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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, 'MONDAY, KkhKCARY 11, 1907.
, UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
NEWS OF SPORTS
edited by
PERCY H. WHITING
«IM**H*NN«HMII •'
BE MISSING IN 1907
FAMILIAR TO SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AUBURN A WINNER.
B|*cUl to Tin Georgian
Auburn, Ala. Feb 11. - Auburn do-
rented Columbus huidtct ball team Sal*
urdny night. r«*«»ftng t*» -T It wiu
the hardest and bent Karin Aubum ha*
ever played
The aeitlnr* and junt*»r* tdayrd their
ehHW ganui u£ football se^crday, th«
aenlor* winning i» tn *
He hail a b in? nmfonnce with Billy
Smlib and I* arui.nu. to lanic Hoffman
Mid one **r two other |d tyerx whom lie
thinks* 'Ml fall l . make Rood in At
lanta.
NOTES OF SPORT.
j And ••-.mile Mark < • «d.*d I*.
I for flu* new Trenton c lub of the Trt-
| State Lragiir.
i Jake St.ihl miv.* thai In* "III not piny
(with the Wnchtnrtott dub. but will be
s*atlulled "tth a llostm berth.
MUENCH&
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DR. C. T. PISE WILL SPEAK ON A
SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO MEN.
Y. M, C. A„ Pryor ard Auburn Av*.
MANY FACES
FANS
P. LIPE SIGNS
TWO MORE MEN
W. E. MURDOCH AND CHAS. SCHU-
MANN APPLY PENS TO THEIR
CONTRACTS.
gpeclal to The Weorgtsn.
Macon. tin., Feb. 11 Manager I’erry l.lpe
has atltletl two men to IiIh ll»t of Mien'll
player*. They ore W I*.. Murdoch. "ho
|daycd renter Held f»»r Macon ln*t year mid
tnnde n record for home mu* In «*»»•• game;
th« other I* Charles Htiumnnu. of cruey
Cltjr. lie ployed III III* home* town last
season In the New Jer*ev State l-engm*.
Hhumann I* n youngster tl'e feet nmftrlgtit
Inchea lull au«l weighing 1*S pound* lie I*
touted a* belnir tu*t "a* e»er> thing" In the
field nud on hi* feet and ha* n fairly good
batting average.
The number of *lg!ied lihiyer* nt present
la sixteen and the only rout rio t* which
are now out ore those of Houston. Stinson.
Itanmiert nud t*lark. «»f then* Clark and
tttlnaoii wilt likely In* mi linnd. "idle Hum
inert and Houston will l*e iiiUaIiuv Ham
inert ha* naked f**r hi* release nud will
likely play In l«oul»inu.i. where h*» lit- .»
fatuity. 11oust»»u, while no! beliu; hear.I
from, will more than likely unit Im-.I'.iH
to become a '•parson,'' n- to hu*. te en stu«l>
Ing for the miuimry f*r the pn»t few yt.ir-.
and It la underst***! that lie t- n>-w ready
to enter the Held.
Stinson I* hold Inc off f <>r more pay. > ut
will likely come to term* before the . *.ni
open*. tinrV will pr.*bal.h be on linnd id***,
ns he h«* written Man a iter I.tpe a letter to
that effect
Thu basket bail suasun is ilrawing to u .•losi>. The end of
February will are the linisli of praetienlly all liasket hall—ex-
t'ppt the outdoor va'riety played at Kiris’ schools.
The present basket ball season has not been a nottibly bril
liant one in Atlanta, or one of any very strenuous scintillation
elsewhere in the stale : but for all that a lot of cood Kamos have
been played and a lot of men have taken a lot of eood brisk ex
ercise that has doubtless improved them physically and furnish
ed enjoyment to those who took part ill the games and to those
who looked on. And after all that is about all you can expect
of any sport.
With the opening of the baseball season basket butt wilt wilt
- and you can paste it in your hat that the baseball season is al
most here.
The Cotton States League has decided to stick to a six-club
circuit. I’robably this is wise, though long range judgment on
baseball wisdom is no easy matter. With six clubs in the league
(here are always a couple of towns which are glad to get a fran
chise when any of the weaker members drop out. An eight-
club circuit would use up practically all of the available towns
in tin’ Cotton Stales territory and then if there were a mid-season
blow-up in tun town the league would be caught short.
livery game which the professional gamblers touch soon be
comes so tainted that the amateur bettors pull out. A frequent
traveller across tin* Atlantic lias commented entlv on the
fact that selling pools on the day’s run of the ship, which was a
usual form of amusement on the big liners until recently, has been
practically abandoned. ‘‘Professional gamblers did it.” he said.
‘‘They found seine questionnlile way of getting hold of the day’s
run before it was posted and right then and there the custom of
selling pools on the run ended,”
Wilson Matthews In Atlanta
Many »f the faces mini familiar In
the Southern League In year* past will
be mlaelns when the .panic'll blooms
again and the rr.irk of the festive
horsehble reaountls through the South
land.
A bunc h of old-flmera, men who hnve
been with Southern League* alnre the
league was rescued from oblivion and
placed 111 evidence, have passed on to
broader, or maybe narrower, fields.
Some of the players In (he Soulhern
league w ill go upward. These players
have frequently been discussed In these
columns. . ,
Some player* have been transferred
to team* In other leagues of the same
class a* the Southern.
And still others have dropped to low
er c-laea leagues.
Two of last year's managers have
gone to leagues of a lower class than
the Southern. Hob Ollks has passed
down to (lulfport tn the Cotton Slate*
league. And Dominick Mullaney. who
looked after things at Montgomery In
1»0« I* director of destinies at JfUK-
' aonvllle. In the South Atlantic League,
tbi* year.
—■■■■—— . The Putina of Oilka.
Ollks was practically a landmark. He
was at the helm III Shreveport for
'7 year* nnd was looked uisiti as a fix
ture. He was a llrst-class manager,
loo, and always gave Shreveport a team
which wa» right In the running. At
the drat of every season It appeared J
that he had a pennant winner, but hard
luck Inter In the year usually dropped
(ti* nnkrrs Into n less Ioi,moi«iU- Pcu!J--
tlon. * . ,
The desire of the Shreveport barkers
for a playing manager no doubt re
sulted In Ollks - disappearance from
Southern l-eague ranks.
One player In the Southern League
last year—“Punch" Knoll, of New Or-
leana—will lie In n lower class league
this year, hut he will figure as a man
ager Instead of a player. Knoll has
gone to Terre Haute, where he will try
to grind out a pennant »Inner.
Knoll we- “nothT landmark. He was
with the Nashville team' back In IH®
days when Newt Klsher was winning
liennants with that organleatlon. and
did atnr work In the outfield and as
change catcher, l-ater he ttied ^ It a
year at Washington and then crank
brought him back to New , Orleans,
where he played nlre. though not bril
liant. ball last year.
Little Urcltenateln. of Shreveport nnd
Montgomery fame, bus dropiwd a peg.
Hr goes to Springfield. Ohio, where he
will doubtless make good. He Is a
wonderfully good Pilcher fur Ills Inches. |
nnd la a great judge of bull players. 1
Bob tlllka saya of him that he knows
more about ball player* than any man
In the league, nnd that lie will one day
be a great manager.
Atlanta Playeee Ge. e
Several familiar face* of the Atlanta
learn will not he In evidence this year.
Probably Dick t‘roller, long nn Atlunla
stand-by, will not lw In the league. In
fact II I* likely Hint Dick will retire
from baseball. Kvera la uiiother who
wee here Inel year and who will not
be here this year. He goea hack to
the South Atlantic, from whence ho
came. Raymond, with Atlanta for a
while last year and the year before lias
'■ gono to tils out love,- Jackson, of llw
Colton State*.
Hut three are only a few of ihe many
who have dropped nut. Krve Hock 1ms
gone, Bohannon has been sent to
Kvanavtlle, Iterl Noblett Im* gone Jo
Terro Haute. Munush. one of the
Memphis experiment* last year, will
be wllh Bob Ullk* In Gulfport In 190.,
end will dnubtleaa do well, for ho Is u
•irons bailer. LoRoy Taylor, another
Memphis “chance,“ will pilch lndc|iend-
ent ball In 1907. And *,. It goes. The
players named are only n few or the
many who will go to other leagues thl*
year.
New
Here is Ihe pitcher who was re
leased by Shreveport end gobbled.,
up by Montgomery last veer. This
year, he will be with the Bpring-
field, Ohio, teem and will doubtless
do well. “Little Brsit" ie not only
a good pitcher, but in addition he it
a shrewd judge of bell players, and
will doubtless have a team of hit
own to manage before he ia many
years older.
PUNCH KNOLL.
the or-
reeent league.
This year Bob will do tho man
agerial act at Gulfport in the Cot
ton States League. Time was
when Bob was • first-elate pitcher,
and after that he did good work in
tho outfield. But Boo hoe quit
playing now and manages the team
from the bench. Gilk* always gave
Shreveport a good team.
BERT NOBLETT.
* Thi, is Noblett, Who held fort-
with Little Rock lost year. He has
been tent to Terre Haute this year
and will doubtless do wolf. Nob.
lett is a first-claes player and ,,
certain to make good in Terre
Haute.
Commodores Meet Michigan
In Nashville November
Race Track Followers Keep
New Orleans Gamblers Busy
Hnxket hall loyer* who reside In the
vicinity of Slone Mountain had the
pleasure Saturday night of seeing the
team that represent* the Fnlveralty
School In ihe Junior longue hand the
Y. M. <\ A, second team a 'lemon in the
form of a defeat by the score of IK to s.
The accommodation train carried in
Stone Mountain a <twtcr collection h
basket ball players from the Y M. <\
A*..' consisting of Oreen. Phillips, Jones.
Bilker. Huff. Mltchrli nnd Wulnch —
Ihe seven fastest n-.rn In the Y. M. <\
for their Inches nritl nun ??»«.
When the whistle blew for piny the
two teams immediately got busy nnd
there was not u dull moment In th”
whole flrst half, both teams playina
with the vim nnd life that Is •ln»r;»f
terlHtfc of them and which Im* *!'»«>
so much to help them defeat bmh th«
U. M. A. nnd the Boys* High Srh«**‘l.
Members of the Y. M. A. team ar*
loud In their prnfce of Stone M«uint;ui
hospitality, nnd ntnte that they "ere
treated royally.
The Y. M. t\ A. first team played
Tech Y. M. A. team a prncti* ••
Saturday night nt the Y. M 1 •**
gymnasium. The Y. M. <’ A
had things Its "ay throughout dse
game and was never In danger-
score was 34 to 20.
While It was not n* fast a K-i’ruo *•*-
some that have been played then*, i*
was fast enough, especially In U’**
five or ten minutes of play AP'i tn*t
It was a foregone conclusion licit tn-
Y. M. f\ A. would "in.
Tucker and Ellison Win
$150,000 Playing Ponies
New Orleans. I.;*.. Ith. H—Rotor*
Tucker and titarles I'lllsin have w« u [
more money fi »m the i Ing this winlcN;
than any sl\ otfwr plungers.
If they wen* to return Ki*t today !
they would take vIth thrin at hast'
Tucker, who cam here liadly twisted J
financially from a disastrous summer j
season, hns evened up his scyre "Itlij
Ihe liookles. His llllv lYhtKk Bryom ho.* '
been a never falling * *uree «»f wealth |
t*i him. IN cry time Tucker plunged !
h« avlly on her shr landed his tots.
FlUson has l>een ihe proverbial bus:
lx*e all "inter. He has cashed m»ne:
so often that the heoknmkers are no.«
fighting shy of Ms bets.
week ugly rumor
local tracks. It w as even
that on one or two occasl'tm
tin* ridels were so hadly und-
fluence of drink that the n-u !
day’s rating were due t«» tl
Itv to handle their mounts pi
The second annual tourn.ta •
Missouri Ft ate Bowling A
"ill he held In Kansas Cll>
coming week. There "III *•
events—five men. two men
vldual contests.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
Kimball Heat*
Dum?".*-
LARRY LAJOIE.
; This it the way the greatest second beeemen In tho world look* when
t he ie waiting for something to happen. Larry will bo in Atlanta this spring
; with hie team and will bo welcomed by hit meny friends in the city.
GET YOUR LUMBER
FROM
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I Hardwood Homing a specialty. We deliver promptly and <- * ^
| satisfaction. A full stock of Lumber. Bash. Doom. etc., on hand. *
right. '
542 WHITEHALL STREET.
The Vuadeiitlli Mli-lilgnti game to he piny*
ed on Inidley Flokl next full, tuiy* the
Nnshvllle American, I* now n sottltsl unit-
ler. The dnte Will Im* .Noveniher 2. The
eontrnet sent to the Wolverines l»y Dirertor
ttiilrd, thereby a ha tiring the Ntruggie. which
"ill he fur the biggest ever played In the
Mouth.
This game Is hvtkeil upon by Yost ns one
of the very hardest lie will hovC; fit f«rf,
he does oitf think US* uletfftlQf With l'SDD
sylviinhi, which eleven the Wolverine* plnjr
Novemlier 16 nt Ann ArtMir, will he mare
AitihlMtrnly fought out than the one with
the Commodores.
With the luutch on Vanderbilt's schedule
!Conch^feGoujrb will doubtless devoir :i!t his
attention to the one *erup. He doc* not
fear any of the others T«*eh "III not prove
dangerous, nor will Wuhush or the others,
with the result that the Cmuniodorr'*’ one
supreme effort will Ik» to down the North
ern visitors. And here let It In* mild that
nothing would please MrOugtu and tils
eleven more than to put It on Yost, Id*
hrotficr-in-fnw.
Ko(B1B8 All come from Mrwmnee of 1st**
ennceralMg her M'hetltile for next fall. The
manager Is busy fixing the dates, which
will probably In* pretty much the same us
they were the past season.
Sow Orleans. La.. Feb. II.—Tho
crowds of men who come to New Or*
leans to gamble on the races In tho
afternoon are attending their evenings
at some of the many gambling houseu
now running strong In the Crescent
City.
The dubs are all doing brisk busi
ness. Around the hank game In one «»f
The “dubs tth Tlrnvtar street insi night
were ••Bob” Tucker. ••Whltey’* Lang-
don. •‘Joe” rilmnn. “Cap” Bradley and
•'A!” Font I lieu. Looks like the Sara
toga set.
The boys came about 1R o'clock and
cashed out after the midnight hour, the
house taking in some $9,200 on th*»
session.
.“Hull" Standlfdi. the Florida Casino
promoter, is behind it strong poker and
-uiiitcr. Flenly ut
action In his place, with a midnight
lunch, which .outdoes the sumptuous
spread ''Joe” riltnun put down at his
famous Bridge Whist Club at Sarato
ga. N. Y.. twj> years ago.
lilnmn. ''Cap" Bradley and other fa
mous knights of the gambling lilaxe si
lently drifted Into town two weeks ago
Of course the sharp-shootejs smelled
out a rat at once. Then ».»r»*■ t}»
announcement that for »h ■ ccmiv.i
days tho 'ild" would be lifted.
Off It came with u Jerk s »m.* < m
ago. However, some pretty stiff ir.fn-
bllng has been In progress for two
months past. This was to Is* exj .■ f,..>
for with 4.000 professional race ira. k
followers quartered In the city f tr . ««-k
after week, something In the way -t a
curd game is a natut;at ant! assuri tl
nourment. |
For Instance, a well-known b*N>\-
nuiker -who keeps bachelor hall In i
smurt St. Charles avenue cottage in
vites his friends of an evening t • tit*
cute little domicile. Bridge whist ii
the order, one bookmaker nnd his wife
are excellent players, as evidenced hr
u balance of something like $lfi,""i» ui
their creillt tmlny. It's a prlvutc gam**,
of course, and a session neve*
more Hum two hour** of an evening.Ht
tius fur flies "idle the enri-* n- imv-
cuittlhHt. f**r $2uti,ci(lfl wiU nave cIihi^.J^
hands on the piny eTe the “bln.v” Nt
next April. It’s gamble In the .»ft«*i-
noon hi the race track and gamble it
night at the clubs—gamble all tl •
while. Incidentally the «portiin: visi-
tor; can fun himself to death, for "lid
not with the carnival balls. «h* ma«iu»
dances, the French opera nod ;« hlat<
of theaters nnd music halls a-*-le*" u*c.
there Is diversity here to i kneel, ’ .wn.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
By PERCY H. WHITINO.
I’rosidcul Kavmmunli hits nimplcti'd hik staff of umpires.
They are Frank F. Rinn, Frititk ftudderham, Dnu Pfeniiinper,
Chief Ziliililer nnd lloh Cnriithers.
Here's hupiiq; that they ore ^ond ones.
liudderhnm mid l*fenninK<'r wo know ns umpires. Rudder-
hnm was with the lenfftie liiNt year, I’fcnniittfer hits been with it
fur two years. Ruth lire impurtiul judges of plnv, enforce ifoud
diseiplmu on the field mid possess irnml hnnehnll judirment.
Zimmer won in the lenttue last yenr ns n nmnntter. At that
end of the pime lie did not prove n howlitiff sneeexs, hut he hurl
nil the diNcoiiniKcmciitK of trying to furnish liittle RtJtk with n
Imll eluli nnd maybe the tusk was too jtrrent for nuy moo. Zimmer
knows hnselmll in nil its various phases—for he was once one of
tho best of the NutiotlnI le'iitpio catchers—nnd if he can enforce
order on the Held he will do.
That's whnt. the funs wnnt of nn umpire they insist that he
keep the players nt the. uamo and eliminate nnt-eliewinc nnd um-
pTrr tmilioe. -Whnt the fans talk most »lmut in lhc decisions the
umpires make, lint ns a matter of fact the fans seldom know
whether the decisions are ritfht or wronjr. It is timierally out of
the question even to jruess accurately at a decision from where
the spectators sit.
Itut every fail can fell if the umpire is keepim; order on the
field and if he doesn't then the fan lias a just claim nn u kick.
The chief requirement in an umpire these days is nerve,
hacked by a knowledge of the rules. Two of the umpires ap
pointed bv President Kuvamiut;h have this. It is to be hoped
that the other three nre similarly equipped.
Y. M. C. A. Second Team Beaten
By the University School Boys
RTCWARDCROZtER.
It it not liktly that "Dttrfoot
Dick" will bo in tho Southern
League next year. He hot not been
able to come' to terma with Atlan
ta* and it it doubtful if he would
play with any other teem. Dick ie
one of the nett outfielder* the
league he* ever known, and hi*
•tunta in the sun-field have made
him famous ell over the country.
DOMINICK MULLANEY.
Here it the genial Iriehman who
managed the Montgomery team lett
veer. In 1907 h* will be at the
helm in Jacksonville. Mullaney it
e good player, in addition to being
a first-class manager. He will no
doubt be among the best batters in
tho Sally League.
Walked 1,600 Miles on Water;
Won Bet on Narrow Margin
Sow OrlcanH. La.. Feb. 11.—Captain
<*h:irl«*M \V. Ohlrlcvc ban won hi* bet of
$:».«00. having walked 1,600 nillea from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, on tin-
water. He made tin* trip In forty-five
minute* le*» than forty days. He "In*
$5,000. Hail he been forty-elx minutes
later he would have lo.it. Oldricvc uned
cedar wood ulmes, 4 feet b Inches long.
:» Inchea broad and 11 Inches deep.
With these he trod the surface of the
river, clonely followed all the way by
Ilia wife In a row boat.
Jack O'Brien hax agreed to atop three
lighter**—Onorge Brown. Jim Tremble
und the ''Terrible Turk"—In six round*
each, the evening of February 26. be
rm* the Pacific Athletic Club, of Lob
AngeleH.
[HERE’S OUR OLD FRIEND LARRY|
Life. .
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