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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONT)AL, SEPTEMBER 3,1006.
AND NOW ATLANTA IS IN STRETCH 1 SPORTS FIGHTING FOR SECOND PLACE
UAAAlii
ATLANTA TEAM CAN LOSE
ONLY ONE MAN BY DRAFT
Jimmy Archer and Otto Jordan hare
boon drifted from the Atlanta Huh. fhe
former being claimed hjr the Iftetrolt and
the latter by 8t. Lonla. both American
League dubs.
And It la more than probable that
Jim Fox. 8ld Smith and Rube Zeller will
be called In the aame way.
Bat there la one good thing about It
All: According to the drafting rules
adopted laat fall. Atlanta can lone only
one man by draft. It la like thla:
Suppose for Instance that Archer. Jor
dan. Smith, Fox and Zeller are drafted
each by a different club. At the end of
the drafting rearon. Octolier 15, the national
commlaslou will meet. It will be wen rhnt
there are lire Halma for players against
the Atlanta club. According to the rule,
A Class A league drib ma lose only one
man. So the fire Halma are put In a
hat. nnd one Blip la drawn. The club
Whose name cornea out thla way gets Ita
player. The other four lose, and Atlanta
wins. It may be that Archer will go; It
may be Jordan, or It may be any of the
other three. But It la certain that Atlanta
can not suffer heavily from the operation
of the' rule, and that the nucleus of a pow
erful team will lie left.
The greatest loss that threatens the At-
lantA team, however, la the departure of
Tom Hughes, who will doubtless !*e recall
ed by the New York Americans.
Drafts Announced.
The drafts announced Sunday contain
much of Interest to Atlanta fans.
One of particularly local, Interest Is the
purchase by Cincinnati of Robert Olln
Chappie. Atlanta's only product playing In
first-class organised baaeball. Chappie was
In 1900 captain nnd stnr pitcher of Ihe
Atlanta Roys' High school baseball team,
And he learned to play the game on the
Iota out at Went End. After being grad
uated from the high school, he went to
the Florida State college, where he achieved
considerable note an a pitcher nnd football
player. In 1904, be wai signed for Jack
sonville, where he pitched well for two
, years, ranking well up nmoug South At*
: Untie League players.
Thla year he waa taken to the Scranton
New Totk State league Hub by Eddlt
Aahenhack. nnd by his brilliant work he
has put the team 100 points to the good In
the pennant race. He has pitched thirty-
six games this year nnd has .lost only six.
Chappie’s forte la hla change of pace.
He uses but few curves, although he has
'em, but relies on putting the ball over
the corners, slow and fust.
Another draft of Interest here la that
by which Brooklyn gets Weldon Henley
from the Itochester Eastern league Hub.
Henley has pitched excellent ball for the
New Yorkers thla year, and ought * to
Strengthen the Trolley Dfslgers.
The Southern t^eague drafts announced,
aside from those mentioned In the fore
going. are: *
By New York American League— Maxwell,
of Montgomery.
By New York American league—Sallee,
of Birmingham.
By St. Louis National League—Byrne of
Shreveport.
Purchase Claims.
By IMttshurg National League— Maxwell,
of Montgomery.
By Plttahurg National league—Absteln,
of Shreveport.
By Cleveland American League—Lleb*
hnrdt, of Memphis.
There Is a mlx-up over Maxwell, New
York claiming him by draft nnd Plttahurg
by purchase.
It also nppeara that after nil Connie
Mack does not get Nap Rucker nnd
Holmes from Augusta. Brooklyn gets the
Cralmpple wonder by draft, and the Halm
m Holmes Is cast out because of filing
of papers after specified date.
Joe Ilcan, the captain of the Jersey City
Eastern league Hub, who lives In Atlanta
during the wlntcf, has been drafted by
Washington.
Ed Mlnahnii, formerly of the BIrmlnr
ham team, has been secured from Toledo
by Cincinnati.
Hughey Jennings, who used to roach the
University of Georgia baseball t*am, but
who* la now manager nnd part owner of
the Baltimore Eastern league Huh, has
been elalmed by Detroit. It Is aahl that he
will succeed Billy Armour aa the inn ns
gcr of the Tigers.
WANDERERS HAVE MADE
GREAT RECORD ON ROAD
The Atlanta team, which arrives thla
Afternoon from Ita last trip of the year,
baa made a magnificent road record
Against three of the strongest teams In the
league, and ono Hub, while not powerful,
la not to be despised on Ita own grounds.
Atlanta played sixteen games on the trip,
meeting Memphis, Little Rock, Shreveport
and New Orleans In aeries of four games
i each. The team returns, having won ten
' games, lost five, and tied one.
Memphis waa beaten three out of four.
Little Rock waa beaten three out of
four.
Shreveport waa beaten three out of
four.
New Orleans waa beaten one iame, won
two and tied up one.
Good pitching and heavy hatting enabled
the team to win Ita games.
Tom Hughes pitched three games on the
trip, winning all of them. Harley pitched
two games and won all of them. Rube Zel
ler getting the discredit of Friday's de
feat at Now Orleans. Zeller pitched four
games, making an even break, file last
game waa a bad one, but otherwise he
pitched well on the road. Doe Childs lost
two out of three, both of them being 1 to 0
defeats. Baxter Sparks pitched throe
games, winning two.
The brunt of the run-getting fell on
four men, Morae, Winters, Sid Smith And
Jordan. Crosier, Hoffman, Fox, Archer and
Evers all figured prominently In the games,
Imt tho first-mentioned quartet did the bulk
of the hitting and the ruu-gettlng. Their
averages for the trip are:
PLAYER- AB. R. n. P. CT.
Morse 29 « 12 .414
Winters *0 12 20 .131
Smith.. 68 9 20 ,294
Jordan 59 4 17 .289
Team Will Arrive Late;
One Game To Be Played
Because of the lateness of the Atlanta and West Polut train, the Atlanta team
will not arrive In the city from New Orleans before 3 o’clock this afternoon, and
It la neceoaary to call off the double-header scheduled to be played Monday after-
noon with the Memphis Hub.
Only one game will be played, beginning at 4 o'clock.
The Atlanta team will hardly have time to do more than get to the baaeball
park and change clothea before time for the game to start, but everything looks
good for a victory over the visitors.
Harley will doubtless pitch the game for Atlanta, opposing either Suggs or
Llebbardt.
TOURNEY DATE
WAS CHANGED
The date of the eighth Georgia state
trap-shooting tournameut, to be held at
the Atlanta Gun Club, has been changed
from September to October 4, & nnd 6.
The change la made on account of the
former dates conflicting with tournameuts
at Cincinnati and Louisville.
Since the change haa been effected, It Is
certain that many of the leading pro
fessional shots of the country will attend
the shoot
Aa Interesting shoot was held at lAke-
wood Saturday, at which the following
scores were made, each figure representlug
the tsrgets broken out of 25 trials:
oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O
O 0
O Memphla in Atlanta, Piedmont O
O park, flame called at 4 o'clock. 0
O Shreveport In Birmingham. O
Q New Orlean, In Montgomery. O
O Little Rock In Nashville.
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JACK O’BRIEN
IS BACK AGAIN
By Private I.eneed Wire.
Philadelphia, I*a., Sept. 3.-"Philadelphla
Jack" O'Brien surprised the fighters yes
terday by hla arrival from Europe.
Not even the members of hla family
knew that he waa back In thla country, or
tutemled to arrive at this time, until a tele
gram waa .received from Jack Saturday
night.
Ills return Is now In line with dope at
the time of hla departure, when It waa
predicted that his trip across the ocean
would be merely preliminary preparation
for hla bout with Sam Berger thla fall.
He was here ouly long enough to change
lilt Hothea and run for a train for At
lantic City.
D0UQLA8VILLE WIN8.
Special to The Georgian.
iMuglasvIlle, Gn., Sept. 3.—Douglaarllle
defeated a picked team from Villa Rica,
Austell and I.lthin Sprlugs at Austell Fri
day afternoon by the score of 2 to 0.
Selman, for Douglasvtlle, gave up only
two lilts, while Griggs, for the opposition,
gave four.
The game was In doubt at all stages nnd
was one of the fnstest ever seen here this
SUNDAY’S RE8ULT8.
Southern-
New Orleans 9, Atlanta I.
Atlanta 6, New Orleans 2,
Memphis 11, Nashville 0.
American—
Chicago 4, Cleveland 1.
8t. Louis 1, Detroit 0.
National—
St. !,oulff 5, Chicago 2.
Cincinnati 4. Pittsburg 2.
American Association—
Louisville ll, Indianapolis 10.
Ijoulsville 4. Indianapolis 2.
Columbus 1, Toledo 0.
8t. Paul 4, Kansas City 2.
Ht. Paul o, Kansas City J.
NO HIT GAME
FOR T. FISHER
Tom Flaber pitched Saturday one of the
three greatest games In the annals of pro
fess Ion a I baaeball, letting Montgomery
down without a hit, a run, or even a man
to first bate. He received errorless sup
port, bad perfect control and struck out
fourteen men.
Hla performance ranks In baaeball with
the feat of Cy Young two years ago and
Erwin Wilhelm this year.
TEAMS BATTLE
FOR 24 INNINGS
Quite the moat remarkable game In the
annals of professional baseball waa played
at Bostoh Saturday between the Philadel
phia and Bostou American league teams,
the former winning In the 24th Inning by
the arore' of 4 to 1. It was only one In
ning shy of the world's record, the game
played In 1K91 between Fargo and Grand
Forks going 2S Innings.
The feature of the game waa the magnifi
cent pitching of Coombs, the young colle
gian recently signed by Conhle Mack. *In
the twenty-four Innings he allowed only fif
teen lilta nnd one ran. Ills nerve In pinches
made hla work undoubtedly the finest exhi
bition of twirling seen In recent years. For
Instance, Ferris nnd Parent each got two-
baggers In the game and Parent got a
triple, and once or twice the bases were
filled up, with dangerous hitters at the bat,
but when this waa the rase Coombs put on
all hla steam nnd wonld strike out the fol
lowing l»atters.
Harris, for Roaton, pitched finely, but
weakened In the twenty-fourth and merely
lot»t»ed the hall over, three runs being
scored.
The game was started at 1:33 o'clock and
lasted till 6:20 o'clock, requiring four hours
and forty-seven minutes.
League Standings
80UTHERN.
Club,— Played. Won. Loat.
Birmingham. . 120 70 44
Memphl, . . . 120 70 60
New Orleans . 121 69 62
Atlanta .... 121 60 63
Shreveport . . 122 07 65
Montgomery. . 121 61 02
Naahvllle ... 122 40 82
Little Rock . . 126 17 80
80UTH ATLANTIC.
Club,—
Savannah . ,
Augusta . . .
Macon . . .
Columbia .
Charleaton. ,
Jacksonville ,
Played. Won. Lost
112
118
108
110
106
111
COTTON STATES.
Club,—
Mobile . . .
Meridian . .
flulfport . .
Jackson . . .
Baton Rouge.
Vicksburg . .
Played. Won. Lost.
. 114 71 48
. 110 62 64
. 110 67 69
. 115 67 68
. 116 66 00
. 114 48 71
P.C.
.633
.683
.670
.602
.649
.481
.328
.296
P.C.
.020
.011
.622
.473
.448
.316
P.C.
.623
.684
.491
.490
.478
.377
NATIONAL.
Club,— Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
Chicago .... 125 93 S3 .744
Pittsburg ... 121 78 43 .645
New York . . 118 75 43 .636
Philadelphia . . 121 65 00 .464
Cincinnati . . 124 62 72 .418
Brooklyn . . . 117 47 70 .402
St. Louis ... 122 46 77 .374
Boston .... 123 40 83 .325
AMERICAN.
Cluba— Played. Won. Lost P. C.
Chicago ... 118 72 47 .006
New York . . 117 09 48 .690
Philadelphia . . 117 08 61 .604
Cleveland ... 116 08 62 .643
St. Louis ... 118 81 67 .617
Detroit .... 116 60 00 .483
Washington . . 118 40 73 .380
Boston .... 120 38 82 ,317
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Played. Won. Lott. P.C.
. 118
. 115
. 114
Club-
Columbu,
Milwaukee
Toledo . .
Minneapolis . . 134
Kansas City . 184
Louisville ... 138
St. Paul . . . 183 01
Indianapolis . . 138 48
.010
.570
.630
.507
.485
.480
.469
.365
SATURDAYS RESULT8.
Southern—
Atlanta 1, New Orleans 1.
Birmingham 3, Little Rock (I.
Birmingham 3, Little Rock 0.
8hreveport 4, Montgomery 0.
Nashville 3, Memphis 2.
South Atlantic—
Columbia 1, Charleaton 1.
Savannah 1, Jacksonville 0.
Savannah 3, Jacksonville 0.
National—
Brooklyn 0, Philadelphia 3.
Pittsburg 9, Cincinnati 7.
Chicago 8, St. Louis 1.
New York 7, Boston 2. •
American—
New York 6, Washington 4.
New York 5, Washington 3.
Philadelphia 4, Boston 1.
Detroit 3, St. Louts 0.
Cleveland 7, Chicago 0.
Cotton States—
Mobile 0. flulfport 3.
Vicksburg 8, Meridian 1.
Jackson 2, Baton Rouge 0.
American Association—
Milwaukee 8, Minneapolis 2.
Toledo l. Columbus 0.
tndlanapolls 2, Louisville 1.
Louisville 6, Indianapolis 2.
Virginia State—
Lynchburg 2. Danville 1.
Danville 7, Lynchburg 0.
Richmond 1, Portsmouth 0 <10 In
nings.)
Richmond 0, Portsmouth 0 <11 in
nings.)
The Birmingham club I, ,irol>ably the Id,
winner this year. The attendance In the
Smoky llnrg has undoubtedly I e'en enor
mous.
If Atlanta hnd bad a pennant winner—
but that', .pitte snottier story and. any*
way. Atlanta baa not lost any money uu
Ibis
BAT NELSON’S HAPPY GRIN
CASE OF OTTO JORDAN
AND THE “RUBBER BALL”
WILL BE ALLOWED TO DROP
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
New Orleans, Kept. 2.—The "Otto Jordan
cane" will be heard September 17, two days
nfter the Southern League season ends. It
Is doubtful if anything will come of It.
Presumably It will l>e thrown out of court
for lack of evidence.
While the team waa In New Orleans Otto,
Secretary Ethridge and some local newspa
per men went over to the court, had a
look at the famous rubber hall, and talked
with the Judge.
From what could bo learned, the ease is
regarded In a serio-comic (and mostly the
latter end of the hyphenated word light by
everybody connected with the court before
which It will be heard. It In the opinion that
Jordan did the only possible thing In keep
ing possession of the ball, ns the umpire re
fused to take the matter In bis own hnnds,
nnd It Is predicted on all sides that the
case will be quietly smothered.
Jordan was torn with conflicting emotions
to visit ngnln the scene df his fatuous es
capade nnd pointed out gleefully the cell
In which he wna confined, and the patrol
wagon which he alleged waa the Identical
one used In conveying him to the Mice
station.
The writer carefully examined the hall
now In the possession of the New Orleans
pot!<* which Is being held for evidence.
This hall Is supposed to Ik* the famous
rubber" ball and certainly the cover Is
the oue which was on the hall taken front
Jordan by the police. It l*enrs on the out
side the signatures of Jordan nnd Secretary.
Ethridge. Also it haa a mark made by nil
Indelible pencil, which the Atlanta players
believe was put there by Charley Frank to'
distinguish that ball aa a "phoney" one.
One thing about the ball, liable from Its
marvelous "liveliness," which looks suspi
cious, Is the fact that no trade mark Is
discernible. The ball Is comparatively a
one and It Is presumably impossible
that tho trade mark could have l>een re
moved by the amount of play It received.
Unless nppenrnnces are more deceitful than
usual, the Imll now held by the New Or
leans police authorities Is not a regulation
hall which Is required to be used by the
by-laws of the league.
The possibilities that the hall has been
"switched" since the time It was taken
away from Jordan, while remote, are wor
thy of consideration. It has been kept loose
In n drawer of n desk lu the police station.
Any one who hnd the run of the place
could readily have pulled the hall ont, sub
stituted a dummy In Its place, made any
change and slipped the hall back ngnln. To
have made a change the cover would have
hnd to he removed. Any one who desired to
make any changes would have had to take
the cover off nnd sew It back on another
hall. Such a stunt la possible, but far
from probable.
Anyway, there Is also remote possibility
that the hall la not the Identical one which
proved so "rubbery" In Ihe famous game In
which Manuel knocked the unexpected home
run.
However, there Is not n member of the
Atlanta team who would not like to be
present when the ball Is opened.
Oue by-product of the dope factory In
New Orleans during the rubber ball discus
sion was the statement made by a New
Orleans paper tlmt Manager Mullaney of
the Montgomery team stated that he didn't
get the rubber hall be hnd In his possession
from New Orleans at ail, hut that he got
It from Smith wheu Billy was using rub
ber balls down In Macon.
That this statement was made by Mulla-
ney Is denied absolutely by a man who
heard the Interview, and the day after It
appeared Mullaney branded It as a fabrica
tion.
The story was taken at first ns one of
Mttllaney's Jokes, but now It appears that
"Mull" did not tell It, anywny.
SATURDAY’S GAME.
By PERCY WHITING.
Special Correspondence.
New Orleans, 8ept. 3.-Not to be out
done In the matter of "whisker finishes."
the Atlanta tram pnlleol off a ninth Inning
lly which saved Saturday afternoon's
game from being a sad defeat.
In the fourth liittlug. the fearsome Peli
cans put a run over the plntter, nnd there
after, until the ninth Inning, It appeared
that the Crackers were buffaloed or Hkeil or
eagled or something equally fatal to their
aspirations as run-getters. For hardly a hit
nnd never a run mnde they.
Then came the ninth Inning, which IJt-
tie Richard Crosier Inaugurated with a
clean single. Smith was up next, ami he
sent a bounder down third twse Hue.
ltrmithers thought for a fatal second that
raw going to roll foul, nnd so evi
dently did O'Brien a ml Cargd, for they
stood Idly several yards from first l»ase.
When "Chestle Artie" sow tils error, he
picked up the ball, but nobody was at
first to head off Smith, and the S4>orcr
chalked up a hit. Then Jimmy Fox com
pleted the stunt st» neatly stsrtctl by Cro
sier nnd S4» fortunately carried on by
Smith, when he singled to left field and
score4| Crosier with the run which tied
things up.
New Orleans did nothing In the ninth,
nml Umpire Campati called the game when
that Inning ended, alleging that it was
too dark to piny. It was 5:55 when lie
rendered his derision, nnd a couple of In
nings more could easily have been played.
As Tommy Hushes wns getting stronger
every minute, while Manuel wns apparently
weakening. It looked like a Htn-h for At
lanta If the game bud gone ou until It
was really too dark to piny. But Cam-
pa u saw U otherwise, ami neither side put
up much of a protest.
The steady pitching of Tom Hughes, and
the timely "ash work" of ('rosier, Sid
Smith and Fox hnd pulled the fat out of
the fire, aud Atlanta had more or less
cause to he pleased.
The game passed off ns smoothly ns that
on Friday. Every time Jordan came to
bat. cheers nnd applause, mingled with
hisses, were heard, hut aside from the
hisses, there were no hostile demonstra
tions.
Tin* score follows:
ft. It. t-o. A.k.
Bat Nelson and Joe Gans
Get Ready For Their Fihgt
Croxler. If..
Smith. 3I>..
Fox. lb
Hoff man. ss
.b>r«lnu, 2b
Archer, o
Evers, rf.. .. .. ..
Hughes, P
“Aik
3
3
4
4 0 0
115 0 0
0 13 5 0
0 16 0 0
0 0 3 1 0
...4 0 0 3 1 0
..4 0 2 4 1 1
...1 0 0 2 0 0
...3 0 0 0 3 0
T4jfnls..
30 1
27 13 2
XlTtt OKI.BANS— All. II. II. I'd. A. K.
Ulpli.rt. If 4 o 1 1 o o
rnritrt, 2t> 2 1 0 o 2 o
Ilrouthers, 3b 4 0 0 1 2 1
Blnke, rf 4 0 0 1 1 1
Knoll, rf 3 0 110 0
Atx. ss 3 0 0 3 7 0
O'Brien, lb.. 4 0 1 14 o 0
Stratton, c 4 0 1 6 5 0
Manuel, p 3 0 1 0 4 0
Totals 31 1 “S 27 2? 1
Score In- Innings:
Atlanta 000 000 001-1
New Or bams .000 100 000—1
Nummary: Stolen t»n*es~ Archer. O'Brien;
sacrifice hits. Evers. Cargo. Croxler; double
plays. Jordan to Fox: struck out by Manuel
4. by Hughes 4: bases Isilts off Manuel
}. Hughes 2; lilt by pitched ball, Evers.
Knoll; wlbl pitches, Hughes; paaseil halls
by Stratton; left on bases. New Orleans 7,
Atlanta 7; first base on errors. New Orleans
2. Atlanta 1. Time, 1:55. Umpire, Cam-
pa u.
Watch Brotman Grow.
FACTS OF THE BIG BATTLE
Principals—Joe Gans, of Baltimore, and Battling Nelson, of Hege-
wlsch, Ind.
Battleground—Arena of Goldfield Athletic Club, Goldfield, Nev,
Conditions—Fight to a finish at 133 pounds, weigh In half an hour be.
fore battle.
Title at Stake—Lightweight championship of the world.
Title now held by Gans.
Referee—George 81ler, of Chicago.
p urge —$30,000; divided, $20,000 to Nelson win or lose; $10,000 to Gan*
win or lose. . A _
Betting—Gans favorite at odds of 10 to 8.
Forfeits Posted by Both Fighters—$5,000 for failure to make weight
at each weighing in; $5,000 for failure to appear in the ring.
Conditions of Fight—Straight Marquis of Queensberry rules. Fight,
ers to break at word of mouth.
SJze of Ring—Eighteen feet square.
Probable attendance, 10,000. .
Fight starts 3:30 p. m. coast time (5:30 central time.)
By W. W. NAUGHTON.
By Private Leased Wire.
Goldfield, Nev., Sept. 3.—Joe Gnus and
Battling Nelson will In a few hours meet
here to decide who Is the champion light
weight of the world.
They will light to a finish to decide It.
There can be no draw, either oue or the
other must go down In defeat.
If ever n man wns built for a finish fight
that man Is Battling Nelson. While he
wns engaging in a six-round I»ont In the
east he wns a Joke. Fight promoters put
him on In cheap preliminaries or did not
put him on at all. Over the short courses
he wns no lietter than any of the other
cheap men, nnd not as good as the clever
ones.
Then he came West, whore the twenty-
round fight Is the ultimatum. He Jumped
Into prominence at once. Every man whom
he met gave him a terrible drubbing In the
early rounds. Spider Welch did It nt Salt
Lake, hut In the end he went down and out
before Nelson.
Mnrth) Cnnole bent Nelson off for fifteen
rounds—In fact, he wore himself out pound
ing awny nt the whalebone iuuu in frout of
him.
It waa the same story when Nelson fought
Hanlon. Eddie pinned the Dane in the cor
ner for seventeen rounds nnd the contest
became one of a test of endurance. In the
eighteenth round Hanlon wavered nnd Nel
son finished him In the nineteenth.
What Bat’s Victims Think.
The only reason why Nelson whipped
Young Corbett In such quick time was be
cause Corbett, finding a man whom he could
hit with every punch In hla make-up, put
up such n fast fight that his holt wns soon
shot. I have talked with three men who
have felt the Dane's knock-out punch—
Jimmy Britt, Eddie Hanlon nnd Young Cor
bett. They all told me the same thing.
Young Corbett—It la nothing In the world
but his endurance. He Is such an easy
mark to hit that you can hit your head off
before you know It.
Eddie Hanlon—Nelson never hit me a
punch which hurt me. I hnve fought a
doxen men who are cleaner nnd harder
pnnehers. Nelson Is always right on top of
you and you whale away, thinking that nt
every wallop that you are Just going to get
him and then you blow up nnd he cornea
along aud gets you.. He la there In hla style
of fighting.
Britt said: "I beat myself at Coma by
trying to stand up with a slugger. He has
more vitality than any man 1 ever saw
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0 HOW FIQHTER8 COMPARE, o
0
0 Nelaon. Gam. .
O 136 Weight 134 mo
0 5 ft. 7 1-4 In. .Height. 5 ft. 6 1-4 In. 0
O 6 ft. 7 1-4 In. ..Reach .5 ft. 10 1-4 in o
0 14 1-4 In.. .. Neck 14 1-4 In. 0
0 34 In Cheat 35 1-2 in. 0
0 29 In Walat .. ..211-2In. 0
0 12 5-8 In Bleeps.. ..13 7-8la 0
0 107-8 In. .. .Forearm. .. 111-4In. 0
0 7 1-4 In Wrist 6 3-4 In. 0
0 201-2 In Thigh.. .. 201-21n.0
0 14 1-4 In Calf 13 1-1 la 0
0 8 1-4 In Ankle 81-2 la 0
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and n punch does not hurt him in th«
least."
Another point on which they agree Is that
Nelson has no killing punch. He scores i
few clean knock-downs. Go to the recordi.
of the best fights nnd note the few In
stances In which he has floored his tuan.
To sum up In n few words. Nelson has
nothing hut -bis stamina. To say that h«
is clever la rot. To make him n rlevtt
fighter would lie to kill hla usefulness.
As to Joe Gans.
Now, ns to Joe Gnus. He la six years older
than Nelson, nnd he has been fight Inc flit
years longer. Gans la the cleverest light-
weight this country has ever produced. Hi
goes nl»out a fight very much ns si
mnkes a watch. He knows everythin!
which contributes to a winning fight; hr
has ring generalship down to nn exact
science, nnd, In addition to this, be hai a
knock-out punch in either hand.
Gnns won the lightweight rhamplnnshif
with a single punch, nnd since that tli
men at 133 pounds hnve been very *7
of the negro's game. He haa l»een foirri
to fight Idg men, and hla string of vide
ries over the toughest welters In the work
Is enough to convince any man that fit
negro Is the fighting marvel of the derafc
He has beaten men with whom It Is cot*
ceded that Nelson wouldn't have a look to.
Gnns says he will have nothing to tut
from Nelaon'a punches. Whether the ne
gro will Ite able to win In a punch or
whether he has stamina to pick Nelson to
bits for fifteen or twenty rounds and
wearing him down with a anccerslon of
Jarring punches to the hotly or Jaw Is some
thing which the fight must deride. He
says he Is ready to fight one of the ‘
fights of hla life, and those who have
him during the past three days are con
vinced that thla la the case.
Last Double-Header of Trip
Results in an Even, Break
By PERCY WHITING.
New Orleans, Sept 3.—Atlanta closed Ita
.sat road trip of the year by splitting «
double-header with tho 1'ellcnns Sunday.
Atlantans down to two hits. Oue
of them—Hoffmnu’s double—yielded Atlanta
Its only run.
nnxter Sparks wns the goods In the sec
ond battle, and got awny with his game—6
to 2—because he received excellent batting
support. Foxy old Ilrelt was hammered
hard. Winters, Croxler, Fox nnd Jordan
dap
The scores:
First Gama.
ATLANTA- AB. It. ll. I><). A.B.
Winters, rf 4 0 1 2 0 0
Crosier, If ...3 0 0 3 2 0
. 3 0 0 6 2 1
Hoffman, ss 3 1 1 1 3 0
Jordan, 2b 3 0 0 5 0 1
Archer, c 3 0 0 5 3 2
Evers, cf 3 0 0 2 0 0
Zeller, p 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 29 1 2 24 14 4
NKW ORI.BAXH— All. It.
Rlckert, If 4 1
Cargo, 2b 4 0
Ilrouthers, 3b.. .. 3 1
Blnke, rf 4 1
Knoll, rf 4 2
Atx, ss l l
O'Brien, lb
Stratton, c
Guese, p
2 2 14 0 0
Totals....... . 31
Score by Innings:
Atlanta
New Orleans..
9 10 27 13 0
Hnmnmry: Two-haw mt». Ilotfpinn:
PICKED UP IN
PELICAN VILLE
By PERCY WHITING.
New Orleans, Sept. 3.—New Orleans peo-
to slug In the game Saturday, when Atlanta
made her rally In the ninth and tied the
score.
That makes three times thla season that
three-base hits. O’Brien: stolen bases. RlHh
ert. Knoll, O'Brien; sacrifice hits, <’«
Blnke, Atx, Rronthera; struck out
nirniuiii wim piicn. /.eiirr; leu on imsr%
New Orleans 8, Atlanta 2: flrat base os
errors. New Orleans 2. Time, 1:49. t>
Second Gama.
ATLANTA-
Wlnters, rf.. .. .
Croxler, If
Smith, 3b
Fox, lb
Hoffman, aa ..
Jordan. 2b
Archer, e.. ., ,, ,.
Evers, cf
AB. ll. H. 1*0. A. fc
....6 2 3 3 0 1
..4 0 2 0 0 !
..51112'
..4 0 2 11 1
....4 1 0 2 5 1
. .,8 1 2 6 3 1
...4 1 0 2 3 *
...4 0 0 1 1 '
Totals
.17 0 10 27 17 J
NKW OKLEANS-
Rlckert, If
Cargo. 2b
Rrouthera, 3b.. ,. ...
AB. ll. ll. mTt
....4 0 0 1 0 !
..4 0 0 2 1 '
....4 0 2 »0!
Knoll, rf *. ..
Atx, ss
O’Brien, lb., .. ,,
Stratton, c
Dreltenateln, p. . .
. .2 1 0 1 0 !
...8123!
...4 0 1 10 2 I
....4 0 1 3 0 J
...2 0 1 0 4 '
Totals
...» ~2 7 27 14 1
Score by Innings:
Atlnnta
New Orleniia
001 ion 013-4
000 010 lOM
Summary: Two-base hits. Winters, <’re
xler, Ats, Smith; three-base hits, Foil
Mcrifice hits. Crosier, Ats; double
Hoffman to Jordan to Fox, Brrttenst«“
to Atx to O'Brien; struck out by Brelfr
ensteln 2, by Sparks 2; bases
off Rreltensteln 1, off Sparks 2; hit by
pitched ball, Blnke, Knoll; left on bit*
New Orient)s 6, Atlanta 5: first bane «'■
errors. New Orleans 0, Atlanta 2. Tim*
1:05, I mplre, Campsu.
Atlnnta has had the worst of the "earl;
closing" rule.
Outside of the hatting, the side-line eoad
lug of Winters nnd Archer was the feature
of Saturday's ninth Itinlug rally. The 1*“
rnn up and down like raged tigers, venial
like a couple of hyenas. Aud tbelr
noise certnluly hnd its effect ou liana*
who was clearly bothered.
Cnmpnu’s decisions Saturday caused n
of lieeflug by Itoth reams, but on the
he hardly gave either team any the «
of It.
When Atlanta lost Friday the fans
said the Crackers were "yellow."
New Orleans nllnweil a tie-up In the l ‘| n !r
Saturday they said the Beltrans '—"
low." They mi
about.
ATLANTA vs. MEMPHIS
SEPTEMBER 3-4-5.
GAME CALLED AT 4 P. M.
LADIES' DAY TUESDAY.