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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
GAME POSTPONED
DOwNPoUR OF RAIN PREVENTED
PLAY BY GALATIANS AND C. l.. A..
REMNANT RACE is CLOSE.
AS END OF SEASON DRAWS NEAR
CONTESTS INCREASE IN INTEREST,".

Librarians Lead in Batting, Chat
hams in Fielding and Y. NJ. G. AS
in Pitchinx-HarmOn Holds the
Palm for TwirIinE, Mcintyre for
InaeId Excellence and Quinn in
Base ADMINISTRATIONS Game
VIII he Played Next Week.
Fans and players alike were sorely
disappointed yesterday afternoon
when steady downpour of rain set
in at / o'clock and continued through
the afternoon making a veritable duck
pond of the diamond at Bolton Street
Park, where the Chathams and c.. L.
AS were to contest game that would
make a big difference in the race for
the pennant in the tri-club league.
Just which club will win the pennant
is now a question that is being dis
cussed in all of it's possible phases, and
the relative merits of every player
on the three teams now contesting is
being weighed by the wise ones. Each
team has its little coterie of support
ers, and there is but little doubt that
they are equally favored in point of
numbers of loyal supporters among
the fans.
Beyond a question of a doubt the
Librarians lead in stick work 1t is
largely due to their timely hitting
that they hold the lead in the race.
Harmon is the only man who has
proved effectual against them. The
fielding of the team is also good, but
not nm IN tho oanaraI aVprQUa Of that
of the Chathams.
In point of fielding the Chathams
outp0int the other teams at every po-
sition, almost, and had they been
able to hit the sphere as well as they
handle it in the field they would have
now occupied the position of honor
They may yet get 1t, for If they can
win their next game with the Libra
rians they will be on equal footing with
both their opponents.
The Y. M. c. AS strength, then,
must surely be in the box. But for
Harmon, who came to their support in
their last two games, they might still
be bringing up the rear in the percen-
tage column. Right here is where
the Chathams and Librarians will
probably meet their defeat in the race.
Harmon stands out as conspicuously
ais the champion slabman of the City
League as does Cy Young in the Amer
lean League.
OF the infielders Mcintyre of the
Chathams is alone in his class of the
city League players. He is also a
stanch supporter of his team when he
goes to the bat, and never fails to take
a base when he sees the opportunity.
On bases Quinn deserves the palm.
Combined with wonderful sprinting
powers he uses good judgment and
ability to get away from a base at
full speed.
There has been such constant
changes in the outfields of the teams
that it would be unfair to make asser-
lions of superiority of a fielder on his
work in one or two games
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
KING TO RACE NO MORE.

Edward VII Reported to Have De-
cided to Retire From the Turf.
King Edward is about to retire from
the turf. This. at any rate, is a re-
port current among the members of
his encourage, where 1t is intimated
that his persistent i'll luck this year,
eliminating in the defeat of his horse
Perchant at Goodwood, has thoroughly
dissatisfied him with his stable and
with everything and everybody con-
nected Herewith.
1t will likewise be observed that the
much discussed project of his placing
in commission new Britannia has
been abandoned, and that his old sail
ing yacht of the same name was used
by him at Cowes, not for any contest
in the regatta there in the early part
of this month, but merely to enable him
to enjoy the pleasure of a long spin
under sail. In fact. 1t seems to be
practically decided that the King will
no longer figure as competitor in rae
ing contests, either on the turf or afioat,
and 1t is said that he feels that he has
given sufficient personal encourage
ment to the two chief national sports
in the last forty years to admit of
his retirement from any further part in
yacht and horse racing as a competitor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16

She was in the woman's ward, but had
a room to herself.
when we passed down the corridor
and peered into her room she was read
ing. Her back was to the door, and
though she must have heard US, she
The Prisoner Flushed.
THE deputy led the way into the
room. Used to prisoners, he did not
regard this as any intrusion. But the
girl did. She turned, flushed and them
went on reading.
She is not exactly pretty Miss De-
Girls, but she has a delicately sensi-
tive face, of good contour, and the
complexion is we'll night faultless. In
hight she appeared above medium, and
there were fine possibilities Of digniied
bearing in the straight, well-formed
body.
With a cruelty entirely unconscious,
my conductor stepped over to Miss De-
Girls, and said, in the careless finland
tone he would use to a negress ac-
cused OF drunkenness:
Good morning, Mamie. Here's
company for you
The prisoner drew up as though he
had stung her in the face with a whip.
There was refinement and dignity In
her every motion and in every inhec-
ton of her voice when she turned and
gave vent to her feelings.
" 1t Is brutal of you, cruel she said,
to bring here people l don't want to
see. You have me powerless. l can't
get away but at least have right to
my privacy
Even the hardened deputy, a we'll
enough meaning man at heart, felt
the force of this rebuke. He mum
bled something and looked abashed.
AS for me, felt as though l had been
caught in an attempt to secrete my
self in q woman's private apartment.
Il turned to her and said humbly
enough;
81 beg your paron. 1 didn't know
you would feel so badly about it,
Woman HRs Spirit.
Then I turned and led the wav out
The deputy and myself didn't ex-
change comments till we got down
stairs, then he said sheepishly:
"'Shes got sperrt, hain't she?'
And spirit she undoubtedly has.
From my little experience with her
am quite ready to believe that this
girl would prefer to be brutally beat
en- over the barred back rather than
permit the advances of a man she
hated.
death itself wouldn't daunt, once her
mind was firmly fixed Her sensitive
nature increases her possibilities for
suffering, and l can imagine that her
shame at being exposed during the
flogging was greater than the physical
torture"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
DIAMOND QUEEN NARRATORS
STILL HOLDING FORTH
Mamie DeCris In LUxUrY a Picture No Artist CoUd
Paint, bot Big YeIIows Tackled L Without Blash.

The man with a tale of "The Dia-
mond Queen" continues to be very
much in evidence, and in nine cases
out of ten he has the Mole st. Nicho-
las fellow beat II country mile which
is great deal further than George
AIDES city block.
The unfortunate woman who chang
ed the way of spelling her name and
denied her own mother that she might
be thought just a little better, or high
er in the social scale, than she was,
could never even have hoped In her
widest fancies to palm hrself off as
the beautiful, refined and spirited So
cial Queen that she is pictured as by
men who have seen her" The remark
able things that a vivid imagination
can do were never more in evidence
than in the DeCris case.
The following from Philadelphia
paper is fair sample of the manner
of stories that are being printed
throughout the country In connection
with the whipping of the DeCris wom-
an at Milledgeville
A Philadelphia gives this interesting
description of Mamie DeCris, whose
brutal treatment by Warden Allagood
has stirred Georgia, and forced Leg
islative investigation:
II was in Savannah Fast December,
just at the time when the Diamond
Queen, as she was known, had been
arrested for the theft OF jewels In Sa-
vannah and Atlanta.
''she was in the Savannah prison
awaiting to be removed to Atlanta. and
the case was the talk of the town.
Public sympathy was not all against
the accused girl. A story generally
credited ran that she had been engaged
to wed a man of wealth, but that her
own lack of means had caused his par
ents TO refuse their consent.
Seized by melancholy she gradually
passed into a condition not far remov-
ed from responsibility. In this state
she committed her thefts, many say
with the demented idea of obtaining
enough wealth to wed the man she
loved.
"A friend of mine, a police deputy,
was showing me the sights of the city.
and suggested among other things that
l might be glad to see the Diamond
Queen We went over in the morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
LAST DAYS OF CHAMPIONSHIP
CAMPAIGN DRAWING NEAR
SOUTHERN LEAGUE TEAMS
PUNCHED IN STRETCH.

Nashville has put on her sprinting
.Iothes. and is now in third place in
che race for the rag in the Southern
LEAGUE. Newt Fisher has materially
strengthened his team, and in his own
good right arm he has many puzzles
for the opposing batters.
Five of the eight teams in the race
70 points divide the leaders from At
lsnta, the fifth place team. Shreveport
and Atlanta are racing to see who can
get to the bottom of the toboggan
slide first. Col. Abner got mad yes
terday and gave his Crackers talk
lust before the game, and as result
they won from Montgomery easily,
scoring IA to 3.
Memphis increased her lead over Lit
tie Rock by winning from the Coal
Barrons yesterday. Little Rock,
scheduled to play New Orleans, did not
play. The chances are that before the
end of the coming week the Pirates will
climb over the top of the F'rankfurters
and assume the lead, as their winning
streak seems to be on in earnest now.
They have climbed steadily for the past
month, and are playing the steadiest
ball of any of the Southerners. Two
games won or lost will place them in
the leadership.
Managers in the Southern now real
ize that it is too late to try to strength
en- their teams. An effort was made
by several of them a month ago to
gather in new material, with which to
put up strong finish, but in every in
stance the recruits proved disappoint-
ing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
FOUR MONTHS OF
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY.

Four months of the championship
campaign of 1908 have gone by. and
matters are beginning to narrow down
TO point now in the big leagues. In
the National the first week in April
ended with the Pittsburg, New York,
Boston and st. Louis clubs in the first
division ranks while Chicago, Phira-
delphia, Brooklyn and Cincinnati COM
prised the second division clubs. The
difference in percentage, figured be-
tween the leaders and the tail-enders
on April II was .S00-that is Philadel-
phia's percentage was 800 and Pitts
burg was nothing, the champions haV-
ing lost every game that they played.
By the end of the month, New York
had taken the lead, with Pittsburg sec
Ond and Chicago third.
At the end of the May campaign the
Chicago club led in the race, with
New York second and Boston third.
By the end of the June campaign
the leadership had again been chang
ed, Pittsburg having gained the lead
with New York second and Chicago
third and Brooklyn fourth, Cincinnati
then leading the second division, with
Boston second. The difference in per-
centage points had been materially i'm
proved, the change being from 1853 in
May to 1891 in June. This was the con-
dition of affairs when the July cam
paign began.
The full record of the July campaign
presents some very interesting figures,
as will be seen by the appended ia
BILE. in which the teams are placed
in the order in which they stood for
the July campaign:
The pitfahVrO Na1ry V0rIr Ttb4a.
go clubs not only lead the other five
clubs in percentage figures in the pen
nant race, but they lead them IN per-
centage against the first division clubs
The Boston, st. Louis and Philadelphia
clubs are not only tail-enders in re-
gard to inferior percentages in the PEN
nant race, but they are so in other
percentages against the first division
ranks.
The Pittsburg Club at the close of
the July campaign had won their series
from the Cincinnati and st. Louis
clubs, and the Chicagos with st. Louis
No other club had then won a series
of games. The Pittsburgs had found
the Cincinnatis the easiest team to de-
feat, while New York had found Chi
cago the least difficult. Chicago had
won the most of their games from ST.
Louis, and Cincinnati from the Phil
lies. Brooklyn had the least trouble
with st. Louis, while Boston had their
best record of victories against Brook
Ign. st. Louis had an easy thing of
it against the Phillies, and the Phillies
against Brooklyn.
The end of the July campaign left
the difference in percentage figures
again between the leader and tail-end-
ers at S26 points, still further i'm
provement over the figures of the pre-
ViouS campiaign
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
IRISH LAD BROKE RECORD.
Ran Mile and Quarter at Saratoga
Track In pos.

Track In pos.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Aug. 49,
Whitney and Duryea's Irish Lad broke
the track record for a mile and a
quarter in the Champion stakes to-
day. The colt ridden by Redfern was
favorite at 8 to 10 and was never head
ed, winning by length and a half
from Hermis. The Hopeful stakes was
won by James r. Keene's Delhi.
Summaries;
First Race-Seven furlongs. Monte
Carlo, Is to 1, won, with Hurstbourne,
1S to s. second and Sir VOORHEES,, II to
8, third. Time 1926 1-5.
Second Race - Steeplechase, full
course. Lavator, even, wen, with Full
inmate, 16 to 5, second, and Valdez,
is to 5, third. Time sos.
Third Race-The Hopeful stakes for
two year olds. Delhi, to /, won, with
High Ball, so to l, second, and Palm
Bearer. 4 to l, third. Time 1913 is
Fourth Race-The Saratoga Cham
pion, for 3-year-olds and up, one mile
and quarter. Irish Lad, to 10, won
with Hermis, to l, second, and Heno.
to l, third. Time 2O5.
Fifth Race-One mile. Carbuncle, 4
to 1, won, with True Blue, 20 to 1.
second, and Somerset, 20 to 1, third.
Time 1;43 3-5.
Sixth Race-Mile and a sixteenth on
turf. Stone Wall, 20 to /, won, with
Carroll D., 20 to /, second and Mosketo.
to l. third. Time $50.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
AMERICANS SHIFTED
POSITIONS.

When the American League ended
the first week of its April campaign,
on Sunday. April e. the penant race
record to that date left Detroit the
leader, with the percentage figure of
1,OOO Chicago being second, Boston
third and the Athletics fourth, New
York leading the second division, fol-
lowed by Washington, st. Louis and
Cleveland. While Detroit had not lost
game up to that time, Cleveland had
not won one, so the difference in points
stood 1000 to 900. BY the close of the
campaign for this month, on April 80,
while Detroit was still in the van, the
Athletics had pulled up to second place
and the Chicagos had descended to
fourth position. New York, too, had
jumped from fifth position to third,
and st. Louis had fallen to the tail
end position.
In May Chicago won it's way to the
top and Boston got into the first di-
vision, and when the May campaign
ended Boston was in second place. Here
Is how the eight clubs stood in the
race for the pennant on May 81: Chi
cago first. Boston, st. Louis, Phlladel-
phia, Cleveland, Detroit, New York and
Washington.
The difference in percentage points
at the end of the May campaign had
been reduced to 256 points, thereby
leading the National League race to
that date by 256 to 391. 1t was a re-
markedly close race up to the end of
May, between the first division clubs.
Chicago first, leading the Athletics,
fourth, only II points. When the June
campaign ended Boston had taken the
lead from Chicago, the Athletics stand
ing second, and the Clevelands third,
leaving the ex-champions fourth, leav-
ing the Bostons log points ahead of
them. ST. Louis then led the second
division clubs. On the last day of the
month the difference in points between
the leaders and tail-enders was $40, a
falling off from the May figure.
The following is the record for July:
Boston and Detroit clubs rallied in
fine style in July. while the Athletics
had trouble to retain second position
in the race. Only four of the eight
clubs exceeded the average percentage
of 800 in the months victories, Cleve-
land just saving themselves with 800.
The falling off of Chicago was excep-
tional, that club losing nineteen out
of the twenty-seven they won and
lost while Boston won sixteen out
of their twenty-five and the Athletics
seventeen out of their twenty-seven.
The difference in percentage points
between the leader and tail-ender at
the close of the July campaign was
314 points, while that of the National
League to the same date was BAL points.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
LABORERS SEEK TO LEVY ON
ATLANTIC COAST LINES SAFES

Suits were entered in Justice Naugh-
eolored laborers, who have been in the
employ of the construction department
of the Atlantic Coast Line, against
that railroad to collect various sums
of money they allege to be due them.
The different amounts range from
$40 to $50. and make total of about
$165. To secure the alleged debt the
men took out laborers' liens on several
large iron safes in the companys
freight offices.
The Atlantic Coast Line commissary
has filed counter suits, claiming that
the laborers have given them orders
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
RESULTS AT HARLEM.
Chicago, Aug. 15.-Results at Har-

Chicago, Aug. 15.-Results at Har-
lem:
First Race--Six furlongs Bard
Burns, 10 to 5, won, with Beautiful
and Best, 16 to 1, second, and Sardine,
s to 5, third. Time ILL AS.
Second Race-Half mile. Clifton
Forge, to 2, won, with Kleinwood, 60
to /, second. and Witchcraft, 16 to 8,
third. Time so.
Third Race-One mile and one hun
bred yards, May Wood handicap.
Schwalbe, to /, won. with Bragg, 10
to 5, second, and Judge Hines, Q to 5,
third. Time 1850 3-5.
Fourth Race-Six furlongs. Rankin,
40 to /, won, with lebanon, 10 to /,
second. and st. Minor, 8 to /, third.
Time iii.
Fifth Race-One mile. Ancke, to 1,
won, with McGeem, to l, second, and
Call Ant, 6 to l, third. Time LAS 3-5.
Sixth Race-Five ard half fur
longs. Harfang. to 1, won, with Ban
well, to /, second, and Salto, to 1,
third. Time Iii.
SeventhRace-One mile and a six
teenth. Fonsoluca, to 1, won, with
Meehanus, 4 to l. second, and Maj.
Tenny, to 5, third. Time 1851.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16

met Reginald Doherty in an exhibi-
ton match in the singles The final
score was 6-S, Ga, GA in favor OF
Larned.
Both the Dohertys and their part
ners were defeated in the mixed dou-
bles in the morning, the only one OF
the Englishmen to retain his place be-
ing Harold Mahoney. who was paired
with Mrs. Hoadley. They met Oliver S.
Campbell and Miss Hollins in the
semi final round and the result was in
their favor, GA, 4-6, rs They then
defeated Miss Russell and Robert p.
Huntington in the finals.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
AFTERMATH OF THE
FRISCO FIGHT.
COrbett Had Plenty of Followers in
Savannah.


Now that the big bruisers have met
and one has been annihilated, the street
corners fairly buzz with the discussions
of the various phases of the fight as
they appear to the local followers of
the sport.
Corbett's supporters did not appear
here until he had been defeated. 1t
must have been that they were afraid
that they would have. to uphold their
opinion with wagers of long green, or
take a back seat when discussions as
to the merits of the fighters came up.
All ex-champione have followers who
Will never acknowledge that 1t was not
chance that laid their hero low. and
such is the case now. Even those who
felt that Corbett could not stand out
against the powerful tower of bone and
sinew of the worlds champion. would
not give up the hope that Corbett's
superior science would tell when the
two went together in the ring.
Not few have brought out the old
chestnut of fake" These are the
people who never see anything honest.
How the fight could have terminated
Inherently, taking into consideration
the conditions is almost beyond reason.
Even the staunchest supporters of the
scientific ex-champion have been forced
70 the acknowledgment that in all of
Inc points that go to make up a sue
cessful defender Of the worlds cham
pionship, that Jefries is without peer.
Not only did he give an exhibition Of
MS wonderful physical powers, but ac-
cording to the stories that came from
the ring side. he combined all of the
excellent qualities that have heretofore
made the acknowledged master of the
science of boxing. In the opinion Of
me experts Jeffries will never be beat
en- unless he stays In the ring until he,
IKE John L. Sullivan, reaches that
stage Of obesity that renders him easy
prey for the preliminary pug.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
ON THE HUSTLE FOR STARS.
Big League Managers Going Over
the Minor Organizations.

Big League Managers Going over
the Minor Organizations.
Baseball managers are entering up
on their busiest time of the year.
With two-thirds of the season gone,
all of them know thoroughly the weak
spots on their various teams, ana now
is the hour come when hustling be-
gins for fresh material.
Now are they securing the minor
leagues, hunting for players of prom
Use, and every move is as secretly made
as though they had learned their trade
under Old Cap Collier or Sherlock
Holmes.
Every manager imagines that he
knows just where he can find some
player that viii develop into a crack
erjack, and he fondly believes that he
alone has this particular player pick
ed out.
Consequently, he slips away from his
team without saying where he is going
or when he will be back, because he
wants to give no other managers a
line on his movements or "a possible
chance to get crack at the player of
great promise.
More often than not, the aforesaid
player when interviewed by the afore-
said manager directs the latter's atten-
ton to the fact that New York, Phil
adelphia, Cincinnati and countless other
clubs are also on the trail, and thus
does the manager discover that in
stead of being the only sleuth, he is
but one of several.
No matter how often this experience
is repeated, the manager never changes
his tactics. He hopes against hope
that his plan will be successful, but
he learns in spite of his wish that
when good ball players develop in the
minor leagues 1t is practically impos-
sible to keep that information from
spreading.
Thus is every promising player BOOM
ed the minute he begins to show skill
and thus is the big league manager
both kept informed and put into com
petition with his fellows.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
New Orleans Captured One.

Little Rock, Ark. Aug. 15.-Little
Rock and New Orleans broke even in
the double header this afternoon, the
locals taking the second game. Guese's
failure to handle easy put outs lost
the first game for Little Rock. Doyle
for Little Rock and Brown for New
Orleans started the second game. Six
bases on balls in four innings ended
the formers work, while Brown pitch
ed out the game and allowed but six
hits. Score: R.H.E.
Little Rock ...OOO10OOO Z 0
New Orleans 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 IL II 1
Batteries-Guese and Lynch; Adams
and Law.
Second game: R.H. E.
Little Rock 0O1111Ox4 s 8
New Orleans % o 90 0 0 % 3
Batteries-Doyle, Dolan and Clark;
Brown and Hurley.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16

for the money they are seeking to coll
lect, and that it belongs to the COM
missary, and not to the laborers.
Shelby Myrick, attorney for the rail-
road, stated that the Atlantic Coast
Line will likely file an injunction to
prevent the serving of these liens, and
cause both claimants to present their
sides of the case before the next term
of the Superior Court. This is regard
ed as the only course open TO the rail-
road to prevent the serving of the at
tachments, and unless the complain
ants have a good case against the COM
pany. 1t will prove effectual.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
PRINCE CHANGES DATE HERE.

Jack Prince has written that he will
not arrive in Savannah until Sept 9,
having suffered some delay in winding
up his affairs in Lowell, Mass, where
he now is.
In his letter to friend in Savannah
he says that he will bring some of the
fastest pace followers in the game to
Savannah and a carnival of cycle rae
ing may be expected here this fall such
as has never been seen here before.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
BETHESDA BOYS
ISSUE CHALLENGE.

The Bethesda baseball team issues
a challenge to any team in. Savannah
made up Of players of about IA years
Of age. The boys have received their
new uniforms, and are now in good
trim to play any Of the crack junior
teams of Savannah.
Manager w. II. Orr will receive all
challenges addressed to him at Be
thesda. Ga, and terms on which games
viii be played will be made known.