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o'BRIEN CAUSES RIOT.
But Bottle Intended for Him Struck
acknowledgements Wins.

Little Rock, August 19.-Today's game
between Little Rock and Memphis broke
up in near-riot in the eighth inning,
during the course of which Umpire
O'Bren forfeited the game to Memphis,
to 0.
Little Rock had filed the bases with
two out, in the eighth, when Sentz hit a
hard drive to first base. The ball struck
the bag and bounded away, two men
scoring. O Brien called it a foul.
AS OBrien walked toward the Little
Rock bench a shower of pop bottles was
hurled at him from the grand stand.
Umpire Rudderham was struck on the
head by bottle intended for O'Brien
and painfully injured.
Rudderham attempted to climb into the
bleachers and while Manager Finn and
the Little Rock players were endeavoring
to restrain him O'Brien announced that
the game was forfeited. Rudderham was
not seriously hurt. Higgins was hit hard
and received wretched support and the
score was to 2 in Memphis favor when
the game broke up. Score:
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took the lead, with Burman second ana
Clements, in a Standardization, third.
Then the jackson began to encounter
it's string of mishaps that finally put
that car out of the race. A. j. House,
the meehanician, was taken i'll and forced
to leave the car and go to the hos
pital. Lee Lynch, another driver of the
jackson team, took his place. Ellis
eyes began to I'LL up with the dust and
oil but he remained gamely at the wheel.
Finally his car encountered ignition trout
bles after he had once stopped to have
some effort made to relieve his eyes. The
failure of his car to work after this
stop caused him to lose heart and he
finally fell from his seat In a dead faint
and was carried to the hospital. Lynch
was not able to get the car going again,
and was forced to stand by idly and
watch his rivals snatch his chances of
victory.
With the Jackson out of commission
Burman was able to regain his lead with
Clements second and Kfncaid third 10 .
order continued until the finish.
Bucks Clean Sweep.
1t was in the seventh event, 10-mile
race for stripped chassis that the first
record was broken. Chevrolet won cas-
ily and apparently had little difficulty
In cutting Oldfeld's record from 9:12 80
to S:5e %. This race was a clean sweep
for the Bucks as Strang finished sec
ond and Burman third.
Oldfeld established his record on the
home stretch. Getting away on flying
start. his big car fairly tore up the
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Nashville, August 9.-(Speeial.) Robin
son was put on the slab by Gladys
Wordsworth in the initial Baron game
with the Champions today.
He was there with the goods, having
been almost invincible.
Not until the ninth round could the
''Vols" get men over the circuit. In this
inning four of the seven hits made by
Nashville were punched and two runs
scored. saving Berry and company
from drawing nine goose eggs.
The count was 3 to 3, the Barons hav-
ing the battle tucked safely away after
the sixth inning. At this point they
scored one, added another run in the
seventh and then sewed 1t up for good
in the ninth when a batting rally netted
three more.
Charles Case pitched for the Volunteers.
The slabman representing the locals was
not there with the goods.
Thirteen times those Barons biffed his
benders. a majority of which they did
not waste. They smashed the sphere
when clouting helped.
on the other hand, Robinson was as
steady as clock-work until the ninth.
He slowed down a bit in the final chap
ter. Four hits were punched and the
whitewash was not necessary.
Nashville got only seven hits off the
Baron. His stock of deceptive curves
was complete and it was three up and
three down in most of the innings.
The Barons fielded in fine style. The
a.
the men exhibited snap and ginger
enough to cut off possible hits.
There was little life put into the bat
tie by the Vols" Captain East made the
only boobies, however which were two
in number.
The fielding of the locals was out of
the ordinary in one respect, at least, as
the plate.
In the sixth and seventh innings the
bases were occupied before a man was
down Fast fielding held the visitors
down. only one run being scored in each
round and one of these on an error by
East in making a bad peg to the plate.
Birmingham scored the first run in
the sixth inning. This one came as a
result of Cases inability to locate the
plate. With the bases filled he passed
McGilvray and Henline tailed. Infield
hits by ELAN and Wordsworth retired
the side. In the seventh the Barons
again filed the bases before a man was
down and scored three runs.
Nashville scored two runs in the last
inning on hits by Selgle, Butler, Noyes
and KeIEum.
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to allow him to continue as he and his
machine had been aided by the track vol
unteer fire company in extinguishing the
blaze. The rules of the contest forbade
anyone but the two men riding in the
car from making repairs or touching the
cars in any way. Finally, after a long
discussion, he was allowed to continue
after the remainder of the field had
gained about Is miles on him. The fire,
however, had Slapped all the racing blood
from the machine, and he dropped out
after making a gallant effort to regain
his lost ground
Chevrolet dashed into the lead at the
start and held it for % laps, or more
than half the race, with the brief ex-
ception of the 150th and Tooth miles. when
he relinquished it to his teammate, Bur-
man, the winner. Then he was blinded
and was led from the track and his car
withdrawn. Miller in a standardization
also gave up his losing race about this
time.
Burman Takes Lead.
After Chevrolets withdrawal. Burman
again went into the lead with Bourque
second and Kincaid, in a National, third.
This order continued until the fatal ac-
cident to the Knox. and Kincaid moved
into second and Ellis in Jackson
doomed up as a contender in third place
Burman led until the SD lap. Continual
trouble with tires and Ignition caused
him to lose his once commanding lead
and drop back to second, while Ellis VINO
had passed Kincaid some distance back,
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track until it passed over the tape that
marked the finish. When his time was
announced as :43 lilo he was greeted with
a mighty cheer as he had clipped nearly
s seconds off Ralph DePalma's former
record of 81 made in a Fiat on Sep
TENDER 8, 1908.
the 5-mile stripped chassis event, won
struggle with Bourque. The two mighty
cars tore around the track with wheels
almost touching throughout the five
miles. The scant margin of nine-tenths
of a second separated Bourque from
a victory in the last race he ever fin
ished.
Summary of Race.
Following is the summary Of the $50
mile race, giving the three leaders and
their times at various stages:
Fifty Miles-Chevrolet first, 1854 Bur-
man second. Abs; Kincaid third, 1858.
One Hundred Miles-Chevrolet first,
S2:1s $40; Kincaid second, 2:36:SO $40;
Ellis third, 2:395S $40.
One Hundred Fifty Miles-Burman first,
2:27:32 $40; Kincaid second, 2:36:30 $40;
Ellis third 2:39:53 $40.
Two Hundred Miles-Burman first, 3:24-
10 4-10; Ellis second, 3:2S:E $40; Kincaid
third, 9:52:o4 $40
Two Hundred Twenty Miles-Bur-
man first. 4:10:27 2-1o; Clements second,
4:19: 90 $40: Kincaid third, 4:25:16.
Two Hundred Fifty Miles-Burman
first, 4:SS:57 40; Clements second, 4:46:-
Of $40; Merz third, 4:52:39 ITO.
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I. NJ. C. A. WINS
FROM CLANTON

Clanton, August ESPECIAL )-Yester-
day afternoon the Y. NJ c. A. team from
Birmingham crossed bats with the Clan
ton team on the home grounds and won by
the score of to 0. Both teams put up
faultless article of baseball and both
pitchers were in magnificent form. STREET.,
the Y NJ. C. A. pitcher, allowed but two
hits, while his opponent allowed but six,
each having eight strikeouts to his credit.
Jim Adams at second, played an excel
lent game. After the game the Y. M c.
A. boys were treated to a reception. Each
of them stated that he would like to play
in Clanton The score: R.H e.
Y NJ c. A. ............ $50 O03 000-3 6 D
Clanton ..................... 900 OO0-O
Batteries: STREET. and Hall; Mahan and
Mcdonald
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BERNHARD Is THE
HOT FAVORITE

Nashville. August ia rumor has
gained currency here that Manager BERN
hard of the Nashville team has poem
selected to succeed Manager Lajoie or
the Cleveland club, recently resigned.
Bernhard was member of the Cleveland
team for several years, leaving that cruz
to take charge of the Nashville team. lie
and Lajoie are great friends and it is said
the great manager would like to nave
Bernhard take his place,
Considerable credence is given here TO
the report from Nashville to the effect
that William Bernhard, formerly OF the
Cleveland baseball team, will succeed Ma
no1eon I.aioie as manager Of the Cleve-
land team.
Since the resignation of Lajoie, resigna-
tion 10 take effect as his successor Is
named, Bernhard has led the faVorltes lor
the position in the estimate OF local rams.
The Cleveland team owners have taken
no formal action as yet and declare tnae
nothing will be done until next week
They say they have considered no one.
President Kilfoyl, of the Cleveland team.
said today he would neither deny nor con-
Arm the Nashville rumor. The only state
ment SO far given out by the owners of the
team, is to the effect that the new mana
ger will not be present member of the
Cleveland team.
Those most prominently mentioned in
connection with the position are Bernhard.
William Murray, of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals and Fielder Jones, former man
ager of the Chicago Americans
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Bad for the Black Hand.

New York, August 19.-With valua-
BILE information about the Black Hand
in Italy, Detectives Tony Vachris and
John R. Crowley of the New York po-
lice department who went abroad aft
er the assassination Of Petrosino in
Palermo on March IL, to continue an
investigation the latter had begun, ar
rived here today on the steamer Re-
gina de Italia. After Police Commits
sioner Baker had conferred with the
men he said that their report had been
decidedly encouraging and might lead
to the detection Of the assassins OF
Lieutenant Petrosino.
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Nashville Americans Win.

Geneva, August 19.-(Special AFTER an
all-day ride from Greenville to Geneva
the Nashville Americans arrived here at
$50 o'clock. hurried to the grounds and
shut out Geneva, to O. Alabama"
Smith, the pride of the state. pitched for
Geneva but Spencer for Nashville had
everything. Not a man passed second
base. Nashville has three Birmingham
boys on its team-Spencer. Morgan and
6mith-and all are playing great ball.
Batteries: Spencer and Searcy; Smith and
Nurdock.
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Lexington, August 19.-It was semi-of-
ficially announced here today that a
six-days race meeting will be given here
the last week in October, or the first week
in November by the Kentucky Racing
association, The offer of Cincinnati
syndicate to lease the track will not be
accepted. The parimutuel machines will
be used for betting. The meetings here
tofore have been held in August Or Sep
TENDER.
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EDITED BY
HUGH W. ROBERTS
O'B7ien Again In Trouble ]
Ugly Riot In Lizzie Rock

to continue unchecked his course of ridic-
ulous performances.
After the, game President Baugh of the
local club wired Miller, requesting him
to send O'Brien away, explaining, too,
that his every appearance was to the
fans as the red flag to bull.
Have plenty of policemen on the field
and see that o'Brien is protected from
the rabld fanatics"
In other words, the fans Of Birining-
ham were held to blame for the incom-
potency of an umpire.
On the occasion OF the last Birmingham
riot The Age-Herald declared that IL any
violence was done o. Brien the RESPONSE
bllity would rest with the headquarters
of the Southern league.
That statement is repeated this morn
ing.
1t was no fault of the fan who threw
that bottle in Little Rock that 1t failed to
strike O. Brien on the head.
And had 1t struck him he might have
been killed.
Protecting the umpire and backing him
up in his work is proper, ethically.
But supporting an incompetent fellow as
earnestly as one thoroughly competent is
obviously foolish.
Jim Jeffries would make poor lace
maker though he is a mighty good scrap
per. O'Brien might have been good
policeman for the Bowery of New York.
but he's in the wrong church and the
wrong pew while umpiring in the South
ern league.
We trust that that decision yesterday
will. iguratively speaking, break the neck
of the big fellow.
We regret that the coca-cola bottle
struck Rudderham H. w. r.
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Athens Beats Decatur.

Athens, August 19.-(Special.) -Athens
and Decatur met this afternoon for the
third time. Decatur had imported Pitch
er Chappelle of Boston to do their twir-
ling, and with his immense avoidupois he
was here. and what Athens did for the
big Lacquer was a plenty.
Athens got eight hits in seven innings
off the Boston pitcher, while the leaguers
were unable to obtain but three hits off
Stevens. Decaturs stealing was entire
ly eliminated by Goodrich. The game
was called at the end of the seventh in
ming with the score 4 to in favor of
Athens. 1t was the most exciting game
ever witnessed in Athens, and was seen
by the largest crowd yet out. Thomas
faced Chappelle three times and had three
hits.
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Auburn Drops Two.

Dadeville, August 1s.-(Special.) THE
Auburn baseball team is playing series
of three games here. games being played
Monday and Tuesday, the Dadeville team
winning both by scores of to and to
j. Batteries: First day, Newell and
Brewer Edwards and Wright; second
game, Scheussler and Brewer; McElhany
and Wright.
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Golf at Tate.

Tate Spring Hotel, Tenn, August 10
w. FL. Rowan of Knoxville and william
Morrell Of Savannah were the winners to-
day in the semi-finals in the golf tourna-
ment for the cup of the Tate Springs
Golf club, defeating Hubert Tutwiler Of
Birmingham and H. Clock of Atlanta.
Rowans score for the IS holes was 70.
The finals will be played Friday.
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Death Rides In Racing Auto

There was another riot in the South
ern league yesterday afternoon.
The cause of the riot, Of course, was
the ex-Bowery cop, o'Brien.
The trouble occurred In Little Rock
under the eye of Clark Miller who, in the
absence of President Kavanaugh, is the
big cheese" of the Southern circuit.
AS a result of the riot Umpire Rud-
derham was injured.
soda water bottle, intended for the
big ex-cop, struck Rudy on the
head.
From the story out of Little Rock,
o'Brien was clearly to blame Men were
on bases when Sentz hit toward right, the
ball striking the first sack.
Several men scored and everything was
running smoothly again, when o'Brien
cried aloud that the ball was not fair
at all.
There followed the ugly display of tenn
per.
In practically every city Of the league
Umpire o'Brien has been in trouble.
But never yet has the chief executive
of the league seen flt to decorate him
with can"
He is clearly incompetent. and it stands
to reason that unless he is dismissed seri-
Gus trouble may occur.
O'Brien has been In trouble in Birming-
ham on several occasions this season.
On each occasion protests were made.
but nothing was done.
Several days ago a decision of the ex-
cop cost Birmingham game, and Catch
er Raub struck the umpire in the face.
Raub was suspended and O'Brien allowed
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Summary: Two base hit. Pope. Three
base hits. shannon, Walker, Whiteman'
Rockenfield. Sacrifice hit, Barr innings
pitched, Barley 2 2-S, Atkins sl.o'
stolen bases, Smith, JORDAN, Twin
Hts on hartley 6, Atkins 2. Hit by
nitcher. BARLEY Daley. Double play
walker to Jordan to Smith. Bases on
balls. BARLEY !. Atkins q, Lively ..
struck out, Atkins D. Lively 2. Time
1:55. Umpire, Carpenter.
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81. Louis Ruxs PLAYERS.

st. Louis, August 1s.-Announcement
was made by the st. Louis National
League club today of the purchase of the
following players: Infielder Bercher,
Greenfield, Miss. Pitcher Johnson, Gal
weston; Infielder mckinley, Alliance, o.
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jacksonville To Stick.

Jacksonville, Fla, August 1s.-The jack
sonyille club in the South Atlantic league
will not forfeit its franchise to the league,
according to President ]. D. Burbridge,
who stated today that on reconsideration
the directors had decided to remain in the
LEAGUE. President w. A. Jones Of the
,aa e,,a has rescinded his notice of forfeit
sent TO the league directors in other cities
la at night.
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Local Option Election Ordered.

Roanoke, Va, August 19.-Judge Sta
pies Of the corporation court today or
dered local option election for Roam
oke on September 80 next. The vets
opposed granting the election and APP
pealed to the supreme court. The ap-
peal cannot, however, postpone the
election
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POOR OLD sLEEPERS.
Tied Up the Score In the Third Inen
"Busted" Again.

Montgomery. August 1s.-Atianta
lead was soon overcome In the game
this afternoon, but the Crackers nm
ished strong at the close and won by
score of to s. Up to the third inning
aon+vomerv had made six hits OIL
BARLEY and he gave way TO ms
who was steady throughout. Livery ior
the locals, was not in good form.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Umpire Is Beaten.

Columbus, Ca, August 19.-(Special.)-
Chattanooga took the first game of the
series by score of to o. Heavy hit
ting on their part and loose fielding by
the locals are responsible largely for the
result Much dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed with decisions of Umpire Van
syckle
Catcher Smith of the locals who was
in uniform, but not playing, criticized
decision and was fined IS and ordered off
the grounds.
Smith struck Vansyckle about the face
and head several blows before being
taken off of him. Cases were made
against each. Score by innings;
R.H. e.
Chattanooga ...... 600 $50 001--4 9 0
Columbus .... 900 900 600 1
Batteries: Baskette and Meek; Helm
and Coveney. Umpire, Vansyckle.
At Savannah: Savannah 2, Knoxville
2 Q3 innings, darkness).
At Columbia: Macon 2, Columbia 0.
At Jacksonville: Jacksonville 2, An
gusta az innings darkness).
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Heat Prostratlon Kills.

Cheneyville, La, August ia man
whose name is believed to be julius
Shutter, from papers found on his
body, succumbed to prostration from
heat near here today. He was walking
along the public road when overcome.
1t is not known whore he resided.
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Cuba Ruy Players.

r,b;caro August 1s.--It was announced
at the offices of the Chicago National
league team today that Pitcher Cole OF
Raw city, Mich, and Infelder Fisher OF
the Danville, Va, club had been pur-
chased. Several other deals are under
consideration.
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TEXAS LEAGUE.

At San Antonio: San Antonio, 10; GAL
weston. o.
At Houston: Houston, 4; Waco, g.
At Fort Worth: Fort Worth, .; Shrevs-
port, 4. o,-,.x c... :.
Dallas, g.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At Kansas City: Kansas City, s; To-
ledo, 7.
At Milwaukee, Columbus, 3; Milkau-
kee, 8.
At Minneapolis: Indianapolis, 1; Mime
apolis. 0.
AT St. Paul: Louisville, 4; St Paul, O.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE.

At Roanoke: Roanoke 2. Porthmouth O..
At Norfolk: Norfolk l, Lynohburg g..
Second game, Norfolk 3, Lynchburg 5.
At Richmond: Richmond 2, Danville s
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Struck Out--Case 4. Robinson 3.
Bases on Balls-Case 2, Robinson g.
Stolen Bases-Eflam, Butler.
Time-1:46.
Umpire-Pfenninger
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Five Venturesome Barons Were Tossed
out at the Plate-Volunteers Raj
lied in the Ninth Inning
But Fell Short.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

Birmingham. 8; Nashville, >.
Atlanta 6; Montgomery, 5.
Memphis, s; Little Rock. ?.
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GAMES TODAY.

Birmingham in Nashville.
Memphis in Little Rock.
Atlanta in Montgomery.
New Orleans in Mobile.
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Plttsburq Wins Again.

Pittsburg, August 19-Pittsburg made
il four straights from st. Louis by win
ming today to 3. The locals made two
runs every other inning. scoring in the
first. Lush was weak and was replaced
In the third by Meter Willis was strong
and was given good support with men on
bases. Barbeau, third baseman, and
Storke, utility inielder for Pittsburg, were
traded today to st. Louis for Byrne, the
third baseman of that team. Score:
r H E.
Pittsburg .............. 202 020 20*-S 10
st. Louis .............. 002 0l0 000-3 1
Batteries: Willis and Gibson; Lush, Mel
ter and Phelps. Time, 1:50 Empires,
Johnston and Kane.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Mighty Christy Beaten.

Philadelphia, August 19.-New York
broke even with Philadelphia in a double
header here this afternoon. The New
Yorks won the first game by hitting hard
The second contest was pitchers bat
tie between Moore and Mathewson.
Neither team scored until two were out
in the ninth. Score:
First game R.H E.
Philadelphia .......... 800 900 010--4 10 l
New York .... 2O3 O1O OO0-6 II
Batteries: Moren, Sparks, Corridor and
Doom; Ames, Crandall and Schlei. Time,
1856 Umpires Rigler and KLEIN
Second game R.H. E.
Philadelphia ............ Oo0 900 N1-1
New York ......... 600 900 600 5 q
Moore and Doom; Mathewson and Mey-
ers. Time, 1882. Umpires, KLEIN and Rig
Ter.
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Quiesser. Three-base hit. Carey. Sacrifice
hits, Hoey, Wagner. Stolen bases, Babb
2, Daubert, Coulson. Bases on balls,
Higgins 1. Quiesser l. Struck out, Hig-
rims & Ouiesser s. Hit by pitcher, Flood.
Wild pitch, Higgins. Double plays, Dau-
bert to Babb Time. :35. Umpires, Rud-
derham and O'Brien.