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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 1906,
SPORTS
ATLANTA TEAM IS MAKING
GREATEST ROAD RECORD
IN HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE
TIi- Atlanta dub just nolv In making tin* grentoi
the Southern !,engiic. Since leaving Atlanta <»m* w<
Cracker* have played ten mm***.
Of the ten. eight Inivp been victories.
Tin* two ilia I were lout, mu* to Memphis mid *
the other wny by n margin of one run. Tim first gn
Memphis by tin* score of 4 to X Spark*.
I tig one tun! Inning.
•oril In the history of
mu Inst Saturday, the
no to I little flock, wicli went
lie on th- trip wn* ilroppeil to
Itching ng.ilnut Uehhardt, liar-
tlnnl content at Little Hock Kotur-
I the trick.
* of 8.8 per
day. Ill Which inn* Child* got the small end of « 1 to 0 buttle.
Can that record lie lien ten?
It wjih. atnl la n crippled team. too.
A* to why Atlanta litis Iteeii wlniilng-
Hiipcrh pitching, Lacked liy heavy am
In the tell gniiiea. Atlanta lina umd<
game.
opponents have made fifty four, an
Atlanta'* team hatting average for tl
Opponents' team hatting average, .175.
Atlanta lam stolen two Imsea to every one hy opponent*.
And the fielding has heen on a pifrlty.
Hughes. Harley and Zeller have won all the guinea they have pitched, two
Chllda and Sparks have each won one and lout one.
seipienthil hitting, has
eighty-eight lilts, an i
trip, .258.
Double-Header Will Close
The Series With Shreveport
By PERCY WHITING.
Shreveport, Ang. 29. The went her permit
ting, the Crnckers will play a double-header
With Shreveport this afternoon, the
completing their third series of the final
trip away from home.
Sparks will pitch the first game. If he
Wins It Childs will he put In to work out
the second contest, Tom Hughes being sent
on to New Orleans to open the series there,
thence going straight to Atlanta to open the
first series at home. Should Sparks lose,
however, Hughes will he used In the second
game. Hilly figures that If nnyhody can
Win from the l'lrates, Hughes Is the man,
nnd If Sparks loses Ids game he wants to
put forth the best effort to get the other
gnnm nnd the decision In the series.
HARVARD CREW
IS GOING SOME
By Private I .eased Wire.
Putney. England. Aug. 29.—The llnrvnrd
crew gave the Englishmen another
•hock by rowing over the course from Put
ney to Mort lake In nineteen minutes and
seconds. Tho time Is conslde
ed very fast, although the conditions
Were not very favorable, with the tide
running strongly nnd the wind favoring
the crew ’most of tin* wny.
The course Is so crooked, however, that
flic wind hindered the crew port of the
Way. The time of the row wns n most
remarkable ope, when It Is rememlwred
that Morgan has l*eon rowing only sln<
Saturday, after a slight Jittnrk of ptomaine
poisoning, ami that Kidinrdsoii has bee
the boat only the same length of time,
after being out with tonsllltls for ten days.
The times at various points along the
Course were ns follows:
The first mile was taken In four minutes
and thirty-five seeonds; Hammersmith
bridge, alHMit 1% miles from the ntnrt, wn
reached In seven minutes and fifty-eight
Seconds; Chiswick church, a bit short of
3 miles, In twelve udnntes and nineteen
seconds; Barnes bridge, about the 4-udli
mark. In sixteen minutes nnd forty seconds,
and the Ship, opposite the finish, in idle
teen minute* nnd forty-tlve seconds.
Ilad the crew rowed hard all the wnj
It could have easily taken forty-five seconds
from the time. When the time wns
nouncod all the Englishmen at the finish
were astounded. It ts thought here t«*daj
that the betting odds, which hare hither
to favored Cambridge, will favor liar
yard tomorrow. Thousands saw Harvard
row, nnd they applauded the Americans
enthusiastically along the line.
Cambridge rowed twice, hard t*oth times,
but did not get out of the ordinary.
THE DOWNFALL.
Out on the field with their nineteen
straight
Strode the Sox with a confident smile,
While the puhtle (mured by myriads
through
The creaking nnd overworked stile.
••We've won nineteen gtiiues," suld Fielder
Jones,
••And the fame of the Providence drays
Shall l*e eclipsed ere the sun goes down
Ou this greatest day of days.
••They were a bnII team tried nnd true—
Long was their record-a score
Of unchecked wins to their credit went
In the race of 'eighty-four!
But we've won nineteen and they can not
stop
Our rush; when the day la dons
Weil gather this double header and
Make a total of twenty-one!"
And the Sox raced out ou the trampled
field.
Speeding the practice play.
While a phantom figure walked behind—
A shadowy form In gray.
“They think," said the shadow', "they will
Break
The record ! strove to earn,
When I stood in the forefront game by
gams,
Taking my dally turn!
••They think they can shade the glory I
Won with this good right nrm-
Rtit they may learn ere the evening comes
Of thr power of a sjw-rtrnl charm!"
And they did. For Innings the Senators
tralied
Helpless behind the Sox,
Till the ninth fierce Inning—then there came
A wrb*s of electric shocks.
The first
End*"! flu
Left the old record matchless
brought glee to UadlHturues ghost!
—*\v. A. PHELAN, In The Chicago Journal.
Meeker and Hlcku
•MU pitch for the
Join the t
E
•e, whose absence will hurt
n n pinch. Is cepected to
In time for th • New tlrle
Friday. It Is Ills brother In law who
I lud his brother.
llob Wallace will hardly lie used any
more this season unless lurther accidents
or absences cripple the team, both Evers
and Archer have been fielding In gets!
shape and hitting much harder than the
"iMineliead" one.
. Mug three
piped It off to
ns to urn linger!
ely made a mistake
league Standings j
Clubs—
Birmingham.
McmphlH ... 117
Atlanta 116
New Orleans . 117
Hhreveport . .117
Montgomery. . 116
Nashville .... 119
Little Rock . . 110
80UTHERN.
Played. Won. Lost.
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Clubs—
Savannah
Augusta . .
Macon . . .
Columbia . .
Charleston. .
Jacksonville.
Played. Won. Lost.
Club-
Mobile . . .
Meridian . .
Gulfport . .
Baton Rouge
Jackson . ,
Vicksburg .
Clubs—
Chicago . . .
New York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia.
Cincinnati . .
Brooklyn . .
St. Louis . .
Boston . . .
Chibs—
Chicago . .
Philadelphia.
New York . . .
Cleveland . .
St. Louis . . .
Detroit . . .
Washington .
Boston ....
COTTON 8TATE8.
Played. Won, Lost.
P.C.
.626
.581
.669
.564
.547
.483
.328
.311
P.C.
.623
.618
.523
.472
.448
.311
THREE OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS PIRATES
mt
Some Pertinent Paragraphs
On the Great National Game
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Clubs—
Columbus . .
Milwaukee .
Toledo . . .
Minneapolis.
Kansas City
Louisville . .
St. Paul . .
Indianapolis.
Played. Won. Lost.
WEDNE8DAY’8 RE8ULT8.
OLYMPICS CHALLENGE.
The
OfytnpL-* challenge any team In the
city who** moodier* are under 17 years old
to play a game Monday morning. September
S iLilmr Itsyi. on the| r grounds at flic enr-
ner of Highland «'enu** and Randolph
Communicate with llarry M
.Jfl t t>nturv but*
Mala.
Southern-
Atlanta 3. Shreveport 0.
Memphis 3. Birmingham 2.
New Orleans 4, Nashville 1.
Montgomery 4, /Little Rock
Montgomery 5, Little Rock 1.
South Atlantic—
Augusta 2, Jacksonville 0.
Augusta 4, Jacksonville 3.
Savannah 2. Columbia 0.
Hnvartnah 3, Columbia 0.
Macon 4, Charleston 1.
National—
Chicago 8. Cincinnati A.
Pittsburg 5, Philadelphia 3.
Philadelphia 2, Pittsburg 0,
American—
St Louts 3. New York 1.
Cleveland 9, Boston 3.
Cotton Statos—
Mobile 13, Jnckaon 2.
Baton Rouge 3. Vicksburg A.
Baton Rouge 8. Vleksburg 2.
Meridian 5, Gulfport 2.
Oulfj>ort 1, Meridian 0.
American Association—
Minneapolis 7. Louisville 2.
Columbus 2. Kansas city 1.
Milwaukee 5, Toledo 3.
8t. Paul 7, Indianapolis 0.
Watch Brotman Grow.
ooooooooooooooooooocoooooo
o o
O WHERE THEY .'LAY TODAY. O
If the funs will kindly slop asking us
who Is In charge of the local club, we
will consldfr It n great favor. We would
In* glial to answer the question, hut to tell
the truth, we absolutely do not know nnd
do not think any one hereabouts can en
lighten you on the subject. There Is a
president, manager, hoard of directors,
executive committee, nnd n whole bunch
of directors. All these have n soy, and
—hy the way—you should attend one of
the meetings. Talk about the "Kind Words
Clill*”—It's not In It with the Nashville
ftasehaII Company.—Nashville American.
Poor old Nashville.
Harley wns In good form nnd let the
local sqmal down with four hits. Only
In one fuufug did the Pirates bunch swats.
—Hhreveport Times.
Itnpp, the young catcher whom Frank
took from Hhreveport some time back,
caught Ids first gatue yesterday. Rapp
handled himself pretty well, although he
did not get much chance In throwing down
to second, because Nnshvllle did not at
tempt to steal.—New Orleans Picayune.
If Jnkey Ats stays In the game much
longer, the official scorer, physhinu and
gto.imi keeper will he Joined by nil official
undertaker. Jnkey attempts to smite peo
ple at random.—Birmingham News.
Manager Fisher announced last night
that he would pitch this afternoon's game.
win the long end of
the series during Gllks* absence.—Hhreve
port Times.
Mike Finn Is credited with saying that
the Castro deal was made over Ills head.
The days of Annnnins have returned. It
la positively known that linn was pres
ent when nil negotiations were being car
ried on.- Birmingham News.
Money, money, money! Where have we.
heard the word before? Oh. yes! It wns
discussed at a meeting of the stockholder*
a few days ago. The local company Is a
regular Bank of England when It comes
to talking.—Nnshvllle American.
••Rube" Zeller will work for the Ad
vertisers. lie Is regarded one of the stars
of the league nnd a ml Vip lietween he
and Fisher should certainly result In u
cracking good game.—Hhreveport Times.
Stockholders of the baseball clwli, who
were In session tonight, when asked if t'us- j
tro had l»*eii sold outright to Birmingham ;
ns stated Iii n telegram from Little Rock, j
said they know nothing whatever of any ;
such trade, and that Ids contract was still j
held hy Nnsln llle. President MeSwcettey, J
who Is at French Lick, according to those j
present, had no authority to release the j
player outright. An effort I* being made
here to organise another company, to lie
composed of tell men. A new* manager of
the club was taken np. nod the name
of Relley. of Minneapolis, nnd Johnny
hour nnd eighteen minutes
required to play the game.
Winter* made a fast double play In the
second Inning, when he caught Byrne nt
the plate.
a free pass to
Bed Fisher struck out six Atlanta men,
while Rtd»e nmde five of'the Pirates awing
nt the air. ...
BOGEY IN RUSSIA.
By WEX JONE8.
That left the _
And started for the llnksky
To play a game of goff.
He plnred a glided hnllsky
Ftmii a golden tee.
And with a Jeweled driver
He tried to make It gee.
He couldn't hit that hnllsky—
It seemed to him to grin—
And when he smashed his driver
lie paused and swore like sin.
tig right—
mere euiur n blinding finshsky.
And the duke was gone from sight.
He'd hit that blessed hnllsky
Smack on the blessed face—
That hnllsky wan a Immbsky,
And blew' him Into space!
The caddy started bolting—
He was a noted "Red"—
lb*» tripped up ou his whiskers
And lauded on his .head.
The other halls exploded
And J tingled all the crowd.
And now around the palace
No goffsky Is allowed.
AN AMATEUR STAR
consideration. Nothing
Memphis Commercial
Dobbs, were unde
definite was don*
Appeal.
Mike Mower) limited mighty good t
thousands who filled every Inch «*f seating
Space for the double-header Sunday ut
League park, and his dehut nt the bat wns
nuspkinus. In response to the great hurst
of applause that greeted him. he poked
single through the (Hants* Infield, scoring
the Reds' first two run* lie also made
another blngle before the first game ended,
and though he didn't get a hit In next
game. It wss his long fir that scored the
Reds' winning run In the aeeend game.
Afield be didn't have much to do, but he
did all he had a chance to.-liucluuuti
Po4t.
The two
playing
Atlanta In Shreveport (2 games)..
Birmingham In Memphis. O
Montgomery In Little Rock. O
Nashville In New Orleans. O
Atlantans with Ht. lauds
er with tho Americans
*ug Bennett with the Nationals, are
ball. Koehler la con-
I the greatest ground eoverer among
American League outfielders, and Is now
hitting -217. Bennett Is playing a steady
gninc at second base, hitting .258.
Hid Smith nnd (linger Winters maintain
their heavy hitting. Otto Jordan Is also
mauling the ball u few.
Home fans In the city were beard to say
something like this when the team lost the
first game played on the mad: "By the
time Aflrtiifn returns home she will In* run
ning neck nnd neck with Little Hock for
the cellar championship."
Rule* Zell a r had the Pirates at bl* mercy
All during (he game with his underhand
Imll. It»*d Fisher looked like all the rest to
Billy's Warrior*.
In the second nfter two men were out
OOOQ0OO00Q00QO0O00O0O0P000 otto Jordan bit to deep center for three
SECOND PLACE
TO DRAW $1,000
Treasurer John Dickinson Tuesday after
noon telegraphed Billy Smith nt Hhreve
port, offering $1,000 to the team If It fin
ishes in second place.
The offer was made by the board of
director* of the Atlanta club.
With this incentive held out ns nn addi
tional motive for doing their best, there
U no doubt hut that the Atlanta players
will make a riffle toward keeping up the
winning streak they have maintained while
on the road.
CYCLE RACES
POSTPONED
The bicycle race* that were to hare been
a part of the day's amusements of the La
bor Day program nt Piedmont park have
heen called off. The Federation or Trades,
after deriding to go to Piedmont park, later
change*I to Ponce I»eLeon. As there Is not
a place xultahle at Ponce DeLeon to run
races nud the Piedmont track had heen let
to other parties, (ins Castle decided to hold
them nt sonic Inter date, perhaps
Thanksgiving l>«.r.
The mednls nnd prises had already been
arranged for, but Mr. Castle says he did
not receive any notice of the change until
too late to countermand the orders for the
prlxos. Having these on his hands, he has
decided to hare the mces Inter on,
The mednls are the regular N. C. A.
elnl medals, niul are very handsome, being
gold, silver and hrouse for first, second nud
third places In each of the three events,
the one-uille championship, five-mile motor-
paced championship, nnd five-mile motor
cycle race. •
GRIFFITH GETS
GOOD PITCHER
It looks ns If Clark Griffith has lauded
ie of the ••finds" of the season In Joe
Boyle, the young twirier he Itought from
the Wheeling club for $2,500.
Boyle donned a uniform Saturday morn
ing nud tossed up some of . his fast nud
slow curves to Griffith.- After Boyle had
dealt out hi* assortment of liender* Griffith
said:
. "That will do, Boyle. Be nt the grounds
nt 1 o'clock and get on n uniform."
Boyle warmed up well, nud when he hell
rang be walked out on the diamond, cheered
on by some 12,000 fsus. For the first two
Innings he was rather nervous, nnd Klelnow
mid Elbcrfdd hml to keep talking to hlui
to steady him. After that he.settled down,
accomplishing the remarkable feat of strik
ing out ‘Larry loijole.
Boyle has everything that a pitcher needs
to 1*» n successful twlrler. He has plenty
of speed. good control, and a great drop
hall nfid n high Inshnot, which batters
usually go after, lie mixes his curve* up
very well. For n pitcher he swings well
nt a I will. On hi* showing of Saturday he
ought to develop Into a great pitcher.
Only six games separate Grlfflth'a crowd
from flrnt (dace, and there Is still a clinic
of overtaking Comlskey'a White Box.—New
York Hun.
Zeller 9 s Artful Flinging
Brings in Another Victory
By PERCY WHITING.
Shreveport, Aug. 29.—Reuben Zellnr's mhl-season slump seems to be a thing of
the past, and the renusylvnnlan Is now pitching as good ball as any turned loose In
the Icngue. * Yesterday afternoon he held the Pirate* In the hollow of his hand and
mowed them dow*n without runs for nine Innings. Mennwhlle Atlanta pounded the
erstwhile "King" Fisher for a total of three runs and the victory.
The absence of Whltey Morse changed the llne-np. Hid Smith'.going to short,
Hoffman to third, Archer behind the bat and Evers to center field. Hid couldn't ad
just his throwing nriu to the shorter distance, and, after making one hefty fling
clean over Jim Fox’s bend, returned to third, Hoffman swapping with him. Smith's
bail throw was the only error of the gnme.
Bellar was In greet form. Ills underhand delivery being particularly effective. The
five hits he nlkiwed were scattered through ,ns many Innings nnd never was there
a probability that the Pirates would score. Fisher was effective up to the sixth In-
nlng, when Winters doubled, Smith singled nnd Hoffman tripled, putting two runs
across. In the next Inning Evers singled, Zellar bunted and Winters singled, dosing
the rumgetting.
The absence of Morse didn't feaxe the team any. The squad was full of ginger.
Two brilliant double plays—one from Zellar to Jordan to Fox nnd the other from
Winters to Archer—were features of the team piny. The game wns worked out In
1:18, one of the fastest of the season.
The news that the Atlanta directors have offered the club $1,000 to finish second
was received with great pleasure by the squad., "We'll win that In a 'possum trot,"
said Jim For.
Tho score:
WlUlEVEIliitT-
~Fvni».. ..
Kennedy, rf..
Ahsteln, lb.. ..
Byrne, ns.. ..
Bn ley, lf„
King, ef
Hess. 3b
I'O- A. K.'~ATLA~S r rX-
WI liters, rf..
....4 0 0 3 2 0
....3 0 3 4 0 0
....3 0 0 1 0 0
Graffiti*.
Fisher,
Totals.
p!.
....3
31
0 5 27 9 0
Crosier, If.. .. 4
Smith, ss nnd 3h. . . .4
Fox, lb.. 4
Hoffman, 3b and ft 4
Jordan, 2b 4
Archer, c 4
"Aft. It. 11. fro. A. h:
12 110
0 0 3 0 0
0 0 8 1 0
... 0 17 0 0
..411300
..38 3 8 27 11 1
^eore by Innings:
Hhreveport
Atlanta
Hutnmnry
bases, Daley: double plays. Zeller to Jordan to Fox,. Winters to Archer; struck out
hr Fisher 6. by Zeller 5: base* on balls, none; hit by pitcher. Winters; left on bases.
Shreveport 4, Atlanta 6; first base on errors, Shreveport 1. Time, 1:18. Umpire
Hudderhnni.
“Now on to New Orleans"
Battle Cry of the Crackers
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
Little Rock. Aug. 28.—"On to New Or
leans!" That Is the cry In the local camp
right now.
The hoys are going down to the Crescent
Ity with n determination to win If It tnkea
the very life that Is In them. Not a man on
the team hut has a score to settle with
Charley Frank nnd hla cohorts, and they
are going to nettle them If It Is within the
limits* of possibility.
"I'd lie willing to lose every other game
this season If we could beat Charley Frank
out of nil those gnmen In New Orleans,"
wns Otto Jordan's sentiment. And "Cnp'n"
can 1h» depended on to work to the limit to
squnre his acocunt with "That Dutchman."
Every time Otto sees a patrol wagon these
tiny* he grits his teeth and curses New Or
leans.
The Pelican* in their own nest hare not
been such terrible birds this season, and
the players are of the opinion that, If all
goes well,, the Crackers will take the series
In New Orleans. They are going down after
It, nt any rate.
The team will have a day to rest up be
fore their first battle with "the birds,"
nnd they will take advantage of It to get
In the liest possible condition.
Big crowds are expected In New Orleans
for the Atlanta series, nnd Secretary Eth
ridge Is counting on .filling the club'a de
pleted pocketbook nt that point. Financing
a team that hits Little Rock and Hhreveport
succession Is a strenuous gnme. but
Sunday In New Orleans ought to help.
The most encouraging feature of the At
lanta team's dash for secoud place is the
fine work of the pitchers. Every one of
them seems to he nt or very near his beat,
and If they can come down through the
stretch without a skip or a break things
will look pretty good when the hunch gets
hack In Atlanta for that Labor Day double-
header.
Here Is the dope on the hits made off the
Atlanta pitchers from the start of the trip
"up to yet:" *
Date, Pitcher and Team. Hits.
Sunday, Aug. 19—Sparks, Memphis 9
Monday, Aug. 20—Hughes, Memphis 10
Tuesday. Aug. 21—Childs, Memphis 4
Wednesday. Aug. 22—Harley, Memphis.. 5
Thursday, Aug. 23—Zellar, Little Rock... 3
Friday. Aug. 24—Sparks. Little Rock 3
Saturday, Ang. 25—Hughes, Little Rock. 6
Hat unlay, Aug. 25—Childs. Little Rock 4
Monday, Aug. 17—Harley, Hhreveport.... 4
Tuesday, Aug. 28—Zellar, Hhreveport.... I
This looks like pitching ball. The only
bad game on figures was Tom Hughes' and
Tom won that against "Luckless" Lou ok*.
Childs lost his game, bnt he gave up only
six hits, and with any kind of hitting be
hind hftn would havs taken down the game.
Zellar and Sparks have pitched the two
star games, • In each of which they held
their opponents down to three hits. Childs'
four-bit game and both of Harley's stand
out well.
With the team fielding and bitting well,
the pitchers at the very top of their games
and everything running smoothly, Atlanta
has small reason for a kick.
If / Was a White Man,
Td Lick You," Says Gans
News abd Notes of Sport.
J. W. KELLY.
Who pitched for the Silvey team,
which won The Georgian pannant
Ha hae wone 18 games this yaar,
losing none.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Confidential loans on valuables.
Bargains In unredeemed Diamond*
15 Decatur St Kimball Houis.
By winning six «»f tin* last eight games
with the Giants, the Chicago Cub* showed
Gist they are !u a class by themselves.
The Philadelphia ami Bouton clubs of the
American league have signed n large
hunch of youngsters for next season.
It has I*eeu n bad rnennou tor the three
star pitchers—Slatty, Happy Jack nnd the
Reuben.
Why the Clnelnatl team should allow the
Boston outfit to wallop them is one of the
mysteries of baseball this year.
After making a fine record away from
home, the Rrudklyu team went to the bad
entirely.
The Augusta and Savannah teams, which
r»* fighting for the pennant In the South
Atlantic Ie-ague, recently completed a ae
ries of three great games. The scores
By W. W. NAUGHTON.
By Private 1 .cased Wire.
Goldfield, Nev„ Aug. 29.—The dlrent|r*
of the athletic club had n very stormy
meeting Inst night, the terms Imposed
upon Gans In the matter of weighlng-ln
J Gans lielng the cause of the turmoil.
Billy Nolan wn* there hy Invitation, and
Gnu* wn* brought from his training quar
ter* In nn automobile.
Xotnn said that he would Insist that Gans
elgli In* In ring costume, according to
championship rules. The club memliers
minded Nolun that when the articles of
agreement being drawn up,. It wns
decided that screens should lie placed In tho
ring. Itehlud which the fighters might
weigh, nnd It was clearly understood then
that the men were to weigh In a nude
state If they desired. Nolan said ho bad
not understood It that way, hut the club
directors, to a man. said that such was
their understanding In the matter. Nolan
remained olHlurate, nnd nt one stage of
conference, Gr/is said:
If I wns a white uinu I'd lick you."
'Nolan replied:
Itou't ever think of trying anything like
that.”
The meeting lasted nearly four hours,
but no Impression was made upon Nolan,
who said:
"We will forfeit $5,000 and withdraw
front the fight before we will give In."
Finally Gans agreed to adopt a very light
ring costume, to-wit: A pair of fighting
shoes and an abbreviated breech clout.
Nolan ssld:
"That Is satisfactory to me," though
Just what difference the style of Gnus'
costume made to Noln/i, so long ns Gang
fought In It Is not very dear. Tho gist
of the whole business Is that Nolan cur
ried his point. Gann must weigh In at the
ringside In fighting array.
George Slier had a talk with Gans and
Nolan relative to certain clauses In the
articles. Clause 4 says:
"Orders by referee to break must be by
word of mouth."
Clause 5 reads:
"After a fighter has knocked down his
opponent he must retire t9 hla corner."
Slier held that there were times when
a verbal order to break was Insufficient.
He said that one man might be daxed,
nnd clinging to the other desperately. In
such cases, It wns for the referee to part
the meii. He held further that there was
no necessity for a man to walk nil the
wny to his corner nfter knocking down
his opponent. To step back n couple of
paces would be sufficient. Both NeJsoa
and Gnus told Hller that they would abide
by his ruling In the matters referred to.
hut It Is prolmlde that a more thorough
understanding will lie had liefore the fight
day comes around.
The I^iCrosse dub In the Wisconsin
League ha* two crhclscrjndk pitchers in
Jones and Hclincllherg.
"Ducky" Holmes wnnts second plare
for his Lincoln Western D-ngue team, and
Is not many games away.
The Worcester dub Is leading the New
England league, nnd Jesse Burkett would
like to smile, but ts afraid that he would
hoodoo the team.
It Is a pretty safe bet that Birmingham
will enpture the Southern longue pennant
nnd Mobile the Cotton States League em
blem for 1106.
MADDOXtRUCKER
CLOSES 8EA8ON
The Mnddox-Rueker Imselmll team doses
* season Latior day, at Rlverdale, Gs.,
where they play th4 Clayton County Cou
sins. »
These teams have so even break so far, the Commercial League
U. S. BOXERS
ARE WANTED
By Private tensed Wire.
New York. Aug. 29.—The National Sport
ing Club of London Is catering to American
iMixcrs. The latest man to receive an offer
from England Is Jimmy Murray, the S»#
England lightweight. Jbe club wants Mur
ray to meet Jafiex White In a 23-round bout.
Murray sny* be will make the trip If tb«
purse I* raised n little more.
and are equally anxious to win the decid
ing game of the season.
The bank clerk* hnve l»een very aneec**-
till the first year of tbrir organisation, ond
promise a faster team next year. They
have won a majority of tbrir games, in
cluding a vletory over the ebampiors
