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SPORTING PAGE, DECEMBER 28 The Atlanta Georgian PERCY H. WHITING SPORTING EDITOR ’ [ NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. Not content with the full grown job of trying to keep run. ning races clean the City Park track in New Orleans has compli cated affairs by running Rome steeplechases. Really this is no complication, however. It is perfectly sim ple. You can sum it up by saying that wherever you have steeple chase races and betting you will have crooks and crookedness. If there are any exceptions to this rule we should be glad to have somebody stop by and tell us about it. One of the most “smellful” examples of a bad looking jump- ‘ ing event was that run December 23—prophetic date—at City Park. Six horses out of the eleven that started fell and Bank Holiday, at 30 to 1, got the money—the horse and the bookies, that is. Racing in the South, like our old friend booze, is in a bad way. They’re after it from all sides. One state after another has closed up its tracks and put betting under the ban. If New Orleans wants to keep playing the game the only chance ia to cut out the steeplechases and ran the other races as decently as is consistent with the general deRire of the owners and bookmakers to get all the money. , The tennis people are working up a couple of lovely rows. They have started a rumor that somebody gave somebody the worst of it in the yearly ranking. They have also begun an agi tation to get the national championship away from Newport. Seems as though everybody really interested in tennis would be glad to see the Rhode Island burg passed up on the national championship proposition. As a society center in the summer it has it on Bay Ridge, but as a location for a tennis event possesses its weak points. Tournaments in years past have been too strong on the fash ion feature and too short on tennis. You can get the bunch there to talk almost everything but tennis. If the event is switched from Newport to Bay Ridge it will loso considerable of its social brilliancy, but it will be decidedly more notable as a tennis event. Says our old college chum, 0. Rice, of The Tennessean: Percy Whiting, In The Georgian, Is making a bard tight for a “three ball" regime. Not the brand of "three balls” where they tako your overcoat In exchange for 98 cents and a ticket, but a sllco Into tbe present base-on-balls output which numbers a quartet of wide ones. This seems to be one of the beat solu tions yet offered to help the down-trodden batter, and the odda are that If any change at all la launched In the rules, thla will be the plan adopted. The only trouble la that the baseball muck- a-mucka are not quite as keen about scrambling up the rule book every year as tbe football moguls are. Tbe policy of tbe former bunch la to "let what makes good alone." On the first count “ ’taint so.” It doesn’t make a frazzling bit of difference to us whether they have three or thirteen. We opined thnt it might not be such a punk idea to try the three ball scheme for awhile, but confessed that wo weren’t going to get tearful nor hysterical about it either way. We’re not making a‘‘hard fight” for anything just now. This is the one season of the year when we can be peaceful and wc are making the most of it FULLER, ONCE FAMOUS JOCKEY, NOW IN JAIL FOR VAGRANCY THE ALL-EASTERN ELEVEN OF 1097 COSTS MORE TO RUN BALL CLUB THAN IT DOES TO RUN FANCY RACING STABLE Dillingham. Waih, Dec. IS.—Occu pying a cell at the city Jail, mingling with the worst class 'of hoboee and petty thieves, la Grover Cleveland Pull er, who two yean ago told a New York Judge he had spent 1160,000 In two yean. He was once one of the most famous of American Jockeys. Puller hns been sentenced to serve thirty days for vagrancy, pending an LEAGUE MEETING POSTPONED; TALK OF WAR HAS DIED AWAY Chicago, Dec. ft—What only a few days ago threatened to be one of the flerceat baseball meetings In history, at which a baseball war waa to be made against tba major leagues, now looks as still as the ordinary American Aaso. datlon meeting. War talk haa cooled and tt la almost certain that while much of the time will be devoted to In. vaalon talk, the meeting will end leav ing the present condition unchanged. Moat of the aolons of tbe A. * * scheduled for today, has been postpon «d until Monday. The men will then meet and take up their yearly bust neks. Joseph D. Bryan, president of tbe American Association, waa the llrst of the magnates to arrive. When asked as to the latest war news, he smiled and remarked with a knowing glance: "There le no war.' •There has bee vaalon and war. I expect the war cloud will pus over ara in town, tho a taw ore still on tha without any great damage." PLAYING GOLF NOW IN MACON Bpedal to The Oeorflan. Macon, Go, Dec. IS.—All Is ready for tha wind-up of the annual golf tour nament being played at the Log Cabin Club. Today ths finals In ths handicap wlU be the program, and on Monday the next , play start* In the annual handicap tournament. This Is to be followed by the annual challenge tour nament. The handicap that starts Monday will be at medal play all' the way thru. Handsome prises are of fered for the winners In all the events. Tbe best score made so far baa been 14 (the bogey for the eighteen holes le 71). In a practice game yesterday aft. ernoon Professor George W. Macon, of Mercer University, made the double circuit In tt strokes. He le the scratch man In the handicap tournament and tba highest handicapped player will re- calve twenty-seven strokes. Macon ladles ara taking quite a good deal of interest In the game this win- ter, and every fair afternoon numbers of them are on the links. During the mornings others have been learning the game, and next spring will And several clever lady players In the club. National Club Sours on Burns Big Boxing Club For New York New York, Deo. It.—Plane are un der way for tha organisation of a big boxing club In thla city patterned after the National Sporting Club of London, before which Burns and Molr recently settled their differences. Many promt, nent sporting men and politicians have agreed to subscribe for Stock In the New York rlub, and that enough money will be raised to build nn amphitheater and club houses large as the Metropol. Itan Is possible next fall. New York. Dec. 28.—“It cost* me nenrly a hundred thousand to run my boll club." soys Frank Farrell, owner of the New York Highlanders. "My racing stable costs about ten thousand less than half as much." Althn Mr. Farrell le as silent about l)la winnings aa he is when he loses, It can safely he snld that racing pays him welt In the long run. In fuct, it Is several years slnco his stable has failed to pay expenses. As for the hall team on the hilltop. It has hern a financial success from the start. Mr. Farrell was recently asked which he liked Hetter, racing or base- ball. "It’s hard to eay which I like the bet. ter—racing or baseball;" he answered. Frank Farrell’s Expenses Racing. Horses (keep) 6 9,000 Kntry fees.. 6.000 Stake forfeits 10.000 Jockey fees 6,000 Traveling expenses... ... 8,000 Betting commissioner*.. ■ 1,000 Baseball. Salaries (25 players) $ 60,000 Total... ; ) 40.000 Traveling expenses.... Hotel bills Training trip.!.' Clerks and attendants.. Total Grand Total.-. 11.000 . 6,375 . 6,000 . 15.000 .» 37,175 .1187.176 BILL KIRK’S DOPE Washington belt “As a steady money-maker, baseball Is undoubtedly the better, but there Is a fascination about the turf which I can not get over." Mr. Farrell admitted that as a per- aonal amusement he would choose the ponies, hut he thought that as a scien tific sport baseball had a much deeper hold on the public. The proof of IhU la that baseball draws enthuslaatlc crowds year after year without the aid of the subtle attraction of gambling." Brooklyn Team Better Than Ever Brooklyn, Dec. 21.—The Brooklyn team for next eenson ought to moke It Interesting for any In the National League. Here are the member! of the club: Outfleldere—Lumley, Maloney, Hum med and Botch. Inltelders—Jordan, Alperman, Lewis. Casey, Bheehan. Paitee, McMillan and Zimmerman. Pitchers—McIntyre, Scanlan, Strlck' lett, Bell, Rucker, Pitstorlus, Wilhelm, Holmes, Hunter and Hess. Catcher*—Bergen. Ritter and But ler. That Ebbet* will not keep f«ur out fielders, eight Infletders and ten pitch er* goes without saying. The Brook lyn club Is especially strong on Infield- ers. They are all good men. too. Pat- tee I* declared a wonder by those who have seen him In action. Ball players who have played with and against him In the Trt-State League, among the number being Fred Jackslltch and Joe Doeschcr, say he Is a sure enough find. KELLY-PAPKE BOUT COME8 MONDAY NIGHT. OOOQOOQQOQOOQQOQOQQOOQQOOO O O O THE PLAINT OF THE O JOBLESS DOPESTER. O By Qrantlsnd Rice. O O Over the hill* and far away O O Lie* young and tender spring— O O Over the hills and far away O O The merry swatlets ring— O O But In the meantime. Old Kaxlp, O O Dope’* very scarce, by Jltig! O OOOOOOtWOOOOOOOOOOOOlWOiKiO New York. Dec. 28.—Hugo Kelly and Bill Papke meet Monday night at Mil- nukce. The dope Is to bet on the comer ngnlnst the old-timer, hut West ern sports are making Kelly favorite and backing Papke men off the bnurds. ROAST KULP FOR FAILURE T0ST0PB0UT De* Maine*. Dec. 28.—Captain Oliver Kulp, of the Iowa. national guard, com manding a Davenport company, was convicted of disobedience of orders In fading to stop the prise fight In Daven port. November 12, and Is to be rep rimanded. • The verdict was communicated by tho oourtmartlal to Governor Cum mins and was disclosed today with the findings of the executive, who says of ficially that-us he has no power to in crease the penalty and no desire to lessen it, he Is compelled to approve It. The telegraph companies are held to have acted "absolutely without justi fication or excuse." and to be guilty of "gross negligence" In falling to deliver tho telegrams from the adjutant gen eral to the captain of the Davenport company. - * Pop WdikartMay Lead Galveston Oalveiton. Tex.. Dec. -21.—It begins to nppear that "Pop" Wetkart, the old Shreveport player, will captain the Gal. veston team again In 1108. There le a fetllng that a younger man might do better work, but probably this feeling will die young. "Pop" will, of course, play first base. , The playere who have signed Salves, ton contracts-are Dnn Rllsy, Christian, Torrey, Jenkins, Muson. Whlttenberg. Blumberg, Jerry Kane and Joe Baird. Eight were w-ltli last season's team. Harry Blumberg, the new pitcher. Is a left-handed youngster from Ohio. The other new men are Shortstop Smith— not Tony from last year—and Vaughn, an outfielder. Several others are ex pected to sign their numes to a contract In a few days. It has been three years slnre Galves ton has had a team that made any kind of showing In the race. With a nice, convenient park and a good hustling team that would be near the top; fans of Galveston would be loyal and lib eral with their patronage. LOUI8VILLE SIGNS TWO GOOD PLAYERS.' Louisville, Ky„ Dec. 26.—Joe Stan- By WILLIAM F. KIRK. This diverting story I* going tbe rounds about player named Kay: "One day Case Fatten approached Kay and said, *77*11, my robust friend, I understand you came from Martlnsburg, W. Va.’ " ’Yes, I did,’ shot back Kay. as he looked Patten over, 'and wouldn't you'"" This ripping wheexe Is hardly up to the high standard set by the play, ere more experienced than young Mr. Kay. It Is very good, we grant, for s young leaguer Just weaned from the day-coach circuit, but we feel sure thtt Mr. Kay can do better. Baseball players have their own peculiar Idea* of wit, humor and satire. The pun, regarded In all the beet circles aa the lowest form of wit, they pass up entirely, feeling that even a bod play on the Infield fa better than a good play on words. , Their best bet In the field of wit Is what they classify a* "dry kidding." DAHLEN A “DRY KIDDER." "Dry kldders" pride themselves on keeping their facet aa aolemn aa the fence around a monument. Bill Dahlen Is probably the most perfect specimen of a "dry kldder" ever In baseball captivity. One day last summer he was riding on the Slxth-av*. "L” to the Polo Grounds when an admiring rooter who recognised Bill’s familiar features, chirped, "Hello, Dahlen, I suppose you remember me?" Dahlen nodded dis tantly and the pest continued: "I never came up here on the “L" before. I suppose I’m about half-way to the grounds, ain't I?” “How can I tell you,” answered Dahlen, “when I don’t know where you got on?" Oh another occasion some Enthusiastic fan shouted at Bill: "Hello, Dahlen. old boy! Do you remember that home run you made yesterday" "No, I don't remember,” replied Dahlen; “that was too long ago.” When we consider the wofully short memory of the average baseball rooter Bill's come-back appeals to us as possessing not only wit but a great deal of philosophy besides. V Humor does not seem to thrive much In the field of professional base ball. M’GRAW ON THE JOB. But satire! Satire, thought to be a lost art. Is not departed, nor will it depart so long ns the ball player shall endure. In one of the lost season's games a pitcher named Dorner was thrown a new ball, and stooped down on the grass to rub off a little of Its shiny surface, us ull pitchers do. "Oh, you fat-head! You look like nn old scrub woman!" shouted McGraw from the coaching line*. Wasn’t that sub- tie satire—what? A well-known Nntlonal League player, whose wife was suing him for divorce Inst season, taunted a rival player from the coaching line, saying something about meanness. "Mean?" flung back his enemy. "How about you? Why. you're so mean your wife won't live with youl” Wasn't that satire—grand satire? Ask yourself. A few years ago a catcher In tho Southern League found two rotten eggs under the grand stand, and put them In the umpire's pocket while that worthy was officiating behind the bat. Then he broke the eggs wltn his elbow. Wit, humor and satire combined, each In lta highest and beat form. GAME IN CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 28.—Man ager Armour, of the Toledo baseball team, which will train here this spring, has announced that the Cincinnati Reds will play an exhibition game hero Match 28. The Reds will train in Flor ida, and while they are playing here the Cojts will play the University of ley and Suter Sullivan have signed with I Tennessee at Knoxville. Manager Ar- Lnulsvllle. Sullivan will play first buse I mour has also arranged for a game and Stanley will work In center field. |wtth tbe Chicago Nationals. It Happened in Birdiand—But it Might Have Happened Anywhere. Caprrtsbt. 1007, by Amities*. Jourasl-Eismlaw. New York, Dec. 28.—Tommy Burns will not meet Jack Palmer at the Na tional Sporting Club at London. The English gentlemen In the big club will not stand for Palmer In any form at all, and as for Burns they will not break their necks offering him purses. TINY CHAMPS MAKE WEIGHT San Francisco, Dec. 26.—Everything Is going with a swing at the training camps of (he two little champion*. Abe Attell and Owen Moran, and tne men who are preparing for the prlnci- pal New Year's fight are thoroughly satisfied with results. . In Attell's case there I* an offlci-u declaration that he Is safely the weight limit, and from the Ent- llshman's camp comes the lnfo™*“ d| that the latter can make 120 pound at two hours’ notice. . lh> Attell Is a strong favorite with betting contingent, the pressure or-' tell’* money causing the price - the English lad to lengthen to 10 to today. Branch Rickey Is to enter Ohio Stale University for a course of law. “Moses’ Farewell Address" JUD6E.J0HK T. PENDLETON, Sunday, 3:30, Y. M. C. A'