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UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 25, 1937.
NEWS OF SPORTS
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
The spriiip meeting of the Southern League ia a matter of
hiatorv, though not very exciting history.
The playing schedule of 190" has been adopted.
Next week the New York team reports in Atlanta. The fol
lowing week the Atlanta team reports and the first of Uur ex
hibition games is played. The next three weeks are packed full
of exhibition games and the week that conies after that the At
lanta team hikes to Birmingham for the flag raising festivities,
and then back to Atlanta for league opening with Montgomery.
"Not much which is exciting can he said about the league
meeting. At the midnight executive session of the league, as ex-
clusively chronicled in The Georgian, by the way, it was voted
to allow Little Rock to transfer four games and Shreveport to
transfer two. •
Little Rock has permission to transfer one game of double-
headers scheduled in Little RoCk as follows: With Memphis Slay
4th, with New Oilcans May 1. with Atlunta dune 12. with Bir
mingham. June 22. Shreveport was given the right to transfer
one game n# double-headers scheduled in Shreveport ns fol
lows: With Memphis May 1, with New Orleans May 4.
This transfer gives the Little Rock club a four-game disad
vantage in the race for the pennant, Shreveport a two-game dis
advantage and gives the following “home advantage” to various
teams: New Orleans and Memphis two each, Atlanta and Bir
mingham one each.
It is an acknowledged fact that teums can win more games
on their home grounds than on the rood. So the team which has
the most games at home has the greatest advantage.
If Little Rock takes full advantage of the “permission to
transfer” Memphis and NewOrlenim will have twice the advan
tage of Atlanta and Birmingham ami these two cities will have
the advantage of one home game over the other Kastern clubs.
But Mike Finn stated at the meeting that he hardly expected to
transfer the Birmingham and Atlanta games.
So Memphis and New Orleans will have the advantage of
two more games at home and in the ease of Little Rock and
Shreveport there will be the added disadvantage to these clubs
of two more games apiece on tbc rend. __
NEWS OF NEW ORLEANS PLAYERS
SPRUNG ON THE PUBLIC AT LAST
MACON AUTOMOBILE CLUB
PLANNING FOR BIG MEET
Two games is a small advantage.
Yes, but in a race like last yenr’s two games marks the dif
ference between finishing second and finishing third. If Atlan
ta had put two more games away in Inst year’s race the “bluff”
city of Memphis would have dropped a peg and Atlanta would
have finished in the much coveted second position.
Atlanta and Birmingham made n hot fight to prevent the
transfer—and lost. They were outvoted. Nashville and Mont
gomery, the town8 which might have been expected to hang with
the other Eastern clubs, went over to the enemy. The amateur
moguls ia Nashville and Montgomery have not yet learned the
wisdom of staying clear of Charley Frank. But they will. And it
will be a bitter lesson, doubtless. It certainly has been to every
other mogul who ever tried to do business in the Eastern sec
tion of the league.
However, there's no hard feeling. Any club is glad to see
anything done which will help Shreveport along in the effort to
make_botb ends meet. And the same is true in regard to Little
Rock.
It is only regretted that the financial assistance bad to be
granted at the expense of flic chances ihPsr-twn trnmx httvr for-
the pennant. And anybody knows that it hurts Atlanta to see
anything done to help New Orleans and Memphis in the race for
the rag. For it looks now ns though these two teams will be
the ones which Birmingham and Atlanta will have to bent if they
want to keep the pennant in the Enst.
One very commendable action of the league was in taking
■tops to lessen the pass evil. The league allows (10 passes a day to
each team. Last year some of the elyhs, notably Atlanta, were
giving away more thnn twice that number. This is not fair to
the AtUnta club and less fair to the visitors. It mentis that
passes galore were going to people who bad no right to them. The
Atlanta association nnd every one in the league lias been asked to
cut down the number of passes issued and it will be done. Here
after nobody will get passes but those who give something in re
turn. Everybody who ought to pay to see baseball will have to
pay.
Clemson Begins Season With
Unusually Good Prospects
power machine* bow thnn hit r* .
thnt nn auto meet this year woul.i C
wore natfifactnry.
It In hoped that flarurr ouifleM m
other prominent autolnt will appear *•
Special to The Georgian.
Maeon. tin.. Fell. 26—The Macon Auto-
luohlle ritih him lugun to make nctlve pinna
fur the aprliit; automobile meet, which will
1m- held In thin city In May. Ileiify iaininr.
acoretery "f the cluli. ntnted thnt the Auto I inert. Mr. Lamar aahl thnt It
( lull wan •oi|nhlerlnr the matter, nml ex J that the race track at reutrnl «
pi i-ii'il to make some definite announcement ! cnttld lie used for the orrmiloii i.,,,
noon. He »nl*l thnt there are a great tunny HI cloaed up the track. It would
more machine* lu the rlty, nnd higher I Interfere with preliminary prai ti. ,
Will Cut Georgia Squad
Down to Twenty-Five Men
fpccjnl to The Georgian.
I'nlverslty of Georgia, Athena, On..
Feb. 25.—These mild days lately have
set outdoor baseball practice going at
h lively rate. The different candidates
are rounding Into form, and In a few
days Couch Htouch will, be able to pare
Ills H<iuad down. At present there are
Mtil! something over forty men on the
aquad trying out, but In a week this
number will be cut to twenty-five.
Most probably the 'varsity will carry
fifteen men, ami the scrubs ten.
The first game of the senson comes
on March 29. when Georgia tackles
Gordon Institute in Athene. From *'l
accounts. Gordon will have a fast team
till* season, so It probably win n ^
any walk-over.
With the ’varsity squad pretty wc]
decided on by the first week in Marc v >
there will be a little over three u
for Coach Stouch to weld the team t() .
gether. Htouch has always turn*-.! oat
good teams In the past, and «;• -rrl*
HUpporters believe that he In K «*irur • >
go himself one better this war and
turn out the best team Georgia i.*- had
In years.
A majority of last year n ’varsity are
out practicing every afternoon.' an 1
there Is a good bunch of new material
showing up In fine form.
Perry Lipe Sends Tickets
To All of His New Players
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, (»«.. Feb. 25.—Manager Per
ry will hqve all his new men
I City Park within the next few
rs. and from then on until the sea-
h<gin* the players will be seen In
action every day.
All of the new players have been
seat transportation and will soon re
port. Soon after this tiie old men will
be on hand anti the team will be «•»-
leclvd in full. From present appear
ances. the line-up will be as follow*
Pitchers—Fox. Helm,
’lurke, Sean-
tchers—llurnlsh nnd Robinson.
Fir t llnse—Wohlleben.
Second Rase—Rhoton.
Shortstop— Patience.
Third Rose—Lll*e._
f'ttHty—P*pc.
(lut field—Chandler. Stinson. Mur
doch and Houston (probably!.
Manager J. A. Seogin. of the sopho-
.. m«»rn baseball team at Mercer, has re-
S: reived a number of offers for games
J+ wilh utilei teams In the college and
• •Hie and a few in the outside state. He
( haii arranged A scerte* of three games
11 with the Gresham High School team
and believe* that these gullies should
prove a tine drawing card. If th«
games are played soon the manager
of the "soph” team Is sure that the
games will be_ largely attended Th*
fflSt one .iqd |a
open for gameii with any prep nch<> d
or nmateur team In the state.
•The Orange street boys defeated the
team from Madison street Saturday in
un Interesting game of baseball by a
score of 7 to 5. For the orange street
boys. Stapler at third and Smith at
short played good ball.
Ratterles—Orange Street. Rrooke
nnd Cutler; Madison Street, Hodge«
and Grace.
GIANTS GO TO CALIFORNIA.
Chicago. HI., Feb. 26.—Members
the* New York National Longue tcam|
are rounding up In Chicago prepara
tory to starting for the "land of thel
setting sun" to gc.L into condition r.ifl
the pennant race of 1907. According 1
to schedule the work of training win I
begin In I-os Angeles before the first u'l
next week. Three weeks will be ape*I
In California and then the Giants will
travel homeward by easy stages, lin-r
gertnK in Texas, Louisiana. Alabama!
and other parts of the Sou^h to m*4tf
various league teams before the op
ing of the playing season.
Special to The Georgian.
Cletnaon College, H. (\, Feb 26—The
baseball aeaaon opened a week ago nt Clem*
•on, and baa been lively ever More. There
are tnany candidates out trying for places.
• and If Clemaon does not have a good
team It will not be for lark of material,
n«*r for lack of sntbualaatlr practice.
Coach Hhaugbnesaey came In from Welsh
Neck Februsry 16. and atarted things to
humming the next day. lie Is a Notre
Hanie man. and waa captain of the 'car
, tlty baseball team at that institution,
i Mr. Khaughneasey Is well known nnd well
I liked here, lie helped Conch Williams last
i fall lu the preparation of the Clemson
{team for the Thanksgiving tussle with
. Tech, and his work at that time contributed
much to Clemaou’a great victory. As awn
i|a It was known that Coach Williams could
not be secured another season, cverylnxly
wanted khaughneasey.
Manager K. M. Htephenson tins a fine
schedule arranged, giving six gntucs on the
campus.
Of the old men trying for places on the
team, there are T. II. Dlssrlt, II. I*. Sykes.
"Tommy" Itobrrtnoii. Strieker Colei*. Saudi
fer. "I me" MeKsdden nnd others.
Rlveil in captain nnd catcher, nnd Is
sure of a place. "Tommy” Itobertson will
have second base, or make -sum 1 man proto
himself a "wonder’^to get It. I.ykes will
likely keep right field.
"Hoe" McFndden has about fenced In the
center garden. The man who bents St tick
er Coles for the po**ltli*n of shortstop will
be better than any man Clemson has lied
In thnt place In a long time. Hnudlfcr will
make a strong race for his place at left
field. George Warren Is among the prom
ising candidates f.»r first base. ||e Is a
g.ssi hatter and a fast runner.
There are many candidate* for nil the
positions. There are u ilosen trying for
the pitcher's box That Is an o|h*ii m* ••
The pitcher has not boon discovered, nnd
will have to be developed. If two or three
good l*»x men r»n be turned out, flcmson
will have u gins! season.
i PUT THIS AWAY
FOR REFERENCE jitST
llero la the Southern Longue ached,
uh* ua it works out for Atlanta:
AT ATLANTA.
With Little Rock.
Juno l,o 3. 4. July 18, 19, 2»>.<».
September 12. 13, ll.o.
With Memphis.
May 29. SO.h 3«». 31; July 22. 23. 21
Septemlrer 9, lo. 11.
With New Orleans.
June 6. 7, K.o; July 15. 16, 17; Sep
tember 4, 6. 6. 7.U.
With Shreveport.
May 24, 25,o 27. 28; July 25, 26. 27,^.
September 2,h 2 3.
With Birmingham.
April 29. 3“. May 1, 2; July 9. 9, 10.
August 12, 13. 14
With Montgomery,
April 10, 11. 12, 13,u. July 4.H 4. 6.**;
August 1, 2. 3*».
With Nashville.
April 24. 21. 26.lt 27,o; June 24. 25, 26.
July 29, 3o. 31.
Crintol Is another
stuff ami Is also n_
pitcher of cxncrlcn*
seasons III fast « .... ... __
was with Albany. *»f the New York State
i League, after which In* played In the
i League. II** was with Cleveland In
I III 1912 In* pitched for Oakland,
i Uttl and 19o|. i rtstol pitched t„ r
Toledo. The season of UaC* found hltn with
reroute, of the L.istern |.cttgt\c. nnd l.xti
v**ar lie started with Harrisburg, of im,>
Trl Suite League, but owlnfl to poor eundb
tl*iti lie was released mid finished tin* *. a
sou with Syracuse, of the Now York Si no
League.
St ml ion Is one of the old time favorites
' Lnst year lie held Hie pare with Hi** best
••ateliers In ill** Southern League. Wilf.ud j
iGultletvx. n Nett Orleans product, mid Itlllv i
i Hurley are lie- oilier catchers uiiom I-
> v\ III try out. Hurley played short for
• tie Itock lust season, lull Ills regular
Hon Is Itclilnd tli" bat. Gulttercx was
, I talon Rouge mid later with Montgoi
He hss lieoii working hard all winter
1 '<1 Snbrle and Hob Tnrlton are cumll
‘ for first bus**. Snbrle was with the ('
Mutes League with Kddle I hi tin and
r.-si Class, ls»th former New Orleans
"is. mid lie Is touted ns n muicr. IL
I lu the South Atlantic {.ensue
VANDY PLAY8 NAVY.
Nashville. Term., Feb. 26.—Vanderbilt
nnd the Navy football teams will play
In Annapolis October 16.
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Atlanta Golf Professional
Wins Florida Championship
ATLANTA ON ROAD. j
At Littla Rock.
May 13. 14. 15; June io, u, 12, 12,p.
August 29, 31.0. | ,
At Memphis. ; 11
May 9. I a. 11; June 21, 22, 23x; Au
gust l^x. 19, 20. 21. . s
At New Orleans.
May 2*>. 21. 22. 23; June 17. is, 19.
August 23, 24. 25x. I l.
At 8hreveport. 1 !'
May 16. 17. l*j. 19X. June 14. 15, 16x.
August 26. 27. 28.
At Birmingham.
April 9. April 15. Ks 17, 1H; June 27.
28. -I 1 .** August 5. 6, 7.
At Montgomery.
April 19. 2o.o 22. 23; July 11. 12. 13.o;
August 15, 16. 17.0.
At Naehville.
3, 4,o 6, 7; July 1, 2. 3; August
.engU*' hi
uni .996 fielding
ms 1 »ecn with Union Ib.u
I Miring t*M3 Tarlfm
Hitiiic lime with the Itlriiilngiiaiii
id dltl ►<* well th it Harry YaugUnii ir
• bold him for tln> Harmis. but IL;
• 'Uge IumI a resene claim.
Three Second Beeemen.
r..r <mi)H*| bis*: Jake All. Chick Cm
1 lien S« UncfTcr furnish a trio of «>• n
•I*- «*it of wli'ini Charley Frank ought
• pi. k a first elm** man. Atx pi
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■ *f tbeed games t.i
Alex Smith, winter professional of
the Atlanta Athletic t’lub. *»n Saturday
woe the *u»en champbinshtp *»f Florida.
HI* card wu a iunrvel<»ua one and
eeta a new record for the Palin Reach
court*
It fotlawn:
Out—I. 2, S. 3. 4. 4. 2. 4. 4—29
In—3. 6. «, 9. 6. 3. 3. 3. 4—34—63
Smith, rliyed one of the moat mar
velous games ever witnessed
South nnd beat Willie Anders*
mer open champion. In the tine
slbie style. Anderson finish)*! s*
Tbc veteran Ptrry Weroen will um
pire in th« American Association the
coming aeason.
Tom McDermott, manager of the
Eaaton team In the new AUntitl*.
Laatuc, played with Newark In IbVl-P-w
GRIFFITH DUE
SUNDAY NIGHT
*f the Kost**! ti
In New o,
say altout lit*
... XZX
ins Iasi season, had this t
tt ••nptilln:
l‘**r the life of me. I *-nn not mii|ersian*l
n Uuriihatu b*» (iatliis go. I have s*** u
m work nml I b«*lleve thnt Gatina-is 4l**>
•mteat sliortntnp III Am**rl«-u, outabl*' of
• Idg league. I In'lleve dial Frank will
the beat short stop lu this league.''
Arthur 11. Hrouthere nml William (VUiieii
• • lit** only eontemlers for tlitol has*-
onthera I* considered s*» g*ns| thnt heliad
. refusal of the Charleston management
hU option. Then* Is some ilotifit almut
lt r l«'ii coming here, ns In* la studying
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»' Itlake. Hlek**rt. Nadeau. Gaetou ami
nllu. Itlake and Illckert are the old
- Argumllu Is th** mueh-dlerusee«l Cu
»ho has Ih»**h secured f*»r a trial.
Exhibition Gamee.
New (h'leuns exhibition games fob I
. h b». 13, 14. 1«, 17—New Orlennv \ s. I
g*. National*
.•h 21. 22. 23. 24-New Orleans r*. Ch.
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