The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, August 29, 1906, Image 12
Our olrl friend, Napoleon B. Rucker, of
Crnhnpple, Cobb county, hn* become a
larffp leaguer. Drafted by Connie Sf ac k
lie gosh nil hemlock nnd l»y cracky.
Will take a fling nt hi* Napoleouic ri-
vnl, I-aJole. next year, maybe.
With careful handling, such nu Connie
Mack can give, Nay ought, lu time, make
a atar pitcher.
Shreveport. Ln., Aug. 28.—The sec
ond game of the last series with the
Pirates began L:t* afternoon with clear
and pleasant wealher. The game went
this way:
First Inning.
Winters filed out. Crozler ditto. Smith
grounded otc. No hit*; no rune.
Evans fanned Kennedy Hied out.
Abstein out. pitcher to first. No hits;
no runt.
Serond Inning.
Fox out, ptteber lo first. Hoffman
fanned. Jordan tripled. Archer fanned.
One hit: no runs
Byrne grounded to short; on Smith’s
error took second Dnley bunted to
thin! nnd heat It out Byrne on third.
Byrne was hurt sliding into third and
Frit* ran for hint. Daley stole second.
XCIng out, second to firs*. Hess filed
out to right* Byrne double lout at the
plate. One hit; no runs.
Third Inning.
Evers fanned. Zeller popped out to
short. Winters wns hit: walked. Cro
sier filed out. No Hits? no runs.
Grafflus hit past short for one bug.
Vlsher popped out Evans filed out to
left. Kenedy fanned. One hit: no
tuns.
p'oujth Inning.
Smith singled to center. Fox ground
ed to pitcher nnd Smith out nt second.
Hoffman fouled out. Jordan popped out.
One hit; no runs.
Absteln filet) out to right. Byrne opt
third to first. Daley grounded to short
nnd bent It out King llled out. One
hit; no runs.
Fifth Inning.
Archer out, pitcher to Hrst. Evers
out, third to first. Zeller fanned. No
hits; no runs.
Hess out. second to flrst. Orafflus
out. pitcher to flrst. FlHher filed out to
tenter field. No hits? no runt.
Sixth Inning.
Winters doubled. Croxler fanned.
Smith singled: Winters scored. Fox
popped out. Hoffmnn tripled, and Smith
scored. Jordan fanned. Threo hits; two
runs.
Evans filed out. Kennedy fouled out.
Absteln fouled out. No hits; no runs.
Seventh Inning..
Archer popped out. Evers singled.
Zeller hit to plnte nnd out nt second.
Winters singled; Evers scored, and
Winters went to second. Croxler lined
out. Two hits; one run.
Byrne fanned, Daley singled. King
out, second to flrst. Dnley on second.
Hess fouled out. Ono hit; no runs.
Eighth Inning.
Smith out. short to flrst. Fox ditto.
Hoffman filed out. No hits; no runs.
Orafflus Hied out. Fisher fanned. Et
an* out, second to first. No hits; r
runs.
Ninth Inning.
Jordan out, second to flrst. Archer
singled to right. Evers filed out to left
Zeller grounded to first and out. Ono
hit: no runs. •
Kennedy singled to center. Absteln
grounded to second; Kenedy out at
second. Byrne grounded to pitcher,
nnd the game was over with double
ploy. Ono hit; no runs.
Second Game—\
(Philadelphia 000 101 0— 2 8 0
Pittsburg 000 000 0— 0 4 0
Butteries: Richie and Dooln; Lynch
and Gibson.
Called by agreement.
Atlanta.
AB.
R.
II.
PO.
A.
E.
tVlnlern, rf. .
. 3
1
2
2
1
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Crosier, If. .
. 4
0
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4
ft
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Smith, ss. ..
. 4
1
2
2
ft
1
Fox, lb
. 4
0
ft
9
ft
0
Hoffman, 3b.
. 4
0
1
1
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Jordan, 2b. ..
. 4
0
6
0
Archer, c*. ..
. 4
ft
1
7
ft
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Evers, cf. ...
. 4
1
1
2
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Zeller, p. ...
. 4
0
0
0
3
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Totals
. 35
3
8
27
11
1
Shreveport.
AB.
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. 4
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1
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Kennedy, rf.
. 3
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Absteln. Jb. . .
. 3
0
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. 3
0
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. 28
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Summery.
Bit - Winters. Three-base
Hoffman. Double plays -
Archer, Zeller, Jordan to
Fox Struck out - By Zeller 4, by Fish
er f. lilt by pitched ball— WTnlera.
fctolen base—Daley. Umpire-Ffcn-
nlnger.
Wl’iicrs
OTHER GAMES.
A'l MEVtrilM-
Mrmoin* 0C0 090 Hi **J Z
Hirnvi*|p am ... 11® MO 00* —2
* Hoc** nnd Owens: Clark nnd tinnrl
Umpire.* -Shunter nnd 1'fvunlDgvr,
AT NIDV ORLEANS—
New Orleans....000 103 (2\ *-4 6
Nashville 010 000 000 -1 5
Ones.* nnd Itapp; lluclisrnn and Wei
Umpire- ' inap.ni.
at little iiock-
1*111.V *.. . . 010 000 0 -1 2
Moci^umeo 120 011 0 —5 4
Brel teas tell* and
*-*W*!ncott.
MnUrkey gee* In the l**x
try In txe fourth inning
LATONIA.
Lntonln. Ky., Augunt 28.—The races
her** this afternoon resulted as follows:
FIRST RACE—Athens. 7 to 2, won;
Sand Batn, 1' to 1, second; Kara Palu
mu. 8 to !, third.
SECOND HA CE— Frank Jlcaher, 2 to
1, non; Demo 5 to 2, second; Bottles,
7 to l. third.
THIRD RACE- - Sorrell Top. 2 to 1,
won: Inspector Girl*.'ever, second;
Elude, even, third.
FOURTH RACK—John English, 9 to
5. won; Miss Doyle, 3 to 6, second;
Mlltladcs, out, third.
FIFTH R.\ce - Warner Griswold. 9
to 10, won; yfanridu, I to 5, second;
Marmorenn, 1 to 2, third.
SIXTH HACK—Red Coat, 15 to 1,
won; Loretta H„ 5 to 1. second; Sher-
III, 3 to 2, third.
windSor.
Windsor, Ont., August 28.- Here are
the results of the races here today:
FIRST RACE—Miss Leeds. 4 to 1,
won; Birmingham, 5 fo I, second; Don
Fonso, even, third. Time 1:29 4-5.
SECOND HACK—Star Glow, 3 to 1,
won; Charlie Ward, 2 to 5, second;
Borneo, 6 to 1, third. Time 1:03.
THIRD RACE—Bank Holiday. 9 to
2, wiyi; Lulu Young, 4 to 5, second;
Mnnsano, out. third. Time 3:41.
FOURTH RACE—Fleeting Star, 7 to
5, won; Minos, 7 to 5, second; Ahlng-
ton. even, third.
FIFTH RACK—Reside, 13 to 5, won;
Josephine E., 4 to 1, second; Miss Mar
tha. even, third. Time, 1:09.
SIXTH HACK—Rebounder, 3 lo 2,
won; Lemon Girl, 3 to 2, second; La-
y.elle, out, third. Time, 1:43 1-5.
Cincinnati . . . ooo 000 000 —0 8 3
Chicago 100 014 11*— 8 .10 1
Batteries: Ewing and Schlel; Brown
and Moran.
AMERICAN.
Cleveland 402 002 100— 9 9 1
Boston 000 200 010— 3 6 3
Batteries: Rhoades and Bemls, Dl-
neen and Carrlgnn.
Detroit- Washington game off; rain.
Chlcngo-Phllndelphin game off; rain.
AMERICAN.
St. Louis 000 102 000— 3 8 2
New York 100 000 000— 1 7 1
Bntterles: Pelty and Rickey; Orth
and Klelnow.
EASTERN.
Second Game-
Providence ,....1 8 2
Newark 5 7 1
Batteries: Jnslyn nnd Higgins; Par
dee and Shea.
Baltimore .5 5 2
Jersey City 2 7 4
Batteries: Bitrchcll and Byers; Mack
ami Butler.
Rochester 4 8 2
Montreal 4 4 4
Batteries: < 'use and Carlschfll Hop-
palnii and IKttredge. Called In eleventh
on account of darkness.
Batteries: MeCloskey and Crist;
trity and Stannage.
First Game—
Toronto ... 9 jo o
Buffalo 3 0 6
Batteries: Kissinger ami McManus;
Mitchell and Wood*.
GRIFFITH SUSPENDED.
Private I .cased Wire,
ew York, Aug. 28. -President Ban
Johnson threw a bombshell Into the
Yankee camp today when he notified
’lark Griffith of his Indefinite suspen-.
Billy Smith's boys will got $1,000
from tho Atlanta Baseball Association
if thsy finish stcond in ths race for
the pennant.. This msans that thsy will
"go soma" for the remainder of the road
trip and during thoir last say at horns.
The Atlanta Baseball Association wired
ths offer to Billy Tuesday.
League Standings
Clubs—
Birmingham .
Memphis . . .
Atlanta . . . .
New Orleans .
Shreveport .
Montgomery .
Nashville . . .
Little Rock .
.57$
.569
.560
.547
80UTH ATLANTIC.
clubs—
Savannah .
Augusta . . .
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
Charleston .
Jacksonville
Clubs—
Chicago . .
New York
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia
Cincinnati .
Brooklyn .
St. 1 stills .
Boston . .
NATIONAL. /
Plaved. Won. Lost. P. O.
NO CHANGE WILL BE MADE IN
IN CITIES OF THE SOUTHERN
1907
LEAGUE
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence. *
Shreveport, La., Aug. 28.—"Shreve
port will certainly be In the Southern
League next year. The franchise is
not for sale," no spoke Harry Ehrlich,
part owner of the Shreveport fran
chise nnd mouthpiece of Captain Craw
ford, the largest owner of the club’s
stock In the absence of that gentle
man.
"Well, why won’t you?’’ the writer
asked. "Your club loses money, your
attendance Is poor and you could get a
good piece ot money for your fran
chise."
"Because we like baseball,’’ was the
answer.
Now, what are you going to do In a
case like that?
It hurts the league to have a town
like Shreveport In it. Every team
which goes there loses money, for Its
share of the receipts (or as the share
seldom amounts to the guarantee fund,
It gets Instead the prescribed $75)
never pays the expenses of the club.
Financially Shreveport has always
been a ghastly failure for visiting clubs
and such a club Is a weak spot In the
financial side of the league.
Moreover, the friendship of the
Shreveport dub for New • Orleans
makes possible the supremacy of
Charley Frank In league politics, and
every fan In the eastern wing of the
circuit will readily admit that such a
condition Is deplorable.
But what ran you do about It? The
owners of the Shreveport franchise are
sportsmen. They say they will not
sell. They j>refer baseball to the
money, and say that If there Is ever
a deficit It will be possible to pass the
hat and raise $10,000 to pull the club
out of a hole.
The town like the club owners Is a
sport, too.
So there you are.
Shreveport wants to stay In the
league and no one can put It out.
When the owners rate the sport above
money baseball Is likely to stick.
Little Rock In In the same boat. The
backers say that It Is a mighty ex
pensive sport, but that they can make
money with a winning team, and that
If they can’t they are willing to lose a
bit more.
So you can put a few facts In your
pipe for smoking during.the winter.
Little Rock and Shreveport will be
members of next year’s Southern
League.
And Judge Kavanaugh will be re
elected president of the Southern
League.
This Isn’t what Atlanta wants. But
It Is what Atlanta gets, and not what
Atlanta wants, that cuts Ice through
the western end of the circuit these
days.
And the west still dominates, politic
ally. They don’t get the pennant this
year, thanks to Harry Vaughan, and
they will have to hustle mightily for
second place, thanks to Billy Smith.
COUNTRY CLUB
WORKS STUNT
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
Little Itock. Ark., Aug. 26.-The Country
Club of Little Hock Is working out a Htunt
which might well In* noticed by the Atlanta
Athletic Club.
They now have n neat little club house In
a delightful situation a hnlf doxen miles or
o from the Arkansas capital.
The uj)j)cr floor has for a Jong time been
turned over to the innle members of the
dull for sleeping rooms and the number of
men who availed themselves of the prlvb
lege of spending the summer nights there
proved go large that the club is now lunfc-
lug plans to accommodate all who wish to
come.
Work will be started In a short time on
\ "dormitory.” as It wlj| be called. This
alii Is* n negt little two-story building,
ahere sleeping accomnmdrtthms will by pro-
rlded for twenty to thirty men. The rot ans
will not be fancy, but they will bo cool and
Miifortnble and there the member* of the
elub who want to get away from the heat
of the city will *|>end their nights.
Of course thu average country elub Is
provided with sleeping rooms, but ns a
rule they are rather ebilw>r»fe affair* and
considerable sum Is charged for their use.
In the Little Hock club’s dormitory the
room* will be fiee to the nietnlters. The
•lull will provide the furniture mid tho
men will furnish their own bedding. The
ib will have a regular breakfast served
i’h morning and supper may Ik? ordered
by those who wish It. In this way the
uemlier* of the club who wish to get out
''here It Is cool nnd comfortable and with
in reach of tennis courts nnd n golf course
lo so nt any time mid the cost will be
decidedly reasonable.
Atlanta Players Bewail
Run of Luck That Beat ’Em
By PERCY WHITING.
Special t’orrespondenec.
Shreveport, La., Aug. 27.—You may say
what you want to. but If Atlanta bnd
not had harder luck than any manager
could expect nnd more misfortune than
be guarded ngnlnst In n league where
each manager Is limited to fourteen play-
the Crackers would have won
Southern Longue pennant.
With tho regular players In the line-up.
It Is hard to see how any tenm In the
league has any license to l»ent the Crack-
Thlt Is no obituary notice and no
hnrd luck story. It ls‘ a plain statement
of obvlopa fncts.
On appearances, Memphis nnd New Or
leans have stronger teams right now. Hut
did not have them nt the start of the
senson, nor until nearly Its end.
And at that, Memphis failed to prove
Clubs
Chicago . .
New York . .
Philadelphia.
Cleveland . .
St. Louis . .
Detroit . . .
Washington .
Boston . . . ,
AMERICAN.
Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
. 115 70 45 .610
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
First Game —
Savannah ? 7 1
Columbia ...0 4 n
Batteries: Raymond and KaMkotf;
Ashton anti Sweeney.
M->ntgem-1 sion at the complaint of Umpire Sheri
dan.
• Frank Farwell, who arrived from
| Saratoga, dust-covered ami Indignant,
would give ifut no statement, though
he did not conceal hi* wrath.
Griffith refused to leave the field
w hen ordered.
NEWPORT, CHAMPIONSHIP.
Ity I'rlv.n
COTTON STATES.
Played. Won. Loi
hen sod Wire.
'port, R. I., Aug. 28.—Yale’r
.» (ducky lawn tennis captain. Carl II
- ® j Dehr, Jr., lost the flnnl match
3 ?!,
First Gann* —
Jacksonville . . . ...
Augusta . . * *u u ’B*hr, Jr. lost the Anal match of the
Batteries; Parkinson and Shea; I championship tourney today, his rival.
Kucker and Carson.
Second Game—
Savannah ... 3 7 2
Columbia 0 t 1
Butteries: Raymond and KahlkofT,
HeUmun ami Smith.
Macon-Charleston. no game; rain.
SOUTHERN.
First Game--
Little Hock 00ft 0B) 001— 2 4 3
Montgomery ... .ooo Oel ID— 4 12 2
Baiter!**: Vlb-n and Douglass; Max-
self mil (I m*-?*.
William J. Clothier, defeating him in
straight sets. The score was
ti to 4 and 6 to 2.
NATIONAL.
»>ame —
PhUadelpnti;
Pittsburg
002 -ft I— % J2 3
The Birmingham Ledger calls Billy
Smith ''four-flushing and ungrateful."
and charges that he started the agita
tion against the Castro deal. Billy says
they ute mistaken. ”1 never said any
thing against It," said Smith. "In fact,
l was tickled to death. 1 would have
been glad If they could have borrowed
Mathewson and a few such to finish
out the season."
The less Birmingham has to say
about the deal the better. It looks
shady, but Atlanta would be glad to
believe that It is all right. So let’s let
ii ft » at that.
It was the lowly Washington team that
»topped the t’bleagn Americans, after they
had sou nineteen aueee*»|v* games. Tsai
ever thus.
Club-
Mobile .
Meridian . . IB* Hi* 60
Gulfport ... 110 55 65
Baton Rouge . 109 53 66
Jackson . . . lift 54 66
Vicksburg . . 108 39 69
MONDAY‘8 RESULTS.
Southern—
Atlanta 6, Shreveport 4.
•Memphis 1, Birmingham 0.
Little Rock 1. Montgomery 0.
New Orleans 6. Nashville 1.
Cotton Stattt—
Jackson 2, Mobile 1.
Vicksburg 1, Baton Rouge 0.
Gulfport 1, Meridian ft.
BAD COMPANY.
You and a greasy hat. Bussey can
clean and reshape (the hat). 28 1-2
Whitehall.
Clark Miller was much amused at
the fact that his name was prominent
ly mentioned us a successor to Judge
Kavanaugh as president of the South
ern League. "It Is getting to be a
yearly thing to mix my name up with
the other candidate*said Mr. Miller.
"I have just quit denying It. I am Just
one of the hired men of the league, and
It will be a long day before I run for
president. Certainly not as long aa
President Kavanaugh will accept the
office."
that her rejuvenated and presutnaly salary-
exceeding tenm could ilo it, and New* Or
ion ns has yet to pr9ve It.
Without expressing It as a personal opin
ion, but as the best Judgment of all the
mnnngera In the league who have boon
asked about the matter, thu three most
valuable men on the team, outside the
pitchers, are Fox, Archer nnd Jordau.
And It la a fact easily demonstrated by
a glance nt past Imx acorea that these
three men nre the ones who hare been
most often hurt and most frequently out
of the game. Each one of then men
his hard luck In actual baseball and white
lighting for the Atlnutn team. They re
ceived Injuries while they were playing
the game nnd In n way which could not
1m? guarded ngalnat. But they were In
jured, nnd these Injuries put them out of
the game, nnd have beaten Atlanta out of
the pennant.
Every mnn on the Atlanta tenm, from
the mn anger down, believes that If Fox,
Archer and Jordan had not lieen hurt,
Atlanta would have won the rag.
This Is no kick ngnlnst fnte nnd no calam
Ity howl. It Is Just n little spiel to the
effect that the Afluntn manager and the
Atlnutn llnschnll Assoclnlon has done
everything within reason to give Atlanta a
pennat winner, nnd that the failure was
o fault of any man or set of men.
ns hnrd luck.
Nothing but a short arm Jab from fate
right to tho solar plexus (whatever that
happens to |m>) of the lllrnilughntu
put the Itarona oat of the pennant
race. They have It practically cinched.
We’ll nil have to hand It to Vaughn,
e got together a go«»d team and he kept
It together Ills pitchers worked well-
bettor than any one expeoted, except him-
d themselves. They twirled g«»d
bull, nnd tlioy bad snappy supjmrt.
Hut here ngslu we see the line "Eye-
tnllnn" hand of fate. Vnughn’s men have
had good luck. The tenm has met with
no serious misfortunes. The only plaeea
made vacant, Vaughan was able to All.
All credit to Vaughan for this—but don’t
overlook the luck of It. it took a lot.
Billy Smith has coiue In for a world
of rousting nud criticism. Outside of At
lanta, tho fans of the south—from Pres
ident Ktivnnniigh right down to the lenst
of them—hnve hnd it (u for Smith almost
from the flrst.
But Smith has gone right along mind
ing his own business and managing the
Cracker team to the lH*»t of bis ability.
That the peniinnt will fly In Alabama's
mctrojNills Instead of In that of Georgia Is
no fault of the itinn who guided the Ma
con team nnd several others to premier
honors. He has tnken advantage of every
opening offered, nnd Ims given Atlanta n
ball team which has made a remarkable
record.
Give Atlanta fnlrly decent luck to the
end of the season and the Crackers will
finish second In the league rneo.
The final road trip started off with n
rush, and with anything but a string of
misfortune* In Shreveport nud New Or
leans, the hunch will come Inane In second
place or within reach of It. And If they
do. It Is a safe liet that they will stay
there to the end of the season.
Watch Brotman G-row.
CHARLESTON CLUB AFTER
BILLY SMITH FOR 19C7
By PERCY WHITING.
Shreveport, Ln., Aug. 28.—Manager Hilly
Smith has Just received n splendid offer tc
manage the Charleston club next year. II*
does not contemplate leaving Atlanta, how-
The Charleston frflks hnve a #o<mI deal of
money nnd pennant aspirations. They know
the record Hilly Smith made In the Moutb
Atlantic League In 1904 nnd 1906. With tli*
cheapest tennis In the league he won Inttb
pennant*.
Charleston has hnd high-priced team*
which have failed largely liecnunc of poor
management. They feel sure that Billy cat
turu the trick, nud they wnut him.
Atlanta will play a double-header her*
with Shreveport Wednesday and Wednesday
night will take the train for New Orleans,
where the concluding series on the road
will be begun Friday. An even break Ic
the remnlnlng six games will satisfy Illly,
although the team I* righting like a buucb
of Huns nnd expects four out of the re
maining six.
Shreveport wns considerably weakened ob
Monday by the absence of Absteln, who list
Imen batting heavily. He wll get lu tb*
game again snid.
Foxy base-running by Whltey Morse wn»
the feature of Monday’s game. Crotlet
was on third nnd the double steal wni
started. Whltey dodged back nnd forth til
Crosier scored nnd then “Cotton Top'
dodged through the entire Shreveport team
PREVIOU8 ROAD FAILURES
NOW 8EEM TO BE MYSTERV
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
Shreveport, La., Aug. 27.—Why At
lanta has not been a good road teair
this year Is hard to tell. Judging In
the opening games of the road trip
they should have taken a majority oi
road fames this year. The team hat
had enough ginger to run a factory,
and then have some left over for horn*
consumption. Every man on the team
seems to have his heart in the gam*
and every one has kept In condition
and spread himself to make runs and
hold the opponents down.
The Crackers have to furnish al
their own rooting on the road and the>
all join In the yelling and kidding in
a way that makes a most encouraging
racket.
On good natured kidding with th<
bleachers on the road the Atlanta team
would be a hard proposition to beat.
Fox always makes a big hit with th*
crowds and jollies along good natured-
ly In every game. In Memphis Jordar
Invented a war whoop'which he turn*
ed loose every time any Cracker pulled
off a good play. The bleachers took H
up, for use only when an Atlanta mar
made a mlsplay or was put out. Ir
the last game in the Bluff City Jordar
and the rest rubbed It In good ant
proper and the whoop Is now the offi
cial team yell.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loans on valuables.
Bargains in unredeemed Diamond*
15 Decatur 6L Kimball House*
During the closing games of Atlan
ta’s last home series Umpire Rudder-
ham went astray twice on "balls" an*
"strikes" and on both occasions h«
called on the official scorer for Inform
atlon as to the number already pitched
This "Info" was forthcoming botl
times, but the official acorer protestej
that he was not expected to furnlsd
the unips with this dope. Rudderhan
said he was.
The question as to whether or no
this Information was required of th
scorers was put up to Clark Millet
secretary' to the president of the South
ern League, and Mr. Miller stated m«>*
emphatically that balls and strike
were to be kept by the umpire an
that "his umps" was In error In calltn.
on the scorer for them.