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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TCESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1907. SPORTING PAGE FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE ALL WORKING HARD THESE DAYS i EDITED BY IP. H.WHITING I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS Now and then we get a communication that amusea us. We like something snappy, especially if the writer calls us names. So we are giving space to an effort by 0. B. Keeler, whoever he is (for he does not figure in the directory). What Mr. Keeler has to say follows: Atlanta, On.. Oct. It, 1907. Percy H. Whiting, Esq., Sporting Editor Georgian. Sir: Possibly It may Interest you to learn how your atti tude on the world's series, as expressed In yesterday’s Georgian, Is regarded by a portion of those who follow your accounts of this and similar events. At any rate, I am going to try to give you my own sentiments and those of a number of Interested fans who were discussing your page yesterday. The man up the tree can sometimes see both sides of a question like this se ries, In spite of the fact that all the sporting writers In Atlanta have kept the mighty Cobb, the crafty Jennings, and the ag gressive Tigers so much In the public eye that the Cubs (from this locality) appeared only as a cloud the also of a man’s band upon the far horizon. Now, then. In plain sporting parlance, your dope gave you the double-cross, and you have quit cold. And this Includes, to a somewhat less extent, the other sporting writers of this town, who have been filling their respective sheets with hysterical clamor concerning the Incomparable Tigers, the scintillating brilliance of their achievements, their unparalleled aggressive ness, and other fatuous platitudes equally wearying to a student of the game. And what is the manner of your quitting? The game, phil osophical admission of an overwhelming defeat? Not exactly. Instead, you roast Chicago (apropos of what?) as a bum base ball town compared with Atlanta—heaven save the mark—Ty Cobb for being a crying disappointment, and both teams for playing what you are pleased to call a really poor class of ball —the peevish vaporings of trounced childhood. You conclude your remarkable "views” with the assevera tion that ’’whether they (the Tigers) are off-edge, or whether they are outclassed, or what It Is, we don't know.” You don't know, Mr. P. H. Whiting? Thon It appears to me the sporting pBge of The Georgian should shortly sport the name of a new editor. There are about five million fans, besides women and children, can tell you that today. A good many writers were trying to tell you a whole week ago, but you—et. al—had a Cobb In your ear and stripes in your eye. Now that you seem to have got over your superstitious reverence for the powers of tho batting phenomenon r.nd the value of "nerve" and "ag gressiveness,” one would think you might solve the problem. It Is clear enough. The Chicago team absolutely outclassed the Detroit aggregation in practically every department qf the team and of the game. It would be Insult upon Injury to insti tute a comparison between KHng and tho Detroit backstops, and nearly as bad similarly to discuss the relative merits of tho two pitching staffs. On the bases, the record of the series admits of no misconstruction, and at the bat Chance's men have demon strated as it has rarely been demonstrated before the clear su periority of well-balanced, steady hitting over tho freakish, sen sational work of the ono and two-star variety. But above all de tails there stands out, bold and distinct, the vast superiority of Chance's exquisitely finished baseball machine over the dashing aggressiveness and unquestioned nerve of Jennings’ combina tion. . Put this in your dope pipe, Mr. P. H. Whiting, pack it down well, and pull hard upon It until next season: Mere aggressive ness and nerve, even when coupled with n brace of brilliant hit ters and dashing field work, will never take a world's series from a team combining the mechanical perfection, consistent hinting and Inside knowledge of the present national champions. Jennings is a talented, able manager, and he han a lively, hard working, hard hitting team, with several great—and one or two near-great—players on It But It Is not a great team. Tho Na tional Champions of 1907 have attained more nearly than ever before to tho perfection of organization that glows with a bril liant personality of detail, yet is united In a finished mechanism that can produce, day after day, week after week, the highest quality of our notional game. And that's the answer. Now as to Cobb. After lauding him In the most extrava gant terms for weoks, finally doping It out that hp had the whole Chicago team scared to death, and touting him to win the championship single-handed, you give him tho G. B. In bis ex tremity and hold him up to the eyes of his admirers as “the most crying disappointment of the Detroiters”—and tho series perhaps not half over. And why? Tyrus Cobb has made a phenomenal record for a whole season, and he has been, in a manner of speaking, "killed with kindness.” That his youth and Inexperience, taken with a sense of the tromendous respon sibility thrust upon him by his too-ardent admirers, should prove too great a handicap when facing the pitching of mas ters like Overall, Pfelster and Kculbach, Is surely not surpass ing belief. Was It not rather to be expected, and due allowance made for a slump In two or threo games? While I consider Cobb to be a somewhat overrated batsman, he surely deserves great credit for his work with Detroit this year, and, when he falls down, this record certainly entitles him to Immunity from the Ill-judged "slings and arrows” of outrageous sporting writ ers, who blow hot and cold with every passing minute. Study the game, Mr. Whiting, and always remember this— Class counts! Yours, etc., O. B. KEELER. 809 Fourth National Bank Building. We “like that fine,” old sleuth, especially the pnrt about the Cubs having “attained a perfection that glows (sic) with a per sonality of detail.” We suspect that you got that part out of the dictionary with a scoop and mixed with a spoon. But as you say, that is undoubtedly the answer. Dear Bo, it may not have occurred to you that we kept Ty Cobb in the limelight because he was a Georgia boy. Hans Wag ner, who led the batters in tho National League, may be a greater player, but who oares n hang} Not we. For he wasn’t born down in the Red Clay belt.. And don’t think for a second that Atlanta is the only town which has slighted the Cubs. Nobody outside Chicago and New York paid Hiiy attention to them until the world’s series. Which only goes to show that people are interested in a close race and not in high class baseball. As to the class of ball played—well, we didn’t see any of the games and neither, we judge, did you. But all the candid writers who did sec them put them down as a bad lot and state that the baseball was—in spots—very much “to the bushes” in every game. If Cobb is an overrated batsman, then how did it happen that he led the American League in batting} And lastly, if “class counts,” and generally it does—how does it happen that the Cubs, with practically the team they had last fall, won from the Tigers, while they were outrageously wal loped a year ago by the Sox f Remember the Sox, bo. They are the people who put the dope to the bad and proved quite conclusively that class does not always count. ’7 Hoodoo Has Lit SMITH S DRAFTS IN FOR SEVEN PLAYERS October 15! The drafting begins for the Clasa A lea guos. „ > on* the ini men of the he It after, even though It is so late now that It cun not matter anyway. Bill refnees to plr< •T hope we get all we went after, but of course we tnajr lose some of them.*' If Billy Smith has landed a reasonable number of men be will be In fair shape. 8ueh boles as are not tilled by ilsafted men he will plug with stars which be will buy from big league teams. So BUI figures that he will hare a base bell team nest year, no matter what bap- pena. On Gordon Team Bamesvllle, Ga., Oct. 15.—The hoodoo la camped on Gordon's trail. Prout was hurt In the Clemson game and is out of football, probably for tho rest of the season. Henley went the same route In the Tech game. And now the third catastrophe has come, for Moore received a hurt In the Auburn game which will keep him out for the rest of the season. With these three men In shape Gordon might have made a good showing this season against the college teams they are forced to play. But right now, with this trio on the sick list, things look gloomy. BILL KIRK’S COLUMN CONSOLATION. By WILLIAM F. KIRK. "There, little girl, don't cry. They have broken your doll, I know." —Gene Field. There, little Griff, don't cry. You are out of the race. I know. Your pitchers weakened at critical times, Your catchers caught like a pair of limes. Your boys hit hard—they surely did hit— But most of the time when a hit meant nit. Your base-runners frolicked around the bags Like large, fat turtles, or hamstrung stags, But you'll cop a pennant by and by— There, little Griff, don't cry. There, little Mac, don't cry. Your Giants fell down, I know, And the wildest fan, even Louis Mann, Won't concede them better than show. Your big star twirler, Matty the Great. Fell down so hard that ho broke his slate! Your catchers were hurt, your fielders were slow, And you don't win now, as long ago. The Cubs are the candy children now, And lines of pain encase your thoughtful brow,, But this terrible season wlli soon pass by— There, little Mac, don’t cry. TACKLE PROBLEM IS STILL WORRYING COACH HEISMAN Commodores Pass Through On Way Back to Nashville The Vanderbilt football team passed through Atlanta Monday night on Its way from Annapolta to Nashville. Grantland Bice, sporting editor of the Nashville Tennessean, who saw tho game with the Navy last Saturday, said of the This snappy football weather Is just the thing for the Tech football team and the work on Tech field these after noons borders so closely on something fierce that you couldn’t tell It from the real thing. Now that the entrance examination period Is over the members of the team can settle down to hard football, and Coach Helsman can tell about what he has in the way of material. The only "possibility" who failed to get In was big C'ofer, the army player, who was turned down by the examin ers. It Is rumored among the alumni that Cofer was given “the sack,” wheth er or no. Just on general principles- and to prevent talk. But this Is probably an error. All the rest of the men who went against the alarming Tech entrance exams went through with flying colors, and Coach Helsman Is now earnestly preparing to put a team In the field that will hold the mighty bunch from Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday. The matter of turning out a pair of good tnckles Is worrying Coach Ueis. mnn. It Is reported that the coach took Luck, Dnvls, C. Brown and Johnson aside and told them confidently that lie fully expected to get a pair of good tackles out of the bunch but that Just at present there was not one of them worth floor space In a ten-acre lot—or words to that effect. That was before Sims, of Dqhlonega, arrived. This man Is a star all right and will be used somewhere. In Sat urday's game he was run. In for a few minutes as a tackle. However, he may possibly go behind the line. Any way you take It Tech 1s pretti- sure to have a good stout polr of tackles, but right now the competition for the places Is fierce In the extreme. There Is no certainty about any of the other positions, and every man on the squadls working to the limit to get or hold a Job. As Tennessee Is coming down here with a strong team, there Is going to be a world of hustling done between now and the first esr-splerclng effort of the referee's whistle Saturday after noon. Big Entry For Field Trials May Cause Change in Date Special to The Georgian. i by W. W. Hunt; Caesar’s Dot, white, Waynesboro, Ga., Oct. 16.—The sixth anil tan bitch, owned by Dr. H. annual trials of the Georgia Field Trial B. McMaster; Hot Times, orange and ^ MACLARY. Her* tht man who was counted on to do a lot of good work for he University of Georgia team this y#fr* Juet ruw he If on the fiek hot, but it it hooed that he will como around all rignt. MAN WHO PLAYED WITH VANDY WRITES VIVIDLY OF NAVY GAME John Craig, The Georgian's Van derbilt correspent, has written the following critical analysis of the Vanderbllt-Navy game, which contest will go down to history as ono of the greatest ever played by a Southern team. No story of that mervelous contest previously pub lished has really shown how thor oughly the Navy was beaten and In what a contemptible manner the contest waa taken from the South erners. By JOHN L. CRAIG. Vanderbilt 5, United States Naval Academy (, was the result of the some what erratic game played on the Mid shipmen's field Saturday. The Marine Band of forty pieces fur nished music of such quality that It brought responsive sympathy from players and spectators. During the early part of the gams Valderbllt seemed to be somewhat stiff from her long ride, two nights on a tourists' sleeper, and lack of practice. In addition when the Commodores ar rived In Annapolis rain waa falling and a raw wind blew In across the bay, which chilled the Tennesseans to the bone. It seemed Impossible for the Commo dores to get warm. All during the Saturday forenoon groups of the boys In Southland clothing und without overcoats stood shivering about the campus. 8tlff signal practice was had when the Commodores raced on the field at 2:15 Saturday afternoon, hundred or more midshipmen In foot ball uniform presented quite a big con. trast to the little group of Southern ers who had journeyed all the way from Nashville to give the Navy team touch of genuine high life. The magnificence of the surround ing buildings and campus, the fierce yelling of the Navy enthusiasts, and the small army of midshipmen In foot ball uniform, all of which gave strik ing evidence of the tremendous oppo sition, did not dampen the ardor of the Dixie boys, but seemed to make them all the more determined and conscious of their biasing opportunity. Captain Douglass won the toss and chose to defend the west goal, with a heavy nor’wester at his back. Bob Blake kicked to the Navy's ten-yard line and the cadet was tackled after a ten-yard return. The Navy twice tried the line with the redoubtable Captain Douglass, who came back to his team mates and reported "nothing doing.” Douglass then pulled off a magnifi cent punt which the high wind carried over Cotton's head. The ball took a high bound In an unexpected direction and was covered by the Navy. One trial resulted In a gain of two yards, when the Navy returned It to Coeten, who returned to the 20-yard line. Aft er Craig had made a gain of 5 yards Bob Blake forward passed the ball to Vaughan Blake, who, after gaining 15 yards with a clear field ahead, dropped the ball and the Navy recovered It. The Navy gained 6 yards In two at- penullsed 15 yards for alleged hold ing, giving the Navy first down. The Navy, on two nttempts, gained lees than the required distance of 10 yards, when the umpire again penalised the Dixie boys 15 yards for holding, plac ing the ball on Vanderbilt's five-yard line. On two attempts the Navy gain ed two yards, when the umpire ob ligingly butted In and penalized the Commodores half the distance to the goal line for alleged off-side. The ball was then bucked >one yard and a half for a touchdown, when Douglass kick ed goal. The score stood 6 to 0 In favor of the Navy after six minutes of play. Vanderbilt then received the kick off and the most evenly and bitterly contested part of the game followed during the remainder of the first half. The Commodores becoming thor oughly warmed up. executed their plays with abandon and dash that frequent ly brought the spectator* to their feet and frequent gains by both Craig and Campbell over tackle, by Morton ther away than the umplr,e, he clearly saw that the ball had been touched within, bounds. The Navy held, and Douglass punted. Again the Vanderbilt backs carried the ball reslstlessly tO' ward the Navy'* goal. The Southern ers were playing In splendid form. Her Interference formed quickly, her for' wards crouched low and charged fierce ly, nnd the backs, running low and hard, fought the ball yard by yard. The Navy played fiercely and stubbornly on the defense, and the Jerseys of the Van derbilt backs were frequently torn from their bodies. A beautiful forward pass waa then executed to Vanderbilt’s left end, which netted 20 yards. After trial at the line the Commodores again forward passed to Vai brilliantly dodged the who were playing the bark field, and planted the ball behind the opponents’ goal post. Captain Blake kicked the goal. With six minutes left to play, Vanderbilt came back more fiercely through the line nnd by Costen and | than ever. The ball was straightway both Blakes at the ends brought groans carried to the center of the field by B. from the grandstand. Costen and i Blake, Morton. Costen, Campbell and Craig, when B. Blake was forced to punt. Lange, behind three forwards In the Interference, was brilliantly return ing the ball, when Campbell, splitting the Interference like pic crust, nailed Lange In the most spectacular tackle of the day. The Navy gained 11 yards on a forward pass, and Immediately tried another, which Stone, after a magnifi cent leap In the air, secured and re turned 5 yards. Vanderbilt Immediate ly began to work the ball to the Navy's goal. B. Blake secured the ball for a 15-yard gain on a quarterback kick. Morton gained 4 yards and Campbell 15, and a touchdown seemed Inevitable, when It suddenly occurred to the um pire that he had seen Stone use Ills hands upon the quarterback kick, sev eral plays previous, on which B. Blake had gained 15 yards. The umpire evi dently overlooked the provision In tho rules, which allows a man to use his hands at jerking an opponent out of the road on a kick. It was further his duty Captain Blake worked the double pass for a brilliant gain of 30 yards, only to be called back by the referee, who claimed that two forward pastes had been used. The play was evidently new to the referee, for the first pass was clearly backward by a yard, and the Navy coachers admitted this fact, though too late to cause a change In the referee's decision. During this first half Vanderbilt was penalised 711-2 yards. It Is seen that the Navy's touchdown was the result of three things—a long high punt over Costen’s head; a fum ble by Vaughn Blake, and numerous penalties. Vanderbilt received the kickoff at the opening of the second half, and began operations with a spirit not to be de nied. Craig and Campbell conslstently tore off five yards at the supposedly Invulnerable Navy tackles. Captain Blake and Morton gave variety to the attack by making steady gains around: t0 blow the whistle when the foul. If the ends Frequent exchanges of punts! any , occurred. Blake then punted the occurred, Blake Invariably having the hall, which Douglass returned by punt- advantage. The bal was Irreslst bly I )n g. and the Navy secured It upon a rushed to the Navy's 20 yard and lost f umb | e after a brilliant return by Cos- on downs. Douglas Immediately punt- ten During the last five seconds of ed out of danger, but the Commodores | p | ay the Xavy tried a drop kick, which remorselessly worked tho ball back to- j went wide, and the game was over, ward their opponents' goal. , 8om( , Me a of Vanderbilt's superiority On a forward pass, Craig secured the! In the second half Is obtained when It Is hall and carried It 40 yards for a touch- I seen that the Navy made but one first down, but the referee refused to allow down In this period, that being a gain the touchdown, -claiming the pass was Incomplete, and penalised Vanderbilt 15 yards. A forward pass to Vaughan Blake netted 20 yards, but Vaughan fumbled It, and It rolled out of bounds, w here he fell on It. The umpire Insist ed that the ball had gone out of bounds on the fly, though everybody on the side-lines could clearly see that Blake had received the ball 15 feet within the field. The referee reversed the um- of 11 yards on a forward pass, while the Commodores advanced the ball 145 yards. The work of the umpire in the game was very unsatisfactory to Vanderbilt. He evidently was Inexperienced. He called penalties for alleged fouls, sev eral downs after the foula bad occurred, and was reversed by the referee upon the forward pass referred to, though the referee was much further from this Association, which are scheduled to come off In this city, beginning Janu ary 5, 1908, may be postponed until some other date, If it is found ad vantageous by the president, R. J. Da vant, of Savannah, who will be In the city during the middle of this month to Inspect the grounds and make a report to the association later. The change. It It Is made, Is on account of the large number of entries for the Georgia Der by and Open Derby that Is to be run beginning January 6. There are forty- two entries for these two stakes and the nominations for the all-age stake will not close until the first of Decem ber, so there wjll be quite a lot more dogs to be entered. This meet of the association should be the most success ful In the history of the club, and Mr. Davant Is making great preparations for It. 31 r. Esslg, the secretary. Is an enthusiastic officer and has gotten up the list of entries for the two first stakes. The whole state Is Interested In these events and the meet here will bring a great many visitors to the city. The fields are fine and game Is abun dant, so there Is no reason for any fail ure In this part of the program. In the all-age stake there win be a great many local entries. Among the dog lovers and members of the association here are: Dr. H. B. McMaster. Dr. Cice ro Cox, J. P. Greene, J. H. McKenzie, Tracy McKenzie, W. H. Davla. Dr, Me— Master was for years owner of the fa mous setter Caesar, who made a repu tation the country wide and was finally sold for over 32,500. The prises for the Georgia Derby are very attractive and are as follows: First prise, 50 per cent of the en trance and starting fees and a sliver cup valued,at 3100, which cup will re main In the hands of the winner for one year, and If won for three successive times to become the property of the winner; second prixe, 30 per cent of the fees, and third prise, 20 per cent of the fees. For the Open Derby the prizes are: 3150 first prize, 3100 second prize, 350 third prize. The entries for the Georgia Derby are: English Setters—Tony S„ white, black and tan dog, owned by J. G. Colle; Tony, white, black and tan dog, owned by J. G. Colle; Winona, white, black and tan bitch, owned by V. A. Moore; Duke, white, black and tan dog, owned white bitch, owned by H. H. Hopkins Capstone, black and white dog, owned by R. J. Davant; Sport Russell, white, black ond tan dog, owned by R. J. Da vant: Dorothy Tate, orange and white bitch, owned by J. E. Tate; Kentucky Boy, white, black and tan dog, owned by J, P. Greene; Anna Belle, white, black and tan bitch, owned by W. s. Elkin; Louise Danstone's Count White- stone, white, black aqd ton dog; owned by L. B. Frye; Young Bob, white, black and tan dog, owned by F. W. McRae; Lady Betty, white, black and tan bitch, owned by*W. W. Hunt. Pointers—Bill F., white and black dog, owned by F. E. Collins; Mis' Ann, liver and white bitch, owned by R. J. Davant; John's Lassie, white and black bitch, owned by F. J. Stone. For the Open Derby the entries are as follows: English Setters—Tony S, while, black and tan dog, owned by J. o. Colle; Tony, white, black and tan dog, owned by J. G. Colle; Caesar's Dot, white, black and tan dog owned by l>r. H. B. McMaster; Pearl, white, black and tan bitch, owned by E. W. Clarke; Forget Me Not, black, white anil tan bitch, owned by W. H. Hammond; Count Ceyx, lemon and white dog, han dled by Jake Bishop, agent; Newsboy, black, white and tan dog, handled by- Jake Bishop, agent; Happy Day. black, white and tan dog, handled by Jake Bishop, agent: Milton's Vic, orange and white J>ltch, handled by Jake Bishop, agent; Colleen Bawn. orange and white hitch, owned by Todd Russell; Dorothy Tate, orange and white bitch, owned by J, E. Tate; Sport Russell, white, black and tan dog, owned by R. J- p» - vant; Dan Danstone, orange and white dog, owned by J. W. Booth; Sports Count Gladstone, orange and wh'te dog, owned by Sternberg. & Smuts; Young Bob, white, black and tan dog, owned by F. W. McRae; Bonnie's Lemonade, orange and white dog, owned by O. V. U. Bonhrlght; Llndy, black and white bitch, owned .by O. D. B. Bonbrlght: Nell Kell, white and black bitch, owned by Fred M. Stephenson; Kentucky Boy, white, black and tan dog, owned by J. P. Greene. Pointers—Bill F, white, black and tun dog, owned by F. E. Collins; Johns Lassie, white and'black bitch, owned by F. J. Stone; Jtng, white and liver dog, owned by George Cooper; Dreams Tryon Sam, white and black dog, own ed by Tryon Kennels; Valkyr, white and black bitch, handled by Jake Bl»h. op, agent. Annual Class Relay Race Won at Emory by Juniors Special to The Georgian. Emory College, Oxford, Ga., Oct. 15.— For the second consecutive time the juniors won the annual relay race at Emory held under the auspices of the Emory College Athletic Association. At no time was the final outcome of the race in doubt, the juniora taking the lead In the first mile and holding it throughout the entire race. The mee- order they were delivered: Seniors—"We do not half try. Juniors—"Do your best and we » win.” , Freshmen—“I have done my best; • yours.' •um. Sophomores—“Whoop It up, sopn»- Senior*—"We didn't half try. Sub-Freshmen—"We don't Mw when we'll get there, but were Ing.” tempte when the Commodores were plre’s decision, stating tbat. though fur- play than the umpire. uiruuRiiuui uic cnuie race. iiic mw — ■ ■" - - sage was delivered to Greene, the last 000000<f000000000<H30OO i:iOO a runner for the juniors, fully 600 yards o GET IT IN EARLY. I In advance of Butler, the last runner a To press agents of football “ M 0 teams, And especially th# P re “’ * 0 agent of the Boys' High School u for the sophomores. Peeples, for' the freshmen, overtook Butler and finished second. The running of Dewar for the seniors w-as the feature of the race, however. He made the laat mile In 4:40, thereby lowering the college record, 19 seconds. He Is considered tbe best ath lete In college and Is captain of the track team for this year. The meeaages were as follows. In the O team: Please get In matter earls - 0 We can not use on Tuesday a Q O story of a game played the prf- O vtoua Saturday. 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