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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 1906, H SPORTS WINNING GAME AFTER CAME ATLANTA TEAM IS MAKING GREATEST ROAD RECORD IN HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE Th.* Atlanta Huh Jimt now In making the greatest mad record In tin* hlatory of the SouthernLeague. HI nee leaving Atlnnta one week ago from Inst Saturday, the Crnekera have played ten game*. • Of tile tell, l ight have tw»nn victories. The two 'Hint were lost, one to Memphis and one to Little Hock. each went the other way l»jr a margin of one run. The tlrut game oti the trip whs dropped to Memphis by the score of 4 to 3. Spnrks. who wns pitching ngnlust I.leblinrdt. hnv- Ing one bad Inning. The other defeat was the final contest at Little Hock Satur day. In which lh*c t'hllda got the miiuiII end of a I to 0 buttle. fan that record he beaten? It was. and la a crippled team. too. As to why Atlanta has been winning— Superb pitching, backed by heavy and sequential hitting, has turned the trick. In the ten game*. Atlanta has made eighty-eight hits, an average of 8.8 per gan Opponents hnve made fifty-four, nn Atlanta's team batting average for Hi Opponents' team batting average, .176. Atlnnta has stolen two bases to every Ami the fielding has lieen on a parity. verage of 6.4 per game, trip, .238. Hughes, Harley and ZelJe Childs and Hparks have each v hnv i they hnve pitched, two each. Double-Header Will Close The Series With Shreveport By PERCY WHITING. Shreveport, Aug. 29.—The weather permit ting. the Crackers will play a double-header with Shreveport this afternoon, thereby completing their third series of the llunl trip away from home. Sparks will pitch the first game. If lie wlna It Childs will l»e put In to work out the second contest, Tom Hughes being sent on to New Orleans to open the series there, thence going strnlght to Atlnnta to open the firat series at home. Should Hparks lose, however. Hughes will la* used In the second game. Hilly figures that If anybody win from the Pirates. Hughes Is the man, and If Hpnrks loses Ills game he wants to pnt forth the best effort to get the other game and the decision In the series. and Hickman will pitch for the Whltey Mo the Cracker* join the teaiE game Friday. HARVARD CREW IS GOING SOME By Prlrnte leased Wire. Putney, Engfnnd, Aug. 29.—The Harvard crew gave the Englishmen another rude Shock by rowing over the course from Put ney to Mort lake In nineteen minutes and forty-five seconds. The time Is consider ed very fast, although the conditions Were not very favorable, with the tide running strongly ami the wind favoring the crew most of the way, The course Is so crooked, however, that the wind hindered the crew pnrt *f the way. The tithe of the row wns a most remarkable one, when It Is remembered that Morgan has l*oen rowing only since Saturday, after a slight attack of ptomaine |>ol*onlng, and that Hlchnrdson has been In the boat only the same length of time, after being out with tonsllltls for ten days. The times st various points along the •Course were ns follows: The first mile was taken In four minutes and thirty-five seconds; Hammersmith bridge, atioMt 184 miles from the start, was reached In seven minutes nnd fifty eight seconds; Chiswick church, a bit short of. t miles. In twelve minutes and nineteen ■eronda; Homes bridge, about the 4-mile mark. In sixteen minutes nnd forty seconds, and the Hhlp, opposite the finish, iii nine teen minutes and forty-five seconds. 'Had the crew rowed hard ail the way, It could have easily taken forty-five seconds from the time. When the time wns an nounced all the Englishmen at the finish were astounded. It Is thought here todny that the betting odds, which hnve hither to favored Cambridge, will favor Har vard tomorrow. Thousands saw Hnrvnrd row, and they applauded the Americans enthusiastically along the line. Cambridge rowed twice, hard both tlmea, but did not get out of the ordinary. THE DOWNFALL. Out on the field with their nineteen straight Rtrode the Hox with a confident smile, While the public poured by in> rinds through The creaking nnd overworked stile. ••We’ve won nineteen guinea," said Fielder Jones, "And the fame of the Providence (irayn •They were n ball team tried and true— Long was their record—a score Of unchecked wlna to their credit went In the race of ’elghty-f* Our rush; when the day Is done We’ll gather this double header nnd Slake a total of twenty-one'" And the 8ox raced out on the trampled field. Speeding the practice play. While n phontom f A shadowy form In gray. •They think." said the shadow, "they will break The record I strove to earn. When I stood in the forefront game by game. Taking tny dally turn! "They think they can shnde the glory I Won with this go«Kl right ann um they may learn ere the evening cornea Of the power of a speetrnl ehnrtn!" And they did. For Inning* the Henntort trailed Helpless tiehlnd the Sox, TUI the ninth fierce Inning—then there enme A series of electric shocks. Crash after crash, the base hits sipped, Wliile low nnd anguished moans Told l».»w the sudden blow had hurt As it shattered the hope of Jones! The first game ended and Its close Kmii-d the eager I toast — Left the old record mat* hies* nnd brought glee to Hadtamriie’s ghost! •-W. A. i’ll ELAN, in The Chicago j.uiri rse, whose absence will hurt In n pinch, I* expected to re in llau* for tli * New Orleans It I* bis brother Ill-law who not his brother. Hob Wallace will hardly be used any norc this season uiiIcmh further accidents cripple the team. Hoth Iv ’bonebritd" That was a false alarm about Hilly Hinltli signing three new men. The fellow who piped It ofT to me merely made a mistake ns to managers. It was Il.rhbr OUk* who got the nn n. He won't tell who they arc. j League Standings j Clubs— Birmingham. Memphis . . Atlanta . . . . New Orleans Hhreveport . Montgomery. Nashville . . . Little Rock . . 117 . 116 . 119 .581 .569 .50* .547 .483 .328 .311 THREE OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS PIRATES Some Pertinent Paragraphs On the Great National Game If the fans will kindly stop asking us 110 Is In charge of the local club, we 111 roiishtyr It a great favor. We would l»e glad to answer the qocntlou, hut to tell the truth, we absolutely do not know and do uot think any one hereabouts can en lighten you on the subject. There Is a president, manager, board of directors, utlve committee, nnd a whole bunch of directors. All these hnve a say, nnd —by the way—you should attend one of the meetings. Talk about the "Kind Words 'lub"—It's not Iii It with the Nashville Ilnsclinll Company.—Nashville American. Poor ohl Nashville. Harley was In good form and let the local squad down with Riur hits. Only In one Inning did the Pirates bunch swats. Shreveport Times. 80UTH ATLANTIC. Clubs— Hnvnnnnh . Augusta i . Macon . . . Columbia . . Charleston. . Jacksonville. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. 106 no 107 COTTON 8TATE8. Club- Mobile . . . Meridian . . Gulfport . Baton Rouge Jackson . . Vicksburg Clubs— Chicago . . . New York . Pittsburg . . Philadelphia. Cincinnati . . Brooklyn . . 8t. Louis . . Boston . . . .623 .618 .523 .472 .448 .311 P. C. .618 ,545 .500 .495 .486 .355 PJaved. Won. Lost. P. C. Cluba- Chleago . . Philadelphia. Now York . . Cleveland . . St. Louis . . Detroit . . . Washington . Boston . . . , AMERICAN. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. 70 45 .610 .554 .526 .478 .407 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs— Columbus . . Milwaukee . Toledo . . . Minneapolis. Kansas City Louisville . . St. Paul . . Indianapolis. Played. Won. Lost. P. C .539 .523 .600 .469 .453 .346 OLYMPIC8 CHALLENGE. The Olympics challenge any team In the city whose tuemfwt* are under 17 year* old to play a game Monday morning. September S I Libor Imp. on their ground* at the cor ner **f Highland avenue nnd Unmlolph street. Communicate with Hurry M Pas- ch*L 1X3 Century building. Bell phone 2961 WEDNESDAY’8 RE8ULT8. Southern— Atlanta 3, Shreveport 0. Memphis 3, Birmingham 2. New Orleans 4, Nashville 1. Montgomery 4, Little Rook 2. Montgomery 5, Little Rook 1. South Atlantic— Augusta 2. Jacksonville 0. Augusta 4, Jacksonville 3. Havitnnnh 2. Columbia 0. Savannah 3, Columbia 0. Macon 4, Charleston 1. National— Chicago 8, Cincinnati 0. Pittsburg 5, Philadelphia 3. Philadelphia 2, Pittsburg 0. American— - St. Louis 3, New York 1. Cleveland 9, Boston 3. Cotton States— Mobile 13, Jackson 2. Baton Rouge 3, Vicksburg 6. Baton Rouge 8. Vleksburg 2. Meridian 5, Gulfport 2. Gulfport 1, Meridian 0. American Association— Minneapolis 7, Louisville 2. Columbus 2, Kansas City 1. Milwaukee 5, Toledo 3. St. Paul 7, Indianapolis 0. Watch Brotman Grow. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCDODOOO WHERE THEY .’LAY TODAY. Q Atlanta In Shreveport (2 games). Birmingham In Memphis. Montgomery in Little Rock. Nashville In New Orleans. llapp, the young catcher whom Frank took from Hhreveport some time back, ciitight his first game yesterday. Rapp handled himself pretty well, although he did not get much chance In throwing down to second, ■ because Nashville did not at tempt to steal.—New Orleans Picayune. If Jnkcy Ats stays In the game much longer, the official scorer, physician ntul gto.'.nd keeper will he Joined by nn official undertaker. Jnkcy attempts to smite peo ple nt random — Birmingham New*. Manager Fisher announced Inst night that he would pitch this afternoon’s game. He Is anxious to win fhe long end of the series during Ollka’ nbseuee.—Shreve port Times. Mike Finn la credited with saying that the Castro deal wns mnde over his head. The days of Annnutns have returned. It Is positively known that Flan was pres ent when nil negotiations were lielug car ried on.—Birmingham News. Money, money, money! Where hnve we heard the word 1 before? Oh, yes! It wns discussed nt n meeting of the stockholders a few days ago. The local company/la a regular Bank of England when It Comes to talking.—NashvJHe American. "Billie" Zeller will work for the Ad vertisers. tie Is regarded one of the stnra of the league and a mOup lietweeu ho and Fisher should certainly result In a cracking good game.—Hhreveport Tillies. Stockholders of the base!tall club, who were in session tonight, when naked If Caa- fro had been sold outright to Birmingham ns stated In a telegram from Little Hock, said they know nothing whatever of any Niioh trade, nnd that Ids eontmet was still held by Nashville. President MeSweeiie.v, who Is at Freueh t.lek, according to those present, hail no authority to release the player outright. An effort Is belufi made here to organise another eompany. to Ik* composed of ten men. A new manager of the elub was taken U|>, and the names of Kelley, of Minneapolis, and Johnny Dobbs, wen* under ennsblernttou. Nothing definite was done.—Memphis Commercial- Appeal. Mike Mowery looked mighty good to the fhouNunds who filled every lueb of seating space for the double header Sunday at League park, utid his debut at the bat was auspicious. In response to the great burst of applause that greeted him. he poked n single through the l J taut s’ Infield, scoring the Heels' first two runs, lie also mnde another Idngte liefore the first game ended, aud though he didn't get a hit In next game, it win his long fly that scored the Hods' winning run In the second game. Afield he didn’t hnve inttrh to do, hut he did ail he lmd u chance to.-Cincinnati Post. The two former Atlantans with St. I.mils clttlis. Hen Koehler with the Americans and I’ug Bennett with the Nationals, nre playing excellent baseball. Koehler Is con sidered the greatest ground-coverer among American league outfielders, mid Is now hitting .247. Bennett is playing a steady game nt second base, hitting .258. Hid Hmlth nnd Ginger Winters maintain their heavy hitting. Otto Jordan la also mauling the bail a few. Home fans In the city were heard to say something like this when the team lost the first game played on the r»Htd: "By the time Atlanta returns horn,, she will Ih» run ning nook nnd neck with Little Hock for the cellar championship." Butte Zellar had the Pint tea at his mercy all during the gnuie with his nnderhand ball. Red Fisher looked like all the rest to Billy's Warriors. Winters and 8. Just.one hour nnd eighteen minutes was required to play the game. Winters made a fast double play In the second Inning, when be caught Byrne at the plate. a free pass to Bed Fisher struck out six Atlanta men, while Ruhe mnde five of the Pirates awing nt the air. BOGEY IN RUSSIA. By WEX JONE8. It was a haughty grand d That left the I’eterhof, And started for the llnkwh To play a game of goff. He tried to make It gee. And when he smashed his driver He paused and swore like sin. The awful Russian consonants Came out In bristling groups; They sounded like explosions, And the esnr called out his troops. But ns the guards caum running The duke nt hist swnuir right— There came n blinding finshaky. And the duke was gone from sight. He’d hit that blessed liallsky Hmaek on the blessed face— Thnt bn 11 sky wns a botnbsky, And blew him Into space! The caddy started bolting— He was a noted "Red"— H'*t tripped up ou Ills whiskers ' up tin iiih w mi And landed on his head. AN AMATEUR STAR SECOND PLACE TO DRAW $1,000 Treasurer John Dickinson Tuesday after noon telegraphed Billy Htulth at Shreve port, ottering f1,000 to the team If It fin ishes In, second place. The offer was made by the board of directors of the Atlanta club. With this incentive held out as nn addi tional motive for doing their best, there Is no doubt but 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 races that were to hare been a part of the day's amusements of the La bor Day program nt Piedmont park have been called off. The Federation of Trades, after deciding to go to Piedmont park, later changed to Ponce DeLeon. As there Is not a place nuitnhle at Ponce Deleon to run races nnd the Piedmont track had been let to other parties, Gus Castle decided to hold them nt some Inter date, perhaps Thanksgiving Day. The medals nnd prizes hud already been arranged for, but Mr. Cattle says he did not receive any notice of the change until too late to countermand the orders for the prizes. Having these on his hands, lie has decided to hnve the races Inter on. The medals are the regular N. C. A.' offi cial medals, nud nre very bnndsome, being gold, sliver and, bronze for first, second and third places In each of the three events, the oncmillc championship, five-mile motor- paced championship, nnd five-mile motor cycle nice. GRIFFITH GETS GOOD PITCHER It looks ns if Clark Griffith has landed one of tin? "finds" of the season In Joe Doyle, the young twirier he liought from the Wheeling club for $2,600. Boyle donned a uniform Saturday morn ing and. tossed up some oC hIS fast nnd slow curves to Griffith. After Doyle had dealt out Ms assortment of lienders Griffith wild: •That v*ll do, Doyle, He nt the grounds at 1 o’clock ami get on n uniform." Doyle warmed up well, nud when he Ih*H rang he wnlkiM out on the dlnimmd, eheered by some 12,000 fans. For the first two Innings.he was rather nervous, nnd Klelnow and Elberfeld had to keep talking to him • steady him. After that he settled down. mnipIlNhlug the remarkable feat of strik ing out Larry laijnle. Doyle has everything that a pitcher needs to he it sueeessful twirler. He has plenty* >f speed, good control, and a great drop ball nnd a high Inshoot, which hatters usually go nfter. He mixes his curve* well. For a pitcher he swings well nt a hall. On his showing of Hnturdny be night to develop Into a great pitcher.. Only six games separate Griffith’s crowd from first place, and there Is still a chance of overtaking Coratskey’s White Sox.—New York Sun. Zeller 9 s Artful Flinging Brings in Another Victory ——— i By PERCY WHITING. Shreveport, Aug. Reulion Zcllnr'x mlil-renum .lump «rem« to be a thing of th- p„t. anil tbe'l'-unaylrnnlan I, now pitching a, good I Kill a, any turn-d looie in tha loagn,. Xritordny of tor noon h- h-hl the IMmtw In th- hollow of hi, hand tad mowed them down without run, for bin- Inning,. M-nnwhlle .Atlanta pounded the cratwhllo “King" Flatter for n totol of three nine and the victory. Th- hIj»-nc- of Whltey More- rbnnged th- llne-np, Rid Smith going to ihott, Iloirmnii to third, Ar-b-r b-lilnil the Jiat nud Kvern to renter Held. Hid couldn't ad just hi, throwing nrni to the Miorter dl.tnnre, and, after limiting one hefty fling -l-nii over Jim Fox', hind, returned to third, Iloffman .trapping with him. Smith', hod throw wo, the only error of the gnme. Zellar wa» In great form, lila underhand delivery bolng particularly effretlre. Th, Are hlta he allowed were Mattered through ire many Inning, and never wa, there n probability thnt the Pirate, would «eore. Flahor wn« effeetlva up to the sixth t n . nlng, when Winter, doubled. Smith alngled nnd Hoffman tripled, putting two run, aero,,. In the next Innlug Kvere alngled, Zellar bunted and Winter, .Ingled, doling tho run-getting. The nbaence of Moiae didn't fonxe the team any. The (quad waa Cult of ginger. Two brllllnnt double ptaya—one from Zellar to Jordan to Fox and the other from Wlntera to Areher—were feiiturea of the team play. The game wa, worked out In 1:18, one of the faateit of the season. The new, that the Atlanta dlrectora have offered the club J1.000 to finish aeeond wa, received with great pleasure by the squad. "We ll win thnt In a 'poiium trot," said Jim For. ». The score: HHHRVEI’ORT- ttvatis. 2b.. Kennedy, rt 4 Abstain. 1U 4 Byrne, ss .. ..4 Haley, If 3 King, cf 3 Hess. 3b.. ..3 Graffiti*, c 3 Fisher, p 3 Totals.. .. .. H St ore by Innings: Ail lb r. 1'o.~aT£:~atlantA- \Vlnters, rfif.. ~~ARVh. it. P6. JCW. 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 13 0 "o 1 27 ~9 1 ..1121 ...4 0 0 3 0 1 0 j, ib. Iloffmnn, 3b and ss A Jordan, 2b 4 Archer, c 4 17vers, cf ..4 Zeller, p 4 Totals.. .412121 0 115 0 0-1700 113 0 0 $ 8 27 11 1 ...0 0 0 0 0 Summary: Two bn.«* hltsT Winters: thfcc-Kase bits. Jordan, 0 0 0—0 10 0-3 Hoffman; stolen rers; rnrcc-nase hits. Jordan, Hoffman; stolen •HT37 I'W* to Jordan to Fox. Winters to Archer; struck out by Fisher 6, by Zcficr 5; bases on balls, none; hit by pitcher. Winters; left on bases, Shreveport 4, Atlanta 6; first base on errors, Shreveport 1. Time, 1:18. Umpire Now on to New Orleans 99 Battle Cry of the Crackers By PERCY WHITING. Special I'orrespondeucc. Little Rock, Aug. 28.—"On to New Or leans!" That Is the cry lu the local camp right now. The boys arc going down to the Crescent tity with a determination to win If It takes the very life thnt It In them. Not a man on the team but has a score to settle with Charley Frank nnd his cohorts, and they nre going to settle them If It la within the limits of jKisslblllty. I’d be willing to lose every other game this season If we could bent Charley Frank out of all those games In New Orleans," wns Otto Jordan's sentiment. And "Cap’n" can he depended on to work to the limit to square hts acocunt with "That Dutchman." Every time Otto sees a patrol wagon these days he grits his teeth and curses New Or leans. The rellcnus In their own nest have not been such terrible birds this season, and the players are of the opinion that. If all’ goes wdl, the Cwckera will take the ttrlet lit New Orleans. They are going down after It, at any rate. The team will have a day tn rest up be fore tbclr first battle with "the birds," nml they will take advantage of It to get In the l»e*t possible condition. Illg crowds nre expected In New Orleans for the Atlanta serlea, nnd Secretary Eth ridge Is counting on filling the club's de pleted pockethonk nt that point. Financing a team that hits Little Hock and Shreveport succession Is a strenuous game, but Sunday In New Orleans ought to help. The most encouraging feature of the At* lanta team's dash for second place Is the fine work of the pitchers. Every one of them seems to be st or very neAr his best, and If they can come down through the stretch without s skip or a break things will look pretty good when the bunch gets back In Atlanta for that Labor Day double- header. ** • Here Is the dope on the hits mnde off the Atlanta pitchers from the start of the trip "up to yet:" Date, Pitcher and Team. . Hlta Sunday, Aug. 19-8parks, Memphis...... 9 Monday, Aug. 26—llughas, Memphis; 10 Tuesday. Aug. 21—Childs, Memphis 4 Wednesday. Aug. 22—Harley, Memphis.. 5 Thursday, Aug. 23—Zellar, Little Hock... 3 Friday, Aug. 24-Sparka. Little Rock 3 Saturday, Aug. 25—Hughi This looks like pitching ball. The only bad gams on figures was Tom Hughes' and Tom won that against "Luckless" Loucks. Childs lost hts game, but he gave up only six hits, and with any kind of hitting be hind him would have taken down tha game. Zellar nnd Sparks have pitched the two star games. In each of which they held their opponents down to three hits. Childs' four-hit game and both of Harley's stand out well. With the team fielding and hitting well, the pitchers at the very top of their games find everything' running smoothly, Atlanta has small reason for a kick. If I Was a White Man, I 9 d Lick You, 99 Says Gans News and Notes of Sport. In the ml after two were out 00000000000090000000000004 Otto Jordan hit to deep center for three J. W. KELLY, Whs pitched for tho Silvsy team, which won Tho Georgian pennant. He has wone 18 gamee.thia year, losing none. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loans on valuables. Bargains In unredeemed Olsmond* 16 0«catur 8L Kimball Hous* By wlnulng six of the last eight'games with the Giants, the Chicago Cab* showed that they arc lu a class by themselves. The Philadelphia nud Boston clubs of the American league have signed a large hunch of youngsters for next season. It has been a lmd season for the three star pltchers^-Matty, tlsppy Jack nud the Reulten. Why the Ctncinntl team should allow the Boston outfit to wnllop them la one of the mysteries of iMtseball this year. After making a line record away from home, the Brooklyn team went to the, had entirely. / The Augusta and Kavannnh teams, which nre fighting for the pennant In the Kouth Atlantic Ijetgue. recently completed a ae ries of three great games. The scores By W. W. NAUGHTON. By Private 1-cased Wire. Goldfield, Sex., Aug. 29.—The direct|rs of the athletic rtuh had o very atormy meeting Inst night, the terms Imposed upon Gnus In the matter of welghlng-ln of Gnus Iwdng the cause of the turmoil. Billy Xolnu wns there by Invitation, and Gnus wns brought from his training quar ters In an automobile. Nolan sahl thnt he would Insist thnt Gans weigh In lu ring costume, according to championship rales. The club members re minded Xolnu thnt when the articles of agreement were 'being drawn up. It was derided thnt screens should lie placed In the ring, behind which the fighters might weigh, nnd It wns clearly understood then that the men were to weigh In a nude state If they desired. Nolan said he had nt understood It that *wny, hut the club directors, to a man, sntd thnt such wns their understanding In tbc matter. Nolan remained olHlurntr, and nt one atege of te conference, Gr,ns said: "If I wns a whlte % mou I'd lick you." Nolan replied: "Don’t ever think of trying anything like thnt." The meeting lasted nearly four hours, but no Impression was mnde upon Nolan, who said: "We will forfeit $5,000 and withdraw from the fight -before we will give In." Finally Gans agreed to adopt a very light ring costume, to-wit: A pair of fighting shoes aud an abbreviated breech clout. Nolan said: "That Is satisfactory to me," though Just what difference the style of Gans' roetuire made to Nola/i, so long ss Gan* fought In It Is not very clear. The gist of the whole business Is that Nolan rftr- riod hla point. Gans must weigh In at ths ringside In fighting array. George filler had a talk with Gans and Nolan relative to certain clauses lu tho articles.' Clause 4 says: "Orders by referee to break must be by word of mouth." Clause 5 reads: "After a fighter has knocked down hit opponent he must retire to bis corner." filler held that there were times when a verbal order to break waa Insufficient. He said that one man might be dazed, and dinging to the other desperately. In such cases, It was for the referee to pnrt the men. He held further that there wns necessity for a man to walk all ths way to hla corner after knocking down his opponent. To step back a‘couple of paeea would be sufficient. Both Nelsoa nnd Gans told filler that they would abide by hla ruling In the matters referred to, hut It la probable that a more thorough understanding will be bad before the fight day cornea around. were Augusta 1, Savannah 0; Augusta 2, Ha- vaniinh 0; Augusta 1, fiavaunab 2. The Increase club In the Wisconsin League has two erftebrrjack Pitchers In Jones and fichueilherg. "Ducky" Holmes wants second place for his Lincoln Western .League team, and ts not many games away. Tho Worcester elub Is leading the New England league, and Jesse Burkett would like to smile, but Is afraid that he would hoodoo the team. It Is a pretty safe bet that Birmingham will capture the Southern league pennant and Mobile tbc Cotton States I-engue em blem for 190$. MADDOX* RUCKER CL0SE8 8EAS0N The Maddnx-Rncker baseltnll team closes Its season IaIn* day. at Rlverdale, Ga., where they play the Clayton County Con- sins, These teams have an even break so far, the Commercial Leagua, U. S. BOXERS ARE WANTED By Private Leased Wire. New York. Aug. 39.—Thp National s P° rt ‘ lug Club of London la catering to American lexers. The latest man to receive an offer from England la Jimmy Murray, the Sew England lightweight. The club wants Mur ray to meet Jakes White In a 20-round bout. Murray aaya be will make the trip 17 * h,i purse Is raised a little more. ami are equally anxious to win the decid ing game of the season. The I sink clerks hare been r cry success ful the first year of their organisation, and promise a fatter team next year. Thef have won a majority of their game*. ^ eluding a victory over the ebamph** *»