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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA GEORGTAX, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1906. FRANK'S FAILURE TO WIN HAS MADE THE FANS SORE By PERCY WHITING. Special COrretpondenc* New Orleans, La., Sept. 1.—Rather the most cnutual phenomenon of the present S nthem League season has been the fall Ing sway of the week-day crowds here since the famous "rubber ball” Incident. Nothing which has happened In a South ern League city, save, perhaps, the “dou ble crossing” of the Nashrltle fans, has done as much to disgust patrons of base ball with the game as the charges and coaster-charges which followed Rllly Smith's famous escapade. When the fans waked up to what had happened and what charges were being made, they sickened of baseball with n r .Mi. If such things were going on. they dl<l not want any of the game for theirs. Strangely enough, the people seem pret- . ty well united In bellerlng Prank guilty, ** ** and the slump In attendance, which re sulted, has cut down the profit* of the New Orleans club In a most emphatic manner. Hence, the soreness at Billy Hmlth and the Atlanta dub. The other fights In the league hnvfc< not done the attendance here any good. The people hare concluded that because one crooked stunt was pulled off—or was “al leged” to have been pulled off—that the whole game was on the blink. And so they hare cut It out to some considerable ex tent Of course, the fact that the New Or leans team of 1806 was a pennnnt winner and that the one of 1906 was not baa not done any good. The fact that a pennant winner hurts the attendance In the pen- nnnt-wtnulng town the next year baa i been more forcibly demonstrated thfi New Orleans. The faua seem to think that, becanae Ptnnk bus not a team thla seaaon which can go out In front, the way hla aggregation Inat year did, he la playing them fulse thla* year. Of courae, the Idea la a mistaken one. Prank was lucky last year In landlhg s couple of cheap men—Dygert and Hahn— who helped his team wonderfully without costing him very much. Yet, If looks odd to New Orleans fans that he can not per form thla miracle twice running. The attendance slump In New Orleans Is not likely to be of long duration. For one thing, the Innumerable amateur and Independent teams are developing line of rod hot fans who will eventually turn to the Southern League f<jld. And, moreover. It Is not going to take the peo ple here many more months to realise tha because one stunt that looked bad was pulled off, Is no sign that the game Is all crooked. And when this realisation comes, the fans will flock out again. In the mean time. Prank ami his backers are gettlug n valuable leason. * Cobb County Is Chortling Over the Rise of N. Rucker Ever since that calm and peaceful Fourth of July In the year of grace 1904, when some •» sturdy, stalwart sous of the old red bills of the comity of Cobb came down to At lanta to see Nap Rucker, the beau aabreur, the concatenated chivalry, the no plus ultra of Crahapple, pitch hla first game In the b'- ithern League, the Atlanta baseball club and Its management have been very unpop ular In the aforesaid county of Cobb. The chief grievance against the Atliintn dub seems to have been that Nap Rucker couldn't field a hunt, and when the Mont gomery team on that halcyon day In July began to lay 'em down Nap almost spiked himself In the nose trying to pick the ball op. Ab Powell then let Nap rest during the remainder of the season, and Cobb county got sore on him for hla lack of Judgment In not using so selntlllant n twlrler. As Nap remained an asset of the Atlanta club the neit year, when Powell sold nut, the new manager, Otto Jordan, gnve the hero of Crabapple a trial In the prelimi nary garnet. He was lambasted both by Macon and Jacksonville and was then re lented. Otto Jordan Immediately became a persona non grata In Cobh, nnd many were the rotate of him received by Atlanta sport ing writers from the stalwart sons of Cobb. Now, Nap has “learned some sense” dur ing bis two years at Augusta, and hns been drafted by Connie Mack. All of which Is explanatory of the follow ing one paragraph avalanche from the Ma rietta Courier's sporting editor; “Nap Rucker la no longer a hush leaguer. He goes to the American, tlio fastest league perhaps In Hie world. Jumped right over the Southern! Well, well, well! Who would have thunk It! Wonder what “bone- head” Otto Jordan thinks shout It? Reckon the “honeliended one” will be called higher? You know, Nap wasn't good enough to pitch for Otto. Remember It, don’t you? Didn't let him- pltrh a gntne. Just shooed him. Now Otto Is still In the Southern, where bo will stay If he works right hard, Nap-where la the fellow who Otto anld had a noggin like a calf's knee—a solid, marrowless bone? Oh, nowhere much. Just up III the American Longue with Connie Mark nt Philadelphia. That fellow Mack must not have much baseball sense. What does he menu by signing Crahapple Nap? Why, hasn’t Otto said that he was nuts? That ought to settle the matter. The ora cle hath spake. We wish Nap could have seen Otto play first base In the double- header with Montgomery. Hla revenge would have turned to pity. Ry tho way, Otto la clouting the ball In big league fash ion now. Noticed It? Per cent; .230. Look out, Otto; Brooklyn will be wanting you hack first thin* you know. Rut tho real aubjeet of this eaaay la Nap Rucker. And what we want to say Is this: Rucker has been lending the South Atlantic League nil the season, and has made a great record Roasts y Toasts and Boasts Culled From Contemporaries SPORTS THAT EIGHTH INNING! Eighth Inning Aerial Flight Put Crackers to the Bad By PERCY WHITING. New Orleana, Sept. 1.—There are no nxplnnntlona to offer, nnd apologies will J>e omitted. The team Just had nn off day and went up In the nlr ns completely ns a high school team, losing Ignobly after securing a commanding lead. Score 7 to 4. Hnrley exploited In the eighth after doing tnngnlflcent work, nnd the report of the blow-up was beard for miles around. He had been holding the Pelicans down to tliree-men-up-nn-lnnlng. A little error by Jordan seemed to set him wild. The fatal eighth came like this: Phillips' hot one was slapped down by Harley, but Jordan missed It on the ricochet. Then came two bits, nnd with the bases full Hnr ley lost ocntrol nnd walked Rroulhers, forcing In Phillips. Blake singled past third nnd Rlckert and Cnrgo scored. With three runs In nnd nobody out, Harley was yanked to the bench nnd Zellar substituted. His arm waa cold and his support frayed, and hlta and dumb plays followed until u total of seven runt had been scored, the game lost and the tenm disgusted with Itself. Hitting by Winters, Crosier, Hmlth, Fox nnd Hoffman gnve Atlanta four runs altogether. The crowd was large nnd orderly, no nnplensnnt Incidents cropping out. It was said to be the moat enthusiastic of the yesr. When Jordau came to the hat the first time someiHvly threw a rubber ball out to him. Otto bowed and pocketed the ball. When the first new ball waa thrown to the umpire Harley bounded It. The crowd biased like n cnlllope. Tampan umpired a fair game, despite the fact that he ouce managed the New Orleans team and Is supposed to lean toward the town. Hoffman played the game with his finger In very bad condition. Archer !\urt hla finger unite badly. The digit was smashed on the end by a font, nnd the game wits Mopped for a few minutes. When he started catching again, the crowd applauded lustily. Malarkey can pitch every day.—Montgom ery Journal. Mr. Shunter called out several men on the third strike. Thla killed our chances. Well, aa was mentioned before, the fans ara waiting for Mr. Hhuster. He will re ' cetva an ovation. If tha Pelicans take two out of these three games they will plant Atlanta back In fourth place, aud mnybe the Birds of Louisiana nre not going to make a terrific fight for these two, and then one more.— New Orleans Picayune. James Latrd. a « foot 5 right hander, who has been doing well for Raton Rouge's C.<ttnn Pickers, hat been purchased by Man r Babb, and will report Hunday.—Mem phis Commerclal-Appenl. Beeker was wild yesterday, which ne counts for the severe drubbing lie re cetred. He was simply out of form ns all other pitchers are at times. "Kitty” hns lost only two out of the fourteen games ha baa pitched here this season, and the fans will certainly readily excuse him for hla Ineffectiveness yesterday.— Shreveport Times. Great. Indeed, Is Kap Rucker: mighty !i Holmes; magnificent Is Rosa Helm, but greatest of all Is the Insect. “Bugs' " , work on yesterday afternoon has never been surpassed on a local diamond. He la the Ltebhardt of the Snllle League.—Savannah Press. The real excitement will begin Friday, when the Atlantans rome for three games. The local fans are keyed tip to this no lies, expecting that nn unusunl amount of trouble will result from the return of the Quitters to the local gmnnds nfter having nttrred np such unwarranted antagonism . to New Orleans In the East. It Is hnrdly likely that a demonstration will be made against the Quitters, unless they bring It •o themselves, but the fans hav» little love for a. few of the Atlanta men like Billy Smith and Otto Jordan.—New Orleans Item. The world's record for long distance fouls was followed yesteday by the discovery of the ball hit by Meeks Monday. It wna located on Freeman avenue, several blocks from the ball park.—Memphis Commercial- AM*,!. Nashville has no league games today and tomorrow. The Finns, though, will not be Idle. Mlque has Imoked two games with the semi professional squad of Jackson, and Will take «m the weaklings Just to see if there Is a winning article left In the bunch that halls from this city.—Nashville Ameri can. i Now. really, gentlemen of the Nashville t-iwhaU club, can you tell the faua who •»us Castro? By answering thla question Hoffman, si .Ionian, 2b. Archer, c... It would b« appreciated by several thou sand people that nre Intereated III tho af fair.—Nashville American. “If Nashville waa to win five or six games In n row reckon what the fans would do?" asked n rooter of a friend yes- terday. “Have a fit,” wna the quick reply, —Nashville American. Why not let the Finn* remain In Jnck- son nnd Just transfer the Intter tenm to thla city to wind up the season? They would give Just ns good results.—Nashville American. With the Atlanta club la a war corre spondent In the shape of Percy Whiting, of The Atlanta Georgian, who Is chronicling the doings of.Billy Smith's club this trip. Percy Is a little fellow, but that won’t let him out. for he comes from Atlanta, nnd the Idg boys on the New Orlenns press promise to do a number of things to Per ry. According to reports, they nre going to kill him with kindness and show him some real Crescent City hospitality with out any patrol rides thrown In.—New Or lenna Dally Stnten. "Dode" Birmingham. Cleveland's newest outfielder, waa horn In Elmira, N. Y. Ills first baseball engagement of Importance was with the Elmira Free academy team. In 1901, when he was sixteen years old. Thla club was couched by John P. Mur- tnugh. former Cornell coptnln and close friend of “Hughey'* Jennings and "Mugg- ay" McGrow. Birmingham pas n phe nomenal high school player, nnd left the Elmira academy tenm to play with the Mercershurg, Pa., academy team, In 1992 aud 1903. In the fall of 1903, he entered Cornell university to study law, nnd was mntlc right halfback on the football team, playing all the season, lit* also played In 190| on the Cornell fontbnll team, but did not play hnsebull. owing to the condi tion of his studies. During those years nnd In 1994, he played In vacation as cen ter fielder on the Fnther Mathew Temper- a nee Society team, of Elmira. X. Y. Bir mingham attended Cornell Inst year, and broke Into professional ball with the A., .?. nnd CL team of the New York League, this spring.—Cleveland Press. Mowery can not l*e allowed to go from Baltimore without several word* of praise, thanks and good wishes. From the first game he played III here, “Mike" Mowery, who would never take n prise lu a beauty show, jumped Ipto the affections of the Baltimore baseball public. lie didn’t hit at all at first, but what would have l»e«*n n crime In another less popular man was voted "all right, as long ns It is Mow- cry." Ills fielding from the first has warmed the cockles of the hearts of those who reniemt**r Hie good n|«l baseball days in Baltimore, when Iwiselmll was baseball here. It rail Is* said without fear of con-[ w „. m .„, tradlction that today Mowery 1* as good a Ciuduitt Inquirer. Illy. Tho error chnrged u|» to At* is made on n ball which he Intentionally drop ped In the hope of working h double idny. Jack Evers made a sensational throw from center field on Stratton's fl.v and doubled Atx at the plate. Hid Hmlth also Tho somber digits: ATLANTA Winters, rf. All. It 11. FTT A. K. ..4 2 2.1 0 0 ..412140 ,.3 0 1 9 0 0 ....401510 ...3 0 0 3 1 0 ....3 0 0 0 4 0 ...0 0 0 1 2 0 . .32 4 9 24 15 1 Score by Innings: Atlanta New Orleans... . .. ... Hniumnrx: lilts off Harley 9 TiT w j League Standings 80UTHERN. Clubs— Birmingham . Memphis . . . Now Orleans . Atlanta . . Shreveport .• Montgomery . Nashville . . . Little Hock . .585 .572 .563 .546 .492 80UTH ATLANTIC. Clubs— Savannah . , Augusta . . Macon . . . Columbia . Charleston. . Jacksonville. Played. Won. Lost. P.C. . 110 68 42 .618 . 113 69 44 .611 . 109 57 52 .523 . 110 52 58 .473 . 105 47 58 .448 . 109 35 74 .318 COTTON STATES. Club- Mobile . . . Meridian . . Gulfport . . Jackson . . Raton Rouge Vicksburg . . P.C. .621 .539 .496 .491 .482 .373 SIXTEEN THOROUGHBREDS TO START IN THE FUTURITY RECORD OF THE FUTURITY Year-Winner, Weight and fecord Horse- » 1888—Proctor Knott (112). Salvator 1889-Chaos (109). St. Carlo . 1890—Potomac (115), Masher . . . . ... 1891— Ills Highness (130), Yorkshire Belle.. 1892— Morello (118), Lad/ Molet 1893— Domino (130). Galilee.. .. .. 1894— Butterflies (112V Brandywine. 1896—Requital (115). Trescendo 1896— Ogden (115), Ornament 1897— L'Alouette (115>. Lydian.. .. 1898— Martinmas (118), High Degfee .... 1899— Chaeornoe (114), Brigadier 1900— BoIlyhoo Bey (112), Olympian . .. . 1901— Yankee (119), Lux Casta ... .. . 1903— Savable (110), Lord of the Vale... . 1993—Hamburg Belle (114), Leonidas .... 1904— Artful (114), Tradition 1906—Oraiondale (117), Timber Weight. Time. Value. Starters. ...115 . .115 , ..115 .113 ..109 .112 .109 1:151-5 1:15 4 -5 1:14 1-5 1:15 1-5 1:15 1-5 1:12 441 1:11 1:112-5 1:10 1:11 1:12 2-5 1:10 2-5 1:10 1:091-6 1:14 1:13 1:114-6 1:1144 845,000 63.675 77.000 72.000 72.000 46.000 53,830 69,770 56,970 . 43,900 46.840 41.000 43.000 46.210 66,660 85.930 43,8V) JS.680 14 17 By J. 8. A. MacDONALD. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Sept. 1.—There will be no exception today for a record crowd at Sheepshead Bay track, for with the early hours of the morning thousands of enthusiasts commenced to wind their way out over Long island with Sheepshead track, the scene of the Fu turity, a common destination. Later on the movement grew Into an exodus, every “L” train, surface car and Long island race special from Long Island City groaning under the weight of Its human freight. No fewer than 40,000 persons will acclaim the winner, while at least 81,000,000 In currency is bound to change hands between the public and the bookmakers. With fair weather prevailing right ur to post call, a fast track Is assured. All through last night Superintendent Frank Clark had a score of mule teams dragging flne- toothed Australian harrows over the course until the rollers which followed the harrows had rendered the foot- ting Just about as nearly perfect as it is possible to have a race course. Sheepshead Bay, the home of the Coney Island Jockey Club, is awaiting the oncoming of the hordes all splc and span. In the early days of September these old-time racing grounds af*e a delight to the eye. Within a few hours the bugler, all dandy in his gold braid and official accoutrement, will walk down to the paddock gate. There he will send forth a blast bound to set the pulse of the 40,00 spectators a hurrying, while it Is safS to say the tiny Jockeyt and the sensitive young thoroughbreds, restlessly waiting the summons to the lists, will jump to attention. The clarion bugle notes will mean 'saddles and whips” for the Jockeys, and the racing to begin. The 850,000 horse race will be on. Keane Entry Favored. Peter Pan and Pope Joan appear to have the best chance of taking down the laurels. Bookmakers, in making up probable prices, figured the Keene entry a 12 to 5 first choice. Next in favor Is the entry of the Rainey Brothers, of Cleveland. The Balneys paid 845,000 for DeMund and 825,000 for Horace E. Neither has come up to expectations, but they have shown an Improvement in form, which makes them formidable factors in the race. After the Keene and Rainey entries, the professional price makers nnd the public incline to Conville, a big handsome son of Dteudonne, owned by Thomas Hitchcock and John E. Madden. This colt worked three-quar ters of a mile In deep sand at the horse haven course. In Saratoga, In 1:17. If he shows this speed In the Futurity he will be the colt to beat. Either Walter Mllle or Sewell will ride him, and his opening price should be about 6 to 1. Early today' "Diamond Jim” Brady was reported a buyer of Colville. How ever, the deal has not yet gone through. Madden wants 825,000 and Brady Is un derstood to be haggling at 820,000. These are the speculative features in the Futurity. Another candidate Is the Newcastle stable's Oran, winner of the 820,000 Great Trial, who la asked to pack 120 pounds. Kentucky Beau Is a fine colt and is In the race> Traiper Billy Lakeland, of Bright on Beach, has been dreaming for months of a Futurity triumph with his Voter colt. Electioneer. A Western tip Is J. L. Darnby’s Old Honesty, a son of Previous, while J. E. Seagram, of Canada, believes his Wa tercress youngster, Pursland, possesses a royal chance. Charley Ellison has Yankee Girl in the race. Gold Ball is the second string In the Madden-Hltchcock bow. The big mys* Clubs— Chicago . Pittsburg Plaved.Won.Lost P.C. NEW ORLEANS- A It. It. If. ■tt. A. K Now York . 117 74 43 .633 Uhkfrt, If 1 1 2 0 0 Philadelphia . . 120 - 65 65 .458 1 2 6 0 Cincinnati . . . 122 51 71 .418 Rroiithi'is, 3b 1 0 3 0 0 Brooklyn . . 116 46 70 .397 Rlnkt*, cf ....4 1 2 0 0 1 St. Louis . . . 121 45 76 .372 Kii"ll, rf ....4 1 2 0 0 0 Boston . . 40 82 .328 A!*, *s ....4 4 2 2 O'Brh'ii, lb . ..3 1 1 10 2 0 AMERICAN. Stint ton, 0 . ..3 0 0 0 1 0 Phillips, |> . .3 1 1 1 3 0 Clubs— Played. Won. Lost. P.C. Chicago . . . 117 71 46 .607 Tntn la ..32 7 11 27 15 3 New York . 123 65 48 .675 .10 0 10 2 ,.o o o o o ll "oirgetler § In „ „ off Harley 3.* off Keller 4: two bum* lilt*. At*: Morllk* itnuble olny*. Smith to Fox, Ever* to Ar«*b«*r, forgo V . .. hv lluriev 3; bason ou balls off Hurley 3; off Phillips l; left on bases. New Or- Ion tin 5, Atlanta 3. Time. 1:49. Umpire, Caiupnti. lulling; riinn O'Brien. Fox, Stratton;' Atx to O'Brien; struck out (’Icvoland . St. Louis . Detroit . . Washington Boston . . , AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. tibs— Played. Won. Lost. third baseman n* any who ever wore spikes.—Sporting News. The Inability of Jim Delehanty to play tlr*t bane wan a great dlwippolntnient to Mnlinger Hanlon, who hnd counted on ntrenghteiilng tho hitting of the team by putting tnll Janie* back Into the game. Del had Dr. Harley Parker put his cele brated oupa on hi* bml knee thl* morn lug, and the trentmeiit will be continued Friday while the club I* here, it I* Jim's C left knee thnt I* bothering him. He had ■ 1 / III* leg broken five year* ago, nnd It healed 1 * perfectly, but hat newr been quite so j W Ym strong a* the other. A slight bruise gain ' III/ 1?J i*iI while sliding to the plate In one of V the recent games at Philadelphia caused him little anxiety nt the time, .and the knee Is now quite swollen. I»r. Parker thinks In* should not put on a uniform for two weeks, but Del I* more hopeful.—Cin cinnati Inquirer. A new first iNiseman will Join the Reds within a,few days, provided suitable term* can be arranged. The man who Is being sought is Bo!» I'tightub, now with the Wil liamsport club. In the outlaw league. It will be remembered thnt the Red tnan ageiueut was efter Pnglnub two mouths ago. but signed I Mill Instead. The latter ha* proven a failure nt the IkiI, nnd Louts liellbroneen, one of Mr. Herrmann's army of scouts. Is now in WUIhiius|Mirt nego tiating with Vnghiuk The only bitch 1* the much swollen Idea of salary entertained the plnyeis. No American Ie*ngue clubs e approached him. nnd he Is tryfug to play one Hub off against another. He agreed to sign with t'ltiHunntl for a certain sum, which I* considered excessive for a player who wn* only a utility man with the Boston Amerieaits. He will Is* secured within a day or two or not nt all. It ail iic|M*nds on whether he can lw* Induced to Accept reasonable terms. t'liglaub was utility luficlder with the Rostou Ameri can* Inst season, but did it«>t play In many games. He refused to accept a rut In salary (Ids season and Jumped to the «Hit Is tvs. Joining the Wllllam*|H»rt club, where he hns been play Ink a very g«n*l game nt first base nnd hitting the ball hard. Manager Hanlon had his eye on Brown, the left handed lir»t baseman of Newnrk Eastern league club, but he nd goes to the Detroit club.— Toledo . . . Minneapolis . Kansas City Louisville . . St. Paul . . . Indlunupolis. P.C. .605 .564 .534 .515 .500 .474 .454 .353 FRIDAY'S RESULTS. Southern- New Orleans 7, Atlanta 4. Birmingham 6, Little Rock 3. Shreveport 2, Montgomery 1. South Atlantic— Jacksonville 3, Savannah 0. Augusta 3, Macon 0. National— Brooklyn 6, Boston 5. Philadelphia 4, New York 2. Pittsburg 7, St. Louis 5. Chicago 8, Cincinnati 1. American— Boston 8, Philadelphia 1, Detroit 6, 8t. Louis 1. Chicago 5, Cleveland 4. New York 7, Washington 5. New York 20, Washington 5 Innings.) I Cotton States— Gulfport 4, Mobile 0. Vicksburg 4, Meridian 0. Jackson 5, Baton Rouge 0. Virginia State— Portsmouth 5, Richmond 0. Norfolk 3, Roanoke 0. Norfolk 1, Roanoke 0. Danville 7, Lynchburg 2. Eastern— Rochester 7, Toronto 5. Providence 6, Jersey City 0. Montreal 4, Buffalo 3. Newark 8, Baltimore 4. American Association— Indianapolis 3, Columbus 0. 8t. Paul 4, Kansas City 1. Toledo 14, Louisville 7. Milwaukee 9, Minneapolis 5. THE FUTURITY FIELD HORSE. •Peter Pan •Pope Joan •Zambesi ••Cf vllle ••Golf Rail 1 Deniund 1! Horn re K 1! Electioneer 1 Ornn V. Altutudn 1! Purslane 11 Yankee Girl 11 Old Honesty 11 Don Enrique L- Mnyo Rowe 114 ' Kentucky Beau.... 116 •Keene entry. ••Hitchcock entry. JOCKEY. W. Knapp... Shaw Lyne Sewell Kerner Itndtke Clark J. Martin.... Miller Troxler Hildebrand... J. Harris Dugan PROBABLE OWNER. • ODD8. ..J. R. Keene 7 to 5 .J. R. Keene 7 to 5 ..J. R. Keene 7 to5 ..Hitchcock 4 to 1 ..T. Hitchcock 4 to 1 ..P. J. Rainey 6 to 1 ..It. A. Rainey 6 to 1 ..W. Lakeland 7tol ..Ormond Stable lOtol ,.G. J. Long 30to 1 ..J. E. Seagram 30 to I . C. R. Ellison 30 to 1 . A. J. Gorrey 60 to 1 .. August Belmont 20 to 1 . .Woodford Clay 12 to 1 New Orleans Enthusiastic Over Atlanta Tournament By PERCY WHITING. Sperlnl Correspondence. New Orlenns, Aug. 3L—!,elgh Carroll, of New Orleans, Southern champion at golf, Is enthusiastic over the golf ehninplonshlp which will be held next spring In Atlanta over tin* Atlanta Athletic Club’s new course, though he expreswes himself ns being some what skeptical that the links will be lu condition for the championship next spring. "We wnnt to come up with twenty men from here," he said. "We hope to get a couple of cars to ourselves and do it light. Of course we expect the Atlanta people to sweep the prlxen pretty clean, but we want to Ik* there nnd see It done. "I expect that the tournament In Atlanta will In* the largest ever held by the South ern Golf Association. We hnd over 103 here In the qualifying round, nml Atlanta Is so much more centrally located that they ought to draw nt leust 23 per cent more. “With nn 18-hole coarse, though, which In way over 6,000 yards long, they ought to be able to accommodate the whole ctowd nicely, nnd we ara countlug already on s fine time up there. Judging from the Audohon Club course here, where tho championship was held thl* spring, the golfers In the South are due n pleasant surprise when they hit tho new Atlanta links. The course here Is nt Its worst nt prenent, but at Its best It Is doubtful If It will compare with the outfit at East Lake. President Smith of the Southern Golf Association hna made an attempt to g**t together a team In the South to go to St. Louis to compete for the team champion ship of America. None of the New Orleans players were able to get away to make the COMER WINS SERIES. Special to The Georgian. Comer, Gn., Sept. L—In a fast game of ball Comer defeated Woodvllle Friday af ternoon by the decisive score of 8 to 1. This was the la*t ami deciding game of the se ries. nnd much Interest was manifested over the result. The fentures of the game were the pitching of Edwards and the bnftlng of (nrithers ami Xunnnlly, all of Coiner. The game was called In the seventh lulling on ■recount of rain. Score by Innings: r.h r 1 0 0 0 0 7- 8 9 1 "•-''ll-. • ■ . ... .. .000 1 09- 1 6 4 Ilntti-rl.-s—R.lnnnl, nml Xunnally: llrnuks nml L-wla. I lupin-, McCurdy. Attendance, OOOO OOO OOO0O<KKKKKKKKKKXK>O O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O O O O Atlanta In New Orleana. O O Birmingham In Little Rock. O O Montgomery In Shreveport. O O Nauhvllle In Memphla. 0 O<1OO<1OOOOOOOOOODOOOO<HXKK1O NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loana on valuables. Bargains in unredeemad Diamond*. IB Decatur St. Kimball House- GILKS GETS SHORT8TOP SMITH. GEORGE SUGGS. Reliable boxman of Memphia team, who will pitch in Monday’s double-header. Fpertal 1.* The (leurutnu. Shreveport. l-«-. Hep?. 1.—Mutineer (.Ilk* btt. relurm-il from n heouttmc trip through Teva., nml annoonee, thnt Short.top Totiv HORSE RACING LABOR DAY. FOUR GOOD EVENT8 AT PIEDMONT PARK. 50 HOR8ES—MONDAY AFTERNOON—50 HORSES Programme. RACE ~Half mile heats; beat three In five. Free-for-all pact Mum Lee, record .. Jack Spr&dly, trial 2:20 1-4 2:14 1-4 Entries: Hontusnood, record 2:IS 1-4 Moxie Bliss, record 2:17 1-4 Gray Eagle, trial 2:11 1-4 Robh, Wood, record 2:09 1-4 || Lady Patchen. record .... 2:20 1-4 SECOND RACE—Free-for-all trot, one mile heata; three In live: Molly Hamilton, record .. 2:28 1-4 II Oakland Boy. trial 2:24 1-4 Harrold B.. trial 2:20 1-4 Benign, record 2:14 1-4 Prince, record 2:24 1-4 I Rose W„ trial 2:25 Running Races: 5TK8T RACE—Four-end-e-half-furlong daah: Caroline W., Vic Ziegler, The Bam. Olml llamt. Foxy liramlpti. Fnlilan. SECOND li.vt'i: -riv.- elghths-<ir-a-mlle.dash: Abltola, Henry Lyons, Rtockwood, lor Ini C„ Proof Mu-t. Pnyne. Go to the Races and Spend a Delightful, Exhilarating Afternoon.