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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30,1907.
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TECH-GEORGIA GAME WILL BE SEASON’S “BIG SHOW”
j EDITED BY
IP. H.WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS 1AN0THER iDAHLONEOA GEORGIA
WORKING
By PERCY H. WHITING.
If you nre desirous of getting the hunch that the athletic
affairs of the Southern Colleges arc in the worst condition ever
you arc entitled to n brief talk with Coach Kienholz, formerly of
the University of Wisconsin, now coaching-the Auburn team.
Mr. Ifienholz has a string of charges as long as your arm.
embracing, with full particulars, men on Tech, Georgia, Sewanee
and Alabama teams.
His chief charge agaiust Tech is that the local team is playing
Davis. The Auburn coach says that Davis is a professional base
ball player and that lie played last year with a college team—
to-wit: that of American University.
The ranking committee has settled the standing of American
University. If Mr. Kicnholz will put his other charges against
Davis in writing they will no doubt be promptly taken up.
His charges against Georgia and Sewanee are decidedly gen
eral. Against Alabnmn he mentions names and claims that the
Tuscaloosa team is playing at least four ringers.
Says Mr. Kienholz, "I nm sorry to see conditions in the
South as bad ns they are. Tlie North went through it a few
years ago and just escaped with football intact. For awhile it
looked ns though the game was going to he abolished entirely.
And it is too good a gnmc to go.”
.“The South is in a bad way athletically. If they don’t put
through some reforms footbnll is likely to be blacklisted. People
don't want to see a lot of hired men play. If they did they
would pay better to see professional football. But they don’t
care a snap for anything but strictly amateur games.”
It is the opinion of local football cranks that Mr. Kienholz
has been more or less misled by groundless rumors. Talk of the
same character has been going the rounds here for some time—
but nothing definite has been uncovered.
The feeling is growing stronger here each day, however, that
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association will he'forced
to adopt a rule—which has so often been proposed—which will
provide that no man may play footbnll with any college team
until he has boen with that college ns a regular student one year.
This rule has been talked of for a long time, but it has been
turned down ns often ns brought up because it was felt that so
many Southern colleges have so few men to draw from anyway
•that it was a mistake to further limit the number.
If there is no way out of the present undesirable situation,
however, tho S. I. A. A. will undoubtedly see its duty and do it.
This proposed one-ycnr rule would do more to prevent pro.
fessionnlism and the offering of illegitimate inducements than
any other rule which could be adopted. And it practically en
forces itself.
It is pretty hard to prevent professionalism and near-pro
fessionalism under the present rales. There is no doubt
in the minds of any of the initiated, hut that the
prominent and wealthy alumni of various colleges of the
South are paving the way of good athletics who are going to
college. They “lend” the money to tho man on notes and in case
of a pinch can produce tho notes. There is.nothing on the face
of them to show an obvious fact, towit: That nobody has any
notion that the uote will ever be payed.
But no man is coming to college just for the athletic end and
stick it out for n year beforo ho is allowed to play in a single
regular game. Nor is any professional, no matter how big his
salary, going to study nnd keep up in his classes for a whom
year in order to ploy the following year.
It seems to me that the South is on the edge of the “You-
Can’t-Play-Till-You’ve-Been-In-College-One-Year” rale, and the
sooner it is passed tho better.
VICTIM PLAYERS
Weeks Makes Only Feeble
Effort to Beat A.
Attell.
ORGANIZED BASEBALL
THREATENED BY WAR
American Association Wants Major League
Protection, and Smaller Leagues Have
Grievances.
By SAM CRANE.
New York, Oct. 10.—At a conference
mween the Eaetern League and the
American Association at the Victoria
Hotel, no amicable arrangement waa
trrived at as to an exact classification
or the two organizations.
The American Association's delegatee
cere still defiant In their attitude
igainet tho National Commission and
cay they will surely break away from
t and organlied ball unless the major
irotectlon Is given.
The Eastern League representatives
sere more conservative, but they too
sill ask for Increased protection, but
nake no threats. After a session last-
ng three hours without results, the
•onference adjourned until today. The
latlonal association Itself la on the
'erge of revolt, and It wilt not take
nuch to etlr the entire body Into re-
lelllon.
Today's happening* will probably
cettle the question whether there will
>e war or not. The situation la grave.
If the more conservative element
among the national association dele-'
gates who deplore another baseball w ar
on account or Injury to the game which
will result, cun convince radicals that
war la the laat resort, then things may
be smoothed over. It looks at present
as If the national association will have
to grant several concessions In the way
of protection of class A clubs. One
deleg% te produces letters from two big
league clubs which offer for sale to a
minor league club players who have
Just been drafted. I>Js a fact, too, as
one delegate states,, that several big
league clubs have *>V1 back to minor
league clubs the same players the for
mer have drafted and at a largely In
creased Vrlce—sometimes at nearly
double.
■ The St. Louis National League club
waa mentioned by a delegate aa one of
the chief offenders In this obviously
unfair practice.
Certain major league clubs are also
charged with being so greedy that they
draft any number of players they can
not use.
A. A. C. Golf Players Are
.Qualifying For Trawick Cup
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Tlie first qualifying rounds for the
'rawlck cup were played Monday aft-
moon and throughout the week the
olfers of the club will keep hammer-
ng away at their scores in an effort to
ft the figures low enough to qualify
or the handsome cup put up by Sam
rawlck, of New York, fa- the Atlanta
dhletlc Oub golfers.
There stunt to be a mistaken notion
that handicaps are not counted In the
qualifying round. They are, and pres
ent Indications point to the probability
that some of the 1(, 11 and 24 handicap
men will get In the race for tho bis cap.
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By C. E. VAN LOAN.
Los Angeles. Oct 30.—A new feath
erweight champion of the world?
Not yet.
Not even ROon.
Abraham Attell. of California, Is still
the vest-pocket Jeffries of the feather
weight brigade and the greatest little
mnn of his Inches In the world. Freddy
Weeks, tho color changer, lasted four
rounds—three of them by Attell'a cour
tesy. Had the champion been disposed
to rush matters, the fight would have
been over Inside of two minutes. The
very first time that Abe's whizzing
right hand landed full on the point of
the chin. Weeks staggered back to the
ropes, groggy and all but helpless. An
other right on the chin would have sent
Weeks to the floor for the count, but
Attell, with an eye to pleasing the
crowd, missed various wallops and al
lowed Weeks to recuperate. After
steering his latest victim down "queer
street" Abe toyed with- him for two
rounds and then wound up the string.
After five clean knockdowns In the
four rounds, Marcus Durand tossed the
sponge Into the ring. He might have
thrown It sooner without criticism, but
snld he wanted to make sure that there
would be no claim that Weeks was n
quitter.
The fight, short In point of fighting
on Attell'a part, was quite long enough
to prove that Freddie Weeks has no
right to cast an eye on the feather
weight championship as long as Attell
retains hla present form.
At the bell, Weeks came out of his
comer with the regulation fighting step.
Attell came up chewing gum. as usual,
feinted n couple of times, advanced Ills
nose cautiously and then pulled back
as Weeks stepped In with a left prod to
the body. Just to show the Colorado
man that he could not take liberties,
Abe shot two lightning lefts to the
nose, poking Weeks’ head back.
Then Attell began a steady tattoo on
Weeks' face, landing two lefts and
two rights, ending with a* short right
across on the point of the chin, which
shook Weeks from the soles of his feet
to the top of his head. This waa the
punch which started the trouble nnd
Weeks drew away, hla legs stiffening
and his knees sprawling apart. Just
beforo the bell ran* Weeks’ head clear,
ed and he made a good finish, landing
one hard right uppercut.
In tho second round Weeks made his
best showing. Attell dropped his clev
erness nnd came In close, giving Fred
die a chance to use hie most effective I
punches and he lost no opportunity.
Several times Weeks threw his left arm
around Attell'a neck and tried to land
the right to the Jaw while holding. For
this he was warned three times In the
second round, the fourth warning com
ing when ho poked hla elbow under
Abe’s chin nnd gavo him a vicious dig.
Tho bell found tho men roughing It at
close quarters In the middle of the ring.
At the beginning of the fourth round
Abo began to wind up the string. At
tell meant business when he started out.
Thero was steam In the first blow
which was landed, a straight right poke
on the eye. Weeks was fighting blindly
without a chance to land a punch. A
left uppercut threw Weeks wide open
nnd for the second time- the snappy
right cross caught the Colorado boy
flush on the point of the chin. He
dropped like a shot, rolled over to his
knees and crawled toward the center of
tho ring. Weeks once more reached
hla feet and Eyton motioned to Attell
to continue. The champion otepped In
a<ntln and once more Weeks went
sprawling from the effects of a short
Jolt on the chin.
Weeks lost his head completely, did
not try to take a long count to clear hi*
hrad. but got up as soon aa he could
claw hla way Into an upright position,
and once more Attell dropped him. This
time Weeks skated forward on hla face.
Again he came up and went down, and
then the towel flew Into the ring.
Attell ran over to newspaper row and
waved hla hands:
’•Oh. these corner*! Theae corner*!
he said. "Where will they get the next
° And that la the question. Where will
they get a man to give this little He
brew a fight? He la a* much alone In
his class as Jeffries ever was—more so.
ARMY NOT TAKING CHANCES.
West Point. Oct. 10.—The cadets are
In hard practice In preparation for Sat.
urday’s contest with Colgate. The
game has never proved much of a prob
lem to the soldier*, but this year, hav
ing reached the halfway point In their
season without being scored upon, the
cadets are Justly proud, and no chances
are to be taken that a fumble may al
low a weaker team to epoll thle record.
HENDERSON.
CLODFELTER.
CREEL.
These three men have played
star hall wltlr the Dahlonega
train this year and did brilliant
work In the Tech game.
Vandy Polishing Up For
That Game With Michigan
By JOHN CRAIG.
Nashville. Tenn.. Oct. 10.—There was
no scrimmage on Dudley Field yes
terday, but vigorous signal practice waa
Indulged In.
AH of the men came out of the Rose
game In good condition, barring a few
bruises.
The ’varsity was lined up yesterday
and received iiie kick-off, and consider
able drilling took place, with a view of
better Interference upon the return of
the kick-off. Bob Blake kicked a good
many goals from placement, and he will
doubtless spend plenty of time prac
ticing at this during the remainder of
she obtained. Bell was on the ball like
a flash and under way rapidly. We
should have blocked the place kick,
however, ns the kicker was pretty much
unprotected, nnd our forwards did not
charge through with much aggressive
ness. We were week with Interference
on the return of Klck-offe and Indulged
In too much fumbling, which Is really
the unpardonable sin of football.
"I have heard considerable comment
the: we were overtrained, and J -ton’t
think that was the ease. - -‘w
Athens Team Straining
Every Nerve to Defeat
Tech.
Specie! to The Gcorglnu.
Athens. Ga„ Oct. 30.—The Georgia
team Is slowly working out the kinks
which came with the recent rub against
Alabama, nnd the men are gradually
getting back Into form again. Har
man has been In poor shape since the
Tennessee game, and It Is extremely
doubtful If ho will play his usual game
If used Saturduy against Tech. Mc
Ghee seems to be In a bad way. and
It will take the best efforts of tho
coach to put him In the proper condi
tion.
The other members of the team, ex
cept f.,r a few ndii.ii 11. j ‘ 111 - v -a 111 be
fit for the contest unless accidents
galore happen between now and Sat
urday.
Secret practice, as for some time
past lias been In progress, and what
enthusiasm the students have. Is nec
essarily kept bottled up. to be let
loose at the final count. The massive
walls which surround Herty Field look
unusually formidable at present nnd
few outsiders, even those most anx
iously Interested In the team's welfare,
are bold enough to take a peep In
side. A few who know say the process
of reorganization recently begun Is still
Incomplete, and that the two teams
which practice signals every afternoon
are not to be distinguished by the
usual names of ’varsity and scrubs.
Home of the oldest and most expe
rienced players are In the line-up with
a bunch of recrulta one day and tho
next are seen In an entirely different
eleven. Thus It is that one man might
guess at which Is 'varsity nnd the
J companion at his side take the other
team as Coach Whitney’s "pick.”
Various rumors are current a* to
what men will play Saturday, but the
student body—not to mention the oth
ers who see the game—will not know
the exact line-up until the whistle
blows.
Physical Director Sanford announces
that George Butler has been secured
to referee, and that Professor Riggs,
of Clcmson, and Henry Phillips, of Se
wanee, nre being sought as the other
two officials.
A hundred students or more will leave
Athene Friday afternoon for Atlanta,
and others will follow Saturday morn
ing. It Is expected that four hundred
men. In addition to the city contingent,
will be on hand to witness the game.
GEORGIA SA WS WOOD
SENIORS DOWN
"SOPH” TEAM
Spfclul toTb* Georlgnn.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga.. Oct.. SO.
For the firet time t|iis season tho
senior and eophomore teams, conoid
ered by many the two beat? teama In
college, met Tueaday afternoon on the
Weber athletic field. The aenlora won
by a acore of 17 to 0.
The game waa hard fought by the
sophomorea, but the aenlora made al
moat unceasing gains.
The result of this game puts the
seniors In the lead In the pennant race
with the juniors and h "lomorea tied
for second place. f
For the seniors Sul fan. Orr and
Robinson made good ® (ns, while the
! tackling of Smith and Felker waa ex
cellent. Clay, Edmondson and Lewis
were the freshmen stnrs. The'feature
of the game was Robinson's thirty-five
yard run for a touchdown.
The line-up follows:
Athens, Ga.. Oct. 30.—The coming game of football to be played In At
lanta Saturday between the University of Georgia and Tech gives promise
of being one of the hardest contested games ever played on a college grid
iron.
There are all kinds of rumors afloat concerning the line-up of the Uni
versity team, and your correspondent has been running them down for the
past two or three days with the following results:
There Is a deal of Interest as well as mystery connected with the prac
tice of the university team.
For several weeks the men have been practicing behind curtains, and
the lid Is on “good and proper." No one, not even the students. Is admit
ted to the practice games, but this seems to be more for the purpose of
keeping .the students and citizens from Interfering with the practice than
anything else. ' - ..
It is a fact that no one attempts to contradict that Joe Rosslter Is
with the team and practicing hard every day. but it can not be learned
whether he will be played In the Teeh-Georgla game or not. It Is very
probable that he will.
The students seem to be as Ignorant of the doings of the team as the
citizens, and It is almost impossible to get Any reliable Information as It has
taken at least two days to run down rumors and ascertain the few facts
contained in this article.
The university boys .believe that forewarned is forearmed, therefore
they are saying nothing, even If they know anything.
It Is also true that* Cofer, the soldier football player. Is In the univer
sity, but It is not known whether he will be played In the game with
Tech.
There Is also a H._B. Bostwlck In the university who has been here for
two or three seasons and has been on the scrub team. He is the son of a
large planter at Bostwlck, Ga. It is unlikely that he will be played In this
game.
George S. Whitney, the coach. Is from Schenectady, N. Y. He Is the
only New Yorker known to be on tho campus.
Coach Whitney has saved Ida beat men for the Tecli-Gdorgia contest,
only putting forward enough strength to defeat the weaker teams he has
playod.
The whole town seems to be enthused with the footbnll spirit, and
everybody that can get away from business will go over Saturday to root
for tin* university And Atlanta wflf contain more Athenians next
Saturday than have ever been in the city at any one time previously. So
general Is the spirit tlm; the small b \vs :ind school children are talkii <
football, nnd every one who has enough money rays he's going to At
lanta Saturday.
A man of extraordinary ability from Georgetown University hs*
been on the grounds for the past two weeks assisting Coach Whitney
Your correspondent was unable to learn his name, but it Is generally
known that he makes a specialty of coaching the beck field.
It Is an evident fact that the boys are doing nothing but practice,
practice, practice, with the one purpose of "walloping" Tech, and there
seems to be a willingness to back the Georgia team to any extent.
TECH-GEORGIA GAME
WILL ATTRACT CROWD
Neither Team Knows What to Expect of the
Other—Georgia Is Growing Con
fident.
Seniors.
Strickland, c..
Haddock, l.g....
Jones, r.g
Dewar. I.t
Williams, r.e...
Snow, l.e
Felker, r.e
Smith, g
Orr. Mi
Robinson, r.h. .
Sullivan, t.
Sophomorei.
Wood, ,o
Corker, l.g.
... .Woodruff, r.g,
...McWhorter, l.t,
Stiles, r.e.
, Butler. l,e.
Peeples, r.e.
Wright, g.
Lewie, l.h.
Clay. r.h.
.Edmondson, t,
Referee. Dr. Wise. Umpire. Professor
Farmer. Head lineman, Roberts.
S. Williams Team
Wins Another One
The Atlanta Athletic Club bowling
tournament was continued Tuesday
night and Sam Williams' team turned
up the winner. This aggregation, made
up of Malden. Strong. Nelsler and
Knauff. rolled 2.143 and defeated the
Toy team.
The Individual championship will be
rolled Saturday night. Those who have
rolled the best Individual scores thus
far are:
Maahbum. IS2; Jones, 159: Byrd,
160; C. Smith. 135; Taylor. 155; McNal
ly. 154; Patterson. 154; Davie, 154;
Dickey. 161; Jordan. 151; Toy, 150;
Strong. ICO: S. Williams. 149; Reynolds,
146: McGInty. 148; Scott. 148.
The Williams team meets the Claude
Smith team Wednesday night at 8
o'clock; the Haynes-Dickey teams meet
Thursday night at 8 o'clock. .
Handball Title
Changes Hands
Dr. Claude Smith and Nat Thornton
are the new doubles hand ball cham
pions of tho Atlanta Athletic Club.
, . „. They won the title Tuesday night bv
| i think our! defeating the previous holders'of the
fumbling was more due to anxiety to | title. R. A. Palmer and Carleton Smith,
get In hard and fast than to stateness. • It took five games to decide the win
'll Is Interesting In thU connection! "‘f; The scores were: 11-0. 11-6. 8-11,
to note that there are not many 80. 40, 8 * 11 -
and, 50 to 0 games,, as under the Old! '
With th* Georgia-Tech football game
to be played at Ponce. DeLeon Park,
where the Georgia Railway and El>«"
trlc Company can glvo a first-class car
sendee, and with the Interest In the
game at a more-than-fever heat, there
Is likely to be the biggest crowd At
lanta ever saw at the football game
Saturday afternoon.
There Is no discounting tho poorly
suppressed excitement over the affair.
Never before hns the city been ns
much stirred up over a football game,
and If there Is not excitement In plen
ty at Ponc.e DeLeon next Saturday,
then something hns gone wrong.
Both colleges have had better teums
before. But never before has there
been so much uncertainty about the
strength of each, and never beforo so
many rumors about "professionals,"
"ringers,” and the like.
Georgia knows pretty well what
players Tech Is going to use, but she
doesn't know anything about the plays
that the Yellow Jackets will uncork.
But you con take It from one who
has seen the .team practice, that there
will be some new ones sprung if need
ed. ,
Tech qot only does .not know what
plays Georgia will use. but she docs not*
even know what players will he sprung
against her. I
The resulting uncertainty Is some-'
thing fierce. • ■ —
Thero Is no discounting tho rlslag
tide of Georgia's confidence. A week
ngo every Georgia .man was blue as
blueing over the prospect. Now they
arc pretty confident and really expect
a victory. The Tech backers,/not
knowing what they arc up against, are
somewhat confident, but not overpaw-
crlngly so.
The feeling at Tech Is that If th*
team plays Its game It will down Geor
gia. But the team never has played It*
game—not for two full halves, any!
way.. And that It will do so Saturday
Is uncertain.
Anyhow. It will bo a great game, and
you can safely make your pinna to go
with a confident feeling that a 'large
time will be had.” t
First Rounds Played in
A. A. C. Golf Championship
The first round of match play for the
championship, Adair and Arnold cups,
has been run off over the East Lake
course of the Atlanta Athletic Club and
a couple of matches In the second round
have been settled.
Surprises were numerous. The most
startling wns the deft it of Hill by
Phillips. Among the leaser surprises
were the cosy manner In which Moore
took Arnold Into camp and the over
whelming defea ', of Dr. Imngston by
Laxton.
It now looks as though Moore would
meet Byrd or Tllson In the finals, with
Byrd the probable winner of the club
championship.
Tho results follow:
Championship—'Tllson defeated Whit.
Ing, 1 up 19 holes; Dr. Holland defeated
W. K. Stone. 4 up and 2 to play; Sto
vall defeated D. Brown, by default;
Byrd defeated Colville, 7 up and 6 to
play; Street defeated. Goddard, by de
fault; Phillips defeated Hill. 4 up and 2
to piny; Arnold defeated King. 1 up. 19
holes; Moore deroated Palmer, 4 up and
3 to play.
Second Round—Moore defeated Ar
nold. 5 up and 4 to play. , . .
Adair Cup—Payne defeated Austin. J
up and 7 to play: Laxton defeated
Langston. 9 up arid 7 to play: Tlchenor
defeated Storer, 7 up nnd 6 t? play:
Williams defeated Hull, I up. 19
Scott defeated Davidson. 2 up nnd 1 to
play; Glddlngs defeated Corwin. 1 up;
F. Stone defeated Hammond. 5 up and
4 to play; Angler defeated Broylea, 2 up
and 1 to play.
Second Round—Angler
defeated
Arnold Cup—lllges defeated Lyon. -
up; Barnett defeated Johnson, 3 up ana
2 to play; DlnklnR defeated Barfield, by
defnult; Hollyman defeated Hake, by
default.
Tell Them Yoa Know!
Yon may tell yotia* friends*
on out “say-so,” that when
they buy a package of the
genuine A*buckles’ Ariosa
Coffee they get the best of the
coffee trade*
the week. h,rule*. For Instance, a week ago Chi-• _ . AMEX SMITH SECOND.
Coach McGugtn had the following toTStgo defeated Illinois 42 to « and Min- Boston. Oct. 80.—Alexander Campbell
.y regarding the Roee game; .IsSota defeated Nebraska I to 5, while I yefterday won the title of Eaetern open
on thU last Saturday the Indians won | <5°lf champion on his own club course,
!t to «. Howard won 9 to I Virginia, the Brookline Country Club, by making
won, though scored upon, and Rpse I a total of 144 strokes on two rounds of
hung 10 points on Vanderbilt, \rhlle. medal play. He won from a field of 34
Colorado scored 8 to Nebraska'.. 22. ; starters. 29 of whom finished. Second
This scoring hv both teams ..Imply In-; place was a tie between Alexander
dlcates that trfore scoring I* /« be ox- [ Smith, of Nassau, the former tltle-
pected by a sre - V ter^s against a. strong I holder, alio ex-natlonal champion and
on* under the ft w ruit« than under thu I Western title-holder and George Low,
old regime:' metropodtatf champ I on. at l&L
say regarding the Roee game
"I would rather have had th* team
defeat Rose 30 to 0 and give all Of our
plays a thorough try-out, than to.have
won 100 to o on a few of our old
formation*, which we have had suffi
cient practice both In and out of games.
1 don't want Co take any credit away
from Rose for her score, because her
men were very alert nnd followed the
ball well, and deserved the touchdown
No coffee of equal quality can be
sold in this town for the same price,
whether it be sold out of a bag or a bin,
or under some romantic trade-mark.
You may tell them you know and that
Arbuckle Brothers, the greatest coffee
dealers in the world, will stand for it*
ARBUCKLE BROS., New Tcrk City.