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GEORGIA TEAMS HOPE
TO DO WELL SATURDAY
Local Players Set New Rec
ord in Scrimmage Stren-
uosity.
(TECH)
The Tech team on Wednesday after
noon went through the moet arduoue
practice that ever waa let looee on Tech
field.
Exactly 156 downs were played.
To realise what this means you have
to understand that in an ordinary game
not over loo downs (or plays If you
preffr to call them such) are made.
And at no time thl« year has there
been such an encouraging practice as
that of Thursday. The Tech players
seem at last to realise that It Is going
to be possible to hold Vanderbilt very
close, and they went Into the practice
ns Coach Heleman hopes they will go
Into the Vanderbilt game—with a vim
1 and daah that will produce results.
From the time the scrubs lined up
until the 115th play saw a new record
set for Tech strenuoualty the game
went along with a vigor and bustle that
made the eyes stand out of the heads
of the onlookers.
Every man played like a demon, and
though the strong scrub team was
, keyed to the utmost, the ‘varsity frisked
! up and down the field, carrying the ball
: wherever and whenever they pleased
and holding the rushes of the scrub
backs as though these husky youths
bad been crippled children.
Johnson Goes, Too.
And this stirring scene waa pulled
off despite the fact that Johnson, the
,husky Sweede, with whom Coach Hols,
man made the "umpsteenth” attempt
to fill the fullback's shoes, did not ap
pear for practice, and will not be In the
Vanderbilt game and perhaps not In
! any others this season.
Gordon Smith was again absent from
the work, but he came out to the field
and reported that because of a painful
but not serious Injury received In Sat
urday's game he had hot been out for
three days. It Is expected, however,
that he will be on hand for the work
1 Thursday, and there Is little question
. but that he will make the trip to Nash-
vllle.
Nor were these the only bad sytnp-
> toms. Clyde Brown again hurt his In
jured hand and wag out of the game
for a while, and Sweet, though he man
aged to hobble around, was In no shape
for the game.
To flO Johm .
waa sent to fullb
; year’s fullback, was put at half.
In Gordon Bmlth'n place In the line
' Inman Bell, a llneeman last year, was
used.
8orimmaged Like Fiends.
And with this ortnnled bunch the
Tech team put up the moet spirited
scrimmage of the year. Urged on by
Coach Hetaman, and the team's two
noted cripples, Buchanan and Robert,
the bunch romped up end down the Held
like a lot of frisky colts on a cold
day.
And on the form the team showed
Vanderbilt Is going to be held close and
given an awfully good game. There Is
no question about that. The Tech team
Is' aroused and going strong, and will
mako Vanderbilt hustle to keep ahead.
The Tech players feel that they have
the third beet team In the South, scores
to the contrary notwithstanding, and
they expeot to demonstrate that fact to
the people of Nashville next Saturday.
Hill Will Play.
It Is deOnltely settled, by the way,
that Hill will be In the game at end
Saturday. Whether he wilt atay through
Athens Team Will Work
Hard to Down Clem-
son.
(U. OF GA.)
Hpeelal to Tbs Georgian.
Athens. Ga., Nov. 14.—The unex
pected holding of Sewanee to two
touchdowns and a place kick Monday
has Inspired the Georgia team with
confidence, and hoe Increased one hun
dred per cent the Interest of the stu
dent body In the remaining games of
the season.
It was the general opinion before
the gome that Sewanee would be some
what broken up after the Tech game,
but that nevertbeleas she would win
by live or six touchdowns and then
possibly have time to spare.
The good condition of the team upset
the flret belief and the second was
knocked sky-high by Sewanee’s light
score.
It Is safe to say that one touchdown
would have been easily averted but for
fumbles of punts by Georgia.
Gerogla’s offense was weak, no In
terference being In evidence at any
time. Otherwise, Sewanse’s goal
might have been crossed, as there were
several fair, chances to score.
On to Atlanta.
At Athens the universal cry Is "On
to Atlanta, and down with Clemson!"
Coach Whitney Is working overtlmo to
strengthen the weak points that show
ed up In the Sewanee game, and he
hopes to give the South Carolina Ti
gers a score at least. The men on the
team have responded readily to tho
eoach'a call for a superhuman effort,
and are ready to repeat the Bewaneu
performance. However, no matter how
strong a defense the team may have, It
ran not hope to win unless the offense
Is strengthened materially. There
seems tittle hope of doing this,
Coach Whitney has no new backs to
work In, and his present back field has
shown poor form so far.
Players Are "Stove Up."
Georgia's hospital Met Is still much
In evidence, although not quite so large
as formerly. Woodruff Is In poor
shape, but hopes to mako the Clemson
game. He was not oven In uniform
at the Sewanee game. Captain Smith
and DeLaperrlere sustained Injuries
that will seriously handicap them dur
ing the rest of the season. Lastly, Har
man Is probably out of the game now
for good, as Ills doctor has positively
forbidden him to play.
A goodly assemblage of students
will be on hand for the affair with
Clemson, although the crowd that at
tended the Tech game will he diminish,
ed greatly. The fact that no hollday
w|ll be given, aa was the case before,
will prevent the presence of many. Tho
cadet band wilt probably go Along, but
It Is not certain.
CHATTANOOGA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS
^From loft to right), Broxton, a stoekyjsd weighing 160 pounds, who it fast and strong enough to play with anj^ minor college in tho South.
.0 pounds, who is fast and strong enough to play with any minor college in the boutn.
next group ihowe the beck field. The players are (beck row), Roulston, right half; McAllister, fullback; Crouch left half. (Front row)
Cochrane, quarterback; V.'iLon, quarterback. Thia aggregation ie strong and fast. The playere are well drilled at the new gems and are liable to
break up a contest at any time with a apectacular plunge or broken-field run.
The next group is the line from tackle to tackle. The players are (back row):
Miller, guard _ „
On the extreme right ie Captain Reulaton, the lad who made sue!
ey are celled the "Little Vendy’e,” and they make up the weight o ....
. . . ..... . h a favorable impreeeion in Barnesville last year.
Way, guard; Swofford, tackle; Gilbert, center; Braxton, tackle;
f the team.
to the Thanksgiving Day game
another matter, but he has won the
right to go to Nashville and he and
Jones will hold down the end positions
In the Vanderbilt game.
There have been no changes in the
Tech plans. The team, 6 or 7 substi
tutes, Coach Helsman, Athletic Direc
tor Randall and a select bunch of root
ers wll) leave Atlanta Thursday night,
breakfast at the Tulane Friday morn
ing. go through signal practice on Dud
ley Field Friday morning, rest Friday
afternoon, play the game Saturday aft
ernoon and leave for Atlanta Sunday
morning.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
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Vindicated, by heck!
Since the football season began the writer, has been on the
trail of the University of Georgia football team.
His disapproval of the methods used by Georgia and his dis
gust at the empolyment of ringers has been freely expressed.
Since the Georgia-Tech game he lias been on the trail of the
story that The Nashville Tennessean used on Tuesday and which
The Georgian first gave to its renders Wednesday.
He was morally eertain of about what Rice published and
considerably more. But a man has to be “immorally” certain in
the newspaper business.
As it happened The Tennessean did not have the facts exact
ly straight and the. complete story of Georgia’s disgraceful at
tempt to beat Tech has not yet been given to the public.
But the place that the above-mentioned “vindication” comes
in is that everybody now knows to be true the condition of things
thnt the writer got himself decidedly disliked for merely hint
ing at.
They said he “had it in for Georgia,” that he was “Wind iu
his regard for Tech” and they made his life something of a bur
den with “blessings-out” by mail,and otherwise.
CLEMSON EXPECTS
TROUBLE SATURDAY
Speatel to The Georgian.
Clemson College, Nov. 14.—Clemson
was surprised at the fight the Unlver-
• elty of Georgia put up against Sewanee,
and Clemson la likewise taking notice.
Up to last Monday the Tiger camp wan
regarding the game with Oeorgta rallicr
as a certain victory, and more a* a
preparation for the fierce struggle with
Tech on Thanksgiving Day. Now things
look quite different. The feeling la
that It will never do to be caught
napping and thereby lose to the Athena
bunch. The game Monday Ie therefore
looked on as thr hardest fight of the
■ season. There Ie mill a hope that
Clemaon may land the victory, but
there le no denying the fact that the
Tiger camp la In a state of nervous ex.
pectancy that borders on uneaalneaa.
Coach Bhaughnesaey fully realises
what hla team will be up against and
he Is making strenuous efforts to be
prepared for any emergency.
The victory of Davidson over Clern-
eon came aa a surprise, notwithstand
ing the fact that it waa well known
that Davidson had a strong teem and
had tied Virginia. In thr first half of
the game cTemson greatly outplayed
Davidson, but something went wrong
with the Tigers In the second half, for
Davidson easily outplayed them.
Gaston, the big right tackle, was out
of the game In the second half, and
Colee was out entirely. The absence
of these men weakened the team con
siderably.
Colee was badly hurt In a practice
recently, but It is Imped that he will be
In the game against Georgia Monday.
Allan, wbo at right half has a repu
tation for running, did spectacular work
last Saturday. With Just a little bet
ler Interference he would have made i
touchdown once or twice.
McFadden did some brilliant work
and le In fine trim for the Atlanta con
test. Captain McLaurin will try very
hard to win a victory that will offset
the setback Georgia gave hie cube In
Augusta.
Clemson has been defeated twice (his
year rather unexpectedly—by Tennes
see once and by Davidson. She will
not be taken by surprise again, at leaat
not Saturday by the University of
Georgia, for she is looking for the hard
est fight that has ever taken place
with that Institution. The showing
made by the Athena team against the
powerful Sewanee machine Is regarded
aa the result of the pluckiest spirit
shown on a football field this season,
and everybody knows how much de
pends on the spirit of the men.
The contest Saturday between Clem,
son and Georgia will likely see the two
teams at their very best, certainly
Clemson will fight to the bitter end for
victory.
Jeffries' Clerical Father
Says Jim Is Out For Good
Potts vine. Pa.. Nov. 14.—Rev. A. C
Jeffries, accompanied by his wife,
daughter and the latter's husband, of
’ I-os Angeles, the flret named being the
father of James J. Jeffries, the heavy
weight champion of the world, who are
touring the East, were the guests of
County Treasurer R. C. Lee here today.
The Rev. Mr. Jeffries stated relative to
bis' son entering the prise ring again
that there was nothing In such ru
mors. He'said that the offer of a Jlo,-
000 purse by Johnson, or even the dou
bling of that sum would not tempt
“Jim” to appear In the roped arena
again, he haring pledged himself to his
parents to quit the ring forever.
Frank Yokum, pacer, who (or which)
won more half-mile records than any
other horse that ever mounted' In a
feed box. has croaked, and now Ches
ter. Pa., has to stir up a riot to get Its
name in the paper.
And now all the South knows about, it and doubtless the Uni
versity of Georgia backers will deeide that Grant Rice of The
Tennessean; Alex Lynn of The Constitution; Walter Taylor of
The Journal; Billy Ewing of The Nashville American; Joe Curtis
of The Chattanooga Times, and the rest of the sport-writing fra
ternity of the South, “have it in for them” because they tell of
the awful state of affairs in and about the Georgia Athietie As
sociation.
A week ago the writer believed that tho argument was dead.
The “ringers” were gone from the Georgia team, the Tech game
was a matter of history, the Georgia Athletic Association was
practically pledged to a change of coach and policy next season,
ami there was fear I hat a continued agitation would bring legis
lation of some kind that would not discriminate between pure and
impure athletics.
Also, and this was the big point in the eyes of a newspaper
man, the general public was not especially interested and it is n
poor sporting editor who feeds his readers something their appe
ars do not call for.
But this business has assumed too big proportions to be neg
lected.
For the snke not only of the University of (teorgiu but of the
whole South it is time that something was done.
You might write one million articles on the purity of South
ern athletics and not one of them would be published outside
Georgia, and probably not over one there.
But uncork one about athletic rottenness and it will reach the
eyes of several million readers.
And those people who ar&in no position to know any better
will take it for granted that athletic conditions in the South are
accurately mirrored in the University of Georgia.
We can not believe that there was any actual conspiracy
among gamblers to bring to Atlanta a team to heat Tech.
A lot of men with more money than sense and with a misguid
ed idea of college spirit went out after a bunch that would down
Tech. When they thought they had the real goods they naturally
bet on it.
That they have learned a wholesome lesson is probable.
The amount of money cleaned up by a few backers of Tech
was decidedly staggering in amount and this money was lost, to a
large extent no doubt, by the very men who paid the Georgia
“ringers.”
The men who tried to put through this deal are doubtless ab
solutely honest in all business dealings. Probably the ethical side
of springing a team of “ringers” on Tech, after betting money on
the game, probably did not occur to them.
But it is time to realize that the difference between a deal like
that and actual dishonesty is not very great.
Now one thing you can put down as practically eertain:
THE S. I. A. A. IS GOING TO BLACKLIST GEORGIA.
Under the circumstances there is nothing else for the body
to do.
This means no intercollegiate athletics for Georgia for two or
three years at least.
That ought to give the University of Georgia plenty of time to
think it over.
The writer is not disposed to criticise Professor Holmes, who
passed on the eligibility of the Georgia players before the Tech
game. A district vice president of the S. I. A. A. is little better
than mi athletic judge. He can hear evidence and act on what is
furnished him. As we understand his job that is about all he
can do. •
Perhaps the S. f. A. A. would do a better work if the district
“v. p's” had a bit more power.
But this fact is not going to save Georgia and a S. I. A. A.
blacklist seems certain.
VICE-PRES. HOLMES, OF S. I. A. A., PRESENTS HIS SIDE OF THE CASE
Marnn, G«.,.Nov. 13, 190?.-1*. II. Whiting,
Atlanta, 8lr: I hove Juat road
Grgntlam! Illri'** »!n!*mi*nt with rrfi»ren<*p
to the Georgia football team. In the Hrat
place, wo all wlah Mr. Hire had furnlahcd
hla Information earlier. The trouble he
complain* of could then have been easily
corrected.
It la not my Intention to defeud the
athletic policy of the University of Geor
gia; however. I do want to atate one or
two facts.
I.lke no many others who prefer charge*
against college athletes, Mr. Iilee tan* made
statements concerning Georgia's *<t<wd and
her athletic representative which go wide
of the mark. Mr. Rice state* that the
•gin manngei
In formation
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IHHHIMHH,
Georgia management rpfnneit to give out
shy Information regarding the lineup of
her team. Ttal* I* not true, and the stnte-
rnent does Professor Haiifonl nu injnstl.
The fact Is. I‘rofe*«or Hanford sent to me
week before the game with Tech the
•IMllty statement of his players, each
glbllltr statement of bis play* . .
duly Oiled out Hnd subscribed to. In this
list the name* of two men appeared against
whose record I had secured evbleuce. One
of these men was promptly dropped. The
charge against the other was ••playing un
der an assumed mune." 1 reiiuested a
sworn statement from the young umn on
this point. It wn* secured and given to
me by ITofessor Hanford, with his own us*
seem* to be ret|ulrcd. There Is no way to
surnnee that he considered the .voting i
thoroughly honorable and upright.
I furnished Professor Handel, of Tech, the
list of Georgia players. Just as It hnd been
submitted to me by Professor Knnford.
Ution the request of Professor ltuudcl, I
met him nnd Professor Hanford at the Pied
mont hotel. In Attaint*. Friday night tie-
fore the game ou Saturday. At thin con
ference. both these gentlemen were ques
tioned closely regarding the eligibility of
their respective players. They both stated
that. Insofar as each of then) had lieen
able to learn, no man would represent either
college who could not meet the ellglhinty
requirement* of the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Association. Each of these gentle
men then rend the list of the players who
wer** to represent them.
Poach Whitney, I was told, declined to
gin* out to the reporters the respective po
sition* the ptsjer* would occupy, but aa
I knew of no particular Impropriety In this,
I did not feel called upon to criticise
either him or Professor Hanford. I knew
that both Professor Ratidel and Professor
Hanford had furnished each other with
a list of their players, nnd that both of
them had previously forwarded to me the
eligibility statements of each man whose
name appeared oti the two lists.
I bare found It o rather difficult task to
secure convicting evidence against college
players. Everybody' knows a great deal,
nut few ari> willing to vouch for the nccurn-
of their InforumtIon. In fact, I remem
ber that Just a white ago, t'aptaln Wil
Hams, of Dfihlonega, gave expression to
some belief* he entertained regarding the
amateur stnudlng of some college play,
and that Mr. Rice very promptly sty
him a ••calamity howler nnd boldly wrote
It down that athletics In Southern colleges
were pure nnd gotnl. And ho It goes.
Ah n mutter of fact, until the faculties
of the different colleges make It their busi
ness to keep out “ringers" nnd profession
als. It Is useless for an outsider to attempt
to purify them. Since the football season
opened, rumors hnv
fast to the effect thnt lioth
Ah i
as I could get anything like sufficient
deuce to call In um-stlon a man's amateur
standing, I Immediately communicated the
charges to the physical director of the
college Involved. In return, I was Inform*
charge, nnd not attempt to dobnr n man by
“French court trials.” In other words,
the spirit of eo-operation lias not lieen
conRidcuous. It has been sltnply this: “You
Is guilt—maylie be le, but
claim the ten day tootle
him, anywny."
Ah I have said before. It Is practically Im
possible to secure the sort of evidence that
ini 4i in imriir mi wh* rnris inev
may give you, aud the attempt to rule off
ti umn In till* state without sworn testltnouy
designating specfftcslly every detail of the
charge will be resisted and resisted with
nil the strength and enthusiasm thnt can
be mustered.
I have always stood for pure college atb-
years during which she has been In
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa
tion will attest, but I ran not guarantee
the ntrlct amateur standing on other
teams when I am requested to submit such
evidence a* would hold In a court of Jus-
tier.
bet me say again before elosln
Professor Ratidel was furnished by
sor Hanford with a list of the Georgia play-
era. nnd that Professor Hanford was given
by Professor Rnndel the list of Tech play
ers. Neither gentleman objected to a sin
gle player, and both of them vouched for
the eligibility of each of their playtrs.
While I hnd strong suspicions against
tnemlters of each team, suspicions which
I hnd previously discussed with President
Mntlicsoii, Professor Rnndel und Professor
Sanford, they did not appear to the*
tlemen sufficiently strnog to weaken
•ontldenee In the players* ’eligibility., and
is I could not submit sworn testimony In
|a I hesitated to debar a man.
EDWARD 8. I r
J*r« '•
ami Florida.
COTTON STATERS TO
LET MOBILE CLUB CO
Gulfport. Mias., Nov. 14.—President
. 8. Compton, of the Cotton Stales
League, announces that the winter
meeting of the board of directors will
be held at Gulfport December 1.
The several towns that have been
considering the matter of asking for
franchises are expected to have their
propositions In readiness for the Gulf
port meeting:. Mobile will be declared
out of present company, having ac
quired a franchise In the Southern
League, and as a proposition Is pend
ing to enlarge the circuit to an eight
team affair, this will make room for
three more towns.
DO IT NOW!
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(or cold,, catarrh, asthma. Sold by
drug and cigar store*.
CUBS AND ATHLETES
MAY MEET IN SPRING
Chicago. Nov. It.—The world’* cham
pion Cub* and the Philadelphia Ath
letics will likely clash in a big spring
eerie* at New Orleans. President Mur.
phy, of the champion*, ha* written
Manager Frank o( the Crescent City
Southern League Club in regard to get
ting the use of the park for the game*
and asking Frank to .twist In arrang
ing the series with Connie Mack, the
Athletic* boss, who I* wintering In Cal.
Komia.
Mack has always been willing to pit
hi* team against National League chib*
in the spring, and the president of tho
cub* anticipates no trouble In clinch
ing arrangements for the series.
The series will be a departure In
spring training work for the Cub,.
Heretofore they have prepared for
the coming season by playing exhibi
tion games with minor league clubs
only, but Murphy figure* that games
between the Cub* and Athletic* would
Prove a great drawing card In New Or.
leans and does not fear that hla team
will suffer In the series.
! ONE CHANCE I
I FOR REFORM I
The following latter .was »qme
time ago sent to the sporting editor
of The Atlanta Georgian.
The letter was marked "person*!"
and was not. therefore, published at
that time. Since then It has been
given to the press. It Is, therefore
now set forth , here and will be of
Interest to all those In Georgia who
have the Interests of decent ath-
tetlcs at heart;
Dahlonega. Ga., Oct. !9, 1»0T.
Mr. Percy H. WhltlngrSporttng Editor
Georgian, Atlanta, 'Ga.:
Dear Sir—My attention has been di
rected to the suggestions made by you
In the Issue of The Georgian of October
25 with reference to the article which
I have recently addressed to The Con
stitution relative to the matter of clean
athletics In Georgia, and I note the
suggestions you make therein.
1 am not Interested In this matter
In any personal way. nor do I court
newspaper notoriety on this subject I
happen,to be a Georgian by birth and
education, and. as an officer of the
United States army. I happen to be
temporarily detailed as commandant of
cadets at Dahlonega. My Interest
however. In athletics, particularly Geor
gia athletics, has no local bearing and
Is not confined to Dahlonega; but mv
desire, as a Georgian. Is that there
should be clean athletic* In sll of the
schools of the state. My temporary
local connection with Dahlonega has
revealed to me certain information
which I "generalized" In the article
which appeared In The Constitution,
I did not care to bo more specific be
cause my Interest was not such as to
cause me to bring any given school
Into question, my real concern being for
all of them alike. You. however, call
upon me for more specific Information.
It may not be proper or expedient to
give this Information for publication at
this particular time; but I take It that,
like me, you are concerned In clean
athletics. I think you are In a position
to bring about a situation that would
yield this result, and I, therefore, sug
gest to you, as representing The Geor
gian, the following;
That you put yourself In communi
cation with the authorities of the five
colleges of tho state, to-wit: Georgia,
Tech, Dahlonega, Mercer and Emory,
with the view that a board be organ
ized consisting of one member of the
board of trustees of each of the named
Institutions: and that said board he
clothed with authority to Investigate
the matter of unclean athletics, as I
have charged, and upon which you
wlah more definite Information, the ex
penses of said board to be met equally
by each of said Institutions.
Upon the organisation of such a
board, If the same can be had within
n reasonable time, say within thirty
days, I will undertake to place before
the board the Information on which my
charges are based; and upon failure
to establish before said board and to
the satisfaction of said board, that the
athletic conditions In this.state art not
■clean," I will see that the necessary
expenses of the members of the said
board are defrayed without taxing the
colleges therefor.
1 have been expecting that some
answer would be made to the charges,
i though they were preferred In n
general way. No answer having yet
been made, I reserve the right to pub
lish this Istter In the event you do not
succeed In organizing such board, not
withstanding It Is addressed to you
personally, as I bellsve that Its publi
cation may more acutely bring to the
attention of the sport-loving public the
condition of college athletics In this
state.
In order to avoid the sensationalism
and notoriety which so often attend
such Investigations, I would make n
further suggestion that the Investigat
ing board go Into executive session,
keeping secret Its proceedings, and only
publish their findings. Such proced
ure would prevent any possible Injury
to an Institution which might result
from a publication of proceedings. Very
respectfully,
E. J. WILLIAMS,
Captain 5th U. S. Infantry.
At the time tho above letter was
received the sporting editor of The
Atlanta Georgian could not clearly
see how he got In the argument,
and asked that he be given the
right to publish the letter, after
which he could apt on Captain Wil
liams' suggestion without too much
appearance of "butting In."
It Will now give him pleasure to
write the letters suggested by Cap
tain William*.
He doe* not sec that Emory enn
be Interested. »s this college does
not play Intercollegiate baseball nor
football; and he expects that Em
ory will wisely decline to get In the
argument. .
But he does believe that the
other four .colleges will be willing
to take It up nnd that they w
take any steps to Improve the quite
deplorable condition of athletics in
certain—and- perhaps In ail—Lew*
gia colleges.
It Is his belief that the only re
form that can help will be started
by those Inside Instead of those
outside, but It begins to look now
as though th* Georgia college
would Have to combine to presene
their own good names.
O GEORGIA’S DEFENSE. |
O Word comes from the Unlveisi-
O ty of Georgia that a defense u
O against the charges made W
O Grantland Rtee, of The Nashs llle
O Tennessean, against Georgia Is oe-
O Ing prepared and will be publish
O ed soon In Atlanta papers. ~
OOOtKHWOOOOOIJOOlWOOOOW 100 ®
O ATLANTA SIGNS MEN- |
O Bill Smith has signed H. e-
O Holmes, of the Canton. Ohio, v
O team, a catcher, and Oscar Bur
O kett, a pitcher, of the Braddock g
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It Is by no means a certainty '6**
John J. McCIoskey will again htnd!*
the reins at SL Louis. Mac h ash,
sled. A good Judge of ball P|*J3J
and a strong leader, McClo*l«*» "i; r .
harmonised with hi* men. and tbf ' , f
dlnals certainly did not pat * TJj*
best effort* in his behalf. «
knows whom th* Robinsons all 1
as Mac’s successor, but there « r 'I .
ty of good men open to •pSfff'X-
They would Ilka to have Frank
that much Is an open a<* r , to
Frank’s health will not permit >* lin
leave the mountain atmosphere.