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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1907.
FIRST PRACTICE FOR THE ATLANTA TEAM TODAY
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Bj PERCY H. WHITING.
The dope sheets compiled by Old Man Almanac do not piek
apring as a winner on any race carded for thia week; but they’re
wrong.
She's a winner right now. It’s in the air and so is base
ball.
Especially baseball!
This is one of tho big days of the baseball calendar—not sec
ond in importance to opening day. For Atlanta's first prac
tice was done this morning.
From now to the far-end of next September the fans will
have something to do—if it is no more exciting, than seeingdiit-
tle Rock trimmed or rending the baseball extras.
The Crackers have hit busy times with a rush. They must
get ready for a go with the Highlanders on Friday and it will •
take tall practice to put them in.trim. However, Billy Smith will
send them through their pace pretty fast and they can be count
ed on to put up a pretty good front, right from the start.
Of course beating the Ilighlnnders is no easy job for any
man's team and the local gnng will be a week to the bad on
practice.
But look out for them!
Speaking of the Ilighlnnders, we want to pass it to them on
one pro|M>sition. They are not “chesty.”
They have a right to be "inflated" on the strength of past
performances and future possibilities. But they’re not.
Or, anyway,.they don’t show it, which quite nmounts to the
same thing.
TEN CRACKERS REPORT;
• FIRST PRACTICE TODAY
Sid Smith, Boss
Morning, and
Batter, Registered Monday
1 i
Zeller, Sweeny, Becker,
Schopp and Paskert Reported Sunday.
To anyone who is familiar with the other aggregation which
is entitled to wear "N. Y." on their shirt fronts, and which
boasts of a guy who objects to being called “Muggsy" as man
ager. the difference is very noticeable and notable.
Atlanta has been spared that, hut Memphis and Birmingham
have not and a burg on the Pacific const is getting it right now.
Among the other sure-enough signs of spring is tho grent ac
tivity among amateur baseball players. Teams are being formed
fast these days and good tenuis find good leagues waiting for
them.
The question of who is to blame for the formation of all these
leagues and for the unusual amount of attention being paid to
amateur baseball by Atlanta papers this year isn’t worth arguing.
That question is for amateurs to decide.
We can’t recall, however, that the amateurs were getting
much attention uutil The Georgian entered the field, nor that any--
body ofTered any pennants for amateurs in recent years until
The Georgian led the way.
All of which is in the nature of a preface to lead up to tho
statement that there are still n few vacancies in The Georgian’s
City, Commercial and Junior leagues and that desirable teams
are wanted to fill these gups. f .
Managers who want to get in' these leagues will have to
hurry.
PUZZLE PICTURE—WHO IS IT?
REPORTED MONDAY.
H. Hnilth. catcher.
REPORTED 8UNDAY.
Zeller, pitcher.
Sweeney, catcher.
Becker, third bane man.
Schopp, pitcher.
Paskert, outfielder.
REPORTED PREVIOU8EY.
Manager Smith.
Dyer, third banc*
Harley, pitcher.
Wallace, outfielder.
DUE APRIL 1.
Fox, first baseman.
Jordan, second bhxcman.
Winters, outfielder.
DUE AT ONCE.
O'Leary, catcher.
Castro, shortstop.
Hoffman, third base.
Hparks, pitcher.
Hpade, pitcher.
Childs, pitcher.
Ford, pitcher.
Reporting day hns come and gone.
Ten of the Atlanta players have re
ported to Manager Smith.
Seven others are due any old time
now.
And the three college coaches will
bo on hand April I.
The first practice was pulled off
Monday morning.
With nine players on the field the
Crackera put up a pretty good front,
and the bunch cavorted around the old
Piedmont diamond with the grace of a
band of gaxelles lind the enthusiasm
of a newly released calf.
Every man seemed to feel his winter
oats, and It was all Manager Smith
could do to keep his charges from cut
ting looae and overdoing the thing.
The second practice Is slated for
Monday afternoon, and regular work
will begin In earnest Tuesday Corn
ing. %
The office hours of the Crackers will
be 9:15 to 10:45 a, in. and 1:45 to 3:15
p. tn.
Just as soon as the Atlanta players
quit the field the Highlanders will take
their place, so there will be u regular
continuous performance every day for
all fans.
All the players whu, have shown up
thus far are looking tit ns can he with
the exception of Dyer, who was III when
he landed. However, he Is coming
around all right and Billy Smith hopes
A NEW INFIELDER.
NEAL BALL.
Here is the man who is regsrdsd
as rsasonsbly certain to succeed
Whitoy Morso at shortstop.
that it will not take more than a day
or two of Atlanta weather to put him
In perfect trim.
Zeller and Sid Smith are looking
very fit. Sid Is as chunky as ever, but
looks ready to go Into a game and clout
the old IniII at a .300 clip, the way
he did all last summer.
. Zeller looks better than last year,
even, and Manager Smith grows more
and*more confident every minute that
"The Rube" is going to lead the league
this year.
Sweeny. Becker, Schopp and Pas
kert all look promising, and are In good
condition.
Billy Smith will put his team togeth
er with a rush, because there must be
sqmethlng doing Friday, In the first
game against the Highlanders.
it will take some scheming on the
part of Manager Smith to fill the gaps
made by the absence of Fox, Jordan
and Winters, but It Is perhaps fortu
nate that these stars are away, as It
will give Billy a chance to try out some
of his*other men.
NA8HVILLE (QA.) WINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Go., March 11.—A game
of baseball was played here Saturday
afternoon between the Nashville ahd
High School third nines. The score
was 8 to 7 In favor of Nashville. Jim
Hull's pitching was good.
TO SAVE THE FAMILY BANK ACCOUNT
PHIL O’NEILL'S WIFE JUMPS THE GAME
WHAT’8 THE AN8WER7
light never gueee it, this ie a lifelike imitation of our
Wallaco, candidate for an outfield job with Smith’e toem
By J. 8. A. MACDONALD.
New Orleans, March 11.—One of the comic
reliefs to the hard money grind of the l»et-
tlhg ring during the current week was the
•euMtlonal culmination of Bookmaker Phil
O’Nell’* winter ennipalgn on hist Tuesday.
O'Nell Ian well kliown diameter In the pin-
fesslonnl turf world. When he Is n winner
no more sweet-smiled or wittier llthernlnn
sail* the sea of life, lint when luck does
not hrenk well f»«r him the further awiy
from him the heifer for one’s «iw i self.
O’Neil wits n Hell III the •field’' i ifelosure
nlmut New York Inst summer, lie started
In on a substring and ran It into the pin-
vrrhlal tannery. (Mining a $>.«>»» winner
on the summer mvi-ou iiIhoii New York, he
hied himself slid Isnikliig crew to this city
for the winter rrelug Winning n little nod
losing n little. .O'Netl found hliiwc’f nhout
13,30(1 to the good on the opening days of
the Mnrdl Ores carnival lh u •-nine n
Waterloo. Pay after day lie lost u til $19, -
oort was charged to the loslug ahl« of Ids
ledger ncconnt.
Now comes 'the Ingenious baud of the
woman.
•’Phil, luck Is n-jnlnut ymunml there Is no
use hueking It." declared Mr*. O'Nell < ne
evening after a pnrtleuTtrljr had d.iyr, and
ss the two were canvassing tlo> situation
ss they sat la The rotunda of the new .It.
Charles Hotel.
"Now. you mind your business. W^ll
stick nml' get out or go broke," iotor*cd
O’Nell. Other words -followed, and Mrs.
O’Nell retired from the field of wordy war
fare thinking hard.
EXIT THE HEROINE.
The scene shifts nml the rurtaln rises on
the nett net. At 1" o’clock next morning
Mrs. O’Neil, always the hanker. Is In front
of the hanking house wherein the O'Neil
f.utils are kept. Hemamllnt the entire
eredlt balance of their aemtint, totaling
and dep.
IVNell
Ned Mindful of a day wh
might require spate motie
I the Mina*
left to Ills credit Just $225. With the money
Mrs. O’Nell t>etnnk herself to the railway
station, nml la n hrtrf moment she and the
family treasury funds were swiftly "beat
Ing" hark to New York.
About the noon hour O’Neil was at the
Imnk as usual for another draw on the
O’Neil Joint account. Then onto* the sad
news of the account having been closed out
and the going away of Mrs. O’Nell. That
afternoon O'Nell came to the traekslde
without n hank roll, lie told Ms clerks the
true story nnd they smiled In a suturky
way. The other l*ooktnakers laughed.
O'Neil nuld. *'l am not going to l»ook this
afternoon.*' Then the natural question was.
Whyr’ "Because my wlf.
ettlug
rails
ling
At last repc
away and thought of
ticket to New York, where n wire, n home,
and the remnants of a shattered hank r«*|
awaited him. tilled his mind to the e\*-lnslor
of everything else, lie'll Im> hack on Broad
this i
dies the reader's
FAT SALARY
FOR TURNER
Cleveland, Ohio, March 11—It win
learned today that Terry Turner, the
ahnrtatop of the Cleveland Paseball
tenm, received an offer from President
Kllfoyle, of a three years' contract ut
itO.noo for that period.
Compile, with all requirement] of ihe National Pure Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, hied at Washington
“We (fined in tome of the
finest hotels and restaurants, hut
did not find any coffee to excel
inequality AAuckW ARIOSA."
That is what one lady writes and
mXoos of others prove they believe,
by wing more Arbuckles' ARIOSA
Coffee than all the other packaged
coffees in the United Steles put
The fact that Arbuckles*
ARIOSA Coffee costs less and
has suited die health and taste of
most American people for over
37 years, ought to induce every
body to at least samglejt-
The cities hide many country girls
and boys who secretly sigh for a
cup of good coffee like “mother** made.
“Mother” probably used the old
original “ Arbuckles* “ the fast roasted
packaged coffee.
• See that you get the sealed
package, one pound full weight,
bearing the name ARBUCKLES’
ARIOSA COFFEE and the
signature of Arbuckle Brothers,
which entitles you to presents.
IhstarijemHeatidaMBillti
where you buy it or what price you pay
for it
Same old Coffee, same old finn.
If your grocer won't supply, write to
ARBUCKLE BROS.
NEW YORK OTY.
RIP SCHEDULE
ALL TO BITS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION DOES
NOT ACCEPT PROPOSED
ARRANGEMENT.
Uhioago. March II.—At a meeting
of the director* of the American H»*e-
tmll Association yesterday the sdtedulc
ret ommentted recently by the'commit
tee wan t*»rn to piece* and a new art
of date* glvin out. The league season
will open on April IT. with the western
team* In the east. The season closes
SeptemlHT 16.
-.Milwaukee open* in t’olumbu*. Min
neapolis In Indianapolis, St. T*uul In
Toledo and Kansas city In Louisville.
The Victor hall wq* adopted a* the
official sphere for 1*0r. Last year two
b ills w»*ie uxed. differ* nt leant* insist
ing on certain hall* when playing on
their h *tne ground.*.
"Thi» Data in History.**
1907—Jacob Berkley sign* the parch
ment In Cincinnati Manager Bancroft
nay* that Jake la g*» *1 foi a hundred
It l* Haid that *c\era! of the "White
Sox” signed their contract* in Mexico,
nnd now they arc unable to rent I how
much money the toniract* call for.
HENLEY LEAVES
ON WEDNESDAY
Weldon Henley leave* to Join the
Brooklyn team In Jack*onvllle Wed-
ne*dny. Henley and the Brooklyn man
agement are no nearer to the desired
agreement than they were when Henley
wa* drafted, but the Georgia boy will
report on time and try to tlx up a deal
with tITo Dodger*.
oooooooooaoooaooooooooooao
o o
O CLEVELAND CLUB O
O PAS8ES THROUGH. O
O O
O The Cleveland baseball club, O
O headed by the world'* moot fa- O
O mourt *econd ba*emun—Manager O
O Napoleon Lajole—and accompa- O
O nled by Secretary "Barney" Bar- O
O nnrd, |>a**ed through Atlanta Sun- O
O day on the way to Macon. O
O The Nap* will be *een In At- O
O lanta March 22 and 23 for fcxhlbl- O
O lion game*. O
O The Cleveland team play* It* O
O first exhibition game March 16 O
O with the Macon team. O
O O
ooooooaoooooooooaooooooooo
Manager Wolverton. of the Williams
port Trl-Stute league team, will have
two good pitcher* In Sallee and Wha
len. purchased frqm the New York
American*.
Umpire* In the Connecticut and Trl-
State League* will u*e the arm signal
system this season. ^
“TO BEAT ME OUT THIS YEAR”
Say* Boh Wallace:
"Those outfielders have got to go some to heat me this year.”
"I'm gotm: to hit that ball.** s
"l«ook* like every man who ha* reported yet I* ar outfielder."
"I've counted nine hete I don’t knov,* what Billy Smith wonts witn
*r mat. outfielder*.” , *
"I’m going to hold a j< t sure. The mar. wio heats me has get to hit
that ball."
Three cheer*-for Bob. and long .nay he wave.
DOINGS OF THE YANKS
By BOZEMAN BULGER, of Tbo
Clark Griffith and hi. Highland lad
die, at tlmjs have been given credit
for being brave, feroclou, and Intrepid,
but the whole gang tucked their tall,
and ran for cover last night at the
mere light of a drled-up. Ilfe|e«a hu
man finger. X’ broad yellow atreak
apread over the club and Grief's usually
ruddy complexion took on a deathly
■hade, resembling Rocquefort cheese.
The melting of the backbones came
about througb <hq efforts of "White
wash” Wilkins, the Teddy bear-shaped
old negro who carries bats for the club,
to be the permanent mascot of the
Highlanders.
When the New Tork club had packed
up after Saturday's practice "White
wash" sidled up to OrifT and Informed
the chieftain that If he would "Jes' let
him trav'I wld dem Yankees fur do
sum'r" he would give th' club a luck
piece and a hoodoo that couldn't lose.
Bright and early Sunday morning
"Whitewash" was around at the hotel
and the players had Just assembled
to get their mull. Grllllth was In the
center discoursing on the great condi
tion of his club when the old negro
wubbled In with his Teddy bear move
ment.
"Here ’tls, hose,; I tor you I'd be
here," and he laughed with a loud and
confident guffaw.
Mascot Goes Wrong.
Griffith remembered about the mas
cot. and the whole crowd gathered
around to see what "Whitewash" had
for u luck piece. Hy degrees the old
—
New York Evening World,
negro unwrapped a peculiar liit!„ ,,
die of buckskin, and then to the i,.
of Al Orth. Griffith and other, he
hlblted the dried and stiffened remit*
of a human finger, nail and ah
"Great Jumpin' sandhills: "
Castleton, the Mormon, as he Jum2
out of the way to hide his eyi“ 2
Griffith was too pale to speak' '
"You ain't skeered, la you bo,.- i*
nocently asked tbe old negro
He then related In detail th.- f,,r„
hmv he came into possession of tt,i
uncanny luck piece, which, he kiv,
the essence of gambler's luek
A little lag attached to the wither*
finger bore the letters "G. II it •(?
“Whitewash" explained that the' r„,
mer owner of the digit was a ,,,,
gambler and that he was sh it a*
killed In a poker game on a .\li«,|„t™
river steamboat many years „ K ., 41
negroes have a superstition that
Rambler's linger Is the best of'iuri
This gambler was killed because s
beat four aces With a straight flu,
on a Saturday night at 12 o'clock
that makes It doubly valuable as a luc
piece. Hence tho amputation.
Not one of the bull players w
touch the grlin reminder of the rrn
bllng tragedy, and the old negro h*
to take his grim memento and »|| n
away. He has no more chance „f i,,,.,
a mascot now than Elberfeld has of
Ing next chairman of tho peace
ferenee at The Hague.
It was a day qf rest for the High
landers, however, and they had time
get over It. There was no prank
whatever during the day and the p:,,
ers amused themselves by nursing the;
sore and afflicted muscles.
MORMON LOOKS GOOD
By ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, of Tho Now York Moil.
Aside from the harrowing experience
of the preserved linger, there was
nothing unusual to worry the players
during the day. There jvas no practice
and the boys loafed about the hotel
all day.
Roy £antleton. the left-sided pitcher
from Youngstown, arrived on Saturday
and worked out in the afternoon. Cas-
tleton came from Suit Lake City, the
Mormon town being his home. He Is
a youdgster of about twenty summers,
and Is not murrled, but thin has not
prevented the players from nicknaming
him "The Mormon."
Castleton made a good showing In
Youngstown . last season, winning 22
games and losing 12. He is said to
have wonderful control for a left-hand
er, and has a good assortment of cun*
nnd a very fast ball. Griffith know
very little about hltn, never having *«•«
him work, but drafted him on the rec
ommendaUon of an umpire In the 1
und O. League, In whom Griff ha* gret
confidence.
As Castleton In the only left-handH
pitcher the Yanks mill have this yet
It Is very likely that he will be kept
the squad If he shows the least sign
becoming good.
The first line-up will be hej.l today
when the first team will take a trad
at a team composed of the extra pitch
er* and catchers. This will not bt
counted in the championship series be
tween the regulars and the scrubs, bui
will merely be looked on os a prellml
nary canter. In which hit*, sensation*
plays and errors will not count.
GRIFF PLANS CAMPAIGh
By 8ID MERCER, of The Now York Globe.
good general always plans his
campaign far ahead and then puts
his best licks doing one }hlng at a time
and doing It well. The one thing for
which Clark Griffith is working Just
now, and which he Impressed upon his
players at a special meeting yesterday
mofotng. Is the necessity for getting n
start that will overcome the schedule
disadvantage.
For,the fir^, six weeks of the cam
paign the Yankees will be fighting tn
foreign solk with the exception of
about nine days. The Yankee manager
WolUknows that It Is hard to head off n-
team that, gets a good lead at the be
ginning of the season. He proposes to
return to Washington Heights after the
first Western trip fighting for the lead.
If not holding It.
Everything points to a successful
start. Few teams that have trained
three weeks are In better condition
than the Yankees are right now. Mike
Martin says there Is not a sick athlete
nor a sore arm among the bunch. This
morning the Yunks 1 went at their prac
tice with more energy than ever.
Of the pitchers Orth, Keefe, Hogg
and Clarkson are well advanced In their
training. They probably will pitch
three Innings a pjece In the first game.
RICHARD IN ACTION.
DICK HARLEY.
Hsra it Harlsy, on* of Atlanta's
stssdisst twirlsrs, shown in action.
Orth. In particular. Is In great *hapi
Hogg had been throwing fur about tw
weeks before he reported here, nml thh
ntornlqg he unloosened some *|>eed tlu
made a big dent In Kletnow's big
There Is no news of Chase In thl
part of the country. He and Griff an
exchanging telegram*, but nut mam
The manager says ho has gone IM* limb
In the matter of salary. It I* said tha
the dub hns offered Chase $3.«*mi
the season and that he Is holding
for $4.000—not $5,500.
Griffith declares that he I* not trying
to secure Jake Stahl from the \V
Ington dub, for the simple reason tha
he does not consider Chase lost t" h
He admits that he talked to,Joe Ct
tlllton about Stahl at the Am^rl'-an
League meeting, but Hectares In did n«
secure an option on the former Wash
Ington nmnnger.' Stahl ha* r. *
Join the Washington team. Ii 1“
ble that he may be secured by the Nn
York dub If Chase make* g"**d M
threats to quit.
Jim McGuire Is out with a M.i’-ivr
Having been photographed some
time* In tho course of III* brief b.urtw
career, Jim never had occasion t*»« "»
plain until an Atlanta photograph'
tampered with a negative and pi "due*
a flowing beard attached to his tin
"That’s the limit." dedated h
“Hereafter 1 btir ffie picture !■••>* "
COBB SPENDS
DAYJN CITY
Ty Cobb, the Georgia boy «ho pl»S
with Detroit this year, Is In Atlanta ■>
his way lo Join Ills team.
Charleston Dsfssts Spsrtsnburg.
gfwln! to The (IsorstflD.
Charleston, S. C„ March H.-Spae
tanburg was defeated by the i'har>«'
ton Y. M. C. A. basketbnll teem hen
Saturday night. Score. 87 to > :
Texas I,enguix magnates hav
out the wrinkles In their ne"
xntton and Indications point t-
cesxful baseball year.
Irene!
ergSBl'
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ON VALUABLES.
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Bargains In Unrtdssinsd Disown®*
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