The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-21
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changed the player limit rule and a
club may hereafter carry 10 instead
Of twelve men. No doubt some OF
the managers. viii nudge by that
thirteen thing.
University Of Georgia men won the
intercollegiate tennis championship
OF the south in singles and doubles
at Atlanta Carter. of Georgia, won
the championship in singles, while he
and Holmes, of Georgia, won the
championship in doubles. The finals
for the chr nship was narrowed
down to contest between Glover
and Clark Of Georgia Tech, the forEn-
er winning In the finals by score of
6-s, so, G-1.
J. c. Bender, who was suspended
indefinitely by the Columbia club for
the stabbing Of Manager Win Clark,
on board a steamer bound from Jack
sonville to Charleston, July 10, last
season, viii play ball again. He viii
wear a Charleston uniform.
Horse racing on its. own merits
racing for the excitement of the sport
and with bookmaking eliminated had
its try out on the Metropolitan cir
cult in New York city with the open
ing of the 1909 turf season at Bel
mont park, under the auspices of the
West Chester Racing association.
There was oral betting this year, but
no recording of wagers was permit
ted. The Metropolitan handicap, the
chief feature, was won by S. G. Hill
dreth's feet four-year-old colt, King
James, from field of eleven start
ers.
Here is an exact translation of the
report of baseball game in Japan
csc paper: "'Yhe heaven-born Honolu-
lu team, by grace Of the gods, won
the toss, and the Keio Invincibles had
first chance to swat the honorable
ball-that emblem so beautiful to
Uncle Sam The honorable Kauki of
the first base, descendant of hun
dred Samurai and beloved of all,
grasped his bat as if it were the two
handled sword of his ancestors. Alas!
His honorable legs were not winged
and the ball beat him to the first rice
bag. No score was made by either
Of the honorable sides, though they
hewed large holes in the atmosphere
for four Innings. In the fifth inning
the gods smiled on Honolulu and the
team scored one honorable run; then
the gods laughed while the honorable
Keio boys piled up three tallies.
Keio's four thousand rooters then
drew in their honorable breaths with
pleased hiss, waved their royal puT-
pie frecrackers with the weird Ski
doodooi for Honolulu" 'Razzoo-raz-
zoo!' and twenty-three. for you!' In
the eighth inning the heaVen-born
from Honolulu tied the score. The
sky, so bright before, was tinged
with Woe Not until thirteen innings
had been played was Honolulu van
pushed, when the whole Keio team,
with innate courtesy, apologiZed for
their breach of hospitality in beating
visiting team"
The Greenville team of the Carolina
association has doomed up strong in
the exhibition games, has been inn
mune from accidents and looks like
sure pennant contender this season.
How they are hammering in New
Orleans They are asking for the
head of Charlie Frank and for the
release of every player on the team.
Still Frank has classy aggregation
as a whole
The st. Louis National League club
has insured Manager Roger Bresna-
han for $4,000 The policy runs for
five years and the annual premium
is $1,000 Bresnahan has three-year
contract with the club for $4,000.
President w. A. Jones >of the South
Atlantic league has exonerated Um-
pire Bill Setley CT the charges Of
gambling on baseball games, but in
the interest of harmony and discipline
he has released Setley. His success
scr is Jack Horner Of Atlanta
Six hundred miles ahead of his
schedule, Joseph Milulec, from a
Crotian town of unpronouncable name
arrived in Louisville, KY, on a five
year walking tour about the world.
If he spans the globe and returns to
his birthplace by March 1911, he will
receive $4,000 and a business as
wine merchant. Mikulec left without
funds and as he is not permitted by
the terms of his contract to beg, he
earns his food by odd jobs.
The directors of the Southern asso-
citation decided at the spring meeting
that the home club was the only one
to issue passes. Already some of the
visiting pitchers have broken the rule,
their passes being honored.
A bill has been introduced in the
Tennessee legislature permitting Sun
day baseball in cities Of over $4,000
population. This affects Memphis,
Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville.
The first named, however, has always
played Sunday ball, Notwithstanding
the statutes say otherwise.
Birmingham's team hitting is sec
ond best in the Southern league.