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*5 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30,1907. SPORTING! PAGE ! 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 KKHWOOO<IOO<HS<MWOOOOOOOOOO > o > TO A. A. C. GOLFERS ONLY. O » <v> nut this week and Qualify O > for the Trawick cup. You can O > try as often as you like up to Q } Monday. But go early and avoid O > the rush. Liberal handicaps give O > the duffers aa good a chance as O > the experts. O > O 50000000000000OOOOO OOOOOOO 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. 341-2x4 Continental Tires Complete, $38.00 Each Four tires, almost new, never punctured. Not using car they are on and don’t want them to spoil. Ad dress “Tires,” care Geor gian. 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.