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FOOTBALL AT FULL BLAST
LEAGUE BASEBALL AT END
EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY OCTOBER. 8, 1906.
Boston, Oct. 8.—Now that It 1* jfrac-
tlcally certain that the Chicago Na-
-tlonals and the Chicago Americans will
light It out for the world’s champion
ship, a comparison of the teams will
not be odious as the old proverb would
have us believe such a siting up might
be. Taking the teams by the depart-
.ments, It would appear that the Cubs
have a slight hunch over the White
.Box any way you compare them, and
iln one or two Instances outclass them
iby a goodly margin. Here Is about
'the way the teams compare in their
’various positions:
Catching Department—Kllng of the
Nationals Is at least as strong a man
KU Sullivan of the Americans, perhaps
fa shade better. Moran easily classes
Crlth McFarland of the Americans In
wener&l ability, and Is a more reliable
Fman. Walsh and Towne are hardly to
[be reckoned with, as they will not get
into the series effectively.
Pitching Department—Browne of the
Nationals Is a better man than any the
Americans can put forth, Walsh be
ing the nearest approach. He Is as
good a twlrler as the Americans can
boast of. Reulbach and I.undgren of
the Nationals have an advantage—
though not a great ono—on Owen and
Patterson of the Americans. Pficster,
'the ono left-hander on the Nationals
staff, compares favorably with White
land Altrock. tho White Sox south-
'paws. The Nationals also have Jack
Taylor .In reserve, although he will
[hardly no used except In caso of ex
treme necessity.
First Bass—Chance of the Cubs has
Donahue beaten at any angle, being a
better fielder, thrower, hitter, buse
runner and, general Inside man.
Second Base—Isbell of the Ameri
cans Is a steadier man than Evers. but
not so brilliant In his play. The little
Cub really Is more valuable than Is
bell, despite his tendency to go sky
ward on occasions.
8hortstop—Tinker of the Nationals
Is not the finished artist that George
Davis of the Sox Is. However, he takes
longer chances than the veteran. Is a
belter thrower and Is a stronger bats
man In a pinch. '
Third Base—Lee Tannehlll Is faster
on his feet'than Stelnfeldt, but Is so
far outclassed by the ex-Red os a bats
man that the Sox loom up lamentably
weak at the third corner compared
with the Cubs. Stelnfeldt at that Is
not much behind Tannehlll as a fielder.
Left Field—Sherkard Is a better hit
ter, thrower, fleldcr and baae runner
than Dougherty of the Sox, who shows
only occasional strength with the stick
—his only strong point of play.
Center Field—Slaglo Is as good a
fielder and base runner as Jones of the
Sox, but the latter has It on the Cub In
hitting. At that Slagle gets to base as
often as Jones, his ability to work
pitchers for passes being a star feat
with him.
Right Field—Schulte of the Cubs Is
n better man tn any department than
Hahn of tho Sox. Schulte Is weak In
batting against left-hand pitchers, and
will be worried by both White and Alt-
rock. However, he Is more to be de
pended upon than Hahn In any llnosof
Jtility Play«r«—Tho Cub* have In
Hoffman and Dossier two of the best
extra men In tho business. Brtth are
Ifood fielders and hitters and can fill
acceptably any position on the team
they aro called upon to work In. The
Sox also have two good men In Dun-
don and Rohe, who, Jiowever, are not
quite In the same class with the Cubs'
ext^a men.—Exchange.
Comparison of Teams Which
Play for the Championship
GEORGIA LED
SALLY LEAGUE
NOT ONLY WON PENNANT, BUT
LED IN ATTENDANCE FIG
URES FOR 8EASON.
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 8.—The attend-
_once for the South Atlantic League
has Just been given out, and It shows
that there were 259,178 paid admis
sions to the games during the past,
year, with Savannah In the lead by
8,783, and Augusta second with a good
margin.
The attendance this year was much
better than last, and with a few ex
ceptions the clubs have made money.
In some of the towns where bad man
agement was the cause, there was a
loss to the club owners, but the local
club ended for the first time In good
shape, with something like if,,000 teethe
good. This was due, however, to*the
able management of Manager Ranslck,
who not only knew the game, but he
was a good business manager.
Here Is the way the line-up was In
regard to the attendance:
Savannah 58,891
Augusta 47,908
Ma?on 44,279
Columbia ,. ., 40,864
Charleston 98,268
Jacksonville 31,178
BLUFF CALLED
BYR_CLARKE
DREYFUS’ PLAYERS ARE DESERT.
ING AND BARNSTORMING
TRIP MAY BE “OFF."
Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 8.—That Barney
Dreyfus was unable to make good hi,
threat to force all his players to ,|,
barnstorming for him until the end of
their contract, because they failed t 0
win second place for him in the league
race, was shown today when it was an.
nounced that Captain Fred Clark hai
bade goodbye to all the players and
left Pittsburg yesterday for the West
not even waiting for the last game at
Cincinnati.
Wagner left for Hot Springs, Ark.
this morning and First Baseman Neal.’
on left the team at'Cincinnati tor hi,
home. This makes three star member,
of the team which will not be with the
barnstormers which Invade Ohio town,
tomorrow.
Some time ago Dreyfus became very
bitter and personal toward members of
his team, saying he would make them
all play the string out to the end It
they allowed New York to beat them
out of second place. The challenge wa,
so open that the outcome was watched
with some Interest.
Tech Defeated Dahlonega
and Played Good Football
8NAP8HOT SHOWING KEENE ENTRIES FINISHING FIRST AND THIRD IN THE 8PINAWAY
8TAKES AT 8ARATOGA. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE HORSES ARE MENTHA, KENNYETTO AND
COURT DRESS. BELOW IS A GROUP OF THREE NOTED TURFMENj FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEY
ARE ANDREW MILLER, TOM WEL8H AND TOM HEALY.
In a game which satisfied everybody
—players, coaches, all the members of
both teams, the spectators and the
managers—Tech defeated the North
Georgia Agricultural College team Sat
urday on Tech Held by a score of
11 to 0.
To the Dahlonega players the fact
that they held Tech down to no score
In the first half and only allowed two
touchdowns In the second was honor
enough. Last year the Dahlonega team
was bea(en by Tech 64 to 0, and the
score of Saturday's game showed that
an Improvement had been wrought.
To the Tech team a mere Victory
was enough. Coach Helsman did not
ask of his men that they run up a
large score. In the first half they
were under Instructions to play
straight "1905 football.” but to kick as
often as possible. The temptation to
run with the ball was too hard to
withstand, however, and there was not
enough kicking to suit the Wizard—
for which error of omission the team
was undoubtedly most gorgeously
"ragged” during’ the Intermission be
tween the halves.
In the second half Tech turned loose
Just one play, the "double-pass-bchind-
the-llne-fake attack-on-opponcnts-
rightend-followed-by-a-Iong - pass -to-
two-men-who- had-gone - around - the-
other-end play." It worked beautifully
time after time, and will make a good,
useful stock-play during the season. It
Is not worked as a trick, but Just an
ordinary'Straight play, under the new
rules. When It .worked correctly the
Dahlonega team was clustered around
one end, and when the long forward
pass came It found two Tech men
awaiting for It far away from all trou
ble, Once It worked for nearly 40 yards 1
and several times It netted between
20 and 30 yards.
This play, alternated with line buck,
and kicks, brought the ball down close
to the Dahlonega line and line buck,’
put it over. Means made the touch
down and Davies failed on goal.
Then came the most brilliant play ot
the day. Dahlonega kicked otr toward
the north goal for a bit more than 25
yards and Davies, who secured the
ball, ran about 80 yards to a touch,
down. Hightower did some fancy
sprinting to get alongside of his team,
mate, but when he got there he did val
uable work In Interference nil the war
down the Held. Davies kicked the goat
After that neither side could score,
and the call of time found the ball
near the middle of the Held.
The line-up:
TECH.
Hill
Luck
Henderson..
Monroe
Snyder
G. Smith....
McCarty ...
Robert
Davies
Hightower.
Means
DAHLONEGA.
left end Davison
.. left tackle ...R.P.Davl,
• left guard... .Henderson
.. center Steven,
right guard Harbour
. right tackle...Creel (cap.)
.... right end Myeri
... quarter charier,
... left half Galloway
..right half ..II. 1,. Davies
... fullback .Simms
Summary—Touchdown*, Means and
Davies; goals from touchdown, I)a*
vies. Umpires, Joe Beene, of Tennes
see, and Professor Davis, of Dahlonesa.
Head linesman, C. N. RackllfTe, Uni
verslty of Maine; assistant llhesmen,
Moore for Dahlonega and Duncan for
Tech.
Timekeepers, Kingman of Tennes
see, and Raht, of Tech. Time of halves
15 minutes.
FAIR GOLFERS
PLAYM0NDAY
Boston, Mass, Oct. 8.—A small army
Itof fair golfers added gaiety and ani-
Iniation to the Brae Burn Club links at
.West Newton today. It was the open
ing day of the twelfth annual national
women's golf championship. Tho in
ter-city matches last week served as
an excellent preliminary to the blue
I ribbon contest, which will last through
out th« present week.
That tnla year's affair will outshine
any of Its predecessor* seems to be-a
foregone conclusion. To begin with,
Lthe tournament Is more truly national
Wn Its scope than has been the case In
[previous years. The entry list Includes
the best women golfers not only of Now
York, Boston nnd Philadelphia, but
those of the West ure equally well
represented. Tho Chicago clubs have
•ent their beet playeri and Denver, St.
Louis and other cities have added to
the list of Western representatives.
Leaving the drat championship, In
1896, at Meadow Brook—which was not
under United States Golf Association
au,pipes—out of aU calculations. It is
interesting to glance over the records
ut past tournaments.
It was at the Morrle county links In
1898 when the women first played for
the perpetual Robert Cox trophy, that
Alias Beatrix Hoyt, entering from Shln-
necock, led the field with u score of
ak and eventually won out at match
play. In a violent storm at the Essex
County Club, Manchester, Moss., the
following year, Mlee Hoyt again led
the Held in the qualifying round, with
SOI, and at the Ardsley Club, In 1898.
Miss Iloyt returned a 92 on the first
day. The next year the same player
led again at the Philadelphia Country
Club, with 97, while at Shlnnecock. In
11900, Miss Hoyt did a 94.
Alt this time the courses were stead
ily becoming longer, a fact, noticeable
the following year at Baltuerol, where
four players tied at 97 for low score
in the qualification round. At Ilal-
tusrol the playing course was about
a 000 yards. Tho players came to the
Country Club of Brookline In 1902,
claying over a much shorter course,
which accounts for the 89 made in the
•troke competition Jointly by Miss
Margaret Curtis and Miss Louisa
[Wells. Without doubt the most meri
torious achievement from a scoring
point of view was the 94 of Mfs. Caleb
JF. Fox over the long end difficult
iWheaton course In 1903. i
PREPS WILL MEET.
The first local prep game win be
clayed Monday afternoon on the Peld-
niont park gridiron between the Geor
gia Military Academy team and the
Donald Fraser team. Both teams are
strong and the contest should be a
good one.-
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains in unredeemed Dia
monds. Confidential loans on val
uables.
15 Decatur St Kimball House.
Local Pugilists All Ready
For Fight With Joe Rowe
8. Ventura, the Cuban boxing expert
who ha* Jack Foy, the local pugilist.
In charge, announces that hl» man Is
In tip-top shape for his battle Wed
nesday night at Rome against Joe
Rowe.
The two men will meet Wednesday
night at 8:30 o'clock on a ring erected
In the Infield of the Rome fair grounds
race track and will go twenty rounds.
This fight promises to be about the
best one which ha* been pulled off in
tho South In a long time. Foy 1b in
flno trim and believes that he will
have no trouble In disposing of his
opponent. Rowe, however, Is said to
be a pretty likely scrapper and the
go should be worth watching.
The match wo* originally proposed
at 150 pounds, at which weight Foy
challenges. But Rowe could not make
It, and Foy agreed , to take him on at
catch weights. Foy will, therefore,
have to concede Rowe about 8 pounds.
Seats for the fight are on sale at the
Etowah cigar stand, and It Is expected
that a large number will avail them
selves of the cheap rates and the
chance to see a good fight. It will
be possible to leave Atlanta In the
afternoon, seo the fight and get back
to Atlanta the next morning.
Tad Sees the Fight Pictures
' and Says There Was No Foul
By TAD.
New York. Oct. 8.—If Referee George
Siler saw Nelson foul Gone In their
fight he must have have an eye like an
eagle and one that can Wee more things
than the ordinary glim.
. Last night at the New York roof
garden the moving pictures of that
great battle was shown to the public
and the house was so crowded that
the police refused to allow any more
Inside.
They showed us twenty-four rounde
of the battle, from the beginning up to
the twentieth round, and then the last
six.
All woa -well until the forty-third
round. Jtra Nett, father of Frankie
Nell, the ex-bantam weight champion,
does the announcing and Just before
this round came up, said: "Watch
this round. This Is the last of the
great fight. I'll tell you Just when the
supposed foul happened and show you
Just where the men were when It comes
off."
On comes the picture, Nelson as us
ual backing Gans around the ring.
8IIer, with his hands behind his. back,
Is leaning over watching them closely
as Nelson belts away at the body with
his left. Gans has Nelson’s right hand
under his arm and Is backing around
the referee. Ills other hand Is across
hts stomach trying to block the
punches that the tireless Battler Is
raining. He backs nnd backs, and Nell
yells, "Watch out, here It comes.
When they get near the ropes, watch
out.”
They scrap around Slier, who stands
near the center of the ring. Gans has
hts back bent over, still holding Nel
son's right and they are near the ropes.
Nelson's back Is to Slier for Just a
second. That is, they move around so
that the referee Is directly behind
Nelson.
"Here It is," yells Neil, and you see
Nelson hook It short against Gans. He
rolls over the floor.
If the blow was foul I am blind. It
seems to me that the punch landed
directly on Gans' 'belt and not u bit
below.
Nelson stands In the center of the
ring dumbfounded. There Is a terrific
uproar. The ring Is crowded with
people, seconds are running around.
Gans is carried to his corner, and then
the referee declares Gans the winner.
Last night at the roof garden they
discussed the picture and going out all
you heard was Nelson. But I must
say that tho pictures were the biggest
surprise that I ever experienced la my
life. After reading In the telegraphic
reports for weeks about the terrific
walloping Nelson took, how ho was
hopelessly outclassed, how he was laid
up tn bed and reported dead, Gans did
not have a mark, and such rot, I ex
pected to see some pictures showing
the Dane simply slaughtered. I thought
It would be such a one-sided affair
that it would Ure you to watch, and
that I would want to -go outside after
a few rounds.
As a matter of fact, Gans did more
blocking and backing away than any
thing else and If you count the punches
you'll see that Nelson lands about
three times to every one the chomp
Blips, over.
Gans never since backs the Dane
around. He's Jumping from side to
side, and running away on this side
and backing away on that.
The Western sporting men, who love
Nelson as they love a leper, said It was
a slaughter, but then l guess the New
York sports who saw It differently last
night must Ire blind. 1 guess the pic
tures were fixed over or something
like that. After looking at the pictures
you can't tell whether Gans quit cold
or It was a rob. If there was a low
blow struck It must have been after
the fight was over.
Very few In the big audience last
night saw It, as the announcer says:
"If the referee says so, U must have
been.”
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a FOOTBALL RE8ULT8. 0
O Brown, 17: Wesleyan, 0. O
0 Cornell, 25; Oberlln,' 5. 0
O Midshipmen, Oy Dickinson Col- 0
0 lege, if. 0
0 Harvard, 17; University of O
0 Maine, 0. O
0 Yale, 56; Syracuse, 0. 0
O West Point, 24; Trinity, 0, 0
0 Uidverslty of Michigan, 23; Case 0
0 Scientific School of Cleveland, 0. O
O Western University of PennSyl- 0
O van la, 66; Hiram College, 0. O
O Phillips Andover, 26; Norwich, 0. O
0 Dartmouth, 16; Holy Cross, 0. 0
0 Georgetown, 22; Gallaudet, 0. 0
0 Swarthmore, 4; Villa Nova, 0. O
0 Lafayette, 33; Urslnus College, 0. 0
O Franklin and Marshall, 13; Leb- O
0 anon Valley College, 0. O
0 Virginia Military Institute, 15; 0
O St. Johns College, Annapolis, 6. 0
O University of Alabama, 6: 0
0 Maryville, 0. 0
0 University of Tennessee, 10; 0
0 American, b. 0
0 Lehigh, 6; George Washington
O College, 0.
O University of Virginia, 0;'Agrl- O
0 cultural and Mechanical College of 0
O North Carolina, 0. O
0 University of Cincinnati, 0; 0
0 Marshall College, 0. 0
0 Princeton. 6; Washington and O
O Jefferson, 0. O
0 Pennsylvania State College, 4; 0
O Carlisle Indians, 0. 0
0 Randolph-Macon College, 6; 0
0 Richmond College, 0. 0
0 Vanderbilt, 28; Kentucky State 0
0 College, 0. O
0 Tennessee, 10 % American Uni- O
0 verslty. 0. O
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“EPH” K1RBY-SM1TH MAY
PLAY ON SEWANEE TEAM
Special to The Georgian.
Sewance, Tenn., Oct. 8.—Football
practice at Sewanee has been seriously
Interfered with In the last week by
the dally rain storme which' keep the
red clay field slippery.
Coach Quill has been working the
squad In the gymnasium, running, set
ting up exercises, basket ball and sig
nal practice are the order of each af
ternoon’s work.
Friday the rain stopped long enough
for a line up between tho 'varsity and
a picked scrub team. As most of the
scrubs were old "8" men, they made
the teams about evenly,matched. The
acore at' the end of two 20-mlnute
halves was 6 to 5. in favor of the 'var
sity.
There was brilliant individual play
ing but poor team work on both sides.
The very Important assistance of a
good scrub team Is something that Se
wanee can always depend upon, for
that renowned Sewanee spirit requires
every man big enough to carry a foot
ball across the field to turn out every
day In uniform.
An exciting rumor was started yes
terday to the effect that Eph. Kirby-
Smith, brother of Lee Klrby-Smlth,
captain of the 1903 Sewanee eleven,
who played a star tackle on Sewanee
two years ago, will be able to 'play
this season. He has been working In
Mexico over a year, but la anxious to
finish his college education before go
ing to work permanently. If It Is true
that he will be back this year it will
mean a most valuable addition to the
Tiger line, as he Is heavier than he
wns two years ago, when he was con
sidered one of the best defensive
tackles In the South.
Notes on Saturday 9 s Game
The most delighted man on Tech
field Saturday qfternoon was Coach
Crawford. He had succeeded In turn
ing out a team from Dahlonega mate
rial which ' made a brave showing
against Tech and he was satisfied—
even delighted. He ran up and down
the side lines like a wild Comanche,
shouting, waving hat and rain coat and
enjoying himself hugely.
Mr. Crawford deserves a world of
credit Yor the work he has done with
the Dahlonega team. He has a strong
aggregation, considering the material
he has to draw from, and they played
good straight football.
The Dahlonega team let the "new
football” most severely alone. They
played the old-fashioned game and they
played well. But they have got to come
to the forward pass and there Is nu
time like the present for working at It.
Sims, Creel, Finley and Charters
were the North Georgia stars. Char
ters did some fancy punting and ran
the team welL
For Tech Davies was the large, bright
star. His work, both on offensive and
defensive, was very fine, and his run
through the entire Dahlonega team for
a touchdown was os pretty a piece of
work as the year Is likely to bring
forth.
Hightower did some fine playing, and
Luck showed most brilliantly. The rest
of the team played well and showed a
marked Improvement over their pre
vious game.
The officials' gave entire satisfaction
and “got away” with all their decisions.
The game was a nice clean one, there
being no serious accidents, little time
taken, out and altogether It was a
most pleasing exhibition of the "new
football.”
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O WILL BEGIN TUESDAY. 0
O Chicago, III., Oct. 8.—The se- O
0 ries of games between the two O
O Chicago teams for the baseball O
O championship of the world will be O
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BROTMAN THE TAILOR,
Is occupying rooms at 39 1-2 White-
ball street. Personal attention given
to cleaning, pressing and repairing
in connection.
TECH SCRUBS TO PLAY.
The Stone Mountain team and the
Tech sefcond team will meet next Sat
urday afternoon on Tech field. In
case the Tech first team gets a game
for that date a double-header will be
played.
The Stone Mountain team Is light,
but fast, and will undoubtedly put up
a good game against the Tech second
team.
WORLD’S RECORD.
Have your old felt hat cleaned and
reshaped at Bussey’s, 28 1-2 White
hall street
KENTUCKY HAS
HAD PLENTY
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville. Tenn., Oct. 8.—Kentucky
State College, which met defeat at the
hands of Vanderhllt Saturday, will net
meet Sewanee today, as scheduled
Tho eleven canceled the 8ewan«
gome, and Instead took the train from
Nashville and went back home tu Lex,
ington.
In the game Saturday, which Van,
derbllt won 28 to 0, the • Commodore!
advanced the ball 670 yards, os against
28 by Kentucky.
Ths Kentuckians never once made
the required 10 yards on straight play
and only once made 5 yards. Practl-
cally all their gains were made by
returning punts.
Vanderbilt forced Kentucky to punt
every time the latter got the ball
Craig and Vanderbilt's new quarter-
backs. Hall and Costen, made IoW
runs.
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League Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
CLUBS— Played. Won. lost. P.<~
Chicago 161 93 68 •«{
New York 151 91 «'>
Cleveland. . . .163 88 65 »[
Philadelphia. ..145 78 , 67
St. Louis 149 76 73 fi*
Detroit 149 71 7s •}“
Washington. . .160 66 93 jjj
Boston 164 49 105 3“
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost
Chicago .... 162 116 36
New York . . 162 96 66
Pittsburg ... 162 92 «0 -ffi
Philadelphia. . 153 71 82 "
Brooklyn ... 152 66 86 ■*;!,
Cincinnati. . . .151 64 87 jjr
Ml
Boston .... 151 43 108
SATURDAY’S GAMES.
American-
New York 5, Boston 4.
Cleveland 6, Chicago 3.
St. Louis 4, Detroit 2.
National— ,
All games postponed accoun- ra
SUNDAY'S GAMES.
National—
Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 2.
St. Louis 3, Chicago *-