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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1907.
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FOOTBALL TEAMS PREPARING FOR SATURDAY’S GAMES
! EDITED BY
IP. H.WHITING
NOT NEWS,
BUT VIEWS
WORLD’S CHAMPIONS OF 1907
A careful examination of tho
Northern and Eastern exchanges
fails to show that anybody in
those sections of the country
much worried over Cantillon's
threat to make the American As
sociation au outlaw league.
It will be easy enough for the
A. A. to carry out its threat. Any
league can outlaw itself without
much trouble. But it is a ques
tion if the Cantillionites will not
start something that they will
have their troubles in bringing to
completion*
The public is not intensely in
tereated anyway in the prospect
that a league goes to the outlaws
or that it comes back again. If
the fans get the baseball that’s
the main thing.
But down here in the South the
game will be given a setback if
tile American Association and the
Eastern League arc put in a high
er class under the National Asso
ciation ranking than the one they
now occupy. This will give those
two leagues the right to draft
from the Southern, though the
Southern -is practically as big n
league and is in every way on a
firmer and better basis than either
of the malcontents.
Thia question of rankings is
stirring the football world, too,
and local football cranks are wait
ing with intense interest to know
what the ruling will be in regard
to Dahloncga and American Uni
versity. If they are colleges Tech
may lose for this year anyway
Sims and Davis, two of her best
football players. If they are not,
then these two gridiron wonders
nre Yellow Jackets in good stand
ing this fall and will make the
team if they are good enough—
which we opine they are.
The Davis question seems to be
agitating several colleges in* addi
tion to Tech. Auburn is sadly
worried over it and is sure that
Davis is not eligible. Our Auburn
correspondent writes us to this ef
fect. Also they are sure that Ala
bama has imported threo ringers
from the East, and that the ring
ers are playing under assumed
names.
Probably another false alarm.
But one thing is certain as sin—
there is a world of talk about pro
fessionalism in college athletics in
the South this year.
Maybe this is the result of an
unusual amount of dirty work.
Maybe—and lot’s hope this,
anyway—all this talk comes be
cause people are beginning to get
wise to the fact that docency and
amateurism in athletics is desira
ble nnd profitable and beenuse
they are beginning to feel a con
tempt for colleges who play pro
fessionals, ringers nnd fake stu
dents on their teams.
THE CHICAGO CUBS
Th.ee are th. Chicago National League pennant winner*. Reading from left to right, the player'* are: Standing, Taylor, Ruilbach, Moran. Kling, Fraeer, McCormick, Pfeiater, Ev-
er», Hoffman, Randall, Seabaugh, Lundgren, Sheckard. Sitting Brown, Durbin, Steinfeldt, Ooborne, Chance, Sla glo, Schulte,
Sweeney, Kahoe, Tinker.
DAVIS MAY NOT
! PREVIOUS WORLD’S:
j SERIES OF PRESENT j
LEAGUES.
TENNESSEE!
MEN Hul
>LAY ON SATURDAY
Rl IT RFAFV
/ for ti
World'* 8*ri*s of 1903.
DU 1 riCMl/
i run 11
Rcrlmnioge work that la putting
grooves In Tech field nnd dents In the
anatomy of the Tech football pi ay era la,
aa uauat, the order of tho day—und ev
ery day—at th© Yellow JnckotH* neat.
For the flrat time thla year, the Heln-
man machine baa tta work cut out for It
and the bunch la huatllng to tho limit to
get ready for Tennetsaee.
According to tho dope among the
player*, big Uavla, the ex-American
Unlveralty tackle, will not be In Hutur-
day’a gunu\ It la underatood that
rather than take any chancea with tho
8. I. A. A., he will he kept on the aide
linen, and 81m* worked at tackle in hla
place. Thla great ex-Duhlnnegn player
la coming around very well. He Im a
trifle aore aa a rexult of going Into
ecrlmmngca with playera who have had
more time to get In aliape than ho baa,
but he will be ready to put up hi*
usually good game Saturday.
Tenne**ee will be on hand Saturday
afternoon with a hunky team. Ita aver
age weight will he 1 ♦!!> poundn to the
man, according to Knoxville figure*—
which may poeaibly err on the aide of
ronaervatlam If Athena Recount*
the alze and weight of tho TenneaMee
players are to be token at face value
Tho heaviest man on the team Is
Word, at left tackle, and he tips the
beam at 19. r >. The only other men whe
reach ISO are Dougherty, right guard
and Dlngea, left guard. In age the
team averages 21 years, and In height
fi feet. 11 Inchea. Two men In the
hunch, Loucka at quarter und Dough
erty, are over six feet tall.
There will certainly he u. decided on
traat between the two quarters—
Loucks. tall nr.d very slim, and Buch
anan. very stumpy and decidedly chunky
and hefty.
The Tennessee team J'eeins to be a
powerful organization and can
counted on to play good bull.
McFarland Fights
Another Good One
Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 17,—Pack*)’
McFarland Is the coming lightweight
wonder.
In hte tight lest night against Joe
Gallagan he had both th* punch and
th* science, and did not allow the bout
to go the limit. The light wa* a fast
on* and. although Gallagan woe
gome and fast, McFarland had the bet
ter of the contest from the beginning.
The result was that, though the go whs
scheduled to be a ten-round affair, It
laated but nine, and It I* to tho credit
of Gallagan that he lasted that long,
for McFarland sent over some telling
blows, and there wo* n sting behind
each wallop.
Harvard * Varsity
Defeats Freshies
Auburn Team Is Now
"Laying For” Sewanee
Auburn, Ala., Oct. 17.—Tho Auburn
foot bail team la now rounding Into
ahap© for th© game with Wewunec in
Birmingham Saturday, October 19.
Since the season opened Auburn haa
Ployed four game*, resulting In a com
plete victory from each team, being
scored on only one© by tho Montgomery
Athletics. {Vhll© thor© Is aomo doubt
about winning from 8awa*iee still If
luck Is equally divided the result will
b© more creditable to Auburn than
many think.
At thla time It Is still impossible to
give out the name* of the men who will
play In th* game.
Eighteen men are fighting hard to
make th© first team. They are shifted
from place to placo In each afternoon's
practice, but It In known that either
Batson, of last year's team, or Iteavcr,
of last year’s scrubs, will work at cen-
tsr. They are both good men. but
rather light for the position. The ends
will b© filled by Wilkinson (captain).
Hill and Hughes. They have had two
years’ experience on the 'varsity. The
guards’ place will he tilled by Motley.
J,ocko. EsJinger and Pence, all of them
new men. but of fairly good weight.
At tackle Davis, Esllnger, Jt, and
Everette will play. The two last-
named are new men. who have had ex
perience with th© scrubs.
Catcher Charley Graham, who was
on the Bhston American League re
serve list, Is still playing with the
Hacrainento club, of the California
Htate (outlaw) League.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
O O
O PRINCETON WILL O
O PLAY THE INDIANS. O
O New York. net. 17.—The game O
0 between Princeton nnd tho Car- O
O lisle Indians Is a settled fact for O
O November 2 In this city. It Is ex- O
O pec ted to he one of the finest O
O games of the year. O
O O
OOOOOOOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOOOD
October 1—At Boston: Pittsburg 7.
Boston 3. Phllllppe-Young.
October 2—At Boston: Boston 3,
Pittsburg 0. Dlneen-Leever nnd Vail.
October 3—At Boston: Pittsburg 4.
Boston 2. Philllppe-IIughes and
Young.
October fi—At Pittsburg: Pittsburg
5, Boston 4. Phllllppe-Dlneen.
October 7—At Pittsburg: Boston 11,
Pittsburg 2. Young-Konnedy and
Thompson.
October 8—At Pittsburg: Boston f».
Pittsburg 3. Dlneen-Leever.
October 10—At Pittsburg: Boston 7.
Pittsburg 3. Young-Phlllippe.
October 13—At Boston: Boston 3,
Pittsburg o. Dlneen-Phlllippe.
Games Won—Americans 6, Nationals
3: Winning pitchers. Dineen three
gunies. Young two gumes, Philllppe
three games.
World’s 8eries of 1905.
October 9—At Philadelphia: New
York 3, Philadelphia o. Muthewson-
Plank.
October 10—At New York: Philadel
phia 3, New York 0. Bender-McGIn-
nity ami Ames.
October 12—At Philadelphia: New
York t». Philadelphia 0. Mathewson-
Coakley.
October 13—At New York: New
York 1. Philadelphia 0. McGInnlty-
Plank.
October 14—At New York: New York
2, Philadelphia 0. .Mathewson-Hcnder.
Games Won—National 4, Americans
Winning pitchers. Muthewson three
games; McGinnlty one game. Bender
me game.
World's Series of 1906.
October 9—On West Shit*: White 8<>x
i. Cubs 1. Altrock-Hrowu.
October 10—On Houth Side: Cubs 7.
White Hox 1. Reulbach-Whlte and
< >wen.
October II—~On West Side: White
Sox 3. Cubs 0. Walsh-Pft lster.
ictober 12—On South Side: Cubs 1,
White Sox o. Brown-Altuxk.
October 13—On West *t|de: White
Sox s. Cubs Walsh and Whlte-
Itculhach, Pfelster and Overall.
October 14—On South Side: White
Sox s. Cubs 3. White-Brown and
t tvernll.
Games Won—Americans 4. Nationals
2. Winning pitchers, Walsh two games;
Alt rock. White, Brown and Reulbnch
one game each.
No world's series was played In 1904
between New York ami Boston. Man
ager McGrmv declining Manager Col
lins' challenge.
Hpecial to The Oeorxlsn.
University of Tennessee. Knoxville.
Tenn.. Oct. 17.—Coach Levene put his
husky bunch of youngstors through a
gruelling match against the second
team Wednesday afternoon. Work was
fast and snappy, but was marred by
several minor Injuries to men on the
Varsity.
Leach, who has been at the right ex
tremity', twisted his shoulder slightly,
and Levene took hhn out. Loucks,
quarter, and McCollum, a half, each
took a severe bruise on the thigh and
were allowed to rest up a hit. None of
the Injuries is serious, and the full
squud will continue to report for work
each day.
Coach Levene Is working McCollum
and Leach behind the line with drop
kicks and kicks from placement, and
seems to be counting heavily on scoring
from the field In Saturday's contest. 8o
far he has refused to make any state
ment as to his Ideas on the probable
outcome, but merely shrugs his shouldl
ers and says he hasn't given the young
sters his full stock of tricks yet.
The Yellow Jackets will likely meet a
stronger teum than the one Georgia
lost to. for a week's practice has
strengthened the Volunteers wonderful^
ly nnd has added considerably to their
repertoire of ©lays. And it Is likely
that one or two changes will lie made.
Cottrell and Cody, who are both trying
"nip and tuck’* for center, are out for a
day or two off account of a collision in
scrimmage. Both received ugly cuts
on the forehead which lmd to b«
stitched up. Levene let them in for
signal work, but used substitutes In th©
scrimmage which followed.
Wrestling Bout at Newberry
Has All Earmarks of a Fake
Hpeclal to The Georgina.
Newberry. 8. (*., Oct. 17.—In a very
one-sided wrestling bout. Ed Adamson,
the "champion of the Atlantic coast."
last night threw an "unknown” by the
name of Jewell, who hails from Charles
ton, twice, the first fall resulting In one
The Detroit News says: "Critics are
of the opinion that "Nig" Clarke Is the
best catcher In the American League."
Harry' Niles, the Browns' second
baseman. Is in receipt of an ofTer of
120ft per month to play hall In Mexico
the coming winter, and Jins all hut
made up his mind to accept.
In Washington they sprinkle crude
oil on the diamond to take up the rain.
It is hard on the uniforms, hut it has
prevented at least three postponed
games this year.
The Senators’ new club house Is ab
solutely fireproof. It Is built of boiler
Iron, sheet iron, tin, zinc, copper, and
aluminum, ami the players use asbes
tos towels In the hath.
minute, and the second In forty-five
seconds.
After the bout, Jewell announced in
the Mbby of on© of the hotels that the
fight was a fake; that It was agreed
between the men that Adamson was to
secure the first fall, Jewell the second,
and the l»est man th* third. Jewell
stated that he held to his part of the
Agreement, but thAt Adamson, taking
advantage of him, also secured the sec-
ond fall. Adamson bitterly denied these
allegations, and for awhile It appeared
that the men would mix up.. Cooler
heads prevented this, however, and no
one who paid the admission fee to th©
bout Inst night is any the wiser as to
whether or not the match was supposed
to he a prearranged, made-to-order af
fair.
Wrestling Is becoming quite popular
In Newberry, and ulready several bouts
have been arranged to he pulled off In
this city at an early date.
(Note, by the sporting editor. Oh,
pickles! Rome people never know when
they are stung.)
THEY WON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT
Cambridge. Maes', Oct. 17.—In prep
aration for the game with Annapolis
Saturday, the Harvard 'varsity woe
given a SO-mlnute .crlmmnge with the
freshmen yesterday afternoon. The
work was faet und hard. The nret
team kept the freshmen on the defen
sive, but gain, were short and earned.
Score: 'Varsity 9, freshmen 0.
Pitcher Luther Taylor of the Xew
Yorks say, he will never play In any
minor league. When the major* are
through with him he le through with
baseball. He le a printer by trade.
President Pulliam contemplate, an
other voyage this fall. Thla time he
will .Imply moke a trip to England
and back to get the benefit of the voy
age.
What a time Pitcher Mlcbael J.
Lynch did have in Pt**«burg on Sep
tember 21. In the second Inning eleven
men went to th* bat and he gave Ahby
hi* beee twice. Wagner *to|» second,
third end home.
B. KIRK’S I
COLUMN |
AFTERTHOUGHTS.
The Cub la hibernating now
With laurel wreath, upon hi* brnu.
The Tiger'I- .tripe, have‘changed in Imf
From orange nnd black to lemon and 1
blue. • -
A feeling of Intense fatigue
Ha., cached the friends of Johnson*,
league.
Before we leave the hall and .trike
For grldlrori gossip and the llkc-
Before wc journalistic slammer.
Have put aside our hatiered hammers—
I-et's light the pipe, t.k» several whiff,
And dally-with the following IFH:
IF Jnwn MrOraxv had done .his best
To keep hi. Giants on the crest
IF Griltlth's pitcher, had been "then-*
ln.tead of soaring In the air:
IF nelllier learn had made a slip
We might have won the championship.
IF Heaving out the Xew York team.,
I Jennings had tried no college .cream.
| And dug le.. grass from the con, iiin,
line.
i And cut, up fewer monkey shine-
; IP’ Cobb lmd made n few more hit-.
| The Cubs might now be clawed to hit*
IF Catcher Schmidt had shown m ,*«
.peed
(Backstop, were .Jennings' great,„t
need):
IP' Johnnie Kllng. the horrid thin:.
Had left at home hi. throwing wins
IF all these things had come to pus,.
The Tiger, might have shown m„r.
Class.
Ah. well! The light I. o'er al last— |
The string's played out. the die Is east.
The Tiger, made an awful bungle
lit storming the Chicago Jungle.
A week ago they snarled defiance—
Today they're tame as New York Giants.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Dear Question, and Answers—xvii.it
would be the proper ruling In the fol
lowing case? The baaea are full, the 1
score tied, and the laat half of the ninth
inning being played, with two men out.
The batter hits a ball over the fence,
but Instead of running to first base he
run. directly at the umpire, who ha,
made a decision against him earlier in
the game, and soaks the umpire on the
no »e? J ARROW
The proper ruling would he a go I
sound kick In the shin., nnd if Ton
Hurst were umpiring that I. the ruling
the fans could expect.
"’Dear Questions and Answers
I do any running or boxing, especially
boxing, there I. a tired feeling com
Into my aim* and leg. that make, i
feel like stepping. How can this
explained, and how avoided?
KID STINGHA.M
Many a good boxer has hqd the sum,
feeling. Jimmie Britt felt much a, you
say you feel after boxing a few ronml*
with J. Gana. When you get the tiled
feeling claim either u foul or a broke
arm.
Dear Queatlona and Answer.--A M
cal evening paper answered a query •'(
mine the other day. on which a bet was
made. The question was. Did anybody
ever swim th* English Channel? An,'
the answer made by th* paper In cues
tlon was Xo. 1 paid the bet accord'
Ingty, but have .Inca been told that I
wae right and that aonta man really did
awlm the channel. Will you pleas'
answer this question definitely for me?
BETTOR
You had the right aide of the hep
The English Channel xva. crossed by
Captain Webb some years ago.
feat lias not been accomplished
that time.
Dear Sir—What la the l>e.t ex.rol
for a young married man who hit. Ij
hour, at the office and no night,
so he can attend a gymnasium .’
HENRY PECH
Washing dishes.
Yale Scrubs Score
On * Varsity Team
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 17.—Th© Y
eleven wa* out for real work fl
day and the men worked hard and
In preparation for their game v.i
Went Point Saturday. During praetj
another Yale ©tar received Injur':*
which will keep him out «*f the
for a while. Denny, fullback ••( tl;«
second eleven, dislocated 111© no-
Hcrlmtnage In which he found hhnw
at the bottom of a pllo. He expect*
return to the game within a w***k.
Yale Hcruba fooled the regulars t«ij
on novel trick* and succeeded In ««*»
ing a touchdown from the center <*r ti
field without losing the hall.
B .. . .... V * THE DETROIT TIGERS.
Heading from loft to right, th* player* art, top row: B. Jon**, pitch*r; Down*, second catcher: Donovan, pitchar; Killian, pitch«r; Crawford, cantar field; 8iav*r, pitcher; Mul*
8ehmid C t h c*tch*r' n ’ C * tCh * r ' r0WI Ro *»man, «r*t bast; D. Jon**, left fi*ld; Jennings, manager; Coughlin, third basa; Cobb, right Raid; 8h«efar, second bast; Payn*, catcher,
Just Notes
It Is again reported thnt this
son wa* McGinnlty'. Iasi. The \
an possesses a comfortable fortun- 1
may retire from baseball forever
Joe Kelly says there Is no truth
the report that he will manage i
ronto from the bench next season,
rather expects his draft by the »•
ton xatlr.;...:~ to stand.
Outfielder Shannon, of the Gi,n
was the first major league plu>e'
score 1*0 runs. It la refreshing t" "'
that a Xew York player l« It-*'
something.
Xewe names for Boston teams ;
springing up all the time. The la;
wae perpetrated by Phelan, of tin* 1
cago Journal, who etyled the .Natn n.
a* the Lentlle.
Those two fine ex-leaguers. Bill
der and Tom Corcoran, made go™ .
the Unlontown club tble seosom ■
lug them land eecond place In ti™
O.-M. League.
Th* National League llet of
drafted and purchaea dplayers com*™
th* names of 275 men. the largest-
Secretary John Heydler, since th*
—the baseball war.
Wagner elands put alone at the J 1 **]
of the list In the old league thl* ' ™
He I* easily the beat batter "Wl |#1
beet base-runner and Is wltnm
runs of being the beet run-i' ,,r •