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\ \ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY OCTOBER, 4 1900. GIDDY OFF-SEASON DOINGS PIEDMONT GOLF CLUB HAS ABANDONED OLD COURSE I Tbe niembsra of ths Piedmont Golf Club held « meeting Wednesday morning nt the ofPlcc of Milton Dargan. president, nod after considering the mat tor for aome time decided to disband the club and aban don tbe golf house and links nt Piedmont park. This action was necessary. owing to the fact that the building which they are nt present occupying will. In n short time, be dismantled. This will leave them without a home, and. In addition to this, the golf ers of Atlanta have found It more pleasant to play over the links of the Atlanta Athletic Club, nt Knit Lake. The members of thrt l'Icdinont Golf Club hare felt that the athletic club Is entitled to all the encouragement which con be afforded them, and they have token this Step with n view to Increasing the nlreudy growing Interest In the new course at East Lake. Notices will be sent out today to oil of the old members of the Piedmont Golf Club, requesting them to remove their sticks nnd other golf paraphernalia Ini mediately, nnd It Is hoped that the mem hers will not delay doing this, since their golf outfits inoy be misplaced If left for n longer time in the old building ot I mont park, The passing of the old golf course nt Piedmont purk is n matter of keen regret to the inauy golfers In Atlanta, who ed to piny there, and where so many good tournaments and so many hard fought matches have been pulled off. The course was not tho best in the country by sev hundred, and It had its limitations, but It was n tidy little course and afforded go*m! sport. With the passing of the Piedmont course will come a new era of golf for Atlanta. The old course tended In no way to de velop a good game, beyond enforcing ac curacy nnd an ability to play straight. On the new course, the pln>«n*N will have lengthen out their games, nnd those > learn golf nt East Lake will have nothing to fear of any other courae in the on n try. A Dozen Atlanta Golfers Will Play in Birmingham The litre of tho multitudinous cupa has proved too strong for Atlanta golfers, and the largest team ever sent from Atlanta wfll go to ftlrmlngham ami play In the In vitation tournament there for the eighteen prises—thirteen of them cups. Already eight or ten men have positively announced that they tho going for tin* tournament, nnd probably the number will ton as high us fifteen—poaalhly higher—be fore the day of departure arrives. Among those who will make the trip are William P. Hill, who will captain the team: F. G. Bird, winner of the Trawick cup a ml local champion: W. J. Tllson, runner-up In the recent tournament; Pulton Colville, Dr. Holland, T. II. Payne a ml A. T. K. Brown. This Is tho list of certain biutics are even more no Home of the players wl next Tuesday night and wl day practicing for the eve the delegation will Join Ing, i*. The proba tive Atlanta pend Wed nos- The rest of i*iii Thursday nt lieglu With such a list of entries It looks ns though the Atlanta golfers ought to take away a prize or two—out of the eighteen. Of course they will go up against the pick of the golfers of the middle Mouth, but nt that they ought to do their share In taking down cups and trophies of various kinds. The Birmingham Invitation tournament promises to rank next in Importance to the Southern championship and Is the big golf ing event of tin* fall. SPORT NEWS EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS i FOOTBALL IS ON TRIAL WHAT WILL THE VERDICT BE? PREP. SEASON 0PENSM0NDAY GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY TEAM TRIES DONALD FRAZER AT COLLEGE PARK. ! - FACETIOUS ADVICE TO ASPIRING CATCHERS BY “MAT” Disagreement Over Rules Kills O’Brien-Berger Bout By W. W. NAUGHTON. San Francisco, Oct. 4.—The Jack O'Brlen- Snm Berger match la off. O'Brien wants n clean break nnd no hit ting In tho flinches, while Berger held, out for the privilege of working a free arm At any and all times. They could not agree and the 'Thanksgiving day meeting In the green fields of Coinin'' la number«*d with thlngn that might have been. When, a day or two ago, O'Brien sent word from Ix>a Angeles that he would sanc tion an even split of the prise money, it looked na though the big boxers were draw ing together. There was still the clean break against free hitting to lx* adjusted. And a conference was called for last night at Coffroth’s resort. Jack Crlbbona was there to speak for O’Brien. "How do we stand?” naked Berger. "O'Brien still Insists that the articles •Igned lu Chicago bo lived up to," replied Crlbbona. "Then we may as well call the match olT," aald Berger. "All right," aald Crlbbona. Coffroth, who was present, said that If the men had agreed to tight ns per Chicago agreement, he would not have handled the fight nnyhow. There was too much hug glug and not enough fighting lu a light of Hint kind. He referred to previous lights, and says they were all farces. Crlbhoiis then struck as follows: "J want i#» say for O'Brien Hint he aim ply wants to adhere to the articles of agree ment signed by Berger and himself lu C cago. An agreement Is an agreement, a those articles call for a clean break. "If Berger has changed his mind, y must not blame O'Brien. Jack has net very nicely throughout, lb* agreed to vide the money, In order to bring the match to a head, but he will not give In In the other matter. He weighs :tr* pounds h than Berger, and will not tight under any hut the clean break system." It developed that. In addition to break Ing away without punching, O'Brien want ed It understood that there to lu* no hit ting at any time while the men were toughed up In anything resembling h clinch. Neither side would budge, and so theru III be no tight. SEVENTH N. Y. WINS TROPHY OUTSHOOTS QUEEN’S WESTMIN STER TEAM AND CAPTURES HOWARD VINCENT SHIELD. ATLANTA MAN IS ELECTED •orgin, Athens, On., Oct. In On* University the Athletic Association term ending February, The folk I'resldenl of the lau vlng offl.-. Now York, Oct. 4.—Tho Sir Howard I Vincent Shield will go Into the collec- | tlon of trophies held In this country won through the prowess of American sportsmen and will be seen In the Sev enth regiment armory for at least two I years. j It goes there through the success of , the rifle team of tho Seventh regiment, which defeated the team of the Queen's I .Westminsters In the big shoot. The Seventh men won In such a way that there was no Question of their victory'. Their total score nt the four ranges was 1.64S nnd the Westminsters scored I 1,688. Tho record on each side Is a \ remarkable one. The lowest score on the Seventh's team was 270 and the highest 278. They beat the score made In the match at HIsley last year by 168 points. BOY INJURED AT FOOTBALL Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 4.—The first se rious accident at football In this vi cinity Is reported from Alleghany. Wil liam Brandon, aged 14 years, captain of the Ninth ward school eleven, was Injured in a game with the second team of the school, and Is thought to be dying nt his home >»n Ottawa street. Young Brandon was trying to get through the line and then* was a pile- up on him ami In some way he was kicked In the stomach so hard that he bad to be carried from the field HU physicians fear that he can not live. NO NAME-NO STORY. If the press agent for the football team of the Peacock School wfll sign his notices they will probably be used In The Georgian. Otherwise they find the waste basket. NAT KAISER & CO. Bargains in unredeemed Dia monds. Confidential loans on val uables. 15 Decatur St. Kimball House. Tnhnndgp, Ident Frank Martin, "••pOoinore class, tar.v -John A. Hunulcutt. CltlMH. f these gentJem >r Forsyth, of Atlanta, of Athens, itffnln prominent In • life. Is a relief to turn from the mad rush for pennants and second places to the calm consideration of tho aspirations of an earnest devotee of the great national game, says Mat, In The New York Globe. It Is evident our correspondent desires to shine ns a great back stop, and he Is Igno rant of tho qualities that go to make up a catcher. Naturally he turns to The Globe for Information, nnd Ills appeal will not be lu vain. Here Is Ids simple plea for en lightenment: "Sporting Editor Globe—Sir: Could you glvo me a few points on catching? - "ADOLPH.” Why, Adolph, It affords me the keenest delight lo give you some (mints on catch ing. First of all, got a catching glove about tho sizo of a smoked ham. Then buy a life preserver that looks like the back of the biggest turtle ever <71 light. A mask and shin pails complete the armor, and you are ready for the fray. After the umpire has announced the Iwtt- tcrlos by snylng: "Lndlsh nn* Gentlemen: i Fer Noo Yank, Zumph *n Wssbwah; for Snnthy, Dram 'n Witter.” You walk slow ly down to tho home plate so tho crowd can get a goisl view of yon. Then you catch a few Imlls from the pitcher. Be sure nnd catch them In the glove, for there Is nothing so trying to a catcher ns to In tercept a speedy out-curve with the un gloved hand. When the battle begins you must sign the pitcher for the hnll you think Is sure to fool the batter. This Is Important. In making signals, you squat down on your haunches nnd make a motion with your gloved hand. The pitcher will put his head on one side In an Interrogative manner. You will then repent the signal, nnd the pitcher wll stare blankly nt yon. At this point, you get Into tho limelight. With ati air of extreme Irritation, you remove your mask and walk toward the pitcher, lie meets you half way, and you whisper to him: "Say, are ye getttn' daffy? If you can't t’lnk of de signals, why put 'cm over the pan." Then you stalk majestically back to the plate. The spectators will then say: "He called him good and plenty," and you will acquire a reputation for head-work. Any time the ball comes within six inches of the plate nnd the umpire calls It a ball, hold the sphere In your hand some seconds before returning It to the pitcher, nt tho same time glancing nt the spectators with an Ironical smile. This will settle the um pire with the onlookers. If you have a passed hnll, tuck your right hand tinder your left arm nnd hop about like a headless chicken. Tho spectators will then sympathetically remark: "Isn't ho nn unlucky chap?" If the pitcher makes a wild pitch, go to the box nud ask him If he Is getting woozy, nnd the fans will say: "He's a great catcher for steadying a young twlrler." When a runner steals second nnd your throw Is too low or too high, loll the um pire that tho barter Interfered with your throw. If your pitcher Is effective nnd wins his game, tell him that If you could work be hind him n few times he would develop Into quite a pitcher. In fact, give the Impression that your team would be In a minor league were It not for your efforts. Those are all the (mints, Adotph. that we think of nt present, but If you desire more Information do not hesimte to write for It. There's a roller skating rink near the I’olo Grounds, nnd when Cy S'eymour came out of the grounds last evening he ssld he would take a whirl on the rollers. Asked If he knew anything about the game, he replied that he was one of the best Ice skaters In America. When he got the roll ers on his feet he glided about the floor with the utmost ease. Rut when he want ed to stop he put his heel down like nn Ice skater. Ills head bumped the floor nnd the lights danced before his eyes. "Looks ns though he was out," said Man ager Pike. Cy looked up nnd yelled: "I ain't out. Never touched me.” But he says he thinks he Is better on the Ice. BABB BACK IN MEMPHIS AFTER BAGGING GOOD MEN Glad to get back home In spite of wet weather prevailing hereabouts, Charles Habb, who managed what many peoplo regarded as the best ball team In the South iluiing the 196 season, march ed Into Memphis yesterday, already clothed In a smile nnd pleased at pros pects for his future fortune In the diamond fields, says the Memphis Com inerclal-Appeal. The Metnphll leader, who proved by lint of hard work, clean cut methods and sportsmanlike demeanor, on and •IT the Held, that u successful ball club an be conducted with all sorts of rough nnd rowdy tactics barred, has been scouting for material. He has visited the hotbeds of baseball in nnd mnd the Hoosler state of Indiana, which produced Sugar Glen Llebhart. Absent for more than two weeks, Manager Habb bagged enough playing timber for 1907 inspection to rest for awhile, but he Is not satisfied yet and Intends to keep his eyes and ears open for all possible talent for next season. Meantime ho Is keeping a silent tonguo on the subject of some lookeil-on bur led baseball treasures garbed in hu man gulso for per se the drafting pe riod is not yet passed and to enlight en the mayor moguls on certain se crets ho poHsesses might, In the opin ion of Manager Babb, leud to some of the nuggets being unearthed before plucking time. "Of course we will have Watson, tho Texan,” said Sir Charles. "We bought Galveston's claim on Watson when we permitted Louis Habit to return to Galveston and play second base. They tell me Watson Is a good pitched, and 1 value him rightly from what others have told me. Then we have bought from Cairo a big left-handed twlrler, who stands over six feet In his stock ings. Ills name Js Wngner and I wit nessed hint In action In Indiana the >ther day. He comes from Llehhart’s home and this may be considerable In dorsement. I have also looked over other pitchers and have on my tab several w hose names will be given out after the drafting season ends.” Manager Babb associated pleasure Itli business during his tour, his hol iday being spent In helping Indiana teams win games. How he smashed Into a home run In Evansville, break ing up a ten-inning contest with the only run of the day, has already been told In the columns of The Comm«*r- clal-Appeal. His last game was plac et! Saturday nud he again achieved prominence by swatting a four-fur long rap nt a erltcal period, thereby closing his season ns he started, ref erence being made to a home run Habb erneked during the first game of the Southern League year. FLORIDA CANCELS DATE; MAY GET ASHEVILLE TEAM Tho Georgia Military ^Academy football team opens Its season next Monday after noon on the Georgia Military academy grounds at College Park, In a game agniust the Donald Fraser tenm. The College Park team fa an unusually light one, uvernglng, perhaps, 130 pounds to the man, but It Is fait nud gingery to n degree. The men who are practically sure to make the team nre Bird, Aiken, Merrlo* Cooperhuih, Griffin, Forliei, Willingham, Whlteley, Ilnughton, Dotcy, Clark, Wllifb Summerlin nnd Bobertion. Just which positions these men will play has not l>eeu determined ns yet. This gnine will mnrk the real opening of tbe local prep school seuson, and will lie a Inrge event in the local prep school world. The Georgia Military Academy boya art learning "modified football” under tho . coaching of Bob Patterson, Vanderbilt and All-Southern center last year, and they ara expected to do some McGuganlsh stunt* which will surprise (he natives. BAD ACCIDENT TO BIG MOTOR New York, Oct. 4.—At least fifteen cart were on the Vanderbilt cup course yes terday, and mnde trials of speed. Specta tors nt the dangerous turns at Manhnssett dip nnd Krugs corners saw what came uear being two deutli-denilng collisions. The UO-honepower Prayer-Miller car, driven by Frank Luwwell, wns rushing up grade nt Muuhnssett dip, wbeu Wagner, In his 100-horsepower Darracq, making the turns nt 50 miles nu hour, attempted to go by nnd cut In front. Lawwell slowed hla cur to Jet him pass, when the wheels lost their grip on the rond, and the car slid Into the ditch, throwing the driver nud his me rlins Ic, Charles JCchort, violently ont to the ground. The‘front nxle of the machine was twisted, and the car Is probably out of commission. Tho Frayer-Mlller people have n second car, which they expect to enter In the stend of the one which wns hurt. Walter Christie wus yesterday granted permission to enter his 200-horsepower for the Vanderbilt cup race on Hntur- day. The Christie car has greater poten tiality than any other entered for tbe con test. The University of Florida has can- polled the game which Its football team was due to play hero October 13 The Tech authorities were In doubt about this game Repented letters of Inquiry fulled to bring out the fact that the Florida team had or had not decided to come to Atlanta. Thursday The Georglun received a communication from J. A. Forsythe, Jr., physical director and athletic coach of the University of Florida, saying: 'Dear Sir: The game between Tech v. Florida University has been called «»ff by Florida, ns they cannot take the trip. Sincerely. "J. A. FORSYTHE.” When shown this letter Conch Hels- man said: "I am glad to learn something defi nite about the matter. We could not find out unythlng from them ourselves. 'If Florida cancels tho game I do not see but that we shall be obliged collect the $100 forfeit which they put up. We can not afford to have teams dropping out on us at this stage of the game. Mr. Helsman will at once enter Into communication with the manager of the Asheville Athletic Club football team and make an effort to till the open date with that aggregation. The Asheville team Is made up of stars, and would undoubtedly prove a good drawing card. AUTO DANGERS By JULIAN HAWTHORNE. People nre not yet Inured to being run over by automobiles; nnd (though this Is n fnet less widely known) the nutonioblllsts themselves nre not fond of running down people. Several bad accidents of recent occurrence, nnd the Vnnderbllt cup race, which hikes place Mntarday, render reflec tions of tills sort timely. The race Is to be run on a circuit of Long Island public road*, nnd of course on the day of the race ordinary truffle on them will Is* suspended. The trouble Is thnt. chiefly owing to the lozen or thereabouts of sharp turns on the purse, the competitors nre obliged to do n great deni of practising, which menus that Home weeks previous to the contest the s In question can be traversed by or dinary folks only nt the Imminent risk of being swooped down upon by it ronrlug Iragon wagon going a mile n minute. I*uli ordinary folks ide for the 00000000000000000000000000 O FOOTBALL WEDNESDAY. O 0 Yale, 21: Wesleyan, 0. O Princeton. 22; Stevens. f>. O Harvard, 10; Bowdoln, 0. O OCO00O0OOO00000OOOO0O00OOO O 0 O FOOTBALL FATALITY. O o o O Mount Sterling, Ky., Oct. 4.— O O Making a tackle In a game of O O football Roger Heddon, son of the O O editor of a local newspaper, was O O thrown on his head and received O 0 u concussion *»f the brain. PhysJ- 0 O clans say lie can not recover. 0 O o O00O000000O000O00OOO0O00OO New York. Oct. 4.—Tommy O'Day, the Southwark featherweight. Is very much put ont by tbe roasting handed him by Willie O'Keefe, the protege of "Fnk” ltussell. of Philadelphia. O'Day says he has met some of the |*est featherweights In the Quaker t'lty, nnd is willing to meet O'Keefe nt any time for love or money. He further says his manager will back him against O'Keefe for $500. SNAPSHOT OF ED RUELBACH, THE CUB’S GREAT PITCHER# BROTMAN THE TAILOR, of 3 E. Alabama street, has engaged j rooms at 391-2 Whitehall street, to use as work shop. In connection with 1 the Alabama street place. WATCH BROTMAN GROW. NELSON IS WORKING. THOUGH HE HAS NO FIGHT IN 8IGHT# what Is to be done? If ordinary folks keep on getting ruu rer they are liable to arise. If not too much hurt, nud cuuse laws to be passed prohibiting practice spins; which W’ould practically put nn end to rnclug too. That would be n pity, for there Is some use, as well ns n good deni of fun, In seeing how fast nn nutnmohih* cun go. But It should not be forgotten that racing Is one thing nud nutomohlllng Is. or should be, quite another. Automohlllsts themselves, Dow er, sometimes forget this, with results frequently disastrous. The limit of speed thnt enn be reached Is probnb!..- already In sight. No tunehlue is likely to he luado thnt can travel more thnu 2 miles a .minute, llaces would lack their chief reason for being If everybody had seen beforehand the best thnt could be done. Unreasonable races might then as well be stopped, and nutomohlllng proper Ite roanmed. And lu this wny the problem would Ik*. In a meas ure, solved. Otherwise, courses ought to be mnde ex clusively for races nud for practice. Thnt would be costly, but so Is the sacrifice of human life. It might probably be n long time before the special courses will be laid out and prepared, nnd mennwiyie accidents would happen; but If n Iwglnnlug were mnde tin* public nuxlcty would be relieved. It Is also true thnt Ainerlcnn human un- turn loves speed, and years mny pnss be fore nutonioblllsts will cease from speeding on straight stretches of road, whether for the mere pleasure of It or for the snke of passing some brother antomoblllst. For ths cure of this nbuse we must trust to com mon sense, experience nnd strict but not oppreslve laws. the moment the automobile is n new toy. nnd we go to some excess In exploiting It. And It Is not to be forgotten that the races nre popular largely on necount of the danger Involved. On October 6 you wilt find the greatest crowd collecting nt the sharpest turns, on the chance of seeing n spill. All this Is n little barbarous; we lira not yet quite civilized. \Vc shall reform sooner or Inter; but the sooner the better, ou all accounts. I League Standings I Clubs. Chicago . . New York . Pittsburg . . 'hlludelphla. Cincinnati . Brooklyn . . 8t. Louis . Boston . • . Clubs. Chicago . . . New York . Cleveland. . Philadelphia. 8t. Louis . . Detnptt . . Washington . Boston . . . Played. Won. Lost. P.C, . 151 115 36 .762 . 150 95 55 .631 . 151 92 59 .609 81 .473 86 .427 86 .427 98 .347 100 .324 150 150 150 149 149 145 146 146 149 .591 .584 .538 .607 .479 .367 .325 WEDNESDAY’S RE8ULT8. American— Cleveland 4, Detroit 3. New York 7, Philadelphia 5. Philadelphia 3, New York 0. Washington 2, Boston 1. Boston 2, Washington 1. National— Philadelphia 3, New York 1. Brooklyn 13, Boston 4. FOOTBALL RULES. Carry your old (elt hat to Buney to be cleaned and reahaped. 21 1-2 White hall (treat.