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EIGHT
LEFT EARFUL
Baseball Leagues will
have no monopoly of
cellar champions
They Are Coming Back Thousands and Thousands of New
Baseball Players
By FRED TUREEYVILLE.
The war hu« maO»- lb« w .*rld safe for
tou»«*>all
There are twh t* *ir< rrn, Lull plavars
km there wr*re b fore In« 1»- in got h
In the big world'r, «« »!■•« aim n the Hhlu-
If you want Agnr- s to b convlnc <1
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National Ham I•;<II Federation
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SPORTS
* or- r • ;»mih this spring than there wvr©
three years ago *'
And only a part of our soldiers have
come hark from Frame. Nearly all of
lli' fn plaved l all In the army. The on«H
who hadn't doom'd a mitt for y< urn w< nt
la- h to play when they were went to
■ imp, Other# who never played learned.
The one# who always played kept on
pl '' ln» Tin y w ill want to keep it up.
it Im conservative to say, we I
there are at leant 100,000 more hall play
ers as a fault of the war. They're pour
.ri g back from OVtfMM OfOVWf Alex
ander and KabMt Maranvlll** came In a
few da>s ago. They were raid' d with
rnurli ado Hut oti the name boat# came
other players- Home who weren't player*
when t hey went in the army.
The big amateur baseball body of which
N’nk* h is the working head Is planning
for 1920. H sees the biggest baseball year
of history Of course, on the same line
of reasoning 1919 Is the: biggest baseball
year of all.
The sporting editor of the Stars and
Stripes writes hack home that fully 96,-
000 baseball players will return to the
states with the A K. F. Then there were
so many In the ramps over here. Think
what It all means when these hoys are
bar k home and demand baseball games
to participate In. It will Indeed be a
dead community where no baseball dia
mond Is laid and where the aandlotters
are not In action
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Chattanooga, 6; Atlanta, 0.
Chattanooga —Playing spectacular ball
behind Mplendld pitching by I/ihman,
Chattanooga won her first gume of the
season Sunday afternoon, blanking At
lanta. 6 to 0. The crowd exceeded that
of opening day. The feature of the con
tent was a circus catch by Hates of Rob
erts’ terrific drive to right in the eighth
Inning <tal)oway was taken sick dur
ing the game and replaced by King.
Score: R H E
Atlanta 00ft 000 000—0 6 4
Chattanooga 201 002 00x—-5 l.'l 3
Roberts and Neiderkorn; Lehman and
Higgins.
Birmingham, 11; Nashville, 6.
Nashville, Tenn. —Birmingham outhlt
Nashville and won the last game of the
• i*rtr.' i! to i The feature <>f tin mm«
was the playing of Wickham In right
fleld sos the locals and the hardhitting
of the Haron team. Wickham robbed
IS McDonald of two extra-base hits with
spectacular catches of low line drives.
In the seventh McDonald drove one out
that Wickham came In on at top speed,
making a great shot-string catch, fall
ing forward at the game time, but hold
ing the hull. Again in the ninth he made
a great catch of Bemsen’s drive to left
center.
Kills gathered four lilts out of five
times sit i»nt and I>un«\m got a homer
and a two base hit in five times up.
Score: It H E
Nashville 140 000 100— 6 7 3
Birmingham 070 000 040—11 17 1
Metz. Bennett nnd Street; Banner,
Morrison and Peters
New Orleans, 6; Mobile, 3.
New Orleans—Johnson weakened In
one Inning and New Orleans piled up
four runs and clinched the second game
of the season here. 6 to 3. Torkelson,
who pitched for the locals, hurled air
tight hall to the ninth, when he let down
and Mobile scored three runs on three
safe hits, an error and a stolen base
Score: R l{ K
Mobile 000 000 003—3 0 6
r;i n> 000 0! 4 cOx 6 6 2
Johnson and Oplenian; Torkelson and
Kitchens.
Little Rock, 0; Memphis, 1.
Memphis, Tsnn. —By hard and timely
hitting and taking advantage of the
locals' Infield errors. Little Rock de
feated Memphis. 8 to 1. Fentress was
knocked out of the Ik»x In the sixth, and
Barger, who succeeded him also was hit
opportunely Memphis' batsmen also
hit Wallace and Karr freely, hut both
Little Rock pitchers were steady in the
pinches
F ore: ft H K
Little Rock 210 00ft 320—8 11 2
Memphis . 001 000 000—1 12
Karr, Wallace and Urottem; Fentress,
liarger anil Pehaney
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago. 7; St. Louis, 1.
Chicago—Owrif Tyler pitched tn fine
form and the Chicago Nationals defeat
ed the St. la>uln team, 7 to 1. In their
find game of the season Tyler did not
allow m hit until the seventh inning
t Ichklw In was hit hard by the local*.
Flank starting by hitting the first pitch
ed ball for a home run o\er the right
field fence A light misty rain fall
through most of the gum*.
Score R II K
St Ix>uis 000 000 010- t 4 a
t'hlcago It? 000 3Ox—7 11 0
<h»odwin. Tuero and Snyder. Tyler and
Kllltfer.
Cincinnati, 4; Pittsburg, 1,
Cincinnati —By timely hatting In the
second and third Inning, Cincinnati de
feated Pittsburg today. I to 1 It was
Pitcher Sari llamllton'a first defeat In
the National League an he won ull six
of the games he pitched last season be
fore going Into the na>y Keuther was
wild hut effective and received senmi
tlonu! support The out fielding of
lioush and Garey waa high class
Score R H F.
Pittsburg ... 000 ioo ooo—l & o
Cincinnati . 012 000 01 x 4 9 u
Hamilton. Kvans and Schmidt. Keuther
and Rarlden.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago. 6; Detroit. 4.
Detroit. Mich.—Before 24 000 spectators
Chicago defeated iMrolt Sundav after -
noon. 4 to 4 Chicago hit safely IS
times. Pauss retiring at the end of the
se%enth In favor of Kallio. A feature of
rHE AUGUSTA HERALD
RIGHT EARFUL
Kaiser Bill may have
dodged the cootie, but
not the flee.
BACK IN THE GAME
a WITH NEW LIFE.
Wha" has the war don*- for base
ball? Read what John A. Heydler,
president of the National League,
wrote for the Augusta Herald.
“The players now realize ‘that
what they formerly considered a
hard task Ih really nothing but play
and recreation
They are glad they came out of
the war alive and well As a con
sequence they are going into the
contests with a new zest and spirit.
“The baseball of recent years has
lacked in enthusiasm by those on
the diamond. The war has improved
the game by reinstilling that en
thusiasm Into our athletic young
men genc•rallv.' ,
the hitting was the long home run by
Jackson of Chicago Into the rtghtfleld
bleachers. Brilliant fielding marked De
troit's play.
Score: R H E
Chicago 010 021 101-6 13 5
Detroit 010 100 101—4 9 1
Williams aud Hchalk, Dauss, KaUio
and Stanage, Alnsmith.
Boston, 8; Washington, 0.
Washington —Jones cutpltched a trio of
Washington pitchers and Boston won the
opening game of its series here with
ease, 8 to 0. The local team fielded
poorly.
Score: R H E
Boston 300 113 000—8 f»
Washington 000 000 000—0 5 3
Jones and Walters Shaw, Hovelik,
Thompson and Picinich.
BASEBALL RESUMES
A NORMAL ASPECT
Review of the Week in National
and American Leagues.
New York.—-With the return of many
players from the army and navy,
league baseball resumed a more normal
aspect when the season opened last week
after two seasons more or lesH demoralis
ed by war conditions. Despite the later
opening, of thi‘ )4 1 .lines scheduled
were postponed because of cold weather
or rain.
Cincinnati, winning four from St. Louis,
and Brooklyn defeating Boston three
times led the National League Cin
cinnati won Its fifth straight victory to
day. defeating Pittsburg.
The Boston world champions topped
the American League standing by win
ning the only game it played last week,
overwhelming N*-w York, 10 to 0, and
continued unscored upon today when
Jones blanked Washington. * to 0.
In the Cincinnati-St. Louis series the
Cardinal pitchers were unsteady, issuing
11 passes in the first game. Brooklyn
and Boston celebrated Putrolts* Day,
April 19th, with a pre-season opening.
The SuperbiiH took both games, winning
the first with a three run rally in the
tenth inning On Wednesday Brooklyn
bunched hits for five runs In the ninth.
Boston made thirteen errors in the se
ries
Philadelphia and New York both show
ed strong batting power, the Quakers
winning two of the three games. Wil
liams. of Philadelphia, made a home run,
a double and five singles in nine times
at bat In the series.
Chicago, 1918 champions, outbatted
Pittaburg, but the Pirates' hits were more,
opportune The Cuba snatched one game
of the three when Vaughn held Pitts
burg in check in the opening game. Ty
ler allowed St. Louis four hits today,
while his teammates were hatting In
seven runs.
In the American Jauigue Boston de
feated New York Wednesday, and rest
ed the remainder of the w**<*k. ••Babe"
Ruth made a home run in the first time
at bat. Mays held the Yankees to four
hits and fanned eight.
Chicago set up a record for the other
tag mi t*» aim at l#v hammering out 21
hits In Its owning game, with St. Louis.
The White Sox took three of the four
games losing Friday to Gallia. Jackson,
of (Chicago, starred at bat In the series,
with » home run. threo doubles and six
singles in eighteen times at bat. Hard
hitting offset Chicago's errors against
Detroit today, the So-: winning 6 to 4.
Washington and Philadelphia broke
even in two 13-Inning games Johnson
and Perry buttled in the first game, in
which Johnson sided his team to vic
tory with u timely sacrifice.
Detroit and Cleveland divided two
games. Flunk** being effective against
Cleveland Friday, while Hagby held l>e
trolt to one run Saturday.
A triple steal was made by Sialer. Wil
liams and Demin It t. of St. Louis, in Frl
; day’s game with Chicago
CLUB STANDING
American League.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Horton » o i out
New York t 0 1000
Chicago 4 1 MuO
Philadelphia 1 t (M
t'lev Hand 1 i ,600
Washington l ; ,333
1 *etrott J 2 .333
Si Louis 1 3 211)
National League.
Von. r,o«t Pot.
< I no' in nat I o i noil
Itrouklvn 3 0 l.not!
Pittsburg 2 ! .530
I'liUai.o ... .... 2 2 ..ion
Now York I 2 333
Philadelphia ..1 2 .333
Ronton n 3 (lit#
St Louis ... 0 4 IM>O
Giuthern League.
Wan. I .oat Pot.
Atlanta 3 t rr.O
Nashville 3 t 730
New Orleans 3 1 ,TSO
little nek 2 l *SS
Mobile • I .4*4
M titphl* .. t 2 3.13
Pl attanooK* 1 3 2511
Pirmlnchant 1 3 .*'>o
REVIEW OF WEEK .
IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta and Nashville Off With
Flying Start.
Nsw Orleans—The cloee of the pest
week of the Southern Association ,ea
sen foul’d Atlanta ami NaahMlle off to
a filing start each with three straight
victories to Utetr credit Atlanta took
the third straight game from Chatta
nooga Saturday by overcoming a tub-
stantial lead and scoring three runs in
the final inning. Nashville defeated
Birmingham by close scores in each of
three games.
Memphis and Little Rock each won
the opening game in their respective
cities. New Orleans and Mobile failed
in sixteen innings to settle the opening
day contest here. The teams split ever?
in the two-game series at Mobile
Birmingham won the opening day at
tendance trophy. the official figures
showing the Barony attracted a crowd of
7,912. Atlanta, however, was a close
second with 7.674 Despite a procession
holiday proclamation by the mayor and
an intensive? attendance campaign the
New Orleans opening day crowd num
bered but 6,040. hardly more than half
the estimate of Saturday morning. Other
attendance figures announced were Mem
phis. 6.61”. ’and Mobile, 5,0-lS
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Chattanooga and Nashville.
The feature of the first three day
proved to be the sixteen inning tie coiV.
test nere yesterday. Day pitching fo*
Mobile stayed on the mound the entire
16 innings, kept 11 hits well scattered
except in one inning and apparently was
ni good shape when the contest was
calleck because of darkness.
New Zealand Crew
Wins in Final of
The Seine Regatta
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MONDAY, APRIL 28
seated by the crew from New Zealand to
the final heat of the regatta on the Seta*
Sunday for the trophy offered by tb©
Rowing Club of France. The winners of
the first two heats competed In the
final heat. Six teams were entered
and four participated in the finals.
In the first heat the French team fin*
ished first, New' Foundland second and
Portugal third. In the second New Zeal*
land finished first, America second, and
Alsace-Lorraine third. The distance
rowed was about a mile and a half, from
the Pone Royal to the Alma bridge.
The New’ Zealanders nosed out the
Americana in a heart-breaking spirit in
the last 50 yards of the final. Despite
the unfavorable weather, it is estimat
ed that 600,000 persons witnessed, the
race.
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