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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. MARCH 2. 190T. '/*
UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
NEWS OF
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
a
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Well, this day end* the last week of sporting inaetivitv iu
the South.
’■’■'i'll the new week will eome the arrival of the New York
Americana. Kipht days from today the Atlanta team arrives.
Thirteen days front today the first exhibition ggnte will he played.
Well, we are all glad. It haa not been such a terribly dull
winter in the sportiiiK way. but we are riitht here to welcome the
comint; of something a little more lively.
In another column the writer has tried to answer the often
asked ipiestion, “Is the Atlanta team stronger this year than it
was Inst?"
The answer is emphatically in the affirmative, There is
no doubtint; it.
Ihirrint: the dent put in the twirliue Muff by the return of
Hughes to the New York Americans, the team is stronger
all down the line. Kven with the pennant staff of pitchers At
lanta has a good chance at the pennnnt.
And ns has been remarked before. Atlanta has not shot
her last shaft nt the visible supply of twirlers and may land
another wonder yet.
ATLANTA BASEBALL TEAM FOR THE SEASON OF 1907
IS BETTER THAN THAT OF 1906-READ THE DOPE
BOWMAN HAMS
PLAYJNG BALL
TOWN TEAM AND THE QIB80N-
MERCER ACADEMY NOW
TIED.
The fans can look forward to the eomitig season with en
tire confidence. Hilly Smith has selected for them a good team
and one which looks ns much like a pennant winner as any team
ever looked at the beginning of the season.
That is not saying that Atlanta will win the pennant. Con
ditions beyond human control enter into tile making of a pen
nant winner and we don't know whether or not luck is to lie with
ns. Hut right now “Atlanta-to-beat-nny-team-in-tlie-league" is
as good a liit as any gambler could want.
We note with relief that “Chesty Diaries" Hiihh lias re
turned to Memphis mid given out the statement that the coining
Southern League pennant face is to be the closest ever wit
nessed in Dixie.
From the way lie talked over here everybody thought that
he IiniI the pennant sewed up in his pocket and that the fun
was all over before it ever even started.
However, nobody could blame Babb for being rather con
fident after what he did last year.
Diaries is of the opinion that Atlanta lias the best infield iu
the league.
.Just by way of returning the compliment wo will “opine”
that Charley has a pretty good one himself.
HpeHftl fo Tin* OaorgUn.
IIowiiimii, Go., March 1— Quite ft deft! of
Inter**! I* l*>lng *bown hen- in the rivalry
laetweetl III** Itftll temil representing Glb*OU-
Mercer Academy and the «t-ml proftuloatl
team of the town, and tl»«* lover* of clftftD
■port are enjoying the fray. The town
team I* piloted tiy Ilnrdeu and Bagwell,
two of IternlM McCay'^ recruits for this
year at Mobile.
The fj. M. A. atndenta hate Improved the
ball ground n vast deal uhd are allowing
tho patron* of the game a fine article of
ball. The first game of th** m*rle* went to
the town boy* to the tune of 9 to 7. Bag-
well pitched and Burden taught for the
towu. Huddetb pitched and McUee caught
for the ••educator*.”
The second game went to the O. M. A.
Iioy* by • arore of 7 to 5. The same battery
upheld the hope# of the town !»oya, while
Bedding and McGee coinpoied the battery
for the arbtMiI.
The third game will be played toon and
the odda are about even.
$10,000 Crescent City Derby
Is To Be Run March 23
New
L A. MACDONALD.
ifrleniiM, Mart'll g.—Un the £fcl of till*
tunuth mill be ruu itud won the bnuitfr
home race of the winter tnrf venvon. the
('reaeent City Uerbv of II0.MW.
XifTToFTTufi7~MTE ill* mrnnrbnn Vlnndt-
on and Han Pmnctneo the Hum* Handbag,
but nothing *o nmu*e* public tntere*t In (lie
lower M!iud*Nlppl country and the great
Houthwem itK 11*1 w derby affair, which *u
dually eouie* to bund tii the third week of
Mnr.V
Year by year the event hn* gradually
grown In' value *u«l ltu|Mirtntice. until Inat
year, when Jockey Jnek Marlin drove homo
on Guiding Htar In the color* of Trainer
Ham Hildreth. Juat |«.60(i w*» the Make
taken down by the owner of the flint borne
anti not fewer thnn !“.<►*> |>er»ou» wMne»o*e.|
the fliilwli That day forty litn
olfeiiil odd* on the held of ei
Ho great I* the game <1
flint at b\i*t fifty iMM.ka
the derl
fully I5.<
If the |>l
• iMMikmnke
lilldaleM.
wn here nt prenent
. ... . _ do I limine** on
Ills* month and nu attendance of
a III lie at the tineknlde that I*,
at *«'Kt. ho fur n» looney nml at
!endun<-o are concerned. keep* up for n few
Week* longer There I* tot reason to tlilok
otherwise either, for nluiont every Im'oiiilng
framwoutliientnl flyer bring* n iprotn of
turfite* from t‘*ltfornin eo route to the
ground nt It* niilog, I». t’ . wh»» ear** *n!fi
elehllv for Ho* del by i*» atop off nml w ill
for li* running
Tha Bat’a th# Thing.
Air.
t li.lt lei
otel I..
find the jUcrrk csv LOUilUCTxnw sxr hrjiluuluM
to tell *.f Juki how fu*t Ttellng nml the
mh*r foremost rolta are working, while In
the long tmurt of the evtntng* the bn** of
rterbytillt It heard lo-Utc tteatpra. the hn
trl lobldea trnd about tha afreet*, tii'Tt
ainirlliif ami a no lug way. H't the big
tiling right now.
I'crhnpR the greatest etldence of the wide
■prend concern In the outcome of till* year'*
t'rewent City Derby I* *eeii In the fact *»f
the ttr*t future book on the r**«ult ever
pouted t). lug Offered the local public. The
laaik I* being made by Kil t'ollel, **f New
York, but tiiillke the future ImmiKk on tin*
prtueltMil raeea of recent year* no bet* an*
bWrtg accepted through the tnnif* The hook
In opeu |o the New Orion tin public race
follower*, bookmaker*! etc., but the pmprlo
•«r decline* tuall order*. Thin action In dm*
lo the fii** raised by •'Kid" Weller In nt
leroptlng to tuakP u future Umk on the
Huburliaii llamllenp of p«* The pomtni .1.
I*nrtnient at WiiNhliigtoti, l». «*.. Ukii***I an
*»r*ler agalunt tin* mlteine nod prohibited the
circulation of the neceNoary litem tore nml
the pannage of money l.y mall. The U«.k
ban been operating for a few day* ami the
play 1* quite brink.
t'ollel'* price* give a. very good line on
what tlie Insider* think of the probable te
null Here lire tin* quota t I«»Iin. probable
starter*. Jockey* nml weight*, the lattet be
lug unofficial
old*, penult to
Ho
Judge IN
• Slid
Hlr 'I inblilii
Hiller
M nr* tie
\% eight
I‘roll Jockey.
•‘red Ite
Iterlew »’
Bel lew (
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Montgon.
Halbard
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*1 em arc
\ alike
NOTES OF SPORTS.
The Chicago National* will finish their
spring training ut UrliMtin, Ills.
Jimmy McAleer. malinger of th* Ht. Lout*
Americans, think* pretty well of the Texas
league catcher*. Hickey, Spencer and file-
phen* all come from Jhillaa.
In Detroit they have plnced Cobb and
Crawford a* fixture* In the outfield, and
McIntyre and June* to fight It out for the
third pmdtlou.
“Hube” Vlcker*. one of Connie Mack's
"come *long*.” say* he will bring hla con
tract with him. What'a the matter. Rube
afraid to leave It to Uncle Samuel, or ha*
It ln*en a hard winter on the atamp money?
President Barney Dreyfus* of the Pitta-
burg dub think* that Clarence Beaumont'*
bull playing days are over.
Secretary Barnard denlea the report that
Catcher Fred Bmdow la to be traded by
the Cleveland club.
John (lanxel aaya: "We are going to have
n winner In Cincinnati thl* year." And the
Koirg nay*: "Poor John."
Here * the ttntali. showing thnt an umpire
Uaau't a friend on earth. The New Fugland
League magnate* have passed a rule com
pelling their umpire* to furnish « certificate
from an oculist -to-prove that "hi* utups"
cun see thing*.
George Towne. the Australian sculler, and
F.ddle Hanlon Durunii. of t'unadu. are to
row on the Nepenn river today for the acull
lug champlonsitlp of the world ind'IT.500 a
Hide. Towu* III July ln»t recaptured the
world's •culling championship. defeating
Janie* Ktanbury by twenty length* Iu the
Caraumtta river. :
IMinUOMOIISI
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PRINCIPALS OF INTERNATIONAL SCRAP
mi
it' CCA:; a..-n .
_ . . nd at th* right it 8pik,
lobton, th, imill champion from th* land of John Bull.
FISHER GETS
NEW CATCHER
Special to Tha Georgian.
Shreveport, La., March 2.-—Toni Fish
er, manager of the Shreveport baseball
team, has received a signed contract
from Catcher John Manning, who
played wlt^ Houston last year.
LETTER FOR BURNS.
There Is a letter In the sporting
' Please
A battle for alx rounds 1**tween Amhy
McGarry and ”L’nk" Ruaaell I* alntcd for
tbe arena of the National Athletic Club of
Philadelphia tonight.
Billy Maloney, Inst year with the Youngs
town club, will he captain of the Augusta
team In the Mouth Atlautlc League the com
Ing season.
Dobb’s Team Will Report
In Nashville March the 5th
Special to The Georgian
Nashville. Tenn . M.
four men lias Manage
of the Nashville lean
The IIUI t'lty boy I* li«
f.u i he opening »»f dlnni
April Hi. nml fimu n.
Johnnie
. on his
ilrl
l^irarti
Me* ale.
FlIUtrtNtl-
MortllNW
'1 llelng
Allow mit*e
Pink Hut
< |{ |:i||.
• l( Flh-
W It I
I Da. A f
illdatf
M t ioldbl.tt t
W li M■ « ».
« I B..we
.1 II Woodr
re gelling ready
ml hoKtllitcM on
V «.n he will be
• While John-
little to *ay concerning the uiit-
1^. not dlltl* till to uncertain
that he is pleaded with the pi .t*|*rctH.
Ite thlltkrt he has signed a well bal
anced hunch atnl believes the falls will
be pleased with his selection*.
I have been picking them up here
mild there at every o|*|mmlunliy.'' >«\s
; Johnnie "If what I lm\e don't to,* the
I mittk. win I'll get others I'm not
tlnough b\ am taeuii* .'«•! N,» loafing
In the center garden Dock Wiseman
will hold down Ids obi po«ltlon In r«ght
field on the dump, and Pearson will fifi
business In the left garden. HacKAU
will be utility
Kd M
Alabama Team Will Play
Games All Over the North
About Six of the New Men
Are Superior as Playera
to the Men Whose Places
They Are to Take.
The Atlanta team of 190T l, >.
than that of 1906.
It dope, out thl, way:
Ten of the poeltlone are nilc-.l i.v
aame men' who held down Job.
year.
Five and perhaps alx of Oil
men are better than the men u .
place, they take.
Three men are doubtful.
And only two candidate, are u. ,,.,
than the men whole place, the- -■
fill.
Here It li In tabular form. I
come the member, of last year n t.
then the poaltlona which they arm ,
ly played, then the new men ami r .
the writer's opinion a, to how th<- n-
men compare with the old:
1906.
Archer c. ..
Bid Smith.... c. ..
Ever, c. ..
Fox lb. .
Jordan 2b. .
Morse as. ,,
Hoffmar*.. 3b. .*.
(Bid Smith). 3It
Croxler If.
Wallace cf. ..
Winters rf. ..
cf.
bettt r
sum.
. eam,-
bed- c
b«'ii.
. bet!.-i
Zeller
Spark, p. ..
Huahes...
Harley...
Childs
Position. 1907. How Comp,,.
.Sweeney.. w*r •
.8. Smith.. -«•-
.O’Leary..
.Fox
.Jordan....
..f’astro....
.Bull
.Hoffman..
.Dyer
. Paskert...
.Wallace...
.Winters...
.Becker
.Zeller
.Sparks....
.Spade
.Harley....
.Childs...-
.Schopp ..
.Ford
.douluf.
. doubt f:i
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Fnlverslty, Ala., March «’<
W. H. Pollard, of the lTnlversItj
bail team, ha* completed the Ht
II "and Hlchanl Yates j f«»r the forthcoming xenonn. Thl*
hedule
ached-
ered by
Ma
thl
PTC me *e%rr*l oth-r c«i»* and tmb-« , II ; rtuc order tin.I aluio*t ready ».* t.n •
, «,<if Gior arc r,..r , « <I b, »*,ca ’I I**- f*»» tu* r h/t* u ln»# *c.| *•%, «
plket« n nd inib-It |.i.,.i» *•• lb* ir ! u bile tl..* » . ll «*. |,|, t„ ,| in, *, I-ugaln
jan*.' fo.iii 1 *•■ tb.w t:<*i Mai.ttli.ui from Ifarn Pavnc
a I I ... ,1... H... •»»*■» f**t It.*** 1 I «• t».|H Kllowlllk-
It Is tin
Hobbs ban
t in their
f.»r ihe tti v
imger l* dd
d.it
it which Man-
inn ted hi*, hunch
1*111111111' in Nash-
rkom.N
>1 be anchored out
be tried out at first. The latter ule Includes thirty-two games and I*
i ftar of the I 'Diversity of t'hlr^»go, I p r nbably the longc*t that any unlver-
l Ibis u hi. nr,I mHi1 in t-rofci,. I,, , m hllH „ v „ r f .„. el |. Th( , Xnrth .
nal company. It 1* probable Janslng, , ... ... , , .
- Swede, wiil b.- Hw'iichcd to second, ** rn ‘ft’- w, ,lch will hr lak.-!i after
tvidod no one else beat* him out. commencettient. I* a distinct Innovation
I Whiley Morse, the old Atlanta' at Tuscabjona. and the outcome of
the short field. Third fn,,,,, games will be watched with more
than ordinary interest.
From the present outlook. Alabama
will certainly have a creditable team
to represent her this season. With
III hind. , l.nnntc Xoujan. of last
The Nashville management had at - 1 fi»*st base. I "|w\ a ft
ranged to get a new field, at t'emen- star, at second; Kmll
nial Park, but certain artstociatb* prop. h.u* played at bath M. M 1 and Bing
ertv owners of the West Knd section j ^nt. f*»r shortstop, and Paul Jonc
filed nu Injunction .bill and the game at third, th*^ infield is all thnt could
III be seen thl* season In hi
ule:
will I
.McHlveen.
In the list of pitchers, ns
backstops, the competition will he
sharper and, «»f course, the best, men
tther Johnson or
the
nine
M. ;
Hannon.
You cannot figure It out any \\a. m
the world that Atlanta is wcak-i .i
except iu the losa of one pitcher mi
one catcher.
And even that loaa la cut down u
one, for who expecta to miss A* .r
with Sid Smith, the league’s vii..- -
pion batter, doing the backstop stun* :
So, really, the one Irreparable !*■ h
that of Tom Hughes.
But for all thnt the Crackers of ]>•»:
will be a far stronger aggregation u.,m
the Crackers of 1*06, and Infinini;
better balanced.
Sid Smith anil O'Leary or Sweeney
ill make a catching ataft without a
superior In the league.
As has been remarked some sixteen
times before, Fox la the beat first bar
man at the league, and Jordan 1- •
best second baseman.
Caatro for Utility Man.
Ball and Caatro will fight It nut h.r
short stop and either man will mak- «
better shortstop than "Whltey” Mors*.
Castro Is hardly likely to make the
place—not If Ball comes anywhere
near up to expectations.
In fact, Castro aeema slated in tP.e
role of utility man. This has not been
definitely announced from club head
quarters, but It is unofficially piped -ff
that the local team would like to get
along this year with four pitchers ..nd
carry a utility man In place of the
fifth pitcher carried last year.
Of last year’s slabmen Zeller can f *
counted on for two games a week s>
can Spade, provided he makes y • u.
Harley and Sparks are only
game-men.” or, at^ best, cannot i*
counted on for more than three ga-uvi
In two weeks.
How Ford or Schopp would be bk*»
ly to stack up against two ganu* -t
week, provided they make good, re
mains to be seen. Schopp Is no lwup
weight, but he Is an experbn* «1
pitcher and might be able to do I?
However, to return to the lln* f
dope:
In the outfield there Is George Win
ters, who Is as good as anyt**«l' <
right fielder. Probably Basket i t.*
- i o | Beaker will be the other two, and v >-
» °' Cr ,y ! Billy Smith's belief that they are i-tn
stronger than the two men they -e*
cam-
Sulphur Spring Bottom, a* formerly
tin* plkei
lr*
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N CSlItq.N HUH U «M.ut,.| !
il.l-lble figiln* III till*
.». Inc
The Baseball Squad at Tech
Begins Practice Next Week
, lb.
M.iin|u\
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BILLY SLIM
WANTS FIGHT
■ I flu
ith the sporting »•
j ..f The th'.Mgi.m to bn*.I a fight
j.tn\ **f the local scrappers in his »
ID* fight* at 1 la |N>titul*. but i* ui
f ?-• take them up at 11 Slims |
j # mice In f.»r t 'halies Vittel , \\ ti.q
I i >niNtdeis the best of the b-.ys tn
* *’ j chief equipments
:n I fielder, hi* fast v
i. | a throw Ing arm
, : . eifetl m the S.*u
ked. tlrxy, t’hapmnn and
ders constitute the pitching
brought over from Inst year, t
Gresham. Valentine and Smith an
new recruits. The backstop p.»*
lies between Stevenson and King
the outfield Will tie t’affey, Shepfi
and Jonen.
The following is the compl*
.March 2H—Howard College,
pus. * .
March 29—Howard College, on cam
pus.
March 30—Howard College, on cam
pus.
April 4. ."i and 6—Vanderbilt I’nlver-
slty, on campus.
April 15, 1 •» and 17—Louisiana State
University, on campus.
April 25, 26 and 27—-Auburn, at Au
burn
April 30. May 1 and 2—Owenton, on
campus.
May f
sissippl. on campus
May 26. 27 and 2S—Mercer, ut Macon.
June 4 and 5—Dartmouth College, at
Hanover. N. II.
June 6 and 7 -University of Vermont,
at Burlington. Vt.
June x—Kortlhum University, nt New
York city
June II — Lehigh University, at South
S;tn- i Bethlehem, I*a.
staff June 12—Amherst College, nt Am-
vIdle heist. Mass
• the June 13—Holy Cross College. «t Wor-
Itton tester. Mass.
In I June 15 Williams College, at Wil-
I I llamstow n. Mass.
j June 17 and 19—Brown University,
lied-j at Providence. It. 1
Aufoists Interested in the
Road Makers’ Convention
lb*. *1 M ik.'“N
eed.
As to the pitching staff—well. Z* f
Sparks and Harley are going to In b* !-
ter than last year. Why do we ti " <
so? Well, chiefly because It pa>s t
optimistic.
There Is no earthly reason, th * •*•-
why Zeller and Sparks, nt I* '*'■
should not be better than last
The "Hube” had everything. In I*
ball parlance, except confidence A:;l
surely he will get that from |»I*«’ ■ x
And It looks this year as though Z» *
ler would have n tenni which woul*. •
spire any man with confidence.
Sparks I* coming. I*nst year h** 11
green. This year he has more exig
ence. Burring accidents, he ougl '
be a better man this year than la-’
Harley may "come back;” Spa* 1
l»»oked upon us tt good, reliable i *:
Fonl did well Inst year; Schopp *
man with n good record and. mor» r -
a southpaw. His hatting And fi* • ^
last year were phenomenally good
• if course, the pitching staff D ' ' 4
Tommy Hughes, and that Is th*
gap which cannot be filled—th * *;
unless Clark Griffith ahells ou'
Cleveland, or some other club, v
wants to train at Ponce DeLe.m )
next spring tloes the right thlnu "
Smith.
up I-' *
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