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SPORTING PAGE,
DECEMBER 21
The Atlanta Georgian
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I PERCY H. WHITING.!
SPORTING EDITOR j
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
'A year ago this time the baseball world was at peace.
The last and the liveliest of the outlaw leagues—the long-ob
noxious Tri-State—hod come back into the fold, reformed and set
tled down to an upright life.
The Atlantic League managed to stir up a little fun during
tho summer by going outlaw. But the Atlantic was c highly re
spectable outlaw; and, compared with the very fine “amuck” run
by the Tri-State, its performance was tame to a fault.
But, gentlemen of the baseball world, if the American Asso
ciation puts a baseball team in Chicago, turns outlaw and begins
buying players out of the major and minor leagues, then there
will be a brand of excitement dealt out across the bar that will
make Decatur-st. whisky look mild as lemon pop.
The American Association is a strong organization. It has
been on a paying basis and "playing the big towns” for a good
while. There is money in the league treasury and the teams have
strong backing.
But if they put themselves outside tho pale then they will
bring on a fight that will cost lots of money and cause lots of
excitement.
Right now it looks as though the Association would deliber
ately walk into trouble. But there is yet plenty of time to think
it over. Pressure will be brought to bear on the magnates and
they may change their minds about having a team in Chicago.
There is not a chance on earth thnt the major leagues will
give the association a right to play in tho Windy City. So if the
Class A league goes in, a war is started right there.
If the American Association is wise it will stay out of trouble.
But if it isn’t, and wnnts the warmest fight on record it knows
where to find it.
Tho Pennsylvania athletic authorities are out with a state
ment that whatover happens they will play Michigan next year.
Says Trainer Mike Murphy: “These Westerners ore good sports
men. You do not hear their undergraduates growling under n
defeat nor do they protest their opponents’ players. They play
good, hard football and are going to give us a great battle on
Franklin field next season. While there is always a possibility
of Pennsylvania playing some other of her foes, it is not at the ex
pense of dropping the Michigan game. Why, this game in a few
years will grow to be the biggest game of the lot.”
Everybody is glad to see this Penn-Michigan game contin
ued as an annual event. The inter-sectional games are the best
fun. When East meets West or West meets South things are
bound to happen.
Football is getting big enough now so that inter-sectional
games are worth while, and it would be unfortunate to have the
very biggest of them cut out.
It is to bo hoped that Vanderbilt will get a good game in the
East next fall, and Sewanee, too. Both the Southern teams will
learn football by so doing, and we should hate to guarantee thnt
the Easterners also will not.
COLUMBIA BASKETBALL TEAM
PLA YS A. A.C.SATURDA Y NIGHT
Should Be Best Basket
Ball Game of Year
in South.
The Athletio Aasociatlfm of the Carlisle Indian School has
issued announcements that hereafter only bona fide students of
tho institution will be allowed to play on its teams, and no player
will be allowed to take part for more than four years.
Up to this year the Carlisle sehool has been allowed to do
about as it pleased. The colleges against which the Indians have
played recognized that the conditions at Carlisle were different
from what they were at Harvard and Yale, and accepted any old
team as I6ng as it did not practice scalping, “tomanawkry” or
cannibalism on the field.
This year there has been u lot of criticism of the Carlisle
team, and in consequence new rules have been passed.
Probably it is a pood move. Athletics all along the line are
being polished up and there is no reason why Carlisle should es
cape.
The star basket ball event of the year
In Atlanta will be the Columbia Uni
versity- Atlanta Athletic Club game at
the Atlanta Athletic Club gymnasium
Saturday night
The Columbia team left New York
Friday and should be in Atlanta Bat
urday afternoon.
This team is one of the very best of
the country. Last year It finished sec
ond in the Intercollegiate basket ball
league and this year It seems even
stronger.
Every member of the team is a good
athlete and prominent In other depart
ments of sport besides basket ball.
J. J. Bryan, captain of the team,
made the all-American basket ball
team last year. He also rows on the
crew, wrestlse and plays football. On
the track team he Is a high jumper and
shot putter.
11. P. Cerussl, one of the guards,
stroked the Columbia crew at Pough
keepsie last year and Is a famous oars
man.
W. A. Klmbel, another guard. Is a
star baseball player, and S. Meletzer
Is something or an nil round performer.
He was on the all-American basket ball
team last year, Is a star of the gym
nasium team and plays lacrosse.
C. L. Hill, who Is one of the for
wards, Is a two-rnlle runner of consid
erable ability.
The Atlanta Athletic Club team Is
practically picked. Doonan will play
one forward. The other will go to
Holliday, Thornton or Ramspeck.
Thornton Is not In the best physical
condition, and It Is doubtful If he will
get In.
At center Rappole will perform, and
the guards will be Hudson and Heinz
or Colquitt.
This team is a reasonably strong one
and ought to mnke a good showing.
All of the men are In great physical
condition, and understand the game.
Under the careful coaching of Fred
Hoyt, they are showing some encour-
THE BASEBALL GIRL
CERUSSI AND HURLEY.
Corussi is a famous athlete and has done great work for Columbia
both on ths basketball floors and on the water. He is at the right in
the picture and is illustrating a foul.
agln^r team work.
The event will be open only to club
members and ladles, but owing to the
very large size of the membership and
the Interest In basket hall there Is sure
to be a crowd that will tax the capaci
ty of the hall.
The JJne-up:
Columbia—Meletzer, Hall, Klendel or
Mahen. forwards; Ryan, center; Couls.
«!, Schoneppe or Klmbel. guards.
A. A. C.—Doonan, Holiday. Thornton
or Ramspeck, forwards; Rappole, cen
ter; Hudson, I-Ielnz or Colquitt, guards.
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASS’N
MAY RUN RACE IN SAVANNAH
Chicago, Dec. 21.—Snvannnh mny be ae-
lected by the Amerlnen Automobile Amo-
elatlon an the location of the proposed
stripped stock touring car rnce.
Rnrnnnsh wnnts the rnce. The Georgia
city wants It so much thnt It will bunk nil
the turns If necesssry nnd provide a guard
of soldiers to pstrol the route and protect
spectators.
N, II. VnnSIcklen Is buck from the Geor
gia city, where lie went to look over the
route. He Is chairman of the technical
board of the A. A. A. nnd whnt he says
about the route will curry weight. Here
i* his views:
•They nro the best ronds I ever anw.
Michigan avenue or any boulevards lu Chi
cago nre mere country ronds compared to
whnt I wns shown In H’t, Catherine county.
They nre shell ronds nnd nre ns hard as
cement. After n long-continued rnln storm.
In which more than two Inches of water
fell, I wns driven over these roads lu n
slx-rylinder Stevens-Ruryeu at sixty miles
nn hour, nnd there was not n fleck of mud
thrown up. Those roads will stand n speed
of seventy five to ninety tulles an hour on
ail the rnis that will enter the race.
“The course over which It Is proposed to
hold the contest Is on the outskirts of the
city of Savannah. It Is rectangular In
shape, four miles la length nnd one mile
wide,
track, and a sti
other corner.
cut off by a rnllrond
track runs into an*
of the four-mile
stretchea Is Inside the city; the rest of the
route Is outside.
“If the race Is awarded to that place, tho
citizens assured me street cars would not
run during the races, while they would
bank the turn at the railroad so as to ex
clude that comer from the trick. All other
corners would be banked, too, so that n
speed as high ns the cars could attain
would be possible at nil places.
“St, Catherine county hns between 150
and 200 miles of this kind of roads. They
nre built by convict labor nnd nre the best
In the country. If not In the world, In my
opinion. They coat, I am told, nlwmt 13,500
Jng— - -
stand heavier traffic.”
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
WILL TURN OUTLAW SURE
Chicago, Doc. 21.—Thsrs can no
longer bs any doubt that tho American
Association intends placing a club in
Chicago.
That an option on the St. Paul club
has boon obtained by Ihe faction which
seeks to invade this city In a fact and
that Charles 8. Havenor, president of
the Milwaukee Club, had In his pos
session not long ago an option on tho
old Congress street park, on the West
Ride, Is another fact. That he may
exercise that option at the present s tline
is more than n probability.
And Inasmuch as It has been re-
ported that an American Association
emissary has gone to Utica*. N. Y„ to
confer with the owners «»f the former
National League park, it Is evident that
the American Association Is not only
t ager to get Into Chicago, but Is willing
to bhl for patronage on the West Ride.
“Boshter Bill” Squires
Knocked Out Once More
Bakersfield, Cal.. Dec. 21.—A right
uppercut to the Jaw caused “Bosher
Bill' Squires, of Australia, to tumble
1n the sixth round of his fight with Jim
Flynn, of Colorado, last night.
The Australian was completely
knocked out and had to be carried to
his corner.
It was a fierce slugging match from
start to finish with Flynn doing the
work.
The trouble with Squires was that he
seemed weak on his legs and feet. He
wabbled and rolled like a drunken man
even when not struck. That he was
stronger than Flynn was shown by the
way in which he twisted the “fighting
fireman" around in the clinches and
pushed him away at will. Yet when
Flynn lowered his head and rushed,
he always carried Rqulres to the ropes.
Toward the last of the fight Rqulres
had no defense to speak of. He wont
in, lashing out aimlessly, and Flynn
had little difficulty in avoiding him.
The moment the award was made
phy, his manager, chall*
Tman In Flynn's behalf.
Jsck IVmlrjr, formerly with the Clere-
land Wheel baseball club, has l***n drafted
from Oklahoma City by Sou Francisco.
The 1907 victory by the Navy makes
Its series with West Point a tie, 6-C.
A mistake has l**eu made In the clouting
Inrw of Krnh Sky - — • ■■■
Jiffs In 84 times
.406 instead of .
Indianapolis for IS06. The Hooib-r* also
have a pitcher named West. Not old Hi,
t#it a jouugster from Monmouth, Ills.
MAN LEAVE8 PHYSICIAN
AND DIVES INTO A WELL.
Homer, La., Dec. 2V.—Illness and
financial worry were responsible for
the suicide here of George Gill, man
ager of the local cotton exchange.
Interrupting an interview with his
physician. Gill walked over to the rear
of his residence and dived Into nn open
well, fracturing his skull on a bucket.
MEMPHIS HEARS RUMORS OF
OUTLAW LEAGUE IN SOUTH
From Memphis comes talk of an out
law league to oppose the Southern.
The Commercial Appeal says:
"Attracted by publicity given the
possibility of the American Associa
tion entering sacred territory of the
so-called baseball trust In Chicago,
ground that Is claimed at present by
the American and National Leagues,
under national agreement laws, several
Southern sharpshooters have launched
old time rumors regarding a possible
Independent circuit In the South for
Saturday nnd Sunday games. New Or
leans, where several independent clubs
already flourish; Memphis, Birmingham
nnd Atlanta are towns sought by the
independents, who are already pos
sessed of enough enthusiasm to carry
the scheme thru, provided a little
finance is sprinkled in as a fertilizer."
Very special news Item—Billy Smith
arose Saturday morning in time for an
8 o’clock breakfast'.
This Is the first time since Septem
ber 14.
Alton. III., dispatches to Cincinnati
papers carry the news that Theo Brelt-
enstetn, the New Orleans pitcher, has
been indicted for Illegally conducting a
saloon.
Charlie Keith, the left-handed pitch
er of Little Rock, who has been draft
ed by the St. Louis Americans, Is
looked upon as the luckiest of all play
ers In the business.
He is a student at Oxford Universi
ty. England, having won one of the
Rhodes scholarships In Arkansas, his
native state. He recently left for Eng
land.
He Is allowed $3,000 a year for pur
suing his studies and $100 a month
during vacation. The 8t. Louis club
will pay his transportation over, and
In addition to bis $100 a month spend
ing money will pay him $450 a month
for playing ball. Pretty hard to beat
that.
Arlle Latham baseball stories are
always good. Latham made his last
appearance oa an umpire In the O. and
P. League, and it Is said the "fans"
there did not shed any tears when
Arlle left. The last argument Latham
got Into was with Charley Starr, the
ex-Brownle, who is with Youngstown.
He thought he could get away with it
and have no come back. It seems every
time Latham missed a strike he would
shout through (he mask and tell the
batter:
“That's one I owe you, old boy."
Starr was at the bat and when the
same thing was put up against him he
replied: "That’s about 123 strikes you
ow e me and unless you pay your debts
you will have to get busy for a law
suit."
"I never pay debts," said Latham,
and there was no one who disputed his
remark.
John L Sullivan says that while Frank
Gotcli is a wonderful wrestler he will never
shine ns a prize tighter.
Bnrn«>y Oldfield Is writing stories in which
he nttempts to describe the sensations of a
fast ride in nn ntttnmublli*. There Is proba
bly no wan In the world so well •imilineil ns
Harney to speak on the subject of the
“dull, sickening thud.”
Monroe May Take
Mobile*s Place
By GRANTLAND RICE.
The beauty of the Gibson girt will never, never, fade.
And Mr. H. C. Christy pens a most bewitching maid—
Allan Gilbert has a type of most attractive grace,
While Harry Fisher sketches an aristocratic face.
The bunch of females I have named are all there In the cast —,
But, hay, I know a girl that has them all lashed to the mast—
The type whtch keeps each dome of thought cavorting In a whirl
Is that nectarine of nature which we dub “The Baseball Girl.”
She's got the "proper curves” all rlgt—the brand that you can't beat—
She has "the speed"—nor do we here refer unto her. feet—
She always "makes a. hit" to boot—no matter whom she faces—
Just give her any sort of chance and watch her clear the bases.
"A good catch” Is her aim In life, and when one comes along
You’ll always find her on the Job—she'll never play it wrong.
And a3 I look upon tho list which comes before my view,
I And that some are 'grandstand” girls—and some are "bleacherites."
She likes a "tie game" best of all—where no play-off will come—
She cares not for a "salary whip” that’s always on the bum—
Nor does she care a whit about the gent "who bam around
Three hundred" every blooming night he tries to ''cover ground.”
You'll nevet “catch her napping oft bor base." or In a trance;
She'll use the "squeeze play” every time she draws a half a chance—
And when you go to sign her up you’ll find that no Intrigue
Mokes her forget “the diamond" In the matrimonial league.
Several Southern papers have come out for Professor Riggs, of Clem-
son, as Dr. Dudley’s successor at ttie head of the S. I. A. A. There could
be no better choice than this, as Mr. Riggs Is well qualified In everv way
to direct the affairs of the association.
It begins to look now as ft Mobile must cough up 2,600 slmoleons be
fore she can figure as any debutante tn the Southern League. There's mi
reason why the league Itself should dish out all that coin, and the Cotton
States organisation doesn't seem keen upon letting her out ut any cut In the
original price. With Mobile In there's still another scramble ahead as to
who shrill lead the team, a portion of her owners' favoring McCay and an
other set clamoring for Red Fisher. There Isn’t a chance that Chattanooga
wilt bag Little Rock's franchise.
Bill Smith Is laying his plans to bag another pennant for his people
In Georgia. With Ford, Schopp, McKenzie and Schwenck on deck he has
the pick of Griffith's discards coming and Jimmy Ryan, the Montgomery
mogul, figures that his new left fielder, already signed up, has Paskert
backed off the dump. He will have Fox, Jordan, Castro and Dyer back
nround Ills Infield with a couple of additions to bo tried out In the spring —
Nashville Tennessean. ».
PRITCHARD AND BURKS GO
TO JOIN CHARLESTON TEAM
Special to The Georgina.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 21.—Pritchard,
of Vanderbilt, and Burks, of Alabama,
two of the ablest football players in
the South, passed through Savannah
yesterday afternoon, en route to Colum
bia, S. C., where Forsythe’s bunch of
gridiron celebrities hgs commenced
practice for the two great games of
football on Christmas and New Year’s
with the Savannah team.
Pritchard was one of Vanderbilt’s
star tackles last year, and made the
All-Southern In a walk, and Burks is
regarded by many as the most wonder
ful halfback ever produced in the
South.
Forsythe promises to corral the finest
lot of moleskin warriors ever seen In
Savannah.
The Savannah team Is composed
without exception, of bona-fide amateur
players, living in Savannah. Coach
Williams, of Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute, is coaching them.
It is a certainty that the game,
here on Christmas and New Year’i
will be rip-snorters, and some think
that the local Napoleons are about to
meet their Waterloo.
The locals defeated Forsythe’s All
Southern team lost year, two goals
from field turning the trick. Not a
touchdown was scored.
NEW YORK FANS NOT PLEASED
WITH M’GRAW’S LATEST TRADE
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. £l.—President A.
C. Crowder, of the Cotton States
League, expresses the opinion that Mo
bile will easily succeed In raising the
required .$2,500 to secure the Shreve
port franchise in th* Southern League,
and that the amount will be paid Into
tho Cotton States’ treasury before the
end of the present month. Unless this
Is done, however, Mobile will be com
pelled to remain In present company.
According to statements made at the
recent league meeting In Gulfport, Mo
bile was the only town on the circuit
that made money last season. The Mo
bile association cleared about $15,000,
while Jackson, Gulfport, Meridian,
Vicksburg and Columbus lost money.
During the next two weeks It Is ex
pected that something definite will be
developed relative to the new forma
tion of the circuit, and It seems to be a
certainty that Monroe, La., will get a
franchise, the promoters at that place
having submitted a very Inviting pro
posal, and confidence Is felt that Mon
roe would be able to support a team.
Selma, Ala., has also a&ked for a fran
chise, but It is not probable that the
Alabama town will be admitted In case
Mobile goes out, as that would destroy
the compactness of the circuit.
Nothing has been heard from Hat
tiesburg or Natchez concerning their
Intentions, and unless at least two more
towns come forward with offers at the
January meeting, the circuit will be
composed of only six teams.
Tbo six-day bike met
not amount to uiueh.
Its scandal average.
in New York did
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
New York, Dec. 21.—There is much
food for reflection in the big "swap”
whereby the Giants get Tenney, Brld-
well and Needham in exchange for
Bowerman, Dahlen, FergUHon, etc., etc.
Many of our most discerning fAns can
not see where the Polo Grounders profit
by tho deal, but Manager McGraw, un
derstanding that our most discerning
funs don’t go very strong on inside
baseball anyhow, asserts that the
transaction has strengthened the
Giants.
With all due deference to the baseball
acumen of McGraw, the trade doesn’t
seem quite even, let alone its being ad
vantageous to New York. While it is
true that McGann and Dahlen are get
ting along In years, their steadiness has
helped out many an erratic pitcher, and
the fact that they always, knew what
to do with the ball when they got it.
no matter how critical the situation,
made up for their stiffening joints.
Tonney is a better first baseman than
Dan McQann, but not a younger first
baseman, and If McGann is paying tho
tax of the years, so is the accomplished
gentleman who will succeed him at the
initial corner of the diamond. Tenney
isn’t a better hitter than Daniel, and
when the matter of base running Is
considered he hasn’t got any terrific
advantage there.
Needham, the catcher, is & fairly good
performer, but I believe most of our
Polo Grounds enthusiasts will agree
that Frank Bowerman, with all his
cracked fingers and other scars of past
battles, Is a better man than the Bos
ton lad. Bowerman has been here with
us for so many years that we regard
him as a sort of fixture, and It will be
hard for us to watch *hlm In a Boston
uniform, as It will be hard for Frank
to wear a Boston uniform when he ap
pears at the Polo Grounds.
Officials Elected For the
B. H. S. Baseball Team
The Boys’ High School elected base
ball officers at a meeting held Friday
night at tho Boys’ High School.
Krone was elected captain and Ward
manager of the baseball team.
It Is doubtful If better men could
have been chosen, for Keene Is a fast
steady player and Ward has shown hli
ability as a manager this fall.
Thai High School has some fine ma
terial to pick from this year, and ex
pects to put forth a great tenm.
The High School Glee Club will put
a minstrel show before the public some
time In February for the benefit of the
team.
NEGROES IN ALABAMA
WILL RALLY TO FORAKER.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 21.—Alabama
negroes have begun a movement here
In the Interest of J. B. Foraker for
president. Large placards announce a
meeting for Emancipation Day, at
which leaders will speak. On the
rds Is a large picture of Foraker,
with the words: "Our choice for 1908.'
Charley Murphy
It Is fulling iloo n Chics go National grandstand to ti
. nrosont size.
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Winter Horses
In Columbia, S. C.
Lexington, Ky„ Dec. 21.—Trainer
Robert L. Davis has left here for Co
lumbia, S. C„ with tho trotters and
pacers to be prepared at that place tor
the campaign of 1908. These hors**
are owned by or under lease to Charles
Floyd Jones, of New York, They are
Margaret O. 2:08 1-4; Mighty Onward,
2:101-4: Peter Donna, 2:19 3-4: Robert
C, the sensational yearling by Peter
The Great out of Cocoon, 2:15, which
trotted a mile hero last fall In 2:291-1.
the first half In 1:12; Horace XV. Wil
son, an 8-year-old full brother to
Mighty Onward, that showed a mile si
Columbus In 2:08 1-4; Joe Wentz. J";
by Patchen Wilkes out of tho noted
Beuzetta, 2:08 3-4. a yearling filly
Mighty Onward out of Mary A, full®'*"
ter to Margaret A, and Axworthy, Pi™"
cess of Kent, 2:22 1-4. and two 3-year-
olds by Walnut Hall.
In addition to these Trainer p»J>*
will have Dr. Chase, 2:101-4, and W
rlco, 2:09 1-4, one of the best horre.
on the grand circuit last season. *
Irst-named two are owned by Ism
Eckert, of Reading. Pa., nmi wer
shipped to Columbia some time age.
Rutgers' new commander Is Chari**
E. Corbin, 1909. He's a fullback.
Kid Elberfeld has signed a New YorJ
contract that calls for <1.000 *xt
money If he plays the game ana
tends strictly to business.