The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, October 01, 1906, Image 14
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FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS
Football Under New Rules
Proves Pretty Good Game
The question of what the public Is to
expect of football under the new rules
waa not answered ut Tech field Sat
urday.
Tho new "forward pass waa trieu
rery little. Maryville fought very ally
of tt and the Tech men let It severely
alone In the first half. In the second
when things were going against the
local players, It was tried a fejc times
1 once with great success. The ball was
i passed twice behind the lino and the
Iplay appeared to be going toward the
(left end. Then, of a sudden, the man
with the ball turned and passed It for*
■ward to a man waiting far ahead.
The ball sailed high In the air, land-
led right nnd the runner was off with
t jt In a whiff, making a good gain. That
1 was the only pnss of tho day which
1 really worked, fiut it was an Indication
of what may be expected later.
Hero Is the forward pass rule In
full for tho benefit of those who are
■till' mystified by the play:
"The forward pass shall bo allowed to
each scrimmage, provided such pass
: be made by a player who was behln
the line of scrimmage when he ball
was put in play, and provided the ball
after being panned forward, does n t
touch the ground before being touched
by a player of either aide.
*"The pass may not be touched by a
nlnver who was In the lino of scrim
mage when tho ball was put In play
except by cither of the two men play-
ingTn the ends of the line
•* " . .. -.1 nVfir II
VVrwa d Pose over the line of
acrimmage Within a space of five yards
*n each side of tho center shall be
“""A*forward pnss by the side which
does not put the ball In play In a
scrimmage shall he unlawful.
A forward pass which crosses the
goal line on tho fly or bound without
touching a player on either side shall
be declared a touchback for the de
fenders of the goal."
The "onside” kirk Is going to make
a lot of difference. Once In Saturday's
game the ball was kicked 35 yards
down the field by a Maryville man and
received by the Tennesseeans, who
gained at least 40 yards on the play.
In years past If one team kicked the
ball Its members eouU* not touch It
again with some exceptions until it
laid been touched by members of tho
other team. Now, when the hall Is
kicked it belongs to the man who geta
In speaking of football ur.dor the new
rules, Coach niekson sold:
"The forward pass amounts to noth
ing In mid-season games between
teams of anywhere near equal strength
It Is a hopeless play, I do not expect
It to be tried, except as a last resort,
aside from practice games and games
where one team Is hopelessly out
classed,
-The onside kick Is another matter.
I expect to ppf ft lot of short kicks and
a high premium has been placed on
th«> man who can make sure, accurate
kicks nnd who can tell Just how far
his kicks are going. This Is of the
greatest Importance and a new kind or
kicker will he developed by all success
ful trains—a kicker who can get away
the hall fast anil surely for short dis
tances.
"The ten-vnrd rule seems pretty se
vere to mo. It Is hard to see how teams
can make the distance. And I can tell
you one thing. It will ho the cause of
n lot of accidents. I expectjto see more
this year than ever before.”
Maryville Proves a Tartar,
But Tech Escapes Defeat
TECH «. i .. MARY '!, I VTwm
"The Footlmll Nuvonu wns on ‘ * n,m
♦ion at Teel, field Saturday afternoon wl.™
lha Georgia School of Technology ton...
played the opening game of the aenaon
against tho Maryville team, nnd drew a
tie Score, 6 to 6.
For the flrnt ttme, tho Atlanta patrons
of football bad n cbnnoo to nee the re
formed game” na played nnder the now
rules: and, after aeolng. they declared It
••pretty fine huslaeas." Of course, only n
suggestion of what Is to follow, when IT. Is
man's charges get the hang of tho le
ward pans" nnd the "outatde kick waa dla-
cloned Saturday, but the gn.no wnn cer
tainly more opon, more_ npectnculnr nnd
fester than ever before. Notable because
of their nbaenco were the ...ana P ays
against the center of tho line, the vexations
delays when time wns tnkon out mid the
Injuries to players. ..
An a spectacle It waa fine, na football It
waa a lilt crude, nnd to Tech men It wns
■ and surprise.
Tho Maryville game .vna down on the
schedule na a "practice game." The Rant
Tennessee team wns everybody's victim last
year, nnd nobody expected lunch from
Conoh Dickson's men. Hut If ever n ...ore
lively ".lend one" hit Atlanta It Is not re
membered by local footlmll fans.
Tin' Maryville team In Just naturally a
warm proposition, ..ml It was no dlncredl!
to Tech that hor team aecnred only n tie,
though far ho It from any of us to sug
gest that It won not a surprise.
The Tennessee team Is nuule up or hus
ky, fast men, averaging K»t pounds In
weight and trained to the minute. They
have been up ngainst the "new football"
gtnre the enrly part of September, and Sat
urday they were playing their seeoud game.
Under Coach Dickson they have learned
n lot of foothnll, new or old, nnd on their
Saturday form they would have puzzled any
team In the South.
The Terh team, on the other hnnd, wns
only n suggestion of the bunch which will
represent the local college n month hence.
The Job of whipping a new team Into con
dition nnd of teaching them the new rules
nnd the new gnmo In the few dnys allot*
t»*d hnd been too much for even the foxiest
of nil Southern conches, nnd there Is no
denying that nt times Mnryvllle hnd tho
Tech men played almost off their feet.
Tech luck nnd Tech pluck saved the dny
lifter Mnryvllle hud scored n touchdown
In the second hnlf, nnd seemed to have tho
gnme cinched. The team tore loose, nnd
by whirlwind tactics enrrled the boll down
the field for a touchdown nnd kicked
goal.
Maryville's touchdown was due to nti nc-
cldeut, though an accident that their own
netlvlty made possible. Maryville held
Tech on 'Peril's 15-yard line. The Yellow
Jackets tried to kick out of danger, but
"nig" Sanisei broke through, blocked the
kick nnd went over for u touchdown.
Tho line-up:
Tier 11- Position. MARYVILLE—
t ....D center Hunt
11 undersoil right gunrd Hayllss
.left guard Smith
if McCnrty right tackle.. • -«• damsel
ju on roe .left tackle. . .A. Sa
i mi right end Henry
Hightower left end.. Miiglfl
••Clili," Hubert quarterback inylor
Meniis.. . .. .right half back Foster (c)
Davids left half hark.. .. . -N nri j
Sweet fiillbnck < nmpbell
Summary: TnurMowyi. It. Samuel. Da*
vitla; goals. Harr. Iiayl.ls; hahna tlf.. n
minute.; Il-feree. o Dnnnell, of 1lei layl-
V aula : umpire. lleene. "f Toma »»ie. lime-
•n. Smith, of Tech, nnd Elmore, of Mnr>-
rllle
A Timely Sermon on Football
Footlmll Is on trial this year.
In the hurry of getting together teams,
hammering them Into shape and playing the
tpenlng games there ts danger that this fact
iuiiy l>e overlooked.
By the general public the game «*r i«oi-
Imll stands under Indictment on the charge
Hint it is brutal, dangerous to life ami limb,
that It Is rotten with commercialism am
professionalism, that it is guilty of several
pther thlugs too numerous to mention, hut
lias! some of them nil too true.
And It is up to the football tenuis «»r
to prove themselves not guiltj.
An alibi is not sufficient.
If tho chnrges come up again this fall and
tho verdict goes against the game then
football will be abolished by practically
every respectable college in the l tdted
nn education nnd such other emoluments n
happened to come along with it
>f the professional
itl me irniup »«uu-t«- emne ail artaj of
IU -brutality, disreputable tactics.11 re
,rt to all kinds of unfairness, anything
thnnkfuln.—. -
did uot. as a rub', get ns ba.
In the West and Fast. But lie
flagrant cases. The Uni
iVhat’s tho matter with football, anyway;
ell, nppnrently n lot of things.
U tho start the gaum was ns honest and
decent ns any of them. As tt grew In
nularitv the profits from the games grew
mxluffly. Bach year the treasury of a
ijority of successful teams groaned under
load of coin. With more money came Ha
sh-priced coach—tho man who was ifttd
win. Whether the coach was re*poii*b
? for the Introduction of the professional
d the tramp athlete or whether It was
it the prosperity of the teams ami the
er-developed desire to win, has not been
tlsfactorliy determined. Probably no one
nclusion would bold for all colleges. But
ese meu did come to so many colleges
at an enumeration would he more painful
an valuable.
rho cause of most of the trouble was
ryfng too hard to win"—the chronic fault
American nthlcte**, and especially the
nit of football players. The result was
1 array of athletic evils which threatened
ruin the great American game.
Hull, ooll.ie* war* I I" hlrlnu rank
ofessbmnls, men who played through the
otlmll s.a«»u. made no prof.use ut keep
g up with college work, and return^l.
hen th" footbutl season wns over, to such
•an>ful avocation* ns pugilism ami the
ed the lilt
slrn
s bred
tie condition* whl« b
u nf professional* into rnll. gt
> trump athlete—the man who went from
Wiv to college bartering hi* service* fur
deceptions mi the
nptnliis ami manager*
„ Irani*, nun. of nil. on the part of
I... fil.llllti'a "t 111 l.-pv. uh" wlllkiu
it the knowu rottenness of their football
With It a!
pint of the eon el
Not Bad In tho South.
lie suit! with ttlwe.it TS degre
nngrnm eases, me . 10,
team has been In time* past made up large
,v of hlr.,1 a-vu. ttu; i;utvvr.lly rf lean™
. baa H-'iit reiTiiltlliB parttua up lata tb.
....mutntna nr Boat Tmibmiw tn bln* K'Mrt,
likely leakinu fanner, im.l Panl.ermea tn
a,M weight and "trensth to Iter otherulae
fertile team*, and t uinherlami ha* been
unlitv of methotls which re-mlied in sueh
•tion «»n the part of the Southern Inter-
dleglnte Athletic Association that football
ked In the head In the fennessee
idle
•olle
only ;
of th.
Ami the—- -
of the manv which broke all
rule* of nt fill tie decency.
In the South, however, there was a force
nt work for reform which has done won
tiers-tlu* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
A*«<>cl:tt!on. This tasty, with Dr. William
L. Dudley at It*, head, has gradually re
formed the athletics of the middle South
until fair and square fo.dl»nll Is played at
under the jurisdiction of tin
association. ,
The fact remain*, however, that the coun
try expects that football shall be played
this \tar In a decent, respectable manner;
that there shall be n»f professionalism: that
the number of cortotis accident* will he
cut down to n minimum, nnd that brutality
shall absolutely be eliminated.
Get Player* Honestly.
Teams will do well t.* remember that the
only way to get it team I* to »»*lect one
from th.* men who come to ,-olb-ge in the
natural emir-* of events. Hecrultliig from
ntuong near by fartn band*, butchers and
luce blit speedV person* of that variety
l„ not *'im tioin-d these .lays. Nor I* pro*
eh ting through the, prep *clm.»Is for the
plod material deve!op.d there. .No Induce
incuts should !*• offered to any man to go
to ativ eolh-ge. In time* past "athletic
„ h-driVshli *. • given only to g-ssl football
id-ivcr*- rut Jolt*, nnd even money have
I.CCU used hi securing men. These method*,
however, are regnid.'d a* lather "bn.I
form" th. so daw and will pr»bublj not be
notic.sl In any t. -p.* table college*i this sen-
Hufi thtnigli e\etvhf«ly knows they have
Ucu u-ed bj many lu times mist.
"RED” EHRET
IN ATLANTA
Phil Ehret. more commonly known nt
‘‘Red,*' It spending 11 few day* In At
lanta on business. Ehret Is located In
Montgomery at present, w’here he conducts
a boozfttorlum. He tayt that he likes that
towu and intends to remain there.
Ehret was in his day one of the best
pitchers in the National League, and later
did good work for Memphis, In the South*
League.
BURNS READY
FOR J. FLYNN
Lot Angelet, Oet. 1.—Tommy Burns ended
the hard knocks of hit training for bit
fight with Jim Flynn, of Colorado, Satur
day. From now until Tuesday night* both
be nnd Flynn will devote themselves en
tirely to shadow boxing to keep from get
ting stale. There wms some fun at the
Burns camp when the Inst bout was on.
Kid Wlllinms. a local 165-pound pork*and*
beans, went out to Burns' quarters with the
avowed Intention of "doing things" to
Burns. Burns wns put wise, and kept Wil
liams on the floor most of the time for
two rounds. Then Williams quit.
Burns has been made favorite In the lo
cal betting at odds of 10 to 7.
Both men announced yesterday that they
will enter the ring at close to 170 pounds.
FOOTBALL SC0RE8.
NATIONAL.
Clubs, Played. Won. Lost.
Chicago ... 149 113 36
New York ... 147 93 54
Pittsburg ... 148 90 58
Philadelphia. . 149 70 79
Cincinnati . . . 149 64 85
Brooklyn ... 146 62 85
8t. Louis ... 145 53 95
Boston 146 47 99
P.C.
.758
.633
.608
.470
.430
.422
.358
AMERICAN.
Clubs. Played. Won. Lost.
Chicago .... 145 89 56
New York. . . 146 88 58
leveland. , . 146 84 62
Philadelphia. . 142 76 66
8t. Louis ... 144 74 70
Detroit .... 143 69 74
Washington . . 147 54 93
Boston .... 149 47 102
8ATURDAY’8 GAMES.
American League-
New York 4, Cleveland 1.
National—
Brooklyn 6, Pittsburg 5.
New York 6, St. Louis 2.
St. Louis 1, New York 0.
Boston 7, Cincinnati 3.
Philadelphia 6, Chicago 2.
8UNDAY’8 GAMES.
American—
Chicago 8, Washington 5.
Washington 3, Chicago 0.
St. Louis 7, Boston 1.
Boston 2, St. Louis 0.
FIGHT8 SCHEDULED.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1.—McGarey, of
New York, and Billy FIUls will meet
at the Broadway Athletic Club Thurs
day. . _
Saturday Unk Sellers and Young
Erne will face each other In the star
bout at the National Athletic Club,
with drover Hayes, of Chicago, and
"Emergency” Kelly In the send-wind
up.
,itit* Timms and his manager, Harry
Foley, will leave here tomorrow for
Ids home In San Francisco. Joe will
light Dick Fitzgerald at Coltna Octo
ber 23.
Another great reform ran he accomplish
ed by cutting down expense*. One of the
chief evil* ill time past has been the lavish
.. less expenditure of
lies who were paid more for two
until** work than a regular professor w-n*
during the entire year; for
fancy uniforms, for expensive training
tables, nnd for a tb
try things.
and a ml
mince-
With the expei
.»* of the footlmll teams
... ........ .« ~ munble amount—say, not
ibove that usually spent on a baseball
earn- one of the chief causes of complaint
till be removM.
As to Brutality.
Brutality must be eliminated.
Right here and now too much stress can
not be laid on the necessity of playing
foothnll as n gentleman is expected to piny
attv game. It Is well enough for coaches
anil players to scoff nnd say that football
U not n Indies' game. It Isn’t. But the
fact remains that unless hrutiillty ls ellni*
limited fr
be played tno
11 year or two longer.
J1 do much to elimi
nate that disgraceful element from l
game. The fact that teams are free fn
professionals will do
the
_ Brutal
..inyltiK i» K.'l.lnm done !>)* rtwillar .-nt-
|,.g,\ students. In any event, they seldom
start It. It I* the misplaced pugilist who
Inaugurates the trouble, and with the pro-
fesslounls out of the game there ts not so
mm h danger from brutality.
Above all things, let U* have honest nnd
efficient officials. The rules put it In the
bower of officials to have football played
In a decent manner. But they will have
rt.» enforce these rules to do any good.
Every form of brutality common to footlmll
games has been specifically forbidden and
penalties provided. l^-t the officials em
force these penalties Impartially against nil
teams. It Is necessary to the salvation
of AK >l |? the first officials tried will not
do It. let’s have some others.
We want decent football. If we don t
have it. another fall will find the people of
America wandering hopelessly about look
Ing for some game which will tnke Its
pine.
Football Prospects of Georgia Are Bright
Speclnl to The Georgian.
Athena, Ga., Oct. 1.—Football prac
tice at the unlveraity Is well under
way, and under tho able coaching of
Coach Whitney the squad Is rapidly
being moulded Into fine form.
Mr. Whitney played on the Cornell
team In 1901 na tackle, then he finished
college and took up coaching as a pro
fession. Under his coaching Sewanee
turned out two very successful teams
in 1903 and 1904. Last year he served
as coach at North Carolina A. & M.
At this stage of the game it is too
early to make any* predictions, but If
early season form counts for anything,
it looks as though Georgia will have a
very successful team.
W. O. Marshburn, from Barnesville,
Gn,. a member of the senior law class,
is tho manager of the team.
Although Captain Lowndes’ resig
nation from the captaincy of the foot
ball team, on account of parental ob
jections, is much regrtRtcd, the uni
versity and the team are to be con
gratulated upon having such a splen
did player and able leader as Loring
Raoul, of Atlanta, chosen to fill
Lowndes’ place. Raoul is not only
prominent on tho gridiron, but is a
star trac k athlete. Under his captain
cy the 1906 track team met and de
feated tho strongest teams in tho
Southern Inter-Colleglato Athletic As
sociation. It will be femembered that
Georgia won the three-cornered meet
DARLING WINS
HANDSOME CUP
Thu Anal* for the second cup offered by
the Atlanta Athletic Club In connection
with the Trawlck cup were won by F. 1*.
Darling who defeated 1*. II. Whiting 4 up
and 3 to play. Mr. Darling played a steady
gnme while hi* opponent gave nn excellent
Imitation of a man trying to play golf
without looking at tho hall nnd pnt up
sueh nn exhibition that S'alnt Andrew, the
patron saint of golf, Immediately there
after resigned Id* Job.
NOTES OF THE SPORTS
"Billy” Hogg, of the Highlanders, allowed
the White Sox hut five hit* in two games.
McGlynn Is the best man McCIoskey, of
St. Loots* has signed this season.’"' Ho was
a wonder In the Trl-Stute League.
The Boston Americans have been doing
better work under the management of
"Chick" Stahl.
Only a winner goes In baseball. The
Ginnts are playing to small crowds In New
York.
President Ptilllnra has given up the idea
of buying the Boston Nationals,. nnd will
tight for re-election to the league presi
dency.
Blgley, the new National League um
pire, comes from the Central League, where
he had a reputation of giving a good beat
lug If Mr. Player was not good.
For the second time, "Pink” Hawley
has won the Wisconsin State League pen
nant with his I*aCrosoe team.
In the Eastern League, Baltimore took
third place from Rochester by 1 point.
Lynn, of the New England League, nnd
Springfield, of the Connecticut League, ar*
the Joint bolder* of the baseball chain
ptonshlp of Massachusetts.
Let Brotman, The Tailor, Dreaa You.
Watch this space for announce
ment of additional place where ho
will operate.
BROTMAN 18 GROWING.
CAPTAIN RAOUL.
NOTES ON THE GAME
The Tech field needs a hair cut. Satur
day the gras* wns long nnd holding. Fast
rupniug nud accurate kicking In such a
hay tiehl were impossible.
It Is hard to give especial credit to any
members of the Tech team, for all did so
well. Every man lu tho aggregation did hi*
best, and the candidates all showed great
promise.
Campbell. Foster nnd Mngltl were the
star* for Maryville. Campbell's work on
secondary defense was brilliant. Foster
did great work at right half, and Magill
delivered the goods In Ids position. Hunt,
the 143 pound center, did excellent work,
and showed himself to be one of the most
hrllllnnt players for his weight ever seen
on Tech field. The whole Maryville line
chnrgei 1 low ami worked hard.
Robert acted ns captain for Tech during
the Maryville game. A regular captain
has not ns yet been elected.
Not n man was tnj
during the game, and
taken out
Saturday’s game was n record-breaker In
regard to “elapsed time." It started at 3
/clock nnd was over by 4.
Crawford, end cm the University of Ten
nessee ten in In 1961 tiinl 19*2, who Is now
coaching the Dahlonega team, was In AC-
tautu Saturday to *»••• Tech nlny.
that the prospects at the North
college se.Mii reasonably good, miner me
circumstance*-- though It took considerable
questioning to get even this guarded
•orgu
admission
of him.
great punter
TeSdi
team hist year, was seen In Atlanta Mon
day morning This fact was regarded by
Tech sympathizers os a good sign.
from Tech and Emory for the third
consecutive time, thereby winning the
cup.
Every afternoon, rain or shine, about
fifty candidates are out on Herty field
trying for various positions. Up to
Thursday afternoon, when the first
scrimmage was tried, the candidates
had light work.
Tommy Stouch, coach of the 1906
baseball team, is in Athens acting as
trainer for the football team, and also
as assistant coach.
About seven or eight of last year’s
team a-ro back at work, and a host
of new husky material Is on hand.
The two largest men on the squad are
"Great" Scott, who Is about six feet
three Inches tall, and weighs something
very close to 250 pounds, and Cleve
land, of Griffin, who weighs 265 pounds
and extends six feet two into the sky.
Among the candidates for the va
rious positions are:
Quarterback—Graves, Hodgson, Lip-
schutz, McDonell and Porter.
Center—Harmon, Arrendale, Webb.
Davison and Walker.
Guards—Cleveland, Singleton, Nixon
and Lucas.
Tackles—Harbor, Turner, McWhor
ter, Gray and Pottinger.
Ends—Raoul, Hatcher, Thurman,
Broughton, S. O. Smith and H. C.
Smith.
Halves—Ransom, Williams, Bost-
wlck, Hugh, Ketron, Gilbert and Na
pier.
Fullback—Henry' Bostwlck, Pottinger
and Phillips.
O Cornell 0, Colgate 0. O
O Army 12, Tufts 0. O
O Ohio State 41, Oberlln 0. O
0 Lafayette 31, Wyoming Semina? 0
0 * ry 0. O
0 Dickinson 21, Lebanon Valley 0. 0
0 Rutgers 6, Ford ham 0. 0
0 Harvard 7, Williams 0. O
0 Virginia 11, St. Johns 0. 0
0 Princeton 24, Villa Nova 0. 0
0 Pennsylvania 32, Lehigh 6. 0
0 North Carolina 0, Davidson 0. O
0 Woodbury Forest 12, Richmond 0.0
0 Auburn 10, Montgomery A. C. 0. O
0 O
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ATLANTA’S ATTENDANCE
WA8 SECOND HIGHEST
The figures showing how much each club
contributed this year to the league’s sink
ing fund are given below. As each club
contributes so much for each paid admis
sion during the year, tho sinking fund li
a good Index of the attendance.
According to the sinking fund contribu
tions, Atlanta was second In league attend
ance, nnd only slightly behind Memphis, i
The figures follow:
Memphis $3,O0OJ2
Atlanta.. 3,073.81
New Orlenns 2,448.93
Birmingham «... 2,816.22
Montgomery 1,257.45
Nashville 1,101.62
Shreveport W2!9<
Little Rock 769.11
LEWIS 18 EA8Y.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1.—-George Thom
as. of San Francisco, easily beat Harry
Lewis, of this city, in their six-round
bout at the National Athletic Club
Saturday night. In the first round
Thomas had an ugly fall, but was on
his feet In an instant, and to the sur
prise of the spectators, sent a ripping
left to the Jaw. There was a clinch,
and although Thomas was slightly
winded by his fall, he managed to send
in another to Lewis’ jaw as the gong
sounded.
Auto Race Candidates Do
Some Dare-Devil Stunts
New York, Oct. I.—Snch a dare-devil lot
of doath-dofylng merchants In high speed
were never before gotten together ns are
to be seen each morning now flying along
the Long, Island roads, hitting only the
high places, ns they tune up for the Van
derbilt cup race, which rs to be decided a
week from Saturday.
Beside gome of these foreign drivers, the
performances of "Dare Devil" Joe Tracy
might qualify him for the position of the
chauffeur for nn old Indies' home, but do
not put him In line of winulng, provided
the men nnd machines from over the wiifcr
hold together until the rare Is over.
Smell wniukr the natives have borrow
ed a wortl from the Chinese, nnd cnll these
men "foreign devils." That I* what they
do call Iuiucln, Durny flerrny, Nnzznrro,
nnd the r-'st of those who have, In the gray
of the morning, gone ripping over the oil-
soaked roads with reckiiss disregard of
their owtf live* nnd limits, or the safety
of their ponderous and costly racing ma
chines.
The expression somehow seems to fit to
a nicety. Those black, swarthy men, with
their goggles anti air of Irrepressible brav
ado remind one of hln Satanic majesty ns
he is popularly pictured, as they ram-jam
over hte course nt n rote that omlost put
the fents of l'racy, the greatest ensues-
fakir of America, on a commonplace level.
The word has been passed along that
the winner of the Vanderbilt cup this year
Mill have to average, nt least, a mile s
minute. The "foreign devils" have ths
iden firmly wedged Into their brains. If
they can, they M'ant to do a trifle batter
than that, so ns to leave a margin to off
set any surprise M'hich Tracy, or bis Amer
ican fellows, may see fit to spring oa
them.
Lancia declares he can and will mnks
the 30 miles of the course In twenty-livi
minutes.
Henny, who triumphed on the Vanderbilt
course last year, says that be will "out-
devil" Tracy or any of the "foreign dev
ils.'
‘COACH” CROZIER
RISES TO EXPLAIN
Richard Crozler, of the Atlanta base
ball team, has gone to Wake Forest to
take up his duties as physical director
and coach. Dick will be back In At
lanta for the opening of the soda wa
ter, candy and clgnr store which he
and Otto Jordan will conduct, and
will also spend the Christmas holidays
here.
Dick wishes to correct the Impres
sion that he wants to leave the At
lanta baseball team. "The articles In
local papers did me an Injustice," said
Dick on Saturday. "I closed the deal
whereby I was to get my release this
fall, before Smith became connected
with the team and long before 1 de
cided to engage in business here. In
accordance with our agreement I got
my release, but you can say for me
that If I play on any team next year
It will be the Atlanta team. I am per
fectly satisfied with my,position there,
I like the town and I never expect to
get any better treatment anywhere
than I have here. I like Atlanta and
I hope to make my permanent home
SMITH EITHER
DID OR DIDN’T
Either Billy Smith Is talking two
ways or somebody misquoted him.
According to Grantland Rice, who sel
dom makes mistakes and never mis
quotes, Billy said: "I picked up a pair
of wonders In the Central League.”
According to a Springfield, Ohio, dis
patch, Smith said: "I didn’t see a
man (In the Central League) that l
would want on the Atlanta club.”
Billy ought to get a little better team
play out of his press agenti.
here.
Speaking of the firm of Croxler A
Jordan reminds us. Otto states roost
emphatically that the report that he
to be married Is "greatly exaggerate!
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