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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1907.
UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
The weather since the recent Atlanta automobile hill climb haa
not been especially conducive to automobile enthukiaam, but for
air that the local car owners are so well pleased with their first
road venture that they are casting around for something fur-
ther in that line.
The possibilities of running a road race are not consid
ered very numerous. These events are the most interesting pos
sible for the Hiitomohilists, but they are so hard on the spectators
and the people who use the roads.’ If a road race were run out
of Atlatna there would be a couple, maybe more, cars in it that
could do fifty to sixty miles an hour on the level and never
drop below thirty to the 'hour on any hill they would meet.
Give these automobiles a clear road and they would put up
as entertaining a race as any man could wish. Their chances of
getting a clear road, however, are very poor. It takes tens of'
thousands of dollars expended on regular and special police to
clear the course for the annual Vanderbilt cup race. It takes
troop after troop of soldiers to keep thy foreign courses clear for
their hig races. And with all these protections accidents enn-
. tinue to happen.
It is practically impossible to hold a road race in this sec
tion of the country. It is also out of the question to hold first
class track races,.for there is no track in the vicinity large enough
and with turns sufficiently liauked to give the motors half a
chance.
So about all that is left is hill climbs and endurance runs.
Another hill climb may he attempted later this season. After
all the new 1007 ears hit town there ought to he plenty of inter-
eat in such an affair.
The endurance run question is an open one.
It is rather unfortunate” Itiartha South cannot lie provid
ed with a run of some kind which would be to this seotioji of the
country what the Glidden tour is to the whole country. x
Of course the roads in the South are not udapted to fast
running, bntTjardy tourists have covered most of the country and
what has been done once can he done again.
As an endurance run the (Hidden tours of last year and the
year before were jokes. The ears entered were so strong and so
well built and the roads so good that many of the cars finished
with perfect scores.
Over Southern roads perfect scores would be almost out of
the question and there would he enough going over had roads
to furnish plenty of excitement.
It is unfortunate that.some sueh run hns not been attempted
for surely it would be a big success.
BIRMINGHAM BALL CLUB OF 1907
AS STRONG AS PENNANT WINNERS
Vaughan Fills All Va
cancies With First
_ Class Players.
Rlrmlnghnm, (he pennant winner of
the Houttorn League laat year, opens
up the aeason of 1(07 with the amall-
Ml (if any In the l.u.ur ■
Only aeventeen. men will respond In
Mnnager Vaughan's rail for players and
- Adoxen cilka ia the South could be counted on to furnish Ht
least two entries for a Southern run, to be held in late spring or
early fall. With this number the affair would be an assured sue-
eeaa.
Such a totir would furnish a lot of enjoyment to a number of
people, would teach the beauties of the South tu many people
who-do their automobile touring nowadays in the North and
would do more for the cause of good roads than ten days 'talk
In congreaa.-—— '
Prospects Unusually Rosy
For Baseball at Sewanee
6p*cUU to The Georgian.
Sewanee. Tenn., March 1.—'With Old
Lem Bailey aa coach, a *ood achedule
(which Includes three fames In At
lanta) and a lot of first-clan material,
baseball prospects "on the mountain"
are rosy enough.
The gamea scheduled thus far fol
low:
April 10 and 11—Howard College, ot
Birmingham. In Sewanee.
April 1§—University of Georgia, In
I'Athens.
April II and 20—Georgia Tech. In
'Atlanta. (Double-header on the sec
ond day.)
May 3 and 4—Vanderbilt, at Se
wanee.
May 9. 10 and 11—Vanderbilt, at
Nashville.
May 24 and 25—University of Ten
nessee. In Knoxville.
The final arrangements have not yet
been made for the dates of April 25. 26
and 27, but the probability are that
these games will be played with the
Missouri School of Mines, the contests
to be played at Sewanee.
From present Indications, there are
to be six of last year's players to re
turn. these being Captain J. \V. Scar
borough. third base nnd pitcher; Stone,
first base and pitcher; George Watkins,
outfielder and pitcher; Wadley. catch
er: P, H. Penlck and Elsele, In the out
field.
The positions of Captain Whent. all-
Southern captain and first baseman of
the team of 1906; Sparkman. the
"Graceful Charlestonian." well known
for hts pitching; Gordon, at shortstop;
and Sawrle. at second base, will be
hard to replace, but a great deal Is
expected of the two new men. Shipp
und Lewis, for second base and short
stop, respectively.
NOTES OF SPORT.
The Northern t'oppfr Country Bn*elinll
l.cittftif tins fixed upon Winnipeg, t'nluuiet,
llouKhtou, Fargo. Duluth snd Dike t.tmlen
to make up Its circuit this vesr. The
season Is •rlioilulei! (,> ojwmj Mat- hi.
Hurry llowell nml Jock OVonnor, of the
Ht. Louis Americans, pick t'lovelnnd to
win the peunsut. Maine old thins e\ery
spring- t'levelnnd the number mid all the
other ten ms Idn tike.
.Inines McCormick, owner of the champion
CiiIoiimwii team of the l\ O. M. League,
Is totally blind, lie never iiiIknc* ft game,
nnd a compaitlou describes to him each
play.
| hold it together Is a feat worth talking
I about.
Andyetthere 4>e 4ho»eof m -who
would bet «tir last penny that Birming
ham is not going to win the pennant
this year.
The tegm ls golng to be a wonder,
though.
Htrfi’a the Team.
Lee Garvin nnd Harry Meeks of last
year's catching staff, am back.
Pitchers Wilhelm, tha no-hlt phe-
nora; H. D. Clarke and Arthur Bagsn
will also return to the Baron's camp.
Lew Walters will be on hand 'to play
second base again: Oyler will presum
ably be at ahofffctop: Boy Montgomery
will be at third bane again and the
1906 outfield la Intact, with Molesworth,
Gear and C. Smith all reasonably sure
to be back In the fold.
All Harry Vaughn had to do to make
his team as strong as it was last year
was to fill the places of Matthews and
Fnlloe and to get a regular man for
first base.
Evidently he decided to take a
chance on Garvin and Meeks at catch
ers, for he signed no new ones.
To cover first base he traded Mat
thews for Lister of Portland. Oregon.
This man Is about the only puxzle of
the outfit. If he fills that first base
gap Vaughan’s team Is all there. ft»r
Harry Matthews’ place Is practically
filled and Hullec will not bo greatly
missed.
8oms Fist Youngsters.
Although there were no other gaps
in the pennant grabbers, Vaughan wise
ly decided to mnke all his men hustle,
so he purchased Bill Ilruner. of Meri
dian. Miss.; drafted Vincent Turner
from Charleston, 8. C.; drafted L. C.
Gardner from Meridian, and signed Al-
-twn Boetlinger.—tt—< 'InelnnaH ' semi-
pm.”
Bruner and Turner are pitchers, and
both will be given a try at the vacant
place on the Birmingham staff. Both
did well In small leagues In 1906, and
will, perhaps, make good In the South
ern.
Hoettlnger wllll be given a trlul In
the Infield. The last we heard Oyler
was bucking on the salary proposition
and had refused to sign. If he keeps
Baron Team Sure To
Make Good Race
Forlhe Pennant.
mlnyhum would not have been at the
top. ,
However, that proposition I* not one
which can be proven, no let It go.
Give Blrmlnaham enough luck and
the Barone will win the pennant. Give
them enough hard lurk and they will
t^ARt-OS SAHTH. -
Thi. 1. our old frlond Carlo,. Ho
olippod in Tho Georgian ono day a,
"Eetonoton" Solloo, But thora I, no
chonco to miotoko o man wlllrr
lhapo liko C. Smith',.
every mnn on the team, with the ex
ception of "Silent'' Bailee and Harry
Matthew., will be bock to try again
for the old places.
Harry Vaughan hna something of a
cinch this year. To manufacture a
pennant winner, jm he did, and then
M’CAY AFTER
VANDYPLAYER
MAY SIGN "BEEF" DAVI8, A COM
MODORE STAR OF A FEW
8EASONS AGO.
Iternle Moray, who left today for
Mobile, may sign "Beer' Davis, the old
Vanderbilt player nnd conch, for a trial
with Mobile this spring.
Da\ls played five years on the \ an-
ilerhllt tettm, back 111 the days of
(•runtland Hire und the other stars of
that period, and frequently caught for
"Noodles" Hahn, when that southpaw
star wus playing hall around Nashville,
Iiavls was one of the best college
■ateliers the South has ever turned out.
anti as a conch he did well, piloting
the Commodores to two victorious sen-
sons.
Lucky Loucks in Form Again;
Baseball Happenings in Afacor
gpclal to Tbl OMrjIflii.
Mseou. <)•:. Mnreh L—Sylvester trucks,
letter known to Maeon fmnloiu e»
“I.weky” (joiickn, will remain In
Macon until the bad weather la «rer and
then be will report to Tlaiuiger TJnTih n(
Memphis. Lourk* hns been In Mneoii nil
the winter and la In good condition It
will lw» remetuhered tUat-he played In bad
luck lust sen son ou neocunt of sickness itt
the Iwjfiunlitg of the sen sou. In addition
To This, htx forefingerwnx broken. It wm
for this reason flint be wus released by
llllly Nmltb. but wus Immediately slgued
by Ualdi, with whom he made good.
The Cleveland tenn) will arrive In Mnroti
on March H with nil the players except the
old pitchers, who wll l»e given a week’s
practice In Hot Springs before they arrive
Instills city, March 20. They will lie given
every chance for effective practice at Cen
tral City park, and will also have ample op
portunity to work out with the Mncou team.
Wood, I’epe and Harris have wired Malin
ger l.lpe that they have left on the Oeenu
Meamshlp Line for Kuvuuiinh. where they
will arrive In n few days nnd from thence
they Will report to ,M*c«n» st <one.
Manager l.lpe has nuiiouured that lie has
reeel veil the slgued contract of Johnny
ItnmmerL the fast little fielder who c
abort lu such fine style laat aeason. it 4q
niert sent a letter to Maaager Llpe ,,,
terday and onld that be was ready to
when wanted. _____
Tt Wfli Thought Tfilt Llpe would no:
mlile to land Itammert on account of | (i .
family ties lu Diulslaua. It will la* r*n.,. Uk .
beml? thul Bnmmertflxkeil for hu ^^^.
a short time ago, and It was thought
he would ipit l»e able to play with Ma«
th*a year.
Itnunuert was one of the finest sh.>rr«
the league last season, bla only weakti*
being at the twit, Init this year he hope*
Improve hi that particular, and It he *i,
It will class him among the atnr short
of the league. Th|a makes the number
players trying for fchort three—Pnt|,. UCr
Ilominert and I’epe.
Pinns for t!»e early mpruluf leagm
Mneoti wdl be discussed at it meeting
lie held euriy next mouth by the bntiehall
promoters of the city. At this seastnn tb#
tun lingers and captains of the clubs whirl
linve been in the league In the pah'
lie present. Representatives from th»* )U
glcs and Klks will lie asked for. It
tended to organise a strong six or ~ixfa?
dub league. So clubs will In* admitted after
the opening game. The league will get u n .|«
way about the middle of April.
Junior Teams Get in Line
To Accept Georgian’s Offer
That the juvenile bail qilnyern are as
Interested in a league and an organlxed
rare for a'handsome pennant ns their
older brothers Is certain.
lift?_ere the views of a Pulliam
street enthusiast!
Atlanta. Gn„ Mareli 1.
Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
think the Idea of organizing
Junior League a tale one and
would gladly help organize It If
so ie one would help me. I ain get
ting up a team that 1 think would
win the pennant. If here is any other
amateur with me In this, please write
me, and let's sec what we can do.
Yours truly.
JOE LEWIS.
264 Pulliam Street.
A junior league takes a world of
work to get started, and there are al
ways innumerable squabbles and the
weaker teams fluke out. and alt.),
gether there I, lots of trouble and lot,
of fun for everybody concerned.
However, such n league Is nltngeth.r
practical and one ought to fan ureas-
IzecI.
If some llmlt--say, 16 years old of
under—-nos agreed upon and absolutny
adhered to. It Is possible to get team,
which are evenly balanced and which
play first-class baseball. These yotin,.
sters would put up a nice race for thi
pennant and furnish plenty of amuse
nteqt for a lot of Interested friend, of
relatives, as well as plenty of eierdx
for the players themselves.
The Georgian will give a pennant,
provided a junior league Is organized
and a season completed, and would be
glad to hear from any other manager,
who plan to get up teams within the
age limit.
--PITCHER WILHELM. __
H«e»4e Hiemi«ph,m'. star twirtsr
who wilt be beck with the Vaughn-
itea again thia year. Ha ia one of
tha cleverest and most popular
players in the (vague.
flnleh absolutely last. But with aver
age luck they will—well, nobody knows.
Anyway, you can pin this away for
reference:
BIRMINGHAM IS GOING TO BE
RIGHT THERE IN THE PENNANT
RACE FROM FLAG FALL TO FIN
ISH.
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Advice of the l&rgett coffee dealers
in 6ie world it always to buy the old-
fashioned Aibuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee in
the sealed packages. Don’t ad foe a pound of Mocha and Java, or buy b; ___
for CoUce fluctuates and you cannot get the nine coffee (or the tame pneeafl the time
nclen you pay too much for it. Most of the to-catted Mocha and Java Coffee is amply
masquerading, and is not neatly os good coffee (or you as Arbuckle* ARIOSA. the blend
of the Coffee, most suitable to the lode and health ol American people. By the
looks there i* no difference between masted Java and Brazilian Coffee,; many people drink BraziKan but p»vfor Java.
The principal difference is that Arbuckle,* cost, you 1cm. ft is a mistake to believe that a high price guarantee!
quality. When you buy Aibuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee, you get a fuB one pound package of the leading Coffee of the
world. It* sale, for 37 yeti, are greater than the combined sale, of all the other packaged coffees. By giving belief
Coffee for the mooey, we have built up a business exceeding the combined businesses of the four next larged coffee tnsu
b the whole world. If your dealer will not supply the genuine, write to arbucxle bros . n« v«t Go.
C. MOLESWORTH.
Carlton ia ona off tha 8outharn
League vatorana. Ha haa played
good ball with both Alabama clubs.
up that rncket, like* aa not Roettlnger
will 1m* Riven a serious chance to make
himself useful In the Infield. However,
he will have to beat out Forbes Alcock,
who Is down on Manager Vuughan's
list ns n utility man.
Gardner, the Meridian player, is an
outfielder, anti If the rumor that Dale
Gear Is not going to play this year Is
true, then Gardner will probably be
slapped Into the outfield and kept there
If h«* Is nf anv use at all.
And there’s your Birmingham dub
for 1907.
Wax It Skill Or ?
Well grant you that It Is as strong
as last year’s aggregation.
Then. tf« It won on Its merits last
year, and If none of the other teams
have strengthened over hist year's
form It Is a case of another pennant
for Birmingham.
With all due regard to Vaughan and
his men. It seems, however, that luck
played a pretty good part In the 1906
pennant
MANY TEAMS
ORGANIZING
EAST POINT WILL BE THERE
WITH SPEEDY BALL
TEAM.
null clubs lii AiIhiiIii nnd the vicinity Ir
I whig organised rapidly.
With tin* prospect* of n couple of league
i operation, tin- ball players with maim
gerlal dcwlgii* arc dinslng around aft *r t!i<
likely player*, and Iteforc long all tin* renll;
-egentlv held a
it Mast Point.
plains Its.If:
27 J. A Wit
cMptnln; J II lltirgi
i*liftlh*itBc* to J. A.
the
March 1 -To the Stmt
otglnn: The Bust l*ol
nrgitniKcd on Felirun
manager; G. II. Ila
|v to plav anv nmntoi
’ April 15 Addle** i
WAUltl’.V Manager.
•Kn*t Point, tin."
News of Dick Crozier and
Other Baseball Notables
Dick Croxler. the ex-.^tlanta ball
player, is In Atlanta for a short visit
-fibtT wniW* here WTTT d»»UT>rh*s« moke
definite plans for the season.
Dick wants to pln.v with Atlanta, for
he has a business here and figures that
he could combine It with baseball very
nicely.
But he says that he* does not care to
play baseball with Atlanta for less than
he Is worth. Just because he ha* cer
tain ties In the city.
It I* evident that the ball club nnd
Dick place a different value on Ills
services ns n ball player and there Is
little hope that the two parties to the
possible agreement will get together.
Dick has a good offer to play with
another Southern League club nnd a
better offer to go to another league. He
also has a gtmd proposition to return
to Wake Forest for another ye.tr. Just
what he will do remains to be decide.!.
Manager Dobbs, of Nashville, has
signed a player named Henry Legen-
ous. He Is also closing a deni to sell
Frary to Decatur. III.
Bob Wallace has asked Billy Smith
A»r his release. William, however, fig
ures that the release of such a man is
worth money, and refuses to give It for
nothing. He has offered to sell Wallace
to Indianapolis, but does not figure
that the American Association team
wants him that bad.
So Bobby will import.
Says The Enquirer, of Cincinnati:
The fans of Connersvllle. Ind., ore
In mourning on account of Irish Llnd-
sley signing a contract with Ed Run-
slck. manager of the Augusta club.
Ltndsley Is a prime favorite with the
tuns of I’onnerstllle. and his host of
friends predict that this will be
banner year
Vicksburg has landed Lolly., o vet
known Ohio ball player. Wonder
this Is the Southern League Lolly?
fine thing only we.ask of the Knsttrt
division clubs of the Southern locaitu«
this year—don’t let "Cheaty Charltf
Babb win the pennant.
At this stage of the game he Is a lit*
tie too certain.* *
Cleveland has swapped Catcher Ruf-
low for Second Baseman O’Brien, of tin
8t Louis Americans.
O’Brien will do .the utility role. In a»!
probability, and gives Manager Lsjnk
the much-desired understudy for him
self In the utility role.
A* March ’29 Is n legal holiday rn Conn**
Heat, It menu* mans nice ’’easy nmn*\C
for the lift selrn 11 clubs. Jjist yesr the New
ark cluli took down WOO ns Its share el
(lie Flint Huy game In Wsterhury.
Billy Ityan. of Syracuse, nnd I etc Pouch
erty ore matched for n Imut to he puliH
off In Wllkcslmrre March 11.
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RACES
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans. March 1.—Here are
the results of todav's races:
FIRST RACE—Schrocder’s Midway,
11 to 5. won; Golden Wave. 2 to t.
second. Quugga. II to 10. third. Time.
147 i-:.
SECOND RACK—Elvira M . 5 to 1.
won. luck Rose. 6 to I, second; Grem-
se. 1 to 3. third. Time. :50 3-5.
THIRD RACK-sir Toddington. I to
3. won. Rusk, 7 t oP>, second. Joe Fal
len. P» to 1. third Time. 1:09 4-5.
FOURTH RACE—Bcalplock. 13 to
|0. won: John Ganlner. R to 6, second:
Feter Knight. 4 to 6, third.
HOT SPRINGS.
Hot Spring*, Ark., March l.—To
day’s races resulted ns follows:
FIRST RACE—c. H. Shilling. 2 to 1.
won: Torso. 3 to I, second; Waterlock,
3 i»* 5. third
SECOND RACE—Erebus. 9 to 2.
won; Billy Bowlegs. 1 to 4, second;
Wntugu. out. third.
THIRD RACE—Dulweber. * to 1.
won. Campan. I to 1 second, Theodo-
cio, even, third.
BERNIE M’CAY WILL ACT THIS SEASON
AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GEORGIAN
IN THE COTTON STATES LEAGUE
Rernle McCay. the b- ll player-manager who leaves Friday to take
charge of the Mobile team In the Cotton States League, will be the special
representative of The Georgian In that league.
MtCny will serve. In addition to The Georgian's regular staff of c-r-
respondents In the Cotton State* cities, and with the aid of his servl' ,#,<
thi* paper hopes to cover the ('itton State* League as fully In the futut**
as It ha* the Southern League and the South Atlantic In the past.
Mr. McCay has promised the Atlanta, readers a weekly lettsr from tic
Colton States, written with a special view of Interesting Southern League
readers; nnd no man l* better fitted to write such a letter than Mr. M* *
Cay. He not only knows tm*ebali from end, to end. both as a player and a*
a student of th** game, but he likewise is a writer of considerable ability,
und can be counted on to turn out letters which will be highly Interesting
The Cotton State* I* practically a Mississippi league these days, and
I* .»f no espetlal local Interest to Atlanta readers; but tnAny Southern
boy* are playing In the organisation nnd many of the best players In tiu 1
Southern League are drawn each year from the Cotton States.
In addition to corresponding for The Georgian. Mr. McCay will repre-
r **m The Commercial Appeal, of Memphis, and probably a New Orleans
paper as well.
BERNIE M’CAY.
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