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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
Ahar1fa $ Champion
 Alter q Hard Struggle

the season and this is exactly why the team has kept at the top of the heap nearly all the summer. The batting av- craze of the Memphis team for the sea son is .230 while Atlanta has hit only .22O This difference has been greatly offset by the harder hitting of the Crackers who have bagged no two-base hits 4s three base hits and sixteen home runs, while the Memphii have made 11O two- baggers 2S threc-baggers, and six home huns for the season This is exactly fifty per cent greater than the record of Memphis and accounts for many of the winning runs Of the Crackers.
 The batting average of the Memphis team for the season is .22U, while At lanta has hit 220. These figures might Indicate the real relative strength of the teams, but it is not always a criterion as often the team that wins d pen nant IS not the leader in hitting by any means Fielding counts fully as much as hitting and there is where Atlanta has beeted Memphis It is hardly neces- sary to say that the greatest disappoint- ment of the league season is the Birm- ingham team. Champions of 1906 the Barons started out like winners with prestige and honors but fell by the way side early in the struggle and could never regain anything like championship form Over confidence may have played q great part in the downfall of Birmingham this and important factors in the running of past sad season, but there have been other d poor race, not necessary to mention here
 Two other dsappointments in the race are New Orleans, with a bunch of high priced players, and Little ROCK, with d collection of ancient and modern stars.
 Nashville and Montgomery gave much promise, but have not played up to the standard expected of them Red Fisher has done well with Shreveport and might have been a sharp factor in the race but for a series of accidents.
 At no time within the past seven years has d Southern league pennant race been so close. In 1903 Memphis won with a percentage of 529, just points ahead of Litr% Rock. This was the only race that app\lched the just closed season in closeness, but New Orleans spoiled the race by falling below .40O This year there is less than 15O points between the leaders and the tailenders, which has hardly parallel in baseball history.
 That the present Southern league IS d glowing success stands without dispute, and the fact IS undisputed that the pres ent circuit is one of the most satisGac- tory and compact that can be made in the south. Since the reorganization of the Southern league in 1901 storms and dis sensions have threatened it's existence, but all these have been weathered through deliberaton, and the league has many more good years ahead.
 It is not necessary to go back into bdsc- ball history in the south beyond 1901, tor the present student of the great American game is surrounded by such vastly diff ferent conditions from those surrounding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE
 INCREASES N INTEREST
Philadelphia Now Has the Lead, But Detroit Is a Close Second and Is Playing Championship Ball
 Under a Great Leader
BY B. A. SEBAlL.

It is all over. Atlanta has captured the championship of the Southern league after seven years of strenuous effort and fully deserves all the honors won this season.
 Billy smith has demonstrated the fact that he has the best team of the 1907 pennant race. yet the superiority is not so great as to put the team in d class by itself Memphis. the runner-up is well balanced and came very near to handing d lemon to the Georsans, but the latter crowd was keyed mp to win and succeeded afte splendid race.
 The season of 1907 in the Southern league will long be remembered for the closeness that has marked q the finish and the small margin between the lead CTS and the tailenders. The record is the best made for the past seven years of the reorganized league as will be shown by the tables presented below.
 Why Atlanta should win the rag with a batting average 10 points below that of Memphis, may be asked by the fans but taking into consideration the extra long hits made by the team members and a better fielding average, this is easily explained. While Atlantas fielding av craze has not been figured out, anyone can see by examining the daily record of games that the Crackers are above Memphis in fielding.
 Babbs men have batted pretty well for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

the sport before 1901 that there is no comparison in the interest and general re- suits to the public.
 The record shows, after two years pf war and disturbance in Cuba and the Philippines desire arose for d renewal of baseball games. and the league was or- ganized and played out d successful sea son with Chattanooga and Selma IS members, which subsequently dropped out.
 As the final record shows. Little Rock won the pennant that year by small margin over Nashville, but the latter claimed the pennant on the ground ut certain protested games, and finally 5ot the award when the league directors met a month later.
 In 1902 Selma had been eliminated and Atlanta filled the place. In 1903 Chattd- nooga was supplatned by Montgomery and the league has remained intact ever since. Nashville has won two pennants, Memphis two, while New orleans, Bir- mingham and Atlanta have each taken championship honors during the past seven seasons.
 Three teams have won no pennants ani it behooves Little Rock, Montgomery and Shreveport to hustle next year and make a showing. Montgomery has reached sec ond place one time. Little Rock has been second three times, while the highest Shreveport ever got was third in 1905.
 The standing for the first six seasons of the league are as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
Eastern Totals .... 1894

Eastern Totals .....lSO4 4lO1 lol5
 The hitting of the two divisions l. practically even. but in fielding and base running the western clubs lead by a wide margin The Athletics may win the pennant, but they haven't got it yet.
 J. F. Sanborn of Chicago gives the hopes and fears for the White Sox in the following:
 Those White Sox have practically fin-
 ished their work at home for the season, only four games remaining on their sched- ule for their own park all of them with Cleveland. One tie, left over from se- rles in Cleveland last month, may be transferred and played off here if 1t will affect the result in any way.
 While everyone admits Philadelphia has the inside track all the way to the wire, it is not going to be an easy battle even with the Athletics at home practically all this time Everything depends on how long q lead the Athletics can get while the three western contenders are eat ing each other up out here. Unless the Athletics can establish fair sized lead during the next ten days, it will be tough battle for them later on. For they
 will be up against three strong teams in
 steady succession, while the three western
 teams will be playing only one hrst l division team while in the east and stand |
 letcs are getting a steady pounding l All four of the contenderS seem to be under a severe strain. l have seen the
 Tigers and SoX blow" badly in almost
 every game they have played against
 each other here recently. And the man
 ner of their blowing up in critical stages
 indicates the strain Is beginning to tell on
 them It looks to me as If the team
 which wins will have to outgame the 1 others and if they were even with the
 leaders in the race today. no one would
 have anything on the Sox, simply because
 no one can outgame them.
 The dope from Cleveland by Harry P.
 Edwards is in the following tone: 1 Unless the Maps strike a long-winning
 streak it does not look as if they would
 stand much chance of landing the pen | nant or even of finishing second. Third
 place is about the spot l pick for them 1 now in view of their work at home dur | ing the past week. The surprise was the | chlbs showing against St. Louis. After | playing the White Sox off their feet. the l local fans expected that the Maps would
 take about four straight from the Browns
 Yet they secured but an even break, win ming one game at St. Louis and the game i in the morning of Labor Day in this city.
 Manager Laioie does not intend to try
 ont any of the drafted and purchased
 players this fall A few of them have l been offered to him, but he thinks that | with Cleveland so high up in the race | that it would be bad policy. So he will
 stand pat for the remainder of the sea son with his present lineup which is 1 good enough if it avoids accidents and 1 plays the game of which it is capable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
DETROIT COMPLAINS
 AGAINST CLEVELAND

Detroit. September Secretary Navin of the Detroit American League base ball club. today mailed to President John son of the league a hot complaint against the Cleveland team for it's manifest at tempts yesterday afternoon to delay play in the second game. after Detroit had taken a lead, so that five innings could not be played. MT. Navn said today that the actions were insulting to the patrons of the game and might do the league harm by spreading the belief that the Cleveland team was trying to "throw' them. He said that the matter would be taken up at the neEt meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
NEW AUTO RECORD.

Readville, Mass, September H.-Tne worlds record for a mile in competition was broken at the Readville track today when L. H. F. Baldwin, driving steam car, covered the distance in 54 2-5 sec onds in the first heat of race with F. H. Marriott. Both men had steam ma chimes of Newton manufacture. Baldwin won both heats, getting the first by d narrow margin after an exciting dash, and taking the second easily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
SHIELDS DEAD.

New York, September 14.--"Alcc' Shields, well known in turf circles for the last twenty years, died last night iG Brooklyn, following an attack of stom- ach trouble and typhoid fever. Shields made a horse called Logan famous by winning races in Canada and at every race track in the north, south, east and west in America. This horse ran 120 races during his career
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
DOPE SHEET.

The double victory of the Philadelphia Athletics and the double defeat of Detroit gives Connie Mack a neat lead in the American league pennant fight.
 Lew Walters lives in O'Fallon, Ill, and not Ohio, was stated yesterday morn ing. Lew states that he will play second base for Indianapolis in the American association, if present plans materialize His wife has suffered in this climate, and in addition, Lew has been in the south for such a long time that he naturally desires change.
 He will be missed. for no more popular player is in Dixie today.
 Carlos Smith revives the old gag about retiring. The chances are that he will be again in Dixie when the flowers come again. And if he is in the South ern league, Birmingham will claim nm.
 Memphis got it again yesterday.
 Breitenstein's defeat of yesterday will probably he his last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
OTHER GAMES

The postoffice clerks defeated Fair view yesterday by score of to 4 The only feature of the game was the fierce batting of the clerks, and the base run ming of the same team.
 Batteries: Simmons and Kellog; J. $. Hamilton and Benton.
 Avondale defeated Woodward Iron com pany yesterday afternoon by score or 3 to 0 on the latter's grounds.
 The features of the game was the clev- CT pitching of W. Barnes for Avondale, and the sensational fielding of Second Baseman Reed of Woodward. Bruce of Woodward, pitched a good game, but hss teammates went up in the air in the fifth ming and when they came down Avondale had scored three runs.
 R H. E. Avondale ... 1 Woodward .... .... .. ......--.. Batteries: Barnes and Scott; Bruce and Otte.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

New York, September 14.--BrooMyn took both games of a double-header to- day. The first game was a thirteen in ming affair. First game: R.H. E. Now York .. :. ....320 010 GOO GOO 1--7 b 9 Brooklyn . . . 200 GOO 9o1 GOO 2-S 15 2 Batteries: MeGnnity and Bowerman; Bell and Potter. Umpire, Johnstone. Second game: R.H. b. New York .0Oo 00-0 o Brooklyn .. .. :. .. .. .O02 O~-2 3 1 Batteries: Lynch and Bresnahan; stricklett and Berger Umpire, John stone.
 Philadelphia. September H.-Philad9l- phia took both games of double-header today The first game lasted ten innings and the second was called at the end of the seventh. First game: R.H k. Philadelphia . .. :. ,000 GOO 012 0-3 , 0 Boston :. :. :. . 100 900 GOO II 1 2 Batteries: Corridor and Dooin; Flaherty and Needham. Umpire, O'Day.
 Second game: R.H. b. Philadelphia :. :. :. 200 O43 0-9 10 Boston .. .. .. ..0OO 900 II Batteries: Brown and Jacklitsch; Linda man and Brown Umpire, O'Day.
 St. Louis. September 14.-Pittsburg had no trouble in defeating St. Louis today.
 R.H E. St Louis .. .. .. .. ..000 100 O00-1 8 Pittsburg .. .. .. :. :. 200 020 20+-6 s l Batteries; Raymond and Hostetter; Will lis and Gibson. Umpire, Rigler.
 Cincinnati, September 14.-Chicago over- whelmingly defeated Cincinnati today.
 R.H. E. Cincinnati .. :. .. ;. 400 GOO 001- 5 Il Chicago , . ...14O 120 19s-12 19 1 Batteries; Coakley and Mccarthy; Pfcls- ter and Kling. Umpire. Emsie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
BREITENSTEIN
 BADLY CRUSHED
 IN FINAL GAME

Nashville, September 1.-The South- ern league baseball season was broght to close here today with double header between the locals and New Orleans, each scoring a victory. In the first game Phillips had Nashville bat ters at his mercy. In the second game Breitenstein was hit hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

Summary: Two base hits, Carr, Phil lips. Stolen bases, Hardy. Atz CD, Sa- brie, Rickert, Stratton. Sacrifice hits Stratton, Phillips CD, Wells. Bases on balls. Phillips l. Perdue 1. Struck out Perdue 8. Time, 1:35.
 SLCnND
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than any other team in the league, and fewer errors. Here are the totals to September ::
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

Nashville 526 100 $-14 New Orleans s130 900 co
 Summary: Two base hits. Hardy, Nicholls, McElveen. Atz, Gaston. Stolen bases, Dobbs CD, Wiseman CD, Nicholis. Sacrifice hits. Dobbs. Wild pitches. Sor- rell CD. Bases on balls, Breitenstein 5' Sorrell l. Time. 1:25. Umpire, Rinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

Bretenstein's defeat of yesterday will probably be his last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

Memphis got it again yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15

Totals ..,2s 4 10 1d Gonra hy inn i,,oS.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
WHERE THE AcoRNs ARE PLENTY

TNoUGH is plenty but how much enough' Thomas For
II Ryan concludes that having acquired $l000O0O0O
he has enough and will retire to live Virginia.
where plenty This extraordinary and unexpected
caused searching of hearts among
other nonares especially Chicago where
not so plenty For Mr. S w Aleron, described by
Tribune of the richest in Chicago
that 81 10000 enough for any man. Mr.. Aerton
he willing give some other man chance He adds After
has acquired that he should be willing to retire 1t is
enough enable him live comfortably without being compelled
economze continually.
However. this mumilonaire does practice what he
breaches quite be lenent the who with
bursting money bags. vet lust little more He adds
that rich do much good with their which quite
and NAV be added commonly of the American
millionaire than of his brothers Asked for
instance, Mr.. Allerton replied
University Chicago enterprises
world distribution
wealth
Mr. Rockefeller of speckled beauty Some of the
spots they might be On the whole he is
pretty queer FISH, but willing give him sportsmans
chance for his life although oSy the other day that Bap
@ conference denounced the Chicago University and
breeding place nfdey This very painful Another good
mans money gone wrong.
But all this of that is large Chicago
settle the question How much enoughP Which, in truth
of arithmetic bat of mind Brothers let
us all seek and find where the aeotns are plenty
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
THE wArrERsoN-BRYAN CONTROVERSY

should he described "nang faces because these
celestial minds and the mind has face but otherwise the
might At the controversy that Colonel Henry Watterson
Mr. BRYAN conducting
approaches aspe But for the part Colonel Wattersons
rather Of melancholy pleading affair of
rather than Of He depore Mr. Byan ouspoken attach
certain principles which, may suspect the gentleman
from kentucky classes isd OF these Mr. Bryan plans
ownership Of railroads and the initiative and referendum
the disturbing offenders the Waterson lexicon The
Kentucky editor persuaded that the democratic viii
safer with pledges and platform other than
by the and meaningless atchwords Back
constitution
Now. this remarkable and suggestive frame of mnd
and the suggestion emphasized by Colonel Wattersons
We quote.
Why Mr.
be novel
that to the of
Why should Mr Bryan
"Tacoay unwise. Matterson believes
his by lodging Say nothing and woodthat
the program Colonel Wstterson refuses be smoked
Is an odd plan Of campaign for fighting KentScdan.
Such as the OF opporunism-we shall indulge the
osuorous adehst chsacterzes Colonel Wattcrons appeal
candidate should rather he president than right.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Old Guard Gathers
At New GALLERY

At New Gallery ~ of art-Hopkns no onger-on AnuTs
dav afternoon There and artists sp.hSs
old in crowd that climbed tne NH 10 @ %
ookns house that Lorins Ns ~
There was general expression approval OF the ouhus %
pupi of the institute the RUNS o w
lowered structure His ster-Carolne Rxou
Hopkins portrait painter-wee present anu no
carnations were passed. OUT 10 W
had opportunity TO snake "
Secretary the institutes very me- 70
Wores helped paintings that adorn the vans
Of though despoled OF MS WORKS ~
time still instinct future with noome VINO
prophet OF Marin county 10 ENJOY
music OF the Heyman knight oy grace OF
of the Hawaiian islands we were
the building by Capt Noe
Hopkins like book ana oua nave
and almost through IT, ono
folded thoroughly of the old institute amiharzeo %
self idiosyncrasies
There feeling with (which we old San
We talked deal about the
belief the institute
the old The are SO @
all that But some OF the od
and talking about those oo s
again "reminiscences but pevab Don't
where Virgil Williams was the
pronen who used study art when
in with high stakes Don't
of brought
used break OF the euss and
MUNICH them
Yeands ketching class that used TO
asked another OF the society contingent
Jimmy OF Matilda
OF Brookes and then
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Personal Mention

d. p. simmons Jr OF Seattle Is at the
jefferson.
]. B. Holt. a merchant OF I.assen. IS
a guest AT the Hamlin.
Dir II. L. Tevis of Alma is at the
Palace TO spend several days
Mr and Mrs. c. L. Cole Of Portland
registered at the Palace yesterday.
Senator George s. Nixon is down from
Nevada and registered at the Palace
Edwin Cullen of Los Angeles and
Mrs. Cullen are guests at the Baltimore.
George f. Holesworth. mining man
of Tonopah. is staying st the ST Fran
els
Edward Newbegin. merchant If
Portland. Ore. is registered at the I'm
perial.
Frank Freeman. a lawyer OF Willows.
and Mrs Freeman are guests al the
Robins
Fred II. vahrenkamp. 9 mining msn
of Bonnie Clare. New. is staying at the
ST. Francis.
William Sanders and c. c Muller.
business men of Fresno. are staying
at the Baltimore
E H Cox. the well known banker Of
MADEIRA, and Mrs Cox are stavinx
at the Fairmont for a few days
Among the arrivals at the HamIin
yesterday were Miss Violet Metzner Of
Goldfeld and Miss Maude Grifarh 3f
Sacramento
E du Foriseca, . wealthy planter
OF Brazil. with large rubber Interests
in the South American republic. IL
staying at the Fairmons-
Among the arrivals at the Fairmont
yesterday was a party OF wealthy Chr
caGo people. The party includes Mr..
and Mrs. A r. Gartz and their two
children. Mrs Dora Reismer and Ms.
AIDA Hupfeld-
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11

been more or less OF disturbing fac
tor IN the way of cutting rates where
tickets were sold through to Europe.
In such case il was hard to prove
where the cut came. as the blame was
shifted easily TO the steamship lines
+. ". Thompson. general agent of the
through the northwest and says there
is considerable building activity in the
cities of Portland. Seattle and Tacoma.
Residents OF Washington naturally are
greatly interested in the Chicago. Mil
waukee and ST Paul which is heading
for the coast, and should be at its Pa
CHIC coast terminal within two years.
Till also is employing a large number
or men on his railroad enterprises; ali
OF which helps to create a boom
The next meeting Of the Transconti-
nentsl Passenger association in Chicago
on June 10 does not, from a glance al
the docket. promise to be exciting The
rates Tor the irrigation congress to be
held in Sacramento in September will
be taken up also the rates for the
Royal Arcanum. which is 10 meet in
Seattle in August The proposal TO get
out new issue OF the TranScontiuenral
Passenger association tariff will be dis
cussed and the question OF an allow
ance Of $50 pounds OF baggage TO trans
Pacific passengers will be taken up.
Two thousand of the new refrigerator
cars which have been ordered by Harri-
man have been delivered from the shops
and the latest agreement is that when
5000 shall have been received which
viii be about the end of the year. the
Pacific Fruit express will engage in the
business of transporting fruit. Up to
that tine the ArInours will handle the
Pacific Fruit express cars exactly as II
they were their own equipment