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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TNT ESI) AY OCTOBER,
1906
ATLANTA SECURES FIVE
OF MEN SMITH DRAFTED
Spade, Sweeney and Walker From the Sally
League, Ford, of Cedar Rapids, and
Paskert, of Dayton, Were Secured.
The Atlanta baseball club has Se
cured by draft Spade, a pitcher, from
Macon; Ford, a pitcher, front Cedar
Rapid*; Sweeney, a catcher, from L’n-'
lumbia, S. C.; Walker, a pitcher, freim
Jacksonville, and Paskert, a left fielder,
from Dayton.
Austin, the star of the collection
Smith tried to draft, was secured by
some other club. 4
This was the news received at fire
headquarters this morning In a tele
gram from Secretary Farrell, of the
national association.
Secretary Farrell's telegram read:
"Austin drafted by two clubs. At
lanta lost Austin *(n the drawing. Oth
ers O, K. Do you wish name another
player, or shall I return check?"
The loss of Austin was a hard blow
to Billy Smith.
"He was the best man In the lot,”
said Smith. "I think that he is the
best minor league third baseman I have
seen this year. I wish I could have
[ gothlm. -
"The other men were all right, I Mid
not. have much hope of getting Spade
from Macon. He won 20 out of 26*
games and Is one of the best ever
turned out of the South Atlantic. Ford,
who played with Cedar Rapids,' is a
fine man. He won 26 and lost 8 games
during the year. I don't know so much
about Sweeney,,the Columbia man, but
Larry Hoffman recommended him very
highly and everybody who has seen
him work says that he Is good. Walk
er. that Jacksonville left-hander, Is
an ail right man, and Paskert, the
Dayton left fielder, will be one of the
stars of the league. I think Paskert
and Austin were the best men I put In
draft* on. I suppose I was lucky to
miss only one."
Billy Smith saw another pretty g
third baseman on his tours, and he will
put In a draft on him, provided some
other club has not already beaten him
to the man.
Grouched By Bad Decision
B. H. S. Team Quits Field
* Because of leaving the field before the
game was finished nt Piedmont park Mon
day afternoon, the Boys' High school'team
forfeited to the .Georgia Military academy
team.
This piece of childishness ruined what
was otherwise a hard-fought, well-played
and—to the spectators—a thoroughly en
joyable game.
Undoubtedly, the Boys' High school team
got the worst of the deelslou which caused
! the team to leave the field with tho score
Georgia Military academy 12. Boys* High
school 10. The Georgia Military academy
■ team made a forward pass and the ball
i touched the gronud before the Georgia Mil
' Itary academy player reached It. This fad
i was overlooked by Referee MrCay, nud Ik
- allowed the play to go on. Instead of turn
,lng the ball over to the Boys* High school.
• lu less thin a minute more the Georgia
'Military academy team had rr * *
over for a third touelulown.
This unfortunate mistake was one which
’ was atll! open to arbitration, but the
Boys* High school team could not see It.
'Collecting their "dolls nnd their toy dishes"
, they stalked majestically from the field.
• They had undoubtedly "got the worst of
*lt," but they had elected to give up all
claims on public sympathy by doing tho
"baby act.” Any team which leaves n
field—no matter what the reason—until the
‘game Is over, forfeits all claim to consid
eration. It was aisled ou the field Monday
'tbit, py n rule of the pren league, the
captain who led his team from the field
.was disqualified for the season. It Is to
l»e hoped that this Is true, and that the
jiennlty will be Inflicted to the limit. It
tp to the time of tho fiasco, the game
was a good one.
Coach Patterson’s team showed marked
Improvement lu their grasp of the game,
but were bamlienped by the nines* of one
of the plnyera and liecause of the fact
thnt It was necessary nt the last minute
to put n man nt end who had never pln.vcd
thnt position liefore. The tweks, Doty,
llsughtou and Clark, all showed up well.
Up *to the time of thcV quitting, the
High school played a plucky game. They
.were run off their feet a half dosett time*,
but they hung on lu a plucky manner nnd
took n world of Itcatlng. Kline, the quar
terback. played one of the star game* of
the season. He handled Ida team well,
- —* «m - • * with -
him more than 75 yard*, itud outrunning
every ninn
emy team, and kicked
touchdown. He was lu every play aud was
the life of the team.
Aiken*.. .. ..left guard Holms
Kupperbnsh* .. ..right guard Lobe
Herrin.. .. .. ..right tackle Wright
Hnnimerlle .left tackle Ward
' end Cooksey
t end.. Dudley
ar—
. ___ right _
1 laugh ton left half Rice
Clark full buck.. ..Landruui (c)
Summary: Georgia Military academy, 18;
Boys’ High school, 10; touchdowns. KUne,
Clark 3; goals from touchdown, Doty 2,
Haughtou, Kline; goal from field, Kline.
Referee, McCay. Umpires, Wortham aud
guarles.
FOUGHT ON SHIP.
FOUGHT ON SHIP
Boston, Oct. 16.—A furious ton round
fight for a purse took place last night
on board the White Star Liner Cymric
at her dock In Charlestown, between
two steward* of the ship, "young" Mc
Cabe, of Sanforth, nnd "Young" Hard l -
gnn, of Everett The men wore four
ounce gloves. Hardfgan claimed to be
middleweight champion of Everett.
RACE RESULTS.
The results of Monday’s races at the
State Fair follow;
FIRST RACE—Four and a half fur
longs: Sweet Kittle, 109, won; Fore-
piece, 92, second; Twirling, 104, third.
Time, 0:57 1-2.
SECOND RACE—Five-eighths mile:
Glen Gallant. 102. won; Proofsheet, 109,
second; Blue Silk, 104, third. Time,
1:04 1-2.
THIRD RACE—Six furlong*: Vic;
Zelgler, 110, won; Charles McKee, 107,
second; Mrs. Annie, 112, third. Time.
1:17 1-2.
FOURTH RACE—One mile. Miss
Lida, Hf., won; Erla Lee II, second;
Dick Redd, 97, third. Time, 1:45.
Local Pugilist Who Recently Knocked Out Jot Rowe, and Who la Now
Ready to Fight Staten.
ONE op-IS FGi? THF t\0O&.
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TAD’S CONCEPTION OF THE RETURN TO THE FOOTLIGHTS OF TERRY M'GOVERN ANDYOUNG CORBETT
CORBETT KNOCKED M'GOVERN OUT TWICE
AND MAY REPEAT DOSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
By TAD.
New York, Oct. 16.—Terry McGov
ern and Young Corbett will meet In the
ring for the third time tomorrow night
nt Philadelphia. . • . .
Corbett has knocked Terry out^twlce
and the opinion In prevalent In sport
ing circle,, that-the boy from Denver
ha* the Brooklyn lad’s goAt.
There Is something about Corbett that
seems to scare the ^Terrible One. It
may b* that mesmeric eye of Corbett’s.
It may be that Terry fear* the terri
ble punch. It may be that Terry loses
heart when he smashes the Denverite
full on the jaw and It has no effect. At
any rate, Terry McGovern Is not
Terry when he face, Corbett.
I remember sitting at the ring-side
almost four years ago, when Terry and
Corbett met for the second time. Terry
had claimed that their previous battle
was a fluke. He claimed that Corbett
won with a lucky punch.
This battle was to prove whether he
did or not. Thnt afternoon when they
weighed In at Harry Corbett's the lit
tle Denverite did not even look over at
Terry. He simply Ignored him. Terry
watched Corbett dress, undress and
weigh. He was all eyes and eager to
pounce upon him. Corbett wae ns coot
and ae distant as the north pole. It
was part of hi, trick to make Terry
lose hi, head, and It worked.
When they entered the ring Corbett
was the same; he did not look toward
Terry’s corner before time.
When the gong sounded Terry was
not the slashing little tiger that wshaa
seen before In battles. He was all
hunched up, covered well and eased up
to Corbett'llke the'lamb that goes to
slaughter.
Corbett feinted. , Terry missed nnd
they clinched. He did the same again,
nnd Terry missed once more, and then
Corbett punched him In the • mouth,
sending Terry flat on hi, back. As ho
fell Terry smiled and shook his head
toward his corner, a* much as to say,
”It’s no use; l can’t keep away from
that fellow’s wallop.”
He got uiNat the count of nine and
fought like a tiger. Corbett kidded
Terry, making the latter lose his head,
but he failed to drop Terry again until
the eleventh round, when he knocked
him out.
In the tenth round Corbett had Terry
In a corner and was sayings,
"Why don’t you quit again a, you
did In Hartford?" • -
Terry rushed with a right upper cut
and as Corbett ducked esught him !n
the pit of the stomach. The Denverite
doubled lip, the crowd howled and
Terry whaled away like a mad man,
trying to drop him. '
Corbett kept hi, two hnnd, over his
body and backed around the ring, t a k, j
wince. Tho bell clanged, saving Cor
bett and stopping the cheers of the Mc
Govern men.
In the eleventh Corbett came up
fresh again., "You lire In Brooklyn,
eh?” said Corbett, smiling at Terry.
"Well, you came a long way to get
tills," and bang went his left on Terry’s
Jaw.
Terry wobbled a bit, rushed In again
and stopped another. He was In bad
shape, and Corbett followed him across
the ring. He drew Terry’s Are with a
feint nnd then crossed his right over
on the jaw, and Terry crumpled up like
a punctured balloon.
“You won’t get up.” said Corbett aa
he looked down nt Terry.
The latter rolled over on his back,
then crawled upon his knees and seem
ed to watt for the count. He steadied
himself with the rope, and jdst as
Referee Graney counted ten Terry got
up. He was awfully groggy, barely
able to stand, and was counted out.
He was beaten. If Terry did get up
before the ten he was helpless, aud
Corbett might have dyne harm punch
ing him.
With all of Corbett's kidding and
walloping, .it was a great battle. It
looked like Corbett’most of the way.
bur we never know at what moment
Terry might get lilm.
Wednesday night they meet again.
It wilt be a regular old "log cabin
candy slug fest,” too. Watch
S. I. A. A. MAY
CHANGE RULE
BAR FROM TEAM MEN WHO HAVE
NOT BEEN IN CALLEGE
A YEAR. •
When the Southern IntercolleguJ
Athletic Association meets in Deiem
ber. It Is probable that changes will hi
made in the qualifications of athletic!
in the future,. The most Important of
these • will' probably be the passage of
a rule that hereafter no man
be allowed to compete In an Inter-
collegiate contest until after he h a i
been a student at the Institution on
whose team he plays at least one year
This Is a'rule that has been adopted’
(ty the universities of the Middle Vest
and It Is believed that It will go f a J
toward preventing the present can.
vasslng for good prep, school and other
material.
> It Is probable that Dahlonega willtp.
ply for admission to the S. I. A. A. at
an early date.
Heretofore Dahlonega has ranked m
a prep, school, and players could learn
there and go to other, colleges.and play
on the teams there without being sub.
Ject'to the one-year rule.
It jls probable that the S. I. A. A.
at It, December meeting will pass oih.
er restrictions looking to the puriflc*.
tlon of athletics In the South.
BASKET BALL GUIDE OUT.
- Spalding’s Official Basket Ball tiuidt
for 11106-7 has just been published. Ths
editor is George T. Hepbron, secretary
of the Amateur Athletic Union Basket
Ball Committee. In addition to the
nawly revised rules the contests com
prise articles on the game from every
section of the country.
Suggestions for scoring and hints te
officials are Instructive chapters ana
the records comprise the scores of
every team of Importance throughout
the- country. The pictures, as usual, an
a feature of the book, and Include the
portraits of nearly 2,000 players.
Coach Heisman Expects Men
To Do Well Against Sewanee
Coach Heisman was .well pleased
when he returned to Atlanta Monday,
after his visit to Athens to see the Da-
vldson-Georgla game. While In Athens
he had obtained a pretty good line on
Davidson, Tech's adversaries on Octo
ber. 27.
A mass meeting of the students was
held In the Tech chapel Monday morn
ing and by subscription money was
raised to carry forward the work of
enlarging the grandstand and bleach
ers.
Mr. Heisman addressed the students
and announced that Captain Davies.'
who last week withdrew from playing
on account of his studies, would, be
back In the game through the rest of
the season.
Coach Heisman stated that while hi
was making no predictions as to whet
would happen next Saturday, yet Tech
wasn't beaten, and he wouldn't say
she was until. Sewanee had made the
larger score. Heisman realties the
handicap which he labors under on ic-
count of the early game with Sewanee,
and he will bend every energy during
the coming week to whip Ills men Into
eueb condition that they will give the
Tiger the struggle of his life.'
President Malheson made the an
nouncement that the Georgia Railway
and Electric Comparfy, through Presi
dent Arkwright,' had agreed to put In >
switch on the Luckle street car lint
In order to allow proper car service.
SUGGESTIONS FOR TEAMS
1. Select a coach that Is Interested In the
well-being'of the game and Is not blinded
with the god of victory.
2. Select n manager that will not lead
the team Into professional games.
3. Select only compcteut. Impartial offi
cial*. If there are none In your locality,
develop some.
4. Select teams to piny that use only the
official rules.
5. Select*teams thnt play with the official
ball uiid save your team from losing a
game already won by having the game de
clared forfeited because another ball was
used.
6. Select teams to .piny that use the offl-1
clnt basket linll nud lmvs a background hi j
accordance with the- rules.
7. Select, ojily.. those .teams that abide by I
the recognised rules, having . their gnmrt ]
sanctioned nnd. men registered.
8* Select teams to play thnt have snltsMs I
floor space so the spectators do not Inter*j
fere.' -
9. Select teams to play that do
low rowdies In to see the-game, to Insult |
your players nnd create disorder.
10. Iu abort, abide by the rnlen your**!f 1
and Insist on others doing likewise or re j
fuse to play them.
>g cabin
for It.,*
Straightaway Racing” Now .
Roasted By All Spectators
By J. 8. A. MAC DONALD. j
New York. Oct. 16.--A great liue and erj
Is heard from the nriu.v of race player*
whenever the shift to Belmont park comes
to hand. If i* raised agntind the system
of "straightaway racing" In vogue nt this
newest of Jockey flub racing' course*.
Nothing Is quite mi unpopular nmoug the
patron* of the »p«rt n* the race* where
the contending field of bor«es runs straight
on toward you. The spectator Is unable to
tell just which horse is lending. »r what
horse Is falling h*«*k beaten, until they run
across your vision, nr. n* "Illll" Daly *;ijs,
"iiorlsoiiinily lit front of you."
The only spectacle afforded In a "straight-
away" i..ce I* the finish of the hnrse*
through Ihe final furlong. Then you are
able to discern the ei-uteiiding !'«»*»ii.*r, of
le several con testa tit*, a ml only then.
At Brlghtou Beach, the most democratic
couple ->iit America, each race |* run mi a
circular truck which permit* the* observer
nl the grnud stsud to see practically., ever^
change (n the |H)*liloti* . of the horses
m* they run nnd -to tell Just what horses
are making the paee nud Just what horses
are henlett at lie* start. The "straight-
away" best resembles n long straight Jam*.
The spectator *ee* the horses approach
head-on in n cloud of dUst. Not until thee
are within 100,yatjJs'or so I* the spectator
in n poslUon to determine what horse U
whining.
The real interest «»f the race center* lu
that Inst hundred yard*. Then again the
spectator Is unable to gather any Informa
tion from s "straightaway” race as to
the "forui f * of .the horse* behind the win
ner. fine of them might have been prac
tically left. nnd. by finishing fifth In a
field of ten or twelve horses, run a better.
SEWANEE ALUMNI WILL MEET
TO PLAN RECEPTION FOR TEAM
A meeting of all Hewanee alumni of Atlanta and the vicinity has
been called to take place at the Kimball house Thursday afternoon at 5
o'clock, to make plans for a suitable ’ entertainment of the Bcwane^
team w hen It comes here Saturday for the game with Tech. %
In Atlanta there pre a large number of ex-Sewanee men, and the
same "Sewanee” spirit which makes th^ purple teams such dangerous
opponents In athletic events w-lll bring the alumni together,to do honor to
the visiting team.
Just what sort of an entertainment will be provided Is uncertain, but
that the entertainment will be fitting may be defended upon.
race than the whiner.
Then pjgnIn. the unscrupulous Jockeys who
pull horses are 'facilitated lu their nefa
rious work by; tho "straightaway,” Inas
much a* few can see what they are doing.
I’crhap* the most vital circumstance lu the
premise* is the fact of the bookmakers
being aided hi their warfare against llidr
public patron* through the Inability of any-
iHKly to secure ;correct furtn. a* afore ex
plained. <»n "straightaway" field*.
Some otif has stated tl\e Westchester
Baring Association purposely put ou » sur
feit of "straightaway” races hi order to ;
further assist the filching of the public j
purse, w hich hn* been done pretty rlTk- \
tttally by the bookmakers year after year j
III the past Without the use of a bludg- •
eon. However, this Is n Utile fnr-fetebed. j
The racing powers ln»lleve that the j
"straightaway” conserves to truer run
races than eoutests around the turns of a
circular course. Htlll. the .public wants
none.of.the "strnlgbtnwnv."
Manager "Sammy” Howland, of Belmont j
pui*k. Uns been long known ns the posses
sor of very scant tact. With the exception
at "Wjir Dwyer! the "KusVll Sage” of
the turf. Howlnttd is th* batal
lag executive shaping turf affair* today.
I meetings ot Grave
Brighton Beach i
largely due
FELL IN
Ills fall hat as soon as Bussey had
cleaned and reshaped it. 28 1-2 White
hall St.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains in unredeemed Dia
monds. Confidential loans on val
uables.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.