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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. O00000000000000O0O000O00OO More Sports on Page Six. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loan, on valuable,. Bargain, In unredeemed Diamond* . 16 Decatur 6L Kimball Heuaa 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 O000000000O00O000000O«h>« 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 O000000O0000000000000OOOOO 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.