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ATLANTA GEORGIAN A ND NEWS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1907. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD NEWS OF EDITED .BY PERCY H. WHITING By PERCY H. WHIUNO. We want to oa.v, riirht fiera ami now, that the eolumni of the gporting pajri> of The Georgian are open to the amateur ball players of Atlanta and the vicinity. A little later 011 it i« likely that the matter will be taken up more in detail and it will probably be neeeaaary to waate several columns in telling the press agents of the various teams to write on one side of the paper only, to write pro|>er names clearly and a few such. But in the meantime, just help yourself. Ship your notices > to The Georgian, sign them aa an evidence of good faith and they will appear. The time has come when the amateur ball player begins to fidget around and wonder what team he is going to play with and a few things like that. In one way Atlanta seems to be pretty far behind several Southern cities—notably New Orleans and Memphis and that is in the number of its amateur ball teams, the number of grounds on whieh they can play, and in the organization of the teams and leagues. Memphis has a well organized city league with its own parks and regular weekly games In addition there are several less important organisations such as the Saturday Afternoon League, thu Railroad League and a few more. In New Orleans there are innumerable leagues and they play all summer and then all winter. Atlanta had a Commercial League last year whKh played through a successful season and several first class uniformed teams in addition. But amateur basebnll in Atlanta has not reached the stability that it has in other cities and anything which The Georgian can do to buifd it up will be done. Aamateur baseball deserves just as much encouragement as professional baseuall—maybe more. The athletic games you take part in do you a lot more good than those you go to watch. No exercise is botter or more healthful than baseball and it ought to be encouraged in every way possible. It would not do any^harm if the triyy bestirred itself ami provided a lot of first class diamonds at its various parks in the city. Other cities do and they are a great Rource of enjoyment to the players and the people who go out to Ree the games. Of course there are a couple of "skate” diamonds at Pied mont park but they are not kept up as they should be and there seems to be no system of reserving them. There is a big opening for our baseball mayor, and if lie wants to make himself more solid than ever with the baseball contingent he ought to polish up a bunch of city diamonds and turn them over to the amateurs. The Illinois Central Railroad and some Gulf steamship lines are said to be behind the scheme to start racing in Cuba jmd keep it going. Thiels agreeable as long as Cuba has a separate gov ernment, but it will not add to the popularity of Mr. Harriman’s recent acquisition if Uncle Sam ever solves the Cuban problem by taking over the island. Hie racing game backed by a railroad which in turn ia con trolled by the popular nibs, £. II. Harriman, would certainly be a bit with the people of this country. WRESTLERS PRACTIGNG FOR BOUT KID BURN8 AND DAN YORKE. »two Atlanta wrestlers mast Friday night at Armory D. Georgia Begins Practice With Largest Squad Ever In the new Southern League schedule a vast improvement has been made by dispensing with the foolish morning games which used to be played on the holidays. Morning games draw just about like a last year’s poultice and arc usually attended by the members of both teams and the representatives of the press. Nashville’s "holler” for some good dates seems to have been productive of results. The Rock City draws an opening at home, a Decoration Day doublo-header and a Labor Dnv double- header. ——— ■ Springfield, Ohio, Stars as Birthplace of Ball Players Springfield, Ohio, In n wonderful pro ducer of ball players. * Billy Bmtth and Henry Harley, of the Atlanta team, are product! of that Ohio city. Bo are Joe Rlckert. formerly of At lanta and now of New Orleans; Jack Dolan, the veteran nltcher, who will be with Little Rock this year: John Ma- larkey, who will manaso Montgomery, and a few more. Bprlnffleld players are distributed from the major leasuci down to the (Han C orsanliatlons. Jlssa Donahue, the premier Bret Backer of the Ameri can League, head! the Hat. He will be found roverlns the Initial sack for the Chicago Box asaln. Then conies Ditch er Ed Mlnahan and Mike Mitchell, of the Cincinnati Redi. Danny 8hny Joins the New York (Hants tlili year, after a lay-off of n year. Louie Rnpp has signed with Baltimore, after belnc out of the same for practically two neoaone on necount of an Injury. Pat Donahue, n brother of Jlggs. will do the backstop work for Portlnnd, Ore., and Frankie Donahue, the youns- eat brother of the family, will he with the BprinsBeld team. Joe Colltna, the beat outfielder In the Central la'iutue, has signed with the Hprlnxfleld club. William Donohue and Plteher I .arry lteckel go to Evanevtlle, and Ed 1 Vets, an outflleder, will be given a try-out with Terre Haute. Fred Hildebrand, nn nutltelder, and John (irlndle. a plteher. will play with Ottumwa. Mar- tie Nye haa come to terma with Mont gomery and Ray Wolfe, Willie Burke and James Mitchell. brother of Mike, will help to win the pennant for Knla- maioo, in the Soulhern Michigan I<eiu-ue. Plteher Hugh Collins and Calrheo Joe Dunn have not signed. They were In the South Atlantic League last year and are at present negotiating with several clubs In the Central and Three 1 Leagues for their services. SHIFT IN NEW ORLEANS RACES. BILL SQUIRES ON HIS WAY. New Orleans, La., Feb. 19.—Racing was resumed at the Fair Grounds yes terday and will continue for two weeks. On March 4 the hones will again he switched to the City Park track, the meet lasting until March 16 Another ■eealon will be held at the Fair Urounda March 18 to March Jo, and the New Orleans racing season will rinse ut the City Park track with a meet lasting from April 1 lo Arm 13. Ban Francisco, Cal.. Feb. 19.—Ameri can ring followers are anon to have an opportunity of forming their own Judgment regarding the prowess of Rill 8<iulres, w ho hns been mentioned much of late as a possible opponent of Jef fries In a fight for the heavyweight championship. According to advices from Sydney, the Australian tighter ealis from that port today for this IMHMMMIIlHmMHHHtmiMlimtHMM NOT YET BUT™ GRANTLAND RICE in Cleveland Nawa. I aaw a blubtrd parched today up>n a woodland drift. Aa through a cloud of aullcn gray, 1 saw an aaure rift — * The llttla aucker winked and blinked, than bubbled Into tune. And I could plainly hear him any: “Not yet—not yet—hut noon .Sweet harbinger of budding aprtng. there never wan n note one-half aa cheery aa the mil from out your fentheretl throat. In fancy I wca borne along through April. May end June. For they ara comlna. aa you any, “Not yet—not yet—but aoon " Your chirp recall* the awatlet* trash—the wild and wooly i.m From cheering thousand* In the stund* when someone tie* the *• I feel the Rummer *un again. I aee the Rummer moon— “Not yet—not yet"—aa you would ray—but. Ach! How very *oo University of Georgia. Athen*. On.. Feb. 18.—Haaebali practice nt the University of Georgia hns begun with bright prospects for a wlnulng team. Coach Stouch la much better satisfied with his outlook than he wns Inst yenr nt this time. For then he came to the University a new coach, not knowing the local condi tions and just while Georgia wns In the depth of su athletic slump. As It was. lie turned out a team which waa second to very few In the South. Besides n majority of last year’s team, he hns new material and bunch of new pitchers who will go a long way toward filling the gap caused by Shill- van's graduation. Outdoor practice Is now In full swing. There are forty-all men trying for the various positions on ’rurally, which 1* the largest squad In the history of bMChall at the University. This squad will t* cut to twenty five men within the nest two week*, n* soon a* Conch Stouch can de cide on which meu to retain. From these twenty-five the regular team nnd the scrub will Im* chosen, the 'varsity rarrylug fifteen men and the scrubs eleven. This year for the first time the nrrub team will l*e regularly organised and hmo n schedule of Its own. It will piny Gordon Institute, U. K. Lee, Georgia Military Acad emy, Stone Mountain, and other teams about In tblM class. No dates for these games have yet been Used. Coach Stouch hn* not yet placed any of the posit Iona, but there mill be no trouble In filling every position with n flr«t-cla*s man. Last yenr Ueorgtn had one of the hard est hitting tennis. In the South, and this year she expects to do even better. McWhorter, who led the team In batting, hn*.recovered from a slight sickness nnd Is out lining them out to tha outfield ns of yore. HE PLAY* GOLF, TOO. „ EUGENE M'CARTHY. Mr. MoCarthy is tha physioal di rector of tha University of South Carolina at Columbia. Ho ia also tho star golf playar of tho Colum bia eouru, and holds the profes sional record. MR. DONALDSON MAY SEEK CUP London. Frb. 19.—It I* announced that In tho event of Sir Thomas Llp- ton’a failure to again challenge for the America's cup. Peter Dopaldnop, a well- known yachtsman, will Immediately ls- aue a challenge. Peter Donaldson Is either an offleer or a member of all_the_promlnent yacht clubs ln"Gr,at ^Britain. He la rear ad- mtraj of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club; a member of the Royal Northern, Roy al Victoria, Royal Albert and Royal Munster Yacht clubs anil Is also a member of the Yacht Racing Associa tion of Great Britain. Not as Much Racing as Usual On Western Tracks This Y ea New Orleans. Feb. 19-The racing gam* does uot promise to l»e an especially brll* Unlit affair In the west this summer, now that Tennessee racing Is dead, Arkssass racing trying snd tbe^gsm» has long been a corpse In Illinois. Missouri, Ohio sod other states less Important from s racing man's viewpoint. In the west next summer rburcbtll Downs slid Ihfuglas «l'srk. at Ixmlavllle. Ky., will niu meetings,« while Latonla, also In Ken tucky, aud Just across the Ohio river from populous ftuctnnatl, Is Hi a position to five a meeting, too. Of course there will be a greater Influx of western turf people to the east this coming summer than occurred last year. The march to Henning has already set In. Ksrly today *f word whtch sounded good to horse owners was heard. This was re specting Havana and the new course at Holloway Junction. W. Vs., near Pittsburg. Handsome plants will bs built at both these E ilnfs during the next ten months, snd rac- g Instituted at au early <Ute. In the ysara to come. If racing la hard Dressed In I*>ul*laun or the California* dur- ng th* winter, a‘retreat game Is possible, tor the Illinois Central railroad aud the oev- •ml .iroof Oulf of Meslco _ .blp lloeswlll do orerythTng ‘IS bown * racing enterprise th, r . M The Mtrdl On. mm lll# gnao down hm know,, raring In tbli country. Neitt,, v.I? this city In now the homier i„ t( ' the country. On In.t Tu.Mn 1 mro-goera attended city l'„ r v .11 woril of forty bookniotn-ra 7 business. Daring th, uftemo.,,, , night of John W Ootr». |, 3 Jeooe Lewlahbn. George , Tucker, nnd Prod Borlew, T* tent plunger* on the Sew York mrf 7.J her* and there through the — (lands won observed. Dnflng the earnlrat d«„ t’undreg* f*ctng deads from the north i,»i for n dash at their favorite times on* could faury hlmieir i.„,' k •umnter days about Gravneiet I'ndoutitedly raring here at \„„ has doeelopod Into a big thin, Sni tbe Crescent City Derby win u Into a 918,000 race, while Kw n.jrJ, lie given Instead of tbe leu rnri.t,, now prevails. JUST BASEBALL YARNS When Rube Waddell was tending bar over In Camden. N. J., three yearn ago, an argument arose between him self and Seymour an l» the bent way to make friend" Treat 'em kindly in the way to make 'em." vociferated Cy. Treat ’em often In the real candy proposition,'' exclaimed the Rube, "and who's thin one going to be on?'' Nick Altrock. ‘.Hat clever Ghlcdgo pitcher, in nut only noted for his rare good humor, but for his ready wit n. well. On the road he rooms with big Ed Walsh, nnd one morning. Ed noticed that Instead of Nick's hand some gold watch reposing ow the bu- .300. _ "Tire—tinuWclal—average" reau. there was a silver one place. •'I say, thare, Nick." yelM Eg hl» *legpy partner, who wan ju.t eta bjirlng out of bed, "here'* an old t ver watch on the bureau What', i corns of your gold one "' you eee," sleepily Nick. "X got poor, and you know t rumstanrea alter essen." "The unklndest cut of fate I , came sctVies," say. Manager UM "was the luck Monte ('man hid i fleet year.he wae the Phillies. Wb he wae secured from 8t. Louis by c onel Rogers, the latter promlwd a bonus of 1600 If Monte would trrrw A CLEVELAND STANDBY. Vondy’s Football Schedule Nears Completion Nashville. Tenn. Feb. 19.—Contract# for the Vanderbllt-Bewanee football game, to be played probably In Nash ville the latter part of next full, have practically been closed and the t*om- modoren and Tigers alike ore rejoicing ut tho prospect of a blow at their old enemy. The men from the mountain have been u little slow about the way they agreed to sign up thla year, but at last *n agreement ha« boon reached which Is highly satisfactory to oil par ties concern e< I. Thla nearly tllla up the gchedule for next fall. The exact dates or lorn lit lea for the game* have not ua yet been arranged, but an outline of Vanderbilt'* battles Is n* follows: Mississippi A. & M. In Nashville. Maryville in Nashville. Wabash In Nashville. .Michigan In Nashville. Pennsylvania or tho Navy In the East. Kentucky State In Nashville. Georgia Tech In Atlanta or Nashville Sewanoe. probably In Nashville. The Michigan game will be the fea ture of the senson so fur ae Nashville BRADLEY AT BAT. NAVY ELECTS HEAD COACH Annapolis, Mil.. Feb. 19.—The Navy Athletic Association elected Lieutenant Joaeplt M. Reeve*. V. B. N., head coach of the Naval Academy team for tin- coming noitnon. In place of Dr. Pool J Daahlell, who hnd definitely return l re-election. DaVlil Full* linn been . -secured '-> coach the Navy baseball squad for the I coming season. He la now pracilcliu' law In New York city, but will come t.. Annapolis about March I nntl lake hold of the squad. The executive commit tee of the Navy Athletic Association ratified Ills election. oooooooooooooooooooooaoooo O Oj, O MANICURIST HIRED O, O BY BEEF PACKERSO o o O Kansas City, Frb. 19—The Ai - O) O nmur Fucking Company 4i«a hired O O n woman manicurist to keep clean O O I he hands of the seventy-live girls O O w ho pack chlp|H*d berf. ox tongue. O O nnd other dellciictt a Into tin boxes O O The manicurist bus been given a O O room with the mst light possible O O Her hours are from H n. m. until O O f> p. in. with an hour for lunch* O Is concerned. Ti w111 la* played hefa and will draw a big crowd, for the great Wolverines from Michigan have never been seen In these latitudes. The location of the Georgia Tech game Is in doubt. For financial rea sons Tech wants It In Atlanta, while by rights It should be In Nashville, If turn about In fair play. Whether It will be Penn*ylvnnlA or the Navy hns not been decided. Gap* tain “Bob” Blake said last night that It could be elthor. Tho contracts are still open, nnd li Is probable that Van derbilt will play one of the two on the other team's grounds at about the middle of the season. Several prelim inary games with the smaller teams are needed to fill up the gaps In the first . part of the schedule. These w ill be ! secured shortly. SIX AUTOS TO TOUR EUROPE Monte to be batting ebout an m< result be bought up sll th. stores within half a mil. nf th. Then he woke up, for th, nffletai _ age came soon after, xtvln* him average of .299. Thlnkiru- nhmit Ing all that money Is whttt has him thin." ____ _ '811k" O'Laughlln was us.lgtiH umpire a gams between th, \Y„t and Annapolis teams litre, y,srs He relates a funny story an experience with ' the Chpttlti the Navy teem. The score was a tie with two the bases whan the batter hit * the nhortetop. He threw to thtrd oeeeman. The runnel lm head and made a long slid. Into bag. The crowd yelled, but waved the runner out. The captain nf the team ruil wsM "Silk" nnd nald: "Why no out; he didn't touch him?" "Billc" right bock with: “le It n,r,i loach a runner on a force play league. Admiral” giving him i army salute at the earn, ttm,. captain saluted back nnd wolk.4 l the bench Ik-cs -an. > 13 i BILL BERNHARDT. Hsre is on* of Cleveland's bant twirlnrs, who will be seen in action in Atlanta in th* spring. KILLED BY SHERIFF IN PUBLIC SQUARE New Y'ork, Feb. 19.—The American gold cup tour, or Gporge' Dupuy's ... - A inneli'nn a iitnmn)>tta lev t-» slan <>) L*ti_ 1 ^ * fglg^ American automobile invasion of Eu rope. seems to be gaining new friends I every day, and despite the croaking of some Ill-natured critics, the plan has . much to recommend It to any one de- ' siring to make a comprehensive nuto- i mobile tour of Europe at a minimum of expenee. to say nothing of the Inci dental competition which would ndd sent to euclt a trip. Dp to date, six entries have been received. BILL BRADLEY. This is Cleveland's star third batsman at bat Bill Is a good swatter and a star plnysr at third. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FOR GREENVILLE, S. C. Greenville. 8. C., Feb. 19.—A local athletic association was organised last night In the bourd of trade rooms. Some of the prime movers were \V. f Cothran, J. Thomas Arnold, l„ o. oaoooooboooocKioooooooooooo o !0 SAYS BILL 8QUIRES IO 18 ROUGH SCRAPPER. O lo o O By TAD. O 0 New York, Feb. 19.—Mr. Ste- O O van*, a *portlng man from Au*- O O tmlla who I* h*r*. tobl iih mime O O Inttrextlng thing* about Hill 0 O Squire*, lie *ay* that Squtrr* O O I* thr most virloux man hr rvn O O mw In action, ntul that tin* rx- O O miner I* a* atrong a* a hor*e ami O O a* quick a* a panther. O O O O JolmM Joy forhett ha* a new O O bug. He offer* to bet tlfi.noo that O Balnbrldgr. On., Fab. 19.—Sheriff John A. Phillip* *hot and ln*tantly killed John Hall, on the public nquara of Colquitt Saturday afternoon nt 4:30 o'clock. Sheriff Phillip* had a warrant for Ball, and when he approached him Ball *eemed to be drinking and had mount ed hi* mule nnd *tnrtcd home. Ball made *ome remark. It Ih alleged, to the aherlff, and at thr name time drew a , piMol. Sheriff Phillip* Jumped behind JJ I the mule and fired one *hot. which took effect In the left aide. Hall reeled and fell from hla mule with hi* pl*tol In hi* hand and expired In a few mo ment*. JUST A LITTLE DOPE. Itirlnrd Smith, the xetrr.ni I'd* played Innt year With lllHomlngmi Three-Kye league, will f field elwb of roe name coming ■canon. The fight promoter* of IPmd* have tffer to Sam Merger to l*ox Jack •*"» 4 *“ AI Kaufman next mouth. The fighting jwmr "PJ ^ j i.rmnUInf of bnlitlaf 1 ite«i round l*otit* In'the nirtnq»«llt Since 1’nt Dougherty *lgn***l Amerlean League club f«»r 19«7 the faM plnyi*«l with two Atucrln that have won the pennnnt- rittHlairg I* looking for n pnlr "f vw catcher ami an ontfleMer l»re>nw he U willing to par the prhc If tw men can lie aecure«l. T«»m McCreary, a former *rantr« MRS. FANNIN DEAD AT LAGRANGE fpeel t! »o The Georgian. !,aGrange, Gn.. Feb. 19.—Mrs. Jamea II. Fannin died at her home yeater- •lay. after a brief lllnea*. She waa the engn club, player*, frnnrhl**** then rleanrd up I14H.00O the fir** doe* not liM*k n* though lntcrc» tlounl gnmp I* dying out. Clarence Beaumont. wh« «"• burg'* l*o*t run-getter, hn* ork Dreyfinw for hi* releate. GRAHAM’S TRIAL a IS CONTIXIH i Walter (Jrnhan , all,*'" 1 10 t» man who (tree! the fat** 1 etttlet! the life of lieorg.' !on December 22, 1905, will I for his life nt the special tc™ I superior court now on. He hns engaged Att'ora' ( Arnold to defend hint, a™ "JV, iintls Vj mrt off , ..nttntPj OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'.aterson. Allen J. tlrnhutn. M. O. - 1 Smith, L. A. James and John JVood. ... „ . I A nicmbcrahlp committee wn* np*, city on the *teamer \enturo. He | pointed, and the*e gentlemen will get i accompanled by hi* hacker nnd man- (^ t) Nvork tlgM awft y. It (a believed the 1 ager, J«i'k \\ ten. and the two , momberohlp can bo run up to 75 or Km reach San I-roncljw within two meek* SullabU , truln , n(? quarters will lm m- On hla arrival effort* will be made to , take up again tlio negotiation* for a j . battle with Jeffile* Falling till*, the fight promoter* will probably match Squire* with Hum*. O’Hrlen or one of the other men who cun battle In the heavyweight chi**. O Mike Hchrcck can beat Jim Jef. O ai “*' 11 Dr,rr “me**. She waa the iO file*. Stop that nol«e. Jim. The O r, »l**nel Jaine* If. Funnln j O baby’* asleep.. O.mf of the moat beloved nnd highly OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! lndt *‘ FOSTER AND VINTON ARE TO FIGHT FRIDAY. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 13 Decatur 8t. Kimball Heuta. j Bargain* in Unredtainad Diamond!. in I to Tin* Georgian, liri-etir llle, S. Feb. 19.—Hack Fo*»er. Hle'» "tlgUtlug firemau," U uiatrhe«| tlglit Jack Vinton, of llutte. Mout.. nt nt Itowle*’ rto-e tra^k. August*. Ga.. l«liy, IVtiroary Tbt* I* the niati-h it wn* t.» lm»c Invii pulle«l i»ff b»r»* lithf vk. nnd which the Interferon..- ..f th- and Nlterllf put In thi* city. She i* survived by her hu*band. t'olonel J. II. J Pnnnln. Ml** Julia Fannin, of Ln. TEAM IN MACON [Grange; Mr*. T S Whitfield nnd Mr*. WANTS A GAME Wilbur Coney, of Savannah. Mr*. Will I Holt, of Montgomery, and Jim Fannin, Macon, tin . Feb. 19.—A ba*ehnll team j of Ban Frnndaco. Im* been organixed at Gre*ham High The funeral arrangfment* have qot Sc lux I and «»ftlcer* have been elected, j been definitely decided upon, but the \*her A>re*, captain and M. J. Whit* burial will take place In Hill View cei i- mnn manager. j etery dome time Tuenday Manager Whltmnn hn* arranged a j game with th* Mercer freshman fori March The high school team I* «»ncti i to incuecm nt* and all letter* direct-! e«l t“ the in.tnaget w IIP be promptly an* not had time to conduit w the caae. Thla fact w«* to Judge Roan when Monday morning and » waa imked for and agr» 1 llcltor Hill. The wltm*- cuaed until further noth* by MUENCH& BEIERSDORFE 1 } THE PEACHTREE JEWEL*” Diamonds, Wntehns. Watch, Clock rnd Uw'n w ^"poaehtreo Btreot 61 Bell Phono til'- d. N-^l witii**' %\\\ Itie •••*• lu Ati Feisier Tipped to Win. New York. !*eb. 19.—!r. the tacei dny Fii*»er I* tipped to win the »• Uukland rata. GET YOUR LUMBEf E. G. 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