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ATLANTA MANIS ATTENDING
NATIONAL TENNIS MEETING
— At tin mealing of tha National lawn
Tennli Association. which will ha held
in New York Tuesday. the Southern
Lawn Tennl* Association. will be rep
resented by L. D. Scott, of Atlanta,
who la a member of the eaecutlve com-
mtttee of the N. L. T. A, and mao an
officer In the Southern Lawn Tennli
The only bualneea to come before the
~BMMtlw which ie of Interact to.the
South la the propoaal to have South
ern doubles and alntlea teams compete
for the Inter-sectional championship.
Local men have been correspond!nc
about tha admission of a Southern
learn and feel sure that the deal can
be pul through.The only objection made
la on the ground that'll would extend
this event too Ions, but as only i
morn match will be required It la I
here that this objection Is hardly a
good one.
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The Jordan-Lilly Wedding
Has Been Set For Feb. 11
-anaoancement Is made todsy of
_-|aiat and approaching aurrtaxr
of’Otto Jordan, Held captain and ascond
twsetnaa of the Atlanta baseball team, and
Miss Alice bucretle Ully. The wedding will
take place In the afternoon of Febrogry 11
and will be a quiet affair.
After a short wedding trip Ur. Jordan and
his bride will go to UinedgeTlIle, where
Otto win serve as baseball coach until
IllUy Smith calls together Ibe Atlanta team
Tor spring practice. t
la a two years' connection with the local
baseball team Olio Jordan has usde friends
by the thonnnds la Atlanta, ami hie well
wishers on this momentous occasion are nu
morons, not only Is thin city but throughout
tho onllro South.
Memphis Will Open at Home
And in Old Red Elm Park
Uemphls. ’lent., Feb. t.-Mdnphle un-
dotttitvdljr will o|M*n the lenum it H«l Kim
l*ark, Id paBt ypxri. Although llttl* tlrf
tnlt* Information concrrnlng the Houthrri
IsMfuc arbedule baa Icakwl out, enough h««
hwa learned hare , to Indicate that Babb's
bunch not only will play their Drat gnma
at the local park, hut that Memphis will
•Inn secure a gamo for the Fourth of July-
• print plum.
It waa maaerted In Atlanta acme time ago
that Atlanta would probably play the local*
for tha 8rat game at Red Kim. but thU U
clearly a mistaken Impression, aa the west-
era elnba will open In the weat and the
eastern elnba In the eaat. Memphis will
probably lw pitted against Little Mock or
Hbreveport, aa It la likely that the trank-
furtera. like the Memphll, will play their
first game on home soil.
Work on the grandatand at Red Rim Is
progressing rapidly. The new rhalrs or
dered will In* hen? March 10, ami are ex
|H*eted to Ih» a great Improvement over Uu-
old benches. The management of the local
clnb la flgurlng, too. ou equipping the new
bleachers with folding seats, such an are
used ou the bleachers In the Chicago Na
tioimli‘ pork. This *«•*(, when folded,
makes n comfortable reailug place fur the
bleacherlte, but If he wants n softer spot
mid a bark rest nil he has tit do Is to drop
n dime In the shit of the seat nnd the seat
unfolds, giving n uent frame for the fan
to lean his shoulders against and n restful
eushlou, which Is firmly affixed to the seat.
This rontrlvnurc would lie expected not
only to Increase the seating capacity of the
bleachers, but to do away with the use of
loose cushions, and the consequent hurllug
of “ham fats."
Augusta Indoor Baseballists
Want to Tackle A. A. C. Team
Augusta. (I*., Felt. 6.—Andy Roth, ex-
ttouthera League baseball player, who Is at
prvoant managing a poolroom In this city,
and who at the same time la chief mogul for
the Medical College team of the Indoor
baseball league, says that he will arrange
In the near future a arrtee of Indoor base
ball games between a crack team from Au
gusta and a team representing the Atlanta
Athletic Club.
Andy's plan ta to pick a team from among
nil the teams represented In the Ittcsl In-
baseball league aud match It against
crack team. According to-the--
gatues are to be played In Atlanta
and the team winning
will l*c declared chnoi-
pion ot *ne state.
Thera la no doubt hut that s series of
|UgM of Indoor ball t«etwe« n Atlanta and
Augusta would prova a tretnaiidous draw
lag card here, ae the interest In tu- sport
In Angnsta Is at fever heat
Borne time ago ou Indoor Jeague waa or-
MUENCH&
THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS
Diamonds, Watches, Jawelry. Fine
Watch, Clock end Jawtlry Repair-
W Peachtraa ttrtat Atlanta, On.
Bali Phono 1311,
cnnlxed consisting of the following taama:
Medical College. V. M. <\ A.. Red Trlan
gles. Oglethorpe*, Clinch Itlflea, Richmond
llussars. Augusta l.uml*r Company and
the Knights of Columbus. Two nights In
each week are the orvnsloua for double-
headera, which are played at the armory,
nnd since the o|H-ulug of the eeaaon some
crack player* have l*ecu developed.
The M«hII«'sI College, under the tutelage of
Andy Itoth. tins sou every game It Una
played, ami now top# the percentage col
umn with a lone |M-r«'eutage of l.oftV Hurley
Holmes of Mouth Atlantic league fame, hut
who t» an A«-u»tsltbui of Kddte Ashenbsrk
for his 8t l*aul team, pitches for the
Medico* when Kddle Mcl^ughlln, iilso nu
ev South Atlantic atar, la uot In condition.
Amt* direct* hi a team from the bel»eh and
his suerese In mnuaglug It Is cvbteuced hy
the |Mwdtloo which the Medical College ug-
gr* gntlon holds In the {tercentage column.
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O MOGULS ARB SELECTED O
O BY COTTON STATES O
O o
O The f'dhnvlng are managers of O
O the Cotton States league teami O
O this year; O
O Vicksburg—Oenrgr Blackburn. O
O Meridian—Ouy Sample, O
O Mobile—Bemle Moray. O
O Jackson—Ira Tevln. O
O Ciulfpor—Hobble (Hike. O
O Ifattu shunt—Jat k Law. O
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
ayraaoT H. whiting.
Spain hs* an entry in the International balloon event which
takea place in the United States. Glad to note that there is no
hard feeling. Spain doubtless has forgptten.the Maine.
Gentle Render: No, you are in error in thinking that Char
ley Murphy was offered >100,000 for one player. It waa $25,000
for two. Tour suspicion that Charley may have been behind the
offer is not without some good reasons.
Golf Committee Plans
The report that Charles Murphy uses one typewriter with
each hand is grossly exaggerated.
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ith HIS string, including Nut Boy." Probably Savannah could
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not be expected to know that "Owner Crabtree’
than the famous actress, Lotta Crabtree.
none other
At last they have hit at Jookev Kent and the news comes
East that he lias been ruled off at Loa Angeles. This boy was
a'rather notorious character, and it was his rough riding that
spilled Jockey Puller one sad day and rendered that boy a hope-
leas cripple.
It is announced that French race tracks, where betting is
legalised, have done much to improve the hreed of horses.
What, though, haa it done to the breed of mcnf
It is giving Americans much pleasure to remind the Henley
stewards, who want to bar all American onrsnien because they
do not pay their own expenses, that the Knglish cricket tenuis
which have visited this country in the last twenty years have
had their expenses paid by private subscription.
Another Fine Collection of Baseball Junk
Fannin, bees around New Orleans
camp fire, these chilly afternoon,, say.
Will R, Hamilton In The New Orleans
Itam, Invariably dwindle dawn to dla-
cuaalons pro and con relative to the
effectiveness or non-effactlvenees of the
plan of action carried on by tha Peli
cans sines (hey were resurrected tronv
the row of dead ones by Manafer
Frank.
In three summers down here Man-
agar Frank baa won one pennant, fin
ished third once and finished fourth
once. All three seasons ha has de
pended on the scientific fame more
than un (Its hit and run game to pull
the PeUcana through, and In only one
season did he have but one or two real
good batters. Ths question which both
ers a great number of fans Is: Would
Frank’s team have made a better rec
ord If the manager had applied the.
hit and run game more:
The answer Is very easy.
' The results would not have been eo
great for the reason that In ths two
seasons whsn he could have bettered
hla record he did not have enough bat'
tors tb play that sort of game.
In 1*04 and In IM, hla players were
ot the kind that heat bunts to first
base amt 1 then stsal ascend bass rather
than hit a twn-bagger at the start. If
theme men had. played the hit and run
To Hold Driving Contest
The golf committee of the Atlanta
Athletic Club has announced that be
ginning with the first pleasant Satur
day a aefles of weekly tourn&mentn
will be atarted over the east leak#
round.
One of the flrnt events will be a driv
ing content. A number of Informal
matches have been held reoently and
the greatest Interest ham been shown
In this branch of the sport, it |m likely
that the fourth tee will be used and
that both dlatance and direction will
count In the event.
After the driving contest Is out of
the way the committee will doubtless
try an approaching and putting con-
teat nnd later other events will be an
nounced.
Another event which must yet be
decided over the East Lake course Is
the match between James Malden, the
East Lake professional, and Chris
Crosby, "pro” at the Piedmont course.
This match has been postponed from
Saturday to Saturday for various rea
sons. but -wltfj doubtless be settled In
the near future.
They are talking about George Rohe ns “Three-Bagger"
Rohe these days. No need to explain why.
We lift our lid to the guy who suggested aa a proper place
for the Fitz-Burns bout the city of Tombstone, Ari*.
The Souder elaaa boats will race in German water* next
August—a sort of return match for the one won by the Ameri
cans last year in the races for the Roosevelt Cup. A New Or
leans boat took part in the qualifying races in this event. -
Y. M. C. A. Second Team Won
From the Boys' High School
Bkiket halt wts a fa in ou tap at ths Y. M.
C. A. U*t night, when th* T. M. C. A. ate-
oad tram wrnt np against tha Boja' High
fe-hool and whrn th* *xclt*oi*nt rauatd bjr
th* fast playing of both t*am* had nom*-
wbat *ut>*ld»d tha scorvboard told tha atory
and tha atory wa* that th* D. II. b\ had
•tartad aomathlng that I hay could not or
rather did not tlulih. The arore waa 2f to
15 tn f»ror of tha *rmud taatn
irnm |iiaynt * ihit, * iraa, inai gauir. imjs
th* vn.d team. •• will be aemi by ■ (Mur*
•ad BvUty. forward*: Oiford aad Qr«*a,
cvaiar: oaea and Walah. guard*
POSTER 18 MATCHED TO
MEET JACK STEVENS.
Special tn The OaorgMn.
Greenville. 8. C, Feb. (.—Buck Fal
ter la matched ta tight Jack Btevena.
of Birmingham. In thla dly February
14. Rtevena haa a good record and la
•aid to be rnmewhat heavier than Foa.
ter. Koaier haa alwaya- held hla own.
and local apnrta aay bo will be able to
make the Birmingham youth alt up and
lak« vigilant notice.
GRIFF HEADS
TOWARD HOME
MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK
AMERICANS WILL UET BACK
ON JOB THIS WEEK.
New York, Feb. 6.—Manager ('lark
OrlfTllh la expected In the city today
or tumorrow to get buay on the final
preparatlona for the trip to Atlanta,
which begtna March 7—juat one full-
grown month from today.
From Helana, Mont.. Griffith aent the
following telegram:
Helena, Mont., Feb. 2.
Secretary A. Nahan.
Greater New York Baseball Club.
Am on my way to New York. Train,
running Ilka Jim McGuire runs the
baaes. L'ae your Judgment aa lo my
arrival. CLARK GRIFFITH.
Five player* have algned and return,
ed the rontracta sent out laat week by
the club. They are Willie Keeler, Jack
Klelnow. Billy Hogg, Norman Elber-
feld nnd Bobby Keefe. Keeler la
apendlng the winter In Brooklyn. Kiel,
now la In thl* city, Hogg In Pueblo,
Elberfehl In fluffen. N. 3.. and Keeft
In Ban Franclaco.
The management doee not anticipate
trouble In algnlng any of the platen.
It ha* been reported frequently that
Hal Chaae waa not aatlsfled with the
term* offered him and will refuae lo
•Ign unions he get* the aalary he want*.
Chaae'* contract wga not vent to mm
until laat week, and he haa got had
time tn anawer. He haa been grunted*
a eubatamlal Increaae over hla laat
year'* aalary. which wa, 12.3(H). Frank
Farrell owner of Ihe Highlander*, ap
preciate* Chaae'a aarvlcae to the team
and the young Californian will be treat
ed liberally.
CUBAN RACING
A SURE^ THING
RICH AMERICAN CAPITALISTS
ARE BACK OF NEW CUBAN
JOCKEY CLUB.
Pi'i**'® W'lmer. Mar laft-hand.r of th,
Cincinnati team, haa given ud malor
SdlSSnS**? 6 ? 11 ,0 ,,k S c &"«* ot^in
Independent team at Rogvra Park a
suburb of Chicago. a
•‘Jocko- Menefeo, tor yearn a leading
Ktchar oh tha old^ Chicago"ttsSr ”
which Clark Griffith and Jimmy Calla
han were member*, has bobbed up
Jffala aa manager of the McKeesport
°J* Xht> ^nniylvonla, Ohb
and Maryland League.
H ftropptd from
tha CUvatod team before JUrch L It
ia believed that ha wJU don a Toledo
uniform next spring
Barney Dreyfuse wants to trad*"
PIWWM' Beaumont to the Washington
dub for John Andemoo nod Charley"
Hickman. Thla In a very liberal prop
osition. Beaumont has beep of practi
cally no usa to the Pittsburg club for
two seasons-on account of a bad ankle.
Last season Hickman led the Washing
ton team In batting and Anderson wax
a leading base runner In the American J
League.
John I. Taylor, owner of the Boeton
Americans, has offered to trade Hobe
Perris for Bill Bradley. His Idea wax
to put Bradley on third base and ewltcii
Collins to eecond. The offer created a
loud and derisive ripple of mirth
Cleveland.
Pop" (Prank) Welkart, once with |
Shreveport In the Southern League,
has ordered his Galveston club to re
port March 4.
• New Ortwins, Feb. 5.—There I* to Ims me
In# In Culm next winter, sure pop. A*
rorcf-imted uiiuiy times nlmut n year ago, the
|inijiT*t tumid le doomed to fnllnre so long
ns A merlon n cnpltnl ant) Auierlcnn huxlnem'
method* were withheld from the enter-
prise. Now thl* I* exactly whst I* going
to nusurp a meeting nt llnruim next win
ter.
The CuImiii Jockey (iut>. wlih-b holds n
chirtcr permitting tietllng snd horse racing
It* gronnd*. hn* Just nlxnit completed
n lenno with western turf promoting In
terest* whereby the track nnd Imlldlng*. nl-
rendy started, will In* completed snd lustnll-
I 4*n S truly up-tndntc style.
At-t'ordlug to what In sold hen* i om-crnlng
the uintter. n hnmlred dnyn’ meeting will
lie given In Urn Cubnn cnpltnl. Iiegtnnlhg
I»ee,*inlN»r 5, I5T?.
t'nptnlu Tillies, of Cells. Adjff, A TII-
lles, of HI. Louis. Mo.. I Li* Jest returned
from llsvaun Tbtn i IrcnuisUiiice lend* col
or to the nsamiiptlou that thla very wettlthy
nd powerful cotuhliutllon will tnk(> over
the Cnlisu proposition st nu early date.
Noue other beyond August Belmont and the
J««'key Club a^udieste of New York could
ery well hnndl* tlm Cuban affair.
GOODIER IS
NEW MANAGER
ELECTED TO HANDLE BUSINESS
AFFAIRS OF TECH FOOT-
BALL TEAM.
I.. E. (ioodl.r ha* been elected manne*
of the Georgia Be bool of TeehMloxy f'"<
foil teom for lb* coming year, told u
Monday'* Georgtap and New*.
Mr. (loodlrr will dlrart Ike deetlnlf. »l
Itlr'tiYfbtBeee end bf the taw thl, year n"J
will iloulitleM make an entirely eerepinl l-
manager. Mr. Goodler 1l> ateo (vptnlu ef
the tmek tram and a cbatnplnn hlxh Jump
er. He will take part la all trark ami 4*14
content, thl, aprlng. Ill* brother I, nl»> ’
well known athlete nad waa atrohe <ur 1,1
lait year', 'raralty four. -
Nlrk Altrork I* going to Hot Sprtne
for a couple ot weak*' preliminary
work before tha Whlta Sox aal out f->' ]
Mexico. Nick la now angagod In prac
ticing Rpanlah love aonga which or,
guaranteed to attract favorable noth,
from the City of Mexico'* moat beauti
ful aenorltaa.
Ed Aehenbach haa recommemle-l '" |
clever gardener. Joe Schrall. to tn«
Hulchlnaon (Kan.) chib, of Doy Shi>- '
•ly'a Western-Aaaoclatlon, which l» ■" ,
need of a manager. Joe know, ,u
angles of tlia gama, la a hard and con-
statent batter, and will make the Kan
sans alt up and take notice If he gor’
there.
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