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MONDAY, SEPT. IS*
Sec. Farr Explains Troubles
That Occurred in Chattanooga
Secretary Jas. S. Farr, of the Au
gusta baseball club made a quick run
to the city Sunday from Chatta
nooga, and while here he threw con
dSrable light on the Chattanooga
muddle. Mr. Farr left the city Sun
' ty at 3:30 so he could reach Chatta
ooga Monday morning in time to be
resent at the meeting to be held by
resident Jones, of the league, Presi
:it Andrews of the Near Sports, and
. James U. Jackson of the Augusta
b. At this meeting it will be de
d whether Friday’s game,- which
i forfeited to Augusta will be
>wn out.
fr. Farr said that Mr. Jackson and
self went tp Chattanooga prepared
ight every point, and on reaching
e, they found that every point
:ld have to be contested, as Dobbs
. i Andrews seemed determined to
everything for Chattanooga.
Ir. W. A. Jones was in Chatta
ga Thursday, and he ruled that
her Augusta or Chattanooga could
ty any player in the league. Thurs
y’s game was begun before Mr. Farr
uld see Mr. Jones and when he did,
ie told him of rule 21, which says
• hat players belonging to other clubs
can not be used in a post-season se
ries. Mr. Jones told Mr. Farr that
he had never heard of such a rule,
and in plain words that he was “from
Missouri.” Mr. Farr carried him to
the hotel, where he showed him the
rule.
Mr. Jones immediately admitted
that he was in error, and ruled that
Demaree and Helm could not pitch,
and threw out Thursday’s game. He
stated that as Weaver belonged to
Chicago, and Chicago was willing for
him to play with Chattanooga, he
would allow Weaver to play. Mr.
Farr then dug up the rule, which says
no major league player can be loan
d or farmed out to minor league
team for a championship series. Mr.
Jones admitted again that he was
wrong, and issued the order keeping
Weaver from the game.
Mr. Jones made the statement to
Mr. Farr that he would have given
SI,OOO in cold cash to have known of
the existence of the two rulings, be
fore he issued the order that any S.
A. L. player could participate in the
games.
Secretary J. H. Farrell, of the na
tional commission then took a ham!
rnd ruled that these men were in
eligible. Secretary Farrell also is
sued the statement that players sign
ed between Sept. 2 and Sept. 9th by
minor league clubs, could participate
in a championship series. Wagner
was signed by Augusta, and therefore
he can play for Augusta, but even if
a kick is made on Wagner playing.
Augusta has Griffin, the premier twirl
or of the league, Pierce, Billard and
Nancy Hanks t 6 fall back on.
The Near Sports immediately after
Secretary Farrell ruled that players
JEFFRIES IS 9
'BID PRESS 9GEHT
Trip To Europe Will Hurt
Him. Gets No Notice on
the Other Side.
i*EvV YORK.—From the point of
view of the press agent, Jeffries made
a bad move when he took himself
out of the public eye and retired to
Germany for a few weeks, leaving mat
ters in the air.
When Morris was trying to get Jef
•fries to sign a theatrical contract, he
found that Mrs. Jim, who is always a
strong factor in the retired champion’s
plans, did not approve. In order to
please her, Morris suggested that Jef
feries’ engagement might include a
trip to Europe. As Mrs. Jeffries was
born in Germany and the trip would
mean a visit to her mother, whom
she has not seen in years, she was
immediately won over by the Morris
forces and Jim made the trip to Eu
rope, not because it was a wise one
or there was money in sight, but sim
ply because he had promised his wife
to take her home for a visit.
The Hon. Norman Selby, otherwise
Kid McCoy, has just returned from
the other side, where he found there
•was no money in selling spring water
on the Parisian boulevards. The Kid
thinks that Jeff made a blunder by
going abroad.
"They don’t know he’s on earth over
there,” said McCoy. "The day h e got
into London some of the papers car
ried as mtich as an inch about his
arrival. Of course there wasn't any
news sent over h°re by cable, and
Jeff might as well have jumped into a
well and stayed there for six weeks.
You’ve got to keep people of this coun
try interested or they forget you in
six weeks.”
The waters of Carlsbad may be
good medicine, but when it comes to
stimulating the public interest, all the
water in Germany can do nothing on
this side of the Atlantic. Jim will
be forced to return and go into active
training before two-thirds of the peo
ple in America will believe that he
means business.
Five dollars for you in Andrews
Bros.’ ad in yesterday's Sunday Her
ald. Read it.
Where They Play
South Atlantic League; Augusta in
Chattanooga.
Southern League; Memphis in At
lanta. Mobile in Nashville.
New Orleans in Montgomery. Lit
tle Rock in Birmingham.
American League: Cleveland in
Chicago. St. Louis in Detroit. Wash
iijAA)n in Boston. Philadelphia in
N~w York.
National League; Brooklyn in Phil
adelphia. Pittsburg in St. Louis.
New York in Boston. Chicago in Cin
olnnatl
signed between Sept. 2nd and Sept.
9th could play, set up a howl ask
ing that the forfeiture of Friday's
game be called ofT, as Demaree was
eligible to pitch. They were soon
undeceived. To use the player in the
post-season series, the team must
show a contract with the player in
question, and prbve that he is their
player. Weaver has been drafted by
Chicago, and its a cinch that the Near
Sports can not show a contract for
him. Demaree is Savannah’s sta*
twirler, and Mr. Nick Corish has
stated he is holding Demaree lor next
year, and Jim Fox, in Columbrs de
nies that he released Ross Helm, so
the Near Sports and quitters are in
as bad a fix as ever, because they can
not show contracts with these men.
There have been many rumors cir
culated over the league about the
Augusta team disbanding in Chatta
nooga, and about Castro resigning.
The following is Mr. Farr's version of
the affair: “Chattanooga figured on
takipg the first three games jf the
series from Augusta with their bor
rowed pitchers, so the management
issued the statement that ail the re
ceipts for the grand stand would go
to the Chattanooga team, and the
Tourists would receive the leavings.
They figured that probably after being
done that way in Chattanooga, we
would turn the trick on them iu’ An
gsta, but they figured on taking the
first game in Augusta, and at tast it
would give the Chattanooga team
seventy-five per cent of the total re
ceipts, where the Augusta team would
hardly get enough to pay expenses.
“Castro and the players hea~d of
the statement, and Castro immediate
ly resigned, and the players refused
to go on the field. Mr. Jackson of
fered the management to Tom Carson
but he refused to accept it. I had
a talk with Andrews, and he finally
decided to let the receipts be divided
as per the first arrangement. When
our players were told this, Castro
withdrew his resignation, and the
men signified their willingness to
play and to work for the pennant for
Augusta.
"Under the present arrangement,
the winning team gets sixty per cent
of the receipts, and the losing team
gets forty per cent. This is, of
course, of the net receipts. The lea
gue gets ten per cent of the gross re
ceipts. The Augusta team is giving
the Augusta players twenty per cent
of their share of the money, and pay
ing all the team’s expenses. This
arrangement is* perfectly satisfactory
with the team, and they will continue
to play as hard as ever.”
Mr. Farr stated that so far as he
knew at present, the teams would re
port in Augusta Tuesdhy. If at the
meeting Monday, Friday's forfeiture
to Augusta is thrown out, it will be
Wednesday before the teams reach
here. ’
STANDING OF CLUBS
PENANT SERIES S. A. L.
W. L. P.L
Augusta 2 0 1000
Chattanooga 0 2 000
SOUTHERN. W L. PC.
Atlanta 83 47 .639
Nashville 78 53 .595
Montgomery 71 59 .546
New Orleans 71 62 .637
Mobile .. .. 64 69 .481
Little Rock 58 75 .437
Birmingham 55 78 .414
Memphis 48 85 .362
NATIONAL. W T, P C
Pittsburg 94 36 .723
Chicago 90 41 .687
New York 77 50 .606
Cincinnati 66 64 .512
Philadelphia 63 69 477
St. Louis 47 82 .364
Brooklyn 46 83 .367
Boston 36 93 .279
AMERICAN tv L. P. C
Detroit 87 46 .664
Philadelphia 81 51 .614
Boston 77 56 .579
Cleveland 68 68 .600
Chicago ....67 67 .500
New York 61 70 .466
St. Louis 56 76 .424
Washington 34 97 .260
GAME IN DETAIL
AT THE GRAND
The game in detail will b e given at
the Grand theatre this afternoon. The
Interest manifested In the Augusta-Chat
tanonga championship series is intense.
At present Augusta stands two games
to the good. One of the games was won
hy forfeit and the other by better play,
ing. The two teams are very well
matched and there will be a large crowd
at the Grand to hear the returns.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT ST. LOUIS
First Game— R. H. io
St. Louis 300 000 011—S 9 3
Detroit 001 050 230—11 16 3
Second Game— R, H. K
St. Louis 201 010 00—4 6 2
Detroit 010 010 20—4 8 2
AT CHICAGO
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Chicago 010 000 OOx—l 5 0
C.eveland 000 000 000—0 3 0
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT NEW ORLEANS
First Game— R. H. a,.
Montgomery 001 001 o—2 5 2
New Orleans 000 100 o—l 9 1
Second Game — R. h. K
Montgomery .. .. .. ..000 000 o—o 1 2
New Orleans 101 100 o—3 5 0
AT MEMPHIS
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Mobile 000 300 000—3 9 ■>
Memphis 300 102 109—7 12 2
SOUTHPAW WILTSE NOW IN FINE FORM
MAGNATES LOSE FORTUNES
BUILDING BASEBALL TEAMS
CHICAGO —Baseball magnates risk
fortunes In building up a team. It is
even more risky Investing a lot of mon
ey In minor league material than it
is gambling on stocks during an unsettled
period of the market. A club owner
may put thousands of dollars In a few
promising youngsters and at the end oj
the spring training find that not one of
them Is worth keeping.
This has frequently happened In the
past. Occasionally one or two or three
may show such ability that the mag
nate retains them. But even then they
may stick around on the bench for a
few months and be sent back to the min
ors. Cook at the great amount of mon
ey that has been invested In young bail
players the past few months. The most
conspicuous example of all Is seen In the
case of Charles Comiskey owner of t*e
Chicago White Sox.
Although the exact sum has not been
given out, it has been estimated that the
"Old Roman" has sunk fIOO,OOO in new
men. Since the Sox won the worlds
championship some three years ago the
team has been going backward. The
veterans are growing older all that time
and little new blood has been Infused
into the team. Consequently Comiskey,
has felt bound to give his squad a big
shake-up if he wants to land higher next
year than he will this season.
Minors Cost Big Prices.
Many of the new men he has secured,
witn the valuable assistance of his offi
cial scout. Ted Sullivan, have cost a
pile of money. One man In particular,
Shortstop Blackburn, of Providence,
will eventually come to upward of $lO,.
000, one of the highest prices ever pale!
for a minor league lnflelder. Another
man, Zelder of the Coast Deague, will
come near that figure.
The sum of SIOO,OOO Is a bunch of cash
to Invest in untried major league mate
rial, but it shows the tendency of the
times. Another team that 1s nuytng a
large number of young stars is Cleve.
land, Detroit and Ht. Louis are also
looking toward having a faster lot ol
men that they uad this season. They
are following the advice and example,
the latter in particular, of Philadelphia
and Boston. Manager Connie Mack, ol
the Athletics and President John 1. Tay
lor, of the Pilgrims, si tk considerable
money a couple of years ago In new
men. They have kept this up ever since,
letting the veterans go back to the
minors one by one.
I>ast year they lacked the experience
and the system to win pennants, but the
result is clearly seen this season. With
squads almost entirely composed of new
men—men wfcrr have less than two full
years of real experience—these two team
are right, up at the top, lighting with
the ail-star Tigers for the supremacy oi
the American League. The magnates
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
who seriously •ansldering It Mack and
Taylor weren’t the wise boys, after all.
Youngsters Are Fast.
The speed that these new men have
shown on the bases, in hitting and m
fielding has more ihan offset the careful
thinking and t-i.kery of the veteran
teams. Boston, hi Its last series here,
failed to exhibit tie real Inside bail thar
has made the White Sox and other vet.
eran teams fanAous, but they ran all over
the bases and won on the style of ball
that wfis ncUrious in the seventies,
when speed was fi great requisite.
In the ca/io c' Comiskey—lf his twen
ty odd younf, men all fall to conn* to
the scratch- -he will be $100,Out) the loser.
But If three or four show signs of great
ness he will consider himself fortunate.
For he wants to put a team that will
make a fight for the pennant Into his
magnificent ball park, that Is even now
In the course of construction.
Ty Cobb’s base running Is becoming a
matter of consideration among the think,
ing baseball lovers of the land. This
great Detroit fielder has spiked many
basemen In the past two years, and now
these same men are calling for help,
Cobb comes to bat with the statement
that the base runner has the right ot
way. He says, according to reports, shat
the baseman should look out for himself.
Wagner Careful Base Runner.
Take the Instance of Mike Donlin. He
is as scrappy a player ano runner as
ever play'd on the New York giants
The giants arc renowned as a fighting
team, one that plays to the last drop.
But Donlin has often, in the past, taken
a chance of being put out rather than
Injure an opponent.
The same is true of Hans Wagner,
the splendid base stealer and all-round
star of the Pittsburg Pirates. Wagner
looks out for the welfare of his diamond
enemies. On one occasion, when his get
ting on base meant almost a pennant
to his team, he allowed himself to b'*
tagged out by Chance, rather than splk**
the peerless leader. It's traits like
that will keep the game of baseball on
a high plane.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT CINCINNATTI
Score by innings: R. H. K.
Cincinnati 000 000 000 0 lo I
Chicago 0110 030 200—5 11 0
AT ST. LOUIS
Score by innings: R H E
Pittsburg 000 100 201—4 9 1
bl. Louis 003 000 000 -3 12 3
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office, Augus
ta, Ga. t 9, 7, 'O9. Persons calling
for these letters will please say
“Advertised/' nad name the date.
A rule of the Post Office Depart
ment require* that 1c be paid.
LADIES' LIBT.
A. —Susie Armstrong.
B. —Mrs. Emily Bearden, Emma Bus
sey, Ida Berry, Mrs. John Butler,
Louise Beale, Levisin Brown,
Mary Blocker, Martha Brown.
C. Annie R. Campbell, Mrs. Clounce,
Mary Cummings, Carrie Coming,
Hattie Cantey.
D. —Miss E. B. Duncan, Miss C. Du
nen, Mrs. H. A. Davis, Susie Da
vison.
F. —Anna Finch.
G. —Mrs. Onie Glover, Mrs. Cathron
Grien, Mrs. Ixmlfie Gilmore.
H. Mrs. (’ora Haris, Frances Hill (or
Hull), Jiattie Hampton, Lizzie
Hudson, Nellie Hatten, Muriah
Hobbs, Ruby May Harden.
.J. Beli Jones, Lizzy Jones, Mrs. Mol
lie Jons, Mary Jones.
K. —Miss Kella, Kattie Kelly, Mrs.
Mandy Koines, Matie Kent.
L. —Lucy Jane Lawrance.
M. Mrs. Montgomery, Betrether Mar
tin, Mrs. Ella McKinzia, Mrs.
Earl McCollum, Mrs. Fannie M.
Moore, Mrs. Lucy Miller, Mory
Morchel.
N. —Hattie New, Mrs. 8. H. Nowell.
P. —Gertrude Peek, Mrs. Paterson,
Mrs. Ella Pitts, Luiu Prescott,
Lpla Fryer.
S. —Annie May Smith, Ella Smith,
Mrs. Georgia Steele, Mrs. L. C.
Smith, Lizzie Simon, Mary Smith,
Mrs. Marie Smith.
T. —Gertrude Thomas, Manda Thorn
t on.
W. Jannie Williams, Truedy Whit
aker.
MEN’S LIST.
A. —EI wood Anthony, H. A. Adams.
B. —Homer Bowem, John Henry Bon
ner, L. C. Beathby, W. C. Bell.
C. Mr. Cornmado, Tommie Cooper.
Geo. Cadden, J. W. Caldwell, T.
H. Calhoun.
D. —Claude Dozier, M. C. DeWltt, W.
C. Davis.
E. —Tom Evans.
F. Mr. Fleming, M. Fisk.
G. Tom Gordon (2), A. W. Gilman.
H. —J. Heandrs, J. E. Hayes) odis
Hodge.
.1. —Frank Jones, Henry Jackson,
Jonny Jones.
L. —Elick Luse, James Lenton, Mr.
& Mrs. R. E lS'*, Willie Logam.
M. —Haywood Middleton, J. M. Mary,
J. W. McElhannon.
N. —Elbert Nobles.
Quench Your Thirst With A Bottle Of
Hires
Wherever Soft Drinks Are Sold.
DLUK CAIBONATINQ CO.. August*. O* |
AMUSEMENTS
THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR.
At Tho Grand.
Monday Night—“ The Land of
Nod”
Wednesday, matinee and night,
The Jeffersoua in “The Henri
etta.”
Saturday, matinee and night—
Yorke and Adams, “In Africa.”
At The Bijou.
Vaudeville and Pictures dally;
four performances.
At The Alr^Dome.
Vaudeville and Pictures. Night
performances only.
At The Superba.
Air-Dome show given as mati
nee every afternoon.
At The Casino.
Vaudeville and Moving pic
tures.
Land of Nod.
Unusual interest is manifest lit the
engagement of Samuel E. Rork’s mu
sical extravagauze, “The Land of
Nod,” at the Grand tonight. The or
ganization arrived here this morning
on a special train and, Judging from
the size of the company, the press
agent told us the truth for once re
garding the number. Knox Wilson,
the original featured comedian, is with
the company and will be seen in his
famous edeation of “April Fool.” Two
other prominent people in the cast, are
Neil McNeil and Anna McNabb. The
advance sale nas been the largest this
season and capacity business is as
sured the big company.
Seats are selling now at the box
office.
The Famous Henrietta
Joseph and William W. Jefferson,
THE LENGTH OF THE METRE.
If, as Marshall D. Ewell states, with
an expression of astonishment, many
authors of scientific books are Igno
rant of the fact that the relation be
tween the meter and the yagd is, in
the United States, fixed by law, then
it is probable thut many other per
sons are similarly ignorant. The legal
length of the meter In this country
is 39.37 inches. In England it Is
39.370113 inches. Apparently our law
makers thought that a ten-thousandth
of an inch was too Insignificant to
bother with, especially when follow
ed by ft hundred-thousandth, ajnl even
another figure representing millionths.
—Exchange.
O. P. ... Orlall, Thomas O’Hara.
P. —Colquitt. H. Parnell, James Plia
conls, Joshua Perrie. J. H. Pas
chal.
R. —C. 7j. Robertson, Willie Racaiie,
Wm. Rowe, Wm. Robinson.
S. —Chas. F. Shaw, Garey Smith, Geo.
Scott, Jim Street, L. M. Smpson,
S. W. Sanders, Wm. mall, Will
utton.
T. —Fred Teague.
W. —Charley Williams Henrey Wil
low, Frank A. Walker, H. H. Wat
son, JaH. H. Williams, John Wal
ker, Jno. J. Wilkinson, Jr., Mll
lage Lanes Williams, W. E.
Welch, Willie Walker.
Y.—H. T. Young, E. C. Young, Ran
dolph Yelventon.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Leawarce A Warren, Wooleys Sani
tarium, Augusta Journal, Needle
Craft, Cotton Seed Oil Mill, Au
gusta Knitting Mill.
S. H. VAUGHN, Postmaster.
E. W. CARROLL, Supt. of Malls.
Five dollars for you In Andrews
HrC/B.’ ad In yesterday's Sunday Her
ald. Read it.
HERE’S THE WAY THEY WRITE AFTER USING , A
“OLD DOMINION’
"All of the cement piling used In the Brunswick Terminal w«*
made of ’OLD DOMINION’ CEMENT, and the fact of our using this
Cement In preference to all others, we feel Is the highest recom
mendation. This la the first wharf ever built In this country with
Concrete Piles, and we were anxious to secure the beat cement in
the market for It —after the most exhaustive tests, we concluded that
‘OLD DOMINION’ was •It.’"
Carolina Portland Cement Company
80UTHERN DISTRIBUTERS CHARLESTON, 8. C.
The Lake View Casino
First Double Bill of Double Acts Of the Season
THE LAST WEEK
THE BEST SHOW
STEWART & McNALLY
The Human Locomotive
The New Motion Pictures
MORRIS' ORCHESTRA
SMITH & KLINE
Eccentric Song and Dance
PAGE FIVE
supported by a particularly capable
company, will present Bronson How
ard's famous comedy "The Henrietta,”
on Wednesday. This play, recog
nized as being truly representative of
the best of theatrical possibilities, is
a comedy wnlch fairly hubbies over
with infectious humor and in addi
tion contains a powerful dramatic
story. Every human emotion is ex
ploited and every line of the play is
teeming with interest. The Jeffer
son boys have parts suiting their well
known abilities to perfection, and each
of the other parts is in the hands of
carefully selected artists. Every feat
ure of "The Henrietta” indicates his
trionic perfection. It comes to the
Grand Wednesday, matinee and night.
"In Africa.”
Anyone in search of unadulterated
fun and humor cannot afford to miss
the new musical comedy, "In Africa,”
by Aarqn Hoffman, which is to hold
the boards at the Grand, Saturday,
matinee and night.
This is one of the best theatrical
disnes on the market today and is
worth going miles to enjoy. Yorke
Adams of "Bankers and Brokers” antf 1
“Playing (he Ponies" fame are the
chief fun-makers In this capital and
entertaining bit of stage concoction.
“In Africa” Is one scream; fun be
ing rampant from the first curtain
to the last. Pretty ‘Ju Ju” girls,
shapely and talented, with plenty of
opportunity to display excellent voic
es, dominate this show and serve to
gladden the hearts of playgoers wher
ever they appear. “In Africa” is s
travesty on a well known American
and his son, now on a hunting trip
in Africa.
H. K. Forrester presents Yorke &
Adams in a performance said to far
exceed that of "Playing the Pontes”
last season.
REWARD OF HONESTY.
He was a conscientious office boy
and he had always been taught, to
emulate the great George Washington
and never tell a falsehood.
“Ross,” he said, timidly, as hte noon
hour approached, ”1 want to get off
this afternoon.”
"Oh, you do, eh?” said the old
broker, peering over his glasses.
"Yes, sir, and I haven’t any grand
mothers.”
"Well, you are an exception, in
deed.”
“And I’m not sick.’’
"Extraordinary; very extraordi
nary.”
“In fact, sir, I want to get off to go
and see the ball game."
The old broker’s face brightened.
"Well, Willie, I must say that you
are the most honest boy I ever met.”
"Thank you, sir.”
"Yes, and come to think of It, 1
want to see that game myself. I wai
afraid to leave the office at first, but
now that 1 see you are such an hon
est boy I know my business couldn't
be In safer hands. It will take some
time for me to get back, so you will
stay an hour or so later. So long,
Willie; there Is nothing like being
honest. When I come oack I’ll tell
you the score.”—Chicago News.
STRICT OBED ENCE.
Salesman —Shirt, sir. Will you have
n negligee or a stllT bosom?
• ustomer—Negligee, I guess. The doo.
tor said I must avoiv. starchy things.—
Boston Transcript.
Air Dome
THREE ACTS.
TWO REELS PICTURES.
50c Show for a dime.
Matinee Superba—s P. M.
Air-Dome—B TO 1*
