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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1907. If HERE’S WHA TS DOING WITH SPOR TS~ WHICH ISW T MUCFl NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association has give us that one-year rule we wanted. Now why not all get together and see what we can do about having decent athletics from prep schools to universities! The prep schools have a reform coming to them, and they seem in danger of overlooking the fact. But especially it is up to the colleges. Any college bnseball team that wants a coach who knows his business apply to Otto Jordan, Atlanta, Qa. Otto has been at Milledgevillc each spring as coach for a couple of years and has turned out good teams. But intercol legiate baseball has been abolished there and Otto is looking for a new place. “Once a coach, always a coach,” says Otto. “I’ve got to have me a job.” It would be hardly possible to get a better man. Otto knows baseball as well as any man in the South and the work he has got out of the Atlanta team, ns field captain, for the past two years, has shown what he can do ns a leader of bnseball men. »'■* V - M Joe Rickert is going to coach the Mississippi College team in the spring—will give up his job ns a saloon artist to do it. From'mixing booze to coaching a lot of college boys is a queer jump. But probably “Diamond Joe” will make a success of it. 11 —■ — * The Southern Leaguers nro sorry that Johnny Dobbs has dropped out of the running. John was a quiet, clqver, gentleman ly chap, well educated, well behaved and in consequence well liked. He had a hard tenra to handle in Nashville and maybe his methods were not strict enough. But his tennt made money, even though a tail-ender, and it scorns as though he was entitled to an- other trial. ’ _ ■ - The New Orleans club can have Frank Delelinnty if it wants him. Hie is said to be a trouble-maker from start to finish and would disorganize any club. When Frank WANTS to play, he is as good ns the best of them. But he has a chronic grudge against man kind and is one of these baseball politicians. What a couple of men of that character can do to a ball club was pretty clearly shown in Birmingham last year. Vaughn had a club which should have finished one-two-three. But it didn’t. Cause: A couple of malcontents, team politics, too many candidates for the job of manager and a lack of firmness on the part of Vaughn in dealing with conditions. A couple of football teams representing societies connected with a church got in a row up in Williamsburg, N. Y., the other day and the police had to stop the disturbance. Moral: Only college footbnll should be tolerated. Probably that is not strictly a moral, but you gather the idea. In the major leagues they are trying to do away with double- headers ns far ns convenient We wish the Southern League would take up the desirable reform. Double-headers are an abomination, and the less of them we havo the better. "AS TO FAKERS,” SAYS TAD, “O’BRIEN WAS NOT ONLY ONE” By TAD. New York, Dec. 17.—Jack O'Brien's quirk defeat of Bill Heveron at Phila delphia Friday night brtnga Jawn be fore ua again. Any way you take It, O'Brien le a great lighter and when trying honestly can cope with any man of his weight In the world. Jawn Ima had hla pannlnga. The festive little peanut hasn't much on him. lie haa seen the error of hla ways and la now on the level. He aurely was on the level when he nudged Heveron on the masticating portion of hla anatomy. Now that Jawn Is good, why 1st him alone. He la not the only faker In the world, lie told ua ho waa crooked and la now lighting hla way back Into our good graces. Yea. quite a few were crooked before they found It paid to be honest. Didn't the grent Bob Flltsalmmone (who la going about telling us of hla honesty), fake? Didn't he admit faking? Didn't Joe Gana admit faking? And later didn't he make more money In a year than he ever made In hla Ilfs be fore? Waan^t Britt a faker and didn't he continue to draw Immense purses In hla tights? Well, ■ • Into Juat to get Jawn In the ring. He double-crossed, the Quaker then and won a decision. What's he doing him self but side-stepping? O'Brien of fered to light him six or twenty rounds and give the money to charity. John son offered to fight him etx or twenty rounds and give him 76 per cent of the money If he didn't stop him. Is Tom my returning? Cut out that quince talk for a while. Burns. Corns home here with the real lighters. Stanley (Young) Ketchel, the Mon tana welter-weight who beat Joe Thomas last Thursday night In a 10- round go at 8an Francisco, has Jumped from an unknown to a contender for the middle-weight title In three lights. Kstqhell has proved that he la entitled to meet the winner of the Kelly-Papke bout, which la scheduled for December SO In Milwaukee, and already the West ern fight promoters ara dickering for the match. Cut” in Jennings’ Salary Proves Very Good Increase Detroit, 17.—Hughey Jennings hoe found out there Is such a thing as gratitude. When Jenntnge met his em ployers. Yawkey and Navtn, at the Chicago meeting of the American League they called him to on* side. . "Wo don’t want to take any advan tage of you," said Spokesman Kavln. "but I wish you would take this new Malarkey May Not Manage Macon There are grave doubts If John Ma larkey will manage Macon next year. Harry Vaughn has announced that hs will not give waivers on him and he may pitch for Birmingham next sea son. A rumor at the meeting had It that Savannah was trying to get Berate Me. Cay to lead her club during the coming season. contract and look It over and see whether you aro willing to stand the cut.” Hughey opened the document. In stead of a cut. there was a liberal boost for the unexplred portion of the time for which he has been engaged. Jennings signed the new contract with, out a murmur, and now will receive aa much as any leader In the American League. Y. M. C. A. Plays Stone Mountain OOQOOOOOOO0O0OOQOOOOOQ0OOO O “ANOTHER GOOD TEAM O FOR ATLANTA," 8AYS BILL. O D "It begins to look as it Atlanta § O will come back with another good O D team In IMS.'* saye Will Ewing In O 0 The Nashville American. O some very likely looking young- O iters,' Those Firemen moguls are v O always hustling and thsy spread 0 O the coin, loo, when good players o 0 sre In sight. O 0 O COO OO00O0O00000O00OOOO00OO The second Y. M. C. A. basketball team and the team representing the University School of Stone Mountain will meet Thursday night In the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. The llne-upe of the teams follow: U. S. Y. Id. C. A. Portor, e Phillips, c. Doster, f Farguaon, f. Cory, f ....Cheatham, f. Bailey, g ,.. ... ...Jones, g. Evans, g A vary. g. Harris, sub. It It reported that the Central Lesgue will drop Cistos and tike In Zanrevltle. The champion rugby team of belaud Stanford. Jr., University of Cillfornli, may Invade Canada. , iv wanta the world’s cham- leagthencd to Are game* lx games out of eleven. Clnclanstl's elongated catcher. McLean, haa pugtltatlc aspirations He woeld Uke to light Tommy Horae. li CHARLEY BABB DOPES OUT HIS TEAM FOR NEXT YEAR When Charley Babb was In Atlanta he was asked what looked Ilka his reg ular team for 1M8. Here if hla pick: Catchers—Ott and Owens. Pitchers—Savage, Schwenck, Gnrrl- ty and Swift. Jnlleld—Carey, flrat bdse: Cranston, second base; Richards third base; VogeJ, shortstop. Jutfleld—Fox. left; Kustus, center; McKenna, rlghL Emm At the close of last lesson's race Billy Smith, of Atlanta, had no lean than six teen men on the Atlanta pay-roll, four teen In uniform and two In the clnb house ready for an emergency. When Manta turned Info the stretch on the home grounds the following players were In the employ of the club: 8weeney, Smith, t.'HRtleton, Ford, Maekenafa Spade, Zeller, Fox, Jordan. Castro, Dyer, l'aakerL winters. Bockor and IVrrv I.lpe. of the Macon clnb. With Smith disregard of the role« . Now, Perry Lips waa in Aiiani* at me cloae of J*j»t season and BIB; .Smith did have n bunch that he might sign him. Dut I.lpe wag never a member of the Atlanta team and wae'nerer “In the clnb house ready for an emergency.'* As for counting Hill Smith aa a player, well, that la a rich Joke. As well count Prank for New Orleans or Finn for Little Rock. The only difference was that Smith waa In uniform. He never had nny more notion of playing, though, than “The Dutch man” did. “Saturday in Atlanta the astute Sam- _el waa again on ha * goodly bunch of the That la another of “them things'* from rhe Tirnea-I-Mnocrat. If Strang waa on hand he kept himself veil out of sight The on from Chattanooga waa A. Shreveport got the beat of oqqwwoq&oqqqooqqqqoqqq&qo 0 0 0 CHATTANOOGA STILL 0 0 HOPES FOR FRANCHISE. 0 0 . ■ 0 0 Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 17.— 0 0 Speaking of the Atlanta South- 0 0 ern League meeting, A. M. Gifford, 0 0 a local baseball enthusiast, who. 0 0 attended the meeting, said: 0 0 “We met with much encourage- 0 0 ment, and there Is not a city in 0 0 the league that la unfriendly to 0 0 us.” said Mr. Gifford. "We have 0 0 not altogether lost out. and there 0 0 Is a chance that a deal for one of 0 A the franchises may be closed. 0 0 We expect an official and Anal D O answer tomorrow, or perhaps thl®0 0 afternoon. The deal can be closed 0 0 In an hour if a favorable answer 0 O Is received.” ° So0000CH>00000000000000OC 00 say that Hart Is an especially good man. The Nohlett. by the* way, Is Jim, not Bert. Tile fit. Loula Browns train In Shreveport next spring. . Two years ago Itarney Dreyfuas. raped across the continent to get Joe Neamn to play first base for Pittsburg for $8,000 a ear before Cincinnati could reach him. iow Barney would trade/Joe. Stung again. Coach Biagg would like awfully wdtt to have his Maroons play Vale. JACK O’BRIEN DUCKS OUT OF FIGHT WITH JOHNSON New York, Dec. 17.—Jack O'Brien has run out of hla proposed fight with Jack John son, so the articles signed for the fight are Just so much spoiled paper. Poor Jaeg baa hurt his hand hitting BUI Heveron, one of the choicest quineea ?ver grown in Eng land. Aftey the Heveron affair O’Brien made a date/with Slim Fltapatrlck. who % aald he wmlld clinch the Johnson boot. O'Brien came, to the scratch all right, but at once announced that he had broken hla hand in the fight of the previous evening and that his doctor told him that It would be Impos sible for him to box agnln for at least two months. . In support of the statement that some of the hones In hla right hand were smashed, he pulled back the ruff of his.immaculate kid clove and showed some Iodine stains. Now that there Is nothing doing with Philadelphia Jack, Johnson is begin nine to feel the chill of winter. He had figured on a ton of coar nnd r few groceries with the proceeds of the scrap/ There la a long win ter on and everything going out and mighty little coming lu, to keep 111* Arthur from having to ask charity, or really haring to go to work. The moving pictures of the Burns-Mofr battle were shown In New York last nleht Only five rounds were thown on the canvas but thcro was enough to show how the l.*» tie was won and who the letter man wat* The knock-out fa plainly seen. Burns had i? pretty soft all the way through. * Muir took the count four times darln* the affair and not once did he have a chance In the fight. Well, maybe once in the third round, when he cuffed Burns on the head and battered him on the neck and ears. It looked as though the gunner witht have gathered, but the Canadian was staiu Ing. Olsen Too Much For Peanut Man Chicago, Dec. 17.—Dr. T. M. Allen, who has immortalized the peanut by making it his sole food for two months, finished his “stunt" before n crowd In bis home town Inst night. Then he offered to show the In vigorating effects by outwrestllnff any man in the house. Bull Olsen, of Chicago, took the doctor up and tossed him over the ropes into the crowd. DON’T PUT IT OFF Make your Christmas buying a pleasure by doing it early. That gives you a better and cleaner stock to choose from, and more time to select. We’ll tag, and wrap, and store away anything you buy here, and deliver it any time you say. By having your shopping finished you can enjoy the last rushes of holiday buyers as an interested spectator and not.be worried at the last minute. ' ' Z A great assortment of Chiffon- iers in Oak, Mahogany and Bird's-Eye Maple finishes. Sorao with all long drawers, some with two short top draw ers, and four long drawers, and Exactly like cut; handsome others with Hat Boxes. All Quartered Oak Dressing Table prices. One exactly like cut in with big oval glass; Just right sr*?. 0 *.. .$12.75 &“* $12.50 main open till 8 at night for the con venience of our custom ers. This will be an ideal time for trad ing, as the store will not b e crowded and 2 e 1 e c- tiom can be made with more time and care. 50 straight and combination Book Cases and Desks. Our line of cathedral glass fronts is an innovation, but makes the handsomest goods df this na. ture you ever examined. Will you come and see them? We are holding open house these days. One #aa like cut for Wood's Chifforobe The neat man't delight. Made of solid quartered oak, rubbed down to a mlrror-like brilliancy, 6 feet 2 Inchea high, Sfeet 8 Inches wide, and 221-1 inchte dean. Haa 6 draw-era and a hat box; divided Into 8 compart menu. War'—*' * ** *“ ** ' ‘ Inches, containing • ere. A perfeot dollar a week compartment!.Wardrobe part Is 22 by 20 by 4 feet 6 Inchee, containing 4 panta hangers, and 4 coat hangs ert. A perfeot gem for methodical men. Only a — s $25.00 We have no collectors. 7ou make your own terms and do your own paying. We Can Save You $5.00 to $10.00 On a Range Proposition We’ll take your old stove, or range, or gas stove as first payment on one of our fine New “Eagle” Steel Ranges, at a fair val uation-say^ or $10, or even more, according to worth. This saves throw ing away, or giving away your old stove, and enables you to save $5 or $10, and to get an “Eagle” without investing a cent at time of purchase. The balance you can pay at $1 a week or $5 a month. How We Can Afford It About 18 months ago we made a con tract with the man ufacturers of the “Eagle” goods at prices 30 per cent less than today’s market. Just before this contract ex pired we ordered seven carloads of the “New Eagle” Steel Ranges and they are now in our warehouse. That’s why we can afford to sell you a $50 Range for $39.50, and still make a fair profit. That’s why we can make you the above liberal offer. That’s why we can make you such liberal terms. $1 Down and $1 a Week Proposition If you cannot convenient ly call, telephone either phone 744, and we’ll send out a man to value your stove and you can see just exactly how much you can save before you come to buy. We can certainly save you $5.00 and maybe more. We have arranged with a second-hand store to take over all the stoves and ranges we trade in during this sale. Don’t put off buying, as this offer is liable to be withdrawn without notice. The New “Eagle” Steel Range Our Music Cablnat itock la full and complete. Every teste cen be gratified. We recommend the tbove style, hawever, ee the best value In our stack. Stylish, handsome, smooth ee glass, nest, flowing lines, nothing cen bo more artistic, nothing more desirable This steel plate French Range le our latest Improvement and le made of cold drawn blued eteel sheet*, put together In the most skilful and sclentlflc manner by flret-claee mechanics. The "EAGLE!' Is 60 Inches high, 27 Inchea deep and 42 Inches long; the oven la JSrll Inches, the top baa six large holes and la surmounted by e capacious hot closet, mode of blued steel. The "EAGLE" le handsomely nickeled, all doors, supports, handles flanges and edgea being solid nickeled. The "EAGLE" le fully asbestos lined, and fitted with a duplex grate, which burns wood or coal, end pouch feed, so that you can feed the (Ire without opening tops. A long draft plate extends hortsontalty across the front end. giving fresh air to entire length of lire. Thle feature saves you money. We guar antee the "EAGLE’ to be absolutely perfect In operation and the price $39= than this psttsrn. $1 Down $1 A Week $10 Walter J. Wood Company 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall .Street. Thf« (• a December special, but we have only a few and cannot guar antee you one unless you come early. Thie is the moit perfectly made deak we’ve offered yet: Quartered oak throughout, strongly made and superbly finished. Rubbed by hand to a brilliant polish; 50 other etylee in stock, in mahogany, bird'a-eye and oak, but our apecial ia an extra valua. $1 Down $1 A Week