The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-26
NASHVILLE LOST PENNANT
TENNESSEE TEAM DEFEATED TWICE
BY NEW ORLEANS.
Little Rock Defeated Birmingham Twice
and Thus Takes the Pennant to
the Arkansas Capital.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
New orleans. September. .

New Orleans. September 25.-Sevcral
thousand people saw New Orleans defeat
Nashville IN double-headcr and deprive
the Tennessee team of the championship,
although Fisher claims that Nashville Is
ahead on correct count, having won one
more game than Little Rock The visitors
were anxious for nj least one game ana
Shields volunteered to pltch hoth contests
as he has proved most effective against
New Orleans He pitched llnc ball in the
first, but Kellum pitched better ana re
ccived finer support, and Stanley's batting
streak cast the deciding vote In favor of
the home team. Nothing dauntcd, shields
went into pitch again ana held out Tor
five innings, Then the sluggers pounded
him the Nashyiles went to pieces and
New Orleans rolled mp thirteen runs In
two innings. Fisher rcgretfully threw NJ
the sponge and made the locals a present
The two teams viii play FIVE exhibition
games FOR an Immense silver trophy,
Ndsh h2il 60 ...,...,. .ool 600 coo 3 1
New ORLEANS ......0o0 Iol Or
Shields and Flshcr; Kellum and Abbott.
Second gnmeScore: II y
Nashyill5G 49,. I'M i9q az az n y
NsT 4Tee ms ,;,scr. l s,nn,ay and bhott
Memphis September % Memphis closed
the season today with shut out and CHAT
tanooga held the short end of the score.
1t was fast game bur the fielding was
listless on the part of Chattanooga. The
feature Of the game was q, pretty stop of
n line drive by Weutz. Bruner was hit
hard. while Rhoades was not.
Memphis sT9ri ...........4 Ala oso ooo- ! Il Il i
| Chattanooga ...... 900 900 600 l.
Rhoades and Armstrong; Bruner and Ear-
| klns.
Little Rock September 25.-Llttle Rock
| won two games from Birmingham this
afternoon in the presence OF 300 spccta-
] lnI Ia,
! claim that the pennant comes to this city
as the result of today's games here and
at New Orleans smoker and banquet
| will he given the Little Rock club at
the hoard of trade TOMORROW night. Skopec
and Popp were inyincihle against the Wis
| itors in the two games today.
1I FlEs' I Fo@e-seore; o4o 40 oo.- y +
| birmingham ...... 600 Ol0 600 q 4
Skopec and Lynch; Wilhelm and Knlhk-
hoff.
Second game Score r II Fl
Little Rock .... 200 600 11*-- g !
| Birmingham ........ 100 COO 600 4 /
Popp and Lynch Iipp and Kalkhoff
Shreveport, September 25.-The season
closed MS it opened, with defeat for
Shreveport. Fisher was pounded all over
the field by the tali-enders. Winters hit
ting was the feature. Out of six times up
he secured a home run, two doubles and
three singles.
Score II II IL
Shreveport ........ 90 oO2 O02- 6 II &
selma ............ 43O OH 26'-l7 % q
Fisher and Mcclure; Cribbens and Leigh
ton.
Little Rock, September 25.-In tele-
gram received here today, President ]. b.
Nicklin of the Southern Baseball assocla.
ton states that the Two disputed Nash
ville-Little Rock games scheduled for Sep,
TENDER II and 10 have been referred ia
the board of arbitration. Manager NJ j
Flynn claims Little Rock has won the
pennant on the face of the returns. II,
expresses no doubt that Little Rock vii
be treated fairly by the association and
says he entertains nothing but good wishe,
for the other clubs and their managers
ly nothing bas been done with the alleged
forfeited game OF August 10, claimed by
| | Mpmphjs against Little Rock. but his un
! hnrgtnndlnG- mnnficiallv Is that n has henI