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Seventy per rent of the stock ’of the
new syutllcRte has been subscribed. The
prospect* for u good season with Post,
master Harris"as president Of the torsi
club are exceedingly bright.
HORAf*M-
■ t , Th ***J #ur "; w "»•" *7 •!'•*J wc ‘* d t0 during th«> comln a •••ton, and aach of thorn hto on
•nviable rscord on ths diamond. At tho oxtreme right is shown John Mullan, who is tha Istost addition to tho
Giants'squad. Ho startod playing basoball at Manhattan Collage, whsro ho was a star aeoond batman. Next is
shown Tom Corcoran, s groat shortstop, whom Hanlon had planned to send to manage tho Baltimore team this
season. MeGraw, however, did not want him to atop playing and bought hit release. Next it shown "Spike"
Shannon, who came to tho Gianta last seasoh in a dsal which coat tho Giants $10,000. Next is shown "6y"
Seymour, whoso release MeGraw bought from Cincinnati last season for tha sum of $10,000.
Jusl Some Junk, Fresh From Ballville
ATLANTA GEOBQIAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY, BEBRUART 1807. .
UP-TO-DATE NEWS !
OF SPORTING WORLD
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NEWS OF SPORTS
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PERCY H, WHITING
W. MATTHEWS
HAS SIGNED UP
PUTS HIS FIST TO CHARLESTON
CONTRACT AND GETS
VERY BUSY.
Specie] to The Georgias.
Charleston. 8. Feb
7.—For the
first time today formal announcement
was made by the Charleston baseball
club that Wilson Matthews had been
signed as manager of the Charleston
team for the season of J907. The club
owners here hove been dickering with
Havannah for weeks over Mutt hews.
He reports March 9
Men reserved for the team are: Rav*
Idge, Foster. I-owe. Haftery. Mullins,
Fox. Crowder and liuease. Klnlei h. an
outfielder, and Christian, a south pa$,
have been signed. Two pitchers, one
catcher and three fielders will he signed
shortly,
The Phillies play here March 25 and
2$. The Kuperbss play March 27 and
"KID" SAYRES WINS.
Bridgeport. Conn., f«b. 7.—"Kid”
riayrea. of Milwaukee, had the best of
a six-round bout with Willie Fltxger-
ald. of Brooklyn, before the Colorado
Athletic Club last night. It was a
fast bout, which was stopped In the
sixth round by ths referee, who saved
Fitxgerald from a knock-out.
BILLY DEVINE DEAD.
Philadelphia. Feb. 7.—Billy Devine,
the well-known boxer, died early Tuoo.
day afternoon after a short lllnssa.
HERE ARE FOUR NEW PLAYERS OF THE GIANT SQUAD
Joe Bowker Wants to Fight
Any Featherweight in World
London. Fob. 7.—Jo. Bowker. the
Kncllah champion featherweight of the
work), loot nluht called Battling Nei-
aon'e bid.
Bowker offer, to fight any feather*
weight In the world for the beet purae
offered, ring aide weight to be 121
pound*.
Bowker haa pooled 11,000 forfeit and
may. he will go to America. If neceaaa*
ry. to meet anybody taking up the
challenge and finding a aultahle purse.
(f Nelson thlnka he can fight at 111
pram., here l» a chance for him to
meet the cleverest boxer In England.
If Bowker flnde an American taker tha
fight may revive the Anglo-American
pugUlsUlf contest. decadent these
^Nf'eon haa made no .newer to Bow*
bra challenge, buf hi, TH*nfl* con
cede that he la unable to make 131
RT SKETCH OP
SENTELL’S LIFE.
Pssl Hentell. Ib»* New Orlcun* man. who
ustd to play with llllly Hmlth. In the
booth Atlantic lenguc. Is well known to
Atlanta fans. Here In w-tist The New Or*
least State* bss to ssy slnuit him:
* Hen tell began ptsytug ball around the
lots here some twelve years ago. After
playing with various amateur dubs In the
city for a uumber of years, be was given
his first professional engagement by Baton
Bouge lu 1903, then In the Cotton Htntea
IdSSgue. lie remained In that anug little
derail one season, and was picked up by
Billy Bmtth. now of Atlanta, who wnt
then managing the Macon Houth Atlantic
league team. In Macon. Ben tell t»egsn to
display flashes of the brilliant form which
• has since made him fntuous at l'hlln-
dslphla. After two m-asoos lu Mscou. the
New Orleaus product was bought outright
‘by the Philadelphia National l<e«gn* team,
• to which club he reported last March.
“ttenteU's record with the guakers thus
far bss Indeed been an enviable one.
Thrown Into contact with the fastest play-
■ era of modern times. In n dub then torn
with internal dissension, he played stead
ily and consistently throughout the aensnn
' of 1M, and gslued a regular berth lu the
Phillies* Infield. He wua repeatedly dis
abled during the season, but stuck game*
j ly to his post. last scasou. during a dose
• and egrlttng game at New York, Hentell
was playing thin! base for the Phillies
i Mugsy Mctiraw, of the Ulants. as Is his
wont, went over to the third base coaching
, lines and begau sarcastically referring to
Hentell's ability, stntlng that the Houth
• had never yet prwlucel a player of cour-
, age and nerve. Hentell stood this and
many other taunts until after the game;
' tbeu he demanded nu apology from Mc
tiraw. Ilarry Tuthlll. an eg pugilist and
tbs trainer of ths New York club, dipped
In his oar In l*ehalf of Mctiraw. The
wrap that followed Is at III reverberating lit
Gotham's sporting anual*. Tuthlll emerged
from the fight with a broken nose, while
Mctiraw, after receiving several stunning
wallops from the New Orleans player, took
refugs lu flight to his own dub lions. .
"Hentell Is known among his associate*
as a quiet. Well-bred young man, who
takes perfect care of himself, and does not
dissipate. He excels u*» n batsman and
liase ruuner. Iieshles lu lug n splendid In
fielder, lie Is considered n brainy player,
and Is rated as ooe of the In st Inside uten
on the Philadelphia pay roll "
FOR POOL CHAMPIONSHIP.
•A'ew York. Feb. 7 —Thomas Hues-
U»ltr“»»T" St.' LouTX, who rrcerntr Ttr-
<iutred the world’* championship pool
honors .by defeating Jerome Keouglt In
Buffalo. la to defepd his tjtle against
Kdward Dawson In a series of matches
MIDSHIPMEN WILL
ROW IN FIVE RACE8.
Annapolis, Md.. Feb. 7.—The beat
crew of the midshipmen will row five
racea this season. There will be dou
ble-headers with Pennsylvania and
Georgetown, and It la expected that
Yale and Columbia will send two
crows.
Pennsylvania will eend her 'varsity
and freshman and tho other first and
second crew*.
The next big event on the pugilistic cal
endar will l«e the fight between Honey Mel-
Indy, of Boston, and While Lewis, of New
York, for tbs welterweight championship.
The mm It elated to taSe place Mote <»n#
of the Bhods Island dubs pest Monday
night.
Joe Calliope Burke, of Birmingham,
has signed to umpire ln # the New York
Htat«* League this season. J*h» will
Relate in thb aeries or rhf **
probably
games that the Cincinnati team sched
uled to play at Birmingham late In
March.
Hobe Ferris, the second baseman of
the Boston Americans, Is holding off
from signing his contract for 1907 be
cause lie wants President Taylor to
pay hltn for the time he was under
suspension last fall following his row
with Jack Hayden. Hobe was under
suspension from September 12 to the
end of the neaaon. and, of course, he
was not paid for that period. When he
called at the office of the club last Hat.
urday he was escorted Into the private
office of President Taylor and a con
tract for the coming season was placed
In front of him, with the request ftrat
he read It over and sign his name at
the bottom. Hobe read It over and
then put In his demand for the money
for the Inst month of the season.
The Boston club con not pay Ferris
for the time he was under suspension
without Inclining all sorts of trouble.
The penalty Imposed on Ferris was not
ordered by fhe Huston club, but by
President Ban Johnson, of the Ameri
can League, and for the Boston club to
NOTNEWS, BUT VIEWS]
By PERCY H. WHITING.
A (-rent nmn.v improvements could be HUggextril for the aver-
age Imgcbnll park. The writer lias often advocated reclining
chairs and electric fans for the press box, hurricane cellars for
. the umpires and portable lunatic asylums for some of the players
in the loague whose nnmes it is unnecessary to mention.
But we now drop the lieforementioncd crusades to rise and
second the motion of the gentleman with the punk hatting eye
who wants the center, field fences of all ball parks painted green.
pay Kerris the money he aaka would be
a direct violation of Its contract with
the league. Hu« h^an^act^ would^leave
league In addition to putting Itaelf In
the rather unenvluble position of be
ing dictated to by the players.
Baseball stimulates the appetite, and
possibly there Is no class of gastro
nomic artists In the world, excepting
harvest hands, that can compare with
profeaslonal bull players as feeders,
writes Hugh Fullerton. Usually they
confine their eating feats to breakfast
and dinner, and are content with a
light lunch before the game, but there
are exceptions to that rule.
Harry Pulliam, when he was running
the old Louisville club for Dreyfuss,
once attempted an experiment which
he never repeated. He put the team
up at a European plan hotel In New
York and thought he was saving
money. When the bill for the first
meal was rendered to him by the ap
prehensive proprietor, who figured tha:
the total receipts of the Colonels might
not meet a week at that rate. Pulliam
turned as red as his vest, then white
as his collar. Hahnus Wagner led with
a total of 311.33. and Pets Howling
was second with tlS even, with the re.,t
ranging from 13 upward. The next
meal was on the American plan.
averages, but for real aolld slugging
must look to the normal right-handed
batsman.
The Cincinnati players will be unable
to meet the Athletics at Waco on Hut.-
day. March 10, as Connie Mack has
scheduled hie two teams at Dallas and
Fort Worth on that day. Frank Ban
croft la trying to put the vets and colts
Into Waco for a Sunday game on
Mnrch 17. The two teams drew a big
crowd there last season and made on
excellent Impression on the Texas fans.
The Hot Springs colony will be re
inforced by Ed Aahcnbach In about a
week. Aah weighs 315 In his Prince
Albert and wishes to remove the odd
figures before starting In with hts
Saints at Leavenworth on St. Patrick*-;
Day. “I always take on some weight
In the off-season.'- he eaye. “In the
summer 1 keep It down by chasing out-
curves.”, .
The Portland (Ore.) Journal haa made
the following discovery" "About >4 ner
cent of otherwise normal people
to the
the right hand In preference
6 tier cent—kre left-handed, and It Is a
III (he first pinop the esthetic sente of the Average fail is
rudely jolted by those fence signs. Even a color blind fan, who
comes to the jmrk arrayed in a bright pink shirt and a bright
red tie, hut a kick coming on those signs. He has paid big money
and his sente of the beautiful .is sufficiently jarred in looking at
the clnsaie features of Charley Frank, “Chief” Zimmer and the
. rest, to tlint it is a combination of intuit and injury to atk him
to stand for those advertitementt.
But this is no crusade for the beautiful in baseball. Wo
had to fill this column with something today and anyway we are
out to right the wrongs (right or write, it doesn’t matter much
which) of the ball players.
The players tny that a center field fence decorated with gar
ish ("garish—showy, ostentations, gaudy," Webster. It’s nil
right. I looked it up.) colors makes him google-eved and cuts
down his batting, average.
Maybe it is the allurement of the beer advert isements that
muses the eye to wander us the festive spit ball comes tripping
over the piste, just subsequent to which the umpire remarks
"Yerunt. ’ Or maybe the optic nerves protest against the mis
placed rainbow. But anyway the hatters snv that’highly color
ed fences hurt batting.
So how about a green center field fence at the new
something cool mid restful, a sort of an imitation of the
grass—a fence so beautiful and so artistically painted thnt you
can’t tell where the grass ends ami where the sky begins.
If it would add .l'2.'> to the batting average of every man on
team it would will the pennnpt for Atlanta.
And we want that pennant this year.
nnuthpaw pitchers nn<
cut no notice whatever. As It Is. fully
a third of the players In the major
longue* are left-handed, or at least
pitch and bnt left-handed, while only
« tow thWiw with the south paw. This
extraordinary percentage* Is doubtless
due to the fact that magnates and man.
oxers sedulously cultivate southpaw
pitchers and batsmen, particularly the
latter, under the belief that the left-
handed pitcher ha* something on left-
handed batters, while such batsmen
have an advantage over right-handed
batsmen In a quicker start to first base
and a fraction of a second In close
plays at the bag. This latter fact
counts for the steady Increase of natu
ral left-handed batsmen and of right
handers who change to the other hand.
This advantage of time on close plays
at
banders to high position In the !
AN EX-TECH STAR.
Seems ns tlmuuli \v«
in tilt* league somewhere,
cool ami restful to llio o
iinv.
luive seen a preen center field fence
I oft 1c Hock, isn’t it! Anyway it was
e ami probably didn’t hurt tho batting:
•Inc Bowker. the Kuplish feather, has apreed to take on. any
man in the world »i 1l”J. Ilole-l n-The-Snow, Nevada, will now
dash for the
any. *
lime lipht with a £1.000,000 offer for the fight—if
muench&
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Oarcaint In Unredeemed Diamonds.
TOMMY M'MILLAN.
Hsro is tho Atlanta boy who
goto a trial this spring with Jack*
stnviti*
Nashville will soon have a new base
ball park. Tho old 8ulphur 8prlngs
Bottoms' disgrace has been sold to a
real estate firm, and the Nashville
team has to move. The now ball park
will be out near Centennial Park. This
lo a good section of the town and the
new park will be reached by two car
lines.
The organisation of a baseball league
Is stttl hanging fire, says a Home ex
change, but the Indlcat’ons are encour-,
aging. Rome fans are still looking for
manager for the P.oire team that
last night pad not succeeded In finding
one. —L_
The following from a Gadsden paper
will probably be read with Interest by
local fans:
"No definite agreement has yet been
reached by parties In the several cltleu
near Gadsden who are rndeavorlrg to
organise a baseball league, hut It Is
probable that a meeting will be held
by the promoters of the scheme within
the next few days In this city to per
fect the organisation.
"Clay Leath. owner of the local ball
imrk. who was at the he id of the asso
ciation here last season, stater thnt he
Is In correspondence with representa
tives of a number of other towns w ho
desire to be admitted to the league, and
he thinks that there Is every assurance
that the proposed league will be a sue-
cess.
"It Is likely that six teams will be In
cluded In the organisation, which will
be known aa the Georglu-Alu'mma-
Tennessee League. The cities under
consideration are: Gadsden. Anniston.
Talladega. Rome. Dalton and Chatta
nooga. Thia number may be Increased
tonight so aa to Include Knoxville and
Selma."
MOTOR RACE
IN AMERICA
VANDERBILT CUP AFFAIR WILL
BE HELD IN UNITED STATES
AGAIN.
.race will be htid in thl. cuunir.
Automobile club of July, whirl; ,,
first claim on the contest bereu...
the French Automobile Club's dnl.na
lion lo officially participate, la i„
vor of huvlnfi the race held i,. lh .
Untied Slates. There Is no duuht i, ..
understood, that the Oermun n U h
shares the same views.
ALL HOPE GONE FOR
RACING IN MEMPHIS.
Special lo The Georgian.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 7.—That the
racing gome In Tennessee Is ns .1,,.]
as a door nail, and all prospects ,
spring meeting at Montgomery Pnr,
this season withered. Is the■ const; ut. -
lion Berrelary Malcolm X. Marfar.
Ian, of the new Memphis Jockey Club,
puts on the passage of the nnti-ra..
track gambling bill.
Governor Patteraon will certainly
sign the bill, which passed with such
unanimity In both houses, as. In
campaign speech In Memphis, October
he pledged himself lo “slxit anv
race track measure."
All preparations had been mad,. r,,r
the meeting at Montgomery Pari;
which was scheduled to begin Ah it
15 and last until May 8. Emrl, - r >•
the ten big stakes—the annual f,:,.
lures—have been well filled.
J. Dorn. Mullaney Has Signed
Fine Team For Jacksonville
J. Dominick Mullaney. the man who
has been assigned to preside over tha
destinies of the Jacksonville baseball
club for the season of 1907, arrived In
town this morning, says The Jackson
ville Metropolis, looking the picture of
health, and just as handsome as ever.
"Mull's" arrival has been expected and
announced for many days. Secretary
Burbrldge said thin morning that he
knew the next snow storm in Louis
ville would turn the "big one" this
way. and right he wan.
"Mull" was accompanied to breakfast
by a reporter of The Metropolis, and
while partaking of the choice viands
discoursed food for the fans that will
be relished as much an a hot meal by
a froten tramp. The Jacksonville
manager hasn't said much In advance
of his coming, but It.only takes fire
minuter to convince you that he has
been at work with his eyes peeled.
Mtrtr says he doesn't know what the
other fellows have landed for this sea.
son. and It la not worrying him a bit.
for he Is confident he has a bunch that
"go some" and keep In the running
with any team In the league.
The Infieldert.
"Who have you signed up. Mull?"
asked the scribe.
"Well, here's the bunch."
Fred Beach, catcher, who comes from
Ellwood, Ind. He has been playing In
dependent ball In the West, and Is a
very promising player. Beach will al
ternate with 8hea. of last year’s team.
Cliff Thomas In an Infielder from
Salem, Ind.
Hankie, nn Infielder from Chicago.
He played last season with Decatur,
111.
SULLIVAN WANTS
FIGHT WITH ATT5LL.I
Tommie McMullln. who plays an In
field position, and was with the Tech
College of Atlanta last season, nnd
one who Is touted as able to deliver the
goods.
Allison, nn Infielder. comen from
Bowling Green, Ky., nnd ban been play.
Ing Independent bnneball
Moore Is another Infielder. who comes
from Los Angeles. Cal. Thl* fellow,
says "Mull*" "was recommended to me
by Van Haltren as being one of tho
best minor league Inflelders he ha*
seen for some time."
Jimmy Kuhn, who has played In the
Cotton States ami Southern league*.
will play for "Mull" this year. Kuhn
Is an Infielder.
Tha Pitohsra.
Delaware Willis and Pete Baker will
be retained from last year. They ai**
both good.
Among the new* ones Is Stultz. wlw
comes from the. Southern League, and
was with Mullsney last year while h*
managed the Montgomery. Ala. club
Summers Is a southpaw, who hall*
from the city of Chicago. He has l*en
playing Independent oall, and Mull con.
slders him a "find." He Is a youngsm^
only 20 years of age.
Balllatte comes from Bloomington.
III. He played last season with Inde
pendent teams In the West.
Walters, Long and Viola will con
stitute a trio of outer-gardeners hard
to boot. Walters halls from Louis
ville and la*t season played with De
catur. Itt.
At First Bats.
J. Dominick Mullaney, besides doing
managerial duties, will perch at firv.
base and direct hts athletes fmm timi .
position. "Mult" needs no introduction.
He Is a ball player—that's all!
Hankie and Kuhn will fight It out
for second base. Alllsqn nnd McMillan
*••111 do battle for shortstop's place, and
Moor? nnd Thomas will contest f"r
third base. ,
Mullaney has been given the right to
Issue the official programs this sea
son. and they will be something en
tirely new and a souvenir that even
one will want and*one that evervhodv
will want to keep. He will btgln work
on the programs at once. "Muir' ha*
a few original Ideas of his own that
will be Incorporated In the program*,
and are sure to catch the fans, lie will
also have work started at once on* the
ball grounds.
The Exhibition Games.
The players are ordered »o report
here on March 10. The Brookl* r.<
nre due March 8. and both tennis will
ut once begin their work.
On March 15, 18 and 22 and 2J. the
Juckhonvllte and Brooklyn team* |Jav
x hi billon games, which will b«* «b-'
first of the season. 8ome of the tentm
come h*re from the east roast
and the Jacksonville team will play In
t. Augustine during Ponce Del.'”*
eek.
St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 7.—Jack Sullivan*
who manages "Brooklyn Tommy" Sul
livan.' announced yesterday that be
would deposit $1.00) to Insure Sulli
van’s presence In the ring with Attell
In-March. Sullivan made the Hint*.
lent after being Informed that Man
ager McOargy had wired that AcMl
had agreed to meet Sullivan at 13d
pounds ring side.
NOTES OF SPORTS.
Bob Walthour Leaves Soon
For Short European
Trip
Hubby Walt bun i
ifiiv for NVir York.
•Hy Tuesday on t
111 leave Atlniitn Hun K«*to
ml will mil from thnt
tlu- Knlser Wilhelm for
le ha* coiitrm-t* f»:- four
iflld on** III I»re»'li-li mi
Huii'ln
will mei
Hubby hint
lie will Ih* htum* -'i-.H
lh« next dii) In fb -f -f
ently received lin lb*""-*
h* take pnrt In «lx-iUy rnre* nt H<
t'b-velNiiil. hut his furelgu engagement- I
voided him.
The Virginia State 1. ague nf Hh-mImiI
’lulu* hold* It-* it ilium I unn-tlug In Itb-liiiioiu
today. It l* likely that Jake Well* will le
lee ted to the pre«ldel»c*V nnd will nu
YOUNG BALL PLAYERS ARE QUEER
e tiiidi-rgrailunte* of Harvard oiv pin
ulitg a ir»*ud deal of faith on the belief tin
I’reMldfciit Kooaerelt. when he visit* tin
'nuihrldge inslltutlun the latter (am cf ttill
nonth. will any puhllely and prlvntely iuin-
thing* that will help their side of the i-n-*i
In the present turmoil m»*r liiten-ollogl.ip
athletics.
of tin- tfhrdlitnl*. In
dn r.uid of a fanning l*ee u* mi old maid
•»f a tea party, and any time of the day
or night. In hi* o|m*ii fneed mil:, be I* ready
tO ill* ll*» bi|H4
ll nolltul l>M*l«
the and most - InrJtable »Ihm*rvers
of the "bitgglncNN" of Nome „f the fuilUtlVN
Of the came, and If* not hard to lead
•! Id'!* Into a «IIm*iin*Iou of the aubjeet that
«y fur the «•'** be entitled * Hug* That I Have
to be h-ld * Known." HoIiImmi hold* tlidt the fUi-dm
j of Nome Olle iHt-nllrt
, *hv ehnwee* if-i» -youngster lo nuHrtog"good
spring ^ proviul
*• , hi fa-t eoinpaii) These Idea* run tllv
i e« III nt all the war from extreme tuodestv
I laek n| eontbletiee tip to a deulrc to
IS tO Blip
fi*: -
isve marked Ik-
an outfielder m
trying for one of the regular |n-
Promptly on hi* arrival lie went i« »
ernn covering the iwsltlon nnd
thiti lie would kill hltu If he did i-
It. lie next attacked one of »b*
young*ter* mid only prompt ln«* » i
prevented a tragedy.
Thl* player also threatened nil"
mi* eoiiNtantl) burning with a m»i-
'that even fhe* fuelb* pen of ah
.1 Aden IN** would |»*ve been ImnliN’
It,. w» nbnnt «• rosum"'
iirr * mtthmtmki* nnd wt* «**ut to Ik
liefore the *cn*nu was very old.
Thought Ho Had Enomiot.
Another bsutllng pnssesead lit*' n:
a man pursued l»y cuemte*. He h«
fnwi a minor club, where bl*
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botlve obscurity bad "soursd"
would come ou the field, and. If not
the glad band, would go to the ben-
sulk the rest of the day. lie *•
over hi* Imagined Ills, and. a* »
hi* plnylug was of s poor order
bl* good qualities were so ee||o»e.|
self-created melancholy that the •>
"25" ws* the only uafnral sequel" •
•layer nioloubtevlly esnied !*»• k
mi...
league friMU whb-h be stmuic the
the hard row he had to hoe during I.
day* in Idg league society.