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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW8, THTTR8DAY, MARCH 7, 1907.
UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
i
FIRST DAY'S DOINGS OF YANKS
TOLD BY MERCER OF THE GLOBE
By 810 MERCER, of Th. New York Globe.
If the enemy with which the Yankee
squad tackled the flret Inetalment of
apt-tag training at Piedmont 1 park
| Wednesday Is rotas to be an asset of
1 the team all season, It.would h» a «ood
Idea for their friends to back them to
run one-two In the American league
race this summer.
Seldom has so much been accom
plished by any set of athletes In the
preliminary season's curtain-raiser.
; and, therefore. It was a bunch of weary
I athletes that arose from comfortable
j beds at the Arason this morning In
| response to the 7 o'clock call With
I which Griffith summons has players
: each mornlns . ..
I By > o'clock Wednesday nlsht nearly
•very Tankee was In the "hay" thor-
oushly tired out end after breakfast
this mornlns Trainer Mike Martin cov.
end a let of territory In his field, go-
lns from room to room to Iron out lame
shoulders and back and message ach
ing salary arms and stiffened legs.
There was just as much enthusiasm
this morning as on yesterday, but It
was tempered with painful reminders
of the llrst-day frolic at the local ball
yard.
Laporte Reports.
By Thursday night Griffith egpecto
All but three or four of his warriors
to arrive In Atlanta. Frank Laporte
got In last night from 1,'lrlchavtlle.
Ohio, too late to don a uniform for the
afternoon practice. Elberfeld la due
1 Thursday from Hot Rprtngs, and Frank
DeUbanty Is also eipected. Little Joe
Doyle la also on his way. Tom Hughes
Billy Hogg and Hobby Keefe are not
I expected until tonight or tomorrow
morning, as they are making trijw from
I tbs Far West. Caetleton, GrtlTs new
southpaw, Is coming from Salt Lake.
This makes them all present or ac-
! counted for but Hal Chase and Branch
Rickey. Oriff Inspected the Aragon
Ingtster a few times yesterday, but
i failed to find his first baseman's auto-
■ graph there. He still Insists that Hal
I (a either on his way or about to start
from California, and If he has received
word to the contrary he Is not telling
anyone. His contention Is that Chase
did not seriously consider the Sen Jose
proposition, and that he will sign a
contract after he has a talk with Griff
bare. Chase has been assured by the
Mow York Club that the terms will be
i altered to suit him. He la too wise a
'youngster to take any chances on
< Spoiling a career so splendidly started.
* v Thomas Back in Form.
Four hours of hard work, divided In
to morning and afternoon sessions,
brought results that made the little
manager very optimistic About his
team. For one thing, Im Thotnai
proved to Qrtfr that the arpt : whtrh.
r ve him so much trouble butt spring,
now as sound as a dollar.' Juat to
please the Missouri boys, Ira made a
few "pegs" to tbs bases yesterday
morning and the way he handed them
around set Griffs mind at rest. But
Ira's back was lame Wednesday night.
However, he was not alone In this mat-
The morning practice lasted Iwo
hours. Griffith did not nred to prod
his mm, fur the balmy spring breeses
did not bear a hint of winter and the
aun beamed generously upon thr play
ers, who were us lively as a crowd of
schoolboys. The Old Fox himself lock
the first turn In the box. Each player
got several cracks nt the bull and be
tween ‘"wallops" chased hits In the
Held. Jimmy Williams started a "bun-
. tatlon” garde. Nobody loafed, becaute
inch player felt the call of the game.
Cy Barger followed Urlff to the box
! and heaved over a few. giving way to
i Al Orth. The Virginian did not at
tempt any "aptt ball'' manipulation.
Nevertheless, he looks as If be could
, step on the slab tomorrow and go nine
Innings without turning n hair. Wal
ter Clarkson also did u few hurling
slunts.
Moriarity Hite Seme.
A feature of the morning session was
George Morlarlty's hitting. The tall
Chicago boy drove them out to every
J. THOMAS A FEW CONTRARY BALL PLAYERS
OUTFOUGHT CAUSING GRIFFITH SOME WORRY
H. MELODY
‘Honey” Gets Worst
Merry Mix and Is
Pounde da Bit.
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'By TAD.
New York, March 7.—Joe Thomas gout
fought Hooey Mellody.lu their six-round go
at the -National Athletic t’loh last night.
Thomat Is n better lighter and has n better
punch then Mellody.
That la the story of the battle. There
was hut one knock-down In the dgbt: that
was In the very first round, when Thomas
hooked s short left to Mellody's chin, drop
ping him on bis haunches. The men were
_ In does and the Western lad bookrd It
field on a line, and more than once ehout four Inches, shaking Mellody from
WILLIE KEELER.
It leoke te though Willie had juat
knocked a corner off tho bat, but
that ia only an optioal illuaion.
What ho can do to tho ball, though,
lo a shame.
ter, as nearly every player felt sore
after the strenuous day on the Held.
At 10 o'clock WMneaday morning
Griff paced hla players down Peach
tree street to Piedmont park, a dis
tance of more than 2 miles from the
hotel. The Yankees were to have
trained at the new lengue grounds here
but they are not In shape yet.
Jim McGuire was one of the liveliest
of the crowd that used Nature's own
method of transportation. Tho grlialed
veteran walked nut to both sessions
and ran back. Al Orth made the best
lime In the ’cross country dashes. Mike
Martin picked Al as a soft thing, but
when the run was over, Mike's eyes
were glassy, and he declared he had a
bath towel In hla month. Later he dis
covered It was hla Tongue, and that he
needed a drink.
bumped the fences. Griff hns a strong
"hunch” that Moriarity is going to be
a nweet hitter this season. Ho has In
structed Morisrlty to wield a short bat,
and thinks It will make him a better
hitter. This suggestion made a con
slstent blngler nut of Hal t'hase. who
swung a lung club when he first joined
the New York team. Now he uses a
runt stick and will have no other.
A game of "rounders" constituted the
afternoon workout, which lasted from
2:30 to 4:20 o'clock. Each player shift
ed every time an out was made, and
four men were In at but all the time.
This game gave the players a lot of ex
ercise and also furnished the crowd
with much latlgh material. There were
a hundred Atlanta "fans” on hand to
see the practice. Late In the afternoon
Mayor Joyner, of Atlanta, called at the
park and shook hands with Griff. The
mayor la a well-known baseball man In
the South, and was formerly president
of the local baseball association. Of
course, there was a lot of free hitting
In the "rounders." and some of the
pitchers were shanghaied. Griff turned
a one-handed running catch In renter
Held nnd would not speak to some of
the players the rest of the afternoon.
Willie Keeler was all right as long as
he stuok to the outfield, but he side
stepped a few at third base and got a
roasting. Jimmy Williams waa not a
howling success In the box, He pitch
ed the "lemon" ball, but everybody
leaned up against It for a base hit
until the fielders tired of chasing long
hits, and Jimmy wan saved only by a
sensational slop by one of hla Infleldera.
Moriarity stayed In at bat so long that
he grew dlxxy running baaen and final
ly ‘‘made out."
Manager Hmtth. of the Atlanta team,
participated In the practice. He told
Grift that hla players would be here by
Sunday. The two teams will practice
together. The first exhibition game
will be played a week from Friday.
! DEACON M’GUIRE
SURE A WONDER
One of th* biggest aurprUea of tho* Amarl
•an Leagur laat year. any* nu exchange,
fll tho work of tho old veteran. "|H*icob"
31 m McOulrr. of tho Highlanders. who has
Bow romplrtiil hla twenty-third year In fast
wCotnpany. starting with Tololn In 1*M nnd
‘gotog to tho Philadelphia club later In the
{ 0«mr year.
;* McGuire hit -2» tbla year, landing four-
t teentli on the ll*t. Thla record la all the
t •are remarkable when It U considered
} tbat the veteran ha* turned tin* «n year
•ark. and hla year* of hnrd
J diamond have tin turn llv
I Oumeoiint. lie
get I log to first
l*lower than ever last season, but be man
fgged to rank up wltli the leaders.
I To d*o thla his drives hnd t» be hard.
.Clenn ones, but the “Deacon" hns always
i mad<- n specialty of smashing out low line
* drives Just over shortstop or third base or
between th two positions. Jt Is this
.•lone that keeps him up In tin- Hat, for
(many drives straight at Infleldera too hot
| ro handle lu time t<> eat« h a faster man
i have rrsuli.nl lu Sd. tiiilre tiring put out by
I the fielder »#»roverttig in time to make the
splay Itefni e the veteran eon Id reach first
I bate McGuire scored only eleven runa In
| fifty-one games, hut he drove In many more
Jfor the Highlanders by his slashing singles
1 to the outfield.
Iffelied hint up
i-ver a fast man lu
the bases, and wras
THE VISITING DOPE WRITERS
In th* back row. on tha laft, I* Bid Msrcar, of Tha Globa: on tho
right Qoorga McCormick, of Tho American. On tho bottom row at tha
left, Alexander Mackenzie, of The Mall, and on tho 'right Boxtman Bui*
ger, of Tho Evening World.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Well, it felt pretty line to he out nt Piedmont mrniii. with the
good old warm sun KfttiuK ill is line work: nnd n Imnch of
first class hull players ripping things open on the diamond.
And maybe there wns not a crowd out there to see the High
landers work. It heat the best Saturday crowd Kittle Hock saw
all laat season.
Practice Wednesday was nt the schoolboy stage. Every
body felt ao good they had to go out and yell. Staid old vete
rans—Jim McGuire, Griffith, Keeler, Orth nnd the rest—.cut up
like a lot of kids and the youngsters were decidedly kittenish.
Thursday of course finds them all at the ‘‘Oh-my-how-sliff-i-
am" stage. Everybody worked a shade too "strong" and tired
muscles rebelled. It will take the rest of the week to work the
worst of this stiffness out.
And next week the invaders will settle down lo steady work—■
which will not he interrupted (unless by hnd weather) until Fri
day, when the first game comes with the Smithitcs.
Speaking of weather, Atlanta did herself more than proud on
Wednesday’s offering to the visitors. It was real Southern spring
weather andthe aeeminfn of it which the New York hasebaii
writers are aending to the cold metropolis ought to inercase ma
terially the prestige of Atlanta ns n winter resort.
It baa been discovered that Johnny Dobbs, Nashville's new
manager, is a nowner of fast horses.
Charley Babb ia interested in live stock, too; only his spe
cialty it game chickens. John Mallarkry is said to spend his
spare time growing vegetables. Mike Finn puts in his off 'hours
cultivating whiskers. And Charley'Frank raises sand.
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bead to beels.
BILLY SMITH
STILL WAITS
WINTER8 C0ME8 AND “BLOWS"
BUT No 0THER8 EVEN
“SHOW."
Manager Billy Smith lx still waiting
for players.
He had hoped to have a Cracker or
two to work with him In the atternoone
at Piedmont, but no euch luck—not up
to the last reports.
George Winters blew Into town on
Wednesday and then blew the town alt
In one day. He came In long enough to
see the Highlanders work In the after
noon, and then hit the rails for Clinton,
B. C„ where "Ginger George" has a Job
ua coach. ■
The Institution of learning and re
ligion which has entrusted Its ball club
to Winters' tender oare It the Presby
terian College. Our Impression la that
George la a Catholic. Anyway, they
will probably not make him anything
more than an adjunct professor, so his
religious beliefs will not cut much
Hgure.
George knows baseball from the cen
ter field fence to the backstop and will
doubtless get away with hla new job
In fine etyle.
Winters Is the only Atlanta player
who baa shown up at all. However,
they will all be here.
Only two ptayera are unsigned at
present. Spade ts one of them. The
Macon Marvel and Manager Smith ran
not seem to get together. However,
Spade will doubtless report first ana
agree on terms afterwards.
Reporting day. Is Sunday and the
bulk of the bunch Is expected then.
FRANK LANDS
H. MATTHEWS
BUY8 EX-BIRMINGHAM CATCHER
FROM COAST LEAGUE
TEAM.
By BOZE MAN BULGER, NEW YORK EVENING WORLD.
Managing a baseball team la an oc
cupation full of uncertainties. Two of
the uncertainties about Clark Griffith's
Job just now are Delehanty and Brock-
ett. Neither of these men has yet
signed a contract nr reported.
The diagnosis In Brockett's case Is
similar to that of Chase, and he seems
lo be suffering from the disease which
hea become epidemic among ball play
ers throughout the country. He wants
more money than the club has offered.
Brockett certainly seems to poetess all
the element! of a good pitcher. It
Isn't every greenhorn In the league who
con go out and pull down the rota the
flret crack out of the box. Griffith
knowe that Mr. Brockett has the goods
and Mr. Brockett happens to know the
same thing. Therein Ilea the rub.
At the last moment Griffith decided
that the Buffalo pitcher waa In earnest
and he wired him to report anyway,
and that terms could be agreed on here.
With title understanding Brockett was
expected to be on hand yesterday, but
there were no tidings. Griffith It look
ing for him today.'
Grouches Galore.
The nature of Delehanty's grouch le
not known, but at his best Del likes
to get In an argument. The ball play- j
ers maintain that If Delehanty should
ever get drowned he would float up
stream Just for contrariness. He Is ex-1
peeled today, but nobody would be sur
prised If he waited a while longer. The
hitting department haa a valuable as
set In Delehanty. and Griffith wants |
him to come on and get In ahape.
Another ball player who le not ex
actly satisfied with life Is Weldon Hen
ley, formerly of the Athletics, but now
the possession of Brooklyn. Henley
lives In Atlanta, where he woe for
merly a great college star. He told me
laat night that he bad not signed with
Brooklyn, yet aa there were several
minor details to settle. Presumably
this meant money. .Henley le very
anxious to sign with Atlanta, provided
Brooklyn will let him go, but he hasn't
much chance In that direction.
Laporte reported laat night and looks
able to carry weight for age.
Practice a Lark.
It waa a Jolly, rollicking crowd that
PITCHER CLARK80N.
This picture shows the young
pitcher chunking the ball to home
plate from the outfield.
romped Into Piedmont Park yesterday
to begin the first practice for the.High
landers. Fully two hundred people
went out to see them work, and Mori-
arlty's stunt with the stick woe well
worth the money.
Griffith sprang a surprise right on
the reel by announcing that none „t
the pitchers would be allowed to w„ rk
with a catcher for several days, id lt
determined that there shall be n<> i, a ,i
arms to start off the season of no; u>
thereupon Introduced the old game
"ecrub" or ‘‘three-eyad cat," whichever
way you called It while at achooi.
This rave the men B chance to ram*
at will, and at tka and thay do,
they hadn't hadlao much fun since
Detroit took those three games late Uxt
season and beat them out of the » g .
nant.
In ‘‘ecrub" there are three batten
and the reel of the players take the
position they get to flret. Jim Mt-Oulr.
waa a little slow of foot, but managed
to grab off right field, the last position
on the flub. When a batter Is retired
he goes to right Held and the eihen
move up until every man gets a chance
at bat.
Mortality took to this like a com-
muter to the Erie. He got In after the
ffret two men were out and stayed at hat
for half an hour. It took the park
police to put him out. He drove „ Jt
seven clean hlta In succession and kept
GriflUh. the right fielder, chasing them
till hla tongue wagged around like a
subway strap. Moriarity says if hr
could have that record to. scatter
through the season he would put Ket.
ler and Stone out of business.
Hoffman waa the next best hitter
and some of the throws he made fr
center were wonders. Griffith hnd to
order him to atop, for fear of Injuring
hla arm. *
Jimmy a Punk Pitcher.
Jimmy Williams got the leather m«|.
al ax a pitcher. Before he retired one
man they had mode eighteen hits „rt
him, four of which* were home run*.
Jim McGuire knocked a plank off the
center field fence, but was put out try
ing to reach second, and then. t<> the
astonishment of the spectators, klrkrd
about the decision. The newsiuprr
men were made a composite umpire
and decided all playa from the bench
The weather Is Ideal for training
From 10 o'clock In the morning until
o'clock In the afternoon the aun Is »„
hot that shady nooks are In demand
MERCER TERM OPENS SEASON MARCH 15
Special to The- Georgian.
Mxeon. r (H., March March IS Mer
cer open* the bate boll season with tha
Macon professionals. Rptrit runa high on
tho college campus nnd oarer before tn
the history of the university have the
prospects been half so bright.
The Macon aupportern w|o almost
thought that they hnd played their laat
card for Mercer atate that they ara ready
for all “bats, atandlng pat on a “full
bouts."
Dyar Haa Raturnad.
The “mighty" Dyar, who created such
* aeusatlou a couple of seasons ago by
striking out seventeen of flelaman’a hunch,
haa returned to hla first love thla Mwaoo,
tfter spending a yaar at hla home In north
There* la no doubt but that Dyar will be
one of tha best pitcher* In the Southern In
tercollegiate Athletic Association thla com
ing season.
He has a good bead, cracking good curves,
the aplt ball under control and plenty of
■peril to bock him up. *
Oglesby will likely do the twirling when
Dynr la not In the boi. The lad from aouth
Georgia made a record for himself In hla
first pnmtlce game, striking out fourteen
men and not giving up a hit. Ilogge and
Hmltb will also do good work for tha Bap
tists thla aetsou. It la thought by aome
that It will l*e a draw between Oglesby
and Ilogge for aecond honors.
Loftin to-Catch.
•J/lmmle” Loftin, who held the mlt for
the University of Naahvllle senaon before
laat, will do the stunt for Mercer this
the catcher who waa with Birmingham laat
year, haa l»een signet! by Charley Frank
to play with the New Orleans team thla
year. ,
Vaughan traded Matthews to Portland,
On*., for Hater. Frank bought hla relmlie
from the coast club.
ELIOT, OF HARVARD,
R0AST8 "FIERCE" SPORTS.
Iloston. Mat** . March 7.—Despite
President Hooaevelf* hearty Indorse
ment of football. President Kllot. of
Harvard. In hla annual report, to be
made public next Friday, assail* the
gridiron sport ami nil htnnches of In-
! tercolleglatc athletics except rowing
and tennis President Kllot maintains
that football, despite the new rules, la
properly descrllwd by the adjective
•fierce.” He places banket ball and
hockey In the same class with foot
ball.
TWO MORE FOR
MGftGRIFFITH
D" ELBERFELD AND KEEFE
ARRIVE IN ATLANTA
THUR8DAY.
Two more Yankee* Imvo la tided lu At
lautii nml plunked their niguntures ou th*
Aragon register.
The*e two ntv "Kid” Kll*erfeld. shortstop
of the Highlanders, and Keefe, the Califor
nian. who pltehed sueh g***d l*oll forAloo
trenl Inal year.
Thi* bring* the strength nf the Invading
force up to fourteen player*.
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■etaon. He waa In college laat «ea*ou. Lot
waa not eligible. lie la an all-rouml nna.
and la expected to do good work. "KitT
Hmlth la also expected to shine behind the
bet. *
Mallory at First
"Dag" Mallory, the flret baseman *b«
made such a reputation for himself at that
position laat season, will ggatn bold dowi
that I*ag. Mallory Is a good man and ban
dies the stick well. *
Captain Kendrick, one .of the bent col
lege ball players In the Routh. who hit
played second base for Mercer aeteral nel
sons, la again placed on that bag to «h
hla share of the work. Thla. no doubt,
will be the laat season Kendrick will l«
with the Baptists. He It, uo doubt, tb-
beit all-round baseball player Mcrcvr bat
ever had.
THE LADIES OF ATLANTA
AND WHAT THEY SAID
Last week we held a symposium on the merits of Buck’s Ranges. We
asked the ladies of Atlanta ana elsewhere to give us a candid expression of their
opinion. Well, those opinions were golden, in fact they are worth more to us
than ten times their weight in gold. Showed us what a really good article we
have in Buck’s Range.
LISTEN
“Been keeping house 38 years.
Buok't the most eeliefeetery
Range I ever used."
“Buck's fekee less fuel and
bakes quickset.”
“Wouldn't keep house without
a Buck’s."
“Buck's it the oleanoet and
neateet"
"Here’s a couple of loaves
baked today in my Buck’s
Range."
See These Loaves in Our
Window.
“Thirty years age I began house
keeping with a Buck's Rings.
Today I buy my tocond Buck's.
IVo ueod only Buck’s."
“Buck’s Range it one of eur
family."
“Couldn't do without my
Buck's."
"I am a littlo girl, 9 years eld.
My memo hat a Buck’s Range
and eeyt the knows H le the
BEST because Mr. Wood tayt
so."
“Use* le** fu*l than any Range
I have ever cooked on.”
THIS IS THE RANGE.
Bucks
This week you cun have nny
Ranpo in our stock,, except Hotel
Ranges, at $2.50 down and $1.00
a week; and we'll still sell at the
aame old low prices aa long ns
present supply holds out. Family
aize Buck’s Range only $40 now.
LISTEN
“Buck's draw* better than any
other make.”
“Buck's Range hae more lari-
ability than any other kind.”
“I like my Buok't Range, be
cause on It I can get breakferi
in 25 minutes.”
“I have never seen a stove or
range that would tako tho piece
of my Buok't.”
“My adviot to all young house
keepers lo to start right—and
the beet start for the kitchen
it a Buck's.”
“I didn't knew Buck's Range.
I had a fine to-called malleable.
But the beet seek I ever had
said ehe’d leave if I didn't buy •
Buck's. I bought one for 475.00.
I am certainly glad my cook had
•uch fin* judgment"
“Buck's Rang*, wherever
plsgod, will mak* good house-
keeper* recommend it”
AND TO THINK
We Sell BUCK’S at $1
a Week.
TWO
DAYS
MORE
Our second week’s great sale of Buck’s Ranges is
nearly over. You can get one now for $2.50 cash ami
$1.00 a week. Be surij and put in your order before Sat
urday night. ■■ " ———* "—7 r*~
WALTER J. WOOD CO.
103-5-7-9-11 WHITEHALL STREET.