowed but five hits, and
Kane did the'same. Kane, however, was
i wild as a March hare.
The winning of the game yesterday made
it four for this week which go to the
credit of Rucker, ns he won Monday’s game
and a double-header Wednesday and the
game yesterday, lie is making quite a rec
ord for himself.
The following is the official ,
game yesterduy:
AlOLHTA- Aim
■i » i i
juivTiimi. .ii
Header, Jr.. .
Carson, c.. .
Smith, lb.. ..
Kustus, cf..
Blerman, as..
Eichler, 3b..*,
Rucker, p.. .
Totals..
King, rf, .. .. *.,4’
Mortis, ss 4
Kahlkoff; e 4
Knbrie. lb 4
Howard, cf 4 „ .
Hex ter. If 3 0 •»
Hoff. 2b 4 0 5
i/cwis, 3b 3 0 0
Kane, p 3 0 0
Totals 33 ~0 ~h •
•McKernan out, hit by hatted hall.'
Score by innings:
2 ? ? «
Angn,t«.. .. . 101 w mil
Havnminh <>.>
Summary: Two-Urn- lilt, [iMtrrWT'sl
hm»-« AiiRUitfi 4. Hnrnnnnh 6; him.., on h«nil
off Hunker 1. off Kune f Work ,i
p Hooker 8, by Kune 4- hit by pltrher N»P
, own: Meriden hit. rteroler; ,toleu niZT
Carson. South; wild pitch, Kane*
- Ill II Knhlknfr S Rn
... nil
ball. Kahlkoff. Time. H . .
and McLaughlin. Attendance
nm-lr,.,. R„,l
Pitcher Still of Richmond
Joins Atlanta Septemberl\
Special to The Georgian.
Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 18.—"Colonel" Still,
the Richmond club's crock twlrler. has been
•old to the Atlanta baseball club of the
Southern League. He confirmed the'report
that he will play with the Gate City team
on the Southern circuit after September 1,
when he will report to Manager Smith. Re
ports regarding the sale of Still to Atlanta
have been circulated widely on the Vlrtfnul
circuit of late, but Still would never talkL
about it until today, when he n<imitte4|
that he will go south nt the end »f th'.il
month*
He fa n Kentuckian, and bv profession
newspaper man. He aspires to own a nrri*|
Sad, Funeral Notes Sounded
After the Fierce Slaughter
FINE HOSPITAL
for Panamas and old hats that need
cleaning and repairs. Bussey, 28 1-2
Whitehall.
Friday always was an unlucky day.
Guess we'll have to transfer the title
of Burglars from Memphis to Mont
gomery.
The opening game was one of the
best of the season, but the locals are
so badly over-trained and over-strain
ed that they could not keep the pace
through tho second one.
Guess Doc Childs will be with us for
awhile yet. He pitched nice ball Fri
day.
Speaking of pitchers, what’s Harley’s
Job these days? Hls familiar face ha*
not been seen anywhere except on the
bench or on Peachtree street for theso
many days.
If the team behind Childs had been
able to hit Maxwell the game would
have gone to Atlunta with a rush. But
the Pickle was rather too warm a prop
osition. Regular Dill. /
Apperious went to sleep when Win
ters came to bat in the fourth inning
and strayed well over to the left end
of hls territory. So when Winters sent
one down between center and left it
was out of Apperious’ reach. But Me
C&nn got under It and spoiled what
looked like a good single.
It was pretty hard luck that Perry
scored. A base on balls and a wild
pitch let the stubby third baseman get
to third base. When Perry ambled oft
Childs threw in an attempt to catch
him. The ball went a trifle wide and
Smith dropped It.
Not a bad error by any means, but It
happened to be the unfortunate play
that lost the game.
No kick coming on Sid Smith,
though. He is playing a beautiful
game at third and is undeniably one of
the most valuable men on the team.
Apperious nearly scored In the first
game. With two men down in the
fourth an error let him get to second.
When McCann singled he tried to score,
but Winters sent the ball to Jordan,
who relayed It to Evers and completed
the put-out. Fine business.
Zeller pitched the widest "ball” of the
season Friday. Instead of going over
the plate it slid off Rube’s fingers al
most at light angles to its proper di
rection and brought up against the
grand stand. Fortunately no men were
on bases
During the progress of the. gams
some admirer of Mullaney sent him
half a watermelon. This Dominick re
ceived with much thanks and ate as
the game progressed.
body else connected with Babb's Bur J
lars will be fired. (
Or maybe the New Orleans-Mem-1
phls-Shreveport-LIttle Rock confederJ
ation has nominated Memphis to viol
the pennant this year, since New 0r-|
leans begins to appear out of it.
League Standings
80UTHERN.
Club—
Birmingham ,
Memphis , . ,
New iirlcnns
Shreveport ,
Atlanta . . .
Montgomery.
Nashville . . .
Little Rock . ,
Played. Won. Lojt.PCt|
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Club—
Augusta . . .
.Savannah . .
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
Charleston .
Jacksonville.
NATIONAL
Club— Played. Won. Lo«t P.
Chicago ..... 108 7S 30
New York . . 104 60 35
107 67 40
107
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia,
Cincinnati .
Brooklyn , .
St. Louis .. .
Boston . . . ,
108
41
107
Club—
Chicago . .
Philadelphia
New York .... 101
Cleveland ... 103
St. Louis ... 106
Detroit 106
Washington . . 10A
Boston 107
Played. Won. LostP.I
107 64 43 .5
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Played. Won. Lost.F P-l
Club—
Columbus. .
Milwaukee .
Toledo . . ,
Louisville .
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul .
Indianapolis.
116
119
49
The Charge is Absolutely False
a
—BILLY SMITH.
Billy Smith was rightfully Incensed at the charge made by Charley
Frank that he had won two pennants In Macon by the use of "rubber
bails," * i
This charge Billy denies absolutely.
Such a dental Is hardly necessary, however, for any one who knows
Billy Smith feels confident that he would* not resort to any such meth
ods. He Is the kind of a manager who takes advantage of any legitimate
opportunity, but whatever he wins he wins on the square.
In answer to Charley Frank's charge Smith said:
• Any statement that I used rubber balls In Macon or anywhere else
Is a deliberate falsehood. 1 have never used one, and do not expect to.
In fact. I never saw a rubber ball until I went to New Orleans on that
famous trip. Such a charge Is absolutely false, as well as absolutely
absurd."
Atlanta vs. Montgomery
AUGUST 18.
GAME CALELD 3 P. M.
Apperious made a lucky single in the
first inning of the second game. Zeller
slapped the ball and almost stopped It
and Hoffman went In behind him and
picked It up nicely. Unfortunately Lar
ry's balance became misplaced In the
shuffle and he fell down. Before he
could throw the ball everybody wan
safe.
Walsh has rather the most awkward
delivery' seen at Piedmont this season,
hut It Is certainly effective. The At
lanta batters could do nothing with
him.
Archer made a great one-handed
catch Just befor® he had to give up In
the second game. Busch got away
with what looked like a hit, but Jeems
speared It.
Looks as though Augusta were hard
after the South Atlantic pennant
Handed another shut-out to Savannah
Ft May.
Well, even if Atlanta did lose two
Birmingham won, so there Is a crumb
of comfort in the gloomy situation.
. FRIDAY’S RESULTS.
Southern—
Montgomery 1, Atlanta 0.
Montgomery 8, Atlanta 2.
Birmingham 2, Nashville 1.
Memphis 2, New Orleans 1.
Shreveport 5, Little Rock 2-
South Atlantic—
Augusta 2, Savannah 0.
Charleston 3, Jacksonville L
Columbia 2, Macon 0.
Macon 8, Columbia 4.
American—
Detroit 6, New York 0.
Washington 3, St. Louis 1.
St. Louis 4, Washington 3.
Chicago 4, Boston 3.
Cleveland 8* Philadelphia 4.
Philadelphia 4, Cleveland
National—
Pittsburg 4, Boston 2.
Chicago 5, Brooklyn -•
New York 6, St. Louis 4
Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati
Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 1
Eastern— ,
Providence 6, Rochester I-
Newark 5, Buffalo 0.
Toronto 2, Jersey City 1-
Baltimore 8, Montreal "•
Vlrflini*—
Richmond 1, Danville -■
Portsmouth 3, Norfolk *»•
Portsmouth 5, Norfolk 0-
Loucks pitched fine hall for Memphis
against New Orleans. And Memphis! _-
won. Gee, if this keeps up long Char- hur--- ’Docrt* SeVeHI
ley Babb, Tom McCullough and every- MOfG SpOlTS 011 *^6® ® I
