Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, February 04, 1907, Image 14
Tom Fisher, mana**r of thr Bhrrvr-
port team, left hi* home In Anderson.
Ind.. Friday and must already l>e safe
ly at Shreveport.
—Tom vrrttea ttiar he witl he tn At
lanta this month for the schedule
meet In* of the league.
THEY'RE OFF
ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1907.
UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
NEWS OF SPORTS
EDITED BY •
PERCY H. WHITING
TOM FISHER
IN LOUISIANA
STARS OF SOUTHERN GO TO MAJORS IN SPRING
8HREVEPORT*8 NEW MANAGER
NAS 8TARTED IN WORK
ON 1S07 TEAM.
Hot Springs, Arlu Feb. 4.—“They're
off” today at Oaktatvn, and unless alt
slffna go astray the meeting will he
the moat auccessful that hue ever taken
place hare. For weeks i<ant the strings
of faat .horses have been arriving at
the track, the number so far sur-
passlng expectations that It was found
necessary to provide additional stall
room. Many unnamed youngsters are
In the etablea and several prominent
horsemen have a number of colts with
Which they hope to surprise the turf
world ere many weeks have passed.
Other better known horses ore here
Jn considerable numbers to gel Into
condition for the Crearent t'lty Derby
and other big events to be run on the
Southern tracks tlila springs. Among
the well known stables represented ore
those of Barney Krhrelber, C. C
Christy, of Kansas City; G. W. Blsscll
of Pittsburg; P. T. Chinn, Louis Celia
and F. A, Foray the,
Some of Best Men' in
League Get Trial
With Big Leagues
and Several of Them
Will Certainly Make
Good.
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O ON WEEK'8 CALENDAR. O
O O
O MONDAY
0 Opening of the race meeting at O
O Oaklawn. Hot Hprtngs, Ark. O
O TUESDAY. O
O Annual meeting of the United O
O Staten National lawn Tennis As- O
O socle thin at the Waldorf-Astoria, O
© New York. O
8 Fifteen-round bout between O
Rouse O’Brien and "Kid” Good- O
O man, at Thornton, R. 1. O
O WEDNESDAY. 0
0 Opening of bench show of the 0
O Collie Club of America, at Harris- O
O bur*. Ta. ~0
O Opening of bench show of the O
6 Columbus (O.) Kennel Club.
O Reed and Jack Dougherty, at In
a dlanapolls. O
O Anual meeting of the Virginia O
© State League of llaaeball Clube, O
Q at Richmond. O
* ' Annual meeting «»f the North O
O American Flab and Game Protcc- 0
have graduated to the major
leagues." will t»e the cry of a goodly
bunch of ex-Southern Leaguers this
spring.
Maybe It will be n case of "hark to
the minors" after the try-outs, hut any
way Hughes and Archer, of Atlanta;
I.lehhardt nail Nichols, of Memphis;
Ahsteln und Byrne, of Bhrevepori;
Brady, of Little Rock; Sallee, of Bir
mingham. and Maxwell, of Montgo'm-,
ery, will try a swirl In fast company
this, spring.
Several of these men are sure to
make good—barring accidents and In
serting the proviso that they are. In as
ndllfon this year ns they were
luaf.
Tommy Hughes is n sure winner.
Tom led the Southern League aa a
pitcher last year and can undoubtedly
hold a Job with the New York Amer-
ns. He has everything that any
m! pitcher ever hud. and. In addi
tion. he takes care of himself and is
ambitious. Tom will he a success.
That Is a cinch. Unless our prediction
orse than usual, Tom will not only
hold his own In the American League,
hut will be one of the stars.
Next to Hughes, I.lehhardt seem*
to have the best chance of funding. The
Dutchman la n great pitcher, and with
the support that Cleveland will give
him he ought to stick good and tight
Like Hughes, Liebhardt hue everything
in the curve line—nice control, a great
•head,-—and--steady hnhltw. -
Absteln ought to do with Pittsburg.
The ex-Shreveporter Is a natural hitter
and he Is hired to swat the ball. If he
can keep the clip he set with Shreve
port—.110—he will do well In the Na
tional league. As a fielder he rank*
with the best and he Is a reliable mac
on first base.
LIEBHARDT.
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TOM HUGHES,
The Atlanta pitcher who lead the
Southern eLsgue leet year and who
goto a trial with tha Naw York
Amoricana this spring.
“Nick" Haa Chance.
O Opening of annual tournament O
O of National Bkl Assorlnttnn. nt O
O Ashland, Wls. O
O FRIDAY. 0
O Start of the motor boat race 0
O from Miami. Flo., to Nassau, N. I*. O
O SATURDAY. 0
O Congress of Bnowshoem for thr 0
O champlonahlp of tho world, nt 0
O Montreal.
O Indoor games of the Pastime A. O
o C„ In Madison 8'iuuiv Garden, 0
O New Turk. j*
O New York Stnte rhnmplonehlp O
O ekatlnK race,, nt Netvburg. N. Y, 0
O Open hand leap e«Immune meet, 0
O under auepteee of the New ^
O Athletle Club.
O The Aacnt Handicap,
O added money, fnr
O and upward,
O Angeles.
■trk O
0
vtth |3,oon O
-year-old, 0
will bo run at I.o« 0
AT VIRQINIA. 0
Char-
t'har-
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O BASEBALL SCHEDULE
O
o
O Hew* la the University of Vlr- O
O glnla’s baseball schedule for 190.; 6
0 Marrh 16—Wood berry Forest, at O
O Charlottesville. . ®
O March 31—Lafayette, at ( hnr- O
Cl lotteaviUe. _ J
O March 26—Cornell, nt Char- O
O lotteaviUe. &
O March 30—Columbia, at Chur- 0
O lotteaviUe. JJ
O April 1—Open. g
O April 2—Open. , g
O April 3—Pennsylvania, at Char- 6
O lotteaviUe. ' “JJ
O April 4— Pennsylvania, nt t har- o
O lotteaviUe.
O April 6—Vlllanova,
O lotteaviUe.
O April 6—Vlllanova,
O lotteaviUe ^ g
O April ID—Dartmouth, nt Char- O
O lotteaviUe. g
© April IB—Georgetown, nt t har- O
O lotteaviOe. . , g
O April 16—George Washington. O
O at Charlottesville g
O April 17—Trinity, nt Charlottes- O
O ville. °
© April 2D—Hampden Sidney, at O
O Charlottesville
O April 22—Davidson, at
O lotteevllle.
© April 26—Georgia, nt
© lotteevllle.
© April 27—Georgia, nt
0 lotteevllle.
O May 4—Georget
O tngton.
© May 6—Penney 1 vanln, nt rhlla-
O delphla.
© May 7—Vlllanova. at \ Ulanova,
O May tk—Princeton, nt Princeton.
.© N J „
O May 9—Yale, nt New Haven.
O May id—open.
O May 11—Army, nt West U.lnt
It Is about an even break for Nlch-
olla. This youngster did very well nt
shortstop lost year for Memphis.
Probably he was the best man in the
league at that position. But a man
who can displace any of those Phila
delphia American Infldders and take a
regular position Tm a i -1 one and Well
have to nllp it to him vholls |* young
and It is no cinch that Me will hang on.
But he Is coming fast and If he doea
not make good this year he will next.
Brady, of Little Rock, who goes to
Pittsburg, Is another man with about
an even chance. Brady was with the
worst team In the league last year—
and In saying this we hnve not over
looked Nashville—and he showed up in
phenomenal style. Of course he could
not win mam games—«n human be
ing could with that I.ltlb* Rock teuin
buhlnd him —but he managed to win
14, lose only 24 and tie 2. If you saw
Little Hock play last year you will
understand that such a per cent was
excellent.
But It Is somewhat doubtful If Brady
will stick. He has about all the rurves
and shoots that any pitcher In the
league ever showed, hut It will take
hls best efforts to hold on In the Na
tional. Here’s wishing him luck,
though.'
Maxwell 'Is another pitches who hns
about an even chance of binding, lie
pitched nice l>n.U lust year for Mont
gomery. lie won 17 and lost 15 games.
But someway It seems doubtful If he
Is quite good enough yet to land with
tin* majors. He Is another on the list
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MAXWELL. ABSTEIN.
Dope, From Pens of Many Baseball Writers
Cincinnati will present more strange
faces to the fans In the opening
game on April 11 than any other team
In either of the big leagues. Now
though, and will d«mbtlera j that Bob Ewing Is certain to depart
! Job Kith the big lf«Kue« , f rom Redlnnd, another of the old
j standbys of 1906 goes, and those that
are left are George Hchlel, Miller, Hug-
Ins, Jake Weimer, Hans Lobert and
Mike Mowrey. Of these, the latter two
might be called youngsters, although
they have Just about made themselves
olid with the funs, as both played
Counting on Jimmy.
Just what luck Jim Archer will have
with Detroit is problematical.
Archer U u goad catcher When it
comes to fielding the position and lag
ging them down to tcecond and
Char-
Char-
nt Wash-
o IV-V
first there would be trouble In beating ' " IbblbK ball last >v<
Jimmy. But hls butting Is hardly up ‘
to American League, requirement*. Lu*i
year he hit onl> .224 und In 1905 It
wns ,254. Well, hatting like that will
hurdiy do for a Detroit catcher.
Hut up iMtrolt way they seem to
think that Jimmy will be a fixture on
the team and ate counting on using
him during the season. Here’s wish
ing him link and assuring him that
If he wants to come hack there Is a
warm welcome waiting for him. He’s
good enough for Atlnntu any old day.
Doubt About Bymo.
Byrne Is another doubtful proposi
tion He Is one of the most graceful
ntul best fielders the Southern league
has ever seen, he Is ns gritty a little
Chap ns ever wore the "plates.” And
he batted .272 last year. In spite of «n
ankle that troubled him most of the
season. But soma w ay By
vs the experts as being
light to tiutke good yet with the major I •£*
leagues. H"W c\er, he has a good
chance.
Another man who seems a little out
classed in fast company Is Sallee, with
Birmingham InM v. nr. This “human
flat." tbough with a pennant winner,
•My w.»n 17 games lust year and lost
l»o, he tied 2. But It Is hard to
see what entitles him to u trial with
the fast ones However, we hope Bir
mingham will not get him back, for
the Barons are strong enough without
him to make it interesting
Umpire Hank O'Day. who was once
a pitcher for the Giants, explains why
he could never get u reputation for
keeping men close to tho bases.
“I hud a half-balk motion.” says
O’Day. “thut wo* a fooler to baserun-
ners, but my catcher wouldn’t let me
use It He wanted everybody that
reached first to try to steal second,
and always told me to let them get as
gay as they pleased around first, so
that the » would be encouraged to try
for second.
*’ 'Buck* Ewing was my catcher.
*I-ot ’em go. Hank.’ he used t«» soy to
me; 'that's the surest way of get
ting them out.’ And It was, too. All
1 had to do when 1 thought a runner
was going to attempt to steal wus to
throw the ball wide s.» the batsman
couldn't teach It and then duck, for
old 'Buck* would whli that ball
imprest I through the box only about 5 feet off
trltle too j the ground, and If the pitcher didn't
1 get out of the way the game would he
finished without him. Tho way that
man shot a ball to second was a cau
tion."
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MERCER EASY
FOR AUBURN
rt and Memphis, are pre
paring to bring more new men Into
the Southern League this year than
h ve ever been brought at one time
by any two teams, always excepting
Atlanta. But the experimenting of
Shreveport and Memphis will be along
a different line from that at Atlanta.
Managers Fisher ami Babb will play
new men on their regular teams, hop
ing to land something In the shape of a
pennant by the Injection of new play
ing spirit—not that the Southern
l.e-ogue hasn't been fast enough, for It
would be next to Impossible to make
the league much faster with minor
league material. New- Orleans Item.
the pitcher's supremacy and without In
any way taking from the pitcher any
of hls present prominence or Inter
esting pemonnlttx."
Bob Unslaub has returned to that
beloved Williamsport after falling to
make much of a hit In Boston. The
Boston Post says of hls visit; “Hob
I'nglaub has left town. The chances
are that he won't come back to see
John L. Taylor, and If he comes at nil
he will be subdued In spirits. To hear
him talk and listen to hls demands one
would think him a leojnlr or a Wag
ner. Unglauh D h much better talker
than he is a bull player."
Bilk O'Laughltn tells the following as
the only correct explanation of how he
huwpened to become an umpire;
"I played on an amateur team In
Rochester, and my position was left
field. I’m not a hit swelled when I
say that I was a Jlmdandy outfielder.
1 was fast. Judged a fly hall well and
could throw more than fairly. But a|
hutting I was a frost. Jack Townsend,
formerly of the <’|evrland Club, always
reminded me of myself. He hits ’em
Just about as 1 did. Well, we were
playing n hot match at Silver I«ake,
near Rochester, one day, and I had my
accustomed place In the batting order
right above the pitcher. In the ninth
AUGUSTA NOT
MUCH PLEASED
NEW SALLY 8CHEDULE IS CON
SIDERED FAR FROM A PER-
FECT ARRANGEMENT.
we got two men on base, one out and
me up. We hud only one utility hitter,
and the manager, after thinking for a
long time, decided to send me up and
let the extra man bat for the pitcher.
'Strike out,' says he, ‘and thus avoid
a double play.’ That made tne sore
and 1 went up to the plate, blind with
determination. The first ball that came
up I shut my eyes at and swung. By
some .mysterious chance I shot It over
the head of the first baseman, and the
swat won the game for us. Right
there I retired as a player. The fel
lows were good enough to insist that
I should stay, but I was obdurate. 1
finally compromised by consenting to
umpire for them, and In this way I
suppose I worked Into the Job I've got
now."
Tho national commission hns
soaked Birmingham the price of
Plaver Moore's services from April 10,
1906. to April 25. Moore ’was sus
pended in the fall of 1905. Last spring
he was tendered another contract. He
was not notified to report and fifteen
days after the season started he was
released.
The commission ruled that In ten
dering Moore a contract the Birming
ham club, in effect, reinstated him and
that the player could collect fifteen
days' pay.
FRANK ROTH
OPERATED ON
WHITE 8QX CATCHER LOSES AP-
PENDIX AND WILL BE OUT
OF GAME SOME TIME.
Frank Roth, the Box catcher, w.m
operated on for uppendtcltls last Mon
day at St. Bernard's hospital here
writes Larry Hoffman from Chicago
ill most likely be out of the gatm
\ .-ball f"t* the New '
1 rather phased with tin
‘‘‘"'.the batter four strikes instead
,n K , thtve H»* says
im- i Vnur strike* would surely even
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta. Ga., Feb. 4 —Tho proposed
hedule of games In the South Allan-
• League, which was recently Issued j * or ** lc first l»rt of the seas
by President Boyer, Is not kicked
against strenuously by local fans, but |
all admit that It might have been bet- j
ter. The Tourists will pry open the sea- j
son with Savannah In Savannah, on |
April s. and will close If with Macon'
In Macon. «*n September 4. on the i
r K'vlbg Fourth of July a gatne wll be played
In August between Jay Kanzler's team
of Gamecocks and Ranslck's tenni. Or
LETTER FOR PARSONS.
There Is a letter here
urns, manager of Kd % DeGroote
NAT KAISER A CO.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WH1TIK0.
It is not the intention of the writer to edit this column
with the scissors. Such as it is he is personally responsible for
most of it.
But when some man aaya what he has been trying to sav
and saya it better and in less words the only thing to do is to
print what the other fellow says and concluded it with a "Them's
my sentiments.”
Well, here’s what Caspar Whitney has to say, in the Febni.
ary Jsaue of -Outing
“Learn to say no to yourself with a big N. Play hard When
you play; and play fair. Don’t' bet; it takes the edge off the fun.
If the game does not give you enough fun on its own account,
look for one that does.
"Don’t gamble; it is a mighty poor investment; you never
get your money's worth.
“Be ready for all your contests—your percentage of wins
will then be higher.
"Play in which the loser has no share in the benefits is poor
play.
“Never kill beyond your actual camp needs—and never
kill time.
The game which requires the incentive of money (betting)
is one for sporting men, not for sportsmen.
“If you cannot play the game, get out of it.
“If you cannot speak kindly of your competitors, hold your
peace.
"It is better to lose through the other fellow’s cheating then
to win by his dishonest methods.
“Don’t throw mud: some of it is sure to spatter the wrong'
person; besides—look at your own fingers.”
It’s good advice, all of it. Think it over and see if it isn't
The S. I. A. A. has returned a verdict of “not guilty but
don't let it happen again” in the cases of Pollard and Sims.
Oh well, we’ve all forgotten what they were charged with,
anyway.
Somebody lias respectfully suggested that Charles Murphy
buy a steam calliope to accompany Charley and his daily parade
to the ball grounds.
“The club at Atlanta. Ga.. in the South Atlantic League, is
having a tilt with tho United States government over Jerry Arm
strong.
This from' The Boston Journal.
In a measure this is perhaps correct. Only he doesn’t mesn
Atiantn 'and'Atlanta isn’t in the South Atlantic League and there
isn’t any tilt.
Maybe he .was thinking of Augusta.
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