The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
IN THE WORLD or SPORTS

pears 10 De q lOSLS art. Inc LUul otElhS
rule, the spit bill. better play in the
field and all around general team
play have done more TO Offset the
work of the batters in the fastest
minor league organization ir tho
world than anything else. Not .
player in the league is Dalting al t4le
select 400 class, and only sixteen
men are batting 260 or over. This
is horrible state of affairs and
shows conclusively that the pitchers
are having all the edge on the bat
tiers. Bill McGilvray, the Birming-
ham first baseman, is the real leader
of the league, with an average OF
.2g0. Hart of Montgomery, with .299,
and Daubert of Memphis, with .293,
top him. but they have not been In
the number OF games that the Baron
has: hence his real leadership. Noah
Henline, the fast Baron, left fielder,
comes second in thu list of batsmen,
with 279, and Paul Sentell of Mobile
Is third, with PIT. Dick Bayless, the
fast Atlanta center fielder, leads the
players In scoring runs, having 65
trips to the plate to his credit Daley
OF Montgomery comes second, with
so. and Persons of Little Rock third,
with 56. Henline has made the most
number OF hits, having bingled safe
" 1T times. The other players who
have made 100 hits or more are as
follows: Weimer, 1903; Wordsworth,
107; McGilvray, 104; Sentell, 101.
Immediately following his forfeit
ure of the game to Macon, Umpire
Clifford was surrounded by crowd
Of several hundred angry spectators
at Augusta, and narrowly escaped Sc
rious injury. Before the police could
ward off the people, Clifford was
struck in the fact and hit on the
head with pop bottles.
A Birmingham fan picked an all
Southern League team This Is his
team: Catchers, Tonneman of Nash
Vile and Casey of Little Rock; first
baseman, Robertson of Nashville; Sec
ond baseman, Walter East Of Nash
vile: shortstop, Paul Sentell of Mo-
bile: third baseman, Walker Of At
lanta, center fielder, Wordsworth Of
Birmingham: right fielder, Cocash of
Little Rock: left fielder, Dick Bay.
less OF Atlanta; for utility man,
Kirkpatrick of Atlanta, and Pitchers
Case Of Nashville, Schwenck OF Mem
phis, Robinson of Birmingham and
Fisher, BARLEY and Atkins OF Atlanta
Jack Johnson declared that he
would demand forfeit of $4,000 the
day that the final articles are signed
by himself and Jeffries. you see,
don't believe that Jeffries means to
flght,' said the champion. He is SIM
ply look for more advertising at my
expense, and il he wants the publici-
ty he Is going to have to pay the
price. II would be the simplest thing
in the world for Jeffries TO sign up
to fight me within six months, post a
forfeit OF $4,000, and then go on the
stage and make so many times that
amount"
An odd incident occurred in a semi.
professional baseball game in Chica-
60 the other day, The umpire had q
hole in his blouse so that 1t would
not hold extra balls not in play.
Therefore, he placed bale on the
ground back of the pitcher. A bats
man drove q hit through the pitchers
box, and the batted bail hit the one
on the ground, with the result that
one ball bounded to the shortstop and
the other to the second baseman.
Both fielders threw to the first base
man almost simultaneously, and he,
seeing two balls coming, lodged out
of the way.
The senior champion field events
Of the Amateur Athletic Union were
contested in the Acknowledgements
stadium and some sensational per-
formances resulted. Ralph Rose
broke the worlds record for putting
the 16.pound shut, held by himself.
His put was 50.26 feet Forrest
Smithson of Multomah Athletic Club
euualed the worlds record for 100
yards over high hurdles, when he
beat A. B. shaw of the Chicago Ath-
letic Association. Very fast time was
made In the Ave mile race which was
won by q dark horse, Harry Mclean,
an Indian, of Arizona. Seattle Ath-
letic Club won the meet by a good
margin, being 16 points ahead OF the
San Francisco Olympics.
McLaurin, Augustus star batter
and hase-runner, Is one OF the most
graceful players in the Sally League
j Jack Johnson and James ]. Jeffries
have signed articles of agreement for
a fight OF from 20 to 100 rounds for
the heavyweight championship OF the
world. Five thousand dollars, to OBJ
crate as a side bet, is to be posted by
each Of the parties with Charles a
Comiskey. The contest is to be held
before the club Offering the best In
ducements, the decision to be made
within so days. The fight is to take
place within six months after the Sc
lection OF the club
Whether or not Atlanta wins the
pennant this year, it will certainly
Be handed to the team on the count
of gameness. No matter what hard
luck the Crackers butt into they keep