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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. of '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. 00000000000000000000000000 O O 0 HENLEY TO REPORT 0 O AT JACKSONVILLE. 0 o o 0 Weldon Henley may not play 0 0 ball with Hrnoklyn thin your, hilt O 0 at any rate lu* In not going to O 0 take any thitnoe* with a tine for 0 0 n«*t r«*|M»rtlng. ami will pull out for O O JitckftottvIlU' the latter part of thla 0 O week 0 0 Henley ha* not *lgncd a* yet. O O ami dm** not know when he will. O O Hut. anyway, he In going down to O O heaihiuutterM to tulk It over. O O He hopes to In* able to get a 0 0 contract which Is satisfactory not 0 O only to himself, but to the man- O O agetnent of the Brooklyn team. 0 0 OO OOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOO-O Q 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*. MUENCH & BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamond*, Watches. Jewelry. Pin* Watch, Clock end Jewelry Repair tag. M Peachtree Street—Atlanta, Go. ' Sell Phone 1311. NAT KAI8ER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decetur 8t Kimball House, Berselne la Usredeeineff Diamonds GET YOUR LUMBER FROM E. G. WILLINGHAM A SONS We deliver promptly and Rugrantce aatiafaetion. A full block of Lumber, Sash, Doom, etc., on hand. Prices are right S42 WHITEHALL STREET. ■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.