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ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY OCTOBER,
AMERICA’S BEST GOLFER
LANDED BY LOCAL CLUB
Alexander Smith. America's greate*t
golfer, has been secured to act as pro
fessional for the Atlanta Athletic Club
during the winter and early spring. The
deal with Smith wi% closed Wednesday by
wire, and the new Instructor will be in
Atlanta In a few days.
The fact that Smith has been secured to
set as professional at the local golf club la
an achievement am a par with that of se
curing the beat golf course In the South.
As a player, Alex Smith has no equal
In America today, and not over a half
doaen In the world. What he has done
to the foremost professional and nmateurs
of the country this year has been some
thing sorrowful for the rest of the players
to contemplate. He won the Western Open
championship with all ease, and then con
clusively proved his supremacy by captur
ing tne Open Championship of America, In
which event he met the best professionals
and amateur* in the country.
As n player, therefore. Smith can ta
defended upon to uphold the honors for
the Gate City.
As an Instructor. Smith Is said to rank
alongside of the beat of them. So highly
were bla view* regarded that Golf, the
•greatest of the magazines devoted to the
game In this country, accused hlui to write
a series of articles, which will afterwards
appear In book ^ortn, giving hla views on
bow to learn to play the game.
Wbnt Smith can do for the golfers of
Atinuta by his piny and teaching la hard
to estimate. Just at present, only four or
live Atlanta golfers would l>e able to bold
their own with the beat men In the South,
and not over one or two men In the club
would, at the present time, have nny
chance for the Southern championship.
What they will be able to do after Smith
gets through with them will l»e n question
easily answered by waiting until the end
of the tournament next Jane oat at Bast
Lake.
Smith's services In preparing the better
I»lavers of the club for this event will be
Invaluable, but what he will do for the be
gtnnera la worth thinking about. Every
thing of success In golf comes from start
lug right, and Smith will spend the win
ter In teaching the new players how to
start.
Smith bos a wide knowledge of courses
and hi a advice will be of value In getting
the local course ready tor' the champion
ship uext spring.
Among the chief advantages of having
Smith as the locnl “pro" will be the
prestige added to the coarse by the fact
Uftt America's greatest golfer will have
It In charge during the winter.
A score or two of professional golfers.
Including some of the best In America, ap
plied for the Job a« professional at East
take, and the Atlanta Athletic Club was
fortunate lu securing the taut In the lot.
Play Handicap Tournament
At East Lake on Saturday
-v
The firm handicap tournament <
played over the new golf courae of the
Atlanta Athletic club at Kait Lake
Will take place Saturday. It will be at
medal play, eighteen hole, and four
handaome prim will be offered. The
uaual entry fee will be charged. „
The first prize will be a handsome
caddy bag and the others will be val
uable merchandise prises.
The task of dealing out a new bunch
of handicaps has been turned over to n
committee composed of Byrd, Tlchenor
and one other man yet to be named.
Mr. Byrd Is the expert on the old
players, Mr. Tlchenor on the new ones
and these two, with the third man yet
to be elected, will have the task of re-*
lectlng equitable handicaps for the
large bunch of players in the club.
A field of at least 35 players la look
ed for. A handicap tournament draws
better than any other kind because it
puts all golfers on a par—provided the
handicapping Is right—and It Is as In
teresting for the duffers as for the
good p,'avers. Already the entry list Is
well filled and It Is probable that tho
largest Held of the year will face the
starter. Entries are to be paid as the
players start. The start may be made
any time between sunrise and sunset.
It was thought at first that the event
would be restricted to the afternoon,
but an many of the golfers will go out
to sec the Tech football game In the
afternoon the affair was opened up and
will run all day. Probably quite a
number of players will start In • the
morning and finish up In time to see
the kick-ofi of the Tech-Davldaon
game.
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AL ORTH BEST OF THE YANKEES
Albert Ortb, be of the famous smile and
a lesa famous but highly effective “spit"
ball delivery, not only has l>e*n the most
consistent winner for the Yankees against
nil comers this season, but be remained ef
fective to tho finish, ns his great work In
the Chicago games attested.
“The apltball has proved a boomerang
for a number of pitchers who were good
without It,” remarked Clprk Griffith not
long ago, “hut It hoa brought Orth up
among the stara once more. Ue has mas
tered this delivery, which Is rapidly full
ing Into general disuse, more completely
thnn any other pitcher In the American
League. He pitches easily, hut he baa ex
cellent control of the wet ball."
Even without the “spltter," Orth Is n
great pitcher, for years of experience have
made him u wily boxmnn, and his knowl
edge of the butters Is such that he seldom
Is hit hard. Not only Is he a good pitch
er, but he Is s good hall player anywhere.
He call play the outfield and Is a good
hotter. In games bo pitches he Is never
retired to allow another man to hut In his
place, for he ranks ns the best hitting
pitcher In the league. He %vou n game for
Xt*w York toward tho end of the season
with a bit when the buses were full and
two nieu out In the ninth Inning. I'revlous
to that, he had rescued Cheshro and stopped
a Chicago rally. He went In again Hntur-
day and gave n splendid n«*count of him
self until his nriu suddenly fulled him.
Orth l>4knn ns a pitcher lu the old
Indiana State Isoagctc. He broke Into the
National Lengoe with the old Philadelphia
club, which then Included Lnjole and Ed
Delehanty. He remalued several seasons
with the Phillies, always pitching food
hall. When the Amerlcnii League expand
ed and annexed Washington lu 1901. Ortb
cast his lot with the Henators. Though
pitching for a tall under, he did good
work, hut was considered onjy au ordinary
pitcher, until he was traded to New York
In 1904 for Tout Hughes sud Hilly Wolfe.
Hluec then he has become an exponent of
the “damp fllvory," and hns hud much
success with It.
Had the Ynnkeoa accorded Ortb all the
support he deserved he would have a
much better record than the figures now
give him. lie has uot pitched a bad gnino
this season, and hns lost quits a number
of hard luck games. On one western trip
he was beaten by three dubs, though pitch
Ing good bull, iH'cause of errors mid lack
bt pinch hitting l»chlnd him. ,On this trip
he pitched a one-hit game at Chicago nut
lost, l.td 0. the hit not couutlng lu the
scoring of that one run.
As nn emergency stub artist, Orth has
been of great value to the Yankees this
season. More thnu any of the other pitch
ers he has Iweu culled upon t» go to the
rescue of u twirier In distress, and on
many such occasions . he _ hns saved the
game.—Hid Mercer,
Globe.
On the right In the photo Is Davy Johnson, tho premier plunger of the year, who Is ronutod to lnv» w„n
and lost over a million dollars In his betting ring speculation this season" It li sow that several davs non
Johnson* paid over nn obligation to Bookmaker Appleby, which amounted to 1100 000 Roseben J.rn in
Senator Clay and other horses recently running in the Appleby silks reverted to their former owner’ Johnson,
AUBURN MAN’S AFFIDAVIT
MAY DISQUALIFY SHIPP
"Skinny” Shipp, the roost brilliant of the
SfMViuipc bocks, will not he on tho' purple
team Saturday lu the game against Au*
burn—that Is, not If Auburn eou help It
Mnnager Wright, of the Auburn team, has
made affidavit that Shipp played 'three
gamea with tho Chattanooga team In the
TM-Htate League In 1904. This, tho Au
burn men here any. will debar him on the
grounds that the by-laws of the South
ern Intercollegiate Athletic Association pro.
'vide thnl no nmu who plnys on a regularly
organized team la nn organized league shall
he eligible to tnko port In gamea placed by
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Assocla.
tlon teams. y
Mnnager .Wright la a Cbnttifnoogn Itoy,
and ao la Shipp. . According to the Auburn
manager, there can l»e no mistake nbout
It, nud Shipp Is not eligible. The papers
lu the 'cabo Imre been forwarded to the
proper officials, nud It Is expected that
Shipp will he 'declared Ineligible before
Saturday.
When Sewn nee enme to Atlanta to play
Tech, there was considerable talk, and
many said that N Shlpp was ineligible v„
ease was made against him, however „
Tech Is more Interested lu playlug too
ball ,than In making protest, S ,00t '
If Shipp Is dcelnrod Ineligible It win u
a hard blow to Sewnnee. lie la on,. ,r
the moat tirllltaut hhlLbnrk, who has 1..J
developed In the South this year.
He Is Sewanee's main reliance ns a kie.
er. and If he Is ruled out it will
That Coach Quill will have the nuple,„„',
task of developing a new kicker t„
out the Sewnnee team. Shipp wna a hlsh
elans punter, a sure kicker
tnent and a drop kicker of some ability. «-
Is also one of the most brilliant open Hobi
runners the" South has ever known.
If Shipp Is declared Ineligible, it will
■not surprise the sharps to see little s,., lr .
brougb, the brilliant qnnrterhnek of t h-
*«wa«ee team last year, who has give,,
football this year In favor of bla st„,ii„
Scarbrough la the greatest punter i ?,
Inches that the Sooth lias ever k„„w,,
and when Coach Qnlll was In Atlanta £
said that he hoped to get Scarbrough “art
Into tho game. * * ,acK
Thomas Lands the Knockout
But Fitz Lands the Money
San Francisco, Cal;, Oct. 26 — Dick
Fitzpatrick barricaded himself so ef
fectively behind Ills gloves, forearm?
and elbrlws last night at Colma, that
the sixteenth round was reached before
Joe. Thomas could And an opening for
a knockout punch.
Fitzpatrick made, money for his
friends and presumably for himself by
remaining on deck until-the fifteenth
round was passed. -The betting that
Thomas would wit, within fifteen
rounds was at eyen money, white the
wagering on general results tfas at 10
to 3, with Thomas on the long end.
The Fitzpatrick crowd knowing of
Dick’s staylng.quulltles, liked the round
betting proposition better than the
straight-out Investment, and pocket
ed a lot of coin over Thomas' failure
to down the Chicagoan within the slip,
ulared time.
When the sixteenth . round began
Fitzpatrick did not cover up as care-
fully as he did In the preceding round*.
Perhaps he thought after landing the
fifteen round mbney that he could af
ford to take a chance and mix It more
freely. Anyhow, he left openings and
Thomas took advantage of them.
First Flttpatrlek went to the door
from a left hatfder on the chin. When
he arose a right hand punch on the
jaw sent him down again, and before
he could be courted out officially hla
seconds tossed up a damp towel in
acknowledgment of defeat.
CHADWICK REMINISCES A FEW
Dope on Elberteld’s Reformed Baseball
The New York
j WHITE SOX STILL ON TOUR
The White Sox will have another
busy week, as the barnstorming atlll
continues. They have found It a pay
ing proposition and besides they have
not had the opportunity many time* In
their lives of waltzing around the berg*
an real world champions. While the
coin If In sight they consider them
selves as ready to get It as anybody
else. And why not?
Thursday {he postponed game at
Morris will be played off and then Billy
Sullivan's old town, Kdgerton, „\Vls.,
will be touched Friday. The Inhabi
tants of that town are prepared to wel
come William with open arms.
The Gunthers will be the prey Sat
urday and then Sunday Home revenge
will be attempted to he gleaned from
Callahan’s Logan Squares.
Orval Overall, who has been visiting
in Cincinnati for a few days, returned '
yeeterdfiy and will ttart for the cvasl
shortly with Manager Chance. The
cubs expect to play a couple of more
games before breaking up, the matches
to be contested with the Logan
Squares and the Gunthers. There was
an effort made to ge# the remainder
ot the Sox and Cuba to play Satur
day and Hunday at the west side
grounds, but "Jlggs" Donohue was un
able to cancel his date*. •
President Murphy Is now taken up
with the location of the club's training
grounds next year. Murphy may take
a trip to Han Antonio, Tex., to see vhat
the conditions are down. there for
spring work, and will also drop In at
Pueblo on the way down. None of the
rubs has signed his contract for next
vear, but most of them will do so when
the time comes* President Murphy wilt
ot tend to this part of the work, as
Chance will be In California. Johnny
Kiing goes to Kansas City at once,
where he will open up a largo billiard
hall. Joe Tinker expects to remain in
Chicago all winter.
The Improved baseball game sug
gested by “Kid" Elberfeld some \veeks
ago has been tested by Joe ^IcGlnnlty,
who Is now training the young Idea
how to pitch at Princeton, and tho-
Iron Man 1a enthusiastic. ,
•Hun the bases either way, and in
crease the science,". Is the meat of the
scheme which Elberfeld and McGInnlty
are fostering.
Here la the Idea In a nut-shell:
When (he first batter In an Inning
comes to the plate, he shall have the
right to run to first or third, as he
pleases, keeping the selection to him
self until he starts. Each succeeding
batter In that inning Is compelled to
run the same way.
"You see," explains Elberfeld, "the
first iflnn who played baseball, and tho
fellows who decided *on the nine posi
tions, must have been right-handed;
otherwise, why should a runner be
IIHHHttlMHIII
G. ADE SPEAKS ON \
BASEBALL ABROAD : :
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Although the Cubs were tteaten for the
world's pennant, still they nn* heroes lu
Chicago, where they were recently tau
quoted. Among the speakers was George
Ado. who said:
“It It tough look for a minor league;
to follow speakers who hare been batting
above .400. I niu down to »|H*«k on ‘Bow-
hall Abroad,* am!, us there Is none, my
s|M*ecb will Ik* short. I selected the sub*
Ject myself for that reason.
”In erery port where’Amerlesii worships
Visit baseball Is played.* The uatlves watch
the play, but few of them hare nerve.
enough to try it.
•There ore only two countries where
has**ball is played properly—America ami
Jspnn All through Japnn you can rtud
baseball diamonds, am! the little uatlves
have Earned to ran and field well, and The Vnlrendty of Michigan hns opened
thb 1- uUmt all that Is necessary. Judging its new Athletic field. wbJVh is one of the
frioii some games I saw recently lu this Imst equipped In the country, nud Is enter
City.''—Exchange. ed through a $11,(MU gate.
MURPHY’S ^INI8H.
New Haven, Conn., Oet. 25.—Kid
Murphy, of New York city, was sent
to dreamland by Bunny Ford, the ban
tamweight champion of Connecticut, In
their six-round go before the Olympia
Social Club last night.
J-'nrd at all times had the best of the
work, but hts opponent was game to
the finish and took his drubbing with
out a sign of yellow.
lu the third round things came fast
and strong to Murphy. The men were
boxing in furious fashion when, with
out warning, some one turned down the
sunlight for Murphy. It was some
thing In the nature of a straight left
that did the trick.
Murphy will probably never be con
vinced that he was not hit with a full
ing tree.
| THE DOPE SHEET.
———M.
Joe Candlllnn, manager for oererol yearn
of tin 1 Milwaukee elub of tile Anierlrnu A>-
aoenllnn. ban algneil u emit run to mauage
the IVaaliluztnii club for three yearn at n
salary of »lt,.0» a year. Joe anil bla brother
Mike have bought the Minaenpolti r-lilb of
the Amerlena Anaovtntlon, suit nn Joe also
owns nn Interest In the lies Moines elub of
the Western I.enzue he Is unions the most
prominent of bnsebnll mogul..
t’snt niton's new contract with tho Wash
ington people (Ives him absolute control of
the tenm.
t'nutllllon will try to retain Jake Stahl
i Held captain. •
I’at Powers Is again president of the
Bnstern League.
-Noodles" Hahn, the Nashville boy who
played so long for the L’lminatl team nod
who was igtth the Highlanders for n time
last season, has received nn appointment
from the department of agriculture na gov
eminent meat Inspector In Cincinnati.
Nashville Is still after a manager.
A ml when he cornea he will be up ngnlnst
It. Between the Job of securing and han
dling player, and belug hnndled by the
board of dlretcora he la pretty well up
agalnat It.
President lluhti ot the Nashville Bnaehall
Association denies that Arthur Pearson has
Iwen sold. It was nnnounced lit ouc of Sec
retary Farrell's bulletins that the man had
been secured by Indianapolis by purchase.
MOttE TROUBLE FOR
TENNESSEE TEAM7
Word anil Belmont will act as the
coaches for the University of Tennes
see team during thi remainder of the
season and the %chedulr will be played
out.
Ex-Coach DuPree linn gone home.
The game was too strenuous for him
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Ae>ocia’lon shot the team nil to pieces
by declaring Its players Ineligible and
the Michigan man gave it up in dis
gust.
compelled to run to the right, and why
should the shortstop be' placed between
second and third Lp atop hits by right
handers?
"It le /i big handicap," argues ,Me
(Ilnnlty, -for a right-hand batter , to
run to - first base, and It WBdld-lie
equally hard for a left-hander to run
toward third."
"Therefore," chimes In Elberfeld, “the
batter who comes up first. In an Inning
should have the choice.of running eith
er way".
As both Elberfeld and McGInnlty
argue. It would certainly Increase- the
science of the game, as the first base-
man would have to be able to play third
and vice-versa, with the third-base-
man.
For a while the bunters would have a
picnic, as the third and first basemen
would be plizzled as to which should
play In close, and the second bafeman
and shortstop wouldn't know which
should be ready to covet; third or first
bag when the third nr first baseman
went In to field the ball. Now, wouldn't
I
that be a pretty mix-up? <
Another advantage In this new game,
Elberfeld maintains, would’Be the ef
fect It would have on' the crowd If the
game was. close.- .
The -fan would be In. a continuous
slate of anxiety trying to figure out
which'way the batter would run.
McGInnlty says, he has tried It. and It
rnn only causes.amusemeilt, but a lot of
excitement:
The Iron Man, by the way, has been
engaged by Prlpceton to coach the new
pitchers dawn there this fall and next
spring.
As all of thq.regular Tiger pitchers
graduate this year, Joe Is having a
hard time picking out a youngster. His
main trouble. Is getting a man with
sufficient weight and strength to make
him speedy. Most of the candidates, he
says, are too small.
In the meantime, Elberfeld Is anx
iously awaiting a' trfitl of the pro
posed game of reformed baseball.
IVMat do you fans think of It, any
way ?—Bozeman Bulger, In New York
Evening World.
'•I zent a telegram to my old friend,
Charles Comlskey, congratulating the lucky
veteran oa hla well-earned triumph In win
ning the world's chsmplonshlp honors of
ISOS; nnd I now proceed to add to that
niessnge a reminiscent chapter on previous
world's championship and pennant winning
events In which the sturdy veteran hat
been nn. active participant, not only at n
team manager .but as an czeeptlonnlly fine
player," writes "Father" Chadwick.
“It was In the early that I first saw
Comlskey play ss. captain of the old St.
Louts Browns of that decado, and It was
In Washington, D. C„.tb»t 1 first became
personally acquainted with him. I should
bare liked to dip Into the .nnnals of tho
old American association of those days
more extensively, ne fat ns Comlskey was
concerned, In Ibis story; but lack of tluiu
for one thing prevents.
“The exciting scones and Incidents coni
nected with .Coujlskey's tea years of practi
cal experience ■ m manager sad captain of
tho renowned fit. Louts Brown*—for. though
•Ye Boss Manager' of the period, the well
known Cbrle von der Abe,- was given that
title. It wna Comlskey who really 'ran the
machine,' aided by’that most able of lieu
tenants. the genial Arlle Latbam-would All
a most readable volume. A retrospective
glance nt tho old 8t. Louis club’s records
lu the 'SO't at this time will not only bo
apropos, but Interesting to fans. Inns-
much os tho record* In question Include th6
notable series of games in the old Ameri
can association, In which Comlskey'*
Browns, for four years In succession, won
the championship of tho assoclotion-lo
1SS5. ISM, 1897, a ad 1868-the race records
of the four years-belng as follows:
Record of Four-Time Winners.
gS5ii886|1887il&i8
Won”. .
Lost
Flayed. . .
Percentage.
901 95. ft?
46 40' 43
136 136! 135
.6® .7041.681
A.A.C. ’s New Professional
Wins Another Championship
The Atlanta Athletic Club's new go^f
professional, Alexander Smith, Is play
ing, some go|f back' East. Tuesday he
turned loohe and added the champion
ship of the' Eastern Professional Golf
ers’ Association to hla already long
Hat.
Here Is what The New York Sun
had to say nbout the tournament:
Public form on the links came true
once more In the victory * of Alack
Smith, of the Nassau Country Club, In
the Inaugural championship of the
Eastern Professional Golfers' Associa
tion, at the Forest Hill Field Club. He
won the title with the score of 14*.
Nipper Campbell, of Boston, being
second with 149. Smith hai won this
season the national open champion
ship. Western open. District of Co
lumbia open and first money In the pro
fessional tournaments nt Bernardsvtlle
and Van Cortlandt Park. The only
title he missed was the Metropolitan
Golf Association open championship,
at Hollywood, which George Low won.
Hmitl* took second place. His tourna
ment winnings exceed tl.Osu. Yester
day Smith won 3125 and a gold medal,
Campbell receiving 185.
It was the first Important tourna
ntent to be held at the Forest Hill
Field Club and the golfing enthusiasts
from Newark, the oranges and Man
hattan enjoyed the dashing play of the
experts In negotiating the 6,412 yard
course. It was In very good playing
shape, although nine of the holes were
only opened this spring. An early rain
made some of the going soft, but "mud
on the ball," was an excus* for but
few missed puts. The club furnished
a scorer for each pair and took good
care of the players.
Smith took hla lead In the morning
with 35, 3$—73, made with the utmost
steadiness. The only 6 was on the
home hole. In the afternoon Smith
got a 8 on the fifth as well as the
eighteenth, but by a brace of 2s and
four 3s he duplicated the morning to
tal of ,3, going-out In 34 and returning
with 39. Smith's long game hud fine
distance and direction,- while he missed
very few opportunities near or on the
green. Hts.card was:
Out . . .3 4 4 6 S 3 4 4 3—35.
In . . .5 4 3 4 3 5; 4 4 8—38—73
1>Ut. . .3 3 6 4 6 2 4 3-4—34
In . .5,5 3 5 2 4 5 4 8—39—73—146
COACH NAMES
AUBURN TEAM
MEN ARE HEAVY AND WILLINGL
AND HOPE TO GIVE SE-
WANEE A RUB.
"The team pla&*ra ot the old pennant
wtnnte Browns, who took part of the ma
jority^* their games from 1886 to 1888, In-
cluslve-»thtlr championship years-lncluded
the following: Catchers,; Busbong, Boyle,
Sud Kemler; pitchers, Cnruthor*. Foutx,
King, Hudson, Chamberlain and McGinnis;
Inflelders, Comlskey, Robinson. Latham nod
Gleason; outfielders, ‘Tip*. O’Neil, Curtii,
Welch end Hugh NIcol; Sylvester, utility
man. ’
“In the Amerlcsn Ieagao the Chicago
club, nnder Comlskey's management, iron
the league pennant In 1900 ami 19)1. Tho
dab stood fourth In the race la 190.’ ami
fell to seventh place In 1903. In 1904 the
clab worked up to third position; got to
second place In 1906, and reached tho bend
of the list In 1906, nnd capped the diuiax
by winning the world's championship se
ries.
It Is worthy of note Just here that Com
Iskey's team msile a draw of the world's
series of 1886, fct. I.ouls vs. Chicago; woo
the series In 1886 against Chicago; lost the
series of 1887 against the Detroit nine, nnd
lost the series of 1880, New York vs. St.
Louis."
SPORT DOINGS.
The recent series for the world’s chain
pfoimhlp showed—
That “Jlggs" Donohue Is as good as the
best ut first
That George Davis Is still In a class by
himself;
That Evers Is king of the second base-
men;
That Hoffman.Is a star;
That the “Cub** pitchers con be hit;
That young Rohe can play ball;
That Comlskey Is the prince of club own
ers; ,
That -‘Big Ed" Walsh I* a wonder with
the “spltter;"
That Ilaha did better bitting after hls
hosg was broken;
That Kbulte slaw hi not be overlooked ns
a fielder nnd bitter;
^ That “Cap" Jones is s peerleti leader,
a great bn
After scroll years of Che fighting game,
during which time he took part In more
than one burning! battles, “KM" Gmxlman,
of Boston, Is to retire from the ring.
Hptklnl to The Georgian.
Auburu, Ain., Oct. 25.—The Auburn foot-
hnll tenm left today.to plsy.Hewanec la
Birmingham on Friday. Every member of
the team Is In good condition. The :
tiers of the team hare been under regular
training, and hare had good coaching since
(September 14. Because of the wealth of
good scrub material. It lias not beeu defi
nitely known who would lie ou the 'var
sity until today.
The line-up will be os follows:
LARGE PURSE
FOR_PUGLETS
GOLDFIELD WILL GIVE 130.000 FOR
FIGHT BETWEEN GANS
AND NELSON.
flayer.
! I>nvis.. ..
Holley....
Gantt.. ..
Teuton
Pickett..
Bntsou..
Hughes..
Weight.
m
ISO
170
.. . .left guard -
. ..right tackle 170
....left tackle 170
right end 165
left end 163
McLure.. quarterback. ... 140
Captain Whituer..right half tack... 176
Sparkman left half tack. ... 169
Lacey. . full tack 165
Substitutes. Wllkerson, K. Harris, Thug
gard. Ware nnd Woodruff.
The line averages 172 pounds, the back
field 16U pounds, the team ataut 168 pounds.
The team this year Is not composed of
veterans, as It was last year. Each man
had to work and fight .In tbs practice for
hla poaitloa. The team is relydng ou team
work to win.
The at tendance at the American League
games during the past season totaled 2,-
958,676, while the figures for the National
League reached 2,781,213.
Ex-Captain Dsn Hurley la out helping to
coach the Harvard football squad.
Yale appears to have mastered the short
kick, nnd In future gnmes It Is apt to ta
shown that there Is no better player In
the East than Tad Jones when It comes to
gaining ground on a quarterback ruu.
It was s great shock to Boston fight
fans when “Honey" Mollody won the de
cision over Joe Walcott.
New York, Oct. 26.—Tax Rickard l»
determined not to let Goldfield, N***
get off hls pugilistic map and l u,t
come out with an offer of a $3u.«)0d
purse for a finish fight between Jos
Cans and Battling Nelson.
Rickard, who made a nice sum In
their last go, has subscribed a S’ 1 * 1
part of the purse and has collected the
temalnder from several copper miners.
He Is still waiting to hear from hold
men regarding the offer.
Jimmy Britt has gone Into training at
Shannon's villa, at San Rafael, Cal-, in
the.hope of getting on a match «»"
some good lightweight in the near .a*
Britt Is working with Sam
who Is to meet A! Kaufman and tne
pair put up some Interesting fights-
Berger U In fine shape for his n*
ith- Kaufman and expects to win easi
ly.
TO BANQUET LIPTON.
New York. Oct. 26.—The Brooklyn Va '*j
Club ha* completed elatarate arrangciucs
for a banquet nt Delmonlco** mulch
honor of Sir Thomas Llptou, who ha*
turned to New York from h\* "*"* !*
trip. 8lr Thomas has accepted nu m
tIon to Visit Boston next week.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains in unredeemed
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uables.
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