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' i n «m i.mm nm wpiw nm i . i wimyiiun «jl 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 ( Ml« .% Ills* Montgon. Halbard l.eiin *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 *88888888888888888888#®88888®8888888®88888* 81 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* t.fl tii -- Mi ii Maui i . I.m Mm ,N* l.CH >n<llt|i>ti nd rid.* I 3 ? in-lit .'.id llelli.k* l *11Vi mud.I* »„’ v be pel'll.' * b'.b »;i- *lum ti an n .ludue p..» diowln 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\ Im- ImM .-*i 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-' * Announcement Our now store. e(*nu;r Mitchell street aiul Madison avenue, fronting new Terminal SStatioiv will In* open today, A \ i-it from ywu will he apprei-ialed. dtirbt,- :l. I*,-) NAY KAISER d CO CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUAQ'.CS ij D*c. jr St. Kimball Moum Qftrc*in» in L’nrcd**io*d Diamond*. i ** lid . nt « mmi He vlj.nild an « »wn*i at t lb* i» a g* Hn flitting if the lea ■ *»iil\ non * adopted n null Ktute '1 of 1 heir MUENCH& BEIERSDORFER , THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS , Diamond!, Watchei, Jewtlry. Fine Watch, Clo:k .-nd Jewelry Reajir i >nB- [ 99 Peachtree Street—r-Atlanti, Ga. I Srli Phone 1311. “THE YOUNG HAN IN BUSINESS” BY J. K. ORE, Y. M. C. A. 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