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SPORTING PAGE, DECEMBER 24 The Atlanta Georgian AMERICAN ASS’N ABANDONS INVASION Chicago. Dec. 24.—The threatened baaeball Invasion of this cjty by the American Association apparently has been abandoned. President W. R. Armour, of the To ledo club. 1s out with the statement that he Is unalterably opposed to the expansion policy and will use every In- fluence he has to block the Invasion of Chicago. Armour’s attitude Is backed by Co lumbus and Indianapolis. It Is unlikely that the Insurgent fac tion of the association will try to over come the objections In their league as well as to fight the enemy from with out. M’CAY AND M’CI TO BOWL ELLI Sporting Editor The Atlanta Georgian: On behalf of R. J. Mcfleery and myself, I challenge J. R- Elliott and E. E. Eagan, -of the Atlanta howling team, to a ieriea of live games, total pins to count, to be bowled on the At lanta alleys Friday night. January 10. 1908. I nm not satisfied with my show ing against Mr. Elliott In our recent match, as I did not warm up before the firat game, In which he beat me .EERY WANT 0TT AND EAGAN eighty pins, and I hereby challenge him to a return match, to be bowled In At lanta Saturday night, January 11. R. J. McCleery, my team mate, also chal lenges E. E. Eagan to an individual match to be bowled the same night as my conte*;' .ith Mr. Elliott. All matches Je five games, total pins to count. Sincerely yours, BERNIE M’CAY, Mobile Bowling Team. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 22, 1907. I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. They *a.v it costs James R. Keene #200 a day to keep up his great horse Colin. Why does he do itt Well, since Mr. Keene says that his stable does not pay, even when it is earning a world’s record sum, then it must he because racing horses is a hobby of Mr. Keene’s. And can Mr. Keene afford to gratify that class of whims J Sure; he has plenty of money. And where did he get itf At the greatest of American gamb ling games—playing the stock market. • And how mnny poor children who aren’t going to have any Christmas this year could be made happy beyond words by the amount Mr. Keene spends in one day on this one racing machinet We don’t know. Maybe three or four hundred. And in a year! Well, Bay a hundred thousand. Why pick out Mr. Keene and Colint Chiefly because that is the most extreme case. And because it is the senseless expendi ture of extreme amounts by the very rich on their whims and fancies and hobbies that makes the lot of the poor appear a trifle harder than it need be. And because this feeling comes home cs- S ecially strong at Christmas time when the lot of the rich seems to e so much brighter and that of the poor so much darker. Bernie McCay is one of these rare characters who does not know when he is “licked.” Not satisfied with his recent defeat at the hands of Elliot^, the Atlanta bowling champion, he wants another match. If Elliott is willing he will come back again. And doubtless Elliott will be willing. You can’t down Bernie—and keep him there. And that’s why he ia a good ball player and a good manager. And that’s why El liott will have to hustle if he accepts the challenge. The first people who arrived on the scene of the Brockert Sta tion wreck on the Canadian Pacific Monday morning were the members of the St. Louis University football team. These men immediately set to work to rescue the living, give medical aid to the injured and make themselves generally useful. And when the wreck was cleared away the football men had made heroes of themselves by their efficient and fearless work. And yet this was only the expected. The football team of a college represents the best of its brawn and more than frequently the best of its brain as well. The men are trained in the use of their muscles and gray matter. They understand how to take orders and how to give them. And when the crisis comes they are better able to give good accounts of themselves than the “grinds” and the “mollycod dles” and the men’s whose scholarship reports may show up n lot better. At times like that one up on the Canadian Pacific you get an answer to the question, “Why is football such a great garnet” And the answer is, “Becauso it makes real men.” Awhile back much notice was given to the really remarkable achievement of Adolpn Toppcrwein, who hit 72 491 out of 72,500 targets. This was “some shooting,” all right;.but think of shooting at 72,500 targets and missing 9. Must have been exciting sport, all right. Imagine the group of excited spectators watching him break his 11,097th straight. That’s the kind of a game that the people like, something where the target has some chance 1 When it comes to sport, tho; we should prefer something a shade harder—that is, if we were Topperwein and could shoot as woll ns he. This business of breaking about seventy-two thou sand of nnything in succession would pall on anybody. It is too -much like shooting at a stuffed quail nr seeing how many times you could hit a barn door with a baseball nt ten feet. , As a test of physical endurance that event bad some good points. As a sporting event it wasn’t so much. The poor target didn’t have a reasonable chance. SEE HEAVEN HELP THOSE^ BEARS Rube Waddell and Bernie McCay Off On Hunting Trip For Three Days. Mobile, Ala.. D«C. 24.—The day after Christmas "Rube" Waddell and Hernia McCay, two baseball notables, leave for a three days’ hunt. They go Into the wildest part of southern Ala bama, about 10 miles from here, and expect to set at least one bear before they return. Dr. Inse, chief owner of the Mobile association, and president of that body, who has been eerloualy III, Is fast Improvtns. LEFTY DAVIS TO BE MARRIED L!lnneapollsNiU»*efT»eoN-e<.—Lefty Davis, American Association and Na tional League outfielder, who learned his first baseball In the Sulphur Springs bottoms, of Nashville, Is to be married. His bride-to-be Is Mips Cave, ct Burlington, Iowa. Unknown to his friends In this city, Lafty has gone ahead quietly and ar ranged the details of the wedding without consulting any one, nnd al though the date has not been set. It Is believed that this will be announced within a few days. Mr. Davta was one of the best and most popular ball players that ever wore Minneapolis or Chicago uniforms- . Artie Hoffman May Quit Cubs Bt. Louis, Mo.. Dec. 24.—Artie Hoff man, the utility man of the world's champion Cubs, announced that he will try to buy the Des Moines ball club. Hoffman thinks he sees a chance to make more money out In the Western Lesgue city than he can by being a star In a world's championship club. The announcement made a few days ago by Mike Cantllton that he might dispose of the Des Moines club caught the eye of Hoffman at once and he an nounced that he will take the matter up with Cantlllon In the near future, and If the club ran be purchased for anything like a reasonable amount, he will leave the Cube and become a minor league magnate. Hie father Is a wealthy ■t. Louisan. PACKY GOES EAST. Nsw York, Dec. 54.—Pack McFar- land and his manage^ Hurry Gilmore, will leave Chicago this week to In vade the Eastern camp of the light weights. The etock yards lighter hits been matched to meet Tommy Murphy January 7. I,t Is the most Important match Murphy has hnd since he start ed flghttng, ns McFarlnnil Is looked upon today as the most formidable of lightweights to lay claim to the cham pionship since Joe Gans has gone Into retirement. WHO’S HERE TOMMY BURNS. Here it the man who holds the heavyweight championship of the ; world. Hie measurements show that he is the smallest man who ever : went clear to the top in the prize ring. It now remains to be seen how • long he will be able to pick the lemons in the fighting orchard. Rogers Chosen to Lead Wisconsin Madison. Win.. Doc. 24.—Ilnrinn B. Rogers, of Portage, has been elected captain of the University of Wisconsin football team for 1908. Rogers has played left end on the team three years. Ewald O. Stlehtn, of Johnson ('reek, center on tho team, was the only other candidate, getting two votes to Rogers’ nine. Rogers Is a second-year student In the college at law. With Jake Stahl, Charley Hemphill nnd Keeler on the Job for the Yankees, v.here will Bell stand? Perhaps tho westerner will make Stahl and Hemp hill hustle for a regular Job. It Is said that the American League J. McGuire After Eddie McFarland Cleveland, Dec. 24.—Manager Jim McGdlre, of the Boston Americans, has been here on the trail of Eddie Mc Farland. one of tho Chicago White Sox cutchers. McGuire came on with the hope of landing the veteran backstop, und thinks that he can come to terms with him. Altho Jim has nobody to trade for McFarland, he says that he has had a tip that Comlskey Is willing to part with his old standby for a suitable nrnount of the coin of the realm. COSTS ABOUT $200 A DAY TO MAINTAIN GREAT COLIN YALE NOT TO TRAVELJOUTH Eli Baseball Team Abandons Usual Easter Trip to Southland. New Haven. Dec. 24.—The baseball authorities at Yale have deride,1 to abandon the Easter trip of the nine to the South. For many years the Yale team has played a series of games during the Easter recess with Georgetown I'ni verslty of Virginia, Richmond or am- team of sufficient caliber to give the Yale team practice. * Instead of going South the nine will pass most of the Easter vacation in New Haven, practicing In the Held if the weather permits. Cage work win not be begun until much luter than usual. B. WALTH0UR T0RIDEABR0AD He and Sherwood Will Go to France—Kramer . Balks. By J. 8. A. MAC DONALD. Xcw York, Iter. 24.—It costs more money to maintain America's champion race horse a day than It does the biggest clubman In New York. Janie* R. Keene’s Colin stand* ns the finest liver among the equine aristocracy of America. And this Is ns It should he. for Colin holds the remnrknble record of having earned for bis owner no less than $132,163. The fact that It cost Bookmaker ’’.Sol” Llchensteln, America’* most prodigal sport ing mnn, ns much ns $150 n dny to exist, was stated recently by a friend of the leviathan layer. Well It may be surprising, but neverthe less true, that approximately $1,500 a week Is required for the maintenance of Amer ica’s -rejgnlng thoroughbred favorite. Colin Ms the only race horse in the world with Ids own personal physician. Dr. E. E. Shepherd, one of the best-known vet erinarians In the new world, receives $300 per week for caring for Colin. Down nr the staldlng headquarters of Janies II. Keelie. Colin occupies Stall No. 18. Every morning Dr. Shepherd will be found will hold Its winter meeting In New York next year. This probably means that Bun Johnson will soon remove the league headquarters to this city. | Just Notes j {mhn«»h»hm*mmhh*h**hmi«hmnihu«h» Umpire Billy Evans, of Ban Johnson's staff, who turned down a proposition to referee in the Cleveland Hockey League, because of a bum knee, will finish the season ns referee in the In terstate Polo League. L. J. Becheberle, a deaf mute of Cincinnati, has asked to be appointed a scorer in the national bowling tour nament. He claims that the fact that he enn neither hear nor speak will not interfere with his work. The Brooklyn club ha* asked for waivers on Outfielder Burch, and the St. Louis club wants to dispose of Outfielder Jack Murray. The latter Is one of the men who was said to be headed for the Polo Grounds a few week* ago. Looks like McGraw doesn't want him. Dartmouth and Williams, which have been on the out* for « year, have kissed and made up. ••Hilly" loiuder. tho ex-Glant nnd ex* rhlllie, will coach the Williams College nine next spring. track team. nt Colin's stall door. The colt's temperature Is taken nnd carefully noted all thru the season. Jockey ••.Marvellous’* Miller re cocting in order to gallop nnd exercise Colin. For this Miller Is paid lion a week extra to Ills $15,000 a year salary. Colin has two rubbers. experienced men nnd experts In the work, who are paid ns much ns $50 a .week. Then comes the stnll Itself. It Is made of dry 1'nllforula pine over n concrete bottom. A system of drain nnd n special water plpo line running from a deeply-bored fresh water soring over a tulle away and forced by windmill Is another costly feature. Colin’s stall Is electric lighted nnd venti lated by electric fans. Colin eats nothing but the best selected oats nnd specially selected California hay. And that costs $10 a day. Trainer "iJmmy’' Howe, the regulnr stable trnluer, has a contract with Mr. Keene which calls for 10 per cent of all Colin’s stake winnings. So far Itowe’s bonus amounts to something over $12,000, or about $700 a week, for the past racing season. Of course this Amies out of Colin's gross earn ings nnd must be charged against the great colt s maintenance. Incidental expense brings up the total of Colin's weekly Idll to about $1,500, or nlmut $200 a day. New York. Dec. 24.—Victor Breyer, a French bicycle riding promoter, is here endeavoring to sign up aome of the alx-day rider*, to compete in France. So far he has only landed Bobby Walthour and Charley Sher wood. Frank Kramer, of East Oraftge, N. J„ the sprint champion of the world, has refused to sign the contract of fered him. He claims that he will not go abroad unless the figures are great ly boosted. Unless the French promoter agrees, Kramer says he will compete In the races at Salt Lake City next f.ummer. the best quarter-mllers In tho West. Captain Whltlitngtou, of the Harvard swimming team, will be back at Ills studies In January. He’s the Crimson’s mainstay, bln and the College of the City ’of New 1 ork. The Princeton basket ball team has been suspended by the A. A. V. However, tho Tigers juay play college lives under collegl- Wreading Is very popular nt Cornell. Lee Tollmtt, the crack shot nnd hammer throw- Mike Kelley has dug up old George Ho- grlover and will play him In Toronto 1 * out field. Hruuch Uickev Is studying law nt Ohio State. Griff will l»e plenscd If he shows up In the spring with un A. C. (aide catcher* Dan McCann has Just he Ills mother resides In Brooklyn.—New York Globe. Rends like ii "knock. '* The Hallroom Boys Take Advantage of the Blue Laws. Copyrlfht, 1007, by Amcricaa JourmMktmintr. ORMOND RACES BEGIN MARCH 2 New York, Dec. 24.—At a meeting of the content committee of the Au tomobile, Club of America the report of Secretary Butler on racing condi tions at Ormond-Daytona Beach was presented. The date of the races was fixed for the week beginning Monday, March 2, for the following reasons: 1. A careful and thorough Investiga tion of the tidal condition* shows that this week will afTord from five to # six hour* dally of good beach, varying each day between the hour* of 10 a. m. and 6 p. m., and In view of the long distance races which are to be run, necessitating the widest beach possible In conven ient hour* of daylight, this date was selected a* the only possible and prop er one. 2. That the first week of March Is the height of the Florida season, when many thousands of people are then on the ground to witness the races. Arrangement* have been completed to provide an approximately 16-mlle straightaway course, with loops, one at the northern end of the beach at Or mond and one at the southern end, at the Jnlet. The loops will be constructed of two. Inch planking, furnishing a roadway 32 feet wide and providing an easy curve by grading away the sand hills at the edge of the course. The loops * will be banked aix feet high at the outer edge of the curve. By this means a 32-mll© circuit Is available, beginning and ending at the club house of the Florida East Coast Automobile Asso ciation on the beach at Daytona. In front of which all of the long distance races will start and finish. This should provide the fastest course In the world for long distance races. . Here also will be located the grand stand and timing board, Indicating the position of tho competitors at all timet during the race. New Year f sFight Should Be Pippin By W. W. NAUGHTON. San Francisco, Dec. 24.—From th® present look of things, a crowd will be on hand that will make the Attell-Mo- ran fight one of the greatest successes of the seuson. The question of weight Is a thing the tight falls are puxxled over consid erably. , t There Is plenty of opportunity ° r seeing Attell and Moran In action every day, and the comparisons drawn so far favor Attell. The majority of visitors to the camp* of the little fellows think that Abe w faster on his feet and that he can nit with greater rapidity than the Engiwn boy. Moran has all the vanity of a young- ster of 23 and will not concede tms much, while Trainers Jimmy Kelly and A1 Wick* declare that It will take the New Year's Day contest to decide which la the shiftier. appendicitis. Hnd the operation h®en d®* •--.1 an hour, it la said, he would have Aho Nation, the canning secretary Yankees, says If he owned the clu mild lire Griffith Just to make a I'wjJ u*' news," and then hire hlui again to u ‘’ another piece of news.” Walter Lyon wna elected captain of** 1 * Ohio Northern football eleven for uext ) Lakewood High 8^1 will sented In the senate with a basket team. Harlan Roger* was elected captain of the Wisconsin football eleven for next The HI. Louis F foollMi" t«m "“Ujjj In Siwkniif on Christmas nail In >» r “" New Ye«r day.