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PAGE TWO ONE OF THE CLOSEST RACES ON RECORD WILL BE FINISHED IN SOUTHERN TODAY « TEN PITS BETWEEN UPS moms N*w York 5, Detroit 1, DETROIT Detroit hail little chance to Wert Chci-borrt gei tiiiK but one lilt up to the seventh. Vhat chance It hail wan thrown awuv by erratic Infield work and Payne's l»oor throwing, following two scratch hit* In the toio Hi Score by Inulnga: It. H. K Detroit . . . .itou 000 ion I 4 New York . . ,000 4oi 000 5 It 1 Winter. Willett and Payne Htul Schmidt: (’hesbro nod Mlalr. Time 1:86. Umpire, K'on-i. Box score New York. Alt. II It P.O A K McHverin. If ... .0 I 0 6 0 0 Conroy, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 0 tree, cf ...... ..3 1 I I 0 0 Hemphill, rs .. . . 4 2 1 1 0 0 Gardner, 2b ...4002 2 0 Morlarity, lb ... 4 2 2 11 0 o MnUH.nw 3 I 1 2 X 1 Hlali. c 4 :> 0 3 o 0 t'heehro, p 4 0 0 1 10 Tota'a .... 3V 9 627 IT 11 Detroit. All II H PO. A E. Mclntyre. If 4 o o 2 o o Schaefer, »« A lb .4 0 o 2 r. o Crawford, cf . . . t oo : o o Cobb, rs 411000 Heanmail. Ih . . . 4 I 0 ,6 0 0 Payne, e ....... 1 0 0 I 1 I Bnhtnldi, c 2 1 0 2 1 l K llllter, lb . . .1 o 0 0 2 I Boah, »a 1 I o 0 1 o Down*. Ih .... 4i o o i 4o Winter, O 0 0 » Willett, o o 0 o o o xJonca 1 0 0 0 0 # J Totala ..... .31 4 I 2? IX 3 1 xllatted for Winter In Ulkbtli. Summary: Two-bare hit Morlarity. lilt* otf Wlntel x lii x Intilniii, Wll lott 1 In I minim Haerltli e lilte Bill Stolen bam* -free, Mnrliirity Ball 2. Malt on bane* New York Do tmit 4 Bum on bull* Cheabro l lilt liv pitcher 'Yltitef 1 Struck out 'Vinter (T'e.oro 3 1 line ol came 1 1 - St. Lould Win* Two. f»T LOI'IH Hi 1 .<M*i» f*mit *•<! | rhiir*. iiihti. t*tr- -to i hu t to 4, Early balling th* lir»i g-m* I” "" lead Blt«-r.mud in lh. Hr"' tmtf. but sharp hllllm «.'• H Louis H"' >«*" tn I In- sixth FIRST Q AMF gror<- by Inning* H II E. g. I out* V’.ii no. •tn in -.I 1 * i rhllsduidil I " , |V,w.|| mid Smith; K'.ater nnd I'"* er* rinn-, 1 RKCOND HAMK genre by ititiln** It- 11 •' HI. I*>ut* . .ull I'H HW • 1‘ M Philadelphia 0J» (HO J * H iitm-'-u and Hpcncri t oui.ih* n»m Lapp Tim.- I 4t Emplrwa. Sheridan | Bint Huts! Chicago t, W**h.ng on 0. CITIC AUO Wn'hinr nti >'< • Imi out I to |I, v«*lerday In » hard 1 mi n nttchor* 1 bailie Walsh «l> >'’■ vl.ltor. hit* i cat lei rd while .tohmn n wit* *lmo*t Invincible Ih« onl> J aeon- of tin- name cgm* In th'' seventh Inning Andoraon opened « double lo I. It wont to Ihltd »n « fielder'* choice nnd acored on I wr*"' long «> „ „ Hrorn bv Inning* «* '* "■ rh7ea«» . • -nnt' non 10(1 I A> ; Washington no" atm mm < • Wash and Shaw «t"l Sullivan, Jnbntog *nrt Slrift Vmi'ire* Egan and OT-oughiln Cleveland J. Bp*ton 1 CI.KVKI AND 4 V*-' eland defeated Bmloii : to l > Hl'n-'d.-* pitched « n<> hit gnmo. but I'"" «**ed on tin t, ban* J ■« earrlfice and n "< ! 't P"-h I «)’>»; ' t.tpi. nnd vatand* first nn arm snd a wild I «»» gpon.ll.ie for tb>' olhd _ Room bv inning* K ~ r nrmlgnd Boston oio tmn omi t 0 • Khoadnt and Demi* Vn 11,in.-* and Itonohur Tint*. I <9 Vwp\t*. ton j noli). [[| SMIEUUNST TIE IN ATLANTA TOOAY ATLANTA, Ga A* tod*> * game betweon Atlanta and Llttl.- Hm-W th lg.t Ot th* season. will Blake ni' .111 fen-no* In the position of elth.-r team act matter which **l It It” I ** Man »«or Smith of the Cracker* and Man M ,r Finn of the Trave.er* have agreed to pla> agaln»| the world* record for fa»t time Atlanta already hold* the record, having played and won a full game from Shreveport In UK'S In forty four minutes. Old Coughs tn r/*M ImacA your fnmrfy J* #**. A • m+Jmn* u*»« fw tmnJm tint ttmJJ t+k* kb pUtc* T’wtt him at nil ttmns One of America’s Best Tennis Players Frederick B. Alexander, the crack New York ♦ ennU player, whose brilliant matches with Cloth ier. tae former champion, won him a place in the t'n.iln f)f the All Conirri National Lawn Tennis Tour nament, at the Newport Casino. , INSECT HURTING LOC|. COTTON An Inner* MUcklng rollon wnd dn inic much U’Jnrv to the crop h«« ap I t.iittl In liirhniuiMt rount> On Mr J«wb I'hlnUy « farm the tnaeot in do log tmtdl d“Hi i #l«m Ive work and In all neighboring holga It haa alao put in appenramV It w ia flint iboiiKhi to !»e anthrar hut an « \:»tuina!l<»n has allown the trouble to be mimed by an Inaert. Anthiarntu i ('idltMotiirhum iStw ► ypil> U a limans while tin trouble In lilt hnn<nd couniv .•oiion la with a beet)»-ilke infttcl. probably the eotlon borer (Uranoiett Mel.nut) w hich at lack!a bull* and at|u.u >*. raua him them to rot and fall off However, the trouble In causing t deterioration In roll on protmectH win re li bus appeared and It aeema to he thteaienina much damage lo a large area. * Distilled Water. 2 1 2c per gallon at Inter state Ice and Fuel Co. POSTMASTERS^ASSOCIATION ELECT THEIR OFFICERS I t'H ATT AN0045 A. V.-nn Thn Na tlonsl \*»(v-latu>n us First t'la*a Post masters adlotirm-d Isat night after •'lv.tlng H.-nrv Blunt, Jr, of Savan nah (1». piwldcut; K M. Morgan, of Now York itr*t vice president F 0 Wlthoff. nf Dayton O. second *b',' president; K It Slucr of Lin coin. \« h third vice president; Isa dote Sobcl, of Kile, I'a. fourth vice pD'sidint and ft t' Owen of Mil wnukv#, treasurer. The secretary is to b«‘ appointed by the president. Oldcougba.dctpcrati vunyht,rasping cough*, extremely penlgua ccuglia, cough* that shake the whole body. It take* a strong medicine, * doctor's medicine, to msster such cough*. A grest many people rely on Ayer's Cherry Feclor,l. irem «s HE'LL WIN HAG NEW YOKK -Encouraged by two victories yesterday MaiiaKcr John J Mcflraw. of th,. New York Nationals fel* that the pennant 1* already won. lie *ald: "I aui not rlalminK any championship until Ihe (Hunt* have the pennant cinched. I am of the. opinion, however, that w,. will win. and win too. with comparative ease. Easier, in fact. Ihun the rare now show* l have th,. aameat team that w*. ever put on the field, and they ire going to pit 11 out ahead by just that quality In tlielr make up.* I would like tn see the Detroit* win tin Vmertcan layagne pennant on account of my old friend Hughey Jen ; nlng* | want to have It out with him snd hi* Tiger* for the world * cham pionship Hut whichever club win* the American League flag. I will *«v the (Hants are not afraid of the very ; be»t that league ran produce I know 1 what ihe (Hants can do- and they are game.” GAME TODAY DECIDES SOUTHERN CHAMPIONS Wddcr Slttou, late of the Jacksonville Team, op posed “Old Man” Breit enstein on the Firlnu Line. N ASHVII.LK Tenn.--Today mark’* the closing of one of th<* warmest pennant contests in the history of the Kouthern League Nog until Wednesday was the race narrowed down to two teams and It will require tmlav's game, the last of the a* a*on to d.u’lde the champion ship Should Nashville win from N--w Orleana the Tenne*a*-eana will finish (wo (Kilnts to the food Old Min” Hreltensteln wll pitch for (he IVllran* today and It la un derstood Slttou. the youngster who won the South Atlantic peunaut for . Jacksonv III* will he acut uj ihe , mound h) the Volunteers* THE AUGUSTA HLKA-LBU TABLES TURNED 1 THE PELidS e t^2 NASHVILLE -Nashville won fror.i New Orleans. 6 to 2. yesterday In the second game ol the series that will decide the Southern League chan, plonshlp. The attendance was again large and the Interest Intense. The winner of today’s game gets the pen nant. for 1008. luigtan was in great form yester d iv, and in addition, the locals hi T in he pinches One of the New Orl"an run-, that In the ninth, was earnerl while the other came from |t •• ••• i 1 throw in returning Lord's drive to loft held. "Sliver Rill" Phillips was In tin box for New Orleans, and Nashville hit him when hits counted. Hutlc’s three base drive and Duggan’s slng:e scored one. Three safe one, a sacri lice and Hohe's error Drought three more. Daubert sent the ball over right held leriee for a circuit of th bases, and another run was chalked lip as a result of two errors by Dun don. Scattered In with 'hose were lour sacrifices, of which three wei j productive ol runs lip to/the sixth Inning it was any body’s game Then the locals jump ed onto Phillips, three tallies resulted and there was no more doubt. Not a free pass was issued nor was there a stolen base, lit x score— Nashville. AU. R. H. P.T). A. f. Ray, If 4 l l 4 0 t Wiseman, rs . . . .3 o l 2 0 u East, 2b 3 1 l 2 3 0 McElveen, 31> ... .4 0 1 l 1 0 Selgel, cf . 4 0 1 l 0 1 ifßebcrt, lb*. *.4 l 111 l 0 Butler, as . . . . i 3 2 1 I 0 11 unhurt, us .... .2 0 0 5 0 0 Duggan, p 3 l 2 0 4 0 Totals 31 fi 10 27 10 2 New Orleans. All It H. P.O. A. E, Montgomery, rl .. .4 o 0 l 0 0 Robe, 3b 4 0 1 0 2 1 Lord, es 3 i 1 3 1 0 Tnrleton, lb ... .4 0 1 9 4 0 Dexter, ss .4 0 1 3 3 0 Klekrrt, if ... .4 0 0 1 o 0 I Miudon. 21) 4 1 I 4 0 2 Stratton, c .. . . 2 0 13 0 o Phillips, p 3 0 10 10 Totals 32 2 7 24 11 3 Score, by Innings: It- Nashville 001 003 110—0 New Orleans 001 04)0 001—2 Summary; Two-base hits Tarleton. Tiire*'ha*e hits—Butler, Lord. Home run—Daubert. SncrlHcu hits—Wiseman, East, Hurl hurt L, Lord Si rat ion. struck out Duggan I’hilllps 2 Left nn liases —Nashville 5, New Orleans 5. Double plays—Tarleton to Dexter. I.ord to Tarleton. Time—l:3o. Empires—Carpenter and FiUair.e nmns. Atlanta 2, Travelers 1. Score by innings: R H. E Atlanta - .000 200 000 —2 4 3 Linle Kook . . 000 000 010—1 fi I Johns and Smith; Buchanan and Wood. Time. 1:30. Empire. Pfer. ■linger. Barons 3, Mobile 2. Score by Innings: R H. E ptrmingham . . 000 000 030 —A It 2 'O' o 000 002 —2 3 0 Klaheriv and Ranb; Keeker and Garvin Time, 1:20. Empire, Mo ran. Pretzel* 5, Memphis 4 Score by Innings: R H. E. Memphis • 000 000 130-4 9 I Montgomery . .001 201 100—5 9 1 (Sarritv and OLear;-; Ouese and I lari Time. I; 4«. Empires, Drown and Wheeler. • • ♦ STANDING OF CLUBS ♦ » ♦ (♦*♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦ Southern League. Wen. Lost. T ft New Ortean* 70 SO .570 Nashville 74 sfi .509 Memphis 72 02 .537 1 Montgomery *>9 04 .519 ! Mobile 00 07 .490 Atlanta 02 71 • .400 1 Little Reck 02 70 .*49 Birmingham 52 81 .391 National League. .Vnn. Lost P Pt New York 87 to 051 . ('hh»-:e 85 53 -610 Pittsburg K> 34 .612 Philadelphia 73 00 .543 Cincinnati 03 72 .474 Keeton 57 80 .416 Hnekiyn 47 88 .348 St. Lout*. .43 91 .331 Amtiiean League. Won leowt P Ct Detroit . .. 78 57 .578 • Chicago . 77 01 .538 Si Louts 75 61 .551 i . 05 71 .478 Philadelphia 04 70 477 Washington .. ....59 73 .447 New York 45 89 .333 Duelled Water, 2 : 2c per gallon at 1 Inter State tee and Fuel Co. We Lighten Your Pane WITH Gas Arcs. * Connections Free. Gas Company. GIANTS INCREASED THEIR LEAD B¥ i TAKINHI NEW YORK. —Refore a crowd said to be the largest in the history of baseball New York took a big jump toward the winning of the National LeHgue pennant by taking both games of a double-header with Pittsburg Fri day. Hard hitting by the leaders was a feature of both games. Mathewson pitched a masterly game in the first battle, allowing but five hits and not passing a man. Pitts burg failed to score and the final score was 7 to 0. In the speond game Pittsburg ; brought the hat heavily into play, ' scoring four times In thp first three : innings and knocking Wiltse out of the box and tallying three runs In ft he eighth. New York, however, had already rolled up twelve runs and dis posed of two of Pittsburg’s boxmen, Camnltz and Leever, making the re sult 12 to 7. Both games were mark ed by clean fielding. FIRST GAME. Score by innings: R. H. E Pittsburg . . .000 onn 000—0 5 1 New York . . .011 040 lOx—7 10 0 Ratterles. Maddox, Brandon and Gibson; Mathewson and Bresnahan. Time, 1:40. SECOND GAME. Score by Innings: R. H. E. j Pittsburg . . .301 000 030— 7 12 1 i New York . . .201 003 60x —12 18 2| Batteries. Camnltz. Leever, Vail and Gibson; Wiltse. McUinnlty and Bres-! nahan and Needham. Time, 2 hours. . Umpires, Klem and O'Day. A Stein for mine—nourishing, refreshing Gsaraateed under the National Pure Food Law A pure, clean, superior Brew of the choices* Bariey-Mait and Hops- An absolute non-intoxicant On draught and in bottles ** at all the best places J. H. O'Byrne, Distributer, Augusta, Georgi? Cincinnati 13, Boston 6. BOSTON.—In a heavy hitting and pooriy played game Cincinnati defeat ed Boston Friday, 13 to C. Dorner was knocked out of the box in the fourth. Nine hits and a base on balls off l.indanian. who succeeded him, netted eleven runs. Score by innings: R. H. E. Cincinnati . . .010 xOO 010—13 16 2 Boston . . . .211 002'000— 6 12 3 xEleven runs in fourth inning. Batteries, Rowan, Dubec and Mc- Lean; Dorner, Mattern, Lindaman and Smith. Time, 1:59. Umpire, Rigler. Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1. PHILADELPHIA. Chicago was; beaten here Friday in a pitcher's bat tle. which was not decided until the tenth inning. Chicago filled the bases with on e out in the tenth, but Zim merman fanned and Tinker was put out trying to steal home. With one out in Philadelphia's half Knabe tripled and scored on Titus' sacrifice* fly to left field. Score by innings: R. H. E. Chicago . . .001 000 000 o—l 7 3 Philadelphia ..000 000 010 I—2 7 1 Batteries, Overall and Kling; Me- Quillian and Jarklitsch. Time, 2 hours. Umpires, Johnstone and Emslle. Even Break in Brooklyn. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—ln the double-! header Friday afternoon at Washing ton Park Brooklyn and St. Louis broke even, St. Louis winning the first game, 4 to 2, and Brooklyn rapturing the second. 3 to 0. The second game was called after th e first half of the .seventh inning on account of dark ness. FIRST GAME. Score by innings: R. H. E. 1 St. Louis . . .020 011 000—4 8 1 Brooklyn. . . .000 200 000—2 5 1 Batteries. Lush and Bliss; Rucker ! and Dunn. Time. 1:46. Umpire, Ow ens. SATUHBAY, SUiri’ Augusta Paint & Wall Paper Co 307 Mclntosh, Corner Ellis. Large assortment of Wall Paper and large force to do prompt work. All kinds of painting— House and Sign—a Spec ialty. Old Furniture Re paired and Renovated. Estimates Furnished on Application. : : ’PHONE 2254 Just Exactly Right. ‘‘l have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for several years, and find them Just exactly right.” says Mr. A. A. Felton, of Harrisville, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least dis comfort. Rest remedy for constipa tion. biliousness and malaria. 25c at all druggists. SECOND GAME. Score bv innings: R H K st. Louis . . . .non onn o—o r> 2 Brooklyn 030 000' x —3 7 0 Batteries. Sallee and Moran; Rell land Farmer. Time, 1:12. Empira, Owens.