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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1907. SPORTING PAGE ARMY-NAVY GAME SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL FEATURE | EDITED BY ' I P.H. WHITING ! NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS i : * s ...mm By PERCY H. WHITING. Well, you can bid the football gpason a fond farewell on “this- day and date.” The Army-Navy frame ends it. There may be some nthletie club or semi-professional “doings,” hut they do not deserve to he classed along with real football. Captain R. E. Wright, nssistont commissioner of agriculture, is all right when he says that there ought to be a shorter game season in Georgia. November 15 to February 15 is none too long. But what’s the use of shortening the game season when the present law is not enforced? As things stand now the law is one thing, but the enforce ment is another—and the “another" practically means—open season January 1 to .January 1 for those who do not care what laws they break. Game laws are a joke unless they arc enforced. Now what are you going to do about itt They’ll fall for most anything in New Orleans, but if they swallow that racing by electric light scheme then it’s time for all the gold brick and shell game men in the country to go there and operate. For no game of the three mentioned has anything much on the other. Racing by electric light, even if it were conducted on the best track in America and under flic fairest and strictest racing officials in the world, would be a doubtful betting proposition. The opportunities for unfair tactics would be more than some of the iockies, owners and bookmakers could stand. It is hard enough to keep racing decent and elenn by day light. It is impossible to do so by electric light. A proposition like that is up to the newspapers. If-they will Stand out against it they can put it out of business. But those papers in New Orleans have stood for doubtful looking hosing matches, worse looking wrestling bouts and Sunday merry-go- round racing. So it would hardly be the part of conaistency to stick at racing by electric light. Gee, hut that night rncing is going to mnke a strong argu ment for those “improvement of the breed” chaps. It seems to he a hard matter to .jet the public straightened out on n couple of points which cropped up at the recent meeting of the executive committee of the S. I. A. A. in Atlanta. On these points Dr. W. L. Dudley, president of the S. I. A. A., writes: Dear Pore}-: I have had to correct some of the false state ments which appeared In an Atlanta paper Sunday. You know the Tech plan of reimbursing Sima Is not the “Vanderbilt plan,” and It was never so stated nor claimed. Hope you will set the public right In regard to this. Professor Santord said to Professor Holmes and Dr. Wlgglna at supper Saturday night, referring to the Shipp evidence, “Dr. Wiggins. I do not think there la a thing In It. I do not consider It worth Investigating." Yours, Nashville. Tenn., Nov. 25. DUDLEY. COULDN’T BEAT Local bike fans are glad to know that Bobby Wulthour will ride in the nix-day race again this year. Bobby got much the worst of it last year in the big event, but he is f .g nt it again,.and if he hns a partner who is worth u hang he ought to finish first. At long grinds the world lias no man who equals that yellow-haired Georgia product. The cry against the card rebate system for college athletics seems to be a little overdone these days. This system is one by which a business establishment in n college town secures a college student to represent it. This man distributes advertisements, booms the business and takes down a 10 per "cent commission on ull business stirred up by him. Such mi arrangement might ensi’f be abused, admittedly. There ought to be some regulations in regard to faculty super vision of all such arrangements. But if such an arrangement is on the square there is no rea son why it should not be allowed. A college athlete is entitled to work his way through col lege just as any man is.- That much ought to he admitted. Ilia opportunities for doing so are decidedly limited. Any honest means of earning his living should not he taken from him. Doubtless the S. I. A. A. nt its annual meeting will tnke up this matter. If it should pass regulations which provided that no man can represent a business outside the college town, thnt every con tract entered into should be ratified bj the faculty, and that all payments by the business house should be made to the student representative through the faculty, there ought to be little ehanee for an evasion of even the spirit of tin* rules. Some such arrangement ns this would effectually do away with any "funny business” and would put this student repre sentative deal on the right basis. ARMY TEAM FAVORED IN GAME WITH NAVY Odds Are 8 to 5 But Middies Think They Will Win and Game Will Be a Brilliant Event. PbUflrWphlfi, Nor. 30,—Good old Quaker town wn* nil ngng tot’ny, on it always In .rhen tin* Army and Nary meet In their an nual footlmn «*ontest. The cadetr from West Point rule favorite* nt 8 to 6. Thu great college gnuie hns a fascination for riiTlntleIf>hiaiiM «uch an is held by few other people In flia land, nnd the Utah? old town turned Itself loone with all the Are. vim and fervor of a little Coney Island today to greet the husky, sturdy uthletes of West Point nnd Annapolis In their yearly gridiron struggle. Patriotism Is mixed In great big doses, too. with tho native love of 'football, and the two forces combined form a mixture that causes the old town to froth and bub ble with an effervescence that Is surprising to the casual visitor. Visitors arc arriving this morning from New' York, West Point, A nun polls nnd Washington, and there are lots of visitors crowding tho hotels where the tennis nre stopping. It is an army of pIcasarc-Meckera a ini the great Interest in tho event, with the nlb|>ervndlng plnv-splrft. leveled classes nnd the general public rubbed elbows with generals, admirals, senators nnd representa tives In a most demoerstje way. Both the soldier boys and the sailor hoys appeared supremely confident in the ability ±\Mr respect I re teams, and they wera ready to back their opinions with the coin of tne land. No money was fisshed-by a middy that wan not covered on the spot amt without uulhtde hy the cadet, nnd it was exactly the same when any supporter of the army made any speculative proposition, > Tho betting at Franklin Field when the rival clans assemble and become carried away with the excitement of the scene may change so that one team or the other may be the favorite at short notice. Ltne-up: Army, Position. Navy, Besson left end Demott Weeks left tackle ... Northcroft Erwin left guard Stuart Phlloon center Sllngluff Mqss right guard Wright Fowler right tackle ... Shaffroth Stearns right end Dague Mountford ... quarterback Lange Scarlcs .. left half bdek . Douglas (c.) Smith (c.) .. right halfback .. Spencer Beavers fullback Jones BYRD AND MARYE MEET IN THE TRAWICK CUP FINALS BOCOCK AND SMITH NOT SUSPENDED; THEIR INVESTIGATION COMES SOON WALTHOUR CARRIES A $50,000 ROLL New York. Nov. 30.—The appear- jthe protest and the following riders did I •nee :>f Bobby Walthour In New York I "ot *oem to care.. They ore absolutely j-.nnnn the I l ’»rel*»* about the danger of being! with a bank roll olnttn * ' killed, anyway. In the next race the! fact that he hi h ridden before a million pacemaker rode too clo*<* to homebody | of spectators during his season abroad ! and threw him. Five men went down and tha further Information that In and a timer named Wolf, stunrilng at the edge of the truck, was killed* | "At Rpandau. Berlin, a pacemaker hit kpeclnl to The Georgian. Athens, Oa., Nov. 30.—Georgia’s vic tory over Auburn was ns distinct a surprise to the university student body as to tho manufacturers of football dope that reign supreme on the .sport ing page. Courage, nerve and college spirit conquered strength, weight and grid iron knowledge. Coachless and cnptalnless, the red nnd blaek fought out a victory under the most disheartening circumstances. Captain Kyle Hmith was not permit ted by Professor Sanford to go Into the contest, and Couch Bocock was not even allowed to stay on the side lines. Georgia’s reinstatement as a member of the 8. I. A. A. was coupled wjth tne condition that the records of both Smith and Bocock be Investigated. Of ficial notification of the executive com mittee’s findings was received In Ath ens on Tuesday last. An Investigation being Impossible, because of lack of time, a decision was reached to the effect already mentioned. The members of the faculty were anxious to avoid the very suspicion of evil, and to abide not only by the letter but also the spirit of the committee’s report. The Inquiry will be held shortly. Nothing along this Ur.o has as yet been done. All rumors to the effect that Bocock and Smith have been found guilty of practices In violation of the S. I. A. A. rules are absolutely unfound ed in fact. Smith has not been suspended ns captain of the team. Bocock has not been suspended an coach. Their con nection with the playing of profession, uls on the Georgia team has not yet been scrutinized by the faculty. Neither Bocock nor Smith has been examined. Neither will be condemned unheard. Professor Sanford has not suspended them, the widespread report to the contrary notwithstanding* -He-merely directed them not to act In their re spective capacities, ns coach and cap tain, In the Auburn gome, because he was unwilling In any manner to lay the conduct of Georgia open to misin terpretation or criticism.- The, final round of the tournament for tho Trawlck cup will played Sat urday afternoon over the course of the Atlanta Athletic Club nt Fast Lake. The players will tee off About 1:30. Tho contest has narrowed down to F. Q. Byrd, the club champion for two years, and P. Thornton Marye, *..ho will play eighteen holes for the handsome trophy offered by Sam Trawlck, of Now York. Mr. Marye gets three strokes' handi cap over his opponent, and this ought to even matters materially. A big gallery will be out to see the match, and It ought to be one of the best of the season. Both players are at the top of their form at present. AUTO CLUB OF AMERICA TAKES ON ORMOND MEET Big Attendance Expected at Y. M. C. A. Basket Ball Games The Young* Men’s Christian Associa tion Basket Ball League will play the second of the first series of games at the association gyninnslum .Satur day night, Immediately following the short class session, which begins promptly at, 8:15 o’clock. A large attendance Ir expected. Ladles especially ure invited to at- Rain Interfered With Golf Tourney tend. SfMH'Isl to The Georgian. ^ • . . i Macon, Go., Nov. 30.—Twenty-six - |on Thtro ,s no charge for admls- [ payers took part in the eighteen-hole f golf tournament at the Log Cabin Club Thursday afternoon, but rain stepped the sport before the last The games to be played will be with the Yh vs. Cb, and the Ms vs. As. The standing of the teams to date Is ns follows: Played. Won. s Lost. TEAM- Y -.1 0 P.C. 1,000 1,000 .000 .000 OOOOOQOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO| O SMITH HAS SIGNED O TWO MORE PLAYER8. O o O Burkett, a pitcher, and Hand her. O I O an Intleidcr, have been signed by O | O Billy Smith for the Atlanta team 0 I 0 of 1908. O | O Both played with the Brnddock, O j O Pa., team last season. O O Q OOOCuOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FREAK MOTORCYCLE. An English motorcycle designer has produced *vbM is appropriately term ed u ’•stand-up" Aiachlne, although Its real name Is the Max. The wheels are very small; and the-machinery Is quite close to the ground. There Is no seat, and the rider stands upon footboards which are on cither side and slightly forward of the point at which the rear wheel comes In contact with the ground. An these hoards hgve a clear ance of not anore than 2 Inches, a poor Germany a crowd of 55.000 Is not ex traordinary, would tend to bwfe the Impression that Interest In bicycling Is not abandoned. Walthour looked as chi man naturally might look whose in come from bicycle racing during the past ten years has amounted t SI 50.000. rosslng the track and killed him. When 1 fell I was laid out cold. The doctors looked me over and or- ful as a ! tiered the attendants t| throw a blan- . v, «„ | ket over me to hide tne ’corpse’ from n * ,n * ! the spectators. "My wife forced her way In and told about j them lo take the blanket off so 1 could breathe. The doctor said: ’Oh. he ALL-STAR AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS BATTING — Cobb, Detroit, rf 350 Crawford, Detroit, cf .323 Stone, St. LouK If 320 Chase. New York, lb 287 Lajoie. Cleveland, 2b 299 Nichols, Philadelphia, ss 302 Collins. Philadelphia. 3b 279 McFarland, Chicago, c 283 Orth, New York, p ...321 *..^90 cf FIELDING— Ilalitt ii'tig'i. i .Sullivan. Boston, June, Detroit, If.. Donahue, I'hlcngo, lb I.ajoi?. Cleveland, lib Turner, Cleveland, «* Bradley, Cleveland, 3b... Schreck, I’hlWdelphln, c 983 Whlfp, Chicago, p .* 9SB 975 .971 .994 .999 .95*1 938 Ten Average 307. Team Average . .973 matt-hen of the -tuallfylng round could be played, In order to allow all the golfer* a chance to qualify for the Christmas tournament, the time for the comple tion of the flret round haa been ex tended to December 24. The play at the Cabin" began at 9 o’clock nnd the link* were crowded with player* until about 1, when the rain etarted. A great deal of Intereet I* being ehown In the tournament, aa It la the largest ever held by the member* of the *.’ubln, nnd more than fifty of the bent player* have entered. Jinny beautiful loving cupe and other trophlex have been offered to the va rious winner*. or uneven highway .might furnish the rider with the aurprUe of hi* life. A mntorocyclc upon which the rider can ■stand - on one foot would seem to be the next problem for designer* to at tack. New York. Nov. 30.—The question of the management of the. forthcoming Ormond-Dayton Beach race* ha* been decided. Th* Automobile Club of America director* voted to. Join hand* with the Florida East Coast Automo bile Association In the -romotlon and management of the sixth annual meet, which has been scheduled to take place In March. The past five tournaments have been conducted by the Florida East Coast Automobile Association, which built a club house ott the beach at Daytona, These meets have been productive of world’s records from one to two hun dred miles. Wishing to make the tour nament more International In character than formerly, the Florida East Coast Automobile Association desired to se cure the co-operation of some power ful motoring body, and through nego tiations by It* New York representa tive. VV. J. Morgan, a proposition was made to the Automobile Club of Amer. lea, the pioneer automobile organiza tion of this country, which conducted the first automobile shows, endurance runs and race meets ever given in America. As a promoting organisa tion, the Automobile Club of America Is internationally known and Is the only organization that receives the full recognition of the Imperial clubs of Great Britain. Germany, Italy and the automobile clubs of France. The arrangements for the meet In March will be entirely In the hands of the contest committee of tho Automo bile Club of America, of which Robert Leo Morrell Is chairman. The program of events will be made up by this com mittee and will Include long and short distance races, one for gentlemen ama teur drivers, one for strictly racing cars and one for stock cars. The mile race for the. Sir Thomaa Dewar trophy ,wftl take place as usual. In order to prevent the entry of what haa been known as "freak" care, the committee will insist that alt car* en tered for the mile and two-mlle-a- mlnute races will have to qualify by going at least twenty miles dt a mini mum speed of about 45 seconds to the mile. NINE GEORGIA REGULARS BACK FOR NEXT SEASON gncclnl to The Georgian. Athens, Gn„ Nov. 30.—Of the Geor gia team which played against Au burn. every man will return to the uni versity next fall with the exception of Holcomb, a sub guard, who took Ar- rendale’s place In the second half, and Fleming, who Ailed left half back this season In splendid style. Captain Kyle Smith, who did not play Thanksgiving, Is a senior, and will grad Bate In June. Whether the one-year rule Is passed the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association or not; Georgia ought to have a good team in 1908. With Bostwlck, Lucas, the two Hatchers, Colby, McWhorter. Delaperrlere, Arry>- dale, Harmon. Newsom and Wood ruff back, the university' will doubtless be well represented.. It I* understood that one of the big coaches of the country will train the 'varsity next season. Delaperrlere and Harmon eeem to be the favorites fo*. the 1908 captaincy. What About This Shipp Case? We Don’t Know the Answer FIR8T TO BE CONVICTED J UNDER NEW PROVISION. Luray. Va„ Nov. 30.—John Oilllson, a negro, was hanged at Madison yes terday for the murder of Pearl Thom as, a negro woman. In that county on August 7. GlUlscn** esse was the first In Virginia that was tried under the provision of the new constitution which allows, under certain conditions, a murder case to be tried without a Jury. “You look In pretty goo.l shape,” he hresthe. He Is nil _ ... through with that. You go home and was told. ... attend to burying him.’ But she "Pretty good for a man w ho has been I Insisted and they pulled the blanket pronounced dead twice within a year.” I away from my face. SOUTHERN FOOTBALL SCORES OF U907 replied he. In answer to an expression of sur prise. he went on: "Yes. twice In Germany they threw a blanket to ‘covy the corpse/ Those German tracks are the most dangerous In the world. I ’will never ride on them again. They are all of cement. Two men were killed outright an*I sev eral more badly Injured In the five races I rode In In Germany. I fell in four .races out of the five. Once I was sent to the hospital for five days, and a queer thing about that fall Is 1 can’t being In a hospital or any of the peo ple who visited me. "In another race 1 protested one o the pacemaker* riding for Verbeet, the crowded the other riders. T.o of- u :lalz would not pay any attention to guess that saved my life. They j ALABAMA— * tr*»k me to a hospital. The same thing » £ J!K rv, i ,# * , — happened on another occasion. They J l»t»i •• discovered signs of life and again took I JlwJSIT me to the hospital. When I came to i» rent ml ..... they were going to give tne chloroform ii Auburn before sewing up the cuts In my head. * L. 8. 1* I yelled and tny wife came In. Tit* 5 Twiiiwp.* .. did the sewing without chloroforming' ~ tne. I guess chloroform would have killed me In that condition.” Tots!* AltKANSAS - 0 1 Diked !3 Drury 6 st. Dtuis .... Texas i 12 Tech .... 1 12 ‘3 Mctver . 6 AhtlKtitiit 0 Georgia - 22 Maryville 113 North Garollii*.. 6 ( 0 Auburn ,12 *5 Drufd*on . ’’THE PROTEST OF CHRISTU?t«i*„. u| it i. a. f AGAINST THE DRY ROT OF THE LAW.” Eon. Hooper Alexander. 111(1 iHKcniaacia i imiifi »or vciucei, ur l » » n - , Bdigtan. The pacemaker roda too close | Y. M. C. A. Sunday, December 1, 3:30 P. M. 48 Tots I* 32 • KOUtll A I tahhjncgt HOWARD— MISS. A. A M.- .> H, \\. f. V W j s if i« t» » Auburn ‘ J* *’ ‘ ’ 5 Miss. A. A M. ..12 OBewo!»•*»* 0 Tit In lie 13 12 Howard MKIU'Ell- d Florida . t» Georgia . 12 Howard . ;i Total* ... ArnriiN- 2! Mantg. A 23 Howard . 3 Maryville* 34 Gordon .. 8 Kvwnticc —1 0 ToiiiieiiiMH* Itt If error . J 0 Alal.iima . <5 T«i b .... o ftwvnno* i tf Au!>nro . 121 in 8. \V. B. I’ -I 75 Mor. t r .... 6 Drury .... 11 ».. 8. I*. .. 4 Tennessee ••3 18 Mississippi [ 211 Totals "■ o HimANKK- 23 Mooney 38 \\h% A. A M. 12 Auburn TKt’H- ... 0 51 Gordon ... 70 Dahlnnega 6 Tennessee 6 Auburn .... lo (ieorgfs .. ...38 .IV. o ....ii 1 Totals ftl Ml8S|8Sim- lei 0 Atatstni.i ^ — »i <1 ifo. K(iiii« Sof. ..12 0”* ...... ...... . 0 0 8i*waiM*4> €5 12 Vlrgli.!* n 1G 0 VautkrUlU W Terti o 16 " *- 6 Total* ....13612£0 Totals 0 8c 148 Totals TENNESSEE— 24 T. M. t* 15 Georgia 4 Tech 4 fit UI-44DI/ M M ray elite 57 IT of f bar. .. Kentucky ... 151 Totals .* 15 VANDIvUBILT- 40 Kentucky J 0 »> Navy fi 65 How* poly D 0 Michigan 8 <*> Mississippi 0 H L .. 0 ..12 241 Total* su VIRGINIA— 5 Davidson 5 38 Itlcbuiond 0 — Kt. Johns .* 4 40 Gallnuilct 0 18 V. M. 1 17 • North furoftn.1.. i ft KewsBec l* 5 W. A 1 6 28 Georgetown 8 4 N. f. A. 4c 31.,.10 t«f Totals 61 This Shipp case Is a puzzler. Shortly nfter the announcement was made that evidence had been turned over to the S. I. A. A. to prove that Shipp played professional ball back In 1903, W. D. Mooney, principal of the Mooney School, which Shipp was at tending at that time, came forward and stated thnt he could absolutely prove Shipp’s amateur standing at that time. Now comes this from The Nashville Tennessean: "Dr. W. L. Dudley, president of the 8. 1. A. A., and Vice Chancellor Wig gins. of Sewanee. have returned from the S. I. A. A. meeting in Atlanta, Dr. Dudley reaching Nashville last night. "The chief newn of interest to local followers of sport from what trans pired at this meeting Is that the now famous ‘Shipp Evidence* was turned over to Dr. Dudley In Atlanta and from him passed to Dr. Wiggins, vice presi dent of this district. Dr. Wiggins will go to the very bottom of the affair, sifting thoroughly all the evidence, be fore he announces his ruling. "A significant fact regarding this, ev idence. however/ centers around the following circumstance— "The evidence was chiefly gathered by Professor Hanford, of Georgia, and presented by him after he had held it for two weeks. "On Saturday night while at supper with Dr. Wiggins and Professor Holmes Sanford stated to Dr. Wiggins that In his opinion the evidence was worthless and of no value. ’I wouldn’t pay any attention to It.* he remarked, ‘as I do not believe It Is worth anything. "This should settle In full the claim made by certain Georgia adherents that the Shipp case would be white washed In spite of the fact that he was guilty, ns the evidence was presented by a man who stated soon after that It was of no value and not to be depended upon—the man who had filed the charges In Georgia's behalf. "Contrary to the general opinion, it develops that 8hlpp Is not only Paying his full tuition at Sewanee, but that he has no outside Job on the mountain to help him along. He has never attended Sewanee upon the schblarshlp plan, paying his way both seasons In every detail. Last season he was connected for a while with a store upon the moun tain, where he full work compensation he received, Dr. Wiggins looking carefully Into the case after It hud reached his attention. This season, however, he took no outside work. "With the admission from Sanford that the Shipp evidence Is useless and untrustworthy, and a complete denial . by Shipp of all the charges. It Is hardly likely that there can be any convic tion." MADE 104 POINTS. v Special to The Gcorflnn* Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 30.—Probably the record score in Southern football was made here between the Columbia Vootball team, the Junior organisation of Savannah, and the Xaval Reserves, when the former team ran up 104 points acalrnt an luldled 500“* •** ‘° r the latter. The Junior team hod a re- of Savannah’s last year’s star* with them, but before the (list halt was half oyer tney hatl run In all the suba on the side lines. The Naval RM«rve* team 4 outweighed their opponents. Twenty- minute halves were ployed.