Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-04
POTION STATES LEAGUE NOTES


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Ca,Tfn5,es 70 LEAD 5h9 ot1er gea'zs in
tba leasus and as The 9ea1as come
down the stfe;ch aa.i=r...l .l....=sl.- z.ire
il looks rs thou:h= tls lAta2heaa-eA
gore going to a4.sh 4. feess sAaee
lengths to the 2eoA. The results OF
+ba battles with Nieksbures on tn 10
~, diamond have been watched viii
much interest ali over yhe circuit and
whom Pine nluff TOOK The fist 2anle OF
Tho series. the penna0t Was practically
conceded to them. Tsoa Biliy Ea@I.,
the never-giye-ap manager Of tE@
yicksburg team, has about sifen u"
hone of transplarti.l- The penaaa'
and the championships OF the Cotton
states leaaue across fha Mississippi.
n;I)v and his mea have fought harel
and earnestly fet the thee games IN
Fine Bluff. Both teams saved uj' fe-
the final struggle, for i vas known
saa.e week. before. thaf the games i
PA Blutf This week would decide
the bean3ut chances
one Objectionable fzafnGa =se ~
fetsa Of tha race tais zea#ea ms Hasa
The rea.a,el eh9es from tl4a Niess
bare faas. aor=1he =4eae=. =es.lsr
teams haseflasei q aaa ha}po3 etaa
Butt to get tha =lea,Iz This ensrze
is openly maae aeatasl aanaeeT
RotGara1el AID sHd G#oeGF5fla8ea 4s=-
cause o. lhe less Of fisa= aaracs ta Pin
Elu1, last week. E.o.s la.r- paper
have printed III ahaase# openly aod
have token occasion 10 bring up II
Rothormcra rast record - prove ~
! statements. Nof2i'hacanGiaG al this
the fact remains that &hla PINE
| Bluff has been -wia4.a@ E.ica8aur4 has
been losing. and the Denrant cannot
be won by losing games. The CHARGES
against MANAGER RoGheriae VIII prob
ably net. go beyond 5he Nftle town OF
the banks of the Mississippi and wiz
Aneyer be heard from in the board
meeting al the end eli jhe year. Ne
conspiracy was entered into between
Managers Red and Rothermel "a
garding the throwing Of games, for
the simple reason that the Greenville
team has failed to take a series from
Pine Bluff this year and Pine Bluff
needed no such conspiracy to help
win the pennant
Both teams have nine more games
to play and it may be that the last
three games On the NickSburg cia-
mond will decide the pcnnant chances
ot the respective teams, but this -
hardly probable While Nicksburg
plays Greenyille and Natchez, Pine
Bluff ties up with Baton Rouge and
Monroe and lhe winning Of three more
games will place the Lumbermen at
'ne top of the heap so far that Nicks,
lGrS couli not catch them by winning
al the games from now on to the
close of the season. Only in the
Nlcksburg town is the Vieksbur@
team considered pennant possibil.
ity.
MoXie Manuel leads the Vicksburg
Pitchers in the percentage columns
anu is one of Earle's steady men.
manuel has won nineteen games and
lost nine, While he pitched two games
to a tie.
Eddie Plass. formerly of the Match
ez team, s now in the fast company
win FicEsburg and is doing good
work for the Hill Climbers. Plass
IN the best run-getter in the circuit
aAd his work has already begun te
snow in the Vicksburg games.
walter H. Deaver, the Birmingham
'astoff, says he does not believe that
'he number Is is unlucky, and points
'c the fact that he has won thirteen
auslsht games for Pine Bluff to
prove his assertion. Deaver holds the
record for consecutive victories in the
eotton States league and bids fair tc
'eau the pitchers at the end Of the
Season.
Vicksburg has protested every game
payed with Pine Bluff in which Ken
uel'y played. The Vicksburg manag
sts claim that Kennedy belongs t.
so.ae club in the northern leagues
0u' 1ail to state which club. In tn,
ustter Of protested games the Vicks