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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS* TUESDAV. DECEMBER 10. 1007. L SPORTING PAGE WALTHOUR IS OUT BUT SIX-DAY GRIND GOES ON : EDITED BY IP. H. WHITING WO MORE HURT IN BIKE RACE New York, Dec. 10.—In a succession of dare-devil eprlnte to (natch the lead In the six-day race at Madlaon Square Garden today rldera plunged Into one another and lay In brulaed heapa on the track. Eight men were ao badly hurt that they had to be carried to their Quartern. The: worst craih of wheels put two rider*. Darragon, of the French team, and Jacquelln. of the French-Itallan team, out of the race altogether. Their partner*. Breton and Vanonyl, formed a new team and continued the race. Breton, Galvin and McDonald came together with a smashing rattle of steel that could be heard all over the garden, Just beyond "dead man'* curve” shortly after the thlrty-flrst hour of the race. All three men had to be car. ned from the track, but their partners went on with the contest Vanonyl, of the newly constructed French-Itallan team, was the cause of the latest spill. He was pedalling hard to get a good position at the turn and edged too close to McDonald. Front and rear wheels crazed, and In a twlnk. ling McDonald was thrown tp the track. Breton and Galvin were close behind and struck McDonald, pitch ing over on top of him. Score at 10 o'clock: Miles. Laps. Fogler and Moran.. 021 8 Butt and Stol .021 3 Lawson and McDonald 021 2 Georgett and Dupre.. ..621 3 I.ogan and Bardgett 621 I, Samuelson and Mitten.. ..621 2 Wilcox and Williams 621 2 Galvin and Wiley.. 621 2 Krebs and Vanderstuyft.. ..621 I Downey and Downing.. .. ..621 2 Breton and Vanonyl 621 2 The record for the thirty-third hour Is 673 miles and one lap, made by Elkes and McFarland In 1300. NATIONAL LEAGUERS IN SESSION TUESDAY New York. Dec. 10.—The National League magnates had the bell hops at the Waldorf-Astoria hopping blight and early this morning. There Is business to be attended to this afternoon, and there will be a lit tle time to admire each other’s white vests and speculate upon the correct time to don the open-faced clothe*, ac. cording to Waldorf-Astoria ethics. Those on hand this morning are Gar ry Hermann and John Gallagher, Cin cinnati; George Dovey, Boston; Bar ney Dreyfus and Willie Locke, Pitts burg; John T. Brush and F. M. Knowles, New York: Charles H. Eb- bets and Henry Medlous, Brooklyn, and Stanley Robison. St. Louis; Charley Murphy and Billy Shetsltne. The meeting of the board of dlreotors will be held at 12 o'clock today and the league will go Into session at 2 o'clock. Among the magnates It Is the very general Impression that there will be few deals for players made. Most of the deals have already been made, or will be latef, away from the glare and publicity of the annual love talk. The New York National baseball club (Metropolitan Exhibition Company) held Ita annual meeting In Jersey City yesterday. It was a moat harmonious session. The old officers of the club were re elected unanimously. "BANNER” BLISTERS NEW ONE-YEAR RULE The NoshvUIo Banner, under much 48-polnt type scattered over some four columns, takes a hot shot at the pro- r sed now one-year rule, which the 8. A. A. threatens to pass at Ita Clem- son meeting. Leaving out the parts In which the University of Georgia Is scarified and Tech Is referred to aa a "rural In stitution” (because this would only tend to muddy the waters), and leaving out considerably mors (for lock of space), we have this left: “The very life and existence of foot ball Is being threatened In the Bouth. Every obligation to the public that sup. ports the great game of football In this section la about to be forgot and cast aside. The Bouth Is about to take a backward step In her athletics that will put her where she was twenty years ago—almost unheard of. The South Is about to commit 'hari-kari'—a plain case of suicide. And It Is all being agitated In the name of reform by a bunch of overxealoua and misguided MMAuls who are most certainty do ing their very best to swing the pen dulum ao far the other way It will never get back. And It Is all because one college In the Bouth failed to ex- erclsa that careful supervision of Ita own Internal affairs during the recent football eeason that should have been exercised. Rule May Pass. “Unless measures are taken to defeat It, there will be passed at the approach. Ing annual meeting of the S. 1. A. A. in December a rule which will elimi nate Southern college teams from com peting, with any hope of success, .against teams outside the association. "It la proposed to pass a rule to pro hibit all men who are In their first year In college from playing on teams of the association. "The association has now rules which forbid professionalism In any form; which forbid a man from one college going to another college and playing hla first year, and which limit n play er's participation In athletics to four years. These rules—all good—would seem sufficient for all purposes of In suring clean athletics. “Now It Is proposed to debar all ‘first •year men,' or 'freshmen.' This rule will debar from participation In ath letics from two-fifths to one-half of tho already small number of students In Southern colleges. “The question then arises as to whether conditions In the Bouth call or demand the passage of such a rule, and what effect; If passed, It will have. Hundreds vs. Thousands. “This rule, within the last few yeare, has been put In force among the ‘Big Five’ of the East and the 'Big Nine' of the West. Fourteen colleges only In the whole country. All of these col leges have student bodies of from 2,000 to 6,000 men. It was adopted by them to prevent the possibility of ‘prep school' professional recrulta. These colleges, rich In money, social clubs a\d traditions, had reached a point where 'scouts' were using all kinds of 'persuatlons,' bordering on the ques tionable. to Induce star prep men to enter their classic walls. The preven tion of this widespread evil waa the reaaon for the rule. “Theae conditions have never oxlated among the smaller and poorer colleges of the country, and certainly have no existence In the South. Why, then, should this artificial rule be swallowed unanimously by the 8. I. A. A. 7 “Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell and Pennsylvania enforce this rule. Hut Dartmouth. Amherst, Williams, Trinity, Wesleyan and hundreds of other smalt colleges,, aeetng no reaaon for Its enactment ao far as their con ditions are concerned, have wisely de clined to put their ‘freahmen’ out of athletics. Not But One Answer, “Theae fourteen big colleges can eliminate thel> 'freshmen' and still with their great numbers find plenty of ath. letlc material among their upper classes to turn out strong teams. A college with 8,000 men ran eliminate 1,000 and hardly be appreciably affected there by, because eleven good men can easi ly be picked from the remaining 2,000. Can Southern colleges, with an average student body of from 260 to 600 men, stand a proportionate purging? Ex perience and common knowledge make but one nnawsr.” Thst the Jan* are becoming proficient In baseball Is evidenced by the fact that tha Lowe)) high school baseball team In Francisco has n Jap battery. Kid Brock has gone to New York, where he hopee to get e match with Tommy Mur phy. He htt visions of s match with I’sckey McFarland If ha wine from Mur phy. MOBILE TEAM BEAT ATLANTA IN SECOND BOWLING MATCH The second series of games with Mo bile for the Southern bowling cham pionship resulted tn a defeat for the Atlanta team by the score of 167 pins. Elliott, of the Atlanta team, made the highest score for a single game, 233, and also the highest average for the three game* bowled, 312 2-3. A large number of local bowling fans turned out to s*e the match and were treated to some good bowling. The third series of three games will be bowled later and the Atlanta team ex pacts to overcome the lead Mobile gained Monday night. It will be re- membered that tn the first series the Atlanta team defeated Mobile by the small score of 37 pins, so Mobile now has a lead of 120 pins. Bernle McCay, of the Mobile team, made the highest score of hie team, 214. The line-up and score of Monday night's contest are aa follows: Atlanta— 12 3 Eagan 160 166 173 Jones 126 137 163 Wellborn 176 161 172 Llvsey 167 166 177 Elliott 133 213 233 SOUTHERN TEAMS MAY PLAYINEAST Sewanee May Play Yale and Tennessee Tackle “Pennsy.” Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—The Sewanee football team will play either Princeton or Yale next season, and the University of Tennessee will meet the University of Pennsylvania squad. Such Is the rumor here. Thegames.lt la sold, will be played In the East. In addition. It Is said, Vanderbilt Univer sity will meet the naval vicademy team again and Michigan as well. The management of,the Sewaneo team has been quietly working. It Is said, to secure a 1 game either with Princeton or Yale. The Tigers have been quiet about the matter, for they do not care about letting either of the big teams know they are dickering with others. They are said to be. In correspondence with both team» l and have an excellent chance to land one of the big games. If they succeed the game will be played early In the sea son and It will take the place of one of the preliminary practice games played each season by the big teams. If Coach Arthur Erwin returns to the Mountain next year it In probable that, the Tigers will go to New Haven early In the fall. Sewaneo had been In charge of Yale coaches for. several seasons and the Tigers are well known by reputation at the Eastern university. The University of Tennessee-Unlver- slty of Pennsylvania game Is another proposition. Coach LCvene, the old Pennsylvania star, will be bock to train the Volunteers next season and Is anx ious to take Ills team to Franklin field early In the season. The Volunteers will have practically their entire team back next season, and It Is believed that they would make a good Impres sion In the East. At least Coach Le vant Is trylfig mighty hard to get the game and from all reports It appears that he will be successful. AN EMORY TEAM m CONSENSUS TEAM A SHIFTY SQUAD JUNIOR FOOTBALL TEAM. Here Is the bunch of Emory players which tied for second place in the class series. Their names: Top row, left to right, J. N. Townsend, Haygood Evans, Coach; J. P. Hanner, Captain A. F. Hill, W. B. Wisdom. 8econd row, G. B. Copeland, J. F. Lambert, S. Green, Charles Ward. Bottom row, Linton K. Starr, Jack Covington, Mascot Sidney C. Morgan. Shipp Signs to Play Baseball Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—Frank "Skinny” Shipp, who has created con siderable Interest In football at Se wanee, has signed with the baseball team at Seattle, Wash, and will play with the Northwestern league next sea son. Otto Crump, the pitcher who played with the city league, will pitch for tho Seattle team next season also. OO0000000C OOO00OO0O0O0OO § o WAGNER TO RETIRE! O Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 10.—"Hans'* O S Wagner, veteran of the Pittsburg O team, has declared to Intimate O 0 friends today that he has done Q O with baseball. Rheumatism has O O been worrying “Honus” all the 0 O year. It has settled In his right O O shoulder, and for at least two 0 0 years he will stay away from the O 0 game. O 0 0 000000000000OO000000000000 NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS | By PERCY H. WHITING. Atlanta bike race cranks are sorry that Bobby AValthonr has retired from the six-day race. He-had a good partner and if he had been in good condition might well have proved a winner. Hla friends in Atlanta will not hesitate to believe him, how- , ever, when he says that he is in no condition to go on. ‘ Naturally the promoters of the race did everything possible to keep him going, for there is no drawing card like Bobby, but their howl that he was “quitting” seems entirely unjustified. In a six-day grind a man has to he in perfect condition If he is to hope to get through alive. A slight indisposition at the start is magnified to something very serious before the finish comes to that awful test'of physical endurance. We are sorry that Bobby withdrew, but we are entirely ready to believe that he had good and sufficient reasons. They are coming out strong against the new one-year-rule in many places. The Vanderbilt students do not want it because they fear it will injure the Commodores’ chances in the games against teams like Michigan, the Indians and Navy. Sewanee is “agin it,” presumably in order not to be weakened when playing non-S.T. A. A. teams like Virginia. Mercer docs not seem to know what to think of it, but in a general way does not favor the rule. Georgia and Clemson are the strongest backers of the pro posed legislation and it seems more than likely that they will win. It is a radical rule and it is a hard blow to colleges which have to go out of the S. I. A. A. for games. . But that rule has got to come. The “summer baseball” rule was radical when the S. I. A. A. adopted it. So were n lot of others. This body has led in many things and should go on leading. The South must have clean athletics, no matter what the cost is. And we see no better way to secure the desired result than the passage of a one-year rule. There may be a few more All-South erns yet to be uncorked, but It is doubtful. Thus far nine men have ven tured an opinion on this momentous subject. Below will be found the consensus of opinion—that Is, the men who re ceived the/mqst votes In the Southern football contest: Left End—Lewis, Sewanee, seven votes. Left Tackle—Lex Stone. Sewanee, eight votes. Left Guard—Sherrill, Vanderbilt, sev en votes. Center—Stone. Vanderbilt, eight votes. Right Guard—Faulklinberry, Sewa nee. five votes. Right Tackle—Davis, Tech, five votes. Right End—B. Blake, Vanderbilt, nine votes. Quarterback — Costcn, Vanderbilt, four votes. ■> Left Half—Lanier, Sewanee. five votes. Right Half—Craig, Vanderbilt, nine votes. Fullback—Markley, Sewanee, six votes. , The defeated candidates for the va rious positions were: Left End—Leach, Tennessee, two votes. Left Tackle—Word, Tennessee, one vote: McLain, Vanderbilt, one vote. Left Guard—McLaurln, one vote. Center—Batson. Auburn, one vote. Right Guard—Gaston. Clemson, one vote: “Stein" Stone, Vanderbilt, one vote; Dougherty, Tennessee, one vote. Right, Tackle—McLaurln, Clemson, one vote; \V. Evans, Sewanee. one vote; Faulklinberry, Sewanee. one vote; McLain. Vanderbilt, one vote. Quarterback—Honaker, Virginia, one vote; Barrett, Sewanee, one vote; Han. non. Alabama, one vote; Markley, g e - wanee, one vote; Lanier, Sewanee, one. vote. Left Half—Shipp, Sewanee, two votes; Campbell, Vanderbilt, two votes. Fullback—Lanier, Sewanee, throe votes. The only men who were unanimously elected to their Jobs were Bob Blake and Craig, of Vanderbilt. "Stein” Stone, of Vanderbilt, received nine votes, but one man wanted to play him as guard. Lanier, of Sewanee, drew an equal number, but five pickers were In favor of giving him a halfback Job, three wanted to play him at fullback and one at quarterback. Only one man of the nine pickers called the turn on all eleven men. This one was Grnntland Rice, who selected the eleven men who were given the most votes by the other "experts.” PLAN MANY MEETS FOR GEORGIA TRACK TEAM COPS STOP FIGHT. New York. Dec. 10.—Tho police had their Inning on the fight clubs last night. Disguised as longshoremen, five po licemen Jumped Into the ring at the Dry Dock Athletic Club, where Jo* Purlman apd "Babo” Cullen were box ing. Nearly 1,000 members were packed In the club house, many wearing full dress and top hats. When the sleuths, with whiskers and cowhide boots, com menced to show their badges, there waa a roar of laughter. When It came to arresting the fighters, they could not pick ’em out, so they had to be satisfied with Manager Elmer and the referee. Special to The Georgian. Athens, Ga., Dec. 10.—The outlook for a good track team at the Universi ty of Georgia Is brilliant at present. Only three men—McCaffrey. Raoul and Lewis—have been lost through graduation. In their* stead then) are such new men. as Hood, who does a hundred In ten seconds regularly; Bla. lock and C. Hatcher, for the hurdles; Branch and Hobbs, for the long dis tance, and McNeely and Mllllghan, for the middle distances. Georgia will participate In at least five meets after the Christmas holi days. Vanderbilt will be met in Nnsh- vllle early In May. Contests with Tu- lane, In New Orleans; North Carolina and Clemson are being considered. The S: I. A. ’A: .meet Is a sure thing, and it is tlmughc that the university will be among the colleges to take part In the big relay meet to be held In Philadel phia on the last Saturday In April, 1608, under the auspices of Pennsylva nia. The distances will be one, two and four miles, to be run by teams of four. Captain Llpsbutx Is anxious to ar range some Indoor winter meets, to occur after January 1IL All challenges should be addressed as soon as possi ble to Manager H. F. Nelsler. Champs Will Play In Chattanooga Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—Man ager Armor, of the Toledo Mud Hens, has secured a game with the Chicago National League team (world’s cham pions) here on March 31. Manager Ar. mor Is also booking other big league team* for exhibition games. O0O0000O00G00O00O000000000 0 NAPS TO GO SOUTH. 0 0 O 0 Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 10.—Four 0 0 Cleveland players will take ad- 0 0 vantage of the winter baseball In 0 0 Florida, known as the Hotel 0 0 League. "Jim” Delehanty has 0 0 decided to play at Ormond and 0 0 Nig Clarke, as well as Terry Tur- 0 0 ner, will also be on the same team. 0 0 At Palm Beach Howard Wakefield 0 0 will play. 0 00O0O00O0O0000000000000000 Greer Manages Sewanee*s Team Sewanee, Tenn., Dec. 10,—John B. Greer has been elected manager of the 1903 football team of the University of the South, the choice being practically unanimous. Walter S. Barrett, captain of the 1907 team, will bo S&wanee's delegate to the S. I. A. A. convention, which meets at Clemson on December 13, Vic* Chancellor Wiggins also going os an official of the association. Scwanee's delegate goes Instructed to vote against the proposed one-year rule. Richard Croker, It Is reported, may hack Tom Itocbe. the Irish heavyweight Cham- E ton, against Tommy Burns. Dick better nug on to bis spare change. . Mi®? Fiberoid Morris Our music Cabinet stock Is full and complete. Every taste can be gratified, every pocketbook suit ed. We recommend the above style, however, an the best value In our stock. Stylish, handsome, smooth as gluss, neat, flowing lines* nothing can be more artis tic, nothing more desirable than this pattern. We have been able to secure only 18 of these great values, and we offer them all to you Wednes day. Don't delay If you want the great est bargain you ever saw In a Morris Chair. Great, mas sive, polished, solid oak frame, strongly and securely Joined together to bear the heaviest strain; cov ered all over with heavy fiberoid. a most excellent 1ml- tutlor. and Bubstltuto for leather. This Morris Chair is eas. lly worth 815.00, so that our price Is re ally only half value. Wednesday the sale begins, and we ad vise early buying, aa we have only 18 In stock and can get no more. S2.50 down and— $1 a Week Leather Chair liX* $10.00 $7.50 Stoves This Morris Chair $7.50 The Fiberoid Morris Chair has a full spring seat and back covered with Fiberoid Leather, a sub- . stantlal and lasting cover, that looks ex actly like leath er. The arms are broad, the seat Is wide and comforta ble, and the back li adjust able to any angle. $1 a Week, $7.50 GOOD BASKET BALL TEAM FOR AUBURN THIS SEASON; Special to The Georgian. Auburn. Ala., Dec. 16.—Auburn will again have « fast basket ball team. Four of the 'varsity men have re turned, Bob Ware. Woodruff, Dryer and Gibson. Also several who or* very promising. Games have been arranged with Co lumbus, Montgomery, Birmingham and Tulane. Games are expected with 1 Mercer, University of Georgia. Ala- j bama and Atlanta. Bob Ware has been elected captain of the team 'for this season. We are the largest dealerti In the South In Heating and Cook ing Stoves. We have all kinds of heaters from 33 up to 376. Our Cook Stoves embrace' the cele brated Buck’s Wood Cooks, the only stove with a fire back that Is guaranteed to but under ail circumstances fifteen years. No other Is or can be guaranteed for that length of Urns. The Buck Is the only stove that will stand such a guarantee. 310 for the No, 7. J. Wood Company, 103-5-7-9-11 WHITEHALL ST. $10.00 $1 Down $1 a Week This Is a December special, but we have only a few and can not guarantee you one unless you come early. This Is the most perfectly made desk we've offered yet. Quartered oak throughout, strongly made and superbly fin ished. Rubbed by hand to a brilliant polish; 60 other styles tn stock, In mahogany, bird’s-eye and oak, but our special Is an extra value. $1 Down, $1 week, $10. Ranges We are still saving our custom ers from 36 to 310 on purchase of a Range. Wc take your old stove at a fair valuation, say, 35, or 310, or even more, according to Ita worth, and let the amount agreed on aa price of old stove go as a first payment on the new one. Then you can pay the bal ance at 31 a week. That looks fair, don't It? , ,